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The Brussels Post, 1904-8-4, Page 6i+o+o4-(144-o+o+o+04.0+04.o+o •'.-011°) 41'> Outwitting , Monsieur Arnotte (e+cottette+0+0+4D+0+0+o-isess--0+ "Then 1 say that you aro a liar," said Jules Arnotte. The speaker was simted in a cafe in a certain town soluewhonto near the Sahara. The selthenent watt Meat - ed in a district, by eame Autumn, over which tho French Government claims ovesseerShip, awl was under the local seperrision of dules Ars motto. a gentlemen of Portuguesse- man-Prench extraction. The Constd, for sneh was the title Arnotte enjoyed, was a crafty gen- tleman, Who would stoop to any depth to gain his ends. At this particular moment his company in the cafe consisted of two Englishmen and a number uf other men whose nationality it would have been hard to discover; suffice It to say they were not British. The two Englisbnien, Harry Fos- , ter and Diok Ainslie, had arrived one day in Auttwan, just as Englishmen do turu up in every corner of the earth. They had been in town for nearly a month, and in that time had become intonate with most of the townspeople. • It was to Barry Foster that the Consul, during a political argument, had addressed bis unflattering res mark, and after a moment's pause he repeated it again. Crack! :rules Arnett° was lying on the floor with Harry Foster standing over him and inviting hixn. to insult him .agaln. At length Arnotto stood to his feet, his face pale as death, save where a livid mark showed where Vostee's fist had been, - "You shall pay for this, you ras- cal Englishman," he hissed, and then he rushed front tho cafe. The other customers sat round in silenee. Inwardly they approved of Foster's action, for Arnotte was gen- erally disliked; but it was best to keep in wit& the Consul, so nobody applauded. "I'm sorry I did that," murmured Foster; "I was too 'testy." "Yes; I should think we'd better clear out of this as quickly as pos- sible," said Ainslie. "What say you?" "I'm agreeable," rejoined Foster. The two churne soon got their be- longings together and made prepare - 1.1008 to start from the town. They dezided to work through the forest to the westward and matte their way to the coast. They left the town at nightfall, so • that their departure oecasiosed no comment, for tho good reason that there were no witnesses to it. The night was spent in a hut about twelve miles away, ity about midday on the morrow they were crossing the rocky plateau which marks the extreme western boundary of Anterg,e. Ilele they rested for a while and partook of their dinner. Th' ground about them was of a peculiar formation; many tiny cracks and fissures inn hither and thither. As Foster took out his pipe, It ac- cidentally fell front his grasp into one of the little crevices. It was too dem down for him to reach with his fingers, and, in cense/mimeo, he took out his clasp -knife and cut away the earth. While in the act of doing thim a .startIcel exclamation loft his lips, which brought Ainslie to his side. • Together they peered at the earth which Foster's knife had cut away, and then they stared at each other With wide-open eyes. -"It's gold," muttered Ainslie, hoarsely. "Simply thick with it," Then, actuated by a, common im- pulse, both men began to dig up tho earth all around them. Everywhere it wee the same—gold, gold, and gold again, "Man, there's ndllions here," cried Foster, excitedly, "and it's ours, too, by all that's lucky," "One. 1110111011t," said Ai nsl let "how is it ours'?" "Why, we have discovered IL." 'Yes, but disenvery does not give poseession. This land presumably halamgs to the Government or France es reprostwited hero bY Jules Ar- . 'Well, we can buy It returned Fest or, iMpu ti tly. . "And give the game away at once," rojoinet1 Ainslie. "No one in their RellSea Winid buy a piece of ground like this, td1 those miles from civilization, unless there was some very good reason. You may depend upon it, Were WO 111 approarh Ar- notto upon the subject of the pur- chase of it, the wily fox would pre- tend 10 treat with 1144 whilst he sent a messenger to find our why we wented it, and then ho would regrets his inability to enter into an agree.' wont wit.h us. Six months after -I wards he would resign his enviable pest and go to Paris and live in the: lap of luxury, No, Horsy; we've got.' •in think or a plan to .circianvent Monsieur Arnotto." The day wee drawing to 0 closet when Ainslie suggested they should I torn in and think .oser matters, The tingling -in consisted of wrapping stluouselvea up in rugs. -One to sleep mid the other to kelp watch, turn end Ore The sen was well