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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1896-9-4, Page 2FATES1TRU MENT$8 r I CH:APT3R X. before Once upon a thee, many years this story begins, a oerttiin lady said, and indeed swore with an oath thatt Lord Mapledurham had promised marry her, and claimed ten thousand eunds as damages for the, breath of hat promise, Lord Mapledurham salol TBE BRUSSELS POST. '.,'Will Youive me a sovereign;' ;be asked; 'A week's joy, sir, --a weeks joy and life.'"'Give me,' ' said the woman, 'then mo and she'll get something to eet, to ve. ke eusia bl ' "m alenevolent man at bottom, Mr, Neston, as Blodwtall remarks, I acid, "'Hore'a a aovor°lgn for Y°u and her I supposed she meant the daughter) to 1 keepinga here's killing AleGWF 201 1896 "Rattily," said George, haughtily, ""I think thee disoussiel of ladies feelings Is hardly in good taste." "Quite right, old ma answered Vane, im erturbabl , "it's lucky that didn't strike you before you'd heard all you wanted to." "I say, Vane," said George, leaning forward, "std she seam-•.' "Miss Pooklingt°n, or the other siege" "Ob, damn the other girl! Did elle, Vane, old bur George, old Yes, she did. a little, boy!'' I'm a foot," said George. o lel to antly, "I'm always a fool myself aot el , in you alive; an , Oh, I don't know,' said Vane,toter. pais memory was freer . 0o s about sue sovereign for you; au, t k Y a d he never •oontradioted e you. and the 800110/, ehaettaha lo" these thin go and see them to -marrow. ',things, n hut the Xotl re right,' t A d N I t t rrthe I have to go burst from ge airs open to difference of op I "Luke who?"bur "Liverpool on seemed fairly p I'll tell you another odd thing, George, lady on a question of fad; as worts aria beginning to lose its Las of n o, can go o -mo , which his society w whop that a oner Luke Gals'tt gone en out Ah town," owkere amount the w Lord Mapledurham looked. _uhf a s found out afterwards ' mal had painted water -colours -the only thing be bad to do with water. "The Lord bath delivered her into your hand," said Mr. Blodwell to George. "Are you drunk too, Blodwell?" ask - ad the Marquis. "No; but.-" "What was the woman's name?" asked George, taking out a note -book, CHAPTER XI, "Bort. Going to tell me?" To fit square pegs into round holes is "Well, if you don't mind-" one of the favorite pastimes of Nature. "Not a bit. Tell .me later on, if it's S e does it roughly, violently, and with amushig- There are so precious few w nton disregard of the feelingsof amusing things." did the square pegs. "You didn't see the daughter, you?" "Oh, of course it's the daughter l No." "Did you ever know a man named Witt ?" "Never; but Mr. Neston, Ihaveheard of a Mrs, Wilt, Now, Blodwell, Dither out with it,or shut up and let's talk of something else." The latter, please," said Mr. Blod- well, urbanely. And the Margws, who had out -grown the vanity of desiring to know every- thing, made no effort to recur to the subject, tOnly, as George took his leave, he received a piece of, advice, to- tor. gather with a cordial invitation to come She resisted the operation ; she Per- sistently trusted to chance to extri- cate her from the toils into wh{ch she had t being thrown her. If she saw a weapht on ready to her hand, she used it, as she had used the Bournemouth character, but for the most part she trusted to luck. George Neston would fail, or be would relent; or Gerald would be in- vincibly incredulous, or, she would add, smiling ,at her face in the glass, in- vincibly in love. Somehow or other matters would straighten themselves out ; and, at the worst ten days more would bring the marriage; and after the marriage— But really, ten days ahead is as far as one can be expected to look, especially, when the ten days include one's wedding, o Nevertheless, Sidmouth Vane had a knack of being correct in his informa- tion, and he was correct in stating that Neaera bad gone to Liverpool on business. It was, of course, merely a guess that her errand might be con- nected with George's, but it happened Uncross,, " inion, and he asks -a, coincidence," Well?" "You're going to Liverpool to -mor- s a jury of his „Wh t' the matter? Gale, T think'Liverpool, on bnsfness�l Dear me I mhis cause flat ia old ani - countrymen to valuta it. celebre, for such it was in. les day, did not improve Lord. Mapledurham's re - potation, but ,on the other hand, it made Mr. Blodevell's. That gentleman reduced the damages to one thousand, and Lord Mapledurham said that his cross-examinetLon of the plaintiff was quite worth the money., Since then, the two had bean friends, and Mr. Blodwell prided himself greatly on his intimacy with such an exclusive person as the Marquis•, George enjoyed his surprise at the announcement that they would meet that evening at the dinner - party. "Why the dickens does he ask you?" "Upon my honor, I don't know." "It will destroy the last ot your re- putation." "Oh, not if you are there, sir." When George arrived at Lord Maple- durham's, be found nobody except his host and Mr. Blodwell, "I must apologize for having nobody to meet you, Mr. Neston ,except an old friend. 