Kansas Odd-Fellow from Belle Plaine, Kansas • 2

MONTHLY KLTOItT. up to an average. As a crop it is dislike by Kansas fanners, and it is only raise for home 1 Synopsis of the July Iteiiort of the Stale But nineteen counties in the Slate Jtourrf of Agriculture. Jealousy. The latest craze tho 'gilded youth' of Paris is to got themselves up after the model of some one else "whose appearance happens to strike their fancy.

The change of couidonanec! is accomplished with Rich artistic skill, by many of tho theatrical hairdressers of Paris, study, and must lie down in tho aller-noon; but mot her, though her buck aches, has no time for such an indulgence, Dear girls take good caro of your mothers. Coax them to let you relieve them of some of the harder duties which for years they have patiently done. SCANDAL IN NOKTII CA KOMNA. have a cotton area this year. Clmutau The July report of tho Shite Board of oua.

Labette and Montgomery counties judges, the tribunal of the Seine having 11 vice-presidents and 72 judges; and lowest in the judicial scale is the jugo do paix, stationed at the chief town of each canton, as a division of tho arrondisse-ments is called, whose functions are both judicial and administrative. To maintain proper discipline among so many magistrates may properly constitute the solo duty of the Superior Council whoso creation is now the subject of discussion in France. have more than three-fourths of the 47 Agriculture in rather more interesting than usual, for the reason that it given full statistics of tho growing crops. In a revision of winter wheat statistics, the acres in cultivation, llieso counties re port the prospect lor a crop to bo very and so striking is tho resemblance to tho prescribed model, whether ancient or modern, whother living or dead, that the flattering. estimated yield lor the State, as reported hv 4.r)!( correspondents, is now placed at Hut eleven counties have an acreage of likeness is recognized on the instant, 27,127,8011 bushels, or an average yield of hemp.

The total number of acres in the The Salons are Idled at this moment State is but 187. Crawford, Jewell, Shaw OMETEl'E'S VOLCANO. 18.3 bushels per aero, lie Bjiring wheat yield has not been changed by correspon nee and Wilson, counties have nearly nine-tenths of the area. The condition dents irom that given in une. 1 lie total with the adventure of tho whose jealousy of his wife tho most estimable of women has furnished both society and the stage with much amuse crop of wheat in Kansas this year isthero- in these counties is reported as 1)7.

Tobacco is grown in nearly every conn lore bushels, or a decrease irom the crop of 1882 of about 7,000,000 tv in the State, and vet the entire area ment. The Baron wns fully persuaded of his wile's attachment to one of his planted is only 973 acres. It is grown in friends, for whom he had procured pre Correspondents have raised the State gardens, in small patches for home use The condition of the plant itf reported as fecture in a far-oil province for the very purpose of putting a good distance be being as good as usual in this State. tween the supposed gallant and the sub. yield oi oats per acre Irom 41 last month, to 42.2.

This increase of nearly one bushel has not been confined to any one section, the crop being a large one everywhere in the State, except in the extreme The acreage of rice com lias been re duced to 21.481 acres, and is crown princi pected lady love. No man could do more. But precaution was in vain. The prefect was continually finding an excuse western portion, where it made but pally in the western counties, where some dependence is placed upon it. The condition is not as good as it was last and invariably dropped in to dinner and to spend the evening at his benefactor's year by 3 per the hot winds affecting it seriously.

The prospect of a fruit crop this year house. The Baron soul was much disturbed with the suspicion, that in spite of all his precaution and vigilance, he had been betrayed. A sudden thought struck is not so good as it was one ag( Peaches will not make one-fourth of crop, and apples not more than aha him he would know the worst. He resolved to get his head manufactured at crop. Many apples are falling from trees, the cause being the sting of an insect.

once after the likeness of the suspected Violent Eruption on an Island In Lake Nicaragua. From the Panama f-tar and lierald.July 17, During tho past three or four months the extinct volcano Omctepe has given signs that it was about, to burst into activity. Smoke, flames, ashes, pumice stone, small lava flows, and all tho accessories which mark a complete volcanic outlet have been seen. On Juno 19, for the first time, the lava streamed from the new crater and ran in the direction of Las Pilas, but until the 22d it had not reached the main road to Sinacapa. On the night of the 20th the sides of the mountain were alive with Areas the lava poured down, sweeping with it trees, rocks and earth, while the continued bellowings of the volcano struck terror into the hearts of all wdio heard them.

