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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1894-8-31, Page 2Pr THE DEAN AND HIS DAU ]3 ruTR • would have termed a die• tintlyprovential manner and indeed shames of the genie were Settling In my favor, So long aS 1 Could marry Captain Melt- by without driving him from the regiment, I wanted, end in feet moth eincerly wished, o do eel but 1 was egqwally determined that no power on earth Should induce me to in any way erose or oven alter the course of his life, Thad had one itnhappyniarriage, and I was determined then under no air- tumstanoee would I allow myself to be led into a mooed. For however mob, a man may love his wife, he oennot possibly love her as either Ito or alta would with if she has to any way crossed his career inetead of having aided it and accelerated ire success. Marriage ie a partnership in many more seines than one ; and I was most distinct• ly and resolutely determined that about my second partnership there should be no miateke whatever at the outset. Every- thing muet be entirely understood and ar- ranged, or else I should remain Lady Ora. ven, however muchlmight desire to be rid of the hateful name. So, without, another word as to the future, I again wished Captain Maltby good-bye, and paid him the compliment of watching him down the stairs. Then I the down' for a while and thought matters over, OV to be more precise, reviewed them, for they now lay entirely beyond my own control, and upon the knees of tee Fates. The result of the review was upon the whole reassuring. Captain Maleby was no boy. Ile was stn officer of seine stand- ing, close upon hie majority, and a men of the world. It .was out of the question to suppose that he had been intentionally misleading me, and it was almost equally out of the question to suppose that he was under any delusion on his own Bethune. The marvelous thing to my mind was how they could have found outabout me; but T think that even here I hit upon the right solution. In referring to the clergy List I found that the rectory of the parish in whioh the barraoke were situated, and in the parihe ohurch of which the troops attended ser- vice, wee one of considerable value, and oddly enough, or rather not et all oddly, if. my conjecture wee right, was in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Salahester, who, on the occasion of the lest vacancy which had happened just before my arrival in Easthampton, had appointed to it one of their Minor Canons, a worthy middle-aged goncleman with a fussy, nniechief making wife. I felt that I might be doing this good lady a very great injustice; but I at once jumped to the conclusion that she had heard all about my history from her husband and haci repeated it, with comments and addle Mous of hor own, to the wives of every married officer in the regiments, including of course Mrs. Marbyn herself. But the Matter was too trifling for me to trouble myself with it. I knew my father to be suffioieubly spiteful and vindictive to do hie any injury that lay in his power, even in the most roundabout way ; and to- wards the michief-making gossip herself, my feeling was one of contempt, rather then of irritation, and certainly had in it not a trace of enything so serious as a desire far revenge. After all I thought to myself, why should earnest, No one knows that feet better notIsap tiveto and marry some young Milstitan myeeif. If you choose to tell mo your 02 ar I must tell him everything, of course, carrot in will.oeaa sofa with meas with your as 1 did poor Mr, MoadowewceG: But he man of buaineaa ; but I shall decline tog e will bave no religious aoruplesia the matter yea eny edvice ovl r it," I wnted,' and we may very well live very happily to- It is net mistily your advio0 enter, Beeidoc, I nen find the enuney Inc he replied, "although I will own o n that inc mit hie exchange if he slieald ever wish to do in a dtflioulty and swine you help crit so, er if he liked, ,we should have quite of it. In one sense 1 em a 1 p enough to enable him to retire oomlortebly, by cthe at I et thee, whet to al call y lir wn s and to busy himself, if time hangs heavily Soo , ppen to knowthaI coa. Bat to on hie hands,in the yeomanry or the for that very militia, although it would be best, of oourso, ,tell you mine. The one thing which kstento to perenade him to oat the thing alto• in my way and makes me feel eta heard that gether, and settle Been quietly somewhere, that 1 know treteoftardshf b INow for t This, however, es I felt, was discounting you are very well the future somewhat too liberally ; mil yet em cadet of a poor house with u t et on, I was not altogether without reasonable beyond my pay to enable ue 0 get 00, ground for my speculations, inasmuch an a while even that is not oar n y r certain Captain Maltby had during the mighastop my allowance at any moment, eveningpaid