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HOUSEHOLD
GOOD THINGS TO AT.
Arab Bacahout.-One pound of
best chocolate scraped to a powder,
one pound of rice dour, one-quarter
of a pound of arrowroot, and half a
pound of sifted lout sugar, Mix well
and sift all together ; put in a wide-
mouthed bottle and cork it tightly,
To make gruel, wet one tablespoon-
ful with a little cold milk, cook fur
ten minutes in a pint of boiling
milk. Serve hot; make thicker to
be eaten as a light pudding ; very
nice for an invalid.
Filling for Fig Cake.-Three-
fourthe pound of figs, one cup of
raisins chopped very fine, and add
one cup of brown sugar, a piece of
butter the size of an egg, four table-
spoonfuls of coolant jelly and one
cup of water. Boil until thick.
Sugared Popcorn -One cup of sug-
ar,one-half cup of water, one table-
spoonful of vinegar ; let boil till a
drop hardens in cold water, then
pile the popcorn in a disk, pour the
syrup over the corn and it will stick
together ; if the syrup is too thick
thin it with hot water.
Brambles. -One egg, one cracker
rolled, one lemon, three-fourths cup
of sugar, one cup of chopped raisins.
Bake in turnover rounds.
Veal Loaf -Three pounds of un-
cooked veal, one-fourth of a pound
of salt pork (less if you use butter),
chopped fine with two raw eggs
beaten, one cup of pounded crackers,
three teaspoonfuls of salt, two tea-
spoonfuls of pepper, a large spoonful
of fine cut parsley, or sifted sage ;
press hard in a pan and bake one
and one-half hours.
Brown Sugar Cookies -One cup of
brown sugar, oae-half cup of butter,
one-third of a cup of milk, scant
half teaspoonful of soda, one tea-
spoonful of caraway seeds, enough
of flour to roll as sett as possible.
Bake in a quick oven.
Tart Shells -Add to one-half cup-
ful of lard warmed two tablespoon-
fuls of lukewarm water, the whites
of an egg beaten to a stiff froth and
a pinch of salt ; sift one-half tea-
spoonful cream of tartar and one-
quarter of a teaspoonful of soda In
one cup of flour, stir into the mix-
ture and add flour enough to roll
out. Bake quickly.
Prune Cake -Wash and remove the
pits from two cups. of prunes, chop
and boil slowly in one cup of molas-
ses for half an hour. Add a cup of
sugar and one of butter, two eggs,
half a cup of sweet milk, a teaspoon-
ful each of cloves and cinnamon.
Sift two cups of !Pour with two tea-
spoonfuls of baking powder and
bake forty minutes. Mix rather stiff.
Apple Ginger -Pare, core and cut
up coarsely. two and a half pounds
of sour apples. Put into a saucepan
with one and a half pounds of brown
sugar, the rind and juice of two and
a half lemons, half an ounce of gin-
ger root and a cup of cold water.
Let come to a boil then draw to the
back of the stove, where it will
simmer for about four hours, stirring
occasionally. Good.
Delicious White Cake -Cream one-
quarter of a cup of butter, and to
it add, gradually one cup of sugar
and beat till the mixture is white
and creamy. Add, alternately, half
a cup of milk and one and two -third
cups of flour which has been sifted
with two and a half teaspoonfuls of
baking powder. Beat well, then
fold in the whites of two eggs beat-
en to a stiff froth, and half a tea-
spoonful of vanilla. Bake in small
patty -pans. This cake is tender,
light and delicious.
nisi on floor mattipgs, applied when
first put down and renewed annual -
will make then last longer and
keep Olean are
madly.
7roswater standing na pitcher
or washbowl absorbs the odors and
bad air of a sick room and is in
this way a hygienic measure. But
water that has thus stood should
not be used for any purpose , nor
should water which has stood all
night in a room he used for drink -
ng.
The difference between home-made
"noodles" and real macaroni is sim-
ply a matter of dour. The former is
made of the ordinary dour of our
mills ; the latter is the product of
granulated or coarse, hard flour,
called semolina, which is made by
removing the outer husk and break-
ing up the grain so as to secure
granules rounded and glazed, Semo-
lina is made from a specially hard
quality of wheat, grown extensively
in Russia and imported to Franco,
which has largely absorhea rrom
Italy the manufacture of macaroni.
CANDIES.
Butter Scotch -One cup of molas-
ses, one cup of sugar, ono -half cup
of butter ; boll until It suave in
water.
