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ITO Wit$ the manager of olat•go
eon -goods werehouse. Ifie position
was an exceedingly resposible ono,
and it was vory mohlom that he al-
lowed himself the luxury of an eve
ing home, At the warehouse aloe!
wero many important duties to ft%
tend Lo, and iusually the day did
not suffice for their performance.
Moreover-, Ma Hardwick wtts
strong believer in getting the most
out of employees, and only by a
good example oould he induce hls
°wet proilcular hands to do double
duty, This evening they also would
be having a holiday.
A frown CrOSSOCl the manager's
brciw as he flung himself into his
easy chair. Tho young rtmeals ought
to Lake ruoro kindly than they did
to neght work, However, "needs
Must when the devil drives," aad
cortaLnly if the firm's interestes in
, Lansdale were neglected it would
not be the fault of their chief repre-
sentative there. A. grim smile pass-
ed over Hardwick's face as he real-
ized tho don b f u 1 comp I imen t paid
to Iiimsolf by his owo reflections.
Perbaps there was move than a sug-
gestion of truth in it; certainly some
of the employees considered their
boss to he In league with Tormentor.
The smile vanished from the man's
face as an luteseuption In the form
.of his wife's entrance occureed.
"Aro you busy?" she asked, stand-
ing (some sowing iniher hand) in an
neleci tied rate ludo.
"Not particularly." he reglied,
shorty, "I am going to answer
name of my private correspondeacen
suppose that you would rather
be alone," she ventured, looking at
him a little wistfully.
"f'ortainly, if I am alone T can
think more clearly."
The business -like words cut Isabot
Haedwick. She was a proud woman.
With a decisive air silo turned to
leave the room; but her Miaband
prevented her.
"Stay if you care to do so, Isa-
bel," he said, indifferently.
"'Phanic you, John:" with a, touch
of hauteur: "I prefer to give the
ildi on my company. They appre-
ciate it.
She immediately departed and a
moment afterwards Hardwick heard
the sound of Joyous volres raised in
welcome as the nursery door opened
Ito admit her. Ho rose with some
annoyance alai closed the door of
the sitting room, for M her resent-
ment Mrs. Hardwick bad neglected
to do so.
"She is as proud as ever," he runt-
tered; "I told her that she could
. atay if she wanted to do so,"
Hating inane this attempt at self-
fueliffeation, ho opened his desk in
,neder to fulfil the pireposo whielt had
cietniiied hint at home. One letter in
partioular he desired to a»swor. It
was dilliceat to find, and as ho
brought envelope after envelope to
light, only to be disappointed, ho
became impatient, and suddenly up-
set the otefer of his desk, and grop-
ed among the disorderly heap. Pre-
sently his eyes lighted upon a torn
envelope; it was dirty and eliscolored
with ago, but he recognized the
handwriting. Slowly he unfolded
the raper, moved by an Irresistible
halm tee aged! et which his batter
Judgment protested. The words that
rnet his eeas wore familiar to him,
notwithstanding the fact that he
had not read them for many years.
For a moment, he seamed the welt -
known and momentous sentences dis-
passionately. Then memory roveng-
hoeself for the feciirerence with
which the years between their first
nnd last pausal had been filled.
With overwhelming, relentless force
she carried her captive back, until
mire mote he was a boy, and in love.
Ile was standing by his sweetheart,
and was tolling hoe the foolish
thins with which his heart was full
In thdeo days, "In those days"—
Of what a gult was fixed between
the past tend tho present! IIis dream
of bliss had fallen far short. Was
tho holt his? Held in the implace
ahle Erin Of Memory, Hardwick con -
reseed that it wee. They had ,grown
apart; he had become absorbed in
his bueiness, and she—well,she hard
withdrawninto herself. Then moth-
erhood, with all its eaten, had come
to occupy the vacant rooms In her
heart, Their three children heel made
her lot less barren with their love,
although they had not enacted their
fallter's life to any great extent.
During the first years of their exis-
tence ho had beeri engrossed in the
eillort to secure a good position. Af-
ter the obtaining of that he had
nvade the firm's interests his own,
end had not toured time t0 aiVO to
his children. They were quite safe
in their mother's charge. Thus had
he over argued within himself, and
eelffeliln had left to her the com-
plete care of their welfare, .
Making a strong °Mort, the manta
ger put down the lettet whieh was
Ina,kIng 50011 havoc With his usual
serenity of Intend. Ho would here ixo
sentlinent. Scarcely had this clod -
Won 1-cen arrived at than his Atmore
rebelled against it. The Soiled, yob.
low paper was again Within their
gtip. With a furtiVe glance around,
he lamed the writing, and then,
compeletely resignIng 'himself to the
evade spell, Ion the table and flung
hitneelf on a couch, Ile chesed hie
eyes, altd Reed oven more complete-
ly le the Past. Vegeta pleasant re-
collect:1one seethed his tired broth.
