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The herald., 1896-08-02
CURIOUs AROrT THE BARY

She was one of the curious women who
are always to b. found everywhere, and
when the young couple. accompanied by
the baby and the Cd lady. entered the
Ca.. she turlrd her attention to them ut
once. Presently the baby began to cry,
and she saw her opportunity. She wait
ed. however, until the p ~ young woman
had tried yanly to quiet the baby, and
r11nr, WISH sac yIelueu ne Dattle and
delivered it over 10 the older lady the
curious woman opened fire.
She began the campaign by offering
the child flower AMI when the young
woman, thankful of the cessation of the
cries which had attracted the attention Of
all the passengers. tlannPd her grateful
ly, she commenced to ask questions at
orce:
How Old is yclr bahy:" she asked
first, and the yourg woman blushed and
,ooiled desuerlteIy ut her companions.
Il don'tlkn1w." she answered at last,
DO you, EdWlrd:'
NO was the brief response of the
man. as he glarcd at the curious woman,
man-fashon, II doa't."
The Young woman locked as if she con-
sidercd the natter settled and sighed
comfortably rs she loannl back and be-
gan playing with the baby. but the in
qlirer was not yet satisfied, and she re-
turned to the charge.
HAS your baby any teeth" she ask
ed, SINKING cordlally,and again the young
woman blushrd
"I-I-rellly d Int Know" was the ans
wer again, ana the young man rose las
tily and went cut upon the Platform.
You don't know. either of you?"
calculated the curious woman. in aston
ishment. How funny
But no explanation was offered her and
she triel another tack.
is this your first haby:" she said,
with an insinuating smile, ''or how many
little blessings are there at your house?"
Fifty" answered the old lady, shortly.
seeing that the younger one was help
less with embarrassment. and the
curious woman fell back in her seat in
astCnishmont.
why" she gasped. looking the in
creduity she felt, '-how can that be pos
sible?"
I'm the matron Of an orphan asylum"
explained the old lady Jelly. land these
Kind young people are helping me to
to take this baby to the lady who has
adopted it."-ChlcagoTimes Herald.
The herald., 1896-08-02
THE GOAT WAS HUNGRY.

Several days ago the employees of a
local express office were furnished con-
siderable amusement and all at the eX-
pense of an innocent goat and an aged
darby. Sampson some time ago prom
ised a Shepherdsville friend a goat
The animal, with a liberal use Of water
and SOAP was converted into white
ness exceeding that of a politicians con-
science. A neatly printed tag was at
tached to the goats neck and the ami
NAL was started for the express office in
charge of the colored man.
He was led proudly into the express
office and up to the shipping clerk.
Il want to ship this goat" began the
colored charge.
"Where to-"
"Where to-" inquired tie clerk.
Il don't know" replied the man of
color and then, with smile of satisfac.
ton. he reached for the goats neck.
But the smile was gone and in its place
was look of dismay as the negro saw
only the string dangling from the goats
neck.
dat goat don't know where he's going
hisself; he's done eat up the town.
Louisville.
The herald., 1896-08-02
A WESTERN ROMANCE.

When Jack Harris was mustered out
of the army at Fort Ieavenworth in 1865
he had 500 pay coming to him. An auc.
ton sale of mules was in progress and he
invested the greater part of his money
in five big animals, and afterward pick.
ed up Il wagon and some harness. Then
he drove to Franklin county where he
traded part Of his plumber for eighty
acres of land. He kept two mules and
the wagon and became freighter. One
evening after he had unoaded at Otta-
wa a lot of stuff which he had hauled
from Kansas City, it was suggested to
him that he might get job of hauling
from a young man who had bought
lot and was preparing to put up q store
building. He struck the stranger fov
the work, and secured it, hauling good,
and lumber from Lawrence. The stran-
ger was a liberal sort of Il man, and the
future candidate for Congress was great
ly pleased with him. One day he drove
TO his fathers farm and greeted his sis
ter with; "Sister, I've found fellow
for you" ooh, go off, Jackr' the young
girl said. Il want no fellow" About q
year afterward he took his friend out to
the farm to visit over Sunday. Sure
enough. young Harris had guessed it
right and the young storekeeper and
SISTER after awhile made a, match Of 1t.
Years rolled by, and the two brothers-in-
law. still fast friends. became presidents
of rival banks in Ottawa, and the other
day at Lawrence Harris had the active
support and counsel of his brother-in-
law in his struggle for the Congressional
nomination. His name is Horace j.
Smith.-Kansas City Star. lll-i
The herald., 1896-08-02
PREY UPON THEIR SPECIES.
Wildcats Have No FCndness for Their
DOmesticated Relatives.


