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A STORY OF THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEls.T. oaArcrEit I. bet" ladies, "and what window may that I was not aware at first of the many Mr. Pilmilly had a way of laughing lee he e, which discussions which ad gone on about spokwhh did not please but it wae true that he was not perbme;aps that window. It wa$ almost opposite one of the windows a the large old- fashioned drawing -room of the house in which I spent that summer, which was of so much importance iu my' life. Our house and the library were on opposite sides of the broad High Street of Staule's, which is a fine streetevide and ample. and very quiet, as strangers think who come from noisier places; but in a summer evening there IR much coming and going, and the stillness is a window, and had been built up. And full of sound -the sound of footsteps the ofteneabler people look" at it, the less they are to say. and pleasant voices, softened by the "Let me see this window," said old su.mmer air. Tbare are even exceP- Lady Carnbee, who was very active tional MOMents when it is noisy; the and strong-minded; and then they all came crowding upon me-tiwee or four time of the fair. and on Saturday nights old ladies, very eager, and Mr. Pit - sometimes, and when there sere excur- milly's white hair appearrng. over their sion trains. Then even the softest heads, and my aunt sitting quiet and sunuy air of the evening -will not smiling. behind. s m 1 mead the wevery well," said ooth he bash tones and the stunt- " lady' Carnbee; ay; ntdow and eo do more bling at. ps; but at tbese unlovely than rae. But in it, present appear - moments we shut the windows, and ance it is just like any other window; but has not been cleaued, I should say, in the memory of man. "I see what ye means," said one of the others. "It is just a vary dead. thing without any reflection ht it, but I've seen as bed before." "Ay, it's dead enough," said another, "but that's no rule; for these lazzies of D net ROLLIN'S it AMOS. Separate Offices. Residence same as former. iy Andrew at. 011ices: Speokinatt's building. Main st ; Dr ROMIlle same as forinerly, north door; Dr. Arno." same building, south doon, .LA. ROLLINS. MD.. T. a AMOS, M. A Exeter, Oat desirous of pleasing me. He said, Oh, east the window opposite," with his Laugh running through his words; "our friend, can never make up her mind about it, though she has been living opposite it since-" "You need never mind the date," eaid another; "the Leebrary window! Dear me, what should it be but a window? up at that lieightt it could not be a door." "The question is," said. my aunt, "if it is a real window with glass in it, or if it is merely painted, ow if it once was AUCTIONEERS. ROSBEINRERRY, General LT • caused Auctioneer Sales conducted in aliparis. Satiefeationguarantesd. Chargeg moderate. Boman P 0, Ont. 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Notes on hand and In force •W •Ws tang, MD- President; D M. TAYLOR Fecretary ; J. B. Humus, Inspector, . 011AS Agent for Exeter and vicinity ven I, who am so fond of that deep recess where 1 eau take refuge from all that is going on inside, and make my- self a, spectator of all the varied story' out of doors, withdraw front my watch- tower. To tell the truth, there never was very much golug on inside. The woman -servants In this 111 age- ' house belonged. to my aunt, to whom, sa..‘ratah% "EN.vomen are wail enough," ornaments. And. then whiles I an I HOUSEHOLD. ewe I can see the glass shilling when 1 the, sun catches it m the afternoon." ea "You could so easily satisfy yourself. Mrs. Balcarres, if you. were to-" "Give a laddie a penny' to oast a stone and see what happens," said Lady' Care- l:ea "But 1 act not sure that I have any desire to satisfy myself," Aunt Mary said. And then there was a stir m the roota,and I had to come out frora my parsimony' is frugality earned to an ex - recess and open the door for the old ladies and see them down-stairs,as they treme. Economy is a, virtue, parsimony all went away following one another, is a vice." Mr. Pitmilly gave his arm to Lady Carnben, though she was always eon- So many influenoes have entered in- tra,dicting Itim, and so the tea-party to the formation and growth of our dispersed. Aunt Mary came to the habits and the moulding of our charm:it- head of the stairs with her guests in ers that our needs na.ust necessarily an old-fasbioned,gracious way, alaile I • went down with there to see that the differ widely'. No definite rules