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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1895-1-25, Page 2T I%IT.LTNQ TATZ OF RM./JEAN Tam.. CHAPTER XXIV. TWO NI(I1'10 Gl• WATOit1SG, '1" Thank goodness 1", said Guest to hint- self, et he inroad slightly and saw that his companion appeared to be sleeping heavily; Out ea 110 rose Stratton followed hie example, looking very pale, but more like blarself, Gc M.oeniog; bow 'are you?" said n00t. "13sbter—mnoli better," " You should have uudreesed and gone to bed, and you'd hero been better stili How's the 0honlder ?" " Gave mea good deal of pain aovera times in the night, but it is moiler now." " Glad of it, but take my advice; let's have in a dootor, end let him dress .it properly." "There's no need," amid Stratton quietly. " A wound only needs to be kept from exposure to the air to heal itself." "Well, of all the obstinate fellows 1" "0h, no." said Stratton with u wan smile "Yon eee I have been very obedient. if the wound is disposed to turn bad, as I 011011 Soon. know, I will have medical ad• vice, 1f there is no need, surely you can spare me tate annoyance of answering a surgeon all kinds of questions, and being tied clown to his routine" " Nell., I will not worry you, old fellow, for you do seem to be better." " Much," said Stratton quietly. "I only avant to be at peace for a time. I think I shall go into the country." " Will you?" " Y-e•e, I think 1 will." " With tae, Then we'll go• as soon as you can start," "No, no," cried Stratton excitedly. "I ohculd be poor company, and would rather go alone." "Not fit. Look here. 'Happy thought. I'll ask Brettiaon in." "No, no i" cried Stratton excitedly. "Bt bo"o 1133 very man. Quiet, calm, and don't talk. Go and pick buttercups and daisies along with him for a few days, and then come back to me quite comps° mentis, and we'll eee what can be dove." Guest made toward the anew. hut Stratton intercepted him. "I tell you no,' he said firmly, "and•— and—Brettiaon is out." " Out?" "Gone into the country." "Humph 1" ejaculated Guest, looking at his friend curiously, for there was something in his manner which puzzled hint. But Strateon said cheerfully "Nearly nine. tV1ll you order some breakfast from the tavern ? " " Ido, to be sure. Let's go: No ; afraid you are not well enough. I'll genii Mrs. Brade. But no nonsense," said Guest. " I give you my word," said Stratton quietly. "I take it ;" and after a visit to the bedroom Guest came beak, looking refresh- ed and ready to go out and order the meal to be brought. In due time this was at the door, and, to the young barrister's great aatinfaction his friend drank a cup of coffee, and ate sparingly of some dry toast, looking every minute more and more himself. Thera were momenta when his face twitched and his eyes looked strange ; but that Guest ret down to the pain of his wound ; and in' the course of the morning, feeling more and more relieved, he said : "Look here, old fellow, I think if you'll give me your word of honor there shall be ono nonsense, Pit go boot: to my place end ohengr."—be glanced at his wedding gar. menta as he spoke. Yes, I would, said Stratton quietly. "You are act going to be ill?' "Certainly not." "And I can trust you?" "Of course." "Then 1 will go." "Oil, yea ; I ahafl be all right now, and I may write you from the oonntry and ask you to join me." "Thanks," said Outset dryly ; "but yon ere not going yet.We'll talk about that When Leome back.'' "Come back? " said Stratton wildly. •• Oh, yea • I shan't be above an hour." ""But, really, my dear Percy--" " I will not hear a word now. There, let some fresh air into the room ; the place smells stuffy ; my fault, I suppose. It's as if the ghosts of all the cigars 1 have smoked here were rising up fn evidence against me. Ta to l I'shall not be long." Stratton made no reply, but smiled at bim faintly as he passed out and dosed the door after hint. But the moment Stratum was alone there was a sudden change. He clasped hie hands to his head, and began to pace the room with rapid strides, but dropped one ern directly 00 he turned pallid with pain. " What to do?" he muttered—" what to do ? Mad ? Enough to make me. Well, let them think what they please. It makes no difference now." He thrust Ida hand into his pocket and took out it key, and then shuddered ; but drawing himself up, he set his teeth head and arms d to where the easy -chair stood in which he had paused the night, wheeled it from the door, and went to the window aft r slipping t to