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Show s j i ana tne hollow hearts. Not very hopefully he approached Lady Capel. She had been unfortunate all the evenirg and waa not amiable. a Dick, I am angry at you. I have , month." a for mind to banish you of' the e Bow of Orange Ribbon A ROMANCE OF NEW YORK AMELIA E. BAR.R. OUvln. Thou and the Other One." Eta. LBy I8SS, by Ml, Meed u4 CHAPTER XI (Continued.) And it uas during this hour of trial to Miriam, that Joris was talking to Lysbet of her It did him good to put his fears into words for Lysbets assurances were comfortable, and as U had been a day full of feeling, he was weary and went earlier to his loom than usual On the contrary, Lysbet was very wakeful. She ear ried her sewing to the candle and sat down to think In the midst of her reflections. Bram returned She had not expected him so early, bub the sound of his feet was pleasant He came in slowly, and, after some pottering, irritating delays, he pushed his fathers chair back from the light and with a heavy sigh sat down in it. Why sigh yon so heavy, Bram? Every sigh still lower sinks the laughter ot hollow- - am going to Norfolk weeks, madam. I for ! will do. It Is a worse punishment them 1 should have given you There Is only one word Norfolk! between It and the plantations. Give she preferred to remain at Hyde, and I have no happi- me no your arm, Dick; I shall play ness beyond her desire. Losing turns. more until my luck Heres flame! Here's constancy! cards are dull company. And you have been married a whole I am very sorry that you have been year! I am struck with admiration. I came to ask for the tosa of A whole year a year of divine losing. a hundred pounds, grandmother. happiness, 1 assue you. No. sir, I will not lend yon A hunLordr-si- r! You will be thd laughdred pounds; nor am I In the humor ing stock of the town if you talk in to do anything else you desire." such fashion. They will have you in I make my apology for the request the playhouses. Pray let ua forget I ought to have asked Katherine." our domestic Joys a little. You can No, air, you ought not to have askmake a good figure In the world; ed Katherine. You ought to take what and as your cousin, Arabella Suffolk Jack want Capel took every you Is staying with me, you will be tbe of my fortune and neither shilling properest gallant for her a hen Sir by your leave,' nor Thank you. Thomas is at the House. Here comes said, Did the Dutchman tie the bag too Arabella, and I am anxious you should close?" make a figure in her eyea. "Councillor Van Heemskirk left It Arabella came in very quietly, but honor. When I am In open. she seemed to take possession of tbe scoundrel my enough to touch it I shall room as she entered it She had a heart" not come and tee you at all, grandA light heart I shall never have bright, piquant face, a tall, graceful mother. again, mother. For me there is no form, and thcf air of high fashion Upon my word, a very pretty comhope. So quiet and shy was my which is perhaps quite as captivatlag. pliment! Well, air, 111 pay you a hunArabella made Hyde a pretty, mock; dred love. When do you pounds for it Oh, indeed! Of all the coquettes, Ipg courtesy, and he could not help start the quiet hy ones are the worst looking with some interest at the womorning. No coquette ii Miriam .Cohen. My man who might have been bis wife. Make It afternoon, and take care of Katherine was Ignored in the con- me as far as your sunt Julia's And I love life is at an end, mother. versation that. followed, and Hyde did "When began it, Bram?" daresay you want money It was at the tim of the duel. I not feel any desire to bring even her Here are tne keys of my desk. In the O name into such a mocking. Jeering, loved her from the first moment hand drawer are some rouleaus He right perfectly heartless conversation. mother, mother! of fifty pounds each. Take two.r was content to laugh and let the hour Does she not love you?" The weather, as Lady Capel said, s of criticism and was "to I think so; many sweet hours we go past in very Decemberlah that the have had together. My heart was full persiflage. roads were passably good, being froA couple of hours passed; and then of hope. zen dry and hard, and on the evening "Well, then, my son, be not easy to it became evident from the pawing of the third day Hyde came in sight and snorting outside, that his horses of his home. His heart warmed to lose thy heart Try once more. Useless It would be. Miriam is patience was quite exhausted. Hyde the lonely place; And the few lights in not one of those who say no and went away In an excitement of hope Its windows beckoned him far more and gay anticipations. A momentary then yes. ' pleasantly than the brilliant