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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1896-3-13, Page 2IlitimiliommoomgoomoOoz000moomelawr boam4MKPOI10P •: .. . THE E VICARS GOVERNESS, CHAPTER, XXIh--Continued, and the laughs, tear the second time, "'les ,bar. all ycii can toll ane ""i think it vas nl happy tltonaht"' "All about my Old lady, certainly." saysn "1 St - "And of Bath?" ed this dance to Cheese), only, yesterday, "I know uotiling, oe you would un- 'Might' not I, too, partake; of the small 4 return?' d°retard;' Lfo laughs significantly, •"It no longer belongs to mol 1 kayo ?„ out of the pure gradates of het heat., Branscowbe, mr dry, suggo "Whet do you /malt?' demands Dor- Ian, a little fiercely. Ills eyes are dark and flashing, his lips compressed, "What oaa I mean, except that you are ridioulously absurd?" says Horace, rising.. "Whitt is it you expect me to say? I can't get you out of et. I al- ways knew you bad a penchant for her, but never thought it would carry you so far. If you will take my advice, bow* ever, you will be milder about it, and take that look off your face. if you 'go in for soolely with that cut-up ex- pression in your eyes, people will talk." "Then you know nothing?" repeats Branscombe, taking no notice of—per- haps not even hearing—the foregoing speeoh, "Absolutely nothing. Ilow should le" says Horace, with his soft smooth smile. "knave a brandy -and -soda, Dor- ian, or a little curacoa? Perhaps, in- deed, the brandy will be best (always allowing Mrs, McGinty has left me any), you look so thoroughly done up," "Tbanis you,—nothicg:" Ile gazes at his brother long and earnestly. "The Branscombe word ought to be sure," he says, moodily, "Still unconvinced!" says Ilorace, with an airy laugh. "I know I ought to take you by the shoulders, Dorian, and pitch you down the stairs; but, somehow, I haven't the pluck to -night. I am overdone through this abominable Iaw, and—you are such a tremendous fellow when compared with me. Must you really be oft so soon? Stay and have a cup of coffee? No? Well, if it must be, good -night." Dorian goes deem the stairs, -•puzzled, bewildered, almost convinced. At the foot of the atairease he looks tip again, to see Horace standing above him still, candle in hand, radiant, smiling deltan- naive, apparently without a care in the world. He nods to him, and Dorian, return- ing the salute in grave and siLent fash- ioa, goes out into the lighted streets, and walks along in momentary expecta- tion of a hansom, when a well-known voice smites upon his ear: "What in the name of wonder, Brats- oombe, brings you here 1" Turning. he finds himself face to face with Sir James Scrope. My presence is hardly an eighth won- der." he says,. wearily. "But how Is it you are not in Paris?" "Fate ordained it so, and probably fortune, as I just want a friend with whom to put In an evening." "You have chosen a dull companion," says Dorian, stupidly. "What brought non .home so soon? or, rather, what ook you to Paris originally?" "Business partly, and partly because —er—that is, f felt I needed a little change." Ah I just so," saes Branscombe. But he answers as one might who has heard nothing. Sir James casts upon him a quick penetrating glance. Anything wrong with you, Brans- oombe?" he asks, quietly.'Anything. in which 1 can be of use to you?" -Thank you. no. I'm just a little down on my luck, that's all." 'Then abruptly. you 1� of he scandal suppose in Pullinghaheard "About that poor little girl?" says Sir James. Olt, yes. '111 news flies apace ;' and this morning Hodges, who came to town to see me about Ben- nett's tar/, gave me a garbled account of her disappearance. I think I hard- ly understand even now. How did it happen?" For a full minute Dorian makes no reply. He is looking earnestly in lurks Snyop hidden thought ny care fully concealed expression of mistrust. There is, indeed, none. No shadow, no faintest trace of suspicion, lies in Sorope's clear and honest eyes. Brans- ceoanbe draws a deep breath. Whatever an the future this friend may come to helieve, now, at least, he holds him— Dorian—clear and pure from thio gross evil that has been imputed to him. He throws up his head with a freer air, and tries, with a quick effort, to conquer the morbid feeling that for hours past has been pressing upon him heavily. 