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[/! c iS'.-J if you li iv< i? il ,r.t a i Ih Butler Book Bindery, •V. A'. A'l<>N, l'ro;i Ol.i/ Currf H< n«p UTM. 1 MJM.KH, FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE and KEAL ESTATE. ' . ''Ft'lC- - Room *jl>h, Butler County National Bank building. 1 ALICE O f OLD ;J li VINCENNES I ttflf By MAURICE THOMPSON U fiMt 3 Copyright. 19C0. by the BOWEN-MERRILL COMPANY g «Ti ii in ui!: CHAPTER VI. ▲ FENCING BOUT. A FEW days after Helm's ar rival M. Roussillon returned to Vlncennes, and if he was sorely touched in his amour propre by seeing his suddenly acquired military rank and title drop away he did not let it be known to his fellow citizens. He promptly called upon the new commander and made acquaint ance with Lieutenant Fitzliugb Bever ley, who Just then was superintending the work of cleaning up an old cannon in the fort and mending some breaks in the stockade. Helm formed a great liking for tbe big Frenchman, whose breezy freedom of manner and expansive good humor struck him favorably from the begin ning. M. Itoussillon's ability to speak English with considerable ease helped the friendship along, no doubt; at all events their first interview ended with a hearty show of good fellowship, and as time passed they became almost in separable companions during M. Itous sillon's periods of rest from his trading excursions among the Indians. They played cards and brewed hot drinks over which they told marvelous stories, the latest one invariably surpassing all its predecessors. Heim had an eye to business, and turned M. Itoussillon's knowledge of the Indians to valuable account, so that he soon had very pleasant rela tions with most of the tribes within reach of his agents. This gave a feel ing of great security to the people of Vlncennes. They pursued their nar row agricultural activities with excel lent results and redoubled those social gayeties which, even in hut and cabin under all the adverse conditions of ex treme frontier life, were dear to the volatile and geuial French tempera ment. Lieutenant Beverley found much to Interest him in the quaint town, but the piece de resistance was Oncle Jazori, who prov««l to be both fascinat ing and unmanageable—a hard nut t > crack, yet possessing a kernel, abso lutely original in flavor. Beverley vis ited him one evening in his hut—it might better l#c called a den —a curi ously built thing, with walls of vertical poles set In a quadrangular trench dug in the ground, anil roofed with grass. Inside and out it was plastered r.itli clay, and the floor of dried mud was es smooth and hard as concrete paving. In one end there was a wide fireplace grimy with soot, in the other n mere peephole for a window; a -tvoodeu bench, a bed of skins and two or three stools were barely visible in the In the doorway Oncle Jazon sat whit tling a slender billet of hickory Into a ramrod for his long flintlock American rifle. "Maybe ye know Simon Kenton," said the old man, after he and Beverley had conversed for awhile, "seeing that you are from Kentucky—eh?" "Yes, I t ■ iapr-'herd. In fact, the man in the ; rue came to grief, as a man in a pirogue is very apt to do. and fairly somersaultPd over • ' I 1 "I've saved than bath," he roared board into the water. Nothing serious would have threatened, for tin- i:«r>u could swim like an otter, had nt:t a floating, half submerged log thrust 11 p some short, stiff Htumps of boughs, up on the points of which the man struck heavily and was not only hurt, but I.ad his clothes impaled sec-arely by one of the ugly spears, so that b" Luug in n helpless position, while the water's mo tion alternately lifted and suhnu iv;< d him, his arms beating about wildly. When Beverley heard the strangling ery for help he pulled himself promptly together, flung off his coat, as if by a sing'le motion, and leaped down the bank Into the water. He was a swim mer whose strokes counted for all that prodigious strength and excellent train ing could nfTord. He rushed through the water with long sweeps, making i: semicircle, rounding against the cur rent, so as to swim; down upon the drowning man. Loss than a half hour Inter a rumor by some means spread through the town that Father Beret and I.ieuten ant Beverley were drowned in the Wa bash. Hut when a crowd gathered to verify the terrible news it turned out to he untrue. Gaspard Uonssilloti had once more distinguished himself