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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1897-3-18, Page 611 d Rr:..1ts L WThe two luso jumped into the seat. rr I The from them by only the thin iboard partition, Jere ,Le Britta tried. to �i a ! 13y Paul Ingelow. (corm.z. nD,) L .Where to?" "Somewhere among the mining towns. Surely, you have cronies, friends who :know of lonely naves, isolated huts, this or that out-of-the-way spot where he will be safe?" "1 reokon we can find such a place." "'I trust you to do it. You are to take litharge of him, but watch him closely." "Wever fear I" "If he esoapes, you lose the reward I have promised you. I leave him in your keeping. Then I shall propose marriage to the girl." "Will she consent?" "Dare she refuse?" "Why?" "I tell you, the menace I hold against Vance terrorizes her completely, I may have to promise Vance his liberty—I may have to ask you to cause him to disappear mysteriously.'' The villain paused and glanced signi- ficantly at the two men. Both, murder- oue wretches that they were, sordid, con- scienceless, the yellow glow of gold obliterated the Lurid stain of blood. for 'them, were the reoompense only large and speedy. "Once I wed Gladys Vernon," con- tinued Durand, "I am sure of a fortune. '"hen, a new scene of life, a foreign or a distant land, and let her friends and my foes discover what they will! come." "Where?" queried one of the men, and all three of the conspirators arose to their feet. Durand did not reply, but led the way from the room. The interested and excited watcher at the window drew into the shadow of some shrubbery. The trio came out into the garden, !Durand in the lead; they traversed its length, and disappeared in a stable. Le Britta got around to the building, .end watched, keenly. In a few minutes a horse, attached to a oovered wagon, was driven out. This vehicle was formed of boards that inclosed all the back of the driver's seat completely, and was only accessible by two doors which opened at the rear.' These were now open, but Le Britta, peering past the corner of the stable_ could see that they were provided with a heavy iron staple, padlock and chain, for looking them securely. Further than that, he could make out the outlines of some human being lying on the bottom of the wagon. One of the men approached the wagon and seized the doors, to close and lock them. Just at that moment, however, Dur- and spoke:— "Here, Tom, Bill! I've gota bottle in the stable. Perhaps you'd. like a sup before you start." The man at the wagon doors aban- doned his task at once, and he and his companion disappeared with Durand into the stable. "They have a man in that wagon— Vance!" ejaculated Le Britta, excitedly. What should he do? Scarcely give battle to three armed. foes, and he was hardly tit for a run of miles after that spirited steed, He glanced at the stable. At its rear end, he could see the three conspirators by the light of a lantern drinking from a bottle. They were not looking toward the wagon, and his opportunity seemed now or never. Springing forward the venturesome Le Britta decided on a daring exploit to ascertain the identity of the prisoner in the vehicle and rescue hien if possible. CHAPTER Y.L.—PISCAPE. Le Britta reached the wagon in a single bound. Whatever was to be done must be exe- cuted quickly; he realized that fully. Peering into the close wagon -box he could make out plainly a human form lying prostrate upon a heap of old grain bags. He ventured the utterance of a name—. a surmise as to the identity of the occu- pant of that dark wagon -box. "Vance—Sydney Vance!" he gasped softly but with startling distinctness. + There was a rustle, a snuffled ejacula- tion. "Eh! who is it?" "A friend. You are Sydney Vance?" , aye,. "I thought so, listen! we have not a moment to spare. I am Gladys Vernon's friend. I came to rescue you." "But those men?" "'Are momentarily out of sight. I will drag you out." ' Le Britta seized the man's feet. He ioalculated on dragging him to the ground, and then, tied as he was, bodily oarry him to some near retreat. "No! no!" dissented the captive, pant- ' Ugly. "I am bouwd." "I know that." "Hand and foot." "Still"— "You aro tugging in vain. Yon can- not drag me out." It did indeed, seem as if the task was impossible—as if some obstacle offered a sturdy resistance to all Le Britta's efforts. "What is the matter?" queried the photographer, with an apprehensive glance toward the stable, "I am also secured to a ring in the 1 ,side of the wagon." Le Britta uttered a concerned cry, but 1 he was