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The Brussels Post, 1901-7-4, Page 7Hrtz m2;;;qeggit41,v;=== THE WHITE ROSE. 1;210WAS 1115r PRIM, X 41oU1 knew him En reOlnent if I eat' henget:ow Mae it le, e.nd haw like Gortrudehe 1 1Y1y. mamma, eny ono Would knew Met fIertrede Wee Slr arl'a daughter I" ertrede gezed on in silence " Mumnm," she eaid at lase, mar: .With a facie like time (multi lie a in Imre done wbal; yea think mime La her clone. How could you doubt bail telie Thome eyes ere clear,treteeand haw fore; a -a, noble facet Every lam of It ful the Of gOodness and honor. I Area' Nee face von that I inay see him 1 Oh, main yen: ma, if I might but hope some de woe JO 130 LO Irold his band, to hem e?" his voice I" P01- " YOU 3/Wet remember, My dile," 11 it sold .Aolores, With Kentle digeltY, how, " that your father left ug ; we slid bowl no`!'lleavs?taillei24.;:ever believe anything' eard wrong of bim, mamma," replied the eed girl— 'novo, while I live I His die- ?" IapPearance wa$ inysterious—I knowledge that—but I am convinced Mee that my father'e name le untarnith- . ed. Do yeti ncit think so, 'Cathleen'?" I always think as mamma with thinks," answered ICataleen, could not pretend to judge. Mamma, (tree' must know best," 'eta, " Mamma, is a, darling; but this tem time she has made a misealtel" cried ,0° Gertrude. "And some day she will Arg acknowledge it. wish I had leen g up w on the trouble came. 1 mit, would never have left the place. I on would have employed the cleverest less' detectives in England and Prance." 3 ou My deerest Gertrude," said Dol - the ore% "there was not a stone left toned, My father and Lord ereas- it; worth did everything that coey1 lo th-; done." • anl " I am not reproaching you, dear- r's est," returned Gertrude. You v ould ten 'have workee hardex and longer if it re -:had not been for that false, trete:here 1 letter which made you abandon oti-! your efforts in search of the truth rld when they were most needed." Ins But the girl began to see that not tie-, even her firm faith in her father yea; could influence her mother. She vas Oh,' startled, but still unconvinced, Ger- m trude read that in her mother's faze. It only strengthened the resolve that de, had changed her from a cbild ieto a woman. C C4,1=VM72.1t4/=M#M2411 SY.NOPSIn OF PKEQBDING CHAP, her Mother's side and stood ere, TERS.—Six Kael Allem/lore hi shout the White moonliglit, She raieed to wed Deloree, Lafly Rhyriworth. Lola clear delicate facie to the ekY. •Farrah nrused litr iove uPon 111.111 had been a eleild two houre be but it elan been rejected and, elio vows elm Was a 'woman now, with vengeance en the objeet of hie' afeee- 1' g 1 Meelve on her tion. Lola gam abroad, Two years eleeem;sit,,, sea seat "have P0150 happily when one night lie goes the two letters written, by tide— Mit on cayeterious busbies% He does mem ? Will you how them let m not edema. Matters seem to point " will, 1 have your father'S his Laving eloped with Lola, Dolores trait, too, have not looked t drop, her title, and gene With her for eixteen,yeeae ; but I Neill a thildree to Italy, Sixteen years it to you.' 111300., Thank y.on, And tiering t sixteen years you have not CHAPTER XXVII, onc word fee= the man who lo you and hie children SO (100.21), 'The moon Nees shining on the Arno " No—net one, Gertriede," when the two eerie returned, It was Gertrude lowered her childlike a night full of rest and peace ; but to her mother, to the beautiful fair haired woman "And you believe, mamma, t Nthose tears fell upon the grass it for sixteen years be has beon seemed as though all peace, all hope —with ibis •rival of yours '?" all tranquility were of the past. "I must believe it, Gertrude. With the Song of the nightingale ly, if he had been anywhere in and the music of the bells exotenci wide world but with her, he wo Per, she turned from the river, to bave written to me, Why should her daughters who were standing be- not? We parted on the most lov Side her. terms." young aseeolz, anti far more beaUtlful than—when yen left lie eixicen emers 040 1 DQ1Ores, it, wee very cruel, be- cause X loved. yoe 00." " I weld not remain," returnecl Doloree, "If I Med not oeveree sily- sLf freM e'verything and every one A connected with the pest, I meet have t Med ; ana llitid my two childrea for s wham to live. I eould not help it, ? Lady Fieltlen. I did not want any 1 Marian being to ticie bow I suffered, You must forgive Inc, have Always - thought of you with faithful Icare - end aflectione. y " I do forgive you; but it is UM ' this unilateral state of things was • elided, Your cbildren must take their Place in the :void " Den," said Dolores, " you to got that the shadoev of their lath - 00 sin will rest upon them, no mat - o" how beavtirtil or bow good they are; people will Peden to my bright, beautiful Gertrude fie the daughter of the Men who deserted his wife and home. Do you suPpose that the world win be so unjust es to visit the sins 0100 You father On the children ?" " know it will," answered " You meet riot take so dishearten- ing a view of the matter," said ber friend. Ali, Lady Fielden, you know I am right I Think of my Gertrude, so beautiful and high-spirited, and p et; Suppose that she went ou into the world; Dien would admit' her, but who would marry her, nO knowing whether her father was liv Ing or dead, •whether he was a dis grace to society or not ?" " Hundrede of men would love he r hes- own sweet sake, and marry I her, notwithstanding the pa,st," xe- joined Lady ridden, quietly. "Then c there Is Kathleen; what need to keep her in seclusion? So far as I can B see, she has nothing whateeer to do t "I have story to tell you, my But, mamma, that argum children," she began, and it pleases cuts betb ways. If you parted me best to tell it to you out hero such loving terms, eo much the in the sweet Mr under the lighe of reason, is there for his deserting heaven, But before X begin, X wa.nt in. such fashion, Mamma," said you to remember ehet we know only girl witi the half of people's livee ; eve judge cf what we see, while. there Is One to whom all things are enown, YOU -said the other day, Gertrude, that you had neves. seen me angry but once, and than it was becauseetnow- ing how I hate roses, you brought Me some. Do you remember that, when you gave them to ree I flung them into the river, and that my ac- tion made you cry,'?" " I remember, mamma," said Ger- trude. " I will tell you," said Dolores, " why bate roses. When I was quite young, X had a friend, I be - Roved her to be a friend, but X found her to be a rlval and a foe. She was very beautiful, graceful, ac- complished, but not good, I fear. She thought chiefly of gayety, of bane anti fetes and plena% and par- ties ; she thought the only thing in 1110 to be lived for was the making— oh, children, I hate to say the words to you la:the making of a good match. She was beautiful after the fashion of Titian's women—with a splendid color, richly fringed dark eyes, white eyelids, masses of rich, dark hair. Some one named us the rival roses. She was the red rose, I was the wbite. It is sixteen years since her name jhas crossed my lips, but X do not think she has ever been one moment out of my mind. 1 -Ter name was Lola. de Perms, and she lived with her mother at a place called 13eau1ieu, near our home. They were Frenth exiles, and madame wee very highly connected. I want to make. my story short. 1 married Lord Ithysworth,"—the girls both started, and Kathleen looked with piteous eyes Into her mother's lace— 'a noblenann who was greatly es- teemed In the county., and we lived at a beautiful mansion called DeeP- ing Hurst. You were born there, Kathleen, mad your kinsman, the present Lord Rhysworth, lives there now. He were very happy for sonie time, until your good and dear fah- "Innocence will be vindicated, ' 2. er, Kathleen, took cold, aad his ;rooted Gertrude, "I know there ar ness ended fatally, You must under- people so weak of faith that they stand quite clearly. children, that at think Heaven cloes not interfere with the concerns th- his death, Lord Rhysworthi) Inft win . au= I believe inost solenuily that wna Manor to you Kathleen ; and, of an ample fortune. He left eerleurst I we thougia chance—the dropping o course Doping Hurst, with all its re -1 that lady purse—wae the very fie venues, went to his heir, the present Igor of Providence, For sixteen year Lord Rh-I/swarth " ve e ieved my fa men d ther guilty; letie something tells in that the terrible mystery will be cleared up, will devote my life to the task of clearing my fatheas name." _nity,. startled Do/ores, "I do not believ —101111 nut believe it. If My fa er was the good and honorable 131 you describe him, would one hou interview with a Person for wh •you say lei had little affection or spect make him false to hi h nie—false to you and to us 1 A th sand times no I If the whole wo sivore to nie that my father N guilty, would maintain his in cone°. Oh, how could you who lo him believe him otherwise ? manuna, how could you believe 11 my father was f 1 ?" " What else could X do, Cerlau my child 9"' "Do. Trust him I I am his o child, and do not remember line of his dear face but I wo scorn to believe him guilty oa word of such a woman as that." "Oli, chilcl," said Dolores, faint "you have a golden heart/ But trade, do you not see that it is t only possible explanation of his a senee ? If he is elsewhere, why h he not written to ? He must ha known that, loving him as I did, e es' hour of his absence would be to turo to nic; and, if he is net und i nlY "Let me keen the portrait, =am- . /0.0, ma," she said, "for a short time, ulu will you? If ever the dream and lie lope of my life are realized, I will ., give it bath to you framed in dim. Jett monds. One look at the pictured face el will give Inc strength to do anything ae, and everything." b-. 