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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1886-6-3, Page 2Woo'd and Won in an !four, +'4 The fact f the matter is o Mr. March - Wood, Wood, that Parliamentary duties r have caused we to be eo much from bonne, that I had no idea you had been paying the Nlightept attention to my daughter, and on my ;return from London yesterday Lady Pension informed me that yon had: proposed to Florence, and that she had accepted, in the hope I also would give, myconcent. Now, Mr. Marohwood, I mst be candid with you. 1 considerou to be one of the best tellowd in bhe conn - try, and one that would snake a truly good husband, bat- "Enough Sir Jamea," exclaimed Mr. Masohwoo d ; 66 you need go no father, I ghees the finale ; so, with your permission I shall return to the conservatory, where Mina Florence, awaits your decision. Mr, Marchwood at once hurried into the conservatory,but. as aur ed to w is r P find it empty. Ib wad perhaps better that it was so, as there was thus given him a short time for reflection. " What shall I say to her ?" hemurmured tohimself as he paced up and down. " Why should he object ? Certainly he Is the first man in the country, and with 'Sir, before his name and •M.P. after It, he may have higher ideas for his daughter then the wife of a country squire. But here she comes. "1 shall spare, you the pain of breaking. the sad news, Mr. Marchwood," aaid Miss Pension, immediately she entered. My mother has told. me about father's deci- sion, and I need not say I feel grieved indeed." "Grieved Indeed 1' and eared March- wood, with some warmth. "How can yon utter such a word ? When I look into your eyes I see nob the slightest tinge of grief. I was preparing to receive you In a flood of tears, and ready to take you into my arms as the only place of consola- tion ; but you enter this place like a queen about to reoeive her subjects. When your father's cruel words were ringing In my ears, I pictured you here treading the Boor in Intense excitement,:not knowing which way the verdict was likely to turn; in place of which yon mush have left im- mediately after me and went to your room, not to pray to Heaven to guide your father in this momentous matter, but to change your simple morning dress for silk and lace, flowers and jewels. What, think yon, do I care for the out- ward appearance ? I may thank Heaven your father did not givehie consent, for my eyes seem now opened to what you really'are—beautifal to look at, it is tree, bub while a heart void of all affection, and Incapable of making a country squire's home happy." After a slight pause, Marchwood continued—,' Mayhap I have been wrong in aiming a little to high, but for the last'six months I have been pre- paring my home to receive yon. My father and mother are gone, and I looked for one to take their place. I did care for yon ; but now, I believe I' never truly loved you. I feel, however, I have been jilted ; I will nob be so again, for I swear that the first woman who will show me any kindness, be it even a servant -maid, 1 shall marry her ; and may Providence guide me. Permit me to ring the bell for my own exit." " By all means, ' answered Miss Pension a little agitated by what he had said. " But before we part, I trust this little misunderstanding will not prevent our friendly acknowledgment when we meet again." "I shall always be the gentleman, but—" Marchwoodtaaid no more ; he turn- ed at once, and was soon on, the road to the village. On reflection, he felt a little sorry for making such a rash vow, but stili he re- peated, "I'll keep it, I swear again." . . " What's up ? The whole vil- lage seams to be in a stir. Oh, I remem- ber it's Lily Newton's marriage -day, and I promised to be there. Let me sae, what time is it *—half -past ten. Oh, I have plenty of time to see old Reid and be at the church by twelve o clock, and the dress I have on will ' do quite well enough. " Now boys and girls, here's a scatter!' he cried as he drew near for he knew well he could not get past without some trouble, but by a simple manoeuvre—bhe throwing a quantity of coppers and silver over his head—he made the youngsters bound after the money and clear the way for him to get to Mr. Reid's door. He had no sooner entered this house, however, than Jessie Reid, his factor's daughter, rushed towards him in a very excited manner, exclaiming— " Oh, Mr. John i Come in Mr. John. Now, stand there, and don't move until 1• come back." She was not long in re- turning with a marriage favor in her hand. ;''Now,"'said Miss Reid, " shall I put lois." holding up the favor, " on the right side or the Ieft? The left—very well. ` Now, Mr. John, you have to give me my due for this ; you know what it is. You have often wanted to kine use, but I would never