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Our repair trade ;very good. “e are sorting up as usual for the season’s business and are showing some special bargains. Champion Gold Medal Oil of the ill wear twice as long as any other make. - J- PETTY, and made Large Additions thereto we are giving GREAT BARGAINS in All Lines of ' ' . . . Teas, Coffees and Spices ADAM DURAN GIG-AR IN THE MARKET TO-DJAIY Eâ€"IE BEST 5-CEN'I‘ Watchmaker and Jeweller. Dominion. TEN- CENT CIGARS are A divorce case is a rarity in the courts of the mountain districts of Kentucky, yet sometimes, among those persons liv- ing near the countryr towns, where law- yers congregate, such a legal proCeedmg occurs. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Looker were of this class. They lived near a country town and had lived there for twenty years, very comfortably, and had accumulated some property, A differ- ence arose between them, however, and they agreed to a division of the property and a divorce. Harvey let his wife have the house they had always lived in, and on that half of the farm it was agreed should be his he built a log cabin for himself and transferred to it his share of the household effects. Each one secured a. lawyer to attend to the legal part of the affair, and then they waited for de- velopments. Bad as I used to be, All I'm wwantin' is A puore and ca‘m a sleep fer me And sweet 3 sleep as his ! And so I pray, on Jedgment Day To wake. and with its light See his face dawn, and hear him say-â€" "How did you rest last night ?” . -â€"James Whitcomb Riley, in Atlanta Constitutlon‘ SETTLED OUT OF COURT. For the first month Harvey did very nicely in his new home and was ap- parently quite well satisfied. The second month he was lonesome and every even- ing he could be seen sitting in front of his cabin gazing longingly tovard the much better house in which his wife lived. If she appeared at any time about her house, however, Harvey (lodged out of sight and tried to make himself be- lieve that Mandy was a woman any man ought to be glad he had got rid of. He held frequent consultations with his lawyer, after each of which he felt bet- ter. but as the rough winter days came on and he could not'get into town so often and the long winter evenings shut him in by his lireside. Harvey felt sometimes that perhaps Mandy wasn't quite as hard to get along with as some other things he knew of. One day he went to town for consultation, because he couldn’t stand it any longer, and when he re- turned later in the afternoon he looked as if he had been through a threshing machine. but there was a satisfied atmosphere about him which had not been there in the morning. After he had smoothed himself out a. little at his Cabin, he started 01f to his wife's house. It was growing dark rapidly and Mandy’s light streamed from the window that led Harvey from the gate to the house. He knocked nervous- ly at the doorâ€"the door that he had open- ed so many times as his own. “Who's that 2‘" called Mandy from within. ‘ “It‘s me,” responded Harvey with a. nervous jerk to his voxee, that frightened him. “W'ho‘s me 2" “Don't you know me, Manâ€"Mrs. Looker? It’s Harvey.” “It's you, i_s it?" she continued sharply, as she stood 1n the doorway with a can- dle m her hand. “W'ell. what do you want? I thought you lived down thar by the road. You hain’t made a mistake in the house, have you 'r" .. _- ‘ «r1 - 'A r A "Oh," he could héar her say, as she unfastened the door, but he could not find much welcome in it. ’ jv‘iYour‘n is Mandy, I guess,’ he said, rather vaguely. ‘9 "Y es, Mandy. it’s me, he confessed awkmxrdly , xx ithout attempting to come beyond the sill. “Ain’t your’n too?” she asked, muni- festing an interest that gave him some hope. “No, Mandy. he ain’t. You see. Mandy,” he went on hurriedly, “I had a. talk with him today an’ in the course 11v his remarks he said some things about you that I wuzn’t goin’ to stand a. minute, from nobody, so I throwed my coat, and I gave him such a. whalin’, right thar in his office, that he ain’t agoin’ to be able to ’tend to nobody's business fer a. month, much less mine, so I thought I’d better come up here an’ see you about it.” d “No, Mandy, I hain't. I come up to see 3:01} about our divorce.” 1- I. '“JI thought the lawyers was tendin’ to that.” Imitating a strange English custom, it in not. "good form” in New York select cir- cles to introduce pqople t_t_ aocjn! gathqr- . She made no reply for several seconds, but there was something in her face that had not been there since Harvey went away. “Been to supper?” she asked abrupt- 13' '“No, Mandy,” replied Harvey with a shiver, for it was cold at the door. vv_'7.’ _ “Amen,” exclaimed Harvey, and he didn’t go back to his cabin that night, or ever again, except to bring home what was there of 1118 and Mandy’s.â€"â€"\V. J- Lampt9n;,. ings. A youn girl from New Orleans,who has been open ing the winter here, com- plains of this idea, contrasting it very un- favorably with the good, old fashioned, hospitable way of the South, that brings gneste together to know each other and en- joy each other’e social and personal attrac- tions. The fair Louieianian declares that if the Southern way is old fashioned, it is a great deal better than the If"? .York "sue “Then come in, and we kin talk it over while we’re eatin’,” and as Har- vey sat in the bright light and caught the fragrance of the coffee and the ham. and saw the fleecy white biscuits that Mandy set before him, touching him now and then as she moved about, he thought of his cold, cheerless, comfort- less cabin, and a. great lump came into his throat, and as Mandy _sat down at Ill-D [I‘ll U“ It, ($11“ “9 AV‘MHH v n. ‘v - the head of the table, he looked up at her, almost timidly. “Drat the divorce,” she said impetu- ously. ~. .'v ‘1, am, and thus a strange girl coming to New Orleans has l far batter time 1.15m AJIouno "How Did “How did you rest last night '2”â€" I’ve heard my zran’pap say . Them words a. thousand timesâ€"thdt right-â€" Jes’ them words thataway! As punctchul like as mornin' dost To ever heave in sight Gran'pap ‘ud anus half to asbâ€" “How did you rest last. night?” Us young-tins used to grin, At breakfast, on the slv, And mock the wobble of his chin And eyebrows helt so high And kind. “How did you rest last. night?" We mumble an' let. on Our voices trimbled. and our sight Was dim, and hearin‘ gone. A Southern Girl's Views. You Rest Last Night 2” Et-he boxes, it will not leak, especially if l painted. The front board is made to slide , down between cleats on sides so it can be removed when the coop is used in warm weather. In this board I made two open- ings tor the chicks to pass in and out. These are closed by doors which are fasten- i ed above with Wood screws, as shown in j the sketch. Through the coop,as indicated 5 by the dotted line,there is a partition having l a board atthebottom like the front end,only j it has four openings which are not covered. l Above this board the division is of wire I netting,- or it can be made of small slats. I The szanting cover of the front room of the l coop, consists of a. movable sash having two ; panes of ten by eighteen glass. This sash l I made by mitering the corners and nail- i ing them together with wire nails. and fas- tening the glass on the upper sides by bed- : ding it in soft putty. A floor should be made for the whole coop, which should fit loosely into the bottom and be held in gplace by a button on the back end and I one on each side. ILLUSTRATEDWRINKLES woman ma. sunilar pomtion here. This young lady, who considers a party at home stupul u here she has not. a. half dozen men no talk to at, unce, went to a. musicals re- Crn 1 SH“ 0" am: I' “ll. «l U r-- we sale prisons with whom .t word men were her hostess “abhough,” she said, azui: ‘1: among the walls Lhree .s Inuugn tmy were lmvmg a. A: .1 dinner pnrty, she ,GSS «hep-'80 went the necessity - .101 pc-rnzl ui her Introducing my 0 an hu' the man who was p L0 «11 war. I am sorry, but . m~ Jar.” said the lady ; mu. , } 0L1 kmm.” The result mug-w; Lime for the Southern Hire dun. FOR THE FAR'VI, THE GARDEN, THE DAIRY AND THE POULTRY YARD. An Unpatented Cold Weather Coopâ€"Im- proved Milk-Setting Tableâ€"A Mov- able Hog Houseâ€"Push-Cart and Cutv tlngs. An Unpatented Cold Weather Coop. It is not half so difficult to get chickens hatched in cold weather as it is to raiSe the “little dumplings” after they are . hatched. And of all the pitiable sights on { a tarm, that of a. lot of half frozen chicks ' peeping about is the worst. A few years ago I constructed a coop that obviated all this trouble, and made both me and the chicks happy. It is cheap, light, warm, and is not patented. In short it has prov- ed satisfactory in every respect. I made mine from the boards of some second-hand shoe boxes. A coop two by three feet will be found large enough for a hen with twen' f ty-five or thirty chicks. Such a one should i be three feet from back to front and two I feet widt, one and one-half feet high at the back end, nine inches high at the front and twanty‘seven inches high at the fore part of the roof. From bottom to too of slant for glass under front of roof, it is one and one-half feet 1 high. The roof should pro- ject two inches over at both front and rear, and, being made of the matchd lumber of and when well bedded with straw it makes acomfortable house.