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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1895-2-15, Page 2E BBQ' Q S q, FEBRUARY 1.5, 1895 CHAPTER ,Vaal[ Stratton opened p Guest followed plainly futntshed which seamedrni heto two windows looked name's. Thele wae no ei and Guest felt staggered. "Well," said not answer me. "You to be the Why have you come "'You are inquisitorial, $eoauee it suite dark and depressing. to sit here and bink. Is there bat?" No. but you seek with your friends." "I hive no friends," Is. "I am not took to a solitary Now, please go and "Very well," tary hesitation ; no friends?" he "Non°." " Well, I have,"said one of them, and some day." Stratton did not to him, and Guest disconoerted, but with his day's work. ay'to "Something himself joyously; admiral's to communicate "Taut s a step eagerly ; "now vera." "Iwili,"hesaid,0atehing "Don't let him "Indeed I will you might let me "Stuff ; they "For me ?" he "Percy Guest, of the word taboo?" our sour look." your sour, Edie—disappointed." "Because you have to do in this "Oh 1 Ie it?" "There does notseem nees in trying to Edie, "1 say, don't," after gazing wonderingly face. "You are fall into, and it's "No I'm not, thought great said. I was very I think quite differently. "You do ?" "Yee. Why and be punctilious life's happiness "But toll me, now, that Malcolm wicked? I mean, married anyone "No," said he hasn't," "Then we will n •, p"How?" ' ;Myra eball go why he has treated "But it will be "1 don't care much worse forst thing take eller "But surely whispered Guest, sob he heard in worse," don't see what what 1 do. ureakiz;; nonsense, Per,.y, wasting away from neer. Uncle doesn't i' d it something :veno one left "Edie 1" "I mean like rather see her forgive however wicked this. A few °horde through the drawing shivered. "Tell me," she "do you think he didn't love her—because couldn't take a gaged to someone "1 am sure he heart, and I feel not let such a thing "Then I'm citedly. I don't world may say. see him," "She would not." "I'll make her, it afterward -well, "I shocld like said Guest. "No, no; I don't do you think "You should come exhibition—tn'ees would do. We for a little while bank." Capital said my glen, little "Oh, what does thought of it?" "Not a bit," that lay so near with the understanding would onsent the Guest loft the house. CHAPTEF, AT tlEh OWN Some time elapsed ment that the consent "She wanted "but' her woman's The girl was in a fit of mad despair last' agreed in acknowledging her'ouem's words; "Per0ysays he dying, dear, and save hie life." "I'll go," Myra breath with a Mee; he duplexes me bear it, too—while Air evening was Ehe T to 0at011 his pre. tde, those inventing ht dined f eo.little aids dough• he would gone to soma the carriage Guest arrived Andrew, that more what's Andrew, with "Twice Over to have that the next public pro. to her long Andrews,. evening dress Myra,Iook- and as if carriage and flushed and worse of me . whispered. of the his arm. to Guest draw up be. Lane, and door, and he looked at fellow -ler- up as the alley, at s shop with in the 'win- at a whisper close behind, barrister was weakness, entrance to upon his paoes,alung are nearly words would than she wae pressed to and her 00100 drew a deep rest of hope Stratton dreaded the time. The bring about to her and ; he is at beneath standing ; the light of Myra was- word or effort, and the doorway; diin and stood, but above, to a supported wooden a sigh, and doubt as to and wonder come, even not be back. few words to td hard bearing she ascended floor, where Brettison's and he began really delight, he their visit, and, drawing find the inner after open. see Stratton with his face in Stratton's and made heart beating a man who who and he on the floor In an not have twine over startled by Stratton's his life. UD be- land was back, for broke the a sigh us exhaust,- of temper, as he his shoulder which he stops along Edie stood leading been," whist). ellngin said quest, as he took mold through his arm. but silently to raised his she pressed it whisper. Mr, .fluest, what I aril her, for but she gently; you to solace 1 do bub I do know has alwnys' you with all excitedly. event—sone sot as he did Jerre. id, go¢tinue4i aolemplyi "knowing Malcolm as I do, I fees that l must have held bank far your lathe, taken all the burden of his theme upon hitakenm so that you should not suffer," "Yee," �� whiner she said