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ED. U BLUE, Editor and Proprlttor.
FERRYSBURG, t OHIO.
"THE ETHEL LYNCH."
A Llttlo Woatoru Girl's Bravo Dood
and Hor Roward.
Ira Lynch was tho agent nt a littlo
station on tho Silver Creek railroad,
called Halfway. Why tho station was
called by that odd name is impossible
to state, unless it was becnttso It was
located about tho center of tho road.
It was not nni oh of n station either, tho
only building1 being tho shed that con
tained tho engine and pumps which
pumped water to tho tank thatsupplied
the road engines with water.
Few trains ever stopped for tiny other
purpose, unless they wero flagged, ns
there wasn't a house within two miles
of tho station, with tho exception of
tho little cabin occupied by the agent
and his family, which consisted of him
self, his wife, daughter and her littlo
baby brother, Ethel, the daughter,
was a sprightly little p, irl of perhaps
twelve or thirteen years of age, and
pretty enough for an artist's model, as
bhe sat upon the back of hcrmllk-whlto
pony, man fashion, her legs bare to her
knees, and dressed in a gray plaid
skirt, a tight-fitting velvot jacket, and
a train-boy's cap resting jauntily upon
her beautiful auburn curls. Ethel
Lynch was a prime favorite with the
trainmen and rogular passengers on the
Silver Creek road, and they were al
ways on the alert to get a glimpse of
tho red-headed girl and tho white
horse.
Mr. Lynch was formerly engineer on
the engine that pulled the train known
as the Thunderbolt a limited express
upon the main line of which the Silver
Creek road was a branch, lint one
night train robbers removed a rail from
the track, and Ira Lynch (who saved
tho lives of the passengers intrusted to
his care by standing faithfully at his
post of duty) was dragged from under
the pile of broken and twisted iron and
steel that once formed a part of his be
loved engine, a burned and bleeding
mass. Of all the mnny people who wit
nessed the terrible sight, not one
thought it possible for him to live; but
by careful nursing and a strong de
termination on his part to live for his
wife's and little daughter's sake, he so
far recovered as to oo able to take
charge of the little station at Halfway.
At the time our story opens, Mr.
Lynch was standing at the open win
dow of the pump house, gazing intent
ly at some object in tho direction of his
cabin.
It was at tho close of a lovely day in
June. Tho rays of the setting sun (for
it lacked but an hour of sunset) shone
full in his face. Shading ills eyes with
his hand, he looked long and earnestly.
"Well, I declare!" he exclaimed, in a
tone of surprise, "it's our Ethel! Ma
must be feeling better, or she wouldn't
leave her alone!"
lieing satisfied that everything was
ail right, ho again gave his attention
to his work, so as to have things in
.shape to leave for the night. l$y the
time the task was completed, Ethel
ihad approached to within speaking dis
tance. The pony was walking along
"very leisurely, under a loose rein, "so
as uot to scare pa," Ethel had said to
herself, as sho checked the pony down
to a walk.
"Well, how's ma and the baby been,
to-dny?" inquired Mr. Lynch, as Ethel
slid from the pony's back to the
ground.
"Oh, they've been splendid all day!
Mamma wanted to got up, she felt bo
well."
"I'm glad to hear that, for it don't
seem ery much like home when ma is
sick. Does if.'"
"No, indeed; butdoyou want to know
what I came over for'."'
"Why, yes, to bo sure!"
"Well, listen, and I'll tell you: This
afternoon mamma fell asleep and she
had an awful dreain. It worried her
so that she told it to me, and I came
over to be sure it wasn't bo; but you
couldn't make mamma believe it wasn't
so, for the slaid she never could until
she had seen you with her own eyes."
"Why! It must have been something
terrible to frighten your ma. She isn't
a very timid woman. Hut tell me, and
then I'll know ior myself."
"Well, mamma said that she saw five
men walking up the track. They all
wore big bushy whiskers and carried
guns. She said she didn't think any
thing strange about it, but thought
they wero hunters, until one of them
6aid: 'It must be that he is in the
pump-house.' So sho just watched
them, and, sure enough, they came di
rectly here, the big man that spoke be
'ng in the lead. They upproached the
window verv cautiously: the bio- man
put his gun through the window and
fired. Then she saw you throw up
your handb and fall to the ground
dead!"
