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The Brussels Post, 1892-9-30, Page 2AN OLD MAID'S MARRIAGE. BY GEORG E B. B1 RON. . Mies Mattie half rose front her cheir, Good -evening, Dr, Sliwke. Weil% you tome iss V' the intpsired, with the auger tongs poised in her white haute This wee another inside She was pour Inn out her beet tea 11011 giving it to the 'man in the ohair. Dr. Slurke did a vory foolish thing—a thing he had often done before, but never without experiencing dis- astrous results. He lost his temper. He draw himself up to his fall heigla—five feet three—and scowled on the Pirate King in the armchair—this ruffian who stele people's hearts by nursieg their objecttonable old Persian oats. o Won't you come in ?" tremulously re- ekated Mies Mattie. Dr. le'lurke bowed sarcastically. "1 thank you, no, madam," he add. "1 only mine en to intorm you that I had melt a cold In my garden whilst awaiting your pleas- ure." The other man looked spietly up. "1 -guess you ought to be proud of it," he said, in his objeetionable American way. Dr. Slurke bowed to hen with -withering irony. "I—eh—was not aware that I was asking a conundrum," he sea "May I -inquire who I have the pleasure of address- ing ?" The stranger smiled. " My nateteis Win.. terbottorn—Alphiests P. Winterbottom." Miss Mattie let fall the:sewer from the tongs. " Oh, Dr. Slerke," she eaitl, with tears in her voice, "1 ant so wiry. You see it was rather a difficult question to an- swer, and "1 will thank you to be good enough no to -discuss it before this geutleinan," th Doctor ejaculated at a white -heat. "But I—I really"—And poor Mis Nettie felt inclined to cry. Mr. Winterbottom woe moved by Mis Mattie's distress. "Shall 1 make bim she the door from the outside?" he asked quietly caressing the eat. "1 think, Madam, you'd feel nane comfortable if this turkey,eock sort of person had gone home to roost." " I was not speeking to you, sir," said the Doctor. "My remarks were meant for this 1dy." "X could just drop him into a nice soft flower -bed, if you'd only sa.y the word, Madam," quietly thistinued Mr. Winter- bottom. " idadatn, I take my leave," said the angry Doctor.—" As for you, Mr. Winter - beans, you shall hear from me." "Not professionally, I hope," said the imperturbable stranger. " Don't distress this lady any more, or 111 really have to come and reason with you." The Doctor withdrew, speechless with rage. Peer Mies Mettle began to cry soft- ly into the teapot. The stranger put the eat down, gently approached the table. " Madam," he said, " that extremely ill-tempered person will be better to -morrow. If he ein't, 1 guess I'll have to reason with him—near a pnnde' "Oh, please don't," said Miss Mettle, feeliug comforted by the stranger's vast bulk. "1-1 kept him waiting for an an - ewer to—to an extremely delicate matter this evening, and—and he's eross with me." The stranger led Miss Mattie to the arm - Chair. "Now, you sit there, Madam," he said in his gentle, kindly way. "Pll brew this tea for you. You just assimilate these cunning little cakes of yours, and you'll feel better, One lump of sugar? Isn't itt" "Yes," said Miss Mattie, feeling that support from conscious strength which de- lights most women. " And the cream?" said the ettanger, holding up the dainty little cream ewer admiringly. "My! Ain't that little pitcher pretty ! And the fire ! Beats our stoves hob low." Re handled the dainty tea equipage with jealous care, and waited on Miss Mat- tie so nicely that all her fears vanished. "A. gentle lady like you dicta t ought to be bothered, the stranger said reflectively, when Prudence had cleared away the things —"didn't ought to be bothered by a grass- hopper like that. I daresay he 1001000well, but he don't colleseitate worth a opt. That's what's the matter with him. Now just tell me if you feel downwright chipper again, and if so, we'll go into tin° business, or, if you prefer It, I'll come again bo -mor. row. "1 thank you, Mr. \Vinterbottom," said Miss 1dattse, in her simple friendly way. "It—ib was foolish of me to—to be so frightened. The Doctor has been very kind to me," "Then "Then I'll let hioff the pond," said Mr. Winterbottom, as if making a concession to gentiment "You're like one of those pretty wind -flowers we have m our country—you want sheltering from all the storms that blow." Miss Mattie smiled a pleased little smile. She had never been compared to a wind• flower before. hir WI/1 terbottom took up the letter with his customarydeliberation. "Now,Maclatn," he said, "I'll read it to you, and when I'm bumpmg over a °allot, you tell me to mill up, and I'll drive qvietly r' 'Miss Mettle did not underatand what a I cahot was. The stranger explained thee it p was a hole in the road sn winter, and that a n sleigh had to glide gently over and not take it flying, for fear of bumping the bottom h Ont. "Is—is the letter from Mr. Rountree?" I asked Miss Mettle, with quivering lips. 0 The stronger looked at her admiringly, "Now, Madam," he