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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1897-6-11, Page 22 A DEAD RECKOMNG, ' CEtelle3ER IV. "Pardon. I hope I do not intrude?" said M. Iiarovsky, addressing himself to Mrs. Brooke with the suave assur- ance of a• thorough man of the. world. "I saw through the window that 11r. Brooke had returned, and as ray time here is limited—ma void." Thee ad- vancing a few steps and holding out his hand to Gerald, be added: "11 ]y five years, mon amt, since we last meet. Confess now, 1 aux 011 of he last to en see in the world tt'bom Y here?" re "You are indeed, huroeske,'. sponded Gerald as he should hevisit t ye proffered hand, but with nogreat lung lee cordiality —"'hero you beeu fin England?" "Not long. I ani a bird lot p10 „11110' I come and go, and obey the ere that aro given me. That is all." "My wife, ears. Brooke. slut you have seen her already.—Clare, Mon- sieur KarovekY is a gentleman wwbose acquaintance I had the honor of mak- ing during the time 1 was living abroad." "May we hope to bare a pleasure to of Monsieur Karovsky'' dinner?" asked Clara in her most grac- ious manner, while at the same 11 Me hoping in her heart that. the iuvita- tion would not be accepted. "Mere), madame," responded the Itus- sian, for such be was. "1'should be de- lighted, of the occasion admitted of it; but, as I said before, my time is limited. I must leave Load= by the night -mail. I am due in Paris at ten o'clock to -morrow." "For the present, then, I must ask you to excuse me," said Clara. Karovsky hastened to open the door for her, and bowed low as she swept out of the room. • "'ibat man is the bearer of i11 news, and Gerald knows it," was the young wife's unspoken thought as she left the two together. M. Karovsky was a tall, well-built man, to all appearance solos few years over thirty in point of age. His short black hair was parted carefully down the middle; his Meek eyes were at once piercing and brilliant; he bad a long and rather thin face, a longish nose, a mobile and flexible mouth, and a par- ticularly fine arrangement of teeth. He wore neither beard nor moustache, and his complexion had the faint yel- low tint of antique ivory. He was not especially 'handsome; but there was something striking and out of the com- mon in his appearance, so that people who were introduced to him casually in society wanted to know more about elm. An enigma is not without ire Bttractions for many people, and Kar- ovsky had the air of being one whether }e was so in reality or not. Ile was a born linguist, as so many of his 0000-, trymen are, and spoke the chief Europ- ean languages with almost equal flu- ency and equal purity of accent. "Fortune has been kind to you, my friend, in finding for you so charming a, wife," he said, as he lounged across the room with his hands in his pockets, after closing the door behind plrs Brooke. "But Fortune has been kind "I have," The man was evidently ill at ease. He rose, crossed to the chimney -piece, took up one or two curios, and examined them through his eyeglass, then went back and resum- ed his seat, 'Gerald Brooke," he eon- tinued, "Dight yearsago, on a (Tr - thin winter evening, in 0certain un- derground room in Warsaw, and be- fore some half -dozers men whose faces you, were not permitted to see, You, of your own free-will, took the solemn oath which affiliated you to that great Cause for the lorthorance of which thousands of others have given their fortunes, their lives, their all. from that day till this y out have beenit pas- sive brother of the Society ; nothing has been demanded at your hands; and you might almost be excused if tbe events of that winter night bad come at length to seem to you little more than a half - remembered dream. That you have not been called before now is no proof that you have been overlooked or for- gotten, but simply that your services have not been required. Other In- struments were at hand to do the work that was needed to be done. But at length the day has come to you., Gerald Brooke, as Lt comes to most men who live and wrait," ' Gerald had changed color more than once during the foregoing speech, "What is it that I am called upon to do?" he asked in a voice that was scarcely raised above a whisper. "You are aware that when an indi- vidual is needed to carry out any of the secret decrees of the Supreme Tri- bunal, that Individual is drawn for by lot?" And my name" -- "Has been so drawn: The light faded out of Gerald Brooke's eyes; a death -like palloe crept over his fade; he could scarcely command