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had looked upon since he had len
and, although Trichet was nut me
ly a friend—be was, indeed, mere]
Wight netleitintnnce—yet when a
bus Dome across the alas from the t
er side of the world tie Is glad eau
to see anybody lee knows; so he $
ped and greeted hire quite effusiv
1'riceet, oe his side, was smut
surprised to see him,
"1 heard y0U had gone to Ans.
CI1APT,I t1 3 XV121.--Coutlneed. • ly for the edification of her younger ill l" he said.
The February morniueg was grey and. sister as site looked after the swiftly "so 1 had, but I've come b
laild, when Geoffrey, "booted and spur-; vanishing horses, "that those were again."
red," stood at the door of his Louse: work most for the good of others seem '3.ou don't say sol 'Didn't you 1
Waiting for the horses to some round invariably to be miaundtu'stood by* it, then?"
fa'am
Diamond Cut Diamond_...
OR,
THE ROUT OF THE ENEMY.
the persons whom they strive to belie -
_They had been ten days at home ten fitl"
ays of frozen fields and roads et iron, i "Ideal think Geoff liked your pitch -
which had put all urea of hunting out' ing into Angel," observed Grace, who
of the question, and given the young had secretly enjoyed the skirmish be-
eouple a little space in which to set-' ,ween the brother who 10(1(1 kind to
tls themselves down in their count01 her and the sister who kept her babit-
home. But now a thaw had °Gine at ualiy in order.
last, and they were going to start "What a slang expression, child I"
forth to join the bounds three miles said111issDane sharply, as they walked
away across the valley, on. "Geoffrey and Angel have yet to
Geoffrey is lighting his cigar in the understand that the poor belong to the
porch. There comes a footstep 00,usm Lord, and cannot be trifled with as if
the hall behind him, and, looking they were a picturesque adjunct to
round, lee sees his wife in her new hub- one of their own worldly and selfish
it. He has never seen her dressed for amusements."
riding before. ! Which was enigmatical, albeit some -
"Is it time to start, Geoff 1" she asks. ' what grandiloquent. Grace did not
"Nearly the horses are just coming.. venture to question the dark saying.
Let me look at you, Angel. How nice'
you look. Turn round a minute. Fit CHAPTER, XXIX.
is good on the whole. A tiny pucker I Horace Lessiter never received the
bere, under the arm—that must be al-' letter which Duthie had written him,
tered. Let me see your tie. Yes, according to her promise, on the more
that looks right. I must give you a row of ;lagers wedding -day', for the
better pin, thuugb, that one Is hardly very good reason that be had started
neat enough. A very good sporting on his way hums before that letter
tarn -out on the whole, :airs. Dane, and reached Melbourne.
you look uncommonly well in a habit," It will be neeessary to explain how
She looked better still when he had this came about. Captain Lessiter
lifted her into her saddle upon the bay has not as yet played a very import
-
mare had and
"Yes, pretty well; In fact I ba
lucky spec, cue there, and made a
of Mulley; 00 7 thought I'd come bt
and spend it et home," said lice
with the little air. of eonseiousness
a little ready mun`ey gives instinal
ly to a man who has been unaccust
ed to that luxury,
"Quite right, too," said Trichet•,
garding him with increased resp
for people do wonderful things n
and then in the Colonies, he knew, i
a "bit of money' might possibly m
forty er even fifty thousand putt
"Very glad to hear you've had g
lue.L; r am sure I congratulate y
Have you seen your people yet?"
"No; I thought of running down
H rliford, this afternoon, for Cir'
mese
"Oh, indeed, There have been gr
doings down there since you've b
away—at the Grange, that is to s
But nu doubt you have heard 1"
No. What has happened?"
"0h, a grand wedding—Mr. Geoff
Dane, who is exalted now into a pa
nee In the firm, if you please, and 151
Halliday."
"Which V"
mors which a bought for Ler— ant part in them pages, and the part "]Tess Angel, The eldest, Oh, a ve
o Ioroughbrea w thmu small animal, clear
w'itleb he is stilt destined to play there- much more thanssure emu 1 three weeks sat
a §oft, full eye, and a coat that shone in is a remarkably inglorious one. They have gone to Monte Carlo, anal,
like polished mahogany. Nevertheless, his character and pseuli- a shower of avuncular gold and be
Angel had never mounted a hunter rarities were such that they 03:010)20(1a diction, Ever bear of such look
before, aur had she ever ridden la distinct influence upon the fortunes of and Trichet flung up his hands a
hounds in her rife, but the Canadian- several p110812lm who were of infinitely eyes as one who could say more if
bred girl ,oak to all outdoor sporta.nd more importance in the world than chose. "A fortunate fellow lee is
pastimes h nature. She had ridden hemself. have stepped all at ones off his clerl
roe h, Y The very key -note and foundation -
rough, over an rouglt�tt country, Feats stone of this Sanas man's dlsposicion lth a
position, and a beauxt to tiful tvieeinto ainto t
mals thin had galloped Dike ,he wind was idleness. Now idleness may not bargain, However, there are dra
across huundless latus, end scrambled seem to be n very l;or[-afoul or harm- barks to every lot, however bless
cat -like up and down rooky mQnntaln fol vice, if taken by itself ; but we have and ee doubt the bride looked as s.
gorges. She knew how to ride, al- the highest authority for knowing at bar wedding as if she was at
though bee education had not been that. Thal it is the "metier of all mischief.' funeral, and people do say she does
of an English hunting -field. the sat idleness leads to the variety of evil care a brass farthing about her sin
square and firm in her saddle, courses, which had been his bane at
ed up her reins in a knowledgeable bu as'itand which proceeded to be his
out of love of somebody { bo was po
manner, and was ubsolately fearless, t Austrnllu' and who was obliged to go away acro
and at home upon a bursa. , Captain Lessiter very soon fell out tie seas and leave Ler."
