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Markdale Standard (Markdale, Ont.1880), 25 Sep 1890, p. 3

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OUT? :. o c-tsj. ^- ' .- V ' ' â- -'•'I •: 1 J â-  â€" .-.T/rci -â- J- !::,!.!Oo,coy. .-.St. Toronto ;:in*\ 1.1. «•^ t.. tc T: ':ou 3NTO ABL "â-  'A' ;ipatior ;X :-: ... I' .: \,.r • â- f'r.-.llrl :il'an â-  sloc-um. iinr'sjiSd ick:.:.ikinf:, "to Sfines iNGiNES â- ' Circnliir. forks? flo %7 LATEST FROM EUROPL Paris Excitedâ€" Jury Boom Logic in |Woe â€"The Qaeen of Bomania. Decidedly Paris has been the centre of Kuropean interest this week, what w ith the "Coulisses de Boulangisme" and thfltaftriotu (luel:j and complications arising th^%from. The duel as she is fought in France and by Frenchmen lias always tended to promote iiegayetyof nations, buttheafiairs in which Ko heforL and Thiebaud and Mermiex and Ills seven opponents have been involved are inure than usually amusing. For instance, in the encounter Ietween the exiled Joiima- li.si at La Clinge on the Belgian frontier and tin- Litrrontt-d Thiehitud we have the humane hpc-i.taile of ihe surgeons carefully washing tilt- .iword.-i of the comlKitants in antiseptic li'ini.l.s lrt.-forL- the fight, fao that neitherniat Of nrtviou-1 gore that those weapons may li.iv.; drawn niij,'ht have any injurious effect upon I lie two principal, and of Rochefort explaining after he had scratched the other w.irrior tli:it the article at which he had lakim oHeiJce wag meant to scarify some «.th»-r i»ers*i!i. Anotlier liumorous incident cf this duel uas tlie circumfflance that on the way to the li'-M of t.atUe K'xjliefort desired to gratify hi-i artistic tu-Stfc I.y viewing the two pictures l.\ Van Kyck in the Chent cathedral, but u.is afraid to do so leat tiie a warm of re|»o. t f- wli.. f..IJ.,wed him might think he had i.it ii-,l \,, pray itefore the combat. A i« riiarkaltle instance of jury room logic ii..^ l..-.-n l.n, tight to light in I'aris this week h\ lhi-;.'rfcat IJhfwitz of the London Ti'mta. A f.-w, u.-eks ago an entire family in thai â-  iiy hy iht- name of Hyani committed suicide h--' uis all were starving. The affair made a :.'r-at impi,e-(.sion in Tari-s at the time, and \\a li.ii.SM;d from one enl of the city to the "ili'-i. La.Ht wtek a man named Moch was iii'-.l in I'aris for having killed anotlier Ite- t;Lij h.- r.-fusi-d to pay I.WK) francs he had )h.im.u,iI. .\I(K.-h admitted the crime and iii.i'h- no ihfi-nce, and great was the sensation ill ill*- i-oiirl wiien tlie jury brought in a vcr- 'h' a.--|iiitting him of the crime. Hlowitz happi iicd to meet a meml»er of the jury in lii' .-trc;( r.iie day this week and asked him vtiiy .^ii'.ii an ahsind verdict had been rend- •â- i"I. I'hi; intelligent juryman, according to I'.hiUitz, tlins reidicd; VVt-hadall decided to condemn him ex- \,\ one juryman, who was the foreman. Hi.-, po.siiion, liiiwever, had nothing to do wiWi ih.-a.-.iuittal. When we had all met iti I hi- lon.'^iiUing room it became clear that ih.pris'.ncr .oiiM only have the benefit of extenuating circumstances, that is to say, of hard lahoi for life, Then the foreman, who di.i lint want to condemn the man, said Moch had a uifo and five young children. If you '""' • '"lilty yon will not restore his vic- ijiii In lifi" I.iii you will make luiother Hyiim family. 'Ij,,- l,h,o.l of these innocent childron "ill he nil v'Mir head. Vnu may give 3'our •.â- i-hrt of guilty, but I will not do so. \\ hen we hciiid ihis we all gave a verdict of .viiniital. The ijmen of K.um'ania is proUibly sorry slit; t-Mf viNit.-d^Walis. Since she joined the Maidi' inh- she ha.H had no rest. Her bro- IIhi barilw .-laiin rights and privileges which j.nr,|- (nniK;!! .Sylva iiever anticipated. .Slie '"""h.l â-  .lay this week at Holywell, ;um1 ill.- ktiii? and ihonghtfnl host invitedsix W '•lhl.ar.lloiiicct her, and they answered t th.- liaiii.snfClwy.lfardd.Hwfa, Mon.Tudno 'Inl... Ci.han, and twin (Iwynedd. After liiiM ],. .,11 tin- i!aiilc:rs Queen M.as handed ovir In il,.- six [jocts, who attacked her withan ciiirlviiinji. ami ulun she had ieen reduced In helphs.-iH-.'is turned loo.se a seventh" (Kiet, d sevfial Welsh legends to her. â-  hr that the (^nteii is suffering from a splitting headache, and .•.hejiit-iidsgninglo Wicklow next week 1 litll- iieac- ami ivst. She will tind noth- liy frniii tlic bards of old f rti STIANGELY WEDDED. A Tlirilling Staiy of Somaiice and Adventure. CHAETKRI. ElWASt ST DrvmE PBOTIDKXCC t^e must all die. and not the old alone 1 ne yoong have no exemption from that doom.' The chill of death reigned over the Bishop's house Episcopal Palace at Bkuik. bampton, the awe of a great change had fallen over the old city. For on the previous day, Edward, by Divine Providence, Lord Bishop of the Diocese, had been carried to his last long home in the Cloisters of hU Cathedral Church. The townsfolk had scarce as yet begun to wonder who would be the new Bishop. They were full of the quiet scholarly graces of the departedprelateâ€" they had forgotten how often they had blamed him for not having been more proininent among them, for beini; so gentle, so full of humility and all those meek qualities whi.-h, as a kind of sop to our consciences, we make a point of attributing to Christ, and which almost universally we utterly despise in the man Yes, they had forgotten all the irritations, the petty ir- ritations of the past their spiritual head, sanctified by great sufferings had liecome to them a dear saint in glonr, whose blameless life among them would be a bright beacon to guide them on that dark road which we must all tread one day. Perhaps tliere is no irony so caustic as the irony of events A great spiritual lord was lofiming in the distance, the not far distance, who would be in most things what the go()d folk of Blankhampton had wished in him who had just left them a big heavy .jowled man of great diguity of bearing, ponderous and arrogant, a patron of Christianity rather than a servant of Christ a man who would make a rule of being prominent among liis people, who would Ije their superior in things of earth as well as in tilings of heaven, a man -wlio would seldom try to be affable and if he did would invariably make all beholders wish fervently that he would not, a man of the world worldly, a Bishop of .Society, not tlie society of his own .See but that portion ol the world which is called the " Upper Ten Thousand," and is commonly spelt with a captial S. As yet, however, Blankhampton was un- troubled by the personal attributes ol Bi. shops still to come it mourned him who was just gone, and over the Palace where he had held gentle sway during nearly fifteen happy and peaceful years there still hung the dim them. Perh^s she did not tiy to do â-  .*"r»»y. it is certain that when she slipped quietly out of life nobody seemed to think Uiat an irreparable loss had fallen upon the Bishopâ€" they thought it was » pity tiat the toby, poor little thing, had not gone too, and they made sure that the bereaved husband would many again when the year was over, SBd if they did not say it, 1 hey most of them thought that it was to be hoped ht would niMry a more energetic woman next time. But they knew nothing of a terrible hour wlien the gentle Bishop had knelt beside his dying wife's bed, when he had watched tho bfe that was all the world to him, quickly ebbing away, "Conty, Conty." -he had lU- ways called her Contyâ€"" don't leave meâ€" oon t leave me," he cried. • " Dear Eddy," she ai-sweied, " I think I have to go "â€"it was, oh such a faint, faint voiceâ€"" But I'll wait in Heaven for you Midâ€" andâ€" you'll have the child." " I'll come as you leave me, Conty,"cried the poor Bishop in an agony of grief, »-ith the tears streaming down his face. " That is in your hands, dsj-liug," she said tenderly. It was soon over after that, and Blank- hampton waited and waited for a new mis- tress to reign lit the Pakce, waited and waited in vain no olhtr woman ever came to supplant the love of his youth, the dear wife of his days of success, and Edward, l»ra Bishop of 'Blanthampton, :i3 he had prouiUcd went, when hi.i lime uan.e, to seek his Conty in the other world, asahe had left him in this one. in^juitonof thefint dcgna. AH Kioiuiy Ethd mnt oa. " Whao do n tiimk. JwA r "I don't kwnr. I diall oome hack lAm I » bad aw had. have a dunce. I aboaldhaTa hadto gonext I "He's a nioe bar," aaid Hl Hordamit to maoth in any caae^" her faubaBd a little latcr^'bllt really I am ' iatlMln*%liaart. »kal did. tat at thit ImoBant Sdial haidly eoutad, JaA cnly kBW that aha «a tha placfciaat Uttk chua tBSVeSISSTil UXXEOW. shadow of his departed presence, a cloud mourning and woe. It wa.s not generally known that Bishop Trevor, as alreaily they had begun to call liiiii, liail a very loiiiantic histjry. The little world of Blankhampton knew that he had lieeu called early to the diguity of the Bench, that he had married a lady of title immedi- ately on his taking up his new office, a hidy wlio had once Ijeen beautiful and young but who was then wune five or six and thirty CHAPTEK n. ;iltJ. .