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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1886-11-11, Page 6LOVE OBI AN. VENGEANCE AMONG THE SMUGGLERS THE ¥00: FA,Mata'releet 96E45 10Z449E, StEcE THE DAYS or 009111A Al!TD KAATATT., CHAPTER VII.--(ConTneheM.) I. Marie looked him, in the face, autl evhile the little hands were clasped arohad .him, she spoke to hint 3 and the \verde came out 1 so torrent -like and with euch alarming robe- ' bility that Gerald, being Perfectly innocent of the French languege, looked both dis- tressed end confounded. Captain 1Nlooquet then told Marie that Gereld aid not speak French, 'upon which Merle made a disastrous attempt to say something, in English, which was so total a failure that Gereld was unawere of what extraordinary. lenguaae she was cognizant, as well as of her natrre tongue. "1 shall go to tell him," said Captain Moequet, "Mon cher Gerald, we will love you alway—all the days—and you Will go to In belle Franee aid be one bon marl to me chere Maria !" ' " Old," seal lefarie immediately. " That is whet you call arrange—settler," added CaptainVocquet. " Oui 1" cried Marie. And she settled herself down on the cabin floor and held Gerald's hand in hers and rested her head upon his knee. . . It was very strange, but at that moment Gerald could have almost sworn that a voice aaid " Grace" in his ear, and then there rose up, like a gentle, fair spirit before his mind's eye, the girl he had left home in the ocean cavern, on the shores of Cornwall. And yet, was she not a sister ? and was that the only love with which his heart wile ee be content in the pilgrimage Gerald was in a state of confusion and hi - decision as to what he ought to say or do, when a sudden noise above attracted his at- tention, as well as that of Captain Mooquet -and his daughter. That noise was the removal of the hatch- way covering, by order of Captain Dolan, that he might come down and say what he had to say to Captain Mocquet. That Dolan should see Marie and that he Should have in his power such a hostage for the submission, both of herself and Captain Mocquet, to whatever he might choose in the plentitucle of his tyranny to dictate, was a thing not to be thought of by Gerald, if it could be avoided, and he sprang to his feet, lifting Marie tenderly at the same time. " Hide, hide ! Oh, hide !" he whisper- ed. "That is Dolan who is coming." "My Marie ! My Marie !" cried Cap- tain Mocquet. "Hush ! The berth! He will not go in there. Hush ! Tell her to go there, sir. She will not understand me • oh, tell her !" Marie looked from one mo; other con- fusedly, but a few words from her father let her comprehend what was meant and she at once glided past the little sliding panel, which shut in what was called the state berth on beard the Rift. Gerald pushed a chair close to the panel, and. then, keeping the hatchet close to him, while Captain Mocquet, pale and nervous, stood by the table they both awaited the entrance of the villian Dolan. But Dolan did not descend at once to the cabin. Before doing so he beckoned to Mar- tin, and while the baleful light was in his eyes again he said: "Martin, Martin, when you sent off the crew of the Coquette in their boat—" "Well, captaia ?" "You were not aware that in the cabin, sleeping in one of the berths of the lugger, there was—there was—" "Why, you don't mean to say, sir, that Mocquet had brought his little girl with him this voyage ?" "Did he usually ?" "Yes, at times ; she has no mother and he never could bear to have her out of his sight." "Then, my dear Martin you can tell our dear shipmates that they left that daughter of Mocquet's in the cabin to go down with the scuttled lugger." "You left her !" "The act of one, the act of all." "No!" "Yes ; in law, my dear Martin, we are all in for that alike. I might as well say I didn't scuttle the Coquette, because I was not actually in her hold at work upon her timbers. You see, Martin, so you—you— and Ben Bowline, and the rest of you, you see, have drowned Captain Mocquet's little daughter. Ah !" Captain Dolan, after making this consol- ing speech, slowly descended into the cabin. Martin passed his hand over his brow and then gave a vigorous pull at his hair, as he said : "I wonder now if that's proper sea law. I don't half like it. I begin. to feel rather uncomfortable. I'll go and speak .to Ben about it." Dolan took good care of himself as he went into his cabin, for he did not feel quite sure that an attack might not be made upon him, either by Gerald or by Captain Moc- quet, or by both. So he flung the door rather wide, and before he stepped in he said: " Hilloa !" No one answered him, therefore he was compelled to ineke