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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1895-8-30, Page 2STORIES CIF AJVENTUI gallant thing. Open Math whelk he bee hia eaddit`dapa between ltta knees, ee he is the Meet elutnay whet he ham to loop up hie Relate and bis subre,taache in one hoed turn its kat Mee .for fear of oatokuing the towels of hie enure, Still, ;pttroo and 1 were of the age when One oan vasty thinga off; sled I data 0YpuCth0.t no we a nalea wotill bene quarreled with the appeara^ee of lite two young huesare, one in blue end ems in grey, who Bet out dine night from tbe' rensdor£ poet-110MM, We both carried our swords, ants for my own part 1 slipped a Motel from my holster into the inside of my pelisse, far it seemed to methat there knight be tithes wild teeth before tie, Tho track which led to the Cootie Wenad through a piteh,blaolt firnvoiel, where we could see uothmg nave the ragged patch of stare above our lased, Presently,however, a:opened up, end there wee the Castle rightWhen 0 of ua;obout ea far no a earhfne and bore every mark g There was bell a p Ton t Il tT h e Of i 4 leo EE CONTINUED.) 4' e a n n d 0 s , e e e T 1 h 0 Y io o- s, we e k Moth B. middy 'had got ae far teethe village "Yon, in is my men," cried my oampom By y b L eu,auvagall over ilk hieeaelteman.• o a I was oVha dkrevtf ids, but u ,. o fah hue he fiend of Provideu a wh 'wa s IttaL road for Ceders/de, whore the Einj?erot lad me beta, Wile min my there ie tick wintering, and OM fee the main camp at justice fn titin world 1 Coma,, monsieur t0Ven dtvislons of infantry, the highway Gerard, for I muse ems the men safely i h oarrin eo and darts. i'Vhat 9uerter4 l !mime l tem attend to iiia private am chakad w t g ,natter, -With artillery ottieoeno and waggons and He spurred on lois horse, and ten minutes 4euriet'e'and theever'-thickening etr0I 0 of later we teeth et the door of the inn of n skin lens, it seemed to me Aranetlorf, where , his men were to find' reoruias and gfi their quarters for the night. that it would be a very long time before I Well, ell this wan no affair of mine, and nbpuld join my oomredes. The plaint,how I could not imagine "whet the manning' of d ,aver, were five feet deep in mace; 'aa there it might be, Raseel was still far o11; but as" nothing for it but to plod upon on I determined to ride on for A few house vas n t r g that r and take ley ohanoe of some wayside barb way, It was with joy; therefore, iu whioh' I could find shelter for Rataplau foimd aseoond road which breached away and myself, I had mounted my horse, from the other, trending through afir-wood therefore, after tossing ou a pup of wtuo, t here was a small when young Durso name running one of towards the nor h,. 1 of the door and laid hie heart upon myt knee, =barge at the orals -rands, and a patrol "Monsieur f ererd," ha panted, I beg the Third Hussars of ConflanM--the verY of you not to abandon me itke this 1" raiment of which 1 was afterwards colm001 "My good air," said 1, "if you world g tall me what in 'elle matter cilia whatyou --were mounting their horses at bhe door, would with me to do, 1 eh0ald be batter elan the steps stood their officer; a. able to tell you if X could be of any aeons - slight, pale young man, who looked more tame to you." ,a S like a young priest from a seminary than "You ciao b0 of the very greatest, he moods before Plied, . "Indeed,frotn all that 1 have heard fonder of the devil-may-aweof you, Monsieur Gerard, y ou are the one him; man whom I should wish to have by my "Good day, sir," said be, seeing that I aide to -night." pilled up my horse. "You forget that I am riding to join my "Good -day," 1 answered. "I am Lieu- regiment. You cannot, in any case, reaohit to- - tenant Etienne Gerard, of the Tenth," night. Tomorrow will bring you to Reese]. I could see by his fade thab be heard of By" stoying with me you will confer the me. Everybody had beard of me since my very greateeb kindness upon me, anti yo will aid the in a matter whioh concerns my duel with• the six fencing -mestere. My own hmnonr and the honour of my family. manner, however, seemed to put him at his I am compelled, however, to confess to you .,ease with me. that some personal danger may possibly b "I am Sub Lieutenant Duroo, of the involved. Third," said, he. It was aerafty thing for him to say. 0 "Newly joined?". I asked. course, 1 sprang from Rateplan'e:back ane. "Last week." ordered the groom to lead him back into Thad thought as much, from his white the stables. face and from the way in whioh be 1st his "Come into the inn, said I, "nudist me H ien . lounge upon their bones. It know exactly what it is that you wish me W ee not eo long, however, since - ..I todo," had learned myself what it wan like when He led the way into a sitting -room, and a schoolboy has to give orders, to veteran fastened the door lest we should be inter 'troopers. It made me blush, I remember, rupted, He was a well -grown lad, and as to shout abrupt commands to men who had he stood in the glare of the lamp, with the ' seen more battles thou I had years,. and it light beaming upon his earnest face and would have come more natural for me to i upon hfe uniform of silver gray,which suit - say, "With your permission, we shall now ed him to a marvel, I felt my heart warm wheel into line," or, "If you think it beet, towards him, Without going so far to to not think the less of , saythat he carried himself as I had done we shall trot:' 1 did 1 the lad, therefore, when T observed that • at his age, there was at least similarity his men were sometimes out of hand, but enough to make me feel in sympathy with I gave them a glance which stiffened them hue. in their saddles. I can explain it all in a few words," "May I ask, monaleur, whether you are said. he. " It I have, not already satisfied going by this northern road ?" I asked. your very natural:. curiosity, it is because "My orders are to patrol it as far as the subject is so painful a one t0 me that Arensdorf," said he. - can hardly bring myself to allude to it. I "Then 1 will, with your permission, ride cannot, however, oak for your aseist0noe so far with you," said I. "Itis very clear without explaining to you exactly how the that the longer way will be the faster. matter lies. So itproved, for this road led away from " You must know, then, that my father the army into a country which was given was the well-known banker, Ohrietophe over to Coes:mks and marauders,andit was Duron, who was murdered by the people as bare ae the ether crowded. Duroo during the September massacres. As you and 1 rode in front, with our six troopers aro aware, the mob took possession of the clattering in thereat. He was a good boy, prisons, chose bhree so-called judges to pass this Duroc, with his head full' of the non- sentence upon the unhappyaristocrats, and sense that they teach at St. Cyr, knowing then tore them to pieces when they were more about Alexander and Pompey than passed out into the street. My father how to mix a horse's fodder or care for a had been a benefactor of the poor all his horse's feet.. Still, he was, as I have said, life. There were many to plead for him. a good boy, unspoiled as yet by the He bad the fever, too, and was carried in, camp. It pleased me to hear him half-dead, upon a blanket. Two of the prattle away abeub his sister Marie and judges were in favour of acquitting him ; about his mother in Amiens. Presently we the third,a young Jaoobin,whose huge body found ourselves at the village of Hayenau. and brutal mind had made him a leader Duroo rode up to the poet -house and asked among these wretches, : dragged him; with hie own hands, from the litter, kicked him again and again with his heavy boots, and hurled him out of the door, where in an instant he was torn limb from limb under oiroumetancee which are too horrible for me to describe.. This, as you perceive, wee murder, even under their own unlawful laws, for two of their own judges had- pro- nounced in my father's favour. "Well,whenthe days of order comeback again,my elder brother began to make in- quiries about this man. I was only a child then, but it was afamily matter, and it was discussed in my presence. The fellow's nome. was Oarabin.' 'He , was one of San- eterre'a Guard, and a noted. duellist. A foreign lady named the Bareness Straub:ma thal having been dragged before the Jaco- bins, he had gained her liberty for her on the promise that she with her money and estates should be his.. He had married her, taken her name end title, and escaped out of. France at the time of the fall of Robes- pierre. What had become of him we had no means of learning. "You will think,doubtless, that it would be eney foe us to find him, since we had his namoand his title; You must remember however, that the•Revolution left us with. out money, and that without money such eearchisverydiflicult- ThencametheEmpir and it became more difficult still, for, ae you are aware, the Emperor considered that th IgthBruinairebroughtallaccountetoaeeetle meat, and that on that day a veil' had been drawn throes the past. None the lees, we kept' our own family story and our ow family plans. -illy 'brother the army, and passe with it through' all Southern Europe, oak ing eve ywhere for the Baron Straabenbhal Last October he was killed at Jena, ` with his mission still unfulfilled. Then it became my turn, and 1 have the good fortune t hear of tl,e very man of whom I am i search at one of the first Polish village whioh I have to visit, and within a fort- night of joining my regiment.. And then to make the matter even better, I find my self in thetompany of one whose name i never mentioned throughout the army sae in "connection with Borne daring and genes nus deed." This was all vary well, and 1 listened t it with the greatase interest, but I was Hou the clearer as to what young Duroc wished me to do. 