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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1890-9-26, Page 2• 17..OUNG FOLK Lost on the Plains. "What is it S" he cried, huskily, 'flteii dn.* or Pm answer the 1o.1 pointed far out over the peairie: "11 lett is h t seo nothin Bet the et mnd nolew eon .1 not atom el, Wee Oretthen's father and mother were Geinuans, imly a few years twee from the thee be wild, almost hysterical gestures at rationland when •they purehased a farm on firsts then a suildeu simile forward, mid 110 the rolling online, and began to make the waq ofr in the direetion 10 whieh 1,0 had. . !most of their is imey surrouielings. pointed. • -1 is well-it:WWII lad that thsrmaus arc The au xions fa; her followed 11110 10 swiftly good neighbor,, it, liceanse nsually they as de. 1, Mid him at Iasi in it elight will w the siseliel, with his arm about -faithfully, and mit .inly increase the yal.,e of their item property, Mit by so 1 he neek flawver. ' • doing .lichanee that uf the farms :1,1 v3iaing ; liewzor beyOnd a doubt, and neither nnd, •secon.l. l.a.uuse they will ,,,,moutize siarv, d uor deal, Let 1 .Wally eienfortehle 'a ttilov.sas.yed at meeting tletn. nd keep ahead expenses in mu, .1 ;ravioli 1" said Ow father, in trembling • •pritiug tathion, Gretehen's pareute were no exception to tones. "Where is your little Mistress 1" Bowser could not talk, he, frisked and the coinnion rule. n„,„1. jumped about, but, alas t not a quo:Alen The father Was up 1'! 11110. and the tnothee, with sleeves rolled -above her Multi.eintla answs0. . led 'glows, mule - things bum about the "Wait 1" said the lioy, then he turned to litthshanty. the dog, whistled and irted in the Chew - (Ira hoz, v. ebly threm years old, and that ;A home.. The tiog bounded to his side mid then as soddenly stood stilt . ran about the s an 1, whiehnily , having i firegmose ser osa.,., was a yard n rather "Come on 1" said the boy, "let as go a stupendous se,lo. it is true. Bet the baby home." . did not care, she t rotted hither and thither, But the dog refused to obey his commands now after speekleil 111.1,1v, and nom• ate, though the great yellow eyes seemed to burn Ian' old llowstr. who slept all day oil the emmiest side of the house. Sometimes she eould hear her mother . singing quaint iild. 1911111 songs, and some- times the elwery wIdstle 4.'1 her father, plow. ' ing, over in the tor' It part of the elaitu, rem...a,! itor o,, If ehe Was hungry, she ran to the door . and made her watt.lutown, departing flue eOmprehend, 13e telt that perhaps lie was the,t„ tr, dh.hie ',elf ,A her brea1 and butter about to look alum her wasted form, what with the dog - idea the lmy hell he mild not. understand. But one day a mighbor called upon But they passed swiftly along, the dog Gretelieu's mother, a Itermito woman, also, trotting l•iy their side contentedly. Not on - who had knoith them in the dear Father. 1 il quite at its floor were either aWare of . a land, and for quite a will the baby WaS for- house, and such a funny house as it was. gotten. Nature had Poiveu a slight knoll to this it When they Weill. to Call her, no sweet of the pmine and a, ilugmut hail been built little voice :inswesed,:unl no little blue froek ' n it. A very conifert able house enough, . . and resy Moe was visil do. sometimes, and one malty a hardly pushed "Why, where eon the chili" be ?" exclaim - with eagle -noes. "Come on 1" still sternly saki. the lad giving him a sharp kiek. With a howl the Ig ran off and turned his head in a certainbee dtion. " .811‘.3 is that way," s:da the Md. " Oeme r The father followed blindly, he did not tannest eiteler hats been eompelled to live 111 •el. her inoiln.r, and there was a vague alarm, 111111 Oren then, in her question. The lad poundel loudly upon the low, " She eaineit have gone far, I have been wooden door, a look upon his face that set Imre :mil a short time." the father's heart beating with a wild, new " Two hours," said her inother, "just two hope. • hours since la.st saw the shine of her dance- " COMO 1» !" said a rough voice. rag yellow curls-ior she won t, wait'et • bonnet. We eau see so far. You look • sdowly .11 every direction, and I will do the same. Even the dog has disappeared; he is no doubt with her." But look as they would, long and steadily • not a glimpse of the little one could be 10011 "She is lost 1" gasped the mother. "Oh! what wili her father say? She is lost on the plaina! I --oh 1 how could I forgot her 1" And then saying tearfully to her caller that she would soon be back, she flew in the The door was Slung open and revealed one smell dark chamber, in shoekieg disorder, as if kept by a man ; but seated upon the iloor tzars, fat. and rosy Eis ever, was Gretehen. "My baby! my little :sue 1" said the father, in wild ecstasy, as he hugged her to hie heart, while the boy' who bad 00 helped in finding her, stood on