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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1896-5-22, Page 2THE VICAR'S GOVERNESS — siippors Of the soma busy and runs ""She will have a home syltli uncle," says 43ransronbe, unmoved- fax happier end more congenial : home than this has ever bean,." A faint sneer disfigures his bandsman) mouth foz• a moment, Then his mood changes, and his hand.Bo has opaa k , "Have been embarrassed by taw he turns almost fierrely upon Georgie.gazing at tris own face with a s much llheralit ?" "Wily ood rte you fight agorae' fs tuts yours*" 11e asks, as elle tomos "That's what I have." good fortune?" he says. `Sas haw itis tap Caitlin. 'Aid you aomo to look 1 "What have you been buying?" favoring you. You will get rid of me U?' for years, parhnps—I hope—forever, and Yes," Sho holds b uthe shower s some Lito ' a tire0tbosses wus sonheap ez now, f receive. it from him, , but m you will be comfortable with him• hesitation about giving it. an' T made up my mind tar take ad - "No 1. shall not," 'says Mrs, Brans-' t k this out vents% a brilliant crimson has grown upon her pale cheeks, ber eyes are bright and full of anger, she stands book from }aim and looks at him with passionate reproach and determination went us t in her 'gaze. "You think I will consent are right. The locket is, I think, die- I closed the bargain. 'Y'e've got a to .live calmly here while you are an tasteful to me. I don't want it any; good thing,' he says. 'That there is a exile from your home? In au inept Y more; you can keep it." genuine race -boss, that is, The only ', I don't want it either," returns Ile, my dowpa'-stairs for the third luno to-daY,. to the librry. Opening ibe door, the brilliant light that he liked ter died, 'when of the of. many temps:lnest 1101', and, statading, dealer bed' only holdout for a little by, the fire is her husband, 14.10 all .1 Ore profit; is wouldn't of got only huggald, with .the uiissing looket whet fear good fur am." L t abet is g t1'angs ` ave you on. . t our own s'elrreiyston, Y TUE 8BAYS$.1S VICTIfil OF CANDOR. 1lo 0,ost heavy elf the Alan Who 'tela Clio 'Prete, "There's sueli a thing," he said eon, terapletively, "es gottin' too much fur ye0 money. I kn0wed a little boy °need shot got se many peanuts fur five vents Let' me advise Yau to a e s eolcil , pointing to his of it be say y I vantage o' .the market. I didn't see picture. "Its being here must, render anythin' that sLruek my Laney oxeep' the locket valueless. What induced ono au' he wus so sleek thet I didn't you to give it such a place:" Ir was one o my Y nerve an when rehires she calmly, making a mover. But 1 braced up my f man mistakes," hardly dared to: ask the price of rim, hoe h to leave him; "and you the man said 'ono hundred dollars,' wrong me, When you leave Sartori-, T leave 11too,—to Ise a governess once more," "1 forbid you. to do that," says Brans- Combe. "f am your husband, and, as such, the law allows me some power over you. But this is only an idle threat," he says, contemptuously, "When I remember how you consented to marry even me to escape sub a life of drudgery, 1 cannot believe you will willingly return to it again.", "Nevertheless I shall," says Georgie, slowly. "You abandon me; why, then, should you have power to control my actions? And I will not live at Blythe, and 1 will not live at all in Puliingham unless I live hose." "Don't be obstinate, Dorian," says Sir James, imploringly. "Give in to her: it will be more manly. Dou't you see she has conceived an affection for the place by this Lime and can't bear to see it pass isto strange hands? In the name of common sena:, accept this ohanee of rescue, and put an end, to a most un- happy business." Dorian leans his arm upon the mantel- piece., and his head upon his arms. Shall he, or shall he not, consent to this plan? Is he really behaving, as Sammie had just said, in an unman17 manner t A lurid flame from the fire lights up the room, and fulls warmly upon Geor- gia's anxious face and clasped hands and sombee cliueing gown, upon Dorian's bowed head and motionless figure, and upon Sir James standing tall and sil- ent within the shadow that covers the corner where he is. All is sad, and drear, and almost tragic 1 Georgie with Loth hands pressed against. her bosom, waits breathlessly for hastily; and then, with a gesture 01111 reason I'm renin' 'Sm is that he's been of passion, he flings it deliberately in; ruled off the track. I never could tell to the very heart of the glowing Pira. There it melts and grows black, and when he was gointer do his best. Some - pr y tl inks with a crimson coal, ut- times he would sulk and again he