The Eddy current. [volume], March 19, 1898, Image 8

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BESSIE.
T'R onlr Bessie Ha
ren." ald Mm. Lid
dlngton to her
niece, Mn. (Infield,
a blooming city
matron, who had
brought her two
boys to the country
for the summer. "I
wouldn't lot Hal
and Felix associate
with her on any ac
count. It I were you. Thoro's no good
In any of thoe Itaveni a vile, low
act,"
Mm. Bnfleld looked pityingly at tho
brown-faced, bare-logged little gypsy,
who had dunk around tho baek door,
a Iwskot of lata luscious blnekberrlos
on her arm, and the deep flush that bo
tokened how plainly ihe hsd over
board Mrs. Llddlngtnn'a careless word,
attll dyeing her cheeks.
"Only Hesslo Haven!" How often
he had heard thsl phrase. Haw '.t
Uf a ratanlag did It convoy to her
ear.
There are no trout there! You
might throw a bait and wait o year.
and you wouldn't 5Pl n Idle!
It was a deep, solitary r.ivlne, where.
In attitude of Intense eagerness, llnl
Bnflold and hi brother Felix worn
holding their flihliiK rod, awaiting the
eipMled blt, whllo Hesslo Haven's
brown face and big. black eye looked
out at them from a natural oval frame
of bushes and vine, an she held a
taakot la one hand, and her tattered
fitin bonnet In tho other.
Hal Knnold, a self-sufficient llttto
aristocrat, by nature as well an by
vdiioatlon, drow himself haughtily up.
"I don't know that we aikod nny
Information from you," aald he.
haughtily. "Have tho goodness to bo
about your business."
"I won't!" retorted Hosslo Itaven.
with an ominous flash In bar dark
eyes, "It's a free country, nln't ItT
And I've at mueh right here an you
havot"
"Very well." said Hal, rising and
gathering together til tiekle. "I'll
o, then. Come, Felix."
nut Felix, tho younger brother, had
no Idea of leaving his coot, shady nook,
for a whim of Hal's.
Hal stalked away In high dudgeon;
Felix remained behind to culttvato tho
acquaintance of Hesslo Haven.
"If thero are no trout here." said ho.
composedly oyolng tho brown gypsy
laco among tho loaves, "whera do they
hldo?"
"I'll show you," said Hessle, with
alacrity. "Just n pleco further on.
Thero's lots of 'om only everybody
don't know It. Como cnl"
And the two children spent n long
mumiior's morning together undor the
Krcon tree.
Until Just ns Felix Knfleld wns turn
ing to go home, half approhonslvo thut
he had missed tho fnrm-houso dinner,
ho did not perceive that the llttlo gold
aros Jio ware attached to his wutch
nhnln wns gono.
"Oh I" cried he. "whom Is my "
lie stopped abruptly. For In the vory
moment In whloh ho spoke, ho per
ceived, half-hlddnn In the folds of the
bottom of Hassle's tattered d the
gloom of somo golden ornament. In
voluntarily ho caught at It It was his
own.
"You llttlo thief t" cried ho, "you
must have stolen itf
I)Mln stood sullen and silent, hor
eywt east down, her bare fcot linpn
tlently patting tho velvety grass bo-
K5.,
"YOU Liri'LH THIHFI"
'low, Bho could not deny It she seorn
cd any attempt to justify herself.
"Hostile." said the boy, slowly, "what
made yu do ItT Don't you know that
It Hi wrong to stoalT"
"Wrong!" cried out Hassle, passion
ataiy. "Why Is It wrong You are rleh
and I'm poor! You've got everything,
aad I've got nothing! Why shouldn't
I help myself when I've got the
hanftalM
FdUx rfiM looked at her. Verily
tbsra was mere In her treed than he
hail realised.
"Ill tell ye why, Uele." sUl he,
-"At I I'll tell you what I think
nlwut It,"
tt. In his boylah way, he unfolded
tho phlteMpby of mourn and tuum
Ilfasle Haven listened In surprise.
