The Brussels Post, 1895-7-19, Page 2TEE
stLY 19, 18O
HEART TO HEART` ;
OR, LOVE'S UNERRING QIIOIQE,
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Brilliant sunshine was flooding the fa Both Were expellant dancers, sod, much as
lawns and gardens of the Marham Abbey,
and pouring its rays upon, motley groups
of people met there to celebrate the
birthday festivities of the young heiress.
In the park were three large marquees
with pennons,, on which, were emblazoned
Hilda's monogram and the ooat-of-arms
of the proud rano from which she sprang,
Within wore =bleu decorated with pro.
fueiona of fruit apd powero, and loaded
with . danties, The squire's intimate
friends had been told off to do duty as
stewards, and now, decorated with
rosettes of blue and silver, they were
buoy marshalling the gueata into the
eats allotted for them. The farmers,
their wives and families, in one tent, the
poorer tenantry in another, and the vil-
lagers in a third. A. military band from
Windsor was discoureing sweetest music
to the high-born guests aseembled on the
lawn, immediately in front of the Abbey,
while the local Temperanoe band was busy
performing "The roaetbeef of Old England
in the neighborhood of the tents.
Roger Montacute, who headed the vil•
lagere''table, and was doing his beet to
attend to the wants of, the guests, who
were, performing wonders in the demolition
of gigantic sirloins and rounds of beef,
mighty barna, tender fowls and ducks
washed down with tankards of Old October,
and finishing their repast with such trifles
as plum pudding, jellies, blano•mangesand
pounds of cherries and strawberries. But
all things come to an end in time, and the
birthday feast was no exception to the
rule. The speeches had been made, the
toasts proposed and duly honored, and
Roger was free at last to seek repose from
hie labors in the society of his beloved
Hilda,
The luncheon for the visitors who were
staying at the Abbey, and those from the
neighborhood who had joined the party,
had been served in the great hall at 2
o'clock. Roger looking at his watch, and
finding it was nearly half•past 4, knew
that be would have to seek for Hilda in
the grounds. It was rather like the pro-
verbial search sof a needle in a bundle of
hay, he thought, as he passed group after
group of pleasure -seekers without catching
a glimpse of Hilda's white gown and redi-
ant face.
Some were dancing quadrilles, under the
hot sun, to the music of the local band,
while a group of village lade were amusing
themselves with " Aunt Sally," which
Hilda has providedfor their entertainment.
At laat,.cpon a level stretch of greensward,
the centre of a group of village school
children, and attended by Maria Heath-
cote and Nigel Wentworth, he found the
lady of kis love. She was busily employed
in distributing varioue pretty and useful
prizes for which the eager children had
been raping, but desisted from her oceupma
tion when she caught sight of Roger, The
leamiug smile with which she greeted
him, and her fond look of affection, was
gall and wormwood to the proud, passionate
heart of Wentworth, and it was with diffi•
culty he could call his usual " society"
smile to his lips, while in hie heart a raging
demon of lust and envy was let loose.
" Now, Hilda," said Montaoute, " I
think I have done my duty well today,
and deserve a cup of tea, which was being
taken on to the terrace when I left the
tent, So come with me," he said offering
Me arm, which she instantly accepted,
saying as she did BO
"Mr. Wentworth, will you bring Mies
Heathcote to have some tea? I am sure she
needs it after her exertions,"
And Nigel had no alternative but to
offer hie arm to the vicar's charming
daughter, and follow in the wake of the
others to the lawn,
A distinguished company of "the county
people" were gathered upon the terrace,
flirting, drinking tea and languidly watch•
ing a number of the village lades and basses,
who were danoing a wonderful set of come,
try dances, which seemed to have no end,
and which evidently required a good deal
of exertion, •o judge by the Hushed aoun•
tenancea of the girls, and the moist and
perspiring aspect of their ewaine.
"Poor dear things 1" said Maria to Mr.
Wentworth, ae they mounted the terrace
steps, "isn't it quite too delightful to see
them enjoying themselves 1—so Arcadian,
yon know! But how warm the dear crea-
tures look, don't they?" ahe said, as she
sank into a garden chair and accepted a
cupof tea from a gentleman who stood
near.
