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MY TWO PEARLS.
nv 3 VIA A O. R. IiDlin,
“ Lightning exnroaa, gon tinmen I AH
alumni I" shonlod a voico Id the station
at Boohoatcr, at 11 o’olook at niglit.
I sfcpjwd on l>oard tho train, choosing
n palace and rostanrant oar, "through
to Chicago."
"Bootion?" nntil the oomluotor, with
n rising in fiction. " Ought to havo tel
egraphed, Mir. Only ono berth loft, ami
that’H a more aooident. Hero it In—No.
0. (ionItalian who engaged it missed
oonneotion at Hyraonao."
Oongratulatlng mysolf on. niv good
fortune, I speedily nront into No
il, a lower bortli, and foil fast asleep.
When I opened mj eyes tlio gray dawn
of an Ootober morning—tho Ootobor of
IHflH^waa stealing in through tho onr*
tainca window.
] lay some minutes in a half droam,
listening to tho multitudinous noises of
tho train, with soarooly a thought of
whoro I was. Thin, as tho light grow
ntrongor, I raised myself upon iny elbow
and lookod abont mo, on It to fall back
a moment aftor with a start of Miirpriso
that was almost dismay.
Itight boforo my otoa bung n white,
ahanolr hand, with a dark aoal ring ti|>on
ifrd finger. It took mo a minute
K>lloot
Manzanillo. Tliore, if tho goo<l fate*
befriend mo, I oateh a steamer ahead of
tho ono that loft Now York whon I did.
Ho, I31oso no timo; I soo yonr great
country; and I osoa|>e the dull, raoiioto-
nons sea, of which I havo had too much
already."
Tho honra flow on allror wings. All
day long wo floated on a tldo of talk,
sometimoa sparkling with wit and
humor; sometimes taking a doe nor
tone as wo touched upon themes that
gave to eaoh brief, paasing glimpses of
tho soul of tho other. It seomeuto me
that there was llttlo worth knowing that
my nompanion did not know; little
worth seeing that ho did not soo ; little
worth thinking that bo Imd not thought.
Yot I learned little of Ills personal
history, savo that ho had spout much
timo in Houth Amorioa; and that ho had
largo interests in toe pearl flshorics at
Lima, on bnsinossoonnooted wiih which
ho wan going to Han Praneisoo.
Wo had said nothing in any way re
lating to tho war, Its oatisos or its ro
suits. Hut suddenly my frioud ttimod
to mo.
Yon havo boon in tho army?" ho
said.*
Vos," I answorod. "I sorted
through tho war. Hut why do yon
think so?"
Ah, you have something—tho air
militalro. 1 know it from tho first. I,
too, am a soldier, and I did not noed
that you should giro tho countersign.
Another night passod, and hour after
hour of tho soooud day. Wo wore
forty miles from Calumet. A deep
silouoo foil upon us two, who in those
daya of olianoo oompanionahip had
grown so straugoly near each other.
Boon our paths would divorgo, uovor, in
probability, to cross again. In vain
two to oollbot my rcattoroil hciiscm
enough to disoovor that it belonged to
tlio occupant of tho tipper berth,
dropped oaroloaaly from his nnartori to
my own, in tlio heavy abandonment of
sleep,
I and lookod at It—a white,
nlmpoly hand, as I havo Maid—a hand
uumarrod or uugloriflod—ohoono tlio
word for yourself— by tho aonms nml cal-
lonscNof manual labor. Tho Angora woro
long and tapering, the nails oval and
well carod for. The wrist was not largo,
but well-knit and sinewy; and hnlf
hurled in tlio tino linou of tho ahirt
aloovo I caught tho aparklo of a dia
mond,
Tlio hand had a strange faHoiuatioii
for mo, half unounnv though it lookod
iu tho woird, struggling light of oarly
morning. I watched it, vaguely wou-
dnriug what kind of n faoo would assort pnrily.
with it, till tliore was a ntir ovorhead, "Vo
uud it vaniHhod. Thou 1 made my toilet
as I best might, and wont out on tho
platform for a breath of fresh air.
When, after tho lapse of half an hour,
I leisurely stolo back to my place again,
all vontigea of tho night ware removed,
nml n gontlomuu iu a plain gray traveling
suit coni pied ouo seat in tho compart
ment allotted to tno. Ho hold a noyrapa-
per in tho hand. I recognised it at
onoo.
