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The Brussels Post, 1904-10-27, Page 2u, Sri Tin,truuuu1,.l niuvwruuvut,.uuu„ ,icVIIImUJ„ubUJ avuwuu uwu mm, L csa�t rice f Li OR, A MIDNIGHT CALI.; ,nnn,innnnnnn!Iut u„uuu,nniuu,n,yuuvuuu ,uuvu uu., „ . V yy)D,L.', CHAPTER XVII•—(Continued. "Ile might. On the other hand, he might plead ignorance. It is pos- sible for him to suggest that the whole affair was merely a coinci- dence, so far as he was concerned." 'Yes, but he would have to ex- plain how he burgled your house,' and what business he had to got himself half murdered in your con- servatory. Let us get out here and walk the rest of the way to your house. Our cabby knows quite enough about us without having de- finite views as to your address." The cabman was dismissed with a handsome doueeur and the twain turned IT the front at the corner of Eastern Terrace. Late as it was, Were were a few people lounging un- der the hospital wall, where there was a suggestion of activity about the building unusual at that time of night. A rough -looking fellow, who seemed to have followea Ball and Steel from the front dropped in- to a seat by the hospital gates and laid his head back as if utterly worn out. Just inside the gates a man was smoking a cigarette, "Halloo., Cross, David cried, "you are out late to -night!" "Heavy night," Cross responded, sleepily, "with half a score of acci dents to finish with. Some of Pal- tner of Lingfield's private patients thrown off a coach and brought here in the ambulance. Unless I am greatly' mistaken, that Is Hatherly Bell with you." "The same," Bell said, cheerfully. "I recollect you in Edinburgh. So some of Palmer's patients have come to grief. Most of his special cases used to pass through my hands." "I've got one here to -night who re- collects you perfectly well," said Cross. "He's got a dislocated shoulder, but otherwise he is doing well, Got a mania that he's a doe - tor who murdered a patient." "'Electric light anything to clo with the story?" Bell asked, eagerly. "That's the man. Seems to have a wonderfully brilliant intellect if you can only keep him off that topic. He spotted you in North Street yes- terday, and seemed wonderfully dis- appointed to end you had nothing whatever to do with this institu- tion." "If he is not asleep," Dell suggest- ed, "and you have no objection—" Cross nodded and opened the gate. Before passing inside Bell took the rolled -up Rembrandt from his deep breast -pocket and handed it to David. "Take care of this for me," he whispered. "I'm going inside. I've dropped upon an old case that inter- ested me very much years ago, and I'd like to see my patient again. See you in the morning, 1 expect. Good- night." . David nodded in reply and went his way. It was intensely quiet and still now; the weary loafer at the outside hospital seat had disappear- ed. There was nobody to be seen anywhere as David placed his key in the latch and opened the door. In- side the hall -light was burning, and so was the shaded electric lamp in the conservatory. The study deed- ing to the conservatory was in dark- ness. arkness. The effect of the light behind was artistic and pleasing. It was with a sense of comfort and relief that David fastened the door behind him. Without putting up the light in the study David laid the (Rembrandt on his table, which wa immediately, below the window in his work -room. The night was hot; he pushed the top sash down liberally. "1 must get that transparency, re- moved," he murmured, "and have the window filled with stained glass. The stuff is artistic, but it is so frankly, what it assumes to be." CHAPTER XVIII. David idly mixed himself some whisky and soda water in the dining - room, where he finished his cigarette. IIe was tired and ready for bed now, SO tired that he could hardly find energy enough to remove his boots and get into the big carpet slippers that were so old and worn. Ile put down the dining -room lights and strolled into the study. Just for a moment be sat tbere contemplating with pleased, tired eyes the wilder- ness of bloom before him. Then he fell into a reverie, as ho frequently did. An idea for a fas- cinating story crept unbidden into his mind, He :gazed vaguely around him. Some little noise outside at- tracted his attention, the kind of noise made by a sweep's brushes up a chimney. David turned idly to- wards the open window. The top of It was but faintly illuminated by the light of the conservatory gleam- ing dully on the lransparency over the glass. But David's eyes were keen, and he could see distinctly a man's thumb crooked downwards over the frame of the sash. Some- body had swarmed up the telephone holdfasts and was getting in through the window, Steel slipped well into the shadow, but not before an idea had come to him. Ho removed the rolled -up Rembrandt from the table and slipped it behind a row of books in the book -case. Then he looked up again at the crooked thumb, He would recognise that thumb again anywhere. It was flat like the head of a snake, and the nail was no larger than a pea—a thumb that had evidently been cruelly smashed at one time, The owner of the thumb might have been a common burglar, but in the light of recent events David was not inclined to think so At any rate he felt disposed to give his theory every chance. 