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The Brussels Post, 1895-4-26, Page 2UNDER A CLOUD TfrattILLING TALE OE HEldAN LIEE, CHAPTER XLIX. o A PLACE oF REST. "Well, a ever two strange gentlemen ad lime in lane it's Mr. Stratton and Mr. Brettison," said Mu. Brade ae she remit, aptly went beck to her lodge, "Nice ratite their rooms must be M ; and him once eo civil and polite et award and gruff ea you pleaoie.° She had atone mote for eomplaint, Brettiaon having diarnialled her with a request not to talk quite so much. In spite of the WOmall'IS at:Aeration of Stratton'e absenee, the old man felt that he ninth be there; and after knocking Meth, each time with his heart oinking more and More with dread, he applied hie lips to the detail; bo X after forting open the spring flop. Stratton, if you are there, for Heaven's take open at thee I" he whispered loudly. There was a rustling sound directly, the bolt was shot back, and Stratton admitted him, afterward taking a letter from the box, glancing at it, and thrusting it into hie pocket, " That woman said you had gone out,' said Brettieon eagerly. "1 wee alarmed. I thought—how le he ?" Stratton pointed to the their where th man lay as if aeleep. "Why, hew haggard you look," said Brettieon excitedly. "Hae there been anything the matter ?" " Nothing much ; only I have had a struggle with a madman who tried to murder me." •Os My dear boy 1" " It'a a fact," said Stratton. " I found bion with that piece of rock table ha:1(10.nd about to strike one down," He pointed to the massive atone lying on the table, and then said, reeling : "I was just i0 time to nye myself. ." "Good Heavens 1 Wee he dangerous for long ?" 'Por long enough. We bad a abort struggle, and he went down with a oraeh. One moment he was tremendously atrong; the next helpless as a child, and he has been like that ever since. Our plans mud be altered." "No, not now," said Brettieon decisively. "The man has been over exalted to -day. Your presence seems to have roused up feelings that have been asleep. I ought not to have left you alone with him. Come, 10 ie getting,late. We bave very fewlminutes to spare. "Then you 00000 00 go?" "Yee, 1 mean to go. You shall see us to the station. I have no fear of him; he will be calm enough with me." Very well," said Stratton, " anything to get him away from here. If he keeps on turning violent he must be placed under remnant." Stratton opened the door, placed his traveling bag outside, and came back. " What does that mean ?" said Brettieon, pointing to the bag. "Mine. You do not suppose I shall let you go alone." " ou cannot go now. I have managed him so long and I can manage him still. " We shall miss the train," said Stratton quietly; and taking the man's arm he drew it quietly through hie, and after paueing to secure the door, walked with him down to the cab, Brettieon following with the little valise. They reached the station within five minutes of the time, and soon after were rattling down to Southampton, Stratton throwing himself back in a corner to draw a deep breath of relief as they left the busy town behind, and taking out hie letter, but only to glance at the handwriting, and thrust it back. Their prisoner sank back to sleep heavi. ly, and he was still in a drowsy state as they went on board, lying down quietly enough in his berth, where they let him and went on deck ae 0000 00 they were well out of the dook. "Safe 1" said Stratton exultingly, "Now, Brettieon, that man must never see Eng- land again." They reached Jersey in due time, and next morning were in St. Male, wherethey stayed two cram making inquiries which resulted in their taking a boat and being landed twenty miles along the coast at a pictureeque, old.world fishing village—St, Garven'a—where, lodgings being found, they both drew breath more freely,feeling at ease now—their companion having set- tled down into a calm, apathetic etate, ap- parently oblivious of all that went on around him. It was bard to believe that the dull vacant -looking man wae the eame being ae the one with whom Stratton had had hie late terrible encounter ; for in spite of the light, indifferent way in which he had treated it to hie friend, none knew better than ho that he had been within an inch of losing hie life. It wae hard even to Stratton, and as the days glided by in the peaceful calm of the tiny hay, with ha groups of fishermen and women on the aoft whirs sonde, or wading into the clear blue water to reach their boats, the surroand. lags made the place a pleasant oasis in the desert of his life, The rest wae sweet