The Brussels Post, 1904-10-6, Page 3Joe Jiio's crime
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Air's. Bliss transferred the kettle
front tlio holt to tho Aro, anis pro-
ceeded with a great clatter of crook -
cry to lay the table for her lodger's
breakfast, Brom time to time she
cast through the window a look of
expectancy which went uneewarded,
until at length heavy, steps sounded
on the road, and the hoed axed stal-
wart shoulders of Joo Tummock
glided into viow above tee garden
palings, Hes official cap and the
capacious bag slung at his side pro-
claimed him to be the local post-
man. Mrs, Bliss observantly noted,
as lie came up the sunlit path, that
his walk was slow and his face
moody, as though despondency op-
pressed him.
"Anything for me, Joe?" site ask-
ed, brightly, wiien lie entered.
"Not even a post -card," lie an-
swered, gruffly, rarnoving his cap,
bag and coat with obvious relief.
1:'11 have to get you to write me
a little note some time," pursued the
willow, coquettishly, "just for the
pleastrro of receiving one." •
"You might send a line to your-
self. come to that," returned Joe,
rather irritated by her blandish-
ments.
"Two rnshers?" see inquired, with
sudden chilliness.
"None, titanic ye, this morning. A
bite o' bread'1l do me. My appetite's
clean gone."
"You shouldn't confess that, Joe,"
cautioned Mrs. Bliss, again venturing
on coquetry. "It makes_ one think
things,"
"Then keep on thinking 'cm,
ma'am, if it does you any good,"
was tho ungracious response. "It's
not likely to do me any 'arm."
This second rebuff crashed the ami-
able widow entirely;; and, wondering
what had so riditled her lodger's tome
per, she withdrew in dudgeon to the
:scullery' and busied herself with
household affairs.
Heaving a prodigious sigh, Joe
Lung himself into his chair and,
without any attempt to eat, leisure-
ly sipped his tea from tlio saucer
and gave hlnueelf up to his reflex -
tions. His solemn face and pucker-
ed brow seemed to indicate that
these were somewhat unpleasant; per-
plexing, too, if one night judge front
his restlessly thrumming fingers and
mouth pursed as for whistling. Ho
sat for nearly half an hour with lit-
tle change of posture, and after that,
rising abruptly, donned a broad -
brimmed straw hat and want off to
the liay-field.
Mrs. Bliss stood at the window and
watched him out of sight, then plac-
ed her hand dramatically upon her
heart and waggled her head in 'deep
dejection. A moment Later, how-
ever, her expression changed. Draw-
ing Herself up stiffly, she gazed at
the garden -gate with mingled indig-
nation and incredulity. A seedy
man, with a dirty clay pipe fixed
in his mouth at a facetious angle,
hold sucldenly appeared there and
was greeting her with friendly nods
and flourishes of a grimy Nand. She
rushed to the door, her cheeks crim-
son and her eyes ablaze.
"How dare you come here?" she
dried to the intruder.
"Norma', M'ria," replied the nam,
cheerfully. "I'm giving you a little
brotherly call. 'Opo you're well,"
"Go away!" she commanded,
"Not till l've finished my busi-
ness," he said, firmly advancing up
the walk,
"What business can you have
here?" alio inquired, scornfully.
"Delicate business — private and
confidential." -
"You're not coming in my h'ous°
again, George Hockettl"
"Olt, aren't 1? I thiole 1 am on
this occasion. Yes, you may shut
the door if you like. but when I be-
gin to shout through the Icey'ole
you'll. soon open it again."
"!Vliet is it about?"
"It's about Mr, Joseph Tummock,
Isquire," said tlie man, witli unc-
tion. "Anil before I go any further
you'd better let me come in."
Mrs. Bliss regarded him attentive-
ly, and something in hie confident
expression warned Yiec" to be cauti-
ous. Standing aside, eh° grudgingly
motioned hint to enter, olid followed
him into' tee kitchen. He took the
tnatctl-box from the mantelpiece, and
carefully rekindled his pipe.
"I won't Have smoking '!fere," she
said, with severity.
"Sorry, M'ria, but you must for
once. It kips the thoughts, and
I've a lot o' thinkin' to do just
now.'t
"Will you say what you've got to
say and have done:" rde cried, int -
'patiently. "What's this about Joe
Tuntmock?"
'"It's very serious indeed, my
dear. Prepare for a shock. 'Ill's
been stoalin a letter."
If you ,go spreading liar like that
about him, he'll punch your head
for you," cried Mrs. 331iss, wrath-
fully.
"]'lien 'ta'IL get looked tip on two
charges 'stead o' one; x'm quite
serious,,' Midas this isn't a silly
game, With fay own eyes I saw 'tut
this mot'nirtg' steal a letter from 'in"
post bag and deliberately make
away w.iLli it."
"WIie'l1 believe you?" faltorekl .Mrs.
