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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe East Huron Gazette, 1892-07-14, Page 6fame— I! CHAPTER IL A neolunt dwell on that period; it lies in my memory mare like a hideous dream than so many weeks and months of actual life, and like a dream, there are only portions of it which stend otiaelremetheeshad_owsw-ad- ventures, incidents, scrap :13 of-seeinery, seen ia clearer momenta" it *lath to say that I game around•gracttiallY,and begot te see things as they shoukt be seen. Seethe hate was all gene, and loye elate was left. Yes, love was leftee &badly nour- ished, having no hopes to diet it; and I got accustomed to think of Doris as orie who was dead and yet living, and very lovable withal, even as Beatrice was to Dante. So a year patiend on, and left me minus some thousands of dollars. I had found my way into Colorado, and was a miner at one of the great joint-stock claims which have taken the place of the old-fashioned diggings. The rough work suited my humour, and there was life and go in tbe town and much distraction in the game of Pharaoh, of which more in its place. For nine months I had not heard from Canada, and had ceased to think of the place. My father had taken kindly to his new life, which ems all I needed th know. I wished to he, and was, a solitary in the world, though I mixed much with men, finding more isolation in a crowd than in lonely places. But I was beginning to be restless again, and to rkh for another change, when something ha,ppened which I had not looked for, but which makes me always thankful I played Pharaoh that nighteat Midas's. It was nothing more than a quarrel and a whipping out of revolvers,and then a. sudden Lane of rough figures looking on while the two fired from either end. I heard the low thud of the bullet as it struck Black Jake, end 1 caught him in my arms as he fell backwards with sudden limpness and whiten- ing face. I had only seen him once before, and he had roused a vague recollection which had made me look again at him, won- dering what it was about him thatwas so familiar. He had been at one of the far tables, or perhaps his speech would have given me the one. New, as he opened his eyes and stared up into mine, he turned his inOley for the. most- part,and,.,ne better than other' fantail& of the'itort linf to this day I remember it more -awe real than a trick of the brain, if such it was. There in the darkness of the prairie was the deep red rose that Doris haeleleiefelamete borne by an army of fireflies, in whose united radiance the 'fibivere lay on -aViattniock of gettlaprettmeadre ffitted before me mockingl, *Idle ,r4u dinehRe of it. Ay, it7wttis ine;the meet letatte'dtalk4sie hair.;vIAttiCieen it shine so at stintlavit:;'74 en the light frit in it aild,mede it-Jun:lido* with a_ goidnotin its own, as bts,eseetri Vitaftalif einerald'fire when tiro, glo*-worms are among them. The phantasm rose and fell in the blackness, while the hundreds rf little light points made a shifting circle round. On, on they flitted, ever *ding me as 1 stumbled along till there. Was aa sudden clash of bells, when the little vieion dissolved into a kind of crimson and golden atmosphere, in which I laved myself with beating hands, while it widened more and more, lighting all things round, till I saw that I stood in a crowded churchyard inall the soft sheen of a summer's morning. I rubbed my eyes as the people moved about, some towards the wooden porch, some taking places on the path, till there was an avenue of smilieg faces and one slim figure, fol. lowed by her maids, weeding -slowly through all. It was Doris, all white and beautiful in bridal vestments ; but her golden head was bent, and there was heaviness in her step. As if she were entering some prison -house, never to know liberty again, she paused at the porch, and looked long and wistfully back into the sunshine. And I could see the thin face and the pain deep down in her eyes, knowing all the meaning of her long look, but unable to move, as she passed in and out of my sight. Then the clanging ot the bells died away into a melody of old time, which they quaintly chimed, while the people thronged into the church, leav- ing me alone among the headstones. The agony was too tquea. I wrenched free my voice and shrieked her name -and awoke, still hearing the chiming, but realizing gradually that it carne fronkWeatheciral tower, which I could see in the morning, sun over the housetops, and its clock-1point-, ed to three minutes -past nine. - e=; Now I never believe in dream's but I lips from the flask and said "God forgive sat down to my breakfast uneasy and with - 118— " That's so. Take a pull at this, and tell me who you are," said I surprised at my own name, The liqueur was of littlaltuse ; for his heart was slowing every moment; but it brought a. flicker to his face and a word or two more to his lips. Gie me yer ear - closer," he whispered. " Bob Hilton-Rans- ton postman -ay, yoknow me now. They want me -want me for robbing the bags. Tell 'ern death has got me; an' tell young doctor chap as I hopes to --He lamed me the beginnin'-he---Yore ktters- Mies Doris's-I stopped 'em —His money. Hope no harra done, sir -I --- Christ save' His eyes glazed, a tremble went through/ him, and he slipped off withoate another word, leaving me- steering at the dyed whisk- ers and dissipated features with ring- ing ears, and a thousand thoughts