Exeter Advocate, 1903-4-16, Page 3....eel
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xie pressed the fragrant note to
lea lies„ and„ wait a serene =tile,
leaned back in hie ebein
It wee more, muds mere, than he
heal ever dared to bope.
Only a few worde, written ixt
dainty feminine baral on a. sheet of
'tinted oote paper, yet Basil Wm,
having reed thought himeelf the hap-
piest human being alive,
”Areet me la Se. Saviour's Church
at noon toonorrow. MARIEee
The messenger who hod brouglst
the epistle having gone. Basil gone
bizuself up to an hour's sweet 't°11-'
tesuplation of his love.
Marie Somerville was the only
daughter of a, wealthy, but proull,
,Istr3ter, who had Amite up his mind
tliset no one in the three kingdome
was too good for Maria
Marla Isowever„ iehesiting more of
or mother's gracile/a sweetness of
character than her father's stern and
-arsh demeanor, thought otherwise,
oled weeld beve none of the meTly
Snallore, that, the latter provided or
3,14F. choice.
"Pben one nay tehie met Basil Vero,
A young eubaltern in an infentry
regintent, wise from the very hest
time of meeting tied determined to
woo and win the petty, blue eyed
slaughter of the JaWTer,
Opportunities for geeing cents °the
er were not frequent. however, mut
many were the subteriuges to wh
resort had to be ntade in order that
they might coley eeeb, othees fee-
clety.
*
nett an hour before moon BO.Sn sat
patiently in a eeluded veat, indden
befallen one of the maseive pillere 0
the church, waiting for Maxie,
t every step he raked bis bead
and watched those aim catered. _
Noon Caine, and the great clod;
over head Oilmen out the hour,
"She w111 he here in a moment.
he Fetid to 14114,01f, Loping that the#
Vext, 'worshipper would appear in the
Femme of 14e low. but all in vain.
The sespenee seemed longe and to
quarter etinel; still tesubaltern
waiteth
That
be woult come lto hail no
(leftist. but what bad Modred ter?
Tire nalf bour etrafela
Mutant ilea to AP echo 1104 died
away a voila counded almoet in hie
ear.
"Basil!"
Moue hM1 entered a emall door bee
bind Mw, taking Min unawaree,
"I could not come before. Basil: 1
bre been detained."
.0Wli Mariepray itio not, es -
no yourself. 1 ma proud to wait."
"Munk, !Weill Remember, we may
be beard Leta. My brother is coin -
iota"
"Your brother?"
"Yee, Ile said be would lee back
In bait an hotsr. They suspect. we
of Heeling you."
"Would they prevent our Inter-
course, Marie?"
"If tisey rould," sise answered.
"Ilia tee Insist not let them. If we
are eareful end ever on the alert we
asall not aroure suspicion."
"You do not regret your love-----"
"How ran you ask, Basil! That
were auroseiblel" Marie answered
with a solemn look. "Should I be
be otterwite?"
"No, Marie, but I wielsed to bear
It again front your sweet lips," Ise
asumereti.
Jut at that moment the clod;
struck one. With a start Marie
armee
"Look! Francis has seen us," she
eried, as n, young fellow leashed af-
ter them eel:en they walked out of
the clutreb.
They quickened their pace, but
were too late. Francis touched Ma-
rie on the shoulder.
"What 'sloes this mean, Marie?" he
asked bluntly. "Wbo is this fel-
low—"
"Francis!"
"Marie's eyes flashed upon her bro-
ther. Anger was plainly 'visible on
her features, the graceful contour of
her face becoming niore visible in
• auger than when in repose. "Row'
s' dare you speak of my friend like
that?".
"Your friend, Marie! You must
be mad! Surely, girl—"
He could hardly utter his
thoughts. He gave a. fierce scowl
at Basil, who stood near. "Surely,
girl, you don't call that your
friend?"
The insult did not pass unnoticed
by the subaltern. Eris hands itched
to clutch Francis by the throat, but
s xestraining influence held him
ek.
