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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1898-2-11, Page 2l'HE BRUSSELS POST. Fun. 11, 1808 UNDER, THE LILAC REE• CHAPTER II. to warn you'. Love with caution." "There need le no caution where Tee old eeoverb states that h t e Mark iie concerned, mailer," rejoie- ed. "1 are old," she continued, "1 have seen a great deal of life, I do not say—Hearth forted—that all men are false, or all women; I do not, say that one sex is more false than the other; but I have seen love betrayed, trust , inietolaced. I have known the honest heart of a mats broken because a wo- • man deserted him, and I have known a teethe and tender-hearted girl die be:•ause le11 lover left her." I raised my Mee to the stars shining in their calm eternal beauty, Strung in my youeli, ignorance, and. faith, 'ivied lightly): "Nothing of that kind ran ever hap- pen between Mark and me." "Some loves," said my mother, "last forever, oeme for a day; and oh, my dear Nellie, it seems to me that this last is, in these prosaic times, the commonest form of love." "Love for a dayl" I echoed. "AM thank Heaven that is not Mark's loyel" My mother looked at me anxiously. f wonder how many metiers have giv- en to their daughters just the same sensible advice, and just as much in vain? Do you quite understand, Nellie,'' asked my gentle loving mother, "what I mean, what 1 want you to do? Mark is to be absent four years. I do not say that this love will change or grow less; but I beg or you to leave yourself one chance. Do not give him such en- tire love, that iC be should die or for- get you, or any circumstances should part, you, your whole life would be ruined. Love with =talon, Nellie." "There Is no need for caution with Markt" cried my happy heart. To Mark, my handsome lover, Imight Riv6 in superabundance the lavish love that filled my heart; and the words of my mother's warning fell on heedless ears. I can remember a warm day in June, when Mark and I sought the shade of the tall trees that grew by the river. A refreshing breeze Mille over the water, and the birds were si- lent in the great heat, We were talk- ing of our marriage, of that bright fu - hire, wheel, like the June sunshine, had no shadow, Suddenly Mark asked met "Have you any relatives, Nellie? You and your mother seem quite alone in the world." I told him that my father was an only clead, my mother also, and that was the. same. The only relatives I had over heard a were some distant ones in Anaerica; but I bad none in England. "It must have been lonely for you, my darling. Wore T came," he said. I told hen how my home -duties and my love of nature. of flowers,. trees, and birds had filled my life. I bad lived then in the gray of the twilight; I lived now. in the light of the glor- ious sun. "Haw little I dreamed that morn- ing that fair May morning,' was to meet my fate!" said Mark. "Nellie, I shall never forget how your heir gleamed in the suushine." looked up at hixn with happy eyes; his praise was so sweet to nie. "We were talking about relatives, Mark," T said, "Have you many?" "Ours is a very peculiar family," he said laughing. 'We have some rela- tives on my mother's side who are very ponr; they lice in London. On my fa- ther's side we have some distant re- latives who are very rich; but we do not correspond with either. These rich people have a title too, but I shall never trouble them. If ever I have a title it shall be through win- ning it; if ever I bare a fortune I shall have made it," My noble Markl dry whole heart bow- ed down before here he was so brave, KO gallant. so independent, as all true Mee are. I never recalled that conversation, those few words until I knew who Mark lepton's relatives were. CHAPTER 111. When the corn was cut down, and the ripe fruit gathered in from the orchards; when the "free and happy Lesley" lay under the scythe, Mark had gone. When the hour of parting came, ielieve Mark woulit have given up the appointment, with all its advantages, rather than leave me. Twenty Cines he kissed me with despairing passion and love, left me, and returned. He could not lease me; I could not let um go, my mother said it was use - lees to prolong the ;teeny of parting. Mark looked at her ith a white set fem.. "I cannot, go." he said hoarsely. He had to leave Gracedieu by the last train that evening, and sail from Landen on the morrow. Ile had stent the -whole of the previous day with us, and he was at the cottage early on this morning of the last day. Outside the very glory of manner lay over the land. We stood watching the gold- en eunabine with the chill of our pelt- ing upon us. a chill more bitter than the dill of deatb. Mark had loosened lily hair, and bad cut off a 11(1 1(15.54. tress. "Thee shall lie next nty heart. Nell, even when 1 am dead," he said, "Pre- mise me that. no hand but mine shall touch these golden curls of your while f am away, Yon ars very Leautiful Nell, although you do not seem to know anything about 