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"Elizabeth, little wife,"
did uot kill poor Barry. 1 thought --
don't take your argils away from lee,
child---dan't shy away arom mta
thought that you killed him, Stay 1
forgive me for ciPed morel 1 thought
you had allowed him to admire you.,
fon lie loved you Elizabeth, 0 1 he
loved youand that he had mistincier-
steod you, and you, in your horror and
angel at hie ',appearance there, had
Elizabeth lay like one 4tuPeried, gar -
Mg at tiaolt.
Can you forgive me, love?" he
said, "that 1 could live with you,
Linow our character, and all yeti.'
sweet goodness'yet believe you cap-
able of such a brutal ant of madness
(is that? And I came to aotually ex-
ult i it as a proof of hosv dearly you
loved me; but my only fear was that
when you accused youreelf they would
believe you."
"And so you would die for me?" said
Elizabeth, with trembling lips; "you
could not shieak to me, but •you could
die for me—all guilty, and -worthless
as I seemed. 0 1 what am I to de-
serve such love! And I could think
that you—you committed murder--"
She grew paler yet, her heart al-
most stilled •by stress of emotion,
then she whispered:
"Who did it?"
"Ruse's lover," he whispered back.
"It was an accident—he (tame tosceel
your sapphires."
Elizabeth laughed, and at the deli-
cious sound Jack's heart bounded.
"'Chose sapphires," she said, "What
did you always say about theni ?" Her
voice changed abruptly, "Barry—poor
13arry 1" she said. "01 Heavens, how
I have wronged him I" The slow
tears fell heavily down her white
cheeks. "Might I not have known
that it was Impossible for him lo
change so. . . and he loved Daf-
fy, and Daffy loved him. But how
did he get your pistol?" she added,
suddanly.
"E lent it to him only the week be-
fore. After being in those riots in
Ireland, he fancied himself shadowed
over here, and carried firearms."
"Then how CaLT10 that man front
Scotland Yard to find it in your pos-
session?" said Elizabeth, touching piti-
fully one of the hollows in Jack's young
face, aged beyond belief during the
past weeks.
"When everybody had gone, and I
was in the room alone, I saw some. -
thing bright shining between the bed
and the wall. It was the pistol I had
lent poor Barry. I had barely hidden
it, when I turnecl and. saw Mr. Skew -
ton."
"And so Rose drugged mo that
night," said Elizabeth, tiaoughtfully,
"'and it was at her suggestion 1 first
started sleeping down stairs -- which
you never liked. But I had a horror
of that low-ceilinged, room at the top,
01 jack, if anly wehad, not let poor
Barry- in!"
"It's no good looking back," said
Jack, manfully "it was all a miserable
chapter of accidents for Janin never
meant to kill him. But he is sure of
a light sentence."
"Who is Janin?" said Elizabeth, so
emboldened by happiness that she bee
gan to remember she had not broken
her fast that day. ,
"Rose's sweetheart. And hut for
Janie—and because he loved Daffy so
much, that he actually confessed, more
to make the little chant happy than
to save me, I do believe -1 should, not
be here to -night."
"God bless Janny!" echoed Daffy's
voice, from the door, as, tied up in
Mrs. Chick's apron, he first ran in and
kissed thein both, then asked what,
they would please to like for dinner?
Because," he added, with a shout, of
triumph, "us is going to cook it!"
The End,
• U44CLE. ELI'S FABLES.
Story of the Wizard and the
haPPY 'Hare.
ras the Wizard was passing through
tbe forest one day the Hare put her-
self in his path and said:
-0 Wiz,ard, I am pursued by the Fox,
hunted down by the Dog and followed
by the Peasant! I pray thee change
ine into some other animal."
"Yes; you do have a pretty hard time
of it," replied the Wizard, "and I'll
gront your prayer. Will it suit you to
become a Fox?"
"I could ask for nothing better."
