The Bryan Daily Eagle. (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 245, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 12, 1897 Page: 2 of 4
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.-Yli ASTKAL IlQilAlSTE.
.r 1U:Y we'd l think
the happiest couple
It was ever my
good furtune to
m 1 1 Margaret
and Paul Fischer.
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i ineywereso
f 1 completely absorb-
V 1 1 "ch other
that they seldom
r took the trouble to
become acquainted
with strangers not feeling the need
l cuiiipauiuiihUp. Hut aa Rood lurk
would have It they did allow me to
(tu tu ore tti'iu nd when I hud
known tlum long enough to dare to
rpfafc on personal matters I remarked
upon the perfect harmony that ex-
isted between thera. Then Margaret
told me their Ury; aud this ll tht
romance as the gave It to me:
"I will tell you my tide of th story
and then Paul ran ton you hta.
"As you may have discovered I have
dabbled somewhat In orrult matter.
1 have alwaya been a natural musician
and 1 play without difficulty any piece
of mimic which I may pick up al
though I hare never taken a lesson or
'practiced' one hour during my life-
time. When I waa a child I had only
one playmate be waa a little older
than myself and 1 waa satisfied If I
eould bide away somewhere and wait
for blm to come. The peculiar part of
the matter waa that no one elae waa
able to aee him. and aa for myaelf
never knew where be rami from nor
did I ever aee blm until I looked up
suddenly and found him beside me.
Another peculiar fact waa that be al
waya carried an odd Instrument
s'milar to a barp and wt would lit aid
ty aide for houra be playing I lltten-
leg entranced until auddenly the mu
etc wou'd cesse and I would ook up
to And the player gone. Then 1 would
go Into the bouae and play the muile
over attain on the piano. Thlt went on
J'T years and people considered me
'queer' if not quite rraiy.
"I never could talk with my play-
mate became be used a language
which I could not understand. Aa 1
grew older I drifted away from blm.
Other affairs filled my mind and It waa
but seldom I would have a vision In
which the same form always appeared
but seeming to grow older even aa I
vss.
"I began to study occult sciences
when 1 waa about IS yeara old. I
attended spiritualists' eeaneee and
fnally took up the study of theosophy.
Never however had I received a so-
railed 'test' and any deductions I
tnade were of necessity founded upon
the experiences of other people.
"One nlgbt after I bad attended a
meeting. I sat down by the table at
borne and. Idly picking up a pencil
started to draw a portralt-I who bad
never In my life been able to draw a
straight line. The picture resulting
represented a young man with dark
eyes and hair comled straight bark
from a wide high forbead. Tbe fea-
tures were delicately molded and tbe
mouth waa partially covered by a
mustache." (Mere she looked admir-
ingly at her husband and then resumed
the thread of her narrative). "He
set med 21 or 24 years old and was de-
cidedly handsome. Underneath the por-
trait I waa Impressed to write: This
la Taul . You will soon see his
fare.' I waa told soon afterward that
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VA3 IXTROIH'LXU
Taul Fischer was a spirit and waa the
asms little boy with whom 1 had been
acquainted In my childhood. I was
told also mat he was born In Alsace-
liorrsine and had never been outside
of bla own country I treasured the
portrait I bad obtained. It had a great
fascination fur me but so much or
copied my thoughts that 1 had no
time aa a rule to think much of the
original. Six years passed by and I
found It necessary to go to a strange
city. I reached the town early In the
morning and hunting up a boarding
house at once I settled down for a
good rest before'conimenclng tbe busi
ness which bad brought me to the
place.
"As I was going to dinner that night
I came face to fce in the hall with
I'aiil. I tartsl and so did he. Then
with. 'I beg your pardon madam. be
tood aside to allow nie to pais. 1 was
t o much disturbed to be able to eat
much and I felt his eyes were watch
Ing me all the time so I sunn 1 ft the
table.
"In the evening Mrs. Porter the
woman at whose house I was staying
knocked at my door and anked me to
come Into the parlor. I hesitated but
int and was Introduced to 'Paul
Flsi her' the man of my dreams the
riaa of tbe portrait. I reconlr"d the
fiire the voire. I lie way In whlrh the
hair was arrarted In fnet. every de
tell corresponded with my precon
reived Liens of how he would look
Hut n.y head was In a whirl. My Paul
Fischer was supposed to be a spirit.
but this Paul Fischer was decidedly
material.
"It was Jtut ore wck before the
problem was solved. I do tint Intend
o solve It for you Paul will do that.
