The Brussels Post, 1901-2-7, Page 9rl
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THE WHITE ROSE,
CHAPTER III.
Teely Fi,olden's eehool fete was at-
tended by the elite of the neighbor-
stood and wee the very perfection of
Ouch en entertainment. The day was
beautifulli$ One, with a bright, carni
sun, a sweet cdoroua wind, a deep blue
pity, and the atmosphere so clear that
the view all nvunil the reentry was
magnifteent. Every detail of that
y ease back. to Dolores. lifer father
derfulln. The weary look paaaad from
it and a light that made it dazzlingly
levelly came into it, wben Lady '+'Selden
Advanced to her, walking by the aide
of the bandsomest man Ase ever ro
membered to have seen.
"Miss de Ferree," elle Bald, "Sir
Karl Al'aninore wishes for the plea-
sure of an introduction, to you."
Isola looked up and saw a laughing
debonair face, bright as:a May morn-
ing,, with keen blue eyes and a perfeot
r mouth, The young Baronet was tall
and well made,with a head proudly
mewled, and nometbing of a soldierly
a bearing, his whole appearance giving
one the impression that be enjoyed life
amazingly;
Lola saw all this at a glance; and
her heart went out to him, never to.
' be her own again. She knew nothing
of the passionate depths of bar own
nature, She believed that all sho oar-
ed for was to merry well wbereaa she
was capable of forming tbe strongest
attachment and of sacrificing every-
thing Jn the world for the sake of love
alone.
It is not often that great passions,
great riches, and great vices co -exist
with so small and mean a fault as
vanity, but in the complex oharaoter
of Lola de Fergus they went togeth-
er. Looking up into the handsome
face smiling into hers, she forgot her-
self, forgat to wonder how she looked,
and let her heart go out to Sir Karl.
She forgot Dolores and everything.
She was conscious only of one great
desire to be with biro her life long.
He talked to her gayly enough. He
was always in high spirits, always full
of vivacity -the man above all others
to charm a girl like her by his man-
ner and his bright unflagging gayety.
Gradually the little circle fell away
and he was standing alone with her.
Would you like to walk as far as
the river?" he asked; and she answer-
ed that it would give her great plea-
sure to do so.
le tired and not very well, and Ma
e de Ferree offered to take ho
,th Lola. The ezurrlage; called a
/nee Cliffs, beldame de Ferrari look
ing very distinguee and arietoorati
in her velvet costume, and Lola very
levelly in a dress of some riele silk ma -
bowie' trimmed with lace. Her first
eager•breathless question was—
"Do you, like my dress? Now, Dole
ores, do not speak hastily, but look at
1t, and tell me candidtly if you like it."
It was impossible not to like it, the
cobtume with its rich hues was so
admirably suited to the dark glowing
beauty of the wearer; and Dolores
s praised it highly. With an air of in-
tense rollef Loki sat book in the Car -
ria e.
t3
"I am glad. I must own that flock.
ed' forward with some little anxiety
to what you would say."
`i Her critical eyes noted every detail.
of Dolores's dress, which was white,
e with picturesque dashes of -blue—
quite different from her own splen-
did attire, but far more elegant and
becoming.
" She evidently goes in ror slmplfi-
ofty," said'Lola to herselif,='the very
opposite of myself. So mach the bet-
ter i"
Dolores remembered how anxiously
Madame de Ferran bad looked at her
daughter as she said to her—
" eth, Lola, if you wound think a
little more of serious things, and loss
vain nonsense l"
To which• Lola retorted with a
west smile that a leoture was hard-
y appropriate on such a day. Dolores
walled the pained expression on ma-
ame's face.
"I would not .bave spoken to my
other in that fashion," she said to
erself,
Of all pretty scenes, a sohori treat
on a bright summer day is perhaps
one of the most charming, and Lady
Fielden had spared neither expense
car trouble to make hers as pleasant
as passible.
The two beauties atlracter! nommen
amount of attention, They were in-
t' deed the queens of the fete; and opin-
ions were divided about them. Some of
the men admired tbe fair Dolores, oth-
ers the dark glowing beauty of Lola
de Arras. All kinds of fancied names
were given to them, "The Ease and the
Lily," " The York and the Lancaster
Roses,' were amongst the number. It
was unanimously. declared, however,
that two more beautiful girls could
not be seen.
