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IBY thiStiMe. Morin had. passed out I 'was, seeving my teem in gaol th
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xctd. Our favorite. novels?" he ask
hte doer to put on.hie snow -shoes, a
Ceeurthope, who had s;wallowed on
as Much footles was necessany to ke
him faun starvation, turned out
repeat the proems of pitting on e
this time more deftly.
Morin. had a toboggan upoX1 evhi
were piled each necessaries as Mad
had collected. Theybegan the
marob. three abrease into the storm.
They went a. loing way without co
versation, and yet Courthope found
this march keen enjoyment. His Ilea
was abieua•dly light. To have, pe
forme.d. so consid.etrable a taervice f
Madge, now to be walking beside h
on an errand of mexey, was a's mu
JczY as tIt& present tour could hold.
It was difficult for him eo keep
with the others, yet in doing so the
wee the, pleasuxe of the athlete rn ha
leg acquired a. new mastery over h
neteseles; and the faseination of being
at boom in the snow as a sea -bird is
at home in, the sierf, which is the chi
element of delight in all winter sport
was his for the first time. With t
drunken wretch who was ethics
frozen he feit small sympaithy, but
Md the sen se that all modern me
have
on. saoe occasions, thee he oug
to be concerned, w•Idoli kept h
gave.
The other two were not ligb
heart. Marin draggle); the lobo
gen. Inland hini and walking with h
e" It at a. general truth that Great iire and, germs. We all know that borax la
Min's tuoney is as necessary to the 'wel- purify water instantly; hence its virtue
A FREAK OF CUPID.
011'AVTEle V. dankly desirable to hues help from tbe.
nearest neighbors to seek and capture.
aelurthepe bed streak across to the lane Courtbope. soon, reached -what
Main, road at right angles to tbe PoPlar seemed to be a dip.or hollow' in the,
a.venee. The peplars stood, slim, up- ti
Wain; in thee. tee wind had been very
usy levelling. the sextette with the
right. more like a• stiff end regular i higher groan& .A.t, first be supposed
formation. of feathery seaweed growe that, for som.e. reason road and. fences
Ing out of a.dozen oceans than like- pd. tt,taticart eiitf ; ?All
trees uponetplain. He was nearing a eighelr above the natural level. Tim
wore a elra and birch which he had tholuget came, to him that if here be
not seen the everting befoee; by the al- should break biz snow -shoes there
most hidden rails of tbe fence there
vrexe balf-buried shrubs. So dry, so
hard, so absolutely without bud or
sere leaf was the ieterlacing outline
would n.ot eveu be the neighboring
fence -top on weie.e to perch and.
freeze.
Suddenly all his attention wes con-
centrated upon a clerk sonaeteing, like(
a, Et of cloth fallen. in the snow. Ae
of the trees and shrubs, that they too he came close and touched the cloth he
seemed to be some strange product of fauna it to be tbecovering of a, basket
this new sag of ocean; they did not alm0st. buried epuehing away the snow -
remind him of verdant gla.des. Not that ceartasg:redf.i ceorvseromgoiagatitfreeylinet•nteen1
beauty was absent, nor charm, but the he quickly knew thee this was no other
scene was strange, very strange; the than. the stolen silver a which he was
domain. of the laluglaing princess, on in ceue.st. A thrill of gratitude to For-
-Wan. for so kindle a freak had hardly
whom he,bad earned hie beet, was, ha: passe.d throage his mind before his eye
the daylight, mare than ever an en- 'sought a depression in the snow just
chanted land which becould fancy to taeond. Hs saw now that a man was:
be ugkeown in story and until now un- • er
yingysteaserei g
explored by men.. Such ideas only snow; the. whole form. had asvunuelgiiii
came to him. by snatches; the rest of , own. heat into a caeity like a grave.
him, mina and. body, was summed up Ccarth°1'" t lhe
was that of le ede htehht1;1, • sfeaeci:
En &fierce determination to eate,h the yesterda,y.upoen tent" river. The
The arms,
thief and. bring baek his spoils. ; when he raised them, fell again to the
1,Vhetber by this be woald prove him-, sanw like lead. Yet he perceived tem,
self eonest, or guilty. he neither knew .was mot extinct Even in the froise
Ito odor or rein 1%` -',Is' to be perceived,
nor felt that be cared. and breath, altboagh so feeble as to
Graclually, as he thoug•ht 'ere about be unseen, still paes-e.d in and out of
itis seneeshees, he freed that the wide ; iglely•-drawn nostrils. Tee touch
lateral swing which heltad been giving' ;that '1d Ifav'srll'o'ol•k"ht,a;
to. his leg was unneeded. Strange as it . fallen men and eb weed. Ile rainel
seemed, the large rackets did n.;ot inter- Nint to a silt ug poeturee Int finder
fexe It -hen. he took an ordinary step. • ts,01"1,"'e:nfetea'seilins° icielitiaeur!nesuele
Having made, this pleasant discovery laid him agaia in the self- mime grave,
be quickened. speed. He did not know Tear pester(' at least would be utost
whether the girl badstopped laughing coieluove to the ;continued motion of.
tee heart.
