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A ill! rnai: Tit Crime if tit Mtr's Ota. BY? w. f. mott. ? CHAPTER XIX. Paxton's finger was upon the trigger of his weapon, when Marion Oakburn appeared in the door through which the man who was the object of the detective's pursuit, had fled. The cashier's daughter was in deadly peril of her life at the instant when she presented herself before Paxton. Had the detective's finger involuntarily contracted even to the least extent, a bullet would have been sent speeding on its mission of death. Fortunate was it that the detective's .. weapon was not discharged. Amazement at the presence of Marion Oakburn, and astonishment at her conduct in interposing to favor the escape of the supposed assassin, for the instant held the detective spellbound, and he recoiled. He was mentally dazed by this startling denouement. The thoucht that the fugitive whom of all things he desired to arrest was escaping, broke the spell almost instantly. "Stand aside, Miss Oakburn! Tou are impeding the course of justice, and Interfering with me in the discharge of my duty," he said taking a forward step. As he made this advance, Paxt'on's acute ear caught the sound made by the closing o.f a door somewhers in the rear of the building, and almost simultaneously he heard a low whistle from the same direction. Paston fancied the whistle was in" tended as a signal. As if understanding it, and as though acting in obedience to a secret mandate, the moment the whistle sounded Marion OobKnrn lAnrnro^ Hor WAonnn trifh which she had menaced the detective, and sprang aside out of the doorway. Slv It was of course all important to cut off the escape of the fugitive. Thinking only of overtaking him, Paxton darted through the interior door and rushed through a passage beyond the next apartment. ! At the end of the passage a door confronted him, but he tore it open and rushed out into the open air. Saul Hedden closely followed. The detective and his companion found themselves in the dense gloom of the impenetrable night. ^ But Paxton was provided for such an emergency, and he produced a pocket lantern, lighted it, and then flashed its light about him. 1 A narrow alley in the rear of the building which they bad just left was before them. It was folly to think of pursuing the supposed assassin, for it was utterly timpossioxe 10 veil m wnai airecuon ue had fled. Realizing that failure had again overtaken him, Paxton ran back into the house. He feared that Marion Oakburn might also elude him. I His apprehension proved to be "well founded. Beaching the room in which he had left the cashier's daughter, he found it deserted. Sk? also has eluded me!" ^riej PaxttfR. \ The aged woman "who had admitted ,the carter apd his companion was nowhere to be discovered. The idea occurred to Paxton that she and Marion might be concealed somewhere in the building, and he hastily searched the premises, assisted by Hedden. They soon assured themselves thai the house was deserted. Despite the adverse result of his undertaking when success seemed almost within his grasp, Paxton attributed his failure to occurrences against which he 'could not have guarded. Had not Marion Oakburn appeared to cover his flight, the hunted man of whoir the detective was in pursuit would not have escaped. Paxton was disposed to accept his defeat on this occasion more philosophically than might have been expected, bitter as his disappointment undoubtedlj ' was. "There's many a slip 'twixtthecup iand the lip, and never was the truth oi ; that adage more forcibly illustrated that now," he said. The search of the house had been completed. Paxton and his companion were .etanding in the front apartment which ;they had first entered. "Hark!" exclaimed Hedden in a warning tone, as the detective spoke, and he ' held up his finger as a sign for silence The two men listened for a moment. They heard several peculiar whistles, and the sounds emanated from various directions. Hedden's face assumed an apprehen' ive expression "You look frightened," said Paxton 'observing this. "So I am. Do you know what is the J meaning of these signal whistles?foi uch they ure?" "I do not," "Well. I do. The daneerous gang 'well known to the police, which is com* posed of denizens of this neighborhood, .are assembling. The old female 'fence' I has given the alarm. I know the gamt I the gang is up to. They mean to surIround us." "Then we must not delay here." "No; the rear way is our best route. 'Come, we don't want to fight against t desperate odds. The people have a I mortal hatred for spies and informers, ;ias you well know, and if we were sur- i grounded and overpowered we'd stand but a small chance for our lives.