1 know nothing," he says, presently, in answer to Sir Jamess last: remark, "It is such an unaccountable story," says Scrape, Ming bis brows. "Where did she go? and with whom? Such a quiet little mouse of a girl, One hardly understands her beim; the heroine of a tragedy. But tiow does it particular- ly affect you 1' Branscombe hesitated. Tor one hkef moment he wonders whether ho shall or shell not reveal to 5croee the scene that has passed between hun and kis u ncle. Than his whole sympathies re- volt from the task, and he determines to let things rest as they now are. "Arthur has tormented himself need- lessly about tea whole business," he says, turninghis face from Sorope.. "Ile thinks me—hat is, every one—to blame, until the girl is restored to her father," "Ah I I quite see," says James Scrope, CHAPTER XXII:I, Sk "Her eyes were deeper than the depth Of waters stilled at even." "Dorian I" says Clarissa. "Clarissa!" sae Dorian. "I really think I shall give a ball." "Whaler cries a small, sweet. plain- tive voice from the corner, and Georgie, emerging from obscurity and the tre- mendous volume, she has been studying, comes to the front, Ln her usual vehe- ment fashion, and stands before Miss Peyton, expectation in every feature. "Oh, Clarissa, do say it again." "Papa says I must entertain the aounty in some way," earl Clarissa, meditatively, and L really 1111010 a hall will be the best way, Don't you 1" "Don't L though?" says Miss Brough- ton, vnth much vivacity. 'Clarissa, you grow sweeter daily. Let me offer you some small return for your happy thought." She laughs, and, stooping, presses her warm ripe lips against bar friend's *heels. Shot blushes as she performs this graceful oat, and a small, bright, tarisclilovous gleam grows within ber eye, The whole aot,mn is half mocking, half tender: A rosebud see :with little willful thorns, And awed as lInglish air can make bar, she." who lines oome hurriedly to Brans- conabo's mind, and linger there. liais- beg her head again, her dyes meet lila, Oven it all "wily,—here," says Geoogh1,, touobin3; Clar'hssa's ohoek with ane fingers `but for tbat," with a 'slow ado?able glance, 'X should ho charmed'' 1 tbinlo 1 shall get panel; and papas and write down the names." says Clar- issa, energetically, rising and going to- ward the door, Dorian, take care of Georgia until I return.,' "I wish I know how," says Brans combo, in a tone so low that only Geor- gie can hear it. ,Than, as the door closes he says, "Did you moan your last speech?" "My last? What was it? I never remember anything."She very seldom blusbes, but now again a oft delicate color creeps into her face. "11 you hadn't , givon it all away, would you have given me a little of that small. return?" No, "Not even if I were to give a ball for you ?" "Na—no." "Not if I were to do for you the one thinyou most desired?" "No—no—no l" She speaks bastily, and glances at him somewhat contused- ly, from beneath her long lashes. 'Well, of course, 11 is too much. to ex- pect," says Branseombe; "yet I would do a good deal for you, even without hope of payment." He comes a little nearer to her, and lays his hand upon the table close to hers. If you really made the suggestion to Clarissa, you deserve some reward, says Georgie, nodding her head. "Now, what &ball it be 1" Dance half the night with me." "That would bore you,—and me. No; but if dancing delights you-sir—may I hills?ave" the pleasure of the first quad - "Madam," Madam, ' says Branscombe, laying his hand upon his heart, "yon doms too much honor; I am at your service now and forever." "11 is too large a promise.,' "A true one, nevertheless." A little earnest shade shows itself up- on. his face, but Georgie laughs lightly, and moves away from him over to the window, and at this moment Clarissa returns, armed with paper and pencils and a very much pleased smile. "Can't I have the garden slighted?'" she says, "with Chinese lanterns, and that ? 1 have been thinking of it." "1 don't know about that, " says Dor- ian. I'm not sure but it might blow us all to atoms; but the celestial lights will be quite 'too, too l' It must bea splendid thing, Clarissa, to have a brain like yours. Now, neither Miss Brough- ton nor I have a particle between us." Speak for yourself, please," says Miss Broughton, very justly incensed. "I'm doing even more than that, I'm speaking for you too. Don't put up too many Chinese lanterns, Clarissa, or it will be awkward: we shall be seen." "What matter•? I love light;" says Georgie, innocently. "How 1 do ]tope there will he a moon! Not a mean ef- fort at one, but a good, round substan- tial, vast old moon, such as there was two months ago." o • r • a She has her wish: such anothermoon- light night as coma to Pullingbam on the night of Miss Peyton's ball has been rarely, if ever, seen. It breaks over the whole place in a flood of light so white- ly brilliant that the very sleeping flow- ers lift up their heads, as though be- lieving the soft mystic light to be the early birth of morn. All around is calm and drowsy sweet. The stars come forth to light the world, and