The change was made, and the Fox
expressed his everlasting, gratitude and
-1,
.ft\V*47,44? \ "eV
'
te,
TRE w/zAun AND THE PARE,
tuade,,off, but only two days had pass-
ed when be sought out the Wizard and
said:
"0 my good friend, I am hunted by
bounds, chased by wolves, aralfashed
by bears and pursued by Mobs of men,
and every way 1 turn I find a trap set
Lor mei Take pity and change me back
to a Hare again." '
Moral.—"Just as you say," replied
the Wizard, but let this be a lesson
to you. Things may be hard in eitir line,
of trade, but at the same thne they eao
be worse in the ether fellow's."
Not Weathen Reeding.
"That 'vecatioe crisdi which the pule,
Ile libraries are sending out by .which
you can baro ten bOok8 for a month of
alumnae: teavel'seetn8 te be a vety.
airable thing-." •
"Very and bigIrly (tcluct1tional.
fiction, biography, travel and all booli:
„„jn eurrent dernand are prolithitca the
only thing left will he the dietionaries
and antlY('Ionedinit, which will ittialtecle.
Ileartful summer et:acting, Great Matt!'
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TI -IE FIEL,D FRATERNITY.
When God's dear justice is revealed--
1'hthat the Father platund—
Ills children all will equal gland
as flowers in the mad.
There each one has a goOdlY seace—
Buse yeoman of the flowery aloe;
L'aoli has it ((mewl(' milli() earth,
A place for business and for mirth,
No privilege burs a dower's access
To earth's whole stoic of preciousnesS;
alle dowers )31.11.0 level on Cod's Poor
Willi equal nearness to his store,
And flowers, they have no private ends,
nut stand together as close friends;
Ithea send their besety on all things,
An equal gift to clowns and haw.
They worry not; there is enough
Laid by for them or Goirs good stuff—
Enmesh for all, sue so no fear
Sentis'Ioding on their blameless cheer.
This mabie blesscdtulss Can be
In kingdoms of equality.
Si from the field collies curious news.
That each 011Q ta5es what it cite use—
Takes what its lifted cup can hold
Qf skyey rain ars beamy gold,
And all give back, with pleasure high,
Their riches to the sun and sky.
Yes, since the first star they have stood
A testament ot lierhoat.
--Edwiu Markham in Saturday Evening Fos1,
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+ THE LOST
It Reformed the Man
Who Found It.
By A. EX Lee.
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•e-Cedetilso-*•04.04sai>Ge-Ga-Oecee'est-Osteass4
"It is rather a peculiar case," he be-
gan.
I smiled wisely. Every one thinks
his ease peculiar. In reality it gener-
ally proves undsual only to tbe one
concerned in it.
My book was turned, face dowm on
the window sill. I was ready to listen,
but Alyn did not go on at once. He
sat quietly gazing out of the window
across the The smile was still
on my face as 1 suggested:
"This 'peculiar case' certainly has
its heroine."
"It has a heroine, yes."
Alyu's eyes were so frank as they
met mine. His gaze had not been so
direct aor his face so clear the last
time I had seen him. A year's absence
from his old associate bad certainly
been good for him. It was a pleasure
to look at
Just now his expression puzzled me.
I could not fathom it, but it invited
me to continue.
"Have you her photograph with
He drew out of his breast pocket a
small red leather ease and, opening it,
handed it. to Inc. It eeeded but one
glance at the painted oval to make me
exclaim impetuously:
"You love her. No one could doubt
that an instant." '
Such a picture! A dainty little head
covered with short, curling hair: a deli-
cate, loving, teasing face; dark, full,
bewitching eyes. The tliroat was bare,
and an indistinct mass of white gauze
ended the portrait.
"You must love her." I spoke with
conviction.
"I do," returned Alyn—"most sincere -
Still his expression puzzled rne.
inscrutable snfflo played over his face,
but he delayed beginning the story he
baci volunteered to tell.
"And she?" I hesitated over the in-
quiry remembering what manner of
matt it was who had gone from els a
year ago.
A gentle expression passed over
Alyn's face.