his voice as for the second time he asked: "What is it that Tam called upon to do?" "The SupremeTribunal have decreed individual a certain shall suffer the penalty of death. You are the person drawn by lot to carry out the sentence." They would make an assassin of me? —Never I" You are bound by your oath to carry out the behests of the Tribunal, be they what they may," "No oath can bind a man to become a murderer." "One et the cbief conditions attach- ed to your oath is that of blind and unquestioning obedience." ' Iiarovsky, this is moestrous. ' "I am sorry that things have fallen out as they have, mon ami; but such being the case, there is no help for it.", I --Gerald Brooke—whose ancestors fought at Cressy, to sink to the level of a common assassin? Never 1" "Pardon. Might it not be as well, before you express your determination in such em• betie terms, to consider what wouldbe the consequence of a refusal on your part to comply with the instructions of which I have the misfortune to be the bearer?—Mrs. Brooke is very young to be left a widow." Karovsky 1" "Pardon. But that 's what it means, Any affiliated member who may be so ill. -advised as to refuse to carry out the decrees of the Tribunal renders himself liable to the extreme Penalty; and so suirely as you, Gerald Brooke, are now a living man, so sure- ly, in a few short weeks, should you persist in rout• refusal, will your wife be left a widow." THE BRIIBSEELS warning words." Be took ap his hat and moved elowly towards the window. Karow'slry, for the last time I sol- emnly declare that this nein s death Shall not lie at my door 1" Gerold sank into a ehair, let his elbows rest on the table, and buried his face be- tween bis hands, "I have nothing, more to say," re- marked the Busman. He stepped through the window, his het in his hand, and then turned. At that moment the door opened, and Mrs. Brooke, on the point of entering the room, paused suddenly as her eyes teak in the scene before her, "Gerald 1" she exclaimed in a frightened voice, and then her gaze travelled from her husband to learovsky. The latter, with his eyes still resting on the bowed figure at the table, pronounced in low her 1" accents the boweOne d low ton Mrs. Brooke, and next moment was gone. to you in more ways than one." d arovsky, you nave something to tell mo," said Brooke a little grimly, "You did not come baro to pity com- pliments, nor without a motive. But will you not be seated?" Karovsky drew up a chair. "As you say --I am not here without a motive," he remarked. Then, with a quick ex- pressive gesture, which was altogeth- er un -English, ne added: "Ah, bah! L feel like a bird of ill -omen that has winged its way into Paradise with a message from the nether world." "Whatever your message may be, pray do not hesitate to deliver it." But apparently the ltusslan did hesi- tate. tide got up, orossed the room to one of the windows, looked out fax ball a minute, then went back and resumed his seat. Eight years have come and gone, Gerald Brooke," he began in an impressive tone, 'since you allied your- self by some of the most solemn oaths possible for a man to take that Sacred Cause to which I also have the honer. of being affiliated." v "Do you think I have forgotten 1 At sbat time 1 was an impetuous and en- thusiastic boy of eighteen, with no hadwgathgered fre or om bookworlds,save and with s, head that teas full of wild, vague dreams et Liberty and Universal Brotherhood." "The fact of youx becoming one of Us is the best of all, proofs that the cause of Liberty at that time was deer to your heart." "But when as a boy I joined the Cause, I was ignorant of much I have learned since that time." The world does not stand still. Ono naturally knows more to -day than one did eight years ago." Karovsky, I know this—that the Cause, which, when I joined it, I lie- lieved to be so pure in its aims, so lofty in its ideas, so all -embracing in its philanthropy, has, since that time, been stained by crimes which make me shudder when I think of them—has dragged its colors through shambles reeking with the blood of those who have fallen victims to its blind and feocious ,notions of revenge." "Pardon. But can it be possible that I am listening to one who, only eight short years, ago, was saturated with philanthropic ideas which seethed ex- pansive ennngh to include the whole • Human race—one whose groat longing was that every man should be free and etappy,I—Ah, yes, you are the tame -- only time and the world have contrived to spoil you, as they spoil so many others. In those days you were