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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1914-12-31, Page 3(Ash oung Or, the Belie of the Season 011AFTillt %LIE ' "yes, my father bought the einem': said asked him to do so,• and be , neented, at °pee, I could not have+ let 1:',nU0 vo Strangers. You See; been •PO ,thaesty there; it -wee here that you ask, to be Your wife. And tartlet. has „4,fre,f,ta., se:;lite it 14On us," she big:gilled .,4040 and her , eyes bevasne downcast. "He is. no longea-opposed‘ to oar mar- riage; he knew; tlnat7 would marry you - if till oried 'Nor" • They 'rad boon sitting talking for near- • ty on hour, She had reeoyered fr,cdu the ishOols of 1110 sadden presenuf, and , wag dea.ted beside hign-se.eloso that she eogilid , .toucth taint het, .hand-calat now, hut with a g,low ih hot usually Pale 0110010,.., a - /*ht. in her 'Was whibh had boon.ahisent . toy many, tt, 'weary, vaanth ,past. Ile had given her, moistly in answer to her eager • ' Questions; a; very athreViated ilecomet of hin life in .A.uctralia; Ilex lees even . than lie had tali:Lido.; and it IS needless reatork, Saying- tibthing of, the ,eause . of, his hasty, return. _ , , 'Ath,, well,' She bald, di:limit/1g a long breath; eit over new; Starved. Alt, it is good -to have yen back sato and . Gonna, You are well, are you not? You look rsle and thin and -and tired. Dot 1 suet:else it's the -journey. Yee, a is all daer; YOU. need not wander any longer; you have ocene back to uni, have you not. dear? If you- knew holy I have missed you, how I have longed for youl And now you wall eettle down and take your . Place in the world and be happy! Do you think X shall not make yOU 1a1)0Y, Staf- ford? All, do tiot be atroid;" her eYre sought hia and her baud stole towards his sic rose and leant against the snantea. sholf. "I only know. that I Wm quite unworthy of' you, blonde," he said, gravely. She looked up at him .and laughed. -Are you? \The ettres? flot Il 1 only 3<netv ithat,,I dove you so dearli that if YOu. were the blackest vithlin to he found 10 ileition, it would make no difference to me." , De woe firiled with shame and self -re. PrOaeh, and turned away his head that 'Alto might not see the shame in ItIo eYea. "How did you come?" She asked, pro. sently. "lif my futfaer wore otTly homel You could staY 'with us, then.' "X nm stayiug at "The Weed:mein,' " geld. elle regarded him with some surpriee. "Duet night! Late, do you mean? Did YOU meet, .see anyone?" ,'Illsore was a dawning suspicion in her oyes, and She rey,arded his averted face keenly; oho neticed 'that he hesitated and aecened 'embarrassed. "NO one you know," he replied, feeling that it was impossible for him to spotlit Mire ;lame. -"How do you know?" she asked, with a outileas "Wile was it?" "rinot Iterondale of Herondale."' he said, t.ryitig to speak *net:Olin and nvendoring what She would Cay, hotting fervently that she srould ask no more Questions. 'the blood rtiethed to her fate, lier eyes flashed and her :bre tightened; but ..zhe dlti not upoak ae site moved away to the window. stand:nig there lookin, out, but seeing nothing. Ho had goue to her 'the moment he had returned; What did it mean? 33ut sfao dared not nGk; for she ltnow inttinntively how slight was the chain by wheels ehe With ttii , effort, she restrained the :age, bile fierce .)ealonsy, which threatened to burst forth rn violent, repro:I:thee and aeons:Along; and atter a minute or two she turned to bins, outwardly calm and emblilug, "Rave you made any plans, Stalford?" she asked. "Tdy fatter was spealoth g of Yana. return; he thmiglit of writing to You• Dearest, there most be no reserve 'between us now -now .that, you have come book. See, speak quite fra.nklY. kflY S'her thinks -Minks that our marriage elhould take place at once, He hue with- drawn his ohjection, and-atrd you will hot thwart him, Stafford? is hard for tne to have to say this; 'but.,..lbut you will undoistaird." -I understand," he said in a low voice, '7 ant' graketts1 to your father. Our Mar - Tinge shall ,a.lre pRace as goon ne TOW' please. lt is for you to fix the date, Mantle." She neetiled against him and touched his ooat her tum nehomed, oE myself," sbe murmur. ed, "but ah well! love caatetili out Sh.arne," A servant Ictiocked at the door.. 'The horse is round, .miss," aft- nouneed. "I evai3 going ter a ride," elle aa•id, "but / will send the horse away -unless you will ride with me. You will. Stafford?" "Containly," ho said. glad of the inter- .ru,ption. to thin tete-a-tete Which hod been to Slim a, positive torture. "1 will. not be five minutes," she said, brightly. "You'd like to go over the 'house? They shall bring you something to drink in tile omokieg-room, or here, if you like; you ore lord and master." She went up to her 00001,41nd, when she lind rung for her avoid, paced up a4131 down feverishly. • Ile had gone to ,that girl before he lied come to lierf She wag recited Arita State end jeatousy, which seas all the border to bear because she knew she must hide tbeln within her be - coin, that no word or leek of hem must let, his see t,h,at she knew of her