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The Brussels Post, 1901-10-31, Page 3ciwi,-0 a.03.tmcs.,4lit(0i3.ow.ww.i4yo `;oi,t;9�;'r cit 4;¢:493f:•43t 41 4t The Wolfing Of Con'stantia. . d Witc %i( att4 is0)rWitC,;P:®s"s4'.li4i4 '.t 0141(. $ 4 i.4>?lct9ii(4)40ii' 6+ifititi#43EO 14.03 Ail SYNOPSIS OTs' PRT;OEEDING CHAPTERS,- Oohstaitia's cousin, Donna, after travelling abroad, re- turns home as airs, Dundas and finds that during her absence ',oral Var40y, an old flame, has married. While Carrot Ilarry, .a suitor of Constan- tin's is calling on her, Featherston, another suitor is announced. They • dfseuss a ball to be given by Lady Varlejr. At this ball O'Grady, cous- in of Featherston, falls in love with 111s hostess not recognizing her, .Con' stantia plans a party in the absence of her aunt wile returns unexpected - 1Y.. .— CHAPTER XTIx, It was,as has a id - U been said, a glee', BMus nigh, The heavens were bright with stars. Outside, in tho perfum- ed darkness of the gardens, a light breeze, flower-scented, was rustling through the trees; a dainty wind, Soft as a heralding breath from the summer, now so near, Mrs, Bmndae,'slowly descending the stops that led from the conserva- tory to the sward beneath, glanced upwards, as though struck by the brilliancy of the sailing moon; per- haps it was to show the purity of the lines of, her throat and neck. Pair as these were undoubtedly, the heavens .were fairer still, and full of n strange, mysterious power. " He has behaved to us pretty well about the night," said Ml's. Dundee, with a complacent and compliment- ary glance around her; and another cast backwards,over her shoulder, al hor companion, Lord Varley. Sho was alluding to her host. " Why take that tone ? Have his atter arrangements failed to please you 7 " }lis manner was cold aiid slightly combative, On the contrary ; everything is as perfect as a nouveau rich0' would be safe to have it. The mayonnaise was beyond praise, and for once it is impossible to cavil at the cham- pagne. Coronis says—" It can scarcely matter what ho said," interrupted Varley, with a sneer. Coronis was the nano of the Italian prince who wasted so' much adoration on Mrs. Dundas. "A. poor beggar like that, who lives, or stu'ves rather, in that empty palace of his in .Rome, commits an impru- dence when he criticizes the arrange- ments of a house like this." Mrs. Dundas cast a swift glance at him from node' bar long lashes. The tact that he was with difficulty restraining an outbreak of temper, caused her some amusement. That jealousy of the Italian's atten- tions to .her, had created the tem- per, caused 11e1• delight. "011! it matters to 1ne," she said sweetly. "Ilis opinion is something, at least in my eyes 1 You forgot he is my friend -poor though he may be." "Only a friend ? " asked he, inso- lently. She laefghod. Another woman in all probability would never have for- given him this speech -or rather the moaning of it -but Donna was above all such weakness. Tho only pride she knew was in the accomplishment of the ends she had in view, and so sho laughed lightly and easily, My lover, you mean ? Well, yes. Ho makes that apparent enough, poor -man. But an accepted ono, which you also meant ? No. Ho is a very groat nuisance, and almost a folly, I admit, but be is enviable, and handsome, and he has his uses." " Dundas seems wondelluily com- plaisant." "17y husband is fully aware, Lord Varley, that his honor is safe in my keeping 1 " She uttered this digni- fied assurance with .quite a grand air but as she did so, she made a saucy little moue for Lord Valley's bene- fit, and a mocking gleam full of tricked merriment lit her oyes. She lifted her shoulders, gave herself n hug full of enjoyment, and shut up her fan with a little sharp snap, a trick she had learned abroad. Then it was all over, and she was looking at Varloy once again, in her would- be demure way, with a mischievous smile upon her lips. Varley gave her no smile in response. That sudden bit of acting had occasioned him no mirth; had rather deepened his an- ger iIhto peselon. "If I were your husband I should kill you! " ho said hoarsely.. " It suggested itself to me - that," returned sho audaciously, "rnauy a month ago. So long ago, indeed, as when we were together in Italy. You remember ? " "You speak of those far-off days- in Italy -when you were mine in ltoa•t and soul, as T madly believed, and