Exeter Advocate, 1902-11-27, Page 7t
'4 A li4an With a
t
Mystery.
OUP. maybe because et her opper-
tuletties, wes the only one te $US-
pect tragedy breathing bebind the
t 4irt- -79ne of the eeetee aneing
occeponts of. Archer's tenement had
time to Peep es seulleuts of the psy-
chologinali There sa aripple of
dull excitement as the Omit, eetelitti
pest young man front nowhere, carry-
ing a small trunii and a PUZzling air
of refinement, waS x-snm going con-
ezionsiy up the ewe -mon staircase;
but it fiezesi out the first time he was
'warn to drop his voice. when the
landlerilte eut called. Down, on
hie Incise agliing for a few (Jays"
grime, sympatiteeie,, chord was
struck at once. 'Wee thest only one
Pernen troubled obout him and his
fugitive waye, min that was Gyp, the
detioate, defornien girl in the lowest
room. wile was paid to lieep the
steir arid landings reepeet,able. and
erim woe at the teen: atid call of auy-
One in the tenement wieuting at odd
lob done cheaply.
Ile iiad the sheuperlor, so !Ogle up '
thee the conaumptive nondescript
who rented it before, lain bed teen
liatown to pewee for breath on the
staireoze twenty Mutes. Gyp. with
the keen inteltigenee of her kind. Wan
tonna to note what a fareical
0.4110ant o2 funiiture bad been. eate-
ries, up. atd bow felclom the ecent
of coati -lag found its way throUgh the
domechinlis. She knew 1113 name'
nue% be Franit Meredith, because bite
teree-a. rarity in the tenementeeawnieel
frequently for They wero neoete
dyin twig envelopes, and onee
teviCe. when she carried them. tip, she
tad been ;struck by tlie twitelt of Ida
lips ae he took them awlebestily
closeed Ws door areedu. Stisangeet
O f all, be was a inert wine Wail live
without worn and without Weeds.
Regularly. at duete be went out for
alieut an hour; for the reet of the
stew be followed tho lead of the coo-
sureptine man mei eat, alone in tile)
O ttiet Wein. Donee whet? IfeaVen
alone bed an hitting. 'Puke a,, Week
Ate welted Vie elitirease nown: and
tete often peeled over that top /etude
Mg. end writes; tint her flannet
ht -
"1 know nou're very kind," he
said, again, paet nthroot-lureP.
'Thee - these reems soon get
dirty,"
Tney do, en six or seven weeke„Ie
Wout in; -the dust had, subsided. She
knelt there, wringing ner flannel, and
picturing him ot the table in the cor-
ner, No, else Sheuld never ilare to
ogee to emelt him a mean It seem
ed the most ricliculous thingin the
worl4 tbet clay; ben SoadellOW, ber
heart was heath g faster under the
blouse. that suddenly seemed too
shabby for the (13.71101a at the
thought tbot ehe lied "done him that
morsel a' good." He was one of tho
men who painfully need semen° to
look otter them - aod, in the uateire
or things, that someone could ouly
he a, Woman. It was all very well
to bave "broken hearts"; busy ga-
ged& are the things e helpless man
ueeds.
And after that - atter that Gyp,
,supronoly nanious of her own
tact, found regular opportnnitien of
doing him that littlo iierdice. Ide one
'atm; and if he could, never seem to
4024 his 'oke in thanks. he seemed
to now that any mention of
'nowt wouild bring the Wool surgiag
into her citeeiesi Juse as you ;nay
dud a. dowlese hernel in a, fool et
hmsk. 50 You may have tho heart at
a true woman beoeoth au iMPOssible
bodice. Gyp elitt it for the love of
the thing. If anyone Naggoted theit
she did it for love o the Men. *Inn
Might have found hermit unable to
answer.
Tito lower door of the tenentea
generally etocid open. Olte day. ,at
an hour when mest of tho occupaats
wero out. Gyp mew a. tali, arletocra-
tic old gentleman, with white hair
fringing his sille bat. etwing incree
dittonely in.
"Doeneneowee my son lotto hero?
moan, a Mr. Meredith?" he asked.
keeping back oeme emotion.
"There's one right at the top,"
she geld. eyeing Inim doubtrultee
"Yes. 1 think hn n.rtt-ru ahem
you."
They wet ult. She pointed. and
then retreated to the next landing.