Ile target that ho was a faulty hes.
bawl, and for the thrio lived in the
Monte which youthful &earns had
planned. Involuntarily he rateed
the letter to his lipe, and held it
Dena Surely lie was a youth
egaint
:in 001S0 nlysteeloue faehion Mom -
Dry held commailion with the
dream -splint, end handed hor coptlete
over, Tier task, Anislied, .she
toed SOttlY 0,WVEV 1OSt her 100.44011g
dieter)) the stI,1 With Wh1/ his
now mistress itted already bound each of their hearts wrough marvel -
Hardwick, lova miracles—to sech an extent
* * * it it that preeently tho hard-hearted bus -
was back In the ware- loess man found his lips touching
house, The Asa ein not mopvlso lovingly the soft hair—grey 'was now
hlin; but he was much bowildesed mixed among its dark menses—of
by the sudden Mango in his elrcum- hor who 11" hem unelffirailated fOr
stances. Ile was not the manager, so many Years -
but merely the head of the drew and * * 8 * ir
fancy department. His brain was "What has 00010 over old liard-
lr,ying to =ravel this inylitory, while wick? He ben been a clifterent man
his hands made theinsolvea useful in awing the last few days. Yestontlay
divers rep. On enema he was on- when I spoke of coming back at
gaged in soi'elng a customer, the inane, he actually said that he bad
next he was einleavoring to "straight decided to divide my work between
en up." PreseaLly he decided to two, and that in future we would
forget t1113 mystery attending Ms not have 8o much overtime, I got
transformation from 'boss' to cm- a shock, especially wlieo he aticiod
ployee, and give his whole attention that be had already spoken to the
to the department of which ho 'now head of the fIrm about another man,
found lihnsell in charge. There was The speaker was Harry Brown, the
so much to do that he needed both individual whose place the dream -
head and hands, spirit had caused Hamlett to fill,
'Yout• department is in a muddle Ilis audience consisted of three
after the 'amen 13athurst, a fellow- other employees, all of whom Oared
einployee, conimented sympathetical- hie astonishment. After a few mo-
fy tie he hurricel through it into his merits' conversation each disappear -
own. "Thank goodness, mine is not ed to 1318 own part of the warehouse,
quite as bad." leaving 13rown to hl s own medita-
"Yes," Hardwick assented weenie-. lions. As a conseemenee of the mom -
"The show was a great nuisance, ager's kindly wends these were
end there is not much gain from it more cheerful than they had been
thus far. I've onty sold goods to for some time previous. Hardwick
Lha value of $10, woo a store man, and those with
Bathurst shrugged his shoulders, whom he httd rubbed shouldoes 111
"The fat is in the Oro," he excalim- limitless wore wont to say tho,t he
ed. "We are all 10 tilO 8111110 box, posseesed HUM of the ttiiIk of hum -
We'll all get teto sack, and then an kinenees, hence his unexpected
goo.d-bye to a ware -houseman's bin kindness had been the more tefresa-
let. I'm sick of it. The pay is all ing.
right, but corning back at night As, with a cherry face, 13rown dirl
takes the heart out of me. I'll go his customaisy work, Hardwick ap-
ditching before I' take sechnIC job proaohod, Ho watched the younger
again.' man for a moment, then In•oke the
Having relieved his 'collage by this silence,
outburst, the man passed on to his "Your partner in this doper-true:a
work. A moment afterwards be was arrives by to -morrow's express," he
back again; "I forgot to tell you, said slowly, "and tile next day
Brown," he said hurriedly, "hut tho leave for a week's holiday."
boss -wants your retirees for tho :Brown rainy gasped. The idea of
man ti" the boss, who had never wasted
"Ile'll have to want them," ITard- mom than a day or two at Christ -
wick snapped, his surprise al; being 3nas on holiday-rnaO Ing, going away
addrosseci as Brown quite swalloweti so suddenly for a whole week was
up in his resentment. "Does he think too strange far belief. Prone tly he
that I have fourteen days in my managoti to reply, "You certainly
week? I've Mien back at work in need a holiday, sir, and 1 hopo that
the evening's, ever ranee I came to you'll enjoy ft."
this slavenirivca"s establishment, and "I shall do that," Hardwick an -
yet he expects me to do more than
I do."
ith a, great of compreheneion, Mons, Ciel-..arted humming an old
Bathurst rotirCsd just as another love song. The letwildered 13rown
looked after him in arnavenunt.
"He must have had a fortune left
him," he muttered. "II the holiday
he intends taking were his bones-,
moon trip he could not look hap-
pier. But 111 give tee puzzle up,
and gratefully accept my good for-
tune."
sueted with an assumed 0111110; and,
after giving a few business instruc-
'
man appeared on the scene. Hard-
wick stared in amazement. Surely
this other was himself( The newcom-
er advanced promptly.