They had been there more than an
beer before Sir Karl ALlanmore ap-
peared; and that hour bed not been
entirely satisfactory to Lola. It was
true that she had been surrounded
by admirers, but she was eminently
practical—none of tbese were eligible
men. She had been longing in her
heart to see Lord Rbysworth or Sir
Karl,
She was looking her handsomest and
best wheal at length the Baronet ar-
rived. She was standing before a
group of tall fuchsias, which with
their crimson and purple bells form-
ed a pleasing background for her. The
rich dress of silk swept the ground
and every line of her graceful figure
was shown to advantage by the well
-
fitting costume. On her dark beauti-
ful face there was the faintest sha-
dow of fatigue, which softened it won -
t•
They went away together; and the
world looked quite different to Lola
de Ferree. It seemed to be brighter
and better. Everything appeared con-
leer de rose while he was talking to
her. She was saying to herself that
she should not now take any trouble
to cultivate Lord Ithysworth's ac-
quaintance ;
o-quaintance; tbat she was quite con-
tent with the attentions of one whom
bhe had hitherto considered us second
on the list.
They walked down to the bank of
the river.
"I ane quite a stranger to this
neighborhood," said Sir Karl; "but I
must say I admire it. It is pictur-
esque, well wooded, with plenty of wa-
ter. How beautiful this river is? Do i
you know my place at all, Miss de 1
Ferran?" j
"I know It well,?" she replied, sec-
retly vowing to herselif, if it were in
any wap possible, she would one day
be mistress of Scarsdale.
"I base not yet bad time to see
much of my neighbors," he continued ;
" but I shall hope to visit Beaulieu
soon."
"1 am sure mamma will be pleased
to see you."
She spoke demurely enough, but the
flash of her dark eyes expressed more
than any words could convey.
" May I hope far a welcome rrom
you as well?" added Sir Karl, laughing
with the gay half assurance that suit-
ed him so well,
"I cannot promise that," she repli-
ed.
eplied. "You will have to deserve it."
" I will do my hest," he said, more
gravely,
He was not that most despicable of
all creatures -a male flirt; ho was
neither a coxcomb nor a dandy; but
he could no more held admiring, lik-
ing and talking to pretty girls than
The Symptoms and Dangers of the Deadly
Epidemic Which is Droving so Many to
Beds of Sickness ---Effective Treatment
Described.
Chill followed by fever, quick pulse, both general and local treatmentsuoh
as D!r, Chase's Nerve Food to
strengthen and tone the system, and
Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Tur-
pentine to loosest the cough and pin -
There is also hoarseness, inflamed air toot the bronchial tubes and lungs
passages and obstinate cough, furred from threatened complications.
tongue, distress in the stomaob, and Any honest and conscientious doctor
-'eliarrhoca• The one unmistakable tea- will tell, you that this combined trent-
eine of la grippe Le the depressed spin- meet•, recommended by Dr. Chase can -
les and weakness and debility of the not be surpassed as unmans of reline -
bode. ing and cueing la grippe, and restor-
With: the very young, and very old, Ing the weokeped and debilitated body
and with persons of low vitality, the to Its accustomed vigor. Dr. Chase's
severe pains in the eyes and forehead,
and dull pains in the joints and anus -
idles, mark the beginnings of In grippe,
u butterfly can bele hovering around
the Aweetest flowers, lie never talk -
eel of love; but there was egellantry
and donne/lee In bis Manner whist'
o'harmod every women with whom be
came in contact. It impressed the
very susceptible nature of the beau..
tiful Ierenoh girl as notbing else bad
ever clone,
" You speak EnglIsb well," he re-
marked, to bei,
" I have .been more in England than
in.Franee,," she answered.
" Which country do you like the
beet 1" he asked.
1ler eyes' flashed with a bright light
and her lips quivered with emotion.
She was so completely transformed
that he was startled by her loveli-
nose,
" Which 1" she said. "It shows what
strangere;we are that yens should ask
me such a question. Do you think
there is any comparison between this
cold, dreary, misty England, where you
never see the seen except through.a
veil, and my beautiful, sunny, fair
Prance 1 I love every tnoh of her aoi1l
It seems to me the very home of
poetry and romance."
"We have poetay and romance also
In• Englund," remarked Sir Karl.