obliterated and tor "I wish ot4en:� easily �' the multitude and aroused the suspicions of reser sinks, rly ou of s3 11t. bite, I would come in teeth a bust o' speed on ' The best place for it," says ha, etch that paralyzed to the Is it forgotten? gShe says nothing' 1 the. judges, Finally they got tired of makes no effort to save the fated case, lightning changes in toxin an' that holds his features, but, with hands trumped an excuse ter rule rim orf, So Lightly Winched, ed, watches its ruin. Her 1 m est discouraged an' anxious ter eyes are full of tears, but she feels be- cleat' out of the business an' do some - shed numbed, spiritless, without power to thin' that's plain au' respectable fur a shed them. linin.,'" Once more she makes a movement to 1 ,You didn't believe all that risme- "Stay," y," I have a role, did you?" Sthin to say gently;oyoCourse I didn't. I'd been ter town few thingsover n to you, that may to before. I asked the feller whether well be got now. Come :nearer to they was any green in nay eye an' tof the fire; esu must be cold." 'IM thee of he'd look twice mobbe he'd She armee nearer, and, standing on See some golden hair hangin' down my the she hearth rug, wash for him to, speak• back. I bught the boss on my own As she does so, a sharp co her rising ed mcnt, though, an' tuck 'im along. e her throat,indime qui her suffice,-, t of home a little before noon an' 1 herry toi bring some quick incolor into g whites cheeks. Though itself of ;thought I might ez well start got sight little importance, this cough has now! inhiter break k'ha when ei'jthe hs ez luck uhm and sha her for i least a fortnight, it the old lady rang the dinner bell. I vev nd shakes her slight frame with its seen the boos' ears twitch an' when T vehYour c. i said' edde he lit out like all possess - Your cough it worsedher m000 1 ho g P says, turning to regard more close -i eh. aFastne thing he gid wus ter break lthe harness. 1 hung water the lines y"No, not worse." I ez long ea, I could an' then 7 laid down "Why do you walk about the hoose' in a furrow an' lot events take their so insufficiently clothed?" asks he„ course. He kep' ez erns ter the fence angrily,, glancing at her light dressing -1 ez he could an- ez I peeked over a hunk think with great eking ll nealth.tHere, , I maden' seen up my him m mind thetlickety-split t put this were you," put this round you," He tries to place goin' ter stop. But ez soon ez be got. upon her shoulders the cashmere shame. past the place he started from, he she bad worn when coming in from the' slowed up an' trotted back an' rubbed garden in the earlier part of the even- l his nose agin the hired man's shoulder, is •.T But she shrinks from him. ! ez mama ez ter say: 'How wus thet— "No, no," she says, petulantly; "I'purty good I'" am warm enough; and I do not likes 'What are you going to do with the that thing. It is black, --,the color of • animal?" • Death!" I'm blessed et I know. He mean Her words smite cold upon his heart. ! well, but fid like mightily ter trade 'rim A terrible fear gains mastery over him.. in fur a yoke of oxen. It beats all," Deaths What can it have to do with he concluded, with a sigb. "I've dodg- cne so fair, so young, yet, a1asl so frail! ed buncosteerers an' kep' my pocket - You will go somewhere for change: book outer the bands o' the confidence of air?" he says, entreatingly, going up poen without the slightest trouble. The r i cit fe11er then come right out AGRICULTURAL RATION FOR WORKING HORSES; The swason will seou be at hand whop the faxen tome wlkl be 0onlpell4 toper form steady hard work, flowing; leer, rowing; laying out corn rows, and va1'b- eus other work tail is n000080ry wails spring trust be done. It is• quite Ina. por'taut beside goodcare that the work horses are given suitable ration'. The J01110rlean Dairyman gives the following pertinent and timely article: "The effectiveness of working horses, and especially on farms, is often im- paired by injudicious feeding. The subject is better understood, than it used to be, but thexo are yet far too many instances of horses being put to work with stomachs overloaded, and yet not providing the nutriment needed to give the muscular strength whioh hard work always requires. hence the horse is always slow in 1115 gait and soon tires -out. This overloading the stomach with unnutritious food is male- ly due to the average farmer's depend- ellee Op, hay as the staple and cheapest food for bosses. Really, so far as ef- fectiveness gods, grain, and especially oats, are always cheaper than hay. Liverymen and those in cities who keep horses soon discover this feat. They have to buy all that their horses eat and