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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1890-8-8, Page 3111 t. :e s. !;•,5, ;11 a- 11, 311 rs 11, eg ag to of he :et iit he 1111. he Els ng tre : (UV :11111.3 th- tet on len :ty tul est on to ere .ier tis - tett vas Kul t he vho ect f .0 a of tor. ing eep lled ; ott loth 11011. bur hes 1g ery ely. out - my, the nett /ith eral for t to d as tory ear. ood 10 15 11 11 and fine lave did, 'en a m" 6 tiv Am 8, 1890 YOTJITG FOLK. 'Ile, romai titled, a11,1 the permle 1111r -I THE BRUSSELS POST. IlEALr.e ri,s1 off to t le. illiantly lighted tales tool theatree, all itneolteeioua of the pale, silOnt. 1, . buy ehuging with du,,,,pmie g rip to 0,, 9 i ro, ! y umpag Teeth Aelie, Gum Bon.. .eto, Etc. Copper -flu -ea t ypos . Iieliane and .N1 on- esonelteleds with bat it narrow shelf of stone between it, may not he generally known that the gialefw• Franz took up hie basket end bade the old 1 ; (Ian owl a horrible death. enamel of the teeth iv, net eensitive 1 it 010 A 101411.,1 hive 0 against him when lie Novo. sexism good night. .After he bad ptsscid in. The sunset fiel,,,1 into the twilight, awl be Med. ea or hrokeu, and ." low' ,11' an , gift Phil.. t with a sudden wave ,litrkness :hefted over eie.ratien 110e0 not t.%1 end. helmet li 1. ei s flint- 1 0110 is vennpany and two is a ercnvil 111 a to the street a figure crept out front the eliboard, and stole softly clownstaiss. .1 l'e the earth. The imike in the streets grew line (*rug, uo pule will be esin rienced. De. I s,,,,„i,,, j„,,,,,,,,„1.. Hallo," Ito sneered. " That is letthing new, nutrition to men, his eriunpm alul aohlng l or through the seusitive lit tle nerv,.s u Mc]: ' ar ' '17-wice this 'ens hive our master, the gold. limbs, The night wind pierced his tide penetrate the deetine. It is to deteet decay Tile eollege graduate is now looking Omni smith, pre erred. thy work to mote, and elothing, and his hande were benumbed with in unsuspeeted leenlities therefore, that ti 0 him for 11 ,i1111 It is the bail:lest peritel of bast Het thee come me. TrulO. 1 witill the 001,1, ono by one the bright constelins ,,ereiees of del demist it'le,111,1 be employ, -,1 Ido ids, thou mayst fell to•in"reow +old ',malt tllY them rose awl glittered and dipped 111 (101 111r ingirtej1( inspections. :Neither the so Ms.. "Strange (.olt, this of yours, .1,1eIc" "Ilow's Peek." , sky, aml the boy still managed to keep his or nor the dentist, ean infallibly Meaty the that ?" " \ Vell, he's young end fresh, tont yet When Franz e"Rehe'l Imme 11'e 14 11111 "JIM' foothold, (us rigid as the steno Matheson the source ,if toothache whieli pr,eseels frsm 110'4 it elms:tem." bor who wits watchieg liy his inether'it bed donle below. °the:- causes than pulp expmaire. The pulp " I hear you have fired your bookkeeper. motioned for hint to be quiet.. Th" "Two, there, four," pealed the bells in in an 0 1114Wa,raly 110111111 1001 11 11111y be idio•te(1, VI' hy did you ,1,1 H. r " Be,a,,,,, hu ,,,,,,,,,, Hick ono is sleeping well," she fetid. " 14 1 Unit. hoarn,, ai.,11, to., omit when the first :aiming the most hamlet, pate in seine ether to the Mere loaded." had but Immo good Moth to give her 101011 glimmer of dawn tinged the eastern burizeti pats, of the face, theongli the agency of spit. A sulky girl may sometimes I a, ettre,1 by the wakes." Feints pointed to the basket, with pale yellow, the haggard face lightems1 4,,,,tlietie nerve scabs% Neuralgia may orig. taking her out in 11 buggy with a seat just am1 the delighted women began the preiar-, seith expeetaitcy, and front the ashen lips leate from a deetsying tooth; yet as it ie a. talon for 1110 evening the nerves, tts /1 • o D•d ,, 1 large enough for two. invalid flesh e they gave her a few spreinfels 1„..sease whieh operates along 1110al. "'hell the, which hail been moving all night in prayer it ceme the words. "In 1 fml is my trust,' amsbrent nuolifestakin -the seat. of pain. ' '''''-- , ' . r`'- '-""w„)-,81k"" well bef:'m yon niarriett lum, maninta . ..I other (se.(ily I , 1'1Vhat la the meaning of youder erowd ?" may be far from the actind cause. A 11011 s' No dear, I. didn't., of the broth and had the vatiefaetion of sr 0.' ing n faint cohei come into the white eheeks asked one of twu ertiesus oho had met pain shout the r,s,ts of the to,sli may be - ' " l)o Lltoe go to bed, Franz I 1 will stay work. while huri•ying acress the Plata to their ettlitaml 1,y the reeemi,n4 04 (11egulmi exposing " But, Mr,s, Brown,. there are flies baked as Sho Rank into m peaceful slumber, with thy inothee tronight, and (emote ow that pertiou of the tooth to the influence of in this take ," " Oh, If you please, ma am, the most of whet yeti see aro raising." " \ Yliat ! havo you not betted ! All Vienna heat. or cold ; while an enlargement of the 1110.1110111,111111110114110111111011101.161,01:1FAIRMI1111111141111RMIIII.OP1111.1101111110111114111.111a8.31.04111.40X.11881 BUMMER SMILES. lig It by the (lour slinwell a hey about seven. The minnteslongtheeed