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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1897-6-4, Page 22 ,A DEAD RECKONING. Turning to Crofton as soon as the servant had left the room, she said: "You 'will excess me for a few m0 - mute will you pot? Gerald will be back in a little while, and 1 do so wieb You would stay and meet bim. George",—offering Asim her hand with a sudden gracious impulses"let this afternoon be blotted from the mem- sold', ors- of both of us. You wilt never ws?r �, Aext moment. lira, Brooke started % to me egain, to her fent, "T11er5 be is. 'there is Blah foolish things (Monsieur KarovskY:" she c'riNtl' And there, indeed, he w'as, stan ,fuding st outside the often window, ht e ukv g a cigarette. Perceiving seen, he flung away his cigarette, stee- ped, SIQWIV 1r1r° e room, removed his hatand bowed,th hk eyes, trouble in his voice, as he asked the question, you were "When I told lite that Y out, he said that, with my permtssien, he would snrokm a cigarette in the grounds, while awaiting your return. What u strange almost sinister -look- ing man he 1st How; I wish he bad stayed away 1" Her husband did not reply; be look- ed es if he had not heard what she you?" He took her proffered bend sullenly llen lyy enough. "L have said my with muttered with averted eyes; that be dropped her finger, and turn- ed away. A pained expression flitted over her CI1AIrTFii HI. %ace as she. looked at bim• "You ill yoll 1 u j When George Crouton informed long �1•ait here till I come bark, Brooke that it was while riding- and then, without the roast outside the park palings be not waiting she said, quitted the had seen her husband leaving the waiting fur an answer, she q house, he stated no more than the xoom. truth; but one little point he Led not With hie hands behind his back, seen fit to mention—that he himself was els eyes beat on the groundGeorge 6e not alone at the time. When he had Crofton paced the room once or twice recovered his eoustrona sin, he had sant toahmise rise Cro speaking handsome in silence. Thea he said, when compulsion—an extremely aloud, as he hada trick of doh gw,o en Young person in a ridinhabit that alone: "'It is a Ile to saY fitted her like a glove: "Let ustput y saying membered that there's s c14I 1 boubt never have learned to love bm t She the pace on a bit, Steph. I've T re - may try to deceive horse me Had to make while I'm in this n g h d' TEE BRUSSELS hint out of doors and made te fresh will in favour of his other nephew,D' 1r. Ger- alk Brooke—he who now lives at the Towers—wvhlle Mester George hnd to content bineeelf with a legacy 0f five CJtowsaud pounds, And there was Miss Danby—tiro late vicar's daughter^- whonr everybody thought etaster George would ne:trey ; butt she, too, turned against him, and 'married ills cousin, so• that he, lost both 111s inher- itance and his wife. • And does this lady, whorl Mr.Crof- tan was to slave married live at the place, you call the Tower's?" netted Sle- ,phan:e. Certainly, miss, Sim is mistress there; and a very beautiful lady she D" 11 is her o1•liom 110 1150 gone to see," said Stephanie to herself." He pretends that Inc loves ms, but he mama forget her. Sothis is your secret, cher George! 1 shalt know luny Lo snake tiro OC it when the time comes." Suddenly an started and half rose front her sent, .ler eyes had Pestle caught by something, outside the w�in- dow. She turned. quickly on Airs,' ire vis. "That child—where does he come Loom? Who is he?" Tho landlady's gats followed hers through the window, ' Do you mean Lbnt little fellow on (Inc grassPlat 'who to throwing crumbs to the birds'? He's a ialountebank's son, aS yen may sae by his dress. His father is having :note bread -and -cheese in the kitchen. West a shame it is that such a dear little mite should have to earn leis living by turning head over heels in the streets: For several moments Stephanie stood. motionless ber eyes fixed on, the child. Then, wvitheet turning har heed, sle said: ' Tbaok you. 1 require nothing more at present'.. , When I do I will ring." The tones m which the words were spoken conveyed more titan, the so; but e1e cannot deceive oo ulled up not my -to lhaveou© otue between us,she would n mine. Not only has I land no rival but him. N he robbed me of the woman 1 loved, but al this old house and all this fair domain which would all have been MY own, bad he not come between ray un- cle and me, and made the old in bitterness against me bitterer stilt. "Oh," he excla:ivred bitterly, "I bave every reason for loving my dear