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The Brussels Post, 1891-5-15, Page 3MAY 8, 1891 THE BRUSSELS POST, GAN'S DARLING. 'run Timm- tn, A KIDNAPPING. " Gen 1e I wish you Lionel have heard the word ea 0, dropped from 1110 sweet, red lips of the little boy who atood looking up eo wiatfully into the tearful Nth tio' o womeet who se • writing aL e small table in a plainly furnimed room, Tao cottage that contained this and two other rooms was a small ime, It wits ea. dent from the ineegre furnishing that the mates wore not very we' !tcado as fee as this world's goods go. The woman who at welting had a delicate refined awe, and her dark hear lay smoothly over an intellectual brow. She was plainly dressed, MD 1/00P1y 80, and the .elender hand that hold the pen showed unmistakable evidences of metal labor. The little fellow who thood by her tilde was her gaundson, only ohild of en only eon who had been lost at sea. Out yonder, if you looked through the In- terlacing of the leaves of the trees which sue. rounded this wee home, you could 8001110W, narrow mound with a heedstone soarcely a foot in height, bearing the simple, mum name of " Mary." There was nothing more to indicate who or what " Mary" lay be- neath the grassee but it suffieed for the only two who really cared or who loved her; and that was enough, for "Mary" was the mother of " Gan's darling, " who looked very little younger than her mother:M.14w when FilIC died. Little Clair v as two yaws old new, and a precious teasel re indeed to the otherwise desolate woman, Mrs. Garner a as of gentle blood and came of a very weal hy 1emily, but there had been some trouble bet men her stepmother and herself ; and eltheugh she had incident- ally learned of her father's death three years before, she never knew whether or not he had left her anything from his wealth. She had been a widow for eight years anti all her hasbund left her was Sus little cot. 'tage aud tho acre of ground surrounding it. So she did plain sewing, raised fruit and Rowers and sold them and thus managed to exist. Little Clair, whom see always ealled"Gall'S (lading," \vas an emeptionally beautiful child, with dark, dewy oyes, golden earls and rosy cheeks and lips. His ways were winning and his little heart seemed to ache in sympathy for anything that mine° 1. 'Pixley as his " !ow,' as his baby lips called her, sat writing, he was busy at Ins play, but °helloing to look up he eaught, sight of the teats on hoe iliac, and leaving his rude toys he came at once to her side. " Gan ?" The golden heed tipped to one side, as though the wont and gestere would bring smiles to her facie, but she wits an- swering a letter to an old-time sehool friend, and as she partly rehearsed her sad life the tears would come ; so see quickly turned her head away that her darling's bright eyes night not see them. Bch lie hed aheady done so. An when she did not at 001110 00' spend he stroked hoe black dress fondly with his tiny,dimpled hand, saying with little i catches n his sweet breath : " Po( r Gan ky, poor Gan ky, Gen's datein' oves oo." With a 9mothorod sob Mrs, Garner caught up the t hild and held him close to her ach- ing hem 1. Why foe one inoment should she call he self unhappy and desolate ? S necy thispremons the made up for all her losses end sorrows. It was a beautifulSommerday, 80 she put the unfinished letter away and bolding the yeilding little hand fast within her own, she took down his tiny straw hat from the wall ancl placed it over his curls, then tied a, sim- ple gingham bonnet on her own head and to. gethor they went out in the sweet-smelling weather. She never forgot that day, it was so full of rare beauty. The sun lay loviugly over the trees, grasses and flowers, while the fragrant air was filled with songs from feathered theoats. Somehoffithe deep sorrow whioh lind lield fell sway such a short time before seemed suddenly swept away and she felt a rare exhilaration of spirits unknown for years. Unconsciously she hummed a sweet, old love song and then laughed as merrily as the child who played by het! side. They went to the lone grave on Ithe hill. side antl strewed it with flowers and "Can's darling" " he'ped " and patted the long, green grass and then pressed his red lips to the moistened soil. " Mamma's dove," he lisped, " doodthye, nutemna, us'il tum aden," then hand in hand the little, laughing, sweet -voiced child and the fond, loving grandmother walkedrsoftly away, down the narrow path that led to the musical river. They sat upon its bank and, resting there " Gans darlmg " threw bedliant flowers upon the waves and larghed aloud to see them dance in the sunlight, and then float softly, gently down the stream. With baby shouts he followed them Nein pebbles and with °mutest eyes watched the widening circles. The sun was low in the afternoon sky when they left the grassy shore. Peeluctantly little Clair took " Ge,n'e " hand as she told him " We must go home now," " Taira