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Diamond Cut Diamond
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THE ROUT OF THE ENEMY.
oP...!ated',-.."..."OePV'
l.'I1LtPT1fR X VU,--•Cou(inued,
But assuredly LL was the "Parents
end guardians of the newly wedded
pair
to whom that marriage -clay
brought the uhiofeBL and fullest meas-
ure oP satisfaot.ion,
Both GeofCrsyet father and Angel's
were radiant with delight, whilst to
Matthew Dane the duy was the real-
isation and aceoeniilisbment of oil his
dreams and desires, Ha had never,
perhaps, ih the whole course of his
life, been so sublimely happy, nor so
completely-satiefied. Ha had already
loaded leo young couple with gifts. To
Geoffrey a brougham and a pair of
horses, and to Angel a diamond nrok-
laee, which glittered and enone around
her white throat. And bo had still a
further gift in store for the highly
favoured nephew who had done as he
was told, and fallen obediently into hie
plana. This was nothing less than the
title deeds of a small country residence
wbioh were even now securely resting
In ?tis breast coat pocket. It was
about this that he was at this vary
moment whispering to his brother, the
alefgayman, in a corner,
?'You see, 1 don't mean him to, work
hard yet, There is no occasion to. He
can't sit in the clerk's office now he
is a partner, and I don't want him
Perpetually in mine, 'Teres plenty of
work in me yet, Bob, and when I begin
to fail, then Geoffrey can come in and
belp me, New, I mean him to have
his Cling, A young fellow ought to
see life, and a bit of sport. Ile can and there he went through a series a place that had once held so much
be away for a month at a time if he of little bows and smiles, which he no for him was over, he had come to the
likes. Re doesn't want a country doubt conceived to be of an ingratiat- conclusion, that sinal by a strange fur -
estate exaoLly, what he wants is a lit- ing nature. ''tune he was destined to live here, be
tle box where he °an run down for Duloie looked at him with void cur- twee glad—very glad, that in almost all
hunting or shooting, and where Angel Prise. things it was altered well-nigh be-
aten get a breath of country air tokeep "Allow me to compliment you, Miss yond recognition. For there was one
up her pretty looks. Now what do Milieu, upon your charming dress, I room in the house that was not change
you say to this, Bob?" pulling a packet never saw you look more lovely," he I ed—the long, low library in which he
of long blue pipers surreptitiously suid mincingly. bad first come to see Rose de Brefour
out,of his pocket, "Look here, (bemire; "Thank you, Mr. Trichet; hadn't you —and into this roam he could never
chase was just completed in time, only ;better go and have some lunch? You enter without pain.
Yesterday! I didn't think you would will find it in the next room." i was now his own sitting -room, and
like the idea any the less for having "I have bad all 1 require, ?.bank you, h!Iwife fortunately, perhaps, did not
them for your parishioners, brother, and if our good friend Miles will kind- come into it mush; shefound it gloomy
eh?" ly get up—he hoe been absorbing your and cheerless—so he had it pretty well
"My dear Matt. you are, indeed,? too attention for some time now—I should •to himself, The dark panelled walls,
good, to generousi" cried ParsonDane like to take his place, and have 011t-, the lots, uneven ceiling with its heavy
with a flush of surprise and pleasure tie chat with you," oaken bene, the three deep-set wfn-
en his face as he looked over the? "len'? it a pity 1 didn't bring Trous- windon
,ers with me?' said Miles, looking at seats, were his constant companions
dews with their cushioned wind on
Matthew was pleased, his brother's Duleia, in a perfectly audible voice, mornings when he sat writing letters
evident gratitude and delight fed his; Delete looked up at Albert and or reading bis paper. But in the even -
love. of power, which to -day ran in laughed, ing he shrank from going into it; for
amiable and beneficent ehannets. He; "Thank you, Mr. Trichet. I don't memory played strange Cricks with
took his brother's arm confidentially, know that I can turn Mr. Faulkner out him in the twilight, when the ruddy
nodding and winking at him, as be just now, but I will • tell you what fireglow lit it up with faint, uncertain
pointed hie forefinger along the lines. you can do for me, if you will be so gleams. Once, Doming in to fetch a
"See, here, that's the purchase; this kind?"book, when there was no other light in
is the deed of gift, •.10 the said Goof- i "Ob, anytbing of course, Miss Halite' the room, he could almost have sworn
trey Walter Dane and his heirs'— do dayl" oried the deluded youth eager -\that he saw, in the shadowy chimney
you see that — heirs, brother Robert; ly, "pray tell me what it is?" earner, a deep, low chair, and the faint
that's the way he has gob to pay mei "How good you are? Then, please outline of a female figure leaning back
back again. As to to the place, it was take my empty plate and glass, and outl• oma white hand uplifted against
your daughter Florence who put it put them into the dining -room for the blaze, and the flickering light
first into my hand. Nice girl, Vlore me," and she thrust them straight playing Eitfully upon the soft folds oP
once. Not at all pretty—plain, infant, into his hands. a dark -hued velvet dress. He had
but most. amusing." The wretched man had nothing for started and drawn book, and then the
The Reverend Robert looked sur- it, but to obey her; he bit his lip save delusion had faded away, and he saw
prised. He had not bean won't to agely and carried off the crockery; that there was nothing—nothing but
derive amusement out of the convex "You had him that journey, Dulcie!" as empty chair and a portiere curtain
talion and society of his elder (laugh- laughed Miles, drawn across a corner. He had laugh-
ter, very far from 11. However; ho re- "Yes, but we must make a boltof ed at himself, had even been angry at
membered tical a Prophet hath no it now, and kids somewhere, for ire bis own foolishness, but he avoided the
honour in his own euuntry, and resolve will be buck again in no time!" !room after that at that gloaming hour,
ed to swallow the compliment in good At that moment two things of a very wbioh kid ao strange and vivid a pow-
mpart, different nature were put into the er of reproducing the past in his 'm -
part, different
so? You think her amus -s- bridegroom's hands. Mr. Dane had : agination.
