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Show j ard then we had a chance 1c ry her back. Ioe Sl..ne atterd.d to hrr bill night and (fay. 1 ere w asi: I ariV scr t in, either. 'I'll take it out a the text ima! r is. 1, i j sa'iJ he. "If she (Ins I'll give her the best in the house." aid Tom Cable, the undertaker and he meant it, f.r he was a by w fellow. Co. nf fU..-- a hon-surf,nr-c-- t r:,,t thin? was loo linuh for ns, arid the Fretvfor-Ai- l did a great business until Thr.e we I au wnsueci now n mt aw no o Sittrlay . . Tbe American hasrle rub. Pl'BWUIl'TIo.N; OnoVear, II Mr Bl Montlia. .Montbft. 7S eenl. 00; ,...'t, 1 K ,it..,.-- t fnir lM!rt,,l Itnster. ' t..m , fc .l 'U ( ri,,l ... thM for five minutes, a.:,d was cr.ly fpnitn! ttt eed of tmonth. Any peraen anhinr. when he found a big dog bullying a their adrticmriit d iteimttnuMl moot i;ivi smaller dog, whereupon he trounced settee to liiat flwt, oUicra ut il will appear lo the ".'equciit Inane f thu paper, and be the big dog unmercifully. We had hardly taken our first drink, caaire for accordinglj-- . art hour later, to Mrs. Lem, Ituster and liouhbr, when bad news came into Entered at the Murray Tost OlBce as 8c, town. Had news rod.? with Jim Matter. on Jim Truslnw's bronco, and caw where we straight to the M. A. Wuxcmsek, - Editor. invr, as usual, congregated. I'.ad news ced Jim strode into the ro.ni. J'.m bad been cast for a few weeks, ui'd we welciilni'd him cordially, CHURCH DIRECTORY. for thcrs wasn't a belter man in than the fit:t Jim Tr.'sdow, Oottonwnod Ward House. when We had hardly said Wr4 Wit'uirf at I p m fundi; irknoUt out l itre? the bad news. lo a t aide bandar Bchool lo a a, "W!;at'i I.em lioder doing in ChicaTmHi evvniri at thu Ssandinar'ao . M. go ?" ii! Kt d Jim. t. I. A. .lii Uous. J. K. Fouia. IliHliup "Chicago!" v,c eiicd. Meil.ml at rtmpel Sunday cI.imiI I p in "Vi s; I him there the day I left." 1'read.tni Sun. ay at t Ho. K(tr. ti. fc. Jayau. M iillar e!" e xi lairned Doc Klouue. 'f.et.i's iit hot ii ix." ' I Iii ra in Chicago, and spoke to him. Ue ji;nip::d as if be had been shot, ami ran for his life. That night, LEM RODER'S STRIKE. when I took the train for the, wist, I saw him on the rear j 1st form of the train for the east, which was Jtist pullBY TARREN R. WVEIGH. linn. All i a.trert!.:rants mutt allied fur at swn w AHDA1P! A A? our hearts. Locals In hti'.!iciw tola ma 6 erata pi t line ..,. adi inaction. In Newa column tenia l,,..r. M !enta each .uleqU.ut Inaer- - ' , . ' H i nix j H 11 n j t$ J N T I?, P Q Trus-low- Ffee-f;r-Al- l. Ari-;oii- Mi mm ml flu m how-de-d- o 1 ! r 1 ing out." There was silenca for a minute. Doubts, hopes, fears all played strike on the Tom Cable was the first to find his fifth auniveraary of the aettleuicnt voice. f" t:M P j of Uoultler. Wo will sell you goods cheaper We SeiilYcu than any house in tho city, we Men's nice ceuts, don't care whether the goods ar Ladies Dongola Biittou Glove Grain bottou Bankrupt or paid for. sLoes fcihoos Lucliea liaby Tlfo l.,N.,l oa.j 75c l',)e Can Sell ycu Clo'hing Below any 42 thing m the West. ,,l,rst.l W.M M'r;Tthk fnmnnw Our Frjc5 ' t'tflfm w'th - sejitiiiK-couituittt-e- sud-d.'nl- JBWBLS.Y. '2 hard-workir- golden-haired- j li' ' ' ' j d M-- Wf, fiV&frn i 1V3 ii i The boy i Hustcr, four years old, a gallant liliit chap, who would fU'M anything his sie around, ami i n when his mother took hint in her nruis i,ud hugged him a little and looked into brow n ey(S. I!uter, j on see, hadn't learned what words lie should use tg tell his mother how much he cared fjr her, and so all he could do when the love in Ma heart hurt him too luudi was to cry. Mrs. Ix'tn was something of a saint to all of ua. When she and the boy sat dow n in the phu.t in the afternoon the sun used to shine upon their golden sod little l.alos used to d.inee bad rttrstd 0 around them. Mrs. when the smallpox came to town via ., .unfounded greaser from Keno, and "1 i n I'.uster was tnketi down with it ' o Almighty heard some new voices id the recording angel bail to look up a glossary to translate the prayers. So that there wasn't much that wasn't done for her and that hoy w hen J,ein was gone. Mrs, Lett, was taken w.