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Show THE lWI.M IIOMK. hut rn filial AM) a line of sin -- ! HIS FATHER'S OLD FRIENDS. ami duni'. In ntlier unnlstlie trotting lulnului'ttnn T Ii s I llrouxlit nellon is not on1. inherited, hot tie) Til Youth to lli u.idilion:il pi.iii-iwliieli from 'The eld gent played a que--i i:i j iiijig is l.'iia!:iilti'il. auil the sire gin-- ' bi'tti-- IV'Uiln than trick on an- the other night, he s.i:-iit In wiili!i have giieii iijtliniit lievi'lop-l!:-'!i- t. as he lit hi' cigar after dinner, The Millie law holds here willi was rather awkunrd forme ut first, h r a:l .lonii-t- ii' animal'. '1 lie ili'seeadaiil' I gin" ii uu.' a 1g,Kid tiling after 1ull. h,nl kimw ii'ed to think of the cmis that are now loaking gii-a- l I did not t if done an injuMii-inyM-iill r.vords far sarpii" uiuloaiiteilly live or six nights a . in any line is trans- to the week. Mavis' it wasn't always tin) if lliat mitted in a higher t has to its fullest theater, but if it wiimi'I that U was j del cliipiui'iit by training nml fund. It Mag parly or a jsiker game. 1 needn't is in thii. law of hoivdily that the skill- explain: jiaTve Ini-- with me fiispui-t- ful and thoughtful hiii-deliiids liis J- Weil, yon also know how I'm fixei hop,- - nf ivwaril. I work for my in the line of bii'im-Mi- . Tilt I'bruil Mv.it. father, und 1 have to le at the office .it : Aiaerii-ai- i Mu-1 farmers ('ii'.tivatm-ill tin morning -- just ns the know that young iinimais grow fusli-of the family are sitting down to breakfrom the fisnl ciiiisuiiii-1 than they do fast. in get my breakl after they pass tln-iyear. With fast anil leave tin- - houm they of that. I can't pigs mid sheep u shorter time Kiilliees are up. to attain limit of pnililuliio gruwlii. I'm doing exactly what ih-- man who t 'The of lambs is higher in price had my plan' Is.'fure me did. u:id - es to anil h:is its owiu-yon ami me think I'm drawing ; Shei-fur may lx- kept live more salary than he did. .veal's. After that they. loo. should lie lint that's ncilln-here nor 1 will result It's the evening'. fattened, us keeping to finish usi-in limn- - or dying every year from work nl nml . get dinner down-tow. Mini-indigestion, as Ihcir teeth and go to l!ie theater or Young hogs ilia, weigii 1,'it to b'oi) else, lieeii doing it for at Hint six mmid' tind ready sale, and at months, iimi I mi ear when 1 figure prices jier huadn-i- l than tlm over-- 1 hark about tin only times lliat I bare ginwlh porkers starved one year, when urn my met! n r and sister have br. n them is most prulit in good feeding, at Sunday dinners. Nothing unusual t when tln.-s-mid fattened 1h-- is ill that, of the same thing is of young men in true of AND DOMESTIC TOPICS CAREFULLY CULLED. RURAL r al-s- i Mult 1 fi l orl Ilail- Aliiiut !! i1ii x Ii.ii)iiij tan:! luul 3 anil llmiiliolil, I . - f Yin Yulo tn flit I nfill. TIiumi form or.' who have hail ni -- I with will c.vju'iiiini.-that tl.i-- iiiv tin- - iinl iriil:t:ililc for fiii'm work. Tlm following in u good uf tli' iiinli- -i tin urn- - Wc-iufarin': uiv lniigor livt-illiiiliii' In li'ns linlilo In dix-usi- ' nr iinsimi.ilin.'NS. will stand rough hiiio mnl have hull-- . rim nliiuil colil Mnnii' In'lti-c- , niv lev i:n1iciil:ii' tln-ifare. nnil will ill weeds nml cnni'-wirnci- - Unit horses would iffnsc. Ho in h -- r. likely to run away. mul. if lie diH'n rim. ilnii't get sc.'iivd mul kick thing' to picci-- . liul follows tin ii mil mul "lii'ii im thinks lu linn gone f .ii ci.iiimli, mul in no liuiiv likely to run again ilimi if nothing lnnl lu !ak--grain lint fully ns , much rough fii il ns u takes lesii lili ii.ir iiji. ns lie In only ;i Tl.i.s is tlie frooil side; now lei us on aivund nml liHik oil the oilier A lliiili! is very lint to lie mgiii-inl- l. Hide. Ho Will jlllllj) fences, til is l W tlielll down, eliml) over