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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1896-1-10, Page 2THE VICAR'S GOVR ESSO VIZI, 1 ' CHAPTER 14 " Is alio not passing fair, I" —Two Gentlemen of Verona. The day . at length dawns whoa Miss Broughton choose§ to put in an appear- .once et 1'ullingbam. It is Thursday evening 00 wblc1i she arrives, and as she yea elected to go to the 'vicarage direct, instead of to go to the vicarage desired, nothing i8 left to the latter but to, go down on Etiday to the Redmends' to welcome her. She (Olarlssa) had taken it, rather badly that pretty Georgie will not come to her for week or eo before entering on her duties; yet in ber secret soul she cannot help admiring the girl's pluck, and her determination to let nothing in- terfere with the business that must for the future represent her life, To stay at Gowran,--to fall, as it were, into the arms of luxury,—to be treated, as she know she would be, by Clarissa, as an equal, even in worldly matters, would be only to unfit her for the routine that of necessity ,must follow. 6o she ab- stains, and flings far from her all thought of a happiness that would in- deed. be real, as Clarissa had been dear to her two years ago ; and to be dear to Georgie once would mean to be dear to her forever. The vicar himself opens the door for Clarissa, and tells her Miss Broughton , has arrived, and will no doubt be over- joyed to see her. " ,Vliet a fairy you have given us I" he says, laughing. " Such a bewilder- ing ewildering child; all golden hair, and sweet eyes, and mourning raiment8. We are perplexed—indeed, I may say, dazed— at her appearance; because we have one and all fallen in love with her, hope- lessly, irretrievably,—and hardly know how to conduct ourselves toward her with the decorum that I have been taught to believe should be shown to the mstruetress of one's children. Now, the last young woman was so different, and -- "Young," says Miss Peyton. • "Well, old, if you like it. She certain- ly, poor soul, did remind one of the sere and yellow.' But this child is all fire and life; and really," says the vicar, with a sigh that may be relief, I think we all like it better; she is quite a break in upon our monotony." "I am so glad you all like her 1"says Clarissa, quite beaming with satisfac- tion. 'She was such a dear little thing when last I saw her ; so gentle, too,— like a small mouse." "Oh, was she ?" says the vicar, an- xiously. 'She is changed a little, I think. To me she is rather terrifying. Now, for instance, this morning at breakfast. she asked me, before the chil- dren. 'if I didn't find writing sermons a bore.' And. when I said—as I was in duty bound. to say, my dear Clarissa— that I did not, she laughed out quite merrily, and said. she 'didn't believe me 1' Need I say the children were in rap- tures? but I could have borne that, only when Mrs. Redmond forsook me and actually laughed too, I felt the end of all things was come. Clarissa" (sev- erely), "I do hope I don't see you laugh- ing too." Oh. no 1—not—not much," says Nfisa Peyton, who is plainly enjoying the situation to its utmost. It is very hard on you, of course." "Well, it is," says the vicar, with his broad and rather handsome smile, that works such miracles in the parish and among the mining people, who look upon him as their own special property. It is difficult for a man to hope to govern his own household when his nearest and dearest turn him into open ridicule. Your little friend is a witch. What shall we do with her 4" "Submit to her," says Clarissa. "Where is she 5 I want to see her. "Cissy will find' her for you. I dare say they are together, unless your Madam Quicksilver,' as I call her, has taken to herself wings and flown away." He turns, as though to go with her. No, no; " says Clarissa ; "I shall easily Enid her by myself. Go, and do what you meant to do before I stopped you.' Moving away from him, she enters the hall, and seeing a servant, is con- ducted by her to a small room literally strewn with work of all kinds. Books, too, lie herein profusion, and many pens, and numerous bottles of ink, and a patriarchal sofa that•never saw better days than it sees now, when all the chil- dren prance over it. and love it, and make much of it, as being their very' own. On this ancient friend a tiny fairy- like girl is sitting, smiling sweetly at Cissy Redmond, who is chattering to her ga�yly and is plainly enchanted at hav- ing av- wme one of her own age to converse The fairy is very lovely, with red - gold hair. and large luminous blue eyes, soft and dark, that can express all emo- tions, from deepest love to bitterest scorn, Her nose is pure Greek; her lips are tender and mobile; her skin is neither white nor brown, but clear and warm, and somewhat destitute of color. Her small head is covered with masses of wavy, luxuriant, disobedient hair that shines in the light like threads of living gold. She is barely five feet in height, but is exquisitely molded. Her hands and feet are a study, her pretty rounded waist a happy dream. She starts from the sofa to a. standing position as Clar- issa enters, and, with a low, intense lit- tle cry, that seems to come direct from her heart, runs to her and lays her arms gently round her neck, Once again Clarissa finds herself in Brussels, with her chosen friend beside her: She clasps Georgie in a warm em- brace; and then Cissy Redmond, wbo is a thoroughly good sort, goes out of the vroom leaving the new governess with her old companion. 