cou- sin Gerald I" the Presently he caught sight iert of hung miniature of hie or cout. sin, likeness 1" Inc above the davenp exclaimed, ".she original is not to xh for her; she must have thithe took the on when he is not by." miniature o ithe nail on which it think and scanned 11 frowningly• that only this man's lite stands beon- tween me and fortune—only Wel" Iiia said. "WereGerald Brooke to die without heirs, I—even 1his M1louls graceless scamp of a cousin— come into possession of Beeehely Tow- ers and six thousand a year I Only this one life 1" He let the miniature drop on the hearth, and then ground it to fragments under his heel. "1t I could but serve the original as 1 serve this!" he muttered. f dis- tant sound of the shuttingo- a a dis- tant door startled him. He trot hands to his forehead for a moment as though awaking from a confused Cream; then he sighed deephlY eine Look. lap his hat, gloves and whip. Clarabut we shall meet again.' be A few minutes later they p POST, T lE FARM. FOUND BY EXPLORATION. Al A81lrine Cremad Plan of Palestine amu .iernsale,n 11131overe4 at Madasa, In Aerate A.4 the Lust nleetirg of the Trench Academy D2, Heron de S'illefosse com- municated the new% of the discovery of an ar(tiesne mecral0 of the llighe,st in- terest at lvlhdaba, to the east of the River Jordan, by the Rev. Father 11100 - pas, Secretary to' the Greek Patriarch Of Jerusalem, The mosaic is remark- able as presenting a map of Pales- tine and a part of l;gypt. the scenes of the events recorded in the Bible. It is executed with so much truthfulness and accuracy that natives themselves were able to identify same of the de- pleted places. Mountains, rivers, and towns aro re- presented, and their names are given in Greek. Scone picturesque details have been added by the artist, such as trees of various species, fishes swim- ming' in the -Nile and the Jordan, boats CARS OF WOIUC 11011SGCS• Many details must be observed in the earn of the home at Work. Al; tate semen, with the approach of 0larnewee-' Cher, (1uo11 5ltentlon hurt be given to keeling the animal's coat In good con- dition. The pores QC the skin must tae kept open for the escape of perspira- tion, an11 fox tweearam-41S sake the dust must be brushed cut of the coat thoroughly, .tinder too cuUat's and under the buck -baud, after 0. warm day, the chaffed skin should be cool- ed With water, so ns to allay any fev- erish tendency. Whore conditions tate favorable for it, eller warm weletbe.r is mune to stay, it is a good. plan 10 wash out the coat during the hot weal.hee every week or so. Craze must be exareiseet in this bathing process, however, and the horse shotold be exercised moderately' after t•ha washing to avoid tl1 e1>ossibllity of the washing to avoid the possibility of cold. As a rule, where the horse is worked in the field a glood share of the time, its shoes should be removed, nuc. the hoofs should be kept pared med.eridely and trimmed at the edges to avoid breaking. It should be remembered that the horse becomes thirsty in warm weather as 951111 as man. It his master re- quires tenter to allay his thirst every hour, the horse should be offered the same comfort at least once between meals. It may be observed here that water which has been deoevn for an hl Arms a country tavern words themselves Mrs. Purvr at the Beee ey like n peacock, shook Lor cap -ribbons, only a few hundred yards park.tHee audmarched outs of the room, slamming the beak entrance to the park. Hera Mr. CioCton been violence y � b and by the time he bad assisted his There bad b well 1>nown in days one y ; , bad desmounted, and a 1. ire were two doors to the room, companion to alight, the buxom land- one by which the landlady had made lady, all smiles and cap -ribbons, had her exit, and another wvllieb led into come to the door to greet bine. the garden. This second door Steph- "Why, Master George, it's never you ante now opened, and at the sound the sure-ly," she said, " It seems like old boy raised his eyes. She beckoned to times come back to see you riding up him, and he came forward. It may be just as you used to do," that• he bad visions of more fruit and ' Then you have not quite forgotten sugared biscuits. me, 1\115. Purvis," he said, as he shook Stephanie drew hien a little way into hands with the landlady with that aro rho roam, and going downil? n one lrnee of easy affability which 7 she passed an arm round s wast. It well how to assume. I don't wish to .Vas evident that she was full of sup - flatter you, but, on my honour, You pressed emotion. The