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AFTWORNANVOLUE,
Ti•ere had been a robbery in ma alike,
and as sespielon neutully 10118 on the juniev,
I was sweeter].
I considered MN hard, very hard and nn.
just especially as there wove ethers lit our
• mom, who, to my mind, wete at kuit
likely to hero committed the tneft 011 my•
self ; yet on me the odium of it all fell.
Not Met 1 1'i00 openly amused : there
not, suffielent evidence to go upon fov that ;
Nit who has not men the gioneee, hefted the
dropped worde, and gone tineeigir all the
unpleasant experiences of iruell 0 timo?
One day I was called into the premium
of the two beads of the firm, and gravely
told what had occurred and queetioned eon.
moil rig It
sum of fifty pounds had been ex traded
from their private desk, The money had
been locked Liu overnight for use in the
morning, and lo when sought for, it had
vanished 1
I gasped with astonishment and con -
Alternation. Fifty pounds wan a fortune in
my eyes.
" Gene, sit, I" I said, " Yon don't mean
11, 1"
" Yeo, Jamee," answered Mr. Brooks,
the eenior partner, steady ; " gene ; every
penny of it ; and now it is my enpleasant
duty to aek you if you know any thing of
this unfortunate troneaction, tund to remind
you that you worked late lost night."
It was true enmesh. I had stayed later than
the others, to get my books into thorough
order. It was my onfitoM to wet* Over-
time if my hooks were at ell behind.
" Yes, sir," 1 answered as firmly es I
could, "I did wovk late last night, but as
I Mond before you, I know nothing of the
money."
To my mortification I kit the red dyeing
my fem. My employers might read it as an
acknowledgment of tuy guilt. I was aware
of this, and the thought maddened me.
"It is Falange, very strange," wont on
Mr, Brooks ; " you were the only one here,
the money could nob disappear without
hands. You have only been with us six
months, and on you, naturally, suspicion
rests. Your fellow-elerks are men of integ-
rity, and have been with us many years. It
will pain us much to put the matter into
other hands, but there Is nothing else to be
one, e . s 1, on .
His partner moved uneasily. He hail
been kind to me in many ways. I looked
eagerly towards him now, trusting he would
speak in my layette.
" We have never found him dishonest be-
fore," he said, sorrowfully. " Aa to put-
ting the matter into °thee handr, let it watt
a day or two, perhaps something will come
out, meanwhile."
They were silent for a fow moments.
Suddenly Mv. Brooks spoke.
" Yon are in lodgings, 0 believe, James?"
" Yes, sir at No. 24 West -street."
" Yon will have no objection to going
there now with us, and turning out your
boxes before us ,
I hositoted. The thought of my employ-
ers going to my poor little lodgings and
turning over my shobby belongings was dis-
pleasing to me. I saw au unpleasant ex-
pression glimmer in Mr. 13rooks' eyes.
" You will lave your trouble in vain, sir,"
I aeswered ; " bet come, 11 you will.
In le fow minutes we were in a rah, being
whirled along the sunlit streets I felt like
O eriminal being taken to prison.
I sat silently ,vith irty back to the horse,
while my employers conveseed briefly on,
Ole other seat.
We Imre nearing our destination ; the'
street grew narrower and more gloomy than
over. The sun here could find no way be -I
tweet' the tall, smoke -grimed houses, At
last we stopped at No. 2-1, 'Vest -street I
hastened to get out in order to unlock the
door.
It was nearing dinner time, 0 smell of
burnt onions pervaded the house, not unmix.
ed with au odour of soap -suds coining up,
from below. I led the way up the Darrow'
stairease, and from thence into my room.
It was In reality a bedroom, but, there I inst
in my few hours of leisure ; my meals mare
served in the cammon sitting -room below.
My employers looked curiouely around
them. The room, no doubt to their ayes,
was repuleive in the extreme. It seemed to
me to look shabbier than usual this morning. ,
I wished that 111011 not left toy dirty bootal
kicking about on the floor, and had openedl
the window to let in the fresh air.
"Thio is your bedroom, James," remark-
ed Mr. Kent, kindly. "Is your sitting:
room on the some floor ?"
This Is my only room, sir," I said briefly.
A look of pity come to his eyrie. Mr, Brooks
simply seemed impatient and somewhat dim!
gusted.
" Well, now to business," he stud sharply,
" Will you turn out your boxes, young sir ?"'
One after the other I emptied the oonteuts
of my three oheets,and they stood watching.
