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The Exeter Times, 1886-9-30, Page 7
A was Peri wer eda to r nee had Pelf The of r ring to our ".rays able ee ane pur bre stre like qui tin astr 'tee aft' to and ban us. (pal equ larg gal we MOS ann doe eld d" doe eros but ,i 66 n0 day Can ma ion MOB d, my so 1 to for wo di ask d" it. mor ales nig, d" see mac ma ing, we lob that di an "d gra I, {" Qui the ing ceiv stab slit pre hon and Iw was aski Firs and on i- the c, Ho ti and this Ib is this ann' thin in t tim perf the call ass acqu one dd gob ly. "d Whi d" bac The ones 61 pity. dd frig look dd raid take dd the; pear whit Poo T glios 1i awe id1 otter bet 7 N Ciro (� G tory of ome five -and a young ended a sudden emany,in cation were no 'bre h. I lay in the to keephorses, and myfather most important, etrenohmanb For move eastward place of elf werecommissioned h house. We passed P e a ; we inserted veered • adverts P ode: In Cher and eta and squares, habitation, b our ' pressing. o he if eo lf homeless, ;noon we which we hi h weme eons exclamation etThe house are. Being er than the ammo mo saw at a gin At certain n one billhave canoed that pply next r was opened ori woman. Can we look !I" I said. she answered Certainlysir. w.„ So it is,"said light if the yon tell n enumerated e features t suitable, And the sfor a disappointment. elf a figure ry exclamation, You see some old offerme," eas And when ed,,�,"FIs Non sir. My 'husband row, Mw r 'ye away ht -,,from Is he a house No, air. nes at one ter carpenter." de an appointment and we Did you ked w look y�ean Surprise," P ,"brother,along observant I suppose ,t swells for awe 6ughing, Gad I I et, respectable We B scat relief announced we kept our ed by the I; responsible ears and y years, ssed with se, and answered fully. Everything as delighted. of a cautious ng a cautions t he got when he his head, subject of You don't w a that 7' Why," said turning neighborhood n'b what house vacant one to let g wrong he What End es the rent." ectl straightforward, y honsebore y we closed se next day aI chop -house aintancee. Still hoose of these. No bhp a ho at k here jj'' n OJ1NG I}llO$T . t. ; M ;r-*-. a' louse With is Low Bent. WEALTH. ,. fortable. In the course of the afernoon• T took my brother letde and .told ,him. dd ,> "that 11'hewl said be that explains the Tow rent. Bat it'n rather earipue. The ov. g- ernor`can t stand anything of the sorb. Yea know how nervous he ie." "" Yes, I know," • I said, "And it strikes me that the scab thingwe can do. is to move into the bonne oareelves ro that we ' can toll him •the histox ie a myth, if any, one lots it out to him.Just You and I." "" ,y R+gat, pain he. "We hive taken the house and we can't afford to lose thea money Besides it's such a ca ital y, ' P - place. The whole familywere to move In aboutihreeweeke time. W't had no nit.one•half &salty In finding a pretext for reeedinpowdered p of them, and it was arranged that. some the bedroom furniture should be home. diately sent into our new domicile. We were going to sell most of our furniture in our West End hoecause' bonne, and the new fur.My nibare a old be bought immediately, and laced in Number a be r 6 So"mit at about 10downtothtime Pwhen �, o'clock one a substantial oar dinner in town, we let ourselves into oar new abode, and took poseeseion. Abri ht g fire, lit by our landlady, was blazing in the kitchen. We had a plentiful su 1 of stimulants and tobacco,andpP 9 we made ourselves comfortable with our slippers and lounging coats, and prepared fora of it. ddand Uncommonly comfortable,"said my brother approving, Glad, 'the old lady knows how to'make a fire 1' dd And what agrate 1 Anda chimneycandle—and ae•big ase blast furnace. There is no - thing like one of those old-fashioned kitekens for comfort." Ensconced in our chimney corners, we passed the time lexuaiously enough. We had made up our minds to upsitall night, and show g . the ghost what manner of men he had ho deal with, "" We'll take the ghost by the horns," tid o take the brother. " I o 1 by hopeIhan'twas not quite so complacent, for I inherited something of my father's nervous temper- ament, however, I had company, so I b upa stout heart. We were verplay cheerfl and light-hearted at heat. We g talked over various boyish escapades ; wne criticised the character of our friends and relatlone , we got the fidgets ; we found could not smoke forever without barn- ing our mouths. Finally, the heat of the fire had its inevitable effect and we began bo dcze. I do not know how longI had been asleep,bat I suddenlyawoe with a via- lent start. A cold sudder ran through me from head to foot. I had an undefithroug - able sensation