\NIJ EOV. "A boy's will is the wind's will." Sunday came and went I An immense congregation gathered in the Pari.sh â€"as the Cathedral is familiarly called in lilankhamp. ton â€" to ilo the hist }ioiiom-s to the dead Bishop, audio listen t^j the atldressof eulogy which was given I.y the Disiii. In one coiner of the Palace pew sat Lady Gascoigiieâ€" the Countess Dowager nowâ€" vvceping copiously, as umcli out of genuine affection for liini who was gone as for the painful remembrances ol her dear lost daughter which the past week had brought hack to her. And in the other comcr-his jiccjstoinel place -sal young (iascoigne 'I rjvor, more commonly known as " .Jack." That service was a Icnibic oroeal lor the boy He was only thirteen ycarsohl, and the pew appoitioiieil to the Palace was like the .orrespfmding (me belonging t.o the Deanery, Ml pioniiuently placed that its occupimts wei-e the obacrvcil of all ob^rvers. Every sob that escaped his grandmother's li.s tore his heart afresh witli an agony that was almost past lieariiig. But onliot lisides he had come of a proud stock; he had inherited the blood which can go to the stake with s smile Mid will .accept triuiiipii oi ruin without so years old. They had seemed very happy ' """^h as the quiver of a single muscle. H .•llll,. rillv n.ii.i. Th(. KiiiL' "i' l'Mr[n;.':il seems to be iiiabad U';i\. Mis .-lir..iiif iiidispo.sition has Jiro- .hi. .-ii sl.-..|,ir.ssii(.„s antl iit.rvoiisiiess, and )iii.ill .1 1. 1 r. which pr.vents his attending to .â- iii\ |.iil.li. l.iisi,i,.ss. lie sijiiis no jwpcrs, but li.s .1.11 .i:i,i-.i:iy l.uiKui.l iili.I nielaiich..Iy. I 11.. heir I., til.. Iliri.neisoiily three years old, aii.l if In- luthir .s.ion goes the way of all ll.sh. hi. mil run tin. yoiitlifiil Kingof Sjiain â- Iiiii.l III til.. \v;iy of royal rcrnrds. Fortunate- ly h. has jiist ^,.1 over bi.'i teething clithcul- 11. .1 troiilih. which weighid down young .-\l|.lions.i nil,. II I,,, w.is called upon lounder- t.tlvf -..111.. ..f ihi- .-iirc-s of state. I.l.oil |,1.„ ...li... ,1... I II I.ill i. uill I ,.!..«. Km V. .1 1. 1, â- l.T iltii ' .1, h ». IS 1 Iv, ' "â- "' s iiii.i 1' II o». â- I.-I- Plowiuj; Deep. Ml f^' an ii..t he treated alike, and ...ii^e .... faritier tiiiijs it Iiest to plow I' -111. 111. i i.nt lit- a-icptc.| by every one as II' !â- ! .\ j.l.iiri- thai .h'fp plowing is tlie ' ni,.ii I .ill .â- ircinn.-^taiici-s and especially li.i- il.t .-."i-e where .shallow plowing has ..â- l..(..M Lvnlhcrnle. Il i tu.i a g.H.il plan, in ohi groun.i e.s i iall ihal has been jilowcil siiallow for a iiihfi \ears. to all at once bring several â- lu nf -iil.-i..il i,, il„- surface in which -to .1 -n'it. Aiidyct this would not imply I |-:"iily iinnc .leep ph. wing wtmhl "• I'lnfilal-Ic. Kither ..ne or two -hni.M h,- folh.Hcd: The ph)wing I l.c .l.-.-p,'!,,-.! gradually, or, if plowed "r ih.liist time, the work shonhl lie a tnti-ii.lcraLU- time ahead, so as to '« ihil"i.-j.i clcnicnls time to act uikiu .1 11 III.' luii.l is plowed deep in the ' til. lii-l trnie, u.snally by sjirlng it â-  111 Ill toiidilion hir planting, or if I '" ^l"'"ii il "^Lii '»c sown in the fall, â- hte nds should not .Im.* phiwed deep, w i" tt this plan is followed while ill.. 1 the deeper it is turned the liet- Mii.-t.-r ofthe s.iil .shoul.l largel, ' 111.' kiii.l of jjjowing tliat shouhi 'M'l lainl that has liei'U previ:»usly 1 1 1 1 diep pi. .wing is t lie 1 .est, slunilil 'id gra.lually, turning up a little • Mch phiwing, until a great depth -tirred. (ieneniUy. if dont prop- I' plnwin;.' andshalh'w jireparation iiion will Ik- found tlie 1h.\sI and -I n led soil will induce a more vigor- ti'.- uhih- ihc I'lants «ill lie able to 1 -ir-liire Iicitt-r than when only â- '..illow. So that when the char- ge s..il will a.lniit, the lietter plan deep and tin. rough, taking care to â- rk in giMMl s-iuson. tr.'iiofthc light, heat, cold, rain, i air is to render available plant IS already in the soil, and if the brought to I hf surface in this way nl tinii- ti be acted ujum by these, ik eaii be .loiK- \iitli U-nelit. !â- ' r.nf ph.wing de.'p, umlerstaiul the I. 1 'of the soil, and know that it w^ill I- --tirring. -/V(i(W. Farmtr. ther and after twoyears Lady Constance bore her lord a son, and in giving birth to the child her own meek and gentle life had slipped away. The child Hourished and throve apace the nurse who had charge of him was in time succeeded by a governess and the gov- erness by a tutor, and when Jack Tre- lor was a little over twelve years old the Bishop, after many months of intense suffering, died, and no other mistress hail ever cm»e to take the place of the gentle middle-aged bride who had come home tr, the Palace nearly fifteen years before. So much did Blankhampton know of the matter but no more. They did not know that many and many o year ago a son of the then Lord Trevor had married for love :inA, .r- in defiance of his father, and that their Kisw- ^^^^ "" «'l»i'n hop was the only child of that marriage- that he lived in poverty and educateil tiis. only son no one knew how that Kdwan! 'J'revor had won scholarships as a boy, ka«l worked himself throuffh a 'Varsity vAreer without costing his father a penny beytnu'i his mmlest tailor's bill, thathehadworkeilon from point to [wint, until he became h iiKiater of a great public school, a^d thai its a young man he had met and vbrsbipped her wlio afterwards Ijecame liia wife, and dareil not ask her to marry him, partly be- cause he had his own parentis to support in tlieir older years and partly becanse Lady Cmi.itance's people were such as would not willingly hear of their lovetieat daughter i^.pl.. il.M.il 1 1 MUii,-' I'ap, Horrible Death in a Train. i-ln Ii.md by the steamship Rinm- l.ika. Mhi. !i arrived at I'lymouthon Tuesday tVoiii N.-w Zealand, -contain particulars of a .-hoiLi-ig .u-.i.U-nt which occurred at Mel- bniirii. nil the evening of the 1st ult. Mr. Kill-, a iiif.Ucal student, wiis travelling in a tiit li-^ railway carriage, and after the ti.niili.nlpa.sscd through the North Mel- l-nii; ue Si;,iinn he put his head out of the -larii.igc will. low. U'ing attnicted, it is ini- !i»-\..|, by iln- ii.'i.sc of a train approaching fr..iiiiii.- ..ppnsite diroctioii. He remained at ihc uiiidow a few seconds, and his fellow ]).i.scn:i.rs were then liorritied at seeing his h. -a. Hess trunk fall back into the carriage at then [^..-i ]\[^ head had caught against an unt.i-tciir.lMl.M.r of (.no of tlie carriages of the .ippr..a.-!ung train, with the result that one -â- .â- 'â-  ..f hi-i head was torn completely aw. ,ui.l the other part frightfully mutU- ati.i. Icce;ised w;is only â- J4 years old. inarryin^r i„to what for her position would iJLlire poverty. â- ^"et Lady Oonstance had given all her be^Vt to the straight- limbed gentle-eyed yfTinig iwrson, who bait never set eyes on the head of his house or seen the home of his ancestors, and out gay or lordly lover after another went satUy away with **no" for an an- wer.and all the best years of her life went by waiting for wliai she \iat\ no hope might ever coine to jiass. Ietjkr, dear, what tender romances there are someLiines in Uvea that, -•(eem to the outer woriU both common-place and uneventfuL It happened one fair Jnnc morning that Lady tV.nstance had l»een driv- ing with her mother. They had been to see her youngest marrietl sisterâ€" they were all married except OmalAiiceâ€" and my lady, the Countess, liaA been e.xpatiating on the sin- gularity of Cbnatance reinabiing so long a spinster. "â- ! cannot tell how it is, Connie," she said, '*y*m mnst have been hard to please â€" iMargaret will not compare with yon for an iustunt and she never was half so agreeable or so sweet tempered, and y2t she is the Marchioness of Omisby and you are Cunstauce Oaseoigne yet." "1 suppose I was hard to pleasir, dear Mtrther, "answered Laily Constance, smiling, softly aa her beaut tlew^ toa great public schxI which she hatl never ijeenâ€" where he ruled supreme. "Xot but that I should miss you dread- fully, Connie," my lady went on tenderly, but I don't like to see Margaret's little airs and graces and " Never mind, dear Mother," said the other smiling broadly now. They r^ched home a moment later, a. handsome house in Grosvenor Square, and at tall servant in livery came to meet them. -â- ould not keep kick the tears which wotUd force their way from under his unwilling eye-lids, but he would have died before be would have lifted a Iiaud^gL wipe them awiy H And when all avtis over he^fl to face the wdeal of piissing down the crowded nave l)etwcen the ranks of eager sjiectators, cacit ime seeming more anxious than another t*} get a gooil look ut tne Countess and the Bifihop's oniys^jiu What do you say, my Header? That you ilon't believe that a»r/ one would linger at such a time to gaze at the flesh grief of the newly bereaveil 1 Well, uU I can say Is that young Jack Trevoi- knew Blankliaffii»to]i better than you do! -He. poor boy, i-i;.called clearly enough, the tiuie two years before when the old Dean when th people in their an.xietv to miss nothing »f such .