me a degree of attention I had felt oerteinfron the first that he which, lthough not elusive, had yet been was a gentlemanan 00000ll hien incapable bl et I more than was strictly necessary. anything mean or I was full of thews thoughts, or rather began to wonder mostly whether he might vague plane, as I brushed out my hair for not have been losing at play os bavdfound d the night, and discovered to my horror, hie way` into the money•le ' not That it was turning gray, but that 1te . be under the idea that I could possibly help extreme ties sadly needed eingeing, Then him. So 1 answered cautiously .I drew the curtains, for the sun was shin. "Perhaps I am not so well off as you ing pleasantly, and was soon enough fast suppose. A woman by herself can live very asleep. I believe really that dancing, if economically, in foot for next to nothing, you thoroughly enjoy it, tires you more and (I said this with a laugh) I have no ex - completely than even ridiog or skating, pensive testes. But do not let anything Captain Maltby hail asked me If he might that you may fancy you know about me call, and 1 had said he might, provided it hinder what you have to say. I am curious was not test day, for ho had preferred bis to hear it, and pleased to be taken into request during the cotillion and long after your confidence. midnight ; so I lay in bed with an easy His face was se tanned with the sun that mind until I felt thoroughly refreshed, and I could only guess how the blood flushed then prooeeded to improve my personal to hie cheeks by seeing the skin round the appearance after the most approved pried- roots of his hair turn a vivid crimson. plea "We are at areaspurpoaes, I fancy," he First, I went down to the beach and had said, and if wo talk ruchlonger make a foolhall l a delicious plunge in the rising tide. Then get bewildered and perhaps I had a substantial French breakfast or myself. bleat I want to ask you, dire. English lunch. Then I had round the Gaeooigue, is for something which I want victoria, and went for a pleasant sunny very much more than money. A reason• drive among the breezy uplands, rich with able cheek of mine, I am glad to say, is the strong aromatic odor of Norwegian gond at any birth in Craig's Court ; and pines. Then I spent the rest of the day unless I want to run into figures which I quietly at home over a novel, and, when have not yet touched, Cox's would see me the moon rose, felt so fresh and iuvigor• through. I want you to do something else ated that I believe if I bad had a maid as for me—something quite different. In fact, escort I should have been tetnpted into a what I want is to ask yonif yon will marry ramble on the cliffs. me, and so make me the happiest and I purposely sat up late, not meaning to' proudest mon, not in the Queen's Musket - rise too early, and dressed myself the next ears, but in the whole service.' morning with more than usual care. My It was my timenow to tura red ; and I gown was a pretty French Sarah. It was think, if I can judge by the flush which I of a delicate shade, adding to my apparent felt rushing to my face, that my own per - height, and fitted me perfectly. Iwore noth- formance in this respect fairly eclipsed his ing in the way of jewelry buts plain brooch and was fully as sincere and genuine. and solitaires. A road belt round my waist "Ion cannot possibly know all about me," completed the toilette, and my heir was I said, "or else you would never have asked dressed as plainly as might be. Then I me whet you bave." filled the room with flowers, and sat in my "But you're wrong," he answered. "I easychair with a volare of Tennyson. do know, and so for the matter of that does The officers of Her Majesty's service re- our chief, end so do all of us. And we are gaud Tennyson much as clergymen regard all of one opninion about the matter t and Milton. They are aware he ought to be the chief, who gets very violent when bo is read ; they are alt ready at any ntooientto angry, swears that old Sir Henry ought to declare most solemnly that they read him be made to run the gauntlet. And 1'11 tell daily, but they have a certain wholesome you another thing, Lady Craven. The terror of people who actually do read him, chief's wife aides with the chief ; she is For themselves, they would be about as M.adauie le Colonelle, and no mistake I She likely to read Tupper's "Proverbial Philo- is a power, let me tell you ; and the sub. ophy " or Longfeliow's "Evaugeliue." alterns ere far more afraid of her than of But Iain not among those who are indig• the Colonel himself. Her own expression nant at these conventional and harmless is that the wholething was a burning shame; little frauds. It would be a terrible world and we all agree with her, only that we use if wean told the exact truth, almost as bad shorter language. Now look here, if you a world as if all of us in is were to lie