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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1909-2-18, Page 2is Heals MostWounds A Talo of Love and Disappointment 1 fattftNnInnenAtennfaninnerstnetelaCiNentesaftreseeteoessesersoteeine teal CHAPTER XV,—(Oont'd). "I am confident you won't do that, My hand is nota weak one. Such a course would render public the feet that the Earl of Wolver- holme sold his country for a bride, and the Earl, in a shorttime, will be your ,daughter's_ father-in-law, 1. am not to be bluffed, Mr. *Josephs,, "Neither ani I, sir. I absolutely refuse to be blackmailed. You seem to imagine that thea twenty-five thousand pounds was obtained from sue by throats, You had something to barter, I valued it at the price and bought it from you. That's all, What is your position if I refuse to give you money? You can do two things. You can publish to the world the Ears's infancy, or you can keep silence. The former will do you no good. In fact it will give you a couple of years' hardlabor. $That is not in your lino, Mr. Ack- royd. If I am .any judge, you will hold your tongue." "You are quite right, from your point of view. But you forget one thing. I have had a taste of wealth, and I like it; unless I get money I shall be made a bankrupt. I have no intention of going back to my former poverty; I would ra- ther fdll myself, but before doing 0o I should publish my story to the world, Ackroyd said earnestly. "You have emitted one thing. You banded the proofs over to me, and I do not think your reputation is sufficiently high that your bare word would be accepted as irrefut- able evidence," Joel said with a sardonic smile. "Perhaps not, but for once in our life you were not so careful as you might have been. I'm no fool, Mr. Josephs, and I decided to retain evidence in my own hands." "You blackguard!" Joel said cuttingly. "But I don't believe you. More bluff." Not at all, for I hove photo- graphs of the letters. You can see them if you like." naturally refer to rue. If you do that you will force the to violent measures. I ani not a patient man, Ackroyd,,, "I must have this Avo thousand pounds. I appeal to you, but et the same bine I swear that I will have my revenge if you do not give it me,'', he pried desperately, Just for the moment Joel waver- ed, but it was only for the moment, for his obstinacy reasserted itself, and he closed his lips. determinedly, "Remember what I have done for you. Own that if I asked you for fifty thousand pounds you would have given it, if I had stuck out for it." "Yes, probably I should, but that does not affect the position. I think you've said everything you came to say?" Joel said quietly. Ackroyd still kept his seat. His brain was busy trying to devise something that would move this man of iron. He realized that be had pursued the wrong tactics in, for a moment, trying to browbeat him, for he was not ono to give way to force. He again thought of what this money meant to him, and he would not leave without making another effort. "Forget all I have said, Mr. Josephs," he began pleadingly. "Will you lend me' five thousand pounds? In a few weeks I shall be able to repay you." Joel laughed harshly, "I never lend money unless I see a return for doing so. I sometimes give it away, but I usually get a quid pro quo. You rather amuse me, Mr. Ackroyd. You are not strong enough to play the villain, you had better try an easier role." "'Yon are forcing me to do what you will repent. You seem to think. that I am going to accept the posis. tion and to tamely sing back into poverty. These photcgraphs aro worth a good deal to somebody, and some one will hsve to pay." "Weaker and weaker, Ackroyd, •Now, if you had come to me with Ackroyd held forward the prints a bold front, and convinced nue that and Joel glanced at them. Then heyou meant business I might have was silent and appeared to be Ipate,Butyou d see I have built thinking deeply. up my fortune by my judgment of "That does not help you much," men, and in a very few minutes I ho said at Last. "I am convinced knew that you were all wind. that a respect for your own skin You've got yourself into a pretty will keep you quiet. No, it's of no use. I've made up my mind, not another penny." • "Think again, sir," Ackroyd said impressively. "You are naturally proud of this marriage; it