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,,n1 am:very, 01.21.4' said' Cintint inn low
Telee. "'And _,Neaii" thate Mies •Denne
wrfl aceeet •
"I !little so," ea•iel Mr. Brigen. Then he
rtetan Tallf nhout rtho eseete. Getunt
eteued, but abeently, and preeently he
'reee and :mid:
there- I win go h-nd oltange, Mr.
Briglit, It aill be quite pleaenait to get
ierto evenmg (trees, You 'will dine wall
me tom i gel P"
Iter. Bright acemated. Gaunt, Toes fund
Joie the room, and Mr. Briglit went 'and
deterviewal the oo,ok. The result wee a
; very nice little' .dianer which Mr. Bright
would enjoYed 11 Lord 'Gaulle had
disialayee any interest• in it; but ,Gauart
0eemed,e0 have litttle or . no appetite. e•
1/0 seelned ditsinclined to tale, though
Quito willing to lieteti to all that Tale.
'Briget lad to "sae, Whenever Mr. Bright
referred to• the Deanes, Gaun11 wets aeten-
teon iteelf; hitt 'other eubjeete teteraeted
hale of his aeteneion.
Beig.ht eiadeavoeed to draw Lord Gaunt
op the subject of 'the exp/oreetion; , but
Gatuut effarteouely refused 'to 'be drawn.
Ile suede lieeet of 'the aarivations and, per -
Gs whieh eleta expedition had gone through,
- cud. said hothiug of his owii eha,re of the
undertakieg. Auy one liebening 1.0 , hire
'teet1,1 have ehought that the affair was
quit,e commonplace busineee, unworthy
of 'notice.
Bright, at last, mid n'llood--nighte"
"I 'shall eee you it rt.he mooning, Deed.
Gaunt?" hesaid.
„ ""01), yee,', said Gaunt. "But leehall go
be' ehe early. train:" ,1
When Brigh't land gone, Gennt left the
room and went on the terrene - with a
engarette. „ - . -
So the 'wee going to De maeried laord
Illmineter. And 'Why not? He hoped
that the. young fellow was a,11that Me.
,Bright had described bean. He hoped that
he avon/d be, worthy, of lter. „no! No
man could be worthy of his girl -love, of
- his Decimal
He went down the steps from the ter.
race and eauntered 'through the, park in-
' to elle road. From ithero Ile 'could just
eee 'the chimneys of !ehe WOodbinee.
alio was there-aeaeep; and .he leas here.
But what a wide .gulf yawnee. between
them!
And ebe wee going to be arialeell
thae was quite rigm
ht. It Vas as
ehould be, She -was young end beautiful;
and this young fellow -well, le was right
that the should . marry ,one .who ' was
young and -well fa,voted. ' A waVe of bit.-
ternesseswept over him. Ho tried to faintish
eltiwri Jibe love of her 'that rose in hie heart.
Ile -would go in the morning. He would
net. see her. He wooed go back to Africa
to meet the -death, whieh would come ;soon-
er or later; soone.r, 1)8 010964.
• Ae he turned away toweed the Hall, lie
Saw 1 barp light spring iiito the eke,. It
eeemece ocame from the spot at which
he had been gazinew, f•rovi The Woo*dbinee.
e 110 stopped end looked earnesely in. the
' direction of the 14013111. 'It grew and ex-
panded, reed there was tete eound of an
' expleeion. He wan up the hill and looked
earlieetlY, anxiously, d11 the direetion of
the fleenes; for there were flames now, and
t,he ashy was red above:the spot from which
they 'sprung,
It .was 0, fire; and at The Woodbine&
Ile eet 'off running.
CHAPTER XLXL'
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Gaunt reel acmes the lawn. and climb-
, &tag the perk feneeagot-tnto tile road. Ala
,he event,' he was hoping !that et might not
be The Woodbines,. but a •Iveyestacie 00
rick near it; ,bat'ewhen he had gone an•
other hundred yardsor so,, he saw thmt
it was the Deanee' houee that was on Bre.
Several other perione .wero resoling in
theasame directioe, wed by the time he
had gained ;the front gate, a orowdehad
collected ,and was shout,ing and rnehing
about. excitedly. ,
Gaunt pushed leis way 'through and
caught 0. man. 'the neareett, to. him, by the
•
arm.
"Are they all out-eafe?" he naked,
Before the meat <multi reply, Bright
came running down the path from the
• burning house. .• .
"Is that you, Lord Gonat?" he panted,
then turaed and. addressed the 6001901.
"Some
0310 ran down 'to the f arm and
'been up a ladder -the longeet, 'yen' 0011
find; bring 'two. and 'some rope! Hes on7
ono gone for the engine?"
• "Yes, yea, sire' !replied a voice. '
"Aro they all out, Bright?" demanded
Gaunt. lie ,ebolce quietly and calmly
enough, but lie looleed from Bright to the
lionse -with a terrible anxiety.