ing?" just given him the packet of blue'
"Oh, very much so. Never laugh- papers. On the whole, then, he was glad,
ed so muck in all my• life as the day 'Don't look at it now," he whisper- when seated in the pretty modern
she lunched with us in town. Your ed, "not till you are off in the ear- room in the new wing, or standing at
younger alas promise to be pretty,riage—it's only
a little souvenir
ouvenir ?rum the opene
n door
looking ing
forthon to the
Lob. l am gladto haveseen them." your old uncle, my boy." pleasant slope of new turf towards the
line of country beyond, that there
blur,Y
"My dear brother, 1 do not know Geoffrey put the long envelope in was so little left to remind him of the
how I can ever thank you enougblfor his pocket as he was told, and pressed Hidden House to which, as a poor,
your goodness to my boy"—hero broke his uncle's hands. He felt certain that foolish young lover, he used to come
in the clergyman with real emotion, it was a roll of bank notes„ and as he -down a year ago, week after week,
'You have simply done everything on had plenty of money already for his with such a beating heart and with
earth for bio, and now this marriage trip to the Riviera he felt almost such eager and expectant gladness.
is so suitable, the girl is so beautiful, noyed that Mr. Dane's liberalityity All that was over and done with now
so sweet and charming; it will certain- should take this practical form. —Geoffrey Dane bad put away his
ly be the making of hint' for life." And then a servant came up to hien,' past, he bad begun a new life, and was
"Well, to tell you the ?truth, Robert, and handed him a telegram an'a tray. a new man altogether.
it is a merciful thing for him, for there He opened it and read:
was another little entanglement, as "God bless you, be happy," nothing IIe was very quiet and grave now
perhaps you know—a married woman, else; there was no name, not even an —tbe fame that had always been a
Lived over in this very house by the initial, but be knew instinotively from thoughtful one was perhaps a shade
way; however,•it will all be altered be- whom the message came. more serious in these days, and that
fore he goes there. Geoffrey behaved With a slight flush, which died away bright, flashing smile that bad re-
very well, quite like a gentleman. egain suddenly leaving him very pale, deemed it from sadness came and went
Savo it up direotly I spoke to him he crushed up the paper and put that less frequently than of old; but let it
about it. It's over now, so we can af- also with the other into his pocket, not be imagined that Geoffrey was un-.
ford to .lough, ha, hal Young men, feeling a vague annoyance the. next happy He possessed a lovely wife who
you know, must have their fling, and moment to find that bis wife's eyes was good to him; be was genuinely
se's very well out of than affair," were fixed upon him somewhat won- fond of her, and he became fonder of
The Bev. Robert looked serious and deringly and enquiringly. her as the days went by.
