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v ' ?" - -"fttrW'"'1"' 'rffT' "'' - TrniJJIJilBMI BY W. A LEE AID TIUGII WILSON. ABBEVILLE. S. C., WEDNESDAY,,SEPTEMBER'8, 1875. . , VOLUME XXIII?WG 22 v ?' CONGAREE Columbia, JEt-> j-O. i. Proprietor *1' \ Manufacturer ~of Steanr En- Ift ~ gines and Boilers.Vt lf \ Iron and Brass Castings of all I \ Descriptions made to Order. S U T iyas awarded the firta1 premium lj X tf0 castings at the. State-AgrjMmJ-. > tu rat and Mechanical\jSociety..T\iirs; hetd', m Columbia!, November^ 1871. ^ J72 "f3. . t MANUFACTURE . ' Cricnlar Saw Mills of ali sizes. fJ ALSO. foojt tho First Premuim at State Grist BfiiU^iroiS aH A&iif ^ Fori SaW:"'* ' \ * " I " j * V > * , \ *y ?? . ^ \ . Xiin Gearing of the following sizes. <9 feet wheel and pinion $00 00 j\ tfO 44 44 4 4 4 4 32$ 50 ;J] M 44 44 44 ,15 00 1 *-**' " 45 00 n ".14 " 44 i 44 < ...... 50 00. A "With Bolts $(>.50 Extra for each set. Anti-friction plates and Balls for Cot- * ,toi\ Press $10.00 and $12.00 fier set. .3 J SJElgr g. MYw$ AgenV* ' I' lDec.10, 1873, 3"?-tf 1 New Store! j sajhjjT *?nn\ r' q:a* ... In ^iiiUdjyjj :-4 w.. UtJ L HEW GOODS!!;' , ? -> undersigned have just optic* B an entire now stock of "> GBOCEKIES, ' ' . 'Jjo- iu. i e Provision1. and T Liquor .As well as Other Goods in | b . .tliejr Line. ' " Ui :< / " .;?? : i IT. II.,-UL. r ' '11 AttheOld Stand of A. "M. HILL, re-jh I fcently TUQNYJtf U1X;,.E & CO., .where | u we will be i>Jc?uj5ea to scrye tho public ^ ' m **"-' mEA P FOJt CASll. ^ ' 'a.,,' m.hill. ; || - " Jan. 29, 1873: 42-ft V'' - ' tl w- 1 . * i js* .1 .> * s/bI^orS^li;' s 'L ' Sfg&a FOR CATAMGlffrar. I jf New Goods. jj m, v - : b 1 ton* 0] :f "<ev*r*J.. ' ' ' " c< *fUST RECEIVED, the following at a ?f the FURNITURE STOKE : 11 New Wardrobes, w New Meat Safes, New Spring ., New \\ indow Shade*, p New Walnut Cliairn,: , >"ew Hall.Stands, very fioe. j; J, D. CHALMERS & CO. < r- >ray to, r?Tr, r-cf ? J jj ft ^ M:"riST.ATJ3 of ? J AS. C. kay, aeca.i^ ' , H ^-LLpevsons indebted to James C. j n1 XjL Kaj' at* the time of his death are requested to make payment to us, ju t .and |those ?bawti?tctoniH{iU? ajninstjliitn Uiem-iinprofwly veri-i | iied to us... - : . ? (fe _iUl-IJ-l'I AX.pEIJSOX, if? . Tmw ASJ>EBSOS, W " Executors. Abbeville, M;vreh-13, 1875, 49-Cm ^::C;E^RUCSrri1J 1 Boot ^.nd Shoe Maker, I--; OTer ' Parter & Perm's Store. " I ^bb^fille, S. C^J' * b ' ff~kE.SiliE>? to say that lie i> fully pre-j Kf /mm i pared to meet all demands the w public may make in bis lioe. lie keeps ] K? constantly on hand a largo lot ol' the * | be^uii?riaf.ttUdeuipfQ,ysonly lh<&fu?st | re workmen. He keeps a full stock of! . || custom-made Boots' and Shoes, and fl ? guarantees the most entire satisfaction ? in every instance. j Sept. 1, 1*74, 21-tf | Mark the Spot of Your Pe-j* l| ceased Friends, | |p Marble Works-. r a X' UJji' iiiitrm muck mi imuii iiuu all work sold at the lowest price,! nnd work done in the best workmau-likeii ?aahner. Several hundred new and J y* handsome designs On hand to make 'selections from. We will duplicate city price in all monumental work, by which you can save freight. . Very rnspectfullv, J/D/CHALMERS, A. STEAM I, PLUG IIIIU X?X,& . jo. . t .. I Columbia, S. C. j F. W. WING. ra:.T?i.A Proprietor. * V;J MANUFACTURER OF lash,, .Blinds, Doors,'; f /1?*L i ,j ^' WINDOW ,!r\ ' Md door frames, lsifle PM BlMs ai Merr ) ?mUMNSr - - ' v-kwrn'mmt- ! /[pui^g^ _ Brackets^ ; ' Haml-Rails, - > J IEWELS, BALUSTBES, ! "** C * * ?n TTT...L ! cron won ui cm lranimuji. ; ill Work Guaranteed A No. 1. Mav 28, 1874, 7-lvr iTITchalmers & co j i ] DEALERS TN 1 liairs, Parlor Ms/Ctata Siiilsj' V ? I i Valnut & Mahogany Bareaus,j 1 rashstands, Tuples, Bedsteads, ( Window Shades, &e. Looking i < Glasses, Oil Chromos, &e. Abbeville, S. C. i Also .agents for the sale of.tlio co!-| j limtfid T'liiluui'lnliiu Improved 1 k: Window Shade, which ii>r di'.ra-j ilit}', cheapness, convenience .and ' eanty, cannot be surpassed. J^ach j 1 bade is furnished with all the fi.vt-j. f re?; complete, -and only requires two! i ith naiTs oT'^smalr fecrews"'tO YaSron it p fc-irfr^lShonld they bmitne soiled ( y fl$e<f, (l^JVL-an bestead on a table, j ashed and made as Ini^Tit as* new, nd wil\ last for years. This style oi * bad^'. 4^ jnuyh ^ s uper iqrf to cloth 3a<y^.-j .y? warm "weather, when the in do wis' raised', the shade" admits t ie air but prevents flies and inosqui- i ).e? entering the room.. Tlio siinplie- " y*>f;liutir tixtures is much in their tvor,4is they require no rollers, each t iade being complete, and an}* one j uf drive tvvo nails bv which to hart" . > .** c icm. ..They are low in price, dura- ^ le, convouieut. and never get out ot j s nier. Call at stoje and kcc samples, j ] VoV'Y.Ct 1S7J .qo.ff I J mmiUvj DENTISTRY! ! j Dr. H. L. WILSON ' ; vf n r*f' i, f | ^ * r ] "KFFJulS his pr'olWsiohal Services toj jjf tlyi Ufcopl^' of Abbevillq, r(_'oui)_ly , .i ^QviS$&2r Sgujrv Carolina- Having ( ist fi 11 islie<l a course of study in tl'io 1 ennsylvuuia,.College of Dental fcjur- ; jry. he fetds'fuUy competent to attend ? all cases requiring the exe.cise oj i tilled Deutaf Surgery that may be 1 rougbt to bim. He a>?s the jpatrooagu f the people, anil guarantees full' and ' 1 >mnlete satisfaction. lie lias pr'Actinxl fulf fl.a;jfp?t-c.li^?C3)feu'taJ. Inatru- t lents, and is prepared to do lirs't-class 1 ork at most reasonable rates." OFFHJE inst over Post Office. ] nVol.DSMITJLI^.. ,7 '!!. T . V. KIND. CjoldsrriitR <& Kind. , WjNDERS & MACHINISTS, , (PIIOSNIX IKON* WORKS, , Columbia, s. c. ' Lf ANUFACTUREllS of Steam En- 1 f I guies of all sizes; Horse powers, i irenlar and Mulev Haw Mills, Grist t rid Sugar Cane Mills, Flour Mills, Orumentul, House and Store Fronts, Iron {tilings, Agricultural Implements, etc. rass and Iron Castings of all kimte i lade to order on short notice, and on ? ic most reasonable terms. Also, nianfacturersof (Cotton Presses. < May 'JH. 1S73 7-1 ^m J H0MAS' SAWMILL, i is j 1 Closed for "Repairs, j.j I f ? | , rv\RTIE.S who have epptraeted! t will call on _,AL-! J'iN McCAIS'TY at Al l*. Ed wards. ( 1 have some lutnheron hand which j r*II bo disposed ot lor itie cash. r. W. THOMAS.! March 24, 1S75, 