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Exeter Times, 1908-07-16, Page 21 • ~ --- -- - — -- - Lund my st rn wilt to the gentleness of ♦♦i t't'11111♦♦111111♦♦+/+11♦111 111♦♦F1t+ 1 .\tint Phipps; tet iter heart -or still and old new—earns this frozen heart, of man•. Lel mo remember gluts-fuky that Vow olive Vrrrrey lra u► lha grov, and fa h:dd•n away; tach m. what I A Breg ethis },our despised cid wornnn wuukl ♦ have had mo du, and help me to do it." ♦ ♦ After a little t me she got up bunt net ♦ ewes, and wont ate ss to the w ndow, ♦ -CK an.i drew up the bland. .elle seemed at ♦ e thst to see Iter duly clearly; monied al ♦ 4 I:rctt to hate green able W cast oft that THAN REVENGE. t ..ad stern nature of Olive Varney, and BETTER . REVEI�IGE• to tundonstand, in all humility, what she 1 must du. And somothing of the peace that h4 Iolongod to Aunt. Phipps - `j,�•}11-11it1♦till-►i111♦1-1-11111♦114♦11+'''' scrnothng of the beauty of that warped ted leen brought to work cul Ili • ori :and dwarfed like -seemed to havo cntter- el l.el'l Ell XX. of ed into b••r. "She hadn't been quite well ter days had be`ndn ado almost this spite of tier- Theo came a meek knock at the doer past," said Jordan Tagg softly, as he self, to provide sonieWung of that for• of tho r»':m. Thinking it was peohably steed in the little sh•y, urr►ong the sit- tune that had s) long ago been diss!- Jurdc,n 'Tagg, and not wishing hint to petal, and to promi-o mere. And an sea face which had truces of tears eel Necks. "Wandered a bit in her Mom 1t, she kept her gaze fixed upon head, and used to say the strangest cle' woman lead kissed tier, and blessed the window, and called to him to upon th n6's at limes." Iver with Ike' bit ',L breath, and had been in She Heard the door opene.l slowly "What sort of things?'' s cd Olive glee to die, because Olive had taken and then a voice spoke; but trot rho voice catty.11e+ burden from leer shuuiders. A of Tagg. "Said I wasn't to call her Mrs. I'hippe strange situation, truly, to be faced by M sweetest Olive -this is a most any more -and laughed -end said she that Olive who had set out, not ro long delightful surprise." It was Mr. Victor was growing young again and thought ago. to fuifil o certain vow nhude to u Kelman, and ho stood just within the of changing her Hume. And yesterday dying roan. door, looking round curJust Don't star was u► re strange than eve'." , ! Not Aunt Ph1 its Y' " f\ot Aunt Phipps P turn away. 1 beg of you; 1 havo quite "I d:dn t thank there was any chance that had died and gene out into the forgiven you, my dear," ho went on, that she would die like that,' said Olive world of shadows; but only a 1 oor use. to oven u, the room. " I only want In a hushed voice. "DA she havo aloe- kss old womsn, wlw tett someone eu to meso up your mind, once for tor?" •stronger to take her place. Only a {icor )and who "Yes; 1 sent for a doctor at once. Ile frail old woman. who had died with the all. what you moan to do, only eh ,olt his head, and said some- sereno consciousness th it all would t;e you mean to le; because this constant thingMout seine people who wanted to changing troubles me. Sett: it between well, and that she need not trouble. , u, ladies -by the way, where is Low live, and some who didn't; he sad that ',what shall 1 d:,?" th ought Olive, as >' ' she might flutter out in a minute -that ho paced along the streets in the dark-olh.'r 'sdyr' there was nothing of her to hold on to s`She's dead," tad Olive slowly. nese. 1f she had but known, she was life:' more fitted to bear this burden than I "Deal?' He advanced info the room, "Tell me about her, please," said Olive. am, beeauso sbe had a heart -and i and softly shut the door. "I say -You "She -she was my friond-and I want have none. All m l,to ton I havo sub cl°►tet welly moan 11, Ohvo?"' to know all that happened -all that she clued and hardened myself; all her life "I do Aunt Phipps will not trouble said -at -the loot." she gave freely the best that her heart anyone again; she is dead and buried. "It was last night, when 1 was sit- held to alt she mot. And she asks me Hcw does it concern you?" Ong alone here with my clocks --after to Lake her place! Suppose to -night that knOnl ew whntin this ou�roy-htt I don't quik d the shop was closed," said Tagg, very she stood as 1 slant -alive and web and Victor, looking roud goinghte atom, as slowly, as though s:'nrching his memory strong -what would she do?" thou h he halt exreeted to see the little in order to be quite accurate ab out what She felt she knew the an-wer to that U apt* nr suddenly. ou o Aunt ['hippy he was saying. "I'm never alone molly, question. if the old woman had only clad; that alt rs circumstances very you know," he added, raising his eyes have been possessed of the small sum