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Learning of the probable growth of
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engaged in the hotel business a number
of years and delight in furnishing my
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botbPfchd'ispring and Pall , term of the
Supeftot’ Court —and oftener by special
cotttbScts when sufficient work is guai*-
anthca to justify me in making the visit.
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WUindted—A pump.
Fair of pointers—The porcupine.
ArtffHfeble nation—Vaccination.
High time—That kept by a town
clocl V ’h j'""'
Thbre at less! fifty new building*
now under of couatruction at Key
West,
the ellijay courier
(From tAe Chicago Udpr,]
WILD NAN;
Tta Outcast Secret!
O O
A GREAT CHICAGO STORY*
O p.—AM-„-r
b* toteLboir j. cobb,
Author of “At Her Mercy,” “The Loro ol
Her Life,” "The Hanseled Hand’’ “The
Telegraph Detective,” “The Stolen
Bridegroom,” Etc, Etc.
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CHAPTER XVH.
SHOWING HER nAND;
en met Nan as Leslie led her froiri
the apartment where Edith Was imprisoned,
and motioning hi the mechanic to leave
them aibnb, drew her to one 6ide.
“Nan,” he said, assuming a serious, con
fidential tone, “yon are somewhat surprised
to see your friend Edith here."
The wanderer looked up with a vacant
expression on her dark face.
“Why should I be?" she asked, “her father
knows best.”
“Yes, Nab; that is it. Yok see Edith iw
In trouble, and so is her hither. They have
to hide away from wicked men. Would you
help them if yon could#”
"I?” repeated Nan, in affected wonder.
“Yes, Nan; yon.”
“How can 1 do that?”
“By keeping silent about what you have
seen. How would y.ou like to leave here,
Nan? to go away across the ocean, away
from the big, bad city, and the plaoe where
—where ”
He faltered. She had slowly raised her
eyes to his face, Glowing from Curiosity
to intelligence, from intelligence to an in
tensity tbit thrilled him; those ejres held
him speechless under the thrall of some
inexplicable expression in Her glanoe.
“Where? what?” she demanded, sharply,
“Where your father was—killed.*
He mistook the fierce maniacal light
which flamed in her face for a memory ol
the past. It died away so quickly that He
never Suspected how nearly the wanderer
had come to betraying herself.
“To leave here," she murmured. “Togo
with Mr. Leslie aud ”
“Yes, Nan, and something more,*
“What is that?”
“Tb have money, and jewels, and fine
dresses, and a pleasant home.”
If the delight which danced in her eyes
was simulated, she was capable of the most
perfect acting. “—* J *
“I would like to do that;” she said,
eagerly.
“Yhu shall, Nan, if you will be discreet
and say nothing to anybody about our se
crets. ”
“When?”
“In a day or IWo. You must return now
to Where you found me last night, and if
you see Mrs. Leslie, keep quietabout Edith.’ 1
“I want to go to the qUarrjr first, ” said the
wanderer.
“What for?”
“To bid my friends goOd-by.”
“No, no. Nan,” cried Warren, in some
alarm. “You must not tell anybody you
are going.*'
The girl laughed gleefully.
“Oh, I did not mean the people.
“What then?”
“The rocks nnd the waters, and the grass
and the birds. ”
“Well, then, return soon,” replied War
ren, satisfied from her words that what
Leslie believed of her demented mind was
warranted by her conduct and conversation.
She hurried from the old water-side
house, humming a carping air, leaving
Warren and Leslie engaged m confidential
conversation.
Once clear of the place, and'past a pos
sible range of vision from the structure, she
changed her careless walk to a fast gait, and
the simple, vacant face became singularly
resolute and serious.
There was a little park in her course, and
she entered it, sought a sequestered seat,
and became absorbed in a fit of the deepest
meditation.
She sat silently engrossed in the most
profound thought for some time. The mo
bile features were susceptible of expressing
a rare depth of emotion and sentiment lit
tle suspected by Elmer Warren.