, "le -I don't know. X have only just ar-
rived," replied Bright,. "I stew you got
over tile fence. The eervants ere out mad
safe; I Gww them just mew. There they
are;101111. Mr. Denne-he "was here juet
neve-- '
"And Docime-Miee Deane?" said Gaunt,
impatiently.
MT. Bright shook hie head, .
"I, haven't seen her. Has 81117 ,0108 seen
MiFG Deane?" he thouted.
a, There was a silence ale (41)0 00013001 leaked
from 'one to 'the other; then the colt
plashed bear 'way tip to Bright, 'wringing
, her hands anti crying. , • •
"Ole; where is the,young misteces? Wilere
Lo Kim Deelmo,?" she wailed: "I can't find
herr We -Wo thought elle 03al 001110 0111
10011101,1111, hub can't flad her In the crowd!'
Ga,unt eoole her by the shoulder.
"Den% be afraid," he said quietly, "Tell
me -101101i •room?" .
gid Stopped wailing and crying for
.a moment. •
!Pelle bock rocnn-at the top, tnY lord.
.1lefio08 Decimet ie sleeping ,thore for a night
or two; her own room: is being done 111/."
"Show mei said Gaunt,' ;meekly. •
She 01.11 100111101 ,1.0 the hack rthe house
'and pointed to a: witedow of 'the top room.
"T0)011',8 it, iny lord! 011, ansepoor young
1014001280 1" •
The night had grown dark, and a slig.ht
drizzle had commenectla The fire had alot
xeachod tloo, Back of the 'home as yet;
though it wee•spreading rapidly, and he
(meld not 'See any,elileg at the 1001)131010,'noteeed that titer.° Veredron bars to it;
the 'mom had been ueed as a ;imagery bY
a former ;tenant.
Gaunt emitted "Deeituitt" 'but 000 anewer
came, dead he ran roued to the front
Agate. The house WAS an old one, and
having been built wheal timber waachea,p
and-jeery building unknown, th'ere was
plenty of 'wood 'in it. The tle,tnee had
caught at the thiek beams ra,ne querter:'
legs, aud ebe 'whole of the front of the
house was a sheet Of bre.
one of tile men Tad lemeglit, a•r; ax a,v•d
breken in tho front door, and the draught
wee 'driving Ilea fite up the etaircaes ane
througe tale lower rooms fiercely.
Bort Gaut*, did not heeetete a, moment.
Deeirea might have eecaped an01 lae safe
eomewliere In the crowd; but he would
mot' leave it to cbence. Ho meant going
hate the Mese, Putting his arm up befere
hi,s eyee, he leen !towar6 the door, ,
Bright saw him ',and eprung forwaxd,
"Where cox yoirgeingeene •leed?" 1130 de.
donivided. 'You een't, eo ine
poeablel" -
"01810 .7001 found Mies Deane?" asked
Gaunt over las shoulder.
"bie," said Beight; "bat you ewe't go
ene-itea,- 'certain 'death!" '
Gaunt broke from bein mid ran late the
*nee. A. volume of flame and. entoke•sue.
...rounded Ilian and ellut bite freni Bright.'0
' ight. The erowel roared evitei excitement
tend Yelled "Conte 'back -come hack!" 0,1e43
ilome telo '309)1100. Bemoaned. Gaunt, with'
hie faee eovered bY hie arm, blundeaed to
the beteom of the etaircaee and looked
up. The 11=00 had travelod 'through the
firet; floor and were lioleing rolled the bal-
ustrades of the landing; emoke was ,
'90 'think that he could'eoe nothing but the
"Deeimal" he called. "Decimal" .
,There was 010 101010(1)', „and half blinded_
and etiffeeated, lie wee about to ameli tra
the s'ttvirs,, 1011411 they fell, away from the
landing With a dull <allele
Tee emoite etain duSt rendered it inincet-
sible for him to, see anething for a ato,
• anent, raid' well-night,etified hail; but 'eed.
gently he thouglet, he heard a voice thove
the eoer of the litre ,avel the oyacleling of
the woocleworlc, and opening lifts oyes, he
la* 43, 10011(40 figure standing on 'the lated.
ifiglabovee him. • ,
• e "Good graeioue!" be Feed, under his
• bredeli, and for a Second he ware paralyzed
bY fear for the fleet there in•hie life,„
Was only ,for . econd,
enext he we,e
hineelf agwin
"Deohlut!"he crtederl "ecinaI lan
you 1100"11002t 111.0?"
•
A tongue:cif flamelailent up between them,
e,nd they could,ece eath other plainlY. He a
13E1111 hee etieet And ,hold calt her arnts to
hilm heard her ory noon his name, end
ee.heel eat Artno to her, intending' to
tell lee to jump; but he ehookee the cone'
Mend that evening to hl line. In the tin.
Oe1't8101 her terror, ,the miartrt mies t
hem ,or ;lamp elmat, 'and if oho did el fd10
Would' ieevitably injure herself. ,
' "Decimal, en11 you hear 00114" )
"tea,-;ves!" she cried back to him; And j
her voy:ce,, tliough talkie .and trembling, t
100110 freo from Oie frenzy of toreor. "Go
ekl• gee; go !, You eennet neve Me!'
