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THE EXETER
A ROMANCE OF THE FAITH
The Morning of the full moon opened as
eoffly aa the leaveof it sonsitivegolant.
It was in truth the "white day" of the
year. Oven Hurki, the lord of building
and. of rest, intuit have been, proud. in his
granite heart of this perfect day, set like
an emerald in the jeweled mouth of Sin.
Not a leaf stirred in the limpid air, Even
the dizzy radiations caused by the heat
were abeent on. the near honzoin It was
as if it cool glamour had descended from
heaven to earth to vivify. men's bodies end
to bless the sacrificial day. The sun, like
its priests end its tem.ple, was bereft of
malignant influence, and the strength nt
thodull moon seemed to (marry the value of
the night into the richaess of the morn.
The magnificent and awful coremoniea that
began with the rising of the sun, and that
were te last seven days without intermis-
sion, meant 'many different things to the
participants.
To Amrephel, the high priest, the king,
the despot, they renewed a soul jaded with
adoration and, power. Interpreting Hurki,
he became the central disk of the day.
To a father and mother forced into a
hateful honor the white day became the
black day. It had already snatched from
their kisses their first-born. baby boy. The
modern imagination, refuses to dwell upon
the ghastly fate of the ohild. To the great
throng in the temple ciourt this was the
opportunity of the year to show loyalty to
the religion of their forefathers, to worship,
to gossip, and to trade.
Terakh's statue of Iturkihad.been placed
upon a huge altar facing the throne of the
king. Surmounting a pyramid beside the
tall ziggurat, it rose to a height of twenty
feet. It towered above /the other altars
that smoked with the burnt -offerings of
bullocks and rains slaughtered at daybreak -
Priests flitted here and there within the
sacred inclosure, performing their cemplex
and mysterious duties. At dawn the mul-
titude hail taken its position, ranged by
families and tribes. The most eminent
occupied the places nearest to the altare
and to the sacrifices. Evee now they began
to be impatient for the ceremony of the fes-
tivity. The chief &Mors in, the occasion
were only two, the highest in. the land—
Amraphel, the priest -king, 'and Iskah, the
new high priestess.
In the vast multitude that gaped at the
high altar a spectator from the top of the.
ziggurat might have noticed several groups
of scowling men. They seemed to shun
observation and to be disguised. These
were priests from the rivaltemples of Nana
and Nebo, dressed in the garb of the COM -
Mon people. The worship of Hurki had
engulfed all other religions in Ur, as well
as the state itself. When the king gave a
palmful to Muncie he.gave a pinch to Nana,
and a cold nod, to Nebo. Hurkra- priests
were fat, but Nana's were lean, and Nebo
was oppressed with debt. To raise a die-
turbance in the courts of Hurki at the
supreme sacrifice of the year was dangerous
business, but it might be interpreted, as an
ill omen, and divert Anira.phel from his
religion. One mad devotee had actually
raised the falsetto cry, "Beautiful is Nana,
the goddess of Ur," but he had barely
escaped with his life. These priests, band-
ed together in desperate alliance, pretend-
ed to be zealous for the sacrifices, while in
reality they were only waiting for a favor-
able opportunity to raise a riot.
In due time the omens were declared
propitious for the sacrifice. Hurki lees not
as bloodthirsty as Nerved, god of the fierce
midsummer sun, but once a year the king
himself must place in his stone arms the
first -horn of a noble family. The priestess
lighted the consuming fire.
"Look," said a citizen, nudging another;
"look at the house of Terakh. They occupy
the nearest place. He is in high favor. Be-
hold the height of Abu-ramn, his son.
What wild looking men his servants are!
There must be five hundred of them or more.
Their faces areas the sons of thunder. Even
the king scowls upon them."
"1 understa.nd," interposed his neighbor,
"that .limraphel is jealous of the wealth of
the ruin of Terakh. They say he meditates'
a descent upon his flocks in the desert.
