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U0 U1. Pl Ulll) ID All. IALLGII U11 CU|llUI1 GlUUc In the ` experiments made accounts were kept of all the items of cost, including the shepherd s care. ..01`.iginn.l cost of animals, the use of the mother ewes and the value of their eeces, as well as of food, shelter and interest of capital, until the sheep were over one year old. Grades and half bloods were used for experiments. A half-blood Southdown cost $6 and sheared six pounds of wool valued at $2.40. Its carcass weighed 147 pounds live weight, which sold `at six and a. half cents per pound, or "$10.20, whichshows a prot of $6.60. 5 A half-blood Shropshire cost $7 and sheared nine pounds of wool which sold for $3.40, the carcass weigh- ing 160 pounds, its net `profit for mut-. ton and wool being $6.32. A half-blood Ox- ford weighed 187 pounds and sheared eight pounds of wool,vit giving. a total prot of $6.02. A half-blood Cotswold weighed 199 pounds, but as it is_ not a. strictly mutton breed only ve cents a. pound was obtained for it, its wool weighing nine pounds, the net prot being only $3.75. The common native cost only $3, sheared ve pounds of wool, weighed 150 pounds, and gave a net prot of $3.17. ' H11-` _L-___ -1 1 _,, 11 "\l|tln The sheep paid well, even the native show _ing a fair record; but, had.wool been the ob- ject. a loss would have resulted.. The cost of the native being but $3, is the only advan- tagein its favor; but the next smallest cost and largest prot was with the Southdown. The experiments show that mutton pays far better than wool, but they also demonstrate that a half-blood sheep will give nearly twice as much prot as a native, and that to raise mutton for the market protablythe V best breeds must be employed. Renewing Old Shrubs. In many gardens there are old shrubs that have evidently seen their best days, but l which the owner does not like to dig up and I throw away. Why not try the renewal plan? Select the best shoot the plant has, and cut away all the rest of it. Dig about the plant and removeymost of the exhausted roots. Enrich the soil and make it mellow and light. In nine cases out of ten you can secure a healthy plant from the old one in this way. I know a farmer who renovated an old row of Currants in this way. He cut out all the old wood and pruned the roots. He spnrli-cl up the soil well, and worked man- ure into it. Then he.p.ut old mortar, sand and the like about thebushes to keep the weeds from getting a start. He allowed the hens to wallow in this, and they kept the ` worms from dositing eggs in {E 1 and l preying upon the bushes. The flat season the canes made a growth of two or three feet. Only four were left to a plant. The second year he pick I of all the blossoms, and nipped oil the or 1:; of the bushes. They sent out many branclxes. and the third year he had a good crop of fine, healthy fruit. Perhaps it would have been as well to start new bushes, but he is under the impression that he gained something by saving a por- tion of the old ones. The kind of hogs that require three or four years to mature, and in that time will attain enormous size and weight, are going out of fashion. V\ e do not see so many extra. heavy weights reported in the local papers as we used to. In.<:toml, the laudable ambition of most farmer.~- '9 ~ srut pigs that at eight or nine months (1 ill give a pound of pork for each day .., .4`. anima.l s life. To do this requires good fm-ding, not alternate starving and then surfeiting with corn. It is the pork made by continuous growth at all times that is most palatable and healthful, `V and is most in demand in the market. Tricking the \Veeds. ` One of the greatest drawbacks to the grow- ing of carrots and parsnips is the slow ger-. mination of the seeds, which permits the young weeds to take` possession of the ground before the carrots and parsnips appear. As the rows are thereby obliterated it is difficult to use the hoe. To obviate this sow radish seed in the rows with the seed of carrots and ` parsnips. As