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deur, hung with a ourtafu, faced uo upon
the other side, Botweon lay Aegean table
kirewn with dirty dishes and the sordid
remains of a meal. Several battles were
scattered over it. At the head of it, and
faoipg us,there sat it huge men,wlth a lion
like head 00nd a great shook of orange -
coloured flair. Hie beard was of the same
,glaring flue; matted and tangled and
coarse as aliorne's mane, I have seen eome
' strange faces in my time,butnever one more
brutal than that,with ite small,vioious,biue
eyes, 100. white, crumpled ebooke, and the
27tiek,haneing IT which protruded over his
monstrous beard, His head swayed abou
on his shoulders, and he looked at us with
the vague,dim gaze of a drunken man. Yet
he was not so drunk but that our uniforms
" Wellmy brave boys," he hiccoughed. , various kinds, buns full of dried fruits, and
ory of ear'prrse,
I sprang upon the barrel beside him,
There was, ao he eaid, a long, elver strip of
snow in front, A map wae riding down it,
flogging hie horse aitdeallopieg like a mad.
mon, As we watehed,he grew el -nailer and
smaller, until ho wae ewoilowed up by the
black shadows of the tenet"What does that mean ?" asked Duroo.
"No good for ua," said I. "He may have
gone for some brigands to out our throats,
Let ue neo if we cannot find. a way out of
thio monis-trap before the cat can arri0e.
The rine piece of good tortuue In our favor
wee that beautiful lamp. It was nearly
full of oil, and would Met ue until morning.
In the dark our eituaOion would have been
far more diffietilt. By ite light we proceed-
ed to examine the packagers and ones
which lined the walls. In seine planet
there was poly e. single line of them, while
in one corner they were piled nearly to the
( ceiling. ' 111 seemed that we were in the
storehouse of the Cootie, for there were a
arried their message to him, great number of cheeses, vegetables of
" What is the latest news from Patna, en?
You're going to free Poland, I hear, and
have meantime all become slaves your•
selves—slaves to a little aristocrat with
hie grey. goat and his three -cornered hat.
No more citizens either, I am told, and
nothing but monsieur and madame. My
'faith, some more heads will have to roll
into the sawdust "basket some of these
.mornings.."
Duron advanced in ailenoe,and stood by
the ruffian's aide.
"Jean Oarabin," said he. •
The Baron started, and the film of
drunkenness seemed to be clearing from
his eyes.
"Jean Carabin," said Duroc, once more.
He sat up and grasped the arms of his
obair.
' What do you mean by repeating that
name, young man ?" he asked.
"Jean Oarabin, you are a man whom I
have long wished to meet."
" Supposing that I once had euah a name
how can it conoern you, eines you must
have been a child when I bore it ?"
" My name is Duron"
"Not the son of--?"
"The eon of the man you murdered."
The Baron tried to laugh, but there was
terror in, his eyee.
" We must let bygones be bygones,
young man," hegried. "It was our life
ortheirs in those days: the aristocrats or
the people. Your father was of the .Gir-
onde. He fell, 1 was of the mountain.
Most of my comrades fell. It was all the
fortune of war. We must forget all this
and iearn to know each other better, you
and I." He held out a red twitching hand
as he spoke.
Enough," said young Duroc. " If I
were to para my sabre through you as you
sit in that chair, I should do what ia just
and right. I dishonor my blade by crossing
it with yours. And yet you are a French.
man, and have even held a commission un•
der the same flag as myself. Rise, then and
defend yourself.
"Tut, tut 1" cried the Baron, "It is all
very well for you young bloods---
Duroo'e patience could stand no more.
He swung his open hand into the centre of
the great orange beard. I saw a lip fringed
withblood and two glaring blue eyes above
it.
" You shall die for that blow."
" That is better," said Duroo.
"My sabre 1" cried the other; "l will
not keep you waiting, I promise you 1" and
he hurried from the room.
I have said that there was a second door
covered with a curtain. Hardly had the
Baron vanished when there ran from behind
ita woman, young and beautiful. So swiftly
and noiselessly did she move that she was
between ue in an instant, and 11 wae only
the shaking curtains which told us whence
she had come.
1 have seen it, all," she cried. " Oh
sir, you have carried yourself splendidly.'
She stooped to my companion's hand, and
kissed it again and again ere he could die.
engage it from her grasp.
Nay, madame, why should you kiss
my hand 1" he cried.
