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WMuv npin^to^ eoo coopera
tive creameries. Of this number 802
situated In the province of
Holsteih, where they aro
engaged in preparing butter
market.
Orin. D. Vance of Caribou,
.Aroostook Co., Me., has this year
:J*aised
from one acre of land 405
and 11K pounds of potatoes,
bushels ot the lot being
•-.potatoes. Many forms in
'Aroostook yield 250 to
800 bushels of potatoes to the acre.
The cheapest fence, according to
I^Tbe Country Gentleman, is barb-
^£wire, a ditch being plowed on coch
^j~rsideand a bank raised, before put
J^r^S?011
w*re*
^e ditch and bank
5 will prevent animals from running
aguinst it, will aid in draining the
land, and require shallow post-holes
Most'house plants are watered
to much in winter. Even in green*
houses, where a uniform and higher
temperature than is possible in
most living-rooms is maintained,
the evil is more apt to be from to
much rather than to little water.
Unless the plants are kept warm
enough to grow rapidly, water is
injury.
Tobacco leaves or a few stalks
tansy, sweet fern, or anything
strong odor put in the hen's
nest will in many cases keep them
free from lice. Sulphur in the nests
excellent. But if th9 dust bath
kept in good condition and
.changed from week to week there
will be little need of other remedies.
The fowls will dust themselves and
so keep cleiui.
In the absence of milk, an excellent
food for young pigs, says Henry
Stewart, can be made up ofpotatoes
boiled and mashed with the water in
to a thin paste and mixed with a sufB
j\ dent quantity of corn meal and bran,
(so that when ic is cool itcan be lifted
iWith a shovel. This mixture is not
only extremely nutritious, but it is a
well balanced and healthful food, for
growing," as well as fattening pigs.
We make the broad assertion, says'
the Pennsylvania Farmer, that no
former of this section is making six
per cent, on his investments, while
the average will fall below three per
cent. while many are makingno pro
fits at alL Again facts force us to
•ay that twenty-five per cent, of the
farms of this section are for sale.
These include some of the best in lo
cation and improvements. There is
no use attempting to disguise the
fact that agriculture is suffering.
If the butter is thoroughly worked
to remove all the white flakes of
$aseine, it will need much less salt.
It is tne impurities of butter, and es
pecially its exposure to air, that
cause its quick decay. The pnblic
.taste of late years requires much less
salt in butter than it used to do, and
to make little salt effectual necessi
ties all the greater care for the but
ter-maker. Over-salting is, therefore,
presumptive evidence that salt has
been added to cover defects arising
from ignorance, laziness and general
want of cleanliness.
It is comparatively easy to procure
__' of butchers the bony pieces of animals
fri cl'~ they slaughter themselves, and which
are worth more even than entire
1 meat to make fowls lay. Break the
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L# bones up with a hammer, after boil
ing them so as to make them softer.
It does not matter if some of the
pieces are as large as a chestnut. The
gizzard will quickly grind them finer
if the fowls are supplied with gravel.
It is the bone material that is neces
sary in making both eggs and shell.
Fowls thus fed will make a much more
valuable manure than they will feo
.on any kind of grain.
Don't trust the dehorned, bulls,
.di^Baysareaderof the Breeders' Gazette.
For a time an animal which has been
accustomed to use his horns is ren*
dered mdre or less harmless on finding
ft liisweapons of the offense and defense
have vanished, but his nature is still
& the same, and if once driven orpressed
too far, heaven help themanwhohas
trusted to this change of disposition.
I have lately had two Scotchmen
working for me both had been with
polled herds in Scotland, as well as
with Short-horn herds. Bothagreed
i^that they considered it much safer to
Work among the horned cattle than
polled. The only safe plan is as you
say: "Never trust a bull, cross or
kind, horned, unhorned, or de
S horned."