SUiB bad never been reasoned with be
fiara. N ana hn.il liter taken the treu
tile to explain matters and things In
sonornl to her.
"Oh, Fells I" she cried out, with a
groat sob In her throat, "l see It all
now. IlHt no one ever told mo before
And father was lost at sea, and mother
had v UUIe ones to take care of, and
sora alio everyone's hand was against
ua, and we had to tight our way along,
no I got somehow not to eare abo"
anything."
"Don't err. Heaalel" toothed the lad
-Don't fret, that's a good girl! Here
take the geld eross and keep It. I
don't etre rauth for lt,M
80 they parted. At home Fell
found that bis father had eon to take
Cheat np koto th mountains ftr a few
CPS
weeki, before thoy returned to their
Uy home and an he never sot the
ehanee to tell Hesslo Haven good-by.
Ten year afterward! TWee and
twenty Is a dangerous age for fllrtv
tlons, but Felix Knfleld had nover bon
seriously smitten until that time when
he crossed tho Atlantic In tho stea'ner
Will o' tho Wisp, and fell In love with
tho eaplnln's Spanlsh-oycd daughter.
"If you don't marry mo." sald Felix,
Ith comical earnestness, "I'll throw
myself Into the sea."
There's not much danger of that,"
said Miss lUchtleld, quietly.
"nut I am In earnestl" protested
Felix.
"So am I!" said tho damsel with the
blue-block eyes.
"Don't you lovo mo?" pleaded Felix.
"I don't dislike you," demuroly an-
swnred Miss Illehfleld.
"Then I shall hope." recrared Ftdlx.
"Hope Ts a commodity that Is free
to nil!" aald the young lady.
Hut at the voyage's end Mr. Rnflelil
was deeper In love than ever.
"Look hern. Miss Hlehfleld." snld ho:
If you don't say you'll have me. 1
won't leave tho steamer's deck! I'll
go baek and forth perpetually between
New irk and Southampton!
"I don't think papa would rare for
so permanent a passenger." said Mis
Hlehfleld, with a mlsshtcvous twinkle
n her eyes.
Hut, really! Do you know, Miss
Hlehfleld. I believe you nro engaged al
ready." Sho colored a little.
"Why?" she asked.
"Ah! you think I have no eyes. You
think I haven't porcelved that you
nlways wear a black velvet ribbon
round your nock a black velvet rib
bon, from which Is suspended somo
trinket of gold, hidden In the lare
frills of your collar. Is It a gnugo?"
"Yes," Miss Hlchflold calmly an-
wrred; "It Is n gaugo of truo love. If
ever am married "
"If." almost scornfully ejaculated
he lover.
"Well, when I am married." Mls
Hlehfleld corrected herself, "It will
only be to tho gentleman who gave
me this!"
"Then I may consider myself reject
ed ?" slowly npoko Follx, with a fare
of tho blttnrcst chagrin.
"Not quite," said tho dnrk-oyed dnm-
set, soltfly, aa sho drew the golden
tnllsmnn from her throat and held It
toward him. "Don't you remember
who gavo mo this?"
Ho uttered nn oxclamatlon of recog
nition.
"It Is the golden cross I gave, years
ago, to Hesslo Haven!" cried he.
"Yes," sho said, quietly, "and I am
Hesslo Haven."
"You!"
"Yes. My mother died shortly nfter
you gave mo this. My undo, who had
Just returned from tho West, adopted
us all. Two of my sisters nre In board-
ng-school. My brother Is bolng edu
cated In a Dnrmnn university. And I
nm my uncle's adopted daughter,
known only by his nnmo."
Hut, Hesslo, you snld you would
marry tho one who gavo you trjnt!
cried out Knfleld.
"So I wilt," confessed Hesslo, laugh
ing and blushing, "It ho Is still In
fatuated enough to persist In wanting
mo."
Thoy woro married within a month
a regular true-lovn mntoh and old
Mrs. I.lddlngton finds herself grand
aunt-ln-law to "only Hcsalo nnvoo!"
'And really," says she, complacent
ly, "I don't think Felix could have
made a bettor match!" Now York
Dally Nows.