slightly scandalised, as in duty bound, So there they lay together, Rose de They were apparently an ideal 000-
and trusted gravely that Geoffrey, al- Brefour's telegram, and the title pre. Angel always welcomed him with
though foolish, had not been led into deeds of the Hidden House, and it was a smile, studied bis fancies and obey-
aotuitl sin, At which his winked old only when Geoffrey was well away on ed his lightest wishes religiously. Her
brother, highly delighted at the moral his road to the station, with his bride, temper was sweetness itself, They
sentiment, dug him in two ribs with tbat be realized what they both were never quarrelled er contradicted each
his knuoklee, and, with a playful and the full significance of each. other—there was no pouting ed her
chuckle, sauntered off to make himself side, no rough words on kis—enol they
agreeable to bis new niece, CHAPTER, - X- XVIII. were, never In tae very least. jealous
It was rather bard upon the great The Hidden House amongst the of one another. But there was some -
triumph
that in this the very hour e: his gthing else that was left out as well,
triumph two distinct sources of annoy- Chalk hills was so transmogrified that
anon should have crossed ' his path in its former inhabitants would scarcely Often Geoffrey said to himself: "How
Um very short space which he traversed
have recognized it. IA whole army of cold she is 1" At the first it had been
between the drawing -room and the ad- men, builders, carpenters,. plasterers, a vend to him; but now be sometimes
joining dining -room, whore a stand-up and painters, had been at work wits- caught himself wishing she was not so,
luncheon was being done full justicein it for two months,. ?whilst another It irritated him, it almost
tangered
to. army of labourers and gardeners bad him.., Nothing .ruffled he
The Bret of these was the sight of been at work outside for the same sweetness, nothing • aroused in her even
Dukd Mil + ul e r g - period. The result was so astonishing a momentary excitement, and, 'alas!
ably esu es I a , comfort a change, that it was no longer the notbing warmed in the very slightest
ably ensconcedthall,
a window-seatplef to-
gether in the hall, with a plata of cold same plane. degree the ice -like frigidity of herna-
chicken upon the lady's lap, and a On11 the low pi.aturesque ,centre por- tune,
tumbler of ohampagne in the gentle- tion of the house, with its grey walls "It is my fault, no doubt," sal( Geof-
man's hand, bothof wbioh articles were and twisted chimneys, remained, and fres to himself penitently. "How can
apparently common propertybetween Oven that had been Improved, or as I .expect it, when+I married her, Poor
some might think 'disfigured, by a girl, from duty and not from Jove 1"
Lamm. Old Dane wnt ratoute
to least ten solid comfortable modern stone
names out of his direct route in order porch .And yet, at the vary bottom of kis
to interrupt these delinquents, whoasci the doorway, onoe draped only by • heart, he began, almost unconsciously
started' guiltily at his sudden a the Virginia creeper, wilese tangled I to himself, to crave for the passion he
preach. 1 P beauty had bad to be sacrificed in or- t was powerless to awaken,
"You seem to be making yoniiself der to make way for it To the right I It had come upon Win by degrees
very much at home, Mr: Faulkner,"
said the great man to his eierlf'with a
freezing politeness.
Miles blushed sheepishly, but Heide
looked up ,defiantly at. aim.
"He is very much at home here, Mr,
Dane. I should be sorry if be wasn't,
considering bow often he comes to, see
us," for Dnlcie was: ready to speak up
for her love now that Angel was mar -
tied indeed,
eLe Deno u'tered tom:tieing between
a'gruni.of rage nuci a snort of scorn,
and turned his bark upon them, only
to 00010 face to face with the scowling
physiognomy of his other clerk.
"Do you sod them?' lehiapered Albert
'Trichet in his ea "Arc you going.
to allow that; sort of thing• to go, on,
sir, and that beggarly fellow Faulk-
bar to take the girl you promised to
but else tbe two projecting shoulders' But if net that, then what was it?
of the hill that bad shut in Ilio place There was the dlrfleully,
from the outer world, had, by a clever' ('Po Ile Continued,)
picot of engineering, been shaved away
so that Trona the windows of the buuse
there could now he obtained that de-
lightful and extensive view, which, in
former days, could pot be enjoyed
without a toll up the steep face of the
down at the back,
me from under my very nose?" A smooth rued now wound easily up
"My dear fellow, don't be reeled- front the valley below to the restored
dramatic," replied his master coldly, and remodelled gates in lieu of the
'We you own lovemaking, if you please, old rough traelf worn into deep ridges
and, by the way,did you'. not tell meby eartwhetlsa
nd
over web
leenn feet domes
is p
urs i
n
that it was our lovely bride, and not flints, whilst the drive
itself,
re-
I
Chu residences of Manila. They are
her sister, whom Miles admired? Ite, gravelled and slightly altered In its! 0tted fa' ihtir skill in catching and
seems to mo you have made a mistake, course, landed ju 0visitorbis
unshaken P
my friend," and with no injury to bis carriage ilevouring rats,
"Oh, it is only like bit impudence to springs at the handsome now per- Henry Labouchero considers the
have transferred his attentions from fico. Hausa of Lords at useless hudy, He
one sister to the other! But you must In short Hidden House was now a
take up my affairs now, sir; now that cnmpccet and charmingly situated gen-
your dear Geoffrey is settled. You tlrman's house, replete with every
must see about making me a partner modern comfort and convenience, with
next, and you must square the Haiti- n grey old centre part to give it a
day into giving mo the other daugh- flavour of romnnoe and antiquity, and
tie." no trace remaining of a cause for the plied to them they sail through the
Albert Triohot was a very small queer strange name that fitted it no air, fluttering tbeir wings and per -
men, and Matthew Dane was a big longer, yet clung to it still, as names forming other bird -like antics.
