The Brussels Post, 1900-4-19, Page 2'eta ie
There Is a 00
men and vemne
up their minds
the tiMPO 110d
whetever to de
that, laving re
partite leap, th
gard to month
the ease, then
trine of proba
ot the year sh
distdbuted ove
one should ba
another. It is,
foot that ther
for marriage;
lovers restrain
dissolubly unit
son which in t
most propitiou
familia. The m
the festival of
ls not the sam
while some nab
choose an ent
often in anoth
ite for the sol
rites. In Russ
teeing the impo
Christmas as
tar as the holt
it would be
that the greate
would take pl
or in the East
ever, is not t
(ideating one
°rite festivals
flags, the Russ
son interveni
the raost suit
duties and
marital relati
riages among t
tbere are 232
February, whi
tremendous fa
of giving in
the 1000 cople
of wind and a
new life. The
ty-three in Ap
fluctuating w
until October,
slight deoreas
bur, and au al
the business
ber, only nine
that month.
The explanat
Parence is faun
ditions and pa
gime instituti
in disfavor are
The former Is
son, which by
observed with
MOTO Eleven t
of Christendo
parlance, the
of season " D
there Is every
the wildest In
Rain, snow, ho
thunder stor
combination d
"oldest inhab
shall be the ss
Travel is sups
delivery of go
Ing rasputnya,
passable, the r
and the next
has become Oft.
Russia to die
Providence eh
the season whi
spring, but a
tion of both.
the idea of be
wadding feas
neighbor who
Is entirely out
preposterous, i
tively f BW ean
season is almo
ried bis daugh
the sneering r
cliky driver to
apeaking of a
Ing that the
stingy to prov
chose a season
ana thus save
Tbe month o
,sf the year a
in.striage pur
different reasc
makes March
European Rus
is distinguish
the period of
the country
bold " marria
assembled all
men a the vi
choicest finer
on exhibition
young men an
should be und
and mothers
tors in determ
love in the Ian
Generally tbe
from beginnin
strong, health
eon, then look
chaffer' ng wi t
of property 811
btite to the
ally an agree
IcItchen utena
chairs, the nt
eed the holy
corner of the
Honed leetwee
In January,
convenient to
neighbors, veh
of the same
are invited, 00
Miele, put up
peripte, and fae
palm a their
In Hungary
months for M.
Jan nary, Feb r
first having 1
the third 234,
winter 0000011
068010, there!'
for marriage,
noted, howeve
tetra' count ri
yoano people
leamee durin
sootal enterla
country cieee
reony, but th
bee Its advan
peration, orta
TYE
,131'41ZISS
rOST,
APRI/e 19, 1900
--
,..4EK161,408******/49490filadadmikaiiis
,he Marrying
'
0
ninon idea Hutt when
fttu in tore and make
to commit matrinaonaa
moons have nothing
With the matter, but
hived to take the des.
ey do eo without re-
or day. If this were
rewording to the doe-
eillties, the marriages
ould be pretty evenly
r Its months end no
'
e the preference over
however, a singular,
i are tavorite months
that even impatient
their desire to be in-
ed and await the sea-
aeir country is deemed
-..
s for purposes macre-
itrimonial month, like
Easter, is movable, It
e In all nountries, for,
Ions prefer one, °there
rely different montb,
r season, as the favor-
,ranIzation of marriage
a, for example. consid-
lacuna and sanctity of
i festival and of Has-
est aeason of the year,
est
reasonable to conclude
et number of marriage
,cet either in Deeember
sr raonth. Such, how-
er, case, for instead of
T the other of her fay-
L tth time tor h mar 0 Me her -
tan girl ohoosea the sea-
b tw the two as
g e eeu ,
.ble for assuming the
•esponsibilities of the
el, Of every 1000 mar- .
he subjeots of tbe Czar
in January and 270 in00
e in March there is a .
ling off in the business
iarriage, but twelve of
s selecting the mouthsweep
toren for beginning the
tide then rises to for-
di and ninety in May,
ith trifling variations
where there are 185, a
: occurring in Novem-
most total cessation of
oking plom in D„en,_
eouples in 1000 choosing
,
ion of the Russian pre-
d partly in climatic oon-
rtly in social and. reit-
ons. The months most
t March and December.
iot only the Lenten sea-
the Greek Church, is
an iron discipline far
tun In any other part
a, but is, in Russian
rasputnya, or "thange
ring about thirty days
variety of climate that
eaginatIon can devisee
t sunshine, freeze, thaw,
t, wind, blizzard ; the
dies the skill of the
tant " to predict what
wither of the morrow.
mded, contracts for the
da are not binding dur-
for the roads are im-
ivers are one day sofid
loods of los oa.kes, so it
i established custom in
ek tea and wait until
mses to put an end to
eh is neither winter nor
oreatusing conglomera-
In the land of the Czar
Mg married without a.
t attended by every
Le well Bimetal to oorae,
of the question ; quite
n foot, and as compare-
come in rasputnya, that
it interdicted. "lie mar-
ter in rasputnya," was
amark made by a dries-
a recent traveler, when
local skinflint, intimat-
ad gentleman was too
ide a wedding feast, so
when few nould attend.