"Yes, but your poetry is all sad,
and your romances are tragedies," she
replied. " Think of the grand old
cathedral cities of France; think of
the felr rivers and the noble moun-
tains; think of the azure skies, the
vines and olive -trees I Who could
compare this misty, gloomy /and
with bright, fair Prance1"
She spoke with soca enthusiasm
that Sia' Karl was interested.
"You speak eloquently," he said.
"Because I love France," she an-
swered. " As between the lands, so
between the people—there seems to
be no comparison. Hare in England
your people are dense, dull, phlegma-
tic, cold and proud. Your peasantry
are boors; there is no politeness In
the whore nation, unless it Is am-
ongst the higher classes. In Franoe
every man is more or less a gentle-
man, even the artisans and laborers
are polite and courteous. If you hap-
pen to stumble- against an Englfish-
man on a narrow foot -path, he con..
siders himself insulted, and revenges
himself with an imprecation or a
scowl; if the same thing happens to
a Frenchman, he is so courteous, so
polite, that you almost seem to have
done him a favor."
"It may be so," be answered, piqued
by her words. " But you cannot deny
to us Englishmen two great virtues,.
honesty and bravery."
"I do not often road the nenespa-
e rs," she said, " but I could judge
best by the pollee reports. The Lit-
tle I have read has not given me an
exalted idea of Englishmen."
"You are prejudiced," be remarked,
smiling,
"Am I? I sball hope to meet some
Englishmen who mill remove the pre-
judioe,"
"I hope I shall be one of the sappy
band," he said laughingly. "I shall
do my best ; and I shall say to my-
self that in trying to please you Ism
rendering a national service."
" There is one thing I must say
about England," she coutinued• "It is
a moat hospitable nation—indeed you
ane the most hcapltnbla people in the
world. Strangers come toyou from
every land—kings driven from their
thrones, pears from their ancestral
homes, all grades of political refugees.
England, like a kindly matron, opens
her arms to all, bids all weloome,
treats all generously, never gives up olf
those who ng to her, or who seek
to hide their wounds in her bosom."
"I am glad you allow us even that
numb praise," ,he said calmly ; then
after a few moments he exclaimed
suddenly: "Look 1 What a pretty pic-
ture, Miss de Ferree! Who is that—
that young lady, I mean, in white
and blue?"
Site looked up with sudden misgiv-
ing, and saw that he was attentively
watching Dolores. A sudden chill
came over bei, and her dark brilliant
face grew pale.
"Who is that?" repeated Sir Karl;
and he had some reason for speaking
warmly. "How oan you abuse even
our sunlight," ho continued, " when
it fall's upon such pictures as that ?" '
In an opening where trees met over,
her head stood a young girl. She had
been talking to some of the children,'
but at that moment she had turned t
her head, so as to obtain a complete
view of the river ; end it was then that t
Ste Karl's eyes rented on her.
The young Baronet stood for afew
moments quite breathless with admin.' d
alien at the delicate loveliness of the,
girl's face. Lola heard him draw a g
deep breath; but ho remained anent.:
She would have given much not to
nnswer his question. She could not sn
help owning to herself—enamored as
ho was of bee' own Iovellne.ss—that
o had Belden] seen such a beautiful _ t
rcturo as this on which , she gazed t
th anything but pleasure. But she, °
as compelled to speak, for Sir Karl's
yes naught hers with an inquiry in t
em that could not be baffled, til
"That," she seed, is Miss Cliefden-,
lores Cliefden; have you not beard
her?"
'Dolores Cl;iefdon," bo, repeated et
Devi/, '"ie she the dattgiitece of old hi
Squire { iletden let 'White .C'piffe 1
have }leased of her',"
Yea, that lo Dolores Cillefden," field
Lola,
If be bad been more sbrewd, be
would have•deteoted a ring in her
valga which betrayed hor tbonghta.
"Do you know her 1" he asked sag,
er1y.
There rune nn expreesiaat 01 proud
surprise 111 her eyes ns she answered
bleu,
"Certainly I do. Are you not aware
that we are called' The Red and White
Renes? But I' am forgetting—you are
only a stranger amongst us."
"1 sbsii not be a stranger long, 1
hope," be .returned, "I have never
seen so many beautiful faces before,"'
"Do you Like beautiful fame she
asked,
ine looked at her and laughed.
