HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1895-10-4, Page 2TEE
OCToi1 R 4, 189
STORIES Y N
R R
1 ommli that I Should have had my
a,Ia i ons. was a thin, emir lift(@ follow , regiment ab the least, „ "hut
deet he bad only "I would give yon tnore, said lie,
• noel
1'sh when
it
f u Well.
d after r ba d o
n•d n.
po a
OPL L
r
o Y
mr t r
calumet=
c
m q
' e I a i
0
hi
my
u
from e t
d@
Oak every
•e h
@.r
it ii that wlen lata.
@
but 1 t• u to Y
e O P
ton@ s i
'n ton la a g
Y,
i
I F
cooked hat there was not .mushlie upon a field tram @r b000mes of hnportanoe. I oaPuoii
of battle whlohcsceped it, Ila could steed spare you another teen, You i
n front of a battalion, end with a Bungle d will report to
sweep toll you if a buckle ora gaiter
button were out of place, Neither the
offleers, nor the men were very fond of him,
am
for he was, as you know, a mucor,
soldiers love that their leaders should be
freehanded: Ab the same time, when it
came towork they had a very high respect
for him, and they would ratherfight undo
him them under anyone except the Emperor
himself, and Launes, when he was alive,
After all, if ho had a tight greep open hie
money -bags, there was a day aleo,you meat
remember•, when that same grip was upon
Zurich aid Genoa. He clutched on to his
positions ea he did to his Strong box, and
it took a very clever man to loosen him
from either,
When I received his summons I went
gladly to his head.quarters,for I wee always
a great favourite of his, and there wait no
officer of whom he thought more highly.
That was the best of serving with thoee good
old generals, thab they know enough to be
able to pick outs fine eoldier when they eaw
one. Be was seated alone in hie teut,with
hie chin upon his hand, and hie brow as
wrinkled as if he had been asked for a.
subscription. Be sinned, however, when
he naw me before him.
"Good day, Colonel Geratd."
"Good day, Marshal."
"How is the Third of Hussars 2"
" Seve hundred incomparable men upon
seven hu Bred excellent horses," '
"And your wounds—are they healed
"My wounds never heal, blarshal," I
answered.
"And why 2"
"Because 1 have always new ones."
"General Rapp must look to his laurels,"
said he, his face all breaking into wrinkles
as he laughed. "He has had twenty-one
from the enemy's bullets,and as many them
Larrey's knives and probes. Iiuowing that
you were hurt, Colonel, I have spared you
of late."
"Whioh hurt me most of all,"
"Tut,. tut! Shoe the English got behind
-these accursed lines of Torres Vedras,there
has been little for us to do. You did not
miss much during your imprisonment at
Dartmoor. But now we are on the eve of
action."
' We advance?"
"No, retire."
kly face must have shown my dismay.
What, retire before this sacred dog of a
Wellington—he who had listened unmoved
to my words, end had sent me to his land
of fogs 1 I could have sobbed as I thought
of it.
"What would youhave?" oried Massena,
impatiently. "When one is in check,it is
necessary to move the king."
" For warde," I suggested.
Be shook hie grizzled head.
" The lines are not to be forced," said
he. "I have already list General St. Croix
and more men than I can replace. On the
other hand,we have been here et Santarem
for nearly six menthe. There is nos a
pound of flour nor a jug of wine on the
country aide. We must retire."
"There is flour and wine in Lisbon," I
persisted.
"Tut, you speak ae if an army mould
charge in and charge out again like your
regiment of hussars. If Soule were here
with thirty thousand men—but he will not
come. I sent for you, however, Colonel
Gerard, to say that I have a very singular
and important expedition which 1 intend to
place under your direotion. "
1 pricked up my earn, as you can imagine.
The Marshal unrolled a great map of the
country and spread it upon the table. He
flattened it out with hie little, hairy hands.
"This is Sautaresn," he Said, pointing.
I nodded.
" And here, twentyhve miles to the east
is Almeixal, celebrated for its -vintages and
for its enormous Abbey."
Again Inodded ; I could notthink what
was coming.
;,Have you heard of the Marshal Mille.
flenre?' asked Massena.
" I have served with all the Marshals,"
Bald I, "but there is none of that name."
"It is but the nickname whioh theeoldiers
have given him," said Massena. "If you
had not been away from us for some months,
it would not be necessary for me to tell you
about him. He is an Englishman, and a
man of good breeding. It is on account of
hie manner that they have given him his
title. 1 wish you to go to this polite
Englishman atAlmeixal,
"Yee, Marshal."