and feel- ings all set loose together, to the overwhelm - big of my wits, which seemed quite un - doe. Long after they had carried him away, and the noise and confusion were spent, I stood leaning on the bar counter, staring vacantly through the smoke, of the saloon, seeing ani hearing nothing, but conscious of a growing fiend within me and a tighten- ing of my teeth as I reekoped things up and saw in all its clearness the perfidy that had coree between us. The letter -was not that a pert of it? Coeld Dote frOm her heart'a heart have written mole a letter at all? It was a forgery, a trick, and I had been a fool to be duped by it -nay, a, villain in very truth: for I bad doubtedDoris and given her pain and misery perhaps a thousand tiniest WoaeethartVitrtie " Yet the laterharafs Cletertinotighf`ali t -e ghost of Doubt; it was in her own charac- teristic handwriting, said Memory; and there was no forging that, put in Doubt again. Then a reselation &met to mem alias , walked out ilea thettipenafr, aied 4:breathed it in with a longhinhalatton, as men do at sudden relief, or- when stirred with. new s as e y 19, "fent appetite, looking in at that despairing white fase, with a growing sense of Its onu- nousness, and chafing mightily that there was no train to take me on for another two hours. "Paper, sit ?" I heard the waiter say as I trifled with the toast. I dropped my eyes mechanically on the folded sheet; but only looked vacantly at it, or rather a headline, which standing out from the rest, took my eyes, being definite, as the fied in the darkness, or a candle aflame,- which we gaze at without_ noting. There was the name of my own village staring me in the face, and for a -full minute I never saw it- Ranstofain-the-Vale. It was all a flash, as was my eagerness as I snatched up the pa- per and road the local items : " Bellringers' Dinner -Fire at the Hall -The Approach- ing Marriage of Dr. Robson." I remember the -sense of paralysis, the rush of darkness to the eyes, and then the sudden return of light as I jumped to my feet and stood a moment irresolute, with My watch in my hand. Quarter past ten - the cerenrony was at eleven -three parts of an hour to do fifteen miles. A wave of help- lessness swept over me, and then of hot strength -nothing less than the strength of despair, and, thank God, it carried me through. °1 shall never forget that ride. The horse was fresh -the pick of the best posting stables, in Woreester-and I had much to do to keep it in while we breasted Redhill to the level of the London Road. Then I gave it its head and a tip from the heels, and away we shot like two mad things. Seeing nothing but the yellow road before me, I counted every spripwpf the animal as -ekinaniect Eiltaifw; ge14-e1kesAseeming to touch -the ground with his light hoofs, and flying faster and faster as he warmed to it and heard my cries of encouragement. For half an hour I let him go, till we came. to a stiff hill not three miles from Raniton. Here -levelled . him up -and Made him walk before the fihal reel -ire He was impatient to get ori; so was I, for from the top of the hill I knew I could see the church, and purpose. maybe some of the gathering people; but I There were evil thingsla my heart ;,bnt held him in and took tint my watch. My there was ono -little .00rner"whera-rhope,itir7 heart sank it was two minutes to eleven. red,an liaftera king fileepf I could feel it eised the reins with dshout, and in three as I looked hp to the heavens, where,the bounalnwe were at the hill -top and away stars were twinkling down at me, as if they akain. I could see the church now across knew a thing or two, having seen Doris °!Y the valley, and the flag at its tower, and the a few hours agone. pigmy forms moving about the yard. But Next morning_I started for New York, there was still hope, still a chance toepateh -and in fotirnioreJlays was on the Atlantic, Doris back from her peril-afor Such' was My gazing at the lest point of Sandy Hook as it purpose, and my dream had made me des - sank lower and lower'till the horizon was perate. I set my teeth and let the good _ an unbroken line and America neiwherehorse go. But as we sped eastward through the It was all over in ten minutes, and it was long days and nights, as I drew liar& tO Doris's doing as much is mine. She could Doris and hitn_and the _truth, the fiends not-le-eeritre YheeandiWits rather sud- grew busier wilhinine, and gave mi little- &wit, jiltaAatt knit as the ificar was ask babe of Hope twelve. husitlingmhat aniwhetlfer AV' Watild be him or not. iaigh lost sight of it in the tumult. But so it was; and I had no sooner shown I had been away eighteen months, and myself at then vestry door by whish Ihad what might a man not do in that time entered then she saw me, and with a with an impressionable young girl who had Jack, Jack !" atturibled towards me, and the beat evidence that- her lover was unfaith- fell limp in my arms, and lay there like a ful? They were cousins, and had been to- out lily and as speechless. I had carried gether in earlier years; he was highly edn- her into the vestry, and was bathing her eated, and, contrasted with me, a brilliant, temples with the parson's drinking water perhaps a fascinating man. He had secured before the wedding party could realise what his diploma; but the arduous study had had come to them. He was the first to broken himalown and to recruit himself, rush in, as was natural perhaps. he, ba.d.left