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VOL. XXVI. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C THURSDAY, MAY 26, 901.
NO. 41.
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AJJATTER
'Millions.
By Anna Katharine Green,!
COPYRIGHT, 1B90.
CHAPTER XI.IV. I
. Continued.
"At last the day came, and I lay on
my coueli, trembling and fearful not
any possible result of the deception
I was about to practice, but of the
lout; sleep into which I must go, as
line u loinb. But the Portuguese was
with me. ami she comforted me; and
when I finally felt the shadows creep
ing over my consciousness, I remember
tli;!i she whispered, in a certain harsh,
yet persuasive manner: 'He is hand
some, signorina; and if he awakes
you. as the Fairy Prince did the Sleep
iiiir Beauty, you need not feel alarmed,
i-.s ii' he Aver? an ogre." That made me
Miiile. and so I fell asleep as a. child
might. Then she went away, aud her
sister. Aunetta, took lier place, because
ilic Portuguese herself Avas known to
Mr. DegraAv. Anneita was not bright,
and' so Avas not fully taken into their
onhdenee; but she understood what
she had to do, and how to do it. The
itr I Avas expected to manage ray
sc'i, Meanwhile a fearful mistake had
been made. By chance, which I can
uly regard now as the workings of
Providence, the Portuguese had been
led to confound the disposer of Mr.
le!anoy"s fortune Avith the Hamilton
iesr:v whose name was in the hall
way 01 a certain building that she
M'iiieihnes pased. Her reason was not
n iHior one. She had seen Mr. DegraAv,
;' Cleveland, come out of that build-fti.u-
ne day. and. being too ignorant
10 know that the artist Avho Avorked
md roomed there was an old resident I
Mf New York, took it for granted that S
'his Avas his piace of Avork, and the spot
where he Avas to be found.
"She gave Montelli the same impres
sion, and as they did not wish to arouse
;-uspicion by betraying their interest
In this man. they were neither of them
undeceived as o the matter till after
the. note had been delivei'ed which
lured you to this spot. And so, my be
loved, it Avas upon your face that my
eyes opened when I at last aAvoke
nut of my sleep; upon you Avho held
in your first look an instant key to my
Icarf. and made me feci, before I
had fully realized all that my sensa
tions meant, that I had lent myself
to a scheme of Avhich I was already
heartily ashamed, and which, for some
reason I could not explain, I should
find it difficult to carry through in
peace and. .serenity.
"But I had learned my lesson well,
and tried to acquit myself according
to its teachings. Believing you to be
The man aa-1io controlled the great
amount of money destined for the for
tunate Jenny Rogers Avho should most
deeply interest and please you. I told
you the story of my life, artfully coi:-
.-ling my real name, for fear of
;i wakening your suspicion before I had
asiaincd my end. .
" The result Avas encouraging. You
evinced not only interest, but admira
tion, aud Avhile I recoiled from my i
wn duplicity, I naturally felt that
v'uiion of spirit which inevitable fol
lows upon the success of any under
taking. But, alas! you Avere curious
as well as interested. You 'wondered '
:is well as admired, and I Avas forced
info deeper deception in order to ex
plain ihe surroundings by which AAe
had n tempted to make an impression
upon you. As this had been foreseen
and consequently provided for, I did
not find any difficulty in its perform
ance, save that my newly awakened
conscience rebelled. To utter any
thing that Avas not absolutely true Avas
rapidly becoming unendurable to me,
but the necessity of the moment avus
upon me, and I Avent through Avith my
role Avithout flinching. Turning to
Aunetta, I appeared 1o question her.
and she to answer me, and when I
thought this miserable farce had gone
- on long enough, I repeated to yon the
invented tale which had been put into
my mouth by the wily. Portuguese.
By this 1 hoped to explain the circum
stances that had aroused your curios
ity, and dispel forever Avhatever doubt
might have been awakened in your
mind in. reference to Monteili and his
connection Avith myself. And I suc
ceeded; you know how I succeeded.
"But a thunderbolt awaited me.
