Pittston Gazette

              wK t % r%|D IS5Q. • 1-1II. NO. 41 • I Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Vi lley. ITl'TSTON, lAZEUNK CO., l'A., F 11 DAY, .11 I.Y 7, 1816. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. ing with general discomfiture his pitia ble plight. Tlio dog at his side, will I regarded Cynthia with lightly upon the rock, followed by her attendant dogs. It was as if Diana, the huntress, wore returning from an aquat- mi-tkap v.-il'i or but in tempted to sn-v rd impv tionce. 1 ptagmn you rMOWAJ\B s&suy. 1 linn: gain , yon want yonr dose. I BILL NYE'S LIFE IN N.C. heat, and the elevator gave up the gnost, and the billiard balls could be heard knocking against the floor of the office as the water rose. The weather was intensely cold, and even the clerk had to live by an oil stove and make change with a pair of yarn mittens on. Quests ate their meals in their ulsters and then went out around town to loaf at the stores where there were coal stoves.. p. hardly loss miserable and wretched and ms a mart, didn't he?" she C brightly at him, her i 1 h her recent merri- in hia c bad as it .smells of t A steep, winding path, skirting rock and bowlder, led to tho heights above. The girl at once took the lead, calling to her companion to follow her. There was something in this friendly espionage that was stimulating to the sportsman. He felt tho inferiority of his sex under circumstances where it should have been triumphant. At length, out of breath and quite exhausted with his hard climbing, he reached the elevated plateau. The girl was awaiting him. As he stepped out from the dense .fringe of pine and hemlock that bordered the river the level rays of the declining sun at first dazzled him. It was like emerging from some twilight cloister into the Open day. A small cotton field with shreds of the "woolly crop still clinging to the dry and withered plants stretched before him in dull monotony. Beyond it, amid a grove or great pecans that formed a favorable barrier against titiwelcomod northers, stood a small stone house, with its tall adobe chimney. Smoke was curling from the latter, bringing with it suggestions of comfort that appealed to the wayfarer. The sun was going down—a great glol)e of fire— behind the low hills to the west. There were the clanging of stock bells upon the air, the bleating of sheep and other sounds which, albeit unmelodious in themselves, are not without their compensations upon the frontier. The young man turned to Cynthia. ic excursion fense, when C. "Prettv lie: j but it's t s it's all ovi ute, you know, and THE RISE AND FALL OF A FELLOW NAMED FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. conviction thC when old Jule went off down at tho 'live oak v and 1 mo; then we won't hear any about 'sufferin humanity' the rest worse—at least from a dog's limited point of view. Two large and heavy feathered objects which the man had just cast dotvn from the rock completed i ordinary dog," replied her i quietly, "a uuxiest, unobtrn-tnning brute, I should think he the* V A hJt of the evening time you got down to doctor t ewo that was snake bit, aren't old She poured out a tablespoonful of the mixture and held it toward him coax- A Bumrd Incident Showing How Exciting OOnHlQHTIB. !■■■, «T O. AmiTON * CO. PUIUtHID »¥ IfCCIAL ARNANBKMIMT WITH TH» united the nver v Bile tlie I.ifc Is—Something About Hie Guinea unftri'Clt L { Midway between Lampasas and Sar Saba the Colorado river runs—a wild romantic, winding stream. At times its placid current flows evenly over dim pling shoals and gleaming pebbles. Again the water deepens, and by flown bordered banks its current eddies sullen slow and grand. But there is one placC where the river plunges ma*ily down -Ward to roar at the base of precipitous ' rocks and writhe over bowlders in it: 4 shallow bed. Overhead dark hemlocks the group le in t "1 kon so she said quickly. Then i glance down the liver, in reckon there'd be more sense fact oar than jes' wastin day- commented, "It's gettin dark." said tin- old man. | rising abruptly and withanudden cra'-k-ing of liis I'll--maatic joint s —"it's l _ (lark, and I reckon wo letter go in." li stooped and 111.:do a f clutch for hi relinquished fiddle, but his halting knees were unequal to the effort, and Jerrohl handed it to him. He turned on the doorstop and picked a note or two with absent eyes and a wandering hand. "There ain't but two bedrooms in the house outside thesettiu room, and them's occupied," ho f-aid vaguely, as if to the remote landscape, punctuating his discourse with nervous strumming of the instrument. "Ye'll hev to 'make down' nth Buck and mi? «Dn the floor afore the Ez for dry - IC "N s, the only C slrya m hand at this ran* :i :; a buffalo rob.: md a yaller •clicker'—ye kin take y i ■h'ice. P'raps, ez it is. and iliar b-in;; f ioraer in.dry goods out si do CD' woman"; ludsand fisin'.-. vC bet ier k\ 1 !:C'inel. •;/!:■ ■■ D' yourn dry on ye and hot up from tin inside. Ye look s; out, and I'll allow y. kin stand it. Cynthy, whar's t h« t r\. whisky the s'ner.T gin mo over at fn'barbecue' last week? Ye might bring i out and start yourfr'end onto it. Buck tro to the woodpile and fetch an armfu of wood." ingly "Go 'long, now, Cynthy!" ejaculated the old man, waving bis medicinal favor Aside, "Yo don't reckon I wanter mis two kinds o' medicine to onct, do yer? Thar ain't no sense in sech work cz thet! Wot I jes'took is kalkerlated to fortify me ag'iu the lingerin effects o' tliet thar pizen critter's bite, and thet Injun chollygog hfz jest the opposite effect and would be we.irin on the narves. No, Cynthy, I'm feelin better a'ready. sis. and i don't know ez l owe my inside any partickler grudge to be depressin it to thet extent." Hen and ttye Hues It Has—Nye's Home- "What do you think, old boy?" said the girl affectionately, taking the hound by both his lDrC;e ears and gazing critically into his intelligent eyes. "Had 1 better help that feller—or not?" dim 1 made Refrigerator. But this does not interfere with agriculture. If the river goes down early enough to sow and plant, the soil will do its part. Hailstorms sometimes destroy crops in certain localities, but the legislature votes more seed to these counties, and thev trv it aarain. 1 her al ■ttin [Copyright, lb»i, by Edgar W. Nye.] The She waved lkiii about yonr dog?" ijucoiess of this rebuke was quiver of mirth that of her rosy mouth Agriculturist, Peculiar. Mo., writes to Jcnow: 1. How long should a calf be permitted to associate with its mother before vealing? 2. What do you know about farming lands in Dakota? 3. How do they compare with those of North Carolina,* especially in Henderson and Buncombe counties? 