The Brussels Post, 1898-7-8, Page 2TTI BRUSSELS POST.
NQ7'0S AND COAfdl1Z'N?'S.
It is easy fur. the average person who
keatis the speeches at the Anglo-Am-
eriean banquet recently held in Lon-
don, and who bas followed the recent:
eublegraaas from. England on the gen-
eral theme discussed on that °evasion,
to arrive at erroneous conclusions. Ile
is apt to think that an offensive and
defensive alliance between the United
States and England is either in course
of negotiation or is close at hand, The
Washington correspondent of the Lon-
don Telegraph wires his paper that an
alliance is actually being arranged, and
this information is cahleatl back to the
United States. Broadly stated, the
terms of the alleged alliance, as given
by the !Cefegraph's correspondent are
these: 1 Ret'ognition el the American
interpretation of the Monroe doctrine
by Great Britain; L, the construction
of the Nicaragua Canal by the United
States, and its use by England and no
other foreign country in time al war;
8, Creat Britain to protect the United
States in the possession of all the ter-
ritory it takes from. Spain in the pres-
ent: war if possession should be thi'eut-
ened by any other Europeuu nation;
4, the United States to back Great Bri-
tain in her policy in Asia. British ports
on thatoantineut to be open to Lbe
United States under the most favor-
ed nation clause; 5, all controversies
between England anti the United States
to be referred to an non-partisan come
ni asion.
An understanding will be establish-
ed between the two countries, but not
a league, There will he au entente, but
not 0 formal allianne. The cablegram
tells us that the Anglo-American ban-
quet in London was "most unique and
signifieant." This characterization is
not extravagant. It was participated
in by many Englishmen eminent- in ev-
ery sphere of endeavor—politics, Iaw,
journalism, science and commerce—and
all tee most distinguished Americans
at present in England took part in it.
It was unique in the fervor with which
illustrious Englishmen like Lord Cole-
ridge, in the words of the cablegram,
" prayed that victory might perch on
the American banner, in the interest
of America, in the interest of Spain
and in the interest of humanity."
About two weeks ago Premier Salis-
bury, by plain implication, in a speech
published all over the world, put the
United States in the leading place in
the growing and progressive nations
and placid Spain in the list of dying
peoples. A few days later Colonial
Secretary Chamberlain, next in prom-
inence to Premier Salisbury of all liv-
ing Englishmen, iu a speech which had
an equally wide circulation, enthusi-
astically favored an American alliance.
Still more recently Sir Garnet Wolse-
ley, the Commander -in -Chief, of the
British army, declared he hoped and be-
lieved that the Americans would win.
Such fervid expressions of friendship
as these from men high in the govern-
ment of a great nation for one of the
combatants in a war in which that na-
tion is neutral are without precedent
in the world's history. This spirit, and
the servile which it has rendered in
defeating the continental powers. ef-
forts at intervention against the Unit-
ed States, is warmly appreciated in
that country. Nevertheless there will
be no offensive and defensive alliance
between the two countries. Such a
league would involve the. L'uited States
In quarrels in which it has no interest,
and awake a departure from the tra-
ditions and practices of the past hun-
dred years. But there will be a cordial
understanding between them, and as
this is based on community of inter-
ests and harmony of aspirations and
poses, it will have most of the benefi-
cent influences of an alliance with-
out any of its embarrassments.
YOUR OLD VEILS.
The problem of what to do with your
old veils, has at last been solved, Scores
of women in the past have looked, dis-
appointedly at the quantity of veil-
ing in their possession, conscious that
it was past wearing in the ordinary
way, and not seeing what further use
could possibly be made of It, But now
it is the order, of the day to waste noth-
ing, and worsen clever with, their nee-
dles and of artistic proclivities have
found a place for veils once cast aside.
Given the " know bow," you can do
almost anything in the way of dress de-
coration witb a esu a veil. Hats con
he trimmed with it, and e veil draped
cleverly on, it haat makes without a
question an extraordinary pretty of
feet. A ghat adorned with aveil, be-
sides, needs little other ornrtenant, An-
other use for old veils le ruffling the
botteme of petticoats with them, This
requires Some skill, and the ruffling
nine be done daintily, but it is a fam-
ous effect for a Petticoat;
Again, the front of ball frocks can
2,e decked with these, and ruffles for
the wrists of dresses are quite possible.
Some girls make collarettes of their
ole veils, and yet others entire sleeves,
iA number of velle of the same sort
make capital sleeves—eleeves of agen-
eral.ly fluffy and seductive effect,
•Ornaments for the hair are much
in vogue just now, and here is where
the old veil creme in the most aptly.
