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CHAPTER XX.--(Ciptinued.)
"Well, my son?" 1
"I -was in that gambling house, father.
' A. tuan ascended the stairs just ahead of
lie. It was to observe and study the fea
lures of th!s man that J followed him. - I
oon after forgot what ied me to do so.
can remember no more no more!"
"Why did you desire to.'follow this man
So observe and, study hisfea tares?" ask
d the banker."; ;
"I was requested to do so by cne I can
not now- name. I failed, utterly failed,
in my mission. But I will not believe that
I am guilty of that terrible crime. I
f.ever before beheld that dirk. No, no, I
ra not guilty"'
"That you are not, my boy'T exclaimed
a husky voice, and the tall form of Sel
lars; who,- ucobservad, had descended the
stairs and entered the :cell.
"Thank God!" cried Eobert.
'Tt was at my request that this young
man was following and studying the fea
tures of a wcu!d-be assassin," said the
detective; 'thougii I little dreamed that
Lis doins so would lead ; to what I was
striving to avert. The object of the fiend
who drove that dirk blade home was not
only to murder Terry, fcnt also to place
the halter abotrt the neck of Robert Kel
logg. His intent was to remove one and
let the law remove the other."
'"Pray," said the inspector, "who may
you be?" ... -
"At !icme,"v.-r.s-tte quiet reply, '1 am
known as Ltrrg Sellars. By profession 1
an a detective." '
"What!" exclaimed Hunt, "Lang Sel
lars, the Southern detective? Allow m?
to grasp your hand, sir!"
"'With- pleasure, inspector."
"Yea visit our city ia pursuit of your
calling, Mr. Sellars?' Surely not to re:
move the, mystery surrounding this case.
You could not have heard of it."
"I noticed a record of the crime in a
morning journal," the Setective said. "I
will call and talk matters over with you
before I leave the city. I am her on a
matter ia which I may need aid. But I
must make haste now."
"Glad to aid you at any time, Mr. Sel
lar?. .I.will place half my men at your
disposal."
"Oh, thanks, many thanks. I may not
need them. Certainly not more than one
or two. Will you please allow me to see
the dirk with which the assault of Terry
was "committed?"
"Certainly. ' I have it here." And the
Inspector produced it.
"Ah, ha!" observed Sellars. "A silver
cros; embedded in the hilt. Let me see?
And he withdrew a dark sheath from an
Inner pocket. "Ye3, see!" And he thrust
the blade of the weapon where it bad re
posed prior to a certain event that wa"s
on his mind. "A complete fit. A silver
cross cn the hilt of the dirk. A silver
cross 02. the scabbard! "May I retain this
a few hours, inspector?" "
"Certainly.'
The surprised banker had been standing
near fcs son, a listener and observer; bat
here Robert introduced him to the detec
tive: r '
T can hardly understand, Mr. Sellars;
yet I think my brother has written me
concerning you. Do you not reside in
Wilmington?"
"My home is there," 'answered the de
tective. ,fYou. will; understand all when
1 have explained; but there is not time
now. I have matters in hand that carmor
Toe deferred. I wish you and your son to
accompany me."
"But Robert cannot bereleased until-"
"Oh, that is all right' now," said the
inspector. ''The boy is.,b-ee. I am per
fectly satisfied that Mri. Sellars assump
tion oi the case is correct. Though bad
the. blow proved fatal "
"Robert would have been released be
fore, night, inspector. There is no as
sumption in this case on my part."
The clock in the inspector's office struck
the hour of eleven, as Sellars, aeeoni-
Eanied by the banker and his son, stepped
lto the street. v ' .
"The bank has not been opened to-day,"
said Mr. Kellogg. "I had Earl posit a
notice on the dO&r thlsniorninj:. How
ever, I have my key and we can gain admission."-
-
"I have no wish to visit the bank," said
Sellars.
"Shall we go over to the hotel T
"No., -Mr. Kellogg, we must visit your
home, and. at once. There is no time, to
lose." i, f- . . :
"My home! Why, I do not at all under
stand that!" exclaimed the banker, filled
with astonishment.
"Nor could you be expected to, at this
time,, All will be made plain to you soon."
- "Earl left the station just before you
returned, father. He called to express
his sympathy."