There will be a pretty fight. Hush I Give
me room to fall on my nose, for the crier is
ready."
Therchant of the priests of Hurki now.
swelled to a deafening !dumb. In the midst
stood the king,strethhing out his right arm,
on which a gold braclet glittered. Upon
his head a royal mitre rose like a column to
a commanding height. The hymn of praise
clashed. to a climax of triumph :
"Thou through heaven and eirth eaten&
est goodness, tot remembering wrong
"Thou! thy will who knowest ? Who
with aught can it compare?
"Lord ! in heaven and earth thy lord-
ship I Of the gods none equals thee I"
When the magnificenb ode eo Hurki came
to this supreme end,stillness settled like an
eclipse upon the thousands in the gate of
the temple. With one accora the eyes of
the multitude were raised to the statue of
the god. In this oppressive silence the king
mounted upon the steps of the stages that
led to the summit of the altar. He cast a
critical eye upon the fagots of precious
wood heaped with frankincense that were
to consume the poor babe, end a haughty
look upon the expectant populace. As his
gaze roved over the swaying multitude it
was arrested by a strange sight. Beneath
him and the altar, where an open space
should have b'een left unimpeded, the tribe
of Abiegarnit had advanced upon the "mean
The shepherds had forced themselves inward
almost to the sacred place itself. Fierce
faces full of hate looked up to Arnraphel.
The king's practised eye discerned the out-
line of a bow here, of a javelin there,and of
quivers hidden beneath the ceremonial
robes, _A priest who had been haughtily
shoved aside by this rudeeeers Was fiercely
reciting an imprecation. against the men of
the desert. These sleek servants of Hurki.
ready to smite an inhabitant of the city, did
not dere to meet with force the roughness
of vulgar shepherds.
The people at a distance could not notice
the insult to the sacredness of tfurlei ; only
e few priests and the king comprehended
the enormity of the insolence.
There was no time now for punishrneet.
The aserince must be offered on the ordain-
ed initiate. The art of the diviner was in.
exorable.
"Iris trunk shell t cast tb the dogs ; of
his man -servants will I make in, slaves; hie
cattle will I eat. I hold them here in a
nen" Amraphel muttered to himself, as he
frowned upon Abnsratriu. But son of the
Terakh woe not looking at the king. With
a disdainful breve he was measuring ,the
Stone god.
And now a murmur arose among the mul-
titude. Then Suddenly, like the appearance
of a white meteor overshadowieg all eters
In a moonless night, 'riveting attention,
compelling admiration, inspiring awe,there
was seen heeds the stone god Hurki a (Me-
eting figure. It, was the high priestem, and
how she came there no mail knew. A mag-
tificent mitre arose from her head. This
mealtime ornament did not lend dignity to
her royal figure ; it confirmed it. Her retie,
elaborate with flowers, fell like a cascade of
white foam to her feet, In her evoke Otte
Ore babe, She earned it with the pride
of a queen who presents the heir to her
enbeeets fort the first time. Her presence
distilled solemnity. The glory of a pure
heart shone about her. Before her the king
wan a dwarf, Beside her Huriti a:Netted
like a toad. What woman, what priestess,
whet geddess, was there in Shiner like unto
Iskah, the daughter of Reran? Standing
before.the people, carrying the child, in an
attitude of unearthly repose she gave to
4bn•ramn's imaginetive mind the impress -
mon of eternal motherhood. But her eyes
were as restless as a bride's upon the mar-
riage eve. The king turned to her. At the
first sight of her supreme beauty he gave a
low exclamation of surprise. This Abu -
remit heard, and his breath came hot; he
forged elose to the altar.
As the priestess, with grave obeisence,
gave the doomed infant into the hands of
the king, the child. cried. This penetrating
wait was answered by a groan from, the
crowd. But the herald drowned the Lath-
er'11 despair as he made proclamation;
"Whosoever at the sound of cymbal doth
not fall down upon his lace and worship
the moon -god Hurki, the god of gods, he
shall be cast alive Into. the fiery furnace.
