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The Brussels Post, 1896-8-21, Page 2FATE'S INSTRUMENTS, veto on any attemptat hushing up the question. She bad timidly tried the line of pooh -pools ag the whole matter, and Gerald had clearly shown be that, in his opinion, it admitted of no such treatment. She had not dared to ask Idea seriously if be would marry her, supposing the accusation were true. A jokmg question of the kind had been put aside us almost in bad taste, and, at auy rate, ill-timed. Consequently she was uneasy, and ready to bo very mis- erable on the slightest provocation. But to -day Gerald came in a different mood. Re was triumphant, aggressive, and fearless; and before he had been 1n the room ten minutes, he broached leis new design—a design that was to show con- clusively the esteem in which he bele the vile slanders and their utterer. Be married directly] Oh, Gerald!" "Why not, darling?" It will be the best answer to them." What would your father say?" "I know he will approve. Why shouldn't he?" But—but everybody is talking about me" "What do I care?" It suits some men to be in love, and Gerald looked very well as he threw out his defiance urbi et orb!. Neaera was charmed and touched. Gerald dear, you are too good—you are, indeed, too good to me and too good for me." Gerald said, in language too eloquent to be reproduced, that nobody could help being "good" to her, and nobody in the world was good enough for her. "And are you content to take me en- tirely on trust?" Absolutely" "While I am under this shadow?" eryno You aro under no shadow. I take the corners of two hundred eyes eager your word unphoi men I would take daeorge' was to earn Mr. Espial a 610 mare yet, . as it turned out. Ile bad' not' gone many ,steps, before IpQe saw his cousin Gerald mMakinr. g i ie bow to alre, Pocklington• him too, and was on the alert. Gerald was .otiosely followed by ToGeorge "Ah, the enemy!" exclaimed under his breath, pursuing his way to- wards Inure Pooklington. The throng was thick, and his pro- gress slow, He bad time to to Tom - serve Gerald, wbo wee now talking Tom- my and to Sidmouth Vane, who had them. Gerald was speaking joined low, but his gestures betrayed strong excitement. Suddenly he beg walk rapidly towards George, the peo- ple seeming to fall. aside from his path. Tommy Myles �[ollowed him, while Vane all but ran to George and whis- pered eagerly, dear "For God's sake, clear out, my fellow! He's mad] There'll be a shindy, as sure as you're born]" George did not like shindies, especial- ly, in drawing -rooms; but he liked run- ning away less. "Oh, let's wait and see," he replied. Gerald was looking dangerous. The healthy ruddiness of his cheek had dark- ened to a deep flush, his eyes looked vicious, and his mouth was set. As he walked quickly up to his cousin, ev- d tried to look away; but out of glances centred on the pair. MI' "Ah, I don't deserve it." "May L have a wore. with y "Who could look in your epee"— Gerald began, calmly enough. Gerald was doing so—"and think of de - "As many as you like; but I don't Beiheat?rt?" Why do you look away, sweet - know that this place -- "It will do for what I have to say," Gerald interrupted. "All right.; What is it?" "I want two things of you. First, you will promise never to dare to ad- Neaera tried to smile at this gleasan- dress my—Mrs. Witt again." try. .She was kneeling by l,orald's "And the second?" asked George. chair as she often did, looking up at "You will write and say you've told him, for 11." 'Doubted me ?" she said. lies, and are sorry "Yes, sinceou won't let your eyes "I address whom I please and write speak for youy I will put you to the what L please." question. Will that be enough?" Poor NeaeraI she thought it would Vane interposed. "Really, Neston—You, Gerald, rine"'; quite ewough. «And 1 will ask you, what T have -don't make a row here. Can't you never condescended to ask yet, dearest, et him away, Tommy4.. if there's a word of truth in it all?" g. Gerald, stillplayfully, of Gerald gave Tommy a warning loo]:, 1100118 and riselofotok ON owlook and poor Tommy shook bis head mourn- at me and say—what shall be your fully, oath?" George felt the necessity of avoiding every Neaerawastimesilent.sheapoko This passed ade wordist; she m a stens. He began to moveathietly worse. away. Gerald stood full in his p I L know," pursued Gerald, who was "You don't go till you've answered, much pleased with his little comedy. 