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A U.osc
f Mysicry
OR, THE GIRL IN BLUE
Well been terniinatcd, I tr•avlled on the
following day down to Bournemouth
and made inquiries at the hotel
from which her letter had been ?fet-
ed
After searching the. books the ho-
tel -clerk snowed me certain entries,
from which it appeared that Mrs.
Anson and her daughter had arriv-
ed there on May 12th, 1891, and had
occupied ono of the best suites of
rooms until June 5th, when they
paid their bill and left suddenly.
I glanced at Mabe1''s letter, It
was dated June 4th. She had left
on the day following. I could learn
rothing further,
In an excited, unsettled state of
mind, enable to decide how to act,
I returned to London, and then,
out of sheer want of something to
do, I travelled down to Heaton.
The old place was the same: neglec-
ted and deserted, but full of me-
mories of days bygone. Old Baxter
and his wife were both dead, and
the caretakers were fresh servants
whom my agent had apparently en-
gaged. I also learnt that Parker,
the faithful old woman who had
tended to my wants in Essex street,
had also passed away more than
two years before.
I spent a dismal day wandering
through the house and park, than
drove back to Tewkesbury, and on
the following morning returned to
London, In the six years that had
elapsed since my last visit to the
Manor nothing had changed save,
perhaps, that the grass had grown
more luxuriantly over the gravel-
led drive, and the stone exterior
was being gradually rendered grey
by the lichen which in those parts
overgrows everything.
The mystery of the crime, and of
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CHAPTER XXVI.—(Cont'd). yours regarding the Prince and his
My words perplexed her. That p Shl°.
P P ' She rose slowly from her chair,
she was acquainted with the An- perfectly calm, her dignity unruf-
sons I had no doubt, and I was fled, Her manner was absolutely
likewise certain that site would perfect. Had she been a princess
never risk information being given herself she could nut have treated
to the police. More than once in my sudden ebullition of anger with
the days long past I had entertained greater disdain.
a shrewd suspicion that she herself She gathered up the papers she
was the actual murderer of that had put before mo, and, replacing
young unknown man. I looked at them in the despatch -box, locked ,t
her pale face, and vaguely wonder- with the golden master -key upon
ed again whether such were the her bangle.
truth. Afterwards, she turned to me and
The fact that she had secured my said, in 0 hard distinct voice—
silence in return for my life as an "Then I understand that I have
outcome of that most ingenious to inform His Serene Highness that
conspiracy had seemed to me proof you refuse to assist him further?"
conclusive of her guilt, and now "Tell hint whatever you choose,
that we had met in those strange madam," I answered, rising and
circumstances the idea became im- taking up my hat and cane. "I
pressed upon mo more forcibly than shall, in future, act according to
ever. my own inclinations."
What might be her real position "And at your own risk!" she ad -
in the secret diplomacy of Bulgaria ded, in a harsh voice, as, bowing
I knew not. It was evident that stiffly before her, I turned towards
considerable confideuce was repos-
tcl in her. She had conte to me with
a cool demand to raise a loan of
half a million sterling, and it was
plain from what she bad explained
that the money was urgently needed
for the protection of the State
against enemies both internal and
external. My own position was uni-
que. Had not Gedge showil' me
those official documents, which gave
ere concessions in the Principality
of Bulgaria, I should have laughed
this woman's curious story to scorn
as a piece of impossible fiction. But
I had glanced over some of those
papers at Denbury, and was satis-
fied that I had actually had many
dealings With that State during the
six years of my unconscious but
prosperous existence. There seem-
ed every truth in her statement that
to her had been due my success in
the City in the first instance.
"And supposing you broke your
promise and went to Scotland
Yard?" she suggested at length,
her eyes still fixed upon me. "What
would you expect to find?"
"To find?" I echoed. "I should
find traces of the crime within that
room "
Site nodded. I had expecte my
the door.
"Yes, madam," I answered; "1 the singular events which had fol -
accept your challenge—at my own lowed was an enigma which seemed
risk." utterly beyond solution.
