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The Brussels Post, 1898-12-16, Page 2Diamond Cut Diamond: OR, THE ROUT OF THE ENEMY. ,Angel was somewhat impressed by the intelligen0e and culture of this quiet young with the expreseive brown eyes. She could not help owning to herself that Horace Lassiter, whom she loved, was unable to talk as Mr. GOoe- frey Dane talked to her. She would not have admitted this to Dulcie for the whole world ; but she was conscious of it, as a foot, all the same. You must have read a great deal, lifer. bane," she said to him. Into Geoffrey's eyes there stole a ten- der, far -away look and a little smile. I never read anything at all till six weeks ago, Miss Halliday," "Really ? Well, yuu have made up for it since, You must have devoured a whole library full in tthose six weeks 1" Not quite -only one box of books- whioh arrived at my door, mysterious - 1y, one This evening." Had you ordered them?" o, 1 imagine they were a pree- ent..' i. ' u Anci you do not know from whom.? This is really romantic I You interest mo wonderfully. Did you have no letter to explain their arrival?" " Not a word. The box arrived, ad- dressed to me, and that was all." "Are you sure it was not old Mr. Dane? Papa has told us wonderful tales about his eccentricities." Geoffrey laughed outright. "No. I am quite sure they did not come from may uncle." • And the books -what were they 0" " A delightful selection -Bacon, and Montaigne's Essays --Horace Walpole's lettere-Charles Lamb, Leigh Hunt, and Carlyle—and nearly every English poet from Chaucer dawn to Tennyson. I have lived upon them ever sines. I shall live upon them all my life. I want no other books -ever l" He spoke the last words with a little glow of enthusiasm. Angel's feminine instincts told her that something more than a mere book - love's devotion underlay the kindling fire that rang in his voice and seen 1n his eyes. As to Geoffrey, he could not have told why he had epoken of this thing to this girl, who was a stranger to him. There was, perhaps, some vagus attraction of sympathy of nature be- tween them -something that had forc- ed. him to speak of it. That box -full of books was the Iink that bound him to the one page of romance of his life -a page which, it 'Merced to him, was turned over, for h ever, and yet which, even in turning, had left its indelible traces upon him, He had known, of course, from what source it was that this wonderful and prodigal gift had come to him. But, although he had written to her to thank her for the gift in the warmest terms, yet leis letter had remained un- answered and unacknowledged ; and he had been forced to recollect with sor- row, that although she bad promised to remember him, she had, at the same time, peremptorily declined to encour- age him in any hopes of further aa- gleam:Imes with her. To the very let- ter, Rose de Brefour had fulfilled her own terms with biro. Yet there are some loves -like the bright -flowered stone -crops, that flour- ish best upon the scanty soil of crumb- ling walls -that thrive and grow apace in starvation and in absence, Had his intercourse with Madame de Brafour been prosaic and common -place he na- ture -had he met her frequently and known her, as young men get to know the ordinary acquaintances of life -it is possible that she would have made no lasting impression upon him. There was, indeed, everything about her - from a common-sense point of view - to warn him of the folly of fixing his Miley upon her. Beautiful as she was, she was several years older then him- self. She had been married already ; she was a Catholic; her surroundings were of a strange and un -English na- ture. All this, under ordinary circum- stances, Geoffrey Dane, who was young and bad his way to make in the world -and that way remotely depending up- on the good -will of friends and rata - tions -would, no doubt, have Borne in mind, but of all this, as a fact, he re- membered nothing. 33e only saw her through the glamour of his one inter- view with her -.and her beauty of per- , son -and still more, her culture of mind -only returned again and again; to him t:irougb the dazzling mirage off the silence and mystery that surround- 1 ed her, Her strange reticence -the half- , attraotion which she had evidently found ie him -coupled with the firm - 11083 of her purpose in keeping hint at a distance from her, all heightened and intensified the fascination whioh she had unconsciously flung over him. He thought of her by day, he dreamt of her by night. He bad not told him- self, ley any means, that he loved her; but he had told blmself, very distinet- ly, that be should know neither rest nor peace until he had seen her and spoken to her again. Under these conditions, it was not, perhaps, very wonderful that Angel and Dulcte Halliday -charming and at- tractive as these two 030.1d002 undoubt- edly were -did not altogether present themselves to his imagination under the aspect whioh his uncle and their own father wets anxious that they should do, A man who 15 true-bearted and faithful by nature