broad -shouldered one, He looked down have et habit of clinging, like the Some of the clergymen in Melbourne
into his clerk's face with an ominous "Brent of the roses," wbioh is said to
frown upon his heavy brow. remain long after the vase is shattered
"Must, must indeed! A pretty word and broken,
ITEMS OP INTEREST.
A Few I'iii'ee.n,dis Vs bleu WI1.1 Ile ;Pend
11,.11 lYertb Rending.
Horse meat is sold in 193 meat
shops in Paris. The prime cuts sell
for about 20 cents a pound,
Hugo !makes, frown twelve to four -
divides the members into three class-
es—the "mentals," tbe "ornamen-
tals" and the "detrimentals,"
Pyrotechnic birds are made in Na-
gasaki, Japan. When a light is ape
advertise their readiness to perform
the marriage ceremony for the low fee
to address to me, sari I meet make yell • Was Geoffrey Dane glad or sorry fur of 2e, Od, For 7s, lid, the ring and a
a partner, must I? Don't talk busi-' these ehunges? At the first, wben he wedding breakfast are supplied,
nese, to me out or the shop, please—and came beak Co kis new property, after There is in Paris a drinking saloon
—and just gel out of my road, will hi
a wenderings in the South, the sight called "The Cafe of Death." The
you!" and with that he took him by the oftine house—this house, which was guestr drink their wine and beer while
shoulders and swung 1 im roughly ,to the very last on earth be would, of his eated at coffins, on which lighted
one side, and strode atlas, past him en- free will, have chosen to live in—this candles rest; and oast a ghostly glare
to the dining -room. house ?bat was the same, et no loo
Albert Telenet leuked after him for er the same, struck him with a sense aroune the tomb -like place.
a anmi then r two, wited h an
his smile,
of pain and dismay, and he told him- In the Whitechapel district of Lon-
andh centre. foreign way he had, and self that he was unfeignedly sorry. don, where roughs ore numerous, nine
B And now that a month had gone by per cent, of the police who patrol that
went and planted id bimself 1li1odeFaeratelr and the first pang of the change, the ,quarter are constantly registered on
in Croat of Dt 1 first dreaded moments of a return tp
the quarter
list, the result of to personal
nl
assaults by the vicious.
Two. Cbicagoi, footpads attacked.
Charier McConnell, an bumble pedes-
trian, dragged him into an alley, and
robbed him of all the money he had--
fifteen
ad—fifteen: cents. To prevent pursuit,
they cut off one of his legs, which was
of wood.
Glass tubes for water, gas and sew-
age are about to be introduced. A
Pennsylvania company, which is manu-
facturing these pipes, expects that
they will displace iron pipes, as the
glase ones will not corrode, and are
more durable than iron.
An immense growth of halr orna-
mented the head of Miss leabelle Ette-
lind Wallace, of Battle Creek, bfleb.
When unbound it reached almost to
her feet. Its great weight caused
her frequent headaches, but she would
not have it cut. Finally it caused an
attack of brain fever, which resulted
fatally.
Ten years ago Charles Burrell, of
Thonkokee, Ill., lost his reason by be-
ing struck on the bead with a brick.
Recently the X-rays disclosed a par-
ticle of bone pressing on his brain,
Tim pressure was removed, and the
MOD is now thoroughly recovered. His
first words, on regaining his senses,
were: "Why did you bit me 8"
n new wing bad arisen, consisting of after his marriage, with. a cold sense
a drawing -room and dining -room, with 01 disappointment, that she loved him
bow windows and e row of bed -rooms :no batter than he loved her. He had
sundry enlarge
above them, ge the left ?baro werements end improve- not been prepared for this discovery;
tcove
meats in the offices, whilst in the roar itit more
bthanedhhime would haveedid caredisd tor
the olti stables had been considerably own Vaguely he wondered why, if
extended and me -ceased, whilst their this was 80, she had decided.to marry
internal fittings had been adapted to him. Hod the golden ball been held
the requirements of stoat? but corn- out to her too, by his scheming old
pact hunting wereore. Tho altera- unelo? Had her father over•persuad-
Lions without were no leas rework- ed 1161 to give 11085011 to him out of
tibia pri dentliil and mercenary rnotives1
The tangle of "brake and briar Could this lndhoemoht, which to him
which had been one of the chief had been se contemptible, have been
charms of the mysteriously secluded. with her all powerful end all convinc
house had been completely out away%. ing? Looking nt his wife's pure spirits -
/allying only a few of the best of the sal face, leashing to know a little of
trema end shrubs remaieing,the Bleary the refinement and graaa ofher chase
ed space being tastefully laid out in water, he amid not brina himself to t,e.
gardens and lawns, abil not only that, ]leve It of her.
