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Importance of Good Sr?d l'otntor*.
It is claimed that with potatoes
grown on land tbat has been tilled so
ns to permit of perfeet drainage there
is less liability of the tubers rottiug
than on other soils. The most important
matter, however, is to use seed
potatoes from localities where no disease
has existed.
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Hniid l'otatoen For K?rly Crop.
When ordering seed potatoes for
the early crop too much eare cannot
be given from whom the seed is procured.
It should come from a section
Where no disease lias appeared, and
the variety should be given consideration.
Ho not plant potatoes on the
flume soil upon which a crop grew last
year. This Is not essential to observe,
but IV may happen that slight traces of
disease may have existed last year,
which will remain In the soil and
tcprend over the tlehl the next season.
Kouiovlns Cliaff From tilt- Ky?>.
Animals running around straw stacks
nre especially liable to get. chafT into
the eyes, which Is liable to fasten Itself
upon the eyeball In a day or two
If not removed. Take pulverized alum
or shave some from a large piece with
a sharp knife. Of this take as much
as will lie on the point of a penknife
and place it Into one cud of a small
glass tnbc, or use a funnel made of
stiff writing paper. Blow the alum
Into, the animal's eye directly upon the
chaff. If necessary, repeat a few
times with four days' interval eneli
time. If the eye becomes much inflamed
leave o!T until the In tin mutation
Is subdued before applying more alum.
A I'rrfrrt l'Mllgirr.
If we were to buy an animal for
breeding purposes we should insist
upon a perfect pedigree or should refuse
to pay any fancy price. But what
constitutes a perfect pedigree? It is
not a long line of descent from some
famous animal, nor yet one in whic h
we can trace several crosses of his
blood, hut we think it is one in which
we can find 110 ancestor of a grade
lower than what we are seeking to establish
or perpetuate. Each and every
oue should he as good or better than
Its predecessor, and the stock should
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nuuii umli ill iimim ill lliqirovillg >>1 ?'H "II
generation. With such u pedigree the
Increase would never go hack if the
proper care was given, hut would produce
better results all of the time.?
Huston Cultivator.
A Window linriltMt Prut.
A pest of house plants in winter,
Which refuses to be smoked out. Is the
little black lly. harmless perhaps in its
winged form, but more disastrous as a
white worm in the soil. How to control
the myriads which squirm themselves
into a snarl among the delicate
feeding roots of choice plants is a
question with a goodly number of solutions,
more or less infallible.
One year I was a believer in lime
water?one run of liiue to the pailful
of water. Another year I pinned my
faith to saltpeter water a teaspoonful
to a quart. Last year I negleetud to
sterilize the soil In a hot oven and the
files rose up in swarms at my approach;
they peppered the window
shades and kept the housemaid in a
stale of >vratli. The pots were vainly
deluged with lime and the aforesaid
salt peter water, hut the worms only
squirmed around 011 the top of the soil
and wriggled hack into it to complete
their wings.
Ammonia was most efficacious, after
a few applications the nuisance disappeared.
Likewise some of my plants.
Had I adhered to the prescription?
urn: K.-nn|iu?ui ui iu u quill'l OI waicr all
would have been well, but loo much
of a Rood thing here as elsewhere
spoiled several Hue colons plants. The
rctlncd bath animounla is much the
Rafer to use and Is an excellent fertil
izer.
The present winter I have used common
phosphate of lime, half a teaspoonful
sprinkled on the top of a
live inch pot has had a quieting effect
upon the worms and sliuiplatcs the
plants, weakened by uninvited guests.
?G. A. Woolson, in New England
Homestead.
l'iirrh?4ins I'uro I'r?-<1 1'nnltrjr.
If you desire birds that will enable
you to compete at fairs, do not expect
to buy them at a small price. If you
wish to breed tlrst class exhibition
stock next season, do not be afraid of
the expense. It costs time, money and
skill to breed up Hocks to a high average,
:<nd the prices usually asked are
always extortionate. If you art; not
particular about exhibiting and dc
sire some strong, vigorous birds that
have no faults except a twist of the
comb or some slight defect, for crossing
on common stock, let the breeder
s know It when you write and he will
try to accommodate you. Remember,
no breeder generally has two birds at
the same price. They are sold according
to quality. Therefore be particu
j?r 10 aescriue your wants, ami do not
'expect the breeder to know your desires.