"Because it is the hand which struck
bimon his vile, lying mouth. Because it
may be the hand whioh will avenge my
mother. I am his step -daughter. The
woman whose heart he broke wae my
mother. I loathe him, I fear him. Ah,
there is his step 1" In an instant she had
vanished as'suddenly as she had come. A
moment later, the. Baron entered with a
drawn sword in his hand, and the fallow
whohad admitted us at his heels:
" This is my secretary," said he. " He
will be my friend in this affair. But we
shall need more elbow -room than we can
find here. Perhaps you will kindly dome.
with me to a more epnoioua apartment."
It was evidently impossible so fight in a
chamber which was - blooked by a great
table. We followed him out, therefore,
into the dimly-lit hall. At the farther
end alight was shining through an open
door.
" We shall find what we want in here,"
said the man with the dark beard. 1t wae
a large, empty room, with rows of barrels
and cases round the walls. A strong lamp
stood upon a shelf in the miner, The floor
was level and true, so that no swordsman
could ask for more. Duroc drew his sabre
and sprang into it. The Baron stood book
with a bow and motioned me to follow
my companion. Hardly were my heels
over the threshold when the heavy door
crashed behind ue end the key screamed
in the lock. We were taken in trap.
For a moment wo could not realize it.
Such incredible baseness was outside all
our experienoee. Then, as we understood
how foolish we had been to trust for an
instant a man with euoh a history a flush
of rage oame oval lit, rage against his vil•
rainy and against our own stupidity. We
rushed at the door together, beating it with
our fists and kicking without heavy boots.
The sound of our blows and of our execra-
tions must have resounded through the
Castle. We called to this villain, hurling
at him every name which might platen even
into hie hardened foul. But the door was
enormous-euoh a door as one finds in
mediioval castles—made of huge beams
clamped together with iron. It wae ea
easy to break ae a square of the. Old
Guard. And our cries' appeared' to be of
as little avail as our blowe, for. they
only brought for answer the clattering
shoes from the high roof above ue.
When you have done eome soldiering, you
soon learn to put' up with what cannot be
altered. It wae X, then, who first recover-
ed my caimneos, and prevailed upon Darn
to join with me in examining the apartment
which had beanie our dungeon,
There was only one window, which had
no giaoe in it and wae sonarrOW that one
a line of wine barrels. One of these had a
spigot in it, and ae 1 had eaten little during
the day, 1 was glad of a cup of claret
and eome food. As to Duroc, he would
take nothing, but pawed up and down the
room in a fever of anger and impatience,
"I'll have him yet 1" he cried every now
and then. "The rascal shall not escape
me!"
This was all very well, but it seemed to
me, as I sat on a groat round cheese eating
my supper, that this .youngster wae think-
ing rather too moil of his own family
affairs and too liable of the fine serape into
which he had got me. After all, hie
father had been dead fourteen years,
and nothing could set that right;. but
here was Etienne Gerard, the most daahing
lieutenant in the whole Grand. Army, in
imminent danger of being cut off at the
very outset of lila brilliant career. Who
was ever to know the heights to which I
might have risen if I were knocked on the
head in this hole-and-corner busineos,whioh
had nothing whatever to do with France or
the Emperor ? I could not help thinking
what a fool I had been, when I had a floe.
war before me and everything which a mon
could desire, to go off upon a hair -brained
expedition of this sort, as if it were pot
enough to have a quarter of a million Rue -
alone to fight against, without plunging
into all sorts of private quarrels 0e well.
"That is' all very well," 1 said at last, as
I heard Duroc muttering hie threats. "You
may do what you liketo him when you get
the upper hand. At preeent the question
rather is, what is he, going to do to us ?"
"Let him do his worst 1" cried the boy.,
"I owe a duty to my father.
"That is mere foolishness," said 1. "If
you owe a duty to your father, 1 owe one
to my mother whin is to get out of this
businese safe and sound."
My remark brought him to his senses.
"I have thought too muah of myself 1" he
cried. "Forgive me, Monsieur Gerard:
Give me your advice as to what I should
do."
"Well," said I, "it is not for our health
that they have shut us up here among the
cheeses. They mean to make an end of us
if they can. That is certain. They hope
that no one knows that we have come here,
and that none will trace us if we remain.
Do your hussars know where you have gone
t0 1"
"I said nothing."
