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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1899-4-21, Page 3ee lr le Iy lee- s - v Ile 118 of gs t- Iy st te- APIUL 21, 1q91). TEES BBUS$EILS POET. a Ditawond Cut Diamond ,.. Olt, THE ROUT OF THE ENEMY. CHAP'TER XXIL—Continued, , so very vary few to whom "a faithful "You love my nephew, Geoffrey," he heart' is the ohlefest of earth's good besieged the authorities daily fpr is said with eget deliberation, looking at gifts. When such a man 19 given to release. For it really Is a fact, which her with a gruel remorselessness, It it woman, is It to be wondered at that was a revelation, a delightful disoov-' she looks upon hlm1. as a god, and that 140 as incontrovertible as IL is ineom- gry to him, but he made no alga that it almost seems to her as though a Prehcusible that the women of that it was so; bo made as though he had mirag°lass e had bean wrought in her fav- do, In sober earnest, carry out known it for a long lime, our 4 the truth of the old saw, that ' the "Mr. Dane, have you brought me , Meanwhile, all unconscious of the more they are beaten, the better they here to insult me 1" she said with rapture of happiness into whioh he . like di." All these things presumably mane indignation. ' bad translated her, Mr, Dane was tell- I o0nvulsed the village soetety momen- He waved his hands deprecatingly ing cut his tale. ; tarily to its vary Dore, but left no with a gesture of amusement. 1 Of course, you will see that this is outward or lasting trace upon its "Tut, tut I don't let us go into a moat ridiculous position for my nap- peaceful ci thiee.s They erquitoi8e- berolosl What is the marvel? I am how to take up. I1 is absolutely im- amono a Co thisaki of It man of the world, my good lady 1 possible that he can be permitted to It is not the first time I imagine in sasrilioe his future to any claims Alt the same the hay was cut and the world's history that a married which e woman In your position may garnered, and the yellow fields "stood - woman has fallen iu love with a hand- imagine she bas upon him—these sorts ready unto the harvest." The little red some young fellow. This sort of thing of entanglements are never desirable, roses bloomed and faded upon the cot- e not now to me—nor to you either, but at any rate there should be no Cage walls, the labourers went out to 1 imagine," he added with veiled in- sort of diffloulty in breaking Lhem off their labour until the evening, and the solence. where a woman of the world Is eon- tzou' stream rustled on be- "Yor, have no right—" she began oerned." neath the bridge, much' as tremblingly. tier dreaming was at an end, hie in other years, whilst scarcely an "Pardon me, It seems to me that cruel and damaging words Dame like sets. from the great world without I have every right. Geoffreyis not a rusli of icy water upon her. stirred so ranch as an answering flut- only my nephew—he is, or may be, the "You do not seem to have heard me tee in the tranquil minds of those who and what do a man 'ave a wife for, I should like Lo know, if he mayn'tntlar- rap 'er hevery time 'e 'asa mind to'' In spite of w'bioti sensible view of the rights and privileges of husbands, he was conveyed to the lock-up, and carried off the next morning to Lllminst • Tail there to await hie trial, without the smallest coneideraLion for his admirable theor- lea, Ever stnee whioh, needless to say, Mrs Steel had with tears and sobs 'oentre and object of my future, and say, Mr. Dane, tlutt I have not seen Of the future of my house of business. your nephew for months? Ile does I have plans for Geoffrey, plans that not even know my present address." nonoern his welfare and hie worldly "It will be desirable then that you edvnneeanent—with these plans, Ma- should see him, that he should pay you dame de Brefour, you have chosen to a visit for once, in order that you may Interfere." persuade him to give his immediate "I?" she Dried angrily, "I interfere consent to the plans which I have with Geoffrey's advantage or prosper- made for him and which are so enor- ity? Ah, how little you know me— mously to his advantage. This, Ma - how evil must be the bent of your own dome de Brefour, is your part of our mind if you imagine such a thing." little contract. I told Geoffrey that of "Ah, now we come to common whioh he appeared to be in ignorance, ground, my dear friend," he answered that he was somewhat wasting his soothingly. "I felt sure that your time and his affections as you were a. kind heart and good feeling would be married woman. He did not seem to touched, that your very love for that believe me. I shall leave it for you charming young fellow—you object to to oonvli ne him," the word love?