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PITTSHOItO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, l03. NO. 1
VOL. XX VI.
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THEflYSTERT-OFT1E
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Author or "The Aouse
IConrrtirht, I'V
CIIAPTT.lt XIX.
Continued.
"Miss Postal taken lior part? I did
t think the drlcil-up little creature
had It in lior!" said Clifford, with ad
miration. "I shall go and sec lior."
"That is just what she wants you
to do," replied Miss I.ausdowne. "She
has said so to me so often that I
thought, whou I saw I had n chance
or speaking to you. I would not lot
It slip."
"It is very good of you." said Clif
ford. "Whfoh was the dance you said
I might have?"
The next morning, before luncheon
time, he was tit St roan.
It was a bright day. and t hrre was
only just enough wind to stir the nlr
pleasantly on his way noross the
marsh road. The sun shone on the
white, chalky soil, nml the plaoe where
the body of Jem Stioklos had boon
found was now no longer distinguish
able by any outward sigu from the
rest of the grass -grown border to the
road. People hud begun to forget the
tragedy, and even the fresh Interest
excited by the more roeeut events at
the P.I ne I. lull had by this time faded
111 their minds, reh-gnteii to the back
ground by till- pressure of some loss
stirring but newer occurrence.
The Wile I. ion itself looked melan
choly enough, It zing been uninhabit
ed for a monto. With Its doors closed,
its shutters barred, with broken
panes in lis upper windows, it was
II dreary contrast to the little inn he
had known. No market-cnrls now
drew up before tne door; the ducks
and the chickens no longer wandered
about the road; the shod where the
cart had stood was euipiy and already
out of npair. Clifford, after one
walk around into the little garden ami
down to the shod where he had first
met Nell, hurried away from the deso
late spot and made haste to reach
Shingle Knd.
Put a change had come over this
place also. To begin with, t lie storms
of the wiiner had dealt harshly with
the obi house. Scale slates had been
carried away and had not been re
pirn cil. ami a tree, blown down by a
southwesterly gale.uovv blocked the lit
tie bit of ground which formed t he f rout
garden. It had injured the corner of
the house in its fall, had carried away
one of the outside shutters of the
drawing renin front window and j
smashed half a dozen of the small
pams of glass, which had been left
broken. Sheets of brown paper bad
been pasted on the inner side of the
window, compieiing the desolate ap
pearance of iho old house. Clifford,
as he approached the gate, found that
the tree h.:l fallen in such a wanner
that it was impossible to get in. Look
lug up doubtfully at the windows, lie
i-aught sigiii ui' u little, withered face.
gray, haunting, peering out at him,
from behind the meager muslin cur- j
tain. !
Was it or was it net Miss Postal's? i
For a uiomeut lie stood utidoeided with
Ills hand upon the gale. Had some
terrible calamity ;he deatli of the
Colonel, the illness of bis daughter
fallen upon the place like a blight ?
Should he go back and ma lie Inquiries
at the liearest cottage before b" ven
tured to intrude upuu what might be
Koine groat grief?
There was an ancient cottage dose
by which hail once boon a toll house.
He thought he would knock at the I
door and try to liml out something, and !
was retreating for that purpose, when
a hurried tapping cm the glass of the
upper window made hiui look round
again. Miss Postal -If it was Indeed
the made a sign to him to go round
to the back of the house.
Obeying her mute direction, he
found his way back to the little side
gate in the paling, passed through
into the garden and presented himself
at the back door, lie noticed with
surprise, in ' passed the two lower
windows, ere at the side and the
other at ti.t back of the house, that
the blinds were drawn down. Surely,
then, the Colonel was dead. he
thought, lie had not time to speculate
ns to why, in that case, the upper
front rooms had had their blinds up,
when he hoard the sound of some
one witliiu drawiu back a bolt and
then another ami another
Then the door was opened by Miss
Postal, who pat out her head to throw
one frightened glance round the gar
i!eu. ami then, seizing his proffered
hand, drew him hastily inside, aud be
gan Immediately to replace the bolts.
Clifford could not help feeling
ruiused, although he took care not to
tho'.v it. It set-mod to hiui clear that
the reteut occurrences In the neigh
borhood had got cm the poor little
woman's braij. f.ud uiaik- Lor ;;bsu;d
ly nervous abj-jt the safety of bur
two little person nud not very valua
ble property.