21,S So far into the night, they cat te talking of the same mystery which sixteen years before had thrilled all naigland, Gertrude, althouga full of ee• hope and faith, had no satisfa.ctoty baneful influence, I repeat,, why h he. not veletten to me ?" "I do not know. You will sa mamma that reason or judgme does not enter into my eouneels go by my lestinct, by my feeling, the voice ot my own heart, and know hei innocent—Innocent you or I." Dolores4 fair head drooped on h breast; she felt rebuked by the fir faith of her daughter. " ara sure ch this," said Gertrud her fair face glowing with excit anent that the truth will oe (quo ered one day. My father's na-no wi yet be as unsullied as the stars the heavens. Rely upon it, mamma there has been 'somewhere or other terrible mistake," a, answer when Dolores asked—. "Where can he bo? If he did not go y away with her—at her request— Where can he be ?Ah, Gertrude, who shall answer my question ?" 1)3,1 "1 will, mamma., some time or e, other before die, I will answer 15, Rs' without fail." l Then Gertrude kissed h ' ' • and said they must all go to rest. a, I '' Have you decided, nunrune. 1" she asked, " Shall you see Lady , 0 ' rielden to -morrow.?" 0_ " Yes, I think so. She was vete!, e_f kind to me and liked her ver,y 11 mute, ; I cannot refuse to see her. in I And yet it will. be a terrible eclat to must not 100k at it in e- lieve that the hand of Heaven. bee that. way, mamma, you must be -I e I sent Lady Fielden hither, and that 'peraa.ps througa her coming my fa- Lher's innocence may be estaolisn- I 8 e;$9,90e.MVV,FA1,0% tits this NVay is niertneed vele° from ee ee, "" ghee., 200 te 600 per cent, for surface 1,4Kg DRYUG ? xr...2 feeding crepe, Every farme1. having from 15 01 THE FARM Q to 000 laade of mama% ae per year, should own A, Spreader, kV both for tbe purpose Of eeenlendeing 4q,A%21W761961196119 FOR. SOltaleCt, in the matter of tiale and expense ob. labor in bauling, And to Martian) the value of hie 100 loatle to that of 000 or 900, by.rendering 11113010 binned- itetely and directly valtiebie to his eon 51101.0 them once atatil er°12`'' that the flat Qr English turnip could be used to °mini the soil, but this is e. firvorable time to recall it to the mind of oer readers. again, Let us enumerate some el the anyone g t. it can be soya at al - Meet any aeasen of the year and it r - jt may be cly"ton 1ploew"14Ylid"ell:intig1 June or Jul,, while sown in July or August, or oven FIS late as Sep - Umbel', it may be plowed. in the late 511 eft as a cover crop on the ground, wliich it Nvill prevent from wasbing in the winter, yet • In the spring will 'be found to nave frozen and decayed, leaving SQ Medi Vegetable Matter on Or near the our - face of the soli. It makes nearly as good a growth upon a, light, sandy soil as upon the richest loam or muck, and if any are to be sold or used at the table the turnip is Much better for table use on light soil than on heavy soil. t Rhe expense of the seed is not O beavy like that of many of the t newer crops recommended for eolling - as less than one pound of seed even- - Y sown broadcast is enough for an Acre, while it does not need ✓ heavy manuring Four hund d mends to the acre of a good cam- rnercial fertilizer will grow a good roP upon nn acre of old pasture and, and if the cost of this with eed and labor is an important item here can be usually enough • Id rom it, selecting the best, to more han repay this expense, mei yet ave a good crop to plow in for green manuring. Some argue that green craps, excepting each as take nitrogen from the air simply re - urn to the soil what they have a.ken from It And thus do not enrich t. We are not sure of this exper- ence as observation proves it is not rue. Many crops when plowed seem o leave the soil more fertile than efore they grew, and we will not top to argue the question whether hey have taken fertility from the tmosphere directly through their ayes or indirectly through the rain 11 that watered their roots, or hether they have drawn it eip from he subsoil or dissolved it from par- ticles 'previously existing but dorm- ant in the soil. One might say that turnips groWn In a field and eaten by sheep con- fined upon that field could not enrich the soil, because the material return- ed to It was no more than they had taken from it, but When agriculttire flourished most in England, turnips