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A SOLITABY. (Concluded from 1st page this Report,) "Well, I do say so," returned Nich? olas. He looked at the fire again. Then he went ont. He turned in the doorway and nodded admonishingly at Stephen. "Mind yon don't try to get up," he said again. Nicholas went out of sight down the road, taking tong strides over the creak? ing snow. He was gone about half an hour. When he returned his arms were full of packages. He opened the door and looked anxiously at the bed. Stephen twisted his face toward him and muled. Nicholas piled the packages upon the table and lifted a stove cover. 'Tve seen Miss Morrison and it's all right," said he. "What did she say?" asked Stephen in an awed voice. "Well, she didn't say much of any? thing. She was fryin griddle cakes for the boarders' breakfast. She said she felt real bad about let tin you go, but she didn't see no other way, and she'd be glad to have you visit her justas long as yon wanted ta She's goin to pack up your clothes," "I ain't got many clothes. There's my, old coat an vest an my other pants, but they're most worn out. I ain't got but one real good shirt besides this one Fve got on. That was m the wash, or Td brought it" "Clothes enough," said Nicholas. He crammed the stove with wood and began undoing the packages. There were coffee, bread and butter, some lit? tle delicate sugar cookies, some slices of ham, and eggs. There were also a pail of TroTfe- and a new tin coffeepot. Nicholas worked busily. He made coffee, fried the ham and eggs and toasted slices of bread. When every? thing was ready he carried a bowl of water to Stephen for him to wash his hands and face before breakfast. He even got his comb and smoothed his hair. Then he set the breakfast out on thc table and brought it up to the bedside. He had placed a chair for himself and was just sitting down when* he stoppet! suddenly: "I dont know as it's just-fair for me not to tell you a little something about myself before we really begin livin to? gether," s?id he. "It won*t take but a minute. I don't know but you've heard stories about me that I wasn't quite ' right. Weil, I am-that is, I s'pose I am. "All is I've bed lots of trouble, aa it come mainly through folks I set by, an I figured out a way to get the better of it I figured out that if I didn't care anything for anybody I shouldn't have no trouble from 'em, an if I didn't care anything for myself I shouldn't have any from myself. I txrat made up my mind that all the trouble an wickedness in this world came from carin about your? self or somebody else, so I thought Td quit it I let folks alone, an I wouldn't do anything for 'em, an I let myself alone as near as I could an didn't do anything for myself. "1 kept cold when I wanted to be warm, an warm when I wanted to be cold. I didn't eat anyth*"- I liked, an I left things around that hurt me to see. My wife, she made them wax flowers "J don't kamo but you've heard stories about inc." air them gimcracks. Then 1 used to read the Bible 'cause I used to believe in it an didn't now, an it made me feel worse. I did about everything I could to spite myself an get all the feelinout of me, so I could be a little easier in my mind." Nicholas paused a moment Stephen was looking at him with be w?dering intensity. "Well, I was all wrong," Nicholas went on. "I've give it ali up. Tve got to go through with the -whole of it, like other folks, an I guess Tve got grit enough. I've made . up my mind that men's tracks cover the whole world, and there ain't standin room outside of 'em. Tve got to go with the rest Now we'll have break? fast." c Nicholas ate heartily ; it was long since he had tasted such food. Even Stephen had quite an appetite. Nicholas pressed ~ the food upon him; his face was radiant with kindness and delight. Stephen Forster, innocent, honest and simple hearted, did not in the least understand him, but that did not matter. There is a higher congeniality than that of mutual understanding-there is that of need and supply. After breakfast Nicholas cleared away the dishes and washed them. The sun was so high then that it struck the win? dows, and the frostwork sparkled like diamonds. Nicholas opened the door; he was go? ing down to the spring for more water; he saw a flock of sparrows in the bushes across the road and stopped; then he set his pail down noiselessly and went back for a piece of bread. He broke it and scattered the crumbs before the door, then went off a little way and stood " watching. When the sparrows settled down upon the crumbs he laughed soft? ly and went on toward the spring over the shining crust of snow.-Elmira Tele gram. 1 A Narrow ?*cape for the Minister. \ Henry Irving tells an interesting story L^Vhich Miss Terry and a Chinese min ?c figure. The play was "Hamlet" pttftd Ophelia (Miss Terry) was in the * midst of her mad scene. Irving sat on a little wooden seat which had been cut into the proscenium wall, and which afforded an excellent view of the stage ' from behind. Beside the great actor sat the Chinese minister, who had come j behind the scenes to pay his respects. I "Suddenly I missed my Celestial ^ friend," said Irving. "Going in search of him I found him just walking onto stage. The acting of Miss Terry ? so affected him that he was burning ?congratulate her on the spot I was St in the nick of time to hold him ,k; another half instant and he would have made 'his first appearance.' "-Ex? change. _ Bound to See lier. Hy grandmother, Lady Elizabeth Tol ?exuache, had a house in London, and another Lady Elizabeth lived in the next house, which was exactly like it IHy father calling accidentally at the ~ rOQBg door, asked the servant. "Is La<ly athome?" ?Her ladyship receives nobodv, sir. is still in bed." "Sfriff and nonsense! She is mv And rushing past the astonished foot ran up stairs to what he sup to be his mother's bedroom.