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Exeter Times, 1897-4-22, Page 6TRAGEDY, o masked, Granny' rinsed this sink and filled it e brim. Danny took hand in a. gingerly it so distrustfully iskly :-- 'tea, man? re's the milk p's aye the d sugar, and man with a cemented, dy with won'er , they :fin's a ein' the t easel' he likes o' e pair as a' mair eller on eyther, 'he day, a. There's -Hackle rea- .t curiosity. en giein' you staler? he t angrily. Ses. ion had done this, he e minister that very day right to pass his door. • toldthem that he had if tobacco? fig that wye atore I'll "plied Granny haughtily A ill Beed to put you on hat gied it to me." "Died ye what E" whined Danny, Illi tears in his voice. "That!" oiled Granny, opening her hand dramatically and showing the gold upon her palm. of Danny stood as if under the influence {ecdsCaHis odheceso that he scarcely holtu He stared into Granny's outspread palm as a bird might look into the eyes of a snake. "God's truth, it's gowd!" he whis- pered huskily, when at length he could believe his eyes. Then he sat down stunned. Such benefactions had been going when he was not in the way I He felt like a man who had lost his all upon the stock exchange. If the money had come from Barncraig, he al been swindled, cheated out of his irthright with a paltry pound of to - to d, "l 'ane! I •. Gif feet. se. novo. in bees Dazed his regrets that buzzed like r , listened dumbly , while Granny dilated garrulously upon ng, she the delights thea lay within the rete- ll= to ful coin, whittle potency was to her like the iamP'hat bad the world at the feet i " Aladdin. She did not deign to take y tate Pct:. ci the chagrined silence of her workii err. • If Danny had not been so ne, etely crestfallen, her disappoint- lCwveenewvauld have been bitter, and the t:..1s lath of arrogancen n .would flavor. eluic length Danny,who was awaken- has t:"to the complant speculations of eumetiti elated old woman, could stand it he Iloforgoi en "to and Boo herr he had is 0,1.0 slunk out of the cottage with greed in t' his eyes and wrath in his soul. He ; turned upon the threshold, and, shak- o ' ing his fist at the dosed door, mut- , tered viciously: "Ye ould black be- am. ye, I wwudna' wan'er but Ye steal't it!" The poor sow did not: get her brook o graciously as Danny had got his cup s tea, but by the satisfaction of her „rule she seemed to have a better li- ge tli than ame about that this aged became , estranged through the tercets of e well eant efforts of the rimination of .,-• enjoyed too thoroughly ghly Tlie census of are of her did friend to taken, gives that fort to break down the 'i 4 e an ince„ as :h her wealth had set up lens t year• Tai auty ohearts. the p or toonknock itt increase of "of the rich. :Danny would Blenheim fulls pride in time and come renew the c ofelifee was finer Meanwhile, had force last sted. The spice of gratified van - places of las hot upon her wrinkled palate. Tuesday a bright yellow disc came between April 14 and the swift -nearing tomb. me ,L smokedng as his tthe days tobacco ulkiIyaa lasted, Danny pr'' dering, by the burnside in tine, or '% crouching over the fire in foul weather • ewers. ons of the Lake trstetu, illustrate toy of interest in he railway cont - old mortgage of seven per cent, loan for the same ee rate, or t. Canada, wait - •ng is the Quebec line out and when his supply was nearly ex- ; he meditated ruefully upon the the sprah- h was purchasing power of Granny's safe - •y °'i'ed over to the ept talisman. With the last gurgling suck of his (last pipeful, it was re-" vealed to him, in a blast of envy that shook his frail old body as with ague, that three pounds of thick black twist lay, lost to humanity, in the stocking of Granny Wilde. This thought, which had burst like a fire -ball in his brain when his pipe went out, continued to smoulder there and to leap into flame whenever a whiff from a passing pipe found its way to his nostrils. ft be- came evident to Danny that his neigh- bor stood terribly in the way of his pleasure; but there she stood, as bold and cunning and watchful as she was frail and lonely and old. The half -sov- ereign was as far away from Danny ,as if the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street had had it in her keeping. sultsle lmni teapoted,e,abut linglyee Lowes well-filled pipe his, nt and shoved it re littlwcket. He re- tppened on the here Irk- y E ' he asked 'Imaged hand pron of the fire. ally''dded Granny, ,,,,_ cot -Inhume, but done ou an' yie�htd Da 'I. r sir.' Wad yel`. .ori parritch E" busi= was unlike g for nothing Breads shrewd old i . that he had a mane. pocket? He •'ecj,be first principle is never to refuse Tee was puzzled. D ZySAZ lady