it her tow, excited p tha4 is what I have Uoen feeling all these wearyi, weary days. It to that dpmiade tl0 me uCeadyhito neer Picot sq my and position, the opinion of my friends --in coining hero like this." " "liouv oeusin is here,", said Guest uiokl ' q Y We shall not leave." "No, you will not leave Ino," she said, holding his arm with both her hands. ,� c, Now, be firm,, whispered Guest, and think of why you have conte." "To forgive him," she said slowly, " I believe there is nothing to forgive,„ laid Guest warmly, ” No: you come as hie good angel to ask him by his love for yyou to be open and frank, and tell you why he hesitated thee. He will not speak to me, his oldest friend : he cannot refuse you. But mind,"he continued earneutl at Yi must not be told you under the bond of saoreey; he must tell you truly, and leave 10 to lie . afterward to decide. what is the best to be done,"„, "Yee, she said, speaking more firmly now, "I understand. I have coma to help the man who was to have been my husband, in his Bore time' of trial. The feeling of, shame, degradation, and shrinking has passed away. Percy Guest, I am strong now, and I know. It is no shameless stooping en my part: I ought to have °ems to him before. „ "God bless you for that, Myra 1 he whispered earnestly, and he bent down and kissed her hands. 9s) he raised his head he found that Edie had crept forward, and was looking at him wildly from out of her little fur -edged hood. For the moment, Guest thought nothing of all this, but at a sign from Myra drew open the outer door, and aha stood En iho dimly lit entry as if framed; she let her hood fall beer, and gazed straight before her into the quaintly furnished room as if wondering that she did not at onoe see the object of her thoughts. T hen they naw her take a couple steps forward, and, as, if from. habit, thrust to the inner door, shutting in the Beene be• yond, and leaving Guest and Edie in the gloom of the landing. (To. BE DONTISVED.) *a� An ' the aooem device for brgakin heifers. A farmer and it will often time lad many of ebullitions Boost' 0snn04 wood 11 inch Inches In length. piano and bore row way of hole a entail hard knot in =' r` '� Y i . a " • pin 1. too= the rope until it thhook joint puha knot in on a etre shownint he of the hoard mon wood oorew leather strap hood of she devito, whish figure 2 shows Care Mr. John winter ; " the stable and keep up stable of the from the stable should have windows in chilly and dark, and no chance will not get We had ouch into silos and we built our with double lumber, with room of these a •vencildtor, just as we turning °owe advocate of the eunuhine if the windows shines in on "Beep the washed stable oheerful. • I more humanity for; I believe home. The taohed to her ing her around. it became necessary in the stalls different stalls nations were homesick. place of her other thing know an animal anything. stanchion was is an instrument We have changed I have discarded and use the and going very going very fast. is beginning all the freedom "We do not the cow early an idea that toughening pan feed her can freeze it Whenever we we want the cow becomes shrink in her required to enondard.. ugh h to the frosty grass her. At the better, the results iefaotory to field of clover, We divided that clover and kept the that went into while those ed. The food Next fall we er. Those quite so particular milker shall concerned, The cow is unless on a she geto when milk. I should quarters ou after mild weather "Next aEl experimenting ion that well of fifty de race But if it should be warmed. kinds of devices, tents. But We have a holding forty tavk, will not penmen in 10 nota cow Why do 1 .cause the cow ninety pounds them oat to know whether they all drink cow turns eighteenth, won't drink. her own, fresh' mush oho drinks. go back and twice a day; morning, Another thing heard a man beet bedding ' ®��g vt1 Allit1^Bleking an ie R ng ki aan save paile of temper, kink. thick, Drees a hole the board, ro Ra or the end. - ,a n ,iv, ' 1 'x` , FIG 2, ANTI%IOKINci other hole is just lou when that end on the middle illustration.: on the flatoutsfdepubbo and large enough• screw. ie shown itimplied FARMI (r' � T11dAl a Dey10e. akotgh r illustrotoo a ieking oowe and young make one in as hoar, him many home 4f of milk, to say nothing With one of these Take a atrfp °# hard 1i. inch broad and 20 it emeo4h with 8 in each end the nar- Paas