or crawl through, just iis lu: jdeiLses; therefore. when you turn lam in pasture you have no idea where you will lind him. It is owing to how n farmer is sitnuted which kind of ii tenin ho wuuts; if lie employs u'.l kind' of drivci-s- , 1ms hteady work mul keeps iiist team up nights, ho wants lint, if his team is driven liy mules, trusty drivers uiiil can rim on msturu a iait of the time, horses uro mu eh r r.xei-lleiie- . lea m livut-11111- r XI ' rniiM-queiii'- e r r it-i- - aii-a- 1 r fhi-mg- stiH-agth- lmrvest are returned after killing the queer., all but one of tlio best queen cells in tlio lii vo should bo destroyed. Unless this is dune they if tho weather and pasturage continues favorable swarm again in seven or eight days. Second and third swarms an also liable to follow. If the colony is one of your t and from which it is desired to obtain queens, remove the cells to nucleus colonies, otherwise it may be t to destroy all tho rolls as well hs tlie A queen when returning the Rwnrin. week later the cells should agidn be destifived and a coll, or yuung queen, from llio licst stock introduced. No more swarming will usually occur, while honey will have been secured instead of Increase. is-s- is-s- Dyeing. lYrhaps no art is of more value to the country houackec)or than a knowledge of how to dye and renovate old eluthi's. Dyeing is the ever ready resourco of u slender wardrobe," says a noted writer on mutters, anil wc have found it so. It is nn ail well worth learning; by its use long-wor- n gar; mails, rusty from wear, ran lie restored and remade to last yet longer, or now ones of delieate colors, injured by neiils, wine or fruit Mains, can lx- readily renewed. Light colored lockings, no longer fashionable, run be given rich dark or liluek shades: silk luce or ribbons too yellow for wear, feathers injured seemingly beyond reclaiming. gloves soil'd and faded, can all lx- made to look new. Ail woolen goods dye well. Silk, while it never looks quite us well us when now, can be very nicely colored so as to unsw rr many purposes. Irish poplins color well, but usually shrink considerably. Half worn fabrics of a dnrk color, may ho bleached so as to bike light coloring liy dipping in a bath of chloride of lime, then well rinsed. In coloring caro should to do the work projierly. Soft water is t nnd plenty of it should be used. The dyeing should always - n ls-s- to spread out the gisids. Iteforo beginning to color, all givnsc anil dirty spots should lw removed from tlie garments. They should lxi well scoured with soap mid water and then riusi-- and dipped water. housekeepers prepare Many dye?- at heme: but Ibis is a great deal of (rouble and is mistaken economy. The various prepared dyes kept liy all rtruggisK aside from their do the work more mul me ehcnjier. Tlio color can I eueh package of dye will show the i xnrt shade wanted; mid with rt'.iv, unv woman ran soon learn 1i color wiih tbe-- e dyes equal lo profes-tiiuu- il dyers. persous wishing to dye .Many timt-sme at it loss to know what eoiui-- will . For the inrlye various shades struction of Mich we annex the fo1 lowing: Light green will dyo pivtty shade i of brown, crimson and black; light blue will dye dnrk blue, crimson, purple and gnvn: brown will ilyueriniMin, dark green nml black: drub will dye senrb-t- . purple, blue, crimson, givon, stone and blmk: lavender, mauve, light pink and gray will color any darker shade nicely; dark browns, id m . given and blnek. if dingy and faded, ran Ixj renewed by dipping ill dye of Iho same color. - , s be-d- llrerdliiK. The Northwestern Agriculturist: results in breeding 1 rotting come from sires und dmis which nro uot only deve'ojied trotters themselves. s live and lairley sown together make fisnl for cuttle. A hole ill tho shelter of stock wastes feed just as truly us does u hole in the