bountiful fel SheHer con - was, Lent' mm'" " eiationship o..;omedy ;o Governmeree part a impossible te- f his leite and a good C. hey need in referenced - SCENE iV. Granny Wilde was certain that Danny could not have kept so good a fire burning in his grate if he had not helped himself from her suspiciously dwindling store. When the firelight shone through his small back window and danced --non the floor of her coal shed, she saw in this the fingers of Providence pointing out the theft. She had never been much of a church goer, but neither was she so entirely a heathen as not to give heed to such a manifest sign. ICJ was not so miraculously indicated to Danny that his neighbor tampered ties and not to mug with: his coal supply, but he had fairly not yet been eraseegpod judicial mundane ground for be- lieving that Granny had at least the intent to • rob him of his precious calorie, She could not keep her fingers from. the farmers' coalcarts when they brpasse her door, and would have'been ought before a Justice of the Peace to fact. if Pope Tet long ago for picking and stealing if it hied not been obvious to the local ppe,- •eP of the petition ,teen that she-wantei to o, on the t,it holds the tyran Y ice of getting a cart of coal out P is worshi ' re d I , bishops; then _t was known Wilfred._ to everybody that she leagues will either'd nearly put out Warty Wilson's eye co g an an occasion when her lust for heir church member- . mal got the better of her honesty. aces in the sere i a decision froP Gh. i ationS Ot.. e;' are.eezrg by a frightful rronrsb:od stick protrud- oen • gnglike bayonet from the briar hedge , • which•atthat point almost sweeps the enegi. d> of the truck as they pass. With old sweat running down his back, selection of choice oaths upon he peered ;savagely into the saw lookxag out at him the f national suspicion ;he appeal to the Po. del Val's visit to Ci translate that thee atty is the guard of a mineral train, and his story is that when he was tak- ing a freight of coal through the Glen one day, the skin of his face was cut ti. ion THE EXETER wrinkled face of a witch. The train f was round the curve before he co ai THE HOME. uld stop it, btut running back along t. metals he found Granny Wilde calmly filling her poke with the pieces of coal that she had dislodged from the trucks with her fearful -looking pike. Neither the guard's eloquence nor the com- party's threats had much effect up Granny's intrepid soul, but she IN, brought to repentance by a letter fro>+rit the parish doctor threatening t workhouse if she was again fou mod ling with TIMES USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL. The foundation for a sofa pillow may be twenty inches square, made of a an good quality of bed ticking and filled a•s with feathers, or down. The covering he material es a piece of silkoline,with yel- nd , low ground and a design'of wild roses a ua .atia vas railway. Thenceforth, Granny pi tended not to know that there was railway in the neighborhood, a would not even glean upon the 1ev crossing when the carts had jolt over it. This did not so much matter for the shaking so loosened the co that. some of it was sure to fall in t roadway just about the door Granny's cottage. Fate, or, as som say,Granny's stick, had a way of i yoking the force of gravitation at th he and leaves running over it. This is e'a made like a pillow slip, with a ruffle of Ile the silkoline doubled, and sewed into eel the seam all around. The pillow is slipped into it when done, and the edge al hemmed down.: Unbleached linen is he another suitable material for sofa pil- af low covers. ,Stamp a few oak leaves n- and acorns in the corners, work the at cones of the acorns with solid embroid- I eery with brown Roman floss, and the cup reg t in tapestry stitch with Asiatic: mediaeval ng ;silk. •Darn one half of each leaf from ode middle vein to the outer edge, fill in the other half with honey comb stitch, and outline the veins. The edges of the cushion are finiseed with a frill of lace, crocheted of ecru linen thread. This can be washed without injury and while it is handsome enough for any parlor it can be used every day and will last for years. A little pin tray is trade of celluloid with butterflies painted an its four sides in water colors. Then the edges are cut out, the ends and sides bent up and tied with baby ribbon, and a most convenient tray results. Circular cushions, nine inches 4n di- ameter. are made for the dresser. Cov- er with yellow silk, then place over this another cover of the finest linen. over which are embroidered detached blussoms of the golden buttercup. A. frill of lace makes a pretty finish for bon at the edgthe, e wittop. h a bow of yellow