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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1903-3-12, Page 704,6 A MYSTERIOUS ** 014 X • • • • • • • .• 4..,4e0yo-otoie•veee",•••••••••••••••,..0.4...ove..,,,.,,,,, It came into my pessessiou on the death or any realer, juet as he had received it teem greedlether Years Wore, His one great desire bed been to live to open it hireeelf, but thet Could not be, for it wee asking of uature too toeg 4 leAso ; so it fell to me to carry eut the will ed 4 man who hacl beennewly five hundred yeare deed, I cep see it now, with its eilver tipped careers and heavy hinges, and teengraving on the plete te, the top, an itescrip- tion which I read over and over and over again mita it became start:Med 144on the tablets ot meneory never ite be effacea, They call me mad. yet I could reproduce that iescripe teen, word for word, awl letter for letter -0.7e. 1 wille.that the reader May ltnige for hirnSelf Coneeraing Mental state t "On this first day ot April, in the year of oure Lorde a thousand thre laundred and four score awl onne. Godfrey. soled this box 'with neyne Csewne heed, and 1 wille and tom -- mooed Oat it be not opende until bore hundred oerea to a day from this teems. I do 41SO Nellie that ouly by hand ot first born on ot first born in linage from me shel this seal be broken. And when this box semi be openthe some Animal which bath no souks. be it grete or sum'. ghat tiler be present, Al this 1 wille, a.nd met, be he whose hatde other then here is written," The fact that it bad fallen to me to open the bdx al the appointed -time was euy only proof that. I was a descendant of the Godfrey of the inscription. That 1 was the drst born of my father, and be of his, 1 knew : but further back all was tree dition. No writing had been preserve ee. and at each &event front 'ether to• eon tbe box bad lost sometbleg ef the story associated with it ZUI at last its history bed become dim and vague, Through this veil of mist, An it were, I pictured Godfrey as OM of the few firm supporters of the weak and irresolute Richard of England, at that period in the inidst of trove blase titres. Then there was a tra- dition et a menet foe, who I placed ;is probably An adherent of John of Oaunt—the year being that of his return from the South—&L foe whom Godfrey had met and terribly van- quiehed before fleeing the country. Ztlere, eomehow. out of this feud between Godfrey and his namelees fee, the Wolin box seemed to have had its birth, There was. too, eozrething concerning a terrible re- venee—a revenge to be perfected when the bronve box was opened but this, comdderlog that five bun - tired yeare would :MVO elapsed, even should. It be preserved uuopened so long—a Oleg any sane num would have elapsed, even Acetic' it be pre- served unopened so long—a thing any sane num would have scouted as highly improbable—this 1 ooked up- on as ,eimply wildest romance. In what way mild a revenge be com- pleted or made of any effect when both parties would have been hun- dreds of years dead ? For years after the death of my' father I kept the bronze box at the bottom of a chest of books little used, and upon aCcepting my profes- sional chair at the Burston Aledical College that chest acconmanied me thither, 1 did not remove the box from the chest until the spring of '55, ween something reminded 2.110 of It, and I was then deeply impressed Nvith the fact that the five hundred years had nearly rounded their course. Only four years more, should I live, and the privilege of opening the box would be mine. Around with almost tear ; but, no one was there, of course. It wan only imaginations Yet from. that Meetly tbe ballucination, grew that the box itself was alive, I dropped it with horror the drst tinie that thought came to me. Alive ? The bronee box alive? Was 1, then, really going crezee as others were eften hinting ? thele it uP. hastened to the chest ia which it had in. so long, put it (IOWzi to the very bottom, ad piled ell the books atop, resolving as, 1 did so that I weule not mestere it again until the thee arrive& Spite of my firsts, eeselve, however. the oext night saw the box out ef the chest and under the study lamp ftgeiti ; encl iron that time to the end 1 could not get the idea out of leedne that the box was alive, There was that about it which ir- resistibly drew toware it my atten- tion, my