The Brussels Post, 1899-3-10, Page 2TETE BRUSSELS POST.
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OR,
THE ROUT OF THE ENEMY.
' CHAPTER XVII:—Continued. fate, lowered his voice, and bent down
"Is there not a dog in the rooter" here his face so that the others, who had
dropped into conversation, were en-
able to hear him—"our worthy host is
a dear fellow, as wq all know -but he
is rough; wants polish, don't you know
—neve(' seen any good society at all to
speak of -that always tells, don't itr"
"'That is, no doubt, why we get on
with him," answered Delete, with
flame -angered cheeks, "You see, we
asked Angel looking about. "Oh, Yes,
there he is, under tba table, What is
his name? Is he tim'd: Mr. Faulkner."
"I am afraid not, Miss Halliday," re-
plied Miles with a grim smile. "I wish
he was. His name ie Trousers, Bags to
his intimate friends. He is rather
rum -tempered, I think you had bet-
ter not antics atm. have never seen any good society, aith-
d Mrs. a Dane
growl was audible, er. Now, the society you have moved
lyand Deno pemarked apprehensive- in must impart quite a superior
is rapt Sia hoped h would not get
hydrophobic(, of which she was much • amounC of varnish; I imagine--"
afraid, end, kr her part, she always "Ahe pretty well for that, no doubt!"
thought dogs were best kept in the pull.ng up his collet' with a mock -mod -
stables. est air. "I certainly know my London,
These remarks were not at all well ss they say—and, no doubt, a familiar -
received by the individual for whom ity with London drawing -rooms does
they were intended; he raised his up -give to the manners a certain indescrib
per lip and glared vioiously at the able something, which is lacking in
speaker, our good honest friend—eh? Ah! I see
Angel held out a bit of sugar, and that dirty, ill -conditioned cur of his
tried to decoy him out ot his fast- has got up on your lap. He is, really,
ness. hardly suited to such a favoured posi-
"Poor Trousers, come here, good tion—an ugly, lung -legged mongrel
dog," with a sweet little kissing noise Like that! Now, if you are fond of
of her red lips, which should have fill- dogs, I've got a little Yorkshire ter -
ed the soul of any well-intentioned rier, ab olutely pure bred—weighs four
dog with rupture, but Trousers only Pounds three ounces—that I shall be
snarled at her. most happy to present to you if you
"I am afraid it's no good, Miss Deli- will accept him. I'll send him round
day," laughed Miles, 'Trousers is the to Cromwell Road to -night. He's a
most unapproachable animal he is ab -;regular little beauty, good enough kr
solutely insensible to blandishment; the Princess of Wales. Much more
when he is in one of his bad tempers, Cit for your lap -dog than that brute
the only plan is to let him alone, and of Faulkner's--"
I am sorry to say he has one dread- During this speech, Trousers had
fel failing — I am almost ashamed to
mention it, but the fact is, he hes the
most unaccountable prejudice against
the fair sex."
"Really?" ored Dulceit, hers joining
in for the first time. "How exceed-
ingly amusing! How murk I respect
an animal of so much character and
eccentricity. But do all women alike
come in for this sweeping condemna-
tion? Aro there no exceptions in his
mind?"
"None, I regret to say. Young and
old, fair and plain, all that wears a
petticoat is equally detestable in his
eyes."
"What a delightful animals" laugh-
ed Delete merrily. "But oh! how much
1 should love to conquer his canine
heart. What a triumph it would he
to be the one woman who had power to
gain his unapproachable affections!"
She bent down till her sweet face was
almost on a level with the quivering,
angry little form in its shadowy cor-
ner.
"Ohl Trousers, won't yon come to
me? I do so wish you would!"
And then a miracle took place, yea,
a very miracle! Trousers, who had
snarled at the proffered sugar, reject-
ing the advances of her fairer sister
with scorn and contumely, now, at-
tracted perhaps by some trick of voice,
or possibly by a still greater refine-
ment of instinct, towards the girl
whom Miles loved, at the very first
word that she spoke to him, came
slinking, shamefacedly, out of his cor-
ner, wriggling his body and wagging
his tail, till he deposited himself hum-
bly and cringingly against her skirts.
Delete patted her knee invitingly, and
straightway Trousers repented him of
all the evil that he had laid to the
charge of her much -maligned sex, and,
springing boldly up upon her lap, de-
posited the lick of amity upon her
nose.
It is impossible to; say which was
the most delighted at this truly ex-
traordinary turn of events. Miles,
whose satisfaction was mingled with
unbounded astonishment, or Delete,
who was as triumphant asshe was
pleased. As to the hero of the hour, he
comported himself with muoh dignified
self-po s asiou—coiled him/eh round
at ease, upon the lady's lap and nest-
led bis nose confidingly upon her arm.