rib- ( A dainty carriage robe for a baby is of white broadcloth with tsprays of Cherokee roses embroidered on it in lovely shades of pink and green asiatic rope silk. It is lined with white silk. and the edges bound with white rib - bun. Another whet is not so expen- sive. is of pink eiderdown flannel lin- ed with white cashmere. ;t two-in�•li hem :s turned on the wrong side and caught down with invisible stitches. The only decoration is a narrow vine design, used as a herder and done with A:stel' twisted embroidery silk in white. Pretty tidiest are made by Crochet- ing wcheels of variegated cotton, and jv:nin�it them together in the shape de - Sired. The spaces bet the wheels sli uld be rated with smaller wheels.or wellerveleet,.d spider netts -a. Or if #:referred, crocheted strips of insertion :n any pretty pattern, the length you w sh the tidy to be, and join together with a strip of satin ribbon between. Shape. the ends of the ribbon in points, and finish the ends of the tidy with plush balls. if p.nk and white mitten is used pink ribbon and balls should be chosen; yellow and white cotton is Pretty combined will yellow ribbon. particular spot. Danny felt. that all his efforts to ke in repair the fence between his ya and Granny's were justified. Darl the fine weather of November he m great progress with this work of d reparation, and it was then that, whether moved by superstition or not will never be known, he built into his fence a fair seeming plank which bad been lifted from the floor of the pul- pit. He quite reasonably assumed that if it had been strong enough to keep the minister from sudden transla- tion in the wrong direction, which would have been like saying the Lord's Prayer backwards, it was sufficiently tough to resist the lateral pressure of Granny Wilde; and so it would have been, no doubt, if the stars in their coarse had not fought for her. Granny watched the building up of the fence very much as France and Russia watch the strengthening of the British navy. She did not dare to In- terfere, but she tingled to the finger- tips with suspicion. Often, when she thought no eye beheld her, would she sally forth and feel with tremulous fingers every stave and nailhead in the offensive barrier. It did not occur to Danny. who watched this operation, that she was searching for the secret gate by which he proposed to gain ac- cess to her store of coal; yet after each unsuccessful examination Granny was more firmly convinced that such an opening itself uponnethe pulpit plank, yet Danny had put more nails into it than in all the rest of the fence. it was his bulwark, his first line of de- fence, against witch or woman, and when he had driven the last nail in its goodly length, he rested from his la- bors. Re had confidence in the work of his hands, and chuckled when he 'watched Granny searching, as he thought, for the weak spot in the bar- rier. But upon a night in the beginning of December, a mighty wind came rci.'nd by Ramrod. '1 he groaning and creak. fug of the trees, and the f.apptug of every loose thing in the hamlet kept Granny le'ilde nodding over her fire to a much later hour than usual. The smoke blew into her face in angry puffs and sometimes the wind, like a human hand, seamed to be lifting the latch of the door. It was the kind of fearsome night when, old folk are in dread that something will happen to them, when, in fact, God. is using the world so roughly that guttering can- dles are afraid of being blown out. Granny, as we know, was not a. timid woman, but the strength which she displayed at any time was nervous, and on such a night as this her nerves were like the almost worn-out strings of a violin which have been screwed up till they are ready to break at a toach. As she dozed over the fire, a prey to all sorts of indefinite apprehensions, the storm seemed to grow in violence with every fresh gust. The walls of the cottage shook, and the wind fought with the doors and windows as if nothing would content it but to make a Olean sweep of the interior. At. the height of the turmoil Granny heard with dismay a great wrenching noise, in the back yard, followed by a loud crash. The old woman jumped to the terrifying conclusion that the wa sad had carried off her coal -shed bodily. She hurried to the window, but, the dark- ness was too thick to be pierced by her aged eyes, so she sat down again wearily, imagining strange disasters in the little world of her comforts, the little world that looms so large when its end is near at hand. The wind seemed to have spent its fury in the last mischievous clap, and soon afterwards died down into a con- dition of moaning unrest. In the com- parative calm, Granny's indomitable spirit prompted her to