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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-24
shone on me with a world OF laughing

shone on me with world OF laughing
in them.
"Well, he said smilingly. At the
same moment I caught sight of Paul in
the doorway talking to a man whom I
did not know and with earnest gestures
pointing to my partner. Paul, too, had
recognized him.
Though my heart was beating so
hard that could not speak, motioned
to Mr.. Meredith to finish the dance,
and when we reached the side nearest
the opposite door I stopped.
"'Bend down your head I whis-
pered family. Some one has recog-
nized you. I saw them. You must
60 My voice trembled, am sure.
"'Must?' he said slowly, still smil-
ing. Then he frowned. But the smile
came back instantly as he glanced at
me as stood pale and trembling Poor
little girlp he said. so divided be-
tween a sense of duty and pity for a
poor wretch like me- Come-a bargain,
child! One more dance all around the
room and back here and will CO..
"'YOu ought to go now, faltered.
Not until we finish this dance he
said firmly.
"He supported me almost entirely as
he whirled around the room, or be-
lieve that should have slipped to the
floor.
"'Now, go!' whispered in perfect
terror.
Goodbye he said earnestly. Ishall
never forget you. Think Of me as kindly
as you Cam.
''He had vanished in the darkness,
and none too soon. A few minutes later
the sheriff and two of his men appeared,
fully armed; but Mr.. Meredith was no.
where to be found-nor did any one
ever discover how he had escaped -
Grandmother sighed softly.
II have always been glad to know he
escaped" she added.
els that all?''
eyes, except that after the notice of
my marriage had been inserted in the
papers l received an express package
containing diamond ring with a cross
cut in it's surface. -
The girls were silent for few mo-
ments, and then began with exclama-
tions of delight at the story, romantic
beyond anything they had expected.
Then said saucy Irene, with twinkle
in her eyes:
Grandmother, darling, I'll wager
anything that you never told GRANDPA
ther all this story.
The pink blush spread over grand
mothers face, but the dear old soul
would not lie even to point moral.
"No, my dear girls, " she said, slowly.
cit was very wrong, no doubt, butt
never did. ''-Minnie @. Hale in Brook
Ign Eagle.
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WALLABlES AND KANGAROOS.
A Sportsmans Glimpses of Animals Pc
cuIiar to Australia.