can, ECONOIVIY IN PURCHASING. "Economy/' says a writer, "avoids a.W waste and extravagance, and applies money to the best adventage; frugality outs off an indulgence and proceeds on a system of rigid and habitual saving; st voice of aIl,whi�b. was (she says, Thank God l) nothing aver Aunnt. .Iarv's, "1 will never let them bappens. I believe that many things risk their lives clea.ning the outside of /aave happened to her in ber time; bu.t mine. And there are no womereser- that was all over at the period of which vant;.saraintntilime Old ifsriv,briarwitthare istiniaatye They weregall pressinig into amny recae‘ss. I am speakbag, and she was old, and very quiet. Her life went on in a pressing. upon me, a row of old faces, routine never broken. She got up at mireirzfainnjo Isobel -thing they could not the bow cueious it ‘Iwas, waiiyor-ola same hour every day, and did the same things in the same rotation, day ladies in their old satin gowns all glaz- by day the same. She said that this telt with age,Lady Ca.rnbee with her lace was the greatest support in the world, d3r• leaking ic.:i7rthiritlaktuNat consciously the eonarast of any felt that routine is a kind of salvation. It may be so; but it is a very dull ness to their oldness. and stared at salvation. and I used to feel that I t(ite‘ntile)s they .stiared over my head at d.igtIvvean.a itno would rather have incident, whatever attent iornari.;..pwtT(tTiv; tiIine. kind of incident it might be. But then taken up with the old ladies than with the thing they were looking at. at that time I was not old, which makes "The framework is all right at least, all the differenoe. II can see that, and. panted black-" At the time of which I speak the deep "And the panes are pented black too, recess of the drawing -room window g's iaglit;idntilaat,v,mafirhse. Badaylcaaror?theItsvhinas. was a great comfort to me. Though doeen duties; you, will mind,Leddy Caen - bee " "Mind!" said the oldest lady. "1 mind when your mother was ixtarriet, Jeanie; and, that's neither the day nor •yesterday-. lain as for the window, it's just a delusion, and that is my opinion of the matter, II you ask ;me." "There's a great STRI+. of liget in that NERVE BEANS NERVE Ernes are m .415. eovery that cure the worst rases of Nervous Debility, Lost Vigor and Failing Manhood ; restores the weakness a body or mind caused by over -work, or the errors or ex, ceases of youth. 'This Remedy air. rolutely cures the most obstinate cases when all other ratesalamas have failed even to relieve. Zold by drug - eats at $1 per package, or aix for $5, or sent by mail on -.seta, of price by addressing VIE seems ;enemies' "0„. Toronto. Ont. Wiese wrrh.: t. •ir; in— Sold at Browning's Drag Store Exeter, she was au old lady (perhaps because she was so old) she was very tolerant, and had a kind of feeling for me. She never said a, word, but often gave me a smile when she saw how I had built myself up, with my books, and my bas - THEEKETER TIMES. e epublisned everyTimrsday mornne, es TIMES STEAM PRINTING HOUSE Sairs-streetme_e•rly opposite Fitton's Jewellery btore ,Threter,01 n t „by Joins White & Sons, Pro- prietors. - RATES er ADVDEVstritRa Fir sting ertion, peril ne ..... ....10 oents. eh subse puss ti e r tion ,pe'r. I GE; 8 cents, To insure insertion, advertisement s .should EA stelae notlator then VVeduesday morning Our3'013 PRINTING DEPAItTM ENT Is one tithe largest and best equipped in the (Meaty o Musen,All work entrusted to us wilireeetve nerpronaptatteation; maid veas ready at the door. When I therefore, be submitted, the keeping of came back Aunt Mary. was still stand- which would constitute economy, and ing in the recess looking out. Return- ing to my seat she said, with a kind of the not keeping extra,vagance. Each is,your opinion'?" and weet individual must define and praotise it wistful look, "Well, honey; '1 have no opiniote I was reading as best suits the requirements of her- self or her bousebold. my book all the time.'" I said. "And so you were, honey, and no' In many tva,ys we are sadly defici- very civil; Itat all the. same I ken well mat, far behind the housewives of other you. heard, every word. we saida --- CalAlaTER 11. ket of work. I did very httle work, 4 muckle room at the college s ul fear -now and then a few stitches other. "If it was a window % 'the Lee - when the spirit moved me, or when I brary veould have more lights" had got well afloat in a dreaamand was "One thing is clear," said one of the ger ones, it cannot be a window to more tempted to follow it out than to i°urt