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VOL. XXIV. PITTSBOKO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, iW. NO. 28.
"fie fipaoisfc: reasGre.
A NOVEL.
(ISABELLA CASTELAI5.)
(Cprit'it, W- JIM. Ituimr A inmu's stu.)
CHAPTER VI.
AT TUB OrGHA.
Mary fluug herself down beside ihe
loungu on which Dolores lay still in
sensible, as when alio had left her,
rigid, deathly pale and with eyes wide
open, fixed and staving;,
"Oh, this is horrible!" she cried
wildly. "It is not liko a swoon, mam
ma! What does it mean? It was the
sight of you," turning suddenly to
Stanley "it was the sight of you that
did it! Clarence! Clarence! You
have killed her!''
At these words, Clarence Stanley
turned a startled, inquiring look on
the speaker, whilo Mm. Hamilton said,
with a touch of impatience:
"Mary, you are excited and un
reasonable. What can Clarence have
to do with this fainting lit? It in
iueiplirablo, but it is not th" first
time that Dolores has. been so affected,
even in our brief acquaintance with
her; aud it more than probable
that she is subjoct to fainting-fits."
"Mamma, dear, no. It is not at all
probable," returned Mary, decisively.
"Yon forgot that Doctor Mao said that
she wan not at all of tho fainting kind
and that her swoon oil tho day flic
saved my life wan caused by pain and
fasting. Besides, this is uot liko a
fainting-fit, nud that is what nlnrniM
inc. I don't mean that Clarence was
to blame in any way. Of course nut.
How could ho be? But is it not cur
ious that Dolores should havo become
insensible on meeting his eyes?"
"Did she become insensible on
meeting his eyes?" askod Mrs. Hamil
ton, wondcriugly.
"Yes, almost instantly. It was like
like mesmerism or hypnotism, or
wlmtovev it is called; something the
like of which I Dover saw and cm Id
not have believed now, had I not ac
tually seen it.''
"Don't talk absurdly, dear!" ex
claimed Mrs. Hamilton. "Hypnotism
and all that sort of thing, which are
being so tulkcd of in these days, aro a
mere fad, and will wear themselves
out liko all theso other 'innis.' Don't
yon think so, Clarence?"
The young man shrugged his shoul
ders; nud then, lookin? with renewed
interest at tho still insensible Dolores,
be answered, with sudden serious
tiess; "I hardly know how to reply to
your question, dear Mrs. Hamilton.
It would seem very unbecoming in nil.
inexperienced fellow likx myself, to
declare against men of scieuco like I
Charcot, Itiehot, Clibier, and a host of :
others who have thought the subject '
worth investigating; but I will veu-1
tare to my that nine-tenths of the so-.
called wonders of hypuotismare fraud
and nonsense. Perhaps I ought to
ndd that I have mora than oncu been
told by professors of tho ortor science,
whichever it may be, that I possess
in au uuusiial degreo the special
magnetism that is required for the ,
exercise for this peculiar power."
"Oh, Clarence," exclaimed Mary,
in a tone of vague reproach, "then
you have unconsciously hypnotized
Iiorita?"
"You may well say 'unconsciously,'
Polly, for no such thought was in my
iniud; but if you aro correct in that
surmise, perhaps I may be able to re- j
call her to consciousness."
"Oh, do, please, try. Clarence! '
See! Already tho expression of her
faco has changed; her eyes are closed
now, and ehe doesn't look nearly to
alarming as she did at first. Ought
we to send for Doctor Mac, mnnima?"
During tho talk between her mother
nud Stanley, Mary hud been kneeling
beside the sofa on which Dolores had
been placed, and she had been trying
by every menus in her power to restore
the insensible girl to consciousness.
She now rose at once, while Staul-y,
having moved forward a step or two,
fixed his gaze intently m the insen
sible face of Dolores, ami began
slowly to inako the upward mesmeric
passes as he had often seen them per
formed by professors of mesmerism.
The rigidity of the youug girl's
figure hail given place to the apparent
ease and relaxation of slumber; her
eyelids had slowly drooped over the
dilated, staring eyes, while her
breathing was as tranquil as that of a
sleepiug child.
Clareuoe Stanley continued to make
tho upward mesmeric passes slowly,
easily, but with an indescribable uir
of authority and triumph, which Mary
noted at the tiuio uud often remem
bered afterward.
Suddenly the heavy eyelids twitched
lightly; then with dazzling quick
ness, the eyes opeue I wide, and
Dolores, amazed but conscious, slum 1
inquiringly at the cnjer, anxious
faces that were beudiu; over her.
"What has happened? What is toe
matter?" she asked aim tst sh.u pi; ,
and risip.j quickly its ho snoke.
