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WRm^ . - ? ' i ? -. f r " /.-:/. /ry THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. ' "~ EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1897. _YOL. LXII. NO. 12. .?WHEN LOVE COMES KNOCKING AT THE OATE." When LOTO comes knocking st thy gate, Bid htm at once depart. He will be patient, and will walt The bidding ot thy heart. " Tell him he knockoth there ia vain. That he may ne'er come tn. jio'll smiling len ve-but come again, Thy loving heart to win. Then when at la t he knocks In tears, Oh, open wide love's gate. He'll soon forget hts foolish fears, And vow 'twas sweet to walt! -William H. Gardner. WON BY WAITING. IS one of the turret rooms of Kelzen berg oastle, a young girl ar rayed in a sim plo dress and white apron, sat sewing industriously. At tho sound ot foot steps she paused her work ; at tho sight of a Hussar officer in uniform she reddened with vexation. Yet there was nothing in Albreoht von Beitzenberg's appearance to annoy her; on tho contrary, he was young, very goo l looking, tall, and of digni fied bearing. "Will you allow me to come in?" he asked, standing on the threshold. The girl took up her work again. "You ?an come in if you wish," she said indifferently. He walked across the room. "I have a proposal to make for you, Baroness Irma. Will you give me your atten tion for a little while?" She looked at him indignantly ; she had a sweet oval face and deep gray eyes. ""I prefer not to listen to you, Count Albrecht." "I thought you would say so!" (there was something like a ring of triumph in his voice), but indeed my proposal is very harmless. Let us come to eu understanding." There was uncertain distrust in her eyes. "?fes," continued the young officor, "I know that you have every reason to be offended. You have been most unfairly treated. "I have been invited to this house under false pretenses. I carno be cause I thought that the visit would give pleasure to Frau von Wolde, who fills, or is supposed to fill, the place of my mother. I am f err v to speak disrespectfully of your cousin, bnf-" "Not at a right, and n. Wolde,, is in t from thc bes 1 about it no\ COlUlU TT 1 ?li 4* debts, in mar Irma von Bucl her majority, v so large a for ti tho Beitzenbers of her pen. Nay, hear me out ; this lady was to havo been kept in igno rance of the plan, but that the friend aud chaperon could not resist the tem tatiou of giving her a hint as to how matters staud, after she had become the guest of tho castle. Is this so?" "Yes." She stood by bia Bide now and the sunlight just touched the coils of her auburn hair. "I have beeu deceived, cruelly deceived." "Under tho circumstances nothing remains for me but to give you tho opportunity of expressing your opinion as to this tyrannous family compact even more dooidedly than you have done already. Baronets Irma of Buchow, will you consent to give me your hand in marriage?" "Count Albrecht of Beifzenberg, I thank you for the honor which you havo ?hewn me. I will not." They stood facing each other, and as Irma looked at her strange wooer ehe saw a faint smilo in his eyes. Her own anger wr.s beginning to evapo rate; he really was behaving well, considering that the Beitzenbergs wore renowned for their hasty tem pers. "You admit," she said, after a pause, "that I have been awkwardly placed." "I admit that you bave been inhos pitably, abominably treated ! I blush to "ii uk that a member of onr family could have dreamed of such a soborne. In order to show you how penitent I am, now that 1 have receivei my dis missal, I will immediately leave the house and rid you of my presence." "If you do that, Count Albrecht, I shall bo worse off than ever. Yon don't know your cousin, Frau von Wolde. She will insist upon my re maining here for three mouths, RS was arranged ; ehe will reproach me for your absence, she will nrguo and mako one dislike you more than ever, if-" "If possible?'* His good humor was irresistible; she burst into a merry laugh. For another half hour tho rejected suitor remained in conversation with the heiress, and at the eudof that'timo tbey, too, had made a plot. Albrecht was to remain at the castle, he and the Baroness Irma wero to pretend to be on amicable terms, and the two con spirators (the count aud the chaperon) were not to learn until the last day of the visit had expired that their hopes had failed. "I will endeavor to make your visit as little irksome to you as possible," explained th9 heir of Beitzenberg; "and we eau behave as if there were no enmity between us." "Yes," (tht.ro was still a little doubt iu her voico and manner,) "I think that I can trust you." "Come," he said gently, "Baroness Irma, is it a truce between us signed and mealed?" He took her hand iu his, and bend ing over it, raised her fingers to his lips. ?