My nerves were shattered. As
the days went by an increasing de-
sire possessed me to ascertain more
of that woman who called herself
Grainger, and was the confidential
emissary of a reigning prince. She
alone knew the truth, therefore
why should I not carefully watch
her movement's, and endeavor to
discover her intentions? From the
veiled threat she had uttered, it
w•as evident that although she did
not fear any revelations that I
might make, yet she regarded me
as a person detrimental to her in-
terests. As long as I had acted as
her agent in negotiating loans for
the Principality, she had secured
for me high favor in the eyes of
Prince Ferdinand. But the fact
that I had gained consciousness
and refused to assist her further
had taken her completely by sur-
prise.
That same evening I called at the
Bath Heel, and ascertained that
"`Mrs. Grainger" had left some
days before. She had not, it ap-
d became. Daily, hourly, I lament- geared, given any address where
words to have some confusing ef- e over the broken and shattered letters might be forwarded, but a
feet upon her, nevertheless, on the fragments of all that was fairest 00; judicious tip administered to a hall -
CHAPTER XXVII.
The mellow summer twilight was
fast deepening into night as 1:
strode along Piccadilly towards the
Circus, after leaving the grey -eyed
woman who held the secret.
What she had revealed to me was
startling, yet the one fact which
caused me more apprehension than
all others was the curious means by
which she had discovered my where-
abouts. If she had been enabled to
du this, then the police would, no
doubt, very soon find me and return
me to my so-called "friends."
In despair I thought of Mabel.
Long ago I had surrendered my
whole heart to her. She had at
forst placed a strong and high-mind-
ed confidence in me, judging me by
her own lofty spirit, but that unac-
countable rupture had occurred,
and she had gone from me crushed
and heart -broken. In my pocket I
carried her letter, and the more I
thought over it the more puzzled I
contrary, she remained perfectly
calm. Her self-control was extra-
ordinary.
"And what would it profit you,
pray?" she asked.
"I should at least know that I
had endeavored to bring to justice
those responsible for the poor fel-
luw's death."
"It would only be an endeavor—
a vain one, I assure you."
"You mean that the secret is too
well concealed ever to be reveal-
ed," I observed quickly.
"Yes," she said; "you have
guessed aright."
"And, in other words, you defy
me- to discover the truth?" word
I have not said so. The
defy is scarcely one which should
be used between us, I think, con-
sidering that our interests are to-
day mutual—just as they were on
the night of the crime."
"I fail to see that," I answered.
"I have no interest whatever in
hidden,
in this terrible secret
keeping Ei
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for while I do so Iamacting the
part of accessory."
But surely you have an interest
in preserving your own life?" she
urged.
"Then you imply that if I were
to lay information at Scotland Yard
I should be in peril of my life'' 1"
I asked, looking straight into those
calm oyes that ever and anon seem-
ed full of mystery.
"Of that I cannot speak with any
degree of certainty," she respond-
ed. "I would only warn you that
he this matter continued silence is
by far the best." a veiled
"But you have uttered
threat!" I cried. "You are aware
of the whole facts, and yet refuse
to impart to me the sinipie informa-
tion of the whereabouts of Mrs. An-
ton. Do you think it possible in
such a case that I can entertain
any confidence in you, or in your
extraordinary story regarding the
affairs of Bulgaria and its Prince?"
"I ain unable to give you any
information regarding the lady you
mention," she replied, with a slight
frown of annoyance.
"But you are acquainted with
her?" �,r
I may be—what then
"I demand to know where she
its"
"And in reply I tell you that I
am in iguo•airee."
"In that case," I said angrily, "1 to bo exactly responsible for his
refuse to have any farther dealings actions must be regarded with but
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BETTER CleEAM NEEDED.
Too much cannot be said on the
question of separating and caring
for cream ab the cream gathering
creameries, Ib is a string that
cannot be played upon too often in
the present condition of the but-
ter business. Cleanliness is at the
toot of the matter. Keep the cows
clean and in clean places, Let the
milker be clean, his clothes as well
its his hands, Clean the udder be-
fure beginning to milk, and milk
with dry clean hands.