when—" Ho paused abruptly. "PSlhaw ] " ho said with a frown. "Well ? But--- Go on," she en- treated gently. "What need .is there to go on? What is there left to be said ? " "Nothing, 'perhaps. Except -that you forsodlc me." "None of that Donna 1" His face was stern cad pale, as he looked at her with flashing eyes. "Delude the rest of tiro world if you will, but do not waste your powder uponilne. I know you." "Yet, it is the truth T speak," declared sho quickly. "Wore you not the ono to cry oil, to draw back, to leave inc ? And all for a cause so trivial." "I did then what I should do now." The opportunity, happily is denied you," retorted she, a trifle bitterly, She drew ba0h from him, arid angry lino about her lips; and then all suddeniy her mood changed from . stern to a soft, seductive tenderness. "Freddy) sho whispered. A sigh broke from ler parted lips. The old fold name fell on the passing brecze, and all at anco the air scented full of it, and of more than it; of orange groves and Inoonlit terraces, and love and light, and joy. "Why should we qual'1'el ? she said, "Have 1 not'causo against. 9 you, and yes -- not an.0ther angry word now 1 You have your cause, too, doubtless, But shall we not forgive ? Inas there been no punish- ment meted out to ne, as well as to you ? Ahl let cold words die be- tW0er1 ins .two, now we aro .once m050—�" "What 7" demanded he unsteadily. "Together 1" she murmured softly. "You remember all, and yet -what holds you from me? Let the past 0101 What good is there in anything for Joy or grief, when the ashes aro scattered, and lie on trio path behind us? To -day along is ours. •Take the sweet' present, Varley-take it, when I give it." She held out her hands, She mov- ed as if to go to him. The darkness of the night lay around their feet, though the moon illumined her love- ly face, and as she took a stop.for- wa'd, she felt herself checked by the root of an old elm -tree that had grown upwards and crossed' the path. She swayed a little. Involuntarily Varley sought to savo her and in a momont, she 'was lying in his alms. Sho was close in his ombrace. Alas 1 it was not for the first time, and he knew the sweetness of it I His heart seemed to stop beating. "You are not hurt 7" he whispered bending over her, "No; oh, no." The answer came to him a little indistinctly, and a soft, tremulous breath seemed to pass through her. She was within ihis arms, and now tht agitation was 1 at an end, yet she made no effort to ' free herself. Sho did not oven stir. She lay there contentedly, and pros- ' entry Iqt her head drop slowly back- ' wards until. it lay upon h1s breast, and she could turn up to his her la'ge, lustrous eyes in the seductive moonlight, An oddexpression grew on Van% ley's face. lie had not meant to hold her thus. So far he bad been loyal to his wife, inasmuch as deeds count, but now—If she had been an acquaintance of a year ago- six months ago -ono knqwn but yester- day as it wore, it might have been all different; but ole, those old past day's, so full of life -those days that will not die; the memory of thein dwelt so near the surface that a touch, a; glance recalled them. Again they are floating on the Maggiore -the oars idle, the arms that should have labored at them wound round hor. As she is lying now, so she had lain upon his breast a score of times in that soft, rose - hued past, her fingers twined in his, their hearts beating in unison to one same sweet tune. Almost he can !tear the rythmical rise and fall of the oars of tho other boats, so far away as to leave him and her 151 a blest solitude. Ito can hear, too, the faint splashing of the sprinkling water -drops, tho sound of voices singing, now coming, now going - swelling -dying. He ,started violently., All at once he cane back to the life 11e was now. loading -the life chosen. Ho remem- bered how things were with him, and Yolande's pale, grave fact (so un- like the brilliant, laughing one now looking into Iris) rose before him. With a slight shudder ho threw up his head, and turned his glance from the warm gaze riveted upon hint. Ile lifted both his arms and, taking hers resolutely pushed her backwards, still holding her. "Have you no heart - no con- science 7" he said. "Conscience 1 No." She sbook her bead deliberately. She felt the game was won, as she looked into his wild, eyes, and triumph made ler reckless. ,"Heart! Yes -for you 