—well, let me oall it She understood him now; and else your regard then, your sisterly—per- knew that there was no escape -for her. haps itis a motherly regard, eh? Any , IL was upon her love for Geoffrey, as way your affectionate interest in the well as upon her affection for her fath- dear boy will soon lead you to do all in-law, that Mr. Dano had reckoned in you ase to help instead of to Impede order to bend her to hie will. his future interests. Is it not so?" "By this sensible and praiseworthy She bowed her head in silence. It course of action you will, you see, be was impossible for her to speak. Of able to perforin a two -fold duty. You what avail would have been vain will bring ease and peace of mind to denials of that which she had been en- the aged relative whose declining trapped into 'betraying? Her inner days you have hitherto so devotedly sanctuary had been Invaded, the sac- watched over, and you will be instru- red veil had been rent In rags from mental in forwarding the worldly before the altar of her heart, and she prosperity of a young man in whose was too proud now to persist in dis- i future I amsure that you take a most owning the idol that had been 0011- ; affectionate interest. I, on my part, cealed within. will 'undertake to take no further ac - He waited for a few moments, and tion of any sort or kind against your then finding she said nothing, he be- 1husband. On the day of my nephew's gan once more: marriage to Miss Halliday, t will sign "I may as well explain to you at a written promise to condone the past, once that I desire my nephew to and as it were to blot it out entirely. merry a young lady of great personal It will be then no longer necessary for attractions and of unexceptional char-' you to keep the unhappy man in eon eater. This lady is the daughter o£ cornmeal:. Ho can return to his my partner, Mr. Halliday, with whom father's house, and you will be ones i have come to an arrangement on the more a united and happy family Mr - subject. .On his marriage with Miss ole." Halliday, Geoffrey will be taken im- It pleased bim to enlarge upon this mediately into partnership, and will subject, be oould see how her eyes en - also become my hair personally, es larged with horror and dismay, with well BB stop into a position whioh for what an unutterable loathing she lis - 0. mon of his age will be without its toned to his description of the domestic equal in the commoroial world. So reunion to which he was condemning you see how gooda thing for your her, acid to which she now saw herself young favorite this marriage would irrevocably doomed. be." For how refuse the release of the un - "Oh, yes! 1 see it very well indeed, happy man to whom she was tied by bIr. Dane," she answered, with a ring all rigour of a Faith that allows of of scorn in her voice, "A capital no divorce? or how free herself from thing for all concerned, fur the bride his hated presence without forsaking and bridegroom no doubt, and also to the old man who leant upon her for the ambition of the bridegroom's un- the support of his daily existence? ole. Why then, in the name of for- Surely no punishment for her sin and tune, does not your nephew haste= to weakness could have been devised by -conclude so advantegetms an alit' her enemy more unspeakably gruel and relentless than this—that she should live moo mare under the same roof with the man whose netmo she bore, and who had dragged down that name into the mire of nn eternal ignominy. Do you agree to my little terms, 141adamo do Brefour?" enquired Mr. Dane with a charming suaveness of voice and manner, with that little smile upon his lips which he could as - sumo when it suited him to be sweet- ly gracious, find with his head just a little on one side as he looked at her from between his half-closed eye- lids. "Yes, Mr, Dane, I agree," she an- swered, in a cold mechanical voice, "and I will perform the task you have set me to do," And then she rose and left him. "Because,. Madame, you stand in the gray 1" he answered quickly, levelling heavy forefinger at her to emphasize his accusation. "I?—good Heavens, Mr. Dane, for a clever man you are really exceedingly wide of the mark in your surmises. I have nut seen your nephew for some months—the slight aoquaiutanoe, or friendship, if you like it better, that existed at one time between us is now entirely at an end, and I know nothing whatever of his plans or of the young Mite amongst whom be na doubt distributes his attentions." She was angry, with a vague jealous anger that betrayed itself in a certain ' uncontrollable asperity. Theca oame back to her memory that scone upon the river. The boat flashing by in the sunshine, the girls in their cool ootton frocks and sailor -hoots, and the man she loved retaining at their feet, happy no doubt in the presence of the woman who had taken him from her. She remembered—would she ever for- get ?