On the Farm.
1d It them well Just
here we will soy to those Nebo 00mplain
fo
n pries, an Pays 'em•
of reeelviu� no eggs, to obange the
od by giving a goodly supply 04 meal
once a day. A pound will supply
twelve fowls and if kept warm they
will nearly always lay under*a meat
diet. A good plan is to chop a pound
o moat and add to it a quart of beans,
after they have been well boiled, and
!averse the mass with ground oats un-
til it le like dough. Peed thin ones a
c ay to about thirty bens, with corn
at night and the probabilities •are they
will lay in the coldest weather.
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ABOUT VENTILATION.
At a recent meeting of the Glasgow f
nd West of Scotland Agricultural
Ekr 1
ciety, Mr. Alex. Blair gave the fol -
owing method of ventilating a 00W 1
table :—
1 o it
" In the outside wall, ppus e every
a
s
pair of oowe, and just on tee level
of the floor, Is placed a large grating
admitting a full half square foul of
air, exclusive of the ribs of the grat-
ing;
rat-ing; the air passes through this, over
the hot pipes and up-througb the in-
let into the byre, which, as I elated
before, in placed on the top of the beat -
lag chamber, and in front of oaobpair
of cows. The gralings on these inlets
are made on the hit-and-miss system,
so that the flow of air may be regu-
lated in the stormy weather. The flow
of air provided for each cow, when the
hint? bas a velocity of three miles 00
hour—and it is seldom we have it of
less velocity than this—is 3,000 cubic
feet per hour, a quantity wbioh shauld'ff
be sufficient to satisfy the most rapid ,
advocate of fresh -air ventilation. The•
roof ventilation is carried out on an I
entirely new principle, and it may be;
worth while to describe it rather min-;
utely. The system of this ventilation
is such that it is impossible to close,
it, and yet there can be no down '
draught, which is such a bugbear in
the farmer's life with regard' to weeds
in milk mows. In outside appearance
the ventilator is an ordinary louvre l
ventilator, running the whole length
of the ridge of the byre, except afew
feet at both ends. The sides of the
ventilator are solid boards for a height •
of 12 inches and the louvre boards
are above this, the whole being cover-
ed with a corrugated -iron ciroledroof.
A division runs along the inside the
whole length of the ventilator, ander-
ery 4 feet is divisioned off crossways.
In this Longitudinal division holes are
cut. about 12 inob'es square, and iu
front of them the sarking of the main
roof is out away. In these square
holes frames are placed on which are
hung silk valves. All air passing to
the outside, must pass through these
valves, and noshing wbatever can en-
ter. In addition •ao these valves there
is provided a hinged flap behind each
pair, which is coatroled by a rope, and
can be opened in calm weather. This
A WONDERFUL NECKLACE.
What is considered by jewellers to
be perhaps the most remarkable dia-
mond necklace in the world, and a
triumpb of the diamend setters' art,
has just been completed in New 'York.
It is asserted that there is not only
not such another in the world, but
that if an attempt were made to dup-
licate its parfeation wouldrequire
i
fifteen or twenty years'time in which
to do so. 1t is not the abnormal size,
weight or number of the stones that
constitute this necklace's peculiar
value and beauty, for there are many
necklaces which excel it in each of
these particulars, but it is the fact
that every steam is a gem of the
ohoicest quality and absolutely mat-
ches every other one. The necklace, es
it rests in its case. encircles closely a
centre piece, six inches in diameter,
and the diameter of the necklace • itself,
at the centre line of the stones, 1s
about 6 8-4 inches. It contains forty-
seven stones, which vary in size from
front: to back in perfect graduation,
from diameters of 7-16 inob, with
weights of '7 carats, to diameters of
5-16 inch and weights of 2 1.2 carats.
The necklace is worth at retail be-
tween 1125,000 and $2150,000.
About twelve years ago the largest
handler in the world of diamonds in
the rough was instructed to begin the
oollection of stones for tbis necklace.
