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CHAPTER ir.
r0STIM'CI.
"Hush, iTcti fo t ! You mint learn
what olni-(!s may havo to suy about
it," Mrs. f .mill ti.u .-"aid, with an in
dulgent smile; for it. was us easy to
promise t Ui "sister" to her daughter
as it had been in her babyhood to
promise a new doll. And ili'mU this
rift might prcenl other ditlieiiltioH,
there was tinm enough to iuqitiii!
r.'oont thai. So when J Mores ut
length awaked, after a vfre.-niiu";
deep, Mnry quickly stooped over her,
ami kissing hcv with enthusiasm, ex
claimed :
"Vim are never ji'.iin; to leave its.
Indoles! You ,e going to May wit it
Ua always! Vim nits to he my i..i.sioi'!"
A warm llu.-li of joy overspread the
yotinS! stmtigt r's face, uml her eyes
became deny ami soft witli grateful
emotion ; ami Mary Hamilton was
ipiek to sen t!mt it was n.d t lie pros
pect of ea--e a'i.1 luxury t It ut caused
that tbish, hut thu far creator joy if
having found nlVoctioti and apprecia
tion bi a world that hail so Joiiy; been
a ciihl an I I m reu wilderness.
"Von doti't know mo," she said
tremulously, but with the haiy eon-p-iou-mei'S
tliut cvi'ii such a sorioa-i
drawback was goim; to bo disposed of.
"1 may hti you iloa't know what I'
may he.'
".lust so!" snid Mary, faylv. "That
only helms to ni'i'ie it ail utoro inter
rstitiv. Wiia'cicr you may ho, it i
sure to ho s.ii.iething tini'. Oh! you
may trust me! I'm belter limn a gypsy
for I'Ollltll!.' fare" WOlUell'S filCCS, I
mean. I don't nudeistaud men a liit.
Pott. I fot'o.t; cm net to talk to you.
l.'octor Mae :-aiii I van not; hut, you
mh, X utu an awful lOmtterliov. Now,
jil ;t on-.' wor l niiiiv, di'ur: Tel! mo: Is
tliniv r.ny reissuu v. hy we two-- you :;n l
1 may tint lu lawfully joinril ti.i'th 'r,
i,s tiny H' i'i tli nniiTiaCif s-ffvici, us
Mr'tcrs, lor hrltrr, for wrst-, in .sick-iifi-s
an I in health, t'mu;'i! i;ood or
evil rt)oit, o on a.i w hotli shall
"N'o," iiiihoiC'1 Dolov"1, with a
s.nilii that iiieir-'d i.ito n oVt-ji ni;.'h,
"no veut-cm at nil, so far as l.iio'.w. for
I mil .t'onii in luu v. oi'l-l, v. iiiiout icl i-ti-.r
or !''n'n! i r cit'irilian, qnil'. aloiK',
witliiiiit a "-oul ti love or even hatj me
-till I met ym tins iimriiiiif;. "
"How lelt;',htf:il !"' eli lallile.l Jlary
llauiilti.il. "1 m-uii, you ihar tiling,
how sad and dreii ii'ul for i.n. lot! how
ileliglitfu! for me heertttse I eau have
you nil to myself. And now. just one
word more, Dolores, liavoymi no other
miBie'.' Koiiiet!i;nr for evety-day us-',
y.iu know. I wouldn't havo your
uauiK ehau.'-d for ui.y 'hiii';, it i fo
cliui iirteristii'- n I eal Sminish iiamo.
K;:t i! uteuii ,s..;-low--sadiie.ss;' it
w.jithi l.iulie ui' ery if I had to ca'l you
Jio'iores all the tim-." "
"My mother euiie.l me Ijoln," "aid
)o!oies soi'iv, and hev eoiuia:iion
n ited the q uel; ealidi lu her lnvutu,
iiad instantly remembered that the
Sjianish k'iI'h worn dte-..s and hat ha'l
ehowu nil iIil' huinlih) sinus of moiiru
iu;; their owner had been aide to be
etow on t'lieui. Hue guessed ri:riit!y
that, l'o'uies hail but leci'titly lo.-t the
mother w hom he ejilld not yet name
without el lotiii'l.
"Loin, and s n.;i times I.olit-.i," the
Kill eotit inued, "ior tiu'.e are t'f
jiretty iltmiiiutives of my mine in tl'.o
ripaotsh hiv; i r. v. Kill my mntin r
was not S aiasli. ;-he came from the
beoteii lli';'ulani', and T have often
heard her say shti hoed lloi eanyotis
aud mountains of tViiil'oriiiu ior tlmt
reason. Myfutiier u of Spnuish r.n
cestry, nnd it was to please him that I
was e.illu l l).ilors. It is a family
name, and t he re i' a lo.iud that tells
how a far-oM' aueostor of my father ae
coinpnuied t'elitmhus when ho dieov
ored this new woi id. lint he was Hot
an ancestor to be oroiiil of."
"JIow hjiliMi'.'.ii!!" exelaimed the de
lighted listener. "It. is like a story,
only mi maeii nicer when one knows
the churaet: rs or their descendants,
I'.ilt J won't eall you X.ola ) Lolltn
I wouldn't let my one eall me by the
dei:r litth) pet nr.ines .-a'-red to ji.y own
mother. Ai y ono I euro for enough
may call iee Mary or V'oliy or Molly;
hut no one m iy use mamma's pet
mimes; ami ,:" tt .hall lie with ytm,
ton. wi!i choose s'luif'thiiii; fot my
r-ry own; what do you .-ay ! lioraor
J.orita or linn'.' They me all pretty,
and f hh.'l f-.i!! you l.oritn. And you
hh.ill have a numo ior me, too; chooi.e
fiie for youise'i."
"Why not '.Mar ijV-1' ioi Hen I am
fottd of Spanish urines, and 'Martija'
is o:ir prettiest for 'Mary.'"
