The Brussels Post, 1905-5-11, Page 2fwa
Nlcc
f Libcrty
OR, A MIDNIGHT CALL
,1 n„ auu" ,,, rt:
CI3AP'T1?dt L111.—(Continued.)
"That's it," he said. "I buy it be-
cause 11enson auk me to. Fiensou
says he wake it all right about th
I1entl,ranUt, and that if 1. do as I an
told he give rue £500. His looney i
to come on a certain. day, but I
pump and I pump, and 1 and that
there is
some'11:
game against 4t till•.
Steel, who is a great novelist,"
`That is very kind of yon," David
said, modestly.
"Ono against Miss Isnid Henson,"
Van Sneck wont on. "I met iha
young lady 0000 and I liked her
therefore, 1 say I will be no party
to getting Ler into trouble. And
Henson says I am one big foul, nm
that he is only giving Mr. Steel a
lesson in the art of minding his otv
business. So I ask no Anther quos
tions, though I. am a good bit pus
elect. With the last bank -notes I
possess I go to a place called Walen's
and buy the cigar -case that Henson
says. I meet him and hand over the
case and ask him for my money.
Beeson swears that he has no money
at all, not even enough to repay me
the price of the cigar -ease, He has
been disappointed. And I have been
drinking. So I swear I will write
and ask Mr. Steel to see me, - and i
do so."
"And yon get an answer?" David
asked,
"Sir, I do. Yon said you would
see ane the same night. It was a
forgery?"
"It was. Henson had anticipated
something like that. I know all
about the forgery, how my notepaper
was procured, and when the forgery
was written. But that has very lit-
tle to do with the story now. Please
go on."
Van Sneck paused before he pro-
ceeded.
"I am not quite sober," he said.
"I am. hot with what I called my
wrongs. I come here and ring the
hell. The hall was in darkness. 'There
was a light, in the c0uservatory. but
none in the study, I quite believed
that it wa8 111'r. Steel who opened
the Coor and motioned me towards
the studs-. Then the door of the
study closed and locked behind 1ne,
and the electric light shot up. When
I turned round I found ms self face
to face with Henson."
Vau Snack pawed again and shud-
dered at saint !Nitons I.:venerllon,
Isis oyes were dark and eager; there
was a warm moisture like varnish
on his Mee.
"Even that discovery did not quite
sober me," he went on. "I fancied it
was some joke, or th,,t Perhaps I
had got into the wrens hoose. But
no, It wee the room of a literary
genllanan. I—L expected to see lir.1
Steal conte in or to try the door.
Ifcnx ,n smiled at me. :tush a smile!
11e asked me 11 1 had th receipt for
the char -:ase about me, and I said
it 13't1s £n my pocket. 'Then he smiled
again, and something told me my
life was hi r:an or.
I was getting Pretty ember by
that time. 1t came to net that I
had been lured there; that Simeon
had got into the house during the
a1srnce of the owner. It 1000 Late
at night its a quiet horse, and no-
body la.d soon no come. if that than
likes to kill me ho could do so and
walk out of the house without the
faintest chance of dise•uve'y. Anil he
was twice my >:ire, and a elan 3ith-
out feeling. I betted rolled me fur-
tively for a weapon.
"llc. saw my glance and understood
It, and smiled again, 1 was trembl-
ing from head to foot now with a
vague, nameless terror. from the
very first I knew that 1 had not the
smollest Chance. Henson approached
Me and laid his hand on my should-
er, Ifo wnuted something, he gave
that something a name. if 1 passed
that something over to !lint .I was 1
free, if not--
"WrJI, gentlemen, T didn't believes
bins And 1 lead what ho Washed in
my pocket. 11 I had handed it over
to him he would not have spared me. t.
As he approached me my foot slip-
ped and I stumbled into the 0008er-
yatory; I fell backwards. And then
I recovered myself and defied Hen -
5017.
• '110111,' he hissed, 'do you leant
o die?'
"Ihlt I knew that I should die. in
any cu813. Even then I could 8tnile ,
to Myself as I thought how I could t
balite any Inc. Once, twice, three
tine's he repeated his demands, and t
each time T was obdurate. I knew t
that 1'e would kill 131e in any ease. 1•
"Ife cattle with a snarl 0f raga; p
there was a knife in his hand. I n
hurled a flower -pot al his head and h
missed hien. The next ia8tent and c
he had lee by the throat. 1 felt his 11
Julio between 111y shoulders, them a
stUuni11q blow on t.110 heath and till I
woks here to -day .1 cannot e'Ocollect n r
single thing,"
van ~nook Paused arid wiped his
face, .vet with tho horror 01 the rev
collection. Da2id Steel gave 13011 a,
signf'tcant glance, and the latter
n0(1chd.