But yet more distinction lay that
day, in store for Trousers.
"Here comes Geoffrey, no doubt," ex-
claimed Miles at this juncture, as a
knock was beard at the street door.
But a few minutes later, just as Mrs.
Dane was breathing sighs of relief
over his arrival, and Anger --t with a
vague sense of consciousness, which, if
it was not love, partook at least of
the nature of those soothed and grati-
fied sensations at the atentions of an
agreeable man, and which) women oft-
en mistake for love, was looking down
intently at the bread and butter upon
her plate, there entered, not Geoffrey
Dane—but Albert Trichet.
"Hallo, Trichetl" Even Miles' good -
nature was scarcely equal to weloom-
been regarding him attentively, with
fixed and glittering eyes that should
have warned him. No doubt Trousers
understood perfectly what was being
talked about, for he had raised him-
self, slowly, into a sitting posture.
When Trichet spoke in oontemptuous
terms of his master's lack of polish,
Trousers growled softly somewhere
down in his throat; when he mention-
ed his own mongrel extraction and
called him a our, he elevated his lip,
and showed every tooth in his head.
But when he spoke of a rival, of that
Yorkshire terrier of surpassing loveli-
ness, whowato supplant him in Dal-
lis upoiy the lap that
1015 for himself—to be
nd, ands, in short, to
s favou •
was 50
caresee
oust hi
then t
1001her
i`•neit4slioyn honors—
users becti'ne suddenly lost to
all sense of decorum; the anger in his
oanine soul blazed up in a rush of
blood to his brain, and all the duties
of hospitality to the stranger within
his doors became as nought unto him.
With one shrill yell ot rage, he dash-
ed at the offender's face—so conveni-
ently bent towards him—and pinioned
his teeth firmly and fixedly into his
somewhat lengthy nose.
And there he hung.
Screams of agony from his victim,
cries of dismay from the ladies, blows
from Miles' stick upon his back — all
were, for some minutes, in vain.
In evident delight at bis proud posi-
tion, he clung on like grim Death—
regardless alike of the howls of the
wretched Triohet, and of the angry
remonstrances of his master. And
only a grip of iron upon his tail induc-
ed him at last to forego the blood-
thirsty jaws of the con.luerer, and to
reliniquish his hold of his enemy's
n.oae.
But what made the most awful fea-
ture of that fateful afternoon to the
unfortunate Trichet, was, that when,
bleeding and dishevelled, yelling aloud
with pain and anguish, he rushed fran-
tically into Faulkner's bedroom, slam-
ming the door upon him—the last
vision that he beheld was Duthie, in
convulsions of laughter, patting the in-
furiated dog's bead, as he was held,
struggling and breathless, and bark-
ing himself nearly into a fit, in his
master's arms.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Albert Leonel. did not appear in
his place at the office for several days
after Miles 1"'aulkner's lea -party. lie
pleaded severe indtsposition, and re-
mained away. When he did come
back, his nose was oddly plastered tap
with strips of diaohylon, whiob gave
to that organ of his face a very cur-
ious and ludicrous aspect. He scowled
fiercely at his fellow -clerks, when he
saw how they bent over their writing
and strove to conceal their smiles at
his entrance.
Trichet laid his hands on the table,
and bent across it in Miles' direction.
"1 give you notice, Mr. 1'aulkner,
that I intend to bring an notion
Ing this self -invited guest with much against you.'
cordiality, "This is, indeed, an hon- indeed, Trichet I" Miles slightly
our!" raised his eyebrows, but not his eyes.
Mrs. Dane gave him the tips of her And what for, might I enquire?"
fingers, the young ladies bowed. , for keeping a ferocious dog in your
"Well, you see, Miles, Geoffrey is a roof am not aware,that if
surly sort of dog"—nobody made the1 chose to
slightest response to this beginning— keep a hyena in mrooms, it could be
"and when I found he was too lazy to considered an illegal proceeding."
some out and have tea with you and "Do you mean to tell me that a man
is to be allowed to invite innocent and
your charming guests, I said to my- unsuspecting persons into his house,
self—'By Jove, my boy„ it's too bad to and then set violent and dangerous
leave three lovely ladies with only one g'
man between the lot of them!" brutes upon them?"