-Take no notice of him, Basil,"
returned Marie with hauteur, turn-
ing her back on her brother. "He
is not responsible for his words."
"Oh, oh!" speered Francis. "So
that's your game, is it? I'll soon
make the fellow cry "Peecavie I'll
warrant."
Basil turned upon him.
"Basil, take no heed, there's a
goo'd fellow," whispered Marie to
him; "he is my brother, remember."
The simple words were enough for
the subaltern. With a sulky growl
he walked on beside Marie, wishing
bimselt for once, without his love.
But Francis was not to be balked
.in his 'designs. Stepping up to Ba-
sil he caught him roughly by the
shoulder, "Here take yourself off!"
he cried.
Basil took no notice. This aroug-
ed the demon in his aggressor.
He raised his fist. Will you
clear off?" he cried madly.
Marie interposed her body be-
tween the two men, clinging tightly
to her brother. With a cry of rage
be flung her ruthlessly from him and
struck out at Basil.
At the moment Basil stooped
el slightly to catch Marie and received
the,,blow on his temple. '
Ile staggated back. All his wild-
est pa a:4011 S at at this mad at-
tack, he (hr.:bled his fists and stood
on Ins gue,:id.
-mrtf i 1.1*.A by this lime recovered
fler'sell and Saw,'wha&Basil'intended:
Clasping her hands, she stood be -
fore him, "Remember," she whis-
pered, "he is my brother,"
"Go, now, Basil," she whispered.
He needed no second bidding. He
dared net eteY in the company of
Francis longer, else Ise anew that
be might retaliate upea ht:h4 his ili
erorile and blewn
Oh, that eferie had not asked Illta
to de the all but impossible,
as Basil Vere walked isolate,
ward his brow was cleucled, and •his
step beaver.
* * • * * *
Net a week he'd possed. ,
Basil Vere sat musiug in ha beet
on the Thames below Oeford, Ile
had beeu boetiog Alone, ?Ad bad
drawn his boat in amp_ ea the rushes
by the river bank.
Thus, quite out of sight, be could
watch the other parties that passed
tut repassed.
Saddeely lle hearti, -voices'.
"The despicable cod!" said one.
"Yesthe fellow eetually hail the
cool cbeek to meet Marie in $t. see
viourte Murcia" said a voice that
Deed recognized ea belonging to
Francis Somerville,
"Great Scott"
"Lucidly I come upon them in tins
r 1 than t knOW What ?night ot
have bappened."
"Bet what does Norio say about
t?" ashen one.
"Cot up smite nasty.. Will not
bave a word to say to use nOWt Se.syS
*NO 1 04 her with my interference,
and moves ell day long,"
"She's a nee girl. Francie."
gaead the old boy MMUS to Imo°
iter merry weli," FralleiS answered.
"Nothing less than a title 'will Seit
hire, Besides'"
"So Vero is altogether too /ow?"
"The cad!W' muttered Francis
again. "I'd, like to meet the fel-
w now. 'Pon my soul. I would M-
ost 'drown the insolent puppy!" Ite
led,
But Basil herd no more. "
hoot had paseed out of hearing.
Ari beer later Beall Was run into
ley two men In a boat.
lifee boat nem Amen and be wa
orecipitated into the water.
lichee, a good ewinnuer be came to
Sairfave in o. eery snort, tinte and
i Itrancia in the other boat
taunllIlg him
Ve yoersele you coward!"
Silietlitell with a. leer. "lIands
iyOur bloat, We'll ixave none euc a,
yanit auteng es!"
13ut be WAS tee late.
Doell mottoes -el to gRt one knee on
the eels% of tees boat. Wane% get
°Mit Of Lis F.rat to preveet Min from
seeurine, a Isolin tend overhaleneen
inueelf.
Fest moireet a111 taw were grog -
alien' in ti e ‘1010r.
it, Ole sea I. twee fini lawn to
hi i it t ' e i ark, 11.0 ret"Orti Dern-
rof ti so Wm! Wral &IMO, h3* llis
t e in a Palatiroweed rOAd1ti011,
*OW:1111 %e v eai re ion Basil. But
where woe Fratisis?
