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H.ERMANN
II:
Days and weeks had elapsed since the
Romans pitched their camp, and aU as
yet had seemed to intimate that it re-
po$ed upon a friendly boil. The sol-
diers had burnished their arms until
they shone like polished mirrors from
lack of more warlike occupation; and
they mingled in social sport or con-
versation
onversation with the natives, who throng-
ed in peaceful fashion to the military
market -place, where they exchanged the
produce of the chase, or rude articles
of home manufacture, for the gold or
trinkets of Italy. Nothing, in short,
could be more unlike the condition of
an invading army; and it appeared as
if these gallant legions were to return
to their homes upon the banks of the
Rhine with the new inscription engra-
ves upon their shields—Germania pa-
cata.
The sun of the newly -commencing
spring was descending, the crowds of
friendly natives had retired, and the
cares of the soldiers were chiefly occu-
pied in preparations for supper. Two
centurions at this instant were stand-
ing a few paces in advance of the prin-
cipal outpost, apparently employed on
some military duty, and engaged in
conversation, One of them was an an-
cient warrior, whose countenance, un-
der the sun of Parthia and the frosts
of Germany had acquired the hue and
almost the lustre of bronze while his
wrinkled forehead was bald from the
constant pressure of the helmet. The
other centurion was a mere youth; and
as if his armor had been an idle bur -
then, as much of it was laid aside as
could be dispensed according to the re-
gulations of the camp. In other re-
spects there was no want of care in
the arrangements of his person, for
his locks were crisped -according to the
latest fashion of the Roman courtiers,
and his silken, well -trimmed beard was
curled and perfumed; while the orna-
ments that dangled gracefully from hie
neck and waist announced an ambition
for more gentle conquests than those
that were to be achieved by the sword.
After the two had eyed the setting sun
looked carefully along the plain, as if
to ascertain that all was tranquil, the
younger, striking his vine -rod, whieh
he carried as the badge of his rank.
upon the ground with a gesture of im-
patience, thus broke forth to his com-
panion—'By the bright smile of Venus,
thisace i intolerable! s in olerable ! Wasit for
fK o
this that I left the gay suppers of Sem-
pronia and the merry rambles to Ti.
burtinus? Peer out, peer out, most sage
Septimuleius, and tell me if your old
experience can descry any promise of
warfare ? I would rather die at once
under the stones and bludgeons of the
Cyclops who inhabit this hideous coun-
try than expire by inches, as I am like-
ly to do, from very spleen and weari-
ness.”
"Your wish will be granted, and that
speedily, Lucius," replied his more
thoughtful fellow -officer, officer 'unless my
experience, which has been gathered in
many lands, and through a long mili-
tary service, is failing me at last. It
tells me that this Balm is delusive, and
that it will soon burst in tempest or
earthquake."
"Meherele 1—but from what tokens do
you derive this grim augury I"
"From the gentle demeanour and
friendly protestations of this people, up-
on which our army is so conifident.
Are such feelings, is such a state con-
genial to barbarians? Will the fierce
Germans, so renowned for ages, thus
succumb without a blow?"
"The burly, big -boned, gallant churls!
—I hope they will not," cried the youth
sportively ; "for I long for the excite-
ment of victory, and the fair-haired,
blue-eyed spolia apima. Ah, these
charming giantesses 1—they are only to
be won, .ika their predecessors the Am-
azons, by hard blows, and not by blan-
dishments."
"A truce to such frothy imperti-
nence!" exclaimed the senior gruffly:
"Does the hour or the subject permit
such jesting?"