To ni.tke ninttiers short however I
will ssr t:it I found that he was mv
Paul FIm In r. It was JoM one month
from the time I net him tinill we were
rr.nrrl.l. On on' woddirg d.-iv Paul
brought nut a portfolio anil KsVerf n-e
to took (brouirh It and tell Mm what
I thought of bis drawings. The first
st ert I plikrd tip showed a portrait of
rev self. I w ar. represented slMlr.tr at a
l-l'i 4' : 'r. s ffa hd and the
!s'e nn the mill.' OC wM"H T b'l
it. ne my r ret ar.d only drswln x
jc.r before. Lut ThoI must !r!I you
r etir? m
"When I waa a little boy in the
old country (1 was born In Alsace-Lor-vHlne)
people regarded me a being
'very peculiar.' I would warder off
by myself for hours where no one
could find me carrying my hajp along
"id when I returned I would have a
picture In my mind of a little brown-
yl. brown-haired girl wlic listened
to rny mimic nnl e.....i.l everv-
tblrg whirh I played upon fn Instru
ment different from any 1 had ever
'cn. I know now it in. a tdano. hut
then I bad uo knowledge emrernlng
It. Sometimes I woulet t.sva lone
fainting spells and while I was un
conscious would babble awty about
the little maid who c iuld not under
stand what I said because she talkrd a
different language from my own.
l-wally it began to be whlapered about
that I was possessed of a dv!l and my
father was forced to stud me away In
oruer to protect me.
"I came to America when I was IS
years old. and. going to the far west
I amassed quite a fortune. 1 did not
" the friend of my childhood so fre
quently as I grew older because In
creasing wealth brought Increasing
cares and I had no time to make the
customary visits. Still once In awhile
the old 'fainting spells' would come
over me and when I returned to con
sclouaneis I would bring with me the
memory of a smiling face and gentle
brown eyes a face that seemed to
grow older with my Increasing years.
"One night I sat In my room late.
As I supposed I fell asleep but when
I awakened I found before me tke por-
trait of a young woman who waa alt-
ting beside a table sketching and the
portrait she hsd finished waa of my-
svr If. I put the picture carefully away
taking It out at long Intervals In order
to familiarize myself with the fea-
tures for I felt that sums time some-
where I should meet her.
"One night about six months ago I
was late In leaving the office and upon
reaching my home 1 brrted down to
the dining roam. In the hall I came
far to fact with Margaret the friend
of my childhood the sweethesrt of my
dreams. I rould not eat I was too
exelted and I begged Mrs. Porter to
(all the newcomer Into the parlor to
Introduce us. The longer I talked
with her the more convinced t became
that she was the one woman In all the
world whom I could love was furi-
ous to And out whether a had any
conception of the peculiar circum-
stances which drew me to her and I
questioned her adroitly In regard to
the matter.
"Then ahe who had puuled her
dear little head In valo over the mat-
ter told . me all her experience and
when we compared notes we decided
that aa heaven bad meant ua for each
other from the beginning there waa no
reason why we should wait for our
happiness. 'So we were married and
lived napplly ever after' as they say
hi the fairy stories.
"Now I myself do not pretend to
give an exesJsnatlon of thla. but Mar-
garet who baa studied these matters
closely says that my astral body must
have detached Itself from the material
form and sped across the sea to join
her drawn by some Inexplicable In-
visible attraction. Thai may be the
rase U Margaret says so I am willing
to accept it as truth. Hut thla I do
know. She Is a dear sweet little wom-
an the sweetheart of my waking and
sleeping hours my alter ego the cen
ter of my universe."
FLAGS FOR UNCLE SAM.
For more than thirty years the fUga
whirh our ahlpa and men-of-war have
flaunted all over the world have been
niude In one suite of room.i at tbe
itrooklyn navy yard.
It Is the bnsl of the department that
the workers turn out Units better male
than thoe obtainable In any other po--tlon
of the glolie. Not only are Amer-
li un tlixxo made but flaps of nil nstion
for eai ll w archill Is required to he fit
ted out with a flag of iery nation
which sends ships upon the sea. James
Crlmmlns the foreman knowi more
ul out flu than any i-ne e in tbe
world. He welshs the bunting testa
the colors measures the stripes euts
the rloth. carves out the stars and In
spirts the sewing.
The department reserved for the
ineaeurement of the flaga resembles a
glgantltc tennis court only In place of
white lines the flixir Is Inlaid with
strips and plate of brass. The meas-
urements of the flags must be nerfe. t
The floor la so good and so large thit
the semi-monthly balls of the officers
stationed at the llrooklyn yards are
hel3 In the room.
Some of the women who sew the
flags together hsve worked for fifteen
yesrs. Machinery and electricity hsve
done awsy with the necessity of sew
Ing the flags by band but the women
who sew on stars are expert needle
women. A certain number of slid h-s
Is allowed to one Inch and only care
ful hands ran do the work. Cutting
out the white stars Is Interesting to
watrh. The foreman folds the cloth
twenty time places a metal atar ou
the pile and marks the pattern. Thru
with chisel and mallet he ruts out a
w I: tile sr.owT of stars at once.