con- think I am exaggerating in the least, Pil sistently through think and thio, like the book if I tell her whet's happened she'll Very Reverend the Dean of Southwick• come and call on you to -morrow afternoon, V'hen Captain Maltby arrived bringing find then you see there can't possibly be any with him a Mr. Dalton, a brother officer, mistakes, can there 1 to act as te sort of aide-de-camp, I was For the life of me I °mild not help laugh. quite ready to receive them. They stop- ing. I wonder why it is that all men who ped for the conventional half-hour, and are worth their salt ere, when you once partook of the conventional 'glass of move them, as simple and as blunt as sherry. schoolboys. I need not dwell upon our conversation. I began to think, in a strange whirl of I set the bell rolling myself, kept it rolling, ideas. of the great, Duke of Wellington and and took very spacial care that it should of his memorable utterance about Napo - roll everywhere in general, and nowhere in loon's bones, which, by some whimsical particular. When they left, Captain assotbatina of ideas, were suggested to me Maltby half asked permission to call again, by the skeleton in my own cupboard, and and half expressed his intention of doing I fairly burst out again into a hearty peal so. Not bad diplomacy for a young officer of merriment iu which my Guest and suitor I began Go feel Chub et last in my life bin) in the UUeaviesI joined. I, who had studied diplomacy in its ,Well", I answered, "let ue wait and see most Heute Erole, and sat at, the feet of its if she calls, end—let me see—you may come' most accomplished master, replied, in my again this day week tf you like, only you pleasantest manner, that Eastampton was must distinotly understand that I do not a email place, and that I should be very premise to be in, and cannot indeed promise pleased if we met again. that I shall be in town at all. I am, as you That we should meet again, and before seem co know, my own mistress ; and for long, I intended to take very particular that very reason my movements are unoer- dare. teen, or, es unkind people would say, cap - And now that I have brought matters ricious." to this stage, I must condones my narrative He rose to his feet as I rose to mine. I a little. Of course I met Captain Malthy held out my hand, but he did not take it. several times. Occasionally he would pass uI think," he said, "it would he only kind uta with his regiment. He was always well of you to say something or other to me to - mounted, and it did me goo.. to look at him. day ; to give me some sort of an idea. You It is mere affectation for oay woman to eau's tell—I rem sure you can't toll—how pretend that she does not take pleasure in much 0 love you, and how deeply my heart the sigh tof a handsome men. And Captain is set on this. I'll sell out if you like, or Maltby, who had a good seat, and rode a exahengo forIndia, or do anything. In splendid charger, was as smart an officer as fact I ought to have told you before this ever led a troop. that I is ould sell out at once if you didn't Sometimes we would meet upon the like the regiment, only ,1 realty didn't parade, or on the pier, when it would have think of it. I somehow let it go without looked lake mare coquetry to avoid hes sayeng 00,.,.... very stupid of me." company. I need not say }row wide is the difference between a Cathedral city and a garrison town. Even when the two are combined, as is often the case, there is a distinctly religious line of caste which seperatea the Brahmans or priests, with their wives and families, from the shatryos or warrnora. At Salohester I, as a young wirow, would have hopelessly ruined my reputation by walking with an officer, even if accompanied by the most irreproachable of bodkins— say the quartermaster himself or the die. Greatest, of duennee. Here at Easthampton I weld do as I liked. And I did. CHAPTER XXVII. 1tAnd ac ikfaliby onlyheo what hie Father allewe Win, It le net muoit, but the oicl man would out it off at any time, and then, I am sure I deu'b know whet Maltby would do. I Suppose he'd have to oxehange and go to India, but that in not no easy an it used 49 he ; besides, he'd Wee all hie proem - Nom Nowadays, all the fellows are red hot to go to India, and shako the rupee tree. I dont know what the regiment wound de without him, len sure. He's not exactly what you cell the life and soul of 1t, for he's the auieteab fellow going. But, he's one of the Best l lked men in it anyhow ; Mid inc Shouldn't be ourselves without him." I said, in judielously general tertne, that Captain Maltby was a east of man whom it wee impossible to help liking, and that 1 would perfectly underatand lila popularity ; end I said something also atm e a regiment being very much litre a public cobOol, a place to which every man was taken for what he was worth, 00 that popularity was one of the