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The Brussels Post, 1896-6-12, Page 2TSE 13RRU8SET_,' t' ' TAE VICAR'S GOVERN? S19a nressee her lilts passionately to s d again, for the last time breaths tee weed Farewell!" His rapid footsteps des d she stairs, Sipa elistene to them unU they htiwe ceased and nil is still. Then she goes emepTpu Continued.) a spasmodic movement, to her left side, to the window, iind pres$Gs Iter forehead ��\ , (continued.) bee Net x0 u011 some ptaretitg IN against the cad pane,. tint ohm' roof � Des s bio R isl b arm' she s d that saddest of all Breed. ` be lamps are all a g , ar , an , a , Passionate indignation conquers r . .het 1It\5 Chore, 'Alts aQLxon brtngs book once mare see him gas h0 ?set i lite an'd self-control. a a ng et with tozisoiouap 5, an a Leat. glare from ono fallls u cit hot• awn Tier riding -whip, hums, mamma zts she stands !costa oat;arty, oxnvwrd brings d upon his `ge dad nae argon t, . she .vhlsperh o 'g' se of m aha sweet and unexpected c.ad severe, that, for to h0rself, with white sat lips, 'It eras to vetch the last iyluup earn cheek, The blow is so spvero, of not a Marr; it was On1Y that tie 1 10, Presently she sirrke into a seat, a1.. the moment., he loses his presence ed to•pat me to one side, and I ways with her oyyes fixed upon the spot c and swaying backward, lets the its \taq no doubt, 1 angerred him by where she last tiffs soon tun, and alit mind, y finding herself bridle go. Marissa, uL of his free, in another moment u o •ooaoh and on her way to Sarrtoor meets As she roaches the gats, meets James Sorope coming out, and, ing rein, looks at him strangely, "Have you seen a ghost;" asks he, slipping from the saddle, and coming up to her. "Your face is like death." ut "I have, the ghost of nn old love, , Senerdly joy abidi5 neves., too, oh, how disfigured! Jim, 1 have seen Work for the joy' that lastis ovine The moments fly, and night comms on For oilier joy is all but vain, apace, ?lotted in her "golden dress, on Heraice," And erdlya returns in 1810." gems She hides her face with her hands. joy W. I)lulbar. aria, whale she &r be io 1850 She remembers the late scene with Something within her knows be will tvindvw silently'. Sho ds languid, yob aiufui distinctness, ant wonders if she mature. Yob aloin tenser nt d8 long eu a nappy, tiveaL and spent by the oxotte- P „ndeserw sits in- term le 1 - mens of the past hour, yet strangely " - wand again ata press - a gesture that w S?rope,—and, if he condemns her, her pension. almost convulsive to her side, yet what- ars, t- M- lle sinks tato a chair, looking tired d ever stn she !eels there is uusufticionG any ppersistency. Dariinal How could I thunk he would hurt mei" Languid. heart -broken, she creeps to her bed, and, flinging herself upon dt, undre'ased as the is sleeps heavily until the morn, 'diffusing round a trembl- ing flood of light, wakes her to grief once more, CHAPTER XXXVI. "Have mind that eild aye 'follows youth; Ileath follows life with gaping mouth; tnotlonless, with her 110850rs twiet8dd loosely in her lap; she. is so quiet that only the rad gleam from the world without betrays the fact of her pres- ence, Once her Ups part, and from them slowly, ecstatically, come the words His wife." Evidently her whole mini] is filled with this one thought alone. She thinks of him, and him only,—of bim who has so .cruelly wronged her, yet who, in his own way, has loved her, LIMY been unwomanly, 1eau, u8., 810' au"• ,. � -- full of peace. IND ing of pity. She will tell him, that is, sullen, disdainful, and dark with de- es ter ]land with • i e p cup will be indeed full. and areworn. to drown the great gladness that is Sir James—who, as a rule is the most. ' _..i• ou 118.78 over -fatigued yourself?" overfilling her. amiable of men—is now )lark with ang- she says, gently, going over to hits and 1'o-morrow,—nay, even now, it is to - ax, toughing his hand lightly. clay and it is bringing her renewed "Branscombe—here;:" he says, hung-` Nis o, 1 have beep to Pullinghani hope, fresh life, restored honor! He agaiu and back; that all, will 1x1 hers forever! No other woman mostly. (hereagain?" she says. "And you will have the right to claim him. What - "Yes. He had evidently award nolh- 850.8,—,?