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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1898-8-5, Page 2THE BB SSEL8 POST. AUGUST 8, 1898 THE FATAL REPAST, We had been nearly five weeks at sen when the captain found, by nautica observation, that we were within on Hundred a,nd thirty miles of the nett aide of damaioo. Favourable winds an smooth seas had hitherto been our Don scant attendants, and everything o board conspired to render the sun finement and monotony of along Vol age less annoying than they ns11all are, The cabin passengers oonsiste of Major and Mrs, L—, a new -mar riod couple; Miss P--, sister to tb latter; Mr. D.--',: a, young Irishman and myself. Our captain was a ma of pleasing manners and liberal ideas and formed an important acquisitio to our party, by joining in all its re creations, and affording every faoil ity to the indulgence of them, Mut of our time was silent in conversation and in walking on deck and when th dews of evening obliged us to descend to the cabin, the captain would ofte entertain us with a relation of tb various dangers which he and abet.abet.Persons had encountered at sea, or detail, with great gravity, some of the prevailing superstitions of sailors. Although he possessed more general information than usually falls to the lot of seafaring persons, bis mind was tinctured with some of the weaknesses and prejudices. The ladies of our par- ty had a great taste for natural his- tory, end wished to obtain specimens of all the most interesting kinds of sea -birds. They had several ;times requested the captain to shoot one of Mother Carey's chickens, that they might take a drawing from it; howev- er, he allays declined doing so, but never gave any satisfactory reason for his unwillingness to oblige them in this respect. At last, err. D-- kill- ed two of the birds, after having sev- eral times missed whole flocks of them. The captain seemed very much start- led when he saw the animals drop on the waves, "Will you have the good- ness to let down the boat to pick up the game?" said Mr. D--. "Yes, sir," replied he, "if you'll go off in her, and never return on board this vessel. Here is a serious business. Be assured the have not seen the end of it" He then walked away without offering to give order's about lowering the boat; and the seamen, who witnessed the transaction, looked as if they would not have obeyed bim had be even done so. Though we sate no lana, everything that we were in the West India Seas. The sky had, within a few days, begun to assume a more dazzling as - Peet, and long ranges of conical -shap- ed clouds floated along the horizon. Land birds, with beautiful plumage, often hovered round the vessel, and we sometimes fancied we could discover e vegetable fragrance in the breezes that swelled our sails. One delightful clear morning, when we were in hourly expectation of mak- ing the land, some dolphin appeared astern. As the weather was very mod- erate, the captain proposed that we should fish for them; and a great many Books were immediately baited for that purpose by the seamen. We caught large quantities of dolphin, and of an- other kind of fish, and put the whole into the hands of the steward, with orders that part should be dressed for dinner, and part distributed among the crew. When the dinner -hour arrived, we all assembled in the cabin, in high spirits, and sat down to table. It being St. George's day, the captain, who was an Englishman, had ordered that every- thing should be provided and set forth in the most sumptuous style, and the steward had done full justice to his directions. We made the wines, which were exquisite and abundant, circul- ate rapidly, and every glass increased our gaiety and good bumor, while the influence of aur mirth rendered the ladies additionally amusing and 811 - mated, The captain remarked that, as - there aro two clarnet io-players among the crew, we ought to have a small dance upon the quarter-deck at sunset. This pro- posaI was received with much delight, particularly by the females of our party; and the captain had just told the servant in welting to bid the musicians Prepare themselves, when the mate entered the cabin, and said that the man at the helm had dropped down, al- most senseless, and that another of the crew was so ill that he could scarcely speak, The captain, on receiving this infor- mation. grew very pale, and seemed at a lose what to reply. At last he start- ed from his chair, and hurried up the gangway, Our mirth ceased in a mom- ent, though none of us appeared to know why ; but the minds of all were evidently occupied by what they had just heard, and Major L ---r'emar'ked, with a faltering voice, that seamen were very liable to be taken suddenly i11 in hot climates, After a little time, we sent the ser- vant to inquire what was going for- ward upon deck. He returned immed- iately, and informed us that the two sailors were worse, and that a third had Just been attacked in the same way, Ile had scarcely said those words. when Mrs. L ---gave a shriek, and cried out that her sister had fainted away. This added to our confusion and