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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1896-3-6, Page 2THE VGARS GOVERN______ SS guilty of so monstrous Ei, deed, T think i further to: say to CHAPTER, XXII, w0 oan. have Hath ng " .great doth of sen°ko;, moll other, either now, or iii the future, "When there is eg I wish you good -evening." . and no . the Hume, II argues mush meth, • t hes back al- wwittpa6ae � Sartoris-,standin with cure of , t matter, yet it most' tore d to hags nephew, tastes; 00 eetighton, that there ,}a fire there."-, Leighton, Ueed of this angry farewell: and Dorian, Long before the night has set gg inguthort, °loses the door calmly be - he comes; and as bo enters the roomPassing through the Long hall, as it where hie unci° sits awaiting him, Lord has boa called from time immemorial, Sartoris tells himself that never before he encounters Simon Gale, the Old butt - has so tall, 01, and stops to speak bo him, kindly, has be seen Ulm so handsome, as is his wont, though in truth his heart so good to lack at, is sora, "Your telegram made lee uneasy,' he , "Ah l elmon 1 How wenn the weath- says, abruptly, "so I came back sooner er grows? he says, genleily, brushing tended, Had you mine?" kis short hair back, from his for hea. than 17pad intended, I The attempt is praiseworthy, asreally "Yes; some hours ago." ? 'there is no hair to speak of, his barber "Did you want me Arthurhaving provided against that. Ile "Yea; but not your return here. I speaks kindly, carelessly, -If bb n little es , pulses sent my telegram principally o learn wearily. Ills hotly w h passionate your address. as I bad made up my mind indx natiou anddisa. ppoint ent. to go up to tonn. You have frustrated.1 " erg warm, sir, returns he old man, that plan."regarding hon wistfully. Ie Ls not There is a meaning in his tone that thinking of theisweather, nlye vonderin of lt'b ' puzzles Dorian. a foreboding sadness, whether the man "You going to trust yourself alone 4n 1010e flus who isasguilty or notn to i of thee our great Babylon?" he says raising his apple of his imputedeye-is to him. With on eff110 brows. "Why the world must be coin he recovers himself, and asks, hastily, ing to an end. What business bad you though almost without purpose, "Have there that I could not have managed for you seen my vee only just left hien: ' you?" "You will stay to dinner,, 111r. Dori - "My business was with you?" I an 1" He has been "Mr. Dorian" to him "Anything wrong?" says the young for so many years that now the more man, impatiently, tapping a table light- I1011 Notal Mr. Bhrinsc mmbe Ls irmpimeible. ly with hes fingers, and frowning some- m uncle—" He pauses. hath ii "Your tone implies as I 1'You think him looking well?" asks 13 R half the world," and makes mere bllee the azure depths above:• "Starr follows star, though yet day's golden light 'Upon the stills and headlands Wetly streams," The far -oft grating Sound of the corn• make MA he heard' the 0uck0A S tuneless note, 18110ssant Ewa euunusieai, tires the early right. The faint sweet 011111ups y. 01 manneseeta come from far and near, and breast upon the sense with a soft and lalling harmony; "There is no stir, nor breath of air; the plains Lie slumbering in the close embrace of night. All =lime seems sinking intoone grand repose, wherein strife and misery and death appear to havo no part. To Dorian the tanner solemnity of the scene brings no bairn. :To go again m to town by the night ail -to confront Horace and learn from him the worst -Le his one settled thought, among rho multitude of disordered ones; and upon it he determines to act. But what if be shall prove innocent, or deny all knowledge of the effete,? What than can clear Dorian in his uncle's eyes 1 And even sbould be ac- knowledge knowledge the fact that he had entic- ed the irl from her home, bow can It benefit Dorian? He is scarcely the one to defend himself at another's expense) and to betray Horace to 'clear himself would be impossible to him. He •grows bewildered and heart -sick. Reaohmg home, he orders his dog -cart to be brought round, and, by taking it a good deal out of his goud gray mere, manages to catch the evening train to town. Lord Sartoris, sitting brooding over miserable thoughts m the library at 133'the, has tidings brought him of his nephew's speedy return to London, and endures one stab the more, as he feels more than ever convinced of his duplic- ity. uplic- ity w eav y. much. Has anything happened to my the old man, anxiously, mistaking his absence to cause you annoyance. If so hesitation. let me know it at once, and spare me) \'N"ell 1 Oh, that doesn't descriiwe .rim,says Bransaombe, with a shrug, any beating about the bush. Suspense and a somewhat ironical laugh. "lie is unpleasant: bis struck me as