eity, therefore, which begins with the amo., 11041 it,1,1 paiii,oai. till it ha, 1 in 0.t1,)ittibtirger (Aims(' ta,:k teen years oh1 with an evil seowl 11114,..fum into hours, itud st ill the 'Joy stood there 011 40 0100 11XL (0 take my fatten, Milz the night, wore on, oceasionttly shifting his eti so 1,11 11t) 40 1111.0111 pelp. ell r direet • j • : .1 you con aiwaye met it in too too, for that matter, so that thou ,sinst have , i„ 1.1„„i„g with the news It wee yeung snots, veltich sometimes lemurs, elves ri.ic to llillings--"NV,11, my boy, are you t3atislied the whole day to thyself. Thon needest it after all thy care and watelnng. I lite net these paradee 11101 these narehes of triumph. '1'hey remind no, 100 inuelt of my boy whose young life helped to purchase the victory," And the good frau Wiped away a tear. The movable dawned with tt. bright Hee sky and a crisp breeze whieh ehook out the folds of the tropical hamlet% fleathig from every tower and turret. The eity W1114 one blaze of color. gorgeous festoons on column and arch and facade were matched by the rich thne of the splendid costumes m the streets below. On every side the black eagles of Austria stood out distinctly front their gleeming itrauge letek -Around. The procession was due al. the cathedral by the middle of the afternoon, but ovvieg to some delay it was nearly suriset when the salute filen the " Fort" told of the approaell of the temps. To Franz the hours had dragged wearily on, auvl he sprang up joy. fully when Nicholas finally appeared in the little room in the tower, with the furled flag melee his arm. " Come," 110 $11141 gruffly. " You have just time to 0E1111,11p and take your stand on the spire." 1:p the bop went, as far as the mat bell, Franz close behind Nicholas. Thus far, the asetnt had been easy, but from this point the steps dwindled to long, frail ladders terminating in small platforms, a n tenOied by iron bars. titill they toiled epward, more slowly and cautioudy now, for the ,langer increesed with every turn, At last they halted, si,le side on the little platform ender the slidins, winhow. To Nicholas's surprise Prenz etocul there, surveying it all without flinching. They yin -roger boy turned to his burly com- panion. "Somehow, we're never been very good friends. I don't think the fault was all on my side because you wouldn't let me be yottr friend'. And we have had a good many quarrels Won't you shake hands with me now and wish mu good Weir? it --if"--nnil there WEIS illS1 the suspicion of n tretnor in the winning voice -"I sheuld never see you again I should like to feel thiit we were hoends at, the last. You're very good te come up here with inc." To his Elyieg (lay, Nicholas never forgot the slight, almost girlish figure, shindies there, tvith the wistful little amile and the pleading tenderness ithining in the bine eyes. He tonehed the slender outstretched hazel with his 0\111, 11111. dropped it suddenly ae if be had received an electric shock. He tvied to say "good Melt," but his tongue seemed glued to the roof of his mouth. "Look you, Franz !" he murmured hoarse. ly, "When you are safe outbidt3 I'll hand out the flag. I'll wait till you reach the op. pnsite side of the spire and 0101 out. "All'b well," and then I'll go down and leo.ve you to make your way hack. And glad I 4111111 be to Thave this miserable trap in mid-itits Franz's face was deathly sale, but 111, eyes shone like two stare. He climbed up nimbly through the opening, and let himsell easefully down to the stone ledge outside, and reached up for the flag. A few moments passed, which seemed like ages to the wait, mg Nieholas. Then a cheery "All's well' rang out without aquiver in the steady voice. The older boy's face grew black e ith rage. "What nerve the pale, sickly, little thing has I" he mattered between his set teeth. "1 believe he'll do it, after all I And so this baby gets not only the prizes at the goldsmith's, but the money and the glory of this thing. to say nbthing,of his titking my place in tlte cathedral." rnised his hand to the window and stood in front of it for inoment. Then he began the descent as if some demon were aft. or him. The frail ladders vibratecland sway- ed with the dangerous strain, but 1103011 111 went with reckless haste until he reached the second plagoem, when he raised Ms lands with an agonized gesture to his ears as if la teas trying to shut out the voice af Conscienee that kept eallh1g to itim " Back ! back 1 before it is too lute ! Stein not thy yottng soul with such a crime 1" ' Still he hurried drovn 'HO flying stop •to the landing near the groat bell, where he paused, and stood leaning breathless against one of the eross-beams of the tower. Into the fierce, turbulent passions of the troubled face stole a softened expression, lighting up the mynahs, lineatnents like a gleam of sun. shine. " I will go book Midi undo the hos: rid. deed," he cried, as if in answer to the good engel pleading within his breast. " 1 am coming, Franz 1 God forgive me 1" He had turned to make the ascent and hit