sthl) I never diet see e your like for combs& straight to the point, h You've fine instincts. That's what tho widower said when he was telling me about "The—the— Did I understana you to say widower ? To—to allude to ale Ronntree?" inquired Miss Mattes, She felt crushed. Reuben bad not been true to her ; he had• forgotten youthful love ; all these years she bed allowed her heart to remain in the keeping of 001100 who did not waot it. "Id better read his letter," said Mr. , Winterbottom, "His wife wished it, you ' know," 1 "1-1 don't know," said Miss Mettle, I 6 trembling—"I don't know, But ols Mr. I, Winterbottom, yen have been so kind to me, that 1 wottlit rather hoar it in your own words, please," Mr. Winterbottom lookeclgratified. "So you shall, Madam," he said -1'50 you shall. eYou see Reuben settled down in Ontario flvo.atul-twenty years ago." "Yes,"said Mettle. And then) when Ise was doing pretty well, he married old Deacon Tucker's old. est." :Miss Mettle was but human. Was—Was Win Tooker nomely ?" she asked. "Sort of apple-oheeked," said Mr. Win. terbottone "ho girls are more like Rothe" "The—the whet?" gasped Miss Mattie. "The girls," "Are—ere there many?" Mr. Winterbottom reflected, "Well, there's &Mandy, and Delia, and Lelota, and Thema, and the Twins." t O 1 her all my life 1 ve turned to her in sorrow and jny Mike; all my life she's been my 1 s guiding star. In the woods I've seen her walking before me, clearing (he way, and s everylvIstre she stepped the corn grew C greenly. Tell here' he said, " in all that ' coarse, rude, rough life, with its stzug lee and tulle and pains and successes, s se': never left my side for one moment. She' Ibeen the angel of my life, the pure sweet English girl, who I know has been true to me all these years. 11.he—'" "Stop 1" bah! Itieg Mat tie, quivering with excitement, as the tears streamed down her cheeks. ' Please step, M r. Win terbotto:n —stop. To say this co me 0100110 that he was disloyal to her. Doirtlet me think the nt n I loved ell my life could have been felon to 519 bOth. Flame leave me thee Don't take that away from me. It—it has been the only thing whiels has sustained me in my loneliness. 1 have lived a quiet, faith- ful, uneventful life, keeping and guarding the love which God put into our hearts. Don't tell me that now, after all these years, he could send me such a. message 109 that, It must be some dreadful mistake" --in her excitemeitt ole laid her hand emus' Mr. Winterbottom's arm—" 001110 dread- ful mistake. It is -natural that he should turn to tne now ; but he must have loved 1 Iser while she lived. 11 18 only his sorrow wise h makes him seem to forgot. Tell him I will be a mother to his children—go to thens—cherish them ; brit unsay those words which have destroyed my ideal, the Ideal whieh 1 have taken to my heart all these years. The saeredness of love must not be brokeu like this. Tell me !--tell Inc 1 Oh, I would rather be the humblest beggar that ever craved clarity, than believe the man I loved could win some other woman's heart and profess to have loved me too." ale Winterbottom gently took her hand. " My doer Madam," he said—" my dear Madam, I know he never loyed any wom- an but you, Every fresh name made tho matt er worse. The stianger sew it. I can't remember the names of the others,'' Ise said comfortingly 1 " but there aren't nutty—seven or eight, maybe," " Is he happy?" luquired Miss Matti° still clinging to her roman' ce as only a woman can. Site would not be harsh or en - Met to Reubee. Whilst elle stayed at home and dreamed her lite away, he haat gone into that vaet new estuary and won a living from the soil He hail worked oat the grief from his tweet, and—and for. gotten her. She mhave might known that hia strong loyal nature could not fail to find an appreciative helpmate. This Canadian girl who had loved bins had not stayed to think of social position ;she had grasped the substanee instead of the 0110300'.Poor 151(58Mattie's tsars flowed freely. Perhaps Reuben's grief when his wife had been called away had prompted him to think of her, Mies Mettle. " Wh-what is his message to me ?" she inquired. Mr. Winterbottom came little nearer to Miss Mettle. " Well, you see," he said gently, " else was kind of jealous ef you Madam. 'Beebe told Ise,' you'd alwaya bo first in his heart, and se, when she was celled away, sha asked him to send for you to—to look after him." ." And—and what did be thy S" asked Miss Mattie. " Well, you see, Reeks hadn't the heart to tear you away from your old surround- ings, oven if you'd been willing to 051110,So he sent me, " Tell her," he said—" bit Miss Mattie buried her face in her hands Disillesioned by both the men who had loved her—disillusioned in one evening I Well, she had had five -and -twenty years of trustful, loving faith and hope, and now she must hide her grief and try to live it down. She wanted to get away 110 1181, own room—to be alone —to think over thio shook, And all the time she grieved, the stranger's gentle pressure grew firmer still. It comforted her. She experienced it strange t hrill—a thrill which she had neeer expected to feel again. And then she strove to withdraw her hand, and accused herself of immodesty, " Mettle the etranger s voice sounded in her ears—" Mettle, don't you know me ? I am Renbon ! 