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Home My WebLink AboutThe East Huron Gazette, 1892-09-22, Page 2•7":7: -.• -.0dorinthan, gaunterefreathan, ACsfr-alwart of theearth, rillanhould the world to one Lae you Bap: fair matcheadearth. Nifeathosewho' so in your wealth. Your height.yo* it Mal filth Initleave untrammenedmaidenhood To one who, tlemigh mostkind, Has never had rd for you For you are through and through. Miss Canada has never led - 'Tau to believe that she Would in the antonym. propose A nieed of profit see. Indeed she's given many hints Which', had you tact, you'd know, As raid suggestions, when ,you woo'd. 'TWELfil time for you to go. Bo press no more a hopeless snit, 'Tis mercenary at its root. Miss Mexico's a rich young lass, And then there's Idiss Brazil, And Paraguay. and Uruguay Who both might fill the bill. And several other budding maids, Besides Miss Chili, who was cold And let you know. not long ago When you presume& that you were bold But leave "the maiden of the frost" To cherish love she's never lost. Ton say John Bull is much too old, But good is that old age That holdsits youthful love through all The brunt of rivals' rage; Good that old age which circles those It loves with arm strong, Protectitg with its honest might The tender one from wrong, Prepared to do and die for her No matter what event occur. Better to be an old man's pet, The darlingof his latter days, Than slave to an unpolished youth Of famished mien and narrow ways. So, Jonathan, leave off year pranks And go your old self -loving route. And hedge yourself with tariffs high Enough, to keep the cholera out, Miss Canada will tend her row While you to inanition go. --[T. A. Gregg, in the Torontoe\Wcirld. THE BELLS Of EMMEN CHAPTER Atainum. A few days before this the Vicar son; Captain Norham, arrived at Linlaven. • had been on siclaleiave for some months. The wound which he had received at Teltel- Kebir was quite healed, but his general o health had been injuriously affected by the severi ties of the campaign. Clara had joined g him when in February he landed at South11 - ampton; and as he was too ill to proceecl northwards at once; they had togethet pass- P ed the early spring months in the Isle of lodairichetumstae havie:botenthaattLBinhalaokhvae:n naWo g , tea qtNuf 000rnr theewoouf ter Mr been hurriedly -summoned home. This was 061711410714401:0110. .the paper the shield. - effecb .6Thifi-_-7-.11,63,11retatsuddenly aelae -soilie.nnaahmeted revelation had beret upottehinat4.na withtlieser_ ty Of -4-‘14 -•Nriaati jm:thitfrl" tniMid, and =fled - from the elinrcht-- eCattaianehrorhene sat for a few minutes in amazement. What did thisemean?" What could taisemaititieteof his dream, followed by: the appearance and attitudeof this stranger, ltetteed 2 gaittiattheeehhhell. he was in a few soma:eat the vicarage. - "Clara," he said to his wife, "1 tholigat I knew everybody in the Tillage: But to- day / have seen -a -tall old Man, with white hair, whom I feel Bare I never saw before.' " Why,..tleoige," re -plied Clara; "that is out little Luey's friend, whom you have heard her epeak so much about. That must have been 'Uncle Giles, Where did you see him" "In- the -church." "In the church?" she said, with a ques- tioning and half amused air. "Why, your father has vainly besought him to go to church, but -could never succeed with hart The man is evidently decent, midis well be- haved; but he has some mysterious scruple as to going to chuech. 11e is altogether a good bit of a mystery to everybody." And She went on to tell her husband the story of his coming among them. George listened attentively and then pro- ceeded to -tall of the repetition that dayof the Cairo. dream, and what he had afterwards seen and heard in the church. Clara, who had first treated the matter soniewhat lightly, was wow in turn much impressed by what she heard. "Why, do you know, she said "the first time I saw the man—it was when he was in a state of delirium—he took me by the hand ard called me Esther. I have never mentioned it before to anyone." • ".Well what of that a' queried her bus- -twee:a:wonder and -curiosity. Then, after was wet mother's name." . "Oh at exclaimed George, in a. tone be- " What of that ?" replied Clara. " Esther pause he added : " Aild.does no one know who the man is?" "Naboly, more than I have told you." "Then, Clara, you and 1 must -find out. Fut.on your bonnet; we must seek him at nee." They walked down the garden -path to- etheein the direction of Lawrence Dale's ouse. The cottage which Giles inhabited was adjoining the gondol wall, andevas 8.p- r:tabbed by a green bowie, through the door of watch yoe could see the entrance. This being Saturday afternoon, and work suspended, Lawrence Dale and few other aillagennwere seittie on a bench outside the elAr. Among these was Giles, who, on his who has beenalreadyspoken afar; thelandly way from the _church had been intercepted lawyer to the late Squire Nerhant of Broth, rig Hall, and who -still acted .in that °enmity for the &qui es widow. Mr. Brookes' letter had intimated to Captain Norham- and his wife that the old laty