(indeed gone into the hause again, but at ending. tie t other of ht"
be knew tlaat the falling snow and the body, Couri ht)t.%N%, strwk upon :w-
hiner -ewe of the trees meet now bbader miler bard eine t la:ch feurii to be
bee from seeing bina dietinetly. ei keen stolen 1.0',..k.vd as it \vas, w teen
contained. uo clean, the (ober Mutt-
Iza.a.3:aoruent he was glad of this, for, Ides whose Llss elaten. fine diseov-
becoming bacautions, he fell. ered., The wree we:geed ay it her -
Beth ams, pu:t out to eeee hiniseit nadelet.411 lent lac' aepereettly
Were embedded to t very seo,ulder reitsni; 7 c:s10.161.WY
Btreight dawn in the snow that offered. is .o.eet and u an in ezrelee, • per -
no bottom to his touch; when his next haPa for beers, bad e.vitieney sue -
impulse wae to move kn.eee and feet cuineed to tirink and to eold, eaught
as in a trap Ity the unutual violence
he found that the points of his show- of the storm.
shoes were deg 'deep, and his toes, tied There NV$:i nothing. to be done but
to teem, held the soles (Weis feet in return. to tee house for 3e -inns aid,
and, lifting tee lainille.s of laziket and
the Snrek0 position. case in. either hand. Cou,rtliope &male('
What =reed temerity had made eine back ;epee his eeen track, thankful
confess to a criminal act in order. to be that he had already attaiaed to surne
skill in srtou^shoeMg. As he neared
allowed. to come on. this fool's errand? the heere hite hiert beet high ihe
Fool, indeed, had he been to auppose exeitemeat of teeing Mailgtoe delight,
that he could milk upon efrozen cloud He closelY seanned the windows,
witecntt falling through! Such were even, the tiny winclowa in the vented.
tin -roof, but no teige,r eyes were on the
Courthopen reflections. Inokout.
By deg,rees he got himself up, but Loadly he, thumped upon the heavy
onlY by ending himself round andtak- front door. Thre was enneweat of a
bee a„ the knook Ihe snow-
ing off his show -shoes. By degrees he , bo•and houseekni coliecte'd 'quickly at
got the, snowesboes put on again, and the welcome teought of a message
mounted out of the hole which he hie. from the outeide world. When tee
made, with snow adhering to all his d°•ae, was opened, Madge and the
Monne were there to behold Cou.rt'-
garments and snow melting adown his hope ereeeing the peen& Ht per_
r.
meek and wrists. He now realized that ceived oxen that his guilt, if
he had epana newly. hate an hone in, doubted before, was now proved be -
walking not a quarter of a mile, With ycind all doubt. There tree a distinct
sure of reserve in the satisfaction.
this ebeerless reflection. as a eompanion ' they expre.ssed. Madge especially was
he went doggedly on, choosing nowthe very grave, with a etrong flavor of
drifted. untia road for a, path. moral senerity in. her words and de,
meaner.
Having left behind him. the skeleton • Coarthope, explalnitel to her that the
forme of the trees, he was trudging., other man, was dying in the snow, that
aca•oss anopen plain, flat almost as the if his life w.as to be saved no time.
11 loet. She re eated tee stor
serface of the lake wlaich he had tray- , . P
in Innen to lionn, and thereupon.
eirsed ye.sterday. Sometimes the fenees arose lege worde from the Free -ch-
at the side of the road were wholly man. Medge looked doubtfully at
bidden, moan ofte•n they showed the Coarthope, and. then she interpreted.
It seenatd that. the lerenteniaan's de -
top of their posts oramper bar; some- sire was to at him ou.t again. andlock
times he could see crass -fences, as if , up the house, leaving the two accent -
outlining fields, so that he supposed he ' pines to eihift for theraselves as best
they might. Courteope urged motives
atilt walked through lan.ds farmed front of hentanity.
deseribed tee man
the lonely Acne house that he was and his condition.
still upon. his lady's dam,ain. medi- , At lenigth prevailed. Madge in-
*Med. upon her„ividging that she was stated teat if Merin did not go she,
swe.et bey-ond compere. although why , would. lan. few moments both she and
he thought so, after her mistrust and Merin ware preparing to set out.
derision, was one a those secrets , It seemed uss less for Courthope to
which the dimpled Cupid only could cx- precede theme he went into the din-.
plain, He was forced to acIrnowleage Ing-reum, demanding foor of Madame
the faot that Dans ha did think. and Morin.
that here he was walking. whither he He fennel that Elie bad been, carried
hardly knew, beetling with the gale, down. and platted in her chair in the
bustled xoughly by its white wings, , midst of domestic activities.
danger at every. burn a falling off the i As soan. as she spied. Lem, being in
tavosmall moving rafts of his shins ; nervous, hysterical state, she opened
initoa.sea inuthich no man ceald swira , her ramie and shrieked sharply; the
very long. • Hie wondered, should hie shriek at this time had more the to.ae
slow -shoes beeak, if he wotald be able ' of a child's anger than of a wolnan'S
to flounder to the rim of the fen -.el , fear. With a strong :sense of hemor
How long could hesit there? Certainly he set down at the table, and she.
It "'voted seem, looking north and south, '• realising that he was not immediately
and east and west, that he would need dang•eroas. railed upon him.
to sit as long as the, life. in him might ! "Vip,er in the bosom I" said Eliz.
endure the frost. I Coerthop,e, almost famished, ate
,At length a. shed or small bern met fast.
his eye. His own approach seemed to "Daughte.r of the horse -leech crying
have been heard and answered from 'give,' and seeking blood from the
:witlaine the neigh of a horse greeted, . hand it gives!" ehe continiu,ed.