the radish will qui_ckly appear l the rows will be plainly seen, and can be worked. When the radishes are large enough they can be pulled out and used 'on the table. The Fence Question. All fences likely to cause snowdrifts in roads should be either-`movable or so made that they can be taken down every fall. In a. great majority of cases such` fences, once down would stay down. Farmers are every year learning how to dispense with fences which ,forvthe stock that most of them keep, t cost more to maintain than the expense of ` soiling the stock would be. -- Value of Regularity in Milking. As much regularity as possible should be preserved in milking a. cow, both as to time and in having the job done always by the same person. Each milker has a somewhat different way of handling the teat, and any difference is sure to be not-iced by the cow, and affect her quietude and the amount of milk she will give. Some very nervous cows, and these are often the best, hold. up their milk when a. stranger does the milking. This 1 milk remaining in the udder` is absorbed, and the consequence is that the cow goes dry sooner than she otherwise would. -_ _ _ Farm Notes. Mulch your plants with light material that . the air can easily penetrate. nAu_-_. __-n 2.. ...:..L.... 1... 4|... 3.... UI-LU all E801-I \rV|F'lO.] :0 vvvvvvv vs Sheep fatten well in winter, for the far- mer has more time to attend to them and to watch their condition. Wethers should be kept through the winter and turned` 01! in % early spring. _ A \ One cause of failure -to secure blooms is in- ? judicious watering, deluging at one time and withholding at another andipaying no attention `to the needs of the` dierent vari- eties. . 4 ` A. . , _, 9,. `.A_..-_._ ---_ .......J... an...` 00105. 1 Washing the trees in `strong soap-suds and giving them thick coats` of whitewash not \ only add. to the appearance of an orchard, \butisalso benecia.ltothetrees.~ Thea.utu_1nn_g1_en_1m;d for. fat lambs; isha.l- waya goodpnd and they can bedia-_ posed of at fair prices ate. season of the year when `the farmers` are in need of a,hl1ttl`o' money, _ ' ~nr.__-.... .1- -5.` `..:'.1....`. ....-4-imh-`Inna! an mndh `hand. The` 0110]; Farmers do not ridge uptheir hmdeo much as was common before the day: of improved harvesting machinery. ` Yet it often happens that winter gfain put in on rather wetland will I16ld_,snough..m.0l`.0 tor having it ridged upto poly th oosb of, harvesting by A , `lgtd %i_1e exfentaprotee- t:lon~i_6.1>he" _" _ 0 `pt 11;, "while the retro ,1! Iumclenv outlet: are made. cums on surplus water. . _ . in Milking. Unfashiomable Hogs. Sarasota, the Spanish violinist, has pock- eted $25,000 as the result of a. two-months tour in England. Miss Mary `Garrett, of Baltimore, has a . bavthin her home lined with Mexican onyx {that cost, $6,000. A young Chicago lady, well known for her literary work, is writing a comedy for Mr Richard Manseld.` Sir Charles Tennant has received an offer of $100,000 for Sir Joshua Reynolds paint- ing, The Fortune Teller. I`I'I._..`I-_ `7.'I`I-.... LL- _IJ-_J. ______.I_.__ _.Q LL- Kossuth in poverty at 84! That means a.` life spent for mankind with no thought of self. The great Hungarian could have no higher eulogy. ' l"1..-_..L _____ `I'-`L1_- A_..-__-1,, All LL- ______ ____.v_ -V--J . - Count von Moltke compels all the mem. bers of his household to spend at least an hour each day in` the open air. even if the raiube pouring. u-.. _.- -.. A.- Director Holden, of the Lick Observatory in California, is expecting a visit soon from Lord Rosse, owner of one of the great. reect. ing telescopes. There are reports from London that Mrs. Alice Shaw, the whistler, not only failed to make a hitiin St. Petersburg, but caught` 8. decided frost there. ' , Vania -rs-.1 o n. \i gala V on-v a va vuaav -I-IIOI CharlesTVi1liers, the ovlglest member of the House. of Commons, has a record as a diner out extending sixty years. l`1.......... l`1....I...._. 