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The Exeter Advocate, 1889-8-22, Page 2I•r•IF fats RIGHTS ititaERVED4 trip M. yoar works :1" said Fraeer one soca-. 1 ook place in silence, both D b UNDER AN AFRIC SU Iwhen he had been watching angrily the and Helen woederhog how it wits that looks whleb,Digbe dtreoted. ab Helen. they had nee nottea4 thet te wee b1- « Ell 'll Ata whorl You 1/1goen said Red- terly cold, the wind boiaterouse and the grOves due eeee rote painful end wearying to A de, ' To morrow be it thee," mad met gr 0. They were 01440lotie of nothin& skve c dream,_ with. a, world ot beauty apread oat below. Etg.ht thousentl feet, tag had bon told* was tee height et the qutescent -Olean° t but the words had fallen upott deaf oast fer there was a goation, asking MO at tile Portals. of tneir hears a 'How is this to end?" The ena ores gething low the west as ethde;pated zo upno mooareth isamtlzo4ent.cluini, wotebemrizeuart they eeetned taore dreamy and sweet, than evert. el' a er and Redgrave were well 941 ahead; the track wound here mule there; but dim as the Woodland became tiae mule was .f_a- minim With_ the way, ea paced alowly on with its bridle epee its neck, and Digby walking now with his hand upon t he eaddle- bow. I" Helen!" he said, and his voice was a whieper among the pines. She did not veldt ; hut het hand was timidly resigned to hie grasp, and the next: morneet his erme were about her. "My darling 1" were his words ; I love you with ell a mat* fleet true love I" There was no reply, a. timid shrinking, and with a, eon Helen let her head rest upon his eherader, as if that were the piece where she might duel eafety from the fate that seemed to her a ova than death. There Was a strange grating noises meal eat Might have been made by frightened bird, but it WAlleeneed by ivory geltetng and grindiug upon, ivory. Digby atexted round to see dimly, half.e., deem yards away, Ramon standing by the bele oi one Of the thiekeet pines, while a cheery vole° ahead elatieted beak " Opmeo you people; don't Mee your way.' (TO 3X coeoloceo) The „herder Of A Liner,'" We grumble At 4 hotel or on booed ehip 11 our feel is notexactly whet weeleeires but few lave any idee of the provtelon needed On GAO of the AreerIcert littera, The posengete on the Royal Melt etemmehip Umbria, on one of her recent voyages from, New York to Liverpool, cemented the following i-9,500 ponds et beef, 4,000 pouude of mutton, 900 pounde of tenth, 250 pounds of veal, 100 pountle of pork, 149 pomade of pickled lege of perk, 600 pounds of corned tonnes, 700 peewits of canted beef, 2,000 pounde el (Malt fish .20 pound* of olvt it feet, 18 puede of calve& heede, 450 fowl', 240 spring eltiakems 129 deem, 50 turkey*, 59 geese, 600 equeles, 300 ties of =ditto, 300 plovera,175 pounds of isaneages, 1,200 pounds of ham, 500 pounds of bacon, 10,000 asp, 2400 quarts of milk, 700 pounds of butter. 410 pounds of ocifee, 87 pounds of tott, 900 peunde of auger, 100 pomade of rice, 200 pound* of barley, 100jere of jam mid jelly, 50 bottlee of pickles, 60 bottles of Memo, 20 berrele apples, 1t1 bexee lemous, 80 bexea of Oranges, 0 'Wee of potethee, 24 barrels cf flour.—tFall Men Gezette, GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. " A trip—a walk?' said Ramon, terninct th ' id 11' ieherkly. CRAFTER III. 1 way up a peelt theeugh his gretuadoefollowt. : " Ge ; Way to the works," which the I te delightietelioates WOW is uuknowe, the eteep otone, from. ,' conld take the g!i4s m tO-MorreW, RedgraveT.,, my dam, dm 1 ot wwalvo 4 ed attwillingly bv Feaser, te a oat ib in 0 Ale yet; very iatexesting,--You will Mo qad yo tt 0./4 EiaT your Mete by selecting that right away to SSA eta OM .018 BleeWng The letter Sledded. I heat aran prefer. Africa, dome by the sea- towrthiaa 10010 wail to.nlattt,,, eau Rxi, "1 wish you a pleasant day. Yoe will start earl- esitis is far 9" .70 • " Yea. SOU after =arise. 1 shall have everything ready, gentlemen, Bo be here in good time." Ramon smiled to himself ate he went away in tlae beat of humor that ztight, but he emit, eel teci soon, Redgrave ow it, aud he was very thoughtful as he bade his other vieieers good - $!Ore Italy where you atand; few hun- dred feeb higher le the mountains, France ; them Eagleatd ; and Norway and its enowe at the top of the volcano. A man °eight to be happy tare," Artd. you are nob?" said Fraser dryly. " No, and yes, Of course, I'm Impey In say garden vettle my child, bet-- There, hang it all, ray deer boys 1" he oeleel, In ffieed-buntenred ateery tese. 'how on e Man be happy with a load of deb" Digby listened, bat his eyes were directed gerden. ?'Yea,".1continued Reagrave ; "I've been leo confeendedly unlucky. To epeculetive, iperhapa ; but I came out here t wenty years *go As a epeceletion, and I'm A StUbberU ff,GeeX MAD. sir; I aill not be beaten. But rve gat hold of the right, thin at lot." d whet% that "Salpher, dr. Tm worklug up that at the top ot the mountein. Yote shall am the 'Vote if yea% comet—A,11,1zerett Kelly. We tower ventured to import o plea°, gentle- man ; but we heve a gelter,and tnetta seat if we peeltieo mohtly, we shall nong." 4114 yoo with me to sing, fetter 1" sal. the girl, oloerteg elightly M elm mot Itigho's 441400 gaze. 