50-tf Tf \ )K. JOHN S. THOMPSON, DENTIST, j rXFFERS his professional services to 1 [Jr the citizens of Abbeville, and the ? urrounding country. Office over Citizens' Savings Jank, Abbeville, S. C. Oct. 2, 1873,28tf ; Thresher and Fan, i i ALSO : Railway Horse Power, For sale by Barnwell & Co. April 15), "1875,6-tf ; [COriRIGHT SECURED.] rheljeirofthelfills 1 OH p <m gvtmnftfs &** BY ALFRED B. TOZER, irrnon of " Bound Hand and Foot," m w'uo was to Blame," Etc., Etc. CHAPTER XIX. on the teack at last. Allies, the lawyer's accomplice, was siting in a saloon talking and drinking with i party of factory han?1s, who had been out >f work since Mr. Wallingford's death. "Spoakin' of ghosts an' sich," said one >f the men, raising a mug of ale to his ipg,"I've seen many a strange thing ia my ,iine, but none that wasn't explained afore ong." "There it a good many marv'lons things ,hat gets the bottom ail kicked out," said mother. "Now if I had bin skcery 1 might i' been knocked all in a pile no longer ago :han last night. " "How tHat?"'.askef. soveral of the j mrty, gathering closer around the Speaker, j n the hope of hearing'a glory. "Well, yer see," began the man, after inisfcitig his fdp*"i-TW8 ojjt. luiddiin' 4ate j ast arj'hJiofl accbunt of a bit>,of a game in ,his-*i>r j* p|btoj4n\ 1 Brent iopie, by the nain street. I didn't hear any one a-coui-~ n' up behind me, but wKen I turned up ny street 1 seen; a' pi {in vralkin' along the rery-track I had just Wit. He didn't-wake j i.bit.of noise. Just as he was on the cross- i u'^ the bght from a window across the ! itreet fell on bis face, and who do you think [ thought it was ?" "Go on!. go on!" cried several voices. 'We couldn't guess it all night!" "Well, then," continued the narrator, 'when I seen that face my nerves wont off like a fit of the ager, for I was sure it was i man I had seen lying dead in Lawyer 3ray's office!" 'Hugh Gordon!" exclaimed ..Axnes, springing to his feet. ' "Don't git excited," said the other, "it irasn't a ghoBt, or if it was it was a solid me, for it walked right along and went Into Mr. Claystm'b houso, . So you see it R-U9 only & chap what looked like Hugh. Now, if I hadn't a' watched him, I'd a' thought " <*TY ? V?/* ill UUW T? iVO uo Uivuwv^. V ? ternipting him, and evincing si good deal jf interest in the case. " Bather- slouchy," was the reply, Twith i big coal and a slouch hat. Did y?u see :he same chap?" "Must a' been the same," replied Amos, tvith assumed carelessness. "1 guess I'll *o up town. I've had enough drink toiay," he added, rising. Ames went diroctly to Gray's office, and tvas fortunate enough to lind that gentleman in. "I'vefound him!" he exclaimed, in reply to the attorney's look of inquiry as he entered. "Found Gordon ?" cried Gray, springing to his feet. ! "Do you mean that you have net him ?" he added, significantly. "Ko, no," replied Ames. "How could I jet him just where I, want him so soon. I mean that I^nOw'whert; ha haugs out." "My suspicions were correct, then," uiusid Graj); tjwjn h?s.ud to Ames, "Have you >een him again yourself? Do you know you ire on the rieht track ?"' "Not a doubt of it. I know a man aa seen him o^ly-last night." ... . /y ' While on his way home from that little masquerade with you, I,suppose." "About that time o' night," growled kmes, not relishing the allusion to his 'right. "Where is he stopping P" "With young Clay son." The attorney turned pale, and clutched it the table for support. "With young CI lyson ?" "Just there, sir, an' no whores else." "IleurfeaaSr* gasped ;the attorney, "to ;hink that I should have been under the laine xoof with him last night, and not enow it! It is maddening. I remember low that ho oame in while I was in the sitting-room. Young Clayson let him in rery softly, but I heard the door open and icard his stops on the. stairs. God!" ho ;ried, pacing up and down the room, "I ihould have struck him down before them ill if I had ogly known!? * :..; "Yes," ?ii<? otheiS-^'an^. swung off ike the tail of a kite for it in a month." "You are right, Amos?you are right," laid Gray, "but I can't help getting cxcit:d. Everything depends upon that man's aeing silenced. It must be done at once, it all hazards." "At once? Why, he's a-hiding there an' may not he out of the house agin for a >veek." "Then you must find some way to t>nn g liira out." "See here, roister,'!.said Amc3, coolly, "I lio't a' goin' to run my neck inter any noose just to save a day's time or so." "I tell you everything is lost if that man lives another day," said the attorney, "and rou must do your work to-night.u "To-night!" "Yes; to-night! Don't stand staring at ne in that way! I tell you it must be lone." "You'll tell me why, I'spope,"said Amos, :oolly lighting a cigar. "Don't you know that young Clayson is ilr. Wallingford's moat intimate friend, md that Eugene is in that house more Jian any other except lii3 own in town?" "Wellf" "They might meet." "The attorney saw- that he had made * aoistake and proceeded to rectify it as soon is passible. "They might meet," ho repeated, and ;hen added, "and both are desperate men. Besides, Eugono thinks his rival out of the ivay forever. They mrst not meet! How n tho name of all that's infernal did Gorlon get into that house ?" "I give it up," said'Ames, quietly puffing iway at his cigar. The attorney's casewas indeed becoming lesperate. If the two young men should meet the matter would bo at once adjusted jy Eugene's withdrawal from the contest I'ho letter he had forged would be of no ise, for Roland would discover the forgery it once. Ia ono day more the will would i>e admitted to probate and he would got :ho. money for which Eugene had given a :heque. He could not understand why Gordon? is he still called him?should keep his ro:overy from tho blow a secret, even from trie own friends, or why he should remain onrl aoaimnn-lc inn^>+icn in rrtfpr(Vn/?B to the will. "lie has some plot at wort," muttered 3ray, ''Curse him! He could drag me to prison to-day for my attempt on his life, md no man can have a hold like that on Galen Gray and live!" After a few moment's silence he turned toward Ames and said, almost savagely, "You will be ready for to-night, I suppose ?" "Yes; if it is safe." "Safe!" sneered Gray. '-How can it be otherwise? He will leave the house after dark sure enough, for he lias plans at work, I am Bure. Ho will leave the house alone, undoubtedly. Who will be responsible if ho never goes back? As sorn as it is dark secrete yourself near the house and don't move until you see him out. Yrou know what to do then." "I think so," sai<l Ames, nervously, "but I hardly like thid infernal hurry." "There'b no help for it, a3 1 see," roplicd Gray. Jusb.