A fair hatch from thirteen eggs Js
seven?or one over half?though some
nre satisfied with live. No breeder can
guarantee every egg to hatch. He
knows no more nlxmt them than the
buyer, hut he should endeavor to send
eggs from vigorous stock. A customer
would he fortunate if he got a pair of
first class standard birds from a sitting
of eggs. Some breeders do not
get such a pair from a dozen sittings.
The customer is responsible for the
hen that sits on the eggs and her management
while on the nest. Some customers
do not know good birds when
they see them, and often complain
ignorantly. The breeder must depend
on any statement sent him, without
being able to verify or deny it. lieforo
complaining ask yourself at what pile?
you will sell the chicks should you receive
an order for them, and make a
comparison between their value and
their cost.?I*. II. Jacobs, in Farm uuJ
Fireside.
Oiitirlrrn For lln;<,
The sleeping quarters for hogs
should be roomy, well-ventilated and
neither too warm uor too cold and perfectly
dry. They must he so constructed
that no other animal can enter
them, otherwise they cannot be kept
in proper condition of cleanliness. I
Tlicr? should lie two or three or even
more sleeping places provided for
lurge herds, ho they may divide into
small hunches. One end of an inclosed
cattle Hhed, partitioned ofT. is as good
as the most expensive hog house for
tills purpose.
Beware of cold drafts, and so oonstruct
the building that the cold winds
do not idow on the liogs. At the same
time allow sntliclent ventilation for the
escape of foul air. The floor may he of
earth or hoards, as preferred. I llko
a ground floor and so do the hogs, and
1 deem It (test to consult their tastes in
tills matter. It must ho kept clean and
occasionally rerouted with fresh earth !
or sand. Very little bedding Is re- j
quired, even in the coldest weather
and slough hay or rye stray is best for I
this purpose. The bedding should tie
cleaned out about once a week and, if
needed, a little fresli supplied.
Hogs should never be allowed to
sleep in manure piles or around straw
stacks if it can be avoided, or in any
place from which they will cotue out
steaming and sweating. That condition
in cold weather is decidedly injurious
to their health and thrift. The
sleeping quarters should he sprinkled '
occasionally witli slaked lime or crude I
enrbollc acid as a disinfectant. I consider
it a good plan in summer to shut j
the hogs out of their winter quarters, (
as much as possible, and let tlieni lie j
in the pasture and under the shade ;
trees. Nothing is better than sunshine j
as a disinfectant and germ destroyer
and the arrangement of hog houses !
and sleeping quarters In particular,
should he such as will admit the great- j
est amount of sunshine. Beware of
those that are dark, gloomy ami damp.
('. l'ervler, in American Agriculturist.
Fi|;litln|; nml IMNrnum,
Inseets and diseases cause loss to
farmers and fruit growers at all seasons,
but since the discovery of remedies
that assist in the destruction of
such enemies the loss depends largely
upon the management on the part of
the farmer. The sprayer is now as
much a portion of the farm outfit as
tlie cultivator, and the application of
remedies must begin as early in the
season as possible. In tlie ease of fruit
trees much of the damage to fruit is
at the period of blossoming, and preparation
should be made to begin the
work of ex term bint ion of insert enemies
as soon us the season permits.
Frequently a warm rain, followed by
mild weather, may cause the blossoms
to swell u week or two earlier than i
usual, and it is at snob times that tin* j
grower is unprepared. The most popu- '
lar mixture for diseases Is that known
as "Bordeaux mixture," while l'aris
green still holds a front place as an insectide.
The Bordeaux mixture is prepared
by dissolving six pounds of sulphate
of copper in sixteen gallons of
water. In another vessel six pounds
of stone lime Is slaked and mixed with
eight gallons of water, the lime and i
water mixture then being slowly added
to the sulphate of copper solution.
This is used for the destruction of line
terla, and may be made with the addition
of more tva'or if necessary to re- '
dnce it in strength. Some farmers. In
order to destroy both inserts and bacteria.
add a pound of Paris green to
100 gallous of the mixture. The rule
is for bltiug insects to use the Paris j
ftreen. For diseases whieh are due to I
spores use the 1 Bordeaux mixture. The |
most important matter is to use the !
remedies at lite correct times, as a dlf- j
ference of two or three days may decide
tlie matter of profit or loss.
