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Y But it is time to describe more parâ€" ticularly _ Cashmere, the charming seat of Clement Sutherland, and ‘the | principal seene of our drama. The: estate itself was a very extensive‘ one, comprising several _ thousand | mcres of the richest land in the vale.,[ That part of the plantation on which | the villa had been erected lay in a| bend of the Belle River, surrounded| on â€" three sidesâ€"north, east, and southâ€"by its pellucid waters. The} whole of this area is occupied by the‘ mansion and ornamental grounds. ; The: villa itself is a very elegant‘ edifice of white freestoné, fronting . the river. The building is long and broad,‘ in provortion to its height.! But the mansion is relieved from all| appearance of heaviness, by alight and elegant Ionic colonade, sustainâ€" ing an open veranda running around three sides of the building. On the fourth side, looking to the south, the aspect is diversified by a large bay window projecting from the lower story, and an elegant Venetian balâ€"| cony from the upper one. _ e The villa is also shaded on three sides by a grove of the most beautiâ€" ful and fragrant of the Southern treesâ€"the splendid tulipâ€"poplar, liftâ€" ing to the skies its slender â€" shaft, erested with elegantlyâ€"shaped leaves of the most brilliant and intense verâ€" dure, and crowned with its bellâ€"shapâ€" ed flowers of the most vivid and gorâ€" geous flame color; the beautiful cotâ€" tonâ€"wood tree, softly powdered over with its formless snowy blossoms; the â€"queenly magnoliaâ€"grandiflora, with its glittering green foliage and dazzling white flowers and rich opâ€" pressive aroma; the. pretty redâ€"bud, with its umbrellaâ€"shaped top, its crumpled, heartâ€"shaped leaves, and searletâ€" tufts; the boisâ€"d‘are, in full bloom, the most splendid and magniâ€" ficent of ornamental trees, uniting the rarest qualitiee of the orangs tree and the catalpa; the chinienne, with its vivid green foliage, and brilliant purple flowers, dropping delicious but heavy narcotic odors, weighing down the nerves and brain into luxâ€" urious repose, and stupefying the very birds that shelter in its aromatic shades, so that they may be taken captive with the bare hand; the imâ€" geria_l catalpa, sovereign of the grove y virtue of the grandeur and eleâ€" gance of its form, the grace and beauty of its foliage, and the amâ€" brosial perfume of its flowers, filling all the air around with its delightfu fragrance. Birds of the most splenâ€" did plumage and the most exquisite melodyâ€"the goldfinch, the oriole, the redbird, the paroquet, the nightingale, swallow, and innumerable others, shelter here, and their songs fill the air with music. No artificial walk disfigures the sward. The green and Paul Sutherland, the third brother,, had remained up to the present time unmarried. He bestowed his affecâ€" tions with paternal pride and devotion upon his niece and nephew, resolving to make them his joint heirs. Just two years previous to the opening of our story, the Belle River trio had been broken by the death of +Mark Sutherland, the elder. Young Sutherâ€" land had hastened home to console his widowed mother, but not long did the widow permit him to remain. â€"â€" Immediately after the death of her mother, the orphaned infant had been taken home by her aunt, Mrs. Mark Sutherland. The lady gave herself up to the rearing and education of these children. And not the. noble mother of the Gracchi was prouder of her "jewels" than Mrs. Sutfierland of hers. Thus the infancy and childhood of Mark and Hinda were passed. toâ€" getherâ€"the same mother‘s heart, the same nursery, the same schoolâ€"room, nay, the same book, with their heads together, and their black and golden locks mingled, were shared by the children. It was a woful day when they were first separatedâ€"Mark to enter colâ€" lege, and Hinda to be placed at a fashionable boardingâ€"school. _ Young Mark, when laughed at for his girlish tears, angrily rejoined that it was no shame to weep; that the renowned hero, Achilles, had wept when they took Briseis away fromâ€" him, also when his friend Patroclus was slain. Clement Sutherland had remained ‘unmarried until long after his settleâ€" Mment upon the Belle. But one auâ€" tumn, while on a visit to New Orâ€" leans, fnegotiate the sale of his cotâ€" ton, he chanced to