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The Brussels Post, 1908-9-24, Page 2+3:4-04):(4.):(4-04-3:4-ita+-)a(-1-04-11araftef3:4.3:40-i-*0:f-P4aaraar(4-044;t be available. Of the latter, bow- tat A ousc of ystcry OR, THE GIRL IN BLUE 0 ever, I am not sure." + I remained talent, turning • over the papers she had passed across to me. They were mostly in French and, therefore, easily anderstoud. The documents related to "the long lesey„eseeseeveA,weitea 11(4m:fed scheme of construeting railway from Philippopolis to Eeki Sa.gbra, thence across the Shipka to Rasgrad, joining the line already it operation between Varna and Bustelmk." Appended, were declarations from. the Bulgarian Minister of Finance, signed by the Prince himself, The documents were certainly very ingeniously contrived so as to vet:coal the real purpose of the loan. I remarked this, and my companion, laughingly lightly, said— "Deception, to some extent, is always necessary in delicate diplo- macy." The discovery that the mysterious woman—whose name she had with- held from me—was actually a se- cret agent of the autonomous Prin- cipality created by the Berlin Treaty—that turbulent State most- ly notable for the assassination of its Ministers—was entirely unlook- ed for. On the night when mei- dent had thrown us together, and the had soothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made dur- ing that half-hour showed that there had been SODIC firm purpose under- lying it all, She alone knew the truth of that trag.c occurrence at The Boltons, and I saw that in this matter I had to deal with a very clever and in- genious woman. I had now a double purpose in life—to discover Mabel, and to elu- cidate the mystery of the crime. Towards that end I intended to strive, and as I sat with my glance fixed upon those mysterious grey eyes, I endeavored to form some plan of action. "Madam," I said gravely, at last, "as you appear not to place suffici- ent confidence in mo to tell me your name, I regret that I can place no confidence in these documents." "My name!" she laughed. "Ah, of course; I had quite forgotten. There is no secret about it;" and from her purse she drew forth a folded, much -worn blue paper, which she handed to me. It was an English passport, bear- ing the name of "Lucy Edna Grain- ger." "Grainger!" I repeated. "Then you are English ?" "Yes, I am legally a British sub- ject, because my father was Eng- lish. I was, however, born abroad." A silence fell between us. The roar of the traffic in Piccadilly came up from below; the summer night was warm, and the window stood open. At last I determined upon a bold course. "Now that we have met" I said, "1 wish to ask you one or two ques- tions. First, I am desirous of knowing the whereabouts of Mrs. Anson and her daughter," 1 was watching her narrowly, and saw her give a distinct start at my mention of the name. Next instant, however, she recovered herself, and with marvellous tact repeated— "Anson? Anson? I have no ac- quaintance with any person of that name." I smiled. "I think it unnecessary that you should deny this, when the truth 4s so very plain," I observed sarcas- tically. 'Yoti will, perhaps, next deny that a young man was foully murdered within that house in The Boltons; that you were present, and that you are aware of the identity of those who committed the crime?' The pallor of her cheeks showed plainly that I had recalled unwel- come memories. "Tho unfortunai,e affair is all of the past," she said hoarsely. "Why need wo discuss itl" "In the interests of justic,e," I answered, with firm determination. "Have you not agreed to remain silent? Have you not, as recom- pense, received back your sight, and become enriched beyond your wildest dreams? Surely you, at least, should nob complain," 1:(4+o+roo+-4.3:i+0+?CE-44:E+0++:I+0+3:(4-(4-3:E4-351$ CHAPTER XXV,—(Cont'd). I remembered that Gedge had shown me some official parchment which he had explained wore con- cessions obtained from Prince Fer- dinand of Bulgaria. That this wo- man had been the means of secur- ing to nie the greater part of the enormous profits which I had ap- she answered. "It was at hest pro- parently made within the past five posed th place the matter in the hands of Guechoff, our diplomatic representative at the Court of St. James's, but, on consideration, His Serene Highness, knowing that with the present state of high feeling in the Sobranje a single hint leaking out might prove disastrous to the dynasty, and perhaps to the nation, resolved to place the matter unre- servedly in my hands. The Prince din me the honor of referring in terms of praise to my previous deal- ings with you, and instructed me te lose no time in seeing you and invoking your aid." "In what direction?" Was it not amazing that I should awake from my years of unconsci- ousness to find myself so powerful in the world of finance that reign- ing princes sought my assistance? "I have here a letter from His Serene Highness ;" and she handed me a note which bore the Bulgarian royal arms, and had apparently been written by the Prince's own