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Markdale Standard (Markdale, Ont.1880), 14 Jan 1886, p. 7

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 II EGYPTIAN ROMANCE ^. of W and Will Adventure, foMed upon Startliag BeTelatiing ^^^^' in the Career of Arabia Pasha. ,TJI^.UT?5 ^f ritK-fn -.-Hh ^-wJUif rr, Jy "' ,j, j«Aor 0/ "NisA, The Nihilist," "Thb Rm Spot," "Tm Russian Spt." ' Etc., Excj Etc. L{g|T CHAPTER XXI. I HJBD 8^1^ BTEKDS WHO FOIXOW," yOUNG LOCHINVAB. » dinner In name, but hurdly a din- Uf'"^*' ooncemfag aometbing, thongh ' knew what, bad oaoMd the oook W V ^^Uy » mistake and the other ler ' " tto foUflW »**• '1' wrong â- woe. and "« .nti were brought round in every -^"'f even had they been the right aJi (* "".J have failed in the inatanoe to W ?X appetites of those who had sat I"tfhemife'tiveboard. â- TevVling was very hot, and the dark- ii which at last began to reU the scene re- Jjd no ooolneaa to the parched earth or ""nlydftne'^penbut Venetian blind- iTwlndows^llwas still as death, save I "t^ now and then a mnrmur as from an Z, but dUtantsea, or a wall like that of Sg wind, was wafted from a neighbor- S interspersed occasionally with in- stinct rnmblings as of heavy baggage or T».oand like fireworks being let oflf and -rinihiBlng into the air. The trio who eat at the table and also the ,emU who waited upon them betrayad ' mnrtomB of, at all events, uneasiness when r L these nnfamUiar and unaccountable HJMi forced themselves more especially upon their notice. .^ ^, Nellie's anxiety extended to another who fM not present, and each morsel that she rttempted to swallow for appearance sake Kerned as though it would choke her, so ilutstbatshewaafainto drop her knife Bid fork and sink back in her chair. »Come, Nellie, there is nothing to be frightened at. We are quite safe at all eiruits, Nothing like having a friend at court, eh? Why, Nell, you may indirectly bethe means of saving your parents' lives ind those of oar entire household as well, for every living soul at Mount Carmel is flsbraoed hi the war minister's invitation, ud sach a thonght should make you glad." "I (hall never know what it is to feel glad any more," sobbed Nellie. "I have a preaectiinent which amounts to a conviction tint my fuiore will be darker than death." As she otters the words an eager and im- patient voice was heard without, apparently iiiiiting on admittance, which was being feebly denied, but an instant later both voices ceased and were succeeded by hurri- td ttrides and the musical ring of spurs along the uncarpeted corridor that was floor- ed with perfumed chunam wood, and then tiie room door was opened violently and Frank Donelly broke into the apartment with a flashed and excited face and blood trickling down his cheek, "Mr. Trezarr, you would not listen to my warning this morning, but for the sake of those you love, I beseech you to give good heed unto me now. The fanatic Mos- lem population of Cairo is up in arms, and the aantons and derv:Bhes are in every di- rection nrging them to a general massacre gf Europeans. Isolated acts of murder bive already been perpetrated, whilst as- aalts and beatings can be counted by the â- cote, hisults and Indignities by the hundred. A poor Christian wonuui has been stoned to death hi the £ibekiah, with a thousand ni£ans standing by and applauding the ut 'lis said that thirty thousand starving Egyptians, all too feeble to move, are prep- py ap naked in thirty tboustuid doorways. With labels attached to their almost fleshless bonea, and written on esMsh in Arabic 'Tbe result of Feringhee competition Get them back the bread that the unbeliever bai stolen from them, and if the breibd can- not be got, then give them blood to drink,' ud yon may depsnd on it the very gutters willmn blood in another hour, aye, perhaps in even less." TbeyouBg uffioer oaased, more apparently becaase he was out of breath than by reason tbst he had no furt ler horrors to relate. Palling out a handkerchief, he began to ipe the thin trickle of blood from off his cbeek, the next inatant answering Nellie's terrified glance with "A mere prick, that l all; but the fellow who gave it to me is put doing any further mischief. I returned bim more than a Roland for his Oliver, at »11 events." "What b to be done?" ejaculated Mrs. Uezarr, for a moment losing confidenee Ten h the war minister, and she looked udonaly at her husband as she put tiie qneation. "What you decide on doing should be deoe at once," broke in Frank, without al- j;!