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July 9, 1895
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Ifr}lliant eunehine was flooding 'the fa Both were exgeUept danGere, and much aa.
lawns and gardens of the Marham Abbey, the disliked Nigel, Iiilda ooult1 not but
and pouring its rays upon motley groups enjoy her waltz, and they danced till the
of people met there to celebrate the last her died away gently on the air.
"You look pale," 'laid Nigel, hie deep
birthdayetvities of the young heiress tender tone.Come into
t§ i voice labia e
In the park were three largo marquees the library and rest a while," leading
with pennons, on which were emblazoned her into the dim, deserted room as he
Hilda', monogram and the teat-of•arms spoke.
The great oriel window was open,and the
of the proud rare from which she sprang. cool, perfumed night air gently stirred the
Within were tables decorated with pro. oureatne of heavy green velvet which drap-
fueioas of fruit and fiowero, and loaded ed the lofty window. The bright beam§ of
With :Unties. The squire's intimate the moon were throwing fantattic patterne
iende had been told off to do duty as on there pa n th oak floor, iwhe hr was onlyy
tr covered in the middle 'of the room by a
stewards, and now, decorated with carpet of rich ,Persian dyee. The huge
rosettes of blue and silver, they were apartment,lit only by clusters ofwax
busy marshalling the guests into the candles in silver ammo set against the
seats allotted for them. The farmers wall, bad a weird aspect viewed in the
+` shadowy light,nnd Hilda shuddered with a
their wives and families, in one tent, the nervous feeling, for which the could not
poorer tenantry in another, and the vil• account, ae.ehe entered.
ars in a third. A military band from ` What is the matter, Miss Deloraine ?
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g Are, you cold 1 asked Wentworth, pros -
Windsor wag discoursing sweetest music ing closer to his side the little trembling
to the high-born guests assembled on the hand.
lawn, immediately in front of the Abbey, "No, I am not oold,''relented Hilda,
while the local Temperance band was busy udrawn ing away her rheandand osinking down
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performing min "The ro etbeef of Old England" open window. os' I felt en uncanny feeling
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in the neighborhood of the tante. aeeif somebody was walking over mygrave, °
Roger Montacute, who headed the vii. she said, trying to force a laugh, as she
lagere' table, and was doing his beet to glanced up in the dark, passionate face of
her father's trusted friend.
attend to the wants of, the guests, who"Ibrought you inhere,MieaDeloraine,"
were performing wonders in the demolition said Nigel, seating and trying to possess
of gigantic sirloins and rounds of beef, himself of her hand," to tell you something
that 1 ran keep to myself no longer. I
mighty hams, tender fowls and ducks love you, Hilda—ah, so passionately that
washed down with tankards of OldOotober, I cannot remain longer in this state of
and finishing their repast with such trifles uncertainty. Hilda, dearest, best beloved,
ae pima pudding, jellies, blancmanges and I know 1 am unworthy of yon, but wil,
pounds of cherries and strawberries. But you be my wife ?"
all things come to an audio time, and the " Mr. Wentworth 1" exclaimed Hilda
birthday feast was no exception to the indignantly, " surely you are mad, What
rule. The speeches had been made, the encouragement have I ever given you to
toasts proposed and duly honored, and speak to me in this manner 1"
Roger was free at last to seek repose from "None," replied Wentworth, gloomily,
his labors in the society of his beloved "but surely you cannot be angry, with the
Hilda. love whisk your own beauty, your own
The luncheon for the visitors who were sweetness has called into life 1"
staying at the Abbey, and those from the 'But I am angry," replied the girl,
neighborhood who had joined the party, " and I consider you forget yourself
had been nerved in the great hall at 2 strangely to speak to ma in this man -
o'clock. Roger looking at hie watch, and Der."