1" "Think of Dundas 1 " She laughed softly, merrily, with uplifted brows; a laugh full of mu- sic. "And you to call yourself my friend!" she whispered gayly. "What have I done to you then, that you should compel mo to call to mind that amiable misfortune. . "Do you know what you are do- ing 7" asked he, still bolding her from hien. "What am I doing, then 7" she laughed again. "That question should be to you. You ash me why I do not think of Mi. Dundas. Aire you thinking of Lady Varloy ?" She was reckless indeed, and sure of the end, when she said that. "Leave Lady Varloy out of it," tocomm nanded he, in a low, vehement e. As he spoke he shook her slightly. "Ay, gladly 1" whispered she. I-Icr oyes took fire again. Shehad been standing erect, droving herself, as" it were, away .from his masterful grasp; but now she gave in to it. She leant towa'ds him ; her lips tiembled. "Let her go -let all the world go," sho breathed passionate- ly, "So long as you and I -are left-- to eft-to love—" The victory was hers! The arms that had tried to hold her from him, how fastened round her. They drew her closer - closer still. Their lips. met; A slight sound roused them from the mad joy they felt. It hail lasted altogether, but a minute or two, and, now it was at an end; but it had changed the course of many lives. "We had forgotten, said Donna, drawing herself quickly from his arms. 'Tho world as yet is peopled. You heard a sound. Come.' As they drew near the lighted win- dows, Mrs. Dundae stopped suddenly and looked up o,t a balcony that eve erhung the noarer garden, where a tall figure leant upon the balustrade. "Good heavens 1 Theme is my old pian," exclaimed she, " I must run, Tier tone was slightly alarm- ed, yet comical. She endo a move- ment as if to go in another direc- tion. But Varloy stopped her. "Flo has seen you," he warned her in a. ]ow tone, A se00ntl glance at the tall figure on the balcony coirvinced 1113r of this, and instantly she changed her tac- tics, turned once more to the house, and threw into her whole air .quite an excess Of joyousness, Meantime oho told Varloy to leave her. "You to the rig•nt about, I to the front," she sold with 11 little grim- ace, and then went leisurely across the moonlit space alone, and ran up the stone steps that led to the bal- Sooy. As she Peached the top and eaw Dundee also started very natur- ally, and let an expression full of delighted surprise cross her face. " You 1 " she cried gladly, ,and 0a1110' to hint, with. loving eyes and parted, spilling lips. "Yee," ho said, and drew her to Mian, and gazed with a grave rap- ture into the exquisite upturned fate. She was beautiful, truly, and she was his 1 Ile loved her witJs a pas- tion the depth of which be hardly understood himself.. She was his sole joy, the .. ono doliglnt of a life bad been singularly solita'y. "And what aro you doing here,. you head, bad boy 7" she went on in a soft, purring Mono, giving his tie a little pull this way and that, as 1f to arrange it. She put her head 1 011 one silo to mark the eff e e t of her meddling, "Trying ying to catch cold, eh 7 And when you know 'I have. forbidden you, on pain of death, to seek the at at midnight." "My own life 1 " he breathed, in a low, eager whisper. His usually austere face grew bright as ho gazes at her. There was deep thankfulness and a certain pride in it. "flow is it that I havo been so blest above my follows," he asked her, "as to gain your love ? And not a little of it -not a part- but all the love of your sweet life!" Sho laughed -sine seemed thorough- ly amused.- She placed one finger beneath his chin, and looked at him archly, '"You Would have compliments, then 7 But not one -not ono, I tell you, tonight 1 Is it not enough that I should waste all my precious time here alone with a foolish old hus- band simply because -well, because I'm happier ]Sere -whilst there with- in," pointing airily to i7he ball -room beyond, "all my many swains are searching for me high and Iota ? Is that nothing to you, sir 9" Hero she changed her position slightly so as to get a better view of his face. "Tell me," sho went on ligntly ; "you saw me coming here a moment since ? " "I felt you coming, even more than I saw R. You stood in shad- ow, and your gown is black, but yet I knew you. I should -know you amongst ten thousand. Were I lying in my grave and you drew near -you remember those lines, sweet- heart ? Thoy haunt me always, 'My heart would know it and beat, had it lain for a century dead.' Whowas that with you 7" "Captain Craddock," returned she easily, running her check softly up and down against his sleeve. "I thought fi was Varney." "Well, do you know I've often said it---„ "Said what 7" 'There is a wonderful similarity between those two men." "A likeness, yes, perhaps. But certainly ono should give the palm to Va.Iley." "Y -es," indifferently, "I dare say." "I ani glad it was not Coronis," said Mr. Dundas, after a , slight pause. "Oh, that absurd patriot ! Do you think I would fling away an hour on him? Pas si bete. Dy -the - by, when does ho leave ? He grows insufferably dull." "He grows troublesome. 13e mattes the idle tongues round hero wag ; and I wish 110 silly talk about my wife." Ho utters the last two words with the utmost tenderness. "I think I hato Coronis," cried she petulantly; "ho makes you un- kind to me." Unkind, Donna ? " "Yes, terribly unkind. You .are scolding me now because that odious man fancies himself Hopelessly at- tached to me. As if that was my fault."' "When Ihavo I accused you of a fault 7 Where is the fault in you 7 And us to scolding, that is 0 little unjust, is it not 8 " (To be continued. WOMAN'S DOUBLE BREASTED BASQUE. • 32 to 42 Bust. The tight -fitting, well -shaped bas- quo is always the style for appro- priate materials, and suits some figures fat better than any other node]. The stylish example illus- trated is cut on the latest lines, .and hnoludes tho newest collar and cuffs. To cut this basque for a woman of medium size 8; yards of material 27 Inches wide, 1a yards 44 inches wide, or 1d yords 150 inches wide will bo. 'c psireclr 2;000 pounds of jet are 'lug alum - ally from the Yorkshire cliffs. Eight cubiti feet of snow mak one cubic foot of Water. Mother -What aro you crying . for child? Johnny hurt me. lioW, pray? 1 was'gofng.to Shit hila with my fist, wilco ho (Melted his head anti I struck the wall. I3vaeroving GFit` Merchant -"I just had to take a life to save my own." Ills Stanographor-"Great heavens! You don't moon that you—" eloi'ebat'If I hadn't taken this 'Lilo of Wellington,' that book agent Would Have talked, u10 to death." tsityse k roN 2i, 'amu first brush the dust off ; then el) ""--'^k4"�'-1',�"`C� arlueoao a sponge out Of ammonia aY a. nS'' water and apply lightly. This is about all that can be done for e An them, for gilt frames will not bear much renovating. You can drive rats out of the house and away from the barn or granary by scattering strong quick - limo in the runways. They cannot stand its action on their feet. The southern way of cooking swept potatoes is to boil 'then first, then slice the long way in slices a quarter of an inch thick, lay in a dripping - pan with bits of butter, sprinkle with sugar, dust with cinnamon and brown In tho oven. Did you make some grape juice this fall 7 Perhaps it isn't too late yet. Grape juice is the pure juice of the fruit, unfermented. To mato it, cook the grapes with just water enough to keep them from scorching, express the juice, add' sugar in the proportion of from half a cup to a whole cup to a quart of juice ; boil two or throe minutes, removing the scum if any rises, and then seal exactly as you would fruit you intended to can, or put in bottles and cork tightly, running a little sealing wax over the cork or dipping it in melted beeswax. Dil- uted with one-third water this makes a most refreshing beverage, one that s is as healthful as it is palatable. DOMESTIC RECIPES. Ice Crean. Put into a double boiler two quarts of milk. When boiling. hot stir in two and one -hall cups of sugar beaten with the yolks of four eggs. Cook about five min- utes. Remove from fire and stir 111 the whites of four eggs which have been beaten until frothy. When cold £ add one and one-half quarts of rich cream, three tablespoonfuls of van- illa and lcunon mixed and freeze. 1 Ice Cream. -One and one-half quarts of milk, one and one-half quarts of cream, two and one-half cups of sugar, two tablespoonfuls flavoring. After it begins to freeze stir in thestiffly-beaten whites of 'thr'ee eggs, then finish freezing. Chocolate Ica Cream. -Mix half a pound of cocoa and three cups of sugar ; cook with two cups of boiling water until smooth ; add to three and one-half quarts of milk scalded with several sticks of cinna- mon bark (bark should be removed before adding cocoa mixture) ; cook for ton minutes. Beat in the beaten whites of two eggs mixed with a cup of sugar and a pint of whipped cream. Cool, flavor with vanilla and freeze. Serve with whipped cream or in same dish with vanilla ice cream. 