1 have never married—nes er loved any one but you ; and I have come home to stay, to comfort your life, to give you back the years you have spent without me, to guard and love you with the firin strong love of manhood, and to atone to you for ell the sorrow of tho pest. Lookup deer, look up Say to me "— She looked up through a mist of happy tears as he naught her to his heart, " What cast I say to yea?" she whispered. " Oh, Reuben, Reuben, have waited so long 1 1 have doubted the goodness of God, And now Ho brings you back t� me—He brings you back." Reuben put his strong rum round her, 'Dear, forgive me I wanted to know 11 1055 till coxed kr me. I could not come until had made though to give you a higher mitten than thet of a farmer's wife. And ow let es be happy." She put her hand in his. ''Ab, Reuben," he sane " how often our pride plaoes before t everything else and robe us of the years, ens not the girl you knew and loved—Ihn nly an old tnaid," Bub he gazed into hor teethed, loving yes, blue with the blue of heaven, and then e kissed 1101,," They will otill it an old maid's mar. nage," she whiapered with a smile upon her lips, [Tun END.] Erightful Death of an Adventure33. Columns of the 'French press have been ffikd this month with accounts of the ex. traordinary swindlesperpetrated by Madame Appa.rull, who, in the course of three or four years, has suotheded in extracting rom her dupes nearly three million francs, n her correspondence she pretended to have Wessel dealings with the Royal and Ins - oriel laminas of Renate and Greece, amongst other artioles ordered beteg a eel - vet oloak for the Emproaa, which WU to 0001 half Or million, according to her etory. It appears hsooneeivable, in these days of post and telegraph, that such an imposture, rys the St. Petersburg correspondent of Lite teethed, could have been kept up Belong. Madame Apparuti, in her letters, continual. lyreferredtoo.CountFeloon,whomsliestylecl Count Chamberlain, and his wife, a Lady of Honour, through whose influonoo the was obtaining her orders, and hoped finally to obtain hor Money. None of her victims seems to have been struck with the simple idea of inquiring after the status of this Count Velson, who never existed outside Ap- parties imagination, however, one of hee creditors entered a olann agairiet her, upon whielt she came to Russia, and from 511. Petersburg oentinued to try and keep tip the fable, The Vreneh Com% TAB BRUSSELS POST, nevertheless, gave an order for her arrest, and the necessary formalities for her extra. dition wero commenced. At Wet time she Wee staying in a faelli011ahle 11(401, Where, 1101e0VOr, she W105 kept 1111der elOSO surveil- lance, The other night, finding the game wee up, Madame Appmuti mffireased, drenched berme( with petroleum, and set tire to herself. A short while before she heti insured her life for a considerahle sum, and she evidently hoped her death weeld ba attributable to acettlent, and that the 110. 011(01100 money would be odd. Dufertne• ately for this hope, though, it VOW discover. ed that before setting light to her night- dress, in order probably to make assurance doubly sure, she bad eat the veins et the root of her tongue with it pair of seines's, The wretched women was transported to the hospital of St. Nicholea, where she died the next day, and Wee immediately bnried. Three days later the Russian authorities in- formed the French Consulate that all was in order for her eetradition, and it was only then thae the facts of her tiagia end beennus Ithown. The vereion telegraphed to Paris that she had died in a, lenetio asylum re- quires thia correction. JEWELS OE THE PAST. Gold And Silver Ornaments Worn by siie women of Ancient Times. Where do manufacturing jewelers find Rims tor novel designs in response for the demand for constantly changing fashions Sense they invent, of course, but a large proportion of them are not new at all—in faet, quite the reverse, being merely copies of ornaments which were made and worn thousands and thousands of years ago. Not is few go book even to prehistoric times, furnishing most interesting reminders of vanished people. JEWELS OF OYMIOTES. Nothing can well be more curious than these ornaments width were NYOVO by fair women, and perhaps hy the (Undies of a long -vanished epoch. There would be no difficelly in imagining that they were of modern manufacture. No better or more elaborate workmanship is done now, and it is no wonder that makers of jewelry in the year 1 892 axe glad to imitate thern, isot al- ways equaling the origivals. Those foetid in Cyprns were produced by Phieniciano and Creeks. It will be remem- bered that Carthage, in