Ole in;ug.II•od.'fiereelY.;
"Gan 1.00100 non, and i will save Yon
tiot be afraid. Go back-loek! Is the
titairs, above you, eafeeyet?" .
'She g1enced upward.
"Y,es, thielaeo Oh, yes; pray-praY
get The dre is all around you! I can
see it!"
"Go tie to the top reom-the One ret the
back!" •he shouted. "Let Me See You 'go
Quick!" •
0310 paused ft, melnent and looked down
ai 31100. Surely dt 'was not terror on the
white -faeie which the flames lighted up so
910,11117, net 'tereor alone, but an, Jadeite -
able tenderneas and. joy, '
"43o!" he repoadled, almost eternlY.,
'There ic not a moment to lomat!
save youl fero to the window, bat do not
break it -the drieuglit-"
She underetood, and with another glance
at, eprang up t,he 'top etaire,
Gaunt turned and fought his wee
tauenag.le the flames and. emoke ilato the
open air. Half a dozen men seieed him
aqui dragged. him away from the home
and beet out tee ;amulets. etal eeeto tino
whith emouldered in his clothes. Hes face
face' ems black, Ids Itair scorched, and he
wee abneet blinded. by the smoke. -
"All righer• he said, shaking hinaself
free from tile anxious, kindle, hande. "She
le safe -a6 yet. The ladder!"
"It's here!" cried Bx•ight, "Are you
hurt?" •
"Nei, not Take it, round eo the back -
the 'window with the bans. Quieakl" amid
Gaunt. • ,
. ,
He was cool and self-poseessed, Mat hie
dips trembled. •
They tore round to the back with the
ladder and' eet it up againet the houee;
but the ladder would not quite reach, the
window. 'Gaunt looked up. Some 4Vy NY103
growing- against the side, and he thought
Ole could inanago to Teeth. thee window..
Ife sprung to -the ladder, but Bright and
some,of the other amen seized him.
"Nci, no; you :can% do it, any lord! Wait
-for goodness eake, wait unt,11,we've tied
the smell jetelder en to this one. a ' •
"You can do that when I'm up," ettiel
Galant quietly. "X can reateli the window
by the ivy. Let me go, please!"
• Ho pushed Bright aside and tore off
Ole coat, with his foot on the ladder. Then
he ran np. • They held the ladder -firmly,
and gazed. up att hint with white, ecared
faece. When he had gained, the toe rung
Ole twisted his hands in the ivy as high
aboee his head as possibl'a and deew him-
self np. For aemoment or two he haug
by, this frail euppere and the crowd, as
they stared up at, him, game Mild of eob
and 'gaep. When they saw him loosen one
Oland and reach for 'the windoweaill,
"He'll never do Mt' exclaimed ft voice
belew. "He'll,fall-drop like steno! Some
ono got &owe blankets -something to (meth
lam!"
But Getunt's etrongth wree hertaulean,
and it was backed by that cool courage
wheal. hue maAle the Engliehman matethr
*4 110111. the world. He raised lairaself 1101110
by inch, got a grip with his other bend,
and presently had ono knee on.the win-
dow sill. .Onie crowd' sent up a wild cheer;
butthere was terror and aperehension 111
etas well as admiration. • •
Fortunately, tho sill was one Of ;the
wide, oldefaehioned ones, and Gaunt found
it possible to kneel on it. As he did so,
he saw !Badman. There wee only the glees
between. their two Meese here, White and
strained with eerror-for him, not hereelf
-hie blank and grimed with gamete. •
He smiled, at her eneoutaginglY and
spoke her name. Then he gamest one of
the bars and tore it awaye, and with a
my of 'warning th'theee below, flung, it
down. The eecond bar came away' as eas-
ily but the last held fast. It had been
welled ,ereth clamp.nails and restated all
Iris Offofts fow a time, and' he could not
put forehe all hie strength. for fear of los-.
lug hie balance and falling. Every mo-
ment 'was. preeioue.
He taw a, gleem of light behind Declaim,
and knew that it 'Wlia the flames which
had Teethed the to story and -would take
hold of the room teelf presently. Cling'inb to .the eide of the window, he exerted
all the force he dared, and the bar cams
away euddenle, SO suddenly that, he stag.
gored Wad swayed, as the spectatore be-
neath gemened and ehouted warningly.
"Open the window now," he said to Do
With treMbling hands the Obeyed, ttnd
the next Instant he wae in the room and
she wae in his armee For space the hid
her Igoe on hie breast, eand a convulsive
sob shook her; then wit11 her hands cling.
• iner.to his shouldere, ehelooked up ot him.
"You -Will be killed! 011, '30113' have you
done et-eislted-
Hie oyes tuet, hers calmly, evith even ea
smile; but he did not, hese her, though Ike
held ;her tightly for this eeconel er iwo,
"Vire .311011 be all right," ho earl, quietly.
"Don't he afreid. De, jest ats I tell You."
