The Lucknow Sentinel, 1919-09-11, Page 6•
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The Legacy on Wheels
Br Dorothy Donnell Calhoua.
PART- XI. !fairy princes that live in wonderful
"We'll fix up the house this winter, j Ivanhoe castles on the edge of the
Pa," planned Ma happily. "You and,sunset!"
Romey can put a long window in the; Honestly she faced her own soul.
south room and open up the old fire-' She must be sure of that, sure she
place and Julie and I'll tacky' the would never regret the decision she
trimmings. If we do real well with! had made there in the great studio
the bees and, the. quilts, maybe next i window above the city's clamor and
year we can get a phonograph and a; unrest. Far below in one of the fields
kitchen cabinet too. Do you know,! a big, patient, plodding figure in blue
r., I guess !haft what we went to To:-' leans, moved along the potato rows.
ronto for—so's to find out how to be Vaguely Julie's eyes watehed ,it as
contented and happy at home!" . she mused.
Already Ma had forgotten the pi1- ,Suddenly all doubt and hesitation
grimage she had meant to Yn�ake.to tht. slipped away. No, it was not Geoffrey .
professional laboratories of the r+e-. Vtifiticic she wanted.
• nowned Doctor Hope, Benefactor of "You can't imagine darning a fairy
Mankind. prince's socks nor getting dinners nor
On the last hp of the journey, washing platters in a story -book
familiar landmarks began to appear castle." Julie smiled whimsically.
and familiar faces to nod as Uncle "Seems as if falling in love and being
Henry passed. The cramped• little married would mean just that to a
fields seernad broader, greener; the woman, doing little common everyday for a needed tool in the tool box under -
weather -beaten faces of the neighbors things for him, seeing he had what neath. :'I -got --a--date *ith Jimm
kindlier than they had been when he liked to eat and sort of mothering Gillespie and the-Tlaslaw boys. But'
Uncle Henry-- -carried them away. him." I'm_ going to__learn all right."
Home fields, home faces—oh, the dear- The figure in the field below "Oh!" Julie's heart sank. Was
ness of home! straightened up and leaned on its hoe Romey going back to the old lounging
•Julie's eyes, ways, the old lawless companions?
Cyrus Gilly's been painting his � for a moment's rest..
satisfaction..i watchin , ew :anxious. I His next words re -assured her.
barn,",.utas Pa with • g, � !
"Looks to me like a real, good job." "He ought to be wearing his braes #.- "Yep!" he -said laconically. "You
" 1 brimmed straw," "ahhe thought; "hot as I tentettlber those Boy''Seouts we saw on
Mils. Dilly must be doing her fall, s l
the wad' to Toronto? Well, us fel-
lows got together and decided it would
be bully to pull off a Scout Company
here. The high school principal from
and get Unc3S•iinflry-and go mission-
arying-shtake-tilt Poor Farm old folks
to prayer meeting or Mrs. Leggett to
the movies in Centreville! Stop won-
dering what you want and wonder
what other folks want for a while.
You won't have to look very far to
find a+ worse -off person than you are to
take a ride'"
how 34n will conk the old ones, so
that tha threshers will relish them'.
Well, then, why not scalloa theinGreat
and snake some potato salad? The rlthed by Many _Original Methods.
sheshers who come here surely relish=
el these two dishes, or seemel to.
"Scalloped potatoes!" you gasp;
"with butter aixty cents a pound and
salad dressing takes too much time to
Singing determinedly, she scrambl- make." Wrong again. You need little framed so as not to place too great
ed down the hillside. Powdery golden- butter and can make a large bowl of a burden upon any particular class.
salad dressing in three minutes. In- For originality of schemes to re -
rig ,brushed her skirts, the erhason stead of butter alone, use small cubes pleutsh the Exchequer few have rival-
�asaes of autumn leaped lashed of salt pork and salt,pepper and but-, � P PF led William Pitt. I1:awas he who de -
among the dwarf oak and sumach ter, cover with milk and bake in the vised the dog tax, an institution which
owt:h, and falling leaves driftedstill thrives. He also originated the
own like glowing embers on the sur -
gravy usual way. If you have some cold milk income tax, which, during his e admin -
ace of the cool gray -brown pool under gravy left, add it in the place of part
of the milk This saves the gravy and istration, was fixed at 10 cents in the
makes the potatoes better., g—K2,1 dollar on all incomes exceedin000.