Ls it not better," replied the laugh-
ing youth, "than the grave comedy that
has been playing these several weeks,
in which our general has been acting
the lawyer and judge? So favor me
Mavortius 1 leis tent looks more like the
paltry tribunal of a city praetor than
awarlike praetorium. Faugh! how it
reminds me of the clown -trodden For-
um—its grave legal (decisions about
greens, oil, and honey, and its furious
brawls and speeches about some half -
doyen of sesterces 1"
"Thou speakest, Lucius, more wisely
than thou art aware," said the other;
"and thou hast mentioned another
ground of suspicion. The natives, in-
deed, throng daily to our tribunal, and
submit their contentions to the award
of the general ; and Varus, thinking
that the arts of peace will be all -suffi-
cient, exclaims in a sportive mood,
'Cedunt arma to„ ae !' But he will soon
find that the cuirass, and not the gown,
is needed here. This gratuitous sub-
mission is itself a proof that treachery
is at work. Even these contentions,
which the people submit to our aebi-
tration, are not the genuine quarrels
of barbarians. They have wholly the
appearance of preconcerted artifice, to
lull us into security, and smooth. our
march to destruction,"
"By all the gods you startle me ! Do
you think, then, that to -morrow we
commence our last march?".
"These pathless forests into which we
shall Tenter " replied led Se timul %us
gloomily, "are the threshold. of Hades,
on which no reversed footprint has ever
been marked; and we march to the
shades under the leading of a Mercury
who willure.
sac consign us to the
g
keeping of the ging of Shadows. Oh
he is cunning, and eloquent, and beau-
tiful, like the god who leads the dead
to their destination, when they listen'
to his soothing words until they forget
thepurpose of their journey !"
"Do you speak of the chief favorite
of our commander—of the German Are
minute ?
"Yea, of en rm n the se t o i. i
us who
has so fascinated tee brain of the pru-r
dent Quintilius Varus."
"What ! a youth, a mere stripling
and a barbarian to boot, although his
fine figure turned the heads of half
the. ladies of Rome! You dream 1 " or
l do you envy him Septimuleius?"
1 1 tell you that there le more under
the bright locks of that striplingthan
the furrowed brows of our wiseoffi-
oars, He is the master -spirit of this
strange tranquility of hos countrymen,
and to -morrow we march, we know not
whither, under les guidance, to receive
the submission of his father's people—
the Cherusci- But iuto what trackless
wood. will he conduct us? Among
what ambushes may we be entangled,
or in what morass shall we be swallowed
up ? Oh for the leading of the wise
and heroic Drusus instead of that of
Quintilius Varus 1"
The young officer was thoughtful for
a moment in consequence of these omin-
ous surmises, the plausibility of which
he was unable to gainsay ; but he was
neither of an age nor temper to think
long upon such a disagreeable topic. Let
the general Iook to it. As for himself,
it was enough that he discharged his
otvnvance dutiesorretreat. faithfullyB,esidesw,hether to ad -
old man, whose services hamdight beennot buthet*
churlishly rewarded, be a camp critic
and a grumbler ? Such characters,
who had the happy tact to disoover that
all was wrong, were rife in the Roman
army. It was with some satisfaction,
therefore, that he found further dia-
logue cut short by a deep bellowing
from the forest, that to unpractised
ears, would have sounded like the roar
of savages animals, but which seemed to
the officers nothing more than an ex-
pected signal.
"It !s the German eh rti," exclaimed.
the laughing Lo fu
from iwheiee mind
the wainin s of hit friend had already
vanished; 'it'is the sons of the whirl -
Wind and the tempest, who have been
invited to our general's parting ban-
quet; and I almost weep to think how
little of our good wine will be left when
these gigantic wine -skins have been
filled. Evoe, god of the joyous vine.!
what pity that thou cant not plant
thy treasures in this sterile soil, to re-
fine its monsters into men! See, Sep-
timuleius, with what strides they ad-
vance, while each man carries upon his
shoulder a gnarled pine -tree, which he
calls a spear! Ha—ha—ha 1 when the
feasting has ended, I laugh to thick
how they will roll in their departure,
a
like astormheavy-laden," fleet contending withi
As he spoke, the train to which he
alluded advanced, In the front of tbe
procession went nutticians, trumpeting
upon the huge horns of the uxus, by
Which their approach had been signall-
ed, and after them came the principal
personages
isalowhowenvited tf the o their amtLy
to Rome at the parting -banquet of the
general. The rear was closed by the
military attendants of the chiefs, men
Whose• stature, appearance, and wea-
pons, in some measure justified the ludi-
crous comments of the younger centur-
ion. The tremendous blast of the horns
was answered. weren of
d bya rich symphony
wind instrumentfrom the camp; and
a gu.ard of legionaries, under command
of Septimuleius and Lucius, advanced to
receive the guests with fitting honor,
and conduct them to the praetorium.