bane' WaS 81i:etched out to gasp the side oi . the ladder, \thee lds toe caught in a coil of rope on the platform, and nuseing his hold he plunged down, down into the space beneath. In the mean time Franz haclrnacle his way safely aromml the spire and $10011 (101,00Y With 1110 011(1 of the flagstaff on the ledge beneath, waiting for the signal. It came 10 a. few moments; the thunder of the great gun °nth° Plats, and bracing his feetfintly, heunfurlecl thefiag and slowly waved it bath and forth. From the atiswentig roar of artil. lery and the elleee upon cheer that; fleeted np through tho air he knew that his salute MA been seers With a, light heart he began to retrsoe hit stem edging himself cautiously, Molt b3 theta to the window. To his surpriee, tht wooden panel Was closed With onc hand lie grasped the iron ring fastened tc the wnll beneath the window, mid with 1111 011101%p:0110d first gently, end then with all his nught, ba the panel remained fast, HE tried to batter it, with the flagstaff, but soon found thet in his cramped position it oril3 increased his danger. Again and again In endeavored to force it open, breaking hit nails and bruising his finger tips in freney,,but to no purpose. Suddenly 1,111 conviction dawned upon him that the win: dow was bolted from the inside. With s despairing sob he tottered backward, but his grasp.on the ring held, and with su- premo effort he puliNI himself up close to thi wall and tried to -collect his scattered wits, "It is no use to shoot," he said aloud. Friths, the goldsmiths apprentice, who climbed out ell the spire yesterday and waved the flag. 111 some way the littie win- dow near the top was fastened on the inside, and the poor licvy was forced to stay out all 1116111 dinging tu the spirc. It is only a ahem time ego that he Was discovered and brought. fainting doom thy ladders. After working over hen a little while he seemtel all right and was carried to his henus Ahd there'e another strange thing ! Nielioltts, old Jacob Wirtig's nephew, WI1A picked up, mangled and bleeding, at the feet of the tower staire this elorning. He has just been taken to the hospital." The next day FranS received a summons from the lOintserc,r. As he followed the officer who lied been sea to conduct him to the palace, to his surpriee the marble steps and the corridor beyond were lined on either side with the enbliers of the Imperial and as the slender, boyish figure, with its erown of golden 11011', passed between the file$ each mailed and bearded warrior rever- ently satiated. On Ile went, thrmigh another (handier and into o. specious hall wit marble floors awl hangings of rich tapestry. On both sides were 0010:1 Of courtiers and officere, the rich costume:1 and 1101111111g situates and splendid uniforms, W1111 their jewelled orders contrasting strangely with the larl's plain, homespun " It '53 the Emperor," whispered 'the 11 :V a. they drew near tt onnopied throne, and Franz dropped on one knee. Ho felt the 11111111 W111011 WILS placed on his bowed head tremble, and a kind Vritee Said : " Rise, ins, boy ! kneel :tot to me ! ' T1 tlty Emperor, who sheuld rather kneel to do thee homage for thy filial piety. Ify braVe lad I know thy story well. .Ask of ine a place near my person, aid, for tby stets mother --what thou wilt, -and it is granted thee? Aud remember that as loug as the Emperor of Austria' shall live he will feel himself honored in being known as thy friend." In a short time another summons came, thie time from the hospital. A.1 the end of a long row of beds lay Nicholas, with his arm bandaged and strips of pluster covering the ss•ashes 011 IliS ferehead. "0, Franz !" he groaned, " if God has forgiven me, why cannot you ? And. you will believe that I speak the truth when I tell you that I WILS sorry for what I had done, end I had turned to go back and unbolt the door 11,11011 I tripped and fell." Franz 110111 !WO.' hi 111 WWI 11 bright ST1110. "I forgive you everything, Nicholas," he said sweetly, " so please let us say no more about it. It W0S11 a bail exchange. I lost an enemy, but I gained a friend," tuul the hands of the two boye met in a firm, loving grasp. a partiettarly annoying pain :old pressure. with iiiarried Iii.„,,, 1,,,,,,,,,ii,„1 „sat.iHi.way "Jumping toothache" originates in a peculiar Why, I ant perfectly enlisted wit 11 it." elate of the pulp eaused by a, very 81001 Interviewer -" You began life as it clerk, orifice through the dentine alai the fact that .I. „ , ., r al ).iri,v1 not ! . Merchantss" No, sir 1 I be- tide exerneiating agony sett\ out re.appears in the 0111110 11101111' 141100 having 01100 subsided gan me 118 a km* 1 wa0 Ile first habY." is explained, not 11.4) many persons suppose 1 fete's a conundrum for this hot weether. self to death," but that the opening has leen take the same from the girl or give it ft, by the feet. that o the 100111 11113 jumped it. l'i`eli.\?