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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1907-1-31, Page 7tT 1 r • ,�'•• ',.' te•0404-0$O-eiO 4'••L 4 O -4-0+04-04-0+0+04-04•04-0+0+04•04-0+04-0i OR, A SAD LIFE STORY 9 O-aOvo i' 0+04 o 40 lo0+04-040- 0 o-e- C11A1''1'E11 XVII. business to come in when 1 mins told ynit were mil, he says, incoherently, hal--d thought -1 hoped—I had an Iden—that you might be glad to Lem—" 11 is past seven o'clock by the lime the party breaks up al Um Anglo -Anima - Mill, and ahs dusk is rel oven ten u ton Um I'M west that, iii tho upper n sky Is lusensibly mallet lute that strange faint green tint speaks. in so plata a lan- guage, of past and future line weather. "Are you coming to look in upon us lodnighLi" asks Amelia, with a rather wistful dtfiktence, as her totes holds out his land In farewell to her. Ile hesitates. h1 els own mind he had planned another disposition of lt.'s even- ing hours to that suggested by tier. "What do you advise?" he asks. shall yeti spend the evening in the usual way." "I suppose so,' ale answers, "I sup- pose we shall road aloud; you know Miller likes to make our evenings as like our home ones as possible, and SSbillu—" Then it is no use soy coning," inter- rupts he hastily. "1 should have no good of you;" then, seeing her lace fall at his alacrity in seeing a pretence for escape, he adds, 'but, of cotn'se, 11 you wish it deur—it 1L would give yuu any salisfac- tion--" "13u1 it would not," cries she precipi- tately, anxious as usual to he, 11 possi- ble, beforehand with his lightest, wish; "when you are by, 1 always lose my place" — laughing Tremulously — "and father scolds me I .,o, you had far bet- ter not coma. 1 must not be greedy:— fn a lower key. "1 had quite half an hour, nearly three quailers, of you this afternoon." Without trusting herself to nny fur- ther speech, she disappears, tad he, with a sigh, that is only half of relief, turns away frmn the hotel door, and, after a moment's hesitation, a moment's glance at the suave darkening sky, and another at his watch, begins to walk briskly—not, in the direction of the Itlbne'va. It is realty not late, not much beyond canonical calling hours, and he is almost sure that they dine at eight. Ills face Is set in the direction of the Piazza d'Azegllo, as he addresses these reassuring remarks to himself. This Is no ease of self-indulgence or even of friendly civility. IL Ls a question of com- mon humanity. Why should he leave them to thee endure d mit suspense for a whole night longer than they need, merely to drive himself the trouble of a *walk beneath the darkly splendid sky- orrin, through the cheerful streets, still fall of leisurely foot passengers, of the sound of cracking whips and rolling cartilages? Ile reaches No. 12, Bis, and finds the porter's wife silting at the door of her loge, and smiling at hien with all her while teeth, as if she knew that he had come of some' pleasant errand. He climbs the -naked stone stairs, and rings the bell. It is answered by Annunziata, who, smiling, too, as if she were saying something very agreeable, conveys to him that the signora and the signorina are out. The intelligence baffles hen, as he had not at all expected it. Probably his dis- concertment is written not illegibly on his features as Annunziala begins at once to inform him that tho signore are gond to drive in the Casein, and that she expects then bank every moment. 1t Is a good- while before ito quite mos tors her glib explanation, his Italian be- ing still at that stage when, if the care - phrase -book question does not receive exactly the phrase -book answer, tie questioner is at feuii. But the smiling invitation of the amiable ugly face, and the hospitably open door—so different a reception from what the old bull -dog of en English nurse would have accorded him—need no interpreter. After a mo• monies hesitation he enters. Ho will wail for them. It is not until Ito has been left alone for a quarter of an ;hour in the Mlle salon, that he bus lime to ask himself nervously whether the amount of his acquaintance with them, or the impor- tance of the tidings he brings, justifies his thus thrusting himself upon their evening privacy. Tho !able—since they have obviously but ono siting-room—Is spread for (heir simple supper—a coarse while clout, a wicker -covered bottle of rough Chian wine, and a copper pot full of delicately odorous Freesias. He wan- ders restlessly about the room, looking ,;at the phologrsphs. Tont—can it be 'tont?