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•A ROMANCE OF THle CANADIAN NORTH-WEST
CHAPTER. V.—(Coon,)
If al es. Armour was not exaotly syn
r' which Marion turned hie remarks again
pathettie with her, she was quiet and fo
hearing, and General Armour, like Riohard
tried to. draw her out,—hut not on th
mute eabject, He dwelt upon whet all
dtd; the walks she took in the perk, thos
haters est the afternoon when, with LW
honest or Colvin she vanished. into th
beeches, making ftientla with the birds an
deer and swans. But most, of all she love
fa go te the stebles. She was, howeve
asked not to go unless ichard o
General Armour was with her. She love
horses, and these were a wonder to he
She had never !teem:, but the wild en
groomed Ottoutdien pony, on which she ha
ridden in every Manion and over every Ian
of country. Mrs. Artnour sent for a rid
hag -master, and had riding -costumes mad
for het. It was intended that she should rid
every day 00 9000 as she seetned aufficientl
presentable. This did not appear so ver
far o 11, for she improved daily in her ap
peakomee, }ler hair was growing finer an
taws made Op tu the modest prevailing fah
um; her skin not now exposed 10 811 'patent
nnolionate, and subject to the utmost care
aseastueother and fairer; her feet encased i
no well -made boots looked much smaller
tervenat was shaped to fashion, and sh
gas very straight and lissome. So man
ehinge she did jarred on her relatives, tha
limy were not fully aware of the greatim
promement in her appearanee. Even Ruh
and sil-mitted her trying at times.
Me:ion went up to town to stay with
Mks. Townley, and there had to face a good
deed of curiosity. People looked at her
at:met-me% as if it was she and not Lali that
was alt Indian. But she carried things off
bravely, enough, and answered those kind
iisquirieu, which one's friends make when
we are in embarraesing situations, with
onewere so calm and pleasant that people
oRtinot know what to think,
.'VAM,'" she said, in reply to Lady
Redwood., "her sister-in-law might be in
town litter in the year, perhaps before the
Mason wes over; she could not tell. She
was eleel after her long voyage, and she
'referred the quiet of Greyhope ; she was
thud of riding and country -life ; but still
alto would. come to town for ot time." And
0o 001 -
"Ali, dear me, how ohartnina And
doesn't she resent her husband's &beeriest—
doming the honey -moon? or did the hon
eye -moon ne.our before she came over to
Hovland ?" ..tnd Lady Belwood tried to
say it all playfully, and certainly said it
enneething luudly. She hal daughtets.
But Nterion was perfectly prepared. Her
Ince did net :Menge expression. "Yes,
they bad hod their honey -moon on the
prairies Frank was so fasoinaterl with
the and the people. He had
not emote home at once, because he was
making she did not know how great a for
turte over there in investments, and so Mrs.
Actitour mane on helore him, and, of mourn!,
Bassoon as lie could get away from his bum
nese he would follow his wife."
And though Marion smiled,her heart was
very hot, and she could have slain Lady
Balwood ia her tracks. Lady -Balwood
thea nodded little patrouizingly, and
-"Itadeltled. that "she hoped so much to me
Mrs. Francis Armour. She must be so
very iatereeting, the papers mid so much
about her,"
Now, while this conversation was going
nu, some one stood not far bellied Marion,
who seemed much intended in her and
what she said. But Marion did not see
this parson. She wet' startled presently,
however, to hew a strong voles soy softly
ewer her dlieuffier, "What a cherming
wontau Lady lielwood is 1 And so ingen•
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She was grateful, tremulous, proud. Why
he—Ceptain Volall—kept out of the
emor all these weeks, just when she needed
hint most, just when he should. have
yoUnted. the part of a man ? Then
are.9 feeling twinges at the heart tou.
She had seen Lady Agnes Martling that
afterstoon, and had noticed how the news
lead worked on her. She felt how much
better it had been had Frank come quickly
home and married her, instead of dotng the
wed scandalous thing that was making so
many heart -burning& A few minutes ago
olio mad longed fora chance to say something
delicately acid to Lady Haldwell, once
Xtrlia Sherwood, who was there. Now there
Inas a chance to give her bitter spirit tongue.
She was glad, she dared not think how glad,
to, near that voice again ; but she was angry
too:, and he should suffer for it--, the more
Absorbingly interested in her. There was
commination service in her mind.
see because she recognized in the tone and
awl then she prepaned a very notable
afterwards to his Mee, that he was still
re little burst of thanksgiving in her heart,
Tide meeting had been deftly arranged
by SICra Townley, with the hele. of Edward
Lentshert, who uow held her fingers with
find of vanity of possession whenever he
bode her.goechby or met her. Captain Yid.
atit bed, in fact, been out of the country, had
amity been beck a week, and had only heard
et Emelt Armour's mesallianee from Lam-
bent 0,1 011 At Home forty-eight hours be.
face- tire, Townley guessed what was really
at the bottom. of alarion's occasional bitter.
hem, and, piecing together many little
Wags dropped casually by her friend,. had
come to the conclusion that the happiness
of two people was at stake.
