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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1896-5-29, Page 2'TEN 1310:7'015141413 POST. A l 29, 1800 ,r 'A'moment after, the door opeared,and �'+ closed gain, and Clarissa has looked; THE FARyk hot last upon Ruth Annoraley %How oho makes her way do yn to the SMALL FRUITS ON' T11131 S A1Zi4i room where Mir James sits awaiting her. Clarissa never afterward remembers. "It le ell over' take me away l' ribs. There are three reasone way feria - says quietly, bet somewhat meoher- The results show that clover seed pee Trice as much inerelee as grass seed, end more than twice as much as that produced by liquid manure, astures In the practice of treating P with Meyer seed and the dila, the work. can be very much, reduced by a plyinti3 tete seed early while the erouna soft very pu"' rvk�Y, -� fruit from the time the first •strawber- CHAPeER a. ?XIII, „ fingers over les. Gently she lrx'us es' bten .at the heart, baof the ad, and hair from bis c- "Ile isn't dead?" says Sir Jamee, ries appear until the Concord grape is A goodly apple, »y alsohood d then, with .a qui a outside f Qe forehead, ofc an, iss, First, the hi h rice asked by a coley + stoops to lay a k gone: Fi h g p Ob ,what g of Beek ° gher a nation . Ces.9xong'nL „tobe dprevalent d tbe ev J who is, o sera 1e second, hath i Dlorohant of,Venial. upon the cheek of trio man llNo' iL is oven avoxrse, sb Y many dealers;p t h b d one short month• char, "Ruth AnnersleY i opinion that setting and caring .for fruit is a mysterious business; third, Lhe thought that it will be many years, or a short lifetime, .before any fruit is obtained, writes a correspondent. I believe we are mistaken in all three reasons. Plants are quite cheap if we go to the right place to buy them. Set- ting is no mystery, and any farmer can do it. Instead of having to wait a long Lime for returns, seine small fruits will bear in one year, How many farmers have a strawberry bed whieb will yield berries enough for home use for two weeks, and .plenty to can? Any land which will raise corn will raise strawberries. Plow up a strip 10 rods long aria one rod wide. Pub it in good condition, and with a small plow lay off three rows the entire length of the strip. Send to one of your reli- able nurserymen and get 300 plants. Select 100 Crescents. 100 Bubachs, and 100 Captain Jacks. These varieties are quoted at $1 per hundred, or $3 to $5 per thousand. If over a hundred are ordered, the plants are secured at the thousand rate. Put 100 plants in a row, spreading Lhe roots out well, and press- ing the earth firmly about them. Ten •, No hinge .nor loop To bang a doubt on." I- p Othello. ' Dorian las been two ,months gone, and it is once again Bose on+Christmas tide. All the world is beg, ng o (think of gifts, and tender greetings. ,and a coming year. ,Clarissa is dream- ing of wedding garments twhite .as tbe ,snow that fell last arigh The post has just come in. Clarissa, 'seeking, stretches ber arms over Bead with a little lazy delicious yaw:u and idly turns over liar letters one by Mie. But presently, as she breaks the seal of an envelope, and reads what lies inside it, Her mood changes, and, spring- ing from her bed, she begins to dress ;herself with 'nervous rapidity. Three hours later, Sir games, sitting in his library, is startled by the ap- parition of Clarissa standing in the door way with a very miserable e.'ace. 1i What on earth has Kapp Sir James, wbo is a very practical young man and always goes at once to the root of a .mystery. "Horace is ill," said Miss Peyon, in a tone that might have suited tbe oc- casion had the skies just fallen. " Oh. Jim, what shall I do?" " My dearest girl, says Scrope, go- ing up to her and taking her hands. "Yes, he is very 0111 I had not beard from him for a. fortnight, and was growing wretchedly uneasy, when to- day a letter came from Aunt Emily !telling me he has been laid up with low fever for over ben days. And he is .very weak, the doctor says and no one is with: him. And papa is in Paris, and Lord Sartoris is with Lady Monckton, and Dorian—no one knows where .Dor- ian is l" Most extraordinary his never get- ting any one to write you a line!" " Doesn't that only shoo ori ov 11 help fear- fully ill he must be? Jim, Y me, won't you?" This appeal is not to be put on one side. Scrope; "you " Of course I will," says know that—or you ought. What do you want me to do?" " To take me to him. I want to see him with my own eyes." e To go yourself ?" says Sir James, extreme disapprobation in his tone. a' roe must be out of