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VElEEi'S FORTUNE!
— o it,—
The Stolen Heiress.
A TALE OF NEW YORK IN 1835
BY PROF. WM HENRY PECK,
AUTHOR OF
* The Quern's Secret," “ The Tower of Gold,'
“ The Huff l!eeed» u Harold's Hate
1 fa Jn iijo oj Barcelona," tile.
t ’HAP TER XL.—Continued
r *° ni 1 the game Is up, no far a*
a >ib( ha ibe girl’s lover to-night is con
cameiA Ho ih safe for the time. Homo
tin,* 4 W II wipe him from the face of the
t.U'Wii as I would crush and sweep a snake
itaiili it (o spring at me," hi* muttered, as ho
lushed Ins horses to their Lv-st speed. They
woio swift and strong animals, and de¬
toured the way before them.
lv, y> he e must continued. look at once “We to must our own bo Bafe
on the
open sea before dawn of day. Fortunately
Che dawn will he slow and dark, for this
rain-storm will hold for hours yet. They
are all coming! Curse the luck that led
them upon us just now! One day later,
live hours later, and their coining would
ha\o boon no harm to our scheme. Curse
thorn and the luck of it! Hut, once on the
open sea with our
wo.ilth, wo can gain the gold as wo like.”
Lei on* two o'clock ho was near the front
r.ate of the cottage yard, lie fastened his
horses quickly, and rushed at full spoed
up the graveled walk that led from the
gnlo to the front door of the dwelling.
It had been agreed with him and his
mother ns follows:
If ho returned without Edward, he was
to rap in a peculiar way on tho front door,
to warn tlioso who should bo lurking iu tho
dark had beyond of tho fact that ho only
was without, delay a few moments, rap
again, and then outer, as the door would bo
unlocked.
Hut, if he returned with Edward, ho was
to persuade tho young otticer to open the
door and enter first-- a persuasion which
would bo easily etl'ected under tho circum¬
stances.
As soon as the officer should be well
within tho narrow hall, those looking for
1ns coining would strike him down with
clubs, and Bazilio was to strike him from
behind with his pistol-butt for the eon
spirators ha 1 decided that Vernecna's
Io\er should bo slain there that night, hut
bloodless]}* Balbata ami with little noise.
and Erbaudt were to deal the
blows as soon as Edward entered. They
wore to he guided in striking by guess anil
by sound. I he moment tho blows should
begin to fall, Fame Grippard was to spring
the sl.de of a dark lantern and throw need¬
ed light upon tho scene of intended assas¬
sination,
I lie front of the cot'age was as black as
ink amid the midnight darkness when Ba¬
vin' rushed up the walk to the door, llis
whole soul was at this dangerous moment
ini; nt on:y upon his desire to give swift
warning to his mother and accomplices.
Il<> utterly forgot to give the agreed-upon
signal. Grasping the knob of the unlocked
po:t d, he threw the door wide opeu and
bounded into the dark and narrow hall,
without permitting a sound to pass his
lips.
CHAPTER XLI.
Till: BRSPUKATK COMBAT IN THE HAM,.
Balbata was standing on Bazilio’s right
as the latter crossed the perilous threshold.
I ibniult, the outlaw, was standing on the
doomed man’s left, a little more within the
hall than Hal b it a.
Lame Grippard, with her lighted but
darkened la; teni in her hand, ready tc
spring the slide when needed, was several
paces down the length of the ball, eagei
ami expectant.
No sooner had Bazilio taken a single
pace forward after he passed the threshold
than balbata s club, darkly aimed, but
surely dealt, fel! full upon the youthful
w. lam > head. The next instant, so quick¬
ly tp glance against Balbata’ bludgeon
after its blow, the club of the outlaw
crashed heavily against Bazilio’s left
temple.
I he ustly smitten wretch fell forward
upon 1 i> fa. e with a deep groan, and lav
still and silent a; if dead.
Ihi! he has it sharply!” cried Dame
Gnppard. exnkant!}-.
Let’s have a look at him before any
blow falls ngiin. You might strike each
other iu this darkness.”
bho sprung the lantern slide. Bright
rays filled the li tie hall and streamed to¬
ward the motionless body or me
man.
" i nrn him upon his back,” said the
dnuo, viiuiic ively, as she snatched up a
c.ub Ivi g ,.t her feet and advanced with
c* i ! intern. l.et me give him a couple of
Mows across the mouth that sneered so at
me iu Old Anchors! I vowed then the day
should soon come when-"’
Saints of Spain!” exclaimed Balbata al
this in-taut, for he had just turned over the
unresisting body. “We have struck down
honor razilio!”
11a. almost roared the astounded out¬
law. -It is M irvino! Is he dead? Mv God,
let me feel for a heart-bent! Maivino!”
horn Already Dame Grippard, with a look of
r making ghastly her wrinkled and
ugly face, had revolted a pace, sunk upon
, knee, and , taxed . her
one eves in woe and
dismay upon the stained features of the
siuiiten young ruffian. For the moment
she was speechless; but she had not failed
to notice that the unrecognized outlaw had
called Lor son by his true name—the name
so dear to her—“Marvino!”
W bile the outlaw and Balbata were thrust¬
ing their hands in hurried haste under the
bosom clothes of Bazilio. seekingto distin¬
guish a heart-beat, she stared alternately at
the motionless form aud at the two men
"uo h id struck those terrible blows.
L ho is this man who calls mv son bv
hts true name?” she said to herself. “The
name known, I believed, onlv to me—to
no- my Marvmo’s mother! ’Who is the
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horrible-Visagedwr tch' I feared and hate :
the man from tho fir-t instant our exes met
yonder in Old Anchors. W ho is he.' ow
fh.l- 'ZIS ' EiS Lere^be
fore my face—blain bv these men! Their
gazo into each other s'face tells me that my
son is dead!"
