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er the Lilac Tree.
CHAPTER IV.
The words were ever before ine in
lethera of fire—"Gune away—left no
address!" Both by night and by day
they beat upon my brains, Christmas
passed; 'height lovely amen was earn-
ing. Wbat was I to del
Mark bad gone away and left no ad-
dress, No letter 3110 prayer from me
weal reenh him. In all the wide world
I did not know wbere to look for hun.
Be seemed as lost t.) me as though he
bad gone into another sphere.
Whet could. I do? In the ably of this
year be was to come home arid marry
me; I was welting for him. I haii no
other future; no other home, aothing
else to whith 1 Gould. look forward.
Where was he—ray handsome brave
young lover who had loved ree
dearly, and bad worshipped me so en-
tirely? Was be living or dead? Hype,
lavall, strength, everythin.g (ailed me
exeept my faith; that was utelimmed
and entombed, If he was lying IIL
unable to write. I knew be was think:
ing of me Imaging for um; If he had
been suddenly sent to s me distant
plaae ea business, from eolith perhaps
ite was unable to seed news ta me.
be would be miserable as I was. Even
if he was lying dead in the depthe of
the sea. his last thought had I c.m none.
Every hour of the day and night this
one questivn met me—What meet I
do? There were times when the impulse
was strong aPon ate to go out into
the wide world and search Mr him
Then faith and patience came to my
aid. They se,itl, "Wait here for him. ;
Ile. will coane with the Rasa and, rsses;
ait 131 bona and patieme."
The spring t•ame and went. I avoid-
ed lo hing at the lames Their psrfurae
lake the air -1 could n 1 help 'wrath-
ing it—I,ut t aveided. 1; oking et them.
My beart was siak, half dead with pain
and the sight of then \ct.uld &Meet
have killea me. Th tn .lune eerie, eith
its esea. 31y little st ,re af nen •y
was all gene, and I knew teat I e tat
aot remain many weeks i neer at the
cottages Mark would come in July If
:le were living; and if ba die not e me,
should knte- that he zzas dead. Se
la deselation and anguish of heart .1
counted the days. I dreaded at times
Le Mok in the mirror; I was so Craid
that my hair had grown gray. The,
coler had left my face, and the Ight
had die1 from my eyes; I/at July was
coming.
Alt, me. can I ever forgst the slaw
borture nI that month? Every day I
went to the grtup of tram av here we
bad parted, tom alt aa I heti pr. wised.
One by cue the sultry days went by,
and then I felt sure that be was
dead. He would have come to me had i
he been living. My handsome, brave,
true young kver was dead.
I would only pray to Heaven with
weeping eye e that I might die to. j
During these long mentha or susieese
I had lived through the suffering ef
lifetane.
When the month of August tame I
saw that part ot my life was elided.
f put on resureieg for my lover. The
sun of my life had. st.t; I lanai mourn ;
for Moak as wives a agew for a belov- '
ed husband. I never thoug,in ef an-
other lever, or oi future voidort, or
hoPeor happiness. Wherever he lay
dee& there my hoart, was buried with
him. The realities of life came me a
am, and. I believe aa:ed me from g -
Ing mad. I sold all my furniture, and
books, everything I possessed; I gave
literally to Doretay. and bade fare- ,
well to my lovely old home. I was '
awentysone when 1 want ta London
to seek my a rtune The first post
abtaieed was that of teacher of ling -
Nell in a boarding seb est in Prance
I di(1 not like it. and through the in.-
fluenee of nue at the elder pupae I
as:tains& an engagemeet 10 England—
net as govereees this time, but 11.5 Onra-
pluton. te Lady arks, who lived at A
a, grand old tame called Westwod, in
fae,nt. I nas giaat enough ta return
to England. Befere going to West-
wosd T went ta Graeedieu with aer-
baps a forlorn h.,es that I might haar
wine news of .lark—of how he had
died.
I went the old 1, 11 1111—frorn the ree-
ler to the lawyer, and from him to
Merk's acquaint), wee. No 1.110 had
beard one werd. Ile was deasi—Merk,
my daeling,—dead, and I was alone.
There was but one thug lidera me—
te live my life and pray that 1 (night
jela him in heaven.
1.1 Was whiepared from ene to an-
other that my tInerasas dead; and then
Lo those elm coxed moat for ue there
V1.1110 a gleam a pity 1 r one wbo had
no earthly ties.
It was in the niontb ef anly that 1e
vent to 'Weatwood. Lady Yorke eas
tegy oandal with me. ahe told rne that, t
tbe 011e oompleant muttered trorn I
w ea mania She Was lonely; 8118 want- a
ad amusement; sbe needed. a ,beerful 1
eutrupenion. She, would requite me to
emend the greater part of my ante tvith
her. I mutat read to her, answer her la
letters, aene out her invitoth us. ahe
ould eapect me to spend my eo est -
Inge in the drawing-ro tin, to ;iugwh n
needed, take a band at athlete 'he
wrote, most unreservedly to me. The
life would be tedi )11,0, sbe owned, but
then 1 would have a large salary and
5. comfertable bottle.