'At last I see you,'' says Miss Brou h - ton, moving back a 1JtCle and lean ng her bands on Clarissa's shoulders that she may the more easily gaze at her. S thought yeti would never come All the morning 1 have been waiting, and watohingl and longing for yowl" Her voice is peculiar, -half childish, half petulant and wholly sweet She is not crying,but greet tears are stand- ing in bar eyes as though eager to fall, and her lips are trembling. I didn't like tocome earlier," says Clarissa, kissing her again. It is only twelve now you know but I was long- ing every now, as much to see you as you could be to see me. Oh, Georgie how glad I am to have you near mei and ---you have not changed a little scrap." She says this in a relieved tone. Neitber bane you," says Georgie "you are just the same. There is a great comfort in that thought. If Iliad ound yea changed, -different in any way,+ -what should 1. have done ? I felt, when I saw you standinq tall and all ht In the doorway, as if limo had. rolled 1 bask , a n d wo were, together Again a Dads lieIirons. Qla bow hippy tpyt vas.th e 1 And no v,nos The big tears in her pathetic aes trembl:II to their she .covers per ace with ber h nds "Tell me everything," says Clarissa, tenderly. "What is there to tell'J--ekcept that I ano alone In the world, and very deco» late, It la more than a year ago now since—sipce --papa left xno; It seems like a long century. At first I was apathetic; it was despair I felt, I sup- pose; indeed, I was hardly 00080101s of the life I was leading when with, ny aunt. Afterward the reaction set in then came the sudden desire fpr Change, the intense longing for work of any kind ; and then--" "Then you thought of mel" says Clar- issa. mooing her band, "That la true. Then I tbougbt of you, and how ready. your sympathy had ever been. When -when be died, be left me a hundred pounds. It was all he had to leave;' She says this hastily, passionately, as though it must be gone through, no matter how severe the painthat accompanies i the telling of t. Clar- issa, understanding, draws even closer to her.. This gentle movement is enough. A heart, too full, breaks be- neath affection's touch. Georgie bursts into tears, "It was all on earth he had to give," she sobs bitterly; 'and I think he must have starved himself to leave me even that 1 Oh, shall I ever forget 0" "In time," whispers Clarissa, gently. "Be patient; wait." Then, with a sigh, "How sad for some this sweet world can bel" I gave my aunt forty pounds," goes on the fair-haired beauty, glad to find somebody in whom sbe can safely con- fide and to whom her troubles may be made known. "I gave it toher because I had lived with her some time, and she was not kind to me. and so I felt I should pay her something. And then I put a little white cross an his grave be- lore.I left him, lest he should think himself quite forgotten. It was all I could do for him;" concludes the, with another heavy sob that shakes her slight frame Her heart seems broken! Clarissa, . who by this time is dissolved in tears, places her arms round her, and presses her lips to her cheek. "Try, try to be comforted," entreats she. "The world, they tell me, is full of sorrow. Others have suffered, too. And nurse used to . tell me, long ago, that those who are unhappy m the beginning of their lives are lucky ever after. Georgie, it may beso with you." It may," says Georgie, with a very faint anile yet somehow, she feels comforted. Do you think you will be content here?" asks Clarissa, presently, when some minutes have passed. T think so. I am, sure of it. It is such a pretty place, and so unlike the horrid little smoky town from which I have come, and. to which' (with a heavy sigh.) "let us hope, I shall never return." , "Never do," says Clarissa, giving her rich encouragement. It is ever so much nicer here." As she has never seen the smoky town in question,' this is a somewhat gratuitous remark. "And the children ate quite sweet, and very pretty; and the work won't be very much ; and—and T am only just an easy walking -distance from you.' At this termination they both laugh. Georgie seems to have forgotten her tears of a moment since. and herpas- sionate