*#**. The roaster of the castle was the first to begin hostilities. One day, ioward the end of the three months' visit. Irma came into the drawing room to find the whole party awaiting her arrival, and in an instant she per ceived that something was wrong. Frau von Woldo had been shedding teais, the old count's brow was clouded with anger, and Albrecht!-Irma hardly dared to look at him,so changed was his aspect. It was too cleir that iho termination o? the pleasant com p*nionship of the last few weeks was to be war. "My dear Baroness Irma," said the count, advancing to meet his yoong guest with ceremonious politeness, "I am exceedingly pleased to see you. Your visit here has given me great satisfaotion. Yon honored this house with your presence, with the full con sent of your guardian and my esteemed cousin, Frau von Wolde. I had hoped, not without grounds, that the friend ship between you and my heir was gradually ripening into a deeper and moro lasting feeling. The allianco is one which must give satisfaotion to all interested in our families. Imagine our distress on hearing to-day from my nephew that you have refused his pro posal of marriage." lima looked toward Count Albrecht ; something that she read in his wrath ful mien made her hesitate as she an swered: "It is quite true; we are friends, and nothing more." "It cannot be, my dear young lady, that so young a maiden should have given away her preference without the consent or knowledge of her guardian? Answer me candidly; are your affections already engaged ?" The color surged into Irma's cheeks and left them again. She glanced at Frau von Wolde. There was no helj) for her there. "This is a question which you have no right to ask, Count Beitzeaberg, and which I refuse to answer. I n.ust beg you to excuse me. "The Baroness Buchow is right!" burst in Albrecht. "She has suffered enough at our hands already. She shall not be thwarted in her will. If she honors me with her friendship, I accept it gratefully. Listen to me, my uncle, I refuse to be a party to your scheme." He rose and held the door wide open. There was no smile on his face now ; his eyes were full of trouble as they rested on hers. He did not offer to take her hand in farewell. He stood there in mute distress as she passed by-a fair, girlish figure, in her white dress, her laces and blue ribbons-and sho passed him without a word. The truce between them was over. The forest spread its wide wings even as far as the castle garden. Irma loved the green paths and quiet shades, and here she came with her book the morning aftor her interview with the count, and pretended to read. But though she kept her eyes on the pages, she read there only Count Albrecht's parting words-he accepted her offer of friendship grate fully. Driven to bay, as it were, in order to savo her, that was what be had said. During the lost three months ?hfl had come to nndprat?"^ , cantering and foaming on its way. On the further side of tho stream was a tract of open country, dotted with clumps of trees and under wood and bright with heather. The stepping stones were half covered with water to-day ; the current was running fiercer than its wont. ?he bethought herself of a rustic bridge a few yards further down. Tho bridge hung high ia the air, supported by rough pine stems; it was picturesque but a fragile affair. Half way across Irma put her hand on the rail-how noisy the stream was ! -it snapped off at her touch, one wooden plank tottered under her feet, another fell with a splash into the water below. Sho had plenty of courage; ehe was light and active. She knew, moreover, that she could easily leap that formidable-looking gap and gain the bank. She was about to make the attempt when she was stopped by a peremptory shout : "Gently, gently ! Jump from that projecting stem ; it is safe !" She looked up ; on the edge of tho heather-covered rock stood Albrecht Reitzenberg. She paused uncertain, half inclined to retrace her steps. Perceiving her hesitation, he raised his voioe and shouted still louder above the clamor of the rushing waler: "Can you hear me, Baroness Irma?" She nodded assent. "Step there-to the left. Do not look back !" Involuntarily she obeyed. He held out his arms, the gulf yawned between them, he could be of no help. "The stem will bear your weight. Do not be in too great a hurry." ("Why doos ho look so grave?" thought Irma: "is he still angry?") "I had better return the way I came. Count Albrecht. Do not trouble on my account." "No ; do as 1 direct you. You see which is the best place to stand? Drop yonr book, it might be in your way, and jump as far as you can. Now !" Ono spring, and Irma was safe on the moss heather, while the plank on which she had thought to stand slipped slowly but surely into the foaming water. Albrecht held her hands clasped in his. "Thank heaven that you are safe !" he cried. "Oh! Irma, my Irma, I could not stop you. I came just too late for that I could only look on