On the seeond zd July -1 shall never
:ergot the date—t Ceund myself at the
madly station of Weoilbeaton, the
nearest tawn to Westwood,. A 'Mature
baus enrriage, awaited me, and I enjelre
all the drive. Every one knows bow
the NW washes ths fair Kent 80881,
PV011 OM id 1/1.0 odar of tbe riowers. the
Wont of the rich Meyer meadows met
the fragrance of the rase -covered
have I distinguished the sea breeze.
Tee perk was a beautiful undalating
expellee, full of rine 1.1.(I trees of ev-
ery eaelete ol farm anti (articled with'
wild flowers. The h .use wee a grand
.014 Matielen that had been built in the
feign of queen Mae:arab.
'11i stia-
iihll Sell ett the greet, gables and the
large windows. My courage almost fall -
(11
1=3 inihn4:114:1\t.or siva'tial.ati",f13.tigatnilitra-
tee, curiosity as to what Lady mite
was like. pietared Iser an invalid—
pale, delkate, quiet. Before 133 11
was in her present*, and. I pertal&ad
any mistake. I saw at onee that aer
chief malady was due to having had_
all the wanted all her life. ehe lad ney
ter known trouble or care. She was
a sleoder meanest, with dark eyes and.
dark hair
I An expresaion of lenguiti dissontent
marred the leauty of her face. There
was a line across her white broNV that
betokened temper, and something in
the expression of her lies told thestunc,
storY. Tb e loom was beautifully fur
elated and deoorated. The lady bar -
self, was lying on Et ceueb, doing not.it
r• g, neither leading nor awaking'Ye
o)kett up with a glance of relief ant I
entered.
"Mies Chester." she exclaimed, with
something cf surprise, "1 am glad to
see youl I was just feeling as tit ugh
I did not know what to do with my-
self. Pray sit down."
Lady Yorke did apt look like a per-
son whi was easily amused. I took a
seat aa requested.
"I was greatly pleased with your
referenee.s, Mies Chester. Madame de
I -errand tells me that you are devouto.
Is it truer She did not wait for an
answer. "I ant glad you have come,"
alio continued; "time hangs heavily ma
my bands. May I ask for whom you
itre in mourning?"
01 Mirk, how litl11e
expressed my true Borrows for youl
Lfett my lips tremble when 1 For th the gentleman to whom I was
engaged, Lady Yorke,
"Flow very eadl" she said, just in the
same tone in width aim would have
• ed, flow very pleapantt.
Then she lo.tked. at nes with asmiLe.
"You did nee tell me that you were
a Louts., Mise Chester."
"1 dal not know le" I replied.
Tbe only veiee that bad ever called
me beautiful wee bushed forever.
'People of your way of thinking do
net value the gift (a jotromal beauty,
eupprsse," she remarked.
Pwas my turn to smile.
WIlat do you mean by my way of
t binkiag. Lady Yorke?"
'Madame Mlle me that your
thoughts are mere in heaven than 00
earth." she replied.
The man I loved is in heaven," I
said. ' Vallere else mild 1333' th lights
le?"
'People are m r fatten true to a
dead lore," 'mid T.ady Yorke calruly.
"For ray part. I (1., not see muds use
in it."
'Truth to the. deed and truth C) the
living are. Ono Ind the antra thing.'
I paid, with the rash presumption of
0118 lift: rant and inexpert n ed.
hall (townnlyono lore an 1 one faith
—how eauld 1 judge of others?
'I 1101,3 y0u will like ya111 rooms,"
said Lady Yorke. "I t 11 Mash= the
bouseiteeper. to give you the two Most
itlevereil. They ate in 1(51 we eall
the 'Queen's Wing,I hope y• 11 eill
10 ve77 C0111for1 040. 1111,i Cheater. 1
think you t 14 me you had no rela-
t ;yea?"
' No" I relate& "1 asn quite atone
in 1 ho world."
Ah (hell," said Lady Yorke, stith
O plea a at smile. "you will he the bet-
ter elle to devote all your tine,
thought and atte_ritLn to mel"
CHAPTER V%
In a few days I 88.9 quite at home
at Westwo td. and undere tood my du-
ties. Tbey were t cattails heavy. For-
tunately for me, with my great leve
of early rieing and fresh Mr. they did
not crinnoonce until ten in the morn-
ing. Lady Yorke did not care to le
dieturled before that hsur. I do not
think sale had over sen the sen rise
or the dew lying like diamonds on
ate grass. So the fresh sweet biers
were all my own. I rose almost with
the sun. thinking often that if people
knew how lovely the early mornhag
was they woutd 001:81: 85.510 much time
in sleep, and went out into the park,
ft Peened to ms elwaya that I slant
those early morning hours it Rh Mark;
the only difference lay in this that he
wee on t'',ne side of the blue sky and
T on the other, And I.was possessed
with the idea that he could hoar and
see me. Ali, my love, h ev T loved youl
When I went leek to the h• ase after
those hars of mare and rest, my. mind
as !geed for the day. If I bad net
5680 liark T had lo ked long and Mte
ingly at the leue heaven V hero he was,
I had not sp ,ken 1 him lett the whim -
Per of the wind. the rapt° of. the heti es
the song of the birds, all seemed. so
many messages from aim. After tpn
o'clt ek 1 had never another moment
to oatt my own. Then Lady Yorke eats
in her boudoir, and every morning she
Mel a thausand new wants, lt was a
puv.zle to 1110 h she invented them.