-Li t'Tcllemache in London Spectator. BINDING TWINE AND BAGGING. This Is Not Class legislation, but Is In? tended to Remedy lt. The bill to put cotton bagging on the free list has passed the house, all the Democrats excepting Coburn, of Wis? consin; O'Neill, of Missouri, and Eng? lish, of New Jersey, voting in the affirm ative, and all the Republicans in the negative. Cotton bagging is in the same cate? gory with binding twine. It is manu? factured by the cordage combine. The raw material is free of duty. It is used by southern farmers for covering their bales of cotton as binding twine is used by northern farmers for binding wheat and other small grains. There is as much reason why cotton bagging should be free of duty as there is why binding twine should be free of duty. But when the McKinley billion con? gress was dealing with this schedule it reduced the duty on binding twine con? siderably more than one-half and did not reduce the duty on cotton bagging at all. It discriminated against the southern farmer and in favor of the northern farmer. And now the Repub? licans of the house, accompanied, The Herald is sorry- to see, by thre^ Demo? crats, vote unanimously to continue the discrimination. Hie cordage combine did not cease to manufacture binding twine after the duty was reduced to seven-tenths of a cent per pound, or more than one-half. That it manufactured more than ever before is a fair inference from two facts: First, that the^ grain crops last year were the largest in the history of the country, and, second, that the importa? tion of binding twine during the last fiscal year, covering all the importation for the crop year, or nearly all, was only 822 pounds, valued at thirty-three dol? lars. The opponents of the free twine and bagging bills have objected to them on the ground that they are bills for class legis? lation. They tell us there is no more rea? son why congress should favor farmers than there is why it should favor those who use cables and other articles made of the same and like materials, and that it is- inconsistent for Democrats who pro? fess to oppose class legislation to make such bills party measures. This objection implies that such legis? lation would favor the farmers by giv? ing them cheaper twine and bagging, while other classes using produc? from the same materials, the duties on which were not reduced or abolished, would still have to j>ay high prices-that is, it implies that tariff taxes increase the prices of the articles on which they are laid, of the domestic as well as the im? ported products. According to the Republican doctrine, therefore, these bills would not give the farmers cheaper twine and bagging. Therefore, they are not class measures. The Republican claim that really pro? tective duties do not raise prices is false, as the beneficiaries of the tariff are per? fectly well aware. Their whole system is a system of class legisiation. It is a system under which industries that are self sustaining are forced to contribute to the support of other industries that claim to be and are assumed to be inca? pable of self support. The protection? ists admit that this is the original pur? pose and effect of their system, and seek to comfort the victims with the assur? ance that while they must bleed for a time they will ultimately, and in some way not clearly denned, recover their own with interest. Now the farmer class is pre-eminently the victim class. The farmers more than any others are forced by tariff legislation to contribute from their profits to the profits of other classes. They have been contributing- for thirty years, and they do not yet find them? selves recovering their own. They are still the victims, as they have been all these thirty years. What the Democrats, propose in these two bills and in the bill putting cotton ties on the free list is not to grant spe? cial favors to farmers as a class, but only to relieve them from a small pail of the burden which has been laid upon them as a class. They propose not to legislate for a class, but to relieve a class in some measure from legislation which for years has discriminated against that class. Against these Democratic measures of relief from class legislation we find the Republicans in the house arrayed in un? broken ranks, and we will find the Re? publicans in the senate arrayed on the same side in solid phalanx. And as the fugitive thief shouts "stop thief!" more lustily than his pursuers, so will the Re? publican attorneys for monopoly shout "class legislation!" to bewilder and de? ceive the people.