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INSERN ATIONAL PRESS AsS'N
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CHAI'TKII III.— (Continued.)
Mo laughed as be accepted his cup
of tea. . .t.i.
“l’erhaps Horry would not l>o too
bard on me if I ovcrstaid mv leave,
forgetting the lapse of time in such
charming; society as an unlucky sailor
Is always suro to find in your house,
Maud."
Mrs. Griffith sowed a tiny seed,
dostlned to bear later fruit, in
her reply, as she selected a
sandwich for her young kinsman with
her own fair hands.
“I fancy Harry would not be too
hard on you If you disobeyed orders
altogether.”
The Harry in question, otherwise
Captain the Hon. Henry Montagu
Fit/.william, C. B., in command of H.
M. 8. Sparrow, was a veteran officer of
dignified, not to say severe, mien; an
inflexible disciplinarian, who made the
lives of midshipmen and subofhcials a
burthen by reason of a vigilanje
deemed little short of gulling tyranny
and oppression.
Lieut. Curzon found transition of
mood and surroundings alike soothing
and agreeable. The idyl of youth and
beuuty in rags was dispelled by the
presence Vf Mrs. Griffith am} Miss
Ethel Symthe, who bestowed upon the
deeply appreciative sailor nil those
graceful and delicate attentions where
with wily sirens on laud win the
i hearts of the followers of the sea. lie
was hot, a little tired and vfexod, with
all u young man's sense of amour
propre, that he had clumsily broken a
cup on entering the room. The eye
of that son of Mars, Captain
Blake, was still upon him,
with an undcflnablo mockery, as
of one who had scored a point in
the social game to the discomfiture of
a rival branch of the service. Mrs.
GrlilUh hud never been more sympa
thetic in eordtulity of welcome. Miss
Ethel Symthe, with her calm, fair face,
and erect figure, was pleasant to con
template. The softly modulated en
couragement of their words and smiles
pervaded his senses like a subtle per
fume. oven as the silken folds of their
yellow ten-gowns, all creamy luce and
knots of ribbon, brushed his arm. He
had regained his own sphere once
more after that country ramble, which
should have been too trivial to leave
even u surface impression on his mind.
It is m such moments of extreme re
action from the unforeseen that men of
impulsive temperament cast anchor in
the home haven and become sedate
husbands
4- *Jvs. Griffith, as the wife of a mili
tary man of high runic, was the power
behind the throne in the places where
the general was stationed. The tact
and amiability of her personal in
i', fluence were pereeptibte at Gibraltar,
Cyprus, and in India alike. 8he was
aver the Donna Pin of the minia
.tttro court of Urbino, organizing
the festivities, adjusting all petty
differences, giving zest and piquancy
to gaiety. Her acquaintances ranged
over moro than halt of the civilized
world.
Removed to a new station, the lady
invariably adapted her tea room to
the requirements of a large circle, as
an Arab adjusts his tent Hence, in
the palaco of the Knights Templar at
Malta, the low chamber opening on a
court had a design of bamboo across
the ceiliAg; the walls were wain
scoted with panels of cedar, palm and
*ed pine; and the floor covered wiUi
delicate matting. Vases filled witlx
chrysanthemums; old screens of six
panels, quaintly painted and heavily
gilded; and divans oovered with drap
eries wadded with silk, impartod,
with the fragrant woods used in deco
ratiou, a pervading hue of rich brown
'ifr. “THIS IS MV FRIEND MISS SYMTHE-”
(o the room. In one corner was a
£ curious household shrine dedicated to
Buddha, with a brass lamp suspended
■' before it, und a shelf, with a circular
mirror and tiny trays for offeriugs of
flowers, rice, and incense.
On the present occasion. MissSymthe
had insisted on kindling a stick of in
% Cense in a tiny brazier before the god,
with a mischievous glance at an elder
. I7 clergyman with a weak chest
Arthur Curzon, soothed by these
feminine flatteries, asked himself
what scheme his cousin might be ma
turing in her brain, on his own be
half, with a sentiment of awakening
curiosity, as his glance followed the
movements of the Htout and handsome
matron with the smooth black hair,
clear complexion, and tranquil gray
eyes. Mrs. Griffith was an inveterate
matchmaker. No doubt she had a
bride ready for him. Who, then‘lf
Miss Ethel Symthe, of course. Did he
not know feminine tactics?
