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Show T 11 14 never aain ct. how- - FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. ever, that about the time of this ex- traordinarv occurreuce the magaifi-cen- t BISHOP OF OXFORD'S THE estate in question pained into IMPROVING THE WESTERN PASthe possession of a remote member STRANGE GHOST STORY. TURE LANDS. of the family, who, until then, had lived in obscurity. ft to the I. Ivina Bl t'uWBiiiaU-alj-I linn i a Sure la tlrdrr That Justice Mlht To Tmrk of Frosmwlvo Isriulu fcl(i Oim of tha Moat Krautrka-bl- a DOGS ON THE Ha Uu RACE TRACK. a Traai to rail Hairy Koto aad lluiwr-1-1 SEEN BY WILBERFORCE. i i , j d , AaecUotvs of Hplrlta. A t'auaillau The following remarkable incident the life of the late Samuel Wilberforce, bishop of Oxford and afterward of Winchester, ia related aa absolutely authentic, and the good bishop himaelf la said to have many timea rehearsed the story to hia friends Wilberforce was nost prominent among hia contemporaries of the English clergy, and aa once a leader of the High Church in Bi-h- op arty. a certain occasion the worthy shop hail accepted an invitation to tay at a country house not far from ondon. Entering the drawing-roorevious to dinner, on the evening of ia arrival, he noticed a priest of the Homan communion tting by the lire and taking no part the general conversation. The ishop was somewhat surprised at ot being presented to the priest, lid hia aatonishment was great, hen. a few momenta later, dinner ,'ing announced, the guests retired, aving the priest at hia place by the re. The hostess having assigned Ishop Wilberforce the seat of honor ' her right hand, aa soon as an On I m evi-ent- ly ty offered he remarked: I bog your pardon, madam, but lay 1 inquire who was the priest we ft sitting apart in the drawing-oom- ? have seen him, then," the lady. It is not every Ah, you who has that privilege. can't tell you who he is or from hence he cornea For many years is specter has haunted the house nd grounds it has. in fact, been a 'edition to the family. Ho seems do no harm, and although he spars only occasionally, we have some quite accustomed to our endly ghost." How very singular," remarked s loruship. Hut have you never dressed your priestly specter?" Indeed, 1 havo had no opportuni-f- . nor the desire, for that matter, saponded the hostess, growing pale. l&f'May J take the liberty now? ie in-ir- the dignitary. Wlth all my heart, your lord-replied the lady, he bishop arose and returned to drawing room, found the priest iKore he hail left him a few minutes Mre. Having no fear, the bishop &1 Kindly: Who are you, my friend, and why you hero? &,The spectre seemed to sigh deeply lad say, as though to Itself: At last!" Then, in a hollow voice, addressing the bishop, it continued: 1 am the ppiyit of a priest who left this world isme eighty years ago, and I am here in part to anyone who will receive id secret which died with me. I 90 Id nut rest in my grave while a at wrong was being done which it bs in my power to right I have In returning all these years in the e someone would address me, for as not given to me to be the first peak. All men have shunned me il now, and it is your mission to I was a priest of the my bidding. rch of Home and was called to house eighty years ago to re-v- e the conlession of a dying man. was the sole possessor of a secret knowledge of which would alter iterially the entail of this vast Bate, and in his death this man p. :h - w- itid it up ok- - isd id's iuv sr- - he. In md 5lent h." km. km. lien tel. Milt Itijo led ip ilac i Jtst 9 r Pl jc c f'U-lt- Shed to repair the terrible wrong had brought upon his kin. 'At his request I wrote down the fession, word for word, as he e it to mo, and when he finished. barely time to administer the si sacrament of the church before expired in my arms, it was very portant that I should return to udon that night, and in passing ough the library to leave the ise I concluded it would be safer to carry the paper on which was it ten the confession away with me, to place it in some socure, un-- 1 a spot, where I could obtain it de-and following day the document to the per- for whom it was intended, 5 unting the steps to the book Ives I took out a copy of Young's :rht Thoughts.' which was the first k upon the uppermost shelf near-th- e last window, and inserting ' paper carefully between its leaves placed tlie book and departed. A o was awaiting mo at the door, ere we reached the entrance of grounds he took fright; I was own and instantly killed. Thus d the secret of my confessor with No one has disturbed that book these years, and no one has had courage to address this mes-igfrom the unknown. The Ier will be found as I have stated, d now remains for you to correct injustice which has so long been on this noble family. My mission over and I can rest in peace. At the close of this remarkable rech the specter