-Chicago Tribune. A McKinley Tariff Drama in Five Acts. Act I-Scene, Congress, October, 1890 I ? (duties raised). McKinley increases the j ? duty on oatmeal from half a cent to one | ] cent per pound in the interests of sev- ! < eral large oatmeal manufacturers of j '. Ohio. j 1 Act II-Scene, Columbus, O., Janu- ? < ary, 1891 (trust formed under the head-11 ing, "All the Oatmeal Mills Consoli- j i ?ated"). The New York Tribune de- 1 scribes what occurred as follows: "In- : i corporation paj>ers were filed at Colum- ? i bus today for the Consolidated Oatmeal j company, with a capital of $3,500,000. All the oatmeal mills of the country are thus brought under one management, with headquarters at Akron, O. Act lil-Scene, Factory (wages re- j J iuced). Soon after the formation of the ! trust the wages of the men and women ; employed in the Akron mills, the largest j in the trust, wer? forced to accept a !1 large reduction in wages. Some have j been compelled to submit to three re- 11 luctions since the opening of the first act. * Act IV-Scene, Offices of the trust J prices raised;. Oatmeal that sold for j* ]/er barrel before the trust was j 2 formed, now sells as high as ?7.40 per I * barrel. ic Act V-Ravenna, O., April 1. 1892 j factories closed;. The Quaker mills. J with a daily capacity of 400 barrels, have Deen closed by the trust for an indefinite i >eriod and 100 men are thrown out of i employment. ;f Too Kxneting. "Miss Isabel," began the youth nerv- 1 rasly, "do you play the guitar?" ;* "No," replied the maiden. "1 never ' ried to learn it." I "Mandolin:"' j ^ "I detest the mandolin," : ' "Can-can you do fancy needlework?" j1 "Not at all. Fancy needlework is a ? rade." "Are you a stamp collector?" "I have no fads, Mr. Spoonamore." "You-x>ardf?n me-yon can cook?" "Oh, yes. I can do alunit any kind ( >f cooking." j "Bread, for instance?" '1 "My bread lias taken the premium at ! nore than one fair." j l "Can you-can you darn stockings?' i I "I can." "Sew on buttons?" < "To be sure." 11 "Keep a house clean and neat?" "Why, I think s<?. I do most ?*t" cur ^ >wn housekeeping." j "Miss Isabel," said the young mani' ?agerly, "will you marry me?" i "I will not. Mr. Spoonamore. I fea j( C would not snit you. I can't chop wood | lor spade up a garden. Our kitchen | rirl, Betty, though, would make an ad- ? nirable wife for you. Shall I go and j send her in?"-Chicago Tribune. i DODGING JURY DUTY. The Methodical Habits of a Traveler Sustain His Explanations. Among the jurors in Justice Cullen's court on Tuesday was a well built man, who looked youthful in spite of his sil? very gray hair and mustache. He had been summoned to appear in court that day, but had not yet been called when the reporter met him. "I wonder," he said, "whether 1 will really be made a juror this time? I have been dodging jury service every year since I came to Brooklyn to live, twenty eight years ago." "That is a frank confession." "Oh, but I didn't know anything about it at any time until it was too late. You see, I go traveling every winter I through the southern states, and by some strange chance the subpoena server al- j ways visited my house after 1 had start? ed. There being nobody at home, his subpoena lay in the hall where he put it, until my return. Then I would go down to the commissioner of jurors and ex? plain." "Did he always accept your explana? tion readily?*' "No, but fortunately I am methodical, and I carry constantly the statement of my whereabouts for a year past, 1 travel for pleasure, and I have plenty of time to keep a record of my movements. I put down every day while traveling j the name of the place and hotel at which j I am stopping. I do that for a double i reason, but the most important is that it | enables me to keep track of the hotels. For instance, say that I go to a city in Texas and. put up at Brown's hotel. 1 find the accommodation is beastly. 1 note that fact. The next time 1 go there I will try Smith's, and I will keep on changing until I find the best. Then, too, whenever 1 find a room in a hotel that snits me particularly I note that. "The result of that practice is that I know now the right rooms in the right hotels in nearly all the large cities of the south. When a friend of mine tells me he is going to a certain city in Geor? gia, 1 refer to my diary and tell him to apply for room 17 at Robinson's hotel. 'If you can't get that room,' I say, 'get one like it It will please you.' "Now, as to this jury business. The officials usually look doubtful when 1 tell them I was out of town. Then I re? fer to my diary and say, 'If you will write to Brown's hotel, Fort Worth, you will find that I occupied room C on the day your subpoena reached my house.' Then I read off the other places I was at for a week thereafter, and by that time they are convinced. That I should final? ly be caught strikes me as amusing." Half an hour later he was in the jury box listening intently while the merits of a suit for damages against a property owner were being revealed by opposing counsel.