They could cot P lP him for the mo-
at.
A minute latil not passetl, bowever,
before his head appeared above the
water. lie threw Ids bands up with
supplicating gesture and then dis-
appeared.
"Good heavens, tbe weir!" cried
Basil. "Nothing can save him once
be gets caught in that current!"
With one glance at bis belplees
ompanion, Basil threw of hie jacket
and swam for tile place wnere be
bad last seen Francis.
* * • • • 0
Ito lay an a couch and rubbed bis
eyes. It was several hours later.
He beard the voice of Francis 11
the next room,
"Is is really you, Marie?"
"My dear Bahia bow can I thane
you enough,' Why, you almost died
for Francisen
A glad smile lit up Basil's feat-
ures.
"I did it because he is your bro-
ther!" he answered simply.
Marie smothered his face with
kisses.
* * * * * *
"I will mate it all right with the
old man, Basil!" whispered Francis
next day, as he reclined on a couch
at the inn. "You need have no fear
now. I was a mean, despicable
hound—"
"Hush!" cried Basil. "You've
made me happy, so why should 1
grumble! '
"A mean, 'despicable--"
"Look here, Francis, if you don't
leave of talking such rubbish you
and I will quarrel."
"We mustn't do that, Basil, must
we?"
"Of course not!" cried -Marie, en-
tering at that moment.
"Can you forgive Inc. Marie?" ask-
ed Francis.
"Ten thousand times!" answered
Marie, happily.
And she meant it, too.
10
WOURDN'T PRESS THE MATTER
"Mehitabel," said Archibald, "now
that we are engaged we should have
no secrets from each other, should
we, dear ?"
"No," replied Mehitabel, after she
had assured herself that her mother
was not listening in the next room.
"Well, then," he said, "do please
tell me just how old you are."
"With pleasure," said Mehitabel.
"But first, Archibald, please tell me
just how much you get a week."
Archibald pondered. His roind ran
ahead into the future. -
"Forgive me,' Mehitabel," he re-
sponded ; "it was none of my busi-
ness to ask."
NO RATS, NO WORK.
Rats, or, rather, no rats, furnished
the strange reason for certain min-
ers to go on strike. There had been
an explosion in an iron mine in
Michigan, and all the rats had been
killed, and the miners refused to
start work again until a fresh sup-
ply of rodents was obtained. Rats
are regarded as a necessity in these
mines, and are known as the miners'
friends, They act as seava,ngers,
and give warning of inipending dan-
ger, thus saving minerslives. When
the rat& leave a mble the miners re-;
fuse to stay any longer.,
CORN' FOODS,
Coro flour, though not exteasively
used by housekeepere. is a treatable
aid to the cook who aims to give'
people what they inost need in the
various seasons. In Meitner we
serve salads and cooling beverages.
in winter elsocolate, cocoa wad corn
foods. Oora flour is different trent
cernmeal in that it Is ground fine
Ulm wheat flour. In making the
graoulated cornmeal. the best qua -
Wes, the eouthern whine cern is
selected. The elsit of the kernel, is
rejected and only the hard crystals
used. We have also the bolted meal,
white and yellow and granulated
hominy. This list given quite 0.
range of thoice. For general family
use the cornmeal is probably to be
preferredbut coro flour snay be
used in the preparation of SQ1110
dishes where the meal would pot
procluce as good results.
Blene mega from, corn dour 1
made as follows Let one pint 01
O milk come to a boil. iellx one *Able-
sPeets of corn flour with a little
old milk and slowly stir into the
boiling milk. Add one well beaten
egg and cook until thick, stirring
eonstently to neep from ecorebing or
getting hanpy, Season with anitwit
of ten and teaspoon of Vanilla.
Mould and verve with CAVOra and
sugar.
