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#9iluznseY, have I ever heard oi'`
Uncle John ,
Mrs. Carney
always the chance that he might .ay was vary :busy setting
tt pI'4!y
' . Ja YIiM,F^14ria"R•Fp
"Whob 1a %sors)tert seid,
"rotas tairei is the l sagest eats teelliangs depamr."
CHAPTER X.•--(Cont'd.) 1 do but watch the 'clock. - Besides, she
When her sweetheart had gone wanted to get away from Alice's
Alice asked: searching questions.
No, she said, she and 'Uncle John"
wouldn't be back for luzxali. There y, is
I
the room to rights for the night. wish to alter his plans, in which case
Sometimes she gave an impression of they would have to lunch in Wittig -
being a rather fussy little woman. She milia, so it was better to. arrange it
opened the windows to the balcony that way, anyway.
and carried out & couple of vases of So with a slightly guilty feeling the
flowers. little woman Watched her opportunity
"What's that?" she asked over her and slipped away while Alice , and
' in the remaining open edge insert Alice
/ Philip had, so to speak, turned `their
and
Alice varied the form ofher Iquer- backs :for a .moment. She walked
ton, tt
a tape with which to keep the shoe in tion. I don't seem halfway down to have heard wn the Strada nemesia be -
place when the pocket is in use. These of Uncle John," she said, • fore taking a turning tai'varde the sea,
pockets may be tinted with any de- "Perhaps not," her mother agreed. boarding the tram, en the outeeirts of
sired shade of soap used for coloring "As a family we've never clung to- _ the towninstead of, as was usual, in
lingerie or dainty blouses, gether very much," frcznt of. the English' Stores, and by
As aprotection to clothing these "But how did he find out where we this ruse unwittingly dodged for a
ng were?" second.time a meetin with .a woman
pockets are especially convenient „ g
Oh, he saw your cousin Christo- .the sight of whom would have,chan -
when polished shoes go a -traveling in bar recently," ed everyplan hadg
k or bag. Theylaunder easily �; r Gently, Mfrs: Carnoy replied. shemade, and sent
trun b g la e And Christopher happened to risen- her flying to the very ends of the
and last indefinitely. tion thatearth, As Mrs. we were .on the Italian Riv- Carnoy hurried along
}era. He's coming bythe r the Strada Romana ; the_ Rue Re -
„A train de , up
A'HOMEMADE CEDAR . CHEST. luxe. That gets in a little earlierthan : gins, Elena came Carrie Egan's mon-
Ifyou have a ” `o d h' s the. one wecame by." ;strolls car. with its owner a � the .heel..
n 1 o e t made of
"DoY (w
They he missed ou�d sac
eh ether
1maai m
ix a 1 want. tYb. allot
any wood that is not extremely hard,�rY y "Or
a meet himy
alone? Alice asked. "Or is it that of seconds, and while in the flash past
you just don't want Philip? Because Mrs. Eganmight neither have seen
I could come with you, Philip would nor recognized Mrs. Carnoy, the Iat-
understand -" i ter would certainly have noticed the
"Oh, no, dear—rd much rather' stzoldng-looking woman whom Hugo
meet him alone," Mrs. Carnay r lied Sniarle had widowed.
hastily. "As I said, he's 'been ill—in
a nursing home, Christopher said—
and hes bound to be a lait odd' and
cranky. Of course, he may not want
to stop over hereft
CATERING TO COMPANY.
A housewife was once asked how
see managed to do.so much entertain-
ing without apparent effort. "I give company whatever 1 have,�� she, re-
plied, "with lots' of; hospitality."
The country housewife who under-
stands the use of what she has is
most likely to make visiting enjoyable
for herself, as well as for her guests.
No woman whohas not lived in the
city is likely to realize what a treat
fresh country fare may be. The com-
mon, everyday dishes of one neigh-
_borhood are rarities to the visitor
from another. If you don't know your
guests' tastes, try to find them out.