is 3101 sae fly diverted by other faces, however, fair, from the one that be has en- shrined in the very depth of his soul, And Geoffrey was --all unconsciously to himself -encased ie proof armour against the charms and the bright eyes of all eller women. • The "rapprochement" which he ex- perienced towards Angel Halliday was, therefore, no more then the vioarious, attraction whicha woman who faint- ly resembles hie dol may exereis°, for a few tnomenle, over a man's imagin- ation, He felt es if he could almost have spoken of Rose de Brefour to her, 8e sweet and 25 w0mnn-like was she to him -and the long, bey day, spent In s such sympal.betie s00iotY, woe thor- oughly grettful end enjoyable to hire. Fla told himself that evening, as he dressed himself otteefully for dinner, that in old Toe Haliidny's daught.ars ho had, unexpectedly, come across two wo- men who would be good friends to him for life, and whom he, desired 1.o ane often) and much. Aftea. a somewhat berried dinner, at an early hear, Horace Lassiter ar- rived at the Grange, duly armed with a bull's-eye lantern. He had come toor escort the girls down to the lee. The rest of the party from the Hall were to join them below -for the big house lay on the further side of the sweep or frozen meadow land. "You needn't have come," said Dun Mc, somewhat ungraciously, to him, as they walked down In couples towards the ice -Geoffrey end Angel being on in front. "We have Mr. Dane to look after us. It was quite out of your way, you know." " I don't suppose I should have cont 3, if I had not wanted to. Man is a see fish animal," answered the young man simply. The night was lovely. There was as yet no 33:10011; but the heavens were a n wideespagied sheet of stars, The Ice lay greyly white, like a vast lake, be- low them, and, already, at a far -away corner, beyond the willows, alegion of moving lights, coming onwards in clus- ters and in couples betokened the ap- proach of the party from the Hall, A crowd of villagers and farmers had got wind of the proposed entertain- ment, and had gathered about the banks. Those who could skate were in- vited tb join in the fun; and, as many of them carried lanterns, they rondo a considerable addition to the festive, ties. Soon the wide sheet of ice was alive with dark gliding figures and the twinkle of many lights, whilst the still, frozen air rang with shouts of laughter and merry cries of excite- ment and delight. The little party from the Grange soon glided 800088, and was merged into the crowd of the larger party from the Hall. ' You will make all these women Lear out their eyes and their hair, with envy, when they sea how you and your sister can skate," whispered Captain Lessi- ter to his companion. "I will try and bear it with forti- tude," replied Dulcie, with the happy laugh of a woman who knows where she can excel, and is prepared to show it, Lady Lessiter, a tiny figure muffled up in sable furs, came rapturously up tb greet the two girls. "Such a delightful original idea 1 So clever of you to think of it. I never was so delighted with any notion in my life before," she cried enthusiasti- cally, for Venetia was always enthu- siastic; it was positively enchanting of you two girls to suggest it ; sve'll do it every night -every single night, I tell Sir George." "Luckily, Miss Halliday, the frost isn't likely to last lung," growled Sir George at her elbow, for Sir George loved his cigar and bis evening pa- per, and was only half pleased to be turned out after dinner upon the froz- en meadowis; " and even if the frost lasts, well, we all know bow brief are Venetia's vagaries, don't wel' " We must have a Sixteen Lancers," cried Venetia to Angel. "And a Sir Roger de Coverly," Bug, gestod somebody else. "But, first, of course, there must be the procession up and down as fan and as fast as we can go," said Dulcie{ seriously, "tient Ls always de rigueur, you know and there is nothing so dent ligbtful and so effective." In the dim, starlit darkness of the night, faces and figures were lame tinct the lanterns threw little circles of light round themselves, but their subdued gleam only served to render the owls' -light beyond their influence more vague end shadowy. Tbere was a general shuffle for partners, and much langbter and confusion amongst those who found a difficulty in sort- ing themselves aright with the parti- eular person upon whom each had set his or her desires. Geoffrey Dane, being a stranger, stuck to Angel with patient persisten- cy, and soon found himself skimming rapidly away with her along the whole length of the surface of the ice. "It's very good of you to let me he your partner," he said to her grateful- ly. "1 was dreadfully afraid your lively little friend would have drafted mw 0 off with some unknon young woe man, for whom I should have been forced to cudgel my poor brains for small talk." Angel murmured nn unintelligible answer. Presently he made some furs ther remnrk, concerning harmony of the night's silence combined with the poetry of motion, the sort of speech which Angel's dreamy nature