Not for her ifeconic/ she help lies
tenipg. Site beard a bushy
"Prattle!" and then a doll bound. as
U a UAW% ia there hod leaped con-
vulsively from his welting, table, And
thew --
"What? I asked eere not to trY
and find ZUP, I told
"My liossi I've ewe/rated all Lon -
den for ;tom. YOU-lierie, in this dee!
Frank, You hinter 1 UOVCe.aut half
of white ealaill"
"gut eson fain it. I' was a goo -
1 could go. I simply
took yoU at your Word. Perhaps,
when 1 ean dhow you that I'm 110t
so worthlties, rit thla ot coming
back. Not before! YOU IlliaSiet
VOW 110rO. Yon iwed not worry. I
can (die nue te living' by writing, and
I'm in hopes--" ,
"gut. my boy, it's impoSsible
Ws btarvatioat Look at you
now! People are saying 1 ot you
go to Four mini"
"To just the roveree, it may be.
gad. if 1 have your obstinate, hasty
epirlti that is hardly my fault. I'VO
JUtc te SWallOW the lump; I'm quite
comfortable bere, whatever the place
is. No•, you bad better not come
inside -you'll go back and say I'm
mad. I'm not. rit tot you ibis
much: I" - his Yoke trembled here
-"I've been writing a. book - a.
newel. Inn in hopes it may he the
beglinting of an end. X stint it oft
last week. I've worlted at it night
and tiny. If it comes back -if It
fails -then made* that I've made
the tins -Law of my life; and i read
Make another. gut it won't. I
can't talk about it -you'd Meer un-
derstand; you'll know soon."
ty boy, you know it will oome
back -you know what things are!
You're an unknown. Publishers
Play upon names nowadays; they're
bound to. You know very well I -
why. lin have paid for it to be print-
ed and let you have your fair chanct;
you'd bo certain then of getting
healing. X don't wish to thwart
your ideas, but -let me pay that!"
A pause, as if he 'were struggling
against the sharpest temptation that
ever came to a man clutching the
lowest rung of that slippery ladder.
Then came an amazing answer.
"No! No, sir! A month ago I
might have thought twice of that,
but now - now I feel that want
my book to stand upon its merits
You don't know what a book be-
comes to its author. -Heaven knows,
bad to realize it, was all or noth-
ing with me! No, X cannot take a
penny after all you said. It. would
happen again. You wanted me to lie
to the people for the sake of a seat in
the House! A lie -yes! I told you,
if ever I spoke, it must be in behalf
of the laborer, the real builder of
Empire. I felt it then; I feel it
more than ever now. You should
come anil live here for a month!
There, you'd bettor got"
"Then, my boy, if you won't con-
sider inc. think Of that poor girl
with her breaking heart. You left
her without a. word, after you had
won her affection. Think of her!"
"I do," he said, brokenly. "I
think of her every moment I line.
I. would never let At be said that I
married her for her money. I wrote
to her wi I gave up all thoughts of
it. ' She knows -she knows that if
ever I make a naIne for myself ---
Don't-don't dare to tell her where
I am. If you do—"
His deer banged on a Sob. The
old gentleman stood for a minute as
if stupefied, and then groped back
down the eternal -stairs. He did not
seem to see the shabby .girt who
shivered buck on the second land-
ing, and Gyp's own staring eyes
merely focussed a strange mist.
* * *
Gyp knew all; knew in her crude
way that that book had come to
seem a matter of life and death to
the man. The words he had drop-
ped -the way he came out and lis-
tened When the postman knocked ---
the grey fear on his face, that van-
ished as she came up with only a
long envelope. And hero -here she
was, carrying the parcel up the
endless stairs, with a numbed sen-
sation, It had come baeIk to him.
She had taken it from the carrieine
hand. The publisher's printed ad-
dress, was on it, She had only to
lay it down beside his door, tap
aectoiset tuned MWeeeceserity, in ihoPeol
of titeerieg vontethinie, Once Ito bed
opened his door softly and caught
lair at it.
evn, beg Four pitrilon!" lin whiee
wren, (Palmy that language') "I
wondered what the eterulebing rionteli
was."
