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' - standing before the THE MYSTERI ------ OR, PLANNING FOR. THE FU LURE. . 4 x = Da Q - CHAPTER IL1,--(Cont'd) Hastening forward, he was soon monument, when he was more amazed than ever--almost paralyzed, in fact, as he read the following simple in- scription: ~* "Miriam Harris meee, Hore "October 18, 18--. A blank space was left after that last word, plainly, showing that the person who had caused the monu- ment to be erected had been in ig- norance or doubt as to the dates of the occurrence of the event. A mighty shock sf joy went quiv- ering through Gerald .as he. stox gazing upon this shait, which mark- ed the spot where his mother lay, for it proved, beyond question-- at least, to him--that the patient, sorrowing little woman h the lawful wife of Adam Brewster. It also proved him to be the son and heir of the late banker, while he was sure that only the man him- self could have been instrumental in erecting this fitting memorial and otherwise beautifying the spot. It must have been recently done, he judged, for the granite looked comparatively fresh, while it was een them the order," the' lawyer ob- served, during their discussion of ways and means. regarding future tion. Accordingly, op the following morning, Gerald started out upon his search. By referring'to a directory three years old, he learned where the firm's place of business had been located, but upon presenting him- self there was greatly disappointed to find that the works had changed hacds This, of course, only served to complicate matters, since the new firm had in their possession none of the books of the old, excépt those of the previous year, which contain- eda recurd of unsettled accounts and orders received, and which had accompanied the "gvod-will" of tho business. ; But Gerald was fortunate enough to obtain the address of one of tho members of the old firm, and, hast- He told the man his errand -- namely, that he wished to learn the name of the party or parties the granite border for a certain lot also evident that orders for the per- ; petual care of the place had been ang to some one, for the grass ed been newly cropped. No ornamentation in the way of shrubbery or flowers had been at- tempted, but the turf was solid and handsome, and gravel walk absolutely free rom weeds aud grass. Tears of gratitude involuntarily rose to Gerald's eyes, for it was in- expressibly comforting to him to find this sacred spot so attractive --to had, even.after yoars of apparent whoever it might concern Miriam Harris had been his lawtul wife. He was also very thankful that he had obeyed the impulse which had prompted him to come tu the place, instead of returning directly from New Haven to New York, as he had been temp to o. After looking about a little, and reading some of the naines inscrib- ed upon various headstones, made merble-worker, which he had found cut into the pedestal of the monu- ment marking his mother's grave, tha--retraced his steps to the vil- lage, where he sought the sexton and inquired who had fitted up the Winchester lot. "J don't know, sir," said the man, studying with curious eyes the fine face of the young stranger; "some workmen came here, nigh onto years ago, and turned the whole lot topsy-turvy. | tried to find out who sent them, but they: said they were working for a New York firm, and that's all 1 ever kmew about it. The place nover had no kind o' care afore that, but the thing was done up han'some then, and two hundred dollars put | of the place, in the bank, with orders to have the interest used every year to keep it in shape." "In whose name was the money deposited 1"' Gerald inquired, "Nobody's, sir; it was just lef there for the Winchester lot, an I goes and draws the muney --eight dollars--at the end of the scasen. l try to earn it, too, sir,' the man concluded, with an anxious glcam ip his eves. "Tam sure you do," said Gerald kindly; "the lot is looking well."' He thanked him for his informa- tion, slipped a silver dollar imo his hand, then proceeded directly to the station, and was soon on his way back to New York, with a very much lighter heart than he had ex- pected to carry thitherward that morning. He was still very much mystified regarding those names in the New Haven register, and it seamed to him that it would be very difficuit to prove that his mother was the ' "Jawful wife, and he the legitimate heir, of Adam Brewster. True, ke had the certificate and wedding-ring, and his own baptis- mal certificate. There was also that monument bearing the name, "Miriam