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the will, Walt seated hi the book parlor of
low "puhlioi" in Camden Town, With a
congenial "pel," busily reading the
document 11; question. end planning the
beet way to make something oat of hie
treeaure trove, He did not eleerly sae hie
Way for some tim0, when a happy thought
Came to his aid, and jumping up, he excited,
ly exclaimed:
"By jingo! 1 have it. Pll go to my unele,
Detective, Sfnart, end see what he'll Bay to
it. If anything's to be got out of it be's
the man to do it."
On the following morning be was olds•
eted with, that gentleman, who quickly
decided upon a course of action. He
rightly judged thot the person most in-
terested was the young lady named as
heiress, and the midday rail to Marham
carried the neat person of the detective
to that *entity. Ab the ion be learned the
particulars of the disappearance of the ci
devant Mise Deloreine, and the long low
whistle which escaped from his lips reveal•
ed a history of suspicion that foul play had
been at work, as the attorney who drew
the will must have known a groes iujus•
tine was being perpetrated, as he could
have borneteatimony that Miss Deloroine
was the rightful summer of her father's
•property.
AB he bad not done ao, he must be inter
eeted in the fraude therefore he wee the
last person to inter, iew. But then, would
Isnot give a heavy sum to re -possess the
will? But would not Miss Determine outbid
him.? He resolved, as he said, to set "on
the square," because, perhaps, he thought
by so doing he would be likely to equally
well fill his pocket and satisfy his conscience
for a detective hag a oonscienee which can
be—paoified.
He boldly advertised in the "agony"
oolumn01 the Standard and other papers
for the address -of Miss Hilda Deloraine,but
was unsuccessful in getting anyreply. He
then put the wits of his professional breth-
ren to work, and aucoeeded in tracing the
young lady to her then domicile.
It was a cheerless afternoon in February,
but Mrs. Grey's cheerful little sitting -room
was ruddy and bright with theglow of the
fire which flickered and sparkled in the
brightly polished grate. Seated at the
table, with a parchment deed in his hand,
was a gentleman. He was middle-aged,
and his closely cropped hair and carefully
brimmed whiskers were fast turning gray ;
but no sign of age was apparent hi his tell,
erect figure, keen, bright, dark eyes slid
ruddy complexion. A creamy rosebud in
the buttonhole of bis faultlessly fitting blue
morning coat and hie whole attire bespoke
one whose lines had fallen in pleasant
places. By and by he rose from his seat,
and putting his memorandum book into
the pocket ofhie coat, he naked Mrs. Grey
to call Miss 0 Conner, as he had something
of importance to communicate to that
lady.; in fact, he had come there that day
especially to see her. In a few minutes
Hilda made her appearance more than
• astonished that any one wished to see her.
She thought she was quite blotted out
from the world's remembrance, and wished
to remain -so.
The detective cautiously and slowly
unwound the thread of his story, much
tO Hilda and her kind nurse's aebcnieh-
anent. Hilda could only murmur " Rog-
er," and seemed ready to faint from sur-
prise and excitement. Mrs. Grey soon
enlightened the detective as to this same
Roger, and giving his address to Mr.
Smart, advised that official to see him with-
out loss
ith-outloss of time.
*
A clear, bright morning in February.
The beams of the sun, glinting upon the
hoar frost with which every Leaf and blade
of grass was covered, and turning them to
diamonds, while it shone cheerfully into
the pleasant breakfast -room et the Temple,
gleaming on the sparkling silver and price -
leas china of the breakfast table which was
laid for Roger Montaoute's solitary meal.
It was yet early when the young man, in
hischeeping dress, entered theroomand
rang the bell for his coffee.
" Your letters, sir," said the butler, as
he brought in the coffee and took the
covers off the hot dishes, causing an
appetizing odor to fill the apartment, pled.
ing, as he spoke, a pile of letters by Roger's
elbow.
" Thanks, William," rejoined the young
man, and then he asked, me he proceeded
to open his letters : "Is Markham in the
kitchen? If so, give him some breakfast
and tell him I shell be ready in half an
hour."
"Very well, air," replied the man, as he
left the room, leaving Moutacute to peruse
his -lettere and finish his breakfast ere he
started on his day's shooting.
"Now, 1 wonder who that's from ?" said
Boger, as he took up a letter in a blue.
envelope, addressed in legal handwriting.
