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The Wingham Times, 1885-10-30, Page 7A Woma"4's NO. sY antinion oueura. fEftkehad (ieQ }ioveYl.attorn mallJost SUWmand �6r; iF X oi?ere!J,A4 P dntY A44di, :i. To ink@ it from her, r Elbe thankedme with a gracious emile As sweet as reaviipa mould, mance ik.; It was so email 'twos not worth while To let metake it; Again I offered, as before, 01 that alight burden to relieve hen *he'd Tn :tether ot 1 Pra ysay no more`(" ly grieve 1 oeasedi o plea ; abe seemed content -The thing watrapxall, and geetly`ebrded,,. ,ilial. to illong our. way we wept } xowherwshe'boarded.'? #- But when upon the stoop elm stood, And ore our last adteoe.x!ere uttered, She eyed me in a roguish mood, And softly muttered, As awupg the-dpo;1 tolet,her thropgg And lett me there all unresisting,, • don't;thinloterryy much of l en For not lneletine." �TE11,11IBLg TRAG3DY Now that the glamour hats faded from my wife. True, ho was totally different front ( °Ba;Alj' ROBBEISB, eyea, hie oenduot appeara to me iu its true hie brother ix oharaoter and etppeeranoe ; but i light. I am saying thin, not heoauaa. I feet Geraldine had proved hie worth and was t' flow Royal Treasuries grave Heats *Med Ail. any llitternesatowarduoue who has paid toe b` _ .. to xepooe he an honest mantr af. t Thieves.._ , i penalty of hie faults; but 1 am older tha child, and l want you to feel aa I do, 1 Happy hereolf, elm was anxious thatthoap oatyeeirtbe London Standard >;o review the that it would be wrong ceaselessly to repine, .around her ellould be. the game ; and, when monyaimilar micro* oominitted In the pati to remomirer that lite IOW halite work for ua . Dolly, in a goof .confidence, confeseeid that iinEn land and other eonntrleg, The story :, to do, and that the past ehoutd,not be al- Tom L,rkioa .had ,been "bothering herr, of Colon; Blood, wbp all but managed to lowed to interfere with it. You think I am again, it was Mies Iffafnwering who urged make nfl' with the Ruglish grown jewels an feotion. The recent robber of the Turin Arm mold and heartless not eo; but I toll you frankly the Harry Braithwaite whom I lov- ed, and teller loan I mourned,, was an ideal ore tura; the real harry Braithwaite was a totally different pariah, whom I could not r even esteem, ranch less love." . �? illy (totaled quietly, thou'uh .she, could " hardly follow Mies Mainwaring's sophistry, The man she had given her first pure girlish love; she felt, would always hold a place in her heart There could never he snottier, unworthy -though ho -bade pr ovc.1. himselft Who would be so unutter.,bly dear to her. Geraldine had a 't passionate nature and( ` h+ WAS intolerant of all meanness • and • deceit. She (mold not—aa elle herself said- hove Of. ter she had ceased to esteem'; and so it was' that rho •veoand which the knowledge of her lits null for him and who li iaily persuaded Dollyfroom the' Tower, is ao wellknownthtat it need. : to look favourably en her -old play- only be rofekred to., . But :chore ar@, aoveai mate and moat constant lover, other inetancta laseknown, thqugh scarcerly As the wedded pairs passed out of the sought lase peouher. Nearly 604 years ' ago the porch, thehthat. eyes of both. brides: invournta and as g i opener f n the; old ojx ohgreat treasury in Weetminater Abbey w J� cleared.• of Bone, of the moat valuable of its whore a granite column was gloaming in the i gontentg,,the aaorietan and several of the Oh - sunlight. 