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NELSON fiD INVASION,
rfIE INVADER MUST BE STOPPED
AT THE SHORE,
Plans Tina Were Mingo to nivet and teeeit
remoter' - gee Leona For Tn. any
101.111111 greet Them.
The re:Bowing artielts on nut possible
taw:mien of Great Britain to taken
from the London Dolly Mali:
That; Nelson and Wellington, rind all
other thoughtf al fiebling, men, always
made up WPM minds Ma war sbould
at all have tele l leept at moms di8.
tame frein our own shores Le a fact
that shottld not need proof. At the
present Gene, however, there 1.4 11 euri-
ens etort of vagueness; In the acceptance
et the postulate.
The expo:Maitre of large sums on
18100(1 fortifientions, na less than the
of ten-saggested projeet of turning
London mb 00 enormome ritad.cd pre-
pared for a siege, leads to 0 ead
hypothesis, "We canna prevent an
aftelnY from landing in force -
this is the) precise phew% in ata.ny
a menet mouth -"therefore, Ivo mud
prepare for a eampaign on shore."
No doubt there is a seeret plan for
•esieting the Meader near the tenet
-yet, not only the embodied idea we
have quoted, but other circumstances
won to suggest doubts of its simmer.
The theory upon whieh the teutamn
matmeavres for two successive 000-
00115. near the roast, seem to have leen
breed, ,is, that an enemy has land-
ed in force, and captured consider-
able towns, the consequence being
elua
'AN INLAND CAMPAIGN
has to be carried on, with somewhat
problematical results. The public
perceives only that the defending, force
fig,htin,g a retreating battle; what
mig,la happen In the wake oE the fight
is not imagined at all.
Of course, the hypothesis of actual
calamity- for such the capture of
Folkestone or Meting:A would certain-
ly be -is only an excuse for carrying
out auturuxt manoeuvres, where useful
instrutaion is obtained, as well by
troops am by commanders.
Nevertheless, the fietion is eomewhat
disagreeable, and it, would be regret-
table le dentate ehoult1 be lead to
think of the conquest of a coast
tawu by a marauding enemy as 0
trifle, The reality. evieuld be stern-
a -suety tepallieg, and, the consequ.ent
(10.1110 'widespread, and perbape fatal in
results.
It is very true, we have no Napol-
eon threatening us, as in 1801 and
1805; and the Governments of Europe
do not seem; to have any plans of com-
bination against US. But eeveral Great
Powers have armaxaentsof prodigious
limensions; and,
11' IS EleSENTIAL TO PREPARE
In peace tin -re a,gainst the results of
foreigu revolution and cataclysms
caused by the dash of vital luterests.
En the year 1801, whether in reality
or only In pretenee, the great Napoleon
menaced this country with Invasion,
and the Government thought it Lula
dent to allay, plume apprehensions by
entrusting our defenee, to Nelson, who
immediately coneeived the same idea
as did the: Duke. of Wellington 18 1847
-namely, that if invasion were really
Intended, London would be the ob-
jective, (lad that the enemy would
try to lend, at points on the coast
within the easiest math of this eapi-
tal.
The Thames, and the "flats" near
the mouth of thet river, were, of
course, the first: things to be look-
ed after; but like Wellington, 1n1847,
Nelson, in 1801, comeived that many
planes op the emtst ot Kept and Es-
sex, would have to be carefully loolc-
ed after,
Nelson's plans are; explained in Cap-
tain ltalian's reeenttwork, and can be
easily referred to. He expeetea that
Eoulonge would be the Centre of the
western attack, but that another at-
tack, viz., on. the Thames flats and the
mast of Essex, would be, made from
ports on the Netherlands, Flushing, Os-
tend, tind also from Dunkirk. His de-
sign WilS to eataeic
THE PB,EPA.RED FLOTILLAS.
if possible, be their porta or on their
leaviag them, 11 er en Mute to our
toasts, by ere English flail% et sim-
ilar kind, assisted hy gun -boats,
eta. Sea -Volunteer. - called Sea-
geneibles at that time - were to
man the flair boats and fast rowing
'boats.
'What concerns us 000811 111 this
ale is the idea -whieh dominatee 1110
plans; note thie passage in his in-
etructione to tlia several captains un-
der lem-"Nelsen's Despatehts," vol. iv,
1801.
"I am eanfident," saYe ihat "If ()Ur mo-
toring men do: their duty, that either
the 01101111' 11,111 give over the folly of
the measure, or, if they persist: in it,
that (101 0338 Frenchman will he allow-
ed to set on Beitish soil: It; is there -
&re necessary that all good men ehould
001310 forward on this momentous 080(8'
3100 to oppoee the meanly, and moro
partioularly the Sca-Pencibles, Who
hieve voluntarily enrolled themselves
to defend their weary afloat, -which
Is the true piece where we Ought to be
defended, in ardor that the horrors at
war may not xecteli the peacettil abode
Of our families."
Like the Duke of Wellington, Nelson,
knOwing \vital; ems really meant by in-
vesion, seents to paraphrase the great
soldieg's Mem asservation-"By( --I
they Must net: be allowed to land!"
