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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1907-6-13, Page 7sea it -0+0+-0+04-0 0 -04.•04.0+'0+0+0+04-0 E HL? OR, A SAD LUPIG STORY amour Woo o+04>04o+o4.0.4.0 0+0 o u+o+o+ofa+000+o++ U+. G1lA1'TJ511 XSX1r-(Gonllrnledl. As the hour of seven eppro❑ches, ever .graver and graver doubts upon this head assail his mind, both when he reflects Upon how cutch it Jo a Befit. 11111 Iho bettor sort of leavening English to dins in their own rooms, and luso when he culls to mind Iho,oxh'etnely relined char- acter of J3lizebelles and her mother's li I Its. liven if she does appear In tie pultilo room—and the more he thinks of the less probable it Scents—it Is most unlikely that he will be pieced near her. But ho might possibly Intercept her in the hall on the way to the salla a man - gee. in pursuance of this project he lakes up his position before the bell, tingling so longlhlly as to reach the ears of the deafest and most distant, Inas summoned 1110 company togothee; and it is several minutes before enough are assembled to Justify, according to the etiquette pre- vailing at elle Grund hotel, a move to the dining -room, !'hese, at that hotel, -although in a very distinct minority—as when, indeed,' aro they not?—ace yet not .quito the same choice rarities es at some of the Swiss and Italian ones, 13ul the younger of the ono sex are perennially interesting to the other; and Burgoyne, as "fisc new -roan," is an object of some attention to half a dozen young girls, and more to two or three sprightly-. hearted old ones. His eyes are eagerly shining as each opening door, each step on the slainease, rulses his hopes afresh. But neither door nor staircase yield the forst he seeks, and he Is at last obliged, under penally of exciting remark, re- luctantly to follow the band that, go trooping hungrily down a fight of steps to the whitewashed dining -room, i10 (Inds himself placed between a bouncing widow who is too much occupied in fondling an old valeludinerian on her other side to have much notice to spare for him; and a sparkling creature of five -and -thirty in a red skirt, who, be- fore dinner is over, confides to him that she fears she has not got a nice nature, �,. and that she cannot get on at home be- cause her mother and the servants insist upon leaving cold supper instead of. dinner on Sunday. When she tells --him that she has not a nice nature, he ab- sently replies that he is very sorry for it, and her confidence about the Sunday • supper provokes from him only the ex- tremely stupid observation that he sup- poses she does not like cold meat, 11 Is a wonder that he can answer her even. • as rationally as he does, it is more by good luck than good management that there is any sense at all in itis responses. And yet he may as well give his full at- tention to his neighbor, for now every place at the E -shaped table is filled up, and travel as his eyo may over those who sit, both at the long and cross - boards, it fails to discover any face in the least resembling that which lifted itself from the dusk terrace into his candlelight. Wes it her little ghost, then, that the had seen, her dainty delicate ghost/ But why should it appear to him hero? Why llauit those unfamiliar shores? Tho only places In the room which still re- mained untenanted are those at a round table laid for three, In the embrasure of a Moorish window, not very distant from where the sits. On first catching sight of 11 his hopes had risen, only immediately to fall again, as ho realizes that it Ls de- stined toe a trio. Why should three places bo laid for Elizabeth end her mother? With a disheartened sigh be turns to bis neighbor, Intending to putt to her a question as to the habitual occupants of the empty table; but sho is apparently affronted at his tepidness, and presents to hint only the well -frizzled back of her expensive head. He is reduced to listen- ing to the conversation of his vis-a-vis, on elderly couple, who have been upon some excursion, and are detailing !heir experiences to those aroused them. They have been to Blidah apparently, and seen real live monkeys hopping about with- out organs or red coats an real palm - trees. I•le 1s drawn into the conversation by a question addressed to him as to his journey. It Is flue minutes before he again looks towards the table in tihe window. His Ilea glance reveals that the three per- sons for whom it 1s destined have at length arrived and token their seals. Eliot that he Ls I be had forgotten Ice'. Le Maachanl's existence. 