"It can't be a bill ; labia see whet it's
about."
The letter was as follows :
"22 West street, Camden road,
"London, February 19. I8—.
"Sir : I trust you will excuse a parted
Wenger like myself addressing you on o
private matter of business, but I have been
given to understand that you area friend of
Miss Hilda O'Cotiner, ,otherwise Deloreine,
and if so, 1 shall be glad 11 yon could favor
me with a call at the aboveaddrees, to con-
sider whether any steps could be taken to
preside the young lady with the means of
support she is at prevententirely destitute
of. I remain, air, your obedient serv-
ant,
"En than SMART."
"To Roger Montaoute, Esq."
To thrust the letter into his pocket, vio.
lently pull the bell and hastily swallow his
coffee was with Roger but the work of a
moment, and when the butler entered he
hastily exclaimed :
"Tell Markham I shall not ehoetto-day,
end order Wilkins to put.Blaolx Bess into
the cart, I must go to London this morning
and went to oatoh the 9.30 express,"
And before the astonished Williwm could
reply his master rushed from the room and
upstairs two steps at a Mine to change his
sheeting dress for a costume more suited
to the London orate.
"Give my lore to my aunt, Willlatee,
and say I shall return to dinner,' he said
the story which lair. Smart told Roger of
the unhappy Hildo'e so eriDge clod ?rive,
tions, and the hot blood of the young mau
boiled ha bio volas as he listened to the tale
of his derling'e misfortunes, As Roger
afterward expressed it, he "' oottoned" to
the kindly detective at once, end poured
into hie sympathizing ears all the history
of the interrupted marriage and' the un-
availing search for the squires will,
.CHAPTER XII,
IN TLR GbOAMINO,
On the evening of the day wbioh wham,
ed the interview between Mr, Smart and
Roger Moutacute Hilde was sitting at a
small table, drawn close to' the pleetant,
flower -decked window, taking advantage
of the fading February . daylight to finish a
sketch she was miming of the Easter meet
of the Queen's etaghoundo upon the wide
thicket neer her old home, ;She wee
utterly alone in the great empty mansion,
Mre. Carey having gone to spend the after.
noon with her daughter and to make the
acquaintance of a new grandson, and by
and by she began to find the silence opera:
sive and to wish for something to break the
stillness. Her wish was soon gratified, a
loud double knock at the great ball door,
which was so seldom opened, causing her
00start from her seat and hurry up the
short flight of stone steps which led to the
empty deserted hall.
' Who could it be 1" she wondered, as
her little fingers sought to undo the heavy
bolts and bare of the ponderous doors. She
looked out nervously as, the faotenings'at:
leugth undone, she opened the great
door,
A cry of surprise broke from her lips.
Ah 1 not even the gathering gloom of the
February night could blind her to the fact
that it was Roger Montaoute who stood
before her.
"My darling 1 My little love 1" exclaim-
ed the young rellow, gathering her fragile
form to his broad breast and pressing fond,
impassioned kisses upon the cheeks and
lips whose lovely bloom had fled. "How
cruel you have been to me 1 Where have
you hidden yourself for the last year ? But
I have found you now, `Hilda, and I swear
that no power on earth shall part us again,
Smart has told me a11. It's a miracle—a
direct interposition of Providence.
Silently—for her heart was too fall tor
speech—Hilda led the way downstairs
to Mrs. Grey's cheerful little sitting.
room, and, baying stirred the &re into a
blaze, permitted her lover to draw her
down beside him on the sofa, where, her
golden head pillowed upon Roger's breast,
ehe sat in bliss too deep for worde,while he
unfolded all the plane for the future.
" And, my darling," he added tenderly,
taking the girl's round chin in his band and
lifting up her face to his, while his glances
of passionate love were reflected in the
sweet eyes of the woman he adored, "if
we had failed' in establishing your right to
inherit your father's estate we would have
been married quietly in London and sought
a home in another hemisphere. I have
saved money during the past year,and the
saleof my horeea would have been enough
to give us a start in another country, but,"
he added gravely "you must pledge me
your word, Hilda, that you will not leave
thie shelter, which, if a humble, is still a
safe one, until I return to olaim your
hand." '
The long months of separation, with all
the privations and sorrows of that hitter
time, had broken down Iiilda's pride, and
now Roger's tender words found an oche
in her breast, and she realized,beeidee,how
cruel a thing had been her desertion of the
man who loved her, even though she had
doneit from a mistaken sense of duty; and
looking up in her lover's grave, earnest
face, her violet eyes swimming in teare,she
laid he little hand in his broad palm and
promised all he wished.