Sugar Candy -Two cups of sugar,
two-thirds cup of water, one-tnn-i of
a cup of vinegar, a small piece of
butter ; boil until hard when drop-
ped in water • stir as little as pos-
sible ; pull while hot.
Chocolate Candy -Two cups of sug-
ar, ono cup milk, one square of
chocolate ; boil till it separates from
tho sides of the dish; cool in a flat
tin. Cut in squares.
Honey Candy -Take one pint of
white sugar wiL'a water enough to
dissolve it and four tablespoonfuls of
honey; boil until it becomes brittle
on being dropped into cold water ;
pour into buttered pans to cool,
SAVING STEPS,
The woman who does her own
work would find much comfort in. a
simple little device adopted by a
bride. It is a movable stand for re-
moving the dishes from the dining
room to the kitchen, and so con-
structed that all dishes can bo taken
from the kitchen at once, thus sav-
ing many steps. Clean dishes, the
different courses, etc., can bo
brought from the culinary regions
in one "trip." This labor-saving de-
vice is nothing more than a stout
little table mounted on rollers and
fitted out with a couple of shelves,
extensions and other conveniences.
The carpenter made the improve-
ments for a couple of dollars. The
little housewife says her stand has
already saved her 50 dollars' worth
of time and strength.
ILLS OF TIIE FEET,
Probably no part, of the human
body- receives so little care as the
feet; and yet how necessary is their
well being. Shoes that are either
too large or too small produce
corns. When these first appear, rub
them with pumice stone. Treat in
the same way the callous spots that
form on the bottom and sides of
the feet. Should the corn be very
sore, soak the foot in warm water
and then apply eomphorated vasollne.
In paring a corn a very sharp knife
should be used, and the operation
most cautiously conducted. A poul-
tice of bread crumbs soaked half an
hour in vinegar will often remove a
corn in a night,
Bunions should bo rubbed with
lanoline and then protected by a
piece of oil silk. Ingrowing toenails
may be checked and cured by forcing
back the flesh from the nail and in-
serting a tiny wad of lint under
the edge of the nail. When the next
toe presses the flesh down on the
nail, bind the two toes together
with adhesive plaster, so as to pre-
vent the pressure in the wrong place.
For perspiring feet, bathe the feet
in water containing a little borax
and then powder with lysopodium,
For tired or aching feet use a hot
saltwater bath and rub the feet dry
with a rough towel. Swollen feet
and ankles are benefited by a bath
in water in which wood ashes have
been boiled, the water being strained
before it is used.
For women with sensitive feet that
blister easily, a simple remedy is to
rub the sole of the stocicings with
motile soap, and to soften tho soap
in water and rub it over the bottom
and sides of the feet.
Chillblains can be cured by persist-
ent bathing night and morning with
witch hazel. A. poultice of wasted
turnip is recommended for obstinate
cases. 'Three parts vinegar and one
part camphorated brandy' le a pre -
volitive of chillblains if used during
the fall months and before cold
weather comes.
ITINTS TO HOUSF.,KEEPE12S.
Inflamed, tweak and seen one, pimp
pies and catarrh May all be "passed
on" by the use of the family towel.
.The individual towel
is a hygienic
ueceesiten
It is kahcl that a titin coat of ear.
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TREATING TIIE CROUP.
Perhaps nine children out of ten
who die of croup might be saved by
timely application of roast onions,
mashed, laid upon a folded napkin,
with goose oil, or even lard, poured
on and applied as warm as can be
comfortably borne, to the throat and
upper part of the chest, and to the
feet and hands, or the onions may be
sliced, boiled in soft water until al-
most dry, when they aro cooked in
grease until browned,
SOME NATURAL BRIDGES
AND TUNNELS THAT NO NAN
HAS TOUCHED.
Remarkable Things Which Nature
Ras Done For The Rail-
roads.
The most wonderful railway tun-
nel in the world is situated in the
State of Virginia, between the vil-
lages of Bristol and Big Stone Gap.
It is nearly 1,000 feet in length • is
Perfectly formed and quite stable.
Yet no human hand has had either
part or lot` in the boring or build-
ing of it. It is, in fact, a natural
tunnel, formed ages on ages ago by
the waters of a river known as
Stock Creek.
When the railway was taken
through the region, all the engineers
had to do was to Eiffel this river
into another course. This they
quickly and easily did, and they
found themselves in possession of a
dry, spacious "tube," cut through
the living rock, along the door of
which they laid their rails solidly and
true, as though plununet and line
had gauged it.