Ian. At Beet he supposed that some "Sd.r Cha.rles Graallizan would never
horses belongitag to the house were have kicked a man. when he was
stabled here, and neglected because the down," he asid. "He would have tried
roads were irapassable; then. he judged to do greed even. to the viper he had
that so slight a shed. could not be in- neuriseed..!
tended for a stable. The memory of Sir Charles's well-
Efe answered. tee animal's cry by known method even with the most vil-
seeking the dom. Against it the driit lainous, appeared to distract her at -
ens not deep, fax, as it opened on the teation for a racenent.
sh.eltered side, he had only the snow- "And. then they allsent for him and
fall to scrape away. the doer, welch confessed and. made amends, just as I
bad tatty ancenely been freed from its ha,ve done," Courthope went on; but
must of frost, yielded easily. He the feet that a laugh was gleaming in
found a brown shaggy horse tied. his eyes enraged the little cripple.
within, and be.side it a sleigh, such as "H'ow- dare you talk to me, sitting
he had fireceue,ntly seen, a mere plat- there pee.tending to be a. gentleman!"
forim, of wood upon. runners. Other- "I would rather be. allowed to raake
wise the shed. was empty. Oeurthope a better toilet if ray repute:tem were
was cemokly etauck by the recognition torest upon a pretence. I never heard
of something- which set hie memory of a gentlemanly villein who went
working. The old. buffalo -skin on the about -without colter and cuffs., and
sleigh was suleh aswas caramon, butt had act been allowed access to his
the way it was stretched upon. a. heap hair-bruish.'"
of sacke made hire remember the "A striped jacket and sha,ved head
sleigh that he had. yesterday passed a gen.erally whet he am about in
eport the rarer, end the keen, sinister after hes nnettasked. f I had been
faze, of the driver, which had. ill con- Madge I -would not have let you t off."
treated, with his apparent sleep and "Come, reraember how sorry Eliza-
stlapidity. bete Bennett wiaS when she folund she
Courteope tossed aside the skin with given. eva,y to preaudice. If I re-
st jeek. A rum b.ottle, a small hoard of membex right Elle lay awake many
frozen. bread ;Ind. bacon, a heavy nights."
blanket folded beeea.th, all seemed to "Axe yeti adding insult to injury by
peeve that the driver had made pro- insinuating that either of maght be-
nne:ye for a longer journey. The horse stow upon you --e
had. no food before it; no blanket was "Oh ceatainly not, I merely wish to
upon. its back. Probably its driver had seggest teat a young lady possessing
not intended to leave it here so long. lively telerets and 'remarkably line
Where w,ais the &leer? This gatekly ayes' might et make great mistakes
became in; Oceurthopen need the all ita- en, her estimate of the masculine char -
portant question. 'Why had he been weber' " ,
s el mg on the most lonely part of the The ciripple, who perhaps had never
lake/ And. now, recalling again the betels heaxd her one beautiful feature
man's face, be believed that he had an perused by- mascialine, lips, was obliged
evil destga. to harden herselp.
at by which. it wee drawn. He too es -
ed. caled tlue trot of the Oaatedian.
of wile growing proficieint, and if be did
ncl not succeed in keeping up tee running
ly paee, he managed to go more quickly
ep teen before. They made fair prog-
to less. Looking back, Ceurthope sane
LS, Madge and the stranger emerge upon,
theroad with the little bore. Halted
eh not thee to look back often to see! bow
ge they helped it to make its way. They
ix were still wane distance behied when
he atnd Morin, reached the house.
re The rale called Xavier Wee carried
in lute tile kitchen amid wild excla.ma-
rt ties front the Marie women. As they
r- all coatinued the work of restoring
or laim with a hearty geed -will and an ex-
er erienee of Which Oourthope could not
eh
tip
re
v-
is
ef
s,
he
he
ht
im.
t-
g -
is
grey head bear forward to the gal
was sellen at being driven in the ser-
vice of thieves.; afraid 'eel some sine
ea desigo. wee still intended, hneest
t °estate. " • f • g I>
at Courteope. As far elatien she ap-
pe,ared grave an.il preweepied beyond
all that NVD,$ enteral to her, suffering,
btt feated, from. the pain, of her first
disillusionment This was a sufferieg
that be ants hardly be a poeitio4 to
take, seriatiely, and yet, lite Inert
:came( liter her. iliought als
het she e as pondering over tile pro!
lent M. her neet responsibility, and th
e.iden,e of this nime sooner than he
had expeeted.
Wilt.% thee got to the plain where ,
hie firer traik diterged straight. to te
e,h- at. the. 311.0rin Stillyesi to ex
hang:4 remarkt; tiny evitieutly per -
volved 14 !hie the clearest etittene of
all egairest. eine 1,1;eci he we gone
stringht t tee plate w here tie- eke:em-
place had apnoea to wait/ tillea
atdgo fell en a, a little to villein he
was now ,plaidirag in the ear. She •
aceosied hint la tie ^' tl• t
had from. tee fixer, so ebarined Jena.
Wit rust; w it 1.1 Ixt r test ere I, Mee aS
he tome, of a reed-tepe inntrast mite
eine Arent metal, or tes ibe full voice '
of tile unite; u hat t he shrill chirp of
he iiiarrow. 1,tv suit V(kwe Was very .
sertous. the mower more titan sedate, '
5 :C.* %verde studied.
"I am afraid Lint nothing that can
say will et.r.tuade you to alter a may
of life which you were to have chosen,
but it seems to me very sad tba,t tine
of You.r ability should so degrade
himself."
See stopped for a little gasp o
breath ae if frightened at her ovvn
audacity. Iler manner and phrases
were an evideet, imitation of the way
in weave ishe. hie beard advice be
stowed up.on vaitira,n1 or criminal by
the benevolent jut:ge Whose memora
she so ten.lerly chertshed. It waS see-
ped nature to Ler to act, es she fancied
he would have cccted. Courthope com-
posed himeelf to receive the judicial
adamition with becoming humility
bis whole sympathy was with. hen his
mind wee aglow with the quidet eu-
raor of it.