This dealer is in London, and nowhere
else could anyone be found through
whose hands enough diamonds would
Paso in a generation from ?which to
make such a colleetion. The instruc-
tions to the dealer were that every
stone must be of the grade known as
a gems, that the color must be blue -
white and each one capable of being
out into the perfect form to develop
brilliancy and fire, The oolleotion of
the stones was begun at once and it
was not until six months ago that the
last stone of the lot was pinked out be
the rough. Then the whole lot were
sent to New York where they were
Out and mounted. Although there was
no requirement that this sbould be so,
every stone, as it happens, came from
the Same African mine, and this, no
doubt, helps to give them the evenness
of effect wbioh is one of the most re-
markable traits of the necklace. This
!s assured also by the cutting of the
stones, for in each the same angles are
found, with the same number of
facets, the same comparative sizes of
girdle, and table and heights from gir-
dle. to table and point,
Ono of the chief expenses in produc-
ing the circlet lay in the cutting of
the gccns to the exaot sizes .required.
The larger stones were, of course, n11
out to the largest size that they would
afford, het as the required size graded
down it was not uncommon for a stone
that if used separately might barns out
to 5 1-2 or 0 oarats, to be out down,
to 5 carets. 1t is estimated that evhiie
the dealer was gathering the stones In
the rough be handled free $10,000,000
to $12,000,000 worth of diamonds from
the same mine and that he handled
altogether about $33,000,e00 of dia-
Mends, all of which wore scanned for
atones fat this one necklaao,
means that practically the whole
ridge is opened up at will for roof
ventilation. 'Ibis ventilator hes been
put up on several byres wbioh had
only the common louvre ventilator,
with excellent results; in one case the
milk supply was very materially in-
creased to the benefit of the farmer,
although I am of the opinion that the
landlord ought to have shared it with
him. The heating apparatus consists of
a slow -combustion Canadian boiler,
situated at one end of the byre in
a pit, from which the four rows of
pipes going along each side of the
byre are fed. The pipes are 4 inches
in diameter, giving fully a square foot
of heating muffins for evexy foot of
pipe, and, as there are 660 feet of pip-
ing, there 1e, Pull that number of
h
g. Y
square Peet of boating surface avail-
able. The cosi works out about 4s. per
cow. The open winter we have had
up to the last week or two did not
give 'es a chance to test the apparatus
but it bus been in use frequently of
late, and I am enabled to give you
a few particulars of the temperature
of the byre. Over the last two months
I find that the average outside read-
ings have been a little over 40 deg.,
ranging from 22 deg. as the lowest
to 54 deg. as the highest:. The in-
side readings show that the cold air
after passing over the pipes, enters the
byre at abopt 55 dog., while the cows
themselves raise the normal temper-
ature of the byre to 00 deg. on an
average; the lowest reading of this
latter shows 52 dogs., and the bigh
est 64 deg. This lowest figure occurs
twine, and was due to very stormy
weather; but, outside of this, the ven-
tilation appears to work with retnerk-
able regularity, keeping always near
the 60 degrees."
LOOK AT YOUR PLUM TREES.
Before warm weather comes all the
plum trees sllonld be looked over and
any that show marks of black warts
that indioate bleak knot should be re-
moved with a sharp knife, and the
vound washed ?with carbolic aoid, solu-
tions or some other antiseptic, In fast
]t is a good plan to spray plum trees
with a carbolic acid solution, made one
part of carbolic to 2t000 parts of wa-
ter. This will remain on the spores
wbioh are dormant during the win-
ter until they burst thelr bounds and
begin 10 spread the disease over the
tree The solution named is much
stronger than can be applied after the
foliage is in its tender growth.
CHEAP POULTRY HOUSES.
Most beginners in poultry keeping
Nave very exaggerated ideas as to tbe
profits they are to make from the new
business. Consequently, as the build-
ing of a ben-bouso is one of the first
things to be done, they are likely to
make it tomb more expensive than is
necessary. They are also likely to
make the henhouse too large. More hen-
houses of smaller size Would be bet-
ter. But they should be made warm
with double windows, where there are
any windows, and a sheathing inside
of prepared tarred paper, which should
be put on over cleats, so that a space
of dead air will be enclosed. A Nouse
can be pu,t up for $15 to $20 that will
be se warm and as serviceable for the
fowls as one that costs two or three
times that sum. Tho tarred paper will
by its odor do much to exclude lice.
If the henhouse is made small enough
it wan be moved on rollers during the
summer, which is often an advantage
as the ground around the henhouse
often becomes foul_ inviting disease.
THE EARTH BANKRUPT. •
rbc 5ntIons Owe ?tore. stoney Than They
Van ?qty.
The world is so heavily in debt that
it can never pay up,
There is not enough gold in the
world to pay the debts of the nations.
There is probably only about two
thousand millions' worth of gold
money in the world.
