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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1899-5-12, Page 2Diamond Cut Diamond___.. THE ROUT OF THE ENEMY. CHAPTER XXV,-Continued, girl, he will forgive my husband, Do "Conte here and sit down," she said, seeing the change in his fee with a small sad smile upon her lips, and he obeyed her. meekly, "Had she not always bean In the right?" he said to .himself, and then in some fashion he became all at once eonvineed that even in this thing that ehe told him to do she must also, of necessity, be wiser than he was. She allowed him to take her hand, and he held it In both his own with a reverent tenderness. "Yes, Geoffrey," she said very quiet- ly, and with all her old manner—the manner of a sovereign to a subject— which always had the same absolute effect upon him. "Yes, you have guess- ed rightly; your uncle has spoken to me about it. 1Be wishes it no doubt above all things, and his wishes are entitled to a great deal of respect from you; for your whole future career is in his hands, and he is disposed to treat you with a great deal of generosity and liberality." And for wordty advancement, you would advise me--" he broke in em- phatically. She smiled and held up her finger. "Please listen to me. Wordly ad- vancement is not at all a contempti- ble thing, let me tell you. When you are a few years older you will under- stand this better, no doubt, than you do now. At present you are blinded to the relative value of things. Your love for me is but a madness—Hueht do not interrupt me, I know all that you would say. and I do not desire to hear it. I tell you that it is a mad - nem, and madness Is, no doubt, a tangible and actual reality to persons wbo are mad, as you—well, I own it, as we are. We bare dreamt for one brief moment an impossible dream of such a degree of happiness as never. never can be fulfilled upon earth. In- stead of that delirium of a vain delight, we have got something quite differ- ent to do with our lives, you as well T E BlitT$SELS POST. MAIr 12, 189.0 you pee? Do you understand? He will give bim a free pardon; it will be written, so that there will be no mistake about it, and properly signed and witnessed, Re will give this to me the day that Angel Halliday promises to be your wife. Her promise will save me, will save my father; we shall have no more of terrors by day and by night, of secret journeyings backwards and forwards, of guilty fears, of horrible forebodings of eine- er; there will be no more hidings in dark corners, for Leon will be a free man, the load of his sins will be taken off bim, and the constant prayer of the old man that he may be united to hie son in peace and forgiveness ere he die will be granted to him. 1)0 you not see what all this will be to me? and what your marriage will do for me?" She spoke hurriedly and feverishly —almost hysterically. She was so afraid of Herself, so afraid that ehe might betray too much, and so fail in that which she had set herself to accomplish. In this picture which she had drawn of pardon and reunion she was fearful lest she should by word, or even by a look, allow him to dis- cover how far more terrible to her would be the family life which would be her inevitable fate than all the terrors which she would have escaped —the daily, hourly presence of the creature whom she abhored, and who was tied to her by a bond that nothing could break or sever save death. If Geoffrey were to guess at but a tenth part of the strong loathing and die - gust which filled her soul at the bare thought of what lay before her, her pleadings, she knew, would be all thrown away. But Rose was a good actress, .All women who hold their own in this world of snares and pit- falls are bound to be more so or less, and a hard necessity with her had fostered to the utmost this power of concealment and pretence. In all that as I, Geoffrey. I have my work, you she Put before him, of a life for her know what it is, and where it lies, of passible peace and freedom from and you have yours. There is, anxiety, Geoffrey saw no crape of that if you would only believe be it, whieh she was most desirous to hide a good and happy future from him, It only seemed to him she before you; I don't say that the good- was herlsake him osacrifido me his something ecin nese will be very apparent at first, or order to brie that the happiness will be very ea- g Pease to hers. To a travagant, but if you do that which nature such as Geoffrey's—chivalrous is right, and turn your beak on that and highly strung—there could be which is evil, both the goodness and but one answer to such an appeal. the happiness will be revealed to you Long ago he had told her that his life in time." was her to do with it as she willed. "And you call it right to desert the He Had given himself—his "self" in woman I love, and to trick an inno- its better and higher sense—absolutely woman to whom I am absolutely to her, and Geoffrey" was of ton gen- centindifeerent