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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1895-5-24, Page 2TEE. BBVSSEL. , r S'A".. LADY AYLMER ORAPTER IV, led. "Oh, very well, very well, never mind. I oats take a plat aa well ae any. 4 NEw 1Dl'.A. body " e in hie li When it suite your purpose," Dick's Lard Aylmer was sitting clop thoughts ram, cis ho watched the handsome, llrary, smoking a cigarette, and wondering wieired old face. what t answer Dick would.brimg him, When be thought proper to come again to give in hie deoieion, He was a handsome old man, not eo very years, B old -n but aged in wickedness. A. . handsome man still, with aquiline Natures, a flushed face and a goodly crop of white, curly hair. Your first thought on looking him im was, "What a °harming old gentle. .V man 1" your eeoond, "What a pair of steely eyes 1" your third, "What a Idephiatophe. lee! Yes, without the shadow of a doubt, Lord Aylmer wee a winked man, with a bad heart filled to the brim, and running over with all manner of evil... They say, you know, that women novel- fete alwaya make their heroine all good, till they are as insipid as the dummies in a tailor's window; or else that they go to the other extreme, and make their villains such unmitigated villains that it is impost. ble to find one single ray of virtue where. with to redeem their ohmmeter from its nky pall of utter blackness. But let me tell you that if all the womennoveliote who write stories in the English language were to concentrate their efforts upon the task of trying to depict the villainy of Lord Aylmer's natural depravity, I am afraid that in the end they would have to call in the aid of their masculine confreres to ade. quately complete the portrait. For the. noble lord. was all bad, thoroughly bad— what up in the North conntry they call "bad, core through." Yet he had a delight- ful manner when he ohoae, and in early middle age had made a -genuine love -match with a beautiful young woman at least sixteen years younger than himself—a penniless as .wall asa beautifulyoung woman, upon whom he had lavished eo much love and attention that within three months of his marriage his love had burned itself out and was as dead as any dead volcano. A few weeks later, Lord Aylmer practically separated himself from his wife, although they continued to share the same house, and he appeared before the world as much as posoible as if no breach had ever been opened between them. Not by Lord Aylmer's desire, this—oh 1 no, but because her ladyship had never been eo genuinely in love with him as he had been with her, and was moreover perfectly alive to the solid worldly advantages of being Lord Aylmer's wife, the mistress of Ayhuer'e Field and of the handsome town house in Beigrave square. Of course, I know that there are °th- ere," she said in reply to a dear friend, who thought it her duty to open this young wife'a eyes, " and, of course, I know that Aylmer wants to get rid of me; but Idon't mean to be got rid of, and I put up with the others because I think doing so the least of two evils. There is only one Lady Aylmer, and she is 8 strong and healthy young woman, who means to be Lady Ayl- mer for at least fifty years longer. Yes, I know, my dear, all that you feel about it I quite appreciate your feeling toward me. Oh, yes 1 it was your duty to tell me, but I am not going to cut myself out of all that makers lite worth living, just to oblige a husband who has got tired of me in three months." To this decision Lady Alymer had from thautime forward kept most rigidly. As far ae her husband was concerned, nothing seemed to annoy her, andwhenever she wished to do eo and condescended to try to get her own way by means of a little flat- tery, she generally succeeded; and now that Lord. Aylmer had got into the "sixties," she was simply a stately, even.tempered, iron - willed and exoeedingly healthy woman, who looked as if she meant to live to be ninety. It was partly on the eubjeot of his wife's extreme healthiness that Lord .Aylmer was t hinking that morning as he smoked hie And then she has always seen Olive. cigarette and tried to assure himself that the twinges in his left foot were merely a oorrv for nue years she has been 0000 sign ofa. coming shower and nothing in the lately her own mistress, and has travelled than nc got up from his chair, " If you don't want me any longer, sir, I shall go and pay my respects to the lady, Beattie bye, 1 hope you are leao anxious about her Than yon were a short time ago,' Lord Alymer jumped up In a fury and stamped hie gouty loot hard upon the floor. " Demme, be °nail, "that woman is like an indian-rubber