'Yea, ray deer, if you aro net too tired.' "Oh ne, the eaid ; and she croeeed the wont w reech down Avatar henglog by dee ribleon from a udi in the well. The two Eegliehmen heti hem a fortnight. Ili Isola, and, attrotive as the'elm* !bad Forted wItle ;tit woodreoe vegetation gare, bill, And ereter, RsOgremen pretty11:31-Reg- lish vifla Seemed to be the spot which drew *ma to it again and agate, The days would ito Patted in VolletrWieg the moat, eitt-of-the- Way perte et tee bleed end addiug to Fraeen vollectieu *44 they would reture, tired nob, to the little unto, where their dark - oiled moot -ached taztelledy hod prepared a lltibetAntial meal alter which there wood ehocelate audn (ter, fellewed by ; "4 eaya Zereeet, what de you sey to a walk op te Petagtavele 1 Ile will net see raueb Eeellala *agitate" when we are gem° Freeer elwave leeked, timely* /levitated, and merited ou the OM el refuslog; hallo trevarietly ended by dein to go, till it be. abatatee a mater of couree for them to tind tether and dAuglater standingoitartiag b *e rouola gate between the prickly -pears, Itselgreventehlitg oae of hle homemade cigars, end lielee avoctieg with a salutes ri ex Freedoms itt her eyes which seemed to geese laight by night. /ten, there would be more chocelete nu 'there, in the delicienza evening, with the scent d oratme bleseoro fioatiug around, and theelseem of the great Allende nfllowe, oft etted by the diatence, coming up like a haat murmur from far below. Delimme dretursy evettlege, with see, eke dud shadows of the coining eight, end the etowly developing Stare, all tending to give au indelleable aomething to the place 'which wound to hold the visitors as Oa thrall. It hid been so night after nights with the wetly dowbeek to the pleature in the pre ammo of Senor Ramon, who teemed to he -quite at haute at this villa, and polite and !deadly, to a degree ;but witose warmth no term (teemed to thaw the two Eaglialueen. This night, Renton, watt absent at lets home watterter of a league on the other sIde of tht little port ; and as aeon as the gniter ;thing: had been tuned, Helen eeng first one SUCi then weather of the old ba/lade et home, tht Vocal growIng darker, mai the faces of thot vrettene tame iudietinot, till enddenly Red •gore darted up as his ohild'a sweet spot - p ghetto volcocemati, the lot note of the {clear vibrating in the fragrant air. Roonde too hot," mild Redgrave husk- By--" Coma and have a walk round, rra eser." "Poor paps 1" said Helen, rising as ht left the room, followed by Fraser with. 2112. willing step. Ie anything wrong?' sail Digby, lay tog hie hand upon the guitar, as if in pro -trot. , "It was mymother's fevonrIte song," amid Illelett sadly, "She used to sing ito I re 'membered the air, and found the words one elay in her desk. I sang it to him one even lag as a eurprise, and hie emotion frighten -eel me.; but ever since he makes me sing it whenever I take down the guitar. He says 4filerings him back the pasta; but it tadwaya snakes him Rad." There was a few momenta' silence ember miming to both. Digby had %verde lilting to his lipa which he longed to speak; but lie checked them, as he felt that he laad no tight. •• Let us join them now," said Helen, try - lag to draw away the guitar. "No, no; cot yeb," cried Digby. "One Atmore song—will you 1P—may 1 ask you! the Spanieh song I heard you singing that -slay you were gatherine flowers." Helen drew her breath so sharply that there was a sound in the darkening room as steps were heard upon the silvery pumice- eatigby enek back in his chair with a feeling *of =eery crashing down upon him such as Bernet' raged and stormed. Redgrave for babel never felt before. g_o_thize Oaganarhsis y-Sdpapnlimayga hineduoationt and grew an idiot!" he said to himsel renebulldog °heti- ' **What business had I ever to harbour such nuaY• alhonghte ? But if it had been another, I Then Rate= threatened as he showed his rtheuld noebave cared." white teeth. "Mischief may come, my dear He kweve he was thinking a lie as he Redgrave," he whispered. esemed to stare be& into consciousness, for In an instant Redgrave's strong hand e "elm chords of the guitar rang out in ,ttibt gripped hire by the shoulder, and his gray 'a eyes flashed fire into the Spaniard% dark t -miner refrain, and before him he could elm" ly Bee:Helen on the other sides orbs. "Don't try it," he said fiercely. loomiindow, seated opposte the w , while th"You have an Englishman and a Soot 130 moot pure notes thrilled him through and deal with, sir, and those two together can = Ahrough. beat the world, let alone Spain. Read your M the'Bsong seemed different now. In history, sir, if you don't believe. ensue .eplace of the vivid greenery of the wood, and Spaniards fight with knives ; we Englishmen ttiralexe of the singer looking bright, happy, with our fists. Knives break, fists break too but they break people's heads. Thwo's -*and =prised in the encounter, everything metephorioal, Senor Ramon, but there's a /was dark and oppressive ; even the sonff good deal of truth in it, all the same. zoomed end, while it was as if a blow ha Don't threaten, sir. You've got me down, teen etruck as the butt note rang out and a -voice iran the window cried "Bra-va I but I might be dingerous if you tempted me to kick." ' "brava 1" with the addition of hearty plead - "My dear Redgrave, this is absurd," said grey°, peinting to- whet eeemed like et feint eiesid where the laet rays of the deperted dey atilt lingered. "It's beantiful world thista, bad world." "Paradoxical," said Veaser dryly. "ea* air, We swan it, and, meke 11 bed," There was a long ellenee,„ during which they sat and tweaked ; and from time to time, faintly heaed, onto the tinkle of Itelen'e guitar. "You have been so fdendly to as, adr. Redgreve," said Fewer at last, "and you seem So ieolated Tea; thiS Ieola," aaid the other with lealf " A etratmer ameng strengere, that I teOe the liberty ot speaking,'" continued Fraser, without heeding the interruption, " Toe are in trouble?" "To the very eyes, air." " Cot I. as a fellow -countryman, help oe ?" " No " Redgrave shortly. "1 le;g your perden, meant well." "01 couree yet; dlds my dear sirs and I et* yen ; hat you emdt help me,—I have two greet treeblee—debt, and Iry deugjeter," tt eeree—and bleming," laid, Femme doylY. aIt it to U yen likes air" cried Redgrave *not homely ; but I owe thee ,S_peniale deg more that; I Cala ever pay him. He hes lea viet AA in my foolish desixe speonlete, tempting me to borrow of him, ail if he were my best friend, and I could not ten it, I hews uo Meana of provtng It; but I feel merelly certain that he hew used his greet littlatmee ea the elelleat men, he the Weed to entlermine me, in me, Wee, And now he der:lamb peyment in " W'ell, air; pay "I cannot,' "Y44 IstaVe net the IIICAndl" "Yes, I have ; but I cenitot pay him:' " gey I ask why bight - "Nelly, my darling," ho said as they TO entered, the honee, "it is very gold up the mountain, and the way there ia marching and chesty ; but if I 'had the eide.saddle clapped on otie of the mtdett you could go with in-" The and aspect fled from Helen's face on the instant, *Ah yes 'ehe cried. ‘4Thatte right," said, father, "Then be ready. %bide boota and cloak ready for the cold," Heden ilatig her arms about necir, and hicl her fece. for A Moment in his breast be- fore Vetting him and ovine' "Good night," "I've seen him smile befoze," said Red. grave midi:melt ; "and it meanie reieeitief. As man we we were mit el the way, he woad, be here peeteeleg my peer giti, Cheelemate, tinned "Treaolteroue ereenyet lead," old Remelt, ete he returned home, " Tem eietd Fraser soddenly, as the two walked together 410WA the steep elope, "Bit Yee 1' geld Digity with a Meet "What do you, eay to getting beck to Santa Cruz and, trying to patele one of the Castle baste beele?" No.n " Ehr " I eald Ihn very bed, out of sorts, Berme ; and thla oleo ID dolug me workla of good. Emptatiosilly, No. Beside; you have not half -done the leland yet, 'YOU said so the other day." "True: I did." "Then do it properly teldle you Are here; and don't bother. Whys you, ere alwaye " BeGeUte he will tot take money." wet:abate go hem," "What do you Mean Freon countenerne grew more ead eta he "What did old Sbelttele itutist opo gez eidowise At his compeetion% lumpy 1 ?" leo, and be eigleed gently. " Young—hauch t'llie pond et Hole?? ' somew.valatil0P he old to himself; "and 44Yes. I might borrow a y him; be Oven her dearly ; while ahem— ne but be indite aaell Inevinir to d uglitar's seemed to /lave come upon A confused, mantel tanglement, And ie Wes owe mintites after "Ba eiteulmed 1'4'5354 " they 55t blindly bluntletiog on throw& ZOIRD of there in the dark. theughte that behteill oftly ; "Metter* are AUtl. Ghe Into him" gettiog in A knot," There wm A FOOOD4 "As mu* as you Air. "Ba V" ejaculatediFraeer again. "There: come beak, and join the yolluit folko, Fraser, lfeel better, now morale one knowe my trenble.—Kemplil there he is nein." For RAMOded VOIDO WAS beird speaking loud enough, and directly after the Our men, encountered. That eight Remote and Itedgrave walked part of the way back with the 'two visited; ; and atter they heel petal, Renton stopped ehort. " Gatelealgitte" odd Redgreve "No, senor; It Is not good:night," odd the Spaniard haughtily. 