"Yes, yes, I presume he has gone to in
form his mother of the situation. Poor
Elinor! She was nearly overcome when
2 told her of the feaTful calamity that had
befallen us. We will cause her heart' to
rejoice. Here is-the carriage." -"
The three men entered it and the ve
hicle rapidly rolled away.':
."What time did you return, Mr. Sel
lars?" asked Robert. . ;
"J, arrived on the 10:36 train from a
visit to Richmond."
"Then you were here previous to that
time?" said the banker; '
""For a few daj "
"I see you carry a small package under
your arm," observed Mr. Kellogg. "Do
not forget and leave it in the carriage
whe we enter the house. The urchins on
the streets of Chicago are of an uucer
Snin 'quality." .
"I shaH hardly -forget it," said Sellars
oalmly. "That package contains the con
tents of tiie one whieh Collector Elsworth
of the express company was robbed on the
twenty-seventh of June."
"Impossible!; exclaimed the banker.
"Oh, no; I assure you it is a fact. But
please' request your driver to touch up his
horses. -Minutes- are very valuable just
now' . 3 , ' - i, ,
The aruaied banker did as requeued
end leaned back in the vehicle with j&yes
riveted on the countenance of the frea
Beteetlve as the bay team p4 on. -
i
CHAPTER XXI.
Once on the north; 6ide of the river,
Thomas guided his ,team eastward to
Dearborn avenue, and out that residence,
thoroughfare' the vehicle rolled on. -
When within half a; block of the bank
er's residence Robert'bbserved:
"There is Earl just entering the house
now." ' I
Not a moment later the carriage was
brought to a halt before the gate, and the
three men descended therefrom.
"Mr. KelTogg," said the detective, lay
ing a handon the banker's arm as they
passed up the walk, ''no ordinary ordeal
confronts you. It Will require all your
resolution and firmness of. character to
confront it. ' Itwas to fathom two mys
teries that I accompanied Dr. Strong to
Chicago. I have fathomed both.'
"Two mysteries! You accompanied Dr.
Strong to -'Chicago ?". Really, I- "
"Let explanations , come later, Mr. Kel
logg; there is no time for them now. 1
ask of yon only, that you maintain your
composure, and believe that . I. make no
move unadvisedly. Unlock the door cau
tiously, Robert. We- must enter silently
and without a word."
. The outer door was noiselessly swung
open and the three men entered the spa
cious hall.
"I think,. Mr. Kellogg," the detective
said in almost a whisper, "that you "
A woman's scream followed by the loud
report cf a revolver, cut short the sen
tence and scut Sellars flying up the stairs,
Pobert clcss behind him, and the aged
banker with the exclamation, "My God!
What does that mean?" closely following.
The door leading to the widow's apart
ments was standing open, and smoke from
a revolver was escaping into the hall.
Through the door rushed Sellars, Robert
following.
The room had no tenants, but the door
leading to the inner apartment also stood
open, and in it, with a smoking revolver
cl utched in his Tiand, stood Earl.
To grasp the revolver from his hand and
thrust him before him into the room was
the work of a single instant.
On the -carpeted floor before a trunk
that was standing with open lid. and half
its contents strewn upon the floor, lay the
form of a man.
Standing with blazing eyes, disheteled
hair, and half her raiment torn from her
form, ga2ing with a look of malignant
hate down upon the object at her feet,
stood JElinor Kellogg.
"That ends the wretch!" were the words
that had escaped her lips as the detective
rushed into the room.
"Not yet, not yet!" exclaimed Sellars.
:iI must "have a statement from this man's
lips. But first!"
Before he was aware of his intent, Sel
lars had the wrists of Earl securely shack
eled. "Watch him," he said. "Ah. your fath
er!" "In God's name, Sellars, what means
tliis?'
"That wretch was muiderin my moth
er when I ascended the stairs." said Earl.
"He was choking her to death over that
trunk. His motive must have been rob
bery. I fired to save my mother's life.
You can see from her appearance."
"Dear Elinor!" exclaimed the banker,
approaching her.
"My. eon states but the truth. That
fiend entered the house and stole up the
stairs while I was searching for something
in my trunk. How dare you. sir! Ah, 1
have seen you before."
"Very probably, madam," responded the
detective; "many times, perhaps. I was a
friend of Andrew Kellogg."
The widow's pale lips twitched.
"Once seen, you are not pne to be for
gotten," she said. "You are Lang Sel
lars, the Southern detective."
