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The Brussels Post, 1907-11-28, Page 2if++ +++++++++++++++++ TIE LONELY TRAVELLER I +++++++++++++++++ 1. He eat at his writing.table, a sheet or paper trefore him, a pen wet with ink in his hand; but as yet 0 word lied Dem written on teat fresh sheet. Ho hal not 1.1eiught tho letter would be so (Miceli Lei Waite, and though he was the possessor of a particularly Moile pen and a command of good language, yet he could not bring himself to form the sentencee which had been racing through his head Mr days -nay, for weelte. He knew -none better -that they would be like a sentence of doom to the woman who was to reeeive them, Len ha was past pity --past everything Jut thought of self end e.dvancement. Was it eis fault that he had tenon in love eefore tile time? Was it les fault that somothlog in hint prompted him strongly to cut himself adrift front all hampering -ties -till les retrace was made and terluntewithin hie grasp? Surely those WertaeOley the dictates of pru- dence eller edal What was that quotation that had haunted him for so long? "1M travels fastest who travels alone.' And 'Arnold Mason intended to travel fast; be was determined to make a mark -to estsbil.slt himself before the eyes of men, to make the business that owned his name more famous than it had ever been before. And to do all tbis he must let nothing tome between bim and his work -not even Um wo- man who loved bim and whom he loved. In his own fasblon. So he must travel alene. And to do this he must cut himseit free from the fetters that bound him and Lucy Aldharri together. It had be- gun by a boy -and -girl friendship, and had ripened with years into something more -particularly, perhaps, on her side; and, with the spring of youth In Me blood and Lucy always near him, luring Unit summer holiday which he spent with her people in the reentry the inevitable happened, and Arnold weni back to town an engaged man. That was a year ago, and since than hie business had made immense strides. Ile bad oome to the parting of the ways, and the letter to Luray must be written. In a week's time he would sail for America to conduct some bus) - of delicacy and Importance to him and tre firm; it would la all peebabit ity teed to greater things, and prove but a stepping stone toward the for- tune of which he dreamt, waking and sleeping. But how difficult it was. He felt his own dastardly deceit as be wrote. the words seemed to burn hint as he read them. It was impos- sible to tell the girl lhat he had out. grown • her; that he must travel alone with ambition, not with hee-in short. that he no longer wanted her. Ho - ant so. manlike, he tried to throw some of the .blenne on her slender shoulders. ... And so, Luny, we must bring our engagement to an and, Mr I moot Iteep you waiting an indefinite time. All my prospects aro till vagne-it may be years before I am Mee to settle down, find I will not sumer-lee your best years. and keep you to that most wearing thing -a hopeless engagement. It will be far better for you, deer, M be free - and perhaps for tue, too. I cnnnot see you westing the beet years of your young life. Forget me, dearest, and for- give me if I have beenght pain into your life. I care always. -Yours over, An rold Meson. He carried the letter about with him for a day or two. in his brethet pocket. loath to post 11; and to lam this hesi- tation was something new -he had al. waye 1) en ahle to 4lecide and act quick- ly And when at last he slipped the keter int.) the yawning red mouth of a pillar -box, whieh he priesed every morn- ing on tee way to the office, he felt he had token the first stop towards the Mere which he dreamt alwaye. had out himself free fvetn all lies - alt hindranees; he could live now .solely for his work. Lucy Alidhem wns cutting roses in the garden when ihe letter reached her. She Melt it /rem the maid, who brought it out to het. with a grin of sympathy cm her round faree-for everyone in the village was interested in the vert daughter and her tiance-and opened it with it thrill of joy. Arnold's letter/ were always so welcome, and she lel a—her basket of roses Ile unheeded at her side aa she clevonrecl the elosely-terif. ter pages. But ae she read her fue( grew very still and white; but she retie en quite Steadily to the end--rnad the feeble excusee, the cold, curt sentenbee that for the moment sounded in her ears like a knell of (loom Reading .between the lines when she . grow a little calmer she seemed to on deretand. Ile no longer heeded tier. . He had outgrown her in 711,s race for fertune and fame; he had, left her he. hind on the road, and he wn.s ening ahead now, no longer needing her help orsympathy. He could do without for, and so he had no compunction in tos- sing her aside lilte and old glove 11 was net en exhilarating thought, and for o time it seemed ea lf Lime would