1They are nice -looking people, aro they not?" says his neighbor in the red skirt, apparently repenting of her late auster- ity, and following the direction of ihis eyes; "but they gine themselves great airs; nobody in the hotel is good enough for them Io. speak to, Ad. Cipriani eta - dolly thinks them people of importance; the makes twice as much fuss about them as he does about anyone else. Look at thin now l" And in effect the obsequious little host may he seen hanging anxiously over the newcomers, evidently asking them wth solicitous civility whether the not- par- ticularty appetizing fish (the' strongest point of the blue Mediterranean does not lie in ler fishes, of which some are coarse, and some tasteless, and some even lie lander the suspicion at having poisonous rnu un l s t s Jt les whether it not to 1s thetrt g i ti t 11 n g. At something M. Cipriani says they all laugh: Iilizabeth, indeed, throws back het Mlle head, and shows all her per- fect teeth, in a paroxysm of the most genuine mirth, IL gives Burgoyne 5. sort of shook to see her laugh. Not a day, scarcely an ho11r; has pass- ed since Ito last saw herYn which he has not pictured her as doing or suffering or living through someuhiog; lie has never pictured her laughing. It seems to him now but a moment 01000, he was rending her blotto -hearted, tear -stained nolo; shoo the wadi seeing Byng grovel- ling In all lite tater colleens' 111 his un• governed grief on the floor of the little Florentine enlresol, What business has site to laugh? And how unchanged sho is 1 !low much less outwardly aged than. Ire himself iS conscious of being I Sil- ting as she naw 1s, In her simple white tea -gown, with one slight elbow rested on the table, her eyes all sparkling with rneer!mont and laughter, brhlging Into prominence Unit one enehanhing dimple of hers, she does not look more then twenty. But a few moments later he for- gives lire even iter dimple, However ex- presso may be the IMO landlord, ire has to move away after a time; and the merriment moves away, too, out, of Elizabeth's face. Jim watches it -decline, through the degrees of 'tumorous, as she pushes the coarse whit fish about her plate, without, tasting IL (she was always a very delicate eater), into a 'settled gravity. And now that site is grave he sees that she is aged, almost es much es he himself, after all. Her eyes had ever had the air of having shed in their lime many tears; but since he last saw her, it Ls now evident to him that the tale of those tears has been a good deal added to, There is no pleasing hint. 110 was an- gry with her when he thought her gay, now he quarrels with her for looking sad. As if, in tier unconsciousness of his neighborhood, site was yet determined to give Iiia no cause of complaint, she presently again .lays aside her sorrowful looks, and, drawing her chair mention - natty near to her mother's, makes some remark of an evidently 001111c nature upon the vompany Into her ear. They stoop, their heads together- what friends they always were, she and her mother i—and again the blue twinkle comas into her eyes; the dimple's Mille pitfall is dug anew In her white cheek. Was there ever such an April creature? Mr, Lo Merchant appears to take no pert in the jokes ; he goes on eating his dinner silently, and his back, whloh is turned toward Burgoyne, looks mo- rose. I -low is it that Elizabeth's roving eye has not yet hit upon himself? Ile sees presently that the cause lies in Ilse toot of her look alighting more upon old and known objects of entertainment, than going in search of new ones. But it roust sooner or later embrace him in its range. The fond fat widow beside. hlnl must surely be ono of her favorites, and, in point of fact, as he feverishly watches u' see the inevitable moment of recog- nition ecognition 00150, he perceives that Miss Le Marchant and her mother are delighted- ly—though not so openly as to be pa- tent to the rest of the room—observing her. And then comes the expected care- less glance at him, and the no less ex- pected transformation. Her elbows have been carelessly resting on the table, and she has just, been pressing leer laughing lips against her tightly -joined hands to conceal their merriment. In an instant he sees the right hand go out in a silent desperate clutch at her mother's, and the next second he knows that she also has seen him. They both stare lhelpless- ly at him—at least, the one at him, and the other beyond him! How well he re- members that look of hers over his shoulder In search of someone else. But yet it, is not the old