"/. ant' not erraid with you! I ana not
afraid-uow I" she minted. "Is it rer1,113,
you, or ant X dead and -anti-" Slie gated
up at him with evide eyes, and her halide
touched hint, Paeseed newt hie ehouldors,
ae if she wished aseure herself of the
reality of hie -presence.
• 'You see not dead ---and not, going to dio,
plume. Goa." 110 epee', quietly. "Now, you
will do ea I tell you. Conte to 4.1.1e window.
Don% look down. Stand there, with yonv
facto toward me"
She obeyed.. He Sprung to the bed, and
tearing off the clothes, 'tied the thecae and
counterpenes together lute a rope, The
end of this he peeeed under her'arnis and
knotted 'severely. ,
"Oh, what -What are you going to do?"
elle' breathed.
.1{6 ,smiled.
"Lee you down-inbo Gaiety," en,id,
"Get tip on to the ;window." Ile lifted her.
on eo the Gil. "Now kneel down. Good!
Hold ray arm. Now 'shut yew:, eyes, and
do not open them until you ere mile on
the ground beneath."
gb leaned forward trona the window to
toll those helowewhat 318 wee about rto
do; bat th,ere Was uo need, Mr. Bright
head gueetted at it, and he aud anoehee,
a strong Young fellow„ wore already on
the ladder, woeting to recei've her.
• "Now lot go your hands," ected. Gaunt
in Deeitna'e eer. "Don't open your eyes,
and do not cling tO anything. 3'1161 he
Yourself go. Gan You tio it? A.11, but you
can! 7010 030111 be .brave?"
',I will ,do anything, everetelng, you tell
me I" she panted, lent you--;
"Never ailed me. I. aan all right," aw
seed, impatiently. "Are you veatly?"
She opened hor eyes and looked et him
-the loole which et womitu gives the alien
she have% the Mau who is coollY and calm.*
ly melting his life do save here -the look
no pen, however grenhic and eloollenb,
cant 1.10pO to describe; ,then she clemed her
eyee and, gradeally loosening nor
hold, folded leer arms aereSs her breset.
Gaunt lowered her sloway eend gentle.
Der figuee swayed to. and fro, bat ho
eat hie foot against the wtull and -steadied
the linen bop% tend so lowered lama genely
entit she wee grasped by the eager Mande
veetretethed, For Her.
el wild, onelansiatetie cheer /Tee ItoneeelY
from a hundred threats, the- WOmen
ahnieked with eelief and, JOy, .and Gaunt
ne 00A1 het surrounded. and darted at
by the orbwd,' sinned and drew a long
beenth of relief and gratiinde.
f3he wale safe,
"Cone 4011,11! 001210 inec tne Ghont
limn every voice. "Qutel; The fire!"
Ila Put 1;is knee on tho silt and looked
twat.. AG lie did 00, .400,1110 of flame shot
out front the ;window hOnenth luru. Via
fire had Tettelled the hack of the house;
Dechna. had been °nay just in time. She
1000 Safe, aiid the thought, the Joy of le,
falai Genet with a. kind of exhilermtion.
Re lead conduetce etnd eareied threugh
many a ferlorn hope, but, no success hod
ever ;riven him each eatiefatetion as this.
"Conte doWn I" shouted the C1'015,11; and
one man, exeitement; f.,creamed out
an ofuthi.
Genet atepeed on the eill, ;led 00014
031030(4 .00 lower himself, het the 1:11)10L1 be-
neath hliu .culderl round the ladder, obtl
Ile seer that it had caught fire. Ile lane,
tatted; the crowd groaned and yeLled, 1114
Gam Deoime-hea• egure, in its white drece,
ing robe, lighted up bY the ftriniserbrea
from a group of women ame (wring dio the
foot of the ladder, iehe etood weth het
Mee and Dame uplifted.eo him, and he
weed aluteet fanoy that he saw her lips
novo. Ite heard the, 'burning ladder
ereekle, esedthias 41.8 the deletes helped it.
Oben, ho did the only foolish thing he hod
done. Ito left ehe windew end ran to tele
loor 01 the room Bueehe Bre ha,d obtain.
ed firm hold of the uneor larlding, and
Id one' emild leepe'eo 'page theongh et, navi
ne retained to the window,' and,
without further hesitheican, lowere,d
self by the ivy, to the 'ladder, elle teem
3,e 'descend. • Het t/M few seeonde-theet,
were eearcel,v more ellen permit-
ett the Ileums eo Galt through the Lidded
jo<111,, ivolght broke 13!, Oft a4, the burned
t.
Ile frill,' chatehing• at, the alias of the
etleler; but hie weight, wee tee great for
Ole etrann; end ilo 0011118 down 110 the
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CAPE
TOWN
Eese RiAlLoons BY WATERins no,
To,,Be Ready in Two Yale. •
The Cape-to-Caire Railway, sheT-
ing how near it isebe completion.