'How log do then English title? beret" "I don't know; they are their own neesteradt "Yee, Senor Itedgreve ; and 1 am yours. their presence here lieplemes me. Let them go.), Ile strode why ; and as Redgrave walked slowly back, he 'truck the palm of his left band a tremendone blow with his fist and Bald something English—only ono word, but it was vary English indeed. CHAPTER IV, Another fortnight had posed. Sammie= had been made along the shore to where the huge billows thundered in. Digby has nuts tered his antipathy 44 tar as to allow him- self to be let down by A rope in company with Fraser to inspect the mummy caves, where, in the moat &mumble spots, the ancient inhabitants of the island buried their dead; and here Frazier had descanted upon facial angles, prognathic jaws, width of cheekbones, height of forehead, and the like, as he stood before Digby, holding an antique skull. Botanical npeol teens had been procured; geologieal exain- pies collected, and packed in bottee for Iran sit home ; insects had beeucaptured, and duly stuck; and the troglodytes of the blend visited in their eavernerillages, where they dwelt dirtily and zeourely. in caves, which Were similar to those used 112 the past by the Gumming as catacombs, being really huge ruptured bubbles formed, by volcanic gases in the molten atone, when the. great mountain of rhe interlor poured forth in eruption the rookeformed fluid of the interior of the earth. While ever, night after night, as if drawn by a magnet, the two visitors found their way to Redgrave's honee, *here the master was gravely friendly, an ke Doted how his child's sad countenance lie up as the familiar foot- aif a painful sob. Then there was silence as path, 4449' Ramon. "You misunderstand me. We Diebvaprang to his feet with the hot '---- .-• are the best of friends. I will say no more. alblood in bis cheeks. -"'Ah, reY dearSenor Digby, I did not We two cannot afford to quarrel. I look , , ?' From that moment Ramon was smiles and 'know -you were there.—le not Helen's voice upon you as my father, yet to be." Adenomas. Rigby tried to speak, but bit his lip with good -humor combined. Placid aa one of the volcanees of the island, sleeping and covered image, for the, words Would not come ; and Ramon continued : "Come, senor, °71fe by time with gratis and flowers', with nothing' c ,she sings our Spanish songs In a way whisshl to tell that they were not pleasant mounds,. -element yours' in the shade ?" "Miss Redhratte's eirming ie a pleasure to Amax," said Digby coldly.—" Shen we join 'your father in the garden?" ' "Thank you, Mr, •DIgby ; not this even- ting,'. aaid Iielen, her voice sounding as if it died caught the inflation of his. "But you will come, my dear senor," ;said Ramon. "I have brought you a few of any latest: madb cigars." An the meantime, ,Redgrave he.cialert the CHAPTER T ." (doing with ua—you 1 cried Diem as he entered the pretty room at Redgreve'a the matt morning, to thed A delicious break. feat spread, Anti Helen standing rody to re- ceive bite ha a riding -habit specially adapted to the place. "You will not think nec IA t110 way? size old playfully. Freon countenance looked more sombre AS he took the hand extended to him, and smiled, molly ea he followed Digby'e example and expressed hie delight. To both men that clay WAS 4 dream of a wondrom journey upward akin a, flower - strewn trauk towards a demo cloud, whittle eon after enveloped them, and through which they laboriously climbed to find them- seivea in a now region, where the air waa cooler, and fragrant with the odour of the resinous piece through which they passed; and as Diem led Etelenht tattle, they talked little, but listened to the ramie of the birdie aud the gurgle of water, and caught from time to time among the tree -tops glimpsee of the deeding blue sky. Theyspoke but seldom, but weut on with their oyes fixed upon Fraser and Redgrave, who led the way aorae fifty yards ahead, but stopped from time to time for the laggards to overtake them, And Ad mire Berets fresh view. And all through that temperate summer zone the birde sung around them; and to Digby they sang only of love, and to Helen of what might be. But the sadness in her breast suffused her eyes, with tears. Where was a black Shadow always before her; and when, after riding her mule through some rougher part, Digby turned to seek ber gaze, the averted it with a sigh, but to own to herself that all tbis WAS very sweet, and she knew that she had never before enjoyed a day like this. This fir -tree zone came to an end; the cool &rheas and soft silence of the shady glade gave place to a rugged puiniemstrown desert, where fine dust rose at every step, and the aun poured down with blinding power. A weary, weary tramp to sons; but to those two who hung be- hind, a dreamy time of bliss, through which they journeyed on hour after hour, till a wooden hut was reached, where the mule was tethered; and Fraser now, at Red- graye'a suggestion, offered his arm to help Helen up a emdery elope to the edge of the