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Oysters.
BROWN OYSTER $017P., --Take a quart of
water, add to it a tablespoonful of rich
lbrown gravy ora teaspoonful of extract of
llteof, thicken with a deeeertepoonful of flour
and lot it trimmer ten minutes, to cook the
flour tho oughly. Then stir in en ounce of
'nutter, seaman to taste, and add a dozen oy-
eters. Bring to boiling point and serve.
Ww'T1 OYSTER Sour.—Take four toast
lll+iistaits (English), roll them fine, and mix
with a pint of water ; add another pint of
good milk, an ounce of butter, pepper and a
dozen oysters and serve
OYSTER3 A LA CREME.—Open a dOZen'oy-
otara carefully and eave the liquor; take a
ihalf pint of milk, add to it a piece of butter
flheeize of a walnut, thioken with flour, and
auarnier ten minutes. Add the oysters and
their liquor, and seasoning to taste. Have
rrome nicely browned slices of toast, take up
the oyetere carefully, lay them on the ;neat,
Tour the mixture over, and serve,
SiTEASID OYSTERS.—Lay them in a potato
Mesmer over boiling water, Dover with a
plate to keep the steam in, and cook for ten
resinutea, Then serve quickly in the shell,
and on a very hot dish, with fried brown
Thread and lemon or vinegar.
STEWED OYSTERS.—Take a pint of milk
thicken with a dessertspoonful of corn -meal,
and stir In an ounce of butter; season well,
add a dozen oysters and stew gently for
nail an hour. When serving, garnish the
stew with eippite of bread soaked in lemon
Mice and fried in butter.
OYSTER PATTIES.—Make first a rich puff
Taste with half pound of Vienna flour and
half pound of butter, Press all the moist -
tire out of the butter with a clean el nth,
Ten rub half of it very lightly into the
:dour, mix with sufficient cold water to form
a paste, roll, and put on the remainder of
Ile butter, fold in three and roll out ; re -
neat this, then fill the patty -pans and bake
(quickly. Beard and drain a dozen oysters;
add a few drops of lemon juice to the 1 quor,
and then thicken with flour, butter and the
yolk of an egg. Cut the oysters into dice,
atir them into the mixture with a few drops
col` anchovy sauce ; warm up and fill the
Qase8.
FRICASSEED OYSTERS.—Take a teaspoon-
Ia1 of cream and the beaten yolk of an egg.
.Mac them well together, then drain the
liquor from a dozen oysters, thicken it with
natter and flour, add the egg and cream,
season to taste, and simmer for five minutes,
:stirring all the time. Lay in the oysters,
flet them warm through, then pour over
olicea of buttered toast,
ESCALLOPED OYSTERS,—Butter som0'.aea1-
?bp shells and line them with bread crumbs
;soaked in milk, drain the oysters and lay
them in (tour are enough for one shell),
season with pepper and salt, cover with a
Thick ayer of crumbs 'also soaked in milk,
tent tiny bite of butter on top, and bake on
a quick oven fifteen minutes.
A wife's Expenses.
Many married men blunder in the man-
nement of home expenses, although not one
bridegroom in a thousand, standing proudly
at the altar with the woman of his choice,
.would believe the thing possible were some
trath-telling prophet to whisper to him,
JO 3n one, or in two, or in five years, your
wile will want things for needful expenses,
eeraonal to herself, or for your common ad•
nantage and comfort, and will shrink from
asking you for it, lest you should upbraid
her for extravagance or chide her for folly."