thought, aye,, my very being, '1 felt that 1Omuta not be able to hold out. The strein was beeoriaing more than I could bear. How I did bold cut until the list day of March. When 1 epened tbe box. 1 do not knoVe, I had WM Oren. Up lee- threewhelly and my assistant was tilling guy piece. I bad aged fright- fully since the beginniree ot the year. la my Ges 1 bee often been complimented as looking to be gaoler ; but IlOW my full age bad ceMe %Meaty woe ate, end more. Front freshness and vigor 1 bad ouk rapidly Pato tiecrePitude. As 1 have said, the brenee box bad come to be seemingly endowed With live. end Os the days drugged along injueetion—but, elf ! Ihe wrifde o 1 that impression fosteued itself upon the threatened curse seemed to stelld Me MOM and more strougly. Wes 1 forth in lettere of fire I I Must geed. I asked myeelf ? No, ne ; I forego the ;Melting ot tile h" at - knew I Was Beim yet ; but, how much together, or I enlist eisregerd that I loieger would I be able to bear the Ptah of tho e. in.vot*rinus nialidat* ; terribleetrain ? Could 1 fighth and In either event what Of the through the few reauelniug days t� i curse ? I was in a terrible dilera- the end ? No 4 1 felt'in my soul ma and knew not what I should do. that I could not. "A men end his Wife are "Then, if he kills his wife the I can't touch himet "How so ?" "It's case of suicide." wetemeelerovee_sFteeme ed down will free the pipee mere i quickly than plan hot water. About the uttrielm Ivwriiteroannytheidlolt 0 tom of the pan when it ia hot and ;if...House ithe fat boiling, the fisa eau be eeeily turned without breaking so the least, griegratimaaszazairaaitasaa A remedy for erealting hinges is , =Om tallow rubbed. on the 1040. A great many lecke that refuse to dgeteltritehtinait hbaes tbt: gbaerbeee:eleept:it rs"•leillthbeetrallvigfiketifr ifsicmaPrelYfurliuysteeidle'dr4 Dust On the piano is had. Specets a the luirrer or eriodow are annoy - mw. You can't alwees end thee to eel% cake eor tee, nor pie for dee- eert. The sheeta end towels, may have to be folded and put under A 'Weight to save ironing; the ba'by ears colored slips -to eceeognize tA washing. An thee limitations may be grievous in a measure, but they are not of vital inmortanee. The care of the garbage is neces- eery. Death and destruction it on tbe brim of the neglected Pail, and bacteria and microbes — melevoleat. ones — inuitiply, Becaying fruit. and veg-etables are Just as poisonous As meet, enly not quite so notice- able. If you are a dweller on eroad acres an W:ZOI t : ti is Intleil bread angst be tied loosely -THE GAIIIIAelle PAIL. „ TrilIT$ TO 110I/SHICHHPHIIS, Turkey is more econernicat axe bet- ater for salae thma chieltee, cait, creekere, etc., ere to be used When grated bread, pounded in moldings with milk, heat tha milk, poor It mg, the bread end let etand, covered, for en hear. Very good moldings Can /to in4clee newiatithr utiith.U.aPs'llitbtluetreitlhiPas4lefuslitl tInbi; them, and snot boll tenger, net leaa than three or foor boors. Mellott puddings require plenty of water, which must be kelet at a sharp boil. If baked, a quick oven, hut not a marching bot ene, is re - y reeep ac n or quired. A molding in which there even woml will do, provided it. $s to allow mom fur sweBing. A bat- frequeutie• scalded. dnfected and, ter padeing should be tied quite dried. t)ilt thrae Ib n Ave-reel/len; Oregly, A fregnent faelt et this kerosene oil AVALON a very goed hind of pudding is being underdoee. With a piece el' beling who las- Wben Tired of Hamburg Steak g of the box sem auiratfl, lar served fa the usual way, mix with oill5cr°1 VitinashoOneltatniTtajPrieosesaet'shWo/U,: o te'reepinCtIRI°P faill(11411hcirlAut for cleaning chopped eteele Nose relief! cracker wo and at that hoer of the right? nut, the Veil. Take it out. on, the 'crumbs. roll it up and then cut in utholy tweessary, ator au ? e gdyeee turn a teakettle of hot water ielices. It can then be broiled er wo410 at least. tu5re,,,ard .001, one un it anti scrub. Once a week a, dia. fried iihe slices of sausage meat. , . infeetant is in ooder. A good one Many pertgons like the 0aVer or ease to keep on hand Is prepered in thio in steak thus treated. way: Dlesolve 4 half pint of wileh- Anticipating Werm Days. — Irt the ing sada in six quarte of boiling wee after part et wittier or early spring ter. A cuefel of this added