Just as reneAved peace was settling
over me, and I began to realize the
sweetness of hope, Montelli burst into
the room and showed me by a word
and look that something ikd gone seri
ously wrong. Confused and " alarmed,
I siwaited his explanation, and you can
imagine my horror and surprise when
Annetta approached and whispered in
my ear: 'A mistake has been made;
this is not the right man!'
"Not the right man! And I bad al
most exchanged with you looks of ap
preciation and love. Shocked, if not
frightened, I was conscious of but one
thought, and that Avas to be ritj of your
presence.
"My heart had been stirred' and my
conscience awakened, but fear made
me forget all this, and I promised to
see you the next day, if j'ou would only
leave me then. Y'ou went, and, Avith
.vou, Avhalevergirlishness had remained
in me. Henceforth, I was a woman.
1 dismissed you. but not. with an
intentional falsehood. I really hoped
to see you again, and, if left to myself,
Avould doubtless have done so. But,
ai'tev you had gone, Montelli and the
I'ortoguese cawe in and eooivmade me
Author or Tb rorkn
Inn," Etc.
IV ROBERT BONNER'S SONS.
see that, if Ave still hoped to succeed
in the. undertaking we had formed, I
must escape the consequences of our
egregious mistake,' by a sudden and
immediate flight. And though I ex
perienced a moment of rebellion, and
almost, refused to have anything move
to do 'with the plot, I soon found I
lacked both the courage and the Avit
to contend with these two subtle and
dangerous adventurers. I became
again a tool in their hands, and, after
hearing an explanation of. Loav they
had just discovered the fact that there
were two Hamilton Degraws, and that
the artist whom I had attempted to
inveigle was not the gentleman Avith
the millions at his disposal, they in
formed me that, so far from being dis
couraged by the first failure, they had
formed another plot by which the
right man was to be reached. "Where
upon I told them about Miss Aspin
Avall's unexpected visit to me, and they
agreed that I should make an effort
to bring myself into her notice, as the
plan they had formed necessitated my
being introduced in some highly re
spectable way into the society fre
quented by th? Cleveland millionaire.
This advice I was not loth to follow,
for ambition Avas by no means dead
within me. So, after a couple of weeks
spent in a "Westchester tOAvn, I made
.1 bold move toward Great Barrington,
where, as Montelli had managed to
inform me. Miss Aspinwall had now
taken up her abode. i
"Montelli, meanwhile, had found
enough to do in New York. Though.
as 1 nave before declued, I knew noth
,n ,iien ot ,lie cnitl acts i,e AVas cn
I gaged in. I have reason to think uoav
that he Avrote the note and noisoued the
bonbons that destroved the factory !
girl he found at that iime attracting
the notice of Mr. Degraw. He had by
this time caused himself to be engaged
as that gentleman's Aaler. and so had
ample opportunity to follow his mas
ter's movements and Suterfere in his
plans. He also must haA-e misled the
young girl at Mi?s Hadden's school
into thinking she had a lover in Mr.
Degraw, for that gentleman certainly
never wrote her the letter she received.
But, as I say. I was in happy ignorance
of this, and though, soon after my in
terview with Miss Aspinwall at' the
station. I came to know that danger
had followed the steps of A-arious girls
who bore my name, I shut my eyes to
the suspicions now rife in my heart,
and. happy in my own innocence, went
on in the way into which I had been
forced.
"The life in Great Barrington yot
know; Hilary you know. You can im
agine the AA-elcome which her pity gave
me, and, afterward, the sweet atmos
phere created around me by her sif
fection. Unworthy as I felt of it. I
nevertheless' accepted it with a full
heart. It was so spontaneous and so
trustful, and raised me into an atmos-
phere of luxury for which I always
pined. -I began to he happy. But
deeper experiences awaited mo. You
came; and I gave up my heart and soul
to your influence, and was so quick in
learning the story of Ioac, that I came
near forgetting -my more worldly hopes
and onlv had them recalled to me by
the sudden introduction of Mr. De
graw. inis Avas at a critical moment
in our lives, you remember, and you
can imagine my sensations Avnen 1
perceived, from the first look he gave
ine. that I had but to smile upon him
with half the fervor I smiled upon you
to charm the millions from his coffers.
and make myself, in fact. Avhat I had
been so long in fancy the rich and
influential 'Miss Rogers,' with some
thing beside her heart to give to the
man she loved.