17...; :_ AL- (3-4 1 ? (:1 4-..... ".3}7g'E a'Fam" Vest ' is the am U. s. Senator in Missouri, since the days of Thom- as Benton, to be honored with a third term. The Empress of Japan is a scholarly woman, who has done much to further the. social revolution of the last twenty-ve vrnnnu _ Sir Richard Musgrove, Bart, the famous pigeon shot, is enjoying himself in Califor- EROULARB * uvvauvu Ll UDU ULLUJ U. Mrs. Rohlfs (Anna Katharine Green) has just returned from Eurone. where she has met and been heartily welcomed by many distinguished people. ,1 `II\hl an` n Mr. Henley, aged 95, nished an uninter- rupted life of pauperism in the Gosport (Eng- land) workhouse. He was brought. there when 6 years old in 1801. ' `If 1" .1- .T7',_,_.._ _ A1,, (`|,,, 'I'I1___,, _2___ M. H.- de `Young, of the San -Francisco Chronicle, has gone back to the Pacic coast, rather discouraged at the failure of his ef- forts to purchase a New York paper. ' unmunv Q Tvvnzu +1-.n vv/\|`v-`run `KT.-.nn1m-sn A8 W... UV ,....-......., .. ...,.. H..- ,...,.-.. Henry S. Ives, the young Napoleon of nance, who has resumed business in New York, says that he is doing fairly well, but that the story of his making $100,000 in the last four months is all nonsense. ` Judge John Lat-hrop, just elevated to the Supreme Court bench of Massachusetts, is 9. direct descendent of a. parson of that name who came over in the Mayower and who preached for the pilgrims in Leyden. 1rr:u. L1-- ,1..._n_ -1.` m....-....- D.......-...u. H... rs \4Ino\r-av v -.._v r...---.-u ... .--.J -v.._. \Vith the death of George Bancroft, the Rev. A. F. Farley becomes the oldest living Harvard graduate and senior alumnus. The class of 1818 is the oldest; that has a represen- tative, and Mr. Farley is the surviving mem- Inn . Elias Howe, Jr., who was worth $1,000,000 was the richest private who served in the U. 8. war. He enlisted in Bridgeport, C`onn., in 1862. At one time, when supplies were low, he paid the two months pay of his entire company. A0 Horse, the Ogallala chief, is knowncs the Daniel Doughcrty of the Sioux tribes. He is the most eloquent, silver tongued aborigine on the continent. He is naturally a man of great inuence among the Indians. _,1,, _-_ _z_.-n .1_.__.._:i.._ L: . ,.,\..LL..:`l IIIJU LLI.u.I.a.ua. ' Emin Pasha is still dragging his coattail across the Dark Continent and wanting somebody to ght with. And the probabili- ties are that he will get all the ghting he wants around Lake Victoria. and be brought back to civilization on a. shutter. ~nr,,,, Gen. John W. Kimball, of Fitchburg, Mass., has recently lost his old war horse Prince, at the age of 38 years. The animal was pre- sented to Gen. Kimball by citizens of Fitch- burg on his election to the colonelcy of the Fifty-third Massachusetts Regiment in 10R`) ` U]. lauu Uuuo Luunuua :.uu.:.u_y . When the Earl of Devon was bankrupt, in 1862, he owed $3,500,000, most of which was on honor, or for racing obligations. He paid about half a cent on a dollar, and didn t lose much rest over the balance. As he is dead now, his patient creditors may strike a balance and call it square. Mrs. O Shea is described by a Writer, whose intention is clearly not to atter, as having the thick lips and bulging brow we see in the Cleopatra medals, and as being as cold- blooded ordinarily as Cleopatra was known who. She is not a very tall or big-boned woman, but is ruddy and full-blooded; her hair is blonde and profuse, and her complex- ion is fair. A 'I\ ', 1,.,,_',,_'_ L-.. ._- Famentl. JUUHO John `W. Hutchinson, of the celebrated` Hutchinson family of singers, observed the 70th anniversary of his birth last Monday by a. reception at Lynn, Mass. Mr. Hutch- inson and his sister, Mrs. Abbie Hutchinson Patton, of New York, are the only survivors of the once famous family. 1 -n 'n..--,.-- ........ L.....1.......4- 1.. lull la Luna u The queen of Roumania, during her re- cent sojurn in England. say foreign papers, visited aneedle factory. While watching the work one of the men asked her majesty fora. single hair from her head. The queen granted his request, with a smile. The man, who was engaged in cutting the eyes in the needles, placed the hair under the needle of hismachine, bored 3 hole in it, drew a ne silk thread through the hole and then pre- sentedit to the astonished queen. Gave Herself Away. . People who are sly should also be discreet. A lady who had a. servant somewhat given to curiosity inquired upon returning from a visit one afternoon: Did the carrier leave any mail, Mary 3 Nothing but 8. postal-card, ma a.m. Whom is it from, Mary? y And did -you think I d be reading it, maam? said the girl, with an injured air. ll.`l)....1...nm~ -ant. I-n-nf II'I17|'\V\tl nvn cant`: V11. I11`,/(19111? balu UILU 5111., VVLUJJ uu u.AJuAuu any Perhaps not; but anyone who sends me messages on posta1-ca.rds is stupid and imper- tinenfr-tha.t s all. ' 'You ll excuse me, ma a.m, said the serv- ant, loftily, but tha.t s a. nice, purty way to be talkin about your own mother! A Phenomenon of Daily Occurrence. Teacher--How long can a human being go without air? Bright Boy-Six hours. My pa says so. I Teacher--Dear me, how is that possible? - ' Bright. Boy-He went from New York to I Boston in a Pullman car. | The Painful nurerence. Rembrandt Daub-You should not be dis- rouraged, my boy, if the Academy didn t Inngyour picture; art is long. . Unearth 'Pn1Af.l-A....'I`hnf-In `Ind: what mnkm your plvuxuu, as to ID Jung. III-I18 Hogarth Pa.1etto-Thq.t s just what makes Ina tired; art is long, and--I am short. upuuuun, an u nut White-Yes, and the'Lord knows most of hanged it! ` 111$ 17 lawn! dl-IlI-\DJ - Greene--(i`i)son is fond of ventilating his A Mercenary Beauty. 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IU BSCRIBE FOR A SPECIALTY. RICH GOFFEES IF YOU WANT 7-rtt PRICES LOW` >14` LAND J LEABES. LEASE! Lu] II\ I 11...`: -- Will J _vthin never come with the" <.1.iun1'." Alillh 1`:li.~ml lH;~1' 1x1()tl1e1":sl1L~:1(l alittlo,7 um] g`:1\`o In-1' :1 dark green 'cordinl, the zu-mm of whi(:h filled the room. ` 'l`lwn the dying one took courage and wl1is}wI`0(l: ` `u\lil:1, do not hate me! 1 am not _\'_v11l' mother. With a. sudden g1'oalt outcry, as if in that mumont the death cerement-3 that hm] lmlllltl lmr 1..>wn-3 living corpse- hu-1 lur.~ :m1mh\r. Alida sank upon her l:noo<. \\'us it :1 (try ofjoy or of sorrow? M1; the l'O:<\lCll:ll(34l one, who steps out ..f a y;1\\'11i11g gr;1\`0, into renewed light fmwl joy of livi1w'. Tlue f:u:o of the morihuml woman .l`(_~w nnln-n gray, but with {I rmer mm ,~ l10V\'01ltOIl, without h0o<.ling, or .~-`unixzg In 1100-]. AllLlu"s('1'y. T "X0212" 1noth(-1' was fair to look upon, E9111`:-1lIl\l ,;~uml, uml_m111` foolish father }=>\'cl In.-1` p:1.<: well; but he xvn jeal- u<. l nu-L-him at :1 ball and fancied him. Wlmt \\::x.~'. the brittle tic of mar- 1i;u;- to 1116. l -uh! I l_Il`tlSl10(l it; aside Hku u ilimy (ml\Vcl)-p()l:~i()I1OLl your 1;xllm".w' Iniml zxg`:1iI1st your lnother-"no znattm-, now, how it was done. But he I.-liuml mu-, sent. her from him,` took you, :1 pmttling child, for himself, as l`3 1lm\l _"lxl~gnt (L (llV()1'C0--[1.I1Ll I became I 1_..:1- . . . . . , _ -- 1,\.....,1 ..yn.~.n`+ {+9 :~!;Il'tlin,:' ``-4' T_ ` d `V Shulumlm~vc1' been tneate cxuelly, `.L._H.\-(.1- before had she received 9. ' of ulfoction from this lmr-J; cold, }\['(h'_:f hzul wonmn, whom she called mother. . And so this stony heart V was human nm.1- 311, for it cm\'0(1 love in its death _.W_..::10, with :1 p:`1s.~;innz1te yearning.` l'l'nT1`~ \\':Ls silenvo, Only broken by the \._`,,,l,,'_.,~ L-hnking subs. At hm," she grozuled. "Oh," God, if < :.ul tln-m ho,tl1c avongxer is in this hour. 1 hn(>\\', I xnust make haste to tell her; and slm .~. mk hack, pale and exlmusted, U1) In-1`])i0W. nun I)..Hu'.x nnwnv nnlnn \uiH\, Huh" \wl"ll_|l\ b`l|J lb L-|&V\.II.\.`L) LUAI\.\ .a. -J u w - . a wt Ai.