look, for that was oto of hope and real expectation. Is Chore any hope or expectation lurking even under the white dread of this one? Itis jealous heart is afraid quite to say no to this question, and yet an indisput- able look of relief spreads over her Inco as she ascertains that he is alone. She even collects herself enough to give him e tiny inclination of the head --an example followed by her mother; but they are, in both cases, so tiny as bo be unperceived, save by the person to whom they aro addressed. Ile would not have been offended by the minuteness of their salutations, even had he not divined that it was dictated by a desire—however futile—lo conceal the fact of his presence from their com- panion. Itis heart goes out in all the profundity of his former pity towards them, as he sees how entirely lhat one glance at him (for she does not look again in his direction) has dried the fountain of Elizabeth's poor little jests; of how while and grave and frightened, and even shrunk, his mere presenoe has made iter. Now that they have detected him, good brcedtng, and even humanity, forbid his continuing any longer Itis twitch upon thein. The better to set them at ease he tarns the back of his head towards their table, and compels the re• htotant widow to relinquish her invalid booty for fully ten minutes in his favor, Perhaps when Elizabeth can see only the back of his head she may resume her jokes. But all the same he knows that, ter her, there will bo no more mirth to- day. "Thal, is what they alweys dot" cries e. voice on Burgoyne's left hand the voice of his other neighbor, who begins to think that his attention has been Usurped long enough by her plump rival. "That is what they always do—come long after dinner bus begun, and go out long before it is ended. Such. swagger 1" There is a tinge of exasperation in bout words and voice, nor is thecause fat' to seelc, again emp- ty. clow is a )ren dr toile in the , The g In the meantime the "swaggcrnig" Elizabeth is clinging b'embllngly about her mother's neat( in the privaey or their own little salon. The absence of the husband and lather' for the moment in the Gmolcing-room has removed the irk some restraint from both the poor wo Wreni "Dd you see him?" asks Elizabeth bronthicssly, as soon as the door is safely closed upon them, flinging hensel down upon her knees beside Wes, Le Marchant, who has sunk into a chair and cowering close to her as if for shel ler, "What is he doing hero? Why has he come? When first 1 caught sight of lam f thought That sol course--" She hroalce oft, sobbing "and when 1 saw Wet he was alone 1 wee relieved t but was disappointed tool 011, I must be a fool --a bad feel—but 1 wase clisappolnle(I Oh, »ten ity I mammy 1 how seeing him again brings 11, all back 1" "Do net erY, dear child I do not cry 1" answers Mrs,. Ise Marchant apprehen- sively; Clough the volce In whloh she gives the exhortation is shaking too. "Sour father will bo In directly; and you know how angry----" "I will not! 1 will not i" cries Eliza - bell). trying, who tier usual extreme docilely, to :swallow her teats; "and 1 do not show it much when 1 neve been crying; my eyes do not mind it as much as most people's; 1 suppose" --with a S11/110.--"hecause they aro so used to it r' "Pythons he will not May long," mix - Mara the mother, dropping a fond rue- ful Jclss on the prono blonde heed that Iles On her !oleo ; "perhops if we are c❑roful we may ovoid speaking to 1stm," "But 1 rnust speak In hon 1" brooks in Ilse girl, lifting her heed, and patting "1 mast ask him; 1 must find out why we do not even know whether Will is deed or neve 1" y "fie is not dead," rejoins the elder wo- man, with nic'Inneholy common-sense; "If he had been, we should have seen it In the papers; and, beeidetis, wiry should he he? Grief doers not kill; nobody, Elizabeth, is better able to attest that then you and I," Elizabeth is now silting an the floor, her lands eloped round her knees. "Ifo Is aged," site says presently ; and Ws time IL is evident that the pronoun refers to Burgoyne, Mrs. Le Merchant assents, "110 must ,havo cared nose for that poor creature than wo give him credit for. Gal up, darling; dry your eyes, and sit wills your back to the light; here comites your father 1" (To be continued), A 1110111E ON WHEELS. Novel Car in Which Space is Utilized for Comforts. Tn a' builders' ,yard in Fulham stands the quaintest Mille !tomo In London, England, a caravan resplendent with times and mahogany fittings. Daring the winter months this snug little home has been occupied by a young