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Show THE LIONS WHELP A Story of Cromwell's Time BY AMELIA E. BARR. Author of "The Bow of Orange Ribbon." "I, Thou and the Other One The Maid of Malden Lane." Etc. (Copyright, 1901. by Dodd, Mead It Company. CHAPTER XIII. Change at De Wick. When Matilda received a letter from nthony Lynn, she was immediately rtain that the old mans conscience oubled him in the presence of death, nd that he wished to return de Wick Sir Thomas and ) its rightful owner. ,ady Jevery were of the same opinion, nd the two ladies started for de Wick ht once. f Anthony Lynn stood at the door to Rieet them. He looked ill and frail, ut hardly like death, and when he Witnessed the delight of the ladies at the changes made in de Wick, his face fcrew almost young in its pleasure, very room In the house was a fresh urprise; for through all that was enerable through age or family and all that was valuable and eautiful had been preserved, yet so much of modern splendor and worth had been mingled with the old that the rooms were apparently newly furnished. Matilda said enthusiastically: "Mr. Lynn, seeing that the de Wicks had to leave their ancient home, 1 am glad it has fallen to you and I am sure my father is glad, also. Then the old man burst into that thin, cold passion of weeping so significant of age, and so pitiful in its helplessness. "It is your fathers dohe sobbed. It is ing, Lady Matilda, Pardon me my dear lords wisdcln. This evening I will tell you all. now. He went away with these words, and the two women looked at each other In amazement. In the evening he came to them. "When these dreadful wars first began," he said, "Earl de Wick foresaw their ending, and after Marton Moor he said to me, I know this man, Oliver Cromwell, and there is none that will stand against him. It is my duty to save de Wick; will you help me? And I said to him, My dear lord, I owe you all I am, and all I have. Then it was agreed that I should join the Puritan party, that I should pre asso-latlo- All rights reserved ) favorite animal, "Yupon. you know the three large cak trees, just beyond the boundary of de Wick? I know them well, my lady. "Be under the oaks at 8 o clock. Have with you a lantern and a coil of strong rope. You will see Earl ce Wick there and when he speaks, join him on the Instant. Can he rely on you? "By ray soul he can, even to bloodletting. "Be this cur bargain then. Eight oclock no later. Let me perish if I am not there." All the mans words had the savor of a strong, faithful spirit, and Matilda went back satisfied. About 7 oclock she w ent to her brothers room and brought away a su t of his clothing, and when she had dressed herself in it, and put a pistol and hunting knife in her belt, and a large plumed hat on her head, she looked in the mirror with the utmost satisfaction. She wa3 her brother's double; quite his height, and singularly like him in carriage, face and manner. Matilda walked quickly through the garden, and without molestation she arrived at the three oaks. Yupon Slade was already there. For nearly an hour Matilda walked up and down the road, keeping well within call of her companion. But about nine oclock the sound of a horse coming an at easy gallop was heard, and' Yupon was softly called. He was at Matilda's side as the rider came near them. She advanced to meet him. calling pleasantly, "Miles Watson, a word, if it please you. The voice was familiar and kind, ard Mi!e3 drew rein and asked, Who I am on the Common-wealtli- s calls me? business, and cannot be delayed." Then Matilda, pointing the pistol in h's face, said, You must light from The pisyour horse. Miles Watscn. tol was dangerously near; Yupons rough order to tumble was not unaccompanied by thieats, and Watson TiiT most likely. Bid them to come in and find Earl de Wick. The men were about an hour making their search, and during this interval Lady Jevery had been summoned, and Anthony Lynn had received the stimulating drug on which he relied. But he was very ill, and Lady Jevery, who adored her nephew, was weeping and full of anxious terror. Matilda vainly assured her Stephen was safe. At this point the sheriff the room. He was in a vile temper, and did not scruple to exercise it The man has gone," he said to Anthony Lnn; and I believe you know all about the affair. You are none ot Cromwells friend. Many people be side me say that of you." I am glad they do me so much honor Cromwell! Who is Cromwelll A man to joy the devil. No, I am not his friend! and with a radiant smile, I thank my Maker for it. The sheriff turned to his attendants. he cried. You hear the traitor! You beard Anthony Lynn turn his back on himself! I knew him always for a black heart and a double tongue. We must have a warrant for him, and that at once. Fool! said the trembling, tottering old man, with a superhuman face suddenly scorn, as his clay-lik- e flamed into its last color. "Warrant! warrant! Oliver Cromwell has no warrant to fit my name. I go now on the warrant of the King of kings. Matilda! Stephen! I am going to