his head for one su- preme- moment of intense happiness. A man unshorn, in careless attire,glanced tip from a book he was reading. He had heard the words of the father, but as they were spoken in German, only understood direction of her husband. thew meaning by the them betore " So, the little one ha -s at last found her father, I do not understand her tongue, and could not even make out her name." "But how came she here?" " She as crying on the prairie late one night. I heard her end the bark of her dog, I brought them both home with me and have tried to make them comfortable." Ile poor father tried to thank him, but failed, he only looked up toward heaven and grasped his hand. Then they started joyfully homeward. What a glorious reunion that was, though the mother cried and oiled, And the good neighbors one and all flocked in to hear the wondetful atm. " How tame it her rescuer never heard about her beiug lost ?" asked some one. It was 11 lang run, and panting, a nos ready to faint, the paused at last at his side. " thetchen !" she wailed. "What of my Gretchen?" he asked, stern- ly, for the baby was the apple of his eye, and. he had more than once chided his wife for her apparent carelessness. "Gone! Wandered away! Lost 1" "Lost on the prairie, and the sun not two hours high 1 Run on down to Smith's; get help. We must 50010' tie plains before niget, fall. My poor little darling 1" He had. detached the horses from the plow as he spoke, and. mouti nng one motioned his wife to mount the other, and he WaS oft'ht the direction of another neighbor, always Iteepin a, sharp eye on the oMlook for his baby. " Oh ! he is a queer old chap, 0. recluse, "Bowser is with her," he thought, " be and lives so much alone and in such a queer willbe some protection, and may lead us to way ?p one ever even remembered to ask 11 her." vsas perhaps a goo11 hour before any. Shing like it party was formed, and started So clitihrent threatens, mid the sun waS, by this time creeping far down toward tho western horizon. "Gretchen: Gretelesn!" they called, but uo baby voice auewered. , "Wo must Mel her before dark," cried the half-frantic:I father. But the son hid its glowing face, and the stars came slowly out one by one, and nothing hail been discovered. " She will perish before morning," sobbed her mother. ' the nights are cool, almost cold, and she had on only a little slip; and some wild animal may find her. 0 baby I baby 1" The long night passed, no one had slept. There lutIbeen 0 flash of lanterns far and near for meny miles; for the searching party beware larzer and larger as the news spread. :Mothers hugged their own little ones and sait to husbands aud sons, " 1" and with their own hands cleated and fitted lanterns and fire -arms -for three shots tvere to be fired when the little ono was found, living or dead; though they whispered the met in height, The Himalayas really include word for fear it might reach the ears of 0100011 of the highest mountains in the world, there being over a dozen (seeks in this range exceeding 2e,000 feet m height each, but thesnountains are not named. The following. maybeconsidered the twelve highest mountains 1-" 1110. One of the results of the little Gretchen's adventures was that she had captured the heart of the lonely man who had been com. pelted to shelter and care for her. Almost every day he came to see her, and taught her good. English. Not only that, but as the years crept on he taught Me many other things ; and she became a charming girl, well read, gentle bred, and quite fitted to possess the small fortune her god -father, as he termed himself, left her at Itis death. lint she was never lost again, the whole country saw to that, and particularly the gond father and mother who watched over her tvith such zealous care ; the yellow curls were seldom out of their sight until she became old enough to know the dangers on the plains. -Arthur's HOW Twelve Highest Mountains in the World. The honour 01 1101115 the highest mountain in the world belongs Bow to Mount Hercules, New -Guinea, which is said to be :32,703 feet father or mother. Moening dawne11 bright and clear, and with a dogged perseverance all kept on with the search, tired and hungry though they were. " We must find her," said her whitefthed father, " where could her little feet have carrie,l her that we cannot overtake them ?" The noon hour passed, a few kind neigh- bors sent out a cold lunch for the weariecl. party, night came again, and as yet no little Cretelien. Thu mether was lost in debate, "She is dead," she said, "my pretty little one ; born near the home of my, girl- hood. She will never be found alive now, in all the chill night, without water or food. Oh 1 if I could Mit dio, too !" "Nay," expostulated a friend, ''thou art wicked so to speak, thou hest thy hushatid, live to comfort him-altd the baby may yet be found," But when the third day of