A fond, lingering caress, heart to heart
and Hp pressed to Hp, and the lovers
parted, Roger with hope beating in his
heart, to take his way to his hotel, while
Hilda, hardly able to realize the joy which
had come to her, returned to her wonted
vocation, and busied herself in preparing
tea for her kind old friend, whose return
she expected every moment.
„ Liar an;d ,traitor ,1" he ex eleitned in-
iiigeently, "You allay share yoOtel1
any felehor vuin aseertiane, The will
emeeted by Mr. llelereiee, with your
name en 111.1 proof that it wee dreamt up
in /mar offline has been disoevered, end is
in the p0ss005Io1 of lletootivv Smart, who
Will see that jeetioe is done 00 tho child of
the generous friend whose trust you se
Wally Isbrayed. I wonder Mark Delar-
sine's spirit could rest m its grave while
you were causing his unhappy deughter to
suffer privations and be exposed to dangers
almost unheard of to satisfy your revenge,
"Take oare whet you say, Mr. Mosta-
outer" replied the lawyer, " You have no
prof of what you choose to assert; the
lout that Mr. Doloraine a. wi)1 wae•oxeeuted
in m;
Oleo doee not prove that I was
privy to its concealment."
"Why, just now you denied that Afr.
Deleraine made any, provision foe hie
daughter, although you are the solicitor
who drew the will leaving her everything.
What a boundless, scoundrel you must be.
What is your object?"
"Pm not supposed t0 recollect the
eentente of every dooitmsnt drawn in my
office," replied Wentworth, bis face ashy
pelt, end 'hie whole body trembling as 1f
affected with palsy.
But even while he spoke Nigel knew
that the gamewee up, and bitter despair
and, rege filled his heart as he thought of
the oonsequences of his rash action and
knew that he had sinned in vain, Roger
leughe(I a bitter, scornful laugh as he re.
plied
ae he sprang into the cart and gave the
CHAPTER XIII.
np.ovno T TO BAY.
The bright Spring afternoon was waning,
and the clerks in the offices of Nigel
Wentworth, in Gray's Inn, where oongrat•
ulating themselves that their day's work
was nearly over, when a gentleman,
springing rp the wide, echoing stair case,
entered the outer office and asked one of
the busy clerks if Mr. Wentworth was
disengaged.
"I believe so, air," was the reply. "Whet..
name shall I say 1"
"Give Mr. Wentworth this card, and
say I shall not detain him long."
In a minutia or two the clerk returned
and asked Mr. Montaeube to follow nim
into his master's presence.
Boger found Nigel Wentworth seated at
his teble busily engaged in writing letters.
Much as Roger hadreason to dislike the
lawyer, he could not but be struck with
the marked change in his appearance which
had taken place during the padt year. His
dark hair was thickly streaked with silver,
his eyes were sunk and burnt with a fever.
ieh lustre, while the deep lines graven upon
his brow end around his mouth told their
owe tale of a heart ill at ease with the
World and itself.
"This is an unexpected pleasure, 'Air.
Montaoute." said Nigel, rising ane holding
out his hand, The yotmg mau, however,
was putting his hat and gloves upon o side
table, and took no notice of the other's
offered hand,
A sarcaeticemile curved theiawyer's lips
as he drew a chair to the fire and naked his
visitor to sit down. Roger took the seat,
and then looking keenly at Wentworth's
worn face, asked :
"' Have you ever discovered any traces
of Mr. Deloraino's will ?"
The lawyer gazed at hie questioner in
unbounded surprise,
"Mr. Deloraino'a will 1" he exolaimed,
" What makes you ask so strange a Cues•,
tion ? Surely you know that no pains were
wantingg on our part to find any traceeof
snob a doeument 1 It is quite other to my
mind thetthe sudden death of the poor
squire prevented his Making any provislan
for --•hie daughter.
