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AT the close of the war cotton seed
was regarded as OF little or no value;
except for planting, and, consequently
almost the enlire product was thrown
away. To-day, according to the statsi
ments made in yesterdays Herald by
Tariff Commissioners Kenner, OF Louis,
lana, it is valued at about oue-thifd Of
tie cotton crop. The annual product,
Of seed Is now about two and a half
million tons over and above what ID
needed for planting purposes, and the
price has reached from fifteen to twenty
dollars ton. The value of the annual
yield when made into oil cake and other
products is estimated at from seventy.
Eve to hundred million dollars; This
is very substantial source of wealth
and material prosperity to the South,
and one whose importance is no longer
unapprecisted by Southern capitalists
The number OF mills in operation and
IN progress of construction for convert.
ing cotton seed into its valuable prod
ucts is reported at from sixty five to sew;
entY, most of waich have been started
In the past few years. and as the busii
ness is found 10 be highly profitable the
establishments are likely to multiply
with considerable rspidity. These are
results over which the North as well as
the South has reason to rejoice ~
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The English hog crop is reported to
be in an unsatisfactory condition.
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WOoDsFIEID MONROE COUNTY, OHIO TUESDAY, AUGUST

20 Frank" she said. "they are here
eft you! l feel it. Quick; through
this room-it is my bedroom. Tba fall
from my window is deep, and the earth
slopes down to the road. But better
death than TO fall into their hands,"
She had led him through the room
and opened the easement as che spoke.
"But, Nelly" he said In a tone OF great
agitation, "will they not call me guilty if
| gor',
A loud knock at this moment sounded
at the door and there was an evident ef-
fort 10 push it open. She lung herself
at his feet on her knees, and the moon
light streamed over her pale face and
golden curls.
"Oh for onr loves sake go, Frank y
she said in tone as il every word rent
her aching heart. "Time will prove your
innocence. But your enemies o my
love, my husband, got"
He raised himself on the sill, after
one passionate kiss, and she fed to the
door just as loud voice cried:
"Open here!"
"Who is there!" cried Nelly.
1t was her father who spoke next.
"Oren the door, Nelly" be said in q
trembling voice "the police officers and
Mr.. Alder are here, and they say that
you have Frank Eversleigh concealed in
yonr room. Open quickly, Nelly, to
show them how wrong they are."
Nelly laughed Historically.
81 will,'' she said, "but at least let me
light my lamp and wrap my dressing
gown round me-"
Poor Nelly! she stole softly away and
closed the window.
Every moment was precious to Frank
her Frank-fiying for his l.te.
When she opened the door she saw
her father, pale and stern, two police Of
icers looking sadly disinclined for their
Office, Caleb Alder smiling and trium'
phant.
Where is Mr.. Eversleigh2 I saw
him enter your room, Miss Loveton,' u
said Caleb. "You see this is charge oI
murder and We must have no delay. OF.
ficers, search the room."
With little hysterical laugh and eyes
which glared almost with madness, Nelly
tottered to her father and clung to him
"Father, father" she cried, "you told
me to be brave. You said soldier
daughter should face her enemy. Here
l am, face to face with my foe-his foe
the snake who has cast his venom over
my Young life and falsely accused my
betrothed husband. told him would
triumph, and I have, for have saved
my Frank. my love. He fed long since,
and il this Is my last moment ! die hap
py."
And with cry of pain and anguish
she fell in deadly swoon at her father s
feet.
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A Lonely Death.