Choux is the name the French give to
the confections of hair dressing that
every woman is enthusiastic over just
now, and a veil is as perfect; raw ma-
terial for one of these ahoux as could
well be imaglnsd. The puffed up dein-
theses of them give there their therm,
They are wines t'n puffy or in bows, with
ribbon nigret%i' and a great variety
0f styles as 1aA ,
rLla. Tliia is the very
latest fashtob of the springtime,
ANTONIO DI CARARA
A PADUAN TALE
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euspe.use and solttuue like this have strance, or, if that rail, ey force, right
driven many u man mad, and they were myself with this trifling and insolent
fast driving the quick brain of Carara governor, or die in the attempt."
to see phantoms, and hold dialogues; "Spoken like a knight of chivalry,"
with the creatures of the brain; when said the Hungarian, "and I have no
one evening, as the jailer paid his last . doubt that you would do just enough
visit for the night, he suddenly touch - to prove to the world that you were as
ed the Count's hand. The twilight was { brave ns a lion, and as mad es the
too deep to allow of his discerning the : maddest inhabitant of the Ospidale di
features of the man who stood betore: San Gregorio. But the Emperor has a
him; but his voice lowered to a whisper i particular aversion to lunatics of your
as it was, showed that he was aot the order, and the inevitable consequence
rugged old Trasteverin, wee bad hath-, would be imprisonment for life for
ert0 sostubbornly refused to listen to a' yourself, confiscation for your proper-
syilable from him. Hope kindled wildly , ty, a new tenant for your palazzo, and
in his forlorn heart; he sprawrg on his: a new example in your person of the
feet, and desired the jailer to name the ineonvenienee of contending against
price of his deliverance. The unswer I the powers that be. But your mention
was a plain one, and a true one: "That of the Emperor reminds me that he is
if the Count Carara was to escape, ita` now at Innspruck. I left him a month
wile not his money that would make ago at Vienna preparing to set out
it worth any man's while to help tune . on his journey, to pluck the Tyrolese
for the Count Ctu'ara was for the last ! eagle of some of its feathers. His elo-
three months not worth a sequin in the quenec or his presence 1s to persuade
world." Tee news smote heavy on the the Tyrolese that goat -shooting is a
etre of the prisoner; but he had not crime against nature, that a rifle is
heard It for the first time. ft had been rebellLon, and that a cock's -feather in
a Part of the governor's insulting coo- the hat is something not much tetter
munleation on bis arrest. Yet it now than a conspiracy against Austrian
crime with a weight of whish he ono church and state. How likely he is to
could have formed no conception, Mon- succeed, far be it from me to doubt.
ey had poured in upon him in aflood However, you have struck upon the
from his infancy; and be had learned only point In our tavour. Francis us
to think of it no more than of the air honest by nature, vary much afraid
which he breathed, as a common privi- 0f the i•'reneh by habit, and very' anx-
lege of a certain rank, and the easy was to he popular in Italy by policy."
pledge of the pleasures of that rank "To the Emperor, then 1" exclaimed
But now it was life or death. The sum Ceram "There is but one objection,"
which he had lavished on a toy or a observed his friend. "The winter has
trinket might make the difference to set in roughly even here; whet must
him of a career of wretchedness or of it be among the mountains? I escap-
peace, of a life dragged, out in the bit- ed a tempest with some difficulty but
terness of chains, or of calmness, free- three days ago, which T saw covering
dour and honour. , the whole of the Pusterthal. T should
Hp now sunk down upon ars coven, nee be surprised to hear that theBren-
in that dejection of heart which bids ner is by this time totally impassable.
a man welcome the worst; and before As for the passes to the west, the tra.v-
he eould conceive any new mode of ellers from the Splugen and the Hely is
softening his Cerherus, the door was have reported them filled up with snow
closed, the eater gone, and the un-' for tee last fortnight."