—with a mous- tache, Charles with a beard and a bowie -knife,, Rose dandling het' baby, Mlriam hanging over her husband—all 'his Mlle playfellows 1 clow tar the wave of limo has rolled them away front him l lin strolls to Ilio window whence, at sunset, the green shutters have been thrown back, anti stares out til .the Piazza garden, whore the twilight is taking all the color out o1 the Judas flowers, thence to the plain upon witch .Schube't's e'reckno Minion" ,stands open, Absently he repeats aloud the song's Joyous words; "Der Lenz wird koetnten, der Win- ter 1st nus 1" Is her "Winter nus?" Judging by Ito look in bier eyes it has been a longIhe'and eu ueL one, If he wishes to put ques- tion to ter, she conies i1) just in Ulna to answer it—enters laggishly, '0s ono tired, blinking a little from lho sudden crude lamplight after the soft. feather - handed dusk. She is evidently unpre- pared to find any ono in !he room, and gives a frightened jump when afro sees a man's figure eproaahing her. Even when she reeognlzes hen the scared look lingers. It is clear that in hoc sad experience surprises have been always .eynonymous'with bnd news, Tho while aprebension wrillen on hoe small ince makes hen so cordially repent of ribs intrusion, that his explanation ,of his presents Is at first pertcolly uninlclll- gibte, I hope you will remise my laking ,such, a liberty, I itttow ;.gait 1 had no fie slops, puzzled how to ward his piece of Intelligence, whether or not to name the pennon whose presence whose very existence had yesterday seemed lo inspire with such terror the woman be- fore him. She had sunk down upon a chair, holding her hat, which sato hod taken off on entering the room, nervous- ly clutched in her hands, the little waves of her hair, stralghtenod out by the night wind, invading her forehead more than their wont and giving her an unfamiliar loolc. "To hoar what?" asks Mrs. Le Mer- chant, who, following her daughter more leisurely, has owe in just in lime to catch the, last few words of Bur. goyne:s speech dis-severed from their context. Ile begins that speech again, still more slamineringly than before. "I thought you might be glad to hear that Lite—ane inquiries you asked me— I mean that I promised to make—Utnt (ho person relating to whom—I nada inquiries, leaves Florence lo -marrow." He hears a long sighing breath that may mean relief, that may mean only distress at the introduction of the sub- ject, from the chair beside hien, while the elder woman says in a low abrupt voice : •ro-morrow? Aro you sure? fiow do you know 7" "Ho said so himself to -day." "[-lave you met hen? Have you been talking Io him?" It seems to Jin as if there was a sharp apprehension mixed with the abruptness of her lone, as she puts the two last questions. 11e makes a gesture of eager denial, "Heaven forbid 1 I have taken great care to avoid recalling myself to his memory. I have no desire to renew my acquaintance with him. 1—I—halo the sight of him 1" To an uninterested bystander there would have been ,something ludicrous In the boyish virulence of the expres- sion of hatred ooming from so composed and mature a man's mouth as Jim. But neither of the two persons who now e in a s t osi i mind hear it are on of to see p anything ridiculous in it. "Then how do you know that it is true?" "He told an—an acquaintance of mine; he was complaining of the dis- comfort of tate hotel, and on her recom- mending hen to change it, he answered that it was not worth tvltile, as he was leaving Florenoe to -morrow." Again from Lhe chair beside him conies that long low sigh, This time there can be no question as to its qual- ity. It Is as of a spirit lifting itself from under a leaden load. For a few mo- ments no other sound breaks Um silli- ness. Then Mrs. Le Marchant speaks again In a constrained voice : "We are extremely obliged to you for having taken so much trouble for us, and 1L must seem very strange to you that we should be so anxious to hear that this—this person has left Florence, but in so small a place one is sure to be always coming tato collision with those whom one would rather avoid, and ,there are reasons which—which make it very —painful to us to meet him." So saying, she turns awny precipitate- ly, and