meet a beautiful West Indian girl, whom he afterwards wooed and won for his bride. Wheâ€" ther the sweet Havanienne, or the large fortune of which she was the sole heiress, was the object of his worship, was a mooted point by those who knew him best. Certainly _ no slightest or whim of the lovely Creâ€" ole remained unsatisfied. It was she who gave the charming scene of his home the appropriate name of Cashâ€" mere. She it was who persuaded him to build and adorn an elegant villa upon the site of the temporary framed house to which he had brought the beautiful epicurienne. Her rare artâ€" istic taste presided over the archiâ€" tecture and embellishment of the mansion, and the laying out and ornzemanting‘ or‘ the ground. She was, at Irst, but m lovely and fragile si)ring flower, that faded and fell ere the summer of her life had come. She left a child of perfect beautyâ€"a little girlâ€"who inherited her moâ€" ther‘s graceful harmony of form and complexion, and her father‘s strength and vigor of constitution. j Very early in life, and some years grevious to their emigration, . Mark Sutherland hbhad been united in marâ€" riage to a lady of St. Mary‘sâ€"one of the noblest of Maryland‘s noble daughters. From her, their only son, Mark Sutherland, the younger, inâ€" herited a strong mind, warm ileart, and high spirit; from his father,. he took the stalwart form, athletic strength, and dark and_ sometimes terrible beauty, that marked the race of Sutherland. . t ‘9% B cooncrcmmmnmente comenreremmmmoeerracurcinercem on mm ocm uce cammmnarenn ncomarsememncencommme menmernmecc ncz [g%@mfi@@@@m@%@wmw@s@%&%m@@%@@% â€"The Planter‘s Daughter ; CHAPTER II.â€"(Cont‘d). Or, The Queen of Belle River. \ _ There she reposes in the recess of the bay window, "silkâ€"curtained from ‘the sun." This bay window is both deep and lofty, and is a small room in ‘itself. It is curtained off from the main apartment by drapery of purâ€" ple damask satin, lined with goldâ€"colâ€" ored silk, and festooned by gold cords and tassels. The interior of the reâ€" \ cess is draped with thin goldâ€"colored ‘ silk alone; and the evening light, \glowing through it, throws a warm, rich, lustrous atmosphere around the form of Oriental beauty, reposing on the silken couch in the recess. velvety turf affords the softest, eoolâ€" ‘esc footing. Rustic seats of twisted ‘bowâ€"wood are under the trees. Its ! shades are the delightful resort of ‘"the Sutherlands and their friends, to enjoy the freshness and brilliancy of ‘the morning, to find shelter from the |\ burning rays of the sun at noon, or to | luxuriate in the delicious breeze of the ‘evening. The Areadian grove, as has been said, surrounded the house on. three sidesâ€"north, west, _ and south. It is a rare type of beauty, not easy to realize, blending the hi%hest charms of the spiritual, the intellectâ€" ual, and the sensual, in seeming perâ€" fect harmony; it is a costly type of beauty, possessed often only at a fearful discount of happiness; it is a dangerous organization, full of faâ€" tality to its possessor and all conâ€" nected with her. It is a richly and highly gifted nature, but one that, more than all others, requires in early youth the firm and steady guidance of the wise and good, and that in after life needs the constant controlâ€" ling influence‘ of Christian principle. CHAPTER IIL The summer sun had just sunk beâ€" low the horizon. An evening breeze is rising from the distant pine woods, that will soon tempt the inmates forth to enjoy its exhilarating and salubrious freshness and fragrance. But as yet all is quiet about the manâ€" sion. The suite consists of a boudoir, two drawingâ€"rooms, a hall or picture gallery, a musicâ€"room, a double parâ€" lor, a library and dining and breakâ€" fast rooms, and, by the machinery of grooved doors, all these splendid apartments may be thrown into one magnificent saloon. ____ § But the most finished and perfect of the suite is the luxurious boudoir of India. It is a very bower of beauty and love a chef d‘oeuvre of artistic genius, a casket worthy to enshrine the Queen of the Belle River. & India Sutherland has never known another guide than her own pleasure.