bolt. kilo hand was on the blind, and ho was in the act of drawing it down when there was a knock, and he stood as if paralyzed.. " Back so soon 1" he thought, and, as if tee:tiling the Beene of the previous day, when Guest Insisted upon admission, he pees e, sharp glance round the room, emoothod hie hair, and Woutand opened the doer. " id Mrs. Brade step. Thank you, Mr," eat M , P piing in ; snd he involuntarily gave way. "Mr, Guest asked me to come in and tidy you." "No. no, not to -day. But, Mr Mr Guest said I was to, sir, and if yeti objooled-I wart to tell you to be calm, Its very glad I am to see you much bot. ter," said the woman, going to the boa - room. "Why, you haven't been to bed all night, ' ir, I dont wonder you look nam, arc continued, and re.onteri1gereaeing the. room, "0 Did you use your Toth 1" She uttered a wild cry aB Stratton rush• ell at, her, oautht her by the shoulder with a fief oe grip, sad swung her away, "1 toll yon," headed, with a fierce gr,wi, "I will not have the plaoe toaohed. Go 1 At once 1" The woman 33as too 11111011 alarnrod to speak, and, maklug for the door, hurried out, and made fol' the porter's lodge, "that agitated," iso oho said to herself afterward, "that she felt as if she could never go there again," Stratton wiped the old sweat ' from hie brew as soon ae he was alone, and once more began to pace the room, with the key in his baud. But he did not use it. Thrust. ing it book in hie pocket, he cab down and 'hurriedly wrote a letter, in which he inclosed a chock ; then looking out an ad. dress from a directory, he fastened down the envelope, sod opened the window, at Which he waited till he saw u familiar face, and asked its owner to slip the letter in the first pillar box. This act seemed to revive him, and he grew a little ealinor. Be turned to a oabi• net containing natural blistery specimens preserved in 'spirits, and taking out first one and then another, he carefully examin. ed them, removing the tied -down stoppers of several of the lorgo•tnouthed vessels; and he was still examining one of these, with the spirit thereiu looking limpid still, when there was a double knook. His first idea, as he started up, was to hurriedly replace oho glass vessel, but a tnomends thought deaided him upon leav- ing it on the table and opening the door. "Book again, you see,'said Guest, look- ing at him inquiringly. " Ah, buoy with your specimens. That's right. Nothing dire keeping the mind busy ; but clear away ; the fellow will be here eno0 with the dinner, and I've brought some cigars. Mrs. Breda been ?" "Yes ; but you are not going 'to tay here this evening?" "Indeed, but I am." Stratton frowned, bub said nothing, and in due time the dinner mane, was eaten, and the evening became a repetition of the last, but with the difference that Strattou seethed far more calm and able to keep himself under ooutrol. But as the night wore on he stubbornly refaced to go to bed. If his friend intended to stay there in a chair, he would do the moa "Compulsion will only make him wild and irritate his wouod," thought Guest, and twelve o'clock struck as they Battled themselves in their chairs as before. "Better humor him," said Guest to him• golf, as he felt more content with the change growing in hie friend ; "he'll be bettor to- morrow, and then, perhaps, tell mo all about his trouble." The lamp had been turned down, so that the room wee very gloomy, but there waejight enough for Guesttomakeout theweirdespeot of the baste and various natural history specimens about, one great eagle owl over the door catching a gleam of the lamp, and looking, with its fixed glass eyes, fully aware of the mystery overhanging the place. The various articles of furniture, too, assumed a strange guise, and that shadows of a otartling'nature • but, after a few minutes, Guest settled down to the oontemplation of hi0 friend, whose eyes seemed to be closed, though a few minutes later a faint ecihtillation showed that he was still awake and watohtui. But Guest was too weary now to feel any dread. Stratton wee evidently 'sorry for his mad attempt, and perfectly sane, so, after a few bravo efforts to keep awake, the young barrister calmly dropped off into a 'Jeep sleep, end the busy working of a dream, in which Edirwas scornfully telling him that she had discovered all about his escapade with a dark woman resembling the queen of spades, and when he tried to catch her in his arms and convince her that he was a perfectly innocent mac, she sprang from her neat, uttering