'Will you do what I tell you?" "Say this, On my honour and love, 1 began "Really, Gerald," George am not tbe girl." still clinging to peace. ; Why hadn't she let him alone with Yes or no?",his nonsense about her eyes? That was "No," said George, with a smile andnot, to Neaera's thinking, as bad as a a shrug. lie direct. On her honour and love!" "Then, you our, take—" She could not help hesitating for just In another moment he wouldut ave ' a moment. have struck George full in the face, 'I am not the girl, on my honour vigilant Vane caught his arm as he j and love." Her words came almost raised it. with a sob, a stifled sob, that made "You damned fool! Are you drunk? " I Gerald full of remorse and penitence, be hissed into his ear. 'Everybody's and loud in imprecations on his own looking." stnggidity. It was true. Everybody was. 1 [t was all a joke, sweetest," he "All the better," Gerald blurted out. : pleaded; "but it was a stupid joke, "I'll thrash him— and it has distressed you. .Did you Tommy Myles ranged up end passed ; dream I doubted you?" his hand through the angry roans oth- No." sr arm. "Well, then, say you knew it was "Can't you go, George?' asked Vane. a joke." "No," said George, calmly; "cot till Yes dear„ I know it was,—of course he's quiet." it was; but it—it rather frightened The hush that had fallen on the room I mee' attracted Mrs. Pocklington's attention-+ "Poor child! Never mind; you'll be la a moment, as it seemed, though her amused when you think of it presently. movements were as a rule slow and; And, my darling, it really, seriously, stately, she was beside them, just in I does make me happier. 1 never doubted, tine to see Gerald make a violent et- but it is pleasant to hear the truth fort to throw off Vane's detaining band.; from your own sweat lips. Now I am I cannot get anybody to go into the i ready for all the world. And what music -room," she said; and the signora about the day ?" is waiting to begin. Mr. Neston, give ; day 1' me your arm, and we will show the Sh 0f course you don't know what day] way." Then her eyes seemed to fall , „�lrh11 does 'directly' mean?' asked fir the first time ge George. "Oh, youNeaera, mustering a rather watery here too, Mr, George? Laura is look- ing for you everywhere. Do find her. smile. a week." Come, Mr, Neston. Mr. Vane, go and "Connie give your arm to a lady" The group scattered, obedient to her But, after the usual negotiations, commands, and everybody breathed a Neaera was brought to consent Lo that little sigh, half of relief, halt Of disap- day three weeks, provided Lord Tattle- pointment, and told one another, that bury's approval was obtained. Mrs, Pocklington was a great woman. And, Please, don't quarrel with In another second" said Tommy , your cousin ane more;" Myles, ns he restored himself with a "I. can't afford to let him alone now." — glass of champagne, "it would have an. Are you going, Gerald?" been a case aE B11w Street!" "No time to lose. I'm off to see the "I think it fairly amounts to a fra- governor, and 1 shall come back and case" said ]12r. Eapmon to himself; and fetch you to dine in Portman Siluare. as a fracas, accordingly, it figured. Goor"Gl-byeralde , forsuppose--an hour," darling! "Well "1f—lPTER• IX. 1-1 l" f— No, nothing. Good-bye,. On the followingmorning, Lord Tot- clear; andr tdebury sat as arbitrator, gavean im- "What is it, sweet?" partial consideration to both sides of .'Nothing—well, and don't be long." the question, and awarded that George Gerald departed in raptures. As sown should apologise for his charges, Ger- as he was out of the room, the 1 ailless aid for his vtolenee. Lord TottleburY rat emerged from under the sofa. He argued the case with ability, and his llatecl violent motions of all kinds, and final judgment was able and conclusive, lovers are restless beings. Now, taank Unfortunately. however, misled by the heaven 1 there was a chance of lying on the, papersr about mettrafotherintthan c the hearth-rug without being' trod - those which immediately concerned him, ",Dict you hear that, Bob?" asked Lord. Tottlebury forgot that neither Neaera. "I—I went the whole hog, party had asked him to adjudicate, anti, didn't I?" although Maud Neston was quite con- Lord Tottlebury, who was mu.oh less viuced by bis reasoning, his award re- inflexible than he seemed, dill not hold maned an 01,101on in vacuo; and the out ling against Gerald's vehemence, two cleat and full letters which 11e and the netv'a seen spread that defiance wrote expresang his views were con- was to be hurled in George's face• The signed by their reacpective recipients to 011'8 -eye was triumpilau