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hang It'll I wish I had never been born
She, too, poor girl. may discover tina
my love has somewhat cooled. If j
ever was love it never was the same
| feeling have for dear, little Natalia
bless her loving heart"
So Tom went to Natalia and told hel
that he was engaged and that another
month would see him married. atft 3
Her delicate face whitened, but, con
trolling herself, she said: Z
II Congratulate you, Mr.. Douglas.
Then, bursting into tears, she turned
away. The sight of her tears was toe
much for Tom. Embracing her ten
derby, he said: 81 love but you, Natalia,
darling. oh, that had met you first
My fondness for Alice was but a fleet,
ing thing and>my love for you will last
forever.
/ Pressing warm kisses on her lips, he
held her close.
leave me, Tom. It is right for you
to keep your word, but you should
have told me of your engagement be-
fore. We had best part now. Good
by" ifs
"But can't come to see you, Natalia,
as usual?"
why, certainly not, Mr.. Douglas.
1t would only be painful, for we can
never, from this time forward, be any
thing but the most formal of friends. +"
Tom was touched by the simple dig
nifty of the young Russian girl whose
quiet life had been spent by the sea-
shore under the shadow of the noun
tains, far from the noise of city or
town, so he bowed to her will. Their
parting was Misunderstanding one to
both.
''Natalia, I can't bear to leave you.
I must have you, dearest"
''There, go now. This is only fool
ish."
''Well, then, let me kiss you for the
last time, darling" pleaded Tom.
Natalia put up her little, tear
stained face, and Tom silently kissed
her and went away.
That month passed only too quickly
for poor Tom, who looked with dread
toward the coming of the steamer. He
studiously avoided Natalia, denying
himself the regular afternoon walk to
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Desert Guideposrs.

Signs in the desert, indicating the
trails and giving directions as to the
nearest springs and wells of fresh wa
ter, are to be erected by Arizona and
California in the desolate regions on
either side Of the Colorado river, where
SO many tragedies have occurred
through miners and others losing their
way or dying from thirst. The signs
are high poles Of gas pipe, with big
squares of sheet iron at the top, and
are painted red. as that is the color
that can be seen the greatest distance
in that region. The lettering will tell
the distance from point to point and
the location of the nearest water holes.
IN. Y. Sun.
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on the other side of the lower wire to
be tied. If one wish his fence wires
to be tied every six feet, begin
three feet from the post, and tie the two
top wires; then skip one space, and
fasten the next wires, and so on until
the ground is reached. The stick may
be moved over three feet, and the two
wires skipped the first time be fastened
as in cut. These tie pieces are fastened
to the wire with a piece of fat steel
six inches long and one inch wide, bent
and filed hook shaped. To fasten the
top of the tie, 1 hang it close to the
notched stick (have the wires drawn
tight, take this piece of steel in my
right hand, hang it on the fence wire
to the right of the tie, turn it over tho
fence wire until the notch in the steel
catches in the short end of the tie, and
wind it around the fence wire without
any trouble. The lower end hangs
on the other side of the lower wire.
Catch the end of the tie that hangs
below the wire In the bend of the steel,
with the notch in the steel against the
fence wire; give the tie a bend around
the wire, and finish the job the same as
for the upper end of the tie. This
makes the best and cheapest fence of
which know without any exception.
I use pinch staple one half inch wide,
and when fasten the wire, am care
full to place the points of the staple so
that they will not split the post. 1t
will give a half stronger job than
staples of the same length bent for
round wire. Outside of my own work
on my tools for my fence, paid 10 cents
to blacksmith. I have put on the
ties of five-wire fence As rods long in
a half day.-Rural New Yorker.
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A DENIM HAMMOCK.
Directions for Making Swing Hammock
for the Baby's Use.