a piercing cry. Trembling and startled, Guest leaped up, to find the lamp burned to its full height, aud, with the strange hoarse cry still ringing in his ears, he saw Stratton standing back against the cabinet farthest from the fire- place, glaring wildly, while from out of the closet, apparently, a curious rustling noise, followed by a dull blow upon solaething hollow, fell upon his ear. TE 13131780 up ppretty well all night to let In Gaeta at all {tolls," " Loose fish 1" " Some 0f'0m, air --if you moans gen to 00 dela% behave themselves+ and armed i3Qm0 emalling of sprite horrid. Bat moot of aem's from Fleet Street, air, from the moor- papers, as keeps 'em 1111 two and three and four o'cleok, mud'oomebimea later," " Of emirs°, of coarse, Mro, Brade," said Gueat, rising. " We mut have our mora• ing papers,' Yee, sir, and our bread and roll; ; not that I wish you to think we've anyone in the inn as is a baker," " 1 did not think so, ldvo, Brads ; but pm in a hurry." " And I ivon'b detain you, sir. But, of course, you were going in to see poor Mr. Stratton, air." "" Y0s ; what of that," said Guest 1 sharply. " I Wanted to speak toyou, sir, about trim vary oerious, sit'. Only .ysaberday, sir---- " "Yes; go on, my good woman, goon. Is there anything fresh. " Oh, yea, ser," said the woman, putting her apron to her eyes. " I know all about hie love troubles from the first," " Yes, res:". " And how he was disappointed about having Mise Jerrold," "" Well 1" " And then, air, when at last it was to come off, you see it was too much for him." " And he has turned a little ill. There, he will Boon be better," " I hope so, sir,P said Mrs. Benda, shak- ing her head, " but I'm afraid." ' Look here, you have seen or heard something to account, perhaps, for hie sud- den illness," " Don't call it Maths, sir ; the poor dear gentleman ,e mad,' " Airs. Brads 1" " It'o a feat, sir, I assure you, and we may as well out with the truth." " Look hare," said Guest, speaking hoarsely, for lie felt startled at the wo- man's words, coinciding so exactly with horrible thoughts hidden in his 0Wn breaet. " This is a vary serious thing to say. What grounds have you for such an assertion ?" " Well, sir, if you'll sit down I'll tell. you," Guest roseated himself, feeling Dint if he wished to hear, ho must let the woman go on in her own way. ;WAFTER XXV. S d., 14 ST. AGRICULTURAL ATang'or And Feed BoxEor Grabbers. When a horse acquires the habit of °ribbing its rnarkor value and endurance are eomowhat r'edno04. Thera are, how, ever, u few exoepbiune to this, some 01 the moot porsi'bont oribbere being i3Otetl " I've always 11ked Mr. Stratton, air, since he's been ]sere, and his name always putting me in mind of Lady Burdett Coutes' house at the corner of Stratton Street, where I have visited ono of the servants." Guest made au impatient gesture. "Yes, sir, 1 am coming to it as fast as I can. You see doing for him so long and looking- upon him like a son, and doing for Mr. Brettiaon, too, as is always most. aggravating about his dusting, and his room's a disgrace, but I never thought of Mr. Stratton turning like that." "Like what?" "l'm telling you, sir. Getting 0o that. it's a favor to be allowed to go into hie room to tidy up, and him watching you mid following you about with hie eyes, and glarutu at you all the Lime," "Of oo» rse,he does not like his specimens touched." •AIL which I know,sir, and I've studied him ; but he never went on as he does now," Oh, nonsense! he's i11 and doesn't want to be worried." "He's mad, sir, as Bedlam." "Mrs. Grade 1" "He is, sir, and last nightho tried to strangle me." What?" "He did, air, as I'm a sinful soul, and when I got away from him down the stairs and bank here into my room, it's a mercy as I didn't faint away." "He touched you ?" "Touched me, sir? He seized me. Oh, poor, dear gentleman, he's gone." "Look hero," said he's gone." "have you told anybody about it?" "No, air; not yet." hllt3. BRADS IIAS IDEAS. Thinking over the eve0t0 of the past nights, and the overwrought state of hie friend's nerves, which had made him a art in horror from his sleep at the nciee made by the rats which infested the old house, Guest went on to muse over his position, and the prospects of the admiral accepting him as a husband for his niece, while Myra's engagement stood as it did. "Time cares all things," he muttered. "Wonder how the poor boy feels now. By George, he startled me and spoiled my night." fie had been having an early walk, Stratton seeming calm