my dear lord to my dear King to my dear God! and as a strong man shakes off a useless garment, so Anthony Lynn dropped his body, and in that moment his spirit flew away further than thought could follow it. What a villain! cried the sheriff. Villain, in your face, answered Out of the Matilda passionately. presence of holy death! You are not fit to stand by his dead body! Go, on this instant! Sure, if you do not, there are those who will make you! With these words she cried out for her servants in a voice full of horror and grief, and the first person to answer her cry was Cymlin Swaffham. Matilda went to bis side, clung to his arm, pointed to the dead man on the hearth and the domineering figure of the sheriff above it, and cried, "CymOh, lin, Cjmlin, send him away! twas most unmercifully done! Sir," said Cymlin, "you exceed your warrant. Have you arrested Stephen de Wick? The man has run, Mr. Swaffham, and madame there knows it. You have nothing to do with Lady Matilda. If the house has been searched, your business here is finished. You can go. (To be continued.) Buttin In High Society Breeding Army Horses. Value of Style in Fruit. It is a well known fact to most of fruit a Chicago Benjamin Newhall, our readers that during the recent war commission merchart, in a paper con- in South Africa, Great Britain obtained ot tributed to the last session the most of her cavalry, artillery and Illinois state horticulturists, said: . transport horses and mules in this Quality pays; style pays still bet- country. It will be news to most of ter; and both together best of all. You them, however, to learn that our growers know this, but probably we horses proved more lasting and redealers realize it even more fully. liable than those obtained in any other For instance, recently we received a country. It is even said that Americarload of apples most of which sold can horses were found better than at $9 per barrel, but in that car were those bought in Canada, which la difsome that sold at $1.50 per barrel. ficult to believe but is perhaps to be Both were called No. 1, but the $9 apon the score that explained and were in flavor color, blood is found in the foundationMorgan high ples stock an and perfect as to shape, put up in ot many of the horses procured In our attractive package and finely packed. own while Canada cannot The $1.50 apples were sound, but were boast country, of such capital foundation madull and uninviting in color, of poor terial. The old Morgan has given us flavor and put up in a slovenly lookthe best procurable army ing package and were poorly packed. perhaps They had plenty of lasting, We sold Seckel pears at $8 and $2 horsey sound per barrel this fall on the same day, staying abilities, good, and lotsbone, of feet and we got full price on both. It was fine, nerve for work, combined with docildifferand made the that quality style ence. Not once, but many times we ity of disposition which is highly dehave sold Jonathans, sound and fresh- sirable. It is further alleged that certain of the west have been ly received the same day at $2 and foundportions peculiarly added for the pro$10 per barrel. In fact, this very duction of horses. thing is one of the chief annoyances In Montanasound, hardy army especially were found of our trade. Few shippers realize the value of just a little of Natures tint- nundreds of sturdy, fleet and sound horses that gave the best of satisfacing on the skin of an appls or how tion in the field and one naturally a will line difference in this slight mean a difference of from 60 cents to ! turns to that part of the country as most suitable for the production of $1.00 per barrel in the price. To You say you sold John Jones ap- the class of horses In question. come to such a conclusion is however ples at $5 straight and for mine you got only $4, both packed by the same quite erroneous in our opinion. The man on the same day, the orchards fact that Montana has given perhaps within a mile of each other. How is the best class of army horses to date this? What a hopeless task to reply Is largely explained by the fact that the native mares have been of the to such a question! My apples were sort used to hard livjust as good as his, just as large, just toughandbroncho exhaustive runs over extenr.s smooth, just as carefully packed, ing All sive territories. Again the mountainwith Just as good cooperage. this Is true, my friend, but they were ous pastures in high altitudes have worth $1 00 per barrel less in our mar- developed good lung power while the ket Just the same and are harder to time formation has doubtless had sell at the difference. And why? It much to do with the production of is excellence set off by style. That Is fine flinty bone and sound, tough why the fruit from sunny valleys of hoofs. There are many equally good the far west outsells the best selec- locations in the country for the protions of the middle west It may not duction of such horses. Such districts foods have more intrinsic merit, but it has are found, where nitrogenous luxuriate and where the climate