1t'e saw a long, fustian-clacl arm follow the scarred thumb, and a hand grope all over the table. "Curse mo," a foggy voice whisper-. ed, hoarsely. "1t ain't here. And the bloke told me—" The voice said no more, for David grabbed at the arm and caught the wrist in a vice -like grip. Instantly another arm shot over the window and an ugly piece of iron piping was swung perilously near Steel's head. Unfortunately, he could see no face. As be jumped back to avoid a blow his grasp relaxed, there was a dull thud outside followed by the tearing scratch of boots against a wall and the hollow clatter of flying feet. All David could do was to close the window and regret that his impetu- osity had not been more judiciously restrained. "Now, what particular thing was he after?" he asked himself, "But I had better defer any further specula- tions on the matter till the morning. After the fright he had my friend won't come back again. And I'm just as tired as a dog." But there were other things the next day to occupy David's attention besides the visit of his noctural friend. He had found out enough the previous evening to encourage him to go farther. And surely Miss Ruth Gates could not refuse to gt• o him further information, Ho started out to call at 2111, Brunswick Square, as soon as he deemed it excusable to-do so. Miss! Gates was out, the solemn butler said, but she might i1'e found in the square gardens. David came upon her presently with a book in her lap and herself under a shady tree. She was not reading, her eyes were far away. As she gave David a warm greeting there was a tender bloom on her lovely face. "Oh, yes, I got home quite right." she said. "No suspicion was aroused at all. And you?" "I had a night thrilling enough for yellow covers, es Artemus Ward says. I came here this morning to throw myself on your mercy, Miss Gates. Were I disposed to do so, 1 have information enough to force your hand. But I prefer to hear everything from yom' lips." "Did Enid tell you anything?" Ruth faltered. "Well, she allowed me to know a great deal. In the first place, I know that you had a great hand in bringing me to 218 the other night. I know that it was you who suggest- To Enliven th Liver Aid igestion and Regulate the Action of the owels You dust Use Dr. Ch .se's ney-Li'„'er Pans The Creat Specific for Liver and Kidney Diseases. 2t is the liver t.liat is largely re- sponsible for indigestion s o and consti- pation—derangements onsti- p 'm—drn unntsth are acon- t patu C n i, t u stant'source of trouble. The bile, Which, tvlicn left in the blood, is n poison to the system, causing bilionsnees, headache and muddy C om laxnu homilies nf price- less ic e 10ss value when passed into Ifno in testines to alt! digestion and ensure regular action of the bowel?. The healthy liver separates bile from the blood and sends it info the intestines.' IP 'YOU FIND YOUR LIVE$ SLUGGISIi AND TOTLPID IN AC- TION" DB,. CHASE'S I{IDNE'Y- LX' 7ER, PILLS WILL BRING RE- LIE7'i AND CURE MORE 1:tO11IPTL`S' THAN ANY TREAT- MENT YOU COULD FIND. I3y enlivening the action of the liver they remove the enema of bilious- neee, headache, indigestion, constipa- tion and other aoconrpanying aymp- tolnll, - This spetiflc action of Dr. Chase's ii1 tnt.tliv+,• Pills s c i. 1•' ,n the liver u Is what makes thein of se great worth us a family inrcltcine and ensures diem a. lasting place in the 110010. Mr. Rogers Clancy, fanner, Chop - stater, Bruce County, Ont., writes:— "I ices —'I hhto timid Dr. Ctn as Kidney - Liver Pills and would my that there is no niichcine that equate them as a cure for stomach troubles, biliousness, torpid liver and headache. 1' way troubled a great deal with these ail- ments before usiltg Dr. C'hase's leict- ney-.lever' Pills, and they have proven wonderfully eucci'ssful in my ens0." Obe pi11 n dost at be;ltilne, arid Di Chase's leidney-I ivcr Yilns will en - sura healthful, regular action of kid- neys, liver and bowels; 21 cents a box, at all dealers, or F/dmanson. Bates & Co., Toronto. The portrait and signature of 1)r. A. W. Chase, the fatuous receipt hook author are on °very box. ed that idea, and it tens you who facilitated the use of Sir. Gates's telephone. How the thing was stage managed matter's very little est pre- sent.. It turns out now that your friend and Dr, Bell and myself have at common enemy." Ruth looked up swiftly There was something like fear in her eyes. "Have—have you discovered the name of that enemy?" she