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A House of Mystery
OR, TI1I GIRL IN BLUE
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If. S. w.•v••r. N.1:.ng Channing was
pretty. 1, r beauty was fur e•:lipsed by
that . I my neiglih r on my right, a tall,
dints-1t:.L.-i girt in bine, tt ali-s Anon,
tilto will her mother, a quiet,
haired, . 1.1. sly lady, were the only other
guccls ut addition to thyself. From the
or :meta we were introduced I saw that
Mrs. Ause,n's daughter possessed a face
that was absolutely perfect, rather oval
in Thal e. with large, leau!iful eyes,
that recmed to shlneasthey looked up-
on mc. and to scaled► Inc through and
thou -ugh. Ilcr conrplexic.n w•c►-c good,
ttea• cheeks well moulded, her mouth
sinal{ and tetkctly formed; her teeth
gleamed white ever and anon as• sho
sntikd at the. Cokiwrs humorous re-
marks, and her nose was just su{tici-
ently tip -tilted to gave her coun4,nanco
a piquant air of stamens..
lice costume, rich and without any un-
due exaggeration of Irhnm ng or style,
stoke mutely of (ho handiwork of a
firs! -class couturiere. The shode of
turgw ise blue suited her dark beauty
advisably, and the bodice, cut discreet-
ly low, revealed n neck white and thin-
ly moulded as that ef the Venus of
Milo. Around her throat, sulx'rided by
a golden chain so fine as to be almost
imperceptible, was a single diamond
ret in a thin ring of gold, a large stone
e 1 magnificent lustre. It was her catty
ore ottent, but, flashing and glittering
w.t11 a diol:sand fires. it was quite suf-
fi, vent. She wore nu rings. Iler !tants.
white and well -farmed, wAres devoid of
any jewels. The single diamond gleam-
ed and glittered as it rise and fell up-
on her breast, an ornament assuredly
Ilt to adorn n. princess.
Mrs. Anon sat opposite me, chatted
pl. asanity during the steal. and now
and then her Daughter would turn,
raise her fine eyes to mine for an instant
and join in our conversation. That
she was exceedingly clever and we11-
Infornled i at once detected by her Wise
and Never critic sin of the latest play,
which we discussed. She compared it,
with a display of 'knowledge that sur-
prised nuc. to a French play but little
kne.wn save to students. of the French
drama. an 1 once c.r twice her remarks
mon stage technicalities enu.sed me to
sispec t that she was an actress.
Mrs. Alison, however, dispelled this
notion by 4'xpr(ssing her disapproval of
the stage. as a profession for women, an
citation with which her daughter at
once agreed. No, she could not be an
acimsa, i felt assured. (loth mother
noel daughter bora the unmistakable
Iii1-mark cd gentlewomen.
1 Ht! I es de Mabel Anson in rapt ad-
min.! s N. ver before in all niy lite
had ,• . !:at!en upon so perfect an
incase '• f Ism:nine genie and mar -
vela's, 1• ':ty; never before tu►lil that
mono 1' r, I a woman's face 11,4d inc
in 1. • • i.nntmeni.
1' • the conversation turned, es
it o r, does at dinner -table's, upon
e. • roragerncnts reccn',ty annotate-
, .' . the Cel •n••I, In the suer-
,• !,:tis miniver habitual to h'.rn,
•1 the theory that mn4l gists
+ eine to improve Weir
p.
bands tnrtun'." rentntk-
,.v 1 .. th that .tilt formality
'uliar ch:irnctctislic,
o relent to a wo-
titin lend to for -
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ort .:. . • :111.nnti,n, indtrs'ry.
n such a nian may
" And In • .Olein ions.'" inquired \ira.
,\ r. n. sofsly, impart nt'y in'e, csted in
Ii • t'• 'tent.
. ;cation a man cc. tainty -lewd
be 1. s %cite:s equal.' answered \Ins.
e t:tinning. ..re'ak.ng oat that
1. ' '4.1 jerkiness of tone which made
it • a,- as !h ug'i her we rets snapl:cd
1. "h'rtoil 1..Py Owes is some
r r•• ;,;•. % I o h, n G)T,esae''. Yet
s as well as un -
n : •. li.• .,t1 r ,' +1 tend piquancy.