Breanfast Muffins—One pest of cods
flour, one tablespoon of smear, two
teaspoons belting powder, one table-
spoon butter, one egg, one and one
-
belt cups sweet milk and a pinch: of
Salt, Bake in entsnen pans.
Corn Bread --One eup yellow dim-
med, one and one -bait cups fiour
two teaspoonfuls behleg powde
!le tablespoonful butter, mass ans
celtelf cups sweet milk. Yolks Of
twe eggs. 1lAte In square Omahas
pan alasut one -bolt tour.
Ifousimy Canes ---To one;
pint of warm bailed hominy add a
int of mill; and flour enough
to make a thin batter. Beat up two
eves and stir them thoroughly into
the better. Add a little salt. Then
fry as usual. Serve with syrup or
sugar clad cream (thiel0-
Fried Pudding—Take the Cold
breakfast porridge, cUt into Owe,
dip into egg and fry on the griddle
like Indian melding or hominy.
Serve
'with butter or syrup.
Boiled Indian Pudding.—Warm t
gather one pint of 11101aSSeS and one
pint of milk, add ono pound of
chopped suet, four eggs well beaten,
one teaspoonful of cinnamon, bait of
nutrueg and the grated stud of one
lemon. Afix thoroughly and add
meal enough to make a thick batter.
Dip a pudding cloth in boiling Wa-
ter, wring slightly, dredge with
flour and pour the mixture in. Tie
up, allowing room to swell, and
boil three hours. Servo with hot
ce.
Corn. Ilread—Sift one quart of
xneal, mix in two teaspoonfuls of
halting powder, one teaspoonful of
salt, e, tablespoonful of butter, one
quart of sweet, milk nod four well -
beaten eggs. Put in *t shallow
greased pan and hake in. a slow
oven,
Corn Mullens—One pint of corn-
meal, one pint of flour, one table-
spoonful of smear, ono teaspoonful of
lard, two eggs, ono pint of milk.
Have the muffin parts cold and well
greased. Fill two-thirds full and
bake in a. hot .oven over fifteen
minutes.
Corn Pie—One can of corn, two eggs
beaten light, one cupful of sweet
milk, one tablespoon of butter, pep-
per and salt to taste. Pour into
greased pie tins and bake in a mod-
erate oven nutil brown. An excel-
lent dish for luncheon.
Baked Indian Pudding—Boil a
quart of milk and turn it on a, pint
of sifted Indian meal. Stir it in
well, so as to scald the meal. Add
three tablespoonfuls of sugar, two
of butter or suet chopped fine, a
teaspoonful of salt and two tea-
spoonfuls of cinnamon. Mix three
large spoonfuls of wheat flour with
a pint of sweet milk and stir it into
the pudding. 'When the whole is just
lukewarm add three beaten eggs. If
you wish a rich pudding put in half
a pound of raisins when the pud-
ding has been in the oven long en-
ough to thicken, so they will not
sink to the bottom of it. When
raisins are added, an additional pint
of milk will be necessary in making
the pudding, as they absorb the
milk. It will take about one-half
a pound of raisins for this amount
of pudding, else the extra milk will
make it too moist. Many prefer to
make it without eggs, but it is not
as nice andetakes longer to bake.
TWO DESSERTS.
Pudding—Wash and cut into inch
pieces about 8 pts rhubarb. Mix 8
cups granulated sugar with half a
grated nutmeg. Butter thickly with
cold butter le pudding dish holding
about 3 pts, 'Put a layer of soft
bread crumbs in the bottom., .then a
layer of the rlinbarb, gild next a
thick layer of the sugar and nutmeg
and 1 tablespoon butter. Cut up in
little pieces. Repeat the layers,
having the last one of buttered
crumbs. Bake in a moderate oven
about an hour. Good either hot or
cold. No sauce is required.
Another Pudding—Stir e cup seed-
ed raisins, 1 cup Washed, stoned and
chopped dates, and cup finely
chopped almonds into I qt rather
moist cooked rice. Line the 'sides
and bottom of a round, well butter-
ed pudding dish with this, fill in the
center with rich stewed rhubarb, put
a layer of rice over the top, spread
it with soft butter, and bake in a
moderate oven for half an hour.