"Basta!” here ejaculated the Captain, ris
ing from his half-kneeling posture. “He
is dead! It's all over with him. ’
“And you killed him, accursed scoundrel
that you are!” snarled I rbaudt—for so we
xull call the outlaw Braekly to the end.
•You accnrsed Spaniard, struck the blow
that killed him! And I will avenge him!
he added, ir. a voice hoarse with rage, as he
sprang from his knee and rushed at Balbata
with upraised club.
“ 1 o i wilt avenge him? Why you, nose
less dog?” retorted Balbata, parrying w ith
his club the blow struck by Urhandt
“Because he was dearer than life to me,”
Jba feu ClI ' K; and whiriiu 8
wi aiTlL , 8 ?.'" l ! c
deal a surer blow than before. Dearer to
me, Spanish pirate, than a million lives
like mine. Accursed villain, your secre¬
tary, Bazilio Alfanti, was my only son. Mar
vino Braekly!”
“Ha!, what care I for that, man? You
struck him down as much as I did,” re¬
torted Balbata. “In fact, you struck the
second blow, and Senora Grippard will bear
witness that he did not fall till the second
blow was dealt. So ’twus more likely your
blow than mine that killed him, you fool.
He and you are justly punished, traitor.
Look out, man. I am armed with pis¬
tols--”
11 Which yoil dare not fire hers, lest tho
village police come upon you,” sneered
I rbaudt, watchful each instant for a chance
to strike the deadly blow ho was eager tc
deal, for his whole soul was aliame with de¬
sire to slay the Captain.
And after tho Captain should have beer
dealt with, it was tho desperate outlaw's
purpose to make quick end of Dame Grip¬
pard and flee from the cottage, and from
the city, with such portable wealth as ht
knew he Rhotild find under that roof, and
especially In the safe and casket of his
former wife. This wicked and long-sep¬
arated pair had exchanged but few words
while Bazilio was away, and the dame had
failed to suspect that her former husband,
her son's hated father, was in her presence.
But by this time the outlaw’s declaration
to the Captain had told the amazed dame
who Urhandt was. Tho fact that her for¬
mer husband was alive, in herpresence, the
confidant of the son who had that day
sworn her—who undying and limitless affection foi
had that day, that very night,
deceived her—all this knowledge, striking
upon her brain as suddenly as the blows ol
clubs, prompted by her machinations, had
fallen upon the head of her son, utterly
deprived her for the time of powor to speak.
She sunk upon her knees from very weak¬
ness, still holding the lantern that lighted
tho scene, and moaned dismally and low,
gluriug at the motionless and prostrate
form on the floor.
The suddenly but surely revealed fact
that her adored son had been playing the
part of a traitor against her, undiu favor of
the man whom slie so utterly hated, detest¬
ed. and abhorred, made the appalled dame
sick as death at heart. All that had till
now seemed worth living to attain had sud¬
denly shriveled into miserable triviality be¬
fore tho fact that her son had proved
treacherous to her.
All that we are attempting to describe
passed during a very few moments.
Balbata and Urbandt each knew now that
tho other was a most formidable antagonist.
Their suddenly enkindled hatred and fe¬
rocity flamed from their dilated eyes as
they eagerly watched each other’s move¬
ments and wary efforts to strike a deadly
blow. Each was armed with pistols within
his garb, but neither dared to use his fire¬
arms, fearing that the village police—of
whom they' knew nothing—would be drawn
to the spot by the reports of the weapons.
Balbata was enraged by the discovery of
tho fact that his supposed faithful secre¬
tary had been playing traitor toward him,
nnd lying concerning Urbandt. His brain
was also actuated by the same robber in¬
stincts or motives that filled that, of Ur
buudt. He had noted the tempting interior
)f Dame Grippard’s safe, the apparent
.alue of the well-secured casket, and knew
wealth t was in very the probible that she had great
cottage. lie was, therefore,
vager to silence both her aud the outlaw as
speedily as possible, and to be off with
great booty. As for the girl, she might re¬
cover or die from the sleeping potion, for
ill he cared, for he desired now wealth, aud
not beauty—wealth and safety—gold and
the safety of liis swift-sailing brig.
“This man and the old woman out of my
way,” he said to himself, “and horses and
carriage at my command at the gate—why,
the booty will be mine easily, and soon be
aboard my brig!”
The two foes, silent, watchful, and fero¬
cious as two combating tigers, advanced
toward each other, retreated, slid here and
there to gain a chance to strike, mule
feints like two practiced fencers, each aware
that a futile blow would perhaps place him
it the mercy of the other.
Mean while Dame Grippard, dazed for the
time, muttered as she stared at tho body on
the floor:
“Why should I wish to survive this night
- or even this accursed hour? Vile luck, is
mine! Oh, that Marvino should have lived
only to prove to me as he died that he loved
his father moie thau ho did me. Oh, Mar
vino, would that you had proved otherwise to
me, aud then I would not wish I were dead!
What have 1 to live for now? What? Why,
vengeance upon those ruffians, whose blows
have killed my sou! Though his death has
proved him a traitor to nm, l love him still,
and I will avenge his death upon these
men. I will swear they were trvmg to rob
tnd murder me. ”
Actuated by frenzy to gain instant re
renge, forgetful of the peril to be incurred
5y shattering the midnight silence with
nslol shots, or sure such reports would fail
:o be heard eTon by her nearest neighbor,
jhe sprang to her feet, leaving her lantern
standing on the floor, drew a pair of pocket
aistols from her pockets, and, cocking each
with expert quickness, unseen each. by the two
meu, discharged a weapon at aimed. A bul¬
The weapons were well
let sfruck Balbnta’s right arm, raised to
strike Urbandt just in time to receive the
bullet meant for his temple, Hie and that arm
fell to his side, shattered at elbow.