Gyp didn't mule that. bit. again.
needy tor fiedhige took' the forme
ofn vast Wender and Pity; because.
with her woman's intuition. she M-
ined many little things that ouly
woman would notice. no tees not
sued: he NSW not a, criminal in bid-
ing -his fewe told Mit; he could cony
be a. man with a rosette -ye
One night she New hire step sharp-
ly out, as usual. As it happened.
she was jut, About to run on one of '
bee own furtive errands. Gyp bad
no notion of weighing Impulses; she
followed him at a little distunate XJe
put two or three long envelopes very
=dully into the pillar -box, and
then vanished through a doorway. It
Wari the local Free Libraryand no
Noce for Gyp. There wero two
limbed rooms, one for newSpapere
and the other for magazines and VOI,-
OM% She ventured uncertainly in-
to tbe latter, as he bad hurried
straight to a newspaper stand, OS-
teneibly engrotsed by a medical di-
rectory, she watched through the
glass Partition? Ire bad turned a
certain corner of the paper and was
staring as if fascinated. Just as be
Made to tear himself away the lights
bland up disconcertingly. goth uo-
ticed-womething - she that he was
two shades whiter than usual, and
he that she had been watching hula
Bo fliehett ba.cit the sheets and walk-
ed out, with a pink spot on either
cheek. Again the impulse was open
to critieism, but it. minute or so lat-
er dm found herself scanning that
printed corner. lier lips began to
work -es they always did when she
read. There it was - something
that helped to solve the mystery,
and at the same time thickened it:
.if litetek Meredith will only com-
municate with known address, he will
. learn that bygones are bygones in
the fullest sense. Ethel, beart-brok-
dien."
That next morning, as she set ber
pail stealthily down on the top land-
ing, his door clicked; he looked out.
lt made her jump. She had been
picturing the face of "Ethel" in her
soapsuds., and her lip had curled.
tf hope as you didn't think—"
she began, and stopped, glowing with
strange confusion. Ten to one he
hart forgotten all about it.
"What's that?" he asked, absently,
In her trepidation she slopped the
water all round his feet. She was•
bi used to men who would have nailed.
down Ifer clumsiness with an oath;
but this one only stepped- bank.
"I was going to say all along,"
• she stammered, "if you'd like your
room just swept out I could do it
all under MC. ,no trouble, and
-and it must 'want it."
'Under ,one? You're Very kind,"
he said. "I don't know -perhaps it
Did you mean now?"
"Just a5 you like. I mean it's no
trouble," 'she repeated. •
He threw back the door. She stu-
diously avoided lookinr, pointedly
.-round, hut she cotild not seeing
•soniething that brushed away anoth-
er, slice of the mystery -a table in th
corner by the window, ,covered with
writing 'paper. That's what he 'did,
then -wrote all day long. , He had
no :carpet down; in five Minutes her
small broom had lightly flicked round
the walls; in five more her long one
had gathered up,. the worst of the'
dust and flue. ,He waited, on the
landing outside-. As she brusned.ithe
heap past hint -lie held otit two coins
that had grown hot in his, hand. He
• kneFf that She often thdroughlY
,cleaned a room'for four -pence.
"What's that for?" she whispered,
sharply -a girl who seldorh saw occa-
sion to 'whisper. "Put it back, or I
vron't aslc to do it again, You
_know better!''
once, and creep down nein as, fest
as possible, How right down etilY
of her!.
She wee nearly up to his landing.
She had paused. a parcel
cleenve," he had said a dozen times,
"you miglit let me hieve itat once,"
Sho had paused, elm knew oot wher.
The very silenee of hie room ewed
her. Leto leer head carne that queer
recollectioa •of the man down the
greet -the Ulan who, out of worn,
Med nese/orate, bad swollowon two --
Pennyworth of carbelie went. And
elm hermit a restle--a soft,,
sow e on th stirs behhi& as
if swine great lady were feeling her
way up., Gyp Waited -and looleed. A
sweet oval face, framed in a furi
MOM above the lending -the dark
velvet oYeS in It were looking be-
seeehinglY, fearfully, up into hers.
level Gyp koew what bad happened.
It was the women ies tie woreen
whose heart was his, the woman wbo
had come to Ond and take him
awitiei And Gypis red hands cletch-
ed the pared in a stmeen of eeariousy.
"Mr. Meredith? They told inc• he
The sweet whisper broho off.
:,'Yes, 1 hnow you. Ite"s here."
p breathed back. "That's bin
room. up there, . And Wee --
here's his hook, come back as it,
went. Will you Ono it?'