Harris Brewster."' This latter would be avery strong point if it could be proved that the late banker had autherizea the placing of it: but unless such proof was forthcoming. the fact would undoubtedly be regarded as a trick, which any one might have inude use of to estabush a point; it would never be accepted as posi- tive evidence of a lawful marriage. Arriving in New York; Gerald at ouce sought Mr. Lyttleton, and ac- quainted him with his singular dis- covery. That gentleman at once exclaimed that the bueks in New aven had been but when, or jast how. they could have been made to prove such false- oods, was more than he could un- derstand. The fact that a monument bear- ing the name of Miriam Harris Brewster had ben erected in the Winchester lot, he agreed wit. Gerald, would amount to nothing in the way of evidence unless Mr. Brewster's agency in the matter could be indisputably proved, and this did not appear lively, since it was patent-that he had taken speci- al pains to prevent such a discoy- ery. "The first thing to be done is to hunt up that firm of marble-work- ers, and try to ascertain who gave he a note of the name of the tampered with, ! in the cemetery in Ashton, R. I. is listener smiled at his re- quest. "'T can't tell you that, Mr. Win- cl ester,' said; "the transac- tion was a very queer one, from be- ginning to end, and I know all about it, for 1 did all the business in connection with it. >t me see,"' be continued reflectively ; "it must have been more than three years ago that we received a letter re- questing us to send some designs cf monuments, with descriptions and prices, for inspection, to room number forty-two, Hoffman House, on a certain date, and stipulating that no qrestions were to be asked, at the hotel, regarding the occu- aut of the room mentioned. The writer wished ta make a selection, aitd would afterward remail the de- signs to us, and, if suited, give us ar order. We complied with the request, strictly observing the con- itions. Three days later we re- ceived the sketches back, and upon one was written : 'This one chosen. Accompanying it were two bank- checks--one for five hundred dol- lars, from which the price of the monument was to be deducted, and the remainder used to crect a gra- nite border to enclose what was known as the Winchester lot in the cemetery of Ashton, fe were authorized to use our judgment in the matter. The inscription to be cut on the tablet was given, al but the date of the death of the in- 'dividual, which was unknown to ithe writer; but we were ordered 'to make inquiries in the town, and 'oMx it later. We made inquiries, i but were unable to learn when the 'lady died, and so were obliged to 'Yeave the line blak, The other | check, for two hundred dollars, was to be deposited in the bank upon the completion 'ot our work, the interest accruing -therefrom to be devoted yearly to the care of the lot--the same to be 'paid the sexton, or whoever would vussume the care or the sum : pamed."' bh CHAPTER UV. "And you never say the party who suthorizead you to do all this?' Gerald inquired, as his companion aused. "Never; the man--I suppose it was a man--evidently desired to have his agency in the matter en- tirely unknown; he gave us direc- tions, and a certain amount to car- ry them ont. The ch tc us were net signed by him, hore only the signature of the cashier of the bank upon which they were drawn. So, you see, our pat- ron adopted every precaution to conceal his identity. was our duty to follow his instructions, ask ing nu questions, and I think we made a pretty guod job of it,' the gentleman concluded, ia a tune of quiet satisfaction. "Indeed you did,' said Gerald heartily; "everything was hand- somely and theroughls done. Have you the letters which vour patron wrote you in connection with all this?" 'No: and that is another strange feature of the affair,'" his coimpan- fion returned, "We were jn the ha- bit of filing all orders. but this eus- jtonier especially stated that his jeertamiatls ations were to be destroy ed, and he should depend upon our 'henor te-obes iis inetructions in- pligit!s Besides, thes were type written, and, therefore, if you are lucking fur any partienlar hand: writing yr autograph, they cannot he found here. | Geruld was terribly disappointed pupon receiving this information. It seemed as if he was destined tu be baffled at every point. and it was very disheartening. At the same time, what he had just learned might. if produced in court, point, though indirectly, to Adam Brewster as the m9an who had ordered the