-New York Sun. Tabby Whipped an Alligator. ? house cat belonging to Mr. Walton was in the habit of going to the river and feeding on mussels and such fish as it could get, and it was noticed several times that when the cat moved along the bank a ripple in the water showed that an alligator kept pace with it in the water. The cat, however, was aware of the alligator's presence, but showed no signs of fear. One day the cat approached too near the water in its eagerness to get a fish and was grasped by the hind legs by an alligator about three feet long. The eat made a spring and got away, but its leg was bitten badly and bled freely. The 1 taste of blood seemed to put the alligator ' into a frenzy, for it came out on the ; bank and continued the pursuit The cat turned on its enemy, and then began one of the fiercest fights seen in a long time. The cat was so quick that it was | impossible for the alligator to get a bite at it, and the result was that the saurian \ soon endeavored to beat a retreat to the [ water. But the cat now began an offensive attack and cut off the way, biting th? 1 alligator in the throat and tender spots .1 ander the arms until the reptile was bleeding and almost exhausted. The fight continued, and when at last the alligator gave up it was bleeding from ' a hundred wounds. The cat was seem- ! ingly unhurt, except in the wounded ; leg, which was injured before the fight J began.-Vernon (Fla.) Cor. St Louis ' Grlobe-Democra t. Saving Money on Sixty Cents a Day. | - Out of what trifles does poverty con- ' trive to extract a living. A decently J iressed man, with one arm, sold me 1 some fusees at a cent a box yesterday. 1 1 asked him what he made on them, and ] be told me that he cleared two cents on * svery five boxes. He sold from 100 to * 150 boxes a day. "And can you live on 1 :his?" I asked. "Yes, sir," said he, cheerfully. "I hire a room for one dol? lar a week and cook for myself. I live md save money. I've got a savings ! i>ank account, and please God I'll have * i stand next winter if I can get a per- ^ nit" J And he showed me a bankbook with ? i credit for fifty c-dd dollars in it-fifty xld dollars filched from his actual ne- * ?essities out of an income never greater ? ban sixty cents a day!-New York Cor. ? Pittsburg Bulletin. . Photographing Hunters' Lies. At length an ingenious inventor has 11 levised a means of putting to the test j a ?portsmen's tall stories. The idea is to j >lace a small camera on the barrel of the ? { jun, the shutter of which is arranged to j fi york simultaneously with the action of I he trigger. Every bird will now be i c ible to tell his own posthumous tale or c o present a graphic picture of a happy ! ^ leliverance.-New York Journal. Cleaning Kettles. Eggshells are nice to clean bottles or < .mets, also little bits of raw potato and j oapsuds. Shake well, then rinse sev? rai times.-Exchange. j i Treatment of Celery Plants. Celery plants should be transplanted j 4 n t>eds two or three inches apartass<xin j is they are large enough to handle, i < Orchard and (?arden says that a good . ] ?lace t<> put them is a cold frame from 1 vhich tlie sashes have been removed, screens made of laths tacked an inch 1 ipart will give shade needed. This ' xansplanting will cause the develo])- 1 neut of fibrous roots and make them ! 1 mire easy to transplant to their final 1 1 piarters in late summer. ; ' _ j i Here HIM! There. j 1 Sixty pounds of potatoes area legal >ushel in New York state. Many of New Jersey's muck meadows j 1 ire being reclaimed and devoted to onion i ^ md celery growing. There will be at the World's fair not ? ?nly a live stock exhibit, but in conn ec- I ion with the same a fat stock show. California. Florida and Texas threaten j ?o make it unnecessary soon to purchase ; Mediterranean fruits and nuts. A dairy club of deaf mutes has l>een j organized in South Dakota, with Charles EL Loucks as president and H. McP. i ( flofsteater, secretarv. Increasing favor is shown by British j 1 stockmen for cotton oil as a fattening I ? ngredient in stock rations. PROFESSOR DWIGHT'S WILL. A Few Seconds More Might Have Changed the Destination of 81,000,000. Since the death of Professor Theodore W. Dwight there has been considerable discussion in certain quarters as to the provisions of his will, as it was assumed that of course such a shrewd lawyer and careful business man must surely have made a will. When it was apparent that his illness was approaching a fatal termination he was reminded by his physician that it would be the part of wisdom to attend to the disposition of his temporal affairs without further delay, and when Pro? fessor Dwight expressed a desire to make his will his old friend and neigh? bor, Judge Seymour, was called in to frarnjk the document, which he did at the dictation of Professor Dwight, whose mind was evidently as clear as it ever was. His niece, Miss Sophie Dwight, and his physician, Dr. Peck, were pres? ent as attesting witnesses. After the will had been framed it was taken to an adjoining room to be copied before receiving the signature. Although the work of copying occupied but a few moments, the dying Kian was seen to be failing very rapidly, and al? though a pen was placed in his hand and assistance given, he was able to but partially complete his signature when ?ie lapsed into a comatose state and died within a few moments. When asked fae customary question, which is legally required, if he acknowledged the paper to be his last will and testament, his lips moved slightly, but no articulate word could be distinguished, and a mo? ment later he was pronounced dead. Although so nearly executed, and so evidently expressing his wishes, the will is declared invalid, and its provisions can only be carried out by the acquies? cence of all the heirs. The document was very brief, as if the dying man fully realized that his end was close at hand. Besides be? queathing $50,000 to his daughter, Mrs. Partridge, and a smaller amount to her infant son when he should become of age, the balance of the property, both