An important legal question will
probably arise soon over the right
of fruit growers to spray apple and
other fruit trees with water contain
ing Paris green, while the trees are
blossom. Bees searching the
flowers for honey take the poison
into their systems and are
killed. This is, perhaps, a fortunate
fact, for if bees merely collected honey
instead of manufacturing it, this
poisoned honey might be stored in
their cells, and poison those who
consumed it. The spraying, even of
the apple, need not be done while
the trees are in blossom. It is true
that the codling moth usually de
posits her eggs in the blossom end of
the applei, bnt until the fruit is as
large as a walnut, the blossom end
Is turned upwards. Aitftr this the
weight of the apple bends the fruit
over. Between tne time of blossom
ing and the fruit bending down with
Its own weight, the spraying may be
done without danger of -injury to
bees. There Is, therefore, no incom
patibility between the fruit-growing
and honey-producing industries if
.«he proper precautions are observed.
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rafts to*in sick boom^
Nothing is more useful ia sickness
than a small flannel bag filled with
salt. For tooth ache, colic, or any
disease requiring warm applications,
It is invaluable, as it retains its
heat along time and it is greatly
to be preferred to hot, wet emol
bents, which soon get cold and un
comfortable. The bag and all can
be put on a tin pan and warmed in
the oven but it is better to rip a
small hole in the bag, and empty
the salt out into the pan to heat.
After it is hot it can be put back
with a large spoon, and the hole
sewed up in a moment.
HOW TO TREAT THE CHILDREN.
It is our firm belief that obedience
children can be taught without
blows,' that whipping a child lowers
morally both parent and child, and
that the physical suffering inflicted
tends towards making a child a cow
?rd- As to the Blapping habit
indulged in by many mothers, we
cannot condemn it too severely. It
is a vicious thine to do, and
is simply the out-crop of the
mother's own uncontrollable tem
per. Such punishment makeB a
child only angry, stubborn, and re
bellious, and the benefit looked for
from such treatment is not forth
coming then or alter. As we sow,
Bfvshall we reap, and if we wished to
ruin the disposition or even the char
acter of a child, nojmore efficientfmetb
od occurs to us tnan of rearing him
in an atmosphere of blows, slaps,
and unkind words.
WHOLESOME FOOD.
Dr. John T. Nngle, of the bureau ol
vital statistics, New York, is in favor
of a pretty liberal diet. He attri
butes a great deal of the dyspepsia
and nervousness, though," to the
Americans eating too highly season
ed food. Another physician agrees
with the view thbt tne American peo
ple habitually eat too quickly. He
says:
"Indigestible foods are hard to be
specified, because what some people
digest easily others can not. An in
digestible article of food is boiled cab
bage. This takes four hours to digest,
while kohl-slaw only takes one hour.
Tripe is hard to digest. Fried meats
are always indigestible. Always
have the meat broiled. Bread fresh
and hot should be avoided. Bread
one day old is beet. Highly season
ed foods are not generally good, al
though some people must bave them
seasoned. What agrees with one will
not agree with another. I think
Americans eat too many sweets, but
they area sweet-eating people."
ITS IN THE KITCHEN.
If it were my fortune to be both
mother and housekeeper I should
strenuously insist on having every
modern utensil that would really
lighten my work. Strength is too
precious, and life too short, to be
wasted, for the sake of adding a few
more acres to the farm or of increas
ing an already comfortable bank ac
count.
If doing this necessitated my hav
ing a very plain and commonplace
parlor I should flatter myself that I
was showing a very commendable
degree of common sense.
If I had an old, half worn-out cook
stove my first purchase would be a
new one. It would save half its cost
in fuel the first year, not to mention
the saving of time, patience, and
strength.
If the average woman were a little
more self-assertive in regard to
kitchen conveniences, there v. ould
not only be more justice shown, but
she would increase her own self-re
spect, and add several years to her
life.
If every kitchen was supplied with
an easy rocking-chair, and a high
chair or stool, and the busy house
wife would strive to see how many
kinds of work she could do as well,
or far easier, by using them, instead
of foolishly making a martyr of her
self and standing till tired nature can
endure it no longer, she would be
showing more wisdom than shesome
times does.
If an enterprising paper or maga
zine lies where it is convenient
to be read in the few
spare minutes which occasionally
come to the hardest worker an out
look will be had that will take her
out of the rut of her own petty cark
ing cares, and give her an interest in
the world's word that will wonder
fully lighten her load.
If one is not strong it is worse
than folly to have your own or your
children's clothes elaborately trim
mei and then stand over the iron
ing board till completely exhausted,
ironing them beautifully on every
side.