^^tat moment a boy camo in from the telegraph office with a dispatch. The attorney tore the .envelope open and read: ? " 'I learn that the will is to be contested, and that the bank will nothonor the cheque until instructions are received from the court."' f It was dated at New York that morning, I and was from the attorney Gray had in- , structed to look after the matter. "Everything goes wrong," exclaimed the r attorney. "I'll tell you what it is, Ames, if you finish this jo'j before aunriae to- [ morrow morning you shall have an extra j thousand.'1 "Agreed!" said Ames. Gray saw that the man was nervous and ! excited now that the hour of his murderous work was so near at hand. His hand trembled as ho carried his half-burned cigar to and from l.is lips, and his eyes looked wild and haggard. "If, through cowardice, he should fail-me now, everything would be lost, and to- I lnitvlif. fln/1 mn in T^ricnn^ ! thought Gray, as he studied the man's face. "Whiskey lins left your nerves in a terrible condition!" lie said, producing a bottle of wine and a package wrapped in brown ' paper from a side board. '-You must rest yourself te^day.aud I will give you ii sleep- j ing powder, and let you remain here. I | \ will awake you in time, aud you will find j yourself greatly refreshed." Ames drank the draught without making | i any objection. In fact he was glad the at- j : torney had been bo thoughtful, for he was ! 6adly in need of rest. Besides, the day would be a blank to him, and he would be rid of watching tho slow hours which were 1 leading him to murder drag along, Gray locked the door and closed t he shutters as Ames sank back on the sofa in a , sound 6loep. He was in no mood for work, so he took a cig-ir?a luxury he seldom indulged in?and ti-ied to read the city dailies as ho smoked. '; V ! But it was of no use. - He could not interest himself in the news of the day. So, I j | leaving Ames asleep in the ofiice, he took a j' I fresh cigar and strolled out into the vil- > lage. The day wa3 an unusually fine ono. I 1 [ The early autumn sunlignt lay, a snecn 01 J golden liazej over the village,the river, and | the fertile lands beyond. The milla on the j river bank looked gloomy in their Hilence, however, for all the glorious day, and the streamers of crape had not been removed j from the office door. I "I may as well go in," he thought, as he approached the building, "and see that all is safe there." .... ? He applied a fey to the office door, and the bolt shot back. Ou trying tlia door, however, he found that it was boiled on the inside. He shook the door vigorously, and | soon heard steps on the inside. "What's wanted ?'* demanded a gruff voice j as Gray continued hiseffc-rtd to gain admit- ! | tanee to the office. "I want td get in." waa his reply. | "I have order* not to open the doors for j any one." replied the voice. "Who gave you such orders?" deman;lod j Grttv, in a fever o^ anxiety. I "Young Wallingfori." I - .... * ^ j,. , t,M j " J nrouptt wnoin r J "Mrs. Ames." Gray stopped to thinlr. Could Undone | 1 have taken anv such step without consult- | I incr hiin? That was very improbable. It j I followed, then, that the man wie acting I under Roland's instructions. i ''"What could have put that into his j bead?" the attorney muttered, "lie cor- j j tainly has no right to taku possession I i now!" . j ' I say. my friend ?" he called out, rap- j : ping on the door apain, "I am Mr. "Walj lingford'x Httorncy, and desire to get, into | the build in jr." "Can't help that," was the reply. "I am ] to let. no one fn. Wouldn't let my own .j ' father cross that threshold for all the mill j t is worth." ; "Very well." ronlied Gray. T "You do j . wefl to -ol.?*rw> yii'V instructions.so fnvJ | I pliritly._ I will return with Mr. Walling- I i ford in a short time." j "Possession amounts to nothing to-day," i I he muttered he turned away, "hut if the j j will is admitted to-morrow and this idiot ; holds out it maybe everything,particularly ; ; oh the two claimants have only one name [ I between them. But," he added, with a j shudder, "there will be no two claimants . | to-morrow, and we ran pot possession easy j I eiK Ufrh, then. Fcihap* tl.e inan had best | 1 he left alone to-d i v. He can do no harm j j there, and I don't want any excitement ' ever the matfar in the village. My work i must be done to-morrow." j It was nearly nightfall when Gray re! ttinied to his office. Ames was still sleep- j ??.j i,^ ,i;.j n,>f aw;ik(> him un- ! j til :t bogan t<> prow durk.T7 Thou he shook liiin roughly and dashed ) nearly a glass of water in his face. ! "18 it possible that I pave him tro , j much ?" exclaimed the attorney, redoubling j ; his efforts#) arouse tho sleeper, who still j showed no signs of consciousness. ) "Come, come!" h? crieil, lifting Ames | to his foot by gipat olTovt, "von miiBt j waste no more time here. . See, it is getting [ j dark!" : . ! "Ames opened his eyes with a yawn, and ! j gazed wildly aliout him. : "He is dead!" he cried. "I saw the knife | I in his 11cart! Take him away?take him ' ! aw.tr!" ; "You are drcming!" Rhonted Gray, j ! f'owing pile. "Ycu are dreaming, man. , j Wake.np, I sav!" j "Yes. yes, I'm a wake!" grunted Ames, j "What d? you want ?"' j j "iJon't y ?i see it's night?" said the at- ; ] torney. "You must g*t ready to go out." ! "I remember now," said the other. ; "Give ma a drink of wine. 