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The morning call., 1891-04-26
A SUNBEAM IN THE RAIN.
A Pretty Little Creature Brightens
Dark and gloomy Day.

Pretty Little Creature Brightens a
Dark and gloomy Day.
A pretty little girl not more than years
old, trotted contentedly down Park rev in
the rain yesterday afternoon. says the New
York Recorder, and every person who saw
her stopped and looked until she had passed
from view. Her face was bright and rosy
and her cheeks were freely sprinkled with
the spray that came through little dolls
parasol she carried over her head. 1t was
the tiniest kind of an umbrella; one of the
ribs was broken aud big piece of the
pink silk was missing. On her head, which
was covered with a wreath of golden
curls and ringlets, she wore a little straw
hat, fancifully trimmed with some S0iled
ribbon and piece of plush. Her dress was
of pink calico. old and worn, with white
flowers on it, and with one hand she held
about her shoulders thin brown shawl.
Her skirts barely reached her knees, and
both Of her shoes were out at the toes. Her
face bore an expression Of supreme content
and pride, and she stepped daintily across
gutter with as much grace as cultured So
ciety girl. The parasol was held at an an
gle, and once in while she would look up
at the hole and smile. Men looked at her in
amazement, then smiled and walked on.
She was like painting Of spring coming
through a shower. To every one who saw
her she was the sunbeam of yesterday 5
gloomy day.
The morning call., 1891-04-26
DID THEY DREAM 1T ?
A Brother and Sister See Their CousI

Brother and Sister See Their Cousin
Who Is Miles Away.
A very odd story is the following-and
the most remarkable thing about it is that
it is really true and can be vouched for:
at a well-known and hospitable country
place last summer the daughter of the house,
while reading in the drawing-room, heard
the noise of carriage wheels rolling over the
bluestone in front of the house and, looking
up, she saw through the window her cousin
cross the veranda and enter the hall door.
Guests were so continually coming and
going that she felt no surprise, although
she had not heard that he was expected.
1T is rather strange that he
does not come in here" she said to herself /;
but fancyiug that he had gone up to his
room she settled herself to her book again.
A moment afterward her brother entered.
RI has come" she said, as he came in.
:" Yes, know" was the answer; 81 met
him in the hall moment ago. L will 60
and hunt him up" A second after he re-
turned. at is very odd" he said; II can
not find him anywhere" He has prob
ably gone out" returned the sister. Z" or
perhaps he is with mother" and so the
matter dropped and another subject came
under discussion.
A half hour later the rest of tho family
joined them for luncheon. "Where is R-?"
they then asked No one except the two
had seen him or knew Of his coming. The
two young people both asserted most posi-
lively that lie had arrived; but he was
nowhere to be found. Finally, bewil-
dered and decidedly uncomfortable, they
concluded TO telegraph to his people
to inquire concerning his where
abouts and welfare The answer came
promptly: r is here and well; why
do you want to know?" and that was the
end of the whole matter for nothing came
OF it. They had, however, the curiosity TO
write to him of the occurrence and time, and
to ask where he was at that hour and what
he was doing. The answer they received
was that he was asleep in a railway station,
having missed his train, aud being obliged
to wait couple of hours. Did the Young
lady and her brother dream the same dream,
or were they both subject to the same hal
lucination Pm. Y. Tribune.
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its iDflammable character; still, If the or
binary throat spray, which can be bought
for a triae, Is filled with benzine and the
vap0r thrown into the crevces against moth
or eggs 1t will destroy them, but no light
should be brought into room thus treated,
until after it has been thoroughly aired and
the odor dissipated.
After a thorough airing of wooden fab
ric, for the purpose of driving out any con-
eealed moth Qor a moth abhors light and
after time has been given to the develop
ment Of any concealed egg. you may be rea-
sonably sure that there is nothing harmful
on the fabric; then 1t is as safe done up
in paper parcel as 1t would be If saturated
and buried beneath all tine anti-moth RENE
dies In existence.
Camphor. tobacco, naphthaline and other
strong odorants are only partially repelent
to the flying moth, aud have no effect at all
uron the eggs or the worm, which Is the de-
stroying element. The benzine spray is the
least Objectionable destroying agent that
we know of. 1t may be used very safely
upon carpeting, but the utmost care should
be exercised in using it on fabrics OF deli
cate character.
One should not confuse the moth with the
carpet-beetle. Frequently housekeepers
The morning call., 1891-04-26
ANNA CANOSA,
4 TALE OF THE MAFZA.
WRITTEN FOR THE
Bv MRS. NJ. e. BRADDON.
Copyright 1921.