As if revolving in her mind all the details
of the subject which interested her, the
wanderer seemed at last to have arrived at a
definite conclusion of her future course.
“A mystery cleared, a single clow to
prove,” she murmured, as she rose and lett
the place at a rapid gait. “The case will
soon he ready—justice and revenge com
plete.”
• She glanced searchingly around her as
she gained a street given over to merchants
who dealt in second-hand clothing.
Whatever her plans, they evidently in
volved a visit to one of these establish
lishments, for she scanned the interior and
exterior of the various stores as she passed
them, dually entering one of them.
The. proprietor regarded her illy clad
■figure distrustfully, but, as she took a
poeketbook from the bosom of her dress
and removed from it several bills, his man
ner' became more attentive and com
plaisant
“Yon wish to buy some clothing?” he
asked, insinuatingly.
u Yes.
“For yourself?”
“For myself; but, for all that, male attire.
Plainly, I wish to obtain a disguise, and
am wilting to pay you for the trouble of
fitting me out properly. ”
Her purchases made, a visit to the little
back apartment of the store to arrange her
new garments consumed quite a little
time. When at last she reappeared, the
bundle fit her former apparel under her
arm, even the storekeeper started at the
strange change in her appearance.
Metamorposed into a presentable young
man. Wild Nan’s tawny face and short,
curly hair did not betray her real gad
the merchant s surprised eyes told her ttuq
she need have no four of being recognized
in her real identity.
She left the store And repaired to a dis
tant portion of the same street Disap
pearing in a large public building, she soon
returned to the street, having left her bun
dle in some room of the place,
i -OtjJy 90fi dew," she murmuredM (fee
“A. Map of Busy Life—lts Fluctuations and its Vast Concerns.”
ELLIJAY, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1885.
left the spot, “except what I suspect, what
I know. The place—the Alhambra."
The name suggested a rathet precarious
mission, for the piece mentioned was a
Saloon and lodging house, located in the
very worst portion of the city, and fre
quented by Ovanes and gamblers of the
lowest description.
But when she leached the place she did
hot hesitate to enter it. She paid no at
tention to the curious, staring loungers,
but advanced to the bar, threw down a sil
ver piece, called for a glass of wine, insist
ed on the bartender dxinkilig with her,
and then asked in a low, cautious tone of
Voice:
"Is Rivers herS?"
The man started and regarded her susv
picionsly.
“Do you know him? Are you a friend of
his?” he asked quickly.
“Yes.”
The man hesitated, but finally said in
reply:
See here, stranger, if you’re one of the
boys, all right If not, and you are acting
for Ihe police, take care, for your life is in
danger.
“I have some news for Rivers, which will
please him;” Replied thb disguised wan
derer.
“He needs it bad enough, for he is in
hard luck, ’’ replied the bartender. “Up
those stairs, the last door back, knock
three times, for Rivers is wanted, and he’s
prepared himself to fight if the police trv
to nab him. ”
Nan proceeded in the direction indicted
by the bartender, up the stairs as he had.
oeen directed, and gave the triple knock.
A gruff voice asked;
“Who’s there?”
“A friend,”
The doo# was unlocked, and a pair of
fierce, suspicious eyes regarded Nan in
quiringly. .
“What do yttu want?” their possessor
demanded.
“Business,”
“Who are yon?”
“An old friend.”
“I don’t recognize yotl.
“Never mind about that. 1 came from
Elmer Warrea.”
The words acted like a charm on the man.
His fnce grew eager and aiixious, and he
admitted his visitor without farther ques*
ncming. As she sank into n seat ho con
fronted hex With an excited face.
“Did he send the money?" he inquired
eagerly;’’
"No.”
A coarse oath broke from the man’s lips.
“What did he send you fer then?”
“He didn't Send me.”