"You are quite right, madam. Your
memery serves you well," said Sellars,
who had raised and laid on a 6ofa the
body by the trunk. "Sit there, Earl!
Robert, run quickly for a doctor. This
man yet lives. Whisky may revive him."
"God grant " the widow halted right
there. "
"I will repack my trunk," she said.
"Some of that villain's bloodmayhave "
"Be seated, madam. That trunk must
now give up the secrets that it contains.
Your race is well nigh run."
The madam sank into a chair with a
moan.
"Elinor, dear," said the banker, ap
proaching her, "I understand nothing of
all this. Surely there must be a terrible
mistake somewhere."
"Yet you allow this man to insult me
in your own house to search my trunks
to villify me! Can I have no protection?
I, who tenderly nursed your wife -and
daughter? I, your intended wife?"
"Here, Mr. Sellar," said Robert, who
had returned with a decanter of whisky,
handed the detective a glass partly filled
With the fluid. .
"I dispatched Thomas for Dr. Hewit,"
he said.
"Doctors can be of no use in this case,"
moaned the man reclining on the sofa.
"That 6hot was fatal. I shall soon breathe
my last. There is internal hemorrhage.
I have heard nearly all that you have
saicL . I am "
"Wait!" exclaimed Sellars. "Step for
ward, Earl. Do you recognize this man?
Did you ever see him before?"
"Yes, yes, I have. But where? Where?
Oh, I recall it now. He is the gentleman
in blue, the one who visited the bank and
Inquired of the cashier if be had kept a
record of the' numbers of certain bills. He
!s a detective, or at least he claimed to be
one."
"Do you recognize him, Robert?"
- "I do, Mr. Sellars; he is the man of the
park, the man of the gambling house, who
assisted me down the stairs."
' - "And the man who thrust this dirk
blade into the breast of Lawrence Terry,"
observed Sellars, holding the blade and
sheath before the eyes of the rapidly sink
ing man-
"Now," continued the detective, as he
affixed a heavy black mustache that he
produced from an inner pocket, to his
upper lip, "he is the man who assaulted
and robbed Collector Elsworth. And here
in this package that I hold in my hand Is
the money he. robbed him of."
"You you' have been to my room-you
have been trailing me, Sellars."
"Yes, Juan Zayola, and 1 hare trailed
you down."' -
"Then you know " -
"That package contains the bills .enclos
ed by. Terry on the twenty-seventh of
Juie, and for which Elsworth receipted,
Mr; Sellars?' asked the banker..
t "Oh, no," was the reply. "It contains
the money of -which the collector was roD-
bed Mr. Terry never handled the bills
enclosed here."
"I am completely at sea, Mr. Sellars." '.
"The collector did not bear from the
bank the package for which he had re
ceipted. Watching his opportunity, Earl
here he is made a convenient exchange
of packages. The collector unconsciously
bore from the bank, a package of worth
less wildcat bills. In most of the cases
the banks of issue were i defunct. Earl
brought the money for which the collector
had receipted home; it is lying at the bot
tom of the madam's trunk."
"Will wonders never cease!" exclaimed
the banker, gazing steadfastly at his tell
er, who sank into a chair with a moan.
"Earl," he continued, "guUt is written
on your features. Your trembling limbs
denote it."
"I was aware years ago," said. Sellars,
"that Elinor Kellogg had a penchant for
buying up wildcat bills. There are thou
sands of dollars of this same currency in
that telltale trunk."
"You are a very remarkable man," ob
served the widow, with what calmness
she could assume. "Pray what more can
you relate of my past?"
"Much more, madam, much more. Your
maiden name was Pearl Almegro. You
are of Spanish descent, and early in life
were an equestrienne in a traveling cir
cus. Some of your light finery of those
days of yore is in that trunk and scattered
Upon the Boor."
"Indeed!" exclaimed the madam with
wide-open eyes.
"On the sixteenth of June, 1839," con
tinued the detective, "you were married
to Juan Zayola, a traveling magician, he
was then. This is the man."
"Marvelous F' exclaimed the widow ab
sently. "Up to that time naught could be eaid
against your character. From that date
your nature became changed. You did
not became the legal wife of Juan Zayola.
He had a living wife and child."
"The wretch!" -
"You ascertained this within a week
and left him. His wife had already com
mitted suicide, leaving the infant child
behind."
A deep groan emanated from the lipa of
Juan Zayola.
"Give him the stimulant again, Rob
ert, i think I hear the doctor ascending
the 6tairs.