"Hum l le is clear that we cannot be
starved here. They must come to us if
they are to kill us. Behind a barricade of
barrels we could hold our own against the
five remade whom we have seen. That is,
probably, why tbay have sent that messeng-
er for assistance."
"We must get out before he returns."
"Precisely, if we are to getout at all."
"Could we not burn down this door?" he
cried.
"Nothing could be easier," said I. "There
are several casks of oil in the corner. My
only objection is that we should ourselves
be nicely toasted, like two little oyster
pates."
"Can you not suggest something ?" he
Dried, in despair.. "Ah, what is that 1"
There had been a low sound at our little
window, and a shadow came between the
Stars and ourselves. A small, white hand
was stretched into the lamplight. Some.
thing glittered between the fingers,
"Quick 1 quick 1" oried a woman's
voice.
We were on the barrelinan instant.
" They have sent for the Cossacks.
Your lives are at stake. All, I am lost'1 I
am lost I"
There wae the Bound of rushing steps, a
hoarse oath, a blow, and the stars were
once more twinkling through the window.
We stood helpless upon our barrel with our
blood cold with horror. Half a minute
afterwards we heard a smothered scream,.
ending in a choke. A great door slammed'
eoinewtere 'in the silent night.
" Those ruffians have seized her. They
will kill her,'I cried.
Duron sprang down with the inarticulate
shouts of one whose reason had left hni.
He struck the door so frantically with his
naked hands that he left a blotch of blood
with very blow.
" Here is the key !" I shouted, pinking
one from the floor. " She must have
thrown it in at the instant that she was
torn away."
My companion snatched it from me with
a shriek of joy. A momoot later he dashed
it down upon the boards It was so small
that it was lost in the enormous 'lock..
Duroc sank upon one of the boxes with
his head between his He sobbed in
his despair. I could have sobbed, too,
when I thought of the woman and how
helpleee we were to ante her.
Ilut I am not easily baffled. After all,
this key meet have been sent to us for a
purpose. The lady could not bring us that
of the door, because this murderous step.
father of hers would met certainly have it
in hie pocket. Yet this other must have e
meaning, or why should she risk her life to
plan it in our hands? It would say little
forour wits if wo could not find out whet
that moaning 00)5110 be,
1 sat to work moving all the eases out
from the wall, andDuroc,gaining now hope
from my courage, helped me with all hie
strength. It was no light task, for many
Of them were largo and heavy. On we
went, working like man1000, slinging
barrels, cheeses,' and boxes poll•mell into
the middle of the room. At last there
only remained one huge barrel of vodiri,
Which stood in the corner. With our
united etrongth we rolled it out, and there
was a little low wooden door in the wain000t
behind it The key fitted, and with a ery
of delight we saw it swing open before ue.
With the lamp In my hand, I squeezed my
way fn, followed by my oempeniou.
Vire W011000 the powder magazine of the
castle---aroughr walled collar; with 11arrele
ell round it, end one with the tope Laved
fn in the oeiitre. The powder from it lay in
a block heap upon the floor. Iiey'ond there
wee another door, hub it 00008 belted,
" Weare no better off than before,'" erlod
Dom. "Wo ]nave 00 koy.ld'
`"We have a dozen," I or
Where?
X pointed to the line of powder bagels,
"'you would blow thio door epou.-
"Precisely"
"But yon would explode the magazine,"
It wae true, but X Wee not at the end cif
my resources,
" We will blow open the etore,reom
door," I oried.
Iran bank and seized at in box which had
been filled with candles, to was about the
size of my shako --large enough to hold
several pounds of powder. Dune filled 10
While I out ell' the end of a Dandle. When
we had finished, it would hove puailed a
colonel of engineers to make a better
petard, I put three cheeses on the top of
each other and placed ib above then, 0o as
to lean against the look. Then we lit 0110'
oandle-end and ran for aborter,"shutting,
the door of the magazine behind us.
I
is no joke, my friends, to lie among all
those tone of powder, with the knowledge
that if the flame of the explosion should
penetrate through one thin door our black-
ened limbs would be shot higher than the
Castle keep. Who could have believed
that a half-inch of oendle could take so
long to burn ? My ears were straining all
the time for the thudding of the hoots of
the Cossacks who were coming to destroy
us. I had almost made up my mind Chet
the candle must have gone out when
there was a emaok like a bursting boom,
our door flaw to bite, and pieces of
cheese, with a shower of turnips, apples,
and sphutere of oases, were allot in among
us. As we rushed out we had to stagger
through an impenetrable smoke, with all
sorts of debris beneath our feet, but there
was a glimmering square where the dark
door had been. The petard had done its
work.