improtement of the Winchester lot and the erection of a monument to the memory of his mother, but the facts gleaned from the marble-worker. would be ey vague and unsatisfactory, it was ex ingly doubtful if they would be admitted as evidence. "Can you. give me the date on which you sent those designs to the Hoffman Housel'? Gerald in- | who had ordered a monument and for li £0 air," : the given my word. oe "T appreciate your position, respect you for your fidelity," ald frankly responded, '"'but there is a great deal at stake in this mat- ter; a fortune is involved, it hav- ing passed into hands of a sharper, thus wronging the only direct heir, and as the gentleman in question is not now living----" _"Ah!" here interposed the mar- ble-worker, "that makes a very ma- terial difference; can you explain the position a little more fully to idol 8 ® Gerald did so as briefly as pos- sible, mentioning, in conclusion, that as a lawsuit would probably ensuo, he might have to' cal] upon him to testify in his behalf. Tho gentleman then arose, and, going to a shelf, took down a large account-book, laid it upon a table, and began to turn over the leaves. Pausing et last, he laid his fin- gers upon a line, remarking: "Here, Mr. Winchester, is the order for the stone; we always copied every commission into our books. This says November io. f[ sent the designs to the Hoffman House three days earlier.' Gerald made a note of the date, then, thanking the man for his lead " he muttered, as he boarder a car for muttered, as he boarded a car for ort. He proceeded directly to the Hoff- manman House, and, going to the ofice, inquired of the clerk if he eculd tell by inspecting his books who had occupied room number forty-two on November 10, three years previous. '"'Certainly," replied that oblig tendant, who sprang at once to do 1 it, friend,"' he said, in a brisk, cheer- ful tone. "Room forty-two--Adam Brewster, of New York City,"' and the clerk indicated the name as he re2 ; For a moment Gerald's sight was sc blurred that he could not see tho writing, and his heart gave suc a leap that he almost gasped for breath. But at length his vision cleared, end he resolutely steadied his nerves as he bent forward and read the banker's name, which had been inscribed in his own familiar hand- writing. - There was no doubt now that had trated his man, but it might be difficult to make ao jury see it in the same light. There was a possibility that an- other party might have occupied the same rvom on the same day, | cither prier to or succeeding Brewster's occupancy of it. In that case, he would be all at sea again, and thus it was with semething ef a nervous inward tre- mer that he put another question tu the clerk. "Can you tell me whether Mr. Brewster occupied the reom exclu- sively on that day, or whether it may not have been vacated by him and assigned to some one elso af- ter?' he asked. "T can tell you, of course,' was the affable rejoinder, and then the man ran his eye rapidly over two or three pages of names. "No," he said at last, 'room forty-two was occupiel! on that date hy no one save the gentleman al- ready named, The day following, however, it was giren to a party from Boston--you can readily see for yourself."' werald carefully pages indicated, an great weight rolling off his heart, felt that he had made a long march on the read to victory. (To Se continued.) MONUMENTS TO POTATOES. Statues of Sir Francis Drake Erected In German Cities, "When T was in Germany last year,' said a man whe travels, '1 'saw seme people why like putatoes 'even better than Ido. At any rate |they erect statues tu them. ' "Offenberg was the first city to verect a monumert of tuts kind. The (upper part consists of a statue of 'Sir Francis Drake, who introduced the plant into Europe. 1B, as well as the pedestal, is draped with garlands of the potato vine, with full grown tubers. "On the pedestal on one side is Sir Francis Drake's naine, the sec- ond sid* explains what a blessing the potato has been to mankind, the third records that the vtatue is the gift of a certain Andrew Fred- erick of Strasburg. the fourth con- tains the names of the erectors. A statue similar to this ts placed in | ete town uf Murs. and L heve been 'told that there are ether copies in j many small towns." | ---- aga A BAKER'S DOZEN. as Wants, must choose, as has, must lose. as knows, won't blab. as guesses. will gaeb. as borrows. sorrows. as lends, spends. as givea, lives. as keeps dark, -is deep. as can can keep, as has, gits. that watts, win. ae will, kin. ne Marriage is always a