at the - having heard of the gallantry which bad distinguished the Captain's conduct in the Eastern campaign, had evidently relented somewhat of her former severity and bitter- ness against the daughter of -heretosit son Arthur, and was apparelitly disposed to alter the will by whtolt she haa conveyed her wealth away front. her natural bele and given it to, an alien. But before doing any- thing, she wished to hayean interview with her grandchild Clara and her lintsband ; hence- Mr. Brookes desired that they should come north at mice. Alas for the hazards of a -re tame that awakens not the conscience t' the eleventh hour! The- day be.foreethe arrival of the Captaiu and his Wile, the old lady had a stroke of paralysii, from which her physit clans had pronounced it impossible that she should redover. And so passed all tope of her being able to rectify the injustice she had alrescly done. The aged Vicar's joy at once more re, ceiving his gallant boy under his toot was consequently not unmingled with sadness. Nor was George himself unich more cheer- ful. It is true that the sight once more of the little girl and boy Who called him father filled his heart with pleasure inclgratiteide ; hut in the background sat blaek--Care- dis- tilling pain.. Shattered in health, end -poor in estate, he could not help reflecting ith ominous feelings aeon what the future 1 • migh haye in store for his wife and :Ail- dren. The conversation which we have above recorded between Uncle *Giles' andeMes. Dale as to the evident premeditated dePar- ttire of the former took place one Friday evening. On the fellossing day Captain Norham,in the course Of anafterndenstroll, and wearied somewhat end fatigued:le the glare of the riammer min, walked across the. geaveyard.ann entered the churehtethe doatrs otaihich stood operi. ortwas to hiiii- , more then usually sacred. tibletet foithere - was (he paw *which he had sat. from. iii - fancy to Manttaid; eide by side With the mother:wile had: long since: fate , lugher sande:airy behind theeied, andside by two or three lads with a request that he would arrange some fishing -tackle for them. Hewes now ltusied with this, and at the same time listening to what Lawrence was reading aloud from a 'newspaper. Both the miller and his wife came originally from Yorkshire, and the paper was apparently one sent to them by old friends. Clara drew her husband back a little. Mrs. Dale was evidently one of the listeners too, for they could hear her voice inside the eottage door, as from time to time some news of particular importance would call for an exchange of opinion between ho e and her husband. "Ah, Milly," cried Lawrence, "hark thee to this. Sarah Dobson ha' married Jem Aletenafeefter all. - herein' black and white. Did thou ever hear the like?" "Oh, indeed," replied Milly ; "that be news. Why, how she did flout that young man o' hers,' to be sure! "Happen," she would say, "lads shall be so scarce thou will ha' to seek them wiv a candle, ere I marry Jem Metcalf." Yet she ha' took him at h� -last. Well, well !" Lawrence scarcely heeded..Milly's conclud- ingeomments, for something of apparently more engrossing interest had attracted his attention in the paper, and he read a few lines to himself as if by way of tasting its flavour -before offerieg it to the others. "It's pt in big type, anyway," he said at length; "it must be something worth read- ing!' •And without further exordium he proceeded. - by side also with her who had been the true love of his youth and Vas now the nether 'of his ehiMten. Inside- the eheren, all was calm and peaceful. The sun shone_ bright and hot on the old staheedglass. windows, but soft. and cool were the purple shadows within the -ancient , aisles. He sat down- * vicarage pew, and gave himself up -to pleasant reveries of the past. He heard the- huM 'of bees about the windows, and saw . the -green branches swaying beyond the :men dem. Whether. MU* jetetteetlebtete by the calm and Oillnegeit-lha hay „Tut* he felt asleep, or Iteamtul4 not tell,but.- once more he heeet4- ttokkelk-C4I-ilitin,the ehurohatainne and ..he e experienced once " STRAUGE DIscovnaY.— 44 the White Hope -Inn, about three miles from this town, a somewhat singular discovery was inalle a few. days ago. Some changes were being effecte,d in the interior arrangements of that long-e,stablishe,d and popular hostel, when, in the course of the operations, the Workmen had occasion to lift the flooring of the Blue Aeon]. While doing so, one of them'foundeunder the floor, dose to the wall on west side, a good watch, which appeared, from the dust that had gathered round it, have there,fore long time, 4.40iece of thin 'Siker chain was attached to ib; a4d-on.the outer case of the Watch was an7rertgratred- monogram. Inside the ease was a paper bearing that watch had:beeneteaaednult-repaired try the fide' of LeisingaaJobsone of -this town, more than a -quarter of a century ago. Upon in- fantry being made of this firm, they found from their books that the watch had be- longed to a.,gentleman'of the name of Ar- thur Naseby, which agreed with the mono- gram "A. N." on the back