rival, Some time, alter they were married, she would tell him; but not till she was mute. ehe got into. her habit Quickly a.nd went down to lifrit. Ile wag standing where she had lett a.nd ae oho entered the room ethe saw, before lie had time to tern to her with a tamile, how haggard .and tressed he looked "You have been quick," Ile 'said. "Yes; I am learning one of ray wifely duties; not to keep mY hued:rand wait. ing," They went out, and Pottinger standing by the horses, touched hie hat a,nd grew rod with joy rut &gilt of hie master. "Well, Fottingerl Gil.a.d ece youl" .ciaid Stafford; a.nd he wag genuinely glad. "You're leaking well, and the 'horse is koo, Raoul you've put tho stideueddlo on Adonis," lie added, os he went up and pat. .ted the home. Pot-On:ger touched his hot again. "Yea. oir; Miss Pailconer's neen riding him, end I did not know that I ought to chanlge the saddle. I eam do go in a min- uto--" "No, no," said Stafford, "never mind. I wilt ride the hunter, as you have the e addile on 111m. You like Adonis, Maude?" "0,h, yrs " she replied. "Tliotigih tiot Quito, hare' he likes me " she added, wilth .a, ." Stafford put her no, and noticed, V.th ecene 01101:wise, that Adonis et,..med, 'rect. legs and ill •at ease, odd that 'he ehivered altd shrank a's he felt Maude en his back. • "What is the matter with him?" he shin. "lIo seenis fidgety. Does the saddle fit?" wee haunting him, a, .question Which 11 could not thrust frOm him; ai.e "IVE03 Aving" to marry Maude Falconer, going te take the hard, and atony road of duity which Ida, in her. noble waY, Poileted oat to him. Ought ho not to tell Mande alacut Ida and hie broken engagement to her; would' it .not be better for both of them, for all of theta, it lie were'ke do oo? Ho would hove .to ,her that he cotild, net live alt the villa; the would want to. Icnow-the reason; would it not be better to teil her? - , He raised. bis head to begin; when owl. saw, going up the' hill in front of them, horse and horgewoumn. She was walking op slowly, anci„ long., before her figure tood Out against the clear sick, 'lie salty that it wasjcht, It ip ,soifteelY em exteggeraltion to say Ghat hie heart ,gtoon Still, That she "lion/4 have appeared be- fore him in hth; eight, as such a amtnettl,, Tebile he was r,iding ben4le ;his .future wife ,fature aq,00-filled hitt with hit eir- 11.053. Hie ,face must Woe ,pibled,'orinande must have ;leen him start; for slia 106104 at him and then turned her head` afid looked in tho directlon in Which Itie 00es were fixed. She reCognized Oda iniutantlY; the oolor rushed to her face; 0100. hand tightened on bee rein spasmodically; for a moment she felt inclined to tarn' aside, 'Vo nida eSeae)e from the girl alio hated` and loathed. And then she was enoved by another Impulse; the demon of jea.lousy whispered; "eh% is the moment OP your triumeM; why not enjoy it to 11110 IUD; why not let her feel tate bitterness of defeat? .3.1here is your rival! Let her see vl1,011 her own eyes your triumph and Your hattuinees." The tor-apt:14ton was too great for her, and stile yielded to it. "Who is that ridine us the bin?" she saki, oontrolling her voice admirably. "It is Miss Reroo., is it not?" "Yes, it is," he sold, 00 ../InixielIVOIS fin he could, Stet laps ounled scortitullY at hie gumption of indifference. ''I have eeen bor and mot her," she said, "hut I have not been introduoul to her• Let us overtake her, and yon can intro. duce tile, I, should like to Item Ito looked straight before him, hie face grave and set. "Ts it svorth. while?" he said in a 101V voice, "Some other time—" "1.1thy not now?" oho asked, "We eau catch lier Quito easily." ' The =anent had eeme for hitn 'to tell r. "Not, noti." he said, huskily. "I have something to toll you, Maude; sonic/thing you ought t0 know- before-hefor,e you niake . Miss Heroa's acquaintance.' She turned to him with a. low laugh. "3)* you think I don% know?".0110 said, between her teeth. "I have known till .alougl I read tbe letter you wrote to her -I gat it -stole iv, if you like -from Pot. tingeir. I Stave known all along -do you not think I have been very poittertt, ver0 dir.ereet? Even now I beer no Malice. I eon forget hhe past, forget and ..fereve, :Why dwelt'. I net, seeing that I am nesnr. od of•your love wed good faith? 00u. eee how ecenpletely I forget, bow little im- peritotice attaelb to your faney tor the girl; a fanny which atu sure you Stave quate outgrown. 001, I van trust you! We will join lf,:es Heron by all mound." Mg face 'wee dark and heavy. "po not, faude, you've heard all,' lie began. but %.