venture out into the yard to see what damage had been. done. She lit her oid-fashioned, round - bellied lantern, and, taking it in hand, cautiously lifted the latch of the door. The rush of the wind was not so strong as to frighten her, and she stepped out into the damp, desolate -looking yard. A gentle rain was falling, but the night was not cold, and Granny had a thick shawl over her head and shoulders. To her greatoy she found the coal - shed uninjured., Holding the lantern up, she peered curiously round. The familiar place struck her as new and strange. The yard seemed to have grown to twice its size. In another moment she saw what had happened. Danny's fence lay prone upon the ground. The wind had made match - wood of the rotten plank from the old pulpit, and had torn up the whole crazy structure by the roots. (To Be Continued.) SOMETHING FOR NOTHING. Should anybody come to you and whis- per, 'I've a scheme Far getting cash, hand over fist, an endless golden stream," And add, "I'll letyou in on this I" why, then, if yoke are wise, You'll spurn the bait and never try to grab the golden prize ; For he's got a string tied to it, Or, of course, he wouldn't do it ; He is very size to work the razzle dazzle after awhile; So distrest the souls who offer, "'Cause it's you," to full your coffer, For the men with gold to give away bale all gone out of Style. When anybody (smiles on you and avara dy shakes your hand, And shows a depth of friendship it is hard to' understand, And doesn't seem to have a joy but 'what he'd have you share ;' Now, such a heart may all right, t but— just the same, beware! Fier hes got a string tied to it, Or, perchance, be wouldn't do it, You have got to pay the price—aught else is a delusive h ; And here's a thought to ponder, As about the world you wander- Anything that's worth the having's al- ways anchored to a rope. CORROBORATING EVIDENCE. Michener--Sitraws tell which way the wind is blowing. Oldpart, from Kansas,—Qu.t that in our country, houses, trees, an' homes tall that same' tale, erni te- at enon lobe ate t4 1' t. Bit friends evils adoistAus. e i. THE CHILDREN'S DIET. Very often the little ones are troubled with weak digestion, consti- pation, etc., especially at this season when ,fruit is scarce, and meats and rich gravies are frequently set before them. Ailments of this sort, while amounting to very Iittle at first, caus- ing only blight fever, and perhaps no- ticeable irritation on the part of the child, should not be left without the mother's attention, or they may deve- lop into serious illness. Neither should the mother become over-anxious, and go to the other extreme of dosing the children. In such cases intelligent re- gulation of the diet will not only rem- edy the trouble, but will prevent its repetition. For infants with weak digestion, oat- meal gruel. made after the following recipe, is said to be excellent: Add one teacupful of oatmeal to two quarts of boiling water slightly salted; let this cook for two hours and a half, and then strain it through a sieve. When cold add ,to one gill of the gruel one gill of thin cream, and one teaspoonful of sugar. To this quantity add one pint of boiling water, and it is ready for use. A thin gruel of this sort as good for the older children as well as for the babies, and if they show the least signs of . wreak stomach or indi- gestion, let them have this instead of their usual allowance of plain unbolted milk. A .HOME. -MADE RUG. Have your blacksmith bend two heavy wires in the shape of a hair pin, twen- ty-four inches long and two inches be- tween the prongs. On these wind wool- en rags cut half an inch wide, wind- ing them in and. out as you crimp your hair. Prepare a foundation—a piece of old ingrain carpet or a coffee sack an- swers, well, the carpet being the best. Lay one of the filled pins on one end of the foundation and stitch down through the center on the' machine. Pull out the pin and lay the other, similarly fill- ed, in place, pressing back the loops from which you pulled the wires, so as to bring the next row close to them. The rows of stitching should not be more than three-quarters of an inch apart. The loops may be cut or left whole. Two persons can work at this advantageously, one winding the pins, the tether doing the stitching. The rug thus made is very durable. Dark colors are preferable; hit -anal -miss gives a good effect. SUGGESTIONS TO HOUSEKEEPERS. Remember that it is a adlinary sin to cut lettuce. It sehould be shredded with the fingers. Nor should it be sent to the table dripping with moisture. Wash it, lay it on a napkin and gently press it dry with aniothier. When sour milking is to be used in cooking ` a few vigorous whisks with the egg -beater