"Nothing, dear, except that you
have frightened mo horribly," an
swered Mary, ns she rcate-.l herself
beside Dolores and put her arm about
her. "Yon seemed to Uiut almost
immediately on seeiuj Mr. Stanley;
aud uow it appears to have been less
a faint than a kind of hypnotic trance,
from which he has just reioveredyon,
by lnakiug what they C'lll mesmeric
passes."
"Is it possible!" exclaimed Dolores,
incredulously j "but I object to bti'K
hvpuoti.ed. Yon wuat never tukt
iuoU o liberty again," ill? laid iuv
leivilivcly, turning a loo, o. j'reat iu
ligimtii u upon Coueuce.
"Certainly not.1' he uiis.vcre.l, wi'h
l deprecating Miiile, ' a', least not
without your peruiiss:o:i, scnorilu;
out I beg to unsure you that on this
occasion the effect was its uniato.i-
ioual as it was unexpected."
Dolores put her hand to her head in
ila.ed uuiiiiier, and drawing her lin
gers across her forehead and eyes, she
asked :
"Did I speak, Miirujn, when I was
in this tranced condition Did I fay
anything?"
"No, ilciir, nothing at all. lint
why?"
"Heentiso I remember a Kind of
dream it comes back to mo now but
indistinctly. P was liko a vision I
saw! Oil, 1 cannot describe what it
was, but tho impression is horrible
horrible:"
Her eyes dilated with Hidden fear
and horror; and turning toward Clar
ence Stanley, sho fixed on hiinokrcn,
almost menacing look, which affected
him morn thnu he would have cared to
acknowledge even t himself. For
several seconds her gn.e met his,
sternly, defiantly. At lust alio sail:
"Mr. Stanley, yon must never again
make use of this singular power--if
you possess it - to hypnotize me. It
may bo dangerous; and even lnoro
dangerous to you than to me."
"Why mi?" exclaimed Stanley, un
able to restrain a slight start of sur
prise. "Because in this hypnotic state, 1
may be clairvoyante. t havo read
something of tho Milt, though I don't
understand it. And you may bo one
of those people of whom clairvoyant
revelations might be fatal."
A gleam of mingled auger ail ter
ror shot from tho youug man's eyes,
and his slender, white hand went
quickly toward his mouth, which it
concealed for some moments ns lie
.seemed to caress the long ends of his
blonde mustache. Then, with a
slightly mocking smile, he answered:
"I think 1 have uo cause to four the
Senorita V.endozu. If I don't much
mistake, wo aro far away cousins, and
our liven will often run in tho name
channels."
Dolores looked greatly perplexed as
well as astonished, and Mary hastened
to explain Stauley's words on fir.t
heariug the name of Dolores Meu
doza. "That would bo straugo indeed,"
she said in reply. "I thought my ,
father's brouch of tho family extinct,
except for myself, lint, even if you
are correct, I euunol congratulate you
iu claiming kinship with tho Men- i
dozas. We are a fatal family, except
under special conditions, particularly j
the men of our family. But, pardon ;
me, Mr. Stanley; I uui nfraid you will I
think me very rude. I hope tho enri- i
ous circumstance! of our first meeting
will servo to excuse me. Mnraja,
dearest, may I go to my room? This
singular scene has affected me s.i
much that I feel almost ill."
"You shall do just as you please,
Ilita, darling, at all times," said Mary
Hamilton. "Come I will go with you.
aud vou will entertain Clarouco till 1
return, mamniu. "
Not a word or even a looked was ex
changed between Mary ami Doloics
till they were alone iu the lntter's
room. Theu, indeed, tho Spanish girl
impulsively clasped her companion in
her arms and in a voice of thrilling
intensity said:
"Oh,'Muruju! I bopo you do not
love that man!"
"J-ovo him? No yes! I hardly
kuow!" exclaimed Polly Hamilton,
very pale from mppressed excitement.
"'ou remember whnt I f oul to you,
llita: and, oh, I did so long to kuow
vour impressions of him! But now
that they seem to be so fur from what j
I uau nopen tor i mum i wuuiu miuci
never hear them."
"They are not pleasant, truly they
are far from pleasant and yet I can
not remain silent, Marnja, even though
that seems to be what you would pre
fer. I cannot tell you why 1 have this
great and sudden antagonism to Mr.
