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The Brussels Post, 1901-11-14, Page 2S1 Or The Witchd O going Constantin, i(.4 4i!1WKI? 4 4,31W1X4E4 sYW.14)0,f 4%;li'Cikm We,1 ***ei O'zhll CHAPTER XV. edomantine s°ui, and now she Wilt Next but d rete t, He loop her with 1 t ay, wkzen the choir land n I looked at ail just reached the eau of the first lino his boort In his eyes, find as be did Of"BW ye the trumpet—blow ho, ale elle lifted her head. l to •ho, he," the Budden blast of a Miulcalty, where are You ? Oorae trumpet .frons tie doorway et1•uptt here," she cried, in a perfectly oven terror iota the hearts of the co r voice: locating through Barry, its gation. Several old women Oita.- though he were not, to where in the Ing it ryas ] ttbt'lel`s trump,rolls d scu1Le' , beyond' Mulcahymi ht be. under their seats iu fright. t grow ., in to hi that g S Barry I g. p him 1 t she vas was the perpetrator and confessed determined to ignore his ver exist- lnuch fterwa'ds tothe e S mice, She had i11 foot cased see rooter, p to c wham ho sootilecl with a cheque for him, ale "old womo'q." This, insult was :more than ho Though the rack would no have could endUro with anyshow of re- t o , induced the rector to betray Merry's si itit1n. It enraged atm, whilst confession, still n, knowled rs of the reducing le in to deepen•. Ito undid profane one's memo became pretty the three atops, and found himself generally known: And Barry, I teeing one. More beside B Yy, going e n ler. up to The Cottage, on the following "Cohstantia,", ho breathed in a SVednesdaY, met, with an extremely sepulchral : whisper, "dict you over 0001 reception from Conrrtantln who hear of; the word sal .411e ?" revered the rector beyond all living "Frequently, I have also heard of men, and was indignant that Bary the'word fool 1" returned she, with should not have spared him ea cruel point -blankness. least, p p 0a when t, wn ono f i '1 T o his veld d v "People le Uc or this t P ii havecut t e u ihei s was pr on him.. own throats," wont on Barry dark - Silo was ta the kitchen making 'n. ly. jam -tart for dinner, when he arrived, "Quito so, Those were the people and Barry, who knew tho back en- for whom the word 'fool' was 00in- trenco as woll as the front Ono, Ilan ed." She was looking straight at ing soon hor through a whitlow, him with remorseless eyes. Apparel nearly up to her neck in flour, bold- eptly she wes not of the easily ly abstained from knocking, but fi•iehtcned sort, a discovery that de- nlade hisway to the lower regions, 'lighted him. via the kitchen -door without delay, `Aro you determined then to drive ale made also the discoverythat if 'me to it ?" he said, in a tone s he- Constantia in over -da atire teas cittll tan le. i charming, Constantia in a 'big white "Co home 1"' rxciaiuted Constan- bib,, with her sleeves tucked up, and tie, with all tho air of one who hos her lovely arms exposed to view, lost her last grain of patience. "Go eras adorable ! home; and never presume to sneak Her eyes, however, as they fell ou to ane again on such abominable 'top-. him, were implacable, and her whole ics. Suicide, indeed 1 " bearing full of a fine contempt, "Good-bye, then. I hopo you will The kitchen was a remarkably not live to regret this day." lovely bit of color. It was growing "I hope that ft•omn this day you towards evoeing, and tato dying rays will learn to abstain from vice, and of the sun could not shine into it. tient you will put that bugle, or It wet, however, brilliantly lit by a trumpet, or whatever it is, into the roaring fire, that sentup a rod glow fire without delay." to tbo very roof, which was vaulted. "You're a hitter Christian," said The flames caught at the bright tins and brasses, and played itullastic tricks with the china bowls up on the dresser, Tho jack -towel shone white beneath its glance, though early in the morning it was a dis- tinct brown. From the vaulted roof hung strings of onions, round and golden, and here and there were hams, and gam- mons, and tidy little bags redolent of sage and thy -nee. The Ore cast Its hot glances upon all, and turned the warm tiles to a blood red. It was a pretty, quaint picture, abut might almost have been labeled ave "a Dutch interior," with Con- ` attint1a as a brilliant figure in the foreground. She came to step or two forward as Barry came in, and, as has been said, her aspect was uncompromis- ing, "So you've done it at last," she • ,yeei would say, "i'hove goes the soft. est angel tea earth,' and yet yeti ere like fl, steep to 1n4. ", Never r mind ma." She Waived that interesting thought to ono side with a floury Maud, „What 1 wish t o ell cn- 0 !MOW le, t11 you really y A mite ? " "Oontrite, is it ? And with ypt looking coldly on MO? What Wye take um fat• ? Faith, 1'd be more than mot'tal if I cared this