1 his roubles and vodki.1
! December is the worst
nong tbe Russians for
ss, but for a quite
ns 0 rem that which
ut pop alar. Throughout
sia tfie Advent season
id above all others as
courtsbip. In many of
!lieges there are still
e fairs," at whicla are
the eligible young wo-
nage, each clad in her
and virtually placed
for inspeation ' by the
d their parents, for it
ratood that the fathers
re very inaportant fox-
'nin the course of true
d of the Northern Bear.
r manage the business
g to end seleoting a
r girl, suitable for their
ng up her parents, and
h them as to the items
oh family shall contri-
law establishhent. Fin-
Is, the becl, the two
tisnent Is reached, the
stook of provisiona
picture to hang in the
room! are duly appor-
a the two . households.
or February, at a date
the majority of the
) all have other affaire
kind on hand, friende
arm with axes awl hat..
a house for the young
et for a week at the ex-
•
parents.
the most favourable
itrimonial purposes are
uety and November, the
05, the seeond a67, and
Get sie every loop. The,
in the hind of the 111M8
re, the most favourable
a feet eyhitib may be
r, in neirly ail amuse"-
ei, tor not only de the
a both SOTO0' baVe inOre
r the winter for those
tainento whieli itt every
provoeative of matte.
y elan find ttes semen
Wawa its a time of pre-
....:r — ,...,.., ..,.44.
11,7117
".
, additien
Month OOPalation
• world
June,
their paretats until apring, then Bet. nearly
Hag up an 000110h:inept for theme riages
selves. I) el . le mine
ea_ . u lig ti flu r Monthe
1,UO, intense helit of the great Hun. anantglea
Farian plain, vehile posedbly baying
no effect upon the eourting, serious- the
lY discourages matriamoy, for the the
hers of =eyrie es i .Tun july nualiY•
num . g
- 0 °' ' '
and /lamest oorebined, do not equal
that of January alone.
In Greece, which is further to tbe
aouth tban Hungary tbe cooler monthe
are let high favon semoug the pee-
ple who recently made so signal a longer
failure in their effort to thresh the
Sultan, the favorite marrying months
are Ootober 101 ; January, 148; No-
ember, 145; and April, 135; the pre.
ferenoe fox October being probably in-
spired in Part, at least, by the dello- lectiou
iousenss of the season. ln Septeraber
the summer hear o mes t 1 end
t o o an . ,
the autumn rains revive the withered is
foliage, the flowers once more bloom,
the hills are again green and f or a
few weeks the lend of Demosthenes
enjoys a second spring.
In , as In Greece the pleasant-
" ' '
sr months of the year are preferred
for purpose hymeneal, the greatest
number of unions taking place In
Februery, November, April and Ooto-
bar, which have 107 139 119, end Do,
respeetively. In Pda'roh, the number
falls tiff to 46 in the 1000, a feat ac-
counted for, not only by the Inclem-
may of the season, for March is tofourths
Italy what May is to lands of high-
or latitude, but by the discouragement
oE marriages by the (derv. during the
annual parted of humiliation and
prayer. There waa a time when the
church peremptorily forbade the cele-
!nation of the at/ailment of marl.-
monY by any of its priests during
Lane, save in oases w.here one of the
parties was believed to be dying arid
desired to have the ceremony perform-
ed for the benefit of the survivor ; but
so neany eager 8,nd impatient couples
crawled through this loophole by
feigned illness and subsequent may-
ery that the ecclesiastical authorities
na y the rule, and (mutant-
ft 11 relaxed
ed themselves with diseouraging Lent-
so __ , „„ Pe-
e marriages, a sloe more e,aectiye
deterrent bein found in the conieien-
. tious ser ..
1 g f th s against
up es. o . e guest
eatin and dnnking the good things
' .1
i prose. ed on such occasions.
t f "" t t i
. T.he effee 0 oen on ma r mony
, may be seen by a contemplation of
the marriage statistics of two cities
'
: Berlin and Vienna, on the capital of
• an Erapire, where protest-
the Germ
. elitism is in the ascendant, the other
. a a Roman Catholic State. in Bar-
lin April Is the best month in tbe
I year; in Vienna it is one of the worst;
i the former city having 188 in 1000,
i and the latter but 78; the differenee
. I representing in some degree, the
I regard felt in the North for the per-
1 tod of fasting. • •
In France, where the women at least
I ars devoutedly pious, the Lenten in-
; fluence is almost as strongly marked
las in Austria, Impatient. couples bur-
1 rYing to be married before the be-
. ginning or Lent and after the eon-
i elusion of thet pedod, thus making
i February and ..e.pril two of the best
i months, the fomer havtng 152, and the
; latter 111 in 100e After these two,
i the months next in favor •are Novem-
; hen and June, with respectively 131
! and 11E1. July, August, aud September
' are not popular either in urban or rur-
!al Prance i theugh, of course, there
. Is giving in marriage during tb,„
. warroest and most uncomfortable
. months, the business suffers a ser-
ious decline in the summer season.
. This, however, is the rule the world
When the dog star rages by
i some curious contradiction the Pew--
' of love is tempered to moderation, pa.-
' haps on the theory of Simille. Simili-
' bus, or, perhaps, because young people
: find the heat of the sun sufficiently
. oppressive without elevating their own
temperature bus the fires of love. The
MOSt ardent kweln cloth not protest
, much when the thermometer is at 100
: rabrenheit 1 he MOS himself a rest
a.nd lets the party of the second part
: take a good deal for granted until the
memory climbs down from its lofty ,
perch and the cool breezes of autumn
dry up biS perspiration, and fan again
!into a blaze the smoldering fires on
1 the altar of his devotion.
In Scandinavia, where it might be
expected that tbe months of spring,
' the pleasaneest of the year, would be
most popular for marrytug, there is
Semething of a diseppointment in the
disoovery that this is not the case,
but that the clergyman's busy season,
is the early winter, the months of No-
vember and December being the fa -dance
vorites; one with 188, the other with
106. For this there is a reason quite
sufficient to account for the popu-
Laxity of so unpropitious a season.