When dene, turn out very carefully
on a' small platter, -anyl seeve either
hot or cold with cream and sugar,
HINTS TO HOUSEKEEtelnalS.
Fringed table linen is not a good
choice for daily use. Napatne and
tableclatbs intended for common
service 0 should be hemmed by prefer-
ence. For everyday use hemmed
towels are best, also, Tim fringe
"snaps off" with wear. A, new comb
with coarse teeth is useful to neep
in ender the fringes of doileYe, nei'
nins, towels and counterpanes.
monotony is the worst foe to aPe
petite and digestion, and also tO
good living. And there is no eerth-
y excuse for it. We may be re-
stricted to a few articles of food by
reason of distance frono. market, but
that is no reason why potatoes
should be always "boiled in water"
or eggs perpetually fried. Especially
in spring is A change relished.
The brush -and -tray service for the
removal of crumbs trentthe table-
cloth iS out of date. Tise a folded
napkin and a plate, or., one of the
diver screpers that come for the
purpose. Somebody has eaventea a.
miniature carpet -sweeper intended to
brush the crumbs from the cloth,
but the idea is so atrocious and in
such poor testthat it is to be
hoped it will not be adopted.
A good and inexpensive sweet
pickle may be male from. prunes.
Soele them the houra, then steam
them, fifteen minutes. To four 1
poun,cis of fruit allow two pounds cif
sugar. 0. pint of vinegar and on
°mice each of clove./ and CinnanWri
anis a quarter mune of ginger. lloil
ten minutes, then put in the prunes
and COOlt till they ere tender and
the syrup clear,
vERFumF,t) aARtliteTTS.
Queen Alexandra's laves, linens
nd silks are perfumed by a method
wbich almoet any woman can copy.
The drawers in which they aro kept
are hued with white paper, strewn
with rose petals. On this is placed
layer ef fabrics to be scented,
over thee a layer of rose leaves. and
60 On in etternatien until the
rawer is felled, Over all a eheet of
issue paf er in spread. At the end.
ef 24 beers everythion in Om drawer
11 nave a deneate perfume that
wUt cling to it for a long time. Per -
sues ars nellered to maize clothes
and linen )such more wholeronse.
Flowers era certain prepareil Per-
fitenee haw excellent medicinal quail"
Wee.
ONI1 WOMAN'S; WAY.
The day on which the household
mattressat and pillows are renovate
ed Is nn eveasion of dread to the
housewife on account of the dust
which /1119 nostrils ann throat, caus-
ing such unpleasant Irritation. The
landlady ot a country boarding
house hos a method that is co
simple that It is a wonder other
women have not thought of it. She
producen from a, closet n, broad-
brimtned sailor hat, pins it firmly
on ber head, covers herself in it
with a chilton veil, as if to ke.ep
away mosquitoes, anti then goes to
work.
THE LITTLE WET SHOES.
Natty a morning during the wet
lontliS the alldren's shoes will pre-
sent a sorry appearance. They may
harin been Wet through the night
before and dried into stiff, paper -like
affairs, almost impossible to put
onto the little feet. Pour some kero-
stew oil into a saucer, and with a
sponge put as much of it on the
shoes as they will absorb. See if
they do not become as soft and
black as neW inside of five minutes.
The all soaks in immediately, so it
Is well to go over them several
MYSTERIOUS GRAVE.
There is a mysterious coffin -shaped
grave in the churchyard at Mont-
gomery. Ala., on which the grass re-
fuses to grow. According to the
local legend, a young man of Mont-
gomery was hanged for murdering
Itis sweetheast. He asserted to the
last that he was not guilty, and on
the scaffold declared that no grass
would grow over his grave until his
innocence was proved. The pro-
phecy, it is alleged, has been fulfilled
to the present day.
REMARKABLE HAILSTORM.