-3 lggzxl \\jil'o-ve1'y legal wasn't it? * mace Awur mother wore tlx21t1x'in;_;. which _w11l'l':1Il1<'l` gave her as an old heir-I l mu in his family, said to bring `good . u:l~;. After :1 time, your mother sent .1, with :1 l>1~ul note, begging that it miglltebe yours. `For her poor l~.tl>}',' rsllt` said. "'l`l..vn- ,~<:w)I1 came a time when your `mtlu-r 11-p1'>zl(rl1e(l me withhis `lost hap- yilln,-rs,` lw (':lll0(l it; and I-well. at rst 1 llu311_:':hL he ought to die; and then I 1"-lt. that .l lusting revenge was sweetest, and 1 llwl \\ uh you, leaving him alone- 1_\' m:m--llwl first to one city, then to :.mrIl1t,-1`, and still other` new places, un- nl we lat=j_:lll to get: poor. My nmlu-r had been a West India Obi \\'onn-n--h`l1e and her sister both. I ~r-nt for Pythia, she knew all the fetich vluu'nw, and more, too. Black arts, are . mrnily .s~crets. Mankind are mostly fools-so<,lden fools--and so we pros- pered." Again the woman sank back upon hot` }villuw.~4, and the shadow of the deatllo hue fell upon her. A l'A/ .. Al.,,A. 12...; ___1.,____ -0 .'A..0.u` mucus, V6 again. _ cried the snnthsnyel, as 57 6 H01d!" . . . . dew seized the girls WI`lSf_ \\.th :nom(;ntarv f"e- A ` ."*""` '1' ' twenty-m1e.. \Voe`i| blagt YOU 3-",].l15t ./the fvorfe-it's 10-SE Now. h,Vtl10 tintrling "f mine Mo ` The 51,1-ling denum bids me fear. .4 gag, love me once, before you !1'z1;te me m.O\.,.,-, " she crigd, and with a sud- dentomh-l'l1sS, ternble to behold. be- czmsesu alien from her nature, the dying wmnau threw herself fo1'wu.1'(l, twiuilli her fragile furm 0 head To rubbed hitt0l'1Y _ .'_ Am;.}m.1 haul :1 llfe-long lesson In ._.(.1{-(-..1,:1-(:1, but this was a strange and f the fair girl, and her .t:xl`1linj.:ll1iI1},*'. S :41 1....I n1~\ I'|` })(.(`,n tl`O:1t0L1 CYUQHV. skinny arms roun' the H upon her `shoulder, as she. EDS, E RTGAGI Amrtlxztt; first outcry of joyful sur- 1rise,whcu Alida Bank as in 8. swoon, by the ecstasy of her new 1>cing,.sh0swiftly regained her se1f-pos- session and arose, standing. as of old, bcsi the bed, sun: I `*' ~"f3`| `~ l- (5Illal'lr|ULlo `_`Pythia knows, gasped the Woman, :13 xf her tongue refused to give up all its secret. Of late he lives here, in a. aero- tuin oicial position. 'T`l\I\ .....m.4-.1 41,, 1 n n. n, _; n LII_\g. If I do not conquer myself," she 1l10ughL, I shall never know the hide (1-nus xn_\f.~`tv1'y of my life. Now, ivvhile the thread .=1>ins-1 out, I must; cling to the low, or be f waver, in the future, an out-. vast, as 1 have been in the dark past. ']`|.n.-. ...\:,1 .,..\A. .. .........`| {HI I-L- 5.-L \\l I. IILLVC IJCCII ll} UIIU \ICll II l"l53UI M;iI'1t1s5}n.-szxid nota. word till the for- tL1n0-tL~Hu1' stopped, then she very calmlyj asked: Win-1'0 is my father? \Vh0 is 116?`? How her heart; throbbed, Lut her V1139 gave no sign of agitation. HI3nH\:.~. l....-.-.... n ,._..____.1 u-.. _..-...-_; .~-.. vgoa-.; a lI\JL`llLl\J1Jo The xvrgstod thread of life was fa-3.3 spinning out, and Alida. felt it. 01100 more she asked, and this time with tremulous tones: And my mother--what of her?" The response came with a more hur- ried bruthing, u ghastly, glazed look, and a thrilling cry rang forth of : Died broken-hearted!" . And you her foul murderer! shriek- Cd1A1idu, no longer able to restrain her- se f. At this fearful accusation. hurled ixgainst her by the only beingrfor whoa: 0 ve she had ever cared, a. vertigo of in- 611111 (`(1 croatm-n am: 1.-.. .::...,....:.......a |.....I- 'ty seemed to seize upon the `wreto.h- T I mmw down their _--.. nf oi PIS D3`.-d throw uu.... -.,, . . _. ' `ls pzud In and all for secrets;" it had come her turn. . u:.1.. thre\V--BiX, J . ~~--..m.. vu macaw uyuu vuw Wlvlhllvl` creature, and her disordered brain became a prey to images engendered by her manner of life. {- "1133 of the mist, avaunt!" she scream- Squatting toad of the speckled th3t. away! Goblins of the grinning, "'1_`,118. Swing open all` the doors and Vundowa--Huh! what now? _ _ T `J Nslllmn- _ , ~~ --wuo WHIIU UUWU J Sibyl a soul, black as a coal, Rides the moon : taco! SI g<;ll.uspeotre, toll',7`" . . -- a we moeHn--. P . V `And: with 0 no long. .shudd6ring W11 -the guilty soul c'!1ortl1Afrom cut its mortal tenomoint. to.`..