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seeinnesseanangemseesseesieesseasssesseeeeentseeeprosesseeteeeteezeseirmieeseeseneesecosemenzesamenasoseaseeemmencesesnweeeemeeeeeeee,
Mem cold and exhailetifin," replied Ivan,
itnea
" where, son Ivan, where Was he
found 3" owl:timed his mot her, throwing up
THE FROZEN RIVER
o.
A !Mobil( nave on the tee.
„,, whore lho rni her :mac with the sir of au umpired 1. ytho-
1,8 Munn teatime throu, gh widely extenthug wee, o was it not beast h tie, walls of the
plane mid primevel forests, the shades of I same teeter -tan, and were not the imprints
whieh ime seldom trodden by the foot of of loa.4ity(lagers eleible upen hie throat,
eau, and where the writ and the &team:
bear hold undisturbed sway. was a little
ieland of some four neves in extent where an
eix•trooper of Russian cavalry had pitehed
hie teat, after quitting the service on
account of a woad that lie had reeeived on tirgilU have gives him mull 0 grip as
the terrible day of Balalltivit. Ivan trend! that
was a tall, powerful man of thiety years of
age, whose injury had not limn Of so swoons
nature as to prevent his cultivating the
land whieh lay around his song log mann,
and using his elite with unerring dexterity
against the savage denizens el the forest,
which retuned at will upon the banks on
either side of the summit, When he 01
amassed it sufficient quantity of skine, be
would loed them upon 0 hand -sled and pro-
ceed to the town of Pettikoffi some forty
miles away. After it few days' earoese, ho
would return with the sled filled with neces-
saries and a few luxuries to the cottage 011
-the island, where his aged mother, Rizma
lima?, awaited his return.
Rime's head was tilled with all the weird
legeeds of the supernatural dwellerJn the dend had been it better paymaster,
plains and forests, and /she wis always lit " jjt she eot youth, health, valiant
deadly terror lest her son might fall into the beauty," replied hie mother " what can
pewee of some of the terrible creatures who women desire more 1'
-haunted the solitary place wheee he had " There, mether, there," returned hem
taken up his reeidence, She dreaded the onethinely " have got upon a subject
fair, greemelad women who were to be met upon whom we ere never likely te
-with in the forest glades, who, with alluring end you are as unreasonable m your 'neje&
gestures, invited the wayftwee into mine sohem as I, perhaps, am in my love ier Olga,
questered spot and there rent him limb from Cenradus"
limb : the hideoue erwaturce, hali.wolf and " And you will marry her and bring ber
half human being; the spectral hunter, who back -vile sorceress as she is -to the home
scoured the plans et lei:blight and endeav. of your mother, to the home of a Wornan
ored to tempt the belated peasant to tralie
away his immortal soul for certain advan-
tages in this world, only to be puechased by
everlasting perdition in the next. But,
snore than all she dreaded the strange forms
which hauuted the river, Lind of whom the
superstitious rustics spoke with hated
breath.
But Ivan lpanolf, during his military ear.
S er, had lost a good deal of the belief in the
tales he had imbibed during his boyhood,
and to his mother's: intense horror would,
as he sat smoking his pipe, east doubts mien
them.
One night, as Ivan was cleaning hie gun
and his mother occupied with her distal',
the old woman abruptly said :
" Ivan, my dear bey, my heart is very sad
concerning you."
" And why should it be so, mother," re-
turned the man, drawmg the cleaniug•rod
out of the hams' of his piece and gazing batik upon ar holy relieion, and given 00)1'
uponthe old woman's excited faro with sell over, 'Jody and send, to the wiles of a
some surprise; surely, I have done nothing pagan sorceress, hear me, I entreat, lile‘s-
to vex yen?. ol St. Nlichael t sooner than that he should
Ivan." answered the ora woman, " yott 1s0111i: thin damth ter of sawn home, 1111ty the
have changed greatly and have beetime sueh red plague Stliite him, and may the flesh
O terrible unbeliever that 1 fear that some drop !rola Ms 1rmr, at the very spot where
great evil will come mien you, When you he etanding defying alike his God and his
were a child, yon used to pees': close to my mother.
-
knee to terror when I told you of the strange " :\ 1 other 1" cried Ivan, horrified at the
unearthly beings who were sometimes to lo inteneity of his mother's Mira of freneied
seen in the plains, the forests, and by the ' passion " are you beside yourself 1 W hat
river, but 11030-" have I eVer done to deserve this terrible
"But now," interrupted 1)01 0011, "I sin cur0e1"
man, and do not give full credit to all
these silly tales. Are you grieved, mother
that I am no longer a poor weak child 1"
" When you have lived in the world as
Jong as I have son Ivan," replied the old
woman, a little nettled at her SOD'S remark,
"you will know better. But it is not that
about which 1 desired to speak to you. I
suppose that you will be going to Pettikoff
soon 1"
"Well, mother, you see that I should
like to get another bearskin or two before I
t ake the sled to the town, and there are the
tracks of two line bears ou the right bank,
and that is the reason way I am Manning
up my gun. You are surely not afraid of
my going after the bears 1'•
"There are more dangerous area urec than
bears, son Ivan," returned the old woman
sententiously : "and I know well euough
-why you wish to delay your visit to Petti-
kat' for a little while longer.
"And what may that reason be 1" asked
the man, a deep flush rising to his sunburn-
ed cheek.