through the stout cord and tie a Put the other end - ' .,,, rP' '"h `, d ' ` •. ,- time he was Arguing plank for the cow, be. demanded better spri'nge for his own bed, PO want to treat her as) reasonably we tan; make her bed 'melt every two three days, J.vory night go and serape off u little of the filth aid put on a little more clean straw, and then go book and watch illi the cows take their bode.. It means p y,' In the morning. You urs getting youoi= of r • "" — Cutting and Curing Pork. There are many ways of cutting and curing park, The mode to be pursued de- pends largely upon the use for Which i4 intended and the different markets to which it in to be Bent. Sometimes the hip bone in Hams is removed at the socket and some- times i4 is left untouched, while the 'Manic is left long to the hook joint, or alis up clue to a ham. The shoulder may be o the out square back of the shoulder -blade and nook or trimmed off rounding at the upper part. The bacon pieces may extend. from the ham to the shoulder or the flank may be separated from the bank. Sometimee the tips of the ribs are left in. The aide containing the bone is calledmese pork. Without the bone itis called clear pork. To ours) pork pub an inch layer of salt in the bottom of a barrel and then pack in layer of pork as) solidly and as closely as possible, with the rind next to the stens of the barrel. Put a layer of salt on top of the pork, then more pork again, and so on until the barrel is Lull. Then plume on top of all a board out nearly to fit inside the barrel. Weight ft down with a heavy etone, then fill up with a brine of cold containing all the salt it will hold in solution, Pork must never be packed until it is entirely free from all animal Beat, nor moat a barrel or Geek be used that has ever held anything else. The best quality of salt should be used in the proportion of fifty pounds to a barrel. If a little saltpetre added the pork will harden and assume reddish tint, The parts destined for hams or bacon should be salted by themselves. This curing should be au -fitment to Bona them only, as if too much otitis used the flavor is affected. make a pickle for 100 pounds of ham or P P bacon take four gallons of water, saltpetre, of soil, two and•a.half onnaes of saltpetre, one and a half pounds of granulated sugar. Boil, skim; and use when °old. For •dry salting the proportions eras of brown sugar to four pounds of Balt. Tho hams should be rubbed daily for ton days with the preparation, after which they are ready for smoking. The meat should be hung up so as to dry thoroughly before smoking is attempted •Six- •days of consecutive •smoking in a dark house ie euffioient Corn cobs, green tick- cry, or sugar maple chips are good forsmok- ing; Some people prefer hardwood sawdust. pieces should then he hung in a dark„ dry place, of even temperature. When perfectly dry paok in boxes wibh.sweee, well -dried clean hay and cover with the same material. as or `he, lantern fasten mono 00 u nder Bowing carpet I stove ce When blew ou is the cell to take stretoh, lay in a "I ex Samuel a es) fm y Again. I speak Mr poked i eat dew eha11' 0t " Wl was tui a Gallup, dealt' e visions, too mai known died," Al t and Mr incites °lief, "Yea present "and ti is .eaglet a 0000— tall sn right u solemn Your ti , and fel this to that lei nto 'should but I Mr. and lig and gr no reel anshi 'd'I di P_ Jar of a °um-- Illi be make o won't I expo first th carpet winder teapot You'll Mr. tfficate as dyepep goo of tie of a he Mea it wae "I d held at let yCu than I arter I' togeth room, will he I -don't but th by the at all¢ it at handke in, and wards, By an Mr. the gr, to the lupe s could , „I shan't button on gain' t to yo wen a•woap around Samuelt_. bemis ed on flatiron than 1 fully, owes whole at the week forgit. see the meg or , Mr. gage s count the es) same t " Sa eyes a to give me the sp pieces it to h 88011ill 111 You'll door. but if yon g you 011 d wet 1 who at boyo uel ?" Mr. on as 'she found •glum, ` be that wound to turn Ititche off co blew h tumble was Bot jerked exolai olf " Sa I Was; long ycu al own Si and le _ , T RIRLIN.Q TALE Off' HUM4.2 LIk` $ XSiIX, PAOTTUR0 t word the door without a ., him in, to find himself in a nom beyond sitting rat ba the bedroom, while the out westward over the o feminine occupation, gn f m P « Stratton bitterly, you do What do you want ?" same fellow Ialwa s knew y here?" but 1'11 answer : me. M