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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1906-5-17, Page 3F++++++++4++++++++++++ Fag strange and unrecognizable key the railings, and wondered whet would ,+++++++++++i.++++++• from a room by standing in ft a pail of � TI�IBI a under the stress. My head's stuck, and NICK I can't get it out," IN THE "We'll see about that!" was the un• feeling reply. And seizin the prisoner byg z u• thegp the shoulders, policeman pulled �+ vlgouously, TIME OP 1 1 t,1L. A loud and anguished shriek went up to the slcy as the railings gripped the • banker's jaws. ++++++++++++++++-+++9+9 "You'll have my ears off l" ho yelled, "1'hen we'll try the other way l" saiti I. the policeman, who was getting angry Mr, Halliday Manners bmhker and at the remarks of rho, crowd. tublic personage, stopped dead on the This time he osteo from behind, and lavemout and s oleo with determine- filled a ala, till the ollaeman Jon to the good-looking young fellow took Mannersa rest, and wondered till whetter he who was walking with him, should send to Scotland Yard for ttssie- "No," be suid,6firmly; "you have had lance. our answer, and I don't,' lu change sly "Cut his head oitl" shouted a wag in nine," ilio crowd. "Sat Etta has promised to—" "Fetch some dynamite 1" advised "Then Ella has no right to promise another, vithout myconsent. I am her father, "Tickle him and see If he'll mover' Ind !wilnot havo for son-in-law a was a third suggestion. non who cannot earn its own living." Moaners heard all these remarks, find "But, sir, f dol You very kindly pay in his agony ho wished for an earth- no three hundred a year for acting as quake, or anything That would remove 'our private secretary." him—even it St was only in bits, "All •01 which you spend on clothes "E's one of the old Cabinet," cried mdiancy waistcoats. No, Percy, my the wag of the crowd, "and don't want ad, your prospects are well enough for to give uphis officer' t searnlnrp but not well enoughgfor a One huorist, bolder than the rest, ion -in-law. There, Ivo me paper, reached ovor and tickled Manners g , toy!" under the ]eft arm. Mr. Manners took a paper from the Goaded to desperation, the banker newsboy, find wailed for the halfpenny lacked out backwards, and caught the ;hange. policeman on the knee -cap. 1 suppose you'd have given the boy The policeman took off his helmet, expellee, wouldn't you?" ho added as wiped his forehead and tried 1.0 think P Y ,seriously to took the coin. of a regulation that fitted the occasion, "Very likely;" answered St. John. Tho crowd was fast becoming un- 'But, seriously, sir, mayn't I have some manageable, and a ooslermonger with lope? I shall bo bettor off directly." a barrow at fruit pulled up, in the hope When your uncle dies—and he of trade. Leaving a small boy to guard trohably live till eighty. No, Percy; the barrow, he edged his .way to the here are two things you oan do, One railings. s, stop with me and give up Ella; and Lummo!" he said. "The old cove's he otter is, leave me, and when you're got 'is read stuck same way as wet my tarnin —mind, I say111110 boydiol Soap'is 'sad—that's g earning—a sub- tanlial income, come back and ash wit we diol" main." The policeman, grateful for any pas- "Then I'll resign at once," said St. sibly solution, sent the caster aft to a ohn, buttoning up his coat. tints is. Publlc•house for soap and wooer• other a public piece, so I']1 say good- In a few minutes Manners telt a lige- lye without any fuss. Good-bye, sir! i ernl dose of cold water poured over his hall hope to come for Ella very soon!' had, while what seemed to be fifty He held out his hunt!, and Mr. Man- pairs of rough hands soaped him vigor- iors, rather astonished at being taken ously. , d his word, Inadvertently dropped the In vein he yelied—or, rather, croaked talfpenny which he had been holding. —that it would be useless. n It Untried on the pavement, and then The policeman, with dim ideas of u oiled between the railings that fronted necessary revenge, went to work with a he office of the Board of Locomotion, will- tutside which the were standing. He soaped Manners thoroughly. Even Y g The halfpenny lay within easy reach, the lop of his head was liberally treat IS it seemed, and Mr. Manners, pointed cd, and, as soapsuds trickled into his tout to St. John. eyes and mouth, the crowd almost "Now," he said, "I don't particularly fought for the privnege of trying to pull want that halfpenny, but I'm ham through. p going to 6 awe it, because it belongs to me, and I But the policeman and the colter isn't like wasting anything. Remem claimed the honor, and nearly pulled ter that, SG John, when you're making Manners' head oft, without affecting the ing. fortune for Ella." position. St. John thought the pleasantry rather "I shall chuck RI" at length said the 11 -timed, and rejoiced to see that Mr. policeman, regrading that he oaten t club the unfortunate Manners to death. vtthelannhis ers stick! not quite reach the coin "Just pop oft to Scotland Yard and tell "Good-bye, sir! I'm going now. I've them how it stands." esigned " he said. The caster departed on his acceptable "Walt a minute," panted Manners. errand, and Manners waited with dumb 'I'll give you a lesion in perseverance. resignation for the next act. 