11; and poen will admire you: but you inuet not listen to them, You are mine, all mine— mit on)y." 1101(1 eim—trulhfully—that all eth- er men were to rne like shaciews, "Fronde?, me, Nell," he said as he kismet my lips again and again," "that to one, shall kiss you while I am avvay," "Dear !ware what fear!" 1. eried. Then in my torn I Levin to exact a promise, "You will love and think of me. toe Mark?" "1 shall think of no one else, Nell." "And you will nut call any one else beautiful, or--" He interrupted me with a, laugh. "Perhape 1 should be happier if ;meld think less of you, Nellie," he said, "ely life will be one unceasing long- ing for you," warm of true love never runa smooth. Ours ran smoutbly enoug,h. The doc- tor laugbed when Mark told him of our ()emollient. My mother was de- lighted; she had liked Mark from the first, The one great drawbace was that ho was compelled to go to India for four years. Ile was a civil engin- eer by profession. and a Iterative ap- pointment had been offered to him on a railway which \vas Loins extend- ed. The advantages thatwould accrue to him were great. Ile would gain im- mensely in experience and knowle lee, and be would make money. But during the first few happy weeks we dtd not think much of the parting. 11 was a dark cloud ahead of us, a cloud that had asilver lining; for when the four years were ended Mark was to return home and we were to be married. I should, he promised Me, always have a home in the coun- try. He could never peek me to live in the towo. It was in the month of May that we met, and in Slily we meted, but during the interval we spent the greeter part of the time to- getber. Other simmer days have dawned for me, but none like those On which my young lover came in the early morning, while the dew sparkled on the grass, wben we walked through the woods and down by the river, not- ing with loving eyes all that was so fair and beautiful around us, return - :rig from our long raxnbles, our hands 'tiled with wild flowers, to find um mother waiting breakfast for us, the table set out on the lawn. Then Mark would linger and pass the morning with Me. Ile came back in the after- noon, and stayed with us until the moon rose. Bow I loved him! Then I saw only the beauty of a great passion; now Refs its pain and its pathos; now I know that the mighty power of love has not been given to us to be center- ed in any creature. Then I had one Idol, and alas, I worshipped it! Thad J o life apart from my young lover's. • never tired of looking at the dark eminty of leis face. of listening to his oice, and, when he was absent from rte. of recalling every word he had moken. 1 had no life, no love. no care no thought apart from him. I read the, love stories of others, written in Poetry and prose; but no love was like mine. Surely wise people whim they lauglied, would bath wept over it! IC le had asked for my life. I should have given it to hen, as 1 had given my eve. freely and. with a smile. I felt something like pity for those he did not love; I felt that every girl liv- ing must envy me. Mark Upton carea for me quite as much as I loved hen. We spent thee weeks in a land into which no care, no sorrow came—the fairyland of love and 'hope. Every hour brought us closer edgether, bound (11) by newer and sweeter ties, while the summer /lowers bloozned, the corn grew up in the fields. and the lilars withered. I do not know what comes into other lives; but I hope that Hea- ven give such 0 glimpse of happiness es mite to all. On one occasion I beard the doctor laughing as he talked to my mother, He asked her if she knew that in some parts of England the beautiful frag- rant: shrub known as southernwood wascalled "lad's love." My mother re- plied that the had never hoard it ao called, and asked why was it named "lad's love." I listened half ourious- ly for the, answer. "Because," he said, "it Mee in a year, as lad's love often toes." He looked at ne as he spoke. and I knew that he was thinking of 'dark's love whicb, after all, was a tad's love, and might live for a year or die in a day. lint he did not know. Ile was old and immersed in the cares of a grave profession. "Tow could he u'nderstaud our love. loyalty, and con- stancy? One evening Mark had gone home; hat the stars were so bright that I remained out of doors, watching the night sky. The dark blue vault waS a name of shining, twinkling gold. They were so bright and clear, and the faint mystical light they threw upon the earth was so dreamily beautiful, that I was entranced. "Nellie," cried my mother, "do come int" "Mamma," I answered, "you come outl" Almost to my surprise she cane, and we stood together watching the far- off wonderful orbs. "How bright they are, those beauti- ful stars!" said my mother. "Al Nell- ie, how many thousand years have they been sbining? What have they men? And, me darling, how soon they will be shining on our graves!" But 1, with my • warm deep love -1 felt no tear of death, Not even the stars in heaven shone so brightly or were so trite as my love. I said to her that I might die, hut that the love that filled /nyx whole soul never could. She looked at me with sad sweet eyes, 'Wien the stare shine in the night -sky her look and her words come batik to me, "Nellie," she said, "you stionid never give to a creature the love that isdue to the creator. I have often thought. 