"You'll do " said her husband, to ;with the cousin who had sent for Ana cur friend Trichet shot a gate
her, as he looked bar critically over: him' He had no business capacity keen glance into his companion's fn
with an approving eye. iwhatever, and 110 inclination to adapt and it was not at all lost upon hi
They were going down the road to- I himself to business habits. He was that Lessiter Coloured se'y slightl
gather out at their own gates. Geof- � unpunetual and undependable, he fur- and avoided meeting big eye, as be n
frey, who looked very well himself up- gut things he had undertaken to do, sweted him only by a short embarras
oe a big, sixteen -hand chestnut, pow-
erfully made, and with an absolutely waiting, threw over appointments of Ah! and they have gone to Mon
faultless character with regard to
importance in order to amuse Lim- Carly, have they?" he enquired, wi
fences, could not help feeling proud of self, and behaved altogether in such would-be difference.
bis beautiful wife. He had been, per a fashion that, after six weeks of it, "Yes; but only till next month,
haps, a little bit anxious with re- 1115 cousin, who was a hard-headed, in- fancy. Old Dane Las bough his ne
gird to her riding capackies, but the dustrious man, told him plainly that toy shunting -box and is rebuildi
very way she sat in her saddle was: it was quite impossible tbat the or- And fitting it up regardless of eYlxens
enough to convince him that this was; rangement could go out and paid him lam to be kept toiling in town, b
meta et another of her many accomplish- I his Passage -money a-mobe ref hisd two bargain this spoilt darling of fortune is to 1
ti But bee young husband's approba-' him* r g sent to amuse himself in the non
on and flattery had n° power to con- ; a brief space, Horace thought
try."
is a lucky fellow; and who
jure up a flush of pleasure in Angel's he would tarn farmer, and settle down may I ask, is the hutting -box situs
face. r1 • in the c
u. ural smiled Ler usual sweet conte \W'
a {ee With Y t y his two bun- ed 8"
and indiefecent smile; her heart did deed pounds he purchased a few acres
"Well, it's not in a particularly goo
nut beat any faster for his praise. 1 of rough lend about twenty miles out nounlry. That's the only part of t
What did quicken her pulse a little of the town, in the hilt country. Then joky to my mind. Old Dane doesn
was the fresh air that came sighing'a truly miraculous thing happened— understand the difference between
up from the vale beneath, and the• gold dust was discovered in a stream Stick of hounds and,anather, and
fresh exercise as their horses ankeeu- upon hie new property. There was a made no enquiries as to tie quality
ed their pace to .a trot upon the strip, three days' excitement in the City,
the sport; so poor Geoffrey is lnnde
of grass by the side of the high road. Miners flew tiff. to investigate the in the middle of Wilshire, three
Fur the first time since her mar- seem of the reported trouvallle, pros- [our miles from Lilminster—a. coo
riage her spirits ruse and her eyes Sectors and sharpers of all kinds try full of hills and chalk pita, plou
brightened, and a sense of exhilara- Pricked up their ears and discussed
flinty- fields, and Query other aboml
tion brought a little extra colour in- the chances of a new Ballarat. There atioi ynuoan conceive. Rather agger
to her face. was quite a sharp little attack °fluid- Dating for him, ain't it? Well, goo
"Oh I" she cried, us they drew rein fever; and Horace Lessiter saw his bye, and a happy Christmas to you,
at the entrance to the village, "how' way to getting back again to Pall Mall and Trichet trotted off briskly, ciao
much I svich that we could live entire- and Piccadilly. Just when the tide ling somewhat incoherently to hi
ly in the country and never go near was at its flood, he sold his acres, gold- self;
London again. stream and all, to a speculator for "I might do a stroke of busines
It was the first spontaneous wish she
three thousand pounds, took his paw there," he muttered to himself as h
had Luca uttcrtunee to levee their sage in a homeward -bound vessel on went
new husband, but is i h "put him on to young Exqui
site's wife and make his life a bombe
to him—anyway he'd let the other on
y est tenderly.
alone."
Meanwhile, Horace Lessiter walke
away down Pall Ball rather slow!
