The Brussels Post, 1897-2-26, Page 2L
:P 0 IX'.
PRACTICAL .FARMYIIllG.
It was Heath's tarn to tool. pazzted
now, though lie said nothing, merely
drawing from his poeke't the letter 111
�� quesliou and banding it over to his cam- \1'lNrPR~Ni(.1111 ON '11111 FARM.
N� I It v yellow with age the
ink
was e,
!nk faded to 0 pale rat, (hung!) usher- ]:Soap up the lugs still higher and
CHAPTER III—Continued.
"lust think site would find it ('cry
wl0' clean as it had been the day
was written,
9'he Colonel p' ised it carefully twice
through, 11101 turned to hie companion.
'heath, meld he with t same melee
inflection, had that letter fallen 11110
My hands when it was intended 1.0,
:Margaret flay would have been my
wlj0.
Your wife? I did not know that you
ever knew Ler."
"Nur did 1, till I met her to -day.
Perhaps it is singular that wr, never
mine together in all these years, We
filet eagle together during a London
season. lip to 0 ccrntin point., you
will be good enough In imagine the.
rest. Her father did me like the Idea;
but cue thing he agreed to. "11," and
he, "you will not see my de ugh ler for
three months, or «0rreSpond with her,
111(1 at the end of that time she is of
the sante min,!, I will give my con-
sent," Need 1 soy that 1 consented
in my turn. We were young and ro-
manfie 1 ben—too much so, as subsequent
events proved. Al the last day of the
three months she 'vas to write to the
and tell me to mime, But she never
wrote. I am not going to tell von env
more, except that this is the letter 1
ought t4( have had. !.Read it."
,(1r, heath put on his specteeles and'
read the simple note:
AIy Dear George—The three months
expired to -day. At five minutes past
Add Nadeth's Vineyard
1(041'e mid-nightthis letter is being
written. Will you come to um and see
if you think I have changed?—lever
yours, affectionately, Margaret Hay.
"How long, after this note was writ-
ten, n110 it before DIargaret IIaay mar-
ried her cousin? asked Mr, Beath.
"Two months to tt day,—Rather a
sudden change of opinion. you see."
"Then, of course, Charlesworth got
hold of it," pursued the lawyer, ignor-
ing the Colonel's implied sarcasm. "The
very thing he would delight in doing.
lie martuis nil nisi I.,onuui, and all that
sort or thing, lot-- When he got hold
of the .leernleigh title -deeds, he must
have laid the note there accidentally.'
"I wunder what site thinks of me?"
said the Colonel suddenly.
"That you have behaved very well
over this matter, my dear fellow. and
now that my hands are no longer tied,
1 don't mind tolling y ou the same thing.
You will find her very grateful for
your intended kindness, which reminds
me that 1 have a cummiesiun to exe-
cute., Mrs. Charlesworth is very anx-
107as tc see the young lady who would
have behaved so generously if she had
had the opportunity, 1 am charged to
ask you as an old friend, to waive
ceremony and take your party to Fern-
leigh to -morrow."
"Ir he will not, we must go without
bun," cried Ethel, who herd approach-
ed near enough to hear the conclusion
of Heath's (message. 'And 1 don'L
think we shall have much difficulty in
persuading Frank to join"
' 1 daresay you would like to go with-
out me," said the Colonel with u. pleased
chuckle; "hut you won't, all the same.
—Never mind the ceremony, Heath. I
will send my man over with a note
to -morrow morning, saying we accept
Mrs. Charlesworth'' invitation with 011
possible pleasure t' to which Miss J 11(Cl
replied sententiously hat
ders
would never cease.
If there was one thing more beau-
tiful to contemplate thou the perfect
weather on the following afternoon, it
was the immaculate splendour of Col-
onel Sandhurst's attire, a fact that
Sir Edwin Cresswell, himself no mean
connoisseur in the art sartorial, did not
fail to comment anon in confidence to
the lady of his choice.
"Bingo the Earl, Chivalryie pearl,
Went a -philandering after n girl,"
she quoted, state voce, as they took
their seats in the wagonette. Isn't it
just too splendid? If we could only
marry the dear old colonel to Dlrs.
Charlesworth, we should have our ro-
mance complete."
But for the exuberant spirits of
Miss Ethel, and the quiet sallies of Lha
equally happy baronet, the drive
Fernleigh would have proved te quiet
one, Once within the gates. however,
tongues were loosened, for the serene
genet beauty of the housebrought an
honest tribute of admiration to every
lip ; its peaceful silence seemed to
soothe every heart and bear all un-
happioness away. Even Ethel, as she
found tureen tenderly embraced by the
mistress of Fernleigh, fell under the
influence of the charm.
"We must all be friends," she said.