Nothing pleases a visitor more than
to have you remember,' his likes and
dislikes. '
The most successful breakfast that
I ever served consisted of "sfruit, .but-
termilk pancakes, maple syrup, :hoofs
made sausage and coffee • That
wouldn't be a' meal for everyIiociy, but
I knew our guest's appetite fax pan-
cakes. •
You're not likely,` cc' serve chicken
too often. Broilers and fried chicken
are quickly prepared and sure to be,
appreciated. A delicious chicken pie
can be served on;; an hour's notice if
Yee boil and bone your fowl the day
before. Biscuits with.honey or warm
maple sugar and cottage cheese are
a popular offering at suppertime.
When the supply of asparagus . is
limited serve it in cream soup or on
toast, where a few stalks go a long
way. If there aren't enough peasto
go round; alone, stir them into the
mashed ' potato. This makes a .deli-
cious combination, especially to serve
with chops or .cutlets, Peas and car-
rots, covered with cream sauce, are
another successful partnership. Heat
a can of tomatoes, add gelatin to stif-
fen and mold in cups or individual
molds. Served with salad dressing
it is a delicious accompaniment to
roast chicken or any other meat.
Canned strawberries make an ap-
petizing shortcake when fresh berries
are not in season, esPecially if served
with whipped cream. If . the supply
of any kind of fruit for a shortcake
is limited, use jelly for the filling and
put the fruit on top. Crab-apple jelly
with strawberries, currant jelly with
raspberries and raspberry jelly with
blackberries are a few delectable com-
binations.
Ice cream and sherbets are easily
prepared. For an ice cream founda-
tion use one and a quarter cupfuls of
sugar and a junket tablet for every
quart of milk. When the Hulk has
jellied, add whipped cream and flavor-
ing to taste, and freeze as usual..
Fruit ice creams call for a little more
sugar and cream than plain ones. If
chocolate ice cream is desired melt t
the choccolate in a bowl over the tea- £
kettle, add a cupful of the sugar call-
ed for, stir to a smooth paste with a
little .boiling water, add the whipped 'q
bream and pour over the jellied milk.
To the juice from a can of cherries r
add gelatin to stiffen, dissolved in a
little bailing water. Pour into indi-
' ,yldual molds and add the cherries,
which will thus be distributed
throughout the jelly. Served with
whipped cream, and cake or cookies it
hakes a dessert to please the most
critical guest.
paint the inside well with cedar oil,
let this dry and give it another coat,
The result is, to all intents and pur-
poses, the same as the expensive cedar
chests now so widely used .,for the
necessary purpose of keeping _moths
out of garments.
A CURE FOR LUMPING.
"Oh, dear," sighed the young house-
keeper, "this chocolate pudding is
lumpy! Seems as if I never thicken
anything with flour or cornstarch. that
I'.do not have to put it. through a
sieve before I' can serve it.
"Try beating your lumpypudding
or gravy with " sug-
gested
n an egg ,beater, sug-
gested a friend. "A great many times
that removes the lumps entirely end
.Hakes the mixture light in. texture.
Using., the beater to mix the thicken-
ing. in. the first place would probably
have prevented the trouble.-
"But the -best and easiest wa , is to
Y
place the water or desired Iiquid on
the thickening at least fifteen min-
utes. before it is needed. Let it stand
and when you stir it you will find that
it blends readily and without lumps,"
A POPULAR B r
LOUSE OR
SMOCK SUIT FOR SMALL
BOYS.
4620. This is a good model for
will, serge, corduroy, velveteen and
or all wash materials.
The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: 8,
4, 5 and 6 years. A 4 -year size re-.
uires 3% yards of 2? -inch material.
Pattern mailed to any -address' on.
eeeipt of 15e in silver, by the Wilson
Publishing Co,, 73 West Adelaide St,
Toronto. Allow two weeks far receipt
of pattern:
USE THE NUTCRACKER,
The other dray I found it impossible
to get the cap off the top of the catch-,.
up bottle, and I tried using a nut-
cracker. The cracker made an admir-
able wrench, removing the cap 'with-
out difficulty.—L. C.