'ment going to have that halfpenny." Shortly the tramp of many feet was Imo stretched his arm through the rail- heard, and a dozen policemen, under ngs,the command of a sergeant, made their but still the halfpenny was out of g each. way through the cntwd' 13y this time a few people were inter- The pavement was cleared, as much !sled, and stood wonderingwhat an ' p , lderly gentleman was scooping around andthe sergeant examined the railings n''It'st neccentric od, sir," {Whispered St, to see "Belle what, could b dlonae• smith, Jack- 'ohn; "you can't reach it, and there's a son," he said, "and"we'll have the rail- ,roved ootlecling" lugs wrenched open:' I don't care It there's halt London!" Not one in the neighborhood," re - 'plied tate old gentleman, rather irri- plied Jackson. ably. "I'm going to have that hall- "Well, take a cab and find one I" fenny, If it's only to show you what can By a series of wriggles that would de done by trying." have done credit to a professional aero- With one hand he took off his hat, and bat, ?gunners supported part of hie rodding it In his lett hand, inserted his wearied body against the railings. read through the railings. Freed from the attention of the crowd, IL was rather a tight fit at the 'sides of. he was now able to think, and a bitter he skull, and his ears seemed to be hatred seized him for St. John, who had scraped as they went through; but it deserted him in his hour of need. vas with a feeling of triumph that he He had already bidden him to think drought his hand and stick through and of Ella—that was one consolation—and scraped the halfpenny to him. when freedom arrived—if ever it did-- some other punishment would be roh dere," he said, "I've got it, St. thought of, In his pride he tried to twist his head, He was in the midst of these ehari• Ind was speedily reminded of his post- table refledtlons, when he became aware ion by the railing catching on the point of a voice speaking behind tho railings. )b hisHe jaw."May turned his head again, "Certainly,go rolmd, eretgte� fit?" be sald. quicklyg with the intention of slipping It through In a few seconds a young man stood :he railings. in front of him, To his horror, he found it wouldn't "Do you mind holding -your band go through? Ho gave a frenzied back- up?" was the polite request. ward pull, and found that if he persist- Manners dropped his head, and the id he would choke himself, and moat young man promptly dropped on one certainly cut his ears off, knee and looked up in his face. Perspiration stood on his forehead, "Alm, yes I" he said, 'Mr. Halliday and, as he realized his awful position, &lannms, the banker, I represent the hhe indistinct memory of a story of a 'Evening Wire,' and should just Hie a e i boy lieing imprisoned in a Hite raw facts, Are you doing this tern manner, and having to be out, or for a Jested through hisabrain, to and sawn0 1, wagerfells Manors a joke?"Molted down in speech- his anguish, less and !helpless wrath, and wondered "St. John!" he called, with a husky if he could in any way get his toot voice, his oyes fixed upon tho ground through the railings and permanently where ]ay the fateful halfpenny i injure this young man, St. Cohn leant over the railingand I never heard of such impertinence' spoke down sympathetically. he said, in a volae week wili) suffering "I'm afraid you'll have to stop there; And strain. Instead or wanting to lar a bit;' he said, while T sen it I can Cervimw ma, You might Ory and find some got somebody to sate you out. 11'11 take hep!" about an hour, 1 expect. "Afraid I haven't the lime; I want to Manners halt turned and tried to :get this in the next edition. Nothing speak with twisted windpipe, 'you'd like to say, I suppose," fir . Is any body looking?' he gasped. Yes, there 1st' gasped s "Onlyabout 'flee • hundred The young man listened for two min- tootle, answered St. John, "and, judging by 'liras, and then, rose from his knees with appearances, there'll be about five an expression of admiranon, thousand directly; but I'll sea what I "I never heard anything like it: he can do." said; "but I'm afraid I can't print it, As 'St, John hilrried off .in search of Good•dayl . Much obliged to you, and 1 hmlp the crowd gathered round for in hope you won't 101 any other news- enaction. paper fellows inlervieW you. 1 want It was the dinner.