"I feel very grateful to you a11.—Glad-
ys, why do you not speak to D'Iiss Mor-
ton? !.hero is no call for the usual
formality.—Sir Edwin Cresswell, I once
knew your mother very well. If you
ars anything like her, Miss Morton is
a fortunate girl."
(To be continued..)
trying ?"
"Ai mother will see you la a few i 'l think it wave,. tweak her bears,
My hie—,at
a,
„ site continued; "meanwhile, 'She has not had a reef 111 llPlinow husv
1 truenCS, . L t least, so Csladys seas, Only, 1 trust you will find nn incunvenicnee she, loves Fernleigh." pity
in waiting alone" You 0111 ex,ense x( 1, There '01111 somotbing mere thaw [
when 1 mention that 1 am eumpelled in the eC ale thistles es face sheaot1hie down
h
to harry away•
in c•+mseipuetu'e o . ;AlrS. Charlesworth, entering le
f the
ill at P the room
news of oue uf.0s10 pool village peoplr' at. this moment, Paused to contemplate
"You find there ie 11111011 suffering this elective as she overheartt her saute
amongst the pour Y" the Colonel„,. asked, (ve )d seutenith ea might. have gone home
conscious or the ina0eess or such a to the heart of her enemy.
question. tope Vivian �
rich took you?” she said, with a road smile. "1
"There would ;e lees if [110 1 Colonel ,y'(uldhnrst"-^—
q "1 1 V has not leen troubling
a renter interesr, in these 110/11101 lIwol. 11111he st apologise,
up with a vete't'ed
g features had
If the 1lartonshanl estate belonged to face, though the lady'''
me, the 11burer5' cottages would nut suddenly become wtlile and agitated.
ed i the disarm:efut condition they are For a few moments tilei eeegarded each
n other, in astonish
at present.—But 1 001 afruitl to sa3'lo,e :Margaret,' said Sandhurst, "l1 -i1 I
I should like on that. question. I hope had known it was you'—
you will. tint taud any iucouveltlrtue 111 ")'ou would not have sought this
t
1' in 0 twin. wilting. Colonel Semi- painful interview,"clMrs. Charlesw-0r lis
e 1 conducted with chilling, dignity. "
horst:' bad enough without this."
muttered lite d;ecemfit.edsul- Vivian, perceiving be was not wanted,
w'iu-
0481. 11114 his urea.; i I check, and ainl0+, her eyeS. s till he was eat of earshot.
pleased to find himself alone. '•1 haven 'You will understand," she continued,
had such a snub since 1 woe a stab- "that in Colonel Sandhurst 1 had knotot
altern. I wonder it my cottages are expeam cted to meet my old friend, Cap
in sueh a slate as mho says'? She too "Nor 1 in Mrs; Charlesworth my old
it in such a enol, lady -like way, love, Margaret Hay. Probably, If my
Egad, I don't w111(480 al. L'rardk feeling uncle,
ooneer, the penniless hdad.
M three
somewhat" -- ham would have proved a more Lormid-
But at this moment, the whale current able rival to his successor."
reflections was changed by the "lou blame me, you dare to blame
of these
entrance of another pieusing object, and m neer forgotten. But all
me betas just and
hat is long
the Colonel imined,,,F experience(' need g
t feeling of I've otos 1>Ily for your kind offer Zhut S canno otnaccene
1
eence of the blind. The Loy' advanced yours;
of therefore I c which 1 can only
slowly into the room, touching a regard as a present."
miliar object here and there with his "You give me very little, credit, it
longdelioal e fingers. To the interest- seems," se 6ittheuColonel you bitterly,
of1
ed spectator, int fur that elute piteous the property. You refuse to take what
groping of the hands, the blue eyes you malt a present from me. .I absolute -
seemed to be filled with the divine gift 1y refuse to rob you of what 1 know is
of sight, 11101141) that' were that 11Pr your just
. I distinctly declinea liao
to
worths, seeking for the light this foreclosure."
mimes. 'Cu (Lis ;amazed., service -worn 1t is hard for me to appreciate this
soldier the 1014111 of tate child clad in his seltlment," Airs. Charlesworth replied
Van Dyck velvet suit and broad cellar as n J. am losing what. is
to aipart yof (myeve•y being. I cannot
was muse nmviug than all the panoply
blame you, for I know that in all pro-
of war,,as lie 101((('118(1 him in a dazed liability Fernleigh must go. Mr. Heath
fascination levying elotvl3' to the alcove tells me"-- 1
where the uro:tn suited. 'Then 111' began 11011 cried the lawyer, , cor omminglforv'ard-
to play. Ah, 1 sea You are still discussing
Forgetful of everything. but thedeeP Fernleigh. I persume, you have thank -
interest aroused by tete unaccustomed eed a 1t Colonel Sandhurst fur his magniri-
mane the C•uluoel changed his place su
"Well,"
dies, cutmci,+its :,f the t2unmiug t,lu-h hadsroleusalmotherlfolowad hurt
with
that mingled
all kind-hearted people do in the pre- it. Legally speaking,canot aclleptgProui
"1 Lave thanked him, and declined it.