It was 0 useloas proceeding, and I felt a,
thrill of satisfaction in the thought how use -
lees thoy would find it. There was m purse
in me of the boxes, I opened it before
them, and counted one eight. Milliliters and
fourponee. It was my little all, treasured
and valued, saved towards my winter's
overcoat.
With only fourteen shillings a week one
has necessarily to be careful in expenditure,
" That is all," I remarked, as the empty
boxes lay before them. They thanked nee
for my trouble, bet nothing more was said,
and we drove bock again to the warehouse.
I took my soot at my (leek with a lighter
heart than 'before,
My brighter face aroused my fellow -
clerks' curiosity, They teased me to en-
lighten them es to what had passed, but I
refused.
011 the following day 1 wits informed by
Mr. Brooks thol, on further consideration
they had determined to let the matter rest,
that I could retain tuy eituation, and things
would proceed as usual, I WaS thankftil.
To Mr. Kent, I owed this concession. I was
not ungrateful.
that 101110110 Wile the thief 1 that
this valued, trusted, redeemed itervant
hod given way to inulden temptatie», nod
hail taken the money. The idea became 0,
I • • 0
thing to go upon to wrest Ole seerat from the
trelittpey nein,
iletermiuml 1, writ It hard to prove my
own itinoreuee, yet 0, feeling of pity made
me hesitate to take away aucititriee charism
ter 01111
Ilk
A weok hail passed away What an event
ocentrred which tended to ineverree my sus.
picion air to the heed elerk's having had
something to (10 with the robbery.
It, was a hot (ley, itnil the summer Hun
was beating fiercely in at the nushuttered
windows of our We were working
longuidly at our desire, now and then yawhl.
ing with the hoatand fatigue, and our ohlef
clerk looking move ghastly than evee, when
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Collling 11001 When lie foetid the 00040 WAS
aletur.
I waited with a 8010111111)m81)01180, 11,111at lard, I heard hie quiele, horded, footstep
001111111) IOWII.l'llO 1)10,
1 did nob perk at 111111, rionlil net ; but'
waited breathleeely for the end.
"
.3(410108,'' 001'! un agitated voice ; " are
yen lunch hurt, ?"
11, 113.3 10
o.3 Mr, J0111111. In my wonder and
joy at maim; him I almost forget my 000-
1)101011 of him,
I looked hp et Ile 1)0011 511101)1.1)' 1,, the
extreme, his hair was wild and disorderly,
hie eyrie bloodehol, and haggord 1 grief and
ireanity simile in hie mistime eyes,
o stonpet (10801 and esainmed the
wounde on 1113' 110,111,mud as be '11'! so au pp
volnntary groan °moped Mtn. " Heaven
forgive me," he melted, "I was nearly a
mnielerer I Grunt Heaven ! A. in urdarer I"
He almost shrieked the last word, 1,11,1
not uncle's -nand even then his meaning, I
1)000 Bo weak and eunfueed,
suddenly there wank noise in the direction « The ,101w110 did ie has rim away,' I
of Jankine' (leek, followed by ,,, fall as of a ',anted ; "1)0 tnay return ; take me away
heavy substance. 'We sprang to the desk from hare
and discovered Jenkins on the floor in ix with tend„ mite he lifted me in hie ni,me
and bore me into the rood, I know nut,
what gave Min etraugth, for ho appeared
weak and ailing. 11. 1)1110 not long before
earl, app.roached, and I was lifted into it.
I lay in the bottom on some meow, in
head resting on his knees,
Do you know how much money I have
fain t.
To ine 110 looked as if thesoul heal already
parted from his body
-
In a few ininutes, however, ho opened his
eyee We were giving hint water, and my
hand held the glass, Suddenly he espied
me, and implied me from him.
" No J tones," he mattered feebly, " Any-
one but Joules."
I draw back and gave the glees to anoth-
er. They, no doubt thought he still be-
lieved In my guilt.
The next day, ea I was leaving the office
to get my dinner, 1 mot an old sahoolfellow
named lapel, who was a clerk tu Weyer. a
offiee close by.
We stopped. to have a few words. He
said ha thought I looked paler than of
old, and I replied that my work was long
and hord, end that waxy thnos 1 put in
overtime.
"Yes," he answered ; "there must be a
jolly lot of work in your officio I met old
Jenkineleaving theplaee at half -poet eleven
the other night. Ho told tee he had been
working overtime, and seemed worn out ;
could. hardly string his sentenees together.
To judge by his appeorance and yours, my
boy, you're worked like slaves."
"What evening was it yen met Mr, Jen-
kins?" I asked eagerly; "do you reinern.
her the (late?"