He was dying ard alone. Not one OK
his kin was near to render The last sew
ices OF love to the man whose life had
been % wreck. He was a seIfSruined
man. He thought of it bitterly even
then, as be lay under the trees with the
blue sky for roof and the leaves bends
ing over hii, with plying shade; thought
of his wasted opportunities. his blighted
faculties, and The shams tif this death;
like an outcast or Wounded animal!
Burning with fever, he could not crawl
again to the cool running stream that
seemed now to be purlipg Though his
brain. Listen. Was that bis mothers
tYoice2 No! it was only one wild bird
calling to another. His iioans disturbed
the winged creatures about him. O;
God! was this what bis years OF man.
hood bad led to--a lonely death in the
woods, with no kindly hand to close bis
s.ightless eyes: Where were they all
He called feebly "Mother !" for his mind
wandered. The sound broke the still,
ness of the woods and q bright-eyed
squirrel frolicked down the tree and
looked euriously at the dying stranger
who was powerfess to harantit. He was
dreaming now OF home he thought he
was in bis own room under the roof,
where the scent of the laburnum trees
reached him, and bis mother held his
hot hand in hers and smoothed the moist
curls from his forehead; and he could
hear the woodpecker on the roof tap tap
tap, and thus dreaming he fell asleep
and slept Till the shadows of night slant:
ed through the trees, and
| III the dim and distant ether -
The.frst star came shiuing through, -
/ eAnd another-and another
Trembled softly III the blue
Then he woke, clear beaded, and with
the calm OF great silence about him;
his dim eyes wandered To- tie staEs-to
the cool blue skies-to the far of Heav.
en- above. where he knew now his moth:
er had gone; be was. rot thirsty, nor
hungry nor suffering any more, aud all
the fetters of ice and slothl seemed to
have fallen awav, and soul and body
alike bathed in the waters of inefable
peace; he did notseven feel the chill of
death on hand and heart, and the breath
that futtered On his lips was as serene
and painless as The sweet, cool evening
air. What be did feel at the last was q
caress-warrn and loving aud gentle as
mothers kiss--the iarewell OF bis last
friend, who bad deserted hiGi for q few
hours to find mouthful of food. The
faithful dog that through i'll report and
abuse had followed the fortunes OF his
master; whose hali-human heart Was
rent now with dumb sorrow, who all
night long watched there by the silent
form and kept every harmful thing away.
So they found them the dead man
and the dumb watcher; and few lifes
annouuced to careless world HAn0th.
er tramp found dead!" But He who
careth for even sparrow's fall who sees
the end from the beginning. will make
His own record of that lonely death.
"Leave him to Gods watchful eye,
| Trust him to the hand that made him."
Detroit Post and fri5uns
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ETKeep 1t before the people that II
is Republican administrator which is
crowdiug the Star Rodte thieves nearer
and nearer to the penilentiary.- Leader.
Keep it before the people that eighteen
months have gone by since the Staf
Route thieves were found out, and not
one of them has been punished. Keen
il before the people that the biggest thief
OF the lot is still Secretary Of the Repues
lican National mmiitee.-Pldin Dsdf:
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1nehn
ACRILD'S LETTER.

ACRILD'S LETTER.
NATHAN D. URNER.
Turning old letters over.
As the twilight begins to fall,
The gem of them all discover,
In weak, insignificant scrawl;
With clumsy and artless unfolding
Of infantile thoughts, half whirl,
And the poor, blotted page still holding
A single soft, colorless curl.
Uneven, misspelt, but how tender
And winsome, Dear Papa" I read;
"Dolly's broke SO I never can mend her
And pussy's made mammals hand bleed.
Printed words intermixei with the written,
But how sweet! And they hasten to say,
'Nurseys tooth aches I've tearded my mi
ten,
Nothing's good now, with papa away"
Only childish prattle op paper,
But how freshly hit off each event,
Formed of this or that fancy or caper
That made her existence content;
And now on the paper she'll drop
Round snip of her prettiest curl,
Knowing we'll it will gladden. "poor papa"
Because from his own little "gurl.n
All. again and again do I kiss it,
With her image still fresh in my mindi
And that artless child's love how miss it,
Since no more with my life tits combined,
Save as Death. the hght.footed purloiner,
By Love is run down in the end.
And Faith still abides to rejoin her
In the heights she was first to ascendl
Back. back. with the rest return you,
Dear missiye. more treasured than ALI
And again in the past inurn you,
As the shadows, deepening, fall.
Once more in the oasket set you,
And turning the key / depart,
No fesr that I'll slight or forget you,
Your words are engraved In my heart.
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NOTARY PUBLIC.

ntHN undersigned, having Essn appointed
notary Public, woild inform his
kTisuas, and ths public generally, that he Is
brepsred to ill Psnsioners' Blanks. admin
h.sr 0stRs, taks Dispositions, aoknowledge
DEEDS. N0rtssssf aid other instruments Of
SfitiSa: JOHN JRFFERs.
apris;iBs sssils7ilis &6nfcs CS ohio
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Selfft Stury.
From the Peoples Libraryl
Her Face to the Foe.
By MARY N. HOLMES.

By MARY N. HOLMES.

CHAPTER v.
"wITH HER FACE TO THE FOE"
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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-24

And down she came into fond. tender
arms, that held her close while tears felt
over her. But the frst flush of low
being over, curiosity was aroused.
"Who hung you there. Baby Belle?'
they asked her.
hunged up myself" answered the
child, in her own solemn little way. II
was in the wagon, and big branch took
hold of my shawl, and was hunged up
like a rock-a-by baby. And / called
grandpa stop. but he didn't hear And
then the wind blowed me, and it was SO
funny way up there, swinging and
rocking. Aud / knew grandpa would
come back when he found it out, and
then l guess l went to sleep. for I
thought was little bird up in tree
in nest; and then papa came"
The story was quite true. The great
shawl, tied in a firm knot, had caught
on the branch in way that made sort
of hammock of it, and the good angels
had taken care of sweet little Baby
Belle; and the child had not even been
frightened. 1t seems too strange a
thing to be true; but it is. nevertheless,
and Belle, now big gicl. remembers
her rock-a-by baby experience to this
day.
So. by the way, does grandpa. who
never likes to hear of it, and who had
doubtless rather uncomfortable time
of it with grandma for some days after
the occurrence, which he speaks of as
''The time / lost off my little grand
daughter like an idiot. IN Y. Ledger.
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A Funny Little Mother.