"Aiireed :" ei i--l Polly, 'lapping in I
hinds like a chilil. "And now we
must ho 'oo I. If Moetor Mae ii'i'i
you feverish when If eon.es to-M'ir-lfiw,
1 s'n::!l ho greatly li'a.ne 1: and he
will think i.ic iniiipalile f having
charge of his patient."
lioloivs saiieii Uiippi'y. Slid as the
sedative adaiiiiister.'d by I ictor Mae
donald still he'.d possession, her eye
lids presently ilroopcil an! was
soon in a deep deep.
Within tho next tu Uys the.se two
young gh'Is who had met o Btrsuffely
bad became devoted friends; aud the
Spanish Rill's history, so te as eLe
kuew it herself, had been treeiy acd
frank! discussed.
OHAPTEll III.
a vi.owrr. or tub jir.AT"-"..
The moliier of Holmes had been
liit M.ly oliilOL of u3.0vtJ.jt
, by Itonr.nT V.-ynm' Zen )
8i!oteI)!i)ftn of pood fa
ruined hin ostnte, br.
iy, wh i h.i 1
it his witVV
heart and u!i. nattd eveiy reht'ooi a"d
friend he!.n,,'iii!; to him, and lin:i Iy
rapped th" eliinax of Ins follus hy
leaving his native l tud to fe.'k a !. r
tune in the ..".Id l'o lds of California.
To aid him in that wild quest, he had
taken with l.iui his ;oi -en-haircd little
d.iuctiiler, Aliee a beia so vx'ptiaiiu
in her beauty mid innoeenee that even
in 1 lie wild upriuu' of the San I 'ran -eisro
cf 'o:), lio'motliy ero.vd iiuon
wlmni her father brought her, ie
lieved her a veritable ii'i;;el iirp;;d
down from a weepi'ir; heaven to shed
a last joy of K:;ht in'.o tiie durknes-.
J O the mi lt of m it. s too shoe'sii!;;
for her to tnnUitaii l, Aliee l.yu.i'nv
frrew to womiuihooil, ns pure as tho
eall ii lilies that now i;row in tho
sireets, rearing their snov.y eups i.i'irh
r.iiovu the blaek earth f mm which they
spiiuft. Jler father, who was a born
la.hemi.in, en-y-jioi'iu', clover, bright,
master of ball a do.eii lauuaires, uml
pov.m'.ssed of a voice timt mi;;ht have
ehariaed r. '.itl ioi; mavis off lt.i tn'-t.
was noon hail fell.jw-w ell-met with ti e
wildest class of ;-ati rniiieiseaiiK, anil
lou; before Alice im 1 lea. lied woman
hood, ho ha I ma ll; and lost ha'.f n
tloztii forlunes. One. nirfht, h was
shot in a row a! a faro table, and at
thi' a;;o of eighteen, Alice found her
self an orphan, bom-le.-s and penni
less. Ihit her father's lieat'i i(S n il
tho wins'. mifoi mi.' tl'.ii !iiMpeim:i
to her. She had been :rti an I leve l
by a you n j,' Spai iard. who b id l:ie';.! i
C'Oir.i'.'e to pres hi' suit, but wiio
blessed the opi'or; uuil v her hnielint 's
ami grief now "I'.ee him. Alien mar
ried liafael M.-iidoa, and, tiioti:i
frion that lio'iv nil w-rldlv nioi.erit-
fonmul; lorn, his hapjiitic-'-i i.i lo-r
I iovo a so 'o -.-iit that he never ipnte
! reiilizi'd. ti e. i .i -foi lunr that iiu.-stici
him.
At the time of his murrinse, M-n-doz.i
had be 'ti one of the rising men
of the Sun I V;:Uei.-o of that day a
city t'mt n.h'hl then hae be. ti vailed
the l'lnenix of toe I'a'ilio const, for it
hud risi-u lroiu the ttslies of four San
rraiiciM'Oi i hat '.ad gono before, a j
richer, fair.-i, prouder ciiy than any I
that hud !' led ii, and j8iiiK'l t i
bo tho lounda! ion of the now beautiful i
city ot tne liol ieii ti.'t". lie was
ul.io rich in thicks mid herds on iii
tfiit raiK'hcs; rich in Ko'..! and bomis;
rieli in Jah'ilous weu'tli of trtaa
lire and of ems said to be
buried in some far canyon i.f
which hu. alone held tho secret,
and richest of ait in too possession of
tiiu one woman he hud ever loved.
Ihit frot'i thy day of Lis marriage n
ciirsij pursued him. His Hocks utnl
herds died; his Kold melted away; his
bunds became waste-paper; andiinnlly
his mind failed, and he sank into
hoiplesi imbecility, from this last
misfortune he only toiised occasion
aiiy for a few lucid moments, when he
would frantically kbs his yoiiu wife
and child, and murmur, helplessly:
"The curse of the Meudozi'.s;!;,,
curr,a of tin: wroim'ed nnd murdoi e,t
Indian pill! Why has it oon;o to me'.'
How have I deserved it?"
The beautiful Sctioni Melidozn voou
buried her Ini'li md in tho lonely imii
V'Ui of S.nitir.jjo. where, in his last
tiays hi! had entreate.l to be taken, mi
the forlorn hope of limlin tho hid h n
treasure wiio-o secret ho had ouce
known, lint it was too la'.: lis Nliat-
iied brain could mi louder think, ami J
his i'and hail lost its euuni'oi.'. His
Xr..vo was due; not twenty feet from
tho bit'iad treasure, and Alice, will:
her child, wandered far nay, berars
in evejythiue; save their love for each
other. The Ketiora Mi-tidoiia, wno
spoke Kiiftlish Iteautiiul'y, thanks t-.i
her liohomiiiu father, obtiutiod tho ).o
sttion of ft.veruess to a Spanish tuiu
ily who were ou tlm way to the I hist
orn States; and after a hutulred vicis
situdes nnd a eoiiiplele break down in
tho health oi the still beautiful senoj-,',
these two lovely women drifted into
New York harbor for every kind of
human wreck. J Mures, wi.oso ne
t?ant Jigtiro had obtained her tho posi
tioii of snleswomaii in a clunk-mum.