116011 1111111," she entinued, "that you 'eve Mark too mime. It, LS not safs to center all your happiness in 0010 per- son. It anything happens to that one your whole life le ebilevrecked." "There can he ne shipwreck where Mark le," 1 answered, strong in my faith and love. 'My mother eighed. "Nothing gives Me more pleasure, Nellie. than to know how happy yea are with Mark, 1 believe he is true meal ree lee" ' neile as a Tata can be, mamma, means infinitely true" 1 interrupted, "Ah. no my dear Nellie! Men are but mortal; their power of hiving ie net infinite, I do not; wish tote/Aden you, every flower was dead, but the greet* leavies were there still, "1 shalt leave you here, my aarlieg," said my lover in a low voice, "Isbell be four year)) away front you, Nellie, Promise me that Nvben I return you will meet me here, in this eame place. Here where I met the sweeteat love ever given to man—here I shall re- turn to elaina my wife Good -by, Nel- "Good-by, Merit," wbispered, For one brief moment be put his thee on mine; be kissed iny brow and my lips; for one moment. sweet and bit- ter as death, I lay with my bead upon bes breast and the 1 he .as no 'There go . THE FARril, eitEATS FOR FAMILY USD. Moat ahold be salted, as scene as it is thoroughly cool after being dressed, If ft number of hogs ere butoh- ered at one time, it will be well to &eve a &morale barrel each for suites; the baras, sboulders and sides, The shout, idere and hams, after baying limn dry faulted for three days, says a writer, should be removed :rpm the bareel, all was a, blindine mist all around me. a, the salt falcon out, and repacked as surging as cit great waters in my closely as possible. This may appear to Bare. A share and bitter pain 00`'n1" incur a loss, but It does not, for you ed. to pier)* my heart; I felt my whole will be fully repaid in the quality of frame tremble. Then the blue sky, the green earth, the trees and the river the meat Per any loss of salt. For were all one, and 1 reeled and fell lie- melt hundred pounds of pork take on the grass. I could not Weep; I seven pounds of coarse silt, leak salt could not cry out, No word mane to - relieve my dumb anguish and despair. beingpreferable, two owices of salie ther that evening, "be learned! 'You ear, diesel -ye au in water enough to must not give to any creature the love that Lelongs to One only." "011, child, be learned," said my mo- peter, and three pounds of brown su- ce°ovIderanthoeugmteapto,ubry ibtoiolvinerg, tehned. mwehaetn, I lived through it—through the rest of the long bright days, through the Care should. be taken to have the meet sunny evening's, the moonlit nights. thoroughly covered with the brine. The Por senie weeks I had no companion neat is weighted down with a heavy save despair. I wept whenever i was alone, but I dared not let my mother stone, It is small scraps of meat that know how sorely I grieved. are permitted to float. on the sueface, Four years, four long dreary years of the brine that causes what la known must wait, but there was hope at the end. He would come egain, my as rusty meat. Let the hams and. bravo young lover. My another belp- Moulders stand six weeks and thesides eel me by Eating me to work. Iceirld four for good results. Longer will make so many beautiful things for not hurt it rnr keeping, bub a may my future home in four years, she said. I could paint; I could do a, hundred be a little too salt. After the moat things thee would fill the time, and I ems been in the brie for some days should know tied I was working for the latter will usually tin red, him. caused by the bleed from the Iliad, One whole year passed by. EN cry brought uie a. letter, a glowing love This should be racked off and. hoiled, letter, and I was growing happy again. skimmed and when cool returned to the Only three years to wait now 'until meet wen. I should see Mark under the lilacs er_at may ha thoroughly smoked la agaial Then clouds began to gather, 14b eat • Upton, who, although be had two days, but it is muco better to be laughed at us as young lovers, bad al- at least two weeks in the smoking. I ways been very kind to me, died sud-111 smokin, two Maga) are important: d f 11 d inth street,1 1 The meet must Le bung so far from and WeJ carried hone senseless. He never spoke again. He died these -tee the fire that it will not le affected. evening, to the grief and distress of in the least by the heat this Is lin- every one who knew him. tont, for if the meat gets too hot Mark felt his father's death lamely. 