vory beet testimonials, if not quite the best that a man oonld have. (TO Ali OONTINu17p.) CHOLERA IN EUROPE. The Scourge is Spreading lin the North and Centre or Europe 11011 Ilan Gut to the Seaboard. The cholera is far from being stamped out in all those portions of Europe over which it peeled last year and the year be- fore. It lingers, and ie spreading in the north and centre, and worst of all, it has got to the seaboard again. In and aboub St. Petersburg its deadly work goes on at an alarming rate, nearly a thousand oases, of which a third were fatal, occurring in one week. St. Petersburg is peoniieriy exposed to the dangers of pestilence, not because of its wilful neglect of sanibary essentials, but bemuse of the nature of its site. The city stands on a flat and marshy soil, and the waters of the Neva often rise and obstruct the drainage. That particular spot would scarcely have been selected for the Beat of a groat city bub for the whimsioal and artificial idea of Peter the Groat. At all events St. Petersburg is now CHINA KEELS HER EYES OPEN, The Gnverii,nent is Altontive 10 linrepeala Weenie end Theal'4es otafavillzation, The popular impression that Whet he a aotenalent embieit, ooneervative of tradition to the nogleob of all progroesive opportuni- bfee and to the oontompt of modern ideas, la erroneous. Though the people et large arediflioult to convert to new ideas, the government has for many yoave been atter. tive to European forms and theories of civilization and hes adopted whatever seemed advantageous to the political pies- tige of the Empire. If there has been less earneetnees, less positiveness in this menthe than Japan has evinced, the advancement made in the poet ten or fifteen years has, nevertheleSe, been very remarkable as an indication of the vitality of the oldest em - pin of the earth. In 1887 a resident in Pekin laid; "There can be no two opinions CHAPTER XXVIII% Next day Mrs. blartyn called at an orthodox hour, and in orthodox state. She was very chatty, and with a strong mascu- line element in her which is almost invari- ably to be found in the wives of officers who accompany their husbands on service, and is, to my thinking, extremely pleasant. Except that she was educated end of a good county family, she somewhat remind- ed one of Thackeray's Mrs. O'Dowd, with all her frankness, bonhomie, and entire im- perturbability. Before she had been in the room three or four minutes, I was entirely at my ease. I can only give the general impression which what she had to say left upon my mind. As she chattered away, doing nearly all the talk iterself,she gave me to understand that the ladies of the garrison, and more es- pecially of the regiment,had taken to me as kindly as had the men, and that I was generally a persona grata. "You see, Lady Craven—or must I say Mrs. Gascoigne—when the then are on parade, or on field ditty, or at mess, we have nothing to do amongst ourselves but to chatter—the Colonolaalls it cackling—so of course we °bettered about you. First we began about your jewels, and I needn't tell you the envied them. Now that the dear old days of loot are over, you don't see jewels, like yours at a garrison ball. They are superb, fine enough for a Begum. And then you know we began to talk about all kinds of things, and it wan settled et last that I should coon hereto -day as wort of deputation, or as what you may call the oldovt innebitena" I thanked her very cordially. "You will have ue all here before long, and you will find that there are quite enough of us to keep you lively, if not indeed a round dozen too many. And do whet you "It was not at all stupid," I answered, like with them, but dolt play linker at "and I quite believe all you have told me ; ; afteruaon tea •cake that hint irom :friend. and now, you know, I really think they I It's a had heitlt, and it grows upon you. must be going Inc my afternoon drive." One of our young follows actually had to "But you tvi;l surely gene me name Sort leave because his wife would pie: poker, of answer before I go. I think 1 have a She ruined him iu aboutaic months after right to ask that at least." she took to it." "But I can't give you an answer," I re- play poker, and hadIid na ntent onnotwof learhow n plied ; at least nut the answer which I eeg. Before a month hod passed, Captain Malt. by was a regular visitor. An officer of his age and in 0 creak regiment is a better man of the world than any ecclesiastic or diplo- matist. Be was making love to Inc as if he anew that I knew it. He had also the sense to be aware that he could not continue this pastime indefinitely ; anti without pre- tending to exec( ly read hie thoughts at any given date, I am euro he very soon came to ttie uonalusion that he would either have to marry me or else to give me up altogether. Gee morning lc called arm ad with a Book which I had expressed a wish to read, and