| "Queen o‘er herself" she is not, but. queen instead over father and lover,| friends, relatives and servants. In“ truth hers is a gentle and graceful| reign. She is, indeed, the tamest as| well as the most beautiful young leopardess that ever sheathed claws, and teeth in the softest down. She is o hypocrite; she is perfectly sincere;, Eut her deepest nature is unawakenâ€". ed, undeveloped. There she lay, as unconscious of the seeds of selfishness and tyranny as Nero was, when, at seventeen years of age, he burst into tears at signing the first death warâ€"! rant. She reclines upon a crimson‘ silken couch, her face slightly turned downwards, her head supported by her hand, and her eyes fixed upon a book that lies open upon the downy pillow; a profusion of smooth, shinâ€" ing, amberâ€"hued _ ringlets _ droop In the innermost sanctuary of that house reposes Miss Sutherland. It is the most elegant of a sumptuousâ€" suite of apartments, upon which Mr. Sutherland had spared no amount of care or expense.. & tocas AKeross the soft water lie hills, and groves, and cottonfieldsâ€"the latter, one of the gayest features in Southâ€" ern scenery. They are sometimes a mile square. They are planted in straight rows, six feet apart; and the earth between them, of a rich Spanishâ€"red color, is kept entirely clean from weeds. The plants grow to the height of seven feet, and spread in fullâ€"leaved branches, bearâ€" ing brilliant white and goldâ€"hued flowers. When in full bloom, a cotâ€" tonâ€"field by itself is a gorgeous landâ€" seape. 3 ; This extensive and beautiful lawn is surrounded by an iron openâ€"work fencing, very light and elegant in apâ€" pearance, yet very strong and impassâ€" able. Three ornamented gates relieve the uniformity of this iron trellis; one on the north side leads through to the orange groves, always inviting and delightful. The gate on the north admitted into the vineyard, where every variety of the finest and rarest grapes flourished in luxuriant abundance. The one on the east leads from the lawn down to the white and pebbly beach of the Belle, where pretty boats are always moored for the convenience of the rambler who might desire to cross the river. 2 Back of the grove there are garâ€" dens, and orchards, and outâ€"houses, and offices, and the negro village called "The Quarters." Below this spreads the lawn on every side, not level, but gently wayâ€" ing, and covered with grass as soft, as smooth, and as downy as velvet. The arbors, of delicate trellisâ€"work And elegant form, are shaded and adorned with running vines of rich Armenian and _ Cape _ jessamine, honeysuckles, and woodbine. The reâ€" servoirs contain goldfish, and other ornamental specimens of the piscaâ€" torial kingdom. se From the colonnaded veranda a flight of broad marble steps leads to a terrace carpeted with grass, and planted with roseâ€"bushesâ€"everywhere roses. The rose terrace is divided from the lawn by a treillage of the most delicate and elaborate trellisâ€" work; and this also is wreathed and festooned by running rose vines. The east is the front of the house towards the river. The view here is open, and the most beautiful, charmâ€" ing, and variegated to be imagined. ol tw A worthy citizen of Berlin was once imprisoned for a week because |\he laughed at the sight *of a fat \policeman chasing a student who h@id [dined not wisely but too well; while a woman was fined twenty shillings | because she told a clumsy man, who ‘trod on her foot in a ‘bus, that he \ walked like a hen. rround her graceful Grecian head; |her eyebrows are much darker, anci are delicately penciled; her eyelashes ‘are also dark and long, and shade llarge eyes of the deepest blue, _ her |\ complexion is very rich, of a" clear ‘ warm brown, deepening into a crimâ€" ! son blush upon cheeks and lips the \ brighter and warmer now that the ;book beneath her eyes absorbs her |quite. The light through the goldenâ€" hued drapery of the window pours a )warm, subdued effulgence over the Ewhole picture. On a cushion below ‘her couch sits a little quadroon girl, of perfect beauty, fanning her misâ€" tress with a fan of ostrich plumes; and while she sways the graceful feathsrs to and fro, her dark â€"eyes, full of affection and innocent admiraâ€" tion, are fixed upon the â€" beautiful epicurienne. 