hy an exhibition of heroic nerve and muscle. "Ventrebleu! Quel homme!" ex claimed Oncle Jazon, when told that M. Uoussillon had come up the bank of the Wabash with Lieutenant Beverley under one ami and Father Beret under the other, both men apparently dead. "Bring them to my house immedi ately," >l. Uoussillon ordered, as soon as they were restored to consciousness: and he shook himself, as a lag wet ani mal sometimes does, covering every body near him with muddy water Then he led the way with melodrama! lc strides. In justice to historical accuracy there must he n trifling reform of what an po;yeil on the face of things to be grand ly true. (Jaspard Rousnilion actually dragged Father Beret and Lieutenant Beverley one at a time out cf the eddy water and up the steep river bank That was truly n great feat; but tin hero never explained. When men ar rived he was standing between the col lapsed forms, panting and dripping. Doubtless he looked as if be had dropped them rfroin under Lis arms and why shouldn't lie have the benefit of a great Implication? "I've saved tliem both," he roured; from which, of course, the ready ere ole Imagination inferred the extreme of possible heroic performance. "Bring them to my house Immediate ly." And It was accordingly done. The procession, headed by SI. Iloas slllon, moved noisily, for the French tongue must shake off what comes (■ It 011 the thrill of every exciting 1110 ment. The only silent Frenchman Is the fjead one. Father Beret was not only well nigh drowned, but seriously hurl. He lay for a week on a bed In M. Roussillon's house before lie could sit up. Alle<* bung over him night and day. scarcely sleeping or eating until he was past all danger. As for Beverley, be shook off all the effects of his struggle In a little while. X'»xt day he was out. as well and strong as ever, busy with the uffalrs of Ids office. Nor was he less happy on account of what the little ad venture had cast Into his experience. If Is good to feel flint one has done an unselfish deed, and no young man's heart repel:* the fresbnes of what romes to him when a beautiful girl first enters Ms life. Naturally enough, Alice had some thoughts of Beverley while she was so attentively earing for Father Beret. She had never before seen a man like aim, nor had she read of one. Beverley itepped in for a few minutes every day to see Father Iteret. Involuntarily lengthening his visit by a sliding ratio ns h<- beeaiie better uefjunlntod Ho began to enioy the priest's conversa tion, with Its sly w ,!■;■?!j w. . 1.1 crop ping up tlirougn fervid rell, m w'liti menls nnd (plaint hur.or. Alice must have Interested him more than la* was fully 11 ware <>f, fhi'i < "i fallowed her, as nli" came and v. ■ 11J. wi• ha < >ii i- Otls criticism of la r half m.it age cos tuiue and her sprit;, y. dryad lii e sup pleness, which rem! talc. l him "f ihe shiest and grni i-f 11 !«*•■ t wild birds, mi l yet 11 touch of I" till n ... tin- n:b:: «t nnd held, fthov/id in ii i.er ways. Ho wet.'l led at her itit'i• t. ov.v Father Beret, whom she e .111 .1 :• •1 1 pparently Without effort. But 111 time he l>e gati to feel n deep r < l;c tar jict for the missiles of ber i-iever and tantalizinK perversity. He in turn practiced a native dignity and an ac quired superiority of manner to excel lent effect. It was a meeting of Greek with Greek in a new Arcadia. To liiui here was Diana, strong, strange, sim ple, even crude aln>ost to naturalness, yet admirably pure in spirit and im bued with highest womanly aspira tions. To l;er represented the great outside area of life. He came to her from wonderland, beyond the wide circle of houseless woods and prairies. Now, there is an antagonism, vague yet powerful, generated between na tures thus cast together from the op posite poles of experience and educa tion, an antagonism practically equiva lent to the most vigorous attraction. The return to nature has always been the dream of the conventionalized soul, while the*simple Arcadian is forever ionging for the maddening honey of sophistication. Innate jealousies strike together like flint and steel, dashing off sparks by which nearly everything that life can warm its core withal is kindled and kept I:urning. What I envy in my friend I store for my best use. 1 thrust and parry, not to kill, but to learn my adversary's superior feints and guards. And this hint of sword play leads back to what so greatly sur prised and