"I think she is fond of me," be re-
plied simply.
I stretched out nay hand and Alyn
grasped it warmly.
"1 do believe," he said earnestly,
"that if ever a man was fortunate that
man is I. Will you care to listen? I
used to tell you things when 1 was a
boy," he added apologetically.
I picked up my sewing,. always lying
ready against such tinies as this, and*
leaned back in my rocker.
Alyn reached for the picture. He
/caned his bead on one band and hie
elbow on, the table. In the other baud
Pc held the case where his eyes could
rest on the face. His own face be-
came grave.
"It was a year ago. One night—or
morning, rather -1 landed on the ferry
on the way to my (edgings. I couldn't
get a street ear or a cab. In fact, I
was too drunit to think of' either, so 1
atun.thled along just keeping straight
enough to escape the police. In front
of my lodgings is an electric light. A
slight fall of snow bad whitened the.
pavement and made distinct this ease
beneath the light. I had just ,strerigth
and sense enough left to pick It up,
tumble up the stairs and stretch myself
Out on my couch."
Alyn snapped the case shut and
paused a moment.
"Some time the next day 1 awoke
and the first thing that attracted my
attention, was this—open on the, floor
and her eyes looking up at me—me in
that condition." "
An expression of disgust good to see
came over the man's !sae°.
"1 quickly shut the case and put my-
self anal my roots) in order. Then I sat
dewy sed studied her."
Still absorbed in his narrative, Alyn
opened the case again and dropped ISM
eyes on the photograph.
"I told yell this was it pecallialacase,
and you will think, I fear, that I am a
pectIllar men. 'But the more I looked
at her the more I wanted to 1001a
never parted with the miniature,
earned it around in my pochiat and
tholight a,m1 thought about, her until
She became a liviag presence to me, a
beaffliful Weariest nlways with' me. I
became ebsentrainded. The fellows
complaiued, but I came to have an en-
gegemertt always when Rica wanted
me. My engagement Was with this—
the lady of the miniature. I had lost
11
ea--
tajtit- hpetiaorttot;aliveirl. Alneoatsiot otrilligsi0‘1,?,1os
ayt.
She would not be carrying her OW11
miniature around in all ProbahilltY. Tt
must Imve been lost by a friend, and
probably—here was the lured part of it
all—by her lover. If I advertised it,
lie would claim it, and I ehould not
met her.
"I didn't advertise. I did something
far more irrational. I spent My spare
hours soarehireg. 1 viSited SlOres and
Walked the steeets. I Manned resi,
demfe part of the city, 1 weut to the
Operd find Sealnattti the boxes rather
than the stage. Needlese to say, I did
not find her; yet I 110Ver 10St hope. • /
felt I must find her and look at her.
I felt this afresh every time I opened
this ease. I would 'not give up the
search. -When I had exhausted every
reeource of my own, I did something
which I, had shrunk from doing bi•fei e;
I haunted out thebest deteetive iu the
eity and told him to spare nuance time
nor money in Mifflin; her,
"Within two weeks 1 eeceived a note
from him. fle was obliged to leave
the town suddenly. He wrote some-
thing like this:
" 'I've found her at 320 Water avenue.
,
Imogene itlineroe. Will give you par•
t4eusu•s w -hen I ‘4ettilan10MM. She
is anxious to recover the miniature.'
"Rat I could not await the next day,
and saw no reason why it would be
necessarY, L Iffid the photograPli find
would take it to her. BLicanse of It I
should insure myself a reception at
least,
"1 went to 320 Water avenue that
evening. It is 'an elegant resideitc'e in
perfect keeping with the case,aml face.
I had scribbled ou tny card, `The iintrer
of the miniature.' The maid who ad-
mitted me said that- Miss 'Munroe was
at home, She took the card and left
Lue in the reception room. It was one
of the most—what shall I call it?--de-
lielous rooms I was oyer in. One side
was lined with deep windows draped
in soft, dainty curtains and filled evith
plants and flowers, The air was heavy
with the scent of roses.