"That was quite a dream, and it's no
wonder it frightened her. Hut you go
right back and tell her that I am well
and will be homo soon, and sho will bo
batlstted."
"No, sho won't olthcr, pa, for she
huid that sho could never behevo that
it was only a dream, until she had seen
you with her ow n eyes. You must go
home. I'll htay and give water to 4l's
engine, and signal No. Si."
"All right. Ethel, if you think that
she will feel any better for seeing me.
Hero arc tho keys. You bo sure and
don't stay longer than is necessary, for
it will oo dark long before you icach
homo."
"Yes, pa, I'll do just as you bay, only
uo malco haste so that ma won t 0rr7.
Oood-by."
"I guess I had bettor tie Snowflako
behind tho pumphouso," said little
Kthol, as hur father disappeared from
view, "because the soot from the en
glues makes him all bpccklcd."
That' done, she went to examino tho
BwlUmS-to dee that It wus thrown right
for No. 41. tho. through freight, which
was already duo.
Sho had but Just returned whon tho
whistlo sounded for the station, and a
moment later tho hugo monster camo
in sight. Ethel waved tho white- Hag,
to signal all right, tho engineer an
swered with two short, bharp whistles,
and an instant later called for brakes
in order to stop at tho station for water.
"Why, there arc two sections on run
41, to-night!" Ethel exclaimed, as sho
saw tho two red Hags on the engine.
Then tho train drew up at tho sta
tion, the engine was cut loose and
switched over to tho tank for water,
after which tho train proceeded on its
way to Placer City, six miles distant,
to sidetrack for No. 0, tho fast limited
express.
After tho second section had gone
through thu same operation as the first,
Ethel entered tho pumphouso, to make
sure that tho flro under tho boiler was
properly banked for tho night.
She desired to start for homo as soon
as No. 0 pussed, so as not to alarm her
parents by any unnecessary delay.
Sho had been inside but a moment or
two, when her attontion was attracted
by a slight noise at the window.
Imaglno her surprise, upon turning
around, to see a man standing at tho
open window, with his gun, which was
resting upon the window-sill, aimed di
rectly at her.
"It's mother's dream!" she said to
herself; but not a musclo moved to show
that she was surprised.
"Say, little gal," said the man at tho
widow, "where is the station agent?"
"lie is not here, sir. He went away
some time ago."
"Where to?" demanded the man,
gruflly.
"Ho went to Koclcy'.s Bar, with sup
plies for the con pany's men," replied
Ethyl, and added, in an undertone: "But
that was a long time ago."
"When is tho lightning express due?"
"In thirty minutes," said Ethel, as
she glanced at tho clock above her fa
ther's rude desk.
"Well, we want to board her. Can
we do so?"
"No, sir: they do not stop hero for
water."
"Can't you flag her?"
"No, sir."
"Why not?"
"Wo have orders not to flag Nc 9 un
less there is danger ahead."
"Then there will be danger ahead,"
said the rnlllan, as he turned his back
to Ethel, and, addressing the men, said:
"Get to work lively, men, and take up
a couple of rails; the express is going
to stop here to-night, and don't 3-011 for
get it!"
Ethel glanced through the window,
and, sure enough, there were four men
besides the spokesman, making fivo in
all, as her mother had dreamed.
Quick us thought, sho turned and
sprang through the open door; there
was a clatter of a horse's feet upon the
hard ground, and an instant later the
white pony dashed around tho corner
of the pump-house and was off with the
speed of a deer.
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" rang the
report of firearms in rapid succession.
The men had discovered her flight, but
in their liasto had shot wide of the
mark.
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"
rang out a second volley from the re
peating rifles. The bridle rein dropped,
as Ethel threw up her hands and fell
forward on the pony's neck, limp and
apparently lifeless. Tho frightened
animal, seeing he was freo to go where
he ehoso, dashed headlong down the
bank into the gulch below and disap
peared from view.
"1 gncss that red-headed imp of a
girl won't give us nny further trouble,"
remarked one of the men.
"You're right," said another, "she's
fixed all right enough."
Had the speakers stood where they
could have seen what was taking place
down in the gulch, they would soon
have discovered their mistake, for no
sooner had the pony reached the bot
tom than Ethel arose direct in the sad
dle, gathered up the reins and re
marked: "A pretty good trick for a red-headed
girl to play. When they thought mo
dead they ceased firing; otherwise I
might have been killed." Looking at
her tiny watch, a present from her
father, she added:
"Six miles and only twenty-two min
utes in which to make it. Now, Snow
flake, fly!"