perhaps, to do homage to Clarissa on this the night of her first ball.. About six weeks have passed since Ruth Annersley left her home, and as yet no tidings of her have reachedPul- lingham. Already people are beginning to forget that such an sclandre ever occurred in their quiet village. The minutest inquiries have been made (chiefly by Lord Sartoris, who is now very seldom at home); rewards offered, humorous paragraphs, addressed to "R. A.," have appeared in the London pap- ers, bat without result. The world is growing tired of the miserable scandal, and Ruth's disappearance ceases to be the one engrossing topic 01 conversation at village teas and bar-ro0gh. revelries. To -night is fair enough to make one believe sire impossible. It is touched by heaven; great waves of light, sent bythe "silver queen of night," lie languidly (m tree and bower; the very paths are bright with its siray beams. "Bats and grizzly owls on noiseless wings" flit to and fro, "and now the nightingale, not distant far, begins her solitary song.', Within, music is sounding, andlaught or and the Paine sweet dropping of foun- tains. Clarissa, moving about among her guests, is looking quite lovely in a pale satin trimmed heavily with old gold. She is happy and quite content though her eyes, 'in spite of her, turn anxiously, every now, and then, to the doorway. Every one is smiling radiant. Even Dorian, who is waltzing with any one but the woman be desires, is looking gracious all through, and is creating havoc in the bosom of the damsel who has rashly intrusted herself to his cars, Gimp Redmond, in the arms of a cav- alry man is floating round the room, her unutterable little nez retrousse look- ing even more pronounced than usual, Iler face is lit up with pleasurable ex- citement; to her—as she tells the cav- alryman without hesitation—the even- ing is "quite too awfully much, don't you know l" and the cavalry -man under- stands her perfectly, and is rather tak- ing to her, which is undoubtedly clever of the cavalry -man. Ile is now talking to her in his very best style, and she is smiltng,—but not at ham. Within the shelter of a door, directly opposite stands Mr. Hastings and ho is answering back her smile fourfold. Ile will not dance him- self,—conscience forbidding,—yet it pleases him to see his Cissy (55 she now is) enjoying herself. The band isplay- ing Beautiful Ferns" dreamily, lang- uidly; and I think at this very moment Mr. Iiasting's reverend tows are keep- ing excellent time to the music. But the, of course, is barest supposition; for what human eye can penetrate leather? Tho waltz comes to an end, end Dori- an, having su0eeasfully rid himself of his late partner, draws Georgic's hand within his arm and leads her fate a conservatory. Her late partner was a fat, kindly squire, who will dance, but who, at the eeplrakion of each effort to eclipse Terp- sichore, feels devoutly thankful that his task 11as oma to an end, fie is, to say the mildest least of him, exceedingly tir- ing,and Georgie la rather glad than othrwise that Dorian should lead her into the cool rocas where flowers and perfumed fountains held £1111 sway, She sinks into a seat, and sighs audibly, and looks upward at her companion from half-closed lids, and then, letting them drop suddonly, plays, Ina restless fttsh-: fen, with the large braek fan sbo holds, 13r4nscoanlbo is stupidly silent; indeed, it hardily oaeuvs to bine that specah is neetessarY. Ile is geeing earnestly,topd- only at the small face beside bim,-^• A Mee o'er which a thousand shedews ;'pegs hall Mee, pez'baps, objects to this minute sorntiny, because preeenllY it, r6ia08 itself, and says coquettishly, -.''now silent you are 1 What' are you thinking of 1" "Of you," seYs Dorian, simply. "What a foolish quer on You are a ppm ebtyere in drat 1)1300$ gown, with. your Oabyy arms and 710510." Anythulig ease?" asks Miss Brough - "Yes, 1-V almost seems to me' that you cannot he More than fifteen, You look such a little thing, and so young." 'But Yin not young,' says Georgie, hastily. "I am quite old, I wish you would remember' I am nearly nineteen." "Quite a North's Ark sort of person, —a 'fossil of the pre-Adamite period. }low T envy you! You are, indeed,uul- 1.31 2ue6 ilebecuuso lour 1 way, said Donyout 175lookednue ry 17young;0111 and don't wish to be old. There Ls no candor so hateful, n0 truth so unploas- ing as age.," know do you know 1" 'demsnds she, saucily, sweetly, ,half touched by bis tone. You are not yet a Methuselah.' Then, "Do you know your brother has come at last 1 He is very late, isn't he?" "He always is," says Dorian. "And he has. brought a friend with him. And who do you thiplr it Li?" T haven't the taiatest idea," says