"I stood before one of the windows
looking at the , blossoms When She
came. She came so quietly and gently
that 1 (lid not hear her. It was only
when the sweetest, loWest, clearest
voice I had ever heard said, 'At last 1
am to have tray tuiniature,' that I knew
she was in the room. T confess I tretn-
bled as I turned and took the band
Alyn stopped and smiled. It N\''1a..9 a
half sad, halt' amused, wholly in-
scrutable smile. ily sewing had tallen
into ray lap, and I leaned lanyard lis-
tening breathlessly.
"The hand of the origami of the pic-
ture. These eyes, this mouth, this del-
icate complexion, this sande soft curl-
ing hair. I ayes looking on it all, the
same but"—
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A writer in the London Live Swell
journal deserilies what he calle the
proper nue humane method of breali,11121,
edits. Tlie breaker should p,pdo the
110110 bit steep, slip the bridle gently
over Isis head, stand exactly opposite
licilsneii.ri.slo.11152h41eii.sainsflll'eiy
,tionot1111ehti:ousigt.ieonn-
L1), ivith the hand and encourage
inavoasihim by
close to a Inn's° of absolute safety.. No
colt crin strike the breither either from
before or behind, no matter licetv hard
he tries, nor cen he rim away if his
neck is bent and the position Lnaintain-
ed. He must fasten all • the bridle
steeps properly, then slip tile two first
thieves of tlie right hand into the colt's
mouth lLt the side beltind his front
teeth. , At 3 years of age he bus no
tushes 0.11(1 cannot possibly bite tise
fingers 1n tl)is position. He must plime
the fingers over 1110 colt's tongue, tiles')
-otter
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BREA:al-Nauru%
insert the thumb and press It gelitiy
ou the nerve centers" of bbs lower jaw,
In nearly all cases be will yield at
once and will suffer his mouth t� • be
opeued.quite wide. The breaker should
take the bit in the left hzincl,rstill keep-
ing the 1-ight fingers in the colt's
mouth, slip it gently through Isis.teella
into his month, attach it to the side
ring, then Withdraw the fingers, and
the whole matter is accomplished with-
out a. struggle. •
As soon as the colt is bridled and bit-
ted the surcingle should be strapped
lightly round hint. The breaker should
avoid drawing suddenly at first, or the
pressure may startle hini and cause
hint to Id& and throev himself clown.
• The next thing is to place the crupper
beneath his tail. This is accomplished
by standing well forward at the near
side of the colt and pushing his tail
quietly thsough. The breaker should
Pc sure that all the loose hair' is
through the loop. Nothing will make a
colt kielt sooner t.ban by leaving some
of the hair at the root of the tall out-
side the crupper, for when the pressure
comes upon it it will nip his dock and
, induce him to kick and throw himself
!about in all _directions. The arupper
should be fixed to the surcingle, taking
care not to draw it too tightly. Alter
this the breaker should take the end of
the halter, which should always be left
un the head of the colt beneath the bri-
dle, and bring it through between his
fore legs an(' tie it not too tightly to
the surcingle. After a little practice in
this manner the side reins should be
placed upon him very loosely, the near
rein being fixed to the off ring of the
surcingle, and vice versa.
It is a good plan to turn the colt into
a large open court, where he cannot get
fast In any way, aud allow ldin to
seam about of his own accord. In this ,
way he will soon begin to champ and
work tha bit, and the more he works it
his aimuth will be the more evenly
made. 'Die bit should be slightly bent, :
with three sniell keys suspended from
the center. The bend in the bit pre-
vents the colt making his mouth un-
equal, as it is inapossible for him to
pull entirely on one side of it, while
the loose action of the keys induces hini
Alyn raised Ins eyes. The :amuse-
ment had faded ,aavay.
"The hair WaS snowy 'white, and the
stein was wrinkled. Hers s-tts indeed
the face of the miniature, the face of
50 years ago. My foolish fancy was
destroyed, but in its place ,came the
sweetest little white 'haired lady that
man was ever privileged to call friend.