granary. Always avoid unnecessary expendi. You will wear out ture of six in enough. Do not lxjrrow money unless you can r tiiuko it bring you a larger rent than you pay. It is herd to kii-j- i one team well shod during the winter to us- - on the road wln-- slippery. Show your to ymu- - hired iiiau and ho will show liis sell i'll ness to Like like." you. Change the fixd often enough to . keep ull sto k with paid apix-titesThey will thrive belter on loss feed. An oeeasioiial sprinkling of thusbill with a solution limiio of a pound of isijqieras und four gallons of water will an excellent green pop-tiloi- ts. boi-si-- o. kmrai Niilvu. sts-kjn- b-- e m-x- ls-r- in warm, n, miiiu-wIh-- A Word AImiiiI lice. In n ii cunt isMiii of tlio Farm and Ilnn.e the Hlnteiueiit is made that if this eiilui'ies in mi apiary liavo equalized in the spring to promote brrsid t miring, liy strengthening weak tlie expense of tlio strong, they should of tlui muin honey at the flow, unless all have lieoomu very he doubled njt. or part innih: very strong liy giving Ihds nnd biiMsl from the rest. which nuiy lie left as mere useless colonies. When swarms that issue ut the beginning of the honey of sufficient size 1 iioi-oni- limn' convenient.' a vwol - s li-- ss hoi-su- dono In 1n-r- r lim-p-- luiji-icii- iil lx? - brei-diai- srlll-hno- 'S s lie found An experienced herder sii.vs that whenever a alieep goes off by itself it owner may bo sure them is something radically wrong with it. There are men who consider It rheuper to ruiso tho barn every few years than to draw out tlio manure. They raise less crops each year. Tlio best assimilated food is that which tho appetite craves. Tlio best feeding keeps tho animal ia such health tliut it at all limes lias a brisk appetite. If some men get disgusted with farming anil uliundun it. so much the better for thoso wiio have faith in a business essential to human wants Iowa Farmer. Young horses of a nervous temperament are easily frightened. The only wny to prevent their shying" is to make them acquainted with tho cars, robes, umbrellas, bridges, wliilo stones or wliutever frightens thorn in such a kind, gentle manner that they will know they are not going to be hurt. Those who look upon farming us only un ordinary occupation are mistaken. As Prof. Wrighlon remarks, agriculture is a born science. It is full of botuny. zoology, geology mul entonudogy. it is full of chemistry, from tho soil to the growing pbuit, tin' ripening seed and tho animal life which is tliu outcome. haven't fathers like lair.,1, nn1 ouo afternoon last lie week anil me if I bail an eligiq'e-mefur lliat uiglit. Yes.' I said. I've promised to go to the t l iv willi Will Drown. How uixnit tumor, dw night, lie 1iiit tin y caine t nt asked. JlaviTl tigered alr-ai- l that far.' I replied. Well. 1M lih-to nave you go somewhere with mu. All rigid.' I said; where'll I meet yon?' You see lie leaves the otllee about an hoar before I get through. He Mlggosti-i- l the Tivmont lloil-- e at 7:.III. anil I was pivparial for llietheiitri and a quiet lecture mi hue hum's. lie hud combined tho two on - o tln-r,- lint win-several previous mo to lie iipjH'ured bo said he wauti-call on a lady with him. One I knew quite well when I wus a young iiian,' lie explained. Wc went oat und started straight for home. Sin- is stopping at the house, ho suiil, when I spoke of it. thought it strange that he should have made the HpKiuitnieut ut tlie Tivinunt house under thoso but 1 said nothing. W'ell. we went in and I was d willi all due formality to my lnotlu-and my sister. The situation struck mo as ludicrous nnd 1 started to laugh, but tlio laugh died away. None of the tliroo even smiled. Nly mother und my sister shook hands with me and my mother said she remembered me as a txiy, but hadn't seen milch of me lately. Then she invited me to bo seated. Sly, it wasn't a bit funny then, although 1 cun laugh ever it now. I sat down and she told (mo or two anecdotes of my boyhood, at which wo uli laughed a little. 