the cathedral from the Strada, met many
women of our neighborS going cathedral
wards Ever and anon the dark curtains
| that hung outside the portal swayed and
moved, and swung backward and forward
| with the crowd. Inside the cathedral were
| lights hung on every altar. In front OF
! them knelt women and eonscripts. Up the
| long nave | wandered like one in dream.
| paused for mousnt-before me knelt
| Biancoi In front OF Us both at that moment
| lowered the holy st. Andrea; cloud of in
| cense enveloped him, like a king of heaven.
| To our right and left the shrines were
| wreathed with flowers and noSeg2ys. ST.
! lently and sadly | knelt down by Bianco.
| We prayed that day; but all heaven was
| dumb.
Together we left the cathedral-together
passed to the foOtway; down the long steps
we clambered till we reached the level of
| the sea. Above rose she Albergo; before
us, naught but blue. Brown sails of the
fishlng-bOats were reflected in the water
voices of children called loudly across the
bay; below, on the steep rock, boat lay at
| anchor, and in it two men.
Little one," said Biancho-he stopped as
he said it, and his eyes that moment gazed
into mine-"little one, will YOU east your
lot with me? Farewell, Alnalf. l have
| Joined the brotherhood of Mafia.'
How can l tell you the tremOr, for Bian-
co.'s sake, that ran through me at that mo-
! ment? To you the brigandage of Italy is a
source of evil; to us, evil only for our own
| people. We exlst-we must live. Our farms
are held by landlords; we toll for them.
| The carbOniers shoot us down like dogs.
| Small blame, then, 10 the people.
As we approached the boat it pushed off
from the mainland and the men in it silently
pointed downward with their hands. We
! stopped. Bianco give back the sign. Silently
we stepped to the boat and rowed off, keep
ing all the way beneath the rocks, till we
( had rounded the harbor. ana pulled out to
sea. All day long in the monday sun we
| rowed. fearing TO put mp a sail. As night
came we halted and pulled into land, where
a rocky precipee joined the sea. Here q
| rope ladder hung. For mument-one only
| my heart failed; the next | was graSped
in BiancO's arms. He it was who silently
| drew rue upward.
At the top of the first gallery of the pre-
| eipice wood fire curled its white smoke.
| Behind us a cave bent far into the rock, In
visible from below the cliffs. After we had
reached it the boat vas drawn up. l had
thrown in my lot with the brotherhood Of
the Malta.
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CHAPTER /.