Bliss, es she nelplesely collapsed up-
on a chair,
"You will afore I'vo done," tie le -
plied, calmly following her example,
"Welt, go ori,," the. bald, nimble to
represb , bee" curiosity. "Tell tile.
where you env it."
"Al; the bridge in Old Barn Lane.
It was about seven o"Olock, and I
was sitting balm!. the 'edge in Sputt-
hoe's field, smOkin' cc 'quiet pipe Bbd'
thhtkiti aver the tmicindeese o' . sise
tars; 'Flaying ;,tips I Woke through
ag ap, and there 1 seas floe while'
twinge the bride* 'with `ie bag at ;ii,wiulme, J. l ollway.�+
side. I was just going to shout a
friendly word to rim when 'o stops
dead in the middle a' the bridge and
then goes and looks ovor the pare -
pet. T 'ad atoll a reckless look on
dm that I wondered if 'e was think -
o' committing suicide or 'avin' a
bath, But 'o only rummaged 10 'is
bag and fetches out a letter; and if
you'd a -hoard the language 'o used
to it ,you'd not bet 'fin lodge in this
'ottee another minute, 1l'ust 'e looks
at this way and tion that, and oace
I thought 'e was goin' to, tear it
up, In the ond, 'owever, ho just
goes and drops it over into the
stream, and then emote up the lane
as if 'e'd twenty mad bulls at 'is
'eels,"
"And be never read what was in
it?" exclaimed Mrs, Bliss.
"No; 'c dropped it in just as it
was. Nat'rally, tho minute 'e was
out o' eight I was over that 'edge
and on to the bank, looldn' to see
if the letter was still there. I found
it had landed in a shallow under the
bridge and caught against a stone,
and in 'alt a minute more I'd waded
in and grabbed it. It's in my pocket
at the present moment; and when 1
tell you it's wrote from Jack '011
way to 'is old sweet'eart Sally Vin -
den, you'll guess why 'e chucked It
away."
"No, I don't," said Mrs. Bliss,
wieh scornful empliasis.
"What! You es interested in Joe
Tuminock as you are and not know
'es after Sally Vinclen?"
"I've heard some such nonsense,
but I don't believe it."
"That's 'cos you want rim your-
self."
'fff you talk to me like that,
George Hiockett, you'll go out of this
house faster than you came in."
"Olh, well, if you care nothin'
about 'inn, I don't see what's the
good o' me interested myself."
"I don't say that if he asked me
I mightn't think about it," conceded
Mrs. Bliss, modestly.
"Of course," said George, wink-
ing. "But there's no chance of 'fm
asking you while 'e 'as 'ow 0' Sal-
ly. And so long as this 'ere letter
don't reach 'er 'e 'as every chance
o' getting Sally straight away."
"How do you know that?" asked
the widow, • eagerly.
"Because," replied George, impres-
sively, ''she promised Joe faithfully
that if no letter come to 'er afore the
end o' this week 'e could put up
their banns whenever 'e liked, I dare
say you want to lcnow 'ow I come
to Mow that. All 1 need say is
that walls has ears, especially when
two people is sitting down talkin' on
one side of 'em, and someone is sit-
ting listenin' on the other.
"You say you've got the letter in
your pocket?"
"Certainly I 'ave," he said tap-
ping his breast.
"•What are you going to do with
it?"
"Sell it, o' course."
"Who to?"
"You!" •
"Indeed? And how do you know
I'll buy it?"
"Don't ask silly questions. If Sal-
ly don't get this letter, you can't
marry Joe•"
"Don't you know you can be put in
prison for taking letters that don't
belong to you?" she asked, severely.
"So can Joe Tummock," retorted
George, with a grin.
"If' you wore half a brother you
'wouldn't come bargaining and
threatening like that."
"If you'd been 'elf a sister you
wouldn't 'ave turned me -out o' your
'oust just for 'avin' a bit of a
spree."
Mrs, 131iss waved her Nand impa-
tiently. "How much do you want?"
"Well, seem' it's you," replied -
George, after reflection, "say ten
bob,"
"Ten shillings!:" screamed his sis-
ter. "Am I made of money?"
"You don't look l'ilce it; but you
ought to be -good for that."
"Well, I'm not going to haggle
with you,". she said, firmly. 'I'll
give you five. Take it or leave it."
George scratched his head and con-
sidered the offer. Finally, convinced
that slie was in earnest, lie said,
gruffly, "alright. Money fust."
"Oh, no," objected the widow;
"none of that, I know you."
Again George 'deemed it expedient
to yield. Fumbling in his pocket he
drew out tho letter—which bore tlio
red and black stamp of the Trans-
vaal—and tossed it on the table.