1t has taken about twenty years to pro-
duce the wildcats of Goat Island. the de-
generative process commencing soon af-
ter the lighthouse was established there
in 1870. 1t seems that the first keepers
brought number of eats with them.
but with unrestrained liberty the ami
mails gradually forsook the comforts Of
civilization. Goat Island is the home of
thousands of birds and squirrels. and to
this is possibly due the temptation of cats
to forsake the keepers firesde. The cats
at first would absent themselves for
days at time, bur their kittens were
born at home. In time, however they
got over this and lived altogether in the
underbrush After a few years the de-
scendants of the first cats were 50 wild
that they were afraid of human beings
and made their dens in the crevices Of
the rocks.
From that time the cats became Wild
er, until now they are as ferocous as the
terrible creature of the mountains. They
have increased in size and changed alto
gther in disposition. They are always
seen in pairs and appear to mate. as adj
species of the cat tribe do in tie wild es-
tate. The cats live on squirrels, quail
and sparrows, as we'll as such other
small animals and birds as they can
catch. They are supplied with water
from dozen springs IN different parts
of the island.
In addition to other changes the wild
cats have become hostile to such tame
cats as are brought to the island from
time to time. They will attack them ON
sight and never stop until they have Kill
The herald., 1896-08-02

he said. There's a piano there
1t was a good instrument
1T was tuned yesterday" said Wilr,ay.
by man VINO srEe,t OF sherry and told
me to trot along 'Trot along has a bad
sound, too.''
sat down to the piano, and did not in the
least know what to play. 1t occurred to
me that nursery rhymes might possibly
appeal, and tried some OF them. When I
had finished, Wilmay came up to the piano
and said, do you know this?" She hum
med scrap Of the Tannhauser march.
She hummed in tune.
Yes" l said.
Would you please play it?"
Wen, l said, ION a piano you can't
out no matter I'll do my best"
II she had asked me to give her some idea
OF Mendelssohn organ sonata on a pen
ny whistle, Philip would have expected me
10 comply without a murmur.
When l had finished, she put both arms
round my neck, kissed me impulsively.
said Goodnight" and ran out of the
room.
"Well?" said Philip. when she had gone.
Yes" I said, ''Wilmay is the other
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| shook hands, and asked me If I wouldn't
| like to have breakfast at once.
''No thanks. said. THE excellent Car
ter has just asked me the same question.
But I've had some tea.and I'd rather wait
until your father comes down. Have you
had breakfast"
'Not yet. l thought would have break
fast with you two this morning"
l said that would be charming.
She took me off to see the garden and the
| stables. On the way it occurred to her that
it would be pleasant to have breakfast on
the lawn.
1--WE do sometimes when it's good morn
ing like this"
l thought the idea capital. She called up
an undergardener and said with much dig
nifty:
Would you kindly go up to the house,
and let Carter know that we should like
breakfast on the lawn this morning?"
1t was very quaint was amused.
While she was showing me her own pony,
she suddenly asked If l considered that
music was as difficult to learn as writing.
l said that it was more difficult-more
heart-breaking. l ought really in self-de-
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such evidence that your life is not quite
purposeless.
l found Philip waiting for me on the
station platform at Snden. 1t was twelve
years since we had met, and our converse
ton at first was, while his servant was
looking after my luggage, incoherent-
a volley of mixed questions and answers.
His dog-cart was waiting outside the sta
ton, but Sinden was within five minutes
distance and at my suggestion we walked.
Philip was wonderfully little changed by
twelve years as far as personal appearance
went. He had looked, perhaps, older than
his years at twenty; at thirty-two he look
ed younger than he was. He was a hand
some man, tall, dark, clean shaver, with
the build of an athlete. He occasionally
made little gestures while he talked-a
habit, by the way, which he had never had
while we were at Cambridge.
WELL" said, as we walked, you don t
look old enough to be the father Of child
OF ten.'
YES he said, "Wilmay is ten."
'And Is Wilmay boy or glrl?"
"a girl, of course. Upon my soul, you
don't know the simplest things!'
l made the obvious retort, and he tried
further to explain his cratic and abom-
Unable conduct
Il know should have written more often
and told you about myself. But then some
of your letters absolutely demanded an
answer-and that sort l never can answer.
And l wasn't always interesting enough
to write about oh, look here, you shall
ask me anything you like at dinner!
will make up all arrears of information
then. BY the way, do you like children?"
You remind me of girl who once ask
ed men If l liked poetry. There are chill
dren and Children
well, yes-Wilmay is the other kind"
A short avenue of lines brought us up to
the front door. My luggage had already
arrived, and had been taken up to my room.
The man who unpacked it took out four
largsh boxes of chocolate and placed them
with soemnty in a regular line on the
table. You get good deal Of chocolate for
a pound or so. l selected box which was
covered with purple satin and had a heart
in gold on the top.
"Do know If Miss Wilmay has gone to
bed?" asked.
II believe not, sir. will enquire for
you"
He brought back word that she had not
yet gone to bed.
Then would you have this box taken to
her, from Mr.. Derrmer, with his love-"
That was the Introductory or ingratia-
ting Offering: l reserved two boxes with
The herald., 1896-08-02
HOW TO EXTERMINATE WEEDS.
There Is Right and a Wrong Way, al
in Everything Else.