finding it was nearly half -past 4, knew "0h, Hilda," he exclaimed, his voice
that he would have to seek for Hilda in taking an agonized tone ae he noted the
the grounds. It was rather like the pro. girl's look of aversion, "for Heaven's sake
verbial search /of a needle in a bundle of -do not crush all my hopes. Give me time
hay, he thought, as he passed group after to try and win the one prize I care for in
group of pleasure -seekers without catching this world," striving ae he spoke to clasp
a glimpse of Hilda's white gown and radi• her in his arms,
ant face. Neither now nor in the future will I
Some were dancing quadrilles, under the listen to you. Mr. Wentworth, and I repeat
hot sun, to the muaic of the local band, that I consider you have been guilty of
while a group of village lads were amusing great presumption in speaking to me at all
themselves with " Aunt Sally," which upon such a subject."
Hilda hos provided for their entertainment, For Hilda, in all the pride of her youth
At laet,.upoa a level stretch of greensward, and beauty, ooneidered there was an un -
the centre of a group of village school measurable distance between herself and
children, and attended by Maria Heath. her father's lawyer, and had no pity for
cote and Nigel Wentworth, he found the the agony of the man whom she had always
lady of hie love. She wan busily employed disliked.
in distributing various pretty and useful Wentworth caw in a moment that the
prizes for which the eager children had game was up, which he would freely have
been racing, but deeieted from her ocoups- perilled his soul to win, and, stung to.
tion when she caught sight of Roger. The madness by Hilda's look of scorn, forgot
beaming smile with which she greeted the caution which was apart of his nature,
him, and her fond look of affection, was ae be exclaimed :
gall and wormwood to the proud, pasaionate "I have to thank Mr. Montacute for
heart of Wentworth, and it was with diffi- this destruction of all my cherished
culty he could pall hie usual "society" hopes, I know full wail that he ie your
smile to hie lips, while in hie heart a raging favored lover, but let Roger Montacute
demon of lust and envy was let loose. look to himself, for, by Heaven, I will not
" Now, Hilda," said Montaoute, " I stand tamely by and see my happineea
think I have done my duty well to -day, shattered by a country bumpkin like him -
end deserve a cup of tea, which was being self. Oh, Hilda," he -added, in pleading,
taken on to the terrace when I left the paeaionete tone-, "don't be an cruel ; there
Sent, So come with me," he said offering is no one who can love you more than I
Gis arm, which she instantly accepted, do."
Baying as Abe did BO t "I am ' Hilda' only to my friends, Mr.
"Mr. Wentworth, will you bring Mims Wentworth; to all else I am ' Mies Delo-,
Heathcote to have aome tea? I am sure she raine," said the young girl, with cutting
needs it after her exertions," irony. "And let me assure you that were
And Nigel had no alternative but to there no Mr, Montaoute in the world I
offer hie arm to the vicar's charming should still have refused the honor you
daughter, and follow in the wake of the would offer me. I am sorry for your die -
others to the lawn. appointment, but you have brought it on
A distinguished company of "the county yourself. Doubtless you will soon forget
people" were gathered upon the terrace, my refined to bestow on you my hand and
flirting, drinking tea and languidly watch- fortune."
ing a number of the village lade and lasses, Thie unlooked for and, in truth, unde-
who were dancing a wonderful set of cone. served insult—for had Hilda been utterly.
try dances, which seemed to have no end, pennileaa, Nigel Wentworth would still
and which evidently required a good deal have longed to make her his wife—roused
of exertion, ao judge by the flushed mum all that was evil in the mane nature, and
tenanoee of the girls, and the moist and catohing her to hie breast as she stood be -
perspiring aspect of their swains. fore him, he pressed o burning kiss upon
"Poor dear things!" said Maria to Mr. her lips, exclaiming as he did so :
Wentworth, as they mounted the terrace " You will never be Roger Mdntacute's
steps, "isn't it quite too delightful to see wife, Hilda, for by heaven, if you refuse
tbem enjoying themselves 7—so Arcadian, my love I will be revenged, and you know;
you know 1 But how warm the dear crew- not my power over you, proud girl, or you
tares look, don't they?" she said, as she would never defy me thus openly 1"
sank into a garden chair and accepted a And holding her so tightly in hie arms
cup of tea from a gentleman who etood that she felt against hie bosom the beating
near. of hie stormy heart, he rained down pas.