'More! more!" j i he added, as Gray ponrcd out a'Small porI tion. Gray handed him tlie bottle and Ame9 ! j nearly emptied it before taking it from liia ; j I'l'8- * , i i "That's tlie stuff to brace a fellow up!" j | he exclaimed, smackin? his lips. "Now for j j business. Where shall I jjoafter my inter- I view with this ere clutp?'' "You had better come hero if you can do j.' so without Ijeiii'f soon." replied the attor- ; ney, following Ames to the door. Ames went down the stairs with a coarse I song on his lips, for his long sleep and the ! j wine he had drank had not been without j | their efWt on his nerves. . i And Gray sat down in his office to wait. i - . j / CHAPTER XX. IN THE OEOVE. "Roland was alone in Ih'r room in Mr. ; I Clayson's house nearly a.11 day. Grover I come in onee or twice but went ripht out j again, and Fanny did not visit him at all, j I eXC*'|>T' I/O U1'1J1? up UIO U1UUU; UJUIU juou iVW j nightfall. "I am going ovcrr to Bertlia's very soon, j j now," she said. "Do you think you are ! strong enough to go there with mo?" "I wouldn't miss going for anything in j ! the world," said Roland, beginning to bus- , i tie about the room in making ready. "Can j J we go by some street where I will not be likolv to be seen ?" ( "Yes," said Fanny, "we can turn off { | from the main street just below and follow I a path through the grove. It will be dark : j by the time we get started, and there will ! he no danger." "Miss Clayson," said Roland, after a ! j short silence, "I am very sorry that scene I occurred this morning. I hope it will load i to no unpleasantness." I "It will all be explained in a few days, I ! ? :j T? | BUppose, aa.ui x "I hope so," was the reply. "I can't j ( benr this mystery, and ?hall do all I can to ; j bi'inic it to an ond immediately." ' What do you imagine Bertha will j I pay ?" asked Koland, after they wore on i | their way. "I have no idea." As they turned from tho street into the j j prove Fanny had mentioned, Roland felt i l the young girl clutch his arm excitedly. I "Some one is following ua!" she whis- | pared, in frightened tonos. I see no one," said Koland glancing around. "Jfti just crossed the street aud wot tntv uuc 5iV{vt.. a little way up," was the M reply. j "Was that the first you 6a w of him ?" ' "No, he came out of a vacant lot just af- " ter we leftthe house,the reply, "and he has been following us ever since. Shall we turn brtck ?" "Certainly not," said Roland. "The fellow may have mistaken'us for some one else. Besijes, I am well armed if ho should mean mia&it-f." ' Inthecftntef of the- gro^e the path way ' > bordered db both sides by a?tangled thick-' et, and asitb?y reached this place a drnck- < ling was hlard in the brush a'shox'fc distance to the riglt. "He is'hidden in tho tbiekot," said Fanny, dinging in terror to Roland's arm. "PleaseRelease my arm, and step back a little, Mi^s Clayson," said Ruland. "I must have both arms free if I am attacked; h&aiitaa trnmwiH nfih he- HiLTniiliL It is Dlllv i me they ale often." >' i .<> :..i Fanny licLas requested, md Roland advanced carefully along the path, which was almo? hidden by tlio darkness of the night. J. "They toean to murder me," lie thought, a hard feeling taking, possesdiou of his heart. "L will not die without a .struggle, at least,"jjie muttered, keeping bis revolver ready forjnstant use., .im-,; He stopped and listenod, and the noise in the tl^Qket was repeated,.find; nearer., than befoye.,;'I. VTl7., j,, - . . i, At thiaf. momejilj, hovveyer, .the ,j?oupd of voices wajB beard- cowing, 4'rpsui.,the oppp.-uUdirection* j., i: .... ; . Both.I^lapid, and ?imn?y.fclfc volleyed," fyr. they weri certain th^i,, ij^thiu'g . woujd ,bv. attempted when pthers, y?vre so iniar. "We will hasten tllrcu..h now," eaid Boland, giving his arm to tlie tri'mU]iiig"girT."~ "We have tfutiwug-Wie arc in the fji'o^- AA?*v2 i X : A sh4iiC(iiH!nrf?' thoy came >, the tWiVisflnilVUy )^l lv-'iU-d ^V-'inpyi and l^!??lled jKiat the-ju ? Vjo^i/ivr, up,. , for he did not* want. jLok, arecugwize'lj , : anyone//,; i ,_L After they had passed them, however, Fanny sfud, "Did you sec who they were?" "I did snot," was the r> ? *It wn's Eftgenc and-Mr. Gray." P rtl??<4 of^. i \% "Did they recognize us?" tie asked. . ) "I don't see bow they could have helped it," eaid Funny, in a trembling tono. . In fact she appeared more frightened over this meeting than she had over the possibility of trouble from the man who had followed them. ' ', T Uj " Tf Roland made no reply. He vas too busy with his own bitter thoughts ?or conversation. < <>}> j ' .uoa.rti {. .J >r<l "If they really meant to have me murdered to-ni;.?ht," lie thought, "they have defeated the plans of their own ruffian. But for their approax-.h I should probably have had it hand to hand with a cut-throat hired to put me out of the way." His brain was in h whirl of disagreeable thoughts. "There ia a mystery about it all that l oan't comprehend." he muttered. "I can't believe that the brother of the girl I love is capable of such villainy, and still I fall to see a motive for any one else to attempt my life." While he wasTstill. pondering over the^ mystery FinnyJmused infrAntof the housethey sought. .r . _ T "Tifere;'1 Who B4id>-"you see. Bertha .Wla." company. There wiU have to bo more dodging, I suppose." 'i: 1 "l'rue enough." was the reply, "what is to. be done now ? I must Uu'p b:yjk, I. sua- |. pcct." '* r l'- "No," paid .Fanny, "it iSh't safe for you to go back now. If you have no objection to sittlng'by the kitohen fire, I think I can arrang?fcit.'' { : K "Am I to seo Bertha?" . .1' . "Yes," said tho girl, with a smrlo at Rol- 1 and's eagerness, "I will i;how yon into the kitchen, and you must wait uatii the way j is cleasajotLtben comajii.T >ilu Roland readily consented to this arrangement, andJVnpyaffoiMin^Ty passed; around the house and admitted him to the kitchen, where he seated himself by the stove. "Will you care if T leave yon alone for a little time ?" she asked, after seeing him comfortably seated. "I will go around by the front door and enter that way. Bertha must know you are here, of course." "Certainly," said Roland. "I shall not ' be lonely in this pleasant room." To toll the truth, Roland waa glad of the opportunity thus offered to bfl alone. He did not, however, make much headway in I solving the)problem he,dcnh,ed to consider, j for he could not help but hear the conver- j sih'nn in the ndioihinc l-oom. He was both startled and surprised, in a very few momenta, to hear Eugena enter the