ball, and as hard as nails into the bergain," "Then she is better," said Dick, with an air of profound and auxioue interest, "Better 1" Demme," the old savage oried,"she's outrageoualy well,sir. Demme, her healthiness ie positively uggresive "But that moot be a great relief to your mind, air," said Diok with perfect gravity. " Relief 1" the other echoed, then Beam- ed to recollect himself a little. ' Alt I yee, yes, of course—to be sure. Well, go and see her. I dare say you will Sod her in the boudoir." Diok fait himself diemitaed with a wave of the old lord's hand, and being never very anxious to remain in his presence, he betook himself away, and went to find her ladyship. But Lady Alymer was not in the house—had, on Net, been gone eoma time before he reached it; eo Diok jumped into a cab and went back to Palace Man. eons be Dorothy, who met him with a new idea, "Diok, darling,"the said, "I know that you are worrying about me, and what I shall do when you are gone and I have thought of something." "Yee. Have you thought that, after all it would be safe for you to go right out and risk everything?" "No, because you do not' go till Septem- ber, and by then I shall have got very near to the time.. No, it ie not that at all ; but you will have leave until you sail, won't you?" ,, Yes. "Then might we not to go sea for a month. I am pining for a breech of sea air, and it will be good for you, too." "That is easy enough. Where shall we go ? Tenby-or would you rather be nearer to Graveleigh." "We could not go to any of tha places near Graveleigh,Dlck-I should be meeting people there." Yea ; but we might go to Overstrand or Deemer, or go down to one of the little quiet places near Ramagate. Why, if you like, we might even go to Ramsgate or Margate itself." "I don't in the least care where 1" Dor- othy replied. But what 1 wanted to say le this—you remember my cousin, Esther Brand ?" I've heard you speak of her." "Well, when you are gone, would you let, me write to her and ask her to come and stay with me till I am ready to come after you? She is young and kind, and T am very fond of her, and altogether it would be very different for me than if I had no- body except Barbara" "My dearest, you shall do exactly as you think Use about that," Dick said, without hesitation. "It is a good idea, and if she ie nice and won't worry you about being married in thio wee -- "She won't know, dear," Dorothy cried, "I shall ahow her my marriage.lines, and say that you are gone, and that I am going to join you as soon ae 1 can." 'She will be sure to ask my regiment." "Not at all. Besides, you are going out to an appointment, are you not? "Yes, true. Well, then, do aa you think beet aboutit," he said. "Of course, I shall be a great deal easier in my mind, and then she willbe able to seeyouoff,and' all that. Oh, yes, it will be a very good thing in every way.'' Dorothy clapped her hands together and laughed quite joyously. "Oh, Lick, dear," ehe cried, "1'm so glad you don't mind—I feel quite brave about being left now. 1 do wish, though, that you could see Esther. She le so tall and. strong, very handsome, smooth, dark hair and great dark eyes— quite a girl who ought to be called Esther -world to do with gout at all. And just as a worse twinge than usual made him wince and shiver, the door opened gently and a mao,eervantmade his appearance. about everywhere. "Won'tshe think it odd that you have never written to her all this time?" "1 don't think so. leather is not a girl b • "Mr. Aylmer is here, my lord," he said, who thanks you for lettere unleae you have "Will your lordship see him "Certainly, of course," exclaimed his lordship. "Show hint here at once."' The man retired, aol in a minute or two said. tendert then cried with an uncon- trollable with Dick, who said 'Good- y, -morning" to hie uncle with an air of cheer• trollable buret of anguish. " Oh; my love ful civility, my love, you don't know—you will never. know what it will cast me to go away and leave you juet now, when you will want, me moat of all." " Never mind, Dick," she said, bravely, " I am not afraid. Looking at her, he saw that she spoke the truth and only the truth—har eyes met his, clear and true, and the smile which payed about her sweet mouth was 001 marred by any expression of the agony which she had suffered during the few previous days. A week ago she had been more Dick's sweetheart than hia wife ; now she was not only his wife, but had also in her eyes the proud light of motherhood— " Filled otherhood"Filled was her soul with love, and the dawn of an opening heaven," something special to say." Dick put his arm round his little wife's waist. ' And you