And so the afternoon waned and the aionate kisses upon her lips, which she was
golden moon rose slowly over the tree tops, powerless to resist, and then, loosing her
and a gentle breeze sprang up, laden with from his arms, he turned away and quitted
the perfume of myriads of Summer flowere the room.
which cooled the heated waltzer- and gave CHAPTER V.
fresh impetus to the danders on the lawn;
and the tents, where plenty of ale and OYPRna On ORANGE BLOSSOMS ?
sparkling cups of all kinds of refreshing " Can you spare halt an hour to con.
beverages were to be obtained, where down to the church and the what you think
thronged with the thirety crowd, who had of the decorations?" asked Maria Heathcote
made up their minds to enjoy to the utmost one bitterly gold day in January, as she
their share of the festival, for e t ].0 o'clock entered Hilda', pleasant Morning -room,
it was understood that the park was to be where thatyoung lady was busy examining
cleared, and several of the county police the contents of Gundry boxes and packages.
force were on the spot to assist in clearing " Are those some more of your things,
the grounds ere the ball, to which all the dear l" taking up some dainty trifles which
neighborhood was invited, commenced. And Hilda', maid was taking out of a box
now the barouches and landaus of the marked with thename of the great "Elise,"
county magnates began to roll through the " 1 thought everything was packed 0"
park gates and along the avenue to the " Oh, no, Maria, not everything ; only
great hall doora,where Hilda, looking love, those that I am going to take with me;
lier than ever in her white satin gown but latus go down to the church, dear. I
adorned with costly lase and epraye of am rather tired and stupid this morning,
atephanotiay her fathor'e birthday gift of and the air will revive me, Fatah my for
opals and diamonds gleaming among ber aoatand hat, Perkins," oho added, turning
Bolden tresses and clasping her white to her maid.
throat and arms stood by the side of the And in a few minutes the two girls were
proud and happy Squire to receive the crossing rho park together.
guests. Then owe the bfficera' drag from It was the eve of Hilda Deloraine'o
Windsor and the Abbey carriages which marriage. The next morning would see
had gone to meet the special train convey. her plight her vows to Roger Montaoute,
ing ihlda'a London friends, and goon the and In all the kingdom there was no hap
flower.be. decked hall was filled with a pier woman that day than' lark Deloraine's
throng of beautifully dreamed women and daughter. The course of her love had run
highbred men, and the strains ,.of the epee velvet, Both the squire and Mrs.
exquisite i ,,,, Ooated'through theair,while Palmer had been delighted at the engage.
And all wen t merry as a marriage ell
disposition hadlong endeared him to e
father eeteemad and truatedeNigel, and Oa
could not beer to be the 04000 Of sopa-
ratios him from his friend, She had,
therefore, on the rare ocoaalotte of Went,
worth's molts' to the Abbey, met hint ae if
nothing had happened tP dieturb the
eeren}ty of their'lntercourae, though oho
had carefully avoided ever being left alone
with him, as she wee fearful leaf be ehould
again urge his suit upon her. He had
arrived at the Abbey on the preceding
evening, bringing with trim the marriage
settlements, which were to bealfined that
evening by the bride and bridegroom.
Several. of the gueata who were to attend
the marriage were staying at the Temple
'b Mrs. Palmer • others were elt eoted
with M n
to arrive at the Abbey in time for dinner,
so that Hilda knew, ee she took her way
morose the park with Maria, that this
Would in ell probability be the last oond.
dential that she would have with her old
friend.
" Where is Mr.. Wentworth today,
Hilda 1" coked Maria, as they °reseed the
ivy-covered bridge that spanned the moat.
The young lady would have been by
no memo averse to a chat with Nigel,
who could, when he pleased, make himself
eminently faecinating to the fair sex, and
rather reeented hie withdrawing himself
from. thetr'moiety.