puzzled Beverley one day when he chanced to be examining the pair of coleehemardes on the wall. lie tore one down and, handling It with the indescribable facility possible to none save a practical swordsman, re marked: "There's a world of fascination in these Ihinßs. I like nothing better than a bout at fencing. Does your fa ther practice the art?" "I have no father, no mother," she quickly said, "but good Papa Itous sillon does like a little exercise with the colechemarde." "Well. I'm glad to hear it. 1 shall ask to teach him a trick or two," Bev erley responded in the lightest mood. "When will he return from the woods?'' "I can't tell you. He's very Irregular In such matters," she said. Then, with a smile half banter and half challenge, she added, "If you are really dying for some exercise you shall not have to wait for him to come home, I assure you, M. Beverley." "Oh, It's SI. de Honvllle, perhaps, that you will offer tip as a victim to my skill and address," he slyly return ed, for he was suspecting that a love affair in some stage of progress lay between her and Itene. She blushed violently, but quickly overcoming a combined rush of sur prise and anger, added with an em phasis as charming as it was unex pected : "I myself am, perhaps, swordsman enough to satisfy the Impudence and vanity of M. Beverley, lieutenant In the American army." "Pardon me, mademoiselle; forgive me, I beg of you," he exclaimed, ear nestly modulating his voice to slncercst besccchmcnt. "I really (lid not mi an to be impudent, nor"— Her vivacity cleared with a merry laugh. "No apologies, I command you," she interposed. "We will have thcui after I have taught you a fencing lesson." From a shelf she drew down a pair of foils and, presenting the hilts, bade Mm take his choice. "There isn't any difference between tliem that I know of," she said, nhd then added archly, "but you will feel better at Inst, when all is over and the sting of defeat tingles through you, If you are conscious of having used every sensible precaution." He looked straight Into her eyes, try ing to catch what wns in her mind, but there was a bewildering glamour piny Ing across those gray, opal tinted wells of mystery, from which he could draw only n mischievous smile glint, direct, daring, irresistible. "Well," he said, taking one of the foils, "what do you really mean? Is It a challenge without room for honorable retreat?" "The time for parley is past," she re plied. "Follow me to the battle ground." Nhe led the way to a pleasant little court In the rear of the cabin's yard, a space betw<»n two wings and a vine covered trellis, beyond which luy a well kept vineyard and vegetable gar den. Here she turned about and faced him, poising her foil with a tine grace. "Are you ready?" she Inquired. He tried again to force a way Into the depths of her eyes with his, but he might as veil have attacked the sun, so he stood In a confusion of not very well defined feelings, undecided, hesi tating, half expecting Unit there would be some laughable turn to end the uf fulr. "Are you afraid, M Beverleyt" she demanded after a short waiting In alienee. He laughed now and whipped the air with his foil. "You certainly are not In t anient?" he said Interrogatively. "Do you really mean that ymi want lo feme with me?" "If you think beenn*e I'm only a girl you can easily beat uie, try It," she tauntingly replied, making a level thrust toward hl.-t breast. (julck as a flash lie parried, and then a merry clinking and tv. inkling of steel blades kept time to their swift move ments. Instantly, by the sure sense which is half sight, half feeling the sense that guides the experienced fenc er's hand and wrist Beverley knew that he had probably more than his match, and in te?i seconds bis attack was met by a time thrust In opposition which touched him sharply. Alice sprang back, lowered her point and laughed. "Jo vous salue, M. Beverley!" she cried, with childlike show of delight. "Did you feel the button?" "Yes, I folt It," he said with frank acknowledgment In his voice. "It was cleverly done. Now give me a chance to redeem myself." He began more carefully and found that she, too, was on her l>est mettle; but It wns a short bout, ns before. Alice seemed to give him an easy open ing and ho accepted It with a thrust. Then something happened that he did not understand. The point of his foil wns somehow caught under his oppo nent's hilt guard while herbladeseemed