.o h is iSea- o!. 1 .r '1,•• hornier will
g ye t•eacc, w ht..11 s toseril.:al."
"Willi thattips:sat 1 quae ogre. ino-
lt . • , rnnrked \label Alis •n, n:c r I.
• \ 1..e itself is. of course. all -
,t n 1.(11• beer 11►e India ate-
. :• rides must reasea rt them-
e. • nd then in the absence of c
Jp;, ,., ;:- en and sympathy in art.'s
last•. lied Ihe,rit a bar: ser springs up,
640 '. to cenies:sa1 tech ma. but still
(trip,. se. and in one sense won anti
wife are not 'one, but distinctly 'too.'"
"\1, ,! \t.,het. y. n Lilt 1 lie n we.
• ,• r n&.thcr remarked r'-
1 i= • . o h• r.•ut 0:1 all jo n d in
osier,
- flushed O ghl-
• .1 t• . ., 1 tie appeared eon -
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1e.:rtot engn;eriN•nta nnn;unccrl a ,d
tram rlyt•.v e..n'r+le'el (tail niy 11.\.:y seas in.
1. ire: arlrn;iItr••sea every R:...' Thole teeth the s ng:e diamond glib
• Nati is not Good tenor r •. &tial I. ring at la r lhrrr+t. she e;,:.• look to
%• a hr:,•ri nthr-tome. n• w. i.e1'. else:- 1st • .1.:.&D s &ling titl,. Itie 'cloy
beer y• tui' 'Sena on the' seat.' 5.11.4 oit,n r With its pr. tty tt:nrgings& ef 301 -
the 1) 1 .rco. , h :11inCly, ir. m len tial the L w 5i'l, she nt•ceptet my congrntula-
Wit tp r.r,'. t e&s ,+h n d. 1.c.,le grace, n ch;.rin ng
• •',,t.sl, F••r an in -hint h• r e1 gn 1.'. ,,i.d a ir,tctul smell.
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think of each other's features, bccali e
They aro always in molt other's pres-
ence. They become heedless ut whe-
ther each ether's features, are classical
or ugly; but they neves fait I. be cog-
nsant of one another's temsx•r or short-
comings."
"you speak as though from cxperi-
enre,'' Ale latigheri with til, however,
attempting to combat n.y argument.
Another r.utburst +•f laughter greeted
this bantering remark of hers.
"s\o," observed Nellie, on niy other
hand. -Mr. Heaton is the most con-
firmed bachelor 1 know. 1 believe bes
a woman -hater -it the truth were told.'
"Oh, really, Miss Channing!" 1 pro-
test.l. "'That's certainly tot bad of
you. I assure you I'm no hater at the
sex, but an admirer.
"Yleaton's about to make a pretty
r:pee,•h," a bserved Ire jovial, reed -faced
(;o,lunel, "Oto on, Wilford, my dear fel-
low, wet•o till attention.'
"No," I :•arid, laughing. "I've been
drawn quite unfairly into this contro-
versy. Therefore 111 preserve a master-
ly silence."
"Mr. Heaton Ls, I think, diplomatic;"
laughed the dark, handsome girl next
10 tae. "Jle has cleared his character
of the aspor,ion cast upon it, and pre-
serves a .dignified attitude." And she
turned -and smiled gaily upon me in
triumph.
She was exquisitely charming- I sat
at tier side gossiping merrily, while to
niy dazzled gaze she presented a beau-
tiful picture of youthful airy delicacy -
feminine sweetness combined with pat'
rician grace. For the first time in n11
lay life that pettiooated paradox, wo-
man, conveyed to me the impression of
perfect beauty, of timidity and grace,
combined with a natural, inborn dig-
nity. 'There was nothing forced or un-
natural in her manner as with other
women i had met; none ef that affected
mannishness of deportment and slangy
embellishments of conversation which
are s- characteristic of girls of to -day,
be they daughters of tradesmen or of
peers. The qual.t ea w•h'ch imparted to
Mabel her distill. individuality wore the
bcaut'tut combination of the dainty deli-
cacy with the elegance -of simplicity
with elevation---ol spirit with sw.etnese.
The artless manner in wh'ch tier innate
nobility of soul and natural loftiness of
spirit shone forth through her patrician
disguise was apparent from her c.n-
vcrsation when, an hour later, we re-
sumed our chat in (he Drawing-ro nn.