11110 we four played whist for a while. When 1 finally retired I was courtoouialy invited to rail feciiir; pretty again, i went i small and doing a good of think- i intro-duee- r di-a- ing. And then? asked his companion. Then I made up iny mind that my mother was a most entertaining lady und my sister a good and girl. And now?" Hint to lloiiiikwMn. Now I'm going call again, as I I.'so kerosene oil to clean your have been going quite regularly for tlie last week. I enjoy their eonqmny and Danish red ants by keeping a small propose to cultivate their acquaintbag of sulphur in places they frequent. ance. Tho easiest way to clean rubber shoes And tlie young man he was only of any kind is to rub them with vaseabout 22 put on his coat und started line. fur his cHr. A tcaspoonful of suit dissolved in one-ha-lf of is excellent water glassful Oiling The Vruiiiloqnl'l. to allay nausea in During a sea voyage a ventriloquist valises mtidc Shubhy leather chair friends with the engineer of tlie nnd bags can be brightened by rubbing and was alowed to enter Iho enwhites of an ship, room. them with the gine says London Tid Dits. lie ogg. look a scat in Iho corner, and pulling To the stomach milk is a solid fixid. his hut down over his eyes upiw'iirod to not a drink; it must bo eaten with a be lost n cerin sxxfn or slowly sipped, und never tain Hirt of reverie. Presently to tho machinery began drunk like water. Tho engineer oiled it, nnd or a knife a squeak. Keep a clasp-knif- e went hia usual duties, in the handle different from those in common courseubout of a few minutes tlie squeaking of solo for the use, purpose jxcling wus heard again, und tlie onirlneer onions, and ho avoid tho flavor and odor rushed, oil can in hand, to lubricate of them whore it is neither exjiei-ti-the same spindle. Again he relmued nor to his few minThe value of starch ns a drying agent utes x)sL but it was only a was until tiiu same old iqiimlh: t thisaei-ouiiIs not fully apprerintid; on louder than ever. it is largely used by ninnufaetuivi-- s of squeaking Confound tlio thing! ho jelled. and baking powders. is bewitched! It find effectual will it The More oil wus administered, but tk in keipir.g table salt from lamping, if engineer begun to bo suspicions as to only one part Is) hmsI willi ten of tho its cause. Soon the spindle began to salt. ( hapiN'iI hands will In less trounnd, ftqueuk again, up slipping it after wusliing they are blesome squalid rnblx-with isiwdered the ventriloquist, tho ongim-ethoroughly half a pint of oil down the joker's Man'll. back. slnmiil Jit smoothly. There There. said ho. that splndla is no more frequent cause of callous curds and other nfllielionsof the won't squeak any more. fi--i t than stockings, that lie Xcu-- r wrirn. Some in creases under or an mild Iho foot. is how some jxplc will It Whatever it is nwessary to piwlieo. do not resoi-- t to the folly of continue to use tilings in daily lifey leaving in the without any attempt to learn iimvproji-orl-inluakhig over to use them. There, is, fur feet tliow inevitable lianl seams which stance, the man who cun never learn aix- sure to enase tho wenn-- r suffering liow to sharixii his razor, tin woman and annovani-e- . of who winds r wnteli the wron-- wny, Never throw away the piis-ewiio do not know lout tlio after they liav-- i squeezed. thejXHiple in handy for removing time of starting the principal trains on They will the Mains from the hands and other the different railroads and Ihe time el in salt, they will closing tho mails is udveriix'd inti1! articles. Dlpix-nut kettles nicely, and re- nowspujxTs. tlie jHxqiiu who worn ciiiqx-move stains from brass work. They the gis, tho