is a good one for your daughter to make, much better than you could reason- ably expect." Ackroyd broke off and in a flash he saw the use that had been made of the letters. "You are a fine fellow to call me names," he said triumphantly. "Now I see why you wanted the letters. It was"not to protect the Earl's name, not for e moment, It was to do a bit of blackmailing on your own acocunt, but money was not your object. I suppose you could not get the husband you wanted by legitimate means, so you descend to chaetagc. There is not much to choose between us. I think you will prefer to pay, and, Mr. Toc9phs, I am not suing to ask yeu for a large sum again. Joel was annoyed that his act had been discovered, but his fighting in- stinct was aroused. Ackroyd had made a false move if he desired the part.' money, for he had touched the Jew "Call it whab you like. It's /m - on his tender spot, pride in his material to pre," Joel said cheer - daughter, fully. "Again you lucks a mistake," "Very well, Mr. Josephs," Ack- Joel said coldly. "You really are royd said, and at last rose from his not fitted for this kind of game. chair. "I will give you twenty-four The facts you maintain do not hours before making any move. strengthen your hand; you can do You will find me at my chambers nothing." • until this time to -morrow. You • "I can stop this marriage," the are wrong to think I am bluffing. other cried angrily, for he began At any rate I will have revenge," to think that his errand was .likely he wound up vindictively. to be a fruitless one, but he did not "Just as you pler.se," Joel an - yet completely despair of success. swered easily, His plan was to "My same argument applies; the make Ackroyd think that he was feat of imprisonment will prevent firm in his decision, and he sue - you." coeded in doing n so, "Yes, but there is such a thing Joel accompanied him to the door as revenge. I suppose your laugh- and watched him get into his car, ter does not y lcuow of this little "A fine 'turn out,' Mr. Ackroyd," transaction? he said pleasantly. Fit for a mil - Joel flushed hotly at the insult. lionairc. How much do you want "0f course she does not," Aek- for it?" royd continued. "I will do you Ackroyd recognized that the Jew that justice. Come now, be reqs- was jeering at him, and his face enable, Give me five thousand,flushed with anger. pounds; it will enable me to tide"I am afraid it's too quiet. The over my difficulties, and the num j colors aren't gaudy enough for 14 nothing to you. You shall come men of your race," he answered with inc. to destroy the negatives, ! quickly, but his shot missed the they are in the safe at my chain- I mark, for Joel merely smiled. hers." Ackroyd gave an order to his "How ani I to know that you chauffeur and thr.,y- swiftly raced leaven t a dozen prints? No, this dawn the drive. Joel watched them must be put an end to. I am not! disappear and returned to his lib - going to be worried by you. Good 1 carp well content with the way he Afternoon, sir," Joel said firmly, ! had handled his visitor, He felt and rose from his chair. ? sure that he had heard the last of He moved towards the door, but; him. Just for a moment he wished Ackroyd retained his seat, He ( that he had given him the money, would not give in without another for he knew that if by any chance mess, and you won't get any help from me. That's final." Still Ackroyd would not budge. His brain was working at high pres- sure, but he could not determine upon his next move. There seem- ed to be nothing left but an ignom- inious retreat, and this was but little to his liking. He could im- agine himself in the Bankruptcy Court and going through his pub- lic examination. "I shall be made a bankrupt," he began eagerly, and they will ask me some awkward questions. I shall have to state where I got this money from. My banking account will show two of your cheques, each for twenty-five thousand pounds, and one of them payable to the Earl of Wolverholme. What shall 1 say when I am asked what they are fox?" "That is your affair. You might tell them that it's hush money, It would bo the truth, if that's no ob- jection," Joel said jeeringly. "'SVon't you change your mind? It will remove all these' complica- tions. It's sheer obstinacy on your effort. "I haven't finished yet, I will see Lord Fiarecastlo, perhaps