for the Baby's Use.
Denim is constantly invading new
fields and taking fresh uses. It's las
is as the constructing ia brio of child's
hammock. Two yards of denim of /;
brownish tone were purchased and {
pattern one and one-quarter yards long
by twentyrseven inches wide was cut
out of newspaper as preliminary
step toward making the hammock
Then the denim was folded length
wise and crosswise, so as to quarter il
and find its center, and this was mark
edswith a pin thrust through it, after
which the paper pattern was
folded in the same way, the
center found, and laid over the spread
out denim so that the two materials
would be exactly centered together
strip of denim uncovered on each
side of the paper pattern four and one.
half inches wide, while the ends were
completely uncovered. A pencil line
was then drawn so as to continue the
sides of the denim in two long strips
from end to end, making the strips two
yards long by four and one-half inches
wide. Inside of these strips was left
at each end an untouched piece OF
denim little more than thirteen
inches long by twenty inches
wide as the cloth runs. These long
side strips must not be cut, as they
make the swing pieces for the ham,
mock, but the end blocks are cut out
along the pencil line as far as the pa.
per and across the end of the paper, sc
as to make a huge capital II of the
denim. You must next cut one little
slit an inch deep into the extreme
corners of the bar of the FL along
the pencil line, so as to enable
you to run up hem on the top
and bottom of the bar After finishing
this, fold the long side strips length
wise and run them up smooth, so as
to make of them two long straps at
tached to the crossbar of the FL. Now
you must take pillow, lay it down
on the denim, as you would If the
hammock were in use as bed, and
lay a v plat in each side of the cross.
bar to bunch it into a. pocket or vessel
shape. Plat until you get the ar
rangement you wish; stick in few
pins and double stitch through the v
plat along its edges. You will now
have the hammock shaped, and the
next step is to run q piece of the waste
denim across each end all of the width
as a stay to prevent the side strips
from pulling off.
After placing the stays on the ends,
the side straps may be firmly sewed
together to make hanging loops, to
which light line may be added at
pleasure when needed. If the pillow |
and bedding will not keep apart, light |
round sticks may be inserted any
where across the loops by working q |
large eyelet in the strips to hold the
stick ends. domestic Monthly.
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the Indian river, which is the event of
the day to all the white people at
Sitka. He kept close to his rooms
! when not on board ship, cursing the
mistake of his life which was so soon
to make an unwilling bridegroom of
him.
To Nata1ia, whose soft brown eyes
were red with weeping, life seemed a
dreary blank now that the daily visits
of Tom had ceased. There appeared in
her mental horizon nothing for which
to live. She wondered how she had
existed before he came to Sitka. But
then she had been busy with her les
sons, and now, in the idea of her old
fashioned father, her simple education
was complete, and it was time for her
to marry one of the Russian lads who
sought her hand. +
The next steamer day" Tom Doug
las was seen rushing madly to Natalia's
home. The neighbors, who, of course,
had noted his long absence, were great
ly surprised.
"Natalia! Nataliar' he cried as soon
as she came into the quaint drawing
room to receive him. ''Ive come to ask
you to be my wife. Dearest, say yes
at once al
''Why, Tom, are you crazyp What
has become of Alice?"
"Well, by George, Natalia. she is
married! just think of Unmarried!
And am the happiest man on earth.
A pardoned convict's feelings of relief
are not to be compared to mine. You
see, soon after she left Washington she
met an old sweetheart whom she had
cast off to marry Mr.. Deering, whose
condition and prospects seemed bet
ter. In the meantime this fellow had
made fortune, and as he was on his
way to Alaska for a pleasure trip they
decided to make it also wedding trip
and break the news to me in person.
Rather awkward, you might think,
but congratulated them with all my
heart and thanked my stars for my
freedom. Come, little girl, put on
your hat and I'll take you down to the
steamer to see the bride and I'll intro
duce you to her as my fancee, because
you say yes, don't you, my dearY'
II suppose so, Tom, but it's all so
sudden. Shall wear my leghorn hat?"
st. Louis Republic.
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The bicycle Riders Mission.

One of the main elements in bringing
about the better condition of roads has
been the bicycle rider. He has been a
constant grumbler over the poor condi-
ton in which the roads are allowed to
remain. This is natural, for he fur
nishes the muscle, while one who drives
SCARCELY ever notices how hard his
horse works Fosters Democrat, Do
yer, q. Fl.
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Experiments with Butter.