allow it ; but," she rattled on excitedly, " you are free to do it to- day, for I hear you are going to be mar- ried to Miss Pension." Merohwoo thought the ght upon his vow when he looked on the pure innocent girl, and in a moment of time saw as it were his whole future placed before him. His heart was so full he could not speak for a moment, but he prayed his vow might now be',realiaed. "Why are these tears in your. eyea, Mr. John ? ' asked Jeanie ;" are you un- well ? Oh, lam sorry you look so unhappy and this Lily Newton's marriage -day, when we all should bo•so ,merry. Come into the room here, and I shall do what I oan for you. Naw then," she continued after he had sat cloth', "do you think you could tell what is wrong with yon ?" "Yes, I believe I can, my little rose- bud," he answered ; "for it's you that's made me "I did not meanie, Mr. John," cried Seale. "I' did not think 1 did wrong. Oh 1 forgive mon*. John, forgive me ; I am very, very angry.'' Ob!! I shall cry my eyes out for being` etch a silly girl." "Jessie, " said Marchwood, " dry your tears a,r:once, and don't spoil your cheeks to -day. It was not because you asked a Ides that 1 was vexed. "Yea, it must have been,"cried Jesaie. for yott have not kissed e y yet, and I was so glad to nee yon when you arrived. Oh, ]f em ware Mlee Pennion'e heart never beat eo much for yon as mine did when 1. saw you creasing the stile half an hoar .ego'• Oh, I hate Mae Pension ; I wish she were dead," she robbed? hysteribally 4 dear me 1 there is Wittier calling on'me, as ehe'tried to oalm herself, and wiped her eyes.. " You eau go .into the dining - noise when you like, but neverspeak to me again in all your life, for I—T hate you. " No, you don't," cried Marchwood, catchingn hisarms ; "you are more her i y to me than all the Pensions in the world. It is you I love ; you,r Jeeeie, and only you. Look into my ' eyes ' and Hay now that you hate me." "My tears tell you the truth better than my words, Mr. John, and so easing Jessie rushed out of the room. Marchwood overheard Mrs. Reid de- manding from Jessie the reason for her eyes looking so red and why she was look- ing so excited, but all he could maks out of'Jeaei sane e warwas smuffled eon d of n "Mother 1 Mother 1" He felt himself in rather an awkward position, but he was pleased that Jessie was the one he had to ask to be his wife if ho was bo keep his. vow. $he was pure and innocent, and had loved him for long. He had noticed a decided change in the girl since he had been paying attentions to Mise Pension, and on market -days her hand had not been so` steady when she put the usual rosebud into hie buttonhole. Mrs, Reid having observed Jessie come out of the parlor, hastened thereto know bhe cause of the embarrassment, Here. she found Marchwood also in a state of excitement. "Mr. Marchwood," exclaimed Mrs. Reid at once, "something has happened between you and Jesele 1" "Yes ; it is true something has happen- ed," answered Marchwood ; "and before T say another word do go and bring the girl hare." Mrs. Reid immediately left the parlor and was about to enter Jcsaie'a room, when she heard her crying bitterly, " Oh, John John 1 I was happy all my life until to. day. Why have you come to spoil the day I thought would have been one of my brightest 1 I have bedecked myself with flowers for Lily's marriage; oh, I wish it were for my grave 1" Mrs. Reid could not stand to hear more but immediately brought March- wood into her daughter's room, asking him to explain all. Marchwood, seeing his new-found love weeping so passionately, lifted . her from her couch and kissed her again and again, eayir g, " My little rosebud, I never knew your love for me till now. Hear, the belle are ringing for Lily Newton's marriage, and they shall not cease until you are made mine forever." " Not so quick, Mr. John," said Mrs. Reid ; "you are engaged, I believe to the handsomest girl in the county. "And so Iam," answered Marchwood " and here she is," taking Jessie again In hie arms. "Now, there is no time to be lost. Tell Mr. Reid all ; and, Jessie off you go, and dry you eyes, and I will give you half an hoar of a spinster's life." Marchwood lost no time in making arrangements with the parson, and when Mr. Reid heard the news he was almost frantic with delight. "Bat my dear,' put in Mrs. Reid, "do you not think of what the people will talk and say—" " Enough," answered Mr. Reid, " I knew Marchwood was always fond of Jessie, and we don't get a squire for a ron- in -law every day." At ten minter before twelve o'clock Mr. Raid walked up theaisle of the church with his daughter on his, arm and met Marchwood at the altar. The parson asked the usual questions ; the true lovers' knot was tied by March- wood and Jessie, to the amazement of the' assembled crowd, who