not yet'daunted, i He clambered througb the bank of the vehicle, and groped in his pockets for a knife to sever the ropes ensuring the cap- tive, "Too late!" gasped the latter, suddenly. "Eh! what now?" "Those these me nl„ Lo Britta uttered a dismayed ejaoula tion. At just that moment Durand and his two accomplices came out from the stable. There was no time to spring to the ground and run for cover. He doubted even if his retreat was a safe one, as he shrunk back in the darkest corner of the wagon -box. "You understand, Tom,” spoke Dur- and. "Perfectly," replied theman addressed, wiping his lips. His companion advanced to the rear of the vehiole and closed the doors with a crash, enveloping the startled Le Britta in oomplete darkness. "No danger of is getting away now!" laughed the rea aSn- r " "" ca rely,,spoke Durand, You ba've your instruotions. Don't lose sight of the primmer& Auld obey orders" realize' the strange situation into which this rashness had precipitated him. His position was oue of undoubted peril. He was weak, unarmed, practic- ally at the ineroy of two desperate foes, shut in to a prison -place from which escape would be difficult. The vehicle started up. Le Britta sank to the bottom of the wagon, He groped about until he established the position In which his oompanion in captivity lay. Then placing his lips close to his ears, he began a hurried, undertone con- versation. "Who are you?" queried the prisoner, in a wondering tone. Le Britta explained sufficient to force the conviction that he was a friend. He had found his pooket knife now, and be set straightway about, relieving Vance of 'his bonds. A few deft strokes severed the ropes securing hands and feet. He untied the strong cords running to an iron ring sunk in the side of the wagon. "You are free," whispered the photog- rapher. "Now for liberty!" "But how?" "Wait!" The jolting of the wagon and the grinding of the wheels masked Le Britta's movements about the interior of the vehiole. He felt at the sides of the partition, behind the driver's seat, at the bottom, top and at the locked doors at the rear. "We are tightly shut in," he an- nounced, coming back to Vance. "Then let us wait until they reaoh their destination." And then." "They will unlock the doors. We will spring out suddenly upon them, over- come them." "You forgot—they are armed." "But we shall take them at a dis- advantage," persisted Vance, "And they may also halt amid friends as desperate and murderous as them- selves." "I never thought of that." "No," spoke Le Britta, thoughtfully, "our only hope of escaping their clutches safely, is to find some way of leaving the vehicle unperceived by them before they reach their destination." "But, how?" That was, indeed, a serious question, and Le Britta reflected deeply. Their combined efforts, vigorously persisted in, might eventually enable them to burst open the rear doors, but the noise would disturb and warn their jailers, would lead to an investigation, and certainly end in recapture. "Let us make a united rush for the doors," murmured Vance. "They are strongly locked." "But we may burst them open at a single contact." "And warn those men, even if we succeed." "Then it is fight or flight," returned Vance grimly. "Caine. Ready." "Stop!" The desperate venture about to culmin- ate, the voice of Le Britta sounded a peremptory halt, "What is it?" queried his companion, impatiently. "I have discovered something." "What?" "A new possible means of escape. Give me time. Yes. I am positive." Le Bride was feeling along the roof of the wagon -box. His hand reached up; he had discov- ered a slight break in the sealed top. One board, about a foot wide, had given slightly under his touch, and as he pressed it, he found that it was loose from the roar end clear to the center of the wagon. It swayed upward about six inches, then some new resistence prevented fur- ther progress. "I see what the matter is," he mur- mured. "What?" queried the eager Vance. "The top has a covering of water- proof. Wait. I can slit it." By extending his knife past the loose board, the photographer was enabled to cut the outside covering. Pushing now on the board, it gave nearly a foot, and through the opening the stars were plainly visible. The center nail, however, held it firmly so that it would spring back into plaoe once the pressure of his hand was removed. "If I bold it, can you creep through?" he queried of his companion. "Yes, readily; but you?" "I will try to follow." "Good. I am ready," Le Britta gave some quick whispered directions to his companion. He then