'Was the thing that 11eus,ol WW1
ed a rings Steel naked, quietly.
C IIAI' Ti It 1,IV,
O Van Brack l"uked up with son
1 signs of eintfnion. rte had not e
a peered a question of that kind, 'l'he
was jest the segg,taboo of manila
oil his face,
r,
v u'i•
"A zine. 1 murmured,n �
to
h g
"A ring! What ring?"
"Now, look here," David salt
sternly. "Pott aro more or less i
our power, you know, but Ice are nu
disposed to be Hard on you so lou
future o4 that rugagilg rascal was
tett short by a Pleasant surprise, nn
other than the tuleallretee arrival 01
1ju1r (Salve and r1tie Ronson '11111
1a1t1 Woe beam Mg with leaf ,)11 nal
happiness; she had (11572101(1 1 c2' die.
guise and stood confessed before all
the w oedd like the beautiful ercature
she tuns.
"What does it all mean'?" David
asked. "What Ivill Loma -loan village
"What throe Longdcan linage
know?" Ohri5 retorted. '"they are
vaguely exam) that somebody wall
falcon away froth the house a short
time ago to be buried, but that is
all their knowledge, And there is
no more need fur disguise, i,ord
- Littinier atty's. Ito fellows pretty well
('Vc('.ttling, 1Je has been very rest-
less and uneasy for the past day or
two, and yeetercloy he left saying
that he had business in London.
Early to -clay I had a characteristic
telegram from flint saying that he
wasat L
a o '•de l
2'l un anti that 7: was
1, t at ne- IT
I11.11 tet s. I t.'1 r,,.
Ing 1 l t� u,uull'ithasbeen
6 1
etssnry to his comfort there. 1 was thought to be the temperature at
to conte clothed in ley right mind, which the churn started. 1t is n0W
and I was to bring ]lir. Steel and kn010)1, However, that rho tempera-
I)r. 13011 along." tore at w11ie11 the cream "breaks" is
' It can't be managed," said Bella tho true 0111(121 ng temperature, and
"110'30 got Van Snecic here." that it is almost always several de -
e And 1 had forgotten all about green higher than that at which the
him," said <:ht is. awes 1110 opera- churn started. 50(110 years ago the
11on successful?"
n Vermont Station carriers out an ea-
u
told .his budget of good news haustiv0 series of trials on is sub-
)
down to the story of the ring and th s
) the mysterious manner in which. it jest, tho temperature at the end of
° lia�I disappeared again, David had churning ranging from 41) degrees to
i followed Ruth into the conservatory, G0 degrees. Without going Into de -
O where she stood with her clit y Lead tails, there Were f°rty-ilve ehuraings
buried over a rose, below and fcfly-six above 58 degrees.
She looked up with a warm, shy The percentage of fat in the butter -
"1
on her fare.
"1. hope you. are satisfied," 8115
said, "you are safe now?"
to
Thee
(1
t es you etre quite candid with us
1 Henson required something that 11
belies -0d to bo in your possession
indeed, you have as good as sale vo
1 had it with you. Benson lured yo
into 111y house to get. that more th1,
11 allylhi013 else. That he would hay
ki?!ed you even after 1m got it
- finely believe. Ibet that is not 111
point. Now, was net 112111son 10021
1113 for Prince itupert's ring that yo.
got from hint by moans 11f ft trick?'
t uu reneck dropped his hands help-
lcsely on the bed.
'Gentlemen,' he whined, "coo a2'
too torch for me. '1110 lnarvello 1
arel{t'aly of your knowledge is al>So
lutt'ly overwhelming. lt. w'as the ring,
]Henson was after,'
"The one y011 stole from him years
ago!" Dui, what did yuu know about
it?"
Van Smelt smilers.
„There Is no living man who knows
more about those things than I do,"
he said. "1t is a passion and a
study with me. And some
seven years ago, in Holland
1101151,n gave me the description of a
ring he wanted me to copy. Denson
never told me what the ring was call-
ed, but I know it was the Prince Ru-
pert ring. I lnat!e the copy, and
110118on was pleased with' it. Some
time later he came to ale with the
original, and asked for another copy.
I meant to be. honest; but my lute
for those things got the better of me.
I made hint two copies; the ane
gond, and the other an exact fac-
simile of the Prince Rnpert. These
I hancic:l over to IIensc n, end h
went away perfectly 5atiefi 1 that he
had a good copy foul the original. I
chuckled to myself, feeling pretty
sure that lea World never find out."
"Pot he did. Sind out?" Daviel said.
"0nle lately. Probably he took it
to an expert fur valuation or per-
haps far sale, Laud- his idea was
to offer the ring to 1 u•d i.ittilnlr for
a tinge stun of money, but when lie
disroceretf Ire !10.11 been clone. 110 Pease
that Lord hittimer would not be so
deceived. Also he had a l retty good
idea t hat I si1,�1(111 keep the ring
about tae. You 1 r,', T dared not sell
an 1101. 110 gem like that. And, as:
usual, 1lensan was tweeterlyriaest."