'How can I be of service to you?" asked. "By coming up with me." "To the Castle?" "Preoiarily," "Whoa ll "At once." to see the master. "Can you tell me," said he,"whetber the man who calls himself the Baron Strauben- thal lives in these parte?" The postmaster shook his head, and we rode upon oar way. 1 took no notice to this, bat when, at the meat viliage,mycomrade repeated the same question, with the same result, I could not help asking hint who this Baron Strauban- thal might be. He is a m0n," said Duroc,with a Budden flush upon hie boyish face, "oo whom I have a very important message to convey." Well, this was not sareafsrtory,but there was something in my companion'e manner which told rite that any furtberqueetiouing would be distasteful to him. I said nothing more, therefore, but puree would still ask every peasant whom we met whether he give him any news of the Baron celled Straubenthal. For my awn part I was endeavouring, as an officer of light cavalry should, to form an idea of the lay of the country, to note the course of the streams, and to mark the places where there ahottld be fords. Every step was taking us farther from the camp round the flanks of which we were travel- ing. Fax to the south a few plumes: of grey smoke in the frosty air marked the position of some of our outposts. To the north, however, there was nothing between ourselves and the Russian winter quarters. Twice on the extreme horizon I caught o. glimpse of the glitter of steel,, and pointed it out to my companion. It was too dietant for unto tell whence it name, but we had little doubt that it was from the lance - heads of marauding Cos:aaks.. The sun was just setting when we rode over a low hill and saw a small village upon our right,' and on our left a high black castle, which jutted out from amongst the pine•woode. A farmer with his part was approaching us—a matted -hair, down• cast fellow, in a sheepskin jacket. "What village is thin?" treated Duran. "It is Arenedorf," he answered, in his barbarous Gentian dialect, "Then bore I am to stay the night," said my young companion. Then, turning to the farmer, he melted his eternal question, "Can you tall Inc where the Baron Sham belithal lives ?" "Why, it fs he who owns the Castle of Gloom," said the farmer pointing to` the dark turrente over the distant fir forest. Duroc gave a shout like the sportsman. who meg his game rising in front of him, The lad seemed to have gone off his head— Ole eyes ebuing,his face deathly wliite,and such a grim sot about hie mouth as made the fanner shrink away from him. 1 can see him now, leaning forward on his brown horse, with hie eager gaze fixed upon the greet black tower. "Why do you call it the Castle of Gloom ? I asked, "Well it'e the name It bears upon the country aide," said the farmer. By all accounts there have been some black doings ftp yonder. It's net for nothing that the wiokedeat man in Poland hoe been living there these fourteen years past." "A Polish nobleman ?" 1 asked. "Nay eve breed no moth men in Poland," ho answered, "A Frenchman, then?" shied Diiroo. "1 boy nay that he came from France." "Aad with red hair?" "Ae rod as a fax," Would eafry, It Wee a huge, uncouth place, t rk ofbeing.oxgoedin lY old, with turrets at every corner, and a square kelp op the aide.which was nearest tows. In all its great shallow there wee no eign of light Bayo for a single window, and no eonnd came fro)n it, To me there was sounethingswfnl in its size and ha sileuce,whioh corresponded ea well with its sinister ua,ne. My companion pulsed' on eagerly, anal followed him along the 111 kept path whioh 104 to the gate. n0 e r knocker upon the greab, iron•etudded door, and it was only by pounding with the hilts of our sabres that we could attract attention. A thin hawk -faced mac, with a beard up to his temples, opened'it at laet. He carried a lantern in one hand and in the other a chain whioh held an enormous bleak hound. Hie manner at the first moment, was threatening, but the eight of our uni- forms and our faces turned it into one of sulky reserve. "The Baron Straubenthal does not re- ceive visitors at so late an hour," said he, speaking"in very excellent French. " You eau inform -Baron Straubenthal that I.have come eight hundred