-u- K,-bi- I.i-n- ch, b-j- in i Yf - ,. ' f Vm ' " t- - i. if X one-side- r 54 Main Str tJoi ity. been-done- lp-- il r-- w is Ilk UM l&JO f.iro-gnm- YJi i " M .y u :5"C ij "r2.j tQi t. b aj - w - m.-'d- ! i , In Fine Jewelry. IN YOU WANT TO REMEMBER YOUR FRIENDS ?fsWe have Watches, Finger ;h g: Clocks and Cut Glass, Suitable for Christmas, B rthdey end VYeddin ,.,L 1 '3EB"' lu lift iir,.n for them y airbfe Lien north fourtdm' Ivorth TvM (iAlil.K, UK. "I r iirnljr for tlis town of ino.ldi-rIf wonMr.'t : ar t t I 1 f r 'r..,:i :' tl an we - ,iu v,r htar of our ,rn net tiosier any worse n, t. o. If wc i .Vi i l,f tieaii-- j . j ' Tiar : Never m'ml what you dU. , a of Mrs. Lem and liiist.r and sour hen rt f r all of v;.ur liM!..iiml:li,ii lit. f. llinn " "Wi II," ;ii.l Tutu that nlirht, aa we tooil em 'lesK u ,., sorrowfully treat- '.h r on eri-diaf each at the from Turkey. terrible fate which befell her beautiful young sister, Kosa. Alongha, a young Armenian girl some months ago determined to escape from Turkey or die, ller sister, say a for-- i eign exchange, hud been forced to enter the harem of a Turkish official of high tank, this being the culmination of Then it w as that much persecution. IEmcbiiIiik Lowest Sjlring Prices. Gall and bod ud! THE GARB OF A NUN. How an Armenian Girl Snreeeded In , Ton tniiJ "f d Half-Girdli- v Q com-uiiin- ll thi-ink- n y, : finely-flavore- 1 i A few days later word came from the effete emit that Lem was In New York. A kind friend wrote, to Tom Cable and said that, by-- t Lem fas ut hoiife. Tom wrote back nt once to the friend and told him to keep En Lem. ej e No wind came direct from the man w ho bad m ule the strike, however, nn.l as cue or two of the women had heard all about bcni'tt defalcation we didn't brow at what time some sympathiJug female might go to Mrs, Lem and tell all about it. So it w as decided to art at ones. Tom Cable w rote to his friend in the east to meet Mrs. Lem at the Grand Central and take her to her husband, and then he and Doe Hluune called on her. "Have you heard from Lem?" they nsked. "No," replied she; "have you?" "Yes," said Tom; "he's gone to New York, lie has settled our business for e us. ami he got into a in l'hoi nl red a few thousands." ''Indeed!" remarked Mrs, Lem; "it's funny be didn't write to me iilxmt it." "Weil," said Tom, "you see he writes that he's too busy, lie sent me f;'iH) f r yon. and you are to pack up and go to him at once." Mrs. Lem took the money, 'Tie wants you to leave here IVe nnd I w ill see.) on to the railand you'll he met at the Grand , road, Central by Jim Carroll. You remember him, (if courvc. Lem is too busy. He's inakirg bvds of money." Mrs. Lem and Itnster left us the next day. It wn a sad day for all of us. We chec-e- il them .s they rode off with the hist in tow n. When they got to the railrond station Doe Sic at e Mrs, Lem a letter for lo r d. "Cue that to I em w hen you see him." s lid he. "ti od by, nia'am, and Duster, fake cans of our mamma, and if you're good you'll be a liiatt before she is." Mts. l em bi I'.uster, and Duster cried for the last time lu the territory of Arizona. The tn n started, nnd when Mrs. Li m I a; Jed over the letter