"Then sou had the ling in yo)ir.
Pncl•et the night you clime here?" i
asked Steel, with a commendable ei-'
fort at coolness. "Divi 11008011 get:
it?"
"No, he didn't," Van Sneck chuck -I
led. "Coate what might, I had made
up my' nulla that Ile' should never ser
shut vin aga'n You see, I was
frightened' and corfu8ed, and I was
not properly sober', and I did smile-.
thing with the ring, though to save'
lay life I couldn't say what I (lid,
Do you know, Dr, Bell, I have lost
mc- sense of smell?"
• Steel wriggled impatiently iel
gf, F Lily about
on the chair. The inlcrruptinn was
exa5peratIr . Bell, however, seemed
to take a different view of the !vat-'
ter altogether.
I
"Claire nattu•ally," 110 said. "The
blot¢ on .your head held all your
eases suspender) for a time. 'After
the operation I should not have been
urp(ised to have lanae you hall
blind and stole .leaf into the Mos.!
gain. But one thing is certain—your+
smell will cone. hack to you. It May
01110!11 1)1 obeyance for a few days, it
nay return in a fete moments."
"What on earth bee L1 is to do I
with our interview?" David asked.
"I fancy a great deal, Bell said. I
'Tile sews of eaten has a great deal
O do with memory. Doesn't tile'
cent of flowers bring brick vivid re-
olleclions of things sometimes for
'ears forgotten? Van Sneck was go-
ng to say the air was heavy With
he fragrance of some particular
lossonl when he was struck down
by 1100000 1(1 your c1nacl•vntorly,
Very clever man, 111', Bell,' Van
Sneck said, admiringly, "Ito scents
o Det right through your mind and
out nt the other Bide. To a great ox-
en. I recollect ail that 1 1pnnnc!
hat: 0venfu11 night. And just at the
eyes last I seem to smell something
OWerAd, 1 h,;t smell came to my
osl.l'ils just Elm n, feasts and then -
arl gone again, (lent 1001011, if I.
mad have a good long; scent at that
ewer .1 tell you what 1 diel with
Lhut ring,"
''1011hrs rather comp'.°*'," 1)atld
aid;.
"Not a .1t of 1t," tern retorted.
'Our friend Is talking sound common
0ase, and our friend is going to rest
OW late IMO the afternoon, Wlu'n
ell put him into an arrn-chair with
em0 pillows and let him sit In the
onseevatorv, 'Associating with fans-
la.r sulrrOuncdings fro /mint ly works
enders. Van Sneek, you go to
10ep."
Van Snecic trolled his, eyes obedicnt-
• FTo wan Foram:hat, tired with the
ltlrview. But, on the whole, hell
ecided that ho was doing very well
id10(1, And there was very little
sore to 110 dune for the present, T11(1
wo me11 smoked their cigars peace -
"We hat'° got to the incl." hell
• I fanny sora David murmured.
But 130 0nn'11 savo'the seeedal. I
031'1 see how lteginold iTensal 12'
0it'g to got out of the 111005 I,'ith-
ut a ProBeeutiod," t
Army'. farther Spobulatten 11S to.' -the 5
� • •v.s't:r ��lv'��o�c9ei'�11�
• ON1HEFIRMOI
T103I1'I:RATURUI Ole C111311NINU.
The proper temperature at which
to ohurn (1(11111 is a (natter on
which there is sh diversity of opin-
ion, 11 cnu>rat bo said that tut;
definite temperature is best units'
all cirentnetancessefue di.'lerences 11)
cows, Led, apparatus, rte., so molli-
fy filo cottditiots that a tempera-
turn 311 1011 10ulct Pretluee esllaus-
t.ive churning under ono set of con-
ditions alight do wretched wort
under others. 'Shore he's been 1n
times past much nxinuaderstandin3 as
10 what Life temperature of (limn -
milk averaged 0.1 .7 with the cool
churnings, and 0.118 with the warm;
e the percentage of fat in tho butter
s "I was (02101' very much alarmed, was 82.11. and 81..8; the percentage of
defrost," Steel said, "If this thing curd in the butter 0.66 and 0.68, awl
- had never happened I might never the t1110 of churning thirty-two and
-
have .net you. .end as soon as this twenty -theca minutes respectively. As
business is deldnitely settled I shall the temperature rises, the loss - of
00010 and see your uncle. 1 ala a fat in the buttermilk increases, the
very impatient Hurn, Ruth." percentage 0f int in the butter de-
creases. you shall see. myundo whencreases. and the- time of churning
you p101107, deal, " she said. "70(1 shortens, There is no apparent ef-
•111 find him quite as chatnung as fact upon thea percentage of curd in
you say' your mother is. What will
she say?' the butter. These points 113ti1at0
"Say? That you aro the dearest
and sweetest girl in the world, and
' that 10111 a lucky fellow. But you
are not going oil already?"