Branscombe, turning a vivid rod. "Why, my. Mr, liennedy I "Your Mr. llennedy7" reiterates he blankly, his rod becoming a crimson of the liveliest hue. Yes,—the dark thin young man I met at Sir John Lineoln's. I dare say I told you about him?" "Yes, you did," says Dorian grimly. "I see him over there," pointing• airily with her fan through the open conserv- atory door to a distant wall where many young men are congregated together. "The man with the nose ?" asks Brrn- scombe; slightingly, feeling sure in his soul he is not the man with the nose. He has a nose," says Miss Brough- ton equably, ' thougb there isn't much of it. He is very like a Chinese pug. Don't you see him? But he is so race. Dorian looks again in the desired di- rection, and as he does so a tall young man, with a somewhat canine expres- sion, but very kindly, advances toward him, and, entering the conservatory, comes up to Miss Broughton with a smile full of delight upon his ingenu- ous countenance. Miss Broughton," he says, in a low musical voice, that hos unmistakable pleasure in it. "Can it really be you? I didn't believe life could afford me so happy a moment as this." 1 saw you ton minutes ago," says Georgie, in her quick bright fashion. And made no sign ? That was cruel," says Kennedy with some reproach in his tone. He is looking with ill -suppressed admiration upon her fair uplifted face. "Now that I have found you, what dance will you give me?" "Any ono I have," she says, sweetly. "The tenth? The dance after next,— after this, I mean?" (To Be Continued.) GARNER AND THE MONKEY. Fie Tells About Interviews With. ann Es liah Chimpanzee. While in Manchester, England, Mr, Garner visited the Bellevue Garden Zoo, and he says he bas an interesting time with Consul II., a famous chimpanzee. " IIe is one of the finest specimens 1 have ever seen," said the Professor. "He has a beautiful coat of brownhair, anis is allowed to go at liberty. Ile walks around among the people' just like a human being. He and I became great. friends. I spoke a few words in his own language to him at our first meeting, and he came right up and sat down on my lap. He dresses himself in men's clothes, and wears a funny woollen bat. When his keeper tolls him to put on his hot he takes delight in putting it on askew, and when the keeper takes It off and tells him to put it ou right, he almost chuckles with delight and sticks it on the other side of his bead. He rides all around the Zoo on a tricycle, and enjoys it as much as the most enthusiastic cyclist, He drinks beer and smokes a pipe, cigars, and cigarettes. if be finds a cigar stump lying on the ground, he will take it up to his keeper and get it lit, and then smoke it. Heprefers cigarettes,ai- though he does not inhale the smoke, 1t is amusing to see hint wash his fare and hands, 13e does this several times a day. He likes to pick up the soap and make a big lather. He knows from experience that soapy water makes the eyes smart, and it's fun to see him gather 111.1 it up to hissface,f tandsthen let it drop just as his hands reach there. He will then wash bis nose and cheeks, but is very careful that none of the soapy water gets into his eyes. When told of Johanna's studies in art, and her apparent effort to draw a picture of herself, Mr, Garner said he did not. believe that she understood what she was, doing. - " A few days before I left Menches- ter," he said, " Censer's keeper gave hint a quill pen and an ink bottle and some paper. The chimpanzee dipped the quill in the ink and made a splotch on the paper. Then the keeper took rho ink away from him. He kept on marr- ing marks with. his quill, however, and soon all the ink on his pen was gone. Then he stuck the pen in his mouth, but found he could not write, and fin- ally stuck it in the splotch. He got enough ink to enable him to continue Lo make marks, and his delight was beyond bounds. He enjoyed his little triumph over his keeper as much as we did." Consumptionof Horseflesh in Paris Tho statistical bulletins of the1rencb Minister of Agriculture dealing with the consumption of horseflesh in Paris lastear gives the number of horses killed for consumption as food at 28,180 this being exclusive of 48 mule and 989 donkeys. The total weight of meat sold was 6,190 tons, and this was sold at 180 shops or stalls which are not allowed to sell any other kind of meat. The maximum price ranged from 0 pence a pound for the fillet to 2 pence a pound for tho neck and lower ribs. The re- port adds that not more than a third of the meat is sold at I.he stalls, the re - meander going to make. aausagee. An lJnpardohabie Sin. Banns—You didn't know that I was once engaged to marry your wife, did you? Daannri—No; what broke the en- gagement ? ;;lid oh? (Smashes him, and pounds him within an inch of his life,) There now' if you over play a trick on me like that again, 7'11 kill you the next time. THE 14 E D. A 'RM. ...,,..fly.... Potato Growing, "If 1 wore to have lay choice of 1004 for potatoes, I would 40040 a Handy, loam tvittt a °lover sod to be plowed under. 