And this miniature! Some way 1 had
a strange reluctance to [tart with it,
and so here it is with rue now. Tbat
is all," cOncluded Alyn abruptly.
"alhat,is enough," I said quietly. '41
think that face bas stood between you
and"—
Alyn broke in hastily,:
"Oh, that is nothiug, I couldn't car.
ry this," holding up the photograph,
"into such places as 1 had been fre-
quenting, and so ---well it's all rialit.
Alyn buttoued up his coat and smiled
at me frankly as he went out by way
of the office door. '
The (lector has always said there
was the riled:big of a man in that boy.
Sonne Simple Remedies.
In one of the lilnited States health
reports published in Waehinseton a few
smtple- remedies for emergency uses
are suggested. Witch hazel Is one and
is recounisended,es one of the quickest
soothers and restorers of a tired brain.
Bathe the eyes and forehead freely with
the liquid atul apply a cloth wet with
it at the back of the neck,
' t atig solution of.
overtaxing' the Ranges.
The recent distress on the .1.1
ern ranges is the netri I It'
crow -ding arid thedf destruction of
sources of water supply, says Tliesaln-
tional .Stockman 9. drought of
length brings about a water famine
wind)" is even ntore distressing than a
searciay of forage. The forest reserves,
the natural 5000005' of water. ham,e been
destroyed, the pastures have been over-
taxed -and thinned out. And now cat-
tle are being shipped out or lost be-
cause range privilee-ea have been thus
abused. • If official reports are to be
trusted, ranges, both nobthern and
southern, are not capable of supporting
the amount of stook they dtd years age
because of continued elose.pasturing.-
The SySteltl which nialfes it nedessary
for every man to get all be can from
the range without regard to its friture
usefulness is,radicallY: wrong 1100
until 10 disaster to those who depend on
tiles° pestures,
s
bora,:e water are veva cool and healing
in case of a b,urn; care should be taken,
however, to exclude the air in putting
1ot hs e
to work the bit more freely. The keys
should not be too long, 00 bhOY wW
'
come between his front teeth Which
may give 111111 ahael habit of tossing up
his head in future. '
• Some colts are inclined to sulk on the
bit at first, but in time they will gener-
ally work it quite freely. The break-
ing tackle should not remain upon the
colt inoz•e than a couple of hours at
first, aild the time should gradually be
hicreased as the breaking proceeds.
them on.
A tiny . pinch of Powdered borax
placed on -the tongue and allowed to
d slowly will alunost instantly
stop a hacking, irritating cough that
rimy be diSturbing one at night. The
same treatment eelleves an ulcer in
the throat, ancl at tho•slightest irri-
tation or soreness of the 'throat a gur-
gle of salt -water' and borax will be
found efficient.
Lenruaing za La g -nn ge.
• Flow is it that Englishmen are not
the best lhaguists in Europe? Siinply
and solely because of the general and
ribstual "deftf and dumb" 13ellroti
Studying foreign lauguages. Foreign-
ers learning English koow better than
to waste years over books; they simply
"cliat,ter" and learn one word and ex-
pretision after another, 1111(1 beeome
familiar with them by constant raped -
tion, with the result that ill 11 ii0W
niontlis they' can speak and write our
language sufficiently well for all prac-
tical purposes. --London
A Siatannergest Forest.
There is a submerged forest on the
Colurniria river between the Dalles and
the Cascade inountahas. According to
itar. G. K. Gilbert, the submergence
took place 350 years ago, awl since
then the mots have been under water,
tvlaile the upper palaS of the trunks
have been bared yearly at low water.