1(01. • time the outaide will get so rank and strong He wrote to me more lovingly Over. Ile said that I was all that be that a good. deal of •it. will have to be had in the world now, and that he cue off marl thrown avety; the smoking must, if he could, love nae even more. skald. be made from wood that is free It was in May that the doctor died, ; from badoc or w e use ea, An), and for one year afterward every- thing went on as of old. I bad but sound, bard 1t-ood will do, but hickory ' but two . years more to wait. Time and hard maple are considered best. Bright cobs wilt make a good, sweet missed more quickly. Only two yearal smoke, but will require more atten- My mother had ceased to warn me. She said no more to me about caution Itliepant itoesukrtsP M1Paya'besOteabtadyineSdin°15kye'smIte- in love. tag in a. good. smoke house, and this Three years had passed. I remind- ed myself every hour in the day that s jhould be done before flies can have chance to do damage to the meat, I had but one more year to wait. and. then one good smoke may be Mark's letters were full of love fall built each clay for two weeks, and if of eagerness and. hope. He bed been the meat is not sufficiently smoked at prosperous beyond expeotation. Ile this time, it may be continued longer. bad never missed. writing to me, until The smoking and the curing will Le of a day econe whoa the Indian mail advantage to it, when it comes to brought me nothing from him—not a keeping it. I /eve adopted this plan word., not a lino. It was the first time of making and ceritie pork for many mob a thing had occurred, and my years, with an exception or two when mother tried to comfort me. The next an improvised smoking arrangement mail brought me a letter, but the 0116 was used. found teat this was a atter that did not, and my confidence quick way to smoke meat, when, for Wan gone—I no longer bit sure that any reason butchering was delayed, un - by every mail I should have newe til. along towards spring. I have em - from my lever. Like tbe sharp thrust ployed an old cook stove for making of a sword, an idea came to me one a smoke. Tee old stove Woe discarded day that the letters were shorter and became it smoked too much, and now older. T bated myself fOr My Miser - it can have dll the chance to smoke able fancy. How dare& I think such it wants to, and that, too, unhinder- treason of iny lover Marla Then in the month of October nay mother died, ed. Atter the meat is well smoked, and after that the Indian mail brought ehe hams and shoulders are wrapped . • me no more news of Mark—not a sal(11 - per, and sewed up in xt small muslin gle line. • My mother never knew that a great seek. T.heee are hem; up in a cool, dry place. Just before fly time a thick cloud had overshadowed me. She did heart was break_ whitewash is macle—as thick as ran not know that my be applied. with a brush, and the sacks log because I had no newe thorn Mark. Let me tell it quiekly. My dear are given a thorough whitewashing, mother MILS buried, and I was alone ern-Ph:Ting care te get all the seams sealed up with the lime. They are now in the world, save for my lover so far ready for summer, and will withstand away—alone, save for him, and when almost anything but a torrid temper - Only of tee next year Omuta come the four years would be ended, and eture, and they will even withstand that as well as it is possible to make ho would return. them. I have never tried selling cur - 1 thought deeply over any plans. It ed. meats on the market, or to private seemed us2lees now ta lease the ottage; 11 was Lest for me tn remain there un- euetomers, but It seeMe to me that good. nerket timid le built up in lil Mark mine home agnin, Our old and e (Thule, wee Ibis Way. A lot of flue hams ((0(1111 he faithful her cant, Dorothy had cured, and sold to influential citizens sufficient protection for me. of your town, with a request to glee money enough for one year, and Iliad them a trial, and if they are wbat my little theme OE twenty pounds per animal alao. I had thought once of they should be, you will have no troll - going aw,y, but whether emoted Me in supplying them later on with all the smoked. meats they 1110. A what could I do? And 1 must be Imre when Mark returned, reputation once established means a When Christmas came 1 was still large trade in the future. waiting, in dry-eyed, mute anguish, --- for the. letter that I was never -be re- cetve. I wondered often thee golden hair of which triy lover had been so proud had not turned gray. I was helpless in ray great grief. I wrote to Mark. told him that my mother Was dead. arid that .T was alone in the ;mid age. waiting Mr him—that neither hie silence nor elegance shook nay faith, He might be ill; an aeoldent might have happened to him—anything, ev- erything ivould helleve, except that they frequently leads to such a scat- he had forgotten me, I never thought tering of effort that very unsatisfam of that; it never occurred to Ine Re a tory results itre obtathed, No doubt solution of the mystery of his silence, mere wee no one to elloto y mild hut if the energy and thought of the appeal ter news of Mark. Histather farmers of this state Were concentrate waS dead; the reciter of Gracedieu had 1 ed on the best twmthirds of. the land not, heard tram him for many months; the lawyere who had forwarded the now tilled. and the otter third allow - money realized by tee eale of his fa- , ed. to go beck to woodland—from which tber's property had net reeeived any it should never have been taken ticantatinteetion from him mince he. had ' mad) better results would, he se_ sent the formal receipt for it. There !