0 USEHO to NICE WAYS TO COOK OYSTERS, Fried Oysters, -Take fine, largo oysters and drain them on a towel ; have ready crackers rolled to a powder, and season highly with salt and -pepper ; also two well -beaten eggs. first dip the oysters in the egg and then in the cracker crumbs. Have a frying pan of boiling lard and fry a pretty brown. Place on a dish nicely and garnish with pars- ley:' Broiled Oysters. -Drain select oys- ters fn a colander, then dip them one by one into melted butter to prevent them from sticking to the broiler Broil quickly over a live bed of coals. When nicely browned on both sides season with salt and pepper and plenty of butter, and laythem on hot, buttered toast ; wet with a little hot milia. Serve very hot or they will not be nice. Oysters cook- ed in this way and served on broiled beefsteak, arc nice. Scalloped Oysters. -Roll fine 1 cit. crackers, Grease a pan or dish, a for a cake. Put in a layer of crack- er crumbs ; pour oil the liquor from the oysters and add to it fresh milk -twine or three times its quantity. Moisten the crumbs with this and put over them a layer of oysters ; season with salt and pepper and bits of butter. Alternate the layers of crackers and oysters tvitit their re- spective seasonings, and let the top layer be of cruinbs, with bits o butter over it. Beat up an egg, add to it , pt. milk, or if any liquid re- mains use that. Pour this over all. Bake from one-half to three-fourths of an hour. Cools with a •lid over it for the first Half Hour ; then un- cover and brown to a desired shade. T$E PASSING OF THE HIGII COLLAR.. No ono dares- predict tho fate of the high collar. It has been with us so long- that, like the large sleeve when the latter was in vogue, it has assumed so much, dominated every costume, and encroached upon comfort to such an extent that it seems to belong by mere right of possession. Was there, indeed, ever a limo when we were not choked to death by the tall collar that has gone as far as to extend up into the back (lair, and finally has taken to bracing itself with whalebone 7 There certainly was a day when the lines and curyes of a woman's neck were regarded as fitting adornment, when the neck rose lilte a fair, round pil- lar from the turned -over lace collar that spread to the shoulder and over the bosom. It is said that the day of that :same turned -over collar ly- ing broad and fiat is not far off. But it is difficult to imagine. The tall collar bas all but ruined the color and the lines of the neck, but it will not be long before my lady will be zealous in the use of resto'a- tivas and massage treatment to coax complexion tints and outline to return to her persecuted neck. Fashion has encouraged collnr•s to lessen their width, and then the white linen colla' has been less popu- lar this past season than it was a year ago. The Renaissance Taco col- lar made by my lady's own deft fingers has come in. She must weer that collar. Now watch for slow re- sults. SYMPATHETIC N'ERVO'USNESS. Dr. Mitchell, writing of self help for nervous women, says :-Deter- mined, if you a+3 nervous yourself, should be your stand against letting others talk of their ills to you. Even the healthy cannot stand the con- tinual ontinual presentation of disease to them Without liability to imaginary inleetion therefrom. A professor in a medical school can always tell what stago of study the undergradu- ates have reached by ilio stories of the lads who come to consult, quite convinced that they have heart dis- ease, appendicitis or consumption, the malady depending upon the sub- jects of the most recent lectures. The same affect is constantly seen where the common meeting rooms of a !hospital or sanitarium givo oppor- tunity for this interchange ; no rules or regulations will stop it, because rules will not lessen the amount of "burden nater" in man, or in wo- man, either. The inevitable result is that one presently node symptoms have been quite successfully swapped, the most nervous and apprehensive patients scouring the lo'gest share, but each acquiring a few from the other in- valids, aecordhng to the individual capacity for the absorption and re- production of the disorders describ- ed. }IINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS, Dot't try cleaning brass with salt and vinegar, as is recontanended by some kitchen manuals, says an ex- change, To do so is to take every bit of burnish off it, Rub with it flannel cloth wet hi oxalic acid and polish with a cllanois. Itennoving fly -specks frons gilt plc Ouro frames is a difficult thing to do, r9' ' 1)' 4.,V t, o WOMAN'S BLOUSE. 