More patrons are weak in sep-
arator management and handling
the cream than anything else. Ono
,rf the creamery instructors report-
ed last year that he found separa-
tors sitting in every conceivable
place from the kitchen to the hog
pen. A clean separator is one of
the most valuable adjuncts of the
dairy. But it cannot keep bad flav-
ors and dirt out of the milk or
cream unless properly used. It
should be thoroughly cleaned after
each separation and kept clean. It
should be operated in a place where
everything is clean and the atmos-
phere pure. When the mills is run
through the separator it is at the
temperature at which it is taken
from the cow, or nearly so, In
'other words, it is just in a condi-
tion to absorb bad flavors. In the
separating process the milk is ex-
posed to the surrounding air. It
passes through the separator in a
fine stream, every particle coming
in touch with the separator. If the
latter is not clean and free from
taint, the milk, or rather the Dream,
is sure to be affected.
There is too much thin, sour
cream being supplied. Thisisdue
to improper separating. A richer
cream should be secured. It will
keep better; there will be a smal-
ler amount to keep cool, less load
for the driver, and less bulk for the
butter maker to handle. The bet-
ter quality of cream will insure
better butter being made and a
better financial return to the pat-
rons.
Many creamery patrons lack pro-
per cooling facilities. Some pat-
rons seem to think that the buying
of a cream separator will enable
them to do without ice. But ice 'is
just as necessary for cooling the
cream as it was for cooling the milk
to facilitate the raising of the cream
before the separator was bought.
Ice in plenty should be supplied
for cooling the cream as soon as
separated.
earth; I had been bore at once from! porter caused him suddenly to re -
calm and lofty and delighted spe-I collect that a couple of days before
crlations into the very heart of fear I her departure she had sent a dress -
and tribulations. My love for her lug -bag to a trunk -maker's a little
was now ranked by myself as a fond, further down Piccadilly, to bo re-
record which I must erase forever paired. This bag had not been re -
from my heart and brain. Once I' turned to the hotel, therefore it
had thought to link my destiny with was quite probable, thought the
hers; but, alas! I could not now hall -porter, that the trunk -maker
marry her, nor could I reveal to had forwarded it to her. '
her, knowing them net, the mysteri- "You know the people at the
ens influences which had changed trunk -maker's, of course?" I said.
the whole current of my life and "Yes, sir. Many visitors here
purposes. My secret burden was ( want repairs done to their boxes
that of a heart bursting with its and bags."
own unuttered grief. "The Bath Hotel is therefore a
The whole of the events swept good customer?" I remarked.
past me like a torrent which hur- "They would certainly give you her
vied along in its dark and restless address if you asked for it."
ecurse all those about me towards He seemed a trifle dubious, but
some overwhelming catastrophe. at my request went along to the
Tormented by remorseful doubts shop, and a quarter of an hour lat-
and pursued try distraction, I felt er returned with an address.
assured that Mabel, in her unresist- She had not moved far, it ap-
ing tenderness, her mournful sweet- reared. Only to the Midland Ho-
ness, her virgin innocence,was t d at St. Pancras.
doomed to perishby
that relentless
Late that nightm
I self left the
y
powerwhich hed
linked h
r distiny Grand, and, assuming a name that
with crime and contest in which was not my own, took a room at
she had nopart but as a sufferer. the Midland, in order to commence
It is, alas!t the property of crime my observations upon her move•
to extend its mischiefs over inno- menta. It was certainly a risky
cense, as it is of virtue to extend business, for I knew not when I
PO; blessings over many that de- might encounter her in the vesti-
serve them not. bolo, in the lift, or in the public
Plunged in that sea of troubles, rooms As soon as my room was
of perplexities, of agonies, and of assigned to me, I glanced through
terrors, I reflected upon all that the the list eagerly, but it was evident
woman Edna had told me. It seem- that if she were there she, too, had
eo inconceivable that Bulgaria's changed her name. In the long list
ruler should demand assistance of of visitors was one, that of a Mrs.
me --and yet it was undoubtedly Slade. Slade? The name was fee
true. miller. It was that of the doctor
Presently I turned down the Hay- who had given mo back my sight.