in the bowl or pitcher will mix the curdand whey so thor- oughly that it cant be poured as easily as cream; and will also obviate the unldeaaantness of finding tthe, cakes or muffins interspersed wine particles of curd. Soda used with sour milk should net be put into thea milk but be sifted into the flour like taking-poweler. Not every housekeeper knows the difference between an infusion and a de000tiont. Probably that its the ma - eon -whey so many of them make tea, which should be, an infusion, a decoc- tion instead. An infusion is made by pouring boiling water upon the article and letting it steep with'aut boiling. TALE OF A SURVIVOR. Decoctions are much. stranger and are't made by allowing the vaster to continue to boil. Now that everybody is eating fresh eggs, remember that one of the nicest ways to serve them is boiled in, the shall. Select those f uniform size ; wash them; have the water boiling and putem in. Set the dish con- tainanth ng them where the water will keep hot, but will not boil, and let them stand five minutes. The whites will not be l Li'ile wiere, but baskets.l inwhich • o put the eggs, and then plunge them in the water, are a convenience. as they may be instantly lifted when done. DEEP BREATHING. Mothers should see that their little ones learn to breathe correctly—that is, through the nose, and to take long breathe. A long breath will expand and exercise the lungs to their fullest ca- pacity, while a short breath, only affects the upper part. For people with ca- tarrhal tendencies or weal,; lungs there is nothing better than deep breathing. It puts the blood. in circulation, thus benefiting the entire body. In cold weather deep breathing generates con- siderable heat and the one who can breathe well never feels the cold as does one who takes short breaths. Lou breaths are lung strengtheners. and such exercise has cured severe colds in the lungs. and has been known to do more good than medicine in the early stages. or rather, at the appearance of consumption. Such precaution and pre- vention cost nothing, and it would be well to adopt the method.. CONTENTED ABORIGINALS. Something About the Flathead Ineilans or isritish Columbia. The flathead Indians of British Co-' lumbia afford an extensive field for character study, and the writer hav- ing lived among them a number of years, has had unlimited opportunities for noting their peculiarities. Friendly contact with this people shows them to be of an entirely different disposi- tion from their northwestern brothers, and distinct as a tribe. They receive no help from the government. for the rea- son that they are well able to sustain themselves by securing employment at numerous occupations open to them. Independence is stamped upon their countenances and their talent con- sists in carving, canoe building and kindred employments. Fishing and hop picking are the principal Indus- tries in which they are employed dur- ing the summer, while in winter, fell- ing timber and hunting gives ample compensation for acomfortable living. Canoes are their means of transpor- tation and their skill in manipulating paddle is often made manifest during town exhibitions, in which this sport is a prominent feature. Great numt:ers of these ingenious Indians live along the trend of the Frazer river, which winds its, way thrdagh Clark canyons, amid towering mountains, where in proximity to the waters turbulently falling over rocks they live in a state of felicity, fishing and hunting. The ritual of the 'Roman Catholic church attracts many of them, and schools of this denomination are scat- tered abolat the province. Industrial schools also ars opened for their espec- ial benefit and many of the youthful Indians avail themselves of this Invalu- able instruction. Indian brass bands have been organized at differen" sta- tions and it is amazing to note their rapid acquisition of skill in the manage- ment of the different musical instru- ments, considering that they were com- parative. strangers to anything in this line such a, short time ago, and now it is quite a common sight to observe these bands playing on occasions of festivity in the cities. They are great fish eaters, and thein mild temperament is attributed to the ef£eet of this diet, which Is the chief food of every meal and cooked by means of smoking, giving it an appearance that detracts much from its delicious taste. At the end of the fishing sea- son those who receive their entire sum- mer's earnings in bulk leave at once for the city, there to transform the money into merchandise, for they are far from 'being money accumulators, and have a decided liking for receiving its worth in actual goods. The women are bard workers and are frequently seen