his 1;andon, home. to pass some Worcester- -Now I would not have harmed hint just weeks among the breezy hills of guest of his father's siter shire, tins sa the laid then for all his wurdyspleen, if he had daily:.:*impaniqn,, no doubt, of Deria.,He 'tough hands on me , as he tried to love bad seen her heatity, her young eriscepti- me freoniw,tity4p1.04, enityai14dalitDdeorilettot through me, s bad Wonted his way into her heart. and to my feet, and, catching him by On collar inshead°dnoewnwfoent r one moment while I sprang tilitY to the influences about her, and he cankered it, as grubs do roses. So hatred and the s totted it all-upandmademefeel as murderers nialt of the back, pitched him out do. God forgive me! It is all passed now, of the open door with such good -will that and it was love's doing with all three of us. he fell on the grass a dozen yards away and It was past midnight when I arrived lay there 1, men'a huddled heap of blaeknesa on . afte was. slumbering, and the great cathedral eVtiFten 1 turned round, Doris was opening r ten days at.Woreester. The phi city _ ,. her eyes and looking up at her mother, ask - was watelagover it; and telling:mit-the fioiiro„ to its deaf emit as thelly rumbled down where she was, I knelt and looked noiselessly to,the hotel, where 1 -had per- down at her ; she stared while you alight forge tfv.:etfty till daylight enabled Me.' -tcp, Want three ; and then her arms Were . . oontinue my journey by the early in rotted my neck, and I.,,raiisUd. limkin,sinisei - flity On the bed half-dresised, peareantoi to _titlie . declared his love het* at this theAnartera. asi they chimed. throng -4,41e- .,,, oket, as you had. dear, before..-lithi. - silence one after the other, and eacli . mine a oBit btrwletotterarrIIffeetillii be; 'li-,e;fe,"If.4: . ,38.o.,- .k ? the familiar *Minds crossed the current Of The tetmtat. was my - my tlionglitet they ewang me out of the 'nor- The letter second pltfoari sent a row. 10 other,,,,,d4r., ,which their rin witeeemcalitehaver he hiadorw ,avatahieena:eit*,..,01.0. brought back :ireponittbly; _till by-and-bir ;0Pirei4t-itereha. d wicked tuoted-rosinorit to 'ave its way exiiire y., oeofvkim,ernflon_.4nendfininsoue.”.,_--111ii:crne .10001:ka640 itp, ..,!ed tliVedltilime haleyo;sun'n'in_esa therfete7g" such. reproach inher eyes that I ottoney,ieud.vyyesuli_,nnaml-awayn9tda;ing*ueet arif21iantallowe4rit;4-flatAreani*e ek,- and as it would, till patches of grayness ,,j-i4ousimade a, fool of Me; Doris How eametandja fadfat faf uitkot _ald f!irm4-E..ind,:k - 1 eelfkleitt t 'Tent seem theletter was so worded, , -14-.T -Autalud laYlikaArtf logi and thnhours ,ina.4.--14#,:of olse.. ,iinoileAge that he was WAdit on kek41.k.04 - „of..,4 reaseastili wty - --; . • Wiarlast•asI4' . that &Ming after your • all irOhe city but myself 10c1still af .1"— clock ring thenitotity,mie WM still here? -woke.in. *ded the Sultjeet-ler your sake." ted- nirnighr= a queer thiamin:IAA ; buttlon't lot us you -what did you think when you onened 1?" "When I was able to, I wrote you, ask- ing what it meant," she said simply. "And I never answered?" I gazed at her nearly choking. Wbat had my suffering been to hers? "And oh, I was so wretched, Jack," she went on in her naive way; "and when he came a third time, full of sympathy, and offering to ralievapoor mother of the debts which had nearly brought the old home to the brink of breaking. 1.--I said. yes, feel- ing Chat I had no will -that it was a duty threet upon me. -But it is all past now, istiftfit1P- _ Gladness made her sigh, and I could feel her sweet breath as she looked up at me. "Do you forgive him, then?" said looking away, and thinking of his abject' figure as he writhed under my Whip an hour ago. "Yes, yes, Jack! and -you must the. Yon have punished him enough, and Ineeham it -Itemised to go away. Let us forget him - et us look upon it as a bad dream. Oh, Jack, my heart nearly runs over with its gladness -surely yours has nought else in it now." "God bless vou !" said I. "Andyou, laal !7_ said she. And then we joined hands and turned to the house, becoming one in love and charity, !;oris and ' erne END. I Mr.Spurgeoa'succesor. The question of a successor to the late Charles Spur geon, the great Baptist preacher of England, is much discussed in religious circles all over the world. Mr. Spurgeon will have no successor, says a correspondent, and. the sooner the people of the Metropolitan Tabernacle -clear- ly understand that the better will it be for them and for the great work that will sure- ly go on. Mr. Spurgeon did his work so well that it will live independently of him, and that is the highest honor that can be made him. So far as the pastorate of the church at Newington Baths is concerned the question of Mr. James Archer Spurgeon the brother of the dead preacher, becoming pastor has never been very seriously con- sidered. Charles Haddon and James Archer were sons of the same household, but they served to illustrate the truth that the same family often presents the widest diversities of disposition and character. The very de- inents of character that make Mr. James A. Spurgeon so successful as the pastor of Croydon Church are the elements that would probably unfit him for the pastorate of the Tabernacle. Nothing will be better for the church at the Tabernacle than a distinct and radical change. A feeble copy of the past would be sure to end in weakness and failure. Next to