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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1893-1-20, Page 3<January "?(), 1893. THE BRUSSELS POST. eeeeesseeseeereetevessesseeeseeseweeeeseeseessesete HOUSEHO.LID. Broken Measures. 1.1fola full 11 broken meitalr. . ea0aeet'Ru,�111111pleetrettmouae11ueneeS, there U tllr+ets n1t'. 1;,1110111 aril many 1110tnnree whore y0'tng tempo luol 5001)10. ulteeta•inee with Melee ate it keenly, Lucien or our euvt lest tre:4surrs, Ere the heights bo edited. It le Unquestionably the feet that a good dual of whet 18 aim dallied 0f by parelits as neglect nu the part of ohildren comes front the feeling that they have loon al- lowed to grow up ie ignorance of amity tilingn which they should have known, and have experienced so :mush annoyance and dleeond0rt on thin account 1111 they feel sensitive end sore of spirit 10 coast- gnenee, It is natural enough to feel a oe'tain do' orao of resentment, toward those who are the cause o1 oorioue unhappiness or imolai disgrace, 0r whether it le the ppevent or someone else seems to make no d10'orane°; indeed, the responsibility whioh attaches to that relatonship but increases the din. contlture, Social etiquette classes for the mother of families might be 0 departure, but they elrtai(1ly would be lusting benefit to the rising generation. Nouse Linen, The'rosoo1 styles in bed -linen aro eapeni. allyfavorablo to fine materiel and dainty atite11e9, for the ruIlio noel laces and elm. bro(doriee which bedecked our Ueda a few yea's ago have been to a groat extent superseded by delicate hamototohing, with annetitnes a dainty bit of embroidery above it. Shales are not so much ns8d as they !leve been, but they are so convenient that it in not easy to discard thoal altogether ; and there is a noticeable dieposit(on to re- gard thorn more favorably within the last 8 children'e 'n lee the fact the t their (I u h p(h(11 F t t r' r eel-reef,teething, dlsg asp 6e0anse of leek if llue this le often the duet, and, though chil- dren rarefy Alaimo die parents (l being the Henry soul has esph'0I lou' Hall uusnlleded, M°nu,rlos that mike vlhretten0 of the heart: in'md08 cul; ttlou4, set the gifts dueled. Wo aro better for the longing, Stroogorfor• the fan; Sells at ease are ( (100 wt'enting - Throlglt theIterrawed sell meas thronging SoOds, in sell and rata i Broeon measures find eomplotonoea In theperfeot whole Life 1a but a 1(00 infleotness-- ltuihou (n all alrongth end timidness Crewe the e4'iving soul. Paby'o Diary for Ono Day- Waked ay Waked up as 0811x1 at 11 oeln(k in the morning, end cried until everybody else in the house wad awakened. Then 1 went to slee > again, Was aroused 0000 neuro a1 11 o'clock by a fly dancing on my face. 1. tried to hit h(nn, an rt. onlysucceede 1n slapping myselfetohard that I had to scream. I screened until every body deeded to dress, and when they were ready for breakfast balf an hou'before break- fast was ready for them, 1 full asleep. My breakfast was served at (( u'olook. I don't think the Drink can Ile meth good, for I nover had anything but milk for breakfast, dinner or any other meal since 1 can remem- ber. After breakfast I saw my big brother playing with a jumping-jeek. As I wanted it myself, I cried until 00000 made brother give it u . Thee brother began to cry, end SUE tl SS DAO.OMB i.,'n0 to „000, nee -wiling to "irenm;tanees• I Tflt113 1/ S IA3. The 8l mann hq.'I.1111 tea S'lel li It Are tin folmt lie kluge b; 1y guard, hurl from id1 ._._.. m1001111h :11.11 ar nal° &wage tale ! mil: • 40nW11 O' 'iI.re 11(3, t.hlrel,y then il', men. Peron their earlle.;t 'lien military operations of the 11)0)0.13 year,; they ern 01111Cully train oil to ctedty, agailla1 U.*hu3ndy have eau0erl palate wan. and 1h'i privet.. s'a'priliren of tee 111(10(10, taus 1.11130 (hlvete 1 Lllnra 1,1ntu 000' 1,060.0 10 \•here they alone (1Hiehete Its torturers amt this little tutown (1 Henry, whale mune for "Koen ',loners, are believed, free what 13 teeny years hew been It synonym for sevag0 kuuwn o1 then(, to exceed he dinbntieal soy cruelty, for of all the talcs of barbarity ag0ry anythunl that is 000r 700(1 lit pu131fe. Which Afr(1m has given L0 the world, and Gunton enu'ilices told the prentioa1 celibacy (.hey arc innumerable, no one has ever ax• of a(t large 114 number of women, have 00(101- Deeded the story of Delminey, The Menet- ed the population of Dahomey, once bailey. 1,180 Which are an eve'y-'llty sight in this ort to exceed 3,0':O,u00, to lege than 500,000, out-ol•tllo-way'turner of the dark Continent and the doolino le still preceeding at a very are all the more torrible in teat they are rapid rate. perpetrated (o the mane of religion, and RetutMtEV 031 '011z PItENnn, every i aesaer'l(, however hideous, le really The Fronob war in Dahomey is apart of a s0ori110e, a loug•coneeive,l plan to bund up 113 the 'rot: DAMN 4X 1ui1,1(1I0N. wester:' part of Africa a French colonial q' r' onpire of grand dimensions. Already in possession of Algiers and 'Tunis, the IF eeneh aspiee to the control of the Western Sa- hara, Oct Valley of the Niger and a largo part of the tloinea roast, The Sahara he 1el(gest of 1 le Da, tomes (8 a fot•nl o nature