Thus saith Arnraphel, his high priest,"
During the delivery of title time -worn
prodentation Terakh had been casting un-
easy glances at his son. Somehow he felt
anxious about the outcome of the day.
Whither might not fanaticism lead his jun.
petuous and popular boy ? Terakh had no
real objection to a few heretical doubta as
to the deity of 'Hurki, but he disapproved
strongly of their expression. It was undip-
lomatic, nay, dangerousin the extreme.
Open heresy might even involve his own
home. Therefore, as a pillar of the state,
as the maker of the god he worshiped, he
watched Abueramu narrowly, with a grow-
ing mese of fear. In his heart of hearts
the old image -maker had none too much of
the national respect and adoration for
Hurki; nevertheless he was not ready to
be burned. alive. He turned from his dis-
senting son, and made dignified preparation.
to fall upon his face.
Now, as the king could not take his eyes
from the beautiful priestess, he did not
observe the effect of the herald's conven-
tional announcement upon the men of the
desert. st
These suddenly assumed the desperate
and consecrated air of those who court
martrydom. Some -flung ,their cloaks aside,
and grasped their weapons. Each glued
his eyes upon their chief. It was remember-
ed that many of the household of Terakh
joined in this unique demonstration.
As the last word of the crier died upon
the stagnant air the multitude fell with a
groan upon their knees, and hid their faces
in the dust. Priests, soldiers, commoners,
joined greedily in the abasement. Ae that
supreme moment, with a bound Abu-ramu
cleared the space between himself and the
altar. He leaped from stage to stage, and
with marvellous power and dexterity flung
himself at and swung himself upon the altar
beside Iskah. In his right hand he brand-
ished a bronze mallet. It was the hammer
with which Terakh had fashioned the stone
god. The priestess did not cursed the
rsacrilegist ; she did nonmove ; but anmile
of welcome as evanescent as a• northern
light upon a northern. sky passed over her
lips. Then, with an exultant cry, ehe men
of Abn-ramu swept like a sand -storm into
the sacred circle, and inclosed the altar
behind and in front.'
As yet the worshipers did not know the
extent of the awful sacrilege. But it hap-
pened that one looked, and then another,
and before the breath grows cold, the mad
multitude arose. They stood stupefied.
A few cried, and execrated the profaners.
But some looked on warily -and silently.
Many pressed forward; others turned to
flee. Terakh, his household, and his Slaves,
with the tribal instinct, formed ranks to
await the onset. They had seen the making
of many gods, and were pious only as far
as the law required. t
Men of Ur ! Inhabitants of Shiner I"
—Abu -tamer raised his voice like a hurri-
cane, and dominated the vast temple court
—"a God whose breath is mightier than
the gods of Ur hath commanded me, Be-
hold, I smite." With that incisive word
he grasped the mallet in both hands, poised
it on high, and then brought it with a
craeh upon the head. of Hurki. Even
where the mighty god sat; there he -crum-
bled into dust.
The pdpulace uttered a great cry. They
grew into the ground with terror., Weak
women fainted. Strong men became cold.
Priests dropped to their faces, and, gasping,
awaited the vengeance of the outraged god.
But the zealous priests of Nana and of
Nebo signalled to each other with exultant
looks, and locked their fingers on weapons
concealed under' their garments. With
tine blow spinet the superstition and the
magic of the Akkadian priesthood perpe-
trated under the /eke of a ravaging
despotism, in the heart of the mightiest
temple of the mightiest city of the Chan
deans, under the beard of the king himself,
surrounded by walls and guards and priests
and power, Abu-ramu towered above the
wrath of gods and men. i
Then, n the face of Ur, the son of Terakh
committed his last and final enormity. A
Step brought him to the side of Iskah.
