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. VOL. XX. IMTTSliOHO, CHATHAM COT NT V, N. d Til TRSDAV. NOVKMIii-'K K IHU7 NO. 12.
ROYAL RANGER RALPH;
TO
LY VELDON J. COBD.
IIAI TI'.K XVI.
TIIU AVt.
Hanger Palpli. tin- old smut, wis not
M'o xvhlle a I III" event- rlnscrihiid slnco
lils mishap al tin; river wcrn transpiring.
W'licn tin! horses ran away ami dashrd
the xviuon moi' the clilf noar l.ono t'n n -
on Tavern, ih" lanprr at first pavo
himself up for lo-i.
'1 lie ili soimh was a terrible one, and ho.
rliiinc I ) Hi" siilm of Hid vaon as it
turned and to! I, and lina.ly struck Hm
vii l or with a era.-h.
Then, ilard and brni-ed, he was lialf
roust iou dial i In" horses lia l heroine
separab d fnini lie v. Iiiolo, und that tin;
lat tor, I adly shall no I, xva lloutiuij down
tlio stream
It. had i.nv lio.'io'io so dark, especially
In tho shelier of 111" . III), i hat lined the,
liver perpendicularly, that In; could mil
estimate his si i m.i l ion except I hat ho win
being borne lapidly away from the scene
of tho accident ly ill" siivam's swift
cm ri ut.
"I'm i id of tho outlaw, any way," lio
imi'lereil grimly, -and in bahly noar
thoir stronghold- 1 wonder if y;u :i
li.ry ha inaiiairrd to tind tho girl, or if"
she N i-lill a captive and mi lior way to
this desolate piaoo?''
Ills ii'iln aiiioiit was not n pleasant
oiio. for i ho w.iuon lm was iiunorsod in
water and l.e was wet i liioii:,'li from tho
dip in tho sin am
finally il hean l'i -lnlf -n low lhat lio
v a, c . 1 1 1 ; i -1 1 o i ) i i oliinh out on tho scat,
and tin ii'i o laior to tho lupof tho wairon
rover its.. if.
From here l,o rcnai'dod tho fast -flying
landst-a;," -i onl iy and elu ig to hi frail
raft as it was dr. u n hither and tliithor
liy tlio rock choked runout
Ti.oio was a linal era-h, and Ranirer
Till ph was llmcf head furoinost Into llio
rivor.
Tho ,r.'on xva' splintered to p oors as
It oa;no iu i ouiai l with a Ima-i rot k in
inid-tiraie, :i!"l l'o:ii"d away leaxiiig
tho scout lliinioli riio! in tiio water
lio maiiir.o;! tn li-acii Iho sliorr, and
flood wiili dripping uuricriiis riclully
HllM-yln his ilualioii.
I'ai'hr.i s nd solitmlo Mirioundoil hint,
Bud i luTi' f-i oiiio I lio n.oaiis of loavins
li aiiiu' tho narrow, ronlinod canyon o
d'i'l hy iho waterway up atid down
Hr.am
Siuldi n'y a llulit api t .iit l In tlio tli--t.iuoo.
mi I t In- : out st iud pofi'iui; at it
for sumo tini", a in i v onilo vorlng to
inako nut its toi utiiin and u u o.
"li must lio a laiiior.i or tump-Urn of
th" outlaws," Ik- ili idi'd. and ho iloloi
niinod to oiidoau.r to u a'.n Ills way
toward il.
In tho dari,iicss a :d nnrdst unfa
mi lar .-coin s I his w as no o.isy t isl,-, und
his prof,';o-s wa - slow u :l lalmrioiis.
I Iiiil'1ii' i i 1 1 . i : 1 1 1 1 vinos and shrub,
H aling l'url;-. loi ilii,!,' and sw inuiiiim', ho
maiiau' d l.n i ly io iiiln a pilo of rocks
(iiroi.tiy liojoiiij wlii h WM.s tlio lii;lit ho
had mod
II proved to h i ns ho had surmised, a
ramp-lii ', huiit oniowliat hack in a
cavo liUo a , oi i tiro of t In- ro l,s
It was noi e-n.lilo liy a narrow, dan
pi rous atli from iho ili if almvo, an t
was o- iiio at 'y o io of lh" o nt r;i n 0 s 10
tic liioiiniai1: I :i -t no-s of th ha nil Its
A iloou io:iirh f. mis worn vi.-iiilo In
th.i n 1 1 1 v of ih' hi' fi-'ht, and nnmnir
them I. a;.;;1 r I alp'i lo ulily rccunnii(l
'I'iciMl wh on !.o had kioiw n to 1- mom. 1
l.ir-of 1 i spiird ii oul'aw ha.'ul.
1'ioni his p .n o of ."spioLann tlii old
fa outi iiu d wid li hN ononilos and do
teiuiilio a! ' -uto tho lio-t icurso lo
i n i s o.
Tin io was ii.. Ti :ir of in'orruplinii, for
ti Ii ili: he in i: li t i;,iin tin- ontranco to tho
ravo ii w.iJ not likely thai they would
inni'liis w n. I:r was si mar to tho
cntl an e of Iho i a o thai ho would Si
nn st honr tlio lam: liter and conversation.