Not very far away, too, curiously
enough, is situated the famous na-
tural bridge of Virginia, which car-
ries the public road across Cedar
Creek canon. No similar structure
reared by man surpasse's this for
strength or grace, dignity or dur-
ability. It has stood there for un-
numbered ages past without suffering
in any way from the ravages of
time. The span of the bridge is
nearly sixty feet, its total height
above the bed of the creek is about
2.30 feet, and on either side the sup-
porting walls of solid granite rise,
perpendicular and unbroken, to the
spring of the arch, a distance of
nearly 200 fent.
To connect 'England with France
by a solid causeway of stone, across
which trains could run, would Cost
such an enormoue sum that it would
he almost impossible to estimate it.
Yet those is actually in Course of
erection at this present moment a
causcwe.y of stone which is to con-
nect the Island of Ceylon with the
mainland of India, a distance not of
twenty-one miles only, but of
SOMI]THING OVIhIR THIRTY.
Ranta's Bridge, Later on, when
Christianity spread eastward with
the European invasion, it was re-
christened Adam's Bridge, Doth
misnomers,F r•
name fro in sense o
names n
it le not really a bridge ; but, as
has been already intimated, a via-
duct or causeway, and the most
stupendous one of its kind in exist-
ence at that.. In pieces it is more
than a quarter of a utile wide, and
its actual cubical contents are esti-
mated to consist of more tlurn 500
million tons of living ruck, lip -
borne by such a foundation, passene
gees by the traits of the Adani s
Bridge Railway, as this extension of
the youth Lunen lino is to be called
need havo no fear of being engulfed
in the quicksands that stretch on
F,ITUER SIDE OF THEM.
A certain British statesman, since
deceased, once sent, rho I-Iouse of
Commons into paroxysms of laugh-
ter by suggesting that a British
man-of-war should be despatched to
the Caspian. Well, the ridicule was
not ill -deserved, He ought to have
known hotter of course, Neverthe-
less, the time will almost certainly
conte when the teat will bo physic-
ally possible.
The Black Sea, Azov, and Caspian
Ship Canal is no longer a project in
the air. The plans have been drawn
up. The details have all been dis-
cussed and settled. Even the cost -
122,500,000 -has been exactly work-
ed out by the engineers appointed by
the Russian Ilydrotechnical College.
Ten years ago the idea was
broached. But the expense of con-
strutting the camel was then put at
450,000,000 million roubles ($220,-
000,000). And the Tsar, appalled,
as was only natural, at this gigantic
estimate, ordered the scheme to be
shelved indefinitely. Then, a twelve-
month or so back, there happened
along a professor named Berenstein,
who discovered, or, perhaps it would
be more correct to say, re -discover-
ed, what is now known as the Kuala
Manych depression, This consists of
a series of narrow and deep lake and
river beds, stretching for some 300
miles, and forming a gigantic na-
tural canal. All that is necessary is
for it to be deepened hero and there,
and the water let in. This, the Rus-
sian Govermnent expects to do by
the autumn of 1904 ; and then she
will have, at a comparatively trifling
cost, a ship canal capable of bearing
the biggest of her ironalads right
into the heart of the richest of her
Western Asiatic possessions.
When, in 1579, the enormously
rich gold and silver deposits of the
"Gunnison Country," in Western
Colorado, began to be exploited,
and
GREAT CITIES SPRANG UP,
engineers from all over the world
racked their brains to try to find a
cheap route thereto for a railway.
But, for a long time, their efforts
were in vain. The nearest point at
which the main trans -continental
system could be tapped was Pueblo,
and Pueblo lay at the Toot of the
main range of the Rocky Mountains,
To pierce that mighty barrier would
cost untold millions. To climb it
was out of the question.
Then, ono day, a certain engineer,
more wideawalco than his fellows, be-
thought him of the Arkansas river,
on whose banks Pueblo stands. It
rose, as everyone larew, in the far
away tablelands of the west. How
did it pierce the mountains 1 Where
a river would flow down, he reflect-
ed, it was more than probable a
railway might climb up. And the
result of this inspiration of his was
seen soon afterwards, when the iron
borse went panting and puffing along
the bottom of the Grand Oanon of
the Arkansas river, a mighty chasm,
2,000 feet deep and 200 miles long,
and with a natural gradient that
nowhere exceeded one in twenty,
"It has boon made specially for
us and for our railway," remarked
the chairman of the Inc at the open-
ing banquet, speaking half jestingly,
and half in earnest. 'The river has
been working for us for thousands of
years. We ought to esteem ourselves
'lucky. All the men in the world,
working a whole generation, could
not have dug for us such te 'ditch."