being unusually lively, - "It is," says Sartoris, rising from in fact, 'strong as Boreas on the mann' chair, ono moving a few steps nearer I thought him very well indeed." • to him. ' It is slowly murdering poor "Ay, he is so I A godly youth brings John Annersley I" ' a peaceful age; and his was that. Ile "1 am still hopelessly in the dark," has lived a good life, and now is reap - says Dorian, shrugging his shoulders.. ing his reward." "What has suspense gut to do with old' Fs he?" says Dorian, with a badly- Annersley?" suppressed yawn. it course I wasinis- Are you really ignorant of all that taken, but really t occurred to me that has occurred? Ilave you not heard of he was in the abominable tamper, Is a Ruth's mysterious disappearance?" 1 desire to insult every one part of the ' Ruth's disappearance 1' I have heard 'reward 1" nothing. Why, where Han she have You make light of what I say." re - gone?" ,turns Simon, reproachfully, "yet it is 'That is exactly what no ono knows, the very truth 1 speak. He has no spec - except she herself, of course, and -one ial sin to repent, nu lasting misdeed to other." Then, turning impulsively to haunt him, as years creep on. It were faro his nephews, "1 LUagutit you could I wen to think of it," says Simon, with have told me where she is," be says, a trembling voice, "while youth is still without giving himself time to think with us. To you it yet belongs. If you of all the words may convey to Dorian, have done aught amiss, I entreat you "What do you mean' demands to confess, and make amends for it, Bransoombe, throwing up his head,and 'whilst there is yet time." flushing darkly. His eyes flash,his nos- 1 Dorian, laying his hand upon the old trils dilate. "Am I Le infer from Your servant's shoulders, pushes him gently last remark that you suspect me 01 backward, so that he may look the more having sulnetbins. to do with bei' dis-'readilyy into his face. appearance?" "Wny, Simon! How absolutely in I do,"returns SartorLe, slowly, lint earnest you are 1" 1 he says, lightly. with his eyes upon the ground. 'How ,,,What crime have I committed, that I can I do otherwise when 1eau tomind 'should spend the rest of my days in all the ceases you have given me to sackcloth and ashes?" doubt you? Have you forgotten than "1 know nothing," says old Cale, sad - day, now some months ago, when Inset ' ly. "How should I be wiser than my you and that unhappy girl together on, ? All I feel is that youth is the road to the village? I, at least,' careless and headstrong, and things once shall never forget the white misery of done are difficult of undoing. If you her face, and the unmistakable confus- would go to your grave happy, keep ion in her manner, as I greeted her. yourself from causing misery to those Even then the truth began to dawn who love you and -trust in you." upon me." His voice sinks, and grows tremulous. The truth 3" says Branscombe, with Dorian, taking his hands from his ,a short and bitter laugh; shoulders, moves back from the old man, "A1 that lime I was unwilling to bar- and regards him meditatively, stroking bor unkind doubts of you in my breast," his fair mustache slowly, in a rather goeson Sartoris, unmoved, nay, rather mechanical fashion, as he does so. confirmed in .pis suspicions by Brans- s,Ilse whole world seems dyspeptic to- combe's sneer; "but then came the night day," he says, ironically. Then, "It of the Hunt ball, when 1 met you alone would be such a horrid bore to make any with her, in the most secluded part of one miserable that I dare say I sha'n't the grounds, and when you were unable try it. If, however, T do commit the to 'give me any reasonable explanation mysterious serious offense at which you of her presence there; and then, a little broadly hint, and of which you plainly later, I find a handkerchief (which you believe me fully capable, I'll let you yourself acknowledge having given her) know about it" lying on your library floor; about that, He smiles again, -a jarring sort of too, you were dumb; no excuse was ready smile, that hardly accords with rbe to your lips. By your own actions ' beauty of the d ing day, -and, moving judge you." four suspicions make you unjust, my lord," says the young man, haughtily. "They overrule your Netter judgment. Aro such paltry evidences as you have just put forward sufficient to condemn me, or have you further proots?" I have, -a still stronger one than any other I have mentioned. The last place in which Ruth Annersloy was seen in this neighborhood WAS in Halston Woorl at eight o'clock on the evening of her departure, and -you were with her I" X was?" "The man who saw you will swear to this." He must be rather a clever fellow. I eongratulate you on your man..'" "Do you deny it?" There is some- thing that is almost hope in his tone. "If