sitting-room. "I whs not mistaken, then," he said to Fanny, after the callers had departed, "in thinking that. I passed yon in the grove. lJut I don't see your ,eseout. Whore is he?" " Poland did not hear fanny's reply, but it did not seem to satisfy her lover. "More mystery, FiinnyJ" he exclaimed, in an excited tone. "You are not dealing fairly with me. Last night I'heard aniim's step in your hall when Grover said no one was there; to-day, in passing your window, I saw a man sitting by your side, but when I entered the room he was not in sight. Just now I saw yon walking in the grove with a sira,nger and you-xyfuae to.iell me nnvtiifnv about itf.; -"What does'it mean, umurp" , m . J "I can't tell you now, Eugene," was Fanny's reply. "If Grorfir is willing, you s'ua.11 know to-morrow." j' ' "See," said Bertlia, laughing, "I believe tlio boy is jealous." r "Do you know anything of this, Bertha?" | said Eugene, turning to bis sister. "Yes, brother, mine, I know all about it," was the reply, "and I don't sympathize with'you one bit. You remember how you acted only two dajs ago about this property." "It seems, then, that I ajp th^ only one kfcpt in the dark,'* said' CEtgenr, angrily. "Fanny, I a*k you once for all, will you tell nie or will you not ?" "It is not my secret," said the young girl, firmly, "and I refuse to tell." Roland could stay'to hour no more. He walked softly to the door and stepped out into the night, lid-felt that if he had waited in that rwm another second he could not have prevented himself from ! walking into the sil ting-room, and explain- I Ingthii whole matter. That, he thought, I would have ruined all his plans. In turning toward Mr. Clayson'a honso 1 the rounsr man unthinkingly struck into | the path through the grow. So busy was j he ith his own thoughts that ho did not ' think of tlie peril ho hail thus thrown him- i self into until he was nearly half through j grove. Then l;c stopped and gazed intently ! about him. All was still as doath. "I may as well go on noiv," he muttered. ! "It is just as safe as to return." The next minute, however, proved the falsity of this reasoning, for he had not j proceeded a dozen steps when a burly figure j 11 rose in the narrow path and he felt a strong hand clutchifig at his throat. In an iiistiint he-van striking wildly ont at his assailant with his clenched fist. Ilis ! blows, however, seemed to have no other effect on the man tban to cause him I to tighten his hold on tho young man's thmat. | lie knew that he was being forced down j by sheer strength, and reached after his j revolver. As he did so ho tripped on some obstruction in the path and both men fell f together. He trit.'d to cry for ludp, but the iron ] hand on his throat held hini too closely for i that. The Btru?ft,'le 011 the (ground now became ! desperate indeed. Weakened as Roland was by his former injury, hit assailant liad 1 evvrv advantage until, by a fortunate I movement, the youn<* nun broke tho hold on his throat and drew his revolver. JJeforo lie had time to cock it., however, j Ames?for it \va? no ether?seized the i weapon with one hand and drew a niunler- j ous-looking' knife with (he other. ! Roland, uttering a short, shrill cry for help, endeavored t3 shield himself from the l/low'with, his arm, rind a terrible faintness came over him' as he folt the cold steel cutting deep into the quivering flesh. Ames muttered an oath as the cry of "murder!" rang out on the still night air and raised the knife for a surer stroke. In that one second of careless rage, however, he" thoughtlessly removed his hand from the revolver, and before the blow he aimed couUl descend, a sharp report rang out^aHfl he sprang back with a bullet in his breast'" ~!' " . Roland was on his feet in an instant, and presented the revolver at the prostrate man's head. "One motion, one effort to escape, and I will send a ball through your brain," he cried. ' Steps were new neara approacniag irum both directions, and Ames, made 0110 uor-e attempt, to gain liis feet, but he was held hack by the cold rim of steal which touched his forehead. : . < . By Bome strango fatality, Galen Gray and Eugene were the first persons on the spot. The farmer had been near the grovo in one of bis restless rambles, and Eugene had already entered the grove on bis way to soak the explanation of Grover, which Bertha ivnd Fanny had refused to give. After them came a group of excited villagers, .one of whom carried a lantern. "What is this?'' exclaimed Gray, turning deadly pale as he saw the position of affairs, v.i ..."X.t's oujy one jporo.uns'.iccesflful fittempt at imprdciy.V'dc" .!" said Roland, motionipg.twoof jhe men whom ho recognized in th^,cr<|w;'d. to take charge of Ames. ( I'Don'l let tiim escape,1'he said. "He tjrLl ifiucder me, just now," 1 "Is be'liilly hurt?" osteed Gray,hendrag over his unfortunat?; companion iij crime. IJoland drew hini rudely awav. "D' >ii't let those" mOn speak a,word togftliu'r P' he' said.4 ""Both are implicated in thi; iloadly assault." .??<. i.'u.. ' What.do yon mean?? demanded Gray, drawing back. , , "Aok tlmt miff?rablq .tool of yours what I niPan,' styj!* said Uoland. "Ask him at whose instigation he undertook to accomplish a doe T you failed in. He cannot live an hour, and perhaps he will tell." If Roland's object was to draw a confession from Ames by predicting his speedy de:ith his ruse was successful, for ho beckwllft Ilfl.fl inst wmi.-l niv --- , arrived upon the scone, to approach him. "I ain't a' goin' to stand thi* alone," he Raid, in' &, voice plai'rily heard by every one in the little groirp. "Arrest Lawyer Gray an' that youngster Btan^ing by him. They paid me for tins job.'*'1 "Every ono looked 9rfrprisod, for Eugene W;t]t!ntrford was tho only one by the attor!U-*yV;.