Pearson"s Weakly.
STEAL FIGHTING COCKS.
The Venezuelans of Puerto Cabello
are lamenting the loss of some twen-
ty fighting cocks, which were appro-
priated by the men of the BriLish
cruiser Charybdis. Tho birds are de-
clared to be of the best Venezuloan
blood, and were used for the regular
Sunday cock -fights at Puerto Ca-
bello, Now, however, they are on
board ship, where, it UI understood,
sufficient scope will be found for
their talents when they get their
sea legs. Other vessels have offered
to bury some of these choice fighters
from the Charybdis,
Its cost, if the surveyors appointed
by the Indian Government are to be
believed, will be the comparatively
small sum of fifteen or twenty mil-
lions of rupees, ($7,500,000 to $10,-
000,000).
Tho reason is, of course, that the
causeway is already built-up to
within a foot or two of the level of
the sea. it Was oanstracted by the
hand of Nature long year's ago, and
is as perfect to -day aa it was 111
the dim past ages, when the first
Pathan invaders rolled southward in
llood, and named it rovetentiye
LIGIITi70USE IN THE DESERT
There is at least one lighthouse in
the world that is not placed on any
mariner's chart. It is away out on
the Arizona desert and marks the
spot where a well supplied pure,
fresh water to travellers, It is the
only place where water may bo had
for foely-five miles to the eastward
and for at least thirty miles in any
other direction, The 'house" con-
sists of a tall cottonwood' pole, to
the top of which a lantern is hoist-
ed every night, Tho light can be
seen for miles across the plain in
every direction,
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Great Scheme.
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The door of the board -room tenon-
ed, and the directors riled out
through the bank.
The last director was Mr, (trey. As
he reached a point opposite the chief
cashier's room that official boelcan-
ed to him,
"1 want to see you, Mr. Grey," be
said, "about something of the ut-
most importance to myself," He
spoke in a low • tone of voice, "I
havo been trying to get a rise off
salary for a long time past, I have
seen the manager repeatedly about
it, but he says he can't aeeomma-
date enc. I don't want much, but
what I ask for 1 really need. I havo
a family to support, the children aro
growing, and 1 need the money.
"I know, of course," he continued,
as he saw a troubled look on the el-
der man's face, "I .know that it isn't
just the thing for ene to come to you
directly about this, after the man-
ager has refused me, but you were
good enough, years ago, to place me
here; and you have been good on-
ouglt to tare considerable interest in
me since I have been here, and I
want' you to do me this favor if you
can. If I can only get this matter
before the :Board - if 1 can make a
personal appeal to them a`t a meet-
ing, I think I can got what 1 want.
The question is: Can you, or will
you, if you can, undertake to get
this opportunity for cue? If you eau,
1—„
"Wilson," said the director kind -
1y, "as you say, it is a somewhat
embarrassing natter to deal with,
since the, manager has put his foot
dewy. upon It; and yet—" be stop-
ped and thought for a moment- "I
want to see every man in the bank
treated fairly. I'll tell you, how-
ever, what 1'11 do with you, Wil-
son," rte continued. "I'11 see the
manager, ancl, if I can't do anything
with him, I'll bring the matter up
next Monday, and give you a
chance to be present and ruake your
own appeal,"
Monday camp round and the Board.
met. Mr. Grey stated to Wilson
that he had made known to the
Board the latter's request, and that
the manager had been kind enough
to grant the op9ortunity to be
hoard.
Wilson started boldly in to make
his appeal. He told them just where
and how and why he needed more
money, and just how it really seem-
ed to him that he could not got
along without it.
The manager replied for the Board
that they had a full appreciation of
Mr. Wilson's services; that he was
in all respects highly satisfactory to
the hank; but that lace himself did not
and could not see how the bank
could afford to pay more money just
at this juncture, The Boai•d would
discuss the matter fully at the pre-
sent meeting, and would acquaint
him of the result.
Wilson retired forthwith.
7:'arker - "What's wrong? You
seem worried." Streeter - 'I am
I wrote two notes -ono to my brolc-
er asking him if he took mo for a
fool, and the other to Miss Golding
asking her if she Would be mine,
While I was out someone telephoned
'Yes,' and 1 don't know which of
'em it was."
"When it corner to marriage I
wouldn't give a thought to how
Much the man I love is making,"
romarked the dreamy -eyed girl.