—the sick pain- that was almost physical that struck her through at the sight. Then upon her earn there fell once more the cool voice of her tormentor: "It were better to come to the point at ono*. You will soarooly, I Imagine, have the courage to deny what 1 ao- been of supreme importance to the cuss you of, when I tell you that but principal persons oouoerned; es, for ili- a few days ago 1 stated my wishes to stance, the marriage of Timothy Green my nephew, and that he definitely and farmer Stubbs' head man, to poor lit - absolutely declined to marry miss tie Jenny Bainbridge, whom nobody Halliday, giving me as his reason for at Coddishrim set any store by—be- doing so that he loved another woman, oeuso she wise so meek, and small, and and that that woman was year- down -trodden, having no home of her self i' I own, but being only allowed on suffer - And then there was a moment or, once, a6 it were,., to exist in her ill -con - two of silence between them., A sil- ditionod uncle, the baker's house—that encs so absolute that it flashed across Wedding, 110 doubt, tweeted quite a her mind to wonder if those wild disturbance in the,dietriot, much as heart-throbs that leapt up tumultuous- though a now King Cophetua had ly within her could possibly be audible Plighted his 'troth to a oor beggar CHAP;IER XXIII. In the faraway parish of Coddish- am the summer months, meanwhile, had sueeeedod each other with that eventful tranquilitywhioh con- stitutes the chiefest charm of an abso- lutely rural district. Events of it eertai0 kind had, it is true, taken place, events which had set the church bells ringing or tolling as the ease might be, and whioh had, no doubt, ware born, married and buried, gen- eration after, generation, under the square shadow of the ivy-covered church tower that looked down so me changeably upon the little cottage set- tlement at its base. In the Vicarage there were no more changes than in the village. Mr. Dane wrote his weekly sermon sach•time with a little leas of enthusiasm for bis subjeot, with a lit- tle more of hopelessness for its ultt- mato success, such as a country cl8r lyman, conscious of a pertain amount of originality and talent, who preaches Sudany after Sunday to an illiterate audience, is bound for all his zeal, to feel creeping over him; as the years go by and old age is well nigh upon him. Then he pottered out on bis daily rounds visited a few old and sick peo- ple, gossiped a little with farmer Stubbs, gave his little orders to the old clerk, patted th'e heads of the ur- chins who mime in his way, and wish- ed a cheery " Good day 1" to their mothers at their cottage doors; after which he came back to his five o'clock ten and hie Quarterly Review upon his own lawn with a satisfied °envte- tion of having fulfilled every item of his daily duty. Sometimes the village history required a little more of him, 'sometimes a little lase, but whatever it was, he always did what was neces- sary—and surely no man nen do more. I'or Florence, too, the summer months worn away with nothing much to mark their flight. There was for her the seme amount of bustling about nn deeds of mercy, th'e same visiting rounds of inspection, advice, and re- proof to the cottages of her poor neighbours, which some of them were ungrateful enough to look upon' as in- trusiun on her part. " What do she want a-pryin' and a-pokin' 'or nose into other p'eople's concerns?" might have been heard upon the lips of more than one villloge dame as she looked after the sturdy, figure, in its short skirts and strong -made boots tramp- ing away down the little street. "It's more 'arm than good she does with all 'er talking, len thinking." Which in- dubitably proves the black nature of some of the hearts she had to deal with. Luckily Florence was unoonsoious of their distracting remarks; their faces were always wreathed in smiles when she came to them full -handed, and they sever failed to gether in troops at her " mothers' teas " and her school feasts, where they swallowed her ad- monitions, seemingly with as good a grace as they did her cake and buns, anei with as pleasing a'n affectation of meek and thankful ,joy. For a long time, indeed, the. school treat some the only evens of any magnitude which marred in Miss Dane's life, fur the neighbourhood was a bad one for so- cial gatherings, the great Downs cut- ting off ono side of the country en- tirely from the other, so that those who dwelt beyond the hills held no communirattoh with the inhabitants of the plains, whilst these letter, owing to deaths and absences and sundry other incidental pauses, were, as far as sooial purposes went, almost entire- ly useless, the birds of passage, all the hunting world, having long ago tak- en themselves away for the summer months. To Florence, with her parish work and power of with herself heart and soul into all that she took up, this was, perhaps, but a small loss, and a tennis party more or less scarce- ly occasioned her a passing regret. She went about liar daily work with unabated energy, burning with zeal and eagerness, and quite undaunted by the many rebuffs and failures wh'ob, not nnnalet ally to one who desired to reform and remodel everybody and ev- erything, again and again threw back her splendid intentions unappreciated in her face. All this time Hidden House, up in the hollow of the chalk hills, lay millet and empty. (To Be Continued.) "JAG SNAKES. The next time you set+ snakes after a three days' melee