What a blush would mount to the cheek
efan ing-'nu>ua, well meanieg young man
entsuch an aspersion ! He is quick to resent
le Nevertheless, in half the homes in the
facnantry, because the husband holds the
''_ends and the wife must ask for her share,
Veers is exasperation, there is false shame,
Aaere is undreamed of distress. And the
Istonble sprir+gs not out of the greed of pen -
imbue men (for men are usually open -hand -
n, generous, and anxious to treat their
wives and daughters with liberality), but
Ina its genesis in a mistaken principle at
dho begionirg. Indulgence, liberality and
generosity ,-re terms wholly inapplicable to
eke situation when we are speaking of the
Ielations of husband and wife. The one
eines not dispense an alms; the other does
wet accept a charity. They are partners in
'Te business of life. It is his part to do the
providing, and hers to look after .the use of
the provisions. He attends to the out -door
(economy; she to the interior; economy be-
ing taken in Ha root -sense of systematic
,; aernment• " In true marriage lies nor
aryaal nor unequal ;" yet there can bo noth-
5tgbut the farce of equality where the wife
ntsst account to her husband for every far -
ening, and the husband, forgetful of the con-
otderation due his wife, allows her to be fret -
/ad and worried, worn to shreds, and eub-
=;eet to petty mortification, because five
lays out of seven she is the possessor of an
atepty purse, Eatire openness and confi•
ci3enee as to the reseuroes of the firm, a defi-
e and exact method of keeping household
•accounts, and a recognition of the tact that
pricks minuet bs made without straw, and
gat a certain approximating annual expense
=at be proport oned to the position the
nemily occupies in the community, would
ao far bring in a mlllenium in British homes.
The Business Outlook,
The business situation is the subject of
a good deal of discussion by press and
;people. But while there is a steady though
slow improvement indicated in almost every
3•ranoh of trade and industry, there are
many who can see nothing encouraging in
The outlook. Farm produce is low, especial -
wheat, but that is now considerably above
Ise minimum price for last year. Its cheap-
noes leas, however, had one effect that will
Ind to increase its price. Low wheat hail
oracle cheap flour, and the result has been
'tat it has been more largely consumed, se
that the stook in hand has been reduced.
'One very encourging indication is found in
'Te increased earnings which ate monthly
raporeed on the Canadian Pacific Railway.
:This shows that the north-west farmers are
?Aping goods as well as selling their pro -
islets. Oa the whole, we see the most hope -
ha signs of a general revival in. business in
all amnions of the country, Securities are
arm, end while crops have been almost
ab-.andant, they are not' drugs in the
market, but are finding ready sale at prices
whish, if too low, are not by any meane
nlarvation prices,
The Problem of Life.
BY ISAIAH RYDER) lq, A , TORON 0,
Air, water and food are oasential to the
conditions of life in both the vegetable and
• animal kingdoms. If we take a retrospect-
ive view, the apparent oiroumatanoee of
Adam and Eve lead us to suppose that there
were gifts to man from the Creator, and t at
they were to be used in the oonditiona in
which they were presented. By comparison
with our present customs, this view is called
barbarous, and a retdrn to the prescribed
use of these necessities would be denomin-
ated a return to barbarism. If we institute
a careful examination of tie results of each
we are compelled to the conclusion that the
original eating and drinking usages of our
first parents were more in harmony with the.
Creator's laws, and are adapted to afford
better mauler to those who aro desirous of
making the most of their opportunities as
regards the present life, and the immortal•
ity to which so large a portion of the human
race aspire.
The promise of an endl se life made to
Adam and Eve evidently depended upon
their conforming to the stipulated conditions
of the Creator, and their failure to do tnis,
it is reasonable to assume, was the special
reason why the "dying, tnou salt die,"
process of which they were so auspiciously
warned, was, in the case of themselves, and
so large a portion of their posterity, so
peraistently carried out. The superiority
of man's cerebral structure, as compared
with that of the lower animals, affords ample
evidence of his ability to grasp the facts in-
stituted in the order of nature sufficiently to
discriminate between tie good and evil, so
far as they relate to his physicial statue and
destiny. Without assistance it might re-
quire an indefinite period for the numan
mind to accomplish this work ; but we, a8 a
human race, have been specially favored
with revelations from the Creator, both in
its incipiency and at various periods since,
which not only intimate, but positively stip-
ulate both oiir privileges and our dudes.
Bat the free -agency accorded to humanity
has permitted mankind to seek out " many
inventions," in the doing of which it has
alienated itself from the wise instructions of
the Creator.