The officials of the agricultural de.
partment are satisfied with the gen
eral results of the experiments made
at Cornell university, which have
shown the possibility Of making but.
ter from the whey left after the man
ufacture of cheese. The only other
question to be determined is whether
butter can be made in such quantities
as to pay. It is said to be good butter,
qualified judges being unable to de-
tect it from that made from milk in
the first place. -sfl
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DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

/ y .
Egg Omelet: Six eggs beaten sep
arately, half-pint sweet milk, six tea
spoonfuls of cornstarch made smooth
in little of the milk, one teaspoonful
baking powder, a little salt; add the
whites last, cook in hot pan with a
little butter: when nicely Drowned,
roll over on hot dish and serve al
once. Prairie Farmer.
Cream Pie: One pint scalding milk
three tablespoons sugar, two level ta-
blespoons cornstarch, moistened with
a little cold milk; yoll1s of two eggs, the
whites being saved for the frosting
Line plate with a pie crust and bake.
Flavor the cream to taste, pour 1T in
the crust and place in oven again, un'
til the frosting is lightly browned.--
Womanlind.
Peach Ice Cream: One quart of
rich cream, one pint Of milk, two and
half cups of sugar, one quart CT
peeled and chopped peaches. Sweeten
the cream withaone cup of sugar, mix
with the milk and freeze. When halt
frozen stir in the peaches, over which
you have strewed the remaining cup.
and-a-half of sugar. Grind until hard
frozen; pack in pounded ice until you
are ready for it.-Home Queen.
Potato curry is very good with
cold meat, or as breakfast dish with
hard-boiled eggs. Fry some onions in
thin slices in dripping. Cut up some
cold boiled potatoes, and fry them with
the onions. Dredge all with curry
powder, add a little gravy, salt and a
squeeze of lemon juice if you have it.
Allow all to stew for quarter of an
hour, and serve very hot. This is a
very dainty and most inexpensive dish.
Leeds Mercury.
Apple Compete La France: Cut
up half dozen sour apples, put in a
preserve kettle with the juice and rind
of a lemon and three cups of water; set
over the fire to boil until tender; take
up and strain, return the juice to the
kettle with half pound of sugar, and
let cook for. two minutes. Peel eight
large cooking apples, remove the core
carefully and drop the apples into the
sirup Let simmer gently until tender
and clear; take from the kettle, fill
the centers with orange marmalade,
lay carefully in a compete dish. Boil
the strip slowly until thick. When
the apples are very cold and the sirur
cool, pour it over. Set on ice until
chilled before serving. -Detroit Free
Press.
Tomato Soy: Take bushel of ripe
tomatoes, cut them in slices and skin;
sprinkle the bottom of tub with salt;
put in a layer of tomatoes; cover with
salt; add more tomatoes and salt until
all are in the tub. Cover the top with
a thick layer of sliced onions; let stand
three days; turn into a large kettle;
set over the fire and let boil very slow.
ly for eight hours; stir occasionally to
prevent sticking. Take from the fire
and stand aside over night In the
morning strain and press through a
wire sieve; add four pods of red pepper,
chopped fine. an ounce of ground cloves,
two ounces each of allspice and black
pepper. Return to the kettle; set over
a slow fire and let boil until very thick
and smooth. When cool put in small
jars and seal. Soy is an almost un.
known sauce to modern housekeepers,
but was found in the pantry of all
southern housekeepers sixty years ago.
Ladies' Home Journal.
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LITTLE FEET.


Oyou dainty, dimpied feet,
You are fair and you are sweet
Like sunbeam in the wheat
If I had my way
Iwould take a lily white
(Where it leans to kiss the Light
And make sandals for you-brighA
AS the sun in May.
Then I'd fashion rosette
or the blueSt violet,
In their silver buckles set
Wouldn't that be gay?
Then, you dainty little feet,
Where you walked I'd scatter sweet
Roses. whose glad hearts would beat
II had my way.
Knowing this, dear, dainty feet,
You must haste my steps to meet
When the twilight-rosy cheat
Turns the gold to gray.
Patter, patter. soft and low;
Little feet. I love you so!
would guide you where you go.
II had my way
Atlanta Constitution.
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SIMPLE MILK COOLER.
A Leaf from the Diary of a Progressive
t Nebraska Farmer.

A Leaf from the Diary of Progressive
" Nebraska Farmer.
My milk cooler is a box large enough
to hold all my milk and cream cans
and butter crooks. 1t hasa spout down
one corner within one inch of the bot
tom, to allow the water to flow in,
thus putting the cold water in the bot
tom of the tank. The warm water
rises to the surface and passes off
down the hose, which is hooked
up as high as you wish the
water in the vat around the cans.
When there is less milk in the cans,
lower the hose by use Of the wire
chain. The warm water passes off at
the top of the vat and runs out on
our garden, and is used to irrigate it.
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THE WIDOWS ARRIVAL.