Savo for a rattier blistered appear-
ance and a canting of grime acquir-
ed by contact while damp with
Georgo's pocket, it' seemed little the
worse for its inanel'sion, Mrs. Bliss
hastily sprang ep and seized it, and
Hain the lid from the kettle held it
over the ascending column of steam.
"'Era wait a bit," cried George,
anxiously. "Where's my five bob'?"
"Don't be alarmed," she answered',
with an ironical smile, "'I'11 pay as
soon as I know you Haven't cheated
me. But I've more sense than to
buy a pig in a poke from you,"
With the aid of a table -ludic site
was soon able to raise the flap of
the envelope, and she drew out and
perused witli .undisguised eagerness
elle brief letter' it contained.;
George's easy grtu changed to gap-
ing astonishment when she flung the
sheet peiulnntly on the table and
dropped back into lior chair with a
little squeal of dismay.
"What's the matter?" tie oohed.
"It's no use at all," sho cried; in
a fury, "You might as well have
left it in the brook,
"WIiat d'ye mean?" he demanded;
then, snatching up Lilo, letter to learn
for lfirnself, be rend es foilowst-
"]]ear Sarih,—l'm sorry I've been
so long in writing to you, but I've
been vay busy. Inc keying hero
shortly, but it's no use giving yon
my now address, ns I don't mean to
come back to England, l.lfings being
better out licca. I won't Bait you
to Como Out either, because the ell -
mato is very trying anti Wortlehet
HIM you. 1 think of marrying a
Utrtcth body shoelly, who hos got a
17tt10 property which, as you know,
is tclwaye useful,=-'iYbtirs, with best
When lie had mastered this tactful
effusion George slapped his leg do'
llghtedly and rolled about in his
chair in a paroxysm of gleeful laugh-
ter, Mrs, Bliss regarded rltim sourly,
"We no laughing matter that I
can see," she cried, with rising ire.
"And there's one thing very certain,
you'll get no money out of me now."
This announcement sobered George
in a single second, and ho looked
across at her with a vengeful glare.
'Pre, none o' Hiatt" he bawled.
"A bargain's a bargain, You made
it and you'll have to keep to it.
Think I'll let you open the letter for
nothin'? Pay me my live bob and
look slippy, or I'll make it 'ot for
you."
"Will you?" sneered his sister,
"Motu?"
"Never you mind 'ow," replied
George, his tam falling, novertlielens,
as he realized his impotence. But in
tho next breath his discomfiture van-
ished under the ligiit of a now in-
spiration, and folding the letter, he
slipped it id its envelope. and re-
stored both to his pocket. "P'r'
aps," he continued, with a grin of
malicious triumph, "someone else
may find it worth buying, now we
know what's inside --and, p'r'aps
they'll give more'n five bob, too."
"Who?" asked Mrs. Bliss, disdain-
fully.
"Joe Tumnock, that's 'oo. In
any case 'e'd 'ave 'ad to pay me
for keeping my mouth shut, and
when I show 'im what the letter
says 'e'11 pay a still longer price to
got it back. 'Ili 'as only to fasten
it up again and deliver it to -mor-
row anomia', an' 'e can be married
to Sally in less'n a mouth, '11 can
easy account for the envelope belie
a bit dirty.",
"He'll never dare!" exclaimed the
willow.
"Won't 'e? You'll sec,"
"Yes; I shall see. Before he shall
'Io that I'll go and tell Sally Vir-
den all about it myself."
"I'm not afraid o' that, 'coe she'd
find out then you'd opened 'or let-
ter. It's no go, M'ria. You've been
a bit too smart for once in your life.
Bye-bye!.'"
W'itli maddening winks and emiles
George rose sad backed towntvis the
door.
"hero, George, come back!" cried
Mrs. Bliss, distractedly.
But he passed out, shutting the
door heliind hint, and a minute later
had entirely disappeared from view.
Mrs. Bliss at first started up to
pursue him, then, changing her mini]
irresolutely took a few turns up and
down the kitchen. At length, after
a careful weighing ot pros and cons,
she put on her hat and hurried out,
reassured by the thought that she
could at any rate reduce Joe Pum -
mock to temporary obedience- by in-
timidation. Arriving at the hold
where be tend gone to work, she was
just in time to see, down a vista of
haycocks, the figures of George and
the postman climbing the stile at the
other end. Convinced that they
were bound for Vinden's general
grocery in the village street, site
hastened to intercept them by a
shorter route, but, again too late,
had the mortification of seeing them
enter the shop the very moment she
came in view of it.
Beason warned Mrs. Bliss now to
abandon the struggle, but jealousy
and curiosity spurred her on. After
a sharp trental conflict she threw
caution to the winds, and advancing
to the shop -door opened it and
plunged boldly in. Comely Sally
Virden sat behind the counter, on
which reposed the fatal letter; while
George and Joe, the latter pate and
Shame -faced, stood on the outer side.
All looked round sharply at the new-
comer, but George, betraying no
surprise, greeted lier with a, ready
laugh..