walking through the cities burdened with a "pack" suffici- ently heavy for a strong man to carry; bat fastened as it is to their backs, they evince no sign of weariness„ while in winter they are seen walkingalong with characteristic gait in their bare feet, aver ice and snow, showing no apparent discomfort for the exposure. MR. CHUNG'S QUEER BUSINESS. Looking After the Bones of Chinese Who Die in the rafted States. Mr. Chung was a contractor in the employ of the Chinese Six Companies of San Francisco. He entered into a contract eleven years ago to travel all over the United States and exhume the bones of Chinamen. All Chinamen who have a contract with the Six Com- panies that, in case of death, their bones shall be returned to the Flowery Kingdom, and Mx. Chung is the man who personally sees that the contract is carried out. He is intrusted with the task of keeping track of the dead Chinamen, taking their bones out of the grave and shipping them to China —the only place, according to their re- ligion, where they can find absolute rest. As he is under $30,000 bonds to do the work well, it is needless to say that he is careful. He brings two as- sistants from San Francisco who do the rough work. Chu.ng's contract says thatt he must not get the bones mixed; that each individual set must be cleaned, put in a white muslin bag, and then boxed se- curely for shipme-nt across the Paci- fic.' He is not allowed to cut, saw, or break a bone, nor can he boil the bones to get the flesh off, on penalty of for- feiture of his band. He says that three years serve to do away with the flesh, but they are generally allowed to re- main in the grave longer than that, in order to make sure of a clean job when he goes at it. Each set of bones tlabelled, and a record is kept of hem. All are shipped to San Fran- dsen and when four tons have been collected they are put on a steamer and shipped. The Six Companies have a special contract with the steamship companies, and the cost of a ride across the great deep in this particular con- dition is only $250, and the company boasts there has never beena kick on high rates. One of the f°Six Ilandred "'rens oftlie Pal Charge at Ralaklava. The story as related by Thomas Yates, 2013 Wakeman street, Toledo, Ohio, who is one of the survivors of the famous iLight Brigade at the battle of Bala lava, opens up it field for disease' ,never touohed upon before. He sa the order for that awful charge was direction of an officer who was jealo of Lord Cardigan, commanding the Dr goons, and it was thought he couldn er survive. But Cardigan was one the handful that went through unseat ed. Thomas Yates came to this count from Great Britain about twelve yea ago. He lived for a time in M,eafor Ontario, Northern Michigan, for fon years in Nashville, Tenn., and went t Toledo last August with his wife an two grown children. Mr. Yates says that at Balaklava se oral days were engaged with the wor of securing the most favourable positio poasnible. Oa October 17 the allied ba Caries were opened upon the city, th Russians having in the meantime bloo ailed the entrance to the harbor wi sunken vessels. By this means the cit had been rendered unassailable to th allied fleet. Brave young Lord Cardigan, who commanded the Light Brigade had be- come an object of jealous hate to Lor Lucan, who commended the division Ir- on Ye by us a- ev- of h- ry rs d, r o d v - t_ retiring. Richard Fletcher, Bishop oft e London, was the Bent known church- k- man to smoke in England. Talley'. th rand took sniuff, and excused himself by saying that all diplomats ought to take snnrff, as it afforded a pretext: for delaying a reply with which,one might not be ready. ; Mazzini always kept a cigar burning SOME FAMOUS 'OBAEttiz7 USERS. .Hilton. Smoked, but Napoleon Didn't—Why Swinburne Loves James I. iA book recently published in London gives mind, tiaterestion information! about tobacco users; it is by an anony- inciuts writer, and is, as its title page asserts, "an amusing miscellany of facia and anecdotes !relating to the great plant in all its forms and! uses." The book is appropriately tamed "Tobacco Talk." Many great names are given of men who smoked. It is dotubtful whethezi Shapespeare was a smoker or not, and a. reason for his abstaining is found int" the, fact that his patron, King James I., was one of the earliest anti -tobacco- nists. Ben Jonson was a smoker. Na- poleon once said that tobacco smoking was a habit only fit to amuse sl gards. This remark was somewhat nature of "sour grapes," the greatman being unable to forget the effect of his first cigar. John Milton smoked a pipe, of tobacco every night before as he wvrote. Guizot, the French his - d torian, said that smoking had prolonged • his life ten years. Popes, in his Bilary, While some of the enemy's batterie were pounding away on the heights a a distance, an order, borne by Lord No 1an, a Captain, wits handed to Lard Car n. It said, " Charge to Russians! Yates says he will never forget Lord Cardigan as be rude down to the lea of the line with the one remark. "Bo here goes the last of the Cardigens.I The men buckled their belts tightly drew their sabers and mounted. The came that awful charge; not a man fal s states that ha was forced to, use tobacco • dvrring the. great elague as a disin- to smoke and chew. which took away the apprehension." 