Peep! Peep! Peep! Ten little orphan
babies all crying at once, and each one
trying to cry louder than the other.
What should be done with them?
Poor mother Hen Blacky had been
killed, and who was to take care of her
ten baby-chickensp Hen Speckle had
| twelve children of her OWNS many as
she could cover. No room for the or
phans there. Hen Whitey's eight
children were so large and ill-natured
they would not let the downy little new
corners so much as look in their COOP.
Hen Topknot, who had but four in
her brood, would not hear of adopting
any more, and taking care of the little
strangers. She pecked at them so
sharply that the poor things ran off, and
stood in group by themselves in cor
ner of the chicken-yard, crying as loud
| as they could cry.
Susie felt like crying too. She was
so sorry for the motherless ones. She
| took up the chickens in her apron,
where they cuddled down, glad to get
warm, and glad to hide away from
cross Hen Topknot.
iii be your mother, myself" said
Susie.
And a good mother she was, too.
She soon taught the ten little black and
white and speckled chickens to scratch
for worms. She put them to bed every
night in an old basket, and covereu
them up warm. In the morning how
glad they were to see their new little
mother! They ran to her wherever she
was when they were tired. And such
funny sight it was to see those ten
chickens fly into Susie's lap. creep un-
der her apron, and cuddle against her
neck with little cooling sounds!
They never knew any other mother,
and they never wanted better one. Susie
never forgot to feed her babies, and
they grew rs fast and were as fine look
ing as the other chickens, who had hem
mothers to take care of them. And Su-
sid learned how to be thoughtful and
kind to helpless things. But one docs
not often find little girl who is moth
er to ten little chickens. - Our Little
Ones.
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Catfish Catching Ducks.

Recently the Bee mentioned the fact
that wild duck had Matched brood of
seven ducklings in the slough near ID
street, and could be seen early in the
morning with the colony, the rest of the
time hiding in the willow iungles.
They became about half-grown, but
within the past twelve days have met
with singular death from an unex-
pected source. A gentleman who be-
came accustomed to seeing and looking
for them as he went to his work was
one morning surprised to see one of
them suddenly sink in an awkward
manner and not appear again. but con-
cluded that it had hidden in the brush.
The next morning there were only six
of the young ones seen near the same
spot. Suddenly one of these went un-
der with struggle, futtering of half
fedged wings, and quacking. What
the other birds fled in alright The
next two mornings the same was re-
peated, the number being reduced one
each time.
The fifth day the ducks seemed to be
very cautious, avoiding deep water and
brush. The next day the observer, who
had become very much interested, spent
half an hour watching the mother and
her three remaining darlings. At
length they floated alongside the foot
bridge where he was standing. When
they neared post in the water, ND
from behind it darted largo catfish
that was in waiting for the feathered
victim. One was seized by the BODY,
and the jaws of the rapacious fish hid
the prisoner from view as the captor
deliberately swan away to its den i'm
the brush. The next day the witness
saw another conquest from a distance.
but could not see the fish. Since then
he has watched four mornings, but has
not seen the mother and the other young
one. 1t is matter of doubt whether
they were captured or took warning by
the fate of the six and left for parts UNI
known. Bee.
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Fashion Notes.

Court trains will be worn much the
same as usual this winter-at defend
ants costs.
Jean Baptiste is the name of a new
camers hair cloth. 1t is probably in
tended for waterproofs.
Broad-brimmed, picturesque hats will
be very popular among young ladies.
These will recall the old nursery rhyme:
Bat. bat, fly under nv hat" The bat
will wear light pantaloons and tooth
pick shoes.
Coachmen's capes of sealskin will be
much worn by young women. When
the young woman is married this means
that she is going to sit on the box and
do the driving herself. When she is
not married, it means she would like TO.
When the wearer is a widow, it signi-
hes that here is a coachman out of q
situation.
Plain velvet is much more stylish than
figured velvet The book-keeper will
send the necessary figures along home
with the velvet; the palmer the velvet,
the more figures.
The "man in the moonn will be A
fashionable device in silver brooches.
1t would be very dangerous for any
other man to get that close to some
peoples necks. And. conversely, that
is about as near as some people will
ever have a man.
The Langtry bonnet is so called in
the hope that the men will run after it.
And so they will, if it doesn't run too
fast.
There is a tendency to increase the
size of the sleeve above the elbows.
Forcwarned is forearmed. -Burlinqton
HGsckeye.
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Ab0ut the Ostrich.

