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T11. 24‘} 'I‘HREA D OF LIFE Bus Wan-nu a. grave faoo bode her heart Itand still (m .2 in“ or two next moment. He bod cumm- mnething mole ooriouo to communicate ~ 3L methiua that he know would profuumi‘s; distress her. A womonly alarm canw mu 1' lmr with a vague surmise. Could “‘uren u. going to tell {her 2 Oh no ! Impossmle. She knew dear Wu- ron too Well ior Hut ; he at least could nov- or be cruel. “ Elsie," Warren cried, laying his hand with 'unapoken tenderness on her shapely shoulder, “I wane you to come round at once to the pension on the pinmâ€"It’a better to tell in all out. at once. Winifred Musinger's come to San Remo, very illâ€" dying. I fear. She knows you’re here. and Ike'- asked to see you.:' Wmeu \h‘w‘ ner Ankle gently into the tiny “lou‘ .m? motioned to Edie not to follow tmn rum-'3 heart he» high with wonder. \m- nun aware how much it nude her p'uleeqnmc- no are Wuron Againâ€" wlth mum-:htnu’ more than the more fraternal inflating shogprerendod. Her littla alt-deception. brake down an Inn: she knew she lo~<ui himâ€" in an unpnotical way :lndsth-‘m: almoat sorry she could noger, never me. him‘happy. If Warren was going ya tell her that, her faith In her kind would die out for ovet. “ Well, Warren 2" she asked with trem- ulonu eagerness. drawing closer up to him in her sweet womanly confidence, and gaz- ing into his eyes. half afraid, half Affection- nto. How could she ever have doubted him were it only for a second ? At the pension, Hugh had already brought the English doctor. who went in alone to look after Winifred. Hugh had tried to mpany him into the bedroom ;but \Vin- red, tale to her terrible thrent, lifted one stern («zinger beforo his swimming eyes and crib! out “ Never !" in a voice so dog- gedly determined that Hugh Blank away nbuhed into the anteroom. The Engl‘sh doctor stopped for several minutes in consultation, and Winifred spoke to him Bimpiy and unreservedly, about her husband, “Send th 1: man away!" she cried, pointâ€" ing to Hugh, as he stood still peering across from the gl'zom of the doorway. “I won’t have him in here to see me die! Iwon’c hove him in here! It makes me worse to see him about the place. I hate him!â€"I lute him 1" Elaine face grew red and than white for a moment, and she trembled valbly. “ Is he there. ’" she eaked,efte1 a. short [.enee. Then. with a. sudden burst ot uncontrollable tom, ehe buried her face in her hands on the teble. \\ unen 500 bed her with his hand tenderly, nréd leaning over her, told, in hate and In a. rylow voice, the whole and story. “I don't think' m: ’n be there,” he added at the his inquiring eyoe. “ She’s in a very ex- cited, hysterical condition. 8110’: beet nlone, with only the women. A bus- band's presence often does more berm then ood in such nervonl crises. Nobody ehonl bone“ to increase her excitement.â€" Buve the kindness to shut the door, if you please. You needn’t come book for the present. thanhyo‘nflt “You‘d better go, " the doctor whiape red gqftly. loosing bun {mu} in the “cope with CHAPTEI'. .\ \ .\I.\’ -~Arrm Lose Gnlu‘ 5.31) PAIN The mm to a‘hfi‘l upon trifle: wu put. Let him .uv “x: .~-.-,< .yt moatin Muungor by the an; or l.|.|i \V n" . u RBI must needs go round and {arch E are to comfort and consult. [mm .. dug Wmizred. He hastened IWBy at '21:: ;(.$, I): hit: echEd to the Villa Roan ,--.i fix ‘iv qr, hath girls another met biw. Emit) Ind just returned, basket in hand, i;- m tip: Avenue Vittorio-Em mummy, mm } u‘. hmru' {rum Edie I0 much of the or nuuu :,.‘ Warren's huty letter as Ind ban. 1m» zzvhd trom the first (or her odlflcniou. end. “ Mrs. Masainger said she wouldn't ullow him to enter the room. But in any case .â€"for that paor girl's sakeâ€"you Won’t refuse to go to her now, will you. Elsie 2" ‘ iAnd {hem Wifii‘red unburdened once more her poor laden ton! in convulsive aobo. "I want to see Elaiol I want to see Elsie!" F lsiB pressed his hand faintly in reply. “‘I am yours, Warren.” she anawred at last very low. after aahort pause.’ “ButI can’t be yours as you wish it for a long time yet. No matter why. I shall be yours in heartâ€"I couldn:t have gonoon any other terms. And with that, I think, 1 can go and lace it.” , 7 7 7 7 gentivoly. He now her well u the (ends?