The, journey will be delightfully
varied, alteraating frequently be-
tween 'steamer and train ais follows:
Cape Town to Bukatma. (by train),
2„632 miles; Bukams Gong=olo
(by steamer), 398 miles • Gongolo 81
Kindu (by train), 217 sates; Kindu
•be Pentlierville (by steamier), 196
inlles;Ponthierville to Stanley -
1,31111e (by train), 77 melee; Seaetley-
ville to Mahagi, in the Sudan (by
iteein), 683 mile's; 1VLailiagi to Kase
(by steame(4), 1,103 miles; Kosti to
Wady Haifa, via Khartum (by
train), 815 miles; Wady Halm tio
Assuan (by steamer), 208 miles;
Assuan te Cairo ' (by )1rain), 555
milea—in all 6,944 miles.—Geophie
(Londen).
ground a, dull, hoterY „thud which
smote every !soul witli horror and pity. _
Ole, '1006 U0101100010116 for a M01118311, and
in that space of time the knew 00011 31 white -
robed figure was kneeling beide him, that
it hands 'were holding 111131,4o its bosom;
then all became a blank.
(To be continued.) e
,
CZAR MAY MAKE CHANGE.
Will Repeal LW Forbidding a Wo-
man to Ascend Throne.
Strong representetions are being
030(81 81 the. Czar Ito have him issue
02 proelatmetion revoking :the Sallie
leehr and declaring the Greed Duch-
ess Olga heiress to the imperial
throne, according to a report cur-
rent in diailomatie oirelefa ill Paris.
It is genera.11y- known -that the
Ozer's son irt ia, despertube etete
of health and is not expected to
live to Deign ever &melee If 611
unoffleial report fr'om, St. Pebees-
burg io itrael en iieberesten,g everte
is expected an the imperial house-
hold in the spring end the eiteatioe
would remain' unethasiged should
the newcoiner prove to be a boy,
bttt in the evenb ef the Cza.rince giv-
ing birth to another daughter, et
is likely the Coax will revive the
Salk law, which. •was abolished by
the bleoclehirsty Czar Paul IV. OM
t,he death of Catherine •th,e Gre-ae.
The Grrend Deelteee Olga, who
would tiles 8310000d .to the throne,
1)090 0.10 nineteen years old 11011(1 0.31 re-
markebly 'clever. She has'
41 etra mg aptitude for taking held
0(4 13,11111 interior affairs of the imper-
ial palaces, and in view of the
semi-asearchical condition of Rus-
sia politicel refugees here say, by
eniercing eonstitutionali hunianitax-
ien, meaeures, she •would hey° 0. su-
perb opporetinity of eatelening
Catherine the Great.
.A. Curious -Diseaee,
The Jamaican negrees have many'
ockl end intereeting forms of
speech, -which are often due to a
misuaclerstatncling el the English
vends. That vas the ease in a story
thee Wittnifeed L.' Joines eells 10
'The Mulberry Teee." A woman
took her baby to' a clecter, and the
;physician aslood her what eiled the
auff mei.. • e -
"Him ill, ,sah," she explained, in
her 'soft, musical veiee, "Him, ill,
see ; hen blowing bonee"
Inquiry brought only repetitiou
"1-lim 0.11, ah; hien blowing bones."
eeveral Moments the puzzled
cleetor contemplated the diminutive
Week, creature end its etreage dis-
ease; then the eolueion flaehed upoe
him.. -Blowing eounds nob unlike
grosting. What bones could a ebild
of .two be gl'o'wing1141 wa.e cutting
his beetle
flume' weinee are •so inclined to
malze 1,130113. pf things thet they evee.
bleice thee. hair.
:very best thing you oen use '
,
for the ()hated skin, chapped
• 'berttla and cracked lips which
raw cold weather brInge, 203
25c a bOttle, at your Druggist's, •
01100(4101 (4040 AND COEMICAL CO, '
INA OF CANADA, LIMITEO,LAIONTREAL.
, ,
IIA0001042011, pooling lotione-the I
Re nov ati n g , Relul gear :
"Full many- a hat is worn 'and
throw -n away,
Wh• ieh, clobbered, might, have lived
for •inany a day."
'This is true, but, the, lines are not
exit ctly . es' the poet -wrote ,them:
Before we inveet in a, really new
.1914 ,spring het, there is a between
period whic'h is nether hard to fill.
'Why not get over that by doing up
our old betel This little economy
would enable as to 'buy liomething
really 'good when June cornea in.
Here ere ,sotne 'recipe's, tested, and
not foetal wanting. • c
Tci elean a white felt hat. Fill= a
jampet with flour, "and put it intim
oven until it is quite -hot. Then
quickly, with white flannel, Tub the
hot Aber into the felt very thorough-
ly, mice dest it off with a perfectly
clean OT a -white clothe
The hat will be as new.
White straw- hats can be cleaned.
and the surcbuen ,removed, &seol-
lows i Warm a lemon, equeeze' it in-
fo a eaacer, and &cid 414ewspdoflful
of powdered sulphur.
Brush this well on the hat, rinse
severel times in cold water, wipe
with a dry cloth, and finally dry in
the shade. That hat *111 )15 es when
,you bought it.