•hour—a splendid this exclusively." time fora free suety—and the pavement The young man ellsappenred, and quickly became blacked. Manners began In Think of his family, An elderly, ' bald-headed gentleman and the lasting disgrace arid ridicule. with his head firm! stuck between the As h° leant in different attitudes, with railings of a Government office is not a his wary bend clasped at the back of sight to be met Will every day, and hill the railings, he began to feel sick and advnntega wna, falcon Of lid opportune faint, ity. M Matinees steed In his commit- The sergeant, attracted by his groans, sort' sE°°pingg attitude;'feeltng that death kindly fed him like a caged animal with tuns advanaite with rapid slides he' brandy std biscutfs and so preventedr wondered despairingly whether' it a collapses p would bit po$siblln, "to obtain prussla An enlerprlsing pholdgrnpII r snap sniff and 51a and Wall. ped the scone, anti rte, 'led with fi As h°;ygrlggled round to urtspealcable 1.0 chuckle et delight to ;nil the photograph g agony, he felt a heed descend on his to the iliueirated papers. badit. flespdelaGlyttressed people bribed lhC "NOW then. ass aiomt 1eiiso" said Ser en t to be allowed to helm e loath Pass y, P I ai s g n d Veldt,• and It eves` mitered Mulliely alnang the The familiar.. words roused ' tan that Cook was o` gantzh1g an rests the un galleonff Fla man to fur •, urstnn: pY man.Y CCC .. ... be the end, Suddenly his heart leapt. Over itis shoulder he heard the familiar wares of St, John. Y "I'm awful! sorry," said the youngAbout man; "1've been trying to get holt everywhere, and the waved I can gni is a blacksmith, who will be here In an hour's time, Is there anything 1 can do for you?" Nothing! snapped Manners, i don't ever want to see you agalnl It's all your Multi" Ste Sohn gallantly fa•eboro to retort, and stooped and examined the railings, As he looked his eyes gltttee'ed, and Ile knelt, and with his eye measured tin space between the two railings at the bottom, Quie1cI' he whispered, Slide your load dawn I' Manners promptly slid his had up, and met the bar at the top. "No, down—down I" cried St. John excitedly, when Manners had finished ?Ili" remartcs. Get on your knees!" Manners dropped In a dazed sort of way SI. John seized him by the neck, pull- ed towards the pavement, and the beak- errs head slipped costly through the railings. They were wider at the bot- tom than at the top, and Manners was free I Before he could realize his freedom, St. John pulled him to his feet and had him !n ¢ab, to the intense disappoint nide of the crowd, and the joy of the sergeant, who was beginning to thinkb 6 g g about the matter, pre cab stopped for a moment in a block of the traffic and a newsboy Y jumped on the step and nourished a paper. Umerous plight of a banker I tie uses 'orrible language I Shocking de' tails I" lie cried, St. John bought a paper, and Man- Hers pursued an awful silence till the house was reached, "Come into the study," he said grim- ly Do you mean to 1a11 me," ha went on, that you were the onlyone out ofsneaunswhile about twnty thousand eople who found that out about the rnllings?" erne afraid 11 looks like it 1" tau led g St, John. "Very well," sighed Manners; "you'll find I'm not ungrateful. I shall have towoanw put up with the scandal, 0 suppose. Batter go and see Elia, and leave me l0 myself. And here,you can have the halfpenny as a rembrance, ityou info. Mrs. Percy St. John sometimes wears a half enny set with brilliants, but P never when her father comes to dinner. —London Answers. t r• ,• {� Hous !t! the Hous +} } $ 44+++++•++x+++++++++4"'� SANDWIL'IIES, There are many methods of making sandwiches. There is one safe way, and Chet is simple as well as effective. Take a sharp knife and cut away the and must of the loot, then spread on the butter before slicing thinly from the loaf; on the buttered slices place the filling, and on this a titin slice of bread. Cut away the crusts and with a quick stroke of a sharp knife divide the whole Into Lwo or three slices, according t0 the size of the original slice. A sand- wick an inch wide by two or three inches long, always appears appetizing. Al- {ways cream the butler used in proper- Ing sandwiches, and to keep them fresh, If prepared an hour or two before sere, ing, wring out a napkin in fresh water and cover the tray and keep in a cool place. White, graham, or brown bread may be used. Brown Bread Sandwiches) — Steam the brown bread before s readin with p g butter grated cheenohe uand l finely chopped kernels of nuts, well salted. Chicken Sandwiches.