Loosening a rawhide from the pom
mel of the saddle, she lashed the pony
into a run. One, two, three, four miles
are passed. The tender-hearted girl,
who under ordinary circumstances
would not think of beating her pony,
used the lash without mercy, urging
him to his utmost speed.
Finally exhausted, her hand dropped
to her side, and when she again raised
it sho saw that it was covered with
blood,
"Why!" she exclaimed. "I must have
been hit after all. Yes, my skirt is
soaked with blood, and, come to think
ff I did feel a stinging pain
in my
thigh when tho men fired; but what of
it? We must reach Placer City in time,
should it kill us both!"
At last tho station was in sight.
Only a short half milo and sho would
bo at tho end of her journey. But,
alasl Tho wind bore a bound to her
ear that fairly frojee tho blood in her
veins, a long, shrill whistlo, the ex
press calling for a clear track. Ethel
shut her teeth tightly and plied the
lash with all their strength.
"Faster, Snowflake, faster, faster!
Oh! Heaven help us!" sho exclaimed.
The pony groaned at every jump, yet
she urged him io go faster. Already
she could see tho headlight on tho rap
idly approaching engine It glowed
in tho gathering twilight like tho eye
of a fiery demon. Would she be too
lato?
On camo tho fiery monster. The
race was an unequal 0110 an iron
horse, propelled by steam us hot an fire
and wator could make, and un Indian
pony, running a raco upo n which de
pended many lives. On camo tho iron
steed, its grim driver all unconscious of
tho fact that ho was carrying tho un-
suspoctlng passengers and the half
lfillllon dollars, which tho express tnes-
sougor was no carefully guarding,
tralght into tho hands of a band of
train-robbers.
Would sho bo too lato?
Madu desperate by tho thought,
Ethel leaned forward and burled her
white teeth deep into tho neck of tho
pony. Made furious by tho pain, tho
almost exhausted animal leaped for
ward, staggering ns ho ran. A mo
ment more, and they wero at the sta
tion. Without waiting to stop, Ethel
slid from the pony's back; then hor leg
gave way beneath her, and she fell to
tho ground.
A fireman on a freight engine recog
nixed Ethel and ran to her assistance.
"Oh, don't mind me, but flag No. 0!"
sho gasped, and nono too soon, for sho
could hear tho roar of the ponderous
train and the rapid clicking sound on
tho rails, caused by tho driving wheels
passing over the rail junctions, each
click plainly telling her that tho train
was at least two rods nearer destruc
tion. Then tho engineer whistled for
brakes, and she know that tho train
was saved.
When the train had stopped, Ethel
told her story to the wondering peoplo
who had gathered about her, after
which tho conductor ordered her car
ried to the baggage car, but sho re
fused, saying:
"No, I will not go without Snow
flake." "All right, little girl," replied thecon
ductor, "the pony shall go, too."
So they took both horse und rider
into the baggage car, where a bale of
matresses was hastily broken open, and
one procured for tho little sufferer to
lie upon, and a roll of blankets, belong
ing to one David Carson, of Dead Man's
Gulch, but more commonly known as
"Dare Devil Dave," was brought for
ward to serve as a pillow. Tho owner
of tho blankots was thcro in person,
kneeling on the floor beside hor.
"Poor little girl," ho said, as ho
wiped the tears from his eyes with tho
back of his hand. "This is more than I
con stand." His huge frame shook with
sobs, as he picked up her cap, and,
turning to the by-standers, said: "Eel
low citizens, let us do something."
The miners gave liberally. Both
bills and coin were tossed into the cap.
One miner contributed a small leathern
bag containing a couple of ounces of
gold dust. Nor was David Carson tho
only man that wept for the uncomplain
ing little sufferer. Tears coursed down
many a sun-bronzed cheek unused to
such a visitor, and not one of them,
rough as they were, but would willing
ly have taken her place and borne tho
pain in her stead, were such n thing
possible. A few moments later tint
man from the gulch again knelt beside
Ethel, and as he placed her cap upon
the floor beside her said: "Here, littlo
girl, this may make you feel better. It's
to buy you a new gown;" which remark
plainly went to show his ignorance re
garding tho value of dress-goods. Ho
had collected enough money to pur
chase a fair-sized dry-goods store.