1 asked young Vane -whose in- solence amuses me, -and. 1 iLzderham, but they couldn't Dome." "Three's a good number," said Mr. Blodwell. "If they're three men. But two men and a woman, or two women and a man -awful 1" "Well, we are men, though George is a young one." said ' I don't feel very young," George, smiling,, us they sat down. I am fifty-five," said. the Marquis, "and I feel younger every day, -not xn body, you know, for I'm chocktul of ail- ments; but in mind. 1 am growing out of all the responsibilities of this world." "And of the next?" asked Blodwell. "In the next everything is arranged for us, pleasantly or otherwise. As to this one, no one expects anything more of me -no work, no good deeds, no car- eer, no nothing. It's a delicious free- dom." You never felt your bonds much." "No; but they were there, and every now and then they stagged on my feet." "Your view of old age is comforting," said George. "Only, George, if you want to realize it, you must not marry,"' said Mr. Blod- well, "No,no," said the Marquis. "By tbe way, Blodwell, why did you never mar- ry"" till too late," said Mr. '1'0o poor, Blodwell, briefly. .i The Marquis raised his glass, and seemed to drink a respectful Loast to a dead romance. And you, Lord Mapledurham?" George ventured to ask. "Ay, ask him I" said. Mr. Blodwell. 'Perhaps his reason will be less sadly commonplace." "1 don't know," said the Marquis, pondering. "Some of them expected it and that disgusted me. And some of them didn't, and that disgusted me to." "You put theother sex into rather a difficult position," remarked George, laughing. "Nothing to what they've put me in- to. Eh, Blodwell?" "Now, tell me, Mapleclurham," said Mr. Blodwell, who was in a serious mood to -night. "On the whole, have you enjoyed your life?" 1 have wasted opportunities, talents, confoundedly- amgnoause evnd en es a in ." warn g dwell Z . B to , ' said A r "Ask a ;arson," s I dryly. I remember," the Marquis went on, dreamily, " an old ruffian -another old ruffian-sayingg just the same sort of thing one night. I was at Liverpool for the Cup. Well, in the evening, 1 got tired of the other fellows, and went out for a turn; and down a back street, I found an old chap sitting on a door- etep,-a dirty old fellow, but uncom- monly picturesque, with a long grey beard, As I came by, he was just try- ing to get up, but he staggered and fell back again." "Drunk?" asked Mr. Blodwell. The Marquis nodded. "I gave him a hand, and asked if I could do any- thing for him. Yes, give me a drink,' says he. I told him he was drunk al- soalyhelped he to that neearestmade no odds, gin-pa- 1ace. "Behold this cynic's unacknowledged kindnesses!" said Mr. Blodwell. Sat him down in a chair, and gave him liquor. 'Do you enjoy getting drunk?' I asked him, just as you asked me 11 I had enjoyed life, His drink didn't interfere with his tongue, it only seemed to take him in the lege. He put down his glass, and made me a little speech. " 'Liquor,' says he, 'has been my curse; it's broken up my home, spoilt nrywork, destroyed 1my character, sent me end mine to gaol and shame, God bless liquor) say L' l tolyl him he was an old beast, much as you, Blodwell, told me I was, said, 1'11ityou'reway. a gentleman ryou'll and see me home.. Lying in tbe gutter costs five shillings, next morning, and I haven't got it: 'All right,' said I; and after another glass we started out. He knew the way, anis led me through a lot of filthy places to one 01 the meanest dens lever caw. A red -facet, red -armed, red -voice tad (you know what I menu) woman op- ened the door, and let fly it cloud of Billingsgate at him. The old. chap treated her with lofty courtesy, work a❑ a, {urge wcnlam a,nnea fen s ' (,suite true, Mrs. Bort, says he; t "Upon my soul, it's too bad." ,with this railway will be landertaken Magi' e. )n unt you're always right; I hues ruined my "My dear follow, you know you were Cantil the prinr'.ipal chifieultles of the of six fleeces was secured from a farm- as�f er And yer darter!' shrieked the worn- 01 way with On ler-iv forgotten r fishlike kind moot of eInc best Ruesiansraiil ay een g in- ed in the under thweighed, is same condi- I of way, Only you've forgotten it. One most of 1 h. es Y g ata 'And my (laughter, ' And I am does forget LL when-" cors are engaged. in Siberia. tins as the other lot at suited wool. drunk now, and hope to be drunk to II 1 1 G This wool was clipped about ,lune 16th, th BRIGHTEST LIGHT OV F 1R'tII and the ob�aat m seeming morrow: 'Ahl you old lreasl!' said she, just as I had, shaking her fee,. lI temeobtliged(lto round sir- me, don't knand ow your name.' Yo woaldn't be !letter off 11.