market, still walking slowly, deep That name struck me as being most
in reflection, probable. She occupied a room on
Should I inform the police? Very the same floor as mine, numbered
calmly I thought it over. My_frrst 400 The door of that room I in
impulse was to go to Scotland Yard tended to watch.
and make a plain statement of the (To be Continued.)
whole facts, laying stress upon the g
suspicion against the woman Grain- BRITAIN'S LARGEST STATION.
ger as an accoesory. Yet when T
came to consider the result of such Although London is the largest
action I saw with dismay that my city in the world, there aro certain
lips were seeded, Such statement respects in which it is beaten. One
could only reflect upon myself, of these is railway -stations, Liver -
First, I should, by going to Scot- Pool Street, London's largest eta.
land Yard, he compelled to reveal tion, is 'smaller by about half an
my own identity, which would Mean aero than Waverley Station, Min-
nie, return to Denbury; secondly, I burgh, which covers twenty-three
could give no account of those six acres in all. Waverley Station—
lost years of my life, and, thirdly, which is the largest in the world—
tbo statement of one believed not contains two main platforms, each
tint(' yards long; seventeen decks, of
on average length of 1.90 yards
each; and a cab -yard 2,200 square
yarcle; in area. Within the boun-
daries of the station are 18,850
yard:, of permanent way. The eta -
tion r.taff comprises some d00 mon.
There are five signal-cahins, and in
whatsoever with you. From the little. credence,
first I became drawn into a trap No, circumstances themselves
had esonspired to hold me in si-
lcnce,
I went on in blind deepair to-
wards my hotel.
Determined upon tearing MOO
by yon, bound tiown and for six
years held silent by your threats.
But, madam, I now tell you plain-
ly of my intentions, I mean to-
ntorri,w to lay the whole facts be -
If you want to thoroughly enjoy your vacation don't for-
get to take along a supply of TRISCUIT--The
Dainty Shredded Wheat Wafer,
Nutritious and appetizing. Try it with butter, cheese
or fruits.
ALWAYS READY TO SERVE—Solt, by A't Orooer®; 1055
first 25 cubic centimeters drawn
from the teat, the mid -milk being
taken when the milking was half
accomplished.
The numbers were quite variable,
but the results largely confirmed
those of other investigators, one of
whom found 97,000 bacteria in the
first milk, as compared with about
9,000 in the mid -milk, and 500 in the
strippings. It see.as that the bac-
teria clustered in colonies about the
end of the teat are largely washed
away by the first .few streams of
milk drawn from the quarter. The
practical lesson is, of course, to re-
ject the first two or three streams
of milk from each teat, not even
allowing it to come in contact with
the inside of the pail. As the fore-
milk is very thin and watery, prac-
tically no butter -fat is lost, while
the bacterial content of the mess of
milk will be very much reduced,
and its wholesomeness and keeping
qualities accordingly improved.
A SCOTTISH SEA -FIGHTER.
Remarkable Man Was the Earl of
I) undonald:
Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dun-
donald, one of the great examples
of knights errant of the sea, was as
pugnacious as the wildest, most
fire-eating Irishman. "The hound's
and boar's heads in his coat of
arms were typical," says Capt.
Jack Brand in his recent book,
"The Free Lances." "He was as
swift as one and as ferocious as the
other."
He was, moreover, a man of hu-
mor. He was always laying tricks
and traps for the enemy.
In defending Fort Trinidad, near
Rosas, in Spain, which ho had seiz-
en with his bluejackets, finding
that the enemy had made a breach
i i the walls and might be expected
to assault at any time, he prepar-
ed an immense trough, or box, the
sides of which lie greased so that
when the French carne through the
opening in the walls they would
have an opportunity of "shooting.
the chutes' under most favorable
circumstances.
The famous Captain Marryat,
who was one of Cochrane's midship-
men, tells of an incident in the
same siege. When the British were
retiring under fire, Cochrane di-
rected the men to make the best of
their way to the boats, which they
did on a dead run, He himself was
Inc dignified for such a perform-
ance, and stalked along with mag-
nificent indifference to a hail of
shot.