rooms are Y yonderant I am ill, and w breathe the fresh air and anything wonderful in need not play hide•and- said Stratton cold• the first man who ever life. It suite my whim. kava ma to myself:" said Guest, aftera momen. and he rose. " You have said. Guest. You are " you'll tell me I'm right take the hand extended went out by no means contented and pleased tell Edfo,° he said to and he hurried up to the his news. forward," the girl cried you must go on. Penne her enth¢siaem. drive you away-" not," pried Guest, "only hold your hands." are quite safe." whispered passionately_ do you know the meaning Yee, I see you do by are selfish, sir. All we life is to study others." he protested. to be much foolish- serve others," whispered acid Guest in a low tone in his companion's laying a trap for me to too bad.' Percy," she replied. "I've deal about what ybu indignant then, but now should we study etiquette, when other people's is concerned ?" Percy—do you think, Stratton has been very do you think he has else?" Guest flatly, "I feel sure • have the matter cleared and see him, and ask him her so badly." such bad form. what it be 1 It would be for us to let the poor bed not sobadas that " she is who felt moved by the his cotnpa 1101'0 throat. whispered Edie. "You I di, You don't know hearts are all poets' but poor Myra is slowly misery and unhappi• see it, but I knew, isn't done soon I shall to love." a sister. 0 Percy, I'd him and marry him, he hes been, than live like in a minor key floated room, and Edie said after a few minutes, acted se he did because he he felt that he woman who had been en- else?" loves her with all hie as certain that he would stand in his way." reckless," said Edie ex. care a bit what the Myra shall go to him and ' and if uncle kills me for he must." to catch him trying to," moan that, Then what of my pion?" said Edie, here to fetch unto some something; any evening noahi let them be togethe and then bring that „ Guest ; only isn't that one ?" it matter which of u he said pressing the hand him; and a little later on, that if Myra attempt should he made, XXX. E T' EIDD vr} Ir, alta r. . before the announce' had been won. to all the while,"Edi° said; dignity kept her back." quite right, and it was only that Myra had at the 1 oree of, thinks Malcolm is slowly that your oomisg might said, drawing in her and then to herself, "If for the act, well, I lutist I am here." hxed,one on whinh Guest , �_ ell sure he would be able friend .at the chambers, an beingthe Wallin plane, though, failing woo the lodging in Sarum Street. g g There was no occasion for subterfuges. The admiral thatri the club, and he troubled himle about the carvings and goings ter and niece that, if he returned, only consider that they had "at home,' and retire to his bed. The consequence was that wae in waiting at eight, and to aot as guide. Strikes me,' William, said the butier, to theattendantfootman, our younglad would be loin y right if the °topped at home." Ah, she do look bad, air, "She does, William,' said a little strew on the "does.” me and you 1184 made preparations her married,and it strikee mo time we have to do with any °eedings it will be to take her home," t "They're a-aoming dowp,Mr.. whispered the footman as, in and cloak, Guest brought down ing very white in her =filings, she were in some dream. Guest handed her into the returned for Edie, who was agitated. 'You won't think any tthe for this, Percy, will you , ' she His reply was a tender pressure little hand which reefed upon Mattern having been intrusted he directed the coachman to aide the old court in Counsel upon the footman opening the the ladies being handed out, them In wonder, and asked his want what game he thought was trio passed into a gloomy looking whose corner was a robemaker two barristers' wigs on blocks dew.To Myra had taken Guest's arm from her cousin, who followed and, before long, the young well aware of her agitation and for, as they reached the upper the inn, she leaned more heavily arm, and, after a few more to him and stopped, "Tired ?" he said gently ; "we there." She tried to speak, but no come ; he could feel, though, trembling violently, and Edie her side," "Courage," she murmured ; seemed to calm Myra, who breath, and tried to walk firmlythe the way ; while Edie began to would be absent, for she scene. But fate wae against her this meeting she had struggled to was to be, for Guest turned