- yon did,' says %, 'You couldn't drink de PRACTICAL .F4?RIVI111Gr FALL • SEEDING OF TIMOTHY, NO matter what time ot year the Time othy is sows; one cannot count with ab - sante certainty of having a good catch every time, writes 0. P. Good - ride If it sown in the early spring it will be quite sure to come up good, but if the hot, dry weather games be- fore ie has root enough to witbstand it, the small, feeble Timothy dies, Tide I have found to be the case on an average of one year out of three, and a real good stand was not scour- er; only about one year out of two. When the seed is sown in the fall (about the first of September is the best time) on land properly prepared and the seed well covered, the cases ot failure are rare. 01 course we have had fails when there was just rain enough at- row on business Well, to -day, Mrs. ter sowing to make the seed sprout and Witt went to Liverpool on Business." come up, and then the weather turned The devil l" said George, for theso fire as to kill it. I have had good second time, When in lentless sport, she has at last driven the poor peg to and made it fly, ,driven dint of knocking off and abrading all its corners, philosophers glorify her, Call- ing the process evolution, and plain men wonder why she did not Begin at the other end, and make the holes square to fit the pegs. The square peg on which these trite reflections hang is poor Neaera Witt. Nature made her a careless, ease -loving, o timistic creature, only to drive her. of malice prepense, into an environment -that is to say, in unscientific phrase, a hole --where she had need of the equipment of a full-blooded conspire - again. Excuse me, Mr. Neston,' said the Marquis. ' I fancy I have given you some involuntary assistance to -night," "I hope so. I shall know in a day or two." "To like to be right, Mr. Neston, fs the last weakness of a wise man; to like to be thought right is the inveterate prejudice of fools." m lord," ".Chat last is a hard saying, Y said George, with a laugh. "It really depends mostly on yourin- come,•" answered the Marquis. "Good- night, Mr. Neston," George said good -night, and walked off, shrugging his shoulders at the thought that even so acute a man as Lord Mapledurham seemed unable to appreciate his position. "They all want me to drop it," he mused. "Well, I will, unless -1 But to -morrow I'll go to Liverpool." He 'vas restless and excited. Home and bed seemed unacceptable, and he turned into the Themis Club, whence to be a right uses. Neaera knew we the machinations of the enemy had not the weakaset gin her armour. Hither - soft ejnd him. a, extended foun on a- to she had been content to trust to Hither - sofa and smoking a cigar, he found Sid- her opponent not discovering it ; but, "Whymouth Vane.idas the decisive moment came nearer, a didn't you tome to Lord nervous restlessness so far overcame Mao , have you Veen ere?askeGeorge. her natural insouciance as to deter - dining have been there? I now mine her to an effort to complete her y}n;n with my chief. . didn't know defences, in anticipation of any. assault you knew im yesterday upon them. She was in hap, y,ignor- I met him yesterday for the first ance of the chance that had directed time a George's forces against her vulnerable "He's a queeroold sinner," said Vane. point, and imagined that she herself "But have you heard the naves?" was, in all lumen probability, the only "No. Is there any?" person in London to whom. the name "Tommy Myles has got eagaged,", of Mrs. Bort would be more than an George started. t had a praseatr- unmeaning uneuphonious syllable. To meet "Pull the nano t the lady. her the name was full of meaning; for, conined Vane. together, "Bear tnlike ea rman." from her youth till the day of the, happy "Don't be an ass, Vane. I suppose intervention of that stout and elderly it's Miss Bourne?" d us e� maohina the late Mr W tt Vans