hand. It was merely a formal note asking me to consider the secret proposals which would be placed be- fore me by the bearer. "Well?" I inquired, when I had read it. Explain." "Briefly," she said, "the facts are as follows: The throne of Bul- garia, never very safe owing to the eternal bickering between St. Pet- ersburg and the Porte, is at this moment in imminent danger. The People's Party in the Sobranje have been defeated, and the police have learnt of a projected popular uprising against His Highness in favor of a republic, the agitation being, of course, caused by paid agents of Russia. It is an open secret that Russia, at the first sign uf an outbreak, waulcl endeavor to annex the country, hence the posi- tion of the throne grows each mo- ment more perilous. Fear of giv- ing offence to Russia prevents or- ders being issued for the arrest of the secret agitators, and it seems therefore as though a revolution cannot long be delayed. It is your aid His Serena Highness seeks — your aid to negotiate a loan of half a million sterling' "Half a million 1" ejaculated. "A large sum!" It seemed incred- ible that I should be a dealer in millions, "A large sum, certainly, but you can easily obtain it," she quickly assured me. "I have all the neces- sary preliminaries of the securities here ;' and she pointed to the pile of papers at her side. "I take it that the money is re- quired for the Prince's private purse 7" "No ; solely for defence—to pur- chase arms and ammunition; te pay the army the arrears due, so as to secure their support in case of an outbreak, and to pay certain heavy sums as secret -service money. All this is imperative in order to save the country from falling into the hands of Russia. But it must be clone, of course, in strictest sec- recy. His Highness, as I have al- ready explained, hesitated to en- trust the matter to his recognized minister here because the spies of Russia are everywhere, and if any knowledge of his intentions leaked out it wonld be fatal to his plans." "And so he trusts me!" said, emiling "He does, absolutely," "And where does His Highness: think that I am to get half a mil- lion of money from et a moment's notice, pray?" asked with a smile, easily, and rising, drew . forth a "With these in yew possession large despatch -box from its loath- there will he no difficulty," she re. ern elm and placed it upon the spondee] coolly, indicating the pa - table. I noticed that the outer pers. "There is not a financial therefore, an accessory after the fact. "You are the Prince's confiden- tial agent here, in London, and I come to you on a mission direct from His Serene Highness." "From Bulgaria?" I inquired. "Yes. I left Sofia a week ago," years was certainly surprising, "On the day I recovered consci- ousness—the day of my departure from Denbury—I was shown some dc,cuments, but took but little heed of them," I said, "You admit, however, that the employment of British capital in Bulgaria has realized a very hand- some profit, and that the greater part of it has gone into your own pockets." "I suppose that is so," I respond- ed. "It is to you that I am in- debted for those concessions?" "Oertainly." "Are you, then, an ambassadress of the Principality of Bulgaria?" Well, yes—if you choose to put it so." "Then, as I understand, it is with some further financial object that you have sought me this even- ing?" "Exactly." This latest development of the af- fair was certainly most remarkable. I had never dreamed that to this hitherto unknown woman I had been indebted for the unparalleled success which had attended my ca- reer during those last six years. Yet, from the facts she subsequent- ly placed before me, it would seem that it was at her instigation that I first dabbled in finance. She, or rather her agents, had obtained for me the negotiation of a substantial loan to Prince Ferdinand, and this had been followed by all: sorts of concessions, not one of which had turned out badly. The mysterious Edna, whom I had always believed to be a typical blouse -and -bicycle girl of the true Kensington type, was actually a po- litical agent of that most turbulent of all the European States. I sat looking at her in wonder- ment. She possessed a superb car- riage, a smart, well-dressed figure, a smiling intelligent face, white even teeth, a complexion just a trifle dark, but betraying no trace of foreign birth. Her English was perfect, her manner purely that of the patrician, while her surprising tact possessed all the finesse of an accomplished diplomatist, "I confess that I have all along been in entire ignorance of ray in- debtedness to you,". I said, after listening to her while she explain- ed how obediently I had followed the instructions contained in the letters signed "Avel," and how I bad so materially advanced the in- terests of the Principality that the thanks of the Bulgarian President, or Sobranje, had been tendered to me, and the Prince himself had a couple of years ago conferred upon me the highest distinction within hie power. Yet it was more than strange that while this shrewd grey -eyed