His love for Dulcie was now a thin
d tole a deal of winking, and
of the past. A lovely young lad
whore. he had met on board ship go
ing out had long ago put -her complete
ly out of his head. This young lad
was engaged to a man in Melbourne
and was going oat to be married t
him, otherwise, perhaps, Horace wool
have let her alone, for his was a na
tore always prone to hanker after aha
which eves tulattainable. His passio
for Dulcie, sincere. in its way, had bee
He turned hu settled fanned into vitality and kept alio
pp simply and solely because she diel no
(tare a farthing for him, and had den
her best to show biro so, whilst be ha
failed to be attracted by Angel, main
g skirt and ly because he had a shrewd inklin„
that she was deeply in love with hi
end could be had for the asking.
cough mixtures upon her arm, was in (dente all other
Bui Angel, married end beyond hi
her most business -like mood. reach, with a tendresse stall xemainin
Oh, papa is well enough," she said, is her heart towards the fancy of het
In answer to her brother's enquiry; ' I maiden days, became at once a perso
wanted by the way to tell you, Angel again? Something t of infinitely more consequence Lha
—you Lave been giving old Goody Wil-
liams she had ever been hitherto. It. might
liams money, I find, and sending her
before th doubtless he reflected, be very delightful rodeo
soup and jelly, Leto wish you would- them ,1uetme, they are uneftectedly to make. love to the handsome young
n't. pleased with the small mercies which bride who had once been so fond o
"Really, why not? she seems so very Providence from time to time vouch- hem, and whose past affection migh
poor and old." safes to them, and they welcome back possibly be reawakened under his ,Judi
"It is very bad for her." with 1
"Did she object Florence I" asked her
brother, lightly.
"Object, of course not 1 They will
always take everything they can get,
but this indiscriminate charity is
quite fatal. You w111 demoralize this
parish, Angel, if you go on like this.
I must seally request of you to con-
sult me before you give away money
and food in this reckless fashion."
I
Florence looked seriously annoyed
Interference in her own pastures and
preserves Was a thing she Gould not
book, not even from the popular new
sister=in-law to whom the family owed
so 11111011.
"1 am very' sorry, Florence,' ens-
werett Angel, with her ustttl sweetness.
"I only gave her a shilling and a k-
ite soup because she looked so starv-
ed, poor old lady; I did not know I
was demoralizing her."
"Coma on, Angel," said Geoffrey,
frowning, "you bad better let the
poor people alone, since you get no
thanks for your kindness to them, and
We shall be late If we stop to listen
W� test tilorones soolds us 1"
They at thea i
Y p r parses into a sharp
trot and rode quickly on,
"What a strange. thing it le," re-
taarked Ilorenee alou+l, musingly, part -
mare age, and its simplicity and sin- t e point of dep:u•ture, and was well
cerity pleased him. The old bright away upon the Pacific Ocean long be -
smile flashed into his face as be looked fore the speculator had male the un-
pleasant discovery that he had been
over -sanguine, that bis new gold -
stream was by no means a prolific one,
wool
here, since you like the country so that altogether iL was doubtful if he
much." would ever see his three thousand
But the little natural outburst was back again.
over, and she did not meet his eyes, as Horace Lessiter landed in England in
she answered coldly: the latter days of December, and the
"Thank you, you are very kind—but very first thing he did with his new -
of course I know we must be in town gotten money, was to go, like en
—you have your business. harvest mac, and pay his long-suffe•-
The curtain of reserve eves tightly ins ,rads -men. IIs paid visits to his
drawn down again once more across 1(3110r, gunneaker, saddler, etc., and as
e eachaccount in turn, he
gave new orders to each of these de-
lighted and somewhat astonished gen-
tlemen, which were received with effu-
sive and grateful thanks; for Soo•
London tradesman is blessed with a
at her kindly—almost
"\Ps will try and be here as much as
we can—as much. that is to say, as
Uncle Matthew will allow us to be
the curtains of her soul,
away disappointed.
In the village they met Florence and
Grace, and stepped for a moment to
speak to therm.
Florence in a short serge s it
rough loose jacket and felt bat, with eautitul eredullty and an uaouleulat-
a basket full of treats and bottles of 1014 confidence such as little children
and sparrows al, no, h�
created beings, are pruvided with.
They have been paid to -day, they ar-
gue ; why shield they not be paid
willurn up—
same crumbs of comfort be scattered
� em, 1—and, to do
the sinner
ing joy, that he would indeed be a
monster of ingratitude if be did not
instantly proceed to run up fresh bills
as a ng, and as little likely to be paid,
as the last. And he generally does.
When Horace had paid all his debts,
be found himself with about 0700 still
loft in his pockets.
willhave three months'. bunting
crackcoon y, esu to
wt such and txem6l- emus a
glad rad os
f teI a had nee
n are. He hu e
ar thought much about Angel before,
but all at once she became deeply in-
terseting to him.
Thera are many men who own to
this strange obliquity , of selection in
matters feminine; that which times
to thein wetly they do not volute at till,
that which is absolutely unattainable
"1 they desire and hanker after with the
with it in
a I " h id fullest strength of their being.
hnn.;eif. And he proceeded to put his "Sha was a beautii'ul gtrl and awful-
reselation into practice, ly fond of me, 1 believe," he said to
Ile \vent into Te.ttersall's and bought biwsell' musingly, as he turned into his
throe good-looking bunters of known club "I should like to know if. she
repute; ordered new saddlery and cares a bit about nee still."
hunting togs, eng tged a groom, ani, be- Ile sat down to a table, drew the
took himself to his club, in order to blotting -book towards him and dip.