Ignoring Amraphel, and casting a contem-
tuous glance upon the shattered god, he
°Melted her consecrated waist, and whisper-
ed in her ear :
"'Is not my God ,Mightier than this
Hurki? Maiden, follow me 1'
For answer She %thrust from her head the
mitre of priestesshood; with a beautiful ges-
ture she crossed her hands uptei her breast
toed bowed before him. Still her fade
sought his as if they were alone. Unutter-
able love leaped from each to each.
Knowing that they were to die, she accepted
his doom ; he received her sacrifice.
•
Ells Daily Bread.
• When the boarder came down to break
fast, he wes as ugly as if he hart been. hew-
ing a beautiful time all night, and he
found fault with everything, but particus
lady the breed.' He scolded about that to
such an eetent that at lost the landlady re.
anted it.. .
"I don't dare to , hear anything more
abeat that lereed, "the said, " and I want
you to drop it." •
He gloteered at her.
• "It will knock a hole in the floor' it I do,,,
he retorted, and aim left the table.
King Solomon coaldn't have hung a
screen door t� save hist heck, and if he lii, d
been asked to hang a rolleresertain or put,
a new leg on the family lounge he would
have been as helpless a'N*0. infant.
MI8OELLA.NPQ
During; the year ending November Alneris
Can, railroads killed 2319 persons and nrIP'
pled 2,000 others.
tflidslupreen In the 1JuitedStateS Navy
receives pay equivalent to that of a lieu.
tenant in the Innelish Army.
e ,
The Wine cellar of awl:louse of Commons
is 100 feet lonn and generally contains
about $15,000 worth of wine.
The British Museum possesses an iron
axe head of 1370 yeers B. C., the oldest
euthentleated iron implement known.
lpiece ht of
teGroatironWPyaafornanmaidhi
in, whichmayinj1.3
sage;
have been there since 4700 years 'B. C.
Three-fonrthe of the eertIt's surface can-
not be cultivated, on account ot mountain
ranges, deserts, swamps and barren ground
The domestic pets of the world are be-
lieved to carry 30 per cent. of the oommon
contagious diseases from house to house.
The revenue of the Russian empire dur-
ing last year amounted to 879,885,0')0
rronunbbileaas°
and the expenditure to 780, 899 000
•
The total tonnage of war ships launched
during last year by the four most aotive
naval powers was; France, 52,188 tons; the
United States, 40,050 ;Great Britain, 28,-
920 ; and Russia, 17,826.
Under a new French law cyclists are
compelled to have affixed to their machines
Mttel plate bearing their name and lid -
dress, so that the identtty of the rider may
be established in ease of an infeingement of
regulations.
Lord Elgin,thenew viceroy, arrived here
and was accorded the customary public re-
ception. The streets along the route were
lined with troops, but there was nothing in
the nature of a popular demonstration of
welcome.
Yet two more internationalexpositions have
been arranged for this year. An exhibition
of oil and wine industries is to open in Mil-
an some time in the coming Spring; and the
Czar has just authorized an international ex-
hibition of fruits, vegetables, fish, deer,
preserves, wine, cider, beer, and medicine,
to be held in St. Petersburg during the
autumn.
A terrible railway accident, in which
fifteen persons were burned to death, oc-
curred near Samara, Russia, two weeks
ago. A passenger train oollided with a
freight, laden with petroleum. Both were
wrecked, the petroleum caught fire, and
the two trains were almost entirely con-
sumed.
An expisition is to be opened in Vienna
about the end of April devoted to exhibits
in connection with food, army amid navy
supplies, and transport, together with a
epecial exhibit in connection with sport.
It will be held in the Prater grounds, and
in the Rotunda which was built for the
International Exposition. -
Venice was buried in snow a month ago.,
as a result of the same unprecedented storm
which buried Rome. The lagoons froze
over, and large masses of ice blocked the
Greed Canal. The gondolas were snow-
covered, the narrow pathways were napes.
sable, and great suffering and misery pre-
vailed. among the poor.