„.ever she may have, to undergo at his ing. But I told him; and—then he said "Only Dorian. Don't trouble your•- hands, at least he will be her own. And of have saki; and he self at:out (.'larissal'th L says, 1istplay he tan loved her as he hasnever loved things Ile n 1 h; a' game another. Oh, who unspeakable bliss rias, alone, l want co lies fn this certainty! In another land, says poor Clarissa With anguish in hot see•„ He shades his face with his hand, too, all will ba unknown. A new life f 1'ke cgs should unpleasant altg held my reins; and 1 forgot myself," ed out. Na, Do eyes; "and 1 raised my whip, and struck him across the face. Juu, if You say 1 in doing this thing, you and then goes on: "There are ere 1 him in the world. In spite of all that has come and gone, he received. me kiud- y, and has given me e may lie begun in which the old may be swallowed up and forgotten. There ryas. wrung, 1 l what will enable must lie hope in the good future. will kill me.' lite afresh m a fol- "-When we slip a little "Wrong!" says Scruple. "flanging : me to commence and deep Out: of the way of virtue, are we lost? would be coo good for him. Oh. 10 I eign land." 'there a remorseis there no medicine called sweet think you should have been alone on r admiration in his tone. she cannot, mercy?" But Muth makes no reply; Only this morning she had deemed Those last words, "a foreign land," have herself miserable bayonet all fellows; struck lilts a dying' knell t such an occasion as that! to Ido: But it was a hateful thing wasn't it?" says Miss Peyton, faintly. "'lamina \Vhy? I only wish you had , laid his cheek open,' a' says Sir James, venomously. But of course this poor little hand could not manage so much." Stooping involuntarily, he presses his lips to the hand that rests upon her knee. "That wasn't the band at all," says il'Iis5 Peyton, feeling inexpressibly can - soled by his tone au,l manner. "Wasn't it? Then I shall, kiss the right one now," says Sir James, and warmly. • ht Y caresses the other hand rig, "1 can't go. on to Sarcosis to -dap," check- ing h• er horsein the middlea troubled oftheeav- enue. "No; come home instead," says Sc ope; and turning, they go al- most silently, lack;to ?•G'Oivran. « Horace, rousing himself atter his en- counter with Clarissa, puts his hand impulsively to his face, the sting of the blow still remaining. His illness has left him somewhat prostrate and weak; so that he feels more intensely than he otherwise would the pain that has aris- en from the sudden stroke. A bitter execration rises to his lips; and, thea, feeling that all hope of reconciliation with Clarissa is at. an end, he returns to Langham Station, and, with, a mind full lgoes backt10 tohra.and bitter Wild and disturbed in appearance, he breaks in upon Ruth as she sits read- ing alone in the very room where she bad last seen Clarissa. As he enters, she utters a glad, litho cry fof welgoe- come, and, springing aver to him. "So soon returned?" ,she says, joy- fully; and then something she sees u1 his face freezes Within her all farther expressions of pleasure;, his eyes are dark, his whole face is livid with rage. "So you betrayed me?" he says, push- ing her away from him. flow, 10 11e 1 I saw Clarissa Peyton to -day, know everything." "You have been to Pullingham?" ex- claims she with a little gasp. "Horace, do not blame me. 'What was I to do? eVben she came in here, and saw me—" "Clarissa, here?" "Yes, here. I was afraid to tell you of it before, you seemed so weak, so fretful Last -Tuesday week—the day you had the sleeping -draught (ruin Dr. Gregson—she came; she entered the room, she caste near you, she touched you, she would"—faintly—"gave kissed you. But how could 1 Isar that: 1 stepped forward just in time to prevent her lips from meeting yours." "And so," he says, with slow vind[c- tiveness taking no notice of her agony, for the sake of a mere bit of silly sen- timentality you spoiled every prospect I have in life." "Horace, do not look at me like that," • she entreats, painfully. "Remember all that has passed. 11 for one moment I went mad and forgot all, am 1 so much to be 'blamed? You had been mine—al- together mine—fur se long that I had not strength in one short moment t.o relinquish you. \Vhen she would have kissed you, it seemed to me more than I could endure.' "Was ltd I! is I.ut a little part of what you will hav, is endure for the future," he say;, brutally. You hate wilfully ruiner( tae and must take the consequences. sly marriage with (Mar- struckupon 5r heart. She watches him 'tn despairing silence, as he walks restlessly up and. dowlight.n the room in the uncertain Presently he stops close to her. "I suppose there is some orthodox way of breaking badnews," he says i "but 1 never learned t. Ruth, 70115 father is dead." The girl shrinks back, and puts her hand to her forehead in a dazed, ,,ili- ful fashion. hot dead[" she says, imploringly, g 1 3, as though her contrition could bring him back to ]ifs. Not altogether gone be- yond recall. Stele, perhaps, nay, dy- ing, -but not dead 1" Ses,he is dead,"says Horace,though more gently. 