pushed the board up as far as he could and Vance, grasping the boards at the side, began to scramble through the aperture. It was a tight squeeze and fraught with considerable peril. Too much pressure on the board might pull the center nail loose, and although the hood over the driver's seat concealed them from the two men, once the board broke loose, the shock and crash would alarm them. The board shot back with the force of a lever on Le Britta's fingers, as he saw Vance reach the 'top, scramble over it, and drop to the road from the rear of the vehicle. He was elated at the success of his experiment. He theorized that Vance would follow after the wagon until he had effected his own escape, when he would rejoin him. Resting a moment or two, Le Britta started to escape as his companion had done. A sigh of dismay escaped his lips, as he lifted himself to the aperture. For just then he made a distressing discovery. It was easy to get out with some one to hold the board up for the escaping person, but unaided, Le Britta vainly strove to force head and shoulders through the opening. The board, taut as a steel trap, would not give sufficiently. With a concerned face, the photogra- pher dropped back to the bottom of the wagon -box He was fairly iu a trap of his own making -he had sacrificed his own safety for thatof Vance, and his escape now depended solely on outside assist- ance. - - CHAPTER XLI.—IN PERIL. The wagon had. commenced. .to go slower, and the anxious Le Britta could estimate that they had proceeded at least five miles, and were probably near- ing 'their destination.. He saw at a glance his mistake, in directing Vance to make haste in leaving the wagon -top once free ofthe aperture, for.. had he, remained only a moment to hold up theloose plank while. Le Britta Drawled through, both would, now be speeding away to liberty. Where was Vance? Surely, he would not leave his rescuer in peril, coward- like, abandon him to his fate! No; a slight jangle at the rear doors told that some oue was fumbling with the look. Then the doors creaked and strained, but they remained intact, and Le Britta knew that his friend mustbe following the wagon under the Dover of the darkness and gloom of the night, No further ovidenoe of the proximity of his late companion in captivity was forthcoming for nearly half an hour. Thon, in a manner most original and startling, Sydney Vance announced his fealty to his rescuer and his desperate resolve to reach and aid him, even at thecost of discovery, and an uneganl conflict with the two knaves on the wagon -seat, who, all unconscious of what bad so far occurred, smoked placidly and indulged in occas!onal conversation. Of a sudden, something landed against the two looked doors of the vehicle with a force that split ono of the panels clear in twain, Pieces of rock and splintered wood were showered about the astonished Le Britta as that crash resounded, and the horse started up affrighted. Instantly, too, Lo Britta saw out into the road through the broken door, and discerned also that the rent thus made in the thin wood could be enlarged to an aperture of escape very speedily, were time only afforded. "Whoa!" The imperious command rang out, the lines were jerked, the horse shrank to its haunches, and there was a hurried com- motion on the front seat. "What was that?" "A crash!" "It struck the wagon?" "Jump down and see." Abandoning the seat, both men sprang to the roadway, and ran around to the rear of the vehicle. "Tom, look here." "Mercy! what does this mean?" Ralph Durand's fellow -plotters viewed the rent In the wagon -door agape. "He's tried to break out!" cried one. "No, don't you see? The damage has been done from the outside." "But how?" "A rock. See! the jagged ends of this board?" "Maybe he's escaped?" "What! tied hand and foot?" "But"— "I'll look and see." One of the men drew forth a match and ignited it. • Extending it through the rent, be peered into the darksome void beyond. "Great goodness! it's"— Tbe sentence was not concluded, for as, wonder-oyed, incredulous, the startled eyes of the plotter took iu the outlines of the form in the wagon, that form sprang forward. Puff! a quick breath blew out the match. Recoiling, the man seemed too over- come to speak. "Tom I" he gasped. "Well?" "He ain't there!" "What!" "No.