'J hero w .1 oi I , I i s !edj'o of rock l.o
w i n him am! tho op-n .-pa-o In front
Of l ho i in "
'J lie out iioui h d 'aw as two men
1,-nio t iward v. i.i-iv lio was At iirst he
n.-ti i mill" I Io ret :oat, a - ho foarod thoy
in io o. m'.t-A uxor ill" 'od.'e; I ut as they
l au. e l at th" eiluo of li o stream lo ur liy
l.e ili loniid Hull oil" of t hem lure a
Ion ui't in his han.l, and thai thoy had
i oiiio t nhuin -oino v. atcr lor the ramp.
-i hal's Iho roiiiuuiino, aniwny?" ho
lieanl nil" .ii th men a-k; and tlio other
ioi Ii d:
"A g. octal luvaKiiu' up of iho band,
I I r.ir the ho s -ay. "
"And a ilui- oi, of iho rofit?"
"Vis. It w hi-i cred a'joui that lios-
paid is lire.! of the life, u ixl that it has (
Ire u;o I' o i.iiii',. ions to suit him Ho s
alraid oi tioulio witb Shadow Snako,
und ho'-i-ol o.iio s Ileum for a foituno
iih ut ili I u.) I ho has iirouplit horn. "
"What In. ull' en till ho havo with
M.a U.w M.alvV"
"lio'-, a'l.nd Iho old Modoc chieftain
will learn about his tn achery in requrd
-ho I
'"Vcs; and Pauton and ho ha'.o played
the Indians false. "
"About w hat V
The c.iiui aiiL Ira'u. Tlioy sto'o most
id iiio plunder, and tho .Sna'.io will ro
M'nt i hi.-ami our desert or. I ivnu iln't
wo.iih r it' th" Modoc chief tent a mes
hcii. r Io doioaiid re-titmlon. Anyway,
lie's iii.uli! oil1 mios ,,f tho savnos by his
lit thins "
'iho ini'ii loiiirned to thn rno just
thou, hut lie if conorsatioii formed a
Hi. mo of tlooi'ht In tho scent's mind for
sumo tin o alter their departure.
Tho (,'lrl is here," muttered tho
ram;er. "and l!oiUd has somo plan for
loavin the country. I must loam what
his schemes arc and at oio e. Hot how ?"
1'uiiKcr lfalph lellocted deeply for over
an hour. Then as a hold idea Hushed
upon his mir'.d. ho determined on its im
mediate execution.
Ho theorized readily that Desparl
meditated leaving tho country, and tiiii.
he would pro! ably take Inez Traiey with
him. The wil l was now doubtless a pris
oner in Ih outlaw's s'roiiRhold. The
fortune lo r father had left her w is
the ob.le. t of l'os; aid's plot
To ii si-no llio pirl and foil tho rene
gade in s"i in inn 'hit firuiiuv tho Scout
(It that be in ii-1 net iiiickly.
Kaioicr lia'pli w.i noted ftlmisc tho
fiontior lor his -hr. wdins, not only as
k scout but as a do o the.
It v. is in the alt r laiaclty that h)
l.iid now decided lo act and although his
tl go a a bokl on", bo r iovod th
ho won'd hi ahlo to m cessfully carry U
Into execution.
Itapidly bo fiiriim'atcl his plan. U
ronslstod, lir.-t. In the -sunipl on of a
p r'eet ilis.'iiiso, and tl.o hardy old
langer. fti iy preiMivl for u.-t sucli eo i.
tiiDJenclos as lln; pr. s nt oii.i was sou i
at work on a tliorouK i ti.ius.ui uiaiiou
of his personal dpi earanc .
With a keomo Ijied razor he siiaved off
Ids luxuriant henrd. Then ho piocnedo I
to paint Id s faeo mi I arraiip! liis ailiro
til aeeor 'ail O Willi his (le-uns.
Mion ho had completed Ili- toilet il e.
doubtful ii hN nearest friend would hao
r cosni.i'd him
He re ninble I a half-bivol, und his
Stained sl;in, one oyu sha lo I by 1 band
a'e, liinpniLf (a!t and i i in ral inn ivil
I zed nppearau o aave f I i.-t t h i foiot
ho desired, io eiiat le In i pom train
to tho enemy's ramp wim his identity
tin-iispnctid.
When ho had fully complete 1 hN men
tal plan of ni'liiui, tho Seoul iai'iou-lv
clmnhe ed owrihn li d re of ro l;s and
mado his way to ward tim camp lire.
fcevura-' forms spranu to their feet and
lnieded lis fuiiher p.ornss as lo)
reached llii entrain n lo tho ravo. A
man whom h; nvo'-'iiied ui Van o
raised a sun luonaeiiiiriy
"What do S'liu wa'it'.1 Who hiv you'.'
How caino moi lier. '.''' b" di.'inatidu I
qui kly.
In accordanee with his a-s inii'd elinr
a 'tor. Iho renal fiililrd It's arms over Ids
breast and adopted a -ndon, d'diant i x
pr. ss on of faro.
"Thn IMaek row," lie iiiutioie 1. T
must see b in. "
"Win aro mui?''
"Ta lula. the lialf-bnvil."
"How did yon come lu ll
"'IlioMo loe knows Iho hidii; l;i' o
of th" wlnl' men and tho paths
that leal to it," was tho s nin's st"a y
reply, adm ru'dy conch ! in th" lud an
orna cilia!'.
Vance -lar -d.
"ila !" h" cja Mila'e I. ' you eoinn from
the .Modoc-V
"I coino from the eiok'r.int train. I
tear a mes-aso. In ro is tho i i"V.
"U'hy do you wi.-h lo s hiin'.'"