While out driving near Timare,
New Zealand, a hailstorm came on
which was so severe that a gentle-
man was compelled to cover his
horse with his rugs and the carriage
mat to preserve it from injury. His
own head he had to protect with
the cushions. During the fifteen min-
utes that the. storm lasted the
vehicle was filled to overflowing
with hailstones the size of a hen's
eggs.
Husband—"Well, dearest, did you
get. your hat ?" Wife (just home
from shopping)—"Yes, darling, and
it is a beauty, and, just think, it
cost only $22.50. I'm ever. so much
obliged to you for the money, and
in return for your kindness I have
bought you a new necktie. It's very
pretty, isn't -it 7" nusband—"It is,
indeed, darling. What did you pay
for it ?" Wife (blushing) --"It isn't
the cost that makes the thing
valuable, you know, but the spirit
in which et is given. It cost nine-
teen cents."
Johnnie—"Good gracious, Gussy,
whatever is the matter with you ?"
Gussy—"Not much, old fellow
I've just left Miss Elippertores. I
was going to propose to her when
her father came in and asked me my
business. I told him, and he laugh-
ed at me, made a corkstrew of my
hair, slapped me on the face, made a
door -mat of me, turned 1110 upsidc
down, and then threw me in the
street and set the bulldog on me ;
but, by Jove, if he'd done it again
he would have roused _ the British
lion within me."
—
Visitor—"And, you never had any
remorse for your misdeeds ?" Con -
r dtd liia aflj bt11 r managed
to live it down,"
FORTUNES ME IN. FM
gow soraE =If 13E0Ax,E BO]
ON CHANCE,.
Incidents That Made Wealth foe
Those Who Took Adva,ntage 9f
W'hem.
Fads make fortunee—tor some one.
FeRow any euecessfal ennovatioa to
ite souree, and it will be found that
the originator, or possibly the man
Who todk up the' idea, became ine-
mensely wealthy.
Some of these fads enriched their
originators quite hy accident, and
Without any visible effort on the
Part of the mars himself, In other
eases the man was guide to see
need and fill it.
Taking some of the more promin-
ent easea one may see how slight
the aceident widkh made the for-
tune.
Felix, the famous Parisian. heir -
dresser, wbo Was made wealthy be -
;Melee the hairdresser of Mlle.
Eugenie de Montane afterwards Em-
press Eugente, was seized settle
apoplexy.
Haley. the German berber, became
famous and wealthy because the
ICaiser saw one of his officere with
the turned up moustache.
'Phe American eivil war made the
fortune of Sir Isaac Holden, an
Kennett manufacturer, who put /soft
twilled flannele on the market, to
take the place of cotton goads.
Lady Carew made the popularity
af Irish poplin by appearing in it
at the court of touis Philippe. and
at the mane time ilea torture's af
Ise Irish menufecturers ot
One erm made a Sillall fortun
selling' Peacock Leathers, which
be-
cawe a fad at the coronation
Queen Wilhelmiria of Holland.
An English, firm tool; up the fd
of making sandals for children, and
now is malting great fortunes in the
sale of them in all countries.
A Regent street. London teller
made a fortune by invetsting tbe
leather automobile suit.
STROKE OF LUCK,
The stories of souse of these eliance
1
fortunea show bow slender WAS the
opportunity width resulted in such
wealth. There is the one of the Ent -
preen Eugenie.
Mlle. ilugerde do Montle) was wait-
ing one night for the arrival Of bee'
hairdresser. Suddenly a, servant ar
rived with news that the unfortun-
ate man had been seized with apo-
plexy. There was not a minute to
waste, eel the servant was sent fly-
ing for another hairdresser, and
soon M. Joseph B. arrived, Ite
proved to be a perfect artist at his
work, no dressed the beauty's hair
in an entirely now mode, and she
was delighted.
A. day or two later she had become
the promised bride of the Emperor—
then Prince President—Louis Na-
poleon, and soon afterwerds she ap-
pointed Joseph E. her court hair-
dresser. Ho lived' at 13 Faubourg
street, Honore, a, numben which she
insisted upon having altered. Then
she desired him to decorate the place
in her favorite envie of mauve, and
finally requested him to alter his
name to Felix.