happy prisoner left to his despairing. The horrors of any attempt to cross
meditations. The hours lingered on, , the Brenner mountains forty years
midnight came, and es Carara was be- since, were sufficient to shake the stout
ginning to imagine that his mind had hearts even of the carriers and contra -
played rim false, and that he was still bandists of the Alpine regions; and
in the hands of the old taciturn Trast-; Carara acknowledged the little prob-
everin, the door opened again, the jailer , ability which he could have of escaping
stood at his side, showed him a soldier's the complicated trials of hunger, house -
cap and cloak, and bade him put them,lessness, and those terrible tempests
0n and follow him without a word. The which often swept away whole villages
Count eagerly followed his direction. tied even huge portions of the MOUS,
But in 0 moment after, the singular- titins themselves. "But let what will
ity of secrecy in a jailer awoke his happen," said he, "I must see the Coen -
suspicious. He started back. "11 I am teas di Carara; see in what state the
to die, let me die in the face of my' tyranny of our wretched government
countrymen, by no base and elandes- has left my house and property, and
tine end." The jailer made no reply, try what can lie done to obtain justice
but by opening the door and pointtng on the spot." "Day is breaking," was
to the deep stair of the tower. A. the reply, "Sour escape from your cell
gush of fresh air that sprung up from seal be known immediately, and, of
the bottom struck across the Count's course, vigilance will have all its eyes
senses with a feeling of freedom. He . upon your track. In short, you must
hesitated no longer; but step for step wait till nightfall." This was undeni-
sileetiy followed his grim guide. The able ; and Careen passed another
gush of air had told the teeth. l'be door wretched day—a day of fear, watching
at the foot of the tower was open. and weariness, in which the step of ev-
The sentinel was either drunk, asleep, ery beggar that passed the little inn
or bribed. They passed as unt'halleng- was a source of alarm; every chance
ed as ghosts, wound their way through ' word from the wild. and half -naked re -
a dozen obscure streets, and at Iast probetea who lingered out the hour,
reached an inn. A. low whistle an-' till night sent them out again to starve
pounced their coming; a wicket was or to plunder, sounded like detection;
opened, a head thrust out to reconnot- and every moment seemed lengthened
tre; half a door unbarred, and the -fox the mere purpose of putting him to
Count caught by the arm and suddenly ! torture,
dragged tar. Carara was bold, and his I At Last the shadows began to spread
first impulse was to retort this vio-from the cathedral towers; the even-
lenee ; but a voice at his side at once) ing phimes announced, that the monks
astonished and restrained him, The • were going to their suppers, and all
light of a lamp that filled the close at- the world going to rest; the Count re-
mosphero with the strongest effluvia., vived with the thickening twilight, and
of the Padovine oil, the strongest to a low knock at the door announced the
the circuit of tbe earth, glimmered: Hungerie,n. He was prepared for their
feebly, but sufficiently, on the coun- movement, and a cloak and a few trif-
tenaace of his Hungarian friend, The ling ch:enges of dress enabled the Count
Herr Balto had been his preserver. i to pass through the dim streets with-
' I owed you some compensation," ; out being recognised. Carara's heart
said the Hungarian, " for bringing you! heat with an unusual pulse as he reach -
within the fangs of your blockhead of erg the merble portals of his palace. All
e governor. Philosophy seems not to ; on the outside was ns. when he bad last
be in fashion among your men of mac- ; given it his anxious, departing look,
aro11i; and it would have been better The massive gates emblazoned with the
for the Count Curare, to have taken a i proud heraldry of his forefathers; the
crocodile into bis palace than an un -':,bronze lions that had sat for genera-
luoky stranger, who knew nothing but! lions, the guards of a noble house rais-
e, little chemistry." ell by lion daring, in times of Italian
The Count, delighted with his liber -valour and hazard; the wbole magni-
ty, would not suffer his friend to utter , fieenoe lest so splendidly prepares the
a syllable in depreciation of either eye in the great mansions for the more
himself or his science; and proceeded; than magnificence within, for the
to express his regret that, under the! matchless expenditure of taste, wealth
present circumstances, he had nothing', and skill, lhit brings the mind to the
to offer but thanks. The Hungarian ages of Italian power and princedom;
laughed long and loud. , —all Were here still. But the look of
"Count," said he, observing bis took 1 the domestic who admitted thelia by
of surprise, at this unexpected mirth,; a side -door, and his evident trepidation,
" 1 must beg your 0llowonce 107' the , told at once the history of the palazzo.
odd way in which the sumplest things Carara sprang forward with a pang of
sometimes appear before an odd be-. heart. Ali was spoil, The walls were
lag, such as I must acknowledge that stripped of their pictures; tapestry,
I aua. But the truth is, that I could sculpture, everything was gone. Mon -
not resist the contrast between your uments of the moat .exquisite art had
luxuries in that paradise of marbles been broken into fragments in the
and mosaic, and this rueful hovel. How- rough attempt to tear them down.