Is is evident to the commonest observer
that our lungs and pure air are admirably
adapted to each other. We instinctively
seek it in infancy and adult age ; but as our
instinctive intelligence becomes dulled by
the evil customs of society, we gradually
come to disregard its great importance, and
finally, from the force of habit, prefer evil
odors rather than to enjoy the " food for
the lungs" in its original purity. This is
evidenced by the inability of the smoker to
enjoy himself for •auy length of time in an
unpervertod atmosphere. If further illus-
tration of this fact were needed, it is also
found in the preference of city aldermen,
commissioners, boards of health officials,
doctors, lawyers, ministers of the Gospel,
editors, and other prominent citizens, for
sewer -gas, and the effluvia of oloset cess
pools. Men in these various positions have
it in their power to abate these evils, but
.persistently decline to do so, though they
are asked through the public prints and by
private requests. Babylon, Rome and Lon-
don inaugurated a system of sewers which
was preceded and accompanied by the closet
cess -pools, and that is a sufficient reason
why every modern city should tax the pop-
ulace for this most expensive and deata- -
dealing luxury.
And similarly with our water, Nature dis-
tills: it by the power of the sun, and pre.*
cipitates it in the rain-fall—purified, and
admirably adapted to sustain life ; and the
same inflaential classes persistently contam-
inate it with alcohol, tea, coffee, etc. ; and
by associating our water supply and sewage
systems succeed in compelling all classes to
practically accept their perverted and death -
dealing opinions. The custom of using these
contaminated beverages so dulls the vital -
nervous intelligence that it fails to distin-
guish as to what is pure and impure, and,
as a result, the proper depurating processes
are omitted, and thefsystom becomes so load-
ed with the debris of broken -down -tissues,
which are only poison, as to make a oontin- -
uous existence impossible, and the purging
and purifying processes, called by medical -
writers " cholera," " yellow -fever," "small-
pox," etc., are instituted by an all -wise
providence, in order that His instituted laws
may find acceptance in His " temple," the
human body.
Oar food -supply is equally bad. We fail
to distinguish between the things given to'
man, and those prescribed for the " fishes of
the sea, the fowls of the air, and everything
that creepeth upon the earth, in which is
life." The leaves of plants are their breath-
ing organs, the same as are our lungs ours,
The vegetable kingdom uses the gases that
aredestructive to animal and human life in
building up their own structures ; and the
persistent efforts of humanity to appropriate
these noxious gases first degrades its
victims to the standard of intelligence peou-
liar to the vegetable, and then to the" duet"
on which the vegetable kingdom feeds.
The fruits and grains were specially pre-
scribed for man's food, and are given to him
uncontaminated and uncooked. The reason
why they were specially prepared by the
Creator for man's use, was that he was His
favored and best product—the temple in
which He was wont to make His own per-
manent abode. The method by which this
special preparation of food is accomplished
is simple, though unique. It is done by
" elaborating" or breathing upon the dust
a second time through the instrumentality
of the chaff leaves of seed -bearing herbs
and the leaves peculiar to the fruit -buds of
all fruit -bearing trees and ahruba, the leaves
peouliar to the general plant performing the
first elaborating process for the sap peculiar
to the cells of all living plants,
A comparison of the two systems—the
divine and the human—or imaginary—of sus-
taining human life, are so much at variance
that it is worth while to pause, and ascer-
tain if the death which is so persistently
paraded by the advocates of the human
method, is an absolute necossity in human
experience. If God, in His wisdom, has es-
tablished a better order of things, itis our
privilege to avail ourselves of it. Nut " they
that would come to God, niudt flret believe
that He is, and that He is a' tewardor of
those who dilligently seek Him,"
ramal r
Tho newspaper organ of the 'Philadelphia
anarchists has suspended for want of finan-
cial support Anarchists can not afford to
Ibuy a paper and beer too.
HEALTH
•
Pare Water for Drinking,
Prof. Baird, secretary of the Smithsonian
institute, strongly recommends the practice
of boiling all water used for drinking pur-
poses, unless it is known to be pure, The
only perfeotly safe way of asoertaining
whether water is pure or not is by having it
analyzed by a competent chemist. But this
is an expensive prooess, though there aro
rogues who profess to do it for much less
than the operation wouldcost, and the boil-
ing for half au hour, though somewhat
troublesome, is a good deal leas costly, and
would have to be resorted to anyway if the
analy cis should show the water to be unsafe.