"Perfectly, It wasthe 18th of June, I
remember it bemuse I was returning from
the Opera. Madame Janata had been act.
ing Marguerite in Faust. I toll you it was
grontl. .1 quite lost my heart to her."
June 180 I My heart, stopped its beating.
Copal rattled oti about the actress, and
her beauty, &c., but I heard nothing; all I
knew was that I had now a clue to work
upon -a clue that might lead ine to day
light.
bid Capel "good-bye," and went my
way.
I mon 0.10 111)' dinner, and, greatly excited
at what Copal had told me, headed back to
the office. Fortune favoured me ; was
early. There was only one oeher in the
office, that was Mr. Jenkins.
I began a conversation, forcing it on in
spite of the little 'encouragement on his
part. 1 brought in the feet of my having
met ru friend.
"B, the by," 1 said, " ho is a mutual
aoquaintrunce, I believe ; he remarked that
ho knew you, Mr. Jenkins; his name is
Capel. He thiuks you work too hard, sir.
He told me he met you earning out of the
office at half -past eleven one night -it was
on the 1810 of .luno; He remembered the
date on amount of bell on his Ivey home
tom tho pera. Balt 31011 lookedan
tired out, and no wonder 1"
I east a glance at him ; lie looked death.
like. He framed Ms lips to speak ; they
uttered no sound.
I oontinued : "Strange, sir, that two of
us should have worked late on the 18th.
The caretaker told Mr, Brooks that I was
the last on the premises, yet 1 left at 0 :30."
The pallid lips found uttoranee lasb ;
they oven formed themselves in a ghmtly
smilm-hollow and wretohed in its very
mirth.
" Yes, James, I remember your friend.
We met just outside the office door, it
is true; but he is inistakert in
thinking I bad been inside. I Wee re-
turning from visitiug a friend, and as I was
passing the office I mot Lapel, I suppose
he had jumped to the conclueion that I had
been workinklate."
" He certainly did," I nnswered hotly,
"and what is more, I believe itmyself, and
others would believe At too, I shall not
rest till I sift this miserable business to the
bottom."
" As you will," he answered, with maim.
ed carelessnees ; " prepare for .disappoint.
meet and failure."
The other clerks' entrance put a stop to
further conversation,
The nos day I pondered over the motter,
wondering how I should mixt proceed, and
who to get to aid 10e in my investigatione.
Tito deye passed on. Business proceeded
0.0 usuni, a,nd the nine days' talk concerning
the theft died a natural death. Cool looks
and cooler words at length 1)000 80.3' 00 111000
generous behaviour.
"Still, however, I had a strong desire to
see the thief brought to justice, To tilde
end I thought long and earner:illy.
The head, clerk in our office was a Mr.
Jenkins, a staid, relioble mon of tube= forty.
eight or fifty yoors of age. 119 was mull
valued by the firm, laving served thetn
faithfully and well for more than tweney
yearS.
He had always treated me with kindness
and consideration, nor had he altered from
this treatment during the past few Needles,
But, strange to may, aa the belief in my in-
nocence grew more general, he became (told
and distant.
Ile grew pale read haggard. It was said
he had- family rouble, and I ooncluded it
must, be indeed luguy,y, for hie face whiten.
ea end thinned daily. Hie oyes grew rest-
less and uneasy.
By degrees an idea possessed me
IV.
Evening ammo. It was a One, beautiful
night -the air fresh mid cool. After busi•
nese I went for n, long Walk, in order to re -
flesh my somewhat wearied mind, and to
think quietly, end alone. I walked leisure-
ly along theetlelds aud lanes, enjoying the
sweet availing air. There was a splendid
moon shining overhead like a lamp of
eme and hope. II, glinted upon the river,
urhing it to rippling silver. •
I had halted, and was dueling in tho
shade of some teem resting against a stile
leading to Ole rood, when aucldenly a hooey
blow ham behind felled me to the ground.
I must have lost, consciousness, for when I
owoke someone was bending over nie-a
stranger. As I opened my eyes, he olutoh-
ed me by the throat.
It was all 0133, I thought ; my hour had
come to die, tend &last by a violent death. I
mai remember how bright the moon shone
overhead.
The grasp= my throat WItti not heavy :
it was more a threatening of what was to
come than a present reality,
I wished my murderer would hurry his
ghastly task and end my suspense. For a
few moments ho did neither.
Then he spoke ; "Young man, swear that
you will never by word, aata or even
thought, attempbta bring horn° the robbery
ab Wade.streeb Acme 10 Williatn Jetkins,
Swear iti on your solemn oath, or prepare
to die, and Mae speedily i"
"I will 10013 000>008 seid recklessly.