write to 0 well-known hostelm , in the ped his pan in the ink. Then a suddn
Pyteblcy country for a suite of zooms idea struck him,
to be reserved for hem from the be- "Why on earth shouldn't I go to
ginning of the year. Lilminster instead? It would be good
Then he thougnt be would go down fun to he near her, and something to
to his brother's for Christmas. Lan- do on the off drays, Love-making—es-
don was very empty, it being now the pecially where °no's neighbog's Wife is
28rd day of the month, and everybody concerned —is quite as amusing in its
was burrying away he luggage -laden way' es foxhunting. I am ray own
cabs to the railway stations, As he master, I don't mind a cramped. come -
sauntered down Pall Mall towards bis try, sometimes, even, one gets better
club, after the purehase of his horses, sport be it,"
he came across Albert 'Trichet, His Than he took out a shilling and
happened to be the' first familiar face, slowly tossed it up on his finger and
save those of his tradesMen; that he thumb.
led, "Heads, leiDelano; tails, Leicester- w• Of course will be t+ntlrely tree from the
tot- shire—beads lies it—I go to Lu41111- HINTS FOR pullout
y a Steil" and he wrele and ordered hist
man realm(at the King's IIaad, LLere and • --
THE FAR
),b- then. FARMER. ORNAMENTHO1rE,
Ugh (To Be Continued,) When planting for ntility, do not.
ole•, EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE, forget to plant something for erne-
nely TIMELY HINTS, One thing I believe a farmer lies a 100» on the grounds around your
right to expeot of his help is that for house --nn ornamental vino for the
tea- - _
1►1,serrniMna on (lease (evening(eveningby a.'9lau the time they are ong•ttgel for .his ser- perch, or an evergreen er fiewerin g
mit woe ltri°ee. vice they will make thele' employer's in- shrub on the lawn, Saye W. it Ten-
Tbe best way we have found by dill- torest their own, as regards the care nimm� It would be hard for me to place
Ike gent inquiry to clean house is to moVe taken of the live stook, as well as theuey value on leo rambler roses
d a into a new one each spring, tools and farming implements under I have growing by my veranda, or the
bit 1f you are a man, never get gay and [hear charge, and the manner in which evergreees I have on the lawn. Ev-
aok tell your wife you stood first in the they perform the wont required of.cry year I shall try to plant omething'
tee, geometry class while at college. Halle them, writes B. J. B. That is, I mean to make my home more beautiful• A
of nows what geometry is she will have clematis a \ i t '
Ve- you fit. and ,put down an of the new in refeere06 to the work performed, , V 6 curt a h )n trellis a
me- oar els. Ibat Ihoy shall da it in a systematic °l metas rose to run over a trellis on
P Y the house, or over an arbor, of to
The hest plan for the male portion and workmanlike manner, and with a cover unsightly plaoos, or it may be a
et- of the family to pursue during this in- view of making their gime count to his ebrub or evergreen for Ute lawn,
ow teresting period is to shako the house. advantage, so far as is reasonable in h\\ a people who live in the country
ind T[ you don't you may Lava to shake justice to Ihamselres. But shoal l their as ve a right to matte the most of onr
can the ou ppox'tun ties, and to get all the en-
nda. If your wife asks you to take up a employer divan, in arranging for any joyment that: will °rime to us by mak-
ood carpet tell her piece of work that it shall be done ing aux homes more attractive. The
you are no policeman more beautiful is the home, the more
ou. he a certain way and according to a
but if she insists, raise one took care- we will love it, and there is an aesthe-
te fully with the facet -drawer, grasp the definite plan laid out by him, it is tic and mortal compensation. It Is only
1st- carpel firmly in both hands and ,hen it seems to me, a plain duty of the by work that we shall be able to do
start around the room with it. employe to do the work as he is di- this, but no small part of the pleasure
,at The above plan hos been tried by racted to do it, even though be be- will come from the doing of the work,
and the feeling that it is our own
eon several eitieenswi.11 admirable results, heves or oven knows that another work,
aY' Of course, many tacks will bit the cell- method will accomplish better results, ---.—
ing. but they all eventually strike the and at the same time more easily and CARE OF FRUIT TREES.
ray floor. You will be able to find tacks quickly. One of tile greatest enemies to the
rt- in that room for the .next year. They Of course, if a laborer has teal: and young apple tree is the boxer, The
iss are feet usually discovered with the bare ability, he will have plans and methods apple tree borer is a native of Amer;an,
The baby is usually a great moon- of work peculiar to himself, and by though fifty years ago it was hardly
ay venienise during Louse Meaning. If which oftentimes be will be able to known. But in recent years great mere
at quite small, place in the Lath tub and accomplish more in certain directions 11116 to be used to leve the young apple
et then lock the bathroom door. If the than can be done in any oth- tree. The borer that damages the body
ie- baby should, in its infantile ploy, turn er way, and ordinarily his employer of the tree is the round -headed borer. ,
?" en the faucets and tion drown, you vix11 not be slow to recognize these There is the twig borer and the bark
points of superiority ; but there will borer. The beetle when matured is ;
end can call the Coroner. While. that of-
e fioaul is at your home, jolly. him some, came occasions when there will be a called the two -striped saperda. The fe-
ee and maybe he wilt bele move the hook- conflict of opinion between employer male deposits her eggs during the
ad case. and employed as to the best way of do- month of June, mostly at the foot of 1
he If you have a servant always inform ing certain things. In such cases the the tree. The young worms hatch and '
w- her a week or so before house cleaning rights of the employer demand that °eminence to bore into the bark with -
d that she is perfeelly at liberty to in- his Man should be the one adopted, un- in two weeks. For the first two years
set-, vita any of her female re.lativestovisit less he should voluntarily relinquish they live on the sap wood and inner
it her. When they come meet ,Lem at it and at such times the proper course bark, slaying In the tree all of the
.rt the door with a sweet smile, a bucket is " to obey orders 11 you break own- time busily at work. At the end of the
rt of soft soap and a scrubbing brush for ereee second Year they commence to out a
1
ne
each One. 01 course, if they should On the other hand, the hired man, ox hen�toutettto form anotherrouh thetbeetlet{i•hich i
happen to defer their contemplated {Deman as the case may r
visit until after house Gleaning, just y b e, has soma continues the same process. \Vi1.h a
k, inform the servant,that she cannot en- rights teal:his or her employer is knife, and molting over the tree quite
ce, terrain• bound to respect, Indeed, it was are often, the damage can be prevented.