tamest sue,cuiel) to tho blow the Man had dealt hee. Bet an innate mide tina reticentte gave her eourage, ant) eha Okina out of the trial with calinaese end delermiriatiore-a resolve to make tile best et what Ilia hod left, Mr liar; not to enalc 'leder 11tL titiol 11U6 lo f1nd some other letereet In lifo Instead of love, The Idea 'that people waled pile her WaS In iteelf kiteure, bet ete sdeeled herself to bear it, and pereape ite nne 1WaS MOre^arnazed than Arreild Mason himself at the Wm, compootel 11111e note he Metered from her, irt whiett .ehe acquiegeed In his decisionwithout lepparently a ettermer, Ten years later Arnold .Itelson a name wes pretty well known threugeoet Europe. lie tvas spoken of as one of the cleverest end most euceessrui Mum- mers et his geteratioe, a mart of lin. Inerese wealth, and greater power -a man whose name was sleeken with al. triost•letted breath by a ceetain section of people who were absolutely in lils power, to ;nuke or met' ee he wined, 1./, woe aware of tes power, and used ti WLsely, if sernetime,s 0 lIitte imperi- ously, and every year as 11 passed left lent richer than before. lie had rata lized u good many of hie dreams, al any rale, and he was still Leavelliag atone, There had never been any time in his ethenuous life for regret, and Lucy Animal and that one haleyoe sum. mer remained just a blurred teemery-- st faded, indeed, that It only very rare- ly rose and troubled him. More titan ever now, he felt he had left Lucy far behind lem on the road; she could never have kept pace wile ben in that triumphant progress of hes to fame and fortune. So that all had been Mr the Lest -for his best, at any rate. Yet oven to that man of millions mo- ments nI InMnse loneliness came. Other Men, sueceseful, wealthy, had their homes -his palace never seemed like a hem° to him -their families, some gracious lady to preside at the head of their tables; they had a sheltered ger- dea to which they could retreat atter the heal and burden of the day's work - a garden ol peace and domestic happl- nese, He travelled alone; and by the world in general he was more feared and admired than loved, fie worked hard-perhape harder than ever, for work is an anodyne -a pana- cea for all evils, and now and then his loneliness came upon tem with such force that he was obliged to flee from P And eo 1110 palace in PaHc Lane, his country seat in. the Midlends, were eimply like hotels to him -places where he stayed Mr it few days at a lime, al- ways surrounded by a party of men - he had no hofne, Women flattered lithe and lie was the most sought-after man of the dal. though ho was not particularly fond of society, tmtil Lady Strachan came into hie life. Then, something colored his monotonous working life, turning its greyness to a rose coMr, casting Lig') on possibilities that made his heart leap like a boy's. It was not only that she was just the women to complete his amazing sue, case, a favorite with Ileyalty, a woman whose beauty and charm were obvious to the mosl critical taste, a woman who knew the ropes of the innermost circle e/ society -though, indeed, all thio had first occurred to Arnold Mason, and he had made up his mind that this was the kind of woman who could travel with him along that road of success -a wo- man who would but add to hal fame and prestige -all sech considerations faded before the astounding fact that he loved her. It was a different tote from that he had given to Lucy 'el1. ham so many years ago. This was a steady flume that burned within itien a calm acceptance of the fact that thio was the one and only woman wh ) could matter in his life. -And he would epare no pains to win her But 0 was no easy matter, as be speedily found, for Lady Strachan was ter ever surrounded by her many br onds, She was to be met here, there, and everywhere; but her good works, he.r many charities, and her numerous human intereek took up so much- of her time and attention that Arnold Mend it almost impoesible to pursue the acquaintance suffielently to Men it into frendship-and then to love. IL was way of the quiet waters of friend- ship lie proposed to descend into the repids of love. It was at a country house --one ektbe many at which Armed Mason Wila al- ways a welcome visitor -that he found himself able to see 01.0110 of Lady Stra- chan, 111)(1 their friendship grew. till the man realized that he was falling more Otto? mare in lovvi with las ideal hely- the lady of his dream. He knew that 0 he failed to win her all his seeces.se.s would be as nothing to hen, yet there are soma things that money mewl buy. The sun shone on the velvet lawns, as they seentered lo and fro in the sha- dow of a inagnille‘rod Alt ti' e»etcedlyrw. the vest of party l rsecl, and rut of sight. Lady Strachan and Arnold Mason had the place to theinselvee, and they had spent a pleasant hour tel. ing of mutual friends, mutual intereets. and