"Whatever plass be adopted," says
Nemen, in the revenorinde to the Ade
Miralty, quoted by Captain Mahan,
"tho moment the enmity tomb, our
(mesa he they where they mey, they
are to ba attacked by artery mart afleat
or on shore; this
MUST 1391 UNDERSTOOD,
Never fear the restatl"
Am opinion was scene Hine ago pot
fore/art by (1100 weater of thoee remarke
that the VeLlentetere not otely 08 the
cued of Streex, Nene and Essex, but
eh% threes et London an i other places,
narelet find reereat 1011 FF1141 11183111,11033
in :denying proper:atolls for defente
of plates euggested hy the Duke of \' (I
welletmetva letter. 11 doeti
ton appear, Move ear, that Um Volum
teere home As yet; altogether an-
eePted tho notion that elm only
pima where tlit,y have any chetuee,
of having nny equal fighting, or of
winning any laurels: , la en (be sea
shore.
And yet that sea shore 1,4 their poet
of honor -for inland campaigns are out
of the (Memnon and would Le the direst
of misforturtes lo tide nation. Perhaps
it will Ire neettrisery to eonsider Sir
J oin) Colontles proposItiou-nateely, the
creation of "Sea-leenciblee," under the
title "Iloyal Marine Artillery Volun-
teers." Sir ;John's proposiLion probab-
ly included eolonial defence. With that
matter 'Wu bave here no temeern, 'Phe
duties of this new defenenve fore
weetld, of course, be somewlutt amphild-
meg. They would. take the place 01 1130
"Sea-leeneiblee," of Nelson's they- a
1,0111', by the way, whiele did not answer
the call with the promptitude oxpa1-
od Illem-init probably the :substi-
tute proposed, would he better organiz-
ed, and thus every point dangerouely
near the Inetropolie would be seeure
from sudden surprise.
And let us be snre ot this. "The
invader," if ever he appeared, would
come like a. 11131(1 11.1 the night-proleb-
ly after the manner anticipated by
Wellington.
The employment of what we should
teal railway artillery would meeure
many important pointe, end sav1 us
11.001 the eitpinisive and rather clef ri-
me/ita1 construction or forts. alms
would telly beought up when actu-
ally Wanted. No doubt these very valu-
able new forme would know all the
various points where, an enemy might
attempt a landing, and what would
have to be clone at a moment's not-
ice, 'The rest of the Volunteers' ar-
riving pell-xnell, when the alarm is giv-
en, would be more reade, than they
are now for the species of letterman
surprise which invasion would perforce
resemble. The threat of Invasion
would crectte the sarne pante as oe-
eurred ln thee clays oE Elizabeth, and
oleo in WM and 1805. Eta, with
O Properly planned' rest defence, in-
land fortifications would be unneees-
anfY, and all leers for the safety of
London iclle.
Some brilliant object lessons in river
defence were recently 'carried cent in
the Thames district by the highly
seientific and distinguished general in
command. It seems probable that the
gen:wane views are identicel with those
of Wellington and. Nelson- especially
in the matter0 of obstinately disputing
an enemy's attempt to land. And this
idea is, no doubt, in the minds of every
generel and admiral in the Britten) ser-
vice.
MOST VALUABLE GEM.
" To the question, Whieh is tbe most
vaulable precious stone?' nine people
out of every ten, at least, will, with-
out the slightest hesitation, reply 'The
diamond.'" said u dealer In gems, "But
the value of a good-sized diamond can-
not approach that of a ruby of the cor-
rect color and siii1ar dimensitins.
"The worth of small rubies -stones
that are of less den a carat -is, if any-
thing, rather less than that of dia-
monds of a like description: hub the
rare occurrence of laege specimens of
that; dark carmine tint which is look-
ed upon ae the sin qua non 01 a ported
ruby causes these gems to inerease in
O far greater proportion than in the
case of diamoruls, Rubies weighing
more than four carats are so exception-
al that when a perfect one of five car-
ats is brought to the' market it lent
command ten times as high a sum as
O diamond of the same weight, while
rubies of six carats, without crack or
flaw, and of II% proper color, would,
in all prolebility, bring as high &pries
as 45,000 per twat, or 15 times as much
as a diamond of like size and faultless-
ness.
" All over the East rubies are re-
garded with the greatest possible fav-
or, and so it hits been. from the earl-
iest; times of which we have any rece
ord. The finest specimens are found in
Barmen, and. from time immemorial it
has been a law of that country that
all rubiee of above a certain size are
the property of the King, whoever may
have been fortuntite enough to find
them. It is thought to this day there
are concealed in Buernali among the
treasures whir% th,e British Invasion
calmed to be hidden away rubies of for
greater size and value than any which
have ug to now been seen either in lair-
ope or tine country."
CDRIOSI'CY OF MONKEYS.
"-
Mee Who Was Inquisitive in nestled to
Iltome-lieoweil 010.