leagues to see him, and that I will not leave until I have done so, said 'my oompanion. I could not myself have said it with a better voice and manner. The follow took a sidelong look at us, and tugged at his blank beard in his per- plexity. ' To tell the truth, gentlemen," said he, "the baron has a cup or two of wine in him at this hour, and you would certainly lied him :a more entertaining companion if you were to come again in the morning." He had opened the door a little wider ae he spoke, and I saw by the light of the lamp in the hall behind him that three other rough fellows were Mending there, one of whom' held another of thtee man. etrous hounds. Durno must have seen it also, but it made no ditfereooe to his reso- lution. ":Enough talk," said he, pushing the man to one side, "Itis with your master that I have to deal.' The fellows in the hall made way for him as he strode in among them, so great is the power of one mato who knows what. he wants" over several who are not sure of themeelvee. My companion tapped one of thein upon the shoulder with as much assurance ae though he owned him. "Show me to the Baron," said he. The man shrugged hie shouiders, and answered eomethiug in Polish. The fallow with the beard, who had shut and barred" the front door, appeared to be the only one among them who could speak French. " Well, you shall have your way,"said he, with a sinister smile. You shall see the baron. And perhaps, before you have finished, you will wish that you had taken my advice." We followed him down the, hall, which was etone•fiagged and very spacious, with Ekins scattered upon the floor, and the heads of wild beasts upon the walla. At the farther end he threw open' a door, and we entered. "But what do you intend to do?" "I shall knew what to do, But I with you to be with me, all the same." Well, it was never in my nature torefue an adventure, and,, besides, I had over eympathy with the lad's feelings. It' very well to forgive one's enemies, but on wiekee to give them something to forgive Mem I hold out my hand to him, there- fore. "I must be on my Way for Resod to. morrow morning, but tonight /Pan yours, said I. We left our troopers in snug quarter and, as ib was but a mile to the Castle, did not disturb our Morten. To tell th Muth, I hate to see a cavalry man Wal and I hold that just as he is the rno ,l FA, 1lT:tkinS' k$tlttet' In HOG Wea't1ISPI Bot weather ie what MIA rho better inalter's metal. 'It it well ;lief ipiposelbke t' e to succeed iu making w rosily flee nr tel without tee, Tim peat beat thing le a o tug of cold Witter rennin through the Ps g g milk room, Noise to thie in nl windmillat- taehtd to the well in such a manner as 10 have a: tank of fresh water in which to sot the 'ni?k and cream, Next 10 the coal cellar and milk cat .in open patio, Eternal vigilance i0 indeed the prion of suceeee in making good castor when the thermometer registers u in the nineties or L g p even the eighties. In the drat place the milk, if set in a creamery or in cane of any bind deeper thau the cominop milk pan, must be quick. ly cooled. With plenty ?t he this is an easy matter. Without it, teeth wator'from the well must be poured into the Lank surrounding the mills after that which cooled the milk has been drawn off, pay, half an boar after straining, or as soon as the water becomes en warm as the milk. CHINESE TORTURE. A Terrible Berard or Decapitations its -Ile Roman Province. If ghastly tortures and severe punishment would stop crime, China ought to be a Utopiawithno breaches of the law; yet during the laet few months, mainly because of the presence of forced levies of troops n various pros inees, crime has been more oonepicuous and brigandage has increased alarmingly. The Pekin Gazette's report from Hunan is appalling. Last year eighty- one ight -one men wore summarily decapitated In this one province for robberies of the people They were executed under the new law, which provides that in a case of robbery with violence, if but one member of a gang of robbers be armed with a gun, all ere to be executed at once without regard to head cr accomplice or whether they have divided spoil, In all these cases the robbers had arms,' and many of them confessed that they were disbanded soldiers. This list does not include 0500 100 execu- tions made in commotion with the euppr'es- sion of s revolt of the Kolao Hui,' or secret moiety, whose object ie' to depose the pre- sent dyneety and put a Chinese in its stead, In Winohow the mandarin' has recently taken the torture and punish meat of pirates in his own hands. He actually had all the inquisitorial aparatue removed from the magiatrate'e court to his own official yaman and there sot up, Every