If dish towels are thoroughly
washed with soap every morning and
dried in the sun they need never swell
the already large weekly wash.
If soft-wood, unpainted floors are
mopped with a small quantity of
very hot water, and thoroughly
wiped, they will be far whiter than
if soaked and vigorously scrubbed.
If a cake of sapolio, or a dish
coal ashes which have been sifted
through a wire sieve, are always kept
irt a convenient place in the kitchen,
the labor-saving uses they can be put
to are almost numberless.
If gingham or other heavy cotton
cloth is made into Bquares of about
three-quarters of a yard in size they
will be found much more convenient
for stove cloths than the old stile of
holder.
If you would be wise study to do
the most essential things and to see
how many you are in the habit of
doing which are of no real benefit to
any one.—Country Gentleman.
John W. Sams tells the Bedford Ga
zette that he served as a sharp
shooter before Petersburg in April,
1865, and that he fired 153 shots,
73 ofwhichhesaw take effect, one
unhorsing A. P. Hill. He says the
statement sounds lange, but he de
dines to subtract a single victim.
be done Boon in the mattef of Ameii
can copyright "Either thfe foreign
author must finally and forever be
pronounced to be outside oi the law,
or Ids right to some remuneration
for his work, however humble the
amount, must receive a legal ac
knowledgment." He says that a
scheme will shortly be laid before the
public which will protect authors,
foreign or American, from
Wrongs and frauds if Congress
can be persuaded* to pass it
into law. The reader will re
member that about two years ago
that committee of the Senate ot
the United States having the mat
ter of an American copyright fox
British authors under considera
tion, was addressed by authors,
publishers and mechanics interested
in the publishing trade,, on the sub
ject when it was shown that the
literary industry would better thrive
in an atmosphere of literary hon
or than under present conditions,
which admit of wrongs to national
workers, against which they onlj
protest. Haggard has suffered
much by "piracy," and his protest
is a vigorous one.
He is young to haveattained celeb
rity both the Old and New worlds,
being in his thirty third year. He
began writing books in 1882 with a
little volume of a political character
relating to events then recent in
South Africa, of which he was well
qualified to speak. When he was
nineteen he had gone to Natal with
Sir Henry Bulwer, and during the
two succeeding years had served on
the staff of Theophiius Shepstone,
the Special Commissioner to the
Transvaal. He remained in the col
onial service until 1879, and then
returned to London to marry a
lady oi distinguished family. Be
cause of his wife, or for some other
reason, he remained in England and
adopted the profession of the law,
becoming a practicing barrister of
Lincoln's Inn, London.
While still in active practice at the
bar he began to write. The political
pamphlet with which he first courted
fame attracted little attention. His
next book was "Dawn," published in
1884, and a year later came "The
Witch's Head," neither of which was
much heard of until they were recent
ly republished on the strength of the
fame that the author had gained by
subseqent work. His first real suc
cess was with "King Solomon's
Mines," published in 1885, which at
tracted the mingled condemnation
and praise of the critics and won
great popularity abroad and to a
less extent in this country. Mr.
Haggard's fame was confirmed
abroad and made in this country bv
"She." "Jess," that followed, and
"Allan Quartermain" and Cleopetra
have maintained American interest
in the author.
The Best Tears of Life*
All the Yeur Round.
From 21 to 25 might be the best
years of life, but upon one condition
only that seems possible. The con
dition is, that the man be in bonds
of noble servitude of admiration to
a noble woman. There will be much
of disquiet attendant upon such a
service, but it will be the restlessness
of sure and certain growth, and
growth, in the highest direction.
Ah! but the woman must be ofexauit
ed mould—little short, indeed, of a
divinity. Otherwise, it werediabolic
al.
The Greeks had more than an ink
ling of this method, although, as a
rule, they could not rear such high
souled women .as it is theprivilege
of modern Europe to excel in. With
them the philosophers played the
part of the woman. Often they play
ed it detestably, but not always.
The rare exceptions were those un
sexed men who had attained to the
state of pure contemplative spirits,
to whom the world is but the shadow
of a world. They made Greece.
Similarly, the woman of our age,
who, from the most unselfish motives
devotes herself to others—whether to
indivuals, or classes, or entire tin
tions—has in her the power to make
the man in his early manhood. This
is well known, but it is worth itera
tion. If only we could keep colleges
of tried women for finishing of the
education ot our boys! I warrant
the result would be astonishing.