"We have been perfectly happy, Mr. 11 "Pardon me, lrichot," replied Miles,
Trichet," said Mrs. Dano, frigidly. It ng his coo eyes, and regarding his
t
"And as I am not a 'lovely lady, I inacadverc
uracy a ykin your is atementshere is a .ligho
don't want to be called? one, Besides, begin with, I did not invite you to my
I assure you that Mr. Faulkner is so
rooms, ined
fself, And al -
or oan host, oter�masculineat we have
compa
ny at low Me Leutali vyou tited hatlyuur comp n
Y A Y 1'1
most! unwelcome to some of My
anS
all."was not only unso is, ted, but it was
'"Ah, well!" replied Albert airily, guests."
drawing a chair up to the table, close "I. came out of kindness—out of ure
to Dulcie's elbow—"I only know that' p
an extra man never cotnee amiss to gOOu nature
young ladies—does he, Miss Duleie?" I no go on with, proceeded Miles,
Dulcie lifted two cool, serious ayes without heeding the interruption, 1
did not -set my dog at you, you i
upon him. She hated the man, and it l'i•L6
angered her that be should call her
seed him by toning yourself fn where
wee not, wanted."
"Miss Delete." When Duleie those, yO Oh 1 I cried Trichet, with a sneer -
she could be very repelling. She ing laugh. "If
moved her chair just an inch or so you mean that I was
paying ton much attention to
away, and, enquired, with perfect grav-
ity— 'that;�u
, stuck-up little hussy, nubile He
"What is an extra man, Mr. Tri-' say
shat?" And her level guzo said, as Stash that!" shouted Miles, springs
plainly as eyes 0001 speak, "If you ora icing
to his feet, and dashing his band
Dna, I dislike the artiste." own uponthe table \with a force that
"Ha, hal" laughed the interloper— made (hat venerable pieoe of furni-
"vere aged!—vary rood indeed! An ex- tura dump—and than Geoffrey, too,
fru mail 81 caut0'ia (eight to be extra • with the keen fighting instinct of a
polite, extra agreeable, extra conn- roan who scents a row, and dsoii:,'t
plirnentney, and of course, he is always mean to be left out 0.. it, rose to his
extra popular—es" ; frit
feet, mitt came round and stood at ilia
"Oh, indeedi 1 t.nd's elbow,
a ""Oh an dear fe llo you needn't be
Naw, as to our \y'ar;:hy host hat's y e e w, y
-.," and here tea 'unfortunate man, i so violent. So Miss Dulcie is sacred,
rushing uhweeee ly".neon his own is the I really had no idea you were
sweat upon her—of course, that alters
the case, and 1 have no desire to make
yon jealous."
"Look here," said Miles, cutting
him short in a voice of concentrated
anger. "1'11 have no lady's name
brought in here. I forbid you to
speak of a lady in this matter."
"1 on forbid mei Ha, ba I"
"Faulkner is quite right, Trlosat,"
here said Geoffrey, "it is very bud Lorin
to mention a lady's name in a row be-
tween men ; you must drop all that."
".Baster said than done, when the
impudent little girl was at the bot-
tom of the whole business. Of °ouces,
if Dulcie Halliday is spoons on Faulk-
ner—"
'1f you don't slop, this very minute,
I'll put you' out of the window," said
Miles. And anybody who had known
him well, would have seen, by the giit-
tar in the gianeye, that he meant
the threat in its t's literal sense..
"'Chat is mere bluster,! I've as much
right to speak of the girl as you have.
I suppose she doesn't belong to you,
does she?"
"Put him out, Miles!" cried Geoffrey,
flying to the casement which he flung
widely open.
Now the window looked into a small,
damp, stone -flagged court, contain-
ing nothing of more interest than a
coal -cellar and an empty bottle -rack,
into whieh there opened a door from
the back portion of the kitchen prom-
isee. Tha window of the clerks' office
was about eight feet off the
ground.
In the twinkling of an eye, the whole
business was done. Miles seized
Trichet firmly by the nape of his boat -
collar, lifted him like a struggling
rabbit from the ground, shoved him
bodily through the open window, and
dropped him, not particularly gently—
with a little shake, just enough to
warm him and not enough to injure
him—into the little square yard be-
low Then he shut down the window.
"I don't think we'll hear any more of
the action my friend talks of bringing
against me 1" remarked Miles, with a
short laugh of satisfaction.
"Splendid, my dear boy I" cried Geof-
frey, excitedly, slapping his friend
approvingly on his broad back. "It
was beautifully dons, so neat and
ready! Let me congratulate you
heartily on your victory. Serves the
cad jolly well right for daring to
mention a lady's name. I wish Trou-
sers had bitten his head off 1" And
then the friends sat down in the best
of spirits, chuckling and laughing to-
gether over the undignified rout of
the enemy, with a great and unchris-
tianlike glee. But thele are some
triumphs that are dearly, perhaps too
dearly purchased. Albert Trichet—
who had been -forced to hammer
against the door in the courtyard un-
til he was admitted by the porter's
niece, who was scrubbing the floor of
the basement, and who looked
perfectly flabbergasted at find-
ing "one of the gentlemen" shut into
the unfrequented yard—was at this
very moment making his way thought-
fully and slowly up the stone steps
that led from the kitchens to the
ground floor.