into a marriage that must erous a nature to take baok his gifts. be to me an empty mockeryl" he cried. He certainly lived several hundreds of "Your arguments do not convince me, years too late -this poor young hero Rose." of mine. In the Nineteenth Century, "I have not finished my arguments chivalry and self-sacrifice are some - yet," she enswered quietly, with a what old fashioned and out of date. little smile, and even as she spoke there We do not even respect these things came back to her memory that scene over much nowadays, They are neck - upon the river, the boat flashing by onad of 30 account, in this hurrying, In the sun, with the girls in their white bustling practical life of ours, Rather dresses, with the man she Iceed at are we inclined to laugh at that their feet; and she knew, with that which our ancestors revered, and an iunate knowledge of human nature action of self-denial which, in the days which life had given to her, that, but of the "knights of old," would have for herself, Geoffrey would have loved aroused a perfect storm of enthusiasm Anger Halliday, and that "absolute in- and admiration, can gain no better difference" was by no means the feel- tribute from us than a pitying smile, ing in his mind towards her. 'listen no more exalted praise than that to me a little Ionger. Angel Halliday demnatory word "Quixotic I" s is a good girl, she is a beautiful girl, Geoffrey Dane should nave changed and—she loves you." It cost her a places with a certain animator of bis great deal to say this, but when one who flourished, in the days of Ring 1, working hard to cut away one's heart Edward the First, of glorious memory. out of one's body, a few sharper thrusts Then he would have been a very of the knife go for little. She meant Paladin of all knightly and heroin to plead Angel's cause, and she pleaded virtues; now, he is only, I bear, a it in the very hest manner that she foolish young man with an ex - knew. To a man of Geoffrey's age and aggerated idea of the high - temperament, it ie next to impossible er beadings of the soul, and an over - that the conviction of the affection of weening and altogether unreasonable a charming and lovely girl can bring sensitiveness to the lull meaning of ^no quickening of the pulses, no dawn- that oft -quoted, but little understood ing sentiment of interest and of French proverb, which stands at the gratification. She had calculated head of this chapter. And so, when Tightly-. inhere arose a slight flush in he understood exactly what it was Geoffrey's face, and his eyes sought that hie Queen asked of him, it no the ground. The sigh that arose in longer occurred to this " preux cheva- her heart as she watched him, died lier" of another generation to question away ere it passed her lips. He never her decrees or to rebel against her heard it. }lose de Brefour knew well orders. Thus and thus, be was to serve that et seven -and -twenty a man has her, and thue truly, should she be seldom seen the only love in his life. served. It may never be quite the same a Since lria lady -love was held in bon - second time, but he will certainly love dage by cruel and relentless chains again if his first desire is doomed to which she was unable to burst, since perish. It' was this thought that sus- she could not in truth and deed be his tamed her chiefly, the thought that very own, as in his wild untutored be would outlive the evil which she heart he had for one mad moment as - had brought him and be happy in pired that she should be, then it only time in another and more wholesome remained for him to turn hie life in affection. "Well, then there is another such a way that he could best bright - view of the subject which I have yet en and comfort hers, best prove his to put before you," she continued. "Do own faith and truth to her. you know that, if you marry this girl, More than an hour passed away af- a very great and a very substantial ter that before he left her, an hour benefit will accrue to me and to my in wbioh the sun went down, down be - poor old father?" neeth gold -tinted Moeda into the Re lifted hie eyes In pure astonish- blackness of tbe earth which he de- ment. serted, and the sober dusk crept up, 'Yes, for Mr. Inane has discovered filling the garden with vague Delete lately that my unhappy husband is and shadows, still alive, and, mot perhaps altogether What they said during that sad unreasonably, he thinks that be ought hour; what tears were shed, wbat last to be brought to justice for bis old words were spoken, between these two sin. You understand what that means, who parted in the darkening evening Geoffrey? Publicity, exposure, die- as those who part for ever in this world grape .and shame to usl All the old it boots not here to relate. Once more miserable story of erime and fraud kneeling at her feet he was permitt- dragged to light again and made the ed to draw her face down upon his tear- subject of mamma talk in the daily stained cheek, to press Ins