A London Times telegram 'from',. Rome
states that the Vatimenbudget has for some
time past been showing a deficit of 100,00C
lire a month, which amount hasgbeen made
up from the ten millions which the Vatican
holds as a reserve fund. This falling off is
attributed to the'Pope's attitude toward
the French republic; which has alienated
a large number of wealthy French royalist
amities. ,
Plutarch couldn't have put on a, pair of
two.shillin g suspenders, made a horseshoe
nail answer for a button, nor rejuvenated a
celluloid collar from a comatose state. He
travelled extensively,and yet any buncoman
of to -day would have found him a fatteke.
He delivered lectures on philosophy 'but
tried to pull a wick through a cold tallow
candle. He could speak twelve languages,
but was silent in all when he saw a wheel-
barrow"forthe first time. -
There was again a serious falling off in
the French shipping trade during last year,
although the decrease was smeller than
during 1892. Last year there was a total
decrease of 188,394 tons as compared with
1892, but the decrease of French tonnage
was 611,142 tons, and vessels under foreign
flags increased 422,759 tens. The French
Government has adopted an extensive
system.of bounties to hative builders and
owners, but yet native shipping _continues
to decrease and foreign shipping to gain in
the Frenchnarrying trade.
• Farmers in Maryland and Delaware
slowly and unwillingly relinquish the idea
of growing wheat and corn in competition
with the west, and half sorrowfully admit
that their lands must in time come to'form
a market garden for the great cities of the
Atlantic seaboard. There is an old-fash-
ionedlintion in Delaware and upon the east-
ern shore that it is more respectable to
grow wheat in sixty -acre fields than half a
dozen vegetables in small plots, and the
minute peasant farming of France, Belgiuni"
and Holland has no attractions for the oc-
cupants of 300 -acre farms,
Hans von Billow; the distinguished
pianist, who died on Sunday in Egypt, was
born January 8,1820, at Dresden. He was
the son of Karl Edouard von Billow, the
eminent German inset and author:, The
law, to which he first gave his attention,
proving distasteful, Von Bulow applied
himself assiduously to the study of music.
His first tutor was Wagner. In 1857 he
became the pupil of Liszt, whose daughter
he afterward married. In 1854 he became
Prussianeourtpianist, and in 1864 pianist
to the Bavarian court, Kid master • of a
music school in Munich. Family trouble:
compelled him in 1868 to resign his are
pointreents and retire to 'Florence. In
1880 he became director of• music to the
court at Meininger. Von Bulow several
times toured the continent and America.
He ranked as one of the most brilliant
piaeists of his time as a representative ' of
the Wagner -Liszt itch ool.
The description of the fortitude 'With
which ,Mr.. 13ret Earle has remained a
bachelor deepiteliis "Widowerhood," which
appeared in the carrent number of an Eng-
lieb mseadzine, meet have been interesting
reading in Plainfield, N. d. The artiele was
written in the familiar vein which English
interviewers affect, and the writer, who posed
as a close friend of Mr. Harts, insisted up-
on calling him a widower. MM. Bret
Harte lives in Plainfield, and is in excellent
health. She is a handsome women, of digtin
tied preseboo, and she Imrs' kept her ohildren
with her during .Mr. Harte's fifteen years'
abaenee from his family. There are two
girls, One of whom is ofntriking beauty, and
two sons, who have done much to contra
bate to their mother's support. It is said
that Mrs. Harte and the two dalighters
,will go to London this year, for the purpose
of visiting the father of the family, Whom
none of them has seen in so many years,
Children Cry for Pitther's Castori4
"
SAVAGE LITTLE PHIL,
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The Herne ita,tQa Indians and Had a
Prnotioll Way of Showing it.