* "That is true," assented Paxton. They ran to the rear door, gained the alley, and sped away through the darkness. Hedden's previously acquired knowledge of the locality now served him well. Without hesitation he threaded the maze of narrow alleys that led away from this the most dangerous of all the slums of the great city. The list development?the discovery ?/ Marion Oakburn in the abode of the (female receiver of stolen goods, ana ner open defense of the supposed assassin of |her own father?furnished Paxton food (fcrthe most startling reflections. At the same time he was more than ever mystified and perplexed. He had come to believe with Stanunofft that Mariop had been abducted, 9 and that she was held a captive by th -who were interested in her disappc ance. But it now seemed to the detecl that he could no longer entertain t opinion. It appeared that he must abanc that theory. "If Marion Oakburn was a capti 6he would not have been armed, and i would not have attempted to secure escape of the suspected man even at peril of her life as she had done." Thus Paxton reasoned. Notwithstanding all this, the detect still entertained a certain vague S' picion which he had never entir banished, from his mind. The Idea would present itselt t Marion Oakburn was governed by 60 mysterious impulse, which was a sec locked in her own heart. For the time, however, Paxton put perplexing rebus out of his mind, and said to himself: "I will think no more of the possi cause of this girl's conduct at prest [ have need only to concern myself v seeking to capture her and the suppo assassin. "This last defeat shall not prov Waterloo for me," he added resolute In safety he and his compan emerged from the dangerous loca mto which their quest had led them, i then they parted. "No more of this work for me. ' morrow I leave with my wife and cl for the far West, where I shall begi new life. I want to leave the old v behind me forever. We shall never m again, Paxton," said Saul Hedden, i then the two men shook hands cordia "Success to you, Hedden. Stick vour good resolution, and life will be to you worth living," said the dete ive. Hedden turned away, and Par ocver met him again, but some ye later he heard that he was prosper* and happy in the far Western la where he had gone in quest of a n Ufe. In the morning the detective met Sti more. The latter had called at Paxto office by appointment. Stanmore listened eagerly, and he t Inwardly much disturbed, as the det Live saw, despite his efforts to prese: Ws equanimity. But Stanmore's faith In Marion Oi burn was unshaken by what he hea He was loyal to his belief in Mario He protested that if the real truth t ever unearthed, It would then be kno that the cashier's daughter was a tr hearted, noble girl. Thus he had alwi defended Marion. In the course of a conversation wh ensued, Paxton produced the let which he had abstracted from the pa age of correspondence whioh the co ner had found in John Oakburn's safe He read the letter to the deteotive. Stanmore's face assumed a strar expression as he listened, and wt Paxton read the name, "Donald W< burn," with which the latter waa sign he started violently. "And what importance do you attf to that letter?" he asked. "The greatest." "In what way? Please make yours clear," 6aid Stanmore. Paxton thereupon explained how had put circumstances together a 'nm?l +>ia tViforv t.hfth nnsfiiblv the I thor of the threatening letter, Don Way burn, and the suspected man carried the skeleton Keys to Garriso office might prove to be one and 1 same. In silence Stan more listened uu Paxton concluded, and then said: "Your tneory does not strike me a probable one. I would think no more attempting to connect this Waybi with tie case, it seems to me. "Pratt and Weeks, as we are awa thanks to the discovery of marl money in their possession, mu6t be som? way connected with John Oi buna's murder. Through them, I he the key to the mystery will reach a he added. The conversation soon ended af this. The following morning Paxton was his way to his office, when, as he pass the boardinghouse where Levi Krec had lived, he saw a rag-picker overha ing the contents of an ash barrel stai lug in a passage, leading to the rear the house. Prompted by a new id Paxton paused for a nioment, C CHAPTER XX. The detective halted, because at moment he saw the rag-picker drav pair of boots out of the ash barrel. He instantly thought of the tracks had found under the window of Gai ?jn's office. As the rag-picker drew up the boc Paxton sprang to his side. he Italian?ror sucu he was?e' dently fancied he was about to be robb 