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JUNE 28, 1900
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PART TL--Oontlnued.
When be cable hem° it wase guar.
ter or so before midnight, gle mounted
the broad staircase loading to hie Ex-
eellertere suite of rooms on the first
floor, burled In thoughts of ten years
SEM, To bis astonishment, hardly bad
he rename the top of the stairs when
it seemed to him that at the further
end of the passage, somoone had just
disappeared within the door of the
room his Excellency used. as study—
the key of which was aUthat moment
in hie own pocket.
Felled with some vague foreboding,
he orept 'naleelessly along the pas-
sage, and having roacbed the door,
pushed It gently open. The room teas
dark, save for a tiny bull's-eye, lan-
tern tont lit up a spaoe no larger
than the hand. But what be did dis-
cern in that small space, and lby that
Him light, made Zaika shudder with
apprehension.
Apparently sitting at les Excel-
lency's desk was a person, whose
form the young man could not dis-
tinguish, but in whose hands was the
draft of the secret treaty. Zelka made
a rush for the eleotrio light button,
turning it full on ; the figure rose
with a violent start, and famed him.
It was a woman—a woman in a rich
aveniug dress partly hidden under a
dark fur cloak. A woman radiantly
beauitful—she whose hand be bad
once touched ten years ago—la a
gloomy prison chapel when lie slipped
a wedding ring on her finger, and the
old pope had blessed them: "In the
name of the Father and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost,"
"Countess Wladimir Rostopchinel"
he gasped, quite unable to understand
what he saw.
The lady, who at first had almost
fallen under the weigbt of an over-
mastering terror, now looked at him,
and as she looked an icy,cold veil of
perfect composure seemed gradually
to overspread her features. She gath-
ered
athered up her cloak round her, took
her gloves, fan, even the little tell-
tale lantern, and walked across the
room, to the door; evidently she did
not intend to deign an explanation.
"Madame, you cannot go 1" said
Andre, Zaika, struggling with his
emotion, "until—"
" Until what, Monsieur l" said the
Countess, with a slightly impertient
elevation of the eyebrows.
"Until you have explained to me
your presence in this room," replied
the young man resolutely, and, dos-
ing the door, he put the key in his
pocket.
"I have no explanation to give to
you, Monsieur," said the Countess,
with imperturable sangfroid; "have
the goodness to allow me to piss."
"No explanation?" said Andre, who
full of excitement himself, was un-
able to understand the apparent
equanimity of a lady found in so
compromising a position. "I repre-
sent his Excellency the Tranabalkan-
Ian ambassador ; that bureau at which
I found you sitting contained his pa-
pers, private papers—'
" What of that, Monsieur 3 I knew
It," was the calm reply.
"And," asked Andre— "ycu read
them f"
"I read them"
"For whet purpose? surely—"
The young man paused. Iu a mo-
ment the whole truth flashed across
his brain. Ten years ago the Rus-
sian Government had need of aspy;
it employs many; but It wanted one
who would be admitted in every so-
ciety, cue whose name and rank
would place above suspicion. He him-
self, condemned to death, was asked
for that name and rank with which
to hide this infamy, and in exchange
was offered his life and freedom. He '
had accepted. And now he stood fats
to face with his wife, the Countess
Wladimir Rostopohine, a spy 1
A loop of such unutterlabe scorn
overspread his fame that the lady
winced; but still she said nothing,
and stood, proud, and cairn, gazing
• at him with a look, half of pity and
half of contempt, that he bad seen
in her eyes once—so long ago.
"Madame," he said at last, trying
In vain to imitate her aangfroid, "do
encu know tbat at this moment, I
could ring the bell and expose and
denounce yon as a thee?"
She shrugged her shoulders, almost
imperceptibly, and smiled somewhat
as the said:
"I think, Monsieur, you would find
it a trifle difficult to prove that the
wealthy Countess Wladimir Rostop-
ohine wee in the act of stealing some
1000 guldens tram a stranger's room
In an hotel."
" Are you really under the lmpres-'
bion, Madame," asked the young man,
who hafl now quite Lost what little
self-control he had, " that I shall al-
low you to leave this room as you
came, and not ory Shaine and scandal
about you to tee four corners of
Europe 0 Do you really Wale that I
shall not, after thiee brand you as a
spy, warning all against you, and ren-
dering you powerless to injure any
master and friend 3"
"No, Monsieur," she said quietly:
"I do not think youwill do that,"
Becalms 1" he aelred defiantly.
