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The Brussels Post, 1909-5-13, Page 6A BROKEN HEART les+0 ros> 04-041 -}o+of io! L Luther Hereby, of the Old Curio- sity Shop, was patching is, Limoges onemel when he first 'noticed that strange pair of highly -respectable rustics at his window. Ile screwed his eyes at thein, grunted, and re- sumed Ma patching, His audacity as a repairer of wounded things was almost boundless, He looked lip fit them three tunes before lie .understood that they had got upon his nerves bad - ]y. The mac was short, with a face like an enormous red pippin, and a venerable grey beaver hat above it. Old-fashioned farmer was indicated quite plainly on face and hat, Ho mouthed his great lips, and ,his eyes beamed as if he were about to burst into an explo- cion of laughter, The woman was worthy wife to such a face. Mas- sive and tall, with a vast black bonnet, towards which she had pushed a voluminous wave of veil. Her face, however, showed intense concern, not. gaiety, With a black- gleeed finger she pointed and. pointed and pointed at something. Luther could see her talking. And the more she talked the nearer her companion's convulsive jaws seem- ed to approach the impending guff- gaw•--which yet forbore to come. "Calvin John!" cried Luther, at length. "Leave what you're at, and go out to those folks in the street. Ask them if—" But the folks themselves then en- tered the shop, The old lady led the way, in a buzz of excitement; the olcl geptlemau followed, appar- ently in a fit of suppressed glee. "You'll excuse me," began the old lady, as if she were out of breath already, "but do you mean what you say on that ticket in the —wins/ow? It's about mending bro- ken hearts, sir. 1 know as well as my good cyan here that it don't do tchope for such athing, but see- ing it's printed in black and white like that; I've taken the liberty to inquire." She drew forth a snowy hand- kerchief, and touched her eyes. "1 mend most things," said Lu- ther drily. He didn't catch thi words "hearts" exactly, the old lady's aspirates being weak. The old gentleman cackled in the background. "Be silent, I ask you, William!" exclaimed the old lady, with ase• verity that mocked her recent emo- tions. "What is it you want?" Luther demanded. "If you've got ;t with you, let me have a look at it." Again the cackling, fro,n the midst of which a mirthful gas) of "This tops all!" reached Luther's ears. Luther turned, frowning, to he son, Calvin John, who stood, pale and interesting, at the inner (So. -a- way. He had black hair and eyes and the expression of one with a secret trouble. But whatever his deficiencies, Calvin John was a good son to his father. "My father is rather busy, ma- dam," he said. "What may we have the pleasure of doing far you 1" The old lady scanned him as if she doubted him, in spite of his appearance. "I don't think," she murmured— "no, I'm quite sure it isn't a mat- ter for a young man like you. It's more for older folks to talk about, i don't wish to offend, but you haven't lived long enough in the world, my dear, to—" Her note changed violently. "William, for all gumption's sake, stop your jeering. I never saw anything like you 1 Really, if you can't behave in a proper way, do go outside and wait somewhere by yourself." "Very well, misses," replied her husband, "I'll toddle back to the Hen and Chicks, You'll find me there. And you'll please to be pa- tient with her, mister. Things are a bit wrong at home at Gorham, where we live. 'Tein't often us comes to town these days, and there's a mart of folks I'd like to see. Let her have her joke out peaceful, mister; that's what I'll ask of you. And I wish you good - 'day; and you too, young gentle- man," "Are they mad, the pair of them?" prowled the owner of the Old Curiosity Shop. "I'll fetch her a chair, father," said Calvin John. "She's not well. The old lady's sobs increased in energy. Luther sniffed and smiled, shuffled round to his Limoges crip- ple, and then turned again to dis- cover his. son patting the old lady's back, and gently urging her to sit down wed compose herself. . "That'lldo, my. dear 1" she said. And with - the ' earlier eagerness again in her simple eyes, she• told her tale. . • II. "It's my poor geld at home, sir," • she began, addressing old Luther, "that .I thought:' I'd look in and 'inquire about, *hen I made out those printed words in your win- dow. I never was a one to believe in quacks myself, but we've triad all ways to sheer her up, 'alaiit's nota bit o' good. Her heart's broke, she says, poor buoy; wad allau fo 