—he's gone." "Gone? why—I hear him moving about." "Yes, but it ain't our man!" "Nonsense!" "It's another, and he ain't bound." "Ridiculous!" ¢"Look and see!" The other flared a second match: A sudden cry announced his surprise, but he was quicker to act than the other, ""Treachery! trickery!" he cried. "It ain't our man?" "No." "It's another"— "Back!" yelled the man. "He may be armed." ale, himself, drew a revolver. Excited, dubious, ho extended it toward the wagon. .At that moment, from some bushes lining the road, though unperceived by the two startled men a human hand was raised. A rock struck the hand of the man ' clutching the weapon. If fell from bis nerveless grasp, but as it did so, one' chamber exploded with a startling report. The horse, affrighted, sprang forward. The sudden jerk sent the anxious Le Britta at on his back. Ere he could again struggle to his feet, he realized that he was the victim of a runaway. CHAPTER XLIL—A STRANGE COMPLICATION. "Whoa! whoa!" yelled the two men, in unison, but their cries and their springs after the flying horse and vehicle were fruitless to stay a terrified runaway. It seemed to Le Britta that the wagon was going at the rate of a fast express train. He was knocked from side to side of the vehicle, which tipped, jolted and jarred as if threatening every moment to come to a halt, a wreck. He made one frantic effort to reach the hole in the door made by the rock, enlarge it, spring through it. With the wagon dashing along at breakneck pace, however, he could en- force no systematic plan of operations, and he saw at a glance out upon the starlit road, that a fall there would be perilous in the extreme. Even in the uncertain light of the night he could make out the winding road. A curve had shut out friend and foes alike. No houses or lights were visible, and the road seemed to be inclining steeply. With added momentum, steed and vehicle now dashed forward. A thunder- ing noise caused Le Britta to look out. The wild runaway had reached a planked bridge. Half -way across it there came a shock that jarred every nerve of Le Britta's systam. ' There was a crash, a stumble, a loud neigh of • terror, and then the horse dashed away a tin, fleet as the wind, but no longer encumbered with the wagon. That, with its human captive, had, it seemed, struck a post in the railing of the bridge. It crashed, it toppled. There was a tearing sealed, and over and over it went, ripping the bridge guard from plane and carrying it with it in a mad. dive for the surface of the turbulent stream fully twenty feet below. Splash! A confused sense' of peril flashed upon Le Britta's senses, Then, as he lay a huddled heap in one, corner of the box, two disooveries thrilled his soul vaguely -the current of the river was carrying' the disnxantled vehiole down 'stream, and the box was filling with water1 It seemed to eddy whirl and totter, and gain additional: velocity each moment. It careened, upset, a choking' hood of. waters rose breast high., and then a second crash half -stunned, the imperiled captive. That orash announced liberty, however, if nothing else, for striking soine rock in avid stream, the battered wagon -box 51415 clear in twain. Exhausted; weak and half -blinded, Le Britta managed to swine to shore. `there upon the shingly beach be lay, one hour or ten, he knew not which, for insen- sibility instantly supervened. The first gray tints of dawn were streaking the eastern liorizou as he again staggered to bis feet. His senses swam still, and his brain seemed benumbed. Without coherency or motive, he wandered from the spot. Broad daylight found him nearing a collection of huts marking some pour industrial center. Into one that was deserted he staggered. It seemed complete luxury torest again, It seemed as if the tired senses demanded inertia, forgetfulness. (T0 BE CONTINUED.) A Penni iar Fish. Lying limp and shiny on a fishmon- ger's slab, or dry and sandy in the Dutch fishwives' baskets, the turbot is perhaps the least interesting of fish. When swim- ming in an artificial sea or lying on the sandy bottom it is the most attractive of all the denizens of this mock ocean, and whether at rest or in motion has au air of vigilance, vivacity and intelligence greater than that of any of the normallys shaped fish This is in part due to his habits and in part to the expression of the flat fish's eye. This, which is sunk and invisible in the dead fish. is raised on a kind of turret in the living turbot, or sole, and set there in a half -revolving apparatus, working almost as independ- ently as the "ball and socket" eyes of the chameleon. There is this difference, however, in the eye of the lizard and of the fish—the iris of the chameleon is a mere pin-hole at the top of the eyeball, which is thus absolutely without expres- sion. The turbot's or "butt's," eyes are black