Nigel brought out the lest word With
difficulty, and Roger leaped from his chair
as he spoke, oonfrontiug him with ,,his
"Those paltry excuses will avail you
nothing ; you may be quite sure that no
mercy will be shown to you, and you must
be well aware exactly what punishment
the law will mete out to you. Whet have
you gained by your cruel treachery? You
have wrought your own ruin, and the in-
jury you have done to your dead friend's
child has recoiled upon your own bead."
And without another word Roger Monte.
cute turned and left the room, closing the
beery door behind him with a clang, leav-
ing. Wentworth to his own bitter re&eo•
time.
How long he eat there he knew note
The office hours were over and one by one
the clerks clattered down the stone steps
and departed to: their several homes, and
still the wretched man sat in his desolate
offioe,musing over the ruin of his proepeate,
a bitter pang rending 'his soul as he thought
of the disgrace and theme which would rest
upon the name he had always striven to
keep untarnished, But worst of all was the
thought that his sin was unavailing, and a
bitter, despairing sigh broke from his heart
as he thought of Hilda's soft dainty beauty
once more folded in her lover's arms.
Aforning broke clear and cold, and the
chill breezes came in through the open
window, fluttering -the papers on the table,
but Nigel never stirred,but leaned forward
on his desk, his head resting on hie arm.
In this position the housekeeper found him
when, at 8 o'clock, she came fn to arrange
the dices for the day. She was an old and
trusted servant,' and ventured to touch her
master and try to rouse him from what she
thought wee an uneasy elesp. Ay 1 call as
loudly ae you like, ohafethe ioe•cold hands,
try to forge brandy between the pallid lips,
but it is all to no purpose, and, frightened
at last, the good woman hurriedly departed
to seek a doctor.
"He has been dead for hours," said the
medical man, as, His brief examination
over, he turned to those :about him, "and,
see," forcing, as be spoke, a little bottle,
from which proceeded a strong, subtle
odor of peaches, from the stiffened hand;
'"here is the cause of hie death ; he has
poisoned himself with prussic acid."
An inquest was held over Nigel Went•
worth's body, and, in mercy to fife dead
foe, Roger Montaoute forbore to speak of
that last interview between himself and
the Iawyer,and as his grieving housekeeper
and bewildered clerks gave evidence as to
their master's strange ways and abstracted
manner, the merciful verdict was recorded,
"That Nigel Wentworth had destroyed
himself in afitof temporary insanity," And
sd respected and honored by hie many
friends and .acquaintances he was laid to
rest, and the secret of his wrongdoing was
buried with him.
(To BB CONTINCBD.)
BIRDS THAT DANCE.
A scientist Says that the American Grouse
Gives Quadrille Parties.
Birds have takes to dancing, or rather
they have recently been detected in the
enjoyment of this gay and festive practice.
in this month's magazine of the Selbourne
PRACTICAL FARING.
Teathl'(nt Horses aIle Cattle.
It le often doeircd to tether n horns, cow
or calf In the field, To keep them Irani
winding the rope about the bar or stake to
width ,they are 'Weaned ieimpartant« Two
motbode are shown herewith, A long
stout, iron hook may be pressed down into
the turf, there beingjusbanree 00000 in
the part in the ground to keep it from
pulling out, but not too much to peeventt
the book from being turned about in the
soil, as shown in figure 1. The hook must
be long enough and etoutenough go that ie
will not pull out through the. turf. The
devise illustrated in k'fg 2 needs lfbtle ex.
planation. The wooden affair that slips
down over the iron bar, and that turtle
mare her head, who started off as if she bright, he el eyes flashing with rage.
MIG 1, )10011nalennR PIG 2.110V OLV INOTLTaten
freely about it, must be of hardwood land
short enough to atand the strain upon it.
The pieoss of plank may be bound with
hoop iron around • the edges for added
strength: Even if the rope gets wound
about this it will rewind when the animal
pulls upon it.
--
Don't Sell Good Breeding Stock for
Meat.
The outlook for ive stook ie encouraging
and more especially for animals of the meat
making classes. For a long time these
branokes of live stook industry have lan-
guished, but now they promise to flourish
like the green bay tree. Men are waking
up to the fact that, notwithstanding the
fmporbanco of dairying,other kinds of
stock are wanted, and it will pay to keep
them. It is important, therefore, in view
of the good demand for meat producing
animals at the present time, and of the
probable continuance of the same, thea
every one who has good' breeding females,
young or old, should be careful of the dis-
posal which he makes of them.