181 herr off truly, rmyma y, s as nonsense, I do fear it maybe. She's not the gall she was srnee she spent six months here with Mrs, r n•tl wait sewing l a, 1 @, reading and i g with her as a companion," Calvin John uttered a husky ex- °lamation, "Let her be! Let e!' grunted old Luther, " to the poor, wandering ti You go away to your work. "No, father," said C "Well, ma'am?" Iso clasped bis_ bands zed hungrily at the visitur, "As I was saying," c the old lady, "she's lost h appetite, and don't seem to take interest in anything. The doctorit's heart trouble of, a kin beats him altogether. • Bu one straight word on the s n 1 get out of her, excepther heart's broke and nothing end it. So when me and m William -- being in town to keepty- fourth birthday—when passed your window and I sal very words, 'Broken hearts " "Parts, not hearts l ted Luther roughtly. "C you react what comes firs `Meer- schaum pipes repairedre.' `Broken parts mended' sec- ond line. Gad bless are you folks idiots out.t the country 1" He scrambled to the and withdrew a cardboard its perch on the head of Venetian lantern. The next moment he struck an attitude. "Look at that, now 1" he cried, holding it up to his son. "It's that young scoundrel's doing, Cal- vin John! He's blacked out the pipe line and made the 'p' into an 'he' 1 I'll see his mother about it, sure as my name's Hornby 1" For the first timo since the old lady's invasion, he smiled. ` I packed off my imp of a shop - boy this morning for playing tricks with the goods in the window," he explained to the old lady. `This is more of his work. 1 mend pipes, not Hearts. Hearts are the Al- mighty's affair, not mine." He chuckled this time, and then noticed his son's trembling and' crimson condition, Moreover, Cal- vin John's eyes were fast upon the old lady in a spellbound stare. "What's the matter with you, son?" he asked sharply, The son started, and seemed about to reply, but addressed him- self to the old lady instead, "You are Mrs. Tress, then —her mother?" said Calvin John:rever- ently. "Yes, my dear, that is my name. But for 1 What .a wicket] lad that of yours must 'a' been to do a thing like that! Deceiving honest folks with false hopes and ell!" She rose sighing. "Don't go 1" exclaimed Calvin John. He placed his hand upon her arm. "Father, this is the mo- ther of the young lady I spoke about that day last Juno. Ob, Mrs. Tress, if you knew how de- lighted I am to see you! So Maude Ann has been at h.1mc all this while and not in London ! She said she was going to London. Father, it's no use! I've tried to satisfy you, and give up all thoughts of marry- ing for years and years to come, but 1 can't, and I won't now, if she loves me like that!" It was the old lady now who seemed spellbound. "It's been worryingyou a great deal lately, hasn't it?" said Lu- ther gruffly. "I've thought of scarcely any- thing else, father." And then the old lady's spell ended, Well, I never did!" she cried, grasping Calvin John's arm. "I see the likeness now, She's got you among two. or three on her dressing -table, poor child, with a tall hat on your head. You've an honest face. my dear. How could. you play like that with my little gell's affections?" "I didn't, litre. Tress. I was never more serious about anything beem a shameful coward. I told her the simple truth. I loved her her b I'll listen thing. Alvin .Jo and gazed continued her an rote: says d that t- not subject ca that ng can m y Willies his sic we pas v' those meudod' " corrected "Couldn't t? lie is the my soul, here in window slip from a Milk and a little salt to yolks, then mix all together, Put e lrttlo button in e frying pan and pour in half of eggs; bake till a nice -brown 1. a d 1 tier n ut 'n w �rm a tt a ABOUT HOUSE p p U T[�� S p about Will take ou strawberries on, a pint of berries. Cook remainder. of omlet and piece over berries, Strawberry Sbortcalco.—Put a liberal half cup of milk or water in mixing bowl, Melt piece of butter size of a walnut, and add to the milk, Then adcl one cup of flour. in which put a pinch of salt and two teaspoons of belcing powder. Stir thoroughly and spread into shape in baking pan with a spoon.' Split sake when done and put crushed berries, well eugared,' between lay- ers and on top, This reeipe will make fine biscuit. Strawberries Canned Without Cooking. --Have your jars perfectly dry and: take equal parts fresh berries and sugar, mix, and mash thoroughly. Take only a small quantity in a dish at a time that you may be euro' every strawberry is mashed. Put into the jars and seal immediately, inverting the jars a short time before putting away. The work is easily done and there is no Beating. Berries canned in this way keep perfectly and retain their -3elieioue flavor unimpaired. Strawberry Preserves.