conversation that lick youeifer every time L see you.; signed. was carried on In French, The lanulady smirked and blushed, Tell me your name, cohort." and said: "Get along with you, de, "" Henri Picot, mademoiselle." Sir ; " and then lad the way to her best She bad known what the answer parlour, an old-fashioned, low-ceilinged would. be; but for a moment or two room, with a diamond -paned window', her lips blanched, while she murmured and a broad, cushioned, window -seat. something the boy could not hear. George ordered some sherry and bis- ' And your father?" she said at last. cults to be brought; and as soon as "He is here, indoors. Poor papa was the landlady had lett the room he said tired; he Le resting himself." to his companion; 1 shall have to "Does your papa treat you kindly, leaveyou for halt -an -hour, Stepb, to Henrii?'roy stared at her.—"Papa al - shallmake he call I spoke of just now I shall Inc sure not to be gone longer. ways treats me kindly. Why should he You won't mind, will you?" nOtAnd your mamma?"' said Stepban- Mademoiselle Stephanie made a little ie 'wvitli bated breath. moue. " I suppose you will go whether I mind or not; she said. Henri shook his head. "I have no L must go," Inc replied. "11 is a mamma," he answered with a ring of matter of extreme importance." childish pathos in his voice. 'She hes " in that case there is nothing more gone a long, long journey, and no one to ishe she added; IOnlyire- • knows when hlikeshe mewill talk about heome back. r— member, A. moment later she w It makes him so sad. But sometimes I member, tt you are away much longer than half -an -hour, 'tartar and I will see her n my sleep, and then she looks go back home by ourselves, and leave beautiful and smiles at me. Some day, you to follow at your leisure. perhaps, she will come lack t0 papa George Crofton 'laughed, "Never fear, and me." carissiina;, I won't fail to Inc back to She kissed him passionately, to the time. Besides, our dinner will be wait- boy's wonderment. Then with a hall- ing for les three miles farther on. Did sob in her voice, she said: "But you I tell you that I had ordered it by tele- have a sister, have you not?" graph before leaving town?" Henri's large eyes grew larger, "No; ' There's one thing neitherr you nor I have no sister, he answered with a. I must forget," she answered, and that sh"But you ake of hishead. one encu, had you not? is, that I'm due at the cirque a nee Does your papa never speak of her?' never to the minute. Signor of there "No; never. I had a mamma, but I never forgives any one who is not there never had a sister." to time:' At this juncture Mrs, Purvis ea me led For mface n othowwle111111 Stephanie hshoe lduilr. in with the wine and biscuits g Wbat tboughts, what memories of the osherry y; and t a couple goglasses g of sherry; and Plzen, atter giving a past, rushed through her brain, as rho few instructions with regard to the dud se. " Cast off and forgotten was bnrses, and reiterating his promise not the mournful cry wrung to be gone more than half an bout, heart." Inc went. Suddenly a voice outside was heard Mademoiselle Stephanie 'Leverage calling, "Henri, Henri, on es tug" was a very pretty woman—a .act of followed by a note or two on the pipes which she was perfectly cognisant, as and 14 I � calling dr I must go," said m. most pretty women are. She had a profusion of light silky hair, land large the boy. steel -gray eyes tbatwere lacking neith- Slifting him startede to r feet, and er in fire nor audacity, Her lips werey tbin and rather finely curved; but her whwiilmcllyow914111 and pressed again. T honey into chin was almost too massive to be n d proportion with the rest of her lea- - his bnner cl andard. turnHenred ttway without an - tures. Her figure was well -nig 1 feet; and as she was eared nn itlhe Row shall nevee is gone—gone—and see h m eagain I n She sank vithon, sac never un without having a hundred red tongues her the window -seal, Her asking . her, and a ht asking eagerly who she hese. In case would frame n0 longer suppresseith the d Lbat the ,it reader sbould ell the samethat toes - tion, it may Its as well to state that D7 a- Five minutes later George Croxton demoiselle Lagrange was a prominentti Oentered. thein nkter For 0 10enteconds member of the celebrated Ve❑ n cur troupe, on whose posters and pia- going forward, he laic. et hand on i:be cards she was designated in large let- girl's st —why,houlder. amiss?" As he seed, "Stell tees e„ " Queen or the Mattie Beole,' spoke his Whether Mademoiselle Lagrange was eyes• rested