worship. They believe in 011e great supremo being, whorl they consider too far re mend from earth to uouuo•( himself in y the leant, about lunnan affairs, bet who ,lele no moans the desolate sandy gates his power ton heat of inferior ,Inulol(, who beau Chair fauns in the Jidda, the 1t08 1by(t that las been depleted in thea,lhaol hooks, but abounds in Da8en ('(treats, the apringe ; who preside over the which eau unpnblo of supporting a large crops, the mous and the nu (11(18 , Les these 10 elation. Experience bas shown that ill samdib 11 are e011y y mala with groat m 117 places water may be obtained by sink - as the 0011 norm 00 of thongs as thlug is ing artesian wells, and, thio being the ease, ns the worehipo,1 .can procure. Nn11 (ng is the desert uuty yet blossom 1(Ice the rose. mot•° peeebous then human life, and the King, who rules Dahomey liko a dami•gnd, being regarded eased, by has people, ma1t08 every year such earriftees as he deems heroin • A railroad has already bean projected CO onen8ut tate Algerian possessions of Franco with the °oast of (iubnee, but (tom pieta sub• mg to the dignity of a monarch who terms jAction of 11131 hostile tribes of the coast tend himself the brother of the stars. These an. interior is a neees8ity before snots a lino can null seed floes are °ailcd the ''1uat0010,•'a'. be built, to 80v nothing of its maintenance, ever year from CO to 100 victims are put to The French military operations against Da - death y 13031 in honor of the, gods and parte homey tiro therefore in tune with tho French to carr partly the dead. Tim Di1h0111an(8 be. progress senthward through the Sahara : Ibeve in the immortality of Ch08001, and also Dahomey must be conquered before the p fow months than was 01101013 when th0y first that every soul enters the other world in pro- Trench Aft -lean empire wan exist, Many bemuse 1 was sorry for him I cried too. begat) to fall out of favour more than a yoar cutely the ane condition in lvhich it loaves °mothe ago the lWar8 as begun by Trench Had tench et 10 o'clock (sane ass break- ago. When they are used they 1400 made this; that ca Kang is for°vera King ; Lhat a aggression from the French colonies In fast', Wont out riding afterwards in my sonevhat inure elahorato than pillow.casae, slave eau (10v01' hope for freedom,, livsry Guinea, and 10ts boon going on with varying carriage, and cried all the way home betwee though they most frequently consist (HMS"of a year, when the (HMS" the " oestocns„ aurees8 ever 011(00, Cha Amazons fight well, nurse wouldn't let me havo it nice big black Rr 111100 of linen, hemstitched, and with as and the character of the country through t approaches, roaches, a certain number of persons, doggie to carry. He was a lovely joggle, 11111011 deawn•work as the time and taste of eomet(mes the Hingis own snhjecta, some- which 1,110 L eenth have been forced to Incl:e and when I screamed he Invited, s11 I the user wall permit. 3111(05 captives taken in war, are snlantecl their way rename progress very slow. H18v- ecream¢d calci hard lots of Lames, It was p m,+ passed the coast they are now pen° great fun, is greatly improved byputting a Urian,0lal' Got so tired ecreaming that I went to O Y 1 ' ( 6, sloop, At 1. -'o'clock waked and had dinner plena on the under aide of each corner. life coruer0 of the pillows acro thrust into these, causing the sham to fit down closely over the pillow, te1d more nearly resemble a real plllow.ease, than when it is simply lead over the pillow, or held by sum of the patent devices. 11011) Oblong pillows aro nolo more used than Teta PIT l(0 A PILLMWSIIAnr (seine 0,0 breakfast and lunette \).ammo played on the piano andtsttng to ole. 'When I tried to sing oho laughed, and Its I don't like to be laughed at, I dried, Nuns° said 1 was a cry-baby, and t cried all the Unto at everything, but 1 don't( agree her. 1. 110000 or now at rneal•times, because 1 tried it 01300 and found 1 aauldn't eat and cry at the same time, so gev8 it tip. I have all night to cry in if I want to, and I can't eat 111911. Hod lots of fon. fulled nurse's hair, then pulled mamma's hair. It wasn't so ((100(1 fun when 1 tried to pull brother's ham, for he slapped my hands. 1 than't like that, so I cried. Then brother laughed, and I cried harder, and then brother was sent away. I cried herder than ever at this, for 1 wanted to play with brother. Had supper at three o'oloek (sane a breakfast, lunch and dinned. CIoGniod and dropped the bottle, and Dried because I oouldn't have any more supper es the bottle Was br,lkon. I have discoverer) that bottles break, Hooray ! Tried to tell nurse about my discovery, and nurse said, " Poor 'Rale snug." I wasn't a '`sing," I'm not "'ittle," because there's no such word, and 111 never h° " poor," so I cried. From 4 until 5 1 made a new record. I generally cry at half past 4 every day, but today I didn't. 11000 asleep. At half past 5 I had the last meal of the day, a new bottle having been proctored. I don't know tho name of this meal, but it doesen't make any difference, for it was th0 11)11(10 as i:reekfast, lunch, d:nncr and sup. per. I wont to bed at 11 o'clock. At 0 netted: I waked up, and hearing company dowileta(t'1 cried for some clnnpony myself. Mamma aun0 up to me. ',1 ant 10 sleep, Didn't, wake up one, morn that mightaftet I Went 40 )leap 1,110 1814 111110 (1a4t1 the next 0 ornhlg.