Curiosity seems to be the great fail-
ure, or virtue, 01 monkeys. A. story is
.told oE an, Englishman who had a South
Alriewn monkey which had traveled
With hien meant" the world. When his
bachelor days were over he took his
700048 wife to a lovely oltbmanor home
In the south of England, and, ,English-,
manlike, kept several barrels ot good.
"hame-brewed" alo bn the cellar. On
returning Irma) &areal on Sunday
morning, he notiodi that the cellar
/ door 10/15 open, and started on a Lour ot
Iinvestigation. As he went; clown the
steps Jenny, the monkey, rushed up,
and he found that sho had see all the
spigate ru,nning. The door had been
inadvertently left open, and Jenny,
doubtless, went prying into the 00011 -
lighted, plane. Turning one spigot on
! produced such a rushing etretat that
I the tried the others 11100, much to the
wasbe of the liquor. It nme, be Lulled
that when the .11Inglis13eatin's first seen
appeared aad monopolized ettention
, Jenny got suth a fit et jealousy that
1 she was at 011.110 Writ, to the sooluded
, but more congenial. society to be Sound
, in the Monkey hotse oE the Leaden
Zoologleal Gardens.
1 UNAVOIDABLE, DISLAY.
l
1 Itat three-querters of a(1 hottr since
r ordered that turtle soup, totapped the
gUest at tbe restaurant.
, Yes, sah, said 1,11.0 1481108 With rtn oh-
semtiotie linty, *1(11 (14* (Male clone nutke
his 'same, sale an' tley had to 0111108
Mill 'lint a wile, sah. ,
THE BRUSSELS PO$T, a
FA
13 Itle I 1 frel
1711i.s 15 often claitsed mining !he "ill-
nOttaell of modern life," east pren.aely
it rattily le of ruore common *18111'-'
1011.08 now (ban it met ill Ire early
yeare of elir century, whoa reelwaye
and eleamehips arid telegrapbs were
riot, far it Le the rireh 10111.1 Lhe ttorry
of life, whieh the% things typify and
aid, that predispose powerfully to the
clieea,se.
The term Bright' dietease is loosely
applied to any cheerio, 0(1. 01.00 wile
disease of the kidneys, but Wo usually
mean, when speaking of it, a very
slow hardening and sbrinking of the
kidnap:, whereby these organs are
rendered int,apable of performing their
181101 1001 f unction,
The kidneys aro two in number, and
Ile One on eatet side of the spinal col-
umn, extending from above the level
at the Iteet rib downward for four or
rive inehee. Their office is Le sepertete
some of the waste materials from the
blood, and Lo provide for their remove I
a! from the body dissolved in water. :
The substances so got rid of axe, InallY
of them, exceedingly posionOUS, audit ;
in to their retention in the syetem,
that most of the dan,ger of kidney di- I
08 0330 is due.
The symptoms of Brighter disease in
its early atages are very Wight, and
such as they are, are often mistaken.
for the elves of simple indigestion;
ista lima more frequently symptoms
of indigestion, slight rheumat10 pains
in the 101115 and other minor ills are
regarded by nervous people OA indi-
cative d kidney disease. Almost BV-
eryhody suffers at times from more
or less backache, headache, dizziness,
indigestion, perhaps blurring of the
eyes, and even a little swelling of the
feet toward evening, hut very few
such persons have trey trouble with
the kidneys.
A ream who suffers persistently from
these symptoms would be wise to con-
sult a phydeian but he tvould be very
foothill to make his own diagnosis
from insufficient data, and then worry
himeett into ea illness. Even a physi-
cian mould make a positive diagnosis
of Briglat's disease with ,at a thorough
chemical and aticroseopical examina-
tion.
The treatment of Bright's disease be- ,
longs entirely to a physician. The anal- I
ady Is 0 serious one, and any attempt
of the patient lumselE to treat It with
patent medicines or decoctions of his
00011 18 littlo less than• 1
HOT POMENTATIONS.
In ca.e.e of illness, espedelly evbere
there are severe pains hot :Lamenta-
tions are very valuable in relieving
distress, and everybody should know ,
how to give them. Fold a, flannel
cloth in several thicknesses, ley it in
the centre of a towel, put ilia hot wa-
ter and wring by twisting the towel.
This saves the hands, Fold the wet flan-
nel in a dry flannel cloth of one or
two thicknesses, before applying to the
patient. It takes a moment or two for
the heat Lo penetrate the dry flan-
nel, and. there the sken is allowed the
opporLunity lo =wire ability to with-
stand the heat, arid a higher degree
of heat can he borne than it the moist
flannel is 13rought direotly in con-
tent with the skin. '111e dry flannel
also helps xetain the heat.
Sometimes a hot applitetion is need-
ed when there is no hot water at hand.
Then, while the water is heating, fold.
Mr, fold in a newspaper and lay on
top of the stove, in a few minutes it
will he as hot as the patient can bear.
Dot fomentation:4 will relieve most
of the local pains for which liniments
and lotions are preseribed, and phy- ,
sicians say they aid the system more '
effectually in restoring the injured.
pares to a sound condition. ,Especially
is this true if followed by massage.