When the doctor that had been sent
for arrived tho train proceeded on its
way. Half a dozen miners armed with
Winchester rifles wero stationed in tho
cab of the engine, under the command
of "Dare Devil Dave," and tho only or
der that that individual gave was thist
"Fellow citizens, I hope you know
your business. Don't shoot unless you
get the word; then shoot to kill."
The train approached the station at
Halfway at a very high speed, all on
board seemingly unconscious of any im
pending danger.
A light was swung across the track,
signaling the train to stop. The en
gineer obeyed promptly and the train
was brought to a standstill less than a
hundred feet from where the robbers
stood with guns leveled at tho train.
"Hands up!" demanded tho leader.
Thero was a flash of Arc from tho
cab windows, followed by the report of
a half dozen rifles, and it was all over.
It was a sorrowful little procession
which wended its way down the bridle
path that led to the station agent's
hnmblo home. Nearly all the passen
gers were there. Tho conductor, ac
companied by the doctor, had gone on
in advanco to prepare Ethel's parenta
for her home-coming. Tho patient
little sufferer was reclining on a car
seat, borne by two stalwart miners,
whlle David Carson brought up tho
rear, leading the bndlv used-up pony.
We may, perhaps, nover know just
what took placo at the agent's cabin.
Tho only remark was made by tho big
hearted giant from the gulch. When
the party had roturned to the train ho
drew a sigh of relief as he exclaimed:
"Fellow citizens, I feel better."
Tho trainmen soon replaced the raila
which tho robbers had removed, and
No. 9 went on her way an hour and
twenty minutes late.
It was several months before Ethel
was able to again rido Snowflake. But
one day her father told her that thcro
would bo a now engine on the light
ning express, and ho would liko very
much to have her see it. So bhe rodo
over to tho station und sat gracefully
upon her pony as the train approached.
The first thing that attracted her at
tention was a beautiful, miniature,
milk-white pony, standing upon tho
front of the engine, one foot poised in
the air, nostrils dilated and neck proud
ly arched, for all tho world liko her
own beloved Snowflake, and seated
upon its back was a very binall girl,
that was dressed and looked very much
liko herself.
Then hor eyes fell upon tho name of
tho new eaglno, painted in gold letters
beneath tho cab window. There could
bo no mistake, for tho letters wero Very
plain and road liko this:
J THU KTltUL LYNCH. j
Then, as the train swept past, tho
passengers, who had boon informed of
Ethel's ride, ohcrcd heartily in honor
of tho littlo mountain heroine.
Surely, it is not to bo wondored at
that tho trainman on tho Silver Creek
road have u wurm placo in their hearts
for tho little girl out in Colorado or
that the president of the road has hang
ing in his private office ano'il paintingoi
"A red-headed girl and a white horoe."
W. B. Disbro, in N. Y. Ledjjer.
A MAPLE DINNER IN JAPAN.
Mnplo Win V. cry vvliero Kxcrpt In tho rood
Tlint Yian Horvpil.
Japanese club men havo some things
to bo thankful far. At iv dinner ro
contly at tho Moplo club in Toklo both
mombers and guests arrived in jinrlk
shas. They sat down on the ontrnnco
stairs nnd removed their boots. On en
toring tho guosts wero presented with
art books, bound in yellow silk. The
Mnplo club they found to bo very much
maple; ceilings and floors were of the
wood; white, silk panels, and the littlo
charcoal stoves wero all ornamented
with mnplo leaves. One dndo had them
in spring tints, another in autumn
colors, and even tho balcony had a
maple-leaf balustrade.
The dining room was carpeted with
thick, soft matting, but was quite in
nocent of furniture. Big silk cushions
were the substitutes for chairs. Tho
guests did their best to sit down on
their heels, native fashion, and were
then served with washy looking, but
wormwood tasting, green tea. Fasci
nating girl attendants the prettiest to
be found in Japan served, ono girl to
eacli diner. They made waiting as pic
turcsquo as a dance. Thoy entered
without n sound, glided up to tho
guests, dropped on tholr knees, nnd
continued kneeling, with downcast
oyes, until those thoy were serving
were ready to bo helped. After tho
tea thoy brought white cakes
wrapped in delicate rice paper and
flanked with sweetmeat mnple leaves.