CREAMED PEANUT BUTTER.
WHEN PARTY SLIPPERS HIDE
AWAY.
Have you seen diosequaint crochet-
ed shoe pockets, reminiscent of great-
grandmother's day, in which party
slippers hide away when not in use? to
Just ordinary twine of good quality it
land of medium weight is used to fa- T
Ion these conveniences, and one's
knowledge of crocheting need not ex-
tend beyond the most simple of
'lches.
l crochet a, chain of see -
y vnty
o stita'hee, holding the twine loose -
On the second row throw the
• ll e
onee
'tv'ir e or'er the
crochet; needle and
nsert in`every : other Stitch; eontinu-
to make this honeycomb pattern
417rt1l thirty rows of thirty-six ruches
WI. have hese o'ompleted. Break the
twine and join these two edges to -
ether with stout cotton thread. Lille
ice joiil, one of the two other edges, Gol
CHAPTER RI.
During the longeriod of her sup-
posed p
posed widowhood Mrs. Carnoy: had
"I should like to see, him" Alice scarcely ever been conscious of lone-`
mused a little wistfully."I don't liners. She had had Alice, 'and' her
a bit, how crankyhe is. It so ,Hind own childhood having been a'solitary
meeting- nice one;. tile' constant companionship of
Mr, Gaunt, mumsey. Dear this much -beloved . daughter 1?
me, it does seem: as though Bordi here g more
is 'full of,g than sufficed: Alice had filled every
people we—we know and , . ,
like," There's Philip and Mr. Gaunt, nook and rano' of Jeans life, For
ears the •l had s a '
and now your.brother's coming. I Y gu c rcely .worn a
ratherIt'sgarment : whish the mother
love it, mumsey, so ,nice s loving
to have friends and and . peopie one fingers had not:fashioned. Generally
truly cares for." I they had roomed together, often shat
Mrs. _Carnoy set out the last of • ing the same bed. Alice had attended
the d y schools, picking up a good colica=.
flower jars -and took an opportunity ton but re r•
to inspect the night before earningg• in, l p ca iously, •and aTwen it
She didn't want Alice to' see 'there !was her mother who had seen her
were tears in her eyes. Poor Alice! safely to the school or convent 'door
Yes, it had been a lonely life for a 4 and called for her when the session
young girl: But now Alice was going: was over.
to be ma( As. Jean paced to and fro on the
tried and all•that would be platform in the great dingy gy station
"You liked Mr. Gaunt?" witin - for Hugo Sniarle's` train she
Jean colied en-cider:.l
out from the balcony. II y realized that soon her happy,
"I simply adored ! life with Alice would be' over for' ever.
pp "Mumsey,
p Y him, Alice ie-; Then she would be alone: Of course
ifhldsa something?" won't be angry it was natural for Alice to marry, she
"Good gracious, no! But I think T ;told herself, and. she ought to be
know what it is." She laughed un- , Nevertheless her ashamed . to feel
e es badly
sma smarted,
a lit,
steadily. You're going to say that tie, They would probably a to Eng-
dear old Hector Gaunt is in love with' g g I
me -or was." land—Alice and she—as soon as she ;
"Yes, he is, mumsey—but 1 was go_ I had settled with Hugo about his own'1
future, and no . doubt .Dr. Ardeyne
ing to say worse :than that. Perhaps would like the marriage to take place
you will be angry. I think you're just quite soon: June? Perhaps" that would
a wee. bit in love with him."be a bit too soon. Alice, hada few
Mrs. Carnoy laughed again; a little hundred pounds of her own. They
too boisterously this time, "How nidi- ,would have to spend her little . in -
you're in love yourself you imagine ding. Such things, however sithple,
" She broke off short and add'- cost money. It would be a quiet wt:d-
ed soberly, "Well, it's true. enough. I 'ding, oh, very_ indeed but'the
was in love with him years ago." I quietY
"And then you met poor daddy and must sell the Christopher Smarles.
got over caring for Mr. Gaunt?" Alice
Would the name of "Smarle"convey
sighed. anything to Dr. Ardeyne?