"Does a butterfly like flowers? 1
here been a beauty -worshiper all my
1ffo."
" Then we shall agree," she said, "for
I think beauty --great personal beau-
ty—the highest of gifta and the most
enviable."
He stopped abruptly and spoke al-
most eagerly.
Ah, no ; you misunderstand mel I
do not mean that," he said. "I admire
beauty, perhaps no man more; but I
neves eaid, and never thought, and
neves" could think that it was the
highest earthly gift. There are otb-
era I value more. I cou]fd admire: a
woman for her beautiful faoe, but I
could never love or marry her for that
alone."
She made no reply; and he stood
watching the sunlight on the fair
face and white dress of Dolores. Sud-
denly be requested.
"As' you know her, Miss de Ferran,
will you introduce me to her 1"
She could not refuse, yet she did
not wish to consent. He saw the half
hesitation on her face, but had no
clew to its cause: lee thought she
was tired,
"Is it too far for you to walk
through the glade 1" be asked, "If so,
never mind?"
•
To Be Continued.
Grandmother's Way.
Grandma is elle of those who can
mix and flavor and bake to perfeo-
tdon without the aid of a cook -book.
She wap born to her profession, not
made dor it 'by practise and discipline.
But alae for her who hopes to copy
grandma's recipes, for they do not
exist, more in her own brain, and tbey
could never be transferred to paper.
Not so long ago one of the grand-
daughters went over to the old house.
,with pencil and paper to take down
some 'of the most valuable rules, to
make a cook -book of her own, and
present copies to all the nieces.
Grandma was delighted to be asked.
She sat down, smoothed her . apron,
folded her plump hands and said;
"Yes, dear, yes, I ahondd admire'to
give you my receipts, every one of
.em,.
"Well begin with the simplest,"
said Dora, in a businesslike tone.
"Apple sauce, now. Yours is better
tban anybody's. How do you make
it i"
"Well," said grandma, genially, "I
peel my apples mice, and quarter 'em
and put 'em on the stove, with a little
water.'
"How many apples?" inquired Dora.
"How math water?"
That was a poser. Grandams looked
at her in real distress.
"Dear me, child," sedd Cho, "I can't
tell your that to save my life! Why,
just take 'ons to the pump and pump
a mite on 'em."
"Well," said Dora, trying to ap-
proach the subject by a different
road, "sugar, now. How muoh of
that to a quart saucepan full of ap-
ple?" '
Grandma looked at her benignant-
ly.
"I just take the sugar -box over to
the stove," said she, "and put on -,well
what's required. Yes, dear, with my
little a000p I"
The apple sauce was given up for
graver enatteas;lbut there, also, lurk-
ed defeat. When it came to bums,
grandma put in currants, but—how
many?"
"Ola, I don't know, dear," sant she,
easily. "Not many. Here and there
a traveller."
Lamb broth ebe simmered "till It
was done."
"When the /goodness is all out o'
be swat, child," said sho, somewhat
pityingly. "Dear me, you can tell
bat!"
Sour milk gingerbread is one of her
masterpieces. Yet how much soda
see oho use to a cup of milk?
"F,nooegh to Sweeten it," dear," says
rattans, "and make it rise real good,
You'll know when you try it,"
The interview was given up. Dora
t with idle meetand 'useless paper,
awhile grandma,' quite l noomesoious of
proving a disappointment, beamed
"trough her glasses anti discoursed en
he ease of cooking properly, if ona
ndy gave one's mind to it, Than
he dear bid lady rose and went outo ".get eupper," a meal calculated to
i any inexperienced cook with envy
a the brim.
Grandma could do it to perfection,
but she could not tell how.
"ndangers of la grippe, aro very great. Syirup of Linseed and Turpentine is sh
' umonia of a violent and fatal form too well known as a mere for bron-
es a frequent result. It is also claim- chitin and severe °beet tends to need p'
feel that very marry cases of °onsump- 'comment. Dr, Chaso'a Nerve Ford
ti 0, tion can be diroctly traced to la grippe, seeke out the weak spots in the system
}The after-effeotl> of 1a grippe aremost and builds them up. It rekindles the w
often felt in the nervouts system. The vitality of persons weakened by din- °
Itxfrome debility In whtoh this diices° ease, worry, or over-exertion, aecloan- tla
h Ives its victim is more then most not poasi,bly be equalled as a restor-
merveus systeans can endure paralysis ativo and reoousteuaiant to haston re- De
nee prostration' follows. oovcary from la grippe, and to prevent
The most successful doctors advise' serious. constitutional complications. °f
lEbele patients to avoid exposure to For sale by all dea,lery, or Ddmanson, '
BioId or over-eeeex'tie and recommend Baton & Coma or
ys es.Coronae, Toronto. on to. sl
HEALTH.