"He will kin.w when ho roiuemliers
his broken pledtro to Huolow Snake."
It was evident from alo e's n iiuiior
that ho re al ed th" lio t of I'esj aid s
doiiblo di a i;, wiih lie; Mo loe chief-,
tain.
Ho shui'V,! ii' ca-Hy bexon I lio; suj;
posed ine--eimoi' Hum the Mndncs
"Ilid 'i'a lula oniiio al inev:l ho aski d.
"Yes "
"Mt down by the i amp-firo there: 1
will speak witii ii.e i row "
1,'aiiL'er llalpli smile I cimplaeei.tly I i
lllms df al I ho S'leres i ol his fm pitsil ion
so far, bill assuuie l a sludi' d nltiludn
o.' sullen sileii' o iini,l aueo ha I ro
turne h
"i.me," said Iiio Inner; "tho ('row
wl.-hes to la k w. itil Noll '
rMi.:'
Tho scout was led into the ea o
throii;:h sovora' loir' n-.-anr.-. ami liral
ly into an ai.iil iient ihal was appar
ently a ponion oi a w.io ion hut ilia' was
built over th" river a. id into iho c -1 i it'.
Despard and llantou sal. a a tub e
drinking, and iho fornmr K anced at iho
somber li-'Uio nf X anee's roin pailiou.
"II ro is tho h.ill'-l re d li'uu th
Mo Iocs," e! .lain ed Viiuro.
".-rom Mui I v, Mii'.lo .'.'" u-lo d l'os
pa I'd.
"I'ph!" replied ihoscoiii in a dNguNid
toim of voire.
"U hat does bo waiii?-'
"His share of III - 1 1 inder t iheii from
the eini-irant train Tlio I row has
playi d liim l.il-o. and h i .-eeks iv.s'i.u
lion rr rou-n-'e '
linspard evliu" d a cool uiieom orn of
tho .scoul's -ouil. or threats Ho li lened
calmly wlnl- tin tlN-ui-ed rauij -r iu
cultural (ones lold of ih" dis-aiNfu"-Hon
and aimer o ihu Mo loc t hiol lain.
Then ho raid:
"Mia low Snake I'.einands p; .lii'1''
"I'Bh!"
"And If it is pot sent lo him.'"
''War," was the In". mi" r. ph.
"When must in; have hi s an woi ?"
"In two suns "
"lined, liefore another day is pa-t,
Tallula shall hm w mvibci-iou 'mi
can stay hero u.itii iln n. "
Kautfer iialph ret io I with ca'in dl-'iii-ty,
and eoiu'rntu'alod l.iius li' upon t.lin
fact thai be had hoi loon rrco?ui.ed by
tho outlaw
"Watch thar half -breed cloudy. " .aid
Pesp.ird to V.iwv; and iho laiior ful
lowed the s out from the r i.
"We have no limo lo Iu-.e, " said Ihin
ton. when they were aloii"
"That is ti no."
' The Mo iocs wi 1 mar di a ainsl us
unless we ! t iin a share of the Uaitv."
"Then w. whl act a! oiii ". I have lo
cated the haunt o. the old hri'iiut "
"Wa ford.
"'es; and In tho moruiii',' I shall i;o
there, dneo I :-eeuro the secret, of lio".
Traoey's fortune, I shall leave a small
amount of plunder lor them to divide,
and you an l am n, tho airl, an I iny-eli'
will li avn this pari of tho country lor
cver." Meanwhilo Iiauirer II.ilpli h id b. en
led toward the livereud of tho rave l.y
Vance.
He paused ere tiny rem he .1 tho camp
fire. "Tallula Is weary," he said.
"All rlftlit; yo.i can shop anywhere
here "
'I lio iiieteiob d half loe d tluti:: hi n
self upon a broad rock Y.iniM content -e.l
himself w ith proooediiu to i he -i oi
whore Ids companion were, a ml after
telling them to so" lhat Tadula did not
loaxe. the ravo, pa d im further attoniiun
to tho scout.
Tim latter had fully decided to explore
tho bandits' haunt, in the bopi of liml
Inft I no-'.
After a while l.e left tho rocks, and,
unptirceived by tho men aroun I Iho
camp-lire, hona'n rxa ininiu tho various
passages and apartmen: uf tho ureat
tinderKroiimi caorn lh" oecupio I.
There was mm dim ( orridor dow n
which bo could see. a liitht biiruni";. and
ho stealthily made his way I ovard ii.
lie drew buck in the -ha low of a pro
jectiliif shelf of stoni) a- he -aw. ilire -lly
ahead of him, in ii'i eml ia-uie in the
corridor, a man seated on tlml'i orof
111" cave.
His bark was to tho scout, and ho
seemed to bo laily noldint as if in
sleep.
"A guard," muttered the s cuit, Ibri.l
Inn to iillck in'' .e-l a liis di-eu oi l .
'Tliero inn -1 bo some one in iho rave
boyond, perhap Ih" till her.-elf "
llanKer l.'aluh p -ore I caul'mislv he
yinid the -pot wle ro Iho corridor e i
laiRcd. lio slarte I as he di-uiM r.'d
that a laiuo iipaiiinont teriiilniHi d iho
passanewav. I on a i ml" he,' labia
v. as a second lantoin, and it- r.ivs
showed a eion h c ivon d w i'h a pantl i r-t-
k in.