burst of grief. Her lovely face is smiling, radiant ; her lips are parted; her great blue eyes are shining. She is a warm impulsive little creature, as prone to tears as to laughter, and with a heart capable of knowing a love almost too deep for happiness, and as surely capable of feeling a hatred strong and lasting. The traces of her late emotion are still wet upon ber cheeks. Perhaps she knows it not, but, "like some dew - spangled flower, she shows more lovely m her tears." She and Clarissa are a wonderful contrast. Clarissa is slight, and tall and calm; she, all life and brightness, eager, excited, and unmind- ful of the end. Oissy Redmond, at this juncture, summons up ,sufficient courage to open d the door ancome in again. " She ignores the fact of Georggie's red eyes, and turns to Clarissa. She bas Miss Peyton's small dog in her arms,—the terrier, with the long and melancholy face, that goes by the name of Bill. Your dog," she says to Olarissa;'and such a pet. He has eaten several legs off the table, and all my fingers, ]iiia, appetite is a credit to him. How do you provide for him at Gowran Do you have an ox roasted whole occasionally, for his special benefit'?" "Oh, he is a worry," says Clarissa, penitently. 'Billy, come here, you lit- tle reprobate, and don't try to look as if you never did anything bad in your. life. Lissy I wish you and Georgie and the children would all come up to Gowran to -morrow." "We begin lessons to -morrow," says. the new governess gravely, who looks always so utterly and absurdly unlike a governess, or anything buta baby or a water -pixie, with her yellow bair and gentian eyes. "It will be impossible for me to go." But lessons will be over at two o'clock," says Cissy, who likes going to Gowran, and regards Clarissa as " a thing of beauty.' "Why not walk up afterward?" I shall expect you," says 'Clarissa, with decision ; and then the two girls tell her they will go with her as far as. the vicarage gate, as she must now go home. There she bids ahem good -by, and, passing through the gate, goes up the road. Compelled to look back once again, by some power we all know at times, she sees Georgie's small pale face pressed against the iron bars, gazing after her with eyes full of .lonely long- ing. (To Be Continued.) Hammer Worked by Flea Power. At, the great works of Herr Krupp, in Essen, is a hammer that is to ile seen weighing eighty tons, WILL this in turn is, placed on an anvil bleak weighing 120. tons. A Swiss, calling himself Prof. Schumann, who has devoted much of his. li.fo to training fleas, at Berne, in Swit- zerland, recently visited Essen, and looked upon the Mighty hammer. On his return to Berne he began a model of the great hammer, but on such a tiny scale that it could bo worked by flea power, instead of the mighty engine which operates the one in Essen. In its completed state this marvellous minia- ture steam hammer, pulley, anvil, block and all weighs but half a grain. The hammer and -anvil are of solid gold, the pulleys German silver, and the Imam - work of platinum. A flea trained by Mr, Schumann will, at the word of com- mand, hoist the hammer to the top of tho frame; there it is automatically set free, descending in precisely the same manner as the monster after which it fa modeled. I' . ;.,i', TEE LI iIE ELN 0141 11 An Jnlereettnil:eeitlre by the Ile}1, WAY- t'ere sf eckxon, It woe known to most mambo= of the Ii 9 Kilo Clubthat the ilon.WhY fo io Jackson, of Louisiana, was in town, the guest of 'Brother. Gardner, and no one was therefore greatly surprised to hear the president announce at the opening of the Saturday night meeting that the distinguished visitor would consume the evening in delivering his world-renown- ed lecture on the subijeot of `"Flumen Man. As soon as the meeting had been duly opened Giveadatn Jones and Waydown Bebee escorted the orator into the hall. He looked to be a short, fat, one-story man of a faded raspberry color, but he had the dignity of a man who knows. that he bas $5 in nosh in his pocket and hisboard paid in advance, and no visible signs of embarrassment were apparent as be surveyed the audience before him and began: "My frena, de subjick of my orashun to -night is 'Human Mon.' It is an oras- hun dat I erected myself, widout any help, I didn't steal it from Shakspeare, an'I didn't hire nos kite man to write it (Sensation) I was ober ten y'ars gettin' dis orashun together. l: went slow an' sure. Ir didn't propose to fall into any mistakes. I knowed dere was a heap to talk about, an' I wanted to git it all Aar' 1t belonged, I will now Pur - "Man Who an' what is man What was man created fur? Why was he created in de form of a man instead of a hyenas What use is he? What was he bo'n furs In eeekin' to answer dese guesbuns, my (rens, you insensibly find yourselves delving into de ,regions of philosophy