wo- man, the possessor of the secret of that puzzling crime, held aloof from nie, she had ingeniously contrived that I should become the unwitting catspew of an unstable State. I was thinking of Mabel—my thoughts were . always of my lost love—and I was wondering how I might obtain from this woman the secret of her whereabouts. CHAPTER XXVI. "Well," I inquired at last; "and your reason for seeking me this ee ening 1" She heeitated, as though uncer- tain in what manner to place her I reject before inc. She moved un- cesse bore a count s coronet with a cipher beneath. Having opened the box with a tiny gold maeler-key which hong upon her bracelet, she drew forth some official-lo,:king pgers, and then rd111,110,1 to her chair, "Yon have already been entrust- ed with a secant, which yeti have known net betrayed—the seeret of that un- She laughed outright. fre tunate onerirrenee nn the even- '"Phe money, yeti will find from ing when accident first brought ns the doeuments here, is ostensibly togel.her," elm emnmentad gravely, foi the construction of a new rail - "Therefore feel convinced that way from Philippopolie, by the Ship - any further confidence placed ke to Ruetchuk. Tho plans are here, you will not be alive:ed." properly prepared, so that you need am bone red to think, madam, have no hesitation in showing them Cult you should entertain such an tel any railway engineer." opinion of me," said, not, how- I saw that elm had been trained ever, without a slight tench of sac- is :school of (*lever diplomacy, casm, "And you say that security will did not forget that she had only be given?" sneered me from my enemiee in re- "Certainly. The proposal is to earn foe my eilenee. She W/1.5 not give the customs reeeipte. They "I got st cold supper when I went e woman to act, without strong rem- would ho ample. railing that it is home to -night, and you bet I kick- vr Moreover, she lied Admitted reobable that the Princess's jewels, ed about it." "Dill that do any knowledge of that ;strange midnight whirl), as you know, include some good?" "Well my wife made it crime at The Boltone, and was, of the finest pearls Europe, might warm far me.. agent in the City of London who would not be only too delighted to, without its intentions being keown, "But you say it is all a encret," 1 observed. "How do you think it possible that ean raise such a loan without its intentions being ON THE Rait WASHING PIGS. Pigs glory in wallowing in the mire, and the most filthy holes pro- vide them with conditieus whieh ap- pear to give them the greatest de- light says W. R. Gilbert. Seine assume that when they roll in the mud they are clesinnie of getting dirty. I am not r40 sere of this, Judging front what I have seen, the reverse seems to bo the case. No tin have ever owned has gone 00 enjoying having a crusty coat on any part of its body. When hamp- ered with such they soon rub and scratch with the object of getting it off, and they find peace and relief in this. I believe they often take to the mucky niud-holes to roll and get the hardened softened, have always noticed that a jg with a thick layer of dirt on it will roll on the slush much sooner and more often than ono that is clean, and I have satisfied myself by practice that pigs that are kept clean aro more contented and thrive ninch better than those that are always e n fidgets with an irritating coat. 1.1 warm weather they will rush in- ro the pools and streams and have a bath, but there is nothing objec- tionable in that. How they do en- joy a good scrub and they almost seem to take pride in avoiding dirt afterwards, but the clean skin does not suggest a return to the addi- tion filth. When pigs are being turned out on the Olean grass, I would urge that all be scrubbed be- fore they go out. Use a liquid com- pesed of ono gallon of hot water, half a pint of parafm oil, anti two ounces of soft soap, when all para- sites will be killed, dirt removed and Glean, sweet skin supplied. Ex- tra feeding may cause pigs that have come to a standstill to develop more freely, but I can say a good wash whenever necessary, will move them on wonderfully. I have often admired the pigs shown at the big shows, for their skins. What a difference if they were all No doubt much good food is given to them in such prime condition, but the finishing touch is the clean coat, and to this alone I give cre- dit for their superiority. STORAGE OF POTATOES. In a community that produces many potatoes, storage houses be- come a necessity. Potatoes stored in an ordinary storage room lose weight rapidly and soon become slinveled and of poor quality, The underground storage combines all the qualities for keeping potatoes in the best condition. Possibly the most important re- quisite is to keep down the temper- ature of the cellar.; These cellars should be built lengthwise with the currents of air so that in the fall when the potatoes are put in, a draft through the cellar can be es- tablished at night to carry off the heat brought in with the potatoes during the day. The practice is to fill in the bins in layers of not more