I pon this th scout undo out a fa
miliar form. It w is tint of Hi" orv
maiden who wa too t lio m.. ui a1' his
unilou thooght
lie stood spell boipid. vet n .c'teil.
ca inf .'ilontly at tho pnl, who o head
w as l,.'i;t in her hands, as if in eric!' in I
d 'spair. Kapidly ho bi kini to lo -in a
pan for eva linn the Ka.-id in tlio cor
I Idol' imil roaehin'; 111".
A- ho stoo l lluro n so I'lon i pis do
ba Ted a I liN plan'. Ho saw I. ("
T:ac'v start lo bo;' fro- ami stare in
wild emotion al. Iho oppositu s da of Hi"
(.I'.o 'I liN portion o l h ra v 'in was
r.t that inoiiiont coinple'ely shut out
liom t;.-i iim r balph's r u.Ko of x. i' ii
iu;oi ly ho heaid a voieo sji ali h r
liaiic Ho saw the fiirl s face express
too deepest joy and ivl.of. At that imo
luoiit, tin; nilent on of th" (.'mud si omed
ilireetovl lo the apartment. II" nro-o
fdoi'd a revolver fro ii his frei, and lie
pan lo i loop Inwards the cave.
Iiiloo.-elv iur-jesled and Vet ;orp!o'.ed
1' a ii for 1,'alph stool wa'i hin.; the si-one
of what promised lo bo a ino-t. e' itui'
in d up m nl jiisopis .I
( IIAI I l it XVII,
i( I ve it. was lh at bad apparonlK
intored lh' caio u I in I nil-ill where lii"
j 'j'liie. y w.H, tint p'lS'Ki did not cvi
i oenil ,- see or know ul the near proximity
of tlio ban iit iriiar I.
Ku'll tho iiiiprisone I iiia deii si' i d
uiiaw.'.re of his pivn ueo, for lo r boaiiii
fid face, fuly revealed lo I ho ia ro of I ho
si nut in Iho li.jhl of llio lantern, iilowcd
only w 1 1 1 1 emotions of gladness
'llio (.-uaid, adopting a st"altliv,
c.oiii'liiu mov nieiit, lie ,'a n to hleji
pi j ruai y r iwani In" a nart in"n .
I.air.'or l.'a.lh's alt n I inn was divided
Ik Iwi'i'ii hi ii and Imv. Ho sr.w llnii
iiio (oiibiw was too ih iroits,'hiy eiiros-ed
in wal' liiu,' the iiimates uf the aparl
lueiii lo pa any atleiiiiun to him. (an
iioii-ly, therefore, the semi bee.au lo
steal alter him.
A few stops io, able I him In fjain a
ci'lnplct view of tho inlei lor nf the cave
Ho i amo lo a ( end slop w ii h sh or sur
piisi n in saw Ihu en use of Ihepirls
i mot. on.
Iiarrel tlrev!" he muttered un b r Ids
breath
Ii was indeed the yomu sc inl.
A the reader will I eiiieinlier. lifter be
lett. Idlo l awn ho had penetrated tu
Iho cilve of llio outlaws troai Iho in
i h i-o I va ley into Wiiieh h" lul l lal c.i.
When I'e.-piird had reiiao e I Inez ti
Iho ca'-e, liarrei lull readied tt spot
where a lumn rock Id u l o t uplhoeu
franco to iho a arlmeiit l or over an
hour ho sought to pu-li IhN i ai'l'.or
ii way ami at last he bad sueci.eded.
It was his entiaii e inat hal -:t
Stuitli'd the captive nriijeii
"Ine.!" be iri". I. and -pr.in',' toward
l;, r with oal-lretrlie-l at in
In tho lir-t iinpal-e anl l'aptuio
boo and :oy Inc. ba 1 i ln'ed tnur -ri
liiiu A m ide-l llus.i .-iirmo u t d li r
brow, und sh ' paused, In in liiiu' and
colli used, lis In; seized In T hail I f' ri rut .V.
i h. Hanoi Mr. lir.-yl Yo.i hue
como In rc-euo mi; "
"Yes. Jiut. we must let de'ay "
"Tin re is a way of csea pc'.'"
"i'.y the way I rame, jes. Ha! Win!
Is thai'.'"
I am 1 drew the staril. d Inc.! do , p.
Is ist s do and rocoiii d ijircUy as he dm
i o'.i'ii d the p iar l.
'i ho hitler bad mov. d int i full view.
"ileireat Inward tlio opeiiti.'t t i the
a lev," dir. ct' il I ai roi In hi In r I'mii
I anion
"Ho ill"
Th t!ua I'd h". cled his revolver as he
spnke. IA idciii .y ho re. o!;u;ed iiai rel
as an iniriiib r and an i 1 1 -! 1 1 y.
'I ho lal er was oi t iroly unarmed, tin
sax a"es ba. in t iai;eii lii i lireaiui ffin
linn xvheu ih- y lied him I i the st ike a
the I uelilo l iver eiieampN.n it.
luo ha I i, early reached the r.oertui"
hi ih" wrll, v Inn the i,'uai'd rai-ol his
le o x i r
llauiier I : a 1 1 1 1 had taken in t!ie seen
at a m.inre, and r -'i .veil o act i.uickly,
in h di-c II. i'd li.o peril o. Ili xo .lo;
tiieinl Uarrel (irey.
nh a rapid sprint he wi - fairly upon
th.; uiiard. T'ro bile, In. v- xer, to e
v.nt ll.o shul the lulii r had d.i. ei" I at
la I nl
T he In, lie! spe I wi lo of its mark
Til" report nl' the pisto , liow.-ver, awoke
all the silent echoes of the cave.