mountain crater, the party then descending a htutdted feet or so into a hollow, where Fraser forgot everything bee the delight he found in gathering specimens of sulphur orystale—pele straw colour, rioh yellow, and brilliant scarlet. "Yes, this is my last venture," old Red- grave auddetdy. My men comet up here bo dig the sulphur, of vehicle there as no end, atore it for me in the tent below, and we ship it off home. But you had better not stay long; the sulphur gas comes up strong to -day." "What would happen if there was to be an eruption now, Mr. Redgrave ?" said Digdy. This party would never know," was the serious reply. "Then I wish to goodness Senor Ramon were here, and this party safe at home, 11 11 did blow op," aaid Ingby in a half-whieper as he glanced at Helen, who shook her head at hitn sadly; and he saw her eyes fill with tears. Fraser was a dozen yards away, stoopitm to pick up. yet another crystal, while Red- grave was walking towatde him. 't Forgive me," whispered Digby. "They were `the words'of a thoughtlese boy." Her.look said so much 'that he caught her hand and raised it to his lips, but only got it tote drawn timicllyeawav. Well, Fraser, whet you're ready," said Iteclgrave. " It's a long way ' beck .; the winctes high ; the gases bed, atid the dust blows. It's very cohl too.—Shall we go till a stick Wad tinttet in deeply, AnC1 then ni back ?" faint vapour arose, Invisible to the eye, but 1, Fraser assented;'and Ilegby gave way to diffusing an odour of sulphur that was him as he onto forward to help Helen to strangely suggestive of heat far down below: /,01inab up the side of the orator to the edge, Redgrave was always friendly to the two whence, efter, a brief gaze round at the men, but he made no pro/meals for trips in , glorious view, they all deacendecbto the but, the Wend; he novel; invited them to come. I and partook of the luncheon they had do nothing," he need to mutter to brought. Helen remounted the mule, mid himself. "My. attempts ;always fail. I'll Digby took the bridle once more as her leave everything to fate," , fatherand Fraser ,went on. " When are we to have title leng-talked.of ' The first part of Inc descent Artifioied In the Paris exhibition is exhibited a collo di= produce of A remarkable theraater, neither more nor leas than an attlfielitl talk. To numufacture 11 pyroxylne was first prepared by the convention of it apeolelly pure cellulose, obtained from certain parte of young wood, and then dissolved Ina mixture thirtreighb parts of other and forty-two of alcohol. Through A aortas of coneentrie tubes the collodion is forced out, under pregame, in a stream, and then intmedietely solidines by content witit water, the t.hread so produced being wound off on a bobbin. Next, this thread is denitrated by being soeked in weak mittio acid, which renders it insoluble in ether and alcohol, and also non- explosive, The threads aro zow dried and need as ordinary ailk ; they are capeble of being dyed, and aro about threctehnoters of the textile atrength of ordinary ocoaon silk. itt appearenoe 11 19 ateted M excel the natural produot of alik-worm, CheenOter t110 ICOy to 611O0Q00- Two fundateelital psythological elements: to be always studied among any people are (Ammeter and intelligence, Character id in- finitely more hnportant to the moos of an Individual or e race than intebigenom Rome In her decline, orteinly possessed zuor shit - odor minds than the Rome of the orher ages of the republic. Brilliant artists, elo- quent rhetoricians, and graceful writers ap- peared then by the hundred. BM she was nicking in men of manly and energetic char- acter, who may perhaps have been careless of the refinement of art, but were very care- ful of the power of the city whose. grandeur, they had founded. When it had lost all of these, Rome bathe give way to peoples much leas intelligent but more energetic. The (tongued of the ancient, refined, and lettered Grteco-Latin world by tribes of semi -bar - barons Arabe constitutes another example of the SAM kind. History is full of such. 411 A Submerged Forest. During the late violent storms in the channel the sea washed through a high and hard sand bank neer the Isle of St. Ildale, France, nearly four meters thick, laying bare a portion of ancient forest; which WAS already passing into the condition of coal. This forest at the beginning of our era cover- ed an extensive tract of the coast; but with the sinking of the land it became submerged and covered up by the drifting sand. Mont Saint Michel once stood in the middle of it. The forest had quite disappeared by the middle of the tenth century. Occasionally, at very low tido after storms, remaine of it are disolosed„ just as at present. It is be- lieved that some centuries ago the highest tides rose about 12 metres above the level of the lowest ebb. Now the high water level is 15.5 meters above thelowest. The Manchester Ship Canal. Anyone unconvinced by a sight of the canal itself that the task of making ib is a serious one would assuredly be tonverted if he saw the plant and maohincify at work. Though the canal ie only 35 miles long, there are about 200 miles of railway line laid down on or near its banks, and 150 loco- motives are at work upon them to remove the soil des out by 15,000 human and 80 steam navvies. One of these latter has been known before now to feel:thin 650 railway waggon, holding feur °ebb:garde apiece, in the course of a day. Bet when there are 50,000,000 cubic yards to be excavated 2,600 is e. mere flea tate. In all the greund at the present moment is valued at upward £700,000.