A Sportsman's Glimpses of Animals Pc
cu1iar to Australia.
There are wallabies and wallabies,
scrub, swamp and rock wallabies, but
all furnish lively sport for the hunter.
The wallabies are next relatives to the
kangaroos and are found in Australia.
f. G. Af1alo tells in the Badminton
Magazine how he hunted the wallabies
Is miles up the picturesque river, called
the Rhine Of the south by the Austria
1ians. The hunt was a failure, but the
writer had more sport after kangaroos
"We had not, my companion and I,
gone half MILE, - he says, "when we
disturbed large gray kangaroo at his
morning toilet He rose politely and
eyed us for moment, which would
have been his last on earth, only, as
luck would have it, he stood immedi-
ately between ourselves and the other
two of the hunters. Then, while we
were bowling to each other, the kangaroo
suddenly vanished. I do not pretend to
know where he went. When beast can
leap 20 feet without moving a muscle,
it is useless to look for it. Here came a
streak of luck. We rammed through a
tangle of trailing underground and all
of sudden there sat small doe wallaby
in small opening, scratching her ear.
Tt is not everybody who can intrude on
female wallaby and find her scratch
ing her ear with hind foot, nor does
one often find wallaby so interested
in what she was doing as this one was.
She rubbed her ear some more, and,
shocked beyond all measure, my friend
killed her with an express ball.
"The ears were cut off as trophies. A
little while after this about 30 walla-
bies and kangaroos were seen in a herd,
browsing in the grass mile away, and
that was tantalizing sight, though
mighty interesting. The beasts could
scent man mile away easily, and
scent meant go as you please hop race
| with no finish SO far as the men were
concerned.
'With good pull at the flask, we
crept forward" the writer says. con
we plodded, and the animals began to
look troubled, warned by those vague
and inexplicable forebodings of instinct,
standing erect now and then and scan
ming the horizon with their great eyes.
The males tapped the ground to warn
the does and away they went. We got
two by luck-a buck and doe.
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|
we could assure you. I tremb1ed SO
that I could hardly stand, and was al
most falling, when suddenly one of the
highwaymen pushed the other out of
the way, exclaiming, "A Hebe, by Jovel'
and with such bow as few had ever
given me he took my hand and helped
me down.
''To tell the truth, knew very little
of what took place around me after
that. saw my highwayman give some
orders to his men, Then he turned to
me, and in the most gentlemanly man
ner begged me to walk with him as the
air was rather cool. dared not refuse,
and we paced back and forth till I felt
as if I should faint. He talked of the
scenery, the mountain air and other
matters, but of his purpose there and of
the operations of his companions-he
kept himself carefully between me and
them-he said not a word.
1T was at a moment when I felt I
could endure no more, that [ caught
sight of Paul's face. All the men had
their hands tied behind them, and were
standing in row, looking into the re-
volvers of their captors, who relieved
them of everything of value. There
stood your grandfather with such a
glare of helpless indignation at poor me
that it was more than [ could stand, and
with sense of the ridiculous that was
more than half hysterical, broke into
such peals of laughter that the noun
tains echoed. I could not help it. I
laughed and laughed till the tears ran
down my cheeks, and my escort at last
joined me, while he whispered some
thing so fattering that my poor Paul
would have died outright if he could
have heard.
FINALLY my highwayman placed me
in the coach again, with a whispered
request for some remembrance-a ring
or anything AS he had it in his power
to take rings and everything else, slip
ped off a turquoise and gave it to him.
He placed it on his third finger above a
diamond, and as the diamond flashed, I
saw tiny cross cut into it's surface.
Nothing else was taken from me. I was
not even searched, and with a courtly
bow my knight Of the road and his COM
panions vanished as suddenly as they
had come.
Zone month later [ was almost worn
out with the entertainments furnished
by my sister in her efforts to make my
visit pleasant There was to be one more
dance, probably the last as we were to
start homeward the first Of the following
! week. Paul had been visiting relatives
and had just returned in time to take
part.
''As the wagons drove up at the door
of the inn where the dance was to be
held I heard a young lady, friend of
my sisters, call out:
"'Why, where has Mr.. Meredith
gomez But I thought nothing about it
| then.
''The dancing had been going on fol-
only short time when this young lady
came up to me and, with tones suggest
i've of vexation or pique, said:
"'Mr. Meredith wishes to be intro
duced to you.
''Mr. Meredith then asked me tc
dance with him, and not once but many
times we danced together. He was al
admirable dancer. Yet [ could hardly
hear what he said SO perplexed was [,
wondering where Icould have heard his
voice before. But at length as he ex-
! tended his hand I glanced down and
saw a small cross cut on the diamond
! of his ring
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OLD SCHOOL BANDIT.

IA SGOIy, SII1S! 6CS1u S1huu1u1 Su1lA-
ing1y. "Why, I've never had anything
happen to me that could make a story
except once. And I'm almost afraid
to tell you that one
ooh, that sounds charming, 3" exclaim-
ed Irene. "We'll have that if we have
to coax for week. "
Grandma was silent for several min
utes, while we chartered and coaxed her.
At last she gave way and began:
"Years ago, when was girl, things
were so different from our way of living
now that I fear my story will seem i'm
probable to you. lived in small west
ern town, where my father had q tract
of land almost as large as this entire
village. It was lonely place for young
people, but frequent visits to school
friends and return visits from them re-
lieved the dreariness somewhat. Wehad
plenty of riding and driving, however, as
we'll as an occasional dance. We really
had little time to NOPE.
"Still, it was sad change when my
sister married and went to live 10 miles
away. It seemed as remote as if she had
crossed the ocean; but the glorious an
ticipation of visiting her kept me in a
fever of excitement for a whole year.
During this time I had met Paul Foster
(your grandfather and become engaged
to him, and it was arranged that he
should accompany my father and myself
on the journey.
"Stagecoaches were the only convey
ances then, but there was an enchant-
ment about travel then that no amount
of luxury in palace car can equal now.
'"The drive was glorious! On some
parts of the road I sat on top of the
stage; but when I was tired, Or the road
rougher than usual, crept inside. Some
times we would walk while the horses
rested or followed slowly. Toward even
ing we would reach some small tavern
and remain all night-glad by that time
of the change, but just as eager to start
again the next morning.
'The second day, just as we were
starting, young man came up and hur-
riedly whispered to Silas, the driver. I
remember still my lively curiosity as to
what it was all about, when I saw Silas
lean forward and draw out two large,
fierce looking pistols. He examined
them carefully, meanwhile holding the
lines in peculiar way, partly between
his knees, with the ends turned about
his arm.
81 found out the meaning of the
whisper, and the pistols, too, when,
early in the afternoon, we entered a
narrow pass between the hills. By this
time was covering inside the coach,
though could see without wanting to
the rugged mountains, the steep cliffs,
the narrow roadway along which Silas
peered carefully as we proceeded. Yet
not so carefully but that even he was
taken by surprise when half a dozen
men suddenly sprang up, apparently
from nowhere. cannot express the
rapidity with which the whole thing
was DONE Two stood at the horses
heads, two quickly disarmed the driver
and the men on top Of the coach, while
two others at the same instant threw
open the door and with leveled pistols
ordered us to step out. Two elderly Ia
dies, a middle aged one, an old gentle
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1896-10-23
Women Horticnltnrists.