up ere Ainslie settend his companion. Foster sat for a few momenta rubbing his eyes, then 'he turned excitedly to Ainslie. "Vag) got it," lie cried. "What, do you- 'think at this?" He forthwith briefly unfolded it plan, width he hail gorteoeted, during his watch on the preVious ettmliSgs , "01'4lett $0Wws, (-tool you khlolo" said Ainslie,. When his Winn "had finished speaking. "I mean, I • Xhink it makes as look bike a cOuple itsf 61,121(1%1'5." . Y'Oilly in isnot:teda Oak...anthat en1 only for a short time," cried Foster, "You see, Os soon as he tries to make it public it will be at once dis- proved, and no one will believe MM." Eventually the plan was agreed up- on, rind the two friends retraced their stops back to the town, which they rettelted during the evening. Their return did not eauso any surprise, for, as Yet, no one had glen1 much thought to their ab- Setteeit being quite usual for lownss men to be absent for a few days on some mysterious expedition into the interior; then they were usually wealthy for a day or two, and there umerning in soulo far-off notive vlilage. It was part of the 11041 that nego- tial ions should be opened up with Arnotte and for obv1cms reasons it was considered desirable that Ainslie, and not Foster, should conduct those The offices of the Government from which the law was dispensed in Au- teran consisted of two villas, built on raised iron foundations and con - fleeted by a glass -roofed passage. ;The offire was the largest building in the town, and above it flew the Tri- color. At eleven o'clock the Consul en- teral his private office to tvansact his daily business, but. Ainslie was Sabre him arid was waiting. The Englishman sat cooling his hools un- til half -past twelve, when tho Consul signified his readiness to see him, "Good morning, Mr. Ainslie," said Arnotto, through the snioke of his cigarette. "What can I do for you'?" interview with you," "tlive nie the favor of a private Arnotte looked suspiciously for a moment at his visitor, ancl In a seemingly thoughtless manner toyed with a. revolver on his deslc. He watched Ainslie am though he would divine his intentions, but the Eng- !liehman's face was like a mask. "Now, then, Mr. Ainslie, what is it you want?" "I went to enter into a little com- pact with you, 'You have doubtless heard that there is a good dant tn be made out • of mining: you know, company promoting and that sort or ; thing. Somebody fluds a mine out in some unknown land, it company is formed, and the mine is sold to them; of course, Mere is a lot of gold in tho Ainslie paused and solemnly winked at the Consul. "Ah!" said Monsieur Arnotte, whilst his heady eves glittered. "We have discovered a wonderful 111100," said Ainslie, and he once more winked at the Consul. The Consul winked at Ainslie. "Of ccmrse," continued Ainslie, "if we could get a lease of the ground we would not mind paying the. Gov- , eminent a good price for it." Mire !both men smileti, Inc Ainslie had ac- leented the word "Government." ho continued, "say 10 per - cent. for yourself on the price we realize on this inine." I"Well, I see no official reason 'why ,siteha lorise &Multi not be granted," Isola Arnett% fate a little consider- ation. "Where is your mine?" "On Thalcre Plateau." "Ali!" said the Consul. "It's some way in the interior; it will be awkward getting machinery there." Once more he winked. "Shall we have no agreement drawn up, thee?" asked Ainslie, whilst he smiled broadly. A nin.p was produced, and an area, the bearings of which had been roughly taken by Foster and Ainslie the day before, was =irked otT by Ainslie ir an apparently careless monner. .A deed was then made out by which the land was securixl to Ainslie for all time at the payment of 103 per erre; the land in question had an area of about forty ems, but land was worthless at a distance of more than four of five miles from the town, Abhsiin seggest ed a clouse being put in thr agreement to the effect that Arnotto was entitled to 10 per cent. of tho amount realized on the sale of the property, but to this 1110 wily Consul objected, not wishims his name to be on paper in such a manner. ''No,' he said. "I will rely on your honesty. Has i4, not been said that all Englishmen lute honest even to a fault?" The agreement wits signed by bot,h parties and duly witnessed and tamped. .A sum of £200 was thou handed over to the Consul, in the shape of a draft on a Lendon bank- er. "Well, good day, Mr. Ainslie," said Arnotte, "1 lutist congratulate you 00 your fortiniete clIscovegy." "Yes, I nut indeed lucky," returned Ainslie. Chico more both mon winked, and then tho Englishman