enough that morn - mg, and he was now returning through the archway when there wan a low cough, and he heard hie name uttered. Turning aharply,it was to the Mrs, Brade at her doorway, beckoning to him. "Gond-morning. You wish to speak to me ?" " Yes, sir, if you would not mind step- ping inside, sir. I'm all alone, 8xeept my husband, air." Guest stepped into the little room, half parlor, half kitchen, of the porter's lodge, and Mrs. Brade carefully wiped a highly polished, well beeswaxed chair with her apron and set it. by the fire. "No, no, not there," said Guest hastily, "Pm hot enough already." " Of (muroe,•or," Bard the woman, °hang. Ing the position ; "and you've been walk- ing, sir. One oughtn't to have a fire a day like thio; only you see, air, one must nook and do everything here wheu one only has one room,' " Of course, Mrs. Brade; but it is quite a little palace of cleanliness." " Which it's very gond of you to say so, air," said Mrs. Brads, with an ill-used air, '1 and it would be if ie wasn't for my husband. He's one of the beet of men, sir, but that untidy in his habits, What with. ono boot Isere, and another boot there, and tobacco ashes all over place, he nearly worries my life out." A low, peoullar sound Dame from an ajar door, socbding 'like a remonstrant growl from the gentleman in question, whereupon Mrs. Brado went and shut the door, rind drew an old lawmen curtain aur000 the opening. " He do breathe a little hard in hie sleep, air," she said apologetioally, ." And likes plenty of it, eh?" " f)h, deer n0, air. I3'e only eleven yet," replied Mrs, Brado, glancing ata sallow- freed Dutch Block on tae wall " Be isn't doo till' twelve. You forgot, sir,' 00. bee CG\Ti0IV81PCE 300 O'0E0Eii0IA-t} OIt)7)nIA'0, for their free driving and staying power as roadsters; The Habit of cribbing is clearly attributable to domestication as it is said to be unknown among the wild- horses on the plain. The cause is usually attributed to indigestion and the impure air of stables. While this may be the leading 0au0e in many oases, ft is not in all, as colts at pasture often come into Winter gum tors - inveterate cribbers. While most veterinariaoe have given the subject considerable study, no specific' has yob 1ee,t discovered for this trouble. Many suggestions as to, food, time of feeding, watering, 'ventilation, Wearing certain kinds of bits and other sppliancee• are offered, but they usually prove of but little value. When cribbing, the animal grasps the top of post, rail, fence, manger or any object within reach that nen be admitted between the jaws ; hence, if these objoote be removed itis plata that the act of cribbing cannot take place, and ae a partial preventive" while in the stable a slightly concave man- ger is erected, being for a 14 hand horse three feet from the floor. Its general posi- tion is shown in the sketch by L. D. Snook. It is as long as the manger is wide and not less than 3 1.2 feet wide. The centre is depressed nix inches. At A,on bothsides of the stall, is secured a chain or strap with a snap in one end which is snap- ped into each sideof the halter. While the Horse has tree use of hie jitws and clan eat freely any food placed• within a :tertian radius, he is so confined that lie cannot reach the front side of the meager and if the top of the manger be covered with sheet iron, no attempt will be made to grasp this flat surface. The contrivance may be hinged to the front of the stall and folded up out of the way at night or when not in use, If need be it can be placed directly above one of the common 'mangers. Of course the horse should have more freedom at night. "Then for Heaven's Bake don't, Mrs, Breda," said.Guest, io a low, hurried tone. "1t was, perhaps, only a saddenparoxyem, You say you like him ?" "Which indeed I do, sir." "Thea pray be silent. If such a report were spread it would be his ruin." "Yea, sir, I thought of all that, and doc- tors signing things, and keepers ooming to take him to shut him up in cella, with chains, and darkneee, and howiiogs, and gnashing his teeth. Oh,my poor dear ! my poor dear 1 Such a bonnie, good, lovable gentleman as you were 1" airs. Brade threw' up her apron to her hwe and burst out into such a genuine pas-. cion of sobs and tears thee Guest was touched, and he roes and planed hie hand upon her arm. "Hush, hush 1" he whispered ; " don't take on like that. Perhaps it is only duo to excitement, and he'll soon come round." "Do you think so,eir ?" cried the woman, dropping her apron. P1 