learn to discriminate. When they feed hay exclusively they' find that the horse is incapacitated for fast or long driving on the road. "Farm work differs from that on the road in not requiring so rapid motion. Farm horses, can, therefore, be fed more hay, but enough grain or meal should go with it so that the proper amount of nutrition can be secured without too great distention of the digestive organs, While /the livery man depends mainly Dotian's answer, At last it comes. to her and laying his baud upon Iyer 1 =•- y Lifting his head, he says, in a dull shoulder. r. to It is of this, u wartli, wiebthis. is an' thol' me the one I r1* g tfo money on." truth tone that is more depressing than loud- pause lonely and uncomfortable e r grief,— (though doubtless pleasanter) when 1.'. THE EARLY RISER. "1 consent. But I cannot live dere ,,,,, gone. Let me write to my aunt, _— just yet. 1 shall go away tor a time. Lady Monckton, She will be very glad 1 beg• you both to understand that 1 to have you for a time." hr 1., La'av, �ruh(r /((aithr. '`/calci do this thing against my will for my "No; 1 shall stay here. Where aro ! ` saw Wise. wife's sake,—not Lor my own. Death itself could not be more bitter to me than life has been of late," For the last time he turns and looks at Georgie. "You know who has embittered ic," he says. And then, "Go: 1 wish to La alone I" Swope, taking Dirs. Branscombe's cold hand in his, leads her from the 100n1, When outside, she presses her fingers on his in a grateful fashion, and,whtsp- Bring something to hnu in voice,—which he falls to hear,—she goes meBe s1* . necessity heavily up the staircase to her OW11 morrow." Then, after an unbroken sicians and scientists agree that sleep in S00121. pause, in which even her breathing cane, When inside, she closes the door,and not be heard, he says, in a onrious!the morning is healthful and restores locks it, and, going as if with a pu.rpo5e voice. 'I suppose there will be n0 ace tive, and that children and nervous or to a drawer rn a cabinet, draws lrom rasion for me to svelte to you while I l delicate persons should never be waken - 1 ave y you going?" ' The lazy young persons who enjoy t_ 1 hardly lmo0v, and I do not care at, e affected by the height, the 'Hale. it twos stood ex the distance and kieuie o£ rands it has traveled over it is quite possible' too a person o£ ordinary eaperiePoe and judg siert to make stn esltimmte of Lbe' quantitya load oe mow, It is esti• matedt)aaiit, with the above lnentl°ned conditions et an averae, Timothy, stacks'.of ten coPt highmud u wards, measures abort 000 cubic feet to e ton; clear °lover,, between 000 and700 oubio feet. To find the cubic feet in a 0121e414r shack, multiply the square of the eineumference by four hundredths (04) of tine height, Below is gluon' a set of rules for computing the number of cable yards in a ton of bay In the field, stack or load, which can be easily reduced to oubio fent by multiplying the result at cable pada by twentY- sevee ; 1, The number of tons of meadow hay in the windxowe is the quotient of the product of the length, breadth rind height in yards divided by twenty-five. 2, To find the number of tons of hay in a mow, divide the produot of tho length', height and width by fifteen, if the stack be well packed. If shallow and the hay recently stanked, divide by eighteen,; and by any number from fifteen to eighteen, according to the density of the stack. In square or long stoops the number of tons is the quotient 0f the product of the length of the base, the width and half of the lengths in yards, divided by fifteen, 8, In loads the number of tons of bay is found by multiplying together the length width and height, In yards, and dividing the product by twenty. on oats, or usually feeds them whole, the farmer will find his most effective 'ration m ground corn or oats, mixed with cut plover and Timothy hay and fed slightly, wet, so that the meal and wet hay, will adhere. The bast pro- portion is half -weight each of the hay and meal. This will, of course, make the bay more bulky. The ration for a 1,200 -pound horse will usually be about sixteen pounds of corn and oat meal per day and the same weight of cut hay, divided into three messes—morning, noon, and night. If the horse continues to be hungry after this feed, it 0vil1 Ge well to increase it until fully satisfied. There are individual pecularities in horses, as in men and women about eating, and it is not always those who eat the most who keep the fattest or will do the most work. The feed at night and morning should be slightly larger than at the noon meal, the latter being given while the horse is at work, and less of bis