The young man was expansive in re
sponsive greetings to the Ancient
Mariner, otherwise Capt. John Filling
hain, on tiie retired list, whose remi
niscences extended over forty years of
active service, chiefly in woodon ships;
wars; the suppression of the African
slave trade; or cruising off the Mos
quito coast. He had shared the fresh
impressions of life of midshipmen with
Arthur Curzon's father, the admiral of
many engagements.
A lr I n rl I «r it 1 /I want lamnn wrootninrs
rheumatic limbs in the winter sun
shine of the Mediterranean shore, and
with a countenance like the battered
figure-head of a ship, the Ancient Mari
ner scanned the new-comer through his
gold-rimmed spectacles, and remarked
to Miss Wymthe, sotto voce: “A fine
lad, and he will prove an exceedingly
clever man, if I am not much mis
taken. A chip of the old block, as
well. They are called the mad Cur
sons, you know. II is father, Admiral
.lack, fell in love with such a pretty
girl, but withqut a penny. She was a
nursery governess, or something of
that sort He saw her crossing a thor
oughfare near his club on a foggy
morning. She had neatly turned
ankles. Hear me! it seems but yester
day! I was best man at the wedding.
Wo were middies together.”
“Fancy!” murmured Miss Symtlie,
and a slight glow of auimatlon wanned
her cheelt.
"These young fellows are pampered
nowadays,” continued Capt Filling
ham. “In my time, we had to put up
with salt horse and weevily biscuit,
without too much complaint The
uncle, Archibald, if 1 am not in
error-”
“John, dear, have another slice of
bread and butter," interposed Mrs.
Fillingham, a brisk matron, still
proud of her dumpling form as revealed
to advantage in a Faris robe.
*.nOn s. . _
HE RECOVERED IT HASTILY.
The Ancient Mariner frowned, with
an expression of affronted dignity. He
was fond of unraveling the thread of
reminiscences of dates, places, and
people, when he found a congenial
listener.
Mra Griffith gave the Lieutenant a
gilded bonbonnlere, with the admoni
tion: “Ethel is very fond of choco
late.”
The officer started from his reveries,
and presented the box to the young
lady. As he did so. the heavy medal
fell from his pocket and rolled on
the floor. He recovered it hastily.
“What treasure have you there?” in
quired Miss Symthe, who possessed an
unusually sharp pair of blue eyes.
“A G re co-Phoenician medallion,"was
the careless rejoinder.
“Where did you find it?” questioned
Capt Fillingham, with interest
aroused.
“1 bought it,” said Lieut Curzon,
and paused abruptly.
“Dear me! You got it of a native, I
suppose?” pursued the old gentleman.
"No. Mr. Jacob Deal try sold it to
me over yonder.”
Capt. Ulake laughed in a cynical
fashion. "Has Jacob Dealtry any
pretty daughters?” he insinuated.
“No.” said Arthur Curzon, with su
perflqpus curtness.
"Surely he has a granddaughter.”
insisted Capt. Blake, playfully.
The hot blood mounted to the brow
of the sailor. “How did you know?”
he demanded haughtily.
. Capt . Blake slightly elevated his
eyebrows, drained his teacup and re
placed it on the tray.
“Jacob Dealtry,” repeated the An
cient Mariner, in a musing tone.
"Where have I heard that name?
There was a Capt. Frederick Dealtry
on the west coast when I was first
lieutenant on the Coquetto. I fancy
the commander was a Dealtry, who
got himself into a mess about the
stranding of the Wasp at Salamis.
Don’t you remember-”
C "John. dear, some more tea will do
you good.” said Mrs. Fillingham. who
spoke with a hasty and an authorita
tive lisp.