"You ruuet know," rinuked Madge,
"how very wrong it is; and it is net
possible. that you could. have difficulty
in goatee; seine honest emplaettient."
"It is very kind ot anal to intereet
yourself in me." Ile kept ,his eyes
•;st, be wan glad to betake himself
to his own room, wondering whether
he was now a thief or a gentleman in
the eye e of this siaaall snow -bound
world. There was, in. any case, no one
at leieuxe to prohibit him from inalriag
free with hie own possessions,
(To Be Continued.)
GREAT BRITAIN'S PERIL.
••••1•11•14
THE HOIVIE.
A EIELPFITTi REMEDY.
If one taw e,ver felt the paUgs of
welting for a doctor to came, and not
skneaftweritngng winleakthatoradeao nfotrimbeen, they
(aim:
apt/replete the situation of a young in-
experienced mother. !writes a corres-
nondent.
have found by long experienoe teat
W8 can save, doctor bills and drug bills
by lear.aieg to use simple preventive.s.
ate &their was a physician and believed
in sun' ple remedies, bub bnving doetor
in the house spoiled me, and when Thad
atonddteipraiendd. upon myself I was nervous
This simple gargle of which will tell
you is wonderfully effect:iv° end speedy
in its mete. It. will relieve an ulcerated
sore throat directly. It is a strong solu.-
tion of salt water and. borax, You.
In ease or war See Might ne eta Oneerom should hone the patient use it freely an
h of esoape for the ale confined between
f the lagers of leather of which the sole
a a ime. 1,131s Isit is ooraposed, and is the cause of tee dis-
tant will have tee wbeet so long as it go oa disinfectant, wad. retraizee
thexe is weeat in the world, fungi Prevent the growth of bectene
often. If you can see the White pato
Great Britain bas the money and
Rer rood smear.
or ulcer—touch, it with a areal' piece o
therefore it is argued that Great Bri- 1Pgdered bonaie the size cif a pea;
er good combinations a.re pale straw-
colored velvetawite sprigs of the fragr-
ant pink arbutus and. white chiea candle
atlas end pink shades and pale blue yen
vet with, white jonquils that have gold-
en eyes. Scarlet tulips and maiden's
hair fere in low silver dishes, with a
ground of pale green velvet would look
well grouped about a silree lamp with
a white shade.
The country women weep has invent-
ed a. kettle In which meets and veget-
ables may be bouled without odors be-
ing diffused terough the bouse, should
be greatfully rewarded by her slater suf-
be greatfully revverded by her sister suf-
ferers. The merit of the invention Hee
in the coven, which has a curved tube
or spout long enough, to extend into an
opening in the range pipe, and provid-
ed with, a circular piece of tin near the
end tent it may be fitted into ant,
apertukrei With this kettle one need not
eat her boiled dinner before meal time.
For a small noise the squeaking of
shoes is ioaost annoying and a trial to
one's nerves. At last there comes a
remedy which sound,s as if it might do
same good, and may be easily tried. Pro-
cure a small gimlet, and from the in-
side bore a. bole belt way through the
d sole of dile shoe This makes an outlet
• • agreeable noise,
au excellent desinfectant and that it will
fare of wheat -growing nations as tee ea reanovine the cause
wheat of other natione is to Britain's leering times of contagion, my fathee
life. General trutais are always sub- had usinethllen wash our faxes and
can 5 ject to exceptione and the exception to gargle tiedeitlie:T:e'Nrv.itIr thibr.ntaNilvadterto
tte foregoing., general truth is the cone and Ablowanarya asesoaapepareivesuochtivtelitnasn,idouars
(neon of war, when tee United Statee 72.igeb, ore libougla le was becieurn m
might enter into a coneeiraey vcrith uet il ci game spectal tleatment. BuY
o jeuseict to Marie Britten to death. ;410, it was just tails stmple prooess. It I:
• Great tbai an allianee between Rus- na_nallioiviera everybody's relate because of its
e
sia, France and other European nations apeelduThr re, noaarePinIptilfigsoaingoltitaltiiiiiiwoililtshi
with the United etates against Ilritain " Id
is unlikely, isnot tale eistory of the na- it.
e tents lareely t he rteenoiriciedef Kuinnigille)1my ' awilE•tahv:ietneituaeioiheetire;5.?esoulliud msforetiottyacheeixaselt
occurrencee/ Tee
b P
livee trona hued to mouth, and at. no —wherPec thole is xi: drvrg isnttobree efruaouterd
thee is teere more than three Nveeks the torner to width she can rum.
tuvidy ef toed in the getheries teneer , out smheodwic(ini chest.eimAthoist iNtivadiseapenbsaagise..e, (ailing
land, Ireland and zteeland. „„ enustard, witch bezel, vaseline, and all
oupposing title eupply nere eut tun ;nee eagle r
1.
.1•••••••••1111.1•1111.
