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Evening star., 1899-02-04
When She Made $1,000 the First Sen
son Neighbors Quit Laughing

From the New York Herald
One of the sights of Friendship, n. J..
is the frog farm OF Miss Mona Selden Miss
Il few years ago. II! health forced her to
resign and caused her to take up a UNIQUE
occupation. Miss Selden visited a market
one day and saw dozens of frogs legs on
sale. She found they We're high priced and
Immediately got the idea that she could
make money raising frogs.
The country around Friendship is dotted
with marshes and small ponds that during
the spring and summer are full of frogs of
all sizes. This land was considered of little
value, and when Miss Selden offered one
OF the owners 81 an acre for twenty acres
of the wettest and boggiest of it, he Jump
ed at the chance to sell.
The first thing Miss Selden did to her
prope rty was to fence it in. and when her
purpose became known to the neighbors
they sat in the village stores at night and
cracked jokes at her expense
1t was late in the season when Miss Sell
den finished the job of fencing and she
spent the winter in reading everything she
could get hold of that told about frogs, and
"hen she wasn't reading she was out I'm
barn shooting at mark with n target
rifle When spring came and the frog sea-
son opened the former school teacher could
MT bullseye at sixty PAGES, and she went
10 SnOoung frogs on her preserves and
shipping them to New York. The first sen
son she cleared 81 800.
Then those who had laughed at her went
to shooting frogs and sold them to har
while she shipped them to New York at a
nice profit. That was five years ago Sbs
mas since made from 5000 to $1,000 year
in the business.
Evening star., 1899-02-04
"Ah, would that it were true, and that

"Ah! would that it were true, and that
Sholto-
clapped her hands gleefuly. You said
i'll You said it,'' she cried. You called
him Sholto. Now / know, and / am SO
glad for he is nearly as good to play with
as YOU And l shall not mind him a bitI'
She broke eff short in her turn, seeing
something in her friends face.
why are you suddenly grown so sad,
Maudie?" she asked.
1T came to me- dear Margaret" said
Maud chow that we are but two helpless
maids in a dreadful place, without
friend Let us say prayer to God to keep
usi'
with her face to the pillow, and her small
hands clasped in front OF her.
Lend me your silver cross" she said. II
lent the little gold one that was Williams $
to the Lady Sybilla, ana she hath not given
it back again
Maud returned her the cross, and she
took it and held 1t in the palm of her hand
looking long at it. Then she repeated one
by one the children's prisons she had been
taught and after that she made a little
prayer of he: own. This is the prayer:
Lord of mercy, be good to two maids
who are lonely and weak, and shut up in
this place of evil men. Keep our lives and
our souls and our bodies from harm Make
us not afraid of the dark or of the devil
For Thou art the stronger. And do not
forget to be near us this night, for we have
no other friend, and sorely do we need one
to love and deliver us. Amen"
1t was true More bitterly than any two
in the whole world, these maidens needed
a friend at that moment. For scarcely had
the childish accents been lost in the night
silence when the outer door of the White
Tower was thrown open to the wall, and on
the steps of the turret stair they heard the
noise of men coming upward to their prison
room.
But first though the inner door of their
chamber was locked within, the bolts glided
back apparently of their own accord 1t
opened, and the hideous face of La Mef-
fraye looked in upon them, with a cackle
of fiendish laughter
Come sweet maidens,' she cried glee-
fully as the frightened girls clasped each
other closer upon the bed, come away
The Marshal de Retz calls for you He
hath need of your beauty to grace his feast
The lights of the banquet burn in his hall
See the light shine out upon the night
Evening star., 1899-02-04
srnor>:- OF Preceding Chapters.