The flag used by the navy have to
endure frost and anow rain storms snl
hlaxlng suns and therefore great rare
Is cxercb'ed In the choice of goods nnl
Coloring and many testing devices are
Hied before choice Is made of cloth.
Obs a' Thase Straus llspprBlns.
A good one is bclr.g told on a Chica
go num. A rew nays aj;o. the story
goes. he reie's d a photograph from his
girl In anothir town. The rlM bad
wra ped the picture In a piece of news.
pupcr on which was printed the ad of
a stove firm. A portion of the paer
adhered to the picture and the youi.it
man wan very much s irptlsed to ace
staring at htm on the face. In bold.
large type the words "See the nr.tiie
CO the leg."
A I'oor Kale.
'Kcmenibcr my son that early to
bed and early to rUe makes a man
fcealthy and rvaUliy and wise." "It
tnat fie reason the farmers are the
richest rises cf peop'a In the Ballon!"
UdiacapuIU JeuaT-lL
sfJNY AND WHEEL RACE.
And tke Wtatra.ra 11.4 Ackaewl
trig Theslr Defeat.
"Before the p-op. knew as much
about blrycles as they do now" said
the man who baa lived pretty much
all over tbe clvllited world according
to the Detroit Free press "there wer
soma funny thins hannened. I'll
never forget what oicurred while I waa
visiting a friend of mine ruilng a
rqn.h up in North Dakota. A young
college boy on a vacation came
through th(We on a wheel the lira!
on the cowboys had seen. Their cm-
nierts on the machine were amusing.
" 'Winder If the thing buc ktr ask-
1 one. 'Rope a steer from that saddle.'
grinned another 'an' he'd throw you
so far you'd never know where you
lit.' 'Wouldn't ke much good In In-
jun fighting. declared an old-timer
and a trim-looking young fellow thai
waa the dude of that ranch announced
disdainfully that he rould go farther
In a day on his brow ho than the young
fellow eould do In a week.
" "Tell yeu what I II do. Dick' I said
to the boaster. 'I'll bet a hundred
that be can rover fifty miles on his
bike In lers time than you ran on
your pony.' I was snapped on every
hand even my frleil expressing a
willingness to tap my pile on that
same proposition. I scrommoduted
(hem all aa far as possible and the
rue was arranged for next day. The.
send-off waa like a Ftourth of July
celebration. A flying stsrt was mads
over a straightaway course over a
well-known trail twenty-five miles
and return. Pick was In bla gayeat
attire and when my friend gave tht
racers the word there waa a fusillade
of revolvers mingled with yells that
mint have reached the nan at tht
turning post. Of course Pick forged
ahead at the dart and bla partlsani
were Jubilant railing at me till my
watch and pin went up agalntt theli
accepted valuation. Thlags bad quiet-
ed down and we bad done a lot ol
smoking so that the time seemed
short when w taw my favorite com-
ing on hit wheel at though an electric
motor Was supplying the power. II
Was a hunied-up scorcher and no
mistake. There waa a atron.-: disposi-
tion to question his claim of having
gone every Inch of the route but when
Dick came In. his mount In a com-
plete state of collapse and Dick with
both bands In the air thove bla head
the crowd willed gracefully and I had
enough to buy a half Interest In tht
rareh."
"WHERE WOULD YOU BECIN?"
Forty-two persons who had resided
for three months or more In rollegt
settlements thus coming Into contsei
with the very poor were recently
asked: "What reforms or changes havi
you eome to feel are most urgent and
most practicable and where would voi
begin?" In tbe Publications of 'hi
Church Boctal t'nlon the replies art
tummariied aa follows:
First and universal comes Improved
housing of the poor; In quick succes-
sion follow tbe organisation of labor
the eight-hour movement playgroundi
aud parks. Improved rchools and schoo
lawa municipal reform persuasion ol
the poor to have smaller families tradi
schools public hatha the Introduction
of poetry Into the Uvea of the poor
Income tax coffee houses rooking and
srwlng obligatory In public schools ie-
gcneratlon of the upper classes roil-
tcmera' leagues the Inculcation il
thrift free silver munlcipallxatlon ol
railways snd lighting temperance re-
form twrat-shop regulations and di-
rect relations work.
"ome of the tirgeitr are ratni
prneial and some are a tilde absurd
yet the list has Its ioo-s. It proves foi
instance that lntclliKent and slncei
people t:;ay hoiiftly dlff r conc-ernim
the solution of the problem of poverty
and the dlsagri emetit only Itiiik-c out
the truth that there Is a diversity if
needa. well as "diversity of gifts"
and that ary and eiery poFcclon cm
SC. nmpllshnient may be so used at tt
brhten the lives of the unfortunatra
Quits as Imixirtant aa the question
"Where would you begin?" la anothri
Irqntry which conscience must forr
upon every thoughtful rltlien: "Will
you begin somewhere?"
Vihera It t'aaae la.