These are said to keep four months,
but they last Europeans longer. Then
came live fish, white and red; seaweed,
raw spinach, and raw shrimps mixed
in a sauce; blackfish broth; prawns in
batter, served on a plate with quail,
which might have been prepared with
n blacksmith's hammer; crystalizcd
oranges and walnuts; fish cakes made
into a paste which looked like pork
fat; Japanese potatoes beaten up with
bean Uour and sugar till they tasted
like marrons glaces; then more fish,
served with salted plums and sweet
potatoes syruped. All the time the
guests were stared In tho face by bot
tles of sake, a straw-colored liquor
tasting like dish water.
Suddenly the notes of a Japanese
guitar were heard, and the doors of the
dancing room were flung open, disclos
ing women playing on the koto, an in
strument six feet long, with violin
strings. The daneers were dressed in
scarlet brocade, made with long sleeves
and two tunics, tho under one very
light, disclosing white satin trousers,
which terminated in white linen tabi
shoes and stockings nil in one. Tho
dancine was more like posturing or
dumb acting. The writhed attitudes
showed extraordinary muscular train
ing. After the first dancer had swept
from the room, more courses followed
soup and, again, fish. A new dancer
then entered.
After more edibles came the tour de
force of the wholo thing, the maple
dance. Everywhere was the sign of
the club; in their hair, on their fans,
on every particle of their exquisite
dresses, constantly coming to light in
the swaying of their graceful bodies,
the flutter of fans on the floor, the
gleam of dark heads bending over
them.
,At the end of tho feast whatever
food was unbroken was carefully
packed in white wooden boes and
given to the guests. N. Y. Sun.
TOLD BY THE TEETH.
Sure Way of Idnntlflii(T the Remains of
Persons Horned.
The identification of bodies that havo
been mutilated beyond recognition by
the usual rules has until recently been
so difficult that every year hundreds of
bodies of heroes have been consigned
to nameless graves.
But a now system of identification
has been discovered that is as accurate
and unfailing as is tho famous system
of measurement employed by the Paris
police in keeping track of the criminals
of France. It is identification by means
of the teeth. It was first suggested
und put in practice by a New York
dentist. For years it has been the cus
tom of all first-class dentists to keep a
complete chart of the teeth of all their
patients, together with a record of all
fillings, removals or other work done
to the masticators. These charts and
records are carefully filed away, and
are kept as long ns the patient lives.
A comparison of several hundred of
these charts recently made in Now
York showed that no two of them were
identically alike, and a celebrated art
ist made the assertion that the same
rule would hold good in 19,000 cases.
The first and most noted instance whero
identification by tho teeth was made
conclusive wns in the case of Xoreross,
the dynamiter, who attempted the life
of Russell Sage, and was blown to
pieces. While a trousers button fur
nished the first clew to this identity, it
was not until his teeth were examined
by his dentist that tho identity was
recognized by the young man's parents.
Thu next time that the system was
brought into prominence was after tho
terrible Hotel Itoyal fire in New York,
in which all of the victims were burned
beyond semblance to humanity. While
tho charred bodies wero lying at the
morgue an old lady called thcro in
search of her missing daughter. She
was accompanied by her family don
tibt, and within five minutes the miss
ing ond erring child was found and
fully identified by moans of tho den.
tist's chart. Tho old lady's example
was followed by others, and In thU
way nearly all of tho victims of the
holocaust were recognized nnd claimed
by their friends. Chicago Times.
Hu'd lloen Hacked.
Horseman That is 11 remarkably fine
animal you are driving, madume.
Lady O, I wouldn't part with this
horse for tho worht. He's just us gentle
us can bo, and real fast, too.
Horseman So I should judge. Has
ho ever been backed against any noted
Lady Woll. I don't know, but it
Booms to mo wo "rack against pretty
much everything in tho street ovtry
tlino I attempt to turn 'round. N. Y.
Weekly.
SCtENOE AND INDUSTRY.
Germany's average annual produc
tion of wlno during tho past thirteen
yours lias been 150,000,000 gallons The
nrca of land undor vino cultivation has
varied but littlo In that time, being
nbout JSOO.OOO ncres. A third of tho
total produot is made In Alsaco and
Lorraine.
The milk production of tho chlel
European countries must be estimated
by the millions and millions of gallons
a head. Germany heads the list with
.1,127,000 millions of gallons; next comes
Franco with 2,aJ5,740 millions of gal
lons; England is third with 1,003,500
millions of gallons.