'7u(1eed, we must. lye have n cab
that the answer to the often -asked
question regarding the temperature/
of churning 75; churn at lowest tem-
perature Which, under trio individual
conditions, will produce -exhaustive
ac ono aoor, isnrt 1. amgotng to Uravo churning, and make a good quality
the horrors of Longdcan (!range end putter in a reasonable time.
spend the )tight there. Only, I fancy
GROOMING '1‘11-01, COWS.
r It is mousing to most farmers to
t speak of grooming cols, anti ,yet
such mon are constantly envying
e! some rich man his herd of magnifi-
cent cotes. True, we cannot ,cake a
o prize stock of scrub cows, but we
can get out of themall they aro cap-
able of, if we go about it right. It
ck;has been. demonstrated time and
again that it l'ay's in actual in-
; O'easea :low of milk to groom the
cews, and also materially saves on
n-1 the feed bill, for grooming excites
s better skin action as well as a more
proper flow of the blood, hence, the
animal does not require so notch
I food to sustain bodily warmth.
- 1?1art in by keeping the stables
clean, with a gutter back of each
- cow so haat the liquid excrement
may be conducted Into some vat,
and 110 rayed, and the cows kept out
of it, Then start the grooming
gently al first, for the cow has never
been groomed, and will be consicle -
'ably astonished at the process. Use
a rather soft brush at first and spend
on ly a low minutes each morning on
each cow for a week, extending the
I[bne as they get used to the opera-
! thin. Later a stiffer brush or even
the carry may be list'], and the cow
will enjoy the. operation. Do the
work thoroughly as would be done
with the horse, and you will have
better cows in tn loo'
eal•ay sLhan one.
--
teat the horrors have gone for cost
I shall be very disappointed if yet
don't conte to -morrow."
Behind friendly palet David bel
and kissed the shy lips, with a vow
that he would see I.,ongdean Grang
on the borrow. '11011 Chris- caught
up Ruth with a whirl, and they ever
gone,
11 was after ten that Bell an
Steel managed to convey Van Sne
to the conservatory. The place was
filled with brightness and scent and
color and t11: afterglow of the sun
shine. 'Pile artistic eye of the Dutch
man lighted up with gem11n0 plea
urs.
"They say you Wanders are crude
ani cold, and 11aye no 80111113 of the
beautiful," 1/0 said. "But there are
no hooses rove. here to dompare with
those of the bettor -class Englishman.
Look at those colors blending—"
hang ihoee colors," said I1e11,
vigorously, "Steel, there is nothing
like moisture to bring out the full
fragrance of flowers. Turn on your
hose and give your p)Wtt8 a good
I,(1111ing."
"It's the proper time," David
laughed. "Turn on the tap for me,"
A cooling site am 1a-1yed on the
Dowels; pla11te dropped their heads
filled itit11 the diamond moisture; the
whole atmosphere was tilled With the
odour of moist earth. Then the air
seemed laden With the mingled scent,
"I can smell the soil,: \ an Snack
cried. "liow good it i
s t smell -
g u t any-
thing again! Aud I can ,just catch
a suggestion of the perfume of some-
thing 1ami11ar. What's that red
bloom?"
Iii pointed to a creeper growing
up the wall. David broke MT a
spray.
"That's a kind of Japanese pas-
sion flower," he said, "It has a
lovely full -flavored. scent like a mix-
ture of violets anti almonds. Smell
it.''
Van Sneak placed the wet dripping
'P1'ay to his nose. Just for an in-
stant it conveyed nothing to him,
Then he half rose with a triumphant
cry.
"Steady there," said Be11. "You
mustn't 213, you know, I see you
are excited. 1 s it cotue back to
you again?"
"''hat's the scent,' Van Sneck
cried. "The air was full of that as
I fell bacictvards. And Renew) stood
over 100 exactly by that eeacked the
where 111/•, Steel is note, Clive 010 a
moment end I shall be able to toll
you everything. Oh, yen, the first
time I slimed on pur11os0. I told
you I stumbled. 1111t that was a
2'':ab. And as .l: fell .I took the ring
from my w'aistroat pocket. Let me
have another sniff of that bloom.
Yes, I've got it now quite clear,"
"You know where the ring is?"
i'alirl asked, eagerly,
"!yell, not quite that. I took it
from my pocket anti pitched it away
from me. I saw it full on to a pot
covered with moss, hitt I can't soy
Which pot or 111 which corner. I only
know that 1 threw it over my shoul-
der, and that it dropped into the
(hide moss that lies on tine top of
all the Vols. I laughed to myself els
it foll, and 1 rejoiced to rate that
]:lenson renew nothing of !t."