Couldn't Haul lllut.
A little boy from California who has
been about a great deal Is spending
tho holidays with his Washington cous
ins. He has enjoyed tho sights of the
capital, but he hasn't pormltted himself
to bo In tho slightest dogrco overawed
by anything he has seen. Ills cousins
took him "carried" him. thoy said of
It thomsolvoa to the National Museum
ono day, and called bis attention to n
grcnt log of potrlfled wood lying Just
outsldo tho door. Tho llttlo Callfor-
nlan hnd been a llttlo depressed, but
ho brightened up nt tho sight. '"I've
stoii a whole tree Hko that," ho said.
The Washington cousins maintained
their composure. "Wo'vo got a whole
forest of trees like that out west," went
on tho young westerner, mill me
Wnshlngtonlans woro not nt alt Im
pressed. The California boy drew a
long breath. "Wo vo got a whole woods
of putrefied trees," he said. "Yes, and
they't putrefied birds sitting on 'em,
and and," with one last effort to dis
turb the calm self-tatlsfuetlon of his
eorupanlomi. "they're tinging putrefied
songs, too." Washington I'ost,
VuHtfT tho Old HclitmL
VrurA the San Franetteo Newt Ict
tor! Flverybody knows Col. Caldwell.
The eetoHal la a Virginian of the old
school. The colonel's piety has eon
denced Into ono ereed, courtesy to
women. He nover leave a room with
a lady In It without backing through
the door. Mlat N.. who Is very prae
tleal, remarked the other evening:
"Col. Caldwell, have you eyes on the
baek of your head?" "I would have
them, madam, were you behind me."
An acquaintance tho other day asked:
"Colonoi, do you alwoya baek away
from the ladlee?" "I do, tub! but I
don't back down from the men, tuh!"
A lady, much glvn to Urownlng, ask
ed the following question, recelvlne
tho following answer: "Ool. Caldwell
Is falling In love an evldenoa of rea
son?" "My dear, madam," replied tbl
colonel, "In love we desert tho ealm
of logic and surrender ourselves to tht
roae-Untd delirium of IrurUnot."
Why are
tervantt
ttrvant gUU teldoia
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEnBST TO
AOniCULTUniSTB.
Some Up-to-llate Hint About Cul
tivation of tlm Holt unit Ylrltl
Thereof llorllrulture, Viticulture and
riorlrullur.
Around the Farm,
Last harvest, owing to tho wet weath
er, a certain flat In one of my fields
was so wot as to measurably drown the
oatt whloh were sown upon It. There
were tnoro or less oats, however, nil
through It, and a huga crop of sour
grass and various torts of weeds. I
cut and sttoked It. Today the stock
prefer It to bright, threshed timothy.
I had sown tho flat to timothy and clo
ver and wanted tho land clean, which
was the chief reason for mowing tho
mixed oats, weeds and spur grass. I
shall nover despair again of getting
some good out of even a first-class
stand of weods.
Tho blanket of snow has nreventrd
tho ground from freezing to nny ox-
tent. Ilenco fence posts can bo driven
with less labor than In tho fall. The
cracks through tho fields mode by tho
arouth 1 see nre closed, and the ground
Is damp a foot down or more. This Is
cheorlng, for tho cracks prevented the
now or water to tho reservoirs,
In my opinion the wide-awake farm
er will keop over a few hundred bush
els of corn, at least until he ts reason
ably sure of another sufficient crop.
Also, he will save a few tons of hny.
Thero hag been a slaughter of rab
bits this winter beyond any other son
ton within my knowlodge. The taste
for frfpd bunny Is on the Incroase
among the people, I urn glad of It. It
will save blackberry gardens and young
fruit trees, for, singular as it teems,
many farmers neglect tho ounce of pre
ventive so long In such matters that
they aro compellod to use tho pound of
cure. Tho only objection any farmer
can bavo to gunnors hunting rabbits In
hit fields Is, Do don't want them to kill
his quails, and he wants them to bo
careful about shooting towards stock.
A neighbor bad two valuable Angara
goats killed this winter by careless
gunners.
