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This <codicilâ€"did not in the least alter the spirit of the original will. It still left the wife free to hold and to dispose of the proporty ; but it provided that if, living, she should not otherwise will, the proâ€" perty should, in the event of â€" her death, go to this child. But, furâ€" ther, in case of the death of Rachel fntestate, and the death of this child without issue, the property should go to the issue of his sister Theresa; and, failing all these, ib s@ould be taken and held in trust by the city of New Orleans for cerâ€" tain charitable purposes which were specified. The will closed with the followingâ€"the original being in Victor St. Clair‘s own hand â€" and Mr. Lefington called especial atâ€" teation to it, as showing how strong and permeating was the devoted love which had been able, even in seeming, for a season to blot out the due remembranrce of a sister : meant as a ‘hint of his wishes to his wife. ""And yet I do dezlare it as fully in accerdance with my vwill and pleasure, that my beloved wile Raâ€" chel, may, if circumstances shall so incline her, bequeath said estate, both real and personal, in whole or in part, to whomsoever it may please her ; and her act shall be held right and just before God and man. Thus do I manifest how truly I love and honor ther." The court being satisfied of the nature of Victor St. Clair‘s will, Leffington proceeded, in behalf of his client, to ma‘ke known the furâ€" ther grounds of is claim ; and, by abundance of evidence, with other evidence that could be had if wantâ€" ed, he proved as follows : CU., TY L-IL'\IV\(‘-A Een o Theresa St. Clair, the sister of the testator, married, in New Orâ€" leans, Jasper Mudoch,. Of their isâ€" sue, two daughters, Theresa and Eveline, lived and married." There W k ce h ine o con ce e et se sa married a James Hugo, and died in giviag birth to her first child. This child, the ‘only issue of Theâ€" resa and James Hugo, lived to manâ€" hood, and was named Adolphe. He was an unfortunate fellow, sadly dissolute and intemperate. "«And,""‘ explained _ Leffington, "his friends gave him up. as Mead long ago. They once received inâ€" formation direct that he had been Killed in a drunken affray at Vicksâ€" burg. But, from recent events, it would seem that the poor man had lived to wander this way, as we have no doubt that he was the man who was found dead upon the railâ€" road track not long since. He must have been in search of Madame Raâ€" chel, probably for the purpose of obtaining money. Fouching his asâ€" sault upon the girl Christine, [ can offer no explanstion. because â€" T know not the exact c:reumstances. I have no dowbt, however, that he was a desperate fellow; and if he Lad plauned a bold stroke, e wou‘d f Near to the Dregs ; CR, SAVED BY THE LOVE OF A wWOMmAN. ; d | The comcidence of the agreement of Caspar‘s family name with that of the dead ruffian was not at this time particularly noted. It had been spoken of before, and had beâ€" come an old story. ts Eveline, the second daughter of Jaspor and Theresa Murdoch, marâ€" ried Pierre Corpton. They both died within ten years after their marriage, leaving two children, one ot whom alone lived to grow up. That living child of Pierre and Eveline, named Alexander, is now before the court, claiming the esâ€" tate of Victor St. CUlair through direch heirship derived from his maternal grandmother. _ § The evidence in this direction was submitted, and it seemed a clear case that, barring claims from the other side, Alexander Compton was the true and lawful heir. . Mr. Leffington proceeded to show : Victor St. Clair had died, leaving a wife and one child. This child was a daughter, and named Pauâ€" line. Sixteen years later, Pauline, then seventeen years of age, marâ€" ried Paul Cambray, a French officer ol some distincton, but appâ€"rent‘y without her mother‘s consent. It was said, at the time, that the moâ€" ther was herself in love with Camâ€" bray. At all events, whether disâ€" carded or voluntarily forsaking her home, Pauline never returned after her marriage. Her husband died in Louisiana, and from that time there had been no trace of Rachel St. Clair‘s only child, Pauline. In all probability she had died before her husband. The weight of eviâ€" dence was in that direction. _â€" But Dr. Arkwright had not been the only interested spectator in court.. Sitting near the bar, where he could hear and observe freely, had been a middleâ€"aged gentleman to whom the judge had bowed reâ€" spectfully, and whom the public adâ€" ministrator and the registrar had greeted cordially. This was Ralph Appleton, a lawyer of acknowledged ability, but whose time had of late been chiefly devoted to literary purâ€" suits. Mr. Lefington had stated his case and put in his evidence, and it only remained to prove the identity of Alexander