So peculiar was Nan’s voice, so calm yet
repressive her manner, that at this open
ontradictiofl of her first Statement Rivers
inrtcd back, and his band rested on the
lilt of -a knife at his belt.
“ What does this mean?” he demanded,
with a quick glauce at the door. “A trap?"
“What then? Come stranger, no enig
nas. n yotrre TSIBJIH g a gmi6, ot vriTff
t.”
“I am playing no game,” replied Naifcf
mietly. “Elmer Warren did not ectui yiip,
ilmor Warren does not intend to send any
>n6 to yoti, for he is about to leave the
sity. ”
Rivers started violently.
“And leave me here, his old pal, without
t dollar to help himself With?”
“Yes.”
“He’s a cursed coward.”
“I know it, and having a little interest in
lim myself, I came to show you a way to
et the money you need—more, to tell yon
fa scheme in whioh he expects to make a
ortune.”
Rivers’ eyes gleamed expectantly.
“You can do this?” he asked, excitedly.
“Yes, if you and I can deal together, We
may make a cool ten thousand dollars. ”
The man's face grew avariciously anxions,
but it fell as he said:
“What interest have yon in this affair?”
“Money, perhaps,” replied Nan,promptly.
“You know Elmer Warren?”
Bhe laughed sardonically.
*‘l should say so. He’s treated me as he
reals you—as he treats all liis friends, with
reachery and contempt. ”
The words seemed to inspire Rivers with
confidence in his visitor.
“You have a plan, you say,” he began.
“To get money out of Warren? Yes,"
interapted Nan.
“And that is ”
“To blackmail onr careless friend ns he
has blackmailed others. A secret is a valu
able commodity just now if it would pre
vent Warren from putting a certain pel
scheme,of his into execul on. That secre
f hold, hi part, myself. If yon hold th
balance as I believe you do, our fortune i
aeeured.”
“I hold it?” repeated Rivers, vaguely.
“Yes, our success depends npon one
thing.”
“And that is ”
, She leaned toward him, her eyes flashing
as she replied:
“How muck you know concerning JohD
Osgood, murdered two years ago by Elmer
Warren.*
xvm.
BEATRICE.
At hearing the startling words of Horr'dis
guised girl, the man Rivers drew back with
a peculiar aspect of face.
But duplicity and the concealment of
emotions in a cause worthy the same had
made the girl proficient in her assumptions,
and her open, frank eyes disarmed the sud
denly nwakened suspicions of the former
accomplice of Elmer Wurren.
She supplemented and strengthened her
stated position by speaking quickly.
“You and I need fear no traps from each
other, for if you do not come in with me I
will act alone.”
“You speak of a crime,” said.fbsftnan,
hesitatingly. “How did you learn of it?”
“It does not matter. I know that two
yearn since Elmer Warren murdered John
Osgood, and yon know it, too.”
Adroit knave that the hunted criminal
was, he parried a direct thrust.
"I!” he repeated. “How should I
know it?”
“Because you were there the night it oc
curred."
She had bent forward and hoarsely whis.
pared the word* in- his ear. Never for a
moment did she allow the mau to dream
that she was 'drawing him out
She knew so little in reality, outside of a
a *Ajau note she had found in the |sHiket of
a cow thrown down carelessly by Warren
at n ,.\v borne, and written by tbs
mtui Rivers, demanding money, that she
trembed wheu she feared that Risers
ni ’Wt “ifeat her plans by avoiding had
efforts to 'h* kuowfahi^fi^ifll
from him.
He started violently when she charged
him. thus indirectly with complicity in the
erim.-_
, “Suppose I was,” he mattered, “I had no
hand in the killing affair.”
* “And in that lie* your chance of safety,"
mid Nan quickly. ' “You and I must deal
noqbatiy- the end, money. What! you
hesitate for fidelity to Elmer War
reu, a man who would belra.v you to-mor
row if it would further his intmests."
The eyes of the other gleamed murder
oushr.
“Would he do that?” he hissed.