poor; flow you are rich. Then you had no fixed home; you twere a wanderer 'from city to city; your, future was clouded end uncertain, Now, yon are. the wealthy per. Brooke—a pallor of our country; this grand old mansion tel all the broad acres, for I know not 0 far amend it, are yours. You ow Y 'pre married to rine whonx you love, and echo loves you in return. Away, then, With the wild notions of our hot South I" Iiarovsky, you wrong me. My love of. my fellows is as ardent as aver }C was, My------ But why prolong a anti started t0 0ind 1t was s0 Iat.s. g nee he road the parable n[ tee discussion that could serve ne good can stay no longer—t must got` be 'sign l 39iva as Act sung ;sic sett ame• daily, u 0 Besides10this,10the shoair llaVe1lmv sower from ea Luke and the little con. You have a message for me?' said aloud, "But remember my last to 'u❑ nen L 1 11 1 L 1 OBAPTER, V. Ten weeks had come and gone tenni the memorable visit of M. Karovsky to the master of Beechly 'lowers. It was a pleasant evening towards the end of .1 une, There had been a heavy show- er a little while ago; but since then the clouds had broken; and the sun was tow drawing westward in a blaze of glory. la the same pleasant morn- ing,room, in which we first made their acquaintance, Airs. Brooke and her aunt, Miss Prixaby, were now sitting. The latter was dozing in an easy-chal'r with a novel on her lap, the former was seated at the piano playing some plaintive air in a minor key. Tlhe glad Light, the light of happiness that knew no cloud, which shone from her eyes when we saw her first, dwelt there ao longer. She looked pale, anxious, and distrette, like one who is ap'rey to some hidden trouble. She Lad spok- en no more than the truth when she said that hex bappi:nese was too per- fect to last. "This is horrible—most horrible!" "Obedience, blind and unquestioning, the utter abueeation of your individu- ality to the will of your superiors, is the first rule of the Propaganda to which you and I have the honor to be- long. But all this you knew, or ought to have known, long ago." "'Obedience carried to the verge of murder is obedience no longer—at be- comes a crime. However you may. put it, assassination remains assassination still." Pardon. eVe recognize no such terra in our vocabulary,' •Iiarovsky, bad you been calle& upon to do this deed" -- "I should bave done it For if there be one man in the world, Brooke, whom I have cause to late more than another, that man is Baron Otto von Rosen- berg 1" "Von Rosenberg 1" "Pardon. Did I not mention the name before? But he is the' man," For a moment or two Gerald could not speak. It is but half an hour since I parted from him," be contriv- ed to say at last.—"Karovsky, I feel as if I were entangled in some harri- hie nightmare—as if I were being suf- focated in the folds of some monstrous Python," It is a feeling that will wear itself out in the course of a little well°. I remember—•— But that matters not." "But Von Rosenberg is not a Rus- sian; he is aGerman ex -diplomatist. What can sur•h a man as he have done to incur so terrible a vengeance 1" "Listen. I'ntxr years ago, when at- tached to the .Embassy at St. Peters- burg, certain secrets were divulged to him, after he had pledged his sacred word of honor tbat no Lien whatever should he made of the information so acquired, 1Vretch that he was! Von Rosenberg turned traitor, and revealed everything to those in Dower. In the dead of night, a certain house in which a secret printing press was et work was surrounded by the police. Two of the inmates were shot down while at- tempting to eseape. The rest were made 'prisoners, among them being three women and a boy of seventeen my brother. Two of those arrested died in prison, or were never heard of more ; the rest were condemned to the mines. On the road, my brother and one of the women sank and died, kill- ed by the d.reedful hardships they had to undergo •; the rest are pow rotting away their lives in the silver mines, forgotten by all but the dear ones they left behind,—You now know the reason why the Baron Otto von Rosenberg bus been sentenced to death. The yen- geance of the Supreme Tribunal may be slow, but it is very aura," Thera was silence for a few moments, then emald said: "A11 this may be as from 1,850 to 3,200 ions g t Gla It has been our practice for years to you say; but I tail you again, leerov- d tt 18 0 feed. to all cows giving milk e email sky, that mine shall not be the band she displaces over 1.0,000 tons, land is grain ration alt summer, Jibe advisab•il- n friend we have in J'asus' was