*i<l??. ' ' ,;:i '' '; "I knowed yoit*d he astonished," said Ames, "bnt I ain't/'priin to tell a lie now. Tliey are the ones to blame." "Do vow mean 3JV,'Wolliagford ?" asked the oCWer. t'|': * "Yon." said Ames, "don't let him git n way. Tlie m rtn T-'tried to kill stood, a-tween him an' the mill property." The officer hesitated* '! "1'akd them in charge." said Roland, "I enn verify h:s statements." "I mast do my duty, gentlemen," said the officer. ' "Is there any one here I can (triiHt to take charge of theee men ?" he 'askod. - " . ' > ' , A nmnber of men, all .friends of Eoland ?or Hugh Gordon, as they supposed himto be?:'.t once volu"teered, and Euteno and the ul torney, for the first time in theii lives, were under arrerft. r f'Now that you have arrosted us on this monstrous charge," said Gray, coolly,, "what,do you propose to do with us?" "Yon must go to jail, I suppose," replied the officer. Engene was too astonished to say a word in his own defense.1 'The' attempted murder and his arrpst for complicity in that fttfcrttimV. rv?nir>lit.?1r nnnm-vad him. A stretcher was procured and Ames placed up >11 it. "Remove hiin to the nearest house," said tfie officer, "and send for a doctor. I will return and take char70 of him after the otherprisoncrs are safe." , As Gray anl Eugene moved away in chirpy pfr'the officer, a fresh crowd of people; at trac fed by the unusual commotion, came up. 1 Etigene wrfs horrified to see, among a number of ladies, the frightened faces of Futmy and "Bertha. He made an effort to reach their sides, but the officer, mistaking the movement for an- attempt to escape, drew him roughly back and and forced a pair of handcuffs on his wrists. *You're excited now, Eugene," he said, "but you will s-jc the necessity of this by and by." With a flush of shame mounting his palo face, Engeno endeavored to force his way into a position where the crowd would shield him from the girls' si^ht. But they saw him, and Fanny went straight to his side! ' ' "What do?>9 this mean, Eugene?" she cried, clinging to his fettered hands. "Who has been killed, and why are these irons on your hands ?" Boland stopped forward to try and console the nobbing girl, but, romembering hia share in tho terrible scene, ho again stepped back. - .-w .?; /. ."You will tell me what it moans, Hugh?"* paid Bflrtba. approaching him. . "You aro bleeding, too, who has done this ? Toll mo! Can't you talk?"' Koland stood before the girl he lorod wifch an unutterable louging to clasp her in hia arms; and yet he knew that the terrible gulf which had separated them, waa wider now than ever before. "My God!" he said, "I can't tell yon, Bertha! Tell l;er, some one; it would kill me." "Why, you soo, young ladies," said the officer, in the voice of a mm who was performing a very unpleasant duty, "you see that man lying there tried to kill Hugh Gordon, to-night? and' he implicates Lawyer Gray and Eugene. We hope it will como out all vi-jht, for " The scared look in Bertha's eyes stopped the officer at the very beginning of all the consolation he could offer her. She stood a moment like one bereft of all power of thou-?ht or motion, and then sank V.rt tn n flnon fflillf,. iv i I**; *?* w v,-v|' ?? * ? nn-1 sprang to save her, but was only in time to kneel by her side and raise her in his urine. Fnnuyhad heard the officer's explanation, anil now elmi-r to her lover's neck with a strength which ha filed the officer's efforta to take her away. "You will nob take him to prison!" she cried, in piteous tones, "and I know that he is innocent. Why don't you toll tliom how it is, Eugene ?"' she moaned. "It's dark and cold alone there in the prison, andl will jo with you, my darling, if you must go!" lint some one tenderly released her clinging anu-j, and Eugene and die attorney were led a way. i * CHAPTER XYI. A RACE FOR 1 IKE. After the departure of the officer with his prisoners, Roland was surrounded by a group of villagers, all curious to know the meaning of the strange scenes of the evening. "We thought you dead !" was the exclamation on more than one lip as his friends clustered around him. lie explained, in as few words as possible, the events of the past three days. Then, for the first time, he realized that he was weak and ill from his injuries. Seeing his condition, two men voluut.jered to assist him to his lodgings. "Where aro you stopping ?" asked one of the nieu as thoy uiado their way out of the grove. This brought Roland to the consideration of a most important ?|ue.stion. After what had occurred lie doubted the propriety of rotnvnimr to thcpltvisiinl little roo;u at Mi'. CI-i vk. >ji's house. "K innv .ind fliv.vcr will li-ito md now," hi? th<ni?rhf, hitt-crlv. "and H *rtH 1 cannot fail of ochoiu.r thoir scntiinunts iu a ten fold decree, for Lave I not just caused h brother's arrest on tho moBt terrible of s charges ?" "I will stop at the hotel, to-night," 1 said, after a moment's thought. ' A short distance down the street, howe er, Roland and his companions were ore taken by Graver. Just as he came up thi were turning- off from the street on whi< Grover lived in the direction of the hotel. "Where are you going, Mr. Gordoi That is not the way home," wero his fir words. .... "Why, I thought that my presence your house wouldn't bo desired after ' "I inai8ton your returning tomy house said Grovnr. "I have heard everythin and I can't believe that yon have act from any but honorable motives in this bi affair." "P^.l trwl lioflJtafiid. "I won't take no for an answer," aa Grover. "A great wrong has been do to-night, and you must holp to rectify The task we have to do can best be p( formed at my house. B*rtha and Pani are already on the way thero, both almc wild with grief." 