failure, when the people who enter into it won't try to make « success of it, Ger-| courtesy, he bade him good day and P ing official, as he beckoned to an at- b | guillotine, cently to of four France had been without ap execu- tion for three years, is a popu hero, whom the thousands of holi- day-makers at Bethune cheered to e perate "MONSIEUR DE PARIS." This, however, was something out of the ordinary. Anatole's father, Louis, the most famous member of the Deibler family, was accustom- ed to a very difterent style of re- ception. The crowd used to hoot and yell curses at-him when e Paris, He mereiy went oa with his preparations as if complete- ly oblivious of the fact that a howl- ing mob a few. yards away would gladly tear him limb from limb, if they only had the opportunity. 6 had scores of weird cexperi- ences on the scaffold. The last ex- ecution in which he took part was a fmost uncanny affair. Ano Italian named Carrara was to be beheaded | - for the brutal murder of a bank clerk, in which he had been assisted y his wife. The condemned man was confident that he would be re- prieved. The shock was so great when he learned, an hour or two before the "I time appointed for his execution, that he was to die, that he had violent heart seizure, and sank into a state of collapse. The doctors certified that the man still breathed, but it was to all nppearances a life- less form which Deibler and his as- sistants dragged to the guillotine, and the knife fell to the accom- paniment of cries of "You are be- heading a corpse!" Most of the persuns who were present on that occasion are positive that Carrara had actually died befure the guillo- ¢ tine was reached. SMOKING ON THE SCAFFOLD. Murderers differ in their demean- or on the sc in the most ex- traordinary way the members he | of the Deibler f. €ould relate hundreds of ex#@ t this. For instance, Prumier, a youth = of twenty-three, who murdered an old woman of seventy, and was execut- ed at Beauvais, kept up a runnin fire of chaff at Leuis Deibler, an fr. | puffed a cigarette as he walked to the guillotine. Very different was Deibler's ex- perience at his first exectuion. Laprade, the murderer to be guillo- tined, was a youth of twenty, who tried to kill his father, mother, and grandmother with a gun, and, hav- ing only succeeded in wounding them, finished his victims off with a sickle and the butt end of the gun. e was a man of very powerful physique, and fought like a maniac with Deibler when the latter at- tempted to thrust him into position below the knife of "The Widow."' Laprade refused to submit, until finally Deibler and his men were compelled to render him insensible by knocking him down. In another minute the guilotine had performed its gruesome task. Sudden remorse on the part of the criminal at the very last mo- ment has led to the Deiblers becom- ing the recipients of many remark- able confessions. .\ Paris Apache, on the scaffold, once begged Deibler to take certain little trinkets to his sweetheart after the execution, and "Monsieur de Paris," who was by no means callous at heart, faithfully discharged the mission, and also tried to comfort the wretched girl by assuring her that her lover had gone to his death without flinch- ing. The Deiblers, in carrying out the law's most dread decree, have come in contact with dozens of men whose crimes have horrified Europe. To mention only a few of them, the name of the notorious Marchandon instantly recurs to the memory. was a Paris butler, holding a splen- did position; but the lust of gold corrupted him, and he murdered his rich old mistress one night in her mansion in the Rue de Seze. His crime was brought home to him, and when Louis Deiblergmet him oa the scaffold he was a cringing coward, who crawled, rather than walked. PRADO, THE DESPERADO. Then-there was Prado, o notori- ous desperado, who for years posed as a guide, and swindled anyone who was foolish enough to confide in x o him. 'He persuaded a woman who had a magniiicent collection _of jewellers to fall in love with him, and then 'nurdere er for the sake of he: arecious stones. He was caught tran months later, and the last man he spoke to was Louis The notorious Gabrie le Bom- pard's confederate, Eyrand, § uillotined by Louis ' yrand, most people will remem "i was assisted by Bompard in strangl- Eyrand being sentenced to death, and the.womau Bompard to a term imp was on his gruesome business he took his rods and tackle with him. It is told of him that once, when he had arrived at a small provincial town to carry out an execution, an cial intimation was received order- ing & postponement while the ques- ion eve was settled. effect, he calmly packed up his angl- ing outfit, proceeded to the place a of free | and operated with the guillotine.