"For, dearest, doubt me not in this, 1
charge you. To give you that Avealth
AA-as then rav unnermost thought. No
idea of coquetry was in my mind, nor
did his glance, ardent though it was,
arouse in me any suspicion that his
personal feelings had been touched. I
only saw that he liked me and that my
hope of acquiring his wealth was good
and likely to reach fruition. I deter
mined to make myself as agreeable as
I could to him, even if I must seem to
sacrifice my love for you lo my interest
in the newcomer.
"But, alas! I did not reckon upon the
passions of men or the watchful eye of
the wicked Montelli. Mr. Degraw's
affections became engaged, and his
valet say it, aud warned me in the in
terview vre had at the picnic, that if I
allowed my manifest partiality for you
to show itself, he would make that par
tiality fatal. Indeed, he went so far
as to say that I must go on smiling
upon the millionaire or see you perish;
for this man, who had already short
ened one poor life, "was not going to
let another stand in his way, when he
saw the success of his schemes threat
ened, as lie judged, by a woman's silly
passion. And I was convinced that
these were no mere threats on his
part; and became greatly frightened
and took those secret measures to warn
you, which I am sure you have not
forgotten.
"Montelli added his efforts to mine.
His purpose was to alarm you, and
thus force you to leave the town, or
at least cease all rivalship with bis
master. That he was a man of devices
you must have perceived by the ad
dress with which he assumed the part
of a detective, when he found hlraielf :
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Better lire eels.
Purchasing better breeds of poultry
should be done now, so the cockrel Avill
be in better condition for the service
for early eggs. The early chicks are
the ones that bring the highest prices.
Get pure birds if you do have to pay
some more lor them. March is not too
early to begin to save eggs for early
hatches, and if the breeding stock has
been' purchased as .indicated, the
chances are ever so much better that
the eggs are as they should be.
Our Wood Lo U.
Remember that trees get ripe the
same as wheat or other crops. When
ever trees are ready to cut they should
be made into fire Avood or lumber. But
this does not mean the destruction of
the forest. If the trees which have at
tained full growth and are fully ma
tured are cut down, younger trees niaj'
remain. Then numerous young trees
will spring up on every side, and the
wood lot Avill be renewed for cutting
in the years to come. I believe in re
taining at least a small wood lot on
every farm.
Pullets Arc tlie ligrff Producers,
rullets that AAere hatched in 100;J
should now be laying an egg every
other day. While eggs are selling at
twenty to tAventj-nve cents per dozen
is the time to give particular attention
to them. They must have warm quar
ters so they can rest at night and be
ready for forming the egg and taking
exercise in the daj Where the farm
er has Avell cured clover, if it be cut
into lengths of an inch and soaked and
mixed with meal, thp pullets fed on
this Avill have red combs, and eggs will
come in rapidly.
A IJaraly Contrivance I'or the l'arin.
v?
Cri Rotation art! Fertility.
It has come to be Avell understood bj
most successful farmers that one oi
the things essential i:i farm manage
ment is crop rotation, if soil fertility is
to be preserved. The nitrogen from the
air deposited by the legume crops, and
the humus resulting from growing
them in rotation are two things put
down in the plans of good farmers.
This location should be adjusted to the
character of the different soils, but it
is essential for all of them. The fol
lowing systems of rotation has been
strongly recommended by one who has
given much attention to the matter.
Three years' rotation would be best
suited to rich river bottom soils that
are naturally adapted for the produc
tion of corn and easy to cultivate. The
rotation might be as 1'oI1oaas: Corn,
corn, cowpeas or soy beans; corn, corn,
cowpeas or soy beans; corn, winter
wheat or barley, cowpeas or soy beans.