the church itself the Pastors' College may be regarded as the most important of all theinstitutions of the Tabernacle. During the May meet- ings the annual conference of the Pastors' College has been held, and matters of the first importance have been earnestly discuss- ed and most happily settled. The Pastors' College was very dear to the heart of its founder. With rare sagacity and equal un- selfishness he had the trust deeds drawn so that thewhole Baptist denomination should have the honor and responsibility of its future. The church at the tabernacle, the men who have been educated there, and the whole Baptist denomination are in honor bound to aeep this institution in goed work- ing order, and they will do it. The tradi- tions and the inspirations will always be linked with its founder's name, and it will be for many years a 1 ving rnunument to his memory. It was a toregone conclusion that Rev. James A. Spurgeon should be elected president of an institution of which hebas been vice president so long. No more fitting Man could be foand for he post and with the eethuineetintsupport of students and constituents Mr. Spurgeon- may,yisll look *ward to a career of grow- ufiefniheasi and honor. ...Already 863 students, have pa ssect,through this college, ofjvhich number 464 are engaged m the active rninisliy.' SeVenty-four young men are nOw'preparing for service at home- and in -the Mission fields abroad.The income- the,year re4cliedthe handsoine sum of 81-Z495. , , - The presideney'llif the Pastors! College is settled,,butlhe pastorate of the Tabernacle is somewhat deeply involved. For a year past Dr. Pierson, of Philadelphia, has OCU - pied the pulpit of the Tabernacle to the great delight of all concereed, and there can be little doubt that, all things being in order, Dr. Pierson would have a unanimous and enthusiastic call. But Dr. _Pierson is not a Baptist a Tothe baptized new uiorder th put -himself in a position Itrwhich he would be eligible to become pastor of the Tabernacle i, of course, wholly out of the question. As a m tier of fact, as the trust deed now stands Dr. Pierson could not be a member of the church, much less its pastor. The practice of the,Tabernaele is that which is known as " open communion." _Bat only believers who have been immerged as a.pro- fession of their faith in Christ can be mem- bers of the church. "It seems, therefore, thatniuch as manyewould desire, Dr. Pier- son OiiiidGbethepaStor of-thelTaberriacle," sa$13'ihiCtiidagoP68t. - Both the sons of the late 41r. Spurgeon, Charles and Thorites-4-who are -twine-are preachers: Charles is pastor of a charch in Greenwich, and a few years ago paid a visit to America, and was heard with great ap- preciation in Chicago. Thomas has been ter the last six or seven years preaching in Australia. Mr. Thomas Spurgeon is now on the way home, and will occupy the Taber - nae for three months; but not with any thought of the pastorate. A Budding Financier. Master Tommy, a boy of four, has devel- oped an early fondness of pennies and al- though he seldomasks directly, wherever he goes the air is full of hints. There is an old lady living near Torn's home who is very fond of him, but who is also extrernely careful of her small change, so that none of it ever finds its way into the pockets of the little financier's trousers. Tom had nearlyeenchausted „ingenuity in hinting, and at la,e11;by a fortunate hit, suc- ceeded. S - He went o vettheritthe othert-,inorningiu penniless condition, end liaire4ffectiOna ly against, the knee Of his old friendi who at once posFLosiggl herself of oneof his chubby hands atategin folondle Wet "1 would give a hundred pounds to have such a niee little boy as you for my own," she said, petting him.v. _ " How much is &hundred pounds asked' Tommy, with wide-open eyes. "It's a great deal of money," said the old lady, with a sigh. "Am I worth as much as that if papa would sell me?" inquired the young specula - tar. "Yee, dear, and a great deal more," said his friend. "Then," Tommy, with a cherubic smile, nitie "don't you think it's worth a penny just ,44 •• amow,ed the swat° reach sto hold my hand? - FOR airift-TAME One Woman's Love. Deity not, holy father. by my conch, I may not give my dying thoughts to God. My life has been a pure one all my days; No evil have I done to any. willingly; But Fleav'ns fair gates shall never swing for me, Unless they take my lover in; and he Died years ago, with blood upon his hands, Shed to avenge my honor foully wronged. Murdered they called -him. So h. But then he gave up everything kerne. _A nd shall I now desert that noble heart, Whose only fault wa-s rash impulsiveness, Be,cause he bides beneath wrath of God/ False was I never, nor shall be so now. Somewhere he: -waits outside the pale of hope. Somewhere, forlorn, with none to -Comfort him. And that I straightwayjoin him there, And share his lot, however terrible. Is all I ask, and all that I will have. - The Prettiest Waist of Alt - The prettiest of all summer waists is made asiollows Take as the receipt books say, a sufficient amount of silk, percale, lawn, or even zephyr, say four yards of silk, and the rest accordingly. Make the back of the waist with three plaits on each side the center, turned toward each other, and about erre and one-quarter inches broad. Let these plaits hip well at the bottom -of the waist. Gather the waist in front at the neck, not in the shoulder seams, and again at the bottom