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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1899-3-24, Page 2Sa BRUSSELS PUS'S'. Loan 24, 1899 Diamond Cut Diamond _ OR, THE ROUT OF THE ENEMY. ^✓'1d' "0."V CHAPTER, XIX, -Continued. Geoffrey Dane possessed one of thee 1igbly strung nervous orgauizittien. that are absulutely fatal t" happinee aid very often to sueeess1» this world He had something of the Poet's tem Perament, and something also of the Saint. He had a terrible fashion c splitting hairs about his own action and feelings, about his conscience ani his ideals, that frequenty lauded him in a very quagmire of morbid and nets arable misgivings, There was withan him a subtle blending of two natures of a higher self, tbat was almost too refined for this wicked world's daily use, and of a lower self that was con- stantly at war witb it, dragging him back into the materialism, and the com- mon sense, and the solid reasoning powers which are of most use and benefit to men an tbeir way tbrougb every -day life. He never knew which of these two natures would be upper- most with him, or how long each would hold its sway. Be was aware that, in some vague way, two women at this present time templed eitber end of the mentat see -saw of his existence. Mme. de Brefour represented to him the poetry of devotion, the nobility of a life of self-abnegation, the beau- ty of all that was true and chivalrous. -whilst Angel Halliday, at the other end of the swaying balance, meant suc- cess in bis career, a comfortable in- come, a nice house in town, the pros- 4teot of wealth for the children that should come after bim, and aposition of incontestable respectability and in- fluence for himself come extinguished. o ; it wile at this moment that aknaek- s, ing at his door suddenly attracted his s attention. Somebody, whilst be bad been playing and thinking, bad cone unheard up the wide earpetless stair ease without. And if the Lord Chan f tenor, or the Prime Minister, or Ibt s Archbishop of Canterbury in person 1 or even all those three dignitaries to gethee, hal wanted in, he could not. - have been more profoundly astonish- ed then when be beheld Matthew Dana , quietly enter the room. "Uncle I" 1 " Yes, my dear boy-lt is I, you see. iI thought 1 would come and look you up, You have not been to Cromwell i Road for a long time, Geoffrey, and this is the second Sunday you_has'e not been to lunch. Your aunt was ' afraid you might be i21." Ail this time Mr. Dane was looking about him with ,observant glances taking in the carved ceiling and the high wooden ' mantelpiece, and the chairs and ta- , bles, and photographs. He noticed sv- ' erything, down to the bandsomely Ibound and evidently brand-new copy of Congreve's worke upon the centre 1 table, Dear me, what a large, airy room +you have got here, Geed; and &nice view out of window, too; but I daresay I it is a bit draughty in winter; takes a deal of warming, l should say, in that 'old-fashioned grate. You have a bed- room, I imagine, opening out of it?" I 'No, only an attic upstairs. Behind those folding -doors there is a lumber i room, I am rather thinking of asking Miles Faulkner to come and take it, I and to share the sitting -ahem with me, I it would be a pleasant arrangement Ifor us both, and as economical one. 1Mr Dane frowned slightly, 1 " Miles Faulkner?" be repeated slow - Ily. ""Why him? Wby not Albert Tee- " Because I like the one and I don't like the other," answered Geoffrey with a laugh. But won't you sit down uncle? It was very kind of you to come and look after me?" e ly, he put forth his hand and laid it upon, that of the old man. For thi seemed to bim to be an outburst genuine affection towards )timself anti he was quite touched' so that he was, henceforward, more drawn in sympathy towards him than he had ever deemed it possible to be, But the momentary weakness was already over, and the Old Adam had re -asserted itself. Matthew pressed his nephew's band, but even as be did so he recognized the distinct advan- tage which his little passing outburst had enabled him to gain. "Ile is a. sof ¢hearted young fooI," be said to himself, "and if I have made him a bit fond of me, he will be ()ester to manage when .t put the screw 00." For that was, of course, the end and aim of all his actions -that his pup- pete should fall into their places, and dance out their parts, according to his pleasure, Nuw, evidently, was an appropriate moment for unfolding something of his intentions, "My dear boy," be began, in a fath- erly and kindly manner -"It has not, alas! pleased Heaven to bless me with a son of my omen -your aunt-" "My aunt, sir, surely regrets it as muol as you do," interrupted Geoffrey quickly. Mr. Dane frowned slightly, but let the observation pass, If he bad enter- ed into it, be would, no doubt, have stated what be really believed, that Mrs. Dane was an obstinate, ill -con- ditioned woman, who had chosen to fly in his face, and to thwart him of malice prepense