Ho liftod ills oyoa long enough to
Into mo with a courteous bow as 1 took
tho opposito Heat, aud thou roHtimod bis
reading. 1 opened iny psper also; but
tho nttompt to ougrona iny self with its
oontontn was a vain one—my ovos aud
my thoughts ooutlunally wandered to
my vis a vis.
Doaoribo him ? Not nu oasy matter.
Noithor is it easy to aooouut for the
fascination that ho woro as an invisible
mantlo. I might toll you tliat ho wan
tall nml alight; that bin complexion
was eloar nml dark, that his black,
crisp looks onrled closely arotiml a well-
sha)HNl head; that bin mustache was a
light and graceful penciling 011 the
firm, (bin lip; ami tliat his imperial
was above reproach, lint, having told
you this. I should expect you to say
with a glance of ineffable meaning that
bai
leans.
Wo must not part ms strangers,
said, Impulsively. " My liosrt has gone
out to yon—for wo are akin I Homo-
how—Aomowhoro—shall wo not meet
again ?" aud ho clasped my hand
warmly.
Mv reticent northern nature stirred
within mo.
" I trust so, I hopo bo," I rosnondod.
But tho world is wide. I shall never
forgot you, M. L’Estraugo."
Ah I von aro young," ho said, with
a slow Himko of tho head, "yi
, and tho young have short inoino-
rios. But ntay I hold! I ahull givo you
a sign—a tokon. Ho shall you koop one
in your hoort."
Taking from his pookot a tiny box, lio
unlooked it with a key attached to his
watch-guard. A nnmber of pearls
glonraed and shimmerod in tho sunlight.
Uo selected four of remarkable sizo aud
ing tho fold* of hor mantlo olosoiy abont
her throat, passod me with a light stop.
Tho figure was exquisitely graceful,
and I watched hor with a young man’s
idlo curiosity as she knelt at her pray
ers, wondering if hor faoo waa Worthy
of her form. As she rose, a fresh
breeze from an opening door blew back
hor voil, and I oaught a passing glimpse
of her features.
All tho blood iu my veins rnslied
madly to my heart. Bnrely it was the
faoo of my droams—the faoo of my
friend's Marguerite I Yet it aooraod a
youngor face ; perhaps loss Madonna-
like than the piotnro, haloed by cloud-
lik- drapery. Yon ace I had not for
gotten tho slightest peculiarity of the
photograph. I could havo sworn to the
<ry pattern of tho laoo.
Boforo I rooovorod my senHos she hail
disappeared.
For threo daya I haunted the Made-
Ininn in vain. On the fourth I oaught a
glimpso of hor again, stooping to drop
a coin in tlio hand of a pallid child.
But it wan a foto day, ami tho crowod
swayed in betwoon us. After that I
snw her r.o more.
I went on to Bwitzorland, lingering
for n month among ito mountain
passos ; raado a short run into Italy,
and mine back. I was loitoring along
Lea Champs Elysoos ono evoning in a
fit of homcsioknoss, half inclined to
take tho next steamer for Havre, and so
ond this roving life, when I became
awaro of boing watched—watched by a
dark figure under tho shallow of the
opposite ticoi. Tho red sunlight foil
full and strong whore 1 waa standing,but
it was twilight all about me. I changed
my position hurriodly aud hastened on.
lint in a moment I heard quick foot-
steps behind me, then a run and a
M. 1/Estrange urged mo to prolong shout. Au arm foil across my shoulder,
my journoy, at loast as far na New Or- a hand clasped mine and a woU-remem
bored voioo cried:
" It is yon I I havo found yon ! Ah,
mon ami I mon ami ! But it waa the
pearl, ovon as I told you so in that wild
Oalumot." Aud Hippolyto L'Kitrango
S ointod to tho soar! pin I woro that
ay. " But you aro grown older, mon-
siour, you aio changed ; and I wns not
thiuking of you at that moment. But
the groat pearl shimmered iu tho sun
light, and it drew ray eyes to tho face
above it."
Bald I, " Not that it wns charmed."
It is neodless to epenk of tho hnpjn
nosa of this reunion, all the groater for
tho mood iu which it found mo.
" I shall not loao sight of you again,"
■aid M. L'Kstrango. "Yon will go homo
with ine to-morrow to HUroabonrg, Mar-
guorito—yon romerabor"—and ho amilcd
more brightly than before—" Margno
rite will bo glad to know my friend.