am bit king, "You'ro an enviable person' Lady Sierachan was saying, in her etvent. gentle voice, that sotnehow romindea him so viaidly .of Lucy; and, oddly etheigh, there were other things in which Lady Strachan reminded him nf rho girl he had hived so many yeare ago-ew elnsive look sometimes In her eyee, a turn of the head, something he vaguely noticed now and them "For you have not only the desire to help ree those pelage., but yon have the pow- er 05 Well; and the two things do nol nlways go together. But, de you liver take a rest?' Tbe man laughed a 1111.10 bitterly. "lleet?" he echoed. "That's one ihln- itt nfraid of; 1m too lonely, Lady Siva. Men, and a lonely 111 1111 hetes rest Week Ls 0 cempageitne "But isn't that your own fault?" elie :sled, quietly, shifting her rose-colore' puma] eo that her Mee was in elm. dow. "You never eared to -marry?" His heart leapt at the) words, "Never, till eoeVe he said, slowle "ince I wris a boy. I Nal my momenta it madnese, of c,ottese; there woo a gir levee, ns far no I Could love her; I was yeung and oonmaratively Peer then and 1 :dams lied ambitions', 1 brokr off the affair -don't you knoW tha' someone bits /roll, Ife travels faslost whet travels Mono'? 1-1 travelled fast -but ites Ibe tonethiesg thats kttttng Me by inches, And unless the wemar I love enn help 1ntsen4 orm can.' "The aventan you love?" she repent, ed. "Yee nienii---" aejo you 101,w. -you nmsf know," fir cried, his vete)? 1 1;11Io shaken: ealend buSe letrel. 'et111 enid; "lot lee hoar Itiot about this glee" Ho broke itiao eager, headlong sewn, 11 was 1101 hie feult, he saki, that he had outgrown his first love -that lie had .found her a hindrance rather teen a help to him in his eareer and 11 was Xtot lute fault. They would itever have been happy legether, Mr he woull have been far tiered of lune end she would ^never bay° liked the stvenuous bit, '1 was better for lxith to part -and su on, and so on. Lady Strachan ileteneal with it strange smile curving her perfect hipa. Iler white gown brushed softly over the shade, the man speaking eagerly-force- fluuirlfas they paced up and down In the y. "'rhat's your point of vette,' she said, evenly, as he paused; "just the man's /ode. Have you 1110000 nI the other sido at all? Have you guessed, in the very least degree, whet that girl must have suffered, Ull Time theme and bee'. ed the wound and lulled her into Mr- gelfulness? For sone) women do het easily get over the sheltering of all the a Meals. the tearing away of ail thele cherished illuetne. PerhAps you don't ii:11001 what that an/leash is-whal must have been to the girl you limeolit you loved, but who was nothing 10 rl11 whon she came In the way of your am. heMe, Men don't stop to think of the endures that must be hurled out of their way to allow the Juggernaut ear to ride over them," Her voice broke with a note of pas- sion, and the man stared at her for a minuM in bewildered silence. She nad never looked so beautifut as then, but -- "What do you mean?" be erica. "Why you speak as if you knew -as if--' "And 1 do know," she said, slowly, "because you see, I was Lucy Aldhame' "You -were -Lucy!" the words came stammeringly foam his lips. "Yes, Have I altered so much? After all, I am not se very far behind you." 'You are beyond and above me," he said, with a feeling of sha.me, "and I never know -never guessed. Only I Wondered why you reminded me so much at Lucy sometimes." 'And, of course, I knew you from the first,' she said, with a smile; "that is tbe advantage of being a public) charac- ter. But you have altered, Arnold." me use of hLs Christian natne and the new softness in her voice and eyes gave him eourage. "Net in one thing,' he said, I» a low, moved voice, "not in one thing, Lucy. I lcnew I should always Care. 1 001.0 more than ever now. Can't you let us begin. again? It's not Mo late, Lucy - only give me a chance." "It's a difficult thine te pick up drop- ped threads," she said; "Ws better gen- erally to weave afresh. And Arnold, ft would mover do. We've outgrown the want of each other. When you left me that time 1 wattled you more then I had eVer needed anyone; now I can do without you. Iva learnt the lesson too well to forget it. Done you see that.? One can't go back. If you had stuck to me then -but .vou couldn t You did right in 3010, own eyes, no double it was the wise and prudent, course, but wisdom and prudence done take much accieunt of a woman's heart -a woman's illustens and hopes. You rims( remember, too, that a few years aftev emir departure outoof my life I married, and married happily. I re- spected and admired fuy husband more than I can tell you; his loss eould never let filled. He was far too good to me and for me. 1 can't forget that. Ile gave so much, and was content with eat little in retien." "And I travelled alone -ems!. I be alone always?" he said, passionately. "For no 011101woman rail ever be to Ine What you -are -what you were." "AM Don 1, Arnold. Don't delude yourself into thlekIng that. You may feol all Mat now, but it was not so once, You ctuld do without we.' He bowed his head to the gentle ea - preach in her voice. There was no 'eon 1 ba said, though he pleaded Ills cause long and urgently, IL was no use. He must travel alone lo the end of the chapter. Arid the next day he drove rimy from the Manor Home on hie way to town, leaving behind him the end et his dream -all the hopes that had cheered him for SO long. Ills tellectlens as the express whirled him away towards the hub of the uni. Verse were not very happy. 