see through. It may be filled in or it read my book, as eametimes happened. may be built up, but it is not a window At other times, and if the book were interesting, I used to get through vol- ume after volume sitting there, pawing no attention to anybody. And yet I did pay a kind of attention. ,Aunt look on her face, which was a carious, Mary's old ladies -came in to callanci I scornful look as of otte who knew more heard them talk. though I very seldom to were light." "And who ever heard of a window that was not to see through?" Lady Carnbe.e said. I was fasciaated by the It was a night in Jane; dinner was tong over, and had it been winter the maids would have been shutting up the house, and my Aunt Mary prepar- ing to go up -stairs to her room. But it was still clear daylight, that day- light out of which the sun has been long gone, and which has no longer any rose reflections, but all has sunk into a pearly neutral tint -a light welch is daylight yet is not day. We had taken a turn in the ga.rden after dinner, and now we bed returned to what we called our usual occupations. My aunt was reading. The 'English post had come listened; but for all that, if they had anything to say that was interesting, it is curious how I found it in my mind afterwards, as if the air had blown it than she chose to say; and then my wandering fancy was caught by her hand as she held it up, throwing back the lace that drooped over it. Ledy Carnbee s lace was the chief thing to Ole. They came and went, about her -heavy black Spanish lace had the sensation of their old bonnets with large flowers. Everything she gliding out and in, and their dresses rustling; and now and. then had to jump up and shake hands with some one who knew nae, and asked after my papa and mamma. Then Aunt Mary would give me a little smile again, and. I slipped. back to my window. She never seemed to meld. My mother would. not have let me do it, I know, She would have remembered dozens -of things there were to do. She would have, seta me up -stairs to fetch some- thing which I was ciente sure she did not want, or down -stairs to carry' some quite unnecessary message to the house- maid. She liked to keep me running about. Perhaps that was one reason why I was so fond of Aunt Mary's drawieg-roora, and the deep recess of the window, and the curtain that fell half over it, and the broad. window - seat, where one could collect so many things without being found fault with for untidiness. Whenever we had .any thing the matter with us in these days, e were sent to St. Rule's to get up our strength. And this was ray case at the time of velticli I am going to speak. Everybody had said, since ever I learned to speak, that I was fantastic and. fanciful and dreamy, and all the other words with which a girl who may happen to like poetrywed to be fond. of thinking, is so often made uncomfort- able. People don't know what they mean when. they say fantastic. It sounds like Madge Wildfire or some- thing of that sort. My mother thought I should always be busy, to keep non- sense out of ray head. But really I was not at all fond of nonsense. I was rather serious than otherwise. I would have been no trouble to anybody if I had been left to rayself. It was only that I had. a sort of second -sight, and was conscious of things to which I paid no attention. Even when reading the most interesting book, the things that were being talked about blew in to me; and I heard what people were saying in the streets as they passed under the window. Aunt Mary always said. I could do two or indeed three things at once -both lead and listen, and see. I am sure that 1 did not listen mucb,and seldom looked out, of. set purpose -as some people do who notice what bon- nets the ladies in the street have on, but did hear what I couldn't help hearing, even when I was reading. my book,and I did see all sorts of things though oftea far a whole half-hour I might never lift my eyes. This does not explain what I said at the beginning, that there were many discussions about that window. It was, and still is, the last window in the row, of the College Library, which is opposite my Aunt's house in the High Street. Yet it is not exactly opposite, but a little to the wept, so that I could see it best from the left side of my recess. I took it calmly for granted that it was a window like any other till I first heard the talk about it which was going on in the drawing -room. "Have you. never made up your mind, Mrs. Balcarres," said old M. "whetber that window opposite is a window or not?" He said Mistress Balcarres-and he was always called Mr, Pitnailly. Morton; which was the name of the place, -r am never' sure of it, to tell the truth." said Aunt Mary, "all these yea rs." ' "131ess mer said one ot the old. De Widens Regarding News- Iaiel's. slAypersonvyho takes a paperrogulttrlyfre n thepostmflioe, whether directed in his name or • another's,or whether lie 110,5 eabsoribecl or not responsible for payment. 