and languotous, and he pealed hie time now strolling out on the dry, warm sande, thinking, now high up on the grassy top of the cliff, where he could look down on people enjoying their seaside life, At times he would go out with some of the fishermen, who readily welcomed the English stranger, and talked to him in a formal, grave way, and in French, that he found it hard to follow. Meanwhile Brettieon had hunted out a brawny plethant-faced fisherman's wife, who bad been pointed out to him ea an able nurse, and placed their charge in her care --the ex-conviat obeying her lightest sign and giving little trouble, suffering himself to be led to some nook or other at the foot of the high °tiffs, where he would sit dews], watahed by hie attendant—the Breton woman --while Brettieon busied himself on the cliffs collecting. There me no trouble ; the man grew more apathetic day by dray, and Brettieon took care that his ()companion should not oome i00 contact with him, foe fear of re- viving some memory of the past and taus - bag a thene. "And he ie ee good find petiont, tn'aieu," the name would nay, looking up from the knitting over which she wet busy ; "and ' he 10 greviog well and strong, oh, po amt. to is our Moodie bay, monsieur. Ye-, everyone grows strong and well here." She nodded aa if there was no tientredieta ing thie, and Brettieon went in search of Stratton with a bunch of plants in hie heed, and curiously puzzled look in hie °Yee. "Suppose be dorm get well and strong," he thought to himaelf. "I ought to be glad, but am not," Be found Stratton sitting book, with hie 'thoulders against the cliff, dreaming of the future, more at rest than he had been for months, and as Brottiaon drew near he brightened a little, and wailed. For the MOM'S worde applied to his friend ae well, end he WAS Certainly growing stronger and better, A healthy brown wag coming into hie face, and in epite of the dreamy reverie into which he plunged, a more even balance was coming to hie mind. "One mom t reckon One against the other," Brethren said to himself. As the days glided by, and they gained confidence from their ebarge'e dull, dreamy a,ondition, Brettison proposed, and Strat- ton readily agreed, to make little ex - excursions with him inland. or along the °that to oome of the quaint villages or antique—amealled Druidieal—remains ; and after eaoh trip they returned to find nurse and patient judos they had left them. The confidence inereased, and it became evident that Stratton had only to keep away f or their charge to go on in his oldvacant manner from day to day, His habits were simple and full of self-indulgence, if there weld be any enjoyment to a mind ao blank. He rose late, and went to bed von after aim - down, and the evenings were looked forward to by Stratton and Brettieon for their quiet dinner at the little inn where Stratton stayed. Here, as they sat over their wines and had cigars, watching the evening skies and the glorious star -gemmed sea, a feeling of restfulness came over them,and they leaned back with the feeling of eonvaleacents whose wounds were healing fast after they had been very nearly to the gates of death. It was a marvel to Stratton as he recall- ed the past, and, as he sat gazing from the open window or strolled out upon the dusty sands, he wondered that he could feel tio well. In fact a sensation of annoyance attacked him, for he felt guilty and faith - leas, a traitor to the past, and strove to resume him old cloak of aridness, but it would not come. "Malcolm, my lad," said Brettieon one evening as he leaned forward and laid his hand upon the young man's arm, " we are going to have respond peace again. Thank Heaven, you are growing like your old Bela" "Rest and peace with that man yon- der," said Stratton bitterly. " Hah 1 That will not do. Now you're gone back to the old style. Let that be, and wait for the future to unroll itself. The man does not trouble no, and theme hardly likely to, and we have the satisfac- tion of knowing that we are working for someone else's peace of mind. Yon must not deetroy what it is that has given you the reat you enjoy." Stratton was silent for a few moments, and sat gazing 000 00 sea,where where the lanterns of the passing boat andyacht slowly roee and fell on the gently heaving sea. "And who could help feeling reetful in such a place as this? Even I, old and worn out as 1 am, enjoy the claim, languorous, peaceful sensation which steals over me. Very dialoyal, my dear boy—un-English to a degree—but there is something in these places that one cannot get at home." "Yee, I