And so the afternoon waned and the
golden moon rose slowly over the tree tope,
and a gentle breeze sprang up, laden with
the perfume of myriads of Summer flowers
which cooled the heated waltzere and gave
fresh impetus to the dancers on the lawn;
and the tents, where plenty of ale and
sparkling cups of all kinds of refreshing
beverages were to be obtained, where
thronged with the thirsty crowd, who had
made up their minds to enjoy to the utmost
their share of the festival, for e t 10 o'clock
it was understood that the park was to be
.leared,and several of the county police
force were on the spot to assist in clearing
the grounds ere the ball, to which all the
neighborhood wee invited, commenced. And
now the barouohea and landaus of the
county maguatee began to roll through the
park gates and along the avenue to the
great hall dooreewhere Hilda, looking love,
liar than ever in her white satin gown
adorned with costly lace and eprayeof
stephanotis, her fathor'e birthday gift of
opals and diamonds gleaming among her
golden tresses and clasping her white
throat and arms stood by the side of the
proud and happy Squire to receive the
guests. Then came the officers' drag from
Windsor and the Abbey oarriagee which
had gone to meat the special train convey-
ing Hilda's London friends, and soon the
flower•be• decked hall was filled with a
throng of beautifully dressed women and
highbred men, and the strains , of the
exquisite bandfboated through the air,while
Byes looked love to eyes that Anoka again
And all wont marry as -a marriage boll
The early part of the evening was passed
by Hilda in dancing sundry "duty danoos"
with the Berkshire dquiroe, who ware
among her: fether'soldestfriends, and ehe
was resting for a few minutes in the
conservatory, which woe lighted with
colored lamps and furnished with luxur•
ions lounged, when Nigel Wentworth
approached end requested the honor of her
hand for the waltz whiah was just coin.
t'lt,iencing. RatherunwillinglyBilda roan and
she disliked Nigel, Hilda could not but
enjoy her waltz, and they danced till the
leaf bar died away gently on the air.
" You look pale," said Nigel, hie deep
voice taking a tender tone. ' Come into
the library and rest a while," leading
her into the dim, deserted room 'as he
spoke.
The great oriel window Wee open,and the
cool, perfumed night air gently stirred the
curtains of heavy green velvet which drap-
ed the lofty window. The brightbeame of
the moon were throwing fantastic patterns
on the polished oak floor, avhich was, only
covered' in the middle 'of the room by a
carpet of rich Persian dyes. The huge
apartment, lit only by cluster's otwax
candles in silver soonoee get against the
wall, had 'a weird' aspect viewed in the
shadowy light,and Hilda shuddered with a
nervous feeling, for which she could not
account, at,she entered.
" What is the matter, Miss Deloraine?
Are you cold ?" asked Wentworth, press-
ing closer to hie side the little trembling
hand.
"No, I am not oold,'rejoined Hilda,
drawing away her hand and sinking down
upon a velvet•covered easy chair by the
open window. " I felt an uncanny feeling
as if somebody was walking over my grave,
she said, trying to force a laugh, ae she
glanced up In the dark, passionate face of
her fathers trusted friend.
1' I brought you in here, Miss Determine,"
said Nigel, seating and trying to possess
himself of her bend," to tell you something
that 1 can keep to myself no longger. I
love you, Hilda—ah, so passionately that
I cannot remain longer in this state of
uncertainty. Hilda, dearest, beat beloved,
I know I am unworthy of you, but wit,
you be my wife ?"
" Mr. Wentworth 1" exclaimed Hilda
indignantly, " surely you are read, What
encouragement have I ever given you to
speak to me in this manner ?"
"None," replied Wentworth, gloomily,
"but surely you cannot be angry- with the
love which your own beauty, your own
sweetness has called into life ?"
"But I am angry," replied the girl,
" and I consider you forget yourself
strangely to speak to me in this man.
ner."
"Oh, Hilda," he exnlaimed, his voice.
taking an agonized too° as he noted the
girl's look of aversion, "for Heaven's sake
do not crush all my hopes. Give me time
to try and win the one prize I care for in
this world," striving as he spoke to clasp
her in his arms.
Neither now nor in the future will I
listen to you Mr. Wentworth, and I repeat
that I consider you have been guilty of
great presumption in speaking to me at all
upon ouch a subject."
For Hilda, in all the pride of her youth
and beauty, considered there was an nn -
measurable distance between herself and
her father's lawyer, and had no pity for
the agony of the man whom she had always
disliked.