—With chopping knife mines the white meat of cold chicken season with salt and pepper, p pp and moisten with any sortable salad dressing, or with chicken stock, Anchovy Sandwiches'. — 13y rubbing with a spoon, make a paste of the yolks of hard -boded eggs. Season with es- same o1 anchovyand moisten with soft fuller. Spread between thin slices buttered bread. Egg Sandwiches,—Mine the whites hard-boiled eggs in the chopping bowl and afterwards mince lite elks in the soma way. Mix 'iho whites and yolks, and ht uconsisl Hcy fornspreadingtupon (lin slices of buttered bread by using salad mayonnaise or cream dressing, Lobster Sandwiches. — Thoroughly chop the meat of fresh lobster and sen lemon juice, leads t[resh lett Ce lar find place between buttered slices of bread. Mushroom andSancod beef (ore boiled mushrooms cold beet (or tongue) together, and spread between loin slicesy g p Of buttered bread. Slightly coat the nllin with French mustard, g Caviare Sandwiches. — Caviare, the salted ton o! the sturgeon, can be bought o[ any first-class beer, Spread the caviare on thin slices of buttered rye bread. On some occasions finelyP chopped oaten is placed on the caviare. Fig Sandwiches. — Mince a bowl of extra quality figs; add a small quantity of water, cook in double boiler until paste is formed, then add a few drops of lemon juice. Cool the mixture andupon spread on thin slices o1 buttered bread; sprinkle with finely -chopped English walnuts and cover with pieces of but- p feted bread. cold water containing a large handful of hay o' a out up anion or two. The water alone would answer the purpose, but net ea quickly as with the addition of the hayor onions. Leave the all in p the room for several hours and then, If the patnty small still lingers, throw ' away its contents, All 11 as before and leave it to Jlnlab its work. Don't throw away old silk handlcer- elders and cast oft black stockings, for their clay al usefulness is not over, The former' are better than any brush, no matter bow fine the bristles may be, for dusting silk Welds, Silk shirts, and the Shirred silk hats now so much Worn, Old silk handkerchiefs make excellent dust cloths for highly polished rami- lure. Cut off the feet, edit open the legs 01 worn out black stockings, and convert them into a mop for dusting polished tloars, A mop of this kind neither scratches nor sheds lint. Can you make coffee? Allow one tea- spoonful for each cupful of water. When the water Is boiling steadily add one cube of sugar for each cupful of water, then when the sugar is dissolved and the water boiling steadily again add the coffee, let boll for two minutes, add a few drops of cold water, and set ¢side antil ready for use• An exceedingly de- lightful and unique flavor is acquired by adding two drops of rose-water 10 each cupful of coffee when serving. p 6 ent makesUmLreque that dtreclionsdfor' cleaning linoleum be repeated In this p column. An authority on the subject says: "It stands to reason that soap is going to injure the varnish and finish. On a farm where there is plenty of milk,e a cloth wrung out of skim milk is the best means of taking up the dust and brightening the linoleum. Where milk Is scarce, use lukewarm water to which has been added half a cupful of kero• n of sono oft theor some good furniture polish. Wring cloth rather dry from this of and go over the linoleum after sweep- ing. An ordinary broom should not be used upon linoleum any more than upon a hardwood floor, because it is too sc a ches�d il(avant timeptroduces !rush, which takes the dust from a polished surface much better than n bloom, and does not scratch or mar the surface; then finish with a clean Most housekeepers and nearlyallser- wants scrub oilcloth and linoleum They enough they were a bare floor. rather thean dirty, since every, are dusty remains thing remains on the top." BRAINS BEHIND THE BARS "' " MEN CONFINED IN PRISON TURN INVENTORS, A Man May be Basler in a Cell Than the Outside World Would Imagine. A week or two ago a prisoner who had completed a year's detention in Wormwood Scrubs was set ire°, says London Answers. During his Impris- onment he had, it appeared, thought out two inventions for the improvement of motor -cars, and almost the first words lie uttered to }fid friends who carne to meet him was an expression of his be- 11e1 that he had found a fortune. He is pei man of a selonllilc and practical turn of mind, and his words may prove true, At the present time mechanicians are busily engaged constructing models to demonstrate the value o1 the improve- monis he has thought of, Many of the temporary occupants of our prisons have employed themselves in similar fashion. A mon may be mlch busier in a prison cell than the outside world imagines. Mrs. ,i lay- trick, while at Weltin perfected her- g• self la good known French ledge German ofwhichshe had the !meal lad of (leadingGaol" was written bywith Oscar Wilde while he was donnn• rd there; and a clergyman, released a short time since, atter enduringAve years' penal servitude for astonishedi money by false pretences, London dramatic managers by uttering them a play he had written, In four acts called "Esther," while working his time. \V,AIN\VRIGHT'S IDEA, Aman awaitingtrial for murder would, one might imagine, have other claims upon his attention than a new patent, But one never knows! Did 'trot a murderer a few months since, awaiting execution, amuse him- self by solving an interesting series of puzzles that were appearing just then in a weekly periodical which he was ermitled Lo have supplied bin. p pp flenry Wainwright, the Whitechapel murderer, who was convicted of the murder of Ilnrrip Lane in 1875, occu- pled the greater part of his time in pr!