to her husband he level: s long-live- Lot clean, decent woman, and cry lile a!! possessed for the Hrtns of its wretched, dirty, decrepit nurse. So that 1 do not see, nnd have tilwiijs refused to see, why Itoulder ahouhl be. blanud for the implicit trust it reposed in l.cm Iledt r. l"rom all of which, therefore, it is to bo inferred 1hat Lent wasn't any belter than the rest of us, and bad his price. The only niistnUe that Iloulder made waa.iuvt!.'icing I,em' price too bih. On the day" tnat Kcdrr left Itoulder the whole town turned out to see him ofT, und rode wih him fome li miles into the deert in the direction of the nearest railroad station. I.em was to take the train there for I'hoenix, where he was to prove our seating capacity with that $.1,000 ut so luauy dollars per proof . I have forgotten how nia':y men he had tixonvii.ee, but I remember that each proof ua to be worth several hundreds of dollars. Lem expected to be gone about two weeks nnd to return with prosperity in his iusii!.". picket; for with the county seat we know we would get the railroad into our town. We had uot a doubt of the success of the y venture, ami so we gave in a rou-.setul-oami made a hero cf him mid a htroine of his wife, Mrs. I.em, a little bit of a woman wilh eves that thone like mica in a dark canyon, und a sweetness like a bubbling spiing in a desert. Mrs. Lent was rot strong, and w'eeti Lem kissed her fondly t he big, s! n.,', Imidsome hero and the weak, firU.lv, were teats in beautiful heroine-the- re our eyes, nnd we im ant it w hen we t .Id . him that we'd lookout for her and It soft-she- i ! Southwestern Texaa la Doing a Great Business in Them. d S.S'Jc ; hotel-keep- dii'l.ej in. above-name- sLoea, 'J8 "What' the matter?" asked Tmslovv. "Our seating fund," replied Gable; Clay0r!k,l Uluj.l.tuo of $;i,u'il. Itoulder natural!)- wai;l(d to "we w on't RO MCc-- . vest, for scat this year." rv'itiu he thei county teat of l!ie county (;f everywhere fur C2. our price f 1.45 l.incil, vrottli Then in a few words Tom told him t Iloulder, Ari., and die hail utarvcd and all ulioiit it. All wool Suit $12.0r ia any ; JJ rltct, cur fiooj, YoutliK long pnnts suita, from atintcd herself for those lite years in $5.00 price An angry murmur went around. worth ?!) for js.oo 2.50 aud up. order to nave tip e;ioiih nium y to k There wits lynching in the air that the coiinty (h it the had the liest Mcu'u Regular $. Mufkii.t.iihes f..r (2M It diiln't help improve the atseatiiif? capacity any v. liere tiround. We right. either. mosphere very much, were pleased, therefore, to rail this "Humph!" aaid Doc Kloftne, "what'U our seating fund. Mrs. I.cui say and Husti-rVJealous persons in our ncurcRt neighThen a strange thing happened. bor, a little town known as We were i.t.in'.ing at the bar. Our liest Knylinl. nm,!, a paper, lc V.ick or wl.Ste b3il, a roll. ! milt s aw ay, called - spool only la C.-cfie had been poured out, but in the ' drinks .ilk, re' full cotnit, p.'ipor. j this money out corruption fund. i. ins, we had foigofteu them. i (Kcitement triftbutkonh", ?P"3'!. I'o and fx; wo domn hooks ami eyes for Koder was chairman nod treasurer We took Money jmrscs, 2c, lcjSl,k our glasses In our hands and and thereof tbe l.iiicu thiend, a ppool, 1c lii.Kt BAfoty piott, 'Jr.) .a.!ic'nioo , looked down into them, and then ptr b(okf5lrt.l5c,?5e fore had charge of the fund. right down in the bottom of The chairman and treasurer was the in the es, whisky nnd water, Toilet and m tuiccro c i a', a Xioel ino of Hi.ve!ly drr?s gocds. about aa fine a man as evir came over the gla pictures of two golden heads the Koel.iea. If he hud been H & 25c great bargain. w arrantout full and fair, with the