own to it," said Stratton after a pause ; "one feels safe ashore after the perils of a mental wreck ; but there are moments, old fellow, wheu I shrink and shiver, for it te as if a wave were noiseless- ly approaching to curl over and sweep one baok into the dark waters." "Stuff 1 that's all past," said Brettieon, lighting a fresh cigar. "Here we are in a lovely place, and with only one care—whioh we depute to a nurse. Let's eat and drink our fill of the peace that has come to ua." "But it cannot go on, Brettison," said Stratton solemnly. a" It must have an end." " Yee ; an end comes to all things, boy. I shall die before long, but why should I sit and brood upon that? • Let's thankfully accept the good with the ill—no, not the ill," he said solemnly : "death is not an evil. It is only made so by man." " But we cannot go on staying here, said Stratton with energy. "Why not ?" "Oh, there are a dozen reasons. My work, for one." "Nonsense 1 Sink your pride and grow strong and well. I have plenty for both of us, my boy." "And do you think I shall settle down to such a life ae that, Brettison? No ; you know me better." The old Mall was silent for a few min. utee. "Yee," he said at last ; " I expected you to speak like this, but it is only absurd pride." "I have not much left me in life," said Stratton quietly as he rose from the seat he had occupied. "Let me enjoy that," Brettieon made no reply. He wae pain- ed and yet pleased ae he sat bath and saw through the emoke of hie pale and go down toward the sea' gradually growing more indistinet, tillthe darkness swallowed him. TE ,)3B170:01,40 130ST0 the eottege doer, to go up, enter, And game 100 farther ronad, too, Better keep to the at the man who had thee between him and beaoh. l'annnlasso Ke took a few etepa forward Ae he Rolfe Brettieon walked by hie Ode, and tried to edge him awn from the ll6kto slieekieg 101 glide e w newt the While, ea if afraid that their voieet ;night reath ehe othepapt of the oottage. And meanwhile Stratton wae still debata ing within himself ae to whether he should tell hie companion of the startling admenture he load had, Bot feeling more and More that the idea WC8 only colored by lite anagination, and knowing in hie heart the the old man would mile and point the ion. possibility 'of snob an emulate!, he deter - Mined to be rodent till the morrung—If he coultanot learn anything about any viaitere Who might be etaying there. Twice over as they walked he Was on the pent of epeaking, bub checked himself, and then the opportunity was gene, for Brettieon held mit hie hand. • " Goodmighta my boy," he said •, " you are tired, There, go to the inn and have a good night's rota " One moment, Brettison," said Strat- ton, orreating him, " You do not think it possible thet--" He stopped short ; he cooed not eay it, Wile idea wae absurd, tr Well. think what ptheible ? " moiler the Influence upon bim, 10ot0 olsly atop and think, we the voluble voice above atilt met on nib's thliar Frengto, "It would i ot be life," he thmight, With a shudder. His pregame had influenced the man imperceptibly when wakingonight 10 net oleo se he Wept'? Stratton drew bath, sad continued his well; along the there, enjoying the 00010e8a of the fiery looking water whioh washed oven and about his feet, fel, aa 10 were Of phosphorescent ereatures, while here and there to hie rielit, where the 000 lay ealm amid the rooks,the water' woe covered with what reeembled a golden, luminous 'oil, width flashed softly at times With a Werth tint, "Brettieon is night," he amid to himself, "Life ie grand, and it ie our petty cares width spoil it. Not petty, though, mine," he added, with eigh. "Ah 1 what it might be if I could but hope." He drew a long, deep breath, and then made an effort to forget the path In the glory ef the preeent. He bared hie head to the soft, warm night air, and walked Slowly on, gazing up into the depths ef the vast areh above hie head,whete !date in- numerable shone on and on till they resent. bled golden doth The grandeur of the scene impressed him, and, feeling hie own littlenese more and more, he resolved to cast his despondeney aside and make a fresh start from that inernent, accepting all hie worries as the share apportioned to hint, and math to nurse them to the Imola- sion of the good. He could not help a bitter smile moaning hie lips the next minute ae he stopped short ; for there, dimly seen before him, were two figures gazing out to see., and eo occupied by their own thoughte that they had not noticed hie approach. They were talking in a low voice of the sea and the