â€"-Orange Judd Farv met. A Hand: Push-Curt. The accompanying engraving shows a. push-cart that will be found of service in a score of ways about a place. It is a. com- mon hand-cart, with sides and ends of slats so arranged that all may be used, forming an inclosed rack, or the two sides only, ‘ when it will be found especially convenient for drawing in green cornstacks from the field, or garden, where one keeps but a. cow or two. It is a handy cart for the village improvement on this process, without ad- ditional trouble, will be welcome. In the accompanying engraving, from a sketch by L. D. Shook, is shown a. common milk table, with a cheap but great improvement, which consists in nailing to the top of the table triangular strips, three-quarters of an inch wide on each face. They should be planed and firmly nailed crosswise of the table, four inches apart. As the common milk pan is about ten inches wide at the bottom, there will be no danger of the pans tilting up when set down carelessly. The whole should be painted a whitish tint, and all crevices thoroughly filled with paint. The top of the table should be of matched lumber and closely fitted. This plan admits of a circulation of air all about the pan, and the contents are cooled at least two hours sooner than by the flat settin process. If the upper portion of the ta le is given a thin coat of aint every s ring, it will insure great o ealiness.- merican Agriculturist. Place this coop in a. sheltered place, fac- ing the sun, and it will be a. cold day in- deed. when thc chickens, however small, will not come out into the sun to stretch themselves. By placing a. heated brick in the front part, the whole coop will be made warm and comfortable, even on the coldest mornings. Keep this coop well bedded with leaves, or cut straw, or chafi', changing it oftenâ€"American Agricultur- 15b. Improved Milk-Setting Table, To obtain the greatest amount of cream from a given amount of milk, the milk should have the animal heat removed from it as soon as possible, and afterward main- tained at a uniform temperature until the cream is removed. Many farmers who keep severai cows do not care to go to the expense and trouble of using ice for cooling the milk, but continue to use the common milk pans, set flat upon a. common table or shelf. Hence, any plan that will be an The movable hog house illustrated here- with is designed for a sow and litter. It is mode as follows ; Take four 2x4 inch pine scantlinga, two of which are four feet long and the othen 8 feet. Cut the corner: diagonally, so thev will fit together form- ing a rectangle 418 feet, which will consti- t'ne the sill; or foundenion of} the hon-m. CHICKEN CHOP FOR COLD \VEATHER. A Movable Hog Home. TABLE FOR SETTING MILK. Stake down firmly and spade a ditch around to carry off water in case of heavy rains. Set on a hillside whenever conveni- ent. It is light to move and is desirable for placing in orchards and pastures. It can be taken to fresh ground before becoming filthy. By moving it frequently the man- ure is scattered over the ground. There is little danger of sows overlaying their pigs 'In such a pen, as the little follows can get down into the corners and along the sides where the sow can not crush them against the wall. Sows take to this pen readily and when well bedded with straw it makes acomfortable houseâ€"Orange Judd Farv met. make the Sides of inch boards, 8, 10 or 12 inches wide and five feet long ; bring the upper ends together and nail. I use a. piece of hard wood along the top, like a ridge pole to which I nail the boards, thus holding the sides together firmly. Nail boards over the ends, leaving a door. Put on 4-inch batten to deep out rain 3nd wind. FIG. 1. FIG. 2. FOOT DIBBLE. GUIDING BOARD. one from an old fork. Cuttings are usual- ly placed about four inches apart in the row. Hence, have a three tined fork made with straight tines four inches apart, five inches in length, three-eighths of an inch in diameter and pointed at the ends. The operator walks by the side of a line or mark and forces the fork into the ground, four inches apart, at anv inclination desired. If