„„„ee was no one in Gracedieu who knew e"eee" his pmese t address At Cornell this idea. has leen Mee. There was nothing to be done bat anted and praetised for a number of waitin, eatience as best I could. eiv- years, Rotate 'rapidly and keep the my morning here revived 111 5117 heart; eel occupied by living Plante, hi the every evening it died, :Every morn- - ixig I rose, praying wildly to Heaven watchword. The early potato ground that I might hear from Mark that is immediately sown to crimson elovee, day; every night lay down to sleep, with bitter tears beaciee a letter had the late potate ground. to rye, which not mine. Every morning, week et- le ploughed. under in the spring 011 1(10111 tor week, month after month, %vent for a forage erop. Forage rye is fol - up to the gate te meet the postman. Hs lowed by a crop of Etungarion :grass, never had anything tor mo. He know also eat for forage, and the land sown that 'yowled an Indian letter, and to oats and peas, which are left to go he would took at me With a piteous down on the land for its improlminent. shelve of the head., and peas on. But Cierneon olover rimy he sown in the are Morning when the snow ley 011 00r/1 at the last working, or rye the greeted and the tele) were ebbe- ! piedietely atter the Mem is out, It 'am the postman canoe hade Me is not necessary to eeplough well- ' no cheery "Geoderterning" as he plae- potnto 011 110110 land to fit it; foe ed the latter in my hands and hastened crimson clover or rye. A, thorough away. ne knew what bad. befellen '1150 of a, good apring-tooth berrole 15 Me, Inside the envelope WaS my lest suffieient,. 1 Teeter to entlia, reterned to Me through A falling meadow may be mown eam the IDearletestier Office, and on it WO fy, immediately levitated and sown to written in an offbeat hand, "Gene beekwhea,t, litingerian grates, or bar - i My dar Mark," heed my mother, you are to vetch the eat o'cleek train, it is time you went." Me fare grow white and a dark shoe dow came foto hie eyes, "Nellie„just ocane e little luny with' me" he said. "Let our lest farewell RAPID ROTA.TION. The high price of land in the old countries has led to an effort to get the greatest possible income frotn 11, while in this (toiletry the cheap land and coStly,lahor, result in a tend - exam to try to farm a large area with small expenditure of Libor. This tend - to cloud your faith, to Men your love lie feeken where we first met,' away—left no address. ley and. pees, have 20 or loath you'.' trust; but I shauhau.kol Once more we atood by the lilac trees; To 13e Contemned. barley and peas are better for late sow- , itng than Oate and, peas, since the bar- ley endures the late summer sun het - ter than ()ate, and also is not so easily killee by frost. Fiat tuenipa mien in August, on an inverted newer OT timothy sod, or on the early -potato ground, will often give en abundant bervest. This system of rapidly tuning the soil and keeping le oommed with mg- orously growing plants, gives the weeds no thane to gain the ascend - they, the tillage aids in rendering available the inert plant food, and it gives opportunity to frequently turn under a arop for green manure thus adding to the stores of humus in the soil. If the clovers are freely used, the supply of nitrogen in the soil will be steadily increased, HIRING FARM HELP. It is alwaye beet to employ only of-. 11010(11 help on the•farru, writes a eon' respondent. A few dollars extra a month will he repaid. many times over in the course of the year by the dif- ference in the work between a f irst- elms hand and an inefficient one, and it costs as =oh to board ono as the other. A careful man who has judg- ment and uses it in doing his work, will save bis employer n. great+ deal in the use of tools alone in a single season. The careless, inexperienced hand will break and injure the imple- ments he uses far more than, a good band will. It does not take many breakages to come to as much as a man's wages for a month. There is also greet advantage in em- ploying competent men, if the termer wishes to leave home oceasioeally. He can feel that the work will go on in his absences the Kuno as if he were there. If anything gives out his roan will know how to repair the breakage. His judgment can be relied on as to how much a team should do in a day, and be will see that they do it. A. man who is kind and careful in hand- ling horses is worth more then one who is the reverse. Very Lew farmers care to hire a