Id an adjacent neighborhood I am
credibly Informed that some sort of a
pest Is killing off tho rabbits; that
many dead ones nro dnlly found. It
may bo thoy aro mistaken. Tho dead
rabbits aro porhapt tboso which hava
been woundod and escaped, and nftor
wards died. Tho neighborhood, how
ovor, says no to this suggestion.
Hontors scorn determined not to pay
cash for land. They aro willing to
glvo a larger share of grain than hith
erto. Somo are now willing to glvo
half tho crop. Tho rulo hlthorto for
somo years has bcon two-flfths In tho
bushel and crib aud half tho hay. That
is what I bavo rented for a number of
years past. I havo mado careful esti
mates and find that, ono year with an
other, I havo dono as wall, and somo-
times bettor, than thoso who havo
routed their laud for cash, I havo had
ono renter oovon years, and ho has dono
as well by his portion of tho farm as
I myself would havo dono, Tho groat
troublo with many renters Is they hog
tho land ovor. It runs down under their
bands. Tho fonces, tho home, tho
barn nnd tho door-yard and orchard
look as It a vory poor widow lived thoro
and had no holp whatever. This kind
of farming makos tho owner hardor In
his demands than bo would bo It tho
renter took. a llttlo prldo In keeping
tho placo In good condition, I havo no
use for a slovenly rentor.
EDWAHDl). JltiATON.
Training (Impo Vlnm,
K. 0. Lodeman, Department of Asri
culturo Ho port: Training, on the other
hand, Is almost wholly a matter of
convenience. It docs not nffect tho
strength of tho vino or tho valuo of
tho crop In uny essential particular.
Tho training of a vino refers to tho (lis-
poial or atrangomont of tho various
parts of tho vino after pruning hat
taken place. Tho method of training
adapted determines the oporator to
leave certain growths In certain posl
tlons, not because more or better fruit
Is expected, but for the reason, per
bans, that tho fruit any bo harvested
with greater case, that a laborious op
oration may bo wholly dispensed with,
or that there may bo lets danger to the
maturing crop from winds or other nat
ural agenolos. Tho method of training
adopted by a vlneyardlst Is largely tho
result of personal preference or of ed
ucation, although toll and variety aro
Important factors In tho selection of a
system. Tho health and vigor of tho
vino aro rarely affected by the method
In which It Is trained, and although
somo system of training must bo adopt
ed In every vineyard, still altogether
too mueh weight has teen laid by most
horticultural writers upon the peculiar
merits of the various systems, whllo the
actually ruinous effects of bad pruning
havo not always beon sufficiently em-
phaslted. A vine properly trained Is
desirable, but a properly pruHed vine
Is essential to the highest success, Tho
importance of this subject necessitates
a somewhat detailed statement of the
principles which are vitally connected
with the proper pruning of the vine.
These principles servo also as the foun
dation for all tyttemt of training, and
they can not be ignored without more
or less Injury to the plants.
(1) The amount of fruit which a vine
can bear and mature In highest perfec
tion It limited; when this limit Is ex
ceeded tha fruit deteriorates.
(1) Upon the fruit the effect of ever
production Is to reduce the else of the
berries and of the clusters, and prob
ably also to Impair the quality; the
vine makes a poor growth, the foliage
it small and the vigor of the plant it
generally reduced, Whin a vlnt bat
beta allowed to overbear, especially
when It la young, years taay seta-
timet be required beforo the vlnt re
turns to lit normal condition.