than one foot each day and let this layer cool down during the night. After the potatoes are all in, the ventilation is regulated so that the temperature is kept as near freez- ing point as possible without freez- ing the potatoes. This ventilation ie necessary, not only to regulate the temperature; but to keep the air pure and dry. 11 the air be- comes foul and damp, moulds will grow and dry rot or Fusarium will develop. Many potatoes are spoil- ed in the stores and in the store rooms of dwelling. The potatoes are stored near a furnace with more or less light. Before the sack or barrel is all used the potatoes be- come greened by light and are not only unwholesome, bee to a certain eittent, poisonous. HOG WEIGHT AND SHRINKAGE Hogs shrink from live to dressed weight 18 to 20 per cent., according to weight, heavy, solid hogs shrink the least. Most packers estimate SO per cent. shrinkage, and this is 'fI complain of the manner in about the average. This is on a lot which the secret of the crime has basis, of course. There is a further heen preserved," I said. "I have shrinkage of about 12-% per cent, in determined, however, that it shall chilling. A test of a large number remain secret no longer." of hogs averaging 23.21 pounds "You would inform the police!" she gasped, for the moment unable to conceal her alarm. "If yee have no knowledge of Mee Anson, then I intend to in- voke the aicl of Sentland Yard in order to discover her." (To be Continued.) REASONAe.131,E, Postal Clerk—You'll have to put another stamp on that letter. Miss Pert—Whyl "Because it's overweight." "But, gracious 1 Another stamp would make it still heavier," "Oh, George," exclaimed a young wife, "look at my new hat! Isn't it a poem?" "Well, if it is," was the reply, "I suppose a proper title for it would be 'Owed to a Milliner' 1 " live weight, showed a shrinkage of 18.84 per cent, from live to dressed weight. This, of course was the hot weight and not dm chilled dressed weight; also, of course, with the heatl on and the ham fan - legs, The net yield of these hogs was 69.51 per cent. of the live weight, figuring sides, hams, shoul- ders, lard, grease and rough or market meats, Knitting is declared to be a most helpful exorcise for hands liable to become stiff from rheumatism, and it is sometimes prescribed by phy- sicians because of its efficacy. For persons liable to cramp, paralysis, or any other affection of the fingers of that character, knitting is re- garded as most beneficial. • Walking is the finest exercise for cverkbody, and girls in particular. Physical culture with dumb -bells or other implements which develop the muscle and make one part of elm body abnormal at the expense of another is not to be recommend- ed. Severe training of that deecrip • tion may produce beneficial malts for a time'but unless it is pose - vend with the =Fides soon become relexed, if&Ds;E:Li Make Your Stomach Happy with SHRDE1 WFrIEAT and fresh fruits. An ideal summer food, wholesome, nourishing, delicious. CONTAINS MORE REAL NUTNII1ENT TrIAN mE,AT OR hOUS los+ SOLO BY ALL GROCERS FINGERS AND MACHINERY TIIE FORMER ARE STILT. USED FOR THE FINEST WORK. Many Trades in Which Rechanical • Contrivances Rave Not Ousted Ran. We seem to think that machinery can do anything,- but there are numerous important trades which are carried on in much the same way as they were ages ago, trades in which machinery has not ousted alaa The articles of cutlery, which are everywhere so common, are made igeeeesactly the same way as they were hundreds of years ago. Go through any great cutlery manu- factory at Sheffield and you will find that there is almost an entire absence of machinery, so far as re- gards the best articles, and that the thole and instruments used are practically the seine as were used in the clays of Chaucer, says Pear - son's Weekly. Take the case of a razor. One man will make the whole of the blade, simply with the aid of a ham- mer and a block of steel. With lightning -like rapidity he will quick- ly forge a rough piece of steel into the shape .of a razor without the use of any utensils or patterns. He works by his eye alone, masterful- ly placing every blow just where it; is wanted. In foreign countries, it is true, machinery has been invented to stamp out razor, knife, scissor, and other blades, but the finished ar- ticle cannot compare to those made by the Sheffield workman with his hammer and anvil. It is the case that many such machines are used itt. the cutlery city itself, making cheap goods, but no machine is able to judge exactly where each blow should be placed, nor can it "hu- mor" the blade. Much the same applies to grind- ing. The cutlery grinding of to- day is carried on in the most primi- tive manner. THE ANTIQUATED GLASS TRADE. Gold -leaf is another example. To- ciay 1± 18 made in probably the iden- tical manner it has been made ever since man first made a piece of gold - leaf. Strips of gold are beaten en- tirely by hand, for the reason that no, machine can think before each blow is given, The gold -leaf ne- comes so delicate that a single wrong