an appearance which he diel in a shrinking sort of way, 'keeping within hail of his crew on the deck. "Well, Captain Mocquet ?" he said. " Come—come—it is not worth while be- ing sulky over it. Business is business, you know, and my idea was to make as much money as -possible. I dare say you would have served hie the same trick now if you could. It's only a mattter of money, and you must he too well off to take much heed, even of the loss of the Coquette and your francs and goods." "Captain Dolan," said Mocquet in a sharp? clear voice, "you are one robber, one villain t My Coquette was neine—my francs were mine. You had the Rift—that was yours. I did not touch youre—you have robbed mine." "Come,. come, be reasohable I I have let your crew go safely off in their boat" "Alt!" Bat I want twenty thousand harms of you!" 'A.h "Pn one conditionahich is, atilt I re- „ Storeto yeti ythir little daughter; whom I took Mit of yoUr and'have.in perfect fee yoit whenever you cheese td give tne an order for the Money in soma way by •Which / can ,get, it,” • , „ The hoof effienitery of this Speeeh, efter awhat Maequet and, Gerald lineete' Wee telinost 'more than they .coidd for . the itionteue be- lieve eand it was hot Until . Dolan' :had' re. • peated the' words , that they fully appeecie ated , then. " And; 'captain," letallacquet; Who sPao hetter now under'the intpnlse of his styong emotions then he had done be- fore, and captain, si, si-e-that is if I shall net say aye to that proposition r Dolan shrugged Ins shoulders. "I cannot take upon myself to say exaet. ly what I will do, but you -will never see your daawhter agein." " ! " You consent ?" " Non—no !" eried Mooquet, as he dealt the table a blow 'that made it start again. f' You will !" "Non—no !" The baleful look glanced from the eyes of Dolan and he muttered ; Yes you will, and shell now leave you to consider it. Your money or your daughter, that is the question. ' " Oh, yes, it is. Gerald, you will do well, as you may be some time with this obstinate man, to let him know that I ant very, apt to be a man of my word. The day will soon weal away and I will come to you again. By the bye, your present quarters will be changed and I shall then trouble you to come on deck, foil shall want my cabin to myself. So aeo that you quickly decide, Captain Mocquet, for when on deck —when on deck, he! in a sudden passion, a moment of rage—and ant rather subject to them, if thwarted—I'll fling a man into the sea, where you will join your daughter as food for fishes." "But you said," remarked Gerald, " that you had saved the captain's daughter." " Eh?" "You said you had her safely and now you talk of her being food for fishes." "And bow dared you put your oar in ?" roared Dolan, as he bent a ferocious grin upon Geral. "Look to yourself, boy— look to yourself 1" " I will." " It is as well that you should: for if I had not made up my mind to hang you, I should perhaps drown you ! ha !ha ! Look to yourself. I have your daughter safe enough, Mocquet—a pretty little creature, with large, fine eyes. I have her ! I have her ! Her price is twenty thousand fra,nes —twenty thousand, and when you are pre- pared to pay them she is yours. Think of it—I leave you to 'think of it." "A sail !" shouted a voice from the deck. Dolan hesitated a moment or two, as though he either had something to say him- self in addition, or thought Gerald or Cap- tain Mocquet would make him some reply ; but as they neither of them did, he, with a muttered imprecation, made his way to the deck. "What shall I do?" said Mocquet to Gerald. "What shall I do? He is one grand voleur, and he will go to come, and my Marie will be discovered." "Hush ! Oh, look 1 look 1:0 Through the little cabin window, by which Gerald had plunged into the sea to the rescue of Marie, they could see oyer the surface of the Channel and at about a couple of miles distant, there was the schooner Spray making all sail, in evident pursuit of the Rift. "We shall be saved yet," said Gerald. "Oh, yes! we shall be saved yet. And then, and then—" The boy dlasped his hands over his eyes and sobbed bitterly. "Ma foi 1" said Captain Mocquet, "What for you (what you call it?) cry ?" "That man is my father." "Non—no 1" " Yes ! Oh, yes! I cannot deny him - 1 cannot defend him ; I cannot deny him. Oh heaven, direct me ! After all, that man is my father." "I shall not believe. One father and one son shall not be as one north pole (as theyou call from one andande nteh the o uottlhi eproi s mfaera newt% difference — comprenezvous ?