It is uncertain whether Albert
Trichet would ever in any circum-
stances have made a "good friend"—
but most assuredly he would make a
very bad enemy.
It was a dangerous thing to make
an enemy of Albert Trichet, a thing
so dangerous as to cause the objects
of his enmity to regret their foolish-
ness for the remainder of (heir lives.
And that is what our two friends,
chuckling together over Iris momen-
tary discomfiture, had done. They
had made a deadly enemy of him.
Trichet never forgot an enemy, never
gave up a grudge, never relinquished
a scheme of revenge. When he made
up his mind to do a thing, he worked
it out to the bitter encl.
"1'11 pay them both out for this in-
sult," he was saying to himself as be
cams up the kitchen stairs—for Geof-
frey was as much in it in his mind as
Miles, and he was glad to be able to
Lnolude his natural rival in his plans
of ?avenge.
Then when he got to the door of the
office—on the other side of which he
could hear the two friends laughing
together, at his expense of course, he
told himself with an angry scowl—he
did not go in, but stood meditating
deeply for a few moments; then with
a sudden briskness, as though his
mind were made up, he walked
straight off to the dour of Mr. Dane's
room, and finding that he was disen-
gaged, sant in a message xegnealing
to speak to him.
Mr. Dane laid down his pen at his
entrunte—but his roception of his
clerk was net altogether encouraging,
for at the very first sight of his
wounded countenance, Mr, Done burst
out laughing.
IIa11o, Triehet• 1 what'; tba matter
with your nose?"
Albert had for the moment forgot-
ten his nose, and, crimsoning with an-
ger, he clapped his handover the in-
jured feature.
"X hope you haven't been getting
into a street row, young man," con-
tinued his chief, more seriously.
"No, sir, certainly not. I am very
sorry to say that it is in your service
that, I have met with this—this rough
treatment "
"inlclaed1 X am sorry to hear it—
sit down, Trichet, and tell me about
, it."
Mr. Dane was all politeness and affa-
habilityd.
, Trichet took the chair he in-
dicated to him with a wave of the
nt
Now tell me all about it," said the
great men, encouragingly. When
Matthew Dane had an object in view
he could always afford to be ami-
able.
"All in good time sir. I wish first
to tell you what I have done in your
service."
Mr. Dane bent his head approving-
ly.
(To be Continued)
PLUMBERS GENERALLY GET RICH.
Jinks-Iiave you selected a trade or
profession for your boy ?
Winks—I shall make a plumber of
him.
Hae ho a bent that way.?
He's born for it, Tell him to do a
thing immediately and he won't think
of it again fpr a week,
SIIOWHD )IIMSXt t li' TO BE A NOVICE
You are the first girl X ever kissed,
Ila said,.
Your apology Is accepted, she repll-
ail somewhat regretfully, for it is in-
deed annoying to be always breaking
people in.
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HINTS FOR
TI•IE FARMER.
POULTRY NOTES.
A fresh egg has a time -like surface
to Lts shall.
Too much soft 000kod food la not
good for fowls. They need some em-
Ploymont for the gizzard. i
Overfeeding Is expensive. It not
only costs more for the feed, but the
hens get too fat and lay no eggs.
If your space is limited, keep only
a few fowls and let the few be very
fine ones, as it posts no more to feed
a prize winner than it does a scrub,
If you wish to be successful with
poultry, do 'not undertake too much at
first. Begin with a few fowls and
study their habits and wants and then
gradually increase their number.
If your hens do not lay, or lay dou-
ble -yolked or soft-shelled eggs, they
are too fat, and more wheat and oats,
and no corn, should be fed; also re-
qutre them to scratch for all the grain
they eat.
A small flock which receives the
scraps from the table produces eggs
when larger flocks are unprofitable.
The fast is plain that the smaller Llook
receives better feeding. Table scraps
aro not grains. They contain a variety
not found in the rations of a large
flock. Bread, meat, potatoes, cooked
vegetables of several kinds as well as
the sour milk, and oven oaks and pie,
are included, to say nothing of peas
and beans. This variety not only pro-
vides the hens with the elements need-
ed for egg production, but it promotes
digestion and prevents disease. This
kind of food would be costly if it were
not the waste of the table, for it re-
quires labor to prepare it. But as the
result of feeding scraps is a produc-
tion of eggs it is safe to say that if
the same food, labor and care should
be bestowed on a thousand hens as a
small flock receives the profits would
bo proportionately larger.