he will be tnoro generous, he said re- flective] Aelcro,yd did carry out his threat the effects would be awkward in the extreme. But he dismissed the idea as absurd. ' Once out of sight of the house, "Yon. woe't do that, for he •wi11 Ackroyd gave full vent to hie die, appointment, In his heart ho had never :diRamt that ho would not mimed in getting the manes. Rio position wee dismal in the extreme, awl in vain he tried to think of a solution of his dificultics. He knew that it was useless trying the Bank, for no age would lend .utuelz on the speculative copper shares that he field. He pulled up et •'rho Ant, hotel and ordai'ed a serif brandy and soda for he was feeling the effects of the strain, Just as he was ro-start- ing a large ear appeared behind them, and kept them in sight dux - ins the run up to London. Even when they reached the outskirts the car still followed, Aokroyd in vain tried to got a glance at its oeeu- pant, but the body was closed, and he was unable to do so, He began to grow nervous, Court ,Tool be Doming after him, and if so, what: was his object? He tried an experiment, and just past Croydon be left the main road, but the car took the same turning and he felt convinced that he was being fol- lowed. Was it possible that Joel really feared his threats and had been bluffing? A horrible fear seized him that the Jew might be about to take criminal proceedings against him, but he quickly ells - missed it. The pursuing car' kept closely in touch with them. Once Ackroyd pulled up and the other did the same. "If they want me they can come to my chambers," Ackroyd said desperately to himself, and he told his chauffeur to drive straight home. • When he reached his cham- bers he sari the car dash round the corner. Ile did not wait to sea who it was, but at once entered. He stood expectantly in his room, and in a few minutes his servant entered. "Miss Josephs to see you," he an- nounced, and Aokroyd was dumb. founded. "Ask her to come in," be said quietly. (To be continued.) THE SACRED GOOSE. Figures of Fowl Indispensable at. Chinese Wedding. It was J. G. Frazer of the Golden Bough "who suggested that the re- verence felt for various creatures in various parts of the world is a survival of totemism, says the Pall Mall Gazette. Plenty of evidence has accumulated since then. Cae- sar mentions, as schoolboys recol- lect, that the inhabitants of Britain might not eat the hate, the cock and the goose. In the second case the superstition is quite lost prob- ably, but legendary records keep the memory of it in Ireland. But of the other examples enough can be found even at the present day. There is a "Goose Fair" at Great Crosby, is Lancashire, so called ap- parently because goose is rigorous- Iy forbidden. It is even asserted broadly that the inhabitants think the goose "too sacred" to eat—or did not so long ago. The same feeling ruled in the Hebrides and other parts of Scotland. No one believes at the present day that the Capitol was saved by geese or any other means, but if the story is not true it becomes all the more significant in the folklorist's point of view, as showing that the bird was specially reverenced in the pri- mitive ago of Rome. The Crusad- ers under Walter the Penniless, 400,000 souls, as we are assured, piously followed a goose and a goat marehing in the van, and a terrible mess those holy animals led then into. In Egypt the goose was the emblem of SO), father to Osiris; a precious figure of it is extant, in- scribed: "The good Goose great- ly beloved." It was the national flag of Burma and of Kandy, Ceylon. Wherever Buddhism rules the goose is vener- ated. Therefore itis a loading motif in the art of Japan, and a symbol of peace and happiness in China, Figures of geese are as indispens- able at a Chinese wedding as is bride cake with us. In both coun- tries, as also in Burma and Siam, weights are made in the shape of a goose as a token of good faith,.. though the connection in not obvi- ous; hub in ancient Egypt the same custom ruled, and Layard found goose weights among his first A dis- coveries T' cover!es at Nineveh. A row of gig- antic geese surrounds the great Bud- dhist temple of Anajapoora. The devout cherish a fond fancy that all geese perform an aerial pilgrimage to the holiest of lakes 'n the Hima- layas every year, transporting the