would, he felt sure, appreciate and respond to, but, to his surprise, thin little venture was received Willa absolute silence, and Geoffrey, looking curiously at his come pinion, began to perceive that she was net thinking about him or listening to him at all, It is one thing to be pleasant and sympathetic to a good-looking and in- telligent man who is your guest dur- ing the whole day, but quite another 10 resign yourself cheerfully to a tete- n-tete under the sears with a person Ln whom you don't take the faintest interest, whilst somebody else m e0mewhel•e behind will somebody elsel Angel experienced that sensation of stele disappointment which Comes so often to young women who are in love, and yet whom the small trammels of an artifieial society encase about so completely, (hat they are unable to override them for their own benefit. It is at such .moments that remele. things experience exasperation at the helplessness 0f their own sex. "We seem to hays outstripped every- body else, she said presently, in a strained, 'nervous voice, not in the least like her usual sweet and genial manner; "don't you think we had bei ter turn rouurl and join some of thea ors? 'Chen Geoffrey, whose perceptions were tolerably acute, became aware of the fact. that Miss Halliday was prob- ably henkering for some other seemlynye his own. "Egotistical fool that 1 am 1" be thought, "Of course, there is a lucky he somewhere '1' and aimed he seed ; Let us turn then. Ali I here is your sister behind us, end Captain Lessi- ter l" : 1 • 7'lian, somehow, .Horace found himself by Angel's side, end Delete skated rapidly awayafter a passing couple of friends, and. Geoffrey, left himself off, with perfect and an amused sense of s his desertion, on a long the grey vLstae of dark', the far -away end of the lc couples end gleazuing tan not. Presently be found hi plelely isolated from the party, be was not, petite devoted to the pastime of s who lova hunting and sbo are -but all active extents itself more or toss to a bets vigorous young Engtishma twenty, and, for lack of to skim along on a delight eut'face, breasting the kae under the great dark arch flecked heavens was a sen was not devoid of a certai its own, The keen swish strides went with him into of the night, the little len erl to his wrist swayed to be moved, a. falling star s of him -all bis life long, Ge remembered it with a a distinctness. A11 at ones he became co somebody was in front of h ice; there was the faint ea before trim, quite distinct far -way sounds of the ga hind, but, at first, he nothing. Then out of the darkness grew and grew in clear slowly but surely gained soon bo was able to see 1 a woman. ' She went along slowly timidly, as though not alto to h0 pastime. Perhap Geoffrey, she heed crept in self to teat her own power herself in solitude. A Ion wrapped loosely about he from head to foot, for the was drawn up over her he wring ; now and then she st. one arm to balance herself, hand she carried a stick she helped herself alone, When Geoffrey's long strides came rapidly up beh lady in the long cloak ma ment as though to turn an es she did so, she tottered, Mom fallen had he not swif out his hand and saved her. "Allow me to help you," h ing his bat insein0tirely, a could not see the face that ti the hood. "If you would no ing my arm, I shall be able more quickly to the rest of it is a long way for you t alone," She murmured something intelligible, but she did no Diamond cut Diamond, decline his offer, for she band beneath the arm he slander band, brown -gloved fingered -a hand whose lig ing touch In some mysteri drove the bot blood. to his heart and set every nerve tingling with a rapturous d "Madame de Brefour I" he strange, altered voice. "Ie "Ah I bow is it you knob answered a little wildly - cannot see me ?" "If I were blind, and d deaf," be cried, with a re passionate outburst which o away in spite of himself, would stall know you out world, and would beat its la the touch of your hand." She bent her head and ens nothing. --- CHAPTER VII. For some moments neibba spoke. Rose de Brefour had ready in which to answer Geoffrey was struggling ha trol his emotion. "Row did you come here?' her at length. "Here? to HariIford, do Lady Lessiter is an old frim she persuaded me to pay h I had business in town, or I have come. I shall go awe row." Then, finding that b speak, she added softly-. 