That was forty years ago. To -day
the third generation of Felix is the
head of one al the greatest estab-
lishments in Paris, having combined
millinery with his °dolletl business
of hair dressing.
KAISER'S MOUSTACHE,
Felix is not the only artist in
hair who has made a fortune out o
a new fashion. Twelve years ago the
Kaiser saw one of his attaches,
Baron Halsor, wearing his mustache
in the way which he himself has
since rendered so fandliar. Ile in-
quired the name of the baron's hair-
dresser, and was told that it was
Baby.
The Emperor sent for Baby', and
eventually constituted him court
hairdresser. The "es lot erreicht,"
or "up to the mark," mustache, bas
made Haby's fortune, and, even
though the Kaiser has now abandon-
ed it, Haby's shop is still a center
of Berlin fashion.
The story of Irish poplin is a
curious one. Lady Carew was to
be presented at the court of Louis
Philippe. She took with her to Paris
a length of Irish poplin, which
was first being made in Belfast. It
was of a creamy white, embroidered
all over with little dots and sprigs
of gold. Lady Carew took it to a
Parisian dressmaker, and the mod-
iste went into ecstasies over it.
On her way up the stairs to the
reception rooms at the Tuileries
Lady Carew bet a pull at her dress.
Afraid of pickpockets, she turned
quickly. beg a thousand par-
dons," said a splendidly dressed
woman who stood behind her, "but
would you tell me what your dress
is made of ? I never saw anything
so exquisite in my life."
A dozen times that evening Lady
Carew had a similar experience, and
the result was one of the most ex-
traordinary crazes for poplin that
ever was experienced for any new
fabric. One Irish...fix-re sold 242,000
worth of the material withie a year.
WHERE THEY SMOKE -WOOD
Wood sbaerings .sattulted ewith „ a
strong solution or pepper are used as
a substitute for tobacco by Indians
along the Alaskan coast. Their
mouths are often made raw by the
practice, and the eyesight of many is
affected by the strong fumes.
It was evening time in one of the
London hospitals, and the nurse on
duty in the children's ward was
giving the little ones their last meal
for the day. All save one were pa-
tiently waiting their turn to be
served, the one in question being a
little rosy-cheeked convalescent, who
was calling lustily for her portion.
"Aren't you just a little impatient,
Dorothy ?" asked the kindly nurse,
with a tinge of correction in her
tone. No I'm not 1", retorted
Dorothy, promptly ; •11,ttlet
rhe -patient
100- YEA11,8 A110 AND NO1111
suOcEsss ova GII,ANDFATlite'
ERS SITEEItED AT,
Jae, Watt T'atented the Steam
gaxtuner /43 1784, Beet le Was
Peofted At,
Nearly 0.117 --if not all—of the
world's delinite successes of toecley
o-ecarlemie and commercial—were
More or less scoffed at when Mother
Genius nret, produced them soul gave
theta to mankind, and their early
beginnings were in a large number
of cases sneered at and condemned,
says London. Answere.
Take, for instance, the steam ham-
mer. This contrivance has, done
more, perhaps, than any other me-
chanieel invention of znodern times
to develop the wonderful resources
of the great 'roe trade,
The lay mind, erroneously taught
by hearsay, believes thot the steam
-
hammer Was the itiveration of Mr.
James Nasmyth, the ironfounder. of
Manchester. This is true in a meas-
ure, but only AR a measure. Mr.
Nasreyth, certainly made a success of
it, but the eriginal inventor ot the
Seteameisammer lived half a century
before Mr. Nasmerth'e tiasee-to
James Watt. tbe father of engineers.
Watt patented his idee in 1784, but
the world SCOW at the thing then,
O ene refused to bave it at any price.
In 1810 the world thought other-
wise. It elsanged its mind then, and
edopte4 the marvellous contrivance.