32 to 40 Bust, h ll S a owru o ndver akes ars gen- : Y g e 1 cranny becoming, and aro among the latest designs shown. The model il- lustrated is made of sky blue louis- Ine silk, with the yoke of cream lace, over white trimming Oi black and blue cording, which is attached be- neath the edges of the tucks and fin- ishes the retold neck: and buttons of 'turquoise matrix. To cut this waist for a woman of medium size 3; yards of material 21 inches wide, 8{ yards 27 inches wide, 21 yards 82 inches wide, or 2 yards 44 inches wide will bo required, with t' yards of all -aver lace for yoke and collar and Of yards of cording to trim as illustrated. PAN-AIVIERIOAN HORSE SHOW. Magnificent Display of Horses at the Exposition, The sixteen stock buildings an the Pan-American grounds are again fil- led with live stock --this time with horses, Eighteen breeds aro repre- sented by 300 animals, the greatest representation being in the Shetland Pony, Clydesdales, Hackneys and Standard -bred c1a''Ssee. Every day at 11 o'clock the horses aro all paraded about the grounds, each breed com- ing in order by itself. The parade makes a tour of the Esplanade head- ed by the 74th Regimentband, This feature Is unique in horse, shows and is oxecedingly entertaining and interesting, is 55 attested by tho great number who gather to see it. Judging in the atadiun was the greatest feature of the horse show, and this immense structure was tax- ed to its IUD capacity on the most important earn lops. Many animals of superior individual excellence and reputation . aro on the grounai s. Among the. number le 'Ware Devil from the Village Farms at Nast Aurora, N Y., -' Lahgdton Stallion find" and 'Attraction" owned by C. titevetie, of Attica, N. Y, There are also some notable Morgan stat- 110ns from the stables o1` L. D. lady, of Rochester, N. Y. A great deal might bo said of the Morgan horses at the lfxpoeition, as this breed 11as a tine representation. Tho Morgan )las made great strides in the past ten years and great interest 1s being taken in this particular show frena the fact that breeders of prominence have revived the Morgan interests and afro hero represented, THE 11IOIi.GAN HORSE originated in the state of Vermont end is as famous as Vermont maple sugar and the Vermont merino sheep. The constitution and hardi- ness of these horses have been their. most ,dominant features 'and it is on this account that the breeders are paying more attention to them in the past few years. Constitution is what is wanted in a coach or car- riage horse, which the Morgann horses possess to a greater degree then any other breed. Further mention might be made of the Shetland pony exhibit as they are in sufficient numbers to warrant the setting aside of one entire after- noon to the representatives of this dwarf race of horses. Prof. Bunn, of the American Shetland Pony Club is a large exhibitor, Mrs. Hawley, of the Pittsford Farms, also has a fine exhibit; in fact, the greater por- tion of the Shetland ponies are fur- nished by these two exhibitors. The Shetland pony originated in the Shetland Isles off the north coast of Scotland. They aro largely used in the northern countries for working in the minesand in places where it is impossible for the larger horses to work. Their hardihood and heavy coat enables them to withstand the extreme cold and dampness of these climates, charac- teristics which follow them when im- ported into this country. This hardi- hood, together with their extreme docility renders them well adapted for the use of childh•ea, as well as groat favorites with the ladies. The Exposition is offering a sweep- stake prize in which all the draft breeds will compete and this exhibit certainly is a very fine one. This is pa'ticularly true of the Clydesdales and Percherons. The exhibit of Clydesdale horses from Canada is of a very rare quality. Tho best breeders of the Dominion have paid careful attention j:o the importation and improvement of