SYNOPSIS of Preceding Chapters.
William. sixth Earl of Douglas, falls in
love with the niece Of the Marshal &c Fetz
Sh0f5o NIlckim. son Of the Douglas armor-
er. distinguishes himself in archery and Is
made captain If the castle guard. and later
ne is knigh-aI for brave conduct in the
tournament. Through the plots of his enc
mics and the help Of Lady Sybilld, William
is Iured to the Castle CriChton. Sybilla re-
pents of her agreement and urges the
Young earl TO return home with all speed
Marshal de Retz takes Sybilla to Edln-
burgh and William accepts the invitation
of the young King Of Scotland to visit the
court. AT a banquet a huge boar's head is
brought in-a sign Of treachery. The earl
and his brothers are arrested and impris-
Uued The brothers are sentenced TO be
executed at once. Sybilla declares her love
before the court and the two Douglases go
forth to their death Sholto stirS up the
Countrymen The three MackiIus meet.
tell the Lady Douglas of the loss OF her
sons and learn in turn from her mat Maud
Lindsay and little Margaret Douglas nave
been kidnapped by De Retz- The ltdE
Douglas gives Shulto a priceless suit OF
ar1nor ble<Ses him as her son and Starls
him out to search for the two girls. Shol-
To- with his father and brother and Lord
James Douglas. follows the Marshal de k"tz
To- Paris and then to Brittany Laurence
MacNli enters Llto Sel VIC " 'tli II
The search party battles with the wolves
Laurence is discovered by De Reiz TO be
III impuStuT. is shown the two girls ana
& y that if he tries To escape or help comes
Tia maid Of Galloway and Maud Lindsay
will ba murdered La Mcffraye taunts the
ScCztis maidcns. Lady SybIlla finds Shoi-
D. anE his companions and sends them to
John of Brittany for help. De Retz and his
assistants continue in their crimes. not
mindful Of punishment being deceived ny
SybiIla as to the whereabouts oil the
Scofchmen. De Retz murders several chill
drpu i'm his search for perpetual youth
John Of Brittany agrees TO help IN the res
AZ Ltf he rnHiInnS.
Evening star., 1899-02-04

The very trees are red with it. The skies
are red. All is red. Come-up-make your
selves fair for the eyes of the great lord to
behold"
Then behind La Meffraye entered GILES
de sille and Poitou, the marshars SER
Make ready in haste-you are both to go
il stantly before my lord, who abides your
coming!' said GILES de SIlIe. "Poitou and
| will wait without the door, and La Mef-
1raye here shall be your tirewoman, and
see that you have that which you need.
But hasten, for my lord cannot be kept
waitng."
SO they brought the Scottish maidens
They walked hand in hand. Their steps
did not falter, and as they went they
prayed to God to keep them from the
dangers of the night. Astarte the She
wolf, who must have kept guard beneath,
slalked before them, and behind them they
seemed to hear the hobbling crutch and
cackllng laughter of La Meffraye
Across the wide COURTYARD they went If
also was filled with the reflection of thn red
tide of light which ebbed and flowed. waxed
ana Waned above Saving for that window
M me Whole castle was wrapped in gloom and
silence, and if there were any awake with
in the precincts they knew better than n
spy, upon the midnight dongs of their dread
lord. vi W
The little party passed up the great stair
case or the keep and presently halted he
Tore the inscribed wooden door hv Will,
Laurence had entered the Temple of Evil
before them. 't'
AS Giles de Sile opened it for the maids
10 enter the skirt of Maud Lindesav's roba
blown back by the draft of the chamber
nuttered against the cheek of I,auranrG
l AiaGhim t,i as he lay on his face in the niche
OF the wall. At the light touch he came "a
hlmsed and looked about him with a
strange and instant change in all the af
lectlons and movements of his heart
with the coming in of the maidens faor-
seemed utterly to forsake him. A clarity Of
purpose, an alertness of brain, a strength of
trembling bath of horror in which he bnd
sWooned away. 0 'i''u
IL was Ike the sudden appearance of two
through the grim dominions of the Lords of
hell. - S US ol
lncarnate good had somehow entered the
mouse OF the demon, ringed though If was in
the slender periphery of n maiden,s "a, III
ana evil, resistless and strong before. seem,
eu IN the moment to lose half its power
Evening star., 1899-02-04
CHAPTER LIX.
Ihe sacrifice to Observation-Disclosures,