an' follerin' de unknown Paths of speoulasbun• In de fust place, what was de use of all dis world widout man ? .It would simply be so much land an' water gwine to waste. (Cries of ' Hear ! Heart') 'Spose'n all dese yore rabbits an' possums an' chickens war' tannin' around widout anybody to make use of "em—what a shameful waste of meat it would bel (Groans.) Dat's one reason man was put yere—to eat chiok- ens an' rich ('Yum. yum 1') "What is man i" continued the speaker as he shifted his weight to his left leg. "He's a substance composed of skin, blood, bones, teeth, toe -nails, brains, hair, and so on. He was created fast, an' out of de best goods in de market. Dat's de reason he's a heap purtier dan a dog or a cat. (Sensation.) If he had happened to bey beencreated along about fifth or sixth he might hev bin a ground -hog or . a whale. (involuntary shivers.) Dar ar' seberai different sorts of men, as moss' of you probably know. Dsy wasn't all mace of de same color nor in de same shape. kase dot would hev bin monotonous. It would hev tried de eye, same as lookin' at a flock of white sheep. Dar' am no sort of queshun in my mind dat black used to be de meas' popular color in de begin-. pin' nI things. ('Hear) hear]') but de white man fo'eed his way in an' got his - self boosted up to de top by some sort of gum game. (Growls and mutterings) "Did you eber stop to think why man didn't grow to be ten feet high an' to weigh a ton? You probably neber did, an' yit de explanashuns ar' right to hand. If he was ten or 'leven feet high ho couldn't walk around no back yard widout sawin' his neck on a clothesline,,. an' if he weighed a ton, an' de roof. of his hen house sprung a leak, how'd be, eber git up dor to fix its (Great sen- sation.) Man was bo'n to walk up- rightly. Why wasn't he bo'n to go on four legs like a dog? His philosophical queshun probably nebber occurred to your intelleck, but de reason is plain. You couldn't hev crowded ober ten of him into a street kyar to once." (Cries of: "A -11-h 1" The speaker here paused to wipe his heated brow and moisten his throat with a potash tablet, and after a brief rest continued: 'While man is de hignest'order of cre- ashun, he bas at de same . time got de moats' low down traits of character about him, While on:myumbreway fllaromfrom Canundeadar. some man stole my my very nose (decided sensation) an' on two odder oecashuns efforts war' made to despoil me of my satchel. Dat was de work of man. Would de hon, de tiger, de elephant, or de grizzly b,ar, descend to'sich petty meanness? (Cries of 'No l never I') Wolves lib together in harmony, but man is allus in a fuss. De btaistlusIIatotbtrteumnaswmetthing, an' old hoss or a mewl en' .you. kin de- pend o-pend upon him ebery•day in de week. expect to find him twice alike de same except to find him twice alike de same day. (Applause from Elder Toots, which was broken short off by Giveadam Jones giving him a kick.) Of what use is man ? He thinks he's a heap of use. but he's dun mistaken 'bout dat. De world was heah befo' he cum. It would bev bin right heah now if nobody had ober bin bo'n.. Man jist comes, sloshes aroun', kicks up a dust, departs, an' de blackberry Drop of de next y'ar is jist as large as if he had. Jibed on." (Samuel Shin sheds tears,) "My frens,' continued the orator as he tightened his left suspender byan inch, man is a pore, useless, misguided critter. He's generous one day an' stingy de next. He's way up on de pin- nacle of greatness at 10 o'clock in de melanin', and at 9 in de afternoon he'll dodge around a corner to got shet of givin' a blind man a cent. (Cries of That's so, old man 1") One day, he'll put bis hand into his ppocket an' give an orphan asylum a hundred dollars, an' de next he'll sue a pore man fur do value of two Mifflin's. (Yes I Yes I) It ar' my candid opinion, based upon long y'ais of observashun, dat man ar' a failure as a man. (Sensation.) He would hev made a fust -rate animal or a bird, and would hev bin a decided snceess as an alligator. I hey no recommends to make. Man is as he is, an' he can't be no different. (Groans.) . After de meetin' is out a colleckshun will be took - en up fur de benefit of de undersigned, who's mighty sorry he warn t bo'n• a rhinoceros. Thankln' you fur your in- terest an' courtesy,,I will now bid yon a percolated good night an' stand at de doab as you go out." There was a roar of applause which should have made the orator proudof his talents, and ho stepped down with a patronizing smile and took a,position Where he could shake hands with each member as he passed out. The collec- tion figured up nine conts In cash, and When he had counted it over three dif- ferent times the Hon. Mr. Jackson tos- sed the pennies in the wood -box and Walked. down stairs with his toga wrap - about him and disappeared in the rknean THE FARC. Value Of Crop 1lotalioll, The