ever, I rejoice to find in you the vise Where were his vases, the ear-
ner of mind that belongs to the true trolls of his ancestors, the chefs -d'-
philosopher; and if the Grand Secret oeuvre of Rapeael, the Correggio Gal -
shall ever be intrusted to mortal man, .ery—the library of manuscripts that;
you may rely on it that it will be in- bad 00at the great Count lrraneesco
trusted only to the vigorous and the the revenue of a principality? All were
wise, to the powerful minds that de- Swept away. Bat a dearer interest
apise the chances of the world, or to now made all their loss comparatively
the hold hearts that know how to force light, What was become or the Count -
them to their own advantage. But what ess and his child? The single dames -
is to be done next?" tic had fled, probably in terror at see -
"Next 1" exclaimedthe indignant ing the palazzo entered by his master,
Count. " What but to shoot the Inset- whom, he must have taken for a ghost
ant tool of office who has dared t0 in- or u. fanatic. Carara rushed on from
stilt a nobleman eman of edua? hall to hall, from corridor to corridor,
" You will get nothing by that," said from chamber to chamber, his anxi-
the Hungarian, "lout the bad bargain ery growing wilder et every slap, his
of giving the life of a men of sense for brain burning, his v010e rased until
that of a fool ; sending a bullet through it startled him with its own violence,
the brains of •
n. simpleton, and laying until he had hurried through the whole
the neck of a man of talents and bon- scene of spoile'CJon, and was yet un -
our on the scaffold,'" successful, His friend attempted to
"Appeal to his Holiness, then," said soothe., to stop, to reason with him;
Carara, all was in vain. Ile raved, he called
"Appeal to a council of a dozen old Vengeance on the head or the gover-
ladies, who must be first approached nor, on the Emperor, on mankind, But
through a dozen alecks a -piece, who are his frame, exhausted by the 'mingled
00aeesihle only through ten times the force of confinement, fatigue, and los
number of vokts, nuns, sbirrf, slaves, er, did what no human appeal could
and knaves of all dimensions I Why, it have done—checked his furious career,
would he easier to walk dryshod from and probably nested him from some
Scylla to Charybdis, than gain any- desperate defiance of n.uthority, which
thing by this made but n benadicite, must have speedily ended in rutty, Be
In feat, 1 am perfectly perplexed with fell feebly on the floor, and lay in a
every view that 1 can take of the busi- state of inseneihility,
nose," The Hungarian was active 133 tbe
Carara's spirit rose with the emote emergency; be hastened to one of the
"Perplexity," said he, after a few ma many fountains wbicb threw its ail-
ments of silence," may cheek a man's vc7 sheets of water high in the moon.
steps on ortlinery 006081ons. But the light; and et once brought back a
worst that 1 can forfeit to lift;, i must draught which revived him, and the
net leave my wife and my boy to shame, yet more reviving intelligence that his
I shall return to the palazzo, there col- Countess and his child wore safe, end
het my friends, and by a bold remon- were even under the 85006 roof with
him, The tidings were soon realized,
A pavilion in the ample gardens, weiab
had 0sealtod the sight of the spoilers,
had. been their place of refage. Their
meeting once more, even under their
calamities, was a source of happiness;
and when Carara looked on the love-
liness of his lovely and noble wife, nod
the fine countenanceof the child, a
bohe
felyt, what hisst n emerging
of lluxurymad fail-
ed
ai-ed to tell him, that there were enioe-
ments in the world which the high-
est renit and. wealth could neither
give nor take away,
The hours were now not like tee
lingering hours of his wonted day;
they fleet' ; the night was too short for
the deep interest of the tale which the
noble lady had to tell of her pertur-
bations during the fearful interval of
his absence; for his fond caresses of
hie frItis v
tionschild; to obtaines ot
n full andn bolddetermtna-
redress
let the risk be what it might; or for
the culm segatity and experienced
consolation of his friend,
At length day begun to glitter on
the tops of the cedars and limes, and
the consultation must be at an end,
if the Count would not hazard the
loss of all chance of redress, by giving
himself into the hands of his enemies,
who would undoubtedly first seek him
in his palace, It was agreed upon
that the Emperor seas the only re-
source, but that, from the utterly im-
passable nature of the mountains by
one so little prepared- for their diffi-
culties as the Count, his mission
should be sent by one of the moun-
tain couriers, while he submitted to
eonoealment. until the arrival of the
answer. The Countess now retired to
rest. His friend threw himself on a
sofa.
But Ceram had other objects than
sleet: Taking down a dagger and
piston which hung in a private recess,
be began sharpening the one and load-
ing the other. The Hungarian's quick
eye was instantly upon him; spring-
ing ,from the couch, he asked him whe-
ther he could be mad enough to think
of using them against the governor.