Every year the farmers are cautioned
to he on the watch for new enemies.
Every crop seems to require
treatment. The worm whieh comes
from the eggs of the white buttertly at-}
tacks the cabbage, while a leaf disease i
destroyed the cabbage, turnip, rape
and cauliflower crops in some sections I
last year. Beans were attacked on the
pods by senile kind of bacteria, celery
suffered from rot, and tomatoes also ,
showed tiie effects of another form of
rot. Cucumbers and melons seemed to
suddenly wilt and die. although ap- |
patently healthy, and even the hardy |
onion has been found not free from do- \
at ruction. Whenever disease shows j
without evidence of Insects the proper)
remedy Is Bordeaux mixture, which Is ,
not a cure-all, but is the most effective I
remedy known for the majority of the
diseases arising from and propagated
by spores. Of the Insect pests the potato
beetle Is the most persistent, but
Is easily kept In check ivith the aid of
Paris green. Some insects, such as the
squash bug, must be fought daily by
hand, and the grubs that work at the
roots of plants are too well Intrenched
to be easily destroyed. Tobacco refuse
around the plants Is considered j
an excellent preventive In some cases,
but only with persistent work can Insect
enemies be lessened in number. The
borers that damage peach, apple and
pear trees must he sought and removed.
Some insects work at night,
depositing eggs while the farmer or
grower is asleep, much of the damage
to corn and early plants oeiug done by
the cut worm during cool nights. There
is no remedy for the cut worm except
to trap thorn, or eateli them in some
manner, although plowing tlie land
deep and early in the spring, so as to
expose them to the rains aud frosts,
will destroy some of them.?Philadelphia
Kecord.
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BAG PUNCHING FOR WOMEN.
An Kxprrt Say* It M?kri th? Thin Fat
mill Vice Vfr*?.
"By punching n rubber bag for ten
minutes a day for a week a woman
can do more to reduce her weight and
to preserve a firm figure than by observing
a rigid diet for six mouths,"
says a woman athlete.
"Bag punching is the ideal indoor
PTOPpIrO for wnmntl Thit nhtAAl ?' "It
.. v>m\u> ? uv wnjrvt Ml uu
athletics is. of course, to got the blood
to circulating rapidly and well. It is
the proper action of the blood that
clears the complexion, builds up tissues
and makes the thin woman fat.
or burns out unhealthy adipose tissues
and makes the stout woman thin.
Plenty of good blood coursing fast
through the veins is a remedy for
nearly all physical ills that are remediable.
"If a woman has n complexion like
paste bap punching will start the sluggish
blood in motion and give her a
skin the color of peaches and cream if
anything will. Hag punching exercises
every muscle in the body, and especially
those that have a tendency to
take on fat. It developcs the chest
and shoulders and neck and reduces
the waist. Unlike fencing, it does not
require an antagonist. Ten dollars
will buy a first-class light rubber
punching bag with framework support.
and a fairly good one can be had
for less money. This is all the paraphernalia
necessary, except a pair of
light weight?say ounce and a quarter
?boxing gloves, which will cost from
seventy-five cents to Exorcise
can be taken in evening dress or street
costume Just as well as in the most
up-to-date gymnasium attire. A woman
will derive tost mk intwh l>..t?..Oi
from the most awkward bap punching
as from the most scientific.
"With practice a puncher will learn
to strike tli?* ball with the regularity
of a piston rod. To begin with, she
will merely play with It. and it will he
n very enjoyable exercise, because a
punching hag has some resistance to
it. Dumbbells are well enough in their
way, but they are very stupid and uninteresting.
One takes the exercise
because It is necessary and not hecause
there is anything exhilerating
in it. liur with the punching bag It is
different. One must be constantly on
the alert, and it is like playing against
an active opponent.
"in beginning it is necessary to observe
just two rules. Suspend the hag
on a level with the shoulders and
strike straight out from the shoulder.
This stroke brings Into play a greater
number of muscles than any other,
and it teuds to expand the chest and
gives a good poise to the neck. Always
hit the hag if possible a trifle
above the ceutre, and this will prevent
a rebound and a bruised nose.
This, however, will he understood
with practice, and It Is a part of the
game to keep out of harm's way.
"Hag punching is almost if not quite
as valuable as fencing in making a
woman graceful in movement and
light on her feet, as the saying is.