to strike the blow," of course slower. .bast autumn, with ily of feeding grain on pasture, after sung next, and then Korn led In pray - "What "Theu you seal your DWn death -war- all coal ammunition, and stores =eerie the grass has come to have plenty of. er, iIlo knelt down upon the deck and rant. she csteamed not quite 17 knots with substance et it, mey, with soma show bowed his head upon his arms on the 5o be it. Lite et such n price would forced draught and 11 with Statural of reason be questioned, but not so in hatch, removing los nip as he did so, not ha worth having. Death before draughit, Thus the French Carnot or , the spring. At that Leine it is folly The sailormen removed. their hats, top, Dishonor' to the motto of our hoose. Martel is faster; but the latter cannot not to read. \,V have experimented to and burled their heads Ono of them Dishonor shall never come to it through nteam las far an their coal capacity, some extent to try to determine what knoll on the dock. Inc." The Canopus with all leer coal 013 board, !taro food was best, to teed on ,pasture. "0 God, wve thunk Thee "Korn prayed, Gerald nee and walked to the win' detpleces 14400 tons, and is faster 111011 We have tried wheat bran, but many "fm• Thy protecting care, Than, hast (low. Tlis beet Was Palo, itis eyes ww•cre the .trench ships just named. The great cows do not seem to cure for it 'numb, said to the winds, "Peace he stili," and full of trouble; What he bait said had weakness of the Canopus is held to be when the grass is plenty, and some hest ,brought us safely into this har- haen Tar:ktng neither in dignity nor ii1 her defence so that: she hits tom''- wilt refuse to eat it, ,They seem to bor. Bless every on eln this little meet - pathos, times been called a big armored crui- crave something more Koncentrated, ing here, plass every ~word that will The Russian's (told Gleams followed nor rather than a battle ship; and on Corti and oats they liked much better be spoken. Seises the Captain and the him, not: without admiration. i,ng- the whole 1.11:1 fall Mali Gazette pre- than bran, and Meer corn meal better offiee.re incl the strangers who are lisp to the ltnl'kbone, be mattered fere the Majestic 1;o the Canopus as the vet; but, bast o1 alt, gluten feed, Now, here. Melte Thy word, a blessing to under his breath. clt was a blood°.r settnciael type of battle Miles, incl re- what we think is the very best; feed for ever to allow such a man to become one ever�y one at thorn,' „ „ eommrnds it for the fear nrw h7ps' ! lows on vnstnrD, is G.vo pounds ofeorlx "Nearer, my Gott. to Thee" was sung, of Us, 'Then 1>e Ionlow1 at his watch _.. _ mat ., lanai and gluten feed—half and half— and Korn read the Twenty-third Psalm. POST. JIM; il, OSS) 1 R R C C A q FARMING. pb MAlp1i . 1n Llie them, to zni tt>no they Are .put !A AB.. H AR idI11lI 1)PW>e sfuble to hulk, some good putty out clover hay, They wlll eat someev- ery time, no matter hot,- good the nes- FOOD 1011 LAMII1, tura is, to American Sheep A' CHEAP PAINT, A contributor Breeder says: Let us first consider 1110 mother, From her the lamb gots, by all odes, the most important, the most en- diepensable part of his food. She di- gests the prude, raw food stuffs in her large stomach and prepares the amen - lasted, easily digested and perfect moth- er's milk, In the abundance and reps tartly of this supply of milk depends your hopes of good lambs. You must feed the mother generously; yet, the food must be of the right sort to be turned readily into milk, and this brings us to consider what mills is made of and why. Not to go specifically into details, the milk is very rich in nitrogenous ma- terials, in 'what we °all Protein. This protein is the stuff that muscle end brain -stuff and nerve -stuff and Moodie made of. It is exactly what the young animal needs to make his frame grow and build up his young tissues. Now, to produce this milk in abundance the ewe must be fed foods that have in then the elements of milk, They must be foods that are someevhat rich in protein. Of course, there is fat Ln milk, and the animal system burns a good deal of oar - bon, so we don't want a food free from the starchy principles that are made of carbon yet, for milk production, you do need a greater proportion of protein to starchy food or tat -forming foods than if you were fattening the mother. This bars out the large use of corn in the diet. Corn will not make milk sat- isfacbortly, no matter in what amounts it be fed. I have tried it 'by keeping ewes on lull diet of corn. with clover As the last sail note