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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1895-6-28, Page 2T I E B R'' S'E .a $ Z` 010% J'irni 28, 1800 LADY AYLM?R CHAPTER W. It LIM IN PARIiKaSe. Ina veranda of the Government Bothe at Madras, Diok Aylmer Pat emokingr- imoiting and brooding over the iaexpleceele tangle Whish we call life, Be had now been three months without ono word from Dorothy Be did net know if the child had been born or not, if mother or child were living or dead, If Dorothyehfo dear little wife, were false or true• Be had heard from her once after reaching India, when the had written in good epirite and with many verde Olen for him, and in fondest antioipation of their meeting in a few menthe' time. But after that letter there had been utter silence. He had written every week, he bad telegraphed several times, and today the mail was in again, and there was *till no news. He had three or four lettere of its importance on the chair beside him, and the English papers, but nothing from her. Be had had news of her—oh, yea—the news contained in that postscript of Lord Ayimee'e letter, and he had dismissed that from hie mind at once ae an ill.natured lie, and for a weak or two he had scarcely troubled himself about is Yates the weeks crept heavily by, each week bringing fresh disappointment, that letter came back to his thoughts over and over again. Could it be possible that his httle girl—oh, no,no —nothing should make him believe it,. nothing, nothing. And yet, wby did she not write? She Must be at Palace Mansion yet, because his letter had never been returned, nor yet hie telegrams. Once or twice he had thought of writing to the landlord, or rather the office at which he had taken the flat, bet he shrank from doing that because he might be casting a slur upon Dorothy's fair name, which she would never be able to shake off. leo, that course would not do. He had thought and thought, he had turned It all over in hie mind, and, except the idea of writing to a private detective and putting the case in his hands, he could think of no way of solving the mystery. While he was Bitting there brooding over his thoughts, a young man dressed in white garments, came through a doorway behind him, and pulled up a big chair a little nearer to Dick's, in which he carefully dis- posed himself. "Really, Dick," he remarked, "I don't call this half a bad plane. Not so jolly ae London, of course, but still not half -bad." "I hate it," answered Dick, shortly. The other, fresh from home, looked at him with amused pity. "Poor old chap like town better. Yes, of course. Why did you come out, then, eh ? You got the post that was meant for me." "Lord Alymer got the appointment and I had to come—I had no choice. Ishouldo't be here if I had, you may be sure." Dick answered. Ah 1 Lord Aylmer, queer old chap, eh?" "Awful old brute," said Dick, with a sigh, "but he happened for the present to be the ruler of my fortunes, and athorougb- going obi martinet he is, ton." "Ah 1 I saw him the other day." Dick looked up with some interest. "Did you, though? In town?" "Yes." Now, town to Dick meant where Dorothy was, and for half an instant he had a wild idea that this man might be able to give bim news of her. It died almost in its birth, however, and he said indifferently enough. "Were you in town long ?" "A fortnight altogether. Aly sister livee in town, you know." "No, I didn't—didn't know you had a either," "Oh, yes; she's a widow—bas a little. flat." A fiat !" Dick pricked up his ears. "Yee. Where:" "In Keneington,Palace Mansions, they're called. "In Palade Mansions," Dick managed to repeat. The whole world seemed to be blotting out in a strange and insidious fashion, and it wee two or three minutes before Dick varve to his full senses again. "1 don's think she ought to live there," Moreton went on, not looking at Dick, but attending to hie pipe. "Living alone, except for the ohild. You never know what the other people are, don'tyou know. Now, there's a pretty little woman living in the fiat below her." -- "What number le your sister's ?" Dick asked in a harsh, 'strained voice. "No. 6," Mareton aaewered. In tike flash of an instant Dick had made a wild calculation. Yes, he meant Dorothy by "a pretty little woman." "Well?" he said. Be felt sick and faint and cold; be knew that now he was on the eve of news, and Maretoo'e tone had made him dread to Lear it. Moreton, all in ignorance, went on speak- ing, "Such a pretty girl. I saw ber oeveral Mines—fairish hair and delicate. looking, almost like a lady. Wall, she went to live in the fiat below my sister's and was very quiet. Husband came and went. My sister fancied it was a bit uepiolous, and woe careful to get no ac- quaintance with her. Well, for some months all went smoothly and quietly enough, then ehe heard through her ser vents, I ouppose,that Mrs. Harris's husband had gone off to India, and that she was going out later when the child was born." "Was there a child?" Diak