"0f course, there is a elaee of animple
from which we should never breed When
meat is low, such animals are not likely to
beeretainedfor breeding. The daugerthat
they oball be so kept only exists when
meat is 'dear; hence, when we urge our
farmers to be careful not to hastily dispose.
of good breeding stocks et the present time,
we have no reference to inferior animals.
At no time should they be spared to breed
from,
The temptation is very strong to sell
good animals when meat is dear. The
butcher does not want the inferior so much
as he wants the good, and it is the good
animals whioh he wishes to buy. It ie for
those that the tempting offer is made, and
it ie to withstand the pressure which he
brings to get suoh animals that the farmer
should be ready with a resolute No. If the
best are sold at anytime, lmprovemee t ie
impossible ; therefore, except when the
very strongest reasons are offered for the
step, the beet should not be sold.
There has been & strong tendency during
recent years to out down the size of the
Rooke of sheep on the part of many breeders,
and naturally so. It is always so when
prices fall. But sheep are likely to improve.
They are almost certain to improve. Par•
tioular care should be exercised, therefore,
with reference to thedisppooal of ewe lambs.
In the near future this class of stock should
bring fair prices, so far as we can judge by
present indications
• Itis somewhat surprising how high and
low prices for different kinds of stook
work, as it, were, in cycles. For a number
of years one line of produce will be low,
and there fano accounting for the fact. It
will then quite suddenly take a spurt up-
ward when people are least expecting it,
and the reasons will not be any more
apparent for the sudden rise in price than
for the sudden fall. A year ago no one had
the courage to prediob that beef would rise
so quickly, but it has risen, and judging
by the present indications, it will continue
up for some time. It may be that these
changes are the outcome of decreased pro.
duction caused by the continuance of low
prioos,for a time. If so, the priges for beef
are likely to continue good for some time
to come, as the supply of beef can not be
increased in ane year as can the supply of
some other products. •
The mistake should be shunned by pur
chesere of investing in animals of inferior
development becausethe prices which rule
for the best of that particular class of stook
are high. The danger here is always con.
siderable. When meat sells low many
people will not invest in meat producing
sires at all, but when mania dear they will
have sires, even though they have to take
poor 0005.
Such a desire, however, should not be
pandered to by the breeders of purebred
stock. It ono only react against the busi-
ness in the end. They should not sell such
animals to any save those who will turn
them into meat. The meat•makinginterests
have suffered immensely in thisway iu the
past ; berme, when we advise farmers to be
careful, in view of the brightening future,
me to the disposal which they Omar make,of
their breeding stooke, we also urge upon
them to retain no animals for breeding not
up to a certain standard.
Society, "Nature Notes," evidence on the
subject is collated which seems to plane
this entertaining feature beyond doubt.
Dr. Jappdeclares that the bower -bird' of
America is notorious for these dissipations ;
the American grouse and prairie fowl are
equally given to this form of gayety, "and
people who have seen the performance say
it ie one of the most amusingsights, in the
world," "The Americtiu grease first
prepares its ballroom by beating down the
grass floor with its wings, the hall being left
surrounded by rustling grass and golden
aetere. Morning and evening- a party' es.
semblee here, with pirouettes and curtseys.
By twos and fours they advance, bowing
their heeds and dropping their wings ; then
they recede and then advance: again, and
turn on their toes, swelling their feathers
and clucking gently, Surely they must
haven dancing master."
Mr. Lord gives a description of a dance
of prairie fowls that he eaw of ata equally.
astonishing kind.m All which ekes ue
Wish that some of these lively .bir ds could
h
be imported to teach the Englie sparrow
a reel or a waltz. He wouldus,
become me mach
More note resting.
Hundred Perfumes.
know
gathered
Over Four Hund f es.
It is an interesting thing to that
4,200 species of planta are and
r, 308,
Paper Telegraph Poles.
Tho latest novelty in the paper world is
a telegraph pole made of that very useful
material. These poles are composed of
paper pulp; in which borax, tallow and
other ingredients are mixed. This is oast
in a meld in such a manner as to give it a
hollow Oentro throughout its ehtire length,
with n close•Rabieg cap tarred on the top.