She showed in that short and pleasant
gossip that she possessa'd that upright
s inplicity of mind which disdained at
crooked and indirect means, which
would not stoop for an instant to dis-
snnbinnce, and was mingled with a
noble confidence in the power of good
in the world.
She gave enc the Inipre.sion-why. 1
cannot tell ---of site who had passed un-
der the ennobling (discipline of suffer-
ing and self-cicn'al. A nielaiclv,ly
charm tempered the natural• vigor of
her mind; her .pint seemed to stand
upon an eminence arid 3 ok down upon
me as one inferior to her in intellect,
in moral principle -in fust, in every-
thing. From the very first moment
when 1 had bowed to her on our intro-
d'u'ili,en she held me sten-bound in
1aS'inntio)il.
When the Indies had left, and I sat
alone with the tok,nel, smoking over
a liqueur, f inquired about her.
"Mrs. Anon is the widow of okl Gen-
eral Ails ,11,' he said. "Ile died about
twelve years aged, and they've since
lived a great deal abroad."
"Well off?" 1 inquired, with affected
ea a :itess,
"Very eonit• rtibly, I should sny. Mrs.
Anson has a fortune of her own. 1 tr.
here.
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I:ci•e. They have n house at preeent
in The Buttons."
"Mabel ti extremely goo.l-looking." I
realm keds
"Of c4.urse. my dear bay," laughed
the ('.,loved, with bis liqueur -glass outs-
et' in his hand, n twinkle in his eye.
qirlween us. sirs the prettied girl in
Lofoten. She creates n ser.sat'un wher-
ever she (,Kept. 1 r beauty like furs isn't
inet with twice in n 1 fel'ni". Lucky
chap, whoever nrarr.0s her."
"1',s.• 1 aa .1 lrflectiwely. end then
dahg-nlly pursued th' topic. in an en-
d. aver to learn further detail.a regard-
ing her. My host eller knew wiry lit-
tle, or purposely nffeeled ignorance--
oh:etr, 1 was unable to determine. Ile
had known her father int!nu►'ely. haw.
Mg Igen in tits regiment long ago.
That woe tomtit nil 1 Learnt flutter.
Se, we bezel away our c gars. Mail-
ed cur glasses. and r•j•p:end 111.4 tour
11.Ies %l1) wee•• 'mailing 111,4 in the
Drawing-r.,m, Where lah r. nt Mis.
('1nnninl!'s nrgen1 per:snnsi.tn. tny di-
vinity in blue stated herself n{ the piano
and in a .sweet. clear contralto sang
in Italian a entwining sal , frn•Ii l'uc
• .n :� ltuIN•mc. the t:oteblc eels':. a 1,1 that
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1 • % - vie! !& nes a141 s1:.' at on. e
1•,„ 1, to w:!'► a doe award seep
of h •r 1 n!:.l:t, k eis':(l.
"I (kill di ilk that a eel thinking
to .•:s'v rf her ?:,lute h :slant slh .u! t
I.,% . „t . • • ,.0 1t .x1 !rails is
n .. • 1 ria'.sic:,l co'••r.
.1! 1:1-1, hew• ter. Or hour est part-
ing came. an 1 rel;•cleilly - very stets-t-
autly-4
tetst-
aruty-1 t oh ler small hand, lent ever
it, and hawk! 1Kr into h: r carriage
ie -i• -ie her mother.
'Yfn•,•l-night," she Cr e'I its to .'y. and
neat ;n-Iant the fine pa:►• ,4 toys 1.1 :n►;
eel e44.4y int.) the rainy n•t:ht.
1 It Iurt:r'.l into Itrc hu'L Ail nay 10-1
,• !l'rd n►.' into nn• . ter•• nt.
We ear" alone. f ,r 1 hid made niy
n.1 e r t hes wife and daughters.
"WI f rd." Le said very gravrly ns
;K gr.i•pc.J 1r.y hand prier to my eN'•
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1.. , , . , ,, 1 l,,••.,1 1e *$rely
1•nriur,', "we are old blends. Will you
t.e. niit Inc to say one wend without tak-
ing offence at iii''
"Certainly," 1 answered, surprised.
"•\\ hal is it??"