faded gradually m sight and the bishop was left zing into space. Recovering from k astonishment Bishop Wilberforce 'nt at once into the library and Lnd the book exactly as indicated the specter. In its secluded cor-r- . upon the top shelf, thick with n dust of ages, evidently the book 1 unmolested many remained ars. There was the document just e described, but now faded and secret of the confession ver became known to the world. e good bhihop regarded It as a conduce from the spiritual world, and ways ended the story with the i l.ad Made 10. COO Out of Kifclbltloas by Ilia Trotting Hetlrr. Horse racing has long been an established and popular pastime, and now dog racing is coming to attract aome attention. A lad named Willie Ketcham ot Ontario, is said by the I'tica 1ren to have been the pioneer In this line of sport. In he showed his trotting dog broke to harness. It was an Irish setter, who never left a trot and made hair-mil- e heats against punles. He was able to outspeed almost every pony that was entered against him. llis challenge was large and was against any pony twelve hands or uuder. or to give any horse twenty seconds, the horse to go a mile and the dog half a mile, the horse to draw a quarter of hia own weight The lad has made $10,001) with his dog in this way. Another boy named t barley Kinsler, whose home is in uhiu, trained a bulldog to make splendid time ou the course. lie was uuta success however, because on the occasion of his first race on the fair ground the word go had just been given when he espied an unfriendly dog some distance away, and he bolted the track and overhauled the object of his chuse. and could not be c rsuutlcd to return till he had whipped him on the spot Young Kinsler gave up 'teaching bulldogs, and his next venture was with a cross between a Newfoundland and bloodhound which developed very good tqieud. Young Kins-le- r, however, had tho best success with setters, anl those that he broke to harness were able to go at quite a fast clip. He made a tuur of the country fairs, and was everywhere a The business popular attraction. netted him handsome profits, and ho is training other dogs to draw in harness, single, in pairs and a Of course dug trotting can be at best but a novelty and a side attraction. The two lads who have gone into it have done immensely well with the enterprise, but it is a field that can be very easily crowded, and too much competition will ex tinguish the business. 17 four-in-han- d. Plul. In the course of a trial before a justice of the peace iu Texas, cqgn-Bfur the uefendunt requested the court to rule on a certain point; l'HHMCfl ul whereupon, counsel for plaintiff, whose name was Charles Leggett, insisted that the court hud already passed on the point After considerable argument and due deliberation on tho purt of the court, tho justice, who was Irish, said: Chaar-lethis court has niver passed on Well," said Leggett, thatp'int" will your honor pass on it now? I do pass on it now," responded the court with infinite dignity. Well, how does your honor pass on it?" inquired the perplexed counsel The court straightened himsolf up, cleared his throat, and relieved himself by delivering the following in his most impressive manner: "Chaar-leye must abide by the law, what-ive- r y, y, it ia " Argonaut PUNS AND PLEASANTRIES. iiy nn sc! you a fool. Brown I understand that (Senator Green waited you to act as his private secretary. Simmons lie did, but I wouldn't Ycept the position, because I should ..hare to sign everything: "Green, per Simmons." The man tliut just passed doesn't "He does look as if he wus hard up. not. Yet his business is always Hugging." "Is that so? Whst business is he in?" "He is the signal man at the railroad crossing." Young Reporter I have been sent out here to report this game of polo, and I don't know a thing about the game. Polo Player Ill give you the names of all the players and spectators, and my sister will tell you how each lady ia dressed. Never mind about the game. Little Girl If I was a teacher I'd Aunty-H- ow make everybody behava. would yos accomplish that? Little Girl Real easy. When girl's was bad I'd tell them they didn't look pretty; and when little boys was bad Id make them sit with the girl's, and when big boys wss bad I wouldn't let them sit with ths girls. Auctioneer This book, gentlemen, is especially valuable, as it contains marginal notes in tlie handwriting of Alexander Yon Humboldt. A hundred marks offered. Going going gone. It is yours, sir. (The autograph marginal note by the renowned scholar This book ia not was as follows: tha priestly specter was worth the paper it is printed on." yel-Th- ce that Tbs It (sills I'aataraa. just as essential that pasture lauds in the West, where laud is cheap, should be Improved, as in the East, where It is relatively higher. Is Many farmers who have more land than they can possibly use do not com to think sa They