asked. He wee trembling so that he could ecareely force his lips to frame the words. Marston noticed nothing, but went on with the story. "A child, I don't know it there was one then—there's one now. I've seen it," Dick eat still by a mighty effort. "Well?'' he said. "Well, only a few days after the poor chap had gone, my sister saw her handed into le meat carriage by an Old gentleman --herd, the footman oall him 'my lord' a pair of high -stopping horses—all in grand style, And now that carriage es always there, and who do you think the old gentle, ' main is?" • "How ehmtld 1 know?" aneWererl Diok, who was going over and over theposteeript of hie uncle's letter, "You'll know whet.I tell you," said Marston, With a chookle,. "it woe your old uncle, Lord Aylmer," "Impossible 1" Digit buret out. "Not impossible et all, my dear chap," said Marston cooly, ",i saw her driving with him myself;and jolly wretched she looked over ie. I roust soy I pitied the poor devil out hero, but T dare say he ie havin a very geed time all the carne, Lrh? What?" he asked of a native servant, who had noiselessly approached him, "My lady wiebes to speak to you, air," said the man, who ;poke very good Eng. Bah, "Oh, all right, I'll come," and Marston went lo, leaving poor Diok to light his battle of pain alone, So that was it, after all, No, he wouldn't believe it, and yet—yet—how could he help believing it? Maretee bed told him the plain, unvarnished foots, not knowing that Diok Alymer and Mrs, Harrio'e hae band were one and the same man. So this was why hie unole had suddenly taken a guidinghand in biefortunee—thio was why he ahipped him off to India, at what might be called a moment's notice. " He had seen my Dorothy and wanted me out of the way and he got me out of the way, and my darling—but no, no—I will believe nothing—nothing until I have seen her," For half an hour he sat in deep thought, trying to determine what would be the beat to do, what would be the beat course to take ; trying, too, to unravel the rest of the tangle, part of which had been open. ed out before him, But that was an tm- possible task for him without further imformation. and he began to wonder how he could get home, and how arrange a plausible exeause to Lord Skevverslefgh. He must go home, that was certain; evidently hie letters and telegrams hod been of no effect, probably they had never that reached her at all, Why—perhaps wicked old gavage had found means of stopping them, aed in that ease perhaps Dorothy was fretting her heart out, won. dewing why he never wrote—perhaps— well, perhaps the child's birth would be in the papers. In spite of silence and mystety she might, as a last resource,, have put that in, in the hope of catching his eye; He began hurriedly to unfastens the beside er ti m. Ahl the Sting on the andard. of the 11"lAb ine g ton—Bowes—Fade—Duchess of Dreatn- ]and—Hingatan"—No, there was no little babe called Harris in the short lint. He put down thee paper in dire disap. potntment. Poor Dick ! to was getting so weary of being disappointed that each blow seemed to fall more and more heavily. And then just as he was letting the paper fall to his knee, two words caught hie eye —two words—"pinna Forget." With a great throw at hie heart Dick caught the paper back again. Yes, it was a message from Dorothy, right out of the depths of despair. Dinna Forget, To Dick—.Thio long silence is killing me—why do you not write. For God's sake put me out of suspense one way or the other. D, A." For full flue minutes Dick never moved ; then he reverently took off his bat and thanked Cod that he had made the way plain at last, Yet, though the way wee plain, it was not an sae yone. It would be difficult for him to get away from Madras, and neither lettere or telegrams were evidently of any use, since Dorothy had not received those that he had sent, Decidedly, he must go home, even if he went the length of sending his papers in and trusting to chance and good fortune to be able to make some sort of a living—enough to keep Dorothy and the ohilf. But in any case, home he must go, to set his wffe's mind at rest, and to Tierce that old sinner on hie knees to sue for the mercy which he would not get. , As soon as Lord Skevvereleigh, returned to the house, Dick sent to ask him if he could nee him, and to him he explained something of the position of affairs, ending with, "And 1 must go home: if it costs me all I have in the world." Now, it happened that Lord Skevvers- leigh, though he,liked Dick very well, had particularly wished to make Marston his military secretary, and had be been able to refuse hie old friend Alymer, he would certainly have done so. There were, how- ever, certain pages of past history which practically precluded this possibility, but they did not preclude him from alio wiug Dick to throw up his appointment and betake himself home as 0000 as he liked ; and with the very next steamer Dick said goodbye to India and to Government House and set sail for his native country, hurrying off the boat at Brindisi and journeying bomeward overland, like an avenging spirit with whom the wicked old man who was at the head of hie house, would have a very hard reckoning and but scant quarter. For always in his heart there was that piteous appeal, " This long sIlenee is Milling me—for God's Bake put me out of suaponae, one way or the other," (TO En OONTfluin.) 