"Something like that," said her And now, led by a • puff of grey
mother, lc and a 'hiss of escaping steam,
Here was. Alice again trying to lead the weary train de luxe drew in --cin
her out of her depth,; but. she resisted the furthest line, of course -and the
stubbornly, few remaining passengers began to
"I suppose lie's a widower," Alice clamber down from the high car•.
mused. "He doesn't look like an old
bachelor,"
riages. Here and there a porter ap-
peared, somewhat reluctantly. One of
"I believe he is a widower," Jean them stuffed a piece of bread into his
agreed, adding with grim humor—"if pocket es he crossed the lines.: It
his, wife is dead." t was the Iuncheon hour, and Ventig
"Was she living when you fzrst•met milia would appear. to be the sone
him?" terminus at which the arrival of a
(Oh, Alice, what a tiresome young train created little or no:excitenent,
woman you are!) Jean Carnoy had on white suede
"Yes she was," shoes and just for a;niament she }mei
-
know
with, him here? Did you 'toted to follow the porters, Her eyes
know her?" searched anxiously. Perhaps Hugo
"No—T never saw her. They had had not come.. No; :there he was!
separated, I believe:" Yet , . 'could that poor,'shrivelled-
"And he couldn't marry you be- looking little man be Hugo? Yes, it
cause he already had a wife! I don't was Hugo"=--as'white as a badger, thin,
know what I should do if I suddenly his moustache white and closely clip -
learned that. Philip. woe married," ' ped, nervously' adjusting his eye -
"How did you know I—I learned glasses with a gesture so familiar that
`suddenly' that 1VNr, Gaunt was mar -it brought back the past as though
tied?" Iyesterday. His hat looked queer,
le spite of her best efforts to resist perched up like that. Ridiculous, but
poor Mrs. Carnoy had been led out pathetic, too. And that funny little
to sea again and was floundering dolman coat of faded, shrunken tweed,
heavily. the cape sleeves napping about his
Many of 'us do not use peanut bat- "But it must have been that way',"' wrists as he gathered. tip two bulging
r as often as we would like, because Alice said quietly. "Otherwise, he pieces of hand luggage. All—all were
"sticksslathe roofw� would never have elven you up—or familiar. •
of.• the mouth." you him. I think
his featurea it was a nustake e (Ta be continued.)
is eliminated by cream- mumsey. You oughtn't to have, a
ing, and the process doubles the but- vied daddy'when ' mar-
, you' and Mr. Gaunt.
ter's bulk, making a tastyand`- cared so much WOMEN .CAN DYE ANY
doh n ch fez each other.
tate spread. ,`Really!" Jean gasped. "I don't GARMENT DRAPERY
Put the required quantity of peanut think I understand the girls of
Tint
to -
tire or hili
t Worn,Faded
s•New fort
5 cents.
Diamond Dyes
butter in a cup or, bowl. Cream. to ode ideas . Alice?"
you get such cations
with a 'silver spoon, adding water or "$nt munise deal, les x itsjust
milk e teaspoonful Y tom-
r 1? or two at a time, molt dense. However, I don't,suppose
It 'will become so thick it will be hard 1 should have been here if,you't
to stir, but keep an adding liquid until married daddy, and , I'm :glad I'm
it becomes• a creamy mass a little here."
thicker:' than mayonnaise, when it is .. llpre, Carney sighed deeply, and it
ready for use. Was a sigh of relief, 'Thank heaven
Learn the 7
ux •
ur,
y of doing good,-�-.�
dsinith.