sun- Ileal eight clock, peeped fully -, dy be would u o been called "that beams f R Nicei pluuh albums from ,!.a 7.,:i Jinn cf Ribbona and up. ed only shining down on them so that mo t genial of Moiiifaecs." As lie wiiji the little bains danced nil around. A Vlurni clocks Tr;n:n;n- - thtit it will b'c 05c and hoc tlr;iutiftil nnsifi albums, ?4J12! citizen lilte the , .il') a Also nice in f vswh, bro.;Z' t.r for two itraiicf to plifc pay stcni .45 watcb.S w f tip, apparently good windinji; ;.! jtu earria:'. roles from rapped up body little beads to be, wasn't it? Nice)' plush uameuU, tatuei,'ote. 'i;o'd-fi!l- t lft lienla' d ir esse, .; i c iil in the meet km cf I't.uh'er, c took cur dri.ika. nml tiai wind and set, only SjijOO ti in Uuneat.benltby liaud-'al- ir ''Weil," laid Jim Trnalow, "Ihey lo ;ii t t)'i iiiri'e as the (litvit Ainrriciin A nice lino of ecarf mustn't know, anyhow." I'l i'it and a warm in his impulses, lie pin, finyhr In the east the crowd would have liog.s, cull'bnlfoiirt. Mo., away bo - 'Fifty r(,,(J cnvdcipi-- fcr wits fii!ip!y, in the v.onisi of Tom said We didn't say it, but we nr.ieii. 1 ' (able, "a decent fellow." J r -'( '"""V meant it. Tin ctu. 2c ench. Qunrt cup? 3 We had the must implicit faith in rtibWr-t.piH-lesd pencils. We felt better ulready. watch chains Leather 4C Best (Jranit- - wash par, lOcea.b lioder. 1 do not know why. "What's $3,000, anyhow ?" nalil Tom N'ico uid.U Fob chain worth 25c for '"r Wu ft dozuu. j't'eaBtm-.8 tet. Tabl apt.oH. C.c bad never had a chance to prave that (bible. . Good caiio 5u only Khircaaod Auks 30! t he was luuu Skayaulj about sty, We wiuc almost all right again. i S'ts a yard r()j5, 25c ud Sfio Apron Stereoscopes kuiv. c but men w ho live in the open, a fai ( rs v,.r.?-"They know me," said Truslow. "I'll A nice linw of Dolla frtm lc 1:y:it!-njada giHjtlmm npion in a a tran gc land, wan-iotf fortunes LLliL' 12e!f,!g warrau(l,.i vo..v bc-- t, ? ; ,.; and them ovir go the promise money friend of nature, prow to lie like and tell 'em bow It is. They've been and little children, and their inslli t t In J'""loj-.bliytba i.r:.J,ru.,!,an', M?e.P,fl vbC,. you b,.v cfflt2N bard luck themselves, ami will see mn ua w" l,u' 1,0 Irum!isr ;..di, but bnv slrit-tlk' t(-?-Xr becomes so abnormally tlei doped that us f. bo '":; CT.iK' out," with our in Xw- Yo.k. C..11 asd , x- -riIhey can pick out a got d jnnit the moWhy, we were all happy ngairt. ment they fee him. However, I have ( , iwl. goous and jiiuc n w lu thcf you wnul to Protecute Lem? Nut much! DrcaU often rem n dog lahe a decided f:tney that little, a Not heart? bit of it! for a 1UU Silica; and I have often teett It wt's decided that Jim should start a dog that wouldn't come within a mile ..... a next day. As to Mrs. Lem, we were of a decent man; and then I've seen a the U IJ il.J J w ait a to or so see to to was what day child who would be disgusted with a be done. -- ud of hoofs could be heard, moment later Jim Truslow T!:ca es be said. "It.v-by,- lu those first five years of iU life I'oulder had managed to Rave the Finn and IN PECAN NUTS. j A ... . V BOOM S ,, Mrs. I.ern didn't die. She was well in a v.i i li, totd when the and Huttcr esme cot weeping r:c!;t, boys," be cried. "I've the earth, and the Tbla Year 'a Crop tbe Largest la Many sea lit.il. r the earth, and Llouljer is the teara How They Are Handled by at of liouhbr count v. Ari." Colli TV the Mexican W ho Prepare the of town Itoulder, Whereupon the Tbern for Market. county seat of Itoulder county, Ariz., proceeded to so conduct itself that soon it was beyond the dreams of ararice. Not much, is heard aibout the pecaa Leslie's Weekly. nut, not even here in southwest Texas, where