of the waist, and finish it down the front with a bias ruffle one and one-half inches wide. Make full sleeves, like those on small boys' shirt waists, with turned -back 'euffs ru ed, and a round -turn- down collar also ruffled. These should be worn outside the blazer or jacket, and when made in striped material are particularly pleasing. Blouses and Bonnets. The women who have been economical and kept their old dress skirts have reason to rejoicenow, as any old skirt will come into play with a blouse waist, which may be made of light wool, of satin, gingham or silk. If one has a small pattern the fashions for blouses are so varied it can be cut ac- cording to the cloth, and only about three yards is needed to make a full waist without the frill, over which one can Wear the fash- ionable Swiss belt. Nothing is more comfort- able for summer wear than a plain, light skirt and a loose, cool blouse waist. The fashions of the present hour in mil- linery prove more conclusively than ever that it is the effect the bonnet has on the head more than any new shape or fancy that counts. Everything and anything can be worn provided it is becoming. The trimming is put on the back ; it is put on the front; it is put on both back and front on the same bonnet or hat; it is high ; it is low; it is anything the taste and fancy of the wearer prefers. Some of last summer's hats - and bonnets are retrimmed, and no ope would ever guess they were not the latest style, and, if the truth were known, there are not a few pretty bonnets of even earlier date coming out as good if not better than new this summer. It all depends upon tire taste and ingenuity and economy of the wearer. A hat that looks old to the one who knows its age is admired aslew after a few fresh touches, by the outside observer. The stiff and awkward upstanding bows are still favoured by the conventional and in- artistic miller, and worn by younw women who do not realize their ungracefulness. - A Parisian Toilet. 1. A trepid bath of twenty minutes' length and a shower bath of five. 2. A rest of thirty minutes. 3. Face, throat and neck subjected to a gentle friction of elderilower water mixed with half a goblet of warm water. This re- moves all impurities from the pores and gives the surface a -clear ivory hue. 4. Scented orris powder rubbed in the hair and brushed eut againvbeing careful:to remove all traces -of trom the temples and nape of the: neek. V. A delicate creme, similar -to 'cola cream, the juice of lettuce being the chief ingredient,- laid' over. the face, neck, and hands. After ten minutes remove with a ,fine,linen- cloth .' This is said tot*literate traces of the Contraotioti and ivearitesis of the features incident to society orstage life. It is a delicate operation neither te roughen the surface or make it red. It should leave the complexion polished and whitened. 6. Veloutine. a mixture of rice powder. and bismuth, the latter giving permanency and the former delicacy to the preparation, applied with great care producing a clear alabaster whiteness, with a trace of luster, yet showing no sign of a foreign substance 7. The eyebrows are smoothed with a entail soft brusb, leaving a trace of fard Indien, and with a leather estarnpe a soft shadow is laid under the eyes to increase their brilliancy. - • To follow the foregoing direetions Uteral- ly, under all circumstances, would be diffi- cult. It is quoted here to give some idea of the manner in which age is concealed by people who have made concealment a fine art. Toapractical person this may be simpli- fied. We know that a bath is to refresh as well as to cleanse the person. A sponge bath, with a: little hey rtainam alcohol sodded to the wafer, will both Cleanse and refresh. The shower bath creates a glow; this can be obtained by the suddenapplicetion after the bath of a large towel wet with cold. water, followed by friction and gentle exercise. Some peopleare toe. delicately organized for such heroic treatment. The half hour rest is no inconsidera-ole factor in the restoring process, and deserves special attention. If rightly taken it is a magic rejuvenator. The Corner Cupboard. The corner cupboard is one of those de- lightful pieces of old-fashioned furniture which hasbeen revived in the last decade. There is nothing prettier for it china closet tier) one of these closets, fitted with plate- glass shelves and a full glass -front, so that it displays the chink to the full extent. Nor is -such a closet beyond the 'limits of a, moderate purse, for a very pretty closet of this kindfranied in oak terayU' bought for $15. -Such closets are exceedingly effective in upper rooms for clothespresses, In that ase it is a simple corner- cies*: with a wooden door, and matches the cithWWoodi *orhof the,ropm, ItnhotilInot*tiend to ffne4op �theeiliniowevbhe top should be at least tio 'feet- belciviqheceil makings. convenientOacelot, Ottet or wrteiily coloretVehine4daque.g&i:Eirponter will buildsuph a closet for $3 or $4., and it can be painted or finished like the other woodwork of the room, , - - Green Peas. Green peas will soon be ripe in country gardens: Green peas are usually served in but one way, that is boiled, and a great Many people do not know that there is any other way to serve them. Yet they make a meat delicious puree soup, and are excellent served diikethe naeream. Tonsoup, take a pint of green peas, add a quart of white steek, a small onion, two sprays ot parsley