tlluuml Nearly two years you have known glance upward showed him Lady nations of Vauxhall or Almacks, or her. Tbdt was long to keep you in Capel and Lady Suffolk at the window, even the cold splendors ot royal rehope and doubt I think she is a watching him; the withered old wo- ceptions. He had given Katherine no man in ' her soiled wrappings, the warning of hla visit He wanted to coquette." You know her not, mother. Very jouthful beauty in all the bravery of see with hit own eyee, and hear with He hla own ears, the glad tokengjof er few words of love have I dared to say. her white and gold poudesoy. We have been friends. I feared to made them a salute, and then, in a happy wonder. clamor of clattering hoofs, he dashed lose all by asking too much. The kitchen fire threw great lustres "Then, why did you ask her to- through the square. across the brick-paveyard; and the During the next six months society blinds in Katherine's parlor were unnight? It would have been Jetter had yeur father spoken first to Mr. Co- made an idol of CapL Hyde, and, If drawn, and IU fire nnd candle light he waa not at Lady Arabellas feet, ahone on the hen." laid tea table, She he was certainly very constantly at and the dark freshly I did not ask Miriam walls gleaming with spared me all she could. This is what her side. bunches of holly and mistletoe. But she said to me, Bram, dear Bram, 1 Hyde loved hit wife, loved her ten- the waa not there. He only glanced fear that you begin to love me, be- derly and constantly; he felt himself Inside the room and then, with cause I think of you very often. And to be a better man whenever be mile on hit face, went swiftly- - upmy grandfather has Just told me that thought of her and hla little son, and stairs. He had noticed the light in I am promised to Judah Belasoo of be thought of them very frequently; the upper wlndowa, and be knew London. In the summer he will come and yet hla eyes, hla actions, the tonea where he would find hie wife. Before here and I shall marry him, of hla voice dally led hla cousin, Lady ho reached the nursery be heard "What said you then? Suffolk, to imagine berseif the em Katherines voice. The door was "Oh, I scarce know! But I told her press of his heart and life. Unfortun- little open, and he could Bee every how dearly 1 loved her and I asked ately, hla military duties were only part of the charming domestic scene on very rare occasions any restraint within the room, her to be my wife. A middle-age- ! ' to him. , "And she said what to thee?" His days were mainly spent woman was quietly putting My father I must obey. Though he in dangling after Lady Suffolk and the sweet disorder incident to th told me to slay myself, I must obey other fair dames. And It must be undressing of the baby. Katherins him. By the' God of Israel, I have remembered that the English women had played with it until they were of that day were such aa England both a little flushed and weary and promised It often.'" She is a good girL I wish that you may well hope never to see again. In she was softly singing to the drowiy had won her, Bram." And Lysbet put the higher claases they married for ctfUd at her breast down her work and went to her son's money or position, and gave themOver and over, softer and slower, side; and with a great sob Bram laid selves up to Intrigue. They drank went the melody. It was evident that his head against her breast deeply; they played high; they very the boy was asleep and that Katherins As one whom his mother comfort-eth!seldom went to church, for Sunday waa going to lay him In bis cradle. Oh, tender and Wonderful con- was the fashionable day for all kinds He watched her do It; watched ha solation! It is the mother that turns of frivolity and amusement. And gently tack In the cover and stand the bitter waters Of llfe into wine. the men of any generation are Just for a moment to look down at the Bram talked his sorrow over to his what the women' make them. Eng- child. Then with a face full of love mothers love and pity and sympathy; land never had sons so profligate, so ahe turned away, amlling, and quite and when she parted with him, long profane and drunken. The clubs, unconsciously came toward him os after the midnight, she said cheer- especially Brookes, were the nightly tiptoes. With hla face beaming, with fully, Thou hast a brave soul, mijn scenes of indescribable orgies. Gam- his arms opened, he entered; hut soon, mijn Bram; and this trouble is bling was tnelr serious occupation; with each a sympathetic understandnot all for thy loss and grief. A sweet duels were of constant occurrence. - ing of the sweet need of silence and memory will this beautiful Miriam be Such a life could not be lived ex- restraint, that