Compton beyond the possibility of a doubt. That done, il would seem that the vast properâ€" ty was all his own. f Dr. Arkwright had been present at the session of the court, and with a heavy heart he repaired to the Brookside and told Christine what had transpired. That evening, not long after the departure of Arkwright, Christine was informed by Lora that a strange gentleman wished to speak to her. The gentleman was admitted, and it was evident that mu‘tual confiâ€" dence and esteem were the immediâ€" ate result of their greeting. Chrisâ€" tine looked up into a face benign and mild, and yet a face strong and reliable; and he looked upon a girl who might have enlisted the symâ€" pathy of an anchorite. {=gg_ ul enc esns "I address Christine St. Clair ?"‘ he said, as he held her hand. She replied in the affirmative. "My name,"‘ he pursued, (‘is Ralph Appleton. I have had some little experience in law, and have been sent to you by a woman callâ€" ing herself Endora. That I have obeyed her call is sufficient proof that I trust her. I feel that I can safely bid you trust her also. I trust, my child, that I may prove a helping friend. Perhaps you have heard of the result of this day‘s inâ€" vestigation at the probate court : e daiCA Ee OOR C OAE S â€" en ns hn nc onr onl nE Nee e enc proceedings in your behalf ?" ‘"‘In my behalf? Oh, no sir, not that! TE _canpat appear so sordid, and so forgetful of allâ€"‘" "If there had been deep and wick ed plotting against the true intent and purpose of Rachel St. ~Clair, you would lend your influence to its «exposure?‘ "Ves, sir. O yes." ©Then yvou will trust me to enter "I have hearid, sir. Dr. Ark:â€" wright has been here." ‘"Â¥et you would claim your rights ?" "‘My true and honest rightsâ€"yes, SIP and so rOFSCUIULL OL eBL1C Mr. Appleton stopped her with a wave of his hand. ‘"My child, you misunderstand me. Through you alone can ‘we stay the conspiracy. In order to meet them with any promise of success we must hunt up evidence ; and the aathering of evidence will take Â¥ime. In order to gain that time we must show to the court good reaâ€" son for praying for a stay of proâ€" 177 (os vour court goou reaâ€" a stay of proâ€" name, and in yours alone, at this present time, can we appear in court. Let us throw your claim upon the isstate out of the question. â€"Without a will in your.favor you have none. But, ‘will you help me to unveilâ€" and disâ€" eomfit the rascally scheme of which I have spokenâ€"remembering, of course, that I will stand between you and all possible harm *‘ ‘¥es, sir, L will do that. ‘‘And you will authorize me to act in your name, as your attorâ€" ney !_ f "‘Never you fear him,‘""‘ said the son, with a contemptuous snap of the fingers. _ "I have positive knowledgo that his father will cut him adrift if he persistsâ€"in any such thing. And I have other knowâ€" leage: This Paul Waybrook is ons of your easy, wayward fellows, who fall readily into traps baited with the right kind of excitement. He bas been rather fast at college, and he is inclined to be a sport. Let him be once cut off from the good influences, and surrounded entirely by such as we can bring to bear, It was near ten o‘clock on the evâ€" ening of Mr. Appleton‘s visit to the Brookside that Caspar and his faâ€" ther sat together in their retired chamber. They had drunk a bowl of punch, and were now smoking. "I think, my boy,""‘ said Alexanâ€" der, "that we are on a safe track atslast. "= > ard we have him disposed of beâ€" yond his power to molest us. And as for the girl, we must get her.â€"out cof the way. She can give us no lasting trouble, but she may perâ€" plex and delay us for a time. T6 remains to be seen whether she will find friends influential enough to help her. Of her own accord she will do nothing.‘"‘ He reached out his hanid,; and sho took it, and answered him : \YÂ¥es, sirâ€"‘ "‘Unless,""‘ suggested the parent, "this girl, Christine, should give us trouble. I was told toâ€"day that young Waybrook swears he will stick to her through thick and thin." â€" "On the homeâ€"stretch, sure,"" reâ€" sponded â€"Caspar. . "I do not see where â€"there can be a break." I cannot see how she can found a claim."‘ ‘‘They can force upon us,‘‘ anâ€" swered Caspar, soberly, ‘"just what we cannot afford to mset at this time=delay. That is all, but it is enough."