The four years' rotation is suited to
the same class of soil as the three
years' rotation, but it has the adA-an-tage
of being" better suited to the me
dium class of soils, as the land can be
kept iu ciover for two years. On soils
of medium fertility the rotation might
be about as follows: Wheat, clover, clo
A'cr; corn; corn, corn, clOAer, cloA er.
The five years' rotation would be bet-1
ter suited to a still poorer class of soils
than the four years' rotation. On this
type of land cultivation is not desir
able more than once within -three or
four years. The rotation might be
winter wheat, grass, three years corn.
Uees and Fruit Growing.
The entomologist. in his work meets
with tAvo immense groups of insects,
those which are injurious and those
Avhich are beneficial, says Professor W.
Netvell. There is no need of discuss
ing the former class; the various in
sects which destroy our fruit trees,
garden and field crops, aud infest
stored products of various kinds are
examples. As a matter of course this
group has received the most attention.
It is but natural that the attention of
the farmer or fruit grower should be
more forcibly attracted to the death,
of his trees or crops than to the con
stant yet quiet and unassuming work
of insects which successfully hold in
check many injurious species. Never
theless, it is as much the duty of the
entomologist to assist in the increase
and distribution of beneficial insects as
it is to devise means for controlling the
injurious ones.
As a matter of convenience Ave may
place the' beneficial insects in two
groups, thosfe which are indirectly of
benefit to'mankind by their parasitic
habits upon injurious species and those
which are directly beneficial in that
they create useful commercial pro
ducts. The former groups may be il
lustrated by the various "lady -bird"
beetles which destroy myriads of scale
insects and plant lice, and by the para
sitic Hymenoptera for the most part
very minute insects resembling bees or
Avasps which live as parasites upon
the adults, larvae or even eggs of de
structive pests.
Of insects directly beneficial Ave may
cite the silk worm, the cochineal insect
and the honey bee. It is with the lat
ter that we now have to deal. The re
lation, of bees to fruit giwiuff has uot
received much attention from the aver
age orchardist. I am convinced, how
ever, that it is a subject of much more
importance aud a discussion of this re
lationship will, 1 trust, be of some lit
tle interest. It seems to me very es
sential that we should arrive at a clear
understanding of the relationship of
these two industries, horticulture and
apiculture, as they are of mutual ben
efit to each other.
Soil Preparation.
It has been demonstrated that Avhen
the harrow is used over growing wheat
early in the spring the result is bene
ficial, and it is when the wheat is har
rowed that the grass ' seed should bo
sown, if grass or clover are to follow a
grain crop. It is important that the
seeds be covered, and if the field be
harrowed there will be less loss of seed
and greater chances for a good stand.
As an application of nitrate of soda on
wheat in the spring plushes it forward
very rapidly, it soon reaches sufficient
height to shield the young grass from
the extreme heat of the sun. The har
row may also be usually employed to
mix fertilizer with the soil at the same
time. The ground upon which grass
seed is to be sown deserves more atten
tion than the grain crop, for if the
grass crop be intended as a permanent
pasturage it must not be overlooked
that weeds will spring up to compete
with the grassland for that reason the
ground must be very clean. It is best,
therefore, that grass should be seeded
on land that was previously in corn, as
the extra cultivation "required for corn
bettor prepares and cleans for the
grass which is to folloAA.
"ivire" bate.
The following is a description of a
cheap and serviceable Avire gate which
Avill be found satisfactory, especially in
places where a gate i not often used.
It, of course, will not do for sheep or
hogs, but Avill serve the purpose in
tattle pastures where a three-wire
fence is sufficient to confine stock. Cut
three Avires each about a foot longer
than the distance betAveen posts, and
three short wires each six inches long.
Form the short AA'ires into loops and
fasten to post (A,) (B, B, B,) with
staples, the desired distance apart.