leaves the room hastily by ano- ther door from that by which they both entered, and winch evidently cominunl- cates will an a .obning bedroom. Elizabeth remains lying back in her chair, looking as white as the loble- cloth. She is always while, but usually it Isie.e. creamy white, like meadow - sweeten Out of her eyes, however, has gone tho distressed look of fear, and in them is dawning instead a 111110 friendly amble. "You must have thought us rather im- postors when you sate us at the Acne demia this morning, after leaving us apparently so shattered over -night" she says, with a somewhat deprecating ale, I was very glad to and you so per- fecl.ly recovered," he replies, but he dors nistay It naturally. When a person, ally truthful, slides into a speech not completely true, he does 11 in a bungling journeyman tuition; not' is Burgoyne any exception to this rude. "I think we aro a 111110 like India -rub- ber balls, mammy and 1," continues Elizabeth; "we have great recovering powers; if wo had not" (stopped .for a second by a small patient sigh) "I sup- pose that eve sltaukl nal be oliva now." Ile does not interrupt her. She must be a mucin less finely strung instrument than ho takes hoe for if sho does not divine the sympathy of his silence, and sympathy so much in the dark as to what it sympathizes with es els, must needs walk gropingly, if it would es- cape gins and pitfalls. But we should nod have gond oat sight-sc0ing this morning the were not at all it a junketing Mood—if it had not been for Mr. Byng; he cane In end took us both by storm. IL is diihculL," her face dimpling and brightening with a nnnrh more confirmed smile than lho tiny hovering One which is all That Jim hes been ahlo to call forth -"11 is ditl- cult to resist a person who brings so rnuoh sunshine wills hhui—do 001 you find it so? ire is so very sunsluiny, your Mr, Dyne. We like sunshine; wo wo have not hail a great deal of IL" It is on the very edge of his lip to tell her that when ice had known her she haci had and been nothing but sun- shine. 1314 he recollects 'ht lime her prohibition as to the past, and restrains himself. "When you look so kind nnri in ler. esbed,'" she cries impulsively, silting rip in her dude, with n h'anspnrenl little mend of each ares of ii, "1 feel a fraud:" She stops, "1 look inlereslreb bemuse I feel inlet'. geed," returns he doggedly; "fraud or nolo Mir (In a distressed valve) "do not, even in Joke, call yourself ugly nonan—fraud or not, you cannot hinder 1110," "Do not be interested in me," says she, in her pluinlivo cooing voice, "wo are very bad people to get interested In, we aro not repaying 1001110 to be interested In. 1 think—That perhaps" (slowly noel dreamily) "under other elrcnmstances wo night have been pleaeent era,ugh, Mammy bus naturally exeeilent splrits, and so here 1; it does not lake much to make us happy, and even naw I often feel liko puor Milo Prince Arthur— "'By my Christendom, So I were out of pl'isun and kept olive)), I should be as merry es the due is long.' But then,"' sighing profoundly, "Ile moment that we, begin to feel a Iilllo cheerful, something conies and kn l ks us dowagain." There is such a b.ank hopelessness in the tone with tvbu'bi she ptomnmces the lust wrote, and lit his almost lolal Ig- norance of the origin of iter despair, It 1s so Impossible In Pett his compassion into lit words, that he can think of no- thing better that to pull his chair two inches nearer her, to assure her by his dumb protest of how little inclined he is Le accept her warning. "Are you sure that he is really gone— going, I mean," she asks, in an exeiled luw voter, "going to -morrow morning, as you say? Olt, 1 wish i1 were to -mor- row morning! But perhaps when to. morrow morning come,, 0c will hnvo changed Itis mind. \Vas he quite, quite sure about it?" "Ile said he was going in -morrow morning," replies Jim, repenting Cecil - la's quotation from her new friend's conversation with conscientious exact- ness; "that it was not worth Wldle to change his hotel, ns be was leaving Florence to -morrow morning." "Ile will not go," site says, shaking her bead with restless dejection; "no- body but would be lath to leave this heavenly place"—glancing nut affection- ately Iluough the open window, even at that commonplace and now almost night -singled Piazza garde;,—"we shall find hint he is not gone aper all. "Nothing