"Brown. I want your returos," he
eadd.
"You cannot get them, see" Hard-
wick answered, again losing his as-
toniehm i
n anger.
"I must have thom"—with empha-
sis on the 'must.' "You are already
two days late."
"And I already Slo two moo's
work," was the quiet anewer,
The manger—for this his authority
proclaimed hin to be—became angry.
"What kind of boeiness did you do husband and smiled. Ho answered
* e * *
"You dici not bring tho chilth•er
with you," Mrs. Morton romarket
with a, note of inquiry In hor Loma.
She had just finished atteiding to
the comforts of her very WOiCOW1,2
ViSitors.
:Isabel Hardwick glanced at hor
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DOMESTIC) RECIPES,
Calce Makings—A eoitanon mistake
in sake limning is the Practice of
baking 4 full roceliA at a LIMO, no
maLter how small tho family may
be, As a result there is 1.00 ruuch
cake on hand, it becomes stale and
evontuany is dielikerl, Most cakes
are much bettor if eaten the sumo
day they aro made. after a
little experience cekes ase made SO
Cruieltly, it Is far better to bake of-
ten, using onty bett of Lim receipt at
a time.. Another mistake, which of -
tee is the means of spoiling a good
cake, is the custom of ueing toe
much flavoring. If the materials
used aro of the best.. the taste
should be so dainty that very little
of any flavoring is requirol. Teo
icing should aluas 5 be flavornd del-
icately. The speediest and moet sat-
isfactory fornt of baking cake for
family use, or for guests, fs a
Sheet, usually about an bah in
thickness, lee as lomat and cut into
equares, meads or any desired form
sISswPrrovtingliotatoce—Boil three sweet
potatoes of medium size until none
Pee/ and squeeee through 'the patent
vegetable strainer, add a heapingt
hIll spooi fel of batter, salt and
pepper to taste, auel enough milk
to make very soft. Put in a bating
dish, dot it over with tiny bits of
butter and bake until beown. Servo
In the dieli 111 0111011 it IS baked. If
any is left 0 or remove the thin
brown sista, make the potato into
small, flat cakes and nroen on both
sides in a little butter in a seiner.
Potato Croquettes—Mix enough,
warm milk or cream with cold
maxima potato to 'make it easy to'
handle. Acid a little 11ifter ono
hoalon egg, tablespoonfel of flour,
tsvextty minutes end eery° hot with
hard or liquid settee or with oroam
and sugar.
Apple water Ir sonnitirnes :mend
refreshing to invalids who are recov-
ering from fevers or other Jong ill-
neases. Core a Ittra-e sour apple,
fill the cavity with sugar and bake.
Then meth, cover with water, let it
atand for aa hour and strain,
' MINTS FOR 'PITH HOME,
I3luelc, silk can be made to look
fresh and almost equal to eow by
sponging it, witb. cold coffee and
ammonia,
To test nutmeg•s prick them with
a pia, and if they aro good the on
will instantly spread round tho
puncture.
Maze a meat pie by brushing it
over lightly with milk instead of
eggs. This answers quite as well,
and is more economical.
A hair lotion for USO when the
lsair is falling off Is inane thee: Stew
one primal of rosemary for 8011.10
1101115 one quart of rain -water.
l'ilter It through parer, fuel aidel
half a pint of bay rum. Lise twice
dairy.
Crease spots 011 Olfiltii»11, are tenon
considered inipossSble to ereelloate.
'Pry the followitig plan, and yott
will be delighterl with the results:—
Clover the spot thiekly with chalk,
and moisten by sprinkling boneine
on it, in about ten minutes bluish
off the chalk, and the spot will have
vanished,
For rolling rich pastry there is
nothing bettor, whore expense is
considered, than an empty wine
ottle for a roller, and a slate with-
, oirt a frame for the Si.11).
A inahogaey cement. for filling up
holes and prepared as follows: Melt
two Ol111COS of beeswax, then and
half an ounce of 10(111013 red and
sufficient yellow ochre to preiduce
, the required tin t.
To preserve herseradisle—A corres-
, Pontiont says that horserarlinh keeps
well if thinly sliced and put into
inegar with a little salt and a few
hilliee added,
To Clean Greasy Windows—Moist-,
en a piece of rag with paraffin and!
rub the windows with it till all
dirt is reinoved. Then polieh with
nome soft paper, and you will be
delighted with the resells.
Ireeh Ink -stains sboulti never bo
tentihed with soap or soda. as Other
changes the ink stein to an. irote-
motile. Slightly damp the ink stain
rub with some add or wash in but-
ter -milk. The strcmger the acid the
more quickly the stain is removed.,
Far house pleat s ammonia will be
and a sprinkle of salt. Form the
mixture ieto core shapes to- neat
little celintlers, press clovely into
shape, and set them on ice to cool.