-. nirrc-3how-,a.s thre*! lieart -broken icirls. had not hesitated t» climb the thn-e steps which led to the Deanery pew ar.il hang on to the .h.or so as to get a really satisfying l.Mjk at the sobbing crape- si nouded figures still kneeling with their faces hidden in their hainb; I So Jack kncv,- well enoitgh tliic. tlmre wa:; no tficaiK! iiv him, and he gave his slight young anil to his grandmother and pjissed steadily tlin.ugii the ihroi-g of jjcopic. his face paic as death, his eyes .linuned witii tears, yet with his head well up in air, a boy witii tlie heart t»r a man I The Bisliop had lef* his son to the guardian- ship of his uncle. Lord tiaseoigne, coupled witU a wish that he sliouhl Spend as much •'There is a gentleman, my lady," he saaJS ' "the Bishop of Blankhampton â€" he askddl ' for Latly Constance. " "1 will goto him â€" " aaid Lady Const^ica;. 'I daresay it is about the Home of Kut.. A ou"lI come, won't you. Mother V "Presently dear. Carry my bocAsihS^ the library, James." The daughter went upstairs ^aidl tfiw mo*her went into the library. " Shall I lay another cover for luuiS^ngr la*ly " James enquired. **1 think not, James. We d^k knoir the Bishop of Blankhampton." " l**nloh me, my lady," JaiSSS^answeDeff^ " hut he has been here hever^ times.. Ha U8e%ltob,e Dr. Trevor.** **l)r. Trevor " and t^jemlien lady^ip sat doF.n and stared at th** lervaolt vitb all her eyt s â€" the Bishop of- Bteally, Janta, you hiive surprised mo. Certainly anoUicr cover must be laid. Ub will probably star to luncheon. " time with his graudnn.ther, LjidvfJiuscoigne, !i3 that ];dy and J.ick himself should wish. "I should like liiin to be as much with you as iKissible," he had Kj^d to LadyCa-s- c-oigne the week bcft.re his death. '-He is a gool l«v, very brave an.l truthful, -md X don't think yon uill find liini imich tioiible." "Klward," iid the old Countess steadily •Mack i-s the veiy light of my ohl ageâ€" my Connie's l«y whom she h:inlly"s.aw. As y«)u say, he is bi-ave anu truthiul but if he weien.lâ€" if he were liocrid, as many boys of his :ige are,T would stiM carry out all your wishes if only out of my gratitude to GU for having been the Wst of husbands to my girl and for lu-xer havingputanother woman in her place." "I neverthought of it," he said. ,jj*'But,"' persisted tho „ld l:t.ly, "many en would hav: tbo.ight of it, nios. ' men woitld have thought Mf it. for after a wife like Connie, you inu.st huvebeen often lonely and wretched. Many a man would have married again beciiusc the empty^ life was toe grievous tolear." "1 never thought- of it," repeated the Bishop simply, and even then be did not tell hi* of that bust sad r»nnisc he ba«l made Ids Conty; that w,i.salhiiig between him and her' too tacred to repeat even to her mother. Well, Lady (iascoigne and Jack wentbiu:k U the Valaceaixl tried lj» cat a miseralile ineal, which ended in the old Countess going off to herown i-owi to keep quiet until time for the afternoon service at the Parish, and Jack forlorn and WTctdied, not liking to- go to the stables, as was usujd with him after Innclieon on S;iinday.=, fotuid himself somehow walking slowly ai\d aimlessly through the West ;arden. Now the West (Jarden waa one of the prettiest bits about the Palace I Jacks mo- ther h:fcd loved it, ainl the Bishop tiiid been ac- customed to speral many honrspiKing slowly up and »lown its neatly-kept putbw ays think- ing out his sermons and his addresses to the Tea,** Kdwl ngbedâ€" "Boys do have to go to adiool-rhat I mused yoa awfoUy lut year and I shall miss yoa now, I know." ^*Yoa will have M.ry Bsmfylde "he began. **Ye»~bat Mary Bamfylde likes doli^" wiUi contcmptnotts ein[diui8 on the word, "and she ecreams if bhe sees a rat, and a wa^ sAnds her oat of her mind. She doesn't know how to bait a fish-hook nor climb a tree new â€" nor anything V* 'Oh well, iitaj is a duffer, there's no donbt aboutjt," Jack said in a tone of quiet convictionâ€" "There's Dolly Tenuentâ€" she's no good, she's such a mean little thing atd there is Lucy V^ivian-, she isn't much Better, Well really, £thel. unless yon can put up with the Lswroiees, I don't see what you wiil do." "I can't bear the Lawrencea," cried EtheL "They'll be belter than nothing," said Jack â€" "and when I get my holidays perhaps Mrs. Mordaunt will ask me do^ii here â€" and I'll tell you what I'll do, Ethel, I'll ask Granny to invite you to stay with us in Lon- don or wherever we are." "Will you. Jack Oh that will be lovely. I know Mother will ask you down here â€" 111 get her to ask Lady (iascoigne be- fore she goes. I know she will." "So in hushed yet eager voices, .the children laid their plans for the future, and presently a servant came in search of Ethel. "Miss Ethel," he Paid, breaking in upon their talk â€" "the mistress has gone to g ready for service." "Yes. 1 11 come in James, thank you," Ethel answered â€" she was a very polite little soul, whom tlie servants alwut the Cliffe worshipped. "Are you going to service. Jack " she asked as James turned away. "Oh yes." "Is Lady Gascoigue going " " Ves â€" at lea.st I l)elievo so." Ethel pressed a little nearer to him. ".fack," she said in an awed voice â€" "Wasn't it airf ul this morning " Jack could not help shivering in spite of the bright auusliine which was stre;iming down ujKin them. " Yes, it wasâ€" horrible," he an.swered. " People think it interesting to see any one in trouble," said Ethel, with unconscious ironyâ€" "and instead of looking the other way, as they ought to, they stare as if it was a peep-phow." " Yes," said Jack. There was a moment's silence â€" already they were walking along the pathway run- ning through the shrubbery which divided the Palace grounds from the gardens of the Cliffe, and as Ihey reached the little gate through which James had just passed, Jack '-umed to his little friend. "Etiiel," he said â€" "look hereâ€" I'm going tojeavc you my bull-pup." The ready tears began to fill the child's lovely eyes. " Oh I Jack," she criedâ€" then by a sudden impiUsc .she Hung her arms uNrnt him ami held up her sweet little face to his. " Dear, dear Ja»:l.," she 8ail--"but- won't you wont him dreailfully ifor your self?" " Yes. I daresay I shall,*' Jack answere«l with a boy's delightful c»ud«ur â€" ** but Crummies is very fond of yt*a ukI liell be happier down here than lie v*u!d lie iu London." "Jack," said Kthel, **I trill take can «ff ruiimiles for ever." If Jaek Trevor hal been ten yeai ' 1«t he would have hail a tender littlr rcasark to make then â€" "Happy OmEunle*" tir wMue thing of that kind; as it was he rat iter nntgh ly~for him â€" itisengaged liiniself from the tender clasp of the clinging arms, and tore himself away with all a boy'w aversion to anv- thing approaching to a scene. "Oh I daresay Crummies Avon't mind, he'll get a very goml time," he sjUfl gruffly, then went back to the Palace tltrongh the shrub- lcry and the West Garden, wilikinghanl to keep the tears which would come into nis eyes, from falling. When he reached the house he found the carriage at the door and Lady Gascoigne just coming down the st:iirs, Ic oking oh" so large and BO hot in- her vohiiiiiiious crape- laden garments that the loy'a heart fairly Kank within him at the prospect of sitting through another service at the Parish. However, happily the afternoon service at the Parish is not a very long one â€" just the evensong and an anthem, and while his t;randmotlier was settling herseli in the car- riage. Jack had time lo run upstairs and dash some cold water into his Mash-basin, into which he plunged his quivering face. A good rub with a rough towel nia»le him look almost himself again, and iu two minutes he hail brushed his fair hair into a snifM)th wave across his head and was downstairs again. And the Parish was fuller than it lnulleen in tlic momink; even men and women were i^t-anding three deep in the broad centre aisle, and in groups alwut the corners ofthe stiitc- ly old pews, and as soon ;us Lady Gascttignc ami Jack were seated, a verger caiifc to itsk in an agonized whisper whether he might fill up the remaining stalls in their pew as usual? Lady Ga.scoigne assented, of course â€"she had not altogether sorry that be is gtung away, although it is true that we shau never get sach a nei^boor a the dear Bishi^ agwi. Bat Ethel is gettang as wild ss a haiA, more like a boy than a giri.' "Sbemigbt be worse,** remarked Major Mordaunt, who had always been a great friend of Jack Trevor's â€" "the boy is as honest ss the day and aa plncky as " "Oh yes, yes," his wife broke in â€" "Im* there are other things to ocmaider in a girl*s training than those.