- eat md beat of amntour mam “ No," Elsie answered, rising calmly with womanly dignity, to face it all out. “I muet go. I: would be cruel and wicked of course to ahirk it. For Winifred'e sake, I'll go in any case. But “'arren, before I dare to go" She broke off suddenly, end with a woman’s impulse held up her pale face to him in mute submission. Athrill coursed through Wmen Relf‘s‘ nervea;he stooped down and pressed his lips EerVently to hers. " Before you go, you are mine then, Elsie!" he cried Bagfly. Winifred explained to him with broken little cries and eager words that ahe wished to see Elsie in Hugh’s absence. At the end of five minntel’ eoothing telk, the doctor read it ell to the very bottom with profesrional ecnteneee. The poor girl wee dying. Her hnebend nnd eho had never at on. She hungered nnd thinted for amen sympathy. Why not gretii her yearning little soul? He Iteppedhao into the here and dmy lighted sitting-room. “I think.” he permeeivol to En h. with authoritative enggeetion, ¥‘yonr w e would b- all the better in the end if lilo were left on'irely elone with the womenkind for a little. Your preeenoe here evidently disturbs and excitee her. Her conditions critical, distinctly critical. I won't oonoeei it from you. She's over-letigned with the journey and with mantel exhenetion. The elightoet aggravation of the hyeterioel eym . tome might carry her 06‘ et nny moment. i: I were you. 1d stroll out for en hour. ‘ nw-u MI 1 «a "you I’d man «(for """ _ Lounge sloné by tho Ihon or u $25311: bit. I‘ll stop and look “to: 1-. She's quOotor now. You needn't come huh for st but u: hot-'3 hknowlnhhhom it m but no. Wln red head him. not without «use. 80 took up bl- lm. muhod h fiercely on “Migs Chillonefl" _tho (10300! 3st upg- SUNSHINE AND SHADE. OR, Oh the joy and relief of that final meeting! The poor dying girl rm up on the bed with a bound to greet her. A sudden flush crim- eoned her sunken cheeks. As her eyes rested once more upon Elsie's faceâ€"that earnest. uerious, beautiful face she had lov- ed and trustedâ€"every shadow of her fear and misery faded from her look. and she cried aloud in a fever of delight : “(l Elsie, Elsie, I’m glad you've come. I’m flad to hold Â¥our hand in mine again ; now die happy 1' Elsie saw at a glance that she spoke the truth. That bright red spot in the centre of each wan and pallid cheek told its own {ad tale with uninistakaple eloquence. _ She flung her arms fervently round her feeble little friend. “ Winnie, Winnie!" she criedâ€"my own sweet Winnie ! Why didn't you let me know before? If I’d thought you were__ like this, I'd have come to you long ThenWiniIred, emboldenedby Elsie' ahead. poured out her grief' in her friend’s ear, and topold Elsie the tale of her long. long sorrow. Ellie listened with a burning cheek. “ If only I’d known ! she cried at last. “ If only I’d known all this ever so much noon- er I B_nt I didn’ t want to come between you two. I thought perhaps I would aimil all. I fancied you wore happy with one another." “ And alter I’m dead, Elsie, will youâ€"- see him 2" U“ Then you love me still 2" Winifred mur- mured low, clingin tight and hard to her recoggred friend yit _a everigh ionising. " He doesn’t know I’m alive even now, dearest,” Elsie whispered by her side. “ I hope while I live he mny never know it. though I don't know now how we’re to keep it: igonLhiqn, I confess, Enuch_longer."_ Elsie started. “ Never, darling," she crigd_._ “Nevelj, npvqr l" _ - uuuu. Anna-v use new nan- .- I; an vuv vvu-nv of each wan and pallid cheek told its own sad tale with unmistakable eloquence. She flung her arms fervently round her feeble little friend. “ Winnie, Winnie!" she criedâ€"my own sweet Winnie ! Why didn't you let me know before? If I’d thought you were like this, I'd have come to you long a o I" 8“ Then you love me still 1’" Winifred mur- mured low, clingin ti ht and hard to her recovered friend wit a everish longing. “I've always loved you; I shall always love you," Elsie answered slowly. " My love doesn’t come and go, Winnie. If I hadn’t loved you more than I can say, I’d have come long sinw. sake I kept so long away from you." The English doctor ram with a sigh from the chair by the bedside and motioned the women out of the roomâ€"“We’ll leave you Elsie shrank into herself with a sudden horror. That would be a crucial trial, indwd, of her own forgiveness for the man who had wronged her, and her own affection for poor dying Winifred. Meet Hugh a ‘n, so painfully, so unexpectedly! ome back to him at once, from the tomb, as it were, to remind him of his crime. and be» fore Winifred’s eyesâ€"poor dying Winifred’sl The very idea made her shudder with alarm. " 0 Winnie," she cried, looking down upon her friend with her great gray eyes, " I couldn't face him. I thought I should never she him again. 