4. What do you'do with your asparagus beds in summer? First—For market calves are generally vealed before they are fully -aware that by sin death came into the world. Here, however, on my place, we allow the calf to nurse from six to seven weeks. The last two weeks we add another cow so that he will not be restless of nights. Once I kept a calf six years as an experiment to sea how much milk ho would require as 1kD grew older. My rrport to the farmers' convention of Erin Prairie, from which I quote, shows that at the nd of the sixth year he had closed up the cheese factory at Hudson and had diverted the output of the Stillwater dairy entirely in his direction. But he was a big, hearty fellow, with a joyous, curly face and a voice that shook our apples off the trees prematurely. I never knew a calf that could neigh so freely as he could. When he had sipped a couple of washboilers of fresh milk and cleared his voice, you should have heard him sound "A." We had him for tea at the close of the sixth year, just as ho began to get cunning. We had a veal symposium with green peas raised on the place. They grew in rows along by the mortgage. 1 tried to raise them together,"the peas and the mortgage, allowing the peas to clamber up the side of the mortgage, but could not raise them both together. We gave the symposium just as I was leaving tho farm to go back and work on a salary again. The name of the veal was Florence—Florence Nightingale. He was named by a poetic lady from Paris, aged (J8 years, and 1 hadn't the heart to change his name, for she was of a sensitive nature and a trifle over 3 feet in diameter. Living in Paris, she knew very little of the world. We missed Florence a good deal after his death, for he loved us all. and to see him toss off a few dishpanfuls of new milk and then walk around in the panswould please anybody who did not ownthe pans. He was ever full of life—that is, up to the time we killed him. He had a light ring to his Forepaugh bleat and a heavier one in his nose. mal Auius \va. gged his tail and looked in I'm comin ed liy a tore All at once he raised his head witched t and bayed loud and deep, with a sharp recoil, iis if he stood in awe of liis own vocal efforts. Apparently this was emphatic advice that assistance was nccas- But her "I reck' a thet chap all Dmmodafin wai Dns were 1 1 nt her ncarchingly and mischievous eyes, pretl him he t half t her abruptness. rnod the boat again ti to paildle mud an apology t and 1 curtain this rage of waters from the g»zC of day. The sunlight enters only In stealth and then in tremulous pencils At such moments, against the sombei green of the swaying pines, the redbird flashes or the indigo bird is seen—a liv ing sapphire in the sudden light. And the rippling melody of rival mockinp birds enters the solemn aisles as thougl the gate of heaven were left ajar. W itiur these aisles the foot sinks luxuriously amid cushions of hemlock boughs and pine needles. The tall, time scarred trunks lift themselves dimly like pillars of some leafy gothic dome. The vague ranks of forest exhale their cool, damp spicery. All nature is hushed and wan Only the river's moan comes faintly, and everywhere roundabout and pervading all things are the twilight and seclusion beloved by the dryad. At least Cynthia acted upon it promptly. She leaned far over the cliff, holding on by the low branches of a scarred and time beaten hemlock from the nodding boughs upon her red gold head the Colorado. P'rat Ins r«xsent rap: glnn. 1111 t Liu contu iil the oar b;iCl been recovered and were rowing back against the sullen lit tbo fcilonce that had fallen VDea thrm both had boon in marked He turned liis back abruptly upon his daughter and her solicitations, and swinging round in the wooden chair on which he sat crossed his legs and gazed fixedly into the blazing coals with an expression upon his withered face from itibnrst wht th« dnj glx* of t bovc fnil »i np on s way ( were fire .ml shoul Dns it's plea •Oh, gtraujrerl entorta: boat am I VTOD'l' opiniou. But 1 laulm lta Line ' D marked as they proceedyutbia 1o be distressed, rt no longer visited the river in ,nd stray glimpses. It the wooded, heights, cr pt over the river. The 1 and suddenly addressed t a certain relief to Cyn- ■vious merriment. ••V J.'frPZ %.*'• •*%«! ; - £ i . ■D I " ' ■' illSpi ,4h-» (f 3k'».-S; - .*§! •TB5 ■ ' C!1 /■ !1 SOU tiatiir which there was no appeal. Tfins repulsed in her efforts to counteract, what fche b?lieved to be the dangerous tendencies of liquor, Cynthia made one more appeal. n IllO' fill s 1 shaf bays wid bo lus interrupt vcd Au She s "But you know, father, Dr. Stethyseope prescrilied this for you whenever you were feclin blue and out of spirits," she pleaded, a pretty trouble gathering in her anxious brows. seizing au c it off lier. thia bra and recr nvt m live, young lady?" ieneed a delicious tremor She was seated 011 a fallen tree engaged in loosening an antelope which Bhe had tethered to one of the branches before descending the cliff. The fawn, recognizing an addition to the party in the ranchman's dog, was timid and wary. She finally succeeded in reassuring it somewhat, and with her pet tripping daintily on before and tugging at the confining rope proceeded. Iler companion quietly took his place at lier side. "Something of a scramble, wasn't it?" Cynthia inquired, glancing at him slyly from nnder her drooping lashes, not without a feminine appreciation of his splendid height. nig, tin nt this low ni address. His voice was ud there was a quiet dig- "Dr. StothyscoiKj is a crank and a cussed fool!" returned the elder Dallas sharply, still with averted back. "I kin run my own inside without any advice from him, I reckon. Wot's more," he added, with a grin that disclosed a few lonely arid discolored teeth in his upper jaw, "jest at present I'm not out of sperrits."cneek 1 01 So saying and without pausing for a reply he at once led the way within, followed by Bruce and Cynthia. A wood fire burned upon the ample hearth, the leaping flames roaring and crackling up the great chimney and lighting up the dim interior with fantastic play of light aud shadow. The room was bare and scantily furnish 1; the cc-iling peaked, showing the joinings and rafters of the i-oi. In the center of the rough floor stood a long wooden table already set for the evening meal. A few poor prints, recklessly lavish in coloring and villainously out of drawing, hung uiDon the walls. upon a t of her 1 body upon it manner Cyclones sometimes cross Dakota, spreading desolation everywhere and setting at naught the works of man, but the soil remains rich and full of vigor. Schoolboys even are aware that the cause of all this is the fact that the Red River of the North runs into the arotic