t. Isabel the waste -paper basket, Each of the Bourne and Maud Ncston made a hero young men thanked Lard, Tottlebury of Genal alae a' heroine of Neaera, "I daren't—I daren'tl" "Wbat?" "Be—be—trusted Iike that!" Gerald smiled. "Very well: then you shan't be. I will treat you as if—as if I doubted you.. Then will you be satis- fied?" for his kind efforts, but feared that the Tommy Miles hastened to secure the unreasonable temper displayed by the position of "best man," enol Sidumouth Vane discovered and acknowledged e deep worldly wisdom in Gerald's con- duct. "Of course," said he to Mr, Blodwell, on the terrace, it it caro out before the marriage, he'd stand pledged to throw her over, with tbe cash. But afterwards 1 Well, it won't affect the settlement, at all events." Cllr. Blochveil said„he thought Ger- ald had not been h this m• actuated rod y Mo. Live. Depend upon it, he has,” persisted vno, "Patera marriage, the deuce! After marriage, a little weeand three months on the Riviera!" "0h, I suppose, if it came out after marriage, George would bold his ton- gue." Do you, by Jove? Then he'd he the most forgiving man in Europe. Why, he's been hunted down over this busine ss l ] u down --limply hunted 1" That's true. No, I suppose he'd be henna to have his revenge." itovengol He'd bave to justify himself." Mr. Blodwell had the curiosity to other would render any attempt at a. arrangement futile. Lord Tottlebury sighed, and sadly returned to his article on 'What the Kaiser should do next." Ile was in a hurry to finish it, i,ecause he also had on hand a reply to Profes- sor Dreesingham's paper on "The Gos- pel Narrative and the !:volution of Crustacea in the Southern Seas." After his outburst, Gerald Neston had allowed ehimself to be taken home quietly, and the next morning he had Eo far recovered his senses as to promise Sidmouth Vane that be would not again have recourse to personal violence. Ile said be had noted on a momentary lmpelse-,which Vane dial not believe— and . at any rate, nothing of the kind need be apprehended again, but as for apologising, he should as soon think of blacking George's boots. In fact, he was, on the whole, well pleased with himself, and in the wares of the day, went off to Monera to resolve her thanks anri o pproval. He found her in very low spirits. She had been disappointed at the failure of her arrangement with George, and half inclined to rebel at Gerald's peremptory 1 TELE EBUSSELS POST, pursue the subject with George him„ self, ",After the marriage? 011, I don't !.cow, 1 Shook), like to snore off the lot of them." "Naturally," said Mr. Blodwell• "At any rate, 11 I find out anything before 1 shall lot thorn have it. They haven't spared me," Anything new?" "Yes. They've got the committee at the Themis to write and toll axe that awkward to have Gerald and me in the same club." "That's strong." "1 have to thank blaster Tommy for that. Of course it means that 1'In to got but I won't. It they like to kick me out, they oan." What's Tommy Myles so hot against you for?" "O1 those girls have got hold of him—Maud, and Isabel Bourne." Isabel Bourne 1" "Yes," said George, meeting Mr. Boldwoll's questioning eye. 'Tommy bas a mind to try his luck there, 1 think." "Vice you retired." "Well, retired or turned out. It's like the army, you know; the two come to pretty much the Esme thin " "You must console yourself, my boy," said Mr. Blodwell, slyly. He heard of most things, and be had heard of Mrs. Pooklington's last dinner - party, Oh, I'm an outcast now. No one would look at me." "Don't be a humbug, George. Go and see Mrs. Pooklington, and, for hea- ven's sake let me get to my work." It was Mr. Blodwell's practice to inveigle people into long gos- sips and, then abuse them for washing his time ; so George was not disquieted by, the reproach, But be took the advice, and called in Grosvenor Square. He found Mrs. Pocklington in, but she was not alone. Her visitor was a very famous person, hitherto known to George only by re- pute,—the Marquis of liapledurhann The Marquis was well known on the turf and also as patron of art, but it is necessary to add that more was known of him than was known to his advantage. In fact, he gave many people the opportunity of saying they would not count him among. their ac- quaintances; and he gave very few of them the chance of breaking their word. He and Mrs, Pocklington am- used one another, and, whatever be did, he never said anything that was open to complaint. For some time George talked to Laura. Laura, having once come over to his side, was