"Re has gone to meet papa, dear,"ansa
wered Hilda. "He seemed ata loos what to
do with himself thio afternoon, ao I snpgeet.
ed that means of occupying his time.'
"Where is the squire?" asked Maria.
"He rode into Windsor this morning,"
rejoined Hilda. "I expect we shell find him
at home when we return,"
"And Roger?"
"And Roger also."
They had by thie time reached the door
of the church, which stood open, and the
twq girls entered.
Oh, how -exquisite 1" exclaimed Marla
looking down the nave with a aritioal 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
rich scarlet and white oameliiae, while font
and pulpit, altar and reredoe> aye,even the
tombs in the burial ohapel itself -were
adorned with profusions of rich hot house
bloseornsi 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 beaubifulold ohuroh dolled
for the bridal, As Hilda stood silent,
listening to Maria's gay chat, the ring of
spurs Wae heard upon the time -worn
marble pavement, and Roger Monte.
cute, his tall form olad in. riding dreae,
advanced to meet the girls.
"How did you know we were here
Roger ?" asked Hilda, as her lover clasped
her hand in his.
I have been to the Abbey, dear," he
replied, "and Mason told me where yon
were gone. Come, Hilda you can .look at
all this to -morrow," headded, with a glance
of fond passion down at the girl's blushing
face, "Come away, now; it is freezing
sharply, and will be bitterly cold before
the sun sets,
Hilda took his offered arm with an
answering ,mile, and together the lovers
and Maria left the ohuroh.
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 she looks,' thought Roger,
as his eyes rested on her radiant face
and queenly figure, set off by the
quaint dress of Indian cashmere of a 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 a few abort
hours this peerless beauty would be his own
forever. Ah 1 Roger, recollect the old.
proverb of the cup and the lip, and be not
too sure that the bliss which seems within
your grasp to -night will 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. Ha wore
his riding drain and was white and agitat.
ed.
"Where is papa ?" she asked surprised
at his 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 ?"
"lir. Montacute," Nigel Dried out,
"pray come here ;interpose your authority.
Mise Deloraine cannot go to the Squire
now."
"But I will go I" cried Hilda, snatching
her hand from Nigel's hold, and before
either of the gentleman could prevent her
she had rushed from the room.
Hark I What was that appalling shriek
that echoed through the hall, causing the
company in the drawing -room to turn pale
and hurry halter-ekelter there to learn the
cauea of that. dread Bound ? It was soon
accounted for. In the centre of a group of
terrified servants, stretched upon the table
of the hall, lay the body of the Squire,
"and it Wae plain enough to the most caro•'
lees observer that life wee extinct. His
faithful groom stood holding his master's
fast stiffening hand and sobbing like a
child, while the unhappy Hilda was lying
face downward across 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 hall," said the doctor, who had
been hastily summoned.
And Roger, lifting form of his darling
in his arms, caroted her to- her own room,
where he resigned her to the oars 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
was unavailing. A false step of hie horse
upon the slippery avenue had flung hie
rider headlong upon the hard road at the
foot of the terrace stops, and it was a
corpse which the frightened groom and
Nigel Wentworth carried into the hall,
never more to re-eoho to Mark Deloraine's
genial vole° and manly tread. In after
years, ieloutaoute could never remember
the events of that awful 'night without
u shudder. Tho corpse of the master of the
Abbey was in the diniug.room awaiting the
inquest in the midst of wreaths and etande
of bright flowers, costly plate and all the
aplendid'paraphernalia that, had been got
together to celebrate the wedding festival.
The pots had all token their departure
from the house of mourning; all save
kieria Heathoote, who remained with het
unhappy friend, and Nigel Wentworth,.
to whom everybody looked for advice, aid
and assistance, Hilda remained through-
out the whole of the' day.which
was to have been her bridal in . a
state of. aemi•atupor, induced by the
composing draughts •which the doctor
had administered to her, and the inquest
was over, the body of the poor Squire
elyeslooked love to oyes that 'a stoke again- Ment. Roger'o frank, manly, pleasant
it 't' d d Del.