folks who jump Hie wrong will take stains and di:1 and odor from way from n moving car. tin imfurt clileft or ns nothing cIm will. nics who are always getting xins and . rty 1) -The odor of fish nnd onions enn thus bo suffering injury or cause of utir.iiuiTtarily with things lh- - J removed easily. ouylit to know. t- - wush-lxiilc- -r. well-bcat- d r d Stcx-king- s piat-i-H- uii'i) likt tin x ii. mi'l i;. . , Tiiliko l he () uiKV in A . e stix-klng- - : s 1h-- -ii r s g li t ifi Muo 1111 f flip itf t tlVl H lM'11 1 s Fur reusous tliut Zoigh-have explained even to nothing to iiiiyonu of 1!dhx with the Hut when A uiiiiiiier of years ago there wus employed in one of tlm largo nuiu uiiiiiiifuetiiring hu'.i'cs ul Lgg ilarbur fity a ste .uy jon-i- feiiow of (iermuii desivi:., li.uu-'Zeigler. 15 it Us seiiietin.is lappeiis to tiermau young mm: as i as to Iho-- e ufstriet i Aiiieriean paientige, was in thi' he second gruy-:eiirdi- ;d be returned 'H unger. (rum YmiJuiiUs lie kepi c'.U'ti wnteli in order to seu where tlio old man caine from should he again intrude upon him. ll was ull in vain. Def-.irlie knew it, his client companion wus unco more at his 'id.) and In was none tin- - wiser as to w lienee he illness line, lu spite of his wali-lithe first thing he knew the old man was there. Thoroughly terrified Zeigler broke into a 'harp run iri order to leave him in tlie rear. The old mini never turned his head and upp.iivniiy w' ignorant of ids unwilling eempaiiioiTs existence, jt-- ho Mill pl his phicu beside him. Joseph stopped short iu the read; tlio old man did tlio same. Finding ho coulil not get rid of bis remarkable companion J use till made the best of him, but his steps were rapid fur lie was min-alarmed, ih: did not like the singular manlier of tlie stranger and ul oneu decided that bo must lie insane. As on the former occasion, tlie old mun stopped und guva Joseph a piercing louk from his glowing eyes ere he turned off into the woods; but tills liuiu lio did more than thiiL lie motioned with grout eiirncslui'ss for his couipuuiou to follow him. Finding he wuuld uot do so, lie then turuod slowly away uud vanished among the bushes. It was more tluiu two weeks before Joseph called upon Minna again. The risk of encountering that silent, uncanny old man again was too much for his rather limited amount of courage. Dut when the moon wus nearing its full once more ho ximimunod up ull liis determination ami wenL lie felt Hint ho must see F'rauloin Vanzundt uguin in spite of all the cruzy people in New Jersey. lie dreaded ills lonoly walk a good dual, howevur, und it wax nut mueh to be wondered ut tliut he fortified himself with more than the usual amount wine. of lierr Vanzandts bonic-niiul- o Ho also started for home at a much The remains were tikcu away and a decent burial, but nolb--inf irtiuT was ever discovered in reWhose they were gard to t.i-m- . cinii.l never be U an insane murderer had tal.-utills awful way tu gl ide the world to li's victims body, ir whether the spirit of the murdered man himself hud retnrned from its abode in d tlie unknown und future to (xiint out his mortal remains fur interment, will probably never be known. Joseph tried in vain to find out the identity of tlio singular man who coiidiii'led him to Hint midnight see no nf horror on that pleasant moonlight night; uud if it was nut a mail, what was it? gi'.-'-i- f w.-l- .InM-pi- love. Two or three evenings every week would this ili'io!fi young Deut'clier walk four ni;!--- out into tlio hiikli to cull upon a pretty, yo'.luw-liaire- d Fraulcin who unsni-reto tlie name of Minna Yaii.uiidt, and to whom ho expected to le married as suoi as lie was able to support a family. So it is not a great source of wonderment tliut it was often well along toward morning before he finally entered the liltio room at Kgg liari-uwhere ut present ho was lodging. 