full of a convert's zeal, and poured abundant oil and wine in- to hes wounds. "How could I ever have looked at Isabel Bourne when she was there?" he began to think. Mr. Neston," said Mrs. Pocklington, "Lord Mapledurbam wants to know whether you are the Mr. Boston." Mrs Pocklington has betrayed me, Mr. Neston," said the Marquis. "1 am one of the two bur, Neston, I suppose," said Geoege. smiling. "Mr. George Neston?" asked the Marquis. Yes." " And you let him come here, Mrs. Pocklington ?" Ah, you know my house is a cara- vanserai. I heard you remark it your- self the other day." I shall go," said the Marquis, ris- ing. ' And, Mrs. Pooklington, I shall be content if you say nothing worse of my house. Good-bye. Miss Laura. Mr. Neston, I shall have a small party of bachelors to -morrow. It will be very kind if you will join us. Dinner at eight." See what it is to be an abused man," said Mrs. Pocklington, laughing. "In these days the wicked must stand shoulder to shoulder," said the Marquis., George accepted; in truth, he was rather flattered. And Mrs. Pockling- ton went away for quite a quarter of an hour. So that, altogether.ihe re- turned to the opinion that life s worth living, before he left the house. (To he Continued.) SEA TREASURE. 51,8 Ocean Depths Are Patrolled For Valu- able Lent t'arg"c.. A weird interest always centers around those vessels that are lost at sea, because, perhaps, the struggle be- tween the mighty ocean and brave men is such a pitiably unequal one. Of late years, however, a pecuniary in- terest has been aroused in these cal- amities of the main, and in various parts of the world companies have been formed to search for lost vessels and recover their cargoes. One of the most extraordinary instances of a fortune found iu the sea concerned the wreck of the Spanish treasure ship, Alfonso XII„ which was sunk off Point Cando, Grand Canary. A single diver, Mr. Daviel Tester, recovered Spanish gold coin of the estimated value of 0100,0011. The depths from which this specie was recovered was 26 2-3 fathoms, or 1.60 feet. One of the most difficult operations ever performed by a diver was the re - Overall; of the treasure sunk in the Afalaber off Gallo. On this occasion the large iron plates, half an inch thick, had to be cut away from the mail room, and then the diver had to work through nine feet of sand. The whole of the specie on board this vessel—up- ward of 01,500,0110—was saved, as much as l80,000 having been got out in one day. It is an interesting fact that from time to time expeditions have been fit- ted out, and companies formed, wit h tbe sole intention oe searching for buried treasure beneath the sea. Again and again have expeditions left New York and San Francisco in the cer- tainty of recovering tons of bullion, sunk oft the Brazilian coast, or lying undisturbed in the mud of, the Rio de la Plata. 1t is, however, an every -day occurrence for divers to be sent 10 the Australian coasts to fish for pearls; and, likewise, to all parts of the world —or, rather, to all parts of the ocean —wbere sunken vessels are to be enter- ed, and their valuable, cargoes recov- ered. At the end of 1887 the large steamer Inclu_s, belonging to the P. and O. Cum - Pane, sank off Trincomalee, having on so.'rtl a very valuable least India car- go, together with a large amount of Specie. This was another case of a fortune found in the sea, for a very largo amount of treasure was recov- ered, A NEW SORT OF IIPIADACTIE. An English physician has discovered a new sort of healnehe, as iE there were net eeough alreeily kr.own. Ito has designated the new style Acad- emy headache," and says it is caused by lopking at Pictures that are hung too high or by maintaining a gaze that requires the birecttirg of the eyes above the normal attitude, AGRICULTURAL Sk11:Iiia AND 11:10G$ Ata LANA Itle P ROVERS, "The owners of small fruit fame find that they cannot handle oaltle as profitably as those wh° owA larger traots of land, Cattle, too, were more cheaply grown when it large part el our laud was yet uncleared. Since the Raid, has been brought under the plow and the fields Have bean brought under a three to five -years' rotation farmers have depeuded Moro on Bogs for con - doming their corn crops and have fall- en into the habit of baling and shipping their straw and hay," says Mr. Bon- ham in Breeders' Gazette. "13y this Means they have helped out the short reeeipts from the sale of grains. It bas brought a little more cash to meet their pressing needs. The system is very detective as it is only