"e And to hang him to the nearest tree."
"Certainly, Marshal."
I turned briskly upon my heels, but
Maesena recalled me before I could reach
the opening of his tent.
"One moment, Colonel," said he ; "you
had beat learn how matters stand before
you start. You must know, then, that this
Marshal Millefleurs, whose real name ie
Alexia Morgan, is a man of very great
ingenuity and bravery. He was an officer
in the English Gnarde, but having been
broken for cheating at cards, he left the
army. In some manner he gathered a
number of English deserters round him and
took to the mountains, French stragglers
and Portuguese brigands joined him, and he
'found himself at the head of five hundred
men. With these he took poesession of the
Abbey of Almeixal, sent the monks about
their bueinese, fortified the place, and
gathered in the plunder of all the country
round.,'
" For which` it is high time he was
hanged," gold I, making ante more for the
doot.
"One instant!" cried the Merel,ai,emiling
at my impatience. "The worst remains be-
hind. Only last week the Dowager Countese
of La Ronda, the richest woman in Spain,
was taken by these rufliene in the poems as
she was journeying from King Josephs
Court to visit her grandson, She ie now a
prisoner in, the Abbey, and is only protect,
ed' by her--"
"Grandmother," I suggested,
"Her power of paying a ransom," sold
Massone. "You have three miseiene,then'
To teethe this unfortunate lady ; to punish
thie. villain -, and, if poesible, to break up
this neeb of brigands. Ib will he a proof
of the confidence whiah I have in you when
I say that 1 can only spare you half a
squadron with which to accomplish all
this" ,
lily word,( could hardly believe my mai
u wit else
you can do, and youp
me at Abrambe0 not later than tomorrow
night."
It was very acmplimentary that he should
rate my powers so (ugh, hue 10 wee also a
little ombarraeemg. 1 wee to rosette en old
lady, to hang au Englishmen, and to break
up a bend of five hundred aaeaeeine—all
with fifty men. But after all, the Aft), men
were Hussare of Gentians, and they had an
Etienne Gerard bo lead thorn, As I Dome
out into the warm Portuguese euiehine my
Ooufide000 had returned to me, and I had
already begun to wonder whether the medal
which I had so often deserved might nob
be waiting for the at Almeixal.
You may bo sure that I did not take my
fifty men ae haphazard. They were all old
soldiers of the German wars, some of them
with three stripes,'and most of them with
two Oudot teud Papilette, two of the best
eub:officere in the regiment, were at their
head. When I bad them formed up in fours,
all in silver grey and upon ohestuut horses,
with their leopard skits shabraoks and their
little red panaches, my heart beat high at
the eight. 'could not look at their weather -
stained facee with the great moustaches
whioh bristled over their ohio-etraps, with-
out feeling a glow of confidence, and,
between ourselves, I -lure no doubt that
was exactly how they felt when they saw
their young Colonel on his great blank war-
horse riding at their head.
Well, when we got free of the damp and
over the Tagus, I threw out my edvau0e
and my flanker;, keeping my own plane at
he head of the main body. Looking beak
from the hills above Santarem, we could
see the dark lithe of elassena's army, with
the flash and twinkle of the sabres and
bayonets as he moved his regiments into
position for their retreat. To the south.
lay the scattered red patches of the English
outposts, and behind the grey smoke -cloud
which rose from Weilington'eeamp—thick,
oily smoke, which seemed to us poor
starving fellows to bear with it the rich
smell of seething eamp-kettlee. Away to
to the west lay a curve of blue flecked with
the'white sails of the English !hips,
You will understand that as we were rid-
ingto the east, our road lay away freak both
armies. Our own marauders, however,
and the scouting parties of the English,
covered the country, and it was necessary
with my email troop that I should take
every precaution. During the whole day
we rode over desolate hill -sides, the
lower portions covered by the budding
vines, but the upper turning from green to
grey, and jagged along the skyline like the
back of a starved horse, Mountain steams
crossed our path, running west to the
Tagus, and once we came to a deep strong
river, which might have checked us had I
not found the ford by observing where
houses had been built opposite eaoh other
upon either bank. Between them,ae every
scout should know,you will -and your ford.
There was none to give us information, for
neither man not beast, nor any living thing
except great oloude of crows, was to be
aeon during our journey.