Throughout Scandinavia the prieiepal
industry is fishing. It is tarried on
to some extent during all months of
the year, but when the 'Waste Indian
storms sweep across the Atlantic in
the late autumn and early winter and
lash into fury the waters of the nar-
row fjords on the Norwegian coast,
• even the hardy descendants of the Vik-
all I
eaciess as well as dangerous task, for I
winds and waves that imperial the 1
life of the fisherraeu also prevent the
suceoss of his voyage. The spring and
summer, With a few pleasant weeks
in the autunant tire his fish lotryest
season, atid during these his days and
a large portion of his nigbes 0Te pass-
ed en the hardest and most; dieagree-
able toil.
The vessels engaged in deep-sea fish-
ing are gone for weeks, often for
months at a time; those employed in.
the coast fisheries go out at the boils.
of the morning tide and retuon twelve
to alXteen hours later. For regular
reel: there is no opportunity. The fish-
erman sleeps when and, where be can;
in the bottom of. hie boat, sprinkled
hy the briny spray on the wharfs int-
der a sail eloth seeured by it large
stone at tallith oorner, in the market
piece in the limb outing and drying
181(11)11SliMOnt8 i enYwhere he may hap-
pen to be overrome, by fatigue, belies
down arol Uncle speedy oblivion. While
lending :moll a life 10(111.10g0 10 011i
of the. question but when the. winter
Winds hring en orced idleness he feels
his lonelineite and nowt of a companion
So he finds, or, aa Often, as hot, his
permits find tor hint, an eligible yonng
girl of the village; the two go to the
mane roofed parish church, where the
1,4,1,., ..ere .is the ri,nyvu eud tiumel
keet there for roloh ecoaelone,
n the WW1 entree etineue reeorde tbe.
of ooe Mere family to the
Of the village,
Throughout the EnglIsa-epeakifig
the favorite wedding month ls
during which, as it rule, %MU
twoetentbs of the 1000 Mare
everY Year. Tbe antiquariana
ho are fond a finding fareetehed
w . , , . . ,* ,.. .
tree* the preeerenee ror oune
weddings hook to Ron= days, Whela
month Of Jutte was mewed to jeno,
patroness of brides and raatri-
If they were OOTTO0t, it would
0 roe:Mina 6 o supposeo uno
b bl t that the J
Month would be most popular in Italy,
where the oometry people still. retai n
neatly relics of pagan superstition and
observance. The fact that june is no
the banner naonth in Italy, but
that, as already shown, climatic) and.:hile
religious influences have shifted the
majority of the weddiug•s to other
months, gives reason to euspeet that
the same mimes, rather than, a predi-
for the month of Juno, have
been at work on the British Isles, In
Heat high latitude tbe month .of June
th h• h i th iddl U it
a season w us n 6 m 0 UnIt"
ed States Is represented by May, the
,
emsoning of budding leaves erre
blooming flowers.
In the spring a livelier Iris changes on
the burnish'd dove;
n a spring a young man's ant*,
I th 't
turn t th lets of love
lightly s o oug .
Tennyson Was right. Tile Idea et
looking lintek 2000 puttee for the explan-
ation wench is furnished by natural
conditions Is altogether unnecessary,
If not absurd. Love -making in the
spring tirne when the language of
flovvera.Is on every . lip, when the birds
are billing and cooing on every bough,
when the betray breezes invite to out-
dear life, is as natural to the nmate
i t t
he cameo as of the tenemen o
of t p ,
the lover of Lucile as to the wooer of
"Sally in Our Alley." The early Eng-
lish settlers in America, located in a
country' whose climate did not meter-
ially differ in its season from that of
England, and from New England the
preference for Jame spread little by
little over the whole continent.
Next after june in o ularlt , comes
Ocit b ' ' ' P P •3
, o er..1 or this month also is a fav.-
or te period for the contraction of alla
1
ancas matrimonial the men of books
and learniu find an antiquarian ex-
, , g
planation in the fact tbat anaong both
Greeks and Romans in autumn th
, e
season of grapes and vintage, oeourred
one of the most notable festivals of
e year.In Is, as in e or-
tb But • th' • th f
mer ease, it seems useless to seek far-
fetched reasons when a plain common-
sense explanation is at band. In this
o u t • • d t th
o n rs spring an tiu umn are e
pleasantest seasons of the year, and
• tt f a t la
even in ma era o the he r PeoP
It their own convenience far
consult
tl t an ' ' 11
more. requen y h is genera y sup -
"sea'
So far as the day of the week is con -
earned Wednesday is the favorite. If
there were anything in the antiquar-
tan theory, the favorite week day am-
ong the Anglo-Saxons ought to be Fri -
day, for Free., the Saxon goddess after
whom our day off ill -luck end misfor-
tune is named, was like junco Root-
roness of matrimony, but no English
or Ame.rican girl, however devoid of
snperstition, would care to take the
risk of beang married on Friday. Prea
Me the wife a Worlen who has given
;_Vi, ---
t Wednesday, '. bub th
e name o our e
nefer of tbe favorite week day for
'l '. •
weddings from the day of Free as
among the pagan Saxons to the day
of Woden, was probably caused by.
ve fence rathe,r than by any regard
lnn thne I I f e' thei 'Woden ohi s
for ale Inge o. i . • .
cldl r .
spouse. Wednesday is the rai e day
of the week, and therefore the most
oanyenient, for it affords tinae for
preparation after the preceding Sun-
day, and opportunity for travel be-
fore the Sunday following. Thus in
the day of the week as in the selection
' • e
of the month, the convenience of tnose
interested becomes the most import-
ant factor.