‘ "Delay"" _ : ‘"YÂ¥es . x ow t‘ ‘"In the most divrect and simple manner in the world. Were I her friend, and were I so inclined, I am lawyer enough to block the wheels of the administration of the estate for weeks, if not for months. There is no end to the claims which may be put in in her behalf, She may put in claim for services, and ishe may file the higher claim of an adopted child ; and, be her claim what it will, be sure our probate judge will listen to it. I know him well. He is a softâ€"hearted man, and let him deem a claimarlt bas been unfortunate, and he will not shut his ears." "And," queried Alexander, "supâ€" pose she does find friends who wish to help her? What can they do! "If this girl can so perplex matâ€" ters,"‘ said Compton, "we owe it to ourselves toâ€"‘" "Easy,"" interrupted Caspar, putâ€" ting out his hand. ‘"She shall be atltended to. As yet I am sure she kas had no movement made in her behalf, and toâ€"morrow I will see her. If she will accept my hand, all right. If she will not, then I must do the next best thingâ€"I must capture her. . So let us consider her case settled. With her ou% of the way we have not a thing to fear.‘"‘ "If she should escape us she can offer no serious obstacle to our sucâ€" cess ?" 3 5 "Only to temporarily perplex anid annoy us. With the will in her fayâ€" ‘or lacking, she has not the shadow of a valid claim. But she shall not be left to annoy us." The cow requires not only maâ€" terials for| maintenance, but must also have protein, fat and carboâ€" bydrates to make milk from. _ The milk contains water, fat, protein (casein or curd), sugar and ash, and these are all made from the constituents of the food. If insufâ€" ficient protein, fat and carbohyâ€" drates are contained in _the food given her, the cow supplies this deâ€" ficiency for a time by drawing on her own body, and gradually beâ€" gins to shrink in quantity and quaâ€" lity of milk or both. The stingy feeder cheats himself as well as the cow._ She may suffer from hunger, although her belly is full of swale hay, but she also becomes poor and does not yield the milk and butter she should. Her milk glands are a wonderful machine, but they canâ€" not make milk casein {cure) out of the constituents in coarse, unâ€" appetizing, _ indigigestible swale hay or sawdust any more than a farmer himself can make butter from skimmilk: She must rot only have a generous supply of food, but it must contain sufficient amounts of the nutrients needed for making milk. Until this fact is understocd and appreciated, successful, proâ€" fitable dairying is out of the quesâ€" tion. WHAT THE COW REQUIRES (To ibe conitinued.) Ridt4+44444+44++++t+¢++t*4 FILTH FOR FEED. We know â€" one farm on which swine raising operations have been carried for a quarter of a century and there has never been a death from contagious disease during that period. The owner does not blow or brag about his success, but very modestly makes the claim that he is likely at some time to be struck with the cholera scourge. _ When it is considered that time and again cholera and swine plague have been in his locality it must be acknowledged that his escape is not due to good luck but to good manâ€" agement. U@Â¥44+++4+++++++4+4+t+i++++++* The first plank in his platform is to not let his hogs eat filth. He says that a hog dearly loves clean food and that it will only eat in dirty places when it is obliged to do so. He has designed troughs sc as to absolutely prevent either the growing pig or the mature hog from contaminating the troughs in any way. By the use of broken stone and cinders he has made a hard feeding ground, this being somewhat rounding in contour so as to run off the water. In the center of this he places his troughs. When the ordinary feeding ground for the dry grain is wet or muddy he shells his corn and feeds it eiâ€" ther soaked or dry in the same troughs that are used for slopping purposes. No one will question the soundâ€" réss of this philosophy. Hundreds <{( times have we seen hogs up to their eyes in mud at feeding time. Under such circumstances it would not be unreasonable to suppose that oneâ€"quarter of the weight of the material that enters the digesâ€" tive tract is filth. It would be a very unusual thing if fever or some kind would not result from overâ€" loading the stomach in that way. Ungquestionably the germs of disâ€" ease enter the system under such cireumstances, and why shouldn‘t they get a footing and do their deadly. work ? While we doâ€"not say that disâ€" ease never sweeps away swine that are properly fed, we do. say there is not oneâ€"tenth the danger of getâ€" ting disease in the herd when hogs are fed clean feed in clean quarâ€" ters that there is when they are obliged to take their food contamâ€" inated with filth. We believe that every farmer has ingenuity enough about him to conâ€" struct troughs into which hogs canâ€" not put their feet. We suggest to those who do not have such troughs that another week should not be allowed to pass before they are un der construction. The latest experiments made by the Ohio station prove that when manure was thrown into the open barnyard and permitted to ue there for five months before being hauled to the field it had a value of $2.40 per ton. When drawn diâ€" rectly to the field as fast as it was made the value was $3.25 per ton. When the manure was sprinkled with ground phosphate rock as fast The