'Neither. could quite forget, even " monks acting in complicity with certain at this happy 'Moment, the handsome,. de- thieves outside the wall, Some of the ob- beanie, though fickle, young, officer Witt, had Jodie weronever recovered,; but the *Wien played BO important a part intheir twolivea, of the booty hampered the robbers so much and for whop9 affection they had once been that when the chief of them Was captured; rivets,' £2,000 'worth was •found in bis- poaseesion. atm sxn, So carefully was the;rabbory ¢ lanned. that ''' WHAT SORT ? , ' ,in, order that four menthe later it might — - ..... - • the r oguea sowed rho. geave yarwith ]rem p • , serve to conceal the proceeds of'the burglary, lie for ooixein s faithleaenees hod inflected' had been What sort of morality is that which satin This oroP, it maybe added, was uti z ,d 1, Tong ago healed. With Dolly.,iarvla it wan - fies•aman fn the non•paymsnt of a debt as By the. Author of «Trio Etewn>r Gllttt'•, "rLgvontO we Lonau wr," t�o., Oleg :different; she waa gentle and simple eta a;; . long os,hie •efr i "dun i g?' as In her father's mase—whoa she 'het d y ' - a man namedStammeto, who, +fteraeoreting fie' iteolf 'in non-payment of a debt lir-use, himself, .behind an alter in the eatleedeal, .the sin, she went. ou loving the manor. t it is a small amount—a trifle.? managed to gain areas to the treasury by What sort of morali is that. which calls ,the attention of the creditor to, an over- charge bat is silent about"an undercharge v' he' Re• d barn creditor }, ane. from plundered of its' vast hoard, of valuables ily quite a different piwpoae., In 1440 t public of Venice narrowly escape g ch• ild, "with'lovicg, clinging ways; and even What sort of morality is that which satia- of „ was something of a shook to her to find CHAPTER X. AND LAST,. .that Geraldine could thus speak calmly on t3' means of Wee keys: hNigh at •after night he a subject the bare mention of which had still little do objects of valets;, and there capes The eon had gone down in a blaze of splen- power to bring a thrill of exquisite anguish little doubt that he might have pled o with his booty had he not been tempted to how o 0 of his countrymen the ducal ca dor, and hew a. rateful ,hroe,zo,came s yeef': Ito her heart, i, r , E i f +ti : ing across the Medtter'ranean,"r'efittehingalike , That conversation Was attended with one to the parched earth• and the hundreds of !good effect. Geraldine had hitherto never d of'the^Doge, which he,hhad'just conveyed to pedestrians who were leisurely strolling ,mentioned to.Dolly my of the • home -Wawa hie lodgings. - This misplacere thedenee led along the rnibfor fpriou can chattering. tatteri g.t 'contained in her aunt's frequent letters to What sgrt o#. morality 1s that which sat- 0to00 duchie ats ii; hision with r Anne on f Den - volubly, as o y•, o & B. , .r lent ,1 t t her,instinctively guessing that the girl fi if h # b b premien, many gesticulittioca and'.`slirugt ftshou d?r•s ;shrnk from' all allusion to the place where th d d b tl d tit mark; Queen of James VL of Scotland, was and uplifting of hands,, interspersed with the tragedy ref her life had been enacted ; d ' h p d b I robbed by her maid of pearls and other val- peals of light mustenl !aught r', - but now she began to read little extracts tables under the plea that, these jewelswere It was a prctur'esquo aoene, '.for.:Maraeillers .from her voluminous correspondence: g if is h token to dress dolls for the royal children. is essentially oosmopolitancrn:oiearaoter, and !ATOM first Dont, listened apathetically ; but p y - f b Oa the death of Queen Charlotte an enor- almost every European nationality wars re- one day, when Tom Lsrkin's name was men- mousquantitye vel pious. stones, including diamonds to the value of • nearly, a million, Wli'at sort of morality°is-that which seeks to evade meeting his creditor teethe alipoid: be more° plainlyreminds of hia, indebted- nesa ? is ,les iters ' in the non-payment o ' a' debt he - rune 'e creditor resume v re' e ornot to nee What the debt calls tor? What sort' of morality is that whieh gat. is ee itee the non a Ment of a debt be. :gauge of a failure in farming, or other enter- prise or undertaking ? presentediamong the gay thrpr,igers,.of: thor 'tioned in connection with some heroic deed fashionable prone cl L'f d made was missing. On a peevious °radon a gold ewer and a basin enriched with gems dis- appeared from the royal