phosphorescence—nothing more ; but the tone of their vetoes The old, old etory breathed in every modulation, and Stratton sighed and drew silently away among the rooks farther from the the, unnoticed by the pair, who turned and began to retrace their steps toward the lights he had left behind. They wore silent now ; but just as they passed him—their figures looking like one shadow between him and the luminous nero, —the man said softly: "I often feel as if it were a sin to be ao happy when I think of them." They passed on, while Stratton felt as if he had suddenly reaeived a tremendous blow, and he staggered back a atep or two with his hands to hie brow. Guest and Edie there ! Had he gone mad? He remained for a few seconds as if paralyzed, before he could collect himself and follow the figures, which had now passed on and been swallowed up in the darkness. A cold perspiration broke out upon his face, and he walked on to over- take them—hurriedly now; but by degrees ae he drew near enough to make out their silent,. shadowy figures, seeming to glide over the soft sand, he grew a little more calm. For he felt that the fact of hie dwelling so much upon the Jerrold family had made him ready to jump at the conclusion that this was Edie and her lover. He could not distinguish face or figure in the gloom, and he had only had the man's voice to suggest the idea—the woman's was but a whieper. They were English, of course ; but what of that? It was a foolish mis- take ; for it woe utterly impossible that Guest and Edie could be alone there that night upon those sands. CHAPTER L ANIOnT ALARM. There wae a feeling in the air along that dark shore which socorded well with Stratton's sensations. The solemn mean - chola, of the place was calming ; and as he watched the sheet of spangled gold before him softly heaving and appearing to send the star refleotions eweeping at last in a golden aream upon the sande, life seemed, after all, worth living, and his °area and sufferings petty and contemptible. He wandered on close by the sea, where it broke gently in phosphorescent spray, till he was abreast of the Pottage under the °tiff where Brettieon lodged with their eharee. There was a feeble light burning, and It abed out its glow through the open door, while lamps glimmered from higher up the cliff, where three or four miniature ohateaux, the property of Parisians—let to viaiters to the lovely little fishing village— were snugly ensconced in the sheltering reeks. There were voices just above the oottage, and a wodumai speaking volubly, and he fancied he recognized that of the name, but felt that ehe would hardly have left her patient, though thore wae no meth why the should not, for Barren would have been in bed en hour or two, and it was absurd to oxpect her to be always on the watch, atratten felt a etroag attire, almost 1r:erasable, SS he gazed at the lied from dope need by the people here. It would All the same, he followed to see where they went, shrinking from going closer, now that he felt leas sure, in dread lest he should seem to be acting the part of spy upon two strangers ; while if it were they it would be madness to speak. There was only one thing to be done: warn Brettison, and get their oharge away at once. There before hire walked the pair so slowly and leisurely that he had to be careful not to overtake them. They were nearing the cottage with the open door, but tne loud voice he had heard in passing was silent now, and the stillness was oppressive—the beating of his own heart and the soft whispering "whieh" of the feet on the loose sand being all that was audible to hie ears. It now occurred to him that, by a little management, he would be able to convince himself that this was only a mad fancy; for the couple must pan the open door, and if he struck off a little to hie left, so as to get nearer to the sea, he could hurry on women, and get opposite to the door, ao that when they passed the light he would have them like silhouettes for a moment or two, quite long enough to make out their profiles. He set about carrying hie plan into effect, and in a minute or so wae abreast of the pair, but they ware quite invisible now; and, feeling that he had gone too far, as soon as he was opposite to the lighted door he began to advance slowly, expecting moment by moment to see the two figures move into the light ; but they did not come. They mustiness the door, he felt, for he could recall no way up the cliff, the house parched up there being approached by a broad atep-like path from the rough road- way leading up the ravine