regions, and the mouth of the stream does not open till Decoration day. Thus the great valley is flooded, and the alluvium for centuries has made an almost bottomless bottom, if I may be allowed to use this seeming anachronism. PUSHING A GUINEA HEN. Whether Miss Cynthia Dallas on a certain mild February afternoon was at all impressed by any of these sylvan suggestions 1 cannot say. Her untutored mind was as yet guiltless of mythology, and no vision of straying god or goddess, tic whimsical train of nymph and fann, had hitherto invaded her slumbering fancy Yet swinging lightly in a netted hammock within an innermost recess of this spicy vault, just where a slanting beam of sunlight fell full npou her graceful figure, she might well have been mistaken for some wood nymph surprised amid her favorite haunts, so quaint a figure was she, and yet so essentially in keeping with the woodland stillness, of which she seemed a part. She reclined at ease and lazily as the hammock swung noted the soft play of sunlight through the boughs and the trembling arabesques of epvay and shadow. Her hands holding a email leathern whip with deer foot handle were clasped behind her head, at once with graceful and careless abandon. A blond beauty somewhat sun tanned and freckle strewn, her attire a plain blue woolen gown that clung almost tenderly to the charming curves of her figure, but swinging thus, and with a little silver spur upon the shoe of her left foot tinkling as she swung, a fascinating picture certainly for some stumbling Streplion. Miss Cynthia was at present bareheaded. 1 regret that this negligence had be come a habit. There was, 1 believe, a felt something lying on the ground among the pine needles, which, from the fact that it was decorated with a ribbon or two and a gaudy woodpecker's wing at an extravagant angle, may have been once intended for a becoming bonnet. But at the unexpected moment of the .t her futil I p at tl jich—back of the bluff." wield able. ned I Then t "Not you. old. boy," she said kindly. Her voice echoed musicallv down the the lD; :ud t — -but llioycall it is, some do. Hut 11 1 iiu Allhiiles—Buck says it's uvcrtsiin in his votin. They sotuit oil him' for the Demoniac's Cynthia." Da 11a rocks. Above the noise of the rushing waters, above the sighing the tossing pines, it reached the ear of fee hapless wayfarer like a silver bell.  started and swept the sides of the ravine with a surprised and earnest glance Suddenly his gazo became fixed. He had espied Cynthia. To the unfortunate sportsman in the gloomy chasm the bright face peering so curiously down njDon him from its coign of vantage was like an inspiration in the midst of his distress. His fancy transfigured her with all the graces of hope. tory ent hnn He plane d at Mr. Buck Jerrold leaning against the chimneypieee and winked boldly, as if to clinch the suggestion. Cynthia, heaving another little sigh, poured the contents of the tablespoon back into the Ixittle and replaced it in the cupboard with an air of resignation. She then returned to her 6eat in the corner of the hearth between the sleeping dogs. other itopped 8 ui crati .ipon it \ "i" surj muz ). having already expe- Je pair of the average upon hauuel il with pautin jaws Republican in Texas, was not wanting in his appreciation of the woes of the elder Dallas, llowbeit, he made no political C oii]it)' ut beyond a grave lifting of the eyebrows. But the name haunted him. Bruce acquiesced, shifting his gun from his burdened shoulder to a more comfortable position. She regarded him a moment critically. It is a strange land, full of atmospheric and political surprises. The horticultural exhibit at the legislature this year was remarkable. [tcared to he including in one tremendous grin the whole encounter and the A aoor at rne op.xwuo km cr room gave upon the neighboring kite ben. Thence proceeded tlio rattle of cooking atensils and a savory 6team that appealed to the fatigued and hungry sportsman. A few minutes later Cynthia appeared, accompanied by an old negress, turbaned and of middle age, who carried a large brown jiig and a couple of glasses. This was the ebony Amelia, the presiding genius of tho mysterious and appetizing realm she had just quitted. fternoon's iaciden' Thus surprised, Cynthia's resolution vanished before that charming embur- "You're feelin pretty well tuckered now, ain't you?" she finally said as the result of this inspection. Meanwhile Amelia had crossed the room to a point near the lounging Mr. Jerrold and stood listening seriously to the dialogue between father and daughter before proffering her services to him She now performed the same gymnastic feat with the jug and the old man's empty tumbler. Pomology does not do well, as a general thing, owing to the cold of winter. The Siberian crab apple, of which jelly is made, grows here, and the Kamchatkan watermelon. Grain, however, ii the natural product of the country, and in good seasons it might feed the world. With cracked wheat from Dakota and oranges from southern California and Florida, steaks and chops from Texas and the west, French fried potatoes from Ohio and the middle states, corn bread and bacon from Illinois, Iowa and the Carolinas, and coffee made from the split peas of New .Jersey, what a breakfast we could give the world! Guinea eggs fried on one side could be obtained from my farm. The guinea egg is destined at no distant day to become the universal remove for breakfast. If better known, there would be a great scramble for this egg (sic). The guinea hen has never pushed her eggs as she might have done, and other fowls have thus crowded out her handiwork, but I can truly say that it is one of the most durable hard boiled eggs for those intending to visit the open polar sea and carry their victuals with them of which I know. rasiiiu a sometimes overtakes hCDr :»OiuU*. FTir- hia." 1 niCl, repeating it nlow- How da j ou get 3 Cynthia?" The young" man met this direct query with the customary untruth of suffering manhood under similar circumstances. "Halloo!" The reply came clear up to C veyin# the easy self possession of the man before lier. TinD lie oiwvi n muuiout uf iyto yc "Cynthia Dallas. ranch, M She pat her hand to her mouth to assist her voice and shouted down a word of homelv advice: the oar,with "Not Miscynthia, but plain Cynthia," she said, "or Cyntliy, aa father says. Bat I hate that. You can call me Cjn thia." Her ihow t of spray, dropr 1 awkv "Land!" said Cynthia, waving a diminutive hand in protest. "Thet climb isn't a circumstance. I can take you to 100 worse places than thet right here on this river." from her nervous Reckless of the effect t asp into t ■Cfiil "I hain't no nse for it," replied Mr. Jerrold listlussly. not