REGARDING TREE CULTURE,
Every one likes good fruit, and but
few gardens, however small, are
thought complete without it. But not-
withstanding the appreciation for good
fruit, it is seldom found perfect in
small gardens or orchards. The fault
lies in too much dependence on the
trees, or rather a lack of interest in
cultural methods. Trees are planted
out in perhaps the most careful man-
ner, after which they are expected to
care for themselves and produce good
fruit abundantly. The fast is, they
need continual attention just as much
as we do. This need not develop Into
a burden if regularly and properly at-
tended to.
Now, one of the most important con-
ditions to ensure thrift is a soil mel-
low and cool in hot and dry weather,
yet how frequently may trees be seen
growing in sod or together with some
Drop that doss not require cultivation,
Such trees quickly outlive their use -
fatness, and their stunted branches
can only produce under sized and im-
mature fruit.
Then old trees are expected to live
on a small allowance of food. It is
forgotten that the roots of a tree have
to get their food from nearly the same
soil year after year, and in the case of
sod land, even this food must be
divided.
To have good fruit, health and vigor
must be encouraged—not rank growth,
which might be induced by overfeed-
ing, for this is opposed to fruit bear -
'nig.
For the most moderate-sized or-
chards or gardens it would be desir-
able to commence cultivating by plow-
ing between the rows in late fall; but
in light soils summer harrowing is
sufficient. Judgment must bo exer-
cised as to the extort of outtivation,
depending on the condition of the
trees, po Lex rienea must teach how far
from the tree trunk the roots extend,
for care must be taken not to disturb
them during the summer or feeding
time.
Good stable manure may be spread
on Sha surface of the soil after the lat-
ter is frozen, provided the ground is
oomparatively level so the fertilizing
constituents may not be washed away.
As the feeding roots are principally on
the outside, the manure need not be
spread' at the base of large trees, but
in a circle several feet therefrom. An-
other, but more laborious method rs
to dig shallow trenches running to-
wards the base of the tree, and f111 in
well -rotted or composted manure.
leool'pruning, to make too vigorous
trees more productive, and top prun-
ing to thin out old wood, letting light
and air amongst the branches, ate al-
so good subjects for the amateur to
look into.
A HOME MARKET FOR STRAW-
BERRIES.
I find, writes C. O. Nash, that to get
a good home market for etrawborries
it is necessary to observe the follow-
ing points: -
1. Never sell any except fresh ber-
ries.
2. Give. honest measure.
3. Use good care in grading your
berries. The kind of pickers you em-
ploy will 'often decide whether you
will keep or lose a customer.
4. Get around early in the morning.
This is quite necessary, as other grow-
ers will often take this advantage to
get sante of your customers; the first
Mari around gots the best chance, and
be fact if a grower gots in the habit
of not starting en his route until two
or three hours after sunrise he will
find his profits much lose, and Often
a surplus left over. I find a good
way is to have one wagon oe the mar-
ket selling from house to house from
early in the morning until 11 o'clock,
and another wagon bringing the ber-
ries from the patab. Then follow the
same plan in another part of the town
in the afternoon, beginning at '2 p.m.,
a.s a large trade for tea oan be worked
up; I always notice that In the three
hours before tea consumers are gener-
ally anxious to get fresh borrise,
6. Do not depend on ono variety
alone. Some customers like an acid
berry, while others will not have any-
thing but the sweeter kinds—like
Haverland. 1 find the Warfield and
llncilanee the best sellers for canning.
If you have the tart and sweet varie-
ties, there is no reason why you should
not hold your customers' trade when
you 0000 bavo it, providing you ob-
serve the golden rule in dealing with
them.
6. Neatness of one's olothes and gen-
eral appearance, as well as a neat rig
and a well-groomed horse, help to gall
borriee as well as anything else.
7. I find courtesy to customers goes
a great way ; if a man will not be a
gentleman in business, he cannot hold
all his customers.
8. If you glow berries that you are
pleased to have people look at, place a
small advertisement in the leading
local papers during berry season. It
does not cost much, and besides, the
editor may even take his pay In ber-
ries.
9. The grower should always be
ready to make any mistake on his
part perfectly right before he leaves
the customer. It doesn't pay to be
too close in dealing ; better give a
penny to a customer in making change
rather than appear as if you wanted
to squeeze the penny too hard.
A SUBSTITUTE FOR RUBBER.
New Process for Oxldtetitg Voxetable Mie
Said to Be successful.
A new industry which has just been
established upon an apparently firm
basis in England uses for its raw ma-
terial linseed oil or any of the other
vegetable oils of similar properties. It
promises to become of wide importance
because its product partake of many of
the qualities of India rubber and gutta
percha, the supplies of which slim a
constant teudeney to fall below the
growing demands. That oils of this
sort hem in them qualities of high
usefulness was disoovered ages ago,
when they were first hied for paints,
and the new industry takes advantage
of the same quality of hardening by
oxidization.