"Voil are well secured again I bur
phirs, I see,' said be, as lie imUt.it
upon doing the work of bolti-i ; t' e
t'.oor for her. and was surpristd to in',
how solid and strong the- proiecil 4.
was.
The little woman .sta'ltci, ..luio:-.
jumped.
"Oh, Mr. King"' pasp.-d she, in ?
tone of acute terror. "Dt-u't r.'jV-
ken about it. It's too dreadful: I
Lever ft ri SKIV! I flat llluht- Oil!''
klu- paused, closiui; her tjii us if on
on flit Marsh," cfcj
r.obert Buuun i Suu '
the point of fainting. And Clifford
saw, by the light that came through
the dusty panes above the front and
the back door, that her" lii'tle piiioh.-d
face hail grown Rvid at sonic terrible
thought.
'Well, what happened Inst night-
li V said Clifford, speaking in lf
cheerful 11 lone as he could, In the
hope of soothing her nerves. Put in
stead of answering at once, little Miss
Postal, suddenly opening again her
faded llglu eyes ami staring at him
with solemn intoiltni ss, led him to (In
door of the drawing -room, which she
unlocked and threw open with a tragic
pes! tire,
"I.oolC in there"' whispered she.
Clifford obeyed, and say in. thing
wnatovor. for It was dark. When,
after a few miuuies spent in rather
uncanny silence on tin part of tin
lady, his eyes got used to the gloom,
he saw that the windows had boon
barricaded from the inside in the
most thorough and ingenious manner
with furniture nml with planks n Died
across from side to side.
Why," said he. in asionislimt n,,
you seem to be preparing to Stand i
lie had already u-.ad up his mind
that the eccentric little lady had gone
out of nor mind.
"We are besieged," she whispered.
Willi a look whi"h onuliriiied Clif
ford's hypothesis. "1 can s'.-e that yon
don't believe me, that you ihink it it;
only my fancy. Hut ask my father."
And before Clifford cuiild make any
answer, she had iuickly crossed the
stone flagged passage. had tin-own
open the door of the dining roam and
wilh a gesture invited Cl'diord to on-
tor.
As the young man did t .', ralli-i"
fearing what sort of com coat ion he
should have to hohl with her. he was
much relieved to find that the Colonel
was there, silling by the lire, wilh bis
sp.etaeirs en. reading a weekly paper.
Put to Clifford's i.sionisiimcnt ami
alarm, the change in the old man was
r.s great as in his daughter.
Colonel Postal, although hiM cloth - i
were always shabby and old far hiom d,
had always retained an ::if of snldic;
ly irimii'ss, had always kept his hair
clos -ly t ut and his snnw-whlie mus
tache well trimmed, so that bo had
borne a certain air of siuartticss ami
distinction,
trace of ii.
Now he had lost ov-ry
Ills shoulders were hem.
Ilia hair had bun allowed to grow
long. Mis mustache hung ragged and
itntrimmed ovt r a rough and stran
gling beard. More than this, there
was in his eyes a look as pitiful in i's
restlessness as the haunting expres
sion which Clifford had noticed in
Miss Theodora V.
Tin- old mau started wh-n b" saw
the visitor, rose and held out his hand
with mechanical, old fashion" d court
csy; but il was doubtful whether he
recognized him.
.Miss Postal wont softly round bis
chair with her quick, bird like lilil"
steps, and put her baud gently on his
shoulder.
"Pear papa." she said in a whisp.-t,
"don't you remember Mr. King'.' lie
was hero in the .summer. You i'o
remember, don't you'.''
"Oh. yes. certainly I do: of rour-
I tlo. Theodora," respomh d the Colonel,
with a slight frown at the implication
that he was losing his memory. "Sit
down. Mr. King, and tell us what the
great world is doing."
Then Clifford saw that in a lunincn'
the old man had become unite him
self, and it was the weight of some
care which had given him hU changed
appearance. The young man was sor
ry whou Miss Theodora at once re
called her father to the anxiety which
was pressing upon both of lliciu.
"I want you to tell Mr. King, papa,"
she said, as Clifford took the chair
offered li tm. "about the terrible perse
cution we have been subjected to late
ly since the 1 '.1 lie I. Wei has bc-eu flint
up."