To the west of our camp is a stretch of
tell, dry grass' its western edge close to the
chaparral. Atthe eeetern edge our cavalry
horeee are feeding at the rope, The hour
is 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and niesb of the
men, are bathing in the river below. I said
tilt the horses, but should have inecle an ex-
ception. The lieutenant's ohestnut, which
is a thoroughbred and came frern IteutuckY,
is as docile and good natured as a kitten in
all respects save one. When in the field
no man must place halter on his head or
lariat e.bout his neck. He will not be tied,
though he will not wander away if left at,
liberty.
At the hour named, as I happen to glance
over the horses munching then. food, I no-
tice that Little Phil, as the men long ago
named the chestnut, haci hi a head in the
air and is gazing fixedly at the edge of the
chaparral. We long ago discovered that
lie had wonderful powers of scent, and. I
swiftly realize that the light breeze blowing
down from the thioket hap given him a
"sign." It may mean Indian e or it may
mean a wild animal. . We caught sight of a
few Pawnees the other day, but they showed
no disposition to follow us, and if a band of
200 e4 them had gathered in the thickets
they would not dare attack us at this hour
of the day. Rising to myefeet and moving
a little to the left I can cover the same line
of light as the horse. He is a picture to
look at. His ears are pointed forward,
his eyes dilated, and but for the heave of
his sides and the flutter° of his nostrils he
might have been carved out of stone. The
other horses made no sign of having -discov-
ered the presence of danger.
THERE WAS AN INDIAN Itc THE GRASS.
There is a movement of the tall grass be-
tween the horses and the thicket. An mi. -
grant would have said it was mused by a,
puff of wind. But for the attitude of
Little Phil I should have said that a hare
or coyote wets moving about. Something
is approaching, but its movements are ao
•centimes and wary that the sharpest eyes
might be deceived. The breeze ia not
steady, but comes in puffs at intervals.
Whenever a puff comes to set the field of
grass waving then the object moves for-
ward. At the end of ten minutes ,,the
horse lifts his head higher, sniffs the air
suspiciously, and now almost every other
animal shows by its demeanor that danger
menaces. A horse in camp does not trouble'
himself about prowling animals unless it be
night. Serge Swift is sitting on the ground
ten feet away. As I look around at him
I note that he has just finished cleaning
his carbine. I tiptoe over to him and
whisper:
"There's a Pawnee creeping throughthe
grass out there to reach the horsea and cre-
ate a stampede. You go carefully to the
right of the 'line and I will take the left.
When you have flanked the line work down
behind it and meet me in the rear of Cor-
poral Johnson's home. That's about the
spot, the redskin Is aiming for."
The sergeant quickly arose and walked
away, and I passed down the line to turn
the left flank. As I did so the chestnut
backed away from the rope, and I heard
his teeth grinding together. He hated the
sight or smell of a redskin, and our Indian
scouts were obliged to give him a wide
berth. As I dropped down to make my
way to the centre of the line he was still
moving. Theremight be two Indians in
the grass, and there would surely he a dozen
mounted ones hiding in the thicket. The
game would be to creep close to the horses
and if they were not too restive to out the
long feed rope and then raise a yell and
shake a blanket at them and start them of.
The stampeders might mount two of them,
and go with the rush, or they might run
back to their own ponies in waiting for
them. Yelling and. screaming and making
great confusion, the others would dash out,
swing in behind the terrified horses, and
sway would go the whole mount, leaving
fifty men to make the post seventy miles
away on foot.
THE Reese TOOK CHARGE OF MATTERS,
Five minutes after sinking down I met
the sergeant, and we both lay flat down and
pushed our carbines out for a shot. There
was a thick hush in front owf us, and the
chancee were goodthat we would bag our
game. Two, three, five minutes Went by.