Wentworth saw in a moment that the
game was up, which he would freely have
perilled hie soul to win, and, stung to
madness by Hilda's look of scorn, forgot
the caution which was apart of his nature,
as he exclaimed
"I have to thank Mr. Montacute for
this destruction of all my cherished
hopes. I know full well that he is your
favored lover, but let Roger Montacute
look to himself, for, by Heaven, I will not
stand tamely by and ea my happiness
shattered by a country bumpkin like him-
self. Oh, Hilda," he'e.dded, en pleading,
passionate tonne, "don't be so cruel; there
le no one who can love you more than I
do."
"I am ' Hilda' only CO my friends, Mr,
Wentworth ; to all else I am ' Midi Delo-..
raine," said the young girl, with cutting
irony. "And let me assure you that were
there no Mr. Montacute is the world I
should still have refused the honor you
would offer me. I am sorry for your dis-
appointment, but you have brought it on
yourself. Doubtless you will soon forget
my refusal to bestow on you my hand and
fortune.'
This unlooked for and, in truth, uncle.
served insult—for had Hilda been utterly
penniless, Nigel Wentworth would still
have longed to make her hie wife—roused
all that was evil in the man's nature, and
catching her to his breast as she stood be-
fore hi:n, he preened a burning kiss upon
her lips, exclaiming as he did so :
" You will never be Roger Mdntacate'e
wife, Hilda, for by heaven, if you refuse
my love I will be revenged, and you know
not my power over you, proud girl, or you
would never defy me thus openly 1"
And holding her so tightly in hie arma
that she felt against his bosom the beating
of his stormy heart, he rained down pas.
donate kisses upon her lips, which she was
powerless to resist, and then, loosing her
from his arms, he turned away and quitted
the room.
father eetepmed and treetedpNigel, and site regained suflioient consciousness to feel the
could not hear to be the oause'p1 SOPS-
ratingMID from his friend, She bed,
thereore, on rho rem occasion of Want,
worth's visite Odle Abbey, met him as if
nothing bad happened to disturb the
serenity of their'lnberpcuree, though elle'
had carefully avoided ever being left alone
e he should
1u
as she was fear ul ss
with
f
th him
again urge hie suit upon her. He had
arrived at the Abbey on the preceding
evening, briuging with him the marriage
settlements, which were to be signed that
evening by the bride and bridegroom,
Several of the gnats who were to attend,
the marriage were staying at the Temple
with Mrs, Palmer ; othere were eispeoted
to arrive at the Abbey in time for dinner,
so Limit Hilda knew, as oho took tier way
across the park with Maria, that this
would in all probability bo the last mil.
dential chat she would have with her old
friend.. •
Where is Mr. Wentworth today,
13ilda 1" asked Maria, as they crossed the
ivy.00vered bridge that spanned the moat,
The young lady would have been by
no means averse to a chat with Nigel,
who °oald, when he pleased, make himeelf
eminently fascinating to the fair sex, and
rather resented his withdrawing himself
from their society.
"He has gone to meet papa, dear," ansa
wered Hilda. "He seemed at a loss what to
do with himaeelf this afternoon, ao I suggest-
ed that means of occupying hie time.'
"Where is the sqjuire?" asked Maria.
"He rode into Windsor thin morning,"
rejoined Hilda. "I expect we shall find him
at home when we return,"
"And Roger?"
"And Roger also."
They had by this time reached the door
of the church, which stood open, and the
twq girls entered.
'Oh, how exquisite I" exclaimed Marla
looking down the nave with a critical air
And, indeed, the church did look beauti.
ful, seen in the golden westering light that
shone through the partly painted window,
and flung its rich colors upon the marble
pavement The pillars were wreathed with
rioh scarlet and white camellias, while font
and pulpit, altar and reredos—aye,even the
tombs in the burial chapel' itself—were
adorned with profusions of riob hot house
blossoms i the cross over the altar was
formed of orange flowers and step-
hanotis, which exhaled' a subtle perfume
as the girls stood in.the chancel admiring.
the effect ofthe beautifulold church decked
for the bridal. As Hilda stood silent,
listening to Maria's gay chat, the ring of
,pure was heard upon the time -worn
marble pavement, and Roger . Monta-
oute, hie tall form clad in riding dress,
advanced to meet the girls.
"How did you know we were here
Roger ?" asked Hilda, aa her lover clasped -
her hand in hie.