had been waiting to see Frank Polwarth and Lily Newton made husband and wife, but were now gratified by seeing another marriage whioh proved a qually happy. How Coal Made the "Bad Lauds. The Bad Lands" of Dakota aresaid to owe their origin to the burning of the coal deposite that once existed there. They are situated principally along the Cheyenne and Grand rivers and the Lit- tle Missouri. Thoy are from two or three miles to twenty-five miles in width. In the long ago the valleys of these streams must have been filled with driftwood. Then followed a period of drift, which burled the accumulation of wood under two or three hundred feet of sediment, sand and gravel. The buried wood in time became coal, bhe veins being in some instances twenty odd feet in depth. Either from spontaneous combnetion or from electricity fires were started in these veins and they gradually burned out, re- storing in part the old water coarses by means of the overflow from the accumu- lation of water in these newly formed basins. Looking upon them here you see patohea of slag, there great bowldere, Plowing unmistakable evidences of great heat, and on every hand scoria, or burned clay, reeembling broken brick. Where the fires were checked by the caving earth and the coal did net burn, mounds two or three hundred feet in height stand. And, according to the Black Diamond, a newspaper devoted to the coal interests, published in Chicago, in parts of Wyom- ing the same process is now going on ; vaab fields are undermined by subterran- ean fires, and the blackened, smoking. plain le filled with desolation. Trappers say these fires have been in existence for a long time, and the traditions of the In- diana point to the same conclusion. �-,•.. A minister not long ago preached from the text, "Bs ye therefore steadfast." But the printer made him expound frons " Be yo there for breakfast. Some one has said that the Panama Canal will be completed in the time allowed, be- muse M. de Leede s is "moving heaven and earth" to acoa m dish that end. p M, de Lae. asps would get on faster, though, if he would move lees heaven and, more earth. A lot of boys in Nicholasville, Ky., played at hanging; the other day, and induced Wal- ter Clarke, aged 12, to be the hangee, He stuck his head in the noose and a boy kiok-. ed a barrel out from under him, and then his companions ran away and left Walter kicking in the air, He was out down by paeeing inen, but was unconscious for sever- al hours, Mixed Ration for Milk. The relative value of cora, oats and, bran to euoh other for milk production cannot; be well atated ; It: would depend upon the quality of bay, straw, cornstalks or otbor forage fed with them. Corn, or wbat is much better, Indian meal, alone le too fat teeing to' be fed for milk,' as its tendency is to make fat and f eoh rather them milk; while bran alone is not heart- enough to make milk and flesh at the same time ; wheat middlings or shorts would be: better; The two combined, ray one-fourth Indian meal and three•fourtbs bran, would be a tol- erably good ration, Oate, whole or ground, is en excellent ration for milk ; but perhaps a better one would be a Mixture in the fol• lowing proportioea fed night and morning, with hay alone at neon : One quart Indian meal to two quarte oat meal and two quarts wheat bran. The grain of the o t former maybe maze t oto w m rda the of one corn rn to two 0 oats andand o f r together, and then two quarto of bean be added to every three quarts of this proven der. If a pint of oil or linseed meal, or half a pint oloottoneeed meal could be added to every five quarts of the above mixture, it would inorease the value of the ration conal derablo, and assist much in the digestion of all other food and keep the bowels In fine condition. If linseed meal cannot be obtain- ed easily, endeavor to get some flaxseed, from whioh this is made, and grind it with the oora and oats at the rata of four quarts to the Mule! of the two latter. De net feed cottonseed whole, for although this is done in the South It is dangeroor, and nemetimee canoes death from indigestion. In feeding meal it is ranch better to mix with hay out up short in a etraw-cutter ; a hall bushel of this to every five or six quarts of the mixture of meals and bran. In do. ing this spread the hay out well in a wide tub or trough, sprinkle the meal, oto„ over it, then wet well with pure water, mix all up together and feed. The benefit of feed ing meal and hay together thus le, that the cows retain the ration in their first stomach till all le thoroughly digesaed; but if the meal le fed alone it Is apt to palm too rapid- ly into the third stomach and more or lees be voided undigested, consequently being aomething of a waste of food, except adding to the richness of the manure. In chopped