"Eye mut cid to -night -that, like many
another men, yeti are entranced by the
beauty of Mabel Anson. Be car,11 not
t.: maker a fool of yourself."
"1 ki'.'t understand," 1 said quickly,
"\Nell, all i would say 1s, that if you
re happiness and grace of mind,
:•t,,•1 your Meat against Iver,' he an
.ewer, d with a di-lutct air of rnystery.
"You speak in enigmas."
"1 merely give you it, timely warning,
that's all, ray deur tel'oty. Now, don 1
he 'offended, but go home end think it
over, and resolve never again to see
her -never, yen underet nd-never,"
CIIA1'i'Elt XI.
Long and deeply ! pondered over the
Cad net's words. That lie had seine
to:dertying motive in thus warning me
against the woman by whom 1 bud be-
coine so fascinated was vividly appar-
ent, yet lo all my demands ho remiained
Numb. On the attention following 1
f, and him in the St. James's Club -
(hat club .of dipiouiatisto-nod reverted
to the subject, But all the resslon.c he
vouchsafed was -
"I've merely warned you, my dear
'tcllow. 1 shall say no more. 1, of
course, dont blame you for admiring
Ja'r. 1 only tell you to pull yourself
up short."
"But weir`
"Because if you go further than ad-
nmir•nitoct you'll be treading dangerous
ground -devilish dangerous, 1 can as-
sure you."
"You mean that she has 41 jealous
lever?" i suggested.
".Slee has tip lover, as far as 1 am
aware,' lie answered.
"Then, speaking cand'dly, Channing.
I said, "1 don't ser why you should
turn prophet like ibis without giving
me any rias' fl-"
"My season i- briefly told." he said
with wtusual gravity. "I don't wish
to see you upset and unhappy, now (hut
yett'v,' recovered your s ght,"
Ks : s words seemed very lame. ones.
" \Vhy shoukl 1 be unhappy'!"
"Because Mabel Anson can never be
more to you Than an acquaintance; she
can never reciprocate your love. 1 tell
you plainly that it you allow yourself
to become entranced and all that sort
of thing, you 11 only make a confound-
ed ass of yourself."
'You. certainly speak very plainly," I
observed, annoyed that he aboukt in -
tett 10 so prematurely in a matter which
was ussuredly my affair alone.
"1 spei;k because 11►ave your welfaro
at heart, Wilford," he answered in a
kindly tone. "I only regret now that
1 asked you to my table to inert her.
11. is my fault, entirely my fault."
"Yon talk as though she were some
genius of evil," 1 laughed. "Let vie ail
as 1 think fit, niy dear Claming."
"Let sort go headlong to the devil,
eh?' he snapped.
"Rut to love her is not to go on the
duwnwit d pati, surely?" I cried incre-
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1 warn you, once and for all. to have
nothing whatever to do with her, he
sed. `1 know her -You do nat."
But 1 laughed him to scorn. His
words seemed utterly rilsuid, us though
hio innd were lilted l:y some strong
prejudice which he dared not to utter
for fear of hying himself open to an
action for slander. If her acquaint-
ance were so extremely undesirable,
why did he invite her and ler another
to his Inble? itis words were not borne
cut by•hia own actions.
So i bade him farewell rather coolly,
and lett the club abruptly. in anger
with my:self at having sought hire, or
bestowed a s ngle Brought upon his ex-
tiaordinary warning.
(1'o be Cenlinued.)
LOOKING AFTER 111S lll:.\t.'rll.
"1 nun sorry to see you neglecting your
business this way, Sinkln. They stay
that yen don't spend half un Hour a
week at sour oflice."
"well, n fellow roust look after his
health, you know."
"Yes, but you elon't look unwell.
what's the matter with your'
"My wife lakes the 'Family Ilenith
Gazette; and she snakes out that I have
a tendency to softening of the brain,
with complicated symptoms of !bight's
disease. liver complaint dy.pop_s a, pal-
pitnLon of the heart. inflammation of
the lungs, cretnnton of the spleen, in-
dignation of the oesophagus. hyporto-
phy of the palate. ave. ls'_side.s that.
qui nut at all well. She insists; that 1
must observe all the rules in the 'Ga-
zette.,' and. you bee, I've no time for
anything else."