latter days the great rival of Rome, was peopled by the Phfeni. clans, who were a great and highly -civilized maritime nation'although comperatively little of their history is acourately known. The ancient metal -workers were acquainted With many devices which have been seppos- ed to be of modern invention. For exam- ple, some of the bracelets found were of filled gold, copper furnishing the core. They made remerkably handsome cameos by pressing glass wail dies. In those ihnes buttons were unknown, and so it happenee Ott among the things dug up were a great many pies that, were used for dress clasps. One of the prettiest necklaces is compote ed of small gold tortoises, moat artistically wrought, whieli were strung together. An- other has beads of gold and rock orystal at. ternately arranged. There are ever so many ear -rings, in a variety of elaborate patterns and some of them very beevy. Most curi- ous of these are some which contain the quaintest little golden bottles imaginable. A. few of the brooches also have similar golden bottles. Now, whet could they have been meant for ? FRIM Zen OF Penni:S. Nobody knows positively, but it is sap. osed that they were Intended to hold poison. That was an epech during which human life was not so tattle 00 111 is nowadays, and there might be occasions when gulch: and sure death would be a desirable resort. Futher- more, suicide Wee then considered an honor- able and dignified way of getting out of the world. The strings of the necklaces deserib. ed had naturally disappeared when the latter were discovered, but they were put together and restored after tho patterns ex. Whited by the sculptures of the sante period, many of which represent the jewelry as well as clothing worn, Some jewelry is shown at this Mtliaiela that is even more aneient than what has been described. It is the work of artisans of Babylon, Evidently they were not ac- quainted svith the art of polishing prectipus stones, because the stip:metres, rabies and emeralds composing the nernclaces in the collection are not facetted. They are mere- ly polished, piercer], and strung together. A curiosity of enormous value is the verit- able eye of a Babylonian idol, which bears the inscription, " Nebuchadnezzar, • for his Life to Nebo, his God." Nobody can tell how long ago glass was first made, butplenty of very pretty bottles and plates of that meteritte long antedating the Christian era, have beau dug up in Cyprus and elsewhere. orernoic AXD ito:fiAX GLASS. During so many centuries of burial under- gr.:rend these objects have undergone a most curious change. Deeey—for glass will rot like ahnost anything else—hes split up their substances in te lemma, or a sort of flaky formation, so that, while preserving their original shapes, the interruption of light by the aminea causes them to assume the moat brilliant irridesoent hues, purple, green, red, eta. One plate obtained by General ili (Imola looks like it freginent of rainbow. Most remarkable of the bottles is ono that le still half•full of a liquid. ointment, which was put into it not less than 2500 years ago, Water containing lime, pert:eliding through the grothd where tho little vessel was buried, sealed it up hermetically with 11 sto»y deposit, so that the ointment has been kept from evaporating. Ibis doubtless the &dent cosmetic ht existence. MIIMMiCh are cheap in Egypt, For a long time locomotives were run between Cave; and Sees, with no other fuel. But the corpses of royal and other important personages, preserved in this manner am cording to the highest style of the art, are very valuable, There 10 0110 in the Mateo. politan Muse= that is indentified by the acoompaeyieee inscriptions al the Prinoess Iounofirte, 5he is clone up in a remarkable end enema way, being wrapped in a sort of basket of papyrus reede Weide oE the uattal linen handers. The top of her coffin ia 10 clewed mid painted board, (10110 1(1 kw relief and represontieg her ne sho wee in llfe, with white gown and costume corn. plot% Every doteil of her person is care- fully reproduced, even to her (balky al- mond•shapetl nails'. She wag a blonde and evidently very beautiful, Though sho died more than 30(.10 years ego, how interesting ib would bo to know something of her story. There are forty women dockers in two in Franee—who are exeroising their °ailing in pitee—half a dozen In Spain, two in Roumania, one only in Belgium, and one in Portugal, It Liorrnany women may qualify, pass examinations, and obtain diplomas, but they °Meet practise, In Vienna 111 11 worse still, heaths°, although they are allowed to attend the universities, oath time they appear at a lectnro it creates a acentlal, HEALTH., Sleep. 