“Has he answered your nflto, in which
rou threatened exposure of his crimes un
less he sent you money? T)id you get that
money? No; with a fortune almost within
his reach, he conuts on flying, leaving you
penniless; perhaps he even meditates be
traying you to the police ere he goes. ”
“He oaonot,” cried Rivers, worked up to
<hp highest pitch of excitement by Wild
$r v's words, and pacing the floor rapidly
t-Why hot?"
“Becauso, my only serious crime was in
accompanying him the night of the murder
hear the quarry. But he did it; not I.”
Nan’s eyes g’owed like twp living coals
bf tire, her breath radio quickly.
“Suppose he swears you did it?”
. Tlie mrin paused in his walk and cast a
look of low cunu<ng and secret triumph on
Nan,
“Lot him Iry it!” he cried. ? T am
man's fool! ' The bight the deed was do..
I watched outside—l had no hand in the
crimp, but when I found he had killed his
manif-*—-"
The intensity of anxious suspense was in
Nans eyes as she endeavored to hasten the
dißdfesures df her companion. Z
, T''provided myself with a safeguard
agaight exigencies.”
“Aysafeguard!” repeated Nan, breath
“leß. 1 '
“What do you mean?”
"IWat when we got to dtit room, and he
divided the money unequally, when 1 de
manded and he threatened, I quietly pro
vided rnyse f with proofs of his part in the
crime ”
T'Vbofs!-’
The words were almost gasped from the
disguised girl’s anxions lips, so intense in
their.oxpression of eagerness and excite
menuluit Rivere regarded her somewhat
started.
“Yes," hfl said, simply; “those proofs I
have^urw—evidences which, old as the case
is, he'oannot deny.”
“What ate they?” *j
Ths man’s lips closed firmly
“ That’s my secret, ” he replied.
“But in what shape?”
‘‘ln shape enough to Convict Elmor War
ren, never fear,” replied the other. “Lei
me bof onoe go to the police, who are now
looking for me for a trivial crime, and fur
nish them with the knife with which John
Osgwl was murdered, the envelope which
fontidued hi money, andi sustain the
addition to all this,
SftffiLrf'Tvic given immunity from arresi
I v wi* rtir l*®* that the mnn was
1 il ‘bed to speak further concerning liis
secret. She had ascertained enough al
ready, and arose to leave the place,
“I am going,” she said.
“And your proposition?”
“I will carry out. Listen to me. I know
where Elmer Warren is. I can secure hit
confidence and deceive him. If I come to
you to-day, to-morrow, a week hence, and
101 l you that a bold threat mnde by you will
fan us n large amount of money, will you
Unhesitatingly follow my directions?”
“Yes,” cried Rivers, eagerly.
“Then remain here patiently till I see you
rgnin.”
■ She left the rootn bofore Rivers could
nuestion her more. She descended the
Stairs, reached the stroot, and left the place
by mnny turns and windings, to evade any
spy who might be sent on her trail.
“The proofs at last,” her lips repeated,
os she gained a retired street. “There is
no need of carrying out my plans before ar
ranged, to delude Elmer Warren to an in
terview with this mnn and secure his tacit
confession of his guilt lTy overhearing with
o witness the secret Rivers might draw from
Ids lips. No, Rivers holds that secret al
ready, and he will speak when the time
comes. As for myself, (he field is clear now.
With a firm resolve I start out to avenge my
father’s -murder, and to rescue the Percival
lortune from these iniquitous villains at
one fell blow.”
They had called her “Wild Nan.” The
intelligence which gleamed in her bright,
thoughtful eyes belied every past insinua
tion of mental blindness.
If Elmer Warren or Reuben Leslie could
but have read what was passing in her mind
at that moment they would have shuddered
at tho power she secretly held over their
unsuspecting selves.