had been able i:t first to pay their
way; but when her mother s heaoh
'leciiiieil mi rap. illy that her eombfiou
iiecoue dcspeiate, she. v. as obliged to
resign her iosit'.oo ii, onl. r ioirie
her th.o necessary cat e. I- rovi tl ..l
time the piunt sj ceter of poverty p:u -sc.ed
tiieiu, and it-, terrible eyi s i"t
the eye of liotores wherever i-im
looked: bul s'no foist lit. ii olVday ;.:ni
niht till her nu.ther kissed .in.:
blea: od her for the iasl time. To buy
theli",ht for that dear, dead foe : t
lie m hallowed f-'iound the po.'Vnl
bud gathered tot;:tht'r every sliilii.,
nhe yet owned: and that boine: juMi'
ti.'ieut, she had then sold every article
h'.ib possessed of ft'.ri. itm and of
iothin and cm the dy when the
lirst raw Polly tlnmilton she L: .l been
walking to aud fro ou the errt'j, face
tj face with death by starvation
praying only that it might not bo lous
to wait.
CITArLER IV.
TTTE SILVEl; USING.
As scon as Dolores was well ar-.i.;'i
to come downstairs, e'uo declared hi i
immediate intention of retnrnis;; !..
her bumble apat tmeut, where she had
leit the few txilles that belorgpd tj
her.
Msrr in'fan'iy voliiu'ccro'l to
ooa:puy l-o-'-
'I could not let yon out of m
sight, dear," ke said, jestingly; "you
might not return. And what in the
world do you suppono tho woman ot
the house thinks of your absence?''
"That I have rim awny to client
her out of the few obitling I owo her
for rent, " said l'olores, w ith momen
tary bittei'iieiR. "Tho poor, even more
than the absent, are always in the
wrong -but I am iinKrateliil to say
such tiiinn-s when I havo found niieb
dear, generous fri'iids. Truly, tho
cloud had a silver lini!iiof the bright,
est hue, thuiigli I was louy in findmu;
it."
With qnicli. impulsive a.Tertiou she
rmbiaced Maivnu.l Mrs. Hamilton,
who w as beeoinii::; as fond of this new
daughter us uven her own child could
loivo w ished.
"It is like a I'l-eiim of heaven," con
tinue 1 1 Mo! .-s, "nlo :i I t'cmem'icr tlm
hopeless mi.-i ry oi thai day of onr first
lneetin.;. I didn't ki.o.i tfo'.'U why I
followc'l .Veil, Marnja; it seemed aa
impulsii to look, for moment eti n lace,
no ohii r than my own, on which st-ciued
the lighl of perpetual Mims'iiine, V hilo
on inine seemed the eoustr.iit shadow
of darkue is. lint I ii.tve since thought
it may hnro hre-i the whi-.;,, !' (,f toiuo
!.'oo'l a:iii.. that .hew no! alter volt.
Ye.", yc. life w.ntl I t.oiv he heaveu
rvre, ami witu ymi, ii r oniy my j
IiloltiO!' I 'l.t.'l 1)0 Willi me.
The large, soft eyes iiiled with tears,
and thougli she grieved to see theiii,
Mi s. Hamilton could not wish JJulnrei
to boles conscioii!) oi the I01.1 she hid
t.o lately known.
"I eau never fill her place, dear,"
she said, "but try to feel Unit I lovj
you us I would wisii to have her loVii
my littie Polly."
"Come, I, crjia; heivi- the c u ria;, e."
And Ma; v led the way, with Jlier cus
iomnry airy, liht-heai ted manner that
covered a depth of feeliiif.' sin: was not
w illing to display at ail times.
"If she mimii.;i.i that von have rii'l
n.vay," continued Mi s Hamilton, aa !
thu two guis i, ih ivini, ih'Wi'.-towii j
t. ward, tin wit to hod pi.iee that had ,
I :.-u lor more than a year the Lome of i
io!ou:s ioi. I her motl.er, "perhnp't
your l.-.n Ih.dy ti is t'lkeu sicm of I
v.etr thm,:8 to pay the li-.-tit vou owa
her." j
I tolores laiie'.ii'.Uniii i-!it, with some- i
t' lne; more like merrimout than Mary !
h.iii yet heard from Iter. ;
'Ail f own in the worhi, Muruja, !
won!. I n it bnutj a dolinr if sold to the .
hightflt bidder, wth ti e siti';!e escep. ;
li.mof my J.jother' picture. I call
but hopo tlmt Mrs. J'.rowii lias not :
burned the lot cs rubbi h; a few let
leis uml a maniict'ii.t contiiiniin; the
le;!i ud of t!io teieio.i family an I
other t::M'-i vabniii'e only as keep
salt -s: f.i- if they co. il l have boeu vx
eliaii.'.'od for moio-v, t'lev, too, would 1
h.iv.i i'i;:ii hum ;o Tho ii'iinuscript,
is a l Uri.'sity: maim,:n foitint it anion;;
ii poor father's jih;ii,i,." iitici hixilcatli.
It. n.i'ht iiiierc.-t ymi, dear, heeunso
y.ni ei.ru tor me; it could not interest
any any one eUe, except fur antiquar
ian :ec.so:!s."
J nope me woman mis noi te-
htiove.lit!" e.XcliiimeJ Marv. "Wln't
a sirl you i,r. ! The heroine of I don't
know how many romaifos, or, if not
the nct'i.il heroine, something even
lietier the iu i.'to whole centuries of
romance. Some eiiat artist shall
paint you n-1 an allcorio:;! li'.'ure rep
ieseiitiiiglhe jeuiusof thcNew World.
It, would bo suitable for the Colum
bian Kxpositiou to eelelnate the great
ttiiniversaiy."
"What n fanciful idea! Put don't,
bo uneasy ubout the manuscript.
don't think Mis. lirur. n would burn
it."
"No," said Mary, "for women nt"
(sell a soli, oi sii "islitiotis value to
.uiyihing tike documents."
