The Signal, 1898-5-19, Page 8The Gambler.
"I have mads up my mind to take the
plunge," *Id March. 9% is a big
thing, no doubt, but honestly I (kiok
It is my only chance."
Intense Gillespie March was cleft in
a
London bank—a small private bank
—and he had held that onerous position
for the last fitteeu years. His salary,
redeeming by easy stages, had 'lowlier -
rived at no less a sum than £150 per
annum—an amount that might be con-
aldered princely remuneration for the
work required of trim March did not
from the crowd. lie was distributing
small handbills to the passers-by, and
he handed one to me. As he did so our
eyes met. and I saw that he was March
lie turned away quietly when he saw
that I recognised him. 1 could not stop
—Edith being with me—but when we
got to the theatre I told her his story.
and the dear girl insisted on fay going
out between the sots to try and find
him. It took nus • long time, but st
last I ran him to earth in a little by -
street near Charing Cross.
I pressed a sovereign on him—I was
not a rich man or I wopld gladly have
made it five—but he would have noth-
ing of it. The man was as proud as.
ever. in my own happiness it struck
me with a keener pang to find him in
such a miserable condition, but he did
not seem to mind itmuch. It was hon -
Agricultural
Meg TO SOW CLOVER.
For some years past there hag bees
ore*a oraamong farmers to sow their
clover seed very early. A number of
good writers have advocated this cus-
tomise being in the long run the beat
practice. We are alt familiar with the
n
srgments that aro used by thee*
writers in support of their views. A
greet many turn can urge that ex -
ail like the Nisbet ban -It esape bead -
led with lees wok! than the barrel.
Barrels may be and for all second and
third graders. Then Is a growing de-
mand for fine appeariag domed traits
of all kinds. If one had the time it
would pay to line the mart boxes we
put our larval.. berths is, even if the
box did not hold mon tamhalt the
moat amount. The care shown in
patting up the large berries thus,
would attract a certain class of peo-
ple. who have more money than sense,
to buy at any price asked. To obtainl
the beet results. eour strawberries
should be graded No. 1 and 2. and box-
es should be well filled with berries as
large at the bottom as at the top.
The importance of handling fruits
portents will hack up the practise carefully should be impressed oe all
rets
est work.,transportation ' age who are in the
at any rate, and he saw no Many of those, however, says a writer, emploq of the etpreas or railroad com-
regard it it that light. Three years need tor_ sJ,se shame. He said with in Breeders' Casette, who argue for
paries Thousands o[ dollen are lost
ago he had contrived to get engaged.
and. of course the girl was penniless.
Certainly there seemed to be nothing
for it but Moho measures. The worst
of it ass, my friend had a sanguine
temperament; be would do nothing by -_ _
_bales.; asdearebea.-ha..•pt of taking SUM us .a_atlL.Qi— cat
ter"' youh.er s se
the ablirsa.prent w I
the plunge. I fur.'that he meant Idid not know that thee were practical -
no compromise, but $ tboroadb 'maria•+
Sion, which might very likely, demand
oc
all the efforts of the Humane siety
for the rescue of the experiwentalist,
Therefore I counseled caution. --
March shook his head.
"It is sink or' /grim with me now,
be said again. "At the end of the year
1 leave old Fletcher & Harrison and
start working in earnest. 1 would
sooner be anything—a croeaing-sweeper,
quite the old humorous air that he had earlycloverseeding l make the mistake I to the grower every year, by poor •en-
a gree- tllatto° and lad handling.
l been uttered a plata on the stat! of • To correot
leading -newspaper, and was only doing of thinking that it Ls merely
this to keep himself going until he tion of time and season,I there forgetting abuses fruit growers must or -
could take up the appointment. fact •atter cit condi- games for protection. They mast al -
"My dear fellow," I remonstrated, then it fn in mso co-operate for purchasing all kinds
Goa instead. The foot is. one can of packages and package material as
Ives shaver geed sueoesefully any time well as for reasonable transportation
Yrnitei if &sort the proper • IlitaL-. Is..thsaa.--daIra..ot.-61,, d
sharp competition the fruit oducer
conditions eonld be secured. The sees and' psrter must tie up to dateprin the
ly unsaleable at that tiara. mar .did he
tell me that. He contrived • Laugh, as
he reiterated his old determination to
hold on at all meta. I slipped the sov-
ereign into his band when he was not
looking, and ran oft.
"it's a debt, then," he called after
me. Lad I fully believe he meant it.
That man was as proud as Lucifer.