lips once papers. they share in the concealment again upon hers; but le this kiss there of the criminal would, no doubt, be was no gladness of fulfilled longing, made much of; it is even possible also no rapture of earthly passion. It was that that poor helpless old man might the kiss of an eternal farewell. be dragged into a public court to tell. The damp dews of night were falling all he knows against his own still loved thickly about them es he rose 'at last, son. Ahl" she cried, striking her hands half delirious, from his knees, and passionately together, whilst tears ot wrenched bit hands out of hers. There an tiisL a g nt the picture she had' eon- was no word spoken between them at jured up filled her eyes, "'sooner than the last; no tender " good-bye," no allow such a thing to take place, I Whispered ' good night." Ho only Would diel sada an overpowering dis- grace Would be the cruellest torture that it would be possible to inflict up- oie hfmi" "It could act take place!" cried Geoffrey excitedly. "Such an an- psra toted cruoity and persecution would be the vengeance not of a man, but of a devil, My nada will never do 11,e "No," site answered with a sudden Calmness, "'he will not, do it, Geoffrey, because yob will save me item act awful e eatastrophel'" "T?" lee repeated blankly, Ile dpi not ;tot understand, ,'Tee, yottl becAnse if yeti marry r r y y he Lineable people who never fail to ful- fil all the eame social obligations of life which (Mtn and decorum demand of so many of us in vain, It wee as a matter of course, there - tole, that being within so short a dis- tenoe of tome, she should betake 1ier- self to Cromwell toad to pay her re- ePeots to tier aunt, Mrs. Matthew Dane. She oboe() the lunobeon hour for her visit as offering a greater certain- ty of finding her aunt at hums, and fortune certainly befriended her that day for her uncle also was in, having been detained In his own house by a slight touch of a foe whom not all his cleverness could circumvent, and which was apt at times to assert its power over him in an autocratic fash- ion. This enemy was the gout. Mr. Dane sat in an easy chair in the dining -room, with Itis foot swath - side him, ed iu bandages upon a leg -rest ; n small table with bis luncheon tray was be - and be was in a very bad temper. 11.0 held out two fingers to bis niece. " Hullo 1 I'lorence is it t Dear me, who would have thought of seeing you. Come up to look out for a husband in London, eh ?" Florence's Dolour rose, " Husbands are not muoh in my line, uncle, she answered shortly. Mr. Dane chuckled. He had a curi- ous appreeiation of beauty and come- liness, and a woman irbo was not pret- ty received but scanty civility at his hands. Re looked his niece over expressively from head to foot. Humph 1—no ; I don't suppose they are. The men will run after beauty you know, my dear 1 You are of the good, plain and useful sort," and then he chuckled again. Mrs. Dane endeavored to salve over her husband's rudeness. "Ste down here, Florence, my dear. Won't you unfasten your jacket? What will you have, a outlet or some chicken curry? And how did you leave your father and sisters?" Then, as she helped her to some food, bring- ing the plate round herself to set be- fore her, she whispered: "Don't mind what your Duple says my dear, he is not qutte himself to -day; his foot is so painful, it always makes bim cross." And Florence made matters worse for herself by immediately inquiring after his gout." "Oh1 you are very kind," he an- swered sarcastically. "I am not go- ing to die of it yet, thank you." And he turned round and glared at her fiercely, Fe that Florence did not venture to address him again. The luncheon progressed with some embarrassment. Mrs, Dane looked frightened and uncomfortable; it was always a black -letter day to her wben, by some evil chance, her tormentor did not go Into the city—it gave her no rest either by day or by night. If she had been alone with Florence, she could have got on well enough, but it was difficult to make conversation with that angry, scowling man sitting by, watching every mouthful they ate, and listeuing to every word that they spoke. A sort of desultory talk went on be- tween the two ladies, however, by fit's and starts. Florence told her aunt where she was staying, and all about her friend and her baby, gave her the required information concerning the health of her family, and volunteered a good many somewhat uninteresting details anent the parish and poor peo- ple of Coddisham. From the poor she progressed to the rich, and made the usual complaint that is invariably to be heard upon the lips of all country folk, from whatso- ever county of England they bail. "But it is a very bad neighborhood, aunt Jane. It doesn't muoh matter to me, because I have so much work to do, but when my younger sisters Dome out, 1 am afraid they will find it very dull There are very few tennis par- ties in the summer, and fewer dinner parties; and as to a