The ball from the other pistol of the
dame struck Urbandt on his forehead, and
he fell upon his face, apparently slain in¬
stantaneously. His club dropped from his
nerveless grasp, he struggled but a moment,
and then lay still.
Balbata uttered a cry of pain and rage as
his shattered aim dropped. He caught his
club’in his left hand, and with a howl like
that of a Mounded and desperate beast
sprang toward Dame Grippard.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Drunk and in Luck.
The Portland Press tells this little real
life story: Benjamin F. Chadbourne,
of Biddeford, and General £ Mattocks,
of Portland, were sitting together in a
car on the Eastern road, bound for Bos¬
ton, Saturday, and had their attention
attracted by a drunken man. Just be¬
yond Greenland the latter left the car to
go into the one ahead, and the next in¬
stant he was seen to stagger and plunge
headlong from the platform. The train,
which was running forty miles an hour,
was stopped at Hampton, and went back
to pick up the man. who was found near
the place where he fell from the car, sit¬
ting bolt upright in the ditch beside the
track, leaning his head against his hand.
It was thought he was badly hurt, and
the conductor of the train ordered his
removal to the baggage car, whereupon
the man opened his eyes and, bracing
up, ejaculated: “Guess not; I bought
er fus’ class ticket to Boston, an’ don’t
propose to travel in a baggage car.”
Then he climbed into one of the passen¬
ger cars and the train proceeded on its
way.
\VOAj ^ \ S \\ ill! jIILDi I
PLEASA VT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
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\v,, ( ..* ,n ^ ^ m . ^ .. e< ^ ,cine
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,, . , P ®_^ ans ar c receiving honors
n ’• l< e f'. le lasachusetts Medical
,
g ! ouet . ?. which , so long refused admission
J? the ' W recent ° racn ; Medical ^ nt ,. l \ T - Convention CHace Wolcott at Chi- to
cage. Mrs. Scharheb. M. B. and B. S.,
who took the scholarshin *!,!,! and <-n!il mwi, b
in obstetric medicine ortl ^ ii llono h „ y s 1,1 • al1
the othc- I ” suh a er examination . ,
: - e.ected ,
ias J u st >ceu lecturer in
. London
^ ;. ra IClne at “ 1C School
r fj. ,f \i ! : ' ,llclne . f « r Domcn. I) Fanny
{ r .
H „‘ ns , on ’. of hC . who is an oculist;
farSt WO ?T n bcad -
' ' ‘ 0 l th8 ,Medical T . Con
gross. «u She attended a recent session at
Washington. — Chic.tt/o Tribune
u t cs . „ . . _ ud. .
” 1
wuuTn v- , 16 C T* C Lie reception at the
1 ouse ils ^ night, writes a W asli- j
iig on stood correspondent, a group of oh- i
servers at one side criticidag the j
a e Msitois. A L 1 x e;y and fashionably- i
'Ti! ,/° Un > r a<ly ’ as sli e was presented
iT lesl< cut, made a most awkward
. n< igu ar jovv. Flic* suddenly stooped
her body and ducked her head, as if de
siring to pass beneath the President’s I
xT 8 Tti i‘ ^ ben presented to
- is. e\eland i i she repeated the same
UMijiK pci oimance, lihich jirompted a j
•}s am er to remark that she must be
Irom some uncivilized portion of the Far
West.
“You are mistaken,’’said a gentleman
up in all matters of etiquette; “that bob
and duck is the latest English fad, and
t.iat tivated young lady is one of the most cul¬
belles of Boston .”—New York
Tribune.
Mrs. Cleveland’s Costumes.
A lady who haslier form divine built
upon that uninteresting fragment of
man’s anatomy, a rib, embellished by the
hand of art wielded by the same fashioner
and maker of line toilettes as employed
by Mrs. Cleveland, says according to a
Jorrnal, "Washington correspondent of the Albany
that the distinguished lady is
very particular and critical about the
material, style and make of her robes. I
She designs them all herself, and simply
uses Mine. Elise, the Fifth avenue mod
iste, to fill in the details and draperies
and contribute the needlework aud other
mechanical parts of constructing such a
fine work of art as a grand toilette. Mrs.
Whitney, who wears finer dresses and
more ol them, oil different occasions, of
course, than any lady in Washington,
employs Mine. Donavan, of New York.
Last fall she had sixteen tine dresses
made. They are gems in their line, and
make the well-proportioned form of that
large-hearted and much beloved matron
appear in a garb of beauty not even ex
ceeded by the wise saying about the garb
of the iily. j
A Vassar Girl Blacked Shoes. !
A recent Yassar graduate was comment
ing upon the indisposition of servant !
girls in the United States to black the
boots of the men of the familv. In
households in England, she *
said where
there is only one hired girl, the polish
ing of the men’s shoes is accepted by her
as one of her duties. Then another Vas
sar girl recalled the time when a number !
of her classmates helped to shine the
boots of a gentleman visiting at the col- !
lege. He was and still is a trustee of i j
Yassar. He occupied one of thc guest
chambers, and when he went to bed lie
left his shoes outside the door as if lie
were in a hotel. Some of the girls who i
and were up at an early hour saw the boots
thought it would be a good joke to
do the bootblack act themselves. They
did, and when they returned the shoes i
they stuck in each a handsome bouquet
of flowers. The trustee was half abashed
and altogether surprised when lie real- !
i/.ed how he had been honored. Tradi- !
tion tells his name as that of Benson J.