It is because the band of the gypsy
Conradin has not yet arrived in the town,"
replied the old woman casting a keen glance
at 1101 800.
"Why should I want to see Comadin end
his gang of thieves " auswered Ipanofr,
affecting to be busily engaged over his gun.
"No, hut you wish to see his daughter
Olga," said his mother, rising from her seat
and taking up her position in front or her
son. Ivan, a gypsy sorceress is ao fitting
mate for an honest 10011. Do you not know
that the wandering Bohemians have no re,.
ligiou, and that the girl Olga deals in all
kinds of unholy spells and incantations ?
Teen Ipanolf, you have been a brave soldier,
and have shed your blood for our father the
eliewn:e death that he bad died 3"
'1 helieve that there WAS 001110 euell 1110
repert," answered her soil, rising front his
smit inel plaeing the gnu mem m rack ; "but
you eurelv do not thmk that Olg,'s delicate
" If Itot hers, II was lict' meeter s," re-
turned the 011 woman inyeteriously "linve
Y011 11"01' Ilsard 01 l'olde .W110 flaw, sold
theme: Ives to the pewei of evil, and who
reeelve from them ell they want, upon con.
ditian of paying tribute 1:: them of alumni:1
soul t fixed srasons3 Alexis Ivan:witch
end Ladislee Skytiecki both died in nuntel
sin, and 5,.t Olga kept her faith with the
Ivan IpanolT burst into a loud laugh.
" l'oer "Piga," said lie, who goes wander-
ing nleatt from town to town with her old
vagabond father anti his bInst ering crow of
horseolealet•s and mounte•banks, lifts not
met with very 1110001 treatment at the halide
Id the eN it cue, 1 had thought that the
t omprieter, rqualidlooking Otiniuk,
he passed into A COM I-) 0.141 10 1110 Welt Alla
knoekeil in a pet:tiller fashion at a thew
w hich faced him. The emninone uppeareil
to be underetood, for in a few sem:tele the
sound a the withdrowsl of bats 11141 bells
w as hoard, and es the door 0',11 dimwit
NMI, 13011 paesed into the interior of the
wnieh. pre0eided a id renge scene.
A long, low-rool 000111, mac with the
emblem' odors al soims, yl k 1, and infer.
ior toteireo. A few oil -lamps burned at one
mid Mal made the absourity Om other
portion of the chansher Most palpable, There
WaS 110 furoiture exeept one or two rough
benches, and hoops of dirty blankets near
the great white stove hewed where the (IC-
ellr(41101 of this 011.105 nbode took their imet
a few rifles were hung from pegs on the die-
eolered wale, auti it chintz eatain, which
hail °nee been of gray color and design, but
whieh was now soiled and Mills tinet hue.
e
across the end of the room.
A little dark num, with a villiancate ex'
pression of ceninenitime, naval:mil to greet
the new arrival,
" Wellsny (hal," celed he, extend-
ing a dial: baud toward Ivan. " and so
you have mine to 1 ave a talk with your
Romanyufriends. They are always glad to
see yets
" How are you, rommtlin 1" returned
Ivan, for it wee tho 11311131 ,1 the gyrsy hend
who had eel mimed to greet hint ; 'and lane
goes it with you?"
•` llitt badly, friend I van , but badly, ans.
.tvered. the gypsy, ...vith a rapid movement
of his hand ; the poliev 1.11.0 very hard mmit
us. But 00111e, 111:‘ 111101111 rover 0( 311,, for.
ests, 61m11 not dm epa.rkli»g liquor now,
not sour guess or entunion voffici, but the
brandy which fires the blood :mil the brain,
and makes us forget our :moms and troubles
f t' 9"
" As you like, Cone:die," returned the
wh" hes nyver I'" fulled la 080 of lt6r r"ll'' young =mend extracting a tomroublenote
gious duties. Answer ine, son Ivan, is thut irom the bundle in his breitst, he handed it
your intention 3 ' 10 1)10 gypsy.
" If you insist upon it plain answer to 0 Conradin snatched the greasy piece of
phingeestion," replied her son doggedly, paper and hold it up to one of the lamps,
" 1101)1 going, Upon my next journey 10 bot and them with a grin of satisfaction upon
tikoff, to ask Olga to 1m my wife, and, it see his faoe, was about to leave the room, when
consents, I shall bring her home with as Ivan placed his hand upon his arm and an,
little delay m possible." rested his progress.
The old woman staggcred back as if the o Agg Olga,' asked lie, thnidly ; " how
muscular arm of her sou had dealt, her it is she, and whore is she at presant?"
heavy blow, then, falling upon her knees, "The girl is right enough," answered the
she raised her clasped hands to a youghlr gypsy, impatiently ; " but as queer as ever ;
painted pieture of St. :Michael,. tvluch wit l ishe might make n. heap of money by going
its nimbus of gilded copper let lute the can- out and dancing at the houses of the youug
vas, bung upon the ti hitowitehed wall of the nobles, as she used to do before ; but no,
hut. , oho prefers wandering shout, no one knows
" Heim 3)0 11000121 St. Michael," cried sne: where. 1001) guess, however, whero she
in aecents of fervent entreaty ; my son has was last night, for sho took her skates, and
turnml a deaf ear to the entreaties of the was away for A °mink .11 hours, and when
mother who bore him ; lie has turned his she came back told us or your intended visit.