rough -talking, swear- ing man. Good ones can be found who will be choice in their language. Cer- tainly we may expect that he weom we are to have about the house, who will eat at the same table as his em- ployer's family, will nob be uncouth in table manners. There are very many farm bands who are so disgusting in their table habits as to he repulsive to a refined person. It is not a,t all necessary to biro such. After years of experience in managing a farm re- quiring a great deal of bired help, / find. that it is net difficult to obtain desirable help. IC inducements by way of goad wages, fair treatment, and not too long days in the field are 110 - corded, which any intelligent farmer is perfectly willing to give to the right person, one will never have any trot, ble in securing the class of help he would like, BRAN FUJI POULTRY, Bran is excellent for poultry, and the point in favor of bran is that it contains a. much larger proportion of lime than any oiler cheap fool derived from grain, and as the shells of eggs ere composed of lime, it is essential that food. rich in lime be provided. It may be urged that the use of oyster - shells, will provide lime, but it will be found, that it is the line ea the food_ that is most serviceable, because it is in a form that can be better di- gested and assimilated than carbonate of lime, Clover Is also rich in lime, and. when a, mass of cue Mover and bran is given the fowls they will need no oyster -shells or other mineralmat- ter as a. source from which to provide lime for the shells of eggs. Do not forget that in 50.01111811, however, the use of all kinds of foods should be used with judgment. IC the hens have a free range, give no food as long as they are laying, but if they begin to fall off let bran' be a leading ingredi- ent of the foods allowed. In: winter the bran and clover is even more es- sential, as the fowls rennet then secure green food on the range. DISEASES OF ,TEWELS. Although it may seem odd it Is no lees true that the mast precious gems are subject to various diseases, which frequently destroy their lustre and beauty., One of the most common diseases of jewels is en inclination to change their original color, Although it is gener- ally believed that ernerelds, sapphires and rubies are not sibjeet to this change, recent experiments Have es- tehlished, the proof that these stones are liable to fade. Garnets are found to fade Very rapidly and faded garnets null. ru.IjieS 5851.11110 a pale and misty appearance. 'Many gems often without my ap- parent carate suddenly became crook- ed or eaectined, the damage being be- yond. repair. Opals, known tie the ue- lutikiest stones, are so sensitive that their beauty is frequently destroyed by their wectrees proximity to an 09430 fire. The lustre of this atone 13 -0014- 011 by the presence of myriads 01 111118 fissures which deflect the light into the characteristic orismatio colors of the gem. The tiniest; of thee fissures is likely et any 11301110111 tO destroy the stone, Noels are subject to countless di- em/es. A. moderale heat is sufficient to lettnathon them a heap of ashes and if they are moldnetally brought into the proximity of an amid they th- eme irretrievably ruined. They are easily broken, and, when frequently worn, some lose their lustre. 11 SIGNIFICANT ADVERTISEMENT, A. notice (11591076d in a Brisbane shop window throws some light 011 the mixed character of tee unemployed ie Queensland. It 11,100 111116 "Wanted, some 1.11011 for a township, accustomed to horses, Who are not afraid, of hard work. Good wages. No Meters, jour- neliater elericse Ong of English noble- men, or larrikins need. :tepee." COTJ,IISTS Te' WAS. aeraintardi—lteow did that baby party your Wats got up lest week turn oat? Fergueow—It woe a howleng euecess. • .„„.„. , BALLOT FOR THE MILITIA. In REVIVAL IS CONTEMPLATED IN GREAT BRITAIN. Whet W011ieloy HAYS or I I-- Mr Teals. ,tog hivogorating Antigtoto Agelot411 11,11111iry Eireinlelkey. There have been rumors) for some time that the Government is abou1 to revive the ballot for the militia, owing' to the breakdown of recruiting, These X'utnors vere Oren HOg.tiel.hwg of V011erete form recently by the Louden Globe, which is usually, well informed upon militery matters. If the HI - more are well &unclad, they point to what is practically a mollified form of conscription. That is to say, ano man who does not belong to one. of the re- gular forces, or to the volunteers, will be liable to be balloted for to serve In the militia. One effect, of course, of any such scheme would be largely to increase the number of the volun- teer corps, as many WOU.1d. serve in one of them rather than run the risk of the ballot It is (11011 10 bear mind in this connection that Lord Weise - ley, the Commander -in -Chief, does not think that conscreatIon is the uninit- igated evil it Is generally Supposed, to be. In a• lecture delivered before the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution in tion," he pointed out