"The child was a male. You secured
the infant and raised him as your own.
He grew to manhood believing him&elf
your son. He is tow known as Earl Kel
logg." "My God!" groaned the wretched man
on the sofa. "I supposed that child had
died in infancy. I left Richmond to ful
fill an engagement; when I returned my
wifiliad committed suicide and of the in
fant I could obtain no trace."
"Ha, ha!" wildly laughed the widow. "I
took care that you should not."
"I have letters, newspaper clippings and
photographs in my possession," said the
detective, "that greatly aided me in my
investigations. They were obtained from
that open trunk.
"Oh, the physician, doubtless. Here is
your patient, doctor."
"What new horror is this?" exclaimed
Dr. Hewit, advancing.
"Why were you, Lang Seiiars, spying
through my trunks? Why dogging me
like a bloodhound on the trail?"
"To bring home to your door, madam, at
least some of the. damnable Crimea you
have committed. You brought this Earl
up with a view to using him at the proper
time, if occasion ever presented, to wreak
vengeance on the head of the man who
had dishonored you. When Zayola found
that the money he had robbed the collec
tor of was worthless, he began an inves
tigation. He became satisfied that Earl
had exchanged the packages. He discov
ered you and believed he had acted under
your guidance. He met you by appoint
ment in the park and threatened to expose
you unless you transferred to his hands
the money the original package had con
tained. You laughed him to scorn. He
brandished this dagger aloft. You struck
it from his hand, whence it fell into the
driveway. The sheath being lighter bound
ed across the road. My eyes were on that
scene. . I secured the 6heath at that time.
"You required Zayola to remove two
men from your pathway if he would han
dle the money that lies in your trun. He
nearly succeeded."
"Every word you have stated is false.
I have money in that trunk. Identify it if
you can. I defy you!" exclaimed the
widow.
(To be continued.)
AVitb Mies dough.
Many things combined to make inter
course with Miss Clougb, the first prin
cipal of Newnham College, a source of
satisfaction and pleasure. Her sym
pathy, her varied interests, her sugges
tiveness and her quaint little oddities
of speech and mauner made her always
entertaining. Her sayings were repeat
ed all over the college, and many of the
girls would declare that a day was dull
in whteh they had not exchanged some
word with her. In her "Memoir" soma
of her sayings are recorded.
. I went once with her to stay for a few
.days with some people whom we had
neither of us met before. My first im
pressions were decidedly unfavorable.
When we ?re left alone in our rooms,
I expected Miss Clough would make
some comment on our new acquaint
ances, but she remarked:
"Well, we shall be able to sit a good
deal in our bed-rooms."
Miss Creak reports the following bit
of conversation concerning a fellow
student: "My dear, do you remember Miss a:?"
, "Yes, Miss Olough."
"Well, my dear, the poor little thing
has got a lot of tiresome relations, and
as soon as she gets a little money they
come round her and get it away -from
her, so I hare got her a post in Tim
buctoo." '
"Yes, Miss Clougb?" mo-e doubtfuly.
"And then, my dear, when she has got
them all over there, she can come back
to England and leave them."
Who but Miss Clougb wculd have
said, when some of "her students failed
to reach the heights expected of them
in certain examinations, that "Mathe
matics -was a deceiving subject?"
Youth's Companion.. .
Prof. Franklin H. Giddings, of Co
lumbia University, dePnes six causes
of poverty. They are "refusal to work,
lack of employment, struggle to rise,
unequal distribution of accident, wrong
public policy, and sentimental char
ity' ,
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS."
Seep tlie Batter Firm and Sweet.
, During the hot season the butter all
too frequently sa6ws a disposition to
run, too, and th$ housewife is often
at her wits' end to knotf how to keep
it firm and sweet. . ;
An expert batter maker says that in
order to prevent rancidity butter may
be worked up with a eolation of bicar
bonate of soda, allowing three-quarters
of an ounce or an ounce to each
two pounds of butter. After washing
thoroughly in this until the rank taste
has thoroughly disappeared, the but
ter should be rinsed well with fresh
cold water, and then salted imme
diately. ' v- - ,., -
v . Preserving Fruit Julces.
' Various antiseptics, have been pro
posed and experimented with as pre
servatives for fruit juices, but they are
really not necessary if the juices are
properly prepared by sterilizing.