the search moo, and found them still with Lin Word or tidings, 00011 the bravest were disheartened. "She has reached the distant river," they mid; "in 013115 00 get to the water, perhaps she fell over the steep, shelving bank, and was drowned, "But the dog?" "Ho will doubtless remain near where she has disappeared, or -what can have bo- oome of her otherwise, No ono could answer. "Von have been kind, friends," said, the father, in his broken English, which was now 10051 pathetic, "but I 'will not ask yen tei spend longer time in the search. As for me, I shall keep en until I find her or some tidings ot her, Take lay wife back with you, She is ill and worn . Women wept over the 51007, men felt their oyes grow dim, and a few kept on with itho search in an unobtrusive way, saying, as hod the father intuit find bor." And the days came and went until two Weeks had passed, and only two persons now were still looking for tho poor little baby. Those two woro lier father mid neighbor lad, it stupid German boy who had partimdarly tovedlittle Gretchen, They wore following tho course of the river, perhaps five miles from home, whon vory'suddenly tho boy gave a shout that caused his companion 10 pause quiekly, feet , , • 1:',,:ltJount Hercules, New Guinea,. . 09,703 . 9. Mount Everest, Himalayas 29,009 8. Dapsang-Karakoruni, Ilibet, 98,271 4. Meunt itodwin Austen, MUM 'ayes 29,265 .5. Kinchinjinga, Hanialayas - 28150 6, Dhavalgist, or the Great Mate Mountain Himalayas 20,079 7, Tagerma, Eastern Monis 25,900 -8. Namla-Devi, Himalayas 25,700 9. SaibIstragh, Hitolu-kuelt 24,174 10, KliamTengri, Thibet 24,000 1!.. Trisul, Himalayas 98,400 12. Aconcagua. Chili 23,290 Some authorities gave the Solute peak of the Andes rango as 25,267 feet, whilst others of more recent date give its height as only 21,285 feet. In 1101050 also of the Mw of the twelve mountable above-named moo of 'the earlier authorities givo greater height than those of lete explorers, owing, no doubt, partially to UM latter having more accurate measuring instruments, but ni some cases possibly owing .to the mountains themselvea. being of lees height than formerly. 11010 in olden time and at the present day the land. surface of the earth ie in semo• places sink - fug, while in others, as in Norway, it is ris. ing. The South American Andes, which 01100 011 extreme length, without allowanee for do. viations, of 4,500 miles, is the higgoot moon- tain range in the world, lint to mark the Heide On which nature has moulded the Now World, the Andes may be regarded as merely apart 01 0)10 sufficiently continuous chain of about 0,000 miles 0111011 loses itself near the month of tho river llackenzie, Inwards the shores of theArcticOthan, The Ohl World has nothing to bring into comparison with this es regards bulk, though in height the Him. Rivas stand unequalled, with an average altitude of from 1111)00 to '20,000 ft, The length of the Himalayas 183 however, only a third 01 011110 of the Andes, eensidered separ- ately or a sixth of the grand American taker: as a, whole, It was the Andes that the mineralogiet natty called ',The incommen- surable parts of Othation." TEIZ BRUV3SELC: POST if IIIIIMMIIIIMMMIM,10.1•• My Girl, jinny's tdltsh, AN ADVENTURE WITH A STALLIO.N, sko inot no :miam' Pmr. • Ner 011,v bleeder kin. ' 'at t 'tete litteeome 11 happenel l'here is perhaps no beast more terrible,' A phot we.1ees peak01ed little eritter more aire-inepiring, than a stallion that hos Ttook her In - lle(1.110aded, pale nn' thin, pile mad, ;moll an tutimal, bursting all t he fetters el his inherited dread (if mum 15 or a time t he brute hept up lue bound - Sts boys !her was o' 0041110, The! live of ii-, wa. likely vengeanee for t he hinneitiosialservitude of his his himCI I lint at Inegth helart unity tried to iii \You'll wish le wy, kind. As a rale, he has 1111 1JUarre With stretell his neek into my etreow and reach An' elle et e, w is slowly - anythiag lint litunanity. Often with other ine with Ide fright ful imiteil teeth, This .111 1 1101 111.0 ,3115 was me. hoeses he associates ninicably, and towp.0.1 11110 a Vain ettempt, hut 1 rcamittal it, and, An' ;lir ny el sed to \deg me the I .a.ttle eel lesser loll atl, Hist may lre 1 VIA li 1)i,lt i lig up a 51,110 whith lay at hand, I felt sato. ITe would roll back his lips, lay hie dare flat to his head, spring straight Otto the air, and :Joie k through his wide, red nostrils 31113 fury and his eltallenge, The lat. ter aid not think it onemnbent upon nal to aueept, 1 waived it in disdainful sve ilen, seems in. -pit sl Wit lilt fright tail es:ivies{ to tali ings, 111111 1 111we SI range, go(' jerk hip alof 0011 le' was' to 'gr.,' Fer te Wiest an' een, AAln1iAl.Lns'. len,Mi,etr n.hil e'eih:koeaeerntne. nfdegoeyt ua' pn (i1lo'bki...'t.wor,s ho-- ., -ees hwitmss oellost re1 aof,ats ryeo1It ait.1sn..I:f:., rseunn.c t- trsuack him heavyn1o110 W 011 Oho 11030 