Whet Malicia shook hands with Captain
Vidal& she had herself exceedingly well
' under control. She looked at him in slight
enerprise, and eastuelly remarked that they
bad. not chanced to meet lately in the run
of ornall-and.earlies. She appeared to be
tencattscious that he had been out of the
country, and also that she had been till
very- reoently indeed at Grayhopo. He
lesontotted to assure her that he hid been
away, and to lay siege to Ibis unexpected
barriete. He knew all about Frank's af.
rsteto and, though it troubled him, he did
rratinect why ft should make any difference
hos hie regard. for Framk's sister, Fastidious
mite was in all things, he was fastidinely
defermatial. Not an exquisite, he had all
Obsto <realty as to appearance, so usual with
eke military mat ; himself of the must 582.
1900 eemper and sweetness of manner and
entedoet, the unusual distnrbed him. Not
possessed of a vivid imagination, he could
Scarcely conjure top this Indian bride at
xtYboDe.
gut face to face with Marion Armour he
saw whet troubled Mtn, and he determined
MA he would 1100 meet her irony with
ity, her assumed indifference with in-
diffitrronee, Ile had loosened one of the
Moen important lessons of life 1 novor to
tomato -el with a woman. Whoever has so
fag orrod has been foolish indeed. It is the
lettstet of policy, to my nothing of its being
Rio worst of arto and life should never bo
veltheut art. It is absurd to be perfectly o
Meatorel ; emythi:og, anybody, can ha that.
Captain Hume Vidall WM something 10
of an artist, more, however, in prineipl
than by temperament. He refused to reeog
11100 the rather malieleue adroitness with
THE 13RUSSELS
Bet Lab had moods—singelae mode,
She Indulged in ono three days after the
arrival of Marlon had alto. Townley, She
hail lammed to rida with the side saddle,
and wove her ridiugolrese admirebly. No-
where did she shoe• to bettor edvantage.
Sloe had token to riding now with General
,t('111009 Oa the tenuity roads, On Oho
,lay Captain Vidall was expeoted, he hay-
. ing Written to ask that, he might come.
Wbat trouble La. had with one of the see.
vants that meriting was never thoroughly
explained, but (tertian it is, she mine to
have a oriole notion of why Frank Armour
married hen The servant via0 dismissed
1 duly, but that was after the contre-toonps.
It WAS late afternoon. Everybody had
- been busy, beoauso ono or two other guest;
- were expected besides Captain Vidal). Lali
had kept to herself, sending word through
Richard that sho would not "be English,"
as she vaguely put it, that day. She had
sent Mackenzie on some mission. She sat
on the floor of her room, as she used to sit
on the ground 111 her father'm lodge. Her
head was bowed in her hands, and her arms
resteti on her knees. Her body swayed
to and fro. Presently all motion ceased.
She became perfectly! still. She looked be-
fore her, as if studying something.
fler ayes immediately flashed. She rose
quiokly to her feet, went to her wardrobe,
and took out her Indian costume and
blenket, with which she could tower toe 10 -
dol to part. Almost feverishly she took
olf the clothes she wore, and threw them
, from her. Then she put on the buckskin
clothes in which she had journeyed to Eng-
land, drew down her hair as she used to
wear it, fastened round her waist a long
red sash which lied been given her by a
governor of the Hudson's Bay Company
when he had visited her father's country ,
threw her blanket round her shoulders, and
then eyed hermit in the great mirror in the
room. What she saw evidently did not
please her perfectly, for she stretched out
hem hands and looked at them ; she shook
her head at herself and put, her hand to her
cheeks mud pinched them,—they were not
so brown as they onee were,—then she
thrust out her foot, She drew it auk
quickly in disdain. Immediately she
caught the fashionable slippers from her
feetand threw them among the discanded gar
manta. She looked at herself agate. &ill
she was not maenad, but she threw up her
arms, an with a seam of pleasure and free-
dom, and laughed at herself. She pushed
out her moaeasined foot, tapped the floor
with 10, nodded towards it, and said a word
or two in her own langnega She heard
some nue in thenext room, possibly Macken.
zie. She stepped to the dour leading into
the hall, opened 11, wont out, travelled its
length, ran down a bask hall -way, 0111 1010
the park towards the stables, her blanket,
as her hair, flying behind her.