of somethingstrange and terrible. I rose and stretched m self y and triad to feel at my ease. But I could not. I touched �mybrother and he awoke. "Hello I" he said, "What's the ma5ber7 Why. rye been asleep I What's the time ?" •" Two o'ck ck," said I.or "�Jnstbhetlme for a host " he with unseemlylevity. "" Doyou said R Will,np y, + I don't think �,he ll come here. Ghosts are uncomfortable things and don't like.. good fires. Get too much of them where they are, I suppose. Lets go and lookfully, for him," u Anything for a change,"said I, al- though the thought of perambulatingthab great lonely mention in the dead of night was anything but agreeable. "I am wide awake." "" So am Lit said he and talon u ' ' g P the braes candlestick, he went toward the door. I followed him—close, We passed the passage, our stealthy footfalls making a faint sound on the uncarpeted floor. We examined the rooms on the ground floor. We heard and saw nothing.he We ascendea the stairs. Every individual stair creaked horribly, but that was all, No ghost. My brother •suddenly opened the door a bedroom on the first floor. Instantly a gust of air blew the candle out. And as we ntood'there in the icy cold we' die- tunably heard—a groan. It was no fancy. It was a long -drawn, wailing moan of in- expressible horror and pathos. It died away in a -despairing cadence. It seemed inpoles, like a sorrowful lament of a soul tor- ment. Ac we stood there, grasping eaoh other' hands, with oar hearts throbbing in teat ulsat$ona, it came again. Oh,g' g P g the horror of it I It seemed to be in the room and close to us. The cold was deathly, the silence broken onlybythe weird and awful moan. Once more it rose and fell—and somehow or other the next moment we found onraelvea ' in the kitchen, with shaking limbs and : ashen faces, relighting our extinguished' candle. Then we looked at each other. • " That was no fancy, Will,"said my brother. " ""Fanny—no,,, I replied, my teeth chattering in' my head. "What are you going to do I" For my brother had relit the candle and was moving away, "I'm going to have another look," he said. "But perhaps," I suggested, "the—the ghost extinguished the light," " I'll give him another chance," said my brother coolly. "" Come along, you chatteringidiot." I was too shattered to resist this unflattering descript'on, `and with a quaking heart 1 followed his fool- hardy footsteps, This time he opened P the door more cautiously, and we entered with every nerve strungtc its utmost ten- Bion. Holding the candle on high, we looked around. Pur g ' e vacuity. And the sound came not again. "Poor" old chap, said, my brother. "" He can't stand the light. Shall I blowhost it out again 7" "i „ "" If you da— said I. But, joking apart, who is goingto sleepin this room? P + I'm not, for one. lend thio would nater- ally be the governor's room."was My brother was attack, •" You're right,""" said' , we must go to the bottom of this. We'll find itnight, out somehow. And now I think we may go to bed. I'll just lookaround." Jn b He examined the room carefully,bat there wee nothing to be aeon neither was g + there anything to be heard. So we gave upthe thing for._ g that night and went to I could not sleepa wink. Myl lavers were completely Unstrung.. After •. - a night of tossing and fever, I. awoke un- and mightily pleased to find g y m self in broad da li iib. y p .g At noon that dayI had to run thesubstantialoh gauntlet bf rnq friends: And, I am bound to say, I RE A lilts .A nanlas. Alf ,tile day fir4t11r on t' grew m,',i a an.r m'nrn nnnn"; ., foietiblersr+ : r iy are sTthe bintlelLE of the ensuing It witle A. e before, we.� dined in twwn. wan a fisc night and we took a walk around the amara before turning in, _ The houses all looked cheer -of ful with their Ours Noe brightlights,n was black and gloomy. We agreed hat at 2 o'olo k rsoieel we would a ain g b o pa" y Tie the haunted zoom, There was nog danger of oar going, t 'Bleep to night. We ainfull Wide-awake. .All aorta of were painfully wild Conjectures prorsad my .mind as we by the kitchen fire, waiting for the elated hour Per a e somemaniac o h ,p'_ had had taken n phis abode in the house, and ;cored about in the night makin that aw- 8 g noise. Or perhaps soma wily personprepared had a fancy to live rent free ana had adopted this method of frlghtet was tenants away. In anyrime the effeob sum- ., olently horrible. `The shoo$, to one a ger yens system was the same, whatever the brother, cool and practical, was, deep in thought. He was not likely to inial thewilde 1 b crossedone e ea lona that at a gpB m brain. Se was seekln some material el lunation of bhp weird henomenon. P P At last the hour