that thei train - December last, on "War and Civilize- ing involved in preparation for war, is an invigorating antidote against that luxury and effeminacy which de- stroy nations as well as individuals. This national training keeps robust and healthy the manhood 01 11 State, and, in saving it from degenera- tion, nobly serves the cause of civiliza- tion, A CORRESPONDENT'S VIEWS. A correspondent of the London Giotto ;says: There is believed to be 00111e ground for the belief that the Government are seriously contemp- lating the revival of the ballot for the militia. Semite this turn out; 1 o le correct, the effect on the future of the volunteer lore will be very great. It is probable that every able-bodied men not belonging to the navy, mar- ines, army, yeomanry, or volunteers would be liable to be dra.writ in the ballot, and if draWrI 113 801160. Probably the ages daring welch the liability woulll last would be from eighteen! to thirty. 11 18 needless to say that the effect of all this wouldhe to drive into the ranks of the volunteers all them who would emcee being drawn by to serve in the militia. Thecommis- sioned ranks would be hill and the non- commizeioned ranks also 1vould be coin- posedof a highly Intelligent class, wbile those who are now too selfish and un- patriotic to serve in any shape or form would lie compelled to eontrilinte to the detente of the country. All the un- certainty about the attendance at regi- mental or brigade camps would cease. Commanding officers and adjutants, after worlring hard to induce as many 0.5 etesible to attend, would not be dis- heartened by finding ONLY A 1111 1(13 TERN UP. The present uncertainty as to attend- ance at company and. battalion parades would disappear, The authorities would impose their own thrills upon the volunteers, and they would have to be strictly carried out. Unpatriotic mas- ters who now refuse leave to their men and unpatriotic employers ot labor who discourage volunteering, would bave to change their tactics entirely. Taken all round, the effect on the vol. - mother forma of a. revival of the ballot for the militia, would be inarvelous, It would transform the three from iispre- sent go -as -you -please style into a mag- nificent boey of intelligent men, who would he bound by certain regulations, which would have the effect of render- ing thef Oree l(Seffi('iOII1.a8aU irregular volunteer force is capable of becoming. 41805 all know, the officers are a weak spot in our present organization. The three is not; popular with the class which /supplies the Dithers of the army, militia, and. yeomanry, with the result that commanding volunteer officers have had to take men who are quite unfitted sweetly Lo he leaders of troops. it is no use mincing matters,‘ and it is n, fact; that large proportion of the officers of the force use a whole are tnorrrEn FOle TIMM POSITIONS. Al this tortunately will be remedied by the introduelion of the ballot for the militia. Gentlemen, of the required education arid Social position to escape being drawn for the militia will rush to the volunteers, and it 111, 1101 likely that they will serve in the ranke of our force if they can hold commissions. We tan only hope, adds, the correspondent, that the. report with which Idle au- thorities nee ceeditecl is true We shell le told that English people will not tolerate the introdection of any sys- tem of compulsory 85(111110 (Well 011 a mollified scale, This may be, hut the puldh, have never yet harm teethe, believe that, the sensible portion et the voting public wilt anuniesee in the scheme When 111 ts explainsitel 1t4ontoh4isen, that th:M e introeth») of the only chance of the natiol.'s eseapthe the much greater evils of conscription or the regular army and. a rational disaster. PETTY LARCENY, The wonderful segatity and ahnorew, al development of the thieviah instinct ire rats is illualrated by their stealing liens' eggs; Elea remarkable perform - Mee IS accomplished by one rat lying on his back and grasping the t gg tight. ly with his fore pews, white his rat caceatupliees drag lani away lay the tail, The eunning rodents will carry eggs Prom the bottom to the Lop of It 110118O, the first vet pushing with bit lege and the seeped Dating the egg with his fore legs, roternixig.for more tater one is finally deposited In its biding piece. These clever thieves will empty a leek of Florence oil by dipping th.dr long trails and repeating the trick Me 1,1.1 they have cionalened every deem DEFIES LAWS OF NATURE, A YOUNG MAN WHO HAS NOT SLRPT FOR FIFTEEN YEARS. end Plight or it rhIlildelplola Mon He. A Able to Werk every Oily-- Alai Won the 53(3 *133 or Nci,VoiW g 11111010, For fifteen years Kelly, e young inachloist 55111)1070c1 In the Bald- win„ Locomotive Works, has been de- niect nature's commonest blesellig— eleep. Physicians of note from, the die, ferent medical centres—men who !neve devoted yeare to the study of the human nervous syetem-119110 examine11 this youtug anan and have agreed in pronouncing