—[harpers Young People, The Oharnt of Pleasantness. Every woman has an inherent longing to be eta -active, and if she hal not, she should have. For what would this elutes, doubt end strife of our daily warfare be- come, were it not that sweet woman inter. fuses iu10 it her calming, cheering influ- ences ? And the natural tribute anon pay to woman's attractive qualities is admiration, If a woman is incapable ,of appreciating the homage of man, and treats mean's highest gift as though it were vanity, she makes a serious mistake, 13ut how can a girt hest gain the love and respect of ethers? This is an all-important query, and it is bestanswered by ac Harte illustration drawn from reel life, Miss A is beautiful Her statuesque form and mag- nificontfaoe are always the same, with a cold, distantaspeot which even her undoubt- ed beonty does not redeem from reproach. Miss 13 is neither so talented nor lovely, bob she meets one heart to heart, and her continued pleasantness has e. charm whioh draws around her a devoted cirole of appreciative friends. Site is her father's ooufhdlmt, her mother's joy, the recipient of her brother Jack's love -trouble and sister Nellie's strng. glee with 1?recoh. All, girls 1 The snowiest skin will some day be sallow ; the flush of youth will dig• appear; the bright Dye grow dim end the nervy limb be twat -tam and feeble. Bob this inward loveliness, this beauty of spirit, is horn of H80001*, and klhow0 no death. The tender ministries of Aides B will creep into any tram heart, soonee them Miss A's bey beauty. Such a woman in any home is a glimpse of God's sunshine, Beauty and genius are the gifts of Providence, but a good liearb ell can cultivate. Manners Por Ohildron• Thera are few portions of household training that are more (10(118010(1 than the edneatiou of children in the habits of eat ing. In the family it is the easiest thing in the world to grow 0arelo80 or indulge In various practices not peemissable in polite soaioby, but, all the same, these habits aro formed, and the children, as 111 natural 30/11 sequence, grow up in such ways. It is small wonder that when tlloy find it necessary to go 0411 Into the world they are obliged to have a thorough course of train. int to unlearn the habits of early life, The only excess) for this is when the parents are themselves totally ignorant of the proprieties of life, It i0 a poor coin• men: oil bad mann0r0 when the young person in response to reproof says : ` Wo always did s° at 1)0111e " And 110 parent 01(001(1 permit it to bo possible for the child to east any such rc0ooti0n on the guardian of its tender years. It is comparatively easy, once the habil; of dll0cipliue is established, to compel the observances of the Moe that govern geed 0ooiety. If parents do not. know t11em,they 8ho01d realize the (10008. ally of loarnin them before they attempt' the treinin of little children. It must 1 e a very unhappy reflection to father and mother when they 003130 to. corn - square onus, and pillow•eaeee are Made with• out the old-fashioned took along the sides. The open end hangs beyond the pillow about eight inches, and all the trimming is around this and. Elven for square inflows the case is made with the long overhenging end, thus giving nu oblong offeot. The best style is to slake the oases of fine linen, with simply a hem -stitched ham ; but it is quite admis- sible to 080 drawn.work, embroidery, 'or even ruffles, Heroes the encl. • However fine the linen or dainty the stitching, much of tho joy in a well•filled 1iuon•closet is dependentulou the laundress. Though there be never a ruffle nor a bit of embroidery among them, 1,0 peeper house- wife o:1- Ionic upon her piles of snowy, 811 in - lug linen, without a thrill of satisfaction at their beauty, and the thriftiness implied by them. Starch should never bo used in bad. linen. If itis ironed while quite damp and with a very hot iron, it will have a hand- somer gloss than any starch can give it, and enough stiffness to make it lie smoothly, which is all that is desirable. Do not star its beauty by many folds. Unca crease down the centre of a pillow -case 10 sufliodent. 1f possible, one closet or so: of drawers sllo'a1d be sob apart exclusively for bud-linel and towels; told when this can be dole it may be made deliciously fragrant by scale teeing among the linen 1(1371'(115 0P 3,Ay@Npait flowers tied up ip tittle bags of Swiss or tadattn. Bunches of sweet 0lrlaor, 00 the loaves of the lemon verbena may also be used in this way ; hub 011 heavy perfunlee or sachet powders should. bo substituted, ao the object is to give only a sweet, grassy fragrance, suggestive of cleanliness and sunlight and pure air. But for table-lineu, even this muoh of a suggestion of perfume should bo avoided, In delicate cookery a savory diell clay be ruin- ed by too great a preponderance of any one flexor ; and to a seusltive taste a dinner may be spoiled by an incongruous perfume, though it be one that ender oiler circum- stances would please the most fastidious. Hearn, whatever part