to twist around Ills. At the same time there was n wring and a Jerk, the like of which he had never beforo felt, nnd he was disarmed, Ids wrist and lingers aching with the wrench they had re ceived. Of course the thing wns not new; he had been disarmed before; but her trlek of doing It was quite a mystery to him, altogether different from any that he had ever seen. "Vous me pardonnerez, monsieur." she mockingly exclaimed, pleklng up his wen-pon nml offering the hilt to him. "Here Is your sword!" "Keep It." he said, folding hla arms and trying to look unconcerned; "you have captured It f-ilrly. I am at your mercy; bo kind to me." "Mine. Itousslllon and Jenn. the hunchback, hearing the racket of th ■ fo;I =. 1..: - m.i tr> «f rt:i.! WfW siaudii'v i.v !• •• "Y. •: «»»*• • (.1 !!• : Hi said ;!ie d.;i • ay.rovr.i of what she bad dniu*. "C i! > naif, a e with gentlemen." "This !T:I does." said Alice. "And with extreme disaster ti this gentleman." said Beverley, laugli'ng in a tone of discomfiture and resignation. "Ah. m'sieu'. there's nothing but dis aster where she goes," complained Mine. "She is a de".r«>yr of everything. Only yes.ertlay she dropped my pink bowl and broke It. the only one I had." "And Just to think." said Beverley, "what would have been the condition of my heart had we been using rapiers instead of leather buttoned foils! She would have spitted it through the very center." "Like enough." replied the dame in differently. "She wouldn't wince, either—not she." Alice ran into the house with the foils and Beverley followed. "We must try it over again some day soon," he said. "I find that you can There U'a* a urlnrj and a Jcrh—hc uw disarmed. show me a few points. Where did you learn to fence so admirably? Is M. Houssillon your master?" "Indeed he isn't," she quickly re plied. "He Is but a bungling swords man. My master—but I am not at lib erty to tell 3*ou who has taught me the little I know." "Well, whoever he Is I should be glad to have lessons from him." "But you'll never get them." "Why?" "Because." "A woman's ultimatum." "As good as a man's," she bridled prettily; "and sometimes better—at tb< foils for example. Vous—comprenez, n'est ce pas?" lie laughed heartily. "Yes, your point reashes uie," ho said. When Beverley, taking his leave, passed through the gate at Itousslllon place, he met Itene de Bonville going in. It was a notable coincidence that each young mnn felt something trouble some rise In his throat as he looked into the other's eyes. A week of dreamy autumn weather came on, during which Beverley man aged to be with Alice a great deal, mostly sitting on tbe Rousnlllon gallery, where the fading vine leaves made fairy whisperings, and where the tem pered breeze blew deliclously cool from over the distant multicolored woods. The men of Vlncennes were gathering their Indian corn early to dry It on the cob for grating into winter meal. Many women mndo wine from the native grapes and from the sweeter and richer fruit of imported vines. Mrs. Itoussll lon and Alice stained their hands a deep purple during the pressing season and Beverley found himself ei -d In helping them handle the juli> crop, while around the overflowing earthen pots the wild bees, wasps and hornets hummed with an |nccssant, Jarring monotony. Jean, the hunchback, guthered ample Btores of hickory nuts, walnuts, hazel nuts and pin oak acorns. Indeed, the whole population of the village made a great spurt of Industry Just before the railing of winter, and presently, when every preparation had been completed for the dreaded cold season, M. Kous slllon carried out his long cherished plan, nnd gave a great party at the river house. After the most successful trading experience of his life he felt lrreprcsslbly liberal. "Let's have one more roaring good time," lie said. "That's what life Is fof." fro BE co.tTiwtJEn.J ~ SICKROOM TACTICS. A l«orcii(al Nirit Mast lie Utstls, i'tlltnl and Taetfnl. The proper inentnl ntmosphere creat ed In a sickroom Is often as Important as the reuiedlos given. A nurse should be In touch with her patient—that la, she should be sympathetic and not al low Irritability und whims to upset her equanimity. The nurse who can create su atmosphere of repose, who can hu mor without Indulging her patient In ull the Idiosyncrasies of sick people, has won linlf the battle. An unsympa thetic, Impatient nurse will do more U> binder recovery than the link of reaa* edies. It