110 had made a complete mese of things; what- ever financial and social and public success he had achieved. they were all hi nothing when compared with hap. piness-and thai no money could Mee, buy, Ilappkiess and love, Things which a peer man may possess and mint himself rich, white the million- aive has to go without them. Hew Lucy had revenged herself 'up- on him! 'He writhed a little at the thought. Who would have theught that the quiet ceuntry girl could blossom out Into the brithent weenie of rum gifts and altainmenta? It was like the trans- formation of the chrysalis into the but - And now she was Nigher away from ben than ever, Ho had set that ban rier-iinl she would' never remove it. "Ile travele.fastest who Irevels alone." Those words, upon which he had foun- ded his sucteseful career, haunted him, emery turn of the wheels of the to". 15 train seemed In hunt there out um 11 he wished he hod never heard them they had been his undoing, What wea lbere loft for Min in Itfe now? Success. Mlles, power were tikt dust and ashee 'a.foro hero, there, wes nothing left, 1111 A violent imheavel. a 'horrible eines') Ind hbesboig of sltain-a feeling as ii very eerth roeo tip in ivaveS Wien, Mtn, and Arnold Maa011 knew no more. He atvolte le a .sense of drowsy wed. 1015, For a time he could not althea, 11 ownrs of vision; everylleng sweet' !.efere bla eyos, yet be was 00110610130 emneorie near him -el a faint rosy ehl, of a eolleele tragrenee 1100 'of fresh teolete. end to greet peneefotheee. Whorl les vision cleared te saW n sem/loin eity room with it while paper garland.. ad with roses; a rosy (mill Aprend over 111 bed bit Whleh lir was lying; rosy :met/leis Andert the windows; heels eng sernewhele quite none, nnd he re- ,OmiNed the ihrtedy murmur 01 10 weed; ,/igeort, 1 Steange, 'toe, his terrible sense of , 1.4.444, loneliness 111401 lert him, HO turned Ws 4 + head: hie min wait oddly bound to his + 4. Side; he felt stiff and acteng-aed saw . 4 'le Lucy Straehan beside him, I I 4 ,k;:ols.°,14your'll diol°ttallirvig$thiet tsmawid.' gifunt");t: ++ About ihe Elouou ;- WEIS e horrible accident.. Luckily my + house MIS 1101 far off, and they brought : yea here and Wired broken arm AM EL /MY h1111.50S tylli soon mend." ilis eyes, fixed on her, asked a gees, SEASONABLE DISHES, lion mutely rbefore 31411011 the come Cranberry Holt.—atow to tech biscuit throbbed up to 1101/ face. Her eyes grew dough; toll out one.fourth of an Mob a Mlle misty. iv thickness, spread with eraelterry "And -end -if you realty want me, I sauce. Roll up and press the edges etay with you always," :the said, will togethev, Saw up la a floured Then lie knew why his seeee of lone. cloth and steam for over an hour. Iffiess had left hint -left him, too, for Serve with Groom and sneer or swim ewe. Turkey Legs Beolled.-Pluce the legs "Only get tvell soon -for my sway" and thighs left over frem the turkey on she 11111rnmeel. a geldthon over to low fire and Sou And 11 was easy to execute her eem. every throe or four minutes, When 'nand. Ile bed nt Inel semelhine to well broiled on both sides take there live for -something Setter thou Helios, off, reel in mustard and broad crumbs cr success. or rower, or Cly er thow and pour melted butter over them. Iffings lenemeal, for love Is eternal.-- Turkey Toast, --Chop cold turkey fine London Tii-Bits. and let it Mame. for (Mean minutes, with just enough gravy or stock to cover h. a lump of butter, and sale pepper, and mustard to season, Have ready small squares of buttered West, spread the turkey over it and lierVO. •••• RISKY TO INSULT KING USE MAJESTE IS QUITE POSSIBLE IN GREAT BRITAIN. Many Pains and Penalties Might be In. Meted if the Law was earried Out. Many people blissfully imagine that Is maeste--that Is, insulting Royalty - is a crime peculiar to foreign countries and unIcn4awn in free and happy Britain. That, however, is where they make a mistake, There are all sorts or pains and penal. lies on the statute book relative to pecu- liar British forms or lese majeate. Many of them hove fallen into oblivion or aleyance owing to one cause or another, but they could still be enforced if those in high places claimed all they are strict- ly entitled to. IL is, for