nodded. "It would really be amusing,' he sold, "if you'd tell me e i Mrs. Bort had been to Neaera the im- personation of virtue and morality, .rnd honestly bow you feel. But, of course, the physical characteristics that had you won't. You've begun already to caught Lord Mapledurham's frivolous look as if you'd never heard of Miss attention bad been to her merely the frowning aspect under which justice and righteousness are apt to present themselves. Neaera was a good-hearted girl, and Mrs. Bort now lived on a comfortable pension, but no love mingled with the sense of duty that inspired the gift. Mrs. Bort had interpreted her quasi - maternal authority with the widest latitude, and Neaera shuddered to re- member how often Mrs. Bort's discip- line had made her smart, in away, against which apathy of conscience was no shield or buckler. Recorder Dawk- ins know groaned tokn v•oukl have inS 5 g led in N sacra's judicial terrors a even j p Mr Bourne. "Bosh!" said George. "Now, I always wonder why follows do that. When I've been refused by a girl and--" h beg your pardon,'' said George. "I haven't been refused by Miss Bourne." "Well, you would have been, you know. It comes to the same thing." Georgie laughed. 'I dare say I should; but I never meant to expose my- self to such a fate." "George, my friend, do you think speaking the truth?" You're g y p "I am speaking the truth. p g "Not a bit of it," responded Vane, recollection before the image of s. calmly, "A couple of months ago you Bort meant to ask her; and, what's more, she'd have had you." George was dimly conscious that this might be so. "It isn't my moral," Vane went on. "Your moral?" "No. I took it from the Bull's-eye." George groaned. They announce the marriage to- night, and add that they have reason to believe that the engagement has come about largely, through the joint Interest of the parties m 1'affaire Nes- ton." f should say they are unusually ac- cuate." "Meaning thereby, to those who have eyes, that she's jilted you because of did, what could Ido your goings -an, and taken up with Tom- To Be Continued) Tom- my,. n consequence you are to -night ('• pointing a moral and adorning a tale.'" These childish fears aro hard to shake off, and Neaera, as she sped luxuriously to Liverpool, acknowledged to herself that, in that dreadful presence, no adventitious glories of present wealth or future rank would avail her. The governing fact in the situation, the fact that Neaera did not see her way to meet, was that Mrs. Bort was an honest woman. Neaera knew her, and knew that a bribe would be worse than useless even if she dared to offer it, And I don't think,' said Neaera, resting her pretty chin upon her pretty hand, that f should dare." Then she laughed ruefully. I'm not at all sure she wouldn't beat me; and if she success in sowing Timothy with rye wben the rye was sown early in Sep- tember, but when sown in October it was a failure. The Timothy came up, but was so very, fine, and small that the winter freezing killed it. A few years ago 1 sowed rye on a piece of black, mucky land which was a marsh reclaimed by tile drainage. I sowed on it, after the rya was drilled in, four quarts of Timothy seed and two quarts of Alsike.clover seed to the acre and harrowed it over very lightly., This was think seeding. It came up nicely, but was rather small when winter set m. Early in the spring I examined and found the clover dead. , I sowed on an- other two quarts to the acre of Alsike clover seed about the first of April. 1 had a splendid stand and for three years a very Pine meadow. When I seed with clover I seed in the spring. 11 I wish to have Timothy grow with it I usually wait until the tall after, then sow on from two to four quarts of seed to the acre and go over it with a harrow, so as to have at slightly cov- ered. Three different times 1 have sown clover be the fall with winter grain. Twice it was a failure be- cause the clover was so small when hard freezing came that it was killed, Once it was a success and I had a fine stand. As a result of this exper- ience I have decided to always sow co- ver in the spring. When 1 sow Tim- othy with grain I use a grass seed attachment with my grain drill for the purpose, sowing about four quarts to lightly. aore and then harrowing it over When Timothy is sown by itself a wheel -barrow grass -seed -sower is used which sows sixteen feet wide and does it very evenly. I1 one has a field that has been in small grain this year and was not seeded, and which he wishes tin get into 'Timothy as soon as possi- ble, this is