APPLES,
While Meet a'uithoiiti�es neaten
mend t'e'st fruit very highly, there ar
°there whirr do net deem ,lit fit fo
human oonsemptton. Therefore
where dioetors disagree, we ne
take the respaneibillty of the matte
in our own hands, using common alias
and Abatement. In dealing wets th
vexed euestion. Ail fruits are fe.
cnnniablo, except the banana, the ap-
ple
ple the Meet of all; but in ho
weather or•wben apples are net ful
ly ripened, they should Ilot'be eaten
raw, I , fact, It Is always safer to
nook them„ The apples eteem8 de-
signed by nature as essentially a fall
and winter fruit, as it le the beat
adapted to aceompamy the riob game
nem; can. Sometimes the affect of
deet breadline epereasee the pale.
21144 melee loss effort, but breathe
all you can. Meeh beiaefit may can�e.
/•roma magnetite treetmoat of the bead
c by a person with e ma,gyoptfo hand,
r and 'by go;nt,lo massage over the bead
, and cook and dawn the back, This
a1 seems to start Into activity the
✓ paisouted or exhaaustod .centers and
o gives great relic£, Often sleep tol-
e lawn tees treatment, atud during
r- sleep Nature accts In such a way as
p to produce re'lfeL When the patio*
L awakens eta may feel week, but the
- pain is goluo. This treatment is in
part no doubt i1ypnotic, and probab-
le !hypnotism will be toned to be one
of the beat remedies for this trouble-
snune comploin,t. The habit of taking
medicine of any sort for headenhe is
vicious and in, the and harmful. While
medlelnes sometimes give temporary
relief, they do not remove the eetuees.
They ere a broken roodInsteadof a
true support,
TILE HANDS.
The hand shank' uari,te insensibly
cite the arm, it ehowld be long and
delicate and even •tbe joints and nerv-
ous parte of pt should Ilse without
either any hardiness or dryness.
The fingers should be fine, long,
round,
and soft, small and lessening
to the tips, and the nails nicely
rounded. So mach for whet a hand
thread be, and now for what we can
make a hand, by care and atten-
tion, for it has undoubtedly a lang-
uage of its own, since a mere touch,
or even, a ,gentle pressure of the
hand, can mean so much,
Beautiful hands are wandorfufly
attractive, yet since every one ,has
not such attractions, let us see what
we pan do towards rendering thea
the ordinary hand white and nine.
Nlow the actual size of the bated
cannot be altered, but it is astonish-
ing What a little attention will do
towards ensuring a soft, white hand
and well tended nails.
At night wash 1n warm water,
using the best quality soap, which
freely lather, and after thoroughly
cleansing the skin, rinse in clear wa-
ter, well dry, friatinn with Bayard's
Massage Cream, and sleep In gloves,
Pram which out the tips off, for,
;nine we want a white, ,soft hand,
we desire firm and pink nails.
`In bbs 'morning wash the hands en
the usual way, be sure thoroughly
dry, and with the towel push back
the quick around the root of each
mail, where quite a crescent should
be visible.
Always cat the nails' carefully and
to taper off to a point;•1n filbert
shape, in fact.
To prevent the skim growing up the
nails and covering the "crescent,"
rub with lemon juice after washing
the hands.
Never let the /sales grow too lang
neither is it wise to out them too
short. In eu,ffioes to cut and shape
the moils once a week, when the
hands are manioured.
VALUABLE HINTS.
During a chill apply ;heat ex-
ternally and internally, and cover
with all the blankets at hand.
In fever, use cold water freely,
In sprains, use very hat water.
Nevar kill . a dog that has bitten
you, but confine him and thus ascer-
tain hie true condition.
Firm• pressure upon the bleeding
point is the safest and surest method
of arresting hemorrhage.
A finger, toe, nose or ear that has
been out off should be thoroughly
washed and replaced at once.