1 daren’t do it. You i musn’t ask me.” It was for your own l ' self 1” Winifred burstouteagerly. “ Youlove “Then you haven't forgiven him Yin!" him stlil ! You love himâ€"you hate him !â€" Elsie, that'sjust the sameas me. I hate mâ€"but 1 love him; oh! how I do love alone." he said in a quiet voice to Elsie.â€" him !" A light broke suddenly over Winifred’s mind ; she knew now Hugh had told her the truth for once. “He picked it up at Orfordness,” she mused simply. “It was curried there by the tide with ewomsn’s body_â€"e_body he took for yonrs, Elsie." “Then you don’t love him any longer, dear 2" and buried long 0. I mourned too many months for my cad love, \Vlnifred; but utter the way Hugh’s treutod ouâ€"who could I love him? how could l he p feeling humbly towards him 2" The English doctor rm with a sigh from the chair by the bedside and motioned the women out of the roomâ€"“We’ll leave you alone." he said in a quiet voice to Elsie.â€" “Don’t excite her too much, if you please, Min Challoner. But I know I can trust you. I leave her in the very best of hands. You can only be soothing and restful any- where." " No, not the watch, darling, " Elsie an- swered, starting back.â€"“ Winnie, I’ll tell you what: I did with that. watch : I threw it into the sea of the pier at Loweetoft.” Luau. Five minutes after Hugh had left the “ pen-ion," Warren Rolf and Elsie mounted the big centre staircase and knocked at the door of Winifred’e bare and dingy salon. The “ patron ” had already informed them that the signer wee gone out, and that the signore was up in her room alone with the women of the hotel and the English doctor. Warren Ralf remained by himself in the ante-room. Elsie went in unannounced to Winifred. The doctor's confidence was perhaps ill advised. As soon as these two were left. by themselvesâ€"the two women who had loved Hugh Massinger best in the world, and whom Hugh Massingur had so deeply wronged and so cruelly injuredâ€"they fell upon one another’s necks with a great cry, and wept, and caressed one an- other long in silence. Then Winifred, leaning back in fatigue, said with a sudden burst: “O Elsie, Elsie! I can’t: die now without confessing it, all, every word to you: once, do you knowâ€"more than once .I. distrnsted you 1" Winifred gazed at her transparent eyesand truthful face. 'No one who saw them could ever distrust them, at least while he looked at them. “ Elsie, ” she said, gripping her tight in her graspâ€"tho one being on earth who could truly sympathise with herâ€"“ I'll tell you why : he kept your letters all in a boxâ€"your letters and the little gold watch he ggye you.”_ “I know, my darling," Elsie answered with a tearful smile, kissing her 18 white fingers many times tenderly. “ know. I understand. You couldn’t help it. You needn’t explain. II: was no wonder.’ Winifred pressed her friend in her ems harder then ever. “ 0 Elsie l" she cried, “ I love you better than en body else in the whole world. I wish 1’ bed on nlwsve with me. If you'd been near, ml ht have been hnppier. How on earth oonl I ever heve ventured to mistrust you 1" even still, uttered tho-e ewinl word: of vindictive moon: mine: the men ehe bed pledged her Roth to love end to honour. " 0h, Winifred I” the cried, looking down et he: with mingled pity end tenor tread s his head. And strolling down bÂ¥ himself to the wnter's edge. sat in the inlets calm of utter despair on o hare bench in the cool fresh sir of an Itslisn evening. He thought in a hopeless, helpless, irresponsible way shout poor dead Elsie and poor dying Wini- They tolkod long and low in their con- fidenooo toono another, ouch pouring out her whole “run of time. and each under- otnndln for the first momant many things thnt h long been strongely oboonro to them. At lut Winifred repeated the tolo of her two or three Into stormy Interview. with her hnubond. She told them truth- fully! just no. _they occurredâ€"extennnting words in. bed used to Hugh : "Y on’ve trio?! to murder me 1) slow torture, the: on might merry Els e :" end the: other txn hie sentence she hsd spoken out the: very evening to Wsmn : " He shell not. enter this room egein till he enters it to see me lsid one for