- son after •its •arrest in thinning out a now brush -malting machine. He had been in the brush-manutaeturmg trade and was a man of ver considerable ability. 13y the kindness of the governor of the col in which he was confined g Iii. his trial, he was given facilities for working out lis idea on paper, and ha worked hard, with almost feverish ener- d d notPoscobmYhe was lele his iden1dif hesome thin might ha en to vquicklyhe Be- g pp prevent it. BC- his execution he made a will in •which he tett all Interest in the patent 1.0 his brother, Thomas.is let is somewhat remarkable that tris- on hs minds appear peculiarly to run inventing traps. One might have Imagined that they would have sugges- led painful recollections. Mouse -traps, rat -traps, traps for beetles, and traps for form vermin aro inventions which have Irequenlly exercised Their •ingenu- Sty, One of the best mousetraps In- vented was the Idea at a convict doing for burglary. Burglars o g l., g p_ pear,eof all convicts, the most inven A PICKPOCKET'S PATENT. Pickpockets dlo not appear to have any peculiar inventive faculty. The only prisoner convicted of such an of- fence who has distinguished himself by anything of the kind was a man who designed a new watch -guard. It was. ingenious, and, if adopted, would no doubt deal a serious blow to the lucre- live exercise of his profession; but some- howThe the public did not "catch on" to it. The danger of having one's pocket pick- a appears to be too remota to tempt a person Lo pay a sih'1ent or two 1.n prevent it, The poor inventor did badly, A companion of Jabez Balfour's, who was at the same time with him sent to prison fora long term of years, while working his sentence was promoted to the post of risen librarian. He was. a thoughtful man, and {while occupied g vitt the books In the library In dealing tlowing, —no mean one, for Lison libraries now - redeys are well looped after by the eu- thoriUes as a means of mental training fo" the readers—he thought out a new system of cataloguing and indexing was extreme! ingenious, and which has since been brought before the officials in charge of the large libraries tlu•oughout the country. g A TI .'I` " '" PEOPLE WHO INHABIT 1 r 1QR Ole MADAGAS� , _. Men Can bo Scan Dnncfnt Strafe Id a Sort of Ot Two Step, A tribe that dances, and the time except when sleep mg, is the Tutuila, the "fa rt the north Central part car. They dance instead and instead of running they faster; their religious ser dances; their amusement they dance even while b erecting 'rouses or gal -benne hove danced so long for often, that they have for gaits and other motions and lite In ono long delirious w Besides dancing In wax declared that their dances, them, are the most expr meaningful, as well as the Welly and gracefully exec world. Every emotion of the hu expressed in their dances, an at the dance are as Hume emotions of the dancer. arms, with legs, with with faces, g ' posing in every attitude, and doing steps ing movements that Weld most skilful of stage dance 8 envy. EVERY FORM OF THE almost, is used among these le," At the beginning of 1 P g g dances the warriors, thr. pride and the lust of balls to meet the foe. Then com filet, the wild struggle, in dancers work Umemselves of frenzy, screaming rhythm the. musical instruments rise higher, and the crowd of resting from their own erre dances join in the cries, dancers to wilder exertions. the rout, the capture toll made so plain and so clear sial anyoe of any land stand, Then the rs writhe 1 the dancers writhe bodies their and their faces express and fear, the awful su II pP then woe and disgrace as awe luta captivity. Y The musical instruments used in their ceremonial d as the arrival of a dislingui the installing of a new o curial o! aa great dancer, are greatest is a sort of dill( i9 a r - Hnge,e form of the four strings, witch is sin four huge mean. Also they Cooed They Have which bamboo head of which is a hide, hrmboo, covered at both ®fid inside of which round Ston e 1 Their y clients •and theft music from the odd oche a remarkable accomp¢nim donees; but with or withou THESE ODD PEOPLE It is a common sight, a menished the Fvorking irench n the riceofiel their feet, swaying their chanting melodiously whit In Sahasinaka, the princi the Tanala, the men can be ing along