She entered the stables, made for a horse
that she had ridden much, put a bridle on
him, led him out before any one load seen
her, and, catching him by the mane, eud
•
denly threw herself on him at a bound,
and, giving him a tap with a short whip
she had caught up in the stoble, headed
him for the main avenue end open road,
Then a stableman saw her end ran after,
but he might, as well have tried to follow
the wind. He forthwith proceeded to
saddle another horse. Boulter else saw her
as she passed the house, end, running in,
told Mrs. Armour and the general, They
both ran to the window and saw dashing
clown the a08000 -.a 5100010 out of Fenimore
Cooper; a saddleless horse with a rider
whose fingers merely touched the bridle,
riding as on a journey of life and death,
"bly God 1 it's Lail 1 Sloe's mud ! she's
o mad She is striking that horse ! It will
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bolt! It will kill her 1" said the general.
Thon he rushed for a horse to follow her.
Mrs. Armour's hen ds clasped painfully. For
an instant she had almost the same thought
as had Memnon the first morning of Lah'o
coming; brit that passed, and left her goo.
Mg helplessly after the horsewoman. The
flying blanket had frightened tha blooded
horse, and he made desperate efforts to ful-
fil the general's predictions.
Lali soon found that sue had miscalcu•
lated. She was not riding an Indian pony,
but a crazed, high-strung horse. As they
flaw, she sitting superbly and tugging at
the bridle, the party coming from the rail-
way.station eutered the great gate, am
compa»ied by Richard and Marion. In a
moment they sighted this wild poir bearing
down upon them with a terrible swift-
ness.
As Marion recognized Lali she turned pale
and cried out, rising in her sot Instinct-
ively Captain Vidal' knew who it was,
though he could not guese the cause of the
singular circumstance. He saw that the
horse had bolted, but also that the rider
seemed entirely fearless. " Why, in
heaven's name," 110 said between his teeth,
" does she not let go that blanket ?"
At that moment Lail did let it go, and
the home (Malted by them, making hard for
the gate. " Turn the horses round and
follow her," said Vidall to the driver.
While this was doing, Marion °aught sight
of her father riding hard down the avenue.
He passed them, and stalled to them to
hurry on after him.
Lali had not the slightest sense of fear,
but she knew that the horse had gone mad.
When they passed through the gate and
swerved into the road, aloes practiced rider
would have been thrown. She sat like
wax, The pace was incredible for a mile,
and though General Armour rode well, he
was far behind.
Suddenly a trap appeared in the road in
front of them, and the driver, seeing the
runaway, set his horses at right angles to
the road. It served the purpose only to
provide another danger. Not far from
where the trap was drawn, and between it
and the runaway, yeas a lane, which ended
at a farmyard in a eel -de -me. The horse
swerved into it, not slacking its pace, and
in the fraction of a mile came to the farm-
yard.
But now the fever was in Lali's blood,
She did not care whether she lived ot died.
A high hedge formed the otolodeosao, When
she saw the horse Blanking she out it savage.
ly across, the head twice with a whip, tend
drove him at the green wall. Be was of too
good make to refuse it, stiff an 16 was. He
rose to it magnificently, and cleared it but
almost as he struck the ground evenly,
he staggered and felt, --the girl beneath him.
He had burst a blood.vessel. The armlet was
soft and wet ; the weight of floe horse pre.
Oterted hoe from getting free. Sha felt; its
-mei striking in its deathostruggles and once
ler shoulder wee:truck. Instinctively she
buried her Moe in the mud, and her twins
oovered her head.
And then she know no more,
When she carnets., oho was in the carriage
width tha gnaws of Grayhope, and Marion
was bendin e over her, Sho soddenly tried
o lift horse f but could not., Presently she
aw another 1900,—that of Geoloral Armour.
t was stern, mid yet his vet; wore swim.
ming es he looked. Iti! her.
" How I" oho 01411 to him ; " How 1" stud
tinted again.
nn onsootompa
" That, remains to bo moon," as Oho boy
alt wit in Mt spilt the ink on the tot.l.e. •
loth,
upon himeelf, twisted out of all semblance.
O He was very patieut. Ho inquired tinietly
° and tos if honestly interested, about Frank
e ani—becauee he thought it safest as wet
as noost reasonable—that, really, they nousO
e have been surprised at his marrying a na
, tire ; but himself had seen some such mar
" riagee turn out very well,—in ,Tapan. India
r. the South Sea Islands, and Canada He
1 assumed that Marlon's sister.in.law watt
" beautiful, and then disarmed Marion by
r• saying that he thought of going down to
; Greyhope immediately, to oall on General
" Armour and Mrs. Armour, and wondered
a if sloe was going book before the end of the
seasom
o Quick as Marion wee, this was said so
e quietly that she did not quite see the drift
Y ot it. She had intended stayino in London
•y
to the end of the season, nob &manse she
enjoyed it, but because she was determined
to hem Frank's marriage at every quarter,
and have it over, once for all, eo far as her.
self was concerned. But now, taken slight.
ly aback she snid,almost without thinking,
that she would probably go back ecion,—
she was not quite sure ; but certainly her
father and mother should be glad to see
Captain Vidall at any time.