burial." Elsie ehuddered with an speehble ewe end horror when thet [nil yonn 15M,” delicate _of mould end _eo greoeful (5 «care fullg, just a they occunodâ€"extenuutlng not jug.on_ either. gidtâ€"dpwgmtp gho ygrg “Love him? Oh no! Thnt’n all dud Elsie’s heart sank deep into her bosom. A horrible dread possessed her soul. She saw one ghastly possibility looming before them that Winifred never seemed to recog- nise. Hugh kept her letters, her watch, her relies. Suppose he should come andâ€" recoguizing her at onceâ€"betray his surviv’ ing passion for herself before poor dying Winifred 1 She dared hardly face so hideousa chance. And yet, she couldn't bear to untwine herself from Winifred's arms, that clung so tight and so tenderly around her. There was no time to lose, however: she must maken her mind. "Winifred,” she mur- mured, aying her head close down by the dying girl's, “I’ll do as you say. I'll see Hugh. As long as you live, I’ll never leave you I" Winnide loosed her arms one moment a ain, and then flung them in a fresh access of feverish fervour round her recovered friendâ€"her dear beautiful Elsie. “ You‘ll stay here,” she cried through her sobs and tears; “you'll help me to tell Hugh I for- give_him 2" For msny minutes together, Elsie bent tenderly over her, whispering words of con- solstion and comfort in her ears, while Wini- fred listened sud cried silently. At lest, sfter Elsie had soothed her long, and wept over her much with soft loving touches, Wini fred looked up in her (see with n wistful gaze. “ I think, Elsie,” she ssid slowly. “I could bear to see him, if you would stop with me here and help me.” She spoke no more than the simple truth. She was judging Elsie by her own heart. With that strange womanly paradox we so often see. she loved her husband even now. much as she hated him. It was that indeed that made her hate him so much: her love gave point to her hatred and her jeal- ' “ I'll stop here," Elsie answered ~low. “ and I'll help you to forgive'him." (To B! communo.) Few people would guess the etymology of “ ca‘ing” when applied to a whale, print- ed a it was exactly like this in the column- of e weekl contemporu'y. It in really “ ng'ina," i n antnh for nnllinn Hun: nnmn “cs’in ," the Scotch for calling, that name being (gun to this species of whele from the curious bloating sound they make. A attended cslf whale has a very pitiful cell for its dem, which the letter answers in a hunger teqe._ _Thg 11ng in mlly 10091 to “'No, darling,” Elsie answered, bending over her closer and speaking lower in net on“ thnn she had yet spoken. “ I don't love him; and I don’t hate him. I forgive him all 1 I’ve forgiven him long ago. â€"Winnie. I love some one else now. I’ve given my heat: away at last, and I’ve given it to a better man_t_han Hygh Messinger." _ i Winifred buried her face wildly in her bloodleu hmda. “I can't.” she moaned out; “I huven’ t the po.war It' a too late now. He’s been too cruel to me. ” the Scottish islands, the goper name being the deduotor, the whniee ing to celled be- cause they room about the see under the guidenoe of a lender in the ehepe of on old nil in the early spring, just before the breeding season, there it A very keen com- petition for thin office, end more then once the contending buile have both been known to die from the effects of the encounter. Elsie drew beck, more horrified than ever. Her {ace spoke better than her wordl to Winifred. “ My darling," she cried. “you must see him. You must never die end leave him [0." Then'in a gentler voice ehe \dded imploringly: “Forgive us our tree- pmee, u we forgive them the: trespnse egnineu na." “ Then why won't you wait and help me to see him 2" Winifred cried once more in her fiery energy. “ Becauseâ€"I’m ashamed. I can't look higjn {he (neg; that‘sr all, Finniqfi “’innifred clung to her like a. frightened child to its mother’s skirts. “Elsie," she burst out, with childish vehemence, “ stop with me now to the end ! Don’t ever leave me !" heve meat it I" Winifred clenched her white bends yet larder once more. “ Yee. I did,” ehe cried. “ I new: it. end I men it. He's hound- ed mete death ; end now the: I’m dying. he ehm't 310.: over me I" 7 _ _ “ Winnie, Winnie, he's your hulbnnd, your husband 2 Ramember who you uto- mllod to do when you muried him. Oh, for my sake; and for your own sake, Winnie. if not for hisâ€"do see him und spank to him, 'u-o once for ivin l .” J (l “-uJâ€" I" 