want to bay," he said with a prebey pout, tenet as they walked along he continually bent his head in the direction of the receding water. "Iver all don now," he lisped with 0. sigh, as they thened a bend in the road that led to their home. Mrs. Garner securely fastened the picket gate, as she supposed, and leaving the little fellow in theyard, entered the honse. Onoe she went to the door and saw the child busily playing and then hastened to prepare their simple evening meat When it wail quite ready Silo wont again, and not seeing him, coded aloud ; then she saw that the gote stood wide open. " Oh, my baby 1" she gasped, and van swiftly down the garden path, calling as she went but no sweet, voice answeeed heie and as the shedows were beginning to fall, she hurtiedly retraced hor steps to the rime &tide. The moon was just: coining over the (Us- ti:me hills and threw her rays of glory oVor the peaceful waters, singing on lie winding wey to the distant ewe It was all very lovely and peaceful, no shadow of woe anywhere, and yet the very eilenee and beauty was madness to the agonized being that stood like a thane Weth hot, dry eyos, gazing Wildly into space, Her tongue clove to the roof of 1-m111110MA ; great drops of moisture stood out upon her forehead and het' standee fingers Were olinthed until the blood lay in their palms. With quick &woe she looked about: hev end then started to tun down Lite river hunk, then eeme the lightning thought of her utter helplessmes. Turning theta she tun up the hill and, going to the first honso, tn agonized words she told her fear. The vile liegoes were, astimple kindly people, bub deylight still found 'them sertheffing the river's depths! for 11 Gan's darlffig" and oliib his little body was not discovered. Two dor snore of tumions, earnest, seareh and theft the river wag abandoned. The lthentiful. 1ibtl forin must have chiliad 011 end on or mink In the depths of the send. Then foe deys the life of Mrs, Garner hung upori a thread, but It seemed elle eould not die, though Ulla 11148 her daily, aye, hourly, pitiful preyete While yet she lay upon her siolt bed hardly othvalescent, a lerget heavy letter wee brought her, and no she telt too weak to reed it alio requested a friend to do HO. Tito bulky envelepo contained numerous legal doeinnents and a lengthy letter, in- forming her that as herstepinother wee now dead, all the vast wealth and eettetes were bora she being the only living reletIve of close kinship of her let° father. It WaS also necessary that she take immediate posseesion of the old limnesteed, es the will SO stated and required. ' White, Wall 1141(l thin elle lay there, and for the firth time since " Gen's darling's " loos the groat tears rolled ove11 her wasted face. 011, if it had only been a tew months earlier I How ittle she cared for wealth or graudeue now I !melee her darling I All, how she harl hoped and ptannecl for him A letter wail written by the friend who read this lathe from the lawyers and re. turned at once, stating Mts. Garner's ill. illness and promising 10 mime us soon as elle was able. A few weeks more and the tiny teethes° was rented (Mrs. Garner would not sell It) and alio was on her wey to her new old home. Eight years passed away and good care, with sufficient food and rest, did much for Mrs. (earner, despite her great: Borrow. She was a gentle, kindly mistress and her sea. vents Coved her. Site was a noble philan- thropist and little children were her delight. Sometimes she would think to take some child and love and raise it, ; but with the thought, ehe door of that sooret chamber of her heart, where wore enshrined her son and his precious baby boy, would close vei y softly and then at her oar would seem to hear the whisper, " Wait, not yet." And so the days moved on in peace and quietnes end plenty, with none to share le within hes doors. Ono cold, bleak day its the early Fall, for $01110 unknown mewl Mrs. Garner felt un- usually depressed. She was (pito well and felt bettor, physically, than in years, and yet, " I feel so strangely," was her internal comment. Perhaps 4 walk in the air, though bleak, would restore her spirits. So she wrapped her rich sables about her and went out. Still the troubled unrest pursued her and she returned home feeling only the more deeply saddened. "Alt, I know why it is," she whispered softly, as she sank into the depths ot her easy caair, "this is the mime:Tracery of F,uger e's cleeth." This was her son, the father of " Gan's darling." Going to her dressing case she took his picture from its wrappings, and with it thine little Clair's. For an hour or more she sat, gazing upon the two departed faces, then platting her son's away again she took the little boy's and went to her bedroom. Kneel - Jug elown she preyed. softly, while herr tears deluged the tiny, upturned, pictured facie. At length she arose and hung it close by the head ot the bed, just where her hand could remit it when she lay