in bis dearest hopes, out of sheer feminine spite and "cuss- edness." For that was how, without a doubt, he regarded her conduct. However, be did not choose to enter into this branch of the subject -and dismissed it with a wave of the hand, on him, who had no pressing need o suck a boon, this wonderful good gif bad been bestowed. And, oddly enough, he felt a kind of rage al (minuet the young man hlmeelf, i that he was only his nephew. "Why' are you not any sun T"-th words were actually wrung from him aloud In the bitterness of bis unclean ing regrets, and with such a force and depth as to be almost startling. "My dear uncle I" cried Geoffrey with an emotion which hie bard, auto uratic master had never, hitherto, been ble to arouse in him • And, impulsive so n Geoffrey sat at Dona;& one Sunday afternoon, and thought over alt these things. He was in his own room in Adelphi Terrace. His sitting -room, that had once, a century ago, been a lady's reception -room, was large and airy, with a handsome carved ceil- ;ng, and a high wonder' panelling of white -painted wood all the way round ,It. Geoffrey's furniture was of the simplest and scantiest, and his few cheap chairs and tables stood about in a helpless 'fashion, each by itself upon a wilderness of dingy, faded car- pet. There were, however, warm, red curtains at the high windows, and a delightful, distant view of the river but of them; a view that was especi- ally dear to bim. Moreover, a cottage piano stood crossways in one corner, and it was at this piano that Geoffrey l was seated, his fingers wandering . vaguely over the keys, as it was his custom when he was tbinking deeply, I striking strange chords, flowing into plaintive melodies in minor keys, or breaking out into little spurts of a i more joyous nature, according to the. moods and fancies of his changing 1 thoughts. Sometimes too, bis face looked sad and dreamy, and the brown eyes seem- ed to see things that were far away - sometimes again a little grim smile broke forth upon his lips, generally at his own expense, as he recognized the somewhat ludicrous side al his meditations. What a fool all bis friends would think him, that he could even hesitate between the two alternatives of bis existence. Even honest old Miles, who was neither worldly minded nor mer- cenary, woul'4.ssuredly set him down as an ass, could he know of the con- flicting inr.linations, that made war so ustily witivn him, No doubt, thought eoftrey, Miles woull be uneasy as to the state of his liver, recommend him to Boat, or to ride, or to play cricket, in order to restore himself to a more wholesome state of mind, and would c0unse bim to forget the idle longing for a. woman whom he could never marry, and take to himself the pretty wife who would bring him not only her sweet self, but also so large a. share of the good things of the world. Well, Geoffrey knew himself to be e, visionary and to be worthy of the contempt of nine sensible men cut: of ten; but, after all that, be could not alter bimeelf, nor be untrue to his awn nature, without that direst of ills befalling him -the loss of bis two self- respeet. I take it that there is no more terrible eituatlon, thatabumnn being can by sin or folly, be placed In, than that of having let himself down in his own eyes until, in spite of all the inner pleadings and excuses of his too indulgent self, he is forced to own that in his own estimation he has become base and despicable. That is the lowest depth into which a hu- man soul can fall. The world may de- ride us, enemies may jeer, friends may turn their becks upon us, the volre of public opinion may condemn us, but so long as to our inner selves we still can say, "I nave, at least, struggled -1 have done my best, according to my light -I have kept that which the world knows nothing of, bright and un- eullied,"--so long; we have not de- graded o'hrselves, we retain stilt our foothold, firm amidst the shifting quioksande of life, And this hyo noth- ing to do with repentance, nor with preaching -ear yet with any creed Up- on the face of the earth. It is com- mon to the savage and the sage, to the Christian and the Hindt+o, to the Mahometan and to the unbeliever; the old Greeks understood it, and all the great heathen writers of old, Be- cause it to simply, in each of its, the I spark of snored firs, that; if kept oliva and flickering^ rain make each and all : of us become " as gods," and if ex- l tinguished, leaves us defenceless, so ' that we may be dragged down to the Level of the , brutes tbet perish;' I1 differs in each, human soul, widely, . enormously. The highest nit& of one is far ne the poles from that of an-, other. What seems a holy religion to me, may he but rank blasphemy to you. Yet, you know, and 1 knew, in what that divine .spark consists, and if we be only true to it, then we have not fallen so low, however sore our plight, but that life still holds out for us its infinite and over -recupera- tive possibilities, I don't meanie