Linseed oil has been used for paints
and varnishes for generations. it is
well known that when the oil is spread
out in a thin layer exposed to the air
is absorbs .oxygen and becomes very
hard. When the oil is left in bulk
exposed to the air it gradually be-
becomes
o-becomes "fatty," as it is called techni-
cally, or of a gummy opnsis(oncy. Ex-
posures of different periods will give
any grade of hardness between these
two. Other vegetable oils act in the
same way, and many attempts have
been made to take commercial advan-
tage of these qualities. Some, like
the manufacture of oil -cloths and lino-
leum, have been very successful. The
difficulty experienced heretofore in at-
tempting to use the oxidized oils for
other purposes has been the fact that
it was mechanically impossible to ac-
complish the perfect and graded com-
bination of the oxygen with the oil, as
might be needed for the different pur-
poses. The general method adopted
was to allow the oil to drip from the
top to the bottom of a wide, suspend-
ed sheet of scrim, an open -meshed tex-
tile fabric, while a current of air was
driven upon it. By this method the
surface of the oil was solidified, but
the action did not extend all through
it and there was, therefore, a portion
of unaffected oil held within, which
was fatal to many of the uses which it
was known might be made of a more
perfect product.
Mr. Charles Grist of England has
perfected a system by which it is as-
serted that this trouble is entirely
overcome, and a large featory has been
built where many articles are manu-
factured from the oils solidified by his
process. His method of treating the
oil is to saturate a quantity of tow
with it, and then, in a centrifugal ma-
ohine, throw out every particle of the
oil except that which clings to minute
globules to the fibra of the tow it-
self. The bunches of tow are then
put on grids of metal in a chamber
where warm ail is forced through
them and in twenty-four hours the oil
is thoroughly oxidized. The material
is then ground up, mixed with any
desired coloring matter and finally
rolled oat Lnto sheets, in which condi-
tion it resembles India rubber and
possesses many of the qualities of rub-
ber, and gutta pel'aha. It is as resili-
ent es rubber, but not as elastic, is im-
pervious to chemical action, and with-
stands heat up to 240 deg. Fahrenheit,
and it can be vulcanized by the same
process used for rubber and gutta
pereha. It has high electrical insulat-
ing qualities and oan be used for cable
wire coverings and other forma of elec-
trum! insulators, and it is made into
wheel area, which are said to be equal
Lo those of rubber. It oan be dissolved
in ethereal spirits of all kinds, and
from these solutions it can be applied
as waterproofing coverings for fabrics
of any sort.
REMARKABLE CLOCK.
Wonderful as many famous clocks
are in respect to ingenious mechan-
ism, they can hardly be compared
with the unique clock whiob has been
About Beautiful Women.
The young Countess of Dudley is one
of the most beautiful women in Eur-
opa, She has just celebrated her twen-
ty-eighth birthday. Seven years ago she
married ane of the wealthiest earls i0
England. Sho has boon cattail the Cin-
derella of her family, which had once
been wealthy and well planed, but when
the rieheg of Charles Gurney disap-
peared the future of his youngest
daughter looked very dark indeed. So
marked was the girl's cleverness and
beauty, however, that after the father
went to South America to seek fortune
anew and her brave mother decided
to open a dressmaking establishment
in London, the Duchess of Bedford, a
first cousin of Ms's, Gurney came for-
ward with the offer of a home and an
education for pretty Rachel, Mrs, Gur-
ney was not long in deciding what
wee best for the child, and so, amid
the moist lavish wealth, the girl grew
up to womanhood. The duchess proved a
noble friend, and Rachel Gurney was
brought out in London society with
all the splendors that the duchess
would have faviehed on a ebilcl of her
own. After her presentation at court
Rachel Gur'ney's beautiful face and
gracious manners made her e. favorite
in the highest sooiely, and after two
seasons she accepted the offer of mar-
riage made by the young Earl of Dud-
ley. Mrs. Gurney could hardly have
looked and chosen higher in the matri-
monial
etro-monial market, for, saving the Duke
of Portland, no such eligible, amiable
and nobly born a young bachelor could
be found in England.
At first, bowever. the course of true
lova did not run very smoothly with
Rachel Gurney and the Earl of Dudley.