alarm; and the major and Mr. A ---trembled so much, that they were hardly able to convey the young lady to her state- room. All couversation was now at an end, and no mora uttered a word tell Mrs, L ---returned from her sister's ap- artment. While we were inquiring how the latter was, the captain enter- ed the cabin in a state of great (wife - tion. "This is a dreadful business," said be. "The fact Ie -it le my duty to tell you -I fear we aro all pnieoned by the fish wa bave ata, One of the crew died a few minutes since, and five others are clangorously ill," "Poisoned l myGod 1 Do you say so? Must we all die '1' exclaimed Sirs. L dropping on h•' kntes, "What is to be done?' cried the major, dis- tractedly 'are there no means of caan- teraetNthat ing it at f knee of," returned the captain. "All remedies are vain, The poison in always fatal, except -buts begin to feel Pte effoots-• support me -can tete tic imagination?" ataggertd to one side, and would neve fallen upon the floor, had not 1 assisted' him. Mrs. L-- notwilli- sten ding his apparent insensii,illt.y, clungerne to his ar. crying one in a tone of despair, "Is there no help -ao pity - no ono to save us?" and then fainted n 1 e h d n y d e n n h 8 n e lips, "You are a happy man ; you have nothing to embitter your last moments -Oh, Providence was I permitted to escape so many dangers, merely that I might suffer this misery?" lttrs. L-- soon regained ber senses, and I endeavoured to palm her egita- tioa by remarking, that we might pos- sibly escape the fatal influence of the poison., as some constitutions were not so easily affected by it as others. "Is there then a little hope?" she exclaim- ed. "Oh 1 God grant it may be ea 1 Ilow dreadful to die in the midst of the ocean, far from friends and home, and then to be thrown into the deep I" - "There is one thing," said the captain faintly, "I was going to tell you, that -but this sensation -I mean a remedy." -"Speak on," cried the major, in breathless suspense. "It may have a chance of saving you," continued the former; "you must immediately" -- He gave a deep sigh, and dropped his head upon his shoulder, apparently un- able to utter a word more. "Oh, this is the worst of all!" cried Mrs. L---, in agony; "he was cm the point of tell- ing us bow to counteract the affects of the poison -Was it heavenly mercy that deprived him of the power os speech ? Can it be called mercy ?"- Hush, hu -hl you rave," returned ber husband, "We have only to be resign- ed now -Let us at least die together." The crew had dined about an hour and a half before us, and consequent- ly felt the effects of the poison much earlier than we did. Every one, how- ever, now began to exhibit alarming symptoms. Mr. D--- became deliri- ous; the major lay upon the cabin floor in a state of torpidity; and the captain had drowned all sense and re-, collection by drinking a large quantity of brandy. Mrs. L--- watched her husband and her sister alternately, in a state of quiet despair. ITo Be Continued,) SAILOR'S SUPERSTITIONS. Peculiar Beliefs of the sten who Go Down to the am h, Ships. Spanish sailors on certain days of the week or month lay aloft at sunset and beat the sheaves and pins of the blocks to drive the devil out of the gear, and the noise they make is a horrid din. This is said to beim origin- ated be an order given which resulted in disaster. A certain Spanish squadron that bad been anchored some time was surprised by the enemy and could not make sail and escape, as all the blocks were rusted and useless, The Spanish sailor bas no prejudice against starting out on a voyage on Friday, that being the day on which Columbus started on his voyage of dis- covery. English and American sai.ors will not sail on that day if they can help it. They would consider the whole trip hoodooed by such a beginning. A sneeze at sea would hoodoo the ship unless it happened to turn to the I right, when it brings good look, Sail- ors 'lave faith in odd numbers, and naval gunners carry out this belief in the number of times they fire a sal- ute. Whistling for wind is another fav- orite superstition of the men before the mast. This is a trick when ships are becalmed, as "Whistles rash bid tempests roar." A " capful of wind ' or a " bagful " usually defines the quantity. The phantom ship, so often seen by navigators, is not purely the appari- tion of romance, but n mirage, Some- thing almost as wonaerful, but not of the supernatural order. The horseshoe is still a popular con- tribution by sailors to the fetish of good luck. A distinguished precedent is giv- en for this. Lord Nelson believed in the luck of the horseshoe, and had one nailed to the mast of bis shill Victory. A peculiar superstition Is that if wo- men are taken on board a voyaging ship some disaster will follow. This may be the reason why no government ship is allowed to carry women passengers. Sailors, too, prefer a ship that has a masculine name, or is called after some man, or is geographical. A line of steamers will often employ a certain selection of names to the exclusion of all others. The Cunard steamers and all their names with to, d