On the 23d the whole island was continually, quaking; many of the inhabitants fled, and the authorities commenced preparations for the removal of every one from the island. On the 24th the lava bed had covered up the road, and the two young men who had gone with others to watch the flow, had buried under it. The lava continued to pour out in an almost uninterrupted stream, but up to the 25th of June it had not reached the On the 2Gth a panic set in among the populace caused by the prolonged and incessant rumblings, the torrents of lava, and the clouds of ashes and dirt which continually issued from the mountain. Inconsequence, schooners and boats were sent to the island to transport the people to Granada, Rives and other cities. The lava flow' on Thursday, the 26th, took a new direction, and, pouring down within a mile of the town, cut off com Blackberries are almost a failure, andean not make a tenth of a crop.

'Grape vines traitor. For this purpose the great artist are not so good condition as they were one month ago, and an average crop can not be expected. 1 A Husband Loses Caste for Not Shooting Ills Wile's Ilt'trayer. A Raleigh (N. special to the New York Time says Tho town of Ruther-fordton is in a ferment over a choice bit of scandal.

About two years ago Mr. John Gilkey, a young man about 27 years old, married a Miss Rivings, of Georgia, and brought her here tolive. The marriage was thought a strange one, in that the husband was inclined to be reticent and retiring and strictly attentive to his business that of a merchant. The young was exceedingly fond of gentlemen's company, and was very soon termed "fast" by her sex. The young couple took boarders and among their boarders were several young men, including Dr.

Marsh Craton. The young doctor was called in once by Mrs. Gilkey, whom he treated for some ailinent. It was soon observed that the doctor and Mrs. Gilkey were somewhat partial to each other.

While the husband was down town at his store the doctor remained too long at the house with Mrs. Gilkey, according to the views of the neighbors. The little town was full of and some friend dropped Gilkey an anonymous note apprising him of what was going on. Unwilling to believe anything wrong of his wife, Gilkey handed the note to Craton, who endeavored to fix several parties with the authorship, and the town was agitated for several days over expected "pistols and coffee" for two. All this blew over, however, and the doctor paid Mrs.

Gilkey more attention than ever. After some time elapsed the husband came to the conclusion that he would endeavor to satisfy himself of the truth or falsity of the reports. He bided his time, and a few days ago he hurriedly returned from the store to his house, and the scene there presented, it is alleged, confirmed the reports of an improper intimacy between the doctor and his wife. The husband immediately returned the wife to her family in Georgia, and brought suit against Craton for $5,000 damages. The social connections on both sides are large and numerous, and the trial when it comes off, bids fair to attract considerable attention, A great many of our hotbloods sneer at Gilkey because he did not kill Craton and thus end the liaison.

His indictment and trial under such circumstances would have been a matter of form in order to reach a verdict of "not guilty." The fact that Gilkey has sued for money instead of drawing blood by means of a shot-gun has not added to his standing in the Death of a Spy. little grain, and cut largely for the straw. The returns from, the five counties absent from the tables in the June report have increased the acreage to 094,576 acres, or an increase of 11,192 acres, the acreage in Smith county being larger by over 7,000 acres. In the central portion of the State rust appeared in some fields a few days, before harvest, and reduced the yield somewhat. In Ellis and surrounding counties, the yield is very light, very few pieces having any rain, the fields being cut for the straw, the eastern two-thirds, the crop, has been the heaviest of In Jefferson county, one field of ten acres made 920 bushels, or an average of 92 bushels per acre.