and steep enriched the soil and the farmers who grew them. As our climate does not allow sheep to feed all or most of the whiter upon fall grown ternips which they harvest for themselves, we have the alterna- tive of putting them in the cellar and feeding them to the sheep, or letting them go to make the ground they were grown upon better fitted to grow some other crop. matter , no disgrace can in any way be reflected on her. It would be a most cruel irdestice to keep her in ignorance of her real po- sition." " I have never intended to do so, believe me, Lady Fielden ; knew that w]io Eathleen came of age I musI telt a o e story. "1 consider," said Lady Fielden, "that ever since your mother's cloth t Dolores, I have been your best friend t and, now, my dear, I tell you very b plainly that all this must end You s le fa 01 must take your own place sodety, and give the children theirs." "I cannot," said Dolores. " You do not understand. I have had no life, or energy, or spirit since he left me." " ! Dolores, it was a mystery ; for he lona you 1 We will talk more about it before we leave ; we shall remain In Florence for a month at least, and I shall come every day to see you." After all it lied been a 'very pleas- ant meeting. Even Dolores was glad to make the acquaintance of young Lord Fielden. Ile was the very ideal of a straightforward haerdsome Eng- lishman, full of life and vigor, with broad shoulders and chest, (end tow- ering half a. head above his follow - creatures. He had a frank oval face, somewhat bronzed with sun and tra- vel, large dark blue eyes, clear and steady—beautiful eyes that won the hearts of Nvoreen, and children alike. His mouth was sweet and rnobile ; there -was no weakness in the lines and curves. A golden mustache and beard covered the lower part of the ace. Pfarry Feeldee was courteous with men, gentle, and deferential to women, tender and gay with cilia rea. Harry had worshiped at the limn° of a hundred fair women but had never boa in love until now, ne glance from the bright eyes of he girl whom ae had called baby ertrucle had conquered him. (To Be Continued.) a eU. • 5,1 So the girls and mother parted 0 but not to sleep. Dolores trembled j at the idea of seeing her friend again ; s She knew the rush of pain, the bit- ter burning memories that weuld O come over her at the sight of the well -remembered face, As for Ger- trude, weal flushed face riad burning eyee she paced up and down her room, taeleing vehemently to Kath- leea. '• I thought only last week, Kath- leen, how pleased I should be when we went te more balls and parties, and saw more of Hair and when I saw thee handsome young English- man eeeclae, in the PIM palace, pictured to myself how pleasant it would be to have such a lover,—so young and handsome. Did you see his eyes, Kathie.? But now I sben never give a thought to anything of the kind again. I feel as though one single night had changed IMO from a girl to a, woman, Nvith a great wrong to set right " "But. °extrude, you are not, ser- ious ? You do not mean that you will give your We to dear tin a neYs- tery which has puzzled older and wis- er heads than yours?" ' My clear, I will. I shall live for It . It is like a romance," said Ger- trude; "but you must, recollect some thing of it—the mulles and the faces. Do you remember Harry well ?" Yes,—luni and your father best of all. And 1 remembo a large house full of pictures, turd with great trees all round it." " If I had lenown Barry when 1 was four years old, 1 should never hn.ve forgotten Mime declared Ger- trude. " Dicl her really loin me so nuich whoa I was only a weak nt- tie baby 9 How good of him I "Cath- leen, how little we kaow what a d43, will bring 1 How little we dreamed when we started for the Pitti palace that all this would result from our visit I What a dear English aame that friend of yours, Harry, has I He is the ideal Englishman, one reads about—fair, honest, and true I" " You take a great deal for grant- ed, Gertie," laughed Kathleen Rhys - worth ; and Gertrude turned away with an impatient gesture. " When Lord Rhysworth had been dead two years 1 married Sir Karl itlianmere, your father, Gertrude. Now comes the part of my etorye, Dolores continued, "that I do not care to tell. Lola do Ferree loved Sir Karl and always belied that one day, she weeder becOme Lady Allen - more ; but Sir Xarl hat never thought of her in that way, She eves very angry about my marriageshe ncvet he down to die until I have ac - came .t0 see Me, and she.insulted tie! complished my end 0 Mart:urea," 'the very cruelly ; she said that I had continued,solemnly, "show me my fa - stolen her lover, and that if I had 's portrait. I shall know him not come between them, es week] better when I have