"And it is still here?" Ilell do-
non, led,
Van Smock nodded solemnly.
"1 swear it," ho said. "Prince
Iltsp(u't's ring is in this conserva-
tory."
(To be Continued.)
3M I1.V1LLO1.t,'-1 00C (MR MICE.
i/maslam.3.ore4navamwaexamuumroarnlim...,,s01113111
Those who are g(
and strength by 2'o
Inane
with
aining floeh
regular treat-
.
SCOWS
Elv1�tlslo
tl
olio old cent! nue the treatment
In hot Weathers smaller dose
and a little 000l milk with It wili
do away with any objootton
whloh to attached to fatty pro-
ducts during the heated
5eas0h.
Send for free 051,011.
SCOTS' ; ec S0WNIi, Cl,eskts
Tomato, Ontario.
gm, Ana $l.50l 111 113,01112.
austincestavatecuaestattacatteetteatastestete
dd>lpeck—"Dodo', I wfali you w0u1(1
call at 1hit house this morning and
have a talk, with my wife, I'm
afraid she is losing her mind.",
bor.lor—"What reasons 1100e you
for believing such is the case?"
1 npeck--"Well, nue baby is just
a week old, you Know, ancg when 1
risked her last night what she in-
ellded 10 call lt, she said: 'Oh, i
,alt leave (hat entirely to you,'
170E NOTES,
A neigh'bor's method of weaning
pigs 1$ to take 111011 away 111 de-
tachments,
o-tach',ments, beginning first with two
or three of the plamp081 and largest
and strongest, then the next strong-
est
tronnest batch, leaving the poorest ones
of the litter to complete the drying
ori. 'rho cases aro completed and
decisive.
The hoar ought always to be kept
in a, pen by himself, preferalbty away
from the other hogs. ire shoeict
have a good-sized yard in which 110
can axereise.
If allowed to run with the other
hogs he is very 111(01y to injure thein
badly,
Keep him thrifty, but not too fat,
or his got will he puny. -
Treat him kindly, but mike trust
hila, 7f well trained', ho will be
reasonably ,safe to Handle, but al-
ways do this with. care.
Keep both yard and pen (110111 111n03
dry. 13 c, sure that he has always a
waren, clean bed.
Good pigs are not grown and fat-
tened on wind and water.
Good breeding and goof{ feeding are
so tlosuly allied that they must go
together. Ono is useless without the
other,
It pigs slop
grsxiter
for one
mottle or two months, you 113,1ve lost
all theft' feed for that length of time.
EARLY SOWING.
It is -usually- bettor to sow wheat,
barley and outs es 50071 as the coo -
(Minn of the soil and weather twill
Admit. Of course it is riot best to
work heavy soil 'when it is wet or
soft, but 10110311 sufficiently (fry with
a reasonable prohtabtllly of 100'(1(1
w(1111her, them the seed had better be
put in the ground, as, ale things con-
xidercd, the prospects for a satisfaa
tory crop will be hooter than when
the W03•k is left until lata,
''hese may not be quite so heavy
is growth of straw, but the quality
of the grain will be lm1ler, If the
land Is to be :seeded to grass along
With 'there crnl,5, tell in so often the
rase, there will b0 a bett0' prospect
or a 8ucce58ht1 CA 101 than whim late
sawn.
The land 1hould he put 111 tlic best
condition Io' these (1•2'>ps) 1>,y proper-
ly fertilizing and fitting. If 1,13030 is
not enough manure, it Wi11 be found
tu11ty is Goo ess1
fed ells is Stre
Tea Comp
es them AUa
Sold only in sealed lead packets, By all Grocers
Black, mixed or green, Highest Award St. Lou
15038, 11112111 will 1(180 aid in estab- 00800p0
fishing 11 good catch of grass,
if10x5!1/1 • , L •.
se
I t t Io n l edli
a 00 1(1 1 Lo
grass without first clearing it of
all obstructions, so its to leave 1t In
good ,1nt1i11on for the 11(30 of hat•-
ve5ling machinery.
1'RI.1VENTiNG ITO11NS,
Joseph 1;, Wing says in Lite Breed-
ers' Clarette that the following me-
thod
o-tlhod is very effective in preventing
horns from growing; tt'hea the calf
is three (Jaye old wet the spots where
the horns would grow, and neo outer
place. Then press on enclf spot as
much concentrated lye as Wold
equal c1/ grain of corn. Mr. Wing
believes that when the horns on ani-
mals are never allOWec1 to grow at.
all there will be a tendency for that
animal to have Hornless oITspring,
whereas no such tendency exists, in
the 01155 of animals whose horns
have been allowed to grow and are
thele dawned. - This i5 an interesting
theory, and if it is well founded,
it should be estnblisilved as the
practice of preventing the growth of
horns by the use of potash leave been
common for a number of years,
MADE TO ORDER CITIES.