Northern Delaware will have some
of the best wheat lands in the country
Ono farmer in Now Castle county re
imports nn average of 30 bushels per
acre upon 100 ncros; another reports
nn average of 3!H bushels per acre,
and another mi averago of 35 bushels
per acre. A small field, recently in
asparagus, yielded an averago of 50
bushels per aoro.
The largest band-sawing mnchino
in the world has recontly been com
pleted in England and sent to Tasma
nia. Tito machine can saw through a
maximum depth of seventy-five inches,
and tho carriago will accommodato
logs fifty feet long and weighing about
fifty tons. It is asserted that this saw
cuts even faster than a circular saw,
while wasting 75 per cent, less wood.
It seems hard to rcalizo that tho
lightest whisper must continuo its
rounds of existence throughout all
eternity, yet ou the belief that such is
the fact is based all modern physics
nnd very many of the useful adjuncts
of modern civilization. It is now real
ized that foree, like matter, is inde
structible, and tlint where matter is
wo must look for force or energy in
close relation t it.
Interesting experiments with rat
tlesnake venom are in progress at tho
pathological laboratory of Johns Hop
kins university. The enptured rattler
is excited to stvike at a glass saucer,
into which thu poison from its fangs
falls. This is then injected in miuuto
quantities beneath tho skin of rabbits,
and as soon as tho unsuspecting ani
mals are dead they are dissected to
show the action of the venom.
The ago of the late dragon troe of
Orotava was variously estimated at
from 0,000 to 10.000 years. On the low
est estimate it surpassed not only
JJomesUay oaks ana boma cypresses,
out uie lienor yew, wmi us .,-"".
years,
and Alphouse Karr's baobabs,
of Seneral. llalfour irives the oires. as
n.nafo;ml i, n pn,i,,n f ,.,
..-...,... ,v ... n... i.' 1 En i.
yew 2.S20 and the baobab as probtbly
the same as the yew.
A prominent English physician of
large experience with drunkards, Fays
that he can recall hundreds of recover
ies among men, but only fivo awpng
women. As an instance of the cunuing
with which female inebriates gratify
their appetite for liquor the following
story is related. Some women iti a re
treat asked for curling tongs, a very
natural request. Next, they wunted
methylated spirits with which to heat
the irons, and finally they wheedled
hot water, sugar and lemon juine out
of one of the maids. Out of these)
liquids they contrived a concoction to
satisfy their craving for alcohol.
Various attempts have been mndo
to account for the diversity in shape
seen in eggs. A recent study convinces
Dr. Nicolsky thnt the differences may
nil be traced to gravity, and ho finds
his idea confirmed by all the eggs in
the zoological collection of the St. Pe
tersburg university. He supposes that
pressure by tho sides of the ovary tends
to elongate the egg before the shell has
hardened. In birds which keep a ver
tical position while at rest, as do the
falcon and the owl, the soft eg, is
made short by the action of tho weight
of tho body against the ovarian pres
sure; while in birds that, like the grebe,
are nearly always swimming, the egg
is lengthened, because the bird's
weight acts with the compression by
the ovary. The ogg is made more
pointed at one end than nt the other in
birds that, like the guillemot, are fre
quently changing their position, some
tiroes swimming and diving, sometimes
pcrciiing on the rocks, etc.
The Comfortable Corset Cover
In speaking of the corset covor it
may be said that a great many women
dispense with it. It is clnimed that
taking away, as it certainly does, from
the shape of the stays, it tends to mako
tho bodice less perfect in its fit. Nat
urally, every woman has her own ideas
on this subject, but the correct cover
of to-day and that of ten years ago are
so entirely different that it may b
doubted as to whether tho urgumeu,
holds good. In the first place it is uo ,
laden with tmmmlngs, it is made to rU
as closely as possible, nnd its seamti
aro very small ones, done after tho
fashion of a Fronch hem. Sleeves aro
no longer noted, but if a cover is low
in tho neck a simple band is all that ia
necessary, while if it is high and cut out
round, squaro or pointed, tho shoulder
portion forms all that is necessary.
The arms' eyes ofteuest have a simplo
heni finish, very narrow and very flat
Luce, outlines tho opening of tho neck,
and this may be drawn in with a lovu
ribbon, but anything that will in any
way make a "bunchiness" is avoided.