iThis Ti- !Ml,ever0...n S• t.1gt 'tms only sunburn :0me10111 lookin. green loIrt 011 1 than, mina it Thon Nion way0liven Dui when she took o growth o imfortunate a1o1011 in with ne 3,30.14n0e siIyungfret ten, scd by this omicidal mani. \ly esepemy denI he est of the herd hail soty hy, •t.onarrow, and the tomaim., haso apinamelleaand ere feeding Indilfeently An' butwellhe was sightlyfor Lids 101 illJeofdolust lc India:Ls, afewstesRoliliiofg. a 'Td -1 lo,oked at bbn IOne autumn, wheIwas Omni e,Itt ,,,n, mobt immetliately he 011111 return to Ids hoh 1.., '1 potat my doo, ed his vtgilioit watch woe shuerleunny mind, tha1a tout the foot of tbe terrace. From time to 1kowd waget hat.. felt eVel' since au ilstmetive ru t time my enemy would on themand that eh set lf gin: John endJim, relMtfls rassBut l. brughtthe bleedfrm thoee erne' iatrds, Rua made him evens if ossible, more furi- ouin Ids rage bUt he retUrned to hie fornwr demonstrations. 1 must have ecu for nearly an hone that 1 wtehed the mad reature antics frOM n of ilistlani. Hut let mn, 811e11, 1 11 conwithin 111Visin, 11101 libs hoinleidal maia breakint. flame. I have had veral diagreelsle eneo eniith icholhorses, lnit outsensc was p ei'n tth1 e-.H6 An seen his chance velth Jenny Wa3 a albec lp So I %Med to never mention 1110 Work at college, 1 rettehal the little I was beginning to east about somewhat Was big and mine Was shin. towuships u?' Queprepaeatosy to 1.0.11111. on 111c all the tittle. llow Imagi 1 keertal for lice , v „ 1111, (1 :May imry Doe day at 11,0m, and auXiolisly fora wily of escape 118,1,1 0)115 1111. The Baby at the Gate, l'00 honed unpleasant sdories Of air neighbor 'tames the way, 'Those ugly lit tie runiore, Of Ow things that people eay. That lie'a very fowl of pleasure, That his bours are verylattt; But 1 rather like to see him aleet his baby at the gate. I like to the the teddies K eepi n g w;t I ch ca0h al turfman, And t 0 net 1 eager glaneee When the met her says "real soon," Tito' s ithin A. 1 si, and ruminate ; Still I like ti valtill my oeighbor Gruel the baby at the gate, I Itiene net what his faulta may he This oeighber 'iaiess the Way. 31111 1 11111 mire his limit's all right, 1111 p110118 that day by day, And 8)11)11,it always pains me, 11 lost my child and 1)11,10)1 love to 001, 1)18'1101011,0r Kiss his baby at the gate. 0,1 Life on a V ater Farm, Cies I jeege to pine In secret dropped into the village inn fee luneheen. nrisonment, when I saw the pasturing herd Thee tit Milo with folks :Omelet's' The village was in a state of excitementove.r suddenly toss np their heads and than go 11 1105 not. been maws years shine water Is pitsHeis easier Jest what you're endn' fee. a tragedy width had taken phwe that very . . . morning, and tyllich was speedily detailed 1 aped a friendly manner to me 07 every one With Whom 1 mine 111 An' talked. with her right smart emit:let, Ile most authentic aceount, as it About her beam an' reckoned • She WO ony'heart, appeared, was that giVen by the proprietor ot the inn. An' one day when 1 Nahl. so ller eyes flew wide apart 1 " You see," lie answered eagerly, in re - In a suddint, curyus fashion sponse to my question as tu the cause of the An' the blue oyes tees wet, an'the general excitement, 0a boy, as old Joe Cook Was pink as any rosebush ; was bt 1110111 up op his farm has jest, 1.31e11 An' I --well, when see Thet blueh, -1 well, Ow truth le- killed by a Mad liarse. The boy 001110 out She's gain' to marry mul from Liverpool, last j111111 twO year's ago, EvA- 2r0Lassox, with a lot more poor lit tie beggars like him, 1111' Old joe kinder took a faiwy to him, an' A Mother's 'Watch. was atheingin'illin up like he Was biS anil 1311n0 rages 1 son, 'rho horses is niostly runnin' at pasture Arid every star -eyed bud that blows now, in the back lots yonder, an' Atkinson's In sun-hat•lied garden, walks, and closes, smitten, what has always had the name of To hies her gently, as she dreams- behi' Icind as a lamb, is pasturin' with the Bring rosea! Silo is not dead 1 BM slumbering lightly, whilst the hours Are marshaled hy, bite s even trend Prints faintly bine-veined cheelc and chin - She is not dead ! Oh, slumber, sweet ! Thy mother knows thou lent awake Before the traant sun shall greet The bleak, bare hills, from whom it fled Oh, slumber, sweet What dost thou say) She'll ne'er ewake 1 Man, pray beware 1 Tho words thou breathest, conscience p03- 0. mother will not broolc such Jests - What dont thou 0051 0 ! 0 death 1 Which one hits served most cruelly This aching heart ? tholes breath Or transient biding but to flee, 0 life, 0 death ? 10 111150 not be ! TM- mother's heart so Mosel).