11O\V 811E KEi'T YOUNG.
Some one once asked n woman how
it was she kept her youth so won(M
(tilt. ller hair we; snowy white, she
was RO years old and her energy was
waning, but she never impressed one
with the idea of neer. for her heart ons
slit' young in sympathy and interests.
And this WAS her newer: "I knew
time lo forget disagreeable things, 1
tried to master the art of saying poet:.
ant things. 1 did not expect too touch
of my friends, 1 kept my nerves well
in hand, and did not :Wow them to
here . tiler people. 1 tried to find any
work that carie to hand corngenial,'•
DIFFiCUi,T.
iI i+ slated that the twilit of a vei;e.
tar an beats tai linoej n minute. and
11rn1 e•t a meat eater 7a limes, Thu
Ih,' meal -eating young man e.th n we}
(;el ir.an Sw!'• 1110011 can see how 4(01•
i,ll it is at times fur "Iwo hearts to
beat as
"Their .a 001 thing 1 dwell." re.
rn:t, kt.l .1. hn-on. "and That is a orenra-
!c., burial.'
"Don't worry shout that." replied
Rr own; "die th no is in,i rsc'ble. There's
11• Danger of your being buried to i
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A writer sayer henoctr (c en}y skin
•hop. 'rhea sae/atone wtiv tl,aty of our
jeltti,.iau.•c are so th n -skinned.
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CON111Oi. OF MILK el'1.11.1 .
Since milk Ls so extremely variable
in quality, and is so easily adulterated;
since often considerablo variations are
not readily detected; above all. lecause
Shp amount of milk used by any given
pees in or family is comparatively malt,
ttia corrsunicr of 1111i14 Ls a1151osl wholly
a! the mercy ef the pteduccr and deal-
er, and 14)431 rely for n good product
very largely upon their honor, says
i9bt. 11. 11. wing. of Cornell Unlv'i-
ily. Tho State has recognized ties,
and to prevent imposition by unscru-
11,010113 people, has in various ways
sought to regulate the sale ef milk and
like pniducts. The chief means used
has peen to establish arbitrary stand-
ards of quality, and to subject to tine
those dealers whose goods should be
boatel to be below the required stand-
ard. The standards isetablished by
various stales and municipalities hove
varied widely. From 2.5 to 3.7 per
cent. of fat, and from 11.5 to 13 per
cent. of total solids have been the
lnlnitlnitn requirements. These stand-
or•ds, while eflic cent in scour:11g honest
dealing where they are rigidly erafore-
co, nevertheless niay work illjlrstic •, SO
fa! as honesty of the dealer is con-
cerned. under various circumstances,
and may prevent the production and
sale of n comparatively low quality
product at a reasonable price. It would
seem, !herefore, that the best means of
regulaing the traffic in milk would be,
not to set up an artificial standard to
which alt must come, but to require
each individual dealer to g::at antee his
own standard. and hold hint re spon-
sihle if his milk were found below. In
Ih's way it would be possible to sell
stalk of various qualities, from strictly
skimmed to heavy cream. upon a gra-
duated scaje of prices, with exact jtu-
t'.cc to cycryotnc.
FAR\i NOTES.
A great factor in li►o production of a
great politic crop Ls sufficient moisture
to dissolve the plant fool in the soil.
\Vhen a fence is b.ow n put it up, and
then it will not get any worse. When a
harness is broken, mend it before you
have n runaway, or before it becomes
worthless. When weeds, bugs or fungi
threaten, get after them before the dam-
age is done.
Necessity inay be the mother of in-
vention, but it should never drive a
man into selling his products for less
than they '1est him. When buyers know
Ibat a farmer is obliged to sell, they
can fix their own terms; but when the
producer is net forced into the market,
he can have a . oice in fixing prices.
There is the difference between success
and failu•e in this.
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
Almost any fanner who has horse.
sense and is a good feeler, can raise
e:raft colts at a prop{, Ile mtisl be n
good feeder. A great many fanners
seem to kis.: sight el the fact that it
Jays to iced colts well.
Goslings lo not care for bread end
other mixtures made for 11111.! chicks,
but live on grass and lender weeds prin-
cipally. They are very fond of young
plantain. and if you have patches of it
that you want killed out. make a mew -
able board pen, and keep the goslings
in it, rooting it each day er Iwo to a
fresh pab.h.