There is some prospect of ostrich
farming developing into quite an in
dustry in the Southwest, and it will
some time be cod day when the SIM
ple-minded rustic of that region will not
have ostrich on toast if he wants it.
Ostrich farming, however, will always
have its drawbacks. The hen ostrich
is not good layer as rule, only lay
ing two eggs per annum, which. being
about the size of a porcelain wash bowl,
make her so proud that she takes the
balance OF tAe year for the purpose OF
The ostrich is chiefly valuable for the
plumage which he wears. and which,
when introduced into the world of COM
merce, makes the husband almost wish
that he were dead.
Probably the ostrich will not come
into general use as an article of food,
few people caring for it, as the meat
is coarse and the gizzard full of old
hardware and relics of wrecked trains
and old irons LEFT where there has been
a fire.
Carving the ostrich is not so difficult
as carving the quail. because the joints
are larger and one can find them with
less trouble. Still, the bird takes up a
great deal of room at the table, and the
best circles are not using them.
The ostrich does not set. She dom
have time. She does not squat down
over something and insist on hatch no it
out if it takes all summer, but she lust
lays couple of porcelain cuspidores in
the hot sand when she feels like it. and
then goes away to the seaside to quiet
her shattered nerves. Boom
erdng.
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ROCK.A.BY BABY.

One day Grandma Dover told grand
pa to 90 over to their daughters house
and borrow Baby Belle 1t was quite a
custom of hers, and the child was al
ways sent at once. Grandpa took his
open wagon and found his daughter
well, and took lunch with her, and
made the usual joke about borrowing
Belle; and the four-year old child was
wrapped up in a shawl, which her
mother tied under her arms and about
her waist. to insure her being kept
warm.
At first she sat beside grandpa, but
after awhile she asked to sit on the back
seat. Grandpa was a little provoked at
this, but gave her her way, and to pun
ish her, never looked round again. He
drove past the lake, and through the
woods, up the long road, speaking now
and then to neighbor, and stopped at
the home-gate at twilight.
Grandma came running out at once
where's BELIEF" she asked. lis
she sickp Why didn't they let her
come?''
"Why, they did. Here she isl said
grandpa, and turned about.
The wagon was empty; no Baby Belle
was there.
''She has jumped out to hide for fun
Belle"
But there was no answer. The child
could scarcely have climbed out without
assistance; but they searched the gar
den and the house, in which she might
have hidden herself, though she had
never played such joke before.
Grandpa being questioned. admitted
that Belle had offended him, and that
he had not spoken to her all the way
home. to punish her, and repented in
dust and ashes; but that did not tell
them where Baby Belle was to be found.
The CONSERVATION of the household as
terrible. Every one went out. The road
was searched inch by inch, back to the
very gate of Bellies home, and no trace
OF her was found. Every one who lived
along the road had been spoken to, and
there seemed to be an awful mystery
about her disappearance.
The most terrible idea occurred to the
old gentleman. She had fallen into the
lake which he had passed, as we have
said; and his fit of temper had been the
death of his darling.
And now the parents were aroused,
and the awful story was told to them.
''She may have climbed out in the
woods and been lost there said the
young father.
And, sick with terror, he took his
antern and led the way thither. There
was moon in the sky, and it shone
through the leaves; but though they
searched every spot the child was not
found.
lit is the only place left; look through
the woods once more" said the DOR
father. choking with grief.
'1tis no use," said grandpa, throwing
up his hands, mo use at ALL
But what was that that struck his
fingers? He looked up.
Overhead hung bundle of some sort.
He gave shout Every one rushed to
the spot.
There upon the branches hung the
big plaid shawl. ruiz of something solid
and warm. Horrifed. the father peeped
into the bundle. A little rosy face Law
there. and little voice piped out:
''Raby Belle wants to get down."
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"A sin0ular fatality 90

"A singular fatality seems to have
compassed the lives of part of Richard
Bailey's family of ten children, who
were born and have generally lived at
Townshend, vi. Henry, aged ninety
three, dropped dead in his own yard at
that place few days ago; Hubbard,
seventy-nine. dropped dead in Mont
gomery; Dana, seventy-four, fell from
a load of corn and broke his back; Abb
sha. seventy-two. fell from load of
corn at Saratoga and broke his neck;
and Mrs. Polly Bailey Franklin was
taken suddenly i'll and died before the
doctor could be summoned.