(3) A plant that Is carrying lest
fruit than It Is capable of maturing
generally produces a very heavy foliage
and an excess of wood. This mar prob
ably be oxplalnod by the supposition
mat the energies of tho plant ore di
rected almost entirely to vegetlve ac
tivity. () Tho most difficult and Imnortant
feature of grapo pruning Is to bo ablo
to Judge of the kind and amount of
wood which should bo allowed to re
main upon the plant. This amount It
dependent upon toll, varioty, climate,
charactor of the season, and to a lim
ited extent upon the method of train
ing, The paramount Importance- of
having a properly balanced top and
root system Is most fully reallicd by
American vlneyardlsts of long expe
rience. Years of ttudy, especially tho
study of tho varioty of grapo and of
tho soil upon whloh It Is growing, nre
brought to bear upon each Individual
vino when It Is pruned, and In no di
rection can tho skill i the vlnoyardht
bo moro clearly demonstrated thaa .n
questions regarding the amount and
kind of bearing wood that is allor sl
to remain. No rulo-ot-thumb will cov
er a living and sonsltlvo orsanlsm for
tho grape-vlno; In pruning Judgment
must bo exorclsod at almost every step.
Hut It It furtunnto that considerable
variation may bo allowed without so
rlout consequences or tho profitable
culturo of tho grapo would Indeed be a
hopeless task. Yet tho less tho rolianco
placed upon this allowed vaasllon tho
better will bo tho vino.
online; Wild llnney.
Tho usual way when a bee tree has
been found Is to cut It down, stupefy
tho beet with smoko at well at may be.
and tako their honey. This, of course,
destroys all future harvests of sweet
from that treo or swarm. Possibly
Daniel Johnson, an old bco hunter, of
Dedham, Me., has discovered a uouor
way, Tho bees provided against meir
treo bolng cut down and tholr sloros
destroyed by toltcttng n tree which
overhung a deop ravine. If tho tree
wero cut down It would fall Into tho
ravlno, smashing tho tree and destroy-
Ing tho honey. 80 he Insertod a gas
plpo from n hollow noar tho ground,
running It up the treo until tho boney
was reached. Then he built a Ore at
tho foot of the tree. So soon as the
flro warmed tho honoy Inside, it began
to run down, where it was caught In
palls. It nearly Oiled a barrol. Mr.
Johnson thinks ho bat a pormanent
hlvo of beet on that treo so Iodk at It
doct not succumb to tho offocts of flro
at Its roots. Ho thinks there Is enough
honoy loft to winter tho boos, and that
noxt year thoy will go to work and flit
tho empty combs. Hut it Is very pos
sible that heat sufficient to molt honoy
comb hns killed tho bees, nnd that tho
burrcl of honoy this year Is tho last be
will get from that tree.
r.tTlrnrr.
No advice, howovor good, can take
tho placo of experience. Thoro Is no
way that tho novice In poultry keeping
ran become efficient except by experi
ence. Many pcnplo think thoy havo
experience, hut Inter And to their cast
Hint they had not obtained for n num
ber of years, has a llttlo touoh of pout
try dlstHtsot, euros tho troubles with
onso and Imnglnos that ho known all
all about them nnd that ho can fight
off anything that comos. When any oC
his nolghbora has a llko troublo ho
cheerfully gives them his ndvlca and
knows, or thinks he doos, that if they
follow tho recipes they will havo no
further troublo. Hut Inter ho finds that
ho know less than ho supposed. Ono
nl tho samo diseases attacks his flock
again. He tries tho old remedies and
finds they will not check this now In
vasion. Tho enemy comes on fearless
ly and creates havoc In his yards. Ho
now gets a llttlo moro exporlenco apd
perhnps comes dawn to the old romody
tho hatchet. Thereafter ho tayt tluit
thoro Is no euro for this or thnt dis
ease. Is ho right? Who knows? Wo
nil need moro oxporlonco and moro
systematic Investigation.
,1
(Juimilu Tlilntlm.
Any roader of Tho Farmers' Itevlow
that can answer tho question wll
obllgo 0. I Having several patches of
these plants In a pasturo of two hun
dred acres, wo know those thistles to
be rich In sugar; cut, too, within tho
spring cattlo prefer them as fodder bet
ter than rank grass. Wo have known
field mloo to climb tho main stem, to
eat tho soed In Its capsules. Thistles
and grass growing together cut with a
scythe In mowing will mako oxcollont
bay tor cows, Increasing their flow of
milk; that produces sweet butter. Tho
dry spines being sharp, aro very dtsa
grcoablo to baro bands. When staokod
In largo barns the saccharine matter
sweats vigorously and somotlmes fires
the stacks by spontaneous combustion.