But the debts of the nations—aside
from private, municipal and local
debts—amount to thirty thousand mil
lions.
Tbls amounts to $100 per family of
five, the woad over, or mare ill an dou-
ble that proportion for the civilized
nations.
The following table shows the na-
tionat debt for each inhabitant:
France, . . . . .$160.00
Portugal. . . . 155.00
Holland 90.00
Italy. . . . . . 80.00
Great Britain. . . 72.50
Spain. . . . . . 70.00
Egypt. . . . . . 65.00
Belguim. . . . . 55.00
Roumania 45.00
Russia.•
. . . 30.00
Austria • 30.00
Turkey. . . . . 22.50
Sweden. . . 15.00
United States, 15.00
Germany. 10.00
Thu burden of debt is, of course, not
in proportion to its size, but to ability
to pay. . France, Holland and Great
Britait, are not nearly so debt -ridden
as Italy, Spain, Russia and Turkey,
while Belgium, with what might be
called a medium debt, is very pros-
perous
FEEDING FOR, EGGS.
We well know that in all brenahes
of business there are those who take
advantage of opportunities and Seek
the benefit of a rise le price. In sell-
ing eggs, or in procuring them, tbe
matter of Dost must be considered
only i11 relation to the price. We can
better afford to Meer an expense of
two dollars in plate of ono, where the
Chances of profit are twice tie great,
than not to derive any profit at all.
'i'here are poultrymen that buy beef at
hoed prices, to feed, when eggs aro high
SPRING SIijILES,
Agitated Poet—I want a rhyme for
turmoil. Poet's Wife—Try spars
ell.
Mrs. Wall says elle is interested in
bleb art. No doubt, Ilei' husband is
a freccocr.
Waiter—Pigs' feet? Yes, sir. How
woull you like to have them? 'C7nole
Allen—Clean.
Sprocket—Do you believe that the bi-
ayele has seenits best days? Tyre -4
know mine has,
Starting for heaven op a grave-
stone recommendation is a pretty
risky business. . I
Kind LadyWhy don't you get your
hair out ? Dismal Dawson—This here
hal is two sizes too large if I do.
First: Tramp—Pm glad spring's oomel
Second Tramp—So am I1 We ain't de
only fellers now wot don't feel like
workin'.
Pop, what's a after-dinner speaker?
He's a man, my - son, that's too on-
steady to stand up, an' too full to
know when to sit down 1
Mr Baldpate, to bashful boy -What's
the matter, little man? Has the oat
got your tongue? Tom—Naw I Has
she got your hair?
Biggs—Has your wife oommenoed
housecleaning yet? Boggs—I believe
so. I tasted soap in the butter and
kerosene in the coffee this morning.
Marry youl she exclaimed, Do you
think I um crazy? I don't know about
that, he replied ; but I willbe if you
don't.
Boarding House Keeper—Will you
kindly return thanks for what we have
received, Mr. Blunt? Boarder, em-
phatically—No, madam 1 Such Lypoo-
rtts would choke me.
TT.he• springtime days have comm—
Who can doubt it?
A little too warm for the overcoat;
And a little too cold without it.
Re—Dearie, you are worth your
weight in gold. She—That amounts to
only about 625,000. He—Indeed? But
just think how vast a sum that ie to
mel
Say, Mickey, de big kid on de cor-
ner called youpe a pieface. Well,
he'll have ter call me somepin wuss
wit dat before I give him a chance to
liok me.
Some people, hold that life's a joke,
And laugh to scorn the woes of men,
Until they meet hard luck themselves,
And—well, of course, it's different
then.
Some day, said the high-browed
young man, 1 expect to have the world
at my feet. What have you been do-
ing all this time, snarled the cynio ;
walking on your hands?
SOME QUEER FAMILIES.
There is a family living in a remote
northern town in which the curious
custom exists of each member address-
ing the other with the prefix "Wer."
or "Miss." It seems rather absurd to
think of a sister addressing her bro-
ther in all seriousness as "Mr. So-and-
so," whilst the action of the brother
in calling
his sister "Miss" would ap-
pear
pear aqua y ridiculous. The custom
was originated by the head of the
house, and is strictly observed.
More attractive is the custom which
exists, so the writer Is credibly in-
formed, in a family numbering some
fourteen children, in a London suburb.
Every evening after dinner a thea-
trical performance is given by some
members of the family, and if no guests
are present, the other members them-
selves constitute the audience. The
servants are always permitted to join
in the revels, and some very cheerful
evenings are often spent witnessing
family plays.