'The crying need of our women, says a physistian, whose spoetalty of the nervous diseases brings lIlIn in contact with plenty of die nervons type of the sex, fa eleep, Over and OVOP I tell my women patlents 0 91eOP Mt you can, nine, ten hours every night, 101111 no matter how mind) at night, sleep surely one hour at daylight, Alitny of them reply ;1 don't have time to sleep durityr the day, Tisk° time, say 13 you'll geb bt baolc, gond misstate, pressed down, running over. Then they then, sleep in the day.time, That e nonsense, They may not the first, few days, but very soon, after persistently seeking the effort every day, at a certain time, the habit will be formed, Poverty—of—the Blood. Peleness, thinness of body, weakness and nervousness, aro signs of poverty of the blood, or what physicians term amnia. In some eases palpitation of the heart is often complained of ; and when the poverty is the greatest, the lips are pallid and the tongue almost colorlees. In olden times iron was almost stholly relied upon to overcome these aymptonts, end at the present day this Ls the one remedy to which patients suffering from tisens resort to when they undertake to treat themselves. But physictians, while giving it in many oases, depend far more upon simpler and more effectual measures. These are dietetio and hygienic. They insist upon free exercise, and that several hours be spent in the open air, either walking or ruling, each day, Also at such times that the so.called "breathing exercise" be frequently employed. In the simplest form of this, the subject, while standing with shouldera thrown beak, inflates the lunge to the fullest extent, the mouth the meanwhile being closer], and the air entering only through the nose. Of all measures this is one of dm most important, for by the means of it the blood is purified and vitalized. Sponging the body with water that has beret made comfortably swum, the operation to be followed by vigorous rubbing with an ordinary towel, is another »leaser° of no little importance, for by it the waste avenues in the skin are kept svellopen, and, besides, a general tonic: effect is secured. Disregard this or other as efficient means for promoting cleanliness, and the blood can never be pure, for it is sure to take up and carry with it some of the waste matters that should have been expelled through the pores of the skin. The clothing must be carefully looked to by this class of patients, while hi winter " bundling up" ia not to be encouraged, yet, the clothing should be ample, and that worn next to the skin be of "all wool." As raped& the diet, it should be as highly nutritious as the digestive organs will war. rant, and should omaist largely of milk, fresh eggs, and beefsteak. If all these measures are faithfully applied infinitely snuch will be done toward restor- ing the blood and renewing the strength of the system. Anil if at the same time small doses of iron are taken, the gain front week to week ought to be noticeable. But from this remedy alone very little can be expect- ed. Heat as a Remedial Amt. Eczema, moist tetter, or salt -rheum, is one of tin most troublesome of skin infec- tions, not infrequently defyinq skillful medical treatment for years. Sufferers from this affection will be glad to know that ono of the best means of relieving the intoler- able itching which accompanies it is a sins- ple remedy which is always accessible, namely, the application of hese. Hot seater applied at a temperature as high as can be borne withont actual injury to the skin, is an almost °emits remedy to relieve the in- tolerable itching. The parts should never be scratched or rubbed so as to increase the irritation, Simply holding the affected pert near the fire of an open grate, gradually approaching more and more close until the degree of heat becomes almost painful, is mother menns of applying the seine remedy. Again, there is no better remedy for the relief of rheumatic pains in the joints or other portions of the body, than hot apple 01140219. Flannel cloths dipped in very hot water and wrung as dry as possible should be applied to the parts, and the whole en- veloped Incthick, dry flannel cloth to re - Win the heat. The applicittion should be renewed every five minutes. The applica- tion of ground mustard in the proportion of to tablespoonful to the quart of Water, in- creases the effect of the heat, A teaspoon. f ul of turpentine sprinkled epee the fore- entation just before it is applied, or a cloth saturated with a solution of one part tur- pentine to two er three of alcohol, applied over the affected part and (severed hy the fomentation, is also to means of intensifying the effect of the fomentation. The various liniments used ier rheumat- ism have little or no curative value, al- though some aro useful tor the relief of pain, One of the best is a simple prepara-• tionoonsistingof equal parts of olive oil and oil of wintergreen. It should be applied ceref tiny, however, as the pure oil of 1v1ntar• green 18 33051115 a vigorons irritant, Menthol liniment is also a useful. application. Ear.Aohe, Therein no more mute pain of childhood than earetelse. This seems often to be caus- ed by Ilse eensitiveness to cold air of the tender membranes within the ear, end may be stopped by filling the ear •tvith