withdrew. Lcift alone, the rniisnl laughed softly and rubbed his hands. "Ah, my fine English hiends, I vo got sou this time, and I'll pay a little of what I owe you. I3y Heav- en, you shall suffer noWl" Outside, Ainslie mot Foster and acquainted him with the FilleOeSS of his interview, and together they latip,herl over the precious document which bad been obtained so easily, "Now the next thing to do," said Foetee, "is to get Matthews 1)41 here. SVe had better telegraph for Matthews was a mining expert of coneidereble repute in London. Ile wits very friendly with both Foster and Ainslie, and 'eadstold them, prior 10 theie departure no the nomad toms to let bim know by cable if they discovered anything in his line. Ife added that he %mild be only too glad of a chance to join them, and, as he wes empowered to treat for his firm (one of the largest mining syn- dicates existing), they declded to send the cable as quickly as pos- sible This moant a two daysjourney to tho coast, Which was accemaplished by river one doy and by train film- ing the other. This breaght into latglish territory, trona Where they Were able to tend the tzdegram. The reply came on the fidloWing 'day te say that Mattis -OM Would leave hy the first boat, Which tree dna en -the cOast in abut WOO tvockoic The two Englislunen retraced their steps to Auteren, for they deemed 11 necessary to keep a watchful eye on Arnotto'a movements. The tinte seemed to go by on lead- en wings whilst Ainslie and Foster waited the coming or Matthews. Only once did they make any reference to 150 411100 to Arnotte, and then Ainslie said that it mining engineer WO.S ()II hiS way le inspect, the mine; at the same time he Winked vigorously and the Conseil amiled, but inwardly that worthy gentleman rejoiced in the fact that his time for revenge was draw- ing nigh, as he was still einniging undo indignity of the blow from Hurry koater. Mat thews arrived, and the trio proceeded at once to Antonin, and then on to the Thalcre Plateau, In a few moments he was congratulat- ing Foster end Ainslie on their luck. pronouncing the lind to be an im- moneely rich "pocket field." As the gold wits all near the surface. work- ing would be comparatively cheap. "But. what are you going to clo— hang on to it, sell the place, or what'? By the way, how len5 does your Opli011 1101(1 g0C1(1?" "The Mild i Onefi fee ever," cried Ainslie; and than he told the engin- eer of the manner in which he had obtained the ground. "That s rather smart, but 11) per- cent, is a heavy lump fer this Con- sul friend of yours." "Oh, that's all right," said Ain- slie, with it laugh. "Pm going to sell the mine to Harry, here, foe two hunched and fifty poursis; I shall then present. Mr. Areotte with twenty-fivo pounds," "Well, at any rate, your fortunes are made, whatever you do, whether you sell or waSk the mine. But I should like to make a more minute inspection." Matthews went very carefully over the ground, and as soon as possible sent a long cable in code to his limn in London. During the next few clays messages hummed backwards and forwards over the wires, with the resolt that Matthews was cm - powered to arev Foster and Ainslie £200,000 and 20,000 shares in a company to he formed, in return for the deed they held. Tho partners asked time to consider tho matter, and in the meantime they returned to Auteran. Their first business was to visit the Consel to whose private office they were speedily admitted. "Good morning, gentlemen,". said Al nutty, his smite making his evil face look oven eglier than usual. "What can I do for you?" "You will remember granting nte 0. lease fer a portion of Thakre Pla- teau?" began Ainelie. "Ah—s es," murmured the Consul, his evil smile growing still more "I am glad to :ay that 1 have suc- ceeded in disposing of the property," continued Ainslie. "Permit ine to congratulate you," beamed the Consul. "Mr. Foster purchased the pro- perty off me for the sum of two hun- dred end filly pounds." As Antsho said these words the Consul's Mee assumed a, most mole- volent exTreesion, although ho tried to mask it with a smile. "And," continued Ainslie, "I have 211.41011 pleasure in handing. you 0 draft for twenty-five pounds. I have also taken the trouble to prepare a receipt, which I shall be glad if you will sign." "Ah, you did not realize much on yoer property," said Arnett% re- straining himself with dirficelty. "No, I clicl not; but will you please sigtl tch,eislf;ecelpt?" a hissed the Consul. "No, he palmed, whilst he studied the muzzle of a revolver held in Ain- slie's hand. He signed the receipt, When his visitors had gone out, Arnotto