Of course she went to meet yon, 1 VR11, my
dem. you friend, in young think that if I had
nut evcry confidence in you, that I wonld
Id t you 'noel; my handsome girl ? - .
" lint where is she now 1'' bruke in Ivan,
impatiently.
'. Behind the curtain, prinking herself
out for someone whose name 1 eon guess.
Wait here while I go for the elixir of life,
and be sure thet she will not be long in
malting her appearanee."
He disengaged hie arm from the yoeng
man'e Au ten iind darted through the door.
way.
" The curse will only come of yonr rill'11 I I Van, left cdene in the dimly iighted mom
calling," auswered 10,08mother, who seem- ' made an involuntary step towerd the cur-
ed to have partially recovered her calmness. tain, but, as though recollecting himself,
" Then let it come 1" exclaimed the man, stopped abruptly and whispered softly :
his fury, which had long been smouldee- " Olga, I ain here ; will you not speak to
ing, breaking forth in its turn ; " noth- me, (Agn, r
ing stall tern me from my purpose, The curtain was torn aside and a figure
and, hark you, I want no gromblin,g (=oared which caused the young man no
mother to make my inga unhappy. If you re'c'oil. in wonder and ndmiration. It was
cen treat my wife ns she should be tmated, the figure of a girl of two -and -twenty years
stay here and welcome; but should you re- of 11,(0, tall and well formed ; the swarthy
fuse to act in a reesonableinanner; thero. is ehenn, „bite teeth, „mi gmtering eye
the hospital at Pettikolf foe the old and in- were tokens of het! gypsy descent, while
digent, end I shall not grudge the expencli• her luxuriant raven heir was plaited in long
Ioro of a few roubles 0"1 01 my saving, to tresses and adorned with sequims in a
place you there out of harm's way. strange and fantastic manner. Her arms
"Listen! Holy St 11 Wheel," murmured were hare to the shoulders and adorned
the old woman making no direa reply to with gold bangles, and a shget cloud rose
her eon, but Miming 00)10 111010 to the me- to Ivan'e brow as he fauchni that these
tuned saint upon the wall; '• He renounces might be the gifts of the ill•fated Pole,
his mother, and will pursue his eyil course Ladislas Skyrneeki. She was (Mensal in it
to the end." , strangely cut tuffic of some sort,
For an instant she paused before the pm- clingi„g, black material, quaintly slash•
tired saint upon the wall, and then, wring- ed with °rim,. tks skirt kgregy
111)1 1101' hands in the extremity of her de- fell below her knees, and disclosed hashes).
spair, she passed into an inner chamber, ely limbs clad in 11008 of crimson silk, em.
funnier son heard the clash of the holt as broidered, in gold. A silver cluthogirdie
she shot it into the socket. , adorued her waist, and from it clopeudod a
For mmY 01.2,8; even until 01)0 loon wi".' cruel000king carved dagger, evidently worn
ter night, had pitesed away, Ivan IpanollSitt more for uso thee for show. This strangely
moodily smoking Inc pipe before the stove, beautiful apparition StOod for a moment
turning over his resolution in his mind, but motionless, then, with a light and graceful
at last, with tha air ofv, man who had come bend, caught up a stringed instrument of
to a resolve, be rose to his feet, packed the curious design, and, striking A few chords,
hantheled fastened his skates open his feet, began one of those gel:sera flit:Ina dances,
and without bidding his mother farewell, as remarkable for the grace of their steps as
went quickly over the frozen snow to the for the air of sensuousness which they seem
river, and In a few minntes the ring of his to possess. Backward and forward ehe
skatee could be heiti•d as he sped along the swayed, still ilmtving the same wild witch.
waters of tbo Vietule. upon his way to Pet- notes froin tho insmumen to her whole frame
tikel and Olga, quivering and vibrating to the musie, and
hor oyes biasing with a fire which seemed
to penetrate to the soul of Ivan Ipanott
(TO AR 013:4T11 PAD.)
Imo heart of the expectant lover grew
Czar ; thtuk you that you ought to bring suddenly chill as he neat ed a portion of the
such a bride to our home? Bettor consort river which recalled to hon the terrible
with Due of the green 010131011 of the forest ; malediction with which hie mother hinl
she will hut rend you to pieces svithin the threatened him. There wee a small pro -
hour, and that Nvill be a inore merciful fate mentor), reaching far out into the gen ire of
than yon will meet at the 1101118 of Olga the stream, anti upon the extreme point of
Conraclin," it sterel a wooden building, W1111.111 WAS fast
"Mother, you are blinded by prejudice," falling to decay, The huge logs of which
answered Ivan, hotly : "I grant you that 1 the walle were composed gaped with wide
Olga is wild and wilful, hot she does not ; crevieee and 30000 coated with a thiek
deal in the dark arts." growth of »tosses anti lichens, 11001 coated
" Does she not 1" replied the all woman, with a crystal covering of frozen 811031'.
bitterly; " have you forgotten young Alexis Several of the boards of the heavy wheel had
Ivanovitoh, who was drowned last year as rotted away, end Om roof had fallen in in
be WAS comilw home from a visit to the many plexus; but the windows were all no.