A porous earthen vessel is a good thing to
put the water in to cool, and if boiled in the
evening and placed in earthenware vessels
in a pool place to get oold, the water will be
found cold enough in the morning for many
persona to•drink without ice. It is a simple
preventive of the cause of many diseased,
and the faot that impure water by no moans
betraya itself, as many people auppose, by an
appearance of impurity, but is perfectly clear
and limpid and agreeable to the taste, adds
tothedanger of this cause, It has been shown
over and over again that impure water is
not at all confined to cities, but is found even
more frequently in the wells which supply
our country residents. It used to be held
generally that even when surface impurity
existed within a radius of the well auffieient-
ly limited to drain into it, the percolation
through the soil would remove every part-
icle of impurity from the water ere it reaoh-
ed the well ; but scientists have shown lee
that such is not the case. During the very
hot weather, when so much water is drank,
it is well to be on the safe aide, A little
cold coffee, or a little vinegar and a little
sugar poured into the water, make a very
palatable and refreshing drink in hot
weather. t All very cold drinks should be
imbibed slowly. Suddenly flooding the
stomach with a large quantity of ice-cold
liquid is always attended with more or less
risk, ace ardiug to the condition of the drink-
ers at the time,
Dangers ofRoller- Skating.
When raller-skating was first introduoed,
we looked un it with much favor. We put on
skates ourselves, and often acoompained
ladies to the hall. They, we and our associ-
ates, enjoyed the exercise much. In some re-
epecta roller-skating seemed fully equal to
skating on Lae, in its graceful and complicat-
ed movements, and vastly superior in its
freedom from the interruption of snow and
rain, wind and cold. Wo thought it furnish-
ed a fine combination of mental relaxa'ion,
physical exercise and social life. We saw in
it a cheap and agreeable diversion for the
people, free, we supposed, from the tempt-
ations which everywhere beset the young.
• But people overdo many things, in
pleasure, work, politics and religion. If the
apostolic injunction, "Let your moderation
be known unto all men," were one of the
Ten Commandments, we should be a nation
of breakers of the Ilecalogue. Roller-skat-
ing became "a craze," It was pursued as if
it were the purpose of life; every night in
the week, several hours at a time, in crowd-
ed rinks, with vitiated air and impalpable.
dust,
That moderately indulged in and duly re-
gulated it would be healthful, and in many
ways helpful for those already vigorous, we
still believe, But the fruits of the present
methods of pnrening the amusement are
often evil, -
The following, from the Medical Record,
written by Julia Townsend Hill, M. D., is
worthy of attention :
"Sir : I am very much interested in this
subject of roller-skating for girls especially,
because I h ive from thirty to forty girls un-
der my care for physical training and treat-
ment. , With the utmost care 88 to time and
amount, I find it unsatisfactory, It seems
to bring out any latent predisposition to dis-
ease. I have been compelled to forbid those
who had the slightest tendency to kidney or
heart trouble, in fact, any organic trouble,
indulging in the sport. A case of ammeria,
the most intractable one I ever had to deal
with, I am sure was caused by skating excess•
ively." Other physicians give a similar
testimony,
All recreations may have their dangereff
carried to excess. This now and popular
one, like all others, needs to be used more
wisely and conecientiously.
Abominations of the Back Yard.