utIe Is ltlSul anu IL w IOn5 way a.
in Everything Else.
Weeds seem to curse every farm, and
they put in an appearance during the
whole of the growing season, being
propogated by seeds and from the roots.
AS to the source whence they come 1t
may be difficult to explain, as light seeds
are carried by winds, but in a majority
Of cases weeds are allowed to produce
seeds on the farms after the cultivation
as long as the growth of the crops de-
mand such work, but they will not give
cultivation simply TO benefit the land for
the next year. IT is during this interval
between the end of cultivation and the
appearance of frost-that the weeds have
their golden opportunity. They flourish
and seed the land for the next seasons
production of the weeds. 1t is not inn
possible to destroy weeds entirely, and es-
pecially II the farmers of neighborhood
will work together for that purpose, as
even the Canada thistle has been exter-
minated Oh wcll-kept farms by cultivat-
ing a crop that required the hoe as well
as the cultivator.
The early weeds, no matter how small
they may be- feed upon the plant food in
tended for the crop, and also appropriate
moisture. They grow rapidly, because
they are usually well adapted to the eli
mate, and are also Indigenous to the
soil. When the weeds are young the
plants Of the crop are also young, and
there is a competition for supremacy.
Usually the weeds excel in numbers and
crowd the plants until the farmer comes
to the assistance Of the crop. On land
that is rich. on where manure or fertilz-
efs have been applied. the weeds will
always hold the mastery. and Il differ
ence CT oniy two or three days in destroy
ing them ray seriously Interfere with
the cr1n There can. however, be no
p9slDoli, neHt of cultivation for destroy.
ing weeds, and esp.:i9i'y Whore the rain
fall has not reen up to the average, ~
weeds can take up an enormous amount
of moisture from the soil in tWenty-four
hours
An implement known rs the wceder is
now used for young weeds. 1t can be
drawn ny cre hCrsc and destroys them
without iniuring the plants. This is done
rs soon as the wee Is begin to appear
above ground, and the harrow also does
good service at times. If the killing of
the weeds is done when they ale young
there vii be Il saving of labor later in the
season, and the cuitiy::;p- need not no
used unil the top soil requires loosening,
as surface cultivation is better than tear
ing the roots Of some crops. Every time
the soil is stirred and II shower comes
more seeds will germinate and in a short
time there will be but few weeds left.
SO much fer the early weeds The next
duty is to keep on with the work Of kill
ing weeds whenever they put in an ap-
peararcp. AMI not give up the ground to
them because the crop is made. If weeds
are allowed to grow to the height of sew
eral inches they viii then have deprived
the land Of fertility, but if destroyed when
young they can do but little damage
Philadelphia Record.
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myself. In one hand she carried the box
of chocolates. the other hand was stretched
out as she came forward. She had the
face of an angel.
'Wilmay," said her father. this is Ed
| ward-Mr. Edward Derrimer.'
She shook hands with me, without the
least shyness.
your uncle Edward" I said, ''if may
have that honor-a sort of supernumerary.
unofficial uncle"
II would sooner call you just Edward, If
l may. I don't like the word uncle or
the word meals or 'ulcer'-oh, and there
are some other words too! The sound of
them is so bad.'
by all means call me Edward. And
what am I to call you-Will?''
"Never!' she laughed. Nobody calls
me that. Always Wilmay."
She made herself comfortable In a low
lounge chair, and opened the purple box.
It's so hot tonight and couldn't sleep.