gypsy fiend 1 I merely hoaded up, and the door rammed
' Olga never cared for him," answered massive enough to resist a battery of artil-
Ivan ; "besides, Alexis was always too lery. The garden, which hatl once existed
fond of Voclki, and it was after a deep bellied the mill, Nvas iloW nothing bet a
carouse with Unnradin that he met his fate snow-covered deeert, with a few gaunt,
beneath the waters: of the Vistula," leafless shrubs forcing their heads through
"Be it so ; but tell me where the body • their white winding -sheet, and waving gent-
-was found -was it not entangled in the rot- ly heckle:Led and forward in the breeze. A
ting timhers of the wheel of the old mill few blackened, rotting timbers stood in
which stands upon the rivers bank, half -way quaint shapes above the snow, and it flight
between our home and Pettikoll 7" of shattered wooden stops, now veiled by a
"When a tnan is soaked in valki he eau patch or fungus of blood -red hue, led from
hall into the river as easily at one spot as at the front door to the wittem and AS Ivan
another," returned the young man, cares gazed, he remembered with to shudder that
lesoly.1 it wits upon theso very steps that the body
" And how about the young Polish gen. ' of Lndislas filzyneoki had been found., with
Oman, Paul Ladislas Skyrneeki, who came the marks of a violent death li>1.
into these parts to shoot 1 persisted the old printed epon his throat,
woman. i Ivan [mulct not eufrain from nesting a
A darker lltudi than before rose to the look of horror at the ruined mill, but very
young man's face, es: he answered. ; Soon he put on an extra dash, and the ring
" Istdislas Skyrneeki was an insolent cox-, 011(10 skates mingled with the refraiu of a
comb, aud taking advantage a Olga'm posh jovial driaking.oliorns 04 ho glided away
Sion he persecuted her with unweleorned at- faster iced yet 10018) 1)1 the direction of Pot.
tentions and odious proposals, in which be tikolf. The sled, in spite of it 1 load of skins
was aided and abetted by that old sillion ad the forest produce which was piled
.ratlin." upon it, moved easily onmedi, and Ivan
"Indeed 1" answered his ntothert with it Ipatinif felt scarcely ony fatigue as he came
sneer 1 " then how is i1 that the girl still to it halt before the heavy liee or piles
wears the rich coral ornament aud the Inas- which proteeted Nut I; 0 If front the incurs,
SiVe 'rakish bangles whieli he gime her /" ions of the Vistula, The commercial par,
" All 01,1(1101)115 fond ,1 finery,. replied of his bueiness 0100 0000 arranger), end, with
Ivan, half apolegetiesily. '11,11 11 ;l>, yt,,ing tow,11 imielie of gresey rouble e1,1e8 seem--
Ma/1 Ws% fool enoto„M 10 eke her Oleic:es, ed in l'he Ilrett..1 1i& lean loft the
elle slag right. to famish hint by ketlilliq Amin thounigh arc the town Alla dived
them aud sendit‘g loin about Ids Inishiess, into a maze of ',arrow, dirty .1 wets, with
" his 1nNinr," rep atm) Me old Which he lo he W(41 (3011111i10(81.
A Grateful Jury.
Not so Long hut Quite as Wide.
It is customary for railroads to 100110 an-
nual paeses to the highest officials of ether
reilroads in Ole mine soetion of the country.
A while ago the President of a little lumber
railroad in Minnesote,--0 line only four
miles long a».1 bait solely for the trunspor.
tat ion of lumber -called at the general offi-
cers of the Great: Northern Railway 14 10
Paul, presented his card, and said that he
hed issued an annual pass to President
James Yfill or the Orem; Northern 511 (0001(1
like a similar courtesy. The °nice employees
were thunderstruck by this display of nerve
and politely refused to honor the roguest.
The caller grow indignant, and demended
15 000 " Jim" Hill personally. Being usher-
ed into President private offiee he
again stated his ease and asked for no annu•
al pass.
"13111, my dear sir, your road is not a
passenger line, and a 118,50 over it is worth
-
lass," said Mr. Hill,
" I know it," replied the insistent paler,
" but it is customary 10 honor requests foe
conetesies. Wo railway magnittes neemot
afford to diseeimi tette against each otht r:
yon know. lis a matter of regolar form
--
discipline, it's part of the mil way buelliess
von see, and we onght not tif viohme ithy of
the regnlar 050(001 reputable linen Seer,
" Yes-peril/gel ; but don't you gee tha1,!
yon have no real railway lino? Your's Is •
only a, jay' freight, lino about four miles
long, beginning at a lumber camp awl end.
ing the Loed only knoWS where,"
" Well, NIL. Rill, I'm tvilling to admit
tha1 tny road net 1. as long an yours t 1(11,01,31'
claimed it wits Bee my road ie just es
wide as 3011I31, i1,11,1 1 wain yen tO keep
1111t1 filet iii view, you 00g,.1 11,
sir,"
" Ily fleoree 1 mwer thought of
eried [Till. awl 1 Minn 01 I 130 0011( 1
101. tho 011100 A 0!1 ;1111111,11 “V.