cornstalks, of large growth, the only part of them of any value is the leaves and the stalk out off above the ear, The stalk below the ear is little more nutri- tious than so much wood or sawdust. Corn- etalks of the sweet varieties whioh grow from five to six feet high, and cut as they begin to silk, or when the ear is soft and in the milk, are very valuable fodder, nearly equal to the best of hay for making milk, and oowe, and indeed stook of all kinds, eat them either green or when proprely cured with great avidity. If any cow of the herd happens to be in poorer flesh than the others, it might be advisable to give her two quarts of Indian meal instead of only ene . in the above ration, till her condition improves enough to find one quart nufnoient to keep her in good order. Stook Notes. It will not hurt to have line upon line and precept upon precept concerning a sup- ply of pure water for farm animale, In some parts but few creeks afford decent water, being mostly filled, not by springs, but by the water which rushee from the land, full of varied impurity, after each rain, and soon recedes into stagnant pools to becomes less foul. Very few ponds are more commendable. It costa money to dig a well, and water Is drawn from it at the ex - petite of labor, But it is more economical to expend this money and this labor, than to compel the farm animals to drink stag. nant water from a pool or pond. A com- plete pumping outfit, inoluding valve tanks, can be got for one hundred dollars, and should be had where considerably stook is kept. If you pump the water by, hand, put a roof over the well, to protect you from the sun or rain. I find that the most progressive veterin. arians do not sling animals with broken limbs, muck less de they give euoh animale up to die. An animal with a broken limb will not put any weight on that limb, hence there fa really no need of swinging it eft the ground ; and it is more at ease stand- ing on three legs than suspended by bands across its belly. The limb must be adjust- ed to axing the broken ends of the bone to- gether, and held in place by rpllnta. 'Fret paper bandages are also reoommended. Dip the strips cf paper into paste made of "cal. tined plaator of parts. This paste boon seta and makes a stiff, permanent bandage, which will hold the bone in place until it heals. The paper is covered with a cloth, In cameo of severe or compound fracture, an opening in the bandagee mast be left for the escape of pus. Mid -Ocean Harbors of Refuge. The loos of the Oregon has alarmed the thoneande of rich people who yearly cross the Atlantic, for the fact has come tolight that none of the large ocean steamers carry boats enough to save more than one-third of the passengers. There were nearly nine hundred persona on board the Oregon, but only boats enough for three hudred and fifty : and yet that ill-fated vessel was bet• ter furnished than the great majority of ocean carriers. It seems the American maritime lawe provide for floats and rafts in addition to the boats ; but ae they have no sea -going steamers, except along the coact, the travel. Ing pablio does not benefit by their fore- thought. An English inventor suggests that a number of hollow steel floats, each eighty feet square, might be anchored in mid•ocean, bearing sixty foot light -towers. These might be only a few hnndred miles apart, and would servo as harbors of refuge in the event of shipwreck, as well es places for the transmission of shipping news, by telegraph, and for weather stations. The cable companies could afford to pay the ex- pense of running them by the saving that would be effected in the use of relay instru- monta. Of course, this would necessitate the shipo keeping on one route going and coming. 'Undoubtedly aomethiug" of this kind will be done in the course of time, indeed, these artificial islands might be used as sanitariums, as there aro certain forms of sickness whioh are benefited by the salt, ocean brace:are +rwe1111•• No Raw Material On Hand, Bobby was very much impressed by the, remark of the minimise at the ahnroh'that man was made of dust, "Ma," he said after a then h u , g tf I snlenae, « was I made of dust too ?" "Yea," she replied. " Well, hots is it, then, that my birthday, cantos ill January ? There ain't no dust in January." . xi—.tea►-/ When a Omer advertises every variety of raisins, does .ho include derricks, • pulleys, jsak•eorewn, yeast, rope and tackle, bent pins, and mustard plasters Y DIANMONPS OP THOUGHT. '4I expect to pass through tibia world but smote Any good thing, ;therefore that I can do, a'p kindnees.lg` n �e m y oa flow, _i t - me do le vote �'I shall not pawl tibia way again,i John 2ownsend. Speak as you think, be what you are, pay your delete. of all 'cinch. I prefer to be own• cd ae eoand and solvent, and my