a euro way of wasting the principal. With the straw and hay go the grain, and these represent for every thirty bushels of wheat thirty-three pounds of nitrogen, 9.3 pounds potash and 14.2 pounds of phosphoric acid. The straw of this amount of wheat contains fifteen pounds phosphoric acid, With every acre of hay (one and one-half tons) goes forty-nine pounds nitrogen, 59,9 potash and 12,3 pounds phosphoric acid, "With twenty-five acres of wheat the farm loses each year, 1,100 pounds nit- rogen, '730 pounds potash and 527.5 pounds phosphoric acid, worth as these elements of fertility sell in the form that wlli fa,roish .a large amaunt of flesh in the most .desirable portions, ripen for the sbamblo early, 0087 to fatten owl one that w41 produce a large amount of meat with little fat, Shorthorns will not, however, de well 011 eedsa , p00rTkwrungsywill a6 wnotilltl Same en liothrer brvee Red rations or neglect of any kind, The objection has been urged that the rapidity with whwh they fatten pre, vents thew meat frgm ripeoveg auffi- °fently before appearing as beef io die-, market, and also that there is w proportion of fat to !the lean neat which is not formed in the breed of slower growth wad matur•ity, but these reasons are not sufficiolutly well founded to deserve a great amount o consideration. Another goad quality about this breed is the ready adaptabil- ity in transforming native, stock by crossing. The Shorthorn grades pro- duce some of the best beeves that are brought into the markets of the coun- try. 1113 greatly superior to that pro- duced by native cattle, and should com- mend a higher price, and its fine qual- ity should create a good demand. When well cared for, both native and Short- horn rattle being kept in the same herd, the former at a year and a half weigh from, 600' to 800 pounds, and the latter should average from 1,000 to 1,- 200 pounds. At two years old the na- tive will have reached an average weight of 1,000 pounds; the Sbortllorn from 1,200 to 1,400 pounds. INCIDENTS IN PARLIAMENT. 'Chose Thal Cause the ,rrenlest Laughter Are Accltlealai. In the midst of political strife, of fierce verbal wrangling, and hot par- ty feeling, there now and then ewers, in the British House of Commons some of commercial fertilizers 0262.43, where- incident, trilling in itself, perhaps, when as le the straw is kept for food and weighted against the business of the na- bedding and bran and middlings return tions! assembly, but so surcharged with ed, ane supplemented with oil meal to ]rumor as to plunge the House into ti complete or improve the rations, we rolling feed these by-products, and the • Sen of laughter. At other times mauure i eworth almost as much as the a simplewith pa scene, permeated withos, cost of rho by-products. ex°ution w,is invaron "The question, then, of keeping up has sufficed to changeiably in aduplicated monis nt the small farms where cattle fat aro v stern hearts. to tender, and to bring becomes a most important one. Sheep and hogs can yet be keptit one can- tears into the eyes of men which a me - not handle cattle. Everyone recognize went before bad had nothing but flashes es the value of sheep as renovators of of angor in them, soil. Their virtues have been sounded by the flock -master until all accept Under tbe former category comes a tbeir figure of the golden foot, The very funny incident that happened some sheep du well on hilly and broken parts four or five years ago. There was un - of the farm and soak the knolls and der ddisoussion at the time a motion highest points, where the farmer can- not readily carry fertilizers or manures connected with some question of pos- from the stables. The hog, on the oth- tal reform, and a full house had rous- er hand, loves his ease too well and tenet to hear a certain member, an seeks the low land and rich growth be- side the water -courses. As common- authority on the subject deliver a ly handled the hog does not scatter his speech in support of the proposition. excrement so advantageously to the Duly the turn of the eminent member soil as does the sheep, but he is the came, He rose, doffed his hat, and corn - condenser of food rich do fertilizing'ma- terial and it can be utilized if the farm- menced his speech. Amid a respectful er cares to do so. Instead of feeding .silence, he delivered his carefully carv- on a hillside or beside a stream where ed phrases lending portentously up to the wealth will be washed away, feed firstpoint. He had been speaking on the clover or old Timothy sod and arrange the feeding places