\\ hen the ewes and tenths are turned
sod 10 pasture in the spring and be-
gin lo get a bile of young grass. Then
llac} will begin to refuse hay. Giro' them
trey just as king as they will eat it. As
they gradually leave off eating hay, In-
rrease your feed of grain a little until
they begin to get n little feed of grass,
and then decrease your feed of grain
grsdually ns the gra's comes up to a
full feed. 111 this way both cheep and
Iambs will keep right along growing.
Loth in 440 )I and mutton.
It seems that there Is no one depart-
ment of th' farin where there is so
inn• h kiss easily-aveklable ns in the
treatment of the stoc:c, The first blun-
der is in the breeding. no particular
type or plan being adhered to. but the
farmer tweeds to the animal that is
handiest, or will cost the least. This is
t • common that every neighborhood
will furn sh cxnrnples of it. and when
the setvi:es of a theroughbr,d bull--
t:l.ort 11orn1, Holstein or of some other
good breed-hnc lien offered the farmer
for S2 eir $3. he has del.beralely chosen
n sero, at 50 cents. or n mongrel stal-
!um al $R or $10 lather Ilan a thorough.
Fred at $I5 t., fe20. lly les:ng tltorough-
brrd still; w., gef at a very small mat
the ad.an'age of generations of good
I reeding. and which noel erne and inon-
(y that w•ttlel be entirely out of the
to ach e:f tarmet s of cr.,nary means.
TIDE \\'AY \W1T11 fll:fl.
Tt,ere's just no ace in talking.
When u \\astern starts to c:y
She can hay .' I • ..t any bauble
That a 1 ' •r,,1 (an buy,
If she dose, i ,e• . ,•inn
And it mi• t• d 1.' tears
Se me chap woe.; i •4 . to Se) -•p
if al took is 114, :on }can!
it up
Gf Sf SUiDTITUTi..
'9, •--•i,y Ttiff!' cried lite teacher. ,.
vt r.'.t . "why d .I y•nt chalk your mane
on the n• w desk?'
"1 had ter." repl!.'(t T. m •:> . "1 an4'1
sol no penknife ter carve ,t •.tide"
ANARCHISTIC!.
kilt'.
The anarchist reseects no 1ne
Nor fears the hnnganan's 10; . ;
i'erhaps he (ousts death thus because
ttr r: is lite theles soap.'
•5110 .gh.ng) -"Oh. 1 met su:h a lore -
101,14' man lo,lay." Il, -'•\Where
was 11104x' She --"In the street. 1 must
hove Item carrying n: ' r''`•
Pasty. for he btrmte,1
1 snd. 'Pardon me.' niei h. - i. I ••,
meatti.,n it -I have soother eye left. "
\\'1LVT SA%LU'tlli: \illi!;14oN\Ilii•:si
Ilad to Make leap in Order to Sia) in
T.1aduyas'al.
The introit.:, it • 1 t h::.>I:anily Into
hcullrcn cou::t:1..., Lis r: more or less
closely connected woe (rude and the
cuts of ci%.lization. Toe goy:eminent
1.: - often leen keenly elite to the ad-
.•.&;ngo of science but hostile, to relig-
ious teaching. Such wit, the case lit
Madagascar lifty years ngo, as is told
ir. the pages of Rev. W. E. Cousin's
b(ok, "\ladagascar of To{lad•."
Queen Itanawalona was bng.nning Io
fuel uneasy about the growing Mitten e
et foreign ideas, and wished to get rid
of the missionaries. She sent some of-
ficers to carry her message. The mis-
s ovaries were gathered together to meet
the queen's messengers, and were told
that they had been a long lime In the
country and had taught touch. but that
it was now time for them to think of
returning to their native land.
The i nissionaires, alarmed at this
message, answered that they had only
begiu► to leach some of the elements of
k►.ow:edge, and that much remained to
10 • imparted. They mentioned sundry
termites of es'ucalion, among which
were the Greek and Hebrew innguages,
which had already been partially taught
t 1 s' ate.
The messengers retu-nod to the queen.
anti scop came back with this answer•
'"l'he queen does not care much 1. r
Greek and ilebrev. Can you teach
something more useful? Can you. fur
example, leach how to make soap?'