W.th one blow Iho old -eoul foiled the
piiavd iiisrii-ihlo lo Iho Hour of tho eaxe.
Then, sp. ini.'in-' uxor hi- p o-tral ' lonii,
Ii" sol, id llci rexolxrr thill bail f.i.ieii
from hi yra-.-p.
l a'iel (irey rceoiinird him xvitli a
jox l ul i ry.
1,'al'er llalphl" he. e:aeulaled.
in uiaiic -d w .th 1 1 u i k iniero-l at the
intii siki knew to lie her tailo r's o d
t iioo friend and her v u
'."In) scout frlaiieed hack' at the i on idol
with an u la r ui d face, ash' can I a new
r.iuilnot ;un Two Ineli had c ueo sin;-'
ih u;y in o view, llaio.'er lia'pli divined,
in a lla-li that they bad been rompan
ions of I h.; uuard
1 ollhtl ! s liny bad been sleeping ill1
the e-liiasme ,n :ho corridor, and he!
tin. I not lioli.-eii them. 'Iiio shot had
aums d them, and a- ll.ey enti-re I I iu I
apar'ui 'ill I ley i mup;eheu .id ihe -Kua
tinii iH a K'U' e.
"i h!" ordered iho remit to Ii.irr I and i
lie.'
"lint th out axvs w ill be nron-ed "
"1 xvill hold thee Iwo al I a.i, ami I
i oi rr our e-cape. " I
it US' I.IINTINI'ED.!
There !i comliii; a dnv whii tti. 1
caiiurd fruit iiidilslry xx ill cease to be '
mi i noi'iooitu uiono.v -in, living eiiierprise, .
;ii: i iho few who are imxv i iiiiiiiii to '
s. o the future of n business dealing (
v. lib dried fruits will bo nmlthnHilioii- j
niios. Ami tho liovt of it xvill lt that I
tho profit of it will not be xvholly to tho
ili'iih rs. Pried fruit sells at about half j
the price that canned fruit ccmiiuiuuN, I
ami It xvill no tive times farther. When
stiidi k reason xvill not appeal lo a ;
liousckeepi" the fact that it is superior
tu cniitied Roods on account of the mod
ern processes will make some Impres
sion. In California they have learned I
to prepare prunes so well that Iao; I
Hiianiliics are shipped to France, the '
liouio of the prune, while California !
raisins haxe practically driven foreign
raisins out of t tit market, and thou
sands of pounds of apricots aaj pears
j to Lurope.
j Believers Iu the wooden nutmeg le
gend can say once more that tlme
; makes r.ll things even. A stranger hn
appeared in Connect lent with a prep"
! araiion wntrauted by him to keep tlies
' mui liiosqnlloes uxxay from dottiest it)
animals, tme inckai;e dissolved iu ten
Quarts of water was said to bo sulll
cleiit to protect twelve oxen or txventj
tive horses. Afler the seller had disap
peared the stuff was examined a. id
found to be ouk sawdust scouted xvitli
, camphor.
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5RICAN PEARLS
FOUND IN PLENTY,
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The jo ni l boom is llio lalist sue-
re'-sur nf Kloiidiki! mid Us ailendai't
exeiti ii.ei.t:!. i'or n xr.-.tl v.ciks tin:
reoide of Alk.iil us lui'.e hiivt; bet li
xvui'ki.'d up over tlio (lis.- ut ry ofjien:l i
in loiiie of tho lakcii and i ivu s nf that
rilnte. nud in somo liiaee.. Iiali' the
population havo been iii'luslrimisly
ili;;.'iu;; iiius.-uls in the hope of suddcii
xicallh, xiiiilo tho re-t of tin; eriuiitiy
liiis lieeii niilatintr itself on tho sub-
ject (( doliai- xvlieiit. A Nt.-w Vorli ili-1
.SC'I'NTS
mil ml broker recently exhibit '1 a
very l.i!'::o pearl whi"h ha I In en sent
tn liiiu lioui tho Arkaiisii Held, just
what pint of it ho lel'ii 1 lo say.
The stone is one ul tic lined i jieei
laciis of iho ".-ixveel wati i " variety ex or
seen iu Now York. It is pel feci ly
forme I.
-!i..h
tU-
ni
shape, i f a
pure while, iind xvi i lis tluiiy uve
giains. is value I ut Ss in. Allot h
er luuhrr recclitiy feei ie I it Coiisi ;u
liioiit of Arkansas )icai i -, x.diicli inelu l
ed n pink ja'ai'l, xvcic.l.iie; t.re.ity
H'rains. It is xvorlh iml iimre tlnii
.slUO, h . level', on ae.'.iiiiit of a sleht
lileiui-h o'l olio side. Many .-mailer
ieavl-' have cmue fr..iu I'm : aaie rev ion
il u ii ii ; t'o' ,i-t week, and (hero is
talk ol a N' ,v Vurk coio any toxvui k
some of the Arkansas pearl lakes. Ii
ispo- io!e, hiiwoxer, Hi it they will be
late iu too held, as a .Memphis com
pany baJ already lea ed nun of the
luo-l pr.inii: in ; bikes fur a leriil of live
years for ,;'l "itHl, and individual i-peeii-l.itoi.s
have tildiiineil coiiliol id' si ver.il
oll.'.-rs.