'I thank you for your kind opinion,'* an Roland, grasping his friend warmly by t h ind, "but T caw'fc meet the girls'to-nigl Think of the misery and shame I have u wittingly caused thoin. "You are too weak to stand here long interposed one of the men. "You rat have your wound cared for at once." This decided Grover, "Tiko him to my honSo." be said. "] will thank me to-morrow for being;, so o stinito about this in at tor." So Koland w:is soon comfortably loeat in his old qu irters, an-! the physician se for. In a short time hiswound was dress by (he same doctor who had atteuded h before. "Tf you k<?epon at this rat*?, young mat ; said the old doc for, "?nn will soon want engage a surgeon by the year, and keep h with' vou night and dfrr;**' "I hopo the trouble is all over now," * Roland's replvThe wound was by no mean9 a seric one, and the doctor said R>1and would r be confined to the houst) for more than day or tw<>?no long ?r, in fact, than it tc his nervous syst mi to rioter from t shock it hid'sustain I. "It seems they can't kill you, you man." ho said, putting up his instrumen After the doctor's departure, Grover < terod t'io rr>om. "Tic girls are hero and anxious to I you, Hugh," he said. "Shall T tell th< to come np ? . Both are bettor now.1' Rol.mil said "Yea," but he would hf given anvthing to lmve avoided the int \riew. He expected reproaches and tea and was therefore verv agreeably aurpris when they entered the vonn, to see tl l>olb were culm, oven hopeful. "I can't tell ' ou bow grieved I am o< to-night's o<ourr .'iieos,'' he said, "and s' I think I am free from any blame in 1 matter." "A gr-'rit. mistake has been made son where," said B jrtha, "and my poor brotl is now payin; the penaltv." "Did tiiey rc;illy lake him to . prison asked Roland. "Yes," replied Berth.t, the tears sprit ing into her ovoh. "Kuirene is in jail C nothing be done? Mint he afcty there un this terrible matter is settled ?" "Would to Hearea I could do son thing!" said Roland with a sigh. "I am sure you can do something," un> Fanny. ' You can't believe Eugene gui] of joining in the attempt on your life, know that ho is innocent, for he never kn< of your claim to this wretched propei * until Gray tol-l him in this very house 01 last night, and then you were spoken of a dead man. It was at your own requ< that your recovery was kept a secret frc him." "I have been blind, blind!" exclaim Roland, apringin ; to his feet, forgetful, I the moment,^f his wounds. "May G forgive me! Oh, my darling," ho or'u taking Both of Bertha's h-nda in his o\\ "that J should have caused all this uiisc when a little frankness would have spai tou." " * i4l - a 1 .. iSertnn looteu up wun u suaueu uu minified with the surpri-e in her eyes. "There is hope then Hugh ?" "Dope, Bertha!" Engen:? shrill be c of prison in an hour! Iwis wad not stop the officer when lie arreted him I" "Oh, Hugh ! if you can only do that!" "Don't call me by th.it nune, Berfcl Gray was right when he said that I claim to be Roland E. WallingCord, and I mailt great mistake when I told the people lu to call me another name." "If Eugene hud only known," w:is all t reply the young- girl male. "It is strange why the attorney shot have taken such an interest in the affai said Roland, thoughtfully, ' for if, sis y say, Eugene kuew nothing of my recovei he certainly coiild not h ive planned to ha me killed, an 1 it follows th.it Gray a Ames alone did th it delectable work. B I fail to find a motive for such despera work." "I can supply that/'jaid Grover, who h entered the room rtnobsericd. "Gray lu Eugene's cheque for two hundred tliousa dollars, and of course it was worthless u less the will was decided in his favor." "Why did Eugene give that cheque asked Roland, a little suspiciously. , , r, 1 -!_.J A. 1 "Simpiy uecause uray uaiuieu 10 mi everything in bis own hmde, and he refus to aid him in securing the property, even to producc the will?which ho deck cd to be in Eugene's Hivor?without a lur fee," replied Grover. "That accounts for the first attempt said Eoland, "and " "The first attempt 1" interrupted Grow in surprise, "is it possible that tV ? woui you received the night I brought y here was not the result of an accideni fall?" "Gray struck the Uow," said Rolai bitterly, and then, sis near as I can leai pitelicd me dowu st-urs. The oulj wono is that I was not killed." I "You must have borno a charmed li I Mr. Gor?Wallingford," s iM Fanny, sm in},' as she corrected herself in speaki: the name. "But Eugene is in prison while we a j talking here." said Rm1.uk!, drawing on 1 j great coat and reaching fur his hat. "Aro jou go in,' out?"' asked Bertha, ' she saw the movement. "You certain I *re not strong enough yet." "If Grover will help lm** with his aj j until a carriage can bo obtainod I thinl j can manage it," said K<*laiirl, now retdyl ! the start. "I alone can secure your brot er's release to-night, for it w:u> ruyendors ment cf Amos' statement that caused 1 arrest. I hope to have Wun with me on u return," he added, gaily, as, leaning on 1 friend's arm. lie passed out of the door. "Do you know where Ames was taken j a3ked Roland, as soon as the young in had gained the street. "Yea," was the reply. "Uncle B'IIt I onse was the nearest place, and so ho w j c nveyed there." ! "You know the way, I suppose." i "Yes.*' I "Then lead rue there as soon as possible "I hardly lir^rst-'nd this," said Gron I turning in the direction of the house me j tioned. "The poor fellow probably won't li j long," said Rcland, "and I want to he him testify to Eugene's innocence bcfc ! be dies." ! "Yps ; but will he do that P" j "Why shouldn't he ?" , "I will answer your question by aakii i one," said Grover. "Why did ho menti him in connection with the attorney, a: i thus muse his arrestP" We can only understand the matt | fully lifter a conversation with him," ai j weved Itoland, "Hasten, or we may be t i late," | O-.viiifj to the rtarkneso of the night, t j m:"vcnncs8 of the village street, and t j i-jift bled co? ' ti.?n of the wounded ma j but b?<i\v pioirress whs made. Kola : \!rc w n;or? and move impatieut everv mi Ule. j. "If we should be too late, Qrover!" lie 1 repeated at evrrylittle stop mode to enable hiin to gain st'-'Tigth for a. w*Jk, "if we 10 should be too lato. it wAuld be terrible! I should never forgive myelf. Can't we v" walk faster?" r* "But haven't we testimony enough to 7 ' cause Eugene's release already?''' aalred G/over, who c-- ordered hie friend's release '? already assured. . "Suppose the man dies affirming the 3 ctatonient lie made in the prove, and Gray . proves tevengeful ?" said Roland, with a ,, shudder, what can wo do then? The case u will have to go through the courts." '' "You arc right," cried Grover. "Ames must be made to tell the truth.,' . "Then let us hasten," said Roland, bat even as he spoke his weight grew heavier nnd heavier on Grover's arm. The excite., ment and the exertion wore telling upon 1 him, in a most unmistakable manner. ntX ~ ? .i ?? V - ^5--11 !J . r, "I can walls no ramier,- ne nnmiy *au*. * "Yon know what we desire to question 'r* Ames about, and you must leave me here a? aud go 011 alo-e." ' .. ? ml "Eut I en*'t leave yon here, mjr dear ., fellow," said Grover. "You don't s???m to ? realize that it is near the middle of a very .e dark and cV'y nicrht." 