which came down to the shore with its etream, beside which, on either aide, many of the cottages were built. Still they did not oome, but Stratton wafted. patiently, for, lover -like, they might be hanging hook for a few moments before approaching the light. At last a dark figure in front of the doorway was plainly enough seen, and Stratton leaned forward with eyes dilated, but only to utter a muttered interjeetwo, for the figure he saw Was undoubtedly Brettieon, as he stood there apparently peering about in the darknee. Another moment or two, and still he sign of the figures he sought, and, wonder- ing whether ey could have passed through Some onisealculation on hia part, ho etep- pad forward quietly to make euro, when he became visible to Brettieon who joined him at °nee. "There you are, then. I wae getting tummy. One of the fishermen saw you go along in this direction, and I was begin- ning to think that I must get some of them to oome and help me mash for you," "Why ?" said Stratton harehly. "Noma° the thane is dangerous, and there is always the riet of anyone being surrounded by the advancing tide," "Tide is going down," aaid Stratton quietly. "See anybody path ?" ho eon. tinned as he debated whether he ehould take Brettieon into his confidence, while all the time he kept a 'sharp look about him. "No, tot a soul. The most solitary place o mon could select for a stay." "Ts there a Way tip into the village be- yond the tiottage here 1" said Stratton quietly, " Yee but it IA only a wort of flight of eald Brettieon, "That be is 111th1at to thin clangorous ?" "I liath no fear of him whatever," said the old man. "There, don't fidget,; good- night." Stratton went on to the inn, wishing that he had spoken to Brettieon, after all ; and he had hardly taken his seat before he sprang up again to go beak to him. Before starting • he summoned the landlady to question,her about visitors to the place, but only to find in a few minutes that her knowledge was confined to those who came to her hotel. There were people who let their houses and took in lodgers, she knew —yea, but she had no patience with people who played at keeping an hotel. Stratton went out ono more into the night with the intention of going straight to Brettison, telling him hie auspicious, and asking his advice ; but he shrank from the task; ad on the impulse of the moment turned off to go and explore the village on the chance of happening upon something which would give him a elew. Five minutes devoted to his task was sufficient to satisfy him of the hopelessness of the task, and he turned to the inn agitated, weary, and trying to make some plan ae to hie prothedinge ea non as it Was light. " The poet 1" he said to himself. He would be able to learn there ; and half disposed to hire some vehicle and go woes ten milea to the town, he entered the door- way, to start once more, this time with a thrill of certainty. For, as he advanced, he saw at the end of the portage a man in conversation with the landlady. He was making inquiries about a boat for a sail next day. The next minute he turned to leave, and came face to face with Guest. " Great Heavens I" oried the latter hoarsely ; " you or your ghost. 0 Mal, old M011, if it i9 you how could you be so mad ?" " Mad ? Mad ?" stammered Stratton. " What do you mean ?" "Why, as to follow me ?" "I—I did not know you were here." "Oh, hang that, mon. I told you in my letter." "What letter?" "The one I wrote and pushed into your letter box after coming twice to tell you." "Letter ?" "Why, of °three. You had it or you couldn't have come here." Stratton'a hand went to hie breast, and the next minute he drew out a soiled letter doubled up into three from the pressure of hie pocketbook. • "You wrote this letter to me to tell me you were coming here ?" said Stratton in !dew, strange accenta. "Of course I did, and I 0011 you that you have done a mean, cruel thing in following me. It can do no good ; Sir Mark will be furious, and it is cruel to Myra." "Myra—Myra here 1" gasped Stratton as he reeled against the wall. "Don't make a scene, man," said Guest in a low whisper. "01 oouree ; I told you she wae coming, and how the old man insisted upon my comirog too. Why, you haven't opened the letter 1" " No," eaid Stratton in a hoarse whisper. " Then how came you here ? " " I—Heaven only knows 1" eaid Stratton. " It is beyond me." Guest looked at him curiously, as if he doubted hie word. " We only came to -day. Had to stop at place after place ; Myra le eoweak and ill." Stratton groaned. "Yee," said Uneat ; that's better. Now look