2 If it person orders his paper diseontiritted tensest Pay ell arrears or the pablisher may ontinue to send it until the payment is made, then collect the whole amount, whether 1,1:leper is taken frointhe office or nob. Z In suits for subscriptions, the suit may be =tam ted in the place where the paper is pab ished, although the sabsosibee may reside hundreds of miles stway. t The courts have, deeiciect that refusing to altese wspapers orperiedscale from the ps41• tic, or eemoving nod le ?Arias Lit in 11 10.1 1p1iine facie eyeloses ot 'JAL .fe.ttil Exercise is a cheap leadmine and eleanlinese % good disinfectant. Cookies, -One and one-half cupfuls of sugar and one-half cupful of butter cremated together; add two-thirds of a cupful of sour milk or cream in which one small teaspoonful of soda is dis- solved; use flour enough to make a soft dough. Flavor with nutmeg or vanilla. or use a few caraway seeds. Roll thin, out with a cooky cutter, sprinkle with a pinch of sugar or cocoanut and bake quickly on buttered. tins. Cream Sauce. -One pint of milk, two tablespoonfuls of butter, two heaping tablespoonfuls of flour, one-half tea- spoonful of salt, a little white pepper. Heat the milk over hot water. Put the butter in a, granite saucepan; when boiling (not brown) add the dry flour gradually and stir till well mixed. Pour slowly into tbis butter and flour the hot milk, add pepper and salt areattetir all the time until perfectly smooth. Wbole WIteat Pudding. -Two cupfuls of. Whole wheat flour, one cupful of milk, one-half cupful of molasses, one- half cupful of walnut meats, one cupful of stoned raisins, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one-half teaspoonful of sodanne nations, especially in buying supplies for teaspoonfel of baking powder. airmuiatidmairx 4131 itxtofietheAtteaanma the table and in cookery. Very taanY turen intoe three hours. This maims la'rge pud- cclaitag.bewrhatehhealvell: keep several ditoreond supplies can be obtained at a detailed saving in cost b3r purcbasing there in quauttties. A gross of clothespins costs no more, of a first class dealer, than you pay for hall that quantity at retail, And it is silly ceonomy to bother, out in the biting winds and stinging cold, to pin two garments on the line with one clothespin. When soap is purchased by the box or even dozen bars, it is plumper in price And also more economical, as it will last longer if kept until thoroughly dry in. and she had got her Times, which d h was h great dee man. rh, Scoteman was her morning reading,but she liked her Timesiae night. As for me, too was at my usual occupation, which at that time was doing nothing. I had a book as usual, and was absorbed in it; but I was con- scious of all that was going on all the same. The people strolled along the broad pavement,. making reraarks as they passed, under the open window which came up into my story or my dream, and sometimes made me laugh, The tone and the faint- sing -song, or rather chant, pf the accent, which was "a wee Elfish," was novel to rae, and associated with holiday, and pleasant; and soctetiraes they said to each other something that was amusing, and often something that suggested a whole story; but presently they began to them off, the footsteps slackened, the voices died away. It was getting late, though the clear, soft daylight went on and on. All through the lingering evening, Nei:doh seemed to consist of inierminable hours, long but not weary', drawn out as if the spell of the light and the outdoor life might never end, I bad now and then, quite unawares, cast it glance at the mysterious win- dow which my aunt and her friends had discussed, as I felt, though I dared not say it even to myself, rather fools ishly. It caught, my eye without any intention on my part. as I paused, as it were, to take breath, in the flowing and current of undistinguishable thoughts o.nd things from without and within which caaTied. rcte along. First, it ae- curred to me, with a little sensation of discovery, how absurd to say it was not a veindow, a living window, one to see throughl Why, then, had they never seen