A Pause. If bin door had openedit;
Ho knew nothing of the tregiely
breatbieg entsidee cif the two women
who loolced into each other's eyes.
He never knew, and never would
hnow, of the last wIneper,
hIlies-whis book! And he does uot
know? Olt, thatik you bleso you
for tolling Mel GiVO it to rite --bia
boak! 1 COMO- to the minute - it
oguac,:tedt,lboo:liteeftli Ntiout ,,,dawr eo dr te
Mel not knew now. Goodbye
1 She had taken the preetteite parcel, 0
lose against tho furs at her 'breast..
ad Was gone, •
Just a, week later. when Gyp knelt
wearily down to watih the top stake. ,
the mates door opened. Tia the
Monis eyes was a, wild light; in his
band that morning's letter. For one
of tho most wonderfel tbiege life
had happened. And it 504004 so
natural that it etioulel happen
he Mid "I krew you'd be
glad - I know you will. nerve and pour ort the greaee Chop three
taken. my book. You shall have a Wavelets mid two eniOnel. Put the
copy. titian be going soon. Tit0Y duck Leta: in the pot. A4act the
might call Or 'tend: I could butillY carrots and onions and a little salt.
let theta linow tide address. You've Pour on enoteeit beetle water al.
been very hind - eb. but You hovel ',most to cover the duch and lot it
I wanted -T meant all 0100g to give eimmer for esre deers. iheeo the
you it little Present. You nnIA - :duels ont. Add a. little flour to ,
you must; you have been so Ubangi* lieoa.vi.nriewy t‘livellionietbioeulionnli
full"
It was an envelope with hove 'jelly. Pour 411 but a little of the
ereign inside. He went Inirriedly gravy fa a grdezi dish and servo tho
eettintlediddetteget4,teeniewieseseeetteine 10 remaina always bruehing the pile teen and determine upon the he
f ,
; A b late wrong way.
* If a sioall hole appears in a porce- as the standard. With characterise
of measurement to be adopted
Oleit, the naniateen or granite pan or eettie, tic emwervatism, the Fegdoluntin
teend with a copper harness riiret. seat his regrets, bet the conferetwe
....liouse eitougTai .to tree heild‘noewithstending _this draw -
mien the r vet, eine ully alge ilioadekhenaivo;,ntrldtbilatl utattitleares dsettultuillotte.11,
it; then insert it, put on the bur,
wiew mid rivet It tightly. To reentive old FIXING Ti UNIT.
04ituovio: :I•zowv,s, :paint spot o from glees, beet vinegar
VegetAble Soup -About four leasirerpsea:r "1) 1314 sP°t's natib .1'11°7 41"a" ilPg " 1QY°1 1374S Mc")."
ito point, dip a dab, 14 it-111:4141eeale:stlith:tut:let, Poetaldualea;:brieteantt-
befere the soup ie wanted take ad A, light stone eleurn is in very "aenad while there adiPeors to batsi
quart of stock' and add to it one many respeets better than oi" own no good reason tvbY thls nhouht
cerroti choppee nee; one white tur-,1e-eonei where there is erne, a moderate not bane teen adopted It was reteete
one Onion, QUO bay leaf, ene amount. of cream. A hole can be ede tbe ,.confenenee and a mienter
cnri tomatoes:, chopped; season with , drilled near the bottom, and i.°1 titterwaaitiivei5- "ggv*M(1^ It was
salt ond pepper and half a, pod a closed with an oak or nickory ping. _nanny =mein however, that the
kited Penner; Sinnuer tour home. iThe buttermilk can be drama eit, unit ehould be the one -ten -millionth
tea,vgooSuatuutc: otiobrotpteirshwneedelAir tilt:tee° eburs,
1...ztaenitebdan aound meaoltcehdorion thoet trarrrAtitii:ftivah.:etvqounaedtetrisnatirzoyof totothetwbeoa:ertatiax.i.tinh
it the Stan of four eggs, boiled hard good strong wire ; Can then be an,r, "
and maslied entooth, a pinch of eithn elowercd Into the wait to cnot Crl!'"a w441 s°Ple ""tit."'" wil4t was tilt
mine pepper and salt and the juice of or butteri /tub the butter howl .nadicleigitehwerelic:. g'u.64'ort(4iiti0s1 ptililteetoesearttta;14
'1(4-.11/"Ikia.teleSnalatilico' for Fish -Rub a table-;:siabilidsoieoloroccr 3ittoniatilypoothoefatIth.o •, expedition was tent out to vett
spoonful of better =dont in one glee iu a teaemdtut awl Ilidr ot bet 'which rneasered the exert length of
two degrees en the equator. Simi,
,tablespoonful of flour. Melt this in a .water, add ie, teacupful of mederately
; teacupful of hot milk. gent up the etrong vitteaar and mix thorosighldlt. liti4irtewrgetinTiktsd dogintatiu.e4 dear,
inolk of an egg eineh a teaepoonini , Keep in tbg‘daris and closely Fe?..le
to
P70011.inin, gliptoiri^nita.toAdamtiatlasapdo hnfetuttt and it can to tweet without warming-, ii401.1ce:cto-imo,,TPivilt,1107ntilrAl;;:ja7srillt:::15.4;a:s43;014:5`;