â„¢8 Mr. Irezarr time to make reply. xou flight should be immediate, and not ^nili for tbe station is already crowded t? tefugeeB who can't get away by reason jMt there are not half snffiaient carriages "hold them or engines to draw them. They ^t telegraph to Alexandria for morebe- anse the wires have been cut, and it is re- Ponedthat the Aiabs are tearing up the "|i«ne»r Kalyuh as well. So, for heaven's ^9 avoid the railway termlniu, for I not at all wonder if there the ^swMn't commenced, but rather drive In °rowa carriage to Umm Dinar, and there r J boat for Alexandria, for that would be "y Jtt the »fe.t plan." Uh papa, do foUow Mr. DoneUy's •"J^w. pleaded NelUe, earnestly. It was thi. .»!-. _i..-T « was this plea which seemed to recall ,q\"^«nf 's presence of mind. dfmu you very mnoh for yotxr no Z-n li*"" Intentions and coonael, Mr. J^?««y," he said, coldly. "But this fact ?J«t neither I nor my family have the *nse for apprehension. His exodlen- /«« *»r mhtister has most graeionaly and !2*a«»tely ofiFered us the shelter of hie nntU the publlo excitement has oalm- „ 01^ and ahnost every minata I expect J!!;^^! of the armed esoort whioh b to T"»'?«»fety thereto." ]«jeoeivu]g this inf ormatiim. the yonng »ho3? *nn«d pale and glanoed at NeU^e, .^^â„¢ f«"lntely the -1. .*"** »ooompany my parents to "w mfaiiiter's" ' '-^ Frank, who bytUs time had approach- ed close to the lovely girl's chafr, aloM heard the words (whieh was fortnnat^ per- haps, ondar the dronmstanoes), for the at- tention of both Mr. and Mrs. Trezarr liad been suddenly attraotad and engrossed Ity the jumble of wheels, the tramping of horses and the jingling of weapona and aooontre- ments outside, which tadted teld them that tlia promised eaoort had arrived. 'Tor heavea'a sake,.Nelliak grant me five minutes in the garden before we are parted, perhaps for ever." said Frank, purposely using such words as should allay any suspi- cions on Mrs. Trezarr's part shonld she hap- pen to hear what he was saying. But the buxom dame was too exdted to. either hear er heed. "Nellie, follow me at once to ohange your dress and look out what we are to take with us," she said, rising to her feet and sailing majestically out of the room, and Mr. Tre- zarr at once scurried after her to ascertain if the war minister had sent an cffiaer in com- mand of the esoort sufiBcientiy high in rank as to necessitate his being asked indoors and shown a certain degree of civility and polite- ness. Directly both father and mother had dis- appeared, the young Irish dragoon whiq)er- ed hurriedly in Nellie's ear: "This has happened opportunely. Come into the gar- den the window is open we have but to raise the Venetians and step ont.^ The lovely girl followed him swiftly and eagerly. The servants, of course, did not venture to oppose her exit, and a minute later the lawn was reached, when Frank turned round, folded her in his arms and olaspsd be: to his heart, at the saoie time exclaiming "Oh, my darling, if we part now I feel as- sured not only that we shall never pieet agaii but that your future will be a living grave in that grim pasha's harem. Shonld once its wall enolose you he will never per- mit you to leave them more." "Frank, I feel so, too,* but, oh, what h to be done " responded Nellie, piteously. "Exactly that which we planned to do some three hourj later, with trifling varia- tions, such as altered ciroumstanoes render necessary. But this is a time for action and not for explanation, for every moment's start that we can obtain may be of the ut- most value to us. Just outside that little door in the garden wall Is my man, Pat Monaghaa, with two horses as fre^ as daisies and lively with their supper of oats. Yon must mount ane and I the other, Pat will follow us in whatever