have something very, very apeoiel to tell her, haven't you ?" he "Oh, Berbera!" Dorothy oricd, excitedly, In a inamout ellea had torn it open and was reading it aloud to Barbara, "Oh, it is from Russia, Feely Wee Brand being. kn Russia, Barbara, and aha Paye "My Very Dear Little Dorothy ;---Soyas are Married ! I pan hardly believe it—in. deed, store having your letter this morning, T have been flaying to myself over and over again, ''Dorothy Strode is married—little Dorothy hag got married,' andetitl 1 do not !n the )east realize it. So you are very happy. of oouge, and you aro going to have a baby—that is ,almoat an 'of course' ale° And your husband has got a good ap- pointment in India which he does not dere ID ref use, That looks like bread-and'oheese and kisses, my dear little uonain. However, not that money makes any difference to one's happiness, and so long as you love him and he loves you nothing else matters, Money leant of all. But why, my dear, have you waited oolong before you told me of your new ties ? I have wondered so often. where yon were and what had become of you, and about four months apo I wrote tp the old house and had your letter retuned by a horrid young man, David Stevenson, whom I dieliked'always beyond measure, He informed me that you had left immedi- ately after dear auntie's death and that he did not know your present address. 1 felt a little anxious about you, but eminently relieved to'find that you were evidently not going to marry that detectable young man, who is, I have no noubt, all that ie good and estimable and affluent, but whom, au I acid, I have never liked. " Well, my dear child, you must let me be godmother to the baby when it comes, that I inay spend ae much money over its coral and belle as I should have done over a wedding gift to you. As for coming to you --my darling ohild, of course I shall come straight back, and helmBarbara to make up to you for the temprary lose of your spouse. I gather from your letter that he is all that is good and kind and brave, to say nothing of being handsome and loving and true --you lucky little girl ! "Expect me when you nee me, dear, whioh will be as soon as 1 can possibly get myself to London. If I were on the other side of the frontier, 1 could pretty nearly fix both day and time. As it 18, 1 can only say thatI will lose no time in being with you, and I will etiok to you till I nee you safe on board the P. and 0. steamer, "My love to. Barbara—bow she and I will yarn together over the old place and the old days !--and much lour. to you, dear little woman, , From your always affeotion- ate "ESTHER." "H'gh !'" grunted the old lord, "morning. Well ?" "Well, sir," said Diok, " I have thought the matter over, and although I have not and never have had any wish to go to India, I have deoided that it will be beet for me to accept the appointment you were good enough to get for me. "Oh I—er, I'm glad you've come to your 'lenses at loot,' said the old lord a shade more graciously. "Well, you had better go and see Barry Boynton about it—that will be the best. And then you'll have to get your affairs put in order, make your will and all that," "I have made my will," said Diok, promptly, "although it's .true I haven't very much to make it. for." "Ali 1 that's good—those things ought CHAPTER V. always to be done before they are wanted. By the bye, Dick, are you hard up; or any- 1.0030.thing of that kind?" Do. you want any There le no need for me to tell of the ?" month which Diok and hia wife passed together at a secluded little watering place on. the Norfolk tenet, nor of the scramble' which Diok had at the last to get ready for the appointed day of sailing for the money "No, sir,' thanks. I could do with a hundred or two, of course—who couldn't? But 1 am not in debt or anything of that sort:" Thie letter in itself was enough to put Dorothy into the wildest and gayest of spirits, and Barbara was almost as much delighted; for, truth to tell, the old ser. vans had looked forward with no little dis- may to the prospect, of eupporting;her loved young n.ietreee through her hour of lone- liness and trial, and was therefore greatly relieved to find that the responsibility of the situation would fall upon the strong and capable shoulders of Mies Esther Brand instead of lying upon her own weaker ones. "It is eo good and sweet and dear of Esther," Dorothyrepeated over and over again. "Just like her to throw everything else aside on the chance of being able to do a good turn to some one in need Now, I dant feel half so nervous es I did." The .old lord oareeeed hie white mus- shining East. It is enough to say that tache and looked at his