I closer view of the ntusi- Of course it is impossible for a
as to obtain
a id clan, as he did Si',su, tbe mu0010801 en- wte�rllave for the comprehend
plane the
allait sends
tailed a slight noise; whereupon the went, it you like; but the idea of cell-
ed anti the performer looked fug Fernleigh
must ceased,
on my honor as a soldier
"\P
in the direction et the sound. ill
YOB 4(10056 come 0. teeti8 nearer ?" said lindua ge tlemanI c the
ean do Colonel
anyt0010(1
he. "I did nut know there was any 1. will Let things remain as they are
one here. And tell me who you are m ower to retain 30)10 Homo lo you,
•'1\Iy name 111 Colonel Sandhurst,•' the for the present, and we shall see what
interloper reepunded gravely. time wilt do."
"You are a soldier?"'lairs. Charlesworth bowed deeply. She"Well, yes, or
• I used to be, at least:' ryas surprised and not a utile toughed
Vivian telt l s way m the direction at this outspoken generosity'.
of the voice, and Lamed with his heed AIr. Heath, the only one unmoved,
resting on the fine old
knee quue tear- looked from one to the other with a
lessly. The fine old soldier ane! the dere gleam of triumph in his. eyes.
4(101110 graceful lad mad a charming You have done well, Colonel," he said
picture a1' they pused,thus. dryly, "so well, that you will he pleased
1 never tires a saddler before, though th hear my news. i have a great sur-
ety brother elaurlcewoe one. I. don't prise in slots for you."
think toy 'nether will care to, see you "1 knovv1" creed D•Irs Charlesworth
here, beca11 it 'rill remold her of with a starting face. 'tau Lave found
Maurice. If•1 were you, 1 wouldn't say the assignment 1"
1 was a soldier." '1 have heard worse guesses," replied
"1 am afraid Mrs. Cearlesw•ortL the latwyer with the same dry manner,
knew-' that already," the L'ulou0l re- Laking a tiarclimeut from slim pocket,
plied with meal, humility ; "and 1 don't and handling it tenderly. "That. is pre-
suppose we. shall talk much about my cicely whet i have dune.
- It you se,.—tWima you plop some -
lug mere ,1 .
"No, ace know. I want you,, to tell C1L1I 0,411 IV.
me so 11 a ai>"gl t,attle;. a Were ynu
ever in a real fight, Colonel Sand- Colonel Sandhurst returned to his
burst?" hotel in a very tboughtrut frame of.
"Many. my child. 1 was all 111roug11 mind, He eva1 wandering in spirit
the Crimea, awl atter that. in the Indian through lung-furguLten scenes, and.
Mutiny. Since then 1. havo always been ghostly' faces rose out of the past to
at Lome." trouble him, 'Thirty years, twenty-five
"I don't see how that ran be," replied years—lung time ago, and yet it seemed
Vivian, shaking his head. "I don't mean only yesterday that he and Margaret
about the ba:tle3, but. about home, „e- Hay were together, beton, she learnt
cause Gladys any; you haven't tame" that wealth and position were -better
And where 41111 (Gladys derive that than love and honor, .Ind yet she had
pricelees tutermation:" shown no sign of repentance, rather had
"ill yon have a house or your own, assumcrl the position of an injured v0 -
then why ,le you want ours 1 That's man, Perhaps lie had been too ]mpa-
what Glaily5 say's, and .ale is always tient, perhaps some treaehery had
right." been at work. Again, she lead treated
lint some eeep1e like to have more him with such (narked scorn through -
than oue haute. • out the interview, Altogether, be felt
".Chen it can't l e Mane," saidVivlan strtulgely small and humiliated; nor
conclusively. e1 have never lived any- did he expect any extraordinary amount
tvhere hilt here, and,om0 day 11 3.1111,11' or sympathy from Ethel Morton or
my own. 1f 1 was not blind, 1 should Frank- in his unexpected defeat..
a
like to go away and see the world,; but Nor was this gloomy anticipation
that is net poeeible, 1 can see this mistaken one, fur the
u lady
uioui in
that nosh
house, and know where all the trees and openly expressed herI
flowers grow•, and where to find the ins could have turned out bait.el'; in -
knot violets. 1 ni not ng for"i1(t; elf, hailed with a positives expression the loss of so much llofvre-
anow; 1 can du Bever wg
and find uta stay 1'e nteigh 11 But it: somewhat
The angry, grimly iinquiredwhlat
we were tare :ive I'erutei:$h it would 1><> (reeesevell thoughtofthe change in hi
very had for ate:'
The Colonel made no reply sora a fiancee's fortune. But that individual
faint smile ; he could not bate answered appeared to be in nowise distressed. On
the simple pathos of the last. words fur the contrary, he took the matter with
the supreme commuted of the British a coolness that fairly exasperated Col -
army and a field-matsbat.s bathe to onel Sandhurst, rho was at length dela.-
hoot. For the first. time in his roving en to retort,
life he began to understand the full sig- "'My dear £elBto in said
e g dot baronet,
deep n1 of the vvord1or°000)0.caOrthe
his 11fnnel,anent this fatuous ererogard of
deep iful how 1t, heli
p o1dfn1 11, 11 in Sussexatohe Wafl justly escommon0 prudence,) betteirltthannyoursIf.