"Then take the consequences," 100.0 the
angry response. "Your doom be upon your
own oboulders."
I closed my eyes involuntarily, and wait.
ed for the fatal blow I knew must come.
The sound of wheels coming along the
lane alarmed the murderer, who throw
down his stick with sudden fear and rushe11
ctway among the trees. I trit:d to 111000,11110 amid not, I was 1.00 matte,
ed, 1. mado an attempt 1,0 but my
voice refused to aonte, so 111,31 4010 wait.
ing miserably for the speedy return of my
enemy, who I know would not be long in
mam.vocommoal. "4. ,BB.F.IsantleTlieonaeurateumemisnutiewrx.,
MR, D MU. BOMBE.
" Mrs, Bowser," began Mr, Boweer the
other ever, lug, ail he laid aside ine paper,
" I notiee that our gm bill fer lust month is
fltreente higher then fur the month previous,
and that W1 1 11 an hoilr more daylight every
day."
" Yes, 1,010,, noticed it," elle quietly re-
•
Plug ,
" It Is not extravagance, but realms
waate, Mrs, llowser, and must be stripped 1"
he romittard, " If were running this
Mules It scents 1.0 ine rd know whether the
cook was hermit% gas all night or not,"
" The 01.1(11) nem tu lamp, Mn, BoWder."
" Then who sateted thee gab 3"
" You dld I"
" W -what 3"
" On four different occasions last month
you left, the burner in the bath room going
ail night, and it's a wonder the 60 rants cov.
marl it."
" Mrs, Bowser, do you know what you
Bre ea, in 1"
"Ido, 18143' you left the gas burning.
Thae's 3rour reeklees way. If you were rend
iing this house, Mr. Bowser, people wouldl
call it a lunatio mylurn inelde of four
weeks."
Mr. Bowser got up to assume his favorite
prim and squelch her, but she stopped hint
°James,. he wi,„0„ted h., My (31„, & you with a. wove of her Mend and continued :
were right --I was the thief and woret of all,
11)000 yott 1.11,0 cruel blow to -night. You had par week for Ole lout three menthe for
give me fen the thimble wrath Ian), A1.1 ' Mra. Bowser, are yon addressing me ?"
0...."
most a murderer, Jatnea-almost a murder -1 " Certainly. There is 00 000 else present
.
His Mare dropped cm my face. 1 took his tto oxlips% 1 have l 00 kieems.figuring it up and
hand in mine in midden pity. • ou A • t 11 ' g
" Listen, jainee," he went on-" listen. , about extravagance, 3•ou know. How much
de your cigare cost you per week, Mr. Bow -
and know that your generous mercy will eme,,,
melte it herder to oonfeas my si
'hate w.inlil be easier to hoar thnn-u"'• Y°"1 lie stared at her as if he doubted whether
this noble
' pity. I Wa1 only receiving £120 a year, and, he %vas in his right senses,
there were nine children to clothe and edit- "At least $3 a week," she wane on. "Yon
eate. That I could have managed, but my belong to two clubs, and yam. expenses
wife fell ill, and then one of the chidren, there a0000 least $0 per week. You men-
' For a year there was a doctor coming and 000 00 throw away at least $2 more during
tne week -making $10 in all."
going constantly. The EIS:1MS° W119 fear.
fully heavy. In addition to this, my elder " Mrs. Bowser, do you Mpeot me to sub -
brother got into difficulties. 01101! to help mit to this sort of talk ?" he shouted as he
sprong up.
him, Eat having the wherewithal to meet
everything, I was tempted, and I yielded. I " Be calm, Mn. Bower," she replied,
', ' we are talking aboutfusnily exeravagance,
'Chen came the fear of detection. Discover , . .
meant all to mo -all -loos of situatsse, Y • g p g p ,
character; aed ruin 0,0(1 etareation to wife :a.,,neclnyee are trying to fled the leak. Now,
and children. I was like a mad thing, al , you belong to three or four secret so -
haunted ni iht and chy-no sleep by night„ceientineesh' rWhat are your dues anti 0Xp011000
110 rest by ( ey. Then you 1)01 011 my track , m "
and 11)001)1' desperate -mad 1 Tho rest •Toit He teled to speak, but the words gurgled
know, To -morrow I lay all before tho rm in his throat, and he turned red clear back
and await their decision." to his rear collar button.