Vory often have I talked of our days
together,"
Marguerite I Hindi I confess that for
0110 moment I shrank ns from a 00ming
pain, a hidden danger? Thou every
ustinot iu my manhood rose in quick
shall wear those for my sake,"
ho said, pliioing them in my hand.
Bat I demurred, saying it was too
oostly a gift.
" Aio wo not friends?" ho oriod, Ida
lip ourliug with a superb scorn. " How
talk you tuon of ooit?"
" Two, thou, to 1>0 mounted an aloovo-
buttons?" BtiU I shook my head, ami
still be persisted.
" Here, then, mon ami,” ho laid at
lost, "If yon will not havo two. you
shall havo ono and, taking my uan^,
placed one large, pure, lustTOUB
pearl on the palm, uud closed my
Angers over it. " II shall bo mounted
like this," drawing a design ou tlia lid
of the box, "and yon shall wear it for
sign. Then, you aoo, I shall have its
mate Hot in tho Name manner. It shall
bo for a token between us ; aud tho
pearls shall bring us togother again.
Ah, I know it I The pearls—they aro
charmed 1"
Ah, M. L'Estrangol" I answered,
eau resist no lougor. 1 will wear
your poarl, and it shall at least bo a
souvenir of days uovor to bo forgotten."
As 1m wns replacing tho box a card
diotogrnph fell to tho floor. I picked
t up, ami was handing it to him. whon
* “ faoo of 1
master.
You think mo? Perhaps it is not
strange. Yon nee I cannot put into
words tho individuality of tlm man —
tlm certain indefinable something that
at ouoo let him apart from the crowd,
aud rniulo him notable.
Ho ilroppod his paper prcHeutly, ami
turned to mo with somo remark upon
ourrout events m.ule with a alight
foreign accent. Thus we fell into con
versation.
"Breakfast served whenever you
picnic, gout lemon," said tho porter
passing through tho ear.
My companion bowed, smiling,
" Ah we are to be srooml mates for a
day or two," ho said, "it is well we
uhouhl knew each other. Bliall 1 do
myaolf the honor to prcaout you with
my card ?"
"Hippolyte L'Eaitange, HtranUnirg."
1 read from thu little white naralleU
gram. Ho 1 had not been mistaken i
mipponing him a Frenchman. I umv n
well tell y on hire wtint lie read from
inrbor's shop on Broadway ;* or, if not outlined, dolioatly rounded ; u pure,
there, in your ainter's French dancing calm forehead, orownod with "braided
1 return : "Edward
pulaivo French fashion and kissed my were
chock with a warm "God bless you I , We t
L’Estraunb bail dirootod, and
at first with a half, supers title
that it was truly a link between ns,
would one day draw us together,
was, indeed, as lie had said, a sign,
y«
tho card I gave hi
lliitoti, New York."
Wo bronkfantenl logotlu r at his ro-
quost. 1 found my| "chance acquaint
ance" to bo u most intelligent amt
cultivated man, and a great traveler.
Ho much of the world had ho hocu, bo
wide waa his knowledge of men and
things, that to my comparative iuex- had
porienee, it seemed little less than
marvelous. He was years older than
myself—I was mat twenty-three—or at
least ho teemed so. A French man is
older than an American of the same
age, always. But, allowing for all that, token. It kept fresh and gfc<
M. L’Eitrange was, doubtless, ten or •
twelve years mv aenior. He was at
ouoo retieout aud communicative ns to
his idans and projects. I aoou discov
ered that ho was on his way to San
Fraueiroo—so much further off thou
Uihu now.
" But what a ciionitou** route !" 1
exclaimed. "You are going round
llobiu Hood's barn."
" llobin Hood’s barn ?” be repented,
with u half laugh, bin eyes lighting as
lie oaught my mean, "liut, mv friend,
1 had just oomo from Panama. I wus
tmd of tlio ship, the sea, the monotony,
no 1 go this wav."
*’ Overland tho whole distance ?’’ I
nski d.
"Oh, no' Look here, 1 ahull have
the honor to show you," nml lie drew n
folded mao from his bit-aid pocket. "I
leave you In-re at Calumet"—noting the
point wilh his pencil—"yon see ? There
1 take tlm lighting train for Cairo;
thence by express this way"-pointing
to Memphis and Jackson ‘Mown to
New Oricaus. That is right eh ?"