"No; no," was the reply. "Yester-
day. I might have been mad enough to
uses them against him, or against my-
self, or against any one; for I bad
begun,to look upon mankind as a wild
beast:, which it \vas 0 kind of duty to
destroy, But the last twelve hours
have changed my mind on that point,
and many others. I have bean a oum-
berer of tbe earth. 1 have lost thirty
years) of existence. I snout(' not have
been more a blank in life, if I had been
flung out of my cradle into the Adige,"
The hearer stared."What is the pur-
port of all this?" was in his look of
perplexity, "I bad taped;' continued
the Count, "to have escaped all ques-
tion upon the subject, to have kept my
own counsel until I could show my
good and manly -minded friend its
fruits, I am determined to go on this
mission myself."
"What you?" said the Hungarian,
with a look of double perplexity. "You,
know nothing of the route, of hard-
ship, of the nature of the mountain
storms? You, will be swept away like
a butterfly, or buried under some
snow -drift before you have gone a
league up the ,pass. This, too, is the
season of the avalanches; every blast
loosens some of them down, and the
very' boldest of the mountaineers will
not stir a foot from the firesides,
until at least the equinox is over, It
was but last week that a train of
twenty mules, coming from Brixen,
to 'the bottom of one of the lakes, uncle
er a mountain of snow, which will keep
them there till doomsday.'
"The more necessity for me to try,"
said Carara, resolutely, "if I can find
no other hearer of my despatch. The
plain fact is, that a business like mine
cannot be intrusted to a letter, nor
ovens the letter to the negligence of a
courier, The Emperor must receive a
hundred appeals a -day of the same
kind, which he throes to his secre-
tary, who throws teem into the fire,
The( road may be difficult; but a man
once in earnest, can make his way
through more than the Brenner. I
am in earnest, and I must at all events
try. If I see the Emperor in person,
I may succeed. Rial.f-a-dozen Words
spoken by the injured party himself,
are often worth a volume coldly laid
before his eye. Francis is a man, and
he will understand the language of a
man; and by all .that is honest or
bolsi, in man, he shall hear it from me,
If I perish by the way, I perish, and
that is all. There is an end of one
whose life is a continual reproach to
him. Apathy with me is at an end."
"Bat the Countess!" expostulated
his friend—"What will she say to this
desperate experiment'?'
"The Countess," said Carara, with
emotion,. "is a woman of a spirit that
deserved a nobler companionship than
mine. I must retrieve myself in her
eyes and in my own. Let Its say no
more on the subject, I wish to spare
her the useless pain of parting. In
hall an hour I shrill be on the road
to the mountains, In the meantime,
I have provided for her safety." He
here wrote a few linos. "I must leave
this part of the business to you. De-
liver this note to the old Marquis A.del-
soalchi of Ferrara. His friendship
for me will suffer no decay by my
fall; and his relationship to the Cann-
tess will insure her protection under
his roof until I either accomplish my
purpose, or am laid, where human
purposes disturb no one. :Farewell."
His .tearer caught him by the cloak
as be was rushing out, and grasped
his hand—"Count Carara," said be, in
a grave tone, "I believe we have not
known each other until. now. I now
recognize you as the descendent of
the illustrious founder of this palace
in which 1 stand. 1 ronfeas that I
too long looked on you es totally un-
nerved; by the national /labile, for the
high duties of life, You are now it
philosopher once," he added with a
faint smile, "as it Is peculiarly pain-
ful/ to part vette a new and agreeable
acquaintance, 1 must be suffered to
continue the intercourse that has be-
gun within teem five minutes, With-
out a metaphor, you must let the go
along with you."
To Bee Continued,
QUEER OLD SAN JUAN.
The Fxnt Slieebaen of a. 14'a1Md Town
emit the Ili tterl. SIMI'S w111 III,'.
San Juan is a perfect specimen of
a walled town, with portcullis, moat,
gates and battlements, Built over 280
years ago, est is still in good condition
and repair. The walls aro picturesque,
and represent a stupendous work and
cost in theanselves, inside the walls,
the oity is laid ore in regular squares,
six parallel streets running in the 41 -
rection of the length of the island and
seven et right angles. The houses are
closely and compactly built of brick,
usually of two stories, stuccoed or: the
outside and painted in a variety of
colors. The miter floors ars occupied
by the more respectable people, while
tee ground floors, almost without ex-
ception, are given up to nogr'oes and
the poorer classes, who crowd one up-
on another in the •most appalling man-
ner. The population within tbe walls
is estimated at 20,000, and most of it
lives on the ground floors. In one
small room with a flimsy partition a
whole family will reside.