'Charles Lamb smoked the strongest and coarsest to- e bacco, and called it his ';evening com- Ys fort," and ' morning curse;' he once expressed a wish that his last breath; might be drawn through a pipe, and exhaled in a - feetan ; he ' boeagh same roll tobacco .. n In 1042 Pope Urban VII. issued ar tared, wavered or turned back. At ev volley from the Russian guns th men, horses and equipments wer thrown into the air like chaff, the dead and mangled blackleg the progress of those behind him. But a mere hand- ful rode on. Lord Cardigan came out unscathed, but Capt. Nolan the bearer of that or- der. was one of the first to fall. The authenticity of that note will never be fully known, but every one believed avid still believes that it was issued for the sole purpose of destroying Lord Cardigan. At�the first roll call after this mem- orable le charge 180 men answered, and some more came in afterward who were taken prisoners. To -day Mr. Yates does not believe there are over twen- ty-eight or thirty of them living, and nearly all of then live on British pos- sessions. Many of them died not long afterward from the effects of wounds, Yates received two saber cuts on the left arm, Directly in front as they charged were three Russian batteries, each •leaving thirty guns; to their right was a ten - gun battery, and to the left was an- other ten -gun battery. while this wall of artillery was backed up by five times their number of Russian cavalry and 20.000 infantry. The Toledo survivor relates an inter- esting incident. Lieut. King, of the same command 'had a locket containing a miniature of his sweetheart. While in the charge his horse was shot from un- der him, and as the locket was in, the holster of his saddle he turned to get it. He indulged in a hand-to-hand fight and cut down four Russian in- fantrymen before he recovered his trea- sure. Yates continued with his regiment all through the Crimean war, and was in avtual service four years and eight months. Yates received his discharge at Dublin in 1857. Lady Cardigan, widow of Lord Cardi- gan, gives a banquet every year to the survivors of the Light Brigade, who ars now very few, and the expenses of all are paid from any point in the British possessions where 'they may live. v- bull against the (use of tobacco be e churches, threatening any one with ex - e communication who disobeyed. Among other famous men who are mentioned as universal users of tobaa. ao are Bisniarch, Lord Broiugham, Mr. Spurgeon, Emerson, Carlisle. Huxley, Victor Hugo, Bulwwer Lytton, Tennyson Gibbon, Charles Kingsley, Dickens, and Thackeray. On the other hand many great men have been opposed to the use of the weed. Some of these were Vet- taire, Rousseau, Mirabeau, and Swin- burne, who is quoted as saying: "James I. was a knave, a tyrant, a fool. a liar, and a coward; hurt I love. him, I worship him, because he slit thel throat of that blackguard Raleigh, who in- vented filthy smokin,,t" This tirade is qualified by another writer who says that tobacco has mad more good husbands, good men, kind masters, had indulgent fathers than, any other blessed thing on this univer- sal earth. Big Sleeves Here Again. After all that has been said of small sleeves and their advantages the pen- dulum of fashion shows signs of again returning to the voluminous affairs which we have all professed to detest and to be well rid of. Plump arms have been cultivated with assiduity within the last few months, in order that the proportion between the sleeves and arms might be reasonably will preserv- ed, but if the latest tendency of fash- ion is productive of results, all this ef- feet will have been in vain. The size of one's arms will be a matter of no importance when big sleeves have again resumed their sway. Modistes of high authority have giv- en out word that fashions which are here pictured are to resume their vogue during the coem:ing summer. The extreme voluminousness which was once insisted upon is not yet reverted to, but the compromise and half -way ef- forts are interesting. One of . these is the sleeve composed of a succession