PAM! e 1 l01,1 N, 1 011 311,111.
winnan ; • 0037 Val 04 ,14,1.1, 11,1,. DO yen Atter eleeit 11'11 11,1111108(83S1S moll( Mg. he
recollect. 01)313bees mc t stopp-il at 11,1' door of a low drinkho
ing-sp To keg, t,ee'i 11."11 th,"lefoe,htieus
"II° lost liis wity in the fortiq awl :hod and after exchangieg a word 00 two45,1 1 : nei
w, plat, imn.plior 1 nengst them,
P 0 714 APRIL, 1, 1892
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HOUSEHOLD,
Good Manigemout,
It Witt; a howl that tapered to it wall and
began again 14111 tapered again. It WAS a
series a howls,
Reginald oat in tlo middle of the libray
doer, brendishing a novewshivee alma hie
heittl. At the 141,11,0 111110 110 W(1.s 11111(gillg
lag W01.111M fair 1,1,11k ng.
The bank WAS an Wee beet-4lupe:1, end
cainted to rupremod, an open mouth elm; 11.
Many a minerid meal bad 11..ginttlil sold
Matt:ring dimwit Ids lipe into its 001.1 rim
stomach without /LS 11)11011 DS Or
ostil)lingWith the twit big serews 111 Ps
bat+ which held Om ereattire together and
kept the money side.
But 11 30110 different now, lIe had found
the s2rew- driver, and with it an idea, lie
would make tide batik disgorge,
l'apii. Mill 110, and Reginald howled.
The family gale:veil around. There ems
grandpa, lift and 1010100e; A tint Sado, :35 and
hopeful ; papa, 130 and etern ; mamma, 125
Ned anil, last of all, there was Uncle
Bob, 10 and intolerant, hurriedly t1100Willg
01/ his overcoat and hat, while he muttered
something under his breath ilunt " P11.11/10-
moniuth let loose
" See liere, kidlet," he 0191)01 (0 say
just before st arting ottt, " what s t ho matter
with (Maher? "
"
lies all whight " sobbed Reginald.
"lint 1-01031te—"
" Vou want tu stop crying, straight, so
Uncle Bolt% bring you a big 13,0 01 ettudy,
don't yen 3"
" Nog)! I want() [sob] take de squeeze
out -out -out o'i,iy hithisank I"
And Uncle Bob departed under cover of a
new howl,
" Bank rhymes with spank," said papa,
mean ugly.
'No, you shall not 1" exclaiined inemmit,
going 1101011 on her kneee close to Basuto:1d,
" :eweetheine," she began, " annum s
angel boy 1" You don't want to make inam-
ma's head ache, do yeti?"
"No, 1 wento lake--'-" " But Redgy,
darling, listen : This screaming makes us
all feel so bad I See, yon make mamma ory,
too." She covered her Mee with her bands
while Reginald trailed " 0-oda•oh ! 10101130
ta-a-ake de squeoze--"
" Redge 1" broke in papa. " Tfear ma!
That's a world's fair bank, Papa told you
so when he gave 11 10 you. Vat can't opou
it until '03. If you're a Rood boy and do as
papa says when '03 yon'll have 01,)) of
money and now stop screaming nett listen,
then paps will take you to the fair and let
you spend all the money in that bank -just
think I"
" I don't rare 'bout 111 I don't wanto epee
it, on ninety -free 1 I wa-anto take de
squooze out of niy--"
" Iteginabl, my pet !" It was Aunt Sado
now. She is imlergarien to the backbone
aml knows all about diverting it child's at-
tention an1 snItstituting alter things.
'•Reglitaltbjt,st 000 this funny seeew driver
See, Ida. me take it ! There 1 see 1101i hop,
hop, go.ambliever-stop ! lie's n 111110 011e -
logged_ man. Anne Sada will weep her
handkerchief around him for a shawl. See 1
Now he will come hop -hop -hopping to
all upon your bouie."
" O•o oh 1.' Reginald bast forth. He
bad paused for in instant, but Aunt &tile's
last word reminded him. " I wa-anto take
de 5)100000- -"
" Say, Reclge," cried grandpa loudly.
" Look here 1 Little boy red, come blow up
your cow. Say, !ledge, did grandpa tell it
right? Little boy red--"
" I wam•anto take is SQ11007,0 out or my
ba-a-nk 1 0 -0 -oh 1" was Reginald's reply,
and grandpa sank batik in his ohair with a
roil rod face. " I wondoe where mother
can be," he said to himself.
Jost then came grandma, GO, serene, and
sweet.
" Leave bim to me. Come, Reginald,"
she said taking him gently by the arm.
Reginald went.
There is it sliding door between the lib-
rary and grandma's rcom. This she softly
closed.
The listening circle hoard one sentemce
spoken, with rising inflection, in grandma's
tones. Then Reginald began hia tale of
W00. At first his voice was broken with
many sobs and catellinge of his breath, bue
gradually it became more quiet until at lust
it ceased, Perfect silence followed.
Cirandmis face began to glow with pride.
" It's remarkable," said he. " It's wonder-
ful the way she manages. I don't ithow
whether it's beeause of her experience in
bringing op so nutny children or whether
elle has a special knack, but there's some-
thing almost like magic in the evay she
manages that chitel. We all in managing,
I think."
He glitheed at Meson for emnlirmation.
" Yes, you're right -it's great," sesented
Reginald's papa, forgetting lo notice how
pink and perturbed his little wife had
grown. 8118, thought she could generally
manage her baby boy as well as any one.
Aunt Sado, too, was lookine imbue, She
knew quite teen thet grantlins, had never
been in kindergarten training.