01 course we cannot all have this, but we can nearly all have the olover od. The ground should be well plowed, about . 50000 or eight inobes deep the long way of the field, and avoid all dead farrows if you can," says a writer, "7 do not want fall or early spring plowing, as the ground oPeu becomes so hard that potatoes do not do so well. 'Potatoes went a deep loose mellow eoii. I never use a roller on my potato ground, but elm to work it so as not to peek it any more than possible, I do not plow my ground until nearly time to plant, on account of Lie being a clay loam that bakes and runs together, On a sandy soil this would not be the case, and fall plowing would be all right, "I think of making a plank clod crusher to use in preparing our potato ground. I shall get two sixteen -foot planks ono foot wide and two inches thick; saw them in two in the 'middle and lap them as you do siding to a house, only let them lap about four inches, and then put small harrow teeth through so they will reach through about four inches, I shall set the teeth slanting back about twenty degrees. These teeth will be so set that each BETRAYED BY PLUM PUDDING. one will cut independent of the other, This drug will be used both ways of the field, and I think it will do a thorough job of leveling and cutting the ground up fine. 01 oourss it will require three good horses to pull it, with. a man rid- ing. This drag will be run over the ground and sf fast as stplowed so as to' avoid pp ground from dry- ing out. Our potato ground is marked out with a Planet Jr.) (with attachments for that purposef)t,, thirty -twit inches have arranged t at aueeinvhichdmakesVa good markthatthe horse can follow, thus keeping the rows an exact distance apart from one and to the other. By careful dropping, the rows will be so regular that once in a row with a cul- tivator will be sufficient to stir all the ground. "We cut our potatoes with reference to the size of the piece rather than to the number of oyes. If the potato is large, we usually cat to one eye; but if small we cut once in two, cutting lengthwise. We seleot a couple of bushels of the' choicest kind, or the de- sired type, to get seed from the next year, and alter selecting the choicest two bushels for next year's planting, we plant the seed as. it was dug with- out sorting. In this way you can main- tain the vhtality of the potato, and you do not have potatoes •run out.' "We drop the seed from a foot to two feet apart, according to the vari- ety -, the sad me waywtheh a dropping plank go- inge. Coveringshould ybe kept pup dose. on o er whit a pipe in the center, foul'. inches in diamoer and a foot high, for a stovepipe. With tele you can burn bits of weed, cobs, or anythingdry, and if you have same 9hunk5, er if you 1100 t0b0r6 you eau goo coal ohaap, you 000 keep a thee all` night, and never, have your tams cool off entirely, aeon in the coldest ;eights. This will cost you, trade at your local tin shop, 42 to 1lJ0, and any one who bas cows to come in early ,ma easily ,save the money in one bili for a veterinarian. It is not °;armed tbat tele is as good or as handy as an oil heater, lint 11 is 0007 mu0 cheaper and can bo Trade to an5/vei every purpose. I: Dehorning Calves, This is such a simple operation when the animal is young that it is difficult to explain wliy it is postponed until the horns alae fully grown. Caustic, pot- ash in sticks is the material to be used. 71 can be secured cheaply at any drug store. When the calf is three days old, tie his fent together, and lay him in a clean, well. -littered place. Press his head firmly to the ground lvitll the knee and locate the pimple which indt- sates the budding horn. Wet the spot well, then take the stink of potash wrap- ped in paper, with one end exposed, and rub around the embryonic horn until' it is well coated with potash. Roll the calf over and repeat the operation on the other side. If alter a week or ten days any signs of growth appear about the scar, touch up with potash as before, and the animal will grow up as thor- oughly polled as Lf he had been born in that condition. A Morales Who Forgot Busbies Jo MAL, or One and Was Caught. The English are proud of their watch- dogs, and it is known that many farm- ers rely upon the cackle of their guinea hens for the protection of their hen roosts; bat in addition to all that, Biag- io -ad has just