Holori-s only smiled in answer, and
Mary saw tlmt In r face hail taken on a
strange, rapt e.vprcKsioii. while hi r
eves deepened and glowed as if they
; n'.v into some far nwr.y, unknown
itedm, Peyond tl.o reach of otio r eyes,
it wiii a l.x k lh.il M.oy had seen oucn
or twice I efore on th- face of her new
i n. li.i : and iiiotigh it had slnitled her,
she ii'.iierslood alieaiiy that while it,
'I iin .e.l r. was n .-. 'less to speak ti
.1' i
T .-rtrri.... . . ' - '.. " .: . "; .
' Ih.-v had j,.iw n ... h.-: s part
t ie. u '.eio.n iv by '!.'.-.. 'tiidion
: i .'!: ciui ;. of hnii'. who, allium;-. Il
t.. e '!.e ( i.:i. ;o ail timet, open
to the o.i'.isij of il,:iity. uis
pe'isi d ! hounty by me i:.s of
v. rioiis kiiid.'y ii!r"i'iiL'rr. 'i'h.i
squalid I'.ihU'.os ih.it iiooii. 1
streets n:: 1 I .ric '. I' e dirty u'ol reel
ing men a. i t women ;! . tc.l in
,t.- nips on tiie id-lowalks and oil the
street corner', would no'v have hecii
ahirming lint for th.o f i.-senee ou t!ui
cjiria ;e-box of tho faithful .Tames,
wno. with many i;.i-ii i'lgs an I
."i'lin ;o illi'sti.i.i:l-s in III -i perplexed
mill. I. drove v. it't exceeding r;s. e
lliri. igh tins vilo neigbboi hood. At
last the cutriaje sli qipeil in f; mt .1 a
teui intnt a few degrees le -s sqii did
tie.:: its gcueiv.i iii roumiings, ae 1 at
same moment Jiolores startc l, or
her companion w
ild h,
aid.
"ealue back Io earth ngcii!.'
"This is the plac--," : he
1' iriiig I i dc-eend from :i:
;--i .la'ues opened the ib ,-.
".So, Manila; I o.-nt..e, let
into this place. '"t;r lao
not wish it. " And the w
-lid. p-c
- t tiria.'.-j
yo:t cumn
u ,- Would
ids were
ffokeii wiih emphasis thut Uft no
.ol-lu for r.rgumot.t
to ns tONTivrr.n. .
Fire Csti.c.t t,y m rmirrirrich'-
iTLat might havo been n serious Cr
as started in Newark, N. J., by a
.lass paperweight. The weight be
o::gs to Poiico Caplaiu l'bhau, who
'ec it the other rir.y upon Lis detk.
Durinfj i bo captain's absence the suu
fhtr.ing tbioiigh the ci!is set tire t.i
the paper, linrued through the blotter
beneath, seorehed the vsraih on the
desk, thus putting tho whole I ntldtuq;
in diiget. rortuniitely the discov
cry wns mid-, iu ttiu" ' preriut the
tto tcoiz sft.lin 9
&i$iZ:i3$$992m&g2
-jj
1 flTYTflTTT miTn I T
t '
I'luvlitr liirrn Fuail I or lleui. j
O'hov wlio keip hen's must not for- '
g':t to provide sutiiet'ilu. In the way I
ot Kivcii foinl that may be tised by
tin in when the weather yets real cold
ami the tti'oiiiui fruxi'it haul, fur imder
silcii eireumsiaiiees ll is hupossihlc
I'or them to gi t any grass or something
that pill take its place, ll is a good
plan 4u stow away some eahhages or
liitalmga turnips, to be used only for
the tlmkelis, for both of them are
eomp:iraliely cheap, nml they will
i.uioly lie th,- melius of givati.i hn reus
ing I'ae egg supply win n ted uuriuj;
cold w en I her.
y.r iii im. Hoi; l.ai.
I'roui .1 two acre hog lot sown to rye
last tall anil ) is:urnt through the win- i
ter ami oari.e st'iing. 1 threshed fnriy- j
six bushels oi iy-... To g.-c ti full jlciil i
from ; lje Ji.oili;-,- i. t,in,:'.'l mt he!
gr.'iK-'U i. u cry Um-s in the spriug
Wl.cli il i. r-;Mly lo simoi upward.
,i-1
A
giiiin (mil that e.;n In. pastured s.x
mouths In Hie :,i":r ami IliKis; a J'u!
jet-op ti' grain h.i;- sie.l ihotolroiii "to
boot." is --j-i ii I uTy , v::iuahle one for
j the stock nml gram lurmer to take
I hold of. Willi" ihe o; ice ni' rye is not
gem r.tliy as great :; wiient, the yield
Is great r, and v. ,'( ,;,, balance
evenly w;lh w
through a scries
in' vears. a. 1' ii..v"nv- in So. ine'Kt
Journal. . .
l'risii'cts l'ur Hairy J-'itrmlnu. .
Tiikin-; I In; coimiry in general, the j
field i f daiiv fauiii'u in". .-r held fonh j
holier promises limn it ilucs itt present.
During t Ii- las! .-. im- tic piii-e if j
ehecM- iii'd bi'iu-!- has iioeii uniformly!
high, !.;'-. ialiy tl ar el' etm. sc. Audi
th-.'Vo is il. i r. ..s.e-i lot- believing that,
the neiiv,- c:;lhi;tii ii .t th? market Is I
let to continue. J,, in, i, we have rea-
t on fu;- Miiii biab'i ; bcticr prices for j
bnttei- I'l-'.l ehr.-se in th.: new year :
ilmii we havo had iti tl"- last. !
In I ho I'oparim -nt uf Airt'-uliinv at j
V;:-hh:'. tuti vigorous: ii'oris have t.cel: '
mud.' in liitciiug io foc.'i.cii trade f-.'. j
nutter. The ei'lor:;, i,i the 1 i-;:ir; men; i
h:lVe been ijllilo sUeeorsl'nl. i-.il a !
larger i-Mieri.-itiuii of Iiinu-r we lire
iiss-,i;, l in' la-tier prices .it home.