'I in- Klondike excitement is not tube
en: iparc I with tin; enthusiasm in
Noiliieiii Arkansiii ox a r iho recent
1'nnls of pearh. Al Ii. Ictia and Little
o.ck family parties are Koin- nut lo
camp ii!' iil; tho river ami hunt for
pearls. Mint of theso parties ler.o
found un'y sreall stones, but onexiom
an picke I up a pink pearl xvorlh c "io,
and t un small b ys xx ho were lookiii';
Jor clams and not for pearls found tiu
stones wiii -U lin y soltl for .'Jo apiece.
Mo-t of the x-iliiablo liiid.i, however,
have Iu eu inad" ill the lakes mi I
p .lids, xvhirli nif controlled by 1'l ixalc
iiniiviil i.il.-. or bv coiupanies. lusome
places the uwi'ers hiivt; hn.l to: t:nl
f;nill'l Willi ' In it ;. mi H to keep u!t' tie
111 1 1 il . i;i -1 if 1 i all seekers, M hu b.i'.r
Iiceu aeeu-tonie 1 to hunt clams wher
ever tiny xxi-heil, and who think that
ihe mere fact that Iho shells may Coi.
tain e ms xvorln .-r ! . or so oipjiil n..t
to make any tliiVeie'ico in this riidit.
Th" Aikan-as pearl lisherics are
lecoiii'iioinli'd as a ','otnl subsliliile f,.r
Alaska for tliosu who are iu search of
hard- hip and a h eliture. There is
not so much fio-t und snow, but there
is plenty of lualai in, which ii apt to
can y nil' t ho iiiuii'i'liuiatod visitor, mid
the swamps nu 1 forests which one has
1 i travoi'.ie iu order to reach iho lake
x hev,. the treasures lie xiill supply tho
ndventurer xxith as many unpleasant
experiences as Chileont l'ass. .I'.eselr..
the i. nil. ilia that h.ms round the lake
nu I swamps, they contain sulphur mid
iimi, xi Inch ".IX" the water a decidedly
liuplc.i ant yellowish liue. The
pl i 'e:; in xx hicii pearls have linn fur
I't'on ili-cin.icl are Murphy and
Walker I .nke -, Ci'os.s 1,,-ikc, Sulphur
and I' our Mile 1'' inln and the er.-.-ks
fl iwiiij; i do thetn. T'hese are r II in
Iho Hal.i ix'.io'ii loiuili-y sontliwe d ni
Muiphis,
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to
-lex oral .Memphis oil i:'.eii'( have in-i
o I lio.l.' V in b a -es in While Cuun
aiol th,; i-aiori'ii uireii'ly irl'ijl'inl
x ill iii il.o mi (.I'l'idiiO'l elnirt to
di ve!oi Iho iu In- try
. in'iol v. hioii it coin i
the
iitnl
cool-'
'. pan x h.i- 'u'r. n Iv tak. .1 i.nl sovorid linn-1
di e I dollars' worth "f )o ai ls, but so ,
far the xxorU has nil heou ilumj by eol-I
, ui'eil ilii'ei s aiol tlivris, who are paid I
Si per dnv ;.r their n-rxi-es. t Hi a--1
emiiit cl tho color of tin; v, ater t hey
'0 'es'- .
ASr IM'il'i'N'l'; Id' M i'.KICW IIIAbf. I I
ha . e to fed fur (lie c!:i m, which are
, liiiric I in the mud, with their lurid
or bare fret, and n can work elVcet i vo
'. Iv oniy in s'lalloxv places. As soon us
inii'diinery i-i'i bo put in, huuevor,
t io bottom of the l ike , inelinliii'.;-tho
ile, per pnrl'i, will I o tIioi-uii;;lily
.!.''. I'.;ed, n:i 1 it is c, peeled lhat luol'c
I: a'.tsl'ii -t.o v re.-ulls will be olitaiued
li iitlio t In;, 'ry of I Im Memphis ineu
vliii aro liaekiii"; the oiiteiprise t hat
i..ilssids tit'e.i- imnilly : heil t'i ir pearls,
mol that nth rs Unit have died still
' c.iuiaiu tiio e'cin , uml xvill be Pound
. buried deep down in tho inild at the
: bottom ul' til ; lake-'.
I It i.; p.'Ss.ilde. to", that ill" liianii
' J.iel m o nf lonthei' of pi ai I will be
; -taite 1 tn utilize tiio .shells, a is done
; iu l.uw cr ( 'nl il'oi nni, iVniu whence most
ul Iho pearl Used fm' but I una for our
w nisi -coat s and di es: t now conic from.
; Mother of pearl, ii may !" extilaiiie.l.
j is simply tiio suioi.lh iiisi'io lining uf
i the liioll, xx hich i. cut out a id it- ed
' ior but ions mid oi'iv.tui ills,
j liis!:i!ic.'s ut' i ieh liinls aro reported
every le v d.iv-i frma Hal I Kiio'.i or the
1 adioiiiiu
A lev .l.i v,
eilored nuiu, xviei '.'.'. .o la na ue a
Harris, w.ill.el iutn a Nr.' iipiii - jewelry
' tore an I exhildied a smell ha"; ot
I'tails. Mo-t of the sionei were small
und worth not more than if 1 or :?' each,
but there x', t re a few of lar.;"i' ;.i.e, iu
olu liii;; o'le or i wo pink peal Is uf n ry
;;oo l iiiaiity. A'l u.i't" uf .fiil lxvus
liiu.it' for the I'd. 'ihe colored lii.nl
held out f 'I- more, and tiliallx a.vi ded
;.'l ill. Ho mid tint ho had Worked
f .1 a ni'ilil'i moi luol opened I 'n ni'-amls
uf .io ll-. t-i eet I li" !.lo:io-. II" il '-
THE WOliLD'S
know led",cd that Im was from "tlow n I
W hite County xxay," but vcl'uscd to
t II where he ha I found the gi mis, as
ho aid that there were Inure in th"
sa ti place, and lo was g"ii bark
alt. !' them.