in agony. Are you frightened? Are you hurt?" "I am not hurt. I did not know that it was dangerous ; I did not, in deed." Sho saw him turn pale at the thought of her ' peril, and the tears which sho had not shed for herself fell fast for his distress. "The bridge should have been de stroyed long ago ; it shall be done to day. I did not dare to join you, or to speak till yon had passed the worst. If you had been killed-ah! I cannot bear to think of it-I should never have known another day's happiness, and it would have been my fault mine 1 How could I let you wander ab jut alone when I was longing to be with you? My Irma, my best-beloved! Thank heaven that I have you safe at last. Surely we have played at hoing friends and onemies long enough? Look at me and say that you lovo me?" When he had raado her an offer of marriage three long months ago she h?.d been ready with her refusal. Now, j when lier whole heart was his, sh could And no words amid her tears ex oept, "I lovo you ! I love you 1" It was enough for him. "My bride, my wife!" he said, and hold her in hu arms. The green ftr.13 rustled and wbis pered, the beechen tossed their boughi in the sunlight, the red squirrel) played in the oak trees, tho whoh wood was full of life and joy at thal moment when the lovera plighted theil troth. -Woman at Home. Corn-Stalk Armor for Battleship?. A new scheme has been devised foi the protection of men-of-war, which, if put into operation, will make tf?ese look even more cumbersome than thej do at present. This now plan involves no additional Harveyized steel or fur ther coating of seventeen inch armor to protect the ship from hostile guns. Upon the other hand, the new armor is to be made of no less a substance than corn stalks. With a covering of this substance, chopped fine and pressed into a hard, solid mass, it is said that no man-of-war can be sunk. Shot and shell may go through her, her bottom may bo ripped open by torpedoes, and she may even have a hole punched in her sido by a ram, and yet float. This marvel is to bo ac complished by the simple action of the water. The water having once gained access to the corn-stalk armor, which lies along the whole outside of the 6hip under a thin covering of steol, the vegetable sacking swells so rapidly as to soon close the hole. Tests made by naval officers have shown that this ourious corn-stalk packing, when once wet, swells with a force that is irre sistible. The firm of Cramps, the great ship builders, has purchased tho patents on this new process. Cut up into hugo slabs, like the steel armor which is made at the Car negie works, this vegetable substance will be loaded on freight cars and shipped from the agricultural districts where corn is plentiful to tho sea board. There it will be packed and eorewed into place in the sides of out new men-of-war. According to the plans which have been drawn np this curious substance ?3 to be placed outside of the heavy armor of our men-of-war from a .dis tance about eight feet above tho water line to the keel on both sides, lt will run from stem to stern, thus covering the whole eubmerged portion of the vessel. Seen from the outside you would not know a corn-clad vessel when you saw one, as the vegetable armor would be protected by a steel covering that is to be made waterproof. The corn armor wi}), howa^cr :3J? TT;--\V. Oaa U UUbUlai UiylOIUU kV UUUUUJJ, and when he caught his first glimpse of the great swaying globe he uttered a growl of disapproval, and would have flad but for tho restraining hand of his master, A. Hirbour. After awhile he was induced to ap proach tho balloon. Ho put his hoad over tho side of tho baskot and snuffed longingly at a small box of honey on tho car's bottom. Presently the limit of temptation was reached, and a mo ment later tho big animal was in the basket licking the honey vigorously. When Bruno was in the car the rope was loosened and tho balloon shot up ward, It had gone but a few feel when the black head of tho bear was seen peering over the 6ide, and the movements of tho our indicated that he was wabbling about in consterna tion and wishing ho was out. A rope was attached to the balloon so that it could not rise above 3000 feet. As the balloon floated close to the top of a big cottonwood tree Bruno grabbed at its branches. The balloon, with Bruno, floated around in the air for some timo and finally settled on the shore of Crystal Lake. When Mr. Hirbour came up Bruno was seated in a cornfield eatiug corn, the abandoned car of tho balloon fast in a neighboring tree. Bear and bal loon were uninjured. Brnno has been taught to dance, wrestle and do other tricks, lt was Mr. Hirbour's intention to transform Bru'-0 into steaks and roasts, but ow ing to the remarkable intelligence he has displayed the death sentence has been revoked, and Brnno may now live as long as he behaves himself. Thc Papal Anny. The Pope's army is