he can beg, bor- row or steal, and in an hour we shall have left Ca'ro and its bloodthirsty population for behind us." "But my parents, ' Frank t How oan I de ert them at such a time 7" '-Under Arabi Pasha's pmteotion no pos- sible danger cam menace t^m." "I believe that. Button this dress. How oan I monnta horse dad thus T" And. the lovely girl glanoed deprecatingly at the snow white neok, shoulders and aims that were so liberally revealed by her' rich dinner robe. For goodness sake regard not such trifles at a moment like the present. The Egyp- tian night is so warm that there will be no fear of your catching cold, and did yon re- enter the hoDse to change your apparel yon would never suoceed in leaving it again. Oh, do not lose the one and only opportunity that has been afforded us by Providence. Hark, they are calling to us already." It was her father's voice, and speaking in stem, peremptory tones. That decided her. Soe spoke no word, but started across the lawn, like a timid fawn, in the direotieh of the door in tbe wall. ' S3 great was her speed that her compan- ion could hardly overtake her. But when the wall was reached she reel- ed up against with both bands pressed against her throbbing heart, owing to her breatlilessifess and her exdtement. The dragoon unfastened the door, plaoed an arm around her waist, half swung her out into the roai^n^y, and then said to a fig- ure that loomed dimly out of the gloom "Offwithyon, Pat, and lift this young lady into your saddle like lightning." No sooner aaid than done. It was a side saddle, and as Nellie involuntarily kicked her foot into the stirrup and gathered up the reins she felt a retain of courage and confid- ence. "Pat, yoahave as m^ny Mves as a cat and as many resources as a fox. Tve no fear tor you. Nevertheless, get a mount as fast Ki you can and come after ns like ' team. We shall cross the bridge and journey down en the lelt bank of the Nile. The road runs alongside the river for a lone way, md in half anhoor themoon wL. u*. ap. xouve sot a good revolver in your, belt, mon^ in your pocket and brains in yow head, and no more Is needed." "Bedad, yer honor, and 111 have a bone between my legs in five minntee H ye'U only be setting away with the L.dy lastead of BDeechlfytng," and with these words Pat ifonaghaalarted away toward «» m^ en- trance to Mount Carmel, whilst Fnmk wheeled Nellie's steed round In an oppodte direction. COAPTEB. XXIL THB CAPTIVK 0? THB LOTUS LttUSâ€" 0HA8KD INTO THB JX8£BT. "You've told me more tiian onoe tiiat yoave followed tiie »»«»«^"i» ^**??!?!Sl lad held yonr own in tiie first ««*»* "'S"' of how tide wUd n^""*«'Sri.tSd Frank Donelly cheerfully, as tiiey oaaftsred froniCairoexaotiya kundied and twsB^ °^?tiioaght tiukt Port«rfd ^»»y« ^•â- *^ tion, to -Si the ft*** -S.^'!!.. K. •0* was. hdlwobesB M» to f^ •^75[ train. 1^ -••»-* «il?? ^^ kSXedonSwhoad. The nillli*ood«»« SST^I daw not risk tt with y««j '»»* ea^ f or hortUe Arab, to rip «P • ««r Pi«*- aad M doM*. Slill.w« Pi^Bt or ettiar of â- alTea ten a» .if "Q^ftyk* I dnnd aMU lun^ to'ride ttooarfi Oaire in tiii. 4tmm.^SS'^S\ mark! am for .teas a«d mls^J^^ dewriptfeii. The lalme- rfalT SinVB point me o«t a. a CniMu gUTaft anySr tanoe. The mob wiU tM« S* off my Lm. i!£!S.*Hi""**?* P««toonWd« aBdfM bto the dcMrtalmoalat eiioe. 1^ joorner tog down on tha left bank of the Nile In- stead of the right we AaU cMape ahaadn4 dangers, not the least being themany wor« of oanala that it would puzzle u M«iy to oros. «n honnbaak." "But may we not Iom our way in tiie do â- â€¢Â«*•»' 8rt lost i^ the shifting sandsr "Not fistwem tiie river and tiie moon twM. It. Imidth i. too oontraoted for that." "But fa the monntaia. there are tigen,' hyena, and wolve. fa iriiela padt% Frank.' "And fa til* rivar ttwc* ara enoodiia. and ^popotami bat the dweUer. of the Nile mil no more molert a. than the dwdier. of tiie mountain. Man Is the only wild beast that we have to fear, datUng, and we shall meet few enqngh of his kind on tiM doMrt track whioh we aie about to follow." "Well, I wiU try to keep up my courage, Frank. Yon really helieTe that my parents are quite safef' "Under