But perhaps one of the strangest
customs of all is that which is in vogue
in a Quaker's family. At meal -time
he does not permit a word to be spok-
en by any of bis children, his wife and
himself reserving tbe right of speech
to themselves. The youngsters, there-
fore, have to write their questions on
slates provided for the purpose, which
slates are duly handed by the servants
to the mother, who executes the writ-
ten orders as they reach her side. The
worthy Friend states that bis plan
works admirably, and the children like
it themselves, as they consider that the
writing of their wishes confers on them
a sort of dignified importance.
A well-known grammarian Initiates
bis offspring into the way of gramma-
tical rectitude by fining each one who
makes a mistake in this respect, the
fine going to the one who discovers
the blunder. Naturally, there is much
competition to "spot" lbs errors in
question, and no bad feeling is aroused
because the "spotter" of to -day may
be the "spotted one" of to -morrow, and
thus the balance is kept even.
THE MARIIORAMA.
This is a French invention to be ex-
hibited at the Paris Exposition next
year. A model of an ocean steamer is
mounted on a pivot, and moved by
machinery so as to imitate all the mo-
tiono of a vessel at sea, Steam will
issue from smoke -stacks, real water
will foain around the Vessel, and mar-
ine odors will fill the nit'. On each
side of the ship will be immense mav-
ing canvasses, painted after the man -
her of tbe scenes in a cyclorama, and
as tbese steadily unroll they will pro-
duce the illusion that the vessel is
really moving forward. Starting
from Marseilles, tbe imaginary travel-
!era will be transported to Constant-
inople, and there will be no guarantee
against seasickness.
SteLT LAKE;
The, water of Salt Lake in Utah js
six time ne salty as that of the 'acenll.
It is eetimeted that it contains 8,700,-
00000 tons Of salt,
Dilver—When, I took the place it
wasn't fit for a dog to live in. I have
spent nearly $1,000 on it. Sanson
Don't you think it would have been
cheaper had you killed the dog 8
Never tell a friend that be is look-
ing ill, as you did yesterday, remarked
Mr Chesterfield to his son. Did that
hurt his feelings? It would be like-
ly to. Well, I'll fix it up to -morrow.
I'll tell him he's getting fat.
The doctor looked at him. You are
a dyspeptic, he said. Then he put his
ear to the patient's beart and gravely
added: A high liver. Heavens? oried
the startled patient, 'taint as high as
that, is it?
Ito you mean to tell me, paid the un-
fortunate litigant, tha
that the whole
pro-
perty in dispute has been wasted in
costs? I said it had been absorbed, my
friend—not wasted, replied the law-
yer, who had got the most of it.
Went a situation as an errnad boy,
do you? Well, can you tell me how
far the moon is from the earth eh?
Boy—Well, gnv'nor, I don't know, but
I reckon it ain't near enough to inter-
fere
nterfern with me running errands. He got
the job.
Dusenbuck—Going to tbe same place
for the summer this year Boston-
brake—Yes,? Last year all my girls
brought husbands from there, and I'm
in hopes they'll take 'em back and
leave 'em where they got 'em this
year.
Mrs, Hendricks—See bere, Dinah, I
gave you four flannel undershirts in
the wash this week, and you have
brought back only three. How is that?
Dinah—'deed, 1 dunno, ma'am, 'less'n
dey sbrinked, Flannel does shrink
scmethin' awful, ma'am.
Why, Willie, said his mother one
day when they were out Walking,
what do you mean by offering a penny
to that mule? /Because, replied the
young investigator, I heard papa say
tbat money makes the mare go, and I
want to see if it has the same effect
on a mule.
Deacon Goode—Ah, my dear sir, you
talk of your pleasures, but what are
they to the joy which comes from self-
denial 8
elf-denial8 The Agnostic—If it is 'such a ..
pleasure to deny yourself, what merit
is tbere in denying? Why not deny
denying yourself, and so yon have the
pleasure of denial plus the pleasure of
doing what you want to do 8
BLUE ROSES AT LAST.
The blue rose, which, with the blade
has so long been the subject of hox •
tisultural reseate's, has, it seems, qui ;e
unexpectedly made its appearance in
a continental garden. Kizanlik, in
Bulgaria, whence the rarity is report-
ed, is renowned for Ha attar of roses,.
and consequently the flowers are.
grown on a very largo scale. The owh-
er of the blue rose is M. Stantokeff,
wbo, When visiting his collections one
day noticed on a bush that had hith-
erto produced blooms of a pale rose
Mtn five greenish -blue rasps of a blue
reaalliug the dolierite tints of the tut
quoise, Samples of fire soil wherein
this rare plant has grown have been
emit to the Client/nal laboratory of See
Da to be minutely analysed, It la
known to be rich in lime, alntnoniao,
salts 01 copper and Oxide of iron,