"Neither would I," answered Wte
damsel, "'What would
practical
primarily inteeest me would be how
much he had alreachyMade. There's
010 1180 taking chances,".
For the first time Wilson's coup-
tonance changed hue,
"Mr. Grey," he said, sorrowfully,
"the only regret I havo is on your
account I have stales from your
Uan c two hummed and fifty
thou-
sand pounds, 1 have betrayed my
trust. Walt until I finish, Mr.
Chairman" - he caw the chairmen's
fingers on the table bell -"you may
do with me as you please -if you
dare,"
Ile paused again; the situation was
intense, He felt it.
"Mr. Chairman, you, at least, will
give me credit for the posseselon of
a considerable amount of shrewd-
nes,. T have laid my plans with
caro in doing what I havo done.
Now, listen to 1014, gentlemen, I
made a reasonable request of you a
little time ago for an increase of rey
salary; yotf know how reasonable
was that request; you know how un-
reasonably you refused to grant it.
As it is now, I am ready to take the
consequences of my act. This crime
-I say it frankly - will lie no heav-
ier upon my conscience than does
your refusal of my request lie on
yours, You have brought this on
you rselve8."
Tho manager interrupted him,
speaking in a choked, harsh voice,
like a man taken suddenly ill:
"What do you mean by all this?"
"Wait," said Wilson calmly,
"there is something to Ile consider-
ed - the large payment for the East
on Wednesday. Prow are you going
to make it?"
The shot went home; the Board
winced.
"I want you to consider that,"
said Wilson. "I have an object in
it. Gentlernen," he said, lowering
his voice, "you know as well a;; I
that if the bank fails to meet those
obligations in the least, it's hound
to fail for good - it's bound to
shut up shop. Never in this world
can this baulc stand a loss of two
hundred and fifty thousand pounds,
and you know it. But, more than
that, if it could stand such a loss,
the mere publication to the world of
my defalcation would create a run
that would destroy the bank -in half
a day.
"I bave called in a large number
of outstanding bills, and the hank's
receipts to -day and Tuesday will be
heavy. With those receipts you can
make the Wednesday payment, If you
have something over one hundred
thousand pounds to .hoot. With
that you can pull through and save
the bank. I am willing to make
terms, gentlemen. 1 will sacrifice
something in the bank's interest. I
will concede you half the amount I
took; you concede me the rest. Agree
with me absolutely not to prosecute.
Accept these terms, and you save
the bank. If you decline, the bank
is lost."
The board -room door again opened,
and the directors again filed otit, Mr.
Grey was the last man to leave the
room. His countenance ware a dis-
appointed and much troubled expres-
sion,
"It's no go, Wilson, my dear fel-
low," he said. "They won't do it,"
"I thank you very much for your
kindness. You've done your best for
me, Air, Grey, and I heartily thank
you for it; but I'm sorry for my
sake that it did no good. And for
the sake of the directors, too,"• he
added to himself..
A few weeks passed.
"Mr. Wilson, ' said the manager
one Friday afternoon, "next Wednes-
day, as you know, we want to' make
that two hundred and fifty thousand
pound shipment Bast -you have . the
exact figures there. Our receipts to
meet this will be heavy to -day and
to -morrow and early in the weak,
and I wish you would see to it that
we keep sufficient cash not only to
meet that payment, but enough be-
yond that for current business dur-
ing the week. ,
The following week we shall have
more cash in, but this payment is
going to matte our balance low next
week, so wo must be careful. Sup-
pose you tnalce up a special report
on Monday, such as you did last
month, and hand it in at the Board
meeting, so that we can keepwell
posted in the matter."
. "1 will do so, sir," said the chief
cashier.
The Board met on the following
Monday at the usual hour. The
cashier sent in the statements, with
the special report mentioned. Tho
board -room door soon opened, and a
messenger stepped out and requested
Wilson's presence in the board-
room.
"Mr. Wilson," said the chairman,
"thero seems to be some mistake in
this report. This shows ea balance
of only 231,800 odd. How is that?
How much balance did we have on
Saturday When we closed?"
"We had $281,000 odd, sir," said
Wilson quietly.
"Well, then, this report is erron-
coos," the chairman replied; appar-
ently much relieved.
"No," said Wilson, "the report is
correct. It shows the exact cash
balance in the batik's hands at the
present time."
"Well, theft, where is the differ-
ence?"
Wilson. straightened up and glanc-
ed
ranaed at the directors, and then, set-
tling his gaze upon the chairman,
said quietly:
"I took it, sir."