toad;. And 01 course It !Dawes you iy to Olives face, "because my Blocks talk Olive Varney had, she would have given your original position,my dear -doesn't to me in many voices. I was silting it all gladly, for the sake of that roe yo g P� ` y werkfngg when she carne in at that dor mance that was so much finer ami bet- ib••ro-flutter ng In like some small old 1e: than any that had touched her own "No -it tenvos me as Aunt Phipps," ghost -carrying a candle. She hal got biter life. More than that. Olive seem- she said steadily. "You wouldn't un- ul, in a great. fr ght; she sa d lh it there ed to see her, in some limo that had derstand if I tried to tell you. and so was something that had been forgotten never been, working on, striving and it doesn't matter. But there is a Fate --something sho mast do before she plann"ng to make up that which should about this, and I dare net fight against died. "Tagg,' sho said, in that queer. havo belonged to the boy. iL, even it 1 desired to do so. Olivd e funny way of hers-'tltores a boy that's "I told him the foretne was coming- Varney started oobject; sl journey o r e thatehad been lett out in the cold -a boy who arca 1 have teen the cause of his plun,g particular will starve it we don't c'o something for ing into extravagance," she Ll:ought. '1 struck down on the ►rro oad.�/not r rose e him. All night long he keeps crying did that for my own pur•pos&s; so that in her place -doggedly going d to me, and begging me to give him he might In time find himself, arul the tuk ng the !bet name that she could dis- what is his -and 1 can't do it, Tagg -i girl with him, saddled with a load of cover. You know who that other was?" can t do Ito' And then she tell a'crying debt, and with no one to help him. "1 know," ho said, nodding and book- end saying that she never could meet There must be another reason now: 1 ing keenly at her. Phipps and that there was no heaven must keep that game going, for tie sake "Now the woman whose name she they'd ever let her into. 1 comforted of Aunt Phipps; I think that that is what took dies aleo, and leaves that name - Ler as best 1 could, and got her up. Aunt Phipps would havo done.' and sonvoth ng else -as a legacy. Can't stairs again; and then went round In a She went back at last to the hotel, you tee that 1 stand as semeth:ng apart hurry and fetched the doctor:" worn out, and troubled with many new from all others --an appalling thing, "l'ou'se a good mon, Mr. Tagg," said thoughts. Through the long night the without a name or a personality or any - Olive. "What happened after that?" spirit of the frail old woman seemed thing; with a purpose to fulfil that never "After that, when 1 went in to see tt; be there always -now slan ling with was trine but which 1 know to be right? how she was, she was sitting up in bed, thin arms outstretched before the figure 1 might have leen templed once to turn smiling and looking as happy as might of Chris. as though to save him from back and try and pick up the lost be And she said very nicely that she some disaster; now lying still and quiet, threads of myself, as it were; I shall do was sorry to have made such a mistake; ter Olive had seen'her, with the smile se no more. It is decreed that 1 shall that she wasn't Aunt I'hippe at all -but of a great peace and a great trustful• be what 1 made myself out to be; there only Ihr poor friend. Though what she Hess upon her faoe. And still the dawn- is now only one Aunt Phipps left." meant by That 1 can't think,' he added, ing of another day brought neo solution Victor Kelman moved about the mom with a shake of the head. of that difficulty: what was she to do? for a rnotnent or two restlessly; then ho "I think I understand. what else did So many people die in this great came back to where she was standing. she say? Tell oto everylh ng, please." wcrid ut London every day -so many "But 1 won't let you,' hie exclaimed pet - "She sa d that there once had been that are never heard of. No one had hshly. "Teti ve already carried on this a poor fro 1 old woman -(1 give you al- heard of Mrs, Phipps; but few even saw orad business far too long peeve most her exact words, Miss) -a frail old the quiet funeral. There was no like- thrown may money which might havo woman, w'lo wanted set hard to do right, l.hooel of anyone ever enquiring for her, been dtspx riled to a far more worthy and had w'nj'ver had the chance. And er ever knowing that she had lived for cell ri•(teci l'" suppose You'll throw the in the or,t and most unhappy m .merit a little time in the house of the old "i hopeI shall." she re feed steadily. of her Me, there had come along some- cbo-kmaker, and had died there. She "1 cll; 1 shill roc nim who u one strerier and litter and truer—' was gone -and there was an end of the p yrO 'Someone stronger and finer and tru- ntottor. are; I'll clear the thing up, and have ere: murniuiod Olive, with out looking It was a day later when Olive Varney done wilh it." at him. "1 beg your pardon; please go camp lack to the little shop in West- sai"Rather ou diMcult matter, certainpro- on." h m nsler. She was restless and unhap P cot "And that. that someone had taken Ty: the loss of this old woman, who perty belonging to Olive Varney, and all the burdens oft her shoulders, and Lal, up to a short time before, been an havo acquit se cd in the fact -or the sup. Ix.rne there nobly herself. 