claim is made that at least oneâ€"third of the value of the maâ€" nure is lost as it is usually put on the land with a fork and that ten loads put on with a manure spreadâ€" er go as far and do as much good as fifteen loads put on in the oldâ€" fashioned, careless way. It is a mistake to put heavy padâ€" ding on a collar, it makes the neck too warm. A collar should be flexâ€" ible, but fairly hard. _Throw a rew collar in water, then pound it till it fits the horse‘s neck. It is a great point to have the collar fit. as it was made in the stable, thus preventing some loss of ammonia, the value was $5.18 per ton. Do not fail to have the stables flooded with sunlight and fresh air. No dairy cow can give a good account of herself if kept in a dark stable and in impure air. _ One hundred hens, properly housâ€" ed and cared for, will give better returns than three times as many poorly provided for. Small colonâ€" ies are the best, and they give the most profitable returns. For some unsolved reason, large numbers toâ€" gether will not give profitable reâ€" turns; but the same lot, if divided into small flocks, do well and pay a profit. > There are evidently two ways to raise calves, ‘and each has its folâ€" lowers. It must be understood that a calf is at birth endowed with ereat strength of constitution, and is, under almost any kind of treatâ€" ment, ready to live. Whether life means healthy growth, depends on the kind and quality of food it reâ€" ceives. A course of semistarvation may be prolonged until the calf deâ€" velops a grass or hayâ€"digesting stoâ€" mach with sufficient capacity ard power to assimilate vesetable food ; in such event it lives a stunted runt. Sufficiont and proper nutrlâ€" ment, like whole milk, will support life and growth until the same stoâ€" mach development is attained. About the Farm HAULING MANURE LIVE STOCK NOTES. 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Finally Col. Vrevyski gave up his quarters in the fortress for $50,000. Gradually interesting secrets are leaking out regarding the raid upâ€" There play began at 10 o‘clock every _ evening and â€" continued throughout the rest of the night, the players being guarded against interruption by sentries which Col. Vrevski placed around the house. A few months ago women were admitted into this gambling club, and many noble ladies as well as titled men were ruined financially. One night a queen of the demiâ€" monde lost an enormous sum, went to Col. Vrevski and demanded that he make good her fosses. On his refusing to do so she promptly deâ€" nounced him to the commandant, who had the colonel‘s house imâ€" mediately surrourded by a company of _ soldiers. in St. Petersburg, and the authoriâ€" ties were unable to locate the clue. The last place they thought of lookâ€" ing for was in one of the State prisons. The players were panicâ€"stricken, and many of them, including repâ€" resentatives of the highest society, tried to hide themselves. But all in vain. They were discovered and Col. Vreyski was arrested. The exposure caused a tremendâ€" ous sensation. In the dast few years huge sums have been won and lost by young noblemen and others IS THERE GOLD IN YIGOQ BAY:! Hard to Say Just How Much There May Be. There may beâ€"as is asserted by the treasureâ€"hunting _ expedition now being organizedâ€"$100,000,000 worth of gold and silver at the botâ€" tom of Vigo Bayâ€"or there may not. & When Admiral Rooke engaged the Spanish galleons there, in Queen Anne‘s reign, they certainly conâ€" tained much treasure;, and some of this went down with them. How much is problematical. n the hurry and fury of the fight there was little chance to take stock of individual â€" happenings, and it is a matter of common knowâ€" ledge that the British â€"Jack Tars helped themselves to enormous quantities of booty, the bulk of which never appeared in the official prize returns. Toco ce ce ie e ces Indeed, when the fleet anchored at Portsmouth after the battle, the innkeepers there â€" bought great stores of bar gold by the pound at less than oneâ€"half its real value, so common was it," while doubloons were exchanged at three to the guinea, although the two coins were nearly equal as regards inâ€" trinsic worth. _ The Spanish sailors and soldiers, too, looted a lot of both coined and uncoined gold. _ Over â€" $10,000,000 worth was landed at one time, and seized by the Government; but as in the case of the British, what was kept by the purloiners was far in excess of that which the authoriâ€" ties contrived to regain possession of. Then, again, during the years imâ€" mediately following the great batâ€" tle, scoresâ€" of treasureâ€"hunters, some authorized, many more mere piratical adventurers, hovered over the spot, and unless rumor lies most confoundly, many of them reaped exceedingly rich rewards. Thus, one enterprising Scotsman, named Dickson, recovered