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—FUBbttUEO WEEKLY AT
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The Argentine Republic b probably
t’.s". most progressive of the nation • son U
,,{ us. Every head of a family is citi
{][,.] j,y jaw to 250 acres of land fvt-,
and ::s much more as he may want, to
purchase, to a limit of 1500 acres, :.t
ticvcnty-five an acre. Or a settler may
acquire 1500 acres free after five years,
by planting 2d0 acres in grain and
twenty-four acres in timber. They ub >
pave free transportation from Buenos
Ayres to the place of location, exemption
from ail taxation for ten years; and the
Government will loan them money, not
CXt’.eec ling $1000, at six per cent, per
annum, upon the cultivation of a certain
e reit of land, and the erection of im
provementa of a certain value. As a re
Mill, of these liberal laws, over a million
ecres n year arc added tv the agrieul
tural urea.
The use, or (liealleged use, of cabbage
leaves for tobacco made up in large cigars
that sell for small prices is now an old
tiling, in the opinion of a New V ork
paper, “one might suppose that there i°
sufficient genuine tobacco raised in this
country and in tin- West Iridicsdoiiiect the
(letnauris of all the smokers, but. competi
tion or something else bus brought out a
new imitation of the veritable leaf of Sir
Walter Raleigh. This is a preparation
fro 11 rye straw, The substance is steeped
in a strong solut ion made, from tobacco
stems, and is then manufactured in such
n,aimer ns to make a fair imitation of
the sort of tobacco used for wrapping
cigars. The flavor of the tobacco stems
is communicated t< the rye straw, and
there is slumped on it the grain which is
noticed in the leaf used for wrapping.
It is said that many of the cheaper cigars
now on the mark'd nave the -purious
■wrapper. ”
The opponents of capital puui,-.ament
claim that hanging does not lessen the
crime of murder. ■•This,” the N w
York, ifilar regards as “rank nonsense.
Certainly that operation previous the fel¬
low that is hanged from killing anymore
pouplo; and that / a good deal gained
toward the protection of society. rt
would the hanging of burglars tend to
lessen the crime, of housebreaking -both
by reducing the number of that oho- oi
criminals and by deterring others I a
entering into the business as a means o!
gpbring a livelihood. And the latter
crime must .sooner or later be made a
capital offense. When a man eaters a
house for the purpose of committing rob
hery be goes prepare and determined
to commit murder if necessary to carry
outbid* purpo >r to escape detection,
This i:s the history and nature of t lie
crime everywhere, and it. is high time
the law-makers ol the country shmi-.d
awaken to the fam, and give to thceoui
mnmfcy that protection against burglary
to which it is entitled.
It. throws light upon Chines- nvxhoib
to vent in the same issue of tit • Shanghai
journal which di .•scribes the great breach
in the Yellow River banks the memorial
from the Peking Ha. us recommending
special honors to the mandarins who fur
luMied materials fur the embankment*.
The Chinese, in carrying on this work,
persistently refuse MB \v European
engineers or to listen to their l
ions. The result was costly work which
■was opposed to all scientific principles
and which lasted only a few weeks after
the laborers had put to last, touches t©
it. The mandarins in charge made for
tun t . i in commissions and received honors
for services which, in any other cour 11* Y
would have led to their dismissal froi
The ri:.:i Franai Chnmirl on
sillers ih” incuh s notewort a* 1
a SpBOlUK'U of the IK 1 SIS Dt III f
tempting any large public works ar.dcc
the present Chinese sy> .•m. There must
ho rat fieal reforms or else it is idle to
talk of an efficient army or navy, £ )]* c \ c
railroads, telegraphs or the electric light,
Whore every public worn ttal&s
an opportunity for plum! no t
possible.
A i-'Kw months ago the agent of an
English synd.oat • effected the purchase
ef the nan Trims rook known as Douglas
Island, Oregon, where pieces been of picked gold
bearing quart.; haw often
vp at the surface, and crop out in every
deeper diamond-drilled ravine, vn exr •rt. who lias suin'
the island from end to
end, now reports that the rocks contain
gri d quartz enough to keep a thousand
miners busy Mr u hundred years.
FREEDOM’S FLOWER.
“T^et merry England proundly rear
Her blended roses bought so dear,
Ami Scotland bind her bonnet blue
With i <-ath and hard*;)] dipped in flew;
On favored Erin’s crest be seen
The flower she loves of emerald green;’
But ours, this new land of the West,
What emblem blossom suits it best)'
No fragile nursling of the spring,
No dainty, garden-nurtured thing;
But clad in sunshine glad and strong,
Self-sown, upspringing from the sod,
And scattered wide and lasting long,
Is Piv.-doin ' flower, the Golden-Rod.