^ "H'm," muttered the Bfajor â€" "I don't know so mach about that â€" bcmesty and plnck make a very decent ground work â€" ve â€" ry decent, my dear." (TO BE COSTINrKD. « If aU the E^ga of the Ood ihtored. Fish that take much care of their opring naturally don't need to produce eggs in the same reckless abundance as those dissipated Kinds that leave tbeir spawn exposed on the Ijare sandy bottom at the mercy of every comer who chooses to take a bite at it. They can afford to lay a smaller number, and to make each individnal egg much larger and richer in proportion than their rivals. This plan, of course, enables the young to begip life far better provided with muscles and fins than the tiny little fry which comes out of the eg~s of the improvident species. For example, the codfish lays 9,000,000 odd eggs; but anybody who has ever eaten fried cod's roe must needs have noticed that each individual ovum was so veryamall as to be dbnost indistinguishable to the naked eye.. Thousands of these infinitesimal specks are devoured before they hatch out by predace- oua fish thousands more of the young fry are swallowed alive during their helpless in- fancy by the enemies of their species. Im- agine the very fractional amount of parental affection which each of the 9,000,000 must needs put up with. On the other hand there is a patern- ally-mindetl group of catfish known as the genus AriiiH, of Ceylon, Australia, and other tropical parts, the males ofwhich carry about the ova loose in their mouths, or rather iu an enlargement of the pharynx, somewhat resembling the pelican s pouch and the spouses of these very devoted sires lay ac- cordingly only very few ova, all told, but each aunost as big as a hedtre-sparrow's egg â€" a wonderful contrast to the tiny mites of the codfish. To put it briefly, the greater the amount of protection affoided the eggs, the larger the size. And "conversely, the larger the size of the egg to start with, the better fitted to begin the battle of life is the young fish when first turned out on a cold world upon his own resources. This is ii general law, indeed, that runs through all nature, from London slums to the deep sea. Wasteful species produce many young, and take but little care of them w^hen once produced. Economical species produce very few young, but start each in- tlividual well-equipped for its place in life, and look after them closely till they can take care of themselves in the struggle for existence. And on the average, however many or however few ofthe offspring to start with, just enough attain maturity in the long run to repla-'e their parents in the next generation. Were it otherwise, the se would soon become one solid mass of herr ing, cotl, and mackercL An Atrocions Grime. A horrible niunler lias been committed near Xami in Umbria. Alfout twelve miles from the city of Nami, on the side of a mountain, is an ancient convent called Los|eco. It was iu the woods near it that St. Francis of Assisi used sometimes to wan- der alwut in contemplation. The convent, however, was only inhabited now by five friars, who were greatly respected by the people in Narni for the great good which they werealways doing. On Sunday morning two of them went off to celebrate mass in a village near by, it being the feast of .St. Loreuce. The other three â€" Padre Natale, Patlre Alfonso, and Padre Emilio â€" to- wards twelve o'elock wentas usual to Ihefr dinner in the refectory. While they were eating they were suiiirised by four individ- uals with their faces masked and armed with long knives and siick-s, with which Ihcy at- tacked the [Mior friars. A terrible fight en- sued, with the result that ojic of the friars was beaten to death. Another. was killed by having his throat cut, and the third was stabbetl. A boy of 15 years of age, who also lived in the convent, ran down â-  o the cel- lar to hide, but he was followed and beaten to death. The sight that presented itself lo the other two friars «ii their return in ihe evening was a dreadful one. No reason iit all can be given for this atrocious crime, as the assassin did not steal anything from the convent or from the church but it"is thought that theier intention was to rob, thongh perhaps they were too frightened to *lo so after having murdered the friars. The police are bunting all over the place, Ijut have not caught any of the assassins yet. Ballooning to the North Fole. a heavy crape veil behind which to hide It has been announced in the Paris jour her tearsâ€" and immetliately three smart nals, the Standard Paris correspondent young soldiers were put letween her and Jack. Jack was thankful. He knew th.-m all, bad seen them at his father's table scv eral times and be knew that Ibey would not stare at him unmercifully as three women woubL have done. However, the service passed off better thaiL might have l:cen expected. Lady hiscoigne ilid notlegin toweep until tbcanthein egan; even then she only wept softly and noiseless- "The souls oftlioriifhtcous arc in thchainlsof God And there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seem to tlie And their departure is taken for misery, but. they are in peace." Then followed Spohr's "Blest are the de- parted," and then the congregation subsid- ed into their seats while the offertory was collected. In less than ten minutes after that Jack was leading his grandmother through tlie crowd once more and the dreadful day of public suffering was over. Looking back in after years, Jack Trevor always declared that liisreal boyhood end- ed on that day, that he then became a man. in reality although he had but the form of a boy. In truth at that time he was bis grandmother's chief stay and comf ert. And it was well that it Was so for her son, Ixrd telegraphs that MM. Georges Besancon director of the Superior Scbocd of Aerila. Navigation, aud Gustave Hermite, astronom- er ami meteorologist, nephew of the Presi- dent of the Academy of Sciences, propose to make a scientific ex{)cdition to the Noi-th Pole. With that object they intend to construct a balloon of lined silk, 30 metres, in diameter, and liavinga cubic capacity of 14, 121 metres. The balloon will be covered with a special Varnish, which will ensure its apsolute impervionsness. It will Ijc filled with pure hydrogen, ami its car will l»e constructed on a novel plan, espe- cially suitable for this Polar Expedition. It is calculated that the aerial journey will last from four to five days, to .be commenced at Spitzbergen, and it ir hoped that it will end happily on the North American Continent, j or in the northern portion of Asia, a journey ' of some ;J500 kilometres. â-  youngâ€" thinking often too of her who hatl j ijascoigne, being laid up with a bad attack so oftCTi ^:alkea there hand in iiand with of gout, had not been able to go down to him. .So Jack. Iiallowml by thoughts of him I Blankhampton even for the funeral, and, tor whom his grief was yet iresli, found' ... ... [lecessarily, it was imperative for the execu- "tors to lose no time in arraugingthe Bishop's affairs and in deciding which of his belong- ings were tobe keptfor hissonand which were to Ix! sold, as be had directed, by auction. But at the end of a week Lady Gascoigne bu: kiM The Faual Kesult- n.yy.Sv.\T. lS.--Yesterday Mrs. Roy Monk to light afire in a stove in her xMihthe aid of coal oil, when her iigU'came ignited and was partially ' "â-  Ul her iKwly Wfore the flames were The woman waa badly the body, and it is not whether or not she will. 1 frc cnished '1 al»out 11 iis vet cr. Money Talks, Thou^. I learn that Mr. Dumbman, t'ae deaf is very rich. Ves, I knew that. 1 got a different impressioufrom wliat •ii.l abtiut him. 1 said he had no money to neak of. !1, .lid you everhearbiMSfeak of it? A Disobedient ftd^k advertise Patron â€" " You "iiiriptiou, don't yoa' Yes, sir. to care 1 'i t,uackâ€" " Y'es, sir. 1 never faU whes my instructions are followed." 