'.Cho early pert of the evening wee pegged oraine, and Mrs. Palmer was rejoiced that
byHildein dancing sundry ''duty dances" her nephew should marry so wealthy and
with the Berkshire Squires, who were beautiful a girl as Hilda, and' one, too,
amongher father'' oldest friends,, and she whose birth and lineage ware drreproaoh.
wo able, afro, Palmer would never have
was resting fora fete minutes in the
conservatory, whioh was lighted with tolerated a misalliance for that beloved
colored lamps .and furniehed with luxe:, nephew. Hilda had never breathed a word.
foes lounged, when Nigel Wentworth to her father concerning the painful thele
approached and requested the honor of her which had taken plane between horeelf and
band for the waltz which was just tom. Mr, 4Vc etworth on g
the night o1 hoc birth,
'fattening, Ratherunwil}inglyHilda rose dad
regained eufiioiont oonsoiousoese to feel the
full foroe of the blew wbiah was fated to
shatter all her dreams of happiness,
(To no OONTI::UED.)
QUEEN VICTORIA'S CitAWN,.
Thousands orlrtamende and Come Are en
It, and it Its Very i o:comfortable,
In the tower of London is kept the queen's
Drown, the diadem used at hPr ooronatioli
in 1838. It 10 composed of very opulent
relies, but is a very modern eompesltion,
Bundle •
h v' beep made bythe firm ofun i R
atng ca
Bridge, apd completed in the year 1838.
The crown is conotruated of jewels taken
from old crowns, and other stones provided
by her Majesty. It oonsiste of emeralds,
rubies, sapphires, pearls .and diamondo,
The stones which are set in gold and silver,
encase a crimson velvet cap with a border
of ermine, the whole of 'the interior being
lined with the finest white Bilk.
Above the orirnson border on the lower
edge of the band is a row of 129 pearls;
Bound the upper part of the band is a
border of 112 peens. In the front, station•
ed between the two borders of pearls, is a
huge sapphire, purchased by George 1V.,
set in the centre of valuable pearls. At
the back, in the same position, is another.
but entailer eapphire.
The aides are adorned with three sap-
phires, and between those are eight ,mer.
aids. Above and below the sapphires,
extending all round the crown, are placed
at intervals fourteen large diamonds,
the eight emeralds being encircled by
clusters of diamonds,. 128 to number. Be-
tween the emeralds and eapphires are six-
teen ornaments, each consisting of eight
diamonds. Above a circular bend are eight
sapphires, set separately, encircled by eight
diamond'. Between eaoh of these eight
sapphires are eight festoons of eighteen
diamondo each. '
In frontof the crown is a diamond Malt.
see oroes,in the °entre of which glistens the
famous ruby given to Edward I. by Don
Pedro the Crnel. This is 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 accordance with the Eastern oustotn,with
a smaller ruby. The Maltese cross is
formed of seventy-five splendid diamonds.
At eaah of the sides and at the bank is
a Maltese cross with emerald centres, con-
taining respectively 132, 124, 130 sparkling
diamonds.
Level with the four Maltese oroeaes, and
stationed between them are four ornaments
shaped like the fleur-de-lis,with four rubies
in the centre and surrounded by diamonds,
containing 85,86, and 87 diamonde. From
the Maltese crosses spring four imperial
arches, composed of oak leaves and dia.
monde. The leaves are formed 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 -
aliened pearls set in diamond cups,eaoh cup
being formed of twelve diamonds,thesteme
from each of the four hanging pearls being,
incrusted with twenty-four diamonds.
Above the aroh is themount,whioh is made
of 438 diamonds. The zone and aro are
represented by thirty-three diamonds. On
the summit of the throne is a erose, which
has for its centre a rose -out eapphire set is
the centre of fourteen large diamonds.
Altogether the crown compromises one
large ruby, ono large sapphire, twenty-six
smaller sapphires, eleven emeralds, four
rubies,1,363 briiliants,1,273 rose diamonds,
four pendent-ehaped,pearls, and 273 small.
er pearls.