Righ on the mountain crag it blooms:
Thu sail wind shakes its yellow plumes;
And with its countless flowers behold
The prairie gleams a sea of gold;
While lonely nook and sterile place
Prow lovely with its waving grace.
Free, free, w r e gather it at will,
And leave each road-side shining still!
And brave its blossoms, heeding not
Though storms beat wild, or suns burn hot;
Alika to all its flowers belong;
Through all the land it decks the. sod;
it bid.- our hearts “be glad; be strong; - ’
’Tis Freedom's flowei*, the Golden-Rod.
— Marina Douglas, in Harpers Bazar.
HE CONQUERED HER.
BY WALTER I. BI..VKEY.
“Ten to one you’ll fall in love with
her,” said Fred Edgcrly, energetically.
“1 won't take the wager. I don’t want
to rob you, Edgcrly.”
“You think you are proof against any
amount of attractions after bearing as¬
sault and battery from West Point belles
for five year? and upward,” Edgcrly an¬
swered, laughingly, as he glanced at the
handsome bronzed face of his friend, as
they drove over the high road leading
from Carmen Station to Hurlton Top,
where the two men were expected to join
Mrs. Hurlton’s gay party. “But you
have not seen Miss Viner yet; when you
do, prepare to surrender unconditionally.”
“You seem to forget that 1 am not an
impressionable school boy - 77 Lieutenant
,
Fleetwell answered, with a scornful smile
curling his lip under his heavy mustache.
“I have seen hundreds of women hand¬
somer and more charming than Miss
Viner, I dare say, and I have escaped
heart whole, fortunately,” he added, as
they turned in at the park gates and
drove up the avenue leading to the old
Hurlton mansion. It was a line day, to¬
ward the latter part of September, bright
and cheerful and sunshiny, and the
grand, stately old brown stone building
was looking its best in the haze of golden
sunlight.
It u: j. upward of five years since Lieu¬
tenant Fleetwell had seen his cousin's
stately old mansion, and his handsome
dark eyes brightened as they dwelt upon
it, and brightened yet more as they fell
upon a lady in a picturesque tea gown
w ho came out on the wide stone steps
with her eager hands outstretched and
her dark eyes aglow with pleasure.
. i My dear Jerome, how glad I am.”
she said, as Lieutenant Fieetwell took
the little hands in his, and bending,
kissed them with a graceful courtesy,
which was ' pleasant to see. “Frank is
fishing, of course, blit he will be back
early. What an age it is since we met!”
“It is a long time indeed,” Jerome
answered, in his low, rich voice, “but
looking at you, Florence, I am inclined
to think that it is flye months, and not
live years, which have elapsed * since I
went to West Point.”
ait till you see my boys,” she said,
laughing, us she turned to greet the
young collegian aim ‘the with two’ pleasant, cordial
courtesy gentlemen fob
lowed her into the hail. a stately apart
merit, in keeping with the exterior of the
mansion. “Most of my lady guests have
driven over to Bamby's Head,” Mrs.
Hurlton said, as she led the way across
the marble pavement toward one of the
many doors which opened into the hall,
“Miss Viner and 1 are alone. Mr.
Edgcrly I have good news for you; Miss
Dusati is coming to-morrow.”
As she spoke she pushed open a door
leading into a pretty, dainty, rati cr ivs~
thetic-Iooking room, where tea was
ing. and which at first seemed to be un
occupied, but as the door opened a lady,
who was standing by the open window,
turned slowly round, and came
them, holding out her hand to Mr. Ed
gerly with a smile, which did not blind
him to the sudden gleam of intense eager
admiration which flashed into Lieutenant
Fleetwell's eyes as they rested upon her
lace.
She was very beautiful—there could
hardly be two opinions upon that point.
Siie was small, though queen like; and
her dross of some soft cream colored ma
terial, w hich fell around her in soft folds,
Sil wed tiie beauty of a figure which was
IK king less than perfect. _
'Lieutenant Fleetwell—Miss \ iner,
'it Hurlton, quietiv, and Mis*
< iiKf red slisrhtiy, while the faintest
*, rose in her fair face as she
t Fleetwell's eager, dark,
mg eyes.
rlton Top was one of the very p 3
h ■s iu the county to stay t,
K , I irv >s exercised the gr test
nd it in the choice oi
r and spared no pains to make
it an on lovable one. Mrs. Hurl
ton iva many another happy wife,
a matci •\ 1
It v< >oti became apparent to some
of her lady visitors that their pretty
hostess had designs against the peace of
mind of her nisband’s cousin—and Fred
Edgcrly smiled to himself aY he saw how
hopelessly and irretrievably in love his
friend had fallen with Miss Viner before
many days had elapsed. On
September drifted into October.
a smooth lake some little distance from
the house, and idle boat with idle oars
was floating down with the current.