sins of the neighborhood; returning with a now stock of inspiration for the encouragement of local piety, M CANDID Excited Individual --"See here, Mr. Bangs, you're a scoundrel of the first water. When I bought that horse 1 thought 1 was getting' a good, sound animal, but he's spavined and blind, and got the staggers. New, I want to know what you're going to do about it?", Bungs' -"Something ought to be' done, that's a fact:'' Excited Individual — "Well, I should say there ought," Bangs --"Well, 7 gave you the name of a good veal unary surgeon ; it's a shame to allow tho brise to suffer in that wu+•," ON TUE FAR1 teeeWesneeseraeseetoneefeeessiteseenettAsi AMOUNT OF PROTEIN IN CERE- ALS AND GF1i,ASSE . Alfalfa .. , .. 21.10 per cent. Red clover ., .,,15,08 per cent, Oats ..,, ,. ,,,13,00 pas' cent, Wheat ,,,, ;, „„13,44 per cont. Sweet corn ,,,133.00 per cent. Field porn ..., ,,,..12,00 per cent. Ba Ploy ,, , ,..,,11.00 per cent, .,.11,00 per cent, Millet b,91 per cent, While alfalfa is a good fattening feed by itself, yet, it is samewhet deferent in carbohydrates, and for this reason it gives the most satire factory results if mixed with some other feeds, which supply the defi- ciency. One ton of alfalfa mixed with two tons of gren corn fodder mattes a perfect feed for •inilch cows., Another emulsion practice is to mix the ehappod hay with corn meal and this will make a perfect - in balanced ration which is worth more pound Inc pound, than the prigihal 0020 meas. Experiments conducted -along certain liners, to ascertain the ae- tual 'results from feeding alfalfa, either alone or in a mixture, have brought to light marvelous facts. Pigs have gained 150 ,pounds each from May until October, when turned loose in an alfalfa patch;. steers have gained 2.14 pounds per day for periods of over 100 days. It oceans as if all domestic ani- mals are only too willing to help convert the offerings of nature in form of alfalfa into money forthe• practical farmer of to -day. When quietly reeking your plans for mixt season consider your own hest interests by arranging for a few acres of alfalfa, if you art not already the happy possessor of a_ good sized field. SELECTING THE FLOCK. Increasing the egg producing ca- pacity of a flock requires selection. The mistake made is not in the se- lection of the bens, but of the male, as lie is the sire of all the chicks hatched, Eggs from the best lay- ers only should be used for hatch- ing, and the male should be hatch- ed_ from an egg laid by the best hen in the flock, using only pure brad fowls, .and avoiding kinship if possible, as prolificacy can be transmitted to the progeny. If this rule is •adhered to there will be a, marked improvement an the number of eggs laid by eiich member of the flock, The difficulty is to discover which hen in a flock- lays locklays the largest number of eggs. This cannot easily be done, ex cepa by wat'ahing the hens, which is impossible; but the difficulty is les- sened by using small flocks, as then. the hens are known. One method is to have the nests in a location so arranged that after a hen lays she cannot get back into the yard from which she came, but must pass out of an entrance leading in- to another yard. At night, all the hens that•have laid will then be together, leaving the others in the• first yard. USES FOR ICE ON FARM. Among the uses for ioe on the farm may be mentioned: 1. To put in tanks of water for "I - can truthfully say that I believe that, but for the use of your Emulsion I would long since have been in my grave. I was past work—could not walk up -hill without coughing very hard." THIS, and much more was written by Mr. G. W. Hower - ton, Clark's Gap, W. Va. We would like to send you a full copy of his letter, or you might write him direct. His case was really marvelous, but is only one of the many proofs that ▪ 51tt's k � IsL i, n is the most strengthening and re -vitalising preparation 'n the world. Even in that most stubborn of all diseases (consumption) it does won- ders, and in less serious troubles, such as anemia, bronchitis, asthma, catarrh,. or loss 'of flesh from any cause tho effect is much quicker: '• Do pat dolny. Geta HUM of SCOTT'S 1:MV0 SI0N--.Ho taro Wo eoorr'S and try 11; Ali, iSliUOGia•ra: rot on nand yni Mr. norcprtoa'a ls#sr and Dino 11140141ri nn Oooamnption, last oon,la o n root' card mud moetlo, 555, prpor. scoTT sit trowrra 526 Marlin¢tea St., W. Toro to 000 Ung the cans of milk as seen as milked. If the leo be broken into 1 i it smell Pieces, a more rapidly, beeausc it melte more rapidly. 