m We knew a lady who gave a progres- cent conversation with a young meal
V, sive carpet laying party, and it was a who works out as a farm laborer, on WILL MEET AGAIN.
s- tremendous success. She invited a ,be subject of bired men's rights, that -_—.
to
number of guests to her house, and, suggested this article. He said that on a Statement Prom W,ohletntl/n—Iixeh,u,atH
th when they arrived, asked teem! to be one occasion when he began the sea- Between Sir J darn Panneerete, and air, t
seated on upturned wash tubs placed son's work, the first day he was n01
Piton
1' in the back A despatcb from Washin t t
yard, explaining that called from the fiend where working fi on, says: t
w everything in the house was upside with the team, for d=enter, until near- —As the result of the conference in a
ng down. :then she proposed the game, ly a o'clock, and the supper mine pro- the ]foreign Office in London between .
tit Four persons were assigned to each purtionately late, while Lbe "chores, Lord Salisbury, Sir Julian Paunaofote
room, and all of the oarpets were laid the farmer having a dairy uf consider-
ee in one hour. But it is said that able size, dragged along well into the and Awbassador Choate, it °aII now f
n- scarcely any one who attended that evening. He made no complaint; but be predicted that the high Joint t
re party is on speaking terms with any the following day when the hour of 7.2 Commission to adjust issues between
of the others, or the hostess. As a o'clock noon by his watch had come,
the United e Statesand
Canal will
L- a he
business sohome this partywas hs unhitched his team,but them in
d success, but as a social eventhighlyand fed them aid wet to the house ro-assembled during Che coming sum- d
he disastrous, and sat dawn and rested until dinner mer or early fall. This outcome is not a
was ready. Then, although having had positively assured, huC Mr. Choate e
't Ono of the most economical features a late dinner, when supper time came
se of house cleaning of the present day is he did the same. This be repeated for
report of the exchanges at+rho Foreign i
'e that a person can clean his own wall two or three days, saying nothing as Office certainly convey great en- t
to the irregularity of the meals, and eouragement to the officials hero, and t
d paper; make it look good as new. Our the farmer in tua'n, sayingnothing on e
or friend Jinks tried it. Cleaned ever s warrant the expectation that negoaia-
n_ Y his part; but after ,Lar, time, as he tions may be taken up with some pros- 0
h room in the house. Then he figured expressed Re ''the dinner came around
n' up the cost, and found that, if he bad at noon all right, and supper in good pact of rove+bins an agreement. e
t- just added SS he could have built a season." It can be stated that if the cam- r
d- new house. Then his wire discovered Though it may be acid, that every far- mission reconvenes it will only do so P
mat' Las a right to have tats meals at on a complete abandonment of the k
k` that the ceilings were streaked, and such hunt's as he sees III, which every
that Jinks would have to go over them one will admit is true when his indiv- old basis, whioh proved to be unsuit_ 1
m- again. At this Jinks let out a loud ideal interests are concerned or af- able to the erection of a oomelete s
s yell, and—. Well, we went out to see lected, it is, it seams to me, equally agreement, and the United States r
e him last Monday and the physician in certain that bis hued help have aright
charge stales that he is becoming to say alley will nut work until the Government will have some sort of ns- a
Do rational once more, and he will be al- middle of the atteruoon without their sur•ance in advance of the nature and t
e lowed his liberty in a short time. dinner, nor until 81111d0wn without degree of the concessions that may be t
dialler, nor unMil sundown or there- {
Another beautiful exhibition of the expected from the other side, the {
1 aboua the long days of summer
executive ability of females Gocurrod before (111,1ey Lave their supper. lack of which, it is said, caused the a
Y• at Jones's residenoe the other evening, On the question of hours of labor to failure of the first negotiations. h
I'
Jones was asked by,his wife to rub be performed, too, ,32 laborer has with- The boundary question is said to be ,f
- cut doubt a right to meta hlmsetf if
furniture. This consists in rubbing more then is reasonable is required of the main obsLacle'to an agreement so t
Y - linseed oil over the furniture and then him, with a vigorous protest against much so that the commission took ifs
rubbing it dry with a flannel cloth, such,requirements; though what shall last adjournment because of manifest sc
e After you rub each chair you place it oonsti1ute a day's work upon We iiltbttity to coma together on Ibis point. t
1 with a lot of others, then you forget farm to to some extent a mooted quer- tried then etre question
have ve
• g tion. 13ut with a disposition on both tried to settle the question anti. some W
1: which you rubbed, so you rub them all sides to yield somewbrit to the rights progress has been made. A final agree- f2
1 over again. Toner's wife was clean- of the other, there used be no vale- meat does not. Sar.- appear to be in \v
n ing a chest o1 drawers and Jones was once between the fernier and these in sight, and a temporary adjustment- by to
e rubbing furniture. His wife found a his employ that shall lead to any dif- a modus vivendi is still open. Under f
1 package of old letters and became in- fdoulty or eny real (\Deflect of inter- the eircumeLanees, the officials con-
e terested. She read the whole even- ests• cerned in the negotiations are fevor.-
d ing, except: at. such times as she bossed --- ably inclined to arbitration as a means
- Jones. She finished reading at 1,30 PREVENTION OP POTATO SCAB. of settling the boundary matter, If
t a.m., the furniture was finished and • that plan be effected it is said the No
ln, Jones was well nigh finished. Where this trouble has not been oommission would not only be sure of
known and smooth tubera free from ,reassembling, but It would meet with
m
scab ere used tor a0ed, I,Lol'e is not
every prospect. of winding up all the
ONE EYE SHUT. outstanding difficulties between Can- m
6
----
ground
10111011 liability of da inoge, but if the nil« and the tinned States. 'While the fu,
n
Muter Primitive of )alak:+u, Miners 9I7ut ground has at any time grown scabby plan of erbiteetion is most favorably en
potatoes it. is test to change the po- entertained by officials, it is not
n work in the Mirk. art
tato field to some Outer port of tis known bow far et has gone in the way tie
d A recent traveller in Mexico, who of negotiations with Lord Salisbury.