Tiie
inn,. -tiding (ioom of the colored
ol-emaigiiriin' iul.-icits aUai gives
Livu; h 'l'C to the ilairymeii. The vic
tory of tin- ilairymeii of this iiiui'try
over the manufacturer's of colored oleo
is simclv a otiesiioti of i:uie. U seems.
I'-.vvovei'. that this victory can be
g.i'm . ! by o'.i.ir than h gal nioiisiit'os,
i-r."-j! , ei ha os very ni.teh more slow-
Iv. the liee.ldellec "I .lie oien inter-e-i.s
is assured I y Impr iving ..ur gen
ii i,e i ,,uer. What v.e want is more
in:. I beii.-r ereatiii ry but ;.' and !ess
poor dairy butter, -.loin-. Miehels, iii
: yj i,. ii.-liu lhirmer.
! '
liiti-i'tini; tsuii .Ills. s.tl on I'rwit.
M iieii niily ii few insects are pres
ent on a tree the iin .lose scale Is tint
ea.-ily dcleeictl. If there is triiit on the
tree, paiiieiiiariy apile and pi-ar, the
pe-i may be oi'ieii sc"ti loll!,' distances.
On ,,ine Viirii'th-S. esp chilly light col
or, il fiiiits ihe (hitrceicriMie purplish
ring's ivph ihe scales in tile centre are
very i ,i, -oieiioits. Th" mtirkhm v.irb's
s oi ewhal, 1 11! it is not liable- to be
ovi'i'e'.'ki d. (in peiii and npplo It is
very priiiotme, d nnd fruit oil ondly
Inf.. .ted M i i s is ol'icn I. milled. Tiie
scale iilliiche'i itself to s.ny part of the
l'iiiii: hn: it i: more nbuudiint ou the
calyx mill. At times th"ie Is a tic
pr. seem whore the seal" is nitaeheil,
making the fruit Very lingular If
Jiai:kino on-Ai'i'bi: made bv kan josi;
Ki'At.r..
Icily infested. Tlio iieconiinuyiiig
oniliiio shows the scale markings ou
mi apple recently recoiled.
It Is it peculiar fact that tho scale
sci ks the fruit where there are only a
lew insects t,u a tree. When picking
I mil, trees from which suspielous
specimens ur,- t ikon should be mniked.
They eiin be sprayed l.-ieraud watched.
1 have known many eases where the
scale has been Jirst detected hi nil
orchard on the fruit. The same char
ii' ti ristic purple spot is seen upon the
hark of ninny young trees, nnd upon
the newer crowih of older trees. Some
npph s nml pears tne often ailaekoi! by
a fungous disease, producing u oir
eiihir redilisii or pin pie marking siml
lar io tin., seal.- p,ii. Care should be
taken not to n.isiiiki; this for t,env.
'i'iie presence of ihe scale in the centre
of Hie elicit'' con bo easily detected
with a small pocket leus. It is safe
to be alert and on guard all the time.
American Agriculturist.
I'oelul Combluatlon.
The accompanying Illustrations con
vey an Idea of an improved corn house
and granary. The corn crib nnd grain
bins may bo made self-discharging,
w iilioct opening suy part of the upper
portion or without the us-.' of a ladder
or steps, by pbo-lng floor joists at nu
angle, as shown by the dotted litter:.
I'i;.:- 1- I
T-v prijcctic:-, pi-i'i of tie floor it ;
( fo.M
f 1 1 f
qs& ,cy
I mnde the bottom of tho liins and corn j
crin iiiai is ouni iqn.ii n. ami is ion
i mien on the si.le next to the col li
e
cvili nml tiiahi bii ... so that the corn
Tin. 1 s,niTto.s or it.ami;.
Will slide Into it.
hinged to lb.' ho;:
A cover mii) he
so th: t It may he
turned ii
when grain is taken on:.
Li kj
for
i to. 2 t.N i i; itmj; ami: a n i
nti;sT.
com or gra;:i, in,
bin r crib M;:y be
op mug Into ihe
'hi'" 1 ior a spai...
hi Hie lllaldic or
- ' .vo feet, eithei
i ll end. At tile e!':,-".l Ilia... s It,, ,...
( w hi ,. m giain ,., ,,.., u,,. ,,;,.
I o; ihe box. It will be easy t-i sh.ivcl
! out the crii or gram,
i Mg. 1 i i-pi'.-M-.its sect;. ui of frame.
I I-'ig. X, plan, .'.ml fig. ",, i liu -linn'.
iii
Fta. 3 EXT.
vt.-iv or nrii.Di:-!i.
Iiitueu- iocs - Twetiiy
by tui nty-i-ight fc..
twelve feel to plate
liitie feet v.iiie. Til.
digued to hate some
tin. e" o. .;.)! i,s cot',.:
-e'mht l.'er long
wide. Mc'ihi,
iti". lriv"W;-y,
llllihiil.g is lie-
foti.u-httioii. .".ii 1
ed wilii siv. ii-
elgliln liieu mti-iig. . tU'.'lt. but phi.'u
cornice, shimrinl roof. Hulling doors.
This will m..ke a ti.i fui bidi'ling nfd
just w hat is v:.tu. il mi a well av.an .- d
t'iirm.C. U. ith-kux. in uhhi rnr.n-. r.
'I 'i" Vil ifCiil.l .iiri;r.
It is esseiuial i',,' every fruii gi,,wer
to have .some nu-aiis of eoid stnriigc at
hand, i'm- ii. is .-uly by such met ti.,d
mat he can m-oe in reneh the h .;u.
pl'icf.s. .Moi-envef, It tlllit is pi' i)
stored in a .col place, the lm.s :
-
shrui.vage and rcliitig will be com
pnratheiy small. 'J he s;iviu- in apple
is so great, in fm-i, tiuii a eohl suraL
hoiis, wi,
p'tiy for lis i no
il year or iwm.