'Ile died a week ago." A terrible silence falls upon the room. Presently, alarmed at her winatural calm, he lays his hand upon har shoul- der to rouse her. There is no use fretting over what cannot lie recalled," he says, quickly, though still in his gentler tone, "And there are other things 1 must speak to you about tonight. My remaining time in this country is short, and 1 want you to understand the arrangements I have made for your comfort before leav- ing you." You will leave me?" cries she, sharp- ly. A dagger seems to have reached and pierces her heart. Falling upon her knees before him, sbe clasps him, and whispers, in a voice that has grown feeble through the intensity of her emotion, "Horace, do not forsake me. Think of all the past, and do not let the end be separation. What can 1 do? Where can I go? -with no home, no aim in life! Have pityl My father is dead; my friends, too, are dead to me. In all this wide miserable world I have only you!" Only mei" be echoes, with ashort bitter laugh, A.rize, surely. You don't know \\•hat folly you are talking. 1 give you a chancy of escape from me, --an honorable chance, where a new home and new friends await you." , "I want no friends, a no home." (She is still clinging to his knees, ith !ser earnest Paco uplifted ' to his.) "Let me be your slave,—anything; but do not part from me. I cannot live without you. It is only death you offer me." Remember my temper,' he says warningly. "Only last naght 'struck you. Think of that. 1 shall probably strike you again. Be advised in time, and forsake me, like all the others." You torture me," she says, still in the same panting whisper. You are my very heart,—my lite. Take me with you. Only let me see your face sonietimos, and hear your voice. I will not trouble you, or hinder you in any way; only let me be near you." She pressed her pale lips to his hand with desperate entreaty. "Be it so," he says, after a moment's hesitation. "If ever, in the days to come, you repent your bargain, blame yourself, not me. L have offered you nberty, and you have rejected it. I shall leave this country in a week's lime; so be prepared. But before going, as you are so determined to cast 1n your lot with mine, I shall marry you." She starts to her feet. "Marry me?" she says, faintly, "Make me your wife! Oh, nol you don't know what you are saying," now!evho can canape a with her in ut- ter contents In a few short hours she will be his wife! Oh that her fath- er could but— Her father! Now, all at once, it rush- es back upon her; she is a little dazed, a good deal unsettled, •but surely some one had said that her—her father—was —dead! The lamps in the street die out. The sickly winter dawn comes over Cha great city. The hush and calm still linger; only now and then a dark phan- tom form isoues from asilost g atae- way and hurries along the pavemeat, though fearful of the growing light. Ruth has sunk upon her knees, anct is doing fierce battle with the remorse that has come to kill her new-born ]sappiness. There is a terrible pain at' her heart, 'even apart from the mental anguish that is tearing it • Her slight frame trembles beneath the double shock; a long shivering sob breaks from her; she throws her arms a little wildly across the couch before which she is kneeling, and gradually her form sinks upon her arms. No other sob comes to disturb the stillness. An awful sil- ence follows. Slowly the cold gray morning fills the chamber, and the sun. — Eternal painter, now begins to rise, And limn the heavens in vermillion dyes." But within deadly silence reigns. Has peace fallen upon that quiet form? Has gentle sleep come to her at last? • N . 8 „ M ♦ • Horace, ascending the stairs cautious- ly, before the household is astir, opens the room where last he had seen Ruth, and comes gently in. Ile would have passed on to the inner chamber, think- ing to rouse her to prepare in haste for their early wedding,tvhen the half - kneeling, half -crouching figure before the lounge attracts his notice. Ruth," he says, very gently, fear- ful lest he shall frighten her by too sudden a summons back to wakefulness; but tbere is no reply. How can she have fallen asleep to such an uncom- fortable position? • Ruth," he calls again, rather louder, some vague fear sending the blood back to his heart; but again only silence greets his voice. And again he says, "Ruth!" this time with passionate terror in his tone; but alas! there is still no response. For the the first time she is deaf to his entreaty. Catching her in his arms, he raises her from her kneeling posture, and, car- rying her to the window, stares wild- ly into her calm face,—the poor, sad, pretty face of her who bad endured so much, and borne so long, and loved so faithfully. She is dead!