'I saw you when you cam ice -the light of your banter 00 your face -so I came out "You ran away tem me, y he said a little bitterly. "'Well -yes, if you like to she answorocl with a half la "fs my presence Leen so ut ful to you?" "Oh, no, no! pray do not stand me." "And yet you avoid me I" n. gentler voice. "Why did yi slyer 1ny letter? Wily, afte Inc the books, hive you never any other token of your gbc "It wns all I could do for murmured. All ? Oh, if you only kne' you could do for mal I le you would troll inc. Madame d you would tell nee to do as done -to learn to love literate my scut with the noble 527in ere, to live to improve and t my mind, to create a world o for myself, and content my my own creation -as you h Thnt is your weed -it is a theory " "Nayit is more than a is a Mei," she broke in quid "Granted then, it. 1s a fam than you can live for your m But: man is not all made of woman either, for the mattes Where in your scheme of emit our heart's best afferitione 1t Can all the wisdom of the Iv'. that was ever written give of real happiness to the soul must know yourself that it "Foolish boy, did T ever tel] it could? She raised her looked up at him; some far from the pale starlight fell beanby, upon the smile with eyes mot his. "3 did not p. 0000d to you its a Panacea ft evils of life, only as a 1681104 Lion when other things ha one. To BO Continued. It's wonderful, tend the man, simply marvellous 1Rev to see that: fortune -totter ag Don't you think meet of tiro aro ntiinented by puroly mere (sees? This one isn't. Just thl being willing to go on tel tunes at a dotter apiece, when give Himself a ftp on a hors ti lottery drawing and get ingly rich Mabee of twenty -to THE BRU13;3EL$ POST. ,UE . 10, 1898 ubmission stretch better fnullsytisllmoa urious im bo upon and vsu, s, g r, ad ha1nd ons vit you e ugh• tarty o ave e ae alone, took philosophy to into mss towards i, where gay tarns were itself cone, rent of the is, spe°Lally kating-menj tiseldomcommends 0 Ithy minded i of six -and- sport, 12 of the star, stilton, that t rapture of of his long the silence tarn fasten', and fro as hot in front offrey DnnO vivid mimes that upon the of skates from thtee r crowd he- could see a dim form less as it, and hat it was a little gather used though' y Y to perfect cloak was literally hood of ib as a cove retched out and in her with which swinging .nd her, the de a move, 1 face him,;• and would t1y reached a said, lifter Ithough bel vas beneath Co take you the Party, o get back almost un- t evidently slipped PP a 1 -a ht, flutter- fashion throbbing within him slight. cried in a e you?" "since you umb and Melees and trmed oy heart t throb theof all at werad him 1 r of them no words bine, and rd to con- ' he. asked 31100114 ,d of mine, 10 a visit; Mould not y to -mor- e did not on to the n fell up; hero."" ne mean?" ' pub it so," hate- misunder- he said in 1u not ane r sending given nee eclwill?" you," she v all that 2010 what. 5 Brefour, you have ire, to fill gs of 0th- cultivate f shadows .neve: self with done• heauiifui theory, it dy t -a tett; ind mind, C oftitle en that I hence are 1 be fedi West book one thrill ' Oh, you cannot.' you thnt Mae, and ni. gleam upon her vhtch her reach 107 rr all the console- re failed are<lulous you been tin? Yes, a0 people rxiQ- trdrawings ole of his ling for- he could 1 race or beeriest- ea' hours, DRESSMAKERS OF JAPAN boldlyornamental. Of the ornamen- " tat sitches done with gaily colored silks there is simply en infinite variety for a capable s0ametrees wilt often in, vent them us she goes along. icor ex- ample, on a blue and white mutton crepe kimono the sleeve seam will be run up an the outside with inch -long stitches done elth six or ten scarlet silk threads, all put at once through the big eye of a very fat noodle. Where OVer the needle enter the goods by a dexterous n d at ent a end;not is of the tseed in jaunty tassel of silk finishes thea job. Just -as often as not the dressmaker will use two needles and two separate execthreute einaul caoioa l n snitoheami. and would till an embroidery machine ,villitrain. envy, and then, if it is wiehei, she will fanoifnlly embroider the whole cos- tomo with stItches that are as finish- ed one side of the goods as on the other, and that show no knots or ragged ends. �I�j(� 7(l[] pqj �1S(1 j (�I THE ENGLISH PILOT'S LIFE "' HE 'IS PRETTY WELL PAID FOE HIS DANGERROUb WORE elle Government Looks Atter Him Snavely -itlt7t"'`'"( {"tnsws er 'lUeIi ewes anti Their A'ertlei{111r ReerleCN. "Tho pilot is a chapter in surprises when you come to investigate him," says Leonard W, Li1l1ngston, writing on "" The English Pilot," in Good Words, "Elie home isnot the rolling deep; he spends as much time in the railway And the men at the top of the Profession, make as much as $1,000 a year, .A pilot, who is a pilot, is so by exam- enation, the writer internee us. It 'Ls true that the unlicensed bruin or bob- bler plies in underhand ways for hire, but he has no recognized standing- more, he end thecae who em. him are liable to prosecution. Broadly, a vessel enteringasaid, port mush have a pilot, and the pilot must have earned the right, in the London district, to wear the metal button of Trinity House. Trinity House, the writer explains, is the nautical college or bureau of navigation, founded in the time of Henry VIII., and having in °barge the lighting of the coast and the regulation of pilots, The classification of the pilot is a little intricate There are inward p11- ots and outward pilots, North Chan- nel and South Channel pilots, exempt pilots and choice ,lots. THE CHOICE PILOT is at the top of the profession, and if lucky mny make his $4,000 a year. He is chosen by Lhegreat steamship °one- p3 Ponies to take