The Brussels Post, 1897-2-12, Page 22
-- -"Tndeecl, Ido not; Haat is, if you
�Tj ��Nyf)(^t VINEYARD,
mean Haat b°aul}fuLIYOW.I a on the Lug -
1\ „,B ly-•{1 1\J +vardina Road. I believe I severed that
�j laousp maxo tlaau any ane 1 over• saw•
_ 1Vhon I get old and aaroworn, X shall
is+ from a purply bus Bee rip` the to call mhto avenjust such another place oE]
CHApTFAI I-(ContLiauad,) T'ou see they have a xY hto rosecute I'or]aapa there am mora unl! n Lol
!And ,if Mrs. Clnarlesvvorth loved ane side, and plenty of moneyto accept my things than that, bemtuse, y ou Seo,
the suit. it they refusa
,art of ?tor fair demesne better than offer of a conal
Fernleigh must: in nogo;ation for the purchase of dant By
very house." ev
inothsr, it was the garden. There Ap go.,. in,
_ e
' sa
no serious attempt at or- The listener Mugh.di andlb}arpbreath owner Is act',�lly s lling 1tt" Y
coaxed to be
came a little more gm1Y. She looked In spite of his jubilation at this out- th
isr, as one sees in such places now a- an°e of those last won • abava tine app burst on Miss 1Jtlael's part, the gallant t}t
up at the blue sk to
lase, for thtp m'Osgy Paths wore over^ en Colonel's aonsosonao gave 1»m a shay is
;gown and blooms, and away yorvn the dim gra
wLth eglantine aespaliers and avenue to the, house beyond, lieu twinge- It se help
I very strange the
York roses, shade Y old bitterly .hard it seemed, doubly bard Ito could not help Using conscious of a 1°
archled bowers of the filbertandgold-
standing there in the full fresh beauty certain guilty fooling ,ot re lint th
en pippin, with just enough oor
P the summer attcrnoon, hallowed U9 the part be was pplaying• u
in its elegant disorder to show the band the sweet• recollect}on of a thousand not from choice,, 1t appears that here
I d I never had .v,
of care. There was a fragrance In 0>isse sec _a dim zolnIleasant embrance of obildhbo� ck n some 1,uty business pending in what
®tr, a scent et erVeet brier and lav John Heath .voted to allow rho w
der, mingled with mignonette halC force of the declaration to strike home q
it it s best to tell you this plainly, though
pitidden under he fallen Petals of the ILP- before he resmned again. Believe gh
pie, blossom. The seine now as rho it is painful enough to me. I have this e
wigh't have been a century since; along talk with your mortgagee la
ramp as its sorrowing mistress flrst re- afternoon, and he has made what Icon- 1;
utembared it, when as a tin child she Sider to be a handsome offer. it coursstands 1
rode on ]ler , when
shoulder and pluek- he cam take the whole place as Lt stands C
at any moment; but he will dobet- a
eachas on the ripe south ter than that; he will buy the place for
ed life sunny P three thousand five hundred over his 1
wall ;the same as when her ,whitening
Oiair was a tangled net of gol'hand tsh n claim." is ver, ggenerous;' said kite. k
violet eyes stirred sleeping Charlesworth wlth an unsteady smile, 1
"Would not tinct son tmvested at five
vain, For rernleigh had been her own
lhbme before Vivian Charlesworth had per cent, tiring us in a hundred Tharee i
distanced all rivals and won the heart people can livfive e on that;-"ounds ear?
of Margaret Hay; a place to rep and A great many People live of MISS I
love, bulb a Place to leave witli linger- And besides, if I , any judge
ing and regret, Gladys' character, she will be no weight t
Mr, Heath walked his horse along the on your hands. -Margaret, you are sing- t
wlurly blessed }n your daughter.; t
drive, under the shadow of an arching I am blessed is both, my children, e
belt of chestnuts in the full glory of John. Now I suppose you will want. I
Leaf and flower, past the open hall to bring 2a vishsnerous I cou�ldreditor over mere i
feeluffic sufficiently i
door with a cool dim vision of polished grateful, but T am rebellious as yet-
door
oak and blue china beyond. In And if you cam forget business fora
green court, wall-Llowers flourished on time, perhaps A cup of tea' -
,the stone buttresses, there were ferns must "Notthis
Castleford by as x. nk YOU; '%Vi 1
the stable roof amongst the stone- let you know when the colonel is cam-
ancrop and aslandtns. There was no help- uLg•u path
er in the yard, so the visitor put up They walked down the 'F'uuht11
and having done so, side by side; and as Heath Urolrg
Oris own horse, trap round, Vivian stole from the house
mounted a short flight of steps, and to his mother's side. He seemedby some
pushing back a little rustle gate un- subtle Instinct to feel her presence near
him e der two cropped Yaw -trees, entered the those as he lovedll-Motherd tell tparetYOU, unf
garden. `talking there under the all- happy?" he asked.