the proteotioa of m powerful a friend, how oomd they be otherwise, dear Â¥' "Ah, weU, thasi, ititnt really oroel of me to desert them, especially to escape from such a terrible and revolting doom as threat- ened mt And we will ba married at Alexe andria?" "Or aboard some Eaglish vessel fa the harbor almost as soon as they arrive." They had by this time turned off into the road that led unto the bridge, and fa about fivemmutes they were crossing its resound fag planks, to the aooompan.ment of the hoarse murmur of the Nile, as it. n^id cur- rent swept on towards the distuit sea the same current which fa past ag's has borne successively to conquest the Eshiopian, the Assyrian, the Persfan, the Roman and the Sar- acen, for eaoh fa turn wielded the destinies of Eityyt, and the young dragoon may be forgiven whibt these evente reoorred to his mfad for wimderfag If the soarlet uniformed soldiers of Great Britafa were destined to next tread that Ustorio soU fa the character of oonqnorors. His sUence oppressed his oompanion with a sense of danger, and she exclaimed "Of what are you thinking, Frank T Have any new perils presented themselves to you T" "No, darling," and he forthwith told her of what he had been pondering. Nellie made no answer, iudeed her horse required no littie care and attention. The spiiited animal seemed disposed to shy and rear, for the slightly swayfag and heaving planks of the pontoon bridge were not at all to his likmg and the shimmering of the water and of the stars that were reflectr^d therefa added to his uneasiness for a horse is at one and the same time the bravest and most cowardly of animals brave when op- posed to a danger that he fully oompre- hends, cowardly when brouebt in contact with anything imusual thathe fails to ex actiy understand. m m they had jaat kit behind mm Bf ^_^ it Waan atteadynmsMd. DtmiOj Atokod hii iMtw Md I eaoogh tiM wooden bci««e jaat kit behind wa. remrbi h,^ â- '9^ liool-rtieke. ef "i» i. bnka afagU fadhrUnal. and if ha ia PVnlw na he ride, on aferi'aemad. Bok fdmafmtfiarsaytkwa. another fnglttva like nnto oorwlvea. Anyhow, let n. .peed np.ovr nap,fbrtiMbeing ovaitokenby a vnld brihafto oq^atable ce me fliantoU ciidgfat tqpby -ateei for Umfaht I «i* ha ludf wkamy to (sl lid of Ua" -I Thokfvelygirldida.dMwaa1iddea,bBt pnnstly dmv nin again. aoDdaiming "He'a gafafag^ on ua, Frank, and afaging. Caahe beyoor Mrvaat, I derf Bma DwoUy diewnp at this and Ilsfeened mtsntty fa tun to the rapid thud of- the pllopiiirhecie'.]wois, that were new beat- ing oposi the hard, baked up earth. *How stiflingly close it is" exel^med Nellie suddenly. "Even tbe river lends no ooofaess to tiie air, to what will it be when we get on to the desert sands 7 Don't you feel it, Frank ' 'No, darling, fjrican feel nothing .but bappfaess and delight when yon are so near." The lovely girl's answer to this tender speech was a cry of either terror or dismay, and at tiie same time she caught up the curb with a sudden jeik that causwd her steed to snort, rise on end and paw the Ur with bis fore hoofs. In an fastent. however, Frank's hand and voice had restored bim to promise obedieno tiiough he still treihbled, uorted, pricked bis ears sharply forward and gazed nerv- ously at something la the river Nellie's btautlful eyes being riveted with horror on apparentiy the same spot, the yoimg dragoon turned to look fa the same direction, when he beheld floating dose to the bridge amidst a tacgled maze of snowy lotus flowers tbe dead body of a Ean peMi. It had evidentiy been partially stripped of ite clothing before befag consigned to the river, which revealed the fact that not only was the throat cut across, but that tiie chest was riddled with knife stabs, and it was the phosphorescent gtow given forth from tbe putrefying body that revealed ita presence and that of the fliwers amongst whioh it floated. "Nellie, if the sight is so temble, ^riiy not look another way. I fear that such victims will be counted by the hundred this night fa yonder dty. Hark, I oan hear ories of terror or of anguish from that direc- tion even now, darling. Let us press on There ie-.v time