married couple, who towed the eastern counties in it during the, summer, "We shall not lour again lists sum- mer," said W. Barron, the proud owner of this house on wheels, because 013' wife thinks it Is time we settled down, and for that reason 1 am thinking of selling it 13u1 I shall be sorry to part with our' little home, for in spite of its shall dimensions, we have been very happy in it." Mr, Barron believes that Isis caravan, which is built on Pullman ear lines, is lite replica of the one owned by Lord Dudley. IIs bought it from the first owner, who fitted it with mirrors in the walls and, ceilings and many ingenious devices for saving space. Over all the car is 21 feet long and 8 feet wide:' 1t ins a front door and a door, so that the owner can attach a portable kitchen or a tent to one end, Every Inch of space is utilized, .and it is really remarkable how ninny things are to bo found in the long, narrow sit- ting -room and tate tiny bedroom. There is a smart little range, which, Mrs. Bar- ron says, cooks splendidly. The coal cellar is a large, deep drawer, which pulls out from underneath the range, and holds at least half a hundreetweight. On one side of the chimney -piece, which is furnished with a miniature overman - Lel and china ornaments is an airinc cupboard. Cupboards are indeed to be found in the most unexpected places. On one side of the end entrance door is a hang- ing closet for Mrs. Barron's dresses; on the other side the china closet with a "wine caller" underneath. Two uphol- stered scats lift up and reveal spacious recesses, The flap of to table folds up- ward instead of down, and becomes a chest of drawers. In the bedroom, which Is about 8x8 feet, the bed occupies most of the space, but there Is mons for a washstand and dressing table as well. RISE OF THE GOAT IN GERMANY. Goat Globs and a Model Goat Farm Under Official Patronage. There is a movement in Germany to popularize the goat as a domestic ant• eta), chiefly on account of its milk, which is said to be good for every one and by fat the best food for bottle fed babies and yomng children. The pro- moters are especially anxious to see: the goat flourishing in the neighborhood or muuw Inanuppefactrring Silesiatons. several workmen's welfare associations have offered prizes for goat raising and keeping. In ad• clillon several communal aclministra- licans in the same region encourage goat breeding and keeping In various ways. , At Tarnowitz the authorities have gone far ahead. They have started a goat farm in connection with a plant nursery established with public fonds and run for; the public benefl4. A tract of fifteen acreswas first leased and later purchased at a cost of 81,125. Buildings and stock increased the in- vestment to about double that amount, The local administration contributed 1500 and the Prussian Treasury an equal amount, The balance was raised by loan, the Interest being assessed on the property of the district until Ane in- vestment began to pay. The experiment was begun early 'n 1905, The result itos been a great de- velopment of interest in goat culture throughouttheprovince. Smat1 farm - ere rind landowners of all sorts are stocking up and many of the factory people own goats and grime a the1 by the roadsides or 0)n the common Lands. The farm Ls not yet paying its way, iitat it is expected to In a year or two, The Ah.enisls-Westphalian mnmtfactur- ing region has also taken up the goat, There are many goat euiture clubs and arrangements 'ore being made to insti- tute'a central goat promotion station at Alteitboehuen, a busy viiinge where there are cool mines, brickyards and, Steam mills, .; When a bachelor flatters a glr1 she is apt to mistake him for Cupid's ad- vance agent. fJN THE FARMI RS KIND TO YOUR STOCK, When you are - getting the young stool( ready for the buyer, lake 1110111 up and stable them, blanket them and have them well groomed; it pays to Sive them plenty of "elbow grCeso" to make thele coats sleek. If you have any mongrels on your farm, cut tltern loose' It costs no more to toed a good colt than a had one. To Mint yuiie horses, especially thosp ,for Aisle, is a "penny wisp and a pound footle!'" policy, It will usually he found nceeseary once In a while In MIX a 1 l - bit ground linseed calla wills the feed, A tvarl to you, loo, about the treat- uu'nl of the donne, Wisipplslg a slmyhtg, frightened, or balky horse is senseless and crue). Plain dons not relieve fright, hue the assuring voice of a kind master does. Whipping will make a confirmed shyer of, the horse, for it will connect ',sift