thoplpw,boing 0ter031,in thoplant0aa Wel as ht'tho hoots. Agriaulturdtt3 have mayor fully deteriniood the value of the roots to thaooil exeoptia a few 08090 with anrtaiu. kinds of plants, eneh ae °lover and some al the gra:ne9.. The Utah Experiment Station hoe, however, made a eerier of experiment; in tike direction which throw coueldereble light au the. subject. Trialo with roots at vario70 depths have beeli quite Stetted, and the effect of tiling° on oubtiug roots will be very much modified, t'her'e are those who favor deep plowing, 90 09 bo 8190 the roots bettor opportuuittea for extending downward, but others object bocaaee deep plowing out; the mote, ft,waa found that the weight of the Pots of potatoe0 was but 120 pounds par aer0, and the greatest weight woe found in the seventh atoll of depth. Barley gave 370 pounds per sore; the greatest weight being in the third inch of depth. Corn gave 400. pounds per acre, one-third of this weight being at the fourth inoh of depth. The first inoh °outline butoixteeu pouude, Wheat bave about 403 pounds, tile greatest weight eing in the fourth inch, Timothy gave about 1,803 pounds, one-half of which was at the fluor inch. The cat crop gave 1,888 pounds of roots, the greatest weight being at two and three inches depth, the most be- ing et three inches. The fact that the greatest. weight of roots is found at from one to: four inches does) not indicate that deep plowing is a aooessity, and it is pro- bably a surprise to merry thatthe weight of the roots of cats is 09 'heavy. Clover throws all other planta in the shade in proportion to weight of roots for a four-year-old sod, being 5,630 pounds. and two-year-old clover roots weighed 1,481 pounds. The old glover gave its greateet weight in the se0nnd inch of Boil (1,21• pounds), and the first inch contained 1,058 pounds. After passing five inches l0 dop18 the decrease in weight was very rapid,beh ing about 125 pounds for the sixth inoh,and' fortyeiglt and one -hall pounds for the twelfth inch. In the face of these facts bhe value of clover as a subeoiler io no b an great ae was supposed, its benefit to the soil being due to the influence of the tubercles in the roots. The prepondoranoe of roots is shown tor the majority of crops to be in the upper Boil, where they feed, and; the experimeotisnot favorable to deep plow. Ing, as many of the accepted theories seem to be over -thrown. It fa, however, a strong point in favor of the rotation of orope, and the result of the -experiment will be to load to radical changes in cultivation. The Guernseys. So far as breeding live stook is concerned, every fanner is a law unto himself ; but it is not so in any other line of his work, says a correspondent. I'or'grain or vegetables or fruits, he studies to produce that which will be beat suited to his purpose, realizing that in this lies his success or failure in the race for profit, The law of development may be slower in the animal than in other lines, but it is no less certain. Each breed inherits the essential qualities whioh[dietinguieh it from other breeds, and each animal from every other. The breeding problem is to recognize the desirable of tbese qualities and intensify them, and to eliminate those that are undesirable. I have worked at this for twenty-four years, and not one-half of my hopes have been realized. We should each form an ideal, and, since it is difficult, if not impossible, to realize our hopes, drop the non essentials. The essentials are a good constitution. .A cow "I do,indeed, if he is kept quiet. Why if it was known—" "And the keepers Dame, sir?" "Come, come, it's not so bad se that. You have curious ideas about the treatment of the iusane." Oh, no, air; I've heard so much, air." "Never mind : we will not argue that. One tiling is certain -30y worry or excite. ment would be sure tomake him.worse," "Of course, sir," At that momentltl r. Brade's hard breath- ing was audible, through the door and enrtain, and Guest looked at it uneasily. "Then yon have not told your husband ?" "Indeed, 00, sit." "Then do not, Nor anyone else. We must keep this as our se'ret, Mrs. Brade. ,tiy poor friend will come right, 1 hope and feel, in time; so help me to guard him from a11 worry." "Indeed I will, eir." "No one moot know, It would be bad for him at the institution." "Yeo, air, and he'd have to give up his o)tambers, of course, if any of the neighbors —I mean gentlemen in the other rooms— made complaints." "All of which we oan avoid. It only wants titne, There, I'll go up and see