it grows wild and, in favorable STARLING AGAIN6T bPAfvROWS seasons, is hurvested in great abunhad (.rrman Ilird lu Ue l'Hted Attalnal the dance. The pecan nut hasisalwayswitha good market value, but it only Knli.h Oue la rumjIiaiiU. Not deterred by tbe many failures to in the past, few years that shipments exterminate the English sparrow, the have been made from here to eastern Allegheny dejiartment of imblie works ;iud northern markets. These shipha adopted a new plan to rid the city j ments were at first small, bat the dealof this ornithological pest. If the new ers have foundi the profits so satisfacplau is worth anything at all, next sum- tory that their scale of buying is inmer will see numberless conflicts be- creasing each year, and carload shiptween the En'Iiah sparrow aud the ments have now become common. It tierman btarbug. Ttie Allegheny de- requires eontiderable capital to handle partment of public works puts its faith pecans in carload lots, and for this rear ia the starling, and predicts tbe early win the small dtaler is. at a disadvantage extermination of tbe sparrow. compared' with the more wealthy cotDavid Fulton, superintendent of Iliv- - ton broker who makes pecan buying ei view park, nays the German starling1 a side issue to his regular business. is the inveterate foe of the Fparrovv. The profits are certain and the pecan whenever the starling- has obtained al nuts are obtained with no difficulty. foothold thesparrow eventually hasdis- The nuts are 'brought into the city 1 lie i signing- umes uim from all parts of the surrounding j.peariu. from his feeding grounds, destroys his country by small farmers, small boyB nest and kills la fact, he and professional Mexican pecan pickthe sparrow with the same per ers. They are sold to the local dealers show s toward at low prices, the pickers being satistinacity that the the native birds, that he has driven out fied w ith very reasonable wages. Loof the Allegheny region. cal pecan dealers not only receive the d sources, Superintendent Fulton some time ago nuts from the obtained a number of pairs of starlings, but also ibuy large quantities from tha which have been breeding in the aviary small merchants of the little towns of iu Kiverview park. Hy next spring 2,500 the surrounding country. This year's-- crop of pecana in south-we- st sparrow killers will be turned loose in tbe city. The starling Texas is the largest in many u a beautiful bird, about uine inches years, und several million, pounds of tihe k feathlong, with glistening green-blaci.uis will be exported and shipped to ers. One bird is more than a match the markets of thia country before tho fora half dozen, sparrows. EquaLinghis reason closes. Before shipment is special enemy in pugnacity, h excels made from here the nuts are run him in strength und quickness of wing. through an assorting sieve and1 then The starling is migratory, but as the classified according to eize and thicksparrow does not breed in winter, it is ness of shell. The pecan not feared that the southward, illght of a much higher price tham the the German bird will be followed by an hard she'll. The latter comes from a increase in tbe number of Epurrovvs. tree, which also iproduces in Migratory though he is, the starling is more abundance than the softrshell said to be fond of his home and to re- tree. turn to it every Fpring. All the streams around San Antonio A local German ornithologist sounded are lined with pecan groves, andi for a solemn note of warning when he heard several weeks to come they will be of Allegheny's new project. "Letthe devisited by partiesof nuthunters. There partment of public works beware," ho are few households in San Antonio