began to sound. At thel 'first stroke my brother rose and took u P the candle. I had provided myself with a second candle on my own account. We examined the rooms on the ground floor without eaaeees. We ascended the ataire, paused outside the haunted chamoor. The passages and the stairs were thick with shadow. My brother turned the the weird sound died away as we entered. ;h. Ina moment it came again. Ib rose and swelled and died sorrowfully away. ib was singularly human, Yet ib was be- gond all description unearthly. No ban- ghee could wail in sadder ormore thrillin tunas. We stood thesis like Dante' and Virgil ; except that the author of " In- ferno"and his guide did not wear carpet slipper or carry brass candlesticks. ghee such whad. tr I feltim neroughever. heads of huaintance Neither air !n greyfast. a And a cold stream of go-er• rot icled down book. brother my My stood still and listened intently. The ghost groaned again, and yet again. In fact he kept on groaning. It was fright- ful. The wail began in a whisper ; it swelled to an acute pitch ; it died away in a note of woe that thrilled one's heart. It was awful to stand there waiting for the sound to come again. My matter -of- fact brother spoke. "" He's good yoke to-night,"said he,5. dd , approvingly. A bit hoarse, but I don b wonder ab that. Still, I wish he d try , another key, Hee been at that long enough. And he might get himself tuned —tach 1 I unite aspected some caper- natural visitation to rebuke this ill-timed levity. None came. My brother having politely waited until the ghost had finish- ed, began again : • , "" All these groans are exactly alike," he said, considering. `" That's odd. isn't it 7 Will, I'll tell you what, the ghosts the chimney. Unca more the sonnet came, as though to confirm his words, And it certainly did appear to proceed the region of the fireplace. "" Still," resumed my brother, thought- "" a ghost in a chimney is an an• comfortable sort of thing.Will,we'll have that chimney swept. Fancy a ghost coming down with the soot. We'll seesufficient about it the first thing to -morrow." We left We left the office early in the afternoon We secured the service of an intelligent sweep and a sharp little brighb•eyed boy. The chimney was amply wide for the youngster to climb up, and np he went, We waited in suspense. When he came down he reportetthat had found nothing. We questioned him eagerly, but he had seen no ghost or anything belonging bo one. We sent him up again. This time he found out something.This chimneycommunicated • , with the one neat door. • "" Thab will be the kitchen chimney next door," said m brother. `" We moat explore that," Our' landlady was conoid• erablyamazed when wepresented our- selves and asked to be allowed to explore. After a little demur, however, she con- dented. There was but a small fire in the grate, and this was taken out, "s I don't make it up until' 11 o'clock' at ei ht "a he ex lamed. "" Notuntil m p master.comes home tired after his day's work. Then we have our bit of supper and drink our grog, and we like to see a cheerful blaze. The boy went up smartly and shortly reappeared. "" Why, you've got a smoke -jack up there, missies" said he. "" What's �a smoke•jaek I" said my brother, hastily. The sweep explained, "It's a happaratns for roasting meat, fixed in the chimbley. It has little sails like just like a windmill onlytheyare laid fat instead of being upriht. The hot air conies up from the fire and blows these sails round. Then there's a cog- wheel and that communicates the motion to a flywheel. A chain passes round the fly -wheel, coming down to the grate, and turns the spit." ""But where are the chains 7" " Oh, they've been taken off,,Isuppose. It isn't used now." a" I didn't know h was there " said our ' landlady. "� Doesn't it make a noise 7" asked my brother. with a quick look at me• ""1 Wedon titans it"replied the landlady, ipdifferently. "" " "justahem Will, said my brother, run to the bedroom and Baton. I be- backa neve we've got it. I am going to send the boyupand turn the thing," I did as g ho requested. When I got into the roomthat ae roanin ins lendid form, the' g oln a' f than I had' ever He wap g g f r natal heard him before. The mystery was solved. ., airinstrument, Daring the day the ,, trent ,hot not atrongenough to solea the blades and sot the revolvingportion of the ma- chine in motion, But when the great theforcewan • fire was made at g b, W le. The revolvingportion of a a to pie.J raised .to a small extent from ,the frame which it revolved. Re• and soaring on v force of the entrant b letting dace the y. g the fire go out and the blades of the jack claimer:1 The revolutions