which was not within the reaeureea of either Mudie or Smith, I forget now what it was, but can just remember that it was a volume of travel in Central Africa, somewhat out of date, and of scientific rather than of general intoreat. I thanked him for the trouble he had taken in a manner which invited him to crop; and he took the hint, while he also de- clined my permission to smoke a cigarette if he eared to do so. "The feet ie, Mrs. Gasoaigno," he said, "1 came to talk for a few motttos, if you do notmind, and not to smoke or to indulge in your marvelous sherry. I want to attic you to keep a thereto' mine, if you will." "Sestetshi "I T1In RALLYING POINT of the cholera, the waning plague finding new life in the city's bad drainage. Other points along the Baltic and the North Sea have been reached by the disease. Its appearance on the coast is all the graver beoause the ouean steamship lines are now quoting extremely low rates for steerage euppooe you went me to gine. I like you ,, Well" she said, "if you keep clear of very moon, hut I am also determined that carte, you won't do much harm among us, you shall not leave the regiment on my or conte to much either. We are not a account. 11 I am to marry you at all it 1 mischief.making sot like the aid women of meet not involve your leering the regiment. both sexes in a Cathedral town, and we can On that point my mind is made up ; and as enjoy ourselves in our own way. Now we quite understand one another it is no there is ono of us, she'll toll you all about goad discussing the matter further." „ it herself, regularly rides her husband's "But I don't want to discuss the matter, second charger with the garrison drag, he urged. "It dosen't need discussing. I and makes him coma with her. 1 ballots only want you to say yea Surely you can sle'd ride in our regimental steepleollaeee say that at ones ae well as the day after if the committee would allow her to enter : to -morrow." t ' and yet, bar her passion for horses, or I can't say it at all until this day week, rather for riding, for she knows no more of and then, if I intend to say it, I shall be horse -flash than the man iu the moon, she's hero to do so. All 1 the say at prolene is, as quiet a little soul as over lived, and I'm that I hope with all my heart I shall be suryou'll like her." here." I I told her that I could ride a libOle along After this there was clearly nothing left et good turnpike reed, or over level turf,but for him, bat to go ; so ho took my hand. that I was not at ell likely 00 bo seen any- " ny " I have all the faith in the world in where near the tolls of the dreg hounds. vow." he sold, " and I am quite euro t1 "Al, well I I didn't know : and yet you Airs. Marlyn, mini I shall leave you i ought to ride too. You'd look well on a an easy heart, although the houre will be horse. One or two of our fellows have said horrible long," 80 Maltby •more -particularly." Now Mrs. Martyn was the Colonel's wife, I felt the Dolor rising to my face, and she of whop we had already been Speaking could not have helped noticing it. under hor more formal designation, and 1 „ He's a capital fellow, Maltby, ono of had made up my mind very folly that, if the boat in the regiment; popular with` the she did in foot call upon me, and, after Colonel and with everybody else. Only, hearing what I had to tell her, on assuring unluckily for him, he hasn't much money, me that she knew It already, left me upon end not much chance of any that 1 can see, cordial terms, I would marry Captain Hie father is a judge who married a wartime Maltby as Soon ae he pleased; and if she with o; lot of money. The mooey,howevor, did not, 1 was equally determined that is all tied up, and will go to the older son, Maltby should not have, es I knew meet who tnads a try as a barrister, but eemehow inevitably be Cho oath, to leave Cho regi - passengers. These rates tend to revive immigration from Europe, and the cholera has the same tendency. People will try to escape the contagion, and cheap rates to America open an attractive way. Further, there is no class of people who have stronger social motives for immigrating then have those in some of the affected districts of Russia. It is a time for vigilance at our ports. Without desire to increase our population we may bo a little too prone to welcome all comers who appear to be in• dustrious end thrifty. It ie fortunate that the disease has, ao far, been confined to that pare of Europe where the hob season soonest ends. If it can be prevented from extending into the South, its campaign will be shortened. Once it gains a foothold on the Mediterranean it may fiourieh till November. Despite the lessons of the last visitation of cholera, and despite the great ado ahout sanitary reform and quarantine arrangements last year, there ere a1ANY OF T1SE sOtrrnERN 01TL18 in no state to defy the disease yet. Even on