chambers. The lat ter were subsequently found behind a book- shelf in the Ring's study, At a later date it was officially announced that the `diamonds had, for the most' part, been recovered, with the exception of the late, Ring's Star and Garter, valued at $7,000. It is believed 'that George III. had removed them during one of his fits of insanity, and had forgotten where he had put them. The garter is, however, still missing. During the dieter - dors following the, revolution the French crown jewels were stolen by the robbers, who elimbedtii'e colonnades at the side of the palace of Loe.is XV, and thus gained en- trance. to tho Garde Meuble, where they h .d been placed by the Commune of Paris, A portion of the treasure wan note: ed from a ditch in the Alee . des' Veuves, - in the Champs Elysees, but though Napoleon. made every effort to collect the stones, which had been dispersed throughout Europe, many have disappeared, it is believed forever. In. this, as in almost all the cases of robberies ua dian of the otorown jewels, all the g r e ,pf, treasures were suspected of complicity,' and to the end pf hie life Citizen} Sargent bore the title of " Agate," owing to a popular belief that, • On the breis of the.proverb whieh gives thieves. credit for knowing their own hiding places, he had no difii.ulty in finding the agate -onyx chalice which formed part of the treasure fished out of the ditch in the Champs Elysees:, Since •that time several rcoroof the crown jewels`have van- ished, and, in 1848, duriog the transport of these valuables' to the' •treasury, two pend elrques of-diatbands and the button of a hat in,brilliants; suddenly dieeppeared.' In 18Q4 the celebrated "Cup of the Pfolemied" wad stolen from "the Paris 'Museum, and within the last three, years' the churah of St. Denis was despoiled ; of some of the regal orna- ments. In 1850 the . Princess of Orange was robbed of her jewels at ',Brue- eela, and in 187`7 the tfeesures of the. Cathedral of •Toled'o.,were. netthdraw.n from ,.public iuspeotion, owing tq.; the, numerous thefts to whieh they had been subjected for many,years previously. Ae for the Duke' of •Briinswiok notwithstanding the :elaborate pteoatitions which he took to keeep,hie dia• monde, he was plundered more than, once, and to the scandal of legitimacy, some of Don ()titles' orders went astray in a peculiar manner, Charles I .helped, himself to the contents of the jewelhouse when funds failed, and Charles II. immediately after his acces- sion, issued a proclamation otimmaoding all persons in whose possession there were any 'of the crown jewels sold by the Common- wealth to restore thein, to their rightful own - ere. But, though several persons were ar- rested for not doing so, the •eoattered valu- ables came in so slowly that a new regalia became necessary. Edward III, pledged hia crown and jewels to the merchant of Fiend - era, and Henry V. put his diadem in pawn to the Abbot of Westminster in order to raise funds to carry on the war with France. Not to enumerate many similar transactions, Gustavus III. of Sweden, purchased two large diamonds, a ruby and some pearls which the Young Pretender had failed to redeem from the Lombardy Armes, It would thus seem that royal treasures are quite al apt to go astray as any othere, -en_ _v_ se— Women On Wheels. , An Englishman—an enthusiastic tricyoler --declares that " the woman who bas never ,boon on wheels has not tasted half the innocent joys of Life. Your tricycle is at the door ; you mount the saddle and press the pedalo with feet which seem as Languid and spiritless as the heart within you. .A. few turn and the quickened circulationbe- gins to act upon you. Your sad eye bright- ens ; the Dolour moutits to your pale cheek ; yeti draw a long breath, and settle down, mo longer languidly, to your work. A few a e, x e seem' but for; enj oymen. one would have thought, watching the ant toted eager faces Of theist' children of the S th ; at any