real and personal, was given to Mrs. Dwight. Mrs. Partridge, who resides at Cornwall on the Hudson, is the only child and has been a helpless invalid, suffering from nervous prostration for nearly a 3*ear. It is said that she does not yet know of her father's death, as it is feared the shock might prove disas? trous. Until such time as her health will admit it is understood that noth? ing can be done toward the settlement of the estate, which is in the hands of Mrs. Dwight's brother, Dwight H. Ohn stead, of New York. The value of Professor Dwight's es? tate will probably never be publicly known. Even the family, it is said, have no idea of the size of the property, as the deceased was very reticent about such matters in his home. Those who appear to be in a position where they should be capable of forming an opin? ion claim that Professor Dwight's es? tate will not fall below $1,000,000, and some put it largely in excess of that amount. Others who are close to the family think it much less. It is known that for nearly twenty years Professor Dwight's income from his teaching and writings ranged from |25,000 to $40,000 a year. It afterward dropped to $15,000 per year, and at; the time of his death his salary as emeritus professor in Columbia college was $7.500. All this was in addition to his legal practice, from which he is said to have derived a large income, his fees in sin? gle cases, as referee or council, at times amor.:.i:ng to as much as $100,000, ii: we are correctly informed. When Profess? or Dwight's style of living is consid? ered, it will readily be seen that it was quite possible for him to have amassed a fortune.-Clinton (N. Y.) Courier. Mr. Dennett's Turnout. The curious turnout of Mr. Dennett, of Cape Elizabeth, Me., who supplies the cottagers with milk, eggst strawber ries and other country produce, attracts a good deal of attention. Mr. Dennett's team consists of a 2-year-old bull with a ring in his nose, bearing a crooked yoke on his neck, harnessed to a flat bottomed cart which will float in the water. The animal is driven by Mr. Dennett like a horse. Reins of rope are attached to the ring in the bull's nose; they pass np over the horns through rings attached to them. With this queer team Mr. Dennett makes the trip to the beach two or three times a week, fording the ?perwink river at high tide. The bull swims the river like a dog md the cart floats like a boat and will sustain the weight of Mr. Dennett and lis load of produce safely. When Mr. Dennett and his unique team are seen ipproaching, the cottagers throng the oanks of the river in order to see him nakethe passage. Some of the most idventurous ones have tried the trip and several narrow escapes from capsizing mve occurred.-Boston Transcript. Humane. lt is hard to understand how any one ;an be too humane, but it really seems, f a story recently told by a Frene). journal is true, that the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has something to answer for. Two little girls had been visiting an exhibition of paintings with their gov? erness. On their return their mother isked them: "Well, what picture pleased you nost?" ..The one that showed the Christians hrown to the lions in the Roman trena," both children answered. "Indeed!"' said the mother. '.! sup? use it worked on your feelings to look it it?" "Oh, yes, mamma," said the younger 'hild; "there was one poor dear lion that lidn't have any Christian to eat!" forth's Companion. HE WAS ALL RIGHT. Case of a Man Who Was Not Such a Fool a? He Looked. A tall, slim fellow, with a vacant stare, walked into the police station of a western city, stepped up to the officer on luty and said in a hollow voice: "Sir, I have an important communi? cation to make I am dead. I was murdered, and 1 entreat you to hud tho murderer and have me buried." The official involuntarily started back; it was evident lie had a lunatic before iiiin. He rang a bell, and tile captain of the division, the police surgeon and all the constables obeyed the summons. In x moment the room was packed with a j crowd of persons, all anxiously looking toward the surgeon, who in such cases has the lirst word. "Just so," the latter said, addressing the stranger; "I could tell at the lirst glance that you were dead. Do you haj> [>en to remember your name?" "Certainly," the maniac replied; "my name is Berthold Schwarz." "And your address?" "The grave." "Who is your murderer?" "Columbus." "The same who discovered America?" "Yes." "Then allow me to congratulate you. We have captured the smart chap. Come, and I will show you his cell." "Directly," said the madman in reply to the surgeon's diplomatic little sjieeeh, and began fumbling in his pocket, from which he quickly produced a thick POTATOES AND CORN. An Important Point in the Cultivation of These Two Crops. Early planted crops, or ground that was early worked, may have become more or less crusted on the surface. With a good steel rake pulverize this surface and change it to a finely mellowed top soil. This will hasten growth, and any foul seeds just starting will be destroyed, according to Country Gentleman, which illustrates as follows another important point in the cultivation of potatoes and corn: In cultivating potatoes, avoid the common practice of drawing the earth in hills around the plants, because in doing so you scrape the earth away from the roots between the