ball, there has not been such a thing known for two years." How is that?" enquired Mrs. Dane politely. "I thought it was a hunting county." "Well, so it is; but we are at the wrong side of it for any of the fun in the winter, and of course in the sum- mer it is a desert. There are no less than six empty houses within four. miles of Coddisham, without counting a small house that bas sometimes been tenanted by nine people in Coddiaham ltseif," So far FIorence had progressed when she was suddenly interrupted by a question from her uncle. "Have you seen your brother dime you have been at Riverside?" he asked. "He has not been to see me," she re- plied somewhat pointedly, "although I certainly did get a glimpse of him two —no it was three—days ago." "What the devil bas become of him, I want: to know?" cried the old man, savagely, dashing his hand down vio- lently upon his luncheon -table so that the glasses and plates all jingled. "Oh 1" gasped Florence, with a scared look at the naughty word, "pray don't use such expressions, uncle—" "Rubbish! don't begin a sermon, iirl! Answer my questions instead. Where's your brotherbe hasn't been to the office for three clays—wrote and said he was ill—he isn't there to -day, I've had a telegram from his fellow - clerk, Triohet, this morning, to say so. Where is he, I want to know? What do you know of him?" "I know nothing, uncle," faltered Florence, fairly frightened by his vehemence. 'You said you saw him?' "Only for a minute." "Where was it 1" "A1 Riverside,,, "Alai What did he say to you 1" "Nothing." "Nothing? Don't trifle with me, girl -he must have said. something I" walked dumbly away from her, stag- "indeed, uncle, he said nothing at goring a little at the first as one think he div not speak to . was Z atdthe he over saw mo. Zt the station—he was $'e1Ling into the train. I tried to stop him, but be would not stop. Ha got into I.he train and Went away. Ile looked agitated—he might Imes been ill—perhaps he is ill noW " Florence was very nearly in tears by this time. "I wish you would not look at me so savagely, uncle Matthew. I am really not aaengtatned to be eross-questioned in this way." He laughed gruffly, Something made him feel mono amiable all at CHAPTER XCS.k•VI. oriee, and he began to enjoy himself Ti'ioren00 lane was one of those es- a little -it was evident that he could who is dr (km With a mortal pain, then by degrees steadier as he lamb- ed the home, but still blinded and dazed, with blanched face end wild uneonstioes eyes, like a lost soul that knows not whither it goes. Is it any wonder that, 'numbing against gA SIA.t h1A Don sister upon the plat- form, of the station, he passed herby with a vacant, un0onseious stare, as theugh bis eyes bad rested upon a dratted ? frighten this sturdy, plain-spoken lit- tle niece of his. There was a grain of fun to be got out of her, after all, homely and countrified as she was. Besides she bad told bim something be Mid been wanting to know. (To Be Continued.) ITEMS OF INTEREST. A Few lhnvtgrnpits Widen will oe F081141 liortlt heading. In Pekin tile only stores that have mak glass erws. indows are those of the watch - Sarno of the stylish residences now to course of oonstruotion in New York city aro to have gold plated plumb - bag. British India has the swiftest river im the world. It is the $utlej, which in 1811 miles has a descent of 15,000 feet In Italy women are employed to operate the switches at railroad arose - lugs, because they rarely become in- toxicated. A legislator of Michigan favors a law imposing an annual tax of five dollars on every person who drinks in- toxicants. A now Iife boat, just approved by the British Admiralty, parries three metallic cylinders, into which 1,000,000 cubic feet of air can be compressed. This amount of air will propel the boat fifteen miles an hour for six hours. Au irreverent little mouse scamper- ed down the aisle of a church in Ches- ter, Pa., during a prayer meeting, and the females and uproarious shouts from the males paused a scene of great disorder. Some misohevious students in Win- field, Kansas, amused themselves by painting a farmer's pigs'a beautiful seal brown, Then, after ornamenting a goat with n red body and green whiskers, tbey tied bim to a profes- sor's bedroom door. Poverty drove Michael Gerbriak to the poor -house in Crawfordsville, Ind., and there he died. He had been mar- ried several times, and was the father of thirty-two living children, not one of whom visited him during his illness, nor attended his funeral. Mrs. Isaac B. Mills, of Setauket, L. I., was cleaning her gloves with gaso- line, and they were on her hands. She held her hands over the fire to dry the gloves, and in an instant the gloves were aflame, causing most painful burns. A business man of Stroudsburg, Pa., lost a pooketbook containing $800. It was found and returned to him by the little daughter of George Smith. The generous -hearted owner rewarded her with, one cent, to which he added this