tion console j'oureelf with the reflection that tbey are all in your eye. They are due, says an emin- ent mullet, to the presence, in certain veins of the gym, of dark, pulsating [u the stillness to alto ears of the man maid, far Tim earned full 'wages, and blood, as a result of aleholism, making who sat opposite her. For the great had a cottage and a baok garden of there su resemble 81008 in appearance gush of joy that shook her from hood his own, whereas Jenny was nobody at tend mxotton, Hitherto it has been see - to foot at hie words rendered her ply- all. sioally incapable of words. Then there was poor old Gibbins, lie loved her still then! In spite, who died of drink at last, as Florence of the cruelty of her desertion of him, Dane had always said he would, and of the coldness of her actions, of the was straightway interred with the harshness with which she had ' pro- ; usual pomp and oeromony, "in 8010 nounaod the sentence of separation 130 -and pertain hope of life evarlasbing"— twtxt them—in spite of all this, he as our truly sanguine Burial Service loved her sill l For her sake, and so bath it. After that, Mrs, Meeks had that he might remain true to that twins, the second Lime ahs had oom- ideal of love whioh ho had laid so milted the same ofemme, and the humbly at het feet, he was prepared parish bag had to be nailed into ve- to give up all the good things of this quisitdon, and there was a groat com- e/oriel with whim, his uncle had sought motion of sympathy and excitement CO tempt him, Whe' upon the floe amongst the matrons of the village' of the earth 10 the woman who would and, finally, "that there brute," Thine not have rejoieecl with au exceeding Steel, kicked bis wife again one night: Veal; gladness/ It is so rare that a that he came home very let from the man is capable of so great a love, sol George, aitd upon the active inter few mai far between are thoa0 to ; ferenee of the local policeman, sum- ; whom self and self-interest does not atoned in haste by the affrighted nem above all else, so mealy there are neighbors, stated it as his opinion that Who. will saoriflee love to e1pedien03',' he "war quite in 'is right to kink 'or;i postal that the "snakes" which sten ,re- ported having seen in their alcholio de- l.i.tivan were simply creatures of the isnagination. NOW We are told that these hallucinations have an actual basis, Statisties on 1'ltis subject col - belle by the oculist show that 05 per cent of the visual hallucinations ex- pertelie0d to delirium tremens consist of serpents in Duo form or another, ROMAN REIMIAIN& Many Roman meatus, tnclttcilug a °Oleasal heart 01 Marotta Aurelius hem been dug up at Carthage by M, Glatek- ler, Director of Antiquities in Tunisia, 41e some try have readied the Roman Cartilage founded iry Grantham, but not to have strhrk the Phoouidiau otb4 ne yet. THE EXILED EMPRESS. Tho Empress Eugenie hes loft her beautiful Hampshire home al. tarn - borough for a long stay nu too Con - h Ltnont. She first pall u s uzl wl 1 s t to Paris and then went ou to the South of France. The 'empress Mimeo to spend Lite next five months at the Villa Cyrnoe her beautiful residence on Cap Mut'tin, and when she leaves the Riviera she will proceed ort a cruise in the Mediterranean in her steam yacht Thistle whioh was owned for many years by the late Duke of Hamilton. The Empress will be absent from Eng- land for about eight months, The English home of the Empress is the toudstone that attracts the eager attention of thousands of people all the world over. The chequered career of the fallen sovereign is a source of never -failing interest, and there are few who will grudge her the peace which has fallen on her closing years in the shelter of her quiet kinglish home. I went down from London to Farn- borough last summer, writes a corres- pondent, to see the plane where the exiled Emperor and the ill-fated Reines Imperial are sleeping. Farnborough station is a small place. Up the hill one goes and over a dusty road. There is a lodge at the gate, and asmiling Scotch lassie in a clean frock, gives me a gentle curtsey as she leads the way up the graves walk, through rows of majestic yew trees to the top, of the hill, and 1 come into full view of the church, and also the house where live —a victim to insomnia, andsometimes eyes In ales for she never closes hur 1p y throe nights. tb tried women 'r h ttl. She has two g friends who are with her, take acre of the house, and do what they can to make cheerful her days. A Corea of ten servants completes her household. IBreakfastis served early and after tide meal there ars totters to be read, and answered, newspapers from London and Frame, and perhaps a visit to be made to some one in the village who is 11.1. Then before lunclxeou, cornea Lhe daily visit Lu the mausoleum, and, after this, lunabeon and a walk through the beautiful grounds. Dinner is served at levan o'clock and, alter this more writ- ing, reading, and perhaps same sim- ple game until bed -time. The wealth to keep up this quasi - royal stale must be considerable, but the Empress is credited with having plenty, and something to spare. The mixings from the wreck of the Empire are said to have been large and her possessions set down as yielding bar a considerable income. There seems no danger that the style of her establish- ment will be marred in the slightest, for the remaining years of her life, It is, perhaps, fitting that this should be so. for besides the good also bas done to the laboring people, with the ex- pensive establishment she keeps up, she given liberally to charity, and the poor in Farnborough have reason to bless her every day. Sometimes the ex -Empress goes to London for a brief visit. When she does, four servants accompany her. She seldom makes any visits, except upon ber most intimate friends, and rarely invitee any ono to see her. She goes to Paris, too, quite often, the scene of her triumphs and defeats. But few ears for her in the gay city, whore her most constant followers nowadays are the police agents told off Cor her protection. The J'arisians used to hoot her, but they do not evert notice her now. the white -robed and white -cupped REAL GOLD LAND. monks, who guard the place. It is a `-- pretty spot. No one could wish for a L A 8188rt+rareTet•rr finiter3' of Ifn,tttow'il Land Where lovelier place to bo buried in. Across e's the preatmt8 Metal Abounds. the road, ridden almost from view, is A recent report says Harry Bertrand the home of the ex -Empress. Like the Maxwell, formerly of New Bedford; church, it is built 011 the elevation of Mass., an able seaman on the brig Fan - a hill, and Eugenie can see from her nie E. Leo, came down on the Alki on windows the spot whore her dear ones Sunday, bringing 920,000 In gold and a rest. story, romantic as one of Stevenson's. While i am looking and wondering, Maxwell says he wane north on the brig named. eighteen years ago, which been found to vary from four in a hun- was pinched in an foe jam, aud, after dred foot tubular well, to nearly three assn from whaler to whaler, lse ar- hundred thousand in a clean -looking passing pond, and four hundred thousand in rived at Cape Barrow In 1880. Acting a dug well receiving surface drain - on iuformalion of the natives, he cross- age. A dug well might be very much ed the mountains bordering on the improved by cementing the inside of Maekenzio River, and found more gold the wall down to the water line. This would keep the surface water frum than be could terry out in the streams not 500 miles from Fort McPherson, in a country no white man had ever tra- versed before. This land, be claims, has never known the prospector, yet in dream after strum be has amused bimself by washing surface dirt and finding it return from ten cents to as many dollars do the pan, the passing there appears e. stout monlf, who re- spectfully bows and bids me follow. He does not ask my business for he has many visitors. I follow him down a small flight of stone steps, to the rear of the church. Ivy and rich wisteria have twined themselves lovingly to- gether and are gently creeping up the sides of the sacred edifice. All around the church have been planted flowers; but always and everywbere I see shy violets rearing their heads. They are Eugenie's favorite flowers, and the monks have planted them there for her sake. The door leading to the mausoleum swings back at a touch from the monk, and we are soon standing ou a tiled floor that is scrupulously clean, There are a few chairs and a handsome al- tar, where the monks say mass, and whore the only other person every pre- sent on such occasions is the ex -Em- press. It is in face, a private chapel, To the right of the altars is the gran- ite sarcophagus containing the remains of the Emperor. As I looked from the church to the house I saw the dark robed figure of the ex -Empress picking her way along, leaning upon her cane. A private path Leads from the house to the church, and no make it more convenient, a small footbridge has been constructed over the railway track. Slowly, and oh I so. painfully, oho mounted the steps and crossed into the churchyard. She MB alone. Her ayes were fixed upon the ground. One of the monks hurried to meet her and received from her ovm-. lerannotastelesnealete On the Farm. J NECESSITY OF POJele STOCK WATER. Few farmers and stockmen are as careful to supply the various wants of their stock as they should be. They think if they furnish their animals enough to eat at all sensons of the year they are doing their whole duty, little thinking that a regular and gen- erous supply of purr, water is fully as necessary as feed itself. Water forms from 35 to 08 per oent of the total wotgbt of the. body and enters into the composition of every buns, muscle and tissue. Food earl only be assimilated when in a soluble state, hence water is an tndisponsable aid to digestion. Where it is available, running wa- ter, either aprings or creeks, is pre- ferable to uuy other for stock, us it is pure and needs no pumping. Unless contaminated by