2* his prize, for he clutched the old bo< ~^btly in one hand, while he brandish j>lrou hook in the other, menacing] .fhe other came up. >fcMe find a the boot," me keepa," t rag-picker said. "Precisely so, my friend. Tor -w sell the boots, though?" said Paxton. "Mh raII a. Yon ?rivA ?. thfl mnn." "Here is half a dollar." "You take a the boota." The exchange was made In a momei Paxton would cheerfully have given much larger price for those well-ni, worthless old boots, for as the Itali, held them up, he had caught a glimp of those 6oles. He had observed that the soles of t boots were encircled by double rows nails in a peculiar manner, and he b lieved he had discovered the boots whi had made the imprints on the earth u dc-r the window of Jason Garrisor office. Pax ton took the boot which had th fallen into his possession to his offic and upon testing them, he found th his supposition was oovect. The boots were a perfect fit for i casts, and the rows of nails were t! same in both casts and boota. Of course the presumption was, th the boots had belonged to Kredge. B regarding this point the detective d 6ired to positively convince himself. Paxton called upon the landlady Krodge's late boarding-house, and fro having seen them in his room, a char 1 .tA IA 4k. ?r. Kni in JtU iiitUU lUCUtLliOU kUC wvv LO OO i/Vtvru Ing to Levi Kredge. This suffloed to prove, to the dete five's entire satisfaction, that Le Kredge entered the office of Jason Ga rison on the night of John Oakburc murder, through the rear window. But meanwhile the trial of Stua Harland was concluded. All that men could accomplish in b half of the accused had been done bis attorney and friends. The result was a verification of Lawy Saybrook's prediction. The jury had failed to agree. They were discharged, and Rtiu Harland was remanded to prison await the process of the law. In his case, a new trial would now necessary*. But Harland was not destined to i main in prison until he was again plac on trial for his life. The young man was admitted to b In the sum of twenty thousand dollai His wealthy aunt became his 6ecuril and signed his bail bond. Edna Garrison, and Stuart's frien< who had latterly dreaded a convictic wye rejoiced at the result of the tri ose Bat Sluart was himself dejected a ar? gloomy. He was aware that public sentim< :ive was against him, and he felt that hat could enjoy no rest or peace of mi while the awful shadow of doubt resl Ion upon him. After his release, Stuart called up ve, Paxton. Bhe The detectire received Harland vt the cordially, and the latter said very ( the ruptly: "Paxton; I am determined to take part in the work you have undertah ive tor my salvation. Tell me how to hi us- you. I must do something." ely "I understand how you feel, and honor you for your inability to r bat while others are laboring to unearth 1 'me mystery in the solution of which 5 r?t have a vital interest. Bat you are novice in the business," answered P? ton. he "But I have an interest to work nn oth?r man can feel bound to.* ible "True. And you would be more llk( thou any one else to recognize the m ritb Who exchanged overcoats with you, e\ s?d if he were disguised. You might und take a search for the villain on your o 9 8 account. Chance may favor you," si sly. Paxton. i,00 He saw that the young man was ; lity clined to brood upon his misfortui JJid an(j he -wished to divert his mind, e\ though he had no great hope for 1 To- result. * rom that day Stuart Harland seem P a to have but one object in life, and tl one motive was to find the man whc , acquaintance he made on the train *nt the night of the murder. y* Paxton had resolved to attempt ? take up the trail of Marion Oakbi y? and the suspected man from the house ,c the female "fence," whose name, by t , way, was Mrs. Kitts. Paxton, perse ally and through tho instrumentality ars his agents, acquired a surprising fu of information regarding the woman. ' Among other itoms, the detecti iew learned that Mrs. Kitts had acquired modest f.rtune in the pursuit of t nefarious and illegal business. Tl , she was the owner of real estate in t neighborhood where she dwelt, and tt she employed a rascally old drunk lawyer by the name of Ajax Crawley transact all her business. The circumstance was discovered . one of Paxton's agents that, on the It A^or Pmwlflr Tn 1 VI C V Ci J UiVUVU, AjUA V*M-?t4VJ ?? 