•...th a scornful Mitgli that yet hart something tloubting and ele- operate in it, he sent Adonis on. 110 gprang fcauvard nervously and sh.vering under it st.roke from her wthip, and swift. ly lewened. the die;tance 'between hint and Enema, mho Ileard 110,0 rip,:ironeli before Ida did, and who neighed NVele01710. Ida. turned and son, wins Wa.z following her, saw St:Ilford just behind, and gathering ther rate. together Oho rode Rupert glitch- ly to -the top of the bill. Heron!" cried /anode, in voice of covert insolence, but minket open tr'• ,unn.st. "Nies Iferon. eon, please!". Ida did atop fer n 3noluent, thou, feel. Ina Mot it wa,-.4 ineneojAihr for bet tomeol them, that day, at any rote. She' let Itu. pert go again. By this tlme Stafford bad almost gained Mande'e nide. Ilia face was dark willh auger, ibis teeth clued/led tight- ly. Be knew- butt Mande intended to flaunt her possession of him beforo i.e,w but perfectly distinct voioo, "Eton, Maude! Do not follow herr looked. Over her nhonitler at /1101, her face ilvehed, ber eyes flashing. "Why not?" the dem:hided, reorn-fellY. "IS she afraid, or is it yon Wan aro afraidr Both, perhaps? We (Alan scot' Before he could ,ca,tell her rein she had struck Adonis twice with the dhanp, cat. Iting Whip, and with a shake of has, head and a snort of rage end resentment, he stood on his haunches, 403: a. moment. then leant forward and began to race down tile hill. Stafford GaW the 1101U0 lead either from fear or anger• he knew that it would only increase blan'cle'a pewit 11 ite galloped in pursuit behind. her; the, therefore, checked his horco and made, in' a shunting line, for it po0atl, 16w:trete wilVeli he Judged Adonis. wen14 go. Mean- while, blonde was awatw.ng in her saddle, in. wail& she coUld only keep liereelt by clutching at the eolnmell it seemed overY moment ae if Ithe must as if the horse tiself, meat fall and throw her Eke a same down the steep hill. Ida, the moment' She had got over the top of the hill, had ridden quickly, and, of °purse, quite fearleselY and safely, and had Rupert so well in build, as usual, that When She heard 'the clatter behind her, and turning, saw the peril in which Maude had put herself, Oho was able to Ituport up. wee almoet, ropition of what had oocurral the etinv daY; but, bite thno Maude Falconer's poriL wee in finitely greiater; for her horse leae ..1141df mad and tearing down the steep hill -side, wondered doubly da.ngeroue by the loose stones, and Wael all too evidently indif- ferent -whether lie stood or fell. And yet another risk lay just below; for had been diggmg in that spot for eLones ,to mend the bank, and even if the mad. cloned harem ea/W the hole, ia woe more Man probable that he would not be able to pull ute IP tirae. Igo& moments as these form the terion of true courage, There was only one way in which Ida coald ,sove, er ot- toman to soya. the whittefOced woman who was, drawing tonvords her at break. neck °peed, What Ahe would have to at- iten*,t to do would he to ride straight for Mho oncoming horse, swe:ve alracet as Oa Voa.dhea. 111 and 'keep aide by side with until could succeed alter in turn. ang it away trom thot horrihge hole, or Mop it by throwing it. She did not hesi- tate for a moment, may ,be saki in all truth that at that remanent Ahe forgot that the woman whose iife she was 'going to eave WEG Mande Polcouar; she aid not roshze the fact- or, if elle did, the was indifferent to it - that site.was risking her own life to enve the wont= who had robbed .her of Star.' lee, sir, said pottinger, with a half. iford. There woo the life to be saved, and nervone glance at Maude followed by the ?dint was enough for Ida, Rio al....oned her • unwosaive expression of Oho trained ser• ifoot almost out of- the stirrun, felt nti. vent, -Who cannot speak' out.' pent's mouth fire), Mit gentilY, leant for - "Ile is troublesome sometimee," sald nvard and. whispered it word eo • him, Maude; "int I can 0nUnage /ties quite ssihich it is very likoly be underelood- i I " ' pentane ho saw tell the game even before "Oh, yes," assented Stafford; ."110 • Is she did.:sintl, with am encouraging tench ▪ „wet th, a lamb; bNt he is hiighly bred of her. hand, ace ict Mtn go, '1"d '" 115.017 °I'"ulg' Ile sprang !onward like an arrow from AG they were aborting, Tottinger time- the bow. Ae they drew nedr the liking ,,,urib hi. tichiay. horse. Lia,,eibititod her whip to her left hand. so that her right should be tree, Maude ignered,,the warning; and and, leaning as tar in the, saddle MS she .igiid'utiatford. rode .out. Ilhe rain had corm- toned with Osifety, ohe made a snatch 'at ed, the clonda bed passed anO87. and in Asionc,s a rein ti,t the moment ahe aaine the joy of his nearness, her outran rose:, alongside him. would...hove caught a feeling of triumph swelled in bur In, .0Ihe rein, ehe,.mlght hove stopPed the " I thonatt xesterdny, even gem almost grasped it, Maude, steadied horse or turned it aside; balt'480 bar an, 41'8 Inayntug. lihat we (should be nitling her seat by the nearness of Ler 'would - side by side, Stafford," she said. "ff.ow be rescuer, raised her whin- anti struck /iltdo I thought 2 eheuld have you book Ida neroes the bcerroa and 00,:08.6 the' (ult- .:wain, my own. my.yery cvsn I 1)on't etretChed hand. The blow,' in its finish; throe months you've ,bean away seem like fell On Adonle's rocking' neok u--1,1111 a dream to Youf They .do to me." She snort, ho tore away frem thcaother horse droyv a long broath. "Let ua ride =roes and sivept onwards, Iv:1th 30antele once the dale," again swaying in her saddle.