She looked at hien for (eve or three
moments; the childlike oxpressionon
bar mouth hardened the look of pity
died out of her epee 'Tbey were Onee
mice now,
Because Monsieur, the dead oan-
not speak," she said,
"The dead?e'
" We in Russia," she rigid, with ein-
phasis, ",have never mettle believed in
gboots ; 51111 children do say that the
spirits of those who lie unburied
sometimes come to earth—end speak,
Tbon, Monsieur, It becomes the duty
of the friends and relatives—or of the
widow -to see that the dead Is real-
ly buried, and the ghost is heard of
no more "
The young man shuddered. It seem-
ed to him, aS if came mord, he beard
the death sentenoe pronounced on him
ten years ago. Once more be saw the
great Moscow prison, the berds of
half -starving prisoners, the chains,
the gates, and the prison chapel,
where the old pope blessed him. He
did not speak. What answer was there
to give? This woman, with the enig-
matical smile and childlike mouth, had
said, all there was to say.
"The Seed cannot speak."
Mechanically he drew the key from
his packet, and opened the dooriCoun
tees \Vladimir Rostopchine—his wife
or his widow—which ?—waLked out
past him without deigning to give
him another look, and she disappeared
from his view along the gaily lighted
corridor, while from below Race Pall's
band struck up the joyous notes of
the "Blue Danube" waltz.
PART 1II.
A. week later the negotiations for
the secret treaty, that the Transbal-
kanian desired to sign with His
Catholic and Apostolic Majesty, were
quite complete. Many alterations
had been made to the original draft,
but now it stood in its entirety; and
the Emperor's signature having been
obtained, his Excellency the Ambas-
sador would steal: for Ylddiz the next
morning, where His Majesty the Ring
of Transbalkania would affix to the
treaty his own lined and seal.
It had been a very great blow to
the Ambassador when Andre Zaika
suddenly told bin, that as -soon as
his Excellency could dispense with his
services, he would like to leave, as he
had the intention of going to Amer-
ica for an indefinite lima, Zaika had
been more than usually taciturn for
the lust day or two, and, when the
Ambassador pressed him with ques-
tions, as to the reason of this sudden
determination, Andre was so retic-
ent that his Excellency, dlacomflted
and a little huffed, was forced to be
content with some palpably lame ex-
cuse.
"I presume," said his Excellency, a
trifle irritated, "that you will not
leave me all after the secret treaty
is signed on both sides.'
" As long as your Excellency re-
quires me 1 am at your service," said
apprebenelon that a spy bus been set
Wee my track,"
t o
�,aldra turned very pale, hand
elntehed the earm of the obalr, his
Meath quivered, bis twee were rivet
ed ea the APbeesador's lips, its If
life and death bung upon bis next
warps.
which is not always appreoiated by
bid brother eeeleers,
Sir HenryCampbell-Bannerman bus
a mania for watch -making Tho watob
he carries he bus made entirely binl-
aelf. Most of his personal friends at
seine time or other have revolved n'
"
As you know,Russia Is ever on present Demi him of a "Bannhrman-
;made watch," Tbe time kept by Sir
the alert where matters whkoh Might
endanger bar Interests are concern- I3enry's watobos; 'ower, Ids eorhe-
ed 1 she, more Haan any other Euro- times erratin, Lord Salisbury res
pean country, marries on an elaborate 'tacked laughingly to one of his bio-
system of espionage, which enables Lb" peers, wan had occasion to, ask
her to }MAW all. the sayings and do-
ings of every personage of Import- want f 'London time' or 'Bannerman's
once, both diplomatic and otherwise. time?"'