Do you know what the Malta really lisp
Let me tell you what misery and happiness
it has wrought for me.
l was born in Amali, Italy. Just as you
see it now, with its warm sea waves tapping
the Marina, its fig trees covering the gray
rocks, its orange groves and apricots in the
lowands All day long lay in the sun
shine-we lay for we were nine-and we
earned the coin that came in so slowly by
following the coaches heuce to Salerno.
Sometimes we varied this by selling coral or
tnrtNiSe-shell; but this was always after the
vintage, when town folks made their way 10
our neighborhoOd. In the early winter we
made our harvest running by the side of
coaches Often and often we we're knocked
down OF trampIed underfoot in our endeav-
ors to coax the travellers to throw us few
coins Sometimes l had said to myself,
Anna, it is i'll taking other mems aims. !"
On these DAYS I went home renniless and
crept supperless to bed But all of US had
to get aims, without which, indeed, we had
been homeless.
Our father sprawled and basked all day
on the fOreshore, or played cards with such
of the fishermen as would do so. He died
one night in a drunken brawL A stilettO
lay broken by his side. 1 can remember
how they came to fetch him, and l, Anna
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discover their carpets eaten and they attri-
butte it to moths. The carpet beetle IS
three-sixteenths of an inch long, and when
disturbed it draws in its legs and fe;gns
death. 1t is white, black and scarlet, the
scarlet being confined to a strip down the
the fall and soon the species pair off and the
female deposits her eggs upon the carpet it
self, and not in the cracks or creyices, as
generally supposed. During the daytime
these beetles frequently fly to the windows
and may be caught there, but they seldom
leave the house until their eggs have been
deposited.
The treatment is similar to that with
moths A hand atomizer charged with BEN
zine, should inject the liquid into all of the
floor cracks and under the base-boards, I'M
til every crevice has been reached. The
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forced back her hand till the moonlight
shone full upon her trembling mouth and
tender dove-lIke eyes, that glanced shyly
up at his, then dropped again az she gave a
little. laugh, seemingly out of pure simple
love of him, and hid her face against his
arm.
Must you 90 tomorrow" she asked re-
gretfully.
Yes; but in three weeks L shall return,
and then" His eyes sought hers again.
What was it you promised moi"
To be your wife" she whispered In q
voice soft and sweet as the hay-scented
wind in the lime blossoms over her head.
My wife, Good keep you, dear one, un-
til return"
He held her hands awhile, wondering for
the huadredth time at the power they had
to make his blood thrill and leap to their
touch; then he went slowly away down the
lane, home.
The girl leaned over the gate and watched
MIN, and wicked smile, which had crept
round her mouth under his goodnight kiss,
broadened into laugh low in sound, but
hard, cruel, exultant, and threatened to
stifed it with some roses that had been
given her, until he was well out of hearing.
Then she flung them high IN the air, crying,
"Victoryl Victoryl Lila will lose her bel, -
and with the whole of her lissom body shak-
ing with laughter, she caught up her skirt
in both hands, and danced up the garden
path to where little fountain il set in the
1t to look at the reflection of her face in the
water therein.
His wifel how eharmiDgly / said it, and
how sweet look. | have played the part
of innocence so well that l almost bolieye
in my own simplicity"
The morning call., 1891-04-26
skinner Was a LUCKY Man.

Brown-Well / must say Skinner is the
luckiest mortal ever knew. You know he's
been the boss promoter Of the Slumgullion
Investment Company of Alaxteasp Well,
sir, the concern went all to pieces yesterday,
and the stock, which has been selling at par,
sir; and if you'll believe il, Skinner sold
out his last share the day before the col
lapse! If that isn't luck, I'd like to know
what yon call it?
Fogg-Yes. that's luck; the kind of luck
that fills our prisons.-Bost0n Transcript
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the thicket. / crept down, down to the cave.
All night l sat there, my heal bathed in
blood. To Amalfi l crspt as day began tn
glinmer. She is beside herself" the
neighbors whispered. 70 the priest wept
tho priest who as child had passed NE
with kind words in the street To him |
turned. l drew him with me. | showed
him my hearts darling. poured into his
lap as be sat before me the whOle-yes. the
whole-of my belongings. l claimed from
the last offices of religion. Then IL was
that my hands dug for him grave out on
the hillside yonder. My hands laid him 10
rest forever. and left him there.
CHAPTER III.
Thus far this story has been an auto
biography by its heroine. Now it becomes
a narrative by another hand. 1t introduces
an artist Not mere painter OF pictures,
but man who was Natures, Homer Glane,
handsome and gallant at the age of TO- and
so kindly hearted that, many time, when
on his long. lonely tramps from Florence
into the country, the children in the villages
he passed through would run and slip their
little sun-browned hauds in his, and laugh
and chatter to him as though he had lived
among them ali his life. All the wild things
living in wood or field loved him as one of
their own great family; the birds would
perch on his easel, and the innocent rabbits
WUulu COlll6 anu uluOlt IIle grass dJ MS letI
while he worked. But Homer, like all art
lists who have studios in Florence, was quick
to see picturesQueness in Italians whom he
encountered in the streets. Therefore when
Anna Canosa danced once more for coin,
he knew at a glance he had discovered fig
ure fit to transfer to the canvas. Annals
dancing Was wilder than before her terrible
experience in the mountains, and it was
said among her acGuaintanees that she
sought surcease from her sorrow in the eX-
travagance of physical exercise.
Anna told her story to the artist, just as it
is given in the first two chapters; and then,
with no great amount of persuasion-for the
girl liked the honest looks and frank man
ner of the man, as well as the prospect of
pay for posing-he induced her to go to his
studio. There she posed, in her pretty ma
tive dress, while he drew her outlines upon
the cloth, making faultless likeness in
stead of attempting any idealiZatiOn. Day
after day this work proceeded, and Homer
found that the Italian girl-although a
product of peasant life-possessed the rudi-
ments of education and the natural fine in
stincts of sensitive nature.
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She dipped her hands in the fountain, and
laughed again merrily to see the fish start
up from their sleep under the weeds, and
dart out into tine moonlight.
Lila will open her big eyes If catch the
American millionaire, Samson G. Haw-
thorne, as easily as l have caught that
noodle of an artist. who seems to think that
| am going to be his wife. | am glad he is
gone. He is so different from other men
he makes me feel uncomfortable" She
shrugged her shoulders. 81 was compelled
to practice on some one. Lii says that Sam
son is as big as giant, and as cute as he is
broad, and will be here either to-day or to-
morrow"
She got up from her knees and sat on the
rim of the fountain, with her little chin rest
ing in the hollow of her dimpled hand, her
lips caught together in a hard, thin line.
How shall l make him notice me? Let
his horse nearly knock me down? Fall into
the brook? Or stand crying in one of the
lanes because / have seen frog beetle or
a mouseP l think the frog trick will be the
best. Strong men like women to be timid,
that is if they be pretty, and men have told
me that | AM beautiful"
She leaned over the rim of the fountain,
petting her face and smiling.
p" My sweet, innocent face, l have much to
thank you tor."
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Here's your bIl," said the milk dealer to
the dissatisfied customer. We'll, turn
about is only fair play, suppose we chalk
that up awhile. Nv Washington Post.
The morning call., 1891-04-26