In faeb, it had done more for us than we
had even: ventured to hope. It had shat.
tared gaolers as well as •gaol. The first
thing that I saw as I came out into the
hall was a man with a butcher's axe in his
hand, lying flab upon his bank, with a
gaping wound across his forehead. " The
second was a huge dog, with two of its
legs broken, twisting an agony upon' the
(Tor. As it raised itself up I saw the
two broken ends flapping like flaile. At
the same instant I heard a ory, and there
was Duro°, thrown against the wall, with
the other .hound'e'teeth 01 his throat. lie
pushed it off with his left hand, while
again and again he passed hie sabre through
its body, but it was not until I blew out
its brains with my pistol that the iron
jaws relaxed, and the fierce, bloodshot
eyes were glazed in death.
There was no time for ue to pause. A`
woman's scream from in front—a scream of
mortal terror—told us that even now we
might be too late. There were two other
men in the hall, bub they cowered away
from our drawn swords and furious hoes.
The blood wasatreamingfromDuroc'e nook
and dyeing the grey fur of hie pelisse. Such.
was the lad's fire, however, that he shot in
front of me,and it was only over hui
shoulder that I caught a"glimpse of the
00ene as we rushed into the chamber in
which we had first seen the master of the
Garde of Gloom.
The Baron was standing in the middle of
the nom, with his tangled mane bristling
like' an angry hon. He was, as 1 have.said,
a huge man, with enormous shoulders ;
and as he stood therewith his face flushed
with rage and his sword advanced, I could
not but think that, in spite of all his
villainies, he had a proper figure for a
grenadier. The lady lay cowering in a
chair behind hin.. A weal aeroea .one of
her white arms and a dog -whip upon the
floor were enough to show that our escape
had hardly beenintime to save her from
his brutality. He gave a howl like a wolf
as we broke in, and wan upon ue in an
instant, hacking and driving, with a curse
at every blow.
I have already said that the room gave
no apace for swordmanehip. My young
companion was in front of me in the nar-
row aasaage between the table and the
wall, ea that I could only look on without
being able to aid him. The lad knew
something of his weapon,' and was: as fierce
and active as a wild oat, but in ao narrow a
apace the weight and strength of the giant
gavo him the advantage. Hendee, he was
an admirable swordsman. Ilia parade and
riposte were as quick as lightning, Twice
he touched Duna upon the shoulder, and
then, as the lad Blipped up on a lounge,
he whirled up hie sword to finish him.
before he could' recover hie feet, I was
quicker than he, however, and took the.
cut upon' the pommel of my sabre.
"Excuse me." said I, but you have
still to deal with Etienne Gerard."
He drew bask and leaned: against the
tapestry -covered wall, breathing in little,
hoarse gasps, for hie foul- living was
against him.
"Take your breath," said 1, "1 will
await your convenience."
"You have no cause of quarrel against
me," he panted.
X owe you some little attention," said
I, "for having shut me up in your storm:
room, Besides, if all other were wanting,
I see mune enough upon that lady's arm."
"Have your way, then 1" ho snarled,"
and leaped at me like a madman. For a
minute I saw only the blazing blue eyes,"
and the red glazed point which stabbed and
nabbed, rasping off to right or to left, and
yet ever book at my throat and my breast.
I had never thought that such good mord-
play was to be found ab Paris iu the days
of the Revolution. I do not suppose that
in all my little aifaira I have met six mon
who hada tetter knowledge of their
weapon. But he knew that'I was his
manor, He read death in my eyes, and, I
could see that ho read it. The:flueh died
from his face. Hie breath came to shorter
and in thicker gasps. Yet he fought on,
even after the final thrust had eome, and
died still backing and ouraing, with foul
cries upon his lips, and his blood plotting
upon hie orange beard. I who speak to
you have seen so rimy battles, that my old
memory canscarce contain their natnee,
and yet of all the terrible eights which"
these eyes have rested:.upon, 'there is none
which I care to think of lees than of that
orange beard with the orimson stain in the
centre, from which X had drawn my sword
It was only afterwards that I had time
to think of all this. His m estrous;body
had hardly crashed down uPon the floor
before the woman in the corner: sprang to
her feet, clapping her hands together and
streaming out in her delight. For my part.