Then, without an apparent relevanoy, he
asked her if airs. Frank Amourstill wore her
Indian cation& In any one else tile ques-
tion had seemed impertinent ; in him it
had it touch of coufidence, of the privilege
of close friendship. Then he mid, with a
meditative look and a very Wm retrospec-
tive voice, that he was once very ITIUCil in
love with a native girl in India, and might
have become permanently devoted to her,
were it not for the accident of his being or.
defied back to 'England summarily.
This was a piece of news which nut two
ways. In the firstpluee itlessened theextra-
ordinary character of Frank's marriage,and
it roused in her an immediate curiosity,
—which a woman always feels in the past
"latish's" of her lover, or possible lover.
'Vidal did not take pains to impress her
with the fact tint the matter occurred
when he was almost a boy; end it was when
her earnest iuquisitiou load drawn from him,
bit by bit, the circumstances of the case,
and she had forgotten many parts of her
commination service and to preserve an
effective neutrality in tone, that she became
aware he was speaking ancient history.
Then it was too late to draw back.
They had threaded their way through
the crowd into the conservatory, where
quite alone, and there with only a little
pyramid of hydrangeas between them,
which she could not help but notine alohned
well with the motor of her dress he dropped
lois voice a little lower, and then suddenly
said, his eyes hard on her, " went your
premission to go to Greyhope."
The tone drew her eyes hastily to his,
and, seeing, she dropped them again. Vidal'
had a strong will, and, what is of more oon.
sequence, a peculiarly attractive vinee. It
had a vibration which made some of his
words organ -like in sound. She felt tilt
influence of it. She said a little faintly
her fingers toying with a hydrangea, " am
afraid I do not understand. There is no
reason why you should not go to Greyhope
without my permission."
" 1080001 go 'without it," he persisted.
" I am welting for my acminission from
you."
She dropped her hand from the flower
with a little impatient motiou, She was
tired, her head ached, she wanted to be
alone. "Why ammo enigmatice.1?"sliesaid.
Theo quickly, " wtsh I knew what is in
your mind, You play with words so," I
She scarcely knew what she said. A ,
woman who loves a man very much is not I
quick to take in the absolute declaration of
that men's love on the instant, it is too wend. 1
erful for her. 'Be felt his cheek flush with
hers, he drew her look again to his. "Mar.
ion Marion 1" he mid. That was all.
" Oh, hush ame one is coming," was
her quick, throbbing reply. When they ,
parted. a half.hout. later, he said to her,
" Will you give me my commission to go
to Greyhope ?"
"Oh, no, 1 cannot," she said, very grave.
ly ; " but come to Greyhope—when I go
beak."
"And when will that be ?" he said,
smiling, yet a little rueful too.
"Oh, ask Mrs. Townley," she replied :
" she is coming also."
blarion knew what that commission to go ,
to Greyhope meant. But she determined
that he should see Lodi first, before any.
thing irrevocable was done. She still look. '
ed upon Frenk's marriage as a scandal.
Well, Captain Vidall should face it in all 1
its crudeness. So, in a week or lots Marion
and arra. Townley were in Greyhope.
Two months had gone since Leli arrived
in England, and yet no letter had moue to
her, or to any of them,fromFrank. Frank's
solicitor in London had written him fully of 1
her arrival, and he had had a reply, with
further instructions regarding money to be
planed to General Armour's credit for the
benefit of his wife. Lali, as she became
Europeanized, also awoke to the forms and
ceremonies of her new life. She had over. 1
heard Frank's father and mother wonder.
Ing, and fretting OA they wondered, why
they had not received any word from hint
General Armour had even called him a
scoundrel ; which sent Frank's mother into
tears. Then Lodi had questioned blacken- ,
zie suad Cowan, for she had increasing
shrewelnese, and she began to feel her actual
position. She resented General Armour's
imputation, but in her heart she began to
pine and wonder. At times too she was
fitful, end was not be drawn out. But she
went on improving in personal appearance
and manner and in learning the English
language. Mrs. Townley's appearance
marked a change in her. When they met
she suddenly stool still and trembled.
When 1Irs, Townley tame to her end took
her hand and kissed her, she tohivered, and
then caught her about the shoulders lightly,
but was silent, After a little she said,
" Cottle—come to my wigwam, and talk
with me," 1 ,
She said it with it strange little smile, for I
now she recognized that the word wigwam I
was not be used in her new life. Bob Mr&
Townley whispered, "Ask Marion to come
too,"
Lodi hesitated, and then said, a little
meliolottely, " alarion, Will mom: to my
wigwam ?"
1
Muriel) ran to her, caught her 51)00(11 1110
Wii8C, 471d replied, gayly, " Ves, we will s
bare a pow-wow—is that right ? is pow- I
wow right ?"