that Geoffrey Dane put n11 this into words in his mind, but he knew it very well, pat as we all know if:, and when he rose from his pinup, and relished out his arms Ablate his bead, and said aloud to sel'f, "I simply can't do it," be knew veryy well that it was no oilier or ina- :el'ial &Menlo that made brat say so, int only that inner flame. of golf. -eon- 'ietioe which absolutely retuned to be He drew forward the one comfort- able arm -chair in the rooms and sir. Dane sat down, depositing his hat and cane upon the floor. Geoffrey half leant half sat, upon the corner of the table, facing the windows. Afterwards, many times, that little scene came back tois Ir memory, just as ictuses in our life's history, , some of them startling and dramatic, others trifling and tame, like a Dutch interior, or a corner of still life, have n habit of coming back to us, we know not why nor wherefore,ust with a flash, as if some hidden hand turned the kal- eidoscope of our past, and showed us, hap -hazard, the little vivid touebes that stand out in sharpened outlines above the dull and monotonous col- ouring of all other things that are dead and gone and over, Geoffrey always saw in that picture a glimpse of the river, silver blue, be- yond the trees of the Embankment, with a puff of black smoke from a passing steamer, and the tawny red' sail of a Thames barge floating laz- ily seaward; and in the little pause of speech that ensued, there came the sound of the Sabbath afternoon thumb bells above the distant murmur of the street traffic below. And his uncle, who .leant back in hie chair es though he were tired, with his gloved hands Upon his knees, and his dark, power- ful face, a little graver and sterner than usual -Geoffrey could even recol- lect down to the dust upon his boots which showed that he bad walked and net driven, so vividly did all the lit- tle details of that seemingly small and insignificant scene remain impressed upon his memory. "I am sorry to hear that you don't like Trtrhet, Geoffrey," said his uncle, at length, as be began slowly drawing off his dogskin gloves. "Why, I am sure you don't like him much yourself, uncle i" answered the young man, smiling, Now, Geoffrey had a charming smile. It was a smile that flashed up sudden- ly into a face that was habitually somewhat a grave one, lighting it: up like a gleam of sunshine. It was the sort of smile that helps a young man on in the world, that makes women lore him and men take kindly to bim; it had in it that rare and subtle charm which, for lack of a better name, we call "fascination." Sometimes it is in the tone of the voice that this intang- ible attraction lies, sometimes in some mere trick of manner and glance; but wherever it is met with, it is never acquired, but always born with the lucky possessor; and is as true a fairy gift as any with which a super- natural godmother ever endowed a mortal babe. Now Matthew Dane was a bard - natured man. He loved money, and he loved himself; and, over and above both, he loved the sense of Power. And, besides these things, he loved little else on earth. 131s wife believ- ed him to be the coldest and hardest - heart ed man in the world; and if a wife is not a correct judge of her husl itnd's ohmmeter, I should Iike to know who is 1 He had not a single soft or vulnerable spot within him. He was pleasant and nonciliatory to the persons to whom he found it of Me to be so; and harsh and unrelenting . to those whom ho was unable to bend to his will. But, he had no personal predilections towards anybocly. Now, for the first: time in his life, its he looked up in the young ma.n's hoe - looking down upon hien with that brilliant smile upon it -there camp in- to his inner being a new and utterly extraordinary sensation. A sort of inward warning and tigh(eeing around -I had almost written hie heart -hut, possibly, his organism of sensation would be a more correct, term -for, to speak accurately, Mat- thew Tans had no heart. And, eimul- Ianeously, he thotnght-"Why ie this hey no( my Sun 1-1 could have loved him." For, in truth, Geoffrey would have realized all his ambitions, Well- look;ng, and well-mannered, n. manly young fellow -and yet one seine In- (etleol was awake and keenly intern live, he would have, been, as his part. nor, Mr. Halliday, had said of him- "a son of whom Aug mon might be proutl." And he almost hated his brother, the clergyman, when be reflected that up -I INDIA'S FUTURE CAPITAL (Pathan, hlunsulman and Mahratta tlliutve fought and oouquerud and reigo- 1ed and been supplanted, hits under- gone a marvellous metamorphosis, Bishop Reber denribed the view from the historia Ridge as "a very awful scene of desolation, ruins after ruins, tombs after tombs, fragments of brielt- wnrk, freestone, granite and marble scattered everywhere over a sell e naturally rocky cud barren without 1 cultivation, except in one 01' two 513015, and without a single tree." A vit+itot' looking demi from the same vantage -ground, to -slay