‘•Yea; but yon will have to goto
Verai run. How about a steamer across j yclfow rs\
the gulf?’* (lows iu t
“ AJi I there J go round yonr Bobin ! hidden elu
Hood's barn I" he said, laughing. "Sec! ! lit
1 go actons to Havana, aud th
rebellion. My friend’s wife was vestal
to ino ovon iu thought; aaored aa if
ahrlnod and guarded by inapproachable
diatanooa. I would go with him.
Why had ho not written to mo?—
Bimply because he had lost my address
—"only thin and nothing more."
mu nu* untv It would tako too long to tell onr do-
and, taking my ilfghtfal journey, and I pass on rapidly
(o tho hour when the to worn of Htras-
bourg roao before us, aud tho lofty spiro
of her oathodral pierced tho clouds.
My friend's chateau was inside tho
walls of tho city, on rising ground.
•' Hoe," ho said, with a sweep of his
hand, as the carriage rollod slowly along,
"this is not so grand, so fresh, as your
great Now World ; yot it Is a fair pie-
tun*."
Ho might well way no. The seven-
gated city lay at our foot; the blue,
ltiiiuo wound along between storied
banks; the branching III glided through
the towh. picturesque with ita mauy
bridges ; iu tho far distance rose the
Vosgis mountains, and tho Black Forest
of Germany.
Aud now wo wero at tho chateau, a
stately pile, ivy clad and raosM grown,
yot bright, seemingly with an eternal
youth.
"Marguerite, thin is tho friend of
whom you havo no often hoard mo spunk
—Edward llipou," said L'Estrange, ns
1 entered tho salon nu lionr after, and a
fair, sweet, womanly faoo, tlio face* of
the Madeleine, looked up from tho bit
of embroidery over which it waa bend
ing.
" la sho like the piotnro—my Mar
guerite?" naked my boat; but before 1
could reply ho went on : " By that name
you first know her, and by that name
\ on are to know her now. Wo are to
live in Arcadin for a whole month ; aud
aa is fitting wo aro to bo to eaoh other
Marguerite and Edward and IlippolyUv
llavo not tho kind fatoa proved that we
are akin, iih I told you years ago? Why
else have they brought us together ?"
I bowod low over tho lady’s hand; but
I did uot call her—Marguerite. Neither
did 1 oall her Madame L'Eitrnugo.
Homo snbtilo undefined foolingprovcutod
that; I compromised by not ealliug hor
anything.
I must not make my story too long.
antioipAto all I would nar. There
lo’volfneas that 1 hold tho llttlo piotu
if spellbound—a woman’s face, softly
tresHOH darkly bright;" tender, unsmil
' >g Ups, that woro a Hwoetnoss dt-opor
„jd holier tlmu smiles; a chin and
chock that might well havo nervod aa
models for a noulptor. Thoro woro soft
lnooii renting about tho throat; and a
laoo shawl, thrown gracefully over tho
stately head, rested lightly
shouhlors like a radiant cloud. But
the eyea woro the glory of tho picture ;
large, dark, spiritual ovon, that lookod
into yours with uiifathoiuahlo moaningn
in their liquid depths.
My bolf-possession and my good man
ners roturnod to mo at the aamo mo-
mout.
" I beg yonr pardon," I aaid dopro-
oatingly, us I gave the picture to its
owner: "but it iH so beautiful I It in
your wifo?"
"My wifo? No," ho said, with a
low, wise smile, "hut it ia my Mar-
guorito—my poarl 1"
Thoro waa uo timo for further speech,
Wo were at Oalumet. L'Eatraugo
throw his arm around mo iu hia inl
and, to my anger and astonishment, he
laughed a genuine hoarty langh. Hnt
boforo I oould apeak, his mood changed,
and ho oaught mo impulsively iti his
arms.
" O my poor boy I" ho cried, " I see
it all, now. And yon thought Marguer
ite waa my wifo? Bnt I told yon sho
was not, whon yon asked me ao long
ago. Do yon not remomber ? I supposed
on understood. Tho woman who sbonld
.itve been my wife lioa in the church
yard yonder. Monsieur Hipon—Mar
guerite is my s ; stor I"
I oovored my faoo with my hands. I
could havo sunk into tho dost at his
foot. It waa all so dear to mo now—aa
clear as noonday. Yot, with my prooon-
oeived ideas of their relationahlp, and
00 tin try with whoso domestio life
and habits I wns ho unfamiliar, 1 oould
1 mnoh wonder at my roiatako.
Tho patois of tho servants, too, had
I to mislead mo—and I bad soon
no others.