- Idit gazed "You will find it wet there, had`you net st her. in speoeiblesS terror for an dn. better keen to the road?" Stant, then, as if abnormal(' look no longer "Noe'rio," she sold; ".Adoiale id dying for she flung .hor arm wereGG het 0330. a gallon; 6100 hOW 010 is fretting," A moment orFlterwords, a eereana, Stafford looked at the horse currionelY. that rang in hor ea,re , for many a day He was champing 1110 We and throwing no nedenwerds, rose above elatterr lie head in nervous, agitated manner Aklonis's hoofs, and before tate ory had which Stafford laad never seen him ede. died away boree and. rider had logien wAith ploy before. . awful leave into and across the, hole, Then "I cannel, make the horse out,'' he said, came a, dead oilmen, broken only by the more to hiniselif than Mande. "Per/tofu sound„Of iho• horse's IrOn shoes ae he [tell he nal night of tor a gallop." .kicated end paiwed in a v,ain at, They ormssed the road at a trot, .which (bonne to mee. Ma rode up, nhd pinging was art uneYell one on Adonis's part, end herself to Ste groMul, tried to' aliproa,41, got on the mean Maude, still in high the oteuevene aniaisaa: But; 'Indeed, ft still buoyed' op by her feelin.g of wee horror and hot fear that struck her t.riumph, talked coati/mom-ay) telliturhign enottenle.as for a moment; tor honse and' some of the' London news, planning, out rider were mixed in awf al confusion, and mete halite; They would hove a house already Itimide Falconer's *acetyl" forra in London, Stafford should take Ilia Pro was otained with blood, and battered bY, per Atice n 4,110 world; they would ;step the mealy kinking aniuntl,,. now "th backlit:to the high pogitien Which nom hi's 'degth•thrdes. by rigari„, .00 a; peer dilthille realm. Stud. Ast instant attim; before she obuld *a - ford Needi scarcely ',keening. A question cover' froni ,her. paralysis of. terror-tthe , • ileolttafeitiC ot 0," mOntent .240 110,4 Ice.380.11. Of/ ,tilltatli 'Eke' eld.u,d, Rtaltord. whs. by. her .eikle, andat.weAk ds, l•rienting woman froth ;WPs. up' easy, taoh,‘ tor thongh Adonie.WaG rely dead, od a broken back, a part of Ittande's body lay under his shoulder; but with al- most herculean. strength Stafford, silo oreded ih getting lrer clear, and. lifted lier out ..of Ube ladle on, to' this grite9. ing beside hitn, elInt,410ey. Ina theret- o 1 • lIkaude'is bead on her ice() and Wiped the bided front the beau:lath firee, ate loveliness .woe not marred 'there 1e48 brulGe nor eut upon it. 11 blood thavtnit flown f.rottn a Wound dust 'be hind ,the .temple. Staffutd man to the brook for eamo ws, 111,r and tried to forhe a few drop through. the Olenshed. toetth.. Id bathed the White, brow. euddenlii, a tror mot. ran. throufsh' binn, and. he Put hi Vahd ,Over 141aude's "heart. It' Wee :quite 0.it.:11,1; he, bent lr.'s cheeks te. her 1,14,9 ; , Orel:nil Met them. For a moment or hw hd could net. speak, though he ptiiqa Ida's narinistering hand, and looking a sot her. said: "It is of no aeo. She le deitll" - (11.0 be eotrainmed.) "To Ffght iyen SlozyMbn No More'' Ilhe following poem wlgts. written ICY a. young Officer--.1ient. Stanley C. 8, Kerr, of the 10th. Royal Groin. andiers sOth. Battalion, a sOu of Senator J. K. Kerr. It is entitled "To. England." To England. Oh I mightiest mother of na,tiones Thy peoples hear thy eall, Strike with •thy esvord and vanquish Th,y foe that'e, the foe of allj. Steady thy hand for the struggle I Harrk filly peoples' str.ain 'flint the Jives which are lest in the b anitle Have paseecl, but net in. vain. For the grave *can gain no. vieteeyi The sting cif death must oease ; For tho lives that are lost foe free - don's Are.gained for a blessed peace. From the swollen lipsof the (lying, Parched with a fevered thirst; Limit. Stanley C. S. Kerr. From the broken liear.le of thy peoplee Com.as cry 'giainrit the Prussian ' oUrfie. Irsir the SitirC of !thy unborn. Chil- dren, For the.grief of thy weanankind, Who sit .and ouffer in anguish, . 'Whom the dead have left behind. For the life of thy love and honor; Far thy Empire's snow-white mama ; FOr kiith and kin who have per- ished In the war 'sainst gruesome gain : Let thy eatmon rcar with anguish, Let thy armies :strive and strain, the Prussian breed is broken And his race heal ceased to reign, Fight on to the end and conquer 1 And run thy eourse to the laet, Ts the lof all thy peoples ; is the pra.yer of those who've p assed , Purge out, the peide of nthins Caesar I I -Ramble him down to the duet! Strike mat his eWerd from ilte bawd ! Leave it to mould and rust ! Fignht. on ! Fight on! To the finish. While our lifeblood flows. Within, Ti1.1 we've meshed and conquered 0 aeear, And we've eleansend his blood -fill sin ; Till freedom's cause has triumphed, Till mien elay men no more, Tild the aword is senached forever, And the mini elle cease to wax. —Stanley 0. 