The ground. floors of the whole town
reek with Elie, and conditions are most
unsanitary. In a tropical country,
where disease readily prevails, the con-
sequences of such herding may bo eas-
ily inferred. There is no running wa-
ter, in the town. The entire population
depends on rain water caught on the
flat roofs of the buildings and con-
ducted to the cistern, which 000upies
the greater part of the courtyard that
is an essential part of Spanish houses
the world over, but that here, on no -
count of the crowdeconditions, is
d
small, There is no sewerage, except
fox surface water and sinks, while
vaults are In every house and occupy
whatever remaining space there may
bio in the patios not taken up by the
cisterns. The risk of contaminating
the water is great, and in dry seasons
the supply is entirely exhausted. Bpi-
domics, are frequent, and the town is
alive with vermin, mosquitoes, end
dogs.
Tho streets are wider thee in the
older part of Havana and will admit
two carriages abreast. The sidewalks
are narrow, and in places will accomo-
date only one person. The pavements
are of a composition manufactured in
England from slag, pleasant and even
and durable when no heavy strain is
brought to Bear upon tbem, but easily
, broken and unfit foe heavy toffee The
streets are swept once a day by hand,
' and., strange to say, are kept very
clean. From its topographical situation
the town should he healthy, but it is
not. The soil under the city is clay
mixed with lime, so hard as to be al-
most like rock. It is consequently im-
pervious to water and furnishes a good
natural drainage. The trade wind blows
strong and fresh and through the har-
bor inns a stream of sea water at a
speed of not less than throe miles an
hour. With these conditions no edn-
tagious diseases, if properly token care
of, could exist; without them the place
would be a veritable plague spot.
Besides the town within the wails,
there are small portions just outside,
called the el.arina and Puerta de Tier-
ra, containing 2,000 or 8,000 inhabit-
ants each, There are also two suhurhs,
one, San Tune, approached by the only
road leading out of the city, and
the other, Cateno, across the bay, reach-
ed by ferry, The Marina and the teen
suburbs are situated, on sandy points
or spits, and the latter are surround-
ed by mangrove swamps. The entire
Population of the city and suburbs, ac-
cording to the census of 1887, was 27,-
000. :It is now estimated at 90,000. One-
half o.f the population consists of neg-
roes and mixed races.
A QUEER ORDER.
At Schkendi.tz,in Prussian Saxony,
the Burgomaster recently gave orders
that on Sunday people should dress in
u. manner befitting the day, and when
a mechanic appeared in the streets in
his every-da.y working dress be was
arrested and condemned to a. fine of
three marks or one day's imprisonment.
The decision was $ot esids 033 appeal,
but the Court ed'moaished the culprit
that he was an insensate dolt, and that
the grace, of the Lord was not, in bin,
The tribunal evidently leaned to the
conviction that lee had got what he
deserved, though the letter of the law
did not susta.to the penalty.
M 1111 ED PROGRESS,
Ignoramus—How is the work of civil-
izing China progressing?
Cultivated Friend—Very' nicely. Tee
European powers have finally bit upon
a plan ,for dividing the land among
them Without a war,
—.,. '
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GIBRALTAR'S WONI,ERI+UL SIMILARITY TO THE
BRITISH LION.
eerseelleste—
t On the Farm. itkoto
STACKING SMALL GRAIN,
If round sineks nee to be made, put
four in a plan:, two on either side of
at "'paw seven feet eerie, for oath' set-
ting of the machine, Wien ricks are
built. it is the 0013301011 pretence to
stack two In a place, or four, two on
either side of the spare left for the
threshing machine, \vitt the long di-
mension of the stack at right angles
t0 this space. This latter form makes
ie more difficult to get the bundles to
the machine, but where a large am-
ount of straw is wanted in one place
the plan is the best that can be ad-
opted,
A good foundation is essential to a
good, stack, On many farms it is pos-
sibl.ei to use log sleepers, noose which
rails, or poles are placed. This keeps
alt tee grain off the ground and gives
a firm base, However, most grain
stacks have no specially prepared
foundation and keep very well. Be-
gins by setting up bundles in the form
of a shock at a point where the cen-
tre of the stook is to be, Continue
placing bundles around this nucleus
until 'the base is of the desired size. As
the, outside of the stack is approached
gradually increase the slopes of the
bundles but at no time allow the heads
to touch the ground.