The moonlight played at will on the
placid breast of the lake.
Such the picture had one been a mere
spectator to the mimic scene—but to the
two actors surroundings were lost sight
of—they thought only of themselves.
Mocking the silver moon, when they
glanced upward, they could see across
the lake and through the trees the
i twinkling lights of Hurlton Top and
hear the merry voices and gay laughter
of the group on the bank from which
they had just escaped. Arch smiles had
passed between its members as they had
seen Dorothy Viner and Jerome Flcet
well stroll off arm in arm to where the
little boat was moored.
The women had almost ceased to be
jealous of Dorothy—or to ask where lay
her charm. W her she exercised her
fascinations men bowed before her—
first from necessity, then from choice.
But, though her victims were countless,
she was twenty-four and Dorothy Viner
still. However, this time she had en¬
countered (her little sister said) a foeman
worthy of her steel. What she was
among men, Jerome Fleetwood was
among women, Therefore, seeing these
two brought beneath the same roof and
thrown into daily intercourse, rumor was
rife, and speculation awaited results with
bated breath. Meanwhile the little boat
floated calmly ol the surface of the
lake.
“Miss Viner!—Dorothy! ’
It was the first word either had uttered
in full ter. minutes. She looked quickly
up at the speaker. calmly,
l t Miss Viner,” he repeated,
“did you know we were in danger?”
“In danger?”
The dreamy look faded from her face,
the color deserted her cheeks and, shiver¬
ing heavily, she glanced up at the blue
vault where sailed so majestically the
Goddess of Night-—dow n into the dark
depth ot the waters, only to see the
silvery moon’s brilliancy reflected there,
around, about hot. All was peaceful.
“ No,” lie said, in answer to her look,
“not from any of these. The moon, the
wind, the water—all are our friends to
night. We are in danger from each
other.”
Oh, how she prayed the moon might
fail to make apparent the instant flushing
of blood to her cheek! She felt .it glow
like a warm crimson rose, even while
she raised her little head almost defiantly,
as though to hurl a challenge at his au¬
dacity. Men had made love to her in
many forms, but always as suppliants.
This man dared t o suppose her in equal
danger with himself.
* ‘ You deal in riddles, Lieutenant
Fleetwell,” she returned coldly. “I am
accustomed to plain speech.” is
i. Rather say that plain speech to yon
an unknown tongue, and that I am the
first man who has dared to speak frankly.
Would you have me speak plainer still?
You shall have your wish. A. week
longer under the same roof with you, a
week more of exposure to your fascina¬
tions and my ship would go to wreck and
ruin on the. bar; unless”—he leaned
nearer, his voice grew softer, more full of
tender feeling, and his hand fell on hers
very lightly, but with caressing grace
“unless, Dorothy, you would let it float
your pennon and guide it into the safe
harbor of your love. ’
She had been wooed many times, in
many (dimes, by many men, but nothing
this had ever moonlight moved night her as in this October. wooing,^on Yet
_______ ___
this soldier—this man—dared tell her
that in another week this all might come
to pass.
“A week hence,” she said to herself
Bitterly, “and the flame might singe him.
y*ow his wings are all unseorched. He
does not say: ‘I love you!’ 'In time
j might love you!’ Was he then to win
so ea sy a victory! Never.”
“Let ns go home,” she interrupted in
constrained voice. “It is growing
chilly, — -
“Dorothy, is this my answer?”
11 Your answer?” with an assumption of
surprise, “I was not aware of any ques
tion.”
‘You shall not have even this excuse,
his grasp tightened on her hand.
“You hurt me Lieutenant Fleetwell,”
s q c complained petulantly, making an
effort to withdraw her fingers.
Instantly he relo;
••I T see that 1 . 1 . . i. 1 T I-.-** hurt you,” he returned
courteously, and took up the oars.
“Pardon me,” he continued, “I will no,
do it again.” boat's keel
A few bold stroke md the
grated on the shore. Ten minutes later
i and the two reappea red in Mrs. Ilurltoii's
) beautifully appointed salon. On ihe
parterre bevond. shown the red light
from a man's cigar. It was still there.
! still gleaming when she bad gone up to
I own room. She crossed to tne win¬
dow to pull down the shade, but stood a
! minute, fascinated, motionless,
he will forget ••
! “After to-night sadly. “And I—I me. shall
s he murmured,
remember Mm—forever!
| Then, as though a sudden truth bad
; Viurst upon her. she drew down the
shade, to throw herself, with a quick.
imuetuous motion, upon her couch, and
( weep the first heart tears she had ever
shed.
“It is all over—Miss Viner has re
fused him.” That was the general ver
> diet when, twenty-four hours later,
I Jerome Fleetwell bade his friends adieu,
and 'withdrew to town on plea of sudden
business.