Grape juice has been kept for several
years when sterilized, and without a
grain of any kind of preservative.
After the juice of the fruits is ex
pressed it is heated in a porcelain
lined kettle nearly to the boiling
point. After holding it at this tern
perature for fifteen minutes filter the
juice through felt. Meanwhile steril
ize clean bottles by standing them iu
water at the boiling-point, and fill
them immediately with the heated
juice. When the bottles are full put
them back in the hot water and let
them remain there for fifteen minutes.
Then seal and close them tightly, and
do not open until ready for use. Fresh,
fruit juices prepared iu this tay will
retain all of their natural flavor and
aroma for winter use, and they can be
used in all cases where the extracts
are employed in cooking. The clear
juices are much more palatable and
healthier than any of the chemically
prepared extracts. The Kew Voice.
Arrangement of the. Linen Cupboard.
The linen cupboard may be any or
dinary closet fitted up with shelves for
the purpose. Four and one-half feet
by six and one-half feet high will al
low five shelves. The. lower shelves
should be twelve to thirteen inches
apart, the upper ones nine to ten
inches.
On the first shelf may be placed pil
low and bolster cases; on the second,
towels; on the third, tablecloths, fancy
cloths and serviettes; on the fourth,
window curtains and toilet covers; on
the fifth, the best sheets; on the sixth
shelf, the bottom of the cupboard,
bath sheets and common sheets.
The most convenient way to fold the
linen in placiug it upon the shelves so
as to take up least room is to fold the
largest towels across so that they may
be put on the shelf in rows. The
sheets may be rolled in the usual way,
two in a row in length and ' two in
width. "With shelves twelve inches
apart sheets may be put in two iu
depth, that is, eight bundles, each
eheet being" a double bundle. Four
pairs of double bed sheets, besides
those in general use and the small
ones with the bath sheets, on the
lower shelf will be enough for most
households. White counterpanes,
dimity bed hangings, window cur
tains, cretonne curtains for box otto
mans and the like may all find a place
in the linen cupboard, although it is
best that blankets and woolen bed
covers should be put away by them
selves with plenty of camphor.
If an extra shelf is desired ia this
cupboard it can be made by lessening
the space between the shelves - con
tainingthe lighter articles.-rWashing-ton
Star.
Recipes.
Eice Griddle Cakes Mix well one
half pint of cold boiled rice with an
equal quantity of buttermilk, then
etir in one-half pint of sifted Graham
flour, one beaten egg and half a tea
spoonful of soda, dissolvedjn a little
boiling water.
Orange Padding Peel, slice, and
seed five oranges, and pour over them
one capful of sugar, Put into a double
boiler oue pint of milk, into which
stir one tablespoonfal of corn starch
and the yolks of three eggs. - When
thickened, pour over the oranges.
Whip the whites of eggs, add three
tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, and
frost dish on top.
Gooseberry Trifle Put a quart of
gooseberries into a porcelain kettle,
with ' sufficient granulated sugar to
sweeten them, and boil until reduced
to a pulp, then pour into a glass dish.
Make a boiled custard of one pint of
new milk, two eggs and one-half cup-;
ful of sugar, and spread over the ber
ries; cover with whipped cream when
very cold and serve.
Spiced Cherries Take seven pounds
of sour cherries (stoned), four pounds
of sugar, one tablespoonf ul each of all
spice, cloves and -mace, two table
spoonfuls of cinnamon and one pint of
strong vinegar.. Make a syrup of the
sugar, vinegar and spices. When it
boils pour in the cherries, cook until
tender, skim out and ponr in jars.
Boil the syrup until quite thick, then
pour over the cherries, and seal.
Frozen-Fruit Souffle Take three
ounces of sugar and six egg yolks and
whip slowly, warming over not water
while beating. When a solid froth,
remove and chill the bowl. Add care
fully one pint of whipped cream and
one cup of mashed and sweetened
fresh fruit strawberries, raspberries
or grated pineapple. Turn into a
wetted mold, bind with a greased cloth
and bury in equal parts of ice and salt
for three hours. "
Raspberry Vinegar Mash raspber
ries in a clay bowl, and to every pound
of fruit add a pint of vinegar. Let it
stand three - days and then press
through a jelly bag. To every pint of
liquid add half a pound of lump sugar.
Set the juice on the fixe to come to a
boil, take off any scum that rises. Al
low, five minutes gentle boiling. Set
it to get cold, then pour it into small
bottles not holding mora thin a pint
and cork them weH
IHIS GIRL HAS PLUCK.