Tlici bark Is goile and th() wood partly
'wasted away, but sorne of- it, is then
and looks fresh., This fact seems ow -
111::,, to the cherelde quality of the wooa
of that species--narnely, the Pseudola
Suga doughtiest,
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Co-operation FOr
We should like to SOD thc", stock of
every fair association in the •zountry -
scattered out iu 5111811 blocks among
the repeesentative reenters, breeders
and busiaess men of the community,
says The Nntional Stockman. Then
they would all • [MVO 50100 direct 1)01'-
801101 11It0r0St making the falr
success, and. they Nvoeld do it too.
Wherever the nitinaaers of a fair have
the good will and help of .0 community
which 10 peoucl of its fair we find a
clean instructive and siteeesefra exati
Fitir menagers as a !Toe are
003110010 to give the public clean fairs,
but they cannot do it without such
public supper/ as n-111 keep them "out
of the hole" linntiochally
SHEEP PASTURE.
tow Judicious Usage lISay lion 1 its
It IS an easy matter to make a pas-
ture carry three that's as many ,sheep
as It otherwise would by dividing it
and using each past for a reasonable
time and ehauging from one to the eth-
er before ()sleds eaten down too Much.
So says The Sheep Ilreedeio When on
a large pasture, a flock will wander ab1
over it, eating' here aud there and soil-
ing the uneaten parts, and then refuse
to feed longer, but spend their time in
seeking some way of escape from it
and generally finding one before long.
Then the usefulnesa of the floet is -
gone, for once restless, sheep are al-
ways so, and a, t•estless, sheep is a bad
sheep. For a 20 acre field and 100
Sheep We would divide, the field into
five parts and keep the flock on each
part until it is eaten pretty clase, then
tvoulcl feed $01110 grain feed for a few
days, after which the flock should be
turned on to the new ground. It would
Pc very profitable then to run a harrow
over the pastured field and stew a bar-
rel of salt and wie of, ground gypsum,
with a few pounds of miXed gress seed
per acre, as 10 pounds of timothy, 20
pounds of arehard grass, 10 pounds of
blue gauss n11(1. as in tic b of if all meadow
give 'mother herrow
. •
Mg. The plan followesi will soon make
the land carry 20' sheep to the acre or
200 for the 20 all through the surrimer.
We often read of ,the fine permanent
pastures of England, which will fatten
ft*1,500 pound.ox to'the acre in three
months and then finish another and
wit i eh retain their perm n ia 1 verdure
and- freshness for centuries, anti' we
have our fine Kentucky and other
equally aneahlue ,ghass meadows on
which the finest horses, cattle and
sheep are reared and which have never
been cut by the' plow nor torn by the
harrow, and these are by 'no means
works of nature only. They are equal-
lyeworks of art, and what they are oth-
ers may be under the same conditions.
• Live Stock Statistics.
Some instructive statistics as to the
numbers of cattle and eheep in the
United Kingdom and in other countries
have been collected by Major Craigie
and are commented upon by him in his
_introduction to the agricultural re-
turns. sags the London Live Stock
Journal. They are of a nature thalais
calculated to encourage aud strengthen
the inclusti•y. While a certain increase
has been recently occurring in the cat-
tle of the United Kingdom, this has
been accompanied by a fuetlaer de-.
crease 111 the United States, bringing
their total herds 9,000.000 under the to-,
tat of 1893. There is also shown tbe
material decrease of 48 per cent, in a
single year at the Cape of (Mod°Hope
and a small decline M Australasia. Al-
though the recovery noted last year from is burden with one hand, while in the
0011tilal.1C(1 in the flocks of the Un4,ted
States, this is much more than balanc-
ed y so, , e
s cp
in Australia, With a considerable dimi-
nution at the Cape and small redue-
tioni-alike in the flocks of Firanee and
in those of Canada. The relati-ve in-
.
crease shown to be maantamed lu the
herds 01' the IJnited Kingdom is -the
more satisfactory when it is remainber-
ed that the cattle of this country are
DOW 11101:0 111.11110r011S in proportion to
area than any in Europe, the such
smaller total herds of Holland, Bel-
' 1 D . • • . 4.
recent calculation shows 144 head of
cattle to evert i,00q acres of the meas -
111e slit face 01 the United hingdom, a
proportion which is greater 'by 23 per
cent than was recorded 30 years be-
fore. The figures as to sheep empha-
sise the relative predmnintince which
sheeP farming still holds in tbe agricul-
ture of the United Iaingaloin, where as
many as 400 sheep per 1,000 acres of
total surface are still maintained.