I think, therefore, it is Russia who, President Steen, of the Orange Free
through one ce her numerous spies, State, in an address to the Afrikanders
has obtained the knowledge that I of Gape Colony, at the beginning of
am Negotiating an important and the war, said; "Do ycu wish, ,Afrikan-
secret treaty between the Court of dors, to seethis frlglitful abomination
VIenna and the Transbalkanian Gov- of a negro sitting with you in Par-
ernment; and having obtained this Demme? It is what will happen to
information, e11 boa energies will be you, what will happen to us also, if
devoted to endeavoring to gain know- you allow England to get the upper
ledge of the various clauses of the hand over us in this war." In that
treaty, On one or two occasions It proclamation Steyn conjures up the
has seemed to me that the Lock of nay spectre ee equality with the negro
bureau had been tampered with. I rase as bis strougtesi argument for
Pointed the fact out to you at the the war against England.
time, anti we Naive both. I am sure,
doubled our watobfulness, but up to Iwabter hatching by means 01 float
this moment, we have neitber of us mg Incubators, which were invented
the slightest Glue that might lead u5 by a Mr. Neilson, Is carried on to a
to the discovery of the spy. That is so great extent in Neivfoundland, theta
ingenious contrivances being placed in
nearly all the large bays of the is-
land, The result has been an ungttali-
fied success, for during the first year
no fewer then 90,934,000 lobsters were.
batched and planted, and since then
the number has been more than dou-
bled. The ood fisheries of that land
exceed those of any other country of
the world, the average export of this
fish being 1,350,000 cwt. per annum.
is it not 4"
Andre bowed in acquiescence. He
dared not trust himself to speak for
fear that his vofoe might betray his
emotion.
"I think, however," said his Excel-
lency after a thoughtful pause, "that
I have arranged a plan that will,
without imperilling our secrets, place
the spy within our power—that is to
say, if be fall into the trap I have laid
for him"
Will your Excellency expose that
plan to me 1" said Andre Zaikaceag-
erly.
"Most certainly I will, Andre, as
your help will be quite indispensable.
What I inland to do is very simple,
I 410.11 give out that both ycu and
I will be out to -night until very late.
I will then start out, taking the doc-
ument with me, you remaining be-
hind. The spy, whoever he may be,
is evidently well acquainted with all
my movements. As I am leaving for
Piddle to -morrow, he will undoubted-
ly wish/ to take the opportunity of
making a copy of tee secret treaty,
els it now stands, knowing that al-
terations in such treaties' are often
made at the eleventh hour; we may
therefore safely presume that, some-
time after my departure, he will be
in my study, and with his faire keys
try to gain aooess to my bureau.
(To be continued.)
WELL WORTH READING
NOTES FROM ALL POINTS OF THE
COMPASS.
Mow of ?merest /lteaaed Front ,Many
Soarers and Served 101 Pliny Para-
graphs—Doing. of Cho Da".
It is not everyone who is aware
that a Bank of England note is not
of the same thickness all through.
The paper is thicker in the left-hand
the young man ; " but I am longing corner, to enable it to retain a
to leave Europe, where I have no keenly impression of the vignette
friends save your Excellency." there; and it is also considerably
" I need not remind you," replied thicker in the dark shadows of the
the Ambassador, " that if you have cenn.re letters and beneath the figures
any desire for friends or intercourse at the ends. Counterfeit notes are
with people of birth or distinction, invariably of one thickness only
I will help you in any way Iran, but throughout.
you have always refused my offers
in that quarter. But we won't refer Lieut. -General Sir Arthur. Power
to that now. I have important mat- Palmer, K.C.B„ who Ls spoken of as
tars to discuss with you; I must the new Commander -in -Chief in In-
ters
your help in a very serious dif-
ficulty
din, i9 over six feet in haiglrl, and is
in which I am placed," brow Gln proportion. lie 15 of a pew -
Andre Zaika took ibe chair els Las- , erful peedque, and is extremely pop-
rellenoy pushed towards him, and lis—
tened. Sikhs. His manners are pleasant,
" For some days note," said the Am- good-natured and jovial, but he has
bassador, "1 have been under grave a strong undercurrent of sarcasm,
z, sw.c.n
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nfidenco
In the medlolnee that have stood the teat of years In private
practice and made famous tho name of Dr. A. W. Chase.
Seldom 11 aver has a physician so
thoroughly wan the confide.nee of the
people as has Dr. A. W. Chase,
through the absolute reliability of bis
Recipe Book alld the wonderful effi-
ency of his great prasoriptiuns.
SALT RHEUM.
Mr. John 13roderiolt, Newmarket,
Ont.,, writes;—"T have been troubled
for thirty years with salt rheum. 1
used remedies, and was trented by
physicians all that time, but all fair
ed to cure nee. The clamors said there
was no cure for me. I spent hundreds
of dollars trying to get relief, but
all in vein. My son brought ma a
trial sample box of Dr. Chase's Oi.nt-
mrnt. 1 found great relief, and had
the first ni•,bt's net in years. It
stopped the itching inemedietely. One
box mired me, Publish these feats
to suffering humanity"
NERVOUS OTAILITY.