heir with a sort of after an agonized parting he tore himself comical wonder. "'Pommy soul 1" be re- away, and Dorothy found herself left alone in the pretty flat, face to lace with the sorest trial of her life. A week before she had written to her cousin, Esther Brand, but the heel had no reply. That had not surprised her mitch, for Eother was a restless soul, never eo happy as when moving about from place to place. Apart from that, London is scarcely the place to look for rich and idle people in September, and Dorothy lied adetreaaed her letter to her cousin's bankers, knowing that it would be the surest and probably the quickest way of finding her. But when Dick was gone, Dorothy began to get very anx- ious far a letter from Father, to watch for the post, and to wonder impatiently what Esther could possibly have done with her- ee]f and whether she had got her letter or not. But for several deye there was atilt eilenee, and at last, Mat when Dorothy wan beginning to despair, it came. "Here is your letter,Misa Dorothy,'oried Berbera, hurryingint° the room with it. marked, "1. can't, tell how yon do it.' "Eh?" said Dick, not understanding, ,end in fact not interested in hia unoles tho l� gh�to, ' Well, how do you do it? Expeneive regiment --fiat in Palade Mansions-Rivi- era' and all the rasa" Diok shrugged his 'shoulders. "Well, sir, I dpn'towe a penny in the world, I give you my word," "Ah I Mrs, Harris- moat be a young lady of vary moderate deefres," said Lord Aylmer, lighting another cigarette. "Have *Mile ?" "No, thank you, sir," returned Diok. "And what will become of Mrs. Harris w hen you are gone to India, eh?" the old man caked with a great all of interest. "Wali, eir, said Dick, "1 always make' it a rule never to talk abont my friends' private atl'aire, even when I happen to know them." 'You won s telt Me," /Med.Ayioter chuok. "Nor I," echoed Barbara speaking out of har very heart ; then she added, with a sig- nificant smile : "Mise Esther never could abide David Stevenson—neither could I." Dorothy could not help laughing. "Ah 1 I think you were all just a little hard on David. I didn't want to be Mrs. !)avid, it is true. But apart from that, 1 don't see that there was so much amiss with him." "H'ni 1" remarked' Barbara, with another sniff, "perhaps not. But for all that, Mies Dorothy-Ma'am,I should say—David Ste. venson was a mean boy, and. I never could abide meanness in mac, woman or child." "He was most, generous to 'said Dorothy, with a sigh. "Yea, to serve his own ends," said Bar- bara, sharply. "You may take such gene. roeity as that for me. Not that I was speaking of that, ma'am, for I wasn't, but of the time when David wasa boy -a hor- rid boy, who thought nothing of stealing the beet apples ane letting another take the blame of it." "Oh, Barbara 1 Barbara !" cried Dorothy, "you've got hold of a wrong story. Why, 1 know that once when David azole some of Auntie's apples, and young Tom Merri- man got the blame, David came and told. Auntie himself." " Yee ; and for why ?" demanded Bar- bara, with uncompromising sternness. "Be. cause 1 happened to have got the young limb at it and collared him before he could get away. ' You are stealing Miss Dims. dale's apples, David Stevenson, I said, laying hold of him audden-like ; '. and you stole them other apples that Tom Merri- man has been sacked for.' 'And what's that to you, you old sneak ?' he asked. ' Sneak or no sneak,' said I, ' you'll turn out your pockets to me, my fine gentleman• and you'll go straight up to: the houee and you'll tell Mies Ihmsdele that it was you stole the apples last week, and then you'll go and ask Tom Merriman's pardon' for having let him lie under your fault.' ' That I'shan't,' say he. ' Then,' aoya I. ' I just walks you right off to Id Ise Dimedale, and she'll see you with your pockets fall, red- handed as you are. No,' says I, ' it's no use to struggle, I've got you sate by the arms, and so Y mean to keep you,, whether you like it or not. And if once Mies Dime - dale knows the truth, do you know what she'll do. David Stevenson ?' says I. 'No,' says he sulkily. ' What?' 