James Parker, of Arlington, Reno county, threshed 1,200 bushels from 12 acres, or an average of 100 bushels per acre. The crop for the State is 29,321,802 bushels, or nearly a million bushels more than the crop of winter and spring wheat combined. Much appaehension was felt as to the future of the corn crop this year; tip to the 26th of July, when copious rains fell over all portions of the eastern two-thirds of the State. Prior to that time, the crop in some portions of the State was nearly thirty days without rain', and in addition, a hot southwest wind blew War glares with mortal inconsistencies, I teteg of the Kue de (Jhoiseul was despatched to S. to study the hair and the complexion, the carriage of the head and the expression of countenance characteristic of the young prefect, which were all copied to perfection.

The. -Baron, then took the precaution of feigning absence for a few days, and bidding adieu to his young wife, repaired at once to the artist lie had employed, and who undertook to reproduce in the jealous husband the exact appearance of the. treacherous friend. The Baron was enchanted with the re A general must know the enemy's plans in order to thwart, them. He.

sends an intelligent man as a spy to discover them The man goes on his mission, knowing that, necessary as it is, he wall be hanged if discovered. The enemy catches him, and in a few hours his dead body dangles from a tree. Across his breast is pinned sult. His whole appearance was that of a label: "A warning to spies'" Yet, the same enemy, perhaps, will. twenty-four hours later, send a man to spy out the opposing general's position and plans, and the man will be hung if he is caught.

Both generals need infor mation, and both unite in making death over the western nan of the State lor its price. munication with the farms and pastures upon which the islanders, depend for their On the 27th and 28th the three or four davs, doing much damage These thoughts suggested themselves The rain came, and the crop has revived eruptions were horrible in their intensi as we read, in Bullet andbhell, the follow ing description of the death of a spy the prelect, bo exact was theresernbfance, that involuntarily he assumed the gesture and tenue of the man he supposed to be his rival. Towards evening, when he knew the shadows were stealing over his apartment in the Rue de Grenelle, by the foliage of the old garden, he repaired thither. He rang the bell with a trembling hand, and. almost1 lost his assumed identity in the shock produced by the servant saluting him as le Prefect." He was ushered into the solon where Madame was seated.

Her reception was not enthusiastic quite the contrary. She rose at once and excused herself from receiving the visitor under pretense of a pressing visit to a neighbor, but presently sank back almost fainting when the visitor, instead of taking his leave, suddenly dashed forward and clasped her in his arms, kissing her with wonderfully. who had been caught by one of Custer's ty, and led to the few remaining people, fleeing to the main land. Boiling lava and mud and ashes and rocks now cover The condition of the crop, as compared with this time one year ago, is 109. The officers in a village near Cedar Creek northeastern counties nave not, and can Virginia: the sides of the mountain and the pleasant slopes which have been cultivated "What's the said I to Gen not, recover altogether from the adverse conditions early in the season, when Custer, who was sitting with his staff for centuries by the peculiar and ancient round the camp-fire.

"You seem sad." much of the area was totally destroyed by floods. With the exception of the northeast and extreme west, the crop "I have reason to be, I fear we have a disagreeable duty to perform. You know race winch inhabited the island. Tne view of the volcano when in eruption is said to be one of surpassing grandeur. Clouds of smoke sweep upward through them, flash glittering masses of burning, half-molten rocks, which shatter into a promises better than ever before in Kan we captured a man in the village.

"Yes: what of him?" sas. The addition of the correct figures in the five counties estimated in the June effusion, calling her by every endearing report, has not changed the total mater name in the vocabulary ol love; and end "Only that my adjutant general has just recognized him as one of the Confederate guards who escorted him and other Federals when they were taken prison ing by bursting into tears and accusing A MASH Ell CRUSHED. ially, The area for the State is 4,655,022 acres, the largest in the history of the himself of having harbored the meanest suspicions against her. boon was the State, from present indications, the ers. He has gone with two other plhcers who were captured at the same time, to truth established, and tiie innocent wile crop of 1883 will be very nearly ten per coaxed into forgiveness by the promise cent, larger than that of 1882, or a pro see the prisoner.

of a pair of diamond earrings by way of duct of about 170,000,000 bushels. thousand fragments on coming into contact with the cold air, while underneath there swells, bubbles and throbs the ever-surging mass of red-hot lava destined to carry ruin to the villagers who have hitherto lived on the volcano. Although the ground is in a continual tremor, no earthquakes have been experienced, and the clouds of ashes which constantly rise do not trouble visitors to the island. The strong winds sweep them over to Rives, where landowners are becoming alarmed at the prospect of their crops being "You think, then, the fellow is a "That's just it, and a dangerous one peace-offering, iuit somehow the story Acres Acres, got quickly abroad, and tias become the too, nidging from his looks." Counties. 1S83.