There ;tete letters to answer, Invita-
tions to amid telt. She liked to he
me read. Every 'lay brouglit ila pa-
pers, periodicals, magazines, new sew -
eta, all of whioh must lie read 1, her.
Then we walked or tinge. It luneh-
eon rd Yorke joined us, and then
her ladyship vestal. We lute another
drive in the aterno a lin 'r at,
even and in the evening lady Yorke
requeeted to sing. 1 like,' that
iine la -t, an. 1 auttg evry oWOAt
ove-seng Gila I knew. and I sung
lways to Mark. Ob. my leve, how I
(wed put
Lora 'Werke W00 kindly generous
nan, quite fifteen years older than
at tem:ilea languit young elle, Ile
wastages -a her, and she in her help -
leas 11 ay W88 lend of hem 'they were
vPry rich. 'they owned this fine ea -
tato at Westwoed, and they had a 1
megnincent armee in la ncion and a, t
villa in Elerence, That wax Lady
Yorke's whim. 'When tbe winter was
tea cold and the amine too wet. she
went to Meet, 110. Wher0 she could bamk
I n the eunsbine the whole clay I, ng.
They had nuitnerotet visitants and I
friends, It wag te fill the interval
Letween the slepartuve of (me set. or
yieitore and the e ming of the next
that T was W11 184. Lady Yorke o aid
notendure te t\lown, elle must be
const an tl antused. They had no (hits
drew and that was 111t 0118 dravilitick.
liked tord lawke: le) IN OA always
kind a.nd rourte us to me, gas
not 1811111 interested in polities; the
care no a el al ding of hi 1 est te '
ettpied hie whole time Ile %velar] not
have a land agent or n Ereward; ha
did everything himself—kept his me
eounts, received him renle, tom his ion -
watt; overlomakd the home imitate)
IlialtrdisaYrdeire(11174:11VstiPaSwinrs
trams as hie young wife was the re
V01'50, We were always extellon
friends. At times be asked me to belt
Mae 5,314 1114 1 hanks always Meowed um
Peer Latly Yorke! Yowls-, beautiful
wealthy. .'be was yet one of tbe most
discontented and aniaerable of sarong
ent.% 1She had no‘t, a useful interest in
th world. She had servants wit.)
waited upoa her hand and foot; she
had a husbana who indulged her mid
granted every wish that Nho express -
mi, sae 3111,8 never tailed epee to make
any exertien either of body or mind.
She
5( 110 never O01111/e110r1 to tbalki
Lord lwrice and alre Mashem thought
for her. If twenty visitors \yore Pont -
lag, it made no differeme to har. Da-
, fore I had been many days thews I
had read her clutewter accurately. She
.was ill from tndolenee.
alchiug her lot a melts day, see-
ing her study nothing but. herself, hex
!wants, her wishes, her whims, and her
cepriees, orderiag things theause she
fanoled, anti net because she wanted
them, speeding moeey prefusely With-
out looking at what was purahased—
, eeeiag her send away the ntost del-
i Wee fruits, the most recherche of
I diabes, the most to stly ot winea under
80/116 prOle:V/ Or other too absurd to
mention—L theught of the many poor
I women dying fer want of food, ot the
: many children perishing from hunger,
: and have wondered, She did not seem
i to know anything of the hard side ot
life. She ate from sliver plate; she
drank from the rarest of Bolaetnian
glass; Ma Was salved to her in the
finest of Dresden china. She wore
the finest of linenof lave, silk velvet,
and again; she had Jewels of prieeloss
Anitest ni all her life she had never
wished for one thing that had not I,een
granted to bor. She perhaps bad read
the words "hunger," "e•ld," "priva-
tioa," astartata ti," but elle. did net
underetami their meaning. Howe LIM
ehe when elle bad never felt ether cold
or hunger in her life? Her life had
Leona eybaract's life of pleasere, and
the result was that leyond herself sbe
had not a tare 4w timught in the world.
It seemed to me that if t oodal awaken ,
this sleeping soul I should not have
lived in vain,
remember the first time that she
seemed. to wake In a conscionsness of
suffering. She had never been ill her-
self. and, she had never seen 0(13 008
In pain. We sere crossing the park
when suddenly name our hatids NVO
heard a disoordant cry of birds. Sud-
denly a little bird fell fluttering and
dying at our feet. lt, had been at -
tasked and wounded by SoMe bird
larger than itself. I shall never for-
get the lo ,k in the dark eyes, the faint
fluttering of the little wings ere it
died. I had raised it in my hand and
it died there.
"roar little thing:" I said, "It has
had a ebert life, but e merry tme, I
hope. in th grea,t green boughs."
"Is it really dead?" Lady Yorke, ask-
ed, drawing near with a pale face. "1
do a t think I have ever seen anything
dead."
"Is that true, Lady Yorke?" 'asked,
looking at her in wonder,
"Yes, quite true."
"Have you over wondered what death
is like?" I inquired.
"I do not think so. I have never
tthought of death at all "
Have you never lest any Mende?"
I asked again. "Has ao one wheel you
loved died?"
"No --no one wbom 1 loved. People
t have known have died; but then they
always seemed to me quite apart fean
the rest of us,"
I looked in wonder at tbe beautiful
fare.
"Have you ever °aught that you
yourself must diel"
"I suppose I shall die 8 ane time," she
replied; "but I am young now --1; need
not legin to think about it yet."