Hook the long Avires (C, C, C,) into
the loops (B, B, B,) so as to form
hinges. Shape three boards each four
feet long, as illustrated in (D). Place a
wire ratchet on each of these boards
about six Inches from the end (figure
E, E, E,), attach the other ends of long
wires to ratchets. Xail an inch board
(figure G) four inches Avide the height
of post to post (F). Xail another board
(H) on top of this overlapping the
first an inch or two. Drive a stake (I)
inside of wire fence three and one-half
feet from post (F). Xail three pieces
of board (J) each three feet long, on
inside of post (F) and also inside of
stake parallel to Avires. Tighten ip
Avires on ratchets (E, E. E,) sufficient
so that when each of the boards (D.
D, D,) are inserted into slot (H), and
pushed back into position against (J)
the AAires Avill be taut. Three rings.
one for each pair of boards, slipped
over the ends, hold wires in proper
position. If one would prefer four
wires instead of three, another one can
be added. Jas. Cotter, iu The Epito
niist. ; . - - 5
Horse Talk.
ncavy-coated horses should be
clipped now, just as the hair begins to
shed.
Blanket warmly and make the skin
active by a vigorous, thorough brush-
ius from head to heels eA-ery day.
The health aud thrift of the horses
will be improved in this was.
Keep a stubby broom iu the stable to
brush all the mud and ice from the
horses' legs. Then rub them dry with
a wisp of straw.
Rheumatism and chapped heels e
suit from carelessness in this way.
This is the time to train the colts and
young horses.
Carefully accustom them to all sorts
of things.
Teach them to hold the cart back
with their hind quarters as well as the
breeching. Let wheels run off, open
umbrellas over their heads and under
them.
Let straps ana things hit their legs
and heels.
Let them understand that they will
not be hurt and they will submit to al
most anything.
It is the low-voiced, sympathetic,
self -controlled, firm person who should
train colts.
It is not the man who breaks the
colts, but the one who trains them who
does the most good.
The heaviest feed should be given at
night when the horses have time to di
gest it.
When horses are taxed to the limit
of their endurance all grain should be
ground and fed on moistened cut l?ay.
Some long hay should be put in their
mangers for them to nibble at while
they are resting.
The morning feed should be mostly
grain and not bulky. . '
Water before feeding always.
Give a horse a chance to drink often
aud he will never take enough to injure
himself.
For over-reaching r-forging"--l.ower
the front foot, shorten the toe- and
bring the heel up and set the shoe well
back. ;
Set the hind shoe ahead and cut
doAvu the heel. Most blacksmiths do
the opposite. ,
Stay with your horse while lie is be
ing shod, . . ; ,.. ,
HUMOR
of THE DAY
Fleet ing: Fame.
The "man of the hour"
Mav seem to be in it,
But "Time flies," alas!
He's forgotten next minute.
Public Ledger.
"Woman's Way.
She "Time will heal the wound I've
made in your heart."
He "Yes; but you'll be mad at ine
if it does." Detroit Free Press. '
Criminal Offense.
Yeast "He says he wrote that poem
in an unguarded moment."
Crimsonbeak "Yes; he means it was
written before he went to jail." Yon
kers Statesman.
Went Too Far.
An unsuccessful lover was asked by
what means he had lost the object of
his affections.
"Alas," he said, "I flattered her till
she got too proud to speak to me."
'A
Society Improvement.
Miss Summit "Hoav that yaimg Mon
roe girl has improved!"'
Miss Palisade "Hasn't she? Why, I
can remember when she was such a
modest little thing." Town Topics.
Twice as Good.
"I see the agent has sold yez a carpet
sweeper, Mrs. Maginnis. Is it as good
as the old-fashioned broom?"
"It is an' better, Mrs. Mulduckie. I
can knock Maginnis twice as far wid
it." Tit-Bits.
Popular Air.
Mr. Gabler "So Mrs. llyfly's bus
band comes down every week to the
tune of $50 for her?"
Mrs. Gabler "Yes; and yet you said
he didn't known one note from an
other." Judge.
Willie Was Minus.
Willie Sappley "To-day I thought of
two things at once. I wonder if Ave
have two' brains?"