afforded an example of the safeguarding quailtis of plum pud- ding. This unexpected demonstration took place in a house on the Portadown road, in the Maidavale quarter of Lon- don, belonging to Mr. Preston, a sur- geon in the navy. At about 9:90 o'clock in the evening Et burglar got into the house through ithe cellar by breaking the lock of the kitchen door. This burglar was George Donovan. He knew that the house was empty, The family were at the theatre, and the servants took advantage of their absence to go on a vacation for a few hours. Favored by these circumstances Donovan had little trouble in,reaobing the dining room. There an enchanting spectacle was presented to his eyes. A Hindu poet tells us the story of the brigand of Dothi who, at the moment 'when he was abort to cut a ]tole in the wail of a house to get in and commit a robbery, hesitated whether be would cut it in the form of a lyre or of a flbw- p p er or of a bird. George'Donovan wee as not to expose the seed to the hot not absorbed by any such artistic pre - sun, for nothing is more fatal to a 1occup"tions. •IIe retread upon the table potato than to lie in a furrow and be • a splendid plum pudding, something exposed to the hot sun. that he hadn't tasted for a long time. We go over the ground soon after So he sat down in front of the national planting with a spring tooth harrow, dish, out a huge slice of it, and sealed with the tenth sot very shallow, so in. The pudding was delicious. LLke as not to displace the potatoes. This Haggles Donovan struck it rich. He cut entirely destroys every weed that has slice after slice; but, unfortunately for started to grow. After the potatoes be- him, a plum pudding is not possessed of gin to get too near the surface, we the light quality that belongs to French use a smoothing harrow or weeder, i pasty. Soon the burglar got thirstyand and keep these two tools going until ns his search for something todrink lie the vines get so large that it begins discovered a bottle of Scotch whiskey, to damage them, after which tbo four- his favorite beverage. He remained at teen tooth cultivator is used. This the table enjoying himself thoroughly cultivation is kept up until the vines for about an hour. Soon he became ob- bogie. to die or get so large that they livious of his professional duties. In cover the ground. After cultivation fact, ho didn't know where he was; o ceases, all the weeds that show in the he threw himself on the luxurious ca.r- hLUs are pulled out by band. Not n pet, and went to sleep ;with an unruffl- weed is allowed to grow and go to seed." ed conscience. At about midnight he was found there, and was roused up �1)�y a policeman who had been called in. He admitted without hesitation his object, but he was loud in his praise of that pudding. Addressing Surgeon Preston, he said ho woula like to know if that pudding was made in the house or in some confectionery establishment, be- cause he said, he never before had tast- ed anything o delicious, and he want- ed to taste it again. Hp was taken be- fore a Police Justice of Marylebono, who committed him for trial, "All right Judge," he said, "but, all the same that was afire pudding and first -Tate whiskey,' Judge Plowden, who is somewhat of a humorist made a funny speecb, glori- fying the English plum pudding, which, as hesaid, not only punishes the im- prude>it with indigestion, but also, as this ease plainly showed, protects the fireside and knocks out burglars. Typical Draft Horses. In the horse breeding future the draft will take prominent position and will be the type preferred by the majority of farmers because better adapted to the condition prevailing on most farms. The very heavy draft horses which have al- ways commanded the highest prices, can be grown only on the best lands. With a view of describing as nearly as possible, by measurement, what is re- garded in England as the typical draft horst) for the heaviest work, WO give the proportions taken from an article in the London Live Stock Journal, of what the English regard as first-class sires for the very best draft horses, as follows: rust -class Dray Sire No 1.— Height, 17 hands; weight, 21 cwt.; girth, 90 inches• girth round belly, 100 inches: round Lore -arm, 28 inches ; bone below knee, 12 inches; hind leg under hock, 14 inches • second thigh, 29 inches. First-class Sire No. 2.