energies can be spared to digest, bulky food On such a ration as this horses will keep at work and in good condition in- definitely. In fact, they will usually gain flesh as compared with horses that stand idly in the stables stuffing themselves with hay. Three meals per day, with long enough interval between them to allow the food to digest are bet- ter than continuous eating, even when grain is given. It is often the remark of farmers that their horses gain at work when fed ground corn and oats, while they have grown poor standing in the stable with hay constantly be- fore them during the, winter•. Timothy hay is much less nutritious than clover. all." ; extra snooze in the morning hours that It is also less liked by horses, whieb "How long will you be away?" 1 all too frequently they' have great dif- either? There is nothing to bring me ficuity in securing will probably rise home.""How can 1 answer that quesCion� up and call us blessed when we an - How soon do you go? Her voice all ,nounce that their preference 5110185 a through is utterly without expression, rare discretion hacked up by some sound or emotion of any kind. fe Tonal wisdom Getting' up early "Immediately," he answers curtly.;yro ss I should be stinted in their feed of clover so that they will not get too much, Usually clover hay, should only be fed out and wet and mixed with meal, This wetting the clover will keep the dust in it from injuring horses that are broken -winded from hard driving when their stomachs are overloaded, "Are you n such a hurry to be rid of lin the morning is to be commended as a s abound in he nutrition for furnishinat g strength. ? B satisfied, then I start to- t' rather than a benefit. PLY but it is very rare that bran can be fed with advantage to a horse that is working hard. It will sour the stom- ach, and that is always weakening. But fine middlings .have a contrary effect, and eau be mixed with graand corn and oats, and so fed with cut hay. A horse at work should be neither consti- pated nor very loose in his bowels. 10 the excrement is at any time hard and dry a very little linseed meal will rem- edy the difficulty. Linseed meal also contain much of the nutrition that goes to build up muscular strength. 10 cannot, however, be given in large quantities, as it is vest' concentrated food. It is better always to relieve con- stipation in horses with some laxative food like linseed meal than with physic. "'When wheat middlings are fed to horses, without other grain, they should be mixed with a large amount of cut hay, so as not to become compact in the stomach. It will generally pay to take extra pain to have ground corn and oats to mix with the cut feed, and give this ration steadily each day through the, week. On Sunday, when the horse is idle, he may havo some lin- seed meal mixed with his ration, to loosen his bowels and prepare, him for digesting his food better during the week followsng. A horse fed and cared for takes no harm, bat rather benefit, by hard work six days out of seven through the entire year. In the days when horses were largely used on street cars the horses kept in good condition with seven day's work per week. They wore out after a few years, but it was generally only by injury to their tact tram constant trotting on hard city pavements." ANENT VEHICLE CULTURE. •t velvet frame Opening it she am away?" gazes long aneebly upon the face She does not answer directly. She ed until sleep leaves them of its own itis D it contains: it is Dorian's. world have given half her life to be accord. This is all right and as it It is a (harming, lovable fa, with its able to say, freely, "Wri fame te to me, Dor-; should be; but the necessity exists for smiling lips and its large blue honest fan, if only a bare line, now and then, early rising, and therefore, be eyes. Distrustfully she gazes at it, as to tell me you are alive;" but pride met. Trish an as it is,fthere must no if seeking to discover some trace; of du- forbids her. plloity In the clear open features. Then "None, whatever," she says, coldly;!alternative for the great masses of the slowly she takes the photograph from after her struggle with her nnerrsel� people. a one would prosper itis frame, and with a scissors cuts out I dare say i shall hear a 1 c nese or 3 pa the head,, and lifting the glass from hear from Clarissa or Sir James." 