8 sisz 5 An openâ€"air preacher of East Lonâ€" don understood this, and his strateâ€" gem fitted to a charm. He was adâ€" dressing a crowd when a soldier who had been drinking came up and ridiâ€" culed the service. Finding it was useless to ignore the man, the preachâ€" er said: & This the soldier did as well as his condition would allow. "Aboutâ€"turn!" This order was also. obeyed, though with some trouble. "Quick march!" And off went the valiant soldier, marching down the road at a quick pace, while the preacher resumed his address. Laws Made in Germany. Most of us have felt sorry for the hardlyâ€"used Belgians, who, are imâ€" prisoned for failing to salute or for laughing at a soldier, but it is only what the Germans themselves have to put up with. If you hang your bedclothes out of window; fine. If they drop out as well; double fineâ€"two offences. If you run for a tram, and board it in motion; more money goes to the poâ€" lice exchequer. So much is forbidden, it is surprising that it does not exâ€" tend to fining. "Ah! my friend, you‘re no soldier. No servant of the King would get drunk and interrupt a peaceful serâ€" vice." The man said he was a soldier, and asked the preacher to test him. Of course, one of the most henious offences is to laugh at an official; but the unhappy citizen is fined for doing something, and another day for not doing it. A motorist went slowly through a little town in the evening without sounding his bell, as no one was about; fined. A week later he sounded it well; fined for doing it too vigorously. "Hand me the book, Nan! Here, here are the linesâ€"now make out a meaning for them, if you can: And it looks as if it might have been written by Uncle Billy Bothsides! Ah, here he comes. Talk of the evil one, andâ€"you know the rest. Ah, I shall be amused to hear his opinion of the sentiment in question." _ Even an extremely aggressive enâ€" emy can be conquered by strategy; it is only a question of employing the strategem fitted to the case. "Very well," was the reply. "I will Now, then. ’Attention!” * is "Oh, hush, you tease! And tell me what these lines mean. I have been studying them for the last half hour, and can‘t make them out." "Well," said Mrs. Vivian, laughing, "it sounds very likeâ€" "Pope! by all that is solemnly in earnest! Pope‘s ‘Essay on Man,‘ by all that is grave, serious and awful! Why, I thought at the very worst it was some Flora‘s Annual, or Gems of the Aviary." t es y The speaker was a lady of about twentyâ€"five years of age, of petite form, delicate features, dark and brilliant complexion, and sprightly countenance, which owed its fascinaâ€" tion to dazzling little teeth, and ripe lips bowed with â€" archness, . great sparkling black eyes, full of mischief, and jetty ringlets in whose very inâ€" tricacies seemed to lurk a thousand innocent conspiracies. Mrs. Vivian, of New Orleansâ€"Annette Valeria Vivianâ€"the widow of a wealthy merâ€" chant, a distant relative of â€" Mrs. Sutherland by her mother‘s side, and now with her ~stepâ€"daughter on a visit of some weeks here at "Cashâ€" mere." "Ciel! then do you hear me? What volume of birds or flowers do you prefer to the living birds and flowers out here?" Miss Sutherland, lIanguid and smilâ€" ing, rose from her recumbent posiâ€" tion, and handed her the volume. _ When the rising of the evening breeze began to swell the goldâ€"hued curtains, Oriole dropped her _ fan, but continued to sit and watch lovâ€" ingly the features of her lady. When the purple shades of evening began to fall around, Oriole arose softly, and drew back the curtains on their goldâ€" en wires, to let in more light and air, revealing the terrace of roses, the lawn and its groves andâ€" reservoirs, and the lovely rose andâ€"amberâ€"cloudâ€" ed river, rolling on between its banks of undulating light and shade; and giving to view, besides, the figure of a lady standing upon the terrace of roses, and who immediately advanced smiling, and threw in a shower of rose leaves over the recumbent readâ€" er, exclaimingâ€". e sade â€" "Will that wake you? Mon Dieu! What is it you are idling over? ; the birds are about to break forth in their evening song. Will you come out?" ‘And binding nature fast in fate, Left free the human will.""*>_ ‘And tying Adam hand and foot, Bid him get up and walk.