here. You and 1 will start off at day. break for home. It's hard on me, but it must be done." "Yeo. I saw you two—on the sands to. night. I was not sure. But tell me where are they staying ?" " At a little chateau -like place on the cliff; they got it through a woman they knew at St. Male a couple or three years ago. She was servant there. She ie nurse now to an invalid gentleman staying at a cottage just below." Stratton stood gazing at hie friend as if he had been turned to atone. (ro BE CoNFINITED.) AGRICULTURAL. BOW to Plant Apple T8000, In order to Plaice an CrehArd pratahle, 1010 4000eSerY tO have more trees on A given amount 511 laud than weinplaged 35 to 45f0 ipat, Writee 0.9, Polk. If WO can do this And not injore the land, trees or fruit, I think we have Mede a fair start toward profitable oemmereial orchardiug. While a tree le paling we get the best °roast The Tobacco Poison. In referring to the poisonous principle in tobacco, a writer in the British Medical Journal makes a statement that contra. diets a view commonly hold by smokers, namely, tbat niootin is the moat harmful property of toba000 and that o pipe is less harmful than a cigar or cigarette. He nays :—" Niactin le not, as need to be sup- posed, the mat dangerous principle of tobacco, but pyridin and coll.:Alm Niottin is the product of the cigar and eigarette ; pyridin, which ie three or four times more poieenoth, comes out of the pipe. It would bo well both for the devotees of tobacco and their neighbors if they, took °are al- ways to have the emoko filtered through cotton wool or other absorbent material before 100 10 allowed 00 9000 the,' barrier of the tooth.' &flexors might alao toke a, lesson from the unspeakable Turk, who never smokee a cigarette to the end, but usually throwe it away when little more than half is finished. If these precautions wore more generally observed, we should hear much leen of the evil effects of smok- ing on the nerves and heart, mid OD the tongue heed," Good ad vice is not often cheerfully followed, and it is highly prob- able that this advice will not be followed at all, truibie larger,more perfect, and lees table to rot. In this locality a tree aegine to fruit at the age of five or air years from planting. The next 10 or 12 Vara the orchard is in its prime, and if during this time we eon get one-third more trees and have one-third more fruit to market we are just that mush better off. The itocempanying plan ehowe My method of setting an orehardwhieh will increase the number of trees one-third and still give ample room for hauling and gathering until the orobad ie 17 or 18 years old. If they then interlap, remove every other one and you will still have as many as by planting 45 apartlin equaree,and besides you will have had 12 yearsuse of the trees removed. I have given much observation to and had some experience in this matter, ao it I were to plant 50 orchards I would follow the scheme above outlined. My advice to every young man is, plant in this manner, cultivate well for five or six rue, branch the trees low, give them an annual topdreseing and the orohard will pay,other things being equal. A Stiff Breeze. ' Clerk (coming in)--Therffe a very thiff breeze blowing around this carter, Bora—Ah ? How dem it get around the corner if it, la ee stiff? Clerk (thying)—I Lawmen it betide in the wind. 11•••••••:••• Provide For the DrOuth. Every year we have had dry Weather during July, Augnet and September, when the pastures become brown and oared and cows go travelling about in mouth of some. thing to eat, and they suffer from the ho weather, flies and short pastures. Thie re- sults in a serious falling off in the milk supply, and when a cow has bean allowed to partly dry up she can' not `again be brought back to the full flow she may freshen up again when good feed comes in abundance and do very well for a time, but she will not fully recover,and the dairyman .4.1)Rii, 200 1$ Mve atonic Of thee Wort Will add to the Profit of every farm, Witmer email it my be, If nothing more, try the dairy cow lie an eXperiment, 0,1 remember thab one well Rept will yield a profit, when a lialf dome indifferently Mired for will not. Ten aeras of ensilage corn will, if out at the right time and put into a good ail°, help you to solve the problem ori to how stook may be kent profitably. Though all the /and be tumid to posture and ensilage and be fed to tooh, it ie no unwise pre. theding. If pure bred eattimbreeders will make deers of their bele, they will easily eel( thern for beef for $75 ; then there will be no complaints of the cattle nob paying. It le cheaper to eeli athera at $75 than belle at 6100, and while we need more pure bred bells, if the bulls do not pay the pore bred steers will, TRAITS OF THE NEW CZAR. Carefully cdueated, with a lively Me - position. said Mostly *mused. One ground for hope that Nithelas II will turn out to be a reformer is theta judg ing from Russian history of the Mt 10 Years, it is now the turn of a liberal czar Reactionary and liberal rulers have alter - noted in Ruesia. The mad deapot, Paul was suoceeded by the enlightened and rienti, mental Alexander I.