it, these old folk? I saw as I looked up suddenly the faint greyness as of visible space. within -a room be- hind, certainly -dim, as it was natural e room should be on the other side of the street -quite indefinite; yet so clear that if some one were to come to the window there would be nothing surprising in it. For certainly there was a feeling of space behind the panes which these old half -blind ladies had disputed about whether they were glass or only fictitious panes marked on the wall, How silly! when eyes that could see could make it out in a minute. It was only a greyness at pres- ent, but it was unmistakable, a space that went back into gloom, as every room does when you look into it across a street. There were ne curtains to show whether it was inhabited or not; but a room -oh; as distinctly- as ever room was! I was pleased with myself, but said nothing, while Aunt Mary rustled her paper, waiting for a favorable moment. to announce a dis- covery which settled her problem at once. Then I was carried away upon the stream again, and forgot the wet- dow, till somebody threw unawares a word from the outer world, "I'm visa hame; it'll soon be dark." Darkl what was the fool thinking of? it never would be dark if one waited out, wandering in the soft air for hours longer; and then my eyes, acquiring easily that new habit, looked across the way again. Ah, now! nobody indeed had come to the window, and no light had been lighted, seeing it was still beautiful to read by -a still, clear, colorless light; but the room inside had certainly widened. I could see the grey space and air a little deeper, and a sort of vision, very dim, of a wall, and some- thing against it, something dark, with the blackness that a solid article. how- ever indistinctly seen, takes in the Tighter darkness that is only space -a large„ black, dark thing coming out into the grey. I looked more intently, and made sure it was a piece of furniture, either a writing -table or eerhaps large bookcase, No doubt it must be the last, since this was part of the old library. I never visited the old College Library, but I ba.ve seen such places before, and I could well imagine it to myself. How curious that for all the time those old people had looked at it, they had. never seen this before! (To 13e Continued.) APPLES FOR AUSTRALIA.. wore was trimmed with ila A large veil of it hung over her old bonnet. But her hand coming out of this he,avy lace was a curious thing to see. Site had very long fbagers,very tapenwhich had been much admired in her youth; and her hand was very white, or rather more than white, pale, bleached, and blood- less, with large blue veins standing out upon the back, and she wore some fine tangs, among others a big diamond in an ugly old claw setting. They were too big for her, and were wound round and round with yellow silk to make them keep on; and this little cushion of silk, turned brown tvith long wear- ing, had twisted round so that it was more conspicuous than the jewels; while the big dia-mond blazed under- neath in the hollow of her hand, like some dangerous thing hiding and send- ing out darts of light'The hand. which seemed to come almost to a point, with this strange ornament underneath, clutched at my half -terrified imagina- tion. It too seemed to mean far more than was said. I felt as if it might clutch me with sharp claws, and the lurking, dazzling creature bite -with a sting that would go to the heart. • earesently, however, the circle of the old faces broke up, the old ladies re- turned to their seats, and Mr. Pitmilly, small but very erect, stood up in the midst of them, talking with mild au- thority like a little oracle an:mug the ladies. Only Lady Carnbee always contradicted the neat, little, old gentle- man. She- gesticulated, when she talked, like a Frenchwoman,and darted forth that hand of hers with the lace hanging over it,so that 1 always caught a glimpse of the lurking diamond. I thought she looked like a witch among the corafortable little group which gave such attention to everything Mr. .Pit- railly said. "For my part, it is my opinion there is no window there at all," he said "It's very like the thing that's called in scienteefic language an optical illusion. It arises generally, if I may use such a word. in the presence of ladies, from a liver that is not just in the perfict order and balanoe that organ demands -and then you will see things -a blue dog, I eemenaber, was the thing in one case, and in another-" "The man bee game gyte," said. Lady Carnbee; "I mind the