'Seo you see, utter stranger to her. seemed over- posed fact-wthat she has been buried, rid is dead; an un - 'Tagg,' she said, quite happily. 'there s whelming. More Ihan that, thele was no read for me to live any more. i was nu onto whom she could turn -no one you dont even know where. You'll find never much eco In this world, Tagg, to w•itom she could talk. She racogno ed, it and difficult, Ia think,nky to o as well. Aunt Piip and oven Phipps didn't want me. A new that Aunt Phipps was gone. howand the matter rias far better better r new Aunt Phipps hos risen, to fight the great a power she hnd bora-Wove all,„ bat ries of the 41 ono; and I'm only the how gioat a burden she had lett behind ur your own dine f life elie air.aid with a poor Blend that doem'L grunt. if ever heel want to go up to 'her room, Mr.grin. "I think I shall contrive to revive matter�ywilly11, a g? ing against tsaid. won't Tagg,” said Olive quietly. "1 was her Aunt Phipps yep." perhaps i'll manage to slip in some. Mend, you know -and 1 would liko Just \\'i �h• ul anoth: r word ho went out tee look round it for the last time." of the house. But Ivo went no further where in a better world, and find Ti.e 0141 man wavol hes hand towards than the corner of the start; and there Phipps Or perhaps. after all,' she saidhe wailed and watched. \\'hen, pres- -91. might to better it Phipps were the staircase, and resumed lits work. Ail enlly, Olive came out of the 1:4trse and somewhere else.' And then began to the clocks that death had stopped had waked away. Mr. Victor Kelman bub laugh again, illise, and to ley that she teen started ago n, and were going k.nal his coat firmly, eat d nodded a great was quite happy.' merrily In the old mot (ashler. Olive man} times after the retreating figure, eat "1 want to go away, Mr. Tagg, for a s erred to !cavo behind her all the noise and then walked quickly back to the little while," sold Olive, in a low voice• as she climbed the stairs and went in- ship. atter what seemed a long silence'. "1 1•o Ili. mem. She shut the door, and "111 h vee n little interview with old want to think; and 1 want to be alone. :&.teed about her. Father '1' er re" he snide I will mute back; you may be sure that N 'king changed; there vas even the (leo be Continued.) will make all arrangements ---and will chair by the empty grate where the lite t- pay for ewerythng." to. shriveled figure eat eat. Aln:osl JI %RCII THROUGH FIRE. The ekl man olx'nrd the door for heir she seemed, us she steed ih're, to hear and let her out inti the street. She the qu ck. bright volco-the voice That Ceremony of n Sect of Brahmins In lion - her away. with no definite k!oa in sometimes d:ed away. and tnel!oi into or rid (i1nsec vire and ins her mind as to what sh' should d ,; at weeping. Only n little, ordinary wo- er. p.prese'nt she hnd only the curette feel- 'nail, Olive Varney, with whoin you had S.x ll.ou a':d Il tidos nn1 n select few Ir,g that something had to to done, be. nothing in (eini on. and whose affairs Enllflsh ufllcinls have recently wllness ycnd Ihte mere putting away of the old were no concern of yours; yet what eit ;n the nelghlrr,rhetod of Madras a re- wo•ran. Words, stolen with almost hands she s1relches from the grave to n,r:rkab'e trlig'ous crtrmony, the prin- the test fluttering 1 math of Aunt Phipps, grip your heart; how the quo•r old voice e, pal are r. being Sofvrastas, ale of came back to her as she walked, and 5 rats le demand that you should lo grnhm ns..nys ttie London Globo. teat Ih m'elves upon her brain. s .nnetl,ing in memory of the name that The festival was called "the march "It's not Aunt Phipps that's gning,was Iners-the name you lout for an through fire; and it is apprepriately my e!ear; flea only the poor mend." other purposed Not Aunt Phipps! In that lay the ` momentary had had momentary loeing that enough named. he pr:eeechings were Brahmain honor of Brahma and Vishnu, the we k' matter --for 11 was true. Olive she would harden her hoomi rind go gods of writer and fire Vat ney had taken ti n lie-: elf• for the awn). - worst. it not en !ugh that she worst { ossibie reasons. the id nl.ly of sh•nild havo toilet' her yew to her fa- Ih s Iemler-henrled, weak