so as to for about two minutes, and was is the take the hogs to the thinnest points middle of an exceptionally mellifluous for feed. We have a striking fllustra- sentence, when suddenly from behind tion of the advntages of keeping hogs on old Timothy sod, Last fall and him, there spread winter we put the brood sows on an A RIPPLE OF LAUGHTER. old Timothy meadow which is now in Think' inn was in no tin corn and other Drops. They were not teaming Y occasion - fed more than a week in the same place. eel by himself, the eminent member con - To -day the corn and other crops oa the tinned his advocation of postal retool, meadow show exactly where the food But as he went on he found that the was given. The stubble prevented any more impressive his u'emarks, the more waste from washing and the droppings P were distributed, and their value is up- general the laughter grew. The, orator parent do the ranker growth that fol- turned red. Mr. Speaker sternly called lows• The sleeping places were in fax order. Nothing,however, seemed to an adjoining lot, but this was a rag! for take. We will improve on that by check the hilarity of the honorablemem- putting portable pens on the meadow bers present, or rather that section of or clover field where the fall and win- them seated behind the gentleman who ter feeding is done. We have tried was on his feet. The members oppo- this plan oo clover sod and find it the best means of saving and applying man- site were solemn enough, and indeed are, There is a, nearly no waste as looked puzzled at the unusual spectacle can be devised. The hags have cam- of the orator's own party laughing at fortable quarters and fresh ground and him. The postal reformer valiantly when farrowing time in the spring went on with his speech, despite con - comes the permanent pens are usedand tinuat low laughter and nudging among the fields plowed. The sheep can lin the members. Evidently something; very wintered about the barn, so there is funny must have occurred to occasion so the least possible waste and a value- prolonged an outburst. But it was not ble lot of manure stands for the feed. till be sat down that the speaker learn - consumed and care bestowed after the ed what it M.S. it was then discover - crop of wool and lambs has been pro- ed that during the time he had been duced. With a little care in arrang- advocating postal reform, To penny ing the sleeping and feeding places of stamps had attached themselves to 118 hogs they will distribute their chop- absolutely bald head. Just before en - pings to great advantage. If, how- tering the House, the speaker hall placed ever, they are fed at the same plate the stamps in the lining of his hat. the year round, and that beside, a run- Somehow they had slipper down and at- ning brook, they consume the best of feed and we have only the pork of low- er grade, having lost the secondary profit of the business. "On many farms there is little bene- fit to the soil from keeping hogs; but it is not the hogs' fault. Neither sheep nor hogs will do well on bare lots or fields, and there the waste or loss of droppings is great. With corn cheap and labor high coo can find profit in letting the hogs gather part of the corn crop. They will waste little of it and leave a vast amount of fertility behind. 1f one can provide water the hogs will gather the corn free of charge and leave every particle not made into pork for the benefit of the ground. The saving of labor and fertility make the old-time practice of bogging off corn attractive now. Sheep do well to pre- cede the hogs and clean up the fence corners, eat up the lower blades and all weed and grass seeds that have come in after laying by the corn. It sheep are let out of the cornfield at night and the corn stands up, well they will not disturb the corn until they have dean - ed up all the grass and weeds. By a little care in littering well the pens and lots and keeping hogs as mush as pos- sible on the clover and on the sod land that is to be plowed we can add to the fertility of our lands and to the health of our herd and (look. If hogs aro al- lowed to run and root as they please they can become an unmitigated nuis- ance, a damage to the farm and a dis- grace to the owner. But properly handled there is no more profitable stock and none more ensily controlled." SHORTHORNS AND EARLY. MATURITY. As an all round breed of cattle for beef, early maturity otherwise, too much can never be said in behalf of Shorthorn matte. This breed' has add- ed millions of value to tbe cattle of the country in