For the salad I use cold boiledpota- I It was the fashion of his time to
toes, onions and cucumber pickles salt- wear the hair in a powdered queue,
v -
ed and peppered, and chopped ij and hair powdered appealed to Pitt
gether. For the dressing I use one' as a vanity for which every Man,
tablespoonful of prepared mustard to' would be willing to pay five dollars a
two tablespoons of sweet cream, one! year. He expected tha-.Treasuay to
UNIQUE TAXES OF OLD DAYS.
Britain's Exchequer Was En -
One of Parliament's hardest tasks
is the preparation of the Budget.
Tares must be imposed, but, as no
one likes paying thein, they 'must be
the willows.
Romey was in the side ,yard wash-
ing Uncle -Henry, every freckle screw-
ed t.:glct with an_xiety, h!4s o absent.
windedly through his teeth as -if ;he
were grooming old Peleg.
". 'Lo, Julie! How's he look?" he
benefit ; to , tb a extent -of of . c.er $1,000,-
inquired with careful concern. "-- teaspoon sugar and vinegar to taste.
"Fine!" Julie answered with en- Line the dishes with crisp lettuce 000 annually, but everyone had his
thusiasm. "Takes you, Romey! Whenleaves, garnish° with a couple of sliced queue cut off.
you've finished, I'll give you a lesson hard-boiled eggs, salted and peppered, A tax on shopkeepers, though only
driving." and then watch the men wade in. 11a small impost arranged on a sliding
°� scale based on the amount of rental
"Can't now," Romey lifted the I found that the men preferred cold
cushion from the back seat in search tea, and as we had no ice I steeped paid, ,was stoutly resisted and even-,
tually defeated. A t•tk on female ser-
vants, amounting to 60 cents for one,
house-cleaning." Gran'ma peered; it is to -day! Indian summer's as bad
interestedly at the line of blankets' as August for sunstrokes. John's like
flapping in the wind. "Emmie, there's I all men folks—they have to be looked
a pine -tree quilt she inherited on her out for just like little boys."
mother's side—maybe you recollect ? A sudden breathle is wave of color Centreville has organized us. He
One of those Grandma Hillacre was swept her cheeks at the sound of her used to be a Scout Master. Say,
married in. I'd like to lay my hands own words. Wish a little laugh that Jule—he's a reg'lar fellow too even
on it. If it wasn't so flit' I'd run over was the cousin of a sob, she sprang if he is a teacher. I wouldn't mind,
to -morrow and ask her to let me see to her feet. going to school to him, maybe next
it.""Juliet Fleming, you stop this fool- fall—"
"It .isn't far bymotor car," chanted I ishnes' this minute," she scolded. "Go l (To be concluded.) t. ,
Julie gaily. "uncle Henry and I'll �__
-take rots anywhere yeas wast to go." /� w
"Land!" breathed Gran'raa, awed at'
the prospect. "I never thought about
that. Maybe I can get down to prayer
meetings once in a while, now. Emmie,
you and me'll go shopping over to
Centreville! I didn't see a single'
window of calicoes in Toronto!"
The twilight was falling over the
world when they turned the corner by
the- brook and came in sight of home.
In the gentle light the little house
looked very serene and peaceful under
the misty spray of elm branches. A
• whippoorwill was calling in the dusky
meadow, the patch of tansy by the
gate gave out a keen sweet smell. On
the pastureside a cowbell clanked hol-
lowly and a man's shout answered.
John Massey was driving home the
cows.
"Well, Emmie, the old place hasn't
run off while' we were gone!" Pa
Fleming said, a little break of tender-
ness in -his voice. "Everything's just
the same."
Everything, thought Julie with a
rush of thankfulness, except the Flem-
ings!