down. Then she went to a small trunk which stood in her dressing - room and took therefrom his little rude toys and his einy garments. After fondling them, she placed the toys upon the floor near her bedeffie and the geplante on a elude at its head. She talked tn low, sweet tones and caressed the different articles as though each thing were the child himself. A little later her mteid brought her a light supper, which she Was always in the habit of taking in her room. " 1 shall not need ynu to -night, Martha " Mrs. Garner said, kindly, " I wish to lie alone ; " and so, after prepering everything for the night, the maid quietly, left her. For a long time Mrs. Garner sat, buried in deep reverie, reeiewing the.pasa When' the little ormolu clock on the mantel chimed ten, she arose and donning a ref t white wrap- per unbound her hair, which was still dark and luxuriant, and vemoving her slippers lay, downimetethe otitside of her bed. She Retched out and drew the chair, where on the little garments rested, close to her side, then with the plumed face of " Gan's darling " in her hand she genely fell asleep. The hours crept by ; then if the Intd boeu on the lower landing of the wide staircase, he would heve heard strange whispered voices coming crom the window in the rear of the halaan felt the night air as it swept through the apaeture. There was the sound, too, of shivered glass and a terrible oath ; then something seemed to be forced through the opening and more smothered oaths were heard, with the added " end be devilish quick, too." The gas was turnedlow in the hall and the swarthy little image paused a motnent and looked furtively about him. "Gad!" washisaxelamation. Than he stealth- ily crept to the huge outside door and halted. It was heavily barred from the inside and in vain did the boy (for evidently he was that) try to lift the heavy bars from their sockets. With a muttered imprecation and a thowl upon his face, he sat down on the lowest state. He understood what it meent not to obey orders, for his flesh was raw yet from recent kicks aud blows, Taking a long breath, he turned about him and hurried up the velvet carpeted stairway. Somewhere a °look chimed two. Following the sound he stood before a richly carved door, stood and looked it over, then genbly turned the knob. e'o his surprise it yielded and opened softly. As theugh drawn by invisible forces, Ise stepped into ehe room and the door swung to noiselessly. Just opposite him was a tall mirror. He caught sight of himself and walked up to it wonderingly. What he saw was a slight, childish figure, with big, clerk eyes long tangled hair and swarthy face, der): and sullen. elis clothes were dirty and ragged and hh bare toes protruded theough a pie of old shoes, mush too large for him. He glanced at himself with evidene dissatisfao. tem, then thread around and began looking about the room. in size and Iffitglit he did nob look more than seven years of age. His hands were small and very dirty and his fingers like laird's thaws. He took (mother long breath as he looked about hint and the warm air seemed very graoeful to hen. The room Was furnishe'd with great beauty and elegance and hie big, clerk eyes devoured it all with evident plea- sure. Stffidenly he gave a quiet: start; and tvut Itis hand to his mouth to smother n, startled excite motion, Ho lutd nth apparenely noticed Stab a bedstead stood in the room before and sotne. thing moved on it. Apparently feel:less, he crept softly up 10 11 end, just a.s ono dirty little hand hold back the silken certain, the sleeper, it woman moved uneasily and mur- mured " 'darling," and Sten the piobero that she had been holding dose to her bosom while she tempt fell from her hend and lay fano up on the counterpane. Gan r he said in It low, honoree, ()Widish whiciper anti Rank down upon the lloor at the betlaide. For a little time lie lay time end thou he rose and brought o low stool and placed 10 by her side. Sitting dowit upon it, all in his filth and rags, he thole one of his little claw-like hands into that of the sleeper, who responded to it and clasped it firmly in her soft white one. Then the tangled head nee. Sad itself among the dainty bode:lc:thee and be fell !allege The gray dawn !wept through the rich our. tains and so 010 81111 0000 11 foli upon the bead of the child and the (woof the woman, Mrs. Garner awoke and felt the little hand within her own. Whet did it menet? felte raised her head. and saw the little, craunt form and pincbed, hungry features of the child. Her heart was beating so tumultuotaily she thought elle would die. As she moved, the quaint, clad figure stirred end murmured " Gan," and sank away into a tnore profound slum. bor. With the tears pouring from her eyes, and "I thank thee, oh, my God," upon her lips, Airs. Garner sank softly upon her pil- low and waited. Two home more went by and yet she would not disturb ehe poor, worn out little watch WII0lay in all his filth and