—Select largo, dark red berries. - To' one pint of berries take one scant pint of sugar and enough water to make a good, rich sirup. Make sirup in the evening and pour over the raw berries. Let stand till morning, then dip up two pints of the mix- ture at a time and boil until almost like jam, then lift out the berries one by one, place on plates and let stand in hot sun all day. In the evening put back in sirup and boil of alcohol on the dresser is a just a few minutes: Set aside to great saver of times as the spot on cool: and can cold in the morning. i• skirt or shirt waist that mars an rr nddin .—Cream -to - St oohs P Strawberry 6 otherwise neat appearance can be. gether one cupful of sugar and one quickly removed by the use of tablespoonful of butter. Add the alcohol without leaving a ring or a beaten yolks of four eggs, two cup - disagreeable odor. In the Iibrary Ends of fine, clry bread crumbs, and it will remove spots from books and four cups of milk. Pour in -a but - not harm the most ceslicate hindiing. tered pudding dish and bake, cover- p Care of Iurs.—Before putting od, irntil firm. Draw to the mouth of the oven, spread two etips of cleaned strawberries on top of the. pudding; sprinkle over one cup of sugar, and cover with the whites of four eggs beaten light with a half ofo- o-ko- 4-tol ae CLEANING HELPS. To • remove blood stains • from white cloth saturate with kerosene and after standing a little wash' in warm water, • To Clean a Spougo,--1iy rubbing a fresh Lennon thoroughly into a soured sponge and rinsing 1t several times in lukewarm water it will' be- come as sweet as when new. To Clean Silk.—Pour boiling water ,ever gum a, abic in the bot- tom of a pan; be euro it is boiling. Let it thoroughly 'dissolve, and sponge the silk lightly with it, Press with hot iron, ' To Clean Light Carpets. --Try block magnesia, rubbing ' it thoroughly: in the carpet' and then sweeping, This is a good way to clean bath rugs that are not wash- able, as they do not have to be wet. IThien Paessing Clothes.—When pressing clothes if you wish.a fine crease put seam to seam and dampen with a sponge, Lay a newspaper over and Press with hot iron. The result is a fine crease with no lint or ruined towels. To Clean Tan Shoes.—Two pieces of flannel and 'a small bottle of turpentine all that is required. Apply turpentine and rub well with other flannel. This remo.vns all' spots and stains, making shoes look nearly new, and is a tried an.l satisfactory recipe. For the Busy tiiroman,—A bottle furs away for the summer sun and comb them at ]east twice, then go over them three times wrih a stiff, thick brush, parting the hair at all creases or folds and brushing the pelt underneath. Wrap in clean, cupful of powdered sugar. See back newspaper—the ink is a moth pre- in the peen and brown lightly. Eat perfectly cold with sugar and cream. ventive. then put them inside a large paper bag, paste up the open- ing, and lay in a box or trunk. To Scrub a Carpet.—Shave and dissolve one bar of soap in a gal- lon of water. Two brushes are nec- essary; one about as soft as an ordinary clothes brush and the other quite stiff. When ready to scrub, dip soft brush in hot seam' solu- tion and shake out all the liquid possible and scrub the spot briskly, alter which take dry stiff brush and go over the spot to dry it. Do not take a larger spot or space than for scrubbing the floor. This amount will clean about eighty-eight yards of carpet and must be used as liot as possible. As soon as it cools and jellies it must be heated. Carpet must not be made web. An Easy Way to Wash Blankets.— Select a sunny day and only wash one pair a day, Cut one pound or nearly a bar of good laundry soap in small pieces and boil in two quarts of water until dissolved; add one-half pound of powdered borax. Fill a tub halfsfull of water the same Lemper•atnre as' the outside air. Press blankets in the water and avoid rubbing. Soale two hours; rinse well in several waters until the water looks clear, then without wringing hang on the line. Ido not stretch, but hang evenly, and although dripping web will dry in three or four hours. Use station- ery wash tube or bath toll, it will save lifting them out when the water is change:I. Blankets washed in this way will be as soft and clean as when new. STRAWBERRY DAINTIES, Strawberry Omelet. --Four or five eggs, white. and yolks bes.ten