of the watch. Thiediscotamet has excited muck interest in the, town, as Our older readers will remember the somewhat extraordinary -disappearance from our Midst of the gentle. man allot° Darned. A great deal of mystery surrounded the whole affair; but was believed by many, after his dis- appearance, that the name by which the of the Wet& Was known here was net his real We refrain at present from entering into details that might be ffrinful,tne oine of his friends Who may still '4;We-rem:Mg:wit but we mar mention thea---titarie,yinit. some . reason, from what nee* d after his die -appearance, for iatta4iliat his _name was Norham, and that he was in ancient "d-tiniattiefatin family in the north- of e. What11:40,44;::-.gave additional mystery again alt hethad-seen and hard fir P ,atteasedkeineat hiarilekeengkat tait-cfr,,,M, be tt.r.Vii*EnEt-: sitade - leelk-deWit-- - - - 0a bekfria-thei tei e lkeeeelttir of iturd eir. `-mhich-he lettered: 1* -t:' "*"71g(41. ,a _ 1,—infor,_ 5.3 eil - 11$444 '-tItleaettpearance of -this :young _gentle, "Tt_ _,:kOrhad Onaytbeen shoat a ". Nfal much respeCied- and . ath - Circle on bure actenam • - - tkrieeand tier- huabaiicl- had firat of-thc2frottP; and heard drawling • Ptlah: rfAulling- the -Atie*frfretti4Jeering weld henttered went deep-dot:en into her voter :mei. A strange pallor overspread her face ; she reached out her hands and clasped with a feverith grip at the back of &garden -Chair that stood near by,. as if Iter limbs were to longer able to -support her; then, as the reader concluded, she uttered a stifl- ed shriek, and fainted away. Her husband caught her in his arms as •she was snout. to fall. Her cry brought Lawrence Dale and the others to her help, and she was carried back to the vicarage. In the confusion that followed upon Clara's cry of distress, the movements of the old man Giles were unobserved. - When the reading of the newspaper was ended by that sudden cry, the little group before the cottage was suddenly scattered ; whereupon he immediately rase and entered his house. He was ghastly pale, and trembled like a man in an ague fever. A sharp fire burned in his eees, and he clutched at the wall for support as he went. "It ha' *seemed at last," he muttered. "Be thou ever so fleet o' foot, the vengeance o' God is fleeter." He did not sit down, or tarry for a m mint ; but going to where he had thro his packed valise the evening before, hell ed it up, and taking a staff from the wa quitted the house. He walked off, at first slowly, but, he regained composure, at an incre ing pace, going directly towards he 0 Grange. He was about to enter the f miller door, when he hesitated, and loo ed as if he would turn away witho entering. There were voices nithin, an this startled him in a strange wa Yet what was there to fear? The m *side were only workmen, every one whom he knew, busily engaged in comple ing some repairs upon the _old place. might easily pass up the stairs to his o quarters without being seen. Yet still hesitated. At length he said: "It must done, whether they see me or not. I ca not make my way with never a penny in m purse." He ascended the long stairs with slo and cautious foot. When he had reaehe the topfloor, he unloeked a drawer near h bench, and took therefrom a bo which contained a few silver coins. Puttin them in -his pocket, he was about to leitv the room, when he observed, just where th evening- sun streamed warmly in throng the dusky pane, the little maid Lucy lyin asleep beside her playthings. "Ah, thou here he said in a low voice that had a perceptible quiver in it. He ep preached, and bent down over the sleemn child. "1 see it all, my little Lucy. Tho ha' been seeking Uncle Giles, and a-waitin for him till thou ha' fallen asleep. An as he touched her fair treeses, his firs impulse was to raise her and carry her u home—as at other times he would hay done. But he dared not do this now. I might frustrate in some way his departure and he must go. She was safe enough ; h name was sum to seek and find her here. Liftine a pair of scissors from the miscel lamas gathering of tools upon the bench, h raised one of the shining locks of the sleep ing child, and cut off part of it; then takin from his breast that same little leather eas we have before seen, he placed the tress in side, and turned to go. But once more h came back and looked at -the child, wit something pensive and touching in his eyes "God bless thee," he said, "and keep thee May thou sometimes think on old Unel Giles when he be far away." Then he be gan to descend the stairs—slowly, wit groping hands, and a gleat mist in his eyes He had soon left the valley behind, an was ascending the hill -road by which, onl a few months before, he had first entere Linlaven. At the outset he walked quick ly, as if dreading observation or inter runtion • but as he entered the solitude o the broad Fell, he went upward with slow and yet slower steps, turning from tirn to time to gaze on the village below The place never looked to him mor beautiful than now, under the splen did effulgence of the summer sunset, -wit the level light gleanaiug along the