“ The Ancient Mariner glanced
detinantly at his. helpmate, while
consenting to a judicious
I replenishment of his cup, and fixed
[ Lieut Curzon with his glittering eye.
"Ah! Now IJhavc it!" he pursued,Ignov ;
iug feminine interruption. “Jacob
Dealtry was the mime of the merchant,
or trader, at Jamaica, who disappeared
so mysteriously after learning of the
marriago of his only sun in Spain. I
was in the West Indian waters at the
time, in command of the Vulture. We
gave a ball to the ladies in the harbor
of Kingston on the very night Next
day ttie whole affair was town talk.
It was most extraordinary, you know.
The trader was supposed to be well off,
and he had disappeared without leav
ing a trace. Ensign White told me
afterward about the son's return the
following year with his Spanish wife,
and his search for the missing Darenb
He hinted at foul play and robbery.
There was something wrong. Stop a
bit, though! Was the name Dealtry or
Brown?"
Capt. Blake laughed again his mirth
less, jarring, little laugh.
CHAPTER IT.
ST. PAUL’S BAT.
.X. „ . V
RS. GRIFFITH
invited her friends
to a picnic at St.
Paul’s bay on the
ensuing day.
The weather was
fine, and the spirits
of the party in
harmony with the exhilarating tones
of their surroundings. On one side
the island, barren and arid, caught
the pervading radiance of golden sun
shine, and the shadow of passing
clouds in orange and purple tints on
ridge and hollow, vivid, yet delicate
and evanescent. On the other the
limpid waves of the bay rippled gently
on the strand, und the blue sea spread
beyond rock and inlet to the limit ot
a transparent and luminous horizon.
Everywhere was the permeating
effulgence of. a southern light and
color, dazzling to the eye and steep
ing the senses in a soft languor of in
dolence. The warm sea breeze mingled
with the perfume of flowers in
adjacent gardens. Occasionally a bird
winged its flight across the zenith.
Little craft steered into the bay as
the storm-beaten vessel of the apostle
is reputed, by tradition, to have once
sought refuge here.
The clergyman with a weak chest
listened to the ruminating conjectures
of the Ancient Mariner as to the much
disputed voyage of St. Paul, and
whether the island visited had been
Melida, Melita, or Malta, while the
ladies manifested a half-fearful inter
est in the viper, and the possibility of
descendants of the reptile lingering on
the spot. Mrs. Griffith, handsome and
suave, in her maize-colored draperies,
appealed to her nautical cousin, Arthur
Curzon, as to whether or not the wind
Euroclydon was the northeast current
which wafted hither the apostle of the
gentiles.
‘ Very possibly,” assented the young
man, with indifference; for Miss
Symthe was in the act of transferring
a rosebud frem her belt to his button
hole at the moment.
“'Tradition is a bore, don’t you
- as buo
young lady bestowed a similar gift on
him.
"Not at all,” she rejoined, in a tone
of reproof. “All about St Paul’s bay
is most interesting.”'
Here the clergyman opened a Testa
ment, which he carried in lieu of a
guide-book, and read aloud several
passages in the Acts. Capt Filling
ham became inspired with a kindling
enthusiasm of conviction.
“I believe we are standing on the
very spot where St Paul landed,” he
affirmed, with a sweeping gesture of
his right arm, which included sea and
shore. “The violent wind had beaten
the little chaloup about until the sail
ors were in despair, and all the cargo
had boen thrown overboard to lighten
the vessel Only the prisoner Paul
who must live to see Rome, was sus
tained by unwavering courage, and
strove to reanimate the failing spirits
of his companions. A man among
men, in storm and darKness!”
“Paul was upheld by faith,” inter
polated the clergyman.
“On the fourteenth night after quit
ting Crete, Paul counseled all of his
companions to eat bread, and
Strengthen themselves, and in the
morning they sighted land,
when the ship was driven
into this bay by ' the tempest
with such iury that the prow was
buried in the sand, the waves washed
over the poop, and the whole craft
was broken up Am I right?”
(X0 BE CONTINUED.)
Jewelry In • Crave.