inelance, technically a pun- ishable offence M slick a penny stamp on a letter upside down. Doing so is to insult the King through his effigy, nnd a few centuries ago -supposing penny stamps to have been theta invented - might easily have landed the offender in prison on a charge of seeking to bring ridicule on the Sovereign or to express contempt for his authority, by causing his picture to stand on its head. Also it is a punishable cfience lo de- face a coin of the realm bearing the Royal image, ane then deliberately tut it into circulation again, Any private individual who audacious- ly heisted the Royal standard over his dwelling would get into serious h•ouble. He would be peremptorily ordered to lake it down and abjectly apologize, and if he escaped a heavy ilne would hell) le thank his Majesty's forbearance for bis mead luck. The Royal standard is the emblem of tlie leing's rept authority, lo be displayed only whett lie is pensonelly present, and far a subject to hoist 11 10 notninally equivalent to high treason. Union :lack, as the flag( or the na- tion, is a different thing altogether, and Call be displayed by anybody. DEATH WOULD FOLLOW A BLOW. It is popularly supposed that in Great Britain a man eau get up and say what- ever he likes about the Sovereign with impunity. This is Lrue only within eteictly defined limits. A Socialist ora- tor can publicly denoenoe the theoreti- cal evils at monarchical institutions and rinnounce a decided preference for a re. Public, and nobody can 10110i1 111111. But if be once began to speak insult. ingly slightingly of the King person- alty, he would be at once "run in," on itt least, effectually suppressed by thc nearest policeman. To strike the King would, according to the strict letter 1 the law, render tlo assailant liable to the (Math penalty, no matter how trifling the blow was in reality. Lioulenent Pape, who is usually recle oned amougst those who attempted Ile 1110 of the late Queea Victoria, eould rio have aotuatly contemplated murder. 1-14 had no lethal weapon in his poeseesion the time of tho outrage; but he struck Her Majesty across the lace with hi/ wonting stick. This was suMcient bring him within the shrulow of thi scaffold. He was condemned to death and would have been hanged had his sentience not been commuted. Apart from direct mettulds of 0011111111i ling like majeste in Groat Britain -and the foregoing tiers not by any means exhaust the lisl-the unwary subject oar be pally of the offenco in a mon cunda bout way. LESE MAJESTE ON TUE STAGE. 11 15 lese limiest() to being the Kinge uniform into con'empt. Membees 0) theatrical oonmaniss who have appeette en the stage as comic charameee, attest In discarded military or naval enitcrim have occasionally been unpleasantly re minded of this fact.. Careful stage -man agett put themselves 011 the sufe etde by 4eeing that no uulform, whether to Le wren by leo hero, Villain, or lew.come Man of the piece, is art exact copy of th( reel uniform ef .any branell of Hie Majesty's forces, IL is lest) majeste to insult a judge or he bench. This is because a Biellsh judge, while iothing in himself, is in theory thr e:Ing's shadow, to whree the Royal dig :illy and attribttles aro for the time lea Mg delegated, 'Irt part, at least, This h aesenlially the caec with the chief of ar 'tie judge:4, the Lore Chancellor. Who' 4111.1rig on the 'Wooleael: Ile is tho low of His Mejesty," and a personagr offioni it is veil risky to offetul or diffe) from How teeny people aro aware that they hold relI5toe5 or moral opinien/ of %/Minh the Lord Chancellor diatip- nreves, lie has the pawer lo litho away 'heir children from thole custody 'and M leclare them not 41 and rosper petsom hrive charge of the little ones. Ifoldhig such objetionable opirrione Is, '1 all intents Mid nirpssem leee Maieste. :Mee, by a figura Of Mee low, they rue ler nmeely, but to the King, Whose ser - aunt he iSe--Patarson'e Weekly, Orteusionelly the shoplifter nude it dillIcelt to laker things ea.* C.raithervy Seuce.-Wash four cupfuls 01 cranberries and put in a saucepan with four cupfuls or granulated eitgar and one cupful of cold water; (ewer tind allow them to 1e11 for fifteen minutes; then remove from the fire, slam, and pour inio the dish in which they are to beliseicerVed.Pudding.-Wash in several waters ono cupful of rine and mix with it four cupfuls or sweet milk, one-halr lcuspooefill. of salt, onc.half of a cupful of sugar and the grated rind of a lc - mon. Stir in two eggs not previously iblueakteenfn, rtiturtiimientohoillhrse. pudding disk and Grallherry CiliVeS.-Sproad. alices of roast turkey, chicken, or veal with rteli cranberry sauce, sprtnkle with grated breal crumbs, a little minced celevy, and seme 1)115 of butter, season delicately, roll up, rind fasten tvith tiny skowers, .or I.M. Dip in melted butMr, roll in seasoned crumbs, and brown lightly in a quick oven, Cranberry Better laudding.