We never took much stock in the
cry tor a cow that shall be equally
good for all purposes. That means
a dull mediocrity, without particular
excellence in anything. The Devon
breed perhaps fulfils this condition
as well as any other, and the fact
that it has never become very popu
lar anywhere is proof of our position.
The competition in farming is now
so close that only the very best
breeds for particular purposes can be
afforded. The former is driven to
specialties as the condition of suo-
Have L«d to Ora&tm*
Important iMVm.
Chftmbwe's
Journsl.
It is stated that when Leopold van
Banks began to collect facts for his
history, a singular accident occurred
in his native town. A bridge gave
way one morning, and some persons
were swept away in the current be
neatb. Van Ranke, who was absent
at the time, on his return inquired in
to the details of the catastrophe. "I
saw the bridge fall," said one of the
neighbors. «"A heavy rain had Just
passed over it and weakened it. Two
women were on it when it fell, and a
Soldier on a white horse." "I saw it
fall," declared another "but the
rain had passed over it two hours
previous. The foot passengers were
children, and the rider was a civilian
on a black horse." "Now,"argued Van
Ranke, "if it is impossible to learn
the truth about an accident which
happened at broad noonday only
twenty-fours hours ago, how can I de
clare any fact to be certain which is
shrouded in the darkness of ten cen
turies." To this trivial incident,
which to many persons would have
borne no lesson, was due much of his
caution and impartiality.
A few moments' consideration will
convince any one that some of the most
momentous crises in history have
hinged upon very slight circumstances.
A glass of wine, for instance changed
the history of France for nearly
twenty years. Louis Philippe, king of
the French, had a son, the Duke of
Orleans, and heir to the throne^ who
always drank only a certain number
of glasses of wine, because even one
more made him tipsy. On a memor
able morning he forgot to count the
number of his glasses, and took one
more than usual. When entering his
carriage he stumbled, frightening the
horses, and causing them to run. In
attempting to leap from the carriage
his head struck the pavement, and he
soon died. That glass of wine over
threw the Orleans rule, confiscated
their property of £20,000,000, and
sent tne whole family into exile.
If Mr. Grenville had not carried, in
1765, his memorable resolution as to
the expediency of charging stamp du
ties on the plantations of America, the
western world might still have
been under British rule. In
connection with this matter,
there is another slight, albeit
-remarkable, circumstance, which
may be
told in Thackeray's own words.
"It was strange,",
says he, "that, in a
savage forest of Pennsylvania, a
ycung Virginian officer should fire a
shot, and waken up a war which was
to last for sixty years, which was to
cover his own country and pass into
Europe, to cost France her American
colonies, to sever ours from us, and
create £he great western republic to
rage ovet tne old world wnen extin
guished In the new and of all the myr
iads engaged in the vast contest, to
leave the prize of the greatest fame
with him who struck the first blow."
If the nose of Cleopatra had been
shorter, says Pascal, the condition of
the world would have been dif
ferent. His meaning is, that if
Cleopatra had had a nose short to de
formity she would have failed to at
tract Antony, who would not have
been drawn into the conduct
which culminated in the loss of the
battle of Actium, which loss made
way for the close of the Roman repub
lic in the inauguration of the Roman
empire.
Dyspepsia has been the cause of
many momentous crises. A leg of mut
ton is said to have controlled the tide
of Leipsic's battle and the consequen
ces of the indigestion of a certain
duchess are proverbial.
The great failure of the potato crop
in Ireland cannot be called a slight
circumstance, yet it was comparative
ly slight compared with the momen
tous changes which it brought about
tor the repeal of thecorn-laws was has
tened by the potato famine. As Lord
Beaconsfield has observed:^ "This
mysterious but universal sickness of a
single root changed the history of the
the world."
Many men have been drawn to their
destiny by the most trivial occurren
ces. Fennimore Cooper became a
novelist through his wife's challenge.