the way he should proceed: Prepare the ground nicely tho last of August by plowing and harrowing, or disc it up and then harrow. Sow on the Timothy seed, harrow lightly and roll so as to paok the ground and make it smooth. H the season is favorable a pretty fair crop -say two-thirds of a bull crop -of hay may be expected next year; and the year alter that it will be at Its best, producing a full crop. It is not profitable on most lauds to let a Timothy meadow run more than three years without plowing up,. The second or third year a top dressing of manure will help it wonderfully. The manure should be hauled out right from the stable during the winter and spread evenly over the surface. Early in the spring go over it with a harrow. This will make the manure fine; work up the ground a little around the roots o1 the grass and mix in manure to some extent. Timothy is an exhaustive crop on the soil and good crops cannot be raised on the same ground many years in succession without applying some fertilizer. SUAllIER FEEDING Oh' SWINE. "A series of green foods can be had in succession on most farms throughout the summer with very little prepare - tion. The clover field supplies the first pasture, and will last in good order un- til the green peas are ready to feed. 11 is not well to make sudden changes, an even a pig will get sick if unwisely weight in the first three lots ol{pped M April; in foot, the aggregate weight of the three lata on June 1fr was exaote ly what it was when taken off in April cured, in the meantime, a few of Lha changes being hard. to account for,, but the variation was not great at any time, The late -clipped wool, however, show- ed, a loss of about 6 per cent, ot the original "weight, during the year, and, es he first weight was, not taken un- til a week after shearing there may have been an additional low that was not determined. Tbe indications from this investigation are that; First, oar- 1y -clipped medium wool, from a well kept flock, free from dirt and, stored in good quarters, will not shrink : in weight to any appreolable extent withe in a year from date of 'dewing, dee- med, late clipped wool, of substantially the same kind, will, under the same treatment, shrink about 6 per dent of its original weight within a year. It is probable that heavy,greasy wool will shrink considerably more than this. Wool dealers state that they can never handle this kind of wool, in the early part of the season without• sustaining a heavy loss in weight. Be- fore thudding to hold wool It is well to take into consideration the kind and oondition of the clip, and calculate the probable loan from shrinkage." of the previous year. Some variation tae* "The devil l" ANOTHER RUSSIAN RAILWAY. "Yes, not very soothing, is it? But eo it is. I looked in at Mrs -- ton'sPockling- and they were all talking about it." "The Pocklingtans were?" "Yes. And they asked me-" "Who asked youl" "011, Violet Titzderham and Laura Pocklington, -if. it was the fact that you were in love with Bliss Bourne." "And what did you say?" "I said it was matter of notoriety." easier' line. If this report be true, 1 "Confound your gossip) There's not 1II means that the engineers who last :m- a word of truth in it." , f tumn carefully surveyed all possible r n say there was. , a matter o notoriety, jhave decided in favor of carrying it 'rent 0eveigirnen 11011 i na11d s ser non way in Ili, eiler,tsns, From Tiflis it Is announced that the Russian Government has finally re- solved to build a railway across the main chain ot the Caucasus, from Vla- dikavkaz Lo leutais, on the Tr'anscau- "I di i t' e I said et routes for the contemplated railway was tt ESo it HOUSEHOLD. HELPFUL HINTS, Mutton fat that Le considered unfit for cooking makes excellent shortening for cookies, gingerbread, gems, etc., if it is boiled with one third, les weight in beef drippings (corn beef is best), when it loses its waxy look and taste. It is also good for frying potatoes, fish, cro- quettes, etc, Waste fat that you in- tended for the soap man can be used very economically at bonus. Fry it out and strain. then to one -hail pound re- liable potash and ei little water add three pounds of melted fat and stir for ten minutes, then turn into pans to tool, It; makes an, excellent bard, white soap, for household use, The potash comes in one -pound pens, but as that requires six pounds of grease, which the average household cannot save in a short time, it is better to use but hall at a time. Tbe rest'evils keep well by covering: closely. Cut the soap in; equnres the next