Stanley it may bo caused ly the
dream or vision while I was uncon
scious 'out I have always Inn1, a faculty
that some pooplo call intuition, a suit
of second-sight -I don't know how
lust to describe it but it bus never
leccived me. Perhaps I inheiit it
from my Scotch ancestry through my
Highland mother, or perhaps tho mys
tic, faculty that belonged to the Indian
princess of whom I told you has de
scended through all these generations
and lives airaiu iu me. Some day soon
we will read that manuscript together,
aud then you will understand better
what I am trying to explain, Muru;n;
but whatever this faculty may be,
whatever it is now telling nie of the
character and of the unknown past of
Clarence Stanley "
"I.orita!" exclaimed Mary Hamil
ton, with a sharp accent of pain in bir
fresh, youug voice, "surely ob, no,
it cannot be that you aregoiug to bring
uie uuhappiues, misery! I will not
I dare not It'.ieve any hurru of the
ma'i I love!"
Slie til, ued quickly as she it reached
herrelf from the half-embrace of Do
lores; and. us she rushel from the
room, the door closed after bor with a
harsh and annry souud.
"The in in s'i lovr!" ret,, uted To
n ei, niiaii,' h:aukly nt tut olnul
door, "Al, ucw nils fcuovvi Uei' true
feeling, mid I havo only precipitated
mutters. I had better, far better, said
nothing."
Mary Hamilton had lied blindly
along the corridor to tho solitude of
her own room, tho door of which she
had closed and locked impatiently iu
the face of her anxious wuitii-.g-maid.
"What have isaid?" t.he itiettioued
herself, uueonsuiously speaking aloud,
'That I love Clarence? Well, then,
it is true. I have loved him from tho
first, though I didn't know it; and
now I am gla I to have thu ho ov. ledgo
forced upon me that is if ho luvea
lue!"
She stalled from the chair into
which she ha I thrown herself tin I
rushed to a mirror, before which she
stood for some moments in unusual
anxiety, that presently gave place to
pleased an 1 iniio.'eut u dmirutiou of
her own girlish beauty.
"I'm surely pictty enough to win
any man'-'' she said. "Not so beauti
ful oil, not neurly so beautiful --as
Rita; but, fortunately, she will never
bo a rival, for she had spoor Clarence,
and, apparently, ho is no! s ecially
pleased with h-r. How strange! It
is a ease of mutual antipathy. I
have beard Doctor Ma- say tlieso
mutual dislikes are scientific facts.
And I was so ansioils they should
like each other! W.ll, well, per
haps it is ail for the best;
and I mils' keep them r.piirt as
much as possible! I hope dear I'.ila
didn't think me cross ; and, a to Noi ah,
I don't think I ever spoke so crossly
to the girl since she has been in my
service!"
With a light laugh, Polly Hamilton
unlocked her door, called to the per
plexed uud disconsolate wait ing-miiiil,
who was pacing up and down the hull,
and in a brief time was dressed and
looking radiant, as she went into din
ner with Clarence Stanley.
That gentleman, wha'ev. r his in
ward perturbation of mind inigut have
been and the recent sc ne in the
drawing-room had made a powerful
impression on him had never seemed
t.i the Hamilton family more interest
ing or more engaging. He was imme
diately conscious of a difference iu
.Mary. There was an indefinable. soft
ness in her aspect, a faint, roseate
glow on her face; and when their
glances met, her Io.!; d.vell on him
with u modest uir of posse-siou ex
iremely Muttering to liis vanity, baler
iu the evening, us they sat beside each
other at the opera, it was the same;
aud Clarence unconsciously dropucd
into a uiuuner of lovii -like devotion
far more pronounced than had ever
been seen iu his previous acquaint
ance with Miss Hamilton.
They had been bending forward over
the front of the box, for the moment
both quite absorbed in the music; but
when the curtain fell they ha I both
drawn back a little, uud two pairs of
eyes, belonging to two young women
iu tht stalls, who had been earnestly
w.itchiug them, now looked at each
oilier and smiled.
"Of course, they are engaged'" said
Olivo (lave, interrogatively; but.
although the words were spoken more
as an assertion than a quest ion, u close
observer might have detected au un
dertone of anxiety iu the manner of.
tho speaker.
"They certainly seem like au ngc.ged
couple to-night," returned Beithu Sef
ton; "tat, if they are, I am sure the
euga(jl:aent is of recent date. You
kuotr Itm Polly Hamilton's n i.st mti
mato frkud at least I was till within
a fevr weeks and I urn certain that,
no one was more entirely iu her con
fidence than I used to be. You know
I had met her iu San Francisco when
wo were there more than a year ago;
wo were constantly thrown together.