Many back yards are abominations to the
eye and nose. One finds in them all sorts of
litter and refuse, from oyster cane to old
boots. Here the slops of the kitchen are
poured to increase the odors which ought to
warn every thoughtful person of the malari-
al influence breeding there, to break out
eventually in fevers or diphtheria. If any
member of the family dies from one of these
diseases Me death is probably lamented as a
"mysterious dispensation of Providence,"
but the minister would say, if he were to
visit the back yard, that death was caused
solely by a violation of hygienic laws. A
very strong argument against a dirty back
yard is the spirit of deception which it is
apt to footer in the youngmembers
of the family, for it is a constant de.eit to
present a clean and attractive front yard to
the gaze of the passers, while the back yard
is not fit to be seen. Children should be
taught to be clean for the sake of cleanliness,
and not because outsiders are likely to crit-
icise them. The best plan ie to have a hogs-
head or large box fitted up in one comer of
the yard, and make it a rule to throw into
this old cans, boots, broken dishes, and all
such rubbish, and when there is a great ac-
cumulation to bury or burn it. De not allow
anything to bo thrown about Have drains
made to convey slops from the house. Make
good walks, and let the ground have a fine
covering of grass, not weeds. Put up strong
supports for the clothes lines. Koop the
fehce in repair, And plant currant, bushed
near it, Set vines about the refuse barrel,
and train them over it until it is hidden.
If you have a receptacle for ashes, let it be
something which can be shut up, not a row
of old barrels to offend the eye, and give out
a cloud of ashes every time the wind blows.
Make it a rule to have the back yard at all
times ea olean as the front one.
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It is a little strange that none of the me•
story wells in the oil country have ovey
been called "The Saueege,"
MAXWxLL AND HIS FATHER,
The Interview Between; Thep Nged Man and
Itis Wayward Mon.
Samuel N. Brooks, the schoolmaster at
Hyde, England, and his son Hugh, bettor
known as W. H. Lennox Maxwell, met in
the Circuit Attorney s office at St, Louie the
other morning, The previous arrangements
which had been made for bringing father and
son together in the quiet of the j eilor's parlor
were abandoned, and at 10 o'clock the old
gentleman eat in a chair in Mr, Clover's back
room attended by his counsel. The old
gentleman wan laboring under intense ner-
voua exoitement, the result of the mental
strain to which he has been subjected, and
' it wee apparently only by great effort that
he retained a semblance of composure. Tho
door opened, and Hugh Brooke, alias Max-
well, entered, accompanied >.y Deputy
Sheriff Keneflok. At the sound the father
turned in lin chair, and for the first time in
many long months the father and son looked
upon each other.
At sight of his father the young man,
whose face was pale with suppressed emo•
tion, moved rapidly towards the chair in
which he was Bitting, and the father, spring-
ing quiokly to his feet at the same moment
they met. The old man flung his left arm
around his sou's neck and drew him to hie
breast. Maxwell's arm enfolded his father,
and for a few moments they stood there ail -
lent, When they parted eaoh buried his
face in his hand and wept bitterly. A chair
was handed to Maxwell, and the father and
son sat down and soon entered into conversa-
tion which lasted over an hour. The sight
of the old father and his son meeting so tar
away from their home ander such crrcum-
stenees brought tears to the eyes of several
of the bystanders. After the interview with
hie son the old gentleman bade him an
affectionate farewell and left the building.
He said he found his son but little changed.
"I first thought my son was connected
with this case in May lest," said he, " when
I read an article in a Manchester paper in
which my son's name appeared. Then came
little corroborative oircumatences, articles
that I knew my son had, and finally the
letter from my eon's counsel telling mo the
prisoner wail my on. He never studied
medicine, and knew nothing about, nor do I
know anybody named Maxwell, My son
was fond of natural science, and liked chem-
ical experiments, carpentry, and other little
amusements to pass away time. He never
attended a college, but passed through the
grammar and high schools. I attribute
his present trouble to the curate Evans,
who, I believe, had a bad influence upon
him, and whom I would hold responsible if
I could moat him, I never knew any of
Preller's family, but I have private and re-
liable information that his life was insured
for $6,000. Whether this money was paid
or not I will find out when I return, but I
heard that the insurance company was oon-
testing the claim.
"I have not spoken to my son about his
defense. He ie a lawyer, and he and his
counsel know best what to do, I am, and
have been from the first, satisfied of his
innocence, and if he has gotten into a scrape
through bad associations an explanation will
clear it all up. I will advise him that if he
has entered into a conspiracy to defraud an
insurance company to tell the truth, no
matter who suffers,"
WO LAN's WAYS.
It is reported that Princess Kong of China
has been converted to Christianity.