—not like to like. It was not to be in the nature. Oh, non! No, no—ten times no! Bah " Monsieur Mocquet had settled this so satisfactorily to himself that he looked quite contented about it and gazed through the cabin window at the advancing Spray with great interest. Dolan, eteprgi, en tee 4004 Of the schomier sad temched hi cep teespeetfully, "4ny 001St" sir • "WeU I don't know as to that. I:rave yOtl your papers . Yee, euen• . , Ah hem ' Ceptainl Baraelnee Thompson a thapett of Pladneutli, snP,' pose it's all right -41M ! Ali 1 the Sarah.? ' "Well. Have you seen zeattor--ebout your size—mest raking out of all euetwn, with a yellow streek beimath her bulwarks —end a very laree foreseilthet ate onghto't to have et all ;bi feet, ehe is rigged enYlloW but stifle as if the eld 'un himself puffed her along ?" "Yes, sir." "Ob! you have ?" "Yes, sir' Such a cutter tried to over- haul us, butwe got out of her way, or else she ewe it up and went off due west about an hour ago." "Due west 1 We ought t� see her," "So you ought, Sir; and there is a sail right hull down that looks like a gull's wing on the water that I should say was the very cutter." "It may be. Thank you." "You are welcome'sir. Can I be of any use—I am going into Falmouth ?" "No—yet stay a moment—you can re- port to Sir Thomas Clifford, the port admir- al—that the Spray is off and on, looking out for the Rift, and hopes to bring her in soou," "Yes, sir; I hope you may." " Good -day, Mr. Thompson." "Good -day, sr.' As cool and calm and collected as it wa possible for any human being to be, Dolan got over the side of the schooner and into! his boat, and Martin and Bowline pushed off aud dipped their oars into the water with long, vigorous strokes. It was at this mo- ment that Mr. Green strolled up from the state-cabin—where the Honorable Charles Minto Grey was, as usual, enjoying his meerschaum—and going to the side next the Rift, he said: "'What is all this about, Mr. Boyle?" "Only been trying to get some informa- tion from a stupid captain of a cutter yon- der. The Sarah." " The what ?" " The Sarah," "But she is not the Sarah." "Oh, yes, sir. I saw her papers and her name is on her stern. You will see, sir." "Well, it looks to me like Rocket, South Shields." Mr. Boyle took up his glass and looked, when to his eyes a very curious phenomen- on, in regard to the name of the cutter, presented itself. There was a strip of something—wood or leather, he could not make out which—or it might be canvas, flapping about just under the carved wood- work at the stern of the cutter; and as this something flapped in one direction, there was on one side of it the name "Sarah, Ply- mouth," and on the other, "Rocket, South Shields." "What do you make of it?" said Mr. Green. "I don't like it at all." "It's odd 1" "Very. Holloa 1" "What now, Mr. Boyle ?" "Some one is fluttering a handkerchief from her cabin window. Why, good gra- cious 1" "What now?" "She is altering the rake of her mast, it seems to me, and setting more canvas. Un - lees I am a Dutchman, I should say that I can just see the corner of the muzzle of a gun on her deck half hidden by some mat- ting and a tarpaulin. I don't like the Sarah, of Plymouth." "Nor I 1 What if, after all, she should turn out to be the Rift?" "By the Holy, sir, it may be 1 Cutter, ahoy! Hilloa 1 Cutter, ahoy! Mika, ! Come back, sir—you Captain Thompson— we want to speak to you." Dolan had got more than two.thirds of the way to the cutter when this new hail came upon his ears, and he glanced ,back at the Spray as if irresolute in regard to what he should do. BothMartin and Ben Bow- line saw that look of Dolan's and. the latter said at once • "No—no. It won't do. There is some- ,. thing amiss." "Surely not." Martin ceased rowing for an instant and gazed earnestly at the schooner. Then he said quietly: "Give way, Ben—give way. We are in for it now. Give way, or all is lost 1" A shrill whistle from the deck of the goy ernment schooner came over the surface of the sea and then there was a splash in the water as her boat was afloat and half a doz- en of her crew sprang into it. " Now, Ben," cried Martin—" pull with a will 1" The oars splashed in the water, and in a few seconds Dolan and Ben Bowline and Martin were on the deck of the Rift and the boat -properly secured. The little vessel had been slowly beating about the $ ot, tak- ing tacks of some quarter of a mile each, and not the slightest delay need take place in her.showing her heels to the schooner. There was not much anxiety on the mind of Dolan, for well he knew that there was no schooner, cutter or other vessel afloat in the Channel that in a stern chase would have the slightest chalice of competing with the ' Rift. The Spray was quite far enough off to give his vessel all the start she wanted, and , he knew that in the first five miles he should be able te