farmer of to -day who wlabea to succeed must keep up the fertility of The 1 T 1inevitable, his an rit e d o failure is inev a benefits to be derived from a speeifie rotation of crops is the little tinders stood by the average farmer. The Jm- portanoe of adopting a specific rotation ie morin apparent when coo become fa- miliar with certain relations that our soils sustain to the, ami;ire al kingdom.' Different crop's extract from the soil different elements of fertility. We have all seen praotioal'examples that substantiate correctness of this theory fox''' instance, we have seen fareas given up to the production of a single orep until they no longer gave profitable yields, But when a different Crop Wes planted, or a rotation of dissimilar orops commenced these hinds produced abun- dantly. The average productiveness of I our soils is diminishing, They are in I bad mechanical condition, and aro lack' ing in fertility. A full knowledge of tbis should Lead to a search for 010- •thods by h ot only present standard ofwhicfertilitynmay ba maourintained, but a higher standard secured and in- definitely held, in which clover (that life-giving and healing balm for worhiwut soils) should always be givenold the first place. By constant cropping we long since okhau'd fertili of our soils. It was calcsteulatedthe by na- ty ture to not only furnish a vast atone of fertility to our soils, but to put them in such mechanical condition that they might be easily reduced to a fine filth, and at the same time assist in liberat- ing the latent stores of fertility. Plant growth is the transformation of in or- ganic into organio substances. All plants require certain elements for their growth, but not all in the same propor- tion. The combustible parts, of all Plants contain nitrogen, oxygen, hydro- gen and carbon ; all these except the nitrogen of some plants are received directly from the atmosphere. We can- not add the exaot amount of necessary elements and be sure the plants will extract them, for we cannot know the power of the plant, and the effect upon the required chemical action of the heat, moisture, eta, which are beyond our control. Nitrogen is the element most likely to be absent in sterile soils, and if it can be supplied the fertility of the soil is renewed. Hence we should have in our rotation a crop that is able to supply a vast quantity of humus, in order to change soils from their pres- ent obstinate tendency to a more till- able eharacter. Clover is well oaleu- lated-to do this, and because of its being an excellent and safe antecedent of any grain or vegetable Drop, it should be found first m order of every rotation, whatever the further order may be. Clover is a nitrogen -storing plant, and I would advise a four or five years' rotation. By this, if our clover is so fostered as to develop an abundant growth of both roots and foliage. and tbe plant allowed to return ,humus to the soil in vast guantities'by plowing all, pr nearly all, of the crop down, and m addition to, this, if all the barn- yard manure (carefully saved) that it is possible to manufacture by feeding all the coarse produats of the farm to stook: is applied, we should not only bo able to maintain, but to constantly in- crease the productiveness of our soils, which is the only safe. basis on which we may build, even hope for continued success in the business of farming. For if we keep on taking away and adding nothing to tbe soil, we will soon have not enough left to let our friends know where we are. A man with a limited capital has as good a chance of drawing indefinitely on his bank account" as the farmer has of reaping an indefinite number of grain crops from hisland, without the certainty of getting both his land and himself in bankruptcy. Summer fallowing, whish bas usually been looked.upon as a first-rate way of adding to the fertility, is, in the main at its best, only a means of ren- dering more quickly available the dor mant stook of undeveloped fertility which nature has slowly accumulated. A, moderate application of barnyard manure is frequently found equal to fallow as a stimulant to the produc- tion of a paying crop of wheat. But the underlying secret of success of both methods isthat the capital account in the abape of fertilizing material is being worked off, and nothing put back to replace the perpetual draf ts made upon it. The rapid exhaustion of decayed and decaying vegetable matter, tends to alter very much the mechanical con- dition of the soil, and the alteration is always in the wrong direction. Rota- tion, the best way by which crops can be had with the smallest waste of fer- tility, is not only the best course for preventing soil exhaustion, but the best means for preventing the multiplication of weeds 'and insects. My rotation is clover, corn, oats, wheat. It is hardly safe to lay down a adagio