ea s hen yo yeah to apply the pa-
Wile Oviempen the wall with thin Patetei
a"' klee thick Pael'e e'l the Palm"
the "alllarY WaY' 11 Wall Mel' la
silecileed aod grinsY, it on lie Wean-
ed to lOok alneoet like new by reeking'
P Very tilIOIC dough Of 1 qt. floin• and
five omitsworth a anualoOla, e(iding
4 little cold water ie needed. Work
and Imead the dough till extiooth and
fr,eflxe atiakn.ess, than ut oft a
Ineee and rql? the Vaingi turning, the
dAlgbe.,e0,,,,a teott ttUalota0tiaatIt presented
a, ac'"e• Z'e'
' t t dirtyng at ere n
tains when thatge s oo o use,
If the wails are painted and need a
. ' • • - e - be
thorough wathinge toe9 mil
made to look fine by uee of ehe follow -
Ing Mixture; allay° fine 4 oz, imatile
5.00150114 dissolve in 1 qt. boiling waa
ter; when, veld add 4 oz., ammonia, 2
oz. eaeh of alcohol and glycerin, and
e
leegthir nieir,aoter. lila; one oupful
. liquide. ' a Pal a "Ile wa-
u
g the kitchen eloor is badly soiled
i a eanide beautifully clean by
't a n b
making a 'pilots of equal quantitlea of
ar and pearlasli, mixed,
Fullerel 'e th .
with, boiling ' water. It thould be
. ' .
!Tread on the floor and left over
e
night, tben be washed off and the
oor scrubbed with sand; after this
, b 8 sure t00 0 fl (10T 'their
a ie 1,11• th
irinsed off,
dry as posaible. If the floor is soiled
la spots,. then treat them as above
an •
d it will be much less' arduous than
•
going over e entire floor,
'housekeepers who prefer to
have the kitchen Hopi. painted, a
pain is good, and 1 Gan be ie-
gl e ' t •
wed ing and fall ox. whenever
A nen
needed.sPrIt is pre ared as followe •
Add 1 t 2 lb d Pthat lead 3'
o s dry s eto
lbs, spruce yellow, and mix .well to-
gether ; disficave 2 tee. of glue in 1 qt.
water, stirring till smooth and nearly
• t th k le t
boiling; hen ic en t e glue wa er
b
e as you would make mush until it will
spreed smoothly upon the floor. Ap-
ply while hot with an ordinary paint
eneeh. ,
Floors that have been stained and have growiz dull oan be made to look
fresh e, gain by being rubbed th or-
ougbly ith b d t t
w eeswax an urpen ine.
Repeat this whenever needed. It is
probable that no two carpets in the
house will require just the same
amount or ,just the same kind of
. .
cleaning. If the carpet is simply
dusty it needs to be taken up, carried'
out of doors and beaten on the wronghe
aide with a smooth cam
. 5, not too
heavy; then spread tbe carpet out and
well on the right side. An old
ro nevei be used, a new
b Orn should •
ne being kept especially for that our-
0 so. - - -
pose. With Brussels and velvet carp-
a ieting tbere are two ways to the pile,
and they should be swept with the
pile. If a carpet is swept against the
grain it 800T1 looks rough and scratch—
ed up. If the carpet is very dusty,
re take quite a considerable amount of
dampened sawdust and sprinkle over
it then sweep it off vigorously. -
a ,
If there are grease spots on the oar-
after it
t the should be • d '
Po _ 9 remove , .
has been freed from dust, with a
creamy liquid made by taking 1 qt.
water, 1 oz. soap shavings, 2 oz.
realm ammonia and 1 teaspoon salt-
peter; mix well and lee stand till the
soap Is thoroughly dissolved. When
used, pour enough on to cover the
grease spot, rub it in well, then wash
off with clean, oold water. If the
spot is not entirely effaced,. apply
a second time. If the carpet is soiled
and grimy all over, it should under -
go the usual beating, and when relaid
it may be greatly benefited by a
thorough washing, using tbe follow-
ing cleaning fluid: Obtain from a
drug store 30 cents' worth of ground
soap tree bark and Ova cents' worth
of ammonia ; add 1 cup vinegar and
r - about 3 .gals. soft water; boil one
hour in a boiler,. then viaash the oar-
pet with it, using a large sponge and
• going over only a small portion at a
• .
time, following with a cloth wrung
from clean, hot water, then wiping
with a dry. oloth.
If stovepipes of Russia iron must be
stored away, yhey should have a good
coat of coal oil all o r be •
ve and put in
et dry plaice. When wanted for use
again, give them a coat of benzine,
then rub off smooth and dry. Stoves
h ld h ' • '
s ou eve a coating of oil before
.
they are put away, which can be rub-
y bed off with coarse woolen rags when
desired. The Attica windows m the
eteye, when smoked, are easily olean-
ed by brushing free from dust and
then washing them with -vinegar
a i u e w i wa er.
lightly d'I t d 111 t
STRANGE ADOPTIONS,
Instances of Atli -non' nail V elm..
saw i V I 1
ship Ortsvcopi eitte told »0148,
•
. English and Frexiele nature periodi-
eale liave lately been collecting re,.
oorde of instances in which oats have
' - -'
ad$P1o1 strOngo frienda Or nuralingsi
and hey find no limit of anti in-
stances. The cases in whieb onts and
dogs have formed close friendly re-
lationa are literally too numerouti to
.. . • •
mention It really Boerne as if these
'
were no animal friendship so strong
and lasting as that between eats and
dogs, when once it ie eorraed. ,
It is well known that mother. °ate,
when deprived of their new-born pro-
ga.. , ,
euy will- adiept puppies,. rabbite,
Monkeys or almost any other .tender
Young creatures which may be handy,
But the London Field has reeorded a
ease for which there was no .stiCh ap-
parent explanation.