died away un- der ter fingers site turned arum the instrument. " I cannot play—I can- not work—I cannot do anything," she murmured under her breath. At this juncture Miss Primby awake. "My dear Clara, what a pity you did not keep on playing," she saki. I was in the midst of a most lovely dream, 1 tbought I was about to be married; my wreath and veil had been sent home and I was just about to try them on; when you stopped playing and 1 awoke." ' If I were to go on playing, aunt, do you think that you could finish your dream ?" No, my dear, it's gone, and the chances are that it will never return," seed the spinster with a sigh. Clara crossed the room, and sat down on a low chair near the window,whence she could patch the first glimpse of her husband as he came round the cluutp of evergreens at the corner of the ter- ra"aI wish you would not mope so much, and would try not to look quits so miserable," said her aunt presentLvb. "How can 1 help feeling miserable, when I know that Gerald has some un- happy secret 0n his mind, of whicb he ielle me nothing? He has been a °hang- ed man ever since the visit of 111. Iiar- ovsky. He cannot eat, he cannot rest; eight and day he wanders about the house and grounds like a man walking in his sleep." "" Bad signs, very, my dear, Married men ]lave no right to have secrets from their wives," If he would but confide in me 1 If he would but tell me what the secret trouble is that is slowly eating away his life 1" I remember that when the Dean of Ratledrum leaned over the back of my chair, and whispered "" My darling Jane I"" -- Here comes Gerald!" cried Mrs. Brooke. She started to her feet, while a glad Light leapt into her eyes, and ran out on the terrace to meet him. "What a time you have been away 1" she said, as he'stooped and kissed her. "AIM your hair and clothes ase quite wet," It is nothing," he answered. "I was caught in a shower in the wood." "Poor fellow! He oertainly does look haggard and dejected," remarked bliss Pnmby to herself. Havre you been far ?" asked Clara. "' Only as fax as Beaulieu." "You called on the baron, of course." "" No, I changed my mind at the last moment." The first bell will ring in a few minutes.'" .1 have one important letter to write before I dress," r Then aunt and I will leave you. You will not be long? 1 con so afraid of your taking cold. Come, aunt." " Nothing beings on rheumatism,soon- or than damp clothes," remarked bliss Primby sententiously, as she foldee down a leaf of her novel, and tucked the volume under her arm. (To Be Continued.) hay, too; but the lambs did not generally thrive. 1 did not expect them to thrive, 1 was iattening their mothers for sale. Now there are any number of combina- tions of foods that will be good for the ewe, but wve will consider what is easi- est and cheapest to you, Idix up the fol- lowing mixture, by weight: 100 lbs. cornmeal, 100 lbs, wheat bran, 25 lbs. oil- meal; shovel it over until well mixed, then give the ewes a little of it. Each day increase the amount that you give them until they have all that they will eat; then I would make a self -feeder, 11 1 were you, and let them run to it all the time; they like to eat little and often; they wilt not eat too much while suck- ing their lambs attar once accustomed to it. It is true that they Will rapidly gain in flesh sometimes when fed this ration. 1Veli, if not too valuable, keep up the food for a fe�wwweeks or less, after the lambs are sold and sell the mothers, too, Now the lambs will be getting what milk their mothers are capable of pro- ducing, pet they will soon want to be eating themselves. I know of no better food for them than this same mixture that I have advised for the ewes. Let them have all that they will eat of it, and they and their mothers wilt want clover hay of the best, and in abund- ance, too. Have it so that they can all get it, but not get on it with their dlrt3' little feet, A. lamb is more dainty about his eating than a baby. To have the lambs do their best they must be al- lowed to eat at their table in a separate pen from the ewes, so that 'whenever they feel hungry there will be nothing to prevent their eating in peace. There ought to be plenty of sunlight, too, in which they can lie end steep. Someway or other you must see that they aeeper- fectly happy—no fear, no disturbance, no awakening from sleep, no dog running through them, no banger unsatisfied, no thirst unassuaged, It is the happy lamb that grows and causes your bank account to grow. I think that lambs that are to spend their lives on the farm rather than coming to an early death at the butcher's block will need quite a differ- ent treatment from the one outlined above. 