0, DENSITY Of POPULATION IN CITIES. New York Ras le Residents to a Rouse Loudon 7, Paris 15, aied Tolclo Duly 5. In all the countries of Europe, in the United States,and the Dominion of Canada, there are, so far as recent and authentic figures show, 70,000,000 houses, There are 340,000 houses some of them uasub- stuntial affairs, in the city of Tokio,Japan, one for every live people, ao that the Japanese metropolis does not suffer from overcrowding. New York has 115,000 houses, averaging eighteen reeideute to each. Leaden, the greatest accumulation of inhabitants it the world, has 600,000 houses, or seven roeid• eats ineaeh on the average. London has rnereased in thio•respect very rapidly, for at the beginning'bfthe present century the number of houses was only 130,000, little more than New York has at this time. The population of London at that time (1800) was 960,000. It is now 4,200,000. So it hat increased nearly fivefold, but the number of houses has net increased in as large arctic. Paris has 00,000 houses. At the glees of the Franco-Prue:daa war it had 70,000. At the elm of the Napoleonic wars it had' ,000. The area of the city has been extended meanwhile. The average number of residents in a house in Paris is twenty-five, The majority of public bu]ldingain Paris ere utilized for purpnsee of residence; eapenielly upon the top ikon, In ail Computations of city population by houses Philadelphia ranks, ae 0 shining example of to town which has lent of P big P Y elbow room to expend ie. Philadelphia, with a population in excess et 4,600,000, hag 187,000 honeev. It ie lees densely populated than London but not much lege so, The Relief 'of Ohitral.—A Plucky Reseue en the Panjkora. River.. 0 re s` '411i$,I. \ � , tee eet erree iS. 0.1 7 'r✓ ad While the troops Were on the banks of the Pan'jeora, the river rose to such a he fight that grossing by the raft beoa,ne very dangerous. One of the rafts upset, and a British soldier was instantly socked under with me of the boatmen and a eepoy of the Sikh Infantry. Another soldier belonginic to the Devonshire Regiment, regained the raft and was carried rapidly down stream. General Gatacre, who saw the incident, galloped off to where the sappers were making the suepeneion bridge three miles lower down. He was just in time to arrange for the rescue, and -Major Aylmer pluckily went out in the " basket," clutched the man as he oame by, and to saved hie life. . geer THE DAPS AS FIGHTERS. A CORRESPONDENT THINKS THEM THE BEST IN THE WORLD. • They nova, No Fear of Death—Plenty of Volunteers for Perilous Services— Deed"; That',Wonld Glorify the Aunal of Any Country—They Are Paid a Few Cents a Day—Patriotism Pervades tht0 Nal ion. But could Japan *become the aggressor and attack Asiatic) Russia? To my mind that is a question of money rather than of relative fighting worth. Japan ie not rich, though she can make the war more cheaply ,ban Russia, and she might be unable to bear the strain of a long struggle with a greatpower but resting the issue upon the fighting merits of the combatant armies the Japan. ase would put the Rumbles to the severest military test they ever had. Why ? to answer this I shall give reason for the belief that the Japanese is the best soldier in the world. First is the matter of courage. Be not only has no fear of death, but he does not value lffe. So great -are the honors paid to the bodies and familes of men who have fallen in battle that the common soldier or sailor looks to such a fate as to a bright prospector a fair haven, and he goes to meet it not only unflinchingly, but with a smile, In all the battles that Japan has. fought, from the bloody struggle at Ping Yang to the assaults upon the forte at Talien- wang, Port Arthur, and Wei•hai-wei, not a straggler or a deserter has been known to the army. Every man did his duty. When at Chinchow, a soldier was wanted to go to the city gate under fire from the walls above, and blow it open with dyne mite, every man who heard the request volunteered, and those who failed to get the periloue honor of the task were envi. cue of him who did. In Corse a bugler, mortally wounded, blew the signal of ad• vanoe until he dropped dead at General Nodzu's feet. Before Wei-hai•wei was won Major Okanabe and 500 sten did battle with $,000 Chinese and never once thoughtofre. treat. A Lieuteoaha rnehedinto a deserted Chinese fort and rescued a burning joss etiok from a sack of gunpowder in a mag- azine. Trembling fingers night have goat him his life, but his hand was steady. I have seen linea of men march up to batters which were onelong RIO SPURT OF FLAME, and