THE HOKE WOMAN,
The home woman can nereir he really
narrow while the daily paper comes
into the home, while her husband. is in
active business and full of interest, in
public affairs and Whig hie bld
are at school or occupylaag positions of
But, occupied. with home duties and
responsibility and trust.
allowing herself to be absorbed by Me
raediate eurroundin ethe is liablet
drat into e. state of indifference to
wbet is going on in the motive., busy
world of thought and etfore—a danger-
ceus atate to be in; for, if s'he hopes to
liold sway in her home, she must be
sufficiently well infortnect in public af-
fairs to be an intelligent companion to
f lien Inieleend; in order to enter fully
into the developmene of her obildrere
She must understate' somewhat of tbat
which thee are studying; to hold a.
place in eocietyt she must be well read
and up in questions concerning at and
pohtci literatuxe; and in order to intelli-
gently fill nay important f
• usoless, she must halve a - owledge
of current events, and be able to under-
stand vault is talked of about hur.
y an rea. y
startatiou or eurreittier 'email be the I Ilene roost mothers do have; bat 1
;
fc'el'ottl -lialmby every mother; for if they are
two aiternac it te; oven I o lire ain. If it tit% simple remenly /odd be
ware a mere matter of kinking open. once bceefitted. by it, as I have been
tee sea routes, from tile grattariee ea They will never be without it again. It
tee etorld leiglana wine' wive is good for burns or scalds by. appiying
NO1 leant, '1'0 YEAR.
time Try it and tell youx neighbor to
- it wait am old linen rag wet in a solue
Poseible continuation. aut a navy can- u.se it.
efer navy could do tluit atetinst any
doea vot !help
There will be no danger, it it
,
not .raise u uitat, and of what. a,vail . "
would be tee waren os if the granaries !
SOME GOOD RECIPES.
otafintlie world. wire intend aguinst Jeri- I
I Boast Beef and Yorkshire Pu.ddingt—
f With Iltenia at the metre of a Euro- Rowe a, piece of beef is tab.e =mil way,
a Pean eIllaaae (Ideal. •Braat° "aid be but about thirty-five minutes before it
entirely dependent. on Lite elated h
- Stearn for her food etieply. The good S ould be served sift one pint of flour
- will and good sewn ol tee United Seines with one and a belt t.easpoonfuls bak-
migia keep tee grenade% of that nation, ing powder; add one leaepoonful of
: open to Britain. let, it ie conoeivable
salt, half ounce butter; rub butter and
' (nat. a Cou.g2e.s.4 matte cluelare war and
- tem an ein. ;trey might be placed upon floor together: add gradually one pint
wheat, and then liniain would have to of milk and two beaten eggs. Mix
. depend upon Canadaand tee Argen- aU well together. Pour it few spoonfuls
; tine Iteputaie. At present the what of the beef fat in it long, seallow tin
exeorts 01. (Amide anti Lee Argentine pan; brash it over the pan; pour in the
Republie come far short of meeting batter, place in a moderate oven, and
i lirnain'e needs. and tee gentile trutn bake from twenty-five to thixty min,
, is, teat in the event of tee leap/wan lees. In serving lay the meat on a
• war the United etates you'd ennish Bri- warm dish, cut the pudding into square
tatiaretbi.tt. cin.3a.tittionifi
°0,fareileTrnof°t°dtosilliPeplye.x- a little. of the beef gravy over eacli
pieces and place around the meat. Pour
posed to &Leger at sueb a vital point. pieoe and serve.
See ought teener to offer a bounty! ule , Nut Cakes.—Beat one egg well, add
tee production of wheat ten to it halt au ounce of sifted sugar, -one
enrouraga
der lier own flag by duty on grain omen of warin.ed butter, one table -
grown in foricien eountries.
, halt a teacupful of
The clues- ' spoonful of yeast
tion is eerious and the :statesmen of luke-warm milk andhalf a saltspoonful
Great Britain ought to establish the Whip all well together; then
food tutply of tee United Kingdom of salt.
stir in by degrees half a pound of flour.
on a ,urer foundation than even tee Beat it until it falls from. the spoon,,
gaud tvill and the good sense of the teen set it to rise. When it hae risen
I United States,
; the. size of a walnut, and wahout •,
. out from the, light dough little pieces
1 BIllrAIN ALWAYS LEADS. ; molding or kneading fry ithem light '
brown in boiling fair Veen done lay!
I Germany and Auzeria and Russia '
on a napkin to absorb fat.
' might drag Ieranin into a league
Codfieh Puffs.—Two teaspoonfuls of I
against Inigland but fonehe fact that '
boiled salt c,odfisli minced fine, and the;
Britain is readier than any or all of
same quantity of maelted potato; beat;
the powers combined for war upon the
thoroughly; then add two tablespoonfuls,
I
ocean. Sea power would be the deter- of melted butter a half a salts
poonful!
mining fa/curr in sui.h. a conflict and of white pe '' d
pepper an two well -beaten :
Britain is tit-Ilse/or er, immediately ex- eggs. Fill battered gent pans with ths!
fective sea. power to any pos.sible com- max.ture. Brush the tops with melted'
bination e.lach van be made against it. butter and bake in a lot oven.
Frame seenei to be notoriously un- I A Sweet Pancelre.—A very delicious
rea.dy for aaval -combat, and no anti- sweet pancake is made by taking one
its mark until Frame has had time pint sweet railnk, four eggs, two table -
upon the ground.
"I do not know, of course, whit led
you to begin a life of crime, or in,what
Ivey you founci text want houses in this
country were worth robbing, but 1
Lear you must bone led a wicked life
for a eing time," she was, very severe
now. 'You are young yet; why
s'hould you carry on your nefarioun
eel:mates in anew country, where, if
YOU would, area could teeny reform?"
(Agaim a little gasp for breathe "I
have p.romised to let you go without
giving you inte the hands of the law.
I am afraid I did a selfish and weak
thing, because others may suffer Iran
your crimes, and I wish you could
take this opp.ortumity, which my leni-
ency gives you, and try to reform be-
fore you have lost your reputation as
well as your obaracter."
"It very kind of you," he mur-
mured again; and still as he walked
he looked upon hie feet II had no
thought now of again denying hie
guilt; having denied, and, as she
thought, oonfeseed, he felt that to
change once mere would only evoke
her greater acorn "Let he," his heart
said. 'Let come wthat will, I will not
oenfuee her further to -day."