‘ . (To be continued.) Retreat in Order. It is, furthermore, of importance to remember that a herd cannot be sucâ€" cessfully built up unless the bulls that are successively used belong to the same breed. If the grading up is begun with a Jersey bull the process must be continued uninterruptedly by the use of Jersey blood. The importance of the dairy sire is recognized in the expression: "The bull is half the herd." Usually, howâ€" ever, the bull is more than half the herd, either for good or bad. In the case of common or grade cows, for example, the pureâ€"bred bull may One of the chief dangers in startâ€" ing with a pureâ€"bred herd is the lack of funds to procure the right sort of animals. Instead of buying a pureâ€" bred bull and a number of pureâ€"bred cows of common merit, it is better policy to buy relatively cheap grade cows, and to add the money thus savâ€" ed to that originally set aside for the bull. This extra money is likely to be the means of securing a bull of outstanding merit. Whether the cows be grades or pureâ€"breds, it is of the highest imâ€" portance in building up a dairy herd to secure a pureâ€"bred bull of real merit. Unless the bull is descended from good milkers, it is folly to ex~ pect him to produce good milkers, no matter how fine or ideal he may be as an individual. To start with a pureâ€"bred herd is practically beyond the means of the majority of farmers. Furthermore, there is an objection to placing wellâ€" caredâ€"for, pureâ€"bred cows under avyâ€" erage conditions as to feed, care and management, because under any such change the attainment of satisfactory results would be practically imposâ€" sible. Where there is a gradual inâ€" fusion of pure blood, as in the case of grading up a herd with pureâ€"bred sires, the new blood is gradually acâ€" customed to the change of environâ€" ment, the herdsman is given the neâ€" cessary time to change his methods to meet the requirements of pureâ€"bred cattle. Where the dairyman understands the management of the pureâ€"bred stock and has the means with which to buy the right kind, a pureâ€"bred herd may be started to good advantâ€" age. A foundation of this kind, of course, does not produce stock that can be registered, but by continuing the use of good, pureâ€"bred bulls of the same blood, stock is soon obtained which, so far as milk and butter production are concerned, very closely _ apâ€" proaches in value that of pure breedâ€" ing. Starting a Dairy Herd. With the average farmer the cheapâ€" est and most satisfactory way of starting a dairy herd is to select as foundation stock good . grade cows and a pure bred bull of one of the strictly dairy breeds. The. grading up will be most rapid when the preâ€" dominant blood in the grades correâ€" spond with the blood of the‘ sire, writes Mr. John Michels. In the case of a dairy bull, espeâ€" cially a young bull, his chief value is determined by the performances of his ancestry. The points of greatest importance to consider in his pediâ€" gree are the following: (i) The merit of his mother and his sire‘s mother; (2) The merit of the daughters of his sire and grandsire; (3) The value of the daughters of his dam and his grandam; (4) The value of his sisters, ‘if he has any; and (5) the value of J;his own progeny, if he has any. The \farther back consecutively good reâ€" cords can be traced the more valuable the animal. It should always be reâ€" membered, however, that near anâ€" | cestors count for a good deal more than those more remotely related. A Seasonable Hint. The wise man moves next door to a family whose income is less than his. Where all of the cows in the foundâ€" ation stock are grades, nome of the calves, of course, can be registered. It is desirable, therefore, to add to the herd from time to time, as means permit, some good pureâ€"bred cows of the same blood as the bulls that have been used. This has the advantage of enabling the owner to dispose of his calves to better advantage. > The purchase of cows, however, is always attended with the danger of introducing contagious diseases into the herd. For this reason, the buying of the cows should be carried on in a limited way only. It is, of course, alâ€" ways in order to buy cows when the object is to add to the herd pureâ€"bred individuals of exceptional dairy merit. But the practice of buying cows should never be carried to the point of making it the principal means of replenishing the herd, especially since the latter can be accomplished much more satisfactorily by raising the calves from the best cows. With a firstâ€"class bull at the head of the herd, rapid improvement is efâ€" fected by selecting and retaining calves from only the best milkers, at the same time culling out those cows whose records have not been satisfacâ€" tory. This word cannot be done to best advantage unless records are kept of the quantity and quality of milk from each cow for a whole lactaâ€" tion period. on 0 20 f “ is @ Crime Against Nations to Illâ€"Treat #fi; V Those Captured. 