trying to walk on one leg, while We used to meet in the park. I've separately, About a half a cup of possessing b o. l'ow, Trowever, the English leg and this Dutch leg, animated 1 y a common purpose, then, and I love her more than ever man in the froekcoat and tall hat, were marching together with a good now. It was what my father said my clear, And you meant well by prospect of mashing their destine - about my not being able to marry her?" Cion. before I was thirty, if I lived so Calvin John nodded and nocicled, It was not too much to say that long, that made me break it all off. "Mrs. Tress," suds Luther, lean- in Great Britain's next great con - I couldn't let her waste her life oning Demos his counter, ""my boy flier South Africa would play a die- ts mere chance, I pretended not, here's all right, and the daughter tinguished part in defence of those of Mr, and Mrs. Tress of (Seabees liberties she enjoyed under . the can't have much wrong with her, Empire. The people, it was true, 1'onr husband said the Hen and would speak a dual language for Chickens, I think? 111 go and have many years to come -the Dutch had o talk with Elm, rill bring him a certain sentiment of attachment hack with me, And Calvin John,' to the ancestral house of Holland TO DESTROY MOTHS. Turpentine is best preventive for moths, saturate pieces of brown paper and place in boxes. ` - Persons troubled with carpet moths may get rid of them by: scrubbing the floor with strong hot salt water before laying the carpet and sprinkling the carpet with salt when one sweeps it. POTATO RECIPES. - Hint for Baking.—When taking baked potatoes from the over wrap them in a towel and burst each one, as it makes then more mea'y when the steam is out. They need not then be covered. How to Have Dry Potatoes. -- After draining the potatoes remove the cover and sprinkle well with salt; replace cover end shake brisk ly. Then remove cover and you will find the potatoes dry and mealy. Cooking Old Potatoes.—If old potatoes turn 'black when cooked add a little vinegar to the water when you put them on to boil, and they will be nice and white when cooked. 1101±115 WILL III T,P BIt1'T.U1. Gen. DeWitt Says They Will Play a Prominent Pert. General De Wet, one of :the big figures in. the Boer army in the South African war, addressing a meeting of the Royal Colonial In- stitute, said that: "For years South said had been like a man to feel it very much, for her sake, Mrs. Tress. I want you to believe that. But now I'm going to Gad - ham this very hour t Old Luther had been looking hard a( his son during this speech, and folded his arms. his eyes were ask illrs. Tress into the parlor, and but to whatever racial descent the twinkling, an unusual trait in him. ,.cop an eye on the shop while people belonged, they would, he felt "Stay where you are, boy!" he you're with her,"sore, talcs a pride in being,associ- said, when, fleshed and handsome, He it/ruffled to the olhcr side of ate iii he arduous worlr..af. thr, Calvin John seemecl,aliout to rush the and corneae. Three he held out d t away far his hat, bis hand i+, the old lady, and smiled Empire. „The new South Afrire, would This is a very surer coiner*dense, ic•r�• IzL,rt.antly. e . ,> a ' "V' 1e, possess several excellently equipped i\trs. Tress, he doled. "They ve,a ll mend ilea Irruken hear t been Tresses at Gadham since between us, ma'am, or my name's parts, many thousands of mites of Henry the Eighth's time,. Do you not Luther 'Hornby," lis taw,railway, end the bulk of its public know, you're one of the oldest pressing the old lady's hand hardwould r" It ! families In the district. And com- Left alone with the happy Calvin would own the largest goldfields in ing to me about a broken hearty John, the old lady extended both`thc world, a practical monopoly of Why, it's a capital joke! Is your her hands aria gazed ab liim with diamon:ls, unlimited coal supplies,. daughter a good-tempered girl?" evening, motherly eyes, and ninny undeveloped baser miner - "She's s never given Inc a cross "So you are our little Maudio'a ala. With these, and runny ether word since she foil out of the cod- sweetheart, my dear?" sha whirs- advantages. with a Settled Govern - lin' apple -tree nine years ago," per:•rl. "Well, do you know, I'm menta and 5. contented population, said the old lady solemnly, "And that glad "' he i,nd a robust fault that there that well educated and fond of "And so am 1. Mrs. 'Tress!" said wm,ld arise a greater South Afros, books: ` But I can't tako it all in 'Calvin John fervently.