"I have been to the Abbey, dear," he
replied, "and Macon told me where you
were gone. Come, Hilda you can look et
all this to -morrow," headded, with a glance
of fond passlondown at the girl's blushing
face, "Come away, now; it is freezing
sharply, and will be bitterly cold before
the sun seta.
Hilda took Ms offered arm with an
answering smile, and together the lovers
and Maria left the churoh.
A few hours later Hilda stood in the
drawing -room chatting to her guests and
waiting the return of her father, it being
already past the dinner hour.
"How lovely ahe hooka,' thought Roger,
as his eyes rested on her radiant face
and queenly figure, set off by the
quaint dress of Indian cashmere of 1, deep
Venetian red, the long velvet waistcoat,
tight sleeves and skirt a mass of gold braid
and embroidery. How hie heart throbbed
when he remembered that in e. few short
hours this peerlese beauty wouldbe hie own
forever, Ah 1 Roger, reoollect the old
proverb of the oup and the Hp, and be not
too sure that the bliss which seems within
your grasp to•nightwill ever be your own.
A rustle in the hall, plainly heard through
the open drawing -room door, caused Hilda
to exclaim gladly :
"Ah 1 there's papa returned at last,"
And she was leaving the room to welcome
her father when she was met upon the
threshold by Nigel Wentworth. He wore
hie riding dress and was white and agitate
ed.
"Where ie papa ?" she asked surprised
at hie excited manner. Then, ae Went-
worth took her hand to lead her back into
the drawing -room, she exclaimed : "Some-
thing is the matter 1 What is it? Where
is my father ?"
"Mr. Montacute," Nigel cried out,
"pray come here ;interpose your authority.
Mies Daloraine cannot go to the Squire
now."
"But I will go 1" cried Hilda, snatching
her hand from Nigel's bold, and before
either of the gentleman could prevent her
she had rushed from the room.
Hark 1 What was that appalling shriek
Mitt echoed through the hall, causing the
company in the drawing -room to turn pale
and hurry helter-ekelter there to learn the
cause of that dreadmend? It was goon
accounted for. In the centre of a group of
terrified servsnte, stretched upon the table
of the hall, lay the body of the Squire,
and it was plain enough to the moat care-
less observer that life was extinct. His
faithful groom stood bolding his master's
fast stiffening band and sobbing like a
child, while the unhappy Hilda was lying
face downward screen her father's body,
without sense or motion. She had become
insensible immediately after uttering that
cry of horror which had pierced the, ears of
the listeners in the drawing -room.
"For Heaven's sake, get her away and
clear the ball," said the doctor, who - had
been hastily summoned,
And Roger, lifting bhe form of hie darling
in Ma arms, carried her to her own room,
where he reaigued her to the oaro of her
maid and the housekeeper, returning to.
the hall to hear the verdict of the medical
man, It was soon known ; all human aid
wag unavailing. A falee gap of hie horse
upon the slippery avenue had flung his
rider headlong upon the hard road at the
foot of the terraoo steps, and it woe a
corpse which the frightened groom and
Nigel Wentworth aerial into the hall,
never more to re-echo to Mark Deloraine's
genial voice and manly tread. In after
years, Montacute could never remember
the °yenta of that awful night without
a shudder, The corpse of the master of: the
Abbey woo in the dining.room awaiting the
inqueetln the midst of wreathe and atande
of bright flowers, costly plate and all the
splendld'paraphernalia that had been got
together. to celebrate the wedding festival.
The guests had all taken their departure
from the house of mourniog; all save
Marin Heathcote, who remained with her.
unhappy friend, and' Nigel Wentworth,
to whom everybody looked for advice, aid
and aseiatenee, , Hilda remained through-
out the whole of the day which
was to have been her bridal' in a
state of somi•etttpor, induced by the
composing draughts which the deo tor
had administered to her, and the inquest
was over, the body of the poor Squire
placed in his coffin, and the day of the
funoraldxed, before the Wretched girl had
full force of the blew whioli was fated to
shatter all her dreams of happiness,
(To DN OONyaxuED.)
QUEEN VICTORIA'S C130WSi,
r.
Thousands gt gnntta or Ulntttonde nail Come ere t.
1t
et, and It is Very Unoontroctable.
In the tower of Landon is kept the Queen's
Drown, the diadem used at her ooronaeiou
in 1838, It is composed of very ancient
relics, but is a very modern oompoeition,
having been made by the firm of Rundle h
Bridge, and Completed in the year 1838.