With fear, It wouldbe well if every ane owning, using, ca'iug for, or deal- ing in horses, could be made to realize the essentially human. character of most of the horse bv, f this eotil(( be necoml'ltsglisbedosertheablecoacit ahstsld he to enlist every person a vni- uul-er Member of a world-wide humane society, and exlinguiah forever the tox>llsls and wicked disposition to abuse anrd belabor a horse which now pas- sesses many who should know better.. Alweestreat a horse with kindness and Ise will reward, serve and be a faith- ful friend to you. Many a fractions or hanky horse has been cured by a little kindness. Speak le such n one gently and soothingly, and if frightened, reassuringly. When L -e has driven well, give him a kindly ):at, a hearty word, and out apple to eat, ern hit of auger, and notice how al- most human Is his pride and gratifica- tion. Remember that this is a lose end fealty which can never be bought. You cannot tempt hint with goods or any mercenary reword. The value of these he cannot know, but he will give you love for love, and that in no stinted measure, A GOOD CREED. Henry Ward Beecher over sixty years ago established a Farmer Creed that was as follows: We believe in small farms and thor- ough cultivation. We believe that soil loves to eat, as well as its owner, and ought therefore to be liberally fed. We believe in large crops which have the land better than they found it—maid/1g the farmer and the farm both glad at once. We believe in going to the lxsttom of things, and, therefore, in deep plowing and enough of it. All the batter with a sub -soil plow. We be1'levc that evvery farm should own a good lermer. We believe that the best fertilizer for any soil is a spirit of Industry, enter- prise and intelligence. Without this, lime and gypsum, bones and green ma- nure, marl and guano will he of little use. We believe in good fences, good barns, good farm houses, good stock, gond orchards and children enough 10 gather the fruit. We believe in a clean kitchen, a neat wife in it, a spinning wheel, a clean cupboard, a clean daisy and a clean conscience. We firmly disbelieve In farmers that will not improve; in farms that grow poorer every year; in starving cattle; 'n rennet's' boys turning into clerks and merchants; in farmers' daughters un- willing to work, and in all farmers ashamed of theft vocation, or who drink whiskey until honest people are ashamed of them, CARE OF POULTRY. A good, large coop into which young chickens can easily go at feeding time is a necessity of the poultry yard. Cov- ered with woven wire over a stout. frame work, food can be thrown into it easily. 'With an opening, at the ground large enough for the young. ones to go in and partake of their food In peace, such a coop is a great pretec- lien. Where old and young chickens are fed together the young ones are ruts over and deprived of their rights. Shacto and freshwater ere hyo things very necessary for small chicks In warns weather. Even in the spring mite early the sun occasionally shines so hot that the chicks need shade other than that provided by brooders, slake shelter for them by 'standing up boards in one way and on other, be- ing careful to ,place them so that they will net blow dawn. The Meeks will. gel under them on fiot days and on lop of tem when they need the sun. To bring out a good, strong chick the iem,peratune should not be allowed to get so high as to cause the chick to pant before 11 gets (hied off, and especi- ally if it is a close, hot dee,. Such a sweating at any time weakens a chick and it will never be as strong afterward. On a clear, cool day, if the teen eratune se kept pretty nor on the mark, the nicks will take care of themselves in good shape, but as Ilse hatches do not always come off on tints kind of weather it .15 best to look after them closely at this time, . CLEANING AND OILING HARNESS. A good cleaning and oiling of har- ness al least every year will greatly prolong ifs usefulness, writes Mr. Lewis Olsen. And then it is so much easier for horses to work in That this alone will more than repny rho expense of Meaning an oilin I d It ire t o g qtc fly necessary to clean the harness by wash- ing before oiling, For this purpose 1 would ativays iso soft water If it .can be.hoci,ondit molly can Ifone will take the trouble. e oak over night in n largo tub filled with water. Into the water pour the following emulsion: First dis- solve a bar of laundry soap in a quart of soft water and boil, then add a qunrl of kerosene oii and stir and bent ttntii a creamy collusion is formed, Pour the emulsion into the water in the tub end stir well before placing harness In mL The next morning ml sail and foreign Matter can 'usually be rubbed oft unite r The Ahurch And The Steeple for homes, inside and out, for barns and fences•--Rarosay'y Paints are the right paints to paint right, Heat and cold—dryness and moisture --can't affect them. They hold their color and fresh lustre in spite of the elements. 