'â-  My son took your medicine for a ya ftiid die.1 an hour.after the last doee." *â-  My instructions were not foUo«e«L Jt^ld him to take it two years." himself walking among "the bright-hued flower beds towards the l»aiik of the river. And as he walked a voice called to him soft- ly- ** ack,"it8ai(l â€" "Jack." „ Jack 'rrevof i|uiekeiieil his footsteps as he t had arranged almost everything," had se^r- lieardit. " Is il you, Klhcl '" he answered. jited the pretty modem furniture which 1 he garden at this point ended in a nar- j the deal Bishop aud Conty had bought, from row shuboery, winch in its turn led into a the stately- suites of carved oak, liUck and strip of meadowliinil w hich ran to the bank J shining with the polish of years, which be- of the rn-er. A little wooilen gate led from longed to the Palace, she had set aside all â„¢^^"â„¢*'l«0'o tlie meailow, and at this! the most valuable of her daufihter'swcdiling And when she WHS left alone. Lady Gas- gate when Jack, readied it he found the presents and all her jewellery, and these had coigne knew both pa. A and present as clearly j owner of the voice standing. j l^en packed re«ly to be taken to her house as it she had been Trevor bimself-she J " t'h ' Jack dear." rIk-. eriel, •" I wanted j in London. The horses were all delivered knew why so many men who had loved her 1 so to see youâ€" I did wri e. We are so sorry. I over to the tender inereies of a local tlealer beautifnl daughter Tuul ridden away hopeless and disappointed., she saw it all plainly en- ough now and al-« went straight past the boudoir door to 'etr own roomand never put in an appearatln j« mtil the lunch-bell rang. Meantime ladty Coi.stance had gonenn- Jack, so awry all of us. .And I "was in the and were to be sold during the followiu;. Parish this morning. Jack, ami I cried -week, with the exception of a particulariy all the time. handsome grey cobwnicbhadbeenforseveraL "Iet'sgoand sit i.ii the ban 5. Klliel," j years a great favorite of the Bishop's and said Jack holding, nut his bami. -which Lady Gaacoignethonghtwouldbesnit- .. „ "^otogctherthey w. lit, .lac'.; andhia friend I able for Jack to riifc. And last but certain- suspiciously to fcer visitor and found, in- Kthel, and sat dowii on i he i ivei 'i lani: in I ly not least, the evenmg before Jack ami stead of a po rtly old Bishop, an eager eyed the bright August sunshine, aud a^ .lack sut j Lady (Jascoiene were to leave the Palace, broad shou'idcnd man w'ho held 'out two with his hand in her'aâ€" not bceita-e Ihcy trembling 'jands and came to meet her with I were by way of being swect-liei..rts,.r in the two eager voids upod his lips â€" "My darling y habit of showing eudeaiTnents tov .rds one â€" my daxling," and for answer Lady Con- another, but only and solely becaBiie Jack stance â-  /rent to him without any pretence of 3 was in trouble â€" he began in some indetinable shyne jb. like a child to its mother. I wsiy to be comforteiL His graadmother /*I did not know who it waa," she said,. K baa tried with all her heart to comfort him, with, a gladdening in her voice. |f it is true, but with indifferent success, for -^ »nd by and bye when her ladyship cam g every tear and sob tihat escaped her lady- 3., which she cUd with outstretcbed hand, h ship had only seemed to rive the heart of the 1 Arty Constance cried, "Mother, yon knew! '" p boy more cruelly. Ladv Gascoigne was big, "James told me," she answered, and then t andso â€" so sloppy, yes, I know it'sa ^mlgar a^ looked rather hard at her daughter and. Â¥ word, yet nothing else seems to express ner held oat her hand. L so well. Her tears were so ready to flow, **I am so happy. Mother," Ijady ConstaiKV ber tongue was incessant, her reminiscences whispered with a blush l;agonising. Ethel was different, she was so "Tj"y Gaacoigne â€" " began the Biihop, J gntle and so pretty, she bad known the when 8 .e stop^jeu iiim. .Bishop ever so much better than his motber- " A uu neea say nothiiig â€" 1 see it all," sh I 'in-law liad doue^ She monmed for him said. ** Von shall talk to Lord Gaacoign «{ 'with all ber true and tender childish heart, presentiy. Will you giva me your arm dow n 3 ^^ tean did not have the effect of Harrying the staiis ?** her whole face as -ahvay:: happened with It waanot naaal lor them to^ down with-. 1 Uady Gascoigne â€" teat's onl*/- made her eyes ceremony at that hoar, and lady Iascoigne. 1 look hhe forget-mc-na^ alter a shower of never felt the need of an arm at any time,. J rain. bat daring the few steiw they took tiwetber,. f **' Mother says; Jack," said Ethel present- the Bishop nnderatoodthat it waa aS right, j " tbat yoa will be going away from the and that his new honoma had made the way smooth and easy for hial. And the Bisbc^ gave tlie intelligeiitJamea^ a co«ipI.a of aoTereigna befote he left the hooae, to the ^farther adif^teDmentof that fonction. Wall in dne time theywen mafried and- the hride want down toBbakbaoptoB. Idi aot fc-aoir what the good folk then peete d or dennd, hvt. La^ Ctaaataace Tar ^id not imptcv henelinqr on lad ex-- 1 â- laBceTn-- 3' j*alace now." **Yes. I am going to live with my grand- another/* he answered. "In London r 'Yes." *** Will yon never come hack to Blaakhamp- ,_ ttoa again " U **0o yes, some day." It waa a aobiecton xiant if tlie very yoong are good ooBdorttm, the boy went over to the Cliffe ^to take Crummies, the bull-pup to his new home and mistress. **\'ou know, Jack," said KthePs mother, 'I really don't think a ball-pup is quiU the dog for a little girl of ton years old â€" but "Ethel has set her heart npon Crummies so I snppoee I most give in." "Oh yes. Mother/* cried EtheL "Oh yes, Mrs. Mordannt,** echoed Jack wistfully. It was perhaps a little hard on him t^ have his parting gift to his old playfellow â- and friend regarded in the l^t of a pcraon- â- al favour toirerds him rather than from hira. He had given Ethel his dearest poaaesston, a boll-pup of the tme Matcham strain, he had. tiered it aftor a fierce struggle with himself, and had with difBculty kept him- self from gomi^ back on his word, giving aa a pretext bis doobt that Crammles would arttle in a new home or the coachman's fear 'that, the dog waa not yet over the distemper. J^d then to have his preciotu pup received as if he were being given a grudging home «ut of chariw to liim and lunJnesa to tbr giver WeU, it waa hard, and that m where grown-up peo^ are often ao stapid and ao unaeeiiw. if Mra. Mordamt- had Tsalised the ^»th erf â- â- â€" 'fi"**â€"â€" 3iobility whidi had their bone within ysag •Jade IVevor'a boaont, hw fine of aetaon from that day wenld Ittva been ao diflen^ that thia atocy pnhaUy eaoid'aavar hacve iMnwrittan far tlw aiiiple raaia^ that b "wobU not ban hmm ttev ts write. A» it -was riwliad yialded to KtheTa aoto A Love Song. Were all the sea dry land, my dear. If the dry land were sea; Were ail the fishes men, my dear. While fishes all were we You'd be the sweetest lisb, my dear. Of all that swam, to me. If all the air were earth, my dear, If all the earth were air; Jf all the birds were men, my dear. While men as birtls sailed there; I'd count you fairest still, my dear. Of all the birdliogs fair. "XVere all things something else, my dear,, As mixed as mixed could be: Strange creatures turned to us, my dear. Turned to strange creatures we Best of all living things, my dear. You'd still remain to me. Delayed Tiains- Ottawa Sept. IS. â€" The W:nnipeg trains going east have leeh delayed and will he delayed for some days for some fifteen hom*s. For a day or two telegrams were recer\'cd in the city from friends on the train who were journeying eastward, bat no reason was given. A passenger was seen who said the whole cause is that the company were filling in a trestle at East Peninsula, when the ballest took the whole struction down. Now they arc filling in and as the train from the west reaches there twelve hoars before that from the east, they have to wait and it tokes three hours to portage. That in all. As soon aa ^he line is filled! n it will be open for tracffic The question is only one of time and not of danger to life. Onlj Four fhonogiaplis in Thgiand. In England, I am told, there are only foar phonographs, incladbig the one in the posseaaion of Mr. and Mrs. Slitnley but ' Ihey manage things better than ttus in such plaoea aa Mexico. There a phonaigr^ih: is to be placed in each principal post office, and tboM peofilB who caa neitber read itot write, or are too lazy to do ao, aimplT de- fiver their message into ttte nliiâ€" giiajili, tbe cyUnder Is fwwarded to ita dealMBtiaa» and doe notice having been given haa that Ua {Kesence is required, tJie reoemr «f the message attends the otRae at the athar and the words are spc^en off to ^hl 1 dare say, if all go^ well, we vatPf alart same oonvenienoe in IfairfiMM^ abaat JMO A.I ' Chance is a word void d i not exist without c ikOtUac Johnny^"Ujbook, pa, â- aysOtliiMiwty ia the