changing his attitude, but permitting his large gray eyes to wander in the direction of Cynthia. "Never havin l»e'n bit yet and bein favored with a right smart appetite and good works gin'rally, I kin jest natch'ally ran myself satisfactory without reg'larly firin up the machinery. Now and then in a matter of business, ef a man don't come to time over a hoss trade or swappin cattle when the facts don't, eo to speak, keep tally with the argymenta, liquor is well - enough to bring conviction. It's a powerful exhorter and convincer of the jedgment, but for ordinary daily livin and dyin I "Throw them turkeys into the river! Don't yon see thet's what's keepin yon back? Make for the shore you've jes" left and go down the bank a little! I'll be down and help yon over with a boat d'rectlv." upon her future rowing, diately overcome with go he i tpanion looked np with a smile a the privilege conveyed by her personal appearance, att just a straggling lock of 1 ratchinsj no her fallen ha emph; '•Tii thia, C "Not with these turkeys on my back if I know it," he remonstrated. She handed a tumbler to Bruce as he stood with his back to the blazing hearth exhaling a cloud of steam in his efforts to act upon the old man's advice, and throwing the jng over the hollow of her elbow by a dexterous movement, of "a black forefinger slipped through the handle stood ready to administer the liquid refreshment. nks lie paid simply. "Well, Cyn- The girl laughed at the suggestion. They had passed through a thorny chaparral and were close upon the ranch. The sound of a violin, on which was being played a lugubrious air, at times bur .-ring into sudden erratic strains, with fitful minors and jarring discords, plainly reached them. The effect was weird and indescribable. qnicKiy on Ikt neau Kit bewitching pi you suppose your father has any bis ranch fur a miserable, tired, Then the bright, animated vignette was gone from his fascinated eyes. Nothing was left l«1 the precipitous wall of the ravine, with It* fringing mantle of hem lock ami pine. ire of c room a half dr vvued hunte r—a 'tenderfoot' we'd ill him, for he was fool enough s horse walk off and leave 1dm 'idd iDr: irie while he was looking He got into the pound 11 times one summer and violated two ordinances and a statute before anybody dared put a hand on him, not wi to a.« better C: to let h: on the 1 that only incr 1 her d fitur The man looked ised. hut Every time he got in the ponnCl it cost ine $10—$10 per pound, as it were. I wanted to call him Patti myself— then I could make a veal patti of him— but the children said no; Mine. Patti was liable at any time to make another farewell visit to America, and she might hear of it. The man on the rock remained for a few moments gaging upward. He smiled with a frank good humor that threw a genial light upon strong features, bronzed on forehead and cheek by exposure and partially hidden beneath a light curling beard, more carefully trimmed than asual on the frontier. Although Itejrriineil and generally disordered from nis recent contact with the river's bed. there was rnneh About his dress to indi- tierstnan. He glanced at t hi of up a lurk, v r« ( "Say 'when,'sab!" sho direct«d, tilting the liquor at r rapid gate into the proffered glass. oar. Then I placed his grin in the boat, and lit' bow clear of the rocks by sheer strength shoved it oft' into the current, Btej in adroitly as he did so. His do;:, ty of Ids kind t, hut the fDDrre of pp'id quit:) ynthia'n en Jtened at«. riosity and sympathy were "Your pony walked off and left you. •lid he? Well, now!" She laughed. Then, as her frontier instincts asserted themselves, there was a little disdain in her he inquired, "Can't you tie "Are you married?" Cynthia inquired abruptly, stopping short in the way and leveling her blue eyes full upon him with steadfast scrutiny. "When!" snid Eruce hastily, glancing at Cynthia over his half filled tumbler. "Sho!" laughed the ebony Amelia, chuckling and favoring the young man with a dazzling dental display in her amusement. "Dat ain't a 'marker' ftD' a young chap wot's jes' Ite'n baptized! H"ah, boss!"turning took! Dallas, who. had been silently regarding Bruce and his protestations against her generosity, "show this gemman wot yon 'lows to be de aberage Texas 'rejubenator.* Dey am no sca'city ob de article!" unff the imitative i'.ic tempted to follow The unexpectedness of this inquiry was too much for the s]KDrtsman. He threw back his head and shouted his amusement. The girl appeared relieved at the action. don't need any in mine," and I reckon I onghter be glad on't.'' young lady's introduction a pet antelope the cowIkv manner a 's hitchV" Having delivered himself to this effect he glanced quickly at Cynthia again and relapsed into silence. Amelia helped herself gravely to the contents of the tumbler, with the remark that she hated to see "sech good whisky lef' like dat clean ont 'n de cold," and then departed abruptly for the kitchen. Cynthia raised lier beautiful eyes to Jerrold and thanked him for his reflections with a smile so sweet and engaging that Bruce, wet as he was, set down his half filled glass upon the mantel shelf as quietly as possible. Then a silence fell upon the little group—perhaps induced by the drowsy warmth and that tendency to reverie promoted by a blazing fire. The snoring of the dogs fast asleep upon the hearthstone was heard distinctly in the stillness.Milk fed veal does not pay the farmer after the sixth year. Kill the calf at the end of the sc?fenth week while the mother is looking the other way and hang the little speckled pelt over the balcony or nail it to the gable of the porte cochere. Calves of high degree make just as good veal as the low born calf. Full blood Jerseys and Holsteins also show the same amount of sense in their early days that the unknown calf does.. It is just as hard to get sour milk on the regular bill of fare with a wild roan calf, whose ancestors may be traced with the greatest difficulty not farther back than two years ago. fawn was attempting tb browse upon it and from present indications meeting with gratifying success. The antelope was assisting his prandial experiments by a vicious attack upon the hat with hia sharp fore feet. A grave hound, seated upon his haunches at a respectful distance, regarded the antelope's sincere efforts with a solemn approval that was certainly flattering. Cynthia, her abstracted eyes still loit in contemplation of the swaying canopy of green above her head or watching through a sudden vista the calm poise of a gray hawk circling aloft in the limitless ether, was rapt and all unconscious. .Suddenly she raised her head with a start. A sharp, articulate cry broke the stillness. The antelope