"It's not a very lively subject. '' ob
jected lo-r father, whose face fell mi
his daughter's words. "However. I
will tell you. if the story is worth
telling."
Clifford, although he was lmWil
curious to hear the narrative, protest
ed that he did not wish to do so. as
ne saw that his host was by no means
anxious io relate it. Put Miss Theo
dora insisted.
"Well. 1 hen." said tin- old gentle
man, "it is simply Uiis. At hast half
a dozcu times since t'le Plue I.iou
has bocu deserted we have been an
noyed by knocks and blows ou out
doors and windows at uigiit. And
although we have done our best to
find out who it is lhat annoys us in
ibis inanuw ' e have uueu uuable to
do so."
'And have you uo id'-a. no sus
picion':" The 'olone shook his held ill a
troubled ami anxious manner, but
Miss Theodora pursed her lips and
looked shrewd.
"I have a th'-or.v." she said. And
she waittd to bo asked what her theo
ry was.
Clifford expressed the wished for
curiosity.
"I believe," she went on, wilh con
viction, "that it is the pel -mi who has
been :;l the loit-.tn 01 ibe mysteries
wc have lnou nuffviiug here lately."
"Nonsense, my di-nr," interrupted
her father, quickly, and not without
nervousness. What on earth should
such a person want with usV We have
nothing in the house worth stttlim:;
itud If we bad. do you nuiipnsi tint
the person wiio was so M-r; skillful
in gelling away and in eviding jir
tiee. would try to batter our doors ilil
Yon are talking nonsense, Theodora."
Put Theodora looked stubborn. Then
Clifford made a suggestion.
"If you ihink thai, why don't you
Inform the police? They would lay
an ambush for this person, and would
certainly free you from the annoy
ance of his visits. In any case."
To the young man's surprise Colonel
Postal's face I'ssimnd an expression
of alarm which he tried in vain to
hide; but .diss Tlnodoia broke in tri
umphantly: "That is just what I toil him, Mr.
King, bill It" won't hear of it. Per
haps ; oil will be boiler able to per-sued-.'
bini than I."
Th" t'olon -l. for an-wor, leaned baik
in his chair and l:vv.- his daughter's
iiul" li.'u hamU round his shoulders.
"1 ti.ways ihink," he said, afief a
long si'ieiic.-. during which strange
suspicions rushed through Clifford's
i.iiinl. "that il is better not to stir up
s' atiil.'N that ni-e past and don ' with.
I may have my own suspicious that
tite annoyance we stiller from is eon
net iv.l with the uncanny sioriis we
have hoard so much about. Put still
1 wMl not iiiicrfere. and 1 refuse to
call in the aid of tin- police. We must
not forget that in delivering up ibis
unknown pcrs-ui who annoys us. we
might be exposing others in danger."
"What others, papa'.-'' asked Miss
Theodora quickly.
Put the Colonel would not answer,
lie turned the conversation to another
subject, and the interesting topic was
not again touched upon until Clifford,
having taken leave of the Colonel,
stood In tin- hall wi'li Miss Th Iota.
"U" you know why 1 came down
here to day?" he then asked.
"Not to see us?" asked Miss Theo
dora. "We could hardly have hoped
for lhat."
"h was to see you a ltd to thank you
for your trust in Nell. I met Miss
I.iitisdnw ne in town on-- evening, and
she to'il me you were ilie one person
who still believed ill her innocence."
Put. to his ciiagrin, the little lady
sighed and looked down. At last she
said:
1 did hold out as long as I oouhl
against the thought of her guilt, Mr.
King; but I must confess that I. too,
have had to give way to overwhelm
ing evidence. In fae of some fresh
circumstances which have now come
to my knowledge. 1 don't see how I
can escape the coneiusion thai she did
commit these crimes."
Clifford drew himself up with a
trtvat shock of disappointment. Here,
where ho expected a fortress, he found
a quagmire
"In fact, it is because my father
feels sure lhat the person who comes
lu re to annoy us is the very same crea
ture who instigated the girl to commit
these crimes, that he refuses to give
information to the police."
"Anil w'no is the person?" asked
Clifford, quickly.