Lossing, the historian .—Boston Adver¬
tiser.
Two Englishmen, Shrewdly Rebuked.
\\ ho were returning
home after some months' sight-seeing in
America last summer, were pretty severe '
in theii lemaiks upon the American girl. *
I wo Ameuean ladies, with whom they
were talking, defended their country wo ;
men as well as they were able, but they j
were somewhat cornered and contused in
regard to two girls whom they knew'thc !
foreigners had met, and whom they cited
as delightful examples of refinement. “'They are
girls,” the Englishmen as
serted; “they were at Niagara when we
there, and—before we came away The” they
gave us their photographs.” ladies
were lather confused by this statement.
1 icy were scaled up, the young man
went on to explain to Ins hearers, “and
were to be opened when xve were at sea.
“We’ll get them now.” The English
men went after the pictures, returning
before the ladies had been able to devise j
any excuse by which they might reason
ably smooth over the rather ill-advised
a tion of their friends. The envelopes
Were torn open, the Englishmen fairly
gloating over the discomfiture they were
nnd bringing to their opponents in argument,
the photographs disclosed—of two
young women whose features were t'n
tirely covered by their hands. — Argonaut,
Cutting a Girl's Hair.
Cutting . maiden’s . hair . would
a seem to
be a task of pleasure. Mv barber tells me
this is not so. lie is an affable gentle
man, wi h endless patience and sma l
conversational powers. Ton’d think
it was fun, wou d you?’ lie said the
other day. “Well, lemme tell vou it . ;
ain't.” A girl had just put her head in
the door to sav that Miss Ethel Blank
wanted a shingle, and would beat home
an hour later for the operation. This
provoked the query. “People who don't
know nvglit think as you do, young fri
ler, but they fool themselves. I'll go
round there in an hour, and a mighty
mean time will I hive. Ethel will be j
there. of course. So’ll he Ethel’s three
sisters, her maw, her Aunt (fairy, her
gran maw, aud like as not some of the
neighbor’s women They won’t none of
em want her to do it, except, perhaps,
the youngest gal m ree lot. jAhei s made
up ner mi ml. but the\ aii talk to her.
Her Aunt t-a.rv wnl snuffle, and ask
Maria, which is thegir.’s maw, how can
she let her do it, and the neighbor’s
women ride with her. Gran’maw will
kick. too. Other girls giggle, and tell
her how bad she’ll Took Then I gits to
work. They then all veil at the first snip of
the shears, they begin on me. I've
got to suit all of ’em.' including the aunt
and gran’maw. who can't see no more’n
a from cat in daylight. It's a k ck, kick, kick,
start to finish. When I’m through
I’m tired—lucky if I ain’t mad. Cut a
gal’s hair fun? Not much. ”— Brooklyn
Eagle.
_
IIow Tivo Women Live.
Here is the way one woman turns the
hone-t penny; She is a seamstress by
trade and a good one, but after all her
faithful industry is barely able to eke out
a scanty living -with her needle. Con-
Lint and weary to l makes rav’ame
none the less a hulv, ho \eer, and one of
the first requirements of her life is tc
occupy pleasant apartments. Rent per
month is say five dollars. With a lain
dred and one drains on a small treasury
this is a considerable sum to compa-s.
and the cleverness with which she
manages to secure the amount would put
to shame manv an dldcr financier. In
the first instance one dollar was invested
at the baker’s, which as everyone knows
will buv two dozen fat loaves
rhe next secured securtu twenty-four nuuij iour regular u 0 umi
c “?. . tomcr< to P a v hve cents a P 10Ce M sh «
delivered .
the bread early every morning,
earning it warm aud crisp from the
oven. This, as will be seen, gives her
tweuty cents clear profit a day. Being
carefully deposited behold in a savings bank on
the mantel shelf, when the land
lord knocks the required sum is ail ready
fur p avment , Tl.c carl, ivalk hi no ,«a'v
interferes interterts with with hn* tier re<nihr regular dnti. Butrs, s hut but oi oa
the contrary serves as a good constitu
tional, a hedthful preparation for the
sedentary day. employment of the rest of the
Hearing of a woman who has
courage and enorgv to do this sort of
their thing helps oth rsaldn.g no matter what
The calling or pursuit,
first woman to occupy the position
of i ane weigher on a suuar plantation,
a place of some tru^t and respons bilitv,
was a voung 5 b girl from the North. For
tune took her up in the coast country this
past autumn, and asking for work, the
situation was olTercd and immediately
accepted. She went to work without
hesitation, andgiving perfect satisfaction
to her employers, proved there is still
auother line of work opeu to those of her
sex leans looking for employment .—Nac Or¬
Times-D mocrat.
Pei funteil Gai*nit u re.
The fashionable wind is going to blow
in a perfumed way. That is to say,
belies of next summer, and later, will be
garlanded with flowers for festal occa¬
sions. A man milliner says that artificial
but scented flowers will be used e.xtcn
sively in a manner hitherto unknown to
our women. The new custom, which is
t0 he introduced this spring, he said, was
made possible by the great improvements
that have been made in the manufacture
of artificial flowers, and that he was c >n
vinced that it would win favor with the
ladies at once, lie referred to garnit :res
for dresses. “Garnitures have been pop
hir in European society for some time,”
ho said, “but they are new to America.
The garniture is a set of arti ’cinl flow
ers used to trim the evening toilet. It is
used almost exclusively for full dress.