11 1014 T tl ' • honour, be et .d I "And another thing, Mr. Bowser," she
,
they forgave him fully and freely, and to. went on in a voice which he seemed to hear
day Mr. Jenkins and I are firm' and true as in a dretum," you ore constantly bringing
friends, home things of lio earthly account to any --
lone, but which cost money. We have an
old ire escape down cellar which cost $3.
1 You have brought, home $20 worth of drugs
I whioh I have had to throw out Soma one
made you believe 311(10 liver wan out of
order, and you poi(' $0 for a pad \Vida you
never wore fifteen minutes"
" Mrs, Bowser," he finally found voice to
shout, as she made a pause, " do you know
who I am 3 Hove you the remotest idea
who you are talking to ?"
l " Yon are Mr. Benner, of oourse," she
calmly replied, "Please don't speak so
loud, as I have a headache. I saw by tbe
pops' the other day eluut you gave $25 to
help buy a testimonial for somebody. You
were also put clean as giving $10 to some
benevolent fund. You had four good suits
of clothing in tho house Aviten you got the
fifth one. I coented five hate and four
pairs of shoes in 30110 closet yesterday.
Only tWO weeks ago you paid $0 for a
'Von 'eh pito which someone recommended,
and yesterday you sone home six bottles of
stomach bitters -which will one day have to
be thrown iuto the garlage barrel."
: "Mrs, Bowser, 1-I--"
I " Be calm, Mn, Bowser! We are talking
on the stibiect of family exeravagrunce. Here
is 013A outfit of gime. I got them down on
purpose to show you. There are three
pairs, brit not one of them fit to wear on the
street. Hero are nay handkerchiefs, Do
you think you could sell the whole lot for a
' dollar ? I have been wanting some per-
; fumery and toilet water, but could not af-
ford thorn. I Wft£1 going down to the sale
of 20 -cent tooth brushes tho other clay, but
: wa had to have clothespins I and knew if I
asked you you'd wont to know what be -
00018 of the three d_ozen we bought just
after the (item of the war. I know rm an
0')) 000101)0)114 and wasteful wife, but I do
I want to ask you if you can't possibly spare
' me 28 cents to go down to the speaird
!sale of hosiery to -morrow ? If you can't
spare it oll just now wive me 14 cents and
11'11 buy one stocking and lay it away until
1We can afford to get another,"
Mr. Bower had been turning red and
.Nvhite, liko inoOnbeame playing Over a ripe
:pumpkin on the edge of 0.000(1 field. He
1 had tried to interrupt, but his throat swell-
' ed up and choked back the words. His ears
Iworked and his eyes rolled, and in his utter
helplessness he sat down with a groom
1 " I Wee figuritig up this afternoon," said
F.ars. Bowser, as she rettehed for a sheet of
, paper, " aed I make your personal expens.
' es at least $25 a week, iChis is entirely
'outside of clothing, but is money as good as
thrown away. It ie a sad thing, Mr. Bow-
ser -a very sad thieg-to hey° a weal:Jai
and extravagant wife 1 That's eAl this even-
ing, but we will have another talk soon.
There are several other things I want to
speak about I"
For an hour after she went upstairs to
bed Mr. Bowser sot thinking. Had the
other Mrs, Bowser, who used to submit to
everything without talking bank been lael
away in her grave, and was this his second
wife? lied it ell come aboub while he
was in a sorb of trance. 1 The worm hail
Mewed on him 01100 before, but ho flattered
hituself that it was sort of 11,11 accident.
This was the second time, and Ile had to
admit that he had theme out second best.
Tie finally rose up with a drawn long Bith,
tinned out the gas and sold to himself, ei lie
crepe upstairs :
"I can't believe it -can't possibly believe
it 1 She's rime other woman or Pin not
Mr. Bewser 1"
inv own personal use ?"
did not know 1110 in my disguise, God for- s,
Mrs. Gladstone's Mother's Life.