The news soon reached Dorothy's ear.
“I have not refused him, 7 ’ she said aloud;
“not even that satisfaction is mine. 7 ' she
said to herself—“nor ever will be! It
was only ‘the might have been.' ”
Autumn had touched the mountain
and hillside into a glorious beauty of
brown and red. Then came winter's
lagging footsteps, mercifully bearing the
exquisite white shroud of snow to cover
up all signs of devastation and decay.
The season in the gay world was at it?
height. Occasionally murmurs among
the debutantes for its honors arose at the
fact that, though Miss Vinc-r's fifth win¬
ter, her former success paled in its most
effulgent light. She and Lieutenant
Fleetwell constantly met. She almost
wished be might avoid her, but at theii
first chance encounter he had approached
with outstretched hand.
“How charmingly you are looking,
Miss Viner,” he bad said. And all in
vain she had watched for a tremor in his
tone, or a shadow of embarrassment in
his manner.
“Only a week between him and ship¬
wreck,” she. thought, bitterly. “Oh, he
has sailed so far from the fatal rock that
doubtless lie would now laugh at its sup¬
posed danger—and I—I was weak enough
to think he stood upon the precipice’s
brink!”
The new year had come, and one even¬
ing Dorothy stood alone in her father’s
drawing room, looking out at the fast
gathering darkness, when through its
sombre shade she saw a figure pass and
mount the steps. “A visitor,” she ut¬
tered, wearily; then waited the inevi¬
table announcement she knew must fol¬
low. But spite of her every effort, she
started when the servant, throwing open
the door, called out “Lieutenant Fleet
well!” Oh, how glad she was that the
rooms were not yet lighted as she went
forward to receive him!
(i May I welcome you in darkness?” she
questioned.
“As you will,” he answered. “I have
but a few moments to stay. 1 am come
to bid you good-by and to ask you to
wish me bon voyage.”
“Bon voyage! You are going
abroad?”
“Yes. I sail on Thursday. I hesitated
about calling, but my desire to see you
led me to believe you would pardon my
audacity in supposing my going a ques¬
tion of enough moment to make it
worthy a special call.”
“My friends are always welcome. I
did not. suppose it necessary you should
hear that repeated now.”
“Nor is it. It was only a morbid
fancy on my part which induced me to
question it. I shall come back, I trust,
with mV mind clearer. At least I shall
be some years older. When I return I
presume I shall look for Miss Dorothy
Viner in vain, until I find her in some
matron, equally charming. I cannot
imagine her quite staid and portly.”
So he could speak thus lightly of her
becoming the wife of another man! And
he was going away, she might never
again hear his voice nor see his face. It
was to o cruel! He and fate were too
strong for her. The tears gathered in
the black eyes, but the darkness hid
them.
He rattled on—she had no need to
speak. The he rose to go.
“Good-by, Miss Viner!”—he took her
hands in both his—“Good-by! God
bless you!” the last
Was it her fancy that just at
his voice trembleci.
He crossed the room; he had gained
the door. Another instant he would be
gone; another instant it might be too
late,
“Jerome!” she said softly.
Two strides, it. seemed, brought him
back to her side.
“You called me. for what? To make
my going harder?”
••Oh. is it hard ! In mercy tell me, for
mv own heart is breaking!”
••Your heart is breaking! Dorothy,
Dorothy! what does this mean; ?•> But
the sound ot her sons was the only
e.nswer.
“Dorothy,” he continued, “can it be
that I have judged you wrongly? Look
ll P? my darling! Is it your wish that I
should stay? ’
mured. “But stay, or it you must go
take^me wuh you.
“I will,” he answered her simply as he
folded her iu his arms.
A month later a great steamer moved
; slowly clasped hand, with
j the deck, hand in the
salt breeze blowing keenly in their faces,
. placid beauty
it bore them away into the
of the coming night, toward the Old
World and the new life.— New York
j Granitic.
j Branding Ea?«.
The general term of the Supreme Court
j m the central part of New York State has
decided that it is trespass for bees to go
, upon lands not belonging to their owner,
I This may be good law, but the wonder is
| how this law is to be carried out. It per
I haps will offer a new field for the rubber
| stamp men to affix the owner's initials to
the bees' feet, or Mr. Edison might in
, vent some electrical appliance by which
trespassing bees could be made to leave
their mark, or nature, perhaps, would ba
sufficient if the bees would notify the
owner of the land where the trespass ia
committed by presenting their business
end as a sort of a card of identification,
—American Analyst.
It Mas Never Failed. *
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Mr. M. J. Rossmax, Greensboro, Ga., writes:
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E. G. Tinsley writes: My mother and sister
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SORE THROAT and received more benefit
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A.II. Nichols, 110 Gray St., Atlanta, Gx, writes:
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