X -was disgusted to see a woman take audit
delight in a deed of blood, and I gave no
thought as to the terrible wrongs whish.
meet have befallen her before else could ao
far forgot tbo gentioness of her sex, It
was on my tongue to tell her sharply to be
silent, when a etrauge, choking smell' took
the breath from my a 0001)00, and a nndde's,
yellow glare brouglit out the llguroe open
of a la •h a
til Wed i ni, ig
11 Duroc, Dupe Il" I sheeted, tugging at
hie shoulder, "1'he Castle le on fire I'
The boy lay ee0eeleae open the ground,
exbaoatedb ltlo wounds. I rushed cub
y
into the ha1i to 00e0 Whence the da
i or
mania,- It wan our explosion which lied set
alight to tufo dry framework of the door,
inside the store -room genie of the boles
were elreedy blazing, X glanced in, and ae
X diel nn my blood won turned to water by
the sight of the powder hernia beyond,
an<l of the loose heap upon the deer, It
might be eogonde, it could nob be more
than mieuteo, before the flames would be
at the edge of it. Those eyes will heolosod
in death, my friends, before they 'cease to
eoe'thoso crawling lines of fire and the black
hese beyond.
Bow little I eau remember what follow
od, Vaguely I can recall how I rushed
into the chamber of death, how 1 seized
Demo by one limp hand and dragged him
down the hall, the woman keepiug pace
with me and palling at the other arm,
On of the gateway we rushed, and on
down the snow*covered path until we were
on the fringe of tate &r forest, It was a
than moment that I heard a oresh behind
me, and glancing round, saw a great open
of fire shoot up into the wintry sky. An
instant later there seemed to come a second
crash fur louder than the flret. I saw the
lir trees and the stars whirling round me
and I fell uueoneoious across the body o
my comrade.
It was soma weeks before I game to my-
self in the poet -house of Arenedorf, and
longer atilt before 1 could be told all tha
'had befallen me. It wasDuroo, already abs
to go soldiering, who wane to my .bedaid
suilgavemean account of it. He it was wh
told me how a piece of timber had struck
me on the head and had laid mo almoe
dead upon the ground. From him, too,
learned how the Polish girl had run t
Arenedorf, how she roused our huseare,an
how she had only just broughtthem back
in time to save ue from the spears of th
Cossacks who liad bee@n summoned from
their bivouac by that ammo blaok•bearde
secretary whom we have seen galloping a
swiftly over the snow. As to the bray
lady who had twice saved our lives, I ooui
not lean .very much about' her at the
moment from Duroc, but when I chance
to meet him in Paris two years later, afte
the campaign of Wagram, I wae not ver
much surprised to find that I needed n
introduction to hia bride, andthat by th
queer turns of fortune he had himself, ha
he chosen to use it, that very name an
title of the Baron. Straubenthal, whin
showed him to be the owner of the blacken
ed ruins of the Castle of Gloom.
(TO TM CONTINUED.)
For the Children.
All children enjoy swinging and a swin
Dia porch or in an outbuilding furmehes a
delightful pastime.. The sketch shows
one that ie perfectly safe and easily oper-
ated by the child in it, The construction
is ao simple and so plainly shown as to need
but little explanation.. The long stripes
should be of tough, straight -grained wood,
ash for instance, one inch by one-half, and
iu length to suit the position selected. Let
the top board be six inches by two feet and
the seat board the same length and IS inches
wide.
In order to make it perfectly safe, have
a metal piece, a, made from a half inch
rod. This passes over the top board and
down the aide pieces and is made fact with
eorewa. A sort of eye or. "similar: loop IS
fastened to a 'joist or the ceiling. Nems
the top is a nosepiece from which a cord
runs forward over a pulley and hangs down
within reach of the child, who by pulling
on it operates the swing.
A TRAGIC CUSTOM
An Absurd 1►Ieplay at Every Czar's Funer-
al Causes 000 Death of One Dan.
The nearer a nation approaches to the
barbaric, the greater the love for the
spectacular, and the smaller the regard for
any sacrifice of human life or oomfor t
involved in the spectacle. To adorn a page.
ant, it used to be 00000100.0>' lfl England to
make " gilded angels " of young children
who frequentlydied as a result of etoppio g
the pores of the skin with gold leaf ; and
to lend impressiveness to funeral, Russia
it is said, still preserves an ancient custom.
which costa a life for every exhibition.