A year passed away. 1 bad taken
a house in Surrey. and rarely came up
to London now except on business. it
so happened that one day I had occa-
sion to call on • firm in the city, and
1f you like—than stay on there any on my way there passed by the office
hangar. I am burning my ships." The ea. Marche old employers. he name
brought his story bac* to my mem-
ory, and 1 wondered what had become
of him. Poor fellow I the world had
been tt.o strong for hien, he shouldtave
taken my advice and stuck to his clerk-
ship. I was thiftkiag of him still as I
walled beak tea-Csanaoetsteai .Sogleihuar
1' could not help feeling that I was to
blame in the matter. 1 should not
have allowed bin to drop so completely
out of my sight. We had been at school
together and I had known bon all my
lite.
way -down Watbro ' t
• black. Crowds always attract me
and I pushed forward to see what was
the matter. A newspaper -seller, it
seemed. had f .lea down in a fit, or
can secure a decent income in a year or [dead. Presently the body was lifted in -
two, at the furthest, I don't care much to the ambulance and wheeled off tow -
d he h 1 A 'L seed b I
infatuated man laughed light hearted-
ly. It was evident enough that he en-
joyed the novelty of the situation. at
present.
'Well." 1 maid a L it is a good
thing you 'have cnoflgh"io is yon'
from starving, while you are, trying
your hand at the new trade." He
laughed derisively.
'You do not neem to comprehend that
"-"- "-this tint tug'thtyl '.' DT Wear
here, old man"—in a more serious tone
—''l cannot, keep that poor little girl
of mine waiting any longer. Unless I
what becomes of me. When I gamble ar t ueptla . a i l y
:trove in wain to get a glimpse of tbe
at all I like to do it thoroughly. I face for an unreasoning suspicion seiz-
ed me that it might be my friend. Few
things were less likely, but my mind
was full of him just then. I hesitated
for a moment and thought of following
the procession to the hospital; but I
had barely time to catch my train and
after all, it wee ties Merest fancy. But
I was unduly depressed all that even-
ing. I resolved to lo.nlg, in at the hos-
pital next morning. They would have
taken him to St. Philip's, and the
house surgeon there was an a queint-
race of mine.
It was about 12 when I arrived there
and found my way into Miller's room.
In a quarter of an hour or so he .put
in an appearance, overwhelmed with
work, as usual. I told him my errand,
and his eyes brightened as at • humor-
ous recollection.
"Ohl I remember that chap" he
said. "Nothing much the matter—
refuted from want of food I fancy.
Curious thing wan, he made out that
he had just come into a fortune—thir-
ty thousand, I think he said. A bit
touched in the head, I expect."
"Where abet What was hie miner
I asked eagerly.
"Sent him out last night—he was well
enough, after he'd had Ronan brandy and
• hunt of beast. Some name like Clark
or Stark. or something --a monosyllable
of sorts."
"Was It Marchi Bee -nude if so—"
"March it. wee. How do you know
anything about it t"
/find it was March after all. I saw
his wedding announced in the paper
thin morning. It was the shook of
reading is the copy of the paper he
was selling, that the director of hil
mine had received a cable announcing
the discovery of • new and valuable
have sold out all my investments, kept
enough to keep me for ball a year, with
economy, and put the rest into a good
thing I had wind of the other day. It's
out sate, of ooutse, but with any luck
it will pay Ss per cent. some day."
"You utter fool," was all 1 could
trust myself to nay.
" Va shell ase," be replied oomposed-
ly as he lit one of nay cigars with •
spill. "lrt'a year's time, independent-
ly of what l can make by journalism,
I a :poet my two thousand. which is
plaguy little use to rue at 3 per cent.
will be worth twenty. Then I. shall
sell."
'Ohl you will sell then, will you t"
1 las rather evaporated at the man's
folly. "And you expect to make money
by Journalism, poor innocent. A thous-
and a year in that, 1 suppose. Nell—I
only bope you may." I regarded him
wits mingled feelings of contempt and
envy—contempt for his madness, envy
of his sanguine temperament. After all.
it iel a great thing to be born a persist-
ent optimist.
'1 know you fellows who write think
no One can make anything at it but
'yourselves." March spoke with a tol-
erant smile at my infirmities. "I mean
to show' you that business habits are
bound to pay even in your profession."
"1 em afraid you will not have many
receipts to enter in your ledgers." 1
retorted. 1'oor March! 1 do net.
• think he had one single qualification
foi journalism, unless it were this un-
' bounded self-contodenoe of his. 1 felt gold -bearing reef on their property,that
unfeignedly sorry for hint, but it was caused his sudden collapse, For once
his own affair, and it was too late to the cable did not lie, and March realis-
at comptuh anything by interference in
of clover is ripened gess/ally during ways and means of placing hie fruit
the latter part of summer; most of it before the people so that It will please
fa retained in the dried blossom . the eye as well as the taste.