brood; but, to, r, Die i affection or ns 110 on.
bricks and mortar, 1110 Ment( tion, 0- tuaeri s, it is a gomen reat
halescommand ofnn
sterna here it bud no child -grasp
iron lottof money. It creates a feeling of
ting there with the child -grasp t l 1 11 h L
his knee, 0 11ew feeling, the conscious-
ness of a new and better world, was
budding in his soul,
Don't you feel it cruelly hard at
Oiliest" he asked labruptlee
"Well, i never notice it," said the lad
with the ,num touching simplicil.y;only
the winter is rather lung and d011111y.
But then, there is the w111d::I like
listen to tivst. No one eau 1,00 that 1
and when it, blocs, I know as intuit
about'..11. as (1.1100' people. It is very
nice for a blind hey to know where to
find everything he w11)1)0. 7f Yon' will
come wit h nn• new, I coo show• you tame,
donf�,,ra80Si the . very tint of . the eceise11,
and 1 found (1,1111 nlyselt. 100,"
Still the Colonel did neer answer. 1 l
elught a 41(1,1m> ul. hbn>:'•if ,n to (n1r-
ror op(o t r ted acl.ually i lurbed at.
his own reflcn titin 11 lied had, so he
Norte telling ,hitemlt, setae pretty keen
thrusts in his time I ul never 111lything
hair )u terr;,le r ht, inn,. en(( rilild-
tsh prattle , 1'11*"ty weed 0,1' )10,1 to find
int: in hie armour of mileeettionr,
some 1 ,
and Lo pierce selfishness like as knife.
'Yon would turf. care to le•av) Fern-
leiglh altogether'?" he asked
old be very terrible," said the
It le
led solemnly. "�,or su Wei, perhaps, if
would feel stermow,"boys. But; mother
x1' r, 3
th'
higher,
Till up the chimney roars the filo,
And spreads (around its ruddy g
'lo Make our hearts with joy leap so.
The myriad shadows on the wall
Mame mirthful steps withoutour call,
As through the room the soft warmth
creek?
And frolic, gay its revel keeps.
Here galherod rouud tbe 01(t hearth-
seone
Are us three boys. We're not alone,
For, sitting in her big arm -chair,
Ls menthe¢•—smiling, sweet-faced, fair;
And father, listening to our jokes,
Which we relate through numerous
chokes,
In trying Lo swallow at a round,
The big soft pippins, plump anti. round.
Soon corn is popping o'er the coals,
A snow.•white least for hungry, sends;
And hickory nuts and ubinc.apin
That autumn raids had. gathered in
Are cracking merrily. Then just
brought up
From cellar's depths in foaming •oup,
111 spicy cider, like sparkling wine,
Causing lips to smack and eyes to shine.
Thus speeds away each happy hour,
While howling storms spend all their
power.
Outdoors be vain. With cheer and fun
Our evening's sport its length, has run,
When father says, ",Tis growing late:'
'nun work begins with book and slate,
And problems rack each stubborn brain
Which drowsy grows beneath the
strain.
Soon Slung aside are mental cares,
And clambering up the old back stairs,
We tumble in big feather beds
Like downy seas beneath our beads.
Lulled by the winds with wailing song
To dreamland fair, we're borne along,
Thus ends, unknown to care and harm,
A winter night down on the farm.
under the wet straw roofs. A. barrel;
at water gotec with it to keep the 511•aw
wet all the I hue, The (111 "0x1.9 are kept,
on the 10u2o rt)roughuut 111e night,
from place to pli10 a1' needed, to keep
smoke Lovering nbuv)) the trees till the
Gate the fre,is lasts. `011111imes the
frosty period may last three or four
days, but at seen LIMOS 1110 tempera-
tute usually rises higher in the day,
00 that fires are only needed in the
n(g111, One very great advantage of
having thr fires of sleds or trunks is
this: As the 51120ke rises nod passes
11)10ug11 the wet: material it falls back
of the wagon and the fire being moved
on away from it, it Is heavy and falls
1.11 the ground, where 1L spreads, slowly
througb the °reliant. ft. is stud that
where tin orchard le so treated it will
at daylight present. 1 he appearance of
being eovere(1 with a fog, from the
ground to about twenty feet (above.