bis affliction the most ex- traordinary case of lemmata on rec- ord. Although somewhat discouraged at the inabitillY a doctors to eive him what be desires most at all in the world. —sound and retreahing slutnier—Kelly has deckled to go for treatment to the •Unlyeraity of Pennsylvania llooPital, The young man is twenty yeare old, or slight, wiry build, and weighs about lee pounces. He Is a skilled meter, but when not at work employs his time with books, being a. most assiduous readier. REPOSE, BUT NOT SLEEP. "I RAI perfectly willing," he said, "to State on oath that I have not slept—, that le to say, as every one else does —far 'lite% years, and that this in- somnia remits from a nervous eke - tion. I do not go to bed, as a rule, 1121 - tit between twelve and one o'clock In the Morning. "Until ball -past five In the morning I lie very still, in order to give any muscles a thane to get thoroughly reeled. I Mose my eyes simply to give the ;nerves an opportunity of being re- lieved ot the strain of the day, but ev- en this does not prevent the 1.tds from painlaig ane and tieing very heavy at them, After moraine- ablations 1eat a bearty breakfast, Lt tieing to me one of the best meals of the day, althongh 1 have not a very strong appetite. Tlien, I go to work, "All day loug I ply the hammer in the riveting department, only getting a fele minutes at a time for rest, .As you can imagine, I am thoroughly tired out when I reach my boarding bouse in the evening, and am ready to do justice to a hearty meal. The evening I spend in reading and in playing games with the other lodgers." SUFFEB,E.1.) PROM CHILDHOOD. Kelly is a native of il,ocktord, Obio, When eleven years old he became a victim. to nervous prostration, and as u result spent Si X mouths 111.1 baspital . at Cleveland. This left hint in a very Nevelt condition, but he. recovered rap- idly and soon became strong and heae. thy agate 1)215)118 1101111)1 11181 11 nerves bad become unstrung again, and he complained. that he voted not sleep. He condition went from bad to worse, and within a few weeks ha was rumble to sleep at all. This, of course, fright- ened Mina and his friends, but he soon becairne accustomed to his inability to sleep, a,ed was able to do a hard day's work with any one. The only reminder of his trouble wim the shooting pain 1102.0,98 the eye. Treat.: ment., the mining /111121 says, saems to 1.11(11e little or no effete ou him. For many years he has imaufged in the, tob- acco thewiaig habit, and the use of eof- fee as a nerve stimulant, both of width eminent specialists say, are in 0 meas- ure. responsibk for hes inability, to el eep. Under ;medical instructions, Kelly has abstained from tee 118e of 110111 cot - 156 and tobacco for months at a time. TOUR OF DANGER. King *31141 queen o1 Way WM V1511 Lawlelio King Humbert and Queen hlarghorba are eliout to undertake a royal progress through the island of &Lily with the object of reviving the loyalty, to the throne ln that neglected eortion of the dominion's, Ana at the same time en- ereesiag Imola the minds of the heal officials teat there 5 n ower Olive them ready Lu re ar ' goacl. service and to punieli dishoneete. 1). Is kite to tieny that the tour le) attended with a certain degree of eauger. Nowhere in the kingdom is crime more ran -mane or has misery reduced the messes to /mob a stale of reckless desperation as in this beeutiful island, where mole - over the 'Letitia reigns supreme. and where neither the JCing nor Queen ever can feel assured whether the heel anognates, gont n.obles ana dignitaries, who welcome and surroutel (110111, are not prominent members of the inest dreaded brotherhood of crime in the civilized world, Of /mune, elaborate measuree will be taken for the wrotecticin of the King and Queen, and possibly Mrs. Mackay, the bonanza queen, who is to visit Seely at the (16 (111 time, may benefit/ by the rrocautions adopted for the eatety of the royal amy, 'While the 15.1 1(1)' Mute.; leace will 110 500(118 from any kid ne ming attempts, there is 00 knowing whether the King may not before hie return to ltome receive a Mai) between the stem- tclers from One Of 1.110e long knives 0111 11 wheal the Sicilians frau Obits out of mind have leen so 1 andy, Sociinlient, lore is rine 111 'Sicily, anal there is no mentos:Meal e01.1 ry in Eer- ie*, where so many nohlemen ere 'Me- taled ea the 1 ivl.eect, the lawlessness of Seely is such that 11(1- 111 (1 short 111101 aro martial law erevail- ed. There is only one portion of Italy 1 Lett Is more neglected by the 'royal house an(1 hy the Goverment 5111 more .).rairely lawless, and 1 hat is the Miami theelinia, which never hap: !leen ViP, itrd thle King ea, Queen 'Ono) they ille011.10 1 he throne. Yet King Entre eerie) fa t her and gra lid father hefore elms bozo the title of Rine' of eardinte, ehich only after tie War Of IBM was ransformed into that of liimv of Italy, The city clerk's office aod posi-office at titanic, Vermont, have heel dest('oy) ad by fire,