is style. Quality pays. Choose your varieties somewhat rigorous and the soil full of wisely; take pains with your orchard mineral matters rather than rich in treatment. Study the market needs; humus. There are millions of acres but above all cultivate style in fruit of such land in northern Wisconsin, packing and package, and when to Minnesota, Dakota and Nebraska, this style you add quality, you have a while over the line in the Alberta combination that will sell your fruit country settlers may well assist in the at prices that will often surprise you. production of army horses of the right type and character. It appears evident that before long the government Forest Regeneration. CASH ON THE BREEZE. The object of forestry is to utilize will give special attention to this business of army horse production and What Happened to a $10 Bill Caught to the fullest possible extent the product to work with a comsame of at and forest the appoint land, by Zephyr. time to maintain the conditions which mission of expert horse breeders toOne afternoon while the Bennings render forests beneficial, says a re- wards the selection, approval and regmeeting was in progress, the day, of the Rhode Island station. istry of stallions and mares suitable while beautiful, was gusty, with oc- port the timber is as much a part for the production of the class of casional catspaws of wind that made Utilizing of forest management as is inducing horses required. The right sort is men with soft hats clutch them to the of trees and protecting said to be dying out, on the plains, save them from going Into the air. them growth their. growth. The im- and it is time to commence stocking during A young fellow who was counting his consideration of how to re- suitable districts with the chosen portant money on the walk close to the betting place the trees when cut is known as class of breeding animals for the ring dropped a $10 bill without notic- forest regeneration. Two methods are work In question. What the breeding ing the loss. available, 'the artificial and the naturstock will be remains to be seen but A gust of wind picked the bill up al. Artificial regeneration may be by it is likely that preference will be and carried it into the air. A num- means of seeds sown and covered by given to horses possessing some Morber of newsboys and gum sellers, and band or by means of planting trees. gan blood, although a full of a few black stable hands who had Both these methods are too expensive such horses will be hard supply to find. been standing near the young fellow to be used except where no others When such have been located It Is when he dropped the bill and were will succeed. Manifestly on the open proposed to register them and proedging up to grab it when the loser prairies they are the only methods vide for standard fees to be charged of it turned his back, joined in a shout available when forests are to be start- for the service of the stallions upon when the bill flew into the air. The ed on land where no trees now grow. approved mares also recorded and to wind took the $10 note almost to the Natural regeneration is the more com- keep track of the progeny which will roof of the stand, and then it began to mon method, and the one more practibe bought for the army at fair prices cable under normal forest conditions. to be decided by market values at descend slowly in eccentric curves. the It may be by means of shoots or by time of purchase. Montana should Forty hands were wildly elevated to means of The seeds. former utilizes take a lively interest in this proposigrab the bill when it came down with- the shoots which spring up tion, but the other districts we have A very in reaching distance. tall whenvigorous most trees are cut. indicated should certainly have a share black man, elaborately out, rigged strolled up to the squirming crowd The resulting growth is known in for- of the business and should the governest literature as coppice. The method ment decide to establish breeding just as the bill got within reach, and, cannot be used with conifers, and not farms in suitable districts we would calmly raising his hand, he annexed all trees can be depended like to see one placed in each ot the fluttering bill between his index to send up satisfactory shoots. the locations we have and. middle fingers, and tucked it into upon shoots make a more rapid We do not mean that thesesuggested. Such are tne his vest pocket with a broad grin. The in their earlier growth years than only desirable locations for such outcry against him by the disappointed atbut seedling trees, they generally farms but we do consider ones was loud. tain their best development within breeding them eminently well adapted for the Were did he butt in fr de thirty years and are not suitable for production of the class of horses dat seven-foo- t the production of large, needed in the army. The soil and as man black wailed walked the they trees. Coppice growth, therefore, is climate are just what is required and secure in his possession of the adapted only to short