divided into five separate bodies-the Noble Guard, the Swiss Guard, the Palatino Guard, the gendarmes and the fire brigade. The Noble Guard is composed of fifty young members of the Roman nobil ity. Tho Swiss Guard is 100 strong, and the men aro selected for their youth and strength. They guard the doors and entrances of tho Vatican. The Palatino Guard is raised from among tho citizens of Rome, and is only called ont on special occasions. The gendarmes number 100, and are recruited from ex-soldiers of the Italian army, specially recommended by Itnlinn bishops for their religious fidel i. y .i'iJ fervor. The firemen num ber thirty, and are always in the Vati can. The Pope's army bas its special daily journal, tho Fedolta Cattolica. - New lorie Mail and Express. Monkey as au Imitator. At Cheltenham, England, thero live; a retired Admiral and his wife, whe have a favorite monkey. One day re cently the lady, hearing a strange noise in the dining ; jora, looked in tc see what it was. The sight which mei her eyes was a ludicrous one. Seated in tho armchair, with the Admiral's smoking cap on his head and the Admiral's spectacles on his nose, was the monkey, and in his hand was tho open newspaper, which he shook and patted, whiio he jabbered and gesticulated with great emphasis at the cat, which lay bliuking on th? hearth rug. It was a clever and carefully studied imitation of tho testy old Admiral's tone and manner when reading to hit wife some passages from tho newspapei which excited his wrath or indigna tion.-Western Telegraph. WRm^ . - ? ' i ? -. f r " /.-:/. /ry THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. ' "~ EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1897. _YOL. LXII. NO. 12. fali-fledgccl cadet, with a prospect of being graduated from the school in four years. The camp trial is tho THE BATTLE MONUMENT. most severo test, and iho man who goes through the ordeal of the peculiar hazing to which tho pleb is subjected, who can control himself sufficiently to take it all in the proper spirit, who can keep up with his studies in the mean time and acquire tuffieient rudimentary knowledge of military matters to satisfy his instructors, shows himself well qualified for tho work which will follow and for the positions of trust and responsibility to which he may be called later. It does not matter who tho man is, whether he is the son of a Senator, a Qeneral, a diplomat, or a black smith, whether rich or poor, bo is a pleb with tho plebs, and no power can save him from making love to a broom stick in the presence of a lot of upper class mon if they decide that bo shall do so, no inQuenco can gain for him the privilege of sitting in tho presence of an upper class man unless that man asks him to do so, and his ancestry, station or future prospects would avail him little if he failed to "sir'* the and at hours when they aro tho least expected. Ho is treated by men who were possibly his friends a short time before he carno to tho Academy iu a manner which is worse than indiffer ence, and many a poor fellow, think ing it all over, and realizing that for two years he must romain on thc reservation, with no hopo for one day's vacation, has clenched his fists in anger and consented to remain only because tho hardship of it all was better than the brand of cowardice with which he would be mnrkcu if ho left. When the man least expects it, a number of upper class men may come into his tent and sit down where they can find a place. Ho must stand, and then may come an order to tell a story about his travels in India or Ice land or New Jersey, to go through tho manual of erma with a lead pencil, to stand on one foot while ho names thc principal rivers in South America or the capitals of tho Territories in the United States. Then thero are cer tain calisthenic exercises for which the upper class men have a great likiog when they are performed by a pleb, and men have been kept busy per forming these exercises by their tyrannizers until they were exhausted. The new man worries along and works and plods to keep up with the required standard in mathematic.-?, English Btudies, French and military discipline. He becomes a housekeeper, also. He must learn to take care of his room and his outfit. Tho rules prescribe that he shall have two pairs of uniform shoes, six pairs of white gloves, two sets of white belts, eight white shirts, two night shirts, twelve collars, eight pairs socks, eight pairs summer drawers, eight pairs for win ter, six handkerchiefs, six towels, one clothes bag, made of ticking, one clothes brush, ono hair brush, ono tooth bruah, one comb, one mattress, ono pillow, two pillowcases, four sheets two blankets, one quilted bed cover, one chair, one tumbler, one trunk, one account book and one basin. He is commanded by regula tion immediately after reveilb to hang up his extra clothing, to put such articles in the