day two prisoners charged with piracy are brought before him, and he amueee himself by torturing them is all the approved ways. The poor wretches' are taken from the hideous jail, where vermin drawl over the floor and walla and the stench is unendurable to a Europ- ean, to the yamen yard. - They are so loaded with chains that they have to be helped along by an official on eaoh aide. Arrived at the yamen, they are anode 'to kneel, without trousers, ou a groat heap of eludes. Than a bar of wood is paessd be- hind the knees, the back le fixed against an upright' post by pulling the victim's queue through a hole in it, the arms are stretched out and fastened to a crosspiece, and the thumbs are securely tied with cords. Phan a crank is turned, and the devilish machine emotes all the cords so that the poor wretch's joints are nearly pulled out of the sockets, and the agony is so grehb that the strongeeb man loges oon- scio seness. When the sufferer has fainted servants rush forward, and while several throw water in his fano, others beat him with limber ewitehee. When he in revived he is taken out; of the machine and removed again to the prison, This proaats le carried on every morning until the prisoner con. Moses or gives up the ghost. 10 ie said that the Winohow mandarin enjoys this torturing with the keen zest of a voluptuary, and that he hats devised several new and ingenious variations in the process which are. Warranted to pro- dtmo aoute agony without seriously impair, fng the strength of the victim, meat renlu0eretiYe on the farm, Geed Tiunobhy hay, however, earl be ;Weed only on hind thee to oni'lohed. A: neglect to do this will result fn a great lose of bream and cemeequently of butter. The cream must be kept as cool as pos- sible until auf z ient has accumulated for a Mourning. If there is an extra can in the oreaniery this is u good place to loop it. Exposure to the open air in the milk room —covered of course—will sour it sufficient' ly iu . twenty-four house. It should be stirred frequently during the time o en- sure lbs ripening evenly the same as in Winter. There ie danger of its getting toe sour whioh must be guarded against. The churning in summer time should always be done early in the moraine so ae to get it out of the way while itis 000l.. It is a good plan to start it before breakfoab. 11 one of the men could bo spared from the chores to do thio job itshould be eo arrang- ed, ae with moat churns it is pretty heavy work fur a woman. If ehe churn is not filled too full bhree.quartere of an hour ought to bring the butter to granules; then add a pint of salt to facilitate its separat- ing from the buttermilk, turn a few times or until the buttermilk will draw off uicely, and wash in plenty of sold water. Churn at511 degrees if possible in eummer. le ie an undecided question as to whether the thorough washing of the butter detracts from he flavor. 01d time butter.makers often omitted the washing entirely and eomo of the finest flavored butter we ever tasted was not washed at all. Butter that is thoroughly washed needs lees working.' Over-worked butter qunokly spoils Butter should be hard enough to resist the ladle or worker or it is nob inintcondition to be worked. When, years ego, ice was not obtainable and the churning a small one, the writer used to hong the butter down the well (which load an open ourb) until sufficiently cold and hard to work nicely. .A good cellar, if properly managed, keeping it Mooed during the middle of the day and open when cooler, will keep the butter hard if there is no ice. It should be perfectly sweet and clean, with no veget- ables, old boards or trash of any kind around. Soreena at door and windows are a neceaoity. The care' of all milk. utensils, as well as those for the butter, muot have special attention in hat weather. Never put hob water upon mils pails until they have first bean rinsed with cold. Never use soap around dairy utensils of any kind. Hot water, pure and simple, is by far the best' oleanser and destroyer of microbes. Let all pails, eons, strainers, etc., be given a good scalding every day. Look out for any cloths in use about dairy. See that they are exch. nged very frequently for fresh ones.. Rinse andseeld them and shake out well before hanging up to dry each time they are used. Make etrainer cloth of new bleached butter -cloth and have them large enough to double twice over the lower part of the wire strainer. Don't leave oft' the cloth strainer. If you do not think it necessary just try it oboe—no matter how clean your cows may be. If there is nothing on it but intik you may not need it. I think, however, you will be convinced of its uaefulneta. CANADIAN 111lATES. e a1 t the 