In the days that followed the home-
coming she marveled at the blessed
change in them. Over her piecing whic1i will do the unstarched pieces,
Gran'ma sang the doxology in a a home-made ki;;chen wagon for
cracked sweet soprano. Ma, deep in wheeling the dishes to and from the
bee catalogues, forgot her shooting table, water in the house before there
pains, and Pa and Romey went about is a car for pleasure riding in the
the farm, yardstick in hand, jotting barn, these are only a few of the
down intricate measurements and
making ambitious pians for rejuven-
ating the old place.
Only tise winds that blew about the
great rock on the hillside pasture
knew the unrest that lay behind
Julie's brave smile. She alone had not
changed. She was still the Jyulie who
wanted what she could not 'have but
now the want was different. It was
not the kingdoms of the earth she
coveted. •
On one autumn afternoon of gold
and scarlet she sat in her Waite
Place watching the wild geese trail
acrossl the sky. Quite suddenly she
began to speak aloud.
"It was like a fairy story but hu-
man everyday folks would be home-
aick in fairyland. I know that now."
She shook her head. There was per-
plexity in the vague 'gaze she bent on
Plan To Save Steps. ! lem." Mammoth rooms are fine if
How to make work easier if we are you have help, but, 0, the backache
to go without help, that is the great if only one poo" womanhas to keep
problem which confronts housekeep- in order. And, 0, thatired, aching
ars, city and country. Electricity and feet after a day of trotting from stove.
labor-saving machinery go a Iong way
towards solving the problem in town,
but doesn't do much to help out the
farm woman except in a small number
the tea In a granite dish!, with as little
water as possible, letting it cool, and
at the last minute pumped in the cold- $1.25 for two, and 2.50 for ;three or
est water to be had. From three to more, was more successful. Births,
six glasses to the max tells what they marriages and deaths *ere all -made
thought about that.
- to contribute to the national purse.
Another thing, perhaps not so econ- A duke's bride cost him a trifle over
omieal as the before mentioned, but $250; the arrival of an heir meant a
on' the rapidly disappearing order; was 'contribution of $150, and subsequent
brown bread-•nr recipe is as follows: t male additions to the fancily each
buttermilk, one scant cup of sugar, I wife necessitated the payment to the
four tablespoons of cooking molasses Government of $250, and smaller sums
stirred together well. Sift in graham were payable on the death of other
flour, to which has been added two members ;of the fancily. w.
teaspoons level of soda and one heap- I These life and death taxes were as-
ing full of baking powder, also one *sensed on every subject in the king -
teaspoon of ,salt. Stir rather thick and! dom who had anything to pay, the
bake in two loaves. It is better to • smallest sum collected being for mar
bake a sample the first time, for un -1 g
less the batter is thick enough the' whose income was leis than $250 a
bread will fall and it is rather too ex-! year. This man paid 50 cents each Beans and other good things.
pensive to waste. For gems you will i time he became a father and $1 ap-
f;nrt fm, ,ra.„;»n,zar_ati+ :m•,rni•n »r,n,, ' rroximately upon the death of his
One cup of soaik -cream. two' 'cstps' of tailed "'for ;125.' Take death of the
ria e, some 60 cents, Manufacturers of Clark's Pork and
paid by the man
PORK
BEANS
it least twice a week
e£o11f 1111 -at a ll wise
housekeeper*. serve
e
at. 1es" Pork and
Beans either • with To-
mato, ('hili o1• Plain
Sauce,
W. CLARK, L1MITED
MONTREAL
• C,289
I also.put a mirror, soap, comb, tow-;
Bachelors of every rank were taxed MEN'S MILLINERY IN INDIA.
els and dishes to wash in at the well, f 1695 t 1706 themc•nts vary- --
udder a .big shade tree, setting the i
from
o pay
table on the verandah, and fancied l ;ing with the rank of the individual,
got along easier this year than ever' and ranging from $1.25 to $60 a year.
i A man over twenty-five and unmarried
before. I find that simplicity eombined I was a bachelor under the law.