feminine terminal, but -one that has been the reverse of disastrous, since that line has never lose a sbip. Captains are not as superstitious es their nret'rs, being of better education, and that may ac- (gunt for the names of sailing vessels being identical with that of wife or sweetheart, Certain names ere knnwn 3.11 •the history of nautical nomencla- ture as hoodoos. They have been paint- ed over and other names substituted, but bad lurk attended the ship, and not 'even reconstruction sever! it. Then, if the name must be feminine, the orew want something they are familiar with, Onetar ldc a a who Was t >1 1 1 bo name of a new ship was the Aurum said: Why don't they leave poetry to the navy folk and stick to the Susannahs end d\Tary Anne nnrl ,Tamimns of my day? Aurora I Haw is a plain able sea- man to answer a hail with such a mouthful as that behind his teeth1" ANX101.'$ TO KNOW, Old Gutrox-1 don't wish you for a sou -in-law, sir. Young Man --No? You haven't any other gond p08il.ion you could give a fellow, have you? AN 'EASY CHOICE. She-Whinh would you rather have, wraith or the affection of the woman yon truly loved ? 11' -Wealth ley all means. Then I could have the other on the side. USES Ota SOCIETY, Malden -It seems to me eocIely is useful only to people who want to get married, afatron-You mistake, my dear, It s equally useful to people who are Married and want to forget it, way on her husband's 11050111, who, tithing to mo, said, with quivering ANTONIO DI CARARA. Carara's Indignation mastered 111m; he saw all going to ruin. A nighty battle lost, perhaps as empire broken down, by the formal atupidity of a slave of office. He turned round to the regiment, exclaiming, "Gentle- man, sine the General sends us no- thing but poltroons, let every brave man follow me." The regiment ans- wered their favourite officer with an animating shout, and again rushed for- ward. Nothing could withstand this desperate charge. The leading bri- gade was out through in all directions, and the column totally paralyzed. In the universal rout, Carara galloped in- to the spot where the eagle -bearer was retreating, protected by a confused crowd of lancers and infantry. The Count was for a moment alone, he gave his charger the spur, and, 'with a bound, was in the aentr•e of the throng. The conflict was keen, but abort, A sabre blow on the arm that held the stand- ard, sbeared off arm and standard to- gether. Another cut his way through the confused mass 01 pikes and bayonets that pushed at him in all quarters, and with a lane -wound in his side and a bullet in his shoulder, both equally unfelt for the time, he darted, eagle in hand, out of the melee, and rejoined his regiment, who received him with shouts of admiration. But all was too late. From the em- inence which the oavalryhad reached in this victorious charge, the whole Aus- trian infantry was seen in full retreat. The French masses were again covering the plain, and the long lines of smoke continually advancing towards the Damp of Metes, showed both that the enemy was in overwhelming force, and that the General had given up the day. Night was falling, but the cannon still roared far to the west, and the Dashing of the infantry fire became rapidly visible as the dusk thickened. It was evident that the field was lost, and the Hungarian Guard, now left al- most alone, looked round for the tardy commandant, who was so fond of wait- ing for orders. Ile was nowhere to be found. His ordain had not called him to join in beating the French brigade, and he had left the regiment to trans- act that matter for themselves, and galloped back to the camp. The only thing now to be done was to reach the camp, and endeavor to cover the re- treat. As they moved off, Carara's horse startled at something under bis foot; it was a headless body in the uni- term of the Austrian staff. The tardy aide-de-camp hadbetter have taken his chance even in the charge. A twelve - pound shot from one of the french guns had rolled across his gallop, and carried his head to the foot of the next tree, where the head and the ball now lay quietly together, As the regiment advanced, the signs of defeat grew more frequent and fatal. Horse, foot, and artillery. crossed each other's way. Baggage -wagons were overthrown, troops plundering, guns ly- ing on the ground with their traces cut, and their horses floundering to got Inose, or running wild about the field, Tho wounded were lying by hundreds, scattered over the ground, crying vain- ly to be carried all. Generals, that seemed to have lost their senses; Staff as senseless as their Generals; Colonels looking for their regiments. And regi- ments shouting out for their Colonels, were hurrying in all directions; -fury, folly, execration, frenzy, misery -a11 were let loose; and, in the mean time, the whole MISS of 50,000 men were in- sensibly pushed to the edge of the Bormida. The confusion thickened. There had been no lines of retreat ori- ginally pointed out in the General's plan, for he had looked on the victory as certain. The Bormida was a deep and rapid stream, impassable on foot or horseback, and with