-1.1,en a. yomig man steals a Ida, does he enlarged by the process of decay. Infinannintion is a frequent accompaninunt -When a fether ts seen primliasi„g a.p11,ir to toothache, rest:thaw in the formation of of stout. boots it is not always an evidence that he is on had 101111E4 101111 his daughter's pus, or " gum -boil, which may lea,1 to serious disfigurement if it chances to open suitor. through the outer surftwe of the cheek, leas-- " Johnson merried well ?" " fie did. hos a life-long 0051', \\*here it opens inside His wife foots the bills, I hear." "She's the mouth the results aro less serious, and able to, itt she?" " OM Yes ; she's 0 Handl. in many cases an inducement to do this is ton girl." about all that physician or dentist can ellSet 2 - -list. au seeittg a Chinaman readhr•tt Oil the pus 110.0 been discharge,1 and the in. l'h''ultesjo.le% letekward, 118 111 their ensorm, flammation and swelling subside. In suelt exclaimed : "Johnny, are ye left-htueled or eases the careful treatment a a dentist is only °roes -eyed ?" indiepensable. 'Iliere is alweys danger that go to the mountain:sand the eons the pus may be ilischarge,1 from the original , .iPer'Ple si, e to do eothing, and yet. where rout, seek in such manner Eta to be reetbsorbed emiplee are congregated business is usually into the system, causing blood-poisoning,- pasaleg in the event -nip. (flood Housekeeping. "1 aro sober and. steady. I was tett years • in my last place and five in t lie one before -.- Princesses in the Market. There are not so many princesses in the matrimonial market as you might suppose. They nee easily enumerated. The representa- tives of the Runtish Church are three Baths- ian and three:Belgian princesses, 0110 Bayer. hut duchess, five Bourbon princesses, four Austrinn arelninchesses, o. Saxon princess and a Wurtemburg prinoess. The Protestant girls are : Two princesses of England, 1:WO of Prussia throe of Holstein, one of Floss°, rine of -Allah, one of Maxe-weitner, 0110 of Mecklenburg, and a number representing petty German principalities. In the Greek Church there owe a Grecian princess and two princesses of Montenegro. Most of these royal creatures are pretty well along ill years -none is regetsled eligible so far as l'rince Albert Vietor of England is concern- ed.. Indeed, the finding of a wife for that uninteresting person is said to be worrying the grandma Queen ageoci deal. It is believed that Princess Victoria of Took will finally bo decided upon: she is to -3 pretty and too clever to be yoked to so doughy a fellow as the heir -apparent No. 2. As for prince Geotge, it is arranged, they My; that 111 due time he shtill marry 'Princess Mary, heir to the throne of Holland. At present she is only fifteen years of age, butlum neighbors all give hor the ohmmeter of being all likely a young girl ns eyer put her two feet into wooclen shoes. The Czar has but one (laugh - tor and she is ohont fourteen years ohl. Iiissian girls are not quoted high, for the reason that as they mature they iiivariably discoVer 11 fondness and a talent for intrigue and politics. A Cholera Pelt and Its Use, Naval offieers who have adopted the chol- era belt In the tropics find it is so beneficial secretions. As it contains only half•alrain that they often retain it in all latitudes. It of lime to the fluid ounce, the desired resnit is simply a broad band of flannel worn night cannot be (Attained, unless at least a third and day the year round tight about the waist, part of the milk mixture be lime -water, The so as to protect tho stonmoh from sitdden quantity often used -ono or two teaspoon - changes of temperature, Those who meat rule to the bottle of food -has no effect be. the contrivance insist Oust it is an admir- yontl uentralizing the natural noidity of tho able promoter of digestion, end thousands 101111 itself, regard it as well nigh an absolute preventive When limowater is constantly employed' of stomaeldo disorders. Ally person of :semi- it becomes quite an item of expense if pro. :Ave abdominal nerves mest Secell the shook oured howl the dreg shop; 11110 outlays itt to the st.onmeh that follows emergimee from unnecessary. Take it plea° Of 11110100km' lime, the diningvroom oven into the air of =der- as largo as a walnut, drop it into two quarts protects ono from this sensation, of filtered Water contained in an earthen ately low temperitture, The cholera belt Oauses of Wakefulness. that. "But where was the lest place you . • worked?" In the central prison. ' Continned wakefulness is a crying eal1 to review one's habits and see what is wrong. , She (reading the paper) -"Another ey- Be sure the shoe pinches somewhere and soon clone out West 3 It has swept dozens of its effects will be felt in the life -centres id farms clear of everything." Ife-"I'll bet the body. There is, perhaps, mental unrest, the mortgages didn't budge an Melt." irritation, or overwork, m which laziness, A Hopeless Effort -"What is that on the is to be essicluously cultivated. We nay bald man's crown ?" "That i$ a fly." depend upon it there Is some want of balance' "Is the bald man gming to kill it 1" "He is One chord is played. upon to:»nuch, others going to try to kill it, but he won't." are silent, end so the mental nutehanisin is Mr. Blazay-"That's Alia Rosebud. She's all out of tune. Wisdom, then, dictates a eighteen -au age I don't care for in moment reconstruction of habits. At all events the lleither hay ncw grass, you know." Mr. Buy - wise person will not resort t3 opium, ehloral 111111 (enthusiast ically).