The members of the iloarcl started
as it shot.
"You--tool(-it?" they gasped in
one Vb100.
"I took it," said Wilean, firmly,
"Mr. Wilson, what, in Heaven's
frame, do you mean?"
"I took 1t for myself, appropriat-
ed it to my awn ttse-stole it, if you
will. That's all I have to say."
‘"Wilson," rang out an agonized
voice at thio_ end of the table, "for
heaven's sake, yoU can't mean 'it?"
It. was 110, Grey, Wilson's friend,
He spoke now with the air of one
conferring a favor•. He knew his
men.
"But, remember," he continued,
his mariner morn positive as lie Inept
on -"but, remember, let one breath
of suspicion, .of disgrace, attach to
me or to my name, outside of this.
room where we are now, and I with-
draw the offer. I than return to
my accustomed place and wait for
your decision."
11'e had played for a big stake.
Had he won or lost? At the end of
a long hour and a quarter the
board -room door opened.
It was the chairman again who
spoke.
"We have considered this matter.
We have nothing to say to you fur-
ther than that, against our better
convictions, we accept the terms you
have suggested.
"To -morrow morning," said Wil-
son, "I will lay upon this table one-
half of the amount 1 took."
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The clock struck the hour. The
sound had just died out when Wil-
son entered.
"Yoe: see," he said to the direc-
tors, "I have kept my compact with
you. Mr. Grey," he said, laying on
thetablein front of • that gentle-
man a thick package of notes, "will
you .do. me the favor to count these
notes?"
Mr, Grey bent himself to the task,
The oyes of the Board were upon
him. ,,
"Why, Wilson man," he exclaim-
ed, "all the money is here -all
herol"
"What!" cried the Board. "What's
that?"
"Count for yourselves," said Grey,
"I toll you it's all there."
A murmur of astonishment and
relief wont around the circle.
"Restitution, oh?" said ono mem-
ber.
"Not" cried Wilson hotly.
Ito steppedto the chairman's side,
and rang the bell himself.
"Send Mr. Monroe and Mr. Fisher
here," he said.
They came.
"Monroe - Mellor," said Wilson
quietly, "where did I get these notes
from this morning?"
"Prom the safe," said Fisher.
"Who locked the safe last night?"
"I did," said Monroe, looking ap-
prehensive.
"Were these notes there then?"
"Why, of course they were," said
both.
"And how long have they boon
there, to your bortain knowledge?"
"Since Saturday."
"Gentlemen," said Wilson, after
the two tonere had retired, and for
the first time he betrayed consider-
able agitation. "I not only never
took the stoney, as you seen but,
what is more, I never intended to
taico it, it was intended by me as a
serious lesson to be considered by
this bank in particular, and by othe
er banks in general, on the iniquity
of underpaying men who hold re-
sponsible positions. I cannot hope
to retain my position hero. I havo
anticipated that to some extent, for
I have obtained an offer from the
Shires to take the place of their de-
ceased icaor, Mr, Z'leteher•" w w
Tire door of the beard -room open-
ed, and the directors filed out. Tho
last ane was. Mt. Grey..
"Mr, Wilson," he Bald, "the Baai'd
have oommisshonod me to state that
the Shires Cannot have you, and
that you must stay with us, even
though you force (ourself to 400pt
•
a eatery at a higher figure than that
olorod by the other bank," Then Mr.
Grey wont out
Wilson sat like one in a dream,
Suddenly
heroused
used h[nsoif and ca
Il -
ed to the messenger:
"Tom,," he said, "Mr. Grey --
Bring 11Im back. Ile's just gone
down the steps. Quick!"
Back came Arr, Grey,
"Mr, (trey," said Wilson, extract-
ing a bulky package of notes front
the former's coat packet, "you aro
the only man who ever got out of
this bank with two hundred and fifty
thousand that didn't belong to kiln
-at least, in my time. What havo
you to say for yourself?"
"Bless niy soull" said Grey. -Lon-
don Answers.
A 1VIENORY OF THE MUTINY.
Romance of Two English Women,
Who Escaped.
Close upon fifty years have passed
since the world was startled and ap-
palled by the great catastrophe
known in history as the Indian Mu-
tiny. The terrible passions provok-
ed by that fierce conflicthave been
assuaged in the lapse of years by the
hand of time. The hour was ripe
for the official history of the mutiny
and there havo been recently pub-
lished two volumes of evidence with
regard to the tragical episodes of
Lucknow and Oawnpore, hidden un-
der the unattractive title "Selec-
tions from the State Papers pre-
served in the Military Department,
1857-8" (vols. 2-3), published by
the Indian Government..