—quite dead! Already the limbs are stiffening, the hands are icy cold, the lips, that in life would so gladly have returned kiss for kiss, are now silent and motionless beneath the despairing caresses he lavished up- on them in the vain hope of finding yet some warmth remaining. But there is none. She is gone, past recall, past hearing all expressions of remorseful 'tenderness. In the terrible lonely dawn she had passed away, with no one near to bold her dyinghand, without a sigh or moan, leaving no farewell word of love or forgiveness to the man who is now straining her life- less body to his heart, as though to make one last final effort to bring her THE AR phe>ity.of ti1otlYti btlAYhiq ihAG1 g Reza° * err^ pro 0r' p see'• o pax rlr ' In glgintities at the texpetuo of 44a expanse f x .el ` .'ass' TURN/NO OA'11d1Tui1 .ON' affoO EIL, e the first essential far hex 1l1ar n A wide expanse o g 7 1 g ixdsohno The tine of tnrning cattle* oat to pas- ture is at bans!, and soon, lie the die- triers where theyhave glover )Pasture, eve will hoar eoinpihints of melee de - Ing with "glover bloat." Some men will tell ,you that it le the wale)' On the clover that causes it and dP they aro kept off the °lover when. it is wet with (kiis' or rale tbere relit be no trouble of the kind, `Cliis may help in a' 500asure,, bat the man who pins his faith on. that 1 means of prevention alone map wake up some day from his noonday nap and feeling of security Lo find his cattle suf- ferdhlg er dying, of bloat), writes Mr. C. P. Goodi•ieb. One of my noi(hborsl, a young farmer was careful to ob- serve dais rule, kept his cattle in the yard. without anything 10 east till the dew was off (about the middle of oho forenoon) than turned them on• the rank clover. AL night six of them died. The cattle were so hungry they ate too much. My way of doing is this: I keep my cattle always on full feed, In the morning, before they are turned out the first time in the spring,. they have had all the *god hay and ensilage they will eat:, and have also had their regu- lar feed of grain. When they go onto the clover they eat a few mouthfuls ut first, but they are not hungry. They lake up the time during the day explor- ing the field eating now and then a lit- tle. At night they are put in the stable again and given hay and have another feed of grain. 1f the weather is warm they are turned out again for the night without any fear that the dew on the clover will cause bloat. This is the way it goes on every day with the exception that the young cattle and dry 00878 have no grain after a few days. If one will practice this 'way there is positively no danger of "clover bloat." A stack of clover han or, for that matter', any other hay in the pas- ture,, fixed so the cattle can• eat of it without trampling on and wasting it, is a good thing. 1L is almost a sure pre- ventive of bloat. The cattle will be seen leaving the green clover several times a day to eat of the hay. A stack of straw, even, will hea great help in a clover pasture. I will remember the astonishment depicted on a man's face when lee saw his cattle leave the fresh rank clover, as he said, "up to their eyes and eat out of that straw stack 1Ike it was something awful good. 'Pears like clover ain't good pasture- when they eat straw instead,' The truth is, nature prompts cattle, in such a 08,90 at least take what isgood for£hent. to 8. Years pasture 1 used agoto ?livor a lien T followed the plan I have a ny r bloat ed, but for some years past I have not pastured it much for the reason that by cutting it and feeding in the stable I could keep more than twice as much stock as I could by pasturing it off. HORTICULTURAL NOTES. The quality and size of fruit on old bushes is much improved by severe pruning, or thinning of fruit, and this applies equally well to all tree fruits. The demand of the times is for quality in everything, rather than quantity,and this certainly applies to fruit growing. When currants and gooseberries have been injured by the borer, as soon as the leaves start the defective canes are easily discovered and should be cut out as far down as the pith is eaten out, and burned at once. The egg is laid about June l and as soon as hatched the young borer eats its way int' the cane and remains until the following season. Keep the new strawberry bed per- fectly clean from weeds; keep the run- ners turned so that they evil. occupy eaoh alternate space, leaving the in- tervening ones for a path in which to walk while cultivating or picking, and in this way they are in better shape for covering should a sudden frost over- take them in May. To manage a strawberry field well divide it into thirds. One bed will be new, upon which to rely for the main crop; one old, from which to get what one can; the other set to new berries. As