!And let us enter the praetorium in
their company. The evening was de-
voted to feasting and hilarity.; and Var-
ns, who thought that all resistance was
at an end, lavished upon his honored
but barbarian visitors the excess of Ital-
ian politeness. The wonted prayers
were uttered, the libations were poured
out, and the company addressed them-
selves to the feast with military appe-
tites. The viands chiefly consisted of
huge boars roasted whole, after the most
approved recipes of Roman cookery, and
stuffed with smaller game, which were
themselves stuffed in turn with little
birds and sweet herbs; these were cor-
roborated by rich draughts of Greek
and Italian ewines; and the commander.
gracefully apologising for the rough
comforts of a soldier's tent, endeavored
to enhance the relish of these dainties
by every expression of hospitable cour-
tesy and kindness which the Augustan
vocabulary could furnish. Varus was
a general, according to the testimony
of the great annalist of that age, such
as Rome was now in the frequent habit
of inflicting upon the conquered pro-
vinces. Of a noble family, which had
been impoverished during the wars of
the second triumvirate, he had been
taught, in common with many of the
Roman nobility, to anticipate office as
a never -failing source of aggrandize-
ment • and when he was invested with
the cen
chief command in Syria, be regarded
this province as a sort of patrimony,
from whioh he might fill his empty cof-
fers without scruple. Accordingly, al-
though he entered his government poor,
he left it a rich ream, and laden with
the curses of its pillaged inhabitants. In
the mean time, as his military quali-
ties had been untried, they remained
unquestioned; and when a commander
for Germany was required—one who to
the tactics of the soldier could add the
conciliatory arts of the politician—Quin-
tilius Varus was announced as the hap-
py individual who possessed this rare
combination. It was thought, from the
tranquility of his administration in
Syria, that he possessed in an eminent
degree the talents of a ruler, and that
these, still more than warlike measures,
would tame the hitherto indomitable
Germans. Stroh was the view adopted
even by Augustus himself; and to the
Rhine, accordingly, the new commander
was sent, from whieh he commenced his
march into the interior under auspices
which have bean already explained.
And how, indeed, could he be suspici-
ous of latent danger?} The fierce bar-
barians hitherto so reckless of the Rom-
an terrors had submitted their quar-
rels to his decision, as if he had 'been
a second Numa or Tresmegistus; and
the more remote tribes, who had invited
his approach, were ready to hail it as
the pledge of ' peace and civilization.
Besides, had he not in his right hand
the young and gallant Arminius—one
whom his countrymen already vener-
ated like a divinity, and through whom,
therefore, he could wield. at will the
feelings and purposes of Germany?
These thoughts made his jocund as his
eye glanced complacently, at one time
over his officers who reclined in the
order of their rank, and at another over.