farm. if there is any likelihood of the
visited the mines there during his he
seed being scabby, the boot 131nn is to SCIENTIFIC 13RDADi\IAKING.
f journey, soya that he was mover nstou- w;
t fished at socias the men who carry the treat it with corrosive sublimate solo-
- ore come out of the mine with one eye tion. This is made by dissolvng 21-2 • Arend!" exclaixu'ed also young lady
lea
- shut, 1 , I ,1 ,,i1 oz. corrosive sublimate in about two who is attending the science whoa.
The foreman, seeing his surprise, ex- gals hat water. After an interval of "Well, I should say I can make bread. hu
plainer] the matter. 11e said the eau- 10 or 12 bores, dilute this to iG gals.. We studied that in our first year. You t v
dles belonging to the tarateros, whosee, the east ferments
drill and blast, do nut give sufficient Place the mixture it a wooden or Y , and the gee a
light in the drifts, where it is conse- earthen vessel and do not in any ease thus formed permeates everywhere, pa
quently quite dark, but where, never- allow it to come in contact witle met- and transforms the plastid material in- r°
tholess, the taroteros see well enough nl vessels. toe clearly obvious tamale strucLure, ma
not to run their heads against theeel
rocks. But, on emex in into Place the otat°n' in some coarse and retina—"
g g dray' P, Hut what is the plastic •material Pie
light, they would be blinded did they bag or sack and immerse in this solue you speak 01?" °y
not take precautionary =matzos. bion for about 1 .1 2 bouts. Take oat "Oh, that is commonly called the wh
riot' this reason, as they approaob of the solution, dry and plant in the sponge." sno
the mouth of the shaft, at the point usual manner. 1f• I.he potatoes are at "But how do you melee the sone?" get
where they catcb the first glimpse of all dirty, all the sail must be removed "Why', you don't make it; rile eo
light, they drop the eyelid of one eye,' by washing. Scebbypotatoes should not always attends to that. Than °k Li
anti keep this down while they are lis- in any event be used for seed and evenwe teed an
charging their ore and until they have those apparently free from it should. Uro sponge with d ileo tlofrlhbmeter and rn:t
re-dasoended the shaft. be treated to prevent any possibility lrydrombter and a lot of Dtber ittsten Lha
meats, the names of which I dont re -
When they are again in the dark, ne the development of the disease. In mother and Chien hand 11 bank - t. sae
they open the eye kept hitherto in re- somo cases it may be necessary to ,eeok, end 1 don`t know what she does bee
serve, and at once see everything ills- plant on ground Whish bas at one with it then, but when 2t comes ass
tbhetly; while the other eye, previously time or anoth'or grown scabby .pot0- tee table it is just a lsndidl' on S
open and somewhat blinded by the toes. In this tame it has been re00fn- , • ma
daylight, perceives nettling at all, m0ncle(1 to sprinkle the fler70wa their- not
t oughly with corrosive sublimate sole- A ILD GUESS, be,
• tion as Well as to soak the Whore, It 110;1
A LIE NAILED TLe pillows i,n rhes boarding boos- ,,
Must be remembered that this corro- are the hardest I ever struck, emu-, •i
'llhe Dog—You've got to Have a pull sive sublimate is a deadly Polson and plaihed the new boarder et the break- eSo
toget a ons nowadays, should not be handled by anyone. ban- fast table, '1 wonder What they are kn
The Horse--Nonseese1 I've heel 0110 ing sore bawds or sehatehes of any made of? and
all. my life and it hasn't deem me any kind, i{eop it out of the way of °1111- I?erhttps, said the star boarder, ;of per
geld• ' 'leen aril 0nlmala. The new potato Orap.. fenthers frim. a tailor'. 1,1(15 8. the
HAUNT THE OCEAN LINER"
GAMBLERS CROSS FROM SIDE TO
SIDE TN CALM SECURITY,
Youths Wile are Possessed Villa More
Money '11tan Brains 'Photo easy leray—
lllstanees 101153e 'I'gey neve Wen Large
hlnnts,
It is deplorable that so many pro-
fessional thieves sbould be able to so
easily make happy bunting ga'ounds' of
some of the finest passenger vessels
afloat, but there is no question about
there doing so, The fact is certainly
duo more to the crook's ingenuity and
experience is disguise than to lack of
vigilance on the part of the steam,.
ship oompaniee, who go 10 great'
lengths to frustrate the designs of
that considerable class of professional
rogues who devote their talents to
fleecing sea travelers.