Mr. A. T. R Tale me, memo! anent
st Clrlrenrevilln, Que., write,,:..-"1'nr
twelve years 1 haus been run el"wn
lellb nervous debility. 1 suffel oil
muc h, nerd consulted duetors, and tiled
medicines in vein. Some month t ago T
beard of Dr. Chase's Nerve Rood, *mod
two boxes and my health improved
so rapidly that I ordered twelve
more.
"I vett say frankly that this treat-
ment hes no equal in the medical
world. While using Dr. Chase's Nerve
Food I could fuel my system being
built up until now I am strong and
healthy. i cannot recommend it too
highly for weak, nervous people"
CONSTIPATION.
Mrs, W. H. Fisher, Preston, Ont„
scutes:—"1 can recommend Dr. Chase's
Kidney -Liver Pills for constipation, I
was troubled for about nine years,
end have spent hundreds of dollars
with doctors and for remedies I heard
of, but they failed to even give rolls£.
IT ':l ring of Dr. Chase's iiidnoy-Livor
Pills I procured a box, and they have
cured ane of tills long-atending nom-
i p1;ini. I don't have to use them any
in"ra :41 all, which goes to show that
the !etre is complete and petmenenL"
4 Iniitetcrs of Dr. Chase's Remedies
i don't dere to ropr°duee his portrait
and .regnaturc, which etre on every
box of ha ;;!ranine remedies, Cor said
int ell dealers, or lldmanson, Dates di
Catepeny, Toronto.
"Miss Ward writes from Brazil,"
says Omega, "that the whole cpuntry
is perpetually im a state of semi -in-
toxication on coffee—men, women and
children alike, and to babies in arms it
if fed from a spoon. et is brought
to your bedside the instant you awake
in the morning and just before you are
expaoted to drop off in sleep at night,
at meals and between meals, The ef-
fect is plainly apparent in trembling
hands, twitching eyelids, mummy -
hued skin, and a chornio state of ex-
citability worse than that produced by
whiskey."
The waiters of the Great Salt Lake
in Utah have receded a mile within
the past year, and some persons think
that within the ooming century this
wonderful body of water may be com-
pletely dried 'up. The cause of the
lowering of the water Ls ascribed to
the rapid extension of irrigation dit-
ches, which draw their supply from
the streams emptying into the lake.
There is now a "salt desert" not far
from the lake, which was once covered
with water. The salt deposit on the
floor of the lake itself is believed to
be of great thickness, ,
A Knight of the Garter dressed In
the regalia is an imposing sight. He
wears it, blue velvet mantle, with' a
star embroidered on the left breast.
His trunk -hose, stockings, and shoes
are white, his hood and surcoat orim-
son. The garter, of dark blue velvet
edged with gold, and bearing the mot-
to, "Boni soft qui y pease" also in
gold, is buckled about the lett leg,
below the knee. The heavy golden
collar consists of twenty-six pieces,
each in the form of a garter, bearing
the motto; and from it hangs the
"George," a badge which represents
St. George on horseback, eneounterint
the dragon. The "lessee' George" is
a smaller badge attached to a blue
ribbon, worn over the ,aft shoulder.
The star of the Order consists of eight
points, within which is the cross of St.
George encircled by the garter.
Mr. J'. M. Bacon, who with his
daughter made a lofty balloon ascent
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TIIH SEWING ROOM.
In
to house that is heated through-
out it 10 easy enough to set aside a
sewing room, where all the materials
and implements for work oan be kept
together in a systematic manner, No
neat housekeeper likes to have her sit -
king room 000tepied with the threads
and litter of cutting and sewing.
In the making over of garments
there is always a ocrtain amount of
duel inevitable, and itisdesirable that
this "duet of ripping" should be kept
in one place, TYhere le seldom room for
the sewing materials and. the work in
the dining room, and it isnot desirable
to invade any bed room with it. Bed
room's should be left unoccupied' dur-
ing the daytime as much as possible.