Pluejowls Yes I am ery fond ol
the variety stage and think I'M stlcg
to It. Foo'.lichta-Yet you are hardly
a variety actor. The sketch you put
on U quite "legit." Illuejowhi -Quito
o. but I get my salary rrgulr.ilr and
tftat's where the variety comes In.
Tcwn Toarrs.
WOMEN AND MEN.
There is a l&-year-old widow at Cov-
ington Ky. The girl waa married a
year ago to a It-year-old boy all tht
parents consenting. Her husband died
a few daya ago.
Franchettl. the banker-composer U
building an opera house at bla country
seat where he ran have hla own worki
performed without subjecting them tc
the Judgment of manrgrrs.
President Harriets of lluatrmala wai
edusnied in f.ils country aud la a grad
uate of Yale. He dec tared himself dic
tator to protect the In'crecia of for-
lasers in nis country anu la anxloui
to have American capital develop it.
Mrs. Charles Stewart I'arnc II widow
of the I1UI1 leader la about to take u
her residence at Trematon rustle nw
Plymouth. Trematon castle wai
formerly one of the gnat houses l
Cornwall. Only the ruins of the thl
teeiith rentury restle remain the pre
rnt house being of quite modern roa
at ruction.
Mar-rile I!ereni;er the most beauti-
ful model In Pails who has declared
her Intention of posing In tbe (uturt
for none but American artists la 1
slight brown haired blur-eyed slip o(
a g rl. with a l.mltVn flours. Tht
rhlef charm nf her face lies In Ita pm
x'.lng contrasts In the daiplea thai
come and go with every breath; In tht
eyes that never even In her gayest mo
nirr.ti. lose a certain look of arpeaHrte
sorrow. She poueaart the rye of
Mater Dolorosa and the Hps of a P-a
cbaote Etta la besvutifu svllax. '
jTOKX;
AS EMF bf TOKXAIK).
MAKES ITS APPEARANCE OVER
N EWcLEAN9.
i r
Ita -ealrlfa(a Aellea Ceases
Lift at the li7frY sad rrs a lss
tickL-rolloaaa b Mass "
af Hal.
e 1 n a ru;n i"
iiotncnon nic-t Hi
eyrs uf tlnwe rixl
burghers of N'
Urleant ssyt the
Tlmcs-lie'.i c-".t of
that rity vhcire
gare happen) d to
be diricted alty
ward at hal'-pal
two o'rlock yester-
day afternoon.
t
Some exrltedly railed out that It wai
a cyclone others called It a water-
spout and stll others dubbed It whirl-
wind and torirado. Whatever It Wis.
It was at all events very active ahd
menacing for a quarter of an hour and
kept a large portion of the community
In painful suspense until A dlssppear-
ed. The whstever-lt-was appeared
dramatically over Use Umtchartraln.
darting down In a lurid sulphurous
haie and hanging like a great blue
black Ic icle from a heavy bla k pall t'f
cloud. Although a great instance from
the center of the edy It could been
aeen that the cloud cylinier waa re-
volving at a terrific clip In apace. For
a while It hung gracefully pendant
then by force the centritugal action be-
gan to lift at the bottom until It bad
assumed the shsne of sn eno:mout
sickle thrutt down angrny from hesv-
en. resdy to mow away all before It.
The next change was one of graduil
dissolution the tall curling Ub tud
then flying off at right angles to ti e
eaatwarq in thin black vermlculate
streamers like makes. At one time '.a
. 1. . i ..... 1 1 f
cue piucess 01 aissoiutlou It looked SS
If It were going to reform but of a
sudden gave over the Idea and melted
away l:i space much at a C'eudlrt dcet
In tbe blue of a summer day.
The local weather observer althoutt
he had not himself aeen the pbennme-
nou Mid that from the descriptions he
had beard the vermiform appendix to
the big gray cloud waa Identical wl'h
the western tornado. The meteoric
conditions however wire si.cli that
the stotru cjuld hardly have done
much damage. Iievastntlon by to-n..-
does It alwaya arcomnmilcd by very
low barometer Jl1 St) or III "d dc gre. s
while there was a high barometric
area over thlt sect Ion yesterday. Hud
the rloul reached down to the carh
It might have upset a boat or over-
turned a houne rr two but as there was
little or no forward motion the dam-
age would have been confined to .e
space of a few hundred feel.
Aa soon as the cloud had dlf-olved
or drawn bark Into the big nimbus
Irom which tt was born hravy showers
of rain fell from opposite ends of the
mother cloud snd soon cleared the a'.-
Biosphere. Tarkaj Mala aa kaesea Mr la
IL U. Tolrr was probably the mil
dest msa In SedgwUk county thla
morning and when he left home he
lolil the boys to kill every turkey Mrs.
Toler had on her farm at Tolervllle.