The flowers are combined in tin: most ar
tistic manner and great care is evinced
to have the colors harmonize perfectly,
Tlieie are several forms, but the most
popular, I think, will be that which
decorates the corsage and then runs
down each side of the dress in the shape
of an apron. Each garniture can be
changed into fo ;r different forms. Not
only are the flowers made so perfectly
that it re juires handling to detect the
fact that they are not natural, but the art
h is progressed even further. Each flower
Lie garnit ,re is perfumed with the
essen ce derived from the flower it imi
tate '> aucl would require an expert to
discover that the periume was placed
thcre - In a crowded ballroom or at a
formal reception with the life and cx
citement, nobody b it the fair wearer
w °uld know that the beautiful flowers so
lavishl Y bbioeci about her dress were not
g e n,unc - Thc perfume in the flowers
wlU . last lon a!ld cach garniture
a 3 tlme -
can be wom on at least four different oc
casl0n8 * Ti pv -set off a pretty toilet
wonderfully, afid a woman of taste can
ari 'ange them so as to make them very
elective. I believe they have sometimes
b oen used b Y actresses on the stage in
tllis . but have
couutl T, none ever come
here that can approach those that are
now 0:1 fhc‘ r way lrom France.”
The f ost of these garnitures, while
small compared with what the price of
t bore al flowers would be, is by no means
trmi »g- They will be sold at retail for
from $10 to $40 each .—New York Sun.
Fashion Notes.
I.ower bonnet trimmings are worn.
Wide ribbons are having their day.
Apple green is thc latest caprice in
silks.
\ new brooch for brides is a gold
Brush over a silver dustpan,
Mauy new spring bonnets have brims
so e.xigeant as to demand a face trim¬
ming.
All the young debutante blondes wear
bonnets of poppy-red tulle for calling
and afternoon teas,
$uch is the rage for trimmed corsages
that every species of fichu, vest plastron
or bretelles has been revived,
Tubular woolen braid is one of thc
heavier trimmings which bids fair to be
verv popular the coming season,
That . exquisite ... shade , ot green known
aS celado n .I s again m vogue and will be
. bo ed b
?? 1U ’ u I?> P ’ on ^ Y tj ic young and
alr ,’
Elephant and mouse grays are tw T o
popular shades for spring wear, and arc
combined with black and white, or
cither.
Galloons of various fancy weaves make
a very conspicuous addition to many
costumes and render them more dressy
and elegant.
White Henrietta cloth is in great de
mand for fine white costumes and it
promises to be a very popular fabric for
half mourning
M new J spring bonnets have thick, ;
goft lo £ the new wirte ribbon
massei bout the crown as a favorite
outcr & ffarniture .
The gingham flannels . are in wider
stripes than last season aud cannot fail to
sea-shore oe ver Y popular for yachting, tenuis and
costumes.
Sets of trimmings in black as well as
colored beads make very pretty effects on
simple house gowns, and nothing else
need be used with them,
On round hats, of which there is a
good choice, a generous decoration of
ribbon bows seems to take precedence
of anv other trimming,
c orae of the elaborate gloves are era
Droicler-ed on the backs with gold or
gjpy.gr thread in designs of fleur-de-lis
and sometimes monograms of the wearer.
bbl< r a ° d P ! nk » a combination always
foved by Parisian . modistes, is to he seen
m * he aew mat enals for summer wear,
a !i d ^certain!} 1 u Las a sort and girlish
eJ reet.
Tea gowns of some description are in
dispensable to and women bridal who entertain in
the afternoon, trou-seaus in
variably contain many varieties of this
popular dress.
“Priscilla” slippers They are very popular
for evening wear. are like the
shoes seen in pictures of Puritan maid
ens, very narrow, and with a big square
flap on the instep, where is set a broad
silver buckle.
The fewest number of new gowns now
fasten straight down the front, and of
the lapped and surpliced ones, many
reach quite across to the armhole and are
folded down in a wide triangular rever.
AGiucn/rnui,
Tones or interest red ytivk
TO FARM AM) GARDEN.
Managing .0 Young Coxv.
A young cow which Is expected to
drop her second calf in the sprihg re
quires gcod shelter, ahd generous but
not forcing feed. Shut o:T fill grain
rations several weeks before she is ex
pected to calve, as nothing is m >re con
ducive to milk fever than an excessively
high condition. Place the cow before
she calves in an open box stall, where she
can have perfect freedom. Soon after
the calf is born give the cow a warm
bran mash. When the calf has sucked
draw all remaining milk from the udder
thoroughly by hand, and continue to do
so, morning and night. Take the calf
away the third or fourth day. Indeed,
some of the best dairymeu do not allow
the calf to suckle at all, but take it from
the cow ns soon as it is dry. This prac
tice saves all trouble with both cow aud
calf. —American AgricahUris .
A Wager AoeepieJ.
The yields of pota’oes raised from year
to year on the specially prepaied potato
plot of the Iiural Netc Y rlrYs exp *ri
These ment, grounds arc the largest on tcoord,
yields are not confined to oeea
sional favorable seasons, but tliev have
been produced evety year on the same
plot for ten years. The editor, in order
to show his faith in his pecul ar method
of potato culture, olTercd several weeks
ago a wager of from $50 to $100 or more
that he would raise on this plot next sea¬
son—let it be favorable or unfavorable—
at the rate of over seven hundred bush¬
els to the acre, the money to be donated
to Mr. sonic charity. Now it appears that
Aikinsou, the editor of the Farm
Journal, Inis accepted the wager in the
interests of agricultural progiess. The
ejep is to be harvested in the presence of
and the yield computed by at least four
prominent men, whose names shall be a
guarantee against errors of any kind.