moment whether 1 were dead or -alive; though, porbaps, after all, 1 wrong myself, and there is a loaliiug towards the side of death,,' "1 don't see what I have got to do with it," said Constantin grave- ly. The gravity for the most part was due to the fact that the taz't was now Masbate and that she wee making antis patterns on the edges of the pasta with a fork and spoon, "What is really to be thought es is, that you vexed Mr, Rothe—'-" Slip stopped abruptly and reiidoned, leen ing that after all this was not the fault fon' which he shotl111 feel'contt'i- tion. "That is, I mean," she wont on rather lamely, "you should be sorry .becadso-because- -•" Barry, tieing wise in his genera- tion, teak 110 notice of her slip. "Of aourso 1 regret, it all," he said, "Oue can see that." Then his sense of humor conquered all things, and his oyes brightoued with a merry fire, turd he leaned across the table towards her, "Constan- tau," said ho .confidentially, brealc- ing into an irrepressible laugh, "you were there ; you could see.. How 'did tete two old tabbies take it ? " Constantin serugglod with herself. Phe fought a desperate battle with her dignity, but in the end dignity sank out of sight, She leaned her hands upon the table, lifted her prat ty head, and unfortunately allowed herself ono glance at Barry, That settled it. She broke into laughter, law, but irresistible as his. Long and merrily they laughed, until at last Constantin dried her eyes in the becoming bib and. spoke. "As you had gone so far, it was a pity you couldn't have seen it out," -ht said, sei11 laughing. "Poor old ladies, they thought it was the crack of deem. Never wore two so terra- lea at the thought that their last hour had Colne. Yet why ? one considering how soon it must come. '1'hey had to be taken home, and Have been very hysterioo.l ever since. Don't call upon them, Garrott, for the next twelve months, if you wish to keep clear of assault and bat- tery." "A word to the wise le suflieient, though I confess I should not have gone even had you not spoken " "1 was sorry, however. about dear Mor.• Hoche," said Constantia ear- ne stly. "Tha1 rather cut use up, too. But he was very good about it, and granted me absolution rather sooner than I deserved." "I should baro made you pay the piper, bad I been ho." "As I told you before, he is abet- ter Christian than you are. Howev- er, I did pay the piper in part —I sent him a few heepence for his be- loved poor—and I think he was pleased." "Pleased 1 You could have given him no keener pleasure. It was good of you," said she, looking at him uow with very kindly eyes. It gave Mtn courage. Ile edged closer to ter. "I'zn glad you're pleased at all events," said be. "Constantin!" Ile tried 1.0 take her hand, but she put it deliberately bellied her and ooked at him with a little saucy nod as much as to suy, "Now, then!" "lyell, you're a little flint," said te. "And yet—Constantia. say. you 1 me," "Certainly I like you." "That's all very well—but—who do you like better. now?" "Why should I like anyone teet- er?" demanded sho, being, it must be allowed tant soft pm coquette. "If you meant that in earnest, I'd be the happiest man above ground day," said Barry. "But—and t isn't that I distrust you at all, Conttantia, only, 'I dote yet doubt, aspect yet strongly love.' „ Air. Barry, with deep reproach. "Is it because I dote on you, and you know it, that you are so hard on me ? I1'ye call that generous a As angry as 111r. Roche was—and of course he had bigger 00nse than you —he forgave me ! I feel sure," said Barry, playing his trump with i re- gretful air, "that he would be shock- ed if he knew of your unforgiving spirit." "I hops that's true," said Con- stantia, regarding hint with some suspicion, If her patron saint had been lenient to the sinner, why should she withhola her pardon ? Perhaps, too, there wits something in the reproachful eyes of the big Limerick mal that appealed to her gentle heart; and that touch about the "unforgiving spirit" did a good deal for him_ it's as tree as that I'1 standing here," said be. Was there a double meaning in that artful speech.? Was "I have," returned Barry, throw -1a hint conveyed? "You can sit down if you like," said Constantia coldly. But the per- mission was tt concession, and Mlr, 1 ' Barry gladly availed himself of it by sitting upon tato edge of the kitchen table. In this happy position he was very hear her, and could look into her eves. Ile could also decorate his coat-tails with flour free of charge, ing Out his chest, and trying to look triumphant—a dismal failure. "I've boycotted that hymns forev- er. I take it. And a good thing, too," Is that tile way yott intend to brazen it out?" demanded she. "Are you so lost to all sense of propriety that you don't know ween you are in fault ? Garrett Barry, I am and teas doing It Ilberally, thoug.. ashamed of you 1 " I e'erhaps of this he was not aware. Icer eyes glowed : she stood erect. 