will be easter to ascertain than Mat fact," says Burgoyne, eagerly catching 01 so easy an opportunity for help and service; "now that I know which is his hotel, I can inquire (here to -morrow morning, and bring you word at once." "Could you, would you 7" cries she, enough h fond is not obtained of lh life and light springing beck Into her g dejected eyes at els proposal; "hub no;' right kind to maintain the milk flow, an with en accent of remorse, "why should Y often, in addition to this, the ant you? \Vhy should We keep you run• mats are allayed to run down in lash ning upon our errands? \Vial right pasturesfalln shorafall IL very nrel[rnzmen ailrldtis iota have we to take up your limo?" Ped "My lime," repeals he ironically. "r and poor. and yet no provision is mad am like Um German Prince mentioned by for supplementary food or extra rare 0 Heine, who spent his leisure hutu•s— Ills period in order that alto animals es hours of which he had twenty-four tut ? nincefrequently full pneflly oi l the fields �on every day• -in—' 3 cola dun least nights with h cense. ch t eco st p y "Bttig t t we do not rob yob,” t o a interttt i^ Elizabeth. looking at hint in some stir quent• addIilonal reduction m the flow prise, "we rob Miss—Miss Wilson. of milk. Now, when these things occur What will she say to us?" Iwo things happen : First, the vitality of "She will be only trio glut," replies ho the animals is reduced: and second, and sUtly, a douche of cold wale' (brown on e' a consequence, the milk flow is not his foolish hear[ by the little hesitation only reduced, but because of the loss of which had preceded her pronunelalinn O'llalily, 11. requires ouch more feed, of Amelia's name, showing haft. he' proportionately, to bring (hent back to interest in him had not had keenness their normal flow than it would have re - enough even to induce her to master his quired to maintain them If cure were betrothed's appellation. token to provide supplementary food "\Vial sho 7" rejoins Elizabeth, quite ai htoep100extra Cara. s used in support, tort of this Ignorant of having given offence, mal ? I1 with her eggs fixed rather wistfully upo1 ofd method, if any occur to the farmer, his. "Dow good of her 1 std ;now unlike nee that 11 is a short period anyway, and most terry happy people! Happy people IL will make but .. Ile difference if they are generally rather exacting; but site are mot jn•operly cared tm• for a few looks good. She has a dear face 1' days. '1ltis is tarso rensonmg and re - Ile is silent, '1'o beer the one woman $ sltlta ps htrudurL oreduf Icinheg throew net tnr'ouu: from innocent and unconscious enc00 0s of alt 0 tvllhoul mntcrwl- the other fills hen with an emotion lhltlIv, led,irinil the cost of tnninteunuce. Iles his never ready longue. She rills- 'Cite Mealtdlies which seem to be in Ibu lakes Ilse 011080 of h.s muteness. way of nlstulalubng lite flow of milk "1 ton afraid 1 have vexed you," she during these periods are not serious, says, sweetly and Iulmbly. which ,,esos hi. dreose he the now "1 had no but require mainly that foresight, should business to be used. praise her to you; it w•ns 111 the spring this "between period"like praising a person to himself; bol do not, be angry with me—I did nut mewl to be impertinent 1" Ono snail fragile hand is hanging over the arm of her he'd lodging -house arm -chair, and before ile Iles an idea. of what his own intentions are, it is lying, without any asking of its consent, ht els. (To be continued). ON THE FART® )'!di'vvvvvvvvvv_ A UNICOBII Mlt.li FL PI'LY. Great progress has 1m.rn mets in our linnwledgn of Ihe dairy cats tie it milk produr:et•, and in the I nlluls ilea sliced(' !r: used in handling IL0 cow, in order that lir grente;L profit luny be derived Crum ler feeding told crux, writes Ur. 1:. L', Fe,a•hees. The dairy 0,01 i 11 machine, in the sense Ilett the anemia of milk depends very largely upon the amount and kind of food r m.:me 1, but in her rate and handling r'•,ard un,;l be had 10 1110 fact tlult Otto is 1111 animate ntncldne; slid pnss.:eses indiyi btalUy and 011ier ebarncl'rislics, whirl lutist he rvckuned with, in addition to her treat- ment as a machine, and of the many fuels that have been established in re- ference lo the successful handling of n dairy, no one is more important than the fact Ilmt the row must bo treated so aro IO encourage her 10 ulalnhelu a