The crown is oonetruoted of jewels taken
from old crowns, and.other atones provided
by her Majesty, It ooneiste of emeralds,
rubies, sapphires, pearls ,and diamonds,
The atones which are set in gold and silver,
encase a orimeon velvet cap with a border
of ermine, the whole of `the interior being
lined with the finest white silk.
Above the orimeon` border on the lower
edge of the band ie a row of 129 pearls.
Round the upper part of the bond is a
border of 112 pearls. In the front, station•
ed between the two borders of pearls, is a
huge sapphire, purohaeed by George 1V.,
set in the mitre of valuable pearls, At
the bank, in the same position, le another
but smaller sapphire.
The aides are adorned with three sap-
phires, and between these are eight enter.
aids. Above and below the sapphires,
extending all round the orown, are placed
at intervals fourteen large diamonds,
the eight emeralds being encircled by
clusters of diamonds', 128 in number. Be-
tween the emeralds and sapphires are six-
teen ornaments, each contesting of eight
diamonds. Above a circular bend are eight
sapphires, set separately, encircled by eight
diamoddf. Between eaohof these eight
aapphires are eight festoons of eighteen
diamonds eaoh. "
In front of the crown is a diamond Malt-
ese cross,in the centre of which glistens the
famous ruby given to Edward I. by Don
Pedro the Cruel. This ie the stone which
,adorned the helmet of. Henry V. at the
battle of Agincourt. The centre of the
ruby is hollowed out, and the space filled,
in a000rdence with the Eastern oustom,with
a smaller ruby, The Maltese cross is
formed of seventy-five splendid diamonds.
At each of the sides and at the back is
a Maltese areas with emerald' centres, con-
taining respectively 132, 124, 130 sparkling
diamonds.
Level with the four Maltese crosses, and
stationed between them are four ornaments
shaped like the fleur-de"lie,with four rubies
in the oentre,and surrounded by diamonds,
containing 85,86, and 87 diamonds. From
the Maltese crosses spring four imperial.
arches, oomposed' of oak leaves and dia-
monds. The leaves areformed of 728
diamonds ; 32 pearls represent the acorns
and 54 diamonds the cups.
From the upper part of the imperial
arches hang suspended four large pendant -
shaped pearls
endant-shapedpearls set in diamond cups,each cap'
being formed of twelve diamonds,thestems
from each of the four hanging pearls being
incrusted with twenty-four diamonds.
Above the arab is the mount,which is made
of 438 diamonds. The zone and aro are
represented by thirty-three diamonds. On
the summit of the throne is a cross, which
has for its centre a rose -cut sapphire set in
the centre of fourteen large diamonds.
Altogether the crown compromises one
large ruby, one large sapphire, twenbysix..
smaller sapphires, eleven emeralds, four
rubies,1,303 brillianta,l,273 rose diamonds,
four pendent -shaped pearls, and 273 small,
er pearls.
I1 is the heaviest and moat uncomfortable
diadem of any crowned head in Europe.
CHAPTER V.
OYPRDS OIL ORANGE BLOSSOMS?
" Can you spare halt an hour to eom.
down to the church and see what you think
of the decorations?" asked Maria Heatbaote
one bitterly eold day in January, as she
entered Hilda's pleasant morning -room,
where that young lady was busy examining
the contante of sundry boxes and packages.
" Are those some .more of your things,
dear ?" taking up some dainty triflee whiah
Hilda's maid was takiog out of a box
marked with the name of the great "Elise."
" I thought everything was packed 9"
" Oh, no, Maria, hot everything ; only
those that I am going to take with me;
but letus go down to the churoh, dear. I
am rather tired and stupid this morning,
and the air will revive me. Fetch my fur
coat and :nit, Perkins," she odded, turning
to her maid.
And in a few minutes the two girls were
atoning the park together.
it was the ave of Hilda Deloraine'a
marriage. The next morning would sec
her plight her vows to 7Roger Montacute,
and in all the kingdom there was no hap-
pier woman that day than Mare Deloraine s
daughter. The amine of her love had run
upon velvet, Both the squire and tiles.:
Palmer had been delighted at the engage -
merit. Roger's frank, manly, pleasant'
disposition had long endeared him to Del•
oraine, and Mrs. Palmer was rejoiced that
her nephew should marry so .wealthy and
beautiful a girl as Hilda, and one, too,
whose birth and lineage were irreproach•
able. Mrs. Palmer would never have
tolerated a mesallianee for that beloved
nephew. Hilda had never breathed a word.
to her father' concerning the painful edema
whit= had takeniean between herself and
\7 r. Wentworth oli the night of her birth.
day ball. She knew hoW greatly her
AN ELASTIC NUT
Which Seeing To Take the Place or tie
So -Called. Yock•Nttt.