of the 010051 be re. served for table linen, it should be apart from the rest, and free from any odor. For tableoloths, drawers are much bet- ter than shelves, because one necessarily has a few finer and longer clothes than the ordinary ones, which are but seldom called into use and in a drawer they can bo bettor protected from the inevitable dust w11i011 yellows them, then they can bo on open shelves, But, in whatever place they are kept, the space should be It little longer than half the width of the cloth ; for e, handsomely laundered tablecloth should have but one er0000 in it, and that straight• down the center. Before ironing ht should be folded once lengthwise, and then ironed until it is perfectly dry and glossy on both sides ; after this it may h° lightly folded °rosswioe until it is a convenient size for the closet. If (b is properly ironed at first these oross•folds will nob become firmly set and when the clout is laid they nen be easily smoothed out with the hand so that no fold is oonapiouousexaep1pt the one down Lho center. Any fancyfoltiings of either table- cloths or napkins are e1CIOIISTIVn OP 1t*5TAIIIIANTs autl public eating•houses, and should al- ways be avoided on the hone table. As in bod•linen, so in 1,1tble linen ; there is no more satisfyotoryway of keeping the closet well stocked than 10 add a lint° each year. One or two Mae t,(blsclotha end a dozen napkins 01100 it year require a comparatively shall outlay of money; yet unless the family bR al 11n10oally large ono or the lintel is not properly taken oath of, this is quite enough to keep on hand a fuer supply of fresh table linen. T'llere is no 000,10my in buying a poor quality of linen for the table. The oheap. 0r qualities bonnie rough after the I1r81 laundering end soon fall into bolos, while good linen improves in appearance after it lute boon washed a few timee, is vary dur- able, and retains its beauty end atnootlm00s until it is worn 0017 thhl. It 10 hotter to boy tt(b1oc1oths by the yard and hen them than to get the set patterns with fringed edges. Ib is diffi- cult to make the fringe look woll alter it has boort laundered a few times and the con1inuo'ue pattern is more tunable , for varied lases than a limited design. Instead of the narrow item formerly used, table. cloths 110W have a hem from ono to three inches in depth, according to the .uses for which they aro intended and aro frequently hemstitched, smnotimee a narrow lino of em. broidery above tho hom and sonobimos with an embroidered monogram i11 the Dor• Her. Mediocrity eau batik; but, it is for genius to observe, for the saorilioe. The native DahmmUl8 ere - 1 alone intrusted with 1lie duty of hwmring trtitiug the forests and mountains a few the King's messages to the load, aurl 01801, I miles inlanldti10111, the h the Gonos are el skillful in turn, is brought to the 'Clog on the '1great I at no lismall disadvantage, having repo,uorlly day of the festival. 9118 supreme ruler af' fallen into ambueoades. Of their ultimate Dahomey whispers foto the Dar of the aeon:• success little doubt can be ont0rtained, for ort man the message he in to convey to the 1 other world and lie is immediately docapie their imported ty of weapons and thole mill• fated. In Dahomey no sanctity is attached to Manan remains. The belies of the tary training gives them ant advantage that the untrained e000ago, even of the Dahoman victims are tlraggert. to the suburbs of Ab- Amazons, cannot overcome, and their con- nmey, the capital, were clouds of hungryI quest of the country will remove one of the vultures (vain for the coming feast, and fn a mostappalling blots on the face of the earth. few hours nothing is left of the unhappy victims but the bones. Nor aro these in- terred, and hundreds of acres of ground in the vicinity of the capital aro strewed with the whitened relies of mot tat ay. The skuhs alone are preserved ; carefully cleaned they become trophies, 111411 aro seen everywhere in the vicinity of tine eepitel, on doorposts, on notes, on the cornices of Ute houses, while the walls of the tempies are almost entirely composed of these ghastly remind- ers. PATE 01' T110 S1,ACE5, The Maga peopleare rarely subjected to the horrid tortures that fall 0(o the fate of the sieves. The Dahomans are a warlike people, and every year raids are organized into the neighboring country to recruit the number of slaves. In the palmy days of the Slave trade sacrifices of the captives were by no means so numerous as after its suppression. Then( a slave was \minable, and the cupidity of the King prevented such destruction of property AS was involv- ed in the sacrifice of human life. But since the suppression of the trade in innnan flesh the lives of slaves aro com- paratively worthless in Dahomey, and hundreds are annually put to death with the most savage tortures, They are 11100)am- borod limb by 11 nth ; 1110y are 11011 10 posts and hounds tiro set to 10011.3' (bon to death; they ore securely fastened to the ground near the nests of the ferocious ants of the country, that attach them and tear their• flesh, bit by bit away, the spectacle of a still living man with his body half eaten by the ants, being nob infrequently seen. Near