your mind." ' ly. I" I never vas more she, it. And t1 am going anyway." What will your father say ?" " He will say 1 was quite right. Dear, dear, dear' Jim,"—slipping her hand through his arm, and basely descending from hauteur to coaxing,—" do say you gl will I nomgoie ngi to� be his wifeIt can't ina month's time?" Sir James moves a chair out of bis way with • most unnecessary vehem- ence. How that alters the case I cannot see," he says obstinately. " You forsake me 1" says Miss Pey- ton,es with I am, but I did depend on you, you were al- ways so much my friend." Here two large tears run down her cbeeks, and they, of course, decided everything.. I will take you," he says, hastily. To -day ?—The sooner the better, I sup- ber us an in A. hand laid upon bei shoulder Boase, ties and deters her from bet' nurt ppse. It is a light, gentle touches t o pre- ✓ al ent • decided and evidently meant t u re - vont her from givinngg the Orem. Q ly raising; herself, 010118sa draws back, and, turning her .head, sees— Who is it? Has time rolled backward?' A small, ,light gray -clad figure stands before her. •a figure only too well re- membered! 'The brown hair brusbed back from the white temples with the dove -like old Quakerish, neatness, eyes, the sensitive lips, cannot be mis- taken. • 10 Clarissa, a eht ands to her Oh 1 not that) Anything but that l Not Ruth Annersley 1 overcomes her ; A faint sick feeling involuntarily she lays a hand upon tbe book of a chair near her, to steady her- self' while Ruth stands opposite to her, with fingers convulsively clinched, and dilated nostrils, and eyes dark with borror. What brings you here?" asks Ruth, at length, in a voice bead and un- musical. To see the man whose wife I was to have been next month," says Clar- issa, feeling compelled to answer. "And' —in a terrible tone—' wbo are you 0" The woman who ought to be bis wife," says Rutb, in the same hard tone, still with her hands tightly clasped. Clarissa draws her breath hard, but returns no answer ; andthenthere falls upon them a long, silence, that presently becomes unbearable. The two women stand facing each other, scarce- ly breathing. The unnatural stillness is undisturbed save by the quick irre- gular gasps of the sick man. Once he sighs heavily, and throws one band and arm across bis face. Then less y to stirs,. side ,widtinfinite and draws away the arm and replaces it in its former position. She moves bis pillows quietly, and passes her cool hand. across his fevered brow. Ruth?" he moans, uneasily, and she answers, " I am here, darling,' faintest, sweetest, whisper. pose." 'Yes; by the neat train. Oh, bow obliged to you.I am. Dear Jim, I shall never forget it to you 1" This is supposed to be grateful to him, but it is quite the reverse." go "I think you aro very foolish to g at all," he says, somewhat gruffly. " Perhaps, 1 am," she says, with a rueful glance. "But you cannot under- stand. Ah I if you loved, yourself, you could sympathize with me." Could 1?" says Sir James, with a grimace that is meant for a smile, but as such is a most startling specimen of its class. So they go up to town, and present- ly arrive at the house where Horace lies unconscious of all around him. The door is opened Lo them by an unmis- takable landlady, -0 fat" indolent per- son, with sleepy ayes and a large mouth, of perpetual beef al teak and bot- tled stout. This portly dame, on being question- ed, tells them, ' Mr. Branscum has just bin given his draft and now he is snooz- in' away as peaceable as a hinfant,bless +hn!' Is be—in bed?" asks Sir James, dif- fidently, this large person having the power to reduce him o utter subjec- tion. Lawks I no, sir. He wouldn't stay there, he's that contrairy. Beggin' yore yarding, sir, he's yore brother." Sir James nods. She may prove dif- ficult, this stout old lady, if he declares himself no xelative. To be shore!" says she. "I might 'a' knowed by the speakin'likeness be- tween you, You're the born himage of 'im. After his draft we laid 'im on the soft', and there he is now sleepin' the sleep of the just. Just step up and see him; do now. He is in a state of com- as, and not expectit to get out of it for two hours." The young-lady—will go up," says Sir James, feeling, somehow, as if he has insulted Clarissa by calling her " a younglady." " She would like" On a confidential tone that wins on the stout landlady) " to see him alone, just at first.' Just so," says Mrs. Goodbody, with e broad wink. and Clarissa is forthwith shown up -stairs, and told to open the first door she comes to. " And you," says Mrs. Goodbody, to