and gold and intensely bright, with none of the fixed, staring, stupid appear- ances of ordinary fishes' eyes. It lies upon the sand and jerks its oyes independently into position to survey any part of the ground surface and the water above or that on either side at any angle. If it had light rays to project from its eyes instead of to receive, the effect would be precisely that made by the sudden shifting of the jointed apparatus wittob, casts She gb ctrl_ light trona a war- ship at any angle on the sea, sky or hori- zon. The tprbots, though ready, graceful swimmers, moving in wave like undula- tions across the water, or dashing off like a flash when so disposed, usually lie per- fectly still upon the bottom. They do not, like the dabs and flounders, cover themselves with sand, for they neimic the Dolor of the ground with such absolute fidelity that except for the shining eyes it is almost impossible to distinguish them. It would appear that volition plays some part in this subtle conformity to environment, for one turbot, which is blind, has changed a tint too light and not all in harmony with that of the sand. fie Was Chief of the Snobs. Sir John Brown, the cutlery manufac- turer of Sheffield, owed his title to a visit to that city by the Prince of Wales while Sir John was Mayor of Sheffield. That he is a snob of snobs the following story proves: On the occasion of his visit the prince leaned his head against a wall in the billiard -room in his host's house, leaving a stain on the delioate paper. This stain Sir John had covered with glass and surrounded by a gold frame, planing an inscription below whioh re- lated that the stain was made by the head of England's future King.—Boston Globe He Convinced Thein. Some time ago a number of choice spirits were enjoying a little supper in a certain northern town. When the cloth had been removed and the usual toasts honored, some one sug- gested a song. The efforts of the first gentleman who volunteered to oblige the company met with such a hearty recep- tion that others were induced to sing. In the end it was discovered that every onehad contributed to the evening's en- joyment with the exception of the medi- cal gentleman who occupied the vice - chair. "Come, come, Dr. X—," said the chairman, "we cannot allow you to es- cape." The doctor protested that he could not sing. "As a matter of fact," he explained, "my 'voice is altogether unmusical, and resembles the sound caused by the act of rubbing a brick along the panels of a door." The company laughed and attributed this to the doctor's modesty. Good sing- ers, he was reminded always needed a lot of pressing. "Very well, gentlemen," said the doc- tor, rising to his feet; "if you can stand it I will sing." Long'before he had finished his audi- ence was uneasy. The unwilling singer had faithfully described his voice. There was a painful silence as the doc- tor sat down, broken at length by the voice of a braw Scot at the far end of the table. "Man," he exclaimed, "your singin's no up to much, but your veracity's just awful! Ye're richt aboot that brick!" Preliminary Work. Marjorie is five years old, with sharp eyes for seeing whatever goes on and a bright way of describing it afterward in her somewhat limited vocabulary. The other day her father was taken 111 sud- denly and a strange doctor was called in. It chanced that the medical man had an impediment in his speech, and the mo- ment Marjorie heard him' talk she was all attention, for it was the first time she had ever met with a person who, stutter - the departure of the ed. Afterp doctor Mr oriswho had thought it all outi a n her own mind, made even her sick father laugh by saying:— "That aying:"That doctor couldn't remember the words he was going to say, so he talked a little while before he said them." His,Question. Della Ware—Do you believe in the Biblical admonition of giving a kiss for a blow,' Mr. Westside? Westside—Woll—or--that depends, Miss Ware, How hard are you going to strike me? --Buffalo Times. A novelty in a cape is made of black velvet lined with ivory and pale bine brocade. The neck finish is made of loops* of black velvet ribbon so closely set that they touch eaoh other at the outer ends, forming a cape of loops,. Up around the neck stand other loops, mak- ing a ruche. -New Bork Ledger. UTILIZING THE SWEET PEA. £Prettyhedge—Fragrant Window Screen. Sweet Pea Fountain. Everybody may not know that an at- tractive as well as effective hedge may be obtained with sweet peas in a shorter time than with most other plants. A florist in The Ladies' Home