Presently geandpa noieelessly drew lmok
the door or get:minus's room. The rest of
the grottos:1 tiptoed after him and peeped
over his shoulder,
Reginald stood before grandma's chair
looking cenfidingly 1010 her hum, Ills eyes
twinkled through tears, and his rosy cheeks
01000 dtmpling gayly. He was holding his
chubby hands together in the shape of a
bowl and the bowl wits filled with pennies,
dimes, and. niokles. Evidently he purposed
feeding the motley to his hank a second,
time, 00 soon as grandma could get the
dismembered creature into shape once
1000101;
8was just fitting the sorews into place
when Reginald caught sight; 01 1110 people in
theTg
e°°tnrwonaeYy. fell in a noisy shower upon the
goon
"Gamma 1" cried out the boy, in the tone
of one appealing to a guilty °emend°.
" Dey've cached us I"
instantly grandma thrust the bank and
sorew.drivor nside, enatelied her pet Mtn her
cuddling Reins and turning, with a startled
mile, faced the spate,: ors,
Then, miter emollient, everybody laughed
-Reginald's inamins most of ell.
Everybody, memi, except groeulpa. Ito
took the newmpaper begati to rmol to
thong,' his very life depended on Ills ro-
membering every word.
Rooipos,
nAtirao rrtiloxs, -'rake largo onions, Rpan•
too the best for this purpose, trim wi th-
rill! peeling, olitl Imiljor an hour in plenty
nf salted w.tior, drain, wipo dry and roll in
tissue paper like oranges and bake in mod,
rate oven for im hour. When dene peel.
pat in 3. too veget Aldo dish and sprinkle
with pepper and :tun, vonr m white eanee
eie:r theinend gave, Thie 01)11 )0' found
(101104(118
010.7 of 0,Prking onions 1201 is new
tn many.
veep Moak a beef's heart for
tW0 11011131 ill 001100 (If cold water, rettove
earefully every sigi 1 of in:mole and bleed :mil T1 mAxEst y -,s witEAT pipz
till it with a dressing made As follows 1 Ous, ^
. -
01111 of stale 1(1(11 0011111118, 8. la ble•istonful
of 1 11 11413,0, tal,lesp,,,,afal ,,j melt. to Rturee up al 1 the Tohneett not clamed in
el ',atter, a, setego.niful of netierani, It 81111311 441(0111 feriforec,
teaspeonful of eat mel a 11,111 a I ea ,p,,21 ; 414 Till, supp„siti.,, , ha ''1110 0,1,00,1 ripe 44
of bhwIt pepper, all mixed well together, i.., on the point of being abolished proVes to
Quirt or of A 01111 a boor orrot, finely chop. he !Jane erroneons, Inquiry outdo at her
14,-,1, 1113Y 11" 40,144git.,1,0•1 fol. the 6111101' it :+laae.ty's inistoms ('01,1)101 that the time -
liked, rie the heart in ehape then tie or II:mere:1 oven 111 %Odell lobageo is destroyed
sew It in a cloth 404441 por it ro o small deep by the inland revenue aittliorititim, and
0011110 Pm, 'mint d10'n113.11, 1 ''ll'sr will! «Melt, from hang devoted solely to that,
Water mt,d."1.0W Iffolliv hte 111)00 host's: 1 he purpose, has 011,111(41 its; 1%11101111 title, 111
1,010). Wil I have Imil led Wary to/110(111 11 pint. ,,ly 10 1:0 replaced hy a furnace of sterner
Take the heart out of 1 be cloth and pu t It in
a hot dish in the oven while yen thieken 4440 star mom 1,140 existitig apparatus now pre.
sent.,
gravy with a teldespeonful of brewned bet- prom ihe /moo :het cheek,. pketeee
tee, whiell hits been till:it:rued with two of toeeheil epee ihe mogret 11, gteet, deist of
iI °tni'' I(1a3glr'ifS"ln03'if111Id"11Titi'll''hel'Hin:'11Pa00t°1'"eg"Lier'd
p011 01t1.)e1=1, idIerN'et(1,);Itc01Vtia1(ttlniteotg1'ipe,"Lnst00ilOf
UI.
4Nret)::11)ii.emilt-I..tirr, -' Unlike many other smoking the primest of smuggled eigare and
being a ravenous maw that IS eternally
things with 1110re popular names, '' ItItoltIles" m'0001111008 for pipes and cigarettes, it is tho
show out there mom agreeable qualttles decent crematory of merely the worthless
when " in the soup." Make them as folpetunia of cargoes and thb refuse and
lows ; Put tst n tablespoonfuls of Rifted flour sweeplege of the bonding lemma. After
into a shallow howl, make it hole in the iseisure contraband tobtwoo is overhauled,
middle and put the yolks of 1W0 egge awl a 'and the good portions ere separated front
mdtsporniftil of salt to ite then with :: silver Idle worthlems. Sueb portions 04 aro vegan.
forlz blend to 0 pitste ; now, with the hand ad are then pulsed on to a cutter. He slices
lightly floured, inould until it doe,,,n- mtick ep the °ekes, twists and plugs, and the
to the bowl 1 now roll it out es thin as:different, brands aro then mixed and an
possible and put it ont into the air 1 for agreeable blond obtained.