Uiiriug the s',:.:i
- ::') lie k: J,t i!l
i;t::d rcii.ly f..r
than half tiiat.
v, jitihl bo .-.;:vi ,.
w tutor iri itp -s
i.l',l::oilaii d iu ll.
siriiciinu ii-si,,
Hut this is 11, ,i
nil
iiier, pi -rishabio I
the cool thy v.-niiirhi-iin:..
and
would oiherw .... i
Then, as fall :.pnr
and pears eau b,- ;.e , i
nnd hc grapes can he
long nl'ti-f mi-iwmii-i-prices
will be reaii.-iI
tlnrlug Ihe height o: iii
To btlih! ;i c ,1,1 ;
very expensive, ni'd
cutluy oi' money, thi r
in cd of any I'm i her ,
preserved until
o hi :i h'giu r
iinm ttiai)
seilSeU.
- iintiiie Is n-at
niter tl,,. He
.' s.,illli lie : ,
o.-i. The side
ol a lull should be tiie iie scleeleii. if
possible, a sort oi h:ii loeiii being built
for the fruit. The way is to dig emt
tiie o.-iiire of the bill mud toe bottom
Ol' lllO bllSel.KIU is t,.i a ). Vel Willi tin-
surroumiiiig gfend. The wi lis of the
liilsemetii siio.lld be of I i :ck or stone,
and be very tnin.k in orthr tj resist
the effect of ihan-.-ing iciupct-iiiurc
outside. The Joimihliion shou!,) lie
run up to ilia top of the hill, a slant
ing root' then being oustl'iieicd so
that all tin- water can be drained off.
The roof should be made in' thick
hoards in the foiiu of shingles; this
will insure all ihe rain riiuii'iig down
.'mil off ihe sirueturo. without leaking
through. Over this a thickness of tnr
paper should b- nailed nnd on top ot
ilils another roof .,.' boards. The whole
then will resist ihe oiiiside nir ettee--litally,
nml as a result iin eii-u temper
iliuie i. in be uiiiini. lined m Iii.: biis..--metit
tho year round.
H is iiilvisiiiilo lu lino Hn- whole
illsid" of the building Willi lar paper,
mid l hell lilbhi nioiniil Willi lea , lied
llllubi r. On one si,),. ,iaie a lai-e door
and wiiiilov.'. ;i ii, I of course a vi nniinnr
must run througii the mi. I, lie .f the
roof. Ihe window nnd doer, a- wtl
,',s the Veniihiiing sl.:i ft . :he'ld be so
constiiiiied thnt every ii.uiii V el air
till! be shut off if li'.'i 'i'ss.i l' A- the
healed air will ascend to tin v -tdaloi.
the window can he opened io admit
fresh air when needed. 1'or water that
settles uioitiid the fruit louse ;,n l
fails to disappear iinuieiiiiitely afier
a irtiu, there ihonld be d'-uius dug so
that the w-.ttor can run ofT. Thus u,n.
structed. the vaitie of the fruit house
becomes apparent la n very short time.
F. O. sj.. in Agricultural Kpitoinitt.
Y-t -tiny I'eople Burrow It. I
No man Is so Miliiili as to demand
more tbnn his own share of trouble.
PhtladelpNa Krcord.
Ihe Inr -est cast bronze Ontne n the
world i tiiat of r.tei- ttic Ovent, tt
!t Pei jivbx z !t nvlfc-S 1100 U09
one w lshe.-i to use u sli-jn
cnri bins
i J I i
s !
i .
1 i
Cor crib j
mm
.rfrCNS""i5ss
THE E:CHT HOUR
DAY PLAN.
An Adviicat' tr (tie Kstoi-in .llal.i'S tui;f;ci
tl'Mitt to IIiil,Hewii.
Vi'h'le the eighi-hotir plan fur domes
tl service has fallen fur short ef suc
cess in I lie quarters where Its tried hn-he.-n
given mn.st pul'lii liy, Its imprac
ticability has not et been so far
proved thai advocates for tiie reform
have ccr. -e d in recommend il. In th'
Ii:-; ol :: relies of nrllcles im the sub
.;ci .-, by .'.Irs. ii M. Iticiiaiil.-, In the
' tiH-ric;:n h ib lici, Muga::iiie. the nt:
ihor .'ays tlmt its yoon as hotlsehoM
v-.,..-i; iiee,,meJ uf ih-' inn rmedi.'iic
i:r;ide bel ween crnve
itig l.ii'or
i riei th e work si.e- i
-rviee will come bi
er win know v.diii t h-.-
'el w ill go about It
e'il -hour day h"
'1 hen cm ii work
of she hiis to do.
lir.iti u-'inly. :iml
i-:.ie to It fresh every morning, be
iiise 1: hits not bi'm lino .'. liil.'.'ume
'mi tiie bfiit-t e'.ery
' In a e.iiiipiiriMiii bcMvoi-n the trn!'
I nml ilnni'-siH' work. Mrs. Kieliards nr
' ;;t'i- i lint bi -cause the elgiit-linur tra-Ui
; w.u!;; i' h icis.'S his work, he has op
' p.: ;i:niiy to h It mull h" becrimcs pro
j 1. nt and frc-m that fact enmes the
; pie'iisf.!-.. of :iee,i,iii,lishmi-l'i!, ti,":.-.ivse
j work Weil dotiw' is nlwnys it dolishr.
' .Si." sjivs:
j "As a Hilo. tiie eight -ln'-nr w age e.'irn
' er, whiti he leaves llif work nt Piehr.
t kt'.o.vs what lc Is 'o take up in tin'
j morning; ihfe is no '.vnste m' time, no
leaking inv-w of tne monihig's ctrhti
J siiim. In the hausi. sarvico nt all
t;:n'-s is uncertain, dependent mi the
j wc'i:her. ou tile last night's i.oi'. Jil ions,
j on tiie whims of tho enipie;. . r. H.1V-ii--:
said that 'he ).i:n:ry v.tis to ho
j b .im .l ai the last n.mi.-.vit one f
is einttiged. Illld SO'--:e;hiiig Icquit.-.l
; for v. liieii no inaterhils lire ready.