show the government schooner how futile a pursuit would be. I " Now work on?" he cried. "Show them a bit of our quality—for I don't like the looks of things on the deck of the Spray at all."Phe boat'that had been launched from I the echooner had not got above a dozen of its own lengths from the Spray when she , was recalled and the men rested with a dia- 1 satisfied look on their oars—for English sailors have a notion that they can board and take anything that swims ; and it is by no moms a very extravagant one, consider- ing what has been done in that wey under a Nelson. and a Cochrane, " Look out 1" shouted Martin. "Down with the helm ! That will do. Here she comes 1" A gun had beeh hastily prepared on board of the Spray ; and even as Martin spoke, the report followed the flash, and there was a sharp whistle of the shot visaing dose to the weather -bow of the Rift. "Very good," said Martin, " The follow now know e what he is about. That will do, I think," This last obeervation of Martin's armee from his observation of a very peculiar shaped, mil, which had been—oh the moment, I that speed became a prominent object in the proceeclinge of the Ritt—beht to her cordage and mast- It was probably Flitch a sail as cutter iiever carried before ; it had—or rather the secret of its shape end use—been beltieathed to Dolan by an old betecatteer who had Oen it used in the Smith Seas, and found hove evenderfelly effeetiYe it Was, :44; Ma a wind: . , The cutter matte one dipping sort ef MO, tion, at though it had an inteetion, like a CHAPTER VIII. THE REVENUE CUTTER MAKES A STIOT TITAT TELLS. The schooner, on emerging frail the fog, had come at once in sight of the Rift, but the alteration in the trim and general appearance of the cutter completely deceiv- ed the sailing master of the Spray, who, in the Rift, now saw nothing but a strange cutter, from which he might possibly get some information concerning the smuggler. It was no part of the design now of the Riftto try to outsail the Spray toward the English coast; as in such a case she ran all the risk in the world of being intercepted by some government vessel that might lie be- tween her and the shore, What Dolan now wanted was to shake off the Spray by finesse, and by sending her DB some false tack in fancied pursuit of the Rift. When, therefore, the Spray got within about three-quarters of a mile of the Rift and fired a gun, the Rift at once lay to and looked as quiet and submissive as possible. Had then the sailing master of the Spray not stood so much on the dignity of a kings's ship, but had sent a boat on board the Rift, some sharper eyes than common might possibly have seen something suspicious about the Rift; but he did not do s�. When the smuggler lay to, the Spray soon claehed over two-thirds of the distance between them and then Me. Royle hailed through his trumpet: "Cutter, ahoy ?" "Aye, aye, sir 1" "What cutter ?" "The Sarah—port of Plymouth." "Come on board, sir." "Aye,.aye, eir 1" Captain Dolan lie,d had practiee in this kind of thing, and having a certificate from the Trinity House that had belonged to a Captain Thompson, and the regular papers of a cutter, Sarah, of Plymouth, in readiness, he quiekIyagot into the etitter's boat and Martin and Ben Bowline—on both of whom he knew lie could depend, as regarded the diecretion of their acts—pulled hint over the short distance tew-erd the sehootter. "Now, .Martin," said Dolan, as they neared the schooner don't do things too ship ape . " Ali right," said Martin, as he perpose. ly slipped his °Dalton), the rowlocks arid put the boat out of its conrse. "Oh, you lubbers 1" cried Mr. Boyle. "I only Wish had yore on beard a king's ship for a There., thatwill de., Don't. run its down. Well, sir, who are yea r due* in daring, Of g.etherlag clrgr its deckt, 044 Vail it tledie ratliee than ettil, eel, on its( couree,r3ierth by Weet.' All wueeleee far fee the' feet of the cattar biieling laeolee venient to heteNerbeiiled •bY e getTerninslat veseel–ealthengh tlealfe on board the schooner could after ell only have A. 81141)16011 that it wet the 11,.ift they bed tri ehase. Mr, Reyle looked fearfully savage at the recollection that he had aetually had the captain of the outtee in his hands and hed let hint go agtin. he wtohed the tr 0:Wav it sped slling iev‘srosfy,d soily!hts, es ere not nsually-eddressed to polite ears— the 505. But if a stern chase be 4 long chase ; for it is one,. likewise, that keeps the aame long in view. The cutter might sail Rve feet to the eehooner's three, buts that only took it at the tette of two feet from the schooner at the given period of tine; and .ow the Spray was crowded with all the canvas that could be put