fora moment on Picot and of French or English extraction eras Henri, w110 were crossing the grass -plat to moot -point with several of those who band in hand. knew her best, seeing that she spoken ?No Be Continued.) both languages equally well, Some there were who averred that she spoke CUT FLOWERS IN HOSPITALS. English with a slight lerench accent, and French with a slight :English se- -- cent; but be that as It may, no ono Why the .istie Anes orthe'lainden 11:111,1• knew' from ber own lips where she was tions Have Prohibited 'chem. born or of what. nationality her parents An deiOL• las gone torch against the bad been, As soon as she w'as left alone, Sbeph- Introduction of cut flowers into the one anis took off her hat and veil and seat- hundred and forty-seven public hos- ed barself on the window -seat, from Vitals of the British metropolis, This whence she could look into a strip of ofd-feslrionecl garden at the hack of the may at first sight appear an arl>itrury tavern. res she nibbled at a biscuit and and cruel measure, the door behind her with unnecessary said aloud. Vital that be Put on his hat and buttoned his coat and walked slowly out by the way he had come, Two minutes later Mrs. llrooke re- entered the room. She looked round in surprise, "George gone' 1" she said to herself. "Why did be not wait and see Gerald?" She crossed to the win- dow ndow and looked out. "Yes; there he goes striding through the grass, and rin le oC evidently not in the m ,Iaumotfrs. How strangely he has al- tered during the last three or four years; how different he is nolo from what he used to be when we were playmates together I Ifhe had but some profession—something to occupy his mind—he would he tar happier than he is. But George is not one to lave work of any kind." With that Clara looked at her watch and dismiss- ed ]ylr, Crofton from ber thoughts. "1 wish Gerald were back. What can that strange Monsieur ISarovsky want -with him? What can be the business of importance that has,sfortune brought him if some Wee iimpendine 1 1 as happiness as mine i gs too perteet to last." She was crossing the room in searcb of a book, wage her oyf°the miniature attract- ed n ty the fragments on the hearth. She wvas on her knees in a moment. "What is this?" she cried. "Gerald's likeness, and trod- den under foot! What a mean and gaitre revenge! It istBleeret ianrr erait r- piti gave me before wvV could never like another as I liked ibis one. Oh how mean 1 Gerald must Vol; know—at least not for the pre - ;sent. Tears of mingled angerand sorrow.etood in her eyes as she picked up the 'fragment% dad locked them away in ber desk. She had scarcely accomplished this when she heard .ler dnusband's footsteps. She hastily brushed her tears away and turned to greet Lim with a smile. "And this is what you call being half -an -hour him 1" S11)kissed heras h0 drew tier I o "Von Rosenberg and I were busy talking. We had got half way through the wood before I called to mind where I 'VMS." He sat down and fanned him- self wrtb• his soft felt hat. Ile tells lls me," went on Gerald. taken Beaulieu for twelve months— furnished, of course—so that we are likely to be neighbours for some time to corns." "He must; find English, country -life very tame and unexciting after being used to ]3erliadd to Paris also. S You mayOme years ago he was tnahed to the Ger- man er man Bmbassy *ere."must " To live as he Ls now living ereeen like exile to, each a man. "I am, afraid cit is little better. is 3 tt the whisper g for a time—that he has contrived in some way to luaus thand i displeasure of of the powvers thate ve lass been given him to travel for the benefit of his health. Poor Baron 1 Let as hope that his eclipse will only be as temporary e o norm . By-tl>e-bye, tbere , s else to see you white you have been out." "And 08700011 this the seclusion of the country "Some Russian or Polido ncq at n (Winne whom you probably met !abroad: ?