there was no alarm, as long as thou llvest; and to have cept at frightful and generally ruinous no outcry, no fuss or amazement loved well a good woman, will make expense. was soon embarrass- Only a whispered Katherine," and Hyde thee always a better man for It ed. Towards Christmas bills began the swift rapture of meeting hearts to poor in, creditors became impor- and lips. CHAPTER XIL tunate. and, for the firat time In hla (To be continued.) life, creditors really troubled him. The London Life, BROUGHT THEM TO TIME. income froin Hyde Manor had never Tha trusting, generous letter which been more than was for the required Joris had written to his .expenses of the place; and the inter- Why Criticism of Nayr York's Flnsst airived a few days bffotw Hydes de- est on Katherines money had Hotsls Sutfdsnly Stopped. gone, parture for London. Some yean ago I waa dining with though be could not tell bow. He well of the Importance Hyde knew was destitute of ready cash, and he a party of wealthy Westerners In New Katherines fortune. It enabled him foresaw that he would have to borrow York City said Mr. Benjamin T. to face his relatives and friends on some from Lady Capel or some other Leslie, of Montana, to a Washingtoa a very much better footing' than he accommodating friend. Post reporter. Among them were had anticipated. So he was no longer Marcus Charlie Broadwater, Daly, He returned to barracks one Sunaverse to meeting his former companHon. Tom Carter, SenHauser, waa and thinkafternoon, day moodily ions; even to them, a rich wife would ing over these things, when his order- ator W. A. Clark, John W. Mackty, excuse matrinmony. Lucky" Baldwin and E. E. Bonner. him a letter which had arHis first social visit was paid to his ly brought It seems that no two ot them wer his rived absence. was It from during maternal grandmother, the towager Katherine. topping nt the same hotel, and each His face flushed with He found Let in the Lady Capel. had a grievance against the hostelry he as so read sweet and It, delight most careless dishabille, wigless and tender and pare was the neat epistle. where he pnt up. One said he meant unpainted, and rolled np comfortably She wants to see me. Oh, the dear to quit the Fifth Avenue; another InIn an old wadded morning gown that one! Not more than I want to see veighed against the Waldorf; a third had seen years of snuffy service. But her. Fool, villain, that I am; I will thought that Delmonlooa was terribly she had outlived her vanity. Hyde had to Katherine! her. Kate! My overrated, and so on. Not one had s go chosen the very hour in which she had dear little Kate!" So ho ejaculated good word to say of anrof the Uverni nothing whatever to amuse her, and as he paced his narrow quarters, and or eating houses of Gotham, and ins a very welcome interruption. tried, to arrange bia for a Christ- there waa special criticism of th And, upon the whole, he liked her mas visit ot his wifeplana food. child. and So she heard the n.ue of Hyde's Finally, after there wee a little lull He bad determined to aak Lady sword and the clatter of his feet on in the choruses of adverse criticism, hundred pounds; and ho the polished stairs, with a good deal Capel forIt awould old jpgn Bonner burst Into a loud bo the heat plan to of satisfaction. I have him here and thought When asked th cause of hi laugh. I shall do my best to keep him here," make hla request when she was sur- merriment, Bonner said: Tve been rounded nnd under by company, tbe Why should a proper she thought I excitement ot a winning listening to yon fellows talk, and young fellow like Dick bury himself pleasureable teU a me pais. yon frankly, you give alive in the fens for a Dutch woman? rubber. And if the circumstances To hear such e you. t m down these then ho could his adverse, proved and too had try has enough, she In short, fortune in the hours ot her morning seli establishments in New York fa much, if him. His grandmother has enough to make the angels weep. Why, retirement and then Arala prior claim,willI hope, met. hasnt been so many years since . I foresee The mansion in Berkeley Square it help bella Suffolk seen every one of yon squatted on Ive Well was Dick, brilliantly lighted when ho . ap- the mischief and amusement of the pralne, eating besss grate you rascal, so you have had to leave1 proached it 'Sunday night waa Lady out of a frying pan with your fingers. Ca card Oh, sir, America! I expected It pels great night and the "It waa the everiastltg truth, ad have heard ail about you from Ade- rooms were full of. tables surounded the knocking of the hotels ceased Ton are not to be trusted, by powdered and painted beauties laide! right there." either among men or ' women. And