Fuch trials are commendable whatever
the outcome and should the number of
bushels fixed upon he equaled or exceed
ed, all farmers will be glad to give the
lluraVs method of potato culture a care
ful trial .—New Vo. k World.
Worms in Peach Trees.
The grubs or worms you find in peacli
trees are the larva} of a small moth with
transparent wings, somewhat resembling
be a large wasp. These moths may usually
seen flying about peach orchards Horn
spring until quite late in summer, and
the female moths deposit their eggs on
the bark of the trees near thc surface of
the ground. The grubs hatching from
these egps cut their way through the
bark and feed upon the soft wood under¬
neath, often passing almost around the
following stem during spring the season. During the
the grubs complete
their growth, first changing to wliat is
called a pupa, thence to a moth. As
the grubs are nearly or quite full
groxvn in early spring, this is tho
proper season to remove them to prevent
any further increase in numbers. We
think that tlic surest way of check ng
the ravages of (his pest is to cut out and
destroy thc grubs, going over the or
chard and examining each tree every
spring, but some peach growers recom¬
mend the employment of various appli
cations to prevent the deposit of the eggs
by the moths. Smearing the base of the
stems with hard soap or wrapping them
with tar paper is said to be an effectual
preventive; still, it coris as much to ap
ply them as to cut out the grubs Peach
trees should be regularly pruned not
only to keep them in good form, but to
insure an abundance of strong bearing
wood. If the trees grow too tall they
should of course bo “headed back,” and
the branches thinned out when they be
come too numerous and crowded. —New
York Sun.
Cultivation of Onions.
A correspondent asks how much seed
it will take to sow an acre, the best time
to sow, what two kinds of seed to use
for market crops, how to cultivate and
the proper means of harvesting and pie
paring the crop for market ?
The two kinds usually sown by market
gardeners are 5 ellow Danvers and large
Wethersfield Red. The latter for shipping
South.
rp I , he ci op requires . a rich, deep, mellow
soil, heavily manured. It is better that
ic} be sown as early in the spring as
he giour.d can be worked on fall plow'
ing. Three to four pounds of fresli seed
is the usual quantity sown per acre, in
drills eighteen inches apart, and half an
inch deep
The cultivation is entirely by hand ma
chines and superficial, working close to
the crop. When the plants are three
inches'high, thin to two inches apart
begin Keep free from weeds, and as the bulbs
to form, draw the earth away rather
than to the bulbs. Never cultivate
deeply, as it will in jure the surface roots.
As the crop gainsjsize the tops gradually.
When the top ; are nearly dry the
onions are collected into thin windrows,
with spaces between, to dry for a few
days. When dry. the tops are pulled,
the bulbs cleaned off the rough skins,
when they are ready for market, If the
onions are to be stored for winter, they
should be kept in a cool, airy place, in
thin layers, until late in the autumn;
they aie then carried to a cool, dry cel
Jar and stored on ra ks six or eight
inches deep. I hey may also be saved
in heaps, out of «.oors, by piling in a dry
place just before hard frosts set in, cov
ering carefully with hay and then with
earth, just so they will freeze slightly.
Then they should not be touched until
the frost draws out of them naturally,
when they must be immediately sold.—
Farm , Field and Stockman.
Rotation in Crops.
The importance of a judicious rotation
of crops should not be ignored, notwith¬
fertilizers standing the asserted ability of chemical
to supply all that is required
for any crop for any number of years,
Fertilizers are costly. A liberal appli
eation of them costs from $20 to $40 per
acre, and if this expenditure can be
spared by skillful management of the
soil so much money is saved, and that is
equivalent to the earning of it. A crop
of potatoes takes little of value from the
soil, 25 per cent, of the tubers only is
solid matter, is mineral and of this less but than l'per
cent, matter; the vines
contain nearly three times as much
mineral matter as the tubers, and, as
these are left to decay upon the land,
and are turned under for the next crop,
it is evident that this crop has gathered
a large quantity of valuable mineral plant
food from the soil, and has left it in
the most available shape for the
following crop. It has in fact changed
so much inorganic matter into food' organic
substance and available plant A
large part of this mineral matter is pot
ash, which is much required by wheat,
and after hence potatoes; we- find, this wheat being does due in very well
contribution part to
the direct of p*ant food
from the preceding crop, and in part to
the useful effect of the tillage. Clover
adds nitrogen to the surface soil, bring-
ing it, as the potato brings potash, from
the subsoil, and thus both of these crops
are usefully br ught into a rotation. It
is tricar that what is gained has not cost
the farmer Any money out of pocket. The
remains of a good clover crop leave in the
soil ISO pounds of nitrogen, worth in
money $'J •’? per acre. This value is the
same to the farmer as so much artificial
nitrogen, and possibly in some cases sev
oral times more; hence is apparent the
advantage of a rotation of crops selected
for their beneficial effects upon the soil,
No doubt otlr very narrow rotation of
three grain crops an 1 one of grass and
clover, is too exhaustive for the most
profitable culture of the soil. Two or
three years grass and clover, then corn
taken from the turned sod and followed
by oats, and after this wheat, with all
the manure made, and then beginning
with grass again, may suit a very fertile
and virgin soil for a few years, but it
has resulted in the gradual reduction of
the average yield to a poiut at which a
very inadequate return is made for the
tanner’s work. The rotation should bo
| so-called en’argcd so as to include more of the
ameliorative crops, and thus
act favorably on the soil as well as pro¬
duce more money-making products.