"Have you ever beard of young peo-
ple dying, Lady Yorke?" I asked.
"Yes, but that does not often hap-
pen, T should think. Age and (Meth
naturally go tt geth'er,"
"Ny Mark was young," I said. "and
strong, he never had a day's illness
and he died."
"Where did be dIee" asked Lady
Yorke, and suddenly I remembered
that I did not know. Tbat which seem-
ed so certain to me miglat be very un-
certain to others. "I try never to
think of such dieagraseable things,"
continued I.ady Yorke. "It does no
go d, and makes one's life nxiserable,"
"No life can be really happy that is
not ruled by such th :tights, " I replied.
"We ought te live Cor Uic nextsvorld
and not for this,"
"Madame Defend said yo11 were very
serious. leer m' part T could not Rive
my mind to Ouch ideas. The very sight
or Oat dead bird has anade me feel ill
and tutserab/e."
"Yet. everything living in this
world. luta to die sooner or later," I
paid,
She made no remark, 1 ut 1 50.38 that
the indolent:, fattish aol, was roused
from its Meg sleep. The first thought
of (teeth and pain h -id. mine to her, nev-
er to he forgotten.
(To Be Continued.)
. same raceme is in progress at a hen-
! dred other restauraele, it tbousands
o of publicebouses the poneetemes appear -
11 once at the deer is the (skeleton anume
the convives; a last glass anti another
' and yet another are druelt; and even
when Hal house la filially shut tile
groups bang.tabout, and enunciate jests
(111,1 rileadry for another quarter of an
hour. A buisterotts chorus welly out of
tu.ne starts the mimes of the deserted
isteeet, A. last feehle ery ol "Extree I
Speatand 13.1100 I" is bearsely offeredi
up by Lhe belated newslxv, and thee,
in the sihiness, the County Council
cleaning statious and the retry 8(07
-
1235,01:8 begin to haul at their mach-
ines and implements; the laked pota-
to roan stars up hie tuberse the railway
stationsmasters look up Charing -cross,
Victoria, St, Pancras, and Waterloo sea -
tants; squads el pollee man file out of
Seettentisyard and Bow atreet; ,
lion oats steel out from countless art•as; I
and lo I noel:wee Loudon has begun bus-
, 1 11 POO, Its day has dawned.
One a tbe most platuresque features
ot midnight 1,odo 1, or course, the
Care -brigadier, whose attire 15 a tom-
' bination Weal -gra miner. Sussex '
(peasant and Spanish pl.raiet. He has
been a aailta an his time, and. nothing
'pleases hem betterth:n
EIGHT DIRT AS WOLILD EIGH
laauT
•
exoept that ita the former °cutting:Ma
the element a excitement is wanting.
Relays of firemen ecour London's
streets as they woula swab decks, and
if oceasioeally a passing cab borse gets
the benefit, of a stream, of water full
in the neck, at is Oilly One Of 111000
gentle stimulating excitements with-
out wbielt lite would indeed be dreary.'
It is heed to believe it., bet the Strand ,
at 3 am., is es clean as a newly synths',
bed deal table. Vet; Lets exploit las:
not been accomplished without OM en -
orations amount oE profanity on the!
'part of nocturnal cabmen and occasion- I
al v cl
NIGHT IN LONDON.
The 01110r eity 81111 118 Life—Ntgla t S881108 11,
the Greet Re:remain,
Where Pr!1 ltIVO eities—tiondon by
1115,11 and Lorelea by day. They 8411
quite distinet; and 11 11:4' (tempt the trif-
I•ing detail or tepographiotti configura-
tion, do not even r..semble (me another,
says the London Deily
"Dist bus to Hammersmith I" or to
Putney (yr Wbiteehapel. Thet is the
neigh: signet for Londe/am transfoema-
ace seem, the whole of the diurnal
population disappears., and the tiocturn-
i nhabilan ta (erne fortle Tbe mien Of
4.,980,000 (yet ot 0,000,000 souls 'ascends
gently It, :heaven, and the brief era d
midnight Loudon—population 20,000—
begins.
It le a city without theatres, with -
mat amusements, without restaurants,
wltinent. railwaya, without 4:buret:Ica,
(1:1 11,1 slime. without public -houses,
eattiout noise. it 18 a tity oray or tail
and Wilma.
Daily. Loudon dies Mud, bowever.
The garantio porter or Ciatla's alsaks
through the length end breadth or the
t•stablielenent 00011 after the stroke oil
inistnight to warn eastomere that but
a haat-hour remelne tea re,velry,, and
alueh 089 been written about the
post-ruidnitglit coffee stela', &Masted to
the memory of the good St. Andrew,
where peer and coster.mongor, jour-
nalist mad. vagabond, Um ter= are no '
perpendleulerly isniabing the stemming
coffee at a penny ',the oupe and, even ,
munehius the weird. and occult saus-
ttge roll.
Tbe mention of coetermung,ars recalls
even to those stale bilge not lived in
novturn-al Loudon. and knoty nothing, •
tberefore of its life and habits arid top-
pearanee, the laustle and oddity ot. Coy -
sot Garden Market, sabseh begins in I
the wee ewe,' hours.