asked. "Yes, I know now that our foe is Mr. Itegleald Menson." "A man who is highly respected. A man who stands wonderfully high in public estimation. There are thou- sands and thousands of people who look upon him ael a groat and estim- able creature. He gives largely in charities, ho devotes a good deal of his time to the pool'. My uncle who is a good man, if you like, declares that Reginald Henson is absolutely indispensable to hint. At the next election that man is certain to be returned to Parliament to represent an important northern constituency. If you told my uncle anything about hint, he would laugh at you, "I kava not the slightest intention of approaching your uncle on this matter at present." "Because you could prove nothing, Nobody can prove anything." "But Christiana Menson may in time." Once more Ruth flashed a startled look at her companion. "So you have discovered something about that?" she whispered. "I have discovered everything about it. Legally speaking, the young lady is dead. She died last night, as Dr. Walker will testify. She passed away in the formula pre- sented by me the night that I met her in the darkness at 218, Bruns- wieiff Square, Now, will you be so good as to tell me how those girls got hold of my synopsis?" "That came about quite naturally, Your synopsis and proof In an open mvelopo were accidentally slipped nto a large circular envelope used cy a firm of seed merchants and addressed to Longdean Grange, scut out no doubt amongst thousands of others. Chris saw it and, prompted by curiosity, read it. Out of that our little plot was gradually evolved. You See, I was at school with those two girls and they have few secrets i from me. Naturally, I suggested the scheme because I see a great deal of Reginald Henson. He comes here; be also comps very Iroquently' to our house in Prince's Gate. And yet I am sorry, from the bottom of my heart, that I ever touched the thing for your sake." The last words were spoken with a glance that set David's pulses beat- ing. He took Ruth's half -extended hand in his, and it was not with- drawn. "Don't worry about me," he said. "I shall tomo out all right in the end. Still, I shall look eagerly for- ward to any assistance that you can afford me. For instance, what hold has Henson got on his relatives?" "That I cannot tell you," Ruth cried, "You must not ask me. But we were acting for the best; our great object was to keep you out of danger " "There is no clangor to me if I can only clear myself," Steel replied. "11 you could only tell me where those bank -notes came from! When I think of that part of the business I am filled with shame. And yet if you only knew how fond I am of my home. At the same time, when I found that I was called upon to help ladies in distress I should have re- fused all offers of reward. If I had done so I should have had no need of your pity. And yet—and yet it is vetsweet to me." He pressed the hand in his and the pressure was returned. David for- got all about his troubles for the time; and it was very cool and pleas- ant and quiet there. "I am afraid that those notes were forced upon us," she said. "Though I frankly believe that the enemy does not know what we have learnt to do from you. And as to the cigar -case: would it not be easy to settle that matter by asking a few questions?" "My dear young lady, I have done so. And the more questions I ask the worse it is for me. The cigar - case I claimed came from Walen's beyond all question, and was pur- chased by the mysterious individual now in the hospital. I understood that, the cigar -case was the very ono I admired at Locichart's some time ago, and—" If you inquire at Lockhart's you will find such to be the ease." David looked up with a puzzled ex- pression. Ruth spoke so seriously, and with such an air of firm convic- tion, that he was absolutely, stag- gered. "So I did," he said. "And was informed in the most positive way by the junior partner that the case I admired had been purchased by an American called Smith and sent to the Metropole after he had forward- ed dollar -notes for it. Surely you don't suppose that a firm like Lock - hart's would bo guilty of anything—" Ruth rose to her feet, her face pale and resolute, "This must be looked to," she said. "The cigar -case sent to you on that particular night was pur- chased at Lockhart's by myself and paid for with my own money!" (To be Continued.) IIOW ELEI'IIANTS SLEEP. ,'' said a Sant "That elephant,'' circus men, "has slept standing up for -a Year. IIe is ninety, and what little sleep he requires he takes on his feet, An elephant in his crime only Weeps five horn's night, and lc 9 4 a a the s r g , older he grows the less sleep he nerdy. This good fellow here mete- Orally needs no sleep at all. At %whatever hour of the day or night I come to 11110, he strands patiently it hie place, rocking from side to side, I know he