Sir James, will lease just to step in 'ere and wait for her, while I see about the &bitting broth!"' " What a charming room 1" says Sir James, hypooritically ; wbereupon tbe' good woman, being intensely flatter- ed, makes her exit with as much grace Ms circumstances and ber size will per - 5»t entls, wbo rtaturaUy conceives the worst from „ s, An sinksinto s. here l" When she has said this, she feels that life bas almost come to an end. Howe shall she make this wretched r all lation to ber father, to Georgie, bhe rest of•the world? As for Sir James, be stands at some distance from her, literally stunned by the news, Words seem to fell him. elle goes to her and.. takes One of her small iccold bands in his. "Did you see her?" " Yes." "" The scoundrel l"" says Sir James, in a low tone. Then, ' 1 s he very, ill %' There is unmistakable meaning in 'lies tone. Very." And here she falls bo bit- ter weeping again. "It 1s a cruel moment: Sir ,James still holds her hand, but can find no words to'say to comfort her; indeed, where can comfort lie? At this instant a heavy, footfall re- sounds along 'tbe passage, outside. It warns them of the sylph like approach of Mrs. Goodbody, Sir James, going, quickly to the door, intercepts ber," My—my sister is quite upset. he says, nervously. 11rr. Branscombe�yas —was worse than she expected to find him, says Upset 1—lb nddy, witwonder,easympathy Mrs, Goodbody, gazing approvingly at Miss Peyton. There's no denying that he's worn out, the pore dear, as it's quite dispir- itin' to see 'im, what with his general appearings and the fear of a bad turn ac any mingle For myself, I take my meals quite promiscuous like, since he fell ill,— just a bit iut nothing reg'Ibd a itt there, it may be, like. I ain't got the 'art. Howsoever, ' hope on, hope never," is my matter, miss; and we must a'lus hope for the best, as the sayin' is,"", ' Just so," says Sir James, who doesn't know, in •the very 'least, what to say. "' A good wife, sir, I anus say is half the battle; and that lady, up -stairs, she is a reg lar trump, she is, and so de- voted, as it's quite affectm' to witness. Good-mornin' sir—thank you, sir. I'll see to him, you be bound' and, with his good lady above, there ain't the small- est--" Sir James, opening the hall door in despair, literally pusbes Clarissa out and into the cab that is awaiting them. For a long time she says notbing ; and just as he is beginning to , get really anxious at her determined sience, she says, with some difficulty,— Jun, promise Inc something?" "" Anything," says Jim. "" Then never again allude to this day, or to anything connected with it; and never again mention—his—name to me, unless 1 first speak to you." "Never !" returns be, fervently. "Be sure of it." Thank you," she says, like a tired. child; and then, sinking back in her corner of the cab, she cries long and bitterly. (To Be Continued.) Something within Clarxsss's heart gives way. Al this, moment, for the irst time, she realizes the true posi- tion in which be has placed her. A sen- sation of faintness almost overcomes her, but by a supreme effort she eon- quers ber weakness, and crushes back, Loo, the rising borror and anger that have sprung Into life, A curious calm falls upon her,—a state that often fol- lows upon keen mental anguish. She is still completing the victory she bas gained over herself, when Ruth speaks ag in.. This is no place for you 1" she says, coldly, yet with her hand up to ber cheek, as though to shield her face from the other's gaze, Clarissa goes up to her then. So you are found at last," she says, somewhat monotonously. "'And, of all places, here! Is tbere any truth in the world, -I wonder? Was it shame kept you from writing, all these months to your unhappy father? Do you know that an innocent man—his brother "—point- ing with a shivering gesture to the unconscious Horace—'" has been suffer- ing all this time for his wrong -doing?" I know nothing," replies Ruth,stern- ly. "I seek to know nothing. My in- bercourse with the world ceased with minnocence," "You knew of my engagement , to him?" says Clarissa, again motioning toward the couch. Yes." "Before you left Pullingham?" "No I oh, no! not then," exclaims Ruth eagerly. "I did not believe it then. Do not judge. me more harshly than you can help.' The dull agent' that flashes into her eyes quickens into life some compas- sionate feeling that still lies dormant in Clarissa's breast, "I do mot judge you at all," she says, with infinite gentleness. Then, with an impulsive movement, she turns and lays her hand upon her shoulder. Come home