to the I fill genie of the empty fruit jars with elearting water win be quite offs- i gatiearntit. Vitet CIOSOY and cuel. t cieso not to break the jar, and lel'as pot throw the contents at the leave it with a little joie() on top; jail, if it be trimmings and parings i then put on tile rubber and screw ; vegetabies. e c.. on the garden to the lid on. It makes a rice elteuge i The moose 1.4he decay. If there are no animals au derin worm weather es eciali the chest. Immediately I set to In the spring, when lemons are woric to capture it. This provea mom difficult feat than I anticipet- cheap. make lemon syrup to last through the year. It Wakes a de- ed. elinply could not lay hold up- licious semuner beverage. a, table - the nimble fellow and VIVe ricot and elgerry pits ufeke admirer spoonful hi. a glees of ice water, and it ran VaY Ulla a" 4eat""`" ble kindling when dried. Bones is convenient tor mealy purposees. tloor my exasperation buret burned end pounded are eecellent for !iltoll efiee large lemons soft. ent 1 restraint, It would liweet been ik mooing. tens my or ear goleAg ool in two, squeeze out the juke: 6.ro Never ewe I forget that fatal 21st: never could I forget it though I ehould liYe a, theasand years. In the afternoon I foecetti myself to walk woad. Ou any returu look'ed round the MOM in a startled way ' wely some one was there, But no; ierfr nes no one. It was only my agination, only that Avenge bat - Initiation of widelt I have made mention, but now mt. vtth io times aPY ono bay° "4"esc41 t° aeI greater force than ever before. No n _ern, one, ir,+„.flf npon the, me, an tiered college profezeor, with sooner had I lighted the lamp than Por "'"'"" " I brought forth the bronze box and seated niyeelf with it at the table. Tile box was altve' The reartettea efer article of furniture lu the loom. grew upon me so strongly that bee lieved it In spite of all reason. Some- object of my I 'hurled book after book, at the wrath, perspiration eeeeet eea. 11.11ettittatisiti Mroi Moffat Had to Take HyVaiv darmlo Injootlono to lioijon thir Palo. PERMANENTLY CURED BY MOWS RHEUMATISM CURE. ue the recollection of the Mann the It t tib g ' P 4 e pace 0 en, ten) either bury raw. them, and thus enrich the soil. bum. If the latter. dry out first, eo as not to crack the stove. Ore gauge and lebnon peellags. Keefe ap- ludicrous sight. doubt not, could stopetolo to Ziour rote bushee or the rinds at ceveral. and let Mem Uwe ot a mouse ; but then, no one could hare underetood the terriele eeccesity ef the eaeo. I moved or - thing. aye, somebody. was in it. Some one within was calling to me, calling loud and piteously, timing me to open the box, to open it now. Lemma& like a doomed soul sus Dropping' the accursed thing et last welded over - I ran to the window, threw it open, rem the fabled pit at &am- end leaned out, trying to calm my- Victory was mine at Inst; a book ;Qelefeebryul rfignrtt, \enrich egg 1r rollontiQuattebit tbo - IIIIthniftfide. sae? mhyerafrouotituporiltd. Pressure was upon me to open the „Nevertheless. I was sorry the next hung ; but I could not, could not. tioe tIinyttesreattandr: box, and °Pea it' "late or die. efortrainlyow bwt Bac% to the table I went and took the box up again, looking tor some. was crushed. But there was no time thing with which to -break -the seal, otow r nila'fintruiri glezsea easdtria.mlit;h welng on h napaaeuel: There was nothing let hand. 1 had laid the wounded creature an the reach lest in a ailment of weakuess table beside me, and without an - purposely put everything out of might give way to' temptation. other second's delay set about But this was not a moment of weak- betaking the seal of the bronze box. ems ; no, no. I was no longer try- ing to resist my own inclination simply, but refusing the inmerative conunand of another as well. I could refuse no longer. sprang to the chest and began I.o fling out the books. At the bottom were tools which I had provided in anticipation of ibis hour, at the very bottom, so that / would have plenty of Ulna to reflect upon my action ere I could get at them. But reflection was past now decision had been made. I flung the books tbis way and that, cursing„ the folly that had led me to put the testes in suth a. plate, and while so engaged came sud- denly upon a mouse. I sprang up, for the moment frightened—a proof of the state my nerves were W. But it was only momentary. At last I laid hands upon the tools I sought, and ran back to the table at attack the seal ; but in tbe same moment X stopped. The last words of the in- scription caught my eye—"Curst be he whoso shal do other than here is written." Pile and pincers fell from my hands and perspiration bathed my face. What was I about to do ? ITere it was 11 days before the ap- pointed time, and I was about to open the box. I must stop, must resist. But that cry from within the box, that terrible, that awful cry 1 I paced the floor, holding my hands over any ears as if I could shut it out, as if I could close the ears of the spirit against it. What could do—what could I do ? One of the books out of the chest lay in ray way, and kicked it, driving the ancient volume across tbe room, scattering its leaves. To kind. fro I Paced, rapidly, nervously till of a sudden discovery burst up- on me. This was the final day ! marveled -that it had never occurred to me before, but it had escaped my mind till that moment.„ when the vleords, "According to the Julian manner of computing," which I saw 'in large print on a leaf of the old book, causing it to burst upon me like an inspiration. I had forgotten the change in the modern ealendar, The bronze box, baying been "eealed on the first' ' clay of. April, -1389, to be opened just 500 years to a day from that time, was due to he open- ed on that 21st day of Meech • How my heart leaped ! Now .the curse was lifted—now 'was free, free to proceed. to the soleiag of the mystery which had for so long, tor- tured Me. How I trenebledt 'Eleven whole days swept away in a eingle monaent, as though by a miracle! It was teuly wonderful f Once more I took up the teols, hut something fue.ther , in the inscription forced itself upon my notice, .and I sank upon my study chair with a groan. Was I to be cheated, after all ? What stayed my hand now was the third command ' in the inscrip- heeitathig reply. "I vvisla I were an add, plenty of salt to the hot watee ran from my face, while time was ; and that imagined voice, it was now shrieking and Front that time forth my thoughts were more or less constantly upon it. Often at night would I take it down from its hiding place in a cor- ner of my bookcase to which I had transferred it from the chest, and, placing it before me on the table, there dream and dreaxo. over the wonderfully strange inscription it bore. Many times I was sorely tempted to break the seal, bet 1 re- sisted, determinedly resisted, firmly resolved that what had been so sacredly observed by my forefathers should not be desecrated at last by ..ree, even though I had no son to whom 1 could hand down the charge. As the time drew on, my every thought began to centre upon the 'enigma. It was uppermost in my mind by day, the disturber of my sleep at night. It became the one absorbing idea of my existence. In giving lectures before my classes I would find myself wandering from my subject in spite of every effort of will. At times I would recover with a start, to End that I had ceased speaking altogether, and was simply staring. It was the bronze bon, ever the bronze box, always the bronze bp. I could not but realize that I was not holding my class ; that I, who more than once had chained the ad- vertence of learned minds, was los- ing my power to keep the attention of even these raw inceptors. How it galled me I My mind had never 13een more vigorous, my powers were at their best ripened fullness, my veriest drivel was wisdom to those callow goslings, and yet they mock- ed me. Can you wonder if occasion- ally I gave way and broke forth upon them in passionate -words ? I was glad when the final year of that terrible suspense drew toward a close. I was eager to have the matter off my hands and out of mind. Only three months more, and that tremendous chicle of five cen- turies would be Enished. Night after night I sat with the bronze box in my hands under my study lamp, thinking, thinking. There," was, I fancied, something about the box that was almost human. I even found myself talking aloud to it at • times, I would wametimes feel the • presence of another person in the room ancl woulcl etart and stare With file and pincers 1 cut and twisted with feverish hate, and at I rood or length. the tough seal parted, when mashed potatoes. Of ,course , -- lthey cannot well be mixed in any —my Cod 1 how shall I tell it. rhe other way of nerving. instant the seal was broken that SquaSh Biseitit.--To 2 quarts bread mouse became 0. num his weight sponge raised. once, add one pint overturning the table and he fallinge batted Hubbard squash run through with it to the floor. I could scarce' a coarse sieve, it cup sugar, 2 table - (hi earthen) aver night. Strain ant graPevines, If you have no drain, and are fors- measure the Juke, reed allow three tho ground, a solution of copperas the white of an egg, ems with a pounds of sugar to each pint. Beat ed to throw your disb water out on (a pound and a half to a gallon of pint of water. turn over the wager, water le a good proportion) should be eprinhied wound once or twice a Week. emaamwevm. 11011ESTIG REcirEs. Aron Pie.e-Talge 1. cup cold chop- ped meat, 1 small Onien finely chop- ped (or teaspoon aniOn jtdee), Salt tl pepper to taste, eup gravy, or soup stock. Put into a deep dish, cover with =Shed potatoes and bake 20 minutes in n, hot oven. Oneeiialf Cup Calte.—erahe e cup molasees, e cup sugar, e, cup butter, e cup WV railk, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon earh clove, all- spice and catesia, salt. Flour en- ough for a batter. Sweet Potato Hint.—When sweet potatoes are high, a few cart be made to go a long way. if to them aro added as many Irish ones. They are delicious thus mixed, whether in lsr believe tbe evidence of my own eyes ; but it was true, horribly, frightfully true go was a man of great statue, with a strong frame and a fierce face, but he Was mortal- ly wounded, his left side being frightfully crushed. Oh I the horror of that moment 1 I -would ha.Ve screamed aloud, but my tongue chive and was power- less to utter a. sound. The man spoons batter. Heise bulk, add. - Ing enough flour to stiffen. Then farm into small biscuit and let rise again. Bake in a quick oven. Bye Bread.—Nalte a sponge in the flour el night, the same as for wbeat bread, with warm milk and e cup homemade potato yeast. Put in a warm place to rise. In the morn- ing add more warm milk, 1 teaspoon salt, a small pinch of soda, 3 table- - glared at me fiercely, striving to spoons of molasses. Mimi soft. rise, and shook his fist at me, When light, put into pans and let clamoring itg a language quite en- rise again. Bake in a quick oven, intelligible, while could only stand Orange alarrnalade.—Cut one dozen and stare with very horror. Sud- large navel oranges into vei7 thin daily he 'caught up the bronze box slice.s, cutting crosswise. LOON° the and hurled it at my bead with all peel on, but remove tbe core. Put the strength he could exert ; but it into a porcelain kettle, add two missed me and went through the quarts of cold water and let stand open window, falling into the river. over night in a cool place. Boil very In a few moments more the man slowly for two hours, then add six expired. And I was—his murderer? pounds of granulated sugar and boil No, no ; not tlaat, not that. It was slowly till clear. Put into small the mouse I he'd injured ; I did not glasses. This lacks much of the hit - know the bronze box contained the soul of a man—a soul of that name- less foe of Godfrey, any ancestor, ter tang of ordinary marmalade. Devil's Feed Cake.—Two and a half cups of sifted ilour, two cups here confined for 500 years. I do not Sugar, half cup butter, half cup sour know, how could I ba,-ve latown milk, half cup hot water, two eggs, must have fainted, for 1 knew half cake of chocolate, teaspoonful no more till the sun was high In the each of vanilla and soda. Grate the heavens, when I awoke to find the rooms filled with the faculty and students of the institution. en- deavored to explain, but they would not hear me. They looked upon me with commingled awe and pity, ad- judging mo insane. I wanted to convince them otherwise, but they only Wed to pacify me as they might a willfhl child. The sad plight my room was in was plain enough ; it was what they bad been expecting, they said. I became enraged and stormed at them, but they fell upon me and made me a prisoner ; and here I am, confined in a madhouse, unheard. The body was regarded simply as a cruel joke 'Shored upon me by some of the students, a "subject" procured somwlaere and placed in my room. Ali, the Tools ! Carroll "Oh, by the wa,y, Miss westeott, there was something wanted to say to you. New what was it?" Ethel -,-- "Can't yo -u think?" Carroll — -"Wait a minute! Oh, yes, I remember now,.' Will you marry me?" • 'ses,' said the young student, 'thoughtfully, when I get interested in a subject I never stop until I have embraced • it thoroughly." '"I'hat's nice," was his sweetheart's chocolate and dissolve at and the soda in the hot water. Ilse white icing, A Delicious Fruit Salad. Three oranges cut in dice, three bananas sliced, a pond of seeded white grapes, a can of pineapple or one fresh one, and some candied sour cherries. Any other fresh fruit that is desired essay be added. Pour over, all a dressing made of four table- spoonfuls of sugar, the juice from the pineapple and from one orange. There should be a cupful of the dres- sing. %Flavor with einnanaon and some serve it covered with whipped cream. , HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Nothing made with sugar, eggs and milk should reach the boiling point. To stockings wearing at the heels line the backs of the shoes with a piece of black velvet. To warm up fast in bed lie flat on the back, the arms straight by the bsitcl•Aeet5Lts'Ipeee.ctihalstleig: nerve i gtdiseases—then says a woman should sleep nine hours a night and one hour in the day time. *In testing the temperature of a child's bath put in your elbow, or the underneath part of your arm. Tbe hand is of no use. To clear water pipes when frozen stir till diesolved, put ever the fire, boil and ekim; add the lemon juice, t boil flee minutes, cook and but - le. THINGS THAT HAPPEN'. An eight-year-old girl runs res. currant in Deaver. and fresh eggs. Ile never dritilei A Berlin. woman bequeathed her anything' but irdth• Act itolehment tee severe Io r tho deceive the elelre"-e- old We spa, Thellerettient, Pad IMO it woUld eV* UM meet dive treee in my back said Aide. Many * thee I beveled to eftke in injection to ;dim the vein. 1 otained A 'Via fg. lIfienyou'e Rheumatiem Cure at the freer diatribe -lieu. Aug' I an maw feeling pito well. I have heel Po peigie *lees, fowl cafe mos -e arena!), fzeobr end neturelly. AltM very gled to 0* my eXperieeeet, for the Ifeeefie. of auyoue wife may be sett- orieg io eirallar rob.uer."—Ofter. F. Mo1s Att. 128 Metual greet, Toro.etee 3,.•-nrzors Newron'e enetmeot cures ea price Va. Munyezes Zee Cane ewes weak, eye* Inlet edunVQ31.11 Vitalizer %extern 194 pewee to week mein Peke tt. 732M 11=IOAL revenue letters igegatetete. to Pref. 141:M Zen, Pleladeleeta, coetelehsx dee tails nt Aaron, will be answerce preene. Ir ante itite &Ole* to treAtt&Vnt will el ' ffeea., D PEOPi.E. In t' About ome Prominent Solke. Mr. George Meredith, the famous rgovelist, is an enthusiastic advocate a new M0)17 of diet. He Is said t have given op eating bread1 eat, and farinaceous food, only partareng of fruit, especially oreenws property to a eat. A corn on tbe toe ot Philadel- phia man eauced his (teeth. Only 'neo has the Emperor ot Aus- tria (totaled a frock -coat arid sill; hat. This was be 16117, when he NiSlfed Paris for the Feehiliition. A. mine ;gear Phoenix. Ariz,, disap- e,„ ;geared n. week atter the shaft had 'enotner at home or tromeilieg he nes been sunk. variably wears uniform, except alien A. damaged footballer has just been he goes out shooting—ot which he fitted at a London, hospital with a celluloid nose. A Bangor, Me., man, who is said to be otherwise sane, has an Ameri- can flag tattooed on les cheek. PenTISYtettnie. hotelkeerser wee fined 07 eent8 for swearing at his servant who would not get up when tailed, After goiug around with a broken slatil fur -fifteen years, tbe Kentucky woman who owned it bas just bad it repaired. A man who advertised for a cook and a+ music teacher received nine an- swers to tile former adeertisoment and aso to the latter. The editor of a weekly newspaper in Australia offers himself as a prize to the woman who 'writes the best essay an the duties of a Wife. A man in Buenos Ayres became in.. sane from, violent emotion, on learn - hag that he had won the big prize in a lottery. Ile went to a churcb, drew a revolver, and tired at the priests. This amusing excuse was given by the editor of an, Indian vernacular paper, which was printed with two columns left blank on the most im- portant page: "We bad reserved this space for an exceptiotally pow- erful article on a subject of universal interest to our readers, but at the last moment we find that ,the article cannot be compressed into the two columns reserved for it. The article will make its appearance next week." tion, the command thaf, at the open- oateresting subject," And she was, so commonly used, This „lien ,pours „ A LITTLE GIRL'S PRAYER. Each sunny day a little boy comes driving past our house With the nicest little pony—just the color of a mouse— Aud a groom rides close behind him, so he can't get hurt you see, And I used to wish the pony and the cart belonged to me. I used to watch him from our door, and wish that I could own Ills pony and his little cart,. and ‘e•drive out all alone, ee- And once when I knelt down at night'I prayed the Lord that lie Would change things so the pony and the cart belonged to inc. is Darnel:early fond—when be is to be seen in a Tyrolese costume. One of the largest collections of dugongs in Burope is owned by Queen Alexandra. It consists main. ly of tiny elephants in malachite, lade, porphyry» sapphire, arid titre (melte, and hurandugehirds, swallows bees, and beetles, which are works of net, composed as far as possible of uncut gems and enamel. Professor H. B. Brygiu, recently ale pointed Superintendent of Publie struction for the Philippine Islatds, was a farm baud twelve years ago. While ploughing on his father's farm two miles east of Kokomo. Ind., he was accidentally Wilfred In such a way as to incapacitate hint for suet* work. Then he went to college, worked bard, and has bad a success- ful career. Though ninety-four years of age, Admiral Sir Henry Keppel is will an indefatigable traveller, and at pre- sent is travelling as far away from home as Singapore. Ms long and active life started inauspieiously. At the time of his birth he was thought to be dead, and in his autobiography Sir Henry ICeppel says that he was "deposited in my father's foot -pan. to be interred in a garden at the back of the house, not being entitled to a berth in consecrated ground." Fortunately, before it was too late, his nurse discovered that there was life in the "small thing," and to- day, at a great age, Sir 33enrY is still hale and hearty. 4 Impure blood is the breeding place for innumerable illnesses. When we see anybody suffering from rheuma- tism, limping on crutches, or find on our way a person *overed with sores, we feel tempted to call out to them, as well as to those suffer- ing from anaemia, scrofula: 'Too/ man/ the help is within your reach, and you still continue to suffer!" We have the right to say that, since we have known the history of thie popular medicine; hardly any °thee , medicine has succeeded in achieving such remarkable and thorough cures as Dr. August Xoenig's Hamburg sDcairirio,..eapsss . boy! hea scetstiser o aro)1 iafiees1 o ernnogep.s e 1Tv ash so nu „al - grateful patient named them, and every day the list of them is in- creasing. It m-ust be Mrther said in praise of Ur. August Koenig's Ham- burg Drop e that they are prepared from plants and roots without any admixture of mineral substances, such as mercury-, zinc, etc., ancl, therefore do not have the unpleasant' after effects resulting from the use of other so-called blood purifiers and purgatives, -which often remove small ills and cause much greater ones. We are often asleed: ' "When should the system be piirilied?" This must be left to personal judgment, and we can only reply:. When nature de- mands it. The spring is generally, considered the proper time for purl., lying the system. ...We do ;tot want to upset that theoey, but we must point out that blood should be p-uri•. fled also at other times, when there are sigrs that it is not clean and wants regulatieg.. But yesterday I saw him where he livee, and now I know Why he never goes out walking—for his legs are withered so And last night when I was kneeling, with my head on Mother's knee, I was glad he had the pony and the cart instead of me. Miss Clara Winterbloom — inc.' this is Mr. Tutter. I want to introduce him to you. Do you know that he was under the impression that I was the only daughter, itod I have just been telling him that I have two sisters?" Mrs. Winter - bloom — yes. You must meet Maud and Estelle, Mr. Tatter. They are both of. them older than Clara there.'' Young Tatter (wishing to say Lhe.right thing) —"I didn't sup- pose it possible, Mrs. Winterbleoin, that you could ha-ve any daughters older than Miss Clara."