windows in the Auld Leebrary as long as I mind any- thing. Is the Leebrary itself an optical illusion too?" "Na, na," and "No, no," said the old ladies; "a blue dogue would be a strange vagary; but the Library we have all kent from our youth." said. one. "And I mind when the Assemblies were held. there one year when the Town hall was building," another said. "It is just a great divert to me," said Aunt Mary; but what was strange was that she paused thereand said in et low Lone, "now;" and then went on again "for whoever comes to my house,there are aye discussions about that window. I have never just made up my mind about it myself. Sometimes I think it's a case of these wicked window duties, as you said, VMS Jeanie, when half the windows in our houses were blockel up to save the tax. And then, I think, it may be due to that blank kind of building like the great new buildings on the Earthen Mound in Edinieugh, Avhore, the windows are just, , The cost of a cedar wasla tub is more than that of a common pine one, but it will outwear three of the latter. Stove blackleg can be bought by the dozen cakes for two-thirds a whet it will cost a,t Sugar is also sold at quite a reduc- tioia, even in the fifty -pound bags. Coffee is an exception. to this rule; it is wiser to buy it m small quantities, unless you get the green berry and roast it at horae. Tea, can be bought at it reduction by getting five pounds, it only requires to be kept in glass fruit cans; it will lose none of its flavor. Raisins, citrons, currants, mace, etc., will keep perfectly fresh and moist in the same way. Nutmegs, pepper and all kinds 01 spice should be purchased by the pound, and kept in vessels as nearly air tight as possible. FLOWER GARDEN HINTS. The first rule to observe in the flower garden is that of, orderevrites C.L. Al- len. With it the garden, no matter what it may contain,will be beautiful; without it, no matter how much mon- ey has been expended upon it, it will be tuaything but beautiful -it will be dowdy, which is znu.ch worse than neg- lect. One great cause for this appear- ance is overcrowding. The plants have neither room, light nor air sufficient to enable theui to develop their forras or flowers. I admire some of the old-. fashioned flowers, the balsams, mari- golds and fear o'clocks. Last year I Saw a bed. of balsams of fully fifty in a space one and one-half feet square, where there was hardly room enough for one plant, and the owner complain- ed bitterly that his balsams were not as good. as mine, each one of which had. six square feet of ground room and they completely filled the space. Another common cause of a slovenly garden is the desire to have a little of everything in a space only sufficiently large to grow a few kinds well, Form and color are so intermixed that the effect Is destroyed; no harmony, no distinctness, simply a jumble of color. As well might we call an artist's pal- ette a picture. In the window garden tlae same thing Is noticeable. Ten times as many plants as look well or do well are crowded. ba - to a given space, for fear they will be killed by frost in the garden. Better by far have them killed outright,than to starve them in the ',house or cone pel them to eke out a sickly existence. When the flower garden is being planted, beer it in mind that a plant is never so beautiful as when it is grown to perfection. This cannot be done if it is crowded, or in the shaae of trees or walls. .61 is better to have a single specimen in the vigor of bealth and bloom that a floral hospital. A single plant of a good zinnia, or a single dahlia will adorn a garden for three months; whatever their colors may be there will be none others to destroy harmony, and any color is pleasing if it does not suffer by comparison. Plant it few kinds, no more than can have sufficient room and. care, and give them a living chance. "IF I HAD KEPT MY PROMISE." PYNY-PECTORAL Positiveli Cures ia Ca surprisingly short time, Ie..* •eel- e'ntifie°cerUteGli8d C certainty, tria.ednetidtrOtteL, spooStning and healing in it_s effects. W. C. bloCousse & Eton. 