surface washings or sewerage, creek water is good quality, as it is being eootintially aerated and purified by exposure to the sunshine. For domestic use, a spring or deep well is the best source of pure water. The soil aots as a filter and the morn soil the water must pass through in reach- ing the subterranean streams the more thorough the filterution. A tubular w11L is much safer and a more reliable source of supply than a dug well, since no water eau enter a tubular well except at the bottom. In a dug well there is always danger of surface drainage finding its way Into It. A dug well may be pure when first dug, even though shallow, and later be con- taminated from surface drainage or other causes. No cesspool or vault should be allowed neer a well, either deep or shallow, unless every prenau- tion is taken to make the basin of such pools or vaults perfectly water -tight, to prevent the surrounding surface from becoming foul. The water from different sources has frequently been tested and the number of germs contained in each cubic cen- timeter, about half a thimblefat, has on himself, the gold at that time be- ing of less consequence to him than the change of getting a musk ox, moose or buffalo. In the course of his wanderings he has gone as far as Great Slave Luke, as far east a$ Rum Lake, 220 miles beyond the Great Boar, and as far north as the never - opening ice, yet everywhere the0olors of gold were obtainable The ques- tion Is, be says, even with sbeumereto travel down the Maokenzie in, will the reward of treasure be sufficient compensation for many to brave the terrors of the land. If so, they must not forget that winter there lasts never less than nine months of the year, and with such degrees of gold that: thermometers are useless for its 'lands a bunch of violets. The ex -Em- measurement. He started out for oiv- press greet him cordially, Following nation 011 1h0 10th September, with six dogs and four extras, and 200 pounds of pemmican. His food gave out, and the dogs were sacrificed till but three remeined. Offices of friend- ly Indians saved him from starvation, and furnished him fresh dogs, which brought him to the upper feeders of the llinehpak River, whioh later be- comes the Yukon. Here a strange ex- perience befell him. The Indians were panic stricken from the effects of the earthquakes, and were holding a big propitiatory feast to the gods, which had been in progress two weeks, and a boy of 14 and a girl of 10 were slash- ed to death with knives. Maxwell succeeded in inducing the Indians to suspend vengeance on the third vte- tim, saying ho was on his way to the Great Water to intercede with the spirits. Maxwell is dumbfounded at modern inventions, electric light, ele- vators, telephones, oto., all having oom0 into use since he left civilization. at a respectful distance, he left her at the door of the tumb. I loitered around the ground for quite an hour and then she reappear- ed. I had an excellent opportunity to get a good look at her as she slowly moved about. When she straightened her form she seemed to be tall. Her figure is quite foil; her waist has lost its gracefull curved lines ; her hair is silvery grey her cheeks are wrinkled; and there is no longer beauty in the face theft ale tho world at one time was willing to concede was the fresh- est, fairest and loveliest, of all faces, Her black cashmere cloak, trimmed with crape, her widow's bonnet with its long veil falling over her shoul- ders and her black gloves, made her a striking figure, as she walked in the sunshine IIer face was ashy pale, and never a smile passed over it. As she passed axe she looked up into my face and bowed with just an approach of a smile. It ins a strange contrast to those other faoes that Winte•hatlter has placed on canvas—a young woman, with a mase of golden hair, shoulders that gleamed lick polished marble, end eyes of marvellous beauty and bewitching expression Elugenie in her prime. It VMS nil so strange, and recalled .Burke's lines: ' WJtat shadows we are and what sha- dows We pursue I" Leaving her, Iw•alked over to her mansion, Farnborough Hall, morose the railroad truck, Lt is no flimsy, in- consistent etruoture, but a substantial and admirable 'specimen of early Eng- lish, the lower part of rel brick, with cinessiugs and mullioned windows of Stone and the Upper also of brick, pie- turesghely relieved by columns in teak, The whose building has a comfortable, homelike look, and the eye rests with mutant. on the beautifully wooded and park -like grounds surrounding it, ft is, in short, a typical English coun- try seat. All the gas used in the house is made on the estate the water is suppitod by steam power, and their aro hydrants both inside and out in case of fire. Tbore are pleasure grounds all around the house—some 0 acres of velvet lawn and emerald turf, lawns and flower- beds, terrpoo walks, shrubberies, lawn- tennte and croquet -grounds, all in ex- tremely good -taste and skilfully plan- ned. 