gradually be came slower and slower. The pivot bear -t, le had no $abrlcation, awl come anally � g made thegroaning noise, We kept our secret, We were bile ad- miratlon of.eVory ono who know the story of the house, And for a very ort7 redaa kin in the refit of a ver comfort- y able tease we have,bo thank ;the Groaning N'...,,: • •• • THE ZTME�STL1A OL•Q'a, Early in the week eaoo active mambos the Time• 81h1 Club received et copy of e, follow notice; ,,mg „ NEE I Person i seat 1 Yon Pre hereby notified that the Lime. Kiln Clnb, which has been ono vacation the past two months, willresume bud- nese at Paradise Hall on Saturdayavenin at the regular hour. Every member who can walk in animated to be On stilts at least minute; before the trim le sounds. No du a a o g . .g 11 wed In the bail,, •as aeaal•• Owners of umbrellas will bring them;at their o; n peril. The assword at the' secondp," r slanding will be ,_ Azure" Skies, Anyone ha in nooks 9 will i b a to theCampbell, lases return them at this Yp meeting., Buo. GARDENER, Pres, WAxn,,wii BEEBE $eo. When the meeting opened 312 membsra answered to roll calf and Elder Toots de- ll htedl remarked to Samuel Shin that it B Y him a to e see h dthe general aLandan. which seemed to have taken root in eve breast. When the triangle le sounded llrother er Gardner arose and said : „he My frees, two months ago, at de almost inonlosehune of .a maJ©;sty of de members of die club I' decides to adjourn de meetin's frees de space of July an' An •Usti+ 1 hadgrave doubts as to d® pro- stet 'of slob step,but yielded t de pressure. De result has sir, what Iant#oi- sated. Die kentry has almeas' bin plunged into war, de fishery gueehun am still en ob. arch of nashunal dispute, an' storms an' dieas"llre hey bin rampant ell ober de United Stalls. Bisneea has bin grievously neglect. ed. People who depended on die club hey had detr confidence sheeken. We mue' at once gitback to reg lar pureeedins, and pnroeed to grapple wid an' obaroome da live topios of de flour. "When die club was organized annual 'lecknhnn an' cluba tpicnic on do lust Saturday to oblige de Concord Skule of Philoephy. Den we 'changed it sola to an�iCanada an' I ahas nowpldet Michigan to make a third change, Owing to de faok dat de turnip, carrot an' watermelyen am not at de& beet in die °timbaic until'Sep- etc an dat p mustard an' pickles, which play doh important parts in our banquets, along anedo not nt dine anniversary o sir flavor of Perry's Via- it has been deemed beat to sot de time fur de picnic at one week from te•day, Lhas been in correspondence wid many of our honorary members an' am allured of a large attendance. Canada will be re- presented byober 100 delegates, an' eine tall in de nion will send its d De place of de banquet will be on delegashun. Fightingwas Islad, eight miles bolew de city, Wshall have de usual games, wid de usual prizes, an' I trust dot ebony local member will do his Iebel beet to inoculate a reprehensible time, . HE WAS THERE. The Rev, Penstock was en band and in his usualseat, and the a and rnt had no sooner finished than he arose and inquired ; "` Did I understand de uha'r to say dot we should inecnlate a aeprehencible time Y'' ' ""You did, sat 1" was the prompt reyly. "" Will de cha'r please explain his mean- tag a lettle clearer Y" » Braider Penstock, said .the President as he arose and vigorously rapped the desk with his mallet, " die cher has nuffin to ex- P lain. If der am anymemberpresent who hasn't studied arithmetic long fluff to un-, deratand what de inoonlashun of a repro- henrible time means, den it would be far better fur de rest due if he would collegiate tench implacable oblivion. Penstock didn't collegiate. He sat down and bugged a crushed atraeberry to hisaoh• log bosom, COMMITTEES, This p o;nteaellowing committees were then ap• Reception of Delegates—Giveadam Jones, Pickles Smith and Trustee Pullback, with authority not to hire more than five mules and wagons' On the Banquet—Sir Ismao Wal ole 4 Walpole, Whalebone Howker, Elder Caitiff and Col, Cahoots, with instructions to canvass the city for provisions, On Games—Shindig Watkins, Elder Toots, Hartehern Davis and Old Man Scott, On Election—Rev. Penstock and Uncle Boggs INCIDENTAL, • The delegates will begin arriving about Thursday, and as fact as they come in they will be escorted to Paradise Hall, furnished with a lunch of iced tea, and then distribut- oitaz:n havi e a barn not Int n e which can please be address the for temporary Ithe club, the Secretary of the club, stating the hight between joists, condition et floors and roof, etc. So far as is known there will be no 0 0 sltien tg Brother Gardner's seventh re•eleo- tion, although