CHAPTIERVI.
They passed the shed, making a
straight, march, as swift. as might. be,
fox tee fallen man; but befare they
reached him, they saw some one com-
ing, a black, itereasirug form in the
snowy distan.ce. Morin hesitated. ig
the thief had arisen, strong and able-
bodied, it was clear t bat they had
egainbeen tricked for an evil purpose,
Even Madge looked alarmed, and they
both togetber raised a halloo in the
patois of the regioin. The answer that
came across the reach cif the storm
el:nered them.
The new -comer, a messenger from
the 'nearest village, became voluble as
soon. as be was within speaking dis-
tance. He addressed, Madge in broken
Bilges/1e but so quickly and with set
stroing a French accent that 0o,urthope
anly gathered part of his errand. He
had come, it seemed, from the step-
mother to tell something conoerning a
certain Xavier, who, had been sent to
them the evening before. Before he
had finished calling, Madge and Marin
had Game to the place where the thieil
lay, and, looking down upon
Madge gave it little ory.
The newtoomer Came. up. He lookecl
as if be might be of the grade of a
notawyn clerk or a country cheznist.
He did not seem surprised to see wtho
the man wan His began at once with
great activity to chafe his hands and
face with handfuls of the mow.
Madge and Morin were also active
witb, the restenatives. 'Me thief was
lifted and laid upon the toboggan.
Tbey trod the snow all tercet to know!
that Teething remained, and. Zoned only
a oairklees flask oontatteng a few drops
rum. They were all .se busy that
u.rthoipe laad little to do; he stood
ide, wondereng above all at th,e way
rubbed the man witk the snow,
d at the astomashment that leadge
penes's& The stranger was very nina-
e and very talkative; pouring out
cads now in Frame to Madge, he
ked with her in all haste te the
ed from wilt& tin horse ageiza
inJnied IVIetrin, awakening to a
Awe of urgency, started at a trot,
egging the toboggan, behead him; it
of
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sb
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Couriatope 'pursued hi,s wey; fore deccoMplieheal wretch I" she cried in dr
air heavily ire enow so light. Court -
Dee Lent a hand to the loop of rope
...eerie- at Hensel!.
, for t.he purpose'
d Tin
wliethex the thief haa alone farther 0.11 aoceinte worthy at an irate Pamela. se
rein,aleteci in this vikenity, it eves eve- "Det you, suppose, it was tbelast time h
on white grown in England or else •
13ralsii league of the powere can begin
to prepare. Bee England is not idle spoonfuls powdered sugar, two table -
when its enenue.s are active, and when spoontuls melted. batter, one teaspoonful
France and Germany and .Russia have Royal bakizig powder and floux for a
improved their naval arraament, Bri- moderately thin batter. Beat the eggs,
Min. will lia.ve improved her armament whites and yokieS separately. Stir the
also, and the allied. powers will still butter, sugar and one cupful of flour
need more time and more ships before raenuctoedw)hieinuho yboarikszeganpdowa•ddearthheasmbeilekn.
they are ready to answer the signal for the
battle. • Add the whites of eggs last, stirring
briskly. Bake in thin, small cakes, but- e
tering each. one as it comes from the d
fire; place four in it pile with any kind f
of jelly between„ and powdered sugar o
tlovIlaerintary talcii.es.—Two cups of powdered.
Sugar ,One cup of butter, one cup of
sweet milk, and. Icier eggs, the yolks p
BEAR SORROWS CHEERFULLY.
The following appears in an a,ppeal
iin the English Church Times on be-
half of it proposed. mortuary chapel in
the East End:
"On tie.e south side of the church
we have a spare piece of ground,where
we propose to build a cheerful
mortuary chapel, large enough to con-
tain three or four coffins at the same
e
L
A committee of -the West Bromwich
Town Counel have xevv.arded their cem-
etery supennteadeut for his long ser-
vice by granting him a plot of ground
in, the corporation cemetery for his owm
private use.
SAGE COVINSEL.
ea. man entered an lee -cream peeler,
and slowly and thoughtfully ate bie
portion of vanilla. While he was pay-
in,g the eashiett. he said quietly:
3. notice yen). advertise that you inane
yowl. own me-nreara?
Let me give you a pointer which will
help your trade amazingly.
Well? aakee. tee man curiously.
The eerily was bland and apparent-
ly courteous:
Get some other fender to make it!
NO CHANCE TO TALL
Tberee one good thing about matri-
mony.
What is it?
It. makes a men think more ancltalk
less."
elP TO l'ITE AVERAGE.
My eon, said. th,e fond father, re-
Provengly, have always endeanoxed
to do my duty to you.
Olx, yea, re.p/ied the erringtone; you
have done fainly abs fethers go.
SPREAD OF BUBONIC PLAGUE,
Rritish Ropes That oldie's Pestilence 11as
Been cherked—Seemi Confined to nom- a
bay recaideney.
sParn+ SIYITLES,
"Qemiateectek les ented„a Weirdo Man-
ufecturere What for ?" "kw. says the
Man has forced his ern& chair. factory
into benkreptcy. •
Strawber—"(Why do you thank you,
will have any trouble in keeping the
engagemeut secret I" Singerly—"I bad
to tell the girl hadn't If"
"My leu,sband is never a bit moved
by the partbatric scenes of a play. Is
yours?" "04, yes. They generally,
move eine clear' oat of the house."
"Those people next door axe still itt
their honeymoon." "Heave you. seen him
kissLug her?" "No, Paul ha lets her
reiad the morning- paper first."