'tile parer, which alone covers 08 antes of ground, and the woodlands have serpentine walks and drives; the timber is remarkably fine, and besides Ute ordinary trees, there are soma spe- 0lmens of very ram eoniferae. It is in such a house as (1310 teat Eu- genie lives anti mourns, Her dnys ere lung and WARMS. She is nn early riser TO TEST DRINKING WATER, Simple 81'ar I8r which Oma ;ny nntee hnpare 'Yater. An exchange says that all drink- ing water should be tested in Lown or country frequently, as there are other impurities beside sewage which are quite as deadly, and every a s- tern of water is liable to be a source of blood poisoning,— mice, rats and other pests must have water, end many a case of typhoid 1s set up by atoh as these falling into the cistern and romaining those for months in a de- uomposed state, no detect this .un- pure condition 1s very simple and tru- failing. Draw a tumbler of teeter from a tap or pump at night, put a piece of while lump sugar into it, and place it on the kitchen mantle shelf or anywhere that the temperature will not be under 00 degrees Fahr. In the morning, the water, 1f pure, will be perfectly clean If aonbantinated by sewage or other Impurities tho vvalar will bo milky. This Is a simple and safe lost tied easily mado. NO l'ISG AT ALL, Coal Dealer --At lust I have found on honest man Ilatvltins tVell, whet of it? Yoe can't use iriln in your business. STRIKING INCIDENT, A b N , Did flitter strike yell favorably the first time you mot him? Not at all, 1e struck mo for 96, Raping' in. In a dug well every pre- caution should be used to prevent any yacht Hohenzollern. The latter is pro - vermin from 0.nteeing at the top. It: perly not a yacht, but a protooted Is well to lay the upper foot or two of the wall in cement. If wooden sills are used as a foundation for the floor, let the top be just emu with the top of the avail, then fill the space between the wait and sills with oement, and if the floor is tight, not even an earth- worm can find its way through, Every well should be ventilated. Even wa- ter in a well will become more or lass stagnant without it. ,l couple of tubes should extend from' the top of the pump downward a few inches un- der the £toor. The top of these tubes Should be closed with fine wire net- ting, to exclude flips and insects. The air will descend in one tube and ascend in the other, preventing the accumu- lation ccumulation of foul gases OUR, TIMEPIECPI W4 f avO atimepiece always true, Not very old or very new; At midnight and the break of day, Still keeping time in noisy way; When there's to be a obaugo of wee, they, Proolaimiu g It with; l ruffled feather, Each hour throughout the darkest night, Ws know our timepieoo shill le right. No need have we of wateb or olook,. So faithful is our barnyard cook, TUBERCULOSIS, Experience shows that If slightly diseased animals are given good treat- ment, Lacy may be kept for a number of years without special danger, says Prof. Russell, of Wisconsin. In this way lee good qualities of any animal may be carried over to suooseding gen- erations and implanted on a healthy foundation. After an 01110501 hes estab•• listed healthy progeny it can be die - posed of. If the disease is localized In the glandular system, or affects only the lungs slightly, its use maybe sane - timed for food purposes, as is the ous- tom in European countries, 1f, on the ot'.hsz' heed, the disease is in an advanc- ed state, it should undoubtedly be con- demned. There is not us much danger from meat as from milk, says Prof. Russell, for the muscular parts are not as a rule, so severely affected, and meat is always consumed in a cooked condition, which process, when well done, destroys the germ. The milk of a reading animal may or may not possess "infectious Proper- ties. In the great majority Of oases the milk Is perfectly wholesome, but there the ever present danger that the dis- ease may spread from a localized to a generalised affection, in whioh ease the udder may become involved. If the udder shows any symptoms of disease, the milk should not be used for human food. QUEEN VICTORIA'S It WIG be the Largest, Grandest end Most IfngeIIh'ently Equipped Craft .981oet. AL last the facts about Queen Vic- toria's now yacht have leaked out through the office of the British admir- alty. She will be launched at the gov- ernment's dockyards at Pembroke on May 0, and she y ill be christened eith- er Enchantress or Balmoral. She will be the largest and grandest and most magnificently equipped yacht in the world. The new royal yacht will be larger even than Emperor' William's famous NEW YACHT, cruiser, oarrying armament and pro- tected. deck, and in a fight could give a good account of herself. Victoria's new yacht is a yacht in every sense of the word. The hull of Victoria's yacht is Lo bo of steel, sheathed with wood and covered with copper, She will be pro- vided wilb double bottoms. She will hays three funnels and two masts. Speed is to be an important consider- ation. The yacht is to huvo two sets of triple -expansion four -cylinder engines driving twin screws, and having an indicated horse power of 11,1100. 