TEMPER OF SWIMS,
PECULIAR PRIDE, BRAVERY AND
STEELY CALLOUSNESS.
As treadle sewsr a■d Signior Tae aldde•
W aal of a■reeeraer Altetalaea t• tae
n ese—sl e■ee.ew.A. la AsylbI■s Se
tsdertake-Compared calla tae %rmien
t11abM■Aer
Two qualities and only two, certain-
lz differentiate 8ttaniards from the
her Southern races of Europe. but
they are qualities displayed in such ex-
cess that they appear to constitute an
entirely separate national character,
wbicb in hundreds of years has never
changed either in fact or in the im-
pression which it makes upon the re-
mainder of mankind, nays the London
Spectator. One of there qualities is
a peculiar kind of pride, and the other
is a steely callousness. Spaniards are
about as brave as the other Latin races
—that is they are perfectly brave, with
a ceiTain likiiiltij'io tiiinfc. T I-'f'Te-
luctanoe to go on when victory seems
not to be attainable.. They .were sup-
posed in their best period to be brav-
er than Frenchmen or Italians. and
throughout the remainder of the grow- PRESERVING $G1;8. their picked adventurers certainly
ing season, and held up away from the *bowed u the New NVorld audacity of
ground above the moisture. ll. as Liming eggs is both a practical ase •rosily wonderfulpe New
kind. an audacity,
eoneetimea occurs. the autumn is wet simple way of preserving them. and in feet, to which odds made no differ -
with heating rains. seed on clover still we don't know of • better, unless to ecce, and which suggested that ff they
r'eanaining co the stalk upon which it keep them in a cold storage house at thought themselves s fall
a temperature always above freezing y
grew, will be found beaten down and � y � FAVORED OF HEAVEN
much of it sprouted. The writer has —•n► M to 41) degrees -when they will
a field of clover at the present time keep six months with safety. There but we do not opo >th4. their his -
a hlc rlfie adhfdll ' in jnat`tooat- tam- siw sonny formulas for waking the lime rte`
nor in the fall of 1W6 and which prom- isolation. One of the Lest plane is
hies well for the present year. But packing in jars. Care should be tab-;
the idea I want to put forth la this: en to select a receptacle from which
It is rarely too late to sow clover It the eggs can draw nothing; hence glass
,gem's is -La fie Mires or manufacture Jars or stone crocks are preferable. Si:
the proper conditions for successful gysiled' till hire *111 11614 tw,slaty i"'"
"'roiled'
any case.
' You don't know me yet." were his
words as he left my rooms that night.
1 confer that the cheery ring of hie
ware lett me. in some doubt whether
1 might not be mistaken. Of course,
gamblers do suoceed sometimes. I saw
nothing more or March for some time
afterward.
Early in February l came across him
walking vigorously along Holborn. Be
was shabby, but buoyant. 1 stood him
a lunch that day, partly because he had
rather a hungry look, and partly be-
c►ume I wished to find out bow things
were going with him. tie expatiated
largely on lila economie•l habits. He
had found a ted -sitting -room et 6 shill -
lags a week, and was working bard.
The shares were going up slowly, but
steadily; however. there weenie hurry
about them. No I Be bad not made
much out of jou r nalism, yet, batt ha
had always expected to find it a bit of
a struggle at first. iia tried hard to
speak with the old hopeful tone, but
l.could see it was an effort, and his
eyes wore a haggard look. I urged him
to sell out hie shares while they were
up—they were some Email African mina
or other• and t never had any faith is
mining shares—but he was firm as
rank.
"Twenty thousand is my figure for
those shares," he said: "not a farthing
ler." I was glad afterward to know
that I had given him s respectable
meal. for I believe the poor beggar was.
early starving then. Marsh was never
the man to acknowledge defeat It he
, could put a good fees on It.
A few days later I left Lenders for
some weeks, Auriae which mutate wv-
aats mourned of so momentous • char -
ester, from my own point of view, am
to make me forget (or the time all
it4soat my friend'. affal.. a. It was pet
ttntll Jnae that we met meta more. i
happened to he walking along the
filmed is the afternoon—in fact, I was
Write, a ynt lady to -a matisse,
gams yogag lady who had made
else teeaporerily oblivious of Marpb's
•'-Mfars of a fees sad figura that were
• fa`Mfat'te+ sot. A men wag A'afkllle
alaftg the gutter. dlea«A in the flow-
ing rumen of se Arab rhsikh, and at-
tr1Mf ' M feeaM M(Maot of attention
ed a Little more than his long -looked -
for twenty thousand. The gamble bad
turned out a success. but even now, the
gambler does not like to talk much
about that year's existence. But be
me Laos my sovereign with
interest at 5 per cent. March was al-
ways a good man of business.
THE MIDDLE-AGED MAN.