The sun was beginning to sink when we
name to a valley alear hi the centre, but.
shrouded by huge oak trees upon either
sine. We mould not be more than a few
miles from Almeixal, so it seemed to me to
be best to keep among the groves, for the
spring had been an early one and the leaves
were already thick enough to conceal us.
We were riding then in open order among
the great trunks, when one of my flankers
came galloping up.
There are English aorose the valley,
Colonel," he cried, as he saluted.
" Cavalry or infantry 2"
" Dragoons, Colonel," said be ; " I saw
the gleans of their helmets, and heard the
neigh of eboree."
Halting my mei, I hastened to the ed ge of
the wood. Therecould be no doubt about it.
Aparty of English cavalry was travelling
in a line with us, and in the game direction
I caught a glimpse of their red coats and
of their fleshing arms glowing and twinkling
amongthe tree -trunks. Once, as they
passethrough a small clearing, 1 could
see their whole force, and I judged that
they were of about the same strength as
my own—a half squadron et the most.
You who have heard some of my little
adventures will give me credit for being
quick in my decietons,and prompt in carry
ing them out. But here I must confess
that I was in two minds. On the one hand
there was the chance of a fine cavalry
skirmish with the Esglieh. On the other
hand, there was my mission at the Abbey of
Almeixal, which seamed already to be so
much above my power. if I were to lose
any of my ratio, it was certain that' should
be unable to carry out my ordure. I was
sitting my horse, with my chin in my
gauntlet, looking across at the rippling
gleams of light from the further wood,
when suddenly one of these red -coated
Englishmen rode out from the cover,point•
ing at me and breaking into a shrill whoop
and ballon as if I had been a fox. Three
others joined hire, and one who was a
bugler sounded a call which brought the
whole of them into the open. They were,
ae I had thought, a half squadron, and
they formed a double line with a front of
twentyfive, their officer—the one who had
whooped at me—at their head.
k'or my owu part,I had inatantl'y brought.
my own troopers into the same formation,
0o that there we were,huaeare and dragoons,
with only two hundred yards of grassy
sward bebween us. They carried themselves
well, those red -coated troopers, with their
silver helmete,thoir high white plumes,and
their long, gleaming swords; while, on the
other baud, I am sure tt.at they would
acknowledge that they had never looked.
upon finer light horsemen than the fifty
hussars of Conilans who were fading them.
They were heavier, it le true, and they may
have seemed the smarter, for Wellington
used to make them burnish their metal
work, which was not usual among us, On
the other hand, it le well known that the
English tunics were too tight for the sword -
arm, which gave our men an advantage.
As to bravery, foolish, inexperienced people
of every nation always think that their own
eoldiere are beaver than any others. There
is no nation in the world which does not
entertain this idea. But when one has Been
n0 much as I have done, One underetands
that there is no very market( dilference,and
that although nations differ very much' in
discipline, they are all equally brave—
except that the French Nave rather more
courage than the teat. '
Well, rho cork evils ;leaven and the glasses
ready, when suddenly the English officer
raised his sword to lee 00 1114 a ohallonge,
and cantered hie horse aeroae the geese,
hold. My word, there is nO finer sight
upon earth than that: of agallant man upon
a gallant steed 1 I could have bolted there
jaeb to watch hila ee ho come with gull
oarelees green, hie sabre down byhis horse's
Shoulders, hie head thrown boot[, hie white
plume toaamg-••••youth and strength and
Peerage, with the violet eve>aing sky above
and the eek Wee behind, Bee it wee not
for lire toetend and stare, Ntienno Gerard
May have hie {cults, but, my faith, he wee
d
it
as war r taking
U k
i of tela
r e
e eraaa s g
never d
bus own part. The old horse, Rataplam,
knew ins ea wall that be had started off
before ever I gave the first gbalte to the
UrT he are two thine in th1S world that
There g
I em very Plow to (ergot the face of a
pretty woman, and, the legs of a line horse,
Welt, as we drew together, I kept en
saying, "Where have I seen thosegreet
roan ehouldate? Where have 1 seen that
dainty fetlock 2 filen suddenly I rein@m•
bored, reed as 1 looped up et the reckleee
eyes and the challenging emilq, whom
!humid I recognlee but the men who had
eeved me from the brigauds and played me
for my freedom—he whose correct title
wasMilor the Hon, Sir Russell Bart, 1
"Bart. 1" 1 shouted,
He had hie arra raised for a out, and
three parte of Isis body open to any point,
far he did not knew very much about the
use of the sword. As 1- brought my (tilt to
the salute he dropped his hand and stared
at ate,
"Hallos, 1" said lie. "It's Gerard!" You
would have thought by his manner the
had [net him by appointment. For my own
part I would baso embraced him. had he
but come an inmh of the way to meat me.