some of the minor positions will be objects of contest, aurin Bhuildsnngmeer immiitit rem hasbeen m ova g B P bald o, 00 ©reralmnnaos two bunis to he d es off shin lea will be used on the reef of the hall B d and it is designed to lay a new firer in the Suoh delegate. as may arrive on foot by highway and not find members of the moon- tien committee at the various tollgates, will ask, the nearest poiiooman to guide them to Paradise Hall. No delegates with. out credentials will be received, , ,4.1 0.4,611,,,. __ THS EARTHfJ�B IN Q GEORGIA* 14(11 theIt for Oblltilelt Kaep the child's milk sepparate Pram that intended;for the teat of the honsebold. Have ready a pan that ha; been properly clamed by being thereughip washed and rinsed t receive in solution of bicarbonate of rods, tfor o the milk, In hot weather the milk should be braced. on the fire and theg temperature be stem ht to a' o t ' b B to J sh ortwas of belling -de not let it bell. It lhonitl then be `putinfive a proper •a aeie and place in a cool place, or ,a refrigerator which doea net contain vegetables, It ll : should thenbeas follows. Mlllr,, int •pure water,one beltInt • P , P sugar ef'milk* one tablespoon• inLlbrar i •+ phosphate of lime, one grain. Diaeolve the sugar and Ume in water and add the milk. Thie Is the nearest approach to hPP oh ands milk that can be prepared,' As the child grows, add less water. A good rule is thio : Until one month add two-thirds water; one-half water until three months, 0a .thirdd water anti'd sixth o thed m ath ane fourth antll the ninth month and oae•eixth until one year of age, when the child can take the milk o ear' and ellen In oembine , lion with some of, the infant food upon the market, The water should be boiled and allowed to cool before usin as this will purifyit.b destroying anygerms it may ontan. oma will no dobt oak whyheat the milk, Darin high tens eratn e B B P r, whenprietyta the mercury ranges from SG. 0 100 degrees, there is rapid decomposition of milk, the osseine is rapidly coagulated, and in this condition It exerts a peculiar notion (irately- tic) upon the ether solids of the milk, parte innerly upon the sugar, forming lactic add, The milk loses -to alkaline reaction and be. comes soar, when it is not fit for further use. The heating of the milk retards this process. to re orted in .G?r3fE0 that a leading p pp counselor in the prohibition contest r>trhen from his house into the middle of:the ton in :a ;tingle nether armhn aidyelledto h ° -8 e. g. t. to wife to come oat, as the.whisky men; were blow•n the bonne with dyne •mite, up The Jury In the Cilbert Dials• case, in Ea tmaawere is their coin at the s , r court . , there hells' "able to agree' and it le "id' no probabilityof their arrivingat a verdict,earthquake esus over After the Chep agreed In about three minutes, The earthquake came near breaking np an imaneat on) utohtnson's Island, ,Capt Dlzen had r d c owed over to the Island to investigate the death of Cyrus .Cam bell an old negro, theren gr ,. who war found dead in a cabin at noon.; The death was sudden, and no one was pre - sent, so the coroner concluded to summon m jury, Alter swearingthem theywere all told to take seats in the cab#n• David More, a darky, was the afjdy witness. He began giving hie evidence, and, had get nt Cam .ball was 1 Came hellevening,0.0146 seen, whenthe cabin commenced to rat- tie, "" Thereehe goes again." the witness said, His.eyes grew double the ordinary eine and started for the door, leavinghie evidence half finished. The juror aaand the door waited about half a second, and he gave a leap out, The ether jurors gave one glance at the corpse and they saw it move. That was enough for them, and they went out in hunch, leaving the coroner and the corpse to finish the inquest. The Earthquake and the Telegraph Opera tors. There was a thrillingtimenp'intheopera- tiug room of the Western Union when the . et rthquake shock was felt, `Nearly a hnn- fired operators sat there, each connected as U by a nerve with different places in the country. There were men on the Baltimore wire, the Louisville, on the Savannah, on the Charleston, There was net a 'man in the room who did not have an experience of reline had or more whor. erre the shock was. feltdeclsively, The fellow at the other end was spinning along when "" break"` came. There vras a sort of dull rattle at theke key and then ailence, In aminate the Baltimore fellow said that there was a panto hie operating eratin room and wear en their feet. The Savannah wire was instantl and without the y+ Iiminutes of of "" break," There were three minutes of amazement in the Chicago cffise. Then a. buzzing interchange