This ingeni ous device is designed to do
away with the necessity of putting two
nuts on a bolt that is to be kept tightly in
place. The old plan was to put on one
PRACTICAL, FARbtM1NG.
How to Rempdel a Barn.
There is same oontroverey oncoming
the oomparative value of a bank er base.
mint barn, and one built :on level ground.
Having used both 'I candidly believe
that farmers who eontemplabe building
pf our acqual i1nce use bran for a .pant of
the divisor. It is a stronger feed than the+
same weight of bay, and with the bran the
hay part of the ration may be reduced to
aft or eight pounds per day,
For feeding in bulk, plover hay he object.
ed to by many farmers Weaver) it is ]tabun
LO be duoby. It is go doh in nitrogen that
it heats very easily if bad weather 000uro
while the clovr ie curing, aud inthe'
barn there is apt to be gems heating of
decor hay in the mow. Horses are very
fond of clover and wiltorge thotU
'selves on it ee as to be unfit to do hard
work. ilut fort d ' used th,
moistened Dorn anoud oatmefeeatol abend bran,withe
clover hay is very much better than le
timotlly, and a lose number of pounds will
bo needed to keep the horeep isgood con-
dition for working.
Cut oorn stalks are not good to mix with.
porn and oatmeal and bran as cut feed.
Nor should they be fed at any time unless
moistened with water, The stalks are very
laxative, and if fed to working horses wil
diminish their etleetiveneoe. It is, how•
ever; a' good thing to feed idle horsee is
the winter with a part ration of cornstalks
each day, changing this when the horses.
"are set to work to a ration of cut hay and
grain meal. It is very important that the
working teams shall be ready to do their
best six days in the week. In this way
only can the work be pushed so as to make
11 cost as little, as possible for the results..
attained..
TOE OLD BARN, TDB REMmonretD OND.
a new or remodeling an old barn will . not
be sorryif they choose ono with a base-
ment. It ie economical, warm, and if well,
ventilated '}sill be moot comfortable for
stook, Do not give the fodder direotly
from the floor above,, but have epaaious
alleys, wide enough to but
feed for one or
two days. Have boxes in the basement
for grain, also a couple of good oats for
°stobing rats and mine.
The dimensions of a barn are not meson.
tial in a plan. Build according to your
needs. , Divide the stall room coat will
give you the best service. Allow five feet
in single stalls for horses, and three feet
for cattle. The illustrations .show my
original barn, and also the remodeled and
enlarged structure. I raised the old barn.
on an 8•foot stone wall on three sides of
•10 0 Cr stn„
inn ,,n,u
Bow
xonnt F!,
110 3. GROUND PLA.' OF TAIN R$drODELED
DARN.
the rectangle,' then boarded, betened and
prepared the other side as shown in the
plan. It is very satisfactory now, and I
have no doubt that'' many barna in the
central west can be greatly improved at
comparatively email expense. Fig 1 is the
old barn, Fig 2 is the same after it had
been placed upon the atone wall •and
remodeled,Fig 3 to the ground plan showing
the arrangement of the atolls.
For tying cattle, I find a elinin' moat
satisfactory. In my stalls I place a 2x4
inch scantling, with rounded edgesto
permit the free working up and down of
the chain. One end of this scantling is
fastened to the top of the partition and
the other to top of manger in a slanting
manner. The chain placed about this
scantling and the neck -of the animal,allowe
plenty of room while eating and lying
down,.but keeps the animals in place. My
eow stalls have e 6.inch drop, the length of
stall varying to correspond tothe length of
the cattle. They are double, - with a
partition in the manger, so that eaoh
animal has his own food. This is au im-
portant point where animals of different
ages are stabled together. In all well.
regulatedetebles,a good boxetall,acceasible
from both cow and borne barn is desirable.
This feature wili be found in the aoeom'
panying plan.
nut, and then another to aeep the first one
from unscrewing, the second nut being
called the jam -nut or lookenut.
The elastic nut, however, 'looks itself.