- [Merrayet adage zine. A Surprised Bond Street Bauder. Oe ' "Mrs. Scraggs, hand me the butter, please," "Mr. Derringer, it' e exhausted." "Why, you surprite me I I thought it was strong enough to lace a long time," The English sparrow at home is being discovered painted yellow and being sold as a canary, HOUSEHOLD. kettle, a layer of potatoesalternetely till al are used. Seaton each layer with ealt, pepper and eprinkle with a little flour, l'our 111:Mte Made Portieres. enough boiling water luto the kettle to cover the contents. Cook slowly till the potatoes are doneythen add one pint of melded milk, Split a dozen etrackere, dip them IA boiling water and lay in a tureen. Pour the chewdh cr ea the craeltera, Serve the pork eel% it. The Most elaborate effects may of ten be produced with very ordinary materials, and this is the secret vvleich, once mastered, gives unlimited t cope to the inventive talent of the home decorator. A portiere for summer hi often desirable, for certetio reasona it leaves euch, a gap in the rooms when the heavy winter drapertes are taken down, And yed they must be die. itemised with in order to have the necessary eiroutedion ot air during the summer :meths. In this ease a pretty subetitate for a winter drapery ie A portlere made of rope,—the or- dinarY cotton clothes -lines Will do Wooly if the macrame rope, whIeli le sold for hanumok Itanginget oleo is not attainable. A rope portiere is not difficalb to make. Cub the rope In lengths to reach trona the pole to within six inches of the floor, and attach each length to a ring. Make a Owlet at the lower end by frioging outt the rope about eight inchee and tying a knot above. Variety may be afforded by tieing alternating leegthe of rope, or arranging them le greduat- ed lengths so that they will form points at the bottom. If a curtain pole and rings are too ex. aeneive, ose a ruetio pole and eerew in le, 40 4 straight line, as: maey screw-eyee as there are lengths of rope, and attach each length at rope to a ecrew-eyee then foto the pole ,tp to the door casting with. leather bawls or A loop ofrope. The expense of thia redly an tietio hanging is enlythe price of tbe rope and a few cents for the screw -eyes. The Portiere can be parted auywhere, As ;hoe Of tlap- anoe bamboo mut beads are, Ma needs, no looping, as it leeks better hanging perfectly straight. 1•••••••••••` The Care of Shoes, A. woolao whe onderatande the economy of dreea will oever buy A 01195P pair of allege, No poorer investment cap be made, far besides giving ant in shorter time then a drat:deo article it will look 'shabby and warn long before Its altould do se. But any ;thee, no matter how costly or well-eheind la the beginuing, will lose Ite freahneas speedier if not properly cared for, This is eapectally applicable to those made of Front* ]4d, whieh every litIle bruiee and touch wane purple. A, rale observed by many women, and A good one ihproves, too, is never to weer a 'treat alto en the helm. 44 reolvea harder treatment, etrasage W say, dram lautuerone inevitatle collielona wItle *elides of furniture then le would sin double the amount of street wear. Another sensible modem la to reserve a pair of teetotaler wetweeether WOST leaving Pielgeat Pag.—One and a hall pounds of rump eteak, -two or three pigeons, three slices of celd boiled ham, pepper and kale to tote, two ones of batter, four egge, puff or other paste. Out the steak into pieces aboet three inches square, and with, ib line the bottom of a deep pie dish, seasoning it well with peppee and Belt. Clean the pigeons, rub there with pepper and, salt inside and mit, and Fut into the body of each rather more than half an ounce of butter; lay them on the steak, and a piece of ham on each pigeon. Add the yolks of four eggs, and half fill the dish with good stole ; place a border of puff pots round tne edge of the dish, put on the cover, and manna it in any way that may be preferred. Clean the feet, and place them in a hole made in the oust at the tide ohows what kind, of a pie it he (alaze the cram, that is to say, brush it over with the yoke of an egg, awl beke Pi in a well - heated oven for about an hoer and a querter. British Investors in the U. 5. BrItath