Journal cites as an example a hedge 90 feet long used to separate the clothes drying space from the more attractive grounds. Abundant support was furnished in an arrange- ment of cedar poles and telegraph wire, the former being planted as a tripod at each end of the rows, with the wire at- tached at the foot of the outside poles and where the poles crossed. The wires were drawn tight and supported at reg- ular distances for the. vines to attach themselves, fine linen twine being car- ried from wire to wire and soon covered, so that at a little distance the vines SWEET PEA WINDOW SCREEN. seemed to stand alone. The poles of the tripods rose some distance above their crossings, and these were soon decorated with the bells of the morning glory, so similar in its variety of colorings to that of the sweet pea. The sweet pea is also suggested for a screen against the ugliness visible from many back windows. Given a long, narrow box for this purpose, with a simple trellis work of ordinary wire or twine, well pulverized and enriched earth, with a small addi- tion of sand and a moderate amount of sunshine—sweet pea vines being easily scorched—and a pretty window, a fra- grant room, and plenty of blossoms for cutting may be confidently counted on, says the authority quoted, and' an ac- companying illustration verifies the statement. Following are additional notes gleaned from the same source: A peculiarity of sweet peas is that the higher they are trained the more profusely they will bloom, and if all fading blossoms are removed before they can go to seed a constant succession of bloom is secured. A pretty garden de- vice is a sweet pea fountain, which is produced by planting a tall upright post firmly in the ground and attaching the skeleton of an umbrella to it at the top. The vines planted at its base will climb and droop from the edge of the umbrella, the unfolding blossoms and sprays dis- posing themselves in such fashion that the idea of a floral fountain is easily suggested. As a winter plant the sweet pea is not, so satisfactory as one could wish. It has been sometimes tried in a hanging bas- ket and coaxed into moderate bloom amid winter snows, but it does not take kindly to such conditions. A Trio of Injurious Insects. At the forty-second annual meeting of the Western New York Horticultural society three insects injurious to nursery stock received attention: First, the peach tree borer, for which' no pre- ventive is known. The only remedy so far discovered is to dig the borers out in June or July. ,Second, woolly aphis, or plant lice. The remedy for this is kero- sene emulsion used on the limbs and kerosene oil on the roots. Third,.. the San Jose scale. This disease is present in New York, Delaware, Maryland and Ohio, also on Long Island. Whale oil soap, two pounds to a gallon of water, will kill all it covers, but some are cer- tain to be missed, and Mr. Willard and others urged the necessity of the utmost care and watchfulness for this pest. In Your Planting. Bear in mind that all large, quick growing plants such as oannas, castor bean plants, caladiulns, mesas, large leaved solanums, etc., require generous doses of manure—in fact, you can hard- ly overdo it. Gardening says common sense will tell you that any plant that reaches the size and robustness that any of the above will in one season if well grown must have a well filled store- house of nutritious food to draw upon. Fruit Notes. The Newport o t muskmelon is described P as the highest flavored, most luscious green fleshecd variety grown, and 're- markably early. The Timbroll strawberry is a fine late pistillate variety. Lovett's, Best blackberry is generally hardy and bears a profusion of large berries that ripen early in the season. Anemone Whirlwind, a semidoubie form of the white Japan anemone,con• tines to grow in favor, Clothilde Souport is recommended by eastern florists as one of .the best roser,. for bedding. A popular crimson varietyfox forcing @ is the Meteor rose. Tho Golden Gate rose is a free bloomer. The Greenville apple is a promising sort produced from seed of the •fall. Maiden Blush. HOW TO ROAST BEEF. temperature of the Oven—A Prime Pot Boast. ' When beef is to be roasted, it should be placed in a very hot oven at first, so that the surface will be quickly brown- ed, thus making a coating by which the juices of the meat will all be retained. The temperature of the oven should then be lowered and the moat cooked slowly and be frequently basted, unless it is in a covered pan. Tlie time allowed for roasting a large piece of beef is usually 12 