the streets in a so ing two step; and the carr packing heavy loads throng forests dance along under th fora time swaying their b doing a little crow jig twit os they advance, and, an men may eben carrying a trio portant man in a litter, th the way, seeming never to The children begin to d as soon as they enn toddle, ]y dance to. the grave. T saw a funeral, four men c body of a only chief on dors, with a procession of m the entire crowd iesr01 all whod the big udie irl nl'th t thrown. t PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. -- Interesting Facts About Some Well- 0 Known People. Sir John Aird bas had a life of con - timed triumphs, In spite o[ humble cit- oumstances and a poor start in life. He a fame and mllliononey Snrogigavingntic works, the s most famous of which aro the wonder- fol dam at Assputtrl and the Millwall Docks, London, her girlhoodLueen betweenia o1 ]anti nandpFrance g She has man tastes and interests, but Y her special hobby is triedfcine, to which she has devoted much serious study her efforts Lisbon now boasts of o of The hestmodern Europe.T ea nrtthls in nrse- swimvomaner !ht slhen and chvonna mednlaccomplsame four years ago, for rescuing two chit- dren from drownin g• Lord Overtovn is one of a nobleband 'o[ peers who havo actively engaged themselves in religious work. He has taught a Bible class of 500 young men for over thirty years, and is one of Lhe most generous supporters of Church is funds in Scotland. Lord a keen also a good sportsman and a keen hast- Hess man. A native of Glasgow, he us the head of some great chemical worts, from whence his fortune is derived. He was nhnde a peer by Mr. Gladstone. a Mr. Justin M'Carlhy is seventy -live years old. He was Parnell's second In command in the fierce ns •1n is In the British House of Commons in the eigh- lies, but succeeded In matntaintn his cordial relations with Englishmen of all parties and it would not be too much to saiy that he hos not an enem t - day. Hi "Story of an I'iahman" gives his own amiable outlook on men and things. Mr. M'Carthy, as a reporter, tools notes of speeches more than fifty years ago in the corridor of the Strang -which era' Gallery of the 'louse of Common, Forty years later Mr. ferCarth was the leader o[ the Irish Parliamentary party, But, though the 'chief of an important Parliamentary group, Mr. AI'Cartly continued his wont as a journalist, Although a. German by birth, Prince at Iouts of Baltenberg became a natural- ized British subject at nn early age, and married a daughter of Princess Alice, Probably no man in such close touch with the throne has had to rely se much on his own exertions for ad- enncement In his 1t freedom from lavorilsmdl as been acls- abranches thief gain to him. It has brought a Holt reward, for there Is no more pops- la: man in the service than he. Asa midshipman the Prince heel to observe the regulations Like everyone else. He had no special quarters on board, and he even had to be content with a smell endo nnc'e of pocket -money. Ho rose through eyelet grede to his present position by his own exertions. Prince Lotus Is a man of fine physique, spraks several languages and is one of the most popular men in the Navy. DREAM AfURDER. —g Brother of Victim Dreams a Dream Which Gomes True. A murder actually witnessed in a dream by the brother of the victim makes a striking story. While George Northey's ship was ly- ing in port at St. Helena he had the following strange dream:— "Last night I, dreamt my brother was at Trebodwina market, and that 1 was with dim, quite close by his side, cur- fn the whole at the market transac- FThroughfiveyears tions. "1•Ie was riding home alone vary late, when two man appeared, whom I in- straitly recognized as notorious poach-theinm, sra, who lived in a lonely wood near St. Eglos. "The elder of the two brothers, who as standing. near the horse's head, said, '?Ji'. orthe , bean's y yougoing t° leave this place unlit we've got that money, so hand over.' My brother made no reply except to slash at him web the whip and spur the horse at min• "Tho younger of the ruffians Instantly drew a pistol and fired. Hart dropped lifeless from the saddle. "The murderers secured the horse to a tree in the orchard, and, having rifled the corpse, they dragged it up the stream, concealingit under the overhanging banks of the watercourse, They then carefully covered ovor all marks of blood on the road, and hid .the pistol in the thatch of a disused hut close to the roadside.' This murder really took place. A pistol was found, as George Northey, had predicted, in the thatch of the ruin- ed cottage, y CUES FOR THE COOK. of tholen usualie crust madewithbiscuitsstead improvedg oThere is non the t better wayts d of season- in any gravy—as for istance iho cream sauce on !oast—titan by butter- e Ing the toast the last thing, es it lets the