65 years and more making the right paints prove that we snake theme right. Write for Post Card Series " C9" .showing how some houses are painted. A. RAMSAY & SON CO., Point Makers Slice 1042, MONTREAL. 67 easily with a stiff brush. Then rinse thoroughly in clear water, and in sum- mer hang In shady place to dry befe e oiling. Apply the all carefully to every part of harness end an teeth skies -of leather, I'hen In a few hours go over the hni'ness again and evilf5 a soft dry cloth wipe off any superfluous o(1 that did not, pease - Irate the leather. OtheewLse the ail (hying on outside of loather will become Mickey and accumulate dust. - r IN N BURY ST, EDMUNDS THE SUBILEE OF AN UOS'1'Ottltl ENC- LiSH TOWN. 2,000 Actors Offer Services Free — Celeitralion Takes Place in July. Bury St, Edmunds, a town near New - meted, Englund, that hitherto has Collect to win the attention to which an extraordinary Interesting history and majesiaa ruins entitle it, proposes 10 have a pageant from July 8 to 13 that should astonish the world. Sumo of the most interesting events is the developing of the Anglu-Saxon race have taken place in the least An- glian (01171, There the barons loots their vows be- fcre laying the foundation of English and American liberty by compelling John to sign Magna ',Marla. There Sir Edmund Ilse eleMiyr diel for Isis people and R!rhard Coeur de Lion prayed be- fore selling out for the Holy Land. WILL 1313 BIG PAGEANT. The people of the whole County :f Suffolk, under the guidance of 'Louis N. Parker, a dramatist, are preparing to put Bury St. Edmunds into the front rank of European show places, Two thousand actors will take part in. all the seven episodes of the pageant. They are East Anglians, and every one is giving services and costumes free. if this mighty cast were to be paid the pageant would cost half a million dol- lars. Ports are to be played by 200 peers and .peeresses and many other members of else county families. A chorus c monks (all clergymen) will oient melo- dies specially composed by 0, 0, Ilor- olci Shams, a local musician. The suits of armor and all the beautiful dresses are being made in the neigh - hood. The leatterwork Ls fabricated from the tanned hides of the famous wild Chiilinghan cattle—the only herd of will cattle now in Great Britain — which were intrednced into Suffolk at the line of the Reformation, ENLIST ARTIST GENIUS. To boon Bury there has been enlist- ed the genius of a groat English artist, Dore Adapts, This distinguished aca- demician has painted designs for lila costumes from ancient manuscripts, and everything will be historically ac- curate in the smallest particular. The poster designed by Deem Shaw (wdoso picture of "Our Lord" fetched 80,000 at last year's ncndemy) has made a sensation in artistic and edverbising circles. It is pronounced the most ef- fective poster ever done by an English- man. GR-AAIAIATICAL. "This is letter A," explained the leacher for the tenth time, as 110 wrote IL down on rho blackboard, "end this letter 13," he went on, putting down the second letter of the alphabet. "Now, hey boy," he began, kindly and encouragingly, as he turned to the stu- pid boy, "let me see if you can remem- Iser them. "\\'bat is this?" pointing to the ihtllal letter of e ha. e "Letter thA," caalpmpbetthslow response from the dense holar: "Anel anis?" quescstioned the teacher, indtcaltng iehler B. "tet 'er alone," r.ehulmecl the pupil instantly, his elapid face lighting up with pleasure at Els own quick reply, 11 some men were half as big es they think they are, the world would have to bo enlarged, ZOO'S BIG BiLL OF FARK THE FOOD 1S OF A REMARKABLE VARIETY. That Consumed in London's Great Menagerie Beadles Large Proportions. A remarkable insight into the variety and quantity of the food. ranging from goats to ntonlcey-rolls, consumed in the nnenngeric at Begenl Park is obtained from the report of the Zoological Society of London for loom;, The total oust of Ilse food last year was £3,850 -an increase of £337 compared with the previous year, Sortie of the more remarkable neons In the bill are as tel lotus :— . Horses, 210; fowl treads, 34,282; goals, 