rate, alt caro was forgotten for he moment. tho'bilcopy f t ie lIi'Otel d'¢ 'Ibert eat'' a lady, whose eX,c ding=bei ,uty *eel notice= 410 •even:Here : eke' .good looketaro the rule and not the coptioe. She bad be n` reAing ; but the ok lay face downwards on her lap -now, a she was regarding the movie"saes' be -a with -some :amuaemen^t.. r, Citke,here D ly," she said presently, glancing towards a ioung girl who sat some spates a4way>iadii$t iously plying,her needle, "Is it nt a prey y1 sight? Look, or in• to question her further. atancei a lhosetpe`'sant•girla ! What Mr- They lingered on inthe balm South f r mega t Wale so baa 1fful glossy hair they :another month, and then one day in early have ! Hosts• ,t .ere at ern the neckerohiefs, autumn the travellers set their faces heme- and with,st g Megets they are arranged ! , wards. Where d itiunOlrt an Dnglish girl in the same p rife iref0115 such- ar- It was with mingled feelings that they 'stepped once more on to the platform of the for at that moinotttl little familiar station at Midhurst. Penny lr it nted itself moment: e- Braithwaite's handsome figure atcod out e tthose wile hart aseembl- egy tawny, ad to greet he returning wanderers,nd,1orsel 'dress. And.fter givingDolly Jnevis apleasant nod andold hardlyhave ex- smile, he drew Geraldine's arm within is own with an afr of pr Was it fancy;"or d the beautiful girl at ei�rietorahip that lofinitely th e' gt 1's attention was 'visibly aroused. tilde must bo '.,fine fellow indeed," Gael - dine said, as she finishedreading the aoprunt of how, at the risk of his own life, the brave Iad had dashed through a burning basement and eaved two children from• what would iotherwise have boen'ahorribie fate. "The -name seeme familiar to me. Ah, now I re- collect ! This sameToni Larkins, no, doubt, was your father's apprentioe ; was he not ?"• she added, Looking up and noting with plea- sure the little eager smile that parted Dolly's " Yea ; 'poor Tom !" She sighed as she 'spoke ; but Mies Meinwariug widely forbore charmin a aarance g p s;r,iled, Dolly Jarvi „,Srnit' a picture of 1tree' e fore her'mind'a tangled curls an ler t g hen she sighed* a planedwhat for wh t re her side echo the'.aighs? Her next remark Was irrelevant, " How long ago is it since we left England, Dolly ?" "Nearly two years;'' the ot$er answered in a low voices. " Two yeara• 1"' repeated Maiuwaring musingly. "And we have, been wandering about all that time `'seeking rest, hurlfind- ingnone.' It has been ' pleasant', this '"Ilo- hemian life I dont deny that ; but it palls upon onein' time: In fadt'Dolly; I,must con- fess to a sohoolgirlish feeling of.ho"ineesick- nese. What 'do you say to •burturning our faces northward V . Dollyte beast gave: a sudden:throb, and a faint flush tinge d her. cheeks ; but she an- swered quietly— t" "It must be ag you wish., ,i01 coarse, Miss Mainwaritig, 1 am only alumble companion, and oan.herdly,be,expecteti to haveza voice in the matter You h'velieontookrnd; too considerate"for meeal:wady:" ' - "Nonsense !" Geraldine rejoined, a little' impatiently. " You know 1 should do no- thing. that I thought would give you ;pain. My aunt writers to me very urgently to come home. '.She is not well; and; • remem- bering how much 1 owe to her,1. dp`not like to disregard her wishes. Still, •if you• do not care alert •revietting,a.place pvhich:must , sways hold such unhappy associations : for us both, bait for you more especially, I' dare say *mall eaaily arrange 'for you to -•s—" " Oh, pray, pray, Miss Mainwaring,rdon't send axe away from you l" entreittedy Dolly; almost in tears. "1—I could not heart() go amongst strangers ; and I am quite ready to --to co:company you to Midhurst, 'if you vriah it." mused thatyoun Indy, 'whb had' tsy' no ag • means as" yet made up her mind to accord' hint the privileges of a favoured'" suitor. The companion fell silently behind ; and, for the"first time since her orphanage, the' utter desolation of her situation fell upon her almost orushing her by its force. A lit- tle sob rose involuntarily to her throat, and she was raising her hand hastily, as if to, ohol1e,it back,,, when it was suddenly ,seized, l y a, Brea t brow,43 elm and held fast find' firmly] whit, t lits )str•anig'eli, fami4ar'vb ce° i iurm iiredla hearty, j'y V4eloodxg ilgln'e}!" iia her ears. And at the sound of those deep friendly tones, the clasp of the strong hand, the loolr in the frank blue eyes;; Doily' was; oomforted, j - Y St. ,Jude's bolls were chiming merrily,', auddMidhurst„wee in a state, of.