It is the heaviest and moatuncomfortable
diadem of any crowned head in Europe.
AN ELASTIC NUT
'1f'hick Seems To Take Ike Place or 14
So -Called Lock -Nut.
This ingeni oue device is designed to d
away with the necessity of putting tw
nuts on a bolt that is to be kept tightly i
place. The old plan was to put on on
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laced in hie coffin, and the day of the
p
day ball. She knew how greatly her funeralfised, before the wrotehed girl had
nut, and then another to veep the first one
from unscrewing, the second nut being
called the jam -nut or look=nut.
The elastin nut, however, looks itself.
It is made from spring steel, being cut
from a bar and then bent into a ring, the
ends joining in a dovetail split. The ring
is then preened into hexagon shape and
tapped a trifle smaller than its bolt, so
that, when 1t is wrenched on the split
opens slightly, making a firm andcos atant
hold on the bolt.
dd 9^ C®j FARMINGN0, I bileouvaa. auICtuine ca autaonbirRarn ffooerd a µalrtfiolof
sono weight of hay, and with the bran the
art of rabion may be """d"""dod to
How to Remodel. a Barri. alitbay er peight paunbhoch for day,
For feodlug iu bu k olovsr hay ie.objeot+
ed to by many farmers beottuae It }s l able
to be dusty. xt 1 so rich in nitrogen that
it beats' very aeoity if bad weather oeeur8
while the clover ie ouriug, and in the
barn there is apt to be some heating of
clover hay in the mow. Horaee are very
fond of clover and will gorge them-
selves on it e0 as to be unfit to do hard
work. But for out feed to be need with
moistened corn and oatmeal and bran,' the
clover hay is very much better than is
timothy, and a lees number of pounds will.
ru b neededd tobeeFt e horseIn...
geed o n..
-
dition f or working.
g•
Cut corn stalks are not good to mix with.
Corn and oatmeal and bran as cue feed.
Nor should they be fed at any tins° mien
moistened with water. The stalks are very
laxative, and if fed to working horeea wil
diminish their eileetivenesa. It ie, how,
ever; a good thing to feed idle horses in.
the winter with a part ration of cornstalks
eaoh day, changing this when the horses
are eat to work to a ration of cut hay and
grain meal. It is very important' that the
working teams ahali be ready to do their
best six days in the week. In this way
only can tiro work be pushed so as to make
it cost me little as possible fcr the results
attained.
There 10 80me oontrcversy concerning
the comparative value of a bank or base.
menti barn, and ono built on level ground,
Having used both "I pandidly believe
that farmers who contemplate lluilding
0110 01.0 BARN. - 00101101100E5.00 0000,
a new or remodeling an old barn will not
be sorry if they choose one with a base.
meat. It 10 eaononioal, warm, and if well
ventilated '+vi1l be most oomfortable for
stook, Do not give the fodder'direotly
from the floor above,but have spacious
alleys, wide enough to, kohl -feed for oue or
two days.. Have boxes in the basement
for grain, also a couple of good cats for
catching rats and mice,
The dimensions of a barn are not essen.
tial in a plan. Build according to your
needs. Divide the stall room so•it will
give you the beet service. Allow five feeb.
iu 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 ,'des of
Dangers of Spiritualism.
A report whioh just onmee from Guhbio
Italy, affords a fresh illustration of the
Hake encountered by weak-minded people
who attend such reunions. A lady tamed
Manolava,the wife of a professor in a public
school in the town, was perauadad that she
could, by attending a seance, communicate
with the spirit of her deceased son. The
FIG 3. onorro PLAN OF 0410 I10800DELEn
BAnv.
the rectangle, then boarded, batened and
prepared the other aide as shown in the
plan. It ie very satiefactory now, and I
have no doubt that many barns in the
central west can be greatly improved at
comparatively small expense. Fig 1 is the
old barn, Fig 2 1 the same after It had
been placed upon the atone wall and
remodeled,Fig 31 the ground plan showing
the arrangement of the stalls.