- twinee Abbut thine owe will bleed if free Is made the prop from clinging vino - It must not he 1 God how writhe 1 This torturing grief bath left, lips dry, And 130.0111 racked. Tito mower's scythe Haat clipped ms flower -bell reigns in me- Ged 1 how writhe My one sweet child That brought the senlight to my heart, Tin al its dark, &ear floor was tiled With go:den promise ; seen my night. My child, my chill) NIXA. 1110000. Sympathy, We talked together you and I : it was a queenly night in Jame : Low hung the moon in yonder sky, And 00 3000 cheek low glanced tho moon. Your gentle hand was mine to hold; My ill -fed heart began to sneak ; And ever, 00 110 tato was told, Dear friend the moon Was on your cheek. ota loss that would not let Inc rest, Old grief that slept, but 0000 10)' A languid load npon my breast, Awoke, and wept themselves away, Up climbed the moon, slow waned the night, And still yeti bent te hoar nio speak ; I drank the comfort of the light In those bright tears imon your ohook. From off my life the burdens fall, Still in their grave through tranquil years They rest, those weary sorrows all, That faded in the light of tours. DaNsKnILltgnitlIME. in ifarDer's Bazar. Front the Height, Sails go out and sails come Ill Close by the headland gray, And looking down frew the stately height 1.11 the full, broad shimmer of summer light, I watched them on their way - Sailing sailing away 1 Out in the morning one by one ; Home as the day grows la te ; with a " Yo, heave -ye 1' and " lloave yciehe 1" A sound in each word of the ocean's blow, And a heart that ls stroll; to wait 1.4 Mind Will d. and ide MU fate Bo you in your busy 1100 00 by With a heart that Is strong to win, With a song of cheer when storm -winds roll, Or a ready hand for a weaker soul, Steady to emitter sin - As the tidos go out. and in I J1.1,00 LCATZ LUDLUM, . The Village Choir, Half 1010,'. half a bar, hall a her ontvercl 1 Into a awful ditch, Choir and greet:ace hitch, IMO a Mass or pitch, They led the Old I11001001. Trebles to right of them, queers to left of them, Bases in front of them, Bellowed and thundered. Oh, that promoter's look, When the sopranos took Their 01011 ti in 0 and hook Prom the 0111 fillndrud, Screeched all 1144 rebles here, Boggled the tenors there, Ihtlising the parson's hair, While his mind wandered; Theirs not reason why This psalm was pitched 100 1,150 ; Thotni but te ktrasp nod erY Out the thdllundred. Trebles to right of them, Tonere to left of (tient, Basses in front of them, TOeIIow'erlang thundered, Stmened they with shout and yell, Not opke hey sang, one \ Drowning the sex) mee boll, While all the church wondered Dire the nreeenters glare Flashed his pitthfork in air, sonnoing 1 he fresh keys to bear the 001 Hundred Swittly he turned his back, liesehed he his hat Nem rack, nem flue the sereaming pate< Ithnself he smulered. Tenors to right of Mtn, Trebles to lett of Min, Discords behind him Bellowed mid thundered, Oh, tho NOM howls they wrought Right to the end they fotight Some Lune they sang, 1111 1100, Not the Old Mild [TU. seurrying away iteress the (Mum s y - farming was lidded to the povsi ales 0 roman, saw this, too, and turned his mum. "nisei:ultimo" in Indiana, 11 began as it tion away from Me, peered fort 11 mull ales diversion, t has become a business. Enough ly, and to 1117 profound relief 1 (A:served a 11101 has noW elaphed 10 demonstrate, that party of men, thveral carrying ropes and water farming may be inaile prilethlable and halters, and others mined with pities, top- prolitablis 'at least as profitable as eome preaching along the terrace -foot. One man other rto 111 myopia:el, and more enticing Walked a little ahead of the others, and hold than the ..aliirtry life of an agriculturist. out a peek measure, in which he SI100k 501115. 11111011 money eon be made off an acre thing, whieh I presume to have boon oats, waste. as alt an mere of land, including well 1711e stallion eyed them sombrely for an located ash and frog ponds the hand instant, and then his mane rose like a crest, and orilloory farming. aud his head went lack with a :dual' cry. In °Le el 110 phousers in trace farming in tile melt -same way as he hail greeted my ap- alr. Joseph Manlove of Milton, pearanee he bomiced into tho 1111 wice or Sevee years ago he bought a piece of thrice, and then he dashed upon the party. loW 11111,1 lying between the White \ Valor The man with the onts fell back with Canal and White ater (river). He des wonderful alacrity, and 1. lie fellows who teeininal to flood the and to add to carried halters seemed bent upon effacing Ins possessions the udjoitling highland for park ptuiposee. plaue now ineludes four- teen acres (if water and twenty.one of Land. Ills business is largely with the water and only invideutally with the dry land. Ills first porpoise was 10 ertal dish a carp pmtil, from why,h the fish market might be sup- plied, This was accomplished in two years with comparative ease. Now lie has pm- tically toi unlimited quantity of this variety of fish. However the public taste alio calls for bass, and 1)1111)1000 determined to aild this variety to his supply. Ills lotto is now stocked with it vast supply of black boas. They have grown finely, and next year liass tislung will be " put on the market." Bass promise to much butter than carp that, " Farmer " :a111111.0ve uses his young. carp as food for his bass. Still another "department" has been add- ed to the "farm '' this season -frogs. Four wives of shallow Water Neva 510011 in flags, were set apart as a breeding place for frogs. They breed and grow rapidly. Four thous- and tadpoles were put in thts beeeding pen early in the spring. ;.