„ who ha hie turn gave place to the reactionary autocrat, NO:thole% Nicholas was then outmoded by the eman- cipator, Alexander 1I„ and by his son, who lately expired at Livadia, and whose reign was marked by the persecution of the Jaws and Stundiate, by a determined resistance to reform and by the reassertion of the principle of autocracy. The pendulum should now swing in the other direction. The personal oharacter of no other living man ie a matter of such interest and im- portance to the world as that of the youth- ful Nicholas II. The worb9 ie therefore grateful for any information regarding him. °buten Lowe, in his life of Alexander III., has a ehapter upon his successor, whirl)), gives what is known of the young man, can not recover the profit he has allowed to alip through hia fingers by forcing hia cows to wander over dry fields in tharchof enough feed to eustain life. It takes more feed du'ring hob weather and fly time to keep up the flow of milk than is required at any other time in the year, unless when cows are allowed to suffer from cold, extreme beat and cold, aa well ae hunger. Flies are a severe tax on oow energy, and whenever this energy that ie supplied at the expense of feed is allowed to go to waste,the profits are materially lessened. It would be poor economy to allow a threshing machine to run for a few hours at only half its capacity,beeause the engine- eer only supplied forty pounds of steam where eighty was necessary. It would mean a loss of time, and be expensive to the farmer who had to pay and board a crowd of men; besides there would be un- necessary wear of machinery and the work would not be so well done. We should look at the oow as a machine that converts feed into milk and not run her ot half her capacity, but keep her full of good feed, summer and winter, and all of the time the is in milk. Every dairy man should. provide some special crops to carry the °owe and other etook over the time of short pastures, and during euoh 61,00 10 will pay to keep the aowe in a darkened stable through the heat of the day and feed them there, then after they are milked at night turn them out 00 pasture. Oats and peas make one of the best soil- ing crops we have ever tried. Aa soon ae the ground can be worked in spring, make two inches at the top rather fine ao that the peas when plowed under will lie in fine soil and not among lumps. Sow one and a half bushels of Canadian field peas to the acre, broadcast, and plow them under four incites deep; then sow one and a half bush - ole of oats on the outface and harrow them in. When in bloom begin to cut and feed green. When they become too ripe out the balance, if there in any, threeh and grind, Oat and pea meal ie very rich in protein and the very beet kind of meal we ever ted a dairy cow, There should be a piece of clover some- where near the barn from which to feed early in June, if needed • this will be ready to feed early and will fast until the first sow- ing of oath and peas are ready, and by the way, it is best to have two sowings of oats and peas. Sow them about two weoke apart. By doing this the crop will last until the sweet corn is ready. But little lani and not math extra labor is required to have an abundanoe of good feed Inc the °owe when they are iu such. need of it. 10 10 always beet of mum to feed these soiling crops in the stables where each cow will get her share, and Man be fed with a minimum of waste, but if it mutt be fed outside, feed in racks and not on the ground to be trampled on and wasted. Stock Notes. Good stock and low prices will give better reeulte than poor stook aod good prices. Now is the time to buy good breeding stook at reasonable rata, and we should lose no opportunity for improvement if we are to stay in the basinese at all. In addition to other thoughtful things done for the hogs and their comfort, give them sheds width are high and capable of admitting plenty of fresh air. It is othential to the best thrift, All living, growing things do best under best °condi- tions. dabble may grow as tab' on one lcind of food as on another, but °lean, meet grain Will produce the beat meat. It requires good food to make good beef or good pork, and then a varied ration will do better ih this reepeet than any one grain only,. It is they to ruin digeetion and health by a little carelemess in over -feeding young aninuiliatind yet full nettriahment for thorn 111 order to got them well atarted, is neeessary, btitavoid the one extreme as carefully as you would the other, 058 PHYSIQWI he is, of course, a marked cientraet to hie gigantic father. He is short, eight and frail, and has never shown any of the ex- uberant vitality of youth. Hie eyes are fine, but he has a nervous twitch in them, in which he resembles Paul I., who was also short. He. has been very carefully educated, and unlike hie father, with a special view to the requirements of the place he now beide. It ie said also that his education has not been euoh as to encourage prejudices. Al- though it ie true that one of hie preceptors was Katkoff, the famous Moscow editor and Pan-Slaviat leader, his education has been mainly under the charge of General Daniloviteh, who has discharged hia duty conscientiously. Even when the anti -Ger. man feeling was at its height in Ruses he was not taught to hate the Germane. Rio acientific instruction was excellent. Rio father's wish was that he should give more attention to,modern sciences than to the °lassies. Strange to say he, appears to know no Greek or Latin at all, but is well grounded in the literature of hie own wan. try and of Germany, France and England, He knows the necessary mathematics, and has o very thorough knowledge of geog- raphy. The prince wae well instructed In constitutional law, finance and hiatory, although a good deal of Mueoovite history and much that pertains to the rise of his own family has been kept back from him. It is said by Ruesiane who know him well that he is in all roomette the son of his amiable mother. Like her, he ie extreme- ly fond of music and dancing, has a lively dispoeition and is easily amused. ONE OF HIS JOKES ae d youth was that, if he over had to join the kings in exile, he should be in request for hie musical talents and tenor voice. He does not care for sculpture or painting. To a French author who recently visited. Russia he showed himself a great reader of French novels speaking of Daudet as. "exquisite," but remarking that Zola "overdid deacoription." He reads and writes English,Freneh and German fluently. In athletic matters hie taste ie for shooting,. riding and rowing, all of which he is said to do very well, With an impressionable character, moll aa the Czar seems to have, the qualities of hia wife become a matter of special impor. tame. It was the boast of the late czar that he never told anything to women nor asked advice of them. But Nicholas is probably not that kind of a man, and there is every reason to hope that the influence, of his wife will be beneficent. The Princess Alix is the daughter of the Princess Alice, the most beloved of the daughters of the Queen of England. That she refund to, comply with the requirement which mono pole converts to the orthodox °reed in Russia to abjure and course the faith of their fothers is an evidence that ehe has strength of will and prineiple. Little is known of what the political opinione of the prince are or of what aro the qualities of mind and will width he will bring to their support. FACTS IN FEW WORDS. One-eighth of the population of OreatBrit- ainMitsiiiInbLagosnaoaonn.now be taken on and de- livered from braina running 60 miles an hour. The ware of the lase seventy years have cost Russia $1,775,000,000,and the lithe of 664,1101000onmlvenni. ampulla country that bas suf. fared from depopulation in the present cen- tury ia Ireland. The coat of an Armstrong stool gun is eta timated et 8500 for oath ton of weight ; of a Xrupp gun, 8900 ; of a Whitworth gun, $925.1 The court records of Stafford eounty,Va„ date back to 1699. The writing of the old- est doontnent 10 as distinct as the day it was traced. High-grade microscopes aro said to mete the human skin appear like a section from a fieh—ahowiug thousands of minate wales, each overlapping the others. The largest deportment .stote in the world. is to be built in New York with Ohioago capital. The Site alone for thin etore that about 67,000,000, and it will campy pads of three blocks. A thumb advertieemene in a °emery palm reale thus : " For tittle—A bull- terrier deg, 2 years old, will eat anything, very 'bond of Milldam, Apply at this of5ce,"