Vera Smarte "Well, between you
and me, Mr. Sappley, I think we have
only one."
Advantage of Leap Year.
"They are going to be married on the
2!th of February.
"Sensible couple."
In Avhat Avuy?"
"Why, the date will not constantly he
coming up to remind them of the oc
casions'Judge. The Irish of It.
"I'm sorry, Mrs. O'Toole, to hear that ;
yer husband suffers from insomny. My
husband had the same complaint, but
he cured it."
"How did be, now?"
Sure, he became u night watchman."
Brooklyn Life
Xot Sueh a Bad Shot.
Gayboy ttimc 1 a. m.) "I say, old
chap, isn't this a little late for you to
be out? Aren't you afraid your wife
will miss you?"
Enpeck "I hope she will, but she can
F throw pretty straight for a woman."
-Illustrated Bits.
o Plaee to Go.
"Great Scott, Maria! You're hot go
ing to begin housecleaning now, are
you?"
"Of c-ourse. Why not?"
"Why, they've closed up my club for
repairs. I'll have to walk the streets."
-Chicago American.
Caught in Hia Own Trap.
Hardup "I'm very sorry, but I can't
pay you to-day. You see, the grocer
had just been here, and- "
Butcher (interrupting) "Yes, I just
met him, and he said you put him off
because you had to pay me. So here's
the bill." Tit-Bits.
At the Ball.
He "Who is the girl with the de
lusion dress?"
She "You mean illusion."
He "No; I mean delusion. She is
very plain in the face, but her gown
is so stunning it makes her look really
beautiful." Detroit Free Press.
Bis Excuse.
"No," said a citizen, when asked if be
would contribute anything to tjje re
lief of the flood sufferers; "I don't think
I will."
"Can't afford it.h?"
"It isn't that, but the last time I gave
something for charity one of the
papers spelled my name wrong."
His Yearn.
Poor Feeble (about to be operated on
for appendicitis) "Doctor, before you
begin I wish you would send and
have our pastor, the Rev. Mr. Harps,
?ome over."
Drv Cutter "Certainly, if you wish it.
Wt-ah "
"I'd like to be opened with prayer."'
Life. . -
household
jjVjjatters
- " The tittle Foxes."
Remember, it is the little foxes that
spoil the vines, and, in like manner,
it Is the little rips, rents and tears,
missing hooks, torn off buttons.
ragged buttonholes and neglected tapes
that spoil the usefulness of our gar
ments. These little neglects bring upon
us, also, the name of being untidy,
badly dressed and slovenly. Not only
in the matter of one's garments are
these little offenses against neatness
apparent, but the careless condition of
the hair, the dingy neckwear, the flow
ing shoestring, the wrinkled hose, the
uneven hanging of the skirt, and the
general tossed-on appearance of every
thing we wear at our work. One can
not go slipshod and untidy six days in
the week without some ra veilings
ripped from the garment of habit trail
ing after us on the seventh. Habitual
untidiness cannot be hidden. If there
is a rent or' rip in the clothing, it is
much easier to mend at once, than to
wait until a patch is required where
a stitch would have sufficed if taken
in time. A rip or a rent never grows
less, if left to itself ; no button ever, of
itself, attaches itself to a garment. To
put away a garment needing even
small repairs, is surely laying up trou
ble for another day, when, in an emer
gency, we have imperative need of its
wear. A few stitches in time may save
us hours' of Avork at a time when we
can illy spare it, aud iu many cases
the garment is rendered useless by ad
ditional mishaps because of our neg
lect. The Commoner.
Washing Itibbons.