rotations and away, the horses there produced will cerbill. Washington Post. the production of such classes of timbe sound in wind and limb, ber as basket material, firewood, tainly possessed of stamina and vim and No Soap Fad. fence posts, telegraph poles, sufficient size to meet all of the reThe no soap on the face fad would etc. In the regeneration of forWe understand from the win more adherents if so many of its ests by seeds nature is again ready to quirements. Tribune that Representaive Chicago on did hot carry advocctes their faces help, for she contrives many ways in McCreary has introduced a bill in more or less blackheads the very which seeds are scattered that they congress looking to government enmay find places to grow. The wind is couragement and partial control of thing that cold water and no soap are supposed to banish. There are ever ready to carry them, and naturthis class of breeding. Farmers Rewithout doubt some skins so tender ally the trees which become most view. are smart a scattered with scrub a that those bearing brush, widely warm water and soap roughens and light seeds with some kind of append-igAt Farrowing Tim. breaks them, says the New York Tribenabling them to be easily carried In an address to Kansas farmers une. There are also many young wom- by the wind. John Cownie said: Have your pigs en living in the country who have come about the same time within a The Crab. English notwithstandcharming complexions, week or two so that they will all be A recent of stathe report Virginia cold and hard water water ing that of one age and one size. That is one tion This a is says: only variety at that is their only cosmetic. It is small form of the common apple. Tree great secret in successful swine raisplain, however, that for most women but a slow grower; upright, ing. It will save a great deal of diffhardy who live in a large town where dust a roundish head. Trunk meas- iculty at farrowing time. I used to and grime are rampant soap In some forming ures 13 inches at base and about 11 have a great deal of trouble at farform is a necessity if they would inches at head. Planted in 1891 Thus rowing time in losing sows. I rememI keep their faces clean. Plentiful bath- for has not shown to ber one year lost fifteen sows that could not give birth to their pigs. ing with cold water after the face bath disease. First bloom susceptibility in noted '1895, with complexion brush and soap is a and trees bore a You have all, no doubt, had trouble small crop that year. necessity, but taken by Itself it gen- Small crops produced again in 1897, of that kind. I have lost some valuerally works mischief. 1899 and 1901. At no time has this able sows, finely bred, because they could not give birth to their pigs. At variety borne a heavy crop. Fruit that time I did not know what was Canny Crows Cause Damage. larger than ordinory crabs, dull red the matter. Now I know all about it. In Victoria, B. C., the owners of In color and of excellent for may be saying a good deal. But slate roofs near the water front have eating out of hand. This isquality a winter That I never lose a sow now in farrowing been having much trouble because the variety and will keep till if January not one. There is no grain produced slates were continually breaking and storage conditions are favorable. It than corn. falling from their roofs and then the has value for amateurs, but we do not that is more We fed our young hogs altogether too buildings were damaged by leaks. A recommend it for general planting. much corn. The reason that these man was recently given the job ol sows died was that they had been fed First Laying of Ducks. Investigating and worked in vain until one day he accidentally heard - From the Farmers' Review: Our ex- too much corn and their pigs were too something fall on a roof and this ex- perience with ducks is that they do large and fat, and they could not It seems that not make any nests at the first laying give birth to them. I had fed corn, as plained the trouble. great flocks of crows dig clams on or early in spring, and if it is desired my neighbors had done. Now I scarcethe beach at low tide and when one to get these eggs, the ducks must be ly feed an ear to my brood sows. They caught a bivalve he flew high in the penned up every night, as they lay are not fed a great deal and there Is air with it and dropped it on to a very early in the morning. If run- no trouble in farrowing; havent lost slate roof, which smashed the shell ning out, they will lay In the brook a sow for a dozen years. I feed a sow and a piece of slate. Then the crow or wherever they may be. Later In to make bone and muscle. I am not flew down and sucked up the opened the summer some of them will make feeding the sow then; I am feeding nests and will probably get broody. the embryo pig, and what I want in clam. Straw or leaves or almost anything that pig Is bone and muscle. I rememwill serve as material out of which ber once I had fifty sows farrow in His Opinion. make nests. Charles Smiley, two weeks; had as fine a lot of hogs "I have known but two women whe to as I ever raised. I was proud of those Parke County, Indiana. were really perfect," said the charmhogs. ing widow. Its the uncertainty as to whether Indeed! exclaimed the chronic the mystery in a woman Is false fire Catholics in America. bachelor. Thats one more than most j or the beacon light to bliss that renThere are about 11,000,000 Catholics women know. ders her bo fascinating to a man. In the United States. good-wearin- g te tend a disapproval of the Earl and his mays but a disapproval tempered with regret so that men might not suspect my opposition. The king was even then sending to de Wick for money, and I was supposed to supply it on the de Wick silver and valuables. In reality, the Earl sent these things to my care, and he himself gave the gold. Then there came a time when de Wick was bare, and the king still wanted money. And the Earl promised to borrow from me one thousand of letters pounds, in consideration royal making the Lady Matilda Countess de Wick In her own right, if her brother Stephen had no heirs of his body. Here are the papers relating to your succession, and here are those relating to my trust in the matter of the de Wick silver and valuables. Thus Matilda virtually became mistress of her old home. Anthony was seldom seen, but Stephen de Wick came and went, and brought with him men whose names were not spoken, and whose business meant much more than the packs of cards which appeared to be all they care for. In fact, Matilda was soon neck deep in Prince Ruperts plot, and there was no doubt in her mind that the month of May would end the life of Oliver Cromwell, and bring the king to his throne and the de Wicks to their earldom. She was sitting, one afternoon, talking to Stephen, when a servant entered. My lady, he said, here has come a man with a letter, which he will deliver to none but you. Matilda ordered the messenger to her presence at once. Hastily she glanced over the lines, until she came to the discovery ot the plot Oh, indeed, here Is the burden of Jane SwafTham! she cried in a passion. We are discovered. Stephen, you are in instant danger. You must away at once. And pray, how? or where? I will not run. I will stand or fall with the rest. What drivel, what nonsensical bombast are you talking? You must take the North Roafl. to Hull; you are sure t a ship there. He rose as she spoke, and she kissed him with passionate tenderness. When he left the room, she ran to the roof of the house to watch which road he took. In about a quarter of an hour she saw him riding at Sreat speed northward, and watched him until he became a speck on the horizon. thought It best to obey quietly, where he could not resist. When Yupon had bound him securely, Matilda took the lantern, and drawing from her girdle the sharp hunting knife, she cut open the leathern mail bag and turned the The small light upon its contents. private letters she hardly noticed, but there were three ominous looking papers closed with large red seals, and these she instantly seized. They were all directed to the sheriff of Ely, and she felt sure they were the authority for Stephen's arrest. She took possession of the whole three, bade Yupon set loose the horse, and leaving the other contents of the rifled mail bag on the grass by the side of the bound carrier, she slipped away iDto the shadows and darkness of d Wick chase. There was still fire on her hearth, and she pushed the dying logs together, and lit a candle by their blaze. Then she opened one of the letters. It was a warrant for the arrest of Squire Mason. The next opened was a warrant for the arrest of Lord Frederick Blythe; but the third was, truly enough, the warrant for the arrest of Stephen de Wick, for treason against the Commonwealth and conspiracy against) the life of the Protector. She drew her mouth tightly, and tore the whole three warrants across, and threw them into the flames. When they were ashes, she turned quickly, divested herself of her brothers clothing, and put on her own garments. Then she carried Stephens suit to his room, and afterwards put out the candle and went to bed. Matilda's plan had, however, been too hastily formed and carried out to admit of a thorough consideration, and in her hurry of rifling the mail, it had not occurred to her that one of those locking letters small, unimportant might also be for the sheriff. This in fact was the case. When daylight brought rescue to the bound carrier the rejected letters were gathered up, and one of them was a letter of instructions regarding the three warrants to be served. It directed the sheriff to take Mason and Blythe to Ely for trial, but to bring Stephen de Wick to the Tower of London. The sheriff was in a passion of disappointment, and hastily securing a warrant to arrest Stephen de Wick for mail robbery, he went to de Wick to serve it. It was Delia who, about the noon hour, came flying Into her ladys presence with the news that the sheriff was in the stables talking to Yupon Slade, and that he had two constables with him. What do they