ple boughs was the mistress of Fern- 1 dear? Why should you think
deigh, a' bapk in her hand, the other thati ?don't know; Perhaps it was MY
'resting on the shoulder of a boy some fancy. Some vvay it seems lately that
;twelve years of age.so
There were gray lines, in the soft Se'r Mr Haab come much quieter art -
.
hair under the white lace cnP, An reply Was pre1I,vented. by the
a subdued sadness in the fair face, oth- the wadi ed by his side
erwse untouched by the ruffling hand
l riagge wheels, lawyer s a -9d by b'I car -
of .tune; and yet a pleasant beautiful to the gates sad aftortvards stood for
face, for beauty at fifty is something g
Heath away, Uresently, Vivian lifted has
we dike to gaze upon assn on As she a Long whale watahin' him as he, rove
d it
1)oloked up, bier eyes fell P
ith a pleased smile of .welcome.
"This ou herds cheek.. "You gfeelYhapp'leron s than
'is very good of you," she said• you did, mother?",, he said.
guessed where w•e should be found. ie Y Mrs. Charlesvvoith turned from the
thought Vivian had had enough must°, contemplation of the geaceful landsmQe
so we came out here, and brought V au- slid bending over ;the boy, ki`sed his
ity Fair with as:'
"Which cbaraoter do you like best
almost she irepl replied, as she
Mr. Heath4" asked the boy sag
"George Osborne or Major Dobbin? �N' oheal hunseenids, the tears lay on her
prefer the Major." - ----•
Being unpra.ctrca] people, naturally," CHAPTER Z.
have Ih
-"Perhaps
.
t'he lawyer
red
et'
scare.sol ,
m in
' a sneaking affection for him S
though, professionally speaking I dare By dint of long morning lounges
Lost' -
mot say so openly -So that is the last the
County adnrembe'reColonel Sand-
vIlls
lhero, Vivian?
Vivian turned his, wide blue eyes in horst dayswhichhxvicl killing im f from his
e three
Pie
the speaker's dirtied those he les, envy day was alto
eyes, that seemed, nous the 1 en- son's thecompany.
c mma •tyrhtotboredo s, for there
koread the very soul h those Y g of least, the master-
eountered-and; a slightly Muzzled ex- were many cloLioatc plans to be finally
pression crept into :ins face. `Vby Call- settled; last, but ss01
of you say .what you th nil?:' he asked- l- Morton and inviting
her a int to be hissgaesi s
not
we do not dwell m th P and thus bring the heir -
ace of Truth, any child. -And now, run for a few days,
atb
a a to your music •tvintls. I talk foes ess in immediate
Frank Sandhurand ose st,chisareputa-
iness with the mother, though it Cap
seem a sin to bring red tape into this ter colan vetedstrol•LYnc�lCbeen nohl some
pure atmosphere.,' dawn the twelve months before in one of the re•
The, ,boy wall, slowly
path, touching a leafy spray here and cent South African .Tars•
re with out -stretched fingers. For Thlsdiinlo Tavtiafe old soldier
devetet
moment they both stood watch g the elegant P thn Loup
him.; the one tenderly, almost yearn- to his use,, consult", g his watch impat'
lu life other with a shade of sadness jointly for it teas approaching
in d ,
ravellen
and tiny in ins honest dray eyes. w seven, aitdhaving been sotarrangei
John," exclaimed Mrs, GharlesworLh, were due; s cement lbs
suddenly ttirntn to her companion, that Loeethanghandat thns c from Lon
it were not for him the Parting ,would don together,
not be so keen," friendship. It wear therefore a colon
"Keen enough to break your heart, era l the ladnesn airrlved to
hem lvee
returned the ,lawyer gruffly.
C I know the recalcitrant swain haeme Laves
to owner is in area e .
ty head for that kind of thingg,, conse-
aently I did not ppl�y much al tention i
, Heath's explanatioa.'
th_
"It seems veryy hard," said Miss D
sympathetic , V, as sha. e watched Cho
�wsuitIden points
of my fotvn�I canfeelnfort the
tailless owner. But then men do,not
gel the same sentiment in these things
s women do." to
,,But you see the owner happens
a -a lady."