charge of their vessels only. From exceptional skill or 0th- 0r personal reasons, he thus gets all the best work, that is the biggest vas- gs sets and the longest distances -the charges are regulated by the draught of the vessel and the distance. The chief reason for the existence of the choice pilot is time saving. An ocean greyhound cannot afford to lie to at the pilot station till a man is avail- able to take her in. So the choice pilot trains to' Plymouth or Falmouth, where the vessel touches to land malls or passengers, goes on board, and she can then steam into port without stop- ping. For pilotage, with a few exoep tion, is compulsory. Before 1880 thea choice pilot could take one vessel out and bring ',ocher beak; and there were men among them earning more than $0,000, a year. This state of things wile so obviously unfair to the ordin- ary pilot that a regulation was made inhibiting men from asking charge on "outward" and "inward vase vela. Tbere are choice pilots at most of the important ports. The " exempt" pilot takes vessels ex- empted from compulsory pilotage. Thep are chiefly boats engaged in the North Channel coasting trade, and must have on board a captain or mate with epi]- certificate, which, however, ap- pears to be no guarantee of efficiency, or there would bo no need for the "ex- empt." North andGouthChannei pilots take out and bring in vessels on the North and South Roads respectively. Orfordnees is the pilot station on the north const, Dungeness on the south, THE INWARD PILOT starts from either of these Pointe and goes as far as Gravesend, the outward pilot starts from Gravesend. Leach neon returns by train to his staring point. Prom Gravesend to London Bridge es the domain of the river pilot. The heat eni w1101 the pilot goes out to seek 1118 customers varies a.ccord- ing to the needs of the °oast and thea demand for his services. The steam cutters which ply cif Dungeness are the best type, the cobles o£ bhe Tyne the worst. They? ble is only twenty feet long by fifeet wide. It has no deck, so that those on board are exposed to all the fury of the weather, The Liverpool sahoonars are fine .sea- worthy vessels. The largest ports are served chiefly by cutters. 'At holy- head and on the Clyde they have lug- sailed boats, while at Greenock and Hartlepool they have tugs. There are rather more than 9,000 pit- ots on active service; each man is well known to the authorities. The conler- ment of a ;loans° involves the regis- tration of the moet intimate details as to height, complexion; weight and general appearance. The headquarters for the port of London are at Gravesend, Sometimes 400 vessels pass there in a month, and sixty will at one time be waiting to come le, pilot The vessel. a lotflies ajack at the foremast during the day, end burns a blue light at night. The pilot flag is blue and white, though on some parts of the toast each man car- risa in addition a distinctive firm of his • own, Men on the station can tell the name of a vesseltop BY ITS WBTSTIr, Ono has a note of plainl:iva melancholy, a fonxth yaps like a dog, 811 and so on. The pilot is in some sense a govern- ment: official fez Trinity House is not the irrosponsiblo authority lb svasonco, hilt ie mysteriously related to the board of trade, Should war break out the Trinity Howse man's service8 can be and. have been, requisttionod, The Channel Squadron is supposed to know its way about, and (0 not allowed to talte pilots on board. Foreign man -of- may enter English porta without a pilot, /remover, they may have the standees of a pilot if they want one, and they often do, . It is a venturesome coiling, end to follow it one a spirit must be townie 0d with the joy of the flowing sen and the wind that: follows fast. The intro- in duotion of steam, with the increase of and speed and in the slam of the vesaeis, lane added greatly bo t:ha risks. The pilot boats must Iso to on the truck of the vessels to be of any service, and collisions are only avert, by continual vi fiance, Boarding g ng and � landing are equally 1arSlnuv, 1 foardL�g a yOsseI in ,a gale bf wind' bus often to be faead. Lending in a heavy tea is still more dangerous, for pilot must often take his 01lnnee of ally boat, seaworthy or not, ivloh spoke veiI1 take thorn to shore. 8o I'UNNIGAA14IS. Proaohlaiglr-1)b you think 1 exhaust. ed the subject in my sermon 4 Peach - IMO -Well -or -I don't see bow it could have eaaap0d, Mrs. Ncwed-.