dashed away in sudden panic to a remote corner of the bower, where he stood eying her askance, a few feathers from the gaudy wing still clinging to his mouth. The great hound raised himself with a preliminary stretch and monstrous yawn, as if expecting a departure. only Her companion felt tho implied slur for. hq. colored visibly u«nl«T bis beard. succeeded in- c ng one foot on tin icrrablo L-ate the gentleman. He wore knee boots, well made and of modern fashion. I lis jaunty hunting jacket had a stylish cut and finish, the metal buttons being embossed with trophies of the chase. The hat upon his head wa$ new and of an excellent quality of felt. What was more unusual, it was becoming and seemed in with th®~~nthletic build, the manly face and bearing of the figure it surmounted. The gun he carried was breechloading and double barreled. A cameo ring graced the hand that held it. Altogether he looked the picture of a comfortable ranchman overtaken by embarrassing circumstancgs, in need of nothing so much as a warm fireside and a dash here and there of soap and water. gunwaie. when second, until, f he hung ng in witli a loud "I most have been careless, I suppose, knot slipped," lie replied ujDol- It any rate that's the state "I reckon yon ain't," f he said at length. 'Yon couldn't laugh like thet, I e'pose, if you were. Father says that tune he's a-playin is 'Married Life.' I think it's dreadful. It's one of his own, and he says it's the result of experience. I thought perhaps I'd better give you waruiu. Come in now, and I'll make you acquainted." ' With the guinea hen herself I have nothing in common. Our paths are widely divergent. She can go her way, and I can go mine, but her egg if properly and promptly collected can be made into a light, spongy wedding cake for the table of wealth, or boiled hard by a well trained cook may surprise and delight the maw of the peasant. splash, he began at once to swim after the boat with the usual whines of distress.or else t of the case—no horse, rider wet, tired and hungry, dog ditto. Do you suppose your father can ;jive 6hc-lter for the night to Alcides Dallas stole a quick glance at Cynthia as she sat between the two dogs dozing in the corner of the hearthstone, vfitli one arm around the prostrate Aulus and lier eyes gazing into the blazing grate. Then he stumped eagerly forward.two tr : ~ " ' . J I fev? f ■~-50f.c? stooj "I ret on," said the girl simply. She j pat the dog's wet head comely. "Poor 'Ditto!'" she mur- m. The yolk of a hard boiled guinea egg powdered in a deep soup plate makes a good relish when covered at once with three or four inches of hot green turtle soup. I am trying this on my farmhands this year to make an agricultural life as attractive for them as possible. You ask me what I put on my asparagus bed during the summer, but that is hardly necessary if yon will pause to think of my justly celebrated refrigerator. mured. Then, looking up quickly with vons glance, "What's the name She lifted the latch of a rudo gate, and together they passed into the ranch inclo ""*e. / D'„D A yem* i a miscl: of the c ills himself Henrv Bruce, and he r tramp?" CHAPTER IIL "My shoulder bein a leelle had today wliar I was throw td last spring at the 'roundups,"' he remarked apologetically, his eyes still ujwn the silent Cynthia, ' 'and thet old centypedo bite of five year ago still a-goin fur me at times and contributin to make life a weariness of. the flesh, I reckon a small snifter taken under sich depressin sarcumstances might operate as a blessin in disguise." He paused after this lengthy explanation, put bis tongue in his cheek and looked warily around. There was a dead silence. Mr. Buck Jerrold, who had juat entered stooping under a heavj* load of wood, cast down his burden upon Mosquito valley ranch,' of which you may have heard," returned from tl: An old man with long gray hair and unkempt beard was seated on the door•tone of the ranch playing a violin. A tall, muscular young fellow lounged against a neighboring live oak, listening and placidly smoking. Lost in the rendering of his dismal music, the face of tho performer was vacant and rapt. His oycs had an uncertain wandering gleam, aiid he bent his chin upon the instrument ivDd hugged it close to him with long sweeps of hie bow, as though intent upon the pursuit of some elusive melody that It* fearod might escape him. His knees were pressed close together, and one foot rested on the other, the toes turned inward, with a humorous suggestion that his musical eflforta were demoralizing liis lower limbs. Near theae erratic feet » monstrous river catfish, recently caught and thrown carelessly down, 6tretched it# unwieldy length. m her companion, showing by a humorous twinkle that her sarcasm was appre- These reflections were broken in upon a few minutes later by Amelia, who emerged from the kitchen carrying a big dish of fried catfish and a steaming coffeepot, which she placed at the head of the table. The 'Mcsquite valley ranch!'" exmed Cynthia, with an astonishment of manner that she did not attempt to conceal. "Ye don't say! Well, Henry Bruce, 1 don't reckon you'll have any call to complain of the treatment you'll get from father. Barrin the fact that a ray steer o' yours* gets into our corn and then he hasn't anything to u of." Such was probably his own opinion, for after a few moments' hesitation he acted with promptness and dispatch. He cast the two turkeys into the stream, hardly stopping to watch them .as they were Ijorne away on the rapid current to float to some vantage point below him. Then he looked hurriedly around a second, shivered a little, pushed his wretched dog off tho rock into the water and quite indifferent to the pitiful velp with wliich the favor was received abruptly followed tbeanimal. Alternately wading and leaping f both gained the i ately shaking hit _ clai I have an ice box, too, that I made myself when I was at home during the holidays. I did not do as well as I can do now. Still it keeps the largest and coarsest pieces of ice from coming out. It also keeps cows and grownup cattle out. '• ir- The girl caught tip the luckless bat with a gesture of annoyance and a snap of her whip in the direction of the terrified fawn—a movement at which the bound, with drooping ears and tail, wan stricken into an attitude of eloquent reproach."Not you, old boy," she said kindly, patting his broad head, "but his impudence yonder! He knows it, the cute rascal, and hell hear from me later! Frapa he thinks I'm sittiu up nights makin lovely hats jes' to give him a chance to try his new teeth. Naturally not, I reckon. But, Aulus," she con tin • ned interrogatively, addressing the grave hound, 'Tm sure I heard a noise, old boy, didn't