'She'll never atop to thinly that you're. David Stevenson, of liolyrod,' I says, ' but she'll just hand you over tothe constable at once, and I don't think, my young gentleman; I adds, ' that Tom Merriman havinggot the enol to fill your ineide with ill-gotten goods I'll help you with the bench in the very least,' " Well, eo I suppose ho gave in," said Dorothy, who was deeply Interested. "\Veil, of course he had to," returned Barbara, with practical plainness ; "hut, ail the same, he never forgave me for having been the one to get the better of him, and never, forgot it, not 'to the very last day we were at the Hall. Ah 1 Mise Dhrothy, dariing,if you had thought proper tenantry David Steveneop, von would have had to do without me. He never would have had mo about him, and I wouldn't have taken service under his' roof -no, not to save mea aelf from ending my days in the work. house." "Barbara, Barbara 1" cried Dorothy, chidingly, "not forme? "Well if you had put it in that way, Mist Dorothy, you might have got over m," the old woman answered. But stay 1 I think I ought to, nay here that, although I have called her old in many parte of this story, Barbera wan not, and could not reasonably be called an 011 woman in the common acceptation of the word. She was a year or ao over fifty, and a very strong, halo woman at that, and at Dela time to Dorothy she was ae a very rook and tower of strength. Well, by virtue of tholettor from leather Brand and in til° joy of expectation at. her coming, Dorothy passed that they With quite a light heart, and even Dat down to the )title Plano and eaug one er two of the gouge that Diok liked beat. And then aha went to bed and elope, leaving the door opeu between her room and Barbara's for company and she dreamed, 49 site always did, about Diok. Nor was ie a pleasant dream. She saw Dick on hoard of a large steamer, wearing white clothes and a sailor hat, looking very bronzed and happy. Ho was leaning over the 'side'of the ship, with a cigarette In hie mouth, just ae she had Been hiinmany a time, and by his fide there stolid a beauti- ful lady—uot a girl like Dorothy heroelf, but a beautiful woman of about thirty years old, much a woman ue Dorothy fancied her old friend at home, Lady Jane Stuart, might have been at that age, They seemed to' be talking earnestly together, and after a time—such a long time it'seemed in her dream—Diok took one of the lady's erode and rafted it to hie lips; then she laughed and paid something, and Digit caught, her to him add kissed her on the lips. Immediate- ly ;afterward, while Dorothy, with frozen. lips, was gazing at them, Dick turned his head and looked her full in the eyes with the glance of ao utter stranger. Won a shriek, Dorothy awoke,- the .sun was streaming in at the sides of the window blinde,aod Barbara was just eomingthrough the doorway with a little tray hearing Dorothy's early cup of tea. "Did I aoream, Barbara ?" Dorothy gasp- ed, "A bit of eery. What ailed you,ma'am?" Barbara %eked, 'Oh! I was so frightened—I had such a horriddream about the master. I thought",— But Dorothy hought'-- IlutDorothy did not complete the sen- tence,for Berbera put out her hand with a horrified look. "Nay, now, Mies Dorothy, don't tell it. Whatever you do, don't tell me." • "But why?" cried Dorothy open-eyed. "You should never tell a dream before noon, Mise Dorothy," returned Barbara, portontously. Ohl" exclaimed Dorothy, " isn't' it lucky?" She knew that Barbara was a great believer in luck, and signs and omens, "It's fatal, answered Barbara, solemnly, whereat Dorothy burst out laughing and the worst feelings of dread with which she had awakened passed away. "I think," the said, afterbreakfaet,when Barbara was clearing the table,." that I shall put on my hat and go up to the High Street; I cannot finish this till I get some more lace ;". then she held it up and showed it off to Barbara. "Isn't it sweet?" she ex. claimed, with intense satisfaction. "It's lovely," returned Barbara, who was overjoyed at the prospect of a baby. "Then do yon wish me to go with you, ma'am, or will you go alone?' "Do you want to go?" Dorothy asked. "Well, ma'am, to be honest, I don't. I want to turn the room out for Ibise Esther. You see, she may come nearly as fact ae her letter, and I shoulu't like to put her into a dirty room." "It can't be dirty, Barbara," cried Dom - thy, laughing, " because nobody has ever slept in it." Well, ma'am," Barbara retorted. " 1 can't say that I know a dirtier person than Mr. Nobody—on the whole." Dorothy laughed. "Well, then you evi- dently have a lotto do, and I would just as soon go alone. So I will go soon, before I get tired.or the day gets hob;" for,although September was half over, the weather met then was moat sultry and trying to those not in the beet of health. She was soon ready, and went into the oozy kitchen to ask Barbara is there was anything that she wanted, but she did not happen to want anything at a11. "Do I look all right?" Dorothy asked, turning herself about. "Yee, you look very sweet this morning, Mies Dorothy," said Barbara. "I wish the master could see you this minute." "So do I," echoed Dorothy, promptly. "Well, he will see' me soonenough, coon