Mrs, Wan Cott has more magnetic power
than any other lady preacher in this country.
Mme. Modjeeka brought over sixty-five
pieces of baggage, and had to.take an oath
to $20,000 wortjr of wardrobe.
Col. Pat Donan, speaking for Dakota,
says that the flourishing territory can ac-
commodate 10,000 girls with husbands on
ninetydays' notice.
Ex -Empress Eugenie writes : "I am left
alone, the sole remnant of a shipwrecs,
which proves how fragile and vain are the
grandeurs of the world."
Mme. de Steel, who was plain and quite
stout, once said " I would give half my
knowledge for a few personal charms and
consider them cheaply bought."
The meanest man in Louisville gets up
early and cute the drygoods advertisements
out of the morning paper, leaving nothing
but the ordinary reading matter fur his de-
voted wife.
Gold knitting needles tipppd with pearls
are the latest. They are thought very be-
coming to a Qacen Anne piazza, and really
look very well in a modern drawing -room
by the canopied lamp light.
' One of the innocent tricks of the Phi'a-
delphla shop girls is carrying their dinners
disguised in a muslin roll. It looks as
though they belonged to the oonservatory
and were going for an early music lesson.
Extraordinary Discoveries of Honey.
For the last 16 or 18 years a colony of
bees has taken possession of a niche between
the walls of the Hautboy and Fiddle publio-
honse at Ockham, near Ripley, in West
Surrey. The outer walls of the buildirg
ail are about 3 feet in thiokneen and the bees
made choice of their storehouse at the very
top of the building, whioh le three storeys
high. The landlord and landlady, with
their daughters, resolved this year upon.
finding out the exact whereabouts of the
bolony. A diligent search was made one
morning under the roof of the house, and a
piece of comb was found immediately below
the slates, but in such a position that it
could not be reaohed. Mr. Smith, the land-
lord, then descended to the bed -room, and
with chisel and hammer remelted a number
of brinks from the wall, where the whole
stock of bees was found. More than 2ft
square of the wall had to be removed, when
a wonderful sight presented itself, A large
mass of comb, about 2ft in thickness, filled
with honey was exposed, The bees were
fumigated, after which large pieces of honey
wore cut out, until dish after dish was fil-
led with a total quantity of about 1201b.
Another and still more extraordinary take
of honey has been secured at Winter's' Hall,
Bromley, the seat of Mr. George Barrett.
Some men were sent to take acme boas
which had got between the ceiling of the
coach -house and the granary, They suc-
ceeded in taking 3 owt, of honey. The bene
had been engaged in their novel hiding -place
beveral years.
g GIRL JUMPED I4IS CLAIM,
Mown Young collar Lost his Form and `Von
it (tack vviQL a Wire.
A year ago last spring a young man named
Belden went to Dakota, took up 160 acres
of land, and built himself a shack. Two
weeks later a girl named Helen Chapman
took up the claim adj ,fining his on the west,
and aleo built a cable. The neighbors be-
came slightly acquainted, but both were too
busy to do much visiting. Belden was an
easygoing follow, none -10 , fund of work,
and Helen was an active, ageresaive, good-
looking, and ambitious young woman, She
did two days' workto his ono, and had a
better farm at the end of sixty days than he
would have had at the end of a year if ho
had kept on in the way that he was going.
After Belden had been on his plane about
three months he became weary of the mon-
otonous life, and, going to town to have
some fun, found so much enjoyment that he
came pretty near forgetting to go home.
When he had been gone Longer than the time
permitted by the Land law, Helen, who had
been watching her opportunity, jumped his
claim; and in less than ten hours had a shack
of her own standing on his farm. Bolden
returned at last, and, finding that a woman
had jumped his claim, he said nothing, If
it had been a man it would have been his,
duty to go out and fight him to the death,
but as it was a woman, and a rather comely
one at that, ho thought he would say noth-
ing and trust to luck to get rid of of her.
Occupying his own shack, he was not more
than 300 feet from her new habitation. She
held her ground well, treating him a8 an in-
terloper, and never acting as though she had
any idea that he belonged there.