These poles are sail to be lighten and
etrongor then similar sized poles of wood,
and to beunaffeoted by sen, rain or damp.
neer,
in
fsp
nanufa
Ther
lathered
Of these
extraordinarily
order Dome
thorn
her 82
Rower
perfumed,
used for commercial purpoate Europe
Of these 420 have a perfume thatleas.
ing and enter largely into the t cture
of scente, soaps and sachets• a are
more species 01 white flowers g than
of any other color -1,104. 0 187
have anagreeable scent, en ext arily
large proportion. Next in ore yel•
loavblossoms, with 051, 77 of, being
perfumed, Red Rowers num 3, of
which 85 are scented. The blues aro
of 504 variebiee, 34 of which are
and the violet blossome numbs 13 of
which aro pleasantly odoriferous.
'oaltee of many dlseauOs mn sheep, and they
ehould`not be put in a field where thou is
the only water of which they eon .avail
thamsolvee,
We aro not eure whether 11 would 1196 be
better to put sheep into fielde without
water than to put them whero their only
drinkisfoul water, Both practicee'are
deoidedly wrong, Sheep must hare water,
the purest
to a aoa. to h
a th Omuta hove alta
and o
water only,
ANDREWS P1A ANS ARE APPROirgO
11W0illalt Aerennut ]gal"eela Ao,ltena, .North
role 851 FOrtl••Elght flours,
Chief 01vm1 Engineer Andreo, the diatin.
guished Swedish aeronaut, who proposes to
jeuroey00 the north pole id'aballoon, has
now had hie plans approved by the higtleet
soienbifio Authority in the world,tbe French
Academy of Science.
At a recent meeting of the academy the
oommiseion appointed to examine- Mr, AD.
dreo'e plane, M, Daubree, Blanchord and
Faye, all with a world wide reputation as
soientifio.experte,reported fevorebll}' on the
plans submitted..
The total amount needed, 130,000 crowns,
SOLOMON ADODST ANDRyt
[The Swedish aeronaut who expects to
reach the north pole in a balloon.]
bas already been subscribed by Xing Oscar,
of Sweden; Baron Dickson and Dr., Alfred
Noble,the Swedish member of the Standerd
Oil Company.
Mr. Andree is a skilful engineer and one
of the chiefs of the Royal Swedish Bureau
of Patents. He is one of the most experi-
enced aeronauts of Europe,and haoalready,
by his successful aerial journeys, gained a
world wide reputation,
The balloon Mr Andrea will use on hie
polar journey will be steered by sails, and
the distance from the earth will be regulat-
ed by drag lines. With a favorable wind
the north pole will be reached from' the
Norwegian coast in leas than fortyeight
horns, and the return wily be by Behring
Straits. Photographs of the earth es bhe
balloon pewee over it will be taken, and
Mr. Andrea will be accompanied by a
scientific erpert.
MONEY MARKS.
The World Max a. Way Or Dern» .Things
Baclravard.
Did it ever strike you se being at al
peculiar Bast we should use the dollar
mark (13) before instead of after the figures
in expressing the sum of 5, 10, 20 or any
other Dumber of dollars? We may say
" twl:ntyfive dollars" plain enough for any
one to understand, but as soon as we pate
the expression into figures and characters
it is "donate twenty-five" ($25) instead
of 25S, as it should be.
Nor is this all that is peculiar in this
connection. In every oountry' which has
a written language and a system of coinage
Keep the Lambs Growing.
The lambs should not be neglected during
the summer season, even if haying and liar
vesting do call for most of our attention
during that period. If we want to push
ourla;nbe along,ft will pay us to fend them
a little grain every day. At Rret, they
may be fed along with the ewes, if they do
not seem inclined to oat the grain ; but
once they have taken to it, they can be fed
alone:
In order to keep Jamba growing; both
hey and their dams should be keptoh'good
pasture, and 'they ehould bo changed from
one field to another from time to time. 13y
good pasture we do not mean tall,luxuriant
gra50, for sheep do not care for it, A
short, thick pasture is what they prefer
and do beet on.
Remember to keep a Lump of rock salt
alwaye in the natures for the eheop. Sheep
will take salt regularly, and are the better
for it. We have found rook salt far better
and cheaper than nommen salt in the pas.
three, as it will not Waste and the sheep
can not take too Mail of it at a time.