The largest amount of jewelry
known to be in a single grave was
buried in Greenwood cemetery several
years ago. The undertaker who had
charge of the funeral protested against
it, but was severely srubbed' for his
interference. The family had its way,
and in that grave is buried fully S3,000
worth of diamonds, with which the
body was decked when prepared for
burial. Sometimes families who desire 1
to bury their dead in the clothing |
worn in life—in evening or wedding
dresses, for instance—substitute less
costly imitations for the jewelry worn
in life, partly from motives of thrift
and partly from a superstitious fear
that anything taken oft a body when
it is ready for the tomb will bring ill
luck to future wearers,
DAIRY AND POULTRY
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
Bow Successful Farmers Operate This
Department ot the Farm—A Few Hints
as to the Care of Lire Stock and
Poultrj.
&HE MICHIGAN
census office has
Just Issued a very
Interesting report
on the live stock
of that state. It
contains much
food for thought,
and is as follows:
It appears that
the number of
horses in the state
June 1. 1894 was
663,362, of which 31,890, or 4.81 per
cent were under 1 year old; 40,028, or
6.03 per cent were 1 year old and under
two; 48,111, or 7.26 per cent were 2
years old and under 3; and 643,333, or
81.91 per cent were 3 years old and
over.
The number of mules and asses was
6,332.
The number of cattle, exclusive of
milch cows and working oxen, was
664,683, of which 242,220, or 43.67 per
cent were under 1 year old; 198,648, or
35.80 per cent were 1 yShr old and under
2; 89,821, or 16.20 per cent were 2 years
old and under 3; and 23,994, or 4.33 per
cent were 3 years old and over.
The number of milch cows was 506,
890, and of working oxen 11,267.
The number of hogs under 1 year old,
including spring pigs, was 837,365, or
80.89 per cent, and the number 1 year
The number of pure bred (recorded)
cuttle in the state June 1, 1894, was
19,994, distributed as to breed as fol
lows: Alderney 3, Angus 67, Ayrshire
37, Brown Swiss 3, Devon 48, Galloway
653, Guernsey 83, Hereford 444, Hol
stein 1,714, Jersey 3,852, Red Polled 131,
Shorthorn 4,059.
Dairy Opportunities In tho Sooth.
To be sure there are sections in the
south as there are in the north where
sufficient good water cannot be ob
tained, and it would be foolish in any
one to attempt dairying anywhere un
der such disadvantages. So far as cli
mate is concerned the south can claim
the greater advantage, writes L. S.
Hardin in Home and Farm. To make
good butter you must obtain a tem
perature of about 60 degrees. There
are probably far more days in the
southern states during the year when
the thermometer ranges near this
point, taking all the seasons together,
than there are at the north. The springB
<nd falls are longer, so to speak, when
sear 60 is the usual temperature.
The winters are much milder, though
Ae heat of summer is more continuous
though not more extreme. If the dairy
nan will work his cows all the year
as he should do, he will get more fa
vorable weather by far than could his
less favored rival of the north. Tho
separator does away with the need of
ice in getting the cream, and the only
trouble he need have is to secure a
temperature of 60 for making the but
ter. A deep well, or cold spring, or deep
cellar, or evaporation of water along
with making the butter in the early
hours of the morning, will generally
accomplish this. Some of these expe
dients will do for shipping the butter
just as they do at the north. Grass
will grow in all the southern states If
properly cultlvatned, though the mod
ern methods of dairying are gradually
Ins, and sure eno^'TT''
Brahma rooster
ty eggs, on one sMe**
bens and on th« (Vt
ben. The visitor
the rooster sat, secret!
«ome of the darkens1 ^
out a special lot of mS"1
asked what he did eri
would not sit anyi!i';1
replied that “datarw"'
to set." pointing unZ?