AS Laurence MacKim, crouched in the
ulh opscurlty of the curtaned doorway
looked forth this is what he saw:
-Nauu Lindsay and Margaret Douglas aa
Ndhceo INTO the center of the temple wbera
siap OF white marble let into the floor
AS IL by instinct the two maids stonnad
theFe ana stood hand in hand before The
iron altaf and the vast, shadowy image
w. :" -noii - s4ooineu eu above them and appeared
~ isdcH forward in the act to clutch them
AItef me hrst check in his hideous mean.
luis GliIeS dc RetZ had returned to his
UMn Sipi cnamber in which after his exit tbe
- StSaIieu pilShter and more fiercely red
r,a,.tI AS the maidens stood on the
marble square La Meffraye went tn IL
~ 'tlo cdiled certain words within some
Tb@r wltGh Laurence could not hear.
bannbt,, WIN WIN an assured carriage and
- sly stilue, came forth the marshal
ms stray hitlr and blue-black beard in strono
eill tunllasI with MS haggard, corpse-pale face
t,'If a. in "nlcn the momentary glow of youth
hait-restored had already faded az fodos
Il footprint upon wet sand
6iieS ue SHE and Poitou bowed silently
1919: MN aS men who have done their
SUIrl EUtidissloh @ ana who retire to await further
oruers. But La Meffraye stood her groI,nd
Here are the dainty maids from The far
ANU anu no oessars' brats are they. No stravs
Iii pL,1hilSs from the streets-no, nor vet
nn, nsl,y image lnnocents who follow La Meff-
,aSe from the play fields through the wood
1alus 10 the paradise of our Lord Giles
Hasten not the joy! Let these pearls of
youth iot th ana righteousness die. indeed, but
let them die slowly and deliciously And in
me iast blood of an ancient race let our
master eaIhe and find the new life he seeks.
praverI' 90
Ihen La Meffraye approached the maids
ana ana would have touched the dress of the
niue Margaret, as If to order it more dain-
Iily Tor the pleasing of her masters eye.
But Maud Lindsay thrust her aside like
an unclean thing
Whereat La Meffraye laughed till her
rusty black cloak quivered and rustled.
tie, in a very little, you. too will be calling
upon La Meffraye to save you, to pity you.
Evening star., 1899-02-04
CHAPTER LVIII.
The White Tower of MachecouI.


So at the command of the Marshal de
Retz they sent to bring forth Margaret
de Douglas and Maud Lindsay out Of the
White tower where they had been abiding.
Margaret had gone to bed and, as was her
custom, Maud Lindsay sat awhile by her
side. For so far as thay could they kept
to the good and kindly traditions Of Castle
Thrieve. 1t seemed somehow a tie with
home in that horrible place in which they
were doomed to abide.
Give me your hand. Maud, and tell on!'
said little Margaret, nesting closer to her
friend and laying her head against her arm
as she leaned on the low bedstead beside
her.
Margaret was gowned in a white linen
night rail made long ago for the lnarshafs
daughter, little Marie de Retz, in the days
before the setting up of the iron altar:
Catherine, his deserted wife, had been kind
to the girls at Pousaugus and had given
to both of them such articles of Carmen
ture as they were sorely in need Of.
Tell on-haste you commanded little
Margaret, with the imperiousness OF loving
childhood, nesting closer as she spoke.
1T helps me to forget. 1 can almost think
when you are speaking that we are again
at Thrieve. and that If We looked out of
the window should see the Dee running
by and Ben Gairn, and hear Sholto Mac
Kim drilling his men out in the court yard.
Why, Made, what is the matter? 1 did
not mean to make you cry. But 1t is all
so sweet to think upon in this place. Oh,
Maudle, Maudie, what would you give TO
hear Whaup whistler
Then, drawing herself with her hands
about Maud's neck into a sitting posture.
she took kerchief from under the pillow
and dried her friends tears murmuring
the while: "Ah, do not cry, Maud; my VI
sion will all come true and you Shall in
deed see Ben Gairn and ThrieVe-and
everything. l was dreaming about it last
night. Shall l tell you about it, sweet
Maud?'
Maud Lindsay did not reply, not having
recovered power over her voice. So the
little maid Of Galloway went on unbidden:
Yes, / dreamed a glad dream yeSter-
Evening star., 1899-02-04

.OW THAT THEY
are talking so much
about the dopopula-
ton Of France. mar
riaGc agencies are
becoming popular in
the gay capital l
wondered if an Amer
lean. young. rich, tai
ented and handsome,
would stand a chance
in one of them, and
so I called on old
" Pere en- Rapport.
Evening star., 1899-02-04
Eis Hnnnie.t Hnur.

from the Yonkers S;atesm1n.
He-"Do you remember the night pro-
posed to your
She--"Ycs dear"
We sat for one hour and you never open
ed your mouth
Yes. ! remember. dear
Believe me, that was the happiest hour
of my life.
Evening star., 1899-02-04
In the Gallery.

FROM iuck.
Jimmy-'say. wasn't dat great where he
holds de mob at bay?'
Tommy-"Wot's great about II? Don't
dem supes know if dey did anything to him
dey d git de grand bounce?''
Evening star., 1899-02-04

the woodman Louis Verger, and as they
fled upward the red gloom grew brighter
and they seemed to be rushing headlong in
to a furnace!
Evening star., 1899-02-04
MARRIAGE AGENCIES
Where Hearts May Be Bought and
Sold in Paris.
A VISIT TO PEREB : EN- RAPPORT
Chances for Good Young Men TO
Marry GOodIy Fortunes.
HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
PARIS, January -. 1893
Evening star., 1899-02-04
Between the Two.