1 hus it value about that Joseph was oneu trudging oil along through tlie sund of a narrow and road, among the wee small hours ul tho little end of tlie day. ii- hud just left tho Yaiiundi homestead it ml tiie charming and umple Minna: und naturally enough, lie wus a happy mail. More th.ui I wo miles uf dusty highhim before tlio next way lay bc.'oi-clearing would tie reached, and large tracts of land lii'.ckly covered willi scrub oak ua-- i pino crowded close . Deea'ioaal paths upon the and ojiciiiiigs led out into (lie woodland on either side, but in spito of these tho wall: was dcrilcdly lonesome, and so thought the young fellow in question in spito or pleasant Mulfhcn thoughts of tho whom he had just left So ho rather wished ha could have company, though the evening was a bright und moonlit one. Suddenly, and without the slightest previous warning, Joseph became conscious that hs was not alone! An old nun, with lung gray beard wus walking along by his side, though seemingly Ignorant of his proximity. The young man wondered murh at liis presence there at that hour, but ills company wus docidedly welcome; for, if the truth lie told, Joseph was feeling a trifle timid. Good evening, sir: If it is uot too late, said he to tho stranger with a view to being sociable. not the slightest Tho old man attention to the salutation; he did nut appear as if he hud even hoard it for he kept walking along in the samu absorbed and silent manner. said Wio gehts. mein Freund, Joseph in a little louder tone, thinking bis coinpuuion might not understand English or was somowli-.i- t dear; but still there was no sign that he was heard. The old man only walked along as quietly and unsociably ns ever. Joseph looked ul him even more hurply than before, but he could nut ice anything ubout him to occasion the least alarm. Tho silent old man not only made no offer to molest him iu ar.y way, but lie paid no more attention to him than he would to a fenecHist if onu had been there. Evidently he was not a tramp, for r bush-buriii-r- ed r.iad-iido- fair-hair- ed p-i- nnd the glitter of lie was a gold charm erossod his vent-fronwell-dresse- d, t. Zeigler also observed that he wulkcd with a stout stuff, whose head was grotesquely carved into the semblance of a human skull, und tint his features were pule, even to ghastliness. Tho taciturn stranger walked along by his side for nearly a mile, and, though Joseph spoko to him several times in both Gorman and English, lie could not even attract liis attention. Then he suddenly turnc-- l down a off among the tliut narrow bU'liCH oil the right, nml disappeared In the shadows. Much myslifiud, Zeigler walked rapidly homeward, and wliou ho again called upon his beloved a few evenings later, he made some inquiries in regard to the matter. Dut Herr knew of no ntm answering at nil to the young mans description, No ono lived out in tho bush in lint direction, und there wore no paths there leading nowhere except, cattle-track- s in particular. Thu fair Mina soon engrossed Josephs attention, how ever, so the queer o'd man was entirely forgotten, lie thought no more ubout the affair till he set out on his return that night or rather the next morning, for it was past midnight At about the same spot Zeigler was thunderstruck by suddenly discovering that the mysterious old rnuu was again walking at hia side. Hour ind whence ho cmiie, Joseph could not explain; the first he knew the old iiinn was there. As before, ail efforts to attract his attention were useless. At the same rift through tlm buslm l Van-zan- could mil hiiu.-el-f, m-x- t WHAT WAS IT? ly su.U-vnl- r di'Uf-peurr- A niitulli I'L'o a tvd ojHMit'.i. To wliipt-- r if lur aitii raru-- s. Hi: thin wie. ru. rule lillie iiihdIi ii. Krill iy livmi !i ft M!nfnrt aul llU't M i'oi'O. 1e-- tiin-- us A Iuii;U like tin- x .ft npi-llf Ih1 hrtinL in 1 i.' iiii utlitn. ll:ut In Ninuiiiiii ihf MilliiMK. And imirmur a uh if by-pa- th l.r'l light itsuf Miiu.ii-leriiilire l.irsing in t In;: r depths. Tnoii lie turned u.