shook his clenched flst after them, speechleas with fury. When at length he found his tongue, he filled the air with maledictions against the Englishmen. "You think you have foiled Jules Arnotte, do you? Walt and see, my sharp friends; wait and sigs" In ths meantime a wooden hoose Sons in emirs° of erection at Thakre Plateau, and on the following day Arnotto rode out to seo how matters Were progressing. Tio watched the workmen for a while, a sInster smile playing over hie dark features. "It is almost thne," he nutrinured, "They will be here in a few days." Two days aTtorwards two eiviliaes came into the town and proceeded cli- re,ct to the Consul's office. They remnined there for some time in close convestation with Arnotte. On the following day the Consul, accompanied by his visitors and a file of soldiers from the Legion, pro- ceeded to Thakre. Here they found a number of Eroo- men at work on the ground, whilst others were busy with the house, tvhich was springing up with mar- -M.1011s celerity. 'Phe throe Englishmen could bo seen walSing, about and directing opera - lions. At the sight of them Arnott's face darkened, and ho turned to his viai lOril, "Those are the men," be said, "and thiS IN the land that I spoke to you about.'' The civilians sorveyed the ground with critical eyes; but Arnotte would not let them hesitate, and made all Saab e lowarda the spot where the three Engliehmen were standing, "Hallos!' muttered Ainalie, "Ivrea Arnett° with a. crowd, What does he tenet, I wonder?" "Nothing of any good to us, be hound," replied Poster. At.that moment their visitors cattle face to face with them. "This is an ono:spaded pleasure, Monsieur Artiotto," -said Ainslie, With ironical courtesy. "So I anticipated," returned the Consul, a, triumphant sMile ilhiinuth- blg his face, "Permit rno to intro - dike Monsieut dc Stanton and Mori - Weise Lesette," There Wee coneiderable bowing,' end then the Consul eisotioned epeaking, the Malicitue tsittniph in his voice being visibly epPerent, "Theso gentlemen are minim ex- acistasettietsisseostsotg,0, ° - ports sent doWn by the tiovernment," he said, whilst he watched the Eng- IMhmon narrowly, expectieg to see them cowed, but to hie disappoint- ment his words had no effect a them, "They W111 proceed to make an examination of your 8o-ce11ed gold -field. Meanwhile, you will con- sider yourselves under arrest." (To motioned to the sergeant, who step- ped forward with his men mai rang- ed themselves alongside the English- men. "What do you mean?" Cried Ain- slie. "What is the meaning of thie outrage?" The Consul paid. no hoed to his remarks, but began to e0/11701`Se With the mining exports, who commenced to examine the ground. "Look here, my Mond," said Mat- thews, "What charge do you make against me?" "The charge is only against these two," replica tho Consul, as he in- dicated Foster nod lie. "You ean go where you like aod do what, you like." "My friend," cried Ainslie, "if you don't shift your toy soldiere Ilteroll be trouble. What are we under ar- rest for?" "What for?" returned the Consul, with a triumphant laugh, "Why, for 'suiting' this ground with intention Ito defraud." ilis reply was a !hearty peal of laughter, which considerably discon- certed him. Shortly afteswards the two experts, who had bcca joined by Matthews, came along. "One of the finest fields I have ev- ier snide:Monsieur Lessee. I"Yes," assented De Stanton; "I really do not know why Monsieur the Conan' brought us clown here." Jules Arnotte was staring at the men, his countenance livid with rage. "What!" he screamed. "Do you moan to say there is gold hero?" "Why, the place is simply full of it," replied Do Stanton. "Merciful heavens!" cried the Con- sul. "And I have given it away," "Pardon me, you received tWO bios- dred and twenty -live pounds for it," remarked Ainslie, "Now, kindly or- der your men away," In a stale of stupefaction the Con- sul did as he was bid, "Just to think!" he gagged, "And it might have been mine." -Ho turned and, mounting his horse, rode away. -Before he was ten paces distant he tinned in his saddle and shoo' his fist at the En lishmen I "Wait," be shouted. "I shall win yet." "You'll have to get up very early in the morning," was Foster's re - int .