I visaed at her house for weeks at a
time, and met Mr. Stanley there almost
everyday; and, ulthoiigh it was cur
rently reported then that Clarence and
Polly were engaged, I knew from her
own lips that they were uot. Siuco
she has come to New York, our inti
macy lias been renewed, and I feel
sure as I can be of anything that Polly
would have told me if there had been
any change in their relations toward
each other, f always thought she was
iu love with .'.i.. ...... ule;-, '. iou.;l. si:.
did i't seem to understand her own
tee mgs; but it never seemed t inn
thi;t he was in love with her, although
be followed her everywhere and really
sti od iu the way of any other man
pnying attention to her. Ho seems to
mo more liko a man who was watch
ing a business speculation than like a
young man iu love with u pretty girl."
The listener laughed slightly and
turned her gaze again toward the hot
in which were seated Clarence Stauley
and Mary Hamiltuii. The latter wero
somewhat in the hadow of tho cur
tain, and still further bidden from
view by tho figure of Mrs. Hamilton,
wbo had come to the frout of tho box;
but t i those who wero now watching
them with the keenness of personal in
terest it was evident that theso two
young people were at that moment so
e ;letely wrapped up iu each other
in to be almost unconscious of their
surroundings.
"Ho looks now," raid Olivo, in n
low but distinct tone, "as if he bad
made up his nun I that the rpeculutiou
was oiug to be a paying one."
"Yes," answered Bertlni, "he looks
ss if he had determined to marry Polly
Hamilton."
TO BE LONTINfEO.
A family Hi-it rn Mail.
An extraordinary case of madness,
iu wliich all the members of a family,
consisting of father, mother and four
children, were simultaneously afflicted
has occurred iu (ierniauv . A party of
(trolling pypsies, who undertook to
toll the father 'a fortune fry means of
cai ds, declared that he would be killed
while serving in the army, and this
prediction so impressed him and his
family that in the course of tho same
duy they all developed sigusof waver
ing reason, uud before long had to be
put under restraint. The 6ypi
n eve Ai vestea by the 0 email poic,
A it Solution.
HI", world may become Indebt
ed '.o Itusslu fora new metliod
of overland transportation,
'ibo device III q.-es'i:)! tf.t
T
if l'rlnce Kliilkaff, the Czar's Minister
:if Ways nud Coiumiinlcatlon, and l.i
.'it simple Hint one Is luclim'd to won
dor i hat it was not thought of before.
J'lie plan contemplates the employment
of automobiles of from three to six
horse power for hauling ordinary carts
over trainwnys made of boards, sheet
iron, cement or any material that may
be found rt'.-idily :it hand. Stone, Iron
and wooden tramways have been used
for transiiorlai imi from time Immemo
rial: Iracilon road engines lire not new.
nor can tho idea of drawing farmers"
or carters' wagons in trains from farm
to factory to the nearby market towns
or railway centres be regarded us u
novelty. The traction engines hith
erto thought of in tliis connection,
however, tire comparatively slow, ex
pensive and so heavy ihat n consider
lible portion of the power cciieratei!
by them would be required to haul
their own weight. Moreover, n pre
requisite for their successful employ
ment is n hard, smooth and costly road.
Prince KbllUoft's initial experiments
were conducted In the park surround
ins his home. Ordinary sleepers were
laid down, nnd upon these two lines
of plunks were nailed. Instead of rails,
lit a distance apart corresponding to
that of tho automobile wheels. Wood
:: combings were placed on the outer
sides of I lie planks as guards, to pre
vent the machine from leaving lite
truck. AVith an ordinary three and
one-half horse power carriage n curt
laden with bricks, and weighing with
its contents nearly two tons, was
easily hauled over the wooden tram
way at a speed of twelve versts an
hour. Tho estimated cost of a tram
way const meted lilie the foregoing Is
Ic-s than 20rm rubles per vcrst, while
toe cheapest maeaibimbed rood would
cost live limes as much. The first prac
tical experiment of the new system Is
to be nuide between Tsnrkne Sclo and
the new water works, which are being
1 in M i ." few veisis from that city. Th"
line will be laid over swampy ground,
where an ordinary road could not be
built. Vnrioits substances will lie tried
for the now automobile rails, such as
Iron, cement and different kinds ot
wood.
Iu the event of the success of this
experiment, of which there Is no rea
sonable ibiubt, the syt-iem is to lie ex
tended throughout the empire as a sup
plementary means of transportation
between points not reached by rail
ways. Another consideration moving
the ISiissliin Minister to extend the sys
tern is the iinpr.icueability of ordinary
Russian roads for carriages nnd carts
in the sprite,' and autumn, when the
wheels iivo apt to sink hub deep into
in Ire. The considerations are as valid
iu the greater part of this country as
they nro in Kusi;i, and il is quite pes-i-ible
that the ;rcneral adoption of
l'riuce Khilkoff's plan would be the
solution f tin haulage problem in the
rural districts of tho Pulled Stales.