the German chieftains who. feasted at
the board. Even the rude simplicity of
the latter gave a zest to the entertain-
ment,
it excited. , for ed mi:rth observe tov the
wonderment with which they regarded
the native productions of their own for-
ests, so marvellously haeightenedor dis-
guised by the skill of the Roman cook;
and a o
bve11
a to witness o
the . rsk-like
h r
firmness of brain' with which they re-
peatedly drained the wine -cup. But
even rooks may be overthrown by a sua-
sion of billows; and as these hirsute re-
vellers warmed into jollity, their eyes
twinkled, their huge moustaches curled
upward, they repeatedly stretched their
brawny arms across the tables to grasp
the right hands of the centurions, and
broke, forth into vociferous praises of
Augustus, his wise government, his
brave legion and his good wines; and
finai•y th'=y sung/ such tremendous
the Po'1+Ulation of Btirnne.Ytip I�niirlCt''•
o� one-half, and the wee4tly ` define its
averaged 200 PC ,maintain
mega-
snatches of their native songs as made
the images cif the Lares tremble upon
the board. And amidst the din, the
laughter, and rough military jesting,
none was .so happy as Varus himself,
who, from his central position at the
banquet,
encouraged raged the flow of wane
among ecohe barbarians, and smiled upon
their boisterous :glee. Could insincerity
lodge in the hearts of su,oh men? No;
it was impossible., And as be gave him-
self wholly up to the enjoyment of the
hour, he addressed himself from time
to time to the chiefs with sentences of
their own language, which he had con-
ned for the occasion, while the applause
which they roared in return evinced
that his conciliatory policy was not in
vain.
But there was one of the German
guests to whom wine had no tempta-
tion, and in whose eyes the hilarity of
the revel had no charm. This was Seg -
est, the chief of the warlike Gatti, and
father of Tliusmelda. The arrival of
Hermann in his native country, and his
subsequent encounter with Ruciiger,had
disconcerted all the old man's plans of
a family alliance with the latter; and
he learned accordingly, to hate and
watch the person by whom his views
had been traversed. He had therefore
tracked the movements of the young
hero, until he had in some measure de-
tented the nature of that plot which
was conducted with such secrecy and
success. Elated with his discoveries, he
resolved to divulge all he• had learned;
and by 'thus doing, he hoped to deter
his country from a disastrous rebellion
and hopeless war, and at the same time
to crush an enemy whom he hated. Un-
der these motives he had passed the
untested goblet with a self-denial that
was alarming in a German; and when
he now saw the condition of his coun-
trymen, he judged that the lit mom -
one had arrived. Turning, therefore, to
Varus, the old chief exclaimed, with a
smile of suspicious meaning, "Why miss
we at the hospitable board the man' of
two tongues and double aspect—the first
of Roman allies, and the best beloved
of his countrymenSa Where tarries the
Arminzus of Rome, the Hermann of Ger-
many, when so many friends 01 either
party are assembled?"
We commence our march to -mor-
row," replied Varus, "under the faith-
ful guidance of Ani
n.nius; and to -night
he explores the passes, to ascertain that
our route shall be in safety."
"I have been so long the friend of
Rome," rejoined the old chief drily,
"that I have learned some portion of its
history. Crassus, they tell me,
marched into Parthia, and perished
with all his army. What was the name
of that cunning Parthaan who became
his guide, and led him to the field of
Carrhae?"
"You dare not insinuate that Arm-
inius is a traitor!" cried the general,
starting up angrily.
"That the result alone can show," re-
plied the other; "if he led the Roman
armv to destruction, what German
would dare to call it treason?"
(To Be Continued.)
DEATH WAS WELCOME.
Lost Husband. 1
t Money nu Children Ldrru nred
Died alone in an Attie itomn.
There was a time when Mrs. Helen
Toomey, of New York, was looked upon
as a rich woman, She had a fine home,
servants and many charities. Her hus-
band was a fashionable tailor, employ-
ing thirty-five men. There were two
children in the home.
That was twenty-five years ago. 11Irs.
Toomey died on Saturday, after a quar-
ter of a century of sorrow. She died
in poverty, having lived long enough
to bury every member of her family.
The husband was the first to die.
When the estate was settled it was
found that little money had been saved
for the family. Mrs. Toomey used it
carefully, taking her children to a
more modest home. Misfortune follow-
ed her. The children were ill a great
part of the time. Her slender resources
were almost exhausted. Then, one af-
ter another, the children died, and she
was left all alone with nothing to live
for and nothing to live upon.