8‘":â€"8§‘!nr‘ -â€".m-.ma .k-‘gnn “ Never 1" Win‘ifhd answered. starting up on the had once more with I ghutly enemy. “ He’s driven me to the gave ; let him have his punishment 1" Tho girl who took- co my ior the Isle- of a bulk spoon“ ll qnlm likely to be The wbele is not 3 very lerge one, being only from sixteen to eighteen feet long; it he oceulonelly been (then in Immense quentities among the shoals end channels of the Hebrides, Orkneys, Shetlands and Fair Isles. When e herd mekee its s peennce the netlves lose no time in oolleo g ell the succeed-endeavor, by advancing with blow- ing horns, splsehiug oer-s, firing guns end shouting, to drive the terrified oetsoenns on shore. Once they sre strnuded n terrific sttsok is mode, sud hundreds hsve been slsin inssiugle bettue. The scene lsoue of the most picturesque it is possible to witness in the north of Sootlsud. it is quite suother sflslr iroru the ooossionsl groundin oi nGreeulsud whsle, the oe'ing whsle ug of en entirely difl‘erent sud for more muious species. chock- the natives loco no time In collectin ill the bow, guns md hut-noon: which t a can lay their hunch on. They then try ll they on to get gaunt-<19! thy Ihqd, aqd_if_ ghey “bales of the Scottish Isles. line of hu- companion.“ (we, n't at? am: You could never ‘t It: I' Pretty easy gowns for home wear show the back closely fitted with the waist cut off just an inch or so below the the belt. To this is ehirred or pleated full breadths of the dress fabric. The fronts are like a long half- fitting Directoire redinaote, and are very often of entirely different material and pat- tern from the back drapery or even the back of the bodice. These fronts open over a skirt that is shirred three or four inches from the belt down. A shirred waist or a shirred yoke, with a blouse efl'ect below. shows on the front of the open redingote. The sleeves match the back drapery in kind, and the easy gown as a whole, though made up of two or three fabrics or dress remnants, is a pretty and very becoming success. We have in mind. as we affirm this, a picturesque “ easy gown’ made after this fashion by a wealthy young lady with a decided taste and genius for dressmaking, who, making use of the best portions of a wine satin gown and anâ€" other of wine satin with a velvet stripe, con~ stmcwd the above~mentioned frock with these materials and the aid of a perfect-fit- ting Directoire polonaise, which she changed and modified to suit her own particularly beautiful figure and charming fancy. Not only are most of the low bodices of rich evening toilettis made difi'erently on each side, but very many of them are made with each side of the front of a different color ; for example, one London gown his a s. shined bodice piece of golden~green crepe de China starting low on the right shoulder. This is carried diagonally to the left side and shirred to the belt. There are no darts, but the bias goods is drawn over the fitted silk lining to fit like a glove. Draped from the left shoulder is a width of exquisitely beauti- ful old~rose lace. which is also arranged to define the figure perfectly. A green and gold shot satin gown brocaded with pink roses in raised velvet has one side of the the bodice draped with gold lace. The op- posite side of the brocade, with a Mousquet- aire rovers of green velvet overlaid with em- broidered pink roses, buds, and foliage. The V-shaped necks are so becoming that they will remain in favour, while many toil- ettes are square in front and pointed at the back. Many of the magnificent Pompadour dresses 0! stately satin brocz do are cut square both front and back. Other brocad- ec'. gowns have low round necks that are cut with a modest depth, just showing the top of the shoulders. " The little Princâ€"se of the Netherlands, when sho becomes Queen of Holland, will be one of the richest sovereigns. if not the richest sovereign, in Europe. The civil list of Holland, which is secured on the revenues of Borneo, is very largeâ€"£3,000,000 per annum, it is said. The Duchv oi Luxem. hourg passes to the Grand Duke of Nassau, and then becomes K portion of the German Empire, but the Kingdom of Holland, not coming under the operation of the Salio law, descends to the King’s little daughter. She is a bright, intelligent, clever child, with a good deal of character and determination. The marriage of the King and Queen, despite the disparity of age, has been a very happy one. ‘ The Pen Mail Gizette announces that " the largest sum ever given to a woman for my single story " hes just been paid to Mrs. Hodgson Burnett in America, the emonnt being £3 750. It is a pity that~ sneh non- sense should be printed. George Eliot re- ceived £7,000 for “ Romole.” and her gains from “ Adam Bede.” “ The Mill on the Floss," and “ Middlemerch" were even more considereble. Many women have reeei ted larger snme than £3,750 for a story, Ind more than a hundred years ago Miss Barney we: peid £2,000 for “ Cecilia." About two hundred packing cues and tmnke. containing Queen N athelie’e person- el effects, have been sent to Jersey. where her Mejeety is going to stay. The King has kept nothing belongin to the Queen, and he: even reatored_all _t e Progenuihugvvere ven to their mejeatiee iointly. The letter In which the Servien Legetion at Belgnde notified the divorce to the Queen was ed- dreued “ Madame Nathalie de Keechko, and orders have been given to the Legetion to use no other style in official oommunlce~ tion: with the ex Queen. Fesnlcx Nous. Millinere include emong their lanai churning ecoeeeoriee iency Inufl'e thetme the dream-bonnet designed for the opere, theatre. etc. Theee mntb ere very elebor- ete end veriouely eheped. Birde. ieethere, ribbons. bucklee, metal gelloone, end orne- mente of cut eteel, jet. gold, eilver, end bronze, ere need in the contraction of whet eppeer to he leee erticlee intended to more wermth then ornementel edjnncte to dreeey toilettee. However, for epeciel oocuione. theee triflee, even with the thermometer et zero, ere not to be eneeezad et. Imegine- tion certeinly keep: out a greet deel of cold, end these little linger-coal“ ere et leeet e vielhle meene of comfort, if they do but little reel eervioo. The lerger for mnife ere certeinly beet for generel end neefnl weer. The oldest female professional thief in the oountr in Me Fitzgerald, now in the Tombe at ew Y0: and eighty years of age. She has spent the greater portion of the lee! sixty years in prison. She Wes arreeted one day last week for picking pockete, end made 3 desperate fight for l berty. She he- gun her wicked career et eleven years of An Indium luly ll the road W! of Gononl Harbour. mlpo or uludflmlng. and bore la I. just u he wrote It out In her aqua: :-“ For nob pemn {our mu 9. Into ol oll, pad 3 um. more; one tn one lull o! vim, u alt-Ipoonfnl of alt, one {hw Lap you in nearly put, pad W“!!! _lt__tho FOR AND ABOUT “0335'. 033 or nu: Rlcuxsr Sovzgmcxs. “'RLL-PAID LITERARY LADIES. “ MADAME" NATHALIE. GOSSIP. of 1:190): pop] of buck popper, two 1 PM. °¥ 'Sd'P‘FPP’; pinch “trod-go The dq“ mix first, then P“ rIn ‘tbo oII ml “dd 3 u of garlic and. of alt.” The genoul II n In. kind- of Nada. unis If there In u: m on lulu ublo he proceed! tn trunk unlud. mixing ptho drouIng Mm according no the above prepuationn. This matter is worth more than a passing notice. There is a great deal in it. or there is nothing, and the personal experienoe of a man like Captain Pierce, who is feeding cattle in large nembers, is entitled to great weight. He fed five head of cattle last winter on the corn which had grown on one acre of ground. The stocks were out up when the corn was in dough, and put in silo. He used alittle hay and straw with the ensilage. A silo is not hard to make, and it need not be expensive. The secret of success in preservnug green food is in keeping air and water out of it. A silo may be made under ground or above ground; it must be strong, and the ground must be well drained. An excavation on a side hill is a good place, but it may be built wholly above the ground. A stroh framework tightly lined with boards, tig t enough to keep out the air, is all that is needed. The stalks of corn ought to be cut into short pieces by a cutting machine, but where that is not convenient, lay them down straight in the silo in such manner as to get the most in, and then tramp it solid as the filling is done. When the silo is full, cover the stalks over well with hay or straw, then lay boards on that the right is h to rewh fully across the silo and just a ort enough to_ slip down inside as the corn settles. Cover the whole this way, then throw a few pieces of scantling across the boards and put a heavy weight on. Rocks or earth may be used for weighing. Letzit be heavy, say 300 pounds to the square yard. Some persons do not use weights, they simply cover well with ass or similar substance and let it got. at Captain Pierce began with weights and he advises their use.