Potatoes, beans, fodder-corn, clover
and roots for feeding need to be added
to the corn, oats and wheat, and the
grass and clover following this, while
permanent meadows should supply the
pastuiage, and instead of buying fortil
! i/or-, feeding substances, as bran, oil
cake meal, etc., should be purchased and
kept at home for tho fertilizing of our
own fields in preference to foreign ones,
Ncio York Times.
Farm and Garden Notes.
Variety of food is best for lowls.
Sunflower seeds are good for fowls.
“Cabbages need lime,” says an ex
perienccd farmer.
Strive to use only good seed and tes’
al! that is doubtful.
Buckwheat is recommended for soil in
fested with wire worms,
Buckwheat, wheat and oats rank first
j among egg-producing foods,
lf intending to graft cherrv trees get
mu ly to do the work in March,
! 'Die best way to co’or butter with car¬
rots is to feed them to the cows.
If lambs are expected early, a dry
sheltered place must be provided for
them.
| this Grow plenty if of have fruit for done family use
season you not ithcre
tofore.
A good walking gait is an important
point to consider when buying a horse
foi* farm work,
Dehorning is meeting with much favor,
but a careless use of t lie saw by unskilled
hands is to be avoided.
Bran, oats and oilmeal is the food for
. to the , . pumpkins
S rowin S !»R' S u l> time
are iipe, says Aural honi”.
E. W. Wood advises not to stir straw
berry beds with the hoe. Pull out weeds
by hand and leave the little feeding
roots undisturbed.
j The best results from plaster on
meadow or pasture land are claimed to
come from applying it in winter or early
spring, while the ground is yet covered
with snow,
New onion seed has a somewhat moist,
! tender skin, and moist, oily kernel.
Test writing by pressing the seed on a piece of
paper. If it leaves no moisture
it lias lost its vitality.
I C. M. Clay states in Rural World that
! the Southdown and the Merino are the
two . leadm ,. shee , . tho . IT [ "Led . 1 States;
£ P m J
the ,irst especially a mutton sheep, the
bitter a wool-bearing sheep,
Prof. Riley is reported as not in favor
°f whitewashing trees, claiming that
only one of thc four insects that infest
shade trees can be affected by the wasli
big, and that is the tussock moth.
Thcre is just as much in knowing how
to feed hens as thcre is in knowing how
to feed any other farm stock. This is
the next important item to look after as
soon as g°°d houses shall have been pro¬
vided.
j According to .T. II. Hale, a well known
horticulturist, peach trees heavily and
' annually banked with wood ashes to
keep out the borers proved more free
from yellows than others not thus pro
tected.
At a late convention of Farmers at
Hartford, Conn., Professor Alvord re
marked that the influence of the breed
on the constitution of butter was of the
highest order, and that food was of corri
paratively small effect,
I few / r[ , ° sum words: , U P P Breed rofitab,e good s 0c stock, f k f f rr ? horses, in § Jn
a
I catde she lt f ’ sbee th f? P and l> r «Perly swi , ne and ’ f f hygxenically, d > 'Y at « r and
and 1 do not too ™ u ^ h y ? ir wh ° le Cn ’
ergy upon one kind of stock.
of tw0 colts similar develop in disposition and
sense > one may into a steady and
valuable family horse, while the other
ma Y be everything that is vicious, treach
crous and unsafe—a 1 because of the dif
ference in the men handling them,
: fT Fowls cannot possibly thrive and do
well if they be compelled to stand around
in the mud and filth all day long. They
must have a place to scratch and exer
cise. The horse stable is a most excel-'
lent place for them to range in if allow
able.
Mr. Rawson considers hardwood ashes
a cheap and good fertilizer for market
gardeners, has applied used at them the rate of a ton an
acre. He with profit on
beans, peas and the like. He likes to
apply water after using any fertilizer, if
the weather is dry.
Mr. F. 1*. Root, one of the most suc¬
cessful farmers of Western New York,
prefers a compact soil for the small
grains, as wheat, oats and barley—a con¬
dition favored by fall ploughing—but
corn and vegetable crops do best in the
loose seed-bed which spring ploughing
provides.
What the colt wants is plenty of exer
. ’ P^ce sleep, shelter
c ? sc ’ a c ean to from
bitter storms, plenty of good grass^ of
different varieties, good, clean hay with
0ld; das ** a P d g 0<x h sound oats. Colts
ra ised in this way will not look so we.l,
nor wm as many premiums, nor sell for
as much money, but they will last,
There is no standard percentage of
butter as to milk. Milk varies in the
amount of butter it contains during the
season. In the autumn, when cows give
less milk, the percentage of butter is
twice as much as it is when the flow is
the greatest. Cows differ, as it takes
all thc way from five pounds to twenty
four pounds of milk to make one of but*
ter.
Juvenile Prodigies.
The list of juvenile “prodigies” of the
past year comprises little Hofmann, Hasselt’
! aged 9; Celeste Plompare, of 11—all
aged 8, and Pauline Ellice, aged
j three and pianists; besides Buchmann, of
Lille, Frederick Kreisler, of Paris—
both violinists, and both aged 12; and
Anita Mazzoli, of Milan, a “pianist
guitarist,” the aged 9. is The first “prodigy”
of year ho 1888 Leopold Godowsky,
aged 10, and w r is said to be an excellent
pianist composer.— Leipsic Signale.
SHE MARRIED A SCIENTIST.
Oh, she said she never marry any Tom, Dick
and Harry,
She’d wed some famous scientist of learn¬
ing and renown;
But her Tom was quite commercial, and ot
Agassiz an l Herscliel
He was ignorant, she said, as any circus
clown.