reason that it is better to let the cattle roam over the whole waste land than attempt to improve any particular portion of the farm. This is false economy, fur every farmer ought to know that it is the laud ho cultivates, and nut tho amount he owns, that yields a profit. It is better to select ten acres and improve these as much as possible than to allow loo acres to take care of themselves. In the end more profit will be obtained by him from the ten acres Every part of the grass field should bo brought up to the maximum production. und it follows that the corners and weak spots of the field should receive sXM-ia- l attention. Many times poor spots In the grass field produce such a small growth of grass that it hardly pays to run the mowing machine over them. There is some reuHon for this, and it can be easily remedied. Special fertilizing if the soil is poor, or if the grass pastures staking them off from the cattle, will generally enable them to catch up Where certain kinds of luscious grasses grow ia the fields, the cattle are very apt to crop them soclusely as to injure their roots It does not ;iuy to let the fields get such an uneven growth. It is quite essential that the boggy and bad places should bo reclaimed as soon as possible, says the American Cultivator. If water settles in them late in the spring, that alone will make the grass grow slower and produce poor sjiots. They should be drained and see. led wit.i fine grass seeds. The spuces along the edges aud in the comers of the fields taken up with briars and bushes and woods should he reclaimed. There is no greater sign of sliiCtlcnsness in farming than to see the fences dividing the fields lined with a close hedge of weeds, bushes or briars. They should not be allowed to get a start them. Tho grass should extend right up to the fence, and all stumpy and woody growths bo removed, so that tho mowing machine blades will not encounter any obstacle when passing close to the fence. A grass field for hay, or a pasture lot for feeding animals, is a sure sign of progressive farming; and if this is maintained from year to your, you can rest satisfied that the (armor is making money out of his business, lie knows that grass is tho foundation of all good farming, and he is building the cornerstone of his prosperity out of It Is not clover good material. alone, but grass that assures tbe farmer success. It is well to look to the pastures and grass fields to see if there is any way of improving them. ed To Teach a Tram to Pall. It is a real pleasure to have a team that can be relied upon to pull whenever wanted to do sol Any team, if not of a too highly nervous temperament, may be trained to perfect reliability. We need first of all and forever after to recognize that the horse has a mind and at least the mental qualities of memory and affection. The consideration of paramount importance in this matter, according to the view of a writer in National stockman, is to develop the teams confidence in themselves and in their driver. It is just as true of the horse as of man that he will not exert himself greatly over what he has no hope of accomplishing. But different from man the horse thinks of previous loads instead of the one to which ho is attached. This is the reason a balky horse is apt to refuse Mr. Suphead, during the honeymoon to pull a very light load, lie has no When did my little dnekie darling way of estimating his load only by first discover that she loved me? pulling upon it Hitch a horse to a I found lirlile, sweetly Wliep myself very heavy load, let him pull upon getting mad every time anyone called it then transfer him to an empty I didn't know Staffer was an active worker in the church." Well, then, you've never seen him at a clinrch supper." Laura Tell me. Uncle George, is that deformed gentleman what is called a crook? Uncle George No, indeed. He is a bicyclist. "I've lost my ring, Hridget" "Why don't yecs advertise it, mum, an' no What good would questions asked?" Veen might find it, mum; me It do? lahst mistress did, an Oi got the reward. Mary Please, sir, the man with the grocer's bill has called again; what shall I say to him? Mr. Grinder Tell him that I've bought a couple of bloodhounds, and would he call again er es- - an the old Helps. . I wagon and stai-- t him. You will see him gather himself for a heavy pulL lie has in mind the heavy load. Had the horse been stalled with a heavy load and whipied until the driver and horse wci-- both certain he could not pull it, you would have a horse thoroughly broken not to pull. This writer says: Let me impress the truth of this by calling to mind another illustration of the result of similar treatment I have scon men who had horses given to pulling upon the halter, put one on them they were confident the horse could not break and then whip them over the head in order to make them pulL Nearly always when a horse finds he cannot pull