!t seems like a big undertaking to have
Lo be on the move all night, but those
on the Pacific coast who have tried
it claimed that it saved their fruit and
left a good profit, the expellte being
less than 0010 percent. of the yahoo of
the crop. The plan seems so entirely
feasible that I ,have been tempted 10
monLion it here, believing it to be of
much value to Many readers.
FEEDING. VALUE Ole APPLES.
APPLE AND PEACH TREES.
I think that le is a mistake to plant
apple among peach trees, for two 0ea-
sons, viz., the apple snit peach do not
require the same methods of cultivation
and fertilization, and with ordinary
orchard management, a few crops or
peaches impoverish the' soil, and the
apple trees beeome stunted and di-
seased, never producing satisfactory
crops. So says W. W. Stevens, in ans-
wer to a correspondent. But slow that
ee. I), M. has his trees started together,
the question follows, What is best to
do ander the circumstances? While I
should not have applied the barnyard
manure on this new and at all, still
Lbo management up to this time isn't
bad. But don't use any more manure!
It isn't the best thing to use for trees
that will soon begin fruiting, neither
Is it the most economical fertilizer even
though it cost nothing but the haul-
ing and handling. The eheapestsource
of nitrogen is clover and cow peas
grown upon tbe orchard, and turned
under at the proper season. Use aci-
dulated phosphate rock ler phosphoric
acid and wood ashes or muriato of pot-
ash far potash. in mixing the acid
phosphate and potash use about four
pounds of the former to oue of the lat-
ter. In applying this mixture use from
000 to 1,200 pounds per acre, thorongh-
lyincorporatng it with the surface soil,
and distributing it evenly all over the
orchard. I would not use less than 110)0
pounds annually, and as mite11 more as
1 felt able to apply. 1 would increase
the application when the orchard begins
to bear. The peach trees will need feed-
ing as well as the apples, and the more
liberally they are led the less will be
Lheir tendenoy to impoverish the soil
and in�luro the apple trees. A great
manhuh: uit growerswould recommend
and Me raw bone instead of the acid
Phosphate, 0md 1 used to think it the
best, source from which to obtain phos-
phoric acid' but experience has taught
me that it becomes available too slow-
ly, to give best profits or results, :the
acid p1108p11at0 that is manufactured
from the Tennessee rock now gives the
highest grade of fertilizer,mndis tobe
preferred. Make tbe application of fer-
tilizer Late in the fall or early s ring,
whichever is most. convenient. When
the peach trees begin to bear, don'tneg-
lect to thin out the fruit, and thereby
save fertility. It requires just as much
mineral plant food to perfect the pit of
the small, knotty unsalable peach as it
does the very finest specimen. And as
soon as any of the peach trues become
diseased or fail to produce vigorous
growth, curt thein out of the way and
allow the space to contribute its avail-
able plant food to the apple. When
chemical manure are relied on to Steep
up the fertility of the orchard let the
eultIvatdan be shallow, and in dry sea-
sons, especially, as frequent as possi-
ble, so as t0 conserve 8011 moisture,
which in needed to give vigorous, heal-
thy foliage, ea well as perfect fruit.
Without the one we cannel have the
other.
We (10 not think enough of the value
of the orchard for feeding its fruits
to the farm animals. Apples are nu-
tritious, and an aid to the good diges-
tion of other food. The mild acid of
them is excellent for the henitb of the
stock end w8 all know haw gratefully
they will receive a teed of them at any
time. For the cows rney are especially
desirable; a peek of them chopped and
sprinkled with meal of any kind, will
help much to add to the flow of milk
of the cows. Horses love this fruit,
and they tend to help in the shedding
of the coat, by their gently laxative
effect, When the selection is made for
the spring planting, a fete of some of
the swept varieties, ripening from the
summer to the winter should not be
forgotten for tilts use. We may begin
with the early Sweet Bough for the
first, then the autumn Sweet Bough
and the old 1'ampkln Sweet, and for
later use there are the Tolman `sweet
and the Winesap, alt productive sols
and unexcelled tor 1111' esu as well as
for market. ^�
A LONG SENTENCE.
Ite(td Itis doom in. the Newspapers, and
N01 tin 151,110 lialered the I:1210g TOMB.(
Wal Reed, the Platte County, Mo.,
farmer who was 80nouced to 99 years
in the penitentiary smut to Jefferson
City axed delivered himself to the War-
den at the Stale Prison, He was sen-
toneed for killing his neighbor, Newton
Winn, in the courtroom ut Platte City.