with me,—now 1" she says. "Leave this place, Ruth, I implore you, listen to mei" ' Do not," says Ruth', shrinking from her •grasp ; " I am not fit for you to touch. Remember all that has passed." ' Do yuu think I shall ever forget ?" says Clarissa, slowly. But for your satin. father's sake, he is ill, perhap dying. Come. For his sake you will surely re- turn ?" It is too late 1" says tbegirl, in a melancholy, voice. And thn, again, It is impossible." Yet it is apparent tbet a terrible struggle is taking place within her breast; how it might have ended, whether the good or bad angel would have gained te day, can never now be said; a sigh, a broken accent, decided her. My head!" murmurs the sick man, feebly, drawing his breath wearily, and as if with pain, " Ruth, Ruth, are you there?" The querulous dependent tone rouses into instant life all the pas- sionate tenderness that is in Rutb's heart,Having soothed bin by a touch, she turns once more to Clarissa. "Be too is sick,—perhaps dying," she says, feverishly. " i cannot leave him ! I have sacrificed all for him, and I shall be faithful unto the end. Leave me: I have done you the greatest wrong one woman can do another. Why should you care for my salvation ? Through all the defiance there is bitter misery in her tone. "I don't know why ; yet I do," says poor Clarissa, earnestly, You are a saint,'" says Ruth', with white lips. And then she falls upon her knees. ' Oh, if it be in your heart," she cries, " grant me your forgivenessl" Clarissa bursts into tears. ' I do grant it," she says, " But I' would Lbat my tongue possessed such eloquence as could induce you to leave this house. She tries to raise Ruth from ber kneeling position. "Let me remain where I am,"" says Ruth, faintly. It is my right posi- tion. I tell you again to go ; this is no place for you; 'et stay, you sweet woman,'—she cries, with sudden fer- vor, catching bold of the hem of Cler- taw's gown and pressing it to ber lips, --"" let me look at you once again! It is my final farewell to all that is pure; and I would keep your face fresh with- in my heart.' She gazes at her long and eagerly. What I tears?" she says' " and for me? Oh, believe me, thougbIshall =V- ex. see you agam, the recollection of these tears will soothe my dying hours, and perhaps wash out a portion of my sins 1" Her head drops upon her hands. So migbt the sad Magdalen bove knelt. Her whole body trembles with the in- tensity of her emotion, yet no sound es- capes her. Ruth, for the lash time, I implore yeti to come with me," says Clarissa, brokenly, And once. more the parch- ed lips of the crouching woman frame the words, " It is too late!" in order that a part of i may be eov- Brod by the tramping of stook, and the disoing and harrowing should also be done at a time when the surface will be most readily teaseled. With Many pastures the rooks prevent the nee of diek machine, and in ouch cases con- siderable can be accomplished with the old-style tooth harrow.But a disk i harrow should be used n the clear plaCes. RUSSIA AND ENGLAND IN THE EAST, A C0111111111/4011of thelbhll/a Thoy..enve 08 Me Alliuiite Station. In view of the recent reports re- garding the reliance of China on the proteotion of Russia, increased interest may be lent to a statement in the Lon- don Times of the relative strength of the ,Russian and British fleets he the far East, ata late date, Great Britain bas the battleship Cen- turion of 10,500 tons, 18 knots, four 10 inch, ten 47 -inch', and twenty-six aux- iliary guns and seven torpedo tubes, She has three armored cruisers, the, Narcissus, Immortalite, and Undaunt- ed, each of 5,000 tons, 181--2 knots, two 9.2 -inch, ten 8 -inch and twenty-five auxiliary guns, with four torpedo tubes. She has the Edgar, a protected cruiser of 7,350 tons, 201-2 tints, two 9:2 -inch, ten 6 -inch, and twenty-six auxiliary guns, and four torpedo tubes. She has the Aeolus, Spartan, Rainbow, and Pique, protected cruisers, each of 3,- 100 tons, 193-4 knots, two Minch, sit 4,7 -inch, and fourteen auxiliary guns and four tubes. She has the armored coast defender Wivern, of 2,750 tons, 10 knots, and four Oneh and nine smaller guns. She has the Archer and Porpoise, cruisers of 1,790 tons, 17 knots, six 6 -inch, eleven auxiliary gone, and tbree tubes. She has the despatch vessel Alacrity, of 1,700 tons, 19 knots, and Len 6 -pounder and two machine gun. She has the sloop Daphne, of 1,140 tons, 141-2 knots, and eight 5 -inch and eight machine guns. She has the gun- boats Pigmy, Redpole, Redbreast, Rat- tler, Plover and Peacock, of 755 tons, 131-4 knots, and six 4 -inch and four machine guns. She has the Swift and the Linnet, gun vessels of 750 tons, 11.8 knots, and two 7 -inch and six smaller guns. She bas the gunboat Firebrand, of 455 tons, 10 knots, and two 5 -inch, two 4 -inch, and two macbine guns, and the gunboats Esk and Tweet' of 363 tons, three 64 -pounders and two ma- chine guns. Fivally, she has eight tor- pedo boats. Turning- o the Russian fleet in those i waters, it s found to have been consia- NNRI ONCLE SAM ITEMS QP INTHR>SST ABOUT TAB BUSY YANKEE. Neighborly interest ip Hls Deings.