,But troldnight London, after all, is ,
a sal rather them a gay city, It Is
and to the taleteller, twee it the day I
Bane—what nmst it be When its damp,
dark streets age roaimod by many hun-
dreds of unfortanatte beings—outcasts ,
—sans asile, who trams) its payeraeats
during the NN -hole lieelong night, with
empty stomachs mad. aehieg bosoms, .
\vatting still with hope for that thing t
midnight Lomdn
never will see—anti.I WO change clim-
ates with Kionelike—the light of (ley.
THE CZAR AND THE DOLLS.
*Ludicrous Story Mahe Russian Emperor's
Curiosity.
The beavy burden of autocracy has
not destroyed all the boyish Instincts
in Nicholas IL's disposition, as the
follawing anecdote, heard et a dinner
party given in honor of a gentleman
of M. Faure's e000rt in bis laM jour-
ney, proves. The president, after hav-
ing searched all the best Parisian
shops to find same toys worthy of the
two little grand duthesses' acceptance,
and, haviaa boeght the everlasting
gold rattle ' Miss Tatiana, was in
despair for something out ot the com-
mon to give Mies Olgoe He at last
close two wonderful dolls, one got up
as an elegant lady, the other aa/ 00
overdressed little glels and, after
znueb difficulty, a most complicated
piece of machinery was inserted, thanks
to which, when wound up, the lady
and ber daughter begin a ludicrous
bit of conversation, wbaala Is finisbed
by the little girl crying became she is
not Mimed to ride a donkey on ac-
count of het geuze dress.
Tim baby grand dateless was deliglat-
ed, but not mare so than her father, I
who, It aetware, spent an hntar Mr the
floor with the child, listening to the
squeaky dialogue between the dolls,
But the time came when the princess
had to oet to bed, which she did very s
reluctantly. As for the :Emperor, he I
remained an instant In the boadoie 01: -
ter her departure, with the two Mover t
artificial ladies, who had taken bis
fancy, wbile the Empress, M. Faure, N
ani some halies and gentlemen of the b
AGRICULTURAL
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SELECTING AND HANDLING 1311111
CATTLE,
When Ibe thoughtful farmer ao di
vales his acres bis tattle avIl
bete the tianner, rotarber portions OVO
ividelt to graze, and retains the rale
nelasfor producing food for their win
ter keep, he 1103 totem the initiator
step in the succeseful management o
his fartn, writes A.. 0. Lookbridge. 133
such a division every part of hi
lands 11111 be put to the best use to
which they are oeirmtecl, ant he wit
thus be able to put to a pracatical, sec
gen, potash, and phoephorie (mid with
water to permeate and Ma:gave them.
riumus Is the deeasea met derayIng
e vegetable matter la Gut eon, rt giveo
It that dark rielt 8*101:, PA WO 0811 It.
11 makes it light and poroue ao that
.[ It will hold large quantitioa or watee,
• juat as the sewage Mee And in It
✓ live the little "Invisible trierele" the
myriads of baoleria, tvhieli fix or hold
Hie nitrogen that certain plants path -
ea from tbe wlr, aad make it available
. for the coming crepe. Stable maeure
a will make tahs Immure So will orops
at, are ploughed under, such a,s the
clovers, cow pees, arid soja beans. And
1 the nitregon Wbieli they at the time
- bring to this soil is mach cleaver than
ceeetel test the wise old agriculture
nanxim: "Sell nething off of the farm
but fat (stook." T.btts done, bis nee
mire will be a, selection of the kind, o
stock he desires to fatten. He wi
that bought at e, entail). fertilizer
bags. Indeed nitrogen is far the most
tl f •
b bought. The merchant bases his price
t for mixed fertilizers more on the 'althe-
a gen they contain than on any other
find beef cattle both pleasant and pro-
fitable to handle. It will pay him bee
to handle a, superior grade of cattle
and a proper Seleotion 13101/118 a grea
deal to the feeder, Muth important,
therefore attaches to this point; and
the thrifty farnter should make him
Kelt thoroughly acquainted mite it
minutest details. Ole should have at with water.
high standerd of excelleney in the tie
rdifsresllinencLreaMoc.frltv:er'ts1alti it tisiTai
much less dangerous condition, and ie
, more easily appropriated by the suc-
cowling crops titan in the form of
• tirtiLnitriticts or animal refuse. These
raooliPtitle'Alets1,41(fieeliTY11 1..8111YeoleFiltbelel•tisenel;In'telbrmleix6heeat'drd1n18V itt,)11311
s tile soil at about the time the palate
• 008(1 11140
fVxict'g°;' ,to otlmulato
Try VO ft
- when turned into matinonia, by union
lection of his bowl, said adhere to 1
85 rigidly as possible. He may no
attctin to his lofty ideal of a steer, in
every inetance, but his successful se-
t '11 b in Lle 48-
5,100e which he is firm, alert tied era
tical. It ousts less, proportionately, to
fatten a good. steer than an 1.11 -made
ono, mut ibis easter, ultimately, to find
a remunerative market to bim. The
farmer's standerd, therefore should be
that kind, of an animal who ee parts
where beef theuld grow are well devel-
Need. The frame of sueh a steer will
surely indicate this. 1.1 selecting
fe,eding cattle first look the herd over
as e whale and thus aseertain, as neer-
ly as possible that they range well to-
gether; that te, that au are about of
the (same weight. Do mot buy some
that wit) weigh one. or two Mutated
pounds mere 18811 the general herd,
Such steers elways he bosses 131
the feed lot rind will get mere than
their ahare of the deity rattens, and
this, too, at the expense of weaster ones.