2. To cool water for raising the creeps on .milk set in deep cans, by gravity, Ice is almost a neces- sity for this form of creaming mill:, 3. For cooling cream as soon as the milk is separated with a eream separator on tho farm, Most of the troubles in cream -gathering creameries are caused by patrons noglecting to cool the cream at once after separating, Cream al- lowed to stand for some time after soperation, without cooling, sours gidakly, and usually develops a bad flavor, 4. For keeping butter, • cream, milk, meat and other perishable household necessities in hot wea- ther, A great deal of food is wast- ed in the average house in sum mar because of lack of ice to keep the food cool, thus eausirig a loss of what otherwise would be valu- able human food, 5. For making cooling drink in summer. While it is an error to pour icy -cold water down, one's oesophagus, a cool drink in het weather is always refreshing. THE ELECTION OF MAYORS QUAINT IIMAYORAL CUSTOMS IN ENGLAND. Ring That Brings tile Children a "School Holiday—A "Striking" Ceremony. Some quaint customs are observ- ed in connection with the induction into office of the new occupant of the Mayoral chair in Engls.ucl. The Mayor of Lincoln is duly elected by the placing upon his finger of an an- cient ring which his predecessors have worn: for centuries. This ring possesses a curious power, for when the Mayor sends it to any schoo/. within the city the schoolmaster is for bounthde todayigve his pupils a holiday • A similar custom, says the 'Tall Mall Gazette, prevails at Chiches- ter, an ancient turquoise ring being used in this case. The chief magis- trate of ...hichesteris also armed with a gold mounted malacca cane, At York both the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress are equipped with silver mounted, oak staves which have marked their authority for centuries. Moreover, the Lady Mayoress enjoys the distinction of being the only lady in the land pro- vided with a chain of office by the Corporation. She is also entitled to retain the prefix "Lady" for the remainder of her life. There is a local rhyme which says: The Mayor is a lord for a year and a day, But his wife is a lady for over and 070. At sea Bri htlin a limb of the Brightlingsea, , Cinque Ports, the ceremony, at- taching,. t taching.to the election of Mayor has taken place in the parish church belfry from time immemor- ial. The retiring Mayor of Bourne- mouth on investing his successor with the civic regalia confirms hind into office with AN OLD TIME LOVING KISS, A similar salutation awaits the in- coming Mayor of Hanley. • A "striking"' ceremony marks the expiration of the Grantham Mayor's tenure of office. The robe is strip- ped from him, the chain is taken from 'about his . neck and with a. small wooden hammer the town clerk taps the ex -Mayor on the head in token of the demise of kis au- thority. The Mayor of .Dunstable has to submit to a somewhat trying ordeal. Immediately after his election the Chief Magistrate, Aldermen and Councillors, headed by a brass band, proceed to the nearest point of the boundary, which happens to be in the middle of a ploughed field. Here a huge crowd surrounds a post. The bellmen clangs his bell, for or der, the charter of the borough its read and the Mayor is then seized by stalwart arms, lifted and "bumped" vigorously on the top of the post. This process is repeated at every point of the boundary, so that when the cermony is concluded the Mayor has every reason to re- member exactly where the borders of bis jurisdiction coase. Directly after electing the: new Mayor at High Wycombe the mens - hors of the town council adjourn to the' borough office of weights and measures, where the new occupant of the mayoral chair and each alder- man .and lder-man,and councillor are publicly weighed, and these records form ono of the treasures stored in the municipal archives, The Lord May- or of Birmingham is required • to pose before the photographer im- mediately after his election, and a copy, together with e few biograph- ical details, is placed in an album containing portraits' of all