whispered over his shoulder : "There is a light in hie room lame." Half way along by the railings, the great plane trees, a man was and, as he took a step out into the nearest lamp, Guest felt that ready to drop. But a whispered two roused her to make the last the next minute they were in with the stone stairs looking strange, visible where they gradually fading into the darkness Guest stopped short in obedience pressure upon his arm, and Myra herself by grasping the great balustrade, while Edie uttered their escort began to feel some the result of their mission, whether it was wise to have going solar as to feel that he should sorry if hie companions drew Just then Edie whispered a who seemed to be them to fresh exertion, and upon Guest's arm once more, the silent staircase to the first Guest led them a little aside into entry, while he went to reconnoiter. Alt wae dark, apparently, to be in doubt as to whether Stratton was there, when, to his great found that fate had favored for the outer door wae ajar it back, he stepped inside, to door only just thrust to, while, ins it a little n ay, he could seated at hie writing table resting upon his hands. There wee an angular look attitude whiah startled Guest, him step forward with hie gglof the. The aetened doorentranceof suggestiven hardly knew what he wae doing, now saw that a hat was lying as if it had fallen from the table. ordinary way such ideas would °coursed to him, but he had visited that room, and had beeu matters which had suggested intention of doingaway with All this made Guest walk quickly hind Mia friend's chair, and hie raised to touch him, but he drew a sigh, long drawn and piteous, silence of the dim roost—such escapes from sleeping child lying ed after some passionate buret Goest, too, drew a long breath crept away softly, looking over Gill he reached the doors, through passed, and hurriednver thefew the landing to where Myra and slivering in the cold, dark entry to Bretbison a chambers. Brod 11, how to hi ou have ' yrn was Come, Mrs, Barron, without heeding the remark, Myra's hand, which struck her glove, and drew it through "Wait there, Edie.J The girl uttered a faint ejaculation, said nething, and Myra walked Stratton's door, and as quest hand to draw it toward' hien back, "Wait! she eaid in a hoarse "My brain seams to swim• let me think for a moment of going to do before it is too iota." Guest waited, half supporting he hung heavily .upon his arta, did not speak. "I will tell you he said are going like some good angel a man dying of misery and despair. net know the mann° of all thin, that Malcolm. Stratton, who been as a brother to m° levee his heart;" "!es --yes," whispered Myra "And that some terrible eudden blow, ' caused him to on his wedding morning, ' Myra , j_ M lI r i .3,• .i1 ' DEVIOE, and draw uthe euou h togo-over in position, anthen also. Sew or rivet of the rope, as In the middle acoin- have a hole in the to Blip over the ,water This completes he in figure 1, and .. to the animal., Of Dairy Cows, Gould says of keeping °owe in What ie the stable for . With we prolong the life of the cow the development of milk. The future will be built differently of the past. The cows p the best kind of a stable, with it. It should not be damp and with no chance to light it ' to warm ft, and where you the results you should for food. a 'one and we converted it box stalls. Outside of that cow barn. We had one then walla and lined with matched each cow occupying a stall feet and six inches, and with so we can thatstable' wieh. I ani not in favor of out in the winter. I am an each cow having her bath in every day, which we oan have are so placed that the sun all sides, stable whitewashed. A white• looks a great deal more believe a oowhae a great deal than we give bar credit the should have her own cow becomes wonderfully et- home,so do not keepthan - g I recoil a¢ instaaoe when to. make some change of my cows. They were in for about twentyfour hours. told ver•y plainly that they Let every cow have a own in which to stand. An. about tying up cows, You can bo -taught to do almost I wae brought up to think the just the thing. A stanchion it forputtingevised for the ow in. t. the stanchion altogether, chain. The stanchion is going, fact • the chain or rope ie The swinging stanchion to be the thing, giving the cow possible. begin as a rule to tie np enough in the fall.. We have .. she has got to go through a