„ 1 t A,�,h� l tet nn oral fear arovsew is breath Gerald Brooke drew in' h , with a gasp, ll arovsky—and Bevel' "Ile says that he has important bust - flees to see Yet upon. lie is one of the fe ww'meu whose 1Vherex s 1 ol" 'T3tere°wee t to See in hone or two will quench thirst requir- ing but a moderate amount icorthe pur'pos5. It is usually the safer policy for beth man and beast, when were thiusty, to satisfy the (raving bvith (':tear water from the well that has been drawn for an house are a rule. The stock horses, that are .;;razingg it will be observed, seldom drink from the bubbling spring to which they may hem tweeze, If there is a pool of clear water that is slightly warmer. This suggestion is on the theory that the ,1reuterre is not liable to drink too much, if this precaution is observed. It should. be clear to everyone that there is danger or swallowing too much liquid) during the heated season. ;1'be most obeea•ving norsemen as a rule, we believe, have room to ,the conclusion that water should be given. just before feeding. .Except in emer- gen01e,5, no water sbould then be give en after this for two boors. Except during the four beetc,dt 511.euter LOothe there t,% little danger of any suffering if the horse is allowed all it wishes to drinkjust before taking its =mistier day. Extended comment has been go' - en Imre on the subject of water, for the reason that many of the ills during the working season arise from one or the other extremes in furnishing drink to the horse. During the next two months of heavy work, if possible, the tcanrs should have sound oats or barley as a ,Principal grain fools. A mixture by weight of one part oil meal or two parts instead of the oil meal of wheat bran, with four parts of cora SO4. eight parts of oats or barley, makes a very good combination, i1 the grain is gmoond in - Lo a meal it should be mixed ww-1L1 chop- ped hay or chopped straw and 11 damp- ened a little all the better, 'before Leading. 1t is not advisable es a rule, to allow the horse to devour the clear ureal. The saliva will be ,permitted to act with better effect if this .precau- tion is observed. IL thea hay used is very ripe and brittle, it is especially needful that a little oil meal or bran should be %led in the food. in case the hay was harvested in rare condition, it will exercise a laxative effect in digestion, and displace the oil meal or bran in the combination. .The feeder must be on the alert con tinually to counteract the results of exceptional conditions. The more he knows of symptoms of disease, the more fortunate Inc is, • sailing on the Head Sea, etc. The towns aro indicated by small buildings like those seen ou the 1?entinger's map. Each city is ideatitied by. II.% characteristics. Here are the obelisks of Ascalon, the elliptical shaped rigors of Lydia,. the crest -like fountain of Fleutheroplois, and the main street of Gaza leading to a i u silica. Herodotus mentions Gaza as scarcely inferior to size, to Sardis, THE CAPITAL OT LYDIA. Among the cities represented, the most jetcresting, of course, is Jerusa- lem. The artist has taken special ogre .a delineating all the details of this picture. Here we see clearly 511arae- terized the etronghold of Kerasb, the fortifications of e'hic11 ore standing aboye precipitous rocks, and the Church- es or St. John the Baptist, St. Zacharias, 5t. Victor, and St. Philip. The In- scriptions, which aro perfectly legible, have been copied by two Dominican SHE LATE CABLE NEW, OFFICIAL CELEBRATION 01' THE. QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY. 'Pita 191%100a/W11 410 tee inmate Heller l+auQ .-'role Ler lte•Artelttg *be aurorae Arid key -- 3. Hnks*ul Attlee( Wasted 1" Murder lac 4'rnr. ere despatch, 1rm) 16clndon sure: -••The official celebration, of the Queen's birth- day was observed in Landon with the usual closing of the courts, and. Govern- ment offices, 111e ringing of 'church bells, a display of Thugs, artillery sa- lutes, and (Inc ceremony of trooping the colors en the Hense; CI unrds' parade in which the colonial troops nolo in landau took part. Although the ceremony was somewhat marred by rain, it Ives witnessed by the 0Rnall throngs of people. Tho New Soath Wales, Indian, and other detachments or colonial troops present attracted considerable (attention, The Royal fancily was largely represented at the trooping of the color's. The ceremony was unusually imposing. The Prince of Wiles leas attended by the Duke of York, (Inc Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Connaught, Prince Christian of ,Schleswig-Holstein, Lord Wolseley, tlae Commander -in -Chief of the forces, and a large and b211111ant staff, fowled- ing an .Lathan aide-de-camp, The Prince was received with a .loyal sa- lute, wheel was given by the Grenw' Bier Guards, the Coldslrmen Guards, the Scots Greys, Second life Guards, and the colonial troops. The Princess or Wales, the 1Ait.'hess of Albany, the the, !Ging and Queen of le'urtemberg, Prince and Princess Charles of Den- mark, the Diut'hess of fife, the Duchess of Connaught, and oilers, witnessed the: ceremony from lite Commander -in - Chief's roam in the tiorse Guards' Fathers or the School