"A young man who has obtained a
great lnlliii nee over her. ami who has
probably by this lime become lior hus
band." replied Miss Postal.
Clifford could not repress a move
ment of anxiety at these wortls. Miss
Postal tried to persuade him to come
back into ibe dining room with her
Hid to stay to tea. Put he excused
himself and. with a rather colder
ieave-taking than ho had expected, he
left the house by the back door, aud
heard Miss Theodora draw the bolts
In-fore he reached the end of the gar
Jen.
This visit had left an extraordinary
impression upon him.
There had Hashed through his lnitld,
as he noted the effect which Theo
dora's prattle made upon her father,
an uneasy suspicion whether the
Colonel himself was not in some wa.
implicated in the murib-r of .leni Stic
kc'.s and the robberies at the Plue
f.ion. It was quite clear that poor
Miss Theodore had no inkling of this,
for she chattered away without even
noticing her father's uneasiness. It
was in vain, however, tint Clifford
tried to imagine any series of circum
stances by which the old Colonel
could have been Implicated In the
crimes. On tin- other hand, they re
mained just as inexplicable at the
hands to any other person.
It was Willi a groat sinkitig of tht
heart that Clifford began to feel his
own beliel in Nell's complete ilino
eetiee giving way. He was forced
a.-ain to lake refuge in the belief that
if she had been an agent in these crim
inal acts, she had been an unconscious
one. And the thought which was
uppermost in his mind was: What
steps should he take to find her? The
feeling which was strongest in his
la-art was tlh1 desire to shelter her
from the consequences of those nets.
Put the question was: How to find
her? Clifford had been down to
Stroan already to make inquiries, bu
"had been iitiaWe to obtain any tidings
of the uncle or the niece more defin
ite than the vague rumor that tJeorge
Claris was "shut up souiewuere."
Clifford paused for a f-w moments
outside the pardon gate of Shingle
Knd. won loring whether he would
nppiy for information to the polie at
Siroan. It was a step be tin lub-d to
take, although he began to tk'nk it
was the c ily one likely to lead to bis
obtaining the details he wanted.
As he stood looking vaguely along
be road ho suddenly perceived nil old
woman, who was standing at the door
of the ancient turnpike cottage, was
blinking and nodding at hiui in a toys
tt-rious manner. He took a few stops
in her direction, nud she (Utile out la
the roa-t to meet bin-.
To be Continued.
I AGRICULTURAL. 5
Tilt- Itiiillfili f'ritp.
To have a supply of radishes do n-t
plant a largo amount of seed, but use
only a little at a time, sowing the seeds
III a row every week. They germinate
quickly, and the radishes grow rapidly
If tin- ground is rich. I nless crisp and
tender they will not bo relished, but if
forced in growth they will be excel
lent. I'l't-vetithitt riub Knot.
Ill transplanting cabbages from the
K-ed bed II is staled that great hem-lit
lnay In- obtained if the roots of tie
plants be dipped into it thin whitewash
or milk of lime before permanently set.
ting In the liebl. This, of course, will
prove beliclicial only where the pi. nils
have been grown in seed beds which
wen- not inl'i-sted wilh the tuinni-.
With or without the treatment. It is
always safer in set cabbage In soil
which has not grow u cabbage or turnip
since the sod was last broken.
latiilt Worm.
Among agriculiuru! workers perhaps
the earth worm receives the hast at
teniion and consideration. Its value
to the land is seldol.t appreciated. It
bores through the soil, making litth
tnniiels in every dirt linn, thereby a-1-miiiii-.t;
(lie air ami moisture tint only
to the soil but through the soil to Mosul-soil.
1 Hiring the process of boriti-4
il cats its way along, thereby grinding
ttli the little particles of earth, render
ing tin in lim-r and in belter condition
to retain nioistiue. especially what is
known as him moisture, which fed
th.- liny lootlcis of plant life with so.
able compounds that have been pro
pared in the groat eliemi.-al lahmatory
of nature for this special purpose, (in
most of nur farms .-m-rle worms are
the bel if not the only subsoil workers
in use i bey ar-- probably the most
practical sitbsoilers lhat are at work on
any farm.
Vlic'en I SffiU.