mere and wrapping the high church-towe in e. golden glory. All the hills &teen were bathed in the yellow light; and fa beyond he could see the mountains of West moreland rising up dark against the kin dling west, their broken and serrated ridges gleaming like massive jewels through th soft purple haze. It could be seen that various and stron emetionithad taken possession of the man! soul. "For nigh thirty years I ha' fled from my fate, yet it dogs my footsteps as 1 ha seen a bloodhound nose the track of a slave.' Yet still he passed upwards, heedless more and more of his surroundings. The wild thyme and the bright-eyed tormentil were at his feet, and around him was the swee scent of the -pines; but they had no charm becausethey had noexistence, for him. Once over the brow of the -Fell; with village and lake and church -tower all hidtlen- from his sightluesetelownon theheath, and gave vent to his misery in tears. Here, among these acenenhe had for a time been tranquil— almost lumpy; and now, driver: forth by the exigencies of his own blighted existenee, he Must leave -them, and for ever. For hirty yews as he numbered it, had he fled before the slow foot of retribution; and et, here, among those wilds, was not Nemesis corning up with him at last? Sitting there—the moor -birds circling with wild screams round his head, and then arting away with a warning cry—he took o note of time. Suddenly he was aroused ut of his reverie by a quick sound that truck upon his ears. It was the belb of inlaven ! Why should these bells be ringing now? Was it the Curfew No; for they were ringing out in tones harsh and angry. Never, surely, during the three centuries since our Lady of Langleydale brought over these bells from Holland, and hung them in the gray church -tower of Linlaven— never had they given forth such clamorous and discordant music. The man started to his feet, and stood for a brief moment lis- tening to that wild alarm re-echoing and reverberating among the hub. "It must be fire," he said, as he turned and ran towards the ridge he had just cross- ed, and from_which Lintaven could be seen. They sounded outwith a still more_angry end dissonant clangour as he came within 'sight- of the +alley. The sun had already ft it ;nut the tvrilight was yet clear along lake,a and he mild see a dark cloud of _eke floating ominously in the calm • - "It is fire!" he eirolaimed. "And," in a tallied whisper, as he lookecl again ".it -the Old Grange ! And 'Lucy—my , little ucy—'y if they ha' not found her? ,Oh at he cried, in a voice of agony—" must - t another sin be laid to my charge ? cies he uttered these words he rushed. dly down the hill towards the Tillage, hiii ds with all the recklessness d energy of despair. • - (To BE eeirrpriTED). Wbrte Roses. Once more the reatinaf heetender earethenehhe With subtle fragrance need the ,vv•!1!-,10` From out their dewy hearth a shiningAdr" Carries me far away to &sweet Junei, Star -like and radiant 'neath the dusky leaves A face as pure. as perfect as the reset. - With eyes whose light my life's aweeteniishine weaves, And o'er my happy heart the *.ighter gloWs. 0 roses sweet! Why do you seek again - The Farden paths ray dear one loved to roam - Her e is gone; and clinging mist.s of,patti- Press 'gainst the emp trdarkness of my home - Ileathat will be nt pride to • • pEARIA" py ,TE liffalo Bugs and Rugs. [Mrs. Whittaker in Our Grange Hom,es] If you chance to see bits of red woololot lying about on the floor of neighbor's rooms or clothes c'osets do notalbastily call her un tidy for these are probably "traps" whic 0. she looks at everymorning—for early morn, wn ing is the best time to hunt for buffalo. buget, ft. Housekeepers generally believe that watch - le fulness does more than chemiens orpoisons . la exterminating this pest. Many report as to _le that weekly they take all garments es. hanging in the climbs and shake them ()toe Id a sheet spread upon the floor, and if but,. a,. two or three buffalo bugs fall they are con k. tent in believing that the enemy is out in no et great force. d One Worcester county reader explained y. how she steamed a carpet that had been en eaten until the edges hune like fringe. of After beating the carpet until no dust re- t- mained she folded it until it would just slip e into the wash-boilet, then she set, a large:. wn colander into the boiler, put in a few inches he of water, laid the cerpet across the coland- be er, put on the boiler lid and leo water boil n- until she was sure no insect bfe remained y in the carpet. Then the carpet was taken, out while the water was yet boiling, and w was dried on the clothesline in a few hours. d It was then tied securely in a new cotton - is cloth bag, and hung up to remain while the x infested roam was treated. This treatment g consisting of filling all the floor cracks- with e putty or calcine plaster; she preferred the e putty. The cracks between thebase-boarde h and floor are favorite hiding places for the g buffalo bugs. She adds that she bas con- siderable faith in the value of ground Cloves , and keeps small bags of it in bureau draw- ers, and these bags are