beatpoliey. IstkattnieJpar Mn- nifaaffiâ€" "^ea, mj aon; if tbemlNidnt haan hoMafrpeopla IB tha «aiU,how davmM^ poae lAoold arwhav* Wn. aUato ipat a hw a d aalhw? Ta% an^B, **General Middleton waa aa brave an officer aa ever led a diai^" aaid ex-Sergt. JaoMa flaher rf tha Anny Corpa, now resi- ding withhia family at3!St Clarana avenue, Torouta "You knew him thjan in India V queried the reporter. "Wny, I 8«Ted under him," said the old aoldier. "We were together at the capture of Lucknow, and it was in an engi^tement where he commanded that I nearly lost my ife." ' Were you at the relief of Ln^now then Tell us the whole story, wm*t yon " " It'a pretly long," said the old veteran, but there Wd e few men in the Indian mutiny the t aa r more fighting uad blood- shed than 1 uid. " In 1857, some time after returning from the Crimea, on the Pall of Sebastopol, said Mr. Fisher, ** a military train was organized to take the place of the old transport corps, and I among others in the Scots Greys then stationed in Ireland, volunteered. We were at once ordered to C%ina, where there was war goint; on, but on reaching Singapore found fresh orders awaiting us there. The China war had collapsed and the Indiui mutiny bad broken out. As a result we were ordered back to Calcutta in great haste. When we reached Calcutta the 8th Madras native cavalry had mutinied against going to Bengal, and we were asked to volunteer for service. As the second battalicm of the Military Train comprised nearly all cavalry- men we at once did so, and the horses and accoutrements of the 8th Madras horse were turned over to us. POISONED BREAD. Then we had our first narrow* escape, and it was a close one I can tell you. Pre- vious to going up the country we were sent out a short distance to a riding school at Dum Dum for a couple of weeks. There were there about 600 men aud 400 women and children. One morning as we were sitting djwn to breakfast the bugle sadden ly sounded the rally and we all hurried out. Then the bread was hastily collected and destroyed, and we were- told it had been poisoned. Had the bugle sounded five minutes later it would have been all up with WeU, the chief baker and five of his assistants were arrested, and, as they couldn't give a satisfactory .account of how the poison came in the bread, we hanged the six of them. All the explanation they could give was that some one must have come in the bakehouse and put it in the dough, but that was all rubbish and they deserved their fate. TO BELIEVE DELHI. We were first ordered to relieve Delhi, and we started ou the road to Cawnpore. It was a fifteen hundred mile march' and it took us about two months to make it. The' bridges had all been destroyed and we had a number of encounters with hill robbers, but we finally reached the scene of the most atrocious massacre of modem days without mishap. You will remember that it was at Cawnpore that General Wheeler, after a brave resistance, laid down bis arms to the Sepoys, on condition that he and his men, with the women and children, were to be allowed to depart unmolested. Nana Sahib agreed to the terms and the soldiers were a1*out getting on the boats in the river when the mutineers fell upon them, and massacretl the whole brave biuid. Only three men escaped, and they did so by swimming the river, aud hiding in the bush. The women and children were detained as prison- ers until at the approach of the British troops Xana Sahib ordered them to be slain and their Iwdies thrown into a deep well. A monument to-day marks the siteo^the slaughter at the well. This barbarous order waa c;irried out aud when we reached there a few weeks afterwanls the place presented a gloomy and a terrible appearance. It is said that by order of Nana ^^ahib an English minister and a Roman Catholic priest were hanged face to face and then thrown into the well, along with the women and children. TU havelock's KESCL'E. We intended to inarch on Delhi from Cawiiiore, but when we reached there found that it bad already fallen. It was then dc- terniined as soon as reinforcements came up that we should attempt the relief of Luck- now. You will remember that a short time before this when the handful of Eurqieans in Lucknow were just about on the verge of giving up, General Havelock with a couple of thoustiud men 1 hrew himself into the place but his force was too small to get out again, and he was still besieged there "As soon as Sir Colin Campbell arrived ith reinforcements we started for Luck- now, six thousand strong, crossing the Ganges oiia bridge of boats. The distance from Cawtporc to Lucknow was about fifty-one miles, but we had scarcely made more than ten when the enemy began to show tight. They would conceal themselves in the bush while we kept to the open, and shelled them out with our guns. We cap- tured quite a few prisoners as we went along and most of them met the same fate. If they could not show conclusively that they were not at the massacre in Cawnpore a blank cartridge was placed in a cannon, they were strapped across the mouth of it the cartridge was exploded and the Sepoy was BLOWX INTO THE NEXT WORLD in small pieces. We asked no quarter and gave none. If our men were unfortunate enough to fall into the hands of- the enemy it meant death, and if the enemy fell into ours they knew what they had to expect. We had no room for prisoners. Welt, we fought on day by day, but it was not until we were within four miles of Lucknow that we found the Sepoys in fcrce. They occupied the King of Lucknow's sum- mer residence, known as Dalkooska palace. We executed a flank movement by engaging the enemy with artillery in front and getting round to the left of the palace. ^11 that lay we fought hand-to-hand, and when night came the palace was ours. We lay right down there on the ground and slept among the slain each man with his horse' bridle twisted round his wrist. " The second day after some hard fighting we carried Martiniere College at the point of the bayonet. On the third day we got a position near the bridge which leads to Lucknow, and captured it with a charge. We held it, too, in spite of the fact that Uie enemy made several desperate attempts to blow it up. The fourth day we spent in CANSON'ADING THE CITY, and succeeded in burning most of it down with rockets. It became too hot for the enemy, and they fell back, leaving a small section in our possession. On the fifth day we crossed the bridge altogether, and got a good foothold in the city. By this time we were close enough to enable Havelock to make a sortie from the Residency where he was besi^^ed. The enemy attempted to prevent a union of our forces, but failed, and Havelock and his brave band were rescued. " We then fell back to Alumbaugh, a fort a few miles away, and situated in an open oountiy. Here after tbiee or four days poor davelock died, and although the doc- didn't say so, I have always thought tkmt joy at being rescued was' too much for hiai. We remained at Alumbaugh until reinfcwcemeuts could arrive to enable us to â- ptare the city and hold it. At this time Sir C^lin Campbell was suddenly called back to Cawnpore, and jnst got thre iu to prevent the Galway contingent of the native army about twelve or uiirteen and strong, from capturing that place. Tlwie was some desperate fighting, but he managed to bold it. If it had fallen we would all have been cut off in the heart of India and nothing would have saved us. While we remained at Alumbaugh the enemy attached us nearly every day, and it was an ordinaiy occurrence to have to turn out and drive them back. One day they came in larae locae and We got our guns on them and tbey left about five hundred men on tha field. After that we w«% not bother- ed ao much." BKHXAOSO THS SEBOIANT-ITA/OE. What did yon do wit t theirwonnded V* aakad the reporter. "Well," aaid Mr. Fisher, "we had i4 ^aoe for priaooersand they were put out of the way. We loot our aageant-major, tbon^ at Alumbaugh He nndertwA to viait the ptdEeta one night for one A the offioera. In tiM darkncaa he wandered away and got iaaida the enem^a picket line. They poonoed vpan him earned him to Locknow, paUiply behaadffid him and carried hia head aroimd on a long pole anncwmcing it aa tJiat of a Britiah GcBoraL "About two Boilea bam Alambai^ the Fort of JaUaBalahd, iriiere oar alona and aamanitioD wcra andflr nard. Iwas â- nde a oavpc^al at A1n»baiipi and flaeed ttetip.wUli fonrtoeoy andwfilewo w«nat thagjace a yMittarhaJ aevgraHlMa^. ' dw attar teafiHr'tta^MBV we obaer hvBMrniikteitta inataad andn nDoped oat and vitiK^n IdoNV of anr Grooghthim down.' I saw a modal breast, and thinkiu Il»d kaied him, aeiaed tha medal and earned it back with me into the Fort. It was a medal |pven by the