Now Little Known Places Will Be-
come Busy Centres.
Some cities achieve greatness,
while others have greatness thrust
upon thein. To the latter class be-
longs the town of Dalgety. Just at
present it is a township with a pop-
ulation of less than three hundred
souls, located upon the Snowy River,
some three hundred miles south of
Sydney. In a few years it is ex-
pected to become a city of world
importance, for there is to be locat-
ed the federal government of the
('215 Commonwealth of Australia,
Another ready made city soon t
('0hl1 into being is Gorgon, in th
Brazilian State of that name. Al
though almost directly upon til
equator, it is situated upon
plateau of such elevation that th
climate is delightful, mid here is to
he laid out a new capital that sial.
become the political, social and bu
Mess centre of Brazil, Rio do Janeiro
then serving merely a5 a sea part.
Russia is particularly given to
building entire towns, and the 11ew'-
est is a fortress city at the terminus
01 the Noy-Mo('ghal) Railway, just
completed. The town is called
liurgllab, and will doubtless gala
more than passing faille because it
is within easy striking distance ' of
1-Terit, and the Probable hasp of
some future invasion of India by
I;tissia.
].England expects to don. little
building down in :Africa. Victoria
Falls, on the Cape to Cairo Rail-
way, is said to be destined to be-
come "the Chicago of South Africa"
The falls themselves osier a natter
rdouble that of Niagara, and
from its geographical position tho
is declared to be destined to
become the distributing centre of
South Africa.
8
WANTED A REMEDY.
0
O tic bird up on the table, pulling at
a my work alai tryieg to fly oil with
e it.
"7 brought out some rasa Begs of
1 cloth, hits of cotton wool and threat(
s- and laid thele 11053 lay work 011 1110
table. Volt' Poon clown canto birdie
again, and seemed delighted to flail
so many nice hits for the nest.
"All that dray site flew back and
forth wf111 the pieres of string, nmol
and cotton, offset lighting nn my
chair, 'anti s; ginning not one bit
afraid. The next clay she came
again, getting better and Pettey ac-
quainted each time. until she Into-
ned into my lap, peeking at my
wok and •picking uP ((117' 10050
threads she 001,111 find, anti carrying
then ori to her nest in the tree near
by.
":1110 third Clay some friends came
over to see our new pet, (111(1 to -
watch her, busy at her task of
no5t
1)1(„1F11101)13a.Inn6 time after ihr• came
birdie leatchec! 1110111 from her perch
in the tree, but did not odor to fly
down near 115, 11111 we feared ave
had frightened her away; but in a
little while down she came again,
flying on tho table. end then into
the lap of one 0.1 the ladies sitting
1tear,
"011 she wont again with 11117
5e171P4 of wo01 she foundthere, then
hack again, perching on the shoulder
of a little girl, and pecking at het•
hair ribbon, evidently thinking ib
would make a fine, soft lining for
het' nest,
"Nest she lighted on i'lndo
Charles' wen, and tried to pail 11:n
henclkcrtllilf out of his pocket, W'1
wanted very much to laugh 111: the
dear little thing, site was so cunning
and amusing, hilt 1911 kept very quiet,
fearing we should frighten her away.
"She hopped tabour; the piazza fel
soma time, then finally flew book to
her nest, which: by this time I think
must have been finished, for 5111011g•h
130 often sate her flying about 11053
the house, she never came on to the
piazza again."
YOUNG
FOLIC
s
0'0.0'00000.00-O•0-0-fao-OO.O.O.0{Y O
1}01472') RULES.
There are some rules
Not taught in 8(1101118
That every girl should know;
')0131 71188 and fret,
'Your wrongs f°0get,
l)aeli day some kindness show;
Keep fresh and neat,
Be kind and sweet,
Don't forte your friends to wait
Foe e 01100' h or play
Because y0)11' way
ls always to he late.
Be patient when
Too':•° 111 and then
This truth .I need not tell—
Tlu•ouFh all the year
-Your Irieltds tarsi, dear
3Pill learn to love you well.
A BRAVE IBIf1D.
"Another stony!" exclaimed Aunt
Jolla, as little. Elnnor climbed into
her lap and laid her curly head con-
tentedly on her aunty's shoulder.
"Well, this is the fourth Story you
have had to -day, so 111i5 time it
roust bo a really, truly story, and it
happened last year in a pretty little
town (11)130 East, where your Dnel11
Chivvies and I wore spending the
summer.