One evening, while reading a novel,
he threw it down, saying: "I believe I
could
me
smile.
several chapters "of "Precaution,"
which, when finished, he published at
his own expense. The novel attracted
little attention but it gave Cooper an
inkling of his capacity for story
writing, and the "Spy," his next nov
el, appealed so strongly to the patri
otic sympathies or "his countrymen
that it became a great success. Haw
thorne, too, was induced to write the
"Scarlet Letter" by a remark oi his
wife.
If Cowley had not found the Faery
Queen in his mother's parlor it is just
possible that he would never have
Ol
Ceese as Weather Prophets.
A New Jersey farmer who was con
tinually cursing his big flock of geese
as a nuisance explained that he kept
geese because they poBted him on the
weather. He said: "When I get up
in the mornin' an' see them geese out
on the pond a divin' and dressin*
down their feathers as if they were
gettin' ready to go to some party or
other, I know that we're sure of clear,
warm, dry weather, an' I make my
calc'lations 'cordingly. If they hain't
a dressin' of themselves much, but
act kinder as if it wasn't o' much ac
count. a sprucin' up, then I keep my
eye on em'. That's a warnin' that
we're in danger of a spell o' weather.
If the geese quits the pond an' don't
go back much through the day, I know
that the danger holds, an' I git ready
for a set rain of a day or so. If they
feed along a while and waddle back to
the pond kinder chipper like, and go
to dressin' themselves and *divin',
then I'm pooty sartin' that they
won't be no set rain commencin' that
dav. If the geese gits up all of a
suddent an' tears around then there's
a shower comin' an' it's a corain' fast
ye kin bet." This farmer also said
that when geese prophesy a storm
the sounds they make are not Uke
their cries at any othar time.
HE
flSMSiiMtaii?
~i the mountL
iwhm maple
?nd
never
een a poet. Giotto, one of the early
Florentine painters, might have re
mained a rude shepherd boy if a sheep
drawn by him upon a stone had not
attracted the notice of Cimabue.
Opie might have perished in obscurity
if ne bad not looked over the shoul
der of his companion, Mark Gates,
while he was drawing a butterfly.
Had his friend and companion es
caped the thunderstorm at Erfurt,
Luther might have been a lawyer.
It they hain
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Whatthough *11 lonely ar« the bMehsa?
Is town wen's lots of tan.
What though Me going out the peaches?
The apple time'e begatl.
What though the nights
&T«chfllTgrowing,
And onUide courtTng's cold?
In parlors where bright fires an glowing
Lore's tales may now bn told.
Thoagh girls are bathing milts fonaking
In short, ehort skirts forego,
With other charmi they're conquests mak
ing
In coraages cat low.
For thankfalnees there's always reason:
Come sunshine or come rain,
Whate'er the changes, every season
Brings pleasure in its train.
—Boston Courier.
STORY OF A SENATOR.
ELL, said the
senator, aa he
selected a fresh
cigar and reach
ed over for a
match, "you
may not think it, but I came mighty
near being hung once.
The whole party started. Any
one less likely to be accused of seri
ous crime than our host—a distin
guished lawyer and state senator of
California—it would have been hard
to imagine.
"How was that?" I asked.
"When I was a young chap I got
my sheepskin from Dartmouth, and
as I had a few dollars, I made my
way out to this state. I mined for
a while, and then went to Sacra
mento, where I hung out my shingle
and waited for business. It was
literally a shingle, too, painted by
myself. I soon after met a girl,
Polly Sinclair, the daughter of Rob
ert Sinclair, a builder. There
were not so many girls
there then, and Polly nad
plenty of fellows after her. But
somehow she took a shine to me,
oor as I was, and I was as much
love with her as man could be.
her people -did not like me, though,
and naturally enough, too, for I
Was only a poor struggling lawyer,
and they thonght Polly could do
better. Her brother was especially
against me. Poor Bob, perhaps
I was to blame most in the matter.
Anyway, Polly and I had found out
that we cared for each other, and
one night, when we were walking
together, we met Bob. He began
by calling me all the names he
could think of, and my temper being
none of the best, I got maa.
"Polly kept beting me not to
quarrel, and at last I turned away,
leaving her with him. As I left
said to him thatwe|would meet
again, when I would make him ex
plain his words.
"I was so excited that I could not
go home, and I walked along the
road for, I should think, five miles
from the town. Then I turned and
walked back, went to my room, and,
being tired out, went to sleep.