For if a love of solitude and the memo
ries of a terrible crime witnessed by her in
tho past had driven tho wanderer to an er
ratic life and made of her a child of nature,
wild and wayward, never had the
lost its balance. "
* hen Elmer Warren l—* appeared upon
thftscene at tt>- out works ad the latent en
ergy -aft Hie wanderer’s mind had been called
ditto requisition, and she had become im
bued with anew purpose in life—to avenge
her father's cruel fate, to bring to justice
the red-handed murderer of Johq Osgood.
The girl made no rash denunciation of
the assassin she had recognized in the per
son of Elmer Warren. Bhe knew the
depths of cunning and ingenuity to which
he would descend to carry out his criminal
designs, and with an unerriug instil ct she
adopted the same crafty methods of pro
cedure, confident that she would yet attain
the end she so longed to reach.
When anew element of interest- in the
case, Edith Leslie, had met with snch cruel
wrongs at the hands of her inhuman foes,
Wild Nan did not forget the friendless girl.
Her heart going out to a crushed, dosolate
creature in distress like herself, she re
solved to rescue her from the power of her
enemies; but she never told Edith Leslie
all she knew.
In the culminating scene at the works, in
which Percy Sherwood was struck down by
the assassin’s knife, she foresaw still deep
er complications in the case unless she act
ed promptly. It was her hand which di
rected a heavy missile through the gloss
door, overthrowing tbo lamp and leaving
the apartment in darkness, to carry out hei
plan to rescue Edith. Then, when she had
removed tho distracted wife to the outside
of the old works, she had rotumed to carry
out a portion tho result of
And that husband, recovered from hie
wound, but, remaining in hiding for some
mysterious reason, was directing all the ac
tions of Wild,Nan. He had at least sup
plied her with sufficient means to carry oul
their plans, and sufficient information bear
ing on other subjects to enable her to pro
ceed intelligently and promptly.
For as if from a thorough knowledge ol
the place the disguised girl found no diffi
culty in ascertaining the location of the
house, toward which she now bent hei
footsteps—the cottage where Beatrice Ave
nal resided, the cen.ral point in the dark
schemes of Elmer Warren, from which had
diverged so #any singular and complicated
trails i t
She rang fire door-bell and answered the
inquiring look of the servant replying to
her summons by saving simply:
■ “I wish to sec Mrs. Ward. ”
The servant glanced sharply at her and
hesitated ere she admitted a stranger, evi
dently .acting under instructions previously
reoeive'd. She did not leave the door, but
called the name of her mistress within tbe
hall, and retired as Mrs. Ward oamo to the
door.
Nan bowed conrteonsly.and drew a lettei
from a pocket, handing it to her hostess.
The latter seemed to lie familiar with the
handwriting, for she flushed excitedly and
opened the door for Nan to enter, ushering
her into the then proceeding to
open the missive, murmuring the words:
“From Mr. Sherwood?"
“Yes, madam,” replied Nan; “it was writ
ten a day siuce, hut this was my first op.
portunity to present it." ‘- *-•*
The matron stalled . slightly as she
S erased the epistle, and then looked up at
fan quickly, suspiciously.
“You say you received this note from
Mr. Sherwood?” she asked.
“Yes, madam.”
“And you are aware of its contents?"
“Perfectly, for I dictated the note. If
rends that Mr. Shot-wood is in sickness and
trouble and he dcpllti7.es iue to see you ia
regard to a matter of vital importance, in
which he nsks 3ou to earnestly co-operati
with me.”
[TO lIE CONTINUED.]
How to Roast Beef.
Have'ribs of prime beef, prepared by
the butcher for roasting, all the bones
being taken out if it is desired to oarve
a clean slice from the top; secure it in
place with stont twine; do not use
skewers, as the boles they make permit
the meat juice to escape; lay it in the
dripping pan on the following vegetables
cut in small pitioes: One small onion,
half a oarrot, half a turnip, three Bprigs
of parsley, one sprig of thyme and three
bay leaves; do not put any water in the
pan; its temperature cannot rise to a
degree equal in heat to that of the fat
outside of the beef, asd eauuot assist in
its cooking, but only lowers the tem
perature of tho meat whero it touches it,
apttens the surface and extracts the
jnioe. Do not season it until the snr
face is partly carbonized by the heat, as
salt applied to tbe out fibres draws out
their juices. When entirely done, which
will be in from fifteen to twenty minutes
for each pound of beef, the joint should
be kept hot until served, but should be
served as soon as possible, to be good.