clothes bag as it is in tended to contain, and to arrange his bedding and all his other effects in the prescribed order. He may not, ac cording to the regulation, keep in his room any of the implements used in chess, backgnmmon or any other game, and ho must obtain a permit before any map, picture or piece of writing cen be posted or attached in any way to the walls of his room. When camp season comes again many of the pleb.s of tho last camp season knve disappeared ; some de parted before the camp closed, otkors could not stand tho strain of work during tho winter mouths, some failed to pass the January examinatione, and, with tho others who fell by thc way side, they went back to their homes, smaller, possibly, than they were when they rec.ived their appointment, and, although in ninny instances it may have taken argument to convince peo ple of the fact, ill-health is usually given as the cause for a chango iu the plans which had a generalship for their object only a few months before. For those who have remained in the institution a new era is about to bo gin. At the Juno exercises the plebs are allowed to make their debut. Their bearing has become manly and soldierly by that tune, they have ac quired BO much of the soldier in thc year past that they do not resemble the boys of that time, and parents and friends who come to tho Academy hardly know them. They feel a prido in the fact that they havo lived through their year of plebdom, and no one greets them moro heartily as they enter tho domain of tho upper class men than the yearlings who are about to shake the dust of their con dition from their boots and enter the more dignified sphere of second-class men. With the graduation hop the pleb's time of probation ceases. The upper class man goes so far as to se cure partners for him, and between the smiles of pietty girta, the release from thraldom, tho consciousness of having wou tho respect of the older mon, and his anticipation of his good time in camp with the new men, the yearling's cup of happiness is nearly full. But tho hop lasts oniy a few hours, the camp season soon ends, and then begins tho work ac>ain-harder than the year before and moro of it. Not only drill regulations, discipline and all matters pertaining to the science of war must be studied and mastered,but higher mathematics, French and Spanish and literature mast be grappled with and they keep every moment of the cadet's time employed. It is ab solutely impossiblo for a man to keep up with his class unless he works hard, and the class as a whole would fall behind if the work were not con tinuous. To be convinced of the primo condi tion of the cadets one must see them at a meal in the large mess hall,known as Grant Hall. Tho sonior cadet cap tain is superintendent of the hall, and sits at a table facing the door sur rounded by his staff. The cadets march to the hall and aro divided when they reached there into squads correspond ing to the tables iu the mess hall. Each equad is accompanied by an offi cer.who is responsible for the behavior of tho men at the table, lt is a matter of course that thc man who carves, who does all tho work and who is served last is a pleb. The hall is decorated with tho portraits oi graduates who have won fame since they left the in ?'iijv MIC:U i_uii.iii.iuu. To be a cadet and a late riser is an impossibility. The hours for daily duty are laid down as follows : Reveille at 5.30 a. m., and G a. m. on Sunday ; police call, five minutes after reveille; surgeon's call, fifteen minutes after reveille; breakfast call, thirty min utes after reveille. After breakfast tho cadets have a few minutes in which to "brush up," and at 8 o'clock they are called to quarters for 6tudy and recitation. They have dinner at 1 o'clock. From 2 till -i o'clock moro study and recita CHArEIi AT WEST TOINT. tion, and then comes evening parade, after which the battalion marches to supper. After sapper they have thirty minutes, and are then called to quarters for study until 10 o'clock, whoa "taps" is sounded, and the sig nal for "lights out" finds tho cadets tired and ready for sleep. On Wednesday and Saturday after noons tho cadets have no duties to perform, and unless they have been guilty of some slight infraction of tho rules they may take a rest. But a peep into tho courtyard of the bar racks on these afternoons will con vince the visitor that all cadets aro not angels. While their companions are at ease, those who have trans gressed must pace up and down a cer tain part of the yard accoutred and armed the same as n regular infantry man on sentry duty, and if the gray walls were transparent they would dis close to view also some who must suf fer for their miscouduct by being cou fined to their rooms. The strictest discipline, the severe course and the high standard required are tho causes for depleting the ranks of the cadet corps, and it is cstimuted