Another importantroquisiteis good"olern
water, foul water from a plough 10 the
AA7ClIIST 16, 1890
AND MRS. BOWSER,
NOW AN UMBRELLA DISTURBS THE
DO1<IESTWC PEACE,
11 r, ht, Didn`t Have it When itaugbt In The
fbtibs -11re, 1t, Held ltcaponefhie for
Ile 1Pr'eto:nin—Otller '1'rflllug incl
dente That Broom the Hormml*y of j 108'
It was pouring rain when Air, Bowser,
lame home the other evening, and Mrs,
Bowser, who wanwatehing for hien from a
front window, caw that he woe soaking
wet and realized that a 50000 wan at hand.
bhe opened the front door for him with the
remark:
"I'm 80 aorry 1 Get into some dry olotheit
right away."
Mr. Bowser made no reply, Be hong
up hie bat, walked into the eibting.room
with his feet all muddy and the wet drip
ping from his clothes, and then turned on
her with:
"Mrs. Bowser, what did I say to yon as
Deft the house this morning? Don't
Attempt any evasion, now, bub toll ane what
I said 1"
"Why, I remember you said it looked 1
bit like rain," she answered,
"I said it would ramp before night, and it
bast I'm web to the hide 1"
"That's too bad 1"
"Too bad I Andwbose fault is it? My
mind watt occupied with business elflike,
and you knew it was, and yet yon saw- me
walk off without an umbrella 1 Mrs. Bow-
ser, I-- 1"
"Why, you took yo'w umbrella along,"
she interrupted.
"Never !"
"Of course you did 1 Don't you remem-
ber dropping it at the gate '1 You walked
right out of the office and left it there."
"I did, eh? Why don't you call me a
first elan idiot and be done with it ?"
"You must have done so, for you surely
carried it away with you."
That's exsetly what he did do, and he
k'foew it, but he equirmed out of it by offer•
ing to bet her a million dollars to a oebb
that the front door had been left wide open
all the afternoon, and that a hall -thief bad;
carried off half the things down stairs.
One morning there was a smell of gas
down cellar, and Mr. Bowser went down to
see if he could discover a leak. He put on
an old hat kept for " poking around," and
when he left the house he wore it away, ft '
was rusty and spotted and broken, but it
was only when the boys down town began
to "eboot that hat" that he tumbled to it.
Then he flew back with hie eyeo hanging
out. and bis face plum•colored, end he was
no sooner inside the house than be shouted
"Look at it, Mrs. Bowser—look at that
infernal old junk -shop which you deliber-
ately eaw me wear away on my head and
never said a word about tt 1"
"Did you wear that hat down town?"
"Did I ! Did 11" he shouted, as he
banged it on the floor and jumped on it.
"But I didn't see you go. I was up stairs
when you went. Mr. Bowser, you are cer-
tainly very absent-minded:
"I am, eh I It's -a wonder that 1 don't
forget to come home, isn't it 1 Mrs. Bow.
ser,if there is another house in the United
States as badly (mismanaged es dila I'd
like to 505 101"
"But can you blame me because you wore
your old hat away?" she protested.
the abbreviation for the unit of value
precedes the figura.
In Eogland'the pound mark(B)is need in
the same manner that the dollar mark ie
used in this country, while the same peoul
iarity is noticeable in Germany, where the
abbreviation m. (for ,nark) appears prated•
tug the nuniber,jusbas the French abbrevia-
tion fr. (for frano) is used in France.
if abbreviations are not used the legend
is more apt to be correot. • We find that
in istexieo they have a " pesos" instead
of " p 2#," as one might expect, end in
Newfoundland they have a plain two-
dollar piece. So, too, in France, .where
the` abbreviatioc is not used we find such
pieces as "10 francs," " 20 franca" and
" 40 thanes."
In Germany thoyhave a piece marked
"X thaler," whioh fs &iivery plein,but the
moment a clerk, bookkeeper or other per•
son makes an entry or jots down a mem-
orandum he tells you that it is a '1 th. X."
The English pound sign, which is believ
ed to be the oldest monetary ,abbreviation
now in use, is the old initial letter by
which the 1Lemana expressed "pounds,"
just as we use the "lbs." It has been
suggested that wo use our money abbrevia•
tion backward bemuse -lee Romans in
expressing "poundo"-always said "'Libre
deoem" instead' of " decem Libra," the
first being "pounds ten" and the latter
"" ten pounds.