you? What was thet? Didn't you get to hear it?" \c— -//—•' - ■ "Cynthy," said the old man, taking his seat at the festive board without further ceremony, "tell Ameelyer to hurry up with them flapjacks and potatoes. I'm nigh starved! Set down, tyDys, and don't be hanLorin after victuals tiiet's jes' gittin cold aforo yer eyes. Cynthy, you pour the coffee, and I'll rastle with the fish." The dilatory Bttniiger' fore her revealed be bin nov It was made from a recipe in the column of our home paper headed "The Fireside and Spare Room." What I get out of this ice box is what I put on the asparagus bed. Yours truly. Strangely enough, it needed tins pitiful incident to restore Cynthia to her nat- com pi AJ1 at once her thoughts reverted to the ranchman's straying horse. Dumb animals possessed a peculiar interest for the blazing health amid a shower of sparks, and leaning against the chiinncy piece grinned incredulously as he listened to the old man's catalogue of his infirmities. Cynthia sat still between the dogs and said nothing. ural composnri W ith her :dltt 11 for u rock to rocli dumb animals her assurance returned. She leaned forward and glanced boldly Ho was standing Cynthia With this homely introduction he at once attacked the viands. The rest of the company cheerfully followed suit. Later, when the appetite of the voracious Alcides Dallas had succumbed to the abundant supply of catfish and flapjacks, they all re turned to the fire and seated themselves variously about the blazing hearth. After a long interval of gazing at the incandescent coals the old man delivered himself sententiously to this cffect: Dre, the Clos inim If and dfepensii up at t "Won't that poor pony of yours get a whaliu naturally?" she inquired. "] m proct, using the remaining oar ns a par die and urging the boat gratuitous shower that i-fTi ftlj, in pur tiis present address is fi'XiiB, 011 the Wing,' " replied her comanion, with gravity. "On general priniples, yes, 1 think 1 may safely say he'll tave nil intelligent idea later of thecalacity of a quirt. But 1 shall have tlenty of time to consider all that and Hi.ssibly to got" over my temper before! : :;.n. A3 amvliile,'' he added, a shrug of his broad shoulders, feeling a little chilly and very 1 in need of dry clothing. Excuse Cynthia, hut if you could hurry r.i a little and get me home it il lxi better for all concerned." I suppoi wonder where he is now?" He did not cease playing as Cynthia and Bruce approached, bnt quite unconscious of their presence continued waking the echoes of the gathering twilight with his iiendish music. His companion greeted the tfirl with a friendly nod, and quickly detaching himself from the tree stepped toward her. The movement brought the fiddler to himself, who, still playing, turned his body half round, and as soon as his eyes rested upon the stranger stopiDed abruptly, the instrument giving an impatient quaver as the bow fell away from the strings. He stared blankly at Cynthia, but said nothing. D "It's powerful sing'lar. Al," remarked Mr. Jerrold slowly, rubbing his bearded chin and pursing his lips, "how long it do take, natch'ally, to git thet thar centypede pizen out'n a man's unfortunet system when wunst he's be'n bit. You don't peem to hev no kind o' success, although j'ou've be'n pickliu ye'se'f o.f and on for it nigh onto five years. Tbar's Jed Smalley, who allows thet bo got outside o' a clean gallon o' Jim Wily's rat pizen thet time he sot down on one dnrin shearin, an although thet's 10 years ago, an he's signed the pledge sence then, he allows there's days now when the old symptoms gets ahead o' him, an he's obliged to hobble his conscience an take a drink or go clean crazy." drenched his master where the river h forborne. suit of the lost one, which r y 111 the The roan recoiled, opened 1 as if in angry protest, abant1i idea with grimnoss and then loo; ly awav sweep of the current was dr mr rapid "I heard an alarm of fire, I think," h« -- said in the theater, "and I must go out and see about it," Returning after 15 minutes—"It wasn't a fire," he said shortly. "Nor water," said she still more briefly.—Yale Record. Straight. is mc "DC to reckon you lx-lter haul "THOSE ARK BUZZARDS." thet pc quired him. Dr pup in, jeri' naturally?" she infixing her critical eyes upon We are just learning how to keep meats fresh in North Carolina. We killed a large bossy calf three days ago, and this morning we put a pound of him at the root of each grapevine in our little vineyard. wrathfully around for The hound, raising his ears with the droll interest of dogs of that family, walked gravely to the edge of a cliil on which the bower abutted and looked solemnly down. Suddenly his t&il began to wag with lively interest. The girl sprang from the hammock with a lithe activity that left it swinging furiously behind her. Creeping forward cautiously beside him, she gazed below. Far, abrupt and sheer, down the precipitous descent she beheld a man floundering in the rapids. A dog, dripping wet and timorously wretched, was following him. It was the latter which had awakened the interest of the grave Aolus. direct and persuasive in ca that miasOeB were not available, and thai he was confronted by bowlders and tree trunks only, he abandoned a tempo- Finding, as usual in snch t aim burst 'Tfcrui man glanced at her in atna into ;i ringing langk. jjnent ■e hi "It bein a leetle chilly here this evenin"'—in a low, confidential tone, as if in confidence to the glowing embers—"it bein a leetle chilly tonight, I allow thet t f I axed Ameelyer to make a good pitcher o' cggnog it might help matters anC3 obligate the mists of adversity and depression to not so monotonously prevail —that is, if them durned hens liev concluded to lay at all lately. Ye see. we've made a begin nin on thet rye whisky,"' he added, by way of apology. "Ameelyer, wot account liev ye got to give of them perticlder liens?" if vou say so," lio sai (1 rood You ought to have seen those grapevines look at each other. The surprise! The air! The manner to each other, as who should say: 11 er Uaste. natnredly, lift liim in both of us, hiiji in ret' , arresting h Host (to visitor)—Ah, what a pity yon did not come a minute sooner; my wife has just cleared away the coffee! Little Moritz —Yes, and she nearly broke a cup in her hurry!