Such bessisin results in. an mequality
in the herd that is plainly noticeable
even at the en.l. a the grazing seasou
when 1G 18 being finished oft for mar-
ket. Riding cautiously ameng rattle
o,u, horaeback is a. good way to judge
their points, as you can then see well
over their backs andsides. Walk slow-
ly through the herd., with au, cectiaional
soothing word., so as not to scare them
and thereby prevent your getting a.
good salisfectory look at them. Cattle
are very wary of strangers, and even
so. slight a. thing as a little false step
vvill sernettines send them scampering
away. Scaa each seer over slowly
and. critically. First of all look sharp-
ly at his jaws to se.e whether he is free
froth bigjaw. If there is a lump upon
the jaw just at Hasa pleat of it, on a
line balmy the ear, reject him. at 01180.
In, a majority of instances it wiLl turn
oat to be a big jaw, or aa it is more
soientifically known, cancer jaw, and
sucb steers are an absolute loss to the
owner Now stead upon one side of
the steer. He shooed be very straigat
ea the beck from tlie neck to the root
ot the tall. Ilia hind quarters should
curve gracefully outward, not curved,
in)ward., or be "ea hammed," thereby
Insuring large, juicy round steaks. Let
Me flank be low down anti come
straight aorose from the thigh joint to
the navel. lie should. be well develop-
ed La the region of the heart, jut lack
of the fore -leg, as the vitality ot the
animal depends very mueh upon this
point. Hea brisket about& be promin-
ent, projecting vvell in front of tbe
fore legs and nicely rounded. Ens
head should be rather small for his
(amass, with a broad, 'dished face. eYes
well apart, clean muzzle and a short,
powerful jaw, so the animal can easily
and. thoroughly masticate his food. In
this particular, as indeed in all others,
regard. the animea az a factory for
the express purpose of turning the raw
products of your farm ineo finished
arteek, of neerchandise. The more
readily the aaimal can masticate his
food the higher will be the degree et
its assimilatlea and consequent gain iu
flesh. A well -formed• steer. viewed
from 1,las side will preseat an oblong
ahape—like a shoe box for instame,
only larger; that is, with his bead and
egos descarded la the outline. Note
his legs that they be fine and short,
especielly froat the lame to the eautern
join( A Meer with a coarae, long
Leg is newer a good fattener; as we
ometimes seg.: "There is too tench days'
igat under hum" Next view the ani-
mal from bested. He should have a
tal, retied body, wide in the hind quar-
ters, rurap paints weal up. and on a Hue
✓ ita the vans, and with springing,
oopslike ribs, Omni sprineing ribs
LI Phosphoric acid and potash must also
be applied properly. Many perSone
fail to get the gooli effects from thern
which they might reassembly expect.
1111 • •15 01140 PUtIlt •
hor-
°uglily understood by farmers, fruit -
growers, and gerdeners, The preven-
tive measure m to apply potash and,
plussphorio acid in the- fait or winter
and let the mine and melind snows
thoroughly (Resolve these mineral man-
, ures and mix them with the sole I
---
1 WHEN SOILS REQUIRE, LIME,
It is known that litmus paper 138-
0 00004 red when exposed to acids and
blue when exposed to alkalies. Plate
i seine ot the sell in a cup of water, has'- '
I
11153 1,118 conlanto
o a Y 03
:
. thick paste, allow it to stand. about!
fifteen minutes and then insert intca
the sail the ensl of a piece of alma 111-
131131 paper. After five D11811108 havo!
elapsed. withdraw the paper au,1 rinee
laclear water. If tee raper has been
reddened, then the soil is Reid and Hine I
may be applied. Muth 4618 alt's, hew-,
ever, 11'0M W1111111 portion. of Lhe field!
l
the fotinple s1:1 1 is taken. A. bet tor ,
Plan, which requires more time, bow -1
ever, is to grow two small plots of;
Insets, using lime only in oue plot. As:
lime Ls v.ery benefioial to beets the
fect of the limed plot will be noticeable .
if the soil lacks lime. One point to Ole ,
501:1:8 18 that lime must be fino ana not '
ailelied in lumps, an'l it Omuta te
evenly clietribute4, While it is ire,
necessary to work the limn in with tho
harrow if it Is applied ea mega land
in the fall, yet it shouli bo thoroughly
pcluixteaon Ittvhiethlatehl SInc411.,1;*:18tillotill, 1'111181;11.i *mwaiye ;
imjere seed if tho appliratien is large.'
A. lime sinvaaer e al be fool service-,
.able in. applying Vilna. In recommencai
ing the use oil lim.e it. is not intermit
that it will serve as a fertilizer. It,
ifi 0 fertilizer to e certain extent, but
not a complete oae. The benefit from i
lime is mostly due to its chemical 111 -
Goo on the soil,
eourt, stele talking in the next room.
Suddenly a strange noiee like that
or MO infernal machine was heard,
followed by a loud cry of dismay,
and everybody rushed to see whet it
WOO.