The AtJantio line's suffer most at
the hands of these men, and many of
them. cross and recross lbs Atlantic
Ocean more than a dozen times in a
year, living in the lap of luxury, for
no other purpose than to fleece the
ullible people among the better
leas passengers
Ono of the most successful Atlantic
'crooks" was a man who served a
umber of terms of imprisonment end
sed so anany aliases that n0 was
news precisely what was his real
tame. His success was due to his mare
Mout; skill_ be secretly marking the
arils with his nails, whioh be dill so
uickly and cleverly that-on00 a peek
ad passed through his hands he could
dentist invax•lably identify the cards by
is acute sense of touch.
His oeaasi°nal failures were result -
n, of the suspioiuns aroused by hi
vonderful luck rather than by any,
weak points in his methods, fwd no one
suer satisfactorily decided how he
nanipulated the cards to such person -
1 advantage, until one day, when in-
oxtuabed, he disclosed some of hie se -
;rets During one Atlantic trip ha
leeced three young men of an aggro -
tate sum of nearly 1123,001), and on
notbel occasion, when posing as
A 131tlielS11 ARr\1YY (1IIFLC1'lti,
he succeeded, without arousing any
s 5/310100 in cheating a United ,States
Congressman of a cunsiderat.ly larger
sum.
One difficulty which the single-hand-
od sharper has occasionally to face is
he presence on board of a rival
sharper whom he did not recognize or
uspect, and this generally means bad
Imes for Wel, and sometimes great
musement to those passengers who
cure t0 wa101 the card play.
A friend u( the writer tells an angio-
dote of the kind, He was cruising
runt Now York to Southampton, and
lmung his fellow passengers were two
men be had previously met, and lost
mune.
CD
1]] gambling h"lla
y a in
b sNow.
b
Ym'k: 1n his own in
n m d he had
no
oubt they ware professional sharpers,
nil he cautioned many fellow passen-
gers against them,
Al first be believed they were work -
ng as confederates, but one day, much
u his surprise, ha found them playing
ugether, evidently unconscious of
ea' other's profession. Whether their
methods of playiag p y ng were similar no
nu could tell, but as the play plumed -
each of them became more and more
esbltss, Neither .won much, but both
layed with the uLmust caution.
At last one man threw down a
ing, whereupon his adversary, doubt-
ers fancying fur the moment that the
and was the knave, throw down a
acond king of the same suit. Each
ase to his feet and indignantly charge
d the other with cbeatieg. Strange
o say, both were right in their accuse -
ons, for the real king of the suit
Dass among the cards open the table,
vLich an onlooker snatched up and
xamined the moment' the sharpers
ud thrown their kings.
Such painful accidents are very rare,
or these gentry know each other' well
s a rule.
Tbr pet prey of these men is the un-
iphisricated youth with more money
ban brains—they generally travel.
ho result is that many. a young man
hu leaves port with an ample purse
ids himself compelled to cable benne
henathe ship in which he is traveling
uehes the arrival port for further
ands.
D1EAMS AS A CURE,
w Remedy Mr Persons .tEllrhvi With
Nervous a denial Al ibuliea.
a1u English play:4011m claims to have
covered a new and efficacious ours
persons afflicted with nervous or
aural maladies, If such persons, he
ys, can only proem.° pleasant dreams
ay W111 scow regain their health, and
aim is, therefore, bo furnish them
lb delightful dreams.
L'or this purpose he uses a soft
lb r
e ca which '
p, ,,overs h Patient's
t'
the p,t n a
art and oars and leaves only the fano
ooverod. Beside the ears are pl0oed
o metal plates, which are joined, by
rubber tuba to a phonograph. The
Pal rests on a divan In a dark
roe and in trent of him 15 a sort of
gie lantern, from evince arc project-
at brief intorvaLe various enjoyable
lures. ere this way, itis .claaitued'tlle
us of the sick person are delighted,
Ile at the same time hie ears are
tiled 137 the vibrations of the phone -
ph.
tph.