--London Answers. ----_h___. ' AN EARLY CENSUS TABLE The Industrial Condition of France in las The first industrial census--that not only is the list interesting from an antiquarian point of view, but, according to Mr. G. L. Ay 1.8.0., the editor of "Gleanings After Time," throws much li on the industrial conditi France, aud, indeed, of all civiliz- ed countries, of that early peried. Paris then, as now, occupied a leading position in trade, and par- ticularly in the manufacturing trades agsociated with handicraft. In the thirteenth century machiu- ery did not enter much into tie calculations of an artisan, and such as exist was of a very rude kind. Thus we have in the census of operatives whose names were found in the lists prepared for tax- ation purpoces, both in 1292 and a few years later on, in 1500, an ex- cellent view of the crafts which pre- vailed in those days. A writer who was interested in these subjects es- timated the number of artisans in aris, exercising a épecial calling in 1292, at four thousand one hua- dred and fifty-nine; but the list of 1300 increased them to five thou- sand cight hundred and forty-four. The textiles and clothing trades figure prett; conspicuously in tho:e early Paris lists. oy include cloth dressers and awpolieeurs, whom a writer of the time believ- to be i © way connected with polishing, but who were really workmen who stretched the cloth upon the poles. There were also calen. srers; Ww men hecklers of flax ind hemp; fel dressers and spinner., the material 'of whcse work is not specified, al- 'though subsequently two spinners lof wool and thirty-six of silk are mentioned; teazlers of cloth, both men and women, whose duty it was © raise the pile; bobbin makers; carders of textile materials; clot shearers. who gave the desired gloss; yarn twisters, who probably acted the parts of our doubling and roving-machines ; silk windeu's; Jin- en weavers; cloth fullers; anjl one velvet maker. Tho textile dyers included thirty- three general dyers, three of silk, one makér of azure blue, and one of a peculiar color called fucil. Besides these, the list in 1300 in- cludes two makers of aiguillettes, by which we understand shoulder- knets or tags; embreiderers; hat- ters, or head-dress makers, who were rather numerous, and includ- ed felt hatters, pearl head-dress makers, and chaveliers de soie, whe wove the silk veils known as couvre- chefs. There were three other cor- porations engaged in working head- dresses not mentioned in the cen- sus of 1300--that is, in flowers, pea- cock-feathers and sea-birds' fea- thers. Then there were hood makers, sock makers, makers of coverieis, the makers of ecclesiastica: char- ity-bags, crepinieres, who appear to have been workers in a kind of trimming, and ribbon makers. This list of textilo workers d>es not embrace those living in the country,--and doutbless a great deal of the wool, flax and si!k was prepared there, cotton being un- known in those days.--but it fur- nishes a curious contrast with the vast array of operatives and mill- bands who new find occupation in France under this head. ; Of all the teasile employes in Paris, the spinners were the most important, there having been no less than four distinct gills or cor- porations--the female spinners 0 wool, with whom were united the women cardera; the hemp and fax epinners; the silk spinners, Ww spun with large spindles, and those who used smaller ones. 1292--was taken in France, and. LIVE A THOUSAND YEARS f EAT NUTS AND PIE AND FOR- GET DEATH. -- Dr. John Fcir Thinks He's Dis- covered Seerct of How to Laugh at Old Age. Dr. John Fair, head of Boston's mewest cult, the "New Life," is certain that he has discovered the secret of how to laugh at old are, and how to exist not only for a hundred, but for a thousand, years without pain, evil or sickness. says 250,000 people have enlist- ed under his banner. Here are his rules for living to be one thousand years old: _ "Dress always in white. White ig prime principle of life. I believe there should be a univer- sa! law making it a crime for any person to go attired in black or dark apparol. FORGET DEATH. believe in death. *'Live principally upon vegetables and nuts. Abjure mest, milk, oi and flesh of all kinds, as weil as all stimulants. "Sleep eight hours daily, ¢xer- cise eight hours and work eight yurs. "A man's most critical hour in the day is the thirty minutes be- fore and after meals. He shou-- absolutely stup work a half hour before cach meal, and must not re- suine work until a half hour after each meal. SLEEP IN DRAUGHT. 