Then we heard a shout of surprise—a mad
scream—a cry of terror—and we leaped up
to behold a curious sight. Little Phil had
backed himself clear of the line and then
followed the sergeentethongh takingawider
• circuit. Men who saw him moving said that
he exercised the greatest caution and
advanced more like a • wolf than a
horse. His circuit was wide enough to
bring him in rear of the °roving Indian,end
he followed him up and dashed upon him
so suddenly that the warrior cried out like a
woman. What we saw was the Indian held
high in the air and being snakenfrom side to
side as the terrier finishes a rat. The horse
had seized him by the hip,and he tossedhim
about in the inest savage mannei far two or
three minutes, The redskin had a knife in
his hand, but there was no chance to use it.
The breath must have been well shaken
out of 'him when he was flung to the ground
and the chestnut began pawing and strik-
ing him. We Welted up, but did not inter.
fere. In the course of five minutes the al-
most naked body was nearly buried from
sight in the mil, and when sure that his
work was finished the horse walked back
to the line and resumed his place. We ran
through the grass to tee chaparral. Just
beyond its fringe was a glade, and in that
glade a hand of at least twenty mounted In-
dians had been in waiting. When they
saw the fate of their companion they made
Off, leaving only their hoof marks to prove
their presence. We pulled the body out of
the grass to have a look et it before the
blizzards came. It was not a body but a
pulp. Had theewarrior been blown "from
the mouth of a cannon death would have
come sdoner, but thecorpsetj. wouldQrA:ot
have presented a more shocking spectacle.'
The Oook and this Artist..
Susan, the coekt and Jane, thehouSomaid,
eta fineetet exhibitioti
Jane—"What's that fine bird there ?"
Susan—"It looke like ha hosstridge."
Jane—"Well, Hi thinks the liar net draws
well. Don't you ?"
Stiusan—"Ili can't say, professionally,
for Hi idlers draws their hinsides, but the
'lutist draws their oateides."
There are few greater authorities on the
opium question, or indeed, on when trede
questions (generally, that J. id. Itivett.
German Who IS about to retire from the
public service after a career extending over
thirty.five years. For time last eenehteen
or eighteen years Mi', RiisettdDarriab has
been opium agent at Benetes,
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Processes by Which the Foreign
Article has Caught on With the
Epicures -- Roquefort Cheese
is Ripened in Caves.
That most brilliant wit and more famous
cook, Brillat-Savarin, once observed that a
last course of dinner without the cheese
was like a prettily featured woman with
only one eye. While cheese with the poor
is an article of constant. and subetantial
diet, with the rich it is used as an aid to
digestion. Doctors, however, have declared.
that, unless eaten after a full meal, it is
rather indigestible.
In England the Cheddar, the Cheshire -
and the celebrated Stilton. are made by
processes which are comparatively well
anown. In a great measure their quality
depends upon the care with which they are
aged. Many worthy imitators of a delicacy
so popular have: either vainly or not at all
attempted to reproduce the famous Roque-
fort.
This cheese is probably one of the oldest
known. It is certainly one of the oldest
mentioned in any written book. Pliny men-
tions in one of his 'works, and Rabelais
when he wrote the phrase that has since be-
come so commonplace, "that the moon is
made of green cheese," is more likely to
have had in mind the green -streaked Roque-
fort than the green sage cheese of England
of the time of Shakespeafe.
The making of Roquefort cheese is
SOMETHING 0,A ROMANCE.
The village from which it takes its name i
situated in a, deep, narrow gorge, with high
precipitous walls of limestone rock. This.
cheese is made from the milk of the black
goat, which has a fertile pasturage Often
or twelve leagues in the valley below.
This milleirs heated almost to boiling and
set aside. In the morning it is skimmed,
heated to 93 degrees and mingled with the
morning's milk for coagulation. When the
curd has been divided with a clean wooden
paddle arid the whey drawn off it is well
kneaded by the hand of the pretty moun-
taM maidens and pressed in layers into
moulds with perforated bottoms. Usually
a thin layer of mouldy bread is placed be-
tween the layers of curd, the object being
to hasten the ripening by supplying the
green mould peculiar to this cheese.