An automobile can be bought at u price
but litllo exceeding that of n team of
horses, nnd costs incomparably less le
keep. The cheapness of the timber
truniwiiy would lay the road tax bogy,
wliich fills farmers with apprehension
whenever improved roadways are
mentioned, The point which would
count most heavily iu favor of the
tramway principle is its adaptability
to nil locations. On any sort of soil
the .sleepers and board rails could he
laid with equal celerity and ease. No
clay would lie too soft, nor sand too
deep for it; the road could tie made to
follow the rubble stone bank of dry
liver, uud it would r.ut be necessary to
make long detours around n.arsli
lands. On grounds of economy aud
general utility, the plan appeals to one
so strongly that it would be surprising
if some of the freeholders or supervis
ors of our progressive rural communi
ties should not give it au early trial.
Now Mptlitiil or Ituml Untlillnar.
A novel system of road construction
bus been successfully resorted to in
Monmouth, III. The ground was pre
pared for it by grading and being al
lowed to. remain so for two months.
It was trcaicd lo au occasional scrap
incso that it would pack evenly, be
ing thus rendered bard and even for
the laying of a surface of brick, the
chief constructive feature. The first
thing was the setting of u curbing,
made of two by six inch plnnks seven
feet apart, held by oak stakes elghtcou
inches long and put down every four
feet. Inside ot this was a tivc-iucb
bed of sand, all evened up, and a sinsle
course of No. 1 paving brick then put
down, u line roadbed being thus ob
tained. Outside the curb two feet of
crushed rock were laid, graded up to
make na easy approach, this plan in
suring a way of eleven fret iu width,
and, as the earth on each bide was
graded nnd worked, there was alto
gether a width of some forty feet, af
fording tracks ou each side for use ir.
dry weather. Such a brick road costs
about ninety cents a runuiug foot
Ttjc lnduslrifi lMncoverer.
It Is no' the boy "bo is surrounded
by the hist implements and tools th3t
iugenulty can manufacture, but uti Eli
Whitney making a cotton Kin in a cel
lar in the South with the simplest
tools, or u Cunurd whittling the model
of a ship with h jackkuife. that makes
treat tuJuatiml dii-ertei.-8uccei,
SWEDEN'S CHEAP TELEPHONES.
3r-Kt 'umlirr In L'mi at l!m I.imv Ittttel
(liuri-il.
Ill tile lillesi paper received, sil.vs tl
correspondent of the New York Her
ald, writing from Nylalid. Sweileii, I
notice that the price of telephones in
New York is L'lo per year. It may
be of some interest to your readers
to know someiliuig of the telephone
business in this country. There are
two companies the imerniuoiil Tele
phone Company and the lienor:! I Tele
phone Company t formerly the Bell
'telephone Companyi. The former
charges per year eighty crowns, or
in every city, and ninety crowns, or
$"..". in the country The laiu-r com
pany charges sixty crowns, or .li, per
year In cities, towns and villages, ex
cept in Stockholm, where you pay only
thirty-six crowns, or S'.t.T.'i, per year.
By paying these charges you are tu
titled lo have your telephone repaired
whenever needed, besides having them
inspected twice a inolllli.
The number of telephones may be
.a surprise to you. In tin' eily of Snick
holm alone iwiih a population of 1',
(iikii there are no less Ihail iiti.O'MI tele
phones, outside the i-iiy limits iu any
low n you pay for telephoning u dis
tance of thirty Kngl.sh miles fifteen up
lo thirty ore, or four U eight cents,
for throe miituti s' i oin cr-al :o:i I'rom
Ibis place to Stockholm, W) miics,
you pay Ihirieiu u nis for ilirn' min
utes' ciiiivt i.s.itlnii. The tclcphieic sys
leui has been extended lo the ln.rthcni
most town In this country. Ilnporamla.
I'rom this place to Stockholm, a dis
tance of 7-'i) Kngllsh miles, you can
communicate by telephone Jor just
I wetity seveli rents.
There is hardly a village in the whole
country when' at least a dozi :i phones
are not found, and in llet veiy woods
you may, during your travels, find a
telephone put up for the accommoda
tion of chance travelers or tourists.
Ill these wild si lid descried places there
arc no people living for miles around,
still the tourist might be- able to coiu
miiiiicale with friends far away. He
is exported to pay the chargi s. which
be will find iu the guide books hung
no iit the telephones.
In Norway iheiv are many less ti ie
pliones. owing probably to the vast
desert places in the northern and mid
dle counties. In Chrisiianiii ihere are
about 1 1 i.i ioi I phones in a population
of 17.-i.Oimi inhabitants, but the prions
are the same us Iu this country.
WORDS OF WISDO.V.