T'lietean seed has more to do with lb--distribution
of weeds than all other
c-iilses combined. These are brought
upon our farms in garden and field seed
from foreign countries. Kussiau flax
seed is responsible for the introduction
of Kussiau thistle, which lirsl ap
peared upon a single farm, and now
covers -Pi.'ki I square miles in the
Vailed Stales. Alfalfa. It-it, uiruip
aud other lichl ami garden seeds in -Jiotlcd
from lititope ere the poteii!
cause for the contamination of o sr
lands with I'a-ln weeds. Nor are the
farmers of this couuiry at all partic
ular in saving their seeiN. lb-Ids con
taining weeds oi'len being sel apari
for seed crops, insuring the foub-si
seeds ill many cases. And ihc:i. in the
purchase of seeds, the farmer is not
careful In buy pure seed only, but
plains whatever some dealers offer
him. I niii these methods are ib.i.e
away Avilli we must expect to have
now pernicious weeds constantly ap
pearing among our crops.
l-OllTtillK lt!!lt4 I tMII 111. '!.
In-siring some sort of coin ri an- t i
luoicet plants from in-ecl-. eie, 1 pro
cured Tun six by nine inch p en s one-half-inch
hoards and two rolls of 1
Itioll sore.Mi wire, t-.glilecli un-hes wide.
I cut ti:i: screon in uitie by ; Went.'. -otic-inch
pieces. This was I cut and t.n ked
to the beards as shown in tie- noeoiii
HOMIMAI'F. I-I.ANT I'ltOTIlTOU.
palijing illustration. Two hundred and
fifty protectors of this -.oti. including
tacks, nails. lath and time for mal i.ig.
tost i-.ie ai-ollt live cctus apiece. I
made them d iring the w inter evenings.
1 used tin-ill last year lor tin- lifst lone
on melons, placing a box over each
hill when the seeds Were planted. The
ends faced imnh and smith, so that ;ln
plants laid the hem-tit of the sun all
day and partial shelter I rum the wind.
The seeds gel initiated more quickly
than iiiiib-i ordinary circumstances and
the plants were stronger and fully one
third larger than where no protectors
Were US--.1. After the plants were well
slariod, the boxes were removed. The
ground was i !ii;-..iig lily cultivate.! and
the plants we;., lliiliiied t.i three in a
bill. The bnxes welt- lie-n tejilaeecl
i'.ud alln-ved in remain until the plants
were crowding the top. The little
striped beetle s,. common end destruc
tive to mcions and i iioiimhors no
damage. When the boxes were perma
nently removed the plant; bail such
a start thai tin- insects had cry
litlle chamc to injure tb.-m. One thing
1 imlieot!. however, that (he beetles
con lined llicir attacks largely upon the
.plants not covered. These I treated
with Pari green, ash -s, ! ., but they
were very small aud did not amount to
much.
I next used the boxes on iny
squashes, which usually have been bad
ly injured by these striped beetles. All
the insects lhat could It- delected weie
pit ked from the plains by hand he fore
ti;e boxes were put over them. These
plants made a marvel ills growth in a
few days, and the boxes had to be re
moved. Py this line the squash plants
were strcng am', vigorous and able to
take tare if themselves. I consider
these small prole tor -. the most satis
fa. -lory contrivance I have ever used
for this purpose. In a small garden,
li'K to :tt)U are s jilicieut and invaluable
If TheJo are properly cared for and
noted regularly, tlty will last many
jeau. The only fault I hud with Ihel i
1 their bulk. They require consider
able space for storing. C. II. Prower.
in American Agriculturist.
Tin llrut-n l-'rume Itnrn.
The accomp laying four illustrations
give detail of a brace frame barn
forty by sixty-two feel, with twenty
foot posts. The barn is built of two
by six or two by eight inch scantlings
Ihroiiglioiil. There is not a single
piece larger in I lie whole frame. The
ground plan, l-'ig. ".. shows position of
the pillars, twenty in number. These
pillars are of stone, or concrete. There
are four bents in this bar-:, which may
be arranged to suit the Heeds of the
owner.
l-'ig. 1 gives in detail the method of
framing. A single oont is shown com
plete, with pari of the adjoining one.
Will 1
ni TAtr s or a uuaok kiiami: sTitrt TritK,
I'txiii! irr.T.