246; bread, 5,940 gins.; beef, 2,224 las.; fresh milk, 743 gal.; flounders, 4,015 lbs.; preserved milk, 2,800 Uns; fresh her- rings, 7,012 lbs.; eggs, 23,013; biscuits, 3811 ewis,; whiling, 90,254 lbs.; meat ex= tenet, 76 jars: shrimps, 2,555 pints; carrots, 93 ells,; potatoes, 119 evils.: carrots, 990 bunches; cress, 1,387 bunches ; bananas, 4,589 doz,; apples, 27 cases; grapes, 2,414 lbs.; oranges, 6,456; monkey -nuts, 35 cots.; Brazil nuts, 105 -lbs,; Spanish nuts, 18 pks,; lettuce, 790 doz.; lemons, 01.2; onions, 53 bunches; marrows, 65. YOUlsU ELEPIIAN"I"S DIET. There is an increase in some of these quantities esoinpaiod with the previous year, due partly to there being more anhnals and partly to the rations of many having been increased. An addition of over £60 to tit fruit hilt is due to there having.been a large number of fruit -eating birds end small mammals, while the quantities of fruit and potatoes supplied to the monkeys svt're raised, - Tho rice and preserved milk were re- quired for the young elephant, the young radian and African rhinoceros and for the young hippopotamus. The larger number of sea -lions and the penguin account for the 'increased connsumption of fish. BEEF PREFERRED. Beef has been required partly because ort one occasion the supply of horses failed, and because It has been found that the Siberian tigers, presented by the. Duke of Bedford, thrive better on beet than on house -flesh. The general health of the animals has been good. The most serious loss wa0 that of the large female giraffe. There has been a notable improvement in the health of the monkeys since the mon- key -house was disinfected and repaired. None the less, the report stales, the health of those kept in open-air cages, without artificial heat, has been marked- ly better than that of the inhabitants of Um houses. ANIMALS AT LIBERTY. Some experiments have been made in setting animals at liberty. Several kites have complete freedom, and may be seen hovering about the gardens, to which they return to be fed, - Fronn time to time some of the grey squirrels have been allowed to leave the squirrels' enclosure, and some of these appear to be establishing themselves permanently In the gardens. A private committee has deposited a number of exotic doves, chiefly from Australia; and after these have become used to being fed in the open, it is in- tended to allow them complete liberty. It is interesting to roto that ire total value of the animals in the Zoo is esti- mated al £17,042. The number of visitors during to year was 896,423, the largest number on record whin the exception of 1897, when the number reached 915,704. HE WONDERED. Jock ied been having a night out, and had done himself exceedingly well. After sundry rests on the way, he reached home in the sena' hours of the morning. Crawling carefully up- stairs on hands and knees, he was ac- costed by the wife of his bosons, "Is that you, Jock?" • 'Ayer" said Jock. Then, Stier a pause, "Wis you expecting - onybody else?" 000. t° • °004) Aµ,GDCF 49 45) needa largeamount of - Convalescents � rpurish- egt ment in easily digested form. Sc0let'.:r Etrnulritan is powerful noul'll- O • ment—highly concentrated. agp It makes bone, Mood and muscle without t.. putting' any ax on the digestion. 41. ALL DRUGGISTS( 80o. AND 811.00. 430004:14.0060"0/00.10340404/41.40"04.5) HEALIB SUMMER CLOTHING. It i•'3 the custom whenever' one goes northern regions to 115.0 lr iptos to don white geminate 0s a protection against the heat of the sun ; and a, Marina from motored goods to white to *00.0041) 0)0115 (n our climate, also, in the NUM.nisi',. Ti.reason glveis . for this resort to wli iets Is dial"!t reflects lite hoar instead cif absorbing iC ,' anti 1f 0115 questions 11s' virtue, an$wer is always made that the natives of. tropical regions wear while eludes, and they ought to know what is best, It lis true that the natives often wear witiLe, but they havedark skins by 111X)0 nosy are prole ted from the cloemiral rays, ilio rays that ant most injurious to nnan, and that break down his itealtlt after a longer or shorter residence In equatorial regions. "The white roan's white elolhes offer no resistance to these Injurious light rays, a....ough they give cmnforl by throwing back (Ito heat. rays. If white clothes are worn externally, the undergarments, so trtopical hygien- i cis say, should bo blade, red or orange, Since those colors offer a screen to the chemical rays, After dark, in the topics as well as during liana sulntner months in this country, black clothes are tha most sensible, since