"I wisbe I was sollamhulist," said.
the speoulatitve tramp, "Whet!" "Cause
den 1 one save tronele by welkin' in
me sleepa
"Wby do you, buy your deughier
new wheel every yeag?" n keeps her
from wan.ting to paint velvet lambre-
claims for the drawmg rogn mantels."
"See and. her fiance make a handsome
pictuan togeth,er, don't they?" "Yes;
believe eer engege.ment is considered an
artistic rather then a tinaneial sucoess."
nerielier--"Where were you, pester -
day?" Pupil (wainaperring)—"It was all
Billy Smite's fa,ult. hipaeatized me
ete ma.de me go fisban' with bira."
"There a.re mealy more women living
than used to thilak." is that so?"
"Ye,s. Before I married I used to tienk
my wife was the only woman in the
world."
Eastleen--"I teepee you lived. just
opposite the station; but I find. you ten
miles baok tee country" Kansan, -
"Yes; a cyclone moved us last week."
"How time thee es One gets older!"
"Yes; when I was e clerk on salary the
time did mot pass ball so rapidly as it
does now I am in lausuietes with note*
to meet."
Another change slaiagell perase,
The shifting seasons now make due,
TheyeNlvaormea!ti ery "YouCre not Pe
And asa, "Ise hiot enou.get for you?"
sawe'v'Bewulninozta'ayotfan..a.dtelfIlanlletn", lIaMteroien?"6ar"tilher40,
I am, sum Jobe, we could do a. part of
our znoving with it next Saturday and
flusba,nd—"What, de you want with.
that tbingt You'll never hone any use
for a tb,e, world. :le ifee- .But just
think, it was toerked down from a dol-
lar ten to ninety-seven cents."
"I understand you have joined the lift-
eeraey brotherhood." "Yes," replied
Lovelae.,e- "1 MU now 'writing for a
hang," And be da,sh,ed off another beg-
ging letter to Ide father.
"They elegies talk above the seven
gee of man," said. the Cu.rious One.
'Why not tee. seven ages of woma.n
'Because, my boy,' replied the Know -
ng One, "one is enough, for them,"
The disease, which was first describ
ed at bubonic fever, appeared in Bom
bay city early in October, 276 death
being officially reported izx that montl
itt Novenaber the deaths were 268
in Deeember, 1,160; in January, 1,82
and in February, 3,072. In March the
fell to 2,256, and during the first fit
teen days of April they dropped. t
804, thus showing a marked improve
.ment. Tle week of higheet mortal
ity wee that ending on Feb 9. whe
the deathfrom all causes in Bombe
were 1,891, or at tee rate of nearl
120 per mile on the assumed populate)
of the city, from which some 300,00
people bad fled. This rate bad sun
to under 71 per mile in Inc week end
hag Mardi 30, and. it is now consider
aely lower owing t o the practic
among the native population o
concealing eases. The onielal return
show only known deaths from the pla
gue, whereas many thousand neer
must. have oceuxred. Hence the tru
tett, of the decline of the disease is th
falling off in the number of death
from all causes. The returns record
ed officially give 11,300 seizures with
9,662 deaths in Bombay city from
Oa. 2 to April 15. The percentage o
recoveries was thus very email.
ln Karachi the plagut eroke out on
Dec. 10, 59 deaths oucurring in that
month. The mortality rose to 745 in
January and 971 in February, ancl
then sank to 808 in Meryl, while 301
deaths have been reported in the first
half of April, which goes to show that
the disease is deciiniug, as t in Bombay.
Tee percentage of recoveries is much
smaller in learacei than in Bombay,
2,944 deaths having occurred out of
e,531 seizures.
As regards the areas outside Bom-
bay and Karachi,
THE WORST RETURNS
come from Plana, close to Bombae,
where 3874 seizmes occurred. Poona
city and district come next with about
2,500. Surat with 1.671, Kolaba with
480, Sukkur with 439, and Ilaidarabad,
Sind, with 406, are other centres where
the plague became indigenous. It has
been clearly established that the di-
sease spread mainly in a northwester -
y direction from Bombay. Boone.
Satara, and latolapur, to the south-
ast, have been infeated, but this was
ue to the exodus from Bombay in. the
het instance. Goa, on the west coast
nly had sixty cases in all, four of
reach have been in April. That the
nague is not likely to extend inland.
o the southeast is proved by the fact
hat isolated cases only have been re-
orted fax a montb past in the Dec -
an districts outside Poona.
As to indict generally, not a single
ase bas been reported in Madras and
Bengal, only 130 Rajputant, 8 in the
entice province 8 in the Punjab, and
in the Northwest provinces. These
vere invariably persons travelling by
ram who were intercepted at rail -
say junetions. In the provinces just
inentioned all the cases with the ex-
etition of two occurred before March
5, fence which date this vast inland
rea has ben free from even a sus-
ticion of plague. In time Central in-
ia Agency there was an outbreak at
ilhandraom, a village in Gwelior,
vbere 74 cases occurred. The epide-
mio haa been stamped out without
preadin.g to tbe villages close to Kban-
&nom itself. Six cases are also reported
ram Ujjain, but there have been none
here for a month past. Teljain is a
lace of pilgrimage, and ' a inela,h
air wan about to be held there, but
he Mabanjah of Gwalior prohibited
ny assemblage of persons. The Gov-
rnment of India approved this ac -
ion, and directed that no railway
tickets should be issued to .pilgrizes
for Tejjain froin anywhere in Delia.