—London destined fo play a prominent part yet. You are the young gentle Answers, in the world's history, ESCAPES OF NJSMA11FSTY ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION BY 1►N IMBECILE% Meticulous Escape While on Board 1 ..M. 5, Sultan—.Near Death From Typhoid.. The King hes had quite an alarm- ing number of narrow escape's from death; so often has be e been in dire peril that one begins to believe that our illustrious Sovereign bears a charmed existence 1 Oply one attempt of assassination bas been made upon His .Majesty, and that, luckily, proved nnsucoess- fel. The dastardly assassin was a youth named Sipido, whose half im- becile mind had become inbued with the idea that he hod been ordained to "set things right," as the times wore "out of joint;" The unfor- tunate.young fellow had reed much pernicious literature containing libels upon our ;ltoyal Family and upon the naval and. military au- thorities. It was in the memorable year 1900, when England was. at war with the Beers. The Bing, •who was at that time Prince of Wales and heir to the hrone, was passing through Brussels on hie way to Denmark, and the fanatical Sipidit. contrived, through the carelessness of the station authorities, to gain access to the platform. As the Royal train began to move out from the station the young :assassin leapt on to the footboard and, drawing a revolver, levelled it at the head of the Prince of Wales, firing two shots in rapid succession. Both bullets miraculously missed the Prince, embedding theinselves.in the woo:lwork of the saloon. The cowardly shots were fired at . so short a range that the escape of the Prince can only be regardedas miraculous. SAVED HIS ]LTE BY A SECOND. The King, while lunching aboard H. M. 5, Sultan, was one day watching with much interest the proceedings of the sailors in connec- tion with the trial of a new gun. After regarding the proceedings for some . time the King casually stepped back a Sew paces. The very second that the King moved the windlass broke'. away, the handle re- volving with tremendous rapidity in the exact spot where His Majesty had been standing. Sir Claude de Crespigny, who witnessed' the affair, says, "Had the Ring not moved away a second earlier he would certainly have been struck and killed by that murderous handle!" RECOVERY FROM TYPHOID. No man ever had a narrower escape from death by typhoid than His Majesty, in the latter part of the year.1871. For days the Prince lay unconscious, striken,by'the ter- rible disease, and Queen Victoria journeyed post-haste from Scotland to Sandringham to be present at what was feared would be her son's death -bed. The most skilful doc- tors could give no hope, and a cloud of awful uncertainty hung like a pall over the country. On the first day of December the Prince rallied, and the hopes of the nation bright- ened, only to be dashed to ±110 ground by the news of a serious re- lapse, on which occasion hope was finally abandoned, the whole of the Royal Family being summoned to the bedside. To the astonishment of the eminent physiciane the Prince still lingered on, and ultimately to the joy of the nation, he completely recovered. ESCAPE FROM AN 1 LEPHANP. Tho serious -illness of the King previous to his coronation will be re- membered by all, and no line will ever forget the deep sympathy and anxiety that pervaded the whole empire, As is well known, King Edward is an ardent sr;01tsman. 1Vbile tiger and elephant -hunting irr India ,lis Majesty had many hairbreadth escapes. On one occasion the Tseng was making his way through the thick undergrowth of a f'eyl un jungle, when he was startled by a tremendous crashing of breeches close at hand. Almost before- he conk] cock his rifle an elephant burst through the dense trees and charged thunderously down upon the king. Instead of endeavoring to escape, our :Sovereign coolly pointed his piece at the ,lead of the monster and took deliberate Linn. The shot struck the elephant, and, although it did not immediately, kill the animal, it caused the great eren- tm'o to swerve aside within a few feet of His Majesty, Had it not been for that cool shot the King must have been mangled Beyond recognition by ,those ponderous feet . and deadly gleaming tusks! ON SIR THOMAS LIPTON'S On another occasion a large tiger sprang suddenly from a thicket on to the back of the elephant which the Icing was riding, and made fran- tic efforts to get at His Majesty. The cloth' on which the howdah. recto,' was completely torn away, the tiger thus slipping to the ground with the tattered cloth, Had the ferocious animal succeeded in get - ting into that howde,h there would have been very little loft et our sporting tin I i c?