^bustle and' egtirt eiment. ` 'Not ovoni, the atr'il •tragedy° which had occurred eight yearsr, ago, no the More, event, ofothe black smith's confession had caused so much pub- lics interest ha tho' double twe telieg whiol. waa: about to, take ,place in the little country" church," True, the brides were in a very dtflierentstation in life; but it would have been dif cult to know to which to award. the pain. of merit, ,-. Geraldine Mainwaring oWhoae dark fore . •eigu'beaigty had, so; rich weetting intim white velvet dress she had elected to wear wifisi _ .orthodox Houiton,lace vein and wreath of real-orgnge•blossoms, a'diamond necklet en . oirgling,her blender throat, tliemond,earringe andbrapelets::.of-,thea;aame--.mpatly @taaea,- ,was.eupgrb, whilst Dolly, ,Jarvis, in white. i.271.9300. i cl"e. tilts ,tripttned -with Brussels Geraldine took the trembling little hand . to her ,own;and.preased-i ,reaset}ripgly, ' "My good shelf. the Ig id gently, r -have - no wish to part with your 0's you' must know quite well' without, any'assurance:froof hie ; ' for where could I find another so devoted and so ueeful.asyourself? So Wetvilj.say no mote about it." A, long silence followed. The idea of re- turning,to"i oglan.d awoke it traits of "thought ' in both g 1 , They had btrin living so much in the present, hurrying from one gay Nene to another, that during these two years there had been little time for rofleetion, The promenade was growing wore and more thickly peopled. Snatches of little Frenoh chansons floated on the evening air, mingling with the tinkling of the bells at- tached to the collars of the sleek mules trot- ting laaily along, harnoesed to the cars filled with pleasure•seekers;. and still Geraldine =. and her companion sat mute, ° . At length the .former,gaveihorself a Little shako, and pulled herself together* as it were. " Dolly," she said, and the other started ',blonde= at the sound of her voice, " during all these months that we have lived together and grown, familiar with ono . another wo have never alluded to a subject which is very near the heart of both. Poor Harry 1lraith- Waite is cleat nowt and it cat. do his Mem. ory no harm when I May that, looking back now, I can see that both of us wasted Our affeotion on An unworthy nbjeot. ' Iienitein'- ber"—for 1lolly had given a little diaeonting cry-" he was true to neither, for, while loving you, he would have ruthlessly sacri- ficed you and married me for my money, lacria tiny princi,sae bonnet to inateh atitl with natural floret ars her ly'orna- • ,_.. „-< o menta, Vat .tiaiply perfect. - :_ ,.• ° Geraldine"'Maintvaring' had takeh'the. fatherless girl abtoeci wiiti her as soon as she had shffielently recovered:e,from 'that long sinful illness which bad soon eded Adam What Bert of moralityis that' which gets offended when asked to pay ,a debt whioh the debtor promised to pay long before the time of dunning ? „ .:What sort ofmorality is that which pro- vides for hia own wife and children by de- frauding the wife and children of an- other man, dead or alive, to whom:he is •justly indebted for things whieh have been used.by the debtor's family for their own en- joyment or profit;? What sort of morality ie that' which ig- nores moral obligation as to a 'debt and pays only when the civil law compels ? What sort • of morality is that whieh, light= ens he obligation