—Lond on Tit -Bits. DUKE CYRIL'S ROMANCE. stises sisaosasedossea go so.asssms Marry 111Royal Family, romantic errand will bring the widowed Duchess of Saxe-Coburg— who will be better remembered as the Duchess of Edinburgh—to England &Pon on a brief visit to her brother- in-law, Xing Edward, after an ab- sence of three years from England. It is understood that the purport of her Royal and Imperial Eighness' visit is to obtain the sanction of Xing Edward to- the engagement of her daughter, Princess Victoria, for- thesis- the wire of tho Grand Duko of Hesse, to the Grand Duke Cyrtil of Russia, The Grand Duke Cyril; who had so miraculous an escape front the Rus - shut battleship Petropavlovsk when she was blown up by a Japanese mine before Port Arthur, is the hero of royal love story, of which the Princess ie the heroine. She is his first cousin, and he foll In love with her when he was sixteen end sho Was tWO months younger. 'Ma attachment, however, was view- ed with disfavor by relations on both tildes, and a year later the Princess was married to the Grand Duke Er- nest Louis of Besse. It wee cm unfortunate match, for the parties to it were diametrically opposed in tempooareent and tastes, and had apparently no point 1 com- mon. The marriage took place in 1894; in 1001 it was dissolved an the ground of irreconcilable mutual anti- pathy. Tho only issue of the 411)1011 {ens the little Princess Ellectbeth, who so pathetically fell a victim to cholera last year, After the divorce the Grand Delco Cyril renewed his suit, Then the Czar ,intervened. Grave reasons, both religious and social, he said, forbade the Dlarriage whieh the Grand Duke Cyril sought. Tho Czarina is it sister of the Grand Duko Ernest of Eesso, Prin- ccss Victoria's _former husband; and the Grand Duko Cyril may one day succeed to the Russian throne. More- over, the Russian church prohibits a marriage, either of Ole parties to which has been divorced. The Grand Duke Cyril deelared that he would marry the Princess even though he lost all his rights and property, but to this sacrifice the Princess firmly refused to ailment, Then came the death of ber littbe daughter, on which the Princess diemissed bor lover and refueed to sec ans one, and the Grand Duke Cyril went to the front. When ho came back wounded it WAS to 111141 that the °ear bad with- drawn his opposition to tho union, and he hurried on with the good nmvs; to Coburg. All that now remains to complete this love story is the acquiescence of Ring Edward, Inc the COD:Sent of the Sevemeign in Ocsencil is imperative in the case of all marriages of Princes and Princesses of his family. 'Ilme the Healer—Cuetomer—"I don't like the sewers the molest aro too thick," Stliopmals—"Yeal will learn to 11140 them, as the objettions you speak of will gradually wear off." Mrs, Catitor—"I can't understand why Mr. Steamer invariably leaves the /.00n1 When 1 go (0 the Wand. , Ile told me lie wail 'very fond of , snueic." Mr, Cantor--''AntI tloeen't hie conduct pfeseb 11, inY dolts'?" I About se 14 14 1"1112717171) .177I9VES, Quick Potato Discults.—Mix and sift together ono cupful of flour, 0110 cupful of corn starch, one teaspoon- ful of nett, and two teaspoonfuls of baking powder. trove ready four large hot boiled pototoes. Peel, and put them through a potato press, adding two cupfuls of 1111110 and two Well -beaten eggs. Stir into this the dry mixture, adding as much more eifted flour as may be necee- easy to make a soft dough. 'Pero out on the board, roll, out in cmnil thin rounds, brush the tops with milk, and bake in a quick oven. Cornstarch Cake,—Croam two cup- fuls sugar and ono teacepful butter; add ow teacupful cornstarch, and the same quantity milk; mix with two teacupfuls flour two teaspoons- fuls Price's Crenm Baking Powder, and then add, following with the whites of seven eggs beaten to a stiff froth, Almond Cakes—Beat One teacupful of sugrr with half a teitoup ot but- ter; add half asteacup of milk; sift Iwo teacupfuls of tlour with a tea- spoonful or Price's Cream Baking Powder, and add four whites of eggs, and ono pound of blanched al- monds chopped line. Grandmother's Padding.—Crumble stale bread without crusts; tie up tightly 'in a pudding cloth; put Into a saucepan of cold water, and boll for one hour. Serea With jahl, nnumalacle, or sweet custard. Hominy ruckling,—Ono cup of boil- ed hominy, one and a half pints of milk, two eggs, two tablespoonfuls of butter, three-fourths of a cos) of sugar, one teaspoon of baking pow- der; bake In buttered pudding dish twenty minutes. Indian Pudding.—Doil one quart of milk; set it off the stove, and stir in one cup of Indian incal; one cup of molasses end sugar (half of each), ono egg, a little ginger end salt. Bake one hour. Date Pie—Soak the dates over night, and stew until they can be strained; IniX With a quart of milk, throe eggs, and add a little salt and nutmeg. Bake with an undercrust only. One pound of dates will be sufficient for three pies, and the other ingredients are given in pro- portion for that quantity of dates. Rico erelt111.