shaken up occasion- • calolyththingd.issipate the odor among the folded g It is of no use to do one room thoroughly d and neglect others; a piece bag hanging in t the attic may conceal enough bugs to eat p up all your carpet and they take lodgings e in material which they do not mit, making t journeys to better feeding places or abstain- • ing from food until better opportunity er comes to work destruction. !ache —witiala-- fry t *awing it a little d env or cloth, he right W1LOOlI wething with wenn wa teoap—elateshertib aipward, never waa;dithe chinaase the -constant :notion th it direction indisfre to that saggi aria double -chin effect that is far from sirattle. If possible, close the eyes for five mina at sometime during the day, not necessa ly to sleep, but let them rest, and you w jee surfeited to note how those telltale lin Will after a little While grow less and' •irama evfil stead frOainatind w year face thoroughly and well and give t tired litts & ehance-once a day ;to , recup ate. It6 —A dollar -wfifinly four times ea much ab for a grateful men as will for a sting,y t a one. ter to. The are people who .make a good deal of keep very still with ng nthoeiseir minosnheoyutin. g who de- People who Want to do good neer have tes anto sota ppnodrtarunoiutnyd. on the corners waiting for ri- The right kind of a Christian never has to es apologize anywhere for being religlans. ess Don't forget that your children will pay ash mtooyreouarttperetteopntsto your. trackethafl they will er- Some people never find out that an oppor- tunity exitscoanrnePr. rtAmitY until it 114' The sweetest mnsic is not in the oratorio, but in -the human voice when it speaks in tones of tenderness, truth or courage. Irresolution on the schemes of life which offer themselves to otuhremch,oairece, thanedgrineactesomt stency la pursuing naisesefall our unhappiness. The bleakest landscape in the world brightens into something like beaety when the sun shines upon it. So love, the richer, sweeter light of the so_ ul, makes thy face beluhteif:rlt of not hearing should be learned by all—there are so many things which it is painful to hear, very many of which, if heard, will disturb their temper, corrupt simplicity and modesty, and detract from contentment and happiness. Never loge, a chance. of saying a kind word. As Collingwood never saw a vacant place in his estate but he took an acorn out orhis pocket and popped it in, so deal with .your compliments through Life. An acorn costs nothing, but it may sprout into a pro- digious bit of timber. " Livelor the higher forms of life," says Dr. T. T. Munger in a talk to young men ; far self respect, for honor, for conscious prieity, for a marriage that shall be as pure on your side as on the side of the woman whonionly you would tak-e for your wife; be as ettenitons in your demands upon your- self as upon her; offer her in yourself what you require in her." W. T. Stead says " Whenever a duty is shirked there Christ is rejected. Whenever we act knowingly and deliberate] y as e know that Christ would not have acted had He leen in our circumstances, then we proclaim our disbelief in Him. And whenever we refuse to try to remedy wrongs which de- grade our brother or our sister, and render it impossible for them to lead a divine or even a decentlyluman life, there also we deny Hint, and crucify Him again in the person of the least of these His brethren." The Omnipresence of lovers. Have you ever been in a house where a ehenple are courting? It is most trying. You a. ▪ think you. will go and sit in the drawing - mom, and you march off there. As you ben the door you hear a noise as if some :one haeinuttle8lyreeeltectednomethingt and when You get in Emily is over by the win- dow, full of interest in the opposite side of the road, and John Edward is at the other end of the room with his whole soul held in teltrall by photographs of other people's rel - heaves. - Oh !"you say, pausing anthe door..." I didn't know. anybody was here." Oh, didn't you?" says Emily, coldly, in rieetoveneyouwh.ich implies that she does not be- Youlang about for a bitesaysJerome K. Jerome in "Three Men in altaat," then you zemark,- -the"gIettiehvery dark, Whyalon't yeu light tJohn Edward says he hadn't noticed it, and Emily says papa does not like the gas righted in the afternoon., • queYsotnionte,11 them one or to items Of news, gialgive them your opinion on the Irish but this does not appear to inter- est them. All the remark is, " Oh ! is it? "Did he ?" "Yes," and „" You don't say so And after ten minutes of sech con- versation yeti edge up to the door and slip ont, and are eurpris.wl ^teafuidthatIne door immediately closes behind you and shuts it- self without your having touched it. e Half an liner later you think you will try a pipe in the conservatory. The only chair in the place is °welded by Emily, and John Edward,. if the language- of grothes can be relied :upon, - has- evidently been sitting upon thefloon They do not speak, but they give you a look that says all that can be said in a civilized community, and you back out promptly and shut the door behind you. You are