Alloy., M'ria!" he said. " 'Ere's
all the 'appy family note."
"I'm obligeed to you for opening
my letter, Mrs. Bliss, observed Sal-
ly, icily.
"Who said I opened your bettor?"
demanded the widow.
"You'd bettor ask your brother
that." •
"I felt it to bo my dtjty, M'ria,"
said George, austerely. .
"Olt" cried Mrs'. Mine, at white
heat. "And did you fool it your
duty to say what you and this vil-
lain have Bono?"
"I was just goin' to," replied the
impassive :George; "though wily you
call poor Joe such Metal names be-
cause of 'is accident I can't guess."
"Accidents" gasped Mrs. Bliss,
"Suppose you go on with your
tale," interposed Sally.
"I will, Miss Vinden. As I was
teliin' you, 1 saw Joe crossin' the
bridge with 'Is btm'dlo o' letters in
'is 'and, and as 'e passed over ono
of 'ent'lell—this very letter lying Fero
now, to bo partie'lar. I shouted to
'int, but, befit' a long way off, 'e
didn't 'ear me and went on out o'
sight. I ran as 'arc' as I could, but
just as I came up to it a gust 0'
wind carried the letter into tiro
'edge, where it 'ung close above the
stream. In trying to reach it I
sctmc'ow lost my balance, and before
I knew where I was I wont'sprawlin'
on the bank below, and the letter
dropped into the water.
"Well, of all the wicked- lies!" ex-
olnimed Mrs. Miss.
George Shook his head, "Olt,
Ueda, Writs" ho murmured, with
an ah' of .resignation,
"Go on," said Sally, impatiently;
"Never mind her."
"As soon, then, as I could I took
the letter round to Eerie's, and said
it was to be given at once to Joe
'7unttnock, as was right and proper,
M't'ia took it from 100 and said sli'cl
go and fila! 'hit, but she 'kept tee
Waiting so long at the door that at;
last I got uneasy and wont in to see
What itho was after, and there I
catches 'er standin' in the middle o'
the kitchen with the letter' open, a-
i'eetliu' it as bold ns brass,"
",You awful liar!" seroamocl hie
sister, '"You told m0 you saw ,JOa
t.itt'ouw tiro letter over the bridge ba-
ranee Ito 'didn't went to deliver it,
and then you ciforecl to sell it trio for.
iivoshillinge. Lookat, bill,!,"' Ste pat'eltase electric•inotor- Croats,.
continued, pointing suddonly to Joe,
"There's guilt printed en his face,"
Under the combined scrutiny of all
eyes the unhappy Joe quailed visibly,
and porforrnavf a slow and uneasy
donee as though the flooring had
grown t'ed'•hot.
" Il can't benr to bo ubjustly sus-
pected," explained George.
"Can't He?" shrieked Mrs, Bliss.
"Ifo'll have to bear more than that
before lie's fond, Before night he'll
find himself in Croxetor Gaol."
Sally Vhnden was the only one of
the trio who remained unmoved by
thin sombre threat,
"What for?" she Asked, serenly,
"Playing pitch -and -toss with lits
Ietters, thht's what for," returned
Mrs. Bliss, vindictively. "You know
as well as I do that George's story
is all lies, and that titin other thief
'dropped your letter into the brook
so as lie needn't deliver it, el. nice
sort of postman ho lel,"
"It's my letter, anyhow," said
Selly, contemptuously flicking her
finger at the missive, "and I don't
care what be did with it,
"You'll find the postmaster won't
let him off for that!"
"Won't lie?" asked Sally. "I
think it'd be better, Mrs. Bliss, if
you'd mind your own business.
Postmasters or no postmasters, T
mean to do what I like with my
own property. You see, I happened
to know this letter would corny soon-
er or later, and I told Joe when-
ever it 'did lie was simply to destroy
it for me, 'cos I didn't want it. Ile
did quite right to throw it in tho
brook, though he ought to have
torn it up first."
Joe's eyes neat'ly.started fromhis
liead, and he cast at Sally a look
pregnant with gratitude.
"Would you swear tlint in a
court?" said. Mrs. Bliss, leaning for-
ward and regarding her fixedly.
"Yes," replied Sally, very white
and determined; "in any court you
like to name. So now, if you're anx-
ious to show yourself up, you may
trot off and sae your precious post-
master as soon as yod please."
Mr's. Bliss stood and gazed at her
a moment longer, and then went —
but not to the postmaster.
A few minutes later George follow -
editor ant of the shop, gaily jingling
some coins in his pocket, and mur-
muring, "Oh, Sally, Sally, bust me
if you ain't the loveliest liar of as
all!"—London Tit -Bits,
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SEDDON AS GUARDIAN.
Would Instruct Mothers E3ow to
Rear Their Babes.