In entering a burning building re-
member that the coolest and clear-
est plane for your mouth and nose
is near the floor,
lamb, roast, dusk, goose and pork.•Il
is indispeasiblo. to the latter meat,
Judging from its chemical composi-
te= we muM conclude that they
mutat be of some value to the human
system. They contain wiater, of
course, with vegetable filter, albumen,
sugar, malls, and galie aoids, gum
lime and a larger percentage of
phoapborus than easy other fruit or
vegetable. That' are recommended
to those who are obliged to lead a
sedentary lite and also to those who
have gouty tendencies. They assist
very materially to renmoving waste
sabstanoes from the system and cor-
reotimg the effects ori over -indulgence
Lm meat diet.
Much harm le dame by eating the
akin of the apple. This, even when
cooked, is not tit for food, ea . it is
hard and irritating, and Is said by
good authorities to possess astringent
qualities which counteract the bane-
fioial results obtained from the fruit
itself. Fruit skims are designed for
the protection of the fleshy part or
pulp from.insects.
Dried apples are the MOST whale-
somme, and for mane purposes the most
convenient. In the dried fruit we
have preserved the best qualities, and
the natural water, lost bly evapera-
tiom, is replaced by the soaking in
fresh, cold water. The time requir-
ed tosoften or fill them out to their
.original bulk is from eight to twelve
hours. When cooking them do not
add the sugar until done, and not as
much as necessary for fresh fruit, as
a rule. Same like the addition of a
little lemon or orange peel. They
require stow cooking.
The approved methods are to either
bake fresh apples with skins re-
moved or stew them. Oontrary to
general belief, the apples owned fn
their skins aro not considered whole-
some. If the apples are very tart re-
move the core and fill the center with
sugar. There. is more then one way
of stewing the apple, using the term
In its broadest sense. They pan be
pared, oorod and steamed in a very
little water until tender. Then a
steep made of water and sugar pour-
ed over the applee aid allowed to pool
A meringue heaped an top of the ap-
ples and browned sligdetly in the oven.
They cam be pared, halved and cored
and steamed cure,fully until tender.
A sirup made of weber and sugar,
flavored a little with stick cinnamon,
orange or Zeman peel, and the apples
cooked a few momeats.
HEADACHES.
Most worsen suffer more or less
with headaches. Sometimes they are
very severe, anal last fora whale day,.
or even two or three days. Why do
women suffer more from headache
bham men? It is a fault of their own,
or of the conditions of their lives? No
doubt the headaches of women have
many different causes. One of them
le dile feet that their lives are far
more indoors, and in an air less pure.
The effect of this is that they take
in lees oxygen to their lungs to oxi-
dize the food they eat, and they al -
leo throw. off less curhonio acid and
other poisonous products of broken -
dawn tissue, so that there is an ace
em,muletiau of these substances in
their eystete which poisons the nerve
waters. The result is a headaalle.
An,ol:her pause of headache is the
frequent attack of acute indigestion
This may Dome from over -eating,
food not suited to the system, from
over -exercise or too little exercise, or,
from too little sleep. Tho effort is
about the name aa iln the other ease,
the poisans genormted in the diges-
tive tract are absorbed into the blood
and attest the nerve centers, pausing
hoodaabe. Nine teethe of all the
headaches of women come from these
causes and from the exhaustion, of the
nervous system, from over working,
night watching, tic. They would dis-
appear by removing file tenses.
When a headache comes an the
thing to be dame is to get the poison
mit of the system as quickly as pos-
sible. A copious enema of quite warm
[rater will wash away semis of it from
the Power bowels, and this will make
way tlor matter above to pass an.
Cts in
p us hot-water drinking or a
vomit will help to oloanso the etom-
aah. It remains next Lo oleansa the
blood, :Chia is best done by breath-
ing fresh air In, as greet abundance
urs possible. If not able to go out of
When a men's temper gets the beat d,aore, llo towel to 'bed In a ewehim it generally shown the wenn of
m.
room • well ventilated and br ih
CHINESIS FEAR OF RAIN•
simmer meet 31'hieli 1t 'las on .'lobo
mid armies.