When the foundation is completed,
begin by laying a course of bundles
about the outer diameter. When the
first is completed, lay a second, allow-
ing the butts or the second row to
just, cover the bends of the first. Put
on a third row in the same manner
and continue until the entire surface
of the stack is covered. At this
point, see that the center of the stack
is high and solid. Place the bundles of
the inner rotes close together, and
step upon them, so that the center will
be solid while the outer rows remain
loose. In this lies the whole secret of
building, a stack that will keep. The
outer bundles must slope downward
and outward. Now as the center 01
the stack has to bear the weight of
the, top, it naturally settles most. and
unless it is high and much more solid
than the outer layers the depression
will be sufficient to cause the outer
bundles to slope inward, and instead
of causing the water to run out will
direct it toward the interior. This
keeping the center of the stack full
and solid should begin with tee first
layers and be continued until the.
stack is two-thirds the contemplated
height. The top can then be finished
with) the bundles almost level, it es
not absolutely necessary to bave a
bulge on a grain stack, but it looks
well and protects the lower bundles
from the water coming from above.
The bulge is secured by permitting ev-
ery' outer layer of bundles to slightly
project beyond the layer beneath it.
Do not make the stack very wide
so that the roof will have a very
marked, slope. Other things being eq-
ual
qua1 the steeper the top of the stack
the more readily will its turn water.
One problem in slacking the small
grain is to keep the sleek from slip-
ping during process of construction.
Thiel may be done by carefully raking
off all loose straw before the two out-
er layers of bundles are put down. By
holding the bundle almost perpendi-
cular and pressing the butts into the
outer end of the bundle below, then
laying down, this teenaency will be
largely overcome. It is well also to
have the driver pitch one load from
one side of tee stank and the next
from: the opposite side. Each side will
then he packed alike and there will
be little danger of slipping or settling
to one side, after the stack is com-
pleted. Topping is important, and
while a number of methods are in
vogue the common one IS to insert
a long stake in the top of the stack
Spread out the butts of a large bundle
and slip over the top, then break down
the top, and sinless there are excep-
tiontl weather conditions, the water
will not enter. Where it is poetical
a foot or two of grass on the top
oe, the stack will make an almost im-
pervious cover, but most farmers do
not have time or opportunity to secure
this,
WORN--HOT.d.SSSS.IN HAYING TI11711,
It is a common experience on the
farm that the horses lose flesh rapidly
when used for any length of time in
the hay field. 'The baying season
ghees on many farms, from four to six
weeks, of this work. Mowing and rak-
ing hey is, of course, hard work on
horses) -especially if the fields are
somewhat hilly, but I do not consider
it, so much the hard work that Lakes
the flesh from horses in haying time
as it is the want of proper 08,00 and
the in,lwdiotous dare that is given thean
at this season. Many farmers work
their horses during the day, feed on
Dorn end hay, then at night turn them
out to pasture, "bounust+ the horse en•
joys it so much," 'I'h • grass loosens
the bowels, weakening the animals,
disarranging their elevation, and mak-
ing hard work tell heavily, upon them,
Again, hoses canes in from work
covered; with perspiration, which dries
upon them. Very few farm horses get
the grooming that they need bo ltoep
their skins in a healthy condition, ROW
realize how mime proper grooming
tends to keep a horse in good flesh,
mod grooming is specially important
&ving the heardwork of sitmonor, be-
cause of the great amount of perspira-
tion, Keep the horses on hay end good
sound. grain; keep them well groomed,
with a comfortable bed at night, and
IC they are ta.t fretted needlessly by
their drivers during work beers, they
will do a vast, amount of hard work
without losing flesh.
!CHINNING. ORCHARD FRUITS.
While ;.binning all fruits is advis-
able, it le especially so with orchard
freitlsr We hear Much ta,.lk fn these
days, of over-produelion of Pratt, but
it 19 sato to say teal the over-produe-
tion, is confined wholly to inferior or
ordinary s,pectnaans and not to th'e
lest or extrtl grades. Aa all fruit
growers' well know its impossible to
get 11 full crop of strictly first-otuse
fruit:. Quality and quantity must lie
sacrificed, and when lbo competition
is confined almost whuify to medium
and. inferior grades It 1s surety good
business to grow and market only the.
best specimens, Aside from the fi-
nancial advantage in growing end
marketing only the beat, there is 0 de-
cided increase in the ravages o1' rung -
0u4 diseases on trees from which tete
fruit has leen thinned. If in thin-
ning Dare is taken to remove tine
poorest specimens, those remaining„ .
will, by reaarm of the increased. food
for growth, be stronger and better
able to withstand altaoka of disease
.tnd. insects. On thinned twee the -
create ity of windfalls is loss and many
oft the delicate flavored varieties ;nay
be wholly ripened en the tree, 0 decid-
ed advantage when the fruit is In-
tended for a nearby market.