ala woman; then; was it not elrough that she mould hnd led n h. r name -spent n o::cy in air aefy have enriched Ili s toy, who her n•hnto-rind then has theughl to t ,h drop out of it n!1 ens ly and lightly, and co away. And now. in this solemn hells, she ti"ii►ed to feel agan Ili • thin rhI arm about her neck, the lits against het cheek; seemed to hear agntn the words 'N'ot Aunt Phipps -only rho po r fr end." II was a legacy --and a strange legacy at that. She Told hence[ that Aunt Phipps had been a better woman than She moved slowly micros to the (tre- te). hail ben. alth•ntgh a w•enker one: pea •e, and stood f•.r a moment or two that Aunt Phipps had meant web, while l..e king down at the empty chair; then she. for her tart, had only planned evil. she suddenly made a helpless gesture, It had been (tmcult enough for her and dropped upon her kneels by the to make up her mind to drop quietly chair• and buried tee face :n her cut of Use business. with the !rnewletee hands. that the re.apensibility must fall upon "1 have groped :o long in dark ways," the real Arent Phipps. and that she must -h' w•) aner i "t'•i' 1 den t know this make what exptarurtn'n she conk': but 1 r g ' • •. ' -,t: u! . :earn from her. dhow much more 'meet now' For. by I • 1+ ' i, ) s. '.elp:ds--e0 %Mit; Otranto) ecd devious ways, Olive Varney re; , .... ,i , .s not euougk toe Ili. M.!4'1M*4tNlttl!' 00.41'4 The wholesome and dainty Shredded Wheat wafer, for luncheon, or any meal, with butter, cheese, fruit or marmalade, will give you new strength and vitality. Always Ready to Serve. Always Delicious. Sold by all grocers. THE JAPANESE NEW YEAR;;rinks ot'► imnida;>our'skou� of u�u SEASON WHEN (:IIEDI ORS COLLECT TUEIIt DUES. Spechd rood for the Celebration --Offer- ings to the Gods and to One's Friends. `The Japanese celebrate the New Year Day as we do the Christmas Day, writes Frank 'Tokio in the Japan Cur- rent. "A few days previous to the last of January are the busiest, not only on account of the multitude of shoppers, but also on account of the large amount cf bilis oto shopkeepers have to collect Prem their customers for the year end- ing. "In Japan the shops sell their geode extensively on trust. A considerable Timber of customers of these shops do not remit bilks promptly. Time bills re- main in (ho hands of the customers scenetimes for a whole year. "So the shopkeepers aro obliged to hire a number of collectors. 'These car- ry the bilis in their bogs and call upon the delinquent customers for paytnent at the end of the year. "According to the custom in Japan tho bills and money lent personally may be collected until the midnight of Decent. ter 31. with the dawn of the New Year Day they are liable to be left unpaid un- til! 'the end of the year comes around again. So the collectors strenuously hunt up the foyers of the bills throughout the night welt a chochin, A JAPANESE LANTERN. a silver bottle. "One cup of ease in each house makes the Banzai so Ealurated with it, after ho has gone around a number of houses, that in the rest of the houses In the par - WI he becomes rather disparaged, an object of laughter to all the children •.1 the community, who follow alter hon wherever he goes. "After the Banzal goes away each fam- ily partakes of -the feast and drinks of oso. When the [cast is over one dresses up in haori and kakanra, an overcoat and skirt, generally made of silk. "Ile issues forth from his house and gees first to the daimio's mansion - Ihe feudal customs still:ueer° and the time-honored daimlo invites every resi- dent of his former daimiato to have a cup of wine, or otoso, in his mansion. Ono goes to pay respect to the clainto, not often personally, but for the drink- ing of otoso. "Then he goes around to greet his per- sonal friends with 'Omedeto!' If his friend is a mere casual acquaintance, he leaves his card in a card receiver, which uu placed in front of the entrance o1 every house. 1heFtirm h1f'1Fi�1'i+"a+� '1Itt. IIUTI'ER INDUSI'ltY kel QUE.1bt.:. \Ir. S. P. Lacours ere, As istanl In- s, e.' or-Gr11 cal of butk'r factories to Qucb.'c, rn Lis last report gives & nus good advice to the butter -makers ul that Province. Last year ho synd.cates of butter Iactor.es and 11 ot 11 in for the wound tore. The results i , -ass, were far from perfect, esp(C.a'- "A delinquent debtor who does not curd to pay the bills which ho expects le be sent to him will close his door early In the evening and go to bed. So very often their collectors are to be seen hovering about on the etrcet until the dawn still carrying their chochin in their hand. \Vhen they enter the debtors house they will say good evening in - skeet of good morning. "The Javanese, in order to celebrate the New Year Day, prepare a day or tee) nhead a weber food called mochl, which