five minutes to dry 1 it should be 80 easily The mixture thus 01,01110,1 10 eupplied to
to handle 1111,1 11 may be spread on a (dean the convict prisons, and is one of tile 001180•
ClOtll 111111 hung oti the line, or spread on it lotions of criminal Innaties. This is 11)00 -
large sieve where the air can blow under, lutely the only direction in which confisca-
tioli the sheet lightly and ca in fillets ed tobitece ia sent an again for use. Were
about an hudi long 1 111 ate it very good beef lit distributed to workhouses and eimiliar in.
broth by p1in•in4 1110'e 1111 10 of nicely clear- istitutions there would soon he an int tory
eil stoek, oold, oe boll a pound of teen beef !front the trade of spoiling the market. For
chopped fine 1 let it, stand for half an boni•I the quantity of tobacco thus trenLed is huge
-
00 a, cord part of to range, dritW forward, ly swollen by the refuee sehieli traders haVe
bring lo the boil, Strain, color 1-, a ileeptun. themselves to reiret. When a consignment
bey, salt it to taste and add a little War. comes to be taken out of bond it is in very
cesterslitre ammo or mush -room sauce if rare 011808 Ulla 1.110 W1101(1 of the (man tity is
liked. If the soup is 1101 perfectly clear found to be serviceable. The bad is thrown
strain through the soup•bag or a piece 0( 0111 and goes to feed " the l'ipa."
cheesemlote put iii the eolander, Pet the
noodles into the soup when boiling, botl
gently for twenty minutes and serve. :For
clear soups it is particularly 1 inpm taut to
have the tureen and plates as hot as can be
conveuiently handled.
--
What to Teach a Daughter.
Teach her that not only must she love her
father 111 (1 met her, but lionout•thein in word
and deed,
That work is 'worthy always when i1 is'
well :lono.
lutt the value of money is just the good
Lt will do in life, 1101 that sho ought to know
and appreciate this value,
That the insit who wishes to merry her is
the one WIAI tulle her so atel is tenting to
work for l;er and not the one 31110 whispers
silly love speeches and forgets that 01011
erase to be men when they have no object
in life.
That her best confident is alwayz her
mother, and that no one sympathises with
her in her pleasures and joys as you. ill>,
That unleis ehe shows eourtesy to others
she need ntrter expect it from them, and
that the best answer to rudeness is being
blind to it.
That when ( made her body he in tend•
ed that it shoind be clothed properly atul
modestly, noel when she neglects herself
she is insulting him who made her.
Teach her to think well before she says
110 or yes, but to mean it when she does.
Teach her 1)101 1,0 own room is her nest,
and that to make it sweel and attractive is
a duty as well as a pleasure.
Teach her (1101 11 she can sing or read or
draw, or give pleasure in any way by her
accomplishments, she is selfish and unkind
if she does not do this gladly,
Teaeh her to be a wornan-self•respecting,
honest, loving 01111 kind, and then you will
have a daughter .tylio will be a pleasure to
you always, and whose days will be loug
and joyous in the land which the Lord bath
given her.
Your School Friends.
You may have heard yonr mother tell
hew, when she (00111 to school, she had snob
a deer girl friend, and how they two have
kept up tho friendliness for many long
yeas, and you have perhaps heard her say
that scheol friendships are often the most
enduring of any.
Then you have wondered if you and your
present " best friend" will love each other
when bah of you ere grity-heacled.
Now let us see how things stand betweeu
you nnd your hes' friend Anna. Of course
you like her very much, but you mnst con-
feoS tlItit very frequently there oomes al ittle
" tiff," and you 11011 ont." 1Vlien such a
thing happens you straightway transplant
your atLeottutis to seine other girl, and your
friend does lieeseise. You two scercely
speak when you meet, and generally make a
130101 (31 showing !meat devotion to the new
trieed 10 the ptmsenee of the old one.
Now isn't it rather silly to have these um
happy differencee so frequently 1 If Ansi
does soma very unworthy act then she
deserves the lese of your frienfIship ; but is
your regard so flail a thing that it cannot
stand differences of opinion? Canuot
you be more geiterous?
if your friend is lovable nal yon aro the
kind of girl you ought to be, then you will
18811' With her ineoesistoncies nod pue
with some of her faults Perhaps you aro
not ci 1415 13010(001 yourself, and she may have
to boar some things from you, It yonr
friendship is the real thine you will remem-
ber that love "hopeth all things," "hottroth
all thiegs," and so bearing 1110,117 things
patiently and sweetly, you will find that
years will not weaken, but will rather
etrengthen, your mutual bond of inter.
eouree.
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Care of Chilblains.
WoMen who euffer from chilblains, espeol.
ally on thehands, nreadvised by nuotctlioc'iby
on the subject to wear extra -warm under.
vests with long sleeves, letting the sleeves of
their drosses roach well down over the wrists,
They should alao wear warm etockings, as
cold feet affect the A halo body but espeoL ,
ally the bead and hands. Never plunge the
hands MU) very hot or very cold water,
nevi do not expome them in the frosty air
; without wenn gloves and fb muff, hispecial
earn elimild be taken that tho lyrists arej
1 well proteeted,
'
11 >, spite ot them prune 1.1008 '
Mains appear, balm the hoods with 01011,111
:Made of ono pare spirits of wine and live
pityte spirits of 00001000)', tethhing the ports
7 wibIt Ibo h,tlhde 30 %ea t. it
friction. This lotion should be applied
ovot'y Iwo l>ouro UsuallyI 1
will disappear atm. a few applieations ; and
if proper eare is exeroised in dressing the
arms and hands mid the wearing of warm
underclothing, it le not likely that the
chilblains will beeratio troublesome. Their
premoneoi»clioatime feeble 0141U a the blood,
unable to boar the mulden changes of heat
ands:aft
A ohm woman is 0110 Whti 011(19 the n)ce.
nesebit yew:in:1 me and all the Ned, a 1 ho
world, and as she oblitcratts.‘ our faults du
makes 118 try to do 11 to.