0 C 0 -esn in the coldeSt weather.
chiseelied Parsiey as you takes from
the lire. This is reice eleo for boiled diAttti Reetieteigerewa tilFiteclaolirther Toer'e:f01111413tiall
eticken.
Fried Chleken-Cut up a pair of t every year very ecimplete SySteta of weights and
ynung ehhteus tottl uty them la a Oa house Thathiost: bleaePereeveill , , tneetures was formulatml and that
ean es gee 1.0.14, „
;Pan et useg un
cold water to eittract the elutieby. Sometimes when tho purse iii" -"4"- is i"d'idt` twer
i'lalocid. Wipe dry. season, dredge strings muse be tightly held this is. fmt t„orivhn,rwt,„,olly.,striZlent.trnt4
;with flour and fry in butter. Ila.V0 impoosibie, but a certain ootley lzi idssdati:ou"'d;t'dc-o7d`dt 01117;
Ole butter het whoa the chiehen is each veer is alwayo reelly uccensary
pbanct4.mo,neost'eRrie tItateogsoliiittoetoatiooll cunoolleoenirteiewela4air Anpd tear in tgeet,Cler4iier ;c4:4atitliestPstrnattattrii‘;' lot clast 9414
0 e. 0.S3 3.• tents aro allovieel to rentnin. In
When both sidea are a rich- brown 'If an article of furniture ennui to le ti se it .
to, out and teen but, Put in einme !MVO WitliVcd Wert411C" give' iteiado, it is legal but, not esiMputeory.
a twain:100Q of neer.. stir in the , to the dames to bo co:mined. Save' GrAttte. ihrittidis, AND maddiaisi„
grease in the pan; %hen add half it' nothing Met can properly be termed
The 3netriC is tho universal edsteen
eup of belliog water end a cup of rubbish, utitese it hes on exceiltliti
neva weenoth elm pepper and salt stowaway pinto in which to await I for scientific perposes, but si
all Jet !.t bail, 'lave SWIM eltopped its restiwation. Idvery sbabby ae- 44 iatbaatod. liJOrt tirteed or
parsley the eaticeboat, pour the tide utould teisovIcieorlee4ettoartpi,ittilattesdtronogr 13/3:41-447n Lotollitt1„1.Ydeyvtt Orfairtordilelit:
amid' ever the Parolee', stir and light. newly
Ytained beforo it lie • HO ,t1 • hwe 50 ut°14!'s weters' 'a° ""Pter tfJ"
nerVe With the ehieeen.
To POOk linell..--Gleau the duelt-in the Spotless 110We that the ter- oePleYeeai. few Y.4elt."..1141r thau
i.,pthaetr‘ottimillosesi,o,tteon pot
tt slot itnioan 11;04". liwhiltl,titiolt Of 54°1" rvra' sx:14''slItinit'l:4444111.10err eioaltn,%is
'duds will tett burn, grown this. and the price of the goods reiwiloten
accordingly. la buying meat itsetead
ituraing It frequently. After the WASHING of ;lining for a couple. of potinns al
„duck net theroughly brown lilt, it Out
down the stairs. For htm a new
s a 1, 0 0 s
life had begun. Ile wee, treading a, the gravy over it.