'Che TREATMENT OF FROZEN FRUIT high-prelsurs cylinder of each engine TREES. The recent cola weather killed some fruit treeln completely and injured many others. Some of the tender var- ieties were killed back to tee main trunk, while with varieties a little more hardy only the tips of the branch- es were destroyed. In calling atten- tion to this the Ohio Ex. Sta. states that the best thing that eau be done Ls to remove all parts that are serious- ly affected. It is welt to wait until it is possible to determine about. how muoh injtuy has been done, as shown by the discolored wood and shriveled bark ; usually one warm- spall is suf- ficient. It is possible to defer the work to long, as the frozen wood seems to have a deleterious effect up- on the sound parts if not removed be- fore growth commences. During March, and in some oases even as late as April, the pruning should be done. The quantity of wood to be removed will be determined iu most oases by the extent of, the injury, Peace trees whioh are from three to five years old and hare never baeu pruned to any extent need speech' attention. In ing of the interior bas been given out, ease the injury to each trees does not lit may reasonably be surmised that extend beyond the twigs and email her majesty will be fairly oomfort- • branahea, the best thing that oun be able on board, since it is estimated done is to cut off all the branches to that the, finished yacht Will strait 9l, - within one to three Coat of the body 500,000. of the tree. A tree five years old may liven with the ul.most dispatch it is have long, slender branches 0 to 10 hardly expected that.'the queen's new feet la length, svibh most of the fruit- yacht will be ready for cruising this bearing wood near the extremities. summer, but it is hoped. that by next.. Such a tree needs topping, 1101111 [f a tali it will go into canunisalou uutl-mity army has to be soorificed in order to be used on au extended ie editerreneau got it into proper shape. Trus the trip next wines.. pruning is to be dune not merely to There could hardly be a greater eon- romova dead wood, but to oto trees trast than this splendidly -equipped Into shape for future usefulness. They pleasure steamship and the little whi- mseyt be so premed than. they can carry wheeled, boat in which Queen Padova the .next crop of fruit without break- end tl>o king consort used to take ing down. Of course it will fro times- size Chair yachting plosoures in the early size t out off limbs of owill notble buys oC their reign. The oltl yacht is size in 1030453' eases, and it will not bo still in commission, and tt is snid that possible to avoid nuked stubs, yet the queen still loves to sal[ in it bat' - this can be i'emewed the next season. for than in the most comfortable and This method oe teeming peach trees luxuriate 01 modern shims. has so molly advantages that the loss of this season's crop w'111 really prove bo bo a blmssusg to those who take ad- OFFICIAL .K,[SS. get. the of the present per shape. to The diktat kiss is not exclusively a get. their trees into proper shape. In is to be 20 1-2 inches in diameter and the intermediate cylinder 44 1-2, all having a stroke of 80 inches. Steam will be supplied b3' 18 boilers, wokinrg at a premiere of 8W pounds which will be reduced at the engines to 250 pounds. The grate area under the boilers will be 840 feet and the heating surfaoe will bo 20,000 square feet. This machinery is expected to drive the vessel through the water at a speed oe twenty knots an hour with the engines making 140 revolutions u minute. Recently progress on the vessel was delayed by strike, but.men are now working overtime .to make up for it, Only the beet drtisane to be found in the United Kingdom are employed. The vessel will have orlop, lower, main, up- per and forecastle decks, It is estimated that by the time. the royal yacht is in the water also will have most 91,178,000. Although no information oonoeruing the arrangement, fitting and getfurndsh- CABS of young treed One or two years masculine prerogative. There are old, it may ire louricl that the injury thaws -when hen court etiquette domande extends to L e truuk pas:inns to Inherarbtuhd mioso NfseaOouuttohaaastiowmefn,Chto,Cshroalwlnkisfs,rinOgefoow the entices top away. To prevent Greece's wedding, the bride 11rincoss oraelingg the lep(1 ohoulxlI powered 'Sophie of 1'russilt, the Kaiser's sidet3 with 0(x or some material that 411 was obliged to bosloy no fewer that nrevont t�t senega of moisture. Am- ir0 kisses, The Klug of roeca receive erienn and Japanese varieties of plums ed three kisses, so did the Queen, so Shetld 11e treated In the ea,m0 man- did the Ilmpress Frederick and Ibo nor as peach trees, and possibly sweet (1ueen of lieumarit and the ilaleer Wil- 'h,'rries also. Apple and year trees' helm and the Empress, while alt the will wa'abnbly need no pruning of the Prasaes and Princesses pxaagat r° - kind mretionetl, etivod one kiss apiece.