sleeps a little, hut for years now his nape have been so short that he hasn't bothered to lie down for then, Nearly all old ule- phnrnts are lute this." "T can't bear thee bpi's, Totter, She knows too much," "It is not whet, she kootes, but what she wants to teem., and is trying to learn that annoys me. 1.06 b.6%6662009 ONTHE FARM g;44zozegazzoevans WINTER LAYERS, All things considered, pellets are the best winter layers. The 1111111 who Is not quite sure that he knows enough about the chicken bustness to got winter eggs without fail had bet- ter put his trust ire pullets. He will thereby uutterlully lessen Ills chances of failure. A thoroughly trained. poultrymen wilt males tiny kind of hens lay in winter, He knows just. what is requIre:i to bring about that end, and if he meets with failure it is because 110 does nut do as well as he knows. He has expert knowledge by which he can attain definite re- sults if he makes use of it. If he has old liens to deal with he will put them under different treatment than if lie had pullets, but in either ease he will obtaht eggs. Hp will understand from the outstare that the old hetes are a more difficult "proposition" thtut the pullets, and that after he has done his best the returns will fall below what they would hate been If the conditions had been the same, but be will make the best possible use of the material on hand and compel it to yield returns which will wipe out the expense ac- count and turn over a pot besides: Nothing short of unlooked for un- avoidable accidents will defeat hive in the object which he has set out to attain. But it is no tank at all to get pul- lets to lay compared with the dif- ficulties which have to be overcome with old hens. Keepers of poultry, who are not more than half way to the graduating point had better tie to the pullets. Nothing but the most reckless feeding will cause them to become overfat, and thus be made worthless as layers for the balance of the season. They have no molt to go through with, and do not need to .be babied along until the winter is far advanced and held back in waiting until they have Pro- vided themselveswitha neer suit of clothes. Just feed them ea ,you would any other young healthy ani- mal which you want to maintain in a thrifty condition, and give them comfortable quarters in which to do the work expected of them, and they will not dissappoint you. This is assuming that they were early hatch- ed end are of laying age, We have a private opinion that everybody who wants to obtain the hest possible re- sults in the way of winter eggs should keep pullets, and nothing hut pullets, but it is a matter of particular im- portance to beginners. SHEEP NOTES, Sheep well kept will shear a heav- ier and better fleece than one poorly kept. Corn and oats !nixed in equal parts make perhaps the best grain food for sheep. Sloop fatten fully as well on shell- ed yarn as on ground feed. Feed fattening sheep as heavily as they will bear. Sheep breeding and growing wool are arts which allow of no half way measures. A farmer to be successful should never sell poor sheep, but sell fat ones and fatten poor ones. Sheep ere indigenous to high hill land and such lands are most pro- ftable when devoted to their graz- ing. The progeny of an old ram, is stronger at birth than the progeny of a young one and not so liable to succumb to cold, iA sheep is a delicate animal and its system will give way under ex- posure which other stock would stand with impunity. It is claimed that corn fed sheep suffer more from scab than ethos's. Scab is only the effects of a fevered condition of the blood and corn is a most heating food. A line fleece, long, strong and tine filtered, clear of lard yellow germs, but shelving enough clear oil to make ES Mt Y THRIVE? If not, something must be wrong with its food. If the mother's milk doesn't nourish it, she needs SCOTT'S EMULSION. It supplies the elements of fat required for the baby. If baby is not nourished by its artificial food, then it requires :+wt- coifs 4 Effision d f 1 i' Half a teaspoo'Iflil three or four times a day in its bottle will bring the desired result, It seems to have a magical effect upon babies and children. SCOTT & noteNS, Cliomis%s, Toronto. 0111, NATURAL GREEN tea of Ceylon to The i ival of Japan." Free from all chemical coloring and adul- teration dul .teration in any form whatever, of great strength, delicious and pure. Sealed packets only, same form as the celebrated Black teas of " SALADA " 13rancl. 