11 1 1 z tl eitl
duck on a pletter with, Ilt1
is t to WO- I I • am- t tl
Almost any ribbon can be weaned
enceeseetilly if were lie used. Mate
a, -Wen, ends a rearm water end ateis
Pure white roup. ad lift the,
Up and down in this carefiele,
ehanging the water as often as re-
ciseeary. Never rub soap on the tie --
bon. Haug the ribbons up to dry
and when mete to iron lay them bee
tweet aled,O of Maio paper. There
will be no glarie from the- iron in
this way upon the wrung tilde at the
ribbon and if they are allowed to
thiy berore preesinee. they 'will uot
gowen, en, ( erte nfr, 1 a a ti to hum itt SOT*
man's sweet oval face at the Inc endedoha _
aing water, into which lute teen
of it. Ws book bad hem taken! •sterreen. teeSpoottful or whole pep- SCENTING THE WARDROBE.
. •.ITe COUW not be expected to '
1•,,PISAWLI•rit•
h I . , o. i espoon ul of =st-
en the top landing there; of the red: t•It eaddity. shin it. stick ehrt,ea over
twitebing hands that covered a, face..it, put in the oven and baste with a
He bad given her n sovereign. WO- odue duo, claret preferably, until
men like Gyp ha.ve no hearts to :crisp and brown.
break. -London Titeints.
Pig Head Putidinge-lloil the head
now 01 tho111/4. filearY figure awl. Boil until you can stick a fort:
until the bones slip out. Cut the
WITAT'S TEE TINE, PUSSY? meat, nee, add three tiege one cult.
In China. The Tell the Time° of
Of Slvect milk, two -cups of breed
1
Day by no Cat's Eyes. Bake men the pudding is a light
brawn color on top.
According to the French mission- Southern Pio Crust. -Four cups of
slew Hue, no man needs a watch. 9r a. A
00711' 10 One cup of lard, one-half
chick if he has the right kind 01 a teespoonful baking powder. Mix
an e le met me o ay or with. ice cold Water.
eat. bt certain Parts of China they
Roll out once.
thorougniw then i I* . . g 1
The pupil of the eye, assuming that
sirloin the badger will lie ineiructeil
to (deep off a nilourant (it' 0.Lia0.
whieit 'is very veariy two turd one-
EIb bistend of gettind
tont: by the quart we eitoll buy it
hy the liter. A titer containii one
decimetre. A. dedittater as the
name plainly indicates, ie the one-
tenth of a, meter and a meter is
87 Inches. A quart IS the millet-
elamt a .9165 liter,
i UNIT OP WEIGHT.
0 A grain is the unit for weight, an
the meter is the unit for leugth. The
,.gritin is the actual weight of tho
omit of dietilied wator contented
n n. cute mimeo side is the one -hone
idrcelth part of it 110;'..Pr itt leugth.
A decided novelty for perfuming and arcording to our rechoning
"gown e in a, wardrobe or the con- weighs 15432 grains.
tents of a bureau drawer, is n few In cubic metteure a "store" or cite
'drops of good perfume extract on ,bie meter is the unit. This is a
iblts of pundee stone slipped among cube tthose side 1$ olie-tereth of a
'them. It will give a deligbtful calotameter in length.
and quite lasting. 1 In square ineamtre the "ore" is the
unit. This is a equare whose vide
A WORD ABOUT SHOES. PS in meters in length and e°ntii;ns
crumbs na It 1100 square meters Having the flew
datinental units, it was a simple
Um to derive scales running
above and below to give the emis-
sary varlety in name for Jessie' and
greater quientities. We lave Greek
,derivatIves loaning tLx etanpound
;words for measures abovo the units,
iand Latin words form the names of
measuree below the units. Tires we
have:
lieciameter-10 meters.
• Itectorneter-100 meters.
Kilometer -1,000 meters.
Uy tatbdividing the meter for small
measures eve have:
Dechneter-One-tenth of a rooter.
Centimeter-Tbe one-huudredth
Millimeter - The one -thousandth
01
•hef a lm?ter.
itt mentieri.
1 In tho meting metteuremeet af
'weight we start. with a grain, and in
the same way get o, decigram - the
tenth 01 a gram; the centi,e,ram. the
one-hundedtb or a gram; the milli-
gram, the one -thousandth of a gram.
The decagram equals 10 grams, the
hectogram 100 grams, and the kilo-
gram 1,000 grains.
ADVANTAGE OP THE SYSTEM.
It Prone the above it will be readily
',seen that liters may easily be sub-
stituted for quarts, meters for
yards, centimeters for inches, and
kilograms for pounds.