not there last Tuesday, at that hour, where were you.?" "Well really, it would take me all my time to remember. Probably dining; got to my fish by that time, nn doubt. Later on I was at Lady Chetwoode's crush; but that" -with a sarcastic laugh -"Ls a very safe, thing to say, is it not/ Ono can hardly prove the presence of sideration. Going back upon what he any one at a gathering together of the has just hoard be examines in his mind clans, such as there were at her there each little detail of the wretched history home.' I wouldn't believe T. was there if I were you." He laughs again, Sartoris flushed hotly all over lits lean earnest face. It is needless lying," he says slowly. "The very coat you, wore -a, light over- oat ver coat, -probably" (pointing to it) "th0 one you are now wearing -was accurately her Home. On Tuesday morningbe had. described." Dorian starts visibly. D° !been to Horaee's rooms, had fond him yon still hone to brave it out?" )there, had sat and conversed with him ' A coat like this do you sayq?" asks for upward of an hour on different sub• tBransoombe, with a nervous attempt is jectsl chiefly, he now remembers, of unconcern, laying his hand opo Clarissa Peyton. sleeve. 1 The day had been warm, and he had A light overcoat. Such to wvas the de- taken oft his coat (the light overcoat terribly . But"(with a longing that is he had effected for the past month), and terribly pathetic) many overcoats are had thrown it on a chair, and -left it alike. And -I da.xe say yen have not there when going 1 worn that one for months. The next morning be had called again lies, I have. I wear it incessantly: and found the coat in tbe very self - worn have taken rather a fancy o it,', ro- sam0 place where he bad thrown it. plies Branscombe, in an uneempromksing But in the moan time, during all .he tone. My persistent admiration for it hours that intervened between the aft - has driven ep tailor to despair. I very . ornoon of one dayand the forenoon of seldom (except, perhaps at midnight re- vels wherebeen1 or afternoon bores) appear in pub- The very 0008 you wore was minute - iia without it." ly described." -The words come back up - 'Then you deny notping l on him with a sudden rush, causing him "Nothing I"- contemptuously, making a keener an than an be has ever yet a movement as though to depart. "Why ht known. Must he indeed bring himself should I? If after all these years that b known me you can Agin made use of the oat with the deliber l l t evil uch as, you doscrihe Arrived in town, Branscombe drives to Hor'ace's rooms, hoping against hope that ho may find him at home. To his surprise he does so find him, -in the midst of papers, and apparently up to his eyes in business. "Working so, late?" Says Dorian in- voluntarily, being accustomed to think of Horace, at this hour, as one of a chos- en band brought together to discuss the lighter topics of the day over soup and fish and flesh. In truth, now he is on the spot and face to face with his broth - the felt,n ndlhe haof rdly know sis errand makes what it - semi.; o to him. You Dorian 1" Horace, raising his eyes, smiles upon him his usual slow im- penetrable smile. "Working? Yes; -we others, the moneyless ones, must work or die; and death is unpopular nowadays. Still, law is dry work when all is con- fessed," He presses his handl to his fore- head with affected languor, and for au instant conceals his face. ' By the, bye, it is rather good of you to break in so unexpectedly upon my monotony. Any- thing I can do for you?" says porion "Let me speak to you,' impulsively, laying his hand upon his arm. "If I am wronging you in my' thoughts I shall never forgive myself, and you, in all probability, will never forgive me either; yet I must get it ofE my mind, "My dear fellow, how you have flung away undoubted talent l Your t one out- Irvings Irving; it is ultra -tragic. Pos- itively you make my blood run cold.. Don't stand staring at me in that aw•- Cal attitude, but tell me, as briefly es you can, what I have dose." He laughs lightly. Dorian regards him fixedly. Has he wronged him? Has instinct played him false'? "Where is Ruth Annersley?" be asks, awkwardly, as though getting rid of the question at any price and without pre- amble. He has still his hand upon his brother's arm, and bis oyes upon his face. Ruth Annersley ?" reiterates Horace, the most perfect amazement in his tone. If purposely done, the surprise is very excellent [indeed. "Why ? What has happened to her ?" Have you heard nothing 8" "My dear fellow, how could I? I have not been near Pullinglxam for a full month; and its small gossips fail to in- terest our big city. What has happen- ed ?" 