As a ,result, weariness comes upon
m and is soon fo110rved by slutnbor',
d it is while he is dozing in this
unee that happy dreams are evoked,
nks Lo the phonograph and the
reoplicon. After this light slum
names 0 deep sleep, which, we Ore
Bred, is always meat beneficial,.
ever'aI tests of this kind have been
ale with success and it is said that
only are tired nerves refreshed
thin. method, but: that the patient's
y also- rapidly increases in weight.
t: pleasant sounds mead sights are
thing to the 11011,es we have all
own far to long time, bub thatpleas
dreams hive a tenlnnev to make
one fat will certainly lila /Iowa, to
general public,
1z,
HAUNT THE OCEAN LINER"
GAMBLERS CROSS FROM SIDE TO
SIDE TN CALM SECURITY,
Youths Wile are Possessed Villa More
Money '11tan Brains 'Photo easy leray—
lllstanees 101153e 'I'gey neve Wen Large
hlnnts,
It is deplorable that so many pro-
fessional thieves sbould be able to so
easily make happy bunting ga'ounds' of
some of the finest passenger vessels
afloat, but there is no question about
there doing so, The fact is certainly
duo more to the crook's ingenuity and
experience is disguise than to lack of
vigilance on the part of the steam,.
ship oompaniee, who go 10 great'
lengths to frustrate the designs of
that considerable class of professional
rogues who devote their talents to
fleecing sea travelers.
The AtJantio line's suffer most at
the hands of these men, and many of
them. cross and recross lbs Atlantic
Ocean more than a dozen times in a
year, living in the lap of luxury, for
no other purpose than to fleece the
ullible people among the better
leas passengers
Ono of the most successful Atlantic
'crooks" was a man who served a
umber of terms of imprisonment end
sed so anany aliases that n0 was
news precisely what was his real
tame. His success was due to his mare
Mout; skill_ be secretly marking the
arils with his nails, whioh be dill so
uickly and cleverly that-on00 a peek
ad passed through his hands he could
dentist invax•lably identify the cards by
is acute sense of touch.
His oeaasi°nal failures were result -
n, of the suspioiuns aroused by hi
vonderful luck rather than by any,
weak points in his methods, fwd no one
suer satisfactorily decided how he
nanipulated the cards to such person -
1 advantage, until one day, when in-
oxtuabed, he disclosed some of hie se -
;rets During one Atlantic trip ha
leeced three young men of an aggro -
tate sum of nearly 1123,001), and on
notbel occasion, when posing as
A 131tlielS11 ARr\1YY (1IIFLC1'lti,
he succeeded, without arousing any
s 5/310100 in cheating a United ,States
Congressman of a cunsiderat.ly larger
sum.
One difficulty which the single-hand-
od sharper has occasionally to face is
he presence on board of a rival
sharper whom he did not recognize or
uspect, and this generally means bad
Imes for Wel, and sometimes great
musement to those passengers who
cure t0 wa101 the card play.
A friend u( the writer tells an angio-
dote of the kind, He was cruising
runt Now York to Southampton, and
lmung his fellow passengers were two
men be had previously met, and lost
mune.
CD
1]] gambling h"lla
y a in
b sNow.
b
Ym'k: 1n his own in
n m d he had
no
oubt they ware professional sharpers,
nil he cautioned many fellow passen-
gers against them,
Al first be believed they were work -
ng as confederates, but one day, much
u his surprise, ha found them playing
ugether, evidently unconscious of
ea' other's profession. Whether their
methods of playiag p y ng were similar no
nu could tell, but as the play plumed -
each of them became more and more
esbltss, Neither .won much, but both
layed with the uLmust caution.
At last one man threw down a
ing, whereupon his adversary, doubt-
ers fancying fur the moment that the
and was the knave, throw down a
acond king of the same suit. Each
ase to his feet and indignantly charge
d the other with cbeatieg. Strange
o say, both were right in their accuse -
ons, for the real king of the suit
Dass among the cards open the table,
vLich an onlooker snatched up and
xamined the moment' the sharpers
ud thrown their kings.
Such painful accidents are very rare,
or these gentry know each other' well
s a rule.
Tbr pet prey of these men is the un-
iphisricated youth with more money
ban brains—they generally travel.
ho result is that many. a young man
hu leaves port with an ample purse
ids himself compelled to cable benne
henathe ship in which he is traveling
uehes the arrival port for further
ands.
D1EAMS AS A CURE,
w Remedy Mr Persons .tEllrhvi With
Nervous a denial Al ibuliea.
a1u English play:4011m claims to have
covered a new and efficacious ours
persons afflicted with nervous or
aural maladies, If such persons, he
ys, can only proem.° pleasant dreams
ay W111 scow regain their health, and
aim is, therefore, bo furnish them
lb delightful dreams.
L'or this purpose he uses a soft
lb r
e ca which '
p, ,,overs h Patient's
t'
the p,t n a
art and oars and leaves only the fano
ooverod. Beside the ears are pl0oed
o metal plates, which are joined, by
rubber tuba to a phonograph. The
Pal rests on a divan In a dark
roe and in trent of him 15 a sort of
gie lantern, from evince arc project-
at brief intorvaLe various enjoyable
lures. ere this way, itis .claaitued'tlle
us of the sick person are delighted,
Ile at the same time hie ears are
tiled 137 the vibrations of the phone -
ph.
tph.
As a ,result, weariness comes upon
m and is soon fo110rved by slutnbor',
d it is while he is dozing in this
unee that happy dreams are evoked,
nks Lo the phonograph and the
reoplicon. After this light slum
names 0 deep sleep, which, we Ore
Bred, is always meat beneficial,.
ever'aI tests of this kind have been
ale with success and it is said that
only are tired nerves refreshed
thin. method, but: that the patient's
y also- rapidly increases in weight.
t: pleasant sounds mead sights are
thing to the 11011,es we have all
own far to long time, bub thatpleas
dreams hive a tenlnnev to make
one fat will certainly lila /Iowa, to
general public,
1z,