nor- mal flow of milk, tint is, as cutch as she is capable of during bar entire period of larbtlon. Thus r,•rinires m051:1121 cnt•e and watchfulness both of her novae, in reference to food, and +he conditions which slake for her comfort rind Iteultll, With the practice commonly !Wooled Iltis point has not been sutirlcnlly em- phasized. In other words, provision hos not always been ,nude to meet these re- quirements. For example, under Me conditions that obtain in general farm prarl100, where tt duly Is a part of the business of the farmer, there are two p01101s at least in the year when tate mduhnls do not recelvo such treatment. as to encourage them to make a normal quantity of milk. 'Ile first occurs in spring, between winter feeding and pas- ture, a sort of "between tines" period, which is very important to provide for, and the other Is in Ila fall between the r'eriod of pasture and of housing in win- ter. in many rases the Owner does not re- gard it as of importance to Hake special, provision Inc those, in a way, critical periods. IL very often happens that 111 two or Ittrce weeks before rho usua lime for pastor, the animals are INSUFFICIENTLY FED.. 1'IlE IB1IGIIT OF ABS FENT MINDEDNESS, "1 always knew my husband was a bsen minded, but if he hasn't now glu- on nue cook a costly Inc Loa, and wet !len me that I'm discharged from the Mist of next month!" noticed any (trouble when emaii gnenti. lies tire fed at first. The snoo general practice is followed in the ball of the year. when chitnging from outdoor to winter conditions. When pastures begin to fail, the. sue - jeaten feed is increased by a gradual feeding of silage, or if siings is not available the use of dried beet pulp or wet brewers' grains unlit Ito pastures cense altogether, when the full winter e ration may be substituted without in- - jury to lite animal, keeping the cows ei housed nights as snort es the weather Lt becomes frosty. By This system we have no diminution In the nllik yield but a very slight increase in the cost of Ihe rations and a healthy condition of the t animals when they are transferred from the field to the barn, L —'I RELICS Or OLD CIVILIZATION. Exploration of Ruined Sites Yields Val- uable 1lanuscripts, Further news which las now reached Dambny, India. with regard to Dr. Stein's exploraliaus of Khotan, shows that Me excavations at the ruined tem- ple on Idle ifungaya'ruli resulted In the discovery of many interesting small terra collo reliovas. which once decor- ated the temple walls. 1'he style of these sculptures is plainly derived from mo- dels of Ih'aeeo-Buddhist arts. and agrees closely with That of the llutvnk ltupa reliovos, dating approximately sem lite 11f1h nr sixth century A.D. A specially noteworthy feature of the sculptural remains which have been dis- covered is the prevalence of richly gilt pieces, This etrtkbtgly ceutlents tate hypothetical explanation given by Dr. Stein of theorigin of leaf -gold; namely, shat 11 was obtained by washing from the culture strata of the old Kbotan capi- tal . I'rnctiteedingPolicyto the ruined sites east of the Kltolan oasis, Dr. Stein examined the Nliadulllc site, where Inc recovered a lut'ge number of pope manuscripts in Sanskrit Chinese and the unknown Inn- : guugc of old Kltolnn. The great major- ity of the uenuscripis contact portions of Buddhist text,, which have been de- posited as votive olfetings. 'rite style of the remains of stucce- ti'ttevos, frescoes, and painted panels tondo it highly probable that Ihe shrine belonged to Ihe saute period as the temples excavated by Dr. Stein at 13nn- danutilg--(int Int to say, the latter por- tion of the eighth century A.D. Tito sub- sequent discovery In a second shrine close by of stringed roils of Chinese copper money suppled delin(le numis- matic proofs of the identity of dale. The sante 10nlp1e also yielded poelitns of Sanskrit manuscript on birch beck, which were of fur earlier dude, and ;tad tie dohb1 bean imported from India. 