a little cotton dipped in sweet oil and warmed, if this does not give relief to few drops of laud- anum, warmed by setting the bottle in hot water, may be added to the 0;1. A roasted onion is a fever' te remedy with old women. It it lo applied to the ear as hot as it oan be borne it will relieve an obstinate ease, and certainly io harmless. When the pain i 3 very interim 111 ia better to dip the cotton, or, bottor still,. a bit of wool, in hob laudanum alone, put it in tho oar, and lay a, hot bandage over it, It is a very bed prectice to keep cotton in the ear any longer than is necessery, tut such a habit will render the ear passages too sensitive+ and tender, When ear -mho appears in a, grown person, and redoes Lo yield to tetnple remedies, a physicitin should bo consnited ab own, as a most sari - ons disease may begin in this way. A " gathering in the head," as ib is called in country parlance, 18 & painful and serious disease of childhood, as it may ailed the hearing. It is very rare that the earwig or any other insect gots into the ear, 1)0011 111 is not tut unknown thing, and when 111 acmes it 01000008 011 intense pain until the creature is smotheved by pouring sweet, nil into the car. When cotton !ns been put into the ear and has served its purpose, ib should be carefully removed awl no bits loft behind to work into the passages, Deafness is fre- quently canoed by the presence of some such foreign body in the oar or by an =amnia - tion of Wax. In 011011 110050 the remedy SEPT, CO, 1892, 0111100118 10 frequently syringiug out the eve with warm water using also a little sweet oli or whiteu outdo soap to dislodge the ob- struction. Sometimes a large piece of wax "times out only after weeks of 00011 wring - 10g, end the defective; hearing Is sudleely restored. FIEAFA1WTG SUPERSTITIONS. lairds end Sailors ; srlictr Odd Vnii10 in Of superstition:tnItiOillall:,%re 310 end. Bare, however, I have noted down rt few connect- ed with birds and tailors. That is to say, the birds liold the same superstitions as the attilors only the other way about. The magpie considers it unlucky to see a mailer. The kite, on the other band thinks it Welty (0 000 a sailor, Ink ti mon svould ay a dozen nsilea 10 0500338 seeing a sailor, and a swallow crossing the sea despairs of getting safe to shore again if it muses is ship, A (light of curlews presages east wind. Many gulls allow that herring aro about •, when gulls cannot get herrings they eat shooting stars, No one inust kill an alba. those If you Wald, to know the direction of the wind, you tenet catch a kingfisher and hang him up to the mast, when he turns his breast to meet the broom. A shorter way is to compare the flag with the compass, and not to tronble about catching a king- fisher ; in fact, I never knew anyone who had ever caught a king -fisher. When a sailor is drowned, hia soul goes into a stormy petrel, and would have a very good time in- deed if there were any runs about. Lastly, do you know where sea birds -- such as puffins shags, and the like are bred? Out of eggs you think. Nothing el the kind. They are bred in the decaying thn• I ber of wreaked ships ; they grow in the ' wood hke fungi.; when the proper titne ar- rives they drcp off into the sea ; the moment they touch the water they receive life. Al! these notes I find in 11331000 of paper. 1 do not know when I found them, bet, to judge by the appearance of the paper and its oompanion sheets, I should say it was fifteen years ago at least, and where I found or was told these interesting facts I do not remember. B Mr. leredet.iePltlas--,°?14a,L' the colored ora. tor and politician, is something of a violin- ist and often plays ducts with visitors who are at home with the nitwit, Hie house at Cellar Hifi, near Washington, is viaited groat ftonl by yew% people, He likes ihne vort of society. Ris grandson Joseph also hoe tmleicol ability, and not only plays, but composes, Mr. ti lailstone, when he min mane from the bustle of city and official life, but has not thee te go away im far as Hawartion often visits Ids friend Stuart Ronde!, M.P.; near Guildford, where there is a fine library and to 01.1100 of seeltuled roma at his disposal. 1 There, too,he MO got his evening game of baokgammon, of which lie is so fond. 1 floorge Willbun Curtis 'nada a very happy response to the praises of Mende at 1 a dinner given at the levant Club of Boston , some parts since upon bis birthday. Dr. 1 Holmes, Mr. Lowell, and President Norton had all said their say mut said it well, when IMr. Curtis Was called upon to respond, By way of illuetrating hie own case he told the story of an Oriental prince and his mentor. Prince and mentor walked abroad one day, the latter carrying in his hand to jar, which , be presently uncorked. From the open 1 mouth of the vessel rose a gas, p.1 this the mentor lighted. Thick fumes curled up from the burning gas, and gradually Wok ouch shape that the prince could not help recognising traces of Ins own features, though