minutes for every pound and 12 min- utes for the pan, writes a contributor to the New York Sun, and authority for the following: To prepare a piece of beef for roasting do not wash it, but wipe it off with a damp cloth. Place it in a baking pan, rub some beef drippings over the top and dredge the top and sides with flour. Put in the pan a couple of spoonfuls of drippings. Water should not be added if you wisb the roast to be a nice brown, and do not add the salt and pepper to the pan until after the surface of the meat has been well browned. Remember that after the first 20 minutes roast beef requires a moderate oven and baste the meat frequently with its own drippings from the pan. If there is danger of the gravy growing too brown or cooking away, a little beef stock may be added to the pan, and frequently a gill of cook- ing wine is added to the pan in the last 20 minutes of cooking, giving the gravy a delicious flavor. When the roast is sufficiently cooked, remove it to a heated platter and make the gravy. First turn oil the top grease from the liquid in the pan, and if there is not sufficient liquid left add a little stock. Lightly dredge the pan with flour and stir over a hot fire. Season with a spoonful of some sauce and more salt and pepper, if needed. ' Strain into a heated gravy boat and serve. For a pot roast get a short, thick piece of the cross rib of the beef and lard it with little strips of clear, fat pork. Put the pot in which the meat is to be cooked over the fire, and when it becomes hot put in the beef and brown it, turning the meat until every side is browned. Add half a dozen little onions, 2 tablespoonfuls of tomatoes, a bay leaf, a little chopped parsley, 3 cloves, a doz- en whole black peppers, 2 garlic buds and a cup of stock. Place the pot where the meat will just steam and the liquid simmer for three hours, keeping the pot closely covered. One hour before serving add 2 carrots,, sliced thin, and another cup of stock, if it is needed. Remove the meat when done to a heated platter and season the sauce with salt and pep- per and a teaspoonful of woreestershire sauce and rub it through a coarse sieve. Pour the sauce around the meat. Dressing the hair. The medley of modes in hairdressing is proof that women at least make au attempt to suit their coiffures to their heads. In the New York Sun are illus- trated some of the present modes in coiffures. From this source it is learned FASHIONABLE COIFFURES. that a pretty fashion for those who find it becoming is to wave the hair slightly all around and arrange a soft, twisted knot directly at the back, a little above the nape of the neck, and fasten it with a fancy pin. The mystery of fashionable hairdressing is solved at the hairdress- er's, where there are all sorts of valu- able aids in the form of frisettes to give the desired pompadour effects and help out the full puff at the sides so much in vogue. These cushions, with additional puffs and fancy combs. and, for evening dress, other ornamental decorations, add to the size of the head, but that seems to be the one object fashion has in view this season. The pompadour effect is the style for evening dress, and the knot, which is arranged on the crown of the head, must not tower any higher than the front, the extra height being given by the feathers, aigrets and bows. The Marie Antoinette coiffure, arranged with a large bowknot at the back, is charming for some women, and little bowknots of gold or silver set with fancy stones are suitable ornaments. Mercury wings in spangled gauze or set with precious stones are very effective. A dainty decoration worn by young ladies is a narrow wreath of some fine flower around the back hair and fasten- ed at the top with an upright bow of white satin ribbon. The fashion of wav- ing the hair all around seems to have come to stay, but it must be done in the large, soft waves, not the close, crinkled oneS of last season. Silverware and Art Goods. Silver fruit dishes with solid centers and pierced borders represent a favorite style. Glass tea caddies, elaborately cut, with silver tops, present a change in this direction. Silver wirework forms the latest edi- tion of photograph holders. Among modern table requisites are silver sardine trays and sardine forks. Candles and shades and candelabra are included in dinner table decorations.. Silver toys for collectors are out in new designs and are notable for fine 'workmanship. Receptacles for cold cream come in out glass and are of low, round form. The covers are " ornate affairs in gold or silver: -Jewelers' Circular.