him now, and Mr, Brettiaon, too. Mind, I rely upon your being discreet." "Of Course, air, and thank you for coming in. You don't know how much good you've done me, sir." "I'm glad you spoke to me," said Guest ; and he went morose the inn to Stratton's chambers. (To Inc CONTIN1ED.) His One Parlor Trdelt. "Do you know what Mists Cayenne say about you?" said rho young womau Wh hears tales, "No," replied Willie Wiohington. "She :aye that you have proposed to her seventeen time." "Yes. That's quite twee. It's the only hang that I Can do that woolly seems to amuro her. ADVANTAGES OF THE BEARD. l eareguard to the 9'hroat and 18 'Protection Against F,wiitl Para ysis. It is to be feared that boo many iff,ELAT INULE SAM 18 AT. MEMS 07 INTERS ,T ABOUT THE BOY YANTEE, 3elghberly lntereet 1tr 101; berries -110t. ;era oc'7lonncitt and Mirth t5nt1ored Inman aids patty Record, A tprtlo farm flonrishoo ht Liebon, One of the tundra 10 quito intelligent, and la known as Mak. Thetotal•bouded indobtedneee of Chloago including the 85,000,000W orld'e Fair boucle hi 518,000,000,000. Six masked men robbed David Slooum, of Wasltingtoo, Pa„ of 50,500, whfeh he had hidden an Malamute. Tt is said that lore than half 0100 avail - ;dale water power of Maine as now used for marrufaoturing purposes. A ftoh.dealer in Bath, Mo., on cutting open a yellow perch found eight twenty, penny nage in the atomaoh, A Maine physician certified that one 01 his late patients " died of old age, and that said diocese is not contagious," Tile Boston police hoard luso begun an in. vestigation of the alleged Boxed concerto given in that city on Sunday nights. The old Tremont House, one of Boeton'e landmarks, is to be delnohehed arida hand. Borne neW 073300 are built in its place. Professor Frederick W. Boatwright, who hue juet been elected president of Richmond (Va.) College, is only 27 years of age. Lit Rate J. Bonfield, of Denver, a0010ted in the autopsy of her Husband, who died suddenly in a hospital in Fort Scott,IIan. The Boston police commission has deoid- ed that a sandwich served with a drink after 11 p.m. is not food within the meeti- ng of the law.. Charles A. Roberts, who, with his family, walk, 3 from Texas to Newark, to find 1310 brother, has been unable to got any trace of hie relative. Aaman arrested in Rochester,for ill"gally representing himself as aphysician pleaded that doctor was part of his legal name, bat the plea didn't avail, • George S. Scott, the Now York banker, is about to build a marble house on Belle- vue avenue, Newport, opposite Mrs. W:K. Vanderbilt's mansion. A Philadelphian has educated a housefly to respond to a prolonged"bus-z-z." which brings it from it's cranny any time of day for its supply of sugar. Ata meeting of the Episcopal ministers of Richmond, Va., a motion to offer prayers. for Colonel Ingersoll, who was about to lecture in the city, was voted down, Louis Abt, of Jersey City, was held in bail to keep the peace on complaint of his daughter, whose hair he had pulled because he found her aittiog on a young man's knee. Harvey S. Browne, of Madison, Wis., who took an overdose of laudanum for tn. amnnia,wae horsewhipped by his physicians to keep him awake. He will recover. The Minnesota Democratic Association has iaeued an address declaring for free trade, under which no import will bo taxed unless a like tax is laid upon the home product. Fifty -Iwo indietmente against ex -county officials and members of the Board of supervisors have been returned by the grand jury of bioux Oity,Iowa, The county has been robbed of 8200,000. A Columbus, Ohio, rumor says negobie- eione are in progress, between the that operators of Ohio, Peuoaylvania and West Virginia and Virginia to form a trust to control the bituminous coal of the east and south. John Hopkins, founder of the .Tohns Hopkins University, was a Maryland Quaker. He died a bachelor in 1873 at the age of 70, leaving for hie institution 83,000,000. He was a director of'tho Balti- more and Ohio railroad. A wonderful edifice can be seen in Dela. ware, Ohio. When built the corner poets were of,green willow. These have taken root, limbs have oprouted, on which the owner hangs harness, andthe barn is really growing up from the ground. Gen. Banks died poor, and though he held many well•pald offices in the Old Bay State and was always tenderly cared for by his Republican friends, he laid up no money, ani his wife will need the pension which it is now proposed to get for her. Sittings are free in 44 out of the 93 Pio. toetant