le a wort of unleavened bread made of a kind of rico which has a great- er measure of tonncious quality than o'hor ktnd•3. BusheLs of rice are et:amod in a large barrel shaped utensil, which Is placed on top of a Oat beater. "After the nice is sufficiently steamed to make It soft enough to lee kneaded into dough it Is taken out. a rotten at a time, into a stole mortar, in which it is kneaded. Half a dozen men and ma'dser•vants stand around the mortar. The men hokl in their hands pickaxelike wooden tools with blunt points, while She maids hold wooden poles, point blunt, for poking purposes. rt 111! d steals where there is oleos:- kat le os:- te. •n between creameries, regardles of c •nse•qucmc.s. lir those s dorso tlt> pat - oats :ire ulways ready to cncoutage tli buikding of new faetortoe whether enough milk can be & ural to operate them successfully or n In some disticls very little precau- tion was taken in the making of the butler in the spring season. Several c.,mll:nod factories make butter only a few weeks in the spring and fall, and churn the balance of the season. 'These give little attention to quality, as but- ter is mode for so short a period and tr sold on the local market. Mr, La- e utsiere says this is a great mistake. ' 't buyer should be made as if it were intended for tho British market. If he is making only ono day the maker should end:•avor to stake thte best qua- lity of butter possible. Many makers ale satisfied if their butter sells in Montr al at a rosonablo price. The business should le considen►d from a national standpoint. '1'o obtain the feet results both pat - rens and makers should co-operate more than they do. Patrons should supply the vory best milk containing rot Wore than t►' degrees of acidity; t► should le fire from bad odors 'int car- ried in good clean cans. The patron should not insist upon (ho maker tak- ing in milk which he knows himself to Le far from good and should not leave the fac'ory I ecause iho maker does not take it in. The patron also .should no! insist trp:;n the nutter striv'ng far a big yield at the °xi:onel of quality. ..e should pay the maker a liberal salary and insist that the quality b e kept u;o to Ili highest point. Tho maker should have all Ih.' necessary mippliances for making a first-cla..'s article. Refo:ring to the makers duties \ir. i.acowsiere says that it is regrettable that a certain numLer of makers wort: with a negligence that Ls unpardonrb'e. 'limey keep their factories in a deplor- able Mato and do their work in a slip• shod way aril at the same time endea- vor to gain the re• utation of being good makers and returning a good yield by re_ortng to all sorts of means, such as decking in the weights of milk. 'Iles practice is dishonest and these who rt- eort to it show their ignorance ant neg- ligence, Fortunately the number who do this kind of thing is small. Tho melee- should in all points fol - tow the instructions given by the Dairc School through the' inspectors, and in- structors. Mr. Laoom-slew found but- ter made from creaun with loo high a degree of acidity. There is, however, a bright side. Many of tho fooleries on the so;ond visit showed great improve- ment. In many ports of Ihl province. notably in the counties of i.otbiniere. lierville. leo:vil:o and Champlain, firs! - class c:e.:nn'r.es aro bring built. The butter made in Have would giv.. entire satisfaction in any tnarkot. Th- so good factories should have many imitators. In the St. John dLsbiet some fa.clorie: were found that were making goods well nigh perfect, while in others there is r om for touch Imps •vcmcnt. Mr. lecoursicrc g vers some good ad- vice to the cream ra h•r.ng creameries. wh ch huve obtained a foothold in Que- bec. To get a good average snnrltlo pre- cautions should Le token to have the croam thoroughly mixed; either by pour- ing trim one dl -h to another or by us- ing a dish or tier. her to thoroughly s..1 the cream from t p too bottom. A tube should b' use d to tak the sample. 'lite sample for the Bisbee* test shau11 Le. taken by weight instead of by n pe- i•eite. Bolter makers In cream gather- ing creameries; cannot ins'st on these precautions leo s'aringly. In closing hes report \Ir. leroursiere refers le 11:o merits and defects in the business in a general way. An cncour- eging feature of the work in Quebec is the activity shown in the development ref the industry ating national lines. He ropes es to err that prov.no,1 become 1u .fait ying n ,t only n model for others to follow, but that they will be forced o 1. L ktv. AN ISLAND OF MASSACRES I IV1: \111.1.1oN I'1'iil'LE 11 .bb Iot:!" 