in said. "The sparrows were first intro- which a bountiful store of the nuts for duced in America because they were the coming winter will not be laid up. considered useful. As the original two Many poor Mexican families here make dozen pairs increased to thousands they the pecan kernels their primary article were found to be a nuisance. They of food during the fall and winter ruined the crops by devouririgthem and months. added to tbe damage by driving the inThe Mexican housewife is an adopt sectivorous birds away. It is true that at preparing the kernels as delicious the starling will persecute the sparrow, table dSshes. A kind of flour is made but unfortunately, he is as much au from the dried kernels. This flour Ii,hmael among songbirds as the spard makes a wholesome, row is. The starLiug will find it more bread. The nuts are also made into deto his liking to drive out the few songlicious puddings and. cakes. The Mexbirds thatthe other hnsleft, rather than ican pecan candyman is an oldi instituto the to devote his time and, attention tion of San Antonio and is well rememquarrelsome little Eparrow, who is bered by tourists who visit San Antonio. brave even if he isn't strong. The This is his busy season. lie is now laystarling is as impudent as the cuckoo, ing in, his stock of pecans aud letting to ridiculous it like and, him, them dry so that the work of shelling buitd hiimself a nest, when, by looking them can before the winter tourabout he can find and utilly.e a domicile ist travel begin starts this way. When the"'-nut- s hnsbuilt. some bird other that Superare thoroughly dried the kernels intendent Fulton will be sorry for hav- are removed in halves. They are then IN. Y. Bun. ing introduced this fighter." made to form the. principal part of a most tempting andl really idelieious MENDING BROKEN TREES. candy. These Mexican candymen sell their stock on the streets exclusively, reeollnr Heanlta of the tourists and healthseckere being with Wire flanils. In going through an old' orchard their best patrons.. This sale of pecan of the fall of candy on the streets is a custom peculiar where the great to San Antonio. It is not to be seen 1S94 blew- - over mamy trees, cutting and splitting off half the tops of others, I in any city of Mexico. was struck, says, J. II. Hale, in tbe The Mexicans are experts in removConnecticut Courant, with the amount ing the kernels from the shell and quite of abuse a peach tree will stand and an industry is being built up here in that work. It was. started, in a someyet recover. In clearing up the wreckage some of the split trees "were bolted what interesting manner. A local contogether, others had wire bands put fectioner sent to a friend in New York, On, and still others had the 'broken half w ho was also in the confectionery busicut away entirely, the srplit trunks ness, a few pounds of the pecan kernel! smoothed up with a dirawing knife and as a present. The New York confectiond the head shortened in to baler then sent an order to his friend ii ance it a little 'better. Trees treated Kan Antonio for 200 pounds of the ker in the latter method, while having a nels. The recipient of the order ae scarred trunk, with bark only on one cured the services of a number cf Mex aide, liave full rounded-ou- t heads, as icans, aud the desired-quantitof pun meat kernels was quickly turned ou good as though no harm had while the wiring process has girdled and shipped. This shipment led ti many limbs ajid left pretty poor trees. otherss nnd the demand continues ti The bolted trees look fairly well, but increase. cf kerneb Large none are eo good as those that were arc now made- fromshipments San Antonio cverj thoroughly