It the sod containing thistles Is then
broken by plowing, planted with pota-
I toes for two seasons thistles are de
stroyed. In Ureat Hrltaln many per
sons use them for cdlblo greens, before
cabbage comes.
1UCHAHU UAKlilt, jit.
Monument to tho Potato. A ourlout
monument bat been discovered In tho
denso undergrowth of the so-called
Urandhal, In tho Upper Hartx. It Is a
granite block, about 7 feet high, retting
on a ttona pedestal, and on an Iron tab
let attached to It It the following In
scriptions "Hero, In tho year 1747, the
first trials were mado with the cultiva
tion of tho potato." Tho fJerman peas
ant at tho time did not tako kindly to
tho potato plant on Introduction to tho
country. It bad, however, a great friend
In the king, Frederick II., who was con
vinced of lu value, but who waa obliged
to usa forcible measures to get tho peo
ple of Pomeranla and Sllosla to plant
L Ex.
Why It a woman's husband lata dear
U tar tkaa atr kutband'a wife?
TALES OF TILE CUPID
SOME AMUSINQ STORIES OF
UNIQUE "MATCHES."
Courting In Church A rlng Olsnrc,
for Onre l,ecU In a H'l'f Mnrrlnso
Unrla liattut' GnurMhlp OM Hutch
Chnrlry,
A young gentlomnn living 'in
tho city of Moncton happened to
alt at ohuroh In n pow adjoin
ing one In which waa n young
lady for whom he conceived a
sudden and violent passion and felt
desirous of ontorlng Into courtship on
thy spot, but tho placo not suiting n
formal declaration he hit on the fol
lowing plan: Politely handing his
neighbor a Ulblo open with a pin stuck
in the following verso: It Kplstte of
John, 6 verso: "And now I leeoeh theo
lady, not aa though I wrote n now com
mandment unto theo, but that whloh
wo had from tho beginning, that wo
love ono another."
Bho returned It with the following:
Huth, II chnptor, x verso: "Thon sho
foil on her face and bowed herself to
the ground nnd said unto him. why
havo I found grace In thlno eyes that
thou shouldcst take knowledge of me
seeing I nm a'stranger?"
Ho roturncd tho Hook, pointing to
tho xxl verso of tho II Kplstlo of John:
"Having many things to wrllo onto
you I would not wrlto them with paper
and ink, but I trust to como unto you
and speak faco to faco that our Joy
may bo full."
From tho above Interview It Is ren
sonablo to suppose that the marrtago
took placo soon after.
A l'MMlng OInre,
Whon my. friend Jack waa leaving
homo to como to Aaslnabola his aunt
accompanied htm to tho station, nnd
thoro bade htm an affectionate fare
well. At tho train was leaving tho
station Ho noticed his aunt In con
verjatlon with n tall, fair nnd very at
tractive looking young lady. Jack
waa much struck by tho tatter's ap
pearance and could not keop from
thinking of hor all tho way, and won
dering who sho was. He mado up his
mind aho was tho ono being In the
world for him. Immodlntcly on hid
nrrlval ho wroto to his aunt asking
about tho young lady. Tho reply was
fnworablo Viola was single
Jack managed with his aunt's as
sistance to etart a correspondence
Thoy boenmo very much attached
through tholr letters, and whon thoy
mot for tho first tlmo It was to bo
married. All arrangomonta about tho
wedding had bcon mado by lettor,
Jack found out after they wero mar
ried, that Viola had seen him that
memorable day nt tho station nnd had
Inquired of Jack's aunt who ho was.
It Impponcd that thoy both confided in
tho samo ponton, and as a consoquenro
all enmo out right. Tho old lady Is
vory proud of tho mntch sho helped to
mako, for thoy aro Indent a happy
couple.