Artificial flowers may be restored
in many eases --net all—by holding
them for a couple of minutes in the
steam of' boiling water.
Black felt hats can be made quite
nice if veil rubbed with benzine.
Dryin-the open air. -
Black chip hats, as Or rule, only
need 'oiling. Ilse a little sweet oil.
and rub it off with a little bleak vel-
vet.
'Black straw hats, if faded, should
be 'treated as follows: Get a piece
of good black sealing wax
powder it, and add 81 eb 2.oz. of pure
spirits of wine. •
!Stand the bottle near the fire un-
til the wax is quite dissolved, then
brush it oil the hat wiele a tooth-
brush. Do this near a fire. The hat
will be quite etiff and glossy.
Ribbons, if they weee good when
bought, eon be washed in tepid wa-
ter (pobateewater is the best)' -with
the Angers, using, if any, just a M-
ae mild soap.
'Rime repeakedly in tepid waters,
squeeze in a towel, hang out to dry,
then iron, sandwiching the ribbon
between two sheets of white paper.
Fur hats should be emitted as fol -
10100: Warm eome bran and rub ib
thoroughly into the far with. die
hand. Do thie two or three times,
shake, end brueh • thoroughly. It
makes the hat as new.
White fuethats are net at all done
for when soiled. Rub these wieh
W8,1'03, /noise bran until dry,then
as above with dry bran. Finish by
rubbing -with magnesia.
The above sheuld'help • us over
Mance and April, months wthieh are
often mere winery than December.
What to Make With Cheese.
Here ere a. low interesting and
appetizing gernishes to make with
cream eheeee • .
'Cheese and Pepper Salad—Re-
move the top from 31.89061003. g-ieen
pepper and wash out ehe
baking out all eecds and drying with
a clean cloth, therein a cake of
cream cheese with a litele freeb
cream and mix with it eome chop-
ped svalimb meats and a very little
finely minced red pepper. Beason
with salt and pepper. Sniff the
pepper with this end put •on the ice
until it becomes firm and cold. Then
slice in thin ellee,s with n very eherp
'steel knife and serve as a, garnish
for eold meet, or .else on lettuce
leaves for a salad.
Oheese Balle.—Oheem belle are
an appetizing accompanimeee 81
any green salad. They an be put
on the separate portions ef sailed or
else passed in a little cheese dish,
With a 'silver fork, Toasted waiters
eervecl -with them add to their at -
&activeness. One way eo make them
is to soften a cake of -cheese with a
lit,tie fresh cream and to mould it
into balls. Into. eaeli heel press ewe
perfeet halves of walnuts, Another
'Way is to roll the balls in minced,
fresh paraley. Still another tvay is
to mix the cheeses -with minced pe-
cans and then fot•m it into balls.
Frozen Ohee•ses.—These can be
served with salad end wee especial-
ly appropriate on a warm day with
a crisp, cool .saled of fresh vege-
tables. To make them moisten the
cheese slightly with cream and spa -
eon it geneeously with pepeika, and
stele. Then add enough 'chopped hot
red pepper ito make the eheese quite
lielleery and bele Press into a lit-
tle pasteboard box, lined with wax-
ed paper and freeze in 1111411 01301(1 ice.
Iced Cheese Oreams.-1111x two
ounces of freshly grated Gruveze
cheese with 'three onncee of freselje
grated -Parmesan. Add a, gill • of
espie, a generous spriukling
of cayenne pepper, end a eupful of
stiff whieped ereem. Put the mix -
'Imre intoditele paper eNee, ateaelee,
'them in e, tin can or box, and pa'a
them in ice arid stile to freeze.
Mats far the Home.
When preparing th10 booby's beth,
thry the water by putting your elbow
in it. If the. water does 'not bum
the elbow it will be the right tem -
'permeate for baby: ' • ,
Economy clan be practised ho the
perceesing of, meet, if you insteuet
your butcher 'to alb 6118 chops and
Steaks and cutlets veey.thin. A chop
+The ter of a roottl limy be freshen-
ed by putting a fe.w ,cleope f eie of
lavender "into a bowl of boiling wa-
ter and .letting 1111 gaud until the
water Is quite cold ••
The ends ef candles are thseful in
Icier -thee ;the fire, .0-tte relfom into
small 'Mecca and diebribule them
abmui.ennogpulprotIlmweilecoihni:lielliiiprge;iqo' utTsiciplilydft.lw:01
fear ot the ,sunlight opeiling thei
carpets 'or eurniture have no ide
of the .diseaseedestroying influenc
of sunlight and air. . •
If yeur hair is very oily, try dip.
ping youe bruslt ie water and•pass
ieg it through your hair twe or
three times 11 week, This will pre-
vent super uous • • .-
,H°rni.nYgrstsavert2(°C11004yi.,4frfatdl% wih e01S78
'Make a gravy with the Sieueage, end
if this is eaten with the grits it will
be found delicious.