rows, and pile it up needlessly high against the plants. The hill, with the natural level and the mass of soil piled above it, is shown by one of the figures of the cut. The ef? fects of the two methods may be easily tested by experiment. Cultivate ten rows level and ten in heaps, and the level hills, when the crop is measured, will have from 10 to 20 per cent, more potatoes. There will be a difference be? tween slight hills and steep hills, and there will be a difference in soils. Try both ways and compare the results. mm ERROR IN HILLING POTATOES AND CORN. Take the same care in cultivating corn, the roots of which are nearer the lurface than potato roots and more easi? ly injured. Both corn and potatoes send out roots from the young plants two or three times as long as the height of the plants. Avoid cutting the corn roots, therefore, near the plants. In the cut is also represented a hilled young corn plant, the dotted lines showing how the roots are cut off when working deep and near. Kentucky Blue G russ. The most noted and most widely dis? tributed of American pasture grasses is the Kentucky blue grass or June grass (poa pratiuses). Very few of the many who own and have been reared amid blue grass pastures are aware of the wide difference in quality between such pastures. They know that some pastures are richer than others-that is, grow more luxuriant grass-but not th at many pastures produce a grass that yields more and better flavored butter than others that bear heavier crops of ranker grass. In other words, it is not the rankest crop that makes the most butter, or butter of the highest quality. There is another grass (poa compressa) which is really more entitled to be called blue grass than the Kentucky grass, lt will grow anywhere that the Kentucky grass will and flourishes on some soils where the other will scarcely live. On favorable soils it makes a butter grass equal to the best Kentucky and is highly deserving of more general cultivation.-Jersey Bul? letin. Coup for Young Turkeys. A farmer s daughter, writing to The Country Gentleman, says: "The most satisfactory coops I have ever had for young turkeys was box shaped, 2 by ? feet, tall enough for the hen to stand upright, and while sufficiently close near the bottom to confine the young poults, yet well ventilated under the eaves, over which the inclined board roof projects on every side to keep the rain from beating in. In the front and rear two of the slats extend out as handles, for the coop is light enough to be easily lifted to a clean spot every day. Short, thick grass makes the best of floors, but care must be taken to se? lect ground that drains itself naturally, lest water should collect after a hard shower. Turkey hens give the keeper less tr uble if they come off in pairs, for being company for one another they are less restless and wandering, and therefore take better care of their little ones." Water for Bees. When bees have formed the habit of going to any place for water it is a diffi? cult matter to prevent their continuing to go to the same place, and hence they should be provided with water at home early in the spring, and be "enticed" there for their regular supply. The ed? itor of The American Bee Journal sug? gests that a little salt in the water at the home trough will make it inviting to the bees, and at the same time to give the sides of your neighbor's trough a coat of kerosene oil would help to culti? vate a liking for the home trough, which should be placed in a sunny spot. Mr. Gladstone's Eyes. Fifty-four years ago Mr. Gladstone conceived the idea that it would be bet? ter for his eyesight were he to substitute candles for the somewhat primitive lamp by which he had been in the habit of studying by night. The light shed by two candles was not sufficient for his purpose, but with the inflexibility and perseverance which are his most marked characteristics he continued to perform his nightly ?ask, with the result that his right eye became so much weakened that his medical adviser enjoined upon him the necessity of abstaining totally from work, and living as far as p ^ible in a dark room for six months. Long before that period had expired Mr. Gladstone made a trip to southern Eu? rope in company with his old college friend, Sir Stephen Glynne. Once again a grave accident to Mr. Gladstone's eye threatened for a few days to produc e the most serious conse? quences. It is well known that he did not begin to wield the ax as an amateur feller of trees until he was forty years old, and not long afterward a chip flew upward as he was cutting down a big oak and struck him in the right eye, which is th? more sensitive of the two. A few days of rest and of abstention from work sufficed to restore him en? tirely, but it is a remarkable fact that the '.arcas senilis," or circular ring out? side the pupil, was developed in Mr. Gladstone's eyes at a much earlier period : than is common witli human beings whose life is destined to be more tnan * usually prolonged.