`f..?.B'1E_'PP?29*%V%Pili9 %99-* v-v vou nu mod. and Wart her (1 mnntayy look at the bed. promo moment. Pybhlapn-~ a. "strange glgnpe v blif-_7~ItlI~;` ark face, a.s iah"e gavh Wino- ,,`,. . ... - W118 lltu vun an tlu'e\v--six, four, acg, nva__ their bank _11otes,tl1eVpfo614-_. : in thew half dollars, and now, at last, Pi 6131. on; 3 V uhdlgf 1611:` gave bfmo-` ""z$.e'KtTyW5{e pulled 'the;pillow.f1o'.n under-the _ingn!mate form, and hastily ripping open an end, plunged her hand into the mass of feathers, and brought V forth a. small feathery bundle of rage,- after which she carefully reclosed the aperture. ._ ` ` ' rm.-- _I.- L--L - Child of the Egy tian sliavefandi sor- ceress, I hate, hate," ate you, and you dared to make a servant of me, the child of a priestess of the mighty Oub, of me, a heirophant of the thirty-third degree! But my charms have vanquish- ed, and you have wasted away, inward- ly consumed by the fetich poison. Day by day, I made you drink powdered glass, and you knew it not--now. I am avenged, and I will take your ill-gotten gains, as wagesof my long servitude. I will return to my people, from whence your lying promises ensnaied me-and sacred honors in the name of Oub-of Python--ot` Hak---shall ho henceforth. mine, as their venerated priestess. I rn|,,__ .1... ...,.......1....] 4k.` 3--.! uonmvc-Q oa_u.u.o .anu\4Ill_vV\C U\llll.\J DHUVIIU UBDUI-lUUo Aftera time this endishmalice ap- parently expended itself, amid mutter- ings like the roll of_ distant thunder, V succeeding the Iightning s ash. Q....J.:...... l.........`Io. .... ..:;_.. u... 1:n.,1_,__ The body was still wamin, which seem- ed to displease her; for` beniling over it, and forcibly pressing down the chest, she cried out: A Body and soul, separ-. ateg whereupon a. thin, blue vapor curled upwards, seemingly from out the nostrils of the corpse, and lled the apartment, as if, perchance, the Obi wo- man had liberated some subtile essence. AJJ..`.... ;.:_... u.:- n-...1.'-L nlvuvvuvvsbslb vnov Oltllllll D lluulln Seating herself `opposite the lifeless fo_r.m she denounced it in her wrath: l(fVL_"IJ -1! LI_- 1_._,_L!, ......-, ..- ._..-.. ,-..-....-.. ,...v.-- ->.. Then rising, she sezirched the dead, nding in her matted, hair a tiny key, with which she quickly opened 8. care- fully adjusted trap door in. the oor, concealed under the bed. Here was amassed the treasure of sin. 1'; All ,,,L u-an u-vuvn u; out out: UIJPI IJBBUIC. Upon which, she danced in a. circle around the brazen image, with uncouth movements of symbolic meaning, all the while muttering fetich incantations. At Ind, ...:n.' ....:,a ......_ -13.--- - IUJ-LJ\.vuu\aus vanv VD vuqu vs-V \l- no.4 As the mo: ning dawned, Pythin went for a. doctor, to whom she gave notice, that during the night Madame Arsinoe had died. V - u u ,1 _u_ _u. `T.....;'.. _' _ .. A 3 "Go, Alida," .1126 said, sedately. -_`-'1`hiq-~ 3 my dead, and none 10! yours. Go Univ! ..,,.... A V V Then she tool: from her pocketa little brazen image of a. fiery serpent, placing it "upon a small tripod in the centre of the room. After this she prostrated herself prone upon the oor, with arms` extended in the form of a_ cross, three different times, each time saying: (`I givg fhnnlvn -....La._ f\-_L ..-.-.......v u..u.yu liaaull uuuv nay @1133 b I give The e , thanks, mighty Oub, tluit Thou hast hearkened to my prayer, and destroyed the oppressor." T,Tnnn nylnla .11.- .J..........-`I !- A --'~~-`- .. -.-.., .uuvv.~q sub :.cuI.\.au uwanuauuuuu. ' At last, with lurid eyes aame, a. priestess of Python, she re-approached the dead. [ V . V ` ' rest; poor. desolate child; -. nnnnnnlfn In-A ..L'. __ Alida` W91 *6 her robm, but not td NS, CARDS, G OARDK Qyuvj yvvbg. `(IUD Ulla; ". she gon; '!.V`h0i1`. Pytia looked the door, strode across the chamber to the dead, and burst forth into wild exclamationa of mingled hats -and exultation ' ~ . 