Mr. Toler Is a good eater on moat All
orraalona but what he particularly
likes Is a good ripe cantaloupe. Last
fall 8enator Ptlfrr sent him a parkagi
of seed from a Tennessee cantaloupe
that the senator said would make Mr.
Toler's mouth water whenever he
thought of thttn after he had oore
eaten them. The former owner of
Ashland Wilkes and John R. Gentry
and the present owner of Myron Me-
Henry planted hla cantaloupe seedi
and hoed them carefully. He pulled
every weed that he thought was near
enough to rob those rantaloupes of a
drop of moisture and last Saturday
Mr. Toler had about seventy-five of the
finest rantaloupea he had ever seen.
He figured that they would begin to
get ripe In about ten daya. List Sun-
day he saw an old turkey ben leading
her brood down to hit melon patch and
be thought they were looking for bugs.
This morning he went down to vlw
bla cantaloupes and found that the tur-
key hen had eaten a hole In every mel-
on and picked out all of the seed for
the little turkt to eat. Wichita llra-
ron. lr.al.tnl Had Himself Anywhere lis.
A man far gone In drink railed one
night at the pirls morgue and In reply
to the astonished official In charts said:
"Pvs not been home for the last three
rays and I've Ju.it railed to see If I
happen to he here." Solell de 1)1-
r.itnche.
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A Taaat HatraaaeW
"I with said the unhappy prrsplr-
tag mtn "that I could find Hat little
boy." "What ItMe uoyr "The oue
who threw snowballs t me last wliv-
tsr. I'd like (0 lorjlvt gins. -Wash-
taftcm tFiar i
fell
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A RrX'UN'T PIIKXOMKXON IN KOl'ISIANA.
TrSALINO A BIO STEAMSHIP.
Aasasat Carrie
Arsnsge
I'aal t t.-"" "
All the ship of lb. transatlantic
imesnrecoaM by practically lhea.ni.
c!. mchod. Ilsrge. of about Ml ton
rau rlly are brought alongild f Hi'
.! boom are rigged aud. I taekl.
curdled by a donhey engine a
biitkcr. arc loaded to the barge fll Ire
U f...r men with -h""'". ' 0'""'
ld a projectlnr pu.;or- -
n-.r'. dump thi bucket and eh.."! tin
roaltiito . port hole. It I.
by other nun aud a...w away In lh-
sblp'a ImiiWcrt. Five and a half
Je tucket ...d. tspia. ton an
y by count of the burkele I. h
only r.rd! show hw much e-'l hi
. l erl.ast.keuaU.nl. In roa In
tine 4 nun are frnpi"- ...
.ii.. The averaR amount
of coal
bunkered It J.W tons
the time re-
t I.)
of
... nnlna.l Snd III)
dw it aucnii iv
qilireu uf
t ..( cs. 1..11I sverate rort or tut
and
ntiurs suw - ...
work Is It.' i'- Th'tf flKr
varying only with the coal ron.ump-
tlon of the ship will sppiy '"'"
els of the other trans-.tia.inc
Kffort to rclitee thle expense baa beri
produ-tive of many IngHil-mt merhar.
leal devli es and the wqu.rj
raised why none of these are In geii
eral use. The answer Is given In thi
statement by a representative 01 on.
of the transatlantlr lines: "We havi
had many offers to d.llernal to out
steamers tt the rate of anywhere froix
iui m i w torn per hour but what la tni
uw wh.n we ran net lake rare of II
sr.v faster than we do now. in a mod
ern thlp fuel fast be stored wherevei
liKm Can be found that Is Dot require
... .v.itiM lor other purposes to
ft-until '' fcelvrd on Kard faste:
than ll ran be ttored sway In the buna
ers. which. In the rase of a nioderi
liper. Is at the rate of about one snt
one-half tont per man per hour. Mon
ptltj'ltlve mthods prevail In fortt c
Irtf Importuuce than those at eltli"
end of ire Atlantic lln't. In the Wer
Indies ccallng It almost exclusive!)
dc re by nrgro women who pour In l
C-aseless str am over the rang plank
each rirrylng about 1( pc.uncis of roa
In a basket poised on her bead. I:
Mediterranean porta the work is dom
by men insteei of women but (or thi
most pan. with itie same primitive !r.
strunieuts-shovel nj basket.-c.
s!i r's Magatlne.
A NICE DA V.
II
the tied Maa raatiJ
a Xnaat
Sallot.