Though the earl was deeply in love and
the Duchess of Bedford ready to bestow
it magnificent trousseau upon the bride,
maternal disapproval frowned upon lbs
affair, The Dowager Countess of Dud-
ley rebelled against the marriage of
her only son to the daughter of a per-
son who kept a dressmaker's establish-
ment in Regent street. Tha dowager
countess who was and yet is consider-
ed one of the handsomest women in
London society came of a fine old
Scotch enmity. She was one of the six
famous Monereiff sisters, who. like the
Cunnings from Ireland, came down
from their highland homes and took
society by storm. All of these girls
married rich and well-born man, and
the countess at first vigorously pro-
tested against her son's matrimonial
venture. However, in time, the coun-
tess was brought around, graced the
wedding with her presence, and is fund
enough of her little 4-year-olcl grand-
son, the Viscount Ednam. The young
countess has ever remained popular in
society. She enjoys the friendship of
the Princess of Wales, and although
her mother stills owns the prosperous
establishment in Regent street, and
her father never found his fortunes in
South America, she is counted, in spite
of these things, one of the greatest
ladies of smart British society.
The Prince of Wales is certainly the
champion godfather of Groat Britain.
He has officiated seventy-five times in
that capacity. He also holds another
unique record in this respect in having
stood as godfather to the Duke of
Marlborough's infant heir—that is god-
father to both the father and the son.
The ceremony in connection with tbo
baptism of the son took place at the
chapel royal, St. lames' place, in 1897,
when the Prince of Wales, who had
been one of the godfathers at the duke's
christening, twenty-five years earlier,
in the same chapel, noted in a similar
capacity for the duke's heir, the other
eponsers being the Marchioness of
Blandford and William K. Vanderbilt.
The Emperor of Germany stands god-
father to all seventh sons in Prussia.
Empress Eugenie in one year acted as
godmother to 9,834 children who were
born in France on March 16, 1856, the
same day as the prinee imperial, Cecil
Rhodes is godfather to about forty
young scions of the aristocracy. It is
his custom to transfer to moll ot the
godchildren fifty shares of the De Beers
mines,
Heirs to thrones seam inohnecl now-
adays to prolong their bachelorhood,
instead of starting in quest of the
fairy princes as soon as they are out
of their teens. The present czar, the
Prince of Naples, Prince Christian of
Denmark, the late Duke of Clarence,
the Duke of York, all lingered on the
way ss though something was not quite
to their minds, The Archduke Franz
Ferdinand of Austria is yet unwed.
Prince Alfred of Coburg and Prince
Albert of Belgium, each in his twenty-
fourth year, are still bachelors, though
the death of either might bring about
tiresome dynastic complications. It is
possible that their highnesses enjoy
the attention they receive from the
mothers of marriageable princesses,
and the anxiety of their own families
op to their future ; and it is a well-
known fact that many of them re-
fuse to marry until their debtsaropaid
and, they are promised a handsome al-
lowp.nce.
completed at Brussels after Iva year's
uninterrupted. woric. This time -re-
corder, which weighs about 10,000
pounds, is built to represent aohnrch,
and indicates the seconds, minutes,
flours, days, weeks, months, seasons
and the year. Among the mechanical
curiosities are forty-six figures, winch
perform various evolutions. Every
hour, for example, the twelve apostles
make their appearance, march! past
and bow before a figure representing
the Saviour;there is Death with his
scythe, a bell-ringer oalling to vesper's,
six Capuchin monks, who enter the
church; the seasons, a cuckoo, ashrill-
throated code, a night 'Watchman
sounding a trumpet or beating a drum.
So finely adjusted is the mechanism of
this cheek that each of the movements
appears at the appointed time, and they
can all be set in motion at any Mo-
ment without disturbing the working
of the cloak.
BALLOONS FOR THP.`, DEAD.
In his capacity of high priest the
Emperor of China has to offer et least
forty-six saor!l oe,s to different gods
in the, course of a year, and as to cacti
sacrifice is dedicated one or more
holidays, which must be passed by him
in complete solitude, the miserable
monereh's time must be peel ty well
-taken up, It is also n. very stria re-
ligious rule that. His Majesty shad of-
fer in the course oe every year many
)sundreila of, sills balloons before the
tablets oe his ancestor's, the unbroken
line of whom extends bade beton! the
lifetime of Jesus Christ, These bal-
loons are made of the richest silk ob-
tainable, and several of the imperial
silk mantifaci:ories a,ra occupied the
whole year through with the fabrica-
tion of the material.
MARCH 10, 1899
NI EJNCI1F sA
ITE/IIS OF INTERES'r ABOUT TtIE,
BUSY YANKEE.
7letgliboriy Interest le lila Doings—Matters
of Moment and earth (lathered from Itll
Daily Record..
Massachusetts ie oaring for 500 epi••
leplios, of alt ages from 4 to 70.
The Lieut, -Governor of South Cara
lino wears a purple robe of office when
Presiding over the Serrate.
The average monthly wage of mals
leachers in Illinois in 1808 was $00,87,
and of female teachers $51.84.