"I Ives sitting on the piazza with
my sewing, and your uncle was read-
ing, when all at once the clearest lit-
tle gray bird, with pale yellow spots
on its wings and tell, new down on
the Piazza and hopped round in a
very friendly way. A few moments
later r' went into the house to - get
lay scissors, and while there your
uncle called to me to look out of
the window, '!'here was the clear lit -
"There is a fortune awaiting the
matt '110 invents a remedy for sea-
sickness," said 0, physician.
"My l..rothe• is chief surge()n of an
Atlantic Iiner, and 1113 tells lee that
some people - Have offered him as
much as $500 to keep thorn well dur-
ing their Transatlantic passage, A
S00 voyage, if one's health 00111111n5
good, is the most delightful thing 111
the World, but if sea -sickness comes
on if, is a dreadful agony.
"A millionaire and his young wife
cowed on my brother's ship during
their lioncyrnoon. They hart a 51,-
000 s11110 on the upper promenade
deok, and they were not out of sight
of land before sea -sickness seized
then..
"']'he bridegroom sent for my bro-
ther,
'I'll give you $500,' lie said, 'if
you can cure 111y wife and 133e, and
knop us curers till 130 reach Liver -
110.9,0113', brother, you may rest a5511t•0(1,
tried hard to earn that money, but
it was no use. In their $1,000 suite,
on their honeymoon, in the delight-
ful June Weather, the unfortunate
young couple lay in 1hos1' berths from
1110 111ginnieg of the voyage till its
end, anti my brother says it 1va8
pit11111 10 see 1101V they 5ulTerecl.
"That in a sample of what 1ny bro-
ther is continually running up
against. 1301100, of course, ho is
011010118 to !incl )( preventive of sea-
sickness, Ito tests every roinucly
that ho )fears of.
"My brother says that a sure cure
for 1na.1-Aortae• Wouldsell readily
aboard every ship for $28 a bottle,"
R]aLIGION IN' A PUBLIC -HOUSE,
:110011 aro several instances of
meetings for religions worship being
Beld in railway carr'iag'es and barns,
and oven In disused broyerios, but at
Twyford, neat' Winchester, l ngiand,
services aro 'regularly 0onducted in a
publieeHous°. This is clone every
Sunday and Tuesday at tho Phoenix
71,0, 0170 of the 2100(110, which tie-
comluOdates over a hundred people,
having beet used for this purpose for
the Inst fifteen years. The ehtrethce
to the meeting -room is the ordinary
plibllo
entrance of 1110 inn, and_ GM
prolitabio to Ilse soma Spo01al fertll- SCl•v1015 are well attended,.
POWERFUL 'ALCOHOL 1,IGTITS.
3'J10 utilization of alcohol as an
illumi)rinant is glowing in France
and 0Orntany, and the subject at-
tracts /much attention 111 England.
On the Coltinelt alcohol lamps are
how made with inaanc!°scent 111111)1108
capable of yielding 1,000 candle-
power. Two hundred and fifty can-
dle-power is very coalmen With these
amps t is claimed that they vitt-
ato tho atmosphere sensibly less than
any other illulniaat>t except Mean -
descent electric loons, In Germany
potatoes, and 211 Franco bode, aro
now largely used 111 rho p1•odeetion
of alcohol for industrial purposes,
--�
110NO3ING TIh'111 NEW ARRIVAL.
Tito birth of a child among the
Working-class in Cumberland has
been front tilno immemorial, and, is
still, celebrated by the making of a
mixture called "rum -butter," 71.5
ingredients are buttes, sugar, rum,
and spices, and 11 ie a really palatable
compound, Every person entering
{{110 house Where a birth hag taken,
Mace is offered a taste fee several
weeks atter rho event, It is eh 111-
stilt to the ohne and lispr>rent5 to
501180 the proffered dainty, and net
to proffer it ie (3013siderotl Neatly
d1mt:1tlrteOu5, •
BROWSING ON BASK BILLS
ROMANTIC STORIES OF PREC-
IOUS PAPERS,
Instances Whore Fortunes have
Been host Through Over-
cantion,
An elderly coupfo 11v.111re in Ports
have recently met. 131111 sail mJ5for-
tone. inside a dilnl>idaled old hat-
box, which the most experienced
burglar might have ignored, they
had placed their antb•o fortune --a
sheaf of banknotes, amounting 10
0303 $25,000, Periodically either
the husband ue wife ()pelted the box,
and counted the notes to seo that
their wealth. was still intact, Ima-
gine their surprise 1011(1», 011 going to
11 the outer clay, not a single note
was 1.0 be found—only a little heap
of dust, Rats had entered the box
and devoured every
scrap of
precious
paper,
Moro fortunate teas an old Belgian
300.50,11t woman, although at first
She was thrown into just as hopeless
despair. Sho had lard on the grass
a jacket containing banknotes worth
$240 altogether, and then set: about
her tvorlc in the fields, accompanied
by a pet goat. To her horror, she
suddenly caught sight of the goat'
munching sonitt11123 that looked like
her precious fortune. Examination
proved her surmise to be true, Tito
goat had been browsing on her 11111c-
notc8.