And you are autuall going to turn
er out? -Colonel Sandhurst, I am as-
am
ed of you I Really, you should—"
But any further scolding for the Call,
yethe rattwas le of eels bo ow , ted at this moment
y. the
nund of a'well-known voice lvtng,or-
ers to au hotel servant, In Bea time
ban it takes to tell. Colonel Sanduuast
:hey left the room, oaosing ti,n „" '
ind Chain; and a full hour had elaps-
aefore they vvere missed by the ser-
ly happy father.
be next morning being perfectly fine
breakfast over, the Colonel proPos-
a walk, n, proposition declined by
s Morton on the ground that she
. n vast amount of business ,n the
r of shopping to do, So the Colonel,
hing loth, started off with Frank
Abur t to explore the. lions of the
_. .-- ,.,.^moa ehrnmrh the Close,
--ii O
3reen, where orst-while a border .t t
tress stood, with the silver Wye at. its I
feet and the smiling laantscaPe beyond.
A pleasant spot to pass an hour in the
leafy shade with a glimpse of the old
moat, and white swans floating on the
water, and the eir laden with Che frag-
rance of the hawthorn. For a tame they :
sat in silence, tris old war -worn warrior
and his gallant son, .watching tike flow-
ing .rater as it hurried downwards to
iho sea.
It is good to be in England again,"
Frank observed at length• After that
broiling climate out there the sight of
a green field and cool stream makes it
seem like borne."
No place like England after all," re-
joined the Colonel. and, talking about
r
home, I "?a 3'ou have made up Your
mind to stay. If I let yon have the
Iace here with the house I am baying,
dPlon't you think You might out the ar-
my, and settle down in the usual fash-
ion ?"
11 By which You mean matrimony s ve
•
1 •
Course. To
tail You the trnth 1 bA
never given the matar a
n
t_ h
�Uu
t
.._
ally, t snau marry
if I can find some 'fair impossible she 11
who is rash enough to care for me: '
The Colonel stole a side -glance at the
speaker's manly figure and handsome
bronzed features, and thought that such
a contingency .vas by no means so s-
mote as trio modest youth would imply.
You have not seen one up to now,
then ?"
' Well, rt -no." Frank returned douUt-
of dames.'was
There ,,,", one er much girl [ ?met
out yonder; I very nearly forgot her -
Yes perhaps if I had had more oppor-
tunity, I might— Dad she wits the
nicest girl I ever cane across -one of
the nurses, You know."
An hospital nurse I" said the ,Col-
onel coldly. ' Not precisely the wi£s a
Saiadhurst would generally, °hoose."
More fool the Sandhurst, then;'
er of factmaymention
eIas oecthat it it
hadn't been for that same lady --as she
was a lady, too -You and I would not
cannot yet realise it, igargare . be Sitting here to Y"'
your feelings, Perhaps better than you them at the last moment,
tom xehend, thon
em Yourself. When YOU Morton vw-ill e here
by the mil," Alln rem c t c 130 st� Verytl ttlehe aserviaa pWith ent
love every inch of the ground'' --
I do that is trir'e enough, And than try ometbtis cess atvthe War some
e. I so pna n f ie into aat r great t dethe bt of grtay
thought, of it all keens me awake tires
nights, it taunts me as I walk here believe he said. Perhalps dao Common- uncle,
g Cannot you understand ..hat der -in -chief required his opinion
ireally I mine tofher worth living, encu i awa
by is tree and leaf and some ,mporit ran
it rs to oro every that I can't sympathize "And probably would 1n. ' it at far
er-to have a tender association or rim so hungry t comedy." return -
flow memory attached to each sin- .with you over the terrible affhatio. h feet, after the good of one-fas Toned line-
wistful m y
of soil? There is everlasting Colonel Sand�rasr p fol clool eebellIvIt
l;la els adtheof hen pulling his 1 ng ie°rel
,gle foot Ali 1 >
youth for ina here, but still"- - more than necessary
Bath of this moment was seizt fair visitor lookeditaout On nguid Interest. Site it tache
raftermtvarils tt4tiOn,
John )3
ed with, a sudden fit b coughing, n street below kindl blue eyes, full -
stance .which perha s accounte5l was Patrlhairnand airy -yoking Ulonrla, (To Ba Continued.
circum
for the unusual dimness n his
eyes. ,with BABY RIDES ON AIR,
nscious of some feeling of inherent of mischief; but withal sympathetic nail
Co qa
weakness, he became more dry and bast- true as steel to her friends. boss C
rani-
ne
Ilia
d things
pass -like than usual; his habimemorY placidan bo odyewh0 was only Itooeglan c•leOlias£clone roto suggeshLatleliuseicoI
touched. Ir this wondeof rful y meumatic; tires on baby carriages. 7±a
of yours wO OU agTan�w°tbaro hid that Avery°OCcasioII ithet sort of easy-going [
bar where Y e„t ,r. would Ue the old lady who, If Properly clad and regu- several Sears manufacturers hoer, been
- - I more from bei olid rubber tires on peraminllab
you,t
a
is
1Propera fifty I Iva car' thousandr it,,tbe fnCty,
sent invested in consols goes to
id the Kingswoll estatq besides.”