Is not acts anil words alone thut help or hinder; her very thought* are as potent ns her general conduct, nnd the sensitive patient will be Influ enced for good or 111 If the nurso were dumb. Khe should' at all times mnIn tIIIII a positive uplifting mental atti tude and remember that the patient's Irritability or melancholia Is Justified by her physical condition and Is not perverseness. Gentleness, patience and, aliore all, tact are the requisites for good and In telligent nursing, uml the nurse who laeks these qualities lins Indeed missed her calling. I'atlents have often failed to improve simply because they did not fnney their nurse. A nurse must be likable nnd make herself liked, and It takes only plnln tart nnd a little clr cuinspection to Ingratiate herself with the most uninteresting of pntlcuts. A Hrvrnlrrnlh Ontary Father. The advice given by a parent to his son nt Oxford In the year 1080 against catching cold when nttendlng the theater will not be without In terest. "Child,—l heurd Hint the plny ers are gon down to Oxford, but I nm unwilling that you should go to see them net, for fear on your coming out of the hot play liouso into the cold nyer, you should cnlch hnrin, for ns I did once coming out of .lie theatre at a publlck Act when It was very full and steaming hot, nnd wnlMn a Broad In the cold, and gave me sutch a cold that It bad I.lkt to cost me my Life, Your best wny In sutch n cold Is to go bom to your one chamber dlr«*ctly from t! e piny house and drink a glass of Hack, therefur Be sure you send your servant At your hand for a bottle of the Best Canary and keep It In your chamber for that purpose Harkon thou unto the voyco and Advise of mee Thy ffather, I living Thee Better then hlmselfc." tendon Chronicle. , MMSQWEN —— MODERN TREE PRUNING. Commercial Method of Forming the Head of Apple aad Pear Tree*. The controversies that rage around cultivation versus grass much in the orchard or strlngfellow tree planting as opposed to the old style are hardly more vigorous than the standing dis cussion on how and when to prune. As to time, theories and practices vary from specified dates to the ancient ■H © FLAX or TBXK AT PLANTING TIME. rule, "Prone when the knife is sharp." When we come to form there is more of certainty. Commercial apple and pear orchards, for instance, are now adays headed much lower than used to be the cose, three feet being a very common height for starting the head. In localities where windstorms are fre quent the low headed trees are less likely to be broken, they lose a smaller portion of their fruit and are less sub ject to sun scald, because the low head shades the body of the tree somewhat. The cost of harvesting the fruit is less than that of gathering from tail trees, as with low beaded trees much of the crop can be gathered by the picker standing on the ground, while with high headed trees the major part of the work must be done from ladders, which extends the time required to do the picking and consequently increases Its cost. Professor L. C. Corbett, whose horti cultural experience has been extensive and varied, recently outlined a plan of forming the head which is in accord ance with the latest successful practice and scientific theory. The diagrams il lustrate its principal features so plain ly as to need little comment. However, the arrangement of the branches may be noted. First, the branches of the whole Bhoukl be disposed at equal distances around the main stem or axis of the plant, and, second, they should be at some distance from one another up and down along the central axis of the tree—that is, not In the same plane, but from four to eight Inches distance apart. (See the first cut.) With such nn arrangement of branches the tree when old is less liable fo Injury from heavy snows or severe winds. Professor Corbett emphasizes tho de sirability of having the main structur al branches of a tree composed of from three to five limbs of about equal slxe rather than of two limbs. A tree which divides Into two limbs which again subdivide to form the main bead Is much more likely to split tljan a tree with several limbs disposed at differ - ent heights upon the main axis. In order to preserve a symmetrical form ond to prevent the rrult being borne at the extremity of long, slender branches on apple and pear trees the main body branches left at planting time should not be more than eight FLAN OF TOP A FT KB OK* TKAK'H