.Slack aloont a perk of lime ;
seeding These conditiaaaseem to me to thea add six pailfuls of water aad
to be, first, the perfect covering of three quarts of salt. Tbis should be'
the need. The freezing and thawing dissolved, and when settled is fit to l
to s monthel nerall use. Pour the thin lime -water into the
9 .ill awl ._ ° y r�.e r n...,. briW clflth. mite Jlla ihll-)
do this work in the beat of shape sad 'spread a coat of the thicker lime-wa-
without any effort on our part. But ter. The solution must stand in the
while this is so. we must not forget jars so as to cover the eggs. A peck
that there are manychances to be ot time will be enough to preserve
abtout one hundred dozen eggs.
taken when early +vowing is followed.
Two years ago we were all taught r , KEEPING APPLES IN THE ORCH-
new experience when almost all the
entire area seeded to clover was killed ARD. A Geneva N. Y., farmer has been
by the late frosts of April and May. I
I do not want to he under'.ntood as argu- trying an interesting experiment with
ing against early sowing, for in the apples during the past season. He
divided the fruit of a certain variety
long run I believe the nein results are into equal porta. firer part he pias
to be gained by getting the need into
ed in, the `'eller in the usual way, while
the groused memo as possible. but if
the other he left beneath the trees
this flint condition mentioned. namely. I
iA the srchard. well covered with strew
the covering of the seed, be carefully soprotect as to them from the front.
looked after, success will generally fol- On comparing the lots recently he
km.Moet of oaf oldieft ,.. as en, foand those which had been out of
olnon earl the winter were io a
be ft.'esU• lar Pleeere.e■e Neem tllwwal■-
stle■s Sr Flay Tor. Ago.
"Lighting of every description," said
the middle-aged, man, "is brighter,
more brilliant, and striking. sow then
ever before; bat Stere Will in vogue
nay fifty years ago. a method of il-
lumin•tion for purposes of celebra-
tion that it *ems to me was more pie-
tuthsque than . any one of the meth-
ods that have sugrplanted it. I refer
to the illumination of houses by pleeiag
candles in the windows.
"Windows in tholes days were not
made as they are ewmmunly nowadays,
with one or two lights. twit they were
made with six or lone lights of glue
to a sash. se a window had usually
twelve or eighteen panes of glean.
Candles were placed et the windows.
efts at pain pane, it holders especially
made for the see, a little triangular
piece of tin with a short motet sold-
ered anon It. This holder wage bold in
place simply by crowding the sharp
corner of it tato the sash below the
glame. The candles were not U .
until the approach of the pr
A bonen frost etith es light twink-
ling at every pane of every wlsdow
wale a pletaresgae sight indeed, and
• *hole street of homes thee Illamlast-
ed made a fairy epecteelp "
RIIU OF ONE TBING.
winter wheat, and in thio ease it very n ,
mnrh nu riot condition' the were
Pe
often happens that the ground be-' hard and of excellent color; n fact
wanes very much packed and settled tally as good as when placed there in
by the spring rains. 'When this oc- early fall.
curs, one had better keep his seed in
the sack than to scatter it on such
a hard surface unless something be
done to Loosen it somewhat. Seed can
however, be put on such a hard soil
and when harrowed in carefully with
• sharp harrow the results will usually
be as good as when sown early. Very makes the resentful person so un -
oft en it happens that the ground happy. To go shout carrying a grudge
cracks open by the action Qf the sig- is to congeal one's better nature, to
orous March winds and the seed finds prevent the ttlepringing of gentle
lodgement therein and quickly germ-
inates. A second condition to be ob- thoughts and purposes. to arrest the
served In sowing clover seed is to make development of the best. and cause the
sure of sufficient moisture in the soil. wort. principles in our nature to
This is the chief advantage gained by Lrlumpit
harrowing the ground. A loose sur- I
•
face insures plenty of moisture for I After all, when one considers it, •
germination and subsequent growth. 'grudge is a pitifully small thing.