There Is a Forest enue fatker win
do. snt believe In allowing his charm
Ing daughter to enciue the .Mention
of young men bcfoie e Is 111 )rari
old eya the IVtrt.lt Pree press. An!
tl.ere Is a young man who Is equall
determined that the plana of the oJ
gentleman shall be outwitted. iut tht
yrr.ngster rame to grief one day last
week and only the kindly words of tht
unquauneti disaster. Tte young fel
low had been rautlout .bout beln
around the house when the old mac
waa there particularly on Sunday
when of all daya. tbe old gentleman
coLtldered that young men and women
ahtuld meditate at home alone. U n-
happily thla Sunday evening papi
didn't go to church and aa bla dearly
beloved daughter and the young mat
came toward the homestead he wai
reading a paper. The lovers real lice!
the delicacy of their position but botr
bolstered up their faltering rouragt
and approached the domicile. K01
want of anything better to say thi
young man observed that It would b
a beautiful day tomorrow. The oil
get.tleman looked over his eyeglasses
and his paper and apparently Intend
Ing to crush bis young friend at oni
blow he broke forth:
"Nice day eb? Well I guess young
msn. the Urd will take rare of thai
without any help from you. Youni
men should be In ehurch Sunday nlghl
Instead nf railing on young ladles and
peculating whether tomorrow will It
a nice day or a bad one. That's wha'
I think about It."
All the youngster's Ideas of pleasant
days vsnished and the sunset in thi
west was only a light flush compared
w 'th the deep red on the checks of tht
girl. Hut mamma helped out just s
little while ('emerge waa contriving t
r treat that would not lie utterly g.
nomlnluus.
"Yes George" said mamma ")
think It will be a very nice day."
"Its getting rsther rlondr though
remarked C.eorge. aa he turned dis-
comfiture Into fsrctiousnrei for a mo-
no nt and glanced from papa's fare to
the clear sky.
Aa tipaasl.e Waaf.
Cumio "You say that yon bought
thla delightful country home for a
song?" Cawker "Figuratively speak-
ing yea. Ita price approximated thevt
of a loug ty FatU." Datrslt Fret
FrwaA.
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST
TO
ACRICULTUniSTS.
Sam t'p-ta-Iiate lllals Alcoa Calllva-
Hon af the Moll anil lelils Thereof
llnrlh-allara llllraliara aad tlotl-
rallara. MrsleHncia llarn Ilrath
UK Rural New
Y'orher bus been
roll Ytlug and pub-
lishing eiperlallCet
i .
on mysterious barn
fires among which
appear the follow-
ing: While at a so lul
gathering reieully
the question at
to queer origin
quietly atarted.
discussion on the
ft
15
s
t
fire i wai
the free
subject by
those present brought
itartllng and unex-
out many
perted facts bearing on tue sunject.
The Intelligent hostess related this In-
cident: "My father waa a great amok-
tr. lis smoked In his barn and out
of his barn and In all the farm build-
lugs. Though repeatedly warned of
the danger of entering the barn with a
lighted pipe In his mouth he gave but
little heed. One Sunday mornings at
he wai preparing the team fo- the reg-
ular rhurch tervlre. he noticed a thin
column of smoke Issuing from between
the crackt of the barn floor. A hasty
eiamlnatlon revealed a Are well start-
ed In the straw and chaff that bad
lifted down through the rratka. Ol
course he soon put out lbs fire and
wai funk enough to tell ut all about
It and admit that. In all probability
a roil of fire hal rolled unobserved
I y blm from hit pipe and fell through
the nark and Ignited the rhsff. Had
bt failed to dll.ovtr tht Ore Jast at lit
did. Ibe barn snd all Itl CoUrtitt
would undcuhttdly. have been de-
IroyeJ t tbt tntlre family wert Just
ready to ttart fur church. At father
ut'.t-n tmukrd with bis pipe nearly up-
ti le down wc all believed that to I . j
tht irut or.glu of tht fire." So 1- i
tht Intell'grnt reader obrerve th's fact
It the Ore bad remained undiscoversJ
B'ltll they wers sway to rhurch Ihe
barn would have bern "mysteriously
turned" .nd tbe finger of suspicion
would have been pointed at sc. ins un-
lurtuuate wretch who though he
might have plmty of tins of his own
la bear yet would be entirely Innocent
of this irjdeaarved approach. Aud II
auulj be something too that he could
tot shake off fur the whispered sus-
picion It a dark shadow that may ding
to a pert.cn fcr life observed by
everybody but himself. 80 much fur
the pipe.
A young woman then cast this ac
count: -a friend of mine left hit lan
tern lighted In the bars one evening
to aid him Jo put out hla horse when
kt returned lmrlng his abssnre the
barn was burned and with ll a horse
kuigiet. harnesses robes etc. The
carcass of tht horse that was burned
was found In a pirt of tbe bsrn quite
distant from bla stall. It was. of
course very reasonably supposed 'that
tht burse got lutase and. la wandering
about tht barn overturned the lautern.
snd thus tet the barn on ere" Al-
though there wai no great mystery
about the origin of thla Are. It drvel.
oped ! d for thought for. on further
inquiry tbt fart .s brot ht to Ii.m
that though there wai a considerable
insurance 00 the barn tht comnanv
'"" i'cuscu is pay it 00 the
ground or rrlinlual carelnest.