OBOWTH IN THR ORCHARD. inches lonf. At the close of the first season the growth of that year should iiguln be shortened to at least a foot, and each of the tbaln body branches should be allowed to carry not to ex ceed three subdivisions, each of which *houkl be eight Inches long. Tito third year the snuio operation should bo re peated, and Instead of allowing each subdivision to carry throe branches tbo number should be reduced to two. White Earth la Demand. The demand for kaolin for the man ufacture of crockery Is greater than America can supply, and Immense amounts are Imported. It Is said that 20,(KH) tons are annually Imported from lirltlsh Guiana alone. A linn of George town, British Guiana, has ocr.trocted to supply a company In New York yearly that amount. This firm owns a roof that will produce 100,000 tons an nually. Kaolin (white earth) Is found In abundance In most of the great riv ers In British Guiana. This valuable white earth Is composed of alumina and sand anil Is found In this country. Homo valuable mines exist In Olilo, also In Maine, Connecticut, New York and other states. Is there white earth In your farm? asks a writer In Farm, Field and Fireside. THINGS DOING. Current Kreut* «>f tirurrnl Interest In Agriculture. (Hi*' outcome of llie cotton situation In llils country ban IMS'II .>r some time apparent to anybody with an eye for future events. Knglaud lias been mak ing M( reiinous efforts to extend cotton culture In Kgypt, and It I* authentical ly reported that those effort* are meet ing with success. The government of Jamaica l < Mll lil to bo entering upon ex tensive experiments In cotton produc tion with u view to pushing the Indus try. Germany and France are slso making their ventures In various parts of their foreign pox e mlons, and It Is beginning to be realised that there are fresh areas where It Is probable the cotton plant can be profitably culti vated. Belgium, the Netherlands, llnly and Japan are now talked of as nations all of which possess cotton territory In their foreign colonic* of Africa and the East Indies and Formosa. Itussla al ready grows cotton, but thus far uses it all. The secretary of agriculture, the chief of the bureau of statistics and one of the largest manufacturers of i No. ]S. j»rint cloths in this country arc all credited Tilth opinions which arc sub stantially to the effect that the short age ill the supply of cotton has not been sufficient to account for the ab normally high prices and that the re sult of these may be the establishment of new cotton fields in other countries. Cotton traders who maintain that the high prices are justifiable do so on ac count of the smailncss of the crop. This is attributed in general to the cot ton boll weevil. The loss in Texas cotton through this insect is placed by latest estimates at 300,000 bales. De terioration in the cotton seed is an other factor claimed in the short crop, and some of the agricultural authori ties are incliucd to see truth in this ( claim, believing that the low price oC cotton had made many planters indif ferent in the selection of seed, the best of which went to the oil makers. A llral Farmers' Trout. "Buying and selling and dealing in all kinds of farm and dairy products, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, dry goods, boots aud shoes, groceries, hardware, farm machinery, lumber, stone, brick and all kinds of building material, grain and real estate and dealing in all kinds of merchandise and in buying and selling all kinds of property on commission and otherwise." Such i 3 stated to be the object of a company of 500 lowa farmers. It is claimed that at an expense of less than S4,OX) for salaries and other items on a capi tal of $23,000 and indebtedness not ex ceeding $5,000 they carried on last year a business of $<120,000. llou Gldcoh I* Made Front Corn. One of the novel things in the food section of the Agricultural building at the St. Ix>uis world's fair will be the demonstration of the process of making glucose from coru. Glucose is now un derstood to be a neutral sweet devoid of flavor, with uo harmful properties and of value as food. With the addi tion of a little hickory bark to give it Uie maple "twang" or mixed with a pro portion of the genuine maple, it makes table sirup thicker or heavier than ma ple, but lighter in color, unless colored with sugar house molasses. A Farmer*' Exchange. A project which originated in a farm