aud. one of eleryea teaspoonful of salt, and a half tea- opoonfelnf pepper. Let the soup cook for half an hour simmering slowly. At the end of thiitinae, try one of the peas and if it is thoroughly done strain the soup through a puree sieve, rubbing the peas through. Let the eoup boil again for ten minutes, stirring it Often. Then add a cup of boiling cream and salt and pepper to the taste. Stir a teaspoonful of butter in the soup, just be- fore serving it. Boiled peas are very often served in Trench kitchens in a cream sauce, bade with half a cup of cream thickened with a teaspoonful of butter and a scant teaspoon- ful of flour. Still another is to beat an egg - yolk into two tablespoorauls of sweet cream, and add to the boiled peas after they have been drained. Three tablespoonfuls of boil- ed peas is a delicious addition to almost any kind of soup in which vegetables are used, •and when any boiled peas are left over they should be saved to add to the next day's soup. No vegetable looses more sweetness when stale than peas. To be served in per- fection they should be picked in the dew of the morning and cooked the same day. They should never be shelled until just be- fore the time of cooking. They should after picking be kept in a cool, dark place until ready for shelling. If there is any delay in cooking them after they are shelled, cover them with a damp cloth. --- Gowns That 'Were Presented to the Queen. A great many pretey gowns were worn at the recent "drawing -room," if we may credit English newspapers. The Court Journal describes the leading characteristics of these elaborate dresses. The sleeves were wide and full on the shoulder, often ruffled and fitting the arm closely at the base The train was of distinct material th the rest of the dress, as a rule, and fell in slight folds or braces or Watteau plaits from the shoulders. The bodices were often divided in the centre, the upper por- tion being of one material, the lower of an- other, and richly embroidered. One not- able gown had a corselet bodice matching the skirt, the upper portion of thin material over pink silk. It was studded with jewels. Many women wore a short wreath of flowers on the upper portion of the train of the same color as the brocaded train, while others were made of thin gauze with full frillings of the material. These seemed th puzzle the Queen's pages when they were thrown down, and most ot the women wear- ing them, turned back wistfully to see that they were floating in the right direction, ere they entered the throne -room, the trains were often lined with a contrasting color, which was sometimes brought over on to the outside, as, for example, a white bro- caded train, lined with green velvet, had a band of the same appearing on each edge. Shot velvets were very pretty, a beautiful train of e peach and gold shot velvet was worn with gray. Rhubarb. Here are some good ways of preparing one of the most healthful and least expensive of materials for desserts and sweetmeats: RHUBARB JAM. -Peel and cut the rhubarb into nice -sized pieces, and to every quart give one pound of good, moist sugar ; put the eugar over the rhubarb and leave it twenty-four hours to draw out the juice. The sugar sinks, but does not dissolve. Boil the sugar and juice together for twenty minutes. After it begins to boil put in the rhubarb and boil slowly twenty minutes longer. If only allowed to simmer gently it will not require to be stirred, and the pieces of rhubarb will thus remain separate. This will keep good a year if kept 'se a cool, dry storetOom. In making rhubarb jam, orange peel pared thinly and tree from the white, gives it a most agreeable flavor ; by preserv- ing one quantity of the rhubarb with lemon peel, and another with orange peel, two different jams can be produced oat of the same material. RHUBARB AND BLACK CURRANT JAM. - Eight pounds of rhubarb, four pounds of black currants, twelve pounds of sugar; boil slowly until done. RHUBARB AND APPLE JELI.Y.—Peel and cut up one good-sized bundle of rhubarb; peel, core, and quarter three pounds of ap- ples, the thin rind and the juice of half a dozendemons ; put all together into the preserving kettle with one and oumhalf pints of soft water. Boil until reduced to a pulp, strain the juice through a jelly strainer, weigh, and allow one pound of loaf sugar to every pound of juice, add the sugar, boil, skim well, and when it jellies ontheskimnier, pour into jars,and when cold, tie or seal down. The pulp, stewed with white sugar, can be used for jam puddings, or is very nice to put into a glass dish, cov- ered thickly with sugar, then a layer of thinly -sliced sponge cake, and a nice custard poured over all. RHUBARB WITH FIGS.—Take six pounds of rhubarb (weighed after being cut and peeled), one pound of figs, and a quarter of a pentad of candied lemon peel; cut the figs and lemon peel small, place them over the rhubarb, cover all with five pounds of moist sugar, and let stand until the 'next day; then boil slowly one hour. ReUBARB AND BREAD AND BUTTER FUD- DING.—Prepare the rhubarb as for a pie; cover the bottom of a pudding dish with slices of bread and butter; cover with a layer of rhubarb cut in short pieces; sprin- kle thickly with sugar; put on another layer of bread and butter, and so on until the dish is full. Cover, and steam for half an hour; then remove the lid, and bake until nicely browned. RHUBARB TART. -Do not peel the rhu- barb, merely wash it and wire it dry. Line a pie dish with puff paste, fill it up with very small pieces of the rhubarb, add the necessary amount of sugar, a teaspoonful of ground ginger, the grated peel of half a lemon, and the juice of two oranges, Bake rather slowly. STEWED RHUBARB.