glorified and enobled. "Can it be that this piotures me?" asked the flattered prince. "Yes smiled the mentor," nob, however, ari you are, Sub as you ought to Although the late Daniel Dougherty was for at least thirty years an orator of high repute, he never (mite mastered die antici- patory stage fright that cense upon him ea the titne to make 03301)1110 apeeeh approach- ed. He charmed a distinguished company at one of the Palloweraft dinners, after Biehop Potter, Mr. Olevelanceand other less notable persona had spoken, but those who heard did not know that ten minutes be- fore Mr. Dougherty began to speak he bad been intercepted in an attempt to escape from the room. He confessed then mu\ there that he was on the verge of panic, and only by the moat urgent persuasion could he be prevailed upon to speak. Once upon hie feet, however his fright was gone and eras words came promptly to Isis tongue. Ero. had his half hour of tremors, however, no. matter what the =Mien, when Ise knew Ise must address an audience. 'I'he Rev, A. N. Keigwin, a Presbyterian mibister, of Wilmington, Del., prophesiers the end of the world in 18(17. He expecte that in that year Ole Jews will be restored to the Holy Land, and that they svill build anew the temple against the second cone ing of Christ. Ile draws these conclusions from several much-discussed 33050113308 111 the Book of Revelation, and has been preaching serrnots for HOMO time pest with the speoittl oofbj jesept7o.f preparing his flock for the events Grover Cleveland is a member of the law firm of Bangs, Stetson, Tracy & IslacVeagh, of New York. He is a good lawyer 10 0011. sultations His work in this firm is what is known in the profession as " office work." He never was to pleader in the courts, yob his state papers are considered sound, and of ten, 10 00108 respects, brilliant. His share in the profits of the firm is about 850,000 a year. All of his admirers in bresineas circles send him cases whenever opportunity arises. Efe has acted as a reteree in three oases, and it so happened that the courts eet aside hie decisions. Some 01 0110 beet lawyers meet with this experience at times. In one ease, the New York state court of appeals re- versed the verdict W011 MO Mr. Cleveland'a preparation of the case. Household Suggestions. Keep flowers fresh by putting a pinch of soda in the water. Boil the clothesline, and it will not as a, new rope is apt to do. Keep a small box filled with lime in your pantry ana collar it will keep the air dry and pure. Soda is the hest thing for cleaning tinware; apply with a damp cloth and rub well, then wipe dry. Prick potatoes before baking so that the air 000 escape; this will prevent their burst. bug in the oven. For sore throat beat the white of an egg stiff with all the sugar it will hold and the juice of 0110 lemon. When baking cakes set a dish of water in the oven with them and they will not be in any clanger from scorchiug. Grease spots that have been burnt and be- come hard on the stove, may be removed by a tow drops of keroseee oil on the. dote be- fore rubbing them. To meld large Stoles in socks or in merino underwear, take a piece of strong net over and darn through it. The thorn will be stronger and neater than without it. To clean a stove zinc or zinc -lined bath- tub, mix ammonia and whiting to a smooth pastmapply it to the zinc and letit dry. Then rub it off until no dust remains. A teaspoonful of alien svill make clear four gallons of muddy water. Boiling the stater is necessary to remove disease germs when a farm pump or tosses reservoir hes a bad name. To polish tortoise -shell ornaments, by rubbing with pulverized charcoal and water, using a clean flannel cloth; next moisten with vinegar and rub svith whiting wet with water, or powdered rotten stone may be substituted for the whiting. A shoe that is uncomfortable from ninth- ing may be fixed by laying a cloth, wee in &stinging it as it grows cooler, for a number hot wa,ter, across the place where st pinches, I of times. This will rause the leather to shape itself to the foot. To polish patent leather, tithe a half - pound of sugar, ono ounce of gum arabic and two pounds et ivory black, and boil all togethee Then let it stand until cooled and settled when it may be 331111111 bottles for use. This is also good for all black shoes. To clean japanned goods, wet a sponge in warm suds and wash the tray, ole., ansi rub it with a cloth. If it looks smeared, (lust on a little flour and rub it with a cloth, while if it ho,s any marks they may often be retnoved with a little sweet oil robbed on with a piece of flannel. ADAM B HEIGHT. The Statements DI trar nut 00100 0 Them Are Very rrectsc. I have often wondered where M. Hendon, the 'French savant, got his data for the env- ious specultitions Ile gives ve to the height and other propertions of Adam and Eve. In Ills remarkable work, "Tho Degenera- tion of the Mullets Race," published in 1718, the learned academician gravely informs his readers