<n, g- Por•heps the most resent escape Of King Edward was on the oocasien Of his visit to Sir Thomas Lipton aboard one of the famous Sham - reeks, The great stool mast sud- denly snapped wader the tremend- ous strain of the canvas,' felling within it. foot of His Majesty, who was strolling on deck at the time, It was periteps the narrowest' es- cape from instant death that our popular Monarch ever oxperlencec1 *London Tit-Tlits, EA.It'1'IJQt.1A1ES IN BRITAIN, When 'Thousands Camped Out in . Myelo Park, London. In 1884 an earthquake teak place, the most serious thee has occurred in Great Britain for four Centuries. It originated in the neighborhood of Colchester, and•the disturbance made itself felt over a wide area. '1'he results were of a very destruc- tive eha,ralter in Colchester and -the immediate neighborhood. Several church spires were injured, and the total damage was estimated at 5100,000, for which a public sub- scription wee, seise:1, says London Tit -Bits, • A few years previously there were several severe shooks felt in the Midlands and on the South Coast, which were attended, fortunately, with little damage. One of these earthquake shocks, which took place in ',1868,, extended . from Milford Haven to . Burton -on -Trent, and from the Mersey to Plymouth. Eleven years earlier a shock was felt in Dublin which, curiously enough, extended in circle after circle until it embraced the whole 01 Gloucestershire. Professor Milne, who is our great- est authority on earthquakes, says that out of 110 shocks recorded in England thirty-one 'originated in Wales, thirty-one along the South Coast of England, fourteen on the borders of Yorkshire and; Derby- shire, and five or six in Cumber- 1auu. The most favored resort of eutli- quakes in Great Britain, however, appears to be the district of Coni- ne, in Perthshire, where in one winter no fewer than 140 earth- quakes were experienced. Perhaps the most notable shock in this di.s- triet 'was the one which occurred on August nth, 1818, when earth tremors were felt all the North of Scotland, causing the utmost terror and consternation. Women were soon in the streets, calling ont-that their children had been killed in their arms. , The walls of many houses were rent from top to bottom, anci one man doelarei that lie was picked about in his "heel for a full fiveminutes as he had never been thrown about at sea. London has not altogether escap- ed- the ravages of earthquakes. In February and March of 1750, Lon- doners Were startled out of their wits by a terrific shock. The people were so alarmed that thousands spent the nights , parading the streets in a state of frantic terror, and Hyde Park was crowded with campers -mut, the more daring whil- ing away the hours by playing cards by candle -light, F YALLE OF lrISIC. lteeennnenrleil as a c%'.1re, for vers- Dns temple nts. What has ;nut been attempted for the mire of nervous affections? An attempt has even been made to utilize music. In a- report on the results obtained by this means, M. Tarchanoff, of St. Petersburg, asserts that Music is of the greatest utility' in medicine, aid that by its use the nervous ,•ystem may be tuned up like• a musical instru- ment. Neuropaths and epileptics prin- cipally ars susee.ptihle of experience a certain mollifiention from music, on condition that the remedy be employed with discernment, unless one wishes to see It produce a con- trary effect to than for which it is employed, And this cannot be considered as a denial of the therapeutic value of music, as certain people might be led to think, since, in fact, the very wane thing might be said about opium, Aecordin to,11I. Torch noff, the frequent failure of music, as a oura- tlr'e. must be due to its': unseason- able employment, When a series of cases has afforded proofs that mnsic is ,t most powerful regulator of hen's character and the senti- ments el:Sel1 dominate. many sides of pshchical 'incl physloal life, the toluenes. of its immoderate use is to be blamd 1)1 104.181015)11, who may not afford examples of that perfect regulation of their emotions which should he expected, From the general point of view, it may be said that tho relining effect of music on patients is 11111- vei•sally admitted . ;incl numerous elinieal experiments prove Lhat in fact; it has a bastion/Ally l,eneficiacl effect in certain easesof iesemsida. l It may also calm pain, not l,v an nnelges'o effect seting upon 1110 nnrvnns (entree, l,tlt 1)5 causing tlle� patients to forget thla:r sufferings, SOME COSTLY FUR RUGS PROCESS`1'IIEY PASS TARO UUIL IN TAPING, ,ion Skins at from $400 t0 $1,000.