"In the tr.uVs n moriiiug's tvoii; ends
' wiih the strek" of )" nil hour for
j biii-'iion, res', th,. newspaper 'ih"
piintirs and cnrpcniers who enmc to
my heuse !ire nhviiys intercs:eil in the
il:ti!y ;ir. I wr kly llli'sinited jiapors.
j 'I in y si; on the iloor nnd rend while
t'noy eat the home lunch forty mill
i lit os n flay for self-inipiovenieio '.). On
! the days whim th" second girl expects
' ! o out n: k' o'l'ior.'i; the mistress Is
. I.tii li nn her iiopiiur. nr soiif one
; e.iii.t-s n un--.p. eied.'y and extra jii'ci
J t'ciiieiis ilt-hiy th- l.tn iieoii. If Is of
i ion it-.'titly -1 o'eloek when the mitid Is
' r-. aliy free, then it is too l,i:e to
j where die had phitiiie;!; if she .els
i ..bi;-;. d to try li si,-. s renri'iiandcd
for being Into back. The point To he
j io:n!e i, l! at she Is oiily let nut with a
siring, which tightens nlnit her neck
wiiii ihe least spoutimoous action. ''
I A Wiiinnu ltlri Doctor,
Among tc.i' ti,:iu.s:inil! or oecnpa
uiioii iiii u t-i woiii.-ii. a Now York
i- j won :'ii has found one iu which she
s j is entirely nl"iie. She Is n bird doc.
1'ir. Ih sub's ti n ' cling nil over ihe
Ihote.ii States to visit ihniis;;nis ol
l::ie ii.uieiiis, she keeps n liosiiii.il nthl
b; :::'i!","-.'ioii-i for the fell iheiv 1
ti'.be.
"!l il l I s'.iift. olid how succeed V
'die sue I. i-i :ii ;w. r to a lllestlii-l.
"Will. i.,v vi.rU gi'"W cut oi' my read
.liieu ..I' I,,,w imieli ll bird docli-:- I '
lied. I '.i
speck: Its
cry he.;
r-i s .a
ie I st.iruil, '.her
in I b.l niimeiits.
'! !:-
liiei'iiiure ou the su'ij.
i.i: Iinb.My may be mk
en:' ciiileg s, but
in
y .'f
birds-,
to may
the Pves and 1
'i'li'-re is no
burn the tare
.1 birds, ::!,.l tin
ef Wild
Whl'! 1
pl:.
tn :i:i-:"ti!
of eat:
III
lit till ICS.
"! In u. ton, a knowledge of nu-di-t
'iv is necessary. I have ink" u
f"i;''-es j,i 1 o,i Ii lioinorr.p.iihy ami a"o
..' lit. '1 he sunnier stirgie.il op-v.i-li.es
e.'ilee in t:-.e miimaliy. As a
"he-1 I ilncior, d my p--;s and ti( t
their broken limbs.
"Ilo'.vt ver. :is tii. -re Is tin course of
S":dy i sjtoi hilly for t',e 1r- :itmeiit Of
birds, most of one's knowledge on this
t-ubject must tet'ie from years of cv
peri-Hie. l'.irds' iiave ns many nl'
liieiii'i :is human bc:ii's. I hnvo s;,t
im until hit - nt ni-:ht i,ii u singb
lutle pnticiil, wateh.in.' every ph;:"e
of its d's.-nse. Ihioh v:;l i'-.y I'eqr.hi s
t'eattiHiit peitiiiar to it'-olf, so oni's
sillily is lie-.e;- ctiib d."-Success
It-K Armv nr v
Women ns jirofos
1- i 'liming so ntimef-e
inei'chanis say i!n y ,
n UiiYcr..
sio::.-d buyers nre
us i iia? b--f ore Ioiik
I'Mll'et to see Wo:,l
cniai' tidd. 'I i:e; e
m,.le oMlcting or
tl conirot Hiis jini-i
nre lew oc.-m.a i ion
m-i-e ft snousii,;.., mul jet tiiere leue
i.oi been m.-niy failuie- At Mi-si wi.tu
( ii biiy.rs rcpiv -ciii'il oniv iich tnub s
as milKiiery. di-.-ss irnmis and other
bin s tli.-il inipei'i.i.n, d stneily 1" ,ln ir
own sex. Toikit they :u-e iicimg .is
buyers for mnl; -rs f ,,iitio aetioiis,
.. .'.'icilbiiral ii".!'lo'.i,i ni-. i!iv!'ig dress
I -. i!i":r,i"nl app.'ir.itn- and .iyes. They
.n -. :iis,i rep! c-.-eto iilg !,,-, tlier.-j,
a m:i!o l;np btiyei-, ami si,, is m'A to
bi '. g.iod one -eo'.ornieii. In tishionkers.
ii'ainii'acturiug iiiilors, 'tntoii mntut
fnomivrs. nntomolelos. cloaks, dresses,
i'i... kmtoshes, shirt waist makers,
irair.iti'acture'-s of Infants' clolbing.
sv.eetmeat nmkers, nianiifaeiitfers of
cold, fringes, tassels, gimps, eorseis.
whites, i aits, glass jewels, beads, wigs,
hair i.oods. saddlery, hats, fcurgienl izi
sttumeuts nud several hundred other
thinss o.l.ieli, if detailed, would mak''
iMs c.ibimn look like an etitract from a
trade directory.
r'ii'e women may make vpry few
mis ni:es T.rt hor.m rival house- secure
i !tut toi'iMly of & frtsj-r-eUis,-, iisL-
I lonable commodity thnn tho Ann she
i represents let it happen that the rival
! litis bought in such n way unit it can
I under il her firm nnd there will he
I'liothi r buyer In her place- UOSI sea
i !.ou. brooklyn liagle.