'l'het'o wore further discovered. some ex- cellently preserved large rolls bearing lluddhisl lexis In Chinese, nod having on Ihe reverse side what was evidently a translation into Ihe unknown language of oil Megan, it may prove that the;o will rut•nislt the tong-ticylred clue where- by the latter language rimy be de- ciphered. The forage on hand Inas run low, hent 1110 animals are turned upon lite pile lures before they are properly ntaltieed TRUANT OFFeCI:R ANNOYS ICING. Orders Royal Grandchildren Io Be Sent to School. . The Duke of Fife end; Ila Princess Hoye' live in a very quiet and homely fashtan when they nra at !heir residence til• Chichester 'Terrace, in Brighton. Their Iwo children go for dully walks wile their governess, and, being very simply but neatly dressed. cauuot ba distinguished from other bairns of less exalted poronlage. They were out 00 usual one 11101111110 last week, when n very officious school inspector, whose duly IL was to sec Ihn1 no youngsters escaped lho clutches of the English grandmotherly education law, approached the two children std asked ;hent what school they attended. On being informed that they were (Meng educated; at hone, he inquired by wheat, whereupon tiro German governess who was wile Ilteul said lint see wits keen. Ing litems You aro leaching them, indeed?" re- pealed the overzealous oMRcer of edu- cation. "Wily, you can't even speak English properly." Shortly otter the Duke 01 10110 was served with a notice requiring duo roe• sons to be given why his children were not at school. The matter was referred to Bing Edward, and shortly Mier a sharp letter wits received at the Educa- tion Office from Lord Itnollys. The old soldier •end been telling his nephews terrible stories of bottle, and they had listeneld spellbound for an hour. Then said the eldest ;—"I s'poso, uncle, that you never ren awny from anything, did you?" Tho old men !bought a great deal before he answered, slowly ;—"My boy, if you live long onough you'd find old that it's never well to run nwsy from danger—no nat- ter what; but ,you wIll probably meet with aceaslons when you'll see what a grand thing it is to right-about-faco-and chnego in the oppostle d(reotion as test as you can go," of milk, may be overcome by a Iilllo largo'. use of flue feeds, if swell lent fonds aro not available, of if roughage has been reduced, and the injury that may be caused by the use of pastures before they aro fully matured unity be very readily met by the use of supple- mentary crops, smolt us rye, which are geneeally ready for feeding by May L In Me fall, the shallop of food for this period any be supplemented by a Ices' roots, by corn fodder or by an earlier us° of Mingo, together with a careful housing of tho animals cit, nights as soon a.: Me heather becomes raw and cold, Miming Mem to tate their exercise. and I., secure such feeds as may he nt-ablable during the wenn port of the day. At the experimental torm lite prim- evally cul eureesponil with that gen• evallj' followed, because pastures are not used, but Ilio seasons occur just the some, and the Methods Mai, aro adop- ted ace just as applicable as where animals are postured during the sum- mer, It is largely A QUESTION OF MANXGE\It:..'I', and IL is of lite very greatest importance. For centuple, in Ihe spring, if the silage has boon mural up before it is time It pasture or (e[ut'e greet forme is ready, we usually purchase dried hoot pulp, Sank IL mid 1150 11 {IS a alleclnbe111 ration, re: IC convenient scour° wee brttvarie grails, which, as a rude, at that season well and maintain tt' lain not hoopy o[ Me year, t only the eucculenee of the ration, but Provide a full supply of nutrients. Under these conditions we have not observed ally rotting otf in the slow of milk, and Me extra cost .of food and cure is very small. When the tithe for pasturing has arrived, which is usually about May 1, a sudden change from the been to alto pasture will freeitenny 10. suit In loss, because, while Me postures may appear 10 be abundant, lite fond is insufficient because of the immaturity of the grasses lo supply the nm'' mal needs. [fence, in that case n larger proportion of dry ('cods are used, or Ihe pastures are supplemented by the feeding of green 170. Green rye Is usual, 13 ready by May 1, and when cit at fire proper time, is one of the most useful of spring forage crops. We begin with o relatively small quantity, feeding at Meat til. the pato 01 15 pounds el morn- ing and night feedings, grattunlly in- creasing the 01004011 as Ito animals ad- just themselves to the ration. A sudden change from iho feeding of dry rations or barn feeding, leo great forego, is liable to disturb the digestion and cause trouble, though we have not Q4{.1.1.{. 4,..,5,.54.,.." 