with plain substantial food, suits the I
Two of the most short-sighted
men better than all the fancy dishes I taxes ever levied were those on paper
used to make before the old 1. C. of.1 and on windows. William III- origin-
%, put his foot on my neck. ated the paper tax, which at one time
was as high as $140 a ton. On the
For the Pickle Shelf. paper used by Charles Knight to print
his Penny Cyclopaedia the tax amount -
Cucumber Catsup—1 dozen large ed to $100,000. Later there was im-
cucumbers, 1 quart vinegar, 1 table- posed a tax of eight cents a sheet on
to table, table to sink, sink to pantry 1 spoon salt, 14 teaspoon cayenne PeP- newspapers, with au additional tax of
and pantry to woodshed, all 'Ist the per. Gather cucumbers before the 85 cents on every advertisement.
greatest sun strikes them' and keep in a cool
possible distance from each
other place until used. Peel and grate the
Small kitchens with everyinch of cucumbers and drain off the water.
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of cases. But there are a great manyHeat the vinegar and spices to boiling
ways in which the far-seeing country space utilized, is always my slogan, point•' pour at once over the grated
woman can make her work easier .if My present kitchen is just 11x8, about
the size of manya farm home ' cucumber, bottle and seal. Cucumbers
she keep an open mind and is willing pantry, bottled in this way retain their fresh -
to adopt new methods in he kitchen There is no pantry, only a small re-ness and make a particularly good
as her husband is in the fields. frigerator room. Table, sink and stove sauce for steak..
Fireless cookers—home-made or are all near enough together so that Curry Pickles—Boil ' together for
p go without` only a couple of steps are necessary five or ten minutes, two quarts of
store—make it possible to in moving from one to the other. This
a fire during the heat of the day. has been large enough to do the work vinegar, one tablespoon of salt, one
teaspoon of black pepper; 'take one
Gasolene or charcoal irons, mangles for seven
people. tablespoon of curry powder, one and And joined in the awful strife.
Immediately I hear a cry arise, "No one-half tablespoons of ,,corn starch,
Our Boys In France.
Over the wave, our children brave
Have gone at humanity's call;
Ready to give that the right may live,
Ready to give their all. •
In La Belle France where the foe's ad-
vance
Had blighted the joys of life,
They turnoff their guns on the crued
Huns,
milk to take care of, and no washing four tablespoons of ground mustard, Land of the West, your Gallant breast,
done in the kitchen.' All very true,one tablespoon of sugar, or more if Has nourished a race of men,
but had it been necessary to do the desired. Mix these thoroughly with Whose eager feet will scorn retreat,
laundry work it could have been done a little cold vinegar, negar, then put into „And dash to the fray again.
1 k
..s small a Itchen by installing,
things *hick the country woman can hot vinegar mixture and stir all until Rod by rod, o'er the bloody sod,
have and should insist u on if she laundry tubs instead of the table, an
ri Itthickens. Take about three hundred
P building a cover for the tubs which ✓1'he invader s float recedes.
wishes to retain a vestige of youth
and health.
Ther;: is one thing, though, which
can be gotten more easily than any
of these in 'many country houses and
that is the elimination of miles of
needless walking. The thing which
impresses the city visitor most when
she takes stock of her country sister's
work -a -day problems is the countless
number of.steps which the farm wo- needs. V� Itli smaA children who al-
-man takes -dur ng the .-day.Uaed .to bottle a�Id. seal. A similar cat-_
ways must be where 'bother is, an
small, compact houses, the city WO- 11x8 kitchen is not • just the coziest! sup can bei made from plums or
man wonders -that the country woman place in the world. If grapes, and spiced to taste. Sorghum
your kitchen is;
has lived to her present age, whatever large and you want it so,then the;or molasses may .be added if a sweet
it be, when she sees the steps which next thing to do is to plan to make it' sauce is liked.