Illen firm, roll in beaten egg, then
brrad crumbs, aisl fry 111 boiling
hied Imtil //rutin, Take out and
11 011 brOW11 paper
a:rotten Apt:Its—To stew apples so
each quather is unbroken and so
01111)1' one can almost sec through it
ev
1! thing to do, if aka only knowi hoe-.
I is an art, sow see is ie 1 simple found a groat stimulant, Add he
1 ft itittSPOOlIN tO two querts of ho
1 Peel tart ELM. les Very thin, cut thorn ing water, and when cold water t
, in quarters and remot4npotelese iel.iores plants. This treatment applied on
. (101„1,a,seteieel.steh.enssedis.eoeps toll you pea „rid it V.00k Win cause palms and oth
o plants to flourish in a woralort
; saucepan in which you have aireadn mann”
' placed cold water to the depth of Polish for Brown: lloots—Scra
two inches. When the apples are an two mimes cf beeswax. place .it '
in, put tne saecepan over a slow a jar with one gill of turpentine so
the boiling point, then remove - the
Ilre, cover it till the water reaches dissolve by heat. When cold, app
coyer and to the beets, using a flannel. Po
jet the asse„ sasnew ish by rubbing with the palms
i inmost imperceptibEi till you can 1 he hand. Stains may be previous
' pierce them easily with a broom removed by rubbing with a late
sillin; then sprinkle the sugar over methylated spirit or a weak seltdie
thorn ttria iSt 1,110111 just simmer till of oxahr ag'id-,.
' it is all melted. Remove the settee- To remove link from Magogann•
pan from the Pre and let it starKi Pour 0110 teaspoonful of cold wate
where the apples elli get cold be-. into half a teaspoonful of oil o
fore turning into a dish. 1 vitriol, Apply to the stained par
; Chicken lry.—Cut the chiceen hi w!th a email brush and the ink stai
i 1110005, lay it in salt and watee. ' will quickly disappear. Groat car
! which is Lo bo changed several Limes must he takmi not to touch an
vironidy sioloilt cei,1,11 fo)ii.ocbontitneril.07:1 11(.:10,ybo,,,itri. pisn rt. exeept that winch is stained
T.11,---.11( member that vitriol wil
Lo put in a covered roasting pan bern tho flesh whoniver it touches.
nen fry ii, a hot eeen. make a • This household polish is very e
genny of mane seasoned with salt onomical, end ran be put to many
(111(1 pepper; thicken with a little 11".9. APPiied to floors, paint, 0
oftiolstii\-yeirno trbreimilian ill which the thick-, furniture, it gives a brilliant polish
1 with very little labor'. Pour half
half cups suger. Ono and one-hatf ounces of shredded beeswax', In•IXed
Lateen/001:1.1'We of Dour or
Crearn Lemon Pie—Ono and 0.130-i Piot of boiling'
°ems. with 0 wator on to two
statoli. I.olir egg's. Stir the sugar, I vorr s1110tia°11unci°110°0r0 loll lecasItz 081011,114
flour and the beaten eggs together, I Stir. all in a jar on. the stove till
Leaeing ent the whites of two egg4! dissolved, mid when many cold
for frosting. Add the juice of two f add half a pint of turpentine. This
lemons and two-thirds of o el* of ; will not make the furniture snaky.
water. This will males two sten I Polish with clean duelers,
Bake in two crusts and spread over ' To remove Itir from insino Nettles
the top of them. well -beaten whites,
into which stir a little sugar. Let
them brown nicely.
toeday." he asked sneeringly. "Not the sienary after a moment's slitieree,
very much, I'll wagon Your custom- "We wanted to imagine ourselves
ers were not of the buying sort." at the courting stage again,'" he
!They wore not," Hardwick anew-, sew,
ored, "and tho clan has been a bad; :Therefore we left them at
ono. 'Unless I have other people in "Yos, mother DADS, that is the
home. -
within the next half hour I shall
only have sold goods to the amount reason I wanted to imagine myself
Isabel Morton again," Mrs, Bald-
er $10,
The boss grunted discontentedly.
"Poor lookout for the ilrm," he maid tent in her voice that the older wo-
'I'm afraid that, thic department man was inystiant. What marvel.
does not posses lous changed had been worked in the
', . • , affairs of her ,daughtor and boy
saleelllall, Th000 was very li t I. la husband sine° the previous sunn
uso in having that show."