loose he will walk up to the hitching post I have heard men argue that a horse could be so thoroughly broken in this way that a tow string would bold them. There is some truth in It, though not all horses are to be managed in the A horse of nervous same way. temperament should never be excited. They will always do their best in a perfectly calm state of mind. The drivers of fast trotters have taught us this They have also learned that to keep the horse calm all men in attendance must remain sa No passionate, profane man aver developed groat speed in a horse nor trained a powerful pulling team. With these general principles in view and proper attention to o F; details any team may be trained so FOR SUCH IS FAME. that it will be a delight to work them. Have a definite and small voca- - j bulary to use with your team and j ONCE SECURED OTHERS ANXIOUS TO STEAL IT. always use the same word for one purpose. Keep the same two horses working together ami always on the Im tks Maws of Harbors Frtetvhlo same side. Use ojwn bridles so that the team can see wliat is going on around them. Keep all attachments strong, that your team will not be in fear of straining themselves through something breaking. Use dose fitting collars and harness aud never allow a horse to become sore from Teach any part of the harness Keep your team to stavt together. them strong and iu good spirits by good and regular feeding and good care in every particular. l.et them como to heavy pulling gradually and not at all until their buues are well ta Hlvlda Honors arltk Aaathor 1114 Ska Wave tha Old Flax aa Wklular Clalai.r C O N T R ms to whether 1 do!" Then she thought of Frau Frietchie, whose china was widely known. Barbara joyfully loaned her ware for the use of the honored visitor, and after Barbara Frietchie did all that she was credited with in Whittier's Immortal knmii lias Iteen blurted up again. Markena of Frederick, Md.,who was well acquainted with Frau Friet-uhi-e, J. matured. K. How to let llrtlvr I'rlm. writes: lleef cattle are still much too low, "Never was there anything so dogbut tlie price of steaks and roasts at the butcher shops remain tin' same. gedly followed up and decried aa this was It is evident then that sonic one is matter. In fact, mi making a good profit in handling it pressed that it heeined that her cattle. This suggci that the far- friends and relative doubted not ouly mer who raises and fattens tho beeves the epiaodc but her identity. There ia no proof that she did not ought to get nearer to the consumer in some way. If lie could have even wave the fiug. and alie certainly would half tho profit made from the stock have been the luat woman in Frederick he raises he would bo doing much not to have done aa There are better than he is at present Re- four women living who did wave flags. ferring to this matter tin- - Indiana But their nanica will never be known, Farmer says: (.'ainmt some one de- because they would share the Maine vise a method by which this cun be persecution that Mrs. Frietchie endured. brought about? We will venture a On tbe other hand, one woman claima suggestion to start with. In a cer- the honor that belongs to Mrs. tain farming ncighlmrhond in Uwon Frietchie. She and her friends have for yeura len clamoring for recogcounty an arrungimicnt lias made whereby the farmers take nition. Now, no one doubts that Airs, turns in slaughtering young (Juanlrell waved a flag, aa did other for the use of those in tliu combina- also, out that does not prove thut.Mra. tion. Iiy this plan all are supplied Frietchie did not. Nor is it any reason t of excelthat the honors showered upon Mrs. regularly with fresh now that Frietchie, lent quality. f her known Suppose similar combinations wore fnrmod in bravery and her heresy to the southern other counties or sections of tho eaune, were unjust state, and that instead of merely It appears that the great objection enough for home supply, two or arose in the fact that Stonewall Jack-so- n three timea as many beoves were was named in connection with the by the affair. The southern people idolized, slaughtered as are members Then suppose some well in fact, worshiped him. By some it recommended person la: employed, has been said that Jackson's cohorts here at Indianapolis, for exumplo to did not paaa Barbara Frictchic'a house. receive and find customers for this The confederate army did certainly surplus The meat being of prinio pass by her door, whether they went quality ought to sell readily at good by way of Patrick or Bentx street. And her fame and nuint will live lung prices. Tho advantage to the fnrmci-would be that they would got the re- after her decricra are forgotten. tail prices, which run from eight to Mr. Marker's has spent a 'great deal fifteen cents per pound, less tlie of time, collecting facts to sulistantiate or wages jiaiil tlie agent at what he has always kumvn to lie the the city. truth of this