--London Telegraph. How Author? Work. An ingenious reporter has been inter- . viewing a number of celebrated authors to discover what are their habits and at? titudes while writing. M. Alphonse 1 Daudet, lie tells us, smiles nutliciously: M. Emile Zola repeats in a loud voice ' the phrase which is at the tip of his pen; M. Edmund de Goncourt moves his lips : as if he were eating; M. Jules Lemaitre strokes his mustache with his left baud; ? M. Kenan looks in the palm of his hand, as if to find inspiration there; M. Ludo? vic Halevy looks up to the ceiling to col? lect his thoughts; M. M^iliiao puts his ( head into his hands to meditate; M. Jean ' Richepin taps on his desk when he is in want of a phrase; M. Francois Coppee f lights a cigarette while searching for a rhyme; M. Henri Bornier scratches his head; M. Emile Bergerat whistles; M. Jean Rameau, when he is writing verses, seems to be ' Milking of something else, and finally M. Georges Ohnet appears to be thinking of nothing.-London GUoha. packet of neatly bound almanacs. "Gentlemen, when I was alive I used to sell these almanacs; they are the best sold in this country and only cost three? pence apiece. You will admit that these handsome little volumes ought not to be left to molder in the grave, and, as we appear to be on such friendly terms, per? haps the gentlemen will not object to buy the lot." Ten minutes later the "madman" had sold out and taken his departure.-T?g? liche Rundschau. (Concluded from preceding Page.) No. of Certi- To Whom Paid. Amount, peate. 101 N W Tony, leathers sal? ary, 291 J M Monahan, repairing school bouse, 93 Thos Young, teachers sal? ary, 418 E S Cooper, teacher* sal? ary, 402 N W Tonv, teacheis ary, 411 Henry .Scarborough, rent school house, 396 Thos Young, teachers sal? ary, 20 397 J H Cooper, stationery, 5 ?.98 A J Ed wardst, teachers sal? ary, 15 266 N \V Tony, teachers sai? si ry, 15 57.'J Irene McCutchen, ?eachers salary, 25 574 Hannah McCutchen, leathers ?ala ry, 25 421 Madge Fraser, teachers sal? ary, 430 K S Cooper, teachers sal? ary. 493 A J Edwards, teachers sal arv, SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 13. 207 F W Washington, teachers salary, . 20 87 S E Hawkins, teachers sal? ary, 222 VV J Gregg, teachers sal? ary, 219 L M Levy, teachers sal? ary, 215 F W Washington, teachers salary, 20 175 W P Baker, teachers sal? ary, 223 S E Hawkins, teachers sal? ary, 221 S L Wilson, teachers sal? ary, 226 E W Brearley, teachers sal? ary, 178 SR Hawkins, teachers sal? ary, 80 Mary McLane, teachers sal? ary, 29 S L Wilson, teachers sal? ary, 217 Mamie Grant, teachers sal? ary, 324 J E Shaw, lumber, 323 T G McLeod, teachers sal? ary, 361 F M Washington, teachers salary, 20 292 F Dunlap, teacheis sal? ary, 354 Lizzie Spears, teachers sal? ary, 353 Lizzie Spears, teachers sal? ary, 357 F Dunlap, teachers sal arv, 352 W G Baker, teachers sal? ary, 355 S E Hawkins, teachers sal? ary > 351 H S Scarborough, teachers salary,- 14 37 387 S L Wilson, teachers sal? ary, 331 W J Gregg, teachers sal? ?t y, 367 Mary McLane, teachers sal? ary, 506 Mary McLane, teachers sal? ary, 502 E W Brearly, teachers sal? ary, 593 Mamie Grant, teachers sal? ary, 328 F W Washington, teacher? salary, 20 507 Mary McLane, teachers sal? ary, 522 W J Gregg, teachers sal? ary, 447 Mamie Grant, teachers sal? ar)'? 555 Lizzie Spears, teachers sal? ary, 469 F W Washington, teachers salary, 20 290 W G Baker, teachers sal? ary, 473 W G Baker, teachers sal? ary, 424 E W Brearly, teachers sal? ary, 497 L M Levy,, teachers sal? ary, 496 L M Levy, Steachers sal? ary, 479 Fred Durant, teachers sal? ary, 481 S E Hawkins, teachers sal- ? arv, 73 L M Levy, teachers sal? ary, 90 E W Brearly, teachers sal? ary, lo:'. W .1 Gregg, teachers sal? ary, SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 14. 112 J W Dove, teacher's sal? ary, 113 J W Dove, teachers sal? ary, 85 Martin .leter, teachers sal? ary , >7t; J B Lowery, teachers sal? ary, 127 .1 B Lowery, teachers sal? ary. ?42 S I* Charles, teachers sal? ary, {35 F E Hickson, teachers sal? ary, 150 A E Cunningham, teachers ary, >lo Lizzie Kirby, teacheis sal? ary, ?09 Lizzie Kirby, teachers sal? ary, '?52 Lizzie Kirby, teachers sal arv, - isham Mitchell, jr., teachers salary, >84 C B McLeod, tsachera sal? ary, ?32 Sadie Mciver, teachers sal? ary, 114 FE Hickson, teachers sal? ary, 65 p K Hickson, teachers Jfal? ary, ICR S J Muldrow, teachers sal? ary, 25 20 20 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 40 20 30 28 20 20 25 25 20 30 30 25 10 25 20 10 25 20 20 25 20 20 20 25 20 25 25 25 25 30 13 25 20 20 25 25 22 50 22 50 18 50 18 50 15 No. of Certi- To Whom Paid. Amount, ficate. 516 SJ Muldrcw, ienchers sal* arv, 22 50 549 S W Stuttle8, teachers sal? ary, 8 277 S J Muldrow, teachers sal? ary, 25 417 Madge Jeter, teachers sal? ary, 25 41H Madge Jeter, teachers sal? ary, 25 130 E J Wilson, teachers sal? ary, 20 234 J B Lowery, teachers sal . ary. 22 50 108 J W Davis, teachers sal? ary, 25 61 J B Lowery, teachers sal? ary, 22 50 167 J W Davis, teacheis sal? ary, 25 263 J K Shaw, teachers sal? ar?, 30 133 ? J Wilson, teachers sal arv, 18 50 249 Lizzie Kir hy, teachers sal? ary, 25 553 Lizzie Kirby, teachers sal? ary, 25 269 S E Hawkins, teachers sal? ary, 25 533 S L Wilson, teachers sal wry, 25 SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 15. 