The Most emieenient and 'cheapest
of disinfeetatits :to use in the calm
is quicklime. It may be phieed in
dishes, in bins or eupboarcle
scattered looee in .dark, damp rev-
ilers,
When expecting guests plan the
mealeabetud f or the, erirtire time ehe
guests will stay. Tlien you can en-
joy your cOmpany and not have the
everyday bother of planning the
InCeatillhonate of soda will remove
the moat obstinate of mud steins.
Rub off -with a cloth er flannel dip-
ped in eada, 'then press well on the
wrong 'side of the material with a
warm iron.
Bacon is much more delicate and
soft if it is first parboiled until the
fatty part is almost cooked, then
lay each piece out separately on a
elobh to 'drain and fry quickly until
a very light brown.
If possible all market packages
should be opened out on the back
poreh or in the lauridree a•s there
,are eometimes roaches that find
their way into the kitchen by means
of the grocers' packages. •
The 'hou'sekeeper who must do her
Own dishwas'hing -on cold, windy
days should remember that a cut
lemon kept convenient and rubbed
on the hands after each dishwashing
will MING ter from Tough hands.
Velveteen is successfully washed
by making, a 'lather of soap e,nd
wenn water. Soak the velveteen in
it, squeezing it, but not rubbing.
When finished, rinse in plenty of
elect': water and hang out to dry.
'Many housewives have bemoaned
the fact that their 3.893.30 0,11(1 pies do
not ha,ve the delicious brown desir-
ed. Always keep in your 'cupboard
a small 'pastry brush, and brush
your tarts and Dies over with milk
just before platting them in *the
0ven-YIfou desire to purebase a box
of oranges and fear 4 -,hat they will
not keep, follow these instructions:
Remotes each orange and wipe it
with a. -dry cloth, then wrap with a
piece of waxed paper. Place the
oranges looeely in a box or barrel
and they will be preserved for se-
veral months.
.To make a, small portion of may-
onnaise' dressing go a long way add
it by the 'spoonful to the beaten
white of an egg and eontinue to beat
it until all the dressing has been
used. Eight teaspoonfuls and the
vihite of one egg will snake enough
dreesing 'foe ebielten egad to seeve
six persons.
If the tableeloth is quite (deem
excepting one or two spate, slip a
folded towel betsveen the teblecloth
and the pedeling and on the towel
place an empty bowl, having )1h°
stain directly over the bowl. Pour
boiling water ehrough the etain ue-
til it hides away, Piece another
towel over the Wet plane end iron
until dry. •
11,‘TSSIA.'S PAPER CURRENCY.
100 -Ruble Nete Barred With All
Colors of the Rainbow.
The snose striking -looking paper
eurreney in- the world is flab of
Russia, ita one -hundred -ruble note
being barred from top to bottom
with ell the cokes of itipe 118,111131190.
In bold relief in the centee stands.
oat a finely executed vignette in.
black. The remainder of the en-
graving is in dark and light browe
ink.
The Bank of England 'notes are
simply pyinted in black ink ou
Irish linen, water -lined paper,
plaiA weth ragged edges. A
badly scrolled er worn Bank of
England note is reeele seen, for
the reason that note30 which in any
way find their way back to the beek
are immedietely easicelled and new
ones iesued in their .stea,d.
The notes of ehe Bank of France
are made' of white water -lined 'le-
per, printed in blaek and white,
witb. -numerous mythological and
allegorical pictures.
South Amei.icen notes resemble
thoee of ettli 010011 country except
thati cinnamon brown and elete blue
ere 'the prevailing 'colors.
German notea are printed in
ereen end bla.ek. The one-theueencl-
mark bille..are printed on silk fibre
• ' .
IL has been averred Time it -Lakes
an expert or e native to distinguish
a Chinese bill from alentetry
ticket it the bill be of low denomi-
nation or from a firecracker label
if the bill bo el large demeninatien,
the print hoieg in red on white, or
yellow on ied, with much gilt and
many gorgeoeselevites.
11411,100) reetes tere all sizes, ethapee
wed colorre. The smaller bills are
painted • on white paper le pink,
blue and carmine hike.
4-•
What Is It?
A college 3)10,2030007"90)10was 031-
90 31305 'ready for a joke was tusked by
a student one day arlie would like
a good recir for oatehing rabbits..
"Why, yea eeplied the professoe.
"What ia "Well, you eretech
clown behind a thick eeone well and
.manaaykebt,noissaeidie,thltheemptruotiensipsoe; wlthhaati
twinkle...in his eyes, "bile a better
way than 'that would be for you to
go and sit quietly in a bed of ,ca,b-
bage heads and look natural."
w8'' 00870114 ie
h0n)i,diepapeeilde inel ezi-tbscd
e
eiteee 'deeee
The- Standard Lye of
Canada. Has many
hnitiitIons but no novel
DCFSEIANNFSEANCTDS
1007iPIME
NOTIRS OF SCT-ENCE
Seobland produeed about 691000,-
000 gallons of oil frora shale last
year.
Italian state railways will me
750,000 tons of Welsh coal this year.
statietios• place Rus -
stale beet -sugar production last
season et about 1,703,340 short
ton.s.