'necessary o be not, t�hcdin,etimelyi the a dull gold locket upon the table near There is a long silence. Georgie's morning.imperative t her, carefully places the picture in it. eyes are fixed are es lyruponxsd on lie •, ! it as an uty and op fuss - When on her task is finished, she looks What a child she looks n her azure I wealover h rit as and wise? There are oonstitn- at it once again, and then laughs softly Y to herself, a sneering, unlovable laugh, gown, with her yellow hair falling in tions and temperaments that: aro never full of self-contempt. Her whole ex- thick masses over her shoulders. So I at their best when deprived of a morn - pression is unforgiving, yet suggestive white, so fair, so ornelly cold! Has she ing sleep. Robust and energetic people of deep regret. Somehow, at this mo- no heart, that she can stand in that are fond of stirring up whole families ment bis last words came back to her calm, thoughtful attitude, while his with early rising ideas. They experi- and strike coldly on her heart: ' I heart is slowly breaking? cave no inconvenience, and take it as a wish to be alone! She has destroyed all his happy life,, matter of course that no one else should. "Alone!" How sadly the word had this 'amber witch," with her loveliness, Early rising is well enougb, provided fallen from his lips! How stern his and her Pure girlish face, and her bbtl � one can rest at some other portion of Paco had been, how broken and raiser - her it this and yet his love for; the day; but the hours of darkness were able his voice I Some terribly grief was her at this moment is stronger per` ;matte for Bleep, and as time for the most tearing at bis heart, and there was no haps, than it has ever been, He is leave part is pretty evenly divided into day one to comfort, or love tum, or— ing her. Shall he ever see her again? and night, it allows that nature knew She gets up from her choir, and Sonethmg at this moment, overmast-' vete „an what she was about urban she does the room impatiently, as though ars him. Moving a step nearer e,0 her !arranged things. People stave lived, Inaction had ceased to be possible to her. be suddenly catches her m his arms, 'at noon and went flourished and grown healthy, wealthy An intense craving to see him again and holding her close no his heart, , and wise who got upfills her soul. She must go to himi it Pressen kisses only(anforbidde) upon her t bed •eat before daylight; but this is another natant she has recovered no moans natural, have mads the subject o to know what t he has been doing tit and cheek and brow, I it nor is it approved since last she left him. Acting on rm- herself, and, placing her hands againstlhyS y those 1011° pulse, she goes quickly down the stairs, his chest, frees herself, by a quick life and health a profound study. and across the hall to the library, and gesture, from his embrace. enA t 5 c r beating heart. "Was that how you used to kiss her?" I DIS*ISION OF AFRICA. All is dark and dreary enough, e,to she says, in a chked voice, her face the !!! thi ay expectant mind. The fire, color of death. "Let me go; your touch 1 Great Britain claims about 2,000,000 though warm, and glowing still, has is contamination. square miles of Central Africa, with a flames earner flash upltred, i lirm ata the bright A1mosC before the last word had passe total yearlytrade of about nine mil - light her lips. he releases her, and, stand Blinded to d the sudden change from in back, confronts her with a face as lions and a half sterling. The French light darkness. she goes forward lived as her own. possessions come next in extent; with nervously until she reaches the hearth In Lhe one hurried glance, she casts an area of shout 1,000,000 square miles rug; then she discovers that Dorian is at him, she knows that all is, indeed, and with a yearly trade of about £2,- ao longer there. bet theta DIVORCE IN TURKEY. Divorce in Turkey is obtained with a facility whieb would surprise even our American cousins. As easily as Abra- ham cast forth Hagar, the bond -woman and her ehild,so also can the Turk open the door of his harem and send out 111 - to• the world the woman who no longer Pleases him, He has but to give her back her dower and personal effects. In the upper classes, however, certain legal formalities are gone through,and, indeed, as the • lady is usually protected by her parents, divorce is, comparative- ly speaking, rare. I know, instances, however, in Constantinople of ladles in the highest official circles who are not very far advanced in years, who have been divorced twice, thrice, and even ten times. Among the lower orders divorce may be described as a farce. Many girls who are not yet twenty years of age have been divorced and remarried a dozen times. The surprises of divorce are among the most amusing features of Turkish social life. A very great personage, second only to the Sultan m rank, un- less, indeed, it be the Sheik Ul Islam, married some few years ago, when his position