this particular bread for a great many years, and their selections for this particular show are especially good. American breeders have not paid as much at- tention to the Clydesdales as they have to the Percherons, still the trade for Clydesdales in the United States is steadily increasing, as their superiority for dray purposes in the larger cities, particularly in the northern States, is recognized. ANOTHER EXHIBIT that is exciting considerable interest is tihe )3elgian draft horse, several importations of which have been sent directly for the Pan-American show. The Belgian • draft horse is a com- paratively new breed in the _ United States and one that is commanding the admiration of all horsemen. The German coach horse seems to possess all the valuable characteris- tics of the French coach. Several lino specimens of this greed are in- cluded in the horse show at the Ex- position, and it is pretty safe t0 predict that they will be bettor known li areaiter. The slandard-bred ]gorses are re- ceiving it great deal of attention as at all other horse shows. The High- est type of stallion of this breed of American horses never fails to at- tract a great deal of attention. Tho best ]horsemen of the country have for years paid particular at- tention to lowering horse records. Mr. C. J. Hamlin, of the Village Farms, at East Aurora, is a veteran in this line who has succeeded inn breeding a stallion that has broken the records of all American tracks, thus demonstrating what is possible to do with scientific breeding, suit- able uitable feed and proper training. The horse show alone is worth a trip to Buffalo. PRIZES AWARDED. Stallion Three Years 010 or Over. -Standard 13red.-1st prize, C. J. & Hurry Hamlin, East Aurora, N. Y.; 2nd prize, F. S. Heslop, Appleby, Ont.; 8rd prize, C. J & Harry Ham- lin, East Aurora, N Y.; 4th prize, 0. J. & Harry Hamlin Last Aurora, N. Y.; 5111 prize, Milton Stone, Wil- lowdale, Ont. Stallion 3 Years and Under Three. -Standard bred.-lst prize 0. J. & Harry 'Hamlin, East Aurora., N. Y.; 2nd prize, 0. i. & }Tarry Hamlin, East Aurora, N. Y.; 3rd prize, Ed- ward C. Roth, Buffalo, N. Y.; 4th prize, 11. 13 Champlin, Hammonds - port, N. Y. Stallion One Year and Under Two. -Standard bred.-I.st prize, George W. Kennedy, 'Merton; 2m1 prize C.J. Harry Hamlin, East Aurora, N. Y. Mare 3 Years or over.-Storidurd bred. -1st prize, C. J. & Barry Ham- lin, East Aurora, N. Y,; 2nd prize, 0. J. & harry Hamlin, East Aurora, N. Y. Filly Two Years and Under 8. - Standard bred, -1st prize, C. J. & }harry Hamlin East Aurora, N. Y.; 2nd prize, 0. .I. & ITarry Ilamlfn, East Aurora, N. Y.; 3rd prize, Mil- ton Stone, Wiliowdaie, Ont. Filly 1 Year and Under 3, -1st prize, 0. J. & Harry Flaanlirl, East Aurora, N. Y.; 2nd prize, C. J. R Harry Hamlin, East Aurora, N. Y. Mimed Mare to be shown with foal at foot and ono other of her produce 3 years old or under, all to be stan- dard brod,--1st prize, 0. J. o Hah'ry Hamlin, East. Aurora, N. Y.; 2nd prize, Milton Stone, Willowdale, Ont; '-Martha Ci'aig. Young Mat -"I want an engage- meat ring." Jewellcr-"Yes, sir; about what size?" "I, don't know exactly, but she colt twist mo round bar finger, if that is any guide," THE JQKI 'G QI' BOXERS THE IYTUIVIIYTERY THAT PLUS ED C1'IINA INTO WAR. A Clergyman Who Studied the ll'fovelnent Says it is an 014 Friend in a New Guise. The Rev. John hots of Sbanglaai, who has spade a careful study of the Bexet'•Movehnent in China, says that he has ,.nowhere seen in English a • description of the evolution arta dea, vciopment of u. Boxer. Mr, Ross lata spent many years in Manchuria and it was there that elle `observations were made whose results he gives ip a recent number 01 the North China Herald, The e1orgyn>an does not pretend to say to what extent, the rising Was justified by elle action 01 foreign missionaries; that, he says, has al- ready been fully discussed by others. IIe concerns himself only with the phase of the subject which is inter- esting because presenting a curious example of the v r- h p l e nga las of aeon nature. Mr. Rose begins with the initiation of a person who wishes to become a Boxer. "No man," ha says, "intellectual- ly the inferior could initiate his su- perior. I Have not hoard of a jun- ior initiating his senior, A man could initiate others who was him- self incapable of initiation. The In- itiation was largely by teachers of scholars, of apprentices by masters, of juniors by seniors. By far the larger number of initiated were -boys and girls. The frenzy was universal. Every evening and night magical work went on in city and country,' except in those few places whore parents and !headmen set their faces. STERNLY AGAINST IT. "0f two men meeting casually on the street one would say to the oth- er: 'Let ene give you the exaltation.'