process to make her hardy. We and make her hardier then we in by letting her stand out, want fires in our houses,then cows in a warm stable. If the chilled through she must milk, and extra feeding is bring her back to her former ive feedf lowo . We assumfarmerse that the of October is good enough for same time, if she were. fed would be far more sat us, Last year I had a good half a mile from the house the dairy and sent five into field, frosted two or three times, otherein the bare. The cows the lot shrank in their milk, thatremalned in the bare gain- was expended in exercise. shall not try any frosted cloy. that are nor, in I shall not be about, but the winter not know, so far as food is but that winter ie not here not benefited by turning her out very nate day. The enrolee fed is ab ohm expense of Mor put the cows up for winter Thanksgiving to remain until 0omoe in the spring. to mooii watering. I havahoracnciU0 water having a tem eratnre P is as good fee warm wafer. near the freezing point then it For this there aro all a thousand and one pa- we have gone back to the pall. tank of water under the barn barrels. The water in that vary a degree from . the tom. whinh oho cow stands. There but,whab the hose will reach. water with a pail ! Simply he will drink 071 an aVeragm of water a day. If I turn drink tis they seo.'file I de net they drink or not. - Where' in 'ono vessel the seventeenth up her nose; so with the and still snore, the twentieth. If we use a pail each oow has mad sure, and w° know how If one falls td drink, we. try her again. ' Water them many will not drink in the but will in the . afternoon. keep bedding for the sow. I flay a (lean plank wan the for the cow; while at tho soma HOW FRANCE PUNISHES TRAITORS. -- The Death Penalty Now Proposes is anpound Improvement on the Old ,llmtuod, As a consequence of the treason of Capt. Dreyfus, a new law concerning the punish- meat of spies and traitors' has inial been P Y laid before the French Chamber by the Minister of War, after having been amend- ed i¢ five, of its articles by the Army Commiaeion As it now stands, deathThe will be the punishment of treason commit ted by a member of the army or a -public officer, and imprisonment at hard labor for life If the guilty person ie a civilian having 110 official rank. Spies will be sentenced to penal cervi nude iF anything has resulted from their obeervatfons, but if they have amounted to nothing simple incarceration will be their punishment, Any udatherized person found to have in his possession dooumeuts relating to the national defense, even without intent to make treasonable use of Clem, will be liable to heavy fine and imprisonment, The accused will be tried before a court. martial, whether soldier or civilian. The recent public degradation of Capt. Dreyfus, whits impressive and thrilling, waa not so dramatic as wae the punish•Their meat meted out to traitors in France in the sixteenth century. The last to undergo that solemn ceremonial was a Gascon captain named Prangez, who, in 1525, traitorously connived at the taking of Fontarabie by the Spanish. ancient ohroni le, "sweregassembled and before them appeared the Bing of Arms to su tain against the accused the charge of treason. He was found guilty, and two eoaffolde were erected. Upon one stood the knightly judges, the ging of Arms and the heralds; upon the other, the condemned,, incased in complete .armor, ,his shield hanging reversed—point upward—before him.—By his side stood twelve surpliced priests, who chanted the service for the' dead. "At the end of each psalm the priests paused, while the heralds stripped from the condemned some portion of hie armor. They began with his helm, which they east at the foot of the scaffold, crying : This ie the holm of the traitor P and so success- a When the last thewith all pieces hadbeentakenrmor. from. pg him a herald broke, with three strokes of a mace, hie shield into three fragments. "The King' of Arms then poured hot water on the bared head of the felon, as if to efface all traces of knighthood, after which the degraded man was dragged to the foot of the scaffold by a rope attached about hie body just below hie armpits, wae bound, placed upon a litter and covered with a shroud. The judges and priests then turned their steps towards the church, where the olfiee for the dead was said, the miserable traitor finishing hie expiation meanwhile beneath the executioner's ase." How to Take off Hides. The loss to bundlers, farmers; and trap• para in this country amounts tea large sum each year by improperly taking off hides and furs' and not properly handling or outing them. To prevent • bhfs graft lora .as) much possible the Northwestern Hide and Fur a �` !g (tri 'r s" 4)iat �t >"t' f ik-,e x hw rt' f tslt�x,l,�.