but one crazy bridge, that would have broken down with the first baggage -wagon. The army was inevitably ruined. The re- port was, that the General -in -chief was either drunk, or asleep, or dead. General Zech, the second in command, had been seen to fall into the hands of the French dragoons. Elnitz, the most gallant officer of the army, and whose conduct of the cavalry had entitled him to the highest praise, had lost an arm by a cannon -shot, and been carried off the field two hours before, Ali was contusion beyond re- medy. But even In tbe routed army tbere were bravo spirits still, and a few regi- ments of hussars, encouraged by the gallant discipline of the Hungarians, stili covered the confusion from the immediate sight of the enemy. It was now dark, and tare retreat sues still pushed by the France, evidently with the design of throwing the whole Austrin.n army into the Bormida. By the flash of one of the batteries, which had ,just commenced its fire, on the re- treating cavalry, Carara saw the count- enance of a man struggling his way towards him througb the crowd. With at mixture of grief and gladness he re- cognized bis friend, the Colonel, who, on hearing the tumult approach the camp, had torn himself out of the sur- geon's hands, mounted, and come to share the fate of his regiment. There was no time for further explanation ; for a rush of the whole French cavalry upon the broken battalions, drove them like ono vast surge to the brink,. and another rash dro•,a them in. Carara felt himself helplessly whirled along in this living earthquake, and the Col- onel had only a moment to grasp his friend's bridle, and lead him along with him, when they were both plunged in the centre of the Bormida. The torrent wee covered with men, screaming and struggling for life, stabbing each other., and drowning. 11y what fortune Carara escaped from this scene of horror, he could not tell. But he at last found himself sittipg steed - less, 011 the opposite shore with the Colonel by his side. "You Jiavo saved my life, Colonel," said he, "but to what purpose? It was ney wish to have flied in that field, or in that stream, but I your friendship was too active." -"I feel that I am dying, Count Carara,' 1 said the Colonel ; "it was 1 who dire, entangled you from your charger and drew you upon the bank, No aoknow- ledgments," said he, with it melan- choly wave of his hand, "I am more rewarded. If E have a consolation at this hour, it is that I can disburden my 1 mind of the load 01 wretchedness that t has bovved Inc for years. .Look upon n me, Count t Have you 110 recollection ' of these features in earlier life1' Car- s ara looked in vain. Have you 110 Fee i anembranee then of the name of Count Alexander. Terrtano 1" His hearer start-, e ed, Ile had known him for one of the I moat distinguished Of his rivals, anis a one with whom ho had even dispute the Lady Julia's hand at the point 0 the sword, "You knew ao muni thea' said the Colonel, with a faint emflo but you do not know all. 1 am n Hungarian. 0 loved the ineomparabl woman who is now your wife. 'You risked your Me .for her, and you de- served her; but the nurse of Italy was upon me, and I swore revenge. 1 could not hi honor eau to the field agate a mau who had given me my life, But my fiendish revenge must be fed. De you remember the night when you were attacked coming from the fete In Pa- via? --the dagger that broke in your silo? That dagger was millet" Carara half sprang from the ground, but the deep dejection of the oountonance that now looked on him, disarm0d all re. santment. "You may well scorn the baseness of the act," said the dying man; "but no scorn of yours could equal my own. The moment I gave the blow, I would have given worlds to retreat it. Twos frantic wi>on I saw you, fall, I cursed myself in my agony, I would have plunged the weapon into my own heart; but I then thought I had deft it in yours, T was overwhelmed with so bit- ter a sense of the baseness of my oiime, that I must have proclaimed my Wanly to justice, but for the 105.8 of my senses. f heeamo a lunatic. My family, for the double purpose of my recovery, and absence from scones where every hour threatened insan- ity again, sent me into Hungary,w'here a noble branch of our house had been long settled. I entered the Imperial service, and in that servioo I was un- happily compelled, in the course of a diplomatic •mission, to visit Italy once more. My revenge flamed again. It was a canker in my heart; a devil that possessed nee night and day. I deter- mined on your destruction. To pre- vent any compunctious change of mind 1 pledged myself by a vow at the a1bar`; strange mockery 1 to accomplish your destruction. But not by the pistol or the dagger. Not by my own hand. I had too fierce a consciousness of the agony of my first attempt, the scor- pion -sting of pelf -reproach was too venomous still for me to hazard a now torture. I salved my conscience by determining to make you the instru- ment of your own ruin. You remember our studies in chemistry?" d f 0 0 Carara assented. He "even remem- bered them with extraordinary admira- tion for the