SECRET Olf LONGEVITY,
Sir a'ames Sawyer, a well-known,
physician of Birmingham, has been con-
fiding to an audience in that town the
secret of longevity. Keep the follow-
ing nineteen nommandments aml Sir
Jams sees 130 reason why you should,
not live to be 100:
1. Bight hours' sleet,.
2. Sleep on your right aide.
3. Keep yourbedroont window open
all right.
4. Have a, enat to your bedroom
door.
5. Do not have your bedstead against
the wall.
0. No cola tab in the morning, but ,
a bath at the temperature of the body,'
7. Exerelee botore breakfast:.
8. Eat little meat end 000 that it is
well cooked..
9. For edults, Drink no milk.
0. Bat plenty of fet, to feed, the
cells which destroy diseased germs.
11, Avoitl intoxitsants, which de-
stroy those cells.
12. Daily exercise in the open air.
13, Allow no pet animals in your
living rOontS, They are apt to earry
about ihsease geons,
11. Line in the country if you cert.
15. Watch the tbree I)e-drinking
-water, clamp and draine.
10. neve change of oecupation,
17. Take frequent and ehort holi-
days.
18. Limit your ambition; and,
10. Keep your temper.
I1OW TO BE BEAUTIFUL:
Discoloured. teeth are an eyesore to
evereame. It they her:ate very bad,
you should use the following lotion:
Two ounces ot linable°, of gtullam bark,
one ounce of pure glyeerine, five deops
Of pure cerbolie mad, tele drops of oil
of winter green, two drops of oil of
cinnamon, ten drops ot essence of coch-
ineal, twelve 011.0065 of water. A/Bewail
0.04 add a Marepoonful to al a tumb-
ler of water, to 0161(1 the teeth and rim%
out, the mouth.
Where the teeth gro-tv elose together
end where particles of Moe mese Wage
betweell them a silk dental floes shotaa
be rug between them,. whieh ill per-
form all the duty required 01110
Toothache, should rieVer be suffered
f rout 1.1 the Le, th arcs preperly 1(1
after, hut if thore should be. any 311(10
try ono half.eitiasi of casette', of pepier-
(Milt, sweet nitre one one rti r ounce,
latelanute. :me -quarter draehm. This
must. he put on wall the firmer.
‘N here the enamel IA thin there Is
no bet ter powder to use, fee Lender teete
then very finely powdered orris root.
1114150 tlri:'411iiiiAl'i"klliTlift11%., 'Ter etirt-
(trete' to be of any Utie as e100.111301.,
W INTER, W RI tS le LES.
"Are you In pole, my Bale man?"
asked the kine old gentleman. "N.."
answered the Loy. "The penes in nee."
fied-"The 311011 1010 dia./411'3 get,
vexed at a lad dinner Is no man al.
all," "Of mune note he is an angel."
Bertha -PIM -les Spiteuris mays she has
renateined mingle from theme, le3110-
' Yes; but she didaq; say 011050 cheiee."
Visitor -"Pet says be's desi•ineled
from some uf the greatest houses In
Ireland." Mike-"Mushal $o he did,
many a toime-on a ladder!" -
Her Leek. -Jenkins --"I weirder hew
11 happerei that Mies Kidd alwaye
out when I call?" aenes-"Ohl jud her
luck I guess."
More Danger, -"Doctors say now
that deadly gerree conm boom with our
peerages tram the laundry." "Great,
Scott! na1,421 WO got to quit wearing
clean teethes?"
Attorney-"Bnve you formed or ex-
pressed any opinion concerning this
eitee?" Venireman -"All I've said aleub
it is, I'd like to make $9, 0 day settle'
on the jury."
"ittIrs. Deftly has resigned the pre-
sidency ot the Kertunie Club." "Why
did she do that?" "She. received Christ..
man presents of twenty-three hand -
110(016(1 pin -trays."
"The el 0-faebened father believed in
the co-operation of patent and, tea.
ther." "Yes;' when I was whipped at
school nay father always whipped me
agoia IN en 1 gob home."
Once a Year. -"The Edgerton child-
ren have a good time Christmas." "In
what way?" "Well, their father is a
dreier, and their mother lets them
eat everything they want."
Willis-"Peaker's salary was douh- .
lett e short time ago, so I hear." Wale •
lEtee-"Yes, It was; eat a got him In
lots of trouble." Willis-eIlow's that?"
Wallace -Mises ife found 11 1(1.11,."
Dlieutuleretooa.-Lewyer, for defence
-"Now, Pets tell the jury all you
knoev about those chickens." Pete -"I
don't reckon 511.111 1108S. If I did that
1,1 go to jail silo'."
Mrs. Skinner, talking about the
stook market -"I tell you what, Mr.
Starlearder, there's nothing like lea-
ther." Mr. Starlearder, vainly sawing
-"011. yes, there is -this steak for in -
simnel"
Who Ca.n Deny Ila -P013, well," said
tap gas men, "there are tricks in all
trades," "Yes," replied the sleight-of-
hand erten, "but you and T. know that
there cm more Woks in some trades
than in others."