—igake* a custard of ono pint of milk, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, and tho yolk of ono egg; then dissolve it in one-half ounce of gelatine, softened in a. little cold water; stir in ono tablespoonful of boiled rive, flavor with -vanilla or eutineg if preferred. Rinse a molcl With cold water, pack the cream in it, and let stand until firm enough to be taken out of the mold. Boiled Rico.-13oiled rico forms the basic principle of neerly all rico dishes. It is. therfore, well worth any cook's while to master the art of preparing it. First of all, a. su- perior grade of rice must be selected —the Carolina is the best in themes - kat to -da) --then i4, must he wash- ed in several cold waters, and care- fully picked over, after which it should be plunged into 'unsalted bon- ing water, allowing four quarts of water for each pint of rice. Cover the whole closely and boil rapidly for twenty minutes. Turn into a colander, and drain well; theta stand the colander 00e1' a vessel containing a small quantity of boiling water, and steam until the rice is white and dry occasionally stirring lightly with a fork. The grains shin -Lid be full and soft., and each one retain its form though twice its °signal size.. Potato lffitties.—Take as ninny' large, well shaped potatoes as it is intendea there should be patties, wash -well and bake them. Take them out before they aro quite done enough, so that the skin may not bo injured, carefully out off the top, and scoop out the inside with a spoon. Mix withf the floury part two or three spoonfuls of thick cream, a hittla piece of butter, and a pinch of salt, together with sugar, the yolks and whites of two or three eggs, beaten and added separately. Put this mixture into the hollow potatoes, frlace them upright side by side in a buttered dish,and hake them in a hot oven, If liked savory instead or potatoes. patties Can be made by mixing with the potato flour a little pounded veal and hem, cream, salt, lemon -peel, grated nut- meg, and mushroom catsup, added in suitable proportions. Time to bake, twelve to Mean minutes, When meat is used, cook them a little longer. HINTS Pon WIVES. Don't ns,alre tile ovening repast a confeesional far household troubles. Your husband has troubles of his 01101. You mop be ono of them. Don't be the last to ncknowledge his merits. Men love flattery as women do finery. Don't. put Min on the Pro escape to smoke. Suppose the draperiee do get full or the filmes. Some day you may henger for the smell of them. Don't went' a chip on your should- er. Alt ounce of forgiveness 18 worth a pound of pride, Give it, You can have your way, when he is not looking, Don't be ashamed to proolaim your love for him. Tell him often, and demand o response, It given 801110 thing to think about. Don't antagonize his men fOiends, They may be better 111101 they look. Don't travel wide apart, or the chains Will cut. Tim only way not to feel them is to keep Clefie togeth- er. Don't eook unless yon know, how, When his digestion gooe, reform ad- millistration 113 (10(4 D011't AMC liltis for money; make 111511 offer 411, YOU ktIOW tho way. If yoit do not, you should, Something in a 14100'S constitutional make -lm rebela when he is gskod to pert with hislitormy. 31/fen shirk the things that sfire expected of them; , • • but they will give freely of One, motley, and labor when aceredited with not only the thing done, but the impulse that prompts it. Mon aro generous enough, lett they 1110 large portions of glory. Be prudent and tin thrifty as you can. Men are attracted by &1 14111 01011115, hut held hy leateelui meth- ods, Wise occntonly, however, re- quires great tart. There is no even- omy 10 that couree which imam your linens Ihnp, you!' re VF,(0 y Kin -Way, 01. yOne home conducted on poor- house rot ions. Don't. listen to outeide criticism, whether of Moeda ot, vela tives-in- law. Don't condemn them rules the first 111110 they fail. They aro good. Tile only queetion is, are wo good enough in 1)01140Vere WWI theln I/11111 WO get 051411( 5? --- TEE FLOORS 15 SUM.SIElt. Bare floors aro preferable to env - pet for the kitchen during the SLIM- lner 111011(1141, fax they are easier to keep clean. It Is a positive roet to one's eyes to see a room without the dust catchers, One0 considered so ornamental, with only the necessary furniture arid bare floors, Keep out the Ries with screens, and let the air end sunshine in. Paint or oil the floors, or if they are too rough to look well uncovered, get oil cloth or linoleuin, but do not buy a woolen carpet for the dining room. A few