1 Or lYsl u Isle, P • n s Gtrn s 1 uo 1 re i I 1 1 I 'I a4%80,1)88,u. I•i/4 a l ti... Plti T lac In nb other pert of the world, po01zops, is there each it daring gang of pirates se that width infesto'the otreits of Belle Isle,. the narrowpeesage n0rtii of.alowfomealand, by whioh steamships in the summer months r01Oh the (Bra of St, Lewreuoe Pram Europe. Some of theta, live tt good part of the year on Belle Isle itself, fiat .others conte from Newfoundland, Labrador, New Brunswiolt, and Wove Scotia, ostonelbly to angoga'in the „reality On the lookout for whet they eau loot and steal fromn.ships ha distross. There are at loner three or four s racks flshottiea but in, v every year iu the vicinity 4f Belle Isle, and sometimes a great iron steamship breaks up or rune aground there, This is a. rich harvest for the pirates. They swarm about the wreck and help themselves to everything that they can lay hands on. The Captains and crews of such ships in distress have penally all they oan do to save their lives, from tide treacherous coast, without ponceraing themselves with the fate of their cargoes, Should they venture to remonetrete with these highwaymen of the sea for the freedom with whioh they help themselves to other people's property,.they would be laughed at for their pains, as was the Captain of the wreohea steamship Mexico, a few days ago. Capt. Daly hal just arrived from the scene of the wreok of hie ship, with the most startling descrip- tion of his experiences with the pirates, Daly endeavored to make berms with the Captains of the fishing sohoonore that evearmod about the wrook for the saving of the cargo, bet they laughed in hie face, sayiug that they intended to take every- thing that they could lay hands on. As an tnstauae of the bare -faced character of the robbery carried on by them Daly reports that he wont aboardoneschooner at a time when it was deserted by all save a woman, lee soepeoted that seem of hie effects' were concealed on board. - The wo- man protested that there was nothing whatever there belonging to him. He ineisted upon a search and found nailed to a bulkhead the portrait of hie wife and children which bad been taken from his cabin, Continuing the search he found e small hatch battened down, and upon open- ing ibdisooveredthirteen bags of clothing belonging to his ship -wreaked senora. Shipping men feel that it is an, Outrage upon foreign as well as Canadian shipping for such u gang of pirates to be permitted at large iu Canadian waters to prey upon. the commerce of the world, and wonder that juetioe wan not meted out to them long ago. Thus far, no attempt whatever has been made to bring these marauders to justice. Were a:gunboat to be sent down to the atraite, as many wish, it would bo dodged quite easily by the fast -sailing, light -draught, fishing, wrecking, and smug. gling echoonere of the Gulf, with the intimate knowledge possessed by their crews of the bays and Doves of the - coast. Some day the pirates will encounter a well -armed oaptam and crew at a wreak, 1 or steamship men know what they have to expect here. There will be a deeperate fight, for the pirates are well armed, and on some of their smuggling expeditions they have already engaged the erewe of the Government revenue cutters. Summer -Manuring Of Pastures. Good barnyard manure applied right after the meadows and pastures are mown in the summer give very beneficial results. It can be hauled' out from the garde and stables in August or September, and spread over the stubble. The earlier after the meadows are mown the better, and where they are cut in early July, the work can be done profitably thee. Thin pastures will also be greatly improved by a mid -summer manuring, and where the grass has been very thin at nutting it ie an easy matter then to apply the manure where most. needed. By renewing thia method up eye - mimetically patchy meadow land can be made even and regular. Faith atrawy manure that has not been entirely compostedwill give good results. The straw protects the roots of the grass from the hot sun, and helps to retain the moleture in the soil after each shower. About tea good loads of manure to the acre applied several years in suooession will make 'each a dilterenee in the yield that one would be enrpriaed. Manure applied in the fall, and then harrowed over lightly, will tend to make new Grass Beetle sprout at once, and on the whole the pastures seem to be benefited by this harrowing, aopeoially'if rain follows right after it. By applying the manurein this way late in summer it d0ea not inter• fere with the next sea0on'e crop of hay, but rather tends to increase its yield. Of course,` it keeps the (tattle off the pasture for a titre, and