044451%45 .5..5•5 AAA H tie A •'a-n„g. ,. "C>n+ $1• ?3 INFLUENZA AND FOUL AIR; The value of fresh Mr and Me need for hoeing pieces of public entertainment well ventilated, aro entphasiztel by iia Landon i.mrcut us essenliaLe to Ilse :Larding off of ittfiue'mze, and similar ,eff[x Bente in winter. 'There is probably more 111nes5 et1e'"1 by defeethr veulilttlfun than by 'li'iugbts,' says the gloat medical jou- led. "The person who shuts himself up' in a very w arm mom with every sourc00 .,f ventilation practically closed so that; the vital quality it of the tit a •[,• ' 1 3 r is d sir sed is invariably the first victim of influenza. such a condition of environment has are ;'xtruordinay effect in lowering the general lane of the body and its powen to resist disease. "Disease germs ere, of course, ubiqui- lime, and lite only chance of escaping llheir suceeesful and insidious attack is, br keeptug the budy proof against therm by presorting a pewee of resistance, by heaping, su to speidc, the soil in a con- dition opposed to their development ,and growth. "IL is time That the real misehtell roused by otufty place+s and by devita- lized air w'am more seriously taken to heart than 11 is. Such places aro for certain 41 fertile source of influenza and respiratory disease, and 11 soerus 10 us limn in ivgard at till events to publio- buildings, our health authorities should: give their earnest attention to the stat. lrr with the view of protecting the pub - fie against those diseases which aro engendered by the insanitary and un: selenUlic conditions described." TONICS. A great deal of barrn be done Ly self - drugging for lire relief of various real or, bet - imaginary Ills. I:ivery now, of course, believes him- self a doctor, and often thinks he is bet- ' (i•r 011)10 1.0 attack a cough or a cue of rlteunetisnt or a headache, xltellter it be its 0010 or anther's, than those who nmalco the ouro of disease a special study. e All rte has to do is to stake up his mind what the trouble is,—and anyone can ta11 a cottgit when Ito has it,—and then to lake something that is "good for at cough,' n There is nothing easier. The only ob- e jection to Ilse plan is that what is good for the cough may be bad for the cougher. So 1L is with et headache. Almost any pain in the head not due to actual brain disease may bo moderated if not relieved temporarily, by some form of "headache powder"; but a frequent recourse to this means of cure may fatally weaken the heart. When ha this stops beating the g headaches cease to trouble, but the patient, is not in condition to know on mills serious, but not touch so, is the abuse of tonics. A true Ionic is anything that promotes the nutrition of the body. Phis may be done by increasing the ap- petite and Lmpruving digestion, which is the function of the bitter logos; or by improving the condition of the blood by, adding to it the iron it has lost; or by supplying the system with some needed substance, such as fat in cod-liver oil; or finally by stimulating the tissues to increased absorption, an action which is ascribed to arsenic, mercury, and others of the mineral tonics. But these are not the "tonics" to which people are apt to resort when they run down. They take to stimulants, alcohol usually, and think they are getting strong because they feel better after each dose. The alcohol in the "tonic" is often disguised, and Ito user, perhaps a con- scientious teetotaler, would be shocked In learn that what he was taking Lo give him strength had more alcohol in tt than has the strongest whiskey. If the system is seriously run clown, a physician) should be consulted, who will be able to give what Is needed, whether iron, or hark, or gentian, or cud -liver oil, to curried the underlying condition that causes the debility, Yotttb's Companion. HEALTH NOTES. The juice of half a lemon In a cup of black coffee, without milk or sugar, seldom fails to cure headache. Salt and water used es a gargle will cleanse the palate and furred longue. A pinch of salt on the longue followed len minutes aflet'wurds by a drink of cold water, often euros a sick headache. Salt hnrdcns gums, hakes teeth white and sweetens the breath, BURGLARS LOOT CONVENT SAFE. Remove it to a Garden 'Without Awaken, inp the Nuns. The ono question agitating Belgium is ; What has become of the $100,4100 in mates and securities stolen from the Re. pulmontle Convent, near Antwerp, rd• cenlly by a