enough. Good-by,Barbara. (TO BB CONTINUED.) YOUNG ENGLISHMAN MURDERED. A Financier and Fdltor Charged with the Crime. Not for many a day has Guthrie, Okla., enjoyed such a sensation as when she awoke the other morning and found° two of her prominent citizens and business men in jail on a charge of murder. When the body of Frank Ledgers, a young Englishman, was taken from the Cottonwood River last September,; and the Coroner's jury could not tell after a thorough investigation what produced death, or who the guilty parties probably were, it seemed that his taking off was destined to remain a mystery. Two months ago came a Pinkerton detective, sent by the British Government, on the: appeal of the murdered man's parents and sweetheart in Birmingham, England. Aa a result of hie work came the arrest ten days ago of Frank Thorpe, a negro porter, and three days ago William Knowles, ex -night policeman, both as accessories to the inurtt- ' Still the detective followed up Ma clews. .At midnight, he secured a confession of some startling Note from a woman of the town, and at 3 o'clock, with the Sheritl, went to the resident of W. H. Thorne and 0. C. Seeley and took then from bed and to jail, charged with the murder of Ledgers. Thorne is Peeident and general manager of the Guarantee Investment and Loan Company, and Seeley a prominent real es. tate man and publisher of Oklahoma 11. lnetrated, Thorne is an Englishman, and the murdered man: was related by marriage to hie wife, and boarded at his house at the time of the murder. The detectives will importance to the health and profitable not give out the particulars, and the management of domestic animals, and the details of evidence so far ceh not be told with certamty. ,They give, however, an tuberoulosie scare, if it does nothing else AGRICULTURAL, Windbreaks and ll elnHOW 10 Make. Alinast every country home ueede a windbreak of trees, the oxoeptime being where Mlle °hook the air eurreitte, or natural grove win be utilized for the put, poem In regions of low temperature, plane it on the cold side of the houee. In_ mild latitudes place it so as to ehield the prem.. 1000 from the most prevalent and danger. cue winds, Do not set the trees too °loco 00 the dwelling, or the quarters of the live stock. If lens than 100 to 300 ft, distant, the air is elms and damp with poor ventilation, which tendo to develop die. ease. On bhie account this minimum number which will afford protection is better than a large grove. The apace between the trees and the buildings can be utilized for a lawn, garden, or for email fruits, avoiding thick sebting. Admit plenty of sunlight. It 10 a vitalizer ot most animal end veg°. table lite. Better have no windbreak than one too closely set. If you have no tree stetter, start one this spring. The form, Wee and distance from buildings must be governed by oiroumetanoea. A single row of thickly growing evergreens—white pine, Norway'spruce, or red cedar -15 ft. apart will suffice. Limbs will then grow close Po the ground, while if more than one row isused, the trees will prune themselves, as in a forest, and in time destroy the efficiency of the windbreak. Deciduous trees of, almost any quick growing, hardy variety will answer, but require more land, a grove 50 to 100 ft. wide being necessary. Mix nut•bearing trees and those vain- ..cal aiiinitainailiNa ▪ \mai sof ' VARIOUS FORDS of WINDBIL:.ABS. (Fig. 1, crescent shape. Fig. 2, right angle. Fig. 3, obtuse angle. Fig. 4, acute angle. Fig. 5, straight Zine. The letter It iadicatee location of houee, and b location of barn.) MAY 24, 1.895,' siding and tarred pater, nod lined iaalde with slilplap, thus rnahtitg a four -loch eq epaeo.botweee• About a dozen of these spaces between the studding are hoed for Ventilation flues, They are fitted at the bottom on the inside with to ventilator register opening into tho (lues and from the, upper plates these llueo are extended by means of boarding up on the under aide of the retort' until they are all joined in the trianpultr ventilator ltox shown at. the puttee plates; these boxes oommuniceto with the eapohts by means of wider duote between the rafters. The cupolae have sleeted sides opened and oloeed by means of a oord with pulley attachment conducted to the lower fitter. The registers also answer the purpose of enabling any number of the flues to be closed when desired. It is found that some of these flues carry upward and some downward 001000ne at different time's, thus maintaining a eon - :thee circulation of aft. The reggletere being neer the floor take the cold and impure air out of the building from the right place, inotead of permitting the