word as good as my bond, and to be whet ° oannpt be skipped, or diseapited or undermined, to all the eclat In the universe. -Emerson. We, do not always work wisely, or well, Someattempt too many thinge,,and so am oomplia h nothing satisfactorily ; some at- tempt what they are nee' fitted for, and therefore fait ; while merit' pass their en- tire lives in an eager and nervous strain, al- ternated with fretful despondency, because they cannot reach the impossible. An idle word may be seemingly barmleso in its utterance ; but let it be fanned by pennon,• It be letfed b the eel f e m f [sconce tion of ,Y , P evil intention; of prei adios, and it will soon grow letd,a eweepiug;,fire. that, will _melt the chains of.hufnun friendship, that will burn to mhos many cherished hopes, and blacken more fair names than one. Suoh houses may men build for themselves and euoh lives may they live in them, that at last calm shall be breathed upon the sea of lawless plosion, and the winter of the world shall be changed into such halcyon days that the birds of the air may have their nests in peaoo, and the San of Man where to lay His head.—Ruskin. How many are f smilier with the language of the orosa, with the terms sacrifice, aelf- denial, and eelf•orucifixion, who know no- thing practically of what they elgnifly 1 The groes is made an ornament it is wrought in gold and jewels ;it.hums ,in pia tures in elegant hallo, or .tips' the costly ohuroh•sptte, 'And yet hew tar Is all this from true evangelical croas.bearing, or the meek endurance of divine chastisement, the humble and faithful performance of painful duty.—Dr. Kirk. Stealing a Ride. "It is not often," says a locomotive en giaeer, "that anybody tries to steal a ride on an engine, though I r000lleot one sturdy old tramp on the New York Central Rall - road who would sometimes roost on the cow- catcher of my locomotive in the night, and so get a lift of fifteen or twenty miles out of Rochester before I knew he was there. And T once saw a horse—one of three which we accidentally ran into on the track—thrown bodily back aver the cylinder, and up on the foot board. The poor animal rode there for some little distanoe, then rolled off, with a frightful squeal, and went headlong down a rooky embankment. " Onae out in Dakota, too—that was after I had entered the service of the Northern Pacific Road,—three wild geese flew aboard of us one dark night. They were three from a flock which we startled out of a little lake, close beside the line, and I suppose they were bewildered by the headlight, We heard them equal', and then eaw them fl ip- ping about ander the guard, alongside the boiler. My fireman opened the windew, and running out on the footboard, secured one of them; the two others fell off. " But the most of an adventure in that line happened to us late last fall, after my fireman and I had been transferred to the Weetern Division of the above mentioned road. It wail on quite a cold, windy night, We were going along at good speed, with a heavy freight, through a tract of country where there were woods and a number of steep, high hills, around the base of whioh the railroad curves and winds its way. "I sat looking ahead, and Jim, the fire• man, who had just been shovelling in coal, sat back on his cushion for a moment, and was looking out en hie side of the engine, " Suddenly we had a glimpse of some dark object directly before the engine, and felt a slight shook. ' What was that?' Jim muttered. ' Dye see it?' "' Elk, perhaps,' said I, ' or a black -tail, or else maybe a tusecck, stump, or some- thing. whioh the jar brought down the bank.' , ` Well, I'm going forward to see what it was,' Jim said, after a moment; and open- ing the window, he went out on the foot- board. I didn't pay much attention, but sat still, looking steadily ahead on my own side. • All at °nee I beard a clatter, and saw Jl.n come back head first and all standing into the cab, and clap the screen to 1 He had lest his cap, and looked wild. He seized a sledge out of the tool -box, and turn- ed, fading the window. "' What ails you, Jim ?' I called out. "' Ails I' he exclaimed. ' Jest you look out here 1' "I left my seat and went, to the aide of the cab, and there on the foot -board caught eight of about the ugliest -looking brute I ,ever happened to see anywhere ! It was crouched down, its claws out clutching hold, itis ears laid back, and its eyes regular balls of fire. " Jim first saw it on the pilot, but when the creature saw him looking round the bailer•head, it jumped for him, and ohased him back within a few feet of the cab win- dow. The beast looked the picture of fright and fury. Wbat freak had possessed into jump on the cow catcber ba more than I can guess. "' Steady, Jim 1' I said, 'I'll wake him up !' and I opened the