while if the soil he left unpuiverixed worth while. and simply so much use -
a serious drouth mayhe disastrous to leis impedimenta on the journey oL
Its yourls plants. ItThen the seeding lite The unforgiving person prides
is done on oats ground it would seem himsl[ on his strength of will; he
that every dndition would be favor- in his tenacitystrenof be
able for good remelts. That this in gloriespurpose;
not. the case we know too well from plumes himself on his power to take a
frequent failures in the past. The' position and maintain it. People are
reason is not far to seek. ft is simply ' Often very proud and boastful of their
explained by the fact that the ground ill temper, their stubbornness, their in -
has been left Is 'such a rough. or else ability to relent and overlook an of -
very open and loose condition, that the + tense•
seewas either buried out of sight or Bat all the while their resentful and
perished witb the first slight dry spell. vindictive condition of mind is • sign
If clover is sown on oats it is far better of degeneracy. and it allies them witb
to first harrow them in. unless the such animals of the jungle and the de -
drill has been need; then after seed- i siert as have sharp gnaws. savage teeth,
Int brash or drag the ground. Some and a long memory for insult and
might suggest the roller, but ata use ; wrong. Far higher and far lovelier is
noon damp ground Is hardly advisable,' trim generous &Meal. the ideal of good -
and oats do not need to have a solid • nese and gracious kindness. the ideal
foundation in their'eerly days. Clover ; of pardon shown on the first sign of
is so cheap these days, that It will pay 'penitence of pardon ready before re -
BEARING A GRUDGE.
The worst effect of bearing a grudge
is that it so hardens the character and
anyone to experiment with it this sea- pentatice awakens. ape the pncturoa bre ha■ painted. Hiel
mon under different conditions. Much I When we discern is ourselves the die 1 is perhaps the moat beautiful arch'- throughout the whole course of hie 'sstinly pass over or a alike the
of that sown In February is already 'position. to beer a grudge it I. well to 1 i, � in Europe. and even in the domestic history, t.aa possibly !fervor. mumu Mnar, t�ottad, in its wavelike
he left 1 if toMme He hi k is of air
Spaniard. de is a gentlsus•a ot
Spain. or in his own eyes he mesa to
be anything. Our own Highlander has
precisely the same quality in the same
degree. and till a very recent period
be also dressed the part. 'rbere is
something very impresaive ah out this
feeling. particularly when it leads, as
it often dogs. to the radiataao. of 1w -
mems risks, and it is • little perplex-
ing to know from what root it ultima-
tely springs. It is r matter of race.
wane say; but there is no kinship of
race
BETWEEN THE HIGHLANDER.
w ho is Celt, a little crossed with Noret�g'--
mos, and the Iberian, who comes prov-
ably from the same nook as the Mon-
gut—it remains purr Biscay—deeply
crossed with the Visigoth. and with
a trace. varying in quantity In each
province. of Semitic blood. It is his hie-
premerto dlgl ysturgJ. alrgto .tee 'LJoI
has a great history, we do not know
that jot is greater than that od the
l•'rsachmen or the Englishman. wbile
itisnot so great ex that of the Italian.
It does not come from pride of pedi-
gree, for the common Spaniard does not
know his pedigree any more than his
other aatien i, end it dose
not come rot pride of career, fop It
elbows it just as muck, perhaps. inure.
if he has dune nothing hat loaf.
Our own theory is that it springs
from soldiership; that the Spanish.
like the Highlander. after fighting per-
petually for centuries past. has got the
soldier eharaeteristioe--the love of ap-
pearing dignified. the tendency to in-
doteoce when off duty. the instinctive
touchiness about de. the personal
bride as Of the rein wow faces death
while other men only live. Certain-
ly the Spaniard has it. and it makes
him on occasion one of the most to
to respected. and on occasion one of the
for it confirm* this claim. The
most irrational of God's creatures. He
7 gully seams when his pains is moved to act
Romain defeated them and the Moors on emotion merely, and will pit aside
the greatest temptation. or act with
the greatest folly, according to the pro•
•oration.
PRIDE AND CALLOUSNESS.
•4b•ipegllla.JblieM•,;ee1 bia.gerida.,aniAnd •
to his other and worse quality. &illuu►-
na+s, that the Spaniard's reputation for
defeated them, and in their long con-
flict with France they never obtain-
ed any serious or permanent advant-
age. They did not succeed against
tAa•Anne"ett the Lew Countries. _dear
were defeated by Dritish sailors. and
they did not triumph in their atrug-
THE HEALTHY SELDO:: HI
Me era's Pear. Wild le he Yell
.f l perti.rt Mormon.
"A thoroughly healthy tem*
er hungry." Thus says ler.
Sear, Porter, who e a
Charity on dietetics. Up to ibis
a huge appetiteh•a almost
been considered as evidence of
physical condition Many lersoaa
realise atter weighing the dotti
mark that their great desire hr
at certain times is • warning
is not well with them. 1)r.
ports his startling statement by
interesting explanatory facts
healthy person does not,
slight his meals. it must he
stood, but does ample justice is
Yet teat until be tastes the food
him. says Dr. Porter, does he
the need of it. He could go aloe
forget his meal times bet for the
of circumstances. The pangs of
-asFfeit en an effect of cntper
Dr. Porte gives some valuable
motion oa the questing which
what kind shall be the principal
—morning. noon or night. In
of this he said;
" As is g+raningo Of MI melee
most inter—eoanuiption et
must be jest prior to and is
•roe with the am oat of work
performed; so, in a man. the
taking. and the quantity and
of the meal digested, or the
& tion of the ' principal meal.'