COURTS RULED BY SUN TIME
talgesjut Various States Refttre to
Aecent Standard iteekoning.
It you ever expect to go to law, over
is. question 10, 1111/1011 01110 18 Involved, ,
Imwever slightly, don't Monkey with --
standard time. It won't go , In tile
courts. To be sure, you can't eaten
trains it you don't use istandard Bane
to do it, but you will mies the verdict
if you do. In Georgia the eenet of ap-
peals decided that the use of standard
time itistefol of sun time In regulating
a trial yeas an error. In the pzirticular
ease in question the sun time tyas fast-
er than the railroad Lime 1110.1 a ver-
dict was received after 12 o'clockon
Saturday night by (lie sun time, Llioneli"
before 12 by standard time. It was
decided that sun. these should have been
followed.
In Nebraska a certain sunintons was
returnable before a justice. at 10 o'cIbek,
1. fn. The defendant failed to appear.
flie justice waited until 11 o'eloeke
standard thne, wItieli was about half
an hour faster than common Buie, and
than gave judgment by default. The
clefenclant appeared before 11 o'clock
• ,
common time, and it was held that the
judgment by default was premature,
and invalid.
In Iowa there was a question aft
to the expiration of an lusurauee ••
policy, which by its terms extended
until ,12 o'clock 'at, noon of a certain
•day. Fire brolte out at about, 1.1:4
o'clock a. m. of that day by eoinmon
time and about two a.nd a half suluutee
,after 12 o'clock by standard tittle. The
court held that the insurance was 'still
in force. It did not appear that any '
statute had enacted any change in the
ordinary rule which "engarcls noon Lie
the time when the 'Sun crosses • the,
meeldiame There was evidence of the
customary Lise of standard time at
thzit place, but this .was held net suf-
ficient. Tlie court says:- "It was not
only necessary to show the customary
use of standard time, but that by cus-
tom of the place at '12 o'clock at noon
meant at 12 o'clock standard time."
WOM 041 A BEAST OF BURDEN.
!teary Loads Carried by - Italians
'Plirong;li New 'York's Streets.
It is no uncommon sight to see 'tat -
Ian wonten :walking along, the, streete
ti I' " b 'd h 1 1,- tl 1
the average man would, prefer to hare
sent home on a truck.' .4 few dines' age
-
one cif these women passed throussh
• City Hall park. On'her head she was
carrying
'woodworkryiugwhat
appeared
the
ito oen
lirf
some house. The bundlewas made up
of eight pieces ofrd hain-ood, the slioist-
est being -fully 12 feet in length. .Llach
piece was Six inches in width and an
-
I h hi • • 1'
• soitclir.e.iei.. eg oc.oaddca
rri ocla sv.Iao one °ucIsjoetri 011ls(10 o
11-
In
the shape of a' trundle of shorter pleaes
of Wood.' •
' As she turned iuto Center street, near
Chambers, the end of the load of lum-
ber on her head came in Contact wlth -
the liena of a man who was going 10
the opposite direction. order to
prevent bitting 11101 too bard the wom-
an tried ,to turn to one side. and as she
aid so her 1301 -den fell to the walk. • In
-vain she trled to replace it ou her head.
At last two Men took hold of it, one
't each end. They found that even'
their combined strength was just suftle
eient to lift it up and place it on the
woman's bead again. When the wood
was finally adjusted in 8 proper posi-
tion the woman picked up her smaller
bundleand started up Center street.
Getting Along Without Hay.