8. Kerr. Brace up,. The teal,olvivg advice n.o.t. nena Mit it deserves to bc -repeated and liorn.en.eonstantlY in iminde--"llesist the firet inclination to. stoop. Brace ap 'whenever the shoulders settle t.he leaks To phice unesell side; wise: befoie a. mirror and. allow the baek to .curTe forward, (then grads: valise 'to straighten it. widi convinee• anyone that, .with every inch that is raiee.d, ten years •See.tri te be 'taken from .the apparent, age." Women adopt nanny and :yaried Methods of holding on to'a, youthful figure, bult tibia is by far the best, for it: in- volves 'no' d.eeeption ,no•r Some people .a.re quif,e as ettreetive :in old:age no they '-'weire in their, l*yeatili, but it is not those wire., "let ttliemeelves .go" and sink into an ape peatance. of h.aeing. lest their in- terest in life, • ni$ First Company. • , Ati Tinglish recruit wer stopped in the street recently lay an officer for failing tie Selute, The young fellow contesse ignoianr of the* reg.- 'dation& (hiving only just enlisted), and received art improneetu lesson., The clialogire eencluded . the reenuit salutec. eerre,otly. y the, wa , aid the officer, "to what coinpany you beleng?" "Pleate, sir, to he Wigan Ocal and Iron Com- , pany," was the reply. Vegetable le.ft-Overs. The English hate an sichl way of using left -over vegetables for al very pretty as es a palatable dinsh. 14 is called aegetable snoald and eanbe• made from almoili any ConthinatiOn - of , vegetables. Rub cels1 Cithilizege -through :a *ire sieve, aleb seine ocild carrots end turnips, keeping ecusii vegetable separate. Andst to each a 1.ittle melted Ibutte,r andeeason with pepper .and salts GreasS •e, snsald Timeid and: put the vegetables in in. layers, Then bake dr deem until the mould ie hot all through. Turn out carefully and linertre.* Other vegetaiblee May be Used in the same Way. and- the light- ey the' coler of the vegetables the 'mere unusual and. attractive the mould wild be. 'Coke -men" is7another English dish, simple to prepare and seldom seen in this 'country. This made from Cold left -oyes' cabbage and 'po- tatoes. Cut the ipotatoes .in eliees and fry brown dn: dripping; svls,en theY are browned ad.c1 the &iced cold cabbage and fry lightly to- gether. Season Well and •Serve. A !puree of peas made in very much the same manner, offers .d, .80- lut,ion for left -over peas, and may also be made vnith the dried tperus if they are soaked and 'boiled a suf- finiently long time. Ma,sh and press the boiled peas through a sieve. Place them in a same:pan arid stir into .t,hent .enongh hobnail& and pep- per and salt to well moisten .and season them; add also !butter surd very little sugar. This may Ise served lilce mashed potatoes, or if preferred it can be turned into a baking dish and 'slightly browned in the oven. 'Uses for Stale llread. Not a crust of stale !bread should be •thrown .away, for it is not enly useful for the .crumiss which every householder keeps on hand to use in frying and encelloping, 'hut may be used in. eo.untless other ways. Toast, of 'course, is always better when made from yesberday'e bread and to make goo.d toast is no mean art. Buttered toast, nwhieli makes a very good luncheon dish, is made from slightly stale bread, Heat dish and stand it over 'hot water s beast several evenly sliced piecee of bread and soread them. generously with elightly mftened 'butter. Sprinkle with 'salt; place there in the hot dish and stand for a 'minute or two in a hob oven ; serve in a covered dish.. Milk toast is delicions when pro- perly made, hut it is .so simple that people are east •to make it careless- ly.. Here ie a recipe that, 'faithfully followed, make§ perfect milk toast. Make is.dry. teast, apread with bet- ter and sprinkle with stilt, Place it in the dish in which it is to be serv- ed. Pour over it a little boiling w.a.- ter ; eover and plane in .the oven for a.. few minuties to. steam. Put into a eau:mean" one tea- spoonful of butter. When it bub- bles, stir in a teaspoonful of flour and let ib cook -without eoloring. Add elowly, stirring All the time, one 'cupful of milk. Cook until elightly thieleened .and add a salt - spoonful of salt. Pour this thicken- ed milk over 'the softened toast just benfore serving. • .Stale bread as .crumbe or soaked in milk, eustard, or stook, may !be used in the makin.g of many sweet; pricidings, Snell OA bread and butter pudding, apple Betty, plum pud- ding, dheese pudding, etc. Useful Hints. Whiting and ammonia are best for 'cleaning nickel. Vinegar placed in a bottle of dried-up glue 011.11.ir moisten a,nd make it liquid again.. - To keep irons from rusting rub with mutt -on fat and wrap in brows, paper lbefore putting away. • .0e -reels .wil1 not 'become pasty in cooking if they are stirred. with a plated fork -instead, of a, epoom To 'soften ibrown sugar :when it has !become lumpy, stand ib over a vessel filled with boiling water. Faded silks may be restored in eolor by immersing them in eoap- ands to whieh ti little pearlesh has been added. Nail stains may be removed !from wood hy gtorubbing with a solution of ox-alie acid, half a pint of arid to a quart of boiling water. Colored Ihandkerchiefe should be soaked in. cold water for a short time before they are washed. This will prevent the colors from run- ning ca fading.. „ When baking, !the scissors are unefal; a snip and the biscuit dough qtrickly 'epportioned ; a? gide& out and the dropcooky falls into place on the banking The celery and Cheese sandwiches are delicieus. A little :mayonnaise. mixed