A oat and., a female fox -terrier,
which had broaght into the world
progeny at about the same time, '
deliberately savaPped their yowl. la,
tbe oat taking the puppies to bring up
and t'ho dog the kittens, 'The ex-
change was satisfactory, and both
litters were brought in good health 10
tile weanable stags. Nobody ever
knew, what led' to such abnormal eon-
duet.i
A somewhat similar ease Is recorded
from Halle, German 'A householder
Y.'
there, having a female oat .and a Oe-
male dog with families of youngafelt
that his house was in danger of be-
coralng a sort of Noah's Ark, and
took away and drovined all the kit-
tens. The puppies found favor in
hla eYee • -
• Deprived cd her littl ' th t
' e ones, e ea
began to apII" Usa f.emale dog 10
taking care cd the puppies, As soon•.
as the mother dog left her. nest, the
bereaved mother oat crawled into it
and nursed' the ' • Nothi
loath, th • puppies. L , nie
toe tpuppies took all hat. came
them, and throve prodigiously. The
cat licked them, and took oars of them
e
as ane would hose taken care of her
own children.
A certain oat, the story of whose
•
career 18 vouched for by Country
Life cif Load n iadoseed a litt r of
young'bb't.° ' - • e .
ra . cs, and no.urished them
well This oat according to Coma -
, ' • . ' . . .
try Life was for that matter, Very
' e • •
sociable and inclusive in her 'likings.
One year her constant companion was
a thicken. The two ate habitually
out of the same dish, and slept every
night in the same nest.
According to Nature Notes,. a fam-1
ily in Berlin possessed a male and a
., .
ema e ea winch wed on erms of
` i t • r . t
perfect amity with all the anitaals on
the P lace-doF s chie -- -kens nd what
, i a-
not. It so happened that a hen which
brood of seven chickens WW1
had a bro. .
killed accidentally. The cat which
t k b f ii.
some wo . wee e ore had een de-
prived of her kittens, appeared to ob-
rve the predicament of the seven
e crawled into
rttle chickens Sb •
' . • • .
their nest, and the ;thickens, looking
for warmth, nestled into her warm
fur peeping gratefully.
.
The ohickens, fed by their owner,
throve perfectly, and every day the
tranae •sight was presented of tbeir
ef„,,, a
ty,...th th t • e t
""a -e- e .rno er. ca ha ou the
pre.nuses, as if erxpecting or to find
, them food afte the manner of a
hen'
THE RETIRED 01/1141
, -L1.14
, flu Tells the Stery er olle or t
Prealtioilt 1VMdfalt
0 ea
f dee occasionally!' seted
burgler, "etrike 4 little
never many but now and
'
end thla wes one ot tbeectx
"It wile a I:Pretty (mania
a. 110xlee and I didn't fiut
ening eloathetairs in it
worth anytbin,g 0 me ana
• 1
ed if I Eibould find any ram
.
11 got np there in the (lour
to look and ,litee, and took
to the front chamber, Thi
two windoeve at the front
trellis the ball was in one,
roam, ' pretty olose to the
bed stood about mid•WaY 1
baok and the front of the
its head up againet the wo
the wall the door wile in.
,looking in from the door, t
the bed was toward you.
a plain ort of an iron bed
brass trimrainga. Again;
wall that the head of He
against, and between 11
the•front wall of the roon
bureau.
"All these things I pick
unity, from the door, with
my lamp; and another 15
pcked, up ie the same 0
that the bed was occupied
and that .he as a scanev
w
ordinary sort of a man-
but the mixt thing to it a
say mare' than
A GIANT FOR srns
......... a_ st.ruek the room -11
Winn 1
flat and square on his
stretched Out as straight
Woad be, and with his het
,
ano toes straight ale I
•
ha wore No 10. h I:
s oes, a lt
filled tin bed gram end 1,
must heve been over aisc a
. was built in every way
, „a a, a ,. ,.,_
ear" w" his Lee', e's a!
big legs.and big body, Ince
and a deep la bl
c est., a g re
, 011010n. mYself, but if th
I ever got bis arms around -
I have squoze me ono pulp,
"And now he NVEM lying 1
bisb k d
, ao an sound asleep,
' , r
1 lug regular and true. He a
I inf., but. breathing that 1
I a. reathing that [people of;
1 when they aro asleep, th
i more like a gentee port uf
, and he was going it alow,
and steady. I only hope
I on that way till I got th
int Lae room over, and tl
1, EL ,
i in, around the foot of L
I up along the side of it,
and. the front of the hot
t ,
i bureau and got there witl
an as smoot an el
d Just h d
be Ind after I , ot 11
ureau just as e ean
' the. b • • g I
i of the house, and lad tut
d f d t d th 1
an ace owar e oo.
t , was standing there, stil
self to ether and sta
i mY g
: no Jia rile but under absol
trol, when the man stoppe
i a , _ . _
that ie, he shut off, the
, often do when they are at
Ai. or turn over, or ti
i P, „ .
i !tart gleoPailf• What le
i to do of course I couldn'
.. a. I. , 1
MUM J. wou dn t have on
I find out, and I steppe(
myself for a little whi
room. was about as still i
e man uane
I "Then th t ' d
i
1 ward me, still in that et
was. just as liable to wale(
, , on sleephag-you couldna
' he was going to do.
i BUT HE :DIDN'T WA
i
He'd been lying on his ba
.! edi now on his ri ht side
' . g.' ' '
, dewn agent, making.
; splashing around in doin
.
, ing his ;left arm over so
!mit of bed, stretehing hi
and then opening up mg'
regular breathing. 1
down to sleep again, al
is rea ing was goo an
h' b th' d
was a little different 80
before, and not quite so
kuew. the weight of th
the °alga Of the bed rauc
up before /eery long. Bu
right now, aud now MI5
me to go and I was benc
to start when I hoard
•
drop, lust the Hottest kit
sound. I don't know bu
this, instead of hearing i
-thing had dropped, and I
guessed what it was. 'I
•
S Lill breathing away
regular but true, and
lamp down on the floc
•
overhanging hand. It wi
prided but beLter than
- • ' le o 1
a ring I. al tial sheeed 0
fingers of the outstretch
. roppe .o I e OM, V
d d t h fl •
sparkler thel looked hack
eve .in my temp WW1 a
linht oe its own.