"Apparel) i 1, i • - el ," inert These utast be some ex -plena -
wearily. "I sincerely regret: its fad Lion, for thee she had carried home
me to bring customers up to the a huavY heart from Lhe luxurious
mark, but bOSISOSS 15 bad, oily home because of their estrange -
the retail folk don't buy from us it
and 11 ment. Hero in her own old -fashion -
it is because the. da: rl ed habitatlun ail air of perfect
are not doing tho business . theni- oneness serroundect the two. Pro-
se1 ves.'' sontly Isabel slipped away. Dusk
Haviag finished this last sontorge. was creeping over tho land, brinsing
Hardwielc wont on with his work. tweith it a crowd of pleasant mentors;
His head was ;minting. This The W011iall St010 into the long
brought another to his mind. He
feat verandah that ran along the front
had. been hard at work on the preys of the house. Silently 'the goatel
tons evening preparing for the show. over the indistinct, straggling vin
Vaguely he realized that then, illso. Inge. Just at the foot of the hill,
the old church 'nestled among the
ho must: have been the head of tbe
dregs and fancy department. His gigantic trees. Within its hallowed!
walls she had merged her life into'
mind was 10 a strata of chaoe Pries her husband's. 'A soft touch awak-
ened hor trom her reverie.
"Der,'' Hordwiek said, "put ou a
shawl and come for a sera.
Obecliently she fulfilled his ' desire,
anel in a few moments the two were
%vending their way toward an old-
time trysting-place. Both wero
strangely sileat. The spell of the
past held teem as 71n a trance
until their destination was reached,
Then Hardwick spread his overcoat
over an old stone.
"Como and rest, Bolin". he said,
stretching his arms in a more core
die', invItation. And she obeyed
vvith deep" content.
4 .
. ONE WOMB BE ENOUGH.
wick antWored, with such ("OOP CO11.
haps he was Brown and not Hard -
wit*. He stole a glance at himself
In a. convenient mirror, and recognizs
ed Drown. A relieved Sigh escaped
him, Alternate it was better to be
Brown, the muoh-worried, 'unappre-
ciated head of a department, than
to be Hardwicic, tho man who was
mainly responsible for the condition
of affairs,
Tho manager's voice 'broke in upon
his thoughts. "Conte back and get
those returns ready to -night,
Brown," it said.
Hot words of refusal ahnose choic-
e(' Brown as ho hurled them back.
What right had the boss to order his
eveninge? They surely 11000 1101
choded in the bond. He assented
mutely, with downcast eyes, lost Cyntleis.—''l toll you what it .is,
he anger within hint be too appar- sick of running about
int, The manager moved off, but ie with these young fellows whO've got
mit an hour he reappeared with an-
ther request.
"I want your emotes ready by
Tuesselay movntng," he said briefly.
Dunstown goes out in the iltst
rain." Ho was gone before the
aritssed employee could master his
It
tongue.
"Dah," saki that individual, Ave
minutes later. "I'm afraid of this;
I'll go stone -breaking; X cannot get
samples ready by TUesday even if I
work men eVening until then, and
on Sunday,"
He moved to go toward hie desk
with the resolution of sending in his
resignation. Then something soft
touched his face, and, with a start,
he awoke. Mrs. Hardwick was
kneeling by the couch. Ski her hands
was the old letter. ITor face was
very close to his, and he realized
half shyly that the touolt that ha,d
roused him was the caressing one
of her tips,
"Jack," he min softly, "What
fools we have both hoon!"
"What an ass I bave beerint he
answered slewln. "IPorgive me,
In silence they Passed tlicr next
tine mine:ton Isabel trandtvielen
tweet sang the doxology, After all
bl
11)
do
no intention whatever of marrying.
I shall advertise for a Imeband, and
have don with it."
fMatelle—orDe as you like, old girl,
but I don't think you'll get many
applieents."
Cynthis--00h, one will be plenty,
thanks,"
DONE SOMIllalRING,
Mrs, Drayees—"You aro still de-
voting your time to the stUdy of
enseese germa, I suppose, doctor?"
Dr, dimerack--"Yes; boon at it
now steadily for tent yeato."
Mee. 13.—"alave you' found a rem-
edy for any of them?"
Dr. J,—"Err—well, no, aret meetly;
but X have succeetled ie finding good
long names for all of them."
British officers are having the
Beare of face \emends re/Wowed by the
lure of light rays. The cited:eta is
rapidly growing of surgeotte eared-
ing their pan:enter to Ilene the scars
left by oporatione retrieved,
One of the effects Of the present
war bet.Ween Russia nen japan is
an increnee in the prieo of camphor,
o years ot heal -telling& it Was This increase threaterie to bo
00
1118 te riest10 againet het, huthatin cotaltlentble as to actuelly ettip tors
the assItennee that tO hano her ed tant indiestdee, eirett 11,S the making
WitS oeinemed by /tine a groat ot celluloid, Which deptnetie Oa the
A IriVAY et eataptint,
IN MERRY OLD ENGLAND
.M.•••••
NEWS BY NAIL ABOUT JOHN
BULL AND Irts PEOPLE.
Occurrences in the Land That
Reigns Supreme in the Com-
mercial World.
Sir George Whlte, Ccivernor a
Cie:latter, has accepted the UoYer
northIp of Chelsea Hospital,
'The Liverpool Cathedral Commit
tee have received a gif t of L600 for
a Ulaaetone memorial window,
liet 21, votes tO 10 the Hastings
Town Council have deckled against
the overhead system for the trains
elang the see front.