blow would entirely spoil it. Each strip of gold requires speci- al ere:eta:nut, and a machine would give exactly the same treatment to every strip. Then no machinery has been invented so delicate that it can lift up and pack the finished product. Pottery is Belli made by the same simple process followed since the earliest times. It is true numer- ous advances have been made in details, but man still reigns su- preme in the pottery. The nnple- merits used are of the simplest, still, machinery has little to do. Here, again, no machine can be trusted to exercise the discrimina- tion which is necessary in dealing with greatly varying materials, The glass trade is another trade in which machinery plays only a small part, The visitor to a glass- works Is impressed with the appar- ent awkwardness and antiquity of the processes followed. Many ma- chines have endeavored to oust the lass -blower's lungs, but the man is still superior to the machine, Glove -making is purely a hand trade. No machine could cut out a glove properly, for the simple reason that it could not distinguish between good and bad, thick and thin, pieces of leather, Each piece of leather empires special treat - meet in shaping, and therefore the cutting can never be mechanical. HUMAN CORK CUTTERS, In much the same way the cut- ting of cigar covers from the to- bacco -leaf is done by hand, In fact, the best brands of cigars, and also cigarettes,. are entirely hand- madel as a brain is needed, and no machine is provided with a brain. Little defects in the leaf are beyond the power of a machine to discrim- inattTmanufacture of the best kind ot cork, thotie made for °ham- pagne bottles, are never entrest- ad to machines. The otdinary 'com- mon cork is made by inachinery, but the best work invariably is done by limn heeds, and the ohm- pagne cork cannot be trusted to a machine. All the blemishes in the cork have to be taken into consid- eration, so this work is done by hand labor. Tho leather from which the best boxing -gloves are manufacturesl is another article which is made en- tirely by hand, or, rather, by hands and feet. Machinery is use- less for the purpose. In the manu- facture of parchment man -labor has no rival. The black edges of morning note- paper aro the product of direct hu- man labor. The worker sits at a table, and with a deft movement of the hand spreads out a score of sleets of pa- per, so that an oven depth of edge shows along two sides, Then, with o broad, flat brush dipped in a black pigment, she rapidly covers the two sides in the same manner. The manufacture of straw hats, Panama hats, and the like articles cannot be entrusted to a machine; while the same applies to basket - making, and to the weaving of wick- er covers around pars and bottles. "A. MIRACLE IN WREAT." The Story of This Marvellous Wheat Is Not True. This paper printed an article from the Saturday Evening Post about a wonderful new wheat which one Adams is said to be raising on his farm in Idaho. If the claims for this wheat were true it would revolutionize farming the world over, but so far as further investi- gation has brought out, they are not true. The Saturday Evening Post dispatched a thoroughly reli- able roan to Idaho to examine the wheat on the ground, and his wire.' report, which follows, pretty thor mighty disposes of this agricultur• al marvel: "Assertions of huge crops or ,good fiouemaking quality not justified. Adams' ouly claim of proportion of two hundred bushels an acre is with an eight of an acre patch two years ago. For last year ad- mits farm average only thirty bush- els. So far this year only twenty five to thirty-five an acre. Offers excuses such as weeds and under - sowing. Not true that wheat has been successfully grown elsewhere. Misleading to say frostproof, for admits some injury by snow. Flour - making qualities unknown. Adams was given experiment station ana- lysis hest year and told with it that milling test was necessary to shew the quality with certainty. Has not had the test. The wheat in appeir- ance is much like certain Large, coarse wheats not. valuable fur timer. SENTENCE SERMONS. Every life is determined by its loves. You cannot hold down the man who looks up. The golden heart does not have the brass facie. There is no gaining without some foregoing. An absentee God ecounts for a ptodigal world. Work is always weariness when its goal is only wages, It takes more than a homemade halo to make a hero. Wisdom is in aging the head and keeping the heart youthful. The best of all the churches is the temple in your own breast, Love is that which roots in sacri- fice, grows to service, blooms in joy. It's no use believing in angels in heaven if you cannot discover any here, It often bakethe barrenness of the desert to teach us to look up to the eters. The pessimist is the man who al - veep goeo straight for the chair with a pin in it. Every time you boat your neigh- bor you may be sure your adversary has beaten you, It is a good deal easier to know the lives of all the saints than it is to show the life of ono. A man has no greater