"Do you keep stationery here?" ask-
ed 5, youug woMan of a salesman in
a general sheep." "Not much," replied
the run.Ftitteno,lr LIMA hi.sohansdtento-
Vtt riis coal we have to bustle alleftYt
Lo keep warm."
"Now," said Mr. Grogan, as he read
the headlines, "how could there he a
'double murder?' Oh, I see," he contin-
ued after reading a liCele. "Sure I
t'ought tt meant, the mita WaS
twice."
A prudent man had his portrait
painted rocently. Iiis friends complain-
ed to him that it was mach too old.
"That's after what 5 ordereci," said he,
"'ft will slime the expense of another
ene ten years from now."
The speaker lima done with telling
of the -wrongs of woman, and hae sunk
back into her sod. "She makes a Moun-
tain out of a molehill," wheperea the
personly, person in the front pew, "Yes,
and sueh a botch, tool" rejoined the
other.
"i hope," dad the 'girl's father, "that
you expect to stme•ound ray daughter
with all the luxuries to Which she has
beenoaceustatned." "Oh, yes," was the
grvoernipia.natsp4isea.gre",,11;%tLyewtortlistiliA
just as leave come right hero to live
Ls not"
Dinks-"My dear boy, how did you
manage to cut your face like that?"
Jinks -"Well, you see, 1 ('an't stand a
barbei"s chatter, sol hired a dumb one
to come in end shave nee every nmene
Mg," Binka-"And he didn't know hew
to shave, eh?" Jinks -"Oh, yea. he
could shave all right, hut ha persisted
in talking to me on his filigree all tbe
While."
DE NATURAL.
Following is a bit of social philoso.
phy from a small "Ono reason
why 80 11011.1.7 girls and boys, men and
women, too, are unintereating-com-
mon-is 1300(1888 3(601.17 everybody. tries
so head lo be like somebody else rath-
er than to be content to remain him-
self or herself in life. ln neattre you
don't ein en obit tree posing as a wil-
low, er a black cluele as a yellow leg,
or a horse as a onw, or a lily so a
MSS, or a lam tte 0 peony, or a dog
as e cat. Be netural and you'll be all
right. Many a girl, without theslight-
est 1010111 for utusie, is ruining e rdano
who should be making bonnets or breed,
many 0boy is studying for a learned
profession whom:, peeper sphere 38 rn
the Machine ehog or the mill; many e
Man is splitting Up Leharchee 11.110 0(148111
to be doing good eervice in' 80810 inetti-
tUtion of learnng, tending or on eome
farm farming. and many a women Is
trying to be in vain, a leader of go -
(tidy, when 5110 could be a 111.0 lel house-
wife in her own borne, Of the human
floweret how few emeeesfully bloom 1"
-
HIGHEST POINT FOR, HE Al,Til.
Tbe higheet point to which a man
can :wenn& wahout health teeing se-
theratly :dented is 10,850 feet.
About the Mine
THE NEW Y EAR,
One song for thee, Now Year 1
One unite/1101 prayer
Teanh l313 -.-.(1l! ether teaching far abcrve-
To hicle deck hale beneath the wimp
of love;
To slay all hatred -strife,
A nd him 1 he la rgor life
To /driet thee weande that bleed,
To lift the fallen, lead the
As only love VIM %l -
To live for all mankind.
Teeeli na, New year, ta bo
Free men among, (Ito free,
Our only master Duty; with so fiod
Savo ene-our Alaker-monarcha of Llw
so 1!
Telch uswith all its tight,
Its day, Ile night,
Its grief, its gloom,
Its heart-brale trentulnue,
its beauty and its bloom-,
God made the world for us I
HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT.
Housekeepere everywhere resent
what, (.hey deem interferente with their
persona1 affaire; thew let -ray Irritation
when the mama:tin side of the question
is presented to tlem. Nothing is so
clutracteristio of women( 55 IL 0100s 00
their inability to assume an imper-
sonal a Li audit towards any su b lord O-
der discussion. They are prone to work
from ilay to day and seldom phut for
results to be reached years after a
Prokiet has been 001 on foot. This
means that heforet any improvement, in
household affairs cau come the atti-
tude of mind with which they are ap-
proadied must undergo a radical
change., both MEM and women must
reecremze the analogy between domes -
tie service teed other forms of labor;
and must work, not for more eompet-
met cooks and parlor maids in their in -
3111.1,180 -1 households; not; for any speci-
fic, change for the letter to -morrow,
hut for improveme,nt in the system for
tbiltoeria.benefit of suhsequent genera..
A CIULD'S CONFIDENCE,
A writer says that a mother should
never find it necessary to gain her
child's confidence; it is her God-given
right from the moment of its birth.