day, and loavo to dry ; it will be ready for use in,:theee or four weeks. A little oil of rose or sassafras added while the mixture is hot will give a pleasant perfume. Never use soap on windows. They are cleaned very quickly with clear hot wa- ter into which a few -drops of ammon- ia have been stirred, Use plenty of clean cloths, or a large clean chamois skin. Blankets are made soft and white by washing them in a warm suds of Ivory soap, rinsing in clear water of the same temperature ns the suds, and when tak- en from the wringer, shaking 'vigor- ously, After you pin them to the line. pull and stretch them, doing this sev- eral times while they are drying. Dry as quickly as possible. Chloride of lime should be used about the sink, set tubs andwater closet quite often in summer. NUTRITION IN FLOWERS. flow 'rhes allay Be llaetl nu' Fond tis \1M as lltcnnb•. When the violets of Grasse, France, are grown all the old and stale violets are sold to manufacturers of confec- tionery. In Roumania violets, roses and lime flowers are utilized largely for flavoring preserves of different kinds. The most esteemed sherbet in Egypt is prepared by pounding violets and boiling them in sugar. This violet sherbet is of a green color and is called the "Grand Signor's Sherbet" Rosebuds boiled in sugar and made lute 0, preserve are eaten by Arabian women, Rose petals are candied like violets, and so likewise are jasmines. The common yellow pond lilies make delightful preserves, and from them the Turks prepare a cooling, drink. These flowers have a perfume like that of brandy, and hence are sometimes called "brandy bottles." lig The petals of wine, float away rfromuthe cold,on p in drinking. Every lover of c000l' and fragrant beverages knows the luxury of plunging the heated face into a bunch of fragrant green mint. A scientific publication recently said that by means of musical vibrations forms of flowers and trees can be pro- duced upon sand dand semi-liquid sub- stance 1. Imagine the pleasure of see- ing the image of a flower grow to the sound of musical notes while one en- joys the delicate flavor and odor of the daintiest of nature's products. All flowers of pleasant flavor, and semi solid substance, like the camellia and orange flower, can be used in salads, preserves and sweet fritters. Not only must the form and flavor of foods be considered, but also the nature of the elements they bring into the system, the proper proportion ,ef chemical subl3tances and their laxative or constipating nature. For we do not require food of either too concen- trated or too bulky a nature. It re- quires also a due admixture of foods. Thus, pure albumen is not desirable, We may be made to starve on cheese. Experiments as to the relative solu- bility of animal and vegetable albumen, even if correctly conducted, may be in the highest degree deceptive., The amount of albumen which we daily require is relatively small, and needs a large quantity of respiratory food to he taken with it. The latter is of various kinds which dieter very much in the rapidity of their action, For instance starch is slow and alcohol Ls quick in producing its effect as a supporter of combustion. IC more al- bumen be taken than {s required, the excess is necessarily not digested. Na- ture takes what she requires and leaves the rest. fed. The new food may be introduced by throwing in a Lew forksdoli daily fora week before the permunent change Fernier. "1f ' to be made," says N. Y. l ar is Y field of taus to there is then a smallp be be fed, the pigs may be turned in at once, or it may be wise to hurdle a plot which can be 'hogged off' thor- oughly without any waste. Along with this, if sweet whey or skim milk forms the drink, which should not be fed in a larger quantity than eight pounds per day to a full grown hog, steady and profitable growth may be expect- ed. After the pea season has passed, second -growth clover or corn well be on hand to form the bulk of the diet. As finishing time approaches, a grain ration composed of corn, peas, barley or shorts will le profitably fed in con - Junction with the green ;'odder. Fed m this way, the land upon which pork is produced will have gained fertility. Hogs and hog products have been hold- ing their own remarkably well this season. As in days gone by, he is still the 'gentleman that pays the rid." SHRINKAGE OF WOOL. "It is often desirable to know the loss occasioned by shrinkage in hand- ling and storing of wool under varying conditions, and I think an account of an exper{meat !undertaken with this end in view may not be without inter- est," says a writer in Farm and Home. "Twenty-four fleeces, divided into four lots, were stored, by three different methods, and weighed periodically (gen- erally monthly) for a year. Three lots And did they believe it?" 1 over the Mamisson Pass, which attains i of the wool were from Shropshire sheep ""Dia who believe it?" asked Vane,, an altitude of nearly 9,500 feet, end , cupped eeteveen the 11th and 18th of smiling slightly. , refected the alternative proposal of tun- I April. One lot consisting of live "Oh, Miss Pocklington, and -and the n"ling the mountain at the bead of 1 fleeces win weighed, each separately, other girl." I the famous Darin). Gorge. 