this certainly should bo done for a few weeks in mid -summer any way, Featuring stack on the meadows right after mowing, when the soil le dry and the sun is vary hot, Is the surest way to run out a good piece of grass land. After mowing the land needs a rest, and a little stimulating thou will help mestere a great deal. By handling our hay Beide in title way we oan Drop them 7000e years to oucoeeeiou than if we neg"lecb them. Six successive crops of good Timothy off the hayfield is something unusual, and yet that is just whatthis system will do every time. The question 18 whether the labor of spreading' the manure in late summer will not pay if such reenlist are obtahtoble. This year hay is apparently going to be high. Already prices are tending upward, end holders are keeping Gide old steep for further adveneee. The coining crop will not be a large one unless more rain falls, We have had for that matter a number of years lately when good hay paid ae well as any orop on the farm. If we but handle the grass land properly we will find it the PEARLS OF TRUTH, AN l.I,ILJ.11013A13LE IJ L l QUEEN VICTORIA SAID TO SE EN- DOWED WITH SECOND SIGHT, toileerTlep$1/140ol$ Voll it Plata Spirit uallelli^Seiki. to 44) 4tlairied ay Mb - viae F10551 I10*' 4fet4v1 tlasltnl*l. Although'onr Quooll in the most popular woman in Christendom, and devolttly loved by all her subjoctn, cob a few Eng. nehmen aro worried over certain phases in her life whioh one of them oalls "4ocontri. tattles Of the Nears rather thou 4)Otet00of a suporeensitivo conscience," writes a torr respondent. No secret is made of the fol that Victoria is a Spiritualist, and that baa administration of her Madame 'intermits i@f governed by ocoul0 lnllueuees, but referenee to this condition is never directly ventured by the English .press. Perhaps thom. jeurneliets who ate familiar ,with the Queen'snotione about each thiuge.ourmfae. they are not of public interest. 1 think they are, Viotorie ie one of the most illusbriolo figures in an age of univer.. al enlightenment, and her influence will penetrate the future and shed fts genial rays along the lines of program ,througb many.decades of eventful history,' What ehe thinks and believes oonotiteto the motives of her actsand form thelife blood of those tamale upon which reposes the the fame of a mighty nation; therefore,all the apringa of these thoughts and belielo ATM WO$'rir IS.NOWT1`O. God givee every bird its food, but h does not throw it into the neat.—J. G Holland. We have not an hour of life in whioh our pleasures relish not some pain.— Maesingor. Oue self-apprevmg hour whole years out• weighs of stupidetarers, and of loud huzzas. —Pope. The mind by passion driven from ite firm hold, becomes a feather to each wind that blows.—Shakespeare. We should acauatom the mind to keep the beat company by introducing it only to the beat books. —Sydney Smith. I think the world would go mad, just frenzied with strain and pressure, but for the blessed institution of Sunday.—Herford. A great lie is like a great fish on dry land ; it may fret and fling, and make a frightful bother, but it 000 nob hurt you. You have oily to keep still and it will die of itself.--Crabbe. The. fruition of what is unlawful must be followed by retnorse. The sore sticks in the throat after the apple is eaten, and the sated appetite loathes the interdicted pleasure for wh 0 innocence was bartered. --Jane Porter, He who murmurs against his condition does not understand it ; but he who aocopta of it in peace, will aoaa learn to aompre• hend it.—Anon. 12 Years 01d and Weighs 310 Paula d s ''era is a girl in Webster, Mose., only 12 years of age who weighs 410 pounds. Her name is Elsie Bates, the only daugh- ter of Abel and Sarah Bates. Her father is a farmer and her mother works on the farm, They are both above the average size, the mother the larger of the two, Dleie walks to school and back, the diebanoo to the schoolhouse being a mile and a half. But few mon can handle a pair of oars as easily and gracefully tie ahe cap - Nearly 25 years ago she told some friends thee Prince Albert was always ptese"t withmher,on andwttb thathim- she held frequent con- unioati "Communication 1 Please let us under- stand more definitely,"'said a scientist iu the party. "I will try to make it olear," responded: the Queen. "Itis not long shoe the of our great statesmen recommended to me a course of action in an important matter, which I thought quite just and proper,' but, as usual, I required a few days for more careful coneideration. Next inornfng it came into my mind with great' fore., accompanied by unanswerable argmnents agaiuet it. When these were preaeuted'to the proposer of the measure he promptly