Mr. Scddons, Premier of Now Zea-
land, has made e. public appeal for
the Government's assistance in tho
propagation of humankind. Ifo says:
"It will be conceded byallwell-or-
dered minds that the preservation of
liuman life is tho first duty of man-
kind, Apart from the sorrow and
Bulleting occasioned, wherein is the
complete utility of producing off-
spring, if a large portion of the
brought forth is lost through ignor•
ancc or neglect?
CARE 7011 CATTLE,.
"In the colonies we pay minute
attention to the breeding, selection.
and rearing of cattle, and the State
employs veterinafy skill of the high-
est order to trace and deal with
their diseases. Why should the
State not similarly interfere in the
preservation of our own species?
'Yet, notwithstanding the fact
that a huge proportion of our young
die in infancy from preventable caus-
es, nothing whatever is done by Gov-
ernments for the guidance, instrna
tion and assistance of 'those who
preservation, and upbringing of the
have or will have the nursing, care,
human race.
"'I'lie principle of State interference
and guidance has already been af-
firmed in the matter of protection
and preservation against the ravages
of plagues and epidemics, so why
should Governments not extend their
functions to the saving of infant
life? A. comparative return would
show that the death -rate of children
of five years and under exceeds that
arising front epidemics.
"11 the necessity far something to
be done is granted, t,lic question aris-
es. How is the end to be accom-
plishocl?
WHY NUT CHILDREN.
"My reply is 'education,' and the
education of tlie growing woman es-
pecially 1 would lay clown as a first
essential, sho should be taught at
an early age her responsibilities in
life, patriotism to the race of which
she is a .member, the nobleness and
grandeur of motherhood, !Together
with these teachings the greatest care
should be taken to inculcate, as far
as possible, correct knowluclgo con-
cerning the rearing, feeding, and up-
bringing' of children.
"In the youugcr colonies of the
Empire population is essential, and
if increased frons ki'ittsli stock Cie
self-governing colonial will still fur-
ther strengthen mat buttress one
groat Empire, In British interests
it is dea.rl,v undesirable that', tho
colonies should bo populated by the
inferior surplus of older and alien
countries, To prevent such a dis-
aster is worthy of our best thoughts
and most strenuous efforts,"
5,
THE I3A.NIC OF L:NGLAND,
The Bank of 11•nglnnd generally
contains silllNcient gold in 1.111b. bars
to make 20,000,000 sovereigns.. 'The
Bank, which. stands in thee° parish-
es, covers throe acres of ground, and
es the cermet price of land int the
vicinity works out at :C1,000,000 an
acre, it is easy to form an idea of
the nlotrey value of the Horne of
Engineers wenitli, The ratable value
is nearly .el.,000 a week, The Bank
employs nliout 1,000 people and pays
5,250,000 a year in wages and 435,-
000 It year in pensions, There arc
.025,000,000 worth of 21oteS int (ein 1-
Iation, whi'eli have bean handed over
the Bettkt's coentor'e.
The gondola is doomed, 'Pho tttuni-
c aplity of Venice ins' resolded to
* ***** i*,7t Pfi * *
DOMESTIC RECIPES,
Salad Dressing.—Four eggs; ono
cup vinegar; two tablespoonfuls of
butter; two teaspoonfuls of salt; one
teaspoonful of mustard; four tea-
spoonfuls of sugar. heat the eggs,
then pour tbo heated vinegar over,
a few drops at a time, beating it in
thoroughly, Cook over hot water
until thick, then beat in the butter,
salt end mustard, moistened with a
little of the cold vinegar. Add the
sugar and a pinch of red pepper. Wo
consider this superior to any other
recipe for salad dressing we have
ever used,
Plum Chutney.—Three pounds of
plums; ono pound apples; one pound
sugar; ono pint white wine vinegar;
tura ounces green ginger root; salt
and cloves to taste; one teaspoonful
cayenne pepper, and two largo ou-
ions Mince all these ingredients
and boil two hours, slowly. Green
tomatoes or /wiaces may be used in-
stead of plums, if desired. This is
very nice for to use with cold meats.
Cucumber Catsup. !'aro good sized
green cucumbers and remove the
sends. Grate them fine. To a dozen
largo cucumbers add two medium
sized onions (chopped five), two
tablespooni'uls of grated horseradish;
a dash of cayenne pepper; two tea-
spoonfuls sugar, salt and pepper to
taste, Cover with the cold cider
vinegar and put in sealed jars.
Tomato Sauce.—Peel one gallon of
ripe tptnatoes and Ave pods of red
pepper. Gook until tender, Strain
through a coarse cloth., then stir
thoroughly. into It two ounces of
black pepper, half an ounce of white
mustard seed, half an ounce of all-
spice, and one pint of vinegar. Boil
slowly for three or four hours; while that good flannel should be neither
still hot, bottle and cork tightly. mangled nor ironed.