carpets themselves after thorough beating
should be lightly sprayed with the same
substance. The infiammablity of benZlne.
however, should he remembered and no
light be brought near it until evaporated.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-12
OWN YOUE HOME.

am so well pleased with your depart
ment of THE GAZETTE that often find MY
fingers itching with = desire 70 contribute
something to it. To-day I get out Of the
way and let M fingers 50 OF in word a.
advice 10 young men. II is not exactly an
agricultural subject that propose advising
on, though it may be of as much use 10
young agriculturists Us TO others. It IS
"Own Your Home"
Now, let me show you the Importance Of
taking this advice. l will suppose that YOU
are young man beginning in life with
ample means. You buy home paying
$4,000 for it. It is for rent, so you let t
out al : per cent upon its cost, clear OF i'll
surauce, taxes and repairs. In ten years
this rent properly handled viii have
amounted TO sum eQuallng the original
investment. At the end of ten years, there
fore, your rents will build you another
house like the first, making you worth
SO, 600. In twenty years your rents on all
your property will build three such houses;
in thirty years, seven; in forty years, III
teen; in fifty years, thirty-one; in sixty
years, sixty-three, and in seventy years,
12T houses. Surprising the property to have
stood on level as to value through all this
time, after seventy years Of q business
started on the original investment Of SO
00e you will be worth Sl.2T00O0. All this
vast amount has been added TO your bank
account by people who did not own their
homes.
This is serious thing when we come to
look ct it Alright. Large numbers of per-
sons rent homes, but comparatively few
think of the transaction as it really is. It
is always best to own ones property, even
though not SO tine as property one might
rent In many cases We might be able TO
manage in some way that would make the
property over pay interest on the money
invested in buying it; we could do il in
adding improvements TO the property should
no other plan suggest itself. y CITIZEN.
Fort Worth. Tex
Our correspondent has so well made out
his case that any comment BY US would be
simply superfuous. His letter clearly eX-
plains why some men get rich without any
apparent effort on their part, while others
remain poor through life. OF course the
$4,000 put at interest By the young man
and properly managed all along would have
panned out precisely the same Is the
houses. Il is the man making proper use
Of what he has who gets rich without ans
apparent effort-he is the fellow who
turns to gold everything he touches, - as
we say.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-12