They should not be used as sitting
rooms or sewing rooms or for any pur-
pose in the daytime, where it is pos-
aible to avoid doing so. The average
country residence is blessed with
plenty of spaoe and pure air; and the
housewife ought to take full advan-
tage of these blessings. Not every
one does, and there are many houses
where the air at the sleeping rooms
Is oontaminated by constant ootaupa-
tion in the daytime. The only excuse in
the country for crowding the family
into a limited spaoe is lack of facili-
ties far heating all the. rooms in the
Mouse.
The convenience of a separate sew-
ing room is so great tb'at it pays in
families wbare there is a large qua'e
tity of sewing to be done to heat a
room specially for the purpose. be
many fatuities the sewing is looked up-
on as incidental of work, not as an
essential part of the household du-
ties. In only a few homes is there
a room set apart for sewing, though
the duty of preparing the clothes of
the household ought to be second only
to the preparing the food. It. is true
that a large amount of the clothing
of the masculine portion of the house..
hold Is now purcbased "ready made."
Tbie only relieves the household par-
tially from sewing. "Ready made"
clothing for women and obildren is
more expensive and not as durable as
that made at home. This includes the
greater part of the clothing, and sow-
ing should, therefore, be recognized as
certainly a part of the housework as
cooking. In order to do the sewing
of the household in the best manner
there should be a room set apart
where the sewing machine, the out -
ting table and all the tools for sup-
erior work are leapt. In a bureau in
this room new materials to make up
and old materials to make over should
be left.- In one drawer or in a bag
there should be patches and scraps of
various materials lett for gowns and
other garments. A stand, with draw
ars, containing spools of silk and of
cotton should be placed somewhere in
the room, and there should be a large
work basket containing the various
necessities of the seamstress. A wire
skirt form, on wb.ich skirts oan be
hung, is a great convenience, though
the waist forms have proved of no
sipecial value. The systematic are
rangement of the work in such a
room is in itself an Incentive to ao-
complishment. It is not too mucb to
say that a woman with an orderly
sewing room will do twice as much
work as one whose tools are
scattered over the area of three or
four closets.
FRESH FRUIT SALADS.
Fruit salads are increasing in fav-
or, and at a dinner party of the past
hinter, we noted an apple and .celery
sated as a most pleasing variety. The
frail, vegetables and a few English
walnuts were merely chopped very
fine together, mixed with a small por-
to observe a meteor shower, tells soma tion of mayonnaise dressing and serve
interesting things about the sounds ed Ln cups of crisp young lettuce. It
that reached their ears. At the height would be very nice, too,- as a filling
of 5,000 feet the ringing of horses' feet for ripe, red tomatoes. Fiult salads
on a hard road could be heard. At are of two kinds—sweet and emir, Por
4,000 feet the splashing sound made the latter, a thin mayonnaise, made
by ducks in a pond was audible. The with lemon juice in the plaoe 91 vine -
barking of dogs and the crowing of gar, is generally used, but the sweet
cooks could be heard at 7,000 fest or dressings are or several varieties, one
8,000 feet. These sounds penetrated
of whish is as follows;
through a white floor of cloud which Sweet Dressing;—Whip the yolks of
hid the earth from sight. In the per -
feet silence of the air around balloon
they were startled by what seemed
stealthy footsteps close at hand. In-
vestigation showed that this sound
wits caused by the stretching of the
ropes and the yielding o1 the silk as
the balloon continued to expand.
ONE ESEIICISIB.
One of the deprivations of gold
aniuers is tion Iaok 01 proper facilities
for exerotss, said Mr. Gazzasn.
Why, I read ?bait there is usually
a good deal of claim -jumping got g
on, added Airs. Gazzam.
ONE WHO IS.
Aunt Jane—Do you think mac are
really capable of loving with a deep
and sincare affeoliont
Aunt Hannah—Are thee? You
ought to See my busband gloating
over the rare old bindings in his lib-
rary 1
4 eggs until vary think and creamy,
then sift in, gradually, 1 cup pulver-
ized sugar, and 1-2 teaspoon salt.
Lastly add the strained juice of 2
lemons.
Strawberry Salad—For this, select
fine, fresh fruit, hull and wash. '\'ben
prepare little cups, ane for eaoh per-
son, of small heads of young lettuce.
II'ill partly full of berries. Sprinkle
them with a little lemon juice and
pour in a teaspoonful of mayonnaise.
Garnish with strawberry leaves and
a few large, perfect bertha. Servo
immediately.