Vnrln Itnaliu' CmirUlilp,
In ono of our southorn towns live
two old darkles, rollca of slavery. The
old mnn Is 0110 hundred and thrco
yenra old nnd hail bcon married sovon
times, nil of hit wivon being doad whon
ho mot Aunt Tlsho. Aunt Tlsha was
clghty-tlireo, and hnd beon married
flvo times. 8ho wot a Virginia dnr
key, but had beon sold Into Alabama
during elave tlmo, nnd had como to
this town after tho war. Aunt Tlsha
la good, sweet-faced old darkey,
her complexion n dark glngcr-brcud
color, hor faco surrounded by whlto
wooly hair. Undo Haattis Is a spry
01a man, aitnougn bent nearly doub It
with ago, but his cyos aro bright and
thoy glance kindly at you from bo.
hind his largo stool rlmmod spectacles
It was aoYorat years slnco Undo Has-
tus Boventh wlfo died and ho wns
anxiously looking for tho eighth
when somo friend rccommonded Aunt
Tlsha. Ho did not know hor, but was
willing to moot bor. This friend
pointed out Aunt Tlsha to Undo Has
tus ono day on tho ntrcct aud ho pro
posed thon and thero. Aunt Tlsha
anaworcd him very Indignantly: "Go
long nigger, what do I want wld yo
Yo too olo o tak core yoscf wldout a
wlfo." Stio oalmed down, howovor,
attor reaching homo, nnd asked tho
lady for whom sho waa working to
wrlto an apology to Undo Ilastus,
Soon after tho had dispatched her
grandson with tho lettor sho taw,
through tho kitchen window, at sho
was waahlng the dUhos, Undo Kaatus
coming up tho atreot In hit old ox
cart, Sho ran out Into the atrcet
with tho dish towel In her hand, and
hailed him. No one knows what they
said to each other, but they mado up
tho dirforoncea atxi agrcod to marry
next day, the bringing him in to sign
a paper giving hor full possession of
bin property, consisting of a log cabin,
an ox and ox cast
Old IuUh Charity's CouHdiln,
I was at tho station when Old Dutch
Charley's lady came. Ho had told us
why ho waa thoro: to. when the daah
Ing-looWng stranger vteppod from the
train, we all know that this waa tho
city lady who had been recommended
to Old Charley, by a mutual friend,
a suitable life-partner, and who had
now como over to have u look at Old
Charley, aod stay a while on cuDroba
Hon. Old Charley eouln't leave bra
hone, to Tarn Johnson Mho mall car
rier, appointed himself matter of
ceremonies, and, eocortlng her out to
tho road, formally Introduced her to
Charley, banded her Into tht cutter,
and iba the vile reprobate be put
bit ana arausd her neck asd kissed
her. It waa wfoJcH shame of Tom,
and Old Charley didn't llko It a bit.
Three or four dnye later tho lady ap
peared at the station nlono, and told
thoso present why sho wot leaving.
It's that plagued pot pig o' hlt'nt
Ho's Just sot on that net old. an'
bound to havo It In tho woodshed, nn'
every tlmo tho door's openod It rom
tea rln' In, racln nil over th" hu'l
house, an' tracktn up tho floors! It'fl
Just gallln'! Ho nays ho can't bear to
kill It, but ha can't keop mo an' It
both."
At this point Dutch Charley ran In,
wildly excited.
"Aoht Katie. Katlo, what far you go
by dor houso nwny? What for you
lhay nnd marry mo not?"
They retired to tho lowor ond of tho
platform, held a short consultation,
then started toward tho road.
As thoy passed, Old Charley beamed
upon the Interested group at tha door,
and said: "Tomorrow wo go by dor
preaehor an' git mnrrlot wunstf"
Tho neighbors say that the chief foa-
turo of tho woddlng feast was roast
pot pig. DKIi BUCHANAN.
OEMS AND TRADITIONS.
Wonderful VlrtnMi Aurrlltrd In tha Tar-
qunWr King Jnhlt's Ulna.