in harmony with the wort Ia he
oompliahed. It the individual u to
g in his daily labors between 4
is the morning and terminates
bet �e 3 ape 6 o'clock in the
gait •itafoa the" taking of ii
and liberal breakfast at an early
cruelty, which has run down through before beginning active work.
gle in Mexico against inferior numbers al) the ages, has been born. It may le so if the last meal o4 the day
of Americana. That they are brave be doubted if be hurts anybody for the low has bees a light one at 6 e
tas•eeeiese easst saint. or hurting. though Le has not the ea is the common habit of this
shS>F eithersFren men , ghew'rsl Eurapea61 'ei o'f fvttta(6 ort f irl ' 1.1 t 1"."."MsraZs
self-•uofidrnt than either Frenchmen human life—neither had the Roman— the heaviest meal, which also my
or Italians; but we should not describe but he regards any rebel as one who called the principal meal, at son
their courage as differentiating them ' has insulted him, and who must he near that hour.
from any other people of Southern chastised until he is obedient again. "On the other heed. it the
He will utterly crush. to his own in- is to rias between Sand Bin the
Enacts. ' jury very often. rather than not lie ing. and the largest smoetat ef
We do not know that they are more master, and acknowledged master. The is performed bet hie the
revPrtgeful, though they attributethet feeling seems to be entirely iedepeed- lag and the ea ceding "Weight.
ant alike of owe and color. During entirely different erningem
quality to themselves. and owing to' the terrible wars of independence in meals must ha ;followed. In his+
the absence of good legislation. rely South America. the true history of • light breekteat is is order at
fur vengeance more on their own ef- I which los never been written, the 8 in the morning ;.• stronger more
[orfs, nor are they in reality more pea 'R-aniard treated rebel Spaniards jest atential meat at 1 o'clock a tis
Monate. Theystab ea readilyas Ital. se he treated . "Indians" at the time teraoon. aad the heaviest. and
of the conquest—that is. he. who r neatly deserves to be called the
ianr. but not more readily, and though that seemed the only way. slaughtered cipal meal should be taken fres
they assassinate more often than . them without mercy. He does the 7 in the evening, became this is
Frenchmen, it mast be remembered "�' today in Cuts. and from the nearly is the middle of the w
tbs.( Frenchmen have lived for ages un- ' mama motive. He must. however, be
bourn. When the labors are rout'
callous ea well as proud. or he could until midnight and the hoar of
der more effective laws. The High- ! not let women and childrea die of ing is altar this time to light
lender of Great Britain is today waut. or exult in the rink to imam
HARDLY EVER AN AI*SABIIN. lite, which is, after all apologies have
but he used to stick his foe with a hes made. the true worse of knife which ha called a dirt, veryexcite-
ment in a Lull -tight. That callousness
may he the result. as It was in the
readily indeed. The Spaniard. again. I Roman. of centuries of battle. or It
is supposed to be specially supersti-
tious;
may he a survival from his original frogs food. Os the t ad.
hut we fancy some at least d forefathers. who it seems almost ser- foodstuffs taken require eoesid
thea idea concerning him urines from tele dewoended lanae some tribe akin time for their digestion. mid are
the fact that his superstition takes the in language and characteristics to the ly absorbed and o:idised, the he
the ducing supply may not be exhs
completely during a somewhat
longed abstinence from food. or d
the hoop usually spat for deeps
should be table at 11 Veloek.
" tt any d 1�s_ iteMaA•s
the foodetudh
digestion. rapidly •Imorbsd had
ed, the rise will notarially hors
Mr avowal boars' itttd abst
direction usually of strong Catholicism. greater divisionsofhumanfamily,
i
Those who really understand either the sentiment of pity is most weak.
Frenchmen or ltaliaos do not think +
them free from superstition, though Evea a negro feels enure for the suf-
In both instances the quality is found toilet than a Taraar or a Chinese
combined with a great disposition to To complete our apreciation of a
irreligion, sceptical irreligion among ,character which.
Frenchmen, secularist or pagan irre- I W1TH Al.l. ITS FAULTS,
lights among Italians.