7 'I had 10 stoop, and re
a his hand to get le but ti
and that ring was. one ot
windfalls.'
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' ' - *
*
AbOat the Bane,
e *
eli
molopoiteip.40.01410.10•0110114100. 444
APPLE TARTLETS,
. ,
Line "Me /Xi:0' Vona with gOoa
aft pas 0^ ba eIleo co1cl etllvith
stewed applee, • nicely sweetened,
and flavor with) ot000n, gent 'lip.14 Ut.
tle cream, sweeten to taste, othament
eaoh tartlet with a ring of it and
woo _
e small lump in • the , centre.
jo 1, . th , ... -0, ow .e_,,,
us oVel, e memo a 0:tti p a ""
sugar colored with (nehmen', ,
NUTRITIVE VALUE OF CABBAGE,
W , the nutritive value of peas
1 cies I. ther
bage s 1 Amu almost any o!
vegetable, its digestibility . when eat-
an rim m ' lel deed aa
akes It a value e a
to the semi -invalid's limited bill of
s aved very fine, thrown into
fake. se
cold water until Crisped, drained and
served evith French ,dressing, it oan
usually be assimilated without un-
pleasant after -result. ,
_ ---a
THE SEED
IA. n excellent box in which the seeds
for earl fl b Iaboutth
y ewers can e sown a
, ,For
18 althea long, 15 lathes wide and 51-2
.
inches deep, This box oan be placed In
the window beside the cuttin box.
good soil for seed box is adegof three-
g al
soddy loam and one-fourth
sand. This mixture gives a soil that
drains well and does not run together
after it has been watered a few time. 0
a this box a b ON n mins vex,
I ' an e re v I. 7,
bona, petunia, snapdragon,seee- W
alyssum, Salvia splendens, or seeds of
any other similar plants that will
stand transplanting and are desired
-100ia
for early blooming. Enough u
can be grown In a box of this size to
supply a good-sized elower garden.- •
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THE WONDERFUL HYDRA.
Now these are the pleasant ways of
the fre h
a -water hydra:
you out him in two, each half
Promptly lenghtens into a oom-
plete hydra,
'
Turn him inside out and in a few
u is s s omac an is
ho rs his skin ' his t h d h'
stomath is his elan, and he is ready
to do business as before.
The, hydra is namely more than
•
bag with feelers about the mouth of
114 It can replace a feeler in twen-
.
by tours, It makes a somewhat
longer job vehen its body is out in
two but IS equally suceessful.
t in two lengthwise the out sides
°if'. h hal! k 1 forming
o eac sac c ose up,
complete onem. If out. in two crosswise
each
each end matehes itself more slowly,
a new head or lail as may be
needed.,
'
REMOVING OLD PUTTY.
Old satiety on window frames may be
removed by passing a red-hot poker
slowly over it.
g e on moire and on velvet, and
el the
it is difficult not to allow a. Profile
sion of colors to ela sh, as they are
apt to do, with the groundwork and
foundation oiE the gown. These Liao-
ceded fabrics are often employed for
pauieirs, which are now. enjoying some
Lwow with a certain style of dress.
Wit . iers the bodices are pointed
e con ma e
end Eine .mostla of some pl • t
lel, with a plastron of the brocade.
Penne in light blue, mingled with
a, go e oi.
inkr s ' oddalf
P °se , 's serving
paniers, tunics and bodioes, over dia-
phanou.s underskirts. The lace radial-
gotes soften a little 'the vivid reds and
reddesh pinks and the orchid shades
which have been brought In for win-
ter wear. When they are employed tor
evening gowns they are inevitably ace
companied by eibbon bows and a good
many flowers. This guipure is every
oa e
beautiful for evening el ks mad up
MIT neutral i;ones, accompanied b
deep coral ink or ellow frillin a
P Y g •
--es—.
- AWKWARD.
Mani people picture the Life of a
foreign rolesionary as continual
.
preaching and leaching, in reality it
Is one of the incet varied. oareers in the
world. In the interior of Afrieti, nits-
alonaries are their ewn cobblers, their
05811 tailors their own carpenters end
' '
lurniture-rankers; and they ere the
..
doctors and dentists as well as the
obergoraen a the community. Besides
all this, they must inflater the native'
Language and. understated all male e
ou,stoms. Ignoranoe of smne detail is
sure to 'old to some ewkward predice-
1mice e
, , "Soon after my arrival In Ege
ears a Young rolsstonarY what IN.'elli 10
Africa in his early manhood, "a most
embarrassing incident happened
... . . .
•
u,g my waut ca tamiluarity with
thro h -
native oueLonas. A young Week dam-
eel tit very hand,some appeare nee mune
mOne day to visit me at y house, bring
i a- et o tut , es mg my ao-
ing t b. k I f i 1 lc'
cap, 11100.
e Of 0011TSO, 1 thanked her 14/3 best
I could and aocepted the gill. The tole
;aware , . . . •
a. day sae came again cringing
another present, find agetu I gladly re-
• • . .1 • •
Dewed LI. but e. len thts went along
day Fetter (ley for nearly a fortnight
e e , t i• le h•
aan o t un s.ormit ng was
4.'-' .
wrong. I. theiefore sent lur ono of
' , ,
my boys, and, learned i he Lem la
"It a eiars that this is i 0 i 1 iv s-
Pt • . 1 1 „e 4
age. Any young woman seeming
hwlbrind and gutting a rung mon to.
she feels drawn, immedlitlelY
bringa him a present, and, if he, is-
calves i 1, she is encoura,ged lo- repeat
(bus girt.. 'Each a ccepta ace makes 11
more certain that elm has found. favor
in• the moo •,,,1 th, young. 10,511; .A.1,
certain lice is et-
the end . of a rtain ti
th
i eet d ti memo e b • and ha t;o
'i a s - ' se l her - a - --
0011100 hie wife.