Rind was out on bond when the Su-
preme Court of the state, decided his
case, affirming the sentence of the low-
er court. Ile read the decision in a
newspteper while in his room at a hotel,
and picking up his valise walked to the
station and started at onoe for the pen-
itentiary. An hour later, when the of-
ficers arrived to 1)108st him, he w'as
independence. L a one, anti the ;upp1Skti0n 31118 that he
1h ul l r ulv spent it you g
And if we ha( a
11011111000e,
ewe s a 1' p
!.now„ 1'11 which foolish not to 5110 had 1eeAm0 a fugitive. R11od is past
flippant spew]) Colonel Sandhurst middle age and will never leave the
:.The arrivallol DIr, heath soon after penitentiary alive.
lief t all, , The two tanners wore neighbours near
ilirur,r was (1 pnsitiva re
:FEB:, _?'G', 1897
vuoettemanwoosieBiBBItrigmeopr
INGENUITY QF CRIMINALS'
SOATE INSTANCES op THE CUNNING
06" LAW BREAKERS,
114(1' pror'MMn'$ nevem;e•--nems• Burglars
[tecrtvea Reenter Salary -The Magician
an
and 3IesnlerIet 111t:rlme-Itemarlutble
SleIgh1-af.110natl Itabhrwr in lhu'i.r.
IIas education diminished erhne 1 In
the opinion of many it has only render-
ed creme less brutal, more careful it1
lis methods, and more amble iu11S in its
aims, says London Pict -Hits. Whether
crime 1'r its detection is getting the
best or it is one of thoso questions,
lido that betweet armor and guns, or
batting and bowling, which are solved
differently every six weeks. At pre5-
out, however, crime stems to stave'got
very muds the better of its pursuer.
Science line allied 11so1! to bothparties.
In the ease of poisoning, undoubtedly
science has cone very touch to the
help of the pursuer.
Not long ego, however, a professor at
Milan obviated the inconveniences or
poison by a new method, which is il-
lustrated every day by the elerlrio
light. tlIaving lured a newly -married.
couple into bis laboratory, one of
(('hoa> w•1111 the lady who had jilted him,
he avenged himself by passing an el-
ectric current llu'ougl thein; and as
there are no signs apparently by
Which death from such causes could be
detected, there still appears a very
good opening for electrical murderers.
The high i:e'nsou electric currents may
still give rise to seine useful accidents,
ir properly arranged traps for the vic-
tims are laid.
THE (.101" 11NAL MACHINES
of Thomas, who insured ships and then
Mew theta up ou the voyage was a
decided advance in crime, which has,
however, never been fully worked out,
though the principle of combining cuni-
nlerce and crime 15 su,t•eptible of great
extension,
'With bank -notes and paper money,
and signatures representing 5111'11 large
SUMS as they do nu'vadays, the (urger
and engraver also have made immense
strides, so tbat in bank -nota printing
there seems to be a perpetual contest
between the Government Bank and the
forger. One has heard of notes being
split, and that the Amerirluls Lave in-
serted a hair in sumo of their mutes to
obviate this little trick,
The burglar now lays his plans, we
are told, with commendable foresight
and strategy. That he is often allow-
ed £300 a year by his patrons the re-
ceiver, and spends six months in ho -
cueing the butler or maid -servants and
studying the neighborhood and making
CA.B.E 01? CALVES.
The hest place for the calves le a
box stall in the barn. Have the stan-
chions placed on one side of the stall
and put each malt in the same place
every time before feeling and they
will soon learn 1.o go there themselves.
Feed milk first, then a small quantity
of oats. In this way they will not
sack. each other. When they have
eaten the oats, let them out and scat-
ter hay in front of them. Always keep
the stall well littered and feed warm
milk, and the calves will keep clean and
look sleek.
it :( (t, nor IN' village of (.,'arson. and 11011 wero
meet. el solemn 4(10(14, mg,, ..wanes.., itnc became enerrl es secer11
meet. t length alone
111111 h :aid he 3, (r1 ago A lawsuit culminated in to
'horn at, length alone trill( the auColth)10l. 1 fight. 11 1110 cettrt.ragm, when lined shot
moan r,1ha11.1( my already
you this+Winn to cleat h. Ian cm -Idled his revel'
to draw
that i goal lelee 01! commeIgkli; one of the, bullets
to dr:nv tb canveya.n('e of 11) lis' gh?,ver at. his enemy,
, of old deeds to Ha, hue, grazing the cheek of the Judge on the
1)11,1 r( lu•11a 1,1 bench.
and in idly turning (grin over 1, frnlnd
.�. i +r r ret." 1 lined reamed Ln spared his :fortain0 111
th , Who I, 1t t defending himicdf and leave his fate-
' \Nh 1J 1 15nnnrsf deeds,rny der.(is?" fly 1 rmnslees. .Ile had 1 hotisaluis of dol-
"Atnr nt t your 0. A.I. the tory lar' I, 1111`. 112711-, when lux was out all
true (tuts ,h ins do was nt(r 1118. hd (o hen'' ^nd Might have linden himself
you, the .:,bug d(en time
tens(. have ill 11 ,,.11;(111 comiery, but refused to go.
been $;ddetn a con iltese ole! ]rarer, \l ha::. I(:' nrrlvcd at. the penitentiary
7112111.,-11111,"endhcontinued the lawyer, be 11 ;ci t he warden his name', 1.0o1C 0110
--gnrtn, hie 04,111(1 1 found sing lel
--gni a.:l sknguhir still--nnl.hin>; less I long, langc,rin5 look (tl the world. and
1 in a 1,,I.ler owblresr,ed to you, and'es';- entered the. living tomb.