seen his fee° have married her. It was a most And you say bic loved me, inanoina— unpleasant scene and at its termina- loved me very dearly ?" tion she made a terrible vow that "Ire die indeed, Gertrude." she would have her revenge, even "Then I' ara the most fitting per - if she waited years for it. Ah, my son to work for him Do you mean children, She hall it 1 Our home was to say that of all those who loved an earthly pnradise; father spent the greater part ef his time with us. I always had a strange dread that our happiness was too groat to last. I must inform you that in the meantime Lola had gone away. Af- ter a while hews came that madame In silence Lady Allanr% /nountuele- was dead, and after that her eery ed the drawer that had not been op- mun e seemed to be forgotten, in the ened for sixteen years, and took hum nei ghborhood. One morning a lotto,. it a little parcel tied with fac151(1.1(1Wee ribbon. Opening she gave lee,a,slo Ferrets' two. letters to Gertruee. In silence the girl read them. " these letters in which you 111K1 a certain proof of rny father's gull-, I read his perfect innocence. Site does not Say, 'Sir :Karl is With .11c WAS not. She writes, ' You will never see hilt agedn.' She triuniedis ever you. She tells you that she has Anti again Dolores murmured: " You have a golden heart, Ger- trude. You are " I pray 11054.703," cried Gerceude, with sudden passion, ':that I inay him there was not one to 'defend him ?" " Not one," replied Dolores. CHAPTER xxvm. came from Lola de Ferries to Sir Karl. The sunlight never appeared so brigbt, the flowers have lacked their perfume; everything has e-eemed changed to me since elan day," the said, with. a bitter, long -drawn sigh. The river rippled on, the light of the moon, grew brighter, the adore from flower and fruit sweeter in the evening air. Dolores had still' much to toll, She -kept no detail from her her reeengo ; but she does not tell children, but told them all that had You in so many words that my tath- heppened from the first moment er has deserted you. After reselieg a, tho lettsr came -until the mu- her lettere, I am the more certain ment,when age), reading that letter, that he is quite innocent." her father had died suddenly, as sho Dolores could not take her eyes ea belima 1 t, ftctu. the shock of filleting from the fair flesbed face, 80 brieha Sir 1Carl guilty. so 041501,' se full of proud defiance. . , Wilen my lathe:* died," elm con: eIf the whole world," she cried, Untied, "I could bear the disgrace no " luta told me that my father was longer. I gave. Up Scarsdale, illY Otilt'Y' I would have disputed the hom o, 21.27 friends, even my neme,and statement. Put the letters back came hither, Where I hoped to be again, mamma ; Perhaps some day 1 able to forget my sorrow end live may ask for them again. Now, rema- in peace—forget the shame, that in ma, deaxest, shoev me my father's England was ever presort, with me. P°rLrnit," 'But, mamma," said Kathleen, With reverend fingers Dolores Mee- " eve have no cause .for shanie; we ed it in the girl's hand. had nothing to do with what hap- " Do not let Inc see it," she ,said. pellet]," "I think IL would kill me to look at "It falls and rests on us just the hie face agaib," Ban10," she rePlied, "A decierteci wife! But Gertrude studied it eagerly; Alt I children, when You know more and Kathleen, marring to her sale, of the world you, will understatid looked over her shoulder, all that that means I A. deserted "Mtn is the face I reinemeer I" b WI to; is , branded oven by the piby she cried, "011, mamma, it cone's c and tionileassion elm excites," back to me so • vivledy 1 , He !tact a 0 Then Sir Keel's daughter 1•055 from soft kierl veleta too. X thotteht he 0 ,t CHAPTER XXIX, It was all over ; the two friends had met, and the meeting had been less terrible than Dolores had fear- ed, ;It touched her greatly to see tho clitference that years had made in the stately !Igoe and handsome fa.ce of Lady Fiellien. Her hair Was white as fsinteocw, and deep lines xilarked the fair, " I suffered much when my hes- and died," she said, "and n lies Imaged me greatly, but you, leol- res '--X expeeted to find you grown Id Why, in 51 0810, you look ito RAILROAD TICEET FROM CEISNA During the recent troubles in China some hot fights took place on the railroad from Ta.ngku to Pekin. Ad- miral Seymour used this line when going with his troops to the eapital and several times he lia.d to hall, eed do battle, with the 1301:01'S. 1,1 one engagement the station at Lo-r st was set on lire and after the skir- mish was over a soldier found in the • IMPERIAL nAn:wAY4 OP lllllllllllllllllll LO CD YANG TSUN •.