--i I, is heel, walked ra;nd:y o.T throngli tin) bushes und l.ri'M-n- l t'l U In J.i-ep- : ' :i uiM Iir--I ('lour iit r al-o- s Inn-igli- r , 1 ah-m- t e lily. Mi'll rm! r Ltli k.roiMiiul4l I'arui Aniinjl the old man l an l:iu- a With ruiN uf 'it Ali'l t'Vr ilkf li ;i . , Thf stopped, und fur ut Ills buiaewh;i! aim n:vd cuiiipun!uii. it was a uuu, nml gi.uiee. if only a inoiiu-iilnrli.itin.-- that hincyi-- li ;i a dim h MARJORIE. l'i.:i-Ui!- dt t h- - earlier hour. It was tlie same story over again. Tlie old man wus apparently on tho lookout for him, as hs suddenly appeared at his side, lie still carried the siugulur staff lu his hund, and still ref uso.l to be distanced or to reply to any remark addressed to him. As ho turned off from the road ho beckoned even mure urgently tban before for his yuung companion to follow him. lierr Yanxaudt's wine was having considerable effect on Josephs courage, and bo foil as bold as a lion. So ho unhesitatingly stepimd out of tho highway ill obedience to tho invitation, and followed the singular mad-inu- u along through the bushes; but tbo hand in his coulr pocket gripped firmly the butt of a revolver with which he had laken tlie precaution to arm himself. The path conducted tlio strangely assorted pair some tun or fifteen rods into tlie thicket, and finally ended iu a liltio opening among a cluster of low, dark pines. There the remarkable guido cumo to a halt lie turned around and faced his companion where tbo moonlight fell most strongly ujioii bis form and features, hat and removed the that lie wore. As lie did so tho young man started back with an exclamation of horror. The thick, gray hair was multed and fairly soaked with lilood, und a thin dark stream of it wus beginning to trickle down across tlio pallid features, it was a ghustly sight. Joseph Zeigler hud scarcu'y noticed all this when it seemed to him as if the old uiun's flesh suddenly dropped awuy from him and dissolved in tho before liis very eyes. s pale For u brief instant a bleached and whitened skeleton stood there in the hood of moonlight, then the separating bones foil in a confused heaput his feet with u sharp, dry rattle. Tho liclitious courage born of Hire Vat.x .mil's wine vanished in ail at tho horrible 'igiit With a siu-i- i i; of terror Joseph turned and and he lied front tlio grisly pliuiiL-ism- , never Slackened his headlong pace till ho found himself on one of tlio silent streets ut Egg Harbor lily. Ilie next morning ho headed aiitlle exploring purty. and conducted them liiroi.gh the bushes till they reached the little circic of pines that hail shut in the horror of the night before. Eying t lie re among the leave and rubbish they found the bleaching bone of a mans skeleton; and cloo bcs.do lay a walking stick whose heavy knob was a mimic skull, and to an angle of which still clung a few gray hairs. Tlio cranium hud been mi'lied in on one sido as if by a terrible blow from a bludgeon, and there was no of tlie glittering gold chain worn by Zeigler1 s strange companion of tlie preceding evening. Tlio staff, a few shreds of cloth, and the trues, were all that remained to tell of something that had been a man. broad-brimm- moon-beam- ed i mystery-shadowe- IMAGINATION KILLED HER. a I li .trruraleljr Csrrlnl Out IXreful hud. A remarkable instance of the hold superstition has upon the mind of even the educated and religious, suys the ( 'im innuli Enquirer, was recently exhibited in tho case of Mrs. Ibdiee-:ltyrnusof Helena. Ark., a lady noted for her liitidloetiinl attainments und p'ous life. One morning, urtsing in what scorned her usual health and spirits, she summoned her ehildron