ers' co-operative meeting held in Chi cago last December has for its object the consolidation of the various co-op erative movements of American farm ers and the establishment of a farm ers' exchange. A meeting at Omaha is expected to bring further development of the plan. ■ * A Bit Batter Show Plaaaed. At the recent Wisconsin Association of Buttermakers, Secretary Fulmer ad vocated the holding of a state scoring contest once a month. He also said the association could aid the dairy and food commls«k>ns and become a power in legislation. It was resolved that as Important an exhibit as possible should be made at St. Louis, and the work of the dairy school of Wisconsin univer sity was commended. It is claimed that the supply men sold about $30,000 worth of machinery. Ohio'* Fine Poaltrr Show. Exhibits by two catteries, over t\ hundred dogs and fifty beautiful water- Towl were Interesting features of one of the finest poultry shows on the rec ord of the Ohio Stnte Poultry associa tion, recently held. The entries of fowls numliered about 1,000 and com prised many varieties nnd breeds. A number of bantams were shown, lp eluding black rose combs, silver duck ling, games and many others. Corn Competlttoa. Both Illinois and Missouri have worked systematically and vigorously for success in the world's fair corn ex hibit at St Louis. The exhibits of each of these states will be the result of State competitions held with a view to securing the finest corn grown in the stato for display in the universal ex position. The Illinois commission makes Its awards under the auspices of the state farmers' Institute. J. T. MARSHALL. The florae For the Farmer. Mitchell, 8. D.—Before the South Da koto Live Stock association J. U. Dun mire of Scotland said in his address on "The Horse For the Farm:" "The horse for the fartner is the draft bred horse. He Is the horse that can be raised by the common farmer with little trouble and expense. lie Is In reach of nlmost every farmer in the country. It is n profitable business on the farm to raise a few good colts. I say 'good colts,' for It is Just as ensy to raise good ones lis poor ones. "It Is Just ns easy to rnlse good horses as good cattle or good sheep or hogs. It does not pay to raise poor ones. Leave that for the other fellow." THE GYPSIES. Their Tribe* Kslated la Barope From Immemorial Time*. Gypsies were found in England about 1614, according to "A Dyalogue of Sir Thomas More" (1520), but the exact year of their arrival Is unknown. They were present in Scotland In 1500. and possibly they were the "Saracens" whose depredations in that country prior to 1400 are on record. Hatalllard and other authors believe that gypsies existed In Europe from immemorial times, for they find no ac count of their crossing the Bosporus, and no record Is known to exist of their passage to England or Scotland. They were better received in these countries than In any other, but so early as 1531 an act was passed re quiring the Egyptians to quit tho realm under pain of death, a similar edict being Issued in Scotland In 1541 and at varying periods in most of the European states. Transportation across the seas was among the milder means adopted and probably was tint cause of much fur ther dispersion of the tribes. Under Henry VIII. gypsies were shipped from England to Norway or France, and from France, so recently as 1802, they were deported to Africa. UNTIMELY CHEERS. The Mlaplnri-d F.nf litialn*m of an K*- 4 orpar In Ir«»latid. It was the rule in Ireland at one time that after an execution the body should hang an hour, but the sheriff, from mistaken lenity, would on sonio occasions look away nfter the prisoner had been turned off. while the friends of the culprit would hold up their com panion by the waistband of tint trousers so that the rope would not press upon his throat. When the hour was expired tba deceased was put Into a cart, which was driven at u gallop along the stony road. The jolting generally brought the prisoner to. One such recovery was so complete that the resuscitated man sat up In the coffin and gave three cheers. One of Ills friends was so shocked at this Indecent conduct that he hit the ex corpse on the head with his shlllnhih and finished him. The question then aro*e whether the as'iallnnt could Ist tried for murder, but it was ruled that no man could be sueeetofully charged with the murder of a man who was al ready dcaij in Inw. l'curjwn's Weekly.