"In the morning I was waked up
by the sheriff, ana arrested for mur
dering Bob. The poor fellow had
been found in the street with his head
crushed in by a blow from behind,
!n
every thing he had with him
aken. There were a dozen witnesses
to what I had said to him and to the
quarrel. No one had seen me during
tne evening my boarding-house
keeper had not seen me come in, and
altogether things looked rather
black for n.e. The only thing in
my favor, and that was little enough,
was that there was nothing of poor
Bob's found in my possession.
"Well, I was locked up in the old
jail, and to tellyou the truth, Ididn't
see my way out of the trouble. Every
one in town believed me to be guilty,
ly, bless her, believed in me still, al
though her father was one of the bit
terest, naturally enough.
"I had been in jail about ten days,
when one day tm door of my cell
opened, and Polly came in. How she
managed to persunde Sheriff Hughes
to let her see me, I do not know, but
she did somehow.
"I am not going to tell you what
sort of a meeting that was I
could not if I would. Of course,
1 told her I was innocent of
poor Bob's death, and she
sobbed out her belief in me as 1 held
her in my arms. At last she whisp
ered her plan to me, I was to es
cape, nnd the dear girl shoved a file
into my pocket as she talked.
"No one, she said, in Stockton
would ever believe that I was inno
cent and if I did not run away I
would be hung. As for herself, she
oulJ try to prove my innocence,
and if she succeeded we would be
married, If not,then she would never
mnrry any one else. Naturally, I
said I would stand my trial, as Iwas
innocent but when Polly pressed me
as to how I wub to prove this, I did
not know. She talked and begged,
and at last I consented. So, as Sher
iff Hughescameback,shehadtoleave
me.
"I did not like the job, but still I
worked away with the file, and as the
bars were pretty poor stuff, I got out
one of them. I crawled and reached
the Kti-eet, and then made my way
along it towards the edge of the town.
wns
Vi*
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At&t
to beretaken.-:I do not know
ekplain It tb^jrou, but this aictfti
was worse than the first. But
what could I do? There wasn't a
tree for miles—there was no broken
iund nor rocks to hide in. Noth
but the wide rolling plain,
and that line of men slowly riding
towards me. It made me feel
"I took the only chance I had, and
lay down in a hollow place where
they migUt overlook me, and so I
waited. I could hear the shouts of
the men as they came nearer, hear
the b&rking of the dogs, and I could
do nothing. I tell you I seemed to
fairly melt with perspriation. At last
they came quite cIobo. A dog saw
me and began to bark. I sprang to
my feet and as I did so a man fired
at me and shot me in the shoulder,
which is stiff vet. This man was
John Bogart, tne deputy sheriff. Of
course there was no fight—I had
nothing to fight with. Sheriff Hughes
came up, put me on a horse, and
back we went to town This time I had
shackles to my feet. My case was
worse than before, because everyone
was now sure that I had killed poor
Bob. I tell you I paid dearly for
that hasty speech to him.
"Naturally my capture soon be
came known, and Polly, aB she has
told me since, was nearly beside her
self at the result. She blamed her
self for it all, especially as every one
told her that my running away
proved my guilt. The poor girl got
sick with anxiety ana fear, and
had to take to her bed.
"Meantime, the time for my trial
was coming mighty near, and I do
not believe that a juryman could
have been found in Sacramento to
say that I was not guilty. In fact,
any twelve men would have sen
tenced me without hearing the evi
dence. My Bhoulder bothered me
not a little, too, and Bogart, the
i'ailer,
used to tell me, with a grin,
I
must get well in time for the 'cere
mony, as he called the hanging.
Cheerful, wasn't it?
"One evening, Polly who was get
ting a little stronger, was sitting on
the porch of their house, when she
saw a man walking up the street.
She has always said she does not
know why she did it, but something
made her follow him. She just could
not help it. She didfollownim down
a by-lane, until he reached a hillock
of sand just outside the town. On
the further side of this, she saw him
dig some things up which he put into
his pockets. Then, after filling in
the nole, he made his way back, pass
ing close to where the girl was crouch
ing behind a pile of rubbish, so close
that sherecognized him. She followed
him again, and saw him walk towards
the jail. Reaching that building, he
went into a little house at one side,
and Polly crept softly up, and looked
through a crack between two of the
boards.