1 "There is one thing about you," 1 The dignity of her appearance suf- said Conetantia, stilt severely, cred no diminution because of the though there was a visible melting dab of flour upon her Grecitut nose. 1 of her hard mood about the corners "It's very good of you to take so of her lips. "You don't seem in the much trouble," said Barry, who was least sorry. No 1 S don't caro about now growing indignant in turn.: what you have said you can genor- t "Faith, I didn't think you had so"fally say n great Goal more than sincere a regard for me." t most people ; it is your expression It doesn't flintier what I have., that I doubt." You are the one in question. To i "If that's a11," said Barry, " it t thunk you should have so disgraced; isn't of the least consequence. More i e o•:rself I " than me are belied by heir looks. "What have I done, then ?" do- There's you, now I Any one to see s mended he, "l: one 1 Is it nothing, do you think, to blow a trumpet in n church—in the middle of the service, before—" "Why shouldn't I blow fay own trumpet ?" interrupted he. Ile stopped short and laughed angrily. "If 1 didn't blow it, I don't expect . there is any one who would blow it ter ino." ."1 should hope not, indeed," said Vonetnntia, who was too wrathful to notice his real meaning. "flow could you conceive --how had yon the har- dihood io curry out such a plot ? One would think you lived in a sav- age land, in some country where the laws of society do not obtain. One would think you were determined to make your friends lihish for you. ane would ,imagil a Viet some innate to; so of kindliness would have held ou back from insulting those two poor old women, who—" "One, ono, one 1" cried ho, "What one ? You ?" Cot stantia fell back upon an clo- q"1nt eilencc, and, reItu'ning to the icitcheu table, once more took up the thread of her tart, and worked away at the pastry with n. Will that had something of the force of venom in it. To Bine she vouchsafed no lcnger either glance or word, He bore this ignominious treat- ment some time without protest ; but pi eeentiy he spoke. "So you won't speak to me, Con- stantia 4" he said, reproachfully, "Certaily not. If you stood there forever I should' not address one word to you," declared she with scdrn concentrated upon hor lovely lips. That she was speaking to him was a fact that had escaped her, "I may as well go at that rate," said he, gloomily. "Far better," returned elle concise- ly. Berry took ono step rewards the door and then looked back. No re - tenting on 1.110 beefy of has goddess 1 Two o stops ; .and. Constantin was beating ever talo neglected paste, heating it firmly into shape 'with the help of a tem/ tont roller, Three Steps. Surely, thought the culprit, co .141001n bode leaflet harbor uu } eereea A TRIAL BY COURT MARTIAL. 'Phis scene represents Hutt incident in the suppreeslon of treason in Cape Colony: This rebel was tiiccl at Btu•ghersdorf for high treason and mur- der, and w He was •e•1 e ,e , was guilty, v s ,>., t.uccd to be hanged,,and the san- tencewc1s curried out next clay, 11 would 110 Impossible tel desez'iho 1110 trngle fervor with which diose w u t male Wprp. rolled out with lk true lie - e "lC 131 S that fan 1 1 v s d capsid added p1•abla' to the eget,. It delighted Oonstantia. She buret int° a ripple pf un0 nt Mirth f p rAllabla i11 rt t, and Melting her arm into tl.is, led hint. through the kitphen deal' and towards the oz'chard. The wash June sunshine smote on their faces. "You shall have souse etrawber- ries," cried she gayly, "We have thele of our own now, though few and far botw e11, Intl you aro worthy of them, You are the most amusing lean 1 knew, the ,coy of my life; what on earth should I do without you? All the others aro flat, stale, and unprofitable, when (tempered with you." She was in excolleut spinits. I'oa therston ked sent hor a cherhning buneb of Dijon roses in elle morning auct n, pretty little anossago She treasured both; ono in her own room, the other in hep bosom. , As for Barry, site dirt not believe SuMi- ciently in the depth of his attach- ment to be any way depressed by 11. "If you do not mean a little of what you say, you are a wicked' girl," said. Barry, regarding her wistfully, Ile was very honestly in love with her; and thought morning, noon and .night of his chances for and against r n 1 he acceptance ne f hint g p a o 0 "'At all events, there is no doubt at all about your being the jay of my life. And if it is true that you'eau't do without me, Wily—" "There's M?r. Stl'oogo!" interrupt. ed Constantin, with an exclamation of eager relief. "Here ho is coming up t110 walk. flow d'ye do; Air, Strange?". She held out her band bo Stronge, with such a beaming smile, and such an unreserved warmth of welcome, that sho wake within his breast a ;joy better left unknown. "What has brought you to -day? Flow .die you know I was hero? Mir. Barry and I have just come into the garden in a mad quest for strawberries. 