—This is best cut in short lengths, stewed in sugar and a very little water, and served with boiled rice around the dish. A little good sweet cream added gives it a very delicate taste. SELECTION OF STALKS FOE PRESERVING. - The late supply of rhubarb is the best for all preserving purposes, as grown during the heat of the summer it requires less sugar "thaerthe spring supply. Care should be taken to select good stalks, brittle and full of ce. MRS. BROWN. Air Pressure at the Cannon's Month. Experiments, onr correspondent says, were made during the last trial trip of the armed cruiser Beowulf to determine the air - pressure at the mouth of the gun at the moment of discharge. Rabbits were placed near the muzzles of the guns, and shots fired. In every case the animals fell dead at once. In order to test the probable effects of the enormous displacement of air upon human beings, figures made of straw were used. These were torn to pieces in -every instance. The trials were made with long -bored twenty-four centimeter ring gum -fLondon News. He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejciees for those which he has. --[Epicteus. LATE BRITISH Small electric wagons, ic.,2 the dela atth groceries and other light articles of lilt: :r chandise, are novelties in London. Lord Bradford backed his horse, Sir Hugo, two years ago to win the Derby at X100 against £10,000. He won in all about £24,000. In England there are 30,000 miles of telegraph lines. The number of messages received in London last year was 60,000,- 000, Live fish have been safely sent in th* mails from India to the British M-useuni. Nearly 20,000 horses are itnieerted into England every year. Nearly 50 per cent. of the property of England is insured. There are 10,000 parishes in England with only Church schools. Mr. W. Brown, a Manchester manufac- turer, has purchased 100,000 acres of land in Mexico for fruit farms. Siam has just sent over to England twenty-seven youths, all belonging to the Siamese aristocracy, to complete ,their edu- cat1on. The heat prevailing at Bombay is abnor- mal, and the death -rate has risen to over 10 per 1,000 per annum, being the highest fig- ure attained within twelve years. Literary ladies in England have achieved a great step in progress. They dined last year together as ths "Literary Ladies." This year they have modified their title to that of "Literary Women." The Governor of St. Helena reports af- fairs there as being in a wretched. state. Work is scarce; revenue is short of expendi- ture; business is declining, and there is great poverty and suffering among the in- habitants. A church in St. Ives has for 325 years kept up the custom of an annual raffle with dice for Bibles, Dr. Wilde left £50 as a fund for the purpose of buying six Bibles annual- ly and paying the vicar a small sum for a special sermon. Since 1884 loans of more than £40,000 have been made out of the Sea and Coast Ir sh Fishing Funds and the Inspectors re- port as follows "It will be a satisfaactiou to your Exellency to have brought thus before you the fact that the bad debts on these large transactions are so small. In so far as they relate to loans made by us, they constitute, in our opinion, a remark- able evidence of the honesty of the Irish fisherfolk." There is a fasting alligator at the Crystal Palace, London, which has not tasted food for more than eighteen months, and is still fasting. Crocodiles and alligators are apt at first to refuse food in captivity, and at the !menageries by which they are introduc- ed it is the habiteto prise open their jaws with a handspike or iron bar, and ram home blocks of meat. This fasting is the resulaof sulkiness. A mass meeting of agricultural laborers in Yorkshire adopted these resolutions: "That this meeting of agricultural laborers deeply regrets the present degradation of their class, caused by low wages,and believes that the chief cause of their poverty ie in- sufficient pay, unsanitary cottages, and inadequate opportunities of obtaining a share in the cultivation of the land." A further resolution was adopted: "That this : meeting believes that the remedy for the condition of the farm laborers of,the coun- try lies in their own hands -namely, by legitimate combination, by means of which they may secure by legislation or otherwise substantial improvement in condition." A fashionable London clergyman thus addressed his congregation not long ago " I hear that the incumbent of a certain very fashionable' chnrch animadverted. last Sunday in severe terms on the subject of the offertories of his congregation, whose flea -skinning parsimony had excited the indignation of their pastor. I am often congratulated,' exclaimed this divine, 'upon having a rich congregation, and, looking to the general expenditure upon dresses and establishments, they should, indeed, be wealthy; but looking to the amounts given by them in the church, they could only be regarded as genteel paupers. There is a decent liberality which is midway between beggarly meanness and imprudent generos- ity. It may be hoped that tlae incumbent's f or cible reararks will produce satisfactory fmancial results." Wonders in'Photography. A maker of