the gen- tlemen who have occupied seats on the council, and this finds a place in the municipal liberary; A GENERAL HOLIDAY is observed et Newcastle' under Lyme on November 9s eYho4 tthp newly elected Mayor .is publicly proelaussod from the famous near, c ! s been which l a let mos, a anatent followed einec the first Mayor was elected .for the borough 703 yearb ago. The pieturesquo ceremony of elooting the new Lord Meyor of Landon takes place solo weeks before November 9, and is preeeded by a religious servioo at St. Law - ranee Jewry, the parish ehuroh of the civic chamber, This service has been held continnously for more then 500 years, : the Lora Mayor sheriffs and aldermen, in their glit- tering chains of office, soviet robes and each carrying a nosegay of autumn flowers, assemble at the Guildhall and march to, the church in procession, Subsequent to the service the, procession returns to the Guildhall, which is strewn with sweet herbs, whore the Lord Mayor aldermen and oflieials take their places on thhe hustings. The busi- ness .of the election is preceded by the eommou crier's proclamation that all personsbe uncovered and that 'call those who are not livery- men shall depart the hall, on pain of: impz'isonmesit." The name of the aldermen' eligible for election is then put to. the meeting, and after this has been received with applause various questions aro put to the newly elected Lord Mayor, a spirit of good natured banter per- meating the whole proceedings. North American Life ANNUAL, MEETING REPORT FOR THE YEAR 19D0 The Twenty-eighth Annual Meet- ing of the North American Lilo. :Assurance Company was held at its Memo Office in Toronto, on Thursday, 'Jan., 281h, 1909, :v;sen the following report of the business of the Company for the year eniled. Dee. 31st, 1908, was presented (1A.S1ff INtiOME. The cash income for the year 'from premiums, interest, etc„ was ,y!1,89'T,078,28, showing the satisfac- tory increase of 881,980;59, REDUCTION IN EXPENSE RATIO. The business has been conducted on a conservative basis, as is shown by a further reduction in. the ratio of expanses to premium income, thereby placing the North American Life in the front rank of economically -managed G'anadiaa companies. PA.YillgNTs TO POLICY- HOLDERS. The amount paid on policyhold- ers' account was $651,191.00, and of this slim $388,831.7e represents payments for Dividends, Matured Ecies.ndowments and Investment Poli - ASSETS. The Assets increased during the year by the sum of $854,762.01, and now amount to $9,590,038.00. The Assets continue to he, as hereto- fore, infested in the beat elan of securities available; a detailed list of these will be published with the Annual Report for distribution. NET SURPLUS. After making ample provisions for all liabilities and paying the sum of, $124,771.20 for dividends to policy -holders, the net surplus was increased to $878,214.15. II+SURAN0E. The policies issued during, the year, together with those revived, amounted to the suns al pi,4t8.224.- 00, making fhe total insurance in force $40,311,091.00. AUDIT. A monthly examination of the books of the Company was made by the siuditors,, axed at the close of the year they .made a thorough scrutiny of all the securities held by the Company. A committee of the Board, consisting of two Di- rectors, made au independent au- dit of tltc securities each quarter. L. GOLDMAN, J. 'L. BLAIKIE, Managing Director. President. The Anneal Report containing a detailed list of the securities will be sent in due course to each nolicv-holder, • es CONDITIONS IN NORWAY. There are I'rnctleally no Illiterates In The Country. Servant girls hire for half a year at a time by contract at public re- gistry office, There is a telegram box on every street car. Write message, put on right dumber of stamps, drop in the box. Young farmers can borrow mon- ey from C•xovernment at 3 per cent, Practically no illiterates. :Men perhaps the finest in the world' physically. -Army service universal unly 2,3 per Dent. of youth rejected for physical defect, • Health splendid. Death rate for men, 18.3, because of "dangerous fishing; for women, 18.5. Average expense of living less than any other civilized country perhaps. Average wage earnings, $88 a year. More reindeer than horses; mole sheep than cows, Servant (to woman at the door) —"Tho mistresswas toolr very i11 last night, and cant see anyone. Them's my ordain. 