As to truthfulness, there is not much evokes sympathy for a certain under -
to choose between the races. though , lying nobleness that on unexpected oc-
they speak truth, ter neglect truth, up- , casions becomes • motive force. we
on somewhat different impulses. The must add that the Spaniard, brute,
Frenchman has s mathematical side to Prod. and self -dominating as Is is,
his head, rarely lies to himself. and has some hidden root of inefficiency.
tells the truth whenever it is obviously He never quite suc,'eeds. With every
Inexpedient, in the sense of being requisite for a great army. be has nev-
c ntrary to utility, to tell lies. The . er yet made one that
permanently
tells the truth whenever the gnerwd. Be bee never succewded in
contrary would seem to himself to be keeping Pollugal. which is almost in- seldom reaches the ser. The
discreditable, and therefore tells it or dispensable to hie safety. His ships, the great assertaiety is the au
declines to toil it at unexpected mom- often splendidly 'tueght, have never of thunderreatis not difficulth to
ents and In ways that surprise the eon • great engagement. He has
Northerner; while the Italian tells it never made a government which coo- stand. It depends sot merely M
whenever It will nut roughen a path tented him, and with every wish for initial lsteasity of the crash. but
which he thinks it his clear business I wealth and a magnificeat estate be hes a mesh on the surroundings ii
to make smooth. He will utter a ' remained poor. He does not wrestle
falselivwd for your comMrt se, readily vigorously with hu modern ditficul- ehservet, eves as is the quiet
to for Dia own, • thing[ whish the ties. each as tenure, nae the poetise-, the will oboarve feeble mounds
Frenchman never does unless he hes owl emptiness of his exehegssr. and, ape the ear is a noisy city
an epigram fn Fe deli•ered of. ■eA the in fact, to be brief, doe* not succeed 1 the matt curious and important
Spaniard very seldom. in realizing
hi, wishes. Something
AN ARTISTIC BItlY$E in fact, prevents his applying hla Itins of audibility is that the
'rhe Spaniard, too, mot have some- I strength wtfit h ie twat. li' the right !wave of nomad shall sot be r
w hen in him a keen artistic sense. His dtnrt asA soale falls fact exhaust- I reflected by the layers of was
lanugage aad the we,yy'he rases It shtvtts °d leaertlg the evil ntnremrnrd hr lbs Iced air between the sbssrvier se*
that sr well as the thingts be has 1 ullt blessing trnaltaioed. Mort the caress I lightning or by the layer' ei
•oaf that futility. which haw reappearwd 'swift above and slow below, se Si
THE AUDIBILITY OF THUNDE
N Is ararrely aver ora Sore Tbse
While lightning may be seen
illumination of clouds and mist
recognised when it is even 200
distant, thunder is rarely a
more than ten miles. The tk
from vary dissent storms, the
and rowing and if nothing happens take the matter M hand, and consider Yew R'orld where h h o himself °mer' m ebliandy throug
soon to ill It out. a good stand le sure. •,uMther we oars to let the hardness
This need not. snake any farmer who o four hearts print itself on our faces.
has not yet sown his seed feel heisted. livery hitter emotieoes, every unkind
for in Ali probability just as promising I erwtiment., every harsh word or harsh
seas.as will be met in April and early thought, every amworthiaesa of mood
or of intention records itself on brow
and lips and shown knelt in OUT counte-
nances. Adreaity et aces oar transform
a face origiaaaly plata tato nobility and
Beauty, while the unquiet mind, the
We have, aseed the pioneer stages of hagry temper. the ill-natared and jeal-
May. .
IMPROVED METHODS OF HAND-
• LiNG FRUIT.
growing fruit., but many growers are Ons and malevdeat mood. will, by mare
still handling it atter the old style, roes ehtinge beauty into ugliness.
that Is, hauling it to the village or ette°t' oe oK'hare is of tem mum -
est to on is all bearing of grudges
city market in common term waggons time the effect [$too ourselves. For,
without spetags, and ever rough rods. hay M day, 'boar by hour, we are mak-
e it my wander that each fruit sells g�moolding ar mauring our own
ata 1gw prece. when growers of apples + *soots oat the images of odor:
Pram es* souls, or l'ik'es up our na-
heal them trees 19 tg $ miles to fled tastes into closer mica with ear Bre-
a pgr'haeer l He matt diseatd a large , ata• No hums he*, gas afford to
peftwtitsge of the load ea account of
the bruises la hauling. No matter
bees well we may care for oar orchards,
a large per cent of our labor is lost. All
fruit peerages should be carefully
stenciled with lite name of the grower
and the variety of aprim or other fruit.
so consumers would see what they are
buying and could tall their families
what Mad of fruit they are ealtag.
There is en quest lea is nay mind t hat
the beet pilotage* we should use in
ro* Intoes =:.:t tM• � ter nature -Ma pas" '.ug =rt -1^t a •'!i
jar4Ry of physM1stas sr* oamrIeraW'ify piee is the Mabel box. t.II most ma -
meet
{jtseeeetet foal realest for the general trade In the
Oibbe--Ne. i ww't aware t[ that, city tasrteta The groreryman the
bet I kilo that mato tut them ane Italian serest dealer awl the customer
ewfs,U pot doctors.
go about beating grudges, unless he is
willies to lose the semblance of the
'e'v'es, whish Is his birthright.