I dared not loox at him. Tho gentle
dignity of his last words overpowered
mo, ovon whilo, in spito of my oonfnsion
and dismay, my boart was thrilling
with a now-Wn hope.
I lifted my eyes at last to moot his
flllo l with suable tenderness.
" Yon know my soorot," I said. "Bliall
yon tako mo at my word, my friond—
must I go away?"
"Nay, nay, ho whispered. " It waa
for this that wo woro thrown togother
that October morning. Was it not
oharmod, the tokon I gave you ? Htay
now ; and, if you oau win hor gentlo
heart, I will give you yot another poarl
—my Marguerite r
Just as long as I livo, I mean to re-
mom her in my prayora tho gentleman
who " missed connection at Hyraonao ;"
for, if it had uot boon for him, woobl I
over havo worn the rare pure pearl that
was given to mo two months since, by
my brother Hippolyto L’Eatraugo?—
Appleton’* Journal.
The Famous Bone-Better.
Writing from Gonogliauo, Italy, Charles
Warren Bteddard says : I liavo mot
ono of tho moat oolohrated women of
Italy, Begins del Cm, whoso marvelous
sue iHsos in the setting of dislocations
of long standing havo mado hor famons
ovon beyond tho sea. You can read of
her in tlio standard works on sura
This unnultnrod woman, born will
instinctive knowledge of anatomy, lives
in a handsome villa about tweivo miles
distant. Hhe is sought by people from
all parts of the world, and, though nho
so mo tlm os attempts to straighten limbs
that have boon distorted from birth and
to ooriret tho blunders of nnnkillful
professionals, hor specialty ia tho set
ting t<f hip dislocations, and I be
lievo in (idrt line she is witliont 1
living rival. I had boon rocommondod
to visit Bogina, as alio ia familiarly
railed in this neighborhood, to no '
sho might not bo ablo to reguinto
arm that lias troubled mo somewhat
since an noiilent I mot with a yonr np
near Borne. Tho marvolona stories
had hoard of hor skill, tho tlattoriug
tributes paid to hor character by pooplo
of all professions, u«tionslit<o«, nml
croeils, encouraged me to believe that
my salvation routed in hor hands,
sought her this morning with my heart
in my throat nml my arm in a state of
Buspeaso. I wont on alouo to tho villa
of ltegina, with ita broad, cream-colored
walls shining brightly on tho hillaiile.
A maid hold tho door open as I
prnnolp'd tlio villa, and I wan nt o
ushered into a small drawing rt
tastefully furnished. A portrait
Popo Fins IX. hangs conspicuously
one wall; a lifo sizo photograph of
ltegina in on tho opposite aide of the
room ; a amid lor photograph of tho
famouH lady atood on the ctagoro in an
elaborate frame, whilo a third
in tho ojvor of a large volume which
ornamented the centre table. This
bonk, presented by tho oity of Trieste
to Begins when she removed to her
present villa, coutaiua four thousand
autographs of the beat kuown citizens
of that place. Thoro wai also a large
album, containing tho photographs of
many who havo boon auoooufally treated
for deformities of various kinds by that
1..1.. r i.. 1 ........ I.. .... 1
other
guosta at the chateau,
oliock with a warm "God blcmb you 1" j We threo wero aa isolate an Adam aud
Another moment nml our short chapter Eve iu tho Oardon of Kdou, That
of romnuoo waa ended. | tritely nu enohauted week, iu which
But waa tlieio no second chapter ? rode, wo rambled, we talked, wo n
Certainly, or 1 should hardly havo ' we eaug—happy dwellers in Aroaditu
thought it worth white to toll you this. And then—then—I awoke ono day to
I returned to Now York in a few weeks, 1 find that there wan no naft-ty for mo but
poarl mounted precisely as j in flight. This "Marguerite" was grow-
it, ing too dangerously dear. I, who pray
feeling J daily, " Lot me not bo led into tempta
fiftiou"—what business had I there,
dallying with danger?
* not a villain ; I was not au idiot;
yet, I oould not holp Hoeing that Mar-
of tho many forgot- | pucrilo’a Heft brown oyoa grew sorter
still when they met mine, aud tliat tho
long lashes drooped ovor then with a
memory what might else have gradually
faded away as ouo of tho mauy forgot
ton incidents of a lifo that was change
ful and full of adveutun
Bnt it wan not his fi
recalled. I never woro it without
ing as in a vision tlio dark, aoul-lit oven
that had lookod up nt mo from the pho
tograph.
my 1 had
ceil than my folio'
aim t
tender, wietful mouth of my frioud’* 1 I " Bnt
"Marguerite." Not hia wife, but ; "It is t
only that I 1 subtler graoo when l drew
»t look for this ; but it
saw it—I must go.