" I thought we were in for some sport,"
said he. "I never dreamed that it was
you."
I found this tone of dienepointment
somewhat irritating. Instead of being, glad
at having met a friend, he was sorry at
having missed an enemy.
"I should have been hap to join, in
your, sport, my dear Bart.,' said I, "But
I really cannot turn my sword upon a man
who eaved my life."
"Tut, never mind about that."
"No, it is impossible. I should never
forgive myself,"
"You make too much of a trifle."
"-My mother's one desire is to embrace
you. It ever you should be in Gascony—"
"Lord Wellington is coming there with
60,000 men..
"Then one of them will have a chance of
surviving," seid 1, .laughing. "In the
meaitime,put your sword in your sheath 1"
Our horses were standing head to tail,and
the Bart. put out hie hand and patted me
on the thigh.
"You're a good chap, Gerard," said he.
"I only wish you. had been born on the
right aide of the Channel."
I was,"said I,
"Poor fellow 1" he Dried, with euoh an
earnestness of pity that he set me laughing
again. "But look here, Gerard," he con-
tinued, "this is all very well, but itis not
business, you know. I don't know what
Massena would say to it, but our Chief
would jump out of his riding boots if he
eaw u0. We weren't sent out here for a
picnic—either of us."
" Cnmrage 1" I apawered, "Pira took
1roijzig with fifty hneo re `
' Bed they been dragoons,n said the
Bart„ laughing,' rhe world have bed Ber-
lin But you ere aeiior ofiloei' ; give:ue a
lead and we will see who will be tate first
to,llinoh,"
"Well," said 2, "whl tever you do met
be done at one@, for my ordure are to ho on
t
•, nights
a b~
• Qr PYA
@ byGa Iu
rate6
a h 4
n e A
t y way
But wp must have soma information first,
and here le some one Who should be able
toive ft to us."
There was it square whitewashed house
Mending by the roadside, which appeared,
from the bush henging over the dour, to be
one of those wayside tabornns which are
provided for muleteers. A lantern was
bung in the porch, and by its light we eaw
two man, the one in the brown habit of a
Capuchin monk, and the other girt with 0n
apron,whiolt showed him to be the landlord,
They were conversing together so eerneetly
that we were upon thein before they were
aware of us. The innkeeper turned to fly,
but one of the 'l,n lishmen oeized him by
the hair, and held him tight.
(T0 All pogmXil D.)
OUR CHILDREN'S' EYES.
Reduction in the Percentage or Defective
Vision Where tlyi;letolc Milos nave
'Been Enforced,
So many children within bho past few
years are wearing glasses for the oorrec-
Son of optical defects, that a brief recog-
nition of the causes which have lead to
tide condition, and the mention ofa few
hygienic principles with a view to i
prevention would not be out of place.
We are living in en age of rapid
advancement and feverish" reetleteneee.
Tee incessant turmoil, worry, fiery come
petition in business, and the excessive
brain work in our scrambles for the al-
mighty dollar are leaving their mark upon
us. The modern involutions, the advent
of steam, and' the wonders of electricity,.
Atr.
in.'s Mad ilevole With A Little tial
teen,
11Now what are you going .to dol"
queried A1re, Bowser as dinner wag finish.
04 the other evening, aid Dir. •Bowser
removed coat,tr vast, mallet necktie.
"Mrs, Bowser," he ealemuly replied se
he returned from the front ball with a
pasteboard box u hie hand, " it's tie
wonder that medimine doesn't do us arty
good 1 The wander le that wo are'nob in
our graves 1"
" Dub we are not ailing—we don't need
Medicine 5"
" We don't eh 2: 1 haveu'b said enythiug
to you about le, he0a5e0 I didn't want to
hasten the climax by scaring you half to
death, but ae a matter of fent the pear of
us have been heading for the tomb at a
gallop for the last six mopthe 1 I wouldn't
say anything about it now, only I think I
have found the remedy."
" Remedy l Why I thought iboth of us
together with all the new luxuries and
convenience@ attending them, have been
thrust upon us more rapidly than our
phyeioal natnree can endure. Our eyes are
called upon to du work greatly in excess
of what was done fifty yeere ago. The
mechanic at his tools, the artist as his can.
vase, the business man at his desk, are;all
compelled toga prolonged and conttnuous.
use of these delicate members, despite
their frequent calls for relief and rest.