was very inferior to what it is at present, a highly educated lady, of good connection and fortune, but, ac- cording to His Excellency's version of rho story, of ungovernable temper, Within the year they were divorced and remarried.0)1 husband disagreeable, found her once more divorced. It must be re- membered that if a Turk can divorce Ms wile, she can only divorce him at his pleasure, by making herself as un- pleasant to him as possible. In former times he tied her up in a sack and had her dropped into the Bosphorus—to-day' he divorces her. To return to the lady in question. Tho next time she was heard of by her friends was as a teacher in the Mahometan High School for girls, at Scutari. A few years back she was selected as governess for the children of the Khedive, and is now Her High- ness's private secretary, in which qual- ity she accompanied her Imperial mis- tress to Constantinople last year and actually found herself seated at estate banquet at YLldiz Kiosk next to the third wife of her first husband, who quietly asked her who she was. Tab- leau! The ease with which a divorce can be obtained in Turkey leads to many abuses and creates a state of affairs not unlike our prostitution. over ween now; never again will he sue to her for love or friend- 500,000. The Congo Tree State has , ship, Sbe would have spoken again, -i about the same area, but its general CHAPTER XXXII. " would, perhaps, have said something to trade may be set down as not more !'Shake hands forever, cannel all our Ger- palliate the harshness o1 bar lass: words, than £700,000 n all. The area of Ger- bat by a gesture be forbids her. Ile, man Central Africa is about 000,000 yaws; points to the door. I square miles, or, excludin German the eletnents whenever. 115 stops for an And when we meet at any time again, Leave the room," he says, in astern Southwest Africa, of which only a,small hour. la 0th such patient care the dur- Be it not seen in either of our brows commanding tone; and, utterly subduepart rtes to the north of the line of ability of a vehicle may be doubled, That we one jot of former love re- ed and silenced by his manner, slid the Zambesi, about 550,000 square miles, tain." turns and leaves Lim. 1 with a trade value of about £1,500;000, MEASURING HAY IN STACK. Drayton, ('To be, Continued.) Portugal claimras an area, of sono 750: O until care miles,in almost T' TTi1l' WEAVR'RR,• BIJREAIJ., 'Slim Ivor 's 1►111 1'r0Us" I'resitcis 1008' *amuses til 1111* Wealbee. Tee' inslmuments' mesa in obsanSIng: bbs oaohor acro the aneroid and cis ant barometers, wet and dry bulb balomet- ars, wind vane and compass, anemia - meter and aaeinoga.aph, and the read:all. Of all these• the barometer is probably the molt impotent. Tito standard Mena. of the nstrunaent is a tube 34 Snebes long, elosod at the top, exhaust.• od of an+, and• i maguey, The slur hoes oma. in a pup of morcuzy, A mixtures the barometer le to Mene %O the'.pi'es- sure of the atmosenexe. In general, the. meroury will stand high in the ow bulb when the ul. 3Yrnot'Iing the m ns ate °hanger, measured on a graduated scale beside the tube, the observer reads the indications of the barometer,, The words fair," "ohmage," etc., engraved 011 the front of the instrument are dis- regarded. They have no significance whatever. The rising or falling of the =weary in, the tube as caused by the beginning of those atmospheric changes whieb precede a storm, but are not discernible by our' senses. Tho barometer discerns them for us, and gives warning of weather changes. 01 course there are many different condi- tions which affect the Instrument; the weather, observers are instructed.- in these matters, The aneroid barometer is round, lilte, ono of the ghee* nickel - plated °looks that, are so numerous, and the changes axe indicated by, a hand moving across a scale on the dial. The weight of the atmosphere is measuro1 not by a column of mercury in a tube, but by the expansion and compression air has been exhausted fkom which the The frequent painting or oiling of the wagon rims pays well. No part of the vehicle is subject to so much de- struction as this—rolling between stones and hot send, grit and mud. Thus cared for, they demand less frequent setting and. renewal. It pays to keep all wagons well painted, whether for work or pleasure. No wagon or sleigh shouter ever stand, even for one hour, exposed to sun and wind outside the owner's barn; and careful user will seek ratectiou from 'OI'LI';T HINTS. To sleep in a poorly -vent s.ted room is to invite headache and depression. Warmth during sleep should be obtam- ed from dows, The window not shoulfroin d closed pen about three inches at the