of Biblical Similes aL J'ernsalera—the Rev. F. Vincient and the Rev, le. Lagrange—wno give a nom - plate diserintioe of the mosaic, map. Besides geographical 'details, this antique mat) indicates the names and situations of the tribes, Sonne of the descriptions are quite elaborate, pre- senting, a record of facts mentioned eitber In the 01d 'Testament or in the Gospels- °there are even more 05- piamalory in their geographical de- tails; for instance: "Gerona, formerly royal city of the Pbilistiees, and front- ier of she Chananeans toward .the south:' The Rev, I', Lagrange points out the close similitude between these inscrip- tions and the information given le, Fusebius's Ortomasticon. In still others, however, the artist has retained his own originality or conception. This mosaic map was discovered while workmen were eegaged in laying the foundations of a. Greek church, and was found in the sdtstruclure of a primi- tive basilica. Unfortunately only a pert of sipped her sherry 5teph was by no on inquiry it is ascertained) that the means averse to a glass of good wino ob °„tions are duo mainly to the fact —she soliloquised, halt aloud: 'Why i " boa my good friend. George left me, that the water in which tbeiethey tr'eshe and whq is taw person he has gone placed in order to retain g to see -is'h hien, cher monsieur, there noes rapidly terming. rutsand au tun ngend n - appear to 1>e cerium secrets in your life tiers nncr0tr ever stricken anal anaemia of which I. know nothing. 1t must bo an1on9 thd. L my business to feud. out 9(11111 they are. patients or the wi'tls l moat n ver - f like to have sweets of my owe, but able field . growth i. don't like other people to have see- elf courses, is draw cit eo i1(1 110 roue- refs ou - rets from me."died by to the At (his point, in came hustling DM.rs, or twice e day, anti by the ref sal to Purvis, ostensibly 10 inquire whether hermit any cut flowers real n to the laxly was in need of: anything, but it room u Y in reality to sonify in some measure twelve hours. But etUe ap°o',cnce hiet. regulated of host the cravings oC her curiosity. She found that even, in DT.n.demoiselle Stephania by no means pile's, il a rate 'where strict, discipline i ee ismost disinclined for n little gossip Y ely when site canoe to ilium; over the inter- impnssib.o to inture the sickfrom this view afterwards, she discovered than danger arising was she who had answered all th young lady's questions, but that the young lady had answered few or none of .hors. Yes; elle had known Master George Prom quite a Loy, 1Vllrs. Purvis -vent• on to say, gratified) at findingr a lis- tener 50 ready to her hnnd. I1e, had boon brought up at the Towers --the great house in file park there—and ev- erybody thought he would be hie un- ele's heir. But as he grew up Inc fell Into bad, ways, and all snorts of tales wens told about fns extravagance and dissipation; and no doubt he wee made out At length he of i. tgentleman ture(1 THE ORIGINAL DIAP has been preserved. It must have ex- tended the entire length of tbs primi- tive church from north to south, bat us to holy far eastward and westward has not yet been determined. The church was constructed according to the rules of those times, and the map was L~id so that the alums could be read while proceeding upward from the eet1ance to the altar, east being at the apex, as north is noel on our maps. At a short distaaoe from this church the Rev. 1. lileopas discovered another inscription relating to repairs executed by a ceitern et the time of Justinian. To this same epoch is attributable the importacnt mosaic map, and also still another, bearing a long Greek native inscriptioen, which had been previously discovered to this same town of Dfad- aba, inside of another Christian basilica, To this date also belongs the celebrated =sale of Muter -Hiram, discovered by Ernest Henan, who sent it to the Lou- vre et the time of his scfonitfic mis- sion' in Syria. A smaller mosaic found in one of the chapels south of the basilica, has a close analogy with this last. Here, also, ca,n be seen, among scrolls and festoons of foliage, a man pulling a donkey, a gesell, and birds cooing at each other. On the map the artist has represented, in the plain north of the Dead Sea, two running animals, whose. workmanship su gests the design em- ployed in Iiabr Rtram mosaic scenes. The date of this work is attributed to the great period of renaissance in art at the time of Justinian, whose traces are noticeable all through the Levant. In the history of this early Christian art