- If the party addressed were agree- able he was made to stand facing the southeast, the direction in which Kean Yin is worshipped. Kean Yin is the special deity of the ubiquitous Tsaili secret sect. The feet of the novice are set each on a sign of the cross. The tips of the forefingers and thumbs are brought together tb form a circle. The other fingers uta folded backward on each othes to- ward the forefinger. "Through this circle or through a glass the youth is to look, a circle against each eye. But the oyes were closed. Hfs hands are thus held an his eyes leapt closed during the whole process. The performer goes on the side of the youth and speaks close to his ear: 'Ta tion t'ien men kat, Strike heaven, heaven's door opens; strike earth, earth's door comes. If you wish to attain spirit -fist ability, only invite the teacher to come.' "In Chinese these four lines of five syllables each rhyme pleasantly. Aft tar the words are said the teacher breathes gently into the ea•. Ho goes to the other side and repeats the ceremony. Prom side to side he goes till at length the spell is upon the youth. He falls backward in a trance and LIES- ON THE GROUND. "While thus lying, eyes still cies- ad, he is asked what his name is., The question is to ascertain which of the numerous Shen or inferior de- ities of China has made the youth its medium. He replies, giving a• name -it may be of the god of tvar., it may be of the spirit of the fox or stoat. The youth is thenceforth known as the medium or incarnation of that spirit. He then stands erect and yells in an unearthly voice, ter- rifying to the onlooker, 'sho, sha ; shoo, shao:"'kill, kill, • buhm, burn ;'• It is usually, 'shit Itueitze,' 'slay tihe foreigner.' "At the same time lie flings This arms wildly about hint, striking with an unnatural force whatever comes into contact with ihis hands for he is still blind. Veiling his un- earthly cries and madly filuging his arms, striking brick walls or men's heads, he does not seem to lcnow ex- haustion. Ho heeds not cut hands or bleeding knuckles. "At length when the bystanders believe ha has taxed sufficiently his powers of physical endurance, one goes toward him and with the open palm administers a smart slap on the forehead, saying, 'Depart.' This is addressing the spirit possessing the youth. Then for the first time the youth opens his oyes and is !him- self again. He is asked what his ex- periences were and answers, 'I do not know.' He is now in his ordin- ary mind and continues so till the ceremony is repeated. The process is continued until he is able to go through it all with his eyes ;open. Then he is fully developed into A R13IAL BOXER. ''Al. first a cloth girdle is put into his hands, which he swings about in the most extraordlnary fashion. Then a miliot stalk follows, which be uses as a sword; and when his eyes are opened and the has. attained to the Boxer state, he receives a !huge and sharp sword with whichhe per- forms the most wonderful antics., not without danger to himself and to others. Once suclt a sword cane down upon the performer's 00011 111( cut it open. This is the sword with which he is to drive the foreigners into the sea, as his saol'ad fug is to consume ovct'ything belonging to: the Bated foreigner. "Some youths readily succumbed to tie magical influence of the above worias, others required a groat deal more repetition, and yet others suc- cumbed not at all, "From all which, it carr at once be inferred that the magic which molest . Boxers is an old friend in a newguise. 31 is variously ' called hypnotism, memoriam, sp.iritualisan. All the fools who have Uil'ouglh many ages been deceived by Ilia 'magic' are not confined to Chloe." `TTI! CORONATION D3111.i;, In response to a request from the Marquis of Northampton, president of tho British and Foreigo Bible So- ciety, the King kraft oolrsented than the Dibie to be presented to hint at his coronation in Westminster Abbey by the Archbishop of O'antorbtiry Shall be the gift of the society.