441111 you join us?" Ile joined them. To be Continued. IN A VAT. Terrible Experience of a Man in a Mashing Tub. A brewery is often a dangerous place in more senses than one. The vats and the lnachinory are but so many traps for unwary workmen. A workman in a brewery at Paterson, New ,jersey, Abraham Sapiro by name, recently had an adventure of the most extraordinary kind in con- nection with tho apparatus of the establishment. In the middle of each of the great mas111115 • tubs in which the malt is mixed and boiled there are, attached to a central shaft, two sets of large steel knives. When the upright shaft revolves these knives are driven ra- pidlymixed. about, and thus the malt is Cam day lately .one of these tubs was empty, and Sapiro, who had charge oR thein, was at work clean- ing the machinery, having nearly f!nishcd his task, be wished to have the malt turned into the mixer. Outside the vat stood an assistant, find Sapiro told him to go and turn a lever, the function of which is to start or stop the machinery which feeds in the malt. The man wont, but instead of moving this lever, he moved the ono which starts the shaft in the center of the great tub and revolves the 'calves. In another instant Sapiro, who was standing on rho polished copper bottom of the tub saw the knives. begin to move slowly, and knew what his ignorant assistant had done. Before he Oould avail himself of the chance to get out, the knives were moving so fast that he could do no moro than run in a circle be- tween then—one ahead of him and one behind—and call for some one to thin the lever. The terrible knives moved faster and faster, and Sapiro increased his speed, one knife acting as a pace- maker in front of him, the other a terrible pursuer, and either of them sure to cut him in two if he 'slackened his pace or fell 1 Faster and faster he ran, still call- ing for help. IIis wet slippers found very insecure footing on the polished copper and every moment ho was afraid that 11e would slip and fall. 1IIs assistant now cane in sight, but the man was either so dazed by the spectacle or so ignorant of the machinery that he could do nothing but stand end gaze ape11-mouthed. By keeping as near ns possible to the. shaft and revolving with it, Sae Mtn was managing for the moment to keep out of Ole way of both knives ; but his exertions were so great that ha wee rapidly becoming exhausted. It seemed to him that ho could not ]Hold out a minute long- er. But just as he 2100 about to sink, a leen came in who had sense enough to run to the engineer and te11 hint to shut down the motor power of the whole establishment. The engin- eer did so, and the great knives slowed down. The exhausted man had then to watch closely and move at a slower and slower pace hiinsolf, in order to keep himself still between the two knives. This continued un- til the machinery 11ad come to a dead stop. Sapiro sank 111 a dead faint on the bottom of the vat — to- tally exhausted, but uehurt. AN HOSPITAL'S DRUG DILL: Among the items of the annual drug bill of ono of the largest Lohdon hospitals are the following : 'len tons of linseed meal, for poul- tices, at a cost of 5650. Lint for dressing ordinnty wounds costs $2,- 215; 2;215; cotton wool of ail kinds 80115; carbolic acid, $1,115; carbollzod muslin, 5000 ; spirits of Wine, 52,025; iodide of potassium, $200 nitrate of silver, $5:55; quinine, $'i.,- bee; cod-liver oil, 5950. Phe treat. niont of dyspepsia calls for an ex- penditure on bismuth alone of 5452, Mars, Manykids.--"Thero is one thing about our girls—they are always self - possessed." Papa ManykLds egrilnTy)--"Yes ; they're too self. posecee,et1. I wishthey'd get fromo- 0110 elso to pessess them." mosomatittw, ONTHE FARM. HOLDING. ON YCU11 STOCK. 01110 is always a serious question t:o consider. HIow long s11a11 ono hold all to the stook when feed ie scarco and ltlgll f11 price e Of course a good market at a prollt would tempt 01?7 '1)10411 lfin to soli, and np false stop 11115111 b0 taken, but to sell ilio stook at a sacrifice is nearly always earl policy, Yet many do this. They actually go Into the cattle business as a sort of elaecutation. If feed aid prima are satisfactory they will Make money. If fend is high and priers bane not advanced earrospond- 3llgly, they sell and lose. Such pol- icy as ruinous, It is much hotter to exhibit more of the gritty principles of the bulldog and bang on. There illay sonletiulos be danger of hanging on too long, but as a rule most of us get discouraged too soon, With poor Mod and