Intent upon the game nnd the gold. made such The odor of mask was everywhere, wife yon is the It may as well be admitted that where pray Is she In Loudon and the sound of tbe tapping ot gold there are some automeblMsts who do about? traced, p and the sharp," technical 4 not try to run over people. with your , , No, madam, f "To-morro- flim-flam- (TOULTOYI " i - -- UVtygBffi iM Care of Geese. Th feeding of meat to geese has beB ftoTed to te very profitable in its result t ho geese go fed grow rapidly and are more hardy than those ke;,t on a vegetable diet. If gesse are not permitted the use of a Ptttie but are Kept penned up, the animal feed i8 Hu (tie more necessary. Breeding geese should not be permitted to get too fat and hence should not b penned up if it can be avoided. are being fattened for market watt be treated In Just the oppo-as ibis desirable to have their statelet become soft and tender with the presence of tat globules Care la thin matter will mean some dollan In Hie pocket of the farmer. It ll the common practice to select the fcarket birds from the flock that has keen roaming over the farm all the fikH, no attention being paid to the penning and fattening. As geese that art toutlnually running about work o& the fat about as fast ae It la put on, k Is evident that feed put Into an unpesatd flock Is, to a considerable extent, waited. The second error In this regard is not separating from tk lock those geese that are to be sold. Th geese being allowed to run and all fed alike results In a double waste that of fattening birds that are to be kept tor breeders and that of fattening geeee while exercising. Lt th breeders run, and confine the bird that are to be marketed. Expensive houses are almost never erected for geese, as they are not In their houses as much as are chickens, nor do they suffer so much from aegiect ia this matter. Compared with chickens the geese require bnt small houses, and they may be rude in construction. The most that is ought for Is protection In stormy weather, during most of the year, and winter protection in the coldest Gthat 1 V - Size of Herde of Cattle. Some stockmen are urging farmers to cut down tbe else of their herd of cattle and thus send up the price. We believe this Is bad advice to give In any trade, though It is the thing that is being worked out in more than one line of business It is tbe principle so persistently advocated by tbe trust the restricting of supply and the consequent forcing up of the prices for all things. Where will this kind of a policy end? It may be that if the site of all the herds of cattle in the country were cut down one-fiftas some advocate. It would increase tbe price of meat, but it would at the same time cut off the poorer people of the country from eating it The same policy ia being advocated as to the growing of wheat and other cereals. But we do not have to fear very much tbe outcome of such an agitation. There is no powerful combine among tbe growers of beef and no way to bring about tbe uniform practice desired. If it should be attempted, the Increased price of beef would lead hundreds of thousands of farmers that do not now produce beef to go Into the business, end how would the present beef producers prevent that? It ie Idle for men to write advocating any such effort and it is a waste of space for agricultural newspapers to publlah matter of that kind. All such plans are against public policy. Cheap, Durabls and Easily Made aiwf Operated. The accompanying illustration represents a form of farm gate, which is cheap, durable, easily made, easily operated and will not sag with years of use. The gate shown in the illustration Is 11 feet long, but may be made any reasonable length, desired. The top bar is a twenty four foot stick. The bar is fastened to the gate post by means of a pin on which the gate turns The box shown on the free end of the top bar is filled with field stones to almost balance the gate. The frame of the gate consists of a stiff wooden structure strapped and bolted at the corner. On this barbed, plain or common wire, is fastened. It is well to drive a ring over the top end of the large gate post to keep it from wearing or split- - Demand Changes. The demand for cattle ie now of a different kind than it waa a dozen years ago. Then all the markets wanted heavy weights in their beeves. A few American citiea began to buy only medium weight and the heavy weights were left for tbe nee ot other cities and for exportation. Gradually other buying centers began to fall into line, and now It Is becoming difficult weather. to sell the heavy weights even to th foreigners, except by shaving the Buff Turkeys. price. One American city and one B.5 turkeys are not extensively