there was not a waver nor a halt in the advance—a calm, steady, irresistible push forward. The charge of the Six Hundred was no braver than the action of the ambu- lance corps when it marched into the "zone of fire on the beach neer Wei-hai-wei and tenderly picked up the wounded and dead while seven Chinese shipe, distant but a few hundred yards, were bringing every gun to bear against them. Then in the navy as well were examples of heroism which would glorify the annals of any coun- try. Witness the anon who ran a wooden transport into the sea fight at the Yalu and pounded away with its little gun at the black Chen Yuen, withstanding broadsides and torpedoes, and coolly fought their flimsy fillip while its cabins were on fire. Witness also the Captain and crew that held to their wounded terpedoboet in Wei. hai-we] Bay, launching their mieailes against the Chinese fleet until, with boiler fires out and overo*me with eold,they froze to death at their poets. Indifferent to death himeelf,the Japanese soldier or seller fs uudiamayedby its bloody spectacles. In the American civil war all officers in motion noted the demoralizing effect upon advancing men of the dead and mangled bodies along the line of meroh,but on the Chinese battlefields the only effect of such sights was to armee the instincts of retribution, No Japanese fell ill or went into the bushes to tie his oboe, and then skulked to the rear when the order came to charge a bloody slope. The next consideration io that of patriot. ism, The love of the Japanese for hie country is a fanaticism. The soldier enlists for a wage of but a few cents a day, but it he thinks that Japan is having trouble to raise its war loans, as was reported to be the case last wintor,he offers to serve with. _ut pay. A Lieutenant gets lees than ten dollars a month, out of which he Mobilo himself, het he never asks more. The honor of FIOIiT7Nd FOR -1I00 COUNTRY is enough for him, No Mussulman watt ever more devoted to his prophet then is the Japanese soldier to Japan, /won't of the battles a trooper shouted "Vanzai" with his last breath, and it is said that when this news reached Japan the methere i of hundreds of soldiers wrote their sone to 80011 death that they might do the ewe, When the etory was told in a public meet- ing in Tokio as old man was aeon to Weep. "Have you a son in the army ?" asked the orator. "Yes," was the reply ; "but he has not died like that." Patriotism pervades the nation. It is what made the Mikado come out of his gilded oloister and summon the people to the paths of progress, and it is what lnapir. ed the coolie in the late war to leave home, employment and friends and follow the army withfreezing feet,oarrying its burdens that he might witness the triumph of his country's arms. The third point of excellence in the Japanese soldier is the perfection of hie disoipline. In old Japan the many were born saddled and bridled and the few teeth- ed and spurred. The ridden never thought of throwing their riders. In a word, the common people obeyed their lords in all things without question. These people now. fill the ranks of Otto army autO give to their officers the same unhesitating service that they or their ancestors were wont to give their dafmios. Owing to this there is no more need of a guard house in a Japanese camp than there is of a draft or a bounty at the recruiting offices. Let the officer speak and his men obey ; let him lead and they will follow him through the gates of death, and they will freeze, starve, and suffer and never think of mutiny, feigned sickness, or desertion. They do not even grumbleoth, Aner item of superiority is that the Japanese soldier will march and fight on the smallest and cheapest ration. A ball or roll of cornpreased rice serves him for a day, and if he can get a potato or a bit of fish, the latter of wbieh lie , eats raw, he has MATERTALS FOR A FEAST. On,the marob to Webbai-wei the army began very well in the matter of provi- eione, but finally nothing was left but rice, and rice answered. While I, ao a foreigner, lost forty-two pounds of flesh on this dist, the Japanese soldier did camp and patrol duty and incidental fighting for twelve hours a day with nothing glee to eat, and was in splendid physical condition when the surrender came. The importance of this fact upon a long march, enabling an army, as it does, to go ahead without tl,e impedi. ment of long provision trains, is one that ail military men must appreciate. Again, Japanese soldiers can march more rapidly than: any other troops, with the possible exception of the native Indian forces, the Sikhs and Goorkhae. Visitors of japan are astonished when a 'rikisha man puts a stout foreigner in his little gig and zona ten miles with him at a stretch. They are surprised at the long walks which people of the upper classes take as a matter of course, and of the endurance shown in manual labor in allies native forms. Now thatthe'rikisham an, thefarmer,the wrestler, artisan, the man about