the royal palace there aro long avenues, and when the King desires to receive an embas- sy with unusual pomp gibbets are erected, 1111(1 00 those are hung, head downward, doz- ens of hapless slaves, there to remain, guard. ed by the King's soldiers, until death puts an end to their sufferings. Leven before the breath has left the body, however, the vul- ture, in Dahomey a seared bird, begins his work, and the screams of the sufferers, torn to pieces by the greedy birds, render the vi- cinity of the palace hideous. Snob a 00ene is depicted In an illustration, copied from a foreign periodical, the occasion being one when the King desired to show uspeeial honor to visitors to his capital. It is from a sketch made by a foreigner who for some time resided in Attorney and witnessed al- most daily spectacles to make the blood run cold. Shocking as are the daily exhibitions of cruelty in this terrible country, they are far surpassed by the scenes whioh take place when a monarch is crowned. The new Icing provides himself OS speedily as possible with a Bulli(tient nunberof victims, and thou stole. Urates the "grand customs," i° (0111011 from 500 to 1000 men are pub to death in order to provide the deceased king with esuitable, 0010100 in the odor world. Then blood flows in streams. Co the accession of the present ruler so greet was the number of these thus wantonly slain that & largo trench was load° in the ground, in whioh a ammo was placed. The blood of the murdered men (1111.0 conducted by conduits foto the trouoh until its gnantlty wee sufficient to float the boat, 011,tI100100*1 01' T(10 00*00RY. Yon Dahomey is a county the character of whioh recalls the linos of tho old hymn, "Whet'° ()rary`prospoob pleases and Duly (111411 is vile." Near the mast t10 land is inw aid sandy, but a few miles front the sou, the forests of the interior be- gin, x111 present t4 soono of leafy graurlottr such as can bo seen no- where outside of the tropics. Most of the braes ore of gigantic size, while intertwined creepers and vines, overhead and undo!: foot, render the progress of the footmen al• most impossible. 1 nether 011, the foresbs give way to rolling lauds of wonderful beau. by and fertility. 10 any part of the noun' try two crops aro possible in every agrieid. turd year, lint so little leognaintenee have the people with praathal egeloulltuo teat they fleecy ream more titan is necessary for their own consumption; famines are far from uncommon and the population of Da• homey is actually decreasing. There is ex- o011e1t reason for this bob, 881(i0 from the horrid sacrifices. Polygamy is common ; every mon has as many 01(400 AS he eon got; the king hoe from 3,000 to 0,000. 13esidos, h3 oonneation with the royal establishment there is a body of troops, 1,110 Amazons, the like to Which 1,110 world elsewhere does not show a parallel. Nominally the King's 1wiv00, they are rarely ea save in name, but ora nevertheless inept in seolusion. They drill in private, and when they march (bread n hora)d preoodes then warning all men from the streets, They number from Civilized races are 1108 commonly gentle fn their dealings with savages, and the stories from time to time made public of F eenoh cruelty to their prisoners may be all trite ; but even when all this is taken into the account, the esteollsliment of a responsible government in Dahomey and the abolition of the horrid sacrifices will rid Africa of ono of its most terrible curses, the wanton de. Strnetion of life. Frinoe George and the Bluejaoket• When Prince George, Duke of York, had the independent command of the Thrush, on the West Indian station, it fell to his lot to have to convey, as prisoner, a young blue. jacket belonging to another ship, 10110 had been hitherto a constantotfonder and con. tinually on the blacklist. The Wren came on board tho Thrush merely as a prisoner for convoyenee front one pert of the etatio n to another under sentence of punishment. From his demeanor, however, and by olose observation of him, Prince George eagle to the conclusion that there wore many deeds of good in tate man end the melting of a bet- ter career. When the term of punishment was 11111111011, and the time cauto for hint to rejoin his own ship, l't•(nto George determin- ed to try and give him the 0h(n00 of a new start Mille. On arriving in part, after call- ing upon the 11100'1 captain, who naturally was only too glad to be rid of 111111, he we ;t to the Admiral and asked permission to transfer hint to the Thrush. The Admiral, astonished at the proposition, gave his oonoent. Pewee George wont beck to his own ship, had the man' brought aft before him on the quarterdeck and spoke to hint ns probably ho had never been spoken to before. He told him that he was henceforth transferred to the Thrush : that, as 0om- mending, offiuor, be put him in the first class for leave and gave hint a clean sheet as regards his past offences. "I do not ask you to make me any promise as to your fut- ure behavior. I trust to y0n0 honor and good feeling alone.. But remember that, by the rules of the service, if you offen(l again in any way, or break your leave, I have no option, but am bound to put you straight beak again to