'The girl has, lett her home; has not been beard of since last Tuesday. They fear she has willfully flung up happiness and honor to gain -misery' , "What a charitable place is a small village!" says Horace, with a shrug. "Why should the estimable Pullingham- ites imagine so much evil? Perhaps, finding life in that stagnant hole unen- durable, Muth threw up the whole con- cern, and is now seeking a subsistence honorably. Perhaps, too, she has mar- ried. Perhaps--" "Why do you not suppose her dead?" says Dorian, tapping the table with hie forefinger, his eyes axed moodily on the pattern of the maroon -colored cloth. All such speculations are equally ab- surd. I hardly came to London to list- en to such vain imaginings." "Then -I think I barely understand of food is more unsafe as a policy 1 you," says Horace, amiably; "you cam because you--?" "Because I fancied I had here the best chance of hearing about her," interrupts Dorian, bluntly, losing patience a lit- tle. How fearfully you blunder I" re- turns Horace, still quite calmly, nay, in even a tone that might be called yo anything !:o do with her vamoose, I .peg same time should have liberal eternise freedom of a large lot or p tore ' S ' OOT, PRACTICAL FARMING. Intl SOUS() Wad Dairy Among the most imporant and neeee- sexy improvements on tbe farm, we would mention the ice house and daily It is only upon' an occasional farm that we find a clear, cold spring flowing the year round, giving an abundance of wet, er 11ra1 never needs to be iced, and is the means' for the construction of the best diary in the world. In the absence of this groat natural convenience Moet of as have to build an ice house and dairy, and how it rine be done best is winter Elair'in lend thea have Mere i mon0y corninfi In right along? Krises for dairy prodaets rule higher ii wlnt- er than in summer; Be that' the dairy- ITS HORRORS WOULD RR WORSE mall gets hotter pay .for, his labor In ' THAN CANtE CONCEIVED, Ileo farmer soa80n than in, the lather, With good, sweet eora ensil.ag0,, olover 15rippki«01eN Arier'cnne Ur the Aleipedliy Hud hay, and yellow corn Meal, butter van beproducedin winter praetzeatly its ' Alli''eetlrencss e!'r«fuetry fire. -,•n. nlas*m ; and. chea.. as the products al the t4«« ('1818 1?1re see up 108 tilata,y'*'* el/8MA Su120 month 01.,Iune; The caw stable Hie•-�►'ae tae of UIgIt LxplosepBs 88 it Sbonlyd' b0 provided. with an abulidaneo Nen rjemenp. of w'indow' glass to admit sun and 'li, eht, War meant one thing iu the days rind give things a. cheerful aspect•, light, of the ai dors, It m0ant an entire - Melte , draughts. As the stook must bo ly different thing when the North and kept inside now for the greater portion^ the .South joined issues in the bloody of f1v0 0r mare months, these, mat10rs stru deserve careful. attention, Dairy cows ggle that ended tbhtyt70018 ago. Y t th h id Wbat would it mean at h0 prosont day, when smokeless powder, maga- dine rifles, high explosives, machine guns, anis all the countless death -deal - must not be exposed, o e sou L"' for a We favor have outdoor contitntrona the topic o bo considered, • o v0 an building the two together, it being more 11(51.1 hour or so, upon all pleasant days. i All easel life requires at least a fit - economical in cost, and more eoeven - eat in use, to do so: A building 10x24 feet in size is sufficient to meet all de- mands on the farm, unless .dairying is made a specialty. This will give asPae° of 16x10 for ice, and 8x10 for the dairy. Tbeedairy part should bo excavated to. a depth of two or three feet and drained and ventilated with a six=moh tile, The walls of the foundation may be made of either brick or stone laid in cement" Our dairy is floored and walled up with sawed stone and is very satisfactory. The superstructure may be of wood,brick or stone, as preferred. If stone or brick is used, the ice house will have to be lined with boards a few inches from the away from the old man, crosses the oak- en flooring to the glass door that lies at the further end of the room, and that opens to a graveled path outside, on which lilacs are flinging broadcast their rich 1urple bloom. As ho moves, with a pale face and set lips (for the bitter smile has faded), he tramples ruthless - 1y, and without thought for their beau- ty, upon the deep soft patches of color- ing that are strewn upon the flooring from the stained-glass windows above. Throwing open the, door, he welcomes gladly the cool evening air that seems to rush to meet him. "Pah!" he says, almost loud, as he strides onward beneath the budding elms. "To think after all these years, they should so readily condemn) Even that old man, who has known me from my infancy, believes me guilty." Then a change sweeps over him. In- sults to himself are forgotten, and his thoughts travel onward to a fear that; for many days hos been growing and gainingstrength. Can Horace have committed this baso deed? This fear