She will tlud in a short while that the ;
easiest and best position for striking |
tlte ling is to poise herself lightly on j
tin? ball miil toes of the foot, thi? right
foot a little In advance of the left.
This will Rive her a springy step ami
and easy and graceful carriage.
"Ten minutes a day Is long enough
for athletic exercises for the average
woman, or twenty minutes It' she
wants to reduce her weight rapidly.
Punch the hag twenty-live times with
the right arm swing, rest a few moments
and then try twenty live strokes
with the left hand. Strike with the
greatest regularity possible, and If
one is careful as I sav, the punches
will soon fall with the regularity of a
piston rod. Then alternate one punch
with the right and another with the
left.
"Mark Twain's 'Punch,punch.punch
with care,' about sums the matter up.
Keep at It. Don't exercise an hour
one day and then forget all about It
for a week; although I am a believer
iu the theory that even a little work Is
better than none.'?Washington Star.
Slic II<-11*?-<1 Mlike American History.
Dolly Daggett was a Martha's Vineyard
heroine, and her name will ever
be associated with the famous Liberty
Pole at Vineyard Haven. It was back
in 177.*i that the good people of that
village erected the pole on the highest
point of land. One day a British vessel
came sailing into the snug little
harbor. Its captain needed a new
liuist and sent a boat full of men
ashore to obtain one. The Liberty
Pole was just what they wanted, and
they proceeded to negotiate with the
selectmen, saying they would take it
away by force, and therefore a price
might as well be tlxed; so the selectmen
sold the pole.
Now. when Polly Daggett heard of
this proceeding she became very indignant;
she felt that the flag which
surmounted that pole had been insulted,
and she determined to frustrate the
Hrltishers* plan. Learning that they
were to come in the morning to saw
off the pole, Polly took two girl friends
into her confidence. When night came
they went quietly to the hilltop, bored
a hole in the staff, poured in a quantity
of powder, applied a tire brand on
the end of a beanpole, ami then
watch with glee the fall of the poleruined
beyond repair.
The next day the men from the ship
came for the pole and were furious to
find the coveted "stick'* in splinters.
The selectmen could not explain matters,
but Inwardly charged the affair
to the prank of the village hoys. The
ship sailed away minus the Liberty
Pole, and for many years tne three
girls kept their secret concerning this
Incident, which became Watery.
On July 4, 1808. the Sea Const De*
*fence Chapter. 1>. A. It., erected a new
Liberty Pole, a facsimile of the historical
one. ami three girl descendants of
Polly Daggett. Parnel Manter nnd Marin
Allen performed the net of unveiling
it. A bronze tablet tells the story
of why the Rritlshers did not secure
a new mast, and it bears the name of
the plucky heroines of that night.?
The Patriotic Review.
Vnftlilotm tn Mtlllnrry.
Toques "d lints trimmed with feathers
arc more seen now than they were
earlier in the season, and there are
more hats worn off the face than on*
with the brims turning sharply back
and covered with feathers or with a
spray of artificial flowers beneath the
brim. One reason why so many more
hats are worn off the face now is that
the forehead is so much more covered
in the new style of hair-dressing that
the hats off the fuet* are more becom
ing. The toques nre smart Utile affairs,
hut, without exception, are very
soft. They are made of velvet, of
cloth, or chifTon and silk combined, and
are either black or some color that accords
well with the gown. TJght gray
felt lints trimmed with ostrich feathers
the same color look extremely well
with the light gray feather boas that
are worn with the black gowns, or
witli dark blue or dark green, for that
matter, ft ray and purple do not look
well together, so it is better to use the
black boa and hat. or the purple liat to
mat eh the gown and the black boa. It
seems to be necessary to wear alwa>s
a full ruche of Something about the
neek?pleated chiffon edged with chenille.
full pleated ruchings of tulle, or
luce, or a feather boa. The ostrichfeather
boas are much fuller than
they wore at the back of the neck, are
worn very long, and the ends of the
more expensive ones nre finished with
three or four long plumes or tassels of
ostrich feathers, which are extremely
graceful and becoming.?flarper's Bazar.
Rurneil H?;r MVililliic Outfit.
The day after a Chinese girl is mar- j
tied custom exacts that she should
cook the good things for n feast to
which all the husband's relations arc
invited. Her own family provides not
?uuv nit* ingredients ror tile tiisiies sue
is to prepare, but also the wherewithal
to make tho lire to cook them.