advice: "Now run borne before you lose i.t, as I did my pocketbook," A series ot revival meetings was in progress in a Methodist church in Sherman, N.Y., when the shocking dis- covery was made that a skunk had taken possession of a flue used for ventilating purposes. Several plans were tried to eject the visitor, but without avail. Finally the animal Was chloroformed and then removed. A peculiar skull is possessed by Harry Beno, aged twenty-nine, of Pen- sacola, Fla. In the Cook County Hos- pital, Chicago, he permitted the doc- tors to drive an awl three-quarters of an inch into the top of his skull. Then he suspended a chair from the awl by means of a handkerchief, and, bending his head, swung the chair to and fro. A. curious offense caused the arrest of Gen. Hoppe, the Swedish Minister of War. Arrayed In military uniform, he walked from his residence to the palace in Stockholm, and when he appeared before the council the King and .his associates buret out laughing. Instead of wearing a ooaked hat with feathers, he had unwittingly topped his uniform with a shiny plug bat. While a quartette of colored vocal- ists at Whitestone, N.J., were singing the "Hallelujah Chorus" over the body of John Stanton, a negro, who had died in the Flushing Hospital, there was a startling movement in the cof- fin. The auditors fled in fright, some of them leaping out of the windows. The noise was caused by the dropping of the wooden leg of the corpse, whjah had been unevenly propped in the cof- fin. WORTH KNOWING. A celebrated cake maker gives some valuable suggestions on the art of cake making: "First, I always use the best of everything. I buy my eggs direct from the fanner; my butter is fresh and carefully washed and kept on ice until I wan,'it, and flour, sugar, nuts, flavoring, whatever I use, in fact, has to be as good as can be found. I find a dash of brandy, just as the cake goes to the oven, helps Lo make it light and also to bake more evenly. My cakes are mixed in various ways accord- ing to the sort I am making. The eggs are always very cold when broken, and whipped light in a cool place, 1 sift my flour two or three times until it is like light snow. My idea of cake and icing is that they should neverebe sticky or clammy, yet always soft en- ough to be eaten with, a. spoon," In cake making one should give as much attention to baking as mixing. After you place the cake in the oven do not open the door for at least 18 minutes ana'then do so very cautiuue- ly ;. a slam has caused the fall of many a promising cake. Then, too, never let a cake atand after it is mixed; the oven should always be ready for bak- ing before mixing the cake. NOT INTENDED. Pen -beaked says his mother-in-law has done him a good turn at last. Millie that? Taken bis wife home to live With her. P,tY'S EGGS, The fly lays four tinter each summer, and 80 eggs each Unto. The decen- dants of one female ftp in a single 50aaon may number 2,08(1,820,, Earning a Living. No doubt there aro in every large city at least a thousand and probably several thousand women who are strug- gling along day by day, and week by week, to keep up the ambiance) of com- fortable respectability, while in their pockets are purses so slender that the ehopgirl can boast greater riches. To go into shops and factories is an impossibility for these ladies, because, in the first plane shops and factories seldom employ middle-aged women, and secondly, the work ba too fatiguing for those unaccustomed to it. Now there are at leant a dozen dif- ferent ways open to such women, and if they will read carefully some that are here suggested they may be able to adapt and change thorn somewhat to fit the circumstanoes of each indi- vidual ease, so that not a living, but also many of the old-time Iuxuries of life may be obtained for her who is willing to undertake the task of do- ing something. Something wbioh will be highly appreciated and well paid for by the public at large. The first thing that maws to a wo- men when she finds herself thrown up- on her own resources, is to start a boarding house. Now, despite the many disparagi things enleioh are said about keeps boarders it is really a lucrative e ployment if one goes at it cleverl There should be nothing haphaza about it. Every step should be as car fully planned before hand as thou one were about to engage in any of er business, The first requisite of a good boar Ing house is good table and good ro service without the hiring 01 man servants. To accomplish this, 0n should endeavor to obtain boarders wh ere willing to take their meals at, about, the same hoar so that the wai teas can attend to the table at oe tain hours and then go about an other work which is assigned to he the cook can likewise double up in le occupations, and oan perhaps do 11 laundry work for the house, providin breakfast is entirely over by 9 o'oloc Failing this, for one can not choos one's boarders too olosely, there shoal be a steam table Pox keeping food bo —as in a