Should eve wonder then' that nature with
her remarkable tendency to adapt herself
to every condition, has, under this forcing
process, sometimes failed in her work, and
as a result produced many instances of
abnormal development, or optical defects,
in the eyes of our children 2
The question arises, haw may we retard
the progress of these. hereditary tendon-
oi
i
a l
Experiments and statistics in a large
number of European eohoole show a very
(narked reduction in the percentage of
defective vision where strict hygienio rules
have been enforced, and our adoption, eveh
of some of the simplest principles, would
certainly go a long way toward lessening,
the evil.
It is deoidedly unwise to hold bright
objects or playthings close to the eyes of
intents. Many a case of cross-eye has
received its first impetus from this prac-
tice.
Children should be encouraged as far as
consistent to play out of door games, or, if
seated round a table their toys should be
of proper dimensions and they should sit
with their heads ae high as possible above
the table.
In our schools let us have rooms well
lighted and ventilated. See that the books
are printed in large type, on good paper
and with black ink, Insist that the pupil
read, write and study in as erect position
as possible, thus preventing conjestion of
the ocular tissuse consequent upon stooping.
Seat them according to their size, at dmeae
where their work wilt be ata distance of
twelve to fifteen inches from their eyes.
Let thein frequently rest their becks and
eyes by straitening up and looking away
toward some dark or shaded spot ;' and lot
us renounoe once for all the badly cenetrue-
ted old-fashioned seats and benches, still
so prevalent in the oountry schools, and
adopt for ounchool , desks
iav0n
builtp
approved hyg' p p esw
to the health and comfort to the little
student.
RAPID GROWTH OF A CHINESE
CITY.
"What would you have 7"
" Well, we had a little argument about
our ?masers and dragoons, if you reme m•
bor. I've got fifty of the Sixteenth all
chewing their carbine bullets behind me.
You've got as many fine-looking boye over
yonder, who seem to be fidgeting in their
saddles. if you and I took the right flanks
we should not spoil eaoh other's beauty—
though a little bloodletting ie a friendly
thing in this climate."
There seemed to me to be a good deal
of sense in what he said. For the moment
Mr. Alexis Morgan and the Countess
of Ls Ronda and the Abbey of Almeixal
went right out of my head, and I could only
think of the fine level turf and of the
beautifulskirmish which we [night have.
"Very good, Bart.," said I. "tile
have seen thefront of yourdragooni• We
shall not have a look at their becks,'
"Any betting?" he asked.
"The stake," said 1, "ie nothing less
than rho honor of the Hussars of Conflans."
" Well, come en 1" he answered. " If
we break you well and good—if yep break
us, it will be all the +iter for Marshal
Mitlefleura," •
When he said [hie I mould only stare at
him in astonishment.
" Why for Marshal Millefleurs 7 leek.
ed.
' It is the name of a rascal who lives
clot this way. My dragoons have been sent
by Lord Wellington to see him safely
hanged."
"Name of a name!" I cried. "Why,
my hussars have been sent by Massena for
that very object."
We burst ult laughing at thab, and
sheathed our swords. There was a whirr
of steel from behind us as our troopers
followed our example.
" We are allies,'' he oried.
" For a day."
We must join forces."
"There is no doubt of it."
And so, instead of fighting we wheeled
our half squadrons round and moved in
two little oolumns down the valley, the
shakos and the helmetsturned inwards,
and the men looking their neighbours up
and down, like old fighting dogs with
tattered ears who have learned to respect
each other's teeth. The most wore on the
broad grin, but there were some on either
side who looked black and challenging,
eepeoially the English sergeant and my
own sub -officer Papilette. They were
men of habit, you see, who mould not
change all their wale of thinking in a
moment. Besides, Papilette had lost his
only brother at Bunco. As for the Bart.
and m0, we rode together et the head and
chatted about all that had occurred to
us since that famous game of ;carte of
which I have told you. For my own part,
I spoke to him of my adventures in Jing
M3 .I WLTURA t
were in perfect health 1" •
" What you thoughb and what, was end
iB ere three different [binge, Mrs. Bowser.
Here is what the doctor recommended for
both of us." '
A toy balloon 1 Are we to eat it,smell
of it, or what 2"
"No, ma'am, we: aro not to eat of it,
smell of it or what 1 If you had done lees
gadding and mora reading you might have
heard of the Delearte movement. You
might have heard that this little balloon
has been the means of drawing thousands
of people bank from the yawning grave."