Mussell Sage has had over 200 chile
dren named for him„ and to each child
has given between $25 and 3100.
,By a vote of the California, Sonata
no wine, beer, or other spirituous
liquor, was served at the inaugural
ball
During the past twelve months there
has been a marked improvement in
business throughout the Southern
States.
The merchant ebips now building in
Amerioan shipyards for tllo Amerioan
merchant marine are ab the value of
$10,716,000.
Senator Mason, of Illinois, has es-
poused the cause of the postal clerks
and wants to sea them granted fifteen
cloys vacation.
'1'he capitol in Hartford is to be
closed at night, in order to prevent
the clerks from using the offices as bed
chambers.
Frederick R. Coudert, the New York
financier, got his title of "The Lion
of Wall Street" because of his expres-
sion and whiskers.
E. Stowe, known half a century age
as "Lige" Stowe, is dead. He owned
ono of the first travelling circuses in
the United States.
Addison C. Harris, the naw Minister
to Austria, besides many other accom-
plishments, is quite a musician, and
aviolinlst of considerable ability.
Senator Proctor, who bas taken his
family to Cuba, says he believes the
ahmate of that country is perfectly
healthyprovided one lives regularly
and quietly,
Geronimo, the famous Apache, is liv-
ing on the Wichita, Kansas, reserva-
tion. His mind isgraduaily faiing,but
it is feared he will be more danger-
ous mad than sane,
Mrs. George P. Greeley, of Vermont,
is a sister of Admiral Dewey, from
whom she has .received, during the tat-
ter's entire service, a letter wrilan at
each post al which he touched.
Admiral Dewey has a numuer of
autograph letters from Aguinaldo, all
worded in the most elaborate fashion
and referring to the American as "me
honourable and illustrious friend.
Henry G. Hilton, who was a mem-
ber of the bankrupt house of Hilton,
Hughes & Co., New Yoik, though he
owes $2,535,007, says his only assets
are his clothes and 3200 in money.
When Mrs, Frances S. Lee, a mem-
ber of the Colorado Legislature, pre-
sided over. alit House recently, she
was vitrious.y addressed as "Mr,
Speaker,' "Mrs. Speaker," and "Mme.
Speaker."
G. Clunies Ross, an American who
owns and practically rules the Keel-
ing -Cocos Islands, near Sava, Is in San
Francisco. He says his possessions,
though thickly populated, have no
prisons nor police, and crime is almost
unknown.
William M. Chase, the successful ar-
tist, was at one time so poor as to be
able to eat only bread and cheese
"Oven my canvas and colours," he says,
"were supplied by my fellow -students:
A plan is on foot to consolidate els,
yea of the national banks of Pittsburg
into one moderately large institution
The banks are not paying on account
of excessive expenses and very 108
rates for money,
Tha distance from Philadelphia is
San Francisco is 3,177 miles; from San
Francisco to Honoluilu 2,080 ratios
from Honolulu to Hong Hong 4,061
miles; from Hong Kong to Manila
about 620 miles.
When the President of the United
States site at a dinner table., even as
the host, and there aro ladies present,
he ie always served first, as with all
other rulers. It is an old custom ob-
served in all countries,
Col. Lee, chief quartermaster of the
lakes, has asked for proposals for the
building of a large refrigerating plant
at Manila for the use of the Commis-
eaty Department of the United States
army in the Philippines.
The estate of Paul Bauer, the Coney
Island manager, has finally been set-
tled after a series of snits lasting five
years. The expenses of the trial, have
been 340,000, and there is left for the
widow just about $14,000,
Senator Davis, of Minnesota, owns
one of the best private libraries in the
country. ,Ills taste for good reading
110 inherits from his father, a man now
well on in the eighties, who has writ-
ten histories of England and Scotland.
S. Rennick Hogg, it trustee of the
Preslyterian Botpitel of Philadelphia,
lis to resent, o. the c
p t instliuti n a
building leo be used as a home for
nurses, '1'lle gift is to bo made in me-
mory of his father, atomiser trustee of
the hospital.
In very oloar water sunlight may
penetrate to a depth of over 1,500
feet.
A CLOCK THAT GOST $100,000.
le the list of artistic treasures own-
ed by the late Baron) Rothschild men-
tion is made of e. "i!itewilli,am clock."
This is the famous Louis XIV. clock,
which for gennratiorts wee one of the
Moet valued heirlooms at htittnn Ilnll,
tiler Peterbm°ugh. It is anted i.ohewn
been sold to Barna linthschild by Mr.
G, 0, W. 'h'itzwillinm, the I)rc ,ante
retain of Milton, foil 540,0110, An itx•«
nal: foo simile, however, which is said
to have coot 11,000, now stands in Mil'
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