Thoseconcl instalment of Mrs. Gladstone's
"Flints from a 'Mother's Life" appears in
the May number of The Ladies' Home jour-
nal. In commenting on the value of fresh
air for infants, Mrs. Gladstone quetes the
words of Mies Florence Nightingale, who
has a word of warning for foolish extremes,
while earnestly advocating pure air. Let
me here strongly protest, says Mrs. Glad-
stone, against the foolish fashion of half
smothering a sleeping laby, covering its
head and mouth, ab the risk of stiffing it
outright. Cots and beds in the nersery
should be uncurtained, or nearly so. Wo
might almost as well lay the ehild to sleep
on the shelf of 0330000, or at the hottest of
a packing box, as In a, cot closely cintoned
round. A. thermometer should be kept in
the rooms, and should not rise above 60 0 la.,
overheating being as unwholesome as the
reverse. A room fifteen feet square and
rune feet high offords ample initial cubic
space for o nurse and tsvo children. No
double -bedded room should be less than fif-
teen feet square, and no bedroom should be
without a iireplace. The doors must be so
hung chat when partly open they wilt shield
the bed, rather than direct the current, of
air on to it. The ceiling of the room should
be such 00 00 bear rubbing over; it is better
of a gray or cream colour than white, so es
not to refloat; too much light on the upword
gaze of children. The walls of the bedroom
are better distempered, or painted in some
oven tone of quiet colour. If the wall is
papered it should be varnished over Auld
the paper must hove no bright.coloured,
intricate pattern -spots, and no vivid greens
likely to contain arsenic. The floor mutt
not be carpeted all over, certainly not under
Ole bed, and it is better to have the boords
stained and left bare round the sides of
tho room. Mrs. Gladsone also gives; aim
valuable hints to mothers for washing aud
dressing a baby. In stnall houses, while
the family is small, the best rooms are very
properly used as nurseries, The nursing is
good, for it is directly tinder the mother's
eye. The Moot "experienced nuree" has
to be distrusted. Exp.rience ie often
pleaded as ori excuse for carelesseess, or fla
a, came for the nurse's 00111011101100 coining
before the Welfare of the child. The tom.
perature of the water used for WWI.
ing a,n infest should be nearly that of the
surface of the body -98 degrees or 98 de-
grees F. As the child grows older, the heat
of the wafer should be gradually tanned,
while the limbs should be calmed free exer-
owe in 5. large tub, home children do not
boar cold water well ; good sense, discrimin-
ation and observation should be our guides
in this as in all other matters. It is, of
course, well to wash and dross a baby near
the fire, but mothers and nurses should
never allow the child's eyes to be exposed to
Ole glare of the fire; or its head to be heat-
ed, We should always bear in mind the
delicate organization of an infant's eyes and
brain, and the excitability of its nervous
system, When a child is put to sledp,
whether by night or by day, lighb ancl noise
should be carefully a:candid. Children
sometimes suffer fatigue or chill from the
Nvay in Nvhich they aro first dreesed in the
morning. They require a biscuit or some
milk lie soon as they get up, and before the
ablutions begin, it is muell better to give
them a generol Wash hi warmed Water, in
which they could stolid while being sponged
over with cool, or tepid water, than to obill
them when their powers of reaction are at
their lowest, In the next article Mrs.
Gladstone will discuss the baby's clothing,
and the importance of training children by
rules of order and neatness,
Needed to be Aired,
"3 don't like him. He's too fond of aim
1111) 1110 knowledge."
"But consider how moldy mese of his
knowledge 18,"
While boring a well in Stookton, Cal., a
mart found a monkey's tooth at the depth
of 1,124 feet.
Meanwhile, know of no method of 'emelt
consequenee except that el believing, of be-
ing sincere ; from Homer and the Bible
dOWn in the poorest Burns song, 3 find no
other art that promises to be perennial.
What a Friend Can Do,
"1 was confined to nty bed by a severe
attack of lumbago. A lady friend sent me
O part of bottle of St, Jacobs Oil, which I
applied. The effect WM shnply magieal.
In a day I Wall able to go about) my 11011140
1101C1 (1111,100, 0 intye used it with splendid
suceess for neuralgic toothaehe. r would
not be wIthout it. ' Mios, J. 1tIN0I,0.141)
Kincaid Sa, Brockville, Ont,
A Leap Year Idyll.
I °TIT'
li•hose loyal !vent witl, love was overladin
ear ORO
Who 111131111( 10 keep Unnlarried 1111 his 1, ter
NVIgniu.lorel 10>0r0 011111110tUitjw11000 cares wou
few -
Who read his Times and reveled la ide Suter.
day
Review.
It was Mel -ringed for year when love elide spiri-
t •
`p
Leat Imola:term who hove net eouriln a bride,
i.Middle iti3O,N of "dint, religion', minter ear
With pride.
On leap year wooings and on leap year %via -
1 •
The mind (00 11,0 nrebronted maiden ran;
t30 OW- rioter rid nea to moo. her ienlege
Began,
tiler voleo, as she proceee ed, growing 013191).
pi 00,
" 1.01tr "Air, however honor 3.011 May 105.
I'm certulu you'd be Infinitely happi,u.
With 1110.
" A 80110 would share your every little trouble
double
Your bfils,
" Hark how the emu; Wominee praise are ring.
Ing?