,
We believe that -it is possible with a
good crop of corn to get along with but
'very little hay and to successfully car-
ry all clasSes of stock through the win-
ter in first class condition, says The
Prairie Farmer. It is ne.cessary of
course to accomplish this to have the
corn product put up in the very beat
condition. This ineans that it bp liar:
vested at the proper thne and after it
is harvested to be prepared hi such a
way as to reader it palatable easily
fed and easily brindled With the
nutrav modern machines now offered
our readers for' accomplishing this
work we do not know of a single ex-
cuse that any farmer or feeder can of-
fer for perniitting his stock. to go_ into
winter quarters this year with a short-
age of good feed. Ensilage cutters,
fodder shredders and.huskers anti like
linos .of machines will go' ft long Way
tOWSI'd helping farmers to -take care of
their corn crop in such a way es to save
and utilize nearly every part of it. 'Ibis
is e particularly -nod year to look after
these things, and it it is done in the
right way we Itelieve Our readers \VIII
be 11301'0 than pleased with the out-
00100,- We solicit the practical experi-
ence of -those of our 'readers NVi10' Pave
worked along theee lines and partieu-
telly in handling and feeding ensilage
handling, aud feeding fodder and what
machines have proven the best adapted
to this line of tvork,
retiree and liorses
To prevent flies from worrying horses,
tal(e two or three handfuls of walnut
leaves and pour thereon boiling writer --
about one pint to each latae Mindfulf
0
leaves. Let this "wnliaut leaf tea" cool,
bottle it oft and, before the horse goes
out, damp his ears and other parts
most trorthled by files with the infu-
.
sion, using a srionge for the purpose.
Stieej Viol( tineci0 1. Places,
As regards the 511001), it is true that
for every Innecl there ia one espeetal
01000 Iti W 11(. 1 it doos its best. !Nell
1.110 111111'Sb has its i.peeinlbreed suited
to -ita dantip soi/ (dui coarse herbage.—
Sheep Breeder.
A Little Off.
iieciftie is disarranged," Sher-
lock Holmes, Jr, suddenly exclaimed.
His companion looked at him and
said:
"How do you know? You haven't
felt of it, and there is no mirror here
that you could have looked into. Some-
,.
tames, Mr. Holtnes, I azu almost forced,
in spite of your declarations that you -
do these wonderful things by reason-
able, human processes. to believe that
you must be gifted with- second sight.
Now what has convinced you that your
neclttie is disarranged?
"I noticed a man' loolf at in'y tielust
now and then feel of his Own," the
great detective answered. "
' "Wonderful! Wonderful! Only your
tie is all right."
To Pack Eggs Far Long Iceening.
- .
Settle to the bottorn and corne in con-
' q urrichle'cerYtollila n 01.1hetisls,e-li lei (gag Isolemr ritsliisnlirlea-'
Pc surrounded with, a layer of the
white. If the egg is placed on the ..eserebI
son It is important that the yolk should
. ,
side or large end the hen vy yolk will
tect with the shell which admits the-'
air. if it Is placed 0,11 the stnall end it
' will always have a laaer of white be- .
tween it and the shell: Eggs absorb --
odors easily, therefore only oilorleas
materials shoulel be psecl when pachiltig,
tliern.-1Oadies' Florae Journal. `
rilicir Al igsifli&,int
The highest of the Tennessee Mona: -
tains is the Unekri raitge,..and its Pig'b-
est peabo ie11.tttlrinial1e, the 5111111 tin t
stands above the Clierolfee Indian yes- '
.er Vat t 011 0 V Or 7,000 feet, TWentY-two •it
peaks rberissure about 6,000 feet. A re-
rnarIcable fact 18 that eome of these
peal(s, standing directly 'Opposite (iach '
otlier al0f1S13 1i0 exqetly the sanie
, .
height, wbibe others come within a feaV
foet of a cornmon beigbt
A LiugOring
The rodigal--Mudder. 130
.1116 come ,
The Mother—Ye have have y,ea• An
to take About 20 Vellits to do it in, lIke
your father did. Not much. ;Ye go Into'
the next, county to do yoUr
as City Independent
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