I Fear is the mother of foresight.- II
; Taylor
I KxpericiHv leaches slowly. .tt:.l at
I the tost of mistakes.- I'rotnlr.
A good man is kinder to bis . neiny
' than bud men to their friends. - l'.isUep
I Hall.
! Knowledge is the iretisuro, bt.t judg
ment Is the m usurer of a wise ::i:iu.
I'elili.
A man of integrity will never listen
' lo any plea against eonsrieuei'.
! Home.
lircattiess lies not in being strong,
but In the right using of sir.'i.o!i.
li. W. Bi her.
There never was yet a truly groat
man that was not at the same time
truly virtuous. Franklin.
Many thim.-s are dillicitlt ami .lark
to me; but I can see one thing quite
clearly, that 1 must not. rar.net seel;
my own happiness by sacrificing oth
ers. tieorge Flint.
Let it lie our happiness this day to
mid to the happiness' of those around
us, to comfort some sorrow, lo r.dieve
siune want, to add some strength to
our neighbor's virtue.- t'tianuiiif;.
Muscle ami lto:k.
Physical culture as it is t:.u;:h: in
the public schools of to day mines de
lightfully near to meeting with i.!' el
the requirements planned for :'. a
score of years ago by progressive u!u
liitors, who were, at that lini ', 'ooked
upon as idealist--, i ntil is'.'", t'lo.igl;
much had bet n accomplished n this
way ot contriving novel modes of
ti aching aud study, il was plainly to
be seen that the im reused th-matti: if
the school run Iruluin, how ever Iiclc
lliial menially, tended to .'lidaiigt f
the child physically The burden was
becoming greater than 'lie strengin
to bear it. In Salter days it has
grown to be ii well recognized fac;
that every child mind Is co-ordi-i:ile;
with it budy to be proper! ly developed.
That the physique should lie careful
ly looked utter is now as freely roi:
rrdrd as that the verb .should be made
to agree with its subject iu pcrsof.
and number. Appliances have bed:
put into the high schools all orv the
city fm- the furtherance of physical
training that leave little to be wi-.ntcd
iu this direction. The apparatus is
perfect iu the most miniiio detail, 'tie
:.-yiiui;isinuis are large, well lighted
and well ventilated. -Chicago Tribune.
Kiueil tbo Itrail Man.
The lollowli.g story of a lor.i.ci
county ma.vislrute was lold at Tuv.
soi:: The body of a man who hud bio.:
dead for some hours was found by
the p dice, ami Ihe inanisti ate. aci'.i.g
.: coroner, was notified. He mad" an
iim -liu.iiion. and alter tititliim a i -volver
and In the clothes of tie
dead r.i.m. decided It was a vise for ?.
magistrate aud uot for a roioucr. rod
ordered that ihc tod tic b-o'.tg'it be
fore iiiui at ihe statxu house. lU.e
the magistrate thatged tbo dead ana
j'.lih 'urry:us a r iLtctlwl weapon and
t.'r.d him lost M.dO, tbe rinjouur of
::oriey found iu his porliei. H.e re
volt, r was takfii lor oilier expenses
,f Ihe trial, aud Ihe body was turned
iter to the county authorities to be
'ii ied at lite i pcuse of the county.
-Unl'.liriore Sun.
HOUSEHOLD
HINTS :
Wood (,1-ffii riii-nttttre.
Wood green oak furniture is tinieh
favored Just now for living rooms.
Koi'litiii; l.lutiliMim C li-nit.
T int h inn should never be scrubbed,
bet l.uiy be washed with soup and
w:i!r- and linn dried wiih a rbuli. t
is a good plan to polish it with rqual
parts of oil no. I vim-gar applied w'uii
a tlittuiel. This should be rubbed oil
inrefully with a cloth so that not the
least stickiness remains.
I'linry Household I. turn.
The im st ii cent showings of fancy
holts-child 1. nens are veritable dreams
of bounty. Colored linen embroidered
on a while ground is shown us a
change from the all white kinds. Tin se
pieces ;,;( in r- nttes. dollies, bureau
scurfs, etc., lo mutch special color
schemes. Fxquisito table sets of cloth
iitid napkins have tin- linen lit out In
spaces and squares of filet and Yinice
bice set in alternately.
Itcilrottlii Fliriiltnrr.
Heavy cumbrous furniture takes up
tile alt spue.", uud makes the loom dif
ficult lo keep clean. .Moreover, it en
courages the storage of quantities of
clothing iu the room, which always
produce a stuffy condition of ihe air.