say. 1t is never safe to attempt raising
market melons from seed one knows nothing
about. Scrub melons are little like scrub
cattle-they will not at all do TO depend
upon for good prices. It is always best to
pay little more to some reliable scotsman
for seeds Of some good named variety suited
to the purpose of the grower, than to take
any risk on seeds whose variety cannot be
vouched for.
Since our publication in these columns of
q description Of the Cuban Queen water
melon. with bit Of history showing how
fifteen years ago it was introduced direct
from Cuba, much interest on the part Of
Texans has been manifested in that par
ticular variety. Numerous letters have
been received asking where seed Of the va
riety could be had To all we have stated
that the seed could be had of any prominent
seed house, for the Cuban Queen has long
been held into prominence as O standard.
A letter received last week asked US to de-
scribe the appearance OF the Cuban Queen
melon. The illustration on this page will
convey better idea Of the general appear
words. i is striped. as you will see. The
dark stripes are of a moderately dark green
color while the light stripes are only
enough lighter than the dark stripes TO
make them sharp in contrast. There is
preculiarity in the outline Of every perfect
specineu-the blossom end IS invariably
larger than the stem end as appears in the
illustration. The Illustration is entirely
perfect in all respects save color. II was
made expressly for Us from the photograph
of specimen weighing 113 pounds.
The outer r;nd Of the Cuban Queen lis
very tough and never liable to crack The
inner rind or white portion of the melon
may be said to average about three-fourths
of an inch in thickness, also very tough.
In color the flesh is about medium in point
of shade between the light red and dark
red of melon. II is sugary and very good,
but rot quite so delicate in favor as the
Georgia watermelon and some other
smaller-growing varieties that might be
named. 1t invariably gives good satisfac-
ton as an eating melon; but its greatest
attractions for the truck farmer lie in its
extraordinarily large size and superior
shipping qualities. You can ship it as far
as you like and, unless very roughly han
died, get it through without bruise or
blemish.
The Cuban Queen is an unusually rank
grower and very prolific. Some ten years
ago four melons of this variety, all on the
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-12
THE STATE VETERINARIAN.

am subscriber to your paper and take
much interest in the department devoted
to farming. As such, I beg leave to ask a
few questions Of special importance to Us
farmers Of this portion of the state. We
believe that we have CHAMBERS among our
horses here, and We want the address ofthe
state veterinarian. We think it is neces-
sary that he should come here, and we wish
to learn ct whose expense he will come
should he be sent. VIII the state pay for
all horses condemned by himl Please
answer through THs GAZETTE, and much
oblige, with others, w. J. CLLoA
Margaret, Tex.
We are sorry to say that we know
nothing about q state veterinarian for
Texas, and nothing whatever with refer
ence to the rules governing In such cases.
It is singular fact that the departments
for which we are doing our heaviest work
offer the least recognition of our efforts,
leaving Us to work out everything for our
self the best we can. 1t would almost
seem as If they regard what we gre doing
in the light Of a privilege condescendingly
granted US. If there is q state veterinarian
and he should happen to see this, VIII he
please address our correspondent as above,
giving the information asked; that is, If not
outside the recognized duties of his ofiiceb
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-12

neous with the main crop. II you destr,
TO reverse the performance SO as to hsve
the late variety bear the crossed ears you
must plant your hills long enough ahead Of
the main crop OF early corn to secure the
tssseling Of all at the same time.
In case where one cannot get at tbs
length Of time between planting and tassel-
ing SO as to bring the two varieties together
correctly, the time can be guessed c. as
nearly as possible and made TO work by
planting the experimental hills few days
apart IN succession. The hills can be watched
at the tasseling time OF the main crop, and
such Of them as are then showing the end
of the tassel can be marked and the tassels
cut of for the cross. Il would be folly to
expect cross where the tasseling was not
exactly together.
An explanation Of how this method works
may be Of some benefit to the boys who
have never studied such things as yet The
corn IS what we call nonRcious plant,
which means plant bearing two distinct
sets Of flowers, one set being al male o.
staminate flowers and the other set being
all female or pistillate flowers In the tas-
sci of the corn we have the male flowers,
while in the silks we have the female flow
ers. There is fine yellow dust in the tas-
sci known as pollen dust. Unless some Of
this dust falls upon the silk there can be no
grain. You find this last well illustrated in
q single stalk Of corn growing of TO itself
the ear is seldom full for the reason that
winds blew the pollen dust away, not allow
ing enough of it to fall upon the silk to Sc
cure perfect fertilization. II takes one
grain Of pollen dust on the silk for every
grain Of corn on the cob. Where corn is
planted together in patches the dust is
blown about and enough of it lodges upon
the silks 10 insure perfect fertilization.
Now, when you have removed the tassels
from your experimental hills before the
pollen dust has ripened the silks on those
hills cannot be otherwise than fortified by
pollen dust from the other variety, with
full cross IS the inevitable result