HER FIVE-ACRE REMNANT OF AN OLD
FARM. A COLD MINE.
Bow She Earns a Good Uving Under
Ideal Conditions Any Yoane. Woman
With an Eual Amount of Determina
tion Can Do the Same.
To put matters right at the outset,
t will state that her right name is not
Sally Brown, and that the five aores
&nd old farmhouse which she rented
is not in th,e township, or even in the
State, where I have arbitrarily located
it. But this is immaterial. The real
point at issue is that she makes a liv
ing, and more; and that any girl un
der the same conditions, and with the
came amount of pluck and determina
tion, can do the same. S
The circumstances of loss and death
which left her alone, to fight her own
battles, do not form a part ot this
sketch; nor do I dwell on the lack of
special education which debarred her
from skilled employment in the city.
Suffice it to say that she heard of this
five-acre remnant of an old farm,' and
of the few odds and ends of ancient,
dilapidated furniture which the house
contained; and, as the rent of the one
and the cost of the other came well
within her capital of a hundred dol
lars, she determined to let them and
her desperation though inspiration
is the better word arbitrate her im
mediate future.
When she took possession in May,
she had twenty, dollars left; but the
furniture was hers, and the house and
five acres for a year. . . One mile away
is a small village of twenty or more
houses, through which runs a trolley
line. Fifteen miles distant, by this
trolley, is Newport. Between the vil
lage and Newport, at irregular inter
vals, are scattered summer cottages,
which grow larger and more preten
tious as they approach the city. Her
only immediate neighbors are an old
man and, his wife, who grow things
for the city market. Their land joins
hers, and their house is but a few
rods away.
Sally was strong and energetic but
her knowledge of country resources at
this time was limited. Half of her
twenty dollars was promptly expended
in quince bushes, for she had heard
that they were very profitable, and she
was much taken aback, when the old
man informed her bluntly that it was
money wasted; quinces were too risky
for rented land, he said. What she
wanted was something that could be
depended upon to bear quickly and
regularly.
This was her first mistake, and,
though it involved but ten dollars, it
was ten dollars that could ill be spared
Already she had spent fire for provis
ions, selected chiefly for nutritious
uess and bulk; and now she let half
of the remaining five goto the old man
for plowing and preparing the old
garden behind the house, and the
other half for seeds. The rest of the
laud she would have to leave for
awhile.
On first inspection she had thought
the old house uninhabitable, but, by
changing a few window-sashes and
adding a doorhinge and latch here and
there, ehe had rendered two or three
of the rooms possible to use. The
kitchen was the best of them, and in
one end of the long, low-ceiling room
was a huge fireplace in which were
swinging cranes and andirons, just as
they had been used fifty years before.
This fireplace would answer all present
needs of eookmg and heating.
The old garden was enclosed by
high stone walls, and along these were
rank growths of weeds and alf-wild
garden herbs, and even of brushes.
Sally spent many hours, between her
seed-planting, in digging them out
and working over the soil. There
were many plans forming in her mind
for another yeai: beds of strawberries
and asparagus and parsley, and of
early vegetables; for these the old man
said there was a good demand among
the neighboring cottages; and, if grown
early enough to escape sharp compe
tit ion, they could be sold to advan
tage in the city. And, besides these,
Sally was looking forward to a poul
try-yard which the old man did not
have and to" growing cress in the
brook which flowed across the foot of
her five 'acres, and to other things
which she had read about as being
profitable, and suitable to girls. But
she would haVe to wait and work for
them little by little, as she could, for
she had no money, when she spoke
of her plans to the old man, however,
he shook his head sagely, and said
that she had better put one iron into
the fire at a time; it would be safer.
One day he asked if she would be
willing to help him wash and bunch
vegetables occasionally, as most of his
time was now taken up in disposing
of his produce at the . cottages and iu
the city,- and his wife was too feeble
for such work. Af ter Jhat Sally spent
half of each day with him, and,though
her earnings were not large, they were
considerably more than her expenses,
and the work was of value to her as
an object-lesson. In June she helped
him pick his strawberries, and, later,
his currants and gooseberries and rasp
berries. When the Btrawberry vines
sent Out new runners, she purchased
several thousand, and paid for them
in worK. By setting them in June,
he saui, sue would nave a full crop
the following season. She also set
raspberry suckers, and put iu cuttings
of gooseberries and currants.