hotel. It costs little. In this way one avoids the expend of hiring extra help. And the hour old machinery in a smelt establish went moves muoh more smoothly it al an be done at one turning of th wheel, rather than at several. By making a few enquiries amen nen friends and advertising economi ally and judiciously, a boarding boos may soon be started with a housebu P boarders. Next there comes the vexed questio of buying, so as to make the table cora Wain the limit of the sum set apar or it, and unless the woman who pro oses taking boarders is fairly sur hat she le a close buyer, she wont o wet. to put the question of boarder ntirely aside, and turn her attentio o something a little less difficult, an vbich requires less experience and ie xecutivo ability. Starting a little fancy store in a ver Me neighbourhood is one of the thing highly to be recommended if a womu handy with the needle. During he Imre, when she is not engaged t siting on customers, the sagacious oman who has opened up leer littl sop in an aristocratic neighbourhood ay be engaged iu sewing and knit - ng so as to add to her stock in trade. ide from her rent, which must beut aid in advance, the ofit for the fit- s shop will not cost more than $100. fast as things are sold, bringing in eir profit, other and perhaps more xpensive and dainty things may be dded, until the womap, having gam - d experience, as well as customers, ealizes that she has established a busi- ess which she can conduct all her life en into the sere and yellow leaf. Making very nice cakes, and selling em in boxes, either to private eue-. omers,, or .to first-class grocers, is a ry profitable aouree of income when e has become known. Very many rallies would gladly leave a stand - g order for oaks to be sent on certain aye, and in the winter mince -pies, ome-made crullers and New Year's ekes may be added to the list. During he • second year of business the amu- ur baker, having established enema or doing things properly, will be re- uested to put up the family preserves bile her customers are out of town. nd i1 she will pay Inc getting the ()ret of canned vegetables, ehe can eke a great deal by putting up green as, tomatoes, and succotash in glass us for many people wine want eucb ings and are willing to pay for therm. Ah must be done. 01 first by adver- ing and personal canvass among e's friends, getting from them let - re of introductioh or credentials to hers. With never a failure to in - rapt her success, the woman who rause this course may find her road easy and a satisfactory one. Ono woman, of a most original turn mind, found a profitable employ- nt in embroidering night shirts for 0. The flight shirts were for Christ- en and birthday gifts end were or - red by the acquaintances of this ori - nal woman. Her mode of procedure to buy plain night shirts of good ality, and then to embroider them o elegance at the coat oe only &few is in money and a few hours of nether woman makes a specialty of fumes, having obtained soulerocipes first-class perfumery and sachet,, 'mien, She mattes them in great entities and sells them in most at- ctive form to her customers, Sachets sewing in the lining of gowns, she ken and tins up in, packages of half dozen mole, and sells them for 51 package. A package constitutes a and all of her oustomers being I regulated women, require a net each gown. She also makes wadded toms for bureau drawers, end puts her perfumes to such beautifully bottles and jars that they sell at hL• I?nrhena the easiest and the guide - et all, things to engage in, and that requires little outlay, is a all oomlriiesion Mistimes, Selcat a. gllbourbood Which looms destitute Mich an establishment, and then ng nen- rden- e- gh lr- d- om y e 0 or t- y r. er ke a• t, e- h e g e n c e d s d ss y n r n 0 h c 0 1 d t• e n is le w w m ti As 5 .as th a a n e AN th t VA on fa in d b h to f q w A se m pe oa th tis On to ot Ce p an of nee me m de. WOS in pen time A per for Po qu tra for ma a a set Wel for lot up odd sig est One sm 1301 of biro a front room or a little office, and hang out a sign bearing the legend, "Laundry Work Dom Hera.' Underneath this put out a tittle sign reading "Branch Dyeing Establish- ment, adding, if possible, the name of some firm that has a well-known repo- Cation. Of 0ourao, your ttltebul Is only a oommisslonlie one,estabiand pour laundry work sad dyeing Must be sent out to be done, but you can easily make arrangements with some firm wbc would gladly do the work for you and allow you a very nice oommiseeon. An express enemy may be combined with this, and you must put in a tele - Plume to insure prompt delivery, of goods. Try to have your telephone made a regular "pay station," and be sure that you keep on band a fine stook of postage stamps to draw trade. .a,,. A NOTED VEGETARIAN. Mme • Lehmann, the great prima donna, several years ago was prostrat- ed by a severe illness, and was off the stage for a long time, She even des- paired of regaining her health and of being able to resume her career. At that critical moment two of her friends advised her to become a vegetarian. She followed their advice, with most benefiotat results. One advantage she derives from it is theft on the days when she sings she is not obliged to change her diet. Here is something that she has to say on the topic; "The days on which I sing," said Mme. Lehmann, "1 vary my mods of life hardly a jot. For five years I bays been a vegetarian. 