Lop and an inch or two at the bottom. If the hair is thin or Lacking in lustre, brush it twice a dayfor' five minutes at a time. If the eyebrows and eyelashes are scanty, rub them at night with vas- eline. If the hands chap easily, wash cold cream, and wear a pair of loose, fingerless white gloves to bed. If the face lacks color, exercise. If adaily tub bath is enervating,try a daily sponge bath and a tri -weekly tub. The stabbings" should be taken at night in water warm or hot, accord- ing to the tastes of the bather. The sponge both,, which should be taken. in the morning, should be either cold or lukewarm, and should be followed by a brisk rubbing down with a Turkish Cower. Alter diet and exercise havo paved. the way for other treatment a weekly face steaming may be tried. The wo- man whose purse does not permit her to go to the professional beautifiers should fill a bowl with boiling water. Over this she should hold her face, into which a cold cream has been rubbed for ten minutes or so, covering her ,head and shoulders and the bowl with a heavy Turkish towel. After drying the lace she should rub more cold cream into it, a,nd she should not venture out into the air for at lent three hours. If one's complexion is 'muddy," sal- low or covered with blackheads the lo- tion bottle is not the remedy which should be sought first. instead, the candidate for a complexion of roses and cras,m should begin to diet. Hot water taken hall an hour before breakfast with a little lemon juice in it is better than erarms to restore the skin to clearness. Graham and wbole wheat bread, fruit, clear tea and coffee, 10 tea and coffee are used, plenty of green veg- stables, lean moat and broiled fish form an admirable coinplexioa diet. Pastry and =dies should be avoided. DECORATIVE NOTES. The old-fashioned hand-woven bed quilts, such us our grandmothers made, are 3100. the fashion for portieres. Those which were woven in blue and white are just the thing for a delft room. Though they may look a bit Laded they will not detract from their artistic value, Besides being useful for portieres. these old-time bed spreads make admirable couch covers. Here is the description of a bureau cover which is not merely a [MU of lace, but something practical and good to look upon as well. It consists of a piece of rather heavy linen a trifle larger than the bureau sigh, with the edge stamped and cut out ;u the shape of wild roses. The petals on the outer edge are buttonhole stitched, and the roses carefully embroidered in varying shades of pink in wash silk floss. The woman who is devoted to things nautical should have at least one room in her house curtained with fishnet drapery. This effective material is an excellent imitation of genuine fishnet, is somewhat softer and drapes better. It is made of threads woven with a loose, coarse mesh, and when used for curtains is generally finished with a flounce of itself. An odd idea is to have the pole from which the curtain hangs shaped like an oar. If the curtains are tied baok at all let it be with ribbon the tint of the sea. The ordinary pine kitchen table is a thing of possibilities. Once a kitchen table was recently made fit for a re- ception -room after this fashion. It was Not t•l D2rs Brthe night he has div 000 aq all of ah Dletisuring in stack is a very crude, 1010801 her maid for the does she TO CLEAN GOLD is in tropical unsatisfactory discover that rho plain gold locket in whioh she bad placed Dorian's picture is missing, She had (why, she ef bun cares to explain even to herself) it round her task; and naw, where 1s it? After carefully searching her memory for a few moments, she remembers that useless visit to the library be- fore dinner, and tells herself she mea nd find it. Slipping Into a She blue dress- ing -gown, that serves to make softer all evaPora,ted, its brirhLness will sur- ge de o bair, 0she t hrustsnher feet,, it to I of French Africa. the LOwOr p, prise You. is a estimating the CHAINS.i n Africa and its trade may tisfactor method of s g Put the chain into a small lass bat- be set clown as about £2,250,000, The weight Of hay, says an authority, There 1lo with warm water and a little cam- total trade of Italian Africa ;s reek- phorated chalk. Serape in some good 00(31 somewhat doubtfully, as about aro times, however, whon it is impra.c' soap, cork the bottle and shake it for I1500,000, and that of Liberia at about ticable to use the scales, and a close a minute or two violently. The fries I .he same, It appears, tberefore, that approxematLOn to the true weight will Hon against the glass polishes the• n Central Africa Great Britain takes answer all purposes. Then, by taking