5. Woman' _ "Yes1 Will you please say that Miss 5--•-, the dressmaker, is at the doer?" Servant (after a brief absence) ---"You are to walk ttp- stairs,• iMem.,'t fekiefenielefelvistetekeetisielineessei , 'ttsti con M . E Hints. . FADS AND PANSIES; T.'rertolr oropes are extremely po- ptclar, 1411110 girls are r.•earing apran$ again. Lace is tico • favorite choice far neekwear. Little string ties are a favorite novelty, 51411 is are undoubtedly growing }anger, Tenches of coral grow more ewe more pop Spring faabularrios are.. supplo liui; reasonably thick. Gauzy materials are less seen t}ran a few weeks ago, Serge is oao of the most popular fabrics of the season. .Envelopes have pointed flaps ra- tlter than semis ones, Hardly a collar exetopt the stiff linen ono but has its ruche. Green is popular just now, 'especi ally as an accessory ecler. Tucking plays a prominent part in the waists and guimpes this winter, A touch of gilt or glitter is the necessary finish of smart eosta.nee. Shot velvet in • wonderful two - toned effects are among the mid- winter favorites. " The newest sleeve fits without a wrinkle or a crease so far as the arm will allow. The familiar white yoke has giv- en place to tho colored one of transparent material. Gray is always correct for note paper. The monogram is plaeal en the left hand corner. For good style the long sleeve; should be close fitting abort the forearm and wrist. The combination of satin and fur is effective, and both should be of the same shade. A Waist that closes in the b%ok is always pretty with tucks extend- ing to yoke depth in front. Tlse big shawl collar and deep cuffs are an excoilont way for util- izing half worn furs that eau be cut.. It is considered most des d! this season for the shirtwaist t' be of the same color as the skirt. The fashions of to -clay aro em- inently youthful. They demand the straight, unformed figure of the schriolgirl, Black and whiee gowns are so much worn just now that jet jewels have been taken up by slcl and young alike. Ono marked feature of the fash- ions this winter is the matching of the sleeve with the bodice instead of with the yoke. Some of the wide ruches are shaped out narrower in front, whore the collar eurves, but rho. outer edge is, straight. The entire costume of one ma- terial ial in nearly always 'relieved by a yoke of guintpe of lace, tucked net, or tucked chiffon. A dashing neck ruche is mads of sheer Swiss with reel dots, asides, ', the ends of the ruche finished with red tassels. The fanny for colors in neckwear, which gained considerable vogue during the summer and early au- tumn, still continues. The •mohair seen in •the shops this winter is in all the newest shades, and sometimes shows an invisible woven figure or stripe. Suit coats are growing shorter again, blit one sees a great many of the fifty inch separate coats worn over one piece dresses. Whether the coat be long or ex - hand only; a trifle beyond hip length, it is 'usually with back so slightly fitted that to all appearance it is almost straight. Walking skirts are short and theve are few that are completely plaited, though one occasionally meets with ingenious combinational of plain gored skirts with all sorts of plaited devices at the bottom. HE'D PHOUG•I1P IT OUT. A little boy had a pony .and a dog, and his generosity was often tried by visitors •asking hint—jest to see what he would sa.l---to give r mete. t f his oneor both ll a i than One day he told a gentleman present he might have lie potty, reserving the dog, nruoll to the sur- prise of his mother, who asked: "Why, Jacky, why diidti'1 you give him talo deg?" "Say nothing"-astj' nothing, mo- ther. When ho goes to get the pony I'll set the dog un him." LIGIIT FOR WINDMILL' S, On the Danish island of Sjelland there is an electric lighting system which ie driven, by a sawmill, The wheel is 4011, in diameter and is supported by a, tower 43 ft, high, The area of the blades exposed 10 the wind is 3.10 square foot, and with re wind blowing at the rate of 231%. a second the mill will give 8.6 horse -power, The speed is than twenty -fear, revolutions a mil1n Le, Current is supplied to 378 Innen dentine and six are Lamps, besides several. small motors, A wise man sloes bis duty; a fool does 11,18 friends.