Another member of the ml. nr..
aid. "I id my lantern down upon the
btrn fl mr. where there was cunsidr.
aide hay scattered about. A Umi.
I .alk of tht Lay ran up through one
01 me rounj bol.- the p-.j.. .
nc-ath the globe and touched (he
bl.ne. I put u qi).i ku bj
1 l.ot noticed It as I l.-ft the lirn
woull dowl.tc .s haie b.-er n:i st. ri..
ly burned." So mil h for the Uu;-rn
The g.i.ial h..t then rclv.-d the n..'
extraordinary Instance tint h.ia eer
come under my icoti.e. While r;
Ing with a friend at q-iite a cl!t!f
from home" said he. sudden snd
V.lc nt norm rame up an.l a r
wr.ti the owner's permission. Into a
wayside birn. which afforded conven-
ient ihclt r from the roplom talnfall
which followed. While there t!
hor.0 Ml to eating hay front the side-
of the mow. and pulled considerable
liner oeneatn bis leet.
toward the horses head wt saw htm
drop a blailng match from his m.m
It fell Into the Utter at hit feet ana
straightway began to blate up B the
d:y ttull. Of course we quIcMy pt
cut." It Is the une.pected thai faap-
pena. IKre was a soures 0f lire so
tliangely anomalous that had It oe.
enrred when no one was ne.r lu true
origin could hardly have been guessed
at. and very likely It would have been
called the work of an Inceodlarv
with tht aure remit of eccuing M '
Innocent person with a heinous erin.
Yet It really happened. The hear
Incisors of the horse clewing iharnW
upon the matchhead Ignited It h.
he quickly dropped It In tht litter at
bla feet. So much for the match.
t rlarr ( allara SmaBltaM.
In the bulletin published by ttse Wis
eonsln Horticultural Soei.-ty Joi. '.
Rhle. write aa follows: This article
la Intended for the home
not the commercial grower. Celerv
prefers a deep black loam whi.-i IJ
tains moisture well tu im "
drained to prevent aaturatloi As .
varieties. Individual last .houi
the guide. My choice would he
Pascal or Colelen Heart. . Ti
tionlied seedsmen to the ein.
finding something which aulta my ad
lce would be to grow vour
After eating the tops the root may'l
wintered In the cellar as easily
. -.- nr.. .innieii trie fow
Ing spring will bear ste.l ahun.lan.i.'
Which If dried before freeilng n(j
s'l" "'7 seireiy grow inj )f n(j
seceier vsririy naa oeen grown nenr It
will le true to name if n.ora mA .1
grown than needed It ran be pt
through a coffe mill and used for fia-
vorlng soups meats etc. Our plan Is
to sow sersl quite thick In drills and
do no transplanting but thin out wheB
an Inch or two high to alg 'ncrir4
apart. The seed Is quite slow to ger.
mlnate and should be sowed shallow
We usually draw a line mark alor.g
tbe line with the boss handle sow seed
nd rake ll la. TbiWsWjgU cuitiswtio
through lit tunc 03 er It tiwttsary
keeping sn earlh mulch on t .
to conserve moisture. When i
plants sre tight or fen ln.-hr- Di(o
blanching may be commeiie.
can lie done with boardt let on
earth heaped around It. fJur-im-a tl '
slipped over It or common butcher.' p..
per wrapped around It and tlt-.j
string uialn principle being exii.lon
of light; the leavea should baeoinpr
ed to prevent earth falling la tj wn
ler or cronn of plant During it
growing as-ahon the bawa should at
be entirely burled. One of my eiycn.
mrnta was to use two-feet lll in;til(
of one-foot slipped over small pUm
III the hope that the leaf stalks Wciui
grow out of the tile two feet long lnj
beautifully blanched. After gating n.
to the tile at short Intervals fur t(
or three weeks I the light the pui
sswuied to be growing down. Llfiiug
off tbe tile to Investigate every pUnl
was found dead. Verdict died of im.
priaoiiuientl Would prefer ftUc
boards set on ed.;e eac h aide of re
some three or four luches apart hii
In place by stakes outside the boards
Tie stakes opposite each uther at tU
top a foot or more above Drat boards
Slid fill between tbe boards around c.
try with earth confining the lavei
with oue band aui shuveltng eartt
with the othrr. As the rrlery growa
more boards msy be slipped bett
tbe stakes over Ihe first boardt ani
Oiled In with earth as before. The brat
time to eat relrry Is as soon at it u
large enough. Not every one is ton
with a celery appetites however. M)
first attempt to rat the vegetable re-
quired the fortitude which we pray for
when obliged to take a dce of caatoi
oil. Hut public opinion science and
medical authority bad declared tQ
aromatic herb lo be palatable and
healthful therefore should it go dowg
eveu If a ramrod be used In the pro.