1 would not feed nearly so strong; would like the ewe to do her best in milk -giving, bat the lamb bad better have but little corn, 11 any. THE NEW ENGLISH BATTLE SHIPS Bow tee 1Isic't!a and Canopus C Mese,( DIE rev in Efficiency. In dismissing the four new battle ships to be laid down by the British Admiralty this year, the Pall Mall Gazette observes than the Majestic class and the Canopus class etre similar is armament, each carrying four •15 - ton wire guns and twelve 0 -inch, but the Canopus has fewer 12 -pounders, and other guns atilt smaller. Sixe is also about. 2,000 tons lighter than the Ma- jestic, or 13,000 against 15,00(1, and, drawing two Leet less, is able to pass through the Suez Canal, which Ls an important advantage, But the Majes- tic is much more heavily armored., She is not as fast, her speed, under natural draught, being put at not quite 17 knell, and under forced draughts as While '/vbitezvastied ttuildings look eery nice whet) first done, they soon become gray' looking and ortea diaaol- ored from the trees that grow neer. Bed -wash looks just as well, if not bee. tor, as It does not slow ell the stets, and it is just as durable. After doing the buildings twice, once in two years is sufficient to lceep the buildings look- ing Ivan. Flow mu J1 it adds to the locks of a farm to have the buildings nicely painted up, and it costs but little—only time and labor. Take skim -milk that has just begun to thicken; add to one gallon of milk 3 pints of coarse prime salt; also add iron brown or Venetian red in the dry form, enough to make the color You wish. The dry paint can be bought for three or four cents per pound, Keep the mixture well stirred all the time; .put it on the buildings when there is no danger of rain; after it is once dry it will not wash off. Be sure to use this amount of salt, and k.sep well stirred, as it is tete salt well mixed that keeps it from rubbing off, SHIPBOARB SALVATIONISTS, SAILOR KORN PREACHES ON THE SNOWDON TO HIS CONVERTS. First Dale Among TLem.•Slapper 'twined Bev Net Joined the Army, but Chives It 1115 Cenntena,Ioe—:t((er Ike Sermon I he Band, with Ifs Shark's )Gladder Drum, Stripes Do. gregation sang "'The (;ales Ajar." Next Korn preached a short sermon, taking ns 1115 lest the parable he 'tad just read. His manner was fervent, but simple and unaffected. "The Disciples," he said, "asked the Lord to explain the meaning of this parable, He told thorn that the seed tlmt was sawn meant the Word of God which is received in different ways, Tho Word of God gets preached everywhere, even on shipboard, and you can't tell how It will be reeeived. Some jump at it and seize Lt eagerly orison they hear it, but when the time of trial andtemp- tation comes they are like the green things 1 thea came up from the seeds that fell in stony round and from lack of mois- ture withered away, So in their case the Word of God withers away, because they do not look in the Book and gel More nourishment, If we stand on God's word and let it sink into our hearts it will bear fruit a hundredfold. 1't is our hearts which are the good ground or the poor ground. "Some say because they see the wick- ed prosper that GOD CANNOT 13E JUST. When they see a church going up they join it readily enough. There will al- ways bo found plenty to worship God in such places. But when they see Christ's people trodden down and is distress, they will have nothing to do with them. Only a few stand forward then, but to these God gives strength and faith. Some say everything is a matter of predestination. I believe in predestina- tion, myself, butit is in the sense that God bus preordained that every one shall be saved if he have faith. We are all sinners—you and I are sinners and we can't save ourselves. But God has provided a remedy in sending His Son to us in human form. Through Ills precious blood, shed on Calvary, we can be saved. No good works alone can: save us, (We must come to Christ in faith. Oh, come to Christ. This may be your last invitation, We cannot tell when we will have to face judgment. Then, if you haven't Christ as an ad- vocate, you will all be condemned. 