d '
never w,i.11 be found;
doubt if it was ever executled,"
t is
:rs• Charlesworth wearily. '
strap8e and puzzling.' ,
at "Ill Wh'an you married your
Vivian Charlesworth,, who was
,t scoundrel, itmy husbrandaand he
in, he vvas Y
a." too exclaimed
d a good thing
awyer hotly,-„WatheT�tknow
Martin
mgrY Your gran nu were
vas about that; though ,y
.orate grandchild,$cousin�vMary.
verything to your
of course marriedmemberrnow the
OC course you
entleman .used
d; boast',
Lwh t bio
altered h he re•
gs changed towards, you,
to make a new wilh But by
'n, ass? red to You the into a!
It”(
c
property,
d.on
gB'' London
ngswthe
ll estates. Thorn is , n.
whatever about that, The assign•
vvas givaandinhe}dhlilyusCc idy o
father, i dpaAh. And iC is rn+
, time of his
in that when Vivian Charlesword
yld of the tjde-deeds to this plan
Tied to raise coney on them (a'
d), be must cavo £ rnina.tixp Same
arly fed, asked not, ung using s
allow -creatures. If asked what she ors with great success, but even 'thesc
lvacl for, aha would have shaken her
]end smilingly, and cleolined the Built- dict not save inranthond from being
,ton of so solemn and unnecessary a bumped and shaken up, Last year c
problem. , ' Western concern put a ldab. carriagd
Over his soup and glass•af brown .with pneumatic tires on Lbs market
iberry,'the colonel succeeded in recov- and it took like }ppL sakes.
Iring his lost equanimity The dinner The tire itself is a regular bole -Pipe
teas well served, the 'Wye trout: and lire and is used on a wood-rimmo
ducklings delicately cooked, and the tv]re wheel, or on a wvooden wheat. 1
colonel w'as but mortal. By the time tan not be -sect on every wheal, as th,
the peaches had arrived, his brown face inn must be, especially grooved just a
beamed 'With bosPitable smiles. ' Dawn. in the case of. bicycles. It measures no
tifal neighbourhood;' he observed pat- more than an inch in diameter, and ]
rousingly, 'and salmon fishing excel- inflated by maans of a hand or foe
lent. Now, if there was only a house uanp The retail cost of a set c
on the Bartonalnam property, Ivo might wheels with pneumatic tires is fLOT
make a, pleasant summer bare: ]Z to 010, and judging by the Hopp
C suppose the people are oivilisad?' expression of tbn youmgatgrs who ow
Miss Ethel returned, helping herself to a ,at they are cheap at that price. Tl
some grapes, Miss Cramer bad Jong oar aces still another lmpiovemrut
since cironpod into one of her Waking bal,3' aarringes, Chia is Uall-1.lenrii
trances. I,et as go and sit not r wMole with Pneumatic tires.
that pretty balcony a.rnong the flowers, _-_----
and study the Castlefordian in his na- BUGLETON'S ARCTIC [.,ON(11N(1
tier, lair, as ve used to do at , n R,rino,
Bes]ries, I know you want a cis r:' "At one aims, said r1:Cr. I:luglclon,
Thal took their. chairs out on the bat-
cony In the fading 1}gbt, looking north had a sort of, Inclination to Arctic, t
iia • t•aulct
like
s thought I v
i ria hon h
:g nal p I
•ilh gray •tion
to an old church w � pima g
and immediately before them, bey°n oin some expedition selling out
the elms where the noisy rooks were
j
swinging( rose tha s Vara cathedral reach the North Pole, ;[here was
Cower, The Colonel, lay bank and amok- fascination about this wort: that v
ed his tobacco with a fooling of perfect attractive; but it seemed to me t.]
tra,uquLltLy and contentment, before starting I ought in sono degi
Yes," he continued, it s a g{�reat. at least, to inua'e myself to cold,
pity thare is no house at Barton.=, thou, ht; that perhaps the easiest .n
re and laid It aa1dC 0 in that aaa0 we ml,ght stay ere till t.h0 in .Vida I could accomplish. I I . this _
: llie' worth followed this Saar autumn, sand Iearn hSomething dl as be by braking on it
Mrs, Char]rs, yy or two wintel'S, ..