butter run into it in little streaks without entirely blending, with good results to both looks and flavor, In the biscuit chicken pie, split the lop crusts off thin, butter, and arrange them over the top 01 the ahteken which is laid sandwich fashion on the' bottom crusts. Avoid putting extra flour in extra soli cooky dough by rolling on a cloth• Spread a piece of clean white muslin or cheeseoloth on the breadboard, flour it well, and drop the dough on ft with spoon, putting enough !n each for just p p g g 'one cooky. Pat them into shape with the spoon, flour your roller, trimming off filo ragged edges with the calve cutter. When only the straight edged variety of lettuce can be procured, shred it with an extremely sharp knife or scissors for about two itches deep around the edge. It will make a pretty fringed effect, is easier to eat, and will not bruise the leaves if it Is set in a colon- der on the ice direct -let 'tier cutting. Pretty luncheon e'' 'nes are made by cutting a piece 6.. top o[ each orange and taking out, all the pulp, Cut the edge o[ the orange, peel in points, and mix the pulp with shredded cocoa- nut and sugar. Add a teaspoonful sherry or creme do menthe to each glass, pile a little cocoanut on the top, and servo with a sprig of dark green leaves on the plate. JOS!, a delicate cheese flavor may be imparted to spaghetti by Preparing with a cream sauce and serving it in cheese shell. Add a roux of flour and butter to proportion of two tablespoon- tuts o[ each to a pint of milk, and sim- fuer the spaghetti—already cooled len- der—in 11 for ten or fifteen minutes. Aller it is turned into the cheese shell lot it simmer a few minutes In the oven, Togive a loved old•fnshloned flavor Y !n n ton! cake, wash and dry rtlse gar- adieu leaves and lay them on a plate. Turn the dike out on it, leaving 11 there until quite Cold. The steam absorbs the flavor of the laves, giving it a more debate taste,;,than any rose flavoring possibly could do.wished i RED ANTS FOR SA' Dish Tbat is a Grat Cavin In the course of a scrim* tion into the country 0v0r 1 •tein roads we were obliged 1 on hard boulders, with on intosh to keep out the cold, v traveller in Guatemala. Durir 1 was frightened almost onutt —1 felt a hand tugging , calling out to my husband, g monkey leaning cow bi- of a tree nhove away at my hair, !lis hoz had gripped such a lot the finally Int go, after being bei the stock of a revolver, he half of it in his hand. On arrivingat a very raug' int, the landady set before g in water besprinkled fully besprtnitlecl Wilit amu] fully At first 1 tried to pick out {.tons, and seeing the miner furiously I called her and her It my best Spanish 1116 she bad been dnlefu wished she to eat eni'ehh them drop inti the •d)ah. (1°r indignation was imli noshing eyes mid gesildut she add me h1 excited Inn 01 had taken her a long t6 those ants,; and lltnt It Iva "Do try ll, sone," she said ping her dirty Angers ink she flshod them out and how much she, al all eve oiling them tie n sort o1 s eggs, and trying to encou her example, 1 AN AGED HUSTLER. Ninety -Two -Year -Old Workhouse inmate Likes Work.tomato. It is seldom one hears of a workhouse inmate t Ute age of 00 setting� out in smirch, of wort. Yet tills is what Wil- iiam Mardon did at the Windsor Work- house, England, for he has an antipathy to ending his clays in that inslttulion, Shafting in every limb, the white- hotted veteran returned to the work- house holo In the afternoon and told its lite story. He had walked to Eton and back,a distance of six mites, he said, ttncicould obtain no worst. 'q,aih a freeman of the city o! Lon- don," added Marston, "anti ]was born t Bloomsbury. My rather died when i was young, anti left his enmity well off. Aly mother was quite lndepend- one and we did not want for anything, Then losses came, and I went out as a coach -painter. Mayo frequently work- Ti q Y cd at Windsor Castle for the late Queen, "I wee employed for .four years et Bagshot Perk, the residence of the Duke tot Connaught, and also o1 Ascot royal stead. hely wife is dead, I have a son somewhere in the world, but I don't know where. My old master died, and there is tittle coach -painting to do now motor Cars have collie in," The master spoke in high terms of Marston a Industry. Moisten, he said, hnd painted and grained nearly the whole wet -idiotism a., i MILK'S MANY USES. — • Best of Foods, Cosmetics and Complex- Ion Beautifiers. The value of milk as an aid to beauty 1s not as well known as it deserves to he best restoratives known, n, and one soothe jaded nerves and restore color to the tired face in a most marvellous way • then a glass of hot milk taken the last thing at night will often induce "beauty sleep' to visit a woman who usually dreads to refire early because el the sleepless hours she ellen has to endure, For the woman who wishes