—Deutsche Wespen. rary impulse to impC and bath for ?av with burst into a hearty lansHi dog, a it neat li handsome shepherd, which had mean while fiwaited dissolution with pathetiC with pard cent experience. "H : for raeh f bio irony i "Why recall the past? Why revive iead issues?" resignation, took courage at oik 1 stan rl responded with promptness "Mr. Henry Bruce, father, of the Mesquite valley ranch," said his daughter, with a sudden blush. "He's lost his pony, fell in the river and wants to know if you call take care of him over night." Then the way they began to go up their trellis as far as they could! It was an idea of my own. "All the meat that does not keep perfectly fresh in our new refrigerator," I exclaimed, "shall be put on the crops." Every one remarks, "How well everything is looking on your place!" Farmers used to come quite a distance to talk with me regarding my methods. At first they often remained to dinner, but the roast and remove (which I had happily combined) seemed too much for them. thankfully wagged a dripping tail that distributed a watery benediction upon the surrounding rocks. Then he was apparently rendered delirious by the pros pect of farther advance dry shod aud Ik; came a frolicsome nuisanco, demongtra tive, unduly familiar and generally un bearable. The man interposed a few kicks of his heavy boot by way of com mentary upon this obtrusive pi which was appreciated and had a sab tary e£fec+ it," glancing down at bis dri] and tronsers/'but I thought yc X bw d this i.ppea1 441 r Icon- you're right," she said uid with a sudden blush that becoming. "It's inijjtoy slack J object k#! $rMjJscf.'.! /y®ff .JSW: p Jack—Seen my tobacco pouch anywhere, Dora? Dora—Oh. don't say you want it. Tv just done it up in my back hair as a pa'd —SloT*Drs  YVliere It Was. you s "Don't vou worry about tr returned was verv Cvntl tied t i fr u me t j« so cureless sitlin hero butherilh questions and youjffeezin Hand me thet paddle." A' & $ % f* She passed and whipped lier in you The old man stared again, laid down his bow and fiddle upon the doorstone, extended a heavy hand to Bruce, and after closing upon the latter's fingers and liftiDg his arm as if it haCJ been a pump handle restored them to linn a trifle maimed and without uttering a word. The samo formality was then gone through with the younger individual, whom Cynthia addressed as Buck Jerrold. This gentleman managed to ejaculate "Howdy?" in a tone as mechanical as the previous gesture. 11 Both were in evident distress and endeavoring to effect a crossing by leaping from bo wider to bowlder amid the whirling waters. But the rocks were slippery and moss grown, the current dizzy and swift. All at onco the man'e feet slipped on a treacherous stone, ant' lie tottered heavily backward. lie sal down rather than fell upon his wretchec dog, which was following him closelj with frantic leaps. The animal ntterer an agonizing yelp, and witii a great splast -both dog and man were precipitated intc the angry waters. bespt by w ■t alxiut} pretty ankles 8I10 ] to deat Ti irilI oar that had 1 mi perceived in the bottom Amelia, who was busily engaged clearing away tho remnants of the recent supper, paused at the table in the act of Then, with a t Iiitl out a An Kmbarrasslng Ouestlon. » When oiio has a lionjo entertain, the .animals to the feast should be care- f fully eelect d. Mr. F. Hupkinson Smi4b J pave a rea-vng the other evening at *f fashionable Rochester club, and sereraM men were aeked to remain after the ay dience had departed, eat a rarebit andi make tho acquaintance of the guest of the evening. When the cigars were lighted. Mr. Smith, in response to a request, read his inimitable description of the carving of the canvas back from "Colonel Carter of Cartr-rsville." There wa* a burst of applause when the reading was finished, followed by a moment of silence. Then spoke a gilded youth ol the circle, who asked, "Mr. Smjth, have yon ever published anything«in book form?"—Detroit Free Press. * uitrv gohbJer'll v I had all I cC t on «.;f the I scraping a dish, for all you're this curreut I'll have yon in a jiffy. We're almost 11 ro "Bk'as yo' soul, boss, de hens am all leg'lar! ; I've done got five eggs a day ever sence I fed 'em tliet raw meat." "I wanter know!" said tho old man in It v nip i tuck for awhile ic in or I him, but—1 ortl But here both wer he'd i the 1 diversions by a loud call down the river —that indescribable vocal effort which beat he 1, bed and t e j nit tho paddle behind i dexterous sweep of it Some of our friends suggested that we keep our fresh meats at the bottom of the well, but we might have guests come to see us, and their time might be limited, so we do not keep these things in the well now. 1, indicates a search. Th tnrkc :»ed t ted over gratified surprise, without removing his eyes from the hearth. "Waal, then, yon might beat up about a dozen o' them egga in a pitcher and empty the rest o' thet jug on 'em to keep •'em from spilin. I'm anxious not to get them pains ag'in. P'raps it won't do to keep my supper waitin too long for it." himself as if with re fnlnes, and hurried away over the r man rcc Tet f forget i(; IK it's head to the shore. A iu a sheltered nook, near Her for th uion stakes had been driven bed, was visible a short 1. The expectant Aulus tinel in the shadow of the s that roso behind and •sited them with nervous riong the shore, closely followed by his rst t rCx:c into t river Meanwhile old Dallas had straightened out his legs, crossed them, and with his hands elapsed over his knees was gazing op into his guest's face with a puzzled gravity that lDegan to 1m? embarrassing "Who be ye'?" he finally said, with a doubtful look, putting his hand to his ear, as if he were listening from a remote locality. "Whar did ye say ye kem from?" The girl threw her head back nm laughed long and musically in her sylvar bower. At the unaccustomed sound t mocking bird that had strayed into hei retreat and perched upon a high Hint apparently for rest and meditatior turned his pretty head to one side and listened attentively, as if about to favoj her with an imitation. The antelopt trotted coyly up to her. Aulus, wit! rapidly wagging tail and whimpering muzzle, testified the humor of the catas trophe from a canine standpoint. Ii this sympathetic merriment Cynthia half reclined between her pets, one am; about the hound's neck, the other thrown caressingly around the already forgiven fawn. The mocking bird looked flown approvingly and actually improvised a few bars of bubbling melody by way ol comment. Fnlly three minutes elapsed in this harmonious interchange of opinion. Then the girl crept forward again and peered below. The man had extricated himself from the water and wai •eated, chilly and miserable, upon a large rock in the middle of the stream. gamboling dog. cry of las and applau ed 1 t. 1 ago still a-goin tur tiut at times." "And thrt old centuprdc lilte of five year Life in the country here in North Carolina is full of excitement. CHAPTER II The old man turned, with his glass in his hand, and gazed doubtfully at Buck Jerrold, as if to fathom the sincerity of his