I WAS steamer"
day" at Sitka and
amid all the joy
GUS stir and ex-
element that the
mont h y DO a t
brought was one
forlorn, unhappy
man. Tom Doug
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las watched his friends as they eagerly
opened their letters and listened with
assumed interest to the bits of news
they were anxious to share, for al
Sitka the population throng to the
wharf when the steamers whistle is
heard and wait The coming of the ship
and the distribution of the mails. The
people crowd into the tiny post office
on the dock and watch impatiently for
the longed-for home lettera
But Toms home letter was not a
comfort to him. well, she is really
coming" he thought, ''s month from
to-day, if the steamer is on time. l will
be married man; worse luck. How
can ever tell Natalia, dear little girl!
/ wouldn't willingly hurt her tender
feelings for million dollars, as hard
up as 1 am" and Tom whistled rue
fully.
Tom Douglas was a naval officer and
before being stationed at Sitka he had
been on duty a winter in Washington,
where he plunged into society with
that gay abandon that only sailor
knows, for after three years at sea a
young fellow is quite ready for the
rush and whirl of the gay capital. ALI
houses were open to the handsome
lieutenant, but there was one where
he was especially welcome. The
hostess was a pretty widow of some
twenty-six or twenty-seven years of
age. Her husband, who had died soon
after their marriage, seemed not to
have laid very strong hold on her af
fections, for after mourning him decor
ously for year she blossomed into the
gayest of the gay and her house be-
came a center for the young officers
who had been the friends of her hus-
band
It was there that Tom spent most of
his time. He dropped In during the
morning and discussed the newest Cos
sip or the latest magazines and came
in for cup of tea in the afternoon
and remained till her coy parlor was
empty save for himself and her.
''Are you going to the assembly to-
night?" he would ask.
"Will you be there, Tom?' Mrs.
Deering had such a good-fellowship
way of using her friends first names.
Eyes, presume So"
SWELL, then, am going" the little
widow would reply. 3s.
And that was the way the winter
passed, Tom running in at all hours,
privileged to smoke or read, to talk or
listen, the most INDUCED of all her
callers. When his orders came for his
immediate removal to Alaska he put
the document in his pocket and went
as usual to the CHEEKY home of Mrs.
Deering. He told her the news, and
was really surprised and fattered by
her reception of it. She took both his
hands in hers and the tears gathered
in her bright eyes.
''Oh. Tom," she said, 81 hate to have
you 60"
Now, it never occurred to Lieut..
Douglas before, but at this moment
the idea did come to him that he was
in love with the widow. He drew her
to him and kissed away her tears, and
before he knew it he was engaged to
Alice Deering..
He left soon after arranging to have
Alice join him later in the summer,
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"oH, TOM, HATE TO HAVE You co."

Oh, TOM,r HATE TO HAVE YoU CO."
but, owing to the loss of distant rela-
tive, the heir Of whose m Oldest estate
she was, her coming had been greatly
delayed. It was now more than year
since Tom and she had parted in Wash
,ington. In the meantime Tom had
swhiled away his leisure hours in the
somewhat narrow circle of Sitka So
ciety, but in that narrow bound he
had found fair Russian flower that
he knew bloomed for him. Though
Tom had not made love to Natalia-he
was too honorable for that-they had
been together constantly and each
knew instinctively what was in the
others heart.
II believe I'll go and tell Natalia
ALL" Tom continued to muse, right
now, for of course as a gentleman and
officer I am bound to keep my word,
and my word is given to marry Alice,
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-05-22
NITRO-GLYCERINE EXPLOSION
SHAKES SAN FRANCISCO
AND VICINITY.
SIX ARE BLOWN TO ATOMS.
FIRST THOUGHT TO BE AN
: EARTHQUAKES FELT {
FOR FORTY MILES.
10000 POUNDS OF EXPLOSIVES.
Powder Explosion in n Mine Kills
Four and Wounds a Number
of Others.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, May 21.-
A terrific report and conclusion, which
was distinctly felt all through the city
and at towns around the bay for dis
tance of forty miles today, was at
first believed to be caused by an earth
quake, but proved to be an explosion
in the nitro-glycerine and mixing
houses Of the California Powder works !
at Pinole, across the bay. The crew
of the glycerine house, four in num-
Der, and the foreman of the mixing
house, were all killed, as were nine
Chinese working in the latter depart
ment The explosion occurred in the !.
nitro-glycerine house, and was prob
ably caused by the Chinese dropping
a can of the explosive. The cause
cannot be definitely ascertained, how
ever, as all connected with the. build
ing are dead. There were two hun
dred Chinese in the adjacent mixing
roeom, and at the sound of the ex-
plosion all ran and the majority es-
capped. The force of the explosion was,
tremendous. Huge trees were thron
into the bay a distance of half mile
and nitro-glycerine tanks weighing a
ton each are now lying five hundred
yards a. distance from the scene.
Hands, legs and other parts Of the
mutilated remains Of the dead were
scattered along the road for a mile.
Thenitfoglyte-ine house first went up,
then the mixing store house and gun
cotton in the premises followed. The
nitro-glycerine house, of which not al
Vestige now remains, was a three-s
story frame structure, 1,200 by so feet
1t contained 5000 pounds of nitro gly-s
cerines and 1000 pounds of hercules
powder. A remarkable. feature of the
explosion is that although the store
house containing 1000 pounds of her
eules powder is completely wrecked,
it's contents are intact. In all 10000
pounds of explosives went up with a
roar and sheet of flames. The IA
talities are as follows:
KILLED n'e9lge z k..~eE6
CLARE JOHNSON, foreman glycer-
Inc house. u{
D. A. DOANE,l of Pinole.
M. MINAUCH, of Oakland. 80.
c. VEIEGAS, of Martinez.
W. D. TAYLOR, foreman mixing
house.
- NINE CHINESE.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-05-22
sAuER,s GREAT Tricycle..