the ground be hard the foot is used to press the fork down. A uniform depth can be secured by running the tines through a. light strip of wood shown in Fig. 2. only retain the heat radiated from the earth, but also admit the light needed by the plant. The heat of the sun is entrapped by the glass, and remains to invigorate the leaf growth. Oiled muslin, and even com- mon white cotton cloth, may be substituted for the glass. in some cases. The shelters should be collected and ' carefully stored away for future use. as, with proper care, they will last many yen-s. Their use in the protection of early plants will often msny times repay their cost end mske the “ ”agingâ€"American Agricultural}. resident who has to depend on a. wheel- barrow, or some such arrangement as this to move his small crops and other stores. The sides and ends fit tightly into iron sockets, and, for stability, lock together at the corners when in place, as shown in the engraving. Any one handy with tools can construct a very serviceable rig of this sort, the only necessary adjuncts being a. pair of wheels, which are often at hand, from some broken or worn-out wagon, sulky, or other light vehicle.-â€"-American Agriculturist. ‘After the cuttings are in place, the dib- ble should be again pressed into the earth within two inches of the cuttings, and moved slightly to press the earth firmly against the cutting at the bottom. Test this by trying to pull out the cutting. Walking along both sides of the row fills all interstices, and growth is assured us far as proper setting is concerned. J. H. lLadd, of Nova Scotia. Two triangd- lar boards, of the shape seen in Fig. l, have deep grooves sawed in them, as indicated by the dotted lines. Two panes of glass, of any desired size, are fitted endwise into grooves in the two boards, and all is fasten- ed together by nailing to the boards three strips of lath, as shown in Fig. 2 A small hole is bored in each end board, for ventila- tion. These may be plugged in the colder weather. These portable plant shelters not A Portable Plant Shelter. A cheap and effective device for forcing and protecting yoqu plants ls shown in the accgmgan’yjn{aggravings.fromn‘sketclles by In setting grape, current or other cut- tings in the open ground a trench is often plowed or dug, the cuttings placed in posi- tion, and the earth thrown back. Many make the ground as mellow as possible, and with a pointed stick or sharpened iron rod make a. hole of the proper depth and incli- nation, and insert the cutting. The opera- tion can be greatlv expedited and cheaper:- ed by the handled foot dibble shown in the illustration, Fig. l A blacksmith can make A HOMEMADE HAND CART. Setting Cuttings. ' Do These Unions Result in the Deteriora- tion of the Human Family. The lower house of the Kentucky Legis- lature has declared against the marriage of cousins on the ground that children of such marriages are frequently weak mind- ed. It is true that the children of cousins that have inter-married are sometimes wesk minded, and it is also true that they some- ; times have certain congenital defects such as extra toes, defective senses, etc. It is also true that children having similar de- fects are often born of children not related. The majority of marriages of persons relat- ‘ ed, however, do not result in such defective ~ oflsprin 0. To what extent the law should intervene in matters of this kind has always been a mooted question. Generally, it has been content to prohibit marriages within the Lavitical degrees, that is, marriages be- tween persons nearer akin than first cousins. A number of States have gone further than this, and have forbidden first cousins to marry. These laws are largely evaded by going beyond the borders of the State to contract marriages not lawful at home. The general principal of law that marriages lawful where celebrated are law- ful everywhere, aids this evasion. The notion that defective offspring is a judgment of heaven upo marriage of cou~ sins is treated by the meme-4.1 profession as a. superstition. It is admitted, however, that the children of such marriages that are weak-minded or of defective physical de- velopments are somewhat more numerous than in the case of marriages between per- sons not related. The principle seems to be that when there are hereditary defects in a family these defects are intensified in the ofispring by the marriage of two members of the family having the same defects in the blood. Precisely the same result follows the