Small pearl buttons aro used for the
closing, and the cover itself should be
fitted to be a littlo longer than tho
stays. Ladles' Homo Journal.
Humeri His llnlr.
A counsel was oxamlning tho plain
tiff in a recent breacli of promise ac
tion. "Was tho defendant's air," ho asked,
"whon ho promised to marry you, per
fectly serious, or wus It ono of levity
and jocularity?"
"If you please, sir," replied tho plain
tiff, "it was all rufilcd-Hko through Mm
a runnlti' Ms 'and through It." Drake's
Magazine.
NnoiU a Mii;iiltler.
Jones I'm told that your prospoots
are lluo, old follow. - -
Siulth So lino that I can't seo 'om.
Judge.
HOPE FOR THE FARMER.
H10 Amrrlrun ARrlimlturlnl Rovlovm tli
Crop Situation An ICneouruKln- SIiovt-
Iiir Frlrns Should Oo t'p.
Nr.w Yoitrc, Aug. 21. Thu followiug
b a summary of the American Agri
culturist's annual review of the crop
situation and of the agricultural year:
llio hnrvost or 1833 In tho United States Is
In mnny respects slmlHr to that of thrco years
ago, but with every prospect that homo con
sumption und an Increased foreign de
mand will so ndvnnco values ns to jlold
13 largo a not return to furmors as
an thu avorngo ot recent voars. Indeed, tho re
view makes n distinctly encouraging exhibit In
spite of tho prevalent drought, though admit
ting that tho Hnanclnl stringency may Inter
fere with tho earlv movement of crops und
bmo u temporary restrlctlvo Influence on
prices
Tho cotton crop will bo harvested on fower
acres than last jeur As largo or a larger
bicadth was planted to this staple, but tho
inability of many planters to borrow monoy
enough to work tho crop, together with
drought, floods nnd worm, nnd tho still
Creator dlfllculty of getting monoy for picking
combine to seriously curtail production, Aui
gust Indications point 10 a crop not exceeding
r.TOO.OUO bales with favorablo weather, and very
much less than that If Insects and cllmato con
tinuo unfavorable
Tho American Agriculturist believes present
lullness In American cotton manufacturing to
bo only tomporary, for thcro Is a scarcity rather
than a surplus of staple and deslrubla goods
and mills aro already starting up to 1111 orders
with ev cry prospect of being crowded to sup
ply tho domestic demand for tho ensuing six
months. English mills cleaned up tholr sur
plus during tho great strlko last j car and are
now enjojlng remarkablo prosperity and aro
unablo to moot the export demand. This ex
plains why cotton commands tho prices cur
rent two years ago nt this date, though tho
worlds vlslblo supply Is some 1,000.000 bales
muro now than then. With a short crop con
lumptlon will require moro than this excess,
with a consequent advance In values
Present Indications point to a crop of 1,750,
XX) 001 bushels of corn, contrasted with 1,630,
MO,000 last year and over 2,000,000,000 bushels
,11 the Immense jleld of two seasons preIous.
Hut unless abundant rains prevail throughout
tho corn belt In August, follow od by mtld
neither, production mar shrink to 1,000,000,
XM bushels, und may oven drop to tho slzo of
the 1BJ0 crop, when wo harvested less than any
rear for a decade, with u single excoptlon Tho
review points out that whllo tho urea of corn Is
some 2.000.000 of acres greater than last year.
In tho seven corn supplj states ovir 1000,000
less acres are devoted to malzo than was ths
case tw o j ears ago.
The wheat crop will not exceed 4 U 000,000
bushels, according to tho American Agricult
urist sown reports and Its Interpretations of
jovernmont returns, compared with (51 1.000,000
as the uvorage for tho two last seasons nnd
oo,000,009 bushels In 169o Nearly 2,500.000
less acros wero devoted to wheat than last
year, and tho bulk of this decrease was in tho
surplus states, which bid fair to havo 78,000,000
fewer bushels than last year and 125,000,000
bushels under tho surplus states' product of
1WI Available supplies ot old wheat are 40 000,
000 bushels greater than a twelve-month since,
but even allow Ing that farmers also hold 17.000,
900 bushels moro old wheat now than then.
the total sunnlfos for tho nnsuln vrnr nm nnlv
100.000,000 bushels, or 117.000.000 less than tho
average of thu two previous crops. Our homo
I consumption has averaged 305,000,000 bushels
! annually, leaving an apparent export surplus
of 133 000,000 bushels, against exports last ve.vr
of IW.000.000 and the season before ot 2J3,
XiOOOO This j car's acreage of oats was never ex
ceeded except in lbSJ, when over 750,000,000
bushels wero grown on 27,400.000 acres, com
pared with GM.uOO.OOO oushels on a slightly
smaller acreage this season This is within
40 000,000 bushels of last year's outturn and
Just about an uverage of tho previous threo
crept
Tho usual quantity of rye, buckwheat und
barley w 111 be garnered.