the arrangement of the house makes ,convenient. The sink must remain
r}ecessary, where it is, unless you wish to engage'
A large number of farm homes, it is
all too evident, were built in the days
the glow ing autumn field$ below. when lumber was cheap and large
"Juliet Fleming, whatever is the mat- families with daughters who stayed
ter with you. You want something so home and helped mother were the,
had it seems as if you'd die wanting fashion. Those days are now numbered
Y` and you don't know what it is! with other good things of the forgot -
ou went clear to Toronto to find out' ten pr.st and only the houses are left
it wasn't what you thought, money as a legacy to the twentieth century
nor clothes nor crood tames nor even housekeeper with he: "no help prob-
could be utilized as a table when osis_' small cucumbers and wash thoroughly. While the shell -torn earth attests 0If medium-sized ones are used, cut worth
ing was not being done. This is work- in small pieces. Pour the boiling sauce Of desperate valor's deeds.
ed out in many city flats and has prov- over the cold cucumbers, bottle and
en satisfactory. As td the milk, care- seal.
ful planning and a little 'alteration of Apple Catsup --1' quart apple sauce,
the average farm cellar would ma a it 1 teaspoon vinegar, 1 teaspoon cinna-
possible to care for the milk the if mon, 1 teaspoon cloves, 1 teaspoon
we weren't so wedded to custom. I pepper, -1 teaspoon mustard, 1 tea -
Many women,'however, find a larg spoon onion juice, 2 teaspopns salt,
kitchen better for their particular 1 pint vinegar. Simmer' slowly until
The Ex -Kaiser's Peculiarities
x The ex -kaiser will be brought to •
• trial by the Allies for bis public ac-
tions during the war, but Mr. Poultney
Illee!QW, the well-known Amerie.zf
▪ Ii ituur, brings against him accusations
of pttty meanness almost incredible
In a monarch of his pretensions. They
Were personal friends and companions ,
-In their younger. days,i but Mr. Bige
lova, in his recent book, "Prussi'anism
sad. raelf0m," makes the German '
Emperor practically a kleptomaniaa
fe was the owner of a valuable mania= •
tore of the� ,famous Queen Louise. '
whir* -wa et' afeetarathe
aged Queen of Iianerer, whose has -
band was dethroned by «'ilifam >:. ins;
1866 !William 11. manifested such an
ense. n ere n it ms a r
Mr. Bigelow let him tlave it to look at,
mentioning how much he valved it rill
aeeount• of the• circuarfstanees under
which' he acgairerl it. "Never was
that miniature !'hided back to me,"
says Mr. Bigelow. "although I spoke
of it earns-t.ly.to the Emperor's princi-
pal s-i'ln de -camp, the late Gen..von
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Zitzewitz, Not only dict \Villiatn rob
me 'ot that precious portrait. but 'his
courtier's looked at one another with
stuneraction 'hen I made so strange
a claim upon one who was evidently
not accustomed ta restoring• what had
once come under .his all -coveting
hand•"
Mt. Bigelo* achieved some fame as
a canoeist and shade a 1,500 -mile'
voyage down the 'Danube; !being the '
first to pass throi)gh the Trot/ Gt�tes.
to a canoe. The Emperor borrowed .
this canoe. the "t'aribee," oil, the ex-
r-tr5f -that--heilea rn
to be expert canoeists. 'While 1 have
lost flay matehlr;s .'('aribee," gays Mr.
'Bigelow, 'the ha FNr has broken his'
she was hidden -sway amid other dust-
rovtred nautleal earl(), in'aa oh.•r•';»e
corner of his bos:ttu,use ,..t 1 'sdam.
'the old.guardian and nut kr,iiw who
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Was. and I stayed• but long eur,ri$4i7
to learn that my er,nf,N 1 as ravel hc,en
n -@d and that I' hr,d' be'.n ti; t ictiri
of a Prussian- prom;,e.` • i
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a plumber, which perhaps at his pees-! Corrected Proverbs.
ent rates you do not care to do. But The' clothes do not snake the' man,"
remarked the ready_matle philrfsol,her.
even that would pay you- in the long
'run, if moving t}ye • sink would save "�o." answered the friend who was
you many steps. //'You can move the studying a tailor's bill. "They don't
table, however, and cupboards if, make him. Ther break hin?."