0 1')_-__--A` ` " " The fortune-teller was duly buried. Alida was tooill to rise all that day, and so Pythia was sole mourner at the funeral. A ' Alida was seized with a fever, and Pythia patiently waited and watched with the girl, treating her fever skill- fully with simple herbs, so that before many days she was convalescent. Then she said to her: A Alida, I must leave you, and gate my people, whence I came. May the sun ever shine for you, and no shadow cross your path to molest you. I bear you no ill-will, and if I can be of useto you, speak. nun A um... rnmmnhnrad that the 800th` you, speax." Now Alida. remembered that the r sayer had told her that Pythin knew who her father was; but she was afraid of the stern, dark-haired woman, and had dreaded to ask her. But: ,now she felt encouraged. Pythia had been kind ' to her in her sickness,` and had invited her condence, so she said, timidly: 11'f\-._-- 'I\4LLIn -I-u`m1I|U| CVAII (VB T M Conuence, HU BIIU Balm, tauaauo; ; Dear Pythia, when you go I shall be . left poor and all alone. Can you tell - me who is my father. that I may claim hisproteotion? T I can, answered Pythia, with: a grim smile. - _ ; --God in heaven have mercy!" cried. i Alida. I can bear it no longer! Speakri lA'I`P---.. D_LL- " gulf` "1 0811 near 30 U IUIISUI I I-Jlrvinus ' "Your father, child, said Pythia, quietly, is General Cassiiear. He is now in Washington. It is an easy mat- ; tor for me totaks` yon to him, but;not=so easy, poor thing! for you "to prove` to him that you are his ohild.- Your` name. = is not even Alida: it is Marion-`-Marion Cassiiear " vi v_ V Then the girl_eiola`im ,ed,: 4 i ` ,_ ' `B19!89d .55-W?`14`6rd;;I- 00.51. "3"" `.' mm~.who.I~amsr:aa 4 'iime.v-i:nz:'%.:,.-- -- u'(xr.-..n..~ LIL.-JHWH` .mdrA1{I5"'1',_".l`iildq .". *."' P`.".!."P,`o 5*" "'2'? `.r'f"' 7' hitn'_who1_I` am?by*;xiy ,iI`;xiit_il6f1;;rln'g;"V, ; ~ .; ` '`W*it6` W1 -` 3 '%"i`;33'5 ;`.';':*`$`% 7 . Prt111a;%%f:'91 }`%bnr=#t9ii$?i?3'W? . '- . lunk;ring.=an .Ir3Il:at 011.09; fa.k._a. 9 $5.5} '1_`lvx[a t-.b-1r eryve'von'i'n'1s. 3 hands9n_1q1gg, \V VVell, child! said he, drawing him- self up with a. hurt, proud look. u1'4- :5 W... ......n.....n ....-.'l..L...I -u.._:.... }RIcss| deneral Casgilear was .absorbed by his new-found happiness. and never weari- ed of the societyof his gentle daugh- hu- vv- ut a. shadow res-ted over the heart of Marion, and at last she found courage to make Ther troubleA known to her father. V V _. *_ .m6.1;`a.day when h was tenderly cares- sing her, she confessed to him: u'IA _ .n._1.I- -_. ..-_..1-_, r u-yucca QQVO, [.1519 \J\ILCI-\lV\L U\J IILIIII .,My father, pardon me, but I cannot love you as I would, on account of one thing.. ' ` u1IY-`I`I .._:I_nn _-_-.1 L- ,1,,___,s., 1 - --.,. ..,. .... .. .. ......., ysuuu .w... It is my mother, sobbed Marion, Forgive me, father, but you did her an injustice. Do you love her memory? Will you restore therecord of her fair fame before the world? \ u ovuooov -uvovav In vv vsauo My good c1i`ild, answered he, the big _ tears rolling down his furrowed cheeks, I adore` your mother's memory. `.1 was deceived and betrayed, but my punish- ment has been exceeding great for that 1 -sin of _ jealousy that made the crime V against her possible. Long ago, I ap- plied to the courts to reverse their judg. ment-and death alone now divorces us. A She is vind_ica.ted. q-.. i6fI1nilim1'y' bearing, not so very` om, but with snow-white hair, p1'e'n1a.turely white, it was said, came to the fortune te'ller s hous ' 1'1`- I, , u I a. . - -- He had hesitated. Yes--it A. is the. ring," he thought; but the accursu.d I adventuress who has wrecked mylifc hand through whom my beloved _wi1'o.- sank into an early grave, she must ha vo \ stolen this ring when she abducted my child. She may be now using it, ti) 7 lure me to her den; yet---there, I can ` '.I\I|nIn `I`Il\I\u L-.. Ll- _ - Pythia. had taken the treasure, and left" the country. No one would live in the house of the old fortune-teller, whose doors would never shut, and which was shunned as haunted. A R100`: u Inn-a\.A|\p\~II\d\I 1\;Iy belofed father; my heart is now yours, without a. shadow, said Marion, as she embraced him fondly. DRTGAGI. 1 '- can 31;; Atthia moment the door opened, and all `doulnta were swept away! \fv M's:-n-Snnl 6...... l\` ........ l..l..,.._._,J .~-- uvu-um vvC_1U DVVC uawuy: ' ` My Ma.rio_n_! imzfge of your blessed mother! my_longVlost child!" ' My1`ather!. I 8- : ` 1 u ........-....V-v sass uv;u,- Jcl""lvll,ClU) 1- Va fore from her the suory of my child; I _will-.--I-.must. know, what has become of Marion. - i KNmu'r AND I NEVER mrr TIRlf3D.` Yes, I will tell you the story. Throw "a; few more logs into the stove`. will you? Cold out doors? ..rA 1 II\ 1 , ____ ___ `_|_____A____A`_A_ `A KJUILI U [CU LIUUL \ . Cold? .1 suppose so; thermometer 40 \ below, but I m Most if I feel it much. 1 Your mountainair is wonderful to me. Been living on it ever since I came west. 1 , 1 A. !L ,__-.1 LL-.. V` (`C III Oh, we soon got used to it, and then our only wonder is how we ever con- % sented to live where the deadly damp ;u.nd chill is like as chronic ague. No { more of it for me. Thevalley states have their good features, of COl1l`S-.- orchards and corn elds and all that- good to look at when there are no rnoun~ tains in sight; but of what use would they be here? `Plenty of fruit to be had it you. want it. Gad. how I used to work when I was aykid? Wading through the black soil of Illinois, dropping` corn `as soon as Ished my dresses; then`cov- ered and` hoed and plowed and husked until I got disgusted, cut the whole busi- ness and lit out. ..1u,v_ .,_-9;. ---L ....A. 0,... A `.o:|r\nnI\r flinch" IIELVB u. IJUIJUIIIIIGLI LU: to Jun nuns * Granted; but perhaps you mherited from your good German ancestors the artistic talent which enabled you -to get on so well after you did cut and run. -nu-_n ..._.. 1.... .. A 0 ant! mm 1' hnvn 1 11688 uuu uu uuu. V Wasu t cut out for a king of the soil, eh?" II , AI, 3,. ..I TD .. `xtuvl I1lIi'I`l1 n U115 King of nothig! If a boy wants a taste of Inferno let him live on a farm alnd have a. Dutchman for a father. ur\,___L_.J.l...L qunnlnnvsa 1-vnn inlxnrtnr] l WUII. uluwt JUIL I-ll\A Uuv wvynun -woo-y Well, may be so. At. any rate I have no quarrel with the old man now. He likes his farm and his fat catt1e-I like my den here in the mountains, and my paints and brushes. So here I mean to stay. Pile in some more pine, Jim. I tell you, you might freeze to death and never know it. ..n_--.u. ........ .. nnnn nwnr H11: 1-anon GE. _ sliuun A in; the Bx -itkhv 2*Empiro' Mutual" `And 39% 20 per cent. for you-`money on well - an innurum on your life. DGVBI: Isuuw w. "Smooth way to pass over the range ` to Paradise. But I say, Gus, don't you \ever.ea.t here? I am as hungry asn. bear. ~ V , Eat? Open that oven door and take a. whi. That is the finest roast of .ven-` ison in Montana, and ranch potatoes which are a. poem. Nearly done, old man. Here, let me set the table: Two plates, two knives, two glasses, and there you are-or would you `like some _-m-.9' "nan Ill: 1-nnuiv in three minutes. new 18 `UV BUD U116 uuuauo .. n V `plates, an ooee? Have it ready in three minutes. Talk about the renements of civiliza- tion! I suppose you newspaper fellows have to have a printed programme with your grub, a napkin and a silver tork-` and allthatsort of trumpery; but as for me, give me liberty or give me ' death. Supper, _re_ady._` Better keep >'.?A1lris1.=.t: that idoesn v..;b9thr me any`; ' but say`; give` xf1e.',"th;t`. yarn. V That is what! am there for andTI have justtwo houli to; get book to Helena " ' You're goingto `stay all night or no `story. I don't-have a~- visitor often, I cantell you. andgo Vdonit. give me the `~~`*-'LrFaL'1 ."_ ..,. . A MOUNTAIN DREAM. Some farmers doubt whether it would to keep sheep for mutton alone, but experi- ments recently made at the Ontario Agri- . cultural College demonstrate that sheep may be kept for mutton alone, with prot, but as wool is a". necessary adjunct to thesheep, a source of profit is in that direction also. Tn "l\lh`l\`7`\t\u-:-\r\Anm`:1 -uqn.-In nAn.......L-. .-....- V TALKS FOR THE FA RMER. " SHEEP EXPERIMENTS son PROFIT AT `gr:-u-: o. A. c. A Pian by Which Old Shrubs May Be- newed - Tricking the Weeds -' The `Fence Qlleetione Value of Rt-gularityv 38 07-