'It* in the habit of visiting the old worn and arranging her accounts for rent a the like. * Mrs. Kltts was one of those women ^ whom the notorious Mother Mand< . baum, the female "fence," of whc VJB career the newspapers at the time of 1 . . exposure and flight from New York, ga an account, Is a type. It was Paxton's idea that Mrs. Kr ? ' knew where Marion Oakburn and t man, whose escape the latter had favt '* ed, were now in hiding. . ? Believing this, his course was cleai Indicated. He must win the old woman's con J denoe. ^ To accomplish this, he had determin . to impersonate Ajax Crawley, and a cordingly Paxton visited the rascally c lawyer, who ocoupied a dingy little de lf called by courtesy an office, in the neig borhood of Mrs. Kltts' abode. It was the detective's purpose to stu< the character he meant to impersonal in<? Paxton invented an excuse for 1 call, and during the interview he close fclo studied his man. rhc When he loft Crawler's office the d ^ toctive carried Tvitli him a sample Ajax Crawley's peculiar chirograph j., which ho had appropriated, and In 1 mind there was a mental picture of 1 living model. , Two days subsequently was the la ire Present month, and on th afternoon, through the Instrumental! of one of Paxton' assistants, Mr. Aj J Crawley, attorney at law, became hel kjD lessly intoxicated, and he was arrest ^ and locked up for the night. _ Assured that the real Crawley cou not appear upon the scene to thwt ' him and expose his ruse, Paxton di guised himself to perfectly represe Crawley, and set out for the den of t female "fence." ? j He had appeared before half a doz< | of his agents in his office, where 1 marvelous disguise was completed, ai / (hey had one and all assured him th Qj there Vas no possibility of his identl ea boJDg queeticrej, ? If such men, experienced as they we tn disguises and past masters of all t! arts of their strange vocation, gave t: d<jt_ective this assurance, he could ha bat little cause to fear the woman wi r a whom he hwi to deal, cunning thouj she was. he Paxton arrived at Mrs. Kitte' house Ti- about eight o'clock in the evening. He was accompanied by one of 1 >ts, men, a shrewd fellow, who had been Paxton's service a long time. He i pj. maincd without. e(j It chanced that this man and Paxt< )ts had both acquirod the trade of telegr e(j phy in their youth, and since they b. [y been thrown together In detective wor they had utilized their knowledge of tl kg art serviceably more than once. After Mrs. Kitls had seen Paxtor ill face through the wicket in the door, s admitted him without delay. "Well, you are in time, Ajax. Hon an old friend of yours. What's the mt ter with j?ou? Have you *>eea drink*) it. tuo much that you don't recognize him a 3aid Mrs. liitts. And 6he pointed to gh low-browed, thick-set man, who wi an seated at the further Bide of the roor HO SLUUKUiy a buurt uiaca yiyc. Of course the detective did not kno he the name of this dangerous-looking fe of low, but he was equal to the emergenc; ie- and imitating the voice of Ajax Crawle ch ne said, crossing to the fellow: n- "How are you, old man? Didn t's notice you until Mother Kitts spoke." "Tolerable, Ajax, tolerable," answer* as the other. :e, Some conversation followed, and t at they turned to a desk, Mrs. Kitts said: "Well, you may as well gettowor Crawley." "All right, I'll tend to business < facto," answered Paxton, who had n< at iiced that it was Crawley's habit to u ut law Latin in ordinary conversation. e. Mother Kitts, as she was familiar called, produced account books, ai 0( seating himself at the desk, Paxton b irD ^un to busy himself with the account n. Mother Kitts watched him, and su< g. ienly her eyes became fixed upon Pas .on's hand that held the pen with whi< iC- Qe was writing. As she looked her ye lVi low eyes dilated, and a startled expre ir. iion came upon her features. L'a The man with the short black pij tiad retired to an inner apartment, ar krt presently Mrs. Kitts carelessly saunter* jut of tho room in which the detects 10. /rus at work, and joined tho man wii by che pipe. It chanced that Ajax Crawley In er peculiarly long and claw-liko hand covered with red hair, while Paxton aands were small, white and shapely. ?.-?r .1 ?? viij. 1 J JI Vv.. U irt i iuox.ner jviiib aau uiscuyuicu uj u ^ aands that Paxton was not Ajax Crav .ey. be "The man in the other room is a si tn disguise! I know it by his hands .e. ihe said to tho man with the pipe, in ed ivhisper. alJ CHAPTER XXI. rs> Mrs. Kitte' companion sprang to h ty feet and Lw..