The supply of hay (over 83,000.000 tons) nnd
other forago Is abundant, though mill feed
and cbtton seed meal may be higher than last
winter
Tho hcrious reduction in the supply of Hvo
stock is reflected in reduced arrivals at our do
mestic markets and decreased exports during
tho last seven months, with a very fair ten
dency to values. Much stock in Kurope Is be
ing slaughtered becauso of drought, and later
on the export demand is likely to bo large.
11 utter, cheeso and milk havo been In only or
dinary supply owing to the reduced number of
cows. StocKs aro light and dairy interests
wero never in better shapo for a profitable
winter
The American Agriculturist notes an In
creased domestic crop of sugar, but a shortage
in the world's production of 300,000 long tons ot
sugir, but "prices are more likely to bo affect
ed by changes In legislation than by changes In
production " A reduced leld of heav j leaf ond
plug tobacco is assured and tho cigar leaf crop
of the Connecticut and Housatonlc vallevs has
been curtailed by drought and hall An adv anca
In prices is predicted
Hops will make u fair averago yield In the
United states, but aro only half to two-thirds
of a full crop In Germany, and with alight
yield in England the export demand will tako
at good prices every bale of American hops
that can be spared
Potatoes have felt the drought and about
1C3.000.000 bushelsaro looked for slightly more
than last jear, compared with 245,000,000 in
the bountiful crop of two years ago.
Kev tewing tho flt.anc.al situation from the
farmers' standpoint, tho American Agricultur
ist concludes that "tho prospect for prices in
the early future depends moro upon tho mone
tary situation than upon natural conditions, all
of which point to causes that should result in
higher prices. '
Stocks abroad aro not materially larger than
a J ear ago, so that tlx) excess of 50,000,000 bush
els In the United States stocks of old wheat
still leaves un Indicated shortago In the broad
cropot thu world ot 100,000,000 bushels ot wheat.
With no extra surplus of tho bread crops,
and an assured delicti of wheat, the United
States Is likely to be called upon to oxport as
much wheat as last year, It not more. Indeed
exports havo b.en much heavier slncoJulyl
than last season. "Tho conclusion Is Justifia
ble that present pricos of all grains are abnor
mally low, as thero Is Utile evidence ot our
ability to spare as much wheat as Kurope.
wants, unles a largo under consumption pre
vails In the United States "
The hay crop Is believed to represent a valuo
to the farmers of $1,000,000,000. Corn at 4J
cents u bushel comes next with u total ot $725,.
000,000, follow ud by wheat valued at 300,000,
000, If worth 00 cents a bushel, and by oats
worth $185,000,000, it valued at 30 cents on the
farm Potatoes promise to net an averago ot
70 or 75 cents a bushel or a total of 1125 OJO.OOO
This last is about one-half tho prospective
value of the oottou crop ot 1633, reckoned at Hi
a bale.
Pensioners to do to I.avr.
Washington, Aug. 21. Col. Charles
P. Lincoln, lato deputy commissioner
of pensions nnd a prominent candidate,
for commander in chief of the O. A. K.,
is authority for tho statement that an
effort is soon to bo made to prove
thiough the courts that the suspensions
of pensions granted under the act of
Juno 27, 1890, are illegal.
Cause of Mlekness In Jtcrlln.
Washincuon, Aug. 31. Surgeon Gon
eral Wymun, of tho marine hospital
service, has received a cablegram from
Consul General Edwards at Derlln,
stating that there ,aro no f urtlior cases
of cholera there. The disease, the dis
patch says, was introduced through cu
cumbers procured from infected dis
tricts in ltusstan Poland.
Killuii by 111 Father.
LouisviM,K, Ky., Aug 81. lu a drunk
en row nt Puducah Sunday 'W. F.
Woods killed his ltf-yorr-uld sou by
hitting him ou the ueuic with a beer
gUs;j.
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