of. flounces. This is not one of the, most radical departures, but it indicates in what direction fashions are tending. Another pretty fashion is particularly well adapted for a silk sleeve. The shape resembles that of the old "leg of mutton" variety, the outer edge'be- ing outlined by a narrow plaited ruf- fle of a contrasting material. This sleeve has not yet been introduced in New York, but will probably make' its appearance within a few weeks. Of a shape almost precisely similar is the pretty sleeve which is distinguished by the falls of real lace which fall over itat the shoulder and tip. And larg- est of all is the very bouffant evening sleeve which marks the climax of the returning fashion. AN AUTOMATIC SINGER. An "Automatic Singer" was exhi- bited to the editorial staff of a Paris: newspaper. The apparatus is in the forma of a tripod, om this top of which is a. machine smaller than the phono- graph, into which the cyclindersare put. Tibia sound is transmitted ' by highly perfected board t to aa metallic, trumpet, t and is stated that the voice can be heard 220 yards off. Mice are fond, of music, and this fact induced.' a mactbiinist in Bruges, Bel- gium, to construct a trap with a music- box :attacthm e.nit., The music attracts the, mice, anti. to get nearer to the eeneenflous tones, they wander into the trap and are caugibtt alive, five or six alt a time. Si11C tO siti u y r SCIENCE OF THE MOSQUITO. Sure Sign That statiartui is in the'sltir When the mosquito Rites. There are four truths respecting the mosquito which modern science has es- tablished: First—A mosquito cannot live in air free from malarial poison. Untainted air has the same effect on him as a healthy community.on adoctor. It de- prives him of patients, and he must go to less -favored localities to practise his profession. Second— The lymph, which flows through an automatic valve when it inserts its proboscis, contains a modi- fied germ of the malarial fever, and, according to the well-settled law of inoculation, the introduction of the weak germ renders harmless a subse- quent attack by the strong germ. Third—The mosquito never swal- lows human blood. It cannot. The fact that its body becomes discolored and swells, while probing, is caused by the discoloration of the lymph in con- tact with the blood and the muscular effort of inserting the probe. Fourth.—A mosquito will never in- sert its lancet in a person not suscept- ible to an attack of malaria. In this respect, its sense is more accurate than the most skilled and experiencedpatho- logist: This also proves, not only its unerring instinct, but thptt it never wounds minecessayily. Its thrusts are these of a skilled and human surgeon, and even more unselfish, for hope of a fee never quickens him, nor does the - maledictibn of. his patient deter him in the fulfilment of his duty. Remember, then, that the presence of a mosquito is an infallible sign that malaria is in the air, and that you ads exposed to it, and when you hear that well-known but solemn note of V warning, do not treat them as a foe but as a friend. ELECTRICITY TO PRESERVE EGGS. T A New York electrician has discov- ered a method for preserving eggs in an edible condition for a number of years. The only successful method now is to soak the eggs in lime water, which closes up the pores of the shell and kills any germs which may be attached to them. Under the most favourable con- ditions, however, this method will not preserve an egg for more than three months. The new method is much more complicated. It is well known that an egg shell is more or less porous, and that air passes into the egg and hastens its decay. In preserving eggs by the new method the egg is first placed in a vacuum chamber which draws the air from the interior. The eggs are then painted with a composition which ren- ders them airtight. After this they will be placed in barrels of water andsub- jected to an electric current strong en- ough to destroy any germ life which may be present. BEETLE AS UNDERTAKER. There is a species of beetle ilii Alis tra1is which acts the role of energe- tic undertaker that carefully buries carcasses left on the soil. As soon as they smell a field mouse, a mole or a fish in .a state of decomposition they come by troops to bury it, getting un- der the body, hollowing out the ground with their legs, and projecting the rubbish they did out in aJll directions. Little by little the carcass sinks,' and at the end, of 24 hours the hole is • sev- eral inches deep. Then they mount it, cast the earth down into the grave, so as to fill it and. hide the body frauly sight. The females will then, lay their, eggs in the to'tnh, where the larvae will afterward find an abundance' of. food. 't1