A rubber band around the bill
of an alarm clopic will lesson its
noise without impairing its effee-
tiveness.
With the opening of new cables
to Ceylon messages have, been
transmitted from London within
half an hour.
Goldfields in Nerth-eastern Si-
beria, which have not been worked
since 1907 will he re -opened early
this year.
Harvard University, has opened a
special course for training men for
the 'duties of municipal health offi-
cars.
The German pound is 'exactly one-'
half oo kilogram, or about one-tenth
more then the American and Eng-
lish pound.
Adjustable canvas shields have
been invented for protecting fresh-
ly, transplanted trees from boo much
sunlight.
Russia, expects to piloduce 24,-
000,000 long tons of bitinninou's and
0,300,000 long ieena of anthracite
this yeae•e.
Of inberest, to farmers 10 I& recent-
ly patented device to scatter hay
evenly as it is delivered inte a mow
by a fork.
Spanish railroads tire conducting
energetic campaigns of education
to improve agricultural eonditions
along their
More than, 70 cities in the 'United
States and more than 100 in the
world are 'equipped with SI.utoinatio
telephone exehanges.
Although many plants close their
lettves and flowers at the approach
of ram, lettuee flowers open their
widest at such times.
Duraleum is de name tittle has
been given in Germany to several
lighe but tougit alleys in which
aluminum playa the chief pert.
New finger rings home a, hinge
fastening, insuring a eleee flt, nee
alwaye passible when a ring has to
be elipped ever knuckles.
Paris now lias the 'largest vitamin
turbine electric plaire'irt •Europe, 46
street-reilway power station pro-
ducing 129,000 horeepowee.
A vent ie ODD sicle of a, new fry-
ing -pan, whieh is pertly covered,
directs the °cloys of 'cooking into the
skove and ne the 'chimney .
For the first time since 1885,
Spain in jeetterY had 46 fall of snow
sufficiently .heavy 81 whieen the
landscape throne -toed the country.
Pestebeamd laoxes with a sanitary,
insect -proof opening have been in-
vented for eontaining sugar a.nd
other food products 'similar in feinn.
To every 100 men Auetria, earl -
ploys 42 woman in the inclustries;
France 34; Maly 32 ; Germany 30;
Switzerland 29; England 24, and
Sweden 21.
Great Britain's largest inilread
has adopted for 30e11e0901 use 00. sys-
tem of entente:tee train, signialling
which produees audible aignals in
lo °emotive •ca,las,
RING'S NEPHEW FARM
Oceasionally Visits Aunt, '
Queen
Mother Alexandra.
Prince Erik of Denmark a ne-
phew of King Chrietien X., 8,96ex
working unobtrasively on an Eng-
eish farm at Fairford, 0.m Glouees-
tershire, for some months, • vrill
shortly go to Holland and Belgium
to continue, his agricultural edu-
cation. •
It is said the stay of 'the Prizes
in England is due to the ivice *11
Minister oe A,griculture Peclereen,
who encouraged his own daute,hter
to 'study clomeettie Rea es a. maid
•
servant 81 England. lb is well
known that Denmark 10 facile prin-
ceps in =dairy terming, but M. Ped-
eraen, while visiting England some
time ago, was impressed with the
profitable English method sof using
=waste lands in hog rearing, whiek
he is- alleged te heve deseribed ae
the best he has ever seen. .A,ccor-
dingly,, he urged Peinee Valclemar,
father ef Prinee Erik, to send the
letter here. _
The PriTtee live & ill 11 ferimeree
family on an equal 'status with its
members. He workeettecl, zund for
long hours. Oceetelonalle he pays a
visit to' 'his. aunt; Queen -Mother
Alexandra, art Sandringham.
• Ample Explanation.
"Italie, Mike, where did you get
that black eye')"
"Why, O'Grady's just back from
his honeymoon an"twas me advis-
ed him t' get triarried."
Don't get gay. Many a fellow
has been assaulted because he was
to•o fresh.
THEIR CLOTHES
WITH
The Dye that colors ANY KIND
411 of Cloth Perfectly, with the
stuvIE DYE.
-11 No Chattcoot AIWA.. Chum and Stmiro•
VII=T.f4111:,5P00:8;:tmllz,7=ttli
THEY keep the rats, ,squirrels and other
rodents from carrying away ydur profits.
Milliops of dollars are lost to fatmers eaoh
year through the ravages of rodents in
cribs and granaries. Part of .this loss is
paid by every farmei whose crib floor
isn't built of concrete. .
Concrete crib floors and supports stop the weste
cause
They Prote4 Your roolla
Concrte is strong, durable and clean. It never wears
eouttoatunadn:nealitesrPiairasfor
riAclybT0urigige,iipaq. ni,
111 is the cheap-
gWritefor this -frac hook '"What the Farmer, cart do
with Concrete." /4 Tells all Acne the uses of, a:0,-
0cm and 0'34111 help, every faither to' have better
buildings and 304.0money. -
Fartnein information Bureau
Canada Cexneiat Company Limited 4'
' 5x3 Herald Building, Montreal
"worlfg.