One of the roost, curious facts re-
vealed is that there were two Eng-
lish women who survived tate horrible
massacre at Oawnpore. Previous
writers have hinted at it ; Mr, For-
rest confirms the tale and renders it
certain. Ho refers, indeed, to an ac-
count written by one of the two
women who escaped tho massacre at^
the bank of the river. Her name,
for the sake of her family, cannot bo
disclosed.
Both women appear to have be-
come Mohammedans, and to have
married natives, to which they owe
their eseape from a fearful death.
Ono of them seems still to be living,
and if so, she is with General Dela-
fosse, the only survivor now left of
that devoted little band of English
men and women.
The narratives of the various wit-
nesses interrogated by the British
authorities after the recapture of
Cawnporo with regard to the massa-
cre, see the
LIGHT FOR THE FIRTT TIME
in these volumes, Here is a passage
from the evidence of a half-caste
woman, detailing the slaughter at
the riverside, when all the white men
of the 'garrison of Cawnporo wore
killed :
"As General Wheeler got out of
the palkee, head foremost, a sower
(sepoy) gave him a cut with his
sword on the neck, and he fell into
the water. They then set all the
boats on (Inc exbept two . My
son was killed close to General
Wheeler, Some were stabbed with
bayonets, others . cut down with
swords, little infants were torn in
pieces, . We saw it, and toll you
only what we saw. Other children
were stabbed and thrown into the
river. The school girls were burnt
to death • I saw their hair and
clothes catch fire."
The English women who survived
this awful scene were taken' back and
placed. in a single small house till
the hour for their murder should ar-
rive. It is well observed by Mr.
Forrest that over the closing scene
of this groat tragedy darkness seems
to brood, so that even the native
witnesses mention what they saw
with bated breath, and with many
contradictions. Perhaps, indeed,
the actual truth will never be
known. This is the acceuat al the
final massacre as given by one of
the natives:
"I saw lour' or five mon with
drawn swords, who appeared to be
sweepers, approach the bungalow,
and I heard the people say that
these men Had come to put an end
to all those who might have. escaped
the musketry. I saw these men en-
ter and drag out the ladies, about
fifteen in number, some of whom,
were wounded (they ha.d hidden
themselves among the dead', and
massacre thein with their swords ;
after which, dragging their corpses,
thoy threw them down a well in the
compound. 1 saw a little child about
five years old near one of the ladies,
who, seeing her killed, tried to es-
cape by ruining away, but was cut
down."
THE COLONIAL SERVICE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR AN ARMY
OF YOUTHS,
u s,
Holders of Positions in India Live
Like Lords and Are Not
Overworked.
There is no country that offers the
advantages to young men to enter
government service like England,
Owing to the many possessions be-
yond the sops there are many Mince
the positions to 1111 that fall to the
lot of other nations. Tho govern-
ment service mon aro an army in
themselves, and thousands of young
mon have taken advantage of the op-
portunities and started on a career
that means promotion if they aro
faithful. It is true that promotion
is inch quicker if the man has a
friend at court,
The Colonial Office has more pat-
ronage than any department. in any,
other country. Tho Foreign Office
has a host of places to till, and tho
British South African Company and
the North Borneo Company also
have many places for young mon,
To obtain an appointment of this
kind a combination of fitness for the
work and influence in high places is
necessary. But, an the other hand,
a largo number of the situations aro
open to all Britishers capable of
making the highest scores at the
competitive examinations ,hold an-
nually in London. ,
Those examinations, as is well
known, aro vary stiff indeed, and the
candidate who wishes to succeed
must not only have. considerable
ability, but he must work exceed-
ingly hard for four or five years,
But
Tone REWARD IS GREAT.
A good salary, liberal allowances,
an easy life and a prospective pen-
sion are some of the pleasant fea-
tures of employment in the civil
service in India and some of tho
colonies and dependencies.
Moreover, living is very cheap in
many of those places. Tho clerk
with $1,000 a year in India can Iceep
a horse and trap. If he has $2,000
he may keep servants and enjoy all
the privileges of a man of $5,000
living at home.
There aro the delightful Bahamas,
where one may have pineapples, ba-
nanas and oranges in his garden;
beautiful Ceylon; Bermuda, with its
perpetual spring, Barbadoes, cele-
brated for hurricanes; Mauritius,
with its exquisite, thougn unhealthy,
climate; Jamaica, Fiji, the dreaded
west coast of Africa. One may go
even (as a student interpreter) to
China, Japan, Persia, Turkey, or
Siam; while, under the Foreign
Office, there aro good appointments
in L'gypt, British East Africa and
British Central Africa.