to pay a just debt in pro= por tioo to the length of time 'ince : it was contracted In short, what aorto£ morality is that whieh disregards the command, "Thou shalt not steal ? " • Sir Robert Feel. • Sir; Robert. Peel. was a popular man in rerivate life with the few eraons whom. n he ally liked or loved. Bab in anything ap- proaching to bonhomie or geniality, he is' said to have,been,singglerly deficient.,,,: Even to the ordinary courtesies of society he was sometimes incapable of conforming; and the rgniretnand the rectors who were invited t, meet him at groat country houeea were of- ten mortified by n demeanor whieh way needlessly frigid' and repellent. I have heard that; while the guest of a well,khown baronet in the midland counties, the clergy- man of the poria t, an old gentleman of most •veneroble appearance, ventured to risk hint' some queetione about public aff.irs, and was answered onlyby.afreezing stare,which speedily drove him off to the more, congenial. eooiety of the whist'table. Lord Beacon- field' or Mr. Gladstone would have smiled and put the question by. I have been told another anecdote. of Sir Robert, whieh it is not quite so easy tobaieve. He hadiuvlt-, ed a London Wendt a professional man of high standing,'to viasit him at. Drayton, In riding round, the neigh! orhood the gentle- man, whobelonged to that district, passed the "house' of an • old acquaintance, and he Proposed to Sir Robert that they should call. Peel agreed ; they were shown in andregaled with an excellent lo cheon, But rola the moment he enteie , the house to the ,moment he left it Peel never spoke a single word.. Among his parliamentary supporters the aame-?iufixmity .was apparent ; and when contrasted' with his leading contemporaries, Palm Ireton, Stanley, Melbourne, or the Duke of Wellington, who was the soul of frankness and simplicity, it told much to his disadvantage. There are many men who, in trying to be dignified, only succeed in be- ing pompous, and create difcultieefair them- selves in transactir g the affairs of life 'Which those who • are more natural escape, But Sir Robert Peel, according, to all tradition, -must have done more than this, and relied often upon downright rudeness to protect himself item possible familiarities. Ho waa a keen sportsman and an excellent shot, and p he dad Lord Eversley used to be considered Jarvis a death ; and,: 1f'iii atonement for at one time am, rig the two best game shots her past unjust anomalous, IMO had assidu. 191.Eogland, FXn covershooting Sir Hebert oitaly devoted herself to the task of `rousing Peel, who,, pexhapa, did not like Bricking the girl from the dull apathy into ;width she ' his lggs, orally the outside, while the had fallen, and whichthreatenedat"tilneeq :ones ors,preferredwalkingwith-thebeafera, even to cloud her intellect. Her unwearied He was a scholar and fond of scholarship, attention had been rewarded with 'success. , - though, perhaps, too much given to quota - Dolly, if no longer the light-hearted, merry • tions which had " previously received the little maiden who had attracted the raekioas meed of parliamentary approbation." One young:offncer'sroving fanoy, WAS a sweet ofthese, whfchlalways thought veryhappy, and gentle, if a trifle s d.eyed, girl, whose though it came a little oddly from Peel, was intellect, notwithstanding all 'she had suf. in answer to a whig during the reform de- fered, was as bright and vigorous ars of yore. bates, Who 'wished Mr. Canning had been ` They had been baok in England for over a there. "I wish to heaven that he was, year now, and the greater portion of the ' said Peel : time had been spent at Braithwaite Hall. -• ,^a"..