pruned, with no attempt Tall and winter to New Y'ork, Chicago to save, broken limbs. This experience St. Louis and other eastern and northcovered about 1,000 trees, and in any ern cities. Fancy prices are obtained future breaking or splitting down I for the kernels from the large confecshall out everything away, confident tionery houses, and the profits art that however lopsided a tree may be. large. The labor employed there is intwo years' new growth will put it in An attempt made re- -' better shape than by any othermathod. expensive. crittiy to remove the kernels by means A peculiar result of of a but it was quickly found tree with wire bands, was that the that machine, the Mexicans performed; the work fruit borne on them has been larger more satisfactorily and cheaply than and of brighter color, ripening from the machine. ten days to two weeks earlier than the The polishing of the pecan nut is also' same varieties of trees without wire a growing industry here. The nuts bands. This might the an- advantage in some seasons with certain varieties, command a trille better price when the and if only a portion of a tree were remnants of bark are removed and their surface polished. The polishing is girdled at one time, no serious harm done by placing the nuts in a large would come of it. d strict: in Advance. ADVERTISE KATES A'.I fjaliaerlnuufu Tun of sorrow." -- ' Published every "that's owr ai.J A'.I, j Rosa determined on flight. Well know-in- g that once in the I'nited States she would be safe from all danger, she en-- I deavored to secure a passport to t his country. In this she was unsuccessful, whereupon she took rcfifge with the w ife of the llritish ambassador at Oon-- : stantinople. The American consul then also interested himself in the ease and rendered material assistance to the girl in her efforts to get away. PisguLse was, of course, necessary, and Miss Alongha adopted the costume of a nun, in which she was smuggled on board a vessel bound for this country, where she arrived safely, She lost no time in getting to Herkeley, Cab, where her mother's brother resides. Miss Alongha comes of a rich and aristocratic family. She Is highly educated, speaking fluently Armenian, Creek. Turkish, French and other languages. cylinder, which is revolved rapidly. Tile pecan tree flourishes in every part of southwest Texas, wherever its roots can reach water or moisture. The profits in raising the nuts are so large, that all the groves now in existence are being protected and many orchards of the trees have been planted by farmers in the past few years. There is one orchard of pecan trees of several hundred acres near Ilrownwond, Tex. The orchard has been grown from the direct planting of the nuts. It is now several year old and will soon begin to bear. -- X. V. Sun. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Unbleached canton flannel makes the best dish cloths. Washing the hands in bran water w ill whiten and soften the skin. Flannel should be Ironed as little aa possible, and with a moderately hot iron. Vegetable eoiipa are nourishing and not as heating as those made from meat stock. risntain leaves applied to beestings or mosquito bites will remove tbe Inflammation.. Nothing will improve tbe crmrplexlon and give grace to movement lietter thaa housework. A menu for each meal, made, out weekly, will save murh anxiety as to each day's meals. Aneleat Sara-leaInatrnmrnta. Tie a piece of stole bread to a whits The remain of a Koman military hos- muslin cloth and drop it into tha kettle, pital and a number of surgical instru- w ith the boiling cabbage to help absorb ments have recently been found Lear ' offensive odor. Zurich, in Switzerland. l i "J |