usurps all other 000 - imparted to him by his uncle. All suspicions -lulled to rest through lack of matter wherewith to feed them -now come o life again,, and grow in sire and importance, in spite of his intense de- sire to suppress them. On Tuesday night the girl had left wall, or the ice will not keep all through the season In a very satisfactory man- ner. The dairy should have a, good-sized ventilating flue in the ceiling, as well as a couple of small openings on the two ends, and these should be provided with shutters or means of opening and closing as necessity demands. Besides a good heavy shutter for the door, a strung wire door should be swung on the outside, so the dairy may be thor- oughly ventilated at night"durmg the summer season.. A atone or cement trough on one side of the room; raised about a foot from the floor, gives us a very convenient place to cool the milk or keepthe cream and butter, and a cake of ice placed therein once a day, gives us all the dampness that 15 desir- able, and a temperature that will in- sure good, cold milk for the table, and butter that is nice and solid. The cost of constructing a combined ice house and dairy, as the above, would be about $2o0, if brick is used, or $150 if it is all mad0 of wood above the foundation. We 1 e ldwosldnotoonin ly have thethe alis f stone and brick, but would arch the dairy overhead with the same material so there would be nothing to rot or be- come foul and give bad odors to dam- age the milk and butte•. Then walls and ceilings may be washed and scrubs - bed, and the whole room kept in the best possible condition. The location of the ice house and dairy you have now imagine to believe that his own brother had me capa•p e ° a ate intention (should chance f1Leg so graphically,, it, 'would give me no pleasure o vindicate )myself in your a o ee intruder him)-Do ol) ? casting sus - oyes. Thiiilt of me as you will; X shall 1 P take nn steps to justify myself,'' 1 In the dusk of the evening any one 'You dare not!" says Sartoris, in a might easily mistake one brother for the stifled tone, confronting him fully for other. They are the same height; the the first time. likeness between them is remarkable. That is just as you pieose to think," He almost hates himself for the reach - says Branscombe, turning upon him Hess with which be pieces his story to - with flashing eyes. He frowns heavily, gethor, making doubt: merge with such and, with a little gesture common to entirety into conviction. him,, raises his. hsn•l and push.:, the, end The evening is passing fair, yet it of his fair musts-h•x .between his tee, h, brings no comfort to his soul; the trees Then. with a sudden effort, be enillruls towering upward lie heavily against the himself, and goes on morn quietly; "I airy; the breath of many flowers make shall always feel regret in that you rich, the air. Already the faint moon, fon'l LL se sass a matter to Lelicveme arising, throws "her silver light o'er to fresh air. Regularityy in, the man- agement of stook ie of the higbost im- portance, Let the food and water, be supplied at just Simla stated times. Oth- erwise, there will be a decrease of the flow of milk caused by the trotting and weriyleg oe tlio cattle for their supplies. ;lust as man feels the n00d of food at re ular hours, and is disturbed, if it is not forthcoming, so the lower animals learn to .expeet the feeder at the proper tie for his appearance; and if disap- pointed, they. suffer an injury. Tho milking sbould also be done very system- aticall and rapidly. Good milkers get Moro from a cow than indifferent ones. As soon as the milk is drawn, let it be immediately strained, and if for but- ter making set at once, for cream com- mences to rise almost immediately after being separated from the udder; and once it has risen, it cannot be mixed again with the milk, nor will as largo a quantity of cream be ultimately ob- tained, if some of the fat is permitted to rise before the final setting, should be as convenient to the dw, ing as possible, and on a sloping hillside, of time or a want of capacity. When if one is at hand. In such case let the i he leaves school: and begins his business ice house be above, and a slight care- life, he will settle down to the exact cation for the upper end of building r fulfillment of all the self -claimed vir- would make it very convenient in fill- trees which the merchant puts into his ing the ice room, thus swing a g°'pd circular when ho "solicits a continu- deal of lifting and laborious -work. In at of your patronage;" he will be at some cases it might be deemed advis- tentive, prom t assiduous. If his work able to construct Lae .rouse and dairy should admitofadvancement through separate and apart from each other- study, his evenings will be planned out the ice .rause Hoar the pond for con- for class -work and reading, with the venience in filling, and the dairy pro - strictest view to the examinations bably in an apartment of the basement which may follow. Should he be a or house cellar. With some sort of a workingman, he will be more regular refrigerator provided an arrangement of than the sometimes deceitful sun. As this kind is very satisfactory, and the time goes on, the plodder becomes a whole cost would probably be less than trustworthy cog in clic world's mechan- that of the combined structure, as most ism, an impersonation of duty, Mims - any sort of a cheap board pen can be capable to impulse or fluotuations of put up to store the ice M. But where \val. Tho more we describe him the neatness and permanency are desirable more the disadvantages of his position features, we would prefer the Plan of .app ear to recede into the distance. building a good dairy and ice house, to .t" for industry is specially suited ggether, and make it of stone or .prick• for certain occupations. There are In arranging the dairy do not Provide kinds of work in which brilliancy bas any more room then you expect to use, no pplace, and Ln such instances the else the dairy is apt o be made astore .odder has the field to himself. It is Douse for roots and vegetables in winter, so with many forms of retail trade, At - very much to the detriment of good tention, energy, and keen judgment milk and butter. are the chief qualifications required, and these are all in the line of the plod- ding' lod ding worker. Many of the ordinary trades do not specially tax ingenuity; Thrifty Condition, and the steady conscientious artificer Economy in feeding is the best use of and dmorothe erratia k man and well he has all food material. When grain is as cheap his own trustworthiness to boot. Even as at present there is no good excuse for la v uchthe plodder wirofessions ll find.firmd the and the average farmer allowing his stock spacious standing -room, and astonish to decline in flesh. Thrifty condition of you by his success. Thfl doctor who 88 - all the farm stock is desirable for the siduously attends to his practice, and reason that better health is maintained may be depended upon, will be immeas- urably in advance of a rival who is far' when the system of art animal is gain- more clever but erratic. fp the same ing a trifle in strength from the food way, in the consultative branches of of maintenance. A stand -still state is tageawHehi plodder has element, too, indrou, the most difficult to realize, Too little tine work. But he is quite out of the runningin law -court advocacy, in the THE PLODDER. Ile 57111 Succeed Nine Times 1n Ten 'Where a more Gifted and Erratic elan will Fall. It has often been observed that the man of average ability, who is attentive and diligent, in fact, a plodder-auceceds. in life when more brilliant but erratic men fail. Hence the force of the axion, "Be a plodder. Persevere, and you will a plodder. Persevere, and you will succeed." We describe the plodder as we all know him -one who keeps his head bent steadily over life's grind- stone, who is unflagging in work, who may always be expected to do his best, svho does not sink into a calm after a tempestuous burst of epergy, but may be counted on as keeping up the steady regularity of a trade -wind. When he is at school the plodder will never miss the early morning study. Ile will con- scientiously distribute his energy over the whole course of studies. The only two things that will prevent his be1rrg book -perfect at the finish are a want ing applienece which the last score of years has developed would bo applied to its persecution, it will probably surprise many to learn that there will be few charges of either cavalry or infantry in'tbe battles of the future. The. success of a charge always depends on the abil- ity of the moving troops to cross the danger specs and reach the enemy's lines without losses serious enough to check the advance. `Them has been an enormous increase in the rapidity and effectiveness of infantry fire in tee past ten years, or even the past five. Tho danger space is now 'so wide, the possibilities of rapid firing are eo great, and the killing power of the bullets so terrible, drat neither cav- alry nor infantry could now 1eaoh in - trenched troops without `being annihil- ated, We may even go farther, and say that the science of handling troops up- on a battle -field must be entirely re- volutionized to suit modern weapons. The infantry rifle enables a soldier to fire a hundred rounds of ammunition in four minutes. The bullets will 1ti11 at a range of between one and two miles, and at a point blank range will penetrate sixty pine boards eo0h one inch thick. Besides this light field machine, guns can pour forth ,A