remarks. "What are those graceful birds sailing in lip eternal blue over your farm?" askeu a friend of mine the other day who is spending the us at a nominal rate. Cynthia awaited the stranger, was seated in a flat bottomed ljoat wide bend of the river, w' ere the v great 1 Ider "Do Lor!" exclaimed Amelia, rolling her eyes in amazement, "yo' doan' wan' de hole jug o' whisky in dem eggs, boss! Do yo' wan' cook 'em into one paste same as an om'let? One teaspoonfnl to eberv egg, sail—d"t am de correc' propor- It wa le landing place, rand paddle brought ice stepped forward with lis hand arid fastened the that raged above dimpled past her in sullen eddies. Sho liad but lat'ly rowed across, and the oafs, throw down, were beaded and drij had "Thot's so," ho paid gravely them ez lxdievea ye never kin it! Thar's them ez thinks it's j in tlio face of Providence to ever the pledge nrtcr ye've once lDe'n bit. Tiie train of infirmities and worryment thet an ablebodied centyjx'de kin let loose furevermore on an r.iifortunet critter's distracted inside i.s too harrowin far argymint."muli it over st flvin "Those," said I, "you metropolitan ass, are buzzards. They were at the depot and saw me get my new refriger- n carelesslj DpiriK. Witt iinj Wltf] aized hardly had the bow hen the clumsy hound w, and after greeting tion The method in vogue in New YC half a century ago was for the li the family to remain at home, n they do now, while the gentlemi' abroad visiting friends. The vis tered, shook hands, took a seat, cc for a few moments, and after part refreshments—of which boned tuj pickled oysters were the staple d sherry and whisky the most popul. —had another handshaking and te the visit. The custom is of Dutch New JrtjHrS Fifty Years Ago maiden reckl lenly and prat Bruce was about to reply when Cynthia interposed and repeated her previous remark more emphatically. "He's lieen playin, ye see; he gets so far over yonder thet it takes liiui a long time to get back," she explained. ator." Still in no « shock of lundini little craft 1 ■  ed to lift 1 it him 1 S3 W1 h nnc ;outh caresses l»e-inof the stranger's apparently unsat-1 a low growl, and I hate a man like that. He knew just as well as I did that they were buzzards. suxl pftt to the 1 With I in 1 :irried hei Second—The farming lands of North Dakota are the richest wheat lands on the race or the earth, me i-tea river vaney, so often referred to as the Nile of the western continent, * overflowed each year, millions of acres being covered with water and debris, which enrich the deep black soil to a remarkable degree. The author visited the state of North Dakota in April pf this present year and can truly say that this rich valley of the Red river overflows each spring unless this season was unusual this year. This makes the wheat land very rich, but has an opposite effect on railroads. The hotels, too, suffered a great deal. And so did the guests. There were two or three cities where the best hotels had been flooded with water. First the barber came up stairs and opened in a sample room. Then the electiicity, and the to possible guardian. She—Whatdi recent t to the str »ack and neck began jo 11: t old man stern, her hunds t her alert eyes gl;i 1 in ' • Been—in—the—river—and—lost—his —horse!" the elder Dallas finally ejaculated slowly, as if a light was breaking in upon him. Then lie nibbed liis hands together and chuckled sofily to himself turning his head to 0110 side and closing his eyes as if there was something very amusing in the recollection. "Waal, waal! Ef thisyer state ain't gettin swamped with tenderfoots my name ain't Alcides! Lost bis hoss—let it walk off and leavo him!" he repeated, chuckling again. "Ye might build up a bustin tiro in that tliar grate, Buck, and thaw him out, I reckon," pointing to the open hearth within. "Ye kin do that much." But here the lmmor of liis reflections infected even his own sepulchral gravity, and the corners of his mouth twitched; ho turned his back on Cynthia, permitted Amelia to fill bis glass to the brim, and covering it with his whole hand so that the amount of his indulgence was concealed from bis audience tossed the draft of! with surprising facility. Ho returned to his seat apparently refreshed. down the hank in C ilthf rl, tapping lie—Oh. to. keep her money in the family I suppose.—Life. the appro; the paddl Aren't her to greater formali usual, for she had donned the t hat. It now proved to be si felt, the brim of which had bi np at one side and garnished with a ribbon or two and the wing already men tioned—a poor substitute in feminine eyes, doubtless, for the exquisite follies oC civilization, but worn timid her preeenl ,nd \ An Explanation. I 1111; id I'd and became abject had already taken a "I am gettin die coal dealer g quite heavy," remarked New Year's day, 1859, is of historic portance. At the reception held at louvre on that day the few words adressed lDy Napoleon III to the Austrian embassador resulted,in the famonthe summer of that year whir the map of Europe. ply a :ot and (r securing 11 ca present c h a f I her thrown the ,boulder. lie was Cynthia stopped, "You don't look it," rejoined the-sar castic person. "Haven't you lDeon weigh iug yourself on your own scales?"- -Wash two in t ington Star Cynthia now noticed tliat he carried a gun, the barrels of which had been filled with water during his recent immersion. He was occupied in emptying the fowling piece, squeezing the water from Us drippiqg clothing and regard- of tl fC r the moment for- J him hia Cynthia roso at once with a sigh, and repairing to the closet returned with a large tablesjioon and an ominous looking bottle. The Paris boulevards present liest time of selling and buying. the vender in his wooden stall cryii * his cheap wares, so many for a cei. franc. You can have your fortune for two cents, or your pocket picked « nothing. surroundings with a picturesqucnosa and dash that were not without their charm. Beyond her the dark river, flowing with its slow but irresistible current, swept calmly on its way. The faint green of 5 amazo- I'ores In a Frog'» Skill. nCr t •red her i in t The gentleman re- A piece of frog's ckiu not larger in dlam eter than the rubber tip on a lead pencil has more pores In it than there are meshes in the mosquito nettingon a screen door.-- Cincinnati Times Star. with laughter The man turned tli grave courtesy; then he nip little hand which she ex- "Now, father," she said, standing before him and looking anxiously into his his back upon hia dog with manifest ills gust. As soon as it was safo to do so h took the Bruce, who had listened to the commentary of the elder Dallas upon his tended to him fmnklv. and she leaped facej "it's time to take the 'counter irri