The raflets are also shown, as well .1
detail of Ibe plaie. spans, joist bearers,
braces, nailing, girths, etc. l-'ig. -shows
an end view of the manlier of
flaming a single interior bent. The
rvflers may advantageously be lapped
on the purlins, making iheiii in two
pieces, and spiked well togetner.
l-'ig. -1 shows detail of llnor joists,
showing the manner of pulling them
in lengthwise of the building. They
n re two by cighi. pretty close together
and well bridged, while lite joist bear
ers tire two by twelve two two by
six's placed side by side. The manner
of i piking through the joist bearers to
the ends of the llnor joists, making the
upper edges liush. saves a lot of head
t to. This is well illustrated In l-'ig.
I. The lloor joists are spiked to the
joist bearer before it is let down in
pi 'ce. lit. ii all are firmly spiked to
gether. Tin- lloor of a brace frame .;ntcture
is besr of concrete. A siil under lloor
is not rigid enough. If a wooden floor
is used sjlis arc best placed in between
posts and siiik-'.l through after the
manner of spiking (he lloor joists to
jn'isl bearers. The deluded speciiica
tioti ami bill of lumber can be worked
;:! by :i:iy carpenter worthy the name.
.1. A Maciiotiaid, in Orange .liuol
l'aranr.
iri nf Tvisil:t ntcil Trrc.
A larg" aiii'-iint of gardening work !
ooee sij-,vi'.eially wi;h the fecbug that
.iilst so tngeii is necessary, an.l more
than that is simply a luxury for the
plants concerned. That may be irtie.
bill who can exactly d-line the line tf
Millicicti.-y? Much of what is done
ui:ioiiiteiily results in failure to some
degree, while s-iei-essftti cases are also
plentiful fr- m apparently the same
effnrt. I'm- greater safe y. if for no
bet let- reason, all work should be thine
wilh the inmost exercise of care and
judgment. Sometimes the extreme is
reached, and "care" brings harm, as
often seen in the ovci -watering of
plants. Inn ih.it should lint b-- a claim
'ii behalf of iicgb-ct.
In irging ni-'tc care, another cntisid
cralii u piesents itself if the direction
be along i he line of higher cull ivatioa
i:nd really bo beneficial. If in the
transplanting of a n we only aim to
keep it aliv e, disregarding its fill lire
propseets for progress in growth, the
results will fall short of our real de
sire we want mote tiia - we are will
ing to assist in obtaining. In raising
fruits, how differently we act; we fer
tilise, protect, prune and spray patient
ly and regularly, taking pains to avoid
misl.-ikc.s-. Who would think of going
loan equal am-o.m of trouble wilh'oiie
or two sheet irees, and yet are the
trees in i lit- t iim- expected to yield more
satisfaction or serve a belter purpose
than those in the other?
Put to be practical, what can be done
that is not very usual? For example,
we will lake a row of Norway maples
planted along a sidewalk; the plain
work of planting has been completed.
Not a mmm nl should be lost until they
are protected fioin injury by horses.
What a pity it is m sec so many trees
injured when at a nominal cost a
light but i llieicnt wire guard tan be
made a permanent protection.
It is not unlikely thai in digging,
iratisporting or setting a tree, accidents
will oeciii- and some bark be torn off or
some limbs may be broken. Cut off all
broken or torn pieces smoothly in such
wise as to leave the bark clean cut, and
extending around the stem as far us
possible; the wounds on the trunk
lmultl have their margins cut smoothly
wilh a knife, and the whole surface
treated with a coat of paint till the m-w
bark tan form and heal over. If a
wound lie largo, it may prove to re
quire painting several times later.
1 Weak, spindling branches should be
removed, and ell others, except the
l'-ader. will be benefited by at b-ilst six
1 inches pi lined away. Mulch the stu-
' f.tce of the soil with long manure
i straw. Wrapping the trunks with b,.r.
i lap or straw is desirable to prevent
! evaporation during hot and dry
weal her: but unpa luted wounds should
; not be thus covered.-I'loral Idfe.
The tlt-nlist doesn't deal in perfum
ery, but he Ij a i. authority oa extract.