afraid to poke your nose into any room in the house new, so after walking up and -Town the stairs fora while, you go and sit in your own bedroom. This becomes uninteresting, however, after atime, and so you put on your hat and stroll out into the garden. You walk down the path, and as you pass the su.mmenleouse you glance in and there are those two yolmg idiots, huddled eip in one corner of it, and they see you, and are evidently under the idea that, for some wicked eurpose of your own you are following them about, "Why don't they have a special room fo this sort of thing and make people stay in it ?" you mutter, and you rush back to the hall, get your umbrella and go out. Men's Opinion:of Women, le th •SDI _air Pqn,- L Tr.inotive'.than 15.sawakea'. Gocj od, she coati :ye 'tfretiChf_' and ; A 'aord1naryenpreetma - u-'-'-eiis'itiiied--itt7the das '10 Wateb. Th an hce, and:Jae-lot , resident 41..ludiana (*tight . a young ici444- -in the woods near Rorii::creek:,rot "anday- The er4;4;',..Wee prevented freal. by a lwe mussel shell, wineb was Housekeepers in cities have so many • things to contend with in keeping carpets in good order that they invest. money in rugs than carpets. Rugs will et any room, while the migratory life of a city family. shortens the wearef a carpet by the rariolui cuttings and fittings to meet the require- ments of long, square or triangular-shaped rooms. Not one of my winter roans is rectangular in shape, and it would make one dizzy to think of fitting every corner and jog With ingrain or tapestry. Art squares and rugs antl stained borders look well, and rugs are so easily shaken compared with a heavy. carpet. Be careful in selecting paint or stain for the border. A varnish stain is good; always put on thin coats of paint or stain rubbing them in well. Straw mat- ting is suitable fcr a country sleeping room, but not for a room in a city fiat where every foot of floor space is in constant rise. It breaks away -rapidly and lasts but a few months. Ingrain • carpets may be made into squares by sewing breadths of suitable lengths together and fringing the ends. By sewing on the machine or overcasting the carpet two inches frem the sides, these may be fringed, but the "square" will look well without the side fringe, and one hesi- tates about cuttIng the edge of new carpets. In a sleeping room the tacks fastening the square need not be placed near together, but in a room of more general use the tacks should be close enough to prevent accidents from tripping in the loose edges. What is called hit-or-miss rag eerpet—and which is imitated in woven carpet—makes pretty squares to put in the center of a room hav- ing eighteen inches of the border stained a dark red. The various but subdued col- orings of the carpet will harmonize with 'almost any furnishing or decoration of the rooms. lf rugs are home made do not imi- tate the flowers of old-fashioned tapestry carpets in what are called "hooked rugs," or twist braided rugs into little wheels ad corner pieces. Mix' the rags fcir 'the first kind and use without design onmake a line of one color all 'around theedge of the rug followed by a row of another color end so on until the best rags -have been used; znix the rest and use for a mottled center or _make stripes of color across thennds, hav- ing each end alike and:scent:al broad stripe of eolid color. But reference to. this kind of work recalls the fact that I made one of these rugs once and memories of the back- ache and pain between my shoulders endur- ed make me hesitate in recommending their manufacture. In making braided rugs do not make them too heavy or large or use too bright colors. But this is unseasonable talk; buffalo rugs have led to rug manufacture which is winter work. Next week the" Interests" will be devoted to pickle making. • id mem= • Preservation of the Face. It is a foolish idea to think that one can get rid of wrinkles by filling thein with face pow- der, or even by enameling the whole face. It is a much better practice to give the face a Russian bath every night.- The principles ,of the Russian bath for the face is to bathe It in such het water that it -makes one j p every iimb it is applied, and then is ininu later to soak it with cold water. The re- action which this causes in the blood will Make it glow and tingle with warmth, Then it should be robbed dry with a- towel before retiring. Day by day...the -skin will -grow firmer and the wrinkles will grad:telly disappear. The use of hot and cold water far the face is important in, many_ ways: Hard, cold wateewilrnett rein?vii the' (*t- end grease whioh settles m the'pores o he skin, bat if bathed in hot water first, and then cold, the dirt will be temoved and the skin strengthened:, lfrirt, grib and grease will settle in the - skin when the face is only washed- in . herd, cold water and - *melee:ilia this alone in time injures the color and trifingssief* One should never bathe- the face in hard water, anyway, if a fair complexion is de. sired. TAO water eheuld-he softened little borax or a few drops. of ammonia When the face is very hot it shatiloibet-be bathed; wait