- a murtierous-lookir inife. |S| He seemed about to rush Into the d >n] cective's presence, but the worm al| grasped his arm and held him back. jjiJ xne two whispered togetner earnest (or a moment, and then Mrs. Kltts r Jnt ;urned to the apartment In which Pa 'jja uon remained, and presently the mi [ud ilso sauntered in, w. ile the detecti' ^ ansuspeotingiy continued to work at t ?ccounta. I0n Unobserved by Paxton, the man whom Mrs. Kitts had communicated h sry itartling discovery regarding our frien -arelessly worked his way along un &e was behind Paxton's chair. , a But while Mother Kitts and her co ;en federate were both plotting against tl Qlp letective, the lattor had taken advantai >f their absence to secure a letter whii I j ae had discovered at the moment of t CBt intrance partially concealed under ihfl ">fa. ou Paxton naturally surmised that tl i a missive had been lost by some one, ai ix- ae concealed it on his person as he pic sd it up, intending to improve the fli as /avorable opportunity to read it. In order to divert the attention of tl sly detective from her confederate, Mi iaD iiitts began a conversation with Paxt< 'en the moment she returned to the out er- ipartment after -warning the confedera wn regarding her discovery. aid The cunning creature conversed abo aer business affairs in the most natur In- md unconeerned manner in the worl ue, Paxton replied as best he could, b -en flow that she had detected his disguis ihe the woman craftily shaped her rernar to that his replies served to confirm h iec] suspicions. lat The detective eat close to a windc )se which was closed by a heavy outsit on shutter. While Mrs. Kitts was talking, ai to while her confederate gained a positit irn in Paxton's rear, the latter heard ! of iaint, scarcely audible tapping on t] ;he window shutter without. >n- It was only by the exertion of a s of preme effort that Paxton avoided givii nd i violent start, which would ha' Awakened a suspicion in the mind of tl v? aid woman that eomething was wrong, la He recognized the tapping on tl lei window shutters as an imitation of tl lat .slick, click of a telegraphic instrumer he More than this,, he recognized the le iat ters and words for whlcb Ln the tel en graphic alphabet these sounds stood, to In a moment the detective cental read the following startling "souni by nessage. ist "You are found out! Man behictl you as Not a feature of the detective's fai an anderwent the slightest change, and h n<7 manner remained as composed as t /ore. of But suddenly he turned around up< el* the man behind him, who contemplate ?se attacking him, and said, carelessly: iei "Give me a chew of tobacco." ve As the detective wheeled about tl nn-fttfh. who had his knife in his han tte I suddenly concealed it. h? He was taken by surprise, and 1 >r- stammered: "All right; yea, tobacco. Here's n lj box." As he spoke he presented a tobac< fl- box. Paxton carelessly arose and reache ed out as if to take the box which theothi >c- held out to him, but instead of so' doir Id be shot his hand by the box and su< ;n, denly clutched the fellow's throat. Wil h- all his power he hurled him aside. Then he bounded to the street door, dj Mrs. Kitts bad taken the precautic te. to lock the door, and she had remove ii? the key. As Paxton gained the door there can a heavy rap upon it from the streot sid< le? "Open the door, old woman, if you c of not desire the police force I have st? y, tioned without to break it down," sa1 lis Paxton calmly. ii? Mother Kitts was surprised ac ajatmed. isl She could not comprehend how Pa: .at ton had discovered that his disguise W? tj penetrated, as it was clear to her I aj must have done. p. She was alarmed at the coming of tt ed police, whom she feared, and she did n< doubt that they wore at the door in fon ild and she made haste to unlock it. trl The man whom Paxton had handle is- so roughly picked himself up, and stoc nl glaring at the detective like some fer< he cious animal that feared to make a lee and yet longed to do so. e& As he heard the knock on the door, ac lis also heard Paxton inform the old woma ad that the police were at the door, tt at desperado suddenly changod his min< tv though he had been about oo attack tt detective. Tfl [TO BE CONTXSUEft] be * " he BROKE THE NAVAL RECORDS, ve ^ The Olympic Takes the P&lin as the Uei American Man-oMVar. a, The substance of the report of the Nava Board which inspected the cruiser Olympi and put her through a four-hours' trial tri l," in Saucelito Channel, California, just mad ii public by Secretary Herbert, shows, for on e thing, that the Olympia has broken th record of American men-of-war, and that n 3D snip in Atlantic wcitera uitu. eijuui uci opcoi a. under natural draft. gj The report is made by Capt. Frank Wildf . President of the Board, who says that all th .' evolutions and exercises prescribed by th order creating the Board were carried oul Tho ship underwent a rull speed naturf 1*8 draft steam trial of four hours' duratior he She developed 19.C knots speed. During thi trial every gun, both of tne main and th ,?8 secondary batteries, was fired. The trial a . sea was smooth, with wind light from th southwest. The minor deficiencies and d< fects found, with the recommendations c the Board in each case, are noted on blan forms. They are unimportant and general! of such character that they may be corre?te by the ship's artificers. The general cond a? tion of the ship as to cleanliness was foun to be excellent. w It is said at the Navy Department that th 1- ship is shown to be ready to fit out almoi y, immediately for service in Chinese waters. 