Episcopal churchesand chapels of New York city, and thetendency is toward an extension of ihetreo eeataystetn. Trinity church and five of its Chapala have free 0it• tinge, and the seats are free in most of the chapels attached to the richer parishes. HenrySaltonetall, of Salem, Maes., who died recently, bequeathed his property to his wife for life, but at her death Harvard college is toreceivo$50,000, and the Boston 11atftGte of Technology a like sum, while other institutions will receive smaller amounts. The Ohio grand jury has held that the sending of scriptural quotations through the mails on the outside of envelopes or poet cards is libellous, The particular quotations were "Owe no man anything," "Let us walk honestly," and "Many years shalt thou be troubled." Tbey were intended to stir up delinquent debtors. men deprive themselves of what Shakespeare calls "valor's excrement" without count- ing the possible cost. Whether the beard be an ornament to the masculine counts- nonce we must leave the ladies to decide ; it certainly has its uses in hiding a weak chin, and in some cases it seems to be cultivated as a vicarious compensation for as hairless scalp, It is not, however, in its cosmobic so' much to in its hygienic aapeote that the blessedness of the beard—in which term we include the whole of the harvest usually olafined by the razor—is most apparent. That it is a safeguard to the throat is generally admitted, and writers of authority have insisted epee its value as a protection against toothache and facial neuralgia. This fa a goodly sum of advantagesto the credit of the heard. Dr. Chebbert, of Toulouse, hasjhowever, yet more to hay in its favor. According to to this praotitlnner, the beard seems to be a very efficient defence egai0at that form of facial paralysis which is caused by coli. This alfeotion is far more eoinmo0 in women than in men,though the latter are,of course, much more exposed to the cause which pro. ducee it. When facial paralysis, a frigore, does ecoor in men ; they are almost invari- ably individuals to whom nature has been stopmotherly in the matter of beard, or who have wantonly thrown away the protective covering with which rhe lath olothed their faces. Dr. Ohabbert cites the experience of severalphysiciane,m addition to his owe, in support of this .pinion. Prof. Andre, of Toulouse, has Beau several cases of the aSeotion in question in women, but not in map ; he had heard ofone. indeed, which would appear to be an ex- cellent example of the exception which proves the rule, for the patient was a "lyric artist," with the footle di musico so dietaeteful to Lord Byron. Prof. Pitres of Bordeaux, has seen twelve cases ie women and only two in men ; both the latter shaved, though, as one of them uudorwent that operation only twice a week, his case perhaps does 001 count fur much, Unless it be held that his face was more vulnerable after these periodical denudationa. Simi- lar observations are '0)1000d from Dr. Olivier, of Touloueo, and Dr. Sudre, of Oarmaux, These facts, though hardly 'sufficient to lound an induction on, seam at least to establish a prima-facie mase for the utility of the beard egainet facial paralyaie of the kind referred to. In theee days, when man's traditional privileges are one by one being invaded by the "new Woman,' • be may perhapo be forgiven for making the moatof ouch advaetages ae mal 8 oon0id- ered exclusively hie own. with this willbe found a good feeder, and it should be inherited from a long line of ancestors. In sive, 900 pounds should be the lowest limit. L''t Gnomical production should be, soy 6,000 to 8,000 pounds of milk per annum, with a percentage of not lees than 5 per Gent. of butter fat. Such la cow, whether it have a short or a long tail; have horns inourved or turned out; a bleep nose ora white one, or has hair of xed or orange, should be honored ae a foundation cow, and no inducement should part her from her home 0o long as the breeding herd remained there. A bull, son of model cow of another herd, should be retained so long as the get appears to possess the essential qualities of the foundation mow, and I would use aitch e'•en to tmbreediog rather than risk a violent cross. Success flee in a de. gree of oloso breeding, while the common. place of the result of continual outcrossing. Ocoaeional good may come from poor quality, but revuraion is apt to fol. low because of prepotency. The habit of displacing bulla every year or two is due to prejudice. net we have no long linea in the