-,-: 1'oiar Bear Relies ll~aicd. souse :Pur. • A really first glass lion dein worth from 1%100 to 5120, while late - 1,y many have ohangod hands at•'as• 2081011 es 4;200 apiece. ,S,'.r.111 one can . sometimes obtain a rug at as 1018 1 ' prfee as £80, hetoen4t,ePsifp:dippties;;:).0; ociea oftheownandpc The most valuable liop rugs to- day are those obtained irons the Barbary species, The mamba of tyre - males when full grown are quite dark, very dull, running well down the centre of the back. The head, too, is very massive, and the paws. or claws spread out to se enorm- ous width, - Last season, according to the Queen, a number of rugs mask their appearance with the fur of the puma , mounted on block goer. These are minus the heads, and are prized by many because it 'le really ... the -fur of ,a species of .hien, But a lion rag to be at all 'representa tive should possess a bead, To dress and mount it requiems -the .ser- taxvicesidofermist, the tanner, furrier and TANNING THE FUR. The processes which theme furs• pass through before they awe ready fot, the drawing room aremany and varied. When first reeeived by the furrier the hide is pickled,.ttsat is to say, placed in a kind of -a gat con- taining certain chemicals, where it remains for two or three dap. It is then removed and scraped with large knives, this work .bung done by strong men. Very curious is the process. It 'goes into a tub, where it is beaten under foot in sawdust. Ii ]leas now - to be dried, when it is again beaten insawdust and still further with canes. if this work is chane thor- oughly well it means that the fur. will nob come out, practioe/y'never• lose its freshness of color, and last. for really.: a long time. Indeed, it has to be absolutely worn out by actual tread. There is, of course, a great deal of work still to be done. Tke skin has to be cut to the form 81 a rug and all damaged parts such as bullet. holes and rents caused through spear thrusts must be made good. Large pieces sometimes have to be inserted, and these additions are obtained from elippinge of THE ACTUAL FUR OR SKIN. It is then stretchel and lased, and if it is desired to mount .rhe rug with a head the naturalist cells :the- taxideririist to leis aid, roe it is• absolutely essential for the head to, be lifelike and natural, looking. Most of the heads used .owadays are made of papier maebe, with oc- casionally the original teeth of the animal. Tho heads of course are covered with the animal's own akin. Among the handsomest fur rugs is that of the polar bear. On ac- count of its large size and the fur being a glossy white it is Shown to best advantage in 0 fairly largo room with light furniture. Many people have even exchanged their furniture to harmonize with these Tirga, Next to the lion rug it is the most oxpenaive. Here again itis merely a question of poise's. It is only a connoisseur in furs who can tell the 'value of a polar bear rug.- It depends entirely upon the whiteness of the fur. A specimen with a pule silvery white gloss is rare anci may be worth as much as 5100. Unfortunately most of these furs contain a slight shade of brown, which deteriorates their market value. POLAB.1iEAR RUGS., A fur of a full grown speci- men ranges from 11A to 2 inches in: depth, On,aoeouet of the shortness of the anim'u's legs and the fact that it possesses practically Iso tail the skin makes a more compact rug than is the case with the big eats. There are a few polar bear rugs in existence that reeaa111'e as much as 12 or 13 feet, in length, but a rug 10 feet in length is eonaiderod a large size. The head onesuch a rug, would measure 28 inches front he tip of the nose to the bast: of the skull • and go quite 30 niches around the fell stretch of the neck. A cheaper rug and one that malas. an ornalnelit to any 100111 18 that or Uio leopard's skin: Whether mount- ed with the head or not it is a charming rug. They vary in price. from a few pn.Lulds.'up to 11;25 and more, aecaraing ±0111(e variety of ties species. The dnestt leopard ruga nn the market to -day are those ob- tained from the sltlns leash (el from northern China, wirers. the leopard grows a finer and a more glossy . coat than his brother in .India. Pl acticelly rimy animal now has received the et.tention of the fustier and 11115 been ern torted. into useful and nrruvnentol , rugs, '1'114 past season has been remarkable not on- ly for the member but for Ilia S'at'iety of animals L•111ii :bare aalird into 1ac1't's;tiva,