sees, lie . tells us, on cue side tine sacred Tumnv stretching aor'nss the plaine, an the other streaks of smoke stretching across the sky. The oyes rest upon a lofty chimney shafts, towering high ABOVE THE DWELLINGS 1NIPERIAL DELHI, THE RAILWAY CENTRE OF THE EAST. \1'hr (be herernnleat Siloam be. Iterative,* Prom (hI,anit--11'hat n "Rn.slee" ls- ,t Horribly Dirty Pince Where fecal he Sweetmeats -Pike Maio. 4111 Sgl'1115 of(ne Paalllb, Plague is now at the winter bead quarters of the government of India a hitherto the dieeaso has been of a of mild form, but if it assumes malt g_' nanny its ravages will be terrible. IL presence brings the question of a new capital for India once again with- in the range of practical polities, writes a correspondent. ('aleutta was never intended to be the capital of India. Located eighty miles from the sea on the banks of the River Hoogbly, a waterway with the most dangerous navigation in the world, the little Bengal settlement, foonded by Job Charnook two hun- dred years ago, has gradually grown into the :largest city of Hindustan, with an immense maratime trade. So long as commerce was the controlling factor of British power in the East there was reason for the headquarters of the chief government being at the spot where the largest mercantile in- terests lay. But as the Tohn Com- pany's factories were replaced by forts, and the merchant's ledgers gave way to conquering armies, the pro- priety of the situation was lost, "In considering where the seat of the supreme government should be placed," wrote Sir George Chesney, "the fact that it is at present nomin- ally at Calcutta need not be taken in - I. account as a determining cause, this being merely an accident arising from the fact that the supreme gov- ernment has been gradually developed, by force of circumstances, out of what was originally the government of "However, Goeffrey, the time has come, when I avieh to make my views known to you, As things are, 'we are bound, in this world, to make the best of them. And I am much inclined to take you into partnership at once, with the eventuality, at my death, of making you also my heir," "My dear uncle; lY " Gaoftre could hardly believe kis ears -the magni- tude of the proposal almost took away his breath. There went a whizzing and ringing of blood into bis head - such as any great and unexpected stroke of fortune -whether good or evil -is apt to produoe in the calmest and most self-controlled. Old Dane watched the effect of Drs words with furtive glances. He had calculated upon this agitation, this shortening of the breath, and height- ening of colour, "It will turn his head, for the moment," he thought with satisfaction, "My partner now, and the possibility of becoming my heir hereafter," be repeated slowly and lingeringly, svitb a sort of unotuous roll as though to let the words sink well into the mind of his nephew. "Does that idea please you, Geoffrey?" he asked quickly, after a short pause, looking up keenly, and somewhat kindly, at the young man. "Uncle, I have no words In which to express my gratitude for your good- ness to me," answered Geoffrey; he looked down as be spoke, and his voioe shook a little„ and, quick as thought, there flashed through his mind the un- spoken words: "Should I be worthy of her -will aha take me when I am a partner in Dane & Trichet's great house. instead of an obscure and penni- less clerk?" And then, as one who hears a voice out of a fog, be found that his uncle was speaking again: "Of course, you must understand that before such an important change can take place in your prospects, Geof- frey, I must receive some pledges upon your side, some sort of security con- cerning your future conduct - some conditions, in fact, with regard to your actions." "I trust, sir, that my conduot and actions may always continue Lo give you satisfaction," said Geoffrey, in the modest tone of the good young man who is conscious of a clean bill, and has nothing to hide, and nothing to he ashamed of. Mr. Dane waved all that away as a matter of eoul'se, with a significant gesture. "I am sorry to find, for instance," he continued, "that you do not like Albert Trinhet, because it is a matter of fact that he will have eventually to be taken into partnership in the busi- ness." Geoffrey looked up in unfeigned as- tonishment. "You surprise ore, uncle, 1 thought-" "No matter what you thought, Geof- frey; personal predilections, as you know, roust be set aside in certain cases. Triehet bears the old name, is clever and pushing, and thoroughly up in the business; and for the welfare of the house, he must come into it some day as a partner. To that I re- quire your consent. Geoffrey gave it gloomily, with downcast eyes. Re felt, indeed, that whatever his objections might be, he was scarcely in a position to mention them. There was a little pause. Geoffrey, feeling instinctively, with a vague sense of presentiment, that more was to come, waited patiently and talent- ly, Y, a 