Those with tender feet may be
pleased to know that a Bole punch-
ed on either side of patent leather
boots or shoes just at the instep,
about ono inch from the solo, will,
in walking, pump in the air, and
tend to keep the feet cool.
To clean looking -glasses you must
first wash the glass all over with
lukewarm span -suds and a sponge.
When dry rub it with sbuckskin and
a little prepared chalk, fi:nlety pow-
dered. A splendid gloss may be also
given to glasses by, tubbing quickly
with newspapers.
Gaetano' sauce is a great addition
to a plain milk pudding, or steamed
custard. Put a handfal of . loaf
sugar into a saucepan, add a little
water, and set the pan on the fire
till the caramel becomes a dark
brown color. Add more boiling wa-
ter to produce a coffee -colored liquor,
flavor with candle and the same is
ready. Stir the sugar a little as it
boils.
Rhubarb water is not so much
drunk as it should be. It is a deli-
cious beverage, and makes a nice
change from ordinary summer drinks,
Wipe, but do not peel, a large stalk
of rhubarb, cut It into titin pieces;
put these into a large jug; add a
thin piece of lemon peel, and pour
on it a quart of boiling water. When
cool, but not cold, add sugar to
taste. Keep it well covered until
quite cold enough to drink.
HINTS 07 BUTTER MAKIISG.
In the first place it is neoeeteary for
the milk to be strained immediately
and cooled as quickly as possible to
get the most and best cream. This
the vinegar take 2 qts. best vinegar,
2 cups sugar, 1 cup flour, ii table
spoons mustard, 1 tablespoon tumer-
ic, 1 tablespoon celery send. Cook
until Oleic and turn over 'deletes
hot,
If none of the readers have ever
tried "tomato mincemeat, I wish they
would try tho following rule : One
pada green tomatoes chopped, 2 lbs.
raislne evened and chopped, 2 lbs,
brown sugar, Mao and grated rind
of 2 lemons, 2 tablespoons cinnamon,
2-13 tablespoon cloves, 2-3 tablespoon
allspice, 1 tablespoon salt, 1 pt vine-
gar, Boil' tomatoes, sugar and vine-
gar three hours, adding remaining
ingredients 20 minutes before don°.
Put in fruit cans lot' future use.
111705 FOR HOME LIFE.
For headache and drowsiness take
a cup of tea with the juice of half
a lemon in it instead of milk, The
effect is wonderful,
Drink a breakfast cupful ot hot -
milk before retiring, and a peaceful
night's rest will be obtained, This
is a hint to those who suffer iron;
insomnia.
If you suffer from indigestion take
one or two teaspoonfuls of pure g1y-
oerino in about half a wine glass of
cold water, either before, with, or
after food.
The water that has no taste is pur-
est; the air that has no odor is
freshest; and, of all the modifications
of manner, the most generally pleas-
ing is simplicity..
Keep a separate saucepan for cook-
ing all green vegetables, etc„ in;
do not allow it to be used for stews,
etc for no food material absorbs
flavor more 'quickly, than vegetables.
It is the custom in well -regulated
houses not to merely renew the air,
but to cause the air to blow through
the house for a considerable time
every day, when the weather per-
mits it.
When washing flannel no soda
should be used. The water must be
Iulcewarm and well lathered with
soap, Again, it is most important
This will keep for years, so should
bo made when you have a heavy to-
mato crop.
Bread Fritters,—This is an excel-
lent way of using up stale bread :—
Cut some slices • of bread a quarter
of an inch thick, and trim into neat
shapes with a circular cutter. Make
a frying batter with three table-
spoonfuls of flour, one egg, a pinch
of salt, the same quantity of baking
powder, and relic into a stiff batter
with a little milk. Sweeten to
taste. Take two of tee pieces of
bread and spread one with a thick
preserve, prey's the other on to it.
Spread the batter all over 'the broad,
and fry in deep fat to a golden
color,
To Bottle Tomatoes Whole.—Select
some tomatoes of equal size which
are just ripe and perfectly sowed,
wipe them and put them into gross
jars, which Have been sterilised in
scalding water, add a good teaspoon-
ful of salt to each and fill to over-
flowing with cold water. Wrap
round the bottles to keep them from
breaking and place them in a boiler
and frill up with cold water; let it
boil up and then simmer for half
an hour. Screw on the tops or cor'k
the bottles and leave them in the
water until it is cold. Run the
handle of a long spoon round the
bottles, which should be very full,
pour in a small quantity of melted
wax, screw on the tops securely or
use wax for the corks, and when set
store in a dry cupboard,
Macaroni and tomato such es you
have tasted in restaurants is proba-
bly prepared as follows : Having se-
cured some good macaroni proceed
to boil it. Take a large saucepanful
of boiling water, add a good -sited should be put in stone or granite
lump of salt and drop into it the vessels and kept sweet until a short
dry macaroni broken into convene time before churning, though some
ient lengths. It is essential to keep prefer butter made from sweet cream.
it frequently stirred, and to have the Bu•t the mn.jority of people ripen
water boiling fast all the time. When
the macaroni is consid00e'1 sufficient-
ly, tender, which is best ascertained
by tasting a piece remove the sauce-
pan from the fire, and pour into it
a large jug of cold water, Strain
the macaroni into a colander, and
cover it over with a cloth till it
to be cooked. For a quarter of a
pound of macaroni, weighed before
boiling, put into a stewpan one
ounce of 'butter, and when dissolved
add the macaroni, pepper and Salt.