A feature of every dead tsar's funeral is
the appearance of two men in medlosval
armor, one mounted and the other on foot.
The mounted knight wears an armor of
burnished gold, and his visor up. He
symbolizes Life.
,The knight on foot wears an armor of
coal -black steel. Rio visor is closed' and
he bears a drawn sword, two handed and
shrouded in crape. He symbolizes Death,
Tho weight of these suits may be imagin-
ed whenit is remembered that a fallen
knight had usuallyto wait to be lifted, ib
being impossible to raise the weight of his
own armor. The most powerful men of
the imperial gttord are selected to wear the
symbolic' suite, therefore, but on 00007
emulsion the burden of the knight on foot
has proved beyond human endurance, The
soldier who served at the obsequies of
Nicholas I. fell dead of exhaustion on
reaching the Church of SS. Peter and Paul,
where the royal mausoleum ie.
At the funeral of his euceesaor, Alexander
II., the unfortunate black knight fainted
during themarch from the Winter Palace,
anti'. died that night at the hospital whither
he wae borne.'
During the progress of the funeral pro.
cession of the late tear, it was noticed that
the blank knight dragged himself along
with ever•inoreaaing difficulty and on
reaching the fortress ho sank to the ground
unoonaclona, and died soon after.
Perhaps the nen, tsar will be content to
die without enacting a speotaohlar victim,
when his time shall come.
MESME1(18105 FOR BLINDNl $19•
Right Restored as 111001 'I'hreugh Ir
notion Exercised by a Friend.
A most romeekable 0000010 reported fr
Montgomery, Fayette Pointy, Vo,, the
heart of the Nau00wlla goal 0051000. About
four yoareago.John Carney, a minor, wae
=token blind while at work in the mines,
The eyes Savo no ind1000100, of weakness,ao
far ae casual observation would indicate.
They retained their brigbbuese, ,and the.
muooles allowed no sign of paralysis. • The
effoot of the Budden shook was 00 though
the optic nervy bad beeneevered,
Among Carney's 1rionde who frequently
om.
called npan hint and talked and read to
him was Mayor a'. C. Montgomery, Al.
though Montgomery and Carney were
hardly of the came class, either mentally or
in pcfnt of oduoabioa and information,
there seemed to be a strong bond of
sympathy between thorn. The attraotton
wae mutual and the interest of Montgoml
ery grew as their meetings became more
frequent. Montgomery had, in hie early
days, seen several tests of the power of
memoriam, and for the amusement of pri-
vate companies had attempted to exert the
mesmeric force upon willing subjects. A few
weeks ago he told (Jamey's Wife that he
believed Carney had lost the power of.sight
through some mental change, and not
through any physical disability. The
suddenneee of the taking away of the vision
and the fact that 'Carney had said that at
times he could, by a mighty effort, eimoet
see, seemed to prove' that if Carney's will
power could be increased he might be en-
abled to once more use hie eyes,
Montgomery talked over the matter with
Mrs. Carney, and it wee decided that Mr.
Montgomery should employ whatever
power he had toward helping the victim to
gee. Accordingly Montgomery called at
Carney's house, unknown to him, and was
seated in a room alone. Presently Corney,
as Montgomery and hie wife desired, walk-
ed into the room and lay down on a couch
to take hie afternoon nap. Montgomery
concentrated his vision on Carney's sight -
lees eyes, He then concentrated his entire
force of will upon a desire that Carney
should see. After a few minutes Carney
became restless on the couch and called his
wife's name, as though he expected her to
be in the room with him. She answered
from the next room and asked what he
wanted. Carney was surprieod that she
was not in the room, and told hei,• lie felt
her presence. She aesured him he wae.
mistaken and left the room. As soon as he
became quiet Montgomery riveted his
attention upon him again. Presently he
called to his wife and declared there was
eomeone in the room. She said no, where-
upon Carney, who is a most mild-mannered
man, flatly contradicted her and accused
her of trying to deceive him. He wae
ensured by others of the family that he had
been alone, but he would not believe
them.
A11 this time Montgomery had been
keeping his attention on his object, not
allowing the diseuselon to distract hint.
Presently Carney„ flew into a passion, and
declared he would- be willing to die the next
minute if he could be permitted to see for
one second and know hie family were
deceiving him. Almon at the same instant
he shrieked :
"You've lied bo me ; there's Montgom-
ery 1"
The vision had Dome and he saw ail is
the room and was able to describe their
positionsand clothing. Although he
could nob see again after the first flash, he
felt more at ease and agreed with Mont-
gomery tocontinue the testa indefinitely.