1 and packed in a clean, dry box, just "Yes, Miss Pocklington incl the oth- To tunnel the Cross Mountain on the Paige enough to hold the wool con- er girt, I think, believed it," I more Eastern route would entail an 1 venlently, and a close -fitting cover "What did the. say?" , enormous present. expenditure ; on the 1 nailed en. Another lot, containing' "Thother girl said it served you other h:u•i, in keep the Mamisson route eight fleeces, was weighed nhe same re right." g I free of ..na , for six months of the year ' manner, smoked and suspended "And-?" , will be a meat difficult and costly un- � ceiling. Auotheit of five closelyedaov red, an "And Miss Pocklington said it was dert.aking, 1t Le not probable that any placed an . s inn £br soma muceet ic, nle o as to exclu<ia 1 dust mad p E �v SPURIOUS TEA. A large ('onsignmrrit. lt'jrr011 in New Ym'ir-A l'osnilllit) '0111(1 d. May be eireuglit late annum,. An item appears in one of the New York papers to the effect that a large quantity of spurious tea from China refused tl been had recently adJannh re n P entrance into the United States by the Government officials, and that it had been sent by the owners to some other place, Canada being named as its prob- able destination. According to Mr, 1'. C. Larkin ot the Salado Tea Company the same thing occurred last year, "Wel ?" as L. cors°•this lot was "When one's in love ith ane er ; Bll -. " to compare the shrinkage of wool was girl. Ah, George, you can't escape my , pod lour in the season with the early - eagle ane and I did The illuminat{on in ties )tghthause at l eagle eyel I saw your g el ip- Caps de Slave, Lilies miles tram lInvre, dipped wont, All ot the wool was yeti fL ]trndnese "' i le equal in power to 28,00%1100 candies• stored in the same plana, a well•venti- Ga°rSe thought it no use trying to. It is the most brilliant artificial light laced earn, and exposed to a free air - keep his secret, it your idea of in tit world, and in clear weather cars a kindness is it?"aulation 01 air. It was found that 'Certainly. I've ado her jealous," , be seen at a distance`o1 141 miles, ' there was practically no change of SOME GOOD RECIPES. Trifle -Cut stale cake in slices and spread preserves between; lay in a deep dish and heap the dish full of whipped cream. Havana Soup. -Two quarts of stock, one onion, ten cloves, four peppers and four tomatoes, one stalk of celery. Boil fifteen minutes, and add one cup of rice and one cup ot salted shrimps. Serve wben the rice is tender. Lemon Sauce. -Put a tablespoonful of cornstarch into a bow{ with a table- spoonful of butter and a half cupful of sugar. Beat well; pour over boiling water, and stir over the fire until thick. Take up and add the grated rind and juice of one lemon. Gems. -Beat three eggs separately un- til light, stir the yolks, one pint of milk, and three oupfuls of sifted flour togeth- er. Beat well; add a tablespoonful of melted butter and a teaspoonful of salt; mix well; sift in two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, and add the beaten whites of tbe eggs. Pour into greased gem pans and bake in a quick oven. Codfish, with walnut sauce, -Soak one pound of codfish over night; pick apart in as large flakes as possible. Fry in one tablespoonful of lard, a glove of garlic well pounded, and an onion, cut fine. Put in the fish and fry a light brown. Soak one-quarter loaf of bread in the water ; squeeze well, add it to the fish, with two dozen walnuts, chopped Eine. Cook five minutes and serve. Lemon Pudding. -Put a quarter of a pound of macaroons in a pent of milk to soak until soft. Beat four eggs with half a cupful of powdered sugar, until light, and stir into the milk. Beat the whole until thick and smooth ; add the juice of two and the grated rind of three lemons. Pour into a well -butter- ed pudding mold; cover and stand in a when thousands of boxes of Ping Suey