Guernsey Olab is dile to manage• ment in breeding. A reservoir cannot contain pure water if fed by a thousand rivulets,half of them foul. When ancestry la normal the offspring will be normal; with an imperfeotknowledgeof the material ohs rooult m001 remain uncertain. Those who have thought out their methods have worked out the best results. lite hmse breeder who narrowed hie pur- poses to speed achieved most wonderful re - suite; he went for speed and got it. We are after milk and butter, and hall get it when we lroep to rational lines, 0n the island there are 'many grades of merit in breeding. Some select the hest, and have the beet to show for it; others have sought cheaper methods, and, ooneequently, have inferior stack. Reversion is easier than the acquisition of good qualities; hence, the breeding of poor quality is 'easiest. The greater the cross the wider the divergence, We found the Guernseys we first received from the island so superior we desired more; then oho demand 3300 0o great We were tempted to part with many, and sometime with our best. Modorate-sized herds of Guernseys aro, therefore, numerous but largo herds rare, Many of the old roads. of our hroodieg aro full of deep plates, and' when we must rebuild loot be upon the macadam plan of good, solid foulidabion. Effectotltoots on Soil. 16 is well, known that when a orop is re- moved from the Boil there le left in the ground a certain proportion of root•material which adds 0o much fertilizing matter to the soil, according to, the kind of crop re- moved, and much of this material la taken from the soil iteolf,far down below thoreach Napoleon and Whist. • The great Napoleon was not great at rho w:.,se table, and a oharaotoriatic story is told of frim at St, Helena. At a private party of width he took out four napoleons to use as markers, and one of the young ladiee took up one of the coins and asked h him what it war, The polite hero snatched it rather roughly from her, and, pointing to the impression, exclaimed, "C'ost moi: The annoyance caused by this ibeident ruffled him so much that he made a misdeal The party begged hint to try again, and lie did -so with the same result. life mutate.. trance then displayed the rages of Convulsive fury, and hfa anger was not appeased until the house had boeu searched for old cards, Nehi011 could be more easily dealt. Meantime the unhappy Count Lae Casae, his o1i'y attendant, was ordered tosit down at a imago table to play the Garde alone until they should run emoothly. Loafs Philippe allowed equal regard for the coin that born his name. lf0 dropped a loins on the carpet while playing whist, and arrested the progress of the game to look for it, whereupon a foreigner Ambassador, who was one of the party,0ct fire to a billet of 1,000f to give light to the King under the table, If the aurfaoo of the ea,tls wore perfectly level, the waters of the 000au would cover it toa depth of 600 feet. A Georgia farmer is raising two calves that are being brought up to help them. selves, and as a consequence, require teas Care. They are kept in a barn near a well, from which water is taken by means of a common cistern pump. . The calves have learned to operate the pnmp,and whenever they want a drink they pump it. Trinity parish, New York, i0 served bya small army of organists, singer , acolytes and other seml•eecleoiastical adjuncts to wofehip. Tharp eee twelve org0ni0130 and a:aetn els, more then 300 persons aro em- ployed in the Miter as acolytes, 00rver0, and crucifer's. Beside these tate parishemploye nearly forty isa:hero in its daily schools, a wore of aim tons and nearly a dozen doe. tors. Rev, Mfr. Douglas, of Manoon,Ia.,caused a 'sensation in his chuttas by exhibiting from hie pulpit a selloouer of beer, which he had bought atone of the many " holes• in•the.W0ll " in that' prohibition town. Than when he had worked up hie hearers he had them all sign a petatie01 asking to have the plane closed. Afterwards' twenty Indies presented the potelon to the contact) and then visited the den and completely °leaned out, Tho oityftofIdo Jove, Ia., clairne'to be the first place in the United States to try the Gothenburg • or Norwegian system of liquor -selling. A oonpany was formed, to. whish the city, council hasgrantedanex. oltt0ive license to sell liquors in the city, and it bat opened its drh,ktng places and fairly begun husine00. 'Thera wao a good. deal of opposition at first, but now every., thing is eau) to be working smoothly, and the system is having a fair trial.