English city are said to pay as much rated. The color ia supposed to be a for the heavlee as they ever did, but clev buff color throughout, but this this even ie not likely to continue. le aldom obtained. There are generThe change from heavy weights to ally tome white and dark shading. general light weights seems to bf one. Four or five years ago tha desirable weight had dropped to about 1,600 pounds. Nowlt seems to bavi further dropped to the neighborhood of 1,400 pounds. An animal that weighs from 1,260 to 1.460 pounds Is now tbe moat popular. Farmers should try to produce animals that will be ready tor the market at this d son-in-la- CATE THAT WILL NOT BAG. two That Compear. I I gamesters, weight ' rw Buff Turkey Hens. Ttese turkeys make a quick growth ant are attractive when dressed. Tfay weigh from sixteen to twenty, fin pounds for the males and from eight to fifteen pounds for tbe fannies. The Egge We Belt, Sooner or later some system of collecting and distributing eggs will hare to be Inaugurated in this country as the present system Is very unsatisfactory. Any system Is unsatisfactory that gives the merchant a large percentage of bad eggs to aell to his customers. This comes back to the farmer in many ways but principally in the lower price of eggs In tbs summer time. Men that tako their meals in the hotels and restaurants are very careful about ordering Kgs in the summer time, as they too often have very unsatisfactory experiences In to doing. It Is safe to say that If the egge were always fresh a very inuch larger number would be eaten during the summer months nnd the prices 'would be correspondingly food. The well conducted poultry farm is not the establishment that ends poor eggs to market, nor does the farmer that has a poultry bouse end obliges his bens to lay their eggs in it furnish that kind of eggs. The bad eggs come largely from the mows end the scaffolds of the barns where the .hens have hidden away their nests nnd sometimes lay as many as two dozen before they are discovered. ThemUhe eggs are gathered and sold to the traveling peddler, who cares little about their freshness so long as be can get rid'tof them In turn to the nun that supplies him with his merchandise. In Denmark they have a system of gathering eggs that prevents bad eggs from getting Into tbe consignments at all. We can do the aame in this country when we have time to get down to a system. Gypsum and Manure. Gypsum la a good material to use as aa In absorbent barnyard manures it has tbs effect of reducing tbe losses of ammonia by fixing It te TM m4 e be to the land, and aome farmers even use it now under the name of land plaster, but it is most useful as an absorbent in the barn and stable, There Is another reason for mixing It with manure and that la that the work of bacteria in manure is constantly going on and this work results In the formation ot more ammonia, which escapes into tbs air if not stopped. Tbe nse of the gypsum thus incorporates tbs ammonia with tha manure in a form where it can be taken out only by the growing crops As barnyard manure is ordinarily handled there Is great loss, and this loss may be minimized as Indicated. Of course the gypsum costs something, but It help to Improve the physical condition of many soils enough to make up for the cost Much of the Danish butter that reaches the English market ia put up In casks bolding 68 ponnda each. The butter ie wrapped In heavy parchment paper end the retailers tarn out tbe whole lump on the counter, la selling. At Guelph potatoes that were planted tbe same day they were cut gave over 1 bushele more yield per sow than those planted fofir, five and six days after being cut Mixed Fickle. . Two gallons chopped cabbage and green tomatoes, ona pint of chopped onions, five tablespoonfuta of ground mustard, three gills of white mustard seed, two tablespoonfuls of ground pepper, two tablespoonfuls allspice, two teaspoonfuls of ground Cores, one pound brown sugar, one tablespoonful celery seed, two tablespoon-ful- l of turmeric, three quarto of the best cider vinegar. Put ell in a kettle and boll well. Boston Budget Useful Trunk Covers. Trunk covers are useful even to the A simple kind is seen relarge oblong of denim one buttoned-holed cently was a red tha edges all round In white, long and short stitch, and a targe initial worked to come on tbe top of the trunk This not only covers the trunk when dosed, hut is useful to throw over trays or the open trunk when inter rupted In processes of burrowing or Detroit Free Press. stay-at-hom- Te Can Corn. Slice from the cob when In the best condition for eating; pack In mason Jars as fully and solidly as possible, crew on the covers, but not to the final twist, as there