wiEKva ue Idea as to her legal tad. county. ,Tho the ,Rh'ina,"Y ewhat curious
a g , en, with Some fan beautiful a Som
visor's ramuing. ph my giving ri the N
shoal of interest, Beo inqunre ow ri rets listener, ttayingnwiLalidVroscbu]ked, the. t.. I ; for found t
knew anything of this,anlrn a the "Ah, but you Sao I have a better
cant .gni; right bort
t.ive who seemed determ,nsd to tail or tali the t�rat}a e;
trait measure of liar, legal rights. Ilan than hat. It s so Tong sicca you
, A II T know is. that s1)e IS 'YOU g, � and. wera bore,, before
that You probably for sd, , . , i
is,
C in thil wr
I a single w
rionop I w
1 , J , ' ]
THE FARN; a Glvo cloaks plenty of llt.tar-straw, IN
�� jd hay or l'r ' to "roost' upon; and do J 19
not compel ahem to got thou heti un-
^•�^^^�^^^^^"- der the, hen's roosts,
�JI'rRSEY (AWS, Dry.-plcked poultry sells the best, ltd,
n the island of Jersey for upwvnrd When peaked lot iC lip till the animal
one hundred years, legislation has haat ]s all out, than peak firmly in
clean barrels cr borosx un
hidden, under heavy penalties, the Clear out all cockeprels that are not
induction into the isly are
and of any and better inethelpo rifle I.han the'hena yard
fry member of the bovine Taos; the at this season of the year,
cease therefore is confined wholly to For winter eggs keep pullots or young '
I births from the thoroughbred eat- hous, giveyythem a warm house, exer- 1,r
on the island. AI single exception otrsln' ]nl ddi'itt v toegra food, ndmpuo way P°
made in favor of steera for beef Pur- or, at
res. Whatever, therefore, of merit al'.
Ira is in keeii]ng a b'r'eed striotly. lY cn
ra the Jersey possesses in a suPerem- A WONDERF� OPERATION wa
mt degree. Bred upon n little island of
tare no other breed of horned cattle A er
Z allowed, by a rural population who DOCTOR CUTS A MAN'S THROAT so
,re interested in the milk only as to AND SAVES HIS LIFE. PC
butter content, butter (outside of r vc
getables for market) being the money A ' ew Torlr i'hYslela,I's Ronriv and Ready ht
R,,pedleatt In a cage of 9uddell Neces
rip, with but little if any demandfor sits—nc 4ncaeedeil•
ilk, it was natural that she should "About fifteen years a,g 111 said the >u
brad with he view of producing but- celebrated Dr. George F. Shrady to a h'
r. The result of breeding for gen' of students at ono of the New', fa
ations for a specific object has been group L or
make the Jersey a "butter" cow. York hospitals the other afternoon, b,
to Jersey is the most thoroughbred of ,yes spending the summer In rho coon- gi
mastic animals, tate long line of ape try up near R•ondout, N. Y, One day I ong t1in road, early in hoc
Li breeding fixing the characteristics the afternoon, was driving Cand vvas jest passing a a,-
strongly
tstrongly that every animal of the little frame house, when a hvild-eyed b'
'eed possesses the heredity of PrePO-
ncy to transmit its own qualities to woman
love of hed oatscr ing, , d
Doctor, for old d
s offspring; and herein lies ono of Le Some in, quick F' I knew,
ist superior}ties of the Jersey In her dying. F
hive habitat her surroundings, eon- the
family, and had seen the -woman's e'
Care of life, 1pabits, etc., have al- husband that forenoon as I passed; a o
o.ys tended to make the Jersey a but, strong Irish labouring man, apparent a,
fly in perfect health. I thought Jt c
r cow; but it was reserved to the Anl-
•iean breeder, by upward of forty rater unusual that be should be 1
Iars of devoted skill and untiring ap. mortally ill at such short noLlce, but
?cation, to develop bar to bar grhis another out, to take care of my feat- telling the little boy, who had followed f
;t capacity. Asa result or his cysts.
atic endeavors true American -bred Jer- horses. I jumped from the buggy and
T
of to -dap is more than 60 per tent hurried into the house. c
iparior in butter -capacity to that of "The man lay Duck Ln his emir ac
verity years ago. We often hear of the gasping for breath. He was black in
benomenal record -breakers, which the face, and I saww that in two min -
c
Jow what a highly bred, specialized utes more he would be done for. I ;
nv may do under scientific high -Pres- acted quicker than I thought, and in i
are systems of feeding; also the won- a second bad him out of the chair I
erful progress our breeders have made and on to asmall couch by the will- I
n the art of breeding for a purpose. clow. I saw that he had something in 1
tut the greatest glory of the Jersey Ilia throat that was sufficating him,
ies not in these abnormal yields, won- and that the only chance of saving his 1
ertul though they may, be, but in not life was had no instruments perfuming trtanchentnom as I
ess wonderful averagss obtained in
very State in our glorious Union, beld hien down on the couch will' one '
A very important question to all hand, I fell: instinctively in my pocket
,Lockman is: What breed of cattle IN -111 with the other hand for may penknife.
cake the most milk, or nutter or cheese, But it was not there.