upon her, until she was in such a situetioo that had site been in a more treacherous ima. than the English Channel, where sudden squalls, typhoons or cyclones might abound, but little chance of safety would have been left her. As it was, she mede good speed. It won't do, Mr. Green," said Royle ; it won't do. She'll get away." Cripple her. It is the only chance," "We will try ib. Double charge the long carronade, you lublaere, and ram well home: We will bit her or burst, I take it! Clear away there! Now let Inc get to it . • a, Mr. Royle flung himself et length by the breach of the gun and carefully sighted the chase, As the Rift rose and fell on the seas she was cutting her way through, he watched until the rise and fall of the Spray was, coincident with that of the cutter; and then, rolling over from the position he had essumed in sighting the gun, he cried : Fire 1" Bang! went the doubly charged carron- ade ; and a circle of light blue smoke flew upward, hanging fantastically about the sails of the vessel. A gust of the rather fitful breeze that had got up within the last half hour cleared the vapor from before the gun; and then Mr. Royle uttered a loud Cheer of exultation. "Hit—hit 1" he cried. "She's hit ! Ready, my lads, to give it him again 1" Mr. Green looked earnestly at the Rift through a glass, and that there was confusion on her deck was sufficiently evident—for there lay a heap of white canvas and she visibly altered her course a point or two to the north. The fact was that the shot from the Spray had done the only mischief the Rift had to dread, and that was to bring down some of her gear. For the time the new and ex- traordinary sail that had given such speed to the smuggling vessel had been rendered useless, it eying been brought down by the gun, and that was the white object that Mr. Green saw encumbering her deck. The speed of the Rift was materially checked and all was hope mid excitement on board the Spray, that the cutter might, in fact, be the very vessel they were commis- sioned to destroy or Capture, and that they were in a fair way of being alongside of her in the course of half an hour. "Now, again 1" shouted Mr. Boyle. And. the carronade was once more, pointed and fired. But this time the luck Was on the side of the Rift, for the all flew harm. lessly past her—certainly in rather toe close proximity to the man at the wheel to be pleasant to him, but as Martin remarked, "A miss is as good as a mile, so that's all • right." I But the damage was really very serions on board the Rift, and Ben Bowline looked Captain Dolan in the face as he said, in his ' usual unamitible manner, as regards the quality of his voice: "It's not much use now. The new jiga- , raaree of a sail es done for and though we 1 can beat him iii plain sailing, he will sight right in to shore." "Captain Dolan took a long look about him and then, in a suppressed voice, he said: "Otto hour more daylight." "That's all, sir." " Kee on then with all speed for a few miles further. How is she as to trim—eh ?" IA glance at the rake of the mast let Dolan know that he might with effect .shift some of his dead weight forward, and that was ac- cordingly done, so that the butter was soon I placed in her best position for sailing, and then, after casting a long and anxious look I at the Spray, which seemed., if anything to have neared them by a trifle, Captain Dolan shouted in a loud voice 4 " Aft, here, men of the Rift—aft here, I say 1" I That this portended some important com- munication to them the men well knew, and I they gathered slowly about the main hatch- way. (To BE CONTLNEED. Sorrowing for the Dead in Aftica. The ,beating of the drum announced that the dance Was about to begin. The men ar- ranged theinselaes ves-a-m9 with the women, as in a ballet dance in a European theatre. The dance opened by an advance of the wo- man, who kneeled before the women end then retired. The Men next advanded, ,slapped each Other on the' thigli, knelt, and with., drew. After a pause both men and women went through a figure somewhat resembling "The ,Lancere:" The wontea displayed some peduliar contortions of the limbs, and simulj taneouely the men passed in and out between the contortionists. This was only a pre! lude to a more exciting scene—a very lively dance not unlike the French can-ean ac- companied by savage gesticulations. Some of the men' threw themselves violently on the grotind ; others crawled about " on all - f ours,, ' whilet the women sat down clasping their knees with their. hands. Subsequently the women foimed a circle, and . then retir- ed into linejoined by the men. Thedanc- ers vied with each other in grotesque con- tortions, and the one who succeeded the best was the londeet applauded. Every joint and muscle was brought into play, and at intervals the men .and winnen would drop out to refresh themselves with millet and beer. In this way the "sorrow for the dead" was kept up throughout the night withoLt • Chihli:61116ga eeplee D. A B94.QfU11X1Ut0. . Sotia Meme DeildleNuTS.