It was certain teat any great gate -
ming would result in an outbreak of
plague, as people from the infected dis-
triets would form the bulk of the
To review tihe whole position, the
area of whioh the plague has taken
hold forms less than a tenth part of
India. The disease sheltie no 'signs of
spreading into the heart of the coun-
try, and it is reasoeable to tope that
it may gradually rile but, as fewer
caees are now reported from day to
day. •
THE HARDY CRETAN,
011110.•
; Shooting Their Predominant Passion and
So Not Restrain It.
Whatever faults the Cretans may
- have, they are brave and hardy—Chris-
o Cans and Moslems alike, They sup-
- pord life on anyterng, or almost nothing,
- for an indefinite time, and when tbe
n worst comes to the worst. die ha.rd. They
y have more lives than the proverbial eat.
y and their recuperative forces seem ine
n exhaustible: A few days ago one of
0 the,m was shot through the right lung,
k and the doctor declared that five or
- six hours was the most he could live.
- Teat man is alive to -day, and takes his
e mishap, as coolly as if it were a corn or
f a police He is not out of danger, but
s teenier is he wholly devoid of hope.
- Now, tb.e Christian Insurgents on the
o heights above Mahout are men of this
O type, They sleep out in the open, the
O intensely blue sea at their feet, and
s the dazzling, snow-capped mountains
_ behind them, Their shelter is an olive
, tree, an inequality in. the ground, a
stone, the rematins of tile wall,—any-
ing that hippens to be available.
There they lie perdue day after day,
straining their marvelous vision, to
catch sight of an incautious Turk, and.
prepared. to put a bullet tb,rough the
smallest extent of his person which he
may expose. They are all remarkably
, good shots, equalled only by the Swiss
and the Boers. This is charaoteristio of
• every Creta.a, weatever his age or re-
ligion. l'a•om childhood onwards they
practice rifle shooting ince,ssantly, and
however poor, always manage to pos-
sess a rifle and ammunition. A etre-
1 tan would sell his immortal soul for
a gun or a revolver, and would steal
Ithem from his bosom friend without .
i a pang of compunction. It is peat of
his nature. Du,ring the present insur-
recnon leave heard, of several eases
of Cretan Clwistians robbing their own
conerades—but only of their guns, re-
volvers, and cartridges, which is not
a breaoh of any of their commandments!.
Shooting is tbeir predominant passion,
and they never attempt to restrain it.
• They somehow bring it into harmony
I with their areed, and, therefore, they
lie, steal, fight, kill and die with the
risco cience of a saint.
COST OF BRITISH ROYALTY.
• One of the most intetrestin,g points
made by the Chancellor of the Exche-
que,r, Sir Michael Hicks -Beach, in. pre -
stating the ludget statemett in the
House of Commons on Thunsday last,
; was that the, monarchy costs less now
' than in 1837. an that year the civil
listb voted out of the taxpayers' money
was $1,925,000 a year, in, return 'for
which tParlianueinit took the Orown
estate, than producing an income of
$1,015,000. To -day the saints estates
prOctuee e2,060,000 a year, and the result.
is the Queen, now pays the nation $135,-
000. if the cost of the rest of the,
' royal family is included it will be found
that in 1836 a Mather surotof $1.760,000
1 a year was paid by the taxpayers,.while
' in 1897 tee oorirespo,nding vote is $1,-
060,000, or a gain to the taxpayers oil
$701,000. The, total COSI of the Queent
and th,e royal family to the nation Jsi
$925,000 a year.
'and WhiiteS beaten separately; two and c
'a half nip of flour, half a cup of corn-
, flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powd- c
en and half a teaspoonful of mace. Bake
in small molds told ice all oven
4
laitNTS FOR THE H0USE1101_,D. ,
A strrall dish of fine clarcoal kept up- t•
an a shelf of a. dark closeit or in the re-
frigerator eta renewed every week, will c
absorb all odors and help to keel) thing's 2
fresh and. sweet.
Wben planting peter sweet peit seeds a
do nob forget to ma,ke a trencb for them. 1
Then, as the vine grows, the earth may .%
be thrown tip around a, giving it more, 3
strength and. support,
Many persoms prefer buying perfor- 1
a.ted patterns and pow -der and stampingI
thole own linens ae they need them', bet p or
complain that the powder rubs off so
easily. If the !material to be stamped. t
is first slightly dampened and the pat- a
tern ie then laid on and after that the e
goods axe held for it few moments over t
a hot stove or close to the face of a
blot flatiron until the powder dries, then
there will be no difficulty of this kind.
'Velvets are now utilized by aatistio
brands for table decorations. The beant-
iful mirror velvets aire so delicately soft
and came in sea, c,ha,rening tints that
they make really a prettier baCkgrOUnd
for flowers than silk. A spring dinner
table was deoora.ted ;with (silver gray
velvet and daffodils. The shimmering
velvet was renangea in graceful loose
folds. The flovirernalebes were of glit-
tering out glass and asparagus was min-
gled. with the daffodils. Sliver candle-
sticks and yellow shades were used. Oth-
1
FOOLIING THE BUTOHERI
But,ceer--Dot 1\�,r. Wiseman is von
vooi. He gains to MB and he givelme
dose handsome now steelneirde, von
dose empty old. veils I use so many
years. He say he °oiled bricky-
biseke
Cuistome.r—How long had you deed
the oId t 1 ?
I sell meat mit dose steielyand,s twen-
ty-five yearn
Mr. Wisieman is a oustorne,r of yours,
I suppose?
{Yale. ;
Don't you know that the alder steel-
yards get, the weaker the epriegs be-
come and the legis meat they give to
the poune.
Mein Ceitoioued Dot Ur. Wieenatin
its von sc,oundeell
"Gaddles le a remarkable man." "In
what way ?" "He uses our telephone
without making led pencil marks on
tbe wall while he is i-"d-ne•
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