1SX3, subject of much jesting in the Paris salons. The Secret of a Husband's Kindness to a Stranger. From the Detroit Free Tress. Among the passengers in a parlor car, on the Lake Shore road the other day war, a handsome woman, whose husband shared the seat with her and would have been picked out as a quiet, sedate, absent minded man. The seat opposite was occupied by a flashily dressed young man, with a lady killing twist to his mustache, "and At that moment the three officers came 74,135 Lyon Marion M.

de JN has already imagined up to make their report. 49,033 116,564 60,293 56,505 61,579 9,63 41,117 89,865 climax tor a larce lie w'Hi produce in a few weeks, wherein he makes the prefect himself appear before the husband his "Well, gentlemen," said Custer, "what do you think of the "We all recognized him as one of our 86,124 Marshall McPherson Miami Mitchell Montgomery Morris Nemaha Neosho Ness counterpart has had tune to reveal his old guards, said the adiutant. 107,823 67,806 72,596 40,106 124,129 76.109 2,808 identity. All are terrified, and the tableau "Very well, gentlemen," said Custer 105,798 114,055 29,662 56,019 75,780 92,025 will be complete slowly. "The evidence seems to be clear, was considerably surprised when the husband handed him a daily paper, wit' the remark 0 "Have a s-lance at the news? Plen'i-.

Adjutant, order the prisoner to be brought THE JUDGES IN FRANCE. 136,104 before me. Norton Osage Osborne Ottawa of excitement around the country, I ob--, The prisoner was brought up between 20,370 95,464 36,159 61,069 5,112 39,016 80,290 6,690 the Meagre Salaries for Those Who Sit on two sentinels. "My man, we think you are a spy," said Gen. Custer, in a quiet Pawnee, Phillips.

Aiirones or justice. 75,132 117,098 73,592 38,260 10,688 84,240 67,475 Leg Spasm In Fowls. M. E. W.

states that a spasmodic difficulty has manifested itself among his fowls. The chicks were April hatched, and the northern part of New Hampshire is not as warm as where I live. April there would therefore correspond with March here. I should consider that chicks hatched at this early season would be liable to this difficulty. It is no doubt a rheumatic affection, and the chicks may or may not out grow it, depending entirely upon how much the young things have become stunted.

I could never discover From the New York Mail. voice. ''What have you to say to the Pratt The French judges have exercised ex charge?" Rawlins Reno 2,792 72.551 Counties. Allen Anderson Atchison Barber Barton Bourbon Brown Butler Chase Chatauqua Cherokee Clay, Cloud Coffey Crawford Davis Decatur Dickenson Doniphan Douglas Edwards Elk Ellis Ellsworth Ford Franklin Graham Greenwood Harper Harvey Jackson Jefferson Jewell Johnson Kingman Labette Leavenworth Lincoln Linn traordinary powers, it being a common thing for a magistrate to set aside the serve." The young man was busy with the paper for an half hour, and then the husband offered him a popular magazine. This entertained him for an hour and he had scarcely closed the book when the good man reached over with "Have a cigar.

These are prime Ha-vanas, and I know you will enjoy one." The voung man accepted one with 54.476 1,933 53,690 "There's a woman here from the village," replied the man, "and she'll tell you I am her son. I live in the village. Republic Rice verdict of a jury, and as they have held 120,990 65,179 42,520 30,168 Riiey office for life it is not strange that evil; ROOKS Does that make me a spy." Rush have appeared in the judiciary which An elderly woman, evidently in some Russell 13,156 21,496 56,252 create a demand for a reform of the 8,347 33,169 757, 81,873 11,530 57,536 27,210 61,228 terror, came forward. any real gain in hatching chicks so very earlv, unless there is a suitable warm system. The vote of urgency for the Judicial liefonn bill in the French Senate Valine Sedgwick Shawnee Sheridan location, where they can have a ground Is this man your "Yes, he is." "How long has he been in the village "Ever since last spring." indicates a determined purpose to effect Smith 137,501 65,841 2,773 75,328 19,351 122,422 4,402 45,746 runundersunny covers protected by glass.