Bi/. PriorriB ON SPALL. CAPITAL.
Cramp, to handsomely dressed lady
os the •venae—Haw mum, my family
le dards', ea' Ill have to sell my
wheelbarrer for teeny bread. DO just
around the corner, mum. Weald ye
like tot bay it 1
met What mould I de
witthh�• whoa rrow 1 i live In a flat
tory reed mea. But I will help you
gladly. BeeoYs a Miler.
p. to Walsalf—That's era dayliara
Y've trade ter day t:ryln' to sell a wheel -
berme to kind pimple what lives Is
Data. en' 1 ain't. got no wheelyarrer ■e
Igor.
P wan ,• a urry, ' self le aware of it, snot saggesta as the : terent res't's.. is lwbfsai to
nothing that he built has the want of awes. with a demure ami , that hen- Idea sad this refraction seal
charm at.d ptctareseueuees which die- rot is envious of lepton. He will grow `u time•and piece. Thea,
tinguliebra everything built on that seet,ma on the subject one day, and y
ce
cont !nest by the Anglo-Saxon. In when be dem there will be a revotntton + fa tawasstt that veep sandy
literature M is as greet a bumer'is4 InPpsin Yurh se the world never saw.
as the Frenchman. though his humor and perhaps • career for Spain such as level' those os hilltops hear
La mein sarehmic. He Ms the anti ill t I anal) once for all make her irritable thatmamabe beard is the vs
of being a great dramatist ; in ail prideserene. is [roti of an olatan behind hear
graver productions'. as in all public tit- , tag of to tboew riots it flf
terser.. hes has w eperial gift for a tag of ihnnder, like that of a
rather fall -moue heed eloquence. The cannonade. maybe largely des
ignorance of the three peoples is about
I A fiEtAT OO1f1/E11IE1ICE tial reflecting* and refra
equal, though the Frenchman's seems, shear. Again,, the greater
the less, because be waste to know �,,,. the air at considerable •Itit.eM
whatever he thinks Aye him in tiny mt. slow um. .woof taaso-►..t Ica tend.■, tgr road distorts the mond
way; end there is no groat dlffereace + the
hexleee t.hw t'uf't of •sound a Ort
in their habit of econom . Perhapw' Reference has already been made Lo leee,ward, while Isoreasiag it b
the lard carries it !urthest, he- the MA -ester lamp -posts to be erect- windward.
cause he is so Indifferent to the quality eel in different Barts of London The t +►
of his food; but a capacity for confine-
ous self-denial distinguishes all three. first. has 'teen Owed in Dere of the
though ea tbey are not equally lades- courtyards of Queen's buildings, South -
trios' the capacity' enriches the wart Bridge Road. Liverpool is al-
ht'reslchnian, while it leaves the Italian +really familiar with Ibis forme street-
ponr and the
SPANIARD ALMOSTA BEGGAR. lamp, which holds out considerable •d -
It is hie 'paltry or pride whish din- I vaaages I.. the man who comes from
t.ingniwheathr$taetard alike from the his wort in the early morning and
Italian anti the Frenchman. A per may require hot water for making
atonal dignity. quite apart free" mere himewlf a cap of room teeters turning
vanity. appears to Ica as •isentlat to in. Ryplaning a half -penny in the
him as freedom toils Anglo•Satoin, or slot anpreening down a lever, a pe*
order to the Berman. This feeling Inn of hot water, heated is a roil above
shows itself le his dress. in his leering. ' the gar jets. man he titsiddd at any
is his 1 is all his acts, public hoar of the day or sight. A ftsfber
and private e cannot cringe, he ooncestesee la proposed by the pro.
cannot brook s alight. he cannot auto ' rooters of the scheme in the form of
prove himself when ewd!-efferemnrnt o1 sntiYfft>b'tt teen,`''coffee, dr
wv!il�d ire ett)avrelspl. Hw rank be de- ` anst
d the ane est a laed mug
kwrrwlsdged as gentlem•a. ere ell maim- I foe the •v trio wlaarp* of owe poseqy.
Ione as the condition without which t lamps are wenn to he erected in tel-
t,u.ine.0 resnnl he does, and he usually I neater Square rttnne Lana, Aldgate.
adds to the word geatlem•s the ward and Petticoat Lane.
NQAR$H lilt CAPTIVITY.
Sharks are rather delicate is
deity, and it is difficult to kern
In agaarteme. Whatever tars
bestowed span them. they do
to be able to stood oonfInemet
ever large the tank er pool 11141 14
captivitysharks swim round Of
the tanaim tunes Oat of
warm and never reversing.
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