Alice's deadly line of: deduction havd
ended short of the whale truth. 'et it
seemed to Mrs. Carnoy, .now, that her
sacrifice had been is vain, Perla s
Alice wouldn't have minded being the
acknowledged child of Heater "Angus-
tut Gaunt. Truly the modern girl.
was a strange creature,
tut one could not alter the matter
now.
Jean Carnoy slept 1etter that night
than she had expected. Little things
could excite and fluster her, but she
had always managed • to meet ut citdsis
with ealin dignity, As 1f9Gugo's train
was Clue somewhere around noon she
decided to go early to Ventindigi a and
spare herself an unprofitable blorning
banging ;,.round with nothing n ucls Io
Don't wonder whether you tan dyes
or tint successfixlly, because perfect.
home dyeing is guaranteed with "..Sia-
mond dyes" even if yott Nava never'
dyed before. Druggzsis have all eel -
ors„, Directions in each package,
Under the frozen crust there i$
plenty of food fol birds. Above thati
'crust are housatids of hungry birds!
They cannot break openthe ice -chest,'
to get` that food. Please feed the birds
to -day with bread :crumbs, small'
grain, ,hay -seed, and scraps of suet,
(Nitiard's Lir'iimnit fer ciandrutl.
44 very 1t eta.
I tbi lleatiest.looti it
confection you eon buy'
—aunt U i help to Ui.
ges ou and i els ser
for the mouth•
and teeth.
;1VIdiglte ser utittpa u
LIMON orfs VirtPll as
pleasure„
Perhaps
"IJey, Bill, I wonder why they put
a muzzle on that thing ?"
"Dunno. Guess they think it will
bite!" •
Mutton and Macaroni.
When the cold mutton has lasted so
long that the housewife dreads putting
it again before her family, let her try
it under this guise. Cut' the cold meat
into cubes: To two cups' of .meat have
one cup of cooked inacarodi, two cups
of tomato sauce, ,one cup of cracker
crumbs, two tablespoonsful of butter,.
salt and pepper. In a well buttered
enamelled ware. bake dish uta layer
of macaroni, bread 'crumbs and tomato
sante, then a layer of mutton with bits
of: butter, pepper and.salt. Alternate
until the pan is filled. Sprinkle bread.
'crumbs on top with enough extra' but-
ter to brown them. Serve inthe dish
in whicb,it is cooked,
An Exquisite Reason.
Mr, Boggs, the butcher was a jovial
soul. As• he was`.cutting•up an order
of lamb chops for`.a lady customer the
lady asked curiously: `,'Mr. . Boggs,
what led you to choose your present
occupation?"
"Well, ,1 don't really know,- ma'am,"
said Boggs thoughtfully, "Maybe It
was because I"have always 'been food
of animals."
The United States of : America is
the most neurotic country, in .the.
world, with Britain a close' second, ac-
cording to a well-known doctor.
Mfnard'e Liniment Heals :.Cute.
Eton, England's leading ,peblic
school, has ' a waiting list of+y,pupils,
long enough to fill' it till 1934.
A- Thousandooi %g Uses.
For soups, sauces, gravies,' savoury
dishes, meat jellies, beef tea, and
restoring the flavor toleft overclishos.
.ram,Baaav
BES..
ie ting af4.10, e0 and'ioo.
Canned Romance,
Mary had a little can,
She filled it full of jam,
She opened it for Samson Stikee-
And now she's Mrs. Sam.
Where Ignorance is Painful.
Old Lady—"I'believe in post mor-
tems. It is awful not to know what
',you have died of!"
YiOrburpnlQtlnt.
et from. Moeu•
:rack u or neg.
thefts
,wi k,hw ar.
hh)y own: dfntnn v,,�rn
1,,IIrMena somesn t' poo• ..
ppi , r plum, samewith pun•
tiles dlnh,g a1ir, ent grade
aryl.nide tellarentmoucea,
Gal free ,Alnddln ('4 t l g-'
AliiA6lriaata6ep;Maine
neyen dilletrat,eO•
!
irhiihouc a tt In.