]r beef? or to put it in other m•ords, PERFORliIED THE OPERATION.
.hat breed of cattle will make the most "There on the w•iatdow-sill I save It
pf the product desired., at least cost? razor. in another second Xhad weighed
fur test, and the test oC all dairymen, the whole thing in my mind, Did 1 darn
tt the value of a cow is the number of take the risk of perfoimj,ng such a de-11-
)t
of butter she hakes on ordinary tate operation with such rude iustru-
faed 'The dairy question is how La merit? LC I failed, it would lie rnnr-
make the most butter at the least cost, der. But then the mon would die in
and our experience proves to us that a mianute more. I had opened hun-
the Jersey is the answer to the prob- dreds of throats before, but under the
lem; she is pre-eminently the mortgage most favorable circumstances. I
the cat,
t on Ilia than
kept take 1 c
be Id Ca
at can t woo
cow th
` A w
after. e
1 L tura
n r <wid
made law •azo
or ihc, r
1 tat "I seived
I. -
If , cra
Ila
of a h
o. •in s-
smerved�with a quart or two of meal slits in the main's w-lndlpipe in tine u
daily, that can be made a pet of and nal fashion, To my, intense relief all
will give a pound and upward ol; but- went well. By holding open the aper -
Ler of excellent quality every twenty- tura I had made he was able to breathe
four 'hours with cream for the table, and he lay still, fortunately, with a
milk far all purposes and to spare, ns look of intense relief on his Esta, as
the best and cheapest cow. for the tum- quiet as a lamb.
fly and butter dairy as well, Their Val- The next question was, •hove to keep
Ce, can hardly be estimated in dollars open the incision. As you know, if it
and cents, was allowed to close, ephy'mosns would
The Jerseys are the grandest, most set in; the air would find its way' Ile-
LeautLCul, most useful, most fashions- Hoath the skin, and in a little whsle
1pla as well as most pro stock for it would be puffed. out lie a toy
the family and the dairy throughout balloon, 'there would be no chance of
the whole world, Tey show tbeir su- finding the opening again, and the
periority not only as the greatest milk- man would suffocate.:
producers or the greatest butter -mak-
ers, but also as universal dairy cows, A TEST FOR THF. NERVES,
adapting themselves to any and all ell- Have you got a needle and thread
mates. We find the Jersey at her best I asked Una ..scan. , to looked about
while braving rile rigors of a Cana- hurriedly in a, dazed way., but could
than winter, beating the whole world's find none. 'Get 'me. It ppdeco of wira,
record as a butter machine in Lae hot, then,' I sad. she coal
dm't find that
dy climate oC the Sunny South, and either, and we finally bad to comPro-
In rho soft balmy climate at California. miss an a hairpin, which I sueceedect
Another peculiar characteristic of the in bending so as to keep the s•ounct
Jersey is her habit of persistent milk- opan
ing; she is an everlasting "stayer," Theon I told 'per to keep her hus-
hence she is adapted to continuous use- it perfectly still, and ran out to my
lu1ness in he dairy. She is likewwiso buggy and drove t° Reudout. I go
early to breed and very prolific. Dr. Douglas there anal he returned wit
Precisely the same treatment is re- me bringing his instrumentsand a,
quired by the Jersey as is required by tracheotomy tuna ,and antiseptics, and
a good cow of any other breed -no the operation I ]tad commenced so hur-
more, no less. But Iu grant many cows ri,ed'ly was brought to a successful end.
of other breeds are, when compared ,I found out that the man haul been
with the little S00 pound Jersey very eating , dinner, and had swallowed
large, being 60 to 100 per cent larger, Something the vc.ronl; way,' which, na-
It is n well-estalxltshed fact that, on turaily, choked 'him. So far as I know
the average, cattle eat in proportion to he is still living.
their live weight; such being the case, ,Hia, fabula docet, gentlemen, that
it s easy to see that a Cow weighing yon do not need a special instrument
twelve or fifteen hundred pounds will for each different operation, and that
eat proportionate3Y more than one in case of life and heath, where ever3
weighing, but eight hundred; it is like- second s precious, ou must keep You]
Wien an incontrovertible fact that the scarves stotdy and cin tlne best you can
food necessary to enable the little Jar- Chis .ver, the, most difficult operatic
say to fill the I>a•tl would be barely sof- that T ever performed.
fictent to sustain life in the ]n.rger an-
imal,
--"` AND THIS IS WAR.