Syria, es Rearm remarked, bolds the toreruost rank La the importance of its reamers. building. Lord ltndstoe.k, secretory of the So- ciety for the Christian Succour of In - din, bas received ,o letter from the Rev. .1. -O. Denning, an American clergy - nein at. Niarsinghettr, relative to the dishonesty and imonepelence of the natives 311110 are ndeninistering the fam- ine fund. Mr. Denning say's that, ow- ing to the action of the Illeuloo mem- bers of the local districtcommiitee•,not. a single halfpenny has reached the pour Dimities. He adds that the members of this committee opposed ell relief of children, on the ground that the only orphanage is CJhrielett, and that to help the children w•b!eild be helping the Christians. - tie sheep drop in the Ilarnato group of $out.h Afriet n securities was ocea- sioned on \Veclnestley by a desilatoll from Cape Townstaiing that Barney Barnato 3vas suffering from nervous prost.rnl'ian, let eh had compelled his friends to ,taus hint under restraint, The .London re;presenlaative of Barnette however, announ:•ed Inter in the day thae he had received a cable despatch, stating that. Marmite was suffering from a slight attack Of Cape fever. but it was added that his condition :carts not serious. The German Mei/amity on 13'ednes- slhy ad09111d a credit of 30,000,000 nturks for tee. purpose of rearming the Ger- man artillery with Improved field pieces herr Richter, elle 1Radieal lead-' er, sand Ivls party was willing to natl% for tluat purpese.three times es much sus this rejected handl 'budget adding:— "We know.. well'llhat in the matter of ertlle.ry what: to spared .in iron we miglhll pettier; have io make up in blood " Irl ?emeng• artisan has been arrested in the park of 't'eareloe-Selo, seventeen miles soullh of St, Petersburg, where tubs. summer residence of the Emperor tY locaiecle with n dagger met a revol- ver int his possession. The prisoner said lee wanted 50 mus•der the Czar, becmne famous, mail be 10211ge40 like ether "here 'Ates," , , 1 , , , 1 , , re. CLOVER DISEASE. In his report presented to the coun- cil of the Royal Agrioullaursi Society at their last meeting i(1Lr. Carruthers mentions that a gortion of a field in Kent head been eahli in August lust with :lrifol,uur ina1rn.atum. sue plant began to show signs oz: railing about Christmas. Several large patches show- ed themselves, especially in a part of the field winch had been sown with a late red. variety. The early red and the late white metre less injured.. Some of the injured plants were sent to him, and be tumid that they had been de- stroyed by Solerotinia tri(oliorum, a fungus that had not hitherto been known in Britain, though well known In Denmark and disoave:ed also int he United States, Acoor'diaq to London harm and 'Louie, this fungus forms small musses of resting mycelium or sclerotia like those of. ergot.,, from-tele/eadn iu a time one or more minute stalk- eel heads beetling isporesare produtese. The plant is 1LLauked. n the tlnstiu- stance In the green leaves, and then the ruegus makes its way Chrctugll the plant. Ile found three or tour sclerotia Iu some roots. M1 the oell'uler tissue had been dissolved by the fluid given off by the mycelium ands then consum- ed., leaving nothing of the root except the skin and the woody beadle in the oeutor. The root was consequently un- able to convey nutriment to the ;plant. As this may proles a serious cneenrtty i to clovesw 11; t spreads in the country, the consulting bolanist urged the farm- er to ,plough inthe crop and to avoid Movers in the field for many years 10 co11101., Cie was of the opinion that the fungus had been ineeneut:ed by seed imported. from abroad. SITUATIONS FOR BLACKBERRIES Blackberries will generaty do welt on low land, if winter prottetion is given;, but i1 the hardy varieties are used witl- out protection, high land shoeldl be chosen. The 8011 should. be neither the light satin. nor heaviest May, 1n for - fleeing bear in mind. that ground rich in pettish and. pbospherie i id slakes ' 1 from neglect r etrong,.firm wood, anti greatly aids seemitten, retinenes, while 11het exrlessieely rloh Chen, too, the elete 01 the he crs to nitrogen makes the wood soft end is in only d cases the vaDi us p to sick, euceuleut and easily -winter Jellied; oNotnion only dl their vinous perfumes tx- nervean injurious influence upon 110, 'saved'forlthe lhla41o1>o Pry yiatchhl.H.aving, nerves and upon the brains of the p( hitt also upon their throats, As- our ground deeply wo ws aboocut eight hit fest oil- cord.ng to the most eminent 1 