1e'lite expectation, and p - haps 110, a little apprehensier on, in his enquiring glance. heattheW Dano seemnr' to hesitate. If such a thing could be, said altout so masterful and determined an ;tntoer,t(, 11 (night .u,1 - most have been supposed that he was nervnu.,. Ile did not meet his neli- hewes eyes, but hotted away vacantly mit of the window -drummed Iiia fin- gers upon the arms of his their, anti cleared his throat. Thal is the of my conditions, Goof. fray. Thera is another," "lees ?" "I1 is even a more impnl'tant ono than the other; it is essential, in feel. to tbo compact between us." ('fo be continued,) Charity as a cloak often proven it mlent. ONE ISOLATED PROVINCE." In 1884 the Governor-General of Bengal was created Governor-General of India, and a lieutenant -governor+ appointed to administer that province. Since this date the affairs of no one province have been specially under the care of the Viceroy. He rules India, and his capital should be at the heart of India. The climate of Calcutta is bad. There are less than six weeks when the weather can be called cold. Malaria is constantly present. The city suf- fers terribly from over -crowding. To give an idea of the present state of sanitation of some quarters in Cal- cutta, a description of a "bastes" -a congeries of bamboo and mud buts 1 wbere the poorer classes crowd togeth- er -may be quoted from a local pa- per: - "A bastes in theurlieus of Bur p ra l Bazaar is a fearsome thing, and tbat 1 in flap Chand Roy's street, the de- struction of which the municipality ie contemplating, le an aggravated speci- men of noisome squalor and unrelieved misery. (ro get any idea of it one must imagine a rhomboid framed in by large tenement ho» ens which ef- fectually shut out sunshine and air, Houses in this irregular space are dotted about promiscuously, and the present accumulation of tiJtby debris would appal the dirtiest lazzaronl of the dirtiest part of Naples. They are for the most part built iu two stories. There are no windows, and the only entrance is SO NARROW AND LOW of men and sending up their black vapors to the sky to tell it Delhi is developing. 'i au cannot pass through rho city's densely populated bazaars without hearing the ring at hummers and the roar of furnaces, sounds which tell that the iron -founder is busy et work making his columns anti pipes and a thousand and one things which formerly came from England. The old view and the new bring in- to clear relief the change that has passed over Delhi, a change that Brit- ish rule is working throughout the empire. Through the walls that kept at bay the small army of heroes for three awful months forty-one years ago seven railways now enter. Glance at a railway map of India, and Delhi will be seen to be at the heart of the spider's web of permanent ways which aur engineers have thrown over the country. ;Bombay to the south-west, Calcutta to the south-east, Karachi to the west, Peshawar to the north, from all points of the compass the iron roads run straight to Delhi. Whether the Viceroy rests there this winter matters not. Sooner or l later the city will assert ben old sever- ' e(gdnets •More than cue great Mogul endeavored to ateate a naw capital for himself; some even moved try com- 1 pulsion the whole population; but every attempt was foredoomed to fail- tare. The rose-colored bastions beside ' the Pumna were possessed of an ix- restible fascination. Eaoh time in a few short years Delhi arose from ber desolation, the crowned mother-oity of the Orient. So it will be again; though factory and workshop have encroach- ed on palace, mosque and fort. The advantages wntob Delhi has over Calcutta may be thus Bummed up: Po- litical situation, greater accessibility to the whole of India, better climate, proximity to Simla. Against these must be set off the fact that there are Jno public buildings in Delhi. The that an ordinary sized man bas to squeeze in on all fouls through a holo in the wall. The wattle of witch the wall is made exudes glutinous grime, while the thatch of the roof is caked with soot and reeks with ver- min, The approaches are strewed with pestilential offal, which, saturated by rain, gives off a siokening odor. "ln this 150 square Leet of area there live two hundred people or mare, who are for the most part en- gaged iu making sweetmeats, which farm an important item in the daily sustenance of tike poorer classes. The sight. of this horrible place is bad enougli during the day, when nearly all the adult population are away bar- tering their sweets. At night, when they return to prepare confections for the next. day's sales, and to sleep, its condition can be bet, Ler imagined than described." Such is Calcutta. To a person not hardened to the slums of lndia's pre- meel capital this description will xead as if it came from the fervid imagina- tion of a Pee. It is as a matter of fact, a plain, uuvarniened tale. These rookeries dotted all over Calcutta have gained for it the oepraaoh