Women who study the subject of
looking their best bestow the greatest
amount of attention on their neck
wear, and keep their ribbons dainty
and fresh-looking by frequent clean
ings and pressings. Many use gaso
line for cleaning ribbons, and it cleans
readily, but is apt to leave a yellow
tinge in delicate colored ribbons, and
there is nothing better for cleaning
ribbons than a suds of soft water and
castile soap. Wash the ribbon in this,
but do not rub soap directly on the
fabric, and after washing, rinse two
or three times in clear water. Ribbon
must never be rubbed, and the best
AA-ay to clean it is to place each piece
on a smooth table and use a piece of
the ribbon for a sponge, unless the rib
bon is very stiff, when a small brush
can be ised to better advantage. The
last rinse water should contain a little
salt for delicate shades of pink, while
lilac and violet may be set Avith alum,
using a small lump to a quart of cold
?vater, and vinegar is good for the dif
ferent shades of green. The best way
to dry short lengths of ribbon is to
press them smoothly over a clean win
dow pane, and long pieces can be dried
by stretching as smoothly as possible
and laying them on a clean board, and
if the ribbon has not been wrinkled in
the cleaning process, the pieces will
dry perfectly smooth and will need
no ironing. Black ribbon can be fresh
ened by sponging with Avell strained
cold coffee or with equal parts of alco
hol and water, and if any stiffness is
desired, rub the ribbon with thin gum
arabic water and leave it to dry. The
ribbons may be' kept free from
wrinkles-' by smoothing them out after
each wearing and winding them over a
roller, and there is nothing better for
this than a small toy rolling pin which
can be bought for a trifle. Detroit
Free Press.
Scotch Scones To one quart of sifted
flour add four level teaspoonfuls of
baking powder.; cut into this one-fourth
cup of lard aud one-fourth cup of but
ter; add one teaspoon of sugar; beat
one egg until light and add to it two
cupfuls of milk; toss this on a floured
board; roll out half an inch thick; cut
in three inch square pieces; fold in half
to form three corner pieces; bake on a
hot griddle very slowly.
Vanilla Cream Stick Boil three
pounds of granulated sugar with half a
pint of water, let it dissolve slowly on
a cool part of the range, then add a
V large tablespoonful of A-inegar and a
teaspoonful of gum arabic dissolved in
a little water. Boil until brittle; re
move from the fire and flavor with
vanilla, peppermint or cinnamon, only
work quickly. Rub the hands Avith
sweet oil or butter, and pull vigorously
till the candy is Avhite; twist or braid
it, or pull into long, thin strips, and cut
it off. v
Baked Apple Pudding Half a pound
of pulp of apples, half a pound of loaf
sugar, four ounces of butter, the riud
of lemon, four eggs, puff paste. Pare,
core and cut up the apples, put theni in
a stewpan with only sufficient water
to prevent them from burning and let
them stew slowly until reduced to a
pulp. Weigh the pulp and to every
half pound add half a pound of sugar,
the grated rind of a lemon and four
well-beaten eggs. Beat these ingre
dients well together, then melt the
butter and stir it in with the other
ingredients. Put a border of puff paste
round a pie dish, pour in the mixture
and bake for rather more than half an
hour.
i Oldest Hoosier Kill tor.
John - Millikeu, the oldest editor in
the State of Indiana, lives in Crown
Point, in good health and at the age
of eighty-nine years. He is still con
pecked with the Lake County Register..
New theories of the origin, formation
and growth of the earth, and of ther
mal distribution, are advanced In a
new book on geology, written by Pro
fessors Chamberlain aud Salisbury, of
the department of geology at the Uni
versity of Chicago.
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A yield of five cubic feet of acety
lene gas from every pound of calcium
carbide is guaranteed by manufactur
ers in the United States. In Germany
acetylene gas is mixed with a gas of
lower candle power, containing about
twenty-five per cent, acetylene, and
used in railway cars. ;
"The attainment of the North Pole,"
says Lieutenant Peary, "means the
ability to so refine and perfect one's
equipment, supplies and party as to be
able to cover a distance of 500 miles
each way without caches and without
support from the country, and to cover
this distance in a time limit of three,
cr, at most, three and one-half
months."
'
The large anthropoids of Borneo and
Sumatra are usually called crang
outangs. This form it seems is not cor
rect. Orang signifies man, and outang
or utang debt, something owing. So
that orang outang would simply mean,
a man ia debt. The correct Malay
ii,iiii3 is orang utan, or outan; this sig
nifies tha forest man iu distinction to
orang dusan or village (civilized) man.