But it was a bard year, and, having
only her scanty wages, progress was
slow and almost disheartening. In
the fall the old man obtained for her
the looking after of several of the cot
tages whose owners returned to their
city homes, la one 01 tnese sue toos
up her abode, and thus was enabled
to pass the winter more comfortably
than she could have done in the old
bouse. As her duties required her
only to open and air the cottages ones
each week, ehe had much spare time,
and -this she utilized in making frames
and sashes for the hot-beds and cold
frames -which she intended to start
late in the winter. In March ehe re
turned to the old house, for the
weather - had grown sufficiently open
for her to walk back and forth to the
cottages. When their owners returned
and relieved her of her duties, she
found herself in pos s eiw on of eighty
dollars. With this she had her entire
five acres plowed and made ready
for cultivation, and purchased seeds,
provisions, and a few necessary tools,
expending the last twenty dollars in
hiring a man for. a month to help her
with the harder work. In June the
strawberries netted her enough to tide
her through the summer.
This was three years ago. . To-day
Sally employs a half -grown boy regu
larly by the year. She owns a cow
and horse, which the boy looks after;
and a second-hand delivery wagon, in
which he takes produce to the market.
'She has tried poultry, and given it
up not because she does not think it
would pay, but because she likes
fruit-growing better, . and' considers
the two incompatible. The strawberry
bed has been increased to an acre,
and she has long rows of blackberries
and raspberries, and of currants and
gooseberries. The yearly rental she
ha3 changed to a long lease, with the
privilege of purchasing at any time at
a stated sum. This purchase she
contemplates in the near future; and,
when once the land is hers, she will!
put at least an acre in early grapes,
and another in quinces and pears.
Quinces, she believes, will pay on her.
own land, especially now that im
mediate "money returns are not im
perative. Growing vegetables for
market she has given up, except in a
very few hot-beds, the - yields, from,
which command fancy prices. Cress
growing . has also been tried and"
abandoned; it was an extra iron in the
fire, which interfered with more con
genial ones.
Of course many discouragements
and losses have been met with, which
are known only to Sally herself. But
her success has so far exceeded her
expectation that the first two years
can how be looked back upon with
appreciative equanimity. . However j
were it to be done over again, she de
clares that she could save at least a
year by devoting all her first money
to strawberry vines, and adding other
fruits as she could work her way to
them. But, for all that, ehe believes
she could make a living at poultry by
devoting all ' her energies to it, and
also at some of the other things which
she has tried and abandoned. New
York Home Journal.
An Indian Jnsfflinc Feat.
One of the most interesting feats of
the Pueblo juggler, in Arizona, is
called "the enchanted plant," and its
significance is similar to that of the
"seed giving.' All the members ol
the tribe gather in the estufa at sunr
rise on a day selected by the medioine
men before the annual planting be
gins, and after long and labored in
cantations a kernel of corn is planted
in a jar which stands in the centre of
the floor. This jar is surrounded by
a circle of priests, who sing, dance
and clap their hands all day long. The
ordinary members of the tribe retire
and go about their daily duties. They
may come into the temple for a little
while at intervals during the day to
see how things are going on, but their
presence is not necessary.
It is a day of serious and continu
ous labor for the medicine men, how
ever, because if the singing ceases the
corn stops growing, and the greater
the vigor of the song the more rapid
the growth. A few hours after tho
seed is planted it seems to germinate,
and a tiny shoot emerges from the
earth. - By noon it is a foot high; by
night it is a perfect plant a stalk of
corn five or six feet long, with perfect
leaves and soft milky fruit. By sun
rise the next morning the grain is ripe
and dry. Then, in the pfgsence of all
the tribe, the high priest plucks the
ears, which, of course, are sacred,
shells the corn, and divides it among
the several families to be mixed with
their ordinary seeds to insure a good
crop. Of course it is a trick, but it ia
an extraordinary one. The Indians be
lieve it to be the result of supernatural
agencies, and the quality of the growth
indicates the comparative abundance
Of their harvest. Chicago Becord.
Lockjaw a Deadly Disease.
According to Flint's Encyclopedia
of Medicine and Surgery tetanus is
one the most deadly disease to which
human flesh is heir. Of the 363 cases
in the Civil War 330 were fatal. A
majority of the deaths occur within
the first five days. When the pulse
goes higher than 120 the disease is
sure tojbo fatal.