CAULIFLOWL'li IN WINTER.
When sowing cauliflower ('0r n
summer or autumn Drop, do not over-
look the fact, that it is far more valu-
able as a winter than as a summer
vegetable, and as a rule, in many see-
tions
us.tions of the country a most certain
one, As a. aum1ner crop, away from
the sea- oast, cauliflower is a very
doubtful one, which is ilue to the
fact that it will not thrive in a bot
dry atmosphere. Bust sow the seeds in.
June and transplant whoa the plants
are of suitable size, and with favor-
able conditions of growth fine heads
will be formed and ready for the
table by the last of October, and as
the plants rarely all bead at the same
time, the season will last until the
plants are ruined by excessive cold.
When the season is nearly over,
there will always be found many
plants that just tiepin to form heads.
IT these are lifted and put in a cool
cellar and the roots covered \vitt,
earth: the heads will develop nearly
as rapidly as in the field, and fre-
quently get to be from four to five
inches in diamoler, and they aro fax
more delicate than when grown in the
field or garden.
KAISER'S TOGS.
nem Not Worried About a elimige troy a'
Sege Oee:won.
The Kaiser Is a military man from
crown to foot. His numerous wardrobes
contain only five suits of mufti, most-
ly made Li Vienna. Like most German
officers, he never looks well in them,
He has a particular Abneigung against.
the swallowtail, which reminds bum of
the somber surroundings of afuneral.
This unconquerable objection is ac-
countable for an imperial regulation
ordaining that wherever possible tour
tiers and guests shall wear the frock
coat a .'Anglaise, otherwise the newly
introduced court dress is de riguer.
The black swallowtail is Letts fast be-
ing forced out of elerm.an court circles.
Umbrellas are his pet aversion—be
never possessed ono in his life, and, as
to slicks, they are usually the cheap-
est be can buy. His rifles are under
the spe0Jal cure of the Leibjager, and
are kept In a special cupboard. A re-
markable feature of this collection is
the hunting sticks, which His Majesty
has cut with his own hand while out
hunting or received as presents ttaI-
ing his expeditions, from gentry and
peasantry alike,
The Kaiser's wardrobes occupy n suite
of five rooms in the 015 castle at Ber-
lin. They aro enassive and of oak, .In
the middle of one of the rooms is alarm)
table for spreading out the, uniforms.
There is a sixth room, in which small
repairs, are undertaken, Here a tailor
is permanently employed, for Kaiser
Wilhelm does not -throw ievo.y clothes
until they are well worn. H0 keeps
about 18 pairs of white military gloves
in use. These are cleaned and repair-
ed from Lime to time. The glover re-
ceives a email yearly sum for his ser-
vices. Each pair is supposed to have
a certain " life." Should the leather
show any defect it is returned to the
unlucky glover, with a peremptory de-
mand for un explanation.
When a suit is ordered, woe to the
tailor should it not fit like a glove,
though a "try on " is never permit-
ted. .Directly a suit hes been taken off,
it is returned to the wardrobe, and
there subjected to the closest scrutiny.
The orders and decorations are kept in
an iron safe, and represent in value
about 1,000,00(1 Starks,
PADDED HIPS.
It is incredible that women of this
time should fora moment ten:eider the
return. to such inconvenient and ugly
dress accessories as the hoop skirt, the
bustle, the trailing skirt in the street.
Yet one can never be sure, 1o: here
is fashion demanding a "new figures"
and asking that the hips bo padded.
Leave the question of beauty as entire-
ly ant of the argument as it is left oat
oe the "note figure," and there are still
graver reasons 8,gainet the padding 0.0
the hips, for, as Mile one nays, "if the
beauty of hip padding as comparative,
depending solely upon taste, its discom'•
fort is positive and; its unileelthfulness
snparlab(va,"
Poo much can not he said against it.
le gives extra weight, extra pressure
anal extra warmth, wean all those are
to be avoided, It deprives a woman of
grace and activity, and is, in fact, the
bustle many times multiplied In well-
ness and unwholesomeness.
'Were it a mere fad of fashion, affect-
ing a wtunan's appearance only, it
might bo allowed to pass without com-
ment; but when the hygienics at hip
padding are considered all sensible wo-
men should openly denounce
AWT'VI, DEPTH,
The depth of the Atlantic between the'
Canary Islands and the West Indies is
something awful, A pretty levo; bot-
tom runs right away from the Afrlean .
islands to the Arcorican 60es, gradually
deepening to nearly 10,000 'feet,