At leasl two destinations await such stuff
as may be condemned its past reclaim.
Some is sent to Kew Oardens to lie used in
fumigating the plant -houses. '1'110 rest is
shoveled into " the Queen's 'Pipe " by a
stoker who has been engaged in replenish.
ing this singular fire for years, and who is
emifident that the pane in his aged back
are due to the fumes and dest he inhales in
the tits's and to nothing else.
The most persistent of smokers is situat-
ed al the Victoria Dock, where fvoin 1.15 to
ile per cent. of the entire imports of tobac-
co ere received. It 10 a huge oven, fronted
by a grate throngh whiell the noisome fuel
1501011, From time to time iren girders have
been fixed about the strueture te connteract
the elthels or the intense heat generated
within it. BM, swathed in hands as it iS,
its sides still bulge ti.nd it exhibits such a
crazy appearance that 4 141/11(1 1100' pipe 14
1,0 110 8111/1/110(1 for '• 1 110 Queen's smoking,"
The little brick lionsc in ',Odell the fortittee
is set up 14 mimed 03 Ow eoluminption of
tolhteco, Nothing e10e ever enters its 131e-
1 Viten reduced to ashes the proportion of
lime contained in the dust 13:1011.41( it useful
ler manlier:. It iE disposed of to agrieultur-
ists for to ixture with other materials in tili.
itio• the land. There is 0 smaller ''pipe "
th.e Queen's warehouees on the river bank,
near the monument. Into this femme(' all
kinds of condemned goods are ease Boxes
of cigarettes come to hand inclose:1 in pret-
tily emblazoned eases, W111011 would 4.0E10.10
tn soppose they arc of the lilitglish make
they profess to be. A Huy label modestly
endeavors to meet the requirements of the
law by intimating that, the contents are
" Austrian make. There is nothing upon
the cigarettes themselves 10 011011' that they
are not piratical counterfeits, however, aud
so they are stripped of their false calms and
condemned as against regulations.
Old Me.
At the time of old age our work should
be given entirely to the welfare of others.
there atm many fields open to cultivation
whieh 011 need permit could successfully
work, and which, while not demanding of
exhaustire labors, would offer him a
healthful exercise of his physical and mon.
tal capabilities. '11)0)0 are philanthropic
enterprises of all kinds, whien could be left
to the successful handling of persons who
lisve retired from 1110 active battlefield of
life, We niust fatniliarize ourselves with
such lithors during the time in which wo
are actively engaged in our various business
purred ts, in order to thus prepare oursolvem
for the futnee
Again, wo shOuld learn to remain in con-
stant toech with the progressive thoughts
of the world by reading 1(8 /Roraima. Aged
people who are readers escape, through the
weaved habit of reading, becoming bores
to others as well as to themselves.
While a great deal depends upon our.
selves, WO Must na forget that the world
owns obligations to the aged. We owe them
the debt of gratitude, end we must help
them 13 hoar their burdens. 130111 the aged
and the young must learn to appreciate
eaell other's posithm, because nature needs
them bali, has nso for them both, and has
ordered it thnt it should be so. Every other
period of one life Ma period of advancement,
sported of (Amigo. Old age is a period of
standstill, and, no father development be -
Mg needed, none is accotnplishod and none
must he expected,
The Fastest Speed.
A repid writer elm write 110 words a min-
ute, To do this ho mat draw his pen
through the space of a rod --104 feet, In
40 ininnees his pen bravels a furlong, and
in five hours and a third, it full mile,
Re makes on an average 30 (nieces or burns
of the pen for oath word written.
Writing at the rate of 30 words per min.
am he must make eight eaves to emelt
second ; in an hour 23,800 ; in five hours,
144,000; end in 300 days, working only five
hours each day, he makes nob less than 43.-
200,000 eaves and turns of tho pen 1
mai that makee but 1,000,000 bas
done nothleg vemarkable; there are those
that make four Minas that number. Here
W5 have in the aggregate a mark 800 miles
long to be trued on paper by a single writ-
er in a yeer.
In making each later of the alplutbet we
(1110101) 1•011 11(0100 to 00001 0(401000 af th
pon-on an average three and one-hitaf te
feels
Tho hi:stoat 111118 111 Which a Math hes been
10110011 to trowel a mile 10 49 Etecont18 and to
fraction ; to accomplish the same distance
the fastest bicyclist that has hitherto ridden
took two minutes and threomuarters, 011
just about throe times as long,
An leo yacht; has travelled a mile in one
514in11te and 10 soomuls, a running horse in
ono mime seconds, a torpedo boat in
ono minute rermeolids, &steam yacht ie two
minutes 10 seconds atirl 0 fraotion, mid a
skiteer imehm, with favorable wind behind
in two immites 12 emends aid rather
a larger freedom
Idleness is Loth it (110 )3 sin and the mune
of maey more,
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