This w•as'an awkward question to ad-
dress to theologians, hut after a tnn-
iinent's pause Mr. Gr111!lhs (tuned to \tr.
Cameron and asked 1►irit whether he
ceuW answer it.
"Give me a week," said Mr. Cameron,
and the week was given. At its close
Pic queen's messengers again met the
missionaries, and Mr. Cameron was able
to present to then a bar of tolerably
good white soap, nindo entirety from
materials found In the. country. 'this
was an eminently satisfactory answer,
and the manufacture of leap was forth-
with introduced, and is still continued
to the present day, although no one
would now venture to call the soap
"white,'
As a result of making this burr of
soap the mission gained n respite of
stout five years, during which time the
queen still tolerated the pretence and
t•rrch'ng of the misslonar!cs for the sake
of the material advantages derived from
the work of the artisans; and it was
daring these years that the first church-
es were forme!, and the Christian re-
ligion began to take deep root among
the people.
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iN 7111: HE tI.LIS OF .1 NTIQL 11 Y.
ill; .1. Ilanker,)
To fle -e to whom the mighty past
presents greater attractions than the
less refined and class a '.tJ,tar,anlsm of
the present day. Athens, the cradle of
v-sthetic architecture, and the birth-
place of chaste and graceful statuary
and °Pante design, far surpasses any
other capital of Europe In interest awl
in road fascinnti;n. !hoe the visitor is
in the midst of the sub! Wiest creations
of pian which the world has ever sten
-nut massive and vast. ns the stupend-
ous pyramids of Egypt; not gorgeously
embellished with all manner of pree•-
(.ti-s stones and ovcrle d with solid gold
aS selomen's temple at Jerusalem; not
e'en decorated with elaborate mosaics
r,= some of the old Ronian masterpieces
.of structural art, but erections of the
rupren:e-t and the roost exquisite re-
finement and e.. Bance of design.
First ascending lu the suti►mit of the
Acropolis, a velment hill near the cen-
tre ea the city, the visitor is at once
I:nnskrrcd into the realms of anti.
1;uily. here the phdutesque rninatut'e
temple, the Erechtheum, w.lh its portico
of the. Caryatides. kn'--wn the w•or.d
ever. and when linitate l 1n modern
l uilduigs 1_dving a dist eel:ye grace oral
art she (harm; h re the handsome tent-
pk e.f Vi tory; an41 here. its superb
and lofty niarb''c eelumns towering up-
wards and standing in bold relief
against the wonderful azure of the
Gre&nn sky. the inngniflcent temple of
Sheer wn, d-.ubl: se---w.th i fissility the
one except on of the grout temple of
Diana of the liphs_cnn' -the sublime:4
spo<•intcn of the purest ehrssie art ever
erc,'td on fits eaeltt, itut pleat the de-
scendants of those vulgar barbarians
who alrip3ed the !'yran.ds of their
warble casing 10 build their patac, s,
with an equal satnge v,:ndalisin direct-
ed their cannon again -t this priceless
monument of the past. and unhappily
achieved the di:.grnc.s of trretri'ably
(tamnp)ng it. the cruel rents matte by
their projectiles st II bearing witness to
their lasting di'tawr.
And at various points in the city are
ether One relics of (;lecian art; the
spk•nd el Temple ef Theseus, sl,ll hap-
pily in perfe't repair. built irm11eeti-
platy after tee great vie), ry of \Imta-
+iion, whioh it ,-o:nen: ►uorates; Ihu
tap:e of the winds: the aniph thereto.
the names (f Itie staph.1.krs inserii. 1
or, 1110 marble seat, Mill legibk•: w:rh
many another 11ot•:worthy and hams
s
an:-
s rite ereelion. It it to some. maps"
ung them all in interest. is the Are -
loges, or Mar's 11.11. For en this ro
pellet at the toot el the Acrop„lis to -
gre It Apo'lie tv Ilse (Genti'le's Israel.-!.
( brat crucified. showing lite old Grc,
tie telly 4.1 welsh piling on "unknown
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ustlon in England.
A question rceutly put to 1' .
Loy of State for the (home 1:• • emelt
r„ to how many .tenths occ1 ::, l elms.