A DOUBLE SURPRISE,
"This must stop," said Henry
Grimthorp 88 he put one foot out of
bed and began reaching around in
the dark for his trousers,
"Henry," his wife whispered,
"please don't be foolish. Lie down
and be quiet."
"No," ho snarled, "I'm going to
give that young roan down there a
drubbing that'll make him want to
keep as far away as possible from
this house in the future. Here it is
after twelve o'clock, and—"
"Beery," Mrs. Grinthorp pleaded,
"stop! .Don't go down there, please
But ,jro had found his trousers and,
ignoring his wife's words, he hurried
out of tho room. Then he stole
downstairs through the dark, and
in about half a minute there wore
sounds of falling stands and tum-
bling chairs and shaking chandeliers.
The old man had grasped his an-
tagosist around the neck fightat
the,start and soon had him dhokod
into submission; 'Tett he tied the
fellow full of Imots, bumped his head
against the door -post several dines,
and finally threw him down the front
stops, When ho get back upstairs
his wife and daughter, pale, and
quaking with' terror, flung themselves
upon his bred t.
"What's the matter?" he (lomand-
ed.
"That was a burglar{", they cried,
"i-icavonel" ho gasped, "why
didn't you to1loto before? I
thought it wap' Fai1n1+'s yaauirg man,"
As to the situations to be obtain-
ed by competitive examination, the
best known are those in the Indian
civil service and the eastern cadet-
ships. In August of every year an
examination is held in London,
which is ingeniously arranged to ad-
mit to the home civil service, the
Indian service and the eastern cadet-
ships (for employment in Hong
Kong, Ceylon, etc.) The candidate
may go in for any of these or for all
three. In the latter case, if he f8
successful, he may make choice.
This combined exaiulnatlan com-
prehends nearly all the subjects of
general knowledge, including Eng-
lish, German, i'ren.ch, Latin, Greek, '
Sanskrit and Arabian languages .and
literature; ancient and modern }4s -
tory; mathematics; the natural sci-
ences, mental and moral philosophy;
Roman and English law, and politi-
cal science.
AS TO THE SALARIES,
they begin in the Indian service at .
$132 a month. Promotion is rapid,
about ono year in every five one
gets a holiday, and at the end of 21
years' service a pension of $5,000 a
year.
For those who get appointments in
the smaller colonies the salaries
vary. The more unhealthy the cli-
mate, the bettor the pay, and the
longer the holidays. But when a
man goes to ate unhealthy place ho is
prompted to a higher position in a
healthy locality as rapidly as vacan-
cies permit. In Hong Kong, Ceylon
and the other places mentioned, the
salary begins at $1,155 a year,
which is raised as soon as the cadet
becomes an officer, to a sum varying
between $1,320 and $3,950. A po-
sition in the Indian police is much
coveted by those who like an active
outdoor life with good pay.
There, aro from len to twenty va-
cancies every year and the examina-
tion, which is the same as for the
army, .only harder, is hcicl every
June. During the five years, 1895
to 1900, thorn were 284 candidates
for 58 appointments, so that only
one in live could Napo to succeed in
any one year. On arriving in India
the probationer receives 383.50 a
month. After passing another ex-
amination (within two years) this
is raised to • $99, and be has a
chance of ultimately rising to the
position of inspector -general, with
the salary of 37,500 it year, Thor
there is the Indian forest service -
a very interosting employment, The
candidate wlto succeeds in his exam-
ination for this position must after-
wards study for two years at Coop-
er's 11111 and for one year in Ger-
many, at his own, expellee, after
which he is paid at the same rate as
the Indian police officers, ,
4
MOSLEMS AT MEALS,
All true Moslems when eating must
begin with salt and finish with vine-
gar. if they bogie with salt they
will escape the contagion of seventy
diseases. If they finish with vinegar
their worldly prosperity will con-
tinue to increase. The most is in
etiquette bound to be the first to
start eating and the last to leave
off. The priests recite certain pee -
gages of the 1{pt'an before and after
lunch and dinner, and also before
drinking water at any hour of the
day.
Iugairing Child "Papa, wiry do
eo its,Y cr y atWedding:A?" p p 1Vo R•s?" Papa, (abe
atraetediy) -- Most of thein havo
been married., tin=t selves."