The introduction would undoubted-
ly. taus° some confution for a tune,
ibut eventually would be a great ad -
;vantage. It is claimed, on good au-
thority, that the metric system
means a saving of oae yoar at
school in the life of the normal
child. It almost doe.s away lvith
vulgar fractions. Then there is the
important consideration, of conveni-
ence in trading with other countries,
which have adopted the system.
There' has "already been established
at Washington a standardizing bur-
eau at it cost of $100,000, where
standards of all kinds will bo fixed.
such as the strength and purity of
,glass, the strength of iron, candle
!power of electric' light, resistance of
water tanks, etc.
ROUGH ON THE COMMERCIAL.
A commercial traveler' on his first
trip called upon. a Well-known chem-
ist,. He was nervous as he pot his
band into his pocket and drew out
'celardrepresent that - concern , sa d
the young man.
"You are fortunate," replied. the
chemist.
The commercial 'traveler ITaS en-
couraged,
''T think so. sir,'he said; "and
the chemist who trones with us is
even more so. My firm bas the fin-
est lot of cosmetics in the emmtry."
' 'I shoal dn't have thought i
slowly responded the man of medi-
cines; her comp.lexion looks na-
tural!''
1 And he 'handed back' the photograph
Which the young man had given him
The traveler ioft without making
by mistake.
any farewell .remarks.. •
itiglit by looking Into a cat's eyes. .This mattes hieh. dotty jdo trust.
Spanish Toast -Th eggs beaten
tho ereaturo in question iS lust what
It ought to btogether, one cup lam, one -h
completely Rs oval form, and alf cup
e gradually diminishes
•
as noon approaclies, until it losee sugar. " :1 s uns of stale bread,
be_ dip in this mixture, fry brown with
butter. Sprinkle powdered sugar
he
comes *'l. thin perpendicular line. When
tween the layers and servo. .. GREAT. ADVANTAGES OF TEE
that line is plumb, it is twelve
Nenines.-Mix ane pint of flour, two idEETrarc SYSTEM.
o'clock.
level teaspoons of baking powder,
and one-balf of a. teaspoon of salt.
To mane shoes last longer and
;keep their shape. stso that they are
wiped free front dust. and stuffed
wolt with tissue paper wIten not in
1
,USe. The paper besides keeplug the
.shape, absorbs all mre oistuor per -
sin ration.
QUARTS WILL BE LITERS
•••••••,
The pupil begins to grow view
very gradually, and family becomes
as big and as round as a. marble. Add one and one-fourth cups of milk
thre0 well beaten egg yolks, two
Tbett it is midnight. With patience,
practice, and good matheumtical per- ,tablespoons of melted butter, and
ception, the happy possessor of aethe.w*hites of the three eggsbeaten
time -keeping cat can tell the hour of •still. Cook them on a hot, greased
the day and of the night, beeatiSe the wofile-iron. Put the waille-irou over
thin perpendicular line which the the lire, and there .should be mare
pupil of tho cat's eye assumes at eno11,gh to ewing it over. In groas-
noon gives him a. clear starting ing it, put a bit of clear Sat pork on
point, a fork, or put a. small piece of but -
The missionary discovered this ter on it clean cloth and rub over
valuable piece of feline peculiarity both griddles. The heat will melt
by pure accident. He noticed a lit- the butter, and lot just enough of
tle boy minding it calf, and asked it go through the cloth. Close the
hinit if he knew the time. 'The boy griddles and turn them that the fat
ran into the nearest hue, and came may run evenly over them. Pour the
out with e. big cat in his arms. batter into ,the centre and let it run
"It's jut half -past eleven," he two-thirds of the -way; when the
shouted. And, running up to the cover is dropped into place the
mixture will spread to „the edge.
Cook abolit one -minute on the side,
therx invert the irons and cook a
little, longer on the other, If you
are sure the iron is clean and smooth
and thoroughly hot, you may cook
them without any greasing. A color-
ed cook ia the South eays she never
greases her walliedron, and I have
recently found that these delicious
cakes can be perfectly baked With-
out.the annoyance of sizzing, smok-
ing 'Mt. .Prequently, merely itht first
greasing is suffitient for the cooking
Of the whole amount.
missionary, he placed the cat's face
tinder Hue's nose.