-Was I nervous, dear,. during the ceremony? Het' Friend-, Well, a trifle at first, darling, but not after William had said "yes" He -He that courts and runs away, wilt live to court another day. Sim- But he that c0u1'18 and does not wed may find himself in court instead. eVbat is the brink of tear, pa? The brink of war Well, it is the feeling which emus to exist all the time be- twee', Bridget and your mother. Drawing the Line, - I asked the tramp why he never took a bath. What did he say? Said he was 'Lop proud to beg for soap. A servant girl in a Birininglinm family was taken to Lack for over+ sleeping herself. (Well, ma'am, she very slow, and g St takes T losleng me a Jong time to get ma night's rasa, De T. -How startling are statistics; we drank seventy million gallons of whiskey last year: Mrs. De T. -Speak - for yourself, please; you know, I neve) touched a drop of it. Mrs. Youngish -0b, Bob, what shall I do? Baby is crying because I won't let trim pull all the fur off my ne44. muff. Mr. Youngish -Well, that's all right, Give him the eat! The Effects of War. -Johnny, undex• Heath -I've got ernuff I Let me up, will yer1 Eddie, on top -If yer'll gimme Jacky, 1 an ten marbles far as iperndemnity, indemnSty, T'll declare peace. . Mallaby-Bragleigh boasts that nt' living man could forge bis name sue, easefully to a ehebk and get it casbbd, Has he such a very peculiar an'L an Hmm�ns-Na. Slut be hasn't any. honk amount, Mrs. O'Rourke -They say the McFad, dens is puttee' on p ilea of airs lately, IVlrs. Nolan -Yrs, they are gittin' into high society. Their boy olfe has been: bireddby wan of them golfers for a caddy, Wasted. -This is not the ordinal campaign, cigar, Dennis. These are ten -centers, straight. Take ahandful,. Thanky, Mr, Outfort, I'd vote fur you if T voted fur anybody, but I fuof to register. The ;Art of Silence -How queer 1 Somebody has written a book on How to Listen to Musio. 'What's queer about that? \Thy, what the world neods is a bnok on How to Get Othex People Listen to mune, HSs Wife -Why don't you go to the doctor and find out just what you ought to eat and what you ought to avoid ? Dyspepbio--Oh I know all that now. I ought to eat everything 1 don't like and aroid everything I do. Cook, said Mrs. Hotess, solemnly, at the eleventh hour., we have forgot. ten all about the entrees. i And cook, in her excitement, res pnnd°d with: Loi', fublundei headed idiots, may Invso we have 1 It we ain't a er Dab to meth a thing, said Uncle Eben, 09 too much fo'sigbt, Soma folks gits ter figgerin' so h:ihd on what might happen year aft uh Hex' dal day lets de fire go out and catches dah def o'cold right wham day sits. Far Worse.-Sniggloton-l'm in Lrou- ble-My landlady told me I'd have to settle up or leave, Giggleton- Why, you're in luck, old fallow, I'm In a worse fix than that. My landlady told me I'd have to settle up before I could leave. Two of a Kind. -Husband, ab the breakfast -table -Oh, for soma of the bis - Quits my mother used to make Wife, sweetly -Pm sorry you haven't got them, dear. They would bo just about stale enough by this time to go well with that remark. Dere Green. --1 hear that Sarah Jun - eon is going to get a divorce from her husband, Mrs. Brown -Yes; and Idon't: blame her one mite. He's a monster. Would you believe it, he actually used one of her golf sleeks for a poker the other morning? Chance to Get a Best. - Timmins do you lrnow anything about literu- lure? No. Rnow anything about ort? Nothing, Know anything about: music'? Not a rap, ixootll Como over I.c my room, pith out a pie, and let's on - joy oure0lves.. Williamson -I hear Tagman was se drunk last night hot sev0ral of you fellows bad to take him home on a shutter, Did his wife think ho was dead 0 Henderson -Ste° must. have. She was certainly laying him out when we left, In Path -la -Chaise, Paris,there is a tombstone bearingat the the tn- ecrrption; Adele Ronald, 1840. I await you. Underneath is, Louis Ronald. 1881. Isere 1 m, Some youngster lin' scribbled at the bottom the the cent• pithy ,°ism, He Look his time. Mrs Fowler So u you hove been Lo sit up with tt sick .man, chi? John Fowler, can you look me in the fnae and say that? Tvl;r.:I Pwler-1V1) of course t csan, Nettie. Whin do you take Inc for -for oat an ordinary , etnaLeur liar0 J y !Utterly Obtuse, -- That there city husbands of Minnie's, said, the Innocent olcl man with the, n c erewhgoers, is nay of the plebattnlu•>L fellers got'. ,1213 I hadn't been e:el.lin' ahattin' in his of- fico with 'lm more 'u a quarter hour "turas 11e, told en0 three time to come and see 'ins again, ROmaa;knbl0 Coincidence..- So mellow len awfully stupid t.omight, remark- ed y00ng Bcu•une, languidly, the other eveeing.. lrideed you aro, retorted Miss Cutting, somewhat iinpuisive.ly„ Dee you renll 7 mean y y (lint? arch the you', more in surpriao• I merely s. g only just dorsad your remarks; didn't you juin now itemert that you were stupsid? she queried, Yee, but. 1 only said 10 ill( )i- out thinking. And op to the thee you of St, she recited, 'i only thought wibbotiti saying it. There aro ladies' tailors in Japan, but they arm chiefly patronized by the I giddy Geisha girls, for wonesu of any I srxiittl etancUng wbttsoever place the destinies of their wardrobes exclusive ly in the bands of aeamstressee who oome to the house The Japanese sew- ing woman, however, bears fortunate- I ly no resemblanc0 in her methods to � those cold-blooded butchers of time and � good material who are known mad feared in this country. One and all the little •jobbing seamstresses are modest artiste in their way, and near ly every ono is the graduate o£ a sewing 80hool of good standing. The memarq of Japan hardly extends