—Height, 10.2 hands ...weight, 19 awe; girth, 92 inch- es; belly, 91 beetles; fore -arm, 27 inch- es; bone below knee, 12 inches; bind leg To be exempt from corporal chastise - ender Hook, 14 inches; second thigs, 29 meat is one of the privileges of a Rus - We give the above more for the par- stun nobleman; yet this does not prevent pose of forming an ideal of the typical iha torture being applied to Polish poli - draught horse than anything else, It quality will be within reach of our tical prisoners even when they aro of is not likely that sires of the size and readers. It is a good thing, however, to have an ideal before the mind, and approximate it as closely as possible. The selection of the sirs, however, is not the only thing, Many colts that aro well bred failof thoir natural devel- opment through want of feed. It re- quires good feeding, especially in the earlier years, and grazing on good, rich land to produce even fairly good draft horses. The heaviest draft horses of England are produced on the fens and in the richer valleys. The fens are lands which leave been reclaimed from the sea -by dikes and are as black in small iron hook is fastened. Falling color of soil as an Terve prairie, and ere upon the bars back of the sufferer, the fertilized by marl, tvbloh is found under knout comes down on its concave side, of the peat, which underlies the surface whloh the edges out like a knife. The of the bens. The lighter soils produce thong tbus lies in the floss, a smaller draft horse with lighter The executioner does not lift it up, bones, but of better quality in propor- but draws it toward him horizontally, Lion to their size. There is no danger so that the hooks taro ell long strips. of our getting our draft horses too If the exeoutioner has not been bribed, large, provided they, aro low down, the victim loses consciousness after the blurkg and Wind in all respects, third stroke, and sometimes dies after —� • the fitth, The scaffold Is an inclined plane, 'to which the man is' firmly tied with his back uncovered. The head and feet are firmly fastened, and the hands, which ate knotted together, go round below the plank,, any movement of the body becomthg impossible. After. receiving the prescribed num- ber of strokes, the poor wretch is un- tied and, on bis knees, undergoes the cruel punishment of being marked, Tho letters "Nor'—meaning thief or male- factor—are printed in sharp -pointed let- ters on a stamp, which the executioner drives into the forehead Mad into both cheeks, and while the blood runs, blaek mixtltre, of, wbioh gunpowder is au ingredient, is rubbed into the wounds; they heal, but tito bluish sear remains for life. THE KNOUT, Inhn,mn• Form or F'a.tsauient That le Stilt Practiced In trestle. noble blood. The knout is a strip of hide, a thing which is steeped in some preparation, and strongly glazed, as it wore, with metal fillings, By this process it be- comes both heavy and excessively hard; but bofore it hardens care is taken to double down the edges, which are loft thin, and in this way a groove runs the length of the thong. The upper part winds round the hand of the executioner; to the other end a A Tank Heater. A good tank heater can bo made for very little money. here is a plan for one which is very simple and yet ef- fectual for a small tank, say ten to fifteen barrels, It is straitly a round drum of galvanized iron one foot in diameter and as high as the tank. This bas a solid bottom upon which aro sold. trod some strips with screw boles punched in, to fasten it at the bottom of the tank. Inside an iron greet) rais- ed two to three inches from the bottom, so as to give a place for ashes. On the outside a round pips two inches in diameter goes down the side and under Una grate, for draft, On am is a acv-. MAdtwii 10,18 t HEALTH, A Perslstont Ailment. In children the intestinal canal is roe velvety of greater leegtb ,ban ill adults, whirs its muscular tlssuo le proportion- ately less, Fon this and other reasons an unsuitailie diet qulokly eaus08 irre- gularities of the bowels in children, 71 is safe to say that whenevee chil- dren surfer from constipation the toed w11io11 ,bey receive is ill -gutted to their stomachs if not actually, 11a;'m'11i1 to theta. Infants who aro brought up artillea ally, on cows' milk, are laeouliarly sub- ject to constipation. The milk is often found to curd in lumpy flakes, w11101i pass through the intestines undigested. In such oases the milk should be given in a more diluted form, with perhaps the addition of a little lime -water. Cream and butter are to bo mem- mended on porridge and corn -meal. Oat- meal gruels should form part of the dietary of older abildr'en, who should also be encouraged to drink as mueh )Yater as they eraVe, When constipation is found to be per- sistent, the child's diet should bo regu- lated with a view to counteracting it. Per children of three years and oder, bread made of unbolted flour, bread and molasses, — not syrup, — stewed prunes, orangejuice, honey and bread, olive oil and olives, cod liver oil, peach- es, fresh