--'`No, It's clover." or any other sedative that steals away life while soothing it, and fixes habits which Doctor. -"What is your husband's com- cannot be overcome. plaint, ma'am 1 it is chronict ?" Wife-" Yes Much depends upon the power of dismiss- sir. I have never known him to be satisfied ing thought and becoming almost a, bletik. with a meal for the last thirty-five years." Napoleon had this family and many another If brevity's the soul of wit, noted pursers The late Lord Napier was be. Tis easy, quite, to see s Hayed by the British officers to owe Ms i10- HOW men whose fancies liveliest aro mense strength tont power of enduranee to So often "short," 8111,111(1 be. the faoulty of going to sleep at any 1nomeat . when not partieularly engaged. One of the Sunday Seltool Teather-"What ean you famens politieans ot .1dassachusetts, now 1111 say about the 1nora1 ecnolition of Sodom ?" old man yet with the vigor of m boy, has the Pttpil-"He Was a thundering lied man, some gift. In all these end in sinular elms but not quite so bad as his wife, Gamer - there is both ceneentuttion and determin- eel)." , atioa. Faltir-"Neekties, suspenders-Mamil- By ao effort of tho will thought is with- ton Ilan (hanghtily)-"Do I look like a man A\ 110'11 wear a twentyesent necktie ?" drawn from its aceustorned channels and al- lowed to trifle with fancies, that come end Faltir--"Vell, I haf some for tell uents, rnis- go like a soft cloud in a summer sky, like ter." the lapse of 011 indolent tido mien the beach, "Marriage is indeed a lottery," sighed Or the breething of a slumbering infant. In ,rannioce3,, 1 I after a tiff with his wife. "And fact, to let thought drif 1 up(in any one of We both drew prizes," returned the lady. them has ri, 001111110c influence, There must "Ali I" said,T,, sometvhat mollified. "Yes: be a passive determination to follow these you got it. eapitalpriee and I took the boob • " gentle undulations ont into space estd lose one's ivelf there. . It is a eultiyablo tendency Do you consider marriage a failure ?" asked and becomes a habit. the Summer boarder of 0 farmer who had taken him iu. " "V using feller," he replied impressively. "I've been married four Digestion and the Brain, times,tan1 every.time to a woman who owned The dyspeptic who, ot course, eats only a a farm j'inin' mine." light supper, mey resort to the use of a Retaliation : towel wet with tepid water and covered The sehoolma'ain seeks vacation's joys, with a dry oloth, the whole then applied to Her labor being done, the pit of the stomach. Before the sufferer And she who tanned the little boys knows it she will float into shadow -land ; Is now tanned by the stm. such is the sympathy between the organs of llellaeldn-"Didn't yez pheornise me th digestion and the brain. . p'sition av clog-drowner if I supported yez?" Owing to the position of the stonnuM, ei ... Aldermen O'Fenelly-"Oi did not." Me - light sleeper ought to sloop on the right side Maeltin-"Hivin bless th'phunogvaph 1 Lis - instead of the loft, never on the back. If , , , i ten t th wurtta s yes said. • there is a tendency to cold feet, a thin "Glad to make 3 our acquaintance, Mr. woolen blanket may line the lower third of the bed. The limbs ought not to be greatly Valentine. I suppose -ha 1 ha i -you were borne on St. Valentine's Day," " That flexed, a, position which prevents free eir• oulation and. they should rest Anion ono an. doesn't follow -any more than that you were born the first day of April, sir." other lig:htly. .. The night light, where used, ought to be 1Commy-"Paw, what is the cliffereuce a tiny taper and not gas or kethsene, both between impelled! cold 'compelled ?' " Mr. of whielt devitalize the air. A darkened Figg-"Why--er-it--I svas impelled to room is best. Nature puts out her light and marry your mother, and now I tun compelled draws the curtain of darkness for a pm, to live with her. Outte a cliffeeence I" pose. A.-" Did you hear that the thief and desperado, linckshot Jack had lmen killed?" With good habits, physical and mental, 11,-" No. Died with his 'boots on, r sup. and a. aetormingion mit to hod with ancelynes, sleep may be W011 from its shyest p„se, A, -" No, iodeed, He died with another 1110.11'8 toots on, Robbed a, shoe lair to watch over the restless pillow, Use of Lime -Water. store." „ _____ Some Famous Oats, Limewater 18 Lilo alkali usually seleeted. It nets by partially neutralising tho acid of Da Johnson once went to market and the gastric juieci, so that the caseine is cos- bonght an oyster for his sick eat. Toss° gulatod gradually th,,A in small masses, or sernte a sonnet to his puss. Petritreli had passes, in area part, unchanged into the in- his