If, from Its first tenacious moment, a
cbild is aware of one person who is
O sure refuge in all distress and. dan-
ger, a sympathizer in a11 grid or trou-
ble, that persen well have tto 'need to
ingot's) how to gain the child's confi-
dence. If, however, the mother has not
so placed herself before the :hill', and
wishee to reerieve so fax as may be
her terrible mistake, let her listen to
its unreserved chatter and enemirage
it te talle until she gains the Mee to
its inner nature. ene 513ou1d. never al-
low herself to appear shocked at any
revelation that may be matte- bhe
should remember that a child has few
qualities or tattles which it does not
inherit from its parents, and, although
they ratty have overcome the eartieu-
ar one which seems to be shocking, it
may possibly be a part ot the father's
or mother's original nature. Above all
do not annke the mistake ot onet mother
whoill I know. Her little girl ran
home from school to tell her Luther a
secret that had been whispered to her.
The mother answered: "Are you not
ashamed to eome to me with sach
story? If you hear such stuff again, I
keep it to yourself, for I evill c01.1e131-
LS' whin 9011 if yell ever talk to 1110
like thet again." This was several years
ego; do you wonder that the mother
knows nothing of her daughter's in-
ner. 11.10 to -day?
Another bit of good advice is given
in the following by another correspond-
ent: Convince the child that yen are
i.Ls truest friend. To do this you must
take an interest in wbetever interests
hien. You must sympathize with him
in his troubles and rejoim in his pleas-
ures. You should. never treat a child's
griefs lightly. Show him the same con-
sideration youwould show an adult un-
der similar circumstances. Never de-
ceive him..• 51 1110 medicine is bitter, say
so, but explain it ia necessary tor him
Lo take it in order to make the sick
Loly well. It qu.estions are asked which
cannot be answered now, sinmly say
that you will explain when the prop-
er tines comes, A mother who begins
in this way will gain the love and con-
fidence of her child and keep both to
the end of time,
eaki,." 'rive writer preanded to glilf
that ohe lied Leen halteig o11 a al'anir
for a Mau who do laved that the con-
nection of the old fa 411toted sponge
Mike Was ono of the lost ark. Slid
then omit on to 1.5ive le.r revipe: three
eggs one cup each, of anger and Dour,
orm, and a halt clips of boiling tkaler,
One teaspoiinful Of, baking 51011 1(111' and
bale a lemon. ALVA 11.'r ler nays:
The mom, if he hod but, known
1*113 Mit, for tills is not sponge mike 11,1
all. ft /napes ralroad ((1111 is a,
recipe nth:oilmen abcut twenty y care
ago..Nutbing which eentaine either
Itswell or liquid is, properly speaking,
pponge rake; that is Oonipinied 111 tho
orthodox Mellen of eggsflour, sugar
an(1 flavor abate. The Single pure
rule ie for ten eggs, their weight in
sugar, and half their weighe in flour.
T1(1'* 111 a treeleleseincs altar . the fol-
lowing reeipe simplifiem le 213 equally
relialdo mei Mentally thly Mates the
quantity, while it forme one of the
eassiest of all takes to bake. Peat five
egg yolks till very light and then.
adding one cup of granUbdod sugar,
temeinue leating until the 11110 t.uro ie
of the very paled straw oriole Stir In
little by little, wed very light-
ly ono elm of sifted flour and five
egg-whites stiff and dry. Add ono in-
bleepoenful of lemon jukes and lurke.
This, and thin only, deserves the 11( 10,
/ and 11 19 a good one, of old fashioned
sponge cake.
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A Cup of Cliocolatee-th prOps ring
ehocolates a paste should first be made,
IThe proportion In making choeolate is
0130 square of choeolate to one tahle-
spoonful of hot water. This is stirred
emouth in the doable boiler, chafing
dish, or whatever utensil is used for
making it, and then ths malk Or milk
and water added. The propertion of
half water to the eltecolate makee it
more digestible. Allow (MA OUP or
one-half pint of liquid to the square
of chocolate. The water is first add-
ed to the paste and well cooked. There
is not the oiliness to the elmeolate, and.
it is much more delleate if the milk
133 001: rooked atter Laing policed. in,
but merely allowed to become thor-
oughly hot. No scum arises on the
chocolate when the, paste is first made.
The paste is convenie.ut. It can Le
Made and kept on hand, peeked in a
small thino vessel, for tem or three
' days, and need when desired ahe
chocolate shoul1 be, well beaten with
an egg beater, the dish being plueed
00 tbe leek ef the range, if convenient,
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nourishment the. white er the yolk and
white of an egg well beaten, Mil be
stirred into the chard:eta,
IRON HORSE IN SOOPli AFRICA,
Groat Stride, In Railway nialiSinit.the
51011. 'Wears.
Rtalwity aetivity in South Acre% is
of comparatively modern origin, but in
the course of a few short years it has
been pushed on with almost feverish
haste, so that at the present time the
iron horse has tietually entered Dui-
! awayo, and there is eerious talk of ex-
; tending the system to the onee mys-
' terients Zambesi. Although we finally
' sueceeded the Dutch as rulers in the
' Cape Colony in 1806, it wae not until
185e that the fient railway ;Vas com-
menced, and extensions went on slowly
till the discovery of diamonds in Gri-
qualand West gave an Impetus to
trade and tra.ffie in South Africa.