that class from which I now remove you, Your future is in your own hands. You have had no leave for twelve months. Go ashore 11010 With the spacial leave men. Your pay has been stopped, end 110 1110(10y is due to yep. Here is a sovereigtl. I trust to you not to misspend it. Yon know hes well as 1 do what you may do, and what yon may not do. God help you to do the right and keep you from wrong." The mat was completely overcomer 110 of course answered nothing, but saluted and was then nntr0led forward again, His eomnlau('ing officer's confidence was not nmaplaned. During the rest of the Thrush's 001n11119sionn ho Was never once an offender, but showed himself as native, willing and smart a hand as any hi tho ship, and after Working hours he was tihe life of the fore- castle. In the ship in widen he has subs sequently served he hes maintained his good conduct and attained &petty officer's rating, Like a fairy Prinoeso• Ono of the most charming women at the Spanish Court, says a Spanish exohatgo, is Mma. Varoonoollos, a lady of Sandoval, who is a belle Espagnole of the most ravishing type. She is tell, slender, clerk -eyed, with raven tresses and ineffable grace of move. men1. When she was singled 0(o . she ha many suitors that she resembled the princess of a fairy -talo. Four of those ,young men, all of good family and fortune, in despair of her coldness, bound themselves by a VOW 111000 worthy of the Middle Agoo than modern Iberia, never to marry any other woman and to seek death fol' four years, at the end of whioh time the survivor should return and renew his suit, One of them went t0 America, where he was shot in a street brawl. Another joined the french army in Tongnin and was killed in a foray with tho Black Flags. The third fell a vic- tim to AfHenn sums and privations. The fourth, having passed snoocssfully through a series of South Amorieon revolutions end wars, returned to Spain, only to be drowned in harbour by an oxtr1ordhsary accident. Considerate. Cheek—Great Scott, man 1 Can't yon be more careful ? YOU lhayo Spilled the settee all over my top•0oat, Waiter.—Beg pardon, sir, I ane sure. I'll pay for it, air. (#uest.—liow will you pay lot it? Water. --I won't charge it on tho ohoolr, sir. lbirl' it lion of I he Adven111 ('('r/ 30:111 FO+1;..ell (011' Til/011 len Seine's t'1letl(, The 1tmligne ln'oi1101'e, who st O'e I hn weil- ry014)14.d royal ,ya'alt of the Eine ,.1Tahiti, and then murdered 411110 1110.11 111 rover np their 01110)1(7, hewn been exeuut•d a, Mani. 1a. '1'he three p(rales were lel from the (gaol 011 the morning of the 008001,801 into the public square of Manila, where stood the exoentimler, sword in hand. '1100 ,'0011 was the Heat to ,1(0. Jlonnd hand and foot he was formal to kneel before the headsman. He bogged and oriel for mercy, but there was no one to intercede for hfm, The Rod, ('1085 10011011 on stoically. S0ltifer0 in (Iota bee lines formed a hollow 0501)10 to keep hawk the crowd attracted by the spectacle. With Ono long sweep the ex0cutin0er sav- e•ed elaloi'i, nook, and his head rolled sev• oral feet away. The R.odiquee, brawny, powerful men, were led to the epee They knelt together, two neon hold e0•111 pirate with has head bent bn'ward, fatelt urcic was marke•1 and the signal wa0 given. The re• port of the execution says that but one blow was given in each ease. The ttodigaes were colviets, but were highly educated and of p1I b11ol address, having at ono time, judging front their mal- ner, moved in refined moiety, The Rtury of their last and worst cr(mo w110 told by Melo(, the Tahitian nook, to the Manila authorities, They leased a schooner yeeht, the lli(naloaitlt, belonging to the native King of Tahiti, giving out that they were going on a trading voyage among the isl- ands. This vested .was formerly the Dolly and once belonged to Captain Matthew Turner, of San Francisco. The Bodiques engaged a ratan named Con1ello as Captain and Wm. D. Hell as supercargo. Several Tahiti lmsiaess mets were induced to share in the enterprise. A week ont of Papeete elle of thee 110111 - qua) gave the cook, Meloi, a bottle filled with a white powder, and ordered him to put it in the food of the (captain and sepal. - cargo and the seven native sailors, He ob. ieetrd, but yielded 11111011 offered a sharp of the profits of tho pirates' cruise. The cap- tain and supercargo ate with the pirates. In a few moments they were eeized with enpearns. The cook saw that at this moment the waters were a rithing in agony on the decks. The pirates drove their pistols and shot the captain and supercargo (lead, Ordering the nook to throw the bodies overboard, the brothers went on leek to watch the sailors die. Now and then, when 0 victim would roll on his tame, one of the i pirates would tout him over with his font in order to enjoy the terrible agony de.I p(eted cu the dying man's face. A school of 1 sharks was following the vessel, and tho cook, at tie order of the pirates, took a dying sailor and tossed hies overheard, and with yells and laughtee the pirates watched the helpless matt torn to pieces. All the viet0110 were served likewise. The brothers then finished their evening meal. Prooeoding to oto of the Pomoto islands