soon as the old bed is through bear- ing, plow it up and set it to cabbages or some: other crop which must be close- ly cultivated. Berries require well -drained soil. Both soil and location have a marked influ- ence on variety and quality, and one should know what kinds grow best in his community. Leave high-priced nov- elties to the professionals ; they are usu- ally disappointing. Do not fool with poor plants. The best are always cheapest. Grapes should be set out eight or ten feet each way. from each plant may spring many generations; therefore, set the parent plant carefully and guard it well. Fine, moist earth should be firm- ly peeked about each root. Do not val- ue Cha plant by the nickel it costs, but by the dollars it may produce. There is no excuse for a farmer not having an orchard large enough to sup - She tremi>1es vioicntl and her head !tack to earth. ply his own family uses. If t a old or- issa Peyton 011 1, tact, set me straight y'There is a happy, smile upon her lips, chard is dying out, set a new one of with the world once more,and need not falls somewhat heavily agahist ]tis her eyes are quite closed, almost she ,varieties which will ripen in summer, have uttered our relations with each alta• seems as Dna that sleepeth. The 8.w- fall and winter. Buy small trees of not other one iota." tic isms worth a fainting arm he ful majesty of. death is upon her, and more than an inch in diameter, with "You would have been false to your says, hastily enough; but his arm, as no voice of earth, however anguished a straight trunk and a good bunch of wife?" murmur.. she, shrinking !nick he places it around her, s strong and and imploring, can reach her ice -bound roots. from him. "Oh. nol that would have compassionate. Can anything be more ]smart. As the first faint touch of light Whitewash is not so effective i.n get been impossible!" absurd than a woman? Sit down here, that, gime to usher in her wadding morn ting rid 8.0 the borers upon the apple and try to l a reasonable. You must broke upon the earth, she had died, and trees as is soft soap. Boil one gallon l,0 quick with your reparations, 11g we gong so.rnewhen• of soap in. two of water, and then add freely, of crude carbolic acid. The best time is to apply 111 in the spring, soon after the blossoms, have fallen, and you will then kill the bark lice as well as the borers. The usual cause of trouble in trying to now quinces is that not enough BEAUTIIFUJ., FANS: The' psotty paper fen, belayed by, tttie' mimeo girl for its cheapness and -been°' ty5, is ox)ly 110W malting its afMearonee' on the netting market. And, behold 1 Consor'vwtave Japan has yielded tothe dioletes of leeeneb fashions and during the treated' term of '00 we will catch our breezes• with tiny trifles of empire design, PinOsL slks. gauze and paper havee been employed)• in• their eonstruction,and the workmanship of the delicately carv- ed stioks•has been done by skilled Hea- rne The slender splints are most of them loss thanhalf an inch hh width with the mounted material no wider when folded. They: average from six to about nine inches in length. One odd fact concerning these cheap fans is that the bamboo pieces are now decorated with. puinLed designs. Some are embellished• with figures,correspond- ing to those anth° paper, and the effect is unique. The only cords about them aro of silk with, tassels knotted to the clasps, The paper covering. of some specimens Is graduated from three inches on one side to six on the opposite. 'that of others is only about four inches deep across. These are not apt to ,peeve use- ful in agitating the air, but they are undoubtedly pretty. Those made with two slips of paper revealing the sticks between are of great variety. One specimen was a little gem. Its finely carved frame was mounted with a narrow strip of tbin.white silk, hand - painted with lilies -of -Che -valley. The artist had extended his work to the sticks, where green leaves and the same dainty flower added the finishing tomes to the perfect; production, Another and strikingly He laughs ironically. I tell you candidly," be says, with reckless emphasis. '1 should heed !,ern start on Tuesday. will see about a false to one or other of you Ind it c .r- spr'cial license, and we can get the "Above the smoke and stir of this tainly would not nave been to yule" merrier- ceremony over to -morrow. I dim spot "You malign yuur elf," she aye, !o:ak• know a fellow who will manage it all Which mem call earth." ing at him \eitlo steadfast love, for me." (To be Continued.) 