Even then the raiilway baited, for years
at a sleepy town on the edge of the sil-
ent Karroo known as Beaufort West,
1 and theme the journey had to be made
to Kimberley, according to the means
or tastes of the passenger, by post cart,
with driver's reckless of ilie and limb;
the lumbertng stage coach or "penults
schooner" drawn by vicious mules or
Slumberous OXen,
I Them are many prosperous city men
-toed even millionaires -still in the
prime of Life who well reruember tha(1
awfu1 journey across tho veldt frt.=
Beaufort West -the glaring heat by
day, this cold by night, the lurching
veliedes, the whirling sand as it came
aelown, the breeze, the scancy provis-
ions, the miserable "outspans," and at
16,st the sounds of distant dynamiLe ex-
plosions which bespeke the nearness of
the eity of dus1 and diamonds. The
military operations in Bechuanaland_
i led to the continuation of the lino, with
! the active assistance of the home gm,
ernment, right up to Kimberley.
Meantime the agricultural distriete
of the Cape Colony had. teen opened
up, thanks mainly to the pressure
which the farmers brought to bear utt
the goverument of the day, and in ISM)
the gala discoveriee In the Transvaal
,
led to another spurt; in railway build-
ing. Some of the short liners ea the
ear% pass through very teaueiful 0000-
ee13', such ag those winch tun. through
the pine-elatt slopes of Wynberg, and
away in the other clireetion to Sea
Point -the Brighton of the cape -but
for graneleur fete in the wont. ten (tome
Imre with the .railway which climbs
the banner range et the Hex RIVAr
M011 1110i1111. 7110 lino agenda hy won-
derful curves and zigazags, giving the
clPfleriteltig's tea'Slow,fe-ftligutlhe x‘el,(6.1".,:'singoffartMehe
1 and vineyards at the fertile, valley,
Capped with anow, the surrounding
ruountran peaks, some of them 0,000 feet
high, present, a granci appear:011re
fInd engineering skill has pierced
through perpendicular rocks by Manna
of cuttings matt tunnels. The history
of railway exteratio,n in South Afriea
to essureilly a, romances of real life,
KITCHEN. LORE,
It is injustice Lo the housekeeper for
all the men who enter the farmer's
kitehen to track an unnecessary, amount
or mud into the house; and there
should be clean, hard walks across the
yard.
Cheap qualities of ground cloves
c.ontaln ground coal, charcoal,
roasted coecauut shells, olive stones,
Corn, and various butte of seeds,
Pure gromid dove is almost never
found.
Let the housekeeper remember that
it does aot rendre anything hut the
cheapest and simpleet pot to make the
best noffee Met ever 11110 Mad% but it
requires care is selecting the coffee and
in ('(31 1107 the water.
Al, etularressment of kitchen sma
pliers is almost, its bad as a steretia.
Manufacturers are rontinually Intro -
during cooking neensile which flatter
tion to their deacendents. aeap has n
is not her own blundering or the due
plenty ttf the. cook, but the want of the
panty 'of lee cook, bra the want of the
nroper tools that has made her coffee
flavorless, her poetry et. failure, or her
sy 1 labab a liquid,
It is posedhle. that our granchuothere
understood how to preserve 11110 gilt on
the pretty thili11 width they have
handed 1)00011 in emit exeellt,nt condi-
tion to their. desemidents. Soap has a
di:411.4,mm effort men the gold, as well
05 thiN C010t0 ill f1310 0111110. The
militant with is dangerous lot'
chine, and it Mould lee drained 111
wetulett oe paper bowl or a soft
piere of Turkish timeline:nen le pine -
ed in the (leaner before the ehina is
put in,
lemetiontel Sponge Cieke,-A
celltlrliolo te hotteekceping journal
110.4 heeled "Old fashioned sponge
tt=ttt-t-t--.-tttt. •
MANNER Ote EXPRESSION,
The seeret of eloquence, met the ors
air:rival person, is not; helf so emelt
trt whet is said as in the way it is
said.
Cornet vouchsafed the man with the
sorubby ehin whiskers. A. verbal pro-
ititi‘e to pay is nowhere abiligaide
written one.
THE FAIR AND THE BRAVE.
So, atter they had fought for her she
married elle man who got thrashed.
did she?
Yes; elle reasoned that (3 man who
would fight a. limn who could thrash
him meat to brayer then a Man wive
fought e man he could thrash.
ilissAGE Br WA TER JETS,
SAID TO 13E AWAY AHEM,/ MAS-
SAGE 13Y RANDS.
T11e3 Smooth Awl4 al? Aches And L'It"
0310 Wholly Conies kril With age -
retiree* et the Tank t8che1'1.1)4'.c0' Of Mc
OperatiOn.
17(1.101. tho very infant in-
vention ter reliaving pain. iilipOrt0
11 is away ateeel or massage by
10 xmci. bemuse, IL is possible to get
frau a single tank of watet (hut
weld not. 118 obtained were half is dozen
Wrong men to labor with all their skill.