PERFECT HAIL of missiles with unerring aim. , A light- weight Maxim gun, weighing only twenty-five pounds, can fire 600 to '700 shots par minute with an effective range of two miles. For the latest im- proved Getting gun; with electric motor, 1,800 shots per minute are claied. Heavier fielpieces of longer range can deliver twenty. -Live to thirty six - pound shots per minute. It is evident enough from these figures that to man- oeuvre masses of troops upon a battle- field within sight of an enemy will be to invite their annihilation. The enormdus velocity of modern pro- jectiles will have a marked influence upon the fatalities of any future war. A bullet which will penetrate sixty one -inch pine boards will require heavy earthworks to protect troops, and field entrenchments cannot be made to af- ford protection with such rapidity and facility, as in post wears. More impor- tant still, in firing against troops form- . ed ea masse a single bullet may fre- quently kill several men. With the old ammunition, in countless oases, the soldier ru the front rank fell, while the man behind him escaped unhurt. The risks of naval warfare have be- come quite as great as those on land, Tho naval conflicts in the late Japau- China war allowed that the pounding of an ironclad by an enemy's projec- tiles may do serious injury to the crews without greatly endangering the vessel itself. Tho most important now element in naval warfare is doubtless the use of high explosives. It is now possible to fire from ordinary guns shells charged with high explosives, and it is believed that these will be extremely effective in the bombardment of land fortifica- tions. But high explosives at the some time constitute the greatest danger to which modern battleships are subject- ed. Torpedos of the automobile class have already proved their powers of of- fence in the Chilian anis Japanese wars. and these, with sunken mines and float- ing torpedos, will probably prove a chief source of fatality ,to naval vessels engaging in coast attacks in any future war. la fact, it is quite possible, if not indeed probable that the present • working and growing animals tha trifle too much. The surplus is at once detected and can be reduced, but a de- ficiency may not he noted until seri- ous decline has resulted. The horses to h0 worked in spring and summer should bs feel liberally in Feb- amused."If u mean that I have had 1003 d March previous, and at the to say your imagination has run wild. You can search the place if yon like. The old lady who attends to my wants will probably express some faint disap- probation when you invade the simetity of her chamber, but beyond that no un- n180santness need be anticipated. This is her favorite hour for imbibing brandy -my brandy, you will understand (she takes it merely as atonic, being efflice- ed-as she tells me -with what she is pleased to term nightly trimbles'); so if, in the coarse of your wanderings, 700 chance to meet her, and she openly mo- lests you, don't blame me." (To Be Continued.) Unique Mail Service. The inhabitants of the small group of islands situated on the south of Iceland possess a very curious method -the as and will be better hardened for later labor if worked moderately every day. Colts under eighteen months old sbould have all they will oat with plenty of exercise and fresh air. The same policy is best for calves of same age, and for pigs and lambs under sex months of age Meat producing stock, during the last ten weeks of maturity, requh•e abund- ance of food of enticing quality and variety. Only moderate range and ex- ercise is advfsable, but fresh au' and san- itation are very essential and too much attention to securing a quiet, undisturb- ed condition is not possible, as repose is essential to a fattening animal. The fatteninganimal, however, must be underfed a rifle if a relish for food is to be maintained. It is the critical Lime when a distaste for its food may cause It many weeks delay in finishing l fr too block of communisation in their so-called rho animao. To guard against loss ' in feeding for bottle post." When the wind blows economical meat products, the early from the south and one of the island- maturity of delves at twenty months to ers wishes, to communicate with the es of ad. of mainland, he puts bis letters into a twlambs andnty-seven Pigs atmonthsix months ge, oaneight' well -corked bottle, and to insure their monfns is advisable. Beyond. this limit delivery he uncloses at the same time there is risk of a disordered digestion. a plug, or twist of tobacco, ora cigar. It is settled conclusively, too, that meat the wand speedily impels the bottle re !s made at o much lower cost ths the shores of the mother island, where limited age, than where huge carcasseat i s people are usually, on the lookout who are the purpose, The quality, too, of willing to deliver the contents of such moat and food is much more to the the bottle in return for the inclosed taste of the mesas and le thus In greet- ersremuneration. er demand. • A lazy business roan needs never ex- pect to get any rest by advertising for it. In all Governments, there must of ne- cessity be both the law and the sword; laws without arms would give us not liberty; but licentiousness; and arms. without laws would produce net sobjec- tion, but slavery.