\lany of them are now of a marketable sige. Next season they will be giants --big .ten ineli long "eultivitted" bull frogs, worth $9.50 aud $3 0 dozen ; not the little marsh frog, but the big. fellows •with. Herr Fischer voiees, In eatelung them for market to light at night is used. They stare at the light, and can be caught and handled with 1000 11 its glare. In catching laixe quantities of carp the lake is drained Mir In winter the marketable fish are kept in small 9onds. It is Interesting to observe the water fanner at his work. He Otto use a horse for side purpoaes, but lie needs neither plough, planter, nor reaper, Suppose he has gone out to feed. Ho has with him middlings of some other grain. Ho goes to the breeding pond, setesas goug or blows a whistle, and thousands 01 11050 come hopping from their shelter. They eat the food ravenously, and become so Woo that the farmer handles them as a woman does her pet chickens. The same food is ,just the thing for young and old carp.. Fish and frogs take to giMn and gram products," said arr. Man- love, " like a boy takes to apple dumpling. Part of the season it is not necessary to feed my stock at all. The water grass seeds make the finest of food for the fish, and at this time of the year I rarely prepare it fish that I do not hml him tilled tvith grass seeds," . But he seems somehow- to ve gone mad themselves in the humblest manner 1111.rest as; on a atakian,.. Thio 1,10eflin. ais1„ as kill. ono tall, gray.skirtod woodsman step• ped to the front, missed his rifle, and dretv Cook s boy was eomm home from Mann the enws out onter the uplands, ho found the horses all orowdin' roue' the gate ent- er tho meatlows. He knowed some of 'em might try and shove thecugh, if he didn' take keer, so hejust kind of shined 'etnotrwith &stick. T hey allscatteredaway savin' only At- kinson's stallion an' he, wheeling round with a kind of screech avid make the inerrer freeze in your bones, gmblied 112 boy right by the back of tho neck, an' shook lum 111< old Tip therell shaken, rat. 1511005 the poor boy's neck WEIS broke right olf, fur ho never cacti QM nor nuthin'. Steve Barnes was jest then rt.00min' up the meadow road, an' ho seen it all. He yelled, an' ruu Up as fast as he could, but afore he could git to the fence the stallion had jumped ou tile boy two or three times, au' was a-standin' loekini at him curious -like. Sieve seen 'at the boy was dead, but he started to climb over an' drive off the brute ; but as soon as the stallion seen Steve he let another screech, an' ruu at him with his mouth wide open, an' Stove had within' fur it but to hop back quick over the fence Seein.' 00 the boy was deeds -eat a door- nail, Steve didn't think it'd lie 00111 - Men Senn tO risk his life just for the dead body; but he staid there' a-stonin' the brute, which was just spoilin' to get at him. After 'bout an hour the other horses eOnle back, an' the stallion forgot about the boy an' went off with them, 'way back behind the hills; an' Steve got the body an' carried it home," "And %that have they done to the brute?" I inquired, with a fierce anger stirring in my vieins itI.M11," answered Bouilaoe, "this after- noon there's a crowd "oh' out to ketch him an' tie him up. If he's too bad fur that -an' if 1 know anything abont horses he's just gone mad, stark mad -wha , they'll have to shoot him off -hand, to save their own necks." "I wonder if I'll run any risk of meeting him ? 1 queried, rather auxiously. I had no weapon but my heavy walking -stick, and I had an almost sentimental regard for the integrity 01 1)17 neck, "Which way be you bottud ?" inquired B o,ubi lol're3Plissville," I answered. "Oh," said lie, "you're all right, thon. The horses are Mediu' out yonder to the noith-east, an' Blissvillo lays south." It was with few misgivings that I now re. seined my journey. in the tonic autumn air iny spirits rose exultantly, and I walked with a brisk stop, whistling mild knocking off the golden tope of tho whinny one. rho country about Maslen is a high rolling plateau, for the 10001 poet open asture-ground, with here and there a shots An Observant Youth, "111011 to be 0007 110111 school yesterday," said Tommy, "You must bring an exerate, said the tooth. er. "Who from ?'' "Your father." "He ain't no good at mitkin' excuses, Ma patches him every time," a bead upon the appeoaching fury, e