A determination that
> my frieud tho
not going
i*xt mottling,
ot going ' ’ I
-on. Did 1 uot (
loubtlcsH his botliTothod. What other | to stay a month? We will have more
guests, if you tiro of this dull life ; nud
shall see tho old chateau alive with
meauiug could I give to the Hudden '
light that illumined hia face aa he ex- 1
claimed, in that last, hurried moment.
" It ih my Marguerite, my jH'iirl?’’
" 1 shall write you from Ban Frau-
oiaco,’’ lie Imd said. But days, weeks
aud months lengthened into years, and
I heard uothing. My pearl’ scarf-pin
was the only token that those charmed
dayH of travel had lieen more than a
dream. I believed that he was dead.
Last summer 1 was in Faria. Early
ouo morning I went to the Madeleine,
and, leaning ugaiust ouo of tho fluted
columns, watched tho worshipei
id wont. Tho sun shot stirred him. I
_ .1 dunce. My old fritud mutt
stay."
•• No," I auswered, "yonr friend must
go. Do not make it too hard for him to
leave you."
II * looked at me narrowly.
"Has anything gouo wrong?" ho
asked, in a low tone. "Tell me, my
frieud t 1 had thought-1 had breamed
- Ih there nuythhig amiss with you—
Marguerite
He spoke in hi^ own tongue now as
alwaia did wheu uny strong emotion
pencil.
folio
>1 hi
through the grained win- . cheeks white
1 roof; tin* chanting of n ablu
Sdumhsl far off and dream
tho sculptured Magdalen of tlu
high altar looted Htraugcly real in tlu
weird, uncertain light ; and the wh »lt
atmosphere (*f tho place wm. bewilder
ihwered in mine, my
cold, but my oyoa
lady whom I had conic to see. Whilo
was looking nt this album she entered
—a very plain woman of forty
more; abort, ntont, untidily dreasod.
Tho lower hooka of hor waist
bursted, aud there wai nothing
attract!vo in her poraoual appoar
Two of hor front teeth
gone, her hair wai rollod into a small
l at tho top of tier haad, long
onnlrops dungled upon iior shoul
and about her neck alio woro a ninmive
gold chain. We proceeded at once to
onniaois. Hhe stripped my arm to the
shoulder, tonohed it lightly here and
there with a tonoh that wan eiooed-
ingly agreeable, Iler exumimition of my
cane was so slight, tho questions ahe
aukod ao few, yet hor eomnrehgpsion ot
my omdition ao complote, that 1
strongly anapeotod tho lady of being a
clairvoyant. Hho lays no claim to any
snob gift; waa bom with thegouiua for
l>ouo Hotting, which ahe is coutiimally
exercising, naes tho simplest possible
remOtlics, and in all cuaoa performs her
operations witliont giving any pain
whatever. 1 had proof enough of her
marvclouB skill. In tho hall 1 saw a
heap of crutches, braces and straps,
iron stilts, aud ethor horrible aids anch
as orimdes are forced to seek. These
wero left at the villa by sufferers who
had found ooiupleto relief under her
roof, aud many of thorn boro touch
iug inceptions in token of grstitnde
nnd n(T(*otu>u and aa voluntary tcetimo
nitda to her skill. The plaoe looked like
the shrine of some saint with ita multi
tude of votive offerings. There waa one
steel Blioe with a nolo at least a foot in
thickness. Knowing mo to be an Ameri
can, stio called my attention to the in
scription on it. I found that a gentle-
nun of Now York oity had left it, corti-
fyiog that he had boon "cured of a dis
location of tho hip of seventeen years’
standing, instantly and without pain."
It is her custom to aak uo fee for Ler
Homeos. You pay aooording to yonr
means. Those who desire it, and for
whom it ianocosoary, lodge iu the house
aud reooivo her ooustant attention. She
says at ouoo whether she will or uot at
tempt a cure. Tho good woman, after
much persuasion, consented to give mo
her autograph. My oousciouoo smoted
mo for urging her when 1 «nw tho great
beads of sweat starting out ou hor fore
head as she bowed over my pocket al
bum and wrestled with her poo. Her
signature iB as unhandsome ah possible,
and under the circumstances I don’t
wonder that ahe has never attempted to
write anything else. Wheu it was time
for me to leave her l hated to go ; her
atmosphere is wholesome aud strength
ening ; her home boantifal aud fuu of
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.