Early May I think too soon to bring the young things from the shell, especially the desired reform. The debate preced Stafford 519 66,052 69,508 122,998 Sumner ing final action on the measure will pos "Does he belong to the Southern ar sess peculiar interest. 60,184 Ihe highest branch of the mdicial svs Trego Washington Wilson 1 dunno. the tender breeds like Leghorn and Spanish. They require exercise, and there is nothing like the sunny midday in open atmosphere and dry earth.

24,975 89,249 94,833 80,613 tem of France is now the Cour de Cassa At this moment an orderly handed the Wyandotte 16,171 48.55.r) 25,745 82,383 tion, which sits in the Palais de Justice, Paris, and deals with errors of procedure adjutant-general a bundle and whispered a word in his ear. Quietly unrolling it, Rheumatic affections, cramps, and stiff Total, 4.655,022 ness of the limbs, are only the result of a in lower courts, trying no cases but re the adiutant brought out a Confederate uniform. The total area of rye sown in the fall "General," said he, "this unilorm was mitting for retrial such as have not been decided to its satisfaction. It is divided into three parts, its president, three vice-presidents and forty-five councilors af cold, damp and chilling atmosphere. Chicks should never be hatched until the weather is so warm at they can run abroad at least half of the day.

Fowls (with the exception of the Asiatics) are found in the woman's house where we captured the prisoner." of 1882 was 321,505 acres. Of this, 14,046 acres were winter-killed, 36,979 acres were used for pasture exclusively, and not harvested; tne remaining 270,480 acres made fording ample equipment for each divi A sudden flash in the man lace, a sion. It is proposed to take from this swift look of anger, and a glance between more tender than many people suppose. When they are to be subjected to any change of atmosphere, especially from court the disciplinary powers it has here thanks, and naturally made his way to the smoking car, where he put in another hour, but without the other's company. When he returned he was greeted with: "Perhaps you'd like to look at the latest novel Very interesting, I assure you." He read until weary, and upon being offered another cigar replied that he was to leave the train at the next station, and added: "I want to thank you again for your many courtesies." "Oh, don't mention it." "You never saw me before 'Never." ''Don't know mv name "No." "Then tell me why you were so very courteous to an entire stranger." "Young man, I will explain.

In times past when a loafer sat and stared at my wife as a steady job I got up at the end of an hour and broke his neck. This made me much trouble and expense, and I changed my programme. I now carry books and cigars to bribe them. Had yon been going a hundred miles further, I should have offered you a drink of brandy, a new puzzle, two more dailies and another cigar, and my wife would have secured quite a rest." "Sir! I "Oh, it's all right all right. It wa cheaper than throwing you out of window, and I hope you'll get up to the him and the woman was the only answer tofore possessed and create a Superior either made to the announcement.

Council to receive them. The new tri warm to cold, the fowls should be accus "That will do; remove the woman," bunal would consist of the president of said Custer gravely. The woman gazed lor a moment into the Cour de Cassation, four of its councilors elected among themselves, five the face of the prisoner, but it was evident that she was not his mother. She tomed to it by degrees; otherwise they suffer greatly. In my opinion, all that ails the chicks of M.

E. W. is undue exposure to cold when young, with perhaps irregular or scant rations. It is ar more easy to avoid than to cure these difficulties, which are generally met with matte no effort to bid him farewell. "Mv man.

it's a clear case. You are chosen by the Senate and five by the Chamber of Deputies. The power to strip the judicial ermine from unworthy magistrates would inhere exclusively in the Superior Council, but applications for removal would be made by the Min a soldier of the Confederate army, and inside our lines in disguise. You are therefore a spy. It is my duty to inform you among neglected broods, or in the experimental trials of new beginners.