4porches,,5reoe.and •
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5tie Hvint'tponi, dining ,00,n:
oiorbCcroaenotytoham da
atA)irenee ari:,tizt •Rorcle'iP r
Jar entrance a with trade '
oar rntrance:pl come price.
t)uti•,. Ctolonipal yeti)) full orrfl.'
* 4',.eu2pl/vIng r000m, fdrj dl`s.'
reig buts, Uneg"rnd` lobs .
itoarta $Mat collar q>9trengr,
_ utch. Colonial for wide
iutdt tots Qr,;arrow or-
ter toen F,tl coilln,
frights entlmeuecond hoot
,owing. tbomimn eInset front entrance.
rtht to
•1I9 md600 fatertorr all lumber
sldlnB, f7oordn, , geIrtrt:
Mows, doom, gloat points, •.bonlw5,e.. naf)a,
rhea. with "complete ftrotritrtlona and draw.'
nqa, Pretnht Dahlto your station. Prrmanen
onus—NOT PORTABLE, Mn'e)styles ' so
boos* front: Write OdorOdorfop EritES Mono,
'boos* dtaiidtn Catalog No. A2tth
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Canadian 'Aladdin Co., Lianitod.
Ag ddin Gt tt'di1C.:.. Tonna*e, Qat.-
After Dishwashing!
CAMPANAPS
ITALIAN
is simply wonderful for keeping
the hands beautifully white • and
-soft and smooth. Positively pre-
vents redness and chapping, Ilse
it at once atter : washing dishe sy
and notethe imp -raven -keel of
your hands,
Keep a bottle handy by the kitchen sink
Ton wilt see this shield -abase trade
h p mark'
in ardware stores everywhere. You won't
see it on cheap, inferior goods. It goes
only on household utensils of the highest
quality, yet selling at moderate prices,
'because of the tremendous' quantities sold
+each year.
c
Choose .,.� s oolong and ..sling utensils :that
loam , this trade yeah. Choose S147f1'`
Enameled Ware, with its very hard, smooth
aturfuee. Heats faster, ; CUOMO eager, ilm-
partly no metallic flavor,' causes no aazagear-
.erne add re -actions. Ask for
smp
tt.ARE
Thre finishes: Pearl Ware, two „coats ;ciE
peariy-greyenamel. itisideand out; Diamond
*04, three mato, tight lino and white out.
side, white lilting, Crystal 'Ware, three
coag.,'Pure White inside and out, with )loyal .
Blue tdghig,
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$ C MOOD
TAMS MOST
MOST.
Though not the biggest, ox',; to faoiu
uespects, " • the most beautiful et
English moors, the great and hlaterio
region to central Devon which' toeau
under the name of .Dartmoor is cep
fainly the hest lcnown, the.'inost :fid-
luaus, and the `most romantic.
The' towns which. lie on., it¢i edge -s
Tavistoolsin,the west; Oltehttmptci u 81
the north,. Bovey Tracey in the east.
and Ivybridge in tie south—ars very
interesting and delightful. as ,ht�liday:
centres. But it is the great Moor, it.
self which allures., charms, mystifies,
and enslaves this thousands , of visltoria'
who come year after year to ave it, t9;
breathe its clean, health -giving air, to'.
enjoy its wide expanses of:,heather
and -brake, and to. try to understand
the magic• and' the mystery of its, at,
lurement.,
The surprisingly large number of hi-
teresting churches on or. near .tifo
moor, the fascination of the ,fomoue_
prison at Prinoetown, the little single --
railway line tram Yelverton,, with. its.
,one coach, and the magnificent viewq'
of Devonshire available from;the car,
ridge windows, the deep valleys, bugs
tors, 'moozland"recesses, kindly natives•`
and curious customs, all tend to ate?..
tract more and more people every sunt
mer,
Mena .In Winter.