'What a glor- ious word for those who, like myself, can utter 11 with such a feeling of ex- ultation) My shattered nerves had kept me for along time on a bed of illness. It seemed impossible for me to recover from attacks of heart palpitation, diz- ziness and fainting spells, "Finally Eugen d'Albert and Profes- sor Rlindwoerth recommended me to beooma a vegetarian. Though I had a kind of mysterious repugnance to the idea of giving up my rare beefsteak, to which I had become accustomed, and feared that 1 might be attacked with weakness in consequence. I gathered my energies together and began one day to live only on vegetables and fruit. What happened? It agreed admir- ably with me. Time. the first two or three days T couldn't gat rid of the idea that I didn't feel satisfied. But by the fourth day 1 was accustomed to it, and after a fortnight the attacks of dizziness and fainting and heart palpitation had ceased. I was a free being, cured of all my troubles, which had been playing me such bad tricks. "In addition to this. I must not un- derstiinate the satisfaction I feel in knowing when 1 sit down to a, meal that I am not eating my fellow crea- tures, and that in order to satisfy my appetite no harm has come to them, and it has not been necessary to take the lives of any of them. Whether I sing or nut my diet re- mains the same. 1 carry out the same programme, and that suits me perfect- ly. If 1 happen to be at home 1 rise very early—at six or half -past seven o'clock—go into my garden and work there among my plants and flowers, "If the weather is bad I write a good deal. Ac half -pant; seven I drink a glass of milk, oe.la little rye bread and now and then some fruit. "Usually I din, at noes, but when I sing in the eve,uitige an hour later, I take a plate of taiaiable or rioo soup, then I eat a plate of vegetables. At Cour o'clock I have a cup of milky and at seven o'olock cat( some green- salad, a couple of eggs or cheese. At odd in- tervals during the day I have fruit, Perhaps tweet:, a year I cat fish, but I don't care for it much, and only take it when I can find nothing else. "With one plate of rice taken in the afternoon I am strong enough to sing Isolde and to stand the strain of all the great roles which last until mid- night. I never touch aloobolio drinks,. never am thirsty and I have a fine, buoyant feeling when I am out walk- ing. Every morning I go through calisthenics,talk a swim when I can, otherwise mild baths, work a great deal in the garden and indoors. I no long- er know what fatigue is since I've be - ovine a vegetarian and can stead a great deal both! and bod ly,Thereforeleau 1ligLlylreoom- mend ibis mode of life. Simple as it is, its effect upon the soul is most stimulating," USE FOR OLD NEWSPAPERS. 01d newepopers may be made to serve as chest protectors. Neatly cut to fit they may be worn In the folds beneath the clothing and the cold cannot penetrate them. They may be sterilized by being placed 13 an oven for a few momenta, when they are ready for use. Worn in the bottom of boots and shoes they keep the feet warm and ab- sorb moisture. They may be utilized as leggings placed beneath the stockings. This style is recommended for the Klondike. They aro aseptic and may be imme- diately destroyed without cost or troll bie. Newspapers may be used as Dower- ing by placing layers of them between any fabric, however (sheap, and fatt- ening Mena,by knotttn „cthrough throe h n prod and t . g A simpr,11 CODE. Emily --Why are you waving Your handkerchief? ,Angelina—Since papa has forbidden Tom the house, we have arranged a edit) of signals, g Entity—What is it? ,Angelina—Whoa he waves his hand- kerchief five times, that means, "7)o you love me?" and whine I wave fran- tieally 13 reply, it means, "Yes, dar- ling,' Emily --And how do you aslt other questions? ,Angelina -Wo don't.. That's the whole dodo. FACTS ABOUT STOWAWAYS, l'rrseux 11'120 meat 'their rwesi4e .lerexi' 2,h Annotto. elrenn, "I Am not given to losing my tam- per,' eald one captain to the writer, "but I confess that when on one voy- age we found no fewer than fourteen. men had managed to etow themselves away below, 1 felt inclined to give them all a dunking, and said so." Tale This was the captain of an Atlantic liner, a man to whom the stowaway is a perpetual nuisance.. Though the strictest watob is kept to prevent his gelling on board, it lie rare for trip to be made without one or two specimens of Lhe dead. -head fra- ternity being carried, willy nilly, free. 01 course, thio is