Tlie bed is toe most important arti
cle. It should have a strong iron
frame, with a good woven wire or
chain spring malircss. (in the bed
stead there should be n hair mattress,
a bolster and a feather pillow. The
bed clothes should eoiisist of an utrdor
blanket and one. two, or three upper
blankets, according to the wealher. a
pair of cotton she -is, a cotton or limn
pillow case, and u roilliiei iine. A
short cretonne valance not reaching 1o
the Hour givi appearance and docs
H i harm, miles it eiieourages that
ditty and unwholesome prarlieo of
billing away all softs of old boxes and
tulil'ish under ike bed
In addiiioii to t!i. bed. a combined
dressing pibie mid u chest of drawers,
:i wushing-tiible and tollet-srrvice. and
some kind of wardrobe are necessary.
The hanging wardrobe is an excclbiit
bleu. It consists of it wooden top to
which ii row of pegs aud a curtain
rod are at cn-hcil. The top is fastened
lo the wall, preferably in a recess, and
curtains of art muslin end rrclouim
are suspended nn.uinl it by Ihe rod.
It costs a mere nothing, and. being
airy, never contrails lhat stuffy odor
so common iu :i closet tilled with woni
clothing. A few ornaments and pic
tures are. of course, permissible, but
decoration placed iu the fire grate,
must not be such as lo obsiiiict the
free p:is:il"i' of air up the hininey.
haiihurss is best secured by fur
nishing the room i:i such a way as
to make it as eay as possible to keep
clean. I'll.' walls. Honrs and windows
should lie treated its simply as possi
b!e. uud the other furniture should be
limitt d to that which is really neces
sary for use iu the bed n om. -Ainci'
it-ill) ,Hleell.
Nut Cake- One egg, three-fourths f i:
of thick sour cream, one uji of sugar,
on.- and one-half cups lb nr. one half
teaspoon soda, one clip chopped Kng
llsh walnuts l'.::l;e nearly an hour iu
a well greased lloiircd tin iu a moder
ate oven.
Hashed Brown Potatoes For one and
one half pins s of coid boiled potatoes,
rut in i '( .'. ad-1 one half tcaspoonful
salt, one sixih toiispoi n f ill pepper, and
about three .fourths of a cup of milk.
Melt one I.tl lespcolilul of butter In
frying pan, pour tu pi it aloe", mix well,
dredge with o:n lublospooiiful of llotli.
iitid stir for five mur.ues. Then pour
till hi hoi, wcll butii'ii d sp.der au.l
brown. Turn out like no omelet.
Banana l'uihlitig- i'oi:;- cups of
water, one cup of .-ny.;,:. fciir table
spoonfuls of cofi starch, whites of
font i gus, three huuui.us. Inn or.inges.
I'm sugar wiih water and let ocme
to a bod. Wet the torn March and
stir in. Add the Wei! boaum r;vu whiles
by spoonfuls, biurng veil ail ihe lime.
Io not let boil itticr this, ns it burns
easily. Put in a d.-h y hi', c; of this
nlicrnutel.v wiih slices if t :iii.io:i and
orange. Serve rj!.l Viiii w nipped
i -ream.
t liciissre of Kggs-Set lito out. res of
buiier into a steipa;i. ami when d's
fruiti'd add ehfpped parsley, .1 little
!:ue!y mtneed oin in. with pepp'r -red
frail lo t 'a.-ou. Sttw tuis uu.'.I the bta
sou.ug :s conked, t'.n-u add a eupfn!
if aid!; ud a little Cc-ur to thicken the
whnio. Hoil fcur eggs until herd, peti
tft the shells carefully, and cut into
slice-., each egg should make four or
live slices. Set the eggs into the sauce,
lei all come to Ihe boil, nud set in at.
en live d!!i at mo -. ir prtfenvd, sub
tiitute giavy for luiilu
mm
LAKE STURCEON DYING OUT.
Specie In Almost Kxllm I ami Caviar la
Sit-Hrre.
The sturgeon family of fish is prac
tically exliuet to far us ihe hikes of
Norm America are concerned, and
makers of caviar are wondering what
will fill their cans in the future. With
the passing away of the idtirgeou
mines ihe announcement that none
but "cultivated" lobsters now exist.
Winn fisii merchants took stock with
Cue closing of t iii season for the ( rent
I.akts they discovered that one of
tin' former substitutes for whitcfisli
nnd in. ut during th-." immtl's of No
vember, when none of theso varieties
of the liimy tribe Is allowed to be
tiikin from the lakes, was missing.
There i., no fresh sturgeon to be hud.
The public is already provided with
a Milistiiutc for smoked sturgeon iu
the meat of ihe Mississippi Itlver cat
fish. True, the Hesh of the cattish Is
about us tenacious us rubber hose, but
ii looks good. Then many persons
prefer the smoked halibut of the Pa
cific Derail.