embalmed at its death, and Cardinal testine to be their digested by the alkaline Wolsey had his sit; in a chair beside him Not So Sure Abont It, "IIcre's an item," ejaculated 13illus, who was reading his newspaper, " about: a operstitions (wank that got up from the table rather than bo one of thirteen at a suppee." " That reminds me, John," said Mrs. Billus, " that, there were just thirteen that, let down at our wedding supper." " Well, it dichit bring anybody bad luelt, did it ?" growled the hnsband. '1 No, I believe not. hat is -to none of the others." Mrs. lfillus stared abstractly at the "God Bless Onr Home" on tho wall and Mr, Riling read his paper upside clown in silence for the next tort minuteS, vessel, stir thoroughly, allow to sett 0, 011 use only from the top, replacing the water and stirrtng as consumed. Thickening sebstonees-attenuanis snch barleybwater, gelatine, or one of the di- gestible prepared loods•-act pnroly mechan- wally by getting, as it woro, between the partmlos of manna (401ring coagulation pre. venting their running together end forming a, large comptiot mass. -- How to Give flows Milk to Infants, In preparing oow's for an itfant the objects 1.0 be tteemnpliehed are to reduce the proportion of albutninoips, to inerease the proportiontif both fat and sugar, and to over- come tho tendency o ithe sibuminoids to eto- ngulate into largo, firm masses upon entormg the stomach. when he tens administering justice. The groat Duke of Wellington himself imported into England the breed. of royal eats of Siatn, which are kept only in thepalace of Bangkos, ,Archhishop Whntaly dignified the cat with the remark thnt there was but one 1101111 in the English language that had a vocative ease, which was eat, vocative puss Mo- hammed is said to luxe ont off a portion of his sleeve on which a eat lay asleep rather thou wake it. when 110 WW1 called away. Nor 18 intimacy with the gentle animal confined to the great of the huntem rttoe. Godolphin, tho fanweis Arabian horse whose ancestry so many onr best thoroughbreds claim, had a friendship with a. black eat, which, after his death, insisted en sitting on his body until its burial, when silo crawled into a corner and died brokon.hearted, In the thno of the early kings of Britain wild cats made apart of the royal menage, being kept for lmnfing, and having officers of equal rank end consideration with the master of hounds. To -day an item in tho French Mut. got, is the price of meats furnished cats kept this country a number of cats that may bo age to paper by mica ; and there are also in said to he employei in the postal service. 10 the puhl_ie 'printioffices to prevent dam - An idea like a ghost (acoording to the eounnon notion of ghosts) must he spoken to a little before it will explain itself, Late Cable ews. Afrifen Matters-Bismatok's Undue: - England and Zanzibar, T,, (1143 annual report. of the f 1 ertilan ("taunt:LI ( 'on many, thl• 1i(1.11111101 (WO 100110(0g (0 (OK, interest in Airiean eelonial ceiterprises. Few new- member; aro joiiiing the eompany, 1,100 111a 0111101,011i have left the compaity, and the income is steadily ile- erensing. On the ether hand, the British East Afrienn l'empany le.peful, mains. just le, and progressiVe. The second annual meeting was held the other day, and the proceedings throughout breathed /Milan. thropy. The spealtere diselaimed the idea of being actnatiel solely lty filthy ra her hinting, indeed that they desired solely to benefit 11e:it-Meek brethren. The steel; heblees, rettsu•Ic ea 1 /IN.,. t, :r George .Nliteicenzie, had reeeived no is•turn for their memos and more capital would soon be re. vitpa, but had they not alseady had 0 tillb• stantial dividend in the simpi: of the redemp. tion and absolnte freedom of 4,41110 elaves It was subsequently learned that the ens - t1/1110 revenue, whieli had been eieled to tl:e hie than these 81174/1111 111 410 eourts. Nearly all are of opinien that blesotien purer awl more ardent in solit tnie, hut 'dare to yon that they believe it to Le thew :tiny to set en example by going to elaszels- le not this lit ide and vanity ? What: nusse. they eimeeiVe ef their °ten 'value sod, Ulapor- tutees to imagine that (there tv-ill mioessuris- ly look up to them as guidvii and models Seeking for Money in the Deepop. ea140a011.10,WWWINAMOV,WS, PEARLS OP TRUTII. Learning makes a, MAU 111 :001X111.00 hinmelf, Oer ineeetest image aro those Mild- Sell emblem.. thoughts. Niceleet y the chastity 7,,of merit virginity of 1101,10 41,1114. Nes' thing to Itnowin' yon're "1041 sa ass set to know when y' Met. 81101010, (11111111 Hotting netal suie7, the eloquence of discretion. Everything repeats itself, eveu 11411 WU- burn ogido 01010 111 /40 01141114 111 1101 11111/1 irt itself it its vets -tease ful but velum it departs frote us. Just iee advaneee teith such Ian/pin:I steps, that crime efttat l'1101110:5 lk slowneses They talk numb. o' sit thug religious; otti- gien ie well enough eettle,1 elreatly, .twes %mild. let it alone. \Xi: els: not so easily setSled