gang of four burglars? Tho convent is occupied by 30 toms, who care for the sick and insane of the neighborhood. The burglars were mounted on bicy- cles, and entered through. the garden, They had ascertained, apparently, that the convent sere stood in n room near lata main entrance, next to the cell of the mollur superior. None of tho in. stela doors Were shut, and they managed 10 reach this room, removo Ilia great safe, which was affixed to true wall, and carry it into the garden without waking the mother supefio" There they broke it11enc still wilhltt waking anybody. The ,aro contained bank notes and Olden, English, Russian, mid Egyptian WORLD'S FIRST FAMILY 4,680 YAGES Or sttrrHS IN THE LON DON DIRECTORY. New Edillon Shows That They ;lav IL all Their Own Way — Jones' Bad Record. If a man has n friend culled Smith 1 London and wishes to find him, th natural course Ls to consult the London directory. But n glance at the 1707 edi- tion if this colossal volume just issued shows that to look for any specified Smith is like looking for a bottle in the Atlantic Ocean. For the great Smith clan occupies no fewer Than eleven closely printed pages of the grand total of 4.6110 in the volume, exclusive of advertisements, a volume about as big as a small man can com- fortably lift. There are 110 William Smflhs, 43 Thomases, bubonly ten Sidney Smiths. The Jones conte a bad second with. flue pages. Biblical names are well represents i. There are -36 Jacobs, 23 1loseses, 19 Eves, 18 Abrahams, 16 Adams. 1 Esau. There is no Lot, but several Lolls and Iwo Lotzes. Among "color" names there are, ns usual, plenty of Blacks, Browns, Greens, etc., as well as one Blue and one Car- mine. In the "tendon" list there is one pro- fessinnal l'otlir cleaner, one smoked salmon factor, two slate pencil mak- ers. and sixty-rtvo receivers pf wrecks at (he various parts. GUIDE FOR GENEROUS. Another famous annual just issued is "Fry's Royal Guide to the London Charities, edited by John Lane." Tltis is the forty-third edition. It is designed to prevent indiscrim- inate charily, and to show those who desire 10 give indiscriminololy the thou- sand and one ways in which they can do so, "wisely, profitably and tenderly in this vest metrarolis," Particuiars of the c'harilles given show the, address, tato ohjents, the year's re - mines last reported, the number of per- sons benefited last year, when, where end how application foe either Informa- lion 'br for aid is to be made, and the chief officials. From January 1. 1000. the amount be- gtaeathed to charities during the year was over £3,000,000, exclusive of be- quests under £200. Large bequests for charitable pur- poses include :£3110.000 from Ihe late Mrs. T.ewis-Hill; £1.103,035, Mr, Ed. timed Steinknnf; :L500,000, 111r, G. Iter - ring; :121,060,060, \h•. Belt; £400,000, Miss Cnrdw•ell; £96,bWO, Pr. Thos, Corbett, itesides many bequests ranging from £o,000 to £50,000. ------'b 71, is worth while to sow kindness even though tto only fruit should be the memory of the sowing, 0000400000 00000000. 00 1 0 Grippe -or Influenza, whichever you Iike to call it, is one of the most weakening diseases known. Scott's Emulsion, which is Cod Liver Oil and 1Hypophosphites in easily di. gested form, is the greatest strength -builder known to medical science. It is so easily digested that it sinks into the system, making new blood and new fat, and strengthening nerves and muscles. Use Scott's Emulsion after Influenza. Invaluable for Coughs and Colds. b .I.'rs• ALL RUCiq S 600. ANb 181.e0. 4000000000000000 .44440 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 securities to a large amount, of Which the numbers nee known. 'there was also n: qunitlily of silver plate in 11, of which (bo value is not yet determined, .but It le supposed to bo not less than $85,000. AL fiat the molhcr sttperioe estimated (ho las at $17,0011, but she bits since confessed that the total meotnteb to 182Ot1.0001 in bonds and $100,1100 in bank notes and; money, mud a great gtantity, ct jewelry and plate. Fortunately, sumo sacred vases of great m4islku erratic were lett untouched. The robbers coolly brealansled enthe garden on eggs and roast •beef,: l'Itroo poisons wore crested, of whom Iwo were recognized as living in Antwerp. 'Bit Ice booty lens not been recovered, and the 111514 under arrest refuse to epee any infurmelion .as to lis whereabouts.