The first horticultural school for
women in Germany was opened at Fri.
dcnau, near Berlin, in the autumn of
1894, and it Will graduate its first class
Of seven members this fall. One of the
graduates will then assume the position
of teacher in a similar school recently
established in Riga, in Livonia. On the
LIST Of October another institution Of
the kind was opened on the estate Of
Baroness Barth- HarmatinG, near Plau-
en-, in Saxony. The courses of study eX-
tend over two or three years and in
cludo not only the various branches Of
horticulture, but also fundamental sci
entiic instruction and such knowledge
of business methods rs is needed Tor the
successful prosecution Of commercial
gardening Emphasis is laid upon the
fact that the new work thus made pos
sible for women is suitable for those Of
the cultivated classes, and not for uncd-
ucated or semieducatod rustics. Gin
Cinnati Enquirer.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1896-10-23
Woman In Germany,

The adoption in Germany of a gen.
| eral and common code Of laws applica-
BILE to all parts of the empire has aroused
the intense opposition Of the women of
that country TO the new code because of
its discriminating and oppressive fea-
lures toward them. Up to this time each
subdivision of the empire has had its
own laws. Under the provisions of the
new law an unmarried woman is re-
garded as almost equal to men concern
ing their earnings and their incomes. As
soon as a German becomes wife and
mother she is booked as a minor. She
has no right over her fortune. She can
not transact any business without the
signature Of her husband.
Then the new law defines the power
Of parents concerning the education of
their children, placing it all in the ia
ther. 1t denies divorce on account Of i'll
treatment. drunkenness and other of.
lenses. The bill, which has passed the
roichstag, does not become law until
1900, and many women are agitating
the question of its reconsideration and
repeal before that time.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1896-10-23

1t cannot be claimed that the poster
or Beardslcy style Of embroidery j,
beautiful, bat il is bright, snowy and
as yet a novelty confined to pillow On
perhaps a hanging for gag smoking
room. Most any poster that you partic-
ularly admire will give You the colors
and the forms 10 use. Cloth figures of
broadcloth, billiard cloth or ladies'
cloth are cut from white, black. blue
or rel and applied TO a background that
will make striking contrast. The fig.
ures are applied sometimes with dash
Of red or OF gold aud traced artistical ly
and in sweeping lines with rope silk or
ColOred cOttons. a magazine cover of
deep yellow linen has a Mephistopheles
figure Of black velvet applied to it. A
pillow with a sky blue background that
covers the upper half has on the lower
half the figure of a girl dressed in deep
yellow. Above her bits Of green cloth
appliqued give background of leaves
\ pillow Of bright yellow broadcloth in
the same style has the figure of an old
man cut from black cloth and white ap-
piled 10 it.--New York Post.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1896-10-23

Little girls who play with their dolls
may be interested to know what sets the
fashion in dolls eyes When Victoria
became queen of England, nearly go
years ago, she was fair and young, with
very blue eyes, whereupon blue eyes be-
came all the fashion, and all the loyal
dollmakcrs of her kingdom began send
inc blue eyed dolls from their factories
In Italy and Spain, where all the great
beauties have olive skins and dark,
handsome eyes, blond doll is quite
uncommon. Japanese dolls have twin
king, bcady eyes, set in their heads
aslaut, while the gayly dressed dolly
from Singapore looks from her copper
culorod face with pair of narrow, CO.
quettish, black eyes quite different in
expression from either the Spanish or
Chinese beauties. New York Times.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1896-10-23
Clearing the Path.