Belden's wrath begun to rise finally, and
when he refl:cted on the comments that
would be made if he permitted a pirl to jump
his claim he grew furious. Knowing that
the temper of most settlers would brook no
interference with a girl farmer, he went to
town for conaulteation. First he talked wick
some of his friends who drank his whiskey.
They shook their heads and said it was a
mighty bad job, Then he consulted a
lawyerweho gave him sorne hope.
In thincourse of a day or two he got two
of his friends and a lawyer to go out to his
place with him to see what they could do
toward patching up a settlement. Oace on
the ground it was agreed that the lawyer
should go and see the girl. He was absent
an hour and a half,and when he returned he
eaid it was no use. The girl was posted, and
he didn't see what could be done about it.
" If it was adman," he said, " we could go
over there and throw him by the heels into
the next county, but it won't do to harm a
woman."
The four talked the matter over, and it
was finally agreed that the lawyer should
call again in the morning, and represent to
her that Belden's friends were coming to his
assistance, and that if she wanted to avoid
serious trouble she had better abandon her
shack and leave him claim Mote. The law•
yer started out on this errand the next day,
but he was back again in fifteen minutes
with a lump on his head the size of a horse
chestnut, where he said she had hit hint
with an axe handle.
After talking the matter over, everybody
being mad, it weir decided that they would
give her a scare as soon as it became dark.
At about 9 o'clock all hands went over to
the girl's new shack and surrounded it. At
a given signal tbey yelled and fired their re-
volvers in the air. The reports had hardly
died away when a shotgun was discharged
from one window of the shack, and a mo-
ment later another shot was fired from the
other side of the house. The men waited
in silence for a few minutes, when two more
barrels were fired. This convinced them that
the girl was not to be frightened, and they
crawled away as stealthily as they could.
All that night the girl's shotgun thundered
at regular intervals, until her adversaries,
who were vainly trying to sleep, wished that
it would explode, and blow her and her
shack into next week.
In the morning Belden's lawyer and two
friends started for town, leaving the jumped
farmer alone in his misery. After their de-
parture
eparture Belden did some work on the place,
taking care not to run across the girl, and
though they saw each other frequently they
both avoided a meeting.
Things went along in this way until fall,
Helen worked on her own farm a good part
of the time, and Belden passed many days
in hunting. He had made up his mind that
he could tire the gill out, and he believed
that after she found that he was not to be
got rid of, she would voluntarily abandon
the claim. In this he was mistaken. One
day, while out on a hunting expsdirirn, he
discharged his gun accidentally, and receiv-
ed several shots in his arm and side. He
got home without difficulty, and, examining
the w. undo, made up his mind that he would
goto town in the morning to have them at-
tended to. Thd next slay he was in no con-
dition to move, and was obliged to keep his
bed. Growing rapdly wo se, and fearing
that his injuries would remelt seriously if
not attended to, he watched for his next
door neighbor, and when he saw her he sig-
nalled for her to come to him. The girl came
up and heard his story, and volunteered to
go to town fdr a doctor. When the physi-
cian arrived and dreesed Belden's woun'b
Helen told them that she would look in ace
easionally and attend to the sick man's
wants, and she kept her promise religiously.
For nearly a month she visited the Belem
shack regularly, cooked and served Belden's
meals, dressed his wounds, and helped him
as tenderly as a relative could. When he
got so that he could sit up and help himself,
her visits became shorter and at longer in-
tervals, and at. length they ceased altogothy
er.
This last spring it became necessary for
somebody to put in the crops if anything
was to be done, Belden had had no settle-
ment with the girl, and she appeared to be
making preparations to. work his farm as
well as her own. He didn't want to give
up beaten, and he oould not quarrel with a
woman, especially ono to whom ho was under
so many obligations. Finding that things
were becoming intolerable as they were, he
called on her one evening in May and they
had a long talk, the result of whioh has ,just
been •dieoovored. After that consultation
they were frequently together. They work-
ed both farms this year and made big crops,
t nd last week they were married.
In Paris women wear high -heeled shoes
when they don't expect to walk, and low
heels when they do,