11 is not Cexrist who condemns us, but we ourselves. Do believe. Do come to Him. God bless you," The sailors sang "Came to the Sav- iour; make no deliay," and Korn prayed for those present and for the Salvation Army in Port Adelaide, Newcastle, and Honolulu, concluding with the Lord's Prayer, That ends tithe service and the con- gregation withdrew to the Soc's'Le, where they: sang hymns to the accom- paniment of the Salvation band, In this Korn plays an autoharp; Althier, a Greek, the violin; Nielsen, a Finn, tbe accordion; Dario, a German, the'tri- angle, and Thompson, one of the ne- groes, pounds away on the bass drum, whioh the sailors have improvised from the end of a barrel and a shark's blad- der, A proceeding quite extraordinary in the eyes of sailormen took place in New York barber on the British barb Snow - on on Sunday afternoon when First Mate Owen Williams set with seven or eight barefooted seamen at the feet of another of his common sailors, Paul Korn, and listened reverently to Korn's words of religious instruction. Sun - dee is the one day in the weeks When for a briet space Korn is looked to as the leader of the crew, Capt. Rowlands takes no part in the religious ceremonies, not because he objects to them, but because he does not approve so far as he personally is concerned, of Salvation Army methods. Fie thinks they produce a temporary re- ligious enthusiasm, which is wont to wear off, So be sits in the cabin or on the poop deck while the services go on, but gives ready assent to Sailor Korn's missionary work, and has even helped it along by buying musical in- struments for Korn's Improvised Salv- ation Army band. Korn is a big, serious -faced German with nothing of the fanatic about him. His height and a bushy blank beard make him look more than his age of 26 years. Ile was born In Potsdam and his father is a paymaster in the Garde Kurassier, He has three brothers and a sister, none of whom is especially in- terested in religious work. Nor was Bern until a.'eouple or years ago. He was brought up in the Lutheran Church and gained AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION at a sobool and a gymnasium in 13er- lin, When he was 18 he went to sea, and be worked before the mast for nine years before lis was converted. "I was just: as good a sailor as any eine," the says, "and just as thud e one." When he was ashore in Port Ade- laide, Australia, in,1895, he wandered into a Salvation Army headquarters, When he came out it was with a new faith and with a determination to work for God among his shipmates. On his present voyage on the Snowdon he joined the Salvation Army at New- castle, New South \Vales, and began his missionary work among the other sail- ors. These are as motley a crew as ever shipped, comprising a Greek, five Germans, two Russian Finns, ono Rus- sian, one Swede and two West India negroes. The Captain ,Ls a Welsh- men. A11 of them %seek English, and Korn lemma speaks it as if it were his native tongue. At )first' Korn's shipmates gave little heed to his ex- hortations, but as time went on they could not bele, respecting this big, seri- ous Gorman, and when the ship touch- ed. at Honolulu eight of them joined the Salvation Army there, They agreed. to escbewe tobacco and strong drink. Six of them are backsliders so far as tobacco is concerned, but in oth- er respects they are to good standing. When the ship docks and the men go ashore most of them will visit the Sal- vation Army headquarters, and Lhe backsliders will probably be taken back into full' fellowship. Sunday's service on the Snowdon be- gan at 4 o'clock. The seamen and the mato sat along a spare spar ,just W- eide the Bulwarks. Born sat on the main Match teeing his little eongrega- Lion, a regulation Salvation Army crop on his head. Little red -covered hymn hoops were , distriihuted among the sailors, Korn announced the number of the first hymn, and in a rich, sonorous voice lets in alaging "All people who on earth do dwell" to Lhe Lune of :""Old Ilandred." The others followed him more or less uncertainly, but with APPARENT REVERENCE. FEEDING COWS ON PASTURE. Very soon, now, warm weather will come, and, the soil being well filled with moisture, the grass in the pasture will start up and make rapid growth. When it gets up so as to provide a good bite, the farmer will turn out bis cows. Ere will think, says Hoard's Dairyman, be- cause the cows can get grass enough to "011 themselves," and because the flow of intik increases, there is no need of feeding hay or grain any more. The truth is that this fresh and succulent grass stimulates the production of milk beyond went the nutriment it contains will warrant, It is juicy and watery and lacks substance to suet a degree that this large production of milk will resettly reduce the strength, vitality and careers of the cow, so that she can- not long continue this extra flow of milk, unless she bas