-To a cup- ful of sour milk add half a cupful of sugar, a teaspoonful of salt, two eggs, and one leaspooeful of soda. 13eat. until light, then add enough flour to ninke a thin batter. Flour it pint of cranber- ries and stir into the batter. Bake in a moderate oven until baked through. Serve with sauce. Turkey Olives. -Select the nicest slic- es •of turkey, cut thtn, and special each with a mixture of broad crumbs and chopped oysters. Sea.gon ties with melted butter, salt, pepper, minced cel- ery, and a little tomato catsup. Roll er. tight and lie. Dust with sonsoning, dredge with flour, rind fry slowly et hot butter until a golden brown. Pumpkin Pie.-Pumplains vary ge- latinous substance so much that the amount of milk in proportion to hie mashed pumpkin must vary also, k cupful of pumpkin, a quart or creamy millc, two eggs, one-half oupfut of su- gar and spices- should make a good pie. e\Nritihneribert:lie7:nmasonlliyttletwoweilteris a's-lie:et:- bake individual plos in patty pans, Ciemberry Snow. -Cook pint of sible and when Mndev put them through O colander, Add almost as much sugav its cranbervies and mem lo the fire a moment.. Beat the whites of two eggs very stiff and add slowly the cooled and jellied cranberry. Serve in oat- meal dishes with splashes of whippa Cream about 11. Turkey Ilells,-Two cupfuls of rebate turkey whieh has bean seasoned highly. Bind it together with butter, workffig it idto small °Meng rolls with the hands. Mix up a light eisciat dough. roll it into a thin thyme cut into squnres and temp one around each meat roll. Bake in a quick oven and serve hot with cream sauce or with the gravy bctb from the day before.. Chicken Patates.-Chop meat of cold chicken coarsely and 3000.011 well. Make Imp cupful of drawe butter, ant while on five stir in two eggs, toiled hard minced very line, also a little chopped parsley, then chicken meal. Let almost soil. Have ready some patty shells of good paste baked quickly to light bnown. F,111' wile mixture ancl ere, In ,wen to heat. Avrange upon dish and acme) hot. Ch000tate Cakes, elarshmallow Froat- ing.---Creem half a cupful of butter; add a quarter of a cupaul of cocoa, the oaten yolke of three eggs, one cupful oT sugar, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, and hall a cupful of Miler, then the eeaten whites of throe eggs and 110)11) ful and a quarter of flour, with three 'ertspoonfuls of baking powder. De- corate with boiled :resting, to which dissolved matehmallows are added. Rice Snowballs.-Beil rice in salted water 1111 very tender. Wet sinall cups and while Hoe Is still hot pack tightly into the ceps, leaving a shallow hollow 'n the centre. Set In cool place for about three hours. In serving 1111 bellow With red jeIly and pour custard sauce around. Custard Sauce -One pint of milk, throe egge, one and one-half cup- fuls of sugar and a litUe stitt, cooked In double bolter until smooth and croarny, Wheri cola flavor with vanil- la. THINGS wtu,r, TO KNOW. Potaloas may be'evalmed up in sour recant better than sWeet cream. Glean wringetr rollers with kerosene nnd keep the wringer well oiled, Clean mica In heating stoves ba washing with hot vinegar nncl salt. Add a little cream to. icing for Cake mewent ifs Cracking when out. To Mean glass bol.tles or vases, put vinegar In soap suds and 'wash thee- ."Calliloietle of lime, spethicied around places that vats frequent, will dieve t 1 , Turpentine restores the color of yea held le 01)00:K1011% 1101' 10 1110 Ulancel- lowed knife -brindles when lethbeal well llot waler end soda will many re- meve Maine Mem wood, sun As the door,. tubleietc, Ilreng It jiteket, 'put plait la lekle Me of the kick to allow for airattl 0011188 1)10 back. GM limeys ean. bo cleaned with a small :mono dipped very leffitly in oil ef turpentine. A good filling for sore eueltione is niade Mote seeps of old cletime, torn 11saeriltrenragseed.Caill'it)get8r.alsins, pour kiting water over thorn and lot thorn soma a tow minatos. Heat the nallc to be used in custerda, pick putatings, end they .1113Y he 1'1.'171 111'latatilelh (11111.111:/*11111'4%11'h %A rill a Moth out or SOit War111 Water. dip IL in eerde, pod rub on the woodwork. triPi4 \171,:ili)11411•151inati;8111.Piliili.igsnift'el tinotitid vviels1 A button hook Inieg to the door with lantan1111111yiltizeptyc jarrthatil:fivt,a,Iptel, can be treed When washing while stockings either of silk or ihrred, add a few deeps 1.1 oxalic acid the water. To save enamel, hare a. lVir0 frame. on btard lo set in sink far pails while heavy work Is 1..)eitig done. Put a elean nimble under the rover when boiling potatoes, reel pill Wall thld th0111 1110011 Ilteer Wil101 done, Time anti iroublo may often be 8111'011 If the writing desk is Iola /emptied with good pone. miner alld ink. A eimple method of eleatting lamp chimneys -hole 111 the steam oft', kettle