they are not built in. And by buying
a few lengths of stove pipe and an 'si<inard•• Liniment Cr re• Gorget in Cows
elbow or two yen may have the stove _�
where _-----T--
you. will. Sit down and study
your own kitchen. Figure oust .howyou
can re -arrange things to make it po-- '
sible to -take the fewest number of;
steps 'in getting' a meal aids washing`
&sties.. and --tl en_ rcteeecl • to. -have a
general. shake-up.,- _ - _ •
Dok't-runs--a slow -n cellar tnore
than is nc'•-essary. If...possible make
an ice!e-= refrigerataor. And don't ;
run do:':n three or 'Tour steps,arra a
half rlozl'r, rods out to the milk ho:i'^'
for all yr.... .utter, mi..•►an i elm,. . -
snrrie a r ; •, n her-ist it c?nirsr. Ks,
wh tiyo.: ' •.?1 reeds .for a
in the rr. , c' Y c• an },c.rr t1;' rrflk
7` oesi 1,,.. - . ,�-• ��, ,,,. • . i ;t. a. r - � F,1
the eats' ' tt a day aren't
go;r,g. a • is^c•n 'r n+ -
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hell,
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- ,: a ar .r.g a out
e
By the trenches deep, shall widows
weep,
Or mothers kneel to pray,
For the distant ones, whose dauntless
sons •
Have helped to save the day.'
Oriental Turban is Composed of Nine-
ty Square Feet of Cloth.
Modern women haven't a thing on a
man from India, when it comes to
wearing expensive hats. 'And theyll
have t'o get busy to crowd as much on
Their heads as do the men from Bom-
bay, Calcutta and Punjaub, for those
red, yellow and white turbans are as
long as three tablecloths put end to
end.
Each turban is made up of ninety
square feet of cloth, thirty feet long
by three feet wide.
The average person wonders why
men in these burning countries wear
a hat which covers the head as com-
pletely as the hood of an Eskimo. Both
do it for the same reason. One seeks
protection from heat and the other
from cold. The heat of one's own body
is far more endurable than the burn-
ing rays of India's sun.
A man Wears a turban thirty feet
long, while a small boy wears one
from ten to' fifteen feet long. But'
Indian youngsters have found that the'
cap of the Canadian boy takes far less
time to put on than his turban, and
they are generally discarding the
headgear of their fathers for that
worn in America.
a[inard'a Liniment Cares Livhtheria
To understand all is to forgive all
All grades. Write for prices.
TORONTO SALT WORKS
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FLOOR WAX
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For Sale by All Dealers
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Desserts: Rolis
Sauces
BENON'S is
' pure prepared corn starch
delicate nourishing,unexceled for all
,
cgokingpurposes.
It improves the t lxture of bread, biscuits and rolls if
one-thirTorfbe - flqur s aubititutecrwl: Benson's torn
Starch. It makes pie crusts light and flukey.
There is a recipe for the moot" delicious Blanc Mi go-
on the package, together with a dozen other uses.
Benson's is the beat corn starch for making sauces and
gravies smooth and creamy.
Write for bookie/ of recipes
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THE GRANDEUR ---
OF GIBRALTAR
ROCK HAS APPEARANCE OF 1N-
DESCP.IDABLE MIGHT AND
POWER
From Heigh,of the Fort a Wonderful'
Vista Stretches 1,000 Feet Below, a
Panorama of Incoirtparable Beauty.
Viewed• from the • deck_o•f an ocean
liner surging through the waves of
tale 1lediterranuau one r: a never for-
get:the thrill he exi,er a- .•'es at first
`sight of Gassalt..T. -.', ,Tuts, of
rare beauty came out in.aw:Ill bouts
to greet you. and when by: the aid of
a rope they hoist grapes up along the
side q�t'.le chill It is seldDfirtheir bas-
kets are lowered with.ut a goodly
amount car Iitc,lney in exchange for the
fruit. Sounds of druids and bugles
add to the exciting di:,, and amidst
screeching whistles y -,:u descend to
one o7 the tenders which wait below
to take you ashore.
The little Spanish stuccoed houses
are to be seen everywhere, and the
women d Birls with --shawls of bril-
liant hues and mantillas. upon their
heads laugh and dance to; the twang
of a guitar.