• -Colon. Dairy Hints. higherbranehes of engineering, in the more artistic departments of literature. Ile can get notoriety -generally as a bore -in Congress, and in rare instanc- es, may make his mark in a minor way; but political competition is as a rule, too keen for his modest abilities and patient methods to make much impres- sion. The plodder, however, has much to encourage binr, If he is wise en - 1%1 to persevere steadily in wisely se- lected work, keit* a may be assu10d of gratifying success. GRAINS OF GOLD. There is but one temple in the world, and that is the body of. man. Nothing is holier than this high form,-NovalLs. Irresolution is a heavy stone rolled up a hill by a weak child, and moved a little up just to fall back again. -W. Rider. The wayto fill a large sphere is to glorify a small one. There is no large gare; you aro your sphere, -Edward aislin. The gain of lying is nothing else but not to be trusted of any, nor to be be- lieved when we say the truth. -Sir W. Raleigh. No man has come to true greatness who has not felt in some degree that hie life belongs to his race. -Phillipa Brooks. , There can bo no excess to love, to knowledge, to beauty, when these at- tributes aro considered in the purest sense. -Emerson. Many historians take pleasure in put- ting into the mouths of princes what,• they have neither said nor ought t0 have said, -Voltaire, When I find a great dual of gratitude in a poor man f talo it for granted there would be as much generosity if ho were rich. -Pope. There is this good in real evils -they deliver us, while they last, from the petty despotism of all that were im- FLOATING FORTRESSES on which the nations of the world chief- ly base their naval Strength will bo rendered obsolete in a very few years by the advance in the use of high ex- plosives. War at the present clay is quite cer- tain to be vastly more costly than the wears of the past decades. A single great battle ship, when equipped ready for action, may cost 54,000,000 or 55; U00,000, as much as a whole fleet coat in the days of Sailing vessels. Tho pay of troops, again will doubtless have to be on a more liberal scale in any future war, unless compulsory enlistment is adopted, and all governments will put off that measure as long as possible. We may be sure that it will be insisted upon in any future war that the sold- iers and sailors who go out to risk their lives in their country's service shall receive pay that would have been accounted out of the question a gener- ation ago. Inasmuch es future wars are likely to be much more fatal to those engaged, the pension bill 'o follow will be great01 in proportion. During the past quarter of a cen- tury an enormous increase has taken place in the use Of oredit as a medium of exchange, and the great improve- ment and cheapening in transportation facilities has doubled and quadrupled or multiplied oven more greatly the vol- ume of trade, both domestic and inter- national. Each community, each sec- tion, each nation has its prosperity bound up with the fortunes of its neigh- bours in a way that was never before known in the history of civilization. Any interruption to the circulation of commerce, either its arteries, the rail- way and steamship lines, or its veins, the system of commercial credits and the currency, is at once felt the world around. Only a few years ago financial disaster in one insignificant South Am- erican republic made an era of hard times that was tett to a greater or less extent all over the 'world. Leap in a Sack. Some years ago a porter named Ful- ler, employed at Billingsgate Market, London, made a bet that ho would jump from London Bridge tied in a saok, bis only strpelation being that ho should be pr vi o ded with a knife -which he The farmer does not have so much aginary, Colton. was not to open till he teethed waters - with p easing work in winter ea in summer, which to rip open the seek. He F To rho thinker, the most trifling ex- succeeded in acoomplishing the feat, add what work he has to do too often corers abject otton suggests ideas, and when picked up by some friends does not bring in much cash. Would wluoh extend, link after link, from in a beat was none the worse for Iiia it not pay to give more attention to earth to heaven.--Bulwer, dive,