various talent of his teach- er." "The time for compliment Is past," said his friend, "I found you a quick solloiar; but all my science rues for the purpose of tempting you into studies that must bring you under the eye of our jealous government. I succeeded, But the government foiled me, and I found that a temporary surveillance would be your highest affliction. I desired snore. I prompted you to seek the Emperor at a season, and by a route, which, to your habits, render- ed death almost inevitable, Careless of my life, if I could extinguish yours, I led you into the very region of the avalanches. We both escaped by mir- acle; and I found that my work was to be begun once more, I set to it Subtilely. I involved you in the ob- ligations of a service which abounded in all the chances of ruin to a man of spirit and ra5hion, .,f susceptibility and genius. The hazard table or the sword, the dissipations of a prodigal regiment, and the vices of a profligate city, the dagger of the bravo, or the risks of the field, all lay in wait for the man whom I honoured, esteemed, and even loved, but whose death I had sworn by all the solemn vows that could pledge the resolution of a human being." His voice sank at the wor'as; a tear broke down bis cheek,and he fell into Centre's arms, "I have but a few words more to say," said be, recover- ing, "and I feel it something like a sign of l'eaven's mercy, that I am permitted thus to axone by my shame for my crime. Angry at your con- tinued escape, yet delighted at your continued advance in honour; outrage- ous with myself for my designs again- st your life, but still desperately bound by my vow, I entered the field this day, with the determination that neith- er of us should survive. But it was to be otherwise. The sabre was al- ready raised, in my hand to' strike the blow, when the Frenchman's bullet struok me, Thank Heaven for my fall," Carara's countenance showed the astonished feeling with which be listened to this recital on the part of his fellow -soldier. "I cannot die with- out your forgiveness, Count," said the Colonel weakly, encleavoring,to clasp his hand, "f know, and abhor the whole treachery of 'the deed, ' lieut. I was born an Italian -I was tercel, as we all are, in the midst of, treachery. Re- venge w'es inoculated into my frame from my first hour, as it is into us all, The night which we passed toge- ther in your palace, desolated as it was, in the presence or. your admirable wife, who did not know the changed fea- tures of the irfon whom she ha.cl scorn- ed; even that night was a new fount; of fire in my soul -it roused the un- dying worm again in ane -it shed deadly poison in evexy vein; but; all is at an end. And now let me do one last act%of jestios to myself, While I lay in the agony of a wound thio day, which I knew to be mortal, I heard that, the regiment 1058 retiring, and that all was lost. My revenge was gone. A brighter spirit had dawned upon my mind, 80811 on that bed, I roes, against 'all remonstrance, with a determination to expend the last wreck of a worthless and unhappy life in rescuing yours, I forced my /feeble )way through the route with that solo purpose. I found you in a spot which 1 must have been your grave, At the moment when the French battery were preparing to throw in m fire '10111th must have torn every man within range to pieces, I turned, your horse's head into the stream, There was but the choice of hazards, and, thank Ilea- t veil, I chose fortunately for my W- ant and generous friend." His voice faded away into a wbisper as he spoke le attempted a few inarticulate words mono, and lay clasping Cararees hand, The tuna' of the ,J9ronch guns, as they drove the last remnant of the unfor t.unato army over the bridge of the Idormida, were the requiem to the warrior. Carara caught• itis last menti', and born him in his arms to he little aural, which stood Iiko en steam of peace) In the midst of the turbuleiee and horrors of war, The eatery priest who remained, laid him n an honouralyl.p armee The French oratory instantly ebang- d the fate of affairs in the north 01 taly. Buonaparte, eager to conciliate Il parties, and fond o1' popularity am- p 0114 hie countrymen, commanded that • all the injuries done by the preceding av r ment l 1 thees g e n should cease, al toss be compensated, and all the exiles re- i stored. Padua carne under the gen- eral cliango, and the Count Ceram saw himself once more a proud hus- band, a bnppy father, and the lord of an inheritance worthy of his trials and his name, (:Ch's End.) REMEMBERED DUMB FRIENDS. Dogs, trots and 5'8rret9 were not forgot ter In Their eVllls. The benevolent Philadelphian who re- cently bequeathed a thousand a year to his pet fox terrier is only one of quite a number of animal lavers who in- clude 1 their dumb friends in the list of their legatees. Some four years ago the wilt of the late Miss Raine, an Englisbwoman was proved, the value of her personal estate in the United Kingdom amounting to upward of $400,000. This was the lady who left her lands and hereditaments in the parish of Wolvercote, Oxfordshire, to the last Lord Randolph