"What she saw was enough to
make her go to the sheriff's house as
fastshe could walk. Hugheshadgone
to bed, but Polly insisted on his get
ting up and talking to her. When he
heard her story, he put on his hat,
went out and got three men he knew,
and made his way with them to the
house by the jail. Here they walked
in, and quietly searched the room.
"I suppose you have guessed what
they found. All of poor Bob's things
—his watch, his money, a revolver,
with his name on it, and his
pipe were hidden away under a
board in the floor under the
bed. It was while they were
looking at the thing that a step was
heard, and the door opened for a
second. Before they could jump, the
man had turned and run, only to
fall into the arms of stout Mike Cas
sidy, the guard Hughes had left by
the door, with orders to let any one
in but no one out and when they
hauled the man back into the room
where the light was, Hughes had the
pleasure oflookingatliis own deputy
and jail keeper, John Bogart.
"To make a long story short, Bo
gart was the guilty man, and he
took a more prominent part in the
'ceremony' than he had anticipated.
As it afterwards turned out, he had
embezzled some money belonging
to the county, and hearin that
Bob had several thousand dollars
with liim which he was taking
home, he had stolen up behind him
in the street and crushed in his head
with an iron bar. He might not
have done it had he not heard of the
aie
to strike out across the plains,
I hiding in the day-time and traveling
at nisrhts only. I* reached the oj)en
country, and just nbou^daylight lay
down to sleep in a hollow between two
ridges. I could not sleep long how
ever, and alter a time I was lying
there wide awake. I got so nervous
at last that I made up my mind togo
on, and started once more. I had not
been walking very long, and, ps you
may suppose,
1 was taking advantage
of every bit of cover that I could get,
when I saw a long line of men
riding over the plains towards me.
With them were any number of
dogs, for, although we had no
bloodhounds in those days, there
were lots of dogs who would bark
at a stranger when they saw one.
MGentlemen,
my heart seemed to
uarrel between Bob and myself. In
morning, when the body was
discovered, he suggested that I was
the murderer, and, of course, the
tho suggestion was taken up. Ho
confessed everything before he died.
"The next day I'olly insisted on
telling me the news, and, naturally,
she was allowed to. I am not going
to say anything about that meeting,
but after we had been together an
hour Hughes came in, saying he
wanted to congratulate me too. It
was not long before I was out on
bail, and people could not do
enough
for me. I got cases as fast as I
could take them, and it ttas not
long before I was as prosperous as I
had been poor before. As for Polly
—why, if you have done smoking,,
we can join her in the parlor."—
Alfred Balch, in N. Y. Ledger.
The Difference Not Very Great,
Representative Reed, of Putnam,,
was one of the legislative commit
tee sent to inspect the asylum.
There was a dance on the night -the
committee spent in the investiga
tion, and Mr. Reed took for a part
ner one of the fair unfortunates, to
whom he was introduced.
"I don't remember having seenyon
here before," said she. "How long
have you been in the asylum?"
"Oh, I only came down yesterday,"
said the gentleman, "aa one of the
legislative committee."
"Of course," said the lady, "how
stupid I am! However, I knew that
you were either an inmate or a mem
ber of the legislature the moment
I looked at you. But how was I
to know? It is difficult to tell
which."—Albany (Ga.)News.
My experience is that a sheep kept
fat through the winter will shear
from one to two pounds more wool
than a poor one, says a farmer.
AN* lie
joavnk
Mr. CoDrad-affiMi6'.'i
how courteously he
times?" I nodded
v*i£f"
friend went on:
"I suppose my husband is a«
a man as ever lived, bui-hta^ mo1fc|i£:
did not train him to ln mill
ladies. His- sisters irnri ijtf
and thereby he is spoiled as a hti
band. I wish I could train sev
hundred boys to be husbands for
next generation. Do you supp
they'd consider it their prerogati
to drive the girls out of the easie.
chair, take tne sunniest corner ofthi
room the best place by the ligi
throw books, papers or slippersdowfli
for some one to put away, grow up
with the idea that a wife must be a
valet and the rest of the household
stand respectfully by to obey orders?
You smile, but tniB is anything but
a subject to laugh over.