Driving through the' narrow :cobbled
streets, visitors are constantly stopped
••:by the natives, who 'attempt to .sell
them all sorts of trinkets, for jewelry
shops appear at almost every corner.
Eating places of every variety, with
food at reaching distance from the
curb, occupy the tiny sidewalks, and
little children crawl in front of the
phaeton -like cabs with the hope of
collecting a few pennies.
The Pride of Gibraltar
Finally the Alameda is reached, and
this park, with its palm and cactus
plants, is the pride of Gibraltar. Ge-
raniums 11 'abundance crown the en-
Z.r.alae auu troptcat trees and 'powers
help to create a scene well to be re-
membered-- Fountains play about on
the east and west sides, while several
small boulevards twine in and out
through the park. . Attractive pony
carts carrying little rosy faced Eng-
lish children accompanied by their
Spanish servants, occupy the roseate
driveways in the Alameda, and• the
liquid songs of the birds give a touch
of softness and 'pathos to the spot,
And now we come to the scorpion
rock of Gibraltar which cannot be ap-
preciated from- the water front, for
the town stretches along the western
side for over a mile. and only when
dlrecily in the interior of tar's colony
-can the gigantic size of the rock right-
fully be estimated. It stands as if
against the sky with a prepossessing
dignity of indescribable mightiness
and power. Tarik, the one -eyed Moor,
landed at the foot of the rock of Calpe
(now known as Gibraltar) in the year
711 to reconnoitre Gothic Spain, and
therefore from Gibel Tarik (which.,
means the hill bf Tarik) the name of
Gibraltar originated•
- Low wheeled, two scutes, so-called
vans accompanied and drawn by
ponies lake the visitor to the base of
the fortress, and a steep cIhnb°"inust
then • be made on foot. it is an ex-
tremely tedious trip, for the ascent is
rocky and uneven.
•
Vista of Snow -Capped Mountains.
�; Perhaps the most striking- --view,
from a small opening in one of the
. caves built in the fortress, is the white._
rv�all of -ATgeciras and San Roque, both
parallel with the snow-capped moun- '
tains of Andalusia.
El 1-.lacho, the signal tower, is not
always open to visitors and many of
the heavy guns are also kept under
secrecy. In the. tunnelled portions of
the fort old batteries and cannon are
pointed out by sentries, and secluded
}t,potS had been set aside .for punishing
• • pu rposcs in bygone -years. In ode of
..the dark passageways - the stone is
cut in peculiar points which Stand
straight tipwdhi•tl, representing icicles -
because of the. shiny, silvery gloss on
the ends of the highest needles Of tho
rock, and one. can readily imagine
fireplaces to have been. inserted in the
wails.
•Having attained • the height the
fort and emerging suddenly into open
sky. a wonderful vista stretches out
1,000 feet below, Ships ,anchored at
hay ,seam but dwarfs, and the polo
grounds, once famrnts far bull fighting,
can also be observed. Far below the
barrack yards lock up at you and the
smoky houses, with their'sloping roofs
,keep cover. over the lo unging sol-
(llers.
As the sun takes refuge behind the
leec-y.lining of cloudy, the mountains.
bills and ocean form a panorama'of
wide scope and incomparable beauty.
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Thrust and Parry.
ranks (►r -jealousy were , in Miss
Chldfoot's heart when sho heard that
her late admirer had been nec•t•pted.
by hiss LVvehird, and when sho hap-
-armed
ap-
i en ' l to run acroas • her° in the bar -
,gain rush could nut resist giving her
a thrust.
"I hear you've accepted Jack, sho
gushed. '•.1 srippose he 1104701" told you
he (etre proposed to 100."
"tio,".sits•iweri•d .iack's fiancee. "Its
ow,•t,)1(1,nic tl;at there_ 'cc ,.tui of
things in lis life he v;av ;s ;ls,inicd 'of,
but 1 didir't>k(r:<k hint what they !care." -
l'eaerr cat al7:, an ounce it—Eng,
lssnci in IScr,+ry VII.'s ci�rn. A
:, ` sl at'. s} Tec•^rd is ' 10
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