back to a time when there were not excellent sowing schools in the country but of recent years only have the wo- men learned to use thimbles and know the delights of razor-edged shears usploy manufactured in and exported from Europe or America. When sewin 6 machines were first introduced from the states they made a vast flutter in the sewing schools and in private fam- Wee. The little Japanese women even now are rather timid about us- flim them, and a lady who dresses real- lY well will simply refuse to have bar pretty frocks made other than by hand.. The machines are well enough if you intend to wear European clothes, and ten years ago the Japanese women welcomed the tight, heavy Europeanabout dress with an enthusiasm that threat- enod to make the kimono a retie of the past. This fad for 'Western fashions is every year losing ite hold on the feminine mind in Japan, and the win men are very wisely going back to their own simple, comfortable and beaetifui mode of dress. When you want a sewing woman in Japan you do not advertise for her or look out for a sign on house wails. She is found by requesting her address of a friend. The briend is sure to know of an expert who will come to p your house with all her utensils and sew from sunrise to sunset for 25o. The 25c is asked for making cotton dresses, mended for sewing on silk. Among the tools of her profession the seams- tress carries a book of fashion plates, whioh 1s just as explicit in details of cut and color combinations as the plates published In Paris or New York. From an artistic standpoint these Japanese fashion plates are far ahead of anything one sees even 1n Prance, just as the designs on their cotton crepes are little masterpieces, and their dyes are absolutely clear af- ter the fabrio has been washed and worn to rags. Contrary to our custom, there is no =tolling of samples in Japan. When the seamstress comes she spreads out her fashion book to its fullest extent and then when a selection is made somebody goes off and shops, for cot- ton thread, sewing silk and the like, and the sewing woman measures her eer ere forgownsw ns by means of a qut Cul ting out goes on on the floor, and it takes from one to three days tootege make a gown. One fitting is only ex- acted, and in ,japan there are rarely any scraps left over. It requires ex- nutty twelve yards of 19 inch wide goods to m make a lady a complete suit, so with exquisite thrift the manufee- turer of fabrics outs his cloth into dress patterns to just that amount, and by using straight lengths teary dressmaker contrives not to waste an leach. This sensible arrangement, ofcoiuse, would be impossible, if, as with us, the nut of garments varied every season. In Japan no such -fickle and foolish ex- travagaece is countenanced. The shape of women's garments scarcely varies by e. hair's breadth from year to year, but the patterns used in decorating cotton and silk goods changes with nearly every bolt. After a few dress lengths have been printed off in the factory, a new design is made, a new combination of colors brought about, and in cottsegteence of her spring and fall dressmaking any woman has act- ually hundreds of exquisite designs to choose from without the least fear of wearing the same pattern as that ebbs- on by a dozen other feminine friends. The same rule holds good with re- gond to the embroidered silks and crepes, and, moreover, there is an op- portunity to display a deal of good taste and knowledge of etiquette in your choice of a pattern, Designs fn Japan aro made and especially ap- proved for the sole benefit of and unmarried woman, and young y means co oo theyesume 10 (appear ti in decor warmed women or for elder; r Young Y Go subtle aro these distinctions in patterns that: foreigners rarely or nave: learn all the .ramifications of of all i dross but etiquettestones. the fact is, neverLholosa, that actors beret presume laymfolk, adopt tGs sums girls adopt especially ornamant0d fabrics as. their own. As nearly as it is noes[- ble to define the iffeeeees, it can bo safely asstimod that ver Y yOnnQ ladies don't pretend to wear stripes and dots. Gay flower patterns are made for LheSr use, while on the actor's robes appear whole scenes, animals, tableaux and landscapes. The Get. she, wear flowered dresses, too, but the distribution and colors of the blooms aa•e quite tliffermnt from the same blossoms on a young lady's gown. Eld- erly persons generally effect solid col- ors, unrelieved by printed or embroid- ored frivolities, and In Japan the mostwar important factor in good dressmaking is the stitching. The little seamstress, who curls up comfortably on the floor in the midst of 1100 work, Is ,just as faithful a dia. 55minater of gossip as her Canadian prototype, her needle is an unusually long steel affair, with a round, 618 Ln the end, and her etitches are not sotraffic varied as Ours, She does not fill, backstitch, or overhand, Because of the exceeding looseness of the iambi- ins ggermente in Japan, close, strong etitsbing is not necessary, for no strain toile oh any of the seams, and