this side of the Atlantic there are centres of population whose sanitary condition would invite the disease. The difficulty Chicago has had iu dislodging smallpox this spring and summer proves that that oity has not been living up to a high stand- ard of sanitation. Canada would have loss to tear from cholera than most countries, but that is no reason why we should be careless about the people and freight brought to our shores from the Baltic and North Sea ports. es to the main objeote of contemporary Choose politics. China ie determined to maintain her autonomic position and h e .preetige by the untold richee of her in ine and the inexhaustible reserve of men who eau be trained to fight. She cannot stop the foreign trade, and she would not if elle could, because the money it yields increases her revenues. 'She will not part with the useful funds which help her to strengthen her ports and to drill her forces. lifer cope is now in foreign drill, in rail- ways, in mines to be worked in for- eign ways ; in soience to be studied with the help of foreign professors. a he'is infact entering upon the adoption of a foreign regime in these respeote, just as certainly. as Japan, but she tal-es a longer time to make the change." She has so developed in these years that she is not to be regarded lightly as a modern force. She would now be a fortnid- able enemy to a European power, for her millions of armed men have not only been well drilled according 04 European tactics; but they are no longer limited to primitive weepens, but are largely equipped with the beet firearms of European manufacture, and are by no means so much behind in the matter of artillery as they were iu their last were. Her military system is based upon a vast seherne of oolouizatioa, the population of prov:roes being es well trainedto military as to egrioultural service. The word army iu Chine comprehends myriads, a swarm that would pale into magnificence the hordes of Xerxes. If, then, it be a question of numbers, Japan might be trampled like duet under the insurging hosts of the Emperor. Touching the point of difference between these two powers, the words of M. Arinori, the Japanese Minister to Great Britain in 1884, are not without a sort of prophetic value. 13e deolared it to be one of the fictions of Chinese foreign policy that States which are in reality independent ea aneverthelese in some mysterious way dependent upon China, "'Tonquin, the Leo Choo Islands, Corea, and Siam form the outermost circle of so-called dependencies. In these four Chinese suzerainty is purely nominal. In Oho Leo Choo Islands Japau ignored the claims of China, and although China was very sore she did not go to war on that account. Neither did she go to war about Tonquin. In the case of Corea Cho Chinese have allowed the Coreane to negotiate treaties with foreign powers, thereby virtually waiving the alarns upon which they formerly insisted." Ignoring these claims in the case of Corea has involved Japan in the present difficul- ty, of which she is preparing to make the hest. 'Until 1S90 Japan was an absolute monarchy, but in that year there were modifications which gave the form of a representative government, though it was nth established in fact because the Cabinet Miniotors were responsible only to the Emperor end not to the people, but now the representative conditions are recogniz- ed. The army of Japan is not at all coin - parable in size to chez of China, being about 200,000, including otfioers, but it is butter disciplined and better equipped, it is believ- ed, and its navy is orga. ,zed after the model of Great Britain's and is of great power. The total personnel of the navy is 15,686, according to latest reports The proportion of conscripts per 1,000 inhabi- tants is 16.64. Japan will therefore be able to present to China a war footing of rattler formidable character. AUGusT ax, :894 E ALa # It The Invalid's Bed. Oneot the most dieogreoable features of a protracted illness le the more or lees close eonduemont to which the paticnbleFM/sleets ed: 11 he is compelled to keep hie bed, hie discomfort and immetienoe , ere of oouree greatly intensified, Ilivon in Health a life Spent in bed would soon become intclerablo to the ;nosh arrant sluggard ; and we can well pardon 0n0 whoeo nerves have been made irritable by long oonfluement, for showing at'times a dioeatiefaction with everybody and every.. thing around him, A little skill in the arrangement of the bed, however, will at. least render the patient's condition endur- able, First of all, wo must have a mattress which presents 0 firm, even surface ; one ebnffed with curled hair will exactly ;neat our wants, Feather beds are a constant nuisance to both the pabienband nurse, The mattress should bo turned and shaken ab frequent intervals, in order that It may not become comp voted at any point. The sheets and linen should