ghastliness so near her. What seemed an eternity to the anxious, wondering woman was broken at length. and the tangle -haired boy lifted his head, yawned, stretched himself and looked up in her face in bewilderment. When " Martha " came she was atnazed to find her mistress fondling a " little beg- gar," coming from no one knew where ; but she obeyed Mrs. Garner's order and brought breakfast for two ; then, as her mistress bade her, telephoned for her family physi- cian. Before he came the boy had been bathed and clothed anew, and was sitting in Mrs. Garner's lap when the physician entered. It 0110.5 really the little Clair, " Gan's darling," so long ago mourned as drowned, and he wasnow ten years of erre, but want and cruel treatment had done their worst for him. He could not remember much at fiesta nor at any titne, even after his mind had been restored, for he had evidently been drugged at some time ; but when the pigment had been removed from his face, his features came out clear and plain, and a distinct likeness to " Gan's darling " was very ap- parent. It was very touching to see how he would sit for hours and hold his " Gan's" hand within Ids own anti fondle it, whisper- ing over and over, "Gan, my own Gan." Not a stone was left unturned to prove Mrs. Garner' claim, and when she took hint beak to the little cottage in the village on the river, every doubt vanished. Site did not tell him where she wee taking him, and whets they entered the little yard he paused, looked about him and then ran quickly to her side, as if in fear, " Oh Gan let us go away, the bad men may open the gate again." She soothed hitn, led hint through the tiny rooms, then down to the river. That, too, thine back to him, and he began theowing flowers and pthbles in the water as of old. " Gen's darling" is grown now, that terrible olutptee in his life isalmost forgotten. His life, too, seems wrapped up in that of his grandmother, whose sweet face looks out now from silver hair, and whose life's ending is like a beautiful dream, so full is it of hap. piness. Breethlese, with wide, staring eyes, the now half.frightthed boy etood mut looked down upon the pieture. For a moment he stood bawl end bewil- dered, and then ho sew the tiny germente and then the rude toys scatteted 011 the floor ree his feet. Again Ids greakeyeseought the kied, tend faoe of the peaceful sleeper, A. T. oubt.esome Pet. An elephant is le very pretty and pie:ming pee under meant eireittnstances—if one lute plenty of room for him, °aperient:ea weenie to care for WIG 41111 keep him itt health, and thundienee tif armee, to !mend in making his etteroutelinge jute.. what, they sheuld be. But a pet elephant in a greet eity, wRIt no better place in wilich to keep him than an ordinary eity thiffilteis likely to turn out 1111 "els. phant on 10108 hand "111 Telly the peoverbeel "ner.dwithatending the peeved!, a New York gentleman, Mr. R.—, in visiting Europe about a year ago, was so greatly pleased with a baby elephant witioh he saw at Ram' Inerg, that he resolved to purchase it and bring it home with hint The elephant wee only two years old, lett 'e already weighed ttvo tone. its IMMO Was Mademoiselle Fanclion, anti it was born in captivity in Hamburg,. lt dld not need any taming, foe it was already perfectly tame. Mr. R—brought his new put to New York on it stoner, and eel; about giving lice a brilliant education for an elephant, She was lodged in a stable across the Hudson in Hoboken, but was so poorly taken care of there, and seemed so plainly to be entering upon e decline, that Mr. B—removed her to hie own stable it Now York city. He, e she made famous progress aud not only inerensed rapidly in strength and size, but learnecl how to put a tall hat on her head with her trunk, to take it off and bow grace fully, and even to ride on a great velocipede affil balance herself opon 4 ball. All went well with Mademoiselle Ettnehon until one day Mee, 13—, the wife of Mr. R—'s coachman, was astonished and alarmed to see the young elephant enter the door of her kitchen. Airs. 13—, uttering a thriek, rush. ed upstairs and the elephant followed her, Then Mrs,13—'seizing her children, rush- ed out and down the front steps of the house Otto the street, still uttering °rim of alarm. A crowd gathered, but Mrs, 13—wessomuch excited that she could not tell what was the matter. Presently the elephant appeared at the front window, and the crowd understood the woman's alarm. Mr. It— and a polies - man ware sent for. All sorts of efforts were made to make Mademoiselle Panchen era: downstairs. Site could neither be coaxed nor forced to take a single step downstairs. Whoever had taught her to go upstairs had totally no. glected to teach her to go dnwn. hours and days went by. Mademoiselle Fatichon was apparently quite well satisfied with her new quarters. She sat at the front window, waving her trunk back and forth at the crowd which gathered on the street, The daily newspapers