There was the Emperor, safe and
'sound, but tvitia 0 disnaal face, look-
ing, at the dolls, wale)) he had pertly b
undressed, to find out the semet hid- p
den hi their bosoms, 301/10 1:110 d011a
88111 ellObtOrillg away as If they t
would never 'Ay. The Empress, un- y
able to restrain her temper, sna,tobed t
up the earpoted board on which they
were standing, and slaking the two r
paeoloun ladies, and, after having S
°teethed her husband With a wi (hexing a
eye, sate mid to a gentleman near 1
her, "Please, Rend this away; it is ton a
lad, indeed, The Emperor p 118 e cry.
thing he touches." But Nichalaa look-
ed ace penitent and the mishap was so
funny, that elle could net help laugh-
ing.
aro on of the duet essentials of a first-
class, beef -bearing aninuta 11 the ribs
aprin.g well out from the baokbono,
slightly risiag at they projete, they
will alstays itteu.re fine, juiey roitatoule
of beef. Y,our heel. :ilmut4 be formed
front those breeds or v11118 that are
noted for their benabeneing qualities.
re,ads that hate beea bred for 8, long
OrlOd. Of thus with that OM Olijeol,
a riear. Yon 381 11 be ceratia, then,
o gel the most profitable animals for
our purpose. The superior breedsizi
his class are the Shorthorns, the
Herefords and the Polled -Angus cattle
1101(1053 in the order named. The
horthorne, or Durham, steers, think
ee the best, not only on tuteount of.
heir extelleat feeding qualities, bat
Ise of their fancy, showy oppeartines
when thoroughly finished up by judis
Mous handling. The Herefords are
very areal/Oahe oatile, taking on flesh
rapidly anal symethirally. The Polled -
Angus cathle are geed "rustlers" after
forage, bardy for cold wiatere, Mears
weiglaeg out laetter than tbeir sloe
woula feat% bet are eattratar te form
Gina the Shorthorns or the Herefords.
There are other breede of rattle that
ca(1 lay some claim to beef -bearing
qualities, bat tbeilaive lamed are de-
rededly the best.
FER7TIAZING TO A PURPOSE.
Them are five thine that ere wed-
aby needed by the w$l—hututts, nitro
-
HIS ESPECIAL CHARM,
She—All the girls think your Dieted
a oharming conversittioettlist.
7I—Yes t Dirk is 0 fellow oe very
fete Worde.
ME WAS ENTRANCED.
Wm VI a thirlaltng play, aulla
I' should say so, T forgot to 118.11 my
abotelete (steam*,
ITEIWS '01INTEREST,
armless" earagraptis IrIttett !tiny no lemma
work am a, living 111 thirty -mix
Th)0 average life of women who
Worth simulate.
ltnttxtu.a polar regions the 1004 0011^
lain leas salt than those near the
miubo
The full dress unifori warn by an
lengllsa Cabana Minister on slate 01-
1asiens (eels about six bundred and
tier dollara.
Umen ba11 an acre of land in
Aeson, Me?, L. A Tinkbam talast sea-
sboueoroaisls:fd. ttigiihmunclred and ninety
A. hors* aids a shepherd at Chem-
beerug, oss Savoy, din ketepi.ng the herd to-
gher, andbest trained deg.
IIt is a (strange fart that injuriza to
the tongue, whether of men or 0003-
(1101, boa more quickly than Hew at
any other part of the epithet.
An organ a superior tone, and pow,
, or has just bean eroolea in the Church
or St, Ignatius, San Premise,. It bee
five thousand pipes and weighs one
burelred tbousand pounds.
The street cars la 8wedish el ties rare-
ly stop kr passengers. Men and wo-
men. there are Quite agile and expert
ainrojumnipwinotstu.ona. and off while the ears
The large it sweet potete on reeord
was groivn last season to, Abilene,
Kama% hy Jolla G'ralwan, it is nine
; inches in length, twenty-five M Mr-
inuelerence, and we:gas 0100 0101 three-
; quarter poueda.
in 331051 .1! the houses of Lana, Peru,
animals axe kept on the roofs of the
houses, A. valtas first view of the sun
le usually from a root, and 11 never
deseends until It cornea deem as
ki.e.7r0. cure her clapped Minas, Mies
Carrie Heed. ef Camden, N. 7., wash-
ed theta In giaoline. Then she triedto
dry them over e Eire. lta an Sealant
they Vole altia7eand serious burns
resul 114,
A wheel was one ef the Christmas
presents mcolved by a Brooklyn
young lady. She tried it an the day
it came into her pessesstoe, and, while
riding on alatlusb. avenue. 1,11 and,
ichecr knep-nap, tllio will 1,0 lime
"Thank Goal" exclaimed John a.
Draper, a colored 1000, who was a
witnesa in a Baltimore court, nn
informed lw a lawyer that he had
no an 're ()Astatine to ask. The judge
promptly feted the witnees five 1el-
19,rs for mamma of court.
Ily a new rule of the health era,
eats of A.lammia et,unty. Cale every
cow in gs;od t!piblition must wear a
button on ono of its horns. The ab-
sence or tbie button denotes tbat the
eow is nst in good health. end that it
milk is unfit for food.
'rbe only army pensiener in Mk --
smut 17110 receives 008 hundred dol..
Tara a month is Frank Mark et St.
Louis, Alta:ugh he metered but six-
teen days in the army, he la well en-
titled to tbe wensien, Ir o promatere
explosien of a tanner1 deprived him of
both arms.