When gravy is made, half a pint of hot
water should be put into the dripping
pan after the vegetables- have been re
moved, and the gravy should be boiled
briskly for a few minutes until it is thick
enough, and seasoned to suit the palate
of the family; some persons thicken it
with a teaspoonful of flour, which
should be mixed with a gill of cold
water before it is stirred into the gravy.
Tbe above are Julia Corson’s directions
for roasting beet
* Freedom of the Press.
A couple of Indian warriors in Arizona
got drunk. Their hearts became “bail,”
as an Indian’s heart usually does when
he imbibes too much fire water. These
Indians aimed to strike a death blow at
civilization by cleaning out a local news
paper office. The two copper-colored
gentlemen were named respectively Gee
up Charlie aud Short Pants. The edi
tor of the paper deoribes his interview
with the children of the forest in the
following impressive style:
“At first they had the ail vantage,
Short Pants having hit ns a terrible
blow in the stomach, which tempo
rarily knocked the wind out of ns. Bnt
we soon rallied, and by pieing two
forms on Gee-up Charlie’s head ®mni
nated him from the battle. Tuon, by
manoeuvring' ’ we kept Mwwt Pants
from udhug tk .„*fn until we got
tr Me door, when wo called to A1 Blodget
to help us, which ke did. The red men
are now in jail, where they will have a
chance to sober up. Our loss was
about $4.75.”
Stopped to Hear a Story.
Two strangers passing Rowland Hill’s
church one day, entered, walked np the
aisle, wad finding no seat, stood for a
while and lisw, fi( j to the sermon. Pres
ently they turned w walk out. "Before
they reached the door thepreacher said:
“But I will tell you a story.” This of
course arrested the strangers, and they
paused, turned again, and listened.
“Once there was a man,” 6aid the
preacher, ‘ 'who said that if he had all the
axes in the world made into one great
ax, an 4 all the .trees in the world made
into one tree, and he conld wield the ax
and cut Sown the tree, he would make
it into one.great whip to thrash those
ungodly mn who turn their backs on
the gospel and stop to hear a story.”
Methodists in Australia, —The Meth
odists promise to win a success in Aus
tralia similar to that which they have
won in these United States. In Sidney
they have a grand children's demon
stration in the old exhibition building..
The Sidney district alone
ministers, 134 local preacUwt’yJß
leaders, "'X’ l churcl^jj
VOL X. NO. 28.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.'
Weather vanes illuminated by elec
tricity, so as to be visible at night, have
been suggested.
C. F. Im Thnrtn, tho German explorer
of British Guiana, in climbing Mount
Roraima, found, at a height of 5,090 feet
above the sea-level, a garden of orchids.
It has been discovered that the faaum
tree from the bark of which quinine fc
obtained furnishes no quinine except 1n
malarial regions. If (he tree is plain ted
in a malarial region it will produce qui
nine. If it is planted in a non-malarial re
gion it will flourish, but will Pot pro
duce quinine. It is therefore claimed
that quinine is simply malarial poison
drawn from the soil and stored up by
the tree. : **'
The antiquity of trade-marks has bars
traced by a contemporary to be aimosi
coeval with the industry of the hulhao
race. It has been found that ancidhl
Babylon had proporty symbols, aad th
Chinese declare that they had trade
marks 1,000 years before Christ. Guten
burg, the inventor of printing, won 1
lawsuit about a trade-mark, and tbe us
of a distinguishing stamp was recognized
by the English parliament in 1800.