learned of the affair, and sent their reporters to record the baby olophant's funny proceedings. In the meantime Mr. R—set carpenters at Work making n seaging and agradual de- scent to the street, down which Ethane was to be persuaded to walk. When this wes done, end a great crowd lied pthered to see the descent, and a detaelinfent of police had formed a line in front of the stag. ing, Mr. R—and a colored servant appear- ed at the front door with the elephane. Mr. 11—hold Fanehon by the trunk, and the colored man pulled her by one ear. Site advanced unwillingly upon the staging, and just as she did so she made a quick turn which pushecl Mr, ft— off the staging and upon the pound, fifteen feet below. The crowd gave an exclamation of terror, but laughed when Air, R—sprang jured. It was evident that Panchen could not readily go down the slope, se several bundles of hay were broupt, spread carefully around the font of the incline, and the elephant pnshod bodily down. She landed upon the hay without any injury, except a scratch upon one of her fore -logs, and soonoresumed her old quarters in the stable. The Largest Sailing Ship. What is said to be the largest sailing ship hs the world was launched from the yard of Messrs D. & W. Henderson & Co., at Pateick-on-the-Clyde, a few wales ago. The vessel is also remarkable as ',being to five - master. This vessel, named the France, is for the fleet of MM. Ant, Hordes et Cie, of Bordeaux, who have been noted for their enterprise in ordering vessels of large dimen- sions The France is 360 feet long, 48 feet nine Indies broad and 30 feet deep. Her gross tonnage will be about 3750, and the dead weight carrying capacity 6150 tons. The vessel isefiteecl with a double bottom, with capacity for 1000 tons water ballast, while amidships there are several watertight: coin. partments for 1200 tons of nether. The cubic elipaciey of thesecompetments, eight in number, is 42,630 feet. They can carry 1200 tons Of water ballast or cargo when the ship is laden, and efficient pumping arrange. ments are provided. The mizzenmast is a single piece 140 eet in length. The lower and topmasts in the other eases are also each in re single piece, end the lengths above deck vary from 159 to 168 feet. The diameters vary from 17 to 30 inches, that of the topgallant masts from 10 a? 16 inehes. The length of the lower yards is 82 feet, of Ste upper yards 75 to 77 feet, the topgallant yards 58 to 64 feet, and of the royal yards 37 feet. The bowsprit is 50 teet long and from 12 to RO inches in diam• eter. eVire rigging has been adopted. The load. ing and discharging arrangements aye very complete. Large steam winches, by Sartre, of Bordeaux, have been fitted at the hatches, which are six in number. These are supple. merited by powerful hand winthes, and a large nmnber of the usual gins, tubs, slings, chain, eta The Demetville portable railway, with trucks, is also being supplied for load- ing and dist:het:ging. The veseel will be principally engaged in the, niteate trade. In order to preserve the nitrate solution, which is formed in largo quantities and which is usually discharged ,oVerboard, tanks are fitted in the hold, thus insuring the shippers againse loss restating frotn waste. The steam for tho winches and for Napier's steam windless (W1110h is fitted on the main deck forward) is supplied by two steel tubular boilers 9 x 6 feet, whir:hare fitted in a deckhouse amidships. Besides six boats the vessel will carry a steam launch. The poop is fitted up as a handsome saloon, oontitinffig accommochs Mons for omptain, officers rencl a limited num• ber of passengers. The thew tire berthed in a large deckhouse abaft the foremast:, and the polity officers' and apprentices' berths and messroom aro in the deckhouse aft of the same. In the forecastle a large, eiry room is eat aparb as the hospital. A Orliel Maiden, In rs hammock, gently swinging, Blithe and gay was she, 'Neatli to nimple, near her standing, . Tall end handeouto he. Softly singing 801110 love clithy, Sweet rend low, was she. "Shell I ask boor ?" "Now or meet!'" Thinking thits was ho. Shyly looking and mithruatieg Coy and blushing, she, On his knees and close beside her, Whispering low wee 0, In the shadow, all forgoeten, Sad 8.11CI Mill, poor eiet I He has won hote 1 have lost boar, Cruel maiden the. Battlesnake In Florida rattlesnakes have all seasons for their own. One day in February Doc- tor White, the black rabbit -hunter of St. Augustine, went over to the island after rabbits, and came back with a rattlesnake. With pleasant pride he displayed his trophy to the admiring crowd of tourists and negroes. Some one measured the ugly beast. From the tip of its unlovely nose to the bottom on its musical tail there was an interval of six feet nine a half inehes. As a finish there were fifteen rattles and a button. A fine specimen, everybody declared ; but Doctor White was doleful. "1 g,,vine lose Money on dat ar snake!" he sadly