Chloral is a remedy used to allay
the spasms and to produce sleep, for
sleeplessness is one of the chief symp
toms. When the wound is on a com
paratively unimportant part, immedi
ate amputation is advised by medical
authorities.
No wound is free from the risk of
tetanus." Healthy persons are just as
liable to au attack as the sick. Males
from the age of fifteen to forty-Sve are
more liable.
Cars Uniquely Equipped.
The new cars to be used on the in
terurban.liue betweeu St. Paul and a
Bmall place named Stillwater will be
unique in their equipment. They will
have compressed air for brakes and
whistles, to be supplied by a small
motor operating au air . pump. The
air whistles will be used in the coun
try, where the cars will be run at a
high rate of speed. Each car also will
be equipped with a telephone, with
fifty feet of wire aud a switch plug.
At intervals of a quarter of a . mile
there will be places where the conduc
tor can cut in on thetelphone wire be
tween St. Paul and Stillwater, and
communicate with the power house Of
car barn, New York Tribune,
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Sword Voted by Congress to Be
; - Presented. - 1 ;
A GRAND GALA OCCASION.
A Tremendous Concourse of People Ex
pectedThe President and Cabinet to
Participate in the Ceremonies.
The central idea underlying the
grand welcome . to he given Admiral
Dewey in .Washington the first week
in. October is Its national character.
His arrival at the capital will mark
his real home-coming to the American
people, where the officials of the gov
ernment will participate, anil the mag
nificently jeweled sword voted by
Congress will be presented. To. that
end all the arrangements will be of a
simple but most dignified character.
The welcome, to the hero ol Manila at
the National Capital will profbably oc
cur on Monday, October 2, although
the date . will depend upon the length
of the celebration" in New York,
which 4 etill unsettled. The principal
SWOBD VOTED BY CONGBBSS IO DEWET .
features of the reception in Washing
ton, as planned by the citizens, with
the co-operation of the President and
Cabinet, will be two in number the
presentation of the sword voted by
Congress and a night parade. A pub
lic reception at the White House will
be followed by dinner to the Admiral
by President McKinley. The sword
will be presented by Secretary Long,
at the east front of the capftol, in the
presence of Mr.' McKinley and all
the members of the cabinet, late in the
afternoon, while -the parade, consist
ing of organizations of all kinds, will
be accompanied Jby an illumination of
the city on a scale of beauty never be
fore witnessed in Washington.
The different features of the pre
parations are in the hands of a cen
tral body of citizens" and eleven com
mittees, embracing in all over a thou
sand people. Preparations for the
celebration have been in hand for
over a month.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
and other railroads entering Washing
ton have agreed upon cheap rates for
the celebration, and the committee ex
pects that there will be an outpouring
of patriotic citizens almost equal to
the InauraratlOD of President
B. Se O.'s New Locomotives.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
has ordered thirty "three cylinder
compound consolidation" freight lo
comotivfa from the Baldwin Locomo
tive -Works, for December and Jan
uary delivery. These "machines, when
completed, will represent the highest
class of heavy freight power, both in
pulling capacity and economy In opera
tion ever' 'built in this country. The
cylinders aTe to be 15 inches and 25
inches in diameter, with 30 inch
stroke. The total weight of engine,
exclusive ' of tender, Is to be 176,000
pounds. ' The drivers are 54 inches in
diameter with a driving wheel base of
15 feet 4 inches, and total wheel base
of 23 feet 8 Inches. The tenders will
have 5,000 gallon water caipacity, 8
tons coal capacity and weigh 95,000
pounds. The boilers are to be of the
extended wagon top type, 64 inches in
diameter at front end. The firebox is
to be 41 inches wide and 1J8 Inches
long. When these locomotives are
completed the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad will have 137 freight engines,
each -exceeding . in weight 175,000
rounas.;
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When (lie Man tXctnnvil. .
A certain Irish Me ml cr of Parlia
ment, popular aud a bacbclor. ba1
been very polite to the daughter of
the housfc where ho wa a visiting.
When the time oamo for him to go,
the too-anxious mamma called him iu
for a seribu3 talk. ."I'm sure I don't
know what to say." fc.be went on: 'tie
reported U around that you. are to
marry Letitia-: "Ju&t say that she
refused me.' quietly advised the pat'
liametttarian. .
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