whistle close beside him. " You should . have seen that creature jump I He leaped into the air as if dyna mite had, been under him, and went clear of us out of sight into the roadbed. That was the last we saw of him that night. "lout next day, when we came along on our return trip, I pulled up, and we got down and looked around. What do you think we found? Well, sir, it was a ,big panther, or ' lion,' as they call them out this way, dead, down among some rocks forty or fifty feet from the rails. The train men hauled him out, and took him along to show the other boys. Thoy said that the creature weighed over two hundred pounds." Tramv-" Well, mum, have you got any more o' them buckwheat cakes to -day ?" Mee. Coldoash—" There's some oold ones, bat I am afraid you will find them rather in. digestible." Tramp•-" Oh, I don't expect to eat 'em," Mie. Cloldoaeh " Don't ex- pect to eat 'em ?"Tramp—"Nom, You KM my darter has took to painting, and she finds : 'em very oonwenient to use for placgnee 1" " haven'tboon a realgood bo Mo, I . y aver since you whipped me°the last ttmo for telling -n whopper f ' "'Yes, Billy, you have ; a very good boy, indeed." "And you trust me' now fully, don't yon 2" " Yes, my boy, fully i " Then, Mamma, what Makes you keep the preserve closet in the pantry, locked all the time, "just the same 2' plowirsiummommommmumsowspimpalem A BNAKII IN A BOYS STOMA OH. Ile Died or ireworrhago soon, After 15 Had ikon Pulled Fronk ills llirulln, The almost" inoredible story recently Invited about the death of a boy near Grand Pees from hemorrhage mused by pulling from his mouth a live snake which had. grown to his flesh proves to be literally true. The lad's name was George !Alurfobeon, and hio age 8 years, He was a bright little fellow, mil lived with his parents on a farm about four miles from the town. Eeriy last win ter the bay began to aot strangely elok. He had a most voracious appetite, and It was impossible for him to get enough to eat Hie friends got alarmed about him, and Beni for physicians, who began dosing him for worms. As the, winter wore on the boy grow; worse and worse.. One day he felt something crawling '.up from his etomaoh into hie throat. He almost choked to death, for the crawling feature tried ineffectually to come out by the nasal peeaage. In a short time the snake eke .�f or It onowas) h forced lite way t r y up be,bgy a throat and stuck Ito head out of his mouth. The lad's slater, who was nearby, saw the head of the ser pent jest before it drew bank into the boy's mouth. Very soon the snake stuck his head out a second time, and hie little sister made a grab at it and pulled fromthe boy's mouth a live snake fourteen Whoa long, It bad a piece ;of;fiaah attached to its tail nearly';ao lar e'asahen's egg. The boy lived a short time after the snake woe taken from him, dy,. ing of violent hemorrhage. It is supposed that the boy had gone to sleep in some field, and that the snake had crawled down hie throat, The reptile has bran preserved in alcohol, „ t Men of Genius as Gourmands. Scott was wont to attribute hio extraor- dlnary'oapaoity for continuous work to hia good digestion, and the wholesome re- eteaints or his appetite in his youth. " I have as keen an appetite now as any man," he said. " Bat I know when to stop." The Chambers brothers, during the years of their first' struggles in Edinburgh, iived upon oatmeal, with a meal of meat once a week, To that early discipline they were wont to attribute their vigorous health in old age, Alirabeau ie stated to have been an enor- moue feeder, eating as much at a meal as would suffice three ordinary men, Talley - rand was also a noted gourmand. Goethe and Napolean ate' large quantities of food, hut oared little for the quality. Prince Bismarck is noted for hie appetite, which fa fniatiable ; but hia food is of the simplest quality, Many anecdotes are told of the gross do - light in eating of the t,vo"Dames, lather and son, one of which is that the younger, being overtaken by a storm, took refuge In a hotel near Paris. Twenty-four turkeys were haug'ng upon the spit. " And all for a single traveller," a xplain- er1 the boat, ' " Q'est mon pere !" exclaimed Alexandre. He was right. Tee tact ie, that the man of genius in- et<a i of being, ae young people usually imp - pose, a creature of delicate organization who can dine on the perfume of a lily. usually requires a large supply of suhetantial food, Iatelleotual work Demands full nutrition in the stomach to repair tho waste of brain - tissue. Hence additional caution is needed in young men who take up ouch work for life, that the apparently unnatural craving for food and drink, whioh follows severe ex- ertion of the brain, shall be kept within wholesome limits. There ie a groat truth for all time in the legend of