declared. "All I git outen 0110 now am de oil. , I try um out 'tad git right Man roomatith oil; but 1 gwine lose Money. Ef 1 had de skin now I But I jist was im- pelled ter shoot um, 'nd spilo de skin. Ef he had ben out in de open, I cud switch um tor doff, 'nd save de skin. But' he 'guile hisselt tumor de bushes what! I hab ter shoot um. I gwine lose money on day ar snake 1" "I'll give you fifty cents for the rattles," said a, tourist. "that will help out." "IvIek it an even delimit, sale Dem rat- tles am weft' an even clollah I" " Beer White, dean' yo' do it 1 Doan' yo' cut off dem rattles. The protest eame from a white -wooled old negro on the outer edge of the little crowd. " Wharfo' won't cut off dem rattles, of I kin git an even dollah fur uni ?" Dr. White demanded. 'Doan, yo' 011t off dem rattles, I tole yo'l olloten' yo' do it, not fee ten even delimits. I'so aetalkin' ter yo'. Now yo' mind I" " Wheeler " Dis yer winerfo.' Yo' cut off dem reb. tles aid yo' go blind I Eo even dollith ovine pay yo' fee dab I" bootee White did nob believe this, and said so. "11 am de troof I" asserted the croaker. " De tnilk fum a daid sneke's rathees piano meic yo' blind ebery time. Vo' out off dem rattles, eid do milk fly up in yo' oyes, 'nd go blind, Shuah I No dooteh kin help yo.' Donn' do it, Doe& do ib, Bra White 1" Beer White ponderoo a moment. Then, with aoheerful chuckle, he announced his decision : '131 any geneetnene gib me au oven clonal' fer dem rattles, he km lueve um 1 I gwine cub um off en1 go blind I I'se seen muff, anyhow l'' What A. Heise Wou:d Sav if He Cou'd Speak English. Don't hitelt me in an iron pose or lulling when the meroury bo below freezing. 1 need the !skin on my tongue. Don't leave me hitched in my stall et night with a big cob right were 1 must lie down. I 3111 tied, and can't soleet 11 moot!) PIRcei. Dole, compel me to eat more melt than I want by mixing It with my thee 1 kitow better than thy other animal hew much I need. Don't think bemuse 7 go free nutlet- the whip I don't get tired. You would move up if under the whip, Don't think because I am 4 1101'80 that iron, W01818 and Ware won't hurt my hay. Don't whip nth: when I get frightened along the read, or will expeot le next time, and may be make trouble. Don't trot me up hill, for I have to carry you anti the buegy and myself, too. Try it yourself some tune. Run up hill with a big "DdOn't keep my stable very dark, for when I go out iuto the light my eyes are injured, espeoially if thew be on tha gsay whoa unless you moan it. eOr'e°171:ein'i't.dme to stop at that word. It may check me 0 the lines break, and save a runaway and smashup, Don't make me drink ioe.cold water nor put a frosty bit in my mouth. Warm the iol) bit by holding it half a minute against my Don't forget to file my teeth when they get jagged and I cannot chew my food. When I get lean it is a sign my teeth want filinlegon. 't ask me to "back " with blinds on. I am afraid to, Don't run me down a steep hill, for if anything should pm way I might break your neck. Don't put on my blind -bridle so that it irritates my eye, or so leave my forelock that it will be In my eyes. Don't be so careless of my harness as to find a great sere on me before you attend to it. Don't lend me to 801T111 blockhead that has less sense than I have. Don't forget the old book that is a friend to all the oppressed, that says " A merci- ful an le merciful to his beast."—(Farm Journal. A Shepard's A,coounting, It is related of a dissenting minster that he started a church in a rural district, but, his congropeion being incorrigible snorers, and, whaelle oonsidered worth, mean con- tributors to the these, he was soon obliged to abandon it, His farewell sermon to the lukewarm brothern was ohereeterized by more heat then elegance. He ended thus --" At, the last day the Lord will sety to St. Poter, " Where is your flock ?" anti St, Peter will answer, "Here, Lortl." Ito will say to Celvin, " And where are your sheep V' ancleCalvin will reply, 1 Here, Lord," and 80 all the simperers can answer, I3ut when he thlts me, " Where aro your sheep ?" how Will you feel when I am oompelled to eoply, " Lotel, 1 haven't ally ;1111110 were all hogs 1 " Bieyeunc. The bicycle has come to stay. It is not a craze, one of the many that sweep through the land like the latest fashion. It bas es- tablished itself among the permanent utile. ties. Of course, it is nut equally adapted to every country, nor to every portion of any country ; but wherever the roads a good and not too steep, it will more and tnore come into practical use. Already bicyclee'reicl tricycles are exten- sively used in England as economical sub- stitutes for horses, needing no barn, no feed, no grooming, and no mcdteal care. With suoh a machine, the pester easily makes his calls in the most distant ports of his parish. The country doctor finds it still better suited to his needs, ready at the most sudden and urgent call, and able to