want, Delia? I supdo they want? pose I must say whom I it Mr. Lynn, or Lady Jevery, or my- Then she went to her room and in put on her garden hat and walked to the stables. She went at once to a young man known o be Stephen de Wicks constant attendant whenever he was in the neighborhood. She knew he could be relied n, and as they stood together by Ma- ser ! Tnk It will be Earl de Wick tildas Barbary mare, she said with the critical all of one my lady." t talking about a Jey ie after, a leisurely manner doctor to name to make a good im pression. One of the women who over heard me insisted on taking me into her confidence about her own experience with dear Dr. Blank. That woman gave me my dinner invitation inside of a montb. I took good care to call on Dr. Blank first Well, I just went around to houses of persons I met here and there In the most casual way, and I never got a throw-dowIt was confusing to be called by half a dozen different names in the course of one afternoon. But I saw that the other girls didnt mind It, and I didnt Soon I began Jto see why I should. hear from the cards I lqft on. the visiting trays. I was Invited out. 1 knew that some of my hostesses hadnt the remotest idea who I was, but they were afraid to risk slighting an old friend by passing up my card. "Good old Uncle Tom got Into the game heartier than ever. Thank goodness I shall be able to pay him back. 1 was able to move into a swell boarding house where my friends could come to see me. I arranged a system and worked as hard at my rounds of calls and visits as any stenographer works in her office. I went everywhere I could and talked with everyI body who would listen to me. learned bow to make myself agreeable If not indispensable. Any girl can do it If she has tact. And then-w- ell, you know how I met Claude. Lucky I learned to swim In Waycross or there wouldn't be any Claude for me to marry now. Do you know who gave that story to the woman newspaper reporter at Newport about the unknown society girl who made such replied: " 'Much better, thanks. Dr. Blank a thrilling rfescue? I did. Claudes is such a careful physician, you mother did the rest. She gave out all know. the stuff that was printed afterward. I had read all the society news I And In due time she gave out Claude. could lay hands on and I knew what Ive got him. Now that it is all over, and tomorrow will see me a happy bride, I don't mind telling you how I did it, said the girl from Waycross, who was giving a luncheon to her bridesmaids. Two years ago none of you had ever heard of me, had you? Well, thats not strange. There was not much society where I came from. But you see what I have accomplished. One of the best matches of the season; and all of you have me beat to a standstill on smart looks. "Well, when I presented dear mammas letter to Mrs. Vere de Vere they were at boarding school together in Virginia, you know she gave me the tips of her dainty fingers and didn't even ask me to call again. I saw at once that my clothes were not right and I wrote to Uncle Tom. down in Maryland, telling him my plan. He wrote back that I was a little fool; but he sent the money, I saw also that most of the guests threw their cards on a Bmall tray at the door, and that nobody paid any attention when they were announced. The second time I went to Mrs. Vere de Vere's (uninvited) I had a gown that made me feel as though I had a right there. My card went with others on a silver tray. Whether Mrs. Vere de Vere heard my name announced or not I do not know, but she came forward with extended hand, saying: 'How are you, my dear? Better, I nope. Your father told me you had been quite ill. That was a staggerer, for poor papa had been dead ten years. But I I Do All but Think! In factories and offices, increasing yearly in numbers, are a thousand machines that surpass human fingers In deftness and even the human brain. New ones are constantly Invented. Thus the new machine for decorating crockery puts on the china, by a single action, the border patterns and monogram centers, which formerly required a whole process of handwork. The machine is operated by compressed air and has a maximum capacity of decorating, in this manner, 120 dozen pieces of crockery in a single hour with the assistance of two boys. A new speed Indicator has been added to locomotive practice that not only Indicates the varying speed of the engine, but automatically applies the brakes when the speed exceeds the established safety limit, thus successfully replacing the speed feel-o. t engineers, To do away with guesswork In office and shop management, and to find out the real amount and value of each and every different kind of labor expended on a given piece of work there is a machine which makes a permanent record by card printing, not only of a single period ot time, but out-thin- k f broad-leave- d d saw-buc- cake-walker- ? long-live- hop-pole- e , y . V Nature's Cures for Ills - broad-leave- also of an indefinite number of periods. This record shows the number of hours and minutes put on the job, and also