Looking under the bo* S
surprised to find both ^
logs sticking throueh hMthf 1
rhe black rascal hid °lM 18
boles in the boxandtlS
legs underneath, go
rooster “was done bound s
miring Into the matter
man found that the da^S
bens and one rooster. Thr« ^
were setting and the other
Ing. The darkey, finding*
tH®ehe? ?ccumulating quite ha
sd to let up feeding theM
and make him hatch a jJ*}
ens.—Providence Journal ' *
Grit
Those who have kent th*
fully supplied need not be1
will take at least a quarV^
year, and that the demand!,
curs as regular as the daily ml
fact that many hens are corn
do entirely without grit, and *
age to live and lay eggs, ^
umes for the constitutional vit,
tenacity of life of the much al»
You have taken her from he
heath and placed her when
your purpose to keep her and t
localities she cannot find aim
the shape of grit to run here
with, and yet you neglect a
this essential feature, and «
athemize the breed, and all 1
general, because the poor,
ON A CANADIAN STOCK FARM.
‘i*k PRINCE EDWARD 70fllflM roUHQF ihllS ggTj
old and over, 197,786, or 19.11 per cent
of the total number.
The number of sheep under 1 year
oW, Including spring lambs, was 1,181,
024, or 34.29 per cent, and the number
1 year old and over was 2,262,957, or
65.71 per cent of the total number.
The census of 1884 shows the number
of each of the several classes of live
stock, but not the number at the differ
ent ages as reported in the present cen
sus. Assuming that horses and “other
cattle" in 1884 include all ages, horses
have Increased in the ten years 217,156,
mules and asses 512, cattle, other than
milch cowb and working oxen, 69,402,
milch cows 99,186, and hog3 36,757,
while working oxen have decreased
15,072, and sheep 633,954. _
The state totals of live stock as’above
given include live stock in cities. The
totals for cities are as follows: Horses:
Under 1 year old, including spring
colts, 241; 1 year old and under 2, 189;
2 years old and under 3, 1,802; 3 years
old and over, 49,147. Mules and asses,
all ages, 249. Cattle, exclusive of milch
cows and working oxen: Under 1 year ;
old, including spring calves, 691; 1 year
old and under 2, 489; 2 years old and
under 3, 289; 3 years and over, 438.
Number of milch cows, 16,300. Num
ber of working oxen, 16.
Of other stock returned from outside
at cities In 1894 there Is, compared with
;390. a decrease of 7,521 In the number
of milch cows, uf 18,544 in working
oxen, of 90,999 In hogs, and of 137,361
In sheep, and an Increase of 1,261 in
mules and asses.
The census of 1890 - shows 67,
979 colts foaled on farms in 1889.
If the number of horses outside
of cities under 1 year old, in
the state June 1, 1894, be taken as the
number foaled on farms in that year,
which for this state is substantially
accurate, the number foaled in 1894
was 26,330 less than in 1889, a decrease
of more than 45 per cent. The decline
in value of horses will readily account
for this large decrease in the number
of colts fdhled.
By the census of 1890, 20,631 horses,
mules, and asses on farms died in this
state in 1889. This is 11,018 less than
the number of colts foaled outside of
cities in 1894. Assuming the loss by
death as reported for 1889 represents
with substantial accuracy the annual
loss from this cause, the number of
colts foaled in 1894 exceeded the loss
by death by 11,019.
The number of sheep sheared in the
state in 1894 was 2,323,189, or 60,232 <
more than on hand June 1. The total
wool clip of the state was 14,696,322
pounds, an average of 6.33 pounds per
head. The average per head in 1890
was 6.28 pounds; in 1884, 5.63 pounds,
and in 1880, 5.42 pounds. In 1894 the
average per head in the southern coun
ties was 6.40 pounds; in the central
counties, 5.92 pounds; in the northern
counties. 6.49 pounds, and In the upper
peninsula, 6.82 pounds. —~ „ ,
eliminating the pasture from the prob
lem. The corn filled silo is taking its
place. It is safe to say the refrigerator
car will soon follow the steamship in
making its own artificial refrigeration,
and not depend on ice.
To my way of thinking, the enemy
has not discovered the lion that lies
in the path of the southern dairyman.