weit at the patient's door with no risk from cold, however long the visit, With its atd, too, the traveller explores the country on roads far removed from rail- ways, and in its most picturesque parts. The biycle must have a great future in the level West. The relation of good roads to thus° is seen at Waseingtone where many thou- sand bicylcles noiselessly roll over the smoothly cemented streets. The utility of the bicycle is not confined to the DIOPEI praotioal ends of locomotion. It fu r- nishes a new tneans of valuable exercise. This exercise is exhilaralieg. It is in the open air, and the rider is, ea forced to it for his health, but drawn to, it by anticipations of pleasure. The various modifications ef t! e bicycle adept it to both sexes, and in many cases invalids might be pleasantly helped by it to health again. Pure air and a cheery state are often more effective than exercise or the most potent drugs. As a rule, bicycling is less desirable than horsehack-ricling ; but many persons need the more quiet exercise, and many others ca,n afford neither to keepnor to biro a horse. As for carriage•riding, it is much too passive an exercise for the needs of most, while the constrained posture is a great drawback in any ease. As compared with bicycling, walking is bettor for some Persons, and not so pod for ahem. Walking is far less violent exer- cise, but the movement in either ease brings into active use the muscles of the arms, chest and back. Most people who can have the use of bicyole find walking too slow and irksome, and the mental state is an important hector in all physical exercise. THREE THINGS. -- 1. Three things to admire—Intent:aura power, dignity and gracefulness. 2, Three thinp to live—courage gentle. neers, and affection, 3. Three things to hate— cruelty, arra, and ingratitude. 4. Three flange to delight in—frankness, freedom and beauty. 5, Three things to wise for—health, friends and e cheerful spirit. 6. Three things to avoid-Athens:se, 10- queeity aud flippant jesting, 7. Three things to pray for—faith, peace a,tut purity of heart. 8. l'hree th Ings to (mitten(' for—honorn. country and ft lends. 9. Three tbings to govern—temper, 00.17, duct and tongue. He Had a Pew Grievances Himselt "r have travelled on this road for fif teeis years," ivied the loquacious man to his neigh bot', "and I never knew a train to be ore time." The other looked out the window, making, 110 answer. " I remember riding on this road once when it took four hours to go oven miles," the tirst speaker added. No answer. "It's a scandalous outrage thee the public should be treated ffi this way." No answer. "Some day the people will rise in their' might and. put a stop to such things. Ws juet such insolence as this that !lathed the, French revolution." He shook his head savagely and glared at a brakeman. "Pin going in town to keep an engage- ment at 3 o'clock. I'll bet you even money that I'm late." Theta was no reply to this offer. " VII bet you two to one." The other shook his head, giving the first indication that Ile wos not deaf. "111 bet you two to one that l'in half ate hour late.' " No, I won't bet." said the second man. Just then the Mein etopped and the in- dignant passenger jerked out his watch. " Ten minutes late now 1" he said. "Brakeman, what's the trouble now? The brakeman did not know. "If I'm over half an hour late I'll sue this road for damages." The other occupant of the seat smiled sad• ly. "Hang it ! You're always late just when I don't want you to be late." The brakeman looked at him pityingly-. "I don't see how people tolerate it," the angry man went on. Then turning and book- ing at his companion he said fiercely : 'You don'tseem to mind this stop much?" "No," was the answer. "Travel on this road much ?" "Yee "How long?" "Every day since it was built." " And you don't kick at this thing ?" " Well, you're a Job." "My friend," said the man of few worde, in a subdued voice, " have you any interest in this road, any money invested in it, any claim against it?" "N—no,'' was the reply. "My friend, I have had three crops of hay - burned by sperks from locomotives on this road. I have had three Jersey cows and, to horse worth 61,000 run down and. killed by trains. I was smashed in a collision once and stayed in a hospital for five months." "Well 1" gasped the first speaker. "1 have been a stockholder in this road since the first train ran over it, and I have never had a, oent of dividends out of it. 1 wear a cork leg since the accident. I have seven awes of fine hay. land wbich I never touch. I don't dare.reese any cattle. 'can't get any insurance on my life. My dearfriend, you ought to thank your stars that you are -- so fortunate." 