611.1.1:11 1\ flet\ 11. THE BALANCE OF TiIE DAY 1-1 spent in various Ncw Year Day sxorts: Young men and women congre- ga'e in groups on the streets and insti- tute an outdoor game of bane tsuki, or iu other words makuro uchi. Vane tsulci is a game in 'which any number of persons that the place can hold may participate. Usually six to twenty par- ticipate. "A butterfly -like hone or mukuro, with three or four feathers of a smell bird tied together at the top end of a stick one inch long and a kernel of fruit a: the bottom end, which serve's as a weight, is thrown high in to ale. it putters liko a bird, revolving swiftly like a top. 'I'he feathers hold the Bane se. srrnded in the air for a sheet time. Slowly it falls. "Each of the participators in the game holds in his right hand a ha.goito, a small p CCe of board made into the shape cf a mandolin. Ono who is assigned to keep the hane in the air :bikes it with cane side of the hago:ta with a determin- ed bang. Up it tils again, until it u another pension's turn to keep it flying in the air. "Any person who fails to keep the hane in the air and allows It to fall up- on the ground is punishable wirth a de- gree of corporal torture, such as beat- ing him, or her for that matter, on the back with the haguite by all the rest of the players. Some ruffians Leat so se- verely that a person often gels a sore back in the evening. "At night the young people gather in a Mouse and play cards, rho Japanese cards, called hyaku min leshu. The hyaku min isshu consists of a hundred cards, on each of which the second two i:nes of a noted cla_ss`.cal four line poem, "Keeping time with the songs they generally love poem or conn •t, is writ - sing the men swing their p ckaxes, while ten. These hundred cards are spread on the women keep turning the rico with the matted floor, and around the spread their poles. in about fifteen minutes the the card party makes a ring. &ugh 16 well kneaded and is then placed i "A person is chosen from among the on a Inge fkntr spread board. Tho i party to read the first two lines of each lady of the family wrinkles flour on rho of the poems ono after another. The hands of half a dozen other ladies who moment the first word of one of the ore waling to help, poems is pronounced, every one In the KIMONO SLEEVES TUCKED UP. ring recalls in his mind the lost two lines, and makes a rush for the card 'Tho lady of the family cuts the that contains the lines. The ono who dough into pieces of different sizes, and gathers meet of the cards wins the game. the other ladies take them and make '•Tho stores of the streets renian dos - them into moth'. These are usually ed from the first of January for three round, an inch or two in diameter, rind days. The spirit of celebration stays boom hall an itch to two Inches thick, in the air fora week." with 'their tops in the shape of a bald herd. The work begins hot after mid- average and ends at 10 or 11 o'clock. An average• family makes about a hundred Elliot' BALLOON ASCENT. mochl, "flee larger ones are used as offerings 11 Created a Ilutle Sensation -Occurred to the family gots. Ilan a down differ' in 1781. ent sized ;oche are piled on a table, (ho smaller on top of the larger, ant en trip The ascent of tee first balloon to go of them all is placed an orange with the up in the British Isles, from London, leaves of a Tree which corresponds to created an ininense sensation. trolly fur Christmas. Ttiis offering is Manned by a young Italian named Vin- niado to time totx'rnocle for gods very cent L.unardi, it ascended from Moor - 01 the morning of Ilia let of Janu• fields, then nit open space of ground, on ries, September 15th, 1784, in the presence of "On the New Veer no laborious week more than 100,000 spectators. should be i creamed; not even a broom Instantly, as if by common consent mill should be earned by a mak!. Food is business was suspended, the King him- o•n.keel the day Wore and can be eaten self setting the example by adjourning in the morning without troubling the a Cabinet Council that just then hap - ma ds b.ye nti arranging it on the table. pencil to be silting. "The offertory food 13 cooked separaea• Vast crowds followed the balloon's I: with the flr.et bucketful of water course, some on horschnck, in carts, In drawn from the sacred wit in t..e rear chaLsews, but mostly In foot. The great el the c:emnrunal Shinto shrine just at North Road, atxht•e which the aeronaut Prep:err►tons tog:: ur the ceremony had kr the tell strikes midnight. sailed for some dist rice, was a roaring boon going en [m n trnonlh. A trench "The first thing one should do after river of humanity. twenty-three. feet long and nineteen feet midnight is 10 greet the ICII)w menthes Ninny were hurt in the crush, but the ete.'p wets dug. And m it A fln! was of the family with 'Omedetot' neon ng i only fatality recorded in connection with was 1:ol.h:ttg to her, was it no enough kindled, At sunrise (oily fanatics, whro we� you happiness' or 