â€" [Kansas Farmer. A golden crown, beautifully mined In! which won worn by some 0 the men not-ble, titled 17mm in Frence, in bung exhibited in Philadelphia. It in pensive, nbleza with diamonds end turquoise! and woe made in 1820 by the Crown jeweller oi Frnnoe for the Duchess de Berri. In the centre of the front in a. torquoile about the size of n pigeon'a egg, end the some kind of jewels ere Ipreed over the Iurieoe ell round. About theee ere scrolls of old, in which ere set diunonda 200 in num . The dindem i" velued at 375.000, and nicer the Ducheu' death it penned to the head of the Duchess D’Anuouieme, and woe Iubuqueutly worn by the Empreu Eugenie. J qui from his own experience in this case, he lievea that farmers in the wato am part of Kansas, if they would prepare silos, could save every bit of their corn in dry masons by doing junta he did in this case. He in now getting the full vnlne of n fair corn crop that would hove been of but little worth had he not saved it a he did. Copoin Pierce, in his sddress on Silos and Ensilsge, before the Fsrmors’ Con in Kensss city last week, ssid some m which. if there is half us much in them as he thinks there is, are well worth not only study, but general sppliostion. He referr- ed to a. field of his own corn thst wss bein injured seriously by (hi weather. He di not care to take any ris s on the westher‘s account, so he set bonds to work cuttin up the corn and putting it in the silo. e is now feeding that corn to his csttle. end it inascoodfeedassuyhehss. Heseid thst if he had left the corn stsnding in the field, it would have so dried out on to be compara- tively worthless. _ _ I Coal on Johnny’s Bootblack. 0n the Oil Creek flute between Tituevllle and Ozl City is situated the famous farm that proud to be such a mine of walth to the late John Steele, or “God Oil J ohnny," as he wee better known. The wonderful wells thet spouted their stream- of wedth into the lap of the giddy yonth oeuegl to considered Valueleu for oil purposes. With the later improved methods of prodngizg oil, however, the old phoehbeing reolni and is once more figuring mug the valu- able oil fume of the region. It hnow owned hv J. W. Wait, who we: a. etxeet urchin at Bozeeville, a mile from the form, when "an1 Oil Johnny" wee in the zenith of his into the lap of the giddy outh mod flowgmnx yogra_ago,_and__ e (um wu_lo_1 wild weer. 33 a boy, young Wait fro. quontiy blacked Johnny Shades boots, or held hm “pm, apd ropeived for thor service anywhere from $5 to $50, whatever hoppono ed to euit the whim of the ependthrift, who believed there was no end to his mddenl acquired riches. It wee not my year- t 1 “Coal Oil Johnny” we: n labourer, working for a. dollnr e (by. There are ebont a dozen new welll drilled on the place, and mam one of them in profiteble. The place make young Welt a rich men. He has been operating the property about n ear end values it nt $60,000. He be e pr notion of 1,600 harvele n month. I think the Japanese are the most good natured and courteous race I ever saw. I never heard an angry word snid the whole time I was in t at country. and as an illustration of their courtesy take this which I saw myself : It was in the railroad station in Yokohama. I had just returned from Tokio. The railroad system is just the same as that on the continent, ears and all. You buy your ticket for your destination, and when you get there you pass through a gate just wide enough to let you pass through 3 here a man stands who takes your ticket. We were certainly 200 us who ot out at the station, an were h ed by a man who was evidently of some rank. When he got to the gate he stopped ; we all stopped. Then he bowed ve low three times to a man who was stan outside of the gate._ The‘bowing is done in placing the ‘hende on theiege very neer :he weiee end then bending the body end ending the hands down to the kneoe. After he bed got through the other returned the eelnte- tion, bowing three time in the eeme wey. All thin time we eeood etiil end there wee no crowding or pnehing, every one eeeming to think a the most netnrel thing in the world. Yet hed thie been in Europe, jnet fihinki m e re; 1it mutt?!" oreeted 1 net m ew oe oi peo e etendinfi eelli end weiiing for e minute ‘2, two wh e two none oedeeoh ot .â€" Semnel F. mg. I". b" The Good Natured Japanese. A Remedy for Drought.