The Indian girl shook her bead with a 1
pretty vagnenese, aol vatotelmil with :Mono f
fa:tiered Armour walked ttp and down the
no t,'laOly, len turnol on libo Ovi and
"WM., 1' was a brutal ll,iisg : Prank.
Melton desetve to he—tho father of her 8
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HOUSEHOLD.
Bringing Up Children.
Moat of this unlovelluess, strange 98 10
may Baena is thought to be the work of a
badly developed brain, the eye and the
spine capecially doelaring this, bub leaving
it an open gustation whether an evil enul
lodging in a body recluees it to its own like.
nem or whether an ilt.fed, wrongly devel.
oped body cramps end dwarfs and hurts the
acad. The metwure tonna the skull of the
criminal, taken hoeizontally, is always less
than that round the ?skull of tiou upright
man, and his brain is found to bo lighter ;
his constitution is feebler, too, and his heart
la weak, But even among aulprits them.
selves there arc great differenacs ; time the
highway robber is naturally found to 130
taller then the piek-pooket, and the bones
of hie skeleton are stronger ; he and the
murderer, when they write at all, write o
large round hand with many flourishes ; the
thief writes with effeminacy a mall hand.
These people are apt to give the student
surprises ; he finds, for instance, that they
are not habitually cruel ; wanton onurderera
will be kind to a pet; where they are creel
1118 the women who are the most so, and
who discover the most 'hooking forms of
cruelty; and although a few have talent,
they are alt wanting in the ability to 080
their talent to advantage ; but the most of
them have groat stupidity. They are
flighty and faithless always, :dinging long
to nothing. And with it all they are extra.
ordinarily superstitious. The one satisfac-
tory thing that comes out of all this in-
vestigation is the establishment of the fact
that education diminishes the tendency to
crime, and that as by slow degrees the day
shall come when a whole generation is edu•
totted, the children of that generation will
be born with lese and less tendency to crime
or to crime made easy. For education en -
largos, strengthens, and refines the brain,
gives it closeness, determines its growth ;
and just so far as criminality has anything
to do with the insufficient brain, ednoottion
will abate it, and the malnutrition of the
system, with its reflex action on the nerves,
will be overcome by the work and wages
that education will increase. It is not
agreeable to dwell upon this dark side of
human nature, but if wo know nothing
about it we shall 110 nothing for it ; and
surely there is not a dark spot upon the
earth to whose purification we should not
set our minds and hands.
Keep Him Uncertain.
To be a good mistress of a home a woman
needs to ha a little bit fond of savory food,
O little cold and a little coquettish. So
shall she minister oncost Wady to the mom -
fort of the man of the household, so shall
site keep her charm and fascination by pro-
longing the wooing after the wedding and
never quite giving assurance of absolute
nommen to the liege lord of her heart,
It 10 over that which Is not quite our own,
just out of reach that charms, or, as the
men more practically express it, a man
doesn't chase a oar after ne has caught it.
Pickles.
Below are given some rules that will
help one to prepare a novelty in ptokles.
Spiced Grapes.—Piok the grapes from
the steins and wash them. Put them into
a preserving kettle and cook them until
you can strain out the seed:: and skins.
Rub all the pulp through a colander.
Weigh the pulp and to each pound allow
half a pound of good brown sugar. To
each four pounds of the mixed pulp and
sugar add one pint of vinegar, one lean
spoonful each of ground cinnamon and all.
spice, and one tablespoonful of cloves. Put
it over a slow fire and simmer slowly for
three hours, keeping it well stirred. Put
'1 in jars and seal while hot.
Onions and Oauliflower.--Peel small white
onions, and cut the cauliflower into evee
pieces about the size of the onions. Boil
separately in salted water until tender and
look olear. If a few stalks of celery are
used retain the little blanched leaves on
the end of the stalk and boil it with the
cauliflower'drain and put loosely in glass
aans, with two pods of yellow pepper, a
few pieces of peeled horseradish and half a
teaspoonful of white mustard seed in each
can. Pour boiling white vinegar over them.
Seal at once. Red peppers used in white
pickles would stain 10 vinegar. '
Chili Sauce No. 1.—Thirty ripe tomatoes,
five small onions, eight red peppers; chop
the onions and peppers fine, after removing
the seeds from the latter. Add six table.
spoonfuls each of salt and sugar, and one
quart of vinegar. Boil all together, two or
three hours.
Chili Sauce No. 2. —Twelve ripe tomatoes,
two tablespoonfuls eaoh of sett and ;sugar,
two teacupfuls vinegar, a little cinnamon,
allspice and pepper. Add an onion or two
if the flavor is liked.
Sweet Pickled Damsons.—To live pomade
of fruit take two and one•half pounds of
white sugar ; add a very little water and
cook till a nice syrup. Scald one pint of
vinegar and one ounce whole cloves; add
to syrup and cook till a syrup again. Pei*
the plums with a silver fork ; add the
pillow while the ayrup is boiling,buto do not
let them 000k hard enough to break skins,
Skim out fruit quickly. Seal up while hot,
The syrup should be thiolt.enough to keep
well.