that it is a city of palaces in front and a city of pig -sties tri the rear. The government of India recognizes that it cannot, in common humanil.,y, t ranter its army of clerks trona the :salubrious heights of Simla, to the sickly squalor of a plague -stricken capital. Tbis matter has already en- gaged its attention, but is seltled. In the winter the Viceroy's Legisla- tive Cauneil-India's Parliament -sits, and representatives, European and native, arrive from all, parts of the country, Each native has a consider- able retinue, which, on its departure from CaleuLla, would bee' ne s, new FOCUS Ole .INFIICTI ON, If plague Increases in Ca.lcalta the supreme government cannot go down there this winter. Simla, when snow tails, Is inaccessible, and the Viceroy and his ministers must reside in the ontd weather where approach is easy. 11 Calcutta and Simla be out ot the question, is there no alternativeyes; imperial Delhi, the Clapham Junction oInf dia.the Eaet, the future capital of The anciented-walled pity, the scone et bloodshed and battle, the seat of ebony dynasties, where IHindu COST O11 ERECTION is calculated to be at least £150,000, and Judie has not the money to spend. This money question may delay the t:ransterence, but it will not prevent it, for it is by no means insuperable, Calcutta boasts that residence with- in her gates brings the government into close touch with all shades of non -official opinion. But Delhi, with bet' growing industries, will supply as strong a current of European opinion. And her native nobility and gentry are an infinitely greater factor in the peace of the empire than the glib citi- zens of Bengal. Delhi's political situa- tion in the midst ot the warlike races of Hindustan is the strongeet argu- ment in her favor. The winter and spring of the Pun- jab are among the mors exquisite at- mospberee of the earth's surface. The keen, penetrating cold of December, with its clear, blue eky, is nature's most invigorating tonic; and the warm amens of March, when the rose gardens ere aflame with blossom and a melody of fragrance, are more delicious than the kisses of a bride. Men who have to seek the Government of bndis go now to Calcutta grumbling; they will hasten with delight to Delhi as to a charming health resort, Delhi is within six lecture' railway journey of the Himalayas; so the move to Simla will be accomplished with much greater ease and at much less expense in the future. The old Moguls, when not conducting a cam - pidgin would leave the plains during the torrid heats of summer. Kashmir was their favorite mountain residence. The British Government in India bus chosen Simla, and its annual migra- tion is, after all, nothing but an an, eient custom of Hindustan. FIRST IRON SHIPS. ('rade A/lni,p(s la Shipbuilding Daring Lao ("eat wry. The storey of the use of iron as a material for the construction of ships is full of interest, writes Clark Rue - sell in Pull Mall Magazine. Iron was lona; ago used experimentally tor building boats; several references to Gans* crude attempts wilt be found in the Annual Register of last cen- tury. Grantham mantes from a pub- lication dated July 28th. 1787, The writer stye; "A few ()rays ago a boat built of ;OSnglish iron by J. Wilkinson, Esq., of Bradley George, came up our canal to tete town, loaded with twen- ty-two tons and fifteen hundred- weight of its own metal, etc. It is nearly of equal dimensions with other boats employed upon the canal, tieing 70 feet long and t! feet 8 1-2 inches wide; the thickness of the plates with which it ie made is about five -sixteenths of an inch and it is put together with rivets, like copper or fire engine boil- ers; but the stem and stern -posts are wood, and ;ha gunwale lined with the same; the beams aro made of elm Menke. Her weight is annul. eight tons; she will carry, in deep water, up- wards of this(.,-(wo tons and drawn eight 0r nine inches of water when light:" I1 is extrttord.innry tont suets hints as these should have Wien dears, Was there no shipbuilder with an eye swift to witness the enorinias posst- bilities'latent in these 1(tllc gana.l ex- perimenttt 'A small iron boat was launched. in August, 1815. she was fitted up in Liverpool as a pleasure - boat. Hundreds viewed her as e Curiosity She was sunk mnliniously in the Duke's Dock, as tbotth seine Quilt) uilp of a workman foreseeing iron as an issue if this boat was sine fered 1.o go on hinting, bait put an end to her. Her owner raistttl her, and sold her for old iron, but "the lass of tbie boat," ire says, "turned my ;atten- tion to the preet.icnbility of milking an iron boat whiolt could not be sunk I, y any ordinary means." lArricultraralf& t ememoi wdmmmi nN1AVAPPm 41h'Fh'.'f utIN &TARDY FRENCH CANADIAN CATTLE. Very' early in lbs history of America, some Lime before 1000, a number of small blaek or brown cattle were in- troduaed into what are now the Cana - diet; provinces, writes T. A. Cant are, et Quebec. They canoe from France and were strietby dairy animate, re- sembling the Jerseys in a general wa,Y, These wattle were not allowed to crass with other breeds, and for over 200 years were kept very pure and took the name of -French Canadian. 