7)o I? What a fool you ore!" he You are quite sure you will never _• _ ___ _ says roughly. "\Veli, by year o\vrt regret this step?" she says, earnestly, WILL ATTACH BOATS. folly you have separated us irretriev- even at this supremely guppy Moment trouble. !a falsely, to growing the trees. ably. Blame yourself for this, not tar.. Placing his happiness before her own. The fishermen on the Georges Bank To plant them is not enough; they not yet come to hand. ff h lesely entangled I don't suppose so If it is any sat- has sometimes seen this monstrous ere¢- must have *ood soul rich cultivation A wonderful change has been wrought a mus qui c E the people can now delay. Your own mad act has roe " p ways he arowu WW1 a goof profit, an ocean between us " 1 have ever v loved, and probably the twat gigantic tentacle armed with there is ever a demand. read and write and the largest church He turns and goes toward the door. only Dna l ever shall love " powerfu suckers. Yoe such an °mer- in Mango will )told more than 2,000 Wild with grief and despair, she follows A smile—radiant, perfect—lights her geney the fisherman has always ready Where room is scarce one may often IPeolta�lc, The teachers of the Christian Idea, and lays a detaining hand upon face,. Surely, just then, the one mo- a keen knife with which to slash off combing Cha useful and the ornament- faith savor saw darker days than in hie arm. ment of utter happiness, that they tell ' the arm before it drags bim overboard. al, A handsome drape arbor is not out Uganda a decade ago; but Chair pro Not like this, Horace!" she whispers, us is all that is ever allowed to poor There arts several well authenticated of place upon a lawn, and .1 row of •grass twerp in the past few years is desperately. "Do not leave me like mortals, is hers. It is broken by the caws of this kind on record, and in currants may he used to edge a path- among the gr0810511 triumphs of mils - this. Have pity, 111 1•shou not mei In out, thenhouboring church clang- i t"spoose!.11atatapre nts i'en.t talon nT or un Aodwa ental r' as manias f the sinnnry enterprise. like this( 730 meta u , y y I51 shrubs which are used especially for alit" "So late!" says Horace, hurriedly. "I the deatbs which have overtaken the p Y "Stand out of .my way," he says, be- must go. Until to -morrow, Ruth, good- ; hardy toilers of the sea on these dan- that purpose. by, , Brous Banks may with certainty i e The foreign market far ripples seem to lag steatluly yrrntefnj3, and tvlien pretty one showed an outside frame of boar., and the silk painted with Japanese figures in miniature style. There are beauties with gilded and sil- vered slicks, and a tracery of embossed silver on the silk. The variety of ale - signs should please the most fastidi- ous. .An open oval-shaped fan is the new- est design for decorative purposes. Both sides are closely covered will] small paper flowers of one color. All shades are shown in this style. In one of the larges,C jewelry houses, selecting a richly -gowned vim n stood s woman g a fan from those spread before her. This, madam," remarked the clerk, holding up a fan for inspection, "is not quite small enough to own the latest touch of fashion, but it is very hand- some." So it was. The centre of gauze,hand- paimLed, with Cupid -bearing garlands of roses gradually merged into a surround- ing real lace. The sticks were mother- of-pearl, each decorated with a golden Cupid. "Now this," he, continued, "is the very newest thing," and a tiny affair was lifted for a closer view. It was quite small. The mother-of-pearl pieces,rich- ly, embossed with gold, were mounted with two narrow strips of white silk about two inches apart, which were adorned with hand -painting. "I think I prefer these," and the pur- chaser turned to the antique foals. Some had sticks of exquisitely carved ivory, while others were of mother-of- pearl, decorated with gold.. The ends of the pivots of a few were finished with jewels. They were all mounted with parchment, handsomely painted with pretty rural scenes, and groups of fig- ures in the style of Watteau. • HEALTH. Headtpaln Is common•Iu all edisorddred' conditions of the system* It may noour• b#'the progress of almost all acute obro- nip diseases, at• acme tee in• their !stereo, or 11 may precede them. Tire Patin' Italy be eeter•thal 00 internal; and is due to a variety of influsnses teat itffo01 Dither tato scalp or the contents of 1118 cranium. The determination of the particular C slues involved is extremely difficult ; especially becttaso the suffst•er is unable 10 !gnats deflniLoly the pain. Ileadaobo ds t'ar•s1y regarded a,s e dis- tinct disorder', but is considered rather as a symptom or accompanlmont of some other disturbance in the system. Variations in the circulation, with the resultant modifications of the blood - pressure, the presence in the blood of poisonous m)11101s, irritations trans- mitted to the