Marryat, who walked in his rear,
had no scruples as to his own dig-
nity, and finally suggested that as
he was only a midshipman, it might
he possible for his captain to let
him cut and run, whereupon Coch-
rane remarked blandly that be had
intended that Marryat should have
gone with the rest, but since he had
remained with his commander, he
might as well be made useful.
a,
• ne "is of
life,"said Cochrane, ,
Y
some importance to the expedition.
edition.
Yours, comparatively speaking, is
valueless, for there is only one cap-
tain to the ship, whereas midship-
men can be had for the asking."
He therefore directed Marryat to
walk behind him and keep off the
shot, which was a joke—Cochrane
being over six feet tall—the humor
of which the novelist did nob ap-
preciate until many years after,
Again, says Captain Brand, Coch-
rane, visiting Malta, was imprison-
ed by the chief functionary of that
island, whom he openly accused of
the most comprehensive and com-
plete system of "grafting." Coch-
rane wont to prison because he had
to. When the prison fare was set
before him, he refused to eat, say-
ing he would starve to death rather
than submit to such injustice. He
Wits a captain in the navy, a mem-
ber of Parliament, a noble lord.
To allow such a man to starve to
death was not to be thought of.
The perplexed functionary ordered
that whatever Cochrane desired in
the way of subsistence should be
furnished him from a neighboring
inn,
He evidently knew little of Coch-
ranefor the hotel bill for one
month nearly bankrupted the gov-
ernor. Fearing lest he_ should be
literally eaten out of office, he re-
leased the mad Scotch -tan,
k
ADVANTAGES OF POULTRY
KEEPING.
The poultry keeper above all
other business men has the advan-
tage of having for sale a product
which is saleable every day in the
year in any part of the country.
There is no town so small, no vil-
lage so remote that poultry and
eggs are not in demand at all times,
and in many instances the more re-
mote the town the bettor the prices.
The poultry keeper has also the ad-
vantage of being able to foretell
within a narrow range what price
he will obtain for his produce. He
knows that at certain times he will
be able to get high prices and at
other trines prices are very likely
to fall. He knows that year after
year certain price curves will be
found in the market quotations and
these will not vary widely in any
series of' years. The price of beef,
mutton, pork, wool, cotton, farm
produce of any kind, is likely to
swing through a wide arc in conse-
cutive years, prices being made on
demand or according to the qua-
lity produced,ed, Withh the products
of the poultry yard
it is different.
Prices go up and down almost as
regularly as if they had been fixed
to remain permanent, and the
pcultry keeper need not worry
abort supply and demand, He
should give his whole attention to
the economic phases of the work,
He should endeavor to feed so as
to produce the greatest possible
revenue from a given quantity of
feed. He should study his fowls
and use every endeavor to secure
the largest number of eggs from
each laying hen, It is characteris-
tic of the business of producing
eggs that a shortage in the summer
rr -an overplus in the winter does
not affect prices to any great de-
gree. This is because the law- of
average applies. If one poultry
man's hens lay well in winter the
increased supply is not large
enough to lower prices, while if one
flock ceases to produce in early
summer other flocks go right on
producing the usual summer out-
put, This gives the individual
poultryman an opportunity to con-
duct his business so as to get the
best results by producing the larg-
est number of eggs ata time when
the prices are highest. In the poul-
try keeping as in any other busi-
ness it is ability to see ahead which
makes for success.
THE FIRST MILK.
the telegraph department forty op -
fore the'Director of Criminal In- and 0seertar.ning from her own lips orators handle some 4,000 messages
vcstigations, including tide story of the reason that our engagement had daily.
Some recent English investiga-
tions, carried out on behalf of some
cf the County and Borough Coun-
cils in Yorkshire, demonstrated
that the first milk drawn from each
enw contained an enormously great-
er number of germ than
eitherthe
mid -milk or the strippings. The
first et fore milk represented the
YOUNG
FOLKS
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MARJORIE'S FIRSTPARTY.