capitalists heve been inveating their money in the moat wholesale manner of late in the United States, Twenty.seven roillione sterling are said to have gone into breweries alone; largo Bums have been ex. pended on Rem mills, and an inaMenee putt, oboe of dry geode honeett bs now pre:Toed. in the midab of the flow of wealth utte the Republic oomes a note of warning to the capitellate who, are thin poutiog them money lino 4 country which le auythieg but friend. ly to Bathe mad el whoa differing State lewe toed State rights they have little hum - ledge, It le pc:bated out that many of the in- divdual States of the Mika hoe adopted an extremely hostile attitude towards alien in- vestors In their real estate and that while the British capitalist will ind himself safe in ovum States, in others be will runeenaveriehe of lotus bill entire investmeut, tate laws or the State of Pennsylvania are extremely hart* in this particular, and the Minnesota Legislature has recently emoted, that it shall be unlawful for any one who is not a citizen, or who does not proem to bootee one, or for any orporittioe not created by or under the lowe of the Republie or of the States team quire, baIti or own mei tenet°. While mom *rotate found to evade *hoe regoiremetem of the taw, it will atilt be evident that on- elderable danger eXiets for the incautious or igoorant invader, and that it any hoatrie them to nab in a comfortable bag between 1 Newish Ammon hemmed en the country, ella times. Nothing tells Against the beauty olit i exelly deo during election times, the footgear en numb 53 getting It wet, nud Britialt capitallet might nave bltter mune for regrettbeg his faith in the frierdehip of the United States people. - 4 recent: cartoon bus New York paper hies off the prevent altustion very well. John Bull la repreeented with a number of bags of gold imaging from hitt belt as ap- proaohlug Creole Sem with the remark " A lot of trouble to bay you up piece- meel ; whet will you take for your whole blooming country, anyway 1" Cenadiane outiot bub with thee the Britielt investor, in his own intermit DO W011 as In atire, Would utilize more of his wealth than he now does in building up the greet raining aud other industries of which this couutry is omoeble, and which would afford him a attie and pay- ing investment, even with ruldenv no amount of diligence will prevent the dampness from the skirts reaching the =WO", Shoes thole, be re, moved inunediately on Arriving at home, the duet and soil wiped away with a clear:, soft rag, and then they should he placed to, gather in a separate pocket of the sloe -bag uutil wented again. If this coma la Overt- Ablypuraned a considerable owing at money, linuts and temper will be Added 40440 =Add ISOZVIDO derived from evert an hider. for <malty of leather. NeVer wear A shoe unbuttoned if you care for it shapeliness, and never be satisfied when you, do button It li all those little monks are nob in place, The wearing of a alto even ones or twice with a pair or trio of buttous gone from it tells on Reap- pearance in the long ran. Patent button - fasteners aro unsistiefaeMry, for if the shoe draws even the least bib about the =Idea the mental clamps anow, and oven the moat peralatent system of hlaokening fails to keep them from looking brassy. A small box of round shoe,hattene wiek curved needle and lengths of course linen thread alrody out should have a placein the top drawer of every woman's drawling - case, or obiffonier, Then the task of replac- ing a mining button simplifies Rolf wonder itlY.Olchitn'abh°eaIutianiVlYP;patent loeeitgetteullneVerbtee,t in their romps buttons, Usti:nem, leather and all are apt to disappear. A good plan to WO ollt regarding thoes for the little ones is to rub them well velth castor oil be fore they are worn ab all. This makes the leather pliable, fille up theytoree, and pre- vents it from cracking. For their every- day. shoes once In two weeks isnot too often O oil them. At first the oil will give them a gray Ilook, but after an hour or so is passed the finish they show is nice and oft. If shoes get wet smooth them into as good shape as poasible and place them in a me- dium warm atmosphere to dry. This takes a longer time than if dried close to the fire, but they will be in much better condition when wanted. Leather hardened by drying too euddenly can be restored by the applica- tion of castor oil well rubbed in. Two or three breadths of ingrain carpet, according to the size of the space to be cov- ered, and of the length required, sewed to- gether, and hemmed at eaoh end or bound with oarpee binding, make 5 very nice rug, and so do lengtha of Chinese meeting put together in the same way. The breadths of matting will have to be joined together with twine the two edges overhanded together loosely with a tudineedle, so that the edges will meet flatly when the matting is lam down. The ends may be