BUTS OF 1V:CSDOtiL. ,
'fhe farmer Who thinks it is s71111,11 Horrible Picture or a ttecent lla"IC 11
business to attend regularly and care- Cuba.fully to his fowls had better not: keep War is it ;grotesque reversal of ever,
any. I civilized instinct. A steamer gain;
Chicken and onions go wall together; up a Cuban river is blown out of th
but it is just as vve11 to have Chinn in water by a submerged torpedo. Score
separate dishes on the table. I!'eed no of pool' wretches are thrown into tb
• onions to poultry for several days be- water, anal those of them that are no
' fore killing for he table or market. helplessly mailued start to swim rc
y Tt is just as sensible to road -human the shore. 'r. hair struggle for life
• boings on meat and sugar exclusively
t as to eonflne poahtry to corn and wheat. W]tnossed from both banks by men w1
;Chey nen a mixtur's of something lie coalwaled (here, Da these initulF
I more bulky and less concentrated• the a]aLural illAtinet to land tt hand 1
1 1.t is said that a teaspoonful of RlyOf -
four or five drops of nitric ho unfortunate? Not a inDi; iho hill
serine and oil
I otic, in a pint of drin)ring water will Tea• 't f Uo bin fiheads and Thin bu
1s cure, or at least relieve fowls that rat- dreiLs o gg JI
n oboke as if suffering from a 13ad lets on them 'till not• n lOit lig olVl
the or remaiius Co excite their
g calci. „ ive hens warm water they should feel wraehful against the
People say, g :g
to drink." We say don't you do it, wilrra deSPaioCuthev° mL lialog plier
water sickens them. ti� atm• itsitcomesmind profoundest
from tine well pa inarlm h ,rices for few
rshort
h ch 'eless, au lY-1pealln a yoeiit1
'I Bevvare of, 1 Y g
tvneal,screellings, , Sand and weed d lvhisUling in
and hudtnemver In
jn holo
seeds with a sprinkle bf broksn an, Andlalus
The
no v
It a or
its concerns.
trio Cttb
to uaafI wheat are worth but ]t se
to is r. r ^„' 1't,e lona run to buy seem fated to feezt Lis fnra ..bile m
a clean, s
as iii.roc
useful J
at try, C
'P, fora bo;
.1 less bo.
ay mix wi
Lid Wata
me Iron as
ith should
to stiles. 1
,n -es and
' I the fol
Lit- Cabb
tit- read fc
season.
will
and Car
a they
ruch ea
arwards
or gal
,Veat%icr,
have
them
boards
their
make
ng the
a varic
icon
,es i
F#li, 104, 107
OUBATORS FOR- BABIES
!EwlUUS Xis, 'HOD TO INCAEt`.SE
THE POPULATION OF FRANCE.
Ile on the Name Principle ns the Appal.
etas Yorloho,lrllltetal flatearpli; of Eggs
Thirty to sixt3••i ocir %,or fent, of the
Mille QINa SILVed.
Lae awa!mlingly small birth-ra'tex in.
snap and the resultant fact that the
pulatlon of that country is aluaust
a numerical standstill, while that or
her ncar neighbors IS rapidly In- •
Iaaing, has awakened a new iuterest
all that; bears upon the preservation
infant life. French babies, in otb-
wurds, are at a prentlum, and Cho
chat scientists are aroused to the tm-
rtanee of using every effort to pre-
m a diminution of the stock on.
nd.
Dr. Rousselle, of the French Senate,.
s been. so enorgatle in Lbis yield titat.
+ miglut very wall be milled a Second
Lher to thousands of French Little
ics whose feeble lives have been saved
the operal:ion, of measures lit) ori--
nated and succeacled in baying euact-
I into laves -laws which have stood
, a barrior between the lives of the'
Ilpless and the negligence and eupi-
ty of those on whom fell the deUrate
sk of rearing 'thean.
Next to Dr. Rousselle comes Or•
arnier -with his ingeniously contriv-
i incubators, in which the faint glow
: life in baby weaklings Is carefully
Ireened and gently fanned with an:
wduring flame. As fax bank as 1867
r. Deunce, of Bordeaux, invested
AN INCUBATOR CRADLE.
I ,which the baby was kept shielded
Tom the outer au in eat artificially'
•armed ease. Dr. De tare's Invention,
owever, had the objection Unit the
held breathed through direct intro -
action the colder outer air, with dis-
Arous results 'to its lungs.
Dr, Farrier mnde three iml?roveuncnts
n the Deunce, imeubator, w1111 the re-
ult that lie Inas at last inoceeded In
westing all the necessary conditions
Ind tvardtug off, its far as Possible, all
lingers to the frail little lives. His
mirrovement upon tits contrivance fol -
some time afterwards and was.
•coptcd in ,the saute institution. Now
ones hs Improvement upon the im-
irovencleat ,with the result that the
aril MaLernity prides itself ori having
:he most Perfect ntechamiml,l cowerva-
.or of baby Life in existence.