-a-00e pint of oOtir innk, one Qui) Of Sugar, two ego, (mo- hair CU t' lard, ORQ teaepeofel ef etele, a lit - tie initineg or ,esttrieet of lemon, Mix welders eyit thick, OftV i Ceheam Dontnituree.—One egg, one OAP 91 sugar, one tebleepoonful of thick, wieeet crew)), stir woli together, then addeurtineg, a little eat, and dissolve one teaspoolital 01 soda itiorm cup of sour ; mix as oat ES ean. be and roll out. Oat in liege. Twiae Dotroemoas.—One egg, one table- spoonful Of butter, one cup of sugar, one cup of sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls of creain. tartar, one teaspoonful of soda, and fleyor. Me. Flour sufficient to mix as soft as can be rolled °et. Cut off strips, twist them, and fry ,in very hot lard. PoValtar Dotretiteues,—Oae cup of sour milk, one egg, two teaspoonfuls of sugar, one teaspoonful Of Oda and a little salt. Do not mix very herd, roll thin, cet in squares. These ete very good without the egg; this recipe acquired its name in war time when sugar had to. be used sparingly. 1.30sToN Bateau DouonEuTs.—One cup a sweet milk, one-half cup of yeast, or one- quarter of a yeast cake dissolved in one - hell cup Of Warm water. One tablespoon -fel Of butter, one-half cup of sugar, ono egg, one-half teaspoonful of spice, frour sufficient to mold. Set it away to rise, covering is closely; when light, roll out, Cut into shapes' and let rise again quickly and very light. Goon DonuaiNoes.—One cup of sugar, one cup of sweet milk, two eggs, three teaspoon- fuls of lard, one tenapoonful of soda, two teaspoonfuls of cream -tartar; a little Mintamon or nutmeg. Beat the sugar and lard together till light, then add the eggs well beaten. Mix with flour as soft as possible and have it stiff enough to roll out. Have the lard very hot, and when frying the cakes do not pierce them with a fork when turning them. All the above recipes have been tried and are used frequently by the writer, and with the usual care in frying they will all prove good. Economy in Fuel. One of the most difficult things to teach a girl is economy in fuel. Nothing seems to satisfy but a continual piling, on of coal. As soon as a little gas has burned off, a vigor- ous shaking and raking out of ashes follows; then the stove filled anew, touching and lif lug the covers, which soon become red hot, and the process is repeated from morning till night. Teach her in order to obtain and secure a good draft, the coal ought never to be above the lining. And in this connection I am reminded of another practice which seems to come to kitchen.girls by intuition, or handed down by tradition ; that is, to put sad irons, or flat irons as generally called, on the stove over the hottest fire, hours before nee; con- sequetly they are ruined, for if once heated to redness, will ever after retain heat but a short time, and lose their smoothness, too. I would rather lend almost anything else to a neighbor than a flat iron. In ironing, have two holders to use alterately, thereby lessening the heat of the hand and insuring a greater degree of comfort. Hints. Ginghams and prints will keep their color better if washed in water thickened with flour starch. Flour is very cleansing and will do the work of soap in one or two wash- ings in the starch water. This, with the rinsing, will be sufficient, and the goods will look fresher than if washed and starched in the old-fashioned way. Mucla trouble may be avoided by keeping flat -irons in a dry place so they shall not rust, and by remembering to wipe each iron, not only the first time it is taken from the 1 stove, but every time. Spermaceti (dropping, of candles made from that substance will an- swer), tied into a small piece of linen, rub - j bed frequently on the iron seems to keep it ' smooth, and, I think, gives a gloss to articles I stiffened with cold starch. 