Churchill, "in recognition of his commanding politi- cal genius," She had a great love for animals, and had quite a number of pets. One of the clauses in her will was as follows: " And as regards my pussies, Igloo my dear old wbite puss Titions and her pussies Tabby Rolla, Tabby Tennefee, and black and white Ursula to Ann Elizabeth Matthews, and I direct my executors to pay ber LIS a year for the maintenance of each oat so long ss it shall live. My long haired white puss, Louise, and ear black and white puss, Dr. Clausman, to my handmaid- en, Elizabeth Willoughby, and my .Black Ebony and White Oscar to Miss Lavinia Sophia Beck, and my execu- tors are directed to pay them also £12 a year fox each of these pussies SO LONG AS IT SHALL LIVE. " A11 the remainder of my pussies I give to the said Ann EIizabeth Mat- thews, and I direct!: my executors to pay her out of the balance of the div- idends of my father's Lambeth Water Works shares £150 a year for their maintenance so long as any of them shall live, but this is not to extend to kittens afterward born." There is arise a direction to Ann El- izabeth Matthews to live out of this annuliy in the village of Haylands, in a cottage and garden for the mainten-• ante of the same pussies. All live crea- tures she left to the kindly disposal of her executors, and " if her poor old black mare Fenella should be alive she authorizes them to take from her es- tate a sum sufficient to pay for her board and lodging as long as she shall live." ,Another woman some time ago left a large sum of money to the town in which she died on condition that the town authorities should spend $40 per year on her favorite cat. Minute de- tails were given in the will as to the treatment the cat was to receive. It was stipulated that every morning the cat should have a quarter of a hint of mills, which was to be served in a Serves saucer. The mid-day meal was to consist of liver or filleted fish, and this meal was to be repeated at sup- per time. The bed was to be a bas- ket warmly lined with flannel, and ev- ery Sundae, the cat was to be bathed and adorned with a bow of blue rib- bon. One thousand dollars a year was be- queathed by Mrs. Orby Hunter, of Up- per Seymour street, London, to A FAVORITE PARROT. The bequest was drawn up to guard against fraud or misappropriation, and elaborate provisions were made for the comfort and guardianship of the bird, whom the lady in her will described as her " faithful companion of twenty- five years." A big Newfoundland dog, Rover, was recently matte heir to $1,500 by his master, John Spooner, a seafaring man. The will W58 duly drawn up by an at- torney, and a guarantee company was empowered to act as trustee. The man did not wish that when he was gone his dog should be looked and cuffed about the world as ha had been, so determined to make provision for him. The will was drawn up in such a way that the interest derived from his pro- perty was to be used for the dog's sup- port and the property itself, at the dog's (teeth, with whatever remained, of the income, wets to go to his sister in England. The sailor said be found the dtrg lvhen it was only a puppy, while he was tramping in Southern Illinois, and now Rover has sprung from a dog of common degree to'a dog tvi.th expectations, Of the many considerate remote who have left annuities to animals men -I lion might to made of a Mrs. Harper, ; who left 8500 a year to her black cat; another widow who lett $250 a year 1 to her canaries; Dr. Christians, of Ven-; Me, who left 0,000 florins for the main.: of his three dogs, and t•l1e' Count of Yiiralola, who made provision in his will for a pet 000(1. A Mr, .Berk- ely, of Knightsbridge, who died in 1850, left $100 to four angel, wee wave des- cended from 0138 Wbleb had saved his. lee, OI!'TF'ER ACCEPTED, Nervous Passenger (to mother of howling imp in parlor car) -Madan, is there anything any of us can do to•' o pacify your little boy? , thank, you, yes; you are very hind. You! Pond Mother (of spoiled Soo, the dear Iittto f011ochild)w w--anChts, to throw his lunch at the passengers, and ten afraid they wouldn't like it, Just stead whore you are, please. Now s1oP crying, 1113' pet. This kind gentle- men wantsyou. to .play with him, j HEAD OE THE FAMILY -AT TIMES. Bilkine--I called at your house to see you to -day, and I noticed that ,your wife, referred to you as the head of the family. i Wilkins -Rah I out collecting MI's,' weren't you? Yes, said thovot0ran mind reader, i I Con read a woman's mind, but I don't fi retand t0 be able to understand it VihrtiVreelklearliM- An he Horne CANNING FRUIT, She's canning fruit, apron large-ull purple stained and rad - Almost envelops her from foot to head Her sleeves cru rolled, her dainty wrists are bare; A pure white cap adorns her golden hair, Which, with the checks aflame -eyes, bluely g11sy, Completes apicture that -what shall I say ?