'Each person should be alone for a haif hour cach day, not neces- sarily to sleep, but to get his mind in a oondition of natural and per- fect repose. "Sleep with your bedroom win- ow open every night all your lie- time. Always have a draught in your room. "A daily menu [ would suggest would be as follows: '"'Breakfast--Honey, toast, rarely coffee, and at long intervals au EB. "Dinner--A bowl of soup made from nuts or colery or potztoes, preforably nuts; an apple or an orange, with. for variety, lettuce or radishes; brown bread. "Supper--Apple pic. fruit. "T offer to every one who ac- cepts my faith not a hundred or 'two hundred, but even a thousan more years of life if it is desired." S a ~ $0 PEG AWAY. 'Tis net the great conceited, Who think themselves unique, Aad blow their own big trumpet With such amount of cheek, Who score the greatest triumphs In warehouse, mill, or shop; It is the silent plodder Who oft comes out on top. 'Tis not, in competition, Where many enter in, The man who thinks, "Whoever May enter, [ shall win,' Who carrivs off the giory When those who're beaten stop; The unassuming rival So oft cornes out on top. So peg away, ye tilers, Whate'er yveur task may be; There's every hopo te cheer you, As fur as man con see You never know the moment, Untii the curtaims drop, That you may be successful, And yet come out on top. -- ALL THE FASHIONS. known and leag-lived fashion owes its origin to some accident on the part of a great ruler. Thus the peruke, which had <o long a life, was due to the fact that. Phillip, Duke of Burgundy, in order to cover up a ba!d head, tock to wear- ing artificial hair, setting a fash- ion that coame world-wite. Charles the Seventh of France. to cover up his misshapen Jegs, wore a long cuat. This led to a fashica fer long coats. The neck ruffs, which our sisters and cousins still wear, were first used by Queen Elizabeth to hide a none teo comely neck, During the reign of George :the Third the Duke of York fought » duel with a Colenel Lennox, who led in shooting away one o There are seme Pp 5 pumbers in these lists, taken eighty years apart, but they should not be marked too closely#for even in these days, with the assistance of a large staff of practised experts, it is dificult to make an accurate census. er BREAK IT GENTLY. but the doctor's smile was cheer- ful and encouraging. "At last, my dear sir," he said. the patient's nérveless } that you are completely out cf dan- er." "No risk of a relapse?' "None whatever.' "Break it geatly to my peor ne- phew," whispored the invalid faintly. --_--_-------oooo TOYS ON TRAINS. One of the English railways has rovided an alleviation of the dis- Pp -| comforts of travel which does not seem to have occurred to the com- panies in this country. It provides i rocess-server. His body they!_ box of teys with which a child hid in a trunk hoaght in the Euston! may amuse itself during the jour- , London, and they eventually | ney. x contains a cardboard took 1 to the South of Erenre, reproduction of one of the trains where they deposited it in & field} of the road, a a station, and near Lyons. rw: they took} with little figures of passengers, ship to Havana, but were caught, | guards, 3 and newsboys. The millionaire had been very il.) . | his Royal Hishness's curls. It j thenceforward became the fashipn ito wear a curl on one side of the temple onty. e MISTAKEN IDENTITY. A man gving lesne at a late hour in the might, saw that the oecu- pants of a house standing flush with the street had left a windew up, he decided to warn them, and prevent a burglary. Putting his head into fie called out: ; Helle \goeuh peop "" That said, A the winduw was atl he face, amd. as he staggered hack. a woman oiirened ait "Didnt t tell you Wf you wasn't home 'a4 o'clock ! what youd get by mine ----_--4---_---- WHERE PRECEPT FALLS. "Jack, I'm grieved to hear that you have lately told your mother several falsehoods is cuts me te the heart. my boy,'" said a fa- ther, with stern pathos. 