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The followiog, told by hiraselE end included in his biogra- phy by Mr. Maxwell, shows how one mistake in conduct raaw• prove fatal to character, and even to life itself. Mr. Thomson was leaving Calton jail one afternoon, wben the governor, step- ping from a group of officials, said to hira, "Please wait; we are expecting a heavy sentence." In a short time the gates were open- ed, and the police van came in. When the clatter of bolts had ceased, a pris- oner etepped out of the van. After glancing for a moment at the papers banded to him, the governor whisper- ed. to Mr. Thomson one word: "Death!" After the man was taken to bis cell, the young chaplain went to see hint. When the warden had left the mania prisoner looked earnestly at his visit- or and said: "So you don't know ro.e?" "I don't recall having seen you, be- fore," was the reply. "Bat I remember you!" the prisoner exolairaed, so bitterly that the chaplain wondered for a moment whether Ile could ever have done bim an injury. Al- most immediately the condemned man broke into it paroxysm of grief, wring- ins- Isis hands and crying: if I had kept my promise! If I had only kept my promise, I shout& not be here to-daYr He was a typical British tar, with a free hand and a generous heart when he was sober. Under the influence of liquor he had quarrelled with his wife' and. pushed her dawn -stairs to her death. It seems that throe years previous ta his. trial and conviction for murder, he had been sentenced to thirty days in prison because of a drunken row. Then he attended the prison meetings held by Mr. Thomson, who, after one of these gatherings, took the sailor into his pri- vate room, prayed with him, and then warned, him earnestly' against drink. The murderer now told the chaplain tbis, ancl ended bis confession in these words: "I promised you faithfully that I would give it u.p, and so I did for a while, but it came back on me. Since then I have been all around the world, and to think that I am here, and that it has come to this!" Then followed an outburst of agony and. the plaintive wail,"Oh, if I had kept my promise!" This for weeks wa.s his remorseful refrain, until the moment of his execu- tion. As the unhappy man was led to the scaffold he looked down upon his black clothes, and then at the good chaplain. "0 William," he exclaimed, "Will - leen! Did. I ever expect to see you in mourning for yourselft" Trembling with emotion, he soon after shook hands with Mr. Thomson, saying penitently as he did so, "Oh, that I had kept my promise!" "Oh, if I had kept my promise!" is the silent wail of many a ruined life. An experimental shipment of apples to A.ustralia has proVed a failure, but the many influences tending toward that result were of such a nature that a profitable trade need not yet be re- garded as impossible. Mr. L. Wol- verton, Secretary pf the Ontario Fruits Growers' Association, and Mr. G. W. Cline of Winona, made the ex- periment, and the fruit was handled in Australia, by Mr. A. F. Winter, who makes a specialty. of selling Ca,nadian goods on commission. The failure was due in a great measure to the spoiling of the apples in transport. Although they were wrapped separately in blot- ting paper, and all reasonable preea,u- dons taken, only 45 of the 113 bushels were raarketa,ble. In every variety a large proportion were spoiled. The duty of one shilling a bushel has since been removed. lf the transportation problem can be 'solved without undue expense the trade may yet beeome pro- fitable. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castotia) • SOME GOOD RECIPES. Fruit Cake. -One-half cupful of but- ter, one oupful of sugar, one cupful of milk, two and one-fourth cupfuls of flour, sifted, one-half of a nutmeg, grated, one and one-half teaspoonfuls 6f baking powder, one egg, one cupful of stoned raisins, one -tablespoonful of cooking wine or whiskey. Bake in a round tin nearly one hour. Shredded Cabbage -Select a small white cabbage. One hour before din- ner out it into quarters and soak in cold water. Dry and shave very thin with a sheep knife. Heap it lightly in it salad bowl, and. serve with vinegae,oil, pepper and salt, or a boiled salad. dress - mg. One cabbage will make enoegh for two or three dinners. • Gingerbread. -Mix butter the size of an egg with two tablespoonsful of sug- ar; add three-fourths of a cupful of mo- lasses, three-fourths of a capful of sour milk in which a large teaspoonful of soda is dissolve& one teaspoonful of ginger and flour enough to make a ra- ther stiff batter. Bake in a sheet about twenty minutes. Spices •may be used instead of ginger and a few stoned rais- ins. • " Minnehaha Cake. -One cupful of Sug- ar. one-half cupful of butter, one whole egg and the yolk of another, reserving the white for the frosting, two cupfuls of flour, three-fourths cupful of milk, one teaspoonful of cream tartar, one- half teaspoonful of aide. 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