grading them up by crosses. No breed can be found, says the Farm Journal, that has more desirable qual- ities as a beet producing animal for the general market than the Short - born, and no breed has attained a great- er popularity and a distribution so wide during the past century as this, This I breed is noted for its size and weight,] early maturity, aptitude to fatten and., tine bone structure, thus furnishing a large proportion of meat 01 fine gial- iL with a small proportion of waste. Y p I The Shoftt:arn is therefore an animal Lathed themselves to his shiny pale. This ludicrous incident had the stied of com- pletely stultifying the really able speech advice tsave his money. ts•hich the member had delivered. Mary coonklin, aged ten, an inmate of Atom T to 3896 BlenelttARLR PARAGRAPHS, A law teems. ]Pills?) IMO 616' retool l'ery tine 'esliten. A Oat witie sigh( feet belongs to ]]'Liss' ]:dna Webster, of Delaware> Oldie ,A motor bioyole recently tested in London made a mile In fifty-eight seo. ends Th,ree thousand telegra chars• are em- ployed in the several poet -offices of Lon- don. Pape often rewrote u poem eight or ten times before permitting it to go to the printer• When the fashionable young ladies of Japen desire to make themselves very attractive, they gild their lips. A shetland pony colt, which ta'eighs only twenty-three pounds is owned by Captain Langley, of 61, Joseph, Mich. The popular vote of the United States at the election in November, IL is esti- mated, will be close to 18,000,000. La 131aehe, the great basso, had a voice so strong that on several ae0asi0118 it cracked the window glass in the room where he was practicing. The atlas moth, a night -flying insect of Centra 113razil, is the largest winged bug in the world. its wings extend fourteen inches from tip to tip, All of Elueee Victoria's daughters were taught to swim wilco]. very young. The daughters of the Prince of Wales eould swim before they could read. A few crackers, or a silts of bread and butter eaten with a glass of milk or water, just before retiring, are re- commended as a ou1•e for sleeplessuess. Au electrical alarm for infants has been devised by a French inventor, A cry from the child causes a bell to ring, and thus the attention of the mo- ther is aroused. A rich man in Vienna tried to estab- lish a record as a faster, by abstaining frau food for eighty-four days. Oa the diad, • tweet -first day he gave up the con- test,. having become so weak that he A fancy dress ball is given once a year by the lady artists, sculptors, sing- ers, and actresses of Berlin, No males are permitted at this ball, and about one-third of the attendants go in mas- culine costume. Nearly every guest at a Norwegian wedding brings a present to the bride. The gifts are mostly of a useful char- acter, such as clothing and provisions. ]legs of butter are the presents which find most favor. It is stated that a dragon -fly may be converted into a scarecrow for mosqui- toes. Two or three dried dragon -flies, suspended with fine silk thread under the roof of an open porch, keep off the little blood -suckers. A paragraph in a recent issue 01 a Connecticut paper referred to the bolt- ing delegates of a Prohibition conven- tion,% The compositor got in his funny work by making the type describe them as 'bottling delegates." Three cows belonging to L. h .Bidwell, of Tecumseh Mich., died suddenly and mysteriously. A post-mortem examina- tion disclosed lead poisoning Then it was discovered that they landdrank water from old paint cans. About a year ago a hen scratched the wrist of Clement Younger, of Marinette, Wis. Blood poisoning and partial par- alysis of the arm resulted, Two weeks since he hurt the arm, and an illness succeeded from whish he died. The vital spark in tortoises is very strong.There is a record of a tortoise which lived six months after its brains had been removed. Another which had suffered decapitation, showed life in the severed head three days afterward. Two women were asleep on a feather bed in their home at Bonne Terre, Md., when lightning struck the house, and set fire to the shuck mattress under the bad, but the women were unharm- ed. The feathers repelled the electric- ity. The little taws of Vasso, Sweden, has a female fire brigade, It is composed of 150 women, who stand in two. Imes. stretching from a lake to four big tubs. One line passes full buckets of water to the tubs, and the other lino returns the empty ones. A munificent send-off was awarded to a lad who had spent four years as an an apprentice