1 To clean a spice mill: If you wish to ' clean your spice -mill, grind a handful of raw rice in it. The particles of spice and pep- per, or of coffee, will not adhere to it after 1 the rice has passed through. A way of treating soiled kitchen walls: , Dissolve a lump of extract of logyroml the I size of a grain of corn in hot water and put I it in four or five quarts of lime that is ready to use. One application will be as good as two without the logwood. To scour knives easily, mix a small quant- ity of baking soda, with your brickclust, and see if your knives do not polish better. The Opinionlees man is anxious to agree With you etal everybody else in everything ; therefore he is an insincere friend. He do. clams that yott are a saint t� the man wile believes you to be so, and, with just as much etripliasie, asserts that you are a villain to the next man, to wboni, pessibly, you may have sold ta horse who did not titre oat, aie Well as might have been expeeted, eoneldine: ing the twice paid for hirne „Thee° opinion - less people are the peits , of society ; mut whet., besides lmirtg (*Juiciness, they have itri itneenanerefittidity of Apeeelit end talk all the thine. Ohe can be far, happier, in the neighboUFhota et "6, hortiet's' nest than in ,their 'seetebye. 144alif inalleiette ' Men and weinen, do het Make at Melt lineohief as . , . they., ' ' When the Shower Had Passed By. Pat was one day lately going along a street, when it carne on a very heavy shower of rain. To keep his coat dry he entered the doorway of a stationer's shop, but was inunediately pulled hp by the shopkeeper asking: "What's your business there, my man ?" Pat—" Och, -thin, I wasn't wishing to dis- turb yis, hut now that I've got yer attintion, I was wanting a song called. the Ould Arm Chair." Shopkeeper—"Oh. yes; 'here it is." Pat—" Thin I would like Annie Laurie.'" Shopkeeper" Just at hand here, sir," Pat—" Thin The Last Rose of Summer,' and that will do." The shower having abated, Pat was mak- ing for the doer, when he was reminded that he had left his songs and that the charge was three shillings. Pat—" Obh„ 'thin, just put the Mild arm chair hi that center' clap Annie Laurie in it, and stiCk the laetroe Of summer in her breast; and if the craythur should Weary, give her that good ould song, Jilted by a Paddy,' to arnese her." Work and Health. Work, pure and simple, however hard and however constant, is tardy the cause of impairment of health, if only common hygienic precautions be observed. It is the hurried and irregular meals, and still more irregular "pick-me-ups," which do the mischief, Monotony of work is, however, in the long run, as detrhnental to intellectual vigour as is a monotonous diet to the diges. tive funetions ; but relief here is easily ob- tained by forcible divereion of energy during some part of the twenty-four hours into an. Other channel. The statesman, exhausited by the reSponsibilities mad cares of office, may seek recreation in the felling of timber, while the woodcutter, if lie be wise, will take his over a book or a paper by the fire - Side, The complete change of ocatipation end mental activity on Sundays nitht be of immense utility to the jaded bank•elerk or busy tradesman, and, if for no other roa. sem is highly to be commended. Hotel Proprietor—a We don't allow any 1,1gsaictielingocttiern,e,o,eeoificeehiloxieeree, me; airnlienhetrt 1,1 ete,LhoaisS mut TUB TAMB4LILN CLUB. " Bruddee %twee Sinithe" said the Preel- deo, as the telitegle veeseel its tinkling and the meeting was deelereiiopen,,,P rein giben to unnerstie not you tun Ohio away visit a feu -rein kentry,". "Yes,. ; Pee gwine ober to Canada,' " Worry woli ; de change of sights au' melte will probebiy do„you good, rze glad ,to Bee you go, bet I want to eey a few words ,to you right uow and yore. le do lust plebe, dean' emegine dat de hull United States am gwine to hold its breaf while you. am gone, or be perched on de pedal of anxiety till you git back, Beherel nxen o' your size kin eben take de steamer fur Engitted wid- out seriously blookin, do wheels of bizeees or throwing a State into confusion. Dis may seem strange to you, but it am nevertheless a cold lack. " Secondly, doan' go way feelin' chit you ant A sole representative of dis k-eitry, dat you has de dignity Of de Un' ed Semite to maintain. r you hey sieh ladle)! you won't dere oat onions nor drink buttermilk. Jist keep right down on de ground 'moue. common folks an' a fall won't be so apt 4 break per neck. "Thirdly, doan' find fault wid de people bekaiie Air customs an' habits differ from owe. It would be quite accordin' to Hoyle fur you to go over to Canada an' claim dat all you saw was fifty y'ars behindens Yankees but doan' do it. Not one of 'cm would be- lieve you in de fest piece, en' inde next you might hey great trouble in provin' your as- sertions. " Fo'thly, fur Heaven's sake dome' go to breggin' about yer kentry an' its wonderful resources, inventions, wealth en' enterprise. A good deal of all dis kin bo offset by sartin faelee dat we had better keep to ourselves. Fur instance, our fooss, lunatics an! drunk- ards ain increesin' a good deal faster dim our wealth, an' dar ain't a thousand public officials in de hull kentry who am el'ar