1,
eeitte •d a dein 1'r eee,,,1, rola 1.1),
1 ..A I rich. They uarreluel Derr eat affair of
1 i
LESLIE DAY'S VINDICATION.
seutene,() as It Tr,de,u• 10 the Br/ )i.,b Bo)"
ernnu'nt but
!how ?'alalencd.
Leslie Day, for nearly eight years a
resident oC Spokane, '(Wash„ and weeps
along the coast from San Francisco to
Seattle, has started for England, his
native country-
Twelve years ago Day was sentenc-
ed, at Sydney, N. S. W., to death, on
a charge of having given to the Rus-
sians secret information of a treason-
able nature as to English fortifications;
but his mother alter ten years or un-
tiring effort, has secured for Lim vin-
dication of the charge and full and free
pardon. Day's mother was the daugh-
ter of a member of Parliament, and
her son was marked for rank in the
British. foreign service. When a boy he
was token to Russia with her, and re-
mained there some years. On reaching
d, ntly in burs. ('barleswortlt's handwrit-
ing.'
'Yon are romancing," returned. I:he
Colonel quietly, though he was conscious
of a qulette). i:hrobbing 0C 11113 pulses.
'There waS n time when sln0 might: i>ank robbery casel
have written 10 iota bat that is a quay` 1 kleptomaniacs. l`ha ja iLo si. eat on,
a
ter of a century ago; .
NOTHING ;ELSE TO 1)0.
now slid they happen to acquit 1118
resident end c0nviet the janitor in that
PROTECTION )?110M FROST.
The lessee sustained by many trait
growers be. the freezing of flower buds,
which expand on their trees, hate
caused a general inquiry as to the
cheapest and most practical way, if
any, of preventing the injury. It bus
occurred to 1110 to call attention to the
California plan of building fires
through the orchard, to produce a
denee smoke, which raises the dew point
and prevents freozing, eays Joseph
Meehan. This plan has been in opera -
Lion on the Pacific coast for a num-
bed. of years, :Chose who first tried it
were thought to bo visionary retina
but they are not th0ught so nowadays,
as it is too well known that the (tense
smoke produce will prevent the buds
freezing. Tbnee who peewee large or-
chards of fruits which are liable l:o
11131103', Will, without attune doubt, find
the details of the plan of interest. It
had been the cuvtoln (1r those who first
used the+ smoke cure to build fires on
the windwardsic of the orchard
letting the wind drive the. moire
through R. But the. raiment
,Int is to have what, are call -
plans, may be a romance, but is pus-
sible. One thing i$ clear; he selects al-
ways a very fat prize -a newly harried
couple with their wedding gifts or fam-
ous fancily jewels; tend 1 eat he might
as well behung for u *beep as for a
lamb is a maxima that 11e now thorough-
ly recognizes,
Perhaps, however, 0110 of the greatest
fields fur criminal ingenuity in thu fu-
ture is
his majority, sixteen years ago, he
came into much property, and went to
New South Wales. There, through the
influ 'nce of English connections, he
secured contracts for the construction
of the fortifications. While in this
work he was accused of giving the lIus-
sie.n Foreign Office a copy of the plans
of the defence on which he was engag-
ed. Ho was arrested, tried, convict-
ed, and sentenced as a traitor. While
undergoing solitary confinement, pre-
liminary to his expeoted execution, he
escaped and reached a vessel which took
him to Hawaii, and thence finally to
San Francisco,
Since going to the United States an
exile and a marked man, Day has been
one of the worse criminals ou the west
const. He has been the terror of the
puttee in every city from San Diego
north. Ire is la powerful roan, and his
crimes have included almost everything
on the calendar below the capital or-
fcnces. About two years ago he went
to Spokane, and has lived there shire.
Eighteen months ago he joined the
Booth Amc0rican Volunteers, and ever
since has boeu a cbangect man. He ex-
pects to be in England hi about three
weeks.
ed portable smudge fires, the ap-
paratuv to pentium the 811101)8 being
driven to various points of the orchard.
The c0rratrnction of tJn, apparatus is
described as follows, Wire frames are
]guilt 001 fartn truck wagons, of chicken
yard fencing, stretching them from
four wagon 5Lakes, heaping over there standar'vegotabtes, they are brought t0
wet straw or manure. 1110011) is them
thrown, on the wagon Sleds 10 protect mat.ftr.inlg much
is notnom! when
them, and bats of burning tar aro set 1111-ic
ITEMS OF INTEREST,
Thoroughbred colts wore ro0110115
in Lexington, lay„ at §00 a dozen.