- I That's simply cute! She's conning fruit, This week. She's making jam and jel- ly, too, And watermelon pioltle5, just a 1811'. She stirs and tast08, and tastes and stirs, to tall When things sre done, and makes the jelly " jell" Just grand! And, all in all, it's quite an art, For, some things must he SWeet and others tart - Ail tastes to suit, Site's canning fruit, Preserves of almost every kind she's made, And now has started in on marmaladel And as I watch her to my heart there camas A fragrance sweet -born not of cook- ing plums, But burning love I I've this regret, you 080, wt Dorothy's not canning fruit for me While canning 'fruit SUGGESTIONS TO EIOIJSEKEEPERS. Better thea oxalic acid to remove fruit stains from the fingers are the fumes of sulphur prepared in this way, Put a tiny lump of sulphur in a patty pan, pour on a little alcohol and set it on Lire. Hold the stained fingers over the flames, and the disooloratjons will disappear. One of the most pouplar of the sum- mer salads is that composed of crisp white lettuce hearts, small, fine, whole tomatoes, and mayonnaise. The toma- toes should be sliced through with a sharp knife, but left eutire. Arrange., for each plate, a bed of torn lettuce, on whicb lay the tomatoes; pour on it a spoonful of mayonnaise. If you are going to use a can of sal- mon open it some hours before you need it, Empty it out of the can at once, and let it stand uncovered. By this prac- tice the close, airless odor imparted by hermetical sealing will be dissipat- ed, and also the disagreeable taste of tin and solder. Carefully drain off the oil, as it imparts a rancid taste. Cocoa -nibs are the coarsely crushed seed of the cocoa plant, and from them the most healthful drink prepared from the plant is made. Chocolate is such a highly concentrated food that fete stomachs can bea,.r its use constantly without unfavorable results. Taken too frequently it ceases to be nutritious or beneficial to the individual , DOtcrlcSTIC .RECIPES, Potted Salmon. -Free a can of sal- mon from bones and skin and chop it fine, then beat it to a smooth paste, add the yolks of three bard -boiled eggs, a half teaspoonful bf mustard, a tea- spoonful salt, a pinch of cayenne ane! a .small pinch of ground cloves, and mace. Beat together, add two table- spoonfuls of butter and press into small pots. This is delicious for tea and for lunches, and realms toothsome sand- wiches. It will keep for same time if kept covered with melted butter. Plain Waters. -Mix one cup of fine oatmeal, one cup of flour, one table- spoonful powdered sugar, half tea8poon- eul salt kind a pin0hi of soda. Rub into this very thoroughly one tablespoonful butter, mix to a stiff paste with one- quarter of a cup of cream, roll as thin as possible and bake on slightly but- tered pans in a moderate oven. Gooseberry Pooh -Top and tail one quart of ripe gooseberries, put them in an earthen jar with one cup of wa- ter and set in the oven till the shins burst. Add sufficient sugar to make very sweet, press through a coarse granite colander, not tin or wire, or mash thoroughly with a potato lrlasb- er, Let stand till cold, then stir in slowly one pint of rich cream. The word " fool" used here is derived from the :French fouler, to crush 1 thus the name means literally "crushed goose- berries," • COOKING FOR INVALIDS, Bread, -One -quartos cupful milk, ono teaspoonful butter, 1-1 teaspoonful salt, 1-4 teaspoonful sugar, 9-3 yeast cake, flour to make dough. Beet the milk, add the butter, salt and sugar. \Viten lukewarm add the yeast, which has been dissolved in lukewarm water. Add the flour, then knead until smooth and elastic. Put it bark in the bowl, cov- er end lot it :rise until double its bulk. Shape into a small loin£ and place in a leaking pan, cover, and let it rise again. until double its bulk. Iicikein a. hat oven. the large amount 0f yeast allows the bread to be made and baked in three hours. Parker Home Ilolls.-One-ball cup - fel milk, 1-2 tablespoonful butter, 1-2 tablespoonful sugar, 1-1 teaspoonful atilt, 3-4 yeast cake, 3-4 oupful flour for the sponge, flour to make dough. Prepare the same as for bread, adding the three-fourths cupful. of flour after tiles yeast and then boating it w•itli a h 10001100 Spoon. Let. it rico until. light tv and porous. Add sufficient flour to I1 make a dough and knead until smooth, 1 Let it rise again to doable it 11(1117, Knead and roll one-half ineh thick, Lift it (ram the board and let it sbrinlc. Cut with tt round or oval cutter. Placa a small pioe0 of butler near the edge a and fold so that the edges are twee. 1 Press each roll 11 io prevent i rev nL iia of)sn 114 es it rises. When light bake en e, hat oven, .Lhi,s clow. h nr b us g C 0 d for siclrso Y t r sou hist i n u ts. J3uats,-Ono-third cupful bot milk, 2 tabtespoonfals sugar, 1-3 egg, 1-2 tea- spoonfal salt, 1-2 yeast oake, 2-3 cupful flour. Make a sponge with the above• ingredients. Beat it, Let it rise un- til light, add flour to make a dough, knead it and let it rise again to double its bulk, then add one tablespoonful 0f softened butter, ono -eighth teaspoon- chnnamon or nutmeg, and ono sixth cupful currants, Let it rise again. Shape intosmall round cakes and place in muffin pans to rise. When ligbt, bake in a moderate oven, \\'bon they have baked for 111toen minutes, glaze them with a mixture of milk and, sugar•, one-fourth tablespoonful sugar, one tablespoonful milk, and repeat every five minutes until they are done. Bake about forty minutes. Crumpets.