untilit cools offae little. In tiaveling where one. knows nOthing a the water, _it is better not to- 1MA t9r bathing the face If -necessary alcohol and then rub urtil .liktla yaselirfre In thiawai a fair, cOM,plexibit' The Doctrine of Cheerfulness. We need the doctrine of hopefulness and cheerfulness preached more than it is in our pulpits—a doctrine based on . the duty of glad and loving obedience to the will of the Infinite manifested through life and all its varying conditions and events. The world / is busy, careless, practical, indifferent; buS it has the keenest appreciation of the brave_ ✓ face, the hopeful heart, the willing and submissive attitude, the courageous spirit, that will not say die. It sees a revelation of religiousness in these facts, when it does not go to church or pray. It recognizes the power and majesty of the soul, creative in so much that, when its props. are taken away, its dwelling place destroyed, its possessions lost, its goodly heritage laid waste it can build again, throwing its force into new forms better than the old, can make itself a morrow brighter than its yesterday—for creativeness is in the soul, and the power of renewal • and God, lest we should lose the force of nit. -direction and self -activity, allows the pleasant places of our lives to be trampled under foot of beasts, and practical- ly says, "Build anew, exercise the strength that is within you, trust arid love and labor, and -fire cannot burn you, nor can water drown, nor shall death triumph over you; for you are creative and co-workers with Me. ' Next to the sunlight of Heaven is the cheerful face. There is no mistaking it— the bright eye, the unclouded brow, the sonny smile, all tel of that which dwells within. Who has not felt its electrifying influence? One glance at this face lifts us out of the mists and shadows, into the beau- tiful realms of hope. One cheerful face in the household will keep everything warm and light within. It may be a very plain face, but there is something in it we feel, yet _cannot express, and its cheery smile, sends the blood dancing through the veins for very joy. Ah! there is a world of maga: in the plain, cheerful face' and we would not exchange it for all the soulless beauty that ever graced the fairest form on earth. It may be a very little face, but somehow this cheery face ever shines, and the shining is so bright the shadows cannot remain, and silently they creep away into dark corners. It may be a wrinkled face, but all the dear- er for that, and Lone the less cheerful. We linger near it, and gaze tenderly upon it, and say: "God bless this dear happy face! We must keep it with us as long as we can; for home will lose much Of its brightness when this sweet face is gone." end et -en after it is gone, how the remembrance of the cheerful face softens our way. The society of ladies -is theschool of polite- ness.. --(Montfort. All I am or can be, I owe to my angel mother.—{Abraham Lincoln. Remember woman is most perfect when most womanly. eaGladstone. Earth has nothing more tender than a pions woman's heart—aLuther. He that would have fine guests, let him have a fine wife. --[Ben Jenson. Lovely woman, that caused our cares, can every care beguile. --[Beresford. A woman's strength is most potent when robed in gentleness.—{Lamartine. Oil and water—woman and a secret—are hostile properties.--[Balwer Lytton. No man cam either lire piously or die righteous without a wife.—[Richter. Yes, woman's love is free from gni% and pure as bright Aurora's ray. —Morris. Disguise our bondage as we will, 'tis woman, woman rules us auk—Moore. Women need not look at those dear to them to know their moods.---plowells. Even in the darkest hour of earthly ill woman's fond affection glows. --[Sand. Raptured man quits each dozing sage, 0, woman, for thy lovelier page,—{Moore. Kiadness in women, not their beauteous looks shall win -my love. --[Shaketpeare. • Eternal joy eand eyernsting love_ there's ie you woman, lovela woman.-e[Otway. Heaven will beno heaven- te me if I do netineet my wife there --[Andrew Jackson. Decision, however suicidal,' has more charm for a woman than the mostunequivo- sal Fabian success. —[Hardy. Why Japanese Women Look Pleasant. Perhaps the secret of the sweet ex- pression and habitual serenity of the Jap- anese women can be found in their freedom from small worries. The fashion of dress never varying saves the wear of mind on that subject, and the barenen of the houses and.simplicity of;diet makes hauseteepi g a mate bagatelle. Evetything is exquisite- ly clean, and easily kept so. There is no plant, no, drapery, to erow&cialitele or- naments, no cominginto tae houses with the footwear wooi l nto the dusty streets. And then the feeling of living in room that can be turned into balconies and verandas at a moment's notice, of having. wallethat slide away as freely as do the ticimes a the stage, and let la*Il out-of-doors or ch aii the suites of :roof= to, the 1-hafte aui size that the whim if the -May or the hodr re- quires. The Japanese are learning much from us some things at to theft. improve- ment. 