'They lemony quite numerous, being pe0uIlac, ly adapted to cunalitions in Canada, In 211 Etuunties In Quebec Pinot Malin no other cattle are kept. They are the easiest kept of all breeds of cat- tle, and also the .hardiest. They are free from tuberculosis. Their teats are large, consequently they are eas- ily" milked. In enter, they are amid blank, or black with yellow strip on back and around muzzle, or brown with black points, or solid fawn. As milkers they are the fleet wows of any of the breeds in Canada for the average farmer. They will not give the large quantities of milk yielded by the :Holsteins or even sums Ayrahires in one day, or one week, but they will give a good quantity daily fruuu Half to calf, and the total for the year will be surprising, usual- ly larger than that given by other breeds. The difference in their favor will be still mute evident when the coat of keeping is considered. When the little Canadian cow is properly fed she repays well for the trouble and expense, tie proved by the following result obtained from the cow Pruniers 1712, the property of the Hospital du Saeri-Coeur, Quebec. She calved on the 28th of August, 1892, when four years old, and was milked until July 1803, being due to calve again on the 81st of the same month, During these 818 days she gave 11,810 lbs. of milk, or a daily average of 35 lbs. She weighs about 675 lbs. Her dully food consisted of cut nay 10 lbs, cut straw 6 tbs, ensilage 20 lbs, bran 8 lbs, eeltonseed and meal 2 lbs, This is. mixed and fermented for 14 hours in advance. She 'was kept all this time in the stable. The cow Azilza de Levis 956 gives 8,000 lbs. of milk a year on pasture alone in summer, and on 16 lbs. al dry hay and 4 lbs. of grain, oats, bran and oil Dake, daily iu winter.' Let me say that the French Cana- dian cow tbat donna giro 6,000 lbs. of milk in the year, when she receives reasonable care and food, is not a good cow. On common pasture and dry bay and dry straw, with a band- ful of bran in winter, she ought to give froso 4,500 to 5,000 lbs, of milk. in the year. is this milk of good quality? Of course it is. The aver- age percentage of Babcock teat is tram 4 to 5 1-2. It is sometimes 0 and 6 1-2 per cent. and frequently as high no 8 per cent. In blanking of average as being 4ito 6 1-2 per cent. It is the result of a large number of testa made in various butter and cheese factories, with no alter reed but ordinary pasture in summer and bay and straw in winter. CRUELTY IS MARK. TEE EVIL'S EAR- L A- , DR. Cheek reins are cruel and injurious, unless very slack, • Wide tires save much horse pow- er, But few farm horses need shoes. Quiet and patient. drivers are worth twice as much as any others. Competent titivate use the whip but rarely. Whips Bust more than they eat0. Your horse intends to please you but does not always know your wishes. Dark or damp stables cause low spirits and various diseases. Hm•ses need a variety of tool as much as yourself. Patient and gentle grnams and drivers are worth larger pay than others. Overloading is ai costly folly and a great cruelty. Axle grease pays 1,130(1 per cent, profit. Gard blankets are profitable anti save footi-if lviaai5 tisell. Clipping reverses nature, is cruel and causes disease. Horses need bhtnkels where) a man would need an overcoat, He who abuses a horse will abuse his wile or children, Cruelty gttelilies for crime -1 hey -are close neighbors, It is gruel and. silly to whip a horse for, fright, Sootiie him with kind words: :t is wine to put youreelf in his place -ani' think it aver. FEEDING ROOTS. in Jileglani( end :Holland the feeding of roots is universal ; and it would he, impassible for dairy and stook tar- rncrs to gel: on without them. Oen hundred pounds of hay is equivalent to 201 pounds of potatoes. Now all aorta of hold (.halwill pruduoe 6,000 pounds of hay will produce 1.8,01(0 pounds of potatoes; that. is, one aces in potatoes will keep as muck stack at three acres of bay. With mangolt(a or turnips, the difference is much greater. The object with the dairy tease is to mak( her produce ns much tnilk as possible, m' 1.0 bring heir to Leer highest natural flew. When nmaw totes faith in hemline It:y be hits himself a solar-ploxis blew. PRINCES AND PRINCESSES, WHAT THEY COULD DO IF THEIR RE VENUES WERE WITHDRAWN. The WHIN, or 1Salrt is a Skllied '1'yneselter Ulm Hellin in arc Expect iti'cstntaiel'-. Other tttayn lllw+ Have 1're1'cehteaa s' 'mail e5, Queens, Kings, crowned beads and the whole of lbs nubility of Europe are generally coneidesred helpless in it way. That is, if all were suddenly deprived of (bele revenues as well as their standing, what could they do toward earning a livelihood/ `this question baa always been an interesting ono. Upon closer observation, however, It will