by covr azinO, prominent weakness, , by (host ot We are leialt aWare. The grandest of heroic deeds aro Wen, wine!) are performed. within four unlit soil's lu dolls:41s PefeI,'Y- \ melte beestive it has tits. peeper st nil' in it ; a. 1111111 lievol11021 1'1111101M 1041-9111-4501 lo. has proper staff in Oat hs tahell by the eyes ;mil by o. ateeliese: ef h.' bead itin often mete solemn awl Itiev2-4 company by the Sultan ef Zanzibar for a yeurly payment •J 001.0, Was ilicreasing at a tremendous rate, and ameunted in the first five months ef preseet year to ele1,000, provieg that the philenthropiste eau strike a good bargain and that be. nevolettee and business are not necessarily ineompatible. Within IL year the eompany hope to have a fleet of small 11 111:11111:1'S tract. ing on Victoria Nyauza, and tluye was every hope OM the Govermoeut would help build a great railway frem the 0,,aut. to the great lake. This hope probably rests upon the finuidation of racial proinise, as the Mar. gins of Lorne, the Queen's son-imlaW, is one of the direr:thee of the Wit ish East African Company. This compeny, by the way, has really shown 11110,4111811 philanthropy in re. Insing the temptation of mak ing big t even ne out of the liquor [tattle. Emit, gin, and, in fact, all intoxicants are tabooed throughout Bit territories.: The scandal of Bismorck's garrulity con- tinues to 1,0E1,11 absorbing topic of ioterest among the German editors, and every day or two some paper heretofere obsequiously loyal to the extillancellor formulates a new. bull of excommunication against him 101 110 longer pateint. It iS said that 1110 F/111 111'080 Frederick and her bon William lave decided to answer the attacks now steadily proceeding from Friedrichsrub by publish- ing two more volumes of the great Emperor Frederick's diary, which which will give sit extremely repellant picture of Bienutrek's political chican ery and cold-1,100de it treachery to his supperters. Cm:tautly no more effeetive reply than this could he made, and its appettrauce is awaited with keen exneetation. Not the least emious phase of this step is the fact that it will lie taken by the consent of Wil liam, who, at the time eovereilby the diary, 1011.9 entirely on Ilismarek'e side. There eould be ne stronger preof of the complete- ness of his conversion to itis mother's views of German polities and personalities. Heligeland has 1,0011 slid 0111 of the llrit ish Etnpire as smoothly as any 110W -vessel W113 ever launched from greased neuters. At the nutset, when the 110WS of the agree- ment came like a shook to the public, there 11114 great deaP of loud talk on both sides of the House of Commons about defeating the bill for the cession of the island, but the traditions nf politics are all against interfering with the Foreign Office, -which has to holds its own against a lot of previa - early unfettered Premiers of other emu - tries, aud when Mr. Gladstone signified his general approval of thcseession the Opposi- tion subsuled as suddenly as it had nxisen. England is still negotiating -with France with regitrd to Zanzibar. and there is good ground for believing that Al. Ribes has al- ready obtained very importnnt concessions from .Lord Salisbury by way of the compen- sation for British ascendancy in the hest. But it is certain France will not be allowed. to found a great Northwestern empire in Africa, as desired tiess she is prepared to abandon some of her pretensions in New- foundland and Egypt. Tommy Knew What he 'Wanted, Olsrenee (courting Miss Aliee, observes that her little toddler of a brother has been staring at him from the patios deorway full five nenutes)-" Why are you looking at me so, Tommy ? ' Tomuly-" 1Waitin' for you to propose to Alice." .Alice-" Olt, Tomniy, how came you to sey stich a thing ?" Tornmy-" 'Cause ma said if he proposed you'd fling yourself right at him, an' I want ter see you, ' A Fatal Faillt, Oinks -"Finemintl deesn't seem to get Moue aL all. What is the matter Is he behind the Onto 9" Blinks-"Woese. A thoosarultinutsworse, He's ahead of theM." Off Easily, First Gnn-I hear they Mid you up for disturbing tho peace. How did you come oot ? Second ChM -4 WILS 11114011arged, Irate Youth -"See here, Dusenberry did you. tell Sparrowgrass that I couldn't be counted on to pay my debts ?" Dazenberry -"I 4.1 net. Oti the contrary, I told him you could be counted On not to." Hard Luck, " Oh, dear 1" said the hen when the got home and 101111(1 three broken eggs in her nest " This spells my set." Not Up to Standard. Foreman (newspaper office) -"Want a job as compositor, eh ? Aro yon a good speller " Prin er-"Well , not very, but-" Foreinan-'1Von won't do. A. printer who doesn't know (melte: to covre'et: the mistakes of the editors has no business in a 1101V8. paper 011100," Prayer Rightly Applied, " Ms.," said (Bonny Johnson, " don't think I'll ask God tok.eep mo fromswearing to.day. It don't do any good." " Why,'my son 1" Ho, it don t. But I m going to ask him to make other people good, so 1. won't have sweer,,, Not long since, the Spanish steantehip fonso X11. foundered in deep 10141401. near the Canery Islands. Part of her trargo eon- sisteil ten Loxes of gold, each emit 'mining C 1 0,000. Aff stale delay divers wereSMti- ont with the littest applianees, and nilve mut. of the ten boxes et Specie Were briught Every attempt to beedize the 1011th teigw: uttet•ly futile, tia that a friettille SeetaN covernbly lost. A Dutch bark, this leassisa. 