5*o she gave poor Tom the mitten, anil as meek
as any kitten
He went to making money and forgot hia
wild despair; hastened to de¬
Forgot, I say; at any rate he
generate trifling mill¬
Into a sordid business man, a
ionaire.
But slie wed a scientific, and his tastes were
quite terrific
For various kinds of insects an l for toads
and other game;
And instead of plaques and pictures, rattle¬
snakes and l>o:i constrictors
He’d take into his sitting room to ornament
the same.
As a zealous decorator he preferred an alli¬
gator
To a st at ue of Minerva, or a bust of Henry
Clay; awhile of
And you ought to hear him talk
his bouncing baby crocodile
That he played with in his parlor just to
while the time away;
And his cobra di capollo, a very charming
fellow,
Through dressing room and bedroom used
to nonchalantly drift;
And an elephant’s proboscis and two young
rhinoceroses
He presented to his children as a fitting
Christmas gift.
But he sold his wife’s piano to buy ipeeaeu
To feed his hippopotamus to ease his stom¬
ach aches,
And a shark ate up his baby, for you know
how hungry they be.
And he went aud pawned his overcoat to
feed his rattlesnakes.
— Yankee Blade.
PITH AND POINT.
Ill-fitting garments—Law suits.
An early rumor —The first guest at tlio
summer hotel.
When a man is attacked by a bull¬
dog which he turns to stone, does tho
dog become a petrifaction ?—lonkcrs
Gazette.
Did you ever notice that a man goes
to a lawyer and to a physician for pre¬
cisely thc same purpose—to recover. — St.
Al ans M' ssengcr.
We stop the press to announce the
startling news that “tan colored kid
slipp ts go with gowns of any color.—
In li ■napo'i t News.
Vo’apuk appears to be thc last de¬
spairing effort of Europeans to prevent
Engl sli from becoming the universal
language.— Omaha World.
The woman suffrage movement in this
country is forty years old, and there are
some women who have courage to ad¬
mit that they helped start it.
“What a picturesque little cottage!
A veritable Swiss chalet.” “A Swiss
shall he, do you call it? To my mind
it’s more like an Irish shan’t he.”
“ He’s a perfect stick—
The silliest kind of catch.”
“ And she’s all brimstone—
Both will mako a match.”
— Harper's Bazar.
“There is no virtue in vinegar,” says a
scientist. None, eh? It does what
many so-called men do not do—supports Repub¬
its aged mother .—Binghamton
lican.
Thc bagpipes were invented by tho
Romans, says a recent writer, and not
by the Scotch. If this is true, it relieves
the Scotch of a serious responsibility.—
Boston Courier.
Father (Sunday morning)—“Wako church!”
up, John. It’s time to go to
Voice from up stairs—“Yes, father, but
svhats the ure! 1 can sleep just as well
iiere.”— Siftings.
Old Mother Peter, she went to tho
meter to see how much gas she had
burned; sh ; danced a cotillion when she
read seven million, and her mind was
forever o’erturued.
Landloid—“Mrs. O’Hoolihan, I’m
thinking of raising your rent. Mrs.
O’Hoolihan—“Begorrah, I’m glad of
that, for I can’t raise it myself, at all,
at all .”—Nebraska Journal.
At a Musicale. He—“Shall I bring
you an ice while Miss Y’ellfort is singing?
Pray take something.” She (a rival of
Miss Y.)—“Thanks, no. If I took any¬
thing it would be ether.— Life.
Robinson—“How about that note I
hold of yours, Brown? I’ve got it so
long that whiskers are beginning to grow it
on it.” Brown- “Why don’t you get
shaved, then ? ’— Harper's Bazar.
Once cooking was the propier thing, mad;
Then Browning drove tho women
Poor Buddha's gone to fold his wing—
But whistling is the corning fad.
—Boston Courier.
“Bob, you say that you believe most
diseases are contagious. How long have
you entertained such notions?” “Ever
since I sat alongside of a blue-eyed girl
and caught the palpiitation of the
heart.”
Utah is knocking loudly for admission
into ihe Union. inscribed Nothing should avail
except a ticket as was Artemus
Ward’s free passe i to his lecture on the
Mormons; “Admit bearer and one wife.”
— Siftings.
“Oh, pa! pa!” exclaimed Lucy, as her
father returned to the parlor after throw¬
ing the young man out, “how could you?
That was my Bill.” “Well,” returned
the irate parent, “I’ve settled it .”—New
York Sun.
He was talking to an Arkansas audi
ence on the subject of the tariff. Said
he: “Take whisky, for instance,” when
every man in the audience arose with the
remark: i i Thank you; don’t care if I
do,” and the lecturer had to stand treat
or die.
THE NEW GIRL.
“ You may wake us,” the mistress said,
“ When the coffee's on, and the table spread.”
The new girl answered: “If I be late
In gettin’ up, ye needn't wait;
I ain't pertikeler whin I ate.”
—Detroit Free Press.
A young man in a railway carriage was
making fun of a lady's hat to an elderly
gentleman on the seat with him.
“Yes,” said the elderly gentleman,
“that’s my wife, and I told her if she
wore that bonnet some fool would make
fun of it.”
Miss Bagiev (after the ball)—“Did you find
Recherche of Boston as cold as
usual to-night?” Bailey—“Cold? Well,
if that young woman were to go West
and accept the position ot thermometer
in a blizzard she’d be just in her element.
—Judge.
“Well,” said a well-known memberof
Congress, as he turned round and
reached out of the bedclothes fora gin
cocktail. “They say two heads are
better than one, but I wouldn’t have two
like mine this morning for a pension.—
New York Mercury.