You doubt their words but you will lind
them true
When 'pain and anguish' undertake tee
wringing
Of yon.
*"0 Man. proud Man!' bow sad a fate would
his h.,.
11 lovely woman from his side retired;
when d ivided from his Tffiebe,
Ex tired
" Ark in ana Jill, folsool It, had fallen Mater;
11101,0 WFV. nobody without Ids Joan ;
Jack Np"ol 3 eould never 1,1)10cleaned out the
Metier
Aisne;
"King Edward foun(1 his wife's assistance
handy
When poisoned arrownearly (moiled the
fttn ;
rlsoldu proved her moans operand!
A 1.
"To toll like stories T can gladly go on
For hoitrs and hours, with rapilt tongue and
glib -
Quote Bnid, Portia, Jurc(, nail so on.
Ad lib,-
" To prove my point until nt la.t you see it
(And ycvnust take my word for it t,111
then). '
Tho hapless victim ineekly signed, "So bit,
Amen."
Thorneyarof Fowlo,.
.e1:13 06 and Plows
A pretty story of the late Emperor Fred-
erick is told in one of the German pipers.
Some years ago, shortly before the death of
the old Emperor of Germany a toll hand-
some gentleman jumped Oslo a third-class
carriage of a local railway at Berlin just as
the train was leaviiig the station. An old
fluwee-seller with a basketful of newly -cut
hyacinth, Wee the only other occupent of
Ole compartment. He asked Me old dame
to sell him a bunch, and, mollified by his
suave manner, she 014, 05' the freshest and
largest and handed it. to hint. lts price R .15
a penny, but as the gentleman hod no 0033'
P000 and the old women no change, not
having sold any of her goods yet, she was
paid with a mark piece, whieh, as she said
at onoe, was a, thing that hod never been
heard of before in a third-class railway car-
riage.
' Presently the stranger and the Rower -
girl svere deep iu conversation, and it turn
mit that the poor woman was the only
breadwinner 01 a family of four. Her son
was crippled, her grand -daughter a little
school -girl, and her liturbanil had fc • some
mouths been out of work since a new rail -
Way official had dismissed lihn as being too
old to do much work. The stranger then
euggested that the should apply, oil her
husband's behalf, to the t•ailway company.
"That is no good whatever," she replied
as she wiped owner her tears with her apron.
" If you Inuren't a prince for your within
nowadays, you can't get anybody to listen
00 310)1."
" Then try the Emperor," the stranger
W00114 on.
"• Alas I" she sighed, "11 the old gentle-
man was allowed to sea puritione that ars
sent it might do seine geed, hut ho does not
get to know about ns poor people."
" Well, then, 00 your heel/tend write to
the Crown Prince."
" Yes," she said, " be might do that,"
and she would tallith)) so as mon as she he
sold her flowers.
By this time the train had got to the ter-
minus, the olcl dame linnciled out her bas-
ket, and noticed with astonishment that
Ole officials and the crowd on the platform
looked at her carriage and saluted and
cheered.
" What's up?" she asked.
" Why, the Crown Prince NittlA bts tho
same compavtment with you!" Then the
tlower.seller held her head high, and told
every eyllable of 10>11,00 110,0 happened to the
delighted crowd. Her iloevers were sold be-
fore flee minutes were over, and a fortnight
isfterwards her husband Rae ab work again
in his oldploce.
Tile Pittsburg Locomotive Works is build-
ing five l000motives for the Pittsburg &
Lake Kris, railroad. Two of those %ODA()
for fast passenger service, and each will
weigh over sixty taus. This company is etc,
tondirig he plant by a machine shop, 895 x
125, itud a blacksmith shop, Stillx100, and
an eighty -foot wing for it hammer shot,.
Pickled Apples.
Housekeepers need to be reminded that
the excellent little russet apples, which
ripen in tho barrel in the spring, male a
delicious pickle, which is especially Neel.
come at this seasen, when it is impossible to
got any other supply of fresh pickles. It is
not wise, however, with the fresh fruit of
summer coming, to make more than enough
to lad for a fow weeks.
Select sound apples and remove the flower
and stem. Put about tised eloves in each
apple. Put a pound of sugar to 050031 1)01010
of vinegar. Boil the apples in this vinegar
uneil they can be easily pierced with & strew.
Then take off the fire, put them in a Mono
pot and add to the hob eyrup 0.0 ounee nf
whole cinnamon and half an ounce of mace
to every quart of villager in the syrup.
Pour the boiibig syrep and spices over the
apples, and get them away where they will
cool tue rapidly as possible. In a day's time
they are ready for use.