from China and Japan were refused entrance into the United States, and the tea was then sent to Montreal, where it was admitted, and afterwards sold for consumption in different 'parts of Canada. Tbe spurious tea, Mr Lar- kin says, is absolutely poisonous, and he hopes i1 the tea recently refused at New York is sent to Canada that the Dominion Government will see that it is either destroyed or sent out of the countryyHe then went an to say that he had 'been telling the people of Can- ada for years back that they should drink the beautiful tons o1 Ceylon and India, which are absolutely free from all adulteration or coloring, and, what is also very important, perfectly clean. He described the different modes of pre - parallels. In China and Japan, the teas, after being picked, undergo a process o1 fermentation, and are then rolled by the hands of tho natives, while be Ceylon and India the teas, after being picked, are never bandied again, but aro prepared entirely and oven packed in lead pace -nes by machinery, so that even the grocer enamel, touch them; and in the ease of Salada, which is the highest grade oC tea made in Ceylonor India, Canadians are enabled to drink it within four months groin the time that it is pinked from the busb. An- other thing in favor of Salada is the fact that no teas are permitted to be shipped out of Ceylon or India with- out Government inspection, and all teas manufactured there are made un- der English supervision, ot of boiling water, to boil for one our. Serve with lemon sauce. Fried Oysters. -Select large, fat oys- ters; have ready a plate of grated oraak- ers ; mix in it a teaspoonful of salt. Take one oyster at a time, roll in the cracker, and lay on a board; let stand for ten minutes; dip in beaten egg, and again in tee grated tracker; let stand for ball an hour. Drop the oys- ter in boiling fat, and fry brown. Take up with a skimmer ; drain on brown pa- per, and serve immediately. Oyster Rarebit. -Clean and remove the hard muscle from half a pint of oys- ters; - Lers ; parboil them in theirowaliquor until their edges curl, and remove to a hot bowl. Put one tablespoonful of but- ter and one-half pound of cheese (brok- en broken in small bits) one saltspoon each of salt and mustard and a taw grains of cayenne into a dish ; while the butter is melting beat toes eggs slightly, and add to them the oyster liquor ; mix this gradually with the melted cheese; add the oysters and turn at once over hot toast. A SPEAKER'S I''IU LLLGE. The Speaker of the English•House of Commons has severaL paeuliar privi- leges. levers, year he lecerves a gift from the Master of. the Bur kliounds of a suck and don kille11 to the royal pre - sores; Leis custom goes back so far that there is no motel of it. Later in the year the Spealter receives another tribute from a different source. The donors on inc set net occasion are the CloLhworkers .Company of London, who end to the Speaker of the house of Commons and to several of Her Majos- ty's ministers a generous width of the best broadelotb. • • KITCHEN HINTS. An abundance of cupboards, each with its wealth of drawers, shelves, and Cub- by-holes constitutes the real secret of an orderly and convenient kitchen. Marble often tries the housewife's patience by its readiness to ac- cumulate soil. It may be rapidly and easily cleaned, however, by the liberal application of common dry salt. This requires no preparation and is speedily effectual. Salt is again useful, when mixed with vaselinc, to cleanse hands that have become grimy through housework. Itub the mixture well into the hands, and then wash thoroughly with ordinary soap. Do not make the mistake of attempt- ing too ht§b 1 polish on out glass. Con- stant polishing reduces the exquisite finish at this most brilliant of table decorations,, Wash the glass quick! rinse properly and let it dry alone, It a towel is used it must be of softest linen. Burning coffee that has been ground. fine is it thorough disinfectant, and will purify the air of the kitchen niter n; cooking accident has resulted in an un- pleasant odor. The only substitute for a painted kitchen floor is an oilcloth, which is perhaps more easily Rept clean. Rugs quickly absorb kitchem impurities and become unclean and unhealthful., The ideal .kitchen has a tiled floor. A WORM'S MEMORY, Mr llmbcll.- l von the worm will turn, His Wife (scornfully) -You are scar - eel), a worm, Mr. llmholl (reminiscently) -Possibly not now, my dear, but I can remember away bade yonder hearing folks say. eomething about an early bird when you got nee. ,