For tying cattle, I find a chain most
eatiefactory. In my stalls I place a. 2x4
inch scantling, with rounded edges to
permit the free working up and down of
the chain. One end of this mantling is
fastened to thetop 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 emoting and lying
down, bub keeps the animals in place. My
eow stalla have a 6.inoh drop, the length of
stall varying to correspond to the length of
the cattle. They are double,; with a
partition in the manger, so that each
animal has his own food. This is an im-
portant point where animals of different
ages are stabled together. In all well -
regulated stablee,a
ell.regulatedotablee,a good box stall, accessible
from both cow and horse barn is desirable.
This feature will be found in the accom•
ponying plan.
"medium" made certain preparations, and
when the moment Dame for the spirit to
appear flames and sulphurous fumes were
seen issuing front a black cabinet. The
lady felt so persuaded that her son was
suffering for hie sins in the lower 'regions
that she became stark mad,and it is thought
she will never recover. Like many nubile
exhlbitona of the same class, this "medium"
had varione arta for misleading and deoeiv'`
fag his guileless audiences. In the ease of
Madame Manolava he overshot the mark,
and the result will be a prosecution whioh
will excite no little publlo. interest. It is
to be hoped that' it will have the effeot of
helping in some measure to cheek exhibi-
tions by persons who are thorough -paced
charlatans.
Rations for Work Horses.
It is undoubtedly true that a great
majority of farm homes loose much of
their effeotivenese as workers from laok of
proper feeding. It ie too much the -habit
of farmers tosellthemselves short of grain
or to nee it mainly for fattening' stook'
They sell what will sell most readily, re-
serving for their team hay and often e
straw ration, supplemented with a very
little grain. To get along with ae light a
Comrades.
Something ought to be done to prevent
those two lunatics from going oat rowing
together, exclaimed the nervone woman.
13on't mind 'ern madam replied the by
standar. Each is In good company. Ono
of 'em is thaman who rooks the boat and
the other is the man who wants to see how
far from shore he can swim,
feeding of grain as pourable is very poor
economy. Help is dear, and the farmer
who has hired a good man at high wages
cannot afford to have Ms effectiveness
diminished.
Even When hay is plentiful it should
never be fed in large quantities to horses
at work. It is too bulky in proportion to
its nutriment, and the effeot of overloading
the stomach 1 to greatly diminish the
effectiveness of what nutrition the ration
contains. There must be enough bulk to
make the grain meal porous, so that the
gnebrio.juices of the stomach can act on the
ration. Any more bulk than this for a
working horse le injurious. When street
Dare were run by horses 1 was the aim of
the 'company to get as much work as
possible out of them. Large horses weigh- LONG AND SHORT OF MARRIAQE.
ing 1,200 pounds or more were preferred.
The ration of such horses was sixteen -- - _
pounds of corn and oats ground and mixed
with sixteen pounds of Snely-out. 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 this ration.nearly all
street car horeea would gain. But for the
fact that the horses' feet would be battered
by hard pavements, horeea so fed could be
kept at street car workuntil they grew
too old for further service.
Moot farmers feed much more heavily
than this, but 1 is usually with nearly
double the amount of hay and veryy little
grain. 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 who had been exhibftedin Loudon In July,
188'2. She's es 15 years old at the time of
her marriage and weighed onlyseven
pounds.
At the other extreme Captain Martin
Van Buren Bates, 01 Kentucky, in the
United Statco,aud Mise Ano}ianen Swann,
of Nova Scotia, who exhibited themselves
together in May, 1871, and were married
at the Church of St. Martin's-in-the.Fields,
London, 00 June 17 of that year, were
each about seven feet in height. Another
peculiarity of the latter wedding was that
it was attended as bridesmaid by their
friends, Millin Chrietfne, who had been
exhibited with thern—Negro twin sisters,
born in North Carolina, in the United
States, in 1851, who were united in a manner
very similar to the brothers known s'0 the
" Siamese Twins." These girls were
wholly distinct in the upper part of their
spinal column and pclvis,or bacltbobe, and
lower part of the body. They sang and
danced well, and were named the " Two.