acknowledged they were incontrovertible, and thereupon abandoned the project. I was in favour of the original proposition, and had no thought about arguments against it till they were pressed upon my mind, and they wore presented in just that clear and modest way which, stamped all. arguments of tha'P.rince with incomparable beauty and. lucidity. I could nob doubt theireouroe." Bach evidence would certainly capture a loving heart that was yearning to be con- vinced. The Queen's private rooms are arranged just as they were when Prince Alhert was. alive. Hie chair le placed opposite to her own in the library, and the books he de- lighted to rend to her are arranged in order upon the table. In some of her moods ahe will converse with hint for hours together, conducting her share of the conversation aloud with the vigor andinterest of old times. On these occasions she is invaria- bly cheerful, sometimes laughing heartily, and onoe she was heard to exclaim : " Really, mein Lieber, I never knew yen was mush a joker." The Prince bad taught her by his ex- ample the success of hie business enter- prises, especially by hie management of the DOOl1Y OP 001811WALL, to superintendas much as possible all her private affairs herself, to reduce unneees- . may expenditures and forbid extravagance, The greatest simplicity is, therefore, -ob served atthe Queen's table, and she imagines. —perhaps knows—that her, husband sees it all and is well pleased. There are times when she le more than ordinarily impressed by a sense of his pres- ence, and then itis amid she will order ,a place at the dinner table to be set for him and pause the attendants to serve every eourso before the empty chair, as if the master still occupied It. Every morning a pair of boots is cleaned and mat down against the door of the chamber he once °coupled, and at breakfast, especially when iu Scotland, she will atria sit a long time in silence waiting for the Prince's presence, and abstain from eating until he masa to have in some way manifested himself. Dudley a Wealthy Noble. Tho Dael of Dudley must be one of the wealthiest zoblee in the kingdom. Fie owns about 20, 000 acres, and 'hie father's rent roll was re turned at £103,000 a year. Bub dile by no means represents the reel wealth of the Wards, for the Esrl fa o great mine owner' and ironmaetor in the Midlande. Lord Dudley has estates is Worcestershire, StaHnrdehfre, Merionethshire and Rola burghehiee. Very Like Him. Elderly Gentleman—Thio fe aremarkably geed photo of my eon 1 Very like him, Indeed I Basfhe paid you for it yet ? Photographer—No, sir, Elderly Gentleman. --Ah, very like Lha, indeed, Blew It 7n. Woggles' had, a 106 of money at one time. What baoamo of it ? Ile blew ,bin. How? Tovested it in a pneumatic railway cheme. Cooking by Electricity. English eleetriciane deserve much credit for the praotioal way in which they have solved many of the problems arieing out of developments in electrical cookery. A well-known writer on the obenistry of cookery has given hate his opinion that the perfect arrangement for an oven would be the radiation of its limb hem all sides. This is uow done in an elootrie oven which is hoeing a large male in London. The process is said to produce a cooked meat aboolutely wholeaenei and extremely appe- tizing, There is no combustion whatever in the oven, 0010 the feud, being crooked in a pure atmosphere, mann possibly be taunted, The heat ie turned on at any part merely by the movement of a switch, It is produced ineide the oven, and it is so conserved that after the oven is once made hot what is required to carry onthe process le little more than sufficient to make up fur slight leakages, The electric oven Oan be put on the kitchen dtesser whetsneeded, and it throws practically neither hoot nor smell, Tabulated lists are provided Ecom which, the weighb and daeoription of the joint being girth, full instruotioos aro derived a0 to the time and temperature of bhe required cooking._. Roast mutton takes a temperature of 830 degrees Fahrenheit, beef 340 degrees and veal 350 degrees ; and a heat of 70 degroma is needed to give pule poetry ism deairablo tint and conoioteuey. The oomparative 000lueoe of the outside of the oven is a singular feature'; u0 the chef remarked at areeenb dinner: "You could Bit down on the oven while you roast in. eide." Rather ,Unappreciative. Agent -1 have called, madame, to see it 1 could not sell you a summer cottage at lfasltion Beach. alta. Suddenrich (with angling dignity) -We kin afford to go to a regatta' boardin house. Likely to Win: Dime Museum Manager - Want a position here, eh 1 Hula 1 What aro you remarkable for? ,Hungry Tramp—I'd like to take part in an eatin' match.