that about sixty per cent. oE those who are fully accepted as cadets drop ont before the lour years' term is completed. Those who remain and are gradu ated receive a cash capital ol $192 to start with. Out of the $510 ft year which is placed to the credit of every cadet $1 is taken every month and kept for him, and at tho end of his term at West Point ho receives it in a lump sum. Tho purpose of the ar rangement is to place tho young officer r.ut of need ami to enable him to buy his officer's outfit. Tho $510 a year which a cadet receives from tho Gov ernment never reaches him in the shape of money. His account is sim ply credited with the amount, and against this charges aro made for his clothing, books, board, laundry and all incidental expenses, and the great problem is how to keep ont of debt. To buy nuything with money of his own is au impossibility, because a cadet is kept penniless, aud one of tho regulations proscribes that no cadet, nhall apply tor or receive money or any other tuppiies from his parents or from any person whomsover without permission of tho Superintendent. The thiid and fourth years in the caderny nro eqrlally severo ; but the len who have outlived the hardships f the preceding terras aro likely to urvive and aro finally graduated and lieir names sent to the War Depart lent, with the recommendation of lio Acadomio Hoard for commission in bio army. KISSING THE BI ULE. looks Which Lips of Presidents Touched When Sworn In. The Bible on which McKinley took he oath of office as President of the 'nitcd States is an unusually hand ame and costly copy of the Testa ?ents made especially for the occasion i Ohio and presented to the new resident by Bishop Arnett, of Wil erforce College, a colored institution i the Buckeye Stato, on behalf of the frican Methodist Episcopal Church, ts covers are of clue morocco with ?tin linings, white satin panels and ilt edges, with a gold plato in tho enter, and is engraved with tho fol iwing inscription: William McKin ay, President of the United States of merica, Inaugurated March 4, 1897. The book on which ho was sworn i to the highest office within the gift I BLE OX WHICH M'KINLEV TOOK THE OATH. f the people was a matter of quito ecided sentiment with President leveland. Mr. Cleveland asked the rivilege of being sworn on a little Bd Bible which had been given to im by his mother in his boyhood, hen he first left thc family rooftree, ud he took the oath at the beginning f both of his presidential terms on lis took, which he treasures fondly. The custom, however, has been for iie United States Supremo Court to amish the Bible on which the Presi ent takes his official oath, and this radition has been carried out by the lerk of the court ever since that tri unal was established, except on the wo occasions when President Cleve -./ ihle. Justas tnciu... igton was announced to Congress, hancellor Livingston discovered that jere was no Bible in tho building, fe was Master of St. John's Lodge o. 1 of Free Masons, and happened > remember that there was n Bible in ie lodge room. A messenger was? uickly sent to bring tho book, and it i preserved to the present day among [ie relics of the lodge. A New Bicycle Gnuie. A new bicycle game, or rather a game 'hieb can be played on wheels, has itely been evolved by a cycling enius. It is called tho royal game and re ?iros a court or field, divided into Heys. Two teams of nine riders each ?ko part and tho field is divided into right and left field, with the courses balked out plainly. An alleyway, con ducted of ropes or cables, extends rom the upper to tho lower field on tie division lino between the right and sit field. Cables also form two up ight sides between which the play ?heel rolls and is driven backward or Drward by tho riders in passing at ny point between the lower and pper field. The play wheel is a single icycle rim, having a four-and-one alf-inch pneumatio tire. The idea of tho game is to drive this lay wheel from tho centre field, brough attack of opponents, to a goal head, the riders using sticks especial ly made for the game. The ends of tie alleyways are the goals for the re pective teams. Players ride in single file and always ?role to the left. Thus the two trains re constantly meeting and passing ach other in opposite directions on tie upper sides of the alleyway. Boyal is a game requiring swift ?ding and much skill and a novice rould scarcely venture to form one of team. The Sea Gu'ls. Tho big sea gulls, such as are seen bout the harbor through the winter, ome from further north in the fall, nd late in the spring they go north gaiu, or far ont to sea when the reather is cooler and tho fish upon rhich the gulla feed are more abnn lant. There are many fishes that eek deeper, cooler waters in the 6um aer, and the gulls follow them. There re smaller gnlls, however, commonly ailed bluefish gulle, that remain out ide the harbor nil bummer.