The Chinese carefully avoid being
taught in the rain. They have asup-
erstition that drops of rain falling on
the head breed vermin, which, with
their very long hair, is very difficult
to get rid of. But they are equally
careful not to wet Weir feet. This
latter precaution is not due entirely
to the feet that the soles of their shoes
are made of pasteboard and liable to
be 'injured by soaking, but to a belief
that soreness of the feet is brought
about by getting them damp.
The Chinese fear of ram has some-
times had a striking eftoet on mobs
and armies. Al the time of the mass -
more in 1870, at '.Tientsin, the mob
burned the French consulate, with the
cathedral and the convent, destroyed
the orphanage, of the ,Sisters et Cbar-
ity, and murdered the consul, the Sis-
ters and several priests. 'Then the
orowd started toward the other settle-
ment, determined to put all foreign•
er's to death.
The cathedral bellied it was in
flames, and the mob, from the torture
of nuns, was hungry for blood. It
started down the Take road with
frenzied shouts and the beating of
drams and gongs. when suddenly rain
begau to fall, That was the end of
the massacre. The orowd covered
their heat's and scattered,
'f
A mien who neglects his awn beats
tress erten be trusted to look after
other people's alfatrs.
APPLE SACK,
Coavenioat When Fiekinr else
liimptSoe Witisont ttrniaing Aspley.
Tee apple sack represented Is de -
seabed by Kansas 'Termer us an imp
provement by Judge Wellhouee, a fa.,
Millar authority in fruit circles, on an.
other western man's invention. It will
Hold a half bushel of apples and Is cat
tee
APPLE memo Berne
vied in front of the picker, being sus•
;tended from his shoulders by straps.
The body of the sack is made by cut-
,ing heavy cotton two bushel grain
sacks in such a way that the tap
hanging below in the Illustration (Fig,
1) is cut opposite to a similar dap,
thus making two of these pickle?
'asks from one two bushel sack. A
heavy steel wire curled Into a hook at
each end Is sewed around the mouth
of the sack, excepting that tbe space
between the hooks shown as coming
against the picker's body Is left va.
cant, there being nothing between the
books but the cloth of the sack.
The suspenders are fastened perma-
nently at tbe back and are crossed on
the individual's back, brought over the
shoulders, and each has a ring in the
end which is hooked into the curved
wire, as shown, thus suspending the
sack to the picker. The bottom of the
sack as shown in Fig. 1 is open and
contains two rings at the bottom.
These rings are connected when in use
to hooks at upper front rim of the
sack, as shown in Fig. 2, where the
picking sack Is ready for business.
When full, the picker lowers the sack
Into the box or barrel, unhooks the flap,
and the apples gently slide from the
bottom of the sack into the package,
thus preventing all bruises, President
Wellhouse has made 27 of these sacks
for use this year.
Forage Planta For High Altltndes.
The eastern Rocky mountain region
Is well supplied with native leguminous.
plants, many of which are of great
value for hay and pasturage.
The native clovers are found chiefly
is the mountains and at comparatively
'Sigh altitudes. Some of them are too
:are and others too small to be of
much value for forage, but the ma-
tority are valuable, and four or five
,ire of sufficient importance tp warrant
.ireful experimentation as to their pos-
.fble use as cultivated crops. From
heir appearance and thriftiness under
enured conditions or In irrigated na•
3100NTAIN RED CLOVER.
Live meadows it would certainly seem
probable that several of them would
prove of great value for cultivation,
especially in the higher altitudes,
whore alfalfa and the common clovers
cannot be successfully grown,
Mountain red clover 1s one of tate
most robust growing uativve softs
found in the Rocky mountain region.
'elle flower heads are large and showy,
and the leaves are composed of from
Ave to seven leaflets instead of three,
as Is the case with the other clovers
of the region. It produces stout, deep
growing roots and has litany other
qualities commending it to the atten-
tion of the experimenter, It is most
widely distributed on the west side of
lir coulMental diiide.—T. A. Williams.
rtonneted Bermes,
Willie men are discarding their coats
and women are shying at hate and
gloves, horses seem inclined to put on
headgear. With some reserve is given
the tamer that "ail horses go bonnet-
ed In London this Zimmer, from the
they to the fashlonable steetlts
which draw brougltatna in the part:,"
.yet in New 'Tont city 'nay be seen an
oeeasfoual 411i4141 utadc comfortable
With a large Sliade Etat which appeaas
to be affixed 10 its head by the dimple
process of sticking • tic' oats through.
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