That sauna evening the pet was
killed and the chewed paper remov-
ed from its stomach. It looked
A SORRY MESS,
but (ho old woman lost no time in
submitting it to the National Dank
of Belgium, Which, alter v011771tag
the facts, and proving, by chemical
analysis that Um paper had Mum
notes issued by them, paid the Wom-
an the 524.0.
On one occasion the ]3ank of Eng-
land had presented to them for pay-
ment a hard ball of paper. it, was
a £5 note which had '02011 given by
a prominent artist to his sister for
payment of a bill. Tho young lady
had placed it in the pocket of her
dress and promptly forgot it 1111 the
same dress made its return from the
In un dry. Washing, starching, and
ironing had not improved the bank-
note's appearance, but when the ball
of paper was carefully unrolled,
there was stdiiricnt to sec that it
had been a banknote, and the Bank
paid the money without hesitation.
More than once the flank of Eug-
lnnd has paid twice for one bank-
note. On one occasion they lost in
this way 5150,000, It happened
that one of the directors, desirous of
purchasing anestate, drew from th
bank a single note for the amount
ncentiorlecl, This, on returning home
11e placed on the mnntlepi0c0, when.
immediately on doing so, he was
called from the room. 3. few 1110111-
ent5 later he canto into the room
again, but, able! the note had
111kS'i'lll1IOUSLY DISAPPEARED.
To Lho director's mind, there seemed
little doubt bun that. the valuable-
piece of paper had fallen into the
fif'o, Robbery 1005 out of the clues -
Gott, for no ono had 01(1010(1 the
1001)1. -
ITis colleagues at the Dank, be-
lieving this story, gave 1111(1 a. second
noteon the understanding that the
first, if found, shoed be returned.
Thirty years nft0rp'to•ds, 11,11011 the
director had been dead a consirl0r-
able time, a stranger presented the
missing note. Being payable to bear-
er, the Benin could not avoid (.hair
obligation, and they had to be the
1(1501s of the stun. It was learned
afterwards that a builder had bought
the banker's house, and in the course
Of the demolition had discovered the
nolo 11111don in' a crevice of the
Chiuuley.
11ott' a banknote once saved a
-man's life is a niost 0011(211(1(0 41(1037.
In rho ordinary course of business
many years ago a Bank of 19nglalu
note—now in the possession of a
famous collector—was paid into a
Liverpool merchant's office. On coln-
ing into the hands of the cashier, h
found while Lemming it to diseovot
its genuineness, that there were
faint traces of -
111111) WRITING UPON IT.
The note had boon is circulation for
years, and it !vas only by the dint
of extraordinary patty that the part-
ly obliterated characters wore finally
tliciphered.
This Was the message it bore: "If
this note s110U1d fall 11110 the hands;
of John Doan, of Longhill, near
Carlisle, he will 1011011 thereby that
his brother is languishing a prisoner
in Algiers."
111r. Doan Wag communicated with,
and Ito appealed to the Government
to endeavor to obtain bis brother's
relOas0 13'1711 0(1331 ity.
Inf0r0sLino th0ms.lves Warmly ll
the matter, the Pulmo Minister and
the ,joint Foreign Secretaries, alter
the most arduous and determined in-
quiries, learned that the unhappy
prisoner, who lad graced the above
sentence with a splinter Clipped in his
own blood, had been a sla.vo to the
Doy of Alglor5 for about eleven
y0ar8.
Eventually, tho Govor•nmont suc-
seedecd in ransoming Alb•. Doan from
the Doy, but the poor fellow had en-
dured so nt11011 privation and hard-
ship while uvoeksng in the galleys,
theft he lived but a short while after
his froedoni.—Pearsou's Weekiy,
DON'T I'01.l('ET THAT
--
There is plenty of opportunity for
superior talents. ' The top of the
ladder of success offers plenty of
stat ding room and invites 31l05t8.
1'he lower part only i5 1ea1'11111,y
crowded, There is no °x01(110 for the
universal wail or lack of opportunity
foe theist is no lack, The trouble lies
with the ebonlancis laid upon 'those
who aspire to first place. Ono thing
1s certain--'.t110Po is no quartet• fin'
tine whiner, and pew:tolls little en-
coni'llgenent foe those who do not
care to work with might and maim
Wo --":And What became of that lit•
Go dog y01t took about with you
such a lot last sea101? Shy -"0110
that sort 0f dog ?lent out of latah-:
ion'; s0 hail tine poo' thing put ort
Of its 1n1f,ei'yt'S