25c and 4oc per lb. By all grocers, it soft, bright and easily manufac- tured is what utatlu(ncLurors watts Every clean pound edited to the fleece is just that hutch clear gain; as also is every cant added to the value of the fleece by improving its quality, Sheep require a variety of lino nourishing foods, rather than Hutch of a single kind of coarse provauder, A safe rule to be observed in the management of the flock to matte it profitable is never to Icee0 a worth- less sheep or breed a weakly one. Meat of any lcind must be front animals its the beast condition, 0t- it will not be palatable, and especially is this true of mutton, The best meatus of obtaining a pro- fit from any class of stock is to keep the best and keep it well; and this applies especially to sheep. Sheep are especially suited to the small farmer and the fanner of liar iced means an account of the small amount of capital ant limited range necessary, Prevention is better than cure, and the cliseae'es and parasites to which - sheep are subjectedcan be prevented more easily than can be cured after they once secure a siert, In culling flocks, include all the undersized flat -ribbed, weak consti- tut'ioned sheep. No difference how well wooled they luny be these arc not perfect sheep and should not be kept, AND f. R ARO1� A. According to Starch, whose inves- tigations /lave been very- extensive, the flavor of butter is derived from the serum, not from the fat or cream. Butter produced from first skinned cream which has been churned while still sweet, is deficient in that fine flavor which is characteristic of but- ter of the highest type. On the other hated, it retains the mild, deli- cate flavor of the cream. The weal- thier of the French consumers prefer butter of this kind. It is made in comparatively small quantities, but it is imitated to an enormous ex- tent by the aid of almost tasteless fat of another kind, with which but- ter of fuller flavor is blended. The- flavor of good butter is im- proved by the addition of a small quantity of very fine, dry salt. The addtion of salt if preferable after the butter has been partially worked. Brining, excellence as the practice is, cannot take the place of dry salting, so far as it contributes to the im- provement of flavor, Flavor is also affected by the food given the cow. Where the milk is properly managed, complaints aro never made when cows are fed on grass or hay. Under stall feeding, excessive quan- tities of roots, sour grains, rape, or cabbage, deteriorate flavor. Sour" ensilage and fermented foods of all kinds are also uutrustwortliy in a grass are bran, cotton cake, oats, butter dairy. Among the best suit- able foods for addition to hay, and pea meal and malt cute's. The aroma of butter is no guide) to its steeping quality, however agree- able it may be on the palate. It changes rapidly in newly -made butter which is exposed to light or air. This fact will be observed if a test is made at the end of twenty-four hours. As with flavor, the Gnome of good butter, insipid • immediately it has been made, requires time to [levee lop. For this reason, among others, the practice of judging butter direct from the churn is incorrect. Ducleux thinks that aroma may proceed from the products of the ferments in the cream, or perhaps to some traces of cabeoic or butryic either formed at the expense of small quantities of these acids, which are present in all butters in a free state. Butter which is almost white, is inferior in flavor to that which is rich in natural. color. In England the ownets of Guernsey cattle make the claim that the butter from their milk is of superior flavor, owing to its high color. Here is a field for investigation by, some of our exper- iment stations. GENERAL INI'OR1VTATION. Little Bits of Knowledge About 'Most Everything. Great Britain _owes half the ships that are afloat. Thiev-e in Great Britain steal $40- 000,000 worth of proirerty every year. The Belgians are the greatest Po - tate -eaters in the world, antd tate Irish come second. A railway locomotive has an aver• age life of fifteelt years and an earn- ing capacity of $800,000. An acro of good fishingground will yield more foad inawee k than an acro of the last land will in year. A. statistical expert has stated that three-fifths of all man of distinction aro first-born children. Deaths from starvation, in Great Britain have fallen from eighteen to twelve' per million in the last thirty years, The Imperial Canal in China is the longest itt the world, and conneots no fewer than forty-one cities in the course of its 800 miles, A :Russian is not of gem until lie is twonty-six years old. Until that thee at least four-fifths of the earn« fags must go to his perente. The largest boost In the world is fn the ib'itislx Mesuom, It is an atlas; measuring 5 feet, 10 in. by 3 feet 2 in., and weighing close upon 2 cwt, In Arizona tite rectus grows to an immense 5100, and there is one sPeci- ttlent—doubtless the largest in the. world—which is 232 fret high. + The amount of consemm us onre- ceived ceived yearly by tau British Chan- cellor of the Exchequer in default of unpaid taxes averages $30,000. The largest loom in the world is one recently built in Germany - for 1)5801115 artists' painting cloth, it is capable of weaving fellings 