I really believe that husbands
never think how their unkind waytf
hurt. They don't realize the differ*
ence to us, for instance, in their
manner jhen they come to dinner.
All day life wife has been alone with
the children and servants, and is
more hungry for a kind word from
her husband than an epicurean feasi
He comes in jtist as tne dinner be]
rings. 'For a wonder dinner is on
ready on time,' the husband sayi
Couldn't he have saved the hei
stab by saying:
i) by
'Th«
at's a pleasant sound to a
hungry fellow/ and what hinder^
him from adding, what would be the
milk and honey to a weary soul all
the rest of the day—nay, all the rest
of her life—'You are a good wife»
Cornelia.' And if dinner is not quits
ready why need he say, *0f course
not never is.' In working mottoes
for the home why hasn't some on$
taken Wesley's remark: I'd as soo
swear aB fret,' instead of hanging ui
'I Need Thee Every Hour.'
When I think I have a hard time I
just think of the women who hav0
no servants, but who themselves
care for the children, wash, iron,
cook, mend, churn, milk, carry wood
and water, all for less than a serv
ant girl's wages. Of course me
appreciate their wives of coui
they do, but they keep their
manners and courteous ways fo:
other men's wives. One time Jameti
thanked me for saving him room
beside me at the concert, and theil
sort of apologized tor being polite by
saying he thought it was my sister
Mary?'—Atlanta Constitution..
Basinets Success.
The secret of business success is
wrapped within this simple lesson.
Fortunes are not made, as a rule, ii|
great enterprises, but by the patient
plodding in a narrow circle where lit
tie things govern the outcome
career. Not the most skilful doctor
have the greatest number of patients.
nor the greatest lawyers the highest '.
pile of briefs. The most learned,
divines do not make the best pustors,'
nor stay longest in the parish where
all hearts are bound up in the minis
ter. In none of the walks of life is
true services for God and hnmanity
confined togreat deeds such as blazon
the pages of history. Nor is the rec
ord that will finally startle the
world with its wonderfull revealings
made up chiefly ot that which men
call grand and heroic. The/jtory o|
the cup of cold water given from ths
hand of love to some thirBty life will
glow with richer tints in that unerri"
ing chronicle than many of the great.
benefactions more widely heralded in
earth's gazetteers. What seems td
most men like a life devoid of precioufli,
gifts, will wear in that diviner hue
the lustre of a glorious meaningi'
while much that awed the world witn
its glitter will be found at the last to
have been poor, worthless tinsel,1 &
None ot us need to possess all know!* 1
edge, or give our bodies to be burn
ed in sacrifice, in order to be reckon
ed among those found true and faith
ful in that which is least.—New York
Commerce.
A Fisherman's Smart Trick,
A party of four state-capitol
anglers went up the river the other
day to catch some fish. They
agreed that whenever one ahould
land a fish each of the others should
pay him a quarter. One-of the ..
quartet was especially unlucky in
his piscatorial venture, and was
soon out of pocket $4.25 and down
to his last quarter. He wanted to
break up the contract, but the
others wouldn't let him. Just then
he stole one of the fishes caught by
another of the party, slipped it up
on his hook and into tne water.
He soon landed it with a greaii
deal of splutter and noise* and re*
ceived six bits, when the- other?
were not looking he replaced it on
his hook and again went through
the act of landing a fish. He man
aged to work the dodge until he
had not only got back his $4.25
but broke the rest of the crowd.—
Sacramento Union.
Harry tag by Photograph*
A prosperous Slavonian rancher re
siding in the south end of the- Huae
huca mountains has hit upon a hap
py plan for getting wives for hisbach
elor neighbors. Some time agobe vis
ited his native land and while there
found that there were a large num
ber of worthy young ladies among
his acquaintances wno would be only
too happy to find homes and hud- ..
bands the land of progress and
liberty. Securing the photographs
of a number of these young ladiesLhe
brought them back with him and
lost no opportunity to show them
to his bachelor friends. He told
them that he had the promise o^
ladies that they woul#
come to America and marry
wm
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J*
1
'ti
ir7afe#
nd
man he would recommend, and a*
consequence, a great many oft
neighbors have excellent "wiv«K .each
one selecting his choice
photographs.—Negates
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