be found that many would NOT BE SO BAD OFF Aa some might think. , Ring Leopold at Belgium has great ability as a financier, ]lin shrowdnuss in speculation would soon make him a formidable ligur) on the Bourne of Europe, and he might ultimately xis¢ to the position of a Rothschild aodf become an emperor of finance. Getiwt 11„ of Norway and Sweden, if deprive, of his throne, would probably mien* , upon literature, He has publitbed several volumes of original verse, and ' bin interesting and well-writlou mono- graph on Charles XII. was translated into I)nglisltyin 1879, He has likewise done into Swedish Goetlte's "Faust," Heideor's "Cid" and Tasso's poems, Another literary royalty is the , Queen of Roumania, whose fame a "Carmen Sylvia," authoress of menet is world-wide. 'the present Czar of Russia bus, up to the present, shown nu aptitude for any', thing outside the King business, but; his father, Alexander 11I., would have been worth $100 a week to any mesio hall manager as a "strong man.", His favorite amusement was to display, bit, huge physical strength in Buell: feats its bending pokers, lifting heavy' wardeigshtsin, cC.o, •lieand , could tear a pack o1 chalf 1,E Between hisBifingAe1C rsA, ChessCOIN last being two favorite performances of profess- ianal strong men. :Ike Queen of Portugal could at once. set up as a lady dootor, she having received the deigree of M. ., some years. ago. She delights in the work of • healing, and i b never so happy as When ministering to the afflicted. There is also another royal doctor, one of :Ging. Oscar's sons being a skilled oculist. Two European aoiona of royal bowies. have devoted themselves to religion. Prime Max of Saxony is in holy or- ders, and not long ago was preaching in the East End of London; and the. Archduchess Maria of Austria 15 an abbess at Prague. The Kings of Sax- ony, Wurtemburg and Bulgaria are soldiers, and would, doubtless, obtain commissions in the armies of the repub- lics which would have replaced Lite monarchies. The English royal family would be amply provided for. The Prince of Wales is an sxperb compositor, and could set type and read proofs witbl the beet. While tbo Prince worked at the case the Princess could. TARE IN DRESSMAKING. .' At which she is quite an artist, While she was unmarried and still livlag with her people at the Daniels court ever,y'thing she were was of ber awls making, Perhaps, though, the Prino- ess might choose to make mesio her profession; as al] know she has dole obtainedof her degree at a conservatory, music. The navy is, of course, the profession of the Duke of York, but in case be failed to obtain a commission, he could turn bis knowledge of foreign stamps to good account, Sculptor and artist of no mean talent, Princess Louise bas it living int her fingers. As tor the German Emperor, be would be embarrassed by bis own vier- eatility. He might ehuose to paint pie - tutees, conduct orchestras, compose music, design public buildings, com- mand in the army or navy -in fact, what is there that 1Wiliiam cannot do. RENDERING LARD. It is easy to have sweet, white lard. Remove the akin from all ,pieces, which is easily done if one has a sharp! knife and will cut the turd meat 'inlet strips six inches or a foot in length, and two inches wide. Than hold ono end of the piece with the left hand, We skin side down on a level board, hold the knife in the right band, make a cut ti:oiwn to the shin, it lit tie in advance of the bend, turn the knife flat, and, slip along just on top of the skin. it renders much sooner with the skin removed, (bees is lestt banger of scorching the lard and one realiy gets more lard, for the skins soak up more than the little fat lett on them would amount to. .lt one feels us ih.iugb elm cannot afford to Put the unreeder'ed skins in the soap grease, she can place the skins in a, dripping pan and render the grease from them in the oven. Remove all lean meat from the lard meat, every, litho strip, for it likewise soaks up lard, end increases the danger rsI s' n'ch l,t 3nq. ;Che lean scraps can be put in the snusage meat or in the press meat. Cut the lard meat fine, put the pre- pared meat in the kettle .over a stone fire, with enough water t.0revent scorching wbile iL begins to render. Cook slowly, stir often, add the leaf lard after the other is beginning to render, Asti they Will not. finish even- ly, When the Jura has all been ab - !flirted, skim the tom:kliegs off the Inn with n eelnnder or similar 111.01si1, plane them in 0 stout bag, Tsang oven a pan and press. This is if you have no lard press. Now clip the lard off into the lard vessels, and When near the hot 10111 cif the kid tle, the fine crumbs swill need 10 be strained cun phren t•.rnrnlrl rive rater altered in corn meet taller, for tisend in roils- wrath. or, Make a bola in the lard, If In ::105, I0 prevent the freezing Truce burs(itig theme Use a clean broom-' hendle. The st(ek rnusl. touch (lie tar's bet tem, else it will not be et,. feet ive,