Little Marjorie had received her
first invitation to a birthday party,
and while she had very little idea
of what a party is like, she was
full of js,y about it. When the day
came and it was time to get ready,
Marjorie skipped gaily up the stairs
two steps at a time. But as she
opened the door and saw her dress
laid out neon the bed, with the rib-
bons and sash, a shadow ever so
small clouded her face. Perhaps it
was the "best dress"—for there
was certainly something connected
with that and church, or making
very proper calls with mother and
sitting straight and quiet. It is a
task for a little girl to sit perfect-
ly quiet.
"Mother, is a party something to
eat?" Marjorie asked, as her mo-
ther was arranging the buws on
her hair.
"Well," mother answered, quite
hurriedly, "not altogether." This
reply Was -somewhat confusing, and
din not reassure Marjorie.
When she was .ready and came
down to the hall, she found Mary
Green, who was a little older than
herself, and who was to take her
to the party. Mamma said they
must hurry along. Somehow Mar-
joi•'e's enthusiasm had gone, and
she was beginning to grow afraid
of the party. The little cloud grew
larger and larger, and a tear slow-
ly splashed on the best dress.
Mary quickened her pace, half -
dragging the reluctant little girl by
the hand, and when they reached
the front door, Mary lifted the
heavy bronze knocker. The crisis
bad come. The fearful sound was
more than Marjorie could bear,
and hastily wrenching her hand
HEALTH
"Tutt, BLUES."There are two opposite tendencies
"n medical practise of the present
day. One regards mental disturb-
ances as dependent upon abnormal
physical states; the other looks np-
oe the mind as the regulator of, or
ea least exerting a very marked in-
fluence upon, the health of the
body. Both thea° views are un-
doubtedly right in part, and both
are wrong in their exchtaiveness,
in refusing to admit that the mind
and the body exert a reciprocal in-
fluence upon each other. Mons
sans in corpore sand, a sound mind
in 0 sound body, was the ancient
definition of perfect health. In it
was tine recognition of the fact that
both mind and body have to do with
health, and that neither can be dis-
ordered without acting reflexly up-
on the other.
Putting aside the discussion of
the influence of the mind upon the
body, which no one who has given
thought to the subject, however
materialistic in his conceptions he
may be, can doubt, it may be in-
teresting and profitable as well to
note an instance of the opposite in-
fhience ; of the effect upon the men-
tal vision of a slight bodily defect.
Every one knows from sad ex-
perience that uncomfortable condi-
tion most approximately called
"the blues." It is a state of tem-
porary pessimism, tiering which the
unhappy victim can see no silver
lining to the clouds that beset his
soul. The mental faculties aro not
impaired, reason and judgment re-
main, and one will- even admit,
when argued with, that things aro
not as black as they seem, yet he
cannot dissipate the fog that. sur-
rounds him and shuts out from Itis
mental view all the blessings of his
lot,
It seems as if nothing is more
purely mental than an attack of the
blues, yet in fact nothing is more
purely physical. It has no foun-
dation of real grief, neither is it
due to any apparent disease of the
body. In fact, as has been argued
very plausibly by a California phy-
sician, it is frequently clue to ab-
dominal congestion. This may seem
absurd, but its explanation is ra-
tional.
The mind, in its •prison of the
body, is dependent upon the heal-
thy function of the brain cells, and
this funoticn depends upon a sup-
ply of good, pure blood. Stagna-
tion anywhere in the system pre-
vents this supply, and nowhere is
stagnation more apt to occur than
in the abdominal organs. Any one
suffering from the blues can prove
from that of her companion, he this by nerving himself to a course
bounded away from the fearful' of abdominal exercise, bending over
echo of the knocker, and away from
the party, as the supposed.
But she had taken a path lead-
ing to a side door .of the house,
s.
while Mary followed. Through an, Pollowcst thesoanl exercitainseso a
by begolud
brisk walk, and then search your-
self for your blues.—Youth's Com-
panion.