to cuinii Ui her. One son wns residing in Topeka, Kan., ouo in Now Orloaus, two daughters were married and living in Seda-liMo., but, obedient to their mother's call they came at ouce, though ignorant of the reason of their summons. When all were about her the lady Informed them that she had had a dream, in which her husband, who had been dead for aourly fifteen years, had warned her that she had only ten duya more of life. She sent for her wh leb children to bid thorn good-buho proceeded to do with much calmness, but with the air of one who hud not tho slightest doubt tliut she was already dying. Her friends attempted to reason with her and to point out the folly of placing such perfect confidence in a dream, but all to no pnrioso, for tho lady persisted in assorting that she would depart from earth on such a day and ex uctly at a certain hour. Her pnstor remonstrated with her, and even brought the severest censure to bear on her superstitious credulity, and at last Mrs llyrnos censed to speak of the matter, to that her family had bogun to think that she had conquered her fancy. She continued in excellent health and pursued her daily life but just before the hour she had predicted ho sought her children and bade then good-bthen, aoating herself quietly r, in an expired just as tho hour was struck. The physicians declare that her death was due solely to her imagination. A lirrain uf IX In Ilia a, y, y, arm-chai- A Nlury About Moody. Those who have heard Mr. Moody tell the story of bis life will appreciate Tho this from the Doslon Transcript: picture of the ainall boy, Moodv, leaving his home because the funds of tho family were too straightened to support them ull comfortably; his departure for the plnco In tlie country which his brother hod obtained for him, there to do the work needed on a farm, his homeslcknuss and despair, und his sitting down by tho way to have a good cry' them are the shadows. The light thrown on the canvas d man who catne from the made a point of giving a rent to every ucw boy who arrived in the town. Tho cent was given, one of the generous onu!, nnd so bright and shining that it looked to the child's eyes like gold. "Dut better fur limn the coin was the act of this same man, when he gnatly lifted the boys cap and laid his hund upon hi head, giving him a hearty God bless you.' Tho action of mind on mind is mystical, infinite. Who can compute the result of that blessing on the youthful bond? Mr. Doecher has well said, Mon need brotherhood and sympathy as much as they need tho loaf. The soul is often hungrier than the boily, and no shop can sell it food. kind-heurte- A Qun-Bird. During a visit to New Zealand Dr. Fristodi, succeeded in obtaining' a specimen of the quaint and almost extinct kibi bird. Tho bird is somowhnt like an ostrich, but only tho size of n crow; it has no wings st all, and is covered with feathers. Another peculiarity about liio kibi is tlio fact that its egg is d of its body. He larger than also succeeded in briuging home some Maori skulls, which are difficult to obtain, on account of tbe manner in which the natives bury their dead. When tho bodio have been so long in tbe ground that all the flesh hue fallen from tlio skeleton, thoy unearth them and carry thou into the interior uf tho forests where they are deposited in natural cavos, which are very difficult to find. Any one discovered with one is sure to bo killed. r fur-lik- e, shorl-strip-.-- d one-thir- Down on I nK A young woman of Athens Go., de- tects tho presence instantly of nny feline that enter tho room whore she is. Slio need not see or hear tlie animal when it enter, but has intimation of it disagreeable presence by strange sensations that she invariably experiences when she Is brought in to contact with a' cat, und she an unconquerable repugnance to these unimals. ent-u-lui- |