rule or mode for every body, or for all kinds of soil. Care should be exercised in adopting a rotation to know that the crops grown are of shah a character that your soils are well calculated to produce. It will be the wisdom of a practical farmer, if he gives heed to the truths which science demonstrates, and realizes the results deduced by the scientific inves- tigator alike from science and observa- tion. And it is of the highest import- an00 that we should look far enough ahead to avoid shipwreck A week or two of severe drought in the growing season means failure more or less dis- astrous, for every farmer wbo under- takes to produce a succession of grain crops, even with the help of occasional summer follows. This is the age of specialties and specialists. The mast successful business men are they who attend strictly to theireown particular business instead of venturing into num- erous outside enterprises or specula- tions, So in the agrioultural world, we must make our work a business,• and conduct it on business principles if we would make it pay. For to succeed now -a -days we must be complete mas- ters of what we undertake, and unless we devote our entire time to, it cannot achieve the necessary mastery. g Coves Chok n , l b Occasionally a case of choking occurs, perhaps from .cattle accidentally obtain- ing access to the 'whole theta or tubers, or in a case where, from disease of the oesophagus, other food material may CAUSES choking, but for the most part among breeders who do not use a pulp- er, and who either give their roots whole or roughly cut up with• a hatchet. The cast -mentioned plan ie perbaps the worst of all systems, of feeding roots, as they are out into irrogularly- shaped,chunks, provided with plenty of anges, that fond to their impaction in the ;gullet. OattOA biting a mouthful out of a big root ]boas to chew It, and It to generally 040011 theta and tubers, anti µ"regularly -eat pieces, that I,ly4185) aboning if yen have bad mucb trou= ble with cows choking it argues a bad system of lnanagement for where or- dinary core' its taken choking le mac, o n • n1 s, as we bave 1 vl u e§ s unkn. ei l w , Y i said, from accident or s ilea of the t reo fathe gojletingIt j8 notoor tomwry to feed potatoes whole, nor is it deeir- ab1e, for of all food material the oleos o£ potatoes fed to stook Etre the most liable to cause obstruction. Potatoes given to cattle should be fairly clean 00 a quantity of soil or stones is cal- oulated to cause digestive derangement. If they are clean enough 'to feed they are clean enough to pulp. In the ab- sence of a pulper, and where they aro. being fed raw on a small reale' to any Mans of farm stook,, they may be ren- dered safe by smashing them. How best to proceed when choked depends not a little on the position of the im- pacting body and its nature. An In- strument is by no means always essen- tial in a ease of choking, but it is ate well to have one and to know bow to. use it in case of emergency, or when the symptoms ate urgent, Horses and Sheep. Most farmers and stockmen will ad- mit, we suppose, that tbe prospects of breeding the above two glasses of live stock are not now, and have not been for some time past, especially roseate; yet let us venture' the prophecy that any intelligent persistentbreederwho keeps right steadily at his business, will make a fair thing out of the venture in the years to come. It is folly to leave one branch of live stook business for another, when other men are doing the same thing, so that prices are utterly demoralized, Nothing but loss can be the result of such a procedure. The time to buy is when every man wants to sell, the time to sell is when every one wants to buy. A short time ago, stockmenwere tumbling over,,one another trying• to dispose' of sheep, practically giving them away. Of course any sane man could see that the outcome of such a practice must sooner or later make sheep paying property. So just bold on to your sheep, that is, all the best of them, the sooner the oulls go the bet- ter ; but the good ones feed up and breed up and be ready to take the reward, Mutton sells well even if wool is too low for profit. So with horses, the market for poor, medium and common stook is not worth much; but a good round -bodied. cobby, short -legged, sound animal is wanted even now at a fair price. So also with large draft animals, well put together. In oonolusion let the point be em- phasized. Give the market what it wants and horses and sheep will still be found of value. NOW IT'S FALSE EYELASHES. False Eyebrows. Teo, Are Tralneed by a Needle and a Thread el' 'lair. The very latest false thing in the way of feminine adornment is false eye- brows and false eyelashes, which are put in—not on—with such cunning art that even the closest scrutiny will not discover the imposture.. At present the employment