-New fork Sun. That Fellow Feeling. Looking at the "Stn(feel Animals.'' Twinkles. MOTHERS READ THIS. The Best Remedy. 1 For Flatulent Colic, Diarrhea, Dysen tery, Nausea, Coughs, Cholera In fantum, Teething Children, Cholera Ilorbus, Unnatural Drama from the Bowels, Pains, Griping, Loss of Appetite, Indigestion and all Dis eases of the Stomach and Bowels. PITT'S CARMINATIVE . [ls the standard. It carries children over1 thc critical period of teething, andi is recommended hy physicians as thc friend of Mothers, Adults and Children. It is pleasant to thc taste, and never fails to give satisfaction. A few doses will demonstrate its eu USedative virtnes. Price, 25 eta. peri ottlc. For sale by druggists. A'uKll'ULTU?AL TOPICS, THE IDEAL FARM. According to my own idea, tho ideal farm is one of small or moderate size, all paid for, with good buildings, neat surroundings, ornamental shrubbery about the buildings, fruit trees in tho background or near by, a good sized garden well cared for aud the fields managed on the intensive system. It is also the surest and safest to pursue what is termed diversified farming, so as to have a variety of products to sell at different seasons of the year, and thus bo able to keep square with grocer and blacksmith. A little to sell often is moro convenient than a large quantity at one time, so far as the use of it is concerned. Whenever the farmer goes to town he ougbt to be able to take along como thing to sell ; and if ho has a few pri vate families as customers, it will be better thau if ho is obliged to dispose of his load at tho store.-Farm, Field and Fireside. MOLASSES FOR FATTENING. Molasses is now much used in Oar* man> for fattening cattle and sheep, the consumption during the season of 1894-95 having been noi less than 100,000 tons. The British consul at Stettin mentions that some difficulties have had to be overcome. Much of the raw molasses sold has less than the fifty per cont, of sugar contained on leaving the original factory, while a more serious matter has been to find a suitable substance to mix with the - *. " ??nntpraftt fcrtA n nr fri nc 2f? AN INGENIOUS TABLE. An ingenious statistician has drawn ap a table to show how many eggs the various kinds of domestic fowls lay per annum, and how many of the eggs go to the pound : Geese, 4 to the lb. ; 30 per annum. Polish, 9 to the lb. ; 150 per annum. Bantams, 16 to the lb. ; 100 per an num. Hamburghs, 9 to the lb. ; 200 per annum. Turkeys, 5 to the lb. ; 30 to 60 per annum. Gamo Fowl, 9 to the lb. ; 160 por annum. Leghorns, C to the lb. ; 200 per an num. Plymouth Books, 8 to tho lb. ; 150 per annum. Langshans, 8 to tho lb. ; 150 per an num. Brahmas, 7 to tho lb. ; 130 per an num. Ducks, 5 to tho lb. ; 30 to 60 per annum. SHEEPSKIN ROBES. A writer in a farm paper tells bo* she makes robes of sheepskins. Sho says : I take three sheepskins (black ones), wash them thoroughly with soap, having soaked them over night to get the blood out of them, spread thom out and sprinkle one-half to three-fourths of a pound of alum, well pulverized, on each one (a largo buck with heavy pelt would require one pound ol alum). Then sprinkle two thirds of a tinful of salt uuiformily on the alum, double skin over along tho back, putting flesh to flesh and titting one side to the other, and roll up. Let them lie twenty-four hours. It is well to turn them upside down so that the ?lum and salt may all dissolve. Hang them up to dry. As they dry, stretch the pelt often, so as to keep them soft. When dry the flesh may bo rubbed smooth and soft with pumice stone. To dress the wool hang the skin over a rail and beat with a stick. A horse card may be used lightly also. I straighten the broadest one across the butt, then the right and left sides of the other two, and sew them to gether; then I straighten "them all :i .-ross the butts and sew onto the broadest one. White skins may be colored any ?bade with analine dyes, the quantity depending on the color desired. Thc skins should bc clean and clear of grease m order to tan, also to tako color. Dissolve the dye with boiling water and let it cool to 100 or 110 degrees, .or until you can bear your hand in it-the hotter ibo better it will take, so that it does not burn the skin. This is a practical method, though I suppose a fine piece of work . would require nn expert. Moro than three skins make too clumsy a roba for buggy or sleigh, end for a handy robe the wool should not be too long. Such a robe, if lined aud bordered ?vith red flannel, pinked or scalloped, a a fair substitute for a buffalo robe. Cat Rides to Fires. Thc Torrent Fire Engine Company, nf San Francisco, has a pet cat which ?ttends tires. It is Dick's custom to deep upon the driver's seat ou the en gine, nnd when au H'arui is sounded he nestles beside the driver nnd rides to tho tire. lu the past eight ye.tra he hus missed but few alarms.