the country fills the ranks of the army, the troops can make forced marches which would be impossible to soldiers of European training and build. A final consideration is the Japanese stature. Soldiers in battle fire high. ID is obvious, therefore, that a shortman. firing high at a tall one may still hit him; but the return fire of the tall soldier would be ineffective. Besides, more small men can get behind a given point of defence can present a smaller target to the enemy than would be the case with soldiers of the stature of Russians, Germans, Englishmen, or even Frenchmen. I have now stated the case. The Japan• ase soldier has the highest type of courage, patriotism, discipline, and merchingendur- ance; he needs lees food than a European and he has the best possible build for a fighting man. The question ie, Could the Russians beat him in battle, the numerical strength of the belligerents being equal ?' Speaking as a correspondent,. I simply say that when the great fight comes I would prefer to do duty with theJapanene, There would be lees necessity with them to prepare for the viniositedoe of retreat, Be Good to Your Shoes. Don't dry a wet shoe without first apply- ing some oil or grease. Castor oil or tallow e the beat. The steam -generated in a wet bent will surely maid it and cause 10 to crack without this precaution. Don't put ehooa by the fire while they are wet, but let them dry gradually and slowly. Don't let the shoe become hard. Don't run it down at the heel. Don't wear it into the welt or insole. Don't forget diet it pays to repair it in time, so that it will retain its shape and comfort. Don't use toe much forcoin polishing. A gentle brushing with a sot, brush is better than the vigorous work of the beotbiaok When the bruehiog makes your foot fee warm atop until your shoe cools off: Don't put a pair of good shoes in rubbers --use an old pair for this and remove the rubbois as soon ea you enter the house. Don't try on or handle a ,patent leather shoe wnon cold—always thoroughly warm it before bonding the leather. A patent leather shoe put on fu a warm room maybe worn out in the cold weather Without in. jury• If fun is good, truth is still batter, and ve beet of x11,—Thackerey, PRACTICAL 1A I(I114', Early or Late Gutting fel' Kay, The quantity ot food on an 11020 et grass or glover in800 000 with the growth of the orei1 until this hes fully matured, Thie le net always true of the actual weight of the crop, but it is true of the quantity of dry matter, So far as this is eonoerued, it would seem beet not to out geese or glover for hay until the prop le ripe, There is danger or lose from dropping of leave, au they eland, cad much more is caused dur- ing the prome0e of handling the crop, This le more especially true of the clovers, It le meter to mire ripened gram or glover than that which has a larger percentage of water, In many ease% the weather 10 warm. or and drier es the crops reach maturity, hence better for haymaking. The food value of a pound of dry matter in the grass or clover decreases to some extent as the pleat reaches maturity. The same is true as to palatability and,probably, he almost all oases as to digeatlbility. Fresh, in growi .& grase or plover or well•msde hay from this is more palatable and, weight for weight of dry matter; is more valuable than is either the fully -matured plant or the hay made from this. The market value may be greater for the hay from fullymatured grass. There hes been a general perferenoe on the part of those who boughs hay for foedingto horses for that from well>matured grass. .This has been based in part on the fact than early -made hay is sometimes more dusty than that made after the grass hag become well ripened. These, and other pointe which mightbe named, show that there are two sides to the question, whether early or late hay. making is not advisable. As a 'matter of feet, the farmer who makes a large quantity is often practically compelled to do both. In otder to finish' the work before the grass or Mover is "dead ripe " he may have.to commence before the orop has reached ouch stage of maturity ae he prefers. Recom mendacious of early cutting have often been extreme. There is greater reason for outtigg clover early than there is for hae- touing the grass gutting. " In practice, the writei prefers 'meting clover while it is yet in blossom, but after most ot the blossoms have turned brown. He prefers allowing Timothy to stand until the seeds have formed and are approaching, or have reach. ed, the " dough" state. The weight of hay secured at thus time, as oomparod with that secured if the graseis cut when it is fn bloom is so much greater as to more than overbalance the superior quality of the earlier made hay. Such a grassas orchard grass should be out at somewhat earlier stage, as the matured stalks are much less. palatable. There has been a marked change of opinion and practice in the matter of cut. ting corn for ensilage, Itis now generally recognized that it is