"0h! yes 1 You let it float around the
room and follow it up and strike' it? I was
reading in the paper the other day about
how many people had broken their arms
and lege aodneeks. You think you need
the Delearte movement, do you 2"
"I don't think anything about it, but
know it!" hotly exclaimed Mr. Bowser as
he rolled up his shirt sleeves. "If you
want to sitaround and'die for the want of
a little common-sense exercise, all right,
but I propose to regain by lost health and.
live on as long as I eau. The Delearte
movement is the simplest and most bone -
Bola of all athletics. I permit the balloon
to float away—like that. Then I step
forward and strike it -like this."
"Meroy on me, but you'll knock the
whole house down:" exclaimed Mrs. Bow-
ser, as the chandelier rattled and a vase
toppled off a bracket. "Let me get out
with the baby 5 If some one should tell
you to come and play ,ball with dynamite
bombs Isuppoee you'd do itl The idea of
any such nonsense benefitting your
health 9"
"Nonsense, eh 1" shouted Mr. Bowser,
as he jumped forward and led with his left
end kicked a chair over. "That shows how
muoh you know about anatomy 1 In
delivering an upper -out like this you bring
into play the muscles of the neck,shoulder,
aria and leg. The blood also--"
But Mrs. Bowser and the baby retreated
to the library.
"Egad, but if she wants to die, let her
die I" growled Mr. Bowser as he dropped
his suspenders off hie shoulders to give his
arms more play. "Anybody with the aenee
of a canary knows that you must have
exeroiae to keep your health. Here I am
in the prime of life, and yet I'm lop
shouldered, humpbacked and as weak as
Fee(lhtg tli9 Calves,
Palvee ought to have milk until they
ere at IMP six months aids and where
there le auUClcient to do so, even longer
r e the
o When in Ro od, h
w to : L. okw
ri a I+,
ntable it le they enough bo give each its
share, but when out at peeture,it is a
different matter, The 0Omm0n way ie to•
pour the milk into a trough and let the
Pelves " go It" the best they can. Ae a
result of tide rule the stronger ones gets
more than their eters and the weaker ones
beeome runts,
The beet way to mauagp tide, and ono
which will be Satlsfactoty, is to drive
poet; in the ground so as to make a stall.
See eaoh pelf. If the feriae le such that
places can be made for the calves to put
their heads through it, a.mtil for eaoh stall.
can be easily fastened im place els that.
there will be no epilled milk, end each
calf goo what it is desired to feed it. If
not, a few boards nailed in position, will
fix it so the pails will be setjuat inside the
fence, but not op the calves man get to.
them except by way of the stalls.
There to usually a permanent calf pas.
ture on every farm and it will pay to make
some such arrangement whereby each call
will get his own feed and no more.
Speaking of pasturing calves reminds me•
to say thab unless under exceptionally
favorable circumstances I believe it isbetter
to keep °elves in the baro through the firth,
Summer, There they are quiet, free from.
fliee,and if fed hay will do far better on blue
milk ration than if burned out in the
broiling sun to fight flies and grub for
poor geese, for is ib not a faot that the calf
pasture on the average farm is grown up bo
weede and thistles oftener than otherwise?'
So I say,that of two calves the same age and
equally well started, the one kept in a
roomy, well littered box stall with plenty
of good hay beside his milk,will in the Fall
look far better than the ono turned out to
pasture.
Calves at pasture should be provided with
a darkened shed to which they may retire
during the heat rf the day when flies are
most troublesome..:
land. They area very singular people,
these English. Although he knew that I
had been engaged in twelve 00 mpaigns, yet
I the sure that the Bart. thought more
highly of me beoause I had an affair with
the Bristol Bustler. He told me, toe, that
the Colonel who presided over his court-
martial for playing cards with a prisoner,
acquitted him of negleob of duty, but
nearly broke him beoause he thought that
he had not cleared hie trumps before load-
ing his suit. Yes, indeed, they are a'
[Angular people.
Ab the end of the valley theroad curved
over some risingground before winding
down into another wider valley beyond.