cess. Its lasts dally grew more civil-
lied and agreeable. Ihe rest of tbt
family took to It as easily yuufi
ducks tu water. Tbe children are nuw
wide apart and have homes of then
own but If they come to ut In autumt
or early winter they will have crls
celery to remind them of Joyous chllj
hixid and buoyant youth. The plant:
III not ttapd nj'ten reeling and fui
winter use should be circled down ctl
lar and tilsnted In botrt with plnt)
of toll adhering to roots and CIliJ t
tteen watering aa needed thruu.a 4
tunnel or hose to keep tope dry.
l alMse la Southern ( ailaa MilUs
A Char-eton. S. C d. spate h tart
"The experiment of employ ing rolorrd
ban Is In a cotton factory It about U
be made here aad tbe project Is being
watched with great Interest. The slsti
ti dotted with cotton ml.ta. big aid
little. Heretofore white operative!
have been employed etciuslvrly. Tht
white operatives refused to work along
tide cohered hands and for years tan
been apprehensive lest aa attempt bt
made to replace them with cheap rul
ored labor. The experiment la at lss
to be made In the Charleston Cot: 01
Mills. Some time ago Ihe mills had U
be cleaved down on account of dull but
krta aud tines the. the too me a. we
men aud children have been out of ts
ployment. They are poor and taaha
to seek work elsewhere and ha re-
mained here hoping to ttart la ega.'a
The Charleston Coffinr AfUl aavt erf (
of Ihe largest p'aots la the soscs- 1
country. A large part of the I'-ok
owned by 0. H rian.pson. of l-tot
and other northern capitalists att
they contend that had negro labor beet
secured niontbt ago the mill wo'.4 M
have ln re repelled to stop H wai
through northern Influenre that It hsi
Iseeu settled that negroee alnot shtl.
! employed. This reorganliatlca ol
the Charleston Cotton Mlllt hat at
tracted the eleepst Interest sniong tht
farmer white Lands. S.orcs of twea
and won.en who have been arrustond
to l.ok cn the factory for th'tr ai
"f lltriihesHj have rome forward ar.J
nu.le .ro;e-s against the change. 1VT
hae l..-en holduig nightly aieetmgs la
the null set 'ion. The negro s rr-!"ii'
ties a a leri crr operative have t
under ce. !.: i.i.n y nie than cn
mill nun m the s.n;h for J rars. Kl-
"""I author.!: have atrotig'.y c-a-t-r.l.
I (. ts iilr.M!il.-tion of t1" r"1'
""l mm into the fa. tort. 1 of tM
'uth 1. j h rnpi R1ent th1
m.aiis rl.eaM-r .ir ln 'hw .istes-
North Careen (.eorgla and A!al"i
- the tii-gren-t have proposed to mskt
the exneriment for themselves. bu.U-
"g nulla in which their own rice on-I
aa to bt employed but the farton
owned and operated by whites h'
drawn their labor from the rankt ef
their own race. That three conditio."
HI conllnn to exist It scarcely prc
hie. Recent events tvulnt to a daU
hot far distant when the races are t
ct me in direct comiietition at the d"
o the factory. jur mtertttlog tvl-
nence might be adduced to prove th
the negro I .mplT fcb 0 nll tbs ir
"'"uu the work will mske tc
blm. No on will question tost hti V
trlllgenct will prt)v. to .ufflclent to
r"lr him. m dne ctmrse of time a
MUled laborer In the sense of which
"e mill men employ the Urm."
ASslea la tea era.
.Dr"Trr lld and Farm wye: Anenl
me blgh prires now being paid fol
ahaa. "B4 'rt there Is danget
" 18 th steer business. Too many
lp P''lng money In feeders
rulers are too hlgh-llttle old mnl
J'? 'm horns sell for three foul
eTa. VBa """'tlmea aa high aa alt
men 7 '" Bot 011 ou- Th
sr. Uy XMt hrlr Bln1
are goln to tfy (0 4ump thfm on iU
market npt u jn(n
fla UmlW- 1)0 ct H-H too many
hTrd.rMn h"1'1' Bwk our
and : ' '" '" yr-
ou ran get et.methlng out of
It will py XUr t lh prl.v
'm prices to raise r.lves to sell rather
0 theui to feed. Cattle an
'' to .lump. TlK Bun. mca bav
P id to niu.h for their feeders and
" re ging to dump them at any
P Ice be . The mMrk(t
thai e T1" "'"
Jit h.'V 7- Mr' Cattlema- will
W hli fingera burned. There will I
-ucuon aale. and the devil to pay
at ten per cent with a big ca-tle niort-
"'' ou ''wa think you are
'htr wise. Take a fotd'a advlre .d
go iiuw. Nw u th. time to buy cowg
buckeT hr"1 ;oo oJ
blow V!!!! &rd'B r hled
P'ow up the garden and apply a good
rstlng of well rotted manure.
Poultry liiP. biu. wh.u and If
Cletln " ucl:cct cblDt ttajp
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