'We might begin, with profit to our- selves, a *eel t A4 ••011We' .0aildn't Stomach Salted Grandmother. &few monthnago at a board=umeting at an English worklionee,et boywho had been previously an inmate of the house was brought before.the board and naked to ex. lain'yrliVie4Unavierfroinlhis ditnitioE at a alatiglbarillitli% at te The tiny Conlfri'-nok be induced to speak until the 04-dentannasked thee - • "ladafrhaliketialuittneugotth eat "The boy' hesitated: for a. moment and then replied "WeiI sir, the ifreetfrnikiveek I was there a modipa.:.: They :sated it and we had to nit -at. Three weeks tater a pig died, Wliich they alse*Ited-and we had to eat that. -;.--.The#:-L,thili,e1 grandmother died and carrying8Okle figt 110.' ii Wonderful hitt Ifand, -Wonderful Things That the Blir.d D. It seems as though it were only in a few such cases of brilliant talent that t here can be any real competition between the blind and the seeing; hut a blind child like one who has lost an arm or leo, may learn to make the inns of what is left to him, and oo that end the work -rooms of the Institu- tion claim their full share of each day. The boys are taught to make mattresses, to cane chairs, and if they thave ear and brain enoagh to be turiere,- there ere models by Nfhich they may become familiar with the atomy of the piano. Te gitls learn to knit and sew by hand and.bn the machines; they embroider and make coarse lace, and are also taught cooking on little gas -stoves. Not long ago one of them had to go home because her mother was ill, and on her re- turn she was heard to say, half in joke and, hall in earnest: "Et was a bad day for me When I learnt to cook, for I was kept at it all the time." The list which is kept of the occupations followed by pupils after they leave the school gives some curious reaomg. One of the tuners in Steinway's ware -rooms is a graduate, and another was for years the or- ganist of Dr. Howard Crosby's church. An insurance broker, a prosperous news -vender Who owns three stalls, a horse -dealer, a tax - collector, a real-estate agent, a florist, are all duly recorded; but the most astonishing entries aretliose of a lumberman, a sailor *and cook, and a switelc!ander. A dog shut in a schoolhouse near Sham. olten, Pa., deyoured an .$13 map and de- cl, atroyed half thelurnifure fa his hengrY rage. iWasAhtags.f,ecwollitmia gfiartirtdotfoLill: :dija•fr:oc t.4; kfea. al e:IltPe(1:1co:unai:er;flo* .4thbeoisnevieaannty any kind, a cFoinitt;i;ine.IA: present era o men t began, was need ed, the f-irer w as elroa-strolntil!:ceb IVd steamship of t the inventor a in their work, van of of improve:nen the corn plant for sou-ing and Ver -prepared s The increase better than th grain crad:e, placed by the rake, .and later hay elevator, b in the Lan/ wi le'heh, aPvc s e: el fr ldtctliesA and cffet:ive a thine, and vehi wneat fields wit grain, gathers it as nimbly and k the strongest h then tosses the acres for its day' work of twenty plow, the /nod andt.hefser3c ifibiu grown oe the cost of the f whole cist of 111 to that of the pl ods of fifty years Fe-rrn:ng is n workman rides a chine, holding t the lever, in his will, hitch the lo cover twenty-five PERFECT is now almost co use on which th- guide it while a and a big finger In the ground, a soil wbile somet water on the Iola are thus set whi Or another takes cuts them, an cuttings and a q ready for the you bacco, the cabbag are planted, or ma of the former cos raApinddity. the - harvest so to speak, by ma the. straw, cleaned ed in elevators, ru miles in the time carriage for a bun stream like a river breadth of a cont. touched by the ha the engineer who touches a magic w all the various mac is done. And it have been built, r embracing the wh in all this wealth powerful stea,mshi transformed into a, roads, are but cliff commerce act in m ture, as different f ing animal of the p al germ from whiell has grown to the conduct these vast up the work of ma - But as the soil I,/ and the wealth of has to be fed, and the chemist, and e smelter of iron, an the bowels of the minerals are busy NEE DS The use of artificial factu e of them are account in this cat of phosphates fro gathered, and not procured from the and farmers owe t skillful inventors methods of making the injurious phosp the iron and saved ers in growing incr And the potash, place the thousand from the land ead wheat and other f wholly supplied by it is a refuse and a there is not an lads fuse or waste tha thing for the use of the world, but the share of work and do this. This mut upot man, and inte by any means to be tion, for as each bec oped it is perceived upon to assist the o tricate the new met that mutual aid cessity. a a thousand wa_ of brain and hand h ables him to supply the world all the ../lo The garden is cult labor-saving tools, t remodeled by new surprising kind. A separator and the b • THE MOS n their novelty. A spinning around an revolutions every slight difference in the milk and cream, ate, and the cream drum is quickly gat the many previous o milk and its final p with and in an hour yields up the golden Scientific study an have thus revolutio "ill- while the