W hen their initial letter or character
was used . it always preceded the figures
thus : " X10" instead of the reverse. Thus
the whole world has got in the habit of
doing these things backward.
"That's it -that's it l Shoulder it off on
me I Tho papers talk about the startling
number of divorcee. It's' a wonder to me
there are not five times as many 1'
One day Mr. Bowser brought home a pat-
entcork-anew, which some fakir had sold -
him, and sirs. Bowser eaw him drop ft into
a wail-pooket. A week later, after wan-
dering around .the house for half en hour
one evening, he halted before her and said:
"I'll be hanged if I don't get some chains
and padlocks and see if I can't have thinge
left where I put them 1"
"What is it now?"
"1 brought home aoan•openerafew days
ago and left it on a braeket in the dining-
room.
iningroom. It's gone, of course -probably given
away to some big, lazy tramp 1 It's a won-
der we have a thing left in this house 11
" A oan•opener?"
"Yes, a can+opener. If you never heard
of aoan.opooer 1'l1 hire some one to write
you out a history of it. It was invented to
open cans."
" Why, wo have two or three in the
kitchen, Do you mean a cen.opener?"'
"'1 don't mean wind -mills or thrashing
machines."
You had it in a pink paper?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"It was the day the man fixed the gate?"
"It wee."
" Well, I saw you drop it in that wall-
pooket, and itis a corkscrew and not a can
opener.
It is, eh? ;Perhaps I don't know a
)iitching•post from the city hall'!" he growl•
ed as be recoiled for the parcel and unroll-
ed ft. It wee a corkscrew. It could only
be used as a corkscrew. It was made and
sold for a corksorew."
" Did'nt I tell you ?"' queried Mrs. Bow -
tier.
" Tell me what 1 You told me it was a
corkscrew, and it'e a oan.opener, just as I
said it was I"
"It's a corkscrew, Mr. Boweer, as every
body will tell you,"
"I say it's a oan•opener, and if ail the
world was to say to the contrary 11 would
still be a can -opener. Mrs. Bowser, I don't
like your demeanor. 140 wife should stand
up and dispute with her husband. When
I don't know how to run this house Tll
step down and out, While we are on the
subject let me ask where that serew•driven
is'I wee using upstairs a week' ago? I
hunted for it two whole hours last evening.
Perhaps you'll sell that a corkscrew, too ?"
"You were boring a hole to put up a
hook i"
"Yea'm-baring it ]tole."
"And you used a gimlet and left it lying
on the windowsill 10
"Woman I" shouted Mr. Bowser as he
ppranced around, "don't I know a gimlet
frotn a screw -driver 1"
"Done any one bore holes with a screw.
driver ?" she queried in reply,
Then there was deep silence for a minute,
during which Mr. Bowser turned red and •
white and breathed like a foundered horse.
"Mrs. Boweer 1" he said at length, and
in a broken voice, "this is the limit—the
last straw 1 • Our lawyers will get together
to•morroW and (ix thingo up, and you can
return to vont. mother, I don't want any
dinner, and I shall be very busy thie erne -
hag. .Good -night 1"
Shoe Superstitions.
When you buy a pair of new shoes never
put them on a ehelt higher than your head,
unless you want to bring bad luck; and
if you blackenthem' before you hove had
both shoes on,.you may meet with an acct.
(tent or eveu have sudden death. 'Chia is an
old Irish superstition. The Soottiah girls
believe that if they drop their shoes' before
they are worn trouble will ensue, while a
Brooch lady lotting her heel is auuo of some
disappoinbmeut in love, and a German
mother in the same predicament, feels that
she will soon lose one of her children.
You must not put your right shoe on
your left foot or your )alt on your right,
nor Mimi, you put your left shoe on before
your right, unless you want bad luck.
This superstition Woe back to ono of the
emperors of Rome, who, it le recorded, pat
on hie left shoe filet one morning, and oamo
MAC being aseamsinated during the day.
Ae a sign of reepeob, the Japaneee take
off their slippers when they meet in the
Meet, and the Jews used to pinok off one
of theirs to confirm a bargain. Through.
out the East when an inferior enters the
presence of his superior he leaven his shoos
or alippere'at the door,
A*100,000company is talking of building
a dry stook at Windsor,,