• asliskp .trii5gfa14 ruins a few railroad tickets, whieh 110 regaeded as a curiosity and brought back with him. The ticket, reproduced here, is for a second-class carriage, and it print- ed on ono side in English and on the other in Chinese. The railroad was built with British capital and re- mained under British control until the outbreak in China. Then the Russians assuMed management of it, but they soon handed it owe to the Germans, and they it tura returned it to the British, IRRED IMAM He—When I tell you that I have enough to eupport yen in the style in which you have been accustomed to live, you must take ary simpie word for it. She—But, George, is that strictly business ? Let me tongratelete you on your charinieg playf 151 ATISR Delos, said the hew nextdoor neighbor, who hacl dropped 111. I heard you at the pia- no for 5e7e001 hours this afternoon. Was thin Wagner you were playing? 011, dear eol flueLered Miss Bangs, with a titter, That wes the plane- t A good crop of English turnips with the green tops upon it bas been celculated to furnish as much nitro- gen to the soil when plowed under and decayed as twenty-seven tons of fresh barnyard manure, without any admixture of straw, water or muck, and as much potash as the same am- ount of manure and seventeen blithe els of wood ashes. Who would not think that this is a fairly liberal manuring for most of our usual field crops? Those who have a aeld of light soil can searce- ly do better them to put on a crop of turnips to plow under, PURE FOOD AND WATER. The healthy condition of the ani- mal kingdom depends very Much up- on the food ant) water which it con. surnee. The quality has as much bearing upon the healthiness as the amount consumed. The germs of disease are very often found in the food. and water. Great care should be exercised in storing any kiud of product intended for consumption, as hay, oats, corn, ensilage, etc. Disease germs axe frequently found in musty hay, corn and stover. The conditions which attend the feeding of corn and cob meal requir careful thought and attention. Th: stomach is taxed heavily to digest the woody product frtim the cobaued with the very best grinding is none too easily assimileted. The method of scalding or soaking is a practice thought to help in this particular, but infrequently does little but re- tard it, the stomach being; rather en- ervated than strengthened. The re- grinding or chewing the cud is an essential to the health of animal na- ture cued meat not be ignored. While one animal may be benefited by warming the drinking water another may be as meth benefited by drink- ing it cold. 'rho constitutions must decide as to results. The practice of cutting grass or any other crop before it comes to full maturity is very questionable. The adds predominate mid the con- sumption of though to satisfy the appetite is likely to weigh down heavily on the genera.' health of animals, 'The chemical changes which take place from green to cur- ed food should be so thoroughly studied 5153 1105, to leave n, doubt in their results. The draft upon the system, in its constnuption must hiot bo ignored, as it is a conceded fact that overeating or drinking is de- trimental to good health. Feed thor- oughly cured food and give pure wa- ter. MANURE SPREADERS. POItap dressing wheat, oats, mem- dows„ pastures, corn, or any crop spreadere are invaluable, coverieg every inch of the grimed with a lay- er of finely pulverized 211013151`e Whieh immediately after a l'ain "teethes the spot" of millions of tiny feeding 1.00tlets. Actual compttrative field 010e515ements made by the weithr have demonsthated that =aeon applied in' IVITAT GREAT PEOPLE EAT WHAT CEL4BRITIE5 Or THE ' razsTE UPON, Some of Them Eat the Plaineet rood. While ()there Eat the Most Indigestible Stuff. A. aeries of queries concerning their favorite foodstuffs, addressed to cer- tain well-enown people by 01 hygicssi- 1 expert, lies encited SOUle interest- ing repleeti, says London TiteDit Mme. Sarah Grand iiVeS On plainest food, priacipally fish, and toast; end seldom to sweets, fruit, or vegetables dish at dinner is all she mires a and she 'finds alcohol in any s Staetling Repert Whichr 0024,40 Vrelni Government °facial, Traci/Wen has it that enee upon a , efine, fer a sthele day, ohm eivilize I • • ation obtained a footing on this cone tinent, the bed of the Niagara river as ary and tire ellfrs dowa Whieh tbe mighty wetere have gime piling - ed without cessation, Steed Sortie mann,' anti Wads and freWning end grim. The phenoni02100 WAS onplain* ea on natural Poland% The mune thing may happen again under eimi- lar eirounistancee, though such an occurrence would attract mom won- dering visitors probably than does the great cataract now as it rote% and surges and flathes ie the elm - light 'from °eatery to century. Ie Must suggest,to