Later on, when he got among his
converts, he asked them to explain
the mystery. • They did so, and
showed hint some living specimens of
the precious time -keepers. .
REAL SEA SERPENTS..
itt Now Caledonitt sea serpents are
frequently seen. and sometimes cap-
tured. They are curious creatures,,
the head being very small and scarce-
ly distinguishable from the body,
and the tail being formed ,like an
oar. In length they are generally
between three and four feet. In the
jaw there are tiny glands containing
poison, but, as the mouth is „very,
small, it is difficult for theni to bite,
and the natives handle them fearless-
ly. M. Kermogant, a European
traveler, recently witnessed an ex-
periment at • Noumea which shows
that under certain • conditions • the
sea serpent cando deadly work. A
rat was caught in a trap and its
tongue was grasped by a pair pin-
cers a.nd placed inthe month of a
sea serpent. The serpent immediate-
ly bit ,t and the rat died in four
minates.
--
Mrs. Seever-"I see you have a.
fine copy of Browning. I suippoee
you admire Browning?" Mrs.
Twight - "So much so, that 1 nev-,
el' open the book. I wouldnet have
it soiled for the world."
•
Mother --"Tommy, have you eaten
all that cake without even thinking
of your sister?" Tommy ---
yes, mamma; I was thinking- Of her
the whole (time. I was afraid she'd
come before I had finished in" •
ABOUT THE HOUSE,
eep a bottle of coal oil uncorked
inside the clock case and the clock,
will not 'need oiling. Ileplenish as
the oil evaporates.
An excellent filter can be made
from a common flower pot. Close
the opening with a sponge, then put
ill all. inch.-thl.CL. -sn,3•01,-.of powderecl..
charcoal, an inch layer of silver ;
sand, two inches of gravel and small ,
Many ' housewives object to -using
;We baking powder on the market,
owing to the possibility of adultera-
tion. Will such try the following
formula ? Sift three times a quarter
of a pound of flour, a quarter of a
pound of baking soda and half a I
pound of cream tarter. Store in an
air -tight can.
To remo ve mud splashes from,
soft dress Material, leavo until thor-
oughly dry, then rub gently with a
dry corn cob; it will not roughen
the goods as a brush does. Lake or
sea sand will freShen velvet and re-
move the dust. • Apply • fine sand
quite freely, then brush until none
Zilos and Meters Will Be the
Standard Measurements in
Canada.
Liters, grams, kilos and meters are
strange, foreign somuling nomencla-
ture for units of measurement to the
man who has oot dabbled in scienre,
but so were dollars and cents to the
Englishman who had never heard of
,anything SAVO pounds, shillings and
11°1117e.
1metric system, is the, modern
inethod of measuring anything from
a load of coal to a. glass of cider,
and uefamiliar as the various terms
now appear the time is probably xxot
far distant when the pound, the pint,
the yard, the acre, will be relegated
to the historian. ni 1905 the metric
'system will bo the legal, the stand-
ard, and •therefore the only system
used in. the United States. On ac-
count of our proximity and the vol-
ume of trade carried on between the
two countries it would be strange if
Canada did not adopt this system
'of arbitrary enactment or by force of
• ,t.drcumstances. There are only two
great excuses which can be urged
Why the system should not be
adopted hero, viz., the temporary
;dislocation of ' commerce involved
!and • thecost of establishing new
;weights, measures, scales, etc., var-
iously estimated at from. $5,00,0,000
Ito $10,000,000, neither of which are
by any means unsunnountable 5b -
stades. On the other hand there
are more potent reasons why we
should • come into elos e touch with
;the civilized world by conforming to
1the recognized modern standard.
HISTORY OF THE SYSTEM.
The metric system dates quite a
,long time back, and has a somewhat
interesting history. It originated in
France, 1 thc • gnat -ion which led
up to the convention establishing
the meter as a unit ante -dates the
[Revolution. Up to this time units
of measurement •varied in Prance, os
they did telt over the world,
and do in a great meny
places yet. p.r instance, at
the present time theee are
forty or fifty different measures in
Ma 111 Varialla parts of England.
There are -three bushels -the Cornisee
bushel, the Winchester bushel - and
the Imperial bushel-difiering in- vol-
ume es do the imperial and the
Wine quart,
Talleyrand issued the call to the
countries adjoining Prance awl to
England to participate in a conven-
tion to disc ss the best` coinage' sys-