these "test plates" named Webb many years ago made for the Army Medical Museum at Washington a specimen of microscopic writing on glass. This writ- ing consists of the words of the Lord's Prayer, and occupies a rectangular space measuring 1-244 by 1-441 of an inch or an area of 1-129,654 of a square inch. The lines of this writing are about as broad as those of the test plates, which are 1-50,000 of an inch apart. They are, therefore, about as wide as average light waves. Now, then, to get some idea of the magnitude or min- uteness ot this writing. There are in the Lord's Prayer 227 letters, and if, as here, this number occupies the 1-229,654 of an inch, there would be room in an entire square inch for 29,431,458 such letters simi- larly spaced. Now, the entire Bible, Old and New Testaments, contains but 3,566,480 letters, and there would, therefore, be room enough to write the entire Bible eight times over on one square inch of the glass, in the same manner as the words of the Lord's Prayer have been written on this specimen. Such a statement, without doubt, staggers the imagination, but the figures are easily verified and are certainly cotrect, and the whole statement at least serves to bring home to us the limited nature of our men- tal capacities as compared with the facts of the universe. It also furnishes an interest- ing suggestion in a very different subject. It has been often stated that a physical basis of memory may exist in permanent struct- ural modification of the brain matter con- stituting the surface of the furrows. In a highly developed brain this surface amounts to 340 square inches, and it would, there- fore, appear that the entire memories of a lifetime might be written out in the English languageon such a surface in characters capable of mechanical execution, such as those of the Webb plate at Washington. Funny things happen, too, even in the staid and stately Episcopal Church. One of them occurred upon the last sunday in June, when a young man came to church late, slipped into an unoccupied seat and sat down directly on top of a high silk hat belonging to a man in the next pew. The hat gave way with a loud eek, and just then the clergyman's voice exose in solemn accents, reading the first verse of the Psalter for the day: "0 Lord, Thon hastscarched me out and known me. Thol knowest my downaitting and mine uprisine Ail B Y A correspon tion upon the and wonders grown from a being again gpriveessnebsachiks tool-) from it. His the eratire no crops, especia leguminous p1 etc., comes fro these plants ha erty of drawin able element sifoi, tihe,hrtacoiuno ldf value in furnis dialers. For in *in their food or six inches cropping woul lower soil wa eIemen ts. Th uthoeussepsitoanrte8s,gaoi under and de they again enri eious rotation o farm may be cr stand}, increas er is cut and fe carefully retur greater income riment to the s The develop depends very m she receives as she inherits ma sotruntey thhdamndayd heifer must be t ously and judici best secure li muscle, togethe constitution. I so that they vat somewhat after breeding has a stitutional vigor in milk as long can be extended dency once form apt to continue, cow should be tr that is, fed and constant growth One great ben and one we are predated, is tha income, a little through the year the farm, except this, and the smaller degree. 10 sell every time ward those little to run, so soon a it requires the crop, the whe couple of fat stee is a great deal e when it is followe pense with store almost impossibl such means of bills are run up t close attention to so the totals foot Injudicious feed and enormous was our farms. Once travels about the realized the econo so never gives a stock where there of their wasting it bright hay upon barnyard, where a to be trampled un men who feed iind feeding racks, and the manger and Corn also is often barnyards, fields, o is tramped so deepl it. Corn-fodder,sta ed by the wind an deteriorates in fee made of bran or money, is fed in eh the animals step an spilled upon the gr is the worst sort of loss, a loss of the la and of the prospect sult if it were prop While the liberal crease the flow of economical food to same value expend will give a much be tice is steadily gro centrated food to na and wherever tried, lieve it has proved tory. Suppose you when you turn you pasture in the sprin An unsound or b. one of little worth. sound or blemished because of brutal or are a direct reilectio dark stable is not a develop horse -flesh. which plant life and not vary greatly. cellar and see how raised iu a dark stab as much stamina,. We all know what plentiful supply of can do toward insun irrigation eannot be must avail ourselves for it that we can best` of these, and t within reach, is to g ()ugh pulverization t plue of water when it to plants as it may growth. A deeply a holds water like a s deeply loosened, but only broken clods an innumerable openings will act like so many to allow the moisture t above. Thus the wat held for future use M without having eery& loss may be very lug( ittg a finely pulverize( so that no open chinun off the vapor. Equall: coarse surface is a ha water cannot penetrat runs off, thus losing ti the growing crop. Ti and the results of the the best cultivators ha the importance of th and of a fine mellow crops through all seam the disasters which to follow superficial cults 1 have spoken of it 1 believe I ochnot too my readers the leas suffer hos Vas inapvii