„ s.,t�;,y5 `4.. ®�u.i 7 I •: q.' ., y t '; }t t r sj ,yt rq I_ re tft,a,, \ .^tea 7 T' 5 t 1i4't'' #:� i � '. �"`t ,� I' � it 4'•"�• �`a. .'? , �* b .fb •� 2i• I, .� v rd �t y�rfi s iz ° tom. s -; �py°li l!a a; Trfe. fiesU7r cr it l $ 41 f -t, ? G c `� -, FIGURE 1. Co Mae of upthese cute, illustrating the • ., g right an wrong way, in ekfmming beef hides and calf skins keep the back of the knife close to the hide and draw tightly with left hand and you will not beliable to sift or shote them. Observe the difference, in dotted linea figures 1 and 2. On the foreleg the kn should go down to the a �mpit,then forward ti vi � •;; d �?-?t'ef,.''''. ' +' ,i �7n.dt,r"$is;"�„ r"'a a'iA+' ;Si nS, .�, �}a Y., "�;� a' •''lr;t, • Flo•. � tk'4i j` fl`ti, + r:t et. P 1+,,e ` \, 1 ^ VRONL Wqy ^s ! Lt t'2 c } `fr �f. SULF , t .;,, 4 t''''' ,, ?ort _. %;;.rn� .S • l,l`; t' (lc' ` tti ii"'� I + g iT, t MO h :- yti stitk�g "i gy The Soots Greys. •,, scone to None" is the proud motto et the gallant and famous regiment --the Second Dragon Guards, or "Royal Scots Greys." It is a happily oh000n motto for. 'the fame of the regiment is worldwide. Its brilliant aebievements on the field of battle during two centuries ; its striking and his- toric name; its grand and impgsbng uniform have made the Ro'al Shote era o as) an y ,• individual oorps, there as no gainsaying,tho most widelyknown and familiar of all the regiments of the British army. Since the regiment was raised in the reign of the second Charles the Dragoons have borne themselves well in many a famous fleld, but want of space forbids us to note theexploiteentil "earth -shaking" Waterloo came on the glory roll of the gallant drays. Dere„ with the English "Royals and Irish "lnniskillings," they formed the famous Union Brigade," which made the never- to-be•forgotten picture of the "Fight for the Standard-" The widely -known :pie, titre Eshowe a man of the ;Greys, Sergeant Ewart, capturing tho eagle of a very famous Fronoh corps, the "bartyflith of the Line." Sergeant Ewart hirneelf has told the story in a letter to his, father, . -e 'i Moons 2. to'the point of brisket as in figure 1; also on hind leg it should go as dotted linea indicate on figure 1 ; never cut the throat crosswise °always take out Mcrae and tail. To salt halos thoroughly it a water buoket full of good salt for a sixty -pound hido. (Larger and manor hides in ptopor-- tion,) Rub it on well and roll them up. ligase 1 allows the animal on its back, the dotted linos the non the knife should go, and the result, Figueo 2 shows the wrong way and the newt Suoh hides even if not damaged by mato ere oluesod as No. 2 hides, and ff dried the fe,ueo, oxpouod to.the sun and the 1Y0abher, are oulyfit for ` w •" - --.•-gid - - �._ .d '" mereRn 3. Figdre 3 shows a buteher'o skinning knife, No one should attempt to take. beef hidee witliotit seek a knife, as one hole in a largo hide will pay for oeveral knives. Geelph'e assom-dent roll shows an in crease of 250,000 in the city's assessment and 200 Of an increase in population. • There in an oblique way in repProof which takes off the oharpnea0 of it.—Pape. ES. GALT,TUP'S WOES, a A7r, Gallup went out with the after supper to bed down the cow, the bonhomie door and acid a few rnoobs to the fire in the emokehouoe the fresh Kama, here. Gallup wit eome binding on a piece of. ingrain or a rug eo lay in trent of the oeok nd singing a hymn as elm worked, he returned twenty minutes later, t the oandle, hung the lantern in arway and entered the sitting room up hfe paper, Mre. Gallup wae id nut on the lounge, and bar work heap on the floor, pasted to be dead when you cumin, 1" she whispered as she opened her a brief look and then glued them "Sit down and hold my hand while my last words 1" Gallop walked over to the stove ip the Are with a splinter and then a in the chintz upholstered rocking id began to unfold his newspaper. file you was out to the barn and I ty with that rug," continued Mrs. turning over to face him, " I sud- nw a vision. You don't believe in Samuel Gallup, but I do. I've had iy of