Mrs. josephine *. Henry Of Yer.
sailles, Ky, says in recent issue Of
The Free Thought Magazine: "While
woman's struggle for liberty has been
enviroued by more adverse conditions
and more bitter foes than any contest
for freedom il all history, yet no cause
ever had so many unconscious allies.
Every institution Of leaning that sd.
mits the sex; everv one WAC employs a
woman, thus helping Lgr 20 iIdCpoDd-
once every invention that releases her
from druueery-all these are clearing a
path TO the ballot box for the women Of
the United States. Women clubs,
whatever their proclaimed objects, and
whether women realize the fact or nor,
are merely political training schools
fitting the sex for citizenship When
II, 600, 900 American women come into
possession Of their political heritage
they will be the best prepared voters
that ever entered the body polite Of any
nation -
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1896-10-23
Women and the nicycIe.

The Whcclmen's Municipal league OF
san Francisco has declared for the wo-
man suffrage constitutional amendment
An evening pap,rof that city pertinent
ly remarks in TINS connection:
The wheolmen of the city, in decid-
ing tovote for woman suffrage. are do
ing good politics. There is less Of senti-
ment in this decision than Of practical
ity, as there always is in good politics.
Tho wheclmen are not proceeding 10
discuss theories, but to meet "a condi-
ton, Their position is that there are
3, 600 lady cyclists in San Francisco, all
of whom earnestly desire good, smooth
streets. These ladies, of course, have no
votes, so all they can do Is to lend their
moral influence 10 the campaign for
better roadways. Their moral influence
is great, but truth compcls the admis.
sion that votes are more effective than
moral influence when politics is being
Gone.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1896-10-23
The Women Are Losing Ground.

Tho Methodist Episcopal conference
at its meeting in Cleveland last May
directed the subsidiary bodies TO vote
again on the woman question They
are to say by their votes whether they
desire TO have the organic law of the
church SO amended as 10 make women
eligible To seats in its supreme legisla-
ture and judicatory. Ten of the annual
conferences have already complied with
the general conferences direction. The
vote in the ten conferences as reported
stands as follows: For letting the wom-
en- in, 2s2; for keeping them out, 2S3.
Last year six Of the ten conferences gave
POS votes for admitting the women
against $50 for excluding them. 1t is
noted that the Eyes" vote falls off in
every one Of these conferences It's not
"A case of heavy losses here and there,
but of moderately uniform loss all
along the line. AS the vote starts off it
does not encourage the advocates of
woman's right to sit in the general con-
ference. --Elmira Gazette.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1896-10-23

Some Of our boys aud girls think that
one forenoon is II great deal Of time to
wait for dinner after breakfast is over.
But there Is big anaconda in the Phil
adolphia GOO which ate its breakfas,
almost two years ag0-22 months, TO be-
"N.rt-and has just got around to its
dinner During all this time il Gidn' Z
seem 10 be q bit hungry, although when
1t was really ready for meal IL ate the
whole bill Of fare, which consisted of a
fat rabbit, all at one gulp It is not
very unusual fora snake TO abstain from
food for several months, at the end of
which time death generally results, but
the anaconda's case is distinctly differ
cut from any othrr. Its fast lasted over
twice rs long as any in the history of
the "z0o," aud during the whole Of its
continuance there was no evidence of
in health.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1896-10-23