be soft and kept as spotless pe. possible. If the sick, person is very roetless,it is better to change them often, as the accumulation of wrinkles ie extremely irritating. Itis better to he over -particular in Nile respect, since during a long confinement the skin becomes oxc uis itely sensitive, and predisposes the patient. to bed -sores. If there is any trouble from abeooesee or hemorrhages, it will be well to place some protection between the mattress and the under sheets. The coverings of the bad should be warm but not so weighty as to be uncomfortable. The top spread should either be of spotless white or oisome fancy figure which may be changed at intervals, and to give relief by pleasing the eye. It is not necessary to urge the propriety of taking the whole bed to pieces every morn- ing, and thoroughly exposing the mattreas and each piece of bedolothfng separately to the action of fresh air. There are many other things which will suggest themselves,if only we aro sufficient- ly impressed with the importance of snak- ing as comtortable as possible those who are condemned to spend a greater part of their days in bed. Lord Aberdeen's Estates. Before the British Royal Commission on Agriculture, presided over by Mr. Shaw Lofevrs, Mr. George Muirhead, factor for Lord Aberdeen's estates in Aberdesusitire, in the course of his evidence, said that the acreage of Lord Aberdeen's estate was 53,000 acres, the rental being about £40,000 a year. Since 1973 Lord Aberdeen had spent over £200,000 in improvements on the estate. In 1880 1:21,000 was returned to the tenants owing to the disastrous season of 1879 ; m 1880, £1,008 was returned; and in 1802, 42,039. 1n 18111 a revaluation was offered to every tenant, and to those who accepted it it brought a reduction of about 22 per coot. l:ut nothing like all the tenants asked for a revision. The new rents under the revision wore to Stand for five years. In 1890 these rents were raised 11 per cent. All the tenants were underlease. He gave details of the number of years' rent at 18s an acre which it took to equip holdings of different sizes, ranging from £120 for hold.. inge of five mores ea £2,300 for holdings of 000 acres. Ho had at least a hundred ap• plications for forme lying at his office that day. The farms which came to be let were generally let for less than some applicants were willing to give. Judging from the regularity with which rents were paid, he had no reason to suppose that the agricul- tural depression was felt in Aberdeenshire. His opinion was that the depression exist- ing generally was duo to the contraction of the currency and the consequent appreoia• tion of gold. The only remedy he could suggest was en addition to the supply of gold. felled. They toll me he has • lees brains in meat on my miscount. So that once again his whole head than our man has in the tip er aro dangerous t ngs, an• owered seriously and seeing that 0 was in matters . simplified themselves for me 11 of his little flamer. No Love for Alma Mater. Caller—"You graduated et the Studi- hard College. didn't you'?" biles De Style—Yes; but 1: wouldn e advise anybody else to go there." " I heard that it was a fine institution." " On the contrary, il, is miserably manag- ed. Why, on graduation -day I was com- pelled to appear in plain white drags, not aUtt1800er than the ones worn by the povertysbriokon ereetures who took all the /seizes." M. Jules Dutrouil de Rhine, the eminent 110800h explorer, hes been murdered at T6ibet. The French envoy hes demanded an apology from the Chinese Government, with compensation for the family of the murdered man. Premier Reid, of Sydney, N. S. W., in at address the other night, announced than sweeping reductions would be made in the Customs duties, and that there would bo 00on0rniee of a moderate nature in the land income taxes,, REGULARS FOR MONTREAL. Will -Power and Disease. • There is a great deal to bo said in favor of what ie best described as the mental- s deuce cure for many of the minor ills of life. It is possible to throw off weakness, inertness, and languor, and infuse new life and spirit into the failing system by mere effort of will. True, it ie hard at first, but with every trial it Domes easier, until ono may almost feel that the mind has gained' a supremacy over the body. It is certain that the mind can, to a great extent, con- trol the body and drive away much that saps vitality and undermines the strength. To keep ever before the mind the idea that willpower is one of the strongest forces in nature, and steadfastly refuse to yield to weakness, to to hove gained something that, once possessed of, no one will ever be willhrg t0 lose. Ventilation for Closets. A point of almost universal neglect in the building of our houses is the ventila- tion of closets. Every clothes closet shouldcontain a window for the protection of clothing from maid, mildew, moths