they promote 1110 radiation of heat from the body. The head covering in summer should be I(ght In color as well as In svolght,-- yellow or khaki color is better than s+bite, but should have a dark lining, The praclioe of going baralteaded, espe- dully in lite case of light -haired or bald s ish graveells. pers+,n , fraught with n The notion that some bald-headed men have that exposure of rho head to the sun's rays will promote the growth. of hair is pernicious ; the man svho has tried it ono sunuuer will not repeat it the next -1f he is alive, - In texture, summer clothing should be light ,end porous. For men the outer garments should be of wool, the under- clothing nderclothing of linen or cotton, or mixed cot- ton and wool. This should be woven in is mesh which, by the air 11 contains, pro- tects against chill and which absorbs perspiration; such material does not get the `clammy" ((mileg-of a closely -woven cloth when damp. A night, garment of loosely -woven thin flannel of dark color velli be found more comfortable than one of cotton or linen, and will also afford greater protector against chill. Summer "colds" -often follow chilling of the body toward mom - Mg when It is encased in a damp cling- ing linen night dress. One who binds himself in such a state in the early morning should qulcldy take a warm bath, followed by a cold sponge or shower, and a vigorous rubbing with a coarse towel: Youth's Companion. HEALTH OF CHILDREN. Health is the surest touchstone to sue - cess, tete prize prerequisite for ettciency, and every mother wishes for her child a strong, healthy, well controlled, well- balanced body to serve Um dictates 0f a well-balanced mind, When, however, wo are old enough to apreciale the re- lation of beauty to health, to admits and value lbs personal magnetism ema- nating from the healthy mild and body, it either is too late to cultivate' it in, our- selves, or the effort is apt to be evident and conscious. The charm of the sinpl0, natural, unconscious bearing is lost. Therefore, tete only way to gain uncon- scious beauty, grew and poise Is to be- gin with the child at an early age. The child is like wax, pliable and easily moulded into beautiful form. Later the body becomes like marble and must be chiselled into shape. With love and knowledge of what . to do, the plastic form of the child can he made a thing of beauty and endowed with the most per - feel health. The limbs can be made supple and strong, the lungs developed le their perfect, capacity, the heart strengthened, the muscles rounded, the carriage made erect, and all the bodily functions improved with a corresponding effect upon the mental nature of the child. Parents and educators must res Uz', that the bodies as well as the brains, of children, should receive attention'i that it is more essential that a child shiuld know how 10 strengthen and, rightly use his body than that he should "Sass in technical physiology. To know how to stand and walk well is more im- portant than to know the construction of the foot. 7'lte hollow chests and. crooked spines will respond quickly to the desire and effort to represent tall, slreight, strong, and graceful Trees, or sturdy, robust men of the country, and permanent, physical benefit will be rho unfailing result. FACIAL NEURALGIA. If the neuralgia is located on the right side or the face the left nandandwrist should be placed for len or fifteen nein•. ales i1 a basin of water es hot 00 can comfortably he borne. It the left silo is taw one afflicted the right hand and wrist should be placed in the hot balls. The treatment can be repeated if the (list does not relieve rho pain. The explana- lion given by physicians for this peels, liar treatment. is that the two nerves which have lite greatest number, of lac - tile nerve endings are the llflh' and me- dians nerves. As the fibres. of these two nerves cross, any impulse carried to the left hand affects the right silo of the taco, or, if applied to the right, the effect sviil be the reverse. This is caused by the crossing of the cords. EGGS BOILED TO nMUSIC. ,A well Weevil. bishop .relates that while on a visit recently. he was awak- ened quite ratty by rho tones of a clear soprano-volco singing "Nearer, My God, to Thee." As the bishop lay In bed he _ mediteted upon the piety which. his los. less must possess which' enabled her to go about iter task early in the. Morn - tug singing such a noble hymn. At breakflsl ha spoke to her about 11 "Oh, law," she replied, "that's the myon 1 boll the eggs by; three verses fcy soft and k fe for mord."