Traditions nnd superstitions In con
nection with precious goms are many
nnd varied. For examplo, tho turquolso
Is believed to bo especially rich In vir
tues. Tho Hermans claim that by Its
varying shndes It turns telltale on tho
caprices and moods of Its wcaror. Car
dan, tho famous Italian physician nnd
philosopher, asserted that turquolso
mounted and worn ns a Augur ring
secured a horseman from all Injury
and added with commendable caution
that bo had a beautiful turquoise given
htm as a keepsake, but never testod Its
virtues, not caring for the saka of ex
periment to risk his life. Shakespeare
mimed Shylork totay: "He would not
havo lost his turquoise ring for a whoto
wilderness of monkeys." Camillas
!cnnardtis, . writer of past centuries,
wrote much that waa Interesting about
Jewels. He names n number that nro
cither no longer found or else they
are creations of his Imagination. Leo-
nardus statea that tho alccorla not
nlono renders n man Invisible, but
"being hold In tho mouth nllayt thirst "
Tho stone, doubtless of his fancr. Is
found In tho Intestines of n capon that
has lived seven years. Again ho telli
of tho bozoar. n red, dusty, brlttlo and
light stono, which Is taken from tho
body of somo nnlmnl, nnd Is Infnlllblo
against melancholy. Ho credits Queen
KlUaboth with wearing n bozoar. Four
famous rings of historical Interest wero
thoso presented by Popo Innocont to
King John. The monarch was urged
to nbto with cxtrcmo cnto tho thapo
of tho rings, their number, color and
mnttor. Tho number, four, bolng a
square, typified firmness of mind, fixed
steadfastly on tho four cardinal vir
tues. Tho bluo of tho sapphlro denot
ed faith; tho grcon of tho emerald,
hope; tho crimson of tho ruby, charity,
and tho splendor of tho topax, good
works. Tho rings thomsolvos repre
sented eternity, with nolther beginning
nor end; gold, which wns tho matorlal,
nnd, according to Solomon, tho most
precious of metals, signified wisdom,
moro to b'o desired thnn rlchos and
power,
WHAT THE BUN IS.
One of tha Orrat .Multitude nt Hint
Nlnr Is Urarrlbrd.
From tho Philadelphia Inquirer: Tho
sun, around which tho earth moves at
a distance of about 03,000,000 o fmllca,
a dtstanco of about 03,000,000 of miles,
stars. It Is an Intensely hot body,
shining by Its own light, whllo most
of tho planets are cool bodies and do
not, Uioreforo, glvo out light of tholr
own. Compared with tho earth, tho
sun is a globo of enormous dimensions,
To mako up Itt bulk 1,300,000 bodlet
ns Inrgo as tho earth would bo required
Whon vlowod through a telescope dark
spots may often be seen upon the stir
faco of tho sun. It ono of theso spots
bo carefully nollcod, and obsorvod
again after n few days, It will be found
to havo moved farthor toward tho
western sldo of tho nun's disk, whero
It Anally disappears. After an Inter
val it reappears on the eastern side,
and nrrlvcs at the position whero It
wus first noticed In about twenty-flye
days, furnishing us with proof that tho
sun rotaftH on its axis In that time.
An Unloving Wlfa's Way.
San Francisco Heport: J. D. Mot
fatt, a well-to-do citizen of thlt city,
had troublo with hit wlfo and on d4
comber 20, last, be published a notice
that ho would not bo responsible for
bis wife's bills after January 1. Tho
lady wot quick to see her opportunity
She realized that far ten days between
the date mentioned her husband
would be responsible, so she went all
over San Jose and bought everything
slit wanted and a few things tltarsho
did not want. Sho wan quite pleased
with her tucoets and managed in tbo
ton days to buy up several thousand
dollars worth of goods. When tho bills
came h'ome the husband tore his hair
nut the shopkeepers demanded their
Vay. They wero told to go nnd whittle
tor It. Now suit has been brought
against the hard-hearted husband, and
In addition to the original bills he may
have to pay court costs and lawyers'
fees.
Manailnar liar.
Pretty Wife (poutlngly)-Tbat Mrt,
Do Plalne bat a dozen dresses band'
tamer than the ontr good one Pre got
Smart Husband A homely woman like
that needs rich attlro to attract atUn
tton from her face. You don't (Pret
ty wit tubtMta.) New York Wtkl
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