All kinds and varieties of fowls do better in ister of Justice. The pay of French judges has been so warm than in cold weather. toiuury that you must die." "Die? What! without a trial?" exclaimed the startled prisoner. Gentleman. a yield of 4,832,298 bushefs, or ah average of 17.9 bushels per acre.

The barley crop can hardly be classed with the field crops of the State; yet the area has increased from that of 1882 over 78 per or an increase of 6,869 acres. The area of millet and Hungarian has increased over that sown in 1882, 49,606 acres, or an increase of over 12 per cent. The crop has been a most satisfactory one this year, the extreme western counties being the only ones that have not made good yields. The hot winds heretofore spoken of almost annihilated the millet in this section. The yield, if any, in these counties, is so slight it cannot be estimated.

The increase in thcarea of Irish potatoes, over 882, has been very large, being or not quite 35 per cent. The early varieties have made a most excellent crop, and the late ones are promising well. As compared with last year, at this time, the prospect is 15 per cent better. Sorghum, where planted for sugar and syrup-making, is in excellent condition. The average for the State, as compared with last year, is 103.

The area has in- meagre, ranging from the $6,000 salary of "You have iust been tried. as a the President of the Cour de Cassation down to the few hundreds of the lowest United States General, have comdemned Mother's Turn. "It is mother's turn to be taken care of judge, that it would have been impossi now. hotel safely. "Hood any, sir goou uaj crad to liavfi met vou!" you as a spy.

iou die at eight to-morrow morning. I will send the chaplain to you, and I hope you will prepare to meet vour fate." The speaker was a winsome young girl, ble to secure men of ability for the bench had it not been for the honor attached to the judicial office. Men of good intellectual and moral qualifications have covet whose bright eves, fresh color, and ea At the appointed hour the next morn And that young man with the lady killing mustache and crockery eyes and hair parted on an even keel picked up his grip and walked out without being certain whether he had been mashed or pulverized under a land roller. ed the position of magistrate, and the occupants of the bench have been with ing the poor fellow was brought out and hanged, in the presence of the entire ger looks told of light-hearted happiness. Just out of school, she had the air of culture, which is an added attraction to a blithe young face.

It was mother's turn now. Did she know how my heart went out to her, for her unselfish words? few exceptions persons oi high character brigade. and respectable attainments. But that they Wave often been excessively arbi A Child's Idea of a Woodclmek. How They Manage 'Em.

Too manv mothers, in their love of From the Boston Post, July 26. trary is indicated by the enactment of Boston Pos their daughters, entirely overtook the measure in 1880, forbidding them to A gentleman from Boston was riding "Oh, yes;" said Mrs. Snaggs, "my eistci lea that thev themselves need recrea with his two little daughters in Maine sum up, and an attempt to substitute election for a term for appointment for fe may be expected to show a general and myselt married sonuei, ni we want to go off for a day and don 1 want them to bother us, we just get enj to talking about the exploits in the wai desire to have the feeling of responsibility among magistrates increased. creased, over the previous year, over 48 per cent, or 33,304 acres. This increase is due largely to -the fact that it is being used for feed.

In some of the extreme western counties it will be the main winter feed for stock. Buckwheat has decreased its area of last year slightly, the decrease being 93 acres. The area for the State is 2,175 acres. The condition at present is fully tion. They do without all the easy, pretty and charming things, and say nothing about it; and the daughters do not think there is any self-denial involved.

Jennie gets the new dress, and mother wears the old one, turned upside down and wrong side out. Lucy goes on the mountain trip, and mother stays at home and keeps house. Emily is tired ofj and they just sit ana tain. au 's aVimit Hinnpr nnd never notice that the other day when a woodchuck scam- Eered along the road in front of the orse. The youngest of the little girls, aged about 3J years, watched the wood-chuck with eager interest, and when he turned and disappeared in the woods, she said to her father, with the relieved air of having solved a mystery, "papa, it was a sponge, wasn't it?" Below the Cour de Cassation are the twenty-six courts of appeal, each with a president and 50 or more councillors; the 3(30 tribunals of the arrondissements, each with at least one president and two are away." Crops in Iowa are a success..