-,Matters of Moment Fnd mill Gathered from too Dilly Record. Neal Dow le now 91 years old, and in vigorous health. Fifteenwomen's clubs were organiz- ed in Maine last year. Utah's juries now consist of eight in- stead of twelve men. Boston's late census gives that city.? " population of 496,920, Edison predicts that in .ten years horseless carriages will be the rule. Beer costs twenty-five cents a glass or $2 a gallon, at Circle City, Alas)9. A sealing expedition is fitting out at aonington, Conn., the first to go from there inmany years. The big bridge over the Missouri at Yanktown will cost $000,000 and will be completed this season. Electric power is so cheap at Great Falls, Montana, that nearly all the ma- chinery there le moved by it, days after they are set, cultivate them with a two -horse cultivator, and con- tinue this every week for eight weeks. You may have to go over the patch once or twice with a hoe, and be sure to pickoff all the buds and flower stems, for it will not do to let them fruit the first season. In the fall cover with rye straw, and In the spring rake the straw between the rows, and my word for it, you will have all the berries a farmer's family can eat, at a cost of less than three cents per quart. Currants and "gooseberries can be raised as easily as corn. I have tried some six or eight varieties of currants, and find the Iced Dutch tbe only kind which gives a good crop every year. I would plant 90• two-year Red Dutch, and 10 two-year-old White Dutch. Set in one long row, and cultivate as you would corn. The second yeas from planting, a fair crop will be obtained. Mulch well in summer. They will then retain the leaves, which protect the fruit and 'rive it a chance to get well ripened. Plant 100 gooseberries in a row, selecting 50 Houghton and 50 Downing. If well cultivated, they will give a half crop the first year after planting. Red Dutch currants can be had for tbree cents apiece, and goose- berries five to eight cents. With a little trimming each spring, 100goose- berries and 100 currants will be all ons family can use, with some to sell. Grapes can be produced at less than a cent a pound,Put out two rows in some lot or field near by, 50 vines in each row, six feet apart in the row, and the rows eight to ten feet apart. Buy 20 Moore's Early at 80 apiece, 30 1Vorden at Go apiece, and 50 Concord at 30 apiece. You can hardly make a mis- take if you buy all Concords, but the Moore's Early, comes first, then the Worden fills in the space between the early grapes and the Concords, and you will have grapes for six weeks. As sup- port, set good oak posts, and attach to them threed wires. Sometime in February, cut back the new growth to four or six buds, plow and cultivate well. The best and cheapest fruit of all is the Early Richmond cherry. The trees are Cheap, and they will grow and bear well with but little care. The fruit sells readily if more is produced than is desired for home use. Good trees four to six feet hi -h can be had at large nurseries for $10 to $12 per hundred. It you have only six or eight bearing trees, the birds and Ws will annoy you so much that you will have to pick them before they are ripe. Butet 50 trces, set them along the garden fence, and in some fence corner where nothing but weeds have been growing for years. We do not realize that every square rod of land on our farm has eight to ten tons of choice soil cap- able of raising' a fine cherry tree. Look around your farm, and see how many square rods are 'going to waste which might grow a cherry, a peach, or plum tree. `Mien the trees arrive, cut off the ends of the roots, making a clean cut. Pack the earth firmly about the roopts. Keep the ground about the tree mellow by cultivating or hoeing. If this cannot be done, mulch the tree with half -rotted manure. After two or three years the cherry tree will take care of itself, and you will then have enough fruit for the birds, the boyya and your own family use. One of the drawbacks of farm life is securing help in the house