Circe and the swine, .A erial Ruination Again. It really eeemo as if the French soientiete have a000mpliehed the first atop in the nav- igation of:the air, The Mongolfier Brothers were the first who made use of baloons filled with hot air to reach high altitudes. and to Mesas, Tiasandfero. Renard. and Krebs is the world indebted for machines which will really travel to and from a given point, pro- vided the velocity of the wind le not too great. In 1883 M. Tissandfere constructed a machine whioh made nine miles an hour. This attracted the attention of the French military authorities, and further experiments were conducted by engineers Renard and Krebs. These officers have made this teen miles an hour with a manageable machine which they succeeded in bringing back to its starting•point, Thoy found, however, that they could not overcome a wind of thirteen miles an hour, but these who have studied the subject say that so much pro- gress has been made ao to render it certain that machines will evontuallybe built which oan hold their direction in anything less than a gale. What a pity some great Am- erican oapitalist does not devote a portion of his wealth to perfecting thle means of navigation 1 In France, unfortunately, all the experiments are designed for war pur- poses. The French wish in their next war with Germany to bo able to destroy armies and fortresses by dropping dynamite and other explosives from the very skiea. Were this matter to be taken up, it would bo to devise a new and wonderful means of com- munication between the different parts of the earth. It would be delightful to live another oentury, when air communication will be as common as land or ocean commun- ication Is to -day. The White Russians, Owing, perhaps, to their purity of blood, the White Russians are the weakest in body and the worst looking of the race, For long they were subjects of Poland—though never adopting the Roman Catholic form of Christianity—and only entered the Russian Empire after the triple partition of that kingdom. Inhabiting the narrow strip of country situated between the Dwina and the Dneiper, and the territory between these rivers, whioh unite White R issia to the Baltio and the Black Sea," thea are ad- mirably situated for commerce, Yet with all of these advantages the White Russian is a poor, if good-hearted, inoffensive fellow, lazy, and unthrifty. For ages the Jews have bled him by means of usury, while hia uncommon love of sodka Peeves him, after satisfying the demands of the Hebrew, little save a wretched clay hut and a piece of coarse black bread, to shelter his body and satisfy his hunger. If he has a better crop than usual, the only advantage he derivee from it is to get more vodka from the Jew, who, after taking care to liquidate' hia for. mor loans, tempts hie simple dupe to get deeper into debt for all manner of useless rubbleh. Of late, the Government have pro- hibited these vampires from nettling in the villages of Whits Russia, or opening their distilleries in that oauntry. However, this only stakes the etnff they sell dearer; it does not prevent the people from getting it, nor does it aid in raising the Little Russians from the condition into whioh they have sunk, partly by their agency, partly by the oppression of the etowarde of the great land-ownera, and partly by their own M- atte sloth and lack of enterprise, If a young man cannot make a fortune ho can make an effort. My Loved One Sleeps; wire, az exeste ire, Ky loved one, lies asleep witotn hor gravo ; trier voice is still, no more.[ hear whispered word of hope or fear ; My loved one l -e, wince within her grave, My loved ono lies asleep within ter grave; the wig pledged to mo her love arm lite, And t usted me with faith or loving wife, My loved ono lies witaint her grime ; My loved' one lies asleep within ter grave ; Upon my cheek there falls ea silent tsar. In sad' remembrance of my treasure dear. My loved one lies asleep within her grave. A Spider That Liked Music. Whether the bee hears the drumming of tin paws, or:oan appreciate the delicate sounds of music, might be a matter of doubt, says' a writer in The Indicator, --- ab least 1 never heard of a bee that was spellbound at the sound of alio. It 1s said that Sir John Lubbock, s ter playing hiecoli v u before bees, was sa0 ' able le o in - dace thorn to wad z, beat ttnitil or try ,bhe key of "one sharp" on him, Whether Sir John ever tried anything of Gals kind I am not prepared to nay ; at any sate, an indifferent behavior on the part of the bees is not to be wondered ab, In books of natural history we read that spiders, however, aeem to exhibit signs of keen enjoyment ab the sound of the guitar or other lnetrnmente. When I drab heard this statement ib'was too meal for me to believe ; but chancing One evening to