that Adam was 123 feet and 9 inches in height, while his disobedient con- sort was but to paltry 11S feet from the solo of the foot to the crown of the head. Of course all who have reed very extensively of Talmudist literature, or even Baring - Golden. "Legends of tho Patriarch Propli- eta," remember the weeded& stories told of how Adam WM made 1 of Ilia gigantic size, and how, after the fall, hisstature was reduced several miles by the offended God himself. The Talmud Isas this to say of Adean's height. ; "He was so tall that he stoosl with feet on earth and head in Heaven tintil God pressed him down at the time of the fall," Rabbi Jhuda says that when Ise lay on the earth " his body completely cov- ered 11" Another Talmudic story says:" to judge how boog Ise was, understand that his body stretchesfrom nue end of the earth to I tho other, ancl it taken a man 500 years to walk that distance. The augelo were awed with wonder when they saw that gigantic human being and bowed before him, crying, i 'Holy, holy, holy,' Then God rediesed his i size by cutting off groat &winks of flesh," These aro all absurd legendary Merles, of s course, hot where did Heerlen 33011 1118 lig. 1 1 tires for the 1:2:3•foot calculation mentioned 1 t In the opening? Oan Man Change the Olimate? The fact that man has been able to pro- duce many great changes on the face of the earth ia a tribute to his industry andingen- nay. 8ut 111 isposaible that he is bringing about effects of equal importance withoue intending thetn. This reflection issuggest- ed by a reeeist article of Doctor J. E. Tay- lor on the question whether the British climate is changing. It is only within the lest ten years that the great part that dust plays in weather making has come to be properly understood. The colors of sunrise and senset are largely, perhaps nutinly, due to the presence of in- visible dust in the atmosphere. The wind and the temperature of the air are also af- fected by dust. The existence of clouds may be entirely dependent upon the presence of dust particles. Doctor Taylor suggeats that the immense quantity of dust discharged into the air by the innumerable fael-consumiug engines of this ago of Mechanical progress may increase the cloudiness of a country like England, and thereby lead to oolder and gloomier seasons. When we recall the ndnuteness of man in oomptirison with the greet globe that he in- habits and the vast theme of eh, that sur- rounds him, it appears very surprising that he should be able to ben about such effects. But it must be remembered that he ie dealing oontintudly with giant powers of natnre whiols are so delicately balanced that a men touch, as it were, FIll1ff008 some, &Ines to sat &ions operating in 00050 way.. - Tea -Chest Lead, One of the industries in connection settle the tea trade is the oolleetion of the lead: with which tea...chests aro lined. China haa been noted for many centuries for the purity. 01 )50 load, and this tee,chest lead, as it is. called, is regarded as the finest in existence. There aro many uses for it ; 111 10 found very valuable in making the best kind of solder. No machinery is employed in the Feder). tion of this sheet load : every sheet is made by hand in the most primitive fashion. A large brick is provided, the size of the sheet of lead to be matte, itntl ie eovered with two or three sheets of paper. On these the molten lead is poured, and another brick is picteed on the top, whith flattens the lead out the required size and thioltness. The shoote are then soldered together to the size of the interior of the tea-chest ; the tea s packed in, and the top shoot is fastened 0 plane, The Nvorktneti are very expert, and they turn out tun immense niimber of heats in the course of a day, and, where abor is so cheap, ttt to priect much leas han if the articles wore prodeccd by nachinery, If you wish to lemmas° your chances of life, inarry, for, as e rule, married men live longer than bitohelors; yet we are told Wulf) out of every thousand persons in England more than six hundred are dnmarried. A wine merchant in Cadiz, whose repute tion is unimpeachable, makes the astonnding disolosure that =imitation brand of sherry is furnished in immense quantities to "one of the largest mail steamship companies in the world." et the low price of 4/1 ponce per bottle. This beverage, which is undt to drink, is sold to passengers at twelve Mines its cost, Ton ought always be 00 cheerful as the bright May day. in her day the Linpross Eugenie was the leader of fashion, and her pin money for dress was fabulous. Her feet and bands wore 06 small that her maids, who had hoe shrug end gloves 00 perquisites, could find no Market for them, so they wore presented by the lihnpress yearly to the orphans of tho Eugenie Napoleon Asyltun, where fifty ' fatherless awl motherless girls were educated at her cost, All the white shins and vvhitix gloves Ivhich those girla wore ab their first communion were those which had boon worn by the Empress.