., . •
Imagine my feelings Aviien
thought ca the undeniable proof0 I had
given her of rny love i Wit h greet ei
1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,i f bhri Ln len hare' r PL..-
...'"':'-----"....-' - -."... V '''... ```. ''' nly
ignortince and, to exPaltin teat it WWI
man cede not poesibly Marry 1, belo,
woman.
"Alas 1 She 8115' 110 reeenn why this
sheutil be so, and went sway, I fear
011 b. a heavy heart,"
•
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TOOirliACHE.
There are several kinds of toothache,
due to very different causes, and as
not all sorts are capable of relief by
the same means, it is useful to be able
to distinguieh among them,
One form of toothache is due to dis-
ease of the tooth itself, another to
disease of the parts about the tooth,
and still another to neuralgu- t oE the
nerves, theth teethemselves being per-
Imps perfectly sound.
The most common toothache is eaus-
ed by congeStion or inflammation of
the pulp of a tooth. The pulp Is a soft
material filling the centre of the tooth
and serving es a bed for the nerve and
the blood -vessels. When the blood-ves-
sels are enlarged, as they are in ease
of congestion or inflam.mation, the
„,,;„ •,, ,,, , Imaged, since the hard
'''a ' ' -me— - . . •
savalls of the tooth Li/event expansion,
and so the nerve is pressed upon aud
be ' E I.
..
erre es pain u
i .ache so ceased is fieree and
h 1 •
throbbing, a jumping toothac e. 1 is
averse when the sufferer stoops or
•
hee down and is inoreased by feinted
.' ' .t
with cold or hot water or. food, en h
sugar or sell, or with the air. The only
dif reliance baNT0011 the pa in of a mon -
gested toothepulp and that of aa in-
I Ilamed pulp is that the latter is worse.
Of La a ease of toothache of We kiad
tbere is a cavity resulting froui decay
of .the tooth, the pain can usually he
• heved hy the insertloa of a Attie
le '
pledge( Of cotton soaked in oil of
°levee'
Severe toothache linty be. caueeci by
Inilioninalion of the socket of • the
tooth, which may go on to an abscess,
with swelling of the fain. and great
distress, in this case ill0 tOOtb is
sore wben tapped or pressed upon. The
pain is severe and tionilnuous,-not in-
I emit Lent, 00 in intlammattion of the
pulte-and is usually relieved a little
by told, but aggravated by heat,
Sometimes relief is afforded by cold
applications. to the cheek; but of counts
a dentist ehould be oonsultcd 118 ear-
1.). 88 P00,0118 in order thol the talon,-
i Motion may be controlled before It re-
I :tulle in the formation of an abeceee,
, The worst form of toothache, or at
i le, at the 'Mont obstinate, is' U8110115, It
' neureigia. le this eaee there ia nOt
apt to be Hm, 0 I i rtg, Lb p teeth are sound,
and the mils is tot Increased by sweets
Op Se)t, or ay moderatelY cool or
Wm food,
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PTC1000 11:00011:0(1 during ;Lathery 30,
31311.008 more cold . than it extorted.
—
TESTED DOMESTIC RECIPES.
Mock Oysters. --Three gEat . ed pars-
m os, three eggs, one teaspoonful salt,
'
one teacupful eweet mane butter half
the size a am egg, three tablespoon-
fule flour. Fry as pancaloes. Salsify
in pla,ce Of parsnips is equally as good.
Broiled Oysters. -Din large, select
oysters and wipe them dry with a bit
of ehe,ese cloth. Duet lightly with so.it
d Toast 0 bread,
an oayenne.squares a
arrange them molly en a platter,
oven.
and put be the wormer or P
the oysters an an oyster brattier,
' an
broil quickly ever m wear fire broil-
•. bout tl • 'i:
ing one side avree mou ea an
then tbe other. Pout a little hot wa-
eir on • le e gres o your toast, turn
t LI d f
it off quickly, arrange three °esters
1 ,-_,. -
on op o eon piece, pit a mese mett-
t f II' ' •
ed butter on retch and Heave. These
aLTO detioious and this is Mee. Rorer
.
recipe for them,
Cheese Se ncleviehes.-Cut whit e bread
quite thin and spread them with
„. ... , . .
tilling of geated cheese mixed with
thiek. ,. eweet (Team. The cream should
he thick. Lay a lettuce leaf between
if you want something exbra dainty,
and tf you like onion, to Tub a out
onion °TOT the lettuce gives the alight-
est poesible flavour, hai•dly discern-
ible, yet heightening the piquancy,
---- .
HOUSECLEANING HINTS.
•
Never clean house exeept in suney
weather. If a damp, gloomy day
o , the cleaning or eine
0 snes put -oef •
villa mus it You'll 1 '
yclu, r e •xi sure
have the blues, eVerYthing will be de.
pressing, and nothing will go ae
should, If there are mailings to
whitewashed it is ,well to use white-.
wash tho,L will not rub off easily.
Such can ho -made by mixing up
pall hole and evatee In the towel wey.
then take 1-4 pint of flour, Miit with
water pour on a sufficient quantity
of boiling water to make a paste, pour
it while hOt 11110 the Whitewash and
stir all well together,.