The history of I he discovery, in
troiltieibiu inlo ihe market uud ex
tinction of sturgeon iu American lakes
dates hack twenty-live years. 'Then
the sturgeon was first placed on the
market. though few Dol'solis lite
ilhrm. The licsh "as not roiisidejed
vcry dainty. The big tisli could lie
taken from Lake Frio by the wagon
j loud ami sold iit il low price,
j In furl, tlie price was so low Hint
i few persons engaged iu enn-hing tho
I fish. Then soiue olio discovered lli.il
itlio fish was mole soluble when
I smoked. Thousands of tho fish were
smoked nnd palmed off on the credti
' Inns public as smoked halibut, which
was quite expensive. Tilt; increase
! In supply of halibut cut off the price of
sturgeon to such au rxteiit lhat thn
fishermen who had been dealing in
'sturgeou were threatened with bank-
ruptcy.
j It was about this lime that ravine
became very popular with Atnorienns
Caviiir is made from Ihe roe. or eggs,
of sturgeon, but it hud been supposed
until some fifteen years ago that the
rm; of the sturgeon from Kussiuu
seas was t lit' only kind for cavier.
I Simii.' one discovered lhat the roe Of
'American sturgioii made quid; ti
gooil caviar as did the Bussian lish.
That wsts ihc beginning of Ihe cud oC
lite sturgeon tribe. The great tisli
. were hauled iu by the boat load, ami
ninety -live per cent, of those taken
were rciualcs full of roe. Caviar be-
' rniiie cheaper and sturgeon became
, dearer. From a fraction of a cent a
'pound th" tish advanced lo twenty-two
cents a pound. Kven at the
price the Oreat Lakes failed lo pro
duce tlie coveted fish. Then rcootir&u
was bail to ihe lakes of Manitoba,
. Canada.
j Now tlie sturgeon have been anni
hilated almost entirely. As the sup
' ply of this family became scarcer soim;
: one stinted to substitute Mississippi
; Itlver cattish. When this rubbery iis.li
' is dressed uud smoked il looks exuet
, lv bkr smoked sturgeon. Chicago
Chronicle.
A Milk Hauler' l.iiinent.
The milk dealer, who also sells meat
.ml other necessaries of life, sighed us
a customer went out indignant because
the dealer insisted upon bis having a
; receptacle for his intended purchasu
of milk.
i "They conic here," said the dealer.
, - and cxp 'i i mi' to furnish them with
: milk, bottles and all. But I've gotten
tired of that sort of game. Those hot
' ties cost us quite u sum. and in nine
I case out of leu where wo let them go
out we never see them uguitl. imlwitll
; standing the promises of customers u
return tlielu. Then, of course, we havo
io buy more bullies. I was 'easy
! money" so long Unit tin milk depart
ment of the store was rutting into tho
proliis.
"What do they do with the bottles?
Why. they use ihetn to put up catsup
and fruit. 1 got after one woman that
had been working me for hotths for
sonic time and a search warrant
showed thirty-live of my bottles on
her preserves' shelves.' - Detroit Five
Press.
Sunnite and Slittte Hair (irowtli.
The Mahometan religion is divided
Into two principal sects, the Sunnllcs
and the Shillcs. The members of these
set -is ran lie readily discriminated by
tlie fashion in which the hair grows
on Iheir arms, for while ou those of
the Sunnites the growth turns down
war,! from shoulder to wrist ou the
interior side mid upward from wrist to
shoulder posteriorly, the hair on tho
Shiito arms presents the contrary ap
pearance on Doth sides of the arms.
This singular divergeuco Is produced
by l'n' manner of washing their arms
as proscribed bv ihc tenets of the sects
respectively, for while Sunnites hold
It orthodox to stroke t beir arms, after
washing thcin. from shoulder to wrist
ou front and from wrist to shoulder ou
the back, the Shiites abhor this prac
t'ce and stroke their arms In the oppo
site ways, anil heuee the two directions
in which the hair is smi to grow on
the arms of the two beets. The bottl
ed. Front Door Mlrrnrp.
rtecintly iu passing; through pos
sibly the pre i ties t village iu Ihe Cots
wo'.ds. 1 saw an excellent idea that
might with advantage be Introduced
in Li udou and elsewhere. Within the
knocker on the front floorwhich. In
this instance, was about ou a level
with the face of tho visitor wait
placed a small convex mirror. Sup
posing tlie visitor is paying a call of
i''her congratulation or condolence,
how advantageous must it be to put
the right expression ou his eouute-lance-either
festive or doleful bc
oro h knocks ut tho Ueor. London.
(linyU'.c.