vegetables, baked apples and gingerbread should be occasionally parts of the bill of fare. A judicious administration of this class of foods will avoid all necessity for castor-oil, rhubarb and other house - bold remedies, which are often given to a harmful extent without the family doctor's orders or knowledge, Abdominal massage is a useful em- thod of overcoming attacks of constipa- tion in infants. It should be per- formed three or four times a day, very gently and with a warm hand. The best time for it is while the infant is feeding, when the abdominal wall is soft and i^elaxed. A little dry salt, followed by a glass of water, is often relished by a child, and is beneficial in cases of constipation. A sufficiency of fresh air and regular exercise, when combined with a proper dietary, will rarely fail to aver the threatening evil 01 chronic constipation. About Piercing the Ears. "I do not think that women should wear earrings; but so long as they will do it, the ears should be properly treat- ed." So said a surgeon in response to a question from a reporter, who had shown him an account of the death from blood -poisoning of a little Italian girl whose ears bad been pierced by her mother. A green thread, it appears, had been drawn through the holes to keep them open until the wounds healed. •The surgeon had never known of such a result, but bad seen many cases of great suffering, "I have never seen the operation dons properly by mothers or jewelers," he added. There is nothing right about this home surgery, The 'cleanest person, when it comes to a surgical operation, is without proper scientific cleansing medically unclean. If you could but know the extreme cautions ,bat are faked in all well-conducted hospitals 1 The operating surgeon will not allow any one to hand him a towel even, if such a one has not antiseptically pre- pared his hands to ace as an assistant. All the instruments to be used have been cleansed. "A stemma, on the contrary, takes a needle, any needle, and threads it with any thread. Tbis thread may have been in her work -basket months and months, lying next to other spools of all colors. She would not think of washing her own hands or washing the ear that is to be pierced. "A cork is taken out of some bottle, any bottle, without thought; as to what is in the bottle, or how long the cork has been exposed to the dust. This cork is placed under the lobe of the oar for the needle to strike against when Lt comes through. Inflammation and suppuration naturally result. '1have always insisted that the oper- ation should be done by a surgeon, and by one who will take the trouble to do it properly. "Wasp the lobe of the ear with a disinfectant. Make it surgically clean: Use a cuttingneedle. Pass it through the centre of -the lobe, and at right an- gles to it. Use silk thread prepared se that it is free from disease germs, and will turn easily in the hole, that the tissue may not be irritated." Hints for Health. Use cold water freely, in all desirable ways—but don't become a cold water crank and use it to excess. Drink hot water if you find it agrees with you—but don't become a hot-water crank, and insist on filling all your friends with it. Mineral waters are sometimes whole- some --but don't think that the worse they taste or smell the more beneficial they must be. Never take a bath immediately after a full meal—unless you fall into a mud- puddee. Never allow sunlight to bo shut out of your sleeping room—unless you live in a oily flat where the bedrooms hays no windows. Get rid of pain if you can—but don't think that quieting a pain is curing a disease. Never drink ice -water when over- heated—but don't substitute wine or whisky. Never go without suiticiont sleep— unless yon .are working for some one who overworks you—then change em- ployers. Always breathe pure alr—if you inn get it, but don't sit in a draft it you have rheumatism or neuralgia, Deepest Depths of the Ocean. By show degrees we are getting to know the contour 01 the sea bottom al- most ac well as we do that of the sur- face of the land, but i.1 cannot be said that we have found the deepest water on the earth. Depths of 16,000 to 27,306 Poet have been reached' in the North At- lantic Brom time to time, and ono of 27,030 fent was discovered in the North Pacific off the eastern meet of Japan, where there is a remarkable gulf or do- preesion. All these measurements have, however, been outstripped by ono re- tautly taken south of the Triondly Isles in the South Pacific by 111. M. S. Pen- gain. A depth of 29,400 feet had bee* marked when the eoundingwire geve out before the load had reached the bot- tom, A fresh ounding will therefore have made oh°an ell the taddtk waterat sot.