better to allow the arop to beoome reasonably mature. The total weight may not be greater, but the weight of dry matter is greater, and the food value per acre is also greater. Indien corn is a true grass, although a large and coarse one. Where it is expected to sell a part ot the hay and feed a part, it is usually well worth while to have the hay ao stored in the barn or stooks that access can be had to either oleos, as it often happens the later out hay will sell even better than the earlier cue, while, eopeeial]y for dairy cows and young stock, the earlier cut to preferable. Summer Care of Stock. Salt and ashes should be kept where the hogs can help themselves. If they can have all they want when they want it better health and thrift can be maintained. One of the beet ways of keeping a auppiy is to have a box or small trough in one uorner of the feeding floor in which a supply can be kept, replenishing as often as may be. ne0eseary. There is no danger of them eating too much. It is only when salt is occasionally used that there is any danger of hogs eating more than is beet for them. In addition to good pasturage and plenty of good water it is very essential to the comfort of the dairy cow to have good Made. They should be able to satisfy their appetites in a reasonable time and then have a comfortable shade under which they. can lie down and ohew their Duds contented. ly. A good dairy cow ie naturally a'quiet animal, and the more comfortable she can be made the more and better milk she will give. If there are not good trees growing in thepasture to supply good shade it will be a goad plan to put up a cheap shed under which the Bowe can lie during the' hottest part of the day. Almon anything ie better than compelling them to stand out in the hot sun all day. In nearly all oases where the teama are at work,eteadily every dayit will be beet to give them a short rest occasionally dor. ing the day. When•thie hi done, in order to give them the full benefit poll the col- lars away well from the ehoulders so its to allow them to cool off as much as possible, It will help materially to avoid gelled shoulders if they are washed well with strong salt water both at noon and at night, when brought to the stables. It will even pay to remove the harness at noon. Ie only requires a few minutes' work to do this, and the larger benefit the animals will de. rive from their noon's rest will make it a profitable labor. In moth localities there is plenty of fruit this year, yet because there 10 plenty is no reason why Buy should be wasted. Better let the hogs or sheep eat the fallen fruit' than to allow it to lie under the trees and rot. Sheep will eat up all kinds of apples more cleanly then hogs, but they may take a notion at toy' time to gnaw the bark. In order to avoid ,hie the stems of the trees should el( be washed or painted with soft soap. In many casae a good plan is to have 'the orchard arranged so as to shut out the stock at any time that it may be considered best, Then the ,heat of tho fallen fruit can bepieked up and used 1f needed and then the stock he turned in to eat what, is left: Some plan at least shook] be followed so that there will be no waste. Stirring the Cream. One of the most importantiteree in the making of a good quality of butter is the proper and uniform ripening of the cream.. On the average farm rho cream for several milkings must be put together in order to make a sufficient quantity to.ohurn tooth. or. It ie important that all of the cream bo ripened uniformly if all of the butter is DIM off the oream hence' not ash cream r cam , hould he added to what is already ripen- ing ing for twelve haute before churning Every Hine fresh oream is added the whole should be stirred thoroughly together, A long wooden paddle that will roach t* the bot- tom of the vessel should he used, earl the `Stirring should ►1e given with a rather - upward, lifting merlon that will bring Oho bottom oream to the top rather than a stirring merlon that will start the oream in a o railer motion around the vessel, The idea is to mix the old and new thoroughly together. This =et be done every tilme fresh cream is added. A thorough mix•ng of the orepm secures a uniform ripening, and in churning all of the butter comes aro gnoo,eo that nope le lest in the buttermilk, as is often the ease When no particulereare is taken on ,hie point„ Cream should be thoroughly ripened, but should not be. el. lowed to become sour, Slightly aoid is the right condition, and the more fully Ohio (condition is eeoured the easier will be the (Morning, the more thoroughly the butter will all bo taken out of the oream, and the better the quality of the butter. The mane' agement of the oream is the assented, item in the making of good butter and it should bo skimmed off while the milk ie eweot, kept at an even temperature while ripen- ing, and ripened es uniformly as poseible, and then churned as soon as alightly acid. SMALLEST GUNNER IN THE WORLD Though Not an Inch Long