most people a eur- prise of hardly less tiegiee to be in- formed that Lake lerie io in d of becoming So shellow as to offer s, sericrue obetaeles to eavigaticia We the one conceive the Niagara being moat, claimant at, itS source, but few have echos ever dreamed that the vast eXPalise bout, current would ever perceptibly 1 One of water which furnishes it its life or form bad for work. "Five glass of light wine," she says, prives rim of eitayleg' power. I nothing nt luncheon, but h small cup of black coffee afterw o en srucece a cigarette when people are having efternoon tea, I find that it does ale ratich go bape shrink, n a That is the startling report, how- "cle- ever that the chief engineer of tho drink marine department of Canada has ave a just made. He has returned to Ote mei% other and ed. 001 ce re Chinese about milk very notion of drinking a fluid comes direct from an animal in. Ine ill. I never forget the hor cow," Miss Edna May naively conf that her only principle is to drink, and, if possible, do what likes. Signor Arditi is a small er, and confines himself to two.= a day. "On this," he adds "I worked head mentally and physically for fifty- years." Miss Maud Jef- fries lays down the following rules for herself, aad sticks to them: sev- en hours' sleep; plain. simple food; no stimulants of any kind; quite two hours of each day to be spent in the open air. "If one most drink," she remarks, parenthetically, "/ regard milk as the most nourishing of an things to take." The Archbishop of Canterbury re- plies guardedly, not to say oracul- arlY, that ho finds it best to avoid eating what experience has taught him disagrees with him. 00111. rom a, tour of inspection of the upper lakes, and states that Lake L'rie Is lower than was ever known to be the ease before, Thie ; the condition is due, he thinks, to a that series of dry seasons, to the elrein ekes made by the power develomnent reale works at Niagara Falls and to the fact that dredging the Tonawa.nda esses canal has made it easier for water eat, to esea.pe from the lake. Ile con. she eiders it imperetive that the United cat- States government adopt remedial eals measures at an early date, else nava. save gation, upon its present basis will be seriously interferee with SIR IneleRY IRVING has "great faith in a sustainieg diet." Miss Lily Danbury finds "the most satisfying diet to act up- on la the plainest food and a very good salary." hfarle Corelli re- sponds- with a quotation: "I eat the air, promise-crananied; you cannot 'feed capons so" ("Hamlet," Act III. Scene 2). Flora Annie Steel "eats what comes handy." John Oliver Hobbes somewhat ruefully confess- es that she has tried various experi- ments with regard to diet, and was a vegetarian for two years, but she find, on the whole, that the ordin- ary diet of the country is the best. Miss Janotha, Court pianist to the German Emperor, eats strong soups, birds of all kinds, simple puddings vegetables, and fruit. "On days she says, "when a special strength required to enable Inc to go throu the fatigue of long concerts, 4 c of soup every few hours, and a b cult, a bird, little port wine, a rey favorite chocolates are forced u on me." Miss Winifred Emery plumps for meat "Next to meat," she writes, "I like fruit, always uncooked; but that I prefer between my meals only and never after them at dessert, Milk I do not like and inver take." Mrs, Browil Potter, on the other hand, says: "Personally, I ex- ist almost on mint; in fact, I may say that there are three Alderney cows who live principally for me, and I principally contribute to keep them alive." Miss Violet Vaaiburgh also takes milk when extra busy, with the addition of good, home- naa.de beef -tea. He offers no suggestions as to what remedMs should be e.pplied. The Se4SOnS are not likety to remain always dry, though when a body of water like this great inland sea is appreciably affected it is about the nbst Startling commentary yet not- ed upon the policy of stripping the country of its rain -gatherers in the forests of the northwest . Lalce Erie at best is one of the shallowest of the great chain. There are three di- visions in its floor, increasing its depth towaxd its outlet. The upper portion has a level floor with an av- erage depth of about thirty feet. The middle portion, teking in the prin- cipal part, of the lake, has a mean depth et from sixty to seventy feet. The lower portion varies from six- ty to 240 feet, These measurements were taken a number of years ago and are not a.pplicable to the reduc- ed depth that has been reported. The area of the lalm is 0,600 square miles. But it drains only a narrow margin of country around it and receives no rivers of import- ance, the Maumee being the largest on the Ainerican side. It is more than 300 feet higher than Lake On- tario. is one of the most im- portant factors in our system of Iake navigation, and furnishes busi- ness for many flourishing towns and cities. The present report concerning it may be a false alarm, a passing ett sensation thougb we do not expect itte representations for the sake of sen - ;set, sation from scientific gentlemen in government service. No harm can ";.,_ come from a careful investigation of the conditions, to say the least. ROYAL CRADLES. 