in with the cheese, which is finely grated, the celery being put through the Miming machine. To keels curtains !fr.orn hloaing out the windows, conceal thin iron washers in the .hems. sind corners. It will make the captains hang evenly and without constant stir- ring in a !breeze. Don't Ibuy i'ellikken if the eyes are not bright, When the eyes are dull and sunken, you earl he sure that the fowl haS been killed eome time. If you have any, icing left over after the !cake is iced, spread it on smeared, ,aeasseers and sprinkle with nuts, raisins or dahs peanut hut - the turkey is not very fat, aVoid its being' dry after roasting by spreading *butter over the out- side, and lbaste frecuently while it is 'roasting. Dresses that hoive "been laid away in drawers for ,sorne time, Of ten be- anies. very, muels creased. Hang thorn in front of the fire ler a while and the creases will clisa,ppear. .A teakettle should Ibe given fre- quent .batles, else lime and Other salts will settle on the sides. Keep aTroyster shell in the tkottle pre- vent this. In cooking rice., if you wislh keeli every grain separate, snook in rapidly boiling wate'r, with cover off the vessel. To remove btains frosn white flan- nel sliiits and, 'similar things,. sinear with equal Raft. of yolk ea egg and ielycerine. Leave tor an hour, and wash. th.ene in the usual Never throw awaY cake, no mat- ter how dry, hut the 'next tinse'•you bake a ousters'. eliee the dry cake on top just before you place it in the 'oven, 'Phis makes a delioions caramel, Batice pastry in a hot oven ; this will expand the air in it and thee lighten the flour. Ha,ndle pastry ea little and as lightly possible. Use rolling pin lightly and with evnen pressure. Flannelette may he rendered nen- inflammalble by rinsing it alter washing it in alum water. Dissolve two ounces ef alum in a gallon -of cold water. • FOOD THE ANCIENTS LIKED NOT SO VERY MUCH DIFFER. ENT FRO 51 OURS. Cooks Held in! High Esteem After the Simple Life Ifad Been Pushed Into Shade. The Ancients, by whom we mean -the Greeke and Ramona eke very much the same food that we eat to- day, and with the same ,app.eitite. They looked upon th.e pecicess, par- haes, with an eye of greater cere- many. In Homeric times the gods took ntheir share of eve,ry .banqrset, and'in a later age of the placing el the guests, the conduct of the sysn- posium, were of equal import with the thoice. of the meats end the wipea. 'He dines not who eats .olone," wits a =aim' which never fell. upon dishonor. That we *should notice similarity rather then differenoe, we look backwards is but natunal, The mewing for welh000lted food is wholesomely latinant and if the pal- ate arOWS. more delicate as the sips petite becoines lees gross, the change is not peculiar to this .conntr,v or that. As in po,etry, 00 in food, the love of seraplicity is the proof of a golden, if primitive, age. The heroes, el Homer, for in- ebance, were not nice fe.eders. They seem th have had the be.althy plain food and plenty of it. Tlhey had neith.er butchers nor cooks, They eleughtered their own beasts and. prepared their !meat as well as they could. They had little taste for fish, which they !ate only when there was :nothing else to be ihad and. they looked upon game as -no better than the food of nec.esnity. Nor were vegetables pleasing 0 their sturdy palates,. Meat, breed and wine were their staple fare, and they asked far no..aeoeseories. Pork and mutto.n and goats' flesh they ate loink Was Highly Esteemed. 'Indeed, the beast which, to Same is still anelean, was very muds to the taste of the Greeks, and was highly eateemed .their banquets unto•the ends Atheria.eus writes in lyrical 'strains of a pig that once was served to him and his friends, the half of which was :carefully roasted, the other !half boiled gently, as if it bed been steamed, and the Whole stuffed with thrushes and other But ,b6611. of all the Homeric hero.es liked beef, eat into, pieces and grilled upon .spite. And It was oily on ocewions of anorillosi that their desires were wholly satisfied Thougth the godles to he sure, claim- ed the daintiest morsels, there was, enough left to 'appease the stoutest hunger. Nor slid they demand any adornment to ouch feasts as these save feuit. AS ithe yeses passed the Greeks grew claintler and more Critical of their food. The three meals which broke their day weee net unlike these which still °baits, Their first breakfast was siMple enough, oonsistieg of bread .dipped in neat wine, Thei.r lunnoh-eon %yea taken about nocin, aind their dinner ease an late .ao male., Spoons and forks th,,y knew not, nee tablecloths nor napkins ; but, if their service was bed, in the fifth :century luxury had already, ievaded Athees. "Tliefe is ne„ loather Proof of the delicacy of the 'Greek palate then the !honor in which cooks were held. They plied their trade with the greatest f,reedena, and,' not being at - bathed -to thie master er that, they weee called in by the 'licit on. oche= sions of brilliant festivity. • What wonder then the cook'e miAtis I:PET-eat:1Mo prefession, becoming a free men ,Wh.en Wie blle.