Old, and the soap and chalk extract I the lead in evoty , way—in exrant of into consideration that fine, soft bay earporthole of 'grease and dirt from possessions, in their total trade value will pack more closely than a coarser, the interstices of a chain 01 the most and in the amount of trade per square stiffer quality, that when out early in n, On Lakin it out at mile of territory, which may be roughly the season it will become more solid and intricate patter g stated ns 44 1080 as against £3 per stiff, than late cut hay that the dogree. who bottle rinse it in clear mrd water, t' wipe it dry, and When• the slit dampness hos • Atri l, mild of ?Orman and quare cele Nv fight a whoa stacked will affect the pAfrica and the £2 10s, Per square mile weight and that 1110 compactness 0(0 rt of the 5tao1 or load is DEAD MEN'S SHOES. The 1'rrulinr custom: and Reliefs Concern- ing. 'them That Exist In the Old World. "Dead men's shoes" is a common ex- pression, out mean much In many parts of the Old World, where the boots of the dead are accorded much import- ance. In Scotland, in the northern parts of first covered with a goat of white paint. After that was dry white enamel was put on. Over the top of the table was carefully pasted a cover of old -rose plush, caught here aur there with sil- ver thumb nails. Beneath the table nod about a foot from the flew °, shelf was built. This was also painted white. Magaaines, beaks and papers were piled upon this shelf. On the table itself (England) thata large lstorago plant there was a big rose-colored blotter with has been erected at Stratford, England, its edges Dapped with pink and white Twentyrfivo locomotives aro now, fitted Dresden china. To make the writing - thing OviLh ail em, and twelve stationary boilers bmne,n urine: rate Holden sysr table a practical affair as well as a , ,,,a of beauty, there were inkstands, pen -tray, moulage bottle, hand blotter, stamp -box, letter -rook and penholder, all it1 white Dresden china scattered with tiny pink rosebuds. England, in Scandinavia, as well as in Hungary, Croatia and Roumania, the utmost care is taken amen; the lower classes that each corpse is provided with a pair of good shoes before being laid into the ;ground. 1f the dead per- , son happens to be a tramp and to have been found dead bare-footed,there will always be some charitable soul to furnish a pair of good boots for inter- ment along with the corpse. An inspector of police in Scotland has been known to purchase of bis own ac- cord a new pair of boots and to place them in the grave, rsooened for the purpose, of a murdered stran.*er, who had been inadvertently interred bare- footed the day before. This practice, whioh likewise prevails among the Tsiganes,, as well es in many ;parts of Asia, is attaibutable to the belief that unless the dead are well shod when buried their ghosts come back to haunt the locality where they breathed their last in search of a pair of boots, The shoes are popularly supposed to be needed to pass in comfort and saf- ety the broad plain which the depart- ed soul must traverse before it can reach Paradise, Among some nations these plains arra declared to be covered with furzes, thorns and morass, while oilier races say that they consist of burning' sands. These plains of suffering are popularly credited with forming a sort of antis -chamber to hell, It is for this reason that the boots of the dead are called " hell shoes" in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. LIQUID FUEL ON LOCOMOTIVES. The use of liquid fuel has been so ex- tended on the Great Eastern Railway ELECTRICAL DENTISTRY. Electricity is now employed by des - Lists in extracting death. To the bat- tery aro attached three wires. Two of them have handles at the end, while the third is attached to (the forceps. The patient grasps ibe handles, the el- ectricity is turned on suddenly, and the dentist silnuiteneously applies his for- ceps to the tooth, The .hstant the tooth is touched it, as Well as the sur- rounding parts, becomes insensible to pain. A jerk, and it is out, threw furnaces at the shops Imre the same kind of. fuel. The oil arrives at Stratford in bulk, old locomotive,tentl- ers being employed in transporting Leen in numnt. ber, and he a'ee tanks placedare on low ground not very far from the mann line. 7:he ail flows to them by gravity, A peculiarity of the tanks is the reo- tangutar shape. Nine of them ,bold 3,000 gallons mob, and the remaining four 2,500 gallons each. CHOOSE WELL YOUR DOCTOR. (Tune, esaming.) Sweet Girl—"What did you rive mane ma for her cold?" Her Lover (a young physician)—"pp- him, hysician) '�Op•, Lim, She won't bother us Lo -night.