Ile Fired a Rig Gun and Dleconcereed,a British colony, Cape Town, South Africa, claims the honor of giving birth to the smallest area. ture ever known to become a gunner in the Royal Artillery, or any other artillery in the whole world. At the Castle, Cape Town there is a maguif seat gun worked by eleo trioity,ueed for giving the midday and even ' ing time. One fine day all the military and civilians in Cape Town were astonished to hear the gun go off at 10.30 (a the morning an hour and a half before the proper time, Miming the usual hour for firing.. Mermen - gore came from the General commanding the station,the Brigade elajor,eommanding officers of each regiment and battery stationed in Cape Town, and from every body interested, but the answer was that no person had been near the gun, nor had anybody interfered with the wires, battery or souroefrom which it utas fired, All the officials were fearfully puzzled at the extraordinary 000urrenee,bat could give no - explanation whatever. The General in command of the station became fulieue and said that there was mismanagement some- where,and gave orders for a strict search to be made by the officials' for, the guilty party. Search was made, but nothing resulted to throw any light on the extraordinary affair, although the greatest possible pains were taken to solve the mystery. They had practically given the search up, when sud- denly the news mane from the officials stating that the culprit had been caught and arrested. It seems the eleotrio current for firing off the gun is supplied by the • Royal Observatory's! Cape Town, and goes there by means of an instrument known as a relay that is in the central telegraph office of the station, the dietanoe being about 500 yards. The aotion of the current going through the instrument's main 100000 a sort of light tongue, which is very finely set, go fine that the least little thing would affect it. This forges the ourrent directly into what they term the time fusee, willed] have the power of firing the gun at the Castle. On examining the instrument one of the official, found s big browa spider inside. It appears that while having an exploring- trip xploringtrip around the instrument the unfortunate. spider must have touohed this tongue suffi- ciently to move it, and consequently it fired off the gun. The General commanding- the ommandingthe station sent the spider to the Cape Town Museum, where he is now to be Been with a card underneath him entitling him the "Little Gunuer," and giving a full account of his adventure with the Cape Town middway time gun, whish proved his toot adventure, however, CHENGTU TROUBLES. An eftfctal Despatch. Announcing the Safety of the Titesionarieo—Much Pro. petty Destroyed. According to a special despatch from Shanghai the lose of property as a result of the recent rioting at Chengtu, Kiating, and Yoehing amounts to several million dollars. The Chinese officials, it ie added, headed by the Viceroy of the Province of Szahuen, openly enoouroged the mobs to all sorts of outrages. and the petitions of foreigners for protection were refused. A deepatoh from Shanghai says that the English, French, Canadian, and American missions were wrecked at Chengtu, Kiating, Yachon, Pingehan, and Sinking. Some of the missionaries are missing, but no lives are known to have been lose Suifu and Luchou are threatened. A riot is consider ed inevitable at Chung King. All the whites left Chengtu. A firm policy is now more than ever neceaeary. The following cablegram, from the Rev. J. R. Hykee, at Shanghai, was reoeived at the office . of the Now York Methodist. Missionary Society:—"Property at Ohengtu destroyed. Missionaries all safe." "These' advices, said Dr, Baldwin, the recording secretary of the moiety, "are ot]loial, and while confirming the reports of .property lose, should eat at rest the rumens of the maesaore of tniseionaries, There was ao massacre." Whole Family Is Crazy. An entire family of seven were taken into custody in Cleveland the other day, charged with ;enmity. The family omelets - of Henry Bcohwold, the father ; Olierlotte Buohwold, his wife, mud two grown dough. ters,'Evo and Emma., and three anutll chil- dren. All the members of the family are among believers in the spiritualistic faith, and nave been locked in their home at Beaver street, for over,a week, holding wild- ly insane spiritualiotio seances. One of the daughters is laboring under the Italluciva• tion time elle is a spirit, and another mem. ber of the family that the eptrit must die. The spirit was perfectly wil0ng to be sacrificed, but the arrival el the sheriff's odlleero prevented them from carrying out theirinean0 ideas; The Baldy. In ease of collo apply hot cloths to the feet and *Memel). Give Olio little ones a drink of pure water two or three times a day, This will prevent sore mouth. Keep the tiny feetalwayo warm Woelon socks with long tops securely fastened will be ,better during the day than the pinning blanket, winch can be teed et night.