running and hemming a long and rabbet loose stitch is taken, ?Mete coarse thread Le used in all general sowing, and the object is 10 Med1) make stLtehee almost Mediate on the exteethe of it garment or to male theme THE RETIRED BUAGLAA' len llilncnitten on Once ,tore miming trip tae Ordtnery ways er etre. ""For a long time after I had giv- en up business," said the retired burg- lar, "I had great diffioulty •in mom- modating myself to the ordinary con- ditions of life. Settee to me T told you mace something about that, how I couldn't got into the habit of eating and sleeping at the hours of Mbar pec- ple, and I had difficulty in getting back in o't.her ways, too, so strong is the force of habit. "There were some curious things this that might never occur to You at alt. For instance, in those days, if I came home tale at night, that is, at the hour at which formerly 1 had gone into other people's houses, Inev- er went in at my front door; I need tb go in at a cellar window. This was bad; it was like a man who had aesoly- ed to quit drinking taking a drink 00- oasionally ; he is in constant danger of falling back into old habits; but it didn't seem to me that I could break off all at once. And then I made at easy for myself, too, When I locked up the cellar nights I used to leave a cellar window unfastened so that it was perfeatly easy for me to get In. But one night,• ur one morning ra- ther, about 2 o'clock, when I got exound to that window, I found it fastened, and 1 knew well enough what had happened. My wife lia.d a perfect her - ror of burglars, and 1 knew she mustg have been around the cellar alter me and seen the window unfastened and turned the buttons. Bat that was no Impediment tto nee ; it made me laugh to myself to think how easy it was, and 1 opened the window and slid in as usual. "Besides having a horror of burg- tars my wife was great on pickles and preserves end jellies and that sorb of thing, wheen. she used to put up her- self and Nem down cellar on a hang- i hsus suspended side apieoes 311.00 bnnil- plankboth ed to the floor beams overhead. I don't know how I did S1 -as a general thing we never do know how eve come to do things -but when T slid in that I ivthis �n denot ier of falrned in ling, and and I threw so g self and my hand arm hell the end oto save fthat shelf -I'd often said it was too near the window and the first thing she knew somebody'd came along and clean it allalAsenough over the board. And the It f it that I naked that sport cwan y the shelf free from its support and pulled it down, and the bottles and ars went slam -scattering down on J g the sellar bottom -noel I went down among 'em, , "Somehow I managed to cut myself up pretty bad on the broken glass, and I was pretty well used up other- wise. The upshot of thea experience wee that I stayed in the house six weeks to repair damages, and as a mutter oe fact that did mora to bring me beak to the ways of other. people than anything else. I was half help- less at first, and I gradually became accustomed to the }habits of the house. By the time 1 wee able to go out again, indeed, 1 bad quite fallen into the or- denary ways and hmtes,of living, I got up ween other people did anal came iii coaly nights, and came in with a night key instead of a jimmy, just as natural as could be" ' IT IS A 1I,EAL FORTRESS. The monastery of Solovetsk, in Arch- angel, Russia, is inclosed on every side by a wall of granite bowlders, measur- Sng nearly a rade in circumference, and is the best protected in lice world. The monastery itself is very strongly for- tilled, being supported by round and square towers about 80 feat in height, with walls 20 feet ie thickness. The monastery oonsiets in realityof ellewanting churches, which are eon/Amen, filled with statues of all kinds and precious Upon the walls and the towers surrounding these oleurohes are mount- ed huge guns, which in the tine° of the ttrimean liar ex dietee d lignin 1 the British White Sea Squadron. T.he monks who inhabited (110 monastery at that time mnrohed in procession on the granite wails while the shells were flying over their heads, to prove how the faured the attack it theg y Brinell fleet, Ten thousand pilgrims come annually to Solovetsk from II rind the relics, 'hey are convoyed in parts of Russia to view the churches steamers commanded and manned sole- ly by monks. 1 11t1PE GtTN"S ,CHANGING FACE. For many, yours careful .,drawings of the shifting spots seen on the face of the sun have been made at Kew Observatory near London. This year it liar been decided to ktSsatntinue these streb0bes which were made by bend, on lm000unt of elle great pro- gross recently acoograpI a in Solar pliotogrmphy. PHotograpls of the sun, whial are taken every fair day, at ver- lone observatories, prosect rt more complete record of old, Sol's changes c h ed tan the moat careful f wi me (mild swin s ecoid 80, dx g -,.__ _�_ - ._ - Tenenrizing-Culler, by Way tit et - troduetion, briskly -1 am a bill collect- the or•• -Mr, Ten Weeklybones-.Ah I -is it a' mania with you, er merely It fade,,