:ng the year 19)7 in the noel:ods hunn
arca and in the other parts of England
and Wales res,<C•1ivity front the ef-
fects of the a(hn:notrat:. n of anaesthe-
tics elrc_ted the repo. that the figures
for the year 1907 were not yet avail-
able, but according 1) the verdicts of
coroners' Juries and the certificates of
medical practitioners there were in the
year 1906 shay -four deaths ht Landon
and 119 in the remainder of England
and \Vales caused by nnreAltetics aJ-
nrinistered for operations, says the Brit. -
;Se Medical Join•nal.
It is stated that there appeased to bo
some reason to doubt whether the ccr-
!:hcitles on which these returns were
based were in al. cases complete and
that Terre must necessarily sometimes
be difficulty in delcrni,ning if death
under an antesltrtic was caused by
the anaesthetic. It was pr3posed, there-
fore, to make Mittel. iuqu:ry into the
matter.
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t:E N l at %I. 1 \ F0 R.twll(►N.
Intcre-I(Ii ! lits of hnn..ledge About
''lost I;ver, l l,in,.
On an average 700 1:: 1 ti subjects
are yearly born at sea.
Semens px.putatioa hits increased by
only 3.000,000 in the past forty-five years.
A Fienehman can secure a divorce
fern his wife if she gees on the stage
without his consent.
In France the doctor's claim on the
elato of n deceased patient has pre-,
ce.l. ace of al others.
'fire number of leaves on a large,
0) fool high oak tree has to n counted,
and fuun.l to exceed 6000.000.
An eating -house, made entirety 011
ce.mereseed palter, has b .•retial ;n
Hamburg. The d.'n:nge - . is largo -
enough to ncco►nmedate 150 persons.
'1'hc do'phin is a wrn)her•wisc' 113)1.
During n fle:cc gale or storm al sea tier
mariner knows 111111 the end is near 'f
lei can ser a dolphin sporting on Ilio
high waves.
1'tie result of tests carried out in the -
German array proves that 6b pounds is
the u'sale weight 11e average soldier -
ran carry on n day s march without In-
juring his heart.
Mr. Nreb,n el \loo:s, of the flock Is-
land llniiway. cr:cbral.'ti his Inherit -
new of $750.0(x) by giving a dinner
.which cast Maio. 'the mon (slue -Is
were prrsenked .with favors (,f gekl and
diamond sleeve-butt•ins, and the wo-
men with pearl neeEly es.
It is a popular fnllney that lounta'n
pens are qu.te n nlnd'rn invention. As-
a matter of fact, nn oil work of retee-
ence published in 1 i U contains an •1-
Instration of a fountain nen, the appear
once of which is very much like (hose
sold at the present linin. Its construc-
tion, however. was somewhat (labor -
ate and clumsy, the ten consisting of
various pieces of metal, which had lo-
be screwed end unscrewed before the
Inn could be tt.el.
People sometimes les., their noses by
disease or in tlghls, rind seine have f. t
LIN rn in war. Fes n•sc!css. 1 croons the
most appropriate organs are said to be-
c•f wax. and the test en.s cert *brio!
*175. th' ugh a sally (food eine can tete
got for tan. A nose mode of papier
marble may is' )ought for $5. Noses
made of firs nater al aro cnnnx9aeJ and
arc deieptivo, nerd her a poor man they
fire enid 10 ensues all the purposes
that are Rinsed.
The best ry.ti flat is pnseeseed t:y
.j- opts.; '' ` - • tante are vast and
v ! • ell -tastes tending 10
uteri 1tt • dew. iiskimos will
I ra .i ): !• l n 11,0 snow ata great
: e ue. Iola the Arabs of 1110
• f \' hate shell extreme
-. , 'int en the %11s1 plains
t!: will pack out ol.jcels
e tr, 1M, • .•.I:nnry eye at lenges
en Le ten milts dtstnnt. Among
.•. posse people the Norwegivs hotel
1Kt1• r eke•, gilt Ruin most. 11 w.t nth,
ethers, 11 !leo tu.,re genera:t lulled the
n.•.'es.nry ce trios ns. The mason why
D• (ective eyes are.• e=% !Wet on Ilio in-
eI.ase' in (itis tertiary nus 111 l-uropri �1
le-, in Ion nnu.h study elf hooks ir, early
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