It is made from spring steel, being out
from a bar and then bent into a ring, the
ends joining in a dovetail split. The ring
is then pressed into hexagon shape and
tapped a trifle smaller than .its bolt, eo
that, when it is wrenched nn the split
opens slightly, making a firm and coo..tent
hold on bhe bolt.
Dangers of Spiritualism.
Rations for Work Horses.
It is undoubtedly true that a great
majority of farm horses loose much of
their effectiveness as workers from lack of
proper feeding. It is too much the habit
of farmers to sell themselves short of grain
or to use it mainly for fattening stook
They sell what will sell most readily, re.
serving for their .team hay and often a
straw ration, supplemented with a very
little grain. To get along with as light a
feeding of grain as possible is very poor
economy. Help is dear, and the farmer
who hoe hired a good man at high wages
cannot afford to have his effeotivensas
diminished.
Even when hay is plentiful it should
never be fed in large quantities to horses
at work. Itis too bulky in proportion to
its nutriment, and the effect of overloading
the stomach is to greatly diminish the
effeabivenees of what nutrition the ration
contains. There must be enough bulk to
make the grainmeal porous, so that the
gastric juices of the stomaehoan eaten the
ration. Any more bulk than this for a
working horse ie injurious. When street
oars were run by horses it was the aim of
the company to get as much work as
possible out of them. Large horses weigh-
ing 1,200 pounds or more were preferred.,
The tation of such horses was sixteen
da of aorn'and oats ground and mixed
A repdrt which just mimes from Gabble)Italy, affords a fresh illustration of the
risks encountered by weak•minded people'.
who attend such reunions. A lady named
Manolava,the wife of a professor in a public
eohool in the town, was persuaded that she
could, by attending a seance, oommuniaate
with the spirit of herdeceasedson. The
"medium" made certain preparations, and
when the moment name for the spirit to
appear flames and sulphurous fumes were
sees issuing from a black cabinet. The
lady felt so persuaded that her eon was
suffering for hie eine in the lower regions
that she boa= stark mad,anditisthought
she will never recover. Like many public
exhibitone of the same e1aa8, this "medium"
had varioue era for misleading and deceiv-
ing his guileless audiences. In the case of
Madame Manolava he overshot the mark,
and the rooultwill be a prosecution which
will exoito no little puddle Interest. It ie'
to be hoped that it will have the effoot of
helping in some measure to chook oxhibi•
tions by persons who are thorough-paoed
eharlatane,
Comrades.
Something ought to be Bono to prevent
thee° two lunatics from going out rowing
together, exclaimed the nervous woman.
Don't mind 'em madam, replied the by.
dander, Eaoh is in good company. Ono
of 'em 10 the,man who reeks the boat and
the other is the man who wants to see how
far (rem sherd he can swim,
pours
with sixteen pounds of finelycut hay.
This was given at three feeds, morning,
noon and night, but divided so as to give
the largest feed at night after the day's
work was done. On thie ration•nearly all
street ear horses would gain. But for the
fact that the horses' feet would be battered
by hard pavements, horses so fed could be
kept at ebreet oar work until they grew
too old for further service,
Most farmers feed much more heavily
than this, but it is usually with nearly
double the amount of hay and very little
ggrain. Livery men want to feed their
horses so as to make faster time than the
street oars. Their ration has "a greater
proportion of concentrated food, and it
may bo extended with bright chopped etraw
or wheat bran. This last makes an excellent
divisor of meal, and it has greeter nutritive
value than hay. Fine wheat middlings
are also excellent for working horses, but
the middlings must be mixed with a
considerable amount of out hay or straw to
prevent it from massing iu the etomnoh
and causing colic. Over feeding while
working will, in most horses, cause
diarrhoea, and thfe rapidly deoreaees
strength, On the oontrary,with a nourishing
but rather small ration the horse will be
somewhat costive, and ` will require an
addition of a quarter of a pound of linseed
meal Saturday night, eo that the Sunday
rest will give opportunity for thorough
cleaning.
Oats are much the, best for working
horses, and If ground without/ corn they
will require a very small amount"of out
fend to give them the proper bulk. But as
a feed they are mach marc expensive than
is the mixture of corn and oatmeal, which
10 almost universally used for feeding work.
ing farm horses. A team of homes thus
fed will stand their work and be better
fitted fora day's work after four or five
weeks' steady plowing or cultivating than
they wore at the beginning, Seinefarmers
BLIND MEN'S VICTORIES.