lute two or three others held their shots in re- serve. There was a moment of breathless suspense. Then the fine, thin onto of the woodman's rifle rang* out, and the stallion sprang aside with a •shelek, and stumbled forward upon his knees. Almost instantly, however, he recoveved himself, and rushed upon his opponents with undiminished ferocity. I held my breath. He was al-. most upon the party now. Then two mom rifles flashed from marksmen standing :neve. less in their tracks, and the mad brute rose straight up on Ms Mud legs, and fell over baeltvinrds, dead. I stepped out to weleome my rescuers, and detailed to them my ndventures. They had been wondering tell° or 801)111 11 was that the brute was laying siege to. There was so much, in fact, to talk about, and I found myself for the moment so important a ftp' 010, that 1 returned to Maybury for that evening, and there had to retell my story at least a score of times. Next morning I took the road again, and found the rest of My journey somewhat uneventful, by contrast. Weanin Lambs. Sheep Breeder and Wool Grower says If they lite thriving as much as they ought, lambs need not run with tile ewes abnye four mont hs. They 10111 be more quiet if left in the field they are ftecustomed to, with the eweS removed out of sight and hearing. If there are shade and water in the field which they know tthere to find, they will help themselves, lf not they ought to be driven to water every day ; and it Is it good plan to fetch them to the stable before the sun gets very hot, to prevent them front rambling aimlessly about tho field, panting in the sunshine, or crawling into fence cor- ners. The lambs should have a fresh rowen or upland pasture, if one is available, well at:salted with June grass, red -top, or some other short, tender, nutritious grass. There should be strips of forest 111 it Nvith shady knolls for stamping grounds, where they may find an abundallee of the dust which is so essential to their health dor- ing the dog divvs. An old ewe should he left with them tor a flock loader. If they are accustomed during the summer to a sta- tionery stiltetrough the task cif tutching them to eat feed will be reduced to a Valuable Dorgs Not a fow of the eggs of British birds are trille; as they will approach the troughs worth more Huth 11111- weight ill gold, while freely. A mere dusting of salt should be sprinkled on their feed for 11, few days those "f certain 0000100 winch 101.0 *111)00soll to have become extinct bring fah -Mous (being withheld from them otherwise); 1110.00. A Wellstuarked pair of golden after that it may be left in quantity 111 1400 eggs haVe been known to fetch i123. the trough appropriated to it, or sprinkled on sodIt iof the highest importance The market \lath of an 055 01 the swallow- ele, s tailed kite is 3 guineas, of Palltas :sand grouse 90s., while ton times that amount WWI recently ofihred for an egg oF this Asi- atio species taken in Britain. On the other hand, the eggs of certain of the social breeding birds are so 10100001010000 in their sea- son as to be eyeterantically collected for domestic purposes. And this in face of the Met that, ninny of them an remarkable alike for size, shape, and beauty of coloring. This applies partienlarly to the guillemot. whose eggs ar0 often remarkably handsome, ala a rule, the color of these is bluish groom heavily blotched, and streaked with brown or black, and the form that of an elongated handsome pear. • The guillemot is one of our conuntmest eliir birds, and is found' in greatest alma- deuam ce at Flborongli Head. The eggs aro SyStematically gathered by Men who are let down the rooks 112 rinses. aloy lawyer° t she narrowest lodges, 11001115 the eggs which they gather daily in baskets faitened round. their shoulders. The guillemot makes no nest, lays but one egg, and incubation lasts about a month. The birds! sit uptight, and when suddenly alarmed, as by the firing of 5)11,n, the eggs fall in showers into tho sea. itt out of those eolleeted Flamborough are sem to Leeds, where the albumen 'is used.in the preparation of patent leather, while the eggs taken on Lundy aro used at Bristol ill tho manufacture of sugar. At the British 1)000111151)00011115 stations of the gannet or Solon 5)1000 thousands of birds breed annually, though in members loss than formerly. In this case the young birdo, not tho eggs, two (Alton.; and on North Barra, from '2,000 to 3,000 birds aro captured in a season. The oollector kills the gantlets as they are taken from the nest, and they aro then thrown into the the, beneath, whore a boat is it waiting to piok them up. In the ?areas the people 11039 Jan. 25 ai a festival tit 001130qttellee of the return of the blvd. wooded ow, ravine, and hero .and there a thatau lambs and yearlings should hese (bit- tern= of loose boulders, with bramble. ly access to salt, summer and tvinter, at thickets growing