-'0411.4"4".." -- — Lady Braithwaite, who had become a con- resew, isyour son getting along; Charley t" firmed invalid, was glad to hand over the r,Ov,^pretty, well; bnly that he is a little reins of. government to her niece. Since puffed u with his own >im ertanoa, llnows Harry's death she had been won over by more then his .father, you know.nd the dreary town 'surroundings Pores, tofavour his suit for his cousin, though than the boy knot quite an idiot ?" are left behind. You ride and ride, till the at first it had been both a surprise and a - calm, fair beauty of wood and stream sinks shock to find that the elder brother, in his A correspondent who has evidently given deep into your weary heart, and you feel quiet reserved way, had formed a deep at, soribusstudy to the character and thought young, and strong, and happy again all on taohmeat;for Geraldine, and had only re- of Cardinal Newman siva ; ".If I were ask- a sudden, and you reach home refreshed and maind silent bocause he saw that the prize ed what strikes mo most forcibly about invigorated in body and mind, feeling as you he coveted was already in possession of an. Cardinal Newman, what is his leading char. alight as if you were treading on air and other, fin' the heiress had never made any acteristic, 1 •iahould be inclined le. answer, could scarcely keep from busting out intro aeoret of her proferenoo for the young Nape. not the depth and earnestness of his religious singing as blithe ea that of rho lark you left grace. Party's fidelity had had;its reward convidtions, nee the subtlety of his intellect, behind you an hour ago: 'That night you in the end, for, during this last year, Geral- nor the profundity of hie learning, nor his sleep the sleep of tired childhood, and you dine had grown to believe that life could Marvellous dtalectieal skill, nor hia inoom- wake to feel the world a very good place offer her no greater happiness than that parable mastery of the English tongue, but atter all, and duties not so irksome by half whloh would fall to her lot as her cousin's the breadth of hitt sympathies. ( as you thought them yesterday," The lolly annex, $Y QI.Tu Bairns. "-A farmer's lite to Was by choloe, Said jolly Faimertray, Aa he laughed with a loud and mualeal vole. That chased my tlt}eaaway. "Far from the noisy merle of trade, The crowded oityadin, Ilabo,sate Aad vndiamayedr .: Until firelight begins to tete, Who., the hours of rest begin.. Jolly ? well jolly 1 am indeed, And you'd be jolly Watching the sowlogand, too, eprouttng oiseed That wjll help t re hungry worlds to fetd4.• The old as well as the new. Look at ray ineadnw•land,dolt with gold, The gold of the ripening grain Where to the mine thatoan untold sunk 'Helloing. wealth as the warrior bold Might peril hie, lite to gain 7' A broad smile lightened the farmer'afaoo ;. It rippled from brow to chin, As lira stout handr.apreada roadie epaoe,, Alt to tatie ail the ten then a " You olty folk never can feel at ease ; No wonder yen hove the blues While 1 am tending my cattle and bees, Andoorn, and wheat, sad bane, and peat, relr'retneglecting your Pe aid Q'e ; r My stock's at map ; your belle and hears ' In quarrelingapenthe days`; They bother anent the world's affairs. My only sublunary cares Ave tonal:11 ' the crops I raise : Their constant teak it is to quote The stook -bead's shit gag range ; - , While I--Xhave no cbanbetg note, And, save at`ia ervals remote, Have hardly anote to•ohange. So life is very sweet to me ;• ' Toil wins me wellsearned rest ; And f am jolly, for, you see, Of all the happiest Lives there he, The. farmer's Jsthe testy." , Sundry Suggestions. Much of the 'will feel to pigs is allowed tci bec ,me too our before, using, This is l: articularly the case in warm weather. It sours faster than is s4p1sed, passing sorer from wholesome, nutritious feed to alcohol, end then to vinegar. It shpukl stand only long enough before using f, -r the meal to be- come thoroughly slake 1 aid but slightly "loured, never until it " carries a bead " or bur tiles rise en burst en the surface. Teo beat bre d of f;,wis will never satiefy the Man wbo takes' ne interest in. them. Fowls enuat have care •and attention, just the aame as any other live stook. They cannot