the time of day when the job was started. When the Job is done the totals of labor costs are entered on the outside of the envelope containing them, together with a record of the material used. Each record la entered on the factory books for permanent reference. The sewing of buttons on shoes and on garments Is no longer done by hand in modern factories. There is a machine that sews 5,300 buttons on garments in nine hours or more than eight expert sewers could possibly do in the same time. This machine requires no expert operator, A boy or. , .. , girl runs It. And in one insurance office, where it was formerly necessary for a force of clerks to copy names on reference cards to be filed in various places, one clerk now writes the name on a' single card with metallic ink, clamps It in a holder with a number of blank cards, and flashes an through the packet. Thus by a single motion one man writes, or rather prints, all the cards. The World . Work. , YVhen the Adirondack native becomes afflicted with any of the numerous trifling ills which make mankind wretched," said the returned visitor, "he does not waste much time on doctors, but goes straight to the woods or the attic for natures own remedies. There is one old man whom I have met with packbasket on shoulder and shears and a rough board stool in his mitter.ed hands going after yarrow, which, dried is a standby for coughs when it has been made into a wicked Fir balsam, coaxed, looking brew. drop by drop, from the blisters which swell on the balsam fir at full moon, is a sovereign remedy for chest and lung complaints. "Gravel weed, by which name they insult trailing arbutus, is excellent for the complaint which gives it its name, and bladder root has a desirable effect on the kidneys and neighboring organs. Sage tea, containing a little summer savory, is efficacious for worms in children, for which bel- - I monia, also steeped, strained and sweetened with molasses, will, cure the whooping cough. Horseradish leaves, wilted and bound on the face and back of tbe neck will drive away neuralgia, and a nutmeg, bored and tied around the neck, will keep it away. The nutmeg must be renewed about once every six weeks., Onions, sliced, pounded and placed in a cloth and laid over the affected A part will draw out Inflammation. red onion, halved, and with one part slightly scooped out and the cup placed over a carbuncle or a boll will speedily remove the pus, and has saved life. There are manv more of these simin tbe North woods ple remedies pharmacopoeia which the wise ones have at their fingers ends, and it they are not more widely used and money kept in the overalls of the thrifty native it is because a lenient and more fortunate fate presides over the Incomes of th Adirondack medi- - Prom an Indian Legend I have been favored with an Indian tradition concerning the origin of to- bacco, Indian corn and wheat, which, although you may have seen It before, I shall relate, said the poet laureate of all the Pascagoulas at the Grune-wald yesterday. At some distant period, two Indian youths, pursuing the pleasures of the chase, were led to a remote and unfrequented part of the forest, where, being fatigued and hungry they sat down to rest themselves and to dress their While they were thus emvictuals. ployed the spirit of the woods, attracted as it is supposed by the unusual and savory smell of the venison, approached them in the form of a beautiful female, and seated herself beside them. The youths, awed by the presence of so superior a being and struck with gratitude for the condescension v.hich she had shown them 8nap Went the Trap. My father has always told me," make began Edgar, that pretty girls poor wives. Now, when I marry, it must be a girl who is not pretty at all, but one who is possessed of the g instincts one who Is unselfish and "Oh, Mr .Montgomery Edgar this is so Budded, out you msy ask papa. home-lovin- j in becoming their guest, presented to her in the most respectful manner a share of their repast, which she was pleased to accept, and upon which she regaled with seeming satisfaction. The repast being finished the female spirit, having thanked them cordially for their attention and informed uiem that If they would return to the same place after tbe revolution of twelve moons they would find something which would recompense their kindness, disappeared from their sight The youths, having watched the revolving moons and having returned at the appointed time, found that upon the place on which the right arm of the goddess had reclined an ear of Indian corn had sprung up; under her left, a stalk of wheat, and from the spot on which she had been seated was growing a flourishing plant of tobacco- .New Orleans Tlmes-Democra- t. - J Scissors of Brass. Thera is end to the novelties for the library table, and brass things take the lead In the really exclusive One of the prettiest furnishings. ideas is the extension back rack of solid brass. Paper knives also come in brass, even scissors and scissor cases, -c s thimbles, are shown in 88 a-- br- - - it; |