practical art an opportunity TO study
under the best teachers. If they arrive
in "a strange city, one of the league will
look after their general welfare, see
that board is obtained at moderate
prices, and that their everyday life is
comfortable Charity is word I'M
known to the organization, as the OBJ
ject is 20 make students pay a reason
able price for what they are taught,
making them III turn self supporting
The plans for the Ladies' International
association in America are arranged I'M
der the direction of Miss Elise Mercur
of Pittsburg. Mrs. Grey, however, is
practically the woman who keeps the
American branch alive. she is devoted
70 the cause, and her enthusiasm keeps
the movement before the people Mrs.
Grey is not, however very we'll salts.
fed with what she has done in New
York, tut she has great faith in the
west and expects to accomplish great
deal in Chicago. She will make ar
engagements during her stay here for a
latur congress, 20 meet il October,
1891 Tho association has Just issued
the FIRST number of its official organ. Ii
is called The Iron Ring, and it will be
published quarterly. Chicago Herald.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1896-10-23
A Bed Cover.

\ beautiful new bed cover of latest
fashion is made from fine white organ
die. In the center there is a square of
the material bordered by "a band of re-
naissance lace. Next this is a wide Dor
der Of the muslin, then a narrower Dor.
der of the lace The spread is finished
with a wide frill of the muslin. The
pillow shams that go with the spread
are also of muslin. The square of mus
lin in the center of each sham has II
large ornamental letter, made from the
braids used fOI renaissance laCeS. Book
muslins of good quality could be used
for such cover, which is usually over
another of cOlured or white china silk.
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thing about che place was conducted
just as it IS in q regular patrol house.
All day the goats stood in their stalls
back of the hiliputian patrol wagon
ready 90 DAFT out and place themselves
unC.r the drop harness at the sound Of
an alarm. Al was hustle and excite
ucut about the shed at such moment.
Foreman Grant shouted his orders in q
snriil voice as all were slipping On their
boots, rubber coats and fire hats.
willie and Jake, grab the axes!
DJvy and Jonas, take the hooks! Char
ho, grab the roof ropcw he would shout.
The goats came clattoring out, and
the fire brigade was of with bang,
the gong on the front of the wagon
changing loudly. The company's mas
cot, fox terrier dog, ran, barking.
ahead Around the corner they would
speed 10 tine house of engine No 80, Of
ten arriving there before the regular
company had started out. They re.
manned ~ the tirchouSe ready 20 re-
spuud to any alarms that might come in
while engine No. 35 was away.
Since school began the young fremen
have taken a vacation, but next summer
they Will organize again. New York
World
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Ii is said that n discovery has been
made of n powder with luminous prop
critics which is applicable to fabrics OF
all descriptions, giving TO them the
brilliance Of opal on pearl by day and
rendering them phosphoresccnt by night
OF course it remains to BE- seen how far
the effect will add to the beauty OF tot
lets, but the inventor is naturally san
guine, and people are already talking Of
trillings Of luminous chiffon, lace treat
ed in such manner that its designs
shall stand out softly radiant against u
dim background, ribbons and feathers
shining as if dipped in fire, and other
marvels. Philadelphia Ledger
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1896-10-23
STYLES For Elderly Women.

Women are not elderly as early az
they used TO be. aud some never seem
20 grow old, being up to the times all
their life. From 60 to 20 is the time
when women still wish 10 look WELL
yet dread dressing too youthfully. The
appearance as well as the age should
govern the elderly woman's apparel.
Dark blue, gray violet, lavender, deep
green, black, clear and reddish purple
are all suitable colors. A silvcry haired
woman looks charming in house gown
Of the dep rich ryi called grenate.
Lace rdtlcs of "a creamy shade are be-
coming 70 withered hands, and a lace
jabUt at the throat is becoming. Pointed
and ripple basquCs are wen. olso the
long jacket waists showing e ~ g. Tat
vest Large and small rovers G.:.. CD1u-
let effects are in order nd crash col.
lars Of silk or ribbon E.j-r.y women
do not wear belts or round waists, and
their sleeves are of moderate size.
Their skirts are Of the five yard width,
intcrlincd to a depth Of ten inches all
around, and Of six 10 nine cores, full
figure taking the latter. As many ma
irons OF this age are rather prominent III
front it is well to fit the front gore with
"a few gathers in the belt Elderly wCm-
en- should wear soft Loncd cOrsets or
corset waists -Emma NJ. Hooper in
Ladies' Home Journal.