A imi l name I lVale, iu loild Knob,
sunt h (bijou pearl to Nsw Yelk, and
: f AW
lias reeeived n:i ofTer r.f ?100. Ho
found tiiem nil in tho emmc of axveek.
Many ui llio natives inVVhiti) County
liaxi; in their po'-'so-sion jiearls of moro
or less value taken from the ponds le
f ore the t xeitome.it set in. Many cf
tliom ileelino lo my anything uhoitt
llieir iind -, as thoy ilon't xvis.U to eu
coiirago a rush to the siiot.
WORLD'S LARCEST OXEN.
XVi-IkIi t:ii)0 I'm mis VuKos He en I'cct
I. no,' Have II. mil'. 1 11,0 ;l l'iiillnl.
'J'iio frrealest ji!;c of catllo ever
ieoii in tliis co'iiiirv is owncil hy .T.
). Avery, nf liucklii'id, Mnn. They
are liii'iied .loo and Jerry. Their apo
in fb.'lii years und tliey ineaHiire teu
feel in nii tli. They stand seventeen
hiiiids lii.v'h, in I their liieaHiiieiiient
from tip to tii is fifteen foot eleven
inches, ihore is liol n iiillerenee of
ten pounds in vxei'lit liclween them,
- ll IHIII I. S.
a i l the two ti.erether tip the scales at
To'!') pounds. They hold too world's
record fur mio pull, having draxvn
ll.lhil poiiinls uf sluiie, honied una
dray, on a level, jusl ei ,'iit foot in olio
draw. Tin y are models of symmetry
in build, mo extremely kind and do
cile mi l beautifully c. hired. Tlio
i best ol euro is devoted to theill, O110
' man spendine; sex oral hours every day
' in n'l'iioniiii"; and cleaning them. They
1 have In e:i on exhibit ion at nil uf tho
. principal a ;i :e lilurul fairs in tho
I ctoiutiy.
j In speak'ni!' of his hainlsome yoko
I of oxen Mr. vci :aid: "The oxen
have not by any lueaui reached their
I i i ii i i ; th, y luii-o trained tu weight
j ! ime seven huiidred pounds the past
I year and are capa hie of carrying an
! other I hull-all d pounds. I'uliko other
lar,.;o cattle, their Mesh is distributed
! very evenly, which adds very much to
j their looks, nud tin y stand on their
' limbs as sii nieiit as n pair of calves.
I "They avn remarkably intelli'.'ent
! and well trained, as you can judo
: from the p . itioa which they take in
the phntimaph. Tiny are very net ivo
mui ca:i t .isily walk a mile iu thirty
'minutes. They are colored, like all
pure lltil-teins, Mack and white.
; There- coals aro ax tine ami glossy as a
! thoroiurlilu-ed vneer'a. Tiny are still
worked lnoderatcly when at home.
.Their yoke win made to order, and
' t'l'oliabl v is the lariresl yoke ever worn
, by any team. It is seven feet iu
lciii;th and w t-i-rhs iM pounds,
i " riieir eroix nine; tdory is their maer
, iiilieeiit set of highly polished horn.
iJ'orsie, ipi.i'ity, luatiii;.', aiitl beuuty
I.Miiillsr OXEN'.
coiobinetl their equal dues not exist
iu the world. It may ho of interest to
know that their food consists of eight to
twelve tuurtrt of coin and oats (round
to'. etl'or, txvo quarts of meal, and
from six to eight ipiarts of bran each
j day, xvitU uu occasional chaugo to
unit their BppetiUn."
HELPS FOR HOUSEWIVti..
8iot'-( ine Klii'iiiiiiitisiii I.liiiiiicnt.
One nexv esff, well beaten; a loi'f
pint of vinegar, out; otinco of sj irits
of turpentine, ami hulf un oumo of
camphor. Ileal all together well; then
shake ten minutes in u bottle und
"ork. It is ready for use ia half an
hour, and can ho used three or four
limes a day. Jf the J fiiu is in tho
hi ad, rub the ointment o:l tho back of
tlio neck mid behind the ears; tho
head will soon stop achi lis'. Nexv York
Tribune.
'lo Miike (limine! I'nlnril.
For lix ordinary-sied custards lnelt
six table.) oonfilbs of sugar, htirriii
carefully to prevent burning. J'our
into the liollum of the cic tm d cuh,
(jive each a sort of whirl that tho su
(.'u r may also lino the sides. Jieat
three cgiis without m panning; a id
three taldesjioonfiils of sugar, half a
touspoonfui of vanilla, nud a cup und
a half of milk. Htir until tho BiiR.ir
is dissolved; pour th.) mixture into
the eujis on tu) of tho carnmel. Stand
in a buking pan half iilled xvitli water,
and conk iu tho oven fifteen minutes.
Turn while hot from tho cups, tiorva
cold. Ladies' Home Journal.
A Wind Aliotit It Int.