But the sweet-faoed woman struggled
bravely against the odds. She fell ill
and spent many months in a hospital.
When she Ieft it, seven months ago, she
rented an attic room. It was a shabby,
scantily furnished room, but Mrs. Too-
mey made it her home. She prepared
her own meals there, conducting that
light housekeeping whirl is said to be
synonymous with slow starvation.
She had one friend who called on
her, John Mallon, a truckman. Mallon
was her cousin. a serious man with
long whiskers and an air of dignity.
For many years, Mrs. Toomey was
Mallon's best friend. Two months ago
he found her in such straits that she
needed the little aid he could give her.
"She would not live with me," he
said, "She was always the lady, the
grand lady. She did not like the
neighborhood, and our way of living
was not her way."
He said this very simply, as if • it
were a matter of course, and he shed
tears, too, as he added that Mrs. Too-
mey was the best friend be had iver
had. He knew then that Mrs. Tothiey
was dead. Mallon had gone to Mrs.
Toomey's room on Saturday morning.
There was no response to his knock. A
boarder told him he had heard groans
coining from the room.
Mallon was fearful. He told the
landlady and a policeman was summon-
ed. He broke in the door: There was.
a smile on the sweet, careworn face,
Mrs. Toomey looked as if death had
been very welcome.
THE WRONG TRAIN.
First Train Robber (out West)—Hul-
lo Bill, how'd yer git along wid that
job ter -day ?
1 Second Train Robber (sadly)—Didn't
git along noway. Got the wrong train.
Eh? Didn't yer git the express?`
Naw ; we made a mistake and struck
an excursion of real estate agents, an'
thley took every cent we had.
NOT LEGAL TENDER.
What's the matter, chum? asked the
college student .of his room mate, who
was making the air a dark blue.
Matter? I' wrote the governor to
send me some money for
text books o ks and
here he's sent rale the ' books, I can
never pay mit bills • at this rate.
IT DEPENDS,
Do you like colored .servants? It` de-
pends on .the color, I don't care for
green ones,
Mrs. Cawker•—"Thas story you gave
me to read is not completed in thugs. num-
ber. It is a continued story." Mr.
Cawker--"Stns - short. does it?" "Yes."
Then I Should say it was a discontinue
ed stor
y
"What hat a remarkable lea a man Monocle is;
so far-sighted, you know," '"Yes ; and
yet he's so near-sighted that he can't{
See twofeet withotit his glasses," !
TIIF HOME.
WOMAN'S WAYS.
The bravest battle that ever was
!fghtShalllo 1 tell you, where and when?
On the maps of the world you'll find
it not ;
'Tway fought by the mothers of men.
Nay, not with cannon or battle shot,
With award or nobler pen 1
Nay, not with eloquent word
thought
From mouth of wonderful men
But deep in a. walled -up woman's
• heart—
Of woman that would not yield,
But bravely, silently boreher part—
Lo 1 there is tbe battlefield.
No marshalling troop, no bivouac song,
No banner to gleam and wave 1
But oh, these battles 1 they last so
long—
From babyhood to the gravel
or
THE WINTER PLANTS.
• Every woman who has the time and
space loves to have a window garden
in winter, and in that way keep a bit
of the beautiful summer with her..But
what a disappointment it is to wake up
on some severely cold morning and find
all the sweet things dead, or almost so.
If one has not ample space and can
not give plants the right condition in
which to live it is best to carry only
a few over the winter. If one sunny
window can be kept exclusively for
plants it is best. Before winter sets
in ever. crack and crevice should be
sealed or filled up with awns kind of
material. Strips of dark paper pasted
over all cracks will keep out much of
the cold, or paper or cloth stuffed tight-
ly into 'the cracks will also answer the
same purpose.