51 you want to •paper walls that
have been wilitewathed, make a flour
pasta, add a generous quart ti i y
lion 1:1 glue, apply evenly to the wells
With a whit eweith bomb ; lat. it dry,'
. --ee—
IMPROVING THE CARRIAGE. E.
There are comparatively few women
who are really graceful in movement,
•
as one easily notes by observing the
88
passers-by in any street, even where
beauty and fashion are largely an evi-
• lYtost people either "slouch"
along, or they "travel" or"tramp' "or
ut perhaps even "prance," so that the
d a o wa are a
few who have learn d 1, walk
d real refreshment for the eye to rest
aaa...
•aw's
, Gro.ca is not by any insane most of-
'en leee.areeng reship-nal/le C°11t. far 11
- consists in ease of motton, and fashion-
able people are often cramped by gar-
• . •
, inents and conventions Liao most awk-
a .
ware sttffness. For graoefuluess a
carriage French peasant women who
e . '
re aucustomed. to carrying weighte on
a "
their heads are deservealy noted. Ia
the effort to keep the balance of the
irIng 080 WO".
burden they are ear • ' th
„ „ Hygienewham
"-""
men traria ail the neuselee of the body
In order that they ma w lk 1 thly
. Y a ' men Y
and steadily, aud the result' Le a
,
any _ t. any a great
queenly c triage whieh es
.
la dy. rat gli t eney. .
. To attain a graceful coaxing.% much
may be dime .by practising walking
With SOLLIE1 ObjfiGt on the head -it little
r(
cuehion, a book, or even a light bee I
would do -and ctet•taiii I ' • .11 '
y a younf
people should leave deeming and if
yeasible 001`ifl Tile' ''' '
to ea_ or, .. • g. , t o,,se exerttees Pro-
au6e
i. lbs fin 7ests.,B., n,lowl . Unlit y in . the
i er 67 sueteinin
it i2e; ' In l- - - ' ! g
tot tinee•
be —.s-
SINGING AND Heatall.
Army Doctor Mirth, of Koesliu, Gee..
1-2 many, bas discovered that staging
1. postiesses bean h-givin properties. It
. g
in lensif les. he says, the respiratory
movements, thee rendering the lunis
capable of dealings with more air, Th a
Increases and atrongltuals the action
of all the organs of the body, appetite
and thiret immense, end the more fro-
of quen 1 tnovements of the demphrtigin
and the wall of the abdomen inateriala
ly aidealgestions ,
TH.E SADIE REF
It is very odd,. remark
bub, that. in Afnea then
waith cannot wea.r clot
Clothae make them sit
strange, dear f
Not at all TO lied le
1 ,,,, a., , a P
'ant "Ole w -ung aaPPetts
LrY atm
01 • t' ly n i 1 O-
''' he a - ill ' a
6 suolt a thing eivtlized
Well, alte lItibbah, I
that. even in '.this great
load the .011" Phrhomef
mum unknewii. WM
' Poindextee coming out .
or so With a line. new out]
to foot, her olothe.s nui
make Inc sick, I my, eli
1 nelecot, that you ave ju
boy me new detain as el
is to buy them for his svi:
And. Mee, liabbub disso
—
TEE PROPER Gel
Daeid, what inakos yo
alr elute
Why, when it gets sta
ean.stop it. '
---e-e---
ISIOR,E 00 THE POINT.
lay sympathy, he said, le alWaYs
with the under dog.
Yea she replied but did you over
IA o ' , d ' 1 '
6 6 6 " UPP" °11 "Sal .
.1115 PRIIVERENCEI
' ' '
Mamma sant MO to get a little brush,
What ciort. of a hair brush de you
want I
1 want one with a soft back.
1
•
AR"
XIS NO TM
tbe retired
Winefall;
then one;
rr Wirt a
a bleed
that wets
wonder -
:5 upetairs,
se of Lima,
a leek in-
s room had
; the door
side of tbe
back. The
etween the
room, with
II opposite
So there,
het front of
It wee just
stead, with
t the aide
bed was
aa bed and
, stood the
d up grade
the aid ob
Ing that
anner was
by a man, e,
hat extra-
ot a giant
nd I should,
NGTEI.
e was lying
back, and
cui a man
la together •
should say
ast, and he
end. Ile
at tall, and
on the same
dt brawny;
d shoulders
an. I'm no
Is man 'sea
e be amid
here flat on
and breath-
vasn't snor-
oud sort oe
Len fall int6
at is really
an exhaust,
and strong
he'd keep
rough look -
en I sallied
he bed and
between it
se, tor the
out a oreak
sy as could
ere I found
as the rest
ned around
again, and
, to shake
rt right, in
Le full oon-
d breathing,
way people
ouL co -Wake
ke a fresh
o was going
tell; but I
g to wait to
bran thing
le, and the ,
s death,
in bed te-
te when he
up as to go •
Lell whiala
IKE UP.
ok-be turn -
and settled e•
oonsiderablie
so, throw -
hat it bung
o head back,
in with hie
e'd settled
rigiit, and
d full, but it
Meng from
deep, and I '
t arm over
wake him
t he was all
the time 'foe
lag forward
something ,
d of a little
what I felt
a but some -
1 an instant
he man was
steady and
11 turned my so,
✓ under hie
s what I ex -
I expected -
ft one of hie
ed hand and
nil It was
at the bull's
good bright
soh lu whim
Id wits easy.
my vary few a;
Eur.
•
ed Mr, pub-
is a tribe
lies ot
la Islet it
rs, Hubbub.
LIII this erten.
ver heard of
eounteies.
iti tell yOU
and glorioue
T see Mrs,
on Is 115
eve•ey month
it from head
ke nut sink -
e Hubbub - ••••
tit as able tr$
Poi ndexLer
1, and, don't,
vett in teare, "
leffeltt,
u rail Uguldt..
rted nothifig
4