capacity of heaven than he has power to cre- ate heaven about him. - Morality. becauee it pays to bo moral simply the immorality of civilized selfishness. There]e a lot of difference be- tween taking faith as a shield in battle and as a cloak itt business, The fined lubricant for the ma- chinery of our human living is the recognition of virtues and values in ether people. esetreeoceoro-e-ocatternee-censooroerea LYOUNO FOLKS .00o0e..00000-ooec..e. SUSAN'S GREEN BOW, Susan was in the =inlay on a visit to Grandmother Dodge, and the little girl was quite sure that there was no more lovely place in tee whole world than the brown farmhouse, with the white porch over the front door and the big piazza on the side. liusun could play about the green yard and in the big barn, and had her playhouse tinder one of the big trees in a corner of the pasture; and although these were no other children for her to play with, she was never lonely. One reason why Susan enjoyed her playhouse so much was on ac- count of a goat that was pastured it: the next field. A high board fence was between the field and the pasture, and Susan's playhouse was close to the fence. The goat would sometimes try to poke his head in between the fence boards, but never quite succeeded. Ono daySusan tired of playing with her pieces of broken china, her bright tin dipper and the rag doll, Dinah, who was always such agree- able company, and began to wonder what she would do next. She look- ed toward the high board fence and saw the goat feeding in a distant part of the field, and as Susan watched the goat she remembered how funny it always looked when it tried to got its head in between the low boards. "I know I could get ray head be- tween those boards," said Susan to Dinah, putting up her hands to tie the lovely green -ribbon bow more securely. It was a new ribbon. Grandmother Dodge had brought it home from the village only the day before. "Now watch me, Dinah !" com- manded Susan, standing the rag doll where her eyes of black beads were fixed directly on the fence; and then Susan tipped her smooth brown head and slid it carefully through between the boards. Then she tried to lift it a bit, thinking that she was really smarter than he goat, and hoping the goat would Baahliar.e Tgoat did soe her. The nod- ding green ribbon waved sugges- tively between the _fence hoards. "0 -he 1" said the goat. "Another bunch of green grass for me 1" Susan had just decided to go back tr. play, but, some way, she could not tip her bead so easily with the board fence holding it so closely. She moved this way and that, mak- ing the green ribbon wave inviting- ly, so that the goat came faster and faster, and in a moment Susan felt a fierce tug on her hair. "Oh I" screamed Susan. "The goat will oat off my head!" And sue twisted her head so quickly and screamed so loudly that not only did the goat jump back in surprise, but Susan found her head free again, and stood up straight on her own side of the board fence, and lc oked reproachfully at the goat, from whose mouth hung an end of her beautiful green hair ribbon! The goat looked so solemn and chewed on the ribbon so persever- ingly that the little girl forgot to bo sorry about her loss, and laugh- oct aloud, goat thought it was a rew kind of grass," she •confided to Dinah, as she brusbedeehe hair back from her face and started home across the pasture to tell Grand- mother Dodge.—Youth'e Compan- ion. HEALTH HINTS. In cases of acute indigestion the banana is of immense service. Ba- nanas should be eaten as a dessert, and care should be taken that they are quite ripe. Cure for Felon.—Take a table- spoon of butter just froin the churn without salt. Stir eneugh calomel in the butter to make a stiff paste, Spread on cloth and put on felon. This is EL sure cure. Gargle the throat with salt water ir. which a little , borax has been dissolved when there, is an epide- mic of diphtheria. It is cleansing and soothing to the mouth and throat at all times, Black-eurrant tea is an excellent drink for a sore throat. Put two tablespoonfuls of black -currant jam with a pint of water, into a sauce- pan and allow it, to simmer for half an hour, strain it, and ±2 1± is to bo taken for a colcl or sore throat drink it as hot as possible. Remedy for Boils.—After a boil has come to a head by putting com- mon soap and sugar mixed as salvo on it you can get ±10> p518 out of ie easily by the following procerts 'lla•lte a pop bottle, 00 grape juke bottle is better ; fill it full of warm water and cork it; put the filled bottle in a wash basin with waiin water in it; sot on the stove till the Water in the basin almost belle that in the bottle will li> just as hot. Then remove the 1 .sin from the fire and empty the In tile e cool 'only as much of mouth aeed neck of the bottle as will be ne cssary iso that when placing the moiith of the bottle over the head of the boil it will not blister the skin; hold it there a few seconds, which Will bo painful, bet the steam in the bottle will draw all the pus out, Tho will not hurt afteg that tie 1 .7A begin to heal. -