enough silver to build a stately mansion in Perthshire, which he christened "Dollar House." But it is worthy of note that he seâ€" cured not a single ounze of the more precious metal, none of which he roundly asserted was to be found there, ‘‘else I should not hae bin sic a fule as tae content mysel‘ wi‘ gsilles." Beware of the barkless dog and the silent enemy. WAilt/ogether, then, the prospects of the new expedition do not appear to be over rosy. . % > ‘(I 3‘3&% //// *’“‘\\) \&%’/\ > f > za e > /\ 2 ; / / 2l 9 Acoga \ GIMH NY B ce \ $ C3 P _\ We J § 2. & CGAMBLING IN RUSSIA. BOY SWALLOWED WATCGH IT CONTINUED TO GO IN THE LAD‘S STOMACH. Ticked for Two Hours After It was Swallowed â€" Human There is at the Kingston (Engâ€" land) _ Workhouse a_ small boy named Samuel Bull, 13 years of age, with a double hareâ€"lip and a deâ€" formed mouth, whose exploits havo. occasioned muchcomment in the neighborhood.. He was brought beâ€" fore the justices on Saturday on remand on a charge of being fourd . wandering without visible means of subsistence at Long Ditton at four . o‘ clock in the morning of Julys37,, and, evidence having been givea,, the Bench ordered that he shvouldfii be taken to the workhouse with a. view to his being sent back to his parents, who reside at Porbsmouth.! SWALLOWED WATCH. Last week, when the boy was first charged, he was remanded to the workhouse with two other small. boys, . charged with stealing a horse. At the workhouse the threo boys were left together, and whilst conversing one of them produced a silver keyless watch which Bull was allowed to examine. Then be exclaimed, "I‘ll bet you a bha‘ penny T‘ll swallow it." One of the \two boys produced a halfâ€"penny, Bull placed the watch in his mouth, swallowed it with apparent case, and, taking the halfâ€"penny, he said, The two_ boys were concerned about the loss of the watch, and, complaining to the officials, Bull was placed under observation. He showed no signs of being incommodâ€" ced by his very indigestible meal, and after four days the watch was recovered, and showed that it had registered the time for two hours after it was swallowed.. When the boy was brought before the magisâ€" trates the watch was produced for the inspection of the Bench. "I can swollaw that, too," and, placing it in his mouth, it followed the watch. 3 <~ Caledonia‘s Sons Have Ever Boen the Foremost in the Race. Yet another Antarctic expedition is being projected, the leader beâ€" ‘ing Dr. William Bruce, of the Scotâ€" tish Oceanographical Laboratory. _ His plan is a bold one; nothing less than to cross the Antarctic Continent from north to south, takâ€" ing in the South Pole on the way. ‘Bho party inteads to utilize as transport several motorâ€"sledges of 2 small and handy type, as well as ponies and dogs. > f The scheme looks very risky, but i may prove possible in practice. The distance in a straight line, it is pointed out, is not so very much greater, in all probabaility, than that covered by Lieutenant Shackâ€" leton recently during his outward and homeward dash from his ship to within one hundred. miles of the Pole; and Dr. Bruce and his comâ€" panions will have the advantage of marching a straight course ever onward towards a definite goal. In Polar exploration, as in war, it 1s ‘the retreat that most often spells disaster. § : 7 James Clarke Ross, for instance, who first broke through the southâ€" ern pack ice and sighted the Antâ€" arctic Continent, was of Scottish parentage. A Scotsman born and bred, too, was the intrepid. James Weddell, who gave his name to the Weddell Sea and the Weddell seal. Then there was James Cook, the great circumnavigator, and the first man to cross the Antaretic Cirâ€" cle. He was the son of a Roxburghâ€" shire farmer. Sir George Nares, who commanded the Challenger exâ€" pedition, was born at Danestown, near Aberdeen. If the South Pole is to be reached it ought to be by a Scotsman, sincg Caledonia‘s sons have ever been amongst the foremost in the race thither. The Scotia Antarctic exploring ship which left the Clyde towards the end of 1902, discovered Coats‘ Land, so christened in honor of Messrs. James and Andrew Coats, of Pa dition Need Never Bear More Than One Kind of Trouble at a Time. We need ncever bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three kindsâ€"all they have bad, all they have now, and all they expect to have. Let us keep cheery. Hopefulness puts energy, into the muscles, clears dimfleyesd steadies tired nerves, and fits one to â€"do the most and the best of which he is capable. On the other hand, despondency just as certainâ€" ly saps nerve force and weakens muscles. â€" A little hill becomes a great mountain to the climber with a deaspondent heart. One sometimes SCOTsSMEN AT SOUTH POLL. ror THE SUNSHINEZ CLUB. aisley, who financed the expeâ€" KEPT ON TICKING 11 +1 Ostrich,. Sas v WwOrI