The reccpltt,'les for dead children in
Spain are coffins of a pink, blue, or
gray tint, which are carried open to
the, grave.
Young ladies net as ushers in a
church at Carthage, Nle„ and since their
advent the attendance has largely in-
creased, ,
Pour Iter cent, tet the population of
Naples dui annually l,ueousc of 1,11400-
rrishnuoitt of the 1)100(1ca s,d u , by the
leek of rtreat 111 food,
Imitation slates, made of compressed
wood pulp, are used for roofing in Chris-
tiania, Norway. They are made wa-
terproof by a mead( 1>roeess,
An apple tree in the 000110 el of Sam-
uel Reynolds, at. Iassrence( Tian„
spread, els boughs oeer a etrcle once
hundred feet in diameter, The trunk
tw•'Istt feet. 1st circumference.
Tablets said to ' contain the "con -
Nall rated essence or wine, find (a
ready sale ,n France. Two of then(
rust about 71) (•1(1(15 and wilt produce
one hundred quarts of so-called claret,
'TIIE MAGICAL,
It says a great deal fur the good na-
ture of jugglers and professors of leg-
erdemain that they have seldom 11.184
to impose upon the public except in
halls and places where they are expect-
ed to do so. They seem to l,1' like the
nations of the East, who know not their
power, but who, we are told, will over-
run Europe some day, when they know
how to shoot. i\Iedituns have, indeed,
attempted mildly to relieve the public
of money, but they have been so often
seized by the vulgar sceptic that at
present they cannot hope for much suc-
cess. Thl:mble-riggers and three -card -
trick men 110 doubt do a good business,
but the law is hard out them, and. re-
gards them as criminals, and not as
players of games at skill, although the
police -magistrates at present seem tee
waver.
It is the mesmerists, however, who
really stem to have the most self-con-
trol, and to be the greatest benefactors
of mankind. After the wonderful feats
of some of them nuc would expect daily
to hear that the forty fool guards and
their lieutenant, wile nightly guard the
Bank of England have been round flat
on their backs between'iwo (heirs,' or
roaming about under the ixnpreesio 1
that thoy wero waiters, and the whole
reserve in bullion and notes on its
Wily to the Continent; bol, happily,
nothing of the sort occurs, and people
ignore this terrible power.
lu America, 'indeed, lately a 3007111111
triad to get an injunction against a man
whom she said had a
sold
A cutting characterization or the
modern (11)11na was 1ate.iy made by a
British critic in these words( A occident
play contains rut 01011(13 111 Sin, a 1)1(01(1(1
Or sorrow, and (a pint of chestnul'.S."
By using electric lights at night on
!tads of 1611110e:, 110(11;1111'9, 100111110h, and.
A SPELL OV.C11. HER,
and the matter was seriously discussed;
but it is 018 of those quesLiots that
have neve' cropped up here; and, when
it sloes, people will see its magnitude.
That jugglers have, at various times,
made use or sleight-of-hand is clear
from the pollee rocorde.
Afew years ago one worthy suceeed-
ed in broad dayltgltt, by sleight -of. -handl
in walking of! with 110,000!. worth of
diamonds from a jeweller's seep in the
Rue des Capueins, Atter a few 115105-
a0l.lols, be arranged to c01110 and choose
ditimuriele one day for as foreign firth.
Ile spent three hour's in ch008111g them,
The diamonds were wrapped in paper as
he bought then( and handed to him, and
he plat 1.1101n into a little bag on the
c0unler. In reality, he managed to con-
vey little scraps of zinc, done up in
(.issue Impel., into the bag, and the dia-
monds into his pockets. 1I0 then offer-
ed a ch0q1.10, fund 011 its refusal, left
to (:ash it, leaving the bldg in the cast-
ady of the lardy of the shop.
Needless lo soy, he did not rents'((.
The 30)15 diseoverod '1111
1101118 11001)1011081005 after; 1hnotough tiro 110011111
were waohing every movement he
made, alt were devolved. by his sleight-
of-hand, .1f this art. 1((ratne at all poly
(tsar with the (.hieving brigade, la sew-
n' class class of police conjurers wou111lave
to be orgenieed to cope with; them, on
the prinoiple of set a thief to catch a
11)10!..
1115/SIC FOR THE' DEAF.
At a meeting of the 'Loyal 5oeiaty
in Doeember 3rofessoe .kl'(•liendl'iok dc-
soribod a tnolhoti by w111011 IL was pus-
snble to stimulate eleotr1(011y the sen-
sory nerves of the :skin "so that; seine of
rho elmneuts of music—rhythm and in-
t0nstty--might be perceived and even
enjoyed by t..hoso who had become deaf,"
lis