- One-quarter tablespoon- ful ablespoon ful butter, 1-3 teaspoonful salt, 1-4 cup- ful hot milk, 1-4 egg, 1.-4 yeast cake, 1-2 cupful flour. Pour the hot milk over the salt and butter. When luke- warm add the beaten eggs and the yeast,which has been dissolved in luke- warm water, Add the flour and beat the mixture until smooth, Let it rise until light, then bake on a hot griddle in buttered muffin rings for twenty niinu'tes. A FLY TRAP THAT WORKS I have a friend who, after finisbing the dinner work, darkens the rooms to the lower part of the house and leaves, the doors open between the front rooms. and kitchen, leaving one window shade up in tbe kitchen, with a plate of fly paper in tee sunlight, When she comae. down stairs after a short rest ready for the afternoon, there is seldom efly left to disturb her or her callers. As may be inferred, there are no children in her bows and nothing to Interrupt or interfere with bar plan of work. Driving flies out regularly every morning is one of the best things I know of, and a fly brush; made of long strips of heavy tough paper fastened at the cud of a light, stiff stick is far better for the purpose than branches• of trees, towels, aprons, or any chance object one may catch up, Any room temporarily unoccupied - the sitting room or bedrooms while you are at work in the kitchen, and the dining room and kitchen after dinner, -m0y be darkened except one screen, and the flies driven out tee this as of- ten as they settle in the sunshine. This makes a great difference. if kept up, in our war with the little intrud- ers. Milling them as they light upon the wells with a folded newspaper, a whisk broom is better, is another good way. The best thing, however, that 'have ever trier] is a homemade fly trap; Take an old broom handle sawed off straight and nail or screw a small can firmly upon the end- lye can or one from potted hem is the best size. This is simply to hold a tumbler nearly fill-; ed with suds. Once' ready all you have, to do is to raise the glass steadily by. the handle to the telling wherever you: see a fly, one the work is done. I da not know whether it is the suction or the fright that causes every fly thus covered to drop immediately into the suds. The first evening, bolding my head in a position to see the flies Dns 1118 ceiling directly overhead and at the same time balancing the glass so that it would not spill, was very tire- some arid gave me a touch of stiff neck, but' did not mind it at all afterward. My husband Immune interested and fre- quently took my place, enjoying it something as a sportsman does spear- ing fish. If the flies are inclined 'to settle upon the walls or pictures they can be driven off and caught when they light upon the ceiling. There are no dead Dies about, no poison and no marks on the walls, We were simply de- lighted with this novel fly catcher, and after showing it to all our neighbors we still feel like passing it along. CURIOUS TURKISH PROVERBS. The Turkish peasants in their own country have plenty of homely ivit. Thus they say: "Aryk ultyusa 11i.t- oh'nk 01maz," or " Far the team ox there is no knife," meaning that the poor, hardworking peasant is too poor to be persecuted, There is genuine poetry in the say-• [tugs: ":Troy divided the flowers and' the rose fell to the lot of the thorn,"1 and, " Tsvo nightingales do not penis. i on one bough." Pathetic is the picture: conveyed in, " They put the nightin- gale in a cage and he only sang, "Oh„ my rosebush!" .(elle profound and submissive piety of the Turk shows in stiob sayings as "It may be six or it mayabe seven, but 1.1 will be tvhat number Allab ordains," and. 1(4atn, " When Allah gives He cloth not: asst whose son art: 1Ixous," 01 a like character is the saying, ' Thebead that bends is never out off," Of course the poor, beaten donkey is the hero of a whole list of proverbs, "The donkey is little.," it is Bald, "yet: he leads camels, 'Tbey invited the donkey to 'e wedding," gays atnot'.horl maxim, ," and he said: "Is it wood or water that. is wanted?" Of religious proverbs, ICornnio titer - Aare ie as full as Christian. Do what: is kind and good," says ono, "and east it into the sea; if the fish do not re- cognize it thy Creator will." Worldly prudence, however, inspires inch maxims es these: " .l'he wound by til', hand ]teals; the wound by the tongue. is incurable," "Out of the tripe seller's cauldron ocenet 1 no silk. limeade." " Don't always expecte the' peppery part of 111e :derv,' "['113y who h undle. honey will lick their finger's" rhdnll is mora -true of '.Turkey than 1 other places, probably. "'lire father. gave a vineyard to the son, hut: the' Aon never gave it bunch of grapes t0 he father," is a sermon 00 ingratitude. Short, pithy prcvorhe are, aA clan should nnlylisten with one of his ears,er 1u1 1:4131.0 18 110 1111.11)1 1:0 anfnnn dike lig 11101138r. ar T11. Cbilian Government has siren Argentina until August let 11 - to de - !do the boundary question