them not to believe, and I've too many nayburs who had them and hie point the tears began to come, s, Gallup reached for the few spare of pillowslip to use as a handker. , I was workin' and eingin'," she ly continued in a' broken Voice, tinkin' that I orter hev put our beds out today to air, when all to all to once, Samuel Gallup—sunthin d thin and mournful seemed to rise p and out of the floor before me,anda voice solemnly said, 'Gib ready, fur me is at hand i' I jest soreamed out t on the floor, and flow I ever got on unge I don't' know, Samuel, was j ne hen on the roost when you looked the coop ? Mebbe dyin' people n't be conearned about .lame hens, was atlas tender hearted." Gallup reached for hie pipe and filled hied Ft and put his feet np on a chair anted with satisfaction, but he made y. Mrs. Gallup sobbed four soba vered twine and then went on :— d want to live to see if those peach wore all right and to make another hili epee, but if the summons hev and I know they hev-I must go. too late fur your second wife to hili sass, and if the peaches epile you *' keer about f4, bein' in l.uv agtn. Yee; et you'll take a second wife, and the tog she'll do will be to hev a new rag on this floor, put up new fangled curtains and ask you to buy 'a new and have the stove biler mended. do it, of coarse, but—but"— Gallnp wae reading the medical aer- of a man who had been cured' of eia,catarrh, 'deafness and rheuma- twenty years' standing by one bob new discovery, and it is doubtful if rd her sobs or realized what aneffort for her to continue:— id think I'd like to 'hev the funeral the ohuroh, but hev ooncluded to do as you think best about it. I made any more trouble.. when alive could help, and I shan't make any in dead. By satin' the cheers close eryou kin gitthirty people in this and. them in the parlor and .kitchen v to do the best they kin. As I say, want to be pertickler about things, the ane hymn I'd like to hev Bung quire. You kin sing with 'em, or on the chorus, or ' you needn't sing jest as you like. When they sung M. Day's funeral, Mr.' Day hold his erohief to hie face instead of j'inin'. everybody praised him fur it after - That hymn: Samuel, is 'The Sweet and nonsense, Gsitup finished the testimonial from ateful victim of catarrh and turned mortgage sale, and both Mrs. Gal• lippere fell off her feet before she get control of her feelings to say:- want that for one of the hymns, but name any °there. There's a hind off your Sunday coat, and I was o sow it on to -morrow, but you'll hev r it jest as it is. Everybody will be in' over my lose instead of lookin' fur minis' hind buttons. Yee, , in spite of all, I'm a person who'll sed by her nayburs. Nbody is call - oftener to lend her quilt frames and o and presahoard and coffee mill ami and nobody does it more cheer. That nlakes me think I Mrs. Tyler ma two cups of brown soar and a sugar nutmeg. I wouldn't speak about it funeral, but don't let it go more'n a arterwards, as she's a great hand to When she measures out the eugar, t b she presses it down, and the flut- er be a big one." Gallup got through with the most - ale and became interested in an ac - of the birth of a five -legged calf in linty adjoining, but it was all the.: o Mrs. Gallup. muei," oho said, as she wiped her nd pulled at her nose, "I want you Mrs. Harrison that crazy quilt on aro bed. She giv me moot of the and helped to make it, and I pi =Nod or when I died. All the other things oto my mother. I made you a u' band, for your hat t'other clay, and find it on a nail behind the bedroom You'll hev to wear it at the funeral, you• want to itoff aslsoon as) of home I shan't conplain. When ange your olothee, be sure to take owel midrib your neek,as everybody tends thefuneral will look you over. You waoter say goodby to me, Sam Gallop, woo just finishing that item put the inquiry. He bung on till he iho half lived out only two days, and i laid the paper aside,got tip and the cloak, and. leaving hire. Gallup the 088 0501 doors, shut up the u etovo and put out the light Ito went Ued. She sobbed and gasped and nr nose, to attract abtehtion, bub he d into bed after few ininutes and tad asleep as she finally cone in and the pillow from under his head and meet-- inuel Gallop, I've changed my mind, gain' to die, but now 1'11 live pet as as over I possibly kin and spite i I know how. Get along oil your de of the bod, or 211, out the cord t you drop on the floor."