when a little extra work is required in picking and putting up small fruit. It is, however, nearly al- ways possible to find some poor women or children in your neighborhood who will be gladto do a few day's work, and take fruit as pay. Start some small fruit on your. farm this spring, set in long rows so that it can be cultivated. Buy at wholesale rates, of any good, reliable firm, and in tete end you will fired more pleasure and profit than in anything on the farm, PLEASE THE CHILDREN. As most children delight to play doc- tor, nothing could please them better than a real medicine case witb "make- believe" medicines. One can easily be made from stiff linen canvas, shaping like a physician's pocket -case. The main part is 17 1-2 inches by 5 1-2 inches in size. Turn down three inches at one end for a pocket to hold small envelopes and powder -slips, and stitch the sides of the pocket. Now. 4 1-2 inches from each end place strips of the material 1 inch wide and 9 inches long across the case to confine the bottles, six on each side. Stitch these strips in spaces of 1 1-2 inches to spaces of 7-6 of an inch on the body of case, stitabing 2 rows to hold firmly. These apertures will ex- actly fit the ordinary homeopathic bottles, a sufficient number of which can be collected in nearly every house- hold, washed and made ready for the purpose. One bottle should hold water for "drops" another pulverized sugar to make powders, and the remainder to be devoted to disks of different colors, 1-4 of these small bon -bons can be bought for 15a, and will be sufficient to fill the bottles, which will look very pretty with their various colors. The "child doctor's" monogram should be em- broidered uponthe back of the case, using Asiatic filo floss, and a pencil should be provided which may be fast- ened to the case by a piece of cord or elastic. Fold the extra length of ends over the bottles to keep them from rubbing together, then fold again and confine the case by a rubber band. Tliis little article will be opprecioeed on a rainy day, when "doctor" can be play- ed in the house. SORDID NEN. The statistics of Buffalo show that 4,845 patients receivedChristianSoienee treatment and only eight deaths, The western roads have decided to do away with party tickets, and theatri- trioal troupes must now pay full fare. Washin ton, "the city of magnificent distances," is laid out over 09 1-4 square miles, and, in the beginning of 1865, its population was estimated at 280,000. Thirty-seven years ago at Brockville, Me., a woman received a present of a lamp, two chimneys and a globe, and though in constant use are all yet un- lit oken. Senator Foraker, of Ohio; as counsel for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, is opposing an Ohio scheme to sue his clients for $3,000,000 worth of land in Cleveland. A United States judge has decided that natural gas piped from Canada under the Niagara river is a crude min- eral .product, and therefore exempt from duty. The little town of Gerona, Me., has a population of about 500. and is quite an old settlement; yet it has never had a doctor, a clergyman, or a lawyer, re- siding within its limits. A supply of Columbia river salmon spawn is soon to be sent to Japan, the Government of that country being anx- ious to ascertain if the, salmon can be propagated in Japanese waters. The results of advertising were Illus- trated in Bath county, Ky. A man there advertised for the return of a lost cat. In less than a week 332 of them were brought to his house. Two Japanese young women have just graduated from Laura Memorial Medical College in Cincinnati. They have been there for four years. They are Miss Kaka Sudo and Miss liana Abe. The late Congressman William H. Crain, of Texas, was one of the tweet classical scholars ever sent to Congress. It is said that he knew the"Iliad" and the great Greek tragedies almost by heart. A woman bicyclist of Springfield. illass., has kept a record of her riding during the winter, and says that tbero have been only twenty-six days since November 1st, 1895, when she has not been out on her wheel. erably augmented during the last few months, and is strong., it includes the battle ship Emperor Nrkolas, I., of 8,- 440 tons, 16.9 knots: two 12 -inch, four 9 -inch, eight 5 -inch. and twenty-two auxiliary guns and six torpedo tubes. Next come four fine armored cruisers, in which class the Russian fleet surpass- es the British. Among them will be recognized guests of ours a few years ago. The Pamyat Azova is of 6,000 Lona 171-2 knots, two 8 -inch, fourteen 6 -inch, and twenty auxiliary