Grape Cateup. —Remove the grapes
from the stems, weigh and mit on to cook ;
when scolded so that they can be strained,
rub through a fine aolander, and to 10 lbe.
of the fruit, add 4 lbs, of sugar, one table-
spoonful each of ground °levee and allspice,
and three tablespoonfuls cinnamon. Cook
15 minutes, add enough cold vinegar to
make the catsup as thin as is liked, then
bottle and seal up at once.
Cuoumber Catsup. —Pare and remove seeds
and pulp from a dozen ripe cucumbers, chop
them lino with eight small onions ; add tWo
tablespoonfuls grated horseradish, half a
teaspoonful each of white pepper and
cayenne, half a tesoupful white sugar and a
email Lablespoonful salt. Mix well together,
place in jam, cover with cold vinegar and
seal.
Sweet:Piekled Watermelon Rinds—Peel
the rinds with a sharp knife that will take
off the green skin evenly. Trim off elm
every trams of the pink Flesh of floe fruit,
bemuse it is too juicy to make tt firm, ovisp
piekle. Thon out the strips of rind into
small pieces two or throe inches long, and
placing them in a largo oerthen dish, sprin.
kle them and evenly with salt.
Covet' the dish and lel it stand over night,
In the morning drain off the Wator that
Will have formed, rinse the rinds 10 cold
Inter, and cook them in 0. steamer until a
.broom splint will readily piereo them. Ac.,
meth% to Ircnteme's Rai.ar,cooitiug the rinds
by 0159111 is an easy method, 80 they ere
loss liable to burn than when cooked in the
spitted vinegar. When the rinds are tend.
or, toke them cut carefully with a skimmer
put them into a stone jar, Take rood
eider vluogar for the bmis of the 5101210,
Allow a. pound of sugar to a pint of
vinegar and add also half Ra (num ot stick
einnamou broken into inoli *cog and a
half.teaspoonful each of whole cloves and
blinles of mace. The whole amount 01 ,105
ger, segar, loud vices used must of eouree
depend on the quantity of mole to be
pickled, Imt, a quere of vinegar is usually
sufficient for the rinds of a mediunasized
melon, Boil Ma vinegar, auger and spices
together vigorously half an boor, skimming
oil the frotlaand pour the plekle boiling hot
over 010 tends. Pros the ponds down under
the pickle by means of an earthen plate or
motor fasten the cover on and tie 0 cloth
over die whole. These pinkies will be ready
for 5150 in two weeks.
Pickled Peeled Peaohes,—Use only ripe
perfect fruit, discarding all else. Welglo
after pooling, and for each ten pounds
of persollos take a quart of vinegar, four and
a half pounds of sugar, and as much mace,
cloves and oinnamon, or whatever spice is
preferred, as will give the desired (levee.
Lay the peeled peaches upon the stow for
an honathen drain off the syrup thus form.
ad, and add a cupful of water. Bring this
to a boil and skim es long es any scum
rime ; then put in the peaches, boil for five
minutes, and lay them upon flet dishes to
cool. When stool, put them into jars. In
the Ineentitne, add the vinegar end spices
to the syrup, boil gently for iffteen minutes,
and then pour it over the fruit in the jars.
Proteot from the atmosphere to any approv.
el manner.
Pickled Onions.—Choose the very small
white ones for plodding. Peel and lay in
salt water a day and night, then draM and
wipe dry, and to each half peck of ontous
scald two quarts of best cider vinegar, drop
in the onions, and 000k until clear and
easily pierced, when remove to jars, or bet-
ter bottles. Scald an onion of white mus•
tatal seed in the vinegar, and pour it hot
over the onions. They will soon be ready
for use. Keep in a cool place.
Coming Fashions.
The excessively bright and often incon-
gruous combinations of colors worn this
season have disappeared, says the Season,
and a perfect rage has set in for black and
white.
Added basques are disputing the palm
with broad belts and will decidely gain
the victory at no instant period. At pros.
oot they are out small, and, as a rule,
mutt agree as much as possible with the
shape and stuff of the bodies trimining.
One of the plainest, yet most becoming
styles of added Mosques is that out with the
back of the short -waisted bodice, n hioh is
then finished off in front with a band start-
ing from the mons raider the arms, A
fauoiful style is made double, and of Bilk
or velvet fitting olosely round the waist and
forming a serious of fluted pleats at the
edge. We observed a black silk dress
trimmed with three flounces of white lace,
made with a triple Mosque of the sdk out
on the cross, which fell in the same way in
fluted pleats over the hips. Snell Basques
are likewise admirably suited for traveling
costumes of cloth or serge.
Short jackets of every description, es.
pecially the different kinds of Spanish
jackets, are still much admired.