Every day Montgomery came to the house
and they spent the time trying to restore
Oarney's vision. Carney entered into the
spirit of it and planed himself es nearly as.
possible under Montgomery's control.
Their work was successful in a small way
at first and improved from day to day till,
after two weeks, Carney was able to nee a
little all the time, even when Montgomery
wae absent. The visits . were oontinued
regularly till a few days ago, when Carney
said he could see as well as ever, and
declared his intention of going to work.
This he did last Wednesday, and he seems
as well as ever in his life. .His eyesight
is apparently permanently and perfectly
restored.
Montgomery does not believe he has
worked a mirole, but thatitis simply the
exertion of will power on the part of him-
self
imself and Carney, and that it was successful
on account of the deepsympathy he felt
for. Carney and the mutuality of their
deaeighirat. for the restoration of Carney's
—• 4 r -•-
SOMEWHAT CURIOUS.
An. Antarctic iceberg has been seen that
was twenty miles wide, forty miles in
length and 400 feet in height.
In . the public schools of Germany the
brightpupile are separated from the stupid
ones. Mediae' men do the sorting.
It is estimated that the Kaffir's in the
diamond mines at Kimberley,South'Africa,
steal 31,210,000 worth of :diamonds a
year.
TheJapanese method of lacquering is
said to be et least 2,000 years old. Pieces
made ten centuries ago are still exhibited.
There aro more than seventy hallo in
Paris devoted to fencing, each presided.
over by a fencing piaster moreor less
famous. -
Expert hydrographora say that in its
deepest parte the enemas ,waters are 00
dense that a sunken iron -clad' would never
reach the bottom.
In the famous tellers of the Hotel de
Ville, et Bremen, there are a dozen cases
of holy wine, which have been preserved
for 280 years.
Leaves of the tadipat palm in Ceylon
sometitneo attain the length of twenty feet.
The natives sometimes use thorn in malting
tante..
Dijon, France, has a poplar tree with
a record that can be traced to 722 A, D.
It is 122 feet high and 45 faeb in oiroumfer•
epee at the base.
The largest mass of pure rook salt in the
world lies under the province of Galicia,
Hungary. It is known to be 500 miles
long, 20 miles broad, and 250 feet in thick-
ness.
An Excited Conversation.
First Bystander—Horrors 1 Those two
aro trying to match oaoh other's eyes out.
Second Bystander --Ne, they are not.
It's a deaf and dumb man, and his wife,
quarreling.
Sleight of Hand.
'Ve need no ring to plight our troth, he
suggested, as he kissed her impobuoaely.
Oh, yes, we do, retorted the maiden.
None of your oleighteof.hand trioke with
me.
I'11'TI1M.BHIt fin 18
THE FARM
A11' Rpnnd Cattle.
'Plan dry is nowadays, "Give 000 the good
al1•tound eniln01," We think there is en
element of error in this. Carry oat tide
Idea to en extreme, azld you blot oat the
d10111obiva ollareeterieOloe of every breed
of minutia exietiog. No one animal 0tatr
do everything beet, As in the mechanical,
0o in the animal world—there must he a
divialon of labor. We owe all the improve-
mortt of the preeent clay in all 0100500 of
domestic live stook to epeeist breeding for
a definite purpose. Leb the breeder of the
rune horse try to vombiue the strength of
the Clydesdale or Shiro with the speed of
his thoroughbred, and the result le an
increase of ebrength, but a reduction of
speed, So let a breeder try to obtain the
size of the. Leieeeter with the hardihood
of Ottoblaokfaee:dogs'heget.ft? he
gets „an excellent animal, but utterly
unsuitable for enduring the hardship
through which the pure blaokfaced must
live, end, on the obiter hand, it will not
produce so ineoll mutton hi a given time as
the pure Lek:eater.
Our remarks are specially intended for
cattle. All 'food is composed of certain
well-defined elements or compounds. Milk
and fleeh—including in the term flesh all
that goes to build up the body of an animal
—milk and flesh are, roughly, composed of
the same elements ; and if an animal takes
a certain portion of its food to make milk,
so much lese is available for making flesh.
It seems to ua that we must take our choice,
one or the other. We cannot have both in
the highest perfection. The Jersey breeder
wanted butter. fie got it, but had to give
up fleeh. The Ayrshire breeder yielded a
little, and said, "I' wont a lot of milk.