On severely cold nights it is safest
to lift all the plants out of the window
to some table or stand in rho center
of the room, Covering the plants 'with
newspapers will also protect them, and
if papers are put up against the win-
dow panes much of the cold will be ex-
cluded. If the plants sfiould freeze
they should be taken immediately into
a cool room and sprinkled with cold
water. By no means should they come
near heat or fire until they have re-
vived. Some people recommend to sim-
ply carry the plants into acool room
and allow nature to do the rest.
It is a task to keep winter plants
free from insects. and one of the best
remedies is tobacco. Take a small pack-
age of strong tobacco and pour over it
boiling water. When cool the plants
should be set into the mixture and
washed, leaves and all, besides being
thoroughly soaked with it. Another
remedy is astrong soapsuds made of
carbolic soap end water. Plants must
be kept Olean, if they are to be healthy.
The leaves should lee washed occasion-
ally in order that the dust may be re-
moved. The leaves are the lungs of
plants, and of course they cannot per-
form their work correctly if the pores
are obstructed by dust.
In order to have nice plants one must
give them much attention. Decayed
blossoms and leaves should be removed.
and they ought to have plenty of sun-
shine and moisture to thrive. A few
flowering plants in the winter domucb
toward the coziness and comfort of an
apartment, and lend such an air of
"homeiness" and warmth that one can-
not help loving them.
AT THE MEALS.
Not long since a young man, being
invited out at 6 o'clock in the evening,
remarked: "I cannot come then, for .l
would miss my dinner, and I should
not like to do that, for meal times are
the jolliest of all in our house." And
he was right. He sits down to a very
carefully appointed table, with immacu-
late lines, neat dishes, a nd best of
all, a. row of smiling faces. His moth-
er and sisters make it a paint to al-
ways dress for dinner, but not elab-
orately by any means, for they cannot
afford that. There is always plenty
of light, a pretty dish of fruit in sea-
son somewhere on the table, and flow-
ers when they can be procured—in sum-
mer from their little garden at the
back of the house.
In the morning the sun steals inI
through the white -drapes windows tweed
'a pretty picture of comfort and hejsein.l
ness, and the evening lamp shed:. who
warm light on the same. These ptsive suf-
have made it a point to never be ells state
at the table. They reserve what is as fol -
troubles they have until later ; if .
wish to scold each other it is done a
ward, and all complaining and gri a Victim
bling is forgotten for the
time.
lie whole
In so many families all this is brouy Means
forth at meal time. The husband ;odors in
father is told bow naughty his child(;riptions
have been, and they in turn are sea
ed and reproved. ft is hard to en�tiiid the
a meal when tears are very near
surface, and it is most disagreoalile'iling as
have to gulp down the food o a hu
that one may getaway as soon as !rho othors
sible. There are so many pleasant se inust be
jects which could be discussed wigs and re -
eating, and it has been said that !auai!ls.
ter and content are splendid aids hose pills
digestion. Have a pleasant light ed on't care
ing room ; let there be neat clot
napkins and dishes, with flowers
fruit, if possible, and cheery words '
faces always which is best of all. 'meet early
two dozen large chestnuts until ithe
skins come off easily. Pound them
thorough!y, mix with a Little cream,
and rub them through a sieve. When
done,anda stirlittin vanillnearlay flavoriora pinst .t of cream.
le
Chestnut Soup.—Remove ;the outer
skin from a number of chestnuts, care-
fully excluding any that may . be in
the least tainted ; put them to boil in
salted water with ahandful of corian-
der seeds and a couple of bay leaves.
When thoroughly done, remove the in
ner skin and pound the chestnuts in a
mortar, adding a little stook, free from
fat, now and then. When a smooth
paste is obtained, fry an onion in but-
ter to a light color, add the chestnut
paste and sufficient stook to get the
soup of the desired consistency ; put
ie., according to taste, sant and a little
sugar as well as pepper, then pass the
whole through a hair sieve and serve.