4Ve called shah when we came to the top ;
for there, right in front of tie, at the dia.
canoe of about three miles, wail a scattered
grey town,with a single enormous building
upon the flank of the mountain which over-
looked it. We could not doubt that we
were at last in sight of the Abbey that
held the gang of rascals whom we had come
to disperse. It was only now, I think,
that we fully uuderetood what a task lay
:n front of us, for the pleoo was a veritable
fortreee, emelt wail evident that cavalry
should "over have been sent out upon,suoh
an errand, ...
"That'e got nothing to do With us," gaid
ileng)teun's Great Progress to Trade In
the Last Gait Century.
It is only fifty-two years since Hongkong
was occupied, as Singapore had been
thirty -throe years previously, under the
idea that it might be made an emporium o
trade. It was then a barren rook. Today
it contains a quarter of a million of inhabi-
tants; it is the entrepot of a trade estimated
at £40,000,000, and there pass through it
annually some 14,000,000 tone of shipping.
But the essential condition under whioh
the progress has been aohioved, and under
which only it can be maintained, is abeolube
freedom of the port. If you tax trade you
drive it away, for the island is only an
entrepot, The trade 18 the trade not of
Hongkong, but of the south of China and
Japan. It is because their trade is free,
while Saigon ie heavily taxed, that Hong-
kong was beaten the latter as a depot for
a---„
He had been following the balloon about
and punching at it. A right-hand awing
missed the floating object and brought
down a gas globe from the chandelier.
"What on earth has happened now 5"
exclaimed Mrs. Bowser as she etuck her
head out of the door.
"Nothing) When I want you I'll knock
on the door.""
Mrs. Bowser retreated and he gathered
up the fragments of the broken globe and
deposited them on a chair, and squared elf
to his work again, saying:
"I dunno who old Delsarte was, bub he
was a corker on exercise. Couldn't have
started a movement better caloulated to
bring out all the--"
He simply knocked over a rocking-ohair
and brought down a stand as made a
vigorous epriog, but Mrs. Bowser's heed
appeared to view again, and she demanded:
"Are you going to wrack the whole
house, Mr. Bowser?"
"Who's wreaking anything ? I think
I've a right to move about in my own
homes in search of health. Go back anti sit
down and wait for consumption and the
gravel"
Young Bowser began bowling, and hie
mother withdrew to quiet him. Mr. Bowser
lifted up the stand and chair and wiped the
perspiration from his forehead and got
ready for more health. He felt that he
ou ht to have a little more leg exercise with
Modern Hog Feeding.
It has been our experience bloat the purer,e
fresher and Sweeter the food given: to our
hogs, the better the results. We know
that for ages it has been taught by precept
and example that anything was good
enough for a hog ; and as a result . every
hog -breeding country is losing thousands
of dollars annually through looses from
cholera and other diseases, ;aye E. L.
bile Bart - "Welliuoten and Maeeeio eau
settle that between t em,"
the trade even of Freuch lndo•Ohina,
Nine•tenthe of the population are Chinese,
who occupy every walk of life. They are
bankers, boatmen, domestio servants,
chants, storekeepers, and olerke; but
the great majority are employed in the
porterage of cargo end incidental labor
at wages of less than £1 a month.
You cannot get blood nut of a stone nor
revenue from granite rooks; nor obviously,
can you extract much here, from the
working class. The annual revenue of
92,000,000 iederived, n000rdingly, from
house and land tax, stamps, Iioenses, and
similar imposts; and it represents probably
the limit of discreet if not of possible
taxation. Nor has her Majesty's treasury,
to. doh juabioe, pretended to apply here
the extreme principles of self-maiutsnanoe
without self-government whioh it persists
in aaserbing in the Straits. The Hongkong
garrleon is larger than that of the Straits ;
but it is so admittedly maintained for
imperial purposes and the colony itself ie
ao small that it would have been gratuitous
to convict it of a duty whioh it mould nob
fulfill. It, Wee mulcted, however, in its
degree. Ib hdd paid, previously, £20,000
a year. Thio was raised in 1890 to 440,000,
and it was required, moreover! to ptovide
fortifications which have oeab £120,000.
Harris.
Ib is high time that the breeders and
feeders were beginning to comprehend that
enccese in hog raining can no longer- be
obtained under the methods of long
ago.
The hog of to -day has been so bred as to
turn the immense orops of grain into meet
in the shortest time and eta profit to the
feeder. His digeetivo tact has been re-
organized, end its capacity to make a hog
has been reduced from two years on grass,
mast and porn, to eight months on grain,
grass and milk.