Mother-of-pearl, of which ornamental
buttons, buckles, fan sticks, card case*
aud other fancy articles are made, is th
principal production of Tahiti, and make*
a commerce variously estimated between
$20,000 and SIOO,OOO a year. The la
goons in which the oysters producing
this material are found are growing
poorer every day, and unless protective
measures are adopted, they will be im
poverished, if not ruined, in a few jeum
There is no record of the distance
from shore at which divers have gone
down in the Atlantic ocean. They can
go down to certain depths at any part bi
the ocean. As long ago as 1869, E. P.
Harrington, of Westfield, N. Y., went
down 170 feet aud recovered the iron
safe of the steamor Atlantic, sunk in
Lake Erie the year before. He wa<
dressed in a common diver's suit, and
remained down eleven minutes. A re
cent French invention enables men ta
descend over 800 feet.
Tbe peculiar acid which exude# from
the pores of tho body acts directly upon
leather, and takes the “life” out, render
ing it stiff and hard. In a pair of shoes
recently returned to a prominent manu
facture the uppers wore moist with
sweat, the soles dry. The kid leather,
when it hardened, was so brittle that
could be torn and cracked like paper.
The destruction was caused by perspira
tion of the feet. New shots from the
same maker and of the saw material
were perfectly sound and flrmr^*"
Professor Riley states that “insects
probably outnumber in species all other
animats combined, and that some three
hundred and fifty thousand species have
already been described, and full as many
more remain to be characterized.” It
has ofton been asserted by naturalist?
that tho proportion of species of insects
to plants is about five to one, and, as
considerably more than one hundred
thousand plants have been described, it
•is quite probable that Professor Riley's
estimate is not far out of the way. It
must not, however, be supposed that
the insect enemies of plants are equally
distributed, and that each has just five
and no more, for Professor LintnS*,
State entomologist of New York, records
no less than one hundred and seventy
six different species of insects affecting
the apple. Cultivated plants useful tp
man appear to have more insect enemies
than those of little or no economic value.
— Jfoio York Sun.
Flesli of Wild aud Domestic Animals.
An amateur writer on gs*tronomL
matters avers that the of yong
animals digests quicker ****** that ot ma
ture ones. If the fact, the
world has been mucVn error about veaj.
He goes on to sav; ‘‘The flesh of wild
birds is more ten than that of domes
ticated ones This is aarounted for by
the greater ****>unt of exercise they take,
thereby rawing their flesh mote rapid
ly, at’ *' making it younger than that of
pAds which live a more pilet life.” II
exercise is what does it, tnere must be a
strange perversity in old game cocks
trained for the pit, that makes them per
sist in becoming as tough as bunches of
fiddlo-strings, and hard as clock- woTks.
No birds have more systematic exercise
than they, but, it- all does not make
‘them tender as a young capon. And ex
ercise doesnlt seem to improve the jack
rabbit of the plains. He roams airily
over a hundred miles, more or less, to
pick up, bit by bit, the fragments of his
daily grub, but gets so tough at it that
he makes the coyote a-weary that seeks
to eat him. Rut the jack-Tablet’s tame
cousin, however old, is almost as tender
as a frog. —New Yori Coot.
Keeping Rooms CoL
A cool place should never be venti
lated, unless the ait-admitted is cooler
than the air within, or is at least as cool
as that. The warmer the air the more
moisture it.lmlds in suspension. Neces
sarily, the cooler the air, the more this
moisture is condensed and precipitated.
When a cool cellar is awed on.a warm
day, the entering air being in motion ap
pears cool; but as it flllAthe cellar, the’
cooler air with which %4>ecomes mixed
chills it. the moisture is condensed, and
dew is deposited on the cold walls, and
may often be seen running down them
in streams. To avoid this the windows
1 should only be opened at uigW, And late
i -the last thing before retiring. There
lis no need to fear that thejngfa^^^^