Tho father of one rich bride, having
forgotten to send the wood to cook the
nuptial feast, the haughty bride, rather
than be laughed at by her new relatives,
turned to tho servants and ordered
thein to break up a fine red lacquered
chest in which were packed
rolls of silk, brocade and crape, (part
of her trousseau), and with these costly
stuffs and the pieces of the chest
the fire was made, the dinner successfully
cooked and the family's pride
saved! When she told her father, he
cried, "Well done, my daughter!"
This feast the day after iter wedding
is most trying for the bride, as site
must serve the men's table, and they
are allowed to make all sorts of jokes i
at her expense and personal comments,
and she must bo able to bear it all w.th
a cheerful smile. She makes her reputation
for life in the family by the wit
and cleverness with which she answers
these sallies.?Lippincott's
Monthly Magazine.
Tl?e Ilotinil, Full Skirt.
The rouud, full skirt Is again in evidence,
in tho seven gored shape. A
new feature is the yoke, whieli may
lie smooth, shirred, corded, tucked,
plain or embroidered, as taste and tigtiro
requirements ntay decree, nud the
skirt is often adorned with llounccs '
nearly or quite to the kuee, or etcn '
above.
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Bronze buttons are effective upon
fawn color.
Lace collars bid fair to assume capelike
proportions.
Better keep one eye on the attractive
little blouse.
ltipple collars seem to be supplanting
the lint ones.
Lace boleros cover up multitudes of
blouse blunders.
A skirt may have a lace yoke when
its poor bodice has none.
Flounces still have a tendency to
grow deeper at the back.
Buttons In three or more sizes should
be ludulged in, set fashion.
Simple, cheap and effective are strap
effects upon rover facings.
A sash falling from under an abbreviated
bolero is at least noticeable.
There's no limit to the clever effects
one may have with Insertion.
Designs iu black soutache or tine
chenille are stunning on white taffeta.
In many instances black lace shows
better If combined with cream or
white lace.
Sl rnnt?tnc? li'iu I
- .*? r/.jv .. ll.il/uiulion
that in many instances one hardly
recognizes it.
Chemisettes play an important part
In so many coats and bodices opening
at the neck in a V.
Tiny gilt buttons perch around in
threes, fours, lives and sixes, in the
most sociable manner.
Scarf-like neckties form a Jaunty
finish when knotted at the bust line
and coining from under ttie big lace
collar.
Lest they become obstreperous, tin
box pleats which form skirts are oftei
strapped together with narrow velvet
ribbon.
A severe double-breasted girdle will
two rows of buttons at the front h
very effective with an otherwise fus
sy dress.
ARP TALKS APRIL!
Grandchildren Had Lots of Fun Out
of the Old Man.
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SAYS THAT HE ONLY PRETENDED.
Little Ones, However, Thought They
Had Played a Joke on Bill Talk*
About liasler.
This month did not begin right.
April means to opeu, but it did no:
open. It, was an April fool. Nothing
shows in my garden but the peas ami
onions. The dowers make no progress.
There is no sweet south wind
to breathe upon them?no sunshine.
On Monday the grandchildren imposed
upon me with their Hindoo
pi .uiks. They gave me a cup of chocolate
with whipjRMi cream on top. and
it was nothing but soapsuds. 1 pretended
to be fooled, but. I was cut; 1
pa.ll them back in various ways. The
Hindoos started this childish custom
away hack in the ages, and it still
pleases the children. Aind now Easter
day is at hand and that is another
name -that came down from the Pagans.
Ostera was their goddess of
spring and it. was corrupted into
Estera. How those old heathen names
do stick to us. The tnaines of the
days of the week and of the nion.hs
came from them. So did the planets
and the constellations. Even the prophets
and Job had to take them from
tn* Egyptians. Hut the Scotch people
dou't call it Easter. Tfco.v say Pusclia.
day, or paesover Aay. They won l
pattern after anybody but John Knox,
and he said Ihtseha. Hut there is a
reason for calling it Waster, for the
coming of spring- the opening of the
earth and the flowers is emblematical
of the resurrection?the opening of the
Savior's tomb and His return to bless
and comfort His people. This day
corresponds closely With the Jewish
p-issover. and so they observe it.