7, ~ PROVISIONS FOR FAT OFFICERS. 't Enlarging the Conning Towers on B1 ;d Hattle Ships. It has been found necessary to change th 18 design for the conuing towers of the big bal tie ships in order to afford more room fc Ij the commanding ofllcers. The original plan * provided for a vertical slit eighteen inehe wide as an entrance to the towe?. It is noi le realized that an opening of that width woul 0- not permit the entrance of some of our core 3e manding officers of generous girth, wh might thus be obliged to turn over the direc 1 tion of the ship in action to a more siende \ junior, or expose themselves to flying she ia and shell in the more commodious pile e* house. Therefore the plans have been modi 8. fled so as to make the entranco slit wide 1- and of elliptical shape. ,u A Unique Will. A peculiar will, made by Nelson Connoi B_ was filed at Washington. In it the testate leaves ench member of his family one c more rooms in the house. His wife gets th )e two front rooms, the shop and the rcoi id over it. A daughter is left the dining-rooi *d and one rocm on the third floor. The bac re room upstairs and the kitchen are'given to th grandson. Connor expresses a wish that all live tc j get her in peace and love. Tho lawyers sa that while the will is one of the strangest o record it will hold. A Bicycle Trip Underground. is The first bicycle trip undergroxmd in th v- Virginia (Nev.) region on record was mad recently by a party composed of C. C. Hop jy kins, a traveling bicycle accent; Williac t? Cunu. Jr., and wife, "and the writer, wh rode from the mouth of the Sutro tunnt a through the tunnel to the shaft station 01 the 1750-foot level of the Consolidated Call f.irnia and Virginia mine. The distance i about four miles and a half and the part ls cnadc the trip on u two-seated tandem. The Suicide Craze. There have been 275C suicides in tho Unite ?* States during tho flrst half of the currer vn year. S| WOMEN FARMERS. ? x" ~ rt a ri Je THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LAND at Je AND DO THEIR OWN WORK. pi hi The Land la Given Away ? One (j Hundred Families at Work . tii on the Ravens wood Farm on Long Island. ^ g0 IT" MEEICAN travelers on the. h oh / \ European Continent are of- h lie ten greatly shocked by see- ai a ? ing women working in the st fiplrln alnriff with the men. and come si he home congratulating themselves that b they live in a country where such tl jf" things cannot be; but now, writes w Miriam Dudley in the New York Re- g! [je corder, there are women farmers in s. America; and so far from feeling it a tl Dn hardship, they are as happy as chil- hi er dren over their work. w t? On the Ravenswood farm in Long S Island City, under the management of gi ^ the Association for Improving the Con- d: d dition of the Poor, men, women and h U? children all work in the fields to- cl ie, gether. Five women have farms of ot ks their own, and do almost all the work le er themselves. h These farms are the result of an ex* jt >w periment mado last year by the Mayor si 3? of Detroit, in which he attempted to convert to the use of the idle poor the f? *D lands lying in and around the city, tl ) 3d The plan succeeded ho well that a bi ie dozen committees visited Detroit dur- ai d, ing the summer to investigate and re- w port on the work, and this year simi- tt ie lar experiments are being tried in to New York, Brooklyn, Chicago, Bos- se ton, Buffalo, Toledo, St. Paul, Minne- b] apolis and other cities. In New York m the A. L C. P. undertook the work, lil id and 300 acres of land in Long Island bi er City were placed at its disposal by th ig Mr. William Steinway. The use of bl 1- other lots was also given, but as yet rc only forty-eight acres in Lor.g Island d< City have been placed under cultiva- er j c- b! 19 ? ie cutting potatoes fob seed. th be 10 tion. The money for seed, fertilizers ta 5t and other expenses was sapplied by ce !e 31r. Fulton Catting. The work is in til j(j charge of a superintendent, Mr. J. W. sc ^ Kjelgaard, and instruction is given to vc ). nzy who may be in need of it. A to ip quarter of an acre is given to each