Skirts are still made full and rather in
balloon ammo, but our better dressmakers
do 4101: add an excessive amount ot stiffen.
ing,
Two Valuable Hints.
It is a matter of wonder that more peo-
ple when travelling do not carry their own
drinking cup. Nearly every one has a
hand -bag of some sort, and a tiny drinking
cup of silver, glass, china or even tin, oc.
cupies bolt a email space, and does away
with all the danger and nnplea4antness of
the public) drinking cup.
Thinking some readers may be annoyed
es I once was by an immovable Stopper in
a bottle, I give my receipt for removal.
After trying every way I ever heard sug.
gested, the thought came to me of the pene-
trating powers of kerosene oil, and taking
the tiny point of a feather I clipped in the
oil and drew it carefully ancomd where the
stopper sets in, waited a momeut, and it
was as easily removed as though it had
never given any trouble.
Shipping. Fish to Australia.
So inueh has already been ascertained
about, the possibilities of the fish trade in
Australia, that it is needless to build very
high hopes on it so far ao British Columbia
is concerned. There are many varieties of
fine fish in Australian waters, and a large
trade in native fish already exists. Sydney,
we are informed, has one of the largest fish
markets in the world, and the trade is
abundantly supplied therefrom. Among
highly civilized people fish takes the place
of a luxury, that is, it is eaten, compared
with meat, comparatively selclotn, and then
rather for the purpose of adding variety to
the bill of fare, 51 15 nowhere regarded a9
a staple of diet, hence the demand is Iimii„.
ed and as seen in England, the United
States and Canada, comparatively small
regular supplies are equal to the demand.
It is a business that cannot be ferried.
These Mots apply with oven greater force
to Australia, where population is limited
and confined to a few large centres, and
where there is perhaps a greater proportion
of wealth and good living than in any other
part of the world Fish Is nob a necessity
of diet, and it is among some of the poor
and populous oountries. In any event im.
potted fresh fish is always a luxury. What
Australia lacks in edible fish that we
have are principally halibut and sal-
mon. The former does not mem to be to
their taste as yet. It is true that British
halibut is coasumed to a oertain extent
there'but it is also true that there id a
MrgeEuglIsh population in Australia, who,
like the English everywhere, will buy any.
thing 13ritish and who refute0 to oonsider the
merits of any other proposition. Our mi-
mes is more to their likiug, but as can he
readily understood where there is plenty of
other fish the demand must necessarily be
limited and confined to what is known as
sated trade. It may, therefore, be safely
promised that our Wean in fresh fish with
Australia will never ammo very large or
profitable proportiene. Stolt them is a
mall and Wool, lousiness to be done at pres•
out, and perhaps a larger ono when times
get batten But it, will never out a largo
figure in our trede reletfons, There will
probably be a better ffionand and a more
profitable trade done it, canned salmon,
barrelled salmoil and other varieties of cured
mei pmearved (Mee. This is more evident
from another faaavia, that tho Australians
so far hem never aonspicuously summated to
mentifsoffnrers, and buy oven largely in the
manufacturoe of their own raw produots,
Lulling in Courage.
tachelor friend (to old married man) t
" 1Vhat would be your Answer to the goes -
!ion Is marringe fi feilurer
Old Married Men: "It epontlft on wheat.
er noy 'if0 9900 present V111011 the question
011.0 asked,"
S EPTiarni, n 22, 118
A FORTUNE IN FEATHERS.
condom north+ nuor Senior the ellitteidtffs
Per Malting comforters.
Many of those beautiful down comfort.
ors, )violoh, exposed in the dry geode win-
dow; when winter's chilly blast pnte the
furnace to the °modal test, tempt the house
wife to indulge in the delicious exravagance,
Iwo made by Alta Mane Devito of London,
England. Mr. Devito ie at present. in Can.
,oda. What Is, deme not know about the
feathers of a bird is hardly worth knowing.
He io one of the lergost feather merchants
and purifiers in the world, Ole has factories
which will purify six tons of feathers in a,
week. Davis' feather beds are known
wherever bio bath extends ire elevating
way. air. Davie, the most context Led man
in the world, rosy, smiling the smile of
prosperity and happiness, with diamonds as
big as pigeon's one, would make the most
confirmed pessimist heartily ashamed of
himself in five no inn tes.
Ma Davis hast a notion that Canada might
collect more feathers than she is doing. She
might establish big geese forms in the
North- IVesa There was the Hudson Bay
Company, of which he was a stockholder—
it collected everything and turned 11 to ao•
count, Enterprising merchapts :night; take
up the matter. Montreal might be made
the depot for the business, The feathers
might bo shipped from Winnipeg and re-
ceived here, and then exported to England,
where they would oommand good prices.