high-priced fodder preva- lent all over the country the prices for cattle ' aro bound to advance. These prices never dp seem to go up, however, until most of the stock has been sacrificed. Then for some strange reasons the 11011(et advatamoe andsomebodymakes money. • Speculation has a gaud deal to do 211±11 this. Slir'etvd dealers go forth and p121110se stook wherever they aro offered at a sacrifice, and they hold them for the boom. 33xpo1'ionced breeders hold o11 to their stock and actually produce more in the very Paco of a fodder famine. But they :t ave discounted the ful,uro, and can ieratty accurately predict the f0Ltlro 04)3050 of events. The very best policy for a stock- man to pursue Is to holdon as long re possible and do not make a sac- -like of stocic in any event. There is no sense In that and 110 reason, Pull through some way. find some ways and Menne to 'mala both ands meet. In order to do this it may be necessary to resort to extreme measures, but half the resaureas of the farm have not yet been discover- ed or exhausted. There is good bright straw, which if nixed with hay and some grain, can be convert- ed into food of fair value. Pump -1 Idris, turnips and everything.. else should be utilized. Take everything that can be found or purchased cheap and try to convert it into fod- der by mixing it in with more nour- falling feed. Plant late grass and' hay crops, piece out the ranges and pasture and scour the country "for bargains in straw, hay or some oth- er stuff that can be turned into food. By a little study of tike conditions, and a determination to hang on, the cattle can be carried along for months yet without losing any of their fat and when prices begin to advance the unprofitable season may bo turned into a distinctly profit- able one. INEVITABLE LOSSES, Beginners in poultry -rearing are often discouraged by the losses which they sustain. They find them selves unable to rear all of the chic kens hatched and their discover that some fowls die. But they should not be discouraged, because such is the common experience. It is difficult to understand 'why, out of a brood of chickensn 11 ap- parently p-parently of the same vigor, some will live and thrive and some wilt die, But such is the observed feet. There is probably a difference in con- stitutiounl 'vigor, though no differ- ence is apparent. The student of nee ture knows that there 15 going on an endless conflict, by moans of which tho weaker specimens aro ollminated and only the stronger survive. Through this conflict, with the enor- mous losses entailed, nature keeps up a standard cbnStitutional vigor, and prevents the deterioration that otherwise would ensue. Even when the fostering care of man intervenes, this conflict does not wholly cease. Man may reduce the severity of the struggle, but he cannot wholly pre -1 vent it. If he could, the average roc - gar of the plants and animals under his care would deteriorate. A friend of the writer, nt, one time an extol -1 sive breeder of Inclian game used to say that his practice was to turn alis hens and chickens into a large enclosure and let nature weed out the weaklings. If a chicken was not strong enough to survive, he was glad to have it, die. And his stock had a reputation for strength of constitution and hardiness that made it much sought after: Even the chickens which arrive at' maturity will differ in strength of constitution. At moulting time, I when thegrowth of new feathers makes a great draft upon the strength of the fowl, natural solea tion weeds out some of the weakest' fowls. It is not strange that some should dio at this time. A large breeder of .Light Brahluits used to offer at reduced prices many fowls for sale just before they moulted. Ho was led to do this because 110 found t11a1 it paid. Same: of the fowls would not be so finely marked after they had moulted, and some of them would die during t11e. process.. But.afaor the moult had taken ]lia.c0 he put up his price again. WEANING PIGS. The usual way of weaning pigs is to shut up the pigs and 101 the sows tun, 01' it may be that the pigs are shut away from the sow but allowed thole liberty. This is not so bad, but e. better Man still is to shut up the sots and let the little fellows run. When the sow is shut ftp, hot' feed should be reduced, and i1 will not be Ioig until she is dry, When she is ailowed to run and the 'pigs are shut up sho is apt to keep up her full milk supply and the pigs not having access to her, her udder is liable to become caked and injured. If the Bow is shut in and an opening left so that the little fellows can have access to her, no trouble this way can occur, Raying Vick liberty they will bunt food for themselves and soon be independent of their date, T1ele is the tine, they shou]tl, 11voa liberal !b t l 1 i o k o s fsWPis ul1