Pineapple Salad—With a sliver
knife cut a very ripe pineapple into
tiny cubes, rejecting the Dore. Sweet-
en slightly, ohill and mix with the
fruit dressing. '-
TO CAN STRAWBERRIES. l
do not break berried. Later stir
again, and when the sugar Js dlssole.
Mak ed, till Your gaup t ale and
o the n
screw en tops; but without the rub-
bers. have plod' of wood with holes
in it to fit your wash boiler, put on
the bottom vt holier, put 01005 on the
Wood and fill the boiler with oold wa-
ter till the water is nearly to the
melee of the clans. Bring water in
boiler to a boil and boll from 12 to 15
mloutes, no. more. Remove from
stave and take off tops oe the cans,
inserting the handle of a tablespoon
till the bottom of the on is reaohsd,
and stirring to allow tba air bubbles
to etsoape. Put on the rubber. Ties
oma den to fill the others, filling each
till it overflows and being sure that
no seed remains on the rubber. Seal
and invert all 0001. If bubbles are
aeon in any can when cold, the 0011 -
tents must be reheated and reeanned,
I put up 50 owns by this rule last SUM -
mer and lost bet one oan, and that,
I thank, because the can was cranked
on the neck where I could not see it.
—Mrs. H. S.
Frock of pastel -blue, Lansdowne, It
is shirred three times at the waist,
and the blouse is attached to the
skirt. It is trimmed with a triple
collarette of the same goods. Blouse
sleeves shirred twice- at the wrist.
Material required for girl of 4 years,
Lansdowne, 40 inches wide, 2 yards.
SPAN OP LIFE GROWS.
Ontario SIelIettae 6nory n Aemarlmblc
Lengthening of 411r.
The span of life of that portion of
the human family which resides in the
Province of Ontario is increasing. That
' is the report of every- medical practi-
tioner in the province, but we have on
record facts more reliable than the
scattered reports of different doctors
in city or country. The department
of the Registrar -General has a mass
of statistics which are certainly of
great value. Whatever may be sale
of the birth returns, it is admitted by
all that the death returns are quite
complete. These statistics date back to
the year 1859, and from, that day unto
this a record is kept of every death
within the bounds of the province,
Take, then, the uverege age of those
who died ie the various years and the
assertion is eeoven. 'Examine the re-
cords made in 1899 if you have time,
which probably you have not, and you
will find that the average age, was 27
yearn; 11 months and 23 days.
Year by year the life lengthens. In
1871, by the same method, it is ascer-
tained that the age limit is 28 years, 8
months. In 1872 the limit was 29 years,
In 1840 it had neee had the 30 mark. In
1887 the average was 30 years, 11
months. In 1882 that has increased to
33 years, 0 months.
THE I.A'1.'EeT REOO.B,D
shows that the combined years of all
who died were 887,865, and that 27,-
633 persons died, giving an average
age of 35 years, 9 months, 3days, •
This is a most remarkable record,
and is a satisfactory comment on the
work of medical men in Ontario.
The greatest change is in infant
mortality. to 1809 an large percent-
age of deaths were among children.
In 1870, of all w4e4o diad 29 X-2 per cent,
were under ,3 years of age. Iei 1817
the mortality in that class was, 21 1-2
per cent. But apparently the race is
becoming hardier and whereas tt qua.r-
ler of a century ago few reached
four score years, now the numbers ate
!seeming fairly large. In 1897 of
those who died nearly 10 per cent,
wore over 80,
Another great change is in the de-
cleuattd numbers of young persons who
fall victims to *contagious discuses, A
few years ago there would be large
numbers of deaths .tram Smallpox, and
some years as man yas 1,400 Would die
of diphtheria. Of late years, with the
exeeplion of 18:9 and 1000, a death from
smallpox is quite unusual, and dipli-
beret is mut down to shout 12 per
Nee-
Wee
e t.The ptoviusta Can beslmwn to be tel
ally growing mere healthy.
healtbiest to the world, an is ge'adtte-
Wash and drain from water, and 1 t
hull strawberries, over nigh!:, adding
to each basket of strawberries ono
cup of sugar. In the morning stir but
DANCE:OUS Oopup,;'.TION.:
Nerrory I'Yvlt,pe f iiia. I1111t111been, 1110
/11eat bili au Steel le tea
Iltlmbnre le a elty of strange Where
trial, but perhaps the must altercating
among them all is that of Ala. Oarl
Haganbeck, The London News, desert!).