Creased trousers are ss admired by
O certain captain of the St. Louis pe-
nce that he insists upon his men hav-
ing their nether garments oorispieu-
ously pressed. Those who ere unable
to pay atr this "wriakte," have it
daily renewed at the expense of tbe
ca,ptain.
A species of gum tree, called the
Euralyptus Amygdalina. which grows
ia Victoria, N. S. W., setnetimes at-
taide a height of four hundred and
Ainety-five feet of the root,
diseyeedn tauy cif cett,4nOtnye fsfeetobbitiegt, fobdtainic.ditiuttibu:-
brenclies within twhundred and; o
trunk w -here the first Mena sprout-
ed WU four feet la diemetee.
Natural gas low been Hoeing ear
ages le sevorat seations '11 the C01110.8-
811141 provieees borderiag the Caspian
Sea- 1515013r of these gas wells have
oonstantly emitted flames for a per-
iod beyond the memory of living men,
and are stmerstitiously, Spoken or au
tb110"eutenrunsautalfin:
eat bappened to a
young 11115.8 in Ebbing Creek Valley,
near York, Pa, He leaned Ms gun
against a tree trunk, white he climb-
ed tbe tree in quest of a, bird's nest,
His movements jarred the trunk, the
gem was dIscherged, and the (Mot en-
thred. hie side, causing death.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Few Torogrophs Which 111/17 110 Vottud
Worat needing.
Seattle will henceforth supply free
books to the pupils in the public schoola.
The aaeanese postmen use bicycles
when their routea lie in the rurel ada-
trans.
Grasshoppers in Argentina are whee-
lers, many of thein being four inahes
i in length.
An editor in Huron, Kansas, In an-
nouncing the (travel of hie first baby
says: " We wouldn't take 810,000 for
him, nor peer fifty manes for another,"
Pensioners are blessed wile Mamma
tee vitality. la the 'Wetted Slates In
the yeax 1883 there emu 8110,11141 POO -
81 Oldrs 111 1807 they bad inareasel to
0.1p6Mulp41.18 jo the wheels of 'Nueva Leon,
alexia°, are bereafter to lie taught to
write anl eerforin all manual tasks
with the left as avoti as with the right
11315.11.
The famous( black hone once maned
by General Boulanger, 1111(1 which was
one of the attracti))na of military ear -
(Mee in Paris, DOW draws a hack in the
streets d the Freneb metropolis.
"Thief I Go 'it ay, you thief I" «cream.
ed a aerrM in a bird store on Ninth
Avenue, New York, as Policeman Tays
lox' 1.1 0,8 eassing on las night lat round.
The tafriver entered and found a burgs
list concealed Under a rot bed,
A astculiar Devoe or the cake OW In.
o London leiter led to an insestingtion.
Then it mine tonight that dmayea nage)
13e139 inntortnnt ingredient of 1118
141,1to. Officers seized 1,043 eimient eggs
in his I eke -alma,
The Bev, N. A. Forrest, of Webeter
City, Toes, severely (teaseled some
young ieties of als eongregaiioh for
attendiog a (lance. Two of the girle
armee1 he" asel Yea Willi Whips, ant casti-
gated the elergyman, raising several
welt.' on his face.,'
Sir John Lubarmir, the neturalist,
made fifty ants stuptolly drunk and
Ibeni,l)(1,riant ape
d eneairkonu at ,t1
tipickad tip
their frientle, anti put them te bed to
deep DEC the effeets of their tipple;
the streagere, however, tbay hustled
into a dada
IN LUCE,
:languid Leera, inyetined et tramp
(Mem 011 ranee pesil—Watt alo 500 11101(8
dis leave sign out, to be, Pete? flamer
rated i1 afo,'el
Preamlinial Mg Pate, patinae Gya-
thigh I You 81301 (18(06 /sorest +Us sign
tweet in er lifetime, Leary! It mane
dat, tie trails or de Manse keeps her refti-
gerstoc mitt on do lac& porobj
POINTED PARA.GRAPIld.
also original family tree was of the
apple variety.
The deadly parallel is toa nmea fog
tbe average love letter,
Pleastu.es aro the (totteras usod 10
punetuate life's and story.
It la Leiter to have toyed aud wed
than never to have loved at all.
Newspaper artivies climb the lad-
der of ly,polority by going the
rou nds.
A woman iney pretend lo be eon-
vinced against her will, Nil 8h,, never
is.
Tim knife grinder is lutpaiest when
things aro in bis line of Lusa
neva
The smaller the calibre the bigger
the bore. Thiti applies lo wen, toot
fireernis,
Soto men prefer the jeys they are
after Imre, to the prospectiws joys ot
the hereafter,
CaNal ENOUGH,.
Alfonso, said Mrs, 'elides, here IS a
heading in Hat ;ape e that snys, Had
()an Wife Too Many.' The rest of tbo
article is torn Off. How teeny staves ae,
you think the tvatA had?
One, probably, Wita aildate prompt
repta•
Natal has. been, enlarged by the en -
imitation, a Valle/and and stinetengas
Tana under lettere.; patent issued lay tile
drown., That the Transvaal IMPublie
0011 41)0 Orange Free State ere not ale*
annexed due to a. little nIteealoula-
Wen made taVe yottz%