'Theresa, sank fifty•-tive years itg,o in (...Sisset, thltWay, near elvectslnis, on the mast at' Holland. Ifer hull has recently been fa:mils, and some beatloads of her cargo of tin lama:, been brought -up -by divers. sohormer pat, Star of the Sea, belonging to Sir _A,. If. Dendy Torquary, WitS 31111k 012 the:, Banjaard Bank, 'Zeeland west, on Inks c7s„, 1s,70. , After an immersion of nirieserms years, an iron safe containiug eai gold wat ob ohain has been recovered Issuer the wreck, together with two small gams and twentytwe pigs of lead ballasts -Ai. 0 ing company has just succeeded. in s„exiseing 501111, relies of the French frigate Danoti„ sae.' iifty-six gnus, which War4 destroyed', mar Trieste seventy.eight years since by an Ca- plositin in her powder magazine, when Ilex. crew of fiee num were hurled headlong into. eternity. TWA 111111 Will throw some light. on the construetion and armament, of the war ships of a century ago. tinnio Danish speculators are reaping es, harvest of golden grain hove the depths stis the sea which washes the coasts of Juthesst. Some years previously the British stem - ship .Helen, laden with copner, had forma- ered. All her cargo has 'beau reersvemiet. and it is probable that her machinery wall follow, as the accumulation of saw: 'les whieh the 111111 WW1 imbedded. has now - appeared. A. Russian frigate, Ole A/es:rai- der Neysity, which was lest in 11-dV, yielded 20,1100 pounds of brass The sonSis which covered her has been scoured 01113n,„ 1111d 1111 sttempf will be made to get out bens. engines. The British steamer West:late, laden with 2,0f./0 tons of iron, went :dozes off the Danish coast ht December, ftesTs.. liTearly the whole cargo, her machinery, trea 11 iireat part of her fittings have been save& by these Jutland speculators. Bis,marek at Seventy-five. The Prince is of giont stateuend his pretra and aristocratic bearing increases 11.1E116'AL. Although seventy.five years the "nme of Iron " carries himself as $thaight as tho centenarian birch trees of 1110 forests, mita hie empulence is in exase. proportion wills, his stature. His forehand. is frowning nott wrinkled, his nose well formed, with Targm nostrils, and bends slightly to the right, What struck me the most in his hnposing physiognomy were his deep eyes of a TOOMIV-• taindike bine, and sheltered by a forest nr boldly erect hair. The lower part of him face harmonizes with the Upper. HISInitiaith has a smile Which is at once ironical an& kind. It opens wide enough to lot paws 10. hollow voice, slow and interrupted. Om would think it to be the echo of a solemn. and distant oracle. Prince Bit -ma sok 0peakses. French as amity as Gorman, but werest manifest careful thought. A Skull Mystery, -TJITON•rn, Daniel Wilson iA one of th e greatest of Americau etlinologiste.s, but he has met a problem that is difficult of eolution. A. couple of days ago Mr,14 Reg -- lin a Swedish machinist and nivel, tor, of 1:14. Shiner street, called on 8ir Daniel with skull that he found on the Island. It was: of very curious conformation, being akin to, that of some of the bird reptiles of prehis- toric times. There certainly is no counter- part of the animal, whatever it may Mem been, among the spectes living to.day. Poe, sibly the mystery of the skull may be solyea by consultation with Major PoWell, of Sinithsonian Institute, Washington, slut some o :the loca scientists should see that what may prove a valuable find is not al- lowed to remain unclassified. Death Painless, The act of dyieg, it is note ascertained, i absolutely free from suffering, is really un- conscious, insensibility always proceeding its Any anguish that: may attend mortal ifineast ceases before the close, as thousands who. have recovered after hope had boen eurrens. tiered hove borne witness. Sudden Pala. violent denth, :hooking to the senses, nap not be, probably.is not, painful to the victim.. Drowning, hanging, freeeleg, shooting fall., ing from 0 height, poisoning of many kinds( beget stupor or numbness of the nerves,„ which is incompatible with sensation. Per, sons who Mee met with such accidents, anal SaViVed them, teetify to thie. Not Altogether Imph)ba,ble, NJ:loping a run of all the groat questionm of the day as he did, and as she WaS a Boston. girl, he thought 110 ilo better them try her 011 polities. Remembering Massa- chusetts' former interest in Canada and the, hnportanoo of Out lett er country being absorbs, ed by the United States, he asked her if she was in favor of annexation. "Tf the, right man Were la ask me," she answered ire the purest Bostonese newels, "1 amulet sas, but that I might be."