'Practical
Iicfs in House Keeping
A New H iking t ti ii.ii. woman ha coi.-trueicd such a closet
Anion-: the latest p-bor-.-a vers for ibe j f,,i- lie, self. Wii ii a little more expense
kitchen is the la-w pab-m wire liniu-; and lie- hoh !' a eirpcnier. a light,
for lilt- saucepan, shown h -rev. iih. j tie-. : I,,, one f, nun vvot-l;. wilh mp and
This handy litlle device i used I'm , i;,,.,r , , be mad.- m tit into i he corner
steaming and eool.'mg vcg.-iahh s, ali-1 1 ,,r any m. .n v. in-iv ii may he re
does away wiih all t ii iiicotiv cuicitci s
land possibly s.-aldi'igsi of straining
the Vegetables. lh-sales. it cooks I he
sr
v'rC
A w n:r i.inim. mm: Tin: s.u , t tan.
Vegetables perfectly v.iii
.maskii
or breaking.
This ne-v lining ha- a strongly made
saucepan mp with cover on-.n-ilcio, lb
'-'
botitim part is f irm- d of v. i Ian ic
ing and lbs the sae- enan. whil a lip
or edge at Ilie lop of tie- W lie I l'"Vel,:s
waste of h'al and ic-ep-. the lining
in place.
1 1 is made In I l-.rc-- - y. . ; n ' lie ,
.liir.-l-eli. sives ol sane. :n s
j br.-w n sugar u iiiio b will oo-.niicrnoi
A Wicker Unliving Scat. the eft -.
1'or anything w hi- Ii i .-n generally To remove j a in; or varnish ma ri;s on
admhv-l is the iiaiig:ng -cat. one e...s. i-tiii villi a I '. ; 1 1 warm vinegar,
thai- i surprising lhat s- i w of ih-eujor i i the i dge of a topper coin
lire ill Use. Tl-;. cost n.i ih.ubl is the
latlse line may leni ph-.:iy of - :'.U -
built for two. jus, a. comforiabl-- if
it as i-ov.-i as this clever thin-: in
Wicker. This one mea-.iiivs seveui v-
six im lies in length ami t.il.-.y-:'.-.ir
illciles Ml ilcplh. I- is iill.-d Willi ropes
,-ml hooks and i- verv aMraetive for
a rnoiny hall, a d.-'i or a bi-nad p-in ii.
1 1 is pre. ; i. si wie-ii t a in, ,1 a r ' 1.-.
deep forest .,vc:i. iie t'.:.!i a . cal of
red makes ii a idling .-Hoi wie:i 1 he
house is of ;.ray si.'t'.e or gra.v s o:ie
ami weathered shingles. .t i lira!
wicker en!..,- is never out ,.f ih way.
mid il is ciieapcr and more lasting,
P.csides. it -,-rtibs beainilnlly. Tl.o-e
w ho an- fund of a h-numnck. bin
jcei tn geiiing so inivo up t'a.-t a
dignified dnwn-eomii'g is inttmsslble.
l'uol these hanging seats t -specially
1 V.
their liiilid. ln,i' Mi') bewailed g"li'i,v
to ami Irn with p..Miivi- d'g!ii;..
-
While lies. ; rem is at a p.. i.siuni.
says Cood l!,-:i-cicej nig. .m a
luei't which s hi.; ii . on v i -in-ornaluelll.il
I - In n. I d I" i he v
pine boards. II . I !!!g ,ii .: ' " 1.
room, :!' h in .ii .i a i.o, iv .
half ol- tiil ee f. ; ;,.;ig. A . ... o.
Is 1 ben !"; i'o ; ! Ii-an if simp
Ui loss the Iti.pe. e bg.--. lii"
It Mid
,1! i -v "
!.!.d
oia v
if
then be sercwed in the boards and l
the iippot i itlt ol il, si,, ii and ib 'ipern -
Sllspi I ib .1 in M..U, t.t aii. A "i,.ii:.H
2 ..jfs
1 1 W ! P
if F !!
1
i I !
J M : 1 1
(jjliJli.l .l-l). j
MM
. ,.,. - being movable, tins
has !l,e a. eh -I adv.mta:
ring I In- walls.
of not tuar-
tj Hints fti' tfce
Bcasewlfe.
rT - r
Wall paper li.av be nicely cleaned by
rubbing it wiih lie- soft part of rye
b.iad
Sod i is an ov elleiit ar;i -ie for donn
ing tinware. Apply with a damp olotil
and rob dry.