British Qovemmoit to Supeiaide Sinsh for bcavofy. Siqienide, however, wasn't uUed, and we took him priaoner, and he after- warda ^ve na very valuable information and advice. A HAISBREaiTH ESCAPK. ' A few days later Jallallahad was again attacked. This time tho- enemy moved up with greatautionand suddenness, and they were between us and the camp at Alumbaugh almost before we knew it. On previous oc- casions we always sent to Alumbaugh for assistance as sotm as we saw them coming, and I at once dirocted me of our men tQ go there now. In a few minutes he' came back and sud it was impossible as the enemy had cut us off. I reported this to the officer in command. " ' Corportd' he replied, *you will have to go yourself.'" " I went, but you could have brought my life for a five cent piece. I had to ride right through the enemy, but in the dust and con- fusion, although I was robbing slioulder to shoulder with them they never noticed me. I got through safely enough, but as soon as I got clear of them a short distance tbey not- iced me separating from the main body, and at once sent volley after volley after me but I escaped all right. I reached Albuihbaugh just in time to find the troops on the move. I joined my own corps aud we returned to tho attack utterly routing the enemy and capturing five gims and a Howitzer. The enemy fought desperately, and in some cases the Sepoys would climb tlie trees and shoot down at us as we jxissetl underneath. We would shoot them up in the trees aud they would fall from limb to limb and finally drop like squirrels ou the grountl dead. LUCKNOW CAPTITRED. On the 10th of March 1858 sutficient re inforcements had arrived to enable us to attack Lucknow, although it had a native garrison of teventy thousand Sepoys. We removed alt our stores and ammunition from Jallallahad and the engineers blew it up' Ou the 14th of March, with 2.5,000 men aiid 10,000 Gonrkbs we commencetl the attack on the city, and it is needless to describe to you the two days* fighting that ensuetl and its final fait But few of them escaped and the rout to them was most disastrous. It was here I first saw Captain Fred Middle-' ton. After the fall of Lucknow a column under General Lugard was ordered to march after Kaooz Singh and raise the sieze of Asiz- guialh, where the 1 3th Light Infantry were hemmed in. On reaching there we found that the Sepoys had retreated without wait- ing for us to come up, and a detachment consisting of two troojjs of the military train, four hundred of Hudson's Horse and three guns from the Horse Artillery, under' command of STAFF OFFICER CAIT. MIDDLETON were ordered to pursue Kaooz .Singh. After marching about nine miles w*e came across some of their baggage and took possession of It. A litte further on the detachment came to Koore bridge. This was a narrow bridge crossing a stream with an emljaiik- ment leading up to it on each side. There was no sign of the enemy here but 'as it afterwaids turned out they were Concealel in force in the buslies ou the right hand side of tliat embankment. Hudson's Horse were ahead and had almost crossed the bridge when there was a roar and a volley of bullets was poured into them from ' the bushes on the right. They were thrown into great, confusion and crossing the bridge wheeled down the left side of the bank out of range of the enemy instead of charging them. We were next. As .soon as Capt. Middleton saw what had occurred he dashed forward bnindishing his sword in the air. Ri!ing in front of us with flashing eyes he shouted â€" lion't show the white feather. â€" Charge I And he lead the way lown the emlumk- ment in amongthe bushes with us ridingpell mell after him. We cut and slashed and fought hand- to- band for fully half an hour. In the meantime Hudson's Hoi se hail rallied behind the bank andciLine to our assistance. Then the enemy began lo retreat. The last few shots were Iteingfiri'd when I got two of them, one through the right arm and the other through the rightshoulder. My horse was shot through tlie head iit the same time and FELL ON ME and I didn't remember an)'thing more for seven days. The rest of theliattli* I imist tell you from hearsay. Hal the seoiul Iwttalion ofthe military train followed the action of HuJsrjn's Horse the enemy would have seized ihe nridge, eiit oil" our retreat ami we wouhl have been tk-Mtroyed tu a man. Itut, Middletun'a piimptDess in (trdering us to charge turned the di-saster into victory. Out of eighty men who ehart'e*! l«wn the cmbaiikinent after Middleton twenty were killed and thirty wounded. Hudson's Hoi-se also lost heavily. Their coinmaiuling oflieer. Col. Hamilton, was among ihc killed. Two men Morley and Muqihy, in trying to nave him, earned the Victoria Cross. They res- cueil their colonel, bnl il was only to see-him die of his wounds. When the (bx:tors eame to me they said I couldn't live, and attended to all the other woundcil first, but at the end of a week I recovered consciousness, and'when I was strong enough I was sent down to Calcutta and home to Kiiglaiid with a convoy of wounded, and here am I in. Toronto to-day as hale and hearty as any man iu the city, and yet" after the Ijattle of Koo^e Bridge the doctore .said I hadn't a ghost ol a chance for jKy life." Mr. Fisher not -only has ineilals frr the mutiny, but also for the Crimean and Abys- sinian wars and for long service and goMl conduct. Salting Bittter. A ilairy exjiert '-eing asked how to salt butter ill the eh n, replied: "Suppose there is cream enough in the chum to make 200 pounds of butter, when the butter, has 'come' in pellets the size of wheat grains, throw in !00 pounds of weak brine, ami re- volve the chum a few times. 1 hen let it stand a few minutes and the butter will mount to the surface. Draw out all the butter-milk that will run out till the fine particles of butter begin to come. Chill and wash the butter with water cold enough to reduce contents to 50. This will keep the pellets from massing, and will wash out nearly all the caseine matter, leaving it as disintegrated as so much com. 1'henput in brine as salt as w*ater will hohl, till the butter is covered and swims in the brine. Leave it half or a whole hour, at convenience. Then letthe brine drain out. That brine will be diluted some, because of the water mingling with it that was left in the washed butter; and it therefore neeIs another submersion in strongest biina, let- ting it stay in a few minutes. This latter application of brine may le warmed to 75 degrees, or left at 50, according to the cold- ness of the weather or room. If the weather is hot, the mass of butter will soon warm up to good packing temperature, 00 degrees. If it is cola it needs the help cf warm brine to raise it to the same, temperature, or it will not pack welL Butter sr salted will please far more people than it would teu years ago. It will not be over-sailed, or have undissolved crystals in it, iu any event but it may not be salted enough to suit some tastes. ' Only a HoathfoL X. â€" Do you knoa' that man sitting at the table over there Q. â€" Yes it is Jones, the greatest gour- mand in the city. X. â€" I know it, and beis.cating away his senses. Q. â€" That won't hurt him any it is only a mouthful to him. Why the Goat Fined Away. Mrs. 0'(«eoj^i^anâ€" Phat'a the matter wid yure goat, Mrs. Ronrkc? Sure the poor Doste do be lookin* thin. Mrs. Rourkeâ€" Yis, sorra's th' «lay He Bwally'd a oottle av Anti-Fat, au' thin tumUed into an excavaytipn an' knocked the cork out av it Sure, he's pining away to a skiUyton Bffect of the Alliance. Shortcard Pete â€" "Well, you areâ€" allâ€" rifidit. The idee of ptckin' that feller up for a uurmer. Why, he's lived here in the city for tweo^-five year*." Hi^card Samâ€" "Well, what's he doin' withliayseed in hia hair, if he ain't no farm- er?" ^Shortotfd Peto â€" "Why, he's ninnin' for office, you diump. That's what he's doin' wit' hayaeed in his hur. See?" 'He waa tinay aa a fiddle. I3ce luditeing.