To water proof flahing-Iinea apply a
mixture of two parts boiled linseed oil
and ono part good sizo ; expose to the
air, aud dry.
AnnvioiAL grindstones have been
made at Worms, Germany, of grit,
soluble giSHs, and potrolemn. Tho pro
portions are not given. It is said they
will boar a vory high speed withont be
coming soft.
To teat lubrioatiog oil for acid, <lis-
hoIvo a crystallized piece of carbonate
of soda, abont ns largo as a wnlnnt, in
na equal bulk of water, aud plaoe the
solution in a flask with somo of the oil.
If. on settling, after thorough agitation,
a largo quantity of precipitate forms
appear, tho oil shonld be rejected as im
pure.
Tnx advantages of cross-breeding
iheop are sot forth in a statement in a
recent isano of the Agricultural Gazette,
in which it is said that Ootewood ewes
crossed with pure Hampshire Down
rams yield 115 lambs to the 100 owos,
while 00 per cent, is the extrnmo yield
of lambs by tho pare bred Cota woods or
Hampshire Downs.
Tub following are freeziug nowders,
which may prove useful in not withther
when fee ia not attainable : 1. Four
pounds sulphate of aoda, two and one-
half pounds each of muriate of ammo
uia and nitrate of potaah ; when abont
to une add dotiblu the weight of all the
ingredients in water. 2. Equal parts of
nitrate of potash and muriate of ammo
nia ; when n-qnirod for nse add more
than double tho weight of water. 3.
Nitrate of ammonia nud water in equal
proportions. -1. Carbonate of soda and
nitrate of nmmnnia equal parts, and
ono equivalent of water.
Wno in tiir Bust Fabmkb 1—Tho beat
farmer ia he who rainca the best and
largest crops on tho smallest surface of
land nt tho loast expense, and tho
timo annually improves his soil; who
understands tho business and attends to
it; whoso manure heap ia very largo
and always increasing ; whose corn crib
and smoke-house are at home ; who
surrounded bv all tho nocossarios and
comforts of lifo ; who ntndios Ids pro
fosnion, and strives to reach perfection
in it; who keeps a strict aooouut of his
ontgoen os well as his incomes, and who
knows how he stands at the end of each
sonnon. Bitch n farmer, in nino times
out of ten, will nnccecd, and uot only
make farming a pleasant bat profitable
occupation. Try it aud ace how it ia
your«elf,reader.— Farmer'* Vinttlcah
A Hint to Faiimp.hh. In some sections
and it wonld bo a decided ndvnnca in
thonghtfulncas and kindness in all ac
tions farmers givo each of their boyi
and girls, too, a strip of laud to ran
whatever they choose upon it, aud dia-
of tho product for their own bonc-
Itis a favor that they all appre
ciate, aud it is a pleasant and sorvic.-a-
bln employment for them iu their skill
nt raising their littlo crops, and the
proceedM applied to their own use are
frequently of some value; and the
whole srraugoniont, while it instructs
them iu tho cultivation of the soil, early
implauts in the children th<» idea <-f
thrift and economy. Himetimea, where
a good many auimala are raised, a pig,
a lamb, a calf, up to oven a colt, ac
cording to tho ago of their oliildren, is
given to each to rear and to keep or
•ell. Farmera, think of this ; it will
more than repay yon in the happineaa
and confidence it will impart to yonr
sous and daughters. — Urrmantomx
Trleffraph.
H<'Aiii»i ami urnss. — Ball’s Journal
of Health gives tho following advice on
the troitment of scalds and burns : "On
tho instant of the accident plunge the
part nnder cold water. This relieves the
G rin id a second, nud allows all hands
be composed. If tho part cannot be
kept under water, cover it over with
dry lionr, nu inch deep or more. In
many instances nothing more in needed
after the flour ; simply let it remain un
til it falls off, when the now skin will be
found under. Iu several cases while tho
f isrt injnro'l ia under water, simmer a
eok or two in au earthen vessel, with
half thoir bulk of hog’s lard, until tho
leeks arc soft, then strain through a
muslin rag. This makes a greouiah-
colored ointment, which, when cool,
spread thinly on a linen doth and apply
it to tho injurod part. If there aro
blisters, lot out tlu* water. Whon tlio
part becomes feverish and unoomforta-
ble, renow the ointment, and n rapid,
paiulens cure will be tho result, if the
paticut in the meauwhiie lives exclu
sively on fruits, o'larso broad, and other
light, loosoning diet."