on person, and there is also a co-opera- at 1(1 tive farm. lei ,n About 100 families are at work on re j? tho Ravenswood farm, nearly all liv- ici ie I 1 " '^5^ ] A HAI'PY F. e , ;t ing in New York, and going over to Long Island once or twice a week, or 1 oftener if necessary. They are noti- ' 60i fied by postal when the lots need ' ju ~ cultivation. Often a man brings his 1 ju, wife and family just for an outing. ! as' ? One paterfamilias has built a little \ ge ,r playhouse for his progeny, about three mj a feet by two and just as high as the s fence which forms one side of it; and ^ I iLii. nJilina oiv /iViiI/Imti frnm + d J Li iiiia cuiauo ciA bM?w i- months up to twelve years, shelter 0 themselves from the sun while their ? father and mother are hoeing the port tatoes or gathering the vegetables. ?t The lot next to this one is worked _ [" . by a woman, Mrs. Adolf Boldengerd, r whose two little children, while she I ~ works, play in a little tent that she i makes by bending down the branches $ r> of a tree, and spreading a shawl over i ? them. Mrs. Boldengerd can't speak I e English, but by means of her little n girl and the limited amount of Ger- 4 ? man at my disposal, I managed to j* a make her understand that I cranted to j know how she liked farming, as com- | pared with other occupations by :on ^ wh uh t>ho had attempted to earn r mJv.cy. _ J \ "Ob, bor.ser!" bhe answered, her : faco brightening with a poiilo that was ' p a3 "wide" as Trilby's, if not so beau- J ? tifuJ. "Viol besaer!" a Mrs. Boldengerd is often at work at ? five o'clock in tho morning, and, of a course, has all her housework to do, i- besides her farming. Her husband \ s works on the co-operative farm. \ y The other four women who have J faimi are Mrs. Doecel, Mrs. Petersou, J Mrs. Cornelius, and a bright little : j (1 Swiss woman who raises bigger cab- j bages than any one else, and won't let ' sr oame be pnt in the paper. She icured her success by burning the lbbish on her lot, and using the ^ ihes as a fertilizer, a method emloyed in Switzerland, she says. She as tried a great many ways of earnig her living, has been a cook, a ti .undress and a dressmaker, but pre- b< srs farming to all, and says she hasn't w een as well for years as she is this ii immer. st Mrs. Peterson does all the work of e: er quarter acre herself, and is at w ome washing on Monday, Tuesday cl ad Wednesday besides, and yet she fi iya she never before felt bo well as ti -in slriaa nnw atra peforann'fl vmQ- IT and started the farm, bat got some- ti ling else to do soon after, and bis t< ife undertook the work and was very p lad to do sr>. b Mrs. Doecel has a little more than ie le nsnal quarter-acre, and has no ir elp except a little from her husband, b ho has been ill and can't do muoh. s] be herself hns some kiud of an en- ii igemout in a store, and kas to get a ay off when she wants to attend to re er farm, but ehe keeps it in first- h ass order, nevertheless. Like most s< E the other female agriculturists she h arneel the art in Europe. One of m er children, a little girl of four, is w ist out of a hospital, and enjoys the el inshine and dirt immensely. t< Aside from these women who have g< irms of their own, there are more i< lan a dozen who work with their hus- w Jm WOMEN FARMERS AT WORK. mds, makinur about twenty-five in J, and &Ir. Kjelgaard says they are, ai ithont exception, the beet farmers on hi le place. He attributes this partly hi i the care of all growing things that ti iems to be innate in most feminine C reasts. To these women of the tene- E ents the fresh air and sunshine are G ke heaven. They care for their cab- H iges as tenderly as the geranium in di le window at home, and a potato cc * t 1.-j_i x_ i.i ? l;. UUBUU1 10 lib ucnuiuui LU lUCUi no a +*< ise. Many of them do the work un- ? ;r great disadvantages, and the tergy and perseverance they display eomething wonderful. One woman often seed weeding with her baby in :r arm, and others carry their chil en all the way from the ferry to the rm, a distance of more than half a } ile. The man who has made most oney out of his farm owes all his suc88 to his wife, as she had peddled and < nnd a market for his piodncts. He >es farm work, Mr. .Kjelgard saye, ' it his wife is his business manager. The effect of the experiment on all e tenants, both male and female, has sen beneficial in the extreme, menlly as well as financially, and it is ft rtain that the work will be con- ? itfed next year on a mnch larger 1 ale. One gentleman intends to de- 1 ?te some land in Northern New York the purpose, and will give the lots itright to the tenants. -The work is tracting the widest attention, and * tters about it are continually being ceived, nof only from all over Amer i, but from Europe as well. & s | Pe MIILY. sh Hfl Why Egyptians Made Mammies. Ti< The Egyptians believed that the p? al lived only as long as the body en- Su red, hence their reason for embalm- Ku 1 the body to make it last as long possible. It is estimated that alto- Kr ther there are 400,000,000 mum- So es in Egypt.?Detroit Free Press. Always So. So ~ " ?