Now I want the young people to
know that Isont Is another word that
means spring. It is preceded by that
foolish festival called mardi gras?or
fat. beef?and contitaues forty days in
remembrance of the Savior's long fast,
and 1-f. ends with Easter, and the communion
and other rejoicings. As the
old-time almanacs would say, "about
this time look tor EaLiter hats nlnd
flowers and finery." Christmas is another
festival day that is common to
all Christian nations. There are man)
other days dedicated to the saints, Irtit
in course of time it was found that
there were not cmough days In the
year to go round, and so the pope
stopped the sainting of so many and
had one day set apart as All Saints j
day. The next day after that is All ;
Souls day, on which mass Is said by '
the Roman Catholics for the souls of j
the doad who are In purgatory. It
seams that about, 900 years ago a pilgrim
from the holy land found a hermit
In Sicily who told him of an opening
between the cliffs of the mountains
near by that communicated with
hades where Pluto lived and that he
could see the sulphurous snvoke rising
and hear the groans of the lost souls
who were being tormented in hell and
he had known some of them to escape
through the prayers of the priests
end this made the devils very mad
and ho could hear them cursing the
priests with awful imprecations, 'The
pilgrom told all this to the abbots and
monks, and they had a day set apart
to pray these lost souls out of hell or
hades or purgatory or whatever it is.
Besides -these international days
there are national days in every country.
Here we have the Fourth of July
and Washington's birthday and Decor,
ation I toy and some others, Germany
celebrates the birth of Oalvin and
I.uther and the kaiser. Scotland that
of Sir William Wallace and Bruce and
John Knox. In old England they
celebrate the queen's birthday, Magna
Charter day and Wa'erloo day and
May day. May day is the happiest of
ail and has been long remembered in
verse and song and in daiiioing a-round
the Mi?v r>r?te Tennvson wrote a ?ad
sweet poem celled the "May Queen."
Mexico celebrates all the Roman
Catholic days and has one other that
the rabble call Judas Isoarlot's day. It
is the nert day after Easter. Ota the
beautiful trees in the -piazza. or pa, ft
thuy suspend pasteboard Images 01
Ju las Iscnriot?Images as large as life,
with little holes bored in them from
head to foot and In every hole is fastened
a cannon crack. At a given sigaal
-the fuse la. every cracker is lighted
and all of them explode nearly at the
si me time and such a terrific popping
was never heard outside of a battlefield.
and poor old Judas is torn an t
rent into a thousand pieces. This la
just a sign of what they would do to
rlm if they had him there alive, but *
ie-kon it is more for frolic than anything,
for they shout and laugh and
dance the hornpipe and nvake all the
racket they can.
Hon Franklin said t.ha.t man was a
hundle of habits. H? might have added
"and superstitions." for most all
propl" have some belief in supernatural
things. Two hundred years ago
almost everybody believed la witches.
Shakespeare wrote ahout them in
"Macbeth" and Burns In 'Tain
fvT banter ' The Puritans drowned
many innocent women from mere suspicion
of being witches. The conceited,
self-righteous rascals never accused
a man of being a wizard. It is
he women who have suffered in all
'fire#. When I was a boy Lho young
people were more afraid of ghotxs
than they are now.
(Jho?:s are very scarce in thofc days.
I ha-vent seen one in a long time. In
my early youth 1 was the mill boy and
I remember that one evening In the
early twilight as I was astride my
horso and grist and going slowly
home I nearcd the country graveyard
of Falrvlew church and saw. or
thought I saw, a ghost ahead of me
in the big road. It had arms and
legs, but had no head. It was white
and going slowly from me I cheeked
my horse and wondered. 1 started on
' again and pot a little closer. Still tha
| form was headless. Broaod shoulders
a?.d arms akimbo. "Nearer and nearer
1 drew to It. but It made no pigu. My
horse pricked up his ears as if alarmed
The roaod forked not far tthead,
e.nd I had resolved that if 'the ghoert
took on? road I would take the other,
when suddenly an old man stopped to
cough and took "the sack from his
shoulders and laid It upon the ground.
, I knew him instantly?old Uncle Tom
Wilson, the hunchback?going home
from the mill with his grist across h4?
shoulders and his head bent forward
no that 1 could not see K in <tho dusky
twilight. Now. If both of us had
reached the forks of the road and had
Beparatod I should always have t>elleved
I saw a ghost.