201 E J Wilson, teachers sal? ary, 30 605 Sadie Mciver, teachers sal? ary, 2C 25 S E Addison, teachers sal? ary, 25 157 E W Brearley, teachers sal? ar?, 30 177 SE Addison, teachers sal? ary, 25 430 Emma Colclough, teachers salary, 20 218 Mamie Grant, teachers sal? ary, 20 216 Mamie Grant, teachers sal? ary, 26 335 E J Wilson, teachers sal? ary, 30 336 S E Addison, teach err, sal? ary, 25 329 S E Stuttie, teachers sal? ary, 15 501 E Brearly, teachers sal? ary, 30 595 Mamie Grant, teachers sal? ary, 20 520 Ella C Herring, teachers sal? ary, 25 552 Mamie Grant, teachers sal? ary, 20 443 Mamie Grant, teachers sal? ary, 20 573 E W Brearley, teachers sal? ary, 30 468 S M Stuttle, teachers sal? ary, 15 467 S M Stuttle, teachers sal? ary, 15 425 E W Brearle , teachers sal? ary, 384 E C Herring, teachers sal? ary, 260 E C Herring, teachers sal? ary, 261 K C Herrii?<r, teachers sal? ary, 91 E W Brearly, teachers sal? ary, GO E J Wilson, teachers sal? ary 30 25 25 25 30 30 20 40 30 45 SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 16. 63 P B Brunner, teachers sal? ary, 158 T G McLeod, teachers sal? ary, 156 J H DesChamp*. teachers salary, 10 171 JD Micbau, teachers sal? ary, 250 J W Moore, teachers sal? ary, 124 J H Terry, lumber, 32 97 261 TD Sanders, teachers sal? ary, 50 170 SD Sanders, teachers sal? ary, 50 537 J D Micbau, teachers sal? ary, 536 J D Micbau, teachers sal? ary, 155 RD Pompy, teachers sal? ary, 190 P 3 Brown, teacher? sal? ary, 104 Ada Martin, teachers Bili? ary, 237 R H Johnson, teachers sal? ary, 220 R Fl Johnson, teachers sal? ary, 315 R D Pompy, teachers sal? ary, 272 Ada Martio, teachers sal? ary, 53 R D Pompy, teachers sal? ary, 377 P B Brown, teachers sal? ary, 372 Ada Martin, teachers sal? ary, 399 R D Pompy, teachers sal? ary, 521 L J Clark, teachess sal? ary, 431 P B Brown, teachers sal? ary, 465 A Martin, teficbers sal? ary, 395 R H Johnson, teachers sal? ary , 259 L J Clark, teachers sal? ary, 258 L J Clark, teachers sal? ary, 480 T G McLeod, teachers sal? ary, 16 30 20 20 15 10 10 20 15 20 20 15 10 25 10 10 10 25 25 40 SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 17. 490 C M Hurst, clerk and trea? surer, Ci?0 650 C M Hurst, clerk and trea? surer, 600 391 C M Hnrs?, clerk and trea? surer, - 391 547 C M Hurst, clerk and trea 91 36 surer, ' 1 *'v SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 18. 141 Sallie Grant, teachers sal? ary, 562 Kirk Robinson, teachers sal? ary, 250 J C McCall, teachers sal? ary, 142 Kirk Rollinson, teachers sal? ary, 259 Sallie Grant, teachers sal? ary, 162 H D Corbett, teachers sal? ary, 2 Sallie Grant, teachers sal? ary, 30 60 25 60 30 25 30 Nb. of Certi- To Whom Paid. Amount, ficate. 496 J C McCall, teachers sal. nry, 25 497 J C McCall, teachers sal? ary, 12 50 495 Sallie Grant, teachers sal? ary, 30 453 Sallie Grant, teachers sal? ary, 30 139 Lou China, teachers sal? ary, 30 93 J C McKinney, repairs, 19 75 494 K Robinson, reaches sal? ary, 60 383 J C McCall, teachers sal? ary, 25 240 K Robinson, teachers sal? ary, 60 146 J A Raoey, teachers sal? ary, 25 135 J A Raoey, teachers sal? ary, 25 321 LS McSwain, teachers sal* ary, 110 SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 19. 19 Mamie Spann, teachers sal? ary, 25 393 Emma Colclough, teaehers salary, 28 606 B G Fedrick, teachers sal? ary, ll 294 B J Pouge, teachers sal? ary, 6 25 295 E E Fraeer, teachers tal? ary, 83 555 E E Fraser, teachers sal? ary, 33 103 E E Fraser, teachers sal? ary, 66 191 EE Fraser, teachers sal? ary. 33 227 M E Pooge, teachers sal? ary, 20 278 Emma Colclough, teachers salary, 28 105 A S Martin, teachers sal? ary, 5 65 M E Pooge, teachers sal? ary, 20 64 B J Ponge, teachers sal? ary, 20 250 Lizzie L Spears, teachers salary, 20 112 Gertrude Robinson, teachers salary, 25 47 Emma Colclough, teachers salary, 26 252 E E Fraser, teachers sal? ary, 33 253 E E Fraser, teachers sal? ary, 33 251 EE Fraser, teachers sal? ary, 33 331 H E Martin, teachers sal? ary, 10 59 M Bennett, labor, 2 20 20 J D Moore, building flue, 3 90 273 A S Martin,' teachers sal? ary, 5 371 AS Martin, teachers sal? ary, 5 561 Gertrude Robinson, teachers salary 28 560 Gertrude Robinson, teachers salary, ^ 20 499 M E Pouge, teachers sal? ary, 20 489 B J Pouge, teachers sal? ary, 20 519 E B Colclough, teachers sal? ary, 27 433 E B Colclough, teachers sal? ary, 27 444 A P Vinson, labor, I 422 E E Fraser, teachers mal? ary, 33 413 B J Pouge, teachers sal ary, 20 412 M E Pooge, teachers sal? ary, 20 177 F E Cooper, teachers sal? ary, 20 SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 20. - 12-Annabell Johnson, teachers salary 160 00 147-Annabell Johnson, teachers salary 160 00 235-Annabell Johnson, teachers salary 160 00 265-C L Thames, teachers salary 50 00 564-Annabell Johnson, teachers salary 75 00 309-R Y McLeod, teach? ers salary 432 00 401-C L Thames, teach? ers salary 2?> 00 -Annabell Johnson, teachers salary 160 00 423-Annabell Johnson, teachers salary 160 00 544-C L Thames, teach? ers salary 25 00 6 50 5 00 INCIDENTAL. 24-N G Osteen, advertis? ing 134-E F Miller, advertis? ing 576- William Johnson, ser? vices as janitor at teachers institute 4 00 225-W J Durant, traveling expenses 20 00 224-W .1 Durant, salary 93 00 54- John T Green, travel? ing expenses 10 00 55- John T Green, salary 60 00 4-John T Green, ex? press charges 5 25 308-S A Nettles, print? ing 5 00 350- W J D n ran t, salary 42 00 577- N G Osteen, printing 2 50 596-H L Darr <fc Co, print? ing 6 20 59S-E F Miller, printing 6 60 2-J T Green, traveling expenses 10 00 1-.1 T Green, salary 78 00 435-W J Durant, salary expenses 10 00 434-W J Durant, salary 72 00 550- W J Durant, salary SI 00 551- W J Durant, salary 10 00 568- E F Miller, advertis? ing G 00 310-X G Osteen, printing 5 00 569- y G Osteen, printing 6 00 D. E. KEELS, Treasurer Sumter County,