brain from more or leas remote parts of the body, or abnormal or diseased conditions of the digestive organs—all I.hese enter Into .the pro- duetion of this most contemn. form of distress. :These causes, acting singly•or tiwel collets - condition, assooiatod with an oversensitive of the nerves of the brain, and the membranes which envelop it, cause the pain, By far the most common. form of beadacho is that due to a disordered condition of the organs of digestion. Such headaches are the results of indi- gestion and constipation, as well as of over -indulgence in eating or drinking A disordered stomach or a sluggish condition of the bowels, combined with overwork and too little exercise in the open air, are frequent causes of head- ache in persons evho pursue sedentary and indoor occupations. The remedy for this kind of headache is the exercise of regularity and moder- •tldoe in eating, with an avoidance of food which is innutritious and difficult of digestion, and attention to the regu- larity of the bowels. The last point is 0f especial importance. One variety of headache, the cause of which is sometimes overlooked, results from eye -strain. The provision of pro- per glasses, and, treatment calculated to improve the tone of the muscles of the eyes, have been followed by prompt relief in numberless instances. POVERTY AND ILL HEALTH. III health and sickness are more com- mon among the very poor than am- ong the well-to-do. This is partly the effect of inheritance and arLl • a re- sult 3 sult of the unsanitary surroundings in un y g which the poor are Compelled to exist. It is an unpleasant fact to contem- plate that 501118 of the poor whom we call "lazy good-for-nothings" are real- ly persons of creak vitality, with con- stitutions predisposed before their birth to feebleness and disease. Such persons are poorly fitted to compete in the "struggle for existence," whether for themselves or for their families. Shiftlessness is often the result of a weak will, begotten of a weak bodily WHITEWOMEN I\ UGANDA. M N L Oct. 4 last was a great day at Menge, the capital of Uganda, for on that day the first white women to enter the country set foot in the capital. They were two English missionaries, evho had made the long journey from the Indian Ocean to the northern shore of Victoria Nyanza under. the escort of Bishop Tucker of the Church Mission- ary Society. The -natives had never seen a white woman before, and the com- ing of the ladies was heralded for days before they arrived within view of the crowds that greeted them at the cap- ital. King Melange was if anything more excited than any of his people. Five days before the Bishop awl the ladies arrived at Mango the King sent a messenger with a letter dor Bishop Tucker, in which he said: Many greetings to you. I rejoice very, very much to hear that you. are coming and that you have now arriv- ed. in my county with ladies, because, even from my childhood. I have never seen European ladles. My greetings to the ladies and all the Europeans who are with you. This letter was from the royal young person who, some years ago, murdered Bishop Hannington, , and slaughtered hundreds of the native Christians at his capital. Times have changed. do Ug- anda. On the da,yy the ladies entered the capital crowds covered every hill and lined the road along which the caravan entered the town. Bishop Tucker writes that he saw great crowds in Mengo on the day that Sir Gerald Por- tal entered the capital, but they were nothing to the cnormous concourse of people that welcomed tha Heat women missionaries i.0 Uganda. The mass of people was. sn great that it was difficult to make a way along the road. Every- body was out to see the remarkable spectacle. It is presumed that the ladies had a royal welcome from the Ring when Bishop Tucker introduced them, but the report of that event has MY affairs are 8.o opo d !n 'Uganda wibhln the Past fete ears. that T L t the countr3' without isCaa•Cinn to you to know it," he says, true with ICs rent goggles eyes, rico and careful pruning.'Tin fruit can al -1 y • ll d with a shrug you are the only woman out of the dept. an m�' across his I .tit d LiL for hift3 thottsan L 0 1 pl tween his teeth; end then, as she clings to him M her agony, he raises his hand and deliberately strikes her. Not viol- ently, not severely, but still with suf- ficient force to make her stagger back- ward and catch hold of a chair to keep her from falling. Ile is one; and she, stunned, quiver- ing, half blind with nervous horror, stands by the chair and tries to real- ws ize deep brei that has she p aces her hed. As and,lwith "Good-byl" She places her hands upon his shoulder, and, throwing !rick her head, gazes long and earnestly into his