5;&'” a ah 7. According to reliable reports, Gerâ€" .3-“‘ tÂ¥ 020 t ARap . | many is violating the rules formed by _E An/ dlt""] fa e .t the leading nations at The Hague conâ€" "f.__. e â€"e__â€"â€"_ LE vention, and shamefully illâ€"treating avss % [ ...~~ T e British prisoners of war. This is a $ o sn dn hm t 47 ,> crime against the law of nations, which emphatically states that warâ€" count for three quarters orâ€"more, Of ring forces treat their prisoners in a the herd by reason of his greater preâ€" humane fashion. potency. To so great an extent does| _ The object of internment is solely to the bull determine the improvement‘prevent prisoners from further parâ€"< or deterioration of the herd as to ticipation in the war, and unnecessary call for the utmost caution in his limitation of liberty, unjustifiable seâ€" selection. lverity, illâ€"treatment and indignities In the case of a dairy bull, espeâ€"| are forbidden. The rooms in which cially a young bull, his chief value is prisoners of war are accommodated determined by the performances of must be as healthy and clean as possiâ€" his ancestry. The points of greatest ble, and they should not be situated in importance to consider in his pediâ€" prisons or convict establishments;. gree are the following: (1i) The merit Captives must be given the same scalé of his mother and his sire‘s mother; and quality of rations, quarters and (2) The merit of the daughters of clothing as the troops of the governâ€" his sire and grandsire; (3) The value ment which captures them, and priâ€" of the daughters of his dam and his soners must be paid wages for a grandam; (4) The value of his sisters, work they may do. The latter m‘ if he has any; and (5) the value of have no connection with the opeinM his own progeny, if he has any. The tions of war, but may be carried out farther back consecutively good reâ€" for municipal authorities or for priâ€" cords can be traced the more valuable vyare persons at a reasonable rate of the animal. It should always be reâ€" pay s NSLUngnt =â€"a NeR ce Aa enR ses d I * I <om INFLUENZA And all diseases of the horse affecting his throat, speedily cured; colts and horses in sam~> stable kept from having them by using BPOHRN‘S DISTEMPER COMPOUND. 3 to 6 doses often cure. One botile guaranteed to cure one case. Bafe for brood mares, baby colts, stalllonsâ€"all ages and conditions. Mest skillful sclentific compound. Any drug-‘ gist. BPOHHN MEDILTCAL CO., Goshen, End., U.S.A. To safeguard prisoners of war from being illâ€"treated, The Hague rules de" cided some years ago that a bureau’ information relative to captives m ue be formed at the commencement , of hostilities in each of the warring states. â€" Each nation engaged in the European struggle has such an insti® tution, whose purpose is to reply to all official inquiries concerning wal prisoners, in addition to keeping a careful record of what happens to every captive. Each prisoner has a history sheet, which gives his name, age, place of origin, rank, wounds and place and date of capture. When peace is signed, such records will be exchanged among the belligerent naâ€" tions. While hostilities are in Pr> C# gress it is not obligatory for a nation to furnish particulars of the number of prisoners captured. It must, howâ€" ever, keep the enemy informed as to the sick and wounded who have been taken captive. 7 "Why so?" "Because he‘s alwa e 3 s ys out £ and invariably in ‘debt.‘" * t In no way must a prisoner of wat be used for the purposes of aiding the military activities of the nation which captures him. A prisoner is not bound to reply to any questions except those which concern his name and rank, and he is not expected to betray miliâ€" » tary secrets. He cannot be punished for giving false information about his own army. All personal belongings ofe prisoners of war, except arms, horses and military papers, remain their proâ€" perty. Never in Funds. "Blivins reminds me of the lettet RIGHTS OF WAR PRISONERS. Catarrhal Fover, Pinkeye, Ehipping Fover, Eplzootic.