The Farmer incubator is mach• nn the
tame principle as tilt, apparatus for the
irtific•ial hatching of eggs. it: con-
dsts of a large oblong box of tbiek
twoad divided into two eompa.rlments.
Ilia lower contains it reservoir of hot
eaater. 7'he woolen plank which is the
^oiling for this eompa.rtmen servers a4
the floor of the lllttle baby bedroom
above it. This liliputiail apartment as
furnished with
A DAINTY LITTLE CRIB
and may ria very prettily decorated.
Among the other articles of furniture
}s a 4.1 erinemeter with targe, blain
figures, so that when an Observer looks
in hrough the glass ;n aha ceiling to
nn
mining
, •Le ]s
he youngster s now Y
hoe 6
Y
a 'Y t
u e.
note oC U1
rut • also
nuke a n su'
Ino 3
temperature. Ample provision is nada
for the free admission to the little room
of pure, outside air, but it has to pass
first in close contacit with the reser-
voir of hot water, so that when it is
delivered for consumption to the baby
delivered for consumption to the baby's
lungs it is warmnedl to the atime rem-
peraLure as the little room Itself. Vary
delicate and ingenlous devices ar=+ used
to Insure as even tempenture its Por'
sible.
About every levo hours the. bait' is
taken out of his little den, and for
L6 fe wmoments, while he is Y°,king
tnour}shment, is exposed 'to he air of
the large room, tun operation 10 w hteh
he generally raises as vwlreroans an
0 �Jkation as the strength of his lungs
V+ I permit.
The success of -this baby incubating
process sufficiently attests the value of
Dr. Faxnier's invention, Out of a
group of infants (born under curtain
contUtions where formerly none were
known to survive now fully M pat'
cent. are saved, In another group of
weaklings only M per cent. front)
survived. This incubating process has
raised this percentage of life to &1,
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
.l rely fnra„raphs Whiea 31118 Ile J+eei"'i
Worth tta,i+ih,g.
A milkman in South Bond, Ind., had
d'upthcria to ala family and several pat-
rols took the malady. it is asserted
that the disease was spread by milk
tinkcts:
,A. mustard pot which does not to -
quire the use of a spoon hes been in-
vented in Germany. Tine mustard s
supplied through a little spent by Pres-
' sure on a spring.
Wesley Dorsey, we aged colored main.
who was once the slave of .Peter Shaffer,
of .Frederick County, -Mil., hes 'ust been
declared the principal heir of t,is form
er muster, and is to receive $$176,1)00,
I Long before his death, which occurred
Ln 1775, Voltaire predicted that the
13]:b'o would be unknown in a hundred
years. Last year one soci.et,v Ln Loa-
don printed over 4,000 000 Bibles, or
a about 18,000 for every working clay.
S A prodomge , yawn caused a man ]n
a Westwood, 1kLiell., to dislocate his jaw,
and. for three clays a could not close
t his mnouta. Now when he yawns or
r Birdies ratlnar broadly he keeps his hand
s on h1. schin, fearing to open his tuouth,
o
Loa wide. t
A narrow esaapo was recently .ex -
P, perionced by a mean in Augusta, ]thine.
a while mroavmgg a wailroad track ,his
I. shoo was canlglp6'' Ill a frog', and he had,
^ just time enough to rapidly untie his
1- shoo and wthledraw his foot .rhea ani
it oneaming train clashed over the .spot,
,y A hypnotist In Anderson. Ind•, onga-g-
sa oil it young lady to live in it Carlin as a
to hYPICIU Od subject. Be was rather shy
ti; wttin her salary and also failed to feed
ar her Properly. She therefore "struck”
a+ before tun audience, jaru pod out of the
,.r coffin and proolainisd her employer a
w, Ilow 1aa'go must' be tine
o- WhI.ch a horse can pass?
s discussed b a deacat
rn
was Y
i t Wit
0
a or friend n Tis
a]
In.n _
r l,vw- Cine ruu„a„.o
rots be- And this is cit° of too ltems that his erre ax1 dropped ; rroug a a rnp-
require go to make up the Sulu of mil]kary door in Itis suable, )sanding in the cellar
Slier. to glory I i without a scratcih, The hole was 181-4
by U inches.
vanized iliir MEANS BUSINESS.
These ' ANOTHER TROUBLE,
flaring (What do you, pi,ena, all-, ,roared the
oa box- ]rate father, by bringing your trunk Beforo we were marriad You used to
to keep to my holuse and ordiexing a ronin? bring me candy every evening,, now,
feet, I'M adopted as ono bf 'the fan. , , you never do,
scan. Your I Yes, Bud befors we were married you
a good coaly answered the,young
winter daughter sold se would lie a sister to need to divide Your °ands, with ms;
ty, , i me. i , , ! . . • I , a now you give it to the chil'dxen, ,