To these add a tablespoonful of to-
mato pulp. scatter Parmesan cheese
liberally over. Toss the whole with
two spoons tin hot tlu•ough, and the
tomato adhere to the macaroni.
Servo in a hob dieit. with grated
Parmesan cheese on another dish.
FOR PICKLING TIME.
At this season of the year, when
every farmer's wife and some not
living on fauns, hind tine time be-
tween daylight and tlarkness scarcely
sufficient for the pickling, canning
and drying that must be done now
if at all, soma timely suggestions
might come handy and the following
recipes relieve the monotony of the
ovory day bill of fa:t'e.
Sour Cucumber Pickles—This re-
cipe is vory simple to make and the
pickles can be kept in any ordinary
open jar for two years if desired.
Wash the maunders and place in a
brine that will boar up an egg, leav-
ing then 24 hours, then remove and
cover them with boiling water, let-
ting it stand until cold. In prepar-
ing your vinegar take 1 gal, Ciller
vinegar, 1 teacup salt and 1 teble
spoon of alum, Put in your cucum-
bers and your pickles 'are tondo.
Sweet Cucumber Pickle—Choose
largo green. oucunthers, wash and
Place in a !trine that will hear up an
egg, leaving them three days, then
remove to a clear water, letting
stand three Jaye. For the vinegar,
for 7 lbs, Mitt, esti S lis sugar, 3
qts cider vinegar, 1 ouneo melt china -
mon, allspice and celery seed with a
small pirr0 of alum, bloat the vine-
gar and turn on cucumbers for three
nrocnittgs, when they are ready for
use,
Mustard Pickle --One quart large
Cucumbers cut in medium blued
cheek, 1 qt. smart cuct11l mee, 1 qt.
sliced tomatoes, 1 qt.. cauliflower cat
in ehuttks. trot in a weak brute far
24 hotnrs, then eeald be the samo
brine and drain savored hours, . For
their cream, thus giving the butter
its characteristic taste, and, too,
more butter is obtained from ripened
cream than cream churned while it is
sweet.
For a dairy of but few cows sour
'skim milk is the best and most prac-
tical starter. For larger dairies ar-
tificial starters aro very common and
work much quicker. It should in
well mixed through tife cream, which
is kept at a temperature of 60-65
degrees, and ripened in 12 to 2e
hours, Well ripened cream will stir
Bice thick paint and should be at a
temperature of 50-60 degrees, though
this varies with diferan•t cows and
their feed, A few drops of btni•ter
color is quite necessary, especially
daring OLe winter months. Thirty
minutes' clemnfng is required for alto
average cream.
\V11en the butler forms in lceimels
about as large as a kernel of wheat
traeli immediately enii wash but once,
About ono and ono eighth ounces of
salt to a hound of butter is the rule,
but if the butter contains a great
amount of water more salt is re-
quired. Work slightly and let stand
until tho next day, then give the fin-
al working, which is just enough to
take out tate streaks and most of the
water,
fi
LICENSING RISOORD,
There is probably no licensed house
in London that ha.s the record estaas-
lishod by the Whitaker family, pro-
prietors of Ye Old Blue Lasto, Dor-
set Street, Fleet Street, London,
The late Ma, James Whitaker, at tho
time of his death, had heed a con-
tinuous license for forty -live years,
and his son, Mr. !'rank Whitaker,
has just satcceodcd in reaching tho
half century. Tlie house is over 200
years old,
01511 LONf1Ii1VITV,
According toa remit.writer there
is now In the Imperial Aquarinnt of
St. Petersburg a pike that th•st saw
the light at rho close of the fifteenth
century. Ile still appears to bo
quite a yotnpg fallow, netwitlistantl-
tng his centuries and his long 'cap-
tivity, The Writer says that there
is nothing very extra:otvlinury in this
case, anile he ltrontions sovernl other
fishes in the sante aperient that
are More titan .150 yours old.