1 ' "But Eugene?his life nuy hang upon a n* moment's time." t? . Just at this moment a carriage, occupied ' hy hut one person, loomed qp thr- ifh the ls darkness, driving briskly toward the tillage hotel. i ~ Grover hastened to mako the condition '** of afLwrs known to the gent.--uian, who ' * proved to be an old friend. . , , "As it is bit * a short dUUnee to the botel," he said, "I will wi linglv wnllc thero | , Rnd turn the horse and carriage over to . you. You know where to leave it, I sup? 1 pose.". ? Grover afterthankiry lun ?>n ^rons friend, ' warmly, helped Behind into tli* veh'ile and drove rupidJy to the bonne where 'Ames im had been carried. A little cvovrd bsd collected around the door, late ae the hour wap, aad it <Vjs with some difficulty that the two yoqng men lT1^ gained entrance. As soon :?s Roland *ra? 10 recoguized by the people they crowded * around to congratulate him upon his es? capo from dealb, and this onlv added to 10 the delay. t j "Where is Ames?"asked Grover,as soon ' as the door was reached. *' "It wouldn't t ike Ion* to find him In ?n" that house," s u?! one of the men, with a 1 smile, "there ain't only vne room." we "Is he nlive votB'' jm "Just a. ITve, an' that's all,** avid anothat. "The doctor is wQrking over hiiu. but h? ive savs it ain't no sort o' us?? got to die.** er* Or over. with Eoland still loaning hewfly ir8' ou liis arm, made his tot thr.-.njrh th? crowded doorway And approached th? rough bed whereon the att"ra<%'s tccomplice lay. r?^ The attendants stepped hack when they t'" saw the uian Ames would have murdered h? standing by his side, and the young man gazed with a feeling of awe upon the form ie* ly in r so helplessly be "ore h'tn. ler -if jpn hare anything to s.iy to him.you had better say it at once," said the doctor, ?" "for he oau't "live long." Eoland leaned forward-to catch t?j word* >S" Aiues seemed trying to articulate, hot aa an he did so a great ehuiife came <>ver th? 'til dyiug mnn's face, ai I his lips ceased to move. Roland started back in dismay. ie- "It can't be that he if do id !" he s kid, pealing to the doctor, who, still uncui'-ii* ed placed his lingers ou his wrist. S ? 3W ' 10 BK CONTINUED. 2 The Model-Mail,. -- ** 39t ? >m There lives a model man of yore, Who always did exactly right; ed He never drank, nor smoke, nor swore, For And never staid out late atnigbj! od He made no bets; he played no game; ? )d, To him all women were the same; j m, He never knew wbat horses ran?iry In truth, lie was a model man I ed v s Now wltb this model man of yore \ ipe The wicked world did not agree; His neighbors voted him a bore, His friends a man of mystery. >ut He found himself accused of crimes to Not to be mentioned in these rhymes, Until blind justice laid her ban And rope upon this model man. ia. 10J -jo, in this model man of yore, ' a A moral and a warning see; *l'e A little less?not something more? Than angels must we mortals be. f ^ "e Live while you live! Smoke good cl- zfo .. gars! , T iU* Drink dry champagne! Twang gay r?' guitars? 0Q And be as virtuous as you can? But do uot be a model man. ve 'lit Cost ok Raising Horses.?The Agite ' rienltural Department having made inluiries as to the cost of raising horses in ail jach of the various States, reports a* sld i'ollows: In the Middle States the maxlnd muni cost of wintering horses, $48 per m- uead, as in New' Jersey; next .iu order stands Delaware, $43, New York, $37, ?" md Pennsylvania, $30. Delaware farmers, hist, year, received the highest ?? ve average price for hay, ?20 per top, and V ed thosd of Ne* York the lowest, $13.10. ; or New York received the maximum ir- price of corn, 93 cents per bushel, aud Delaware the minimum, 70cents. The price of onts ranged from 52 cent* In ^ ; Delaware to 60 in New Jersey. Aver- 'i iges of Eastern States were as" follows : ir, Alpine, $27; New Hampshire, $37; Ver- * ad mQut, 38; Massachusetts, 45; Kliode 1?ou iand, $48, and Connecticut, $45. West the.Mississippi, the average cost of - winteriug ranges from $U in Kansas to , iJ. 32S in Minnesota. Iowa averaged $16; i n, Missouri $12, and Nebraska $13. Farm *< ' - r priced of liuy vary from $3.36 in Kansas to $12 05 in Missouri. The cheaper fe? hay of Kansas and Nebraska^ is mostly '1* made from the wild grasses of the aS prairies. Corn ranges from 43 cents per bushel in Iowa to Ul in Kansas, and l,;? >ats from 38 cents per bushel in 119 Iowa to 53 cents in Kansas. +<?? ?s To Prevent Smut jx Wheat.? y Make a strong brine and wash or wet the wheat thoroughly; then drain, and be'"j fore the wheal gets dry, sift on ashes, l and stir well, so that all the wheat may / come in contact with the dry ashes; or, in other words, soak the wheat in jj* strong brine and then dry it with good strong ashes (air-slacked lime would probably do as well, or better), and then it is ready for sowing. It may be pro i l.,w okamm ^.n <iot stand over too long, as the vitality of the seed might he injured. I have .'9 cen it u?ed fifteen years in succession, a8 and never knew it to fail to prevcut >mut. I also think that the wheat ,rrows off better when prepared in this way, than when sowed dry, or soaked in y a solution of blue stone.?Cor. Southern jr( Cultivator. n- ?<? J11 XT S OS POULTKY KkEPINO.?Ill 'ieeping fowls healthy we have found ar nothing equal to onions chopped line, 're md thoroughly mixed with meal, or meal and milfaed. They eat it readily. In the incipient stages of most of their common diseases, including cholera, we '? have always found this an effectual remon ,'tly. As sulphur enters largely into the at* orination of the feathers, it should be frequently fed to them. In winter, or *r ivi'Hi iccpt common, nens to Jay well 18, must have meal often, and pounded 00 nones,-tue fresiier the better, or oyster ,hells.* If fed with these plentifully, h? willi such variety of grain as tliev like host, and well housed and watered, they in* will lay nearly as well in winter ax in ,u* -iiiniuicr, ana will seldom 11 cvvr *.at n" their own eggs.