guns, with three torpedo tubes; the Admiral Nach- imoff, of 7,782 tons, 16.7 knots, eight 8-irch, Mn 6 -inch, ten auxiliary guns, and four tubes; the Rurik, of 10,923 tons, 18 knots, four 8 -inch, sixteen 6 - inch, six 4.7 -inch, and eighteen auxil- iaryguns, with six torpedo tubes; the Dimitri Donskoi, of 5,893 tons, 15 knots, four 6-mclk, ten 4.7-inahb and thirteen auxiliary guns, with four torpedo tubes. Then comes the protected cruiser Ad- miral Koniloff, 5,000 tons, 171-2 knots, two 8 -inch, fourteen 6 -inch, and eigh- teen auxiliary guns, and six tubes, A pair of armored gunboats, the Gremy- astehy and Otvazny, are of 1,492 tons each, and 15 knots, carrying one 9 -inch, one 0 -inch, and ten smaller guns, with two tubes, The Kreuzer and Rosboy- nik are corvettes of 1,342 tons and 13 knots, carrying three 6-ineh and fif- teen smaller guns. The Koryets and Mandchen are gun vessels of 1,213 tons and 131-2 knots, carrying two 8 -inch and one 8 -inch guns, with ten smaller pieces and three tubes. The gun vessels Sivootcb and Bohr are of 950 tons and 121-2 and 12 knots, car- rying one 9 -inch, one 6 -inch, and eleven smaller guns. The Gaidamak and Vsa- clink are .gunboats of 400 tons and 22 knots. with three torpedo tubes each and small rapid-fire guns. The Aleut and Yakoot are old merchantmen fitted up with a few rapid-fire guns. Finally there are thirteen torpedo boats. Taking the two lists together we find that it must be conceded that the Brit- ish is rather the stronger. The British show 25 ships, against 18 for the Rus- sians, while the latter have 13 torpedo boats against 8 for the 'British. Eng- land's totaltonnage is 64,887 tons, against Russia's 54,839; but her average speed, 15.1 knots, very little exceeds Russia's 14.8 knots, In total ,guns Great Britain is well ahead, with 445 ahainsb 350, and also in torpedo tubes, with 43 against 38. Probably inthe character of the ordinance the British also have the advantage. That England has been a little anx» lous on the subject is shown by some proposals to re -enforce Vice -Admiral Buller; but the statistics here quoted suggest that be is well able to hold bis own. Two Instances 'Whish the Love or looney V.:CA.eiseC Over Some 1leu. Some years ago a London barrister died and left to the queen the whole of his wealth, consisting of large landed estates and more than two hundred pounds in cash, The lawyer was a wretched miser who never was known to give a Denny to any one, save to the man who found him hanging by the neck in an outhouse and cut him down. The miser did give this man a small reward for saving his life. He owned many farms, on which he never spent a penny lint exacted every shilling of rent. This miser's traits remind Mr. Fowler of a story which he tells in his "Recollections of Old Country Life.;" Old 1•fr, —was enormously wealthy. A fav hours before his death he sent for his agent, and after a sad leave- taking, said: "My time bas come, but I wish to remind you that when I at- tended our board meeting last week I didn't take my fee of one guinea; please Me that it is paid." "Don't let that trouble you—I'llsee to it. God bless you, sir," said the agent, shaking hands. You don't happen to have a guinea in your pocket,do you? because if you pay it now it will save a deal of trouble afterward, and be 'more business -like." The agent didn't happen to have the coin, and in three hours tbe sordid man died, leaving over two millions of potm& Clarissa, opening the door with a beating heart,finds herself in a prat- ty carefully -shaded 10001 at the furth- er end of which, on a sofa, Horace lies calmly sleeping. XIS le more altered ,than even her worst fears had imagin- ed, and as she bends over him she marks, with quick grief, how thin and worn and laggard he has grown. :The blue veins stand out upon his nerveless bands, Tenderly, with the RESTORING PASTURES, The maintenance of pasture lands has become one of the important problems in connection with farm management. Our system of close ,grazing, followed by periods of prolonged drouch,inevit- ably leads to weakened vitality of grass plains, resulting in deficient stand and reduced produabiveness. One of the best plans of renovation, says the Mas- sachusetts Ploughman, is to harrow in some clover seed. From experiments at the Iowa station it appeared that clover seed disced into blue grass pasture at the rate of ten quarte per acre increas- ed the yield 65 per cent, the equivalent of 1,500 pounds of cured hay peracre, Good, fine barnyard manure applied o blue grass pasture at the rate of twen- ty tons per acre