should be left a chance tor the steam to escape Is cooking; plunge In a boiler filled with cold water and with straw or s cloth on the bottom, upon which the Paying. Jars can rest Heat the water and Kseplng Horseradish. let boll for three hours. Then remove horseradish can be kept on Grated cans from the water, turn npelde for use and yet retain its ready band down, and when cool enough to hanwell covered with vinedle comfortably twist the covers as fresh flavor if an Jar iminto nnd put tight ae possible. Store in tbe dark, gar It ta When after grating. as light Is believed, to promote fer- mediately take out quantity desired, wed be to mentation. dilutt slightly with cold water and of sugar to The first step In the Improving of mix with one teaspoonful Ww level land is to drain 3 lwo tablespoons of horseradish. air-tig- anf-flcle- dt 55? ting, and also to attach aa Iron plate to the underside of the top bar where It rests on the poet , Concrete Foundation for Hay Scales. X. Y. Z. Please teU me bow to build a concrete foundation tor hay scales 16 by 10 feet What quantity ot material would be needed? Ana. You cannot get a better material for a foundation tor . a hay scale, for the walla are smooth, and lit properly built they never get out of order by the action ot frost The walls should he one toot thick. You do not mention the height required, but they are generally about I feet 6 inches high, so a foundatlon lO feet by 16 feet by S feet 6 Inches high would require 6 barrels of Portland cement yards of gravel and one t yard of stone for fillers. -The way to proceed in building the foundation Is, first to get the exact sise or pattern of the scales, allowing 1 Inches between them and the wall, so that they can play np and down and be free from tbe wait The floor planks can project over the Iron o that It play up and down freely; the walls are built between two planks with bolts or 2 by 4 uprights with wedgs between uprights and planks to keep the plank from spresd-Ip1-- 2 g. fihot-Hol- e A. B. W. Borer. How can I kill the Shot-hol- e Borer. I have had a number ot young apple tree killed by them this spring. They bore holes la tbe upper parts ot tha trunk and the butte of tbe limbs. The Shot hole Borer (Xyleboru cllspar) has been very destructive to apple and plum trees this year. Lltt'x stood can be done ny treating the treor-tio- sre w "to-- v. nTho-et tbe wood, but early next spring the trees should be painted aith a carbolic wash, which will prevent the females from laying more eggs on the trees which are now infested and upon other trees growing near them. It will be wise for all fruit growers to use this preventive remedy next spring, in districts where the Borer has been abundant this year. good wash Is In Shot-hol- e as follows: 8oft soap reduced to the consistency of thick paint by tbe addition of a strong solution of washing soda in water. If applied with a brush about the 1st of June on the moraine of a warm day, this will dry ia a few hours and form a tenacious coating not easily dissolved by rain. One pint of erode carbolic acid should he added to the gallon of wash. Pumping from a Lake. Would a force pump draw water from a take, pnmp being 104 feet from the take and fifteen feet ' O. 8. higher? The correspondent mistake! the meaning and nse of a force pomp. A force pnmp, properly speaking, constats of a solid plunger which drives the water by pressure. A lift pump or suction pnmp, cm- - both combined, that is to say as ordinary well pnmp, would serve the purpose here mentioned. The suction pump will raise water to a height of over 60 feet, theoretically. Practically, allowing for leakages, about 26 feet ta all that It is safe to allow. As the eleratlou here le only 16 feet, there should be no difficulty in a suction pump performing the service. Such n pump would require a fairly large pipe from the lake, on account of the considerable distance, an inch, or better, on Inch and n half, with tight joints. Damp Cellar. R. W. M. My house is bnllt on wet ground and 1 wish to learn how te get a dry cellar. You will alwaye have difficulty in Keeping your cellar dry nnless you hare a drain leading from !L If tbe land le very level and yon cannot got sufficient fall to drain the cellar, you could build a cistern and have a drain connecting It with the cellar. This drain should be cemented at the Joints, so that the cistern cannot be filled with surface water, A better way should be to drill a well and drain Into It; this would make a perfect drain, providing tbe natural head of water did not come above the cellar bottom. Frost will have no effect upon cement If the tend or gravel Is free from flirt, and the cement U property mixed with the ravel S |