mo. He hesitates. He trines. Between
that fine girl, who is luscious enough Ia
make you forget the world, but who las
only small dot, and pale. bony one who
is almost rich, he says that his heart bal
ances. have accorded hi1n a second inter
Evening star., 1899-02-04
MISS SELDEN'S FROG FARM

(To be continued.)
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-11
AGAIN IN THE c. N. G.
Colored Company Mustered in Last
 Fvenng-Other Arn1ory News

Colored Company Mustered in Last
 Evening-Other Armory News
 The First Separate company, colored, was formally mustered into the Con necticut National guard by Lieutenant Colonel Callahan at the armory last evening. The ceremony occupied near ly two hours, from to 8 o'clock, It was performed in the officers room and was very simple, each man signing his name on presenting his certificate. Six tyfour men were mustered in and the full number of sixty-eight Is expected at the first meeting on Monday even- ing.
 The election of officers will then take place. Captain Lathrop will not again be with the company and the election of his successor is looked forward to with much interest Lieutenants Tillman and Wood are the candidates.
 The different companies are prepar- ing for a visit of inspection from Cap tain Cornell of the quartermaster gen erals department. He will formally in spect all the regimental property on Thursday morning at o'clock.
 The Light guard S polo team has been, reorganized for the season and will re- ceive their suits on Saturday. Those composing the team are: Privates Williams, Smith Kelley, Hollis, Morris sey and Walker.
 Men from all the companies will rep resent the Second regiment in the shoot for the Leavenworth medal at Walling- ford on Saturday, The competition opens at 1 o'clock and is open to all members of the c. N. G.
 The Sarsfields held a special meeting last evening, at which the men re- ceived their camp pay. The company has decided to take part in the presen- tation at the Grand Opera house of the Drummer Boy of Shiloh" by the Pa triotic Sons of America during the week of November 6.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-11
Ettlnnc,ul.
 TIT F STOCK MA RK FIT.
Reliance on Domestic Money Situation Demonstrates.

Reliance on Domestic Money Situation Demonstrated.
 New York. Oct. 10-The stock mar
 ket to-day demonstrated in a striking
 manner it's reliance on the domestic
 money situation and it's indifference to
 the events in foreign lands. The Lon don market advanced prices this morn | ing under the lead of Kaffir mining
 stocks in which there is merry spec
 ulation based on the assumption of ear- | ly control by the British government
 of the Rand mining district The local
 market responded only partly to the i'm
 proved quotations from abroad and
 more than lost the opening gains before | the end of the first hour Then came | the announcement from Washington of | the decision of the treasury department | to anticipate the November interest government bonds without discount and | that of the entire fscsl year at dis | count of two-tenths of one per cent. a month-about the regular rate on gov ernment bonds. The response was
 prompt and emphatic, prices rising with more appearance of strength than for a long time past.
 The gains ranged from to over per cent. in many active stocks. The buy ing was undoubtedly in large part due to the covering of short contracts by the bear interest, which has been con- siderably extended during the last few days on the continuing appearance of money stringency. The speculative In dustrials were most affected, including those in the metal industry. The most notable movement in the railroad list was that of Burlington, which rose an extreme 2h. When the demand from the short interest was satisfied prices began to sag again, and with the ex ception of a sharp bidding up of Sugar to the top level in the late dealings, the close was inclined to heaviness, The relief offered by the government to the money market appears rather meagre by contrast with last year, when the rate for call loans was at no time over per cent. during the crop-moving peri cd The call loan rate worked rather easier to-day, though the majority of loans were made at 10 per cent, the maximum rate. Tn time loans lenders were more willing to give accommoda- tons for snort perlOds, whereas they had been holding out for the six months period. The rate for all periods contin- ues at per cent.
 The money situation. abroad was again distinctly easier, and the weekly statement of the imperial Bank of Ger many, as well as the continued receipt of gold on balance by the Bank of Eng land, indicated progress towards recu- peration Nevertheless sterling ex- change here held firm and French and German exchange advanced only frac- tion.
 The bond market continued dull and changes in prices were mixed. The to- tai sales, par value, aggregated $2,035,- 000
 United States new fours declined 14 in the bid price.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-11
WA LLING FORD.