Only the Most Resolute Natures Can Win
Such Battles as These:
A unique career was recently brought
to a close_ in the suburbs of a great Amer!.
won city. It was that of a man totally.
blind from early ohildiopd, who, by force
of an inflexible will, had succeeded in be-
coming a scientific anatomist.
Although deprived of eight, he trained
himself by muscular exercise to be an
athlete. The lose of one sense only strength-
ened his determination to preserve all his
other faculties iu the freshneee of perfection.
His own success iu mueoular exercise
brought a group of young men around him,
and before he was twentyone years old be
was eetraising-master for athletic sponte of
every sort. He opened a gymnasium with
apparatus designed to carry into practice
theories of his own respecting the develop-
ment of the human body.
He taught large classes, led in exercises
of all kinds, and performed the most diffi-
cult feats with unerring accuracy. His
facility in using the apparatus and moving
about the gymnasium was amazing. Visi-
tors could hardly be convinced that the,
expertandfearless teacher was absolutely
sightless.
His gymnasium was gradually converted
into o school of health. By physical exer-
ofae9 conducted .under his supervision, ho
undertook to remedy deformities of body,
and to cure patients afflicted with diseases
of lungs, digestion and disordered Demos,
He became in fact, if not in title, a physi-
cian of recognized skill, and applied many
original theories to the treatment of diseas-
ea, devoting the best years of his life to a
minute study of the mechanism of the
human body, with a view to remedying the
physical defects of other men.
Whether it is the blind boat builder
designing the finest yaobts, or the blind.
entomologiat making scientific discoveries,
or the blind statesman dieauaeing in
Parliament the intricacies of finance and
conducting the most laborious executive
department, only the most resolute natures
can win mob vineries ae these.
Mr. Fawcett, when he met with an
accident in his youth by which he lost his.
sight, was a student with an ardent am-
bition for public life. A weaker nature
would have given up the fight as hopeless,
but with unflinohing courage he followed
the career he had marked out for himeelf.
He continued his study of political economy
by the aid of other men's eyes ; trained his
memory until he could carry complex tables'
of statistics as meetly as other men could'
readthe figures from the printed page, and
achieved great distinction as a university
profeeaor and political leader. So complete
was hie oonquest of infirmity that Mr.
Gladstone was the only man who could
rival him in Parliament in the exposition
of statistical queationa.
" I will remember," wrote Mr. Prescott,
the historian, " the blank despair which I
felt when my literary treasures arrived e.�
and I saw the mine of wealth lying around
me which I was forbidden to explore."
He was virtually, blind, but with uncon-
querable patience he went on with his
work year after year.
LONG AND SHORT OF MARRIAGE.
Tallest and Smallest Couple Ever lisped
ht England.
On May 28, 1884, the wedding of the
shortest man and woman ever married in
England was celebrated in St. James' Hall
at Manchester. The bridegroom was
Francis Joseph Flynn, called " General
Mite," a native of Grdene, in the State of
New Yoril who woo born en Oat. 2, 1864,
and was e�fiibited in Picoadiliy, ab Lon-
don, from Nov. 22, 1880. His height was
21 inches and hie weight was only nine
pcundn. The bride was Mille'Edwards,
who had been exhibited in London in July,
185'2. She u as 15 years old at the time of
her marriago and weighed only seven
pounds,
At the. other extreme Captain Martin
Van Buren Batee, of Kentucky, in the
United States,aud Miss Ann Heinen Swann,
of Nota Scotia, who exhibited themeelvee
together in May, 1871, and were married
at the Church of St. 11.arbin'e-In-the-Fields,
London, on June 17 of that year, were
each about seven feob in height. Another
peculiarity of the letter wedding was that
it was attended as bridesmaid by their
friends, Millie Christine, who hod been
exhibited with theme -Negro twin eistere,
born in North Carolina, its the United:
States,in 1831, who wore united Ma manner
very similar to the brothers known as the
Siamese Twins. These girls were
wholly dostinot in the upper part of their
spinal column and palvis,or beekbono, and
lower part of the body. They eang and
danced wall, and were named the "Two•
Headed Nightingale." Li will, understand-
ing and cenacienoa they were dlatinot, but:
happily „ goy agreed well together, and
were very happy. They were exhibited
in London as lately ae Fob. 17, 1885. At
both of these weddings there woof °onree,
Jo vary large number of 1peotators.,
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