> 1. Fisherman?"Whoop! just get oLl to the? ]y do its ^HH^F-Mfjixiiy^,," cul Ky!si&SG^s&&x i"i r - *1jp!|f/# f0I J. ?Bize of that."?Judge. nn1 '* *1 A XOKKET OP RENOW*!"-^ ^ roold Not Only Use Tools, bat ConKj Make Them. - -'.J If any being could lay claim to th* ': 4# tie of "The Missing Link," that eing, animal, man-brute, call him ifigj hat you will, says a -writer V^sHj i the Sketch, was indubitably Coih ''^rg ll, for certainly he was the most,v3? ctraordinary specimen ever brought .j-J ithin the ken of civilization. Of the ^ himpanzeo specie* he varied so mnob "9 'om the ordinary anthropopithecuq }M oglodyte that his exact scientific noi lenclature is a matter of doubt. Cer> rinly he displayed an amount of in? '*} ;lligence, a development of brain ower, far in excess of that possessed i y any mere animal, and, as far as one . 3 i able to judge, approximating to thq lental caliber of primitive man?man A efore he had the power of articulate peech, and when the art of tool-maki ig was as yet unknown. Consul could not only use tools but A} take them, and of his own initiative; is observation, adaptability and rea- fcjj >ning powers being such that, when e keenly felt the want of an imple- c lent for a specifio purpose, he set to ??, ork to oonstruct one, his principal Torts in this direction being devoted S&f > the fabrication of keys, in order to et out of his cage. Those he fash* ,. >ned out of teaspoons, splinters oi ood, or any odd trifles. j| Consul had received a certain )M noant of "elementary education" in s, is. native home, Central Africa, wher^ v'Jai i lived some time at e trading sta< on, being named after the British nsuh He was eventually shipped to ;-;|8 ngland and placed in the Zoological 'M ardens, Manchester, in June, 1893. ere he could be seen on any fine ; ly, promenading the gardens in be* >ming costume and taking the live* jfsS sst interest in his surroundings. Hq . "CONSUL" 15 RECEIVING COSTUME. V^jj lickly became thoroughly at home, s remarkable amiability, fondness r fun, his love of children, and hii i VvAt?/*o /?nn ot?_ bUUlilllCJib bU uuuiuu uoiu^o j-.^j ly, making him a conspicuous favor- X s. He soon learned to take his , f eals with propriety, use his servite, pass his plate for more food, 'v-: mr oat his own tea or uncork his * * >ttle of lemonade, fill his glass and ^ . ink with decorum, and otherwise ;!j talify himself for what he dearly f ved?invitations to dine out. Like other gifted persons among hia ?$ manous brethren, Consul's constitu>n was somewhat frail, and thus it j ppened that in October, 1894, hfr ccumbed to disease. Value ot Foreign SilTer Coins. A general iacrease in the valae of reign silver coins is shown in the ' icial statement issued by Mint Di? v ctor Preston. It shows: April 1 July t - ^ Doins. 1895. 1895. liviano of BoUvia 50.441 40.48* so of Central American States .441 .48< anghai tael of China 652 .71j 'V-?$ lik wan tael of China 726 . 80( jn-Tsin tael of China 692 . 761 e-Foo tael of China 683 .751 90 of Colombea 441 .48* ere of Ecuador 441 .48< ipee of India 210 .231 n of Japan 476 . 54] illar of Mexico 471) .521 an of Persia 081 .08? 1 of Tern 441 .434 73 .ble of Russia 353 .38} ihbud of Tripoli 398 .431 The Mystery of Dreams. People who have tried to draw tht le separating the natural from th? I.>ernatural will find a new problem the fact that Mrs. Birch, whose huend was murdered Sunday morning, iims to have seen the whole course the tragedy in a dream, waking just time to receive the news of hei sband's death. The records of th? ciety for Psychical Investigatioc ;lude too many instances of thi( :t for the apostles of the common? ice to controvert. That there is a :tain second sight, a mental clairvance, waking or sleeping, which eacecannotexplain is too thorough* demonstrated to permit ot further ubt.?Chicago Chronicle. A Big Back Itanch. i big duck ranch at Damariscotta,. > . is makincr considerable nrofit for proprietor. With twelve large inbators he has raised about 25,000 ^ eks this season, and marketed them Boston and this citv at prices rangj from thirty to forty cents s and. rhe German Bundesrath will put ia ce severe measures of cattle quartine against all infected countries. -* t