At the adjourned town meeting in town hall Monday evening there was considerable time wasted in useless talk and kicking on the part of several of the defeated party and useless objec- tions over minor points. After much dickering the reports of the selectmen, school visitors, treasurer and others were accepted. A tax of seven mills was laid. It was voted to open a new road on the west side from T. F. Greensits around the hills and enter the main road about a quarter of a mile to the westward The sum of S650 was placed as limit for the expense of the road
 C. F. Wooding has the contract to build store for William Hassett on Center street, just west of Bowes.
 Yesterdays record real estate trans fer was: A. J. Brown, tr, to Levi s. Perry, 96x15O feet&in Yalesville.
 Russell I. Foster and Miss Amy F. Graham will be married at 5 o'clock this afternoon at the home of the brides sister Mrs. Arthur Brecken- ridge, on Ward street. Rev. J. A. Clarke will officiate.
 A competition for the Colonel Leav- enworth medal will be held Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock on the Malley farm. This will be the annual skir- mish match of Company K. Sergeant Ward now holds the medal.
 Dr. and Mrs. F. s. Hancock left yes- terday for Philadelphia.
 Blue Jeans" will be the attraction at the opera house next Monday even ing.
 MT. and Mrs. F. H. Smith are home from a visit in Providence.
 Do not forget to make out your grand list before November 1.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-11
REAL ESTATE RECORD.

The following deeds were filed for record in the town clerks office yester- day: Quit claim deeds-John H. Platt to Henry A. Pallman, 50 Court street; Henry H. Guernsey to Henry A. Pall- man, 50 feet Court street; Sarah B. Ives to James Fitzsimmons, property on Clifton street; Chapel street Eccle- siastical society to Daniel Egan, ct al, 50 feet Pearl street; Patrick Higgins to Michael Farrell, 31 1-2 feet East street; National Savings banks to Joseph Ar gall, 39 1-2 feet Commerce street. Ern est Ploeger to Augustus E. Chadbourne, 59 4-10 feet Union street; Augustus E. Chadbourne to Mariners Savings bank of New London, 59 4-10 feet Union street. Connecticut Savings bank to William J. Atwater, property on Con gress avenue. Warranty deeds-Hen- ry A. Pallman to Delphis J. Lansard, ct al., 50 feet Court street; Oliver F, Maltby, ct al, to John w. Clark 26 feet Perkins street; William J. At water to Edward Malley, 90 1-2 feet Commerce street; Edward Malley to William J. Atwater, 40 feet Greenwood street.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-11
 EASTERN STA R CONVENTION,
Annual Business Meeting of Delegates In Masonic. Hall Tn-dnr

To-day at the Masonic hall on Church street the annual state convention of the delegates of the Order of the East ern Star will be held An attendance of about four hundred delegates is expect ed at the convention, which will be in session all day. The principal feature of the gathering of the fraternal dele gates will be the annual election of off, cers. The reading of the reports of the different officers and the other routine business will be followed out The grand patron of the order is w. Fl. Pierpont of this city.
 Among prominent grand officers who will be present to-day are Dwight Platt of Winsted, associate grand patron; Mr Atwood of Waterbury, grand lecturer; Mrs Clara M. Georgia of New. Hart ford, grand matron; and Mrs Amelia E. Leeds of New Haven. grand secre- tary.
 It is expected that applications for permission to form several new councils in different cities ot the state will be presented.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-11
NEW YORK STOCK MARKE7'

Opening, Highest, Lowest Gu otatton On the New York Stock Exchange. reported by Prince X Whiteiy, Brokers, 15 Center Street, New Haven.
 Hiuh Jonr
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-11
Closlme Prices.

by Prince & Whitely, Bankers and Brokers, 53 Broadway. New York and 15 Center st., New Haven
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-11
TO INTESTORS.
Opportunity Afforded by the Basin Col
 and Copper Mining Company.

Opportunity Afforded by the Basin Col
 and Copper Mining Company.
 An opportunity for investors is now afforded to take stock in the Basin Gold and Copper Mining company of Mon tana This company owns the famous Hope gold and copper mine of Montana, the acknowledged great mineral terri tory of which is practically untouched This Hope mine, as the public will re- member, was being worked with splen- did results two years ago, over $700OOO being taken out of it. when fire occur red, in which eleven lives were lost, de- stroying the plant, and the mine was flooded This misfortune combined with the failure of a Helena banking institution, checked operations The mine, however, with all it's vast untold unearthed wealth, is there, only needing working to bring again good pecuniary results. The Basin Gold and Copper Mining company not only owns the Hope mine, but also fourteen contigu- ous claims The company has capital stock of S2500,000 in shares of five dol lars each. The property is equipped with all that is requisite to its success full operation, except new concentrat- ing plant. To obtain this a limited amount of stock is offered the public at S2.50 per share. Attention is called to the company's advertisement for fur ther particulars. The companys office in this city is at 314 Exchange building, and one of our best known and respect ed citizens, I. F. Graham, is the agent for this section and will give additional information.