of suspicion. Jist keep yer brag to yerself, walk around as a private individual an' you'll come home pleased with your trip. Dat's Bruddee Smith, an' de Seckretary will make you out a card q' membership dat will pass you into any Baptist prayer meetin' dat you happen to come across." " Mr. Ch'rman," said Trustee Pullback as he rose up, " I rise to a pint of order." " De pint seems to be well tookeu," re- plied the President. d Den, sah, I would impute why dis Lime -Kiln Club doan' take some ackshun on de Bulgarian queshun ? It am a queshun which involves de peace of all Europe, an' I can't see---" " Brudder Pullback," interrupted the President, " was you eber in Bulgaria ?" " No, sah." "Do you know whar' she am ?" "N -not 'zactly, sah." " Eber see a Bulgarian ?" " Can't say I hev." "Den you sot down ! De man who mixes up wid all de quarrels in his own naybur- hood has got his arms as full as he kin hold." FIRST REPORTS. - The Judiciary Committee reported that there was little doing in law, and whet there was seemed to be all in the hands of the lawyers who were engaged in establish- ing the innocence of suspected men. They recommended that about half of every jury be sent to State Prison along with the party convicted. The Committee on the Sciences had noth- ing new to report, but recommended such a change in the planetary system as would re- sult in more moonlight nights. The recom- mendation was adopted and the club will see that the change is made. At le)eet the President said so. The Coinmittee on Harmony reported that the strained relations with Mexico had lim- bered up until it was now possible for a Texan and a groaser to meet without want- ing to eat each other up. The fishery ques- tion was still an open one, but there was no talk of war with Canada. The Committee on Art submitted a report condemning, the nude in statuary and paint- ings. While they could not say that the moral effect was bad, there was no gainsay- ing the fact that the tendency was to ignore the clothing trade of the country. The Committe on Finance reported that they had examined the accounts of the Treas- urer and janitor and found both correct, while the money claimed to be deposited in bank had been counted and found to pan out to a cent. They had no recommend- ations to make, being satisfied that every- body was honest. "We hey no confidenshul clerk einployed in dis establishment," said Brother Gardner as the Chairman of the committee sat down, "nom am any Sunday skule superintendent permitted to handle our funds accordin' to his own judgment. All monies comin' in or goin' out pass frew seben different hands, an' each pusson must take and give a re- ceipe, De key to de safe am made in fo' pieces an' handed to fo' different parties. When we make a bank deposit it takes seben of us, an' de one who carries de money on his pesson am clusly watched by de odder six. If our cash account doan' tally up to a cent ebery day in de year you kin look out fur lower barometer an' high winds in de lake region. YERTIAPS. Sir Isaac Walpole secured the floor to suggest that, in view of the increased length of the evenings and the large atttendance at the library it might be a good thing to form a debating society. He had belonged to severel during the last twenty years, and believed himself -le have been greatly bene- fitted. "We will take de matter under advise- ment," replied the President. "I has bac some leetle experience wid debatin' societies an' dis yere scar on de back of my head was de result of oncebein' on de negative side when de quesshun at issue was What Could We do Widout Wimin 1' We will decide de case later on." Bulgaria. Bulgaria, the bone of contention, is in the way of the Czar on his march southward. It probably received Christianity from the Apostle Paul, who is recorded as haying landed at Philippi, The fitat efforts of Rue. t ie. on Btilgaria -were Made between 664 and Wit Anne Domini, The Greek Emperor to revenge hitheelf on the Czar.' of Bulgaria in - &feed the Gem' of Russia to descend on Bul- garia With an areny,of 60,000 Men and a thoroughly. .eimipped fleet He conquered the count*, and captiired all its fortresses e nd then at that early date determined to establish his capital, en the Datitibe, The .Greelee dict net relish the prospeet of having so peweithil a neighbor, ancl then eeniineneed the conteSt of the Danube Which has been kept op throughaltthe ages eince, A carpet trade paper tells a story of a per. spiting salesman who e,etned. to be unable to stilt a lady after enrolling miles of hia stook When blie lady eetnarked to her compeition "Baby liketo see him roll them out, and it's not time to take the train yet," he gave it tip.