increased the yield '74 per cent, equivalent to 1,700 pounds of cured hayper acre. The addition of thirty pounds of grass seed per acre, together with the tim- ing and harrowing, increased the yield 82,6 per cent, or the equivalent of 800 pounds of hay, per acre, A top -dressing of liquid manure, 500 gallons to the Gore, without grass or clover seed, increased the yield only 26.5 per cent. The tiasturo used for the test was stated to bo rather poor, shallow, gra- velly soil, a fairly good natural Mend grass. A man's dress reform movement has been started in Indianapolis. A club of young men has been organized, the members of which are pledged to wear nicker•bockers es a rational garment," during the summer months. A11 the merchants in Plymouth, Mich., have entered into an agreement to hereafter do business on a business basis. None of them will in future of- fer cbromos, prize packages, or any other gifts in the effort to secure trade. A devil fish, measuring fifteen and one-half feet from the tip of one of its arms to the tip of another, and ten feet from the top of its bead to the tip of its longest arm. was killed in the channel at Santa Barbara, Cal„ by two boys a few days ago. A novel document was filed in the of- fice of the county recorder at Sedalia, Mo., a few days ago. It is a paper wherein Mrs. Belle Asher apprentices her daughter, Letba Asher, nine years old, to Mary Jane Love, to learn the trade and art of dressmaking." The American production of alumin- um for the year 1895 is estimated et 1,000,000 pounds, which was sold for an average price et 50 cents a pound. Thisi year it is believed that the production will reach 3,500,000 pounds, and tbe price will be considerably lower, Gen. Thomas L. Clingman, of North; Carolina, farinerly a Representative and a United States Senator, and a Con- federate veteran, has applied for ad- mission to the Confederate Soldiers' Home at Raleigh, as he is homeless and penniless. He is 88 years old. James H. Cilver, Mertinsviiie, Ind., died Monday in bis 1071b year• He was born in Wythe county, Va., March 41.11, 1799. He served in the war of 1812. Ile wanted to enlist in the civil war but was rejected because he was too old. Ile was the father of thirteen children. The eldest is eighty and the youngest twenty-five. A whole mountain of asbestos is said to have ,been discovered about four miles north of Mount Vernon, Ore, The asbestos fibre varies from hall an inajr' to two inches in length, and is of ex- cellent quality. This discovery was made through the herding ofsheep on the mountain. 1Vbere the animals bad tramped therocks the asbestos threads showed up like bunches of wool. Senator Quay is a very methodical man, He preserves every scrap of pa- per he receives and a copy of every let- ter he writes, no matter how unimpor- tant it may appear at the time. All these papers are filed away after an ingenious system of his own enc' .are classified first under subjects and then in a sub -classification alphabetically. They are also indexed with great care. The highest system of water -works in the world is to be constructed in Alt- man, Col, The altitude is about 11,- 000 feet. The main pumping station will be located at Grassey, a mile and a half below, and 1,000 feet lower than Altman. A second station will be placed 7500 feet higher than the first, and will throw the water into tanks above the town. The water is for do- mestic uses and for fire purposes. BRIGHT SAYINGS, Too many cooks spoils the policeman. A two -foot ,rule—don't wear wet shoes. Girls like to receive their kisses by male. A woman in polities is like n rose in a mud puddle. No gentleman wi11 swear before a lady—let her swear first, The Husband who is proud of his wife should occasionally tell her so. When a man disputes with a fool, the fool is doing tete same thing. Shaking dice for drinks is not enough physical exercise for an adult man. CRAFTY DAWSON. Why is Dawson painting bis House such a vermillion Tett?"' "Ile thinks it will look so warm this summer no one will want to visit there," A Philadelphia barber, awhile shaving a Corpse, unthinkingly asked, "Door the razor hurt, sir?" Heat expands and cold contracts ; but there ale exceptions. Coal and gas bills are larger In winter than in summer. Prof. Ronigen goes to Florence ev- ery year for a little rest. This year, in spite of his efforts to escape pu blie attention, the students gave a great demonstration in his honor. Ons of thorn gave an address in German and the professor responded in choice ILO - Me is a tall, handsome man, with fair bair and beard.