of this slew discovery is limited to a small number of lyric and dramatic artistes in London and Paris—for the pain is considerable, the process slow and cost- ly—but, like everything else, it will doubtless spread and in due' time find its way across the Atlantic to these shores. It was a Parisian coiffeur, it is said, who discovered the method by which hairs can be planted, one by one, where they grow thin upon the eyebrows and in the places where eyelashes are miss- ing or short. It is said that,• when shaded by these long lashes, ordinarily good-looking eyes take on a soft lan- guor that `is irresistible, and that fine 0Ye8 have their beauty much enhanced by this device. THE OPERATION by which new eyelashes are put in is as follows: Armed with a fine needle, in which is threaded a hair of the same shade as those which it is to replace—a hair plucked from the head of the victim is generally used— the operator attacks the extreme edged the eyelid, between the epidermis and the :light, fatty hem which borders it. The needle passes in and out along the edge of the lid, leaving its hair thread in loops of carefully graded length. When this is done the ends of these loops are out off and trimmed, and the result is a fine, thick, long set of eye- lashes. It is the finishing touch, how- ever, which is to come which makes them seem like nature's own. When they are first out they stick out in the most singular fashion, giving the per son a peculiarly weird and uncanny look, like a wax figure. To• remedy this. the operator's next step is to take a pair- of tiny .silver curling tongs, no larger than knitting needles, and give them the exact curve which is essential to perfect beauty. • The lower lid is operated upon ,in the same way. Then the patient's eyes are carefully bandaged for ten hours, and the following day {:here 5s no trace of the operation. It is claimed that these false lashes will stay in, and with fre- quent touehinge up with the tiny curl - mg tongs will look extremely well for six months. Then the process has to be gone through with again. Eyebrows are doctored m practically the same way, though if the customer' prefers he may avoid the pain and flours et enforced seclusion by having the place where his new superciliary adronenmt is to bol treated with some ohemical which it is dangerous to use on the lids, and which makes the oper- ation on the eye brows ;minket, The composition of this teflon is a secret, and its inventor, knowipg he has ogood thing, does not neglect to theme as mueh as he can get, and many people prefer to suffer the physical yam in- stead. Barber Shop In the Pulpit. Rev. H. H. Ford, pastor of the Meth- odist E isco p ai' hurah at St. Louis,M p p �o., preached the other Sunday morning to the. barbers of this, city. His text was: Ezekiel, v., 1, "A Barber's Razor," At the right of the pulpit was a barbers abair, towels, two mirrors and the para- phernalia1 usually Seen in a well-equip- ped shop. Mr. ]Ford gave a•brief tory of the profession, its long existence" ancient superstitions, and that of China- men of the present day, after which he compared the various paraphernalia to different phases in human life, combin- ing the worldly with the spiritual The chair he represented as self -examine. tion; the mirror, the Bible, the study of which should create a light; sheers, truth, how, after a strong apnllcatlon Of the truth, fates ideas )vault vanish. JANUA II 10, 1806 0I3J.N'S DEEPEST SPOT. A PLACE HAS DEO FOUND OVER o FIVE MILES DEEP. ivbatKind et'L"txn Ltve dere?-secleinitie L 7 l , ...4 Asti ii alloy AingY0lexx, itnA, M � Vlia e1r New ramie eno more May be Eounll, Tbe.deepest spot in the ocean bas been found. More than five miles of wire ran out without the bottom be, ing reached, Tbon the` wire broke. Thio apot was recently discovered by the surveying ship Penguin, near the Friendly Islands, in the South Paolfie, Commander Balfour, of that shin, re- ports . that this remarkable discovery was made in latitude 20,40 aoutb, long- itude ,75,10 west. When he firot die- covered this extraordinary hole, which so far as we know now is bottomless, CaPt. Balfour attempted to take the depth and the sounding line was run out. After 4,800 fathoms bad run out over the side of the ship, the wire broke,' and a rising sea and wind prevented any further attempt of the kind being, made. Upon the second attempt he managed, to pass 4,900 fathoms, or 29,, 400 feet of the wire over the ship's side, before the wire broke, and put an end to the experiment. The deepest spot in the ocean prev- iously known was close to the coast of Tapan, where a sounding had been made of 4,655 fathoms. This is 245 fathoms or more than 1,400 feet shal- lower than the deep hole wblch has now been discovered. How much deeper it goes than4,900 i fathoms no man. can know. It s a piece of water more