48 ft. wide.. Loddon has the largest proportion of insane of any English city, the number being 861 per 1.00,000. Not- tingham is a close second, with 340 per 100,000, Thomas Forryan, of Burbage, Eng- land, who is eighty, has worked for sixty years on one farm. IIe has been awarded by the Dunce of Rut- land a prize of $15. The French Government employs 1,550 workmen and 15,000 women in' the Stats tobacco manufactories, and makes a yearly profit of $80,- 000,000, 80;000,000, The bamboo sometimes grows 2 ft. in twenty-four hours. There are thirty varieties of this tree; the smallest is only 6 in. in height and the largest 110 feet. Water -pipes lined with chinaware, and which are embedded in cement in iron pipes, are being t:sed in Coburg, Saxony. They are thought to bo indestructible. In London, according to the latest statistics, there is hut one telephone for every sixty families. In New Yot'k there is one for twelve, in Bos- ton one for six, in San Francisco one for four. Sweden has the oldest vessel in Europe—perhaps in the world—in the schooner Emmanuel, built in 1749. She was first a privateer, and is now in the timber trade, The little tailor -bird not only sews but spins, weaving raw cotton into thread for its own" purposes. With this thread it sews with actual stit- ches a sack of leaves in which to tear its young. Indiarubber trees which are tapped every other,lny continue to yield sap for more than twenty years; and it is a curious fact that the oldest and most frequently tapped trees produce tho richest sap. In Denmark any person who at the age of twenty -ono pays to the State a sum of $82.50 is entitled, if he reaches the age of sixty-five, to an tumult). of $65. But if be dies be- fore that age the money is forfeited. The Japs.nese language contains no fewer than eighteen synonyms for the personal pronoun "I" one for each class of people; and etiquette makes it unlawful for a person belonging to one rank in society to males use of the pronoun pertaining to another. On a recent Sunday morning in ten City of London churches, which, if sold, would produce half a million of money, there were, including child- ren, only 218 worshippers, although they provide accommodation for nearly 4,000 and possess an income of $28,700 a year. The police court of St. Holier, the principal town of Jersey, is remark- able in several respects. First, the proceedings are always opened with prayer; second, it frequently happens that after privets there is no more business, and everyone goes home. There is so little cringe committed in the island tient the police force (twenty strong) is kept up only for visitors. ete ••• ooJai k ♦e Di' SSOT, (nl1ipleuohtus in tNhe latesESt models is the gigot, or leg of nnttloit Steel's, as wal'il ill 18U0. 'Phis appears in the bolero and kaftan coats in cloth and bel,ny fabrics, it is certainly ad- mirable for for, velvet, and very thick textures, but lacks smat'Lness when applied to the ardinale. cos- tume. Blouses of Lhe present fash- ion aro impossible under these sleeves. Skirts are still very full, and of quite moderate length, but this fash- ion is by no nears universal., and some al the smartest modistes are making long skirts wills plain !tips, although the harness starts teemed - lately below the ..hip line. Pleated shirts show much variation, but the pleats seldom run high, and the skirt which eppears to be pleated from the waist is really cut in smell gores, the seams folded and stitched out- side, and the pleats made by extort- sions, • which are pressed and left free. L;ven the plain skirts in tailor style 'stave two or three of these pleated extensions to give fulness at the hent. leveeing skirts are still very long all round, but there is no shaped train, the increase in length being gradual, and docs not run to a point. Belts are of the utmost importance In the fussier type of gown, and the newest bodices and blouses are ac- companied by shaped belts, which lengthen the wrist and Savo sleep paints at the back. The newest shapes in felt are the big Romney hat, with the left side of the brim tilted, and the torpedo toque in a, new forte, which is quite as projecting, but the sides have a deeper turn. In (lireet contradiction to the fiat toques anal soup plates of the early summer, all hats and toq- ues, are now worn high, and the tightly -drawn veil has no loose ends at the back. The loose veil obtain- ed no favor amongst well-dressed wo- men, but few even arrange the tight veil gracefully. -- EVENING GOWNS. Aurid the maze of colors which one sees, whits holds its own for evening wear. This is true of gowns for af- ternoon receptions and coming out parties. ltlesselaine and liberty satin in all their seductiveness are used. and combined with lace and all kinds of embroideries A dainty' design for a debutante is of cream white messelaino. It is very simple and trimmings of silk 1 