He can easily overcome the objections
named. The fellow I would fear is the
average negro in the dairy room and
stable. He is by nature altogether too
careless in his habits and frequently
carries about with him too strong an
aroma to trust in proximity with that
highly sensitive article cream. If not
watched with an eagle eye he lets the
8table fill up with filth and the churn
become stale within, while the tins ac
cumulate dirt in the creases and milk
spilled on the floor has no terrors for
him. He is all right if you use suf
ficient discretion in picking out a good
one and then holding him up to his
work, but it will never do to let him
think you are not on the watch for
even the semblance of carelessness.
Effect of Food on Battef.
Carefully studied experiments In
feeding dairy cattle show that the kind
of food the cows consume has a pro
nounced effect on the hardness of the
butter. So far as the experiments have
gone it appears (1) That gluten meal
tends to produce a much softer quality
of butter than corn meal or cotton seed
meal, and, other things being equal,
tends to lessen the churnability of the
butter fat. (2) That silage produces
a much softer butter than does good
hay, but it is also favorable to the fla
vor and texture of the butter product.
(3) That cotton seed meal tends to pro
duce an unusually hard quality of but
ter, and that cotton seed meal and glu
ten meal might be used together with
excellent results.
The standard of quality by which the
butter is Judged is the quality made by
feeding cornmeal and clover hay. The
feeds tested for quality being those now
largely used by dairymen in sections
where grain is bought for feed.—Ne
braska Cultivator.
Setting a Booster.
A citizen of Iiumford had canvassed
the town in vain from end to end in
search of a hen to set, when he hoard
that an old darkey on the Boston, Prov
idence & Newport road had a great
deal of “setting stock.” As this was
Just what he wanted, he lost no time
in hunting him up. He found the old
man building a hencoop in the rear of
his residence. Approaching, he asked,
by way of broaching the subject, how
many hens he had setting.
“Three hens and a rooster, boss.”
“And a which?” inquired the poultry
man. thinking he had not heard
straight.
“A rooster,” replied the darkey.
Seeing a look of distrust on the vis
, itors face he took him into a low build
creatures do not keep healthy, and
merrily, and lay abundantly;i*
this time they go anxiously sear
for the sharp-cornered mineral
necessities crave, with their p
working over a mass of ungro™
and their bowels'sorely irritate
the passage of undigested grai_
their unnourished bodies the wj
ed victim of disease and pre
death.—The Cultivator.
Bluenfess of Milk.—Milk u «
from the udder may be deacr
practically uniform composition
however, we let it stand at re
time we find, as all are aw* > .
uniformity of the composition
milk is disturbed by an ac «« J.
which takes place rnore or ‘ess J
on the surface of the milk, °““
fatty globules, which a mi ^
amination will show are ® ab t[r i
distributed in milk; conc'.rrent^
this separation of the to ■ ® ^
the color of the main bo y
served. By the removal of
opacity of the milk |s ^ t 1
it is rendered more traM"® „„
has the effect of i“p" 'rf5tif oia
tinge which is so charac (at
milk. But, while most of
Iects on the surface, tre^,
certain percentage whi n
the top. This amounts to
per cent.—Exchange.
re»
Every Hen a. Prod“ ?ikfng for,
the breed you have ® nd profit o
much is in the succes “0nmon *
same by the care and_c°m ^
treatment of them under J» be
ship. Every healthy hen “ produC,
on as a producer, but ^ tM c
is more or less depen give!
and kinds of food which J )n bjs,
therefore the atten increasing
hands the P°wer t bis stf11 *
creasing her Proc l' .. jt isnot eXIH
knowledge will should
ed nor desired that one^ ^ ,b
or pamper his j® {g0li roars? •’I
or pamper his “ food, coat*
more productive. P itlve quality
flue, possessing ®utr‘;‘re than ^
all that I. desireu. MJ
i positive injury to ti ,jberal aVf
?lace of bestowing at
lace of bestow i ! sh0UiJ „ 0
n feeding. theJ°,X* and seek
o do some scratching bave hi*
inds of food when the.
-Exchange.
The
Eggs
•es are an anticioie .gte 0i
«ss%x %>****
soluble compound.
_
Secretary Thompson.,»f
i0d00AW.0ute?or butter.