Born in u nattiatield in France
(luring the Napoleonic wars. over 100
years ago, dune Roberts has just
(lied Caerguiliog, Anglesey.
An analyels of the firet Ohristian
names of the members of the House
of Commons shows that out of 670
no fewer than 92 are called Jobn.
Postearde made from peat are now
fun mg menu tact rood at Colbridgo
County Kildare, whore paper making
from peat has been in progress for
some time.
An. appeal on behalf 01 the Cape
Town Cathedral Memorial Fund has
been signed by ri'in.COSS Christian
and Lord Roberts, who call atten-
tion to the fact that L15,000 Is
stil required,
Asked why he had not called in a
doctor earlier, the son of a Shore-
ditch woman, found unconscious and
dying, said he knew his mother was
go ng to die, and he wanted to
eave the money.
In its frantic efforts to riSe, a
horse that had fuller' near a Jewel-
ler's 8hop In Nirkgate, Leeds, put
its feet through the window, and
:weltered trays of diamonds and
trinkets about, the pavement.
In a cablegram to the New York
Christie), Herald Mr. °heath, the
'United States Ambassador In Lon-
don, states that he lias heard of no
general ?mine In Ireland, and de-
Precates aRIASai for American aid.
The P os t m t cir-C enet•al fi n i rog
that there has receetly been a largo
increase in the number of objection-
„
has issuotl a warning that the pen-
alty is fine or imprlsomnent.
During the year forgetful passen-
jeers left in trains os the London
and le or th-14 est ern Railway 417
hats, eaps, and bonnets, 617 enamel -
las, nine sunehades, ttod 191. walk-
.
is s dens, esnies heaps of rugs and
hags.
he Following on the plan of bringing
oe.representatives of various parts of
er the Empire into conference, Earl
ul Minto, ex-Clovernor-General of OSA-.
earn leas been invited to joig the
e deliberations of the Defence Commit-
FROM DONIVIE SCOTLAND
NO'EES OF INTEREST WROH
BBB, BANKS AND BRAES.
--a
What Is Going en in the High-
lands and Low/andel Of
Auld Scotia,
Pbe SoottIsh miners bays) aphroVe
ed ot the new wages agreerneet,
-Relief Works for the unemployed
have been tinseled at Itothsay,
It is reported that the IL E.
Church of Carloway, in the Leiria,
has been seized. The police have
been. nuked to camera into the Mat-
ter.
The Provost end Town Clerk of
Internees have beea aPreeinted repre-
sentatives of tne Town Gamlen at
the Convention of Royal Burghs.
Mrs, A. Crerar, Kinguselo, has
been elected one of the Committee
of Management of the receaLly-form-
-ad °tuning Province of Inverness-
ehiro.
'Ile antique furniture ot Miss Stir-
ring Graham, a descendant of "Bon-
nie Dundee," has come under the
hammer at Durance. She was a per-
sonal Mend of Sir Walter Scott.
Claptain Wm, Hannah, who had
been for a number of years in the
service of the Rankine Line, Linea-
od, died saadenly at itotterdare. on
inoard the steamer Glasgow, of which
vessel he was at the titno in com-
mand.
As mentioned in recent papers, the
Government, who have had the
matter under consideration for
SMAO tirrte, have decided to take
over the Training Colleges in Scene
land, which d,re situated in Feline
burgh, Glasgow and Aneedeen.
Tile mortality in Glasgow for the
Week ending Decemtber 3rd was at
the rate of 21 per 1,000 per ES/MUM.
of the population, as compared with
20 in the preceding week. and 22,
19 and 21 in the corresponeling
periods of the three previous years.
One of the Thin Rod Line in the
person of the late Sergt. Donalei Mc-
Leod, was interred in North Merchis-
ton Cemetery, 'Edinburgh, recently,
Full military honors were accorded
to the dereaseed, who, M addition to
his Crinuan service, saw active war-
fare in New Zealand against the
Maoris.
A laborer named Matthew ICeltan,
aged 50, of 29 Alhert street, Govan,
was carrying sorne shovels along the
quay at Prince's Dock recently, when
he was struck hir the ball attached
to the chain of a steam crane and -
knocked into the water. Although
every effort was inade to rescue the
unfortunate man, ho drowned.
The final adjudication upon the de-
signs submitted for the Hector Mac-
donald National Memorial has m-
ulled in the selection of tho design
y Mr. James S. Hay, architect, 18
Skirving street, Shawlands, Tbe
memorial, whith will be erected on
the Green Hill, Dingwall, will be in
the form of a tower, in tbe Scottish
Daronial style, 100 feet in height
ith -0-iew balcony on the top. It
s estimated tbat the total cost will
• nearly 112,000,
There died at Israseeburgh, at tho
ge of 102 years, Mrs. Ann Seott, ttr
urdoeh, widow of the late Oharles
021 tni',
111 701,' alarm was occasioned in
ly Great Peter street Westminster, ott
le Waders:lay, by the sribsiclence, owing
orto tho heavy rainfall, of about 50
ly 'feet nf tho paventent alongside the
e excavations for a blinding for the w.