some more sub- stantialfood to go with this fresh grass, to keep her up itt condition. The former makes a great mistake when he abrupt- ly drops off his hay and grain feed ns soon as the cows g0 out to grass in the epring. Ile would probably see very lit- tle difference in the amount of milk given for awhile, whether he fed grain and hay with the grass or not, and for that reason may bave come to the con - elusion that when they did feed grain Ola early vesture, it was thrown away, and they received no benefit from it. But the one who does so feed will find f.hat his cows will koetp up their strength and condition much better than those not fed, and later in the summer and fail and even the next 'reinter will be giving amucix better flow not quite 18, whereas under natural 1 at mak,so that when he comes to foot' draught the to nepus steams 18 felt Itis ccount at the end of the year, knots, he will find that for every dollar's Besides, when the Majestic made worth of extra teed his cows had while near113'0=1 y 1.8 lcnots she wvas without her 0th fresh crass he bus received back at lull load. of coal. Sh,e is able to carry aa.inSb i 2 250 of the Campus, , a11 w'i i 1,850 JUBILEE SOUVENIRS. Pretty Things in rilvrr rep the P'omlag T.l•IGIsh Celebration. In selecting articles to commemorate the long reign of Queen Vi°loria the English silversmiths stave again brought souvenir spoons into vogue. Very handsome teaspoons bate been made, with handles ornamented with a medallion of the Queen's head, en - elected by 'Victoria Reg., 1837-1897," and surmounted with a fee -simile of the English crown. An especially beautiful design for a dessert or bouillon spoon bad the royal amts in enamel amu the bust of the Queen delicately phased upon the han- dle. the two dales being upon the stem of the spoon which has a round gold - lined bowl, Designs for delnty little two -Lined berry forks have twisted bandies, fin- isbed at the end with, the Queen's face as it appears at present, or was at Cher oononllfon sixty years ago. Silver book markers are very appropriate sou- venirs for one desiring a useful little artiole; this also is decorated wviththe Queen's medallion, the English crow, and the dates. Tourists in Greet 13rL- ta}n will have no difficulty in secur- ing suitable little re,membranae:s for frlendrs not so fortunate in attending the celebration. Almost everything 19 to be found from a little silver ban- gleto a Victorian chair. New chris- tening gifts have the pap bowl, mug, knife, fork, and spoon ornamentedwitlu particular designs for the jubilee year. In souvenir jewelry the Jubilee badge meets with much approval. This badge may be worn es a locket, brooch or a charm for a watoh-guard. It is of gold wibh the head of the Queen in the centre encircled by precious stones, At the top is the English crown. with the monogram V.R.I. underneath. The words 'Great Britain, India, and Col- onies" ere carried around in red and blue enamel, Upon the back of this badge is the inscrtptroxt : "To commem- orate the eixtietb year of the reign of her Majesty Queen Viotoria, 1897," Perhaps the most original and at- tractive souvenir's are salt receivers of sterling silver made atter the model et lee cradle in which the Queen when o, baby wvas rocked, Tlhe salt spoon that belongs with this receptacle hsxn the Queen's pend chased in the retail bowl anti a plain round handle finish- ed oe the end with the mown, amp TIMES. Cynic -These hard times make the girls miserable. Bennick—Because they have to econ- omize, of course. Cynic -Yes, and men are so poor the dear creatures can't marry for money They have to marry for lova or be. phi maids, DEAD WITHOUT A WORD OF W1RN1110. Left name well in 111e morning to be carried home dead it few hours later. There is no fiction in the suddenness with which death is coining to many people hoyhoar Apparent- ly i the t present fhealthan at they are in the throes of death. heart disease has obtained a terrible grip upon the men and women of this day. No (greater duty under these condi- tions falls upon 011(1 than to proclaim to the world that Dr, Agnew's turn for the Heart is as medicine that (theca lut.oly cures this disease. Mrs, John ,lntniesnn, of Tara, Ont., sufferedso sees imply from heart trouble lime ft did alit seem., possible that she could live, This medicine was brought to her no- tice, 115)1 tit a time when she was suf- fering intensely, enside of, 20 mientes after tektite the first close retest was rrarrrl, .13110 continued he use, and says; "11 was the means of saving my Sold by G. 4. Dbv dman.