mgthe groat garden where bis stock.
in trade is heat, says that it is oi'owd-
1x1 with wild beasts of every kind; fur
Mr, liagenbeok is oolleotor of wild
beasts for almost every menagerie in
the veered, and has dealings with every
savag0 land. Whoa tee Nowa Haan
visited the place, eighteen polar bears
were to be 50001 in one part of the
grounds, and not far off were a dozen
elephants newly arrived from India,
Half a dozen condors from .South
America were waiting to be unpacked,
and scores of alligators were playing
together as if in their native Florida;
while lions, tigers and panthers were
stowed away in great numbers.
Speaking of the narrow esoaeoe he
had had in the course of his dealings
with wild animals, Aar, Hagenbeck
Said:
"One of the narrowest was from a
young elephant. We were dlspatobing
some beasts in a vessel, and I was
at the dook superintending their
embarkation. A }young elephant had
been worried on its journey down. 11
was tied up with a chain long enough
to permit its moving about somewhat,
and I was standing with my back to
11, near the wooden side of the com-
partment.
"Suddenly, without warning, it
turned and rushed at me, It pinned
me to the wall, its tusks going on
either side off me. My men ran up
and dragged me from between the
tusks, and I fainted away. In a
moment I opened my eyes and told
them to lift nee on my feet and see if I
could stand, for I was afraid my
back was broken. They found I could
stand, and I was helped home. The
elephant's tusks had just fitted me,
grazing the skin on each side, but not
even tearing the flesh."
Another adventure was perhaps
even more dangerous.
"11 makes me hot and cold when I
recdll it," Mr. Hagenbeck said. "A case
of raltlosnakes came to me, and notio-
iug an unpbeasant emelt, I put ray
arms over my face for shade and peer-
ed into the case, 1 saw that, there
was a dead snake there.
"Just then one of the rattlers jump-
ed up, and threw itself against the
iron bare in an endeavor to got al me,
wilting in Re raga I took no more
notice of it at the time, but next morn..
ing my wife draw my attention to the
sleeve of my coat. ,the sleeve was
covered with a great patch of green-
ish stain, the green crystals glisten-
ing on it.
'it was a hot summer, and my face
was covered with a beat eruption.
Had a lilt's of this poison gone on my
face, 1 must inevitably have died the
most horrible of all deatbs."
Mr. Hagenbeck was once dragged
through the atrests by a giraffe
that had got free from all its ropes
Sxa.pt one that was round Mr,
Il:igenbaok's body.
1u spite of all his adventures, bow..
over, Ile feels at home among his ane
mala "Jeuny," the walrus, is bin
especial pet. She comes clumsily out
of the water when he calls her, and
waddles up to him, t+he perfume on
bells, and can suantnon attendants to
give her her meals. Her food is an
expensive item, costing nearly four
dupers every day. It must be fish' 01
the best kind, with no skin or bones.
A walras is too valuable to be denied
any dainty.
8'llTLR.LD WATER VERSUS TY-
PHOID FEVER,
The filtration of the water -supply
of cities'by means of sand filter -beds,
or mee,4nnioal contrivances, has ra-
male' advanced in this country during
the peat ten years; but et is far
more genera: in Greet Britain than
here, Mr. Arlen Hazen, an authority
oe sanitary engineering avers that the
feet is fully established that the
death -rate front typhoid fever is ma-
terially lowered by the filtration of
bhn wateresul,pby. In Great Britain
Mines containing an aggregate pope-
kelion of mors than 10,000,000 people
urge a sand -filtered water -supply, and
the result:, it is claimed, is shown In
London's freedom from typhoid,
ENGLAND CONQ:IERING FRANCE,
Prone,, New+eltaer,t Obl,et 111 the (.radnal
Aegni.111en.
Le Geoids, of Frunoo, says ;-1t is
good to admire England. But there
are disastrous ways of showing ad-
miration and esteem, We aro suc-
cumbing little by little to the absorb-
ing force with which that astonishing
race Ls (endowed, Our language,
which : was so long the first in the
world, is slowly being lost because we
are lobated with the British jargon.
English customs will dolts more harm
than Creasy end Agincourt. With
their sports, their, horses, and their
dogs the English are imperceptibly •
colonizing us.
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