To do this the hog must retain a hea (thy
condition, soured food, irregular meals and
a surplus of too strong food always tends
to produce indigestion, and indigestion
always ants away the profit of swine feed-
ing. The hog should always have the
sweetest of foods ; should be allowed to
masticate at least two meals a day should
never be over -fed or under -fed ; should
have fresh water at all times; ehould have
shelter both Winter and Summer, and a
good, warm dry bed to sleep and rest at
will.
The beds should be kept ae clean and
free from dust as possible ; should be
cleaned as often as necessary and air -
slacked line put in each time before put-
ting in fresh bedding. We sometimes use
carbolic acid, but we find lime cheaper and
more lasting. Wo also give our hogs the
run of a grans lot when possible, for grasses
andesterotee are both essential to health.
Training Colts.
The usefuinese of a horse depends upon
its early training. The first part of this
training should be completed before the
colt is a year old. During thie early period
its disposition is formed end its future
character is flied. It will be docile, treat-
able and gentle, precisely as it hes been
raised during the fires few mouths of its
life ; and whatever vioee it may develop in
the future will all be due to errors made
is and he blew the balloon away from himI now. The education of the young colt
and then rushed for is His legs were doing should be such as to teaoh it subjection to
nobly when hie toe struck a hassock and he its owner from the first. Thiele done by
took a header. What occurred during the
next fifteen minutes will never be clear to
him. He knew that his head etruok the
library door and busted a panel, but after
that all was blank. When he opened hie eyes
there was a wet towel on his forehead, a
camphor bottle at his nose, and three or
four of the neighbors were in the house.
In a faraway voice he heard Mr. Henderson
say " It is curious what a fool a man will
make of himself over these fade I He'll
have a sore head for the next three
menthol"
And in another faraway voice he thought
he heard Mrs. Bowser reply
" I tried to argue with him' but it was no
use. Of course, his lawyer will sea 017 law-
yor In the morning end arrange about the -
divorce and alimony 1
using it to the halter, to lead, and to 0
tied up,by the gentlest treatment, firtnnees
and force gently used if needful, but
punishmentinanger is to be strictly
avoided. if necessary, a light touch may
be given with a switch, but never so hard
as to be painful The whip ehould
be discarded in all cases, A wilful colt
may be brought to subjection inother
ways. It ;may be hampered down by
means of straps and laid down on a bed
of straw, and then handled gently' until
all fear is allayed, and in this manner .it
may be taught that its owner is its mat.
ter. By and by it may be used to the bit,
to a saddle, andto carry light loads on its
back ; to marry a child While It isled and
thus to become familiar with ire future
work. A small light harness should be
kept where dolts are reared, anda light '..•
vehicle of some kind in which light loads'
cue be drawn as soon as the young animal
is a year old. Patience and judicious'
teaching are all that may be neeee0sary to
bring a Dolt to Marinette when it, i0 nyear old,
Such training displaces the usual breaking"
by foroible and cruel treatment fly which
viciousness is developed and horses aro
made fearful and are terror-stricken when
anything unusual happens afterward.
Language of Inseets.
Another, Teethed manhas been studying
he "language" of insects. He saye he has
discovered natisfaotoryevidenced telepathy
among them. l elepat by is described ae a
sixth sense,by which the, insects are able to
communicate ideas to one another ata great
distance.
An Elitomologfeal Proposal.
Mr. Poorohappe—•Wouldn't you be
willing to live in 'a lovely little vine.olad
oottaga, with a cricket on the hearth 2
Mies Citibelle-No, Mr. Poorohappe,'I
would much profile a brownstone front.
Mr. Poocheppe (angrily leaving)—I have
my opinion of a woman who prefers roaohee
to crickets..•
The New Woman.
The woman that is nowbegius
'lo more or less prevail,
B Eohau;e new
noigto drive al
Salt Makes Sugar Sweeter,
Who would think of makingsugar sweeter
by the addition of salt ? Such, however,
le asserted to be the ease by Prof. Zuntz at
a late meeting of the Physlologioal Society
of Berlin. From hie oxperhnente'he flock,
thab if to a. solution of auger there be added
a alight amount 01 salt and water so weak
that it excites no saline taste, the result ie
extra sweetening of theeugared water. The
weakeet of quinine solution is said to pro-
duce a practicallysimilar result. The ex-
planation given of the above seeming incon-
gruity is that the ever So feeble ealtneelior
b(11010505imparts an inereased sensibility
to the sensation of theta by the nfntultanoO1i
ebhnilli, and hence an appreciation of addi-
tional Sweetness.