That ohi mill iOad and church and
grave yard rao.de Lwtlng impressions
upon nie, and so dki the mdll aivl the
pond and the apriug-lxxml end big
wheel and the soothing sounds of the
w...''.er falling over the dam. We had
various adventures with the country
UrhlKlllwwa *.?? 4V%** ?'<? ' ' -l '
- .. ultj .tuj, mr uicj uiueiig
liko the town l?oya?and .they don't
yet. [ remember that it was on
A.;>ri 1 fool day that I saw* In the read
just beyond t.lie schoolhouse a pack
nge done uj> in brown paper. and ns I
had met a man in a buggy a llttU
while before. I supposed he had dropped
it. 1 stopped my horse and pot
down. Pink imp up the (vackage 1 untied
the string and took off the wrapper
and found another wrapper and
another string and then another and
another and a>t last two bin black
bugs, whose odor was familiar. That
kind of bugs that advance backward,
and you can't tell whether you meet
'em or overtake 'em. Just then n
store of boys Jumped from the. bushes
and yelled and screamed "April
Fool!" I wits so mud I could hardly
mount my horse again, hut I ne.ver
spoke a word. I took it out in thinking
and hating. West Point hazing
wasent any worse than that April fool
was to me.? Hill Arp in Atlanta Constitution.
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Utrrlnokfil i!if> (ioltl.
An old resident in the eastern Transvaal
has told his friends In Kensington
how he passed through the enemy's
country with -51.000 in gold, which th?
Hners never succeeding In detecting.
After spending some mouths on his
mine, cut off from the world, he determined
to say good-bye to the Hoers.
So he heat $1,000 worth of gold into
clasps and clamps and nailed tliejn
onto his box. He daubed the %vhol?
with thick paint and set out on his
Journey. Although his box was frequently
searched the Hoer otdcials
never suspected the metal clasps, and
the adventurer at length landed with
his treasure on safe ground.
1 11 c. rx IN KA1LVVAY. -?
Confml Timo at JitoluinTilh and Savannah.
Knstorn Timo at otlnM- Point*.
JSohodule in KfTsot Jan. 27th. 1!>.<1.
M)KTHII(IUM).
; Daily Daily ox ha
CvT JiK-lt.vmvilnj D' M j 8 35a' 7 45 p 12 '2op
savannah (So. Ky ) l*R5p'l2i*?a 4J0p
" liu: n\VHl| ... 4 25p 4 imu
- Hlaikville 4!atpj4.'Jto 813p
Ar. Columbia .. .... fljf.pi o lUa H46p
l,v. Chnriostou, (.-" ? Ky ... *7 una iluupi 5-Vp
" Suininvrvillo 7 4lu lAXm: ?lUOp
" Hrtiiiolxvlllu 8 66a *00ii' 7l*)p
" Oranm burg .. 0 211a 2 45a' V68P
" Kiugvillo lu 16a 4 25a 8 47#
Ar.Columbia II OUal 6.Via. 1>JB>
Lv. Auguala, (So. ity. ) ouuplpUUp ll JOp
Lv. Umnitovillo 3!i8pl0l5p'
Lv. A ikon 315p . I 7 15p
1a. Ticnton .. 4 U2p 11 0U;>
" Johnston 4 17p U 20p'
Ar. Columbia, 11 J. 1)..) 6 53p| 2 lOtt
Lv. Columbia, t Bid# st 0'2uy!U2Ua l< 48p
* Winmxboro ... 7 Ltp1 7 T-'u lOUPp
" Chester bulp 8 13a 11 34p
Kook Hill ? Sip 8 48a U 48p
Ar. Charlotte . v^2op u 45a i28t?
Ar. Danville . ... 12 Ma HKpj 811>
Ar. Kiehiuoiid . It Utja "tj z:.p| TTTT
Ar. Washington 7 35a 8 Sop, 10 lSdt
Baltimore (Pa.KK) b 15a 1 ] 35p 11 *6*
" Philadelphia . . 11 35u 2 6?la 180*
" v \,n-k. 2tXlpla2iii 4 16a
Lv. Columbia pi 40a; h aoai
Ar Spartanburg aitfpill 26ui
" Aiihnvilio 7 16pi2 48p
Ar. Knoxville 4 15n' 7 Sirpj....