the American Exchange bank, and
Note Teller Mahoney were the only
witnesses and both testified that they
thought Mrs. Cameron and not the ac-
cused was the woman who presented
the certificate on April 29, although
they would not be positive. They
claimed they never saw Mrs. Smith
until yesterday, when they met her in
her attorneys office, so the county at
torney moved for the discharge of Mrs.
Smith. The crowd was pleased and the
accused woman shook the judges
hands and thanked him deeply, as well
as the police and all who were con-
nected with the case. But that Mrs.
Smith was discharged does not end the
case so far as Mrs. Cameron is con-
cerned. She is preparing an affidavit
on which to base a suit against the
banks, as she claims she can prove by
the positive testimony of seven wit
nesses that she was in Ashland on the
days and at the very hours the bank
teilers claim she was in the bank.
1t Is learned late tonight that Mrs.
Smith is once more wanted by the
police, who now claim to have posi-
tive evidence that she is the woman
who forged Mrs. Cameron's name and
drew the money from the bank. Mrs.
Smith went into hiding as soon as she
was released from custody, taking her
children with her, and it is reported
to the police tonight that she was seen
driving across the country in a light
wagon. No trace has been found of
her husband, to whom the money is al
legged to have been given.
Just before midnight Mrs Smith was
arrested at a small town a few miles
out in company with Ludwig Larson.
He was also locked up.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-05-22
RESULT OF CARELEssNEss.
Powder Explosion in n Mine Kills
Four-Five Injured.

FOur-Five Injured.
WHEELING, w. Va, May 21.-The
first reports of a disastrous explosion
at the Monongahela mine near Fair
mont today were wildly exaggerated.
The exact facts are as follows: At
1880 o'clock this afternoon a Pole care
lessly ignited a can of powder in mine
NO. 4, of the Monongahela Coal and
Coke company, and terrific explosion
followed. The accident occurred in the
main air course leading to Mine No. 2.
about 500 feet from the mouth of Mine
No. 4, and the smoke was thus driven
through the different parts of the mine.
suffocating four miners. Quite
number of others were seriously but
not fatally affected by the smoke. The
dead are:
C. r. BERTCHER an old man who
leaves a large family.
WILLIAM SHAVER, age fifteen.
LUKE VERIKA.
ANDREW DUNLOP.
Mine Inspector Harr is on the ground
making an investigation An inquest
will be held tomorrow The Mononga-
hela coal field and the company is
headed by Ex-United States Senator
Camden. The dead and injured were
taken out of the mine Immediately
after the accident. The injured will all
recover. AS soon as the powder
smoke cleared away, it was found that
no damage had been done to the mine
so that work will not be interrupted.
1t is definitely known that the explo-
sion was caused by powder. There is
no gas or fire damp whatever in these
mines, which are regarded as among
the best equipped and safest in the
country. Reports that the disaster
was caused by gas or f1re-damp are un-
true. The injured are: Harry Leaper.
Frank Floyd, James Burcher, William
Jones, Antonio Zieveska. They have
all been removed to their homes.