minutes' work every few clays will suffice to keep them clean and free from dust. Neither linb- leum or oilcloth slosidd 'be scrubbed with a brush or in-dppect with hot water. Heat the water until luke- warm and dissolve enough Golcl Dust in it to make a good suds. No.w wash the oilcloth, changing the wa- ter frequently an it grows dark. Nothing causes It to grow dull and grimy so quickly as washing with insufficient or dirty, water. Mop a sanall phis% then rinse with clear water, and wipe dry. Proceed in this way until the floor is clean. Oiled or painted floors are treated in the same way. TO CLEAN PAINT. Tea leaves May be saved from tlie table for a few days, and when suf- ficient are collected steep, not boil, them for half an hour in a tin pan. Straln tho water off through a sieve and use this tea to wash all varnish- ed paint. It removes spots and gives a fresher, 11055e1' uppearance than when soap and water is used. For Nrhile paint, take up a small quantity of whiting, on a damp piece of old wbite flannel and rub over the surface lightly and it will leave the paint remarkably fresh and new. STRANGE OLD SHIP. Attempt to Identify Frigate Found at Bottom of Channel. More interesting discoveries have been made on the ancient frigate which has been found during dredg- ing operations MI Havre jetty. The old ship is in a wondorful state of preservation, owing to having been protected from tho action of the sea by the sand and shingle% in width it is buried to mt depth of eighteen feet. The divers have had to exercise great care in exploring the interior of the vessel, as the tangled mass of woodwork was likely to cut the air - tubes or make them taut. Two old bombards or cannons with mouths, have been brought to the serface. One is still leaded, and the cannon -balls can be seen a few inches within the barrel. In the other cannon a huge conger oel haft taken up its l'eSidOne0. TWO flillt-lock muskets tightly ce- mented together tvere also found, and both of them were loaded, A. search among local records shows that Miring the bombardment of Havre by the Anglo -Dutch fleet in 1759 a small English vessel armed with two bombards was sunk by the fire from the French forts. Speculation is rife as to whether the sunken vessel is the English ship. of war that was sunk during that engagements or whether it was a ves- sel belonging to the French fleet. -4 A DANGEROUS CONTRACT, 'A man eft, high, with the side of his bead wrapped in flannel, wont into a dentist's consulting -room the other day, ancl sank wearily into a chair. In response to the dentist's "What can I do for yod?" the large man said 1-- "I have a toothache that is break- ing my heart, turd 1 think that I ought to have a tooth drawn; but, YOU see, I haven't been to a dentist; since I NVOS it boy and 1 went to ask you a few questions before you go to work. "I want to know whether to prop a man's jaws apart with at iron wedge, and the tell him to look pleasant, please." "Certainly we don't." "I want to know vvliether you fas- ten ono hand in the victim's hair and brace a. knee against his throat, ancf then draw his tooth as -IMMO you were pulling the cork from a beer -bottle with a corkscrew," "Why, that would be murder, You feel no pain at all," "That's what the dentiet told me when X was a boy. I want to know Whether yott use a jentmsr to deaw tooth Whet) the piimers fail, and also whether you will replaee, free of charge, any sections of the jaw that May be removed during the opera- tion." -"We won't hurt yost at all," "Then you may go ahead; but I 11000 a friend at the foot of the stairways Ile is a larger malt than ant, and lie eau (1anel) 0, hole thoough 0 street door with his fist; and ir I yell once lie is doming up hero eight etops at a thne to kneels dowa the coiling with you, Do you vomit to go ahead?", "I am afraid not, You had bet- tor go up the aired to the Votaries ars- surgeon." CieVerton--"Wiss Twilling rejected mo the other night, but olio lot me kisa her before We parted.`t Dash- eWay (Selleeting).; "I think I'll go roUnd to -night end 1)1e900e myself," TllE GO GAME OF WAR marisast SOLDIERS LEARN ER011 EXPERIEINgE. -- Modern. Conditions of Warfare - Aro Very Thoroughly Represented. The beadgearters stalT of every great nenly Of the world—end, M- ined, the sante thieg apostied to the nu vy—aro desperately keen on ob- sorting and digesting lemnons, such hesons as may lie taught them by modern warfare, :Hence it is that whenever a great. modern war breaks ont—the Turko-Greek war, for in- staiwie the Anglo -Boer erne, the Chino -Japanese war, and 1105); the s niggle in the Dar hast—the gees!, notions are only too eager to mope in 1. 