on a farm near Bath, without reeelving a cent in pay, The whole-souled farmer gave him a quar- ter on his last day of service, with the Here ds another—a different scene. Controversy had been the order of the day at Westminster, and his feelings had reigned. A. member was making an eloquent speech, occasioning cheers from his party, and counter -cheers from his opponents. Presently an attendant attracted the orator's attention. The latter paused and took a telegram which the attendant handed to him. Ile read it, turned pale and REELED A LITTLE. A moment before he had been flushed with the pride of triumphant debate, and had swayed the House with his words. Now he was dumbfounded,whito and trembling. The House looked on, waiting for him to resume his unfinish- ed speech. But the member only rose and murmured in a broken voice: "AI Speaker, I say uo more, I have 1irtish- ed." Immediately after he lett the House, to the utter an azement of every one present. Ten minutes later every one knew the 10110n, The telegram had been sent by his wife stating that their only daughter bac] met with a severe acoulent and was on the point of death. At once the whole demeanor of the House changed. All the bitterness of feeling which the debate had occasion- ed immediately changed to feelings of genuine sympathy and commiseration. A little thing will often matte stern men weeA member of Parliament recounts hew on one occasion 7lr. Glad- stone, having forgotten his glaeses,triod in vain to read 9011113 notal he bad pre- liared, He struggled for c1 Lime with his eyes close to the paper, but in vain. With a .gentle, pathetic smile he hand- ed the paver to 111x. John Morley to read. Tritlingg and bold as 'tete incident may appear, al; had tbe effect of reduc- ing the majority of those present to a state bordering on tears. _ t AN OPTICAL PECOLIARITY, J The eye is the most movable organ in the face; yet if you hold your head , fixed and try to move your eye while• watching its reflation in the mirror you cannot do it—even to the extent of one-tlousandeth of an incur. Of course, it you look at the reflection of the .nose or any other part of your fao your• eye must move to see it. But the strange thing is that the moment you endeavor to perceive the motion tic eye is fixed., 'Poe is One of lie invades why a P0rs0n'5 erp.ressian, as neon by him- i sell in a gross is quite different from whet it is inncn seen by others. the Orphans' Industrial Home at Tivoli, N.Y., had beautiful golden ringlets. They were remover. by the girl of the home; and the little girl fearing that they would never grow again, kill- ed herself with Paris green. An English beauty, a resident of Bath, was in the habit of curling her hair with £5 Bank of England notes. She occasionally showed herself to vis- itors with her hair in this costly paper. She soon captured a wealthy husband, who discovered that she was a deceiv- er—that she had borrow -e1 the money she had displayed. A goat with a paver tag on its neck, to show its destination, was brought b' a Louisville express office by a dnrky, to be shipped. On its route the animal ate a part at the tag., "Where is the goat to go?" inquired the express clerk, The darky examined the halt -devour el tag, and answered, "De goat doesn't know himself; he's done eat up the town." „ STEEL CARS. Aaalhee Merit or Prngrr„ 101 Railroad Egali one u,, At last steel curs have been made. For years they have been regarded as the coming 0111, but owing to the high price of steel they were not thought to be economically possible until the twen- tieth century. A great steel 0ompavy, in order to show under the presentcon- ditions the possibilities of steel in this but it was not a good one, and the oth- thts material which are the first of their kind. They are to be exhibited around the country to railroad men, and ie the idea takes than will be coin l strnctec on 5. large scale1. While the cost ofga steel inathe lfxaia- turally be more than that of a wooden one, sufficient experience has already been acquired to warrant the statement that on a commercial basis these oars can be constructad at a cost not to ex- ceed that per ton of carrying capacity of Wooden cars, and with a safety 'fac- tor in fever of steel, They have been tested with a load of wet sand and pig icon weighing one bandied. and twenty- five thousand pound8. The use otsteel will not be confined to freight cars, II: is intended in. the near future to build pahunLgoerdraswoafy stewetl h thtrhoeugdhaonugtevenal splintering in railroad oollisions,