Headed Nightingale." In will, onderetand•
ing and rnnaoionce they were dietinot, but
happily fey agreed well together,' and
were very happy. They were exhibited
in Loudon as lately as Feb. 17, 1880. At
they
any lowing or cultivating Stfthan both of these weddings there wae,of come,
they were at rho beginning, Somefurnters a very largo number of spectators. ,
BLIND MEN'S VICTORIES.
only the ,host Resolute Naturce Can Win
Such Battles. ne These.
A unique career was recently brought
to a oloee in the suburbs of a great Ameri-
can city. - It was that of a man totally,
blind from early childhood, who, by foroe
of an inflexible will, had succeeded in be-
coming a scientific anatomist.
Although deprived of sight, he trained
himself by muscular exercise to bo an
athlete, The loss of one sense only etrength-
ened his determination to preserve all his
other faculties in the freshness of perfection.
His. own eucoes5 fu muscular exercise
brought a group of young men. around him,
and before he was twenty-one years old he
was a' training -master for athletic sports 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.
Be 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
expert and fearless teacher was absolutely
sightless.
His gymnasium was gradually converted
into o school of health. By physical exer-
cises conducted under his supervision, he
undertook to remedy deformities of body,
and to cute patients afflicted with diseases
of lunge, digestion and disordered nerves.
He became in fact, if not in title, a physi-
cian of recognized skill, and applied many
original theories to the treatment of diseaa-
es, 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 yarhte,or the blind
entomologist making scientific dieooveriee,
or the blind.statesman discussing in
Parliament the intricacies of finance and
conducting the moat laborious executive
department, only the most resolute natures.
can win such victories as 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 un1iaohing courage he followed
the career he had marked out for himself.
Ho continued his study of political economy
by the aid of other men's eyes ; trained his
memory until he could parry complex tables
of statistics as easily as other men could
read the figures from the printed page, and
aohieved great distinction as a university
professor and political leader. So complete
was his conquest of infirmity that Mr.
Gladstone was the only man who could
rival him in Parliament in the exposition
of statistical questions.
" I will retnember," wrote Mr. Prescott,
the historian, " the blank despair which I
felt when my literary treasures arrived -
and I saw the mine of wealth lying around
me which I was forbidden to explore."
lie was virtually }Arad,. but with uncon-
querable patience he went on with his
work year after year. '
Tallest and Small000 Couple Ever United
In Eaglan,l.
On May 28, 1884, the wedding of the
ehorteot 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 Yorki, who was born on Oct. 2, 1864,
and. waele hibited in Piccadilly, at Lon
dos, from Nov. 22, 1880. His height woo
21 inches and his weight was 'Edwards, nine
pounds. The bride was Milly Edwards,
may be extended with bright chopped straw
or wheat bran. This laet makes an excellent
divisor of meal, and it has greater nutritive
value than hay. Fine wheat mtddlinge
are oleo excellent for working horses, but
the midilliugs meat he mixed with a
ooueiderable amount of cut hay or straw to
prevent it from maesiug in the stomach
and mussing colic. Over feeding while
working will, in most horeea, cause
diarrhoea, and this rapidly decreases
e ttength. On theoontrary,with a uou riehing
but rather smell ration the horse will be
somewhat costive, ` nil will require an
addition of a quarter of a pound of linseed
meal Saturday bight, so that the Sunday
rest will give opportunity for.a thoenugh
cleaning.
Oats are much the beet for working
horeea, end if ground' without corn they
will require a vary small amount 'of wt
feed to give them the proper bulk, But as
a feed they are much more expensive than
ie the mixture of corn and oat meal, which
is almost universally used for feeding work.
ing farm home, A toam of horses time
fed will stand their work and be butter
fitted for a day's work after four or five