and polish with a newspaper. when washing glasswara pill 1%0V aelerlE; 0.11);11tIoinill 0Ilisi, (00 115 5‘%n•nii.1 to 11abl To give a line flume and geod rotor to a meat roast add to the water for the basting 011e inbles_noonful of sugar, Broiled meals should be eaten im- mediately after being eteked, in order that the best regults may be obtained. An oil refrigeraMr whir% hes a lin- ing or Lin ntay be made to Melt olean- er by applyiag coats of while enamel, To renew the stiffnese oi veil, wvap IL emend a pasteboard roll, elrelebett at full width, steam caid dry it on the Patch the torn placres of old comets. than spread on the floor or gross and it"e town° ne." t's good of paint, a dark Ta remoee the cover from a jar of fruit, place a hot flatiron on top of may be removed. jar Meer alld ilve Minutes cover '1'0 clean black goods :veep with one of ammonia. Press with hot iron on itthInet‘tvar)00::: swidact.er and ono leammenful To sugar douglennis evenly and thoth ought)) without. waste, shake four or live together in a peper hag centain- ing a .eup full 4,1 simile. Put a few grnina of rice in the salt cellars to keep the salt from eaking; so the Vellal. is shulten the dee will keep tee salt moving. Instend of using a knife to rip ma- chine stitching, insert the eharp point of P:11111 -scissors "melee every third stitch far enough to cut ii. DHLVEAO OF Ton EAOTo. (By A. Banker.) -- Itt the third "die)" en. nem of ,Creation. when although the gradual enolieg of die emela was slowly proceeding, yet 1110 surface Wes still warm, und honey mists still obscured the ilireet itys of the sim, ,generdlion after generation of wildly luxuriant and prelific veeetution was aertinplishing the formation of Iliege coalonetteures Wiltril 11031' 101111 tile priceless' fuel which Is now so in- dispeneable to civilized countries. And yet tulle a completely remit poviod in IN \weld's hisMry thet levaluable heat - producer wag practically disvognrded. To the ancient,/ it Itt hollered to have bete amknown; and when in the dark ages of England au alletopt mos made M utilize 11, a royal proclamation was Issued forbidding ib uee. To those unaecustomeri &seemd ink' the depilig of the earth to visit to a cool-nitne is a somewhat knelling ex. perienee. Pravidee with it "Davy" lame, giving lees light than an oil fur - thing rush -light, (electric light, heav- e\ or, Is now (10111)1108s oniployod) Ho) vist- lor, having donned a "sou -wester" and a pea-jacke), accompanied by u guide. steps upon n equait platform without nny protecting skies, hild gtls lidd of the rope to which it is enriched. Al the word of comman0 the descent. Nino meneesleown, down, .ever down into the blackness of clarknees, etill down, 'ewer and yet lower, deeper and yel deeper, for an apparently interne/lame perioe-though the descent probably did not /equally eecupy mere than Mout n quarter of an hour, AL length the bot- tom Is reilehed, and after a long walk 111 chemerian derkness, ankle deep le real dust, inestly along mutter 1)118- sngei, the workings are reached. On iill stiles black, grimy ere/Mires. ninny lying on their sides in the cleft of a 11111TOW seam, wielding a short pickaxe, and, as they renewe the opal, wriggeng further into the cleft; many. in Stygion (Witness, burrowing Into the deptho nod ft/Nitres of an uhysinelly Mock Meisel; 011111:0 111111'3il1g to and fre itice shadowy sprees en' merry earth - Armes h)]cling revel in the Awarthy, lurid gleamor delving for teentstive midst the flitting hither end thither of Otm luetrolees sparks of light. And yetwhen were is ove' nml they have emergea enee 01010 into flie light err day, all Uwe elhlop-hiled. cheeky Me - m/ nro in a short lime transformed into healthy, clean, and boneet-looking mon leis. And /surely in thn sight of Hen. yen it is the same with ourselves. For when. -we ()Merge from the darkness rind gloom of unbelief and the conlamina. (len of sin, and are cleanseci In the aleneng blood of the Saviour of the world Width He shed for our redeem - lion, we it aro transformed InM be. Inge who will riled to Ix: asseelates and eompartheng of the angols ef light In fels realme of gloey. Mrs. Flynn -"An' phnt's yer son Mate dein' now. Mrs. Cagey?" Mrs, Ceetty- "Sheer, Moike aln t dole' anything. Nee. Peyote Ile's got a Government Mbl" CANADA'S POSS-1131LITli,TS L. 0. AHMSTBONG TALKS OE Mt Irho Best Water Powers Lie Along Our Italie/tide -- Forest Lunde flo- ssed Titeinselrea. Me. 0. 0. Armstrong lets teal midst to his other duties EIS colonization and fruit agent of tho C, P. 11. Kele of those aPPertaining to that of au industrIal o:Lea:n1, In speaking to a liewsPliPel representative recently Mr. Armstrone s "MY already interesting work will ha given.a greater zest in the endeavor to develop industetal possibIllees along Lite line. I need eot tell yeti how great they are. Look at this :nap of Canada. The tweed's greatest water outvote aro nlong our line in New Brunswick and elaine, Quebec from Megarate to :dont- real, front elotainettncy te Montreal, the Labelle and Catineau breeches soon to form a through line, take the rich country front Montreal to the hoed 01 tile 0i111011. 