between, 1 was soon ho- least in a humid. climate. We will give a yond the cultivated fields, past the last of the fences. I hail ohmbod mie ofthoserooky terraces, and made a couple of hundred yards across the delightful breezy down, when, behind a 10W ki1011, 'caught sight of a green of horses quietly pasturing». an1 re- membered with a (palm the Morning's tra- gods,. Gould this, I asked myself anxious- ly, be the herd containing that madstallion, I halted, rind was about to retrace my steps unobtrusively, in the hope that I had escaped their notice. But it was too late. Two Or tliree of the animals raised their heads and looked toward me, Ono in the group snort- ed, with m130011E00 half -whinny, at the sound of which my heart sank. Thee I caught sight of one in the centre, that seemed to be jumping up in tho air off all four feet at mthe, The mixt moment this tweeter°, a great black mime!, appeared outside the group, 91111)5. 1115 and biting at his flanks 1100 or three limos he sprang into the air in that strange, spasmodic Way I lInd alreahy ObSerVed, said threw his head backward over Ms right shoulder with an indescribable gesture of menace and defiance, Then, tvith a short, dreadful sound, he darted toward 01e, epee - mouthed. 11 p to this 9011101 had stood my groand, eying the haute resolutely, with an appear. once of fearlessness which 1 was very Mr front feeling, But now I saW that my only hope, and that a desperate one, lay in flight. was accounted at college a first.ralo sprin- ter, and now 11-01, My best, The two 11)110 10011 yards that lay hetWeen 1110 and the tees race l had just loft must have been cos ered in not much more then twenty seconds. iiotss 7 et:ached the brow of the slope the mad brute WAS CIOSO 011 my heels, I had no time to cheek myself, and even less notion to do so, In Inc),, I fell, and rolled head -long clown, dropping, bruised and bewildered, Into a crevice between two boulders, Tho next Instant 1 easy the black mess of my pursuot dashing over mo hi to splendid heap, Before he could turn and seise me I had rolled further into the crevice, and found that ono of the rocks overhung SO 101)01111 a little narrow 01.00, int0 WilTell 7 00111d squeeze myself so far as to be quite beyond the animal's roaoh. Never, before or since, have I discovered munmootod and providential 0 Infuge. The raving stellion come bounding and leap. ing 119 00 the very door of my burrow, bat I brief description of mar mode of match% a salt.trough : For the supports take two equal pieces of oneand-half-inch plank, fifteen inches wide, Ana saw notches in tho top deep enough to receive the trough. Makethe trough V-shapecl, sixteen feet long, of boards= inches wide, using for end. boards the pieces sowed out of the plank. Let the supports be about eighteen niches long, and nail to them, one on each side of the trough, upright standards. Across those standards nail tWo V-shaped pieces to support tho roof, width is made like the trough and turned bottom-up. The standarde must be high enough to allow the sheep to insert their heads freely between the roof and trough, width requires a space of about nine inches, Royalty at Clown, An English correspondent writes : " Prin. cess Louise drove the Marquis about seveml times in cart, Upholstered in 11150011)- 0 1)121000 little turn -out, in whith everything nudelleilmn color, harness, woodwork, and pigskin, The bay pony 10110 11 100 Shaden darker than the rest, mid Priticess Louise's usual Areas Wee crealit onlor. tio all wo.s thoroughly harmonious. 'Prince Alfred et Edinburgh sleeve his sister about in one of these eonvenient little carts. The Queen was not much seen, but the Princess of Wales came ashore more than usual, in her white or blue yachting dross, or more ceremonious afternoon attiee, alwayo accompanied by her daughters, It 10 1110000111 to see them together, Mother and daughters seem to have an unfailing supply of aninsing con- versation, and, while tho two girls laugh heartily and lond, the l'rineeas ind miges nut whimsical little smile, which expressos north quite as 11111011 011 omy audible manifes. tattoo, Hhe speaks very quickly, and two or three words very rapidly uttered by her sot the two girls off laughing, while the mother only looks anrased. 9'hon she says something else, and her daughters laugh more heartily still, The throe appear to ho on the host of terms, When the 1?rinco is with them, he often joins in with a greet, jolly laugh, and says something himself whielt adds to the general hilarity." Cholera is reported to. bo spreading rapidly in 0110 province of Tolodo, 09011. Big City Populatio na There are eight cities in the world with a million of population and over. The fol- lowing figures give the latest returns ;- London 4,1131/700 Paris 2,260,945 New York 1,e,27,227 Tokio . 1,510,781 %Ain 1483,1172 Chicago 1,080,000 Philadelphia 1,041,4110 Pekin. , , 1,000,000 F