and disease germs, and if for no other reason, as aprovision against that un- pleasant and unwholesome smell unavoid- ably connected with the average close and unventilated closet. The same rule applies equally to storerooms, pantries and tellers for the preservation of fruits, vegetables end ocher kinds of food. No turner Any Doubt That a New School of Infantry is to he Established There. There is no longer any doubt in military °irides about the intention of the Govern- ment to establish a corps of Canadian regu• lass and a military aohoolin Montreal. The order has been given to Cho four existing companions of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Infantry at Fredericton, St. Johns, Toronto and London to recruit up to twenty.five men each above their preseut strength. This will provide a hundred fully drilled mon for a fifth company to be located in Montreal. The Militia Depart- ment, acting on the advice of General Herbert, has finally settled upon the land on Fletolrer'e field as the site for the new barracks. The block of land bounded by Gosford, Craig, St. Denis and St. Louis streets was oireredas a site, and was re- gerded by many as favorable on amount of its proximity to the Drill Halt and the Champ de Mere, but G' anthill Herbert re- ported against it on account of its being too much in the centre of Oho city, ioiareasing the difficulty of maintn•iuingdiscipline. Itis understood that the barracks will be eon- struoted pretty closely on the linos of those at London, Ont., which are of the most modern type and prosenta very picturesque appoareuoo. Provision is to be made in the establishment for a brass hand in con• neotion with the new regular °ompauy. It is understood that one of thepresentsoheel commandants will be brought to Montreal, and that the senior captain in the regiment will be promoted major and given the com- mand of the company. The other commis• BMus will likely go to graduates of the Royal Military College. It is estimated then the vest of establishing the company and school in Montreal will bo over $150,- 000. Too Expensive. diivil Father Pholen—"Why fait ye're hexer at work, Mulvey?" Mulvey—"'Tie frau economy, yes river- 1000." .1 b'abher Phelan--" Economy, ye Why' Mulvey—"Yfo ; ye see, *Willer Oi work 01 always get a terrible three, yes river - ince, en' whin 01 gib 0 thirst it toots me more to quench it than whet 01 earned gittin' RA' The Teeth and the Throat. A correspondent writes:—The teeth should be brushed and the tongue thorough- ly cleansed at bedtime. This stimulates healthy ciroalation in the throat, and pre- vents the hearing being blunted by an, accumulation of mucus in the inner passag- e of the ear. Health Hints. It is said that alum water is an unfailing specific fur hydrophobia. Facial neuralgia is generally caused by nervous fatigue, by cold, or by mental ex- citement. If the white of an egg is immediately ap- plied to a burn, it will take away the pain and prevent a sear. Margaret Fuller once said, " Never talk about your diseases." She might have gone a step farther aocl seed, do nob think about them. 10 is sound advice that we may all profit by, and be Ute healthier for it. Plenty of fresh air and sunshine help to ,seep the neck fair and healthful. Avoid close fitting neckwear, as it is apt to 00.1180 • uugraeeful lines end unsightly creases. Do not use old magazines or papers for wrapping up food. The Austrian Govern- ment overn inent has prohibited the use of such papers,` and also of colored papers to inclose articles intended to be eaten. Try a bandage of bob salt outside the face for neuralgia, fill the mouth with -hot salt in case of toothache. Put a littlo hot salt in a piece of muslin and put ib in the ear for a second or two when earache is trouble- some. Nothing so quickly restores tone to exhausted nerves mid strength to a weary body as a bath containing an ounce of aqua ammonia to each pailful of water. It melees the flesh firm and smooth as marble, and renders the body pure and free from all odors. Don't take a hot bath in the morning. It M the very worst thing one can do to the complexion, and to the digestion. Telco a cold bath in the morning, and never mind Cho soap or sponge -just bake a mieute or two of cold shock, Afterward drink a cup of hot milk, water, or clear tea or coffee. That's the way to tone up the nervone eystsin and got se appetite for breakfast. It is said that batter -milk is araxmellent remedy for dyspepsia. Put the butter- milk le a pan, which i0 placed in hot water. The milk ie brought to the boiling point, but not allowed to $kh l' hh. part—the whey whichhail. remitainsofsthoueldeavy be sot aside to cool Drink a glass of this liquid three or four times a day as hot es you Dau bear it in your throat. Those who have tiled it say that it hoe a delicious favor. A loving heart is the truest witldotrl.--. [Dickens.