O Exclestastical C " • .
Four millers WM'S drowned in an
— accident which occurred on Saturday
r at the Creat Laxey silver and lead „
mine near Douglas, They were ne
w rkin
n pit 40 feet sleep mid fungal water'', 11
tvhon the titaberieg collapsed.
Y 0 • rot ings fon
' as the result of a sine -slip. A pipe „,
1 whicia he was smoking was driven bi
e„, -through his tongue, causing blooll
Poisoning, which ended his death,
ansi a • ,ney jury returned a roe-
, diet of arcidental death,
o For the. conetruction of a railway*
lietween Tan's Well and Treforest,
?ordeal, Irasorburgh. DeeeaSed was
orn in Juno, 1802, at Techneurry,
oar Iraserburgh. Sbe enjoyed ex -
client health, and only a year ago
alked to the point of Balaclava
valeenten a distance of three-
imrters of a mile. Sbe began to fail
strength nine months ago, but her
mind remamed unimpaired till tho
end.
—Fill the kettle with water and add
to it a drachm of sal -ammoniac. Let
it boil for an lour, whoa the fur on
reii5110S, 13000.11E0 p0Orly 1110,4O. This' metal will be dissolved and can
Parlfied substance formed on the
Apple same° is often the poorest ef '
dish, like every other, is far bettor
for pains taken in malting it. Ap-
ples, merely elewort and sweetened,
aro not very good. Simmer the ap-
ples, which Omuta be text, lively- for
a few moments, stirring often, till
all are well cooked through, till
they look as if strained, though the
procoss is entirely unnecessary. Now,
stir in a generons piece of buttet
and auger to taste, salt it some-
what and flavor with nutmeg. It
will bo a matter.of surprise to Mal
how delleious oven apple .sauce con
he made.
Mayonnaise Dressing.—Ey beating
the white of an egg to a stiff froth
and adding it when onoUgh of the
ottrdled mixture is modo, yOu will the new nurse explained. "Ye tould
have a smooth, excellent mayonnaise ne' ma'am, to let him play on th'
dreseing, though a lighter in m
pianny if he wanted to, an' wanst,
railer than the Usual mayonnaise,
whin he was slitlin' on top, he slid
Try this next time you see with
too far, meant"
easily b0 somovecl. In boiling a
kettle care must be taken to put on
the lid closely so as not to leave
the smallest crevice. If tho lid is in
the least broken or bent it is best
to get a new oee, otherwise the wa-
ter is liable to be smoked and ren-
dered unlit for use, communicating
a most disagreeable taste to tea,
TANEN TOO LITE,RALLY.
When tho mother returned from
shopping, tho first thing that met
her eyes wag tho lump cat little Win
Ile's forehead. "
"Good gracious," she ben, "how
did ho get ite"
'Vitt from th' boosep he got,"
despair that your .dressing le be-
ginning to curdle.
For orange souffle, make a syrup There aro no fewer OSA live thou -
of two cupfuls of eager and ono sand distinct languages spoken by
cupful of water, Wleett the syrup mankind. Tim number of separate
Vine a thread, add two cuptins of dialects is enormous. Mere aro
orange Juice and tho jnico of on more than sixty distittet vooa,bul-
/emcee. Scald ano cupful of croam,
add the beaten yolks of two eggs,
cook for one minute, take from tho
div, and cool. Mix with the syrup,
and when thoroughly cold add ono
cupful of cream, whipped MAIL Flav-
or with half a teaspoonful of vanil-
la, color delicately and few°. Serve
in glasses
aries in Brazil, and fit Mexieie the
Nahuit language hag boon broken I1P
into seven hundred dialects. There
aro huarlrede in Borneo,
nntister," said the small boy to
tho druggiet, "give me another box
of them pills you sold father the day
betort yesterchty. They're Just
For apple omelet, Make an °rein- about right." "Aro they delta
ivy omelet and just before folding111(01 good?" asked the ehenelst, look -
it tiptoed it with a layer of apple Mg pleased. "X dunno whether
sauce. Pohl, sprinkle with powner- they're doing father any goad or
od ;sugar ankl seed to the table
°Ple."11111-dn'Yet-*.nest grunting is es nolicious
as if it were not a common house-
hold deasert. Put Moven analog that
heVe been terotii paeect old meterter- Pan—"Supporee all tit' wealth wor
cd into a pudding ellen end tern equally diVieled? 'Phot weend bo
over idiom it batter tenne with a soeittlisea" Milte—"No, it wudn't,
cupful of flour, latif a, Cupful Of Milk All tin socialleiP WW1 dhrialc thini-
a teasposeittul ot balchig Potedese, a eolvee to deathwtateltioirbuslroratnottite:ni
ettitspoonfutth
l of salt d a teitepoon- there'd be tothie, it
tut ot molted Vetter, Bake about late,"
not, but they re good 51 11011."