^11;b0 ROWLe. we find the earnie progress from simplicity glattany. The Ancient Romans like the S.cot, giew stroag upon por- ridge. Pule' was the staple of his diet. But foreign victories brought foreign manners, and lustary in,ade ejasy conquest nof Roane, Wisiells presently andoptecl the three meals of the Greeks, to divide the day. In the ',early -.morning the Rornaa wee eclitisfied bread dried fruite and eleenee. Then at neon easne. the prandituri, Whiellacernsistede in sim- ple henseholds, of the:broken meats tnoni,Yesterday'e dinner table, with a pleasant addition of eggs, vege- talttes .and But it wats the eena to airfoil the epiouro looleed forward as 'the very cliMaxasf dayS When he migh,t egwe ilsid indulge Ilia fancy. Tee email, indeed, was an Otaihn.rate' meal, which folloW.ed a rigidly pima cribed plan. First came the gueties, de-VI:send to Sthaelate appetite, not ter Seititly ,hUnger. ..Irt.-•001Theletpid ,eln,borate ,:aaray of What we call hors (roeuyne, cad yet resembled the loaded side tables. of Sweden and Itn.E181.8.) 111300' nearly than, the modest dishes, of Franca • ,There were. Shellfish and :eggs and ,iroge- :::111.cVii,oih,cl'ittaitmile,et ,113iiiwainuttutbe reef rriTlemrirE, bored, was, not merely', a basicsu.et, butee, harlesqUe, annel svanS given' by a multienillionaen, sae sho.uld oall !him 'to -day, the .gustus hasTe served th.e meet ef men foe a dinner. A donkey. of Corinthian 'brenee held two baskets of olive,a, white 'on o.ne aide, bine& on the other, Ilhen there were dormice covered es'alethessey end poPpy .neted., hot eciastingdcs on ..a 511areir will, pad darD.80113 and pome- granate Sesecie. But Renuin dined with Trimalthie .ans receely as with Luculdus, fund the fre.etcliman's fancy was eeparalbe 'and his OW4.1. . ' Atter the gesta's same the regular courses Reroute they ere called), which 'might be three, evert ee- ven, in tate !houses. sif epicares, , The Satirists alut Historians, as we knew. condemn the. extrava- gance, which vastly increased an - der the empire, ;and .which bade bhe, wealthy Romans send for their prieelese delicacies nth the eride of the earth. Satire had no mere ef- fect than eumptuary laws, and. the banquets of rich patrivie.rfs end wealthy freedmen are 4egendary. First came ,the fish, for poor as foe rich .a neceesity of the dinner. Sea - herbed and .the buelsort ef Ravenna, were the faverites and the haddock svas not disdained. Oysters were as highly prized at Rorne as in. modern London, and were brought by the wealthy from Britain to be fattenned in the Lu - mine La.ke. Of the biecle, the chief in esteem were fewle .and *pea:ea:eke nnd fialci.farea, w.ere 05 eagerly sought foam Rome &via the Athens of Anietopharies. - But' no beequet Ito.me wa.s complete without a wild boar, whose entrance upon the table, roasted whole, marked the highest mosn.ent. of tam oeremonial feast. Petroninc. has &scribed the pomp of its win- ing with.* a. vast deal of eireum- staine. "A tray leas hrought in with a wild bora of the largest size upon it, wearing a cap of freedom, ivith two. little Markets wove of palm _twigs hocagieg from !his. tusks, one full of dry ds.tes and the other of fish. Itound it lay euckling pigs made of Simnel eake with their mouths bathe .teats, thereby shoe- ing 'that nr0 had a SOW before as.' So valiant a beast, freed because the guests of yesterday had eent him away untested, deserved the ministratien of no mean eaaver. And bigebearded man in a span- gled huntseg 00a.t plunged a great knife into his side, and es the knife entered, eut there flew *A. Largo Number of Thrashes. It WaS .a, fantastic epeete,cles and suggesta net. the banquet of an epie cure, but what the newspa,pees 'of today .0411 ,a freak dinner. And the Romans, to less than the Greeks, proved their love of nthe.pig by the preference they showed for sausage and black puddings, Fee the rest they esteemed .e, hare, sn. goied.at.,(morcalmedstonrtinettsonsaise tart aidaa.cilurbtie:;, and they linithed their fee.sts with a fine arrive& paean" and fruit. Scene there were M110 praised the :simple life, but we may aseume that Hoe ace, when he, declared his hatre.c1 paesici .ap.parrehass, Wag expressinp no more than the remorse of a jaded PaYlmettelf we. compare the luxusy of modern times with the luxury of Rome, we shall *observe but few 'dif- ferences. We do mot, like the Poo - MOMS, recline a,t ona-2neede.; ese, as The same precese cam be followed wall Brazilian money isnd the result afterwands divided by two:. A Contrnction. It • Lessons Come Easier IF the child has a big, generous light to study by. The , t la.mp save eye strain. It is kero- sene light at its bes t — clear, rhellow, and unflickering. The RAYO does not smoke or smell. It is easy to light, easy to clean, and easy to re - wick. The RAYO costs little, but you cannot get a better lamp at any price. Made hi Canada ROYALITE OIL is best for all uses I, 4, THE IMPERIAL OIL CO., Limited a -a 0 ,5. 