With any of us it is nliuust impos
sible to get cunfeel inner s' sujrar, un
h ss x,e send to the city slures fur it,
but a Inly xvlni uses ordinary jiuxv
iloied simar ami curiiHtiirch nays it is
just as gnud. llt-r way uf using is
this: With one cup of powdered su
gar mix thoroughly a rounded table
spoon of cornstarch, then wet to a
smooth ieiug with two tablespoons
water or mill;, and flavor to suit. Tiio
ingredients aro simply mixed tugi'ther
and spread xvilh a wet knife. It is
claimed that if a cuke is lightly rubbed
over with llu ir before spreading with
icing it will ove.cuint! the ten
dency to run oil'. Another wrinkle
that is worth remembering is Ibis. If
only the top of the cuke is tu be iced
mui it cannot be done wi h the eako
left in the tin, butler a strip of paper
un 1 pin it around tiie cake, lotting it
h and ah mt half an in-h above tho
tup. When the icing is sot, remove
the j njior, nud a unit looking cake
xvilh tho icing on tup, xxhoro it. is
wanted, is the result. -Ainerie ::i .('
rioulturist. Hulim on Silver.
Tn remove stuins fnon silver, e-pe-ci
dly such us ai e cause 1 by melt, ino
ur by neglect, use sui h ;rie acid, rub
bin; it on with a liitle II. t in. I pad,
then rinsing ttie urii. lei most careful
ly at mice. For le-s ingrained sWiiii"',
tiie j nip nf a lemon, wlcs juice has
li "eu u.-ed fur lemon squash, may bo
reetiliiiiielltletl us ln.th cllirielit and
liai'iiiless. Indian silver and brass is
al'.vuxs cleaned by linli'-os xvitli leiinm
or limes. It may bo in well to xvarn
hoii-iikeepers in theso days, wl.oti
pretty mu x in;' is such a consideration,
that, where one lud to reheat food in
a silver tii h from which il is impossi
Mo 1. 1 i hill the mliiole, a baking tin
h'mmlil bo half-tilled with hot xv.iter,
n doubled sheet uf paper should bo
placed iu this antl tuo silx er dish
stuiid upon it, after whim it will Inko
lio hariil froiu the eiiei t , of the oxen
heat. Again, as eggs nud illegal' aro
tiiiitc apt to ill-color plait d or silver
dishes, always run a Utile weak aspic
jelly over the silver ill -li bi b'ie di-h-iiil'
the inuyuiimii-e, etc., tu be .served
in it, and if this cnntiu' is ulluwed tn
Net before putting iu tiio other mate
rials the dish will siiii'or no tlamago
that hut soap ami water will imt easily
remove,
Mt'inliiiK n Kl I Cl ve.
Mending may lie so perleetly dona
that the relit nrtie.O is embellished
! rattier than disfigured by tho .stitches
I Wiiieh repair. Kl ec ally is this true
i of kid gloves, alili 'Ue.ii lin o aro very
lew w li i klluW how t i ineu.l 11 gluvo
suct'cs-itully and neatly,
j A simple lull iln '.ic bii'ik in a
, scam may lie careful v over, -ad nu tho
, xv rung side, a vorv line needle being
I used. Such a nee lie pi events further
I tearing of ill.' ki I uml euii 'les tho
lieeillort ouian to take closer, shorter
stitches than could ot iierw ise be doiie.
For such lino overcast i iwoiilho wrong
side cm to i tit. end in a eoloi' lo matt h
toe g.uxe exactly nud i i a number to
suit the nee lie pi if 'ix i I be best
chosen. Silk Ih.'tal In a greater
tendency to cut the. hid iha i has tho
cttoii.
I An actual hole iu lh." gl .vo repiires
ilitl'erent trcatineiit. It cannot be
f Until I never hi --lruw u together.
'I'll ni nro two ciVe tivo ways of i o-
' i;ii in such n plnee. I ho most a l
miial'le method n that of llio button-hole-rtitch.
I'or this a ;iuo nee ilo is
lieci's-ii y, tine il t liui .i.l tlio same
shade a the kid, an I a spirit of leis
ure an I pain-taking care The pliien
is to be nicely luitlimli 'lcil nil mound
w ii h tiny stite'oc ., jitt a ii buttou
hnle would be, ex -el tiio; that tho
Hitches arc taken in a lin.lc lesseloso
Ix, I't'ih.ips; ih-n, ju t a. it no but-I'unhulc-stitcliiug
had b"..'!i done, it is
x ilh the same iutiuite pains buttuii
huli' I uriiin.lhc second row ff stiteh.es
being taken out one between each
stitch in the e lire uf tin' first row.
Thus two rows are funne l, the second
circle being, of count,', s. i.il er than
the liist; a third row is then done, by
catching bi t ween ihe stitches m tho
e lgo of the second row. T'iii" process
is repeated until Iho eve;' toiiruwing
circle etuis iu 1bo centre of tho rout.
When well executed the result i.s so
beautiful that olio would almost xxish
for a break in a gluvo in order to or
nament it wilh such iiecillew ui k. Any
one eiiu do such a bit uf mending, but
a line needle and thread must again bo
insisted upon. Tlio shade of tiio
thread must be just the mile as that
if tilt! kit. 1 lit ("i.'o oil v 's io ft 8-
ti.'.ry for t!i. lr-ji, if.nl the t,t-k is soon
un- impltsliM.1, Wouuu'j Hu"" Cum
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