to become plump, nothing is letter than a glass of hot milk with a teaspoonful of cream or a little shredded suet added. This muse be taken as extra daily loutish- meat: Lastly, the safest and one, of the const efficient of cosmetics is hot milk, By nourishing the tissues of the face it plumpness and eradlonles wrin• kles. Moreover, it is a splendid Ionic 1.1 the skin. It should be applied after the Mee has boon steamed. When deeming de not use too hot water, as the ),cat 3s not flood for the skin, Dry flu Moo gently and then my on a cloth dipped in the Wnrm milk. , ttttermill, is even ar greater vette as a ems V1 -1'y as it. Clears and wlhilena the shin vrry �illicitly, It is a Rodd plan l.o use a ,it• to milk with whcil Id brtghlrii the eomplex]en during the day,. as ills Wl)l alennse' it guile ns well the smnp find water would, and will do the skin god!, Whereas soap and water Constantly need Shrivels find hnrdrns it, "`3"•" --_4_,_ NO CASE TO PLAY WITH. During a trip throe Scotland a correspondent hemd art annncctoie of n big, lusty gamekeeper ,Who was pros- traced with a serldus attack o[ pteur,sy Tha tioator gave earnest Instructions we- 'er r ply Ieeehee to Ito side of the sof- The next do when he celled he re- Y marked, t sae, Mrs. Morton, flint your husbands is dud �uidre hivnrlt "I'm thinking Lho leen e g Leeches, did ye say? Do ye *think floe wmins could help uta mon Tan? Nn, ha, I put ¢ ferret to this side: to A wemnn with a Member four 'not can't be' Induced to wear a nnmb'er flue s4hoe. mp ely because there ]s supposed t.. �.; 1r ilk solei +nnn,hern. — USEFUL HINTS.induces Do- you ltnow that maple syrup will not crystallize or turn to sugar if can, teed cold? That adding a few sliced raid potatoes when frying out beef suet, lching them cools until donee will take only the unpleasant odor 1 Timt po- are also good to sweeten lard and butter for cooking, ata Burned Saucepans,—Saucepans that have been turned should not leserapecl, place them an tha s(dc of'the 810)10 filled with cold water in whish some soon and te few shavings of soap have been dissolved. They will then coma 'clean with the 1180 of •tits whish, with oat any enraging; whloh la 1Ulilntien enamelware. . Paint• Odors.—Paint smelt y:,, r ,,,wtw„e f.c.lrnn3tY.., t. xnnih,r nam vnA Grnnutms:e "You're a good Mile bd Johnnie. You don't know how happy it makes me Ld Meow that you are sorryLataes g Johnnie: eun°hhl cLI'ledfni sorry, granny. 14fa says lint. when It begfn8 to' prtn .our 1!'s euro to mitt and 1 wanted t°but Jgo sonawhere i°•day:' •-. — A well-known judge fol night o1 stairs, recanting his g a bump. do every. slain until the bottom. A se1-OM1t ran alslandd, and, raising Ithu "1 hope your honor' 18 not in J " ,said' the Chill m. giorttly; �m •Banishing hat (hurt, but mar head' tai young frailer; "llnrry, car, you ni.stn't' o near the baby." young mustn't pod; "Mayn't 1 just look at hire n . minute ?" .Yours Mother t "No deer' mint d p . e s noise . i i1 tat au false him whoa 15 p Y " The. gond old: summer time is. aCm fila t,” rtaarena. �. • i Cant! Iia shrieked, FIs voteo talt.t 1n a doled slntd Manners learit ttgdinst ime Wakes up In the nlf(hb, DANCES W MEW GAR. About the toping dances All lag or real - rest people" of Madagas• - of walking, only dance omonias ora is dancing; he trees, glee. They many genet, gotten other go through hitt. tity it is or some of esslve and most beau - ted in rho man race is id the forms taus as the They dance bodies and conceivable and execute d make the dancer wild with DANCE. "forest peo- tne of their idling with e, go forth es the con- whitat the up to a pitch ically, while higher and spectators, tis in other urging the The defeat, ow rapldly, in, meaning could under - which the and tremble acute agony cation, and they dance which are nnoes, such sled visitor, of or the of interest. r, and next violin, with ped like a have a flute ode of barn - drum, the and also a s with hide, es are shait- wild, weird slra furnish ent for til( t music, DANCE. ccording to se scores .1 ds, shuttling bodies and a working. pal town of seen danc- ed swing - lees -when h the great eir burdens, odies, then h their feet ough four st or an im- ey dance all tire. once almost and literal. Th explorers arrying the their shout• ourners fol- dancing to - are the bod- village are JCE. iso in Gnu• ting exped!- ,Ugh mem- o Camp out y a meek - riles a lady g the night Of my wits hair, and we saw 'B n from the us, pulling rible slaws . t, when he nbored with had nearly n and ready us poaohad and plent- 1 red ants!' these ad.id- h eyeing me rled to tell L1 was not Ind. that 1 1 not to 101 ease. With nUng wildly guage that ne to catch 5 "so gond." d, and dip - the bowl, chewed m nus, enjoyed a very to the rage nee by 1 down a passege by be read$ed to his as• up, geld err tri t" ++No' y honor " i '