they took on six natives and began life as traders and pirates, living riotously on their profits. It was decided to rue to Manila for a carouse. The cook demanded a share of the profits 1101 was refused. He was not allowed to leave 111e schooner. The vessel reached Manila during the progress of a big fair. There was a Spen(sh colonial revenue nutter in the harbour. The 'sank slipped away, rowed to the cutter, and told the terrible story. Six marines (('ere sent to look for the pirates, and found then in a drinking booth, The pirates wore so sate prised that they trade little resistance. They hero put In gaol with the cook, and were heavily guarded until their execntiol, which followed immediately upon the brief trial. The vessel has been confiscate:1 by tho authorities at Manila. Dinner in Norway. Alen who 0 rite books of travel commonly have more than enough to say about bar( food and 11,111 cooking --which means often nothmg worse then food and cookery to which they are not accustomed. It is doubly pleasant, therefore, to find a woman —who may be presumed to know whereof oh' -peaks—praising meals prepared after foreign fashions, and eater in strange sur- roundings, Mrs, Jackson, when in Nor- way, found many things to delight her. Doubtless, being a reasonable woman, she went prepared to find them. One thing, which marked a "memorable day," was "a tree Norwegian dinner in a simple Bergen home." I he carriage will crime for you at six," the hostess load said. Punctual to the hour it Dame. On the threshold we were met by the host and hostess, both saying "Wel- oome," As soon as we took our seats at table a toast was offered 1 "Welcome to tho table." Tho meal wag, as 1-o had requested, a simple Norwegian dinner. First a soup, with balls made of chicken ; 11e meat scraped fine while it is raw ; then pounded to a paste with cream in a marble mortar, the cream added drop by drop, es oil is added to salad drns0inp; this, delicately seasoned, merle into small, round balls and cool:oil in tho boiling soup, h1td a delicious flavor, end a consistency which baBied all oon, eoturo. Next came salmon, garnished w1Lh shreds of cucumber, and with clear melted butter for sauce. Next, chickens stuffed with green parsley and boiled ; with these wore brought vogetablea,raspbort'y jam and stowed plums, nil cloliatous. Next, a light omelet, baked in a low, oval tin pan, (n which ib was brought to the tahlo, the pan 0oneealed in a frame of stiff, white dimity, with a broad frill embroider- ed in rod. Cheese and many other dishes aro served this way in Norway; adorned with petticoats or frills of embroidered white slnll's, With the omelet wore eaten cherry sweet- meats, with whioh had been cooked all the kernels from the creaked stones, giving a rare flavor and richness to the syrup. After this nuts, coffee and cordials, Whoa the dinner was over the host and the hostess stood in the doorway, ono on either hand ; as we passed between than they bowed to each ono, saying," God be with you 1" It is the custom for each guest to say, "Thanks fur the meal." Aftcr dinner our hostess played for tie Norwegian aers, wild aid tender, and at ten a olook ammo Nilo and the ponies to LAO 118 1101170. 791ero are nolo 7,000 loan associations in this country, with it, membership of 2,000,• 003 persons. BuxnnotSihr,ll DisouITe,—To ono pint of buiteemllle ono even teaspoonful of soda, (If the buttermilk should bo very sour a 113310 more will be necessary.) Ono scant half oupp lard, a little salt. Mix rather 00ft and bake in a very gniolt oven. Tn malting rico pudding, if too mach milk 11110 boon used and the pudding dogs nob become onf- ficiohtly think, stir 111 e. 11tt10 oraolter duet and tho effect will be vary 0atisfaebery and no one bo the Wiser for Ito use, PFABIIS OP TRUTIi• �' • r 0,1 rr re 1( Is happy 101(1.0 tie l matt lcea 1 H Ru' thi temp •r; but he is more excellent who can Reit 11i-. 101,111er to any eiruunlsta1l°os,•-+ 1 [Heinle, If all the year were playing holidays, to avert would 110 118 304[008 as to work ; hat when they Reld001 wine, the wished for coma,—[Sitahrspeure. :1 1a diet is best, for manydishes Ai semany diseases, and rich deuces aro worse. 1 oven ea than e u ) h tun(, several meats upon conic. '111101',-1Plflty, Mohammed hearing one of hie soldlore. Say, "I'i1 1001 (117 oo.m01 loose and trust • +• him t0 God," said to him, Tie goer camel, and then trust him to Gad." Perseverance, dear my, lord, keeps honor bright, To have none, f0 10 hang quite out of (Ridden, lilte e, nutty nail in monumental mookery.—[ ihakaspoare, Lenity will operate wit11 greater force, is some instant :a, than rigor. It 15, 111800for0, my first wish t1 havo my whole conduct did- t.inguiohe(1 by it.. Washington. " If you are in doubt," says Talleyrand" " whether to wr110 14 letter 00 not—don't 1, Anil the adviea applies to many doubts'ire life besides that of letter•writing.