to be lort." "Oh, Fr»iik, the lotos flowers, the twfa horror of Ute opel rtog," gasped the lovely sirL "The lotos. flowers? It is their matted tendrils that uphold the oorpae, darling." "Yes, yes I know, I know but I at- tach a piuptaetio meaning to the sight. The link that bound yon toth*t beaunfal bat terrible Egyptian woman was a lotna flower. That link was broken by yon, but the mys^ teribus and onee deemed saored flower avenges botii lt»ll audita slighted mfatr^ps. Pray heaven that yon have not hwkecr upoh the preMUtiment of yonr own doom. BijeB that pale. ««i'thly light that hover. o oorpM and flower. Menu to me to have a horriUe sigaifioanoa. Oh. Frank, is it too late to tarn baok, think you?" ^„ __ ••Return? What are yon ainkfa« o^ Nelliet Deatiimo8«a»uredIy lie. beufad ua. and at tiia very worrt It may not Inrk fafronfc Afigfordgnaand omen.;! be- UaTafaneneoItiiam. See, NeUie, darling, bridm and river lie fa oar rear and from toe dark bine dome of heaven a thoosand bright stars of hope shine down on tiie groveeM SoMdoteentroMtiiatwe are aboat to «nM.eaaafag every green leaf to gleamas Souh tipped wttbUqald fiia,whll.taw^ totiS dSSSoe til* drooping P^'JTSi! Sdton. fro«tii.dj|«t|p^^t^b«k«i a. on with a murmured prMslM w,wl^ ••Frank, your word, cto Mif agrin. But, hark I ao ma. IfMlmy- hob qoanlltyef polMh, Mda» Uv% Mid, pho.- pheiioaoid, aadeisaaia aaaMar, aothat it vsiy B l oariy fa oharaotsg to "Vtm, nose, neoe. w css b obs, boss, boss, Howio t yo u that lolly lad Boser a roar the nextfastant, andjuat as quiok^ the thondering refrafa "CHaaamoB and ginger. natBMgs^ ram and doves, Twas they Oat gave poorPatBooha Jolly tmIbosb, and hardly hadtiie last wqrds of the old cam- pa gnfag drinking chonu esraped tiie sfag- er's lips than, mounted on a fine Arab steed and flonhshiiig a long lance above and arbniid bis head as though it had been a shillelah, appeared Mr. Patrick Monaghan fa propria persoBse. and apparentiy fn themostboister- oi^ spirita to boot. "Arrah, oaptafa, dear, an' it must have been you that's been philandering on the way, for If s not on this side of Umm Doiar tiiat I expected to overtake yer honor, after all that rve done sfaoe we last parted more espedal." "Tdl us what you have done, Pat; not that we need remdn still to listen, for time is too prMions for that. You found a good mount in a very short time." "Faith, yer honor, there was nothfag bo difficult about that, at all at all. There was many a nag to sdeot from list a few yards away, so I took my choioe of thim all in the dark, an' having made it, I creeps up unob- served on all fours, grab, hold of one of the spalpeen'a legs as was fa my saddle, pitches him over on tiie off ride a. tiiough he was a seek ov taties, an' then up I jampi fa bis plaoe, oenfiseates his lance and at coteries an' makes about a dozen of his companions run for it" "You tell me seriously that you made a dozen of bis companions run away I say, drawitmUd, Pat." "Yerbcnor, It's the gospel truth that I'm telling ycz. I brandl£ed my apear and I corEod them fir mnrtbering haythlns, an' I made a dozen ov 'em.rnn Uke steam aye, by this an' by that. I shouldn't wonder if they were running stilL" "Come, come, I'm not gofag to believe all that, tiiough I doubt not tiiat you got the horse as you say." "What, yer honw don't bdieve that I made the Agyptians run? Bedad, tiun I oan prove it, for here they come on to the bridge like a pack o' hounds in full cry, and here peeps out the moon as a witoess on my side to show 'em dearly to yer hon- or." •*0h, you ran first and they ran after you Now I see what you mean^ Fat. Well, we will m^hethem run fa the tame manner, for they A^e trymg te ran down more im- portant gunethan yourself, of that be assur- ed." "Nellie, we are porausd," added Frank, taming to his girl companion, "for my brave but blundering follower ha. contrived to set tbe sleuth hounds of the war minis- ter upon the right scent. Have not the slightest fear that they will overtake us, however." "Nor will I have such a fear," reqpond- ed Nellie, valoroualy, and she was the first to inert a«e the speed of her horse, sitting tbe fine