Canada hal plenty of vend birds, Now,
the feathers of wild birds were peculiarly
velueble. Had the Canadians ever thougltt
of this'? And then there was the question
of growing certain grasses in the North-
West for mattresses. There was an open-
ing here for thio business. Nearly every
other country oultivated the feather trade,
and made wall of it. In some countries 'he
poor people gathered every feather, remand
bone, and brought them to an agent, who
went through every village collecting what
had been treasured up. They get a trifle
for their eavings, and may receive employ-
ment in the processes of manufacture.
Nettling need go to waste now -a -days.
din, Davis tuts made a fortune out of
feathers. He is going to see some protnin.
000 Canadians about developing the busi-
ness here, and then he will take a trip to
the Pacific: coast. After that, he is going
to s tart upon a tour of the world.
LIEUT. PEARY'S FLIGHT.
ate cannot a:ct Dogs and II 99 Lase in the
eit,on,
A St. dollies despeteh aays Further
discouraging news eonoerning the Peary
expedition conies from Labrador by the
mail steamer. According to the last report
Lieut. Peary was at Davis Inlet on August
1., and on August d, ioaJ reached
Pierre Le Maroand's oorner in the dog
market appears to have been pretty af-
fective, and movers the entire coast. At
Nein Peary tried again to purchase dogs,
but failed. He offered. the lisquimaux .10
cents each for them, but as they are worth
51 or$5 each the Eoquimaux weld.) not sell,
so l'eary lel t for Okkak, thenext 'Moravian
set Gement.
As he would not pay greater prices there,
either, he coul,l not get dogs. Then he
announced his intention of going to Hebron,
Rama]) and other settlements farther north
making every effort to secure dogs at those
plum, and 5 unsuccessful would depend
upon gettine dogs at Dino, Greeeland, 00
a last resort".
Dogs are now doubly necessary to
Peary, as the be, -os all perished before
Nein was reached, mid, consequently, it
is impossible for the expedition to acoom•
plish anything without a far greater number
of dogs than at first was oonsidered neces-
sary.
It is believed here Oct Peary's actions
are suicidal, and that if he were determin.
ed to wreck the whole expedition he could
not adopt better means. The steamer has
been delayed a month behind her regular
time, rendering it problematical if she
reaches her destination at all, and it is al.
mosttnertain that she will be frozen up he
forothe cargo and supplies aro unloaded.
The prospect is a very black one indeed.
• NIGHT &ROWTE.
erasure's 1105111.1c1:1 illiept4ole Ditch= the
1.
It isa curious fact that night is the time
which nature utilizes for growth. Plants
grow much more in the night than in the
daytime,. an can be proved any time by
measurement. Measure a vine ab night,
then measure it again in the morning, and
the next eight, and it wilt be found that
the night growth is two or three times that
aecompliehed during the day. During the
day the 519101 15 very busy gatheringnourish-
ment from various soerces, and during the
night Qiis raw material is assimilated into
the plant life.
The same fact is true of the animal arms
t'on. Children grow more eayidly during
the night. In the daytime, while the child
is awake and motive, the system is keptbusy
disposing of the wastes consequent on
his activity ; but during sleep the system
is free to extend its operations beyond the
mere replacing ot worn•out portiolos ; hence
the rapid growth.
Tina is why 50 110507 invalids need so moll
rest and sleep. The system has been taxed
for years beyond its ability. to repair the
tiseues and hence the organism has become
worn and disabled Mom the accumulation
ot waste products, and disease has resulted.
With the proper oonditiona restored and a
dense of perfect rest, nature will reassert
herself, clearing up the clogged and dirty
tissues and restoring the organs to their
normal condition,—[Good Health.
Unique Names for Girls.
A woman spending the summer in au
Isolated farm -house was mull Amused by
the rather masculine sound of the names of
her hoot's six daughters. This was the ex-
planation offered 1 "Welt, you see, me ate
my wife wanted to name the children after
our brothers. She had three an' I two,
We neither on us boa tiny sister. My vvife's
a pretty smart Woman 'bout most every,
thtng, but the way she twisted them names
an' made 'am do for the girls did beat all.
We never had any boys. There's Willa for
my °Hest brother, 'Bill,Thomasine for
' Tom,' Merlin° for 'Charlie,' dosepha for
'Jae,' an' Roberta for Bob,' Woll, when
the sixth tame my father said we ought to
name one after him, einem we had twisted
the uncles' names aroomd,
"1 tell you Xicocloonus was a poser, Iona
we didn't want to slight the old man. Fin-
elly my wife hit on Nioola. There was a
young fellow from Now Volk boardin' here,
end he thought Nicotine would 1)5 a good
name. Tie said it was a real name, and
showed It to US in abook he was reaclin'. I
think my wtfo would have done it, for she
rather liked the sound, lout my oldest
daughter we'n't quite sure about the young
fellow ; thought loo might loo meltito' tt little
fun, So wo stuck to Nicola,"