1110 :aril:1100i from Teruel° in Sudbury, front the Ottawa Myer to the Soo and Winnipeo, find from Swift Current, Alberta. In the eintitatiinCelsouleitte.raiOlyer11,1111.811;m1.1ceimi5,,eobittittillIe.. l'Elileg111111"; dilee°11' ,0n811(1111,P•n(1)5,"11;P rlierrealli WOlinar 11103 coal; beI, we have the mal at both ends and in 1110 miffille. We ha Ve ekty thousand square miles of territory un. clerked with coal, including inexhaus. tilde quenelles ot arahrucite and or Ilia highest, grade of steam coal. Bet toll this is known. CANADA'S GREAT TINIRF,11 SUPPLY. 'There Is another asset which ig not 81,1'; dl,:teNa.eniLo npsp . fe,uairnlotilyi Pinehot says that the United Stales eel( have exheirsled ils timber supply in twenty -eve years. It takes more than a minute or two to realize what that Mee/1S, but a very little thinking will enable us to appreciate, as We never have done, Canathee capacity for growing timber. Take, for instanee, the three theesand miles of linilathegrowing hind nI which I spoke above, with Brit- eal. Columbia ae an extra. Iffils, lithe; and streams are natural preteeterre teen fire and the high winds that mud tim. Ler growth. In spite of timber deva.a. (a tion hy prodigal benbeeteg end by fires, seed trees linve remained in eel - Itched quantity Pea from the car win- dows of the Centelian P0e1110 Beltway one Call Stia everyweett a splen - die second -growth of evergreen Lives ef the most valuable kinds. GOVERNMENT ATTENTION TO IlE- FORESTRY. "We have Met awakened 10 the value of all this and the various Provincial and the Federal Governnents have done emnething already, and ere itow legislating lo furnish additional un vele. effectual 1110 p1,0 toi.i I tin. Th,.; in0.1 valuable cliarecterkliti of tale meat tertetery is that, unlike most at 1110 United States Umber 100011103, 11111 Canadian territory 110•Sertk itself with /pewee lanuntek and red and white pines which grow fast. The temedian Muffle ilailtaty Company has exerteil all its influence for some yenre .to fur. thee Ude proketive movement, and this company will do yet 1110r0 ill tile 111t1/1.0. "NOW, I have mild more Lean 1 in- tended, hut you will gee that there Ls a great field even in what I have lald before you, and in the mineetti devel.M. need of the country, M give :mope to all the eactely, intelligence, and tittle- licel enthaistasei that any eldest viol emelt tette' pomese. It means El 511031 dent for the great Canadian courtlier that lies between Winnipeg and the Atlantic ocean." SIX MILES UP IN THE AM. Aeronauts li:kiierirneo Orrat Dangers in Their Ascents. Tho report Mat two German aeronauts sucreeded the other day in ascending, iti a hydrogen -inflated balloon to a Iteight of 11,000 feel (nenely stx retire) 10114a remit inteitet to the on -revived controversy as le weal reelly constitutes the recovd hl bit iiireelkae Usunily, it is clamed Mr the emote, made by MCSSre. Uhlieher 1111d 1:0nreit. at WC/11%11111111P ton, Fmgland, 0E1 Sep- tember lith, 1802, When a height of 37.150 feet (seven mile)] was ampposed 10 Imo been reaohed. It is extvernely doubtful, howevete whether such an rethink/ was really attained, The 1.11:1011111 111811,11 - month in use at Ihnt time were not near- ly so accurate as they nee now. Congo. 'reenter the neennates inight -easily have been mistaken. That, they alinest llerininly were misled in some way wtis proved a fie] ward i 1)5' 10, experienros <11 ho crew of the "'Zenith" balloon, wheel nseended from 1,a Vitiate, neer Pare. on Apiel 11075. itt this inslance, the notonnuls, :Juice in nuintair, carried cylinders of eempreesed oxygen gas in ellehle them treenthe in the rarefied ter of Ihe altitudes they expected Li retiree Yet, IteKink: this precaution, Ihey ell ihrea keit con.scionsmi.“ 111 some 27,I110 Tort, ond al 211,000 fool, the greet -est height 'teletyped, two or wow (Hod or sorrooa. tion. Nroreovor, bia sitm'vbvnt' sb il 1111 arm, wards that they experlenece al 27,041 feet move tit wo almming eymploins wffinh ',Messes, flIalsher tool GoNwell suf. retied front at the (supposed) height of 17,00() root; um'is to say, they lost the 111,0 Of their limbs., their hearts ben.1 regularly yet very rapidly, and bleed ex. emid from their moullte, Pyre, fleece, alai ears, The itference eeerned obvious at 1115 limo that life mind not muter nny 011, rInnStalleea bo sasloaloa af a greater al- titude than 83,000 feet, nnd IMO any Ila• cent above 00,000 feel musi be attended with grave denote and flits view has been amply i.101110 01(1 tlY stibserilirni 0X. perinve)Is, When ri gle ut leee becemes [Menet 'tag e 4550 4aa "leiret Wed ioete"