He got it, but had to give 005011 Otle butter-
fat, The founders of the Shorthorn breed
said, "We want flesh," They got it, but
in the case of those having the greatest
tendency to fatten, they hod to sacrifice
milk production.
The true 'solution of the problem is to
breed the ant:nalwith special qualifications
for the purpose for which it ie intended.
Ifa cow is wanted for a town dairy, a deep
milker with a fair tendency to fatten is
the best, If the farmer lives up the country'
where dairying le not profitable, then an
animal with the greatest tendency to fatten
the beet. Some may say, " That is all
right, but if the .heavy milker is not
turning her food into milk, will she not
turn 10 Me flesh ?" We think not, to such
perfection ae one bred distinctly for pro-
ducing beef. Nature Domes to our rescue
and teaches no here. If the Jersey isnot
giving milk, does it produce as much fleeh
as the "wellbred Shorthorn on the same
pasture? Emphatically no. Go through
any herd of Ayrehires in milk, and if you
see one that is carrying considerably more
flesh than its neighbors, that cow is not
doing her work at the pail. De cod upon
it, though the old breeders might be charged
with being uneaientific, they were shrewd
man ; and while we gladly welcome any
help' from any Bourne, we shall be wise Go,
sit at their feet, and, like them, breed our
animals with qualifications for distinot
purposes, and not aim at the impossible in
trying to make them beet' for everything.
-Edinburgh Farming World.
Lawn Notes. '
During the extreme dry weather owners
of lawns will bo tempted to water, but un-
less the wateringis kept up and admin-
istered plentifully, it will prove an injury.
An application of 006080 litter as a top -
dressing should be applied in the : fall or
else some of the phosphatic manures appli-
ed in the spring. These will keep up the
luxuriance so desirable in lawns. They
should be cut with a mower once a week
in the growing Beason. Let the clippings
remain where they fall. Later it will be
hotter not to mow so often. A neat kept
lawn is a source of pleasure, both to the
owner and to the passer-by.( The fine old
Eogllsh lawns were a source of prude to
their owners, with their trim sward. Their
shrubbery was kept in a stately fashion, in
keeping with their owners. Generally the
evergreens were trimmed to represent
some object, the peacock shape being very
common, while the living model strutted
among the shrubbery unmolested, the
admired of all beholders.
Feeding Milk to Pigs.
There is an immense amount of milk,
wasted in feeding it to pigs by itself, as a
drink. When so fed a largo proportion of
it passes through the animal undigested,
and hence does no good. Treed milk always
in connection with some ground grain, anti
as bran,shorts, cornmeal, pea meal, or
groundinflict seed. This method of feed -
Ing milk increases its value two, and some
fecdera say fourfold, au item of too much
importance to be unconsidered. When
skim -milk is taken home from the separator
it has cost too much tune and trouble to be
largely wasted 10 feeding it unwisely. if
the milk and grain slop is made long
enough before eating to become slightly
acid it is all right, but do not let it reach
the very sour or decomposing stage,
AS to Weeds.
We are frequently asked at this season
how to rid a field of loop weeds at live
forever, sorrel, Canada thistle, eta, When
these pests are thick in the field, the only
way is to plow it up, put in a hoed orop
fora year or two,' use fertilizer to avoid
weed seed to manure, keep clear of weeds
by thorough culture, and when putting
down to grass be careful to use the beet
seed free of wend seed, Pull up by the
roots any weeds that appear in the now
grass, and should they become numerous
cut the grass before it gaits headed out,
00 as to prevent the weeds from reseeding.
No halfway measure is so affinitive, white
"quick and easy' methods of permanently
getting rid of pestiferous anode are un-
known to us.
•'Dlnna rash Yoursel,' Rem."
Daring the stay of the Queen some years
ago in the vicinity of .Loch Vennaohot-, tho
Prtnaoee Louise, who lecke none of the love
of her sex for chopping, drove into the
town' of Callander to get some velvet
matched. Having proeurod what she wae
In search of, ohe wae about to pay for it,
when ehe discoveredthabohe had left home
Without her puree. Explaining the matter
to the draper, cud protriiaiog to send the
Money next day, the Prineeee woe groatly
amused at receiving the eharaeterietie re-
ply • " Dinna lash yoursel, tn0001 yet
nattier hoe an wipeout here,"