warmer air to escape as in the cage where there are veil. ing exits. The hay chutes are also joined in this system of ventilation and may be opened or closed at will, In severe weather, it become',neceeeary to close a part of- the bthe openings, thougn the temperature of the barn rarely gets below 40 degrees even in times of extreme oold. This system provides an ample oupply of pure air, is not expensive, and may be ap- plied in any well oonatruoted barn. A. cement floor and cemented Bawer pipe drainage, with bell trap openings,ives this barn substantially perfect sanitary. conditions. The cement floor gives good satisfaction without plank•oovering for all stook, except horeee. In the dairy cow section we have five different cow ties in use, using cement flooring with all of them. able for timber with °there at planting time. The . accompanying illustrations (Figs 1 to 5) show some of the most desirable forms for the windbreak, which will furnish sufficient variety. If the land is on the east or south side of the road, the buildings must be placed a considerable distance from the highway, unless space for planting the trees can be obtained from the farmjust across the road. A long rope attached to a etakeie helpful in laying out the crescent. If rapid growth ie expected, cultivate the Boil deeply and thoroughly enrich it before planting the. small treee or seed. Plant in rows and cultivate muoli as you would corn. Protect; from injury by live stock and teams by proper fencing. Any sensible man or woman, by hie or her own labor, can soon produce a good windbreak without any outlay unless it be for the young trees or seeds. Within a few years it will add several times its coat to the selling value of the farm, besides being a comfort and a satisfaction. Clumps of deciduous trees and evergreens can often.' 00 so located ae to afford shelter for stook, protect some crop, furnish fuel, and lumber, beautify the landscape, and: utilize rough laud. Dairy Barn Ventilation. While it is safe to say that there is a great deal of needless and unwarranted alarm concerning tuberculosis in dairy stock, it is not improbable that inefficient ventilation of farm barna is responsible for a large part of the disease that does exist. It is a matter of common obeervation that the herds most seriously affected have elmoet invariably been subjected to close confinement fn unsuitable quarters. Bulletin No 7 of the U.S, Bureau of Animal Indus- try on investigations concerning bovine tuberculosis says : "Fully nin•tenthe of all diseased animals have been infected by inhaling the tubercle baaillf cried and suspended in the air." Farm buildings, ae a rule, are inadequately lighted and ventilated. Attention to these features in barn construction is of vita assurance that they have a oonolueive chain of evidence that will implicate all the four parties so far arrested. There are 'still other persons who pre euspioioned aE being atleastaccessories after the facts, and more armee will follow.' The theory of the murder now is that he woe chloroformed at Mrs. Jack:son's on South Seoondeteect, Where the negro, - Thorpe, was porter, and afterwards thrown into the river. When the body was found a watch and considerable looms change was found In the pooleete, which seemed to allay the euepicion of robbery, but severalthoueend dollars young Ledgere had brought from England were never found, Not Open to an Engagement. Miotreeo (a widow)—Well, Johnson, I'm Berry you are going to leave its, but you're very fortunate in (raving thin money left you. (Pleasantly) I suppose you'll be looking out for a wife, now 1 ;Teheran (the butler)—Well, really, ma'am, I feel very much honored by what you propene, hitt I'm engaged to a young Woman already: than to direct attention to the importune of thin eubjebt, will not have been without some good. It is estimated that cattle and berme required fano thirteen to fourteen pounds of oxygen per 1,000 posnds daily, live weight, To properly furnish thio requires about 2,000 cubic feet of pure air, The ordinary methode of stabling do not give cows more than from 300 to 500 cubits feet of breathing room to the barn. Unless some adequate system of ventilation is provided, one of MO things is inevitable— outside air mut dome in through poorly. constructed walks and opening, of the build- ing, in which male it will be impossible to maintain a suitable temperature in Winter, or the cows must inhale the same air many timers. .Air that has been Mee expelled from the lunge is unfit for the maintenance of animal life of any kind until a fresh supply of oxygen halt been introduced. The greet detriment of confining stook