- The recent news of the sinking of the
level of the Sea of Azof, threatening
some of the commercial interests of
Russia, is supplemented by a report
that the Aral Sea and Lake Balkash,
the first 1000 and the second nearly
2000 niles east of Azof, are rising, al
though up to J.S91 the Aral Sea had for
many years been sinking. Some geolo
gists think these changes are due to
flow upheavals and subsidences of the
earth's crust. . " . . ;
Not long ago a fruit company thai
imports about 7,000,000 bunches of
bananas a year grew tired of the slow
process of unloading by long lines of
natives. The fruit Avas often bruised
and the stems broken. A machine sim
ilar to the "carrier" of a thrashing
machine AA-as devised, one end of which
reaches into the hold of the ship. It
then runs upward a feAV feet above
the deck and then down to the wharf.
One man in a small tower runs the
machine that carries the bananas'
easily into canvas pockets. With three
hatches the machinery unloads, with'
out bruising, 15,000 bunches an hour.
At a recent meeting of the Royal
Meteorological Society ia London the
origin of the great dustfall which sur
prised Southern Englaud in February,
1903, was explained in an elaborate
paper by Dr. H. R. Mill and Mr. R. .
K. Lempfert. Py a study of the weath-er-maps
it was shown that dust, which
formed a dense yellow haze, like a
London fog, and lay thick on trees and
roofs, originated on the northwest
coast of Africa, and after riding out in
a great cloud, far over the ocean, to
the neighborhood of the Azores, turned
to the northeast and was sprinkled over
Englaud. When swept up it resembled
a fiuo reddish-yellow powder. i
It has been known for some time
that the rare gas, helium, emanates in
very small quantities from the' hot
spring called the King's Bath, at Bath,
England. Recently traces of radium
are said to have been found in a de
posit from another of the springs at
Bath. The discovery by Sir William
Ramsay that helium spontaneously
forms a gaseous emanation given off
by radium leads R. J. Strutt, who has
examined the deposits of the Bath
springs, to express the opinion that
radium exists in considerable quantity
deep in the earth beneath the springs,
and that the helium gas found iu'tbe
water originates from the deposit of
radium beneath. ...1
Chinese Geographical Names.
A few definitions of Chinese geo
graphical prefixes and suffixes may be
of service in elucidating the nomencla
ture of current war news. First, pre
fixes: Ta, as in Taku, means great and
siao, as in Siao-Ping-Thou, meana
small. Pel or pe, nan, tung and si are,
respectively, north, south, east and
west. Thus, the Pei-Ho is the North
River, etc. Shang and iiai are upper
and lower. Pai, hei and whang are
white, black and yellow. Suffixes are
more numerous and familiar. Kiang,
ho, tchuan, ula, tnurcn and tehu each
and all mean river. Thus, Yalu Kiang
and Liao Ho are simply Yalu River and
Liao River. Shni, kou, tbsuan, khi,
gol, and nssa are unfamiliar terms,
meaning a brook or small river. Hu,
nor and omo mean lake, as in the well
known Lor Nor and Kosso Gol. ' Po,
tse and lien mean a small lake or
swamp, or a town situated near such a
place. Hai means sea; thus, Whang
Hai is the Yellow Sea, Tung-Hai is the
Eastern Sea and Nan-Hai is the South
ern Sea. Tao, and sometimes than,
means island, but sban more often
means a mountain range. Ling is a
pass over a mountain range. Boston
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Ventilation Through the Walls.'
The fact is that considerable ventila
tion is capable of taking place anl
quite a large exchange of fresh for bad
air is effected through the walls of
buildings. Many a room that is no
toriously "stuffy" could doubtless he
made pleasant to live in by removing
the solid paper or impervious coat of
paint from the wall and substituting
porous paper, or, better still, giving
up paper altogether and using a dis-
- mj w?sH of pleasing tone.-Laocet,
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