KitruvaKunt MilllneiT.
ne of the extravagances of the new
mMliuory calls for slits iinywhot
which shall make the lint more effec
tive. There is no thought of whether
the hut may be made over Into some
other style some tim.- or cut into it
now
J h.-re Is no denying that a pertain
style mfiy bo obtained by the method.
'J'ak - u plot ure hat. n soft flop shape-,
of t'liiiii blue fob. face it with velvet
ot bine a few shades darker. Then run
v. Ivor ribbon- an he ii vide, of .1 lilno
shiirto ihive or four degrees darker
bun the hat. Miiko four rows of vel
vet, thtendiiiL' .hrmigh silts which ari
tv.o inchc. apart, And do not put an
other stiich ol' iiuylhliig onio tiie hat.
J'he-c "silk" hats sometimes tire scea
v. '.i-i the vibben ftimiitiu of a eotiiras;
ing siimie. 'i'iie effect is ni ihor !''-
i Zai--,. ;v,r tine taste.
A ,;,,i Ji:,;:in. fa-hlou c.f uslnp tl(
( sj i .L ci a j,at ),,! g, ueral wear is to cut
(. r ti)t. irmvu in two iilfl'-'-s
get her n nd run vilvet foldn
I. i ting i lu ends hang over the?
the int. The slii lakes th
' n I ticklcNiisliville Amor
liii-i
I ur I'ui i.
i-kittbl.' br- nsied i lin iK are genornl.
Though many ef ihe f i caksiiapcd
e,.i::r-sU.!'! - have nunc 'heir aiMjenr
tinco, it is safe to predict clous, blouse
nnd the (hiimy jacktt with the dip
bm 'j. ami iront will lie most worn.
Cora fin- carmen's are oombiued
with embroidered iiuilerials lu the
shape of girdles and coilars.
lor dress and carriage wenr fur
::t sfews i.re llowiti!.'. but for tho
si"
i they lire gntheird into tome sort
t ,,(
j
ciitf bihoii fashion.
: - .
are th'.- gancst in-
l'l.'iiu touiiU m nil' s
esljuciit.
Mlttk ami sidde in Us are the best
Inil i
".:! i
i-jli in the Hhape of fur.
If more fur tie liked, let It be of the
liiHt. veil chinchilla, cr leal baby
In mb tbruudtail). ....... .
lb!-
or t.iie
tail bindings are still
'jiiiliim lace t(illnr
,:d to cloveri;
niw the l'l-'
a-, a ;" s. tii 'L.- give quite tho
i-i-ik.-l'hih.tl -.-iph'a l'.tiCiU'd.
.an
Mii..t. llre-,en.
There is no hing very difficult In
the i.-otisirtielii.u m' nnv of this sea
son's li--. s-cs, ns i hey tire plainly
made, and there Is very little trim
I iir.r.g to b- sieti upon any of them;
j nil the i, - west woob-n fabrics are
v. h'."i' i'.i::n ns-.tu). consequently they
can be eiu in better advantage, ami
tin.- skin oi a urcss ena be made with
one or two tenuis, ncconiing to the
width of th- muteiia!. tbiod quality
Iiico eohnrs and s ft silk tiehtis edged
nml inicrs' ctitl w ith lace nre more
j.'.inihir tiian ever for ib.'corni ing a
' ii'.-.- or n blouse, and they cmiblo
one t i tii.'ike u variety of changes In
il,..- ,!ii;ie.ir:mee of ihe same costume.
Tor this reason phuu iniirlcs nnd mol
!c"i mix.ures ate mostly prtferrctl
ur uial. iug up outdoor gowus.
lrgMiMGS
Oitiiles and corselet helm of white
leather laid in folds are iucluJed in
ihe setisoll'f llovciiies.
l'of dress garnitiii'es squares of pas-st-iiictitei'ic
are inking the place mi long
occupied by medallions.
Villi.) buttons arc keen eon on the
Hew gloves, and nil exlreme but mod
ish bl.ltou is of juu iin-tal with rhiue
slone bliikle.
llrtiiiiie seis for children nre very
fashhiiiiii'lc iinil look particularly wed
with the black velvet coats, which so
tunny hale folks arc wearing:.
Tiiqiies formed of flowers or folia pro
a.-o very f i-hhiimido in l'ans. Ann
vi'lv.i or panne toques embroidered
whli t'owei: in natural sias.; and shad-ilii-s.
In iin- Jewelry line the m ist ncnuti
fal loisaiii- oi oiiint m.s are iu ihiral de
sign. An exquisite example ;s a rose
spray 'tiiii haves of iliainouds set in
platinum and oeniivs of pink coral.
ll'.i.ioiis. lasir.oiied from lilbort nuts,
si t hi a ft. line of gold and With Hold
shanks, represent an extreme fancy
for tiie iiilienmeiit of smart tailored
gowns. The idea is r-arislau and th"
etltiie Iiili. in iis ,i.t, Ural color. Is used.
Kcali oi lils bei-n ci cried to ihe limit
in ilortil garniture for millinery purlin'-,
- i ids season. A wr.n!h of mng-tn-'ia
blos.-om.s in black ii'id white,
'.vii'n sii :hl!y (I. e.-iy.-ii .-fiis, nn.J
li,s s. .-- -i mp.iiiiod by tin.- iiiiviiabi'''
thorn, nre instai" es.
A i'..!Uli--'l:H- belt T 11:1 r h costly
etiottgh 1 1 keep ii entirely out of rpneh
liy tiie hiir-ain lmnicr is madt? of black
silk elastic, studded with small sieel
bejds nnd fii-tened with a buckle,
show-log an irliie..-( tit bm kiioiind and
openwork design of finest steel beads.
The red shades for fetroot and evn
:ni" wear embr".tt. scuilet. cardinal,
claret, cranberry, currant, coral, cerine.
ruby, trsriict nnd llamingo. In green
the fil.shlonsblo tlins Include ol'-e,
biiiior. iiiynle, tun"!, chnrtrouse.
li'-li.-i,. foi'eet, c.'lliiiiiil, Nile uud ellvfii
i-'-m-
& .s