bound with strips of scarlet or gray cloth, and the matting rug. when not in use, oan be rolled up and set on end in a corner of the hall, Choice Iteolpee, Cmiamao Boca—Slice in quite Wok slices four hard- boiled egos, roll each slice in melted butter and coat with flour. Bring to boiling point one quart of sweet milk, add one teaspoonful of minced onion, two table- spoonfuls of butter, mit and pepper to sea- son, and lest of all add the eggs. Boil five minutes and serve hot. COME CA,—Ona pint of bread dough, one-half oup of butter, one oup of sugar, one teaspoonful of cinnamon; mix all well to- gether, rolling into „a thin sheat; after ris- ing until light, place in baking pans. Let the cake nee until light, then cover the top of each with this mixture: two tablespoon- fuls each of sugar and butter'one teaspoon- ful of cinnamon • beat well together, than spread over eaoli cake and place in the oven five minutes. Serve warm or cold. STAAB= INDIAN PlIDDING.—One pint of granulated cornmeal, one pint of sour milk, one pint of chopped suet, one cupful et mo- lasses, pnetableepoonfril of salt, one teaspoon. fill of soda dissolved in one tablespoonful of hot water and added to the last thing (this is considered better than mixing soda with milk.) Steam three hours or longer and serve with • mol sees sauce In summer -time , ,„ add one pint of berries and one pint of apples. In using uncovered molds in steaming, the surface can be kept perfectly dry if the steamer is unaovered during the steaming. nut CHOWDER.— Cat three -and -a -half pounds of haddock into about eight piecee ; fry three thiok slices of salt pork slowly and take them up, chop agood-eized onion and fry in the fat, then having pared and sliced 1 eight potatoes, put a layer of fish' in the Popular 13, ohs. Many people deplore the fact that Wien is by far the most popular orb of reading matter with patrons of public libraries, it h safe to say, moreover, that they lay the blame for this ghee of affairs to the younger readers. But there is evidence to miaow that ea, title Is a mistake. The New York "Com. menial Advertiser" reeently sent out a serious of queations respeeting the alms of books taken from public „libraries, and the following answer given to one ot them by he librarian let 1114lanapo1iti is imbatantiany the lareo te that given by the officials at Columbus and Boston: "Tho popular belief tbat boys and gide use the public, library for the purpose of steeping themselves inflation is not held by librariant nor home out by foto. It is a common everyday eighb to see a boy or girl pass proudly out from the library with a book much beyond their years, to be fol. lowed some time later by their hind, tender mother, or their hard headed father, with a very light novel. The statistics of reading in public libraries show theft in every thous- and volumes of fiction circulated, two-thirds raeraedtetty by adults and one-third by young It is to the seniors, therefore, that we MUOD look for improvement in this raetter. Evidence that a Man is Fearfully and. Wonderfully Made. An old preacher, after services one Sun- day, announced his reading for the following Sunday. During the week, some mischiev- ous boys obtained his bible and pasted two of the leaves together, right where he was to read, Sunday morning corning, the aged divine opened his book, and read as follows: "and Noah took unto himself a wife who was"—and here he turned the leaf—' forty cubits broad, one hundred and forty cubits long." With a look of astonishment, he wiped hie glasses, re -read and verified the passage and then mid "My friends, al- though 1 have read the Bible many time, this ie the &at time I have ever seen this passage, but I take it as another evidence of the fact that man is most fearfully and wonderfully made." s Defensive Theology. Bennie is a bright five-year-old son of ao editor, The other day he came home froth-. a protracted tricycle ride. • I) • gg • " Bennie, said his father, dubI b your mother tell you not to go so far away from the house ?" " Y-e.s,' papa, but the ,devil took my breath away and wouldn't lettne remember." " Thada the old story about the devil," said Mr. Hughes, trying to look stern. "I'm afraid I shall have to spank that devil out of you.,, "Oh, the devil flew out of me just as entered the home," proteated Bennie. " B.e said, Bennie, you're in for a spanking, and spariking hurts, and I guees, you'd hotter take it yourself.' ' Then and Now. " In 1816," says a London exchange, "11 took, j wit one bushel of corn to buy one pound of Inaba; new one bushel of corn will buy ten pounds of naile. Then it required eixty-four bushels of barley to buy one yard of broad- cloth ; now the stone amount of barley will enty for twenty yards of broadcloth. It then required theTrice of enehnehel of wheat to pay for one yard of calico ; now one bushel of wheat will buy twenty yards of calico."