Hospitals are using the system., tuni
gymiperiume and T'utkittli baths are
0000 to take it up.
The bulk isn't much to Ioolc at -from
tbe outside. It looks not unlike the
tlemeande ol 5ee1.10118 of pipe you tree
stuttered over leifth avenue as far 110
the eye ran reach. The Fifth avenue
pipes are larger and more eaasightly,
but if their size 1401111 reduced and, they
13,0010 ))/08401 On end they would show
a reeemblanets to the hydraulic tank.
A force pump ia opertaed by a steaan
engine in the cellar. It is this steam
pose'er which stands in the way of the
natroduction of the systeno at present
into private homes. On the Wall are
the appliitnee,s for filling and emPteing
the Lank. 'Phis work. by the way, can
be done al, a minute's notice. There Is
one lever which turns on the hot water
and anether vt-letsh controls the supply
of cold water, and the revolving water
in the tank can thus be fixed. at any
desired temperaure,
illefore the water ie turned au you
may leek into the Lab and see the lit -
Lie holes or perforations in the sides.
These are not great in diametee, bat
they form a powerful combivation
when they get down to business. Now
the water is turned wee 13, 1.8 regulated
at a temperature of 105 degrees. You.
may put lu your hand and feel that it
is warm and. pleasant. 11.1n comes the
water to the top of the tub and you
think that it is about to 11(304 eve): the
skies and onto the floor. Dut it isn't.
ft stops where it is. ;Again, you put
in your hand. You have bared your
terra to the shoulder. You let your arm
sink into the warm water and with
your free hand you hold 'ea plane the
elate weich le to prevent the water:
fruu splashing when the jets begin to
glee you aetion.
FROM ZERO TO CONTENTMENT.
You do not feel anything. No? And
thou you giant*, at• the wall anti the
franc:11er on it. The hand is quiet and
pointing to zero. Softly, however, it
creeps up to the point. indicating a five
pound pressure. Simultaneously you
note that there is a gentle disturbance
in the tank. Something has taken hold
of yeur hand and 19 stroking it tend-
erly and gratefully. It is not on one
side of your hand and arm. .1.1. 18 on
every side an.1 at 1,111 503101 time. It is
315111 a thousaad cats were purring coa-
tentedly and. Belting your arm with
their velvety tongues.
The feeling of contentment increases.
You see by the dial that the pressure has
risen to ten pounds No wontan of high
degree ever applied the rebbit's foot
Lo her delicate cheek with more deft
gentleness than these little fairies are
exhibitin,g in their noiseless massage.
The warra water in the Lank is reed-
ing constantly and there is never any
overflow. On its bankward journey It
passes the arm and rubs gently against
the flesb egetaing a current which
strikes directly acrose the path of the
jets and slightly deflects them Then
you feel as 1( 1,130 softest; hooded maid-
en in all the world were passing their
tunooth IllIgerti back and forth over
your erne and caressing you with a
care that was dretien producing.
The needle on the indicator points to
fifteen and thM 30 twenty, and, you.
may send it up as high as you wish
within the limit of fifty pounds.
There is no danger that the powerful
jets will become unmanageable, They
are mailer perfect control. The warm
standing water through the volume of
whiter they are compelled to force their
tvay before they reath your arm is the
protecting influence which prevents
the jets fro18 doing you the injuee,
which they would surely do you if them
11(18 110 water bleuket intervening. If
they were left lone they would atm*
your lend With a feroeity that would
speedily result in a choice collection of
bruises, ahrasions and possibly breaks.
Surgeons are using the hydraulic
massage for the benefit of patients who
are troubled with rheumatism, for
bruises, Creatures and broketn bonee.
_
CATS AS CARRIERS.
The earrier pigeon has a rival. For
long it has been known that rats are
hones -loving beasts and tvill di* to
plates rather than people. Wonder-
ful stories gre tad of rats which have
been tied up hi meal -bags, carried 20
naiios from home, turned loose in the
middle of the ,night, and been baok in
their old quarters before morning. Ile-
cently it has been proposed to make a
reel use of this hewing propensity!of
cats and. experiments have teen tried
in Belgittra. Tbirty-seven oats were
taken in hags nearly 30 miles out into
the country to them unfamiliar. The
animals were liberated, at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon, turd two got borne agein
la lass than five hours, and all the rest:
by next morning. In time of war
thoro is little doubt that meth a. "cat
post" might be most useful, The day
resouree of the opposing forme woul(1
be to start a special magas of terriers!
Alle/tRATION 17015 CULTURD.
MI:dress-Mary, you didn't hall detst
the front room. 5 WWI In there just
now, a110. I could write my 1104110 on the
mantelpiece.
Domestie-Ale mern, what a thing1,6
do be to Mtge an eddica,tionl
IN CLOVER,.
Rev, Dr, Priturose-)fou say if you
hart a geoct sni1 of elethee you weal&
be able to melte a living/
Weary Ragglee-Yes, sir. Don aey
wudn't chase nue away freee de free
lateeh,
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