So thought I would come down stairs
just as l was, and try to find you did
send message, but I wanted to thank
you myself for this lovely box and the cho-
colates. How did you know that ! liked
chocolates?"
1T was wild guess of mine"
1t was quite right. See, I've eaten half
a row already. IT," she added perusively,
Il were to eat four more, should be ill.,
locked for some proper and conventions
al display of paternal authority. None
came Her father sat and watched her and
me with an amused smile. therefore took
u upon myself to suggest that the box
should be closed until the morrow. 1 did
not want to have the death of the child on
my conscience.
"Oh, no." she said "As four would
perhaps make me i'll, I shan't eat four. 1
Shall eat three
And she did. Then she said that her
father had told her that 1 was a fine mus.
ican
suggested some slightly milder term as
being more likely to come within a hun
dred miles of the truth Philip would have
called any man musician who was capable
OF playing a Beethoven sonata with any
approach to correctness and feeling-it was
generous OF him but misleading. But
Wllmay was not to be denied-she said that
she wanted me to make some music for
her.
Philip rose, apparently taking it for
granted that l should do what the child
wanted
I'VE must come into the next room then. :"
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which to revivify my popularity from
time to time, and one as q farewell offer
ing. The man brought back message that
Miss Wilmay desired to thank me very
much for the present and the message.
philip Amory and l were alone at din
ner. He talked delightfully."-, told stories
by the dozen, described bush life and min
ing life, told me heap of those little in
teresting things that travellers forget to
put in their books-but told me nothing at
all about himself. 1 thought, perhaps, that
he was waiting until the servants had gone.
But even then he told me very little, and
l hardly liked to accept his invitation to
question him. knew that he had married
and that his wife had died little more
than year afterwards, shortly after Will
mays birth. 1t was quite possible that
even after lapse of ten years he might
feel himself unable to speak of that time.
However he did refer to it once, as we sat
smoking in the library.
why don't you get married." he asked
me.
"That is what Bertha is always saying to
me-" Bertha was my worldly sister, Mrs.
Enterland, at that time thoroughly enjoy
ing her second year of widow-hood. 81 can
only tell you what I always tell Bertha
that SO far I have never had the opportun-
ity."
you have no resolve against IT,"
"Those that resolve against it inconti-
nently marry the housemaid and drop out.
No. I've no resolve. But 1 am thirty-two,
and I have escaped so far, and I hope
humbly and with bated breath I hope"
So far we had both spoken flippantly
enough. But now he said, quite seriously,
looking away from me: "You are quite
rght-never marry. man who marries,
In the way that young men marry, risks
loss. 1t becomes his greatest sorrow to
remember his greatest happiness. He
wants to curse God and die. and perhaps
there are reasons why he cannot die. Never
marry, never love-"
There was long pause. I did not know
what to say
While I am speaking of this" he re-
sumed, II want to say that you sent me two
letters, for which l have never thanked
you, old man. But was grateful for those
letters, and l should like
1t Is not necessary. It's all right.
understand perfectly
Then we will not speak of this again. II
man means to go on, and I mean to go
on for another thirty or forty years, and
the insurance people seem to think there's
The herald., 1896-08-02
THIEVISH WOOD RATS,
They Make Themselves at Home and
Are a Plague in the Northwest.