The Farm oro the only people in Equatori-
al Africa who have aurrenoy, and they are
strong monometallists, Ihe money ts of
iron, wroucht into pieces resetnbling rusty
hairpius with flat heads. They are put up
in bundles of ten, and hundred bonding te
Ole market prim of a wife.
d's
ods
arilla
S rs
Sold by alldrugglets. PI; slxforea. Prepared only
by 0.1.11000Apothoetirms, LIMO, Man,
1100 Doses One Dollar
To the Women Anxious For Rights.
When Politician.; fleeter you,
Take care ! Take care
And vow the suffrage I, 30110 ,1110.
Beware! Beware I
Viten party formuine they quote
Alla I ell you that you'll And a vote
'01,11,110 1111 your 11'1.0ng, an antidote.
Beware! Nave a Caro I
They ;me foolingyou.
'rake care!
When Ttulpole your dependence 'nooks
Take care 1 Take care!
When Taper shakos the ballot box
Bowen! Beware!
wean they deride your abject state,
And with et best A worthless
Essay 10 tempt 3.1.0 to yultr 10(0,
ift; 0'41.0 : Hare 0. 00.00
They ern fooling you.
Talm care!
You are not fit to toil end moil,
Tithe care! Take caret
In Mose fierce fight, Mat sear and sod.
105 40>11001 Beware!
Resist ambition's 05801050 limo.,
taunt what°, publie life secures ;
A. higher ti.stiny y urs
Beware! 10000 00 carol
They ar, nulling you.
Take c.tre I
You have the substance, hold it tight !
reek, eeee! 'lake carol
Nor ehango 11 100111 a shadow
Beware! liev.Arel
Honor, rtfreellon, and renown
ke Jewels shine in your fair crown.
NVhy in tho mod, then, east them down?
Beware! Rave a. care?
They arc feeling you.
Take or 1
While making chemical experiments, at
Atm Arbor, Mich., Dr. Edward Campbell
lost the sight of both eyes by the explosion
of two bottles of gas.
Perhaps you do not believe these
statements concerning Green's Au-
gust Flower. Well, we can't make
you. We can't force conviction in-
to your head or med-
Doubting icine into your
throat. We don't
Thomas. want to. The money
D is yours, and the
misery is yours; and until you are
willing to believe, and spend the one
for the relief of the other, they will
stay so. John H. Foster, 1122
Brown Street, Philadelphia, says:
"My wife is a little Scotch woman,
thirty years ofage and of a naturally
delicate disposition. For five or six
years past she has been suffering
from Dyspepsia. She
Vomit became so bad at last
that she could not sit
Every Meal, down to a meal but
she had to vomit it
as soon as she had eaten it. o Two
bottles of your August Flower have
cured her, after many doctors failed.
She can now eat anything, and enjoy
it; and as for Dyspepsia, she does not
know that she ever had it."
Breaking Through a Bale.
A gentleman, while walking with We
Indies through one of the principal streets of
London, saW 0 bugger approaoh. One of the
ladies, who had evidently seen the mendi.
cant before, "Thio is the most singu-
lar man I ever heard of. No matter how
inoney you give him, he &Levey's re-
turns the change, and never keeps mOre
than a penny."
" Why, what a font he mustbe 1" remark-
ed the gentlemen. "Bub I'll try him, and
put him to a little trouble."
lio saying, the gentleman drew fyom his
pocket a sovereign, which be dropped into
the begga,r's hot
The mendicant turned the coin over two
or three times, examined it closely, and then
rairaing his eyes to the countenanae of the
benevolent roan, said. "Well, I'11 not ad.
here to my usual custom in thio ease. 1'11,
10033 014 all, this time; but don't do it again."
The donor opened his eyes in astonish-
ment, and passed on, while the ladies mil.
ad with delight.
The preoipitoue, mouotaiti crags around a.
large lake near the Coln mbia River, in
Idaho, is said ee to be one of tfinest fields
for sport in hunting the large white moms.
min goat and black beer that there ie in the
world. So white are the go ats that it takes
clays of practice hunting them to &tut a
bond moving over the snow,
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St,
Jacobs
Oil
The Bride's Dress
Married in while, you hove chosen all right;
Married In gray, you will go far away;
Married in black, you will wish yourself beak;
Married in red, you will wishyourself dead;
Married in green, ashamed to be seen;
Married in blue, he will always be true;
Married In pearl, you will live In a whirl;
Married in yellow, ashemed if your fellow;
Married in brown, you will livo out 01 10100)
Married in pink, year spirits will sink;
Menial or 000, 3100 may have to mil;
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