'A happy New the, nsecnl was the death from fright of that she sh,uld have brought Ihr' loo• wero to demonstrate marched their the fes na- }'earl' 'then as a matter of ceremony an old counlry-w•he de who. coming out err t'geth r? net she knew, cern .hilt lure, slowly curio M around the furnace he should eat z.eni, the naught ran lhr•wgh her mind. that Learing the curious idols. The So:oras it was nal enough; she knew that if she 1 w •re clothed in yellow tun cs, and A DELICIOUS SORT OF SOUP. went away n••w. and never saw any of without hesitation entered tho fire teem aga.n, those words .if Aunt Ph mei hem.h sing.ng a hymn. the retrain of would ring always in try ears: "It's net which was "Govindal Gnvindar Aunt Phipps Mate gong, my dear; its After walking around this artificial only the poor friend." Gehenna throe times Ihey emerged ap- parently none the worse for their ex- perience, and have established an on- a-sallable claim for sanctity am.mg their people. ll;: -rt' is No Pretence at 1 ;th••r tee or Ju,wce 1)uuush,ul the hlaud. Ilayli, the West Indian island, has been the scene of more ni es than any other place on earth. 'They !began with the cowing of (ioiumbus and the rubble rout that folk,tvcd hen. In a few years its three utilliuns of gentle, brown- skine d inhabitants had pere heal utter• ly, exterminated by the tire and sword, and forced labor in the urines, W which they went utterly unsuited. In all Itis• tory is not tragedy more colossal and more pitiful than this one. Next the buccaneers seized the unhappy island, and wreaked vengeance on the Spaniards in such a manner that even the old chroniclers tell of the worst of the atrocities only in the Latin tongue. Presently came the French, and for a brief space there was some semblance ot peace. But in 17`33 the negroes moat - ed, and murdered practically all tho whites, the scenes enacted resembling those that took place at Cawnpore and e!sewher'c during the Indian mutiny, but magnified a thousandfold. On account of these atrocities, frightful reprisals lona place when France, in due course, RLE:ONQUEIED THE ISLAND. But the negroes bided their time, and presently rose again, under a ruffian named Dessalimes. This time they did the thieg thoroughly. Not only were all the Europeans put to death, butMelt having any admixture of white blood in their veins suffered a like tate. Many of the victims wero burned alive, after having been first tortured. In all, It is computed that five mill�ns of Wren, women, and children have m with violent deaths on this island massacres since the intruding white ma first set foot on its pahn-fringed siren Tho recent disturbances centred aroun the struggle between President Not Alexis and General Firmin, which has been in full swing ever since the former President, Simon Sant, retired to Paris with as much money as he could lay his hands on. Both Alexis and Firmin were anxious to step into his hioes,tlaa dohs the latter had possession warship, the Crete-a-Picrrot, it seemed at first as though theta were little chance of Alexis attaining his ambition. In an evil moment, however, the Crete- c:-Perriot held up a German vessel, which was carrying arms and ammunition to the other side, and the Emperor William set the mailed fist to work in the shape et the cruiser Panther. Captain Eck - mann, who was in the command of the hiller, brought his vessel alongside the 1laytlan ship and PREI'ARF.D. .... .. .... ineuranoe Agent -My dear sir, have you me+de, any provision for these who ('me after yell? Harduppe- Yes; 1 put the dig al theo dr, and told the servant tO say 'in out After the sent Is eaten the family gees to dud. Trey rise late in the forenoon. "The maids prepare for a least, a cerernonint feast. which is 10 be per- formed about 1 o'clock in the otternoon. The menu cons ats of sake, the rice wine, which is called for the occasion otoso, and vegetables cooked on the previousevening. A very little or no meat is eaten. "A Shinto priest. who is known for the occasion as Bnnzai, perform. an tun.er not service in the house's of his parish, l.,eginning with the dainties mansion, an.I visiting every house rind trove!, one niter another. ile mutters the Shinto ritual& is front of Ule tokonoma and et her cottage to see what the excite- ment was About, beheld the t ,n11 eon Just n I .eve hrr head. inn the other hand. 1 nnaelt undoubt- edly saved one man's life, a jury bring- ing a verdict of "not guilty" on a noter- ktus highwayman in order that they, the prisoner rind the judge who was trying the ease, might rush out of court to seer the balloon. The Aeronaut descended eventually near Ware, in Ilertfnrdshire, where his sudden drop from the clouds was the cruse of more astnnt.ahment And mette- ntent. Many of the spectators, we AM told swooned with fear, while other. tweed the putting of poor Lentil—at to denth there net then. on Iho ere•e^.' that he must nee'& hon sorcerer, and it. ORDERED HER TO SUIIRENDER. 