famous episode of the civil war. But wherever there is a iNlry Note. Dairying is a good means of build- controversy on any Kint in history public is Uniiul to have a bund iu ing up the farm as the fertilizers are the it. During his lifetime Whittier was kept at home. Thu amount and quality have moro himself beset by anxious inquirers, to do in determining tho value of a who sought to be informed whether the theme of his great poem waa a cow than beauty of form aud color. myth or a reality. In Octolier, JS80, tho and By sending grains grasses he wrote to Nellie Blessing Kyster: tliu form of butter, the to market in I had a portrait of the good lady transportation bill is much smaller. Barbara, from hand of the Use plenty of straw bedding for tlie lkirothea Dix. whose saintly life is spent In cows, and keep milk vessels well works ut love and and a cane cleaned with hot water and soap, or made of wood from duty, Barbara's cottage, milk will be tainted. sent me by Dr. Steiner, of tha MaryA dairy writer says that nice land senate. fluidity so that tho orcam pours Whether she did all that my poem evenly and smoothly Is tho test for a ascribed to her or not, ahe waa a brave right condition in churning. and true woman. I followed the acIf a follow gets mad at a cow ho count given me in a private letter and better vent his anger on a gate post the papers of the time." or tlie barn door, than the cow. Ho Beyond the few strangers who have will get through milking sooner and settled In Frederick since the war, and get more milk. Cows don't give the coterie of folk who believe in the down their milk to people who kick Identity of Barbara Frietchie, for the and cuff them. sake of the local history connected Butter in the city market brings with her name, there is still much inall the way from ten to twenty-fiv- e credulity regarding her. cents. Tho man who makos the ten It is true, as Whittier said, that Lee cent butter loses money, while the marched over tlie mountain wall into one who produces the best quality Frederick and remained there three and gets the top price, makes money. days The citizens treated hia To which class do you belong? hungry troops kindly, and A dairy writer thinks that people every piano in town played Marywho know it all are the worst ones land. My Maryland." Ilia related that out of which to make good dairy-mo- a band of the troops, while Thi-have no use for book passing Dame Frietcliie's house one learning, as they call everything day, noticed that the boards of the printed on the subject of dairying, porch were unusually dean, and and you can depend on it they will stopped to rest a while. It was not learn nothing from their more ad- long before the loyal proprietress vanced neighbors learned of their presence, and, mailing out of the door, she raised her caue Household Helps. and cried: Sprigs of fresh parsley are servod Get you away from my house, you with boiled onions, not entirely as a laxv pack! be but eaten as to deodora garnish, The troops withdrew, and the story izer. got into camp, it waa repeated so Y oru black cashmere may be reas a joke that Rarliara became stored by washing it in hot suds, often famed as a shrew before Lee withdrew a borax in little previously putting the watur. Rinse in very strong bluing water and iron while dami. Before buying broadcloth rub tho piece against the nap. If it fuzzes" like Canton flannel you don't want it Broadcloth of a good quality dues not take on a Huffy look when brushed tho wrong way. Housekeepers are learning tho value of charcoal as a preservative and purifier and absorbent of moisture. Many keep a shallow vessel fillod with it broken quite fine in the ice chest and food cupboards throughout the summer. To prevent mouldy cheese tbe housekeopor should leave tho cover a little open when the cheese is in tho pantry. A revolving cheese dish Is FHIRTCHIB. RAKRAKA a capital arrangement for keeping from Frederick. It is even ventured cheese fresh. It bas a cover that hr some that this incident, as it finally does not require to be lifted off when became distorted, led Whittier to write the cheese is on the table. the poem. Cold boiled potatoes sliced and Barbara Frietchie died in 18A3, at placed in milk gravy and boiled till the age of ML She had a dear idea of warm are very good with any kind of the revolutionary war and boasted pork, especially ham and bacon. more than once that no rebel power They are more delicate If the gravy would ever be able to destroy the Is thickened with cornstarch r.nd en- country that the soldiers of her girlhoriched with butter. This is a way of od-had fought so hard to establish. saving potatoes, as the gravy forms She wss exceedingly vain of her knowlmuch of the dish. edge of past events and for a quarter No woman ever has eno igh lamp of a century liefore her death was a hades. The home manufacture of general source of historical reference these things has become such a to the people of Frederick. Besides, widespread fad that tCuncing of she eould predict atmospheric changes various widths for this purpose is several days ahead of anybody else, now for sale. It comes in white and and aa for planting garden seeds so colored lace, in tinted silk covered that they would come np quick, she with lace ai,1 of embroidered silk waa Infallible. mull with scalloped edges When ia 1791 Gen, Geonre Washing- to-d:i- y la-o- nn-a- s coin-missi- half-nake- n. r. e la ItoMlaed UR ton happened to stop over n'ght ut Frederick tlie townspeople felt honored. Such. however, was uot the esse with poor MraKimbull, the abuse shelf did not contain a resji.