ate S(1 Oast end wsix`tinche.s belt, ser plants Mores,sicll as Dr. Ifau.14, s, the . „e,1 p 1 MaJ-onvin and others, the flow- about three feet atparL',aLalCan�grOarC M is 1 ed they Morel ors whiola lvava rho wore') ropuUatiun iu to, h L callli roots, lru6 covet t1>t(t1 alt be story he told VMS tUalinnt Iwoman this eliotrL aro the violet the rose with INNOCENT OF THE CRIME. Sentenced ler Three %'ones roe the Crinis 0 Another. A couple of days ago a startling story crime to light in the Montreal jell which will, in all prohe1ilay, even- tually lead. to the release or one J. imager 1Insso, who is at; presentservr ing y term of three years' imprison- ment in the St. Vincent die Paul r„inni- tentiary on a charges of robbery. It appears that on the evening of Oct, 30 last the shoe store occu,piod by Lir. Azalea Fontaine was entered by burg - A BOY HERO. • Saved the L1ves or the Men e,1 World Willi 11Lu in a :Michigan Nine. With a box containing 1wen typounds of dynamite on tem ton feet away' from him, John Thomas, a boy who runs a compressed air hoisting engine intoe Tamarack Mine, Houghton, Mieb., stuck to his post and saved the lives of the men at work. in the mine by lies won- derful bravexy. Ten' seconds atter Thomas had hoisted the men to the level the dynamite exploded, smash- ing the engine to eneee0 and doing other damage, hat the men and the boy, to whom they owe their livss,ware In a place of safety. The minorswork- ing in the twenty-third level had put seven cases o (dynamite in a box for futtere us0. At noon a miner, 1Ml0ln- panted by Thomas, went to the box and found it on fire. Thomas went to his past, gave the alarm to the rui11018 in ilia level below and run his engine until he had hoisted them out. He then fled. The alarm of fire mused grii11jut 1 int6her usllutonresell yliere gl from a death of from three to four thousand feet, ions and a quantity or ga.ods was stolen. se few days afterwards, one J. Lodger• Masse was earrested while in the set of disposing of et pair or shone which were attorwarrlla identified by Mr, Fontaine 0s part of leis stolen quo- party. Masse was arraigned, in The Police Court, accused, of the robbery and, committee to the Cowie of Queen's .13encll. On Nov. 14 he stead his trial betore Mr•, J"vstlee 0u1met and. the jury 10111101 him guilty of the change, "itis donor sent him to the pen'ltontiey tow three years. A few clays ago, Jean Ti, Pepin and trtlrur Archambault both prisoners in ,the) Montreal. jail, overheard one Octavo Cyrille, another" prisoner, elate that it was be who eoirrmitted the'Pon- taine shoe store robbery in 'October last, end. not Meese, and he was 'glad that ,the latter was serviette rho time which be :hotbed have stone, This was communicated to Governor Vallee and a thorough investigation of the affair is 1:101rtlrg place, Masse was: found 19111:sty by' the Se y on eitcumstivntlal 6511'ence eel& ° of as he gins to `want, Ter .intro e, the gardenia and the ince and Aa"m the Boll, an Qtt111nitevaso named Incl given 1 hesluoos the heliotrope,Perfume of diose flowers shallow the same c10,Y of setting, the loft five small he OVrtn Iii ,lsa the mignonette. taros a species of paresis of the the wales May drawit its acriittical Ener went to the I>enitent>iney and he hail Prot ; constrictor a broh of the glottis, an(1' Priam anti •cultsh,i P (14(314 1( neve-r been iia jail before. 1 ,t d 1 d spasm of the broneb al tulle. 1017„ 1 •1, , 1. t. i ,kl_i ..l ;$.i_ GLADSTON:I"t 10 BS IKNIGH'TTED. In addition to the earlclamt which, is accordance with arrangements al- ready needs, the Qusen is to confer up- on 11ir, 0111dstona's youthful grandson, the real owner of Hn.warclen Cceetle—of which his grandparents are only life tenants—it is asserted. that H'er Ma- jesty, will further signalize the sixtieth apnnevcrsary of her succession to the crown by appointleg the grand old man to Knight of tee Garter. Mr. Glad- stone has tml;il nolo aefused all titular honors on the ground that he -wishes to nanite�wa1 dl as pa geeat Commoners own ELECTRIC 331,EACIIING Olt' TEETH. The application tut electricity Ie,% been eminently sercessfui for the bleaching of teeth. After tieing the nerve canal to bite usual manner, the cavity is excavated tied filled with cot- ton saturated with the bleaching se- lntton, 1111,e positive pole is eonnoot- ed welt, the cotton in the cavity, area the negative to rho wrist, and the cur- rent is allowed to comae foe twent91 or thirty minutes according to the tlensity of the stain, 'Tltte p1oeess to painters and most effective. , , ,