gauze lend a delightfully fluffy effect. The lace which forms the chief de- coration is set with tiny motifs of '. velvet in shades of yellow. The stock and corsage aro draped with chiffon, set with the lace and brightened with tiny motifs of velvet, The yoke is also outlined with folds of velvet, showing dares colors, toning from pale yellow to deep orange. Ttvo deep points of lace with the orange yellow motifs coyer the front of the bodice; the corsage belt is high at one side; tho bodice is shirred full clown the back, and the sleeves are full with a deep frill of lace outlining ' the outer seam, and finishing it at the lower edge. Little loops of the thine S10Ules of velvet. finish the gown at different points here and there. DOUBLE-BRP:ASTED COATS. The long coats which go with tail- or-macle suits are very close -fitting and the fulness below the hips in- creases. Indeed, it is almost circu- lar in effect. The double-breasted designs are very smart, A hand- some model in clull blue velvet - is trimmed with burnt leather. - The skirt is stitched with wide bands of the same material, arranged vortical- ly and' these are In turn finished with strips of tete leather. The lower edges of the coat at the front aro al- so turned back enol finished with burnt leather. The sleeves are n series of winding bias folds draped over a pull of out - bre cloth. At the waist there is a cuff of cloth and leather, the latter being sandwiched between stitched bands of the cloth^ MOPS USED IN OLDEN T1IVIES. Used in the Manufacture of Beer Long Ago. We have evidence in the herbarium of Apuleins. A.D., 1050, that the hop (hymele) was put into the usual drinks of England oval then on ac- count of its good clualtties. Another old work published about 1440 speaks of 'hoppe, sede for beyre," Undoubtedly, therefore, hops were cultivated in England long before the time .of Home- VIII„ when they were intt'ocluced afresh from Flanders. So rn.pl:lly did they' then grow in public favor that a strongly worded petition to Parliament against them was presented, in which the hop is spoken of as "a winked tweed that would spoil the taste of the drink attd endanger the people," We clo not find that any ection rues taken against them through Hutch prejudice existed against chink so made. Trapp, the Puritan commentator, in 1654, in annolattng Job xxxix, 18, remarks :—"They were wont to snohere that peacocks, ks hops and hesie came first into England in 0110 and 'tey, sante ship." RUM FOR GUNS, The British expedition into Tibet net with somee unexpected problemsm duo ,Lo the intense cold. Tlie water - jackets of the Maxim guns 1)0101110 a source of danger, as they froze tight, To prevent this, a mixture of half rum and half water was used. The oil in the locks of the rifles and Maxims clogged, and ennead endless misfiring. The only way in which this could be overcome was to have the mens cat'ry, the leeks of the Max- ims axims inside then. clothes, and to take their rifles to bod. with them on very cold 111511te. The number of canals in operation in the United Stator exceeds twenty tliousctltci, aree their combined length is not loss tshan fifty 111100saed tnilee, SILK IN 1r,VIDENOE. Tlie approach of cold weather has by no meats iintttened tite retirement of silk gowns, Indeed, these crisp, fresh afternoons sec many handsome designs in taffeta and other fashion- able silks on the Bois de Bolguo drive, sworn under handsome coats of the sante material, or of cloth. Strikingly hatalsome was a design in beaver colored silk. It was all soft- ness end long lhnre, with a hint of Louis quince, gaorlarse, Napoleon and probably at touch of llirocioira combined, rhe skirt was formed of narrow groups of small plafies, each edged with white plaits its entire length separating plain panels of lace, showing a tiny bit of pale blue. The bodice is vary long in 11'0111, With a jacket effect, on either side, this outlined with pipings of white, Tho vest is of lace ;labeled down the r tt from neck to .telt the lattice fon I being f eaves C010ncd elect b g a b � c, A 1301)101/ 'rIUMMINO. A pretty 50(13' in 111E1110 a bodice look very congtlteat 0;1,y 'et without great expense, s . 1. 0 t I trim it with et g n b k -late, outline y o e o l' all-over t then u 11, 1. o circles, fl ur Iter ci ., a i da lis or of dainty patterns, over 010 lace with a fine. etsginig - of real vnlencicmtes ince. The edging gives tire. effect of separ- ate meclallioes comibined with tete all- over lace, and frequently these bod- ices look as if they .Were tu'itnmecl with fence instead .of 150 kinds of lace. e• 4•4 nn Below the yolca little appliques of embroidery are, set in at regular iu- te•vols, then finished with the Val- enciennes edging, The rose end. other flower enbrohlery bought by Lilo yard sa51 cut apltt't answer handl-. !mutely Pot' this purpose, enil'tnothing Makes a more offocleve, trinmming.'