1 heir 1110Fit skilled and expert etaff end intelligent (Mears to ac- company the combatant armies and so learn all available loesoes for the benefit of the armies they themselves 1'09`1:rl clil 91 t i;inent the Boer war was ov- er the Ibitish army began to look about for typical "South African country" as near to London cm they could get it. They wanted a rolling, undulating cohntry, if possible, con- taining abrupt masses of stone, sitch as would represent the dreaded "Iiropjea" or the veldt, which the whole British nation will ever re- member ae being held by elm, old Boer marksmen armed with a Ger- man rifle, which probably repsesents the high water mark at present in the way of small arms. Down at Aldershot, which Is only thirty or forty miles front Lonclon, the whole training of the British army is now ENTIRELY CHANCED, and instead of the old textbeok intumouvres, formations an41 regula- tions the actual conditions of mod- ern warfare are represented with a thoroughness and realism that have to be seen to be appreciated. Strolling casually over the rolling flOW1IS, the stranger is conazed to come upon a series of couples of "Guardsmen," perhaps ttn or twelve feet high, painted somewhat luristly, and cut mit of sheet steel. These startling persons carry monstrous guns, also mado of steel, and tho couples of them are mounted upon little trolleys that run on flanged wheels and rails. Another strange sight a little further along is a ser- ies of monstrous cent shaped sheets of steel with advancing cavalry men painted upon them in gloWing col- ors, and with admirable regard to perspective effect and artistic fore- shortening. "What are those cannons doing over there?" the stranger thinks to himself. "r think I'll go and lool at them." 'He does, ands amazement finds that n little way off like smart teen and twenty-four pout) ed an elegant khaki color, nifty only wooden dummit sally and casually disposed 8 i. a Wood. Presently the low crackle fire begins apparently fro where; no human enemy is to 1. yet the unpleasant "zip, zfp" Lee-Metford bullets makes thin comfortable. "Really," says the stranger must make for that inviting le house over there with the sigr the Jolly Farmer." And fortl ho wends his Ivey through a 1 representative "Doer" country, to find to his amazement and gust that the Jolly Farmer ie lesion and a snare, beingjnerels hollow frame work target, with , cry lcind of mechanical appliaetcs; FOR REGISTERING HITS, Sometimes the Jolly Farmee be defended by a email bodySolot troops, so that it is marvellouS th no accidents 00005. All these somewhat theatrle "properties" represent very 'vSvidll and accurgtely the conditions o modern warfare, and are vastly dif remit from the old advances in thick clustered formetion and the rigid and pedantic laws that prevailed in the armies of the world until only quite a few years ages Now observe. the files of soldiers advancing to attack the big cut steel "Guardsmen." ,T.hey deploy in the, thinnest of thin .11e00, throw themselves into the brush.tgood and ope)1 fire upen their tea -OM: - high enemy, relying upon signallers to tell them the effect. .A. sweeping fire Is also opened up- on the supposed approaching eityalry; while alleged occupartts of th.e Jdlly Farmer farmhouse are given the hottest of hot times. Meanwhile be- hind the infantry the field aiitillery opens upon the enemy's gusts, so that in an hour or two these are very elTectually "sileuced." One has indeed seen thole shimmy cannons so ‘ d svioleone.ed the there was nothizig left or them bua t few splinterD s of ra- in theme vesy intetesting and realis- 00 mamanivres there are a number of mounted officers' circling around the battlefield, observing elTects and giv- ing Mei:lotions and instructions. Usu- ally with theatrical properties of this 1(11)11 ball earteidges may be used and filled shell in the artillery, an im- mense edenning0 OVer manoeuvring witth live enemies, when the gloves have to be on, so to apeak, and it is practically impossible to toll tbo real hitting effect, Daughter—"You wrong him papa. Ile does not love me for faly money, Ile scoffs at the world's, sordid eageroess for wealth." Papa "What imeof have you, child?" Bib. Ilanaire's Daughter "Why, only last night be told me he diddi, care 11 115 W1141 never able to make a penny In his life 11110 only had me," earriegs worn by Ttalitie ms. gait -grind g women ill d ca tci tile part or Italy the wearers teifne from. The larlfor the earringe Rio festive' eolith the original homes of the *onion. In the 101' 1)0,th the or- neetiente tan trafte Shoes-