of experiences. A thou• - sane telegraphers from Now Oceans to Chi -- Dago and from New York to San Franoisee- were in a dazed way trying to find out what the trouble with their fellows in the South. Louisville finally struggled back to their tables and told in a frightened way how they had been shaken up and bad fled from the building. The chief operator at Savannah, the only man who had stuck to his oat wires wholawere gicalling hCharleaten'that Charleston had suddenly out off, had apt parentiy been swallowed up. It seemed to me," said my friend,who had been working the Baltimore wirthat night, "" as if somebody had jostled against my table. It was not until everybody was asking, " What's that 1' that I knew any - thing had happened." Over the Ocean in Twenty-four Hours, They are expected a vessel in Pittsburgh, which is to reach Nev Orleans from that pity in as short a time as it now takes to go to Cincinnati, An ocean ship modeled en the same plan would, it is ex - peoted, reach Southampton, England, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, in twenty -fear hours. Mr. John Dougherty, of Mount Union, Penn,, da the inventor of th€e marvelous craft, The vessel now under construction to be 33 feet wide, 165 feet longen the water -line, and built175 or entirely -180 feet long ea deck, and will be of weed. Its weight without the engine will be about for y50ve tons andhas the engine en hen it passengers , its draft will be leen than six inches. On each side of it will be two folding paddles, sinking deep Into the water. The paddles will be open when going lot -ward, so that they may move the largest possible body of water, but the change to the backward motion will, by the agency of syringo close the paddles and thus their resistance to a minimum. There will also be under the centre of the vessel two propelling which. are in - tended to drive the weasel through 'shoal water by striking the bottom, of the river. Mr, Dougherty calculates that his patent will sogreatlyincrease the s sed of trafflo P on the river, .hat he will to able to make the trip irom Pittsburgh to Now ken b a and book In a week—the time now taken by the fastest boats to make the round trip to Cincinnati He is cot fluent that he will be able to reduce the time occupied in crossing at from Southampton hto e gHalifax, xto twenty - four hours, and that from New York to Cal - cutta to ten days. So far steam navigation by land is much faster than steam propnl- shin by water ; but there are several plans - isle inventions new being tested that may communicationan much more make than swiftest rapid than the trains run by loos- motives, But what marvels are possible to modern eoienoe and invention. The child is living to -day, who will not only cross the ocean in one-third the time It now takes, but who will be able to circumnavigate the globe in an air -vessel, ---visit rt years a o when I -thirty yea g , man, my fathers business ea- o and severe heck. We familyandthe expenses' ofsat heavy. It was necessary My father'splace of saes- heart of the city. We if onlyto take m -fol e a Y to. end from the city. P y article in our scheme were our horses and. car- all these reasons we `resolvedelm to 'within easy reach of business. My brother and to find nit- from house agent to house e o B advertisements •;and ements. But to_, no the Autumn eyenln s m g y I used to prowl about the hoping to hit upon a We hadgiven notice to house and Tb ou d belsas perfect oat- wnight large a familyas ours found Bab late ne Saturday,' y were investigating a quarter had not hitherto penetrated, the verything. A amnia g burst from both of tined atr at thecorner g 9 of a the corner house, '!t was other houses. We had ea arience by this tithe, and a that the place was al- nit am f che numerous windows the house was to let :his." door." We applied. The by a tidy, grey-haired over the house next A rather queer look ncivill face fora moment, y But it is rather darklevy, I. `" We maycome inwe place is likely to suit us. us placehe particulars 7" The wo- the rooms and the var of the rooms mansion. All were rent I"I in gaited, nerving 'She named that I uttered an a named we've had it on our hands she terms tole tenant." Ygood, can we look over it T I it your own property 7" But we have the letting of show you to- if would didn't mind. over is all day and very late at agent 7" He's employed behind the of the theatres. He is a We thanked her, for Sunday morn- went home delighted. As of the square, 1 said : notice how ori that woman 1 e oke to her? What did 4'p said my who was fellow. elle thought we were too the neighborhood," said like the look of the place. and old-fashioned." our