'Ire crew of tlx: Crete-a-Pierrot, with true Ilaylion heriosm, promptly rushed for the boats, leaving only the brave skipper ICilick, who was half a Scotchrnan, and two other men on board. Rather than surrender, Killicic then blew up his yes• e1, which went down, while the German. genners gallantly blazed away `into the t,t'rning wreckage. with it disappeared :he hopes of the Firmin party. Since then the disappointed general has spent his time wandering about amongst the neighboring islands intri- guing against his successful rival. min loses as the champion of the pure- blooded; negro element, while the Presi- .tent's leading supporters are found chiefly amongst the mutatto..5!'lies. The danger to the white population in the fact that, when the Itnytians be- come excited, they are no better than the most bktodthiraly savngell. Except 6,r the brutal and autocrats iMetver wield - ••l by the President, there is no pretence at either law or justice throughout 1110 Island, When not fighting or drinking, the Haylian negro spends his time lying en the sun smoking innumerable. cigar- ettes. All over the island the mads made originally by the Spanish and French have fallen into ruin, and the thick for- ests in the Interior are PEOPLED BY DEI'nAVED SAVAGES. A story told by Mr. Snndhiam, the Yell - ;mown American trust, will illustrate the ,tate of di•;cipline which prevails amongst the 8.000 rulltans who bear the attire -icy title e,f "the army Mr. Sandhatn end an Irish friend. who c esidel in the island, were on day watch. in the Cctmntandnnta of the Ilaytian at my reviewing itis troops. "Would soli like to see me break up !he whole lot?" asked the Irishman. "Of course," replied the artist. The Irishman then tee k five silver coins :rant his pocket, and, with n heel srntt. threw them up in the nir. Presently the whole twiny leaped forward and scram- bled for the money. the Cnmmaridnnta '.cniselt securing the flet three pie -eco \fter pocketing them with dignity, and restoring order amongst his men. he or- dered the Irishman to be nrreslM1 for bringing discredit on the nrn►y. Th.! Int- er was sentenced to three weeds' impris- onment, but five pieces of silver and a lr•111e er rum secured his instant release. t'earson's Weekly. LIVE STOCK NOTES. It is comparatively easy to train n !terse to move promptly rind step qu ck- iy if you cernm. roc right when you lies• begin to handle kiln. Shet[o with live on almost any kind of pasture, yet the best in order th.rl trey may do web, Le a nutritious pasture growing on a dry, firm soil, with a. good deal of white .lover. The succ.' 'fat rearing of turkey !cad's demands. first, the use of sir• ring vigorous sto•k, sone eel el sly bred and with it dash of wild blood. Ex{;ori mems conelucte l :time years ng.) at 1• ntoe'o island experiment station sh• ed that 11:e ate of a wild, hnl[nvild. . even quarter wild gobbler with dome tens resulted in strungor tenets. ant ereele- feroc•ntage of the young e. • raised. \\ heti calves are raised by hand. ,k named milk --and t•,ur-flfths of all + eatvea raised by the average farmer are raised in thia way -they should be sep- arated [rem the c +w wh n not more than two or thaw days old. When Taken away tits young they will learn to drink ni►ch more easily than when let run with their mother until a week or two add. When gdparntvi they should be r)v'n new mIk fresh from lh" cow. for several days, and care should be taken sol to change to skim milk be midden- ly. or the towels will become *lerring- ret and Feours wt't set tn. Tho ober e from fresh to skim milk can be nun& very easily. and with little or ne r'sk . the health or nye:elite of the Galt, by k ry n pert of one teed each day League with the Evil Ona 1 eitem nii k. Itl1RIED TiREASURE IN ENfil.A•ND 'There must be n Eco d deal of 11 n the form of el:urch pine- and s encealed in different parts . 1 England, quantities • f 1+ were pari el nt 'ha :ne of the .liseil:a on of the .'mi•t't• Thee nr,• lwe I. gelid , et" t' es- ,•rshire regard ne semis s lver h 1 bolt r.stan •c, ssh+e•h have ben !andel down most pea st tally Crean '.re Con r utter ;e. another since the sixte nth century. One version of the story is Ihnt the tette were buried by the !nst Ablest of Evesham. Abbot Lichfield. In a ..ubter- renean pnssage which formerly existed between the Miley and n house on the apposttr bunk of the rt•. r, wit le the ether story has it that n peal e t silver bells wa.s buried at the !Jame period (the dioanolutlen of the menet t r e.1 at • le lots Morten, a viIinge !en mi c • 'i dant tier Evesham,. The it m 'r. seeds men's heed renal he pig iron.