-ctablShe ; ices of china. wrung her bauds will, grief, exclaiming. What shall 1 do oh, what shall gray-coate- d d, HRI.lrs nr nARHABA FRITCIHK. he had finished his breakfast site put it carefully sway. It is shown y by Barbara Krictehies descendants aa a proof ni her existence and loyalty to the Union. to-da- i 1 I. lea About t (Slaata There has ten no subject concerning which more lies hare been told tliun alxuit giants Until it was found that modern men eould not be squeezed into the armor at the Tower of London it was taken for granted that we had degenerated in size. This Is not only not the csm, but in the matter of giants s. we have the advantage of our The Emperor Maximilian, indeed, was said to have been eight and one-ha- lf feet high, but ancient mensuration, esNcially in the case of an , is nut to be trusted; indeed, einjM-rorfrom its nut having made him taller, it ie certain that there was no one else nearly so tall. Orestes, it is true, we are told, wus ten fret long after death; but he waa not thought so highly of when alive; we may reasonably take eight feet aa bis ultimatum. Now, Chang was eight feet, and there are two giants at present going about in English caravans who exceed that altitude. (, prede-cesMir- Robert Louis Stavaasou's Wife. Thu wife of Untiert Louie Stevenson is as the most charming of women. She is a brunette with innumerable lines of beauty in tha waves of her dark hair aud endless possibilities of expression in her large, With a fanciful imaginasoft eyes tion and a mind rich iu olwervatiuu," says a contributor to an Australian who periodical, she is a disowns blue-stocingdom." Slit enters hemrt and soul into tlie simple life of her husband in Samoa. It bas been said of her that she prefers her Samoan dcM-rils-- blue-stockin- g k- flower-garde- to n the paths of literature. Bhe is in a great sense a dil leans. h. l. strvkn- - tante. She prufesa-sox- . ea to write only when she wants money to spend foolishly. (There is doubtless a trifle of exaggeration in thin The popularity which she has won ia seldom gained without the burning of midnight oil, and many writers would strike many attitudes and give themselves various sirs of importance in finishing half the number of stories and sketches which appear in the Knglish and American magazines under the name of Fanny de O. Stevenson." Aa AbIibbI TIovis The inhabitants of ML Lucia have lately discovered a most wonderful plant It grows in a cavern, in an immense basin of brackish water that lias overflowed from the sea. The bottom basin is covered with pebbles, and each pebble with from one to five of these plants, which, for want of a better name, are termed animal flowers. These curious creatures, which are in all shades of color, remind one of a beautiful flower bed. To tlie sight they are perfect flowers, but on the approach of n hand or n stick they retire. out of sight. (lose examination shows that the middle of the flower-lik- e disk is provided with four filaments which move s around tlie petals with a quick motion. Each of these filaments is pruvided with pincers for prey. The- - live upon the fish and marine insects. of pawn Whenever tlie pincers on the filaments make a catch the petals iininediat..-lclose, anil there is no escape for whatever has been so unfortunate as to fall into the voracious creature's maw. spon-taueou- Haw to Maks a Of course you know that a ia the effect of real hydro-ear-bon- e gas generated by decomposing organic matter iu a marsh and in a state of combustion. But did you know that you eould produce this phenomenon in your homes? Take nn glass jar and place some baking soda in the bottom, over wbieb pour a little diluted aulphurie acid, muriatic acid or strong vinegar. Then the jar will fill with carbonic-aci- d gaa. Now lower a lighted candle into the gas until it goes out, leaving the top of the flame still burning upon the surface of the invisible gaa The flame will be fed by the gases coming from the smouldering wick. This lasts but a short time, hot it may be reproduced by raising the candle until the wick relights, then lowering it again. In order to make a success of this experiment see that the air of the room is verv stilL open-mouth- : i M t i f |