animal Uka an Amazon. (TO B. coNTitnrxD.) TKB FABM. Fann Wrinkles. A wire run along the top cf the old-fash- jj^q i Mid jtow to Applj y8teb le'lhiiiir » StaUe manara Is alMavy, bi^^ matoriiJ^ and fa applybgtk to oar had wa have to handle a Urge ameual e( water tad otiier material of oomparaliTa^ UMIa valna, la oidar to ^nly enoogft of Oa Wisatial ale- menta tor abandant orm. Aad iriien w» have moohof Ittohaadla, opMiaQyifwe liaveto draw it far at tiiabasyiMaon of pluiting, or over soft Itad fai wal weather, wefind Itatedieu job, aad often planting 1. coBtiderablydehyedbyUtai timaf^nir- ed to getthe manure .prtiad ubea the land. Henoe when and how to apffly It fa tiiemort eoonomlcal manner, 1. a natter ef no littie faiportanoe. The wfater or early sprfag when the grotud Is frozen Is for several rea- sons, a very favorable time for hauling out manure. Ev. ry fanner sl|onld endeavor to keep his help and teams is industriously employed as is reaMmable dnfag the whole year, aad all jib. whioh eaii a. wellbedone during wfater, should be attinded to at that time. Hauling out Lteble manore Mem. to be one of these jobs, which oan not only be done as well, but muoh better, fa wfater, when the ground is frozen, if know is not deepi as atany othe« time-il tbe.year. Of course this implies that the Darn cel- lar or other plaoe where the manure is sufficiently protected to avoid muoh f rott fa th«maaui«, and provided -with doors that can be opened or dosed at any time. If drawn out during wfater it not- only fur- nishes work for help and teams which other- wise might not b« employed, but the ground being frozen solid, and the teams fa good heart, they will often haul with ease loads of double the size they could i^tor the frost Is out of tbe ground in epring, and especial- ly oveir land which, after the frost is out, would be so wet andaof t as to be almost im- passable. Weoan not afford to handle manure more than is abBolately necessary, aad when we draw it to the field we shonld put it where it is to stay, either by spreadfag it directly from tbe cart, or by putting it fa small heaps to be spread before they are soaked by ram or frozen so they cannot be «pread with ease. We cannot aff jrd fa ordinary farm practice, to pile manure fa the field and then load it agafa. Bat leavfag manure fa small heaps on the fields dnrlog wfater I consider one of tbe least conveuient ways of managfag it, and thongh it is often done by good f Aimers, yet it I loks to me like a very shiftiest prac- tice. «A mnoh bfltt«r way is to spread it from tbe oart. This is not tbe best but the easioat way of handling it. When spread fa this way the sola ible pa te will be soak- by the rains evenly into the soil just where they are n«ieded ani not fa spots, as they would be if left long in small heaj^s. Many fear, that if manure is left spread on the sarface for any length of time it will waste by evaporation, bat I am satisfied, by a careful study of the kc'.entifio aspect of the case, as well as by my own observation, that there is no appreciable loss fa this way by tbe exposure of unfermentod manure, and that the only possible loss of say amount is by washing off from very hilly land, when tht ground is frozen, aad that this loss is seldom great. 8u:iiiac; the Farm Away. BT aiv. w. a. cToaaam. Flee old farm, for a hundred years Kept In the family nsme OomlleldB rich with golden ears Oft M the harvest oame Ofowded bam and crowded bin. And bUH the loada keot coning faiâ€" ttolHng in for a hundted yeare And the toorth la the family liae a|peaia Oiohard ooveied the elopee of the hill Olderâ€" forty barrel*, they eay Sore in seeson lib oome ftom the mill. To be tasted round Thaak*Kiving Day I And they drank as they worked, and they drank as Uieyate. Winter aad enoimer. early and late, OonntlDg i« aa a r^est aiisliaD To befoand " withoat a barrel on tap^" ioned atraigtat rail and^blocli fence will keep thmtock away from it, and save trouble in puniDg up riders. Have on hand a paper of copper riveta of diiSerentaizes and a pjeoe ef oiled leather far cuftfag btrings to keep the' harness mended with. It^ a painful fact that t(ie half-baked mtaisilotrare. It i|ikea,abent sayea^'f oodruzed ear. to makeabuahdof shdled seed 'corn. Three horses abreast is very often the most eoonomioal taam tor the heavy work of thafarm. 