intermarriage of two persons not related who have inherited similar defects of prev disposxtion to the same defect or diseagg- The marriage of two mutes increases tkfi probability that the children will be mute ; the marriage of two persons of feeble minds multiplies the chances of feeble-minded OE- spring. Canon McCall in the Contemporary Re. view : 1 wish the holy sepulchre, and Golgotha, and the grotto of Bethlehem, and the summit and ridge of Olivet had been left as nature made them, instead of bein disfigured and disguised by the misguide zeal of Christian piety. They lose much of their impressiveness through an ignorant desire to make them more impressive. And it is lamentable to reflect that the holiest spot in the Holy Land, that which was sprinkled with the life blood of Incarnate God and witnessed his victory over death, should have been indirectly the cause of more carnage than any other spot on earth. For it arrayed not only Christendom against Islam on many a bloody field, but also one half of Christendom against the other. ending in the capture and sack of Constantinople by the Latins in A. D. 1204â€"the greatest polit- ical crime ever perpetrated in Christendom; for not only were the atrocities committed by the Latins worse than those of the Turks, but, together with the weakenin of the Eastern empire by previous crusa es, the Latin conquest of Constantinople broke down the bulwark of Christian Europe against the Turks. They had a footing on the European side of the Bosphorus before, but they could never have made good their conquests in Europe without possession of Constantinople. Even in our own generation we have seen one of the greatest wars of modern times originating in a. dispute between Christian nations about the scene of our Lord’s death and burialâ€"a war which cost our country otreams of nrecious blood and. axiind. $1.00.- ..,u.uuv to our national debt. And the Jeal- ousies, intrigues, and had blood which that sacred shrine still engenders among rival Christian communions, making our holy re- ligion odious in the eyes of unbelievers, may well make a. Christian wish that, had Lt been possible, the piece of Christ’s burinl hnd never been known. Piano makers are shortening the list of people who can buy instruments at the liberal reductions ofi'ered ten years ago. Then every one who was a. music teacher, organist, singer. or was in any way connect- ed with the public performance of music could buy a piano for a sum raging from 25 to 50 per cent. below the advertised rates, but the artistic standing of an ap- plicant for discount must be pretty well established now before such rates are ofi'er No legislative body. so far as we are ad- vised, has taken the responsibility of pro- hibiting the marriage of persons living in a. miasmatic district, or of those who live in the crowded tenements of great cities, or of those who inherit a. predisposition to con- sumption, insanity, or defective senses. Yet it can hardly be disputed that the re- sult of such marriages are, in the main, more injurious than those between cousins not subject to such disabilities. It is a. doubttul policy to select one of the least fruitful causes of defective 03'â€" spring for prohibition while leaving all the others untouched- At the same time, to attempt such legislation to its logical con- sequences would be a. task of such stupend- ous difficulty as io be practically impos- sible.â€"Louisvi Courier Journal. Sheâ€"I love to hear Colonel Blowbard talk of his war experiences. By the way which side was he on ? Heâ€"The other side. Sheâ€"A Confederate? Heâ€"No; the other side of the Atlantic. MARRIAGES OF FIRST COUSINS. Dark cloud-folds wave above us, The squadrons of the rain Bear down upon the forest, And sweep along the plain ; They break their shining lances Against, our loved retreat, And trample our sweet blossoms With swift. unsparing feet; Yet will our hearts be joyous, Nor grief nor trouble borrow ; There cometh peace, the storm will ceaseâ€" There‘ll be a. brighter marrow. Brave brother, art thou weary, And is the journey long ? Dear sister, doth thou falter, Has sorrow stilled thy song? Rejoice! the sunset reddens, The clouds are rolling by. The glorious “ban of promise” Hangs in the eastern sky ! Thy hem. en will be sweeter For (13;. s of earthly sorrow ; The storm will cease, there cometh penceâ€"- There‘ll be a. brighter morrow! The Terrible Cost of Fanaticlsm, There’ll be a. Brighter Morrow. Shortqning the List. He Was There. â€"Inter-Ooean.