play my accordian some yoara ago in the fac- tory, one of my friends who was with me ejaculated all at 01100 : "Oh, look at that monstrous epider 1" 'As I continued to play the insect advanced toward me, for reasons that I did not then enopeet, and before 1 was aware it was perched upon my knee, whereon rested my aeoordion. Feeling a cold 6111 creep down my back as I discovered this intimate friendship, I shook the ugly "baste" upon the floor stamping my feet as I did so. The epider made good his retreat and disappeared under a pile of boards. When quiet pre• veiled, and I had resumed my playing, to and behold 1 our good friend crept cau- tiously out as before. I will nob say that he waltzed, but he did act as though he were spellbound. I then recollected what I had read, and naturally concluded that it was the music that delighted his worship, If I ceased playing the spider crept away, and whenever I resumed he would reappear. I made repeated trials, with the same results, and on separate evenings too. Oa one ar two occasions I called him out is this way to show him to my friends, who were a little incredn- lone. It seems hardly possible that the vibra- tinne caused by the music produced an agreeable sensation upon the antennae of the spider, and that it was only a dellcate sense of touch, and not of hearing. On the contrary, it is reasonable for me to suppose that the spider not‘inngsstsheard, but enjoyed the music. Whether a bee can appreciate musical sounds or not, we can not decide ; but if a spider can enjoy them I believe a bee can hoar at least the "zeep, zeep" of the queen. moi - What he Did., The idea of refusing water to fever pa- tients is, we are glad to say, nearly a thing of the past. The following incident, related by a sailor, serves as an illustration of the water treatment. "Some years ago, when we lay in Jamaica, several of us re sick with the fever, and among there t°the se- cond mate. The doctor had been giving him brandy to keep him up, but I thought it was a queer kind of "keeping up." Why, you see, it stands to reason that 1t yon heap fuel on a fire it will burn the faster, and putting brandy to a fever is just the same kind of thing. " Well, the doctor gave him up and I was sent to watch with him. No medicine was left for it was no use—nothing would help him ; and I had my directions what to do with the body when he was dead. To- ward midnight he asked for some water. I got him the coolest I could find, and all he wanted ; and if you'll believe mo in leas than three hours he drank throe gallons. "Tne sweat rolled off from him like rain, Then I thought sure he was gone ; but ha was sleeping and as sweetly as a child. In the morning when the doctor came, ho asked what time the mate died. "' Won't you go in and look at him ?' I said. " He went in and took the mate's hand. "' Why,' said he, the man le not dead. He's alive and doing well. What have you been giving him ?' "' Water, simply water, and all he want - of it,' acid I. " I don't know as the doctor learned any- thing from that, but I did." Cool -Headed. The mythical man under the bed has been a source of more anxiety to delicate nerves than the real man sometimes found hiding in this not very secure place. A somewhat amusing story is told ofthe cool- ness of a wide awake maid servant, who looked under herbed andfoand a man there. Two servants had been left in charge of a large mansion near Glasgow, The cook had gone first up to bed, and when the housemaid follow( d, she caw the 'heel of a man's boot where " nen buit ahauld he." It would never have done to have to the cook, but she was exceedingly l anxio to toll Amok, the gardener. " What e, time ye are cumin' to bed," grumbled the cook. "'Deed ye may say it," answered the housemaid. "Sic dirty work as 1 has had, I has fair spoiled a' my goon, " Wit be !Makin' it here an' makin' a atonr," said the cook. " I he a meir sense, answered the girl, as she opened the window and shook her dress re told°, "Plague tak' it 1" she suddenly cried. " There's my goon ower the windy ! Ab, but I'll fetch it up," she added. Tho gardener was in the room before the " goon " was, and the man was pulled out to receive hie jest deserts. Professor in Astronomy: "Mr. J,, ban you tell me which oonetellatlon the sun will enter next 1" '.Can't, ea." Professor : "Cor- rect—the oonatellation of Canner." " Fire 97," said a busy hotel clerk to the new porter. Presently the porter returned looking very much mussed up, "I fired him, torr, he said; bat, begorra, for jiot wan bliaaed moment T thought he had me." Mistress-" Hoar le thin, Baptiste ? How oan you allow the butcher to give you stioh a bad piece of beef ? It is nothing but bone," Bap Juct what I told the butcher, madame. I said if it was for myself I would net,havo it," 11 •