But in winter what a different atot'
le to be told. Theti Yes• Tor and•all its -•
scores of rivals are hiding their:heathy '
in cloud and mist;; the rocky sail, with,_
its enormous masses of dead. bracken '
and heather,, becomes a terrible :area;
of bog, deceptive marsji, and fatal foot
hold. Even'' the two :or three main;
reads, crossing the. moor are •best
avoided, by all but those theroughi
acquainted with their windings and;_
changes,- The moor is then a veritable,
deathtrap, unless you , have" known” it -
and its depths for years.
Even in summer, on a warm day, the'
•
air up at Prineetown,'nearly i,t0o ft,
above sea level, is sharp and, cool.
What .it feels, like up there when,
winter gale is - raging you may ;easily.
guess.
There are few 'lonely parts of Eng.
Land which, have been more frequently •
described in Iliterature. Elden Phi11
Potts has made it almost his' own.'
Thomas' Hardy, in more than One. of
his famous novels,. has' dealt' with ito.
people and scenes,, And among Deva'
on'sown sons, the late Rev. 8. Baring ..
t
Gould, Robert' ,Herrick; and Charier
Kingsley, have sung its, praises and
described its charms in' both pzose and
poetry. •
There is something mystic, some
thing. magical, something grand and al-
luring about Dartmoor which seems to
be missing from most of 'the other
great moorlands of England. And this)
remark appllet equally teethe people
as. to the moor itself,.
'To its natives` fairies, elves,. and
spirits, ere still real things. Tradition,
legend and superstition still play a
great part in their lives. They, ball
their Imine "Dart -y -moor," and -";speak
of it as if it were a living thing.: Pere
haps it 1st
The Rel rn.i' Peacock.
The distinguishing characteristics of
the peacock are the crest or aigrette
on the top of the head, and the ..pe
culiar• " structure of the tail covert.
feathers. The 'peacock's. train, when
.deride
did erect, forms a fan of the most
buss,"
When pleaSed, or in sight of higetee
males; every movement is full of digw
nity—he bends": his head and neck
nobly _back, his .step is slow and sol-
emn, and he turns slowly and glacee
fully around, murmuring .• a li•ollovn
sound, At other times, his cry, which;
is often repeated, is very disagreeable. •
Peafowls have a very wild 'dispose,
tion, and as a rule ,roost on trees or on
the very top ridge of a roof, to which
they easily 'fly. The- hen hides her,
next with the greatest of care, and.or
dinarily lays from five to nine eggs,
Tho
,eggs incubate^ • in about thirty
days.
Not more than three or four liens
should be .given to a' male (Common
hens make poor mothers, as they, are
apt to leave the young befoi'i, they are.
able to endure the night Jr,a
They are fed and oared for like; tut-„'
keys, and tuinst_ be'let out on the giaea,."
during dry weather. In ,general,` the
food is also similar to that of tttriteye.
They Cra've,animal .food, and worms,
iluseots or raw merit out flue .oust be
in their ration.
' The peacock doss not secui o lois fnTi
beauty until he Is two years old,and;
he is ,at his best when from four to six
years. Peacocks''are long-lived, and
have been known to live far )event '-
3
Dye years.
•
Curious Monument At orA to
'A very' curious monument
n is that set
up at a place coiled Swanage, in the
County of 'Dorset, England: •Tlrls con'
sista of a huge stone globe •of -the•
world, measuring teal teat ;tit diameter''..'
au& hrivirig a weight of forty totrii; ;;On
Its snrfeee the outlines of the eeati'
Yield's and ;oceans are shown, the latter
in light relief, Carved into the stone,
are !thee representing the inoridians
o loigitude, the patrallels of latitude, '
tare tropics 'oE Cooler atr1 Capricorn,'
tlrt equator and the Arctio and Ant.
London's Zoo waS vi"uited lust year
�y.1461 rl,2G l,7eoplel ibis id a kcal 'd,'
I>i Hilp�i::'fie w is ! 5 t'i.f•I'AIL I