'In Spafa an old custom among the ooim- try people is never to eat fruit out of doors withoat planting the seed. The roads are linad with tree, whose fruit is free to all. Slobbeiing and its Ome. The frequent slobbering of horsee at this seaaonis vsrioutly acooimtedfor. Weliave heard it attributed to the seoond growth clover, to the spiders web on the herbage, to lobelia, St. Jdm's wort, and other plants, baljn^tar yet to pennyroyal. But haviogo^- oasionio make use of a neis^r's paeture for a lew aU^ts, for oar liorscs, we found them slijibbariigprofaMly from the effacta of the ajnaytoyal triifehgrew labundantiy fa the Hid. Ihe oo*. wliieh graaed fa the field :|iwr»-'«lao troubled' with profoM. Mlivattoa. I hawBliad previou. kaoiriedge that lobe- iplaib iJoUtVi wort wclnld pioduoethe atlroabla, aadaoware sure that peaay- foyld Biay be added to the list. But wa doalitvacytauoh tiiat Mooad growth olover will eaosa it iadaed, we lisve good reaaoii. to know that it dose not fa m»m oaaea. The dobbarfagef horM.aad oowaboaiued by the^rrltatiag effsofe upoa tiie Mdivary giaada^ ci tiie Mpag sssentisl Of the plaata whioh irodaos it. If one wHl diew Miae lobelia, St. Joha's wort or peaayreyal, Iw will find tha ffUlvaiy glands to be excited ia this maaaer. The effeotia removed by eatiag. gay dry .alMtSBad, aa osiiiwl, adddlfags or abnmMi;aad tiie best remedy for it la to gIfaHay aalmal iriiiiA i. mffarng frosfr atU- n^M a fMd ti dry awd or middHag.; tUiwillpatastootoitatoaee. The waate ,of wJlva â-  exowdnigiy weakeatog to a hone^ Bat. wliile the aaasoas crept along. And pieeiona into tubiia srrew. Their anpalitee became ae strong As ever a drunkard kneir, Aad they Ubored lee*, aad ttasy sqasadered mere. Oaicflylor ram at the village atars^ y' Till oalled by ths eheriir, one ittei (^^ To sign the homestead f unn away. The faihen (iu^rad^aad easQtNl with raa The moViirefek as i pale and thin. Under ttv weight of her sorrowe dumb. In debt fpr the bM she was (!^fsg la Oil, I aav the wieoked faonaehom arOOiiR her standi And the Jjstice lifted her tiembliog hand, Bclplnfr ner, ae in her pain ahe l»r. To sixn the ho m seteaefartn awai|- h,'fcowflbeweptl And the lioall of tian Surepl down her temides bare t And the father, already bowed wit^ years. Bowed lower wldi deepair I Dtiak I Orlnk t It had ripened into woe For them and all ihey loved below, • Aad foroed than, poor and old and gray. To sign the homestead farm away. Oil, many scenes have I met In life, Aad oiany a call te pray But the SMldeet of aU wm the draakard's wife Higning th9 f«nn away Home ouoe rioliest in aU the town, Hooie, in tiiat fatal onp ponred down. Worse than lira er fl jod's dismayâ€" Drnnkaid eigntng the farm away I m â- Â§â-  Aboat 22,000 dog. were sheltered last year fa the London Home for Lirt Dogs. The English jockey Club has fortified Itself with a legal member fa the person of Sir H. Hawkins, Jadge of Ihe Supreme Court. Lord Charles Tnynne, uncle of the Mar- qois of B*th, was a priest and canon of Canterbory C«t'iedraL He resigned bis preferment fa 1852, and now, fa bis seventy- third year, ha. eatersd the Rmnaa CatiioUo Dr. Heywood Smith, the physioiaa who, at Mr. Stead'a instance, examined Eliza i^mstrong, lias had to resign all his ap- pofataoenta, ead the College of Physfadans is understood to be oonsidenng what action II ViU take farMaid to hi. " unprofeMion- tt" otaduot. At a nle of tiie effeota of a lato English member of Parliameat, an old Iron chest, whizh had remafaed fa a garret lieyond si^bady's memory, was wld to a farniture dealer for I6.2 Ha fotad it. full of plate aad family papers, aad olfored H to the exe- oatots for flOO. Th^ refused, ud brooght aatt f er, the return of the ooataata. llie Jodge deoldedfor ttta ax eonl e ts holdfag that titt.y had aeror fataadad to mU tiw 'Wf in m i I ' k ' 1 ' I. m â- â- ' {1 I (Si. .,i â- in.' J A • I ' f i I m-^

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