0700.riolo QueliweLip.lialifax itsot.i..::,1 I 0. . s. gliall1011111161IllillIINItini lionsinwood 'E. 2 :Tx 3 g: The Diction:Dale Centemporeatio adds tha,t it is saes used to repine- eent e, monetary milt, ans the pato- eas in Mama and Timor, the dollars in America, ete, It may be ,added that Macau and part of Timer are Portuguese p.oseessioe a and that the pataca. is nearly equivalent to our dollar in Aiello. The sign e.as need to rep.resent, thoueaesls .of men as well .na.of octins; thus the Peetri- guese histosian Leirsee writes of 01 eavallos, e 50$ infantes—tour thou- sand eavalry and fifty thousand in- fantry. Carried to Brazil. The Portuguese natura.11y ociarte.d this sign With them when they eol- enized steal it is in eenstant a.se in that cou.ntry. It should be observed that Nthen die Portuguese use it in reckoning money, they al- ways use the wenrd reis. They write :000$000 sreis, or 4 :000$000. lb may be well to explanhathat the real. (Plural reis) is an, imaginary cein worth .08 niere than oer min ; the milreis is therefore equal to $1.03 of .our currency. In 13razil is equivalent to half Immesh. In rough calculation Portuguese money eain be rediteed •bo our stan- dard by :striking off one :cipher-, placing $ at the left and putting the deck -Dal point in its place. Time 1$00 is the sam.e $1,00. 0$000 equals $10,000; 100$000 corresponds bo *100,000, and on—all this, of eourse, being only.,- approximate. not observe the ceremonies of the triclinium; we are mere .se.nsitive M keeeing clean our hands, and pee. for forks to fingers, bunt the taste of man has net greatly changed coinbtrsaceetlendan 11c1O°1:n.bbaibniaelyilotait.OlfilleMS. 18,113 2,000 years, a.nd if it; :could be our 8, the first and. last letters of ilho good fortune to cline with. Incullue, Portagneee weed milka,res, which his table would tense us 13,0 eonfu- -maw thensands. The suppression gen and but small .eurprise. of the middle stroke of tho M would be very anitepal in The mark, as we .have seers, is in general use in- Braill. It i.s also used the other Latinalsinericara emintries, and it seems v.erny proba,- - bl,e that Spa,nish America. a,ctepte,d it from: Portuguese Am.ersca, The boundaries between Beasnii and the neighboring Spanish colonies wone not very elearly establishe,d in the eighteenth eennbury. FOr &Cele ntime the Portuguese held poseession of paths of Paraguay and Uruguay. aollrely not strange that the ethics() Should have been introduced into these regions., and that its nuee 'should have extended to. loll Spanish p,osseasione. It is well known, that money ei Snanisth-American'hoinage Wel.S. ex- tensively ciretaleited inn the. United States in the early colonial day,s, and the .sign woold not improbahly be employed in Cbraraeree. Its poisi- lice before Mal:earl of •efter the nu- merals may be abl2000t1d for by the Engel) oustein. otplaelelg ;the 8 to the left, as has been suggese:eti. In Sicanish-Ainerieen boOlcs it some - limes .o.ocispiels eine plata kid eoine- times another, but here again Por- tuguese intlUealoe Yillibb be traced for .as ite pleoe wee immediately be- fore the Ihnundreds WO have- al - rest:* se,an, ib would correctly stand at the left of hundreds in writing $1.00, since the American system of reckoning very seldom tak.es in to acumen t. An Irish agricultural journal ad- vertizes nerw washing machine un- der the heading : "Every man is hie aivn washerwoman," The saine pa- per, in its 'culinary department, says that "Potatoes shouldbe boil- ed in [cold water." _______._______ ORIGIN OF THE DWI AR MARK SIGN USED IN PORTUGAII SIXTEENTH CENTURY. 'Was Called "Cifrao"—Eirst and Last Letters of Word IVIcan Thousands. 'Of all the theories adeaneed in explanation of the origin of the doi- la,r mark not one is• entirely satis- factory ,and convinneines A Spanish snurce haii often 'been suggested, bitt the fact that the sign is not used in Spain is nab keel; cegative fedi- cation: that another origin should be sought. The following theory is not pre- sented as'eomplete, but aliaa some aspects ef probability which make it seem worthy of eonsidenation, The sign $ was used in Portugal as early as 1544; how must .e,airliee *enema at present say. It was calls ed elf (cipbra, means eipher, a•nd cif rea is merely argumenta- tive). The Portuguese, ilowever, did not use tit originally or exelusiv,ely tc. repres,cat a monetary Unit,. SS ap- pears from the nclefinitions cifroa given in the Pertueuese dietionaries Viera) 141oraee 'S'ilva and in the Diccionerio Conterep.oroano, all of whicheay substanee that !bile cli- me serves asse.pisrate the thousands from the ltuncire,ds,.60, for exaanple, 300$508, and ;that it ,serves also as an abbreviation for three ciphers, so that 746$ is the same as 746$600, COLT DISTEMPER Clan be handled very easily. The tiolc are' Mired, and all 'there .111 8anne sta ble, no matter how seseeiceasn teat semi hisving ilic d:seaso, by using SPOIIN'S 1.10(.1 40 0 ,ISTEMPER COMPOUND. Give , on the tongue er in fgea. ACt' on thn MOOd and expele gerimo of £1,11 farms of dieteinvar, Beat real- etly ever knotvn for mares in foal, 3)ruggists and 110.Etletle JealeVe Our froo boeldet gives everything. I,argent hotrae reniedy tAistemile--20 Team. Distalbutor.s -- ALIA W100/1)SAIik: .000GGISTE3. SPbHN MEDICAL' 00,, Chemists iark1 Bactorlolegiet,o, Cesium., Ind., U•S.A.