in poorly -von• tilated buildings is booming plainly apparent. The baro shouldbe a free() structure 40x70 feet, two and a hall stories high, and entirely above, ground. The side walls Oto of 2x4'0 upright twenty-four leashes 'ca Dente° severed outside with OPIUM FIENDS OF INDIAt NOT HALF AS BLACK AS THEY HAVE. BEEN PAINTED. The cot llnlleeIOU'a Report Will Prove Sail heading to Those Fond of Dilating Upon the Awful Ravages of the Drug - 411,11 'insets of Opium Have Been Great- ly Exaggerated. The report of the Royal commission on the use of opium, presented to the British. Parliament last week, will much astonish many people, but it must be accepted Bathe decisive verdict of truth and science upon, this vexed eubjeot. The enquiry was eon- ducted on a very great scale and the dee- sten was practically unanimous. Over 72d witnesses were examined, including 152 called at the desire of the anti -Opium aoetety. Every carewee taken to obtain representative testimony and the commie - Mon record their conviction that the evi- dence formetrustworthy ground for "the - conclusion's reached. Upon this crucial ieeue, whether the use of opium, as habi- tually practiced in India, is or is not in- jurious, the commissioners relied to a great degree on the statements of 161 medical witnesses. The evidence of the dootore in the -service of the Aovernmeut was practically unanimous. It is corroborated by other medical men in private practice and by some medical miaeionaries. The medical witnesses who advocated prohibi- tion were few; all of them were more opposed to the use of alcohol than to that of opium. The general effect of Tire 100I010 TESTIMONY e declared in the report to be that " the temperate use of opium in India should be viewed in the came light ae the temperate nee of alcohol to England. Opium is harm- ful, harmless or even beneficial, according to the measure and discretion with which it ie used." That is the judgment of science upon the actual consequences of ole opium habit. Thenativee of Indin, on thewhole, agree with the doctors, but they attach greater value to the drug than acience directly warrants. It is universally allowed that the excessive consumption of opium is an evil, though an evil of which the effects have been grossly . exaggerated. 'Opium is largely taken as a. stimulant by those peat middle age. they use it, in the striking phraeeof one of the wl000e0esa, as aprop to a falling houee. In theopinion of the greatmajority the native. medical practitioners and representatives of large influential °laeees, this employment of the drug is attended by beneficial results. Opium eaters of fifteen to twenty years' mending appeared before the con.' mission. They believed the habit had done them good._' Their appearance and vigor satiated the commissioners at all events that it had done them ,[O rknCEtt1BLn Ir-1RM.... Opium is oleo used as an occasional stimu- lant in physical emergencies. It has been issued by medical advice to troops engaged in fighting and road mokingr among the 'maintains of Sikkim. 1t fa taken occasionally by camel drivers who work in the extreme of heat and cold that prevail in the Rajuptana deserts. Many con. samara in the Punjab uoo the drug in the winter menthe only. Another striking fact about, the opium habit is that it prevails among some ot the most manly, hard working, thrifty races of. India. The splendid Sikh soldiers and .peasants' the active Marward traders and Rajputs are among the opium ea tars. Opium is con- sumed in the native army and the witness- es say does' no , perceptible harm and is often beneficial., It ie used among many of the natives in the public serulue and in the Berried of railroad companies, plalitere and Weill °wore. The evidence of employ- ers i0 all to the same effect. Dismissals for intemperance in' the vile of opium are practically unknown, Opium, Sir Wm. Roberts observe,, does not appear, 00 begat anyapeeiflo disease. Opium eatere bear surgical, operations' as well as noo-oonsunt-. ere,.and the manager of a large Insurance company said that after twenty years' experience hie company charged no extra premium on the lives of moderate Opium eaters. David's Battlefield. M. Dieulafoy, the explorer of Persia, hag carefully examined the Valley of liephaim, mutt" of Jerusalem, whore David °ruched the Philietinee, He Hada that the Bible account of the battle is aaourate, and that David's tactic's show the highest military capacity, and were 1110 those of Frederick the Great at 1Vlollwltz and Rosebaoh,and of Napoleon at Austerlitz. A light and trifling mind never take' in great ideas, and never a000mpklshe$ anye thing gime Or good, Sprague, 1'