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A 30713) ON A L1'l'TLR PIG%
Strange as it may seem, there was
once a litho boy who was at the
same time a little pig. Itis fathers
and his mother were ashamed 01 Mal
and never liked to take him witkt
them whoa they wont visiting. The
boy didn't look like a Pig,—oh, not
in the least, -because his moth=
kept him ever so clean, and his hale
was soft and early,
When he was asleep, ono would
never have .dreamed that he was a
uig; and Sometimes, when his tnother,
tucked him in bed at night, the tears
came as sho thought how badly, hell
only child acted when awake.
That boy wanted the best of every
thing,—tile biggest orange, the larg-
est piece of pie, the most candy; in
fact, he acted exactly like a pig, ale
though, as he grew older, he retnind
cd one of a polite pig, if there eveq
was such an animal. Whoa he was a
little fellow, he used to squeal and
fight if he couldn't have wliat ho
wanted, but his father cured him of
that before he was three years old.
The little boy was seven when his
Aunt Augusta Arlington gave a
house party, and invited all the re-
latives, Aunt Augusta Arlington
lived in the country, and the boy,
was delighted when the invitation
came, until his motbor shook her
head and told him she guessed that
her family better stay at home. He
knew why sho didn't want to go. and
he promised hie mother that he would
try to be unselfish, if she would only
trust him. So they, went to the
house party.
The very, fleet night at Aunt Augus.
to Arlington's the little boy was
tempted. 0n the supper table was a
plate of cake exactly In front of liim.
Tho boy liked cake. He liked it so
well he could scarcely at his bread
and butter, thinking how much ho
wanted the largest piece, Finally,
after he had thought and thought
about it, the boy, noticed that the
largest piece of cake on the plate
was the ono nearest to him. Then he
rejoiced, because his mother teed
taugbt him that, when anything was
passed, he must take the nearest
piece.
Only one thing troubled the boy:
Possibly the cake might not be pass-
ed to him first. As it happened, Aunl1
Augusta Arlington saw the boy look-
ing wistfully at the cake. and told:
him to help himself„ and pass the
plate. Although the boy's mother
was looking at him from across the
table, ho determined to take the big-
gest piece, and tell tier afterward
that be had to, because it was the
nearest to hint.
It was a queer -shaped piece of cake
—curiously large at ono end, and
small at tho other. It ,was really
two pietas close together, but the
boy dida't notice that until it was
too late. Such a happy smiled light-
ed the mother's face when the saw.
her boy take the tiniest piece of cake
on the plate. Of course, sho didn't
know it was a mistake, and, in a
moment, when tho boy recovered from
his surprise, he smiled back at his
mother.
Some way that tiny piece of cake
tasted unusually good. The boy ate
it slowly. It was so pleasant to
have pleased his mother. even though:
lie did it by mistake! The little
boy decided that it was nicer than
baying the biggest piece or anything.
Before the party, was over, Aunt
Augusta Arlington called her nieces
and nephews a nock of little lambs.;
She said there wasn't a single pig
among them.
SENSE OF DIRECTION.
'A dog was once adopted by my fa-
ther. He came from friends some 24
miles away; friends who wanted to
bo rid of him. Coming most of the
way in the night, he was easily pre-
vented
ro-vented from seeing the route over
which ho passed, and it world hardly
seem that ho could have even the
Most vague idoa of the 'direction in
which he was being driven, En had
never been over this routo before.
After ho reached our home, he
seemed tractable, affectionate and ab-
solutely contented. But our exper-
ience with him was rebuked for some
misdemeanor with slight punishment,;
which seemed to change his attitude
toward us. ITo started in a south-
erly direction directly the opposite
of that which he came, and no one o9
us could call hint back. He disap-
peared over the top of a wooded hill
back of the house, and all in *vain
were our explorations and our calls,
This Happened In the morning. Be-
fore night of the same day he was
back in the town of Albany, Me",
from whence Inc was taken,
An instance of similar sense of di-
rection was the case of a lady of
whom I know, who, being very much
annoyed by a certain toad which
would burrow in lier plant pots,
sought to rid herself of him by re-
peated removals, tho last ono being
half ie mile away. Each time she
soon found the toad again,
Still another case was that of a •
gentleman who wanted to banish a
toad from his barn. Ire first placed
hint across the load in the ditch, but
in a few !tout's found him again in
the barn. Trying this again with no
better seems, he took the toad by a
hind leg n.nd tlt.t'ew him put actors .a
pasture lot. The solfuatne toad re-
mppoared is the barn after a few
hours. The Iran then carried 11.103
unclog cover into a neighboring or-
chard, still more remote, but the
very next morning found him at his
Old post in the barn"
'.Phis melted the gentleman's heart,
and he said, "Mr, ':Toad, if you like
me as troll as this, 1 shall never turn
you orf again."
eC German Photographer, .when tatt-
ieg a pieture cif sit old lady,' nieces
slicets of celluloid Between the lege-
tire end the printing We, thus
ptoiducfng nit effect which hides tiro
ravages of ago,
Some tntti snake opportunities Cor
others to take advnntagrs .bit