** •ftatr '*Ho. Zis^H^' Went npthe AQBIGULTTTBAIi ;^ â-  '"â- "â- Â»â-  The Ayiduio- The owner of a dairy of Ayrshire cowa never oomi^ains of hard times, tor where any otiier cows caa simply pay theii way the Ayrshire will return a diWdend, says Mr. C. M: Winslow in tlie Country Oentieman. The reason of this is that it costs less onan average to produce a quart of milk or a pound of batter from an Ayrshire than from any other dairy cows. As a dairy cow their size is the standard, being aboat a thoasand pounds in fair condition, weighed at about a month or sir weeks after calving. A cow of this size has large enough capacity to consume enough food to proiluce a good return with- out seeming to strain her organs; then too she is not ao large as to le unwieldy in get- ting about nor docs it require the extra food to support an unnecessary' size. Perhaps the great secret of the sncccts of the Ayrshire as a dairy cow is Iter digestion, enabling ber to extract and turn into milk and butter the largest p:)d8ible amount of return for the food consumed. They are like a healthy workingman when he sits down to dinner â€" all the food is good, and tastes good. An Ayrshire fow dttcs not stop to find out the quality of hay plai;ed before her â€" she eats with a lelish good liay tnd poor. Of coui-se she does not i-eti^m to her oa'ner as much milk from his |ioor hay as from his good, but she eats it with near- ly as good relish She is hardy, hcaltiiy and strong â€" alway* hungry and eats heart- Contracted Feet. To keep horses feet right, or cure them when disease of any kiml settles in them is not all the work of the farrier, says an ex pert: The owner if the hoi-sr sibould take his slmre of the work. Willi contracted feet the first thing to do is i»» Iv-ithe them well iu warm s:ilt water. This is ti soften them and check fever. Next ]iiit .ma poul- lice made of linset^l meal three iiight:t in sueecssion. Now comes (he shoeing. First prepare the fool; .iro the sok- down ij;»»od, leaving the liar; o|en i)ut the IuhIs well, all they will stand. This is one o/ the great secrets in spretuling feet, to jk-h the iieels well. Don't take any otf tlu* tenter w ell forward. The shoe should Ik; ;i still iic, but not wide on the weh. I'ul on f..iir calks on the shoe, heal tin* heels of ihe sIkk-, one at a time take the hot-inm ra.«|i and rasp them well f(»r\var.l. put mi ihe sh.K- lo clearthefoot at tlie ht-els. s.» th;il i' will take an ordinary jack knit'i- onc-luili in.-h fioni the point where the lior-e" w.-ii^hl conies to the foot. L'se go..d hi"»f uintment three timeaa wet-k. lnsixurniue nionlhs the feet have liecn spreadfroni throc-l.nir'ths to one and cne-fiHirtli iitelies. How to Aualyze Soils. A soil can not Ik* cultivated uii.h'r-^tjti'd- ingly until it has U-iii ri;:idlv siibje.t.d 1.» such examination ;is will tell iis. as n.-arly as any examination ean h-ll ii. wluii is w essary to render it fertde. A chemicid analysis gi\ is oidy wh.i! 'the soil eontJtIiis at the nuiiiii-nt "f eaiitiniii.ilioii, and not the quantity in Mhi. Ii tli'-sc .-..nst i- tuents may lieuvailalil".t.. the pliint in ;i\;. li- able form during the |ki i...| ..t i:r-.vvth. But if il isdesired lo kn-'W \\hettiiT a soil is already provi.Ud whii iiitrnii.-n-.iis matter, it" is sullieieul lonw;i hiindtul *.t wheat upon a small s|iiarf ••!' gr.-uiil ulii.- lias Ir^cii iii:muriHl willi :i. niiiiei;d -.snl»r.iiii'e Without the aid of nltr-.i,i:enins mat-t.-r th.- mineral matter has scjtrcely iinvelVeei n|i.n the wheat. Therefore, if the si?i:ill sunaie ..f LrviMi.! gives a rapidiind he;illhy t;;.i;it i..ii ;iii.l :t jom1 crop, it shows that lh.-..T ih h.i..l .. ~iil ficieut supply of niti"^.-n. i..j tliv mimi.d manures contain no uitr-.gtii. On the other han.l. to ' :.,- -ei l.iiii wlnlh.-i the soil cont-juiis a snliii-i.-mv 'i m.neral niuiuire (pliosphaU; ol linie iiiel poLisli j, manure iilois with niir-i-en-.u^ si.b^i meir- mly, planting (iiie willi emn and aiiolh-r with iotuloca. 'I'lu- yreat inlln.-no- (hal phosphate of lime has {i i-.i n s..i;_'hiiin atid sugiCl' eane. and pota-=h on |w»lalM*.-i aud lolsieco, is well known lh»-i i loivv il lh"e..rn tlom'ishe5 we may l" sn^i' tin- l.ind )t;i- cnoiigli phosphat.' of lim*' ami il ih.- jM.ia- â-  teles nourish ihe land -h..- i..-l l\-\. p'.i .-!i. Thus, two experiiiHiil-, ii "lui: ir-- 4.ii; a snivlll area of gn.nii.l. an.l trvin-: tin.. ..h! ferepl cii»ps, are sulh.i.nl t' ..'li.iiii i!i.- iiidiealioiis n(*Ji'ssarv 'â- â-  •*' jiTili.i..;;s â- ,-!• mi if culture. Tin- v.inaM.- vi- l-t ..I i la- .â- ..,,,. compared with llial i.I.T.in.'l ti-.m l.md manured with iiitro^.-nou^- an.l niin.ial inatter eombined. will m.-asni"*- tin- vLhtn-ss ofthesi.il. Sine.- iiiaimM-s;.i.-tli.n..nli-liin;' material of plaiilM, ami. ..'Imi lliiie.' I..in- eqiuil. the higher protil ..I I la- li.i.l d.-|..-n.ls only ami alom- oij tin- ;.'i.al.i .i-ily xli.i.l ed"ijuaiili4y t.f ill.- ;tni.- loinnl in lii.- -.il; therefore, the lii..r.- a--. Ml '.1 .â-  U li-.v 1. â- .!;.â-  of this siilfcilaine. il p|.-|.-uaM..n. }.r.i]H.Hi oiial list-, an.l In.w il ina\ U- pi...nr..l .m a farm in stitli.-ii-nt ipiant il*, au-l v.iih ih.' least cost, is of tlie i^i.-.U.l iniporla!.. .- I.. tht^faiMier. The tiirmer h..Ms in his han.ls ih.- ilin-..ds of his own prosp.tity, and the elinn-nl- iiecesMary to hisoun sue.-.-,â€" In- ],.is-t--.- tbe compass by nie;ins i.|" \\ hi.-h iii-. l-ai k .an Ik- steered into p..i-l w illi li\ mi; .-..hii.s .md the compass is his intiniat«- a.-.jiiainlan.-e with the soil he tills. Thei. i~i. m. "n-- subject in agriculliire wliieh dt'iiiajids. at the present day, mor .ar.-, .â- â- â€¢niinu'-d :iu widely extendel e\|i.-i iiien' llian tin jiractice of manurinir. Am.ickw H. Waui. ill /â- .*,-.» 'i,n! n..„-. The -Span OW.S in Euj^l.iinl. A writer in^lhe /.'./.-'/â- -/ tin: following remarks, whi.li valuable hint to enhival..i.- " ill this country "The sparrow .|in-sli'n i 1 seritiiK one, as tliishii.l is ii alarming, extent liii'iimli.nit and n»t only are fariners losses from its ra\a;,'es, Init i:.ir'le!nf are jmt to their wits' eml lo ke.-p lin-st- i:hftn:-' away frciiii their eas. S..riie nuk.- n--.- ..f the galvanised wire guard; made ami "Id for the jjurjiose, and very g.M.tl [n«.f. .-i.,! s they are, but those who are m.t â- . I-.i lunat.- as to possess a goo»l slock, oi h.isir num- al sll, may find a goo.l .-ubstitiit.- in f:-w lim-.-. of cotton, that whieh is l.Ia.^k i.-iiiL' I lie best: 'I'his should be stniine.! aioii;: liu- rows just clear »jf the ^x-as. ami .-npporled every few yards by ruiiniii;; it uniml small sticks, so as to keep it fiom dipping.' Th.- sparrows, when they ali;.'ht for iliepiHjK.se of taking a meal olV the i.-i-.ler leave .lo not see the eotton, but tin- nt'.ment lln-y touch it they are alai incl, and 'lear- oil as quickly as i»!)ssiole." fieady- for Tomato Eot. Mr. John Leilche has U-eii inaking sonn- experimeiits with rot in toniatm-.-; ami yuAn- toes, and as his expeiiincnts are \aliialile we present his letter below. He s;i_\s The rot iiithO toimito h.xs been extreiiuly lad forthe last three years, in this seeti-.n of the country, fully iwo-Lhir.l.s of the eiop having been destroye.l. In the eoursi- of my txperiments to eimiittracl lliis fungus growth in th' tomatt, 1 found, last se;iKoii, that setting out late, al»ont llie last ./.liiin-, by which time my plants h:id attained a large growth, ami niuiehin;^ heavily with straw, setting the rows nearly tiv feet aicirl by three in the row, and keeping them pruned to from two to three stalks iti ea. h hill, jirov- ed to lie a very much less mtiei], Imt alsr» a much better tomati than ll'e other way, and not more than a we« k laler than those that were set out the first ..f June and planted in row:- three feet ten nclies apart and two and fnehalf feet in the row, supportctl on trellises two an.d one- half tect li'gh, with moileralepriiniiig. Thi' season I have set out a row, a stake I»r eaeh hill, three feet apiirt and mws live feet aj»:irt. pruned to twoslalksintliehiU.pruningotithc tops to ha^te'u ripening. 1 find a further improved condition, scjircely any rotting and ripening earlier, whilst thos*: planted in the usual'way are rotting worw- than other years, for the season is worse, U-ing very hot and dry forthe last month. The potato crop will prove nearly a failure from a siini- I tr cause which rots the t'inato. As stxjii as the soil was too dry I ut on a light mulching between my tomato row;s, and when it needed further cultivation 1 nikel the mulching up around the hills, and cul- tivated between rows, keeping the soil loose and as fine- as I could make it, nltliougb it was apparently completely lried out. â€" â€" Something They Shonid be Thankful for. Two negroes engaged in a quarrel when one struck the other on the head with a wagon spoke. The negro thai hatl j^jcei^cd the blow rubbed bis htKid for a moment and then said "Look yere, .Stephen, dar's one thing dat is er powCTful blessin' fur you." " What's dat?" "De fact dat my heoi:! is ez thick ez it is. W*y ef my head wa'n't no thicker dan dc common run o* heads, dat lick woidd er killed me 'an den you would er been tnck befo'er justice o' de peace an' fined mizhty nigh twen^ doUare. Y ou 'd better thank de Lftwd dat I ain't got one deze yere aigshell II „ iii.-k. all. .1.1 â- - li l.H ..,.., .III nira M-r I n ,.. lh:_' IM a -oiii,Ir\ .%' L,-""-..--V'yy/ m m im mm riia iriiiibi aaimm

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