Bread and Butter Fritters.—Bread-
end-butter fritters are delicaoies that
children appreciate. Make a batter of
sweet milk, eggs and flour, just as if
for muffins. Cut some slices of bread
rather thin, and yet so thick that there
is no danger of their crumbling, Spread
them with butter, and half of tllem
with jam. Put the plain half over the
other, then cut them in squares or in
round pieces. Dip them into the bat-
ter and fry them is hot lard. Drain
them wall, and while they are still
hot sift powdered sugar over them.
Hungarian Beef Gulasch —Take two
pounds of beef from the round, wipe,
trim off the fat, and cut in Tinge
lengths. In a stewpan put oue table-
spoonful of olive oi.l, add one medium. -
sized onion chopped fine, and cook slow-
ly until golden brown ; add one beep-
ing tablespoouful of flour and •brown,
well. Stir into this one teaspoonful of
salt, one scant teaspoonful of paprika,
and one pint of water or beef stook.
hen thickened and smooth, add the
pleat, cover closely and simmer for two
!tours. Serve with potato balls.
Haricot Soup.—Put half a pint of
beans in a basin, add a quart df wa-
ter and soak over night, Next day put
them in a saucepan, add an onion if
liked, pepper and salt, and boil, for
three hours. Rub through a sieve, add
a little milk, boil up again and serve
with croutons of fried bread.
IN THE OCEAN'S DEPTHS,
The Euorwons Pressure Exerted by the
Water in the Deepest Places.
The temperature at the bottom of the
ocean is nearly down to freezing point,
and sometimes actually below it. There
is a total absence of light, as far as
sunlight is concerned, and there is an
enormous pressure, reckoned at about
one ton to the square i.ffoh in every
1.000 fathoms, which is 160 times great-
er
than that at of
the atmosphere we
live in. At 2,500 fathoms the pressure
is thirty times more powerful than the
steam pressure of a locomotive when
drawiang a train. As late as 1880•a lead-
ing zoologist explained the existence of
deep-sea animals at such depths by as-
suming that their bodies were com-
pose of solids and liquids of great den-
sity, and contained no air. This, how-
ever, is not the case with deep-sea fish.
which are provided with air -inflated
swimming 'bladders. If one of .hese fish
in full chase after its prey, happens to
ascend beyond a certain level, its blad-
der becomes distended with the decrease.
ed pressure, and carries it, in spite of
all its efforts,.still higher in its course.
In fact, members of this unfortunate
plass are liable to become victims to
the unusual accident of falling upward,
and no doubt meet with a violent death
soon after leaving their accustomed
level, and long before their bodies reach
the surface in a distorted and unnatural
state.
EVEN GROUND SHARKS,
brought up from adepth of no more
than 500 fathoms, expire before they
gain the surface.
The fauna. of the deep sea—with a
few exceptions hitherto only known as
fossils—are new and especially modified
forms of families and genera inhabiting
shallow waters in modern times, and
have been driven down to the depths
of theocean by their more powerful
rivals in the battle of life, in (lel as
the ancient Britons were compelled "to
withdraw to the barren and inacces-
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chop some chestnuts very fine/.pt.t.
for • a moment over a bris
in a very little butter,' sprinkle 'tr T H
with salt pepper, chervil and tare
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chopped asp fine as possible. Have re
some slightly fried orr crisp - butt
bean;spread•the mixture over it.
starve. '
et fora Co d:- o'
Pose 1 Bit a break
cup of milk,.. and when boiling p
in two tablespoonfuls of treacle. I
Strain m the wheythrough mus in
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,up. The treacle curdles the mEfts
a cusp. As thisposset is to proznr
perspiration, give itto the patient wit
in bed. lire each of rue e
11'rosted,Apples.-Stew some'apriena bttfbem to
Du one ro
until the skins can be taken off eastui$e, viii each
.�, afad eorrent'�
As each' apple is peeled, dip it ionesioo.enexe
Clarified butte • .a.
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a.
Cf. wupoti, from
sugar. Bit.ke them in a a1�rw cyan t}etde,wineaCl
til they sparkle. tpttoa, a lady a op
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