than FIVE, T4TT,ES DEEP. What the pressure must be at the bot- tom no scientist has yet been bold enough to conjecture. There is no glass instrument that could resist this pressure. It would be impossible with the most improved scientific appliances to take the, tem- perature at this enormous depth. No living thing tbat is known to science could exist at a depth so great as this, where the pressure must be equal to many, hundred or thousand foot tons, sufficient to squeeze the life out of any fish. Even brass and iron instruments lowered to this enormous depth would be twisted and distorted. Th emost painstaking work no low- The most painstaking work in low - such as this will not suffice to keep it from breaking. This is because of the friction of the water against the wire. In spite of every appliance of bal- ance and spring in the machinery on deck, designed to counteract the mo- tion of the vessel,the increase and de- crease of pressure caused by rising and falling on anwave will snap the strong- est wire when it bas been lowered to so great a distance. All of the water at the bottom must support the weight of the water on top of it. The consequence is that the water -•in the lowest depths is compress- ed under enormous pressure. The theory has been advanced that, some strange UNKNOWN CREATURES may live in this highly compressed waiter. There may be fish of a kind so peculiar that they cannot exist clos- er to the surface, where the water is thinner and the pressure less. Throughcountless ages of living in the darkest, deepest depths of ocean these fish may have evolved forms and natures unknown to man of science,be- cause hitherto each vast depths have been unexplored. What the bottom of such a place may be like is only a mat- ter of. conjecture. It may. support a fauna and flora of its own. It may have its own plant and animal life, which some daring sci- entist will bring to lightto astonish and amaze the scientific • world. " Here, where, there can jie no light, the Bala if fish there be, must be eyeless, like that queer breed of fish which Darwin cited existing in the rivers of the Mammoth Cave, but still, under the scalpel of the scientist disclosing what :is known in biology as a "rudimentary eye' The fishers of these deepest depths may have rudimentary eyes and rudimentary lungs. They may have been pressed hard and flat like a pancake by the enorm- ous weight of the water above them and may indeed move abotitby a meth - od e hod as strange and curious as was that of the kangaroo wbon first brought to the attention of. Europe. These are questions for the scientific world to solve. They bavo been brought to the front by the discovery of the Penguin of a spot in the ocean deeper than any that has been known hitherto. A HORSELESS OMNIBUS. Curious Vehicle Used to Eneland Success rally Abent Seventy Tears Ago. The horseless omnibus was invented and built about seventy years ago. The motive power was steam, and, as will be seen, the vehicle had a considerable carrying capacity. It was known as an auto -car, which is not a very well selected name. It might better be called a " horseless oninibus," after the anology of the horseless carriages of the present generation. The omnibus was used on the, Pad- dington"Road, running out of London. Por some time it created great consid- nation along the roadway, but was very well patronized. The engine, boiler and furnace were in the rear, and ante all attended to by one man. The steering was done by a guide or pilot, who pre- sided over a horizontal wheel in front. It is not known why the managers abandoned the scheme of running 'all of theomnibuses by steam, but it is certain: that this is the only one of its kind ever used. It is very ,.probable that the science of economy of coal storing and of weight had much to do with the matter. The vehicle was sim- ply a forerunner of the locomotive which was merely a steam omnlbtus running along rails. As a rule, dignitaries holding high of- fices, select for their aides -de -damp and for their,staff mon conspicuous for their agreeable manners and social pope., larity. But Lord Wolseley, the new Comma dBritish Commander -in -Chief ei in -Chief theSri of ArHeArray, is an exception torule. 9, p on the has chosen as his chief aide-de-camp, a ear who ' p is renowned as posaessing the most violent tem en the foulest tongue and the most explosive character of any officer holding the Queen's coniniission, It is the Earl of Errel, for several years commander of the Royal Life Guards, which splendid regiment he converted into a perfect hides daring Iiia terra of office. Lord Errol is a left -headed connection of the royal family. Lord Errol ass the.t'hereditary, p asses �igl�es distinction in the United 11n gdom af- teri ht e the,royal famUy, being bybirth Turd High Constable and Knight Mara s,ha1 of iscotland