Lu touch the toes, twisting from side
to side, and contracting the walls
of the abdomen fifty to one hundred
times, at the same time expanding
open window came the sound of
music and laughter, and from the
door there bounded a dear little
black deg. Marjorie loved dogs,
and was soon patting his head, and
the dog was blinking his kindly lit-
tle eyes in a welcoming way. When
he turned and walked toward the
open door of the house, Marjorie
unconsciously followed him. The
two girls were soon inside the sun-
ny living -room. The room was -un-
occupied, and Marjorie was instant-
iy attarcted by goldfish glittering
through the sunlit water in a glass
jar. All traces of the recent storm
had disappeared. Since she would
not go in to the party it came out
to her.
Soon a pleasant little girl appear-
ed them
who welcomed '
r
eat the door, ,
kindly, and racing the evident em-
barrassment, tactfully brought out
one little girl at a 'Lime, until they
had all come out, and were soon
romping and playing together.
There was more music, and games
and many good things to eat, and
after a while Marjorie was loath to
go away; and had Dorothy not tak-
en them all home in her little go-
cart behind a donkey, there might
have been on Marjorie's part, the
same unwillingness to go that there
had been to conic.
That night Marjorie told iter mo-
ther of the good time she hacl had,
"Only," she added, "there wasn't
any party to be afraid of at all --
only lust a lot of little girls lila
me,"—Youths Companion,
GENERALLY THUS,
Jack --"I attended a piano recital
last night.
Tom --"What is a piano recital?"
lack --"It's a se -called entertain-
ment where one person pounds a
piano and all the others present
talk."
ANO'c;3ER DFEINITION,
Little\\Tillie—"Say, pa, what's a
pessimist?"
Pa—"A pessimist, my son, is a
man who thinks the only way to
serve his country is to roast it."
NATURAL SELECTION.
Nan—"What aro you going to
wear to the party this evening?"
ran—` "Everything that you've
told meisn't becoming to me."
CONDITIONAL
"Esmeralda, when aro you and
Geoffrey going to to married?"
"lust as soon as I say tho word.
"When are you going to say the
word ?"
"'Just as soon as he asks me."
Bananas now forth the loading
export from 3amaicp, -
HEALTH HINTS.
Hay Fever.—A person suffering
from this tiresome malady should
inhale the vapor of a pint of but
water to which ten -drops of creo-
sote have ben added. Relief may
also be obtained by spraying the
nostrils with a solution of quinine
—two grains to one 0110100 of water.
Homo Made Salve. --A healing
and useful salve may be prepared
at hone by molting one-half pound
of mutton tallow and adding one
and one-half teaspoonfuls of car-
bolio acid, Pour this mixture in
n
roam 'ars and allow to cool.
cold c
1
Apply this to all cuts and bruises.
It allays the pain and quickly heals
the wounds.
Asthma Lotion.—Throe strictly
fresh eggs, twelve lemons, one-half
pound crushed sugar, one pint best
Jamaica runt. . Put the eggs in a
dish and pour the juice of the le-
mons over thein. Leave them stand
until thoroughly dissolved, Then
strain and add sugar and runt.
Strain again and put in bottles and
keep in tool place. Take one tea-
apuonful after 00011 meal.
Horseradish Plaster.—Few things
in the garden afford such quick re-
lief from pain as a leaf of common
horseradish. For sudden cramps,
pain he the side, or stomach, sore
throat, or neuralgia in the face.
Slightly warm a leaf or two over
stove or lamp till quite limp, then
apply to body; i) will. not blister
or leave any mark. For limb -rum,
first bathe parts with warm eiae-
gar, then apply two or three. leaves
of horseradish aril keep quiel,
GOOD ENOUGH FOB H1±101,
If a woman imagines a state is
gcod enough for her she knotty
ha is good enough for the best wo-
man on earth.
ONE MAN'S THEORY.
Nowed—"I don't believe any mar-
ried woman knows what she e -seta." •
Oldwed—'"Oh, yes, she deco, {tttt
it's not her policy to toll for fear •
her husband might got it for her
and spoil the fttn."
What is defeat? Nothing hitt
education ---nothing hitt the first
stop to something ( Wet,
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