find their own livieg and at the same time a fold a satisfactory profit to the owner. Good, Clean, pure wat-r ani a f.:o 1 of egg - producing and nour thing constituents, fed regtilarly-and wisely, will pay the owner of any duck. ' Plontkina Should he broken open and the seeds taken out before feeding them to cat- tle e, r _togs, The seed's act as a diuretic, and animals should never be allowed to eat them txcept for the purpos, of etlmxlating the ki nays to action. •- Wh-n cern is the p' ineipal food of hogs, as it is apt to bo at' this season, a little char. coal fel daily is an excellent appetizer, There is so tot alkali in nee charcoal, and this corrects acidity of t to stomach, from which overfed p'gs often suffer. Nogood, g thorough farmer can afford to `keep geese about hia premises. If given all he grain they want ,hay willeattheir heads off very' quickly, ,and are scarcely loss de- structive on'er.::inor newly seeded grass or clover. A flock of a' dozen geese -will eat and destroy as much grass as wou'd keep a cow, an t,their m.anureis of little talueuntil thor- oughly composted. With the approach cf p'ig•fattening - time an exclusively cora dien,is tooapt to be the faro;of fgwls. The ten limey of this to fat - len poultry is very p,esibly one reason for the increasiog soarc.ty of eggs at this season of the Scar. In wio er a daily feed of corn is allotetble, as it isneoetsary to keep the fowls worm in c Id weather ; out un'il win- ter sets in almost any other grain is prefer- able,: - . Testing •Eggs At thit'season of the year many nests will be found in out cf the -way places, where fowls haveatplen awaywith the laudable in- tention of hatching a brood without Mules. tation. Earlier in the season a nest theta diaeovered with a good setting of eggs is bet- ter lilt alone.; A, brood of. chickens le more desirable ,than, eggs to sell at low prioes, Now the eggs ' are 'worth more than late - hatched chickens would be, eap:cis , y of the lesshardy breeds. It is desirable to find some method of determining whether the eggs are good. We know none better than rolling a paper is a cone shape, placiog the •egg in' the barge en?, and looking through it at the sun.. If it shows clear, the egg Is good, no matter how discolored the shells may be from rains or dews. An egg should paver be ahaken to teat its soundness. Do- ing'so, evenwith perfectly fresh specimens, breaks the film which separates the yolk from the white., and, running together, the two soon become worthless, An egg that has been tail b,t a few days will rattle if shaken, from evaporation of the substance of the egg through the shell. Yet, if used at once, the egg miy be per- fectly good, A discolored egg rarely keeps good long ; for almost every one who sees it gives it a shake to nee if it is fresh or not. This habit of ihakieg eggs to test thorn should be discontiuue:1. It at once destroys the vitality of moat so shaken, and is the- m tin, reason why eggs transported long dis- tances uaaally ha,cli poorly. Judge—"Do you underatand what you are to swear to ?" Witness—"Yet, soh. I'm to mar to tell de truf." "And what will happen if you do not tell it?' "I a'pects our side '11 win- do else, tab," Some localities seem to bo exercised over the question ; "Is the negro iu need of help?" Ile is, perhaps, if the fence around a melon patch is over seventy-five feet high, other- wise he is quite able to help himself, "A Philadelphia chemist says that the American habit of kissing is what plays hob With the teeth," says an exchange, Can't help it. Wo can get a new set of teeth if necessary, but We know of no substitute for kissing, "Is the musical orltio in ? My name is 'iggtns. lave Piet harrivedfrom Hoagland, and am about IA sing ere. I would like to 'ave you mention in your notice my ehegt notes,--" Here the umpire of the concert toom glared at him and growled : "Chest• Mite! Oh, you want to tee the funny man over In the dark olrner therm."