"Allowis that?" "They juot At tny
noes air-glin." ,„
11•••••••••••••?....
for tho establishment of direct come
imenication between Dote Docks,
Cardiff, and one et the richest coal
fields in South Waive, tbe Marquis
of 'flute has sanctioned an outlay of
O guanor of a millioa,
LIFE OF A LOCOMOTIVE,
Constant Work Has Shortened It
Groatly in Recent Years.
An old engineer, in discussing rail-
road locomotives and their lives,
says:
"In the earlier days of railroads,
the life of a locomotive engine was
longer than it is now, for oven
within tho last decade many en-
gines built under the personal su-
pervision ef Stephenson, Bury,
Baldwin and Rogers wore in activo
serviee on the ralleoads of the Unit-
ed States and Great Britain, as well
0.5 on those of other countries that
depeeded on us and the British lo-
comotive builders -for their supply of
railway motive power,
'During say the first ito years of
railroad history, the engines were
not, as a rule, worked to their tall-
est capacity; but as time went on,
tho requirements of railroad work
became more exacting, and the per-
iod durhig whtth an engine tvas in
(ho mead -noes° grew gradually
shorten until to -day a locomotive,
especially it it Is in freight serviee
is almost Constantly at work, the
only interval being the time neces-
sary for oiling, inspectien and re-
pairs.
'As a consemtenco of these present
conditions, one seldom sees a really
old loccintotive in ger-vice; but a
notable exception is an engite Whfoli
has been in constant uso for nearly
60 yettes on a branch railroad in
Santiago de Cuba,"
JAPANF.SE SWORD PLAY.
The Japanese Sword Is usually
wielded tvith both hands. The cut-
ting plays a ninth larger part in
their sWord play than the thrust is
and point. Thoy else (once with 1
Vero swords at Made, the long, two- s
handled Weapoie being hold in the
ight hand, while the bit teen; the
horter nerd lightet blade. The fon-
ar stein& with hie right loot fore
eard and hie 1111113)1,011111113)1,01 held in both
mete dinettes froot of Mat, Ito
ilt at about the level �(i4* Weld,
te point being at hearly Ithe tovel t
1 him opppootem ovm. a
4
BORNEO DIAMOND FIELDS.
British Company Draw Be Possess-
ors of Great 1S.iches.
The fascinating elernent of romance
rarely enters into the prosaic pro-
ceedings of a company meetieg in
the city, but the shareholders of the
British North Donee° Company sat
spellbound the other day while their
chairrdan, Sir' Charles Jessel, told
a remarkable story of a diamond
valley, saes the London Express.
At tho end of the narration a
Oben of rock, passed from hand to
har.kreace.usesu
d ch loolcs of curiosity
anti wooder that Sir Charles quiet-
ly obsern
ved: "You cannot expect to
see the diamortds glistening In
Ott May 16 the company received a
letter, in which tho writer referred
to some discoveries which he xn:ado
"many years ago," before leaving
British North Borneo. "They are
always floahing through my miner"-
Ito wrote, with are tusconseious touch
of patixes, "and not knowing how
to make use of them, I may as well
let the colnparist have tbe benefit of
thena't
Then came the revelation of the
speed that had become a burden to
him, After leaving Nimberley 110
wont to Borneo, trhere ho was an.
gaged by Mr. Van nor Hoven to
sturvey his tobacco estate on tho
Labuk River,
sOlt is there that I fonnd real dia-
mond bearing grottud," ho stated.
"It is identical with the Nimberloy
blue clay, with all tho pieces of car-
bon and Intent garnets in it. 'Anye
body who has seen diamondo 3)50001)1w111 nOtice it at ondo; it sticks out/
in lingo boulders as if thrown up
bynoStitiOnIrri.oinagrupttoiortil'o camp on the
eight of his niscovery, the weiter
found tItat ho 'was not wanted on
the estate any /anger,
tover had the fortune to ro-
turn," he added.
The company was coptleal, but
they sent out instrnotions tor sam-
mos to be taken. 'the samples m-
itred °Illy a few days ago, and Wore
0111±010111±01 to be of true blue ground,
deistical With that froM whieh the
liamortels are extracted M. South
"49.1elthey. aro In the hands of en ex,
Vert at preteret," coneluded Ste
Charles jessel, "More titan that X
e
errata say, (44.opt, that it the
pound should Out to boar clime
inroads, it Will a 111101111 ittlpore
atet beating tea he fortunes of third
tl
oniparlyent
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