success at home,to everybody. Next morn- Y Y•of appointment and were re- landlcrd himself. He was a -looking man of some we were favorably!m- him. He took us over the our Inquiries freely was satisfactory. But my brother, who temperament, kept on until I got fairly angry. on to the matter of drains, had been reduced to silence he was most pertlnacioua on damp.At last he said : ask a very high rent, the landlord deliberately, his cap in his hand, "you see is out of fashion now. it once was. We've had for some time, and we're it. Yon can see there's no- with the place. If it were you'd pay six or seven His explanation seemed fI + and certainlymuseum, the closest scrutiny. Event- the bargain. I was lunching ab my along with two or three -hunting, Denton 7" said • k Heaven," I said. "We've lash. In -- Dietetic Fallacies, 1. That there ie any nutriment in beeftea made from extracts. There Is none what. That gelatine is nutritious. It will net keep apossess cat -alive. Beef spa and gelatine, however, a Curtain reparative power, we know not what, 3. That an egg le equal to a pound of meat, and that every sick person can eat them, Many, especially those ofnervena'orin bilious temperament, cannot eat them ; and to such, eggs are injarioaa,lost 4. That because milk ie an important arta- ale of food, it must be forced upon a patient. Food that a person cannot endure, will not euro, That arrow -root is nutritious. It is simply starch and water, useful as a rester- alive, quickly prepared. 6. That cheese is injurious in all oases, It is, as a rule, contra-indicated, being us- unity indigestible ; ,bat it to concentrated nutriment, and a waste repairer, and often. craved, 7. That the cravings of a patient are whims and should be denied. The stomach often needs, craves for, and digests articles not laid down in any dietary. Such are, for example, fruit, pickles, jams, cake, ham, bacon with fat, cheese, butter and milk. g, That on inflexible diet may be marked out, which shall apply to every ease. Choice of a given list of articles allowable in a giv en case must be decided by the opinion of the stomach, The stomach is right, and theory wrong, and -the judgment admits no appeal A dist which would keepa health man e healthy, might kill a sick man; and a diet to sustain asick man would not 'keep a 'well man alive. Increased qua ntity of feed, especially of liquids, does net mean increased nutriment ; rather, decrease, since the digestion is over -taxed and weakened. Strive to give the food to as concentrated a form as possible. Consult the patient's stomach in preference to his cravings ; and, if the stomach rejects a certain article, , e net force it, Prevention of Cancer, The predisposing causes of cancer are lathe habits of the patients atir of hes. Just as civilization is the cause of the strain that wreaks eo many intetleats, ee it to alae the cause of depressing 'the animal vitalit of the Individual and brings im Its train this dread disease. The maicanoe of this die- ease is "" established wealth and a state of luxury. The appetite for eating moat andreduce highly seasoned food is indulged, and can be regularly and habitually indulged, only in a state of established civilization, with eommuntities engaged in accumulating for tunes and ,vtetng with each other in rump• tacos living. Those conditions, together with habits of Indolime and Inanfiicient ex- eroise, cause an accu niation of the waste products in the system which predisposesB y P p to cancer. Then an accidental bruise, or reversal of fortune, with mental depression, or any other exciting cause, may develop this terrible disease, The lesson'le obvieue. People should live more frugally and take plenty of exercise in the open air, and in short, fellow hygienic modes of mush mere remote. The danger the f cancer be diffis maycure power of thut e individualtion , to be in the P The Dancing Dervishes of Pena, Among the curious eights of Constantjn• tele which nearly every traveller makes a point of visiting is the establishment of the D,.naing Dervishes Monera. The building in which these Dancing Dervishes perform their religions exercises does certainly net Impieee one with any idea of sacredness, It has a very common -place exterior, end inside resembles many"halls" 'on the Con- fluent setapart far te exhibitions of acro• bate and conjurers. On the floor of the ball isa circular place railed off, with a parterre beyond, and galleries above, while in are• Cees sit the musicians, whose singular in- atruments send forth those strange, mono- mus- tenon sonndi whdoh constitute Turkishtoget io. The leader or priest stands in the con- tre of the circle,and the dervishes -about twenty in number en the occasions when we have witnessed the per formance—cloth• ed in light grayflannel robes, made verwesterly,ywhich B g 9 full, and with grey felt hats like inverted flower -pots on their basic, and feet bare,, s In round him in a kind of waltz, The P left appears to be kept constantly on the floor,while the right foot is maned round K P,. rather than over it to effeot the revolution, Paoli man keepshis hands outs read, w•ith p lila fingers palating do the ground, er fold- od upwards morose his and whirls p r breast, round like a spinning top, his garments ex- . tnte d(ng almost horlicntaily from the hips, res �� BY THE SPAY. Cuttinga rock out of a Stomach. A novel and dangerous operation has just neon performed 3n Paris by Dr, PolarlLu- The patient was a mountebank named Lu• P who, in the pursuit of his calling, s mellowed a large fork, which stuck fast in his stomach. It was to vain that he tried his fingers down to the tips of the B itP fork, ;aha had to leavedn u there, in the hops no harm would ansae. In a few days, however, he felt acutepainparticularlyOver when his stomach was ithoufood D thefork was unable to finddina position of the fork by means of the ordinary sounding ea ho employed another with • Hetoh he made anvin to touch the prongs, hen incision in the mar's ab- He twarmth demon and extracted the fork, In his re- ort to the Aaadeni en the sub sot Dr, p 1 Polaillon enumerates- fourteen cases of a inwit$ onlsimy seven of .which the fork only termed ia, the etomaeh, toar med, an abscess ma _ In China oranges are placed over night in the ice -safe, and form a delicious Ho- past after the unrest of a hot summer night, . Pure milk !e ensured to the inhabitants of Havana, in the Island of Cuba, by the milkman bringing his cows with him and drawingoff at each house the amount re- united. , Canada and the United State; the prevailing winds are north and north-' the ri Burn or winter by, g are intensified. In Western Europe the prevailing winds are south-westerly ;and, as these winds bring with them the f and moisture of the A lantic, the winter climates of Western Europe contrast strongly, latitude for latitude„ or - those of the 3daatern States of Arnim - ioa, .: d Du next to u, the Afrivan eap1orer, g cx- that, his white skin, nothing os� cited so muoh wonder among the grizzly- , haired Africans as his sleek bink liar. One day he found it convenient to have it cut, and the chlppings were thrown` outside bis hub, , 1'rosantl , however, he y hoax a tremendous ecti$1lng and uproar, and, on looking out to; sec, there were a king and his dnbjeots- scrambling and - ostlin to ob oeseseton of the lsrevaller'it J g g li bubble to be worn as> a latish to , br'ng good, leak. r•. _ equate." re, echoed. he, thoughtful- t c acre is the --. q have you got?" I said. He threw his head into a fit of laughter. laughed too. I looked from for an explanation. p done, said 1, with dig- you know,"said my his gravity. "" No. 4b 9 ? I am the other men so I put on a bold front. one didn't know stab, dl He was somewhat' but returned to the charge. have plenty of 'company "" We shall have you a • p Y with a fine head of snow- in a single night. l �! be afraid, r, I retorted. h of us to frighten anybed. gg „B crowd hint out, a new hat you don't stop he, mrefreshed ou ," paid I promptly. "Ap y , An one ole' want to land the subject T ,..nn a+>k.in.Mnttf 'fnnnm. -- " Why, ys oh number No. 46," and burst other men bo the other When you've Why, don't .d,recovering is haunted 'ng at me, As i£, every I composedly.he n aback + Weil, you'll Well, " said.' ae he est in thecity e hair, acquired : old boy Don't yon are encu t. We shall I bet you ek ," aid + p 7 ne ith a w i as ire lil;:e. 9 " i one volunteered, .:..A Rn,; 1- "assns The New York Indepcnd6ntMaids that it is true that a prominent trustee in ono Of the lar set churches in New En land sue-• oesefull o osed the inauguration of revival Y Pp B n n the round that such a meeting meetings o B e g would destroytheir. new church oar pats, 6, +, I Besides, he id reported to have said "6 v val We what db wo want with a re i t W are out of dohs; our ewe arc all rented , peeve our house is fall, and a logival would only diotnrb ilio unlet and orderly-dayolopment of'the Auntie" _ A Safe Clonoluslon eh Jove,Cherla " said a youngman Y+ s, i ",.— Wouldn't; at staid, "Idled S asked mo if I woo be kind enough to,bringher some coffee ; g ; -. ', end, don't ye know, we've never bison in • trudged, What do you thrnk of'that, 7" • - ' ,f "" What do Ithtnk of it ? re lied Clear• d, Pshorn lose, Wily, I thank plea mistook you fox oar, of the waiters." .:'. • , .,.w«.r.w VfirVpY,