5111 CHARLES DLLRE. consitlers that, "for all people save those of spare habit, violent exer- cise is necessary, mid it follows, therefore, •that . their food should be that which makes Saab aXerCiee Pos- sible to them." SKr. :Summed Shaw is, of course, a. consistent vegetarian, R. G. Knowles eats rich food, pas- tries, etc., and yet has a good di- gestion; eats quickly, and • finds it agrees with Mae and—erowning im- prudence of all—drinks ice -water and enjoys it. "I tun," he concludes, "healthy, and happy, but beauty have I nona" Lady Warwick. "eats any kind of food, and is very strong and healthy." Mrs. Langtry writes: "1 find perfectly plain food suits me best, and not too much of it; but that Nvould probably not suit Pha- raoh's lean kine." err, Hermann Vezin pins 1110 faith to the "no breakfast system, i.e., fast for four /tours atter rising, and the,i take your principal meal; six hours later a light meal, and that le all." Me. Israel Zaugwill is epi- grammatic. "Unfortunetely," Ise writes, "I have never eaten to work, but always worked to eat." Dr. Alfred "Russell Wallace finds "fish good for brain work. Theoretical- ly, he says, he believes in vegetate- aniena, but difficulties in cooking, etc., prevent hi,,i adopting it. Mr. Caine replies pathetically that if he /mew anything about the sub- ject that was worth telling he would avail himself of its advantages, "be- ing a constain martyr to all tho troubles that attend dia." George Gaming believes theoreti- cony, like De, Wanace, in vegetarian- ism; but he confesses that his ex- periments in that direr:1.10n have been a.nylaing but successful. "More than mica" he says, "I have tried to do without meat, for a month or Iwo together. The theta eaeh aim° has been such a serious less of vital force, and such irritatiou of the temper, that I found it impossible to 110080701'O.' dOWson—Is yotir demeanor a 11111811 - ml Yorkrode:—Not yet, but the neighbor% are leakieg throats, Some of Thera Very Handsome and Also Very Costly. ' The cradle which the good people of Rome desired to present to the King and Queen of Italy, for the use of their Majesties' first child is a very elaborate production. • ver, 'while its supports are of The cradle proper is made ogiudseild- bronze. A column at the head is de - °rated with Roman trophies, the column being surmounted by a figure of Rome with the Royal Crown in her hand. This figure rises to a height of 611e, and is upheld by four lions, connected by the arms of the twelve districts of the Eternal City. At the foot stands a female figure the genius of the house of Savoy, with wings extended as if to protect the child. Between the two figures the cradle is swung. It is elliptical in form and is covered with an in- tricate allegorical design. The era- adblele. was designed by Italy's most eminent sculptor, and is very value A cradle worth more than its weight in gold is that which was presented by our lath Queen to the Duke and Duchess of York: It has quite a unique history. It was made for the Princess Royal in the year blankets are of the warmest and ocis this cradle for each of their chile d1iI3.c4n0,, and allQu bies were cradledictoriaes ba - edged with Valeaciennes lace, and the lightest Spanish wool, Our future King nad Queen have, of course, used The sheets aro of fine Irish linea, At the Paris 1-0,tihibitian 0140 to be seen the magnificent cradle in whith the infant son of Napoleon the Great by leis second marriage was rocked to sleep, This is said to nave cost slightly more than $1,250, but its value 110 55. Royal relic is probably considerebly greater. The Princess of Monaco ems once the recipient of a. very handsome needle which cost $3,000, le was presented to the rriacees by her re- lativo, the late Delta of Haralltoe, and Was oe British mainifacture. The heed of this oadle was re- markable for its beautiful ormunent- al work in turquoises and gold el - mamma being also used in the con- struction of the ornate article, Several years ago a very elaborate cradle was subscribed for and we- sentecl by the wome51 of the Mined States to Mrs. tferinley, the wife of the President. This was 07.0 of the costliest cradlee ever made, the tut- ount expended on it beets urrards of $10,000.