'Stranger," said the other, "I beg your pardon," and then there was a long silence. Subterranean Heat, Goldthwaite's Geographical Magazine : Tho workmen in the deepest mines of Europe welter in almost inthlerable heat, and yet they have never penetrated over one seven.thousandth part of the disthnee from the surface to the center of the earth. In the lower levels of some of the Comstock mines the mon fought scalding water, and could labor only three or four hours at a time until Sntro tunnel pierced the minas and drew off some of the terrible heat, which had stood at 120°. The deepest bor. ing ever mile that at Sperenberg, near Berlin, penetrAes only 4172 feet, about 1000 feee deeper than the famous artesian well ab St. Lotus. While borings and mines re- veal to 00 only tt few secrets relating solely to the temperebure and coneeitution of the earth foe a few thousend feet below the surface, we are able, by moans of voloanoes, to form some notion of sehat is going on at greater depths. There have been many theories about: the cause of vol. canoes, bee It is now generally hold that though they ere peed:Acted by the intense heat of the interior of the earth, they are not Oireetly connected evith the molten mass Sint lies many miles below the immediate sources of volcania energy. Everybody knows that many rooks are formed on the thee of the enema and it has been found that a twentieth to a seventh of theie weight him& up of impel. soned wither. Now, those melte aro buried in time ander Overloyine strata, whith serve OA 8 blenkee to keep in the enormous hot of the 'merle'. This heat turns the water into supertheated them, which molts the hardest rooks, and when the steam finds a fissure in the strata above, it breaks through to the surface with terrific energy, arIC1NVO have a volcano. We find that these outpourings that have lain for couneless agog many thothancle of feth below the !curfew, are well adapted to three the purpose of man, Many a vineyard flourielies on the volcanic athos from lethavins, and volcanic mud, has olothed the' hills of ,Now Zealand with fine forests and..48' plains with luxur- lattt.Verdure, The moth woraterful display of the results of voloanio energy is aeon in the eorthwestern 00110011 01 orteland, a rogion of lofty forest and of groat fertility. Lima as a Fertiliser. An Illinoie reader writes : " Whet is the best method for Blacking lime to be used for fertilizing or decomposing purposes? " What should be used for spreading ib? I intend to use it on low, loamy, prairie soul." used for decomposing (composting) purposes the process is as follows. The var- ious materials, some wet and some dry aro placed in layers of several inches thick and roughly mixed together. The limo is mixed, in layers through the mass ; or ehe mixture is more properly made and the beep built up compactly and well trodden into a square flat pile, Imving the top somewhat shallow to catch and retain the ram or if under cover the water that is thrown upon to moi- steFnermentation soon begins and spreads through the mass. When the heet has spread. through the whole mass, the heap is turned. and muted again by beginning at one endand forking or shoveling it over and forming a new heap similar to the original one. The exposure to the aer and the fresh mingling of the substances, soon produce a new fermentation and heat by whioh the, mass is still more decomposed. In a feyr months --and sooner in the summer—the compost becomes a homogeneous mass. It is ttow manure and in proportion to the char- acter of the material used, it is equal to, or better in quality, than ordinary farm man- ure. Lime when used as a manure is spread' over the land at the rate of twenty to fifty bushels per acre. It is prepared for use by leaving the fresh lime in heaps in the field exposed te tho air and ram, until it is slack- ed, then spread evenly over the land with a long handled shovel. If the duse annoys, tie O mows sponge over the mouth in such away as to proteot the 110S0 also. A very convenient way is to drop the limo in heaps of a bushel each, at a distance of two rods apara This gives forty bushels to the acre. 'Why Soldiers Break Step' There are very few bridges in the world over which troops are allowed to march in r regulier step. In general, when coming to O bridge, pertioularly a suspension bridge the drums or blench met etopped, the array is broken and the soldiers pass over without keeping stop, or, tether, taking pains not to keep stop. The mason is founti in the filet that a very slight initial vibration, if continued, is imparted to the whole structure, and in a short tine becomes 00 strong a downward semen et every rethereme 68 speedily to en- danger the strongest bridge. The same principle is illustrated in some ' houses, which can be made to tremble frone roof to foundation by persistently and regu- larly pressing with the 1001 011 a loose board in one of the floors. A sinelliar enrioup eiroyonstopee is 8000 itt 010 0800 of pertain Othello In which it is dangerous to play the -Miley pedal, pipes of a grand organ, for the reason tenth the vib- ration b000mos so great its to thetter the pollee of glass in the windows, and oven to iinperil the safety of the roof,