This bread is always made the week'be.
fore Christmas, of equal parts of• summer
and winMrbarley, with considerable sour
dough and a little vinegar. The tnouldi-
nem which this produces is not sufficiently
apparent for the taste of the higleolaesed
connoisseur, unless the cheese is kept for
• three months and its action hastened by
warmth. 'When it strikes,. the peasant
that it is mouldy enough the cheese is
ground, sifted, moistened with water and
kept from contact with the air.
In the caves and &lures inthe walls of
the town, and in vaults rudely constructed
in these fissures, the ripening of the Roque.
fort cheese is carried on by the cold current
of air which whistle through them all the
year round. • Thosevaults which have
currents'flowingfrom south to north are
belieged to yield the best cheese.
The proprietor of those caves keeps the
ahem° sometimes for several years. The
cheeses when brought in are classified ac-
cording to their merit. Salt is sprinkled
or er them, and they are piled one on an-
other for two or three days. Then they
are taken down, the accumulated salt were -
fully rubbed in and/then they are piled up
again and left for a week. They ere scrap-
ed and paten; pricked through and through
with needlpeamv.Ex By ivrionmity
in order to accelerate the gathering of the
green mould in the interior, and after tine
are left in piles again for fifteen days till
they become dry and firm in texture andtheir
exteriors begin to be covered with mould.
The only rend which Roquefort has had,
and one which rt few yea's ago really
threatened its popularity in this country was
the Italian Gorgodola. This was really an
imitation of the Romiefort, but as Wanting
in its excellences se are the cream cheeses of
New Jersey when compared with t11000 of
France.
Another foreign cheese Which is a favorite
here in thesinadi, round Dutch oheese,known
as the Edam. It is called after a Small and
flourishing town of that name, located not
far from Amsterdam. It looks very much
like a small rad cannon -ball, and there is a
story that when, during the siege of one of
the diem of Holiand, the real cannon-balle
save Out, these cheeses were used to supply
the gene.
Another favorite, which is found in every
French restaurant in the large cities of
Canada and the States, is the Gruyere.
This takes its name from Switzerland,
where it is supposed to heve originated, e
bubas a matter of faot it is now, made largely
in Germany, in France and in New Jersey.
What is called the real Gruyere is mostly
made in little huts—sometimes called
chalets—high up in the Alps at the time of
the year when the pastures on the mountain
sides are accessible and these little, huts
inhabitable. \ -
The milk is put into a great kettle and
swung over a gentle fire where it obtains
a temperature of 77 degrees. Then the
rennet is added; when the coagulation has
advanced far enough the curd is cut into
very fine pieces. Then it is rubbed and
sifted through the fingers into the kettlle
again, and submitted to a tern eratureaof
90 degrees. It is then etre' d from the
whey and collected in a cloth. Salt is
rubbed in carefully from time to time on
the outside.
One of the stories told of the commoner
Swiss cheeses of this kind is that ,of a tou-
rist not well supplied with cash, who was
walking through the Alps. He called at
an inn and demanded a cheese dwaalwich
and a glass of milk. What he obtfined in '
response to his order was two slices of
buttered bread and a glass of milk.
"But where is , the cheese ?" he said to
the waiter. .
"Well, I don't know," replied the Swiss,
shrugging his shoulders, 'but,- you see,
sir, our cheese was remarkably fine thics
year and full of large holes; perhaps you
got one of the holes."
They Needed no Pressing.
Cholly—"There watinne thing in favour
of the boiler -plate trousers the old knights
Wore" •
Chappie—"What was that ?"
Cholly—"If they, once got a creasein
them it would stay. ,
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When Baby Was sick, we nave her Castello'
When shoves a Child, she cried, for Castoria. -
When she became Miss, she clung to Castor! a,
When she had Children, she gave theni Castor's!,
One pound's weight Of bees contains 5 2 3.2
insects.
Round in its pelneiest days knew nothing
of buckwheat cakes or codfish balls.
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