The wood rat Of the western slopes of
the Cascade range is a curious creature
that loves to steal so well that it is known
to many as the camp robber. 1t carries
offanythingit can lay its lips to,and is be-
sides a jolly, reckless fellow. 1t does
things which rodents are not given to do
ing.
1t will take knives. forks and tin plates,
cartridges, cups and anything it can han
die in the line of clothing, towels, or gun
rags, which make soft Innings for its nest
1t is related how pair Of these stuked
off a claim on top of a hunters camp
stove, and put up the most curious rat
house anybody ever heard of. About
200 yards away was railroad shanty,
where the section men kept their sup
plies, and among other things was key
of railroad spikes, such rs are used to
fasten the rails to the ties. The rats
took some spikes to their claim. built up
an iron wall, and lined the interior with
soft stuff. 1t is curious fact that all
the points of the spikes were directed
outward, and they were laid with great
regularity and firmness. The habits of
the rat are study Tor naturalist, and
it makes things so interesting for the
natives that they kill it on sight. Forest
and Stream.
The herald., 1896-08-02
DOWNRIGHT 1896; by the Bachelor Syndicate

Nopyfis"' low ~
CHATTER l.
Philip Amory was only twenty years
old when ne decided 10 ieaVe England. he
had no relations 10 consult, ana MS guard
ian never opposed MIN In anything put
his friends-of which in spite OF MS eccen-
tricities he had many-were indignant. he
was leaving Cambridge in the middle OF MS
career there, and the career mad promised
tto be very brilliant. He was going TO
Queensland, and Queensland Is long way
The herald., 1896-08-02
STEAMSHIPS HAVE EARS.
New Device by Which the Newest
| T in lra

Ocean Liners Are Equipped.
The Gate City, which arrived here Oh
Monday from Savannah, is the first
steamer going out of this port to be
equipped with an aurophone, the new
device for enabling the lookout to deter
mine the direction of sounds at sea. The
aurophone was tried on the way up. but
little could be told about its utility owing
to its being placed in poor position 1t
consists of brass box which fits over
the mast and which has projecting from
each end broad-mouthed funnel From
this box. close to the tunnels, two tubes
like ordinary speaking tubes lead down
the mast and through the main deck to
the deck below. Inside of the box there
is complex arrangement of diaphragms
and sounding-boards, so placed that a
sound will enter only one of the tubes
when it is passing through the funnel GA
the opposite Side of the box. On the
lower deck is an arrangement like an en-
gine-room indicator, by which the box
above may be turned around the mast
and directly under the Indicator is a
tell-tale compass. The man below places
the tubes to his ears, where they are held
in place by a cap. Unless the tunnels
above are pointing directly toward the
sound which he wishes to Locate he will
hear it only family and in one Cur, be
cause one of the tunnels being turned
away from the sound the tube oDDJsite
does not operate. He then turns the in
dictator in the direction from which the
sound appears to come and when the fun
mel is pointing directly Mt tile sound ii
passes through the funnel and out of the
other. putting both tubes in operation. and
the operator hears the sound distinctly
and in both ears at once. He then CLAN
ces at the indicator and the point on the
tell-tale at which it rests gives the exact
hearing of the sound. Boston Trans,
cript.
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Farmer Hayrix-"My boy wants me

Farmer HayriX-"My boy wants me
to send him to college but don't believe
the result is with the money, do you?"
Farmer Observation-Disclosures. My cousin
Jakes boy he went to collidge and grow
ed SIGH head of hair and sich a lot Of
muscle that he's making $3.50 week as
the Wild Giant of Madagascar an only
has to show twict day"-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
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CHAPTER lit.

We sat very late that night talking, and
when we separated we mutually agreed that
ten o'clock or whereabouts would be the
right hour for breakfast. However, woke
at six-went to sleep and woke again once
every ten minutes until shortly after seven
and then rang my bell and got UP. When
was dressed, l went downstairs and out
into the garden. l found Wilmay there.
aud she came up to look after me. She
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-30

LIME, CEMENT AND PLASTER,
And full stock of lumber mt rock bot,
tom prices at Catogni Bros. lumber ward,
Market square