face, as though reading once again each line in the features she loves with such devotion. Before you go,"she says, solennly, "call me what I shall lee so soon. Say, 'Good -by, my wife!"' "Good -by,, my wife!" leturn5 he, with more love in Isis accents than she has heard for months. t 8.i deadly cephalopods. i ul choice frail is shipped in prime condi- Nabnat,howeverstsongly i iult,col d tion the returns are usually satistac- thesly escape destruction when .nice tory.There is no resent danger of our the. mighty tentacles at the giant: squid p' g entirely enveloped it; The creatures overdoing orchard planting, as foreign approach, in spite of its enormous sizer shipments grow greater and greater. fa stealthy and rapid, and rising ,sudden- Apples are a real luxury in many parts ly from the sea its fax -reaching arms of the evorld. are wound ernund the object seized— There is such a !.ting as eluttering 1 vessel or big fish.—and it is dragged un- u i a donrgaxd with things of beauty.. i der the water, IN'e want flowers about the home, and MEN OF FEW WORDS. Jollytelloty (altar an absence)— "Hello Meek! Married yet?" Jabal: (sadly)—"No; not married yet." ,Tollytetlow (after another absence)— "Hello, Mooed lefarried yet?" bleak (sadly)—"Yes; married yet." A yeast calve taken upon retiring at night ought to assist one to rise early in the morning, . constitution. A young man, physical- ly weak, walks many miles, perhaps in search of employment. A situation iso obtained and arrangements are made for work to begin the following morn- ing. On arriving home a degree of ex- haustion supervenes, which leads the young man to believe then ho is physi- cally unable to undertake the work; and the following day he appears before the doctor, instead of beture his em- ployer. Such a youth never keep= a position for more than a few consecutive weeks. Consistency of purpose never, by inheri- anea or acquisition, becomes a part of his character. Physical weakness thus has its share in begetting moral weakness. That i11 health is not an insuperable liar to success has been demonstrated by the lives of some of the greatest men. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, as lie himself testified, was never rugged; yet leo rose to eminence, both In his sci- ence ants in his art. Ono of Lhe stud- ies in which be attained distinguished success was that of temperate and regu- lar care of himself. Unhealthful surroundings, poor food, bad air, and lack of cleanliness harbor disease, and are themselves the cause of disease. Infancy and childhood suffer most from such unsanitary conditions. According to the common saying pov- erty breeds disease " That it always does so, or that it must do so, does not 0f necessity follow. Cleanliness, good air and wholesome foot! are possible, oven amid. poverty. As a mt1toe of fact, however, they are rarely found there. Tit important thing is to instruct the youtng in the importance of personal hygiene, and to enforce the laws re- lating to public health: HOW TO DRINE MILK. It is well known that, milk curdles im- mediately on reaching the stomach. The most common reason why milk doe:, not agree with people is that they swal- low it too quickly, If a glass of it is drunk hastily, it forms one solid rurtlleth mass very difficult of digestion. If the same quantity is slowly sipped, and well chewed, 11 will be so thoroughly divided, that, when it ds coagulated, Instead of being In one hard ulnas, upon the out- side of whichalonethe digestive juices can act, it is more in the form of a sponge, and exposes tt much larger stir - face to the action., of the gastrio juice. Milk may also, be rendered more diges- tible, and to many persons more pala- table, if is Vest curdled by slowly adding a few drops of dilute h droch- Melo acid to it, Mop by drop, while stir- ring it well at the salsa time. Water should also be always sipped slowly and ltowinhoroug,ghly "chewed up" before somal° IRON AS A MEDICINE. Iron i8 a food element absolutely es- sential to the proper constitution of the body. lc is ell rigidly demanded by the plant, as by the animal, and it is from plants that we should chiefly re- ceive aur iron supply. Spinach contains more iron than the yolk of eggs, and the yolks have more than beef. Then succeed apples, lentils, strawberries, white hears, peas, potatoes and wheat, these substances being given in the or- der in which they stand as regards the plentiltlness of their iron constitu- ents. Cow's millc is poor in iron, but the blood. of the youthful quarduped contains much more iron than Lite ad- ult. 'Thus, in a young rabbit or gain - ea pig one hour old, four times as much iron Woe tound than occurs in these menials two and a half months old. , 1 7