'Always tell the truth. evea though it may bring suffering to. yourself. "Do not think of death, do not}, J gether. were as assiduously copied by fashionmengers as are the Sover- eigns of to-day. Many a well- while pailful of watex struck him in the will Mee On the Farm ? . - ? $ O + ° $ © + MARKS OF A GOOD Cow. To tell whether a cow will give rich or poor milk, there are few or no outward signs about the animal to guide us in the matter. The man who miiks her even cannot tel! how much butter is in the pail, but, thanks to Dr. Babcock, .dairymen have now # simple means of test- ing the milk of individual animals, and weeding out the unprofitable members of their herds. Every farmer should make it a rule. to test his cows regularly, and know exactly what each animal in the herd is dving. It is not sufficient to de- pend entirely on the returns from the butter factory as when the but- ter is pooled it is impossible to select the most profitable cows in the herd with anything like accuracy or judgment. However the marks of ood cow, shocing whether she be capable of producing a large quantity of milk, are tolerably plain are acquainted with cattle, yet there are such a variety of relative points requiring consid- eration thet we can oaly picture them in tne model. The best milk cow, as a rule, is of medium size, and small-boned. The head is small and rather long, narrow between the horns and wide between the eves. The cars are thin, covered with soft, silky hair, the inside of the ears being of a rich orange color. The eyes are large and bright, with a placid ex- ression; the horns set on high pate, bending wide apart at the base, and upwards at the point; the aeck long and thin, slender and well-cut under the throat, thicken- ening handsomely as it approaches the shoulder, but entirely free from j anything like a' beefy" appearance. 'The shoulder hlades should mect narrow at the top, widening gradu ally towards the points, which should be broad and well rounded , the ribs rather straight and wide, ia- dieating a guod digestion and consti- tution, for everything depends on thet in a goed milch cow. The loins should be broad, and the hips high and wide, giving plenty of room for the udder. the thighs thin: tha vind legs a littl: crooked, with a leng large fuct. The skin should be soft and mellow, and of a yellow- butter color. FARM NOTES. Go over your new seeding and, if it has winter-killed, sow on it a liberal ansount of timothy and clover. We have semetimes thus saved a field, so that it did not have to be plowed up egain. If 2 sample of ropy mitk is exaum- ined under a microscope, it is found to be filled with small bacteria, each one surrounded by a capsule of a sticky, gummy substance. This cum er slime holds the bacteria to- When a thread is drawn ont it is really a chain of bacteria held together by their sticky cap- sles There is a prejudice in the mar- ket. regarding the color of the egg- shell. It is a prejudice of leng standing. The brown-egg, buyers claim that the eggs are of a richer flavor. All this is imaginary, when we come to understand that it is food and not color of shell that flavors the egg. . Rutter being nearly pure oil, bas a very small per cent. of nitrogen or psi. The more products of the farm can be converted into butter the less plant-food will be sent off the farm. Fruits remove a very smzll per cent. of valuable plant focd. One thousand pounds oo 5] nee oP ee WHICH FOOT WALKS FASTER: You may think this a very silly question to esk, but it tsn't. If you will take a pavement that is clear, and watk briskly in the cen- tre. you will find. before you have goue fifty yards, that you have veered very much to ens side. You mest not make any effort, of course. to keep in the centre; but if yeu will think of something. and endeavor to walk naturally, you will not be able to keep a correct line. If you lise yourself on an ex- pause of bleak moorland, and walk on, you will have described a com- plete circle. The expianation of 'this Hex in the prcpe s of one ifuot to walk fast: r tha' tne other, isn take a Jenger stride than the | pother, : 'Gde. To make assurance doubly cure, try placing two sticks about 0 feet.. blindfolde yourself, and cudeavur to walk between then. li is almost impossible. ms sive SORRY HE SPORE. oThis policeniaa scems to be very certain abloue crerything conuect- with ins case," said the defend- ant charged with being drunk and disorderiy, "but there is one wea puint in his evidence, anyway. Why does he uot call bis fellow-oticor to corroborate what be says7" The gentleman is a stranger in the district. your Honer," remark- ed the witness. "'There's only one policeman stationed in the village, hand that is myself."' 'But,' exclaimed the priscner policemen last night.' "exactly. The' is just the charge against you." : causing yeu to walk to one - § feet apart;--then stand -off-abont-------- ' with some indignation, "] saw two - ' "Exactly," remarked the bench, .