" Why, yon don’t seem to be doing
inytbing."
I don’t, oh I Well, now, I gwine a
I'flahin’ to-day. To-morrow I’ze gwine
iver do river. Next day I’ze gwine a
Lnutin.’ Next day I’ze got to get my
bntos fixed. Next day I’se gwine to
mend do table, and the Lawd only knows
how I’zo gwine to get frew do week
onloas I hire a man to help mo,"— Heft*-
burg Herald.
DOORS
wilt)ft Jnhn
Omcxn *mt miHipri who »«ived in
physicians, snrKSoas. sn-1 eminent
everywhere, join in rocooi-
'* Anodyne J.ininu-nl to bo
the test internal and cxiernsl fstnlly modi-
le ever invented. That's onr experience.
All the year round, Sheridan'* Cav
alry Condition Pooler* shonld l>e given to
horses thst sre ‘ Wept op." To horse*
ond 4'nlnrrh —Ha* D. Sdvt.
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MARKET REPORTS.
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civaar hmh.y wanin it. >*r m n
Fjeolil hr M*nu. A4<irH»« w. N I»Te!I.K.rte Ps
“ Tlli'li 1 ku I'V diliffcucc lu 111. city | A» 1 »Uhh1 Ui
Amina- anything amis*. M. L'Es
trange ? Do I hoar you aright ? You aro
' s|>< .tkiiig of the lady who is your wife,
aud of one who would fain ho au honor
able man ! Anything amiss, monsieur."
Ho lookod at uu* au iustaut as if lie
I the groat thought 1 liad cone mail. Then a suddo
pen
Pulvbuxkd white liellolmrc is a anre
nwnedy for tho caterpillars and woriun
that infest gooaobomoa and onrrauta,
and the rownhig, bnt it i« Im*sI to make
a tea of it, and water the bushes then
with. We presume it would be equally
of Mexico, where I take the saddle for J bronze doors, a lady, veiled, and gather- j light seemed tc break over his face, j effective for the oabbage worm.
The Feeding of Young Turkeys.
Why is it that ono farmer will ra
nearly every turkey ohiok that oomea
out of the nhell, atul do this nine yearn
out of ton, without much respect to wot
or dry seasons, whilo another lose*
Irom half to threo quartern with about
the aamo uniformity ? Wo know of men
with Whom auooeas is the established
ml a. They are very systematic in this,
an in all their other bnaiuesa. Wo vis
ited one of there thrifty farmors, who
raised lf>5 turkeys last year from niue
hens, and upon iuquirv found that he
did about the same thing every year.
We wanted to know juat how ho man
aged to secure this uniform result, and
found him ooromnnicativc. He insists
►on good stock to begin with—the best
ways selected to breed from. Then
ho plnoen great reliance noon regular
feeding dnriug the fall and winter, so
that tho flock becomes very gentle, and
the hens make their nests immediately
about tho sheds and barns in places pro-
pared fo^ thorn. This is a great safo
guard against foxes, skunks, crows,
hawks, aud other creatures that destroy
the birds or their egg*. When the
yonng first oomo off tlio ueet they are
confined in peua for a few days until
they aro strong onongh to fiy over a
iKia’rd inoloaute ono foot high. He feeds
freoquontly with coarso-meal and sour
milk nutil four o’clock in the afternoon.
He found in his experience that he Joat
a good many chioks from tlio food hard
omng iu the crop. There ia danger
from over feeding. Ai the chicks grow,
the sonr-milk diet is increased, and dar
ing the summer it is kept constantly in
a trough for them. They are exceed
ingly fond of sonr milk and bntter-milk,
and they grow very ranidly upon this
diet. An incidental advantage, and u
very important one, he thinks, is that
the vonug birds are prevented from
straying very far from the house. They
return many times dnriug the day to
tho bntter-milk I rough for their favorite
food. This, wilh Indian-meal, consti
tutes their principal food nntil mid
summer, when insects sre more abund
ant, and they wander from the honse.
This method can easily be tried on
j dairy farms.
! Hadn’t Tiuk.—A citizen of Vicks*
, Imrg who wanted a few hours* work
| done abont bis yard the other day, ac-
I | costed a colored man inquired if lie
would Uko tho job.
" I’d liks to do it, but I haven’t time,"
was the answer.
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