A drop or t w
added to a p.-:
vanilla h.-v-enig
hoeolatc -.: catiy
improves ii Pa nr.
A jar of Iim mi i in- paiury slu-lf or
mi the cellar lb or w 'II fee i the loom
. i': v and I il.- p:t: c.
Ten mi al I niling ruins tin- ilav.if of
any -an----. 1 1 must I oil up at nee.
bit, s.nl,j ii.-x.-ri'.o in.. re ihan --miner
a flcrvv aril.
If in ii-iiiii: loo nun Ii sail has been
i I'"1 "
ir; h I--, i la- same amount ol
j d.j.,.. I ;li wa-.-r.
; Sj. ,,,,, wii( lennive the
,.., t ,., . , ,;:: ,-i- on brass or
j ve -' .-ff with s..at. ami water
i ,, ,n j,,,;;.,, v , ., ;:i,;l;g W(.t with
; ,.m,j
, An of:'-- live . oi'ireplec" lor a table is
en eh-, trie la, op placed on a mirror,
v.i.h a .i.-.,it.-.i -.l.-i.s :!..'.. retloeting
lii.. varied .olors of the gl.is used In
the desi-:i of the shade
! A good way p. purify i he air of a sick
,'""i" , -" lV wealhcr is to pour a
! huh' oil ..f lavender mm a . up of
j Meammg hot ivm-r. Thi will also
1 I""''1'. dining r.-em-. . I balls of disa-
.re-.-able ci .!:, ,g o.e-rs.
W in, l--w vveU- ..: o wort ii tu ucb anil
t-es; ill . If. No bedroom window'
slioul-l wnbniti its vvedv:.-, for by
f-
1 i.
I,
nieniso!' i:,:ibii. may ;i- p'cveiileil
j o:i , t.r.n.v nights, and liie occiijiaut of
i i!i.- room m-i.y -loop undisturbed.
I I a liiccb'! us nr.- m.irLtd now .olays ou
., , ,i!.,,,,,.,i ,-,, ,,,,,,, ,i ,. in
: I , . o ii -I s, ih- if!; ia Is being
I ,:l .' ii"'ll , .-, .1 1 i 1 'coin I be
i - i. .-.y ! e pia.- -.1 pa.-aU-l
- i . i-t d.. ii'.'! : , or tiiag.-nally.
I l I'll III. O s ,, Cll.lsls.
i .-. e.. I ;;Ve -t ad of I llOSO
s ..-n I ate Ila-m all Al-
: ii - n. :h tin- !u ha v n-, - t g im.- s ; : i y a p
i p i en . i a w en jo-! "d v I he
I siau, lard of, "..! ,i- I pi cv a , i' in: among
I tin- bv Me. i!i,.,r b.ibii s ar--. in fact.
! ii -list regular. ; h -v s, .-m in mss lilt!.'
i il. I : ;;i-: : o: ol ignialiiy, and probably
their idea-, are veiv limbed. Some of
! th -In wni'. .ib-ic: Ibe ims-iil.- or up I he
nails; ; iieis knock in lb.- v. dl. or
iiiimiii'. lifg bell-, -i.ii'i il.-.iis of
iecri. roel.ci't . row am! lien you
ci :i-e a, ...s v, he .bricks; and there
seelll to li.. a ft , S'l'augo spiainiens
- ii i appear nni-1 disappear'.
Pin th-- I'l iibie do cot go beyond
ibis. A ve.v remarkable primf of their
i:i'ii!ii iif . ile-.r v is-ii a illierelice
in trriiii am i- th:-:. though 1 have be
fore uie at tin- pie.,'M moment a
'ii'"'-!i a u. I, cut i. a li d who have been
heal.! W..;-..!lig lip si.-li'-s. ib.-ie see-ns to
be mo c;is. on r'-eoul in wliiih a ghosl
has been h'...t, walking down. Why
an.vbiilv -hieild llniii- it worth while
lo clllonii le Ibe lliovclilctits of s,- un
nil i.-stiif; -features I , aniinl under-
i stand. An acioniii of Ibe day's doing
! ol a tlot k t f sheep would lie very uitlcli.
' on-!' ( .., i-iiig. I. notion Truth.