—[Bal- Wer. Under the leaves, amid the grana, lazily the day sha11 plea, yet not be wasted. From 111y drowsy ease 1 borrow health and strength to bear my boat through the ' great life ocean,-•-[ \raokay. "1711e last word" is the most dangerous of infernal maehlne0, anti the hn8baud and wife should no more tight to get it than they would struggle for the poasedsi•in of a light. ed bombshell. --1 Douglas Jerrold. A certain amnunt of opposition is a great help to man 1 it is what he wants and nest have to be good for anything. Hardship and opposition are the native slit of 'nee - hood ami self•relianee,—[John Neal. You may he whatever you resolve to lie. Determineto be something in the world, and- you ndyou will be something. "I eau not," never' °atompliebed anything ; "I will try," has wrought wonders.—[.1. Ifawes. A good conscience is to the scut what. health is to the body ; it preserves 00,10111,1 can and serenity within ns, and more than countervails all the calamities anal afflictions white' eau befall us without.—[Addison. Norwegian Waives. I have hunted coyotes on the' western plains, and w0lvoe in Canada and the North- West, anti I ihave always thought that as conflict with Siberian bloodhounds would be as terrific as any, but for real work there is nothing like a pack of starving Norway wolves,seys a writer 10 Sportsman's Review; It is something beyond the itnaginativo abil- ity of an American hunter. Although we were told we might possibly meet an attack, we braved the rile, however, all being welt armed in ease of need. We proceeded about twenty mites without any serious incident,, when, just as we were crossing a111110froz0a creek, some twenty yards wide, a strange sensation ennead to take hold of our deer— they shivered, trembled, and the hairs of their backs stood on end. "'\ elves 1"- yelled "yelled my driver, and he began to lash the deer, one of which promptly slipped on the ice, fell down and tangled himself up in the harness, thus serhously impeding our covet- ed progress. " Boys," said I, " send every bullet home." Just at this moment six fierce, hungry wolves came galloping towards ns, shout twenty yards away. The deer regain- ed his feet and away we dashed. Wolves can rem as fast against the wind as with it ; so eau the deer, but they had. 0: heavy sled, five people and n, foot deep of frnzen,ernstdsn0wtocontend with. We had ' now rim about half a mile, a wolf drop. plug once in a while ; lint on thoycame in in- creased numbers on our funk. You wonder, perhaps, hots I dictum, shoot. Well, I will tell you. A running wolf, while tho shooter is in a sled 1)011 ill ha trotting deer, is 11ifld- cult to hit. I had only 1011 cartridges and knew it weal(' be madness to waste them. lithe driver would nal y stop ; but that waa impossible, as he and the deer were frantic with fright. At this moment one of the wolves jumped upon the deer's flank and was promptly killed, but this kind of game could netted long, so Iprepared to dismount some of our pursuers. r_traddling the Clash - board, every time a wolf jumped for the doer I shot at it, and hit hard or killed about seven. Just at this moment, as we were making progress in our defence, our deer, who had hurt his hip by his fall, cane to a stop and the rear sled dashed into us. The collision was frightful, tumbling and spill- ing'us all out, and the confusion was great all we were instantly surrounded by the maddened, beautifully -furred wolves. Dper,. driver, wolves and we travellers were seen in a terrible melee for life. Just as I had begun to despair, all at once the wolves-- that olves-that is, those that were all Ve—ran away an. fast as they had come. We had lost two. guides, one driver an(1 three deer. A Steering Balloon. The problem of steering balloons is said to have been solved by a German gardener. The object of Inds balloon, 1011101 1s shaped. 1(10 a torpedo, is to overtone with the great- est ease the resistance of the air. It differs. from the ordinary belloou in dispensing with . the not as an envelope, and has its folds sowed -into the ease, so that if a rupture coeurs at any point the runt doesnot extend beyond one fold, and the gas escapes quite gradually. The car is as long as the balloon Itself, and has a winged. screw in front and n rudder behind. It hangs by :ropesfastou ed by loops to L110 lower folds of the case. The some is driven by a petroleum motor of aluminum weighing only 1110 kilogrammes and making 1000 revolutions in a minute This drives the balloon forward, and the. rise and fall i0 regulated by a sliding weight and by the manipulation of a ring wlllch ('01100 the air pressure on the surface by changing the position of the balloon to hori- zontal ori zontal or oblique. It is estimated that a largo balloon on this model will cost about $3000. - One on Chicago. Tho Chicago drummer was talking to Mr Michael Henry of Alabama about pork and its influence on civilization, the arts and sciences, ' WO aro not in o(1r state like you Chi- cago and other northern people," remarked Mr. H. In whioh particular?" enquired .the drummer. "Well, with us, we throw the spare -rib*( away." " VVltat 1" exclaimed tiro Porkopolitan. "Wo throw the sparcerlbs away." the " Vghy, man, they are the best part of <" That's what yoix northerners any." " Anti don't you think 0o, too?" Mr. Homy hesitated for a moment. " Well," he said at last, " 1. dont know hitt what we do. At least wee alway8 eat the meat off them before 1-o thedw them, away."•-•-[DOlroit Pro .Press.