not done entirely without oonnivano0 on tbe part of somebody on board the ship. The stokers are not Infrequently the guitly parties. With their or others' aid the stowaway gets down into the hold and finds a dark corner in which to secrete himself until the vessel is at sea. If then he is discovered, and set to work, he does not mind. It is not work be is afraid of, but the being without work, and the bread that a0eompanies it, When it Is considered what an en- ormous thing an Atlantic liner is, and how many dark ,Maces there are In her vast Interior, it is not surprising to hear that scores of men during the course. of a year get free passages across the herring pond In one ship or another—and this though the steamer never leaves port without a search be- ing made to ase that no unauthorized person le on board. Many ars discov- ered, in bunkers and other such places, and., of course, carefully conducted ashore., but not a few manage to elude detection and. of course, once away from land little is to bo feared from discovery. There is a curious notion prevalent among some sailors. It is that a stow- away is a lucky passenger to carry. Asked once why it was, an old salt answered that be never heard of a ship being lost that had a stowaway on board. 01 course, he had an instance in point to relate. It was to the effect that a stowaway was discovered in hiding on an outgoing vessel at tbe last moment and ejected. Shaking his fist at the captain, the would-be voy- ager cried: "I'm glad you've turned me out of your rotten ship; neither she nor you will live to see Christmas day, while I shall." The prophecy proved a true one. The yeses/ went down within a week of calling, and only the second offieer and a few men were saved. • CAUSE OF KIPLING'S POPULARITY. Illi Iteu,arltai,le Faeallr of Appealing (e •67) i lapses ofitt'adetx. It has been generally suggested that the workingman's enthusiasm for Kipling is due to the omniscience 01 this writer of 84 years; that the soldier reveres him for his knowledge of a soldier's work, pleasures and woes; that the railroad man swears by him because he understands so well how an engine is built; that the sailor and the fisherman, the public school boy, the city clerk, the meehanic, find the fascination in his perfect acquaintance with their life. No doubt this clinch- es the charm, but certainly a broader principle underlies the popularity which the poet and fictionist pus won with the masses. This Is that he ap- peals to the emotional side of his read- ers as well as to the intellectual. A man like Matthew Arnold, be be never so great, finds himself, perhope with acme approval, cut off from all but those readers in whom there is some unusual degree" of ibtellectual training and refinement. Kipling masters such. readers, too, with his Magnificent certainty of phrase and healthful vigor, and wish his soul - stirring dramatic faculty proceeds to capture the rest of the world that knows better how to feel than to think. Doubtless, too, his brilliantly early successes as a popular author is due vary largely to hie choice of subjects; to the vigorous launching of his genius into the topic of the hour, the pres- ent problem of the nation. Thus as good a poem as "The White Man's Bur- den" might easily have been unnoticed by the world at large bad it none of the tremendous public interest wbioh has brought that noble utterance into the mouths of millions of Americans. Here Mr. Kipling has in his poetic wont an advantage and a danger analogous to those which are before the lesser singers of stage topical songs. A palpable hit is certain to fetch the whole house; on the other hand, the populace is expecting a hit every time, and few performers can in- variably meet its demands, ]lir. Rip. ling seems to be such an inevitable sort of a fellow that one is surprised even to hear that he ever writes things over twice before giving them to us, But he assures Lbs rare and happy in. terviewer that most of what he writes goes into the wastebasket. ROYAL SILVER WEDDING. As many as three silver weddings will be celebrated during 1899 by reigning families of Europe. January 11, was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the marriage of ehe Duke and Duchess of Saxe -Coburg and Gotha. On August 10-28,: Russian style, the m Gra. 1 Dolt s V y' dimer will i t l 1 has been married for twenty-five years. a The Grand Duchess, -neo Prinoess Marie •P. aolovnu, eldest daughter of the Grand Duke k'rodorick Francis IL, of Meck- lenburg -Schwerin, was the first Prima sea who did not/ obaage her religion on marrying a Russian Grand Duke, The third celubretion, which takes pleas ob April 20, will be that of Duke Charles Theodore of Bavaria, the famous oculist, and Princess Marla Josephs of Brnganza. WILL SOON STRIKE TERRA FIRMA Tho inexperienoed=--?1a says ,he oan hardly restrain himself from falling down and worshiping her, Tho Rejected—Tall hint not to got nervous; she'll theow bim down 50018 though,