Ar. Oiuoinnall . .. .. 7 3op! 7 *!m . . ...
Ar. Louisville . , 4Qpl i 6o?l
sotiTuuotrND. NoEii
Dally Daily ox
Lv. LoutavUln 7 4oa[ 7 46p|......
Hv. Cincinnati 77~. "5 aui ? oJp; ~T..
Lv. Knoxville ..;. .T I "Jua b 26ai .
" ArIiovilli) 8U0a, aoftp; f
" Spartanburg II 46u; fllup '..,,A
Ar. Oolumbin .. :i2up: . ...^
Lv. Now York ! ? B.K) li"iX>r m.'jatiiSMfl*
' Philudvlpbta 6'ttp .'60ul 316?
" Baltimore b'.Tp tl 2??. & 22p
Lv. Wanbi'tcfp (So Kyi HBOpill 16a)
Lv. Kiolnnon.I .. 11 tWpjiSllinl ...*
Lt. Danville 4 BKa ft48p!lT5i?
Lv. Charlotte.] \ ion vS5p TSk
" Rock Hill OOOn'lObftp ,'i lu
" Cheater VHDnil lop 6 S7a
" Wmualmru . . . 10 18a 12 tW il 00?
Ar. Columbia, (BldgSt 11 2&n 1 lun 7 00a
Lv. Columbia, tU. D.) 11 UM 4 ?o?:
' Juhnaton ."7... I3lp Altai;
" Trouton . 1 41!p fl 4Sn' ....
Ar. Aiken 2 2oJ> 7 p 40A
Ar. Gruxiltovilli) 2 lttp 7 lbul
Ar. Animala.. _ 2SOp {jjMto lOJQa
Lv. Oi .luiiiV/i.-i 1 So. Ry) ... jOOp 1 7 98
" Kmgville 443p. 2IGn 7 60a
" Orangeburg. 6UKp| 3 46a| 8 41*
" Brunch villa 6 lftp! 4 2Su 0 80*
" Siumturvi llo ... 7 blp 6 ,">7? 10 !?ba
Ar. Charleston .. ...... 8 lip < 00a 11 l&A
Cv. Colu 111 i>ia (.So.Hy.) ll 8Ca 1 lan 7 OS*
Hlackville 1 10p Vf>7a! 8 SS*
" Barnwell... 1 24p 8 12a
SSvanuah II 06p' A 'JUn 10 20*
Ar- Jaolfto villa (P. S.) J *ip!_t? 2Saj_2JUf
Sleeping Car Service.
Kxrallant daily pnanongor service between
Florida and Now York.
Nns. ill and/Id?Now York and Florida Linalto<l.
Daily except Sunday, romposj-d excitefdrely
of Ptilimttn finest Drawing ltoom Sleeping,
Compartment nud Observatory tiara between
New York. Ooluin'.Aa and St. Auguntma.
Pulktian sleeping et?r-i between Augusta audi
Aikeu and New- York, runs from Atiguxta to
(Joluinlilu v\n KliA.-k villi! Pnrlnr mipu 1 ww
twecn Charleston anil Ooltimlria.
New. lit and ,H?Now York and Florida Kx?
pre-s-R. Drnwing-room sleeping e-nrs twtwexia
Aumwt:i and New York, Pullman drnwin*room
sleeping cars between Fort Tampa, Jackson
vUlc. rtavunnnh Washington nnd Vow York.
Pullman sleeping e arn hotwean <'harlottc au4
ltichinond Dining cars between Charlotta
and havannah.
Nos. Ij aud .*5?XT. H. Fast Mail. Through
Pullman drawing-room buffet sle-eningearsb?r
tw?m Jacksonville* and Now York and PulK
man sleeping earn between Auguata nnel Charlotte.
Dining cars serve nil "moils cnrouia
Fuliinnn k raping ears between JacksonvUla
anei Columbia enroute daily between Jue-ksoir
ville anil Cincinnati, via Asnoville.
FRANK 8.GANNON, K. H.HARDWIOK,
Third V P & Wen. Mgr., Won. Pas Agt.,
Washington. I). C. Waakuigton, 1). Q,
W. H, TAT.OK, R. W. HUNT.
As't Wen. pass. Ag'i., Dlv. Pa.se. Ag't.,
Atlanta, tin. Charleston, S. O,