Without the steam -hammer the gi-
gantic forgings of the huge ma
cisinery of a liner could not he
.14e.
Sheep -shearing bus been done by
liond since the time of goees—and
beford.---o,iid the methoij of to -day bee
in no wise dijerod from that observe
ed by the ancient Israelites. But
the development of mammoth sheep
-
farms in Austrelia, and in othersal
our newer colonies. and the lecreas.
eemand for snags's wool for
enars's and woman's attire. fen len
O degrees the
MINDS OF INVENTORS.
who set about conceiving tlee mean:
of sheep-slavoing machistery. Ar
;ordinary furenelserid can ;steer :se
0 more than from thirty to fifty atolls
by hand a day. Now, in Great
Britain alone, there are eteue
000,601) eheep—a Goverfanent reture
published an 1,SitO give% the exact
Oture at 81.467.195 --whilst in the
Cominonwealth of Ate:Oldie and in
New tseetlenti they may be cornted
by tens to our units.
As one Asap is capable of yielding
four pounds of wool, ne grom
quantity of the unwed wool -yield is
tremendous. U fah al I, the st at t.t ician
estimates it at 1,6-17,000,000
pounds, and the deemed is for more
3 every year. When an Australian
eitiren invented the Wolseley sheep-
shearer. and declared that it could
shear about 800 sheep e, day, tha
world huired and he'd, and its
doubting eye looked obliquely at the
invention. But it has since changed
O its mind, and more Atom now are
sheared by machines than by bond,
thus saving millions sterling in
labor, and directly reducing the
cost of woollen materials.
Type -composing machinea have bad
a big eght for their present premar
position in the world of printing.
The well-lcnown Linotype macbine is
a native of America, where it is
thought by half the people there
that it was the very first invented,
but that is wrong.
Beginning on December 17th, 1842,
veral numbers of the "Family
Herald" were set up by a
TYPE -COMPOSING MACHINE
invented by a James Young. Hat-
tersley's self -composing marbincs ap-
peared in the London Exhibition of
1862, and in the same year another
machine of the same character was
shown by the inventor, Hart, to the
British Association at Cambridge ;
but none of the three machines suc-
ceeded in capturing the admiration
of the world ; neither did Mitchell's
first tried at Spottiswoodes in
1861 ; nor Kastenbein's. first tried
at the "Times" office in 1892 ; nor
Hooker's, nor Mackie's. All failed
to., win favor, though the machines
were all right. But when, in July,
1889, the Linotype was shown in
London, it "caught on," for the
world had changed its mind by then.
From the type -composing machine
to printing is a short journey. Till
the close of the eighteenth century
printing was done by a handpress,
the then current Stilhope Press
turning out 100 pages per hour. In
1814 (Noveinber 28th) a newspaper
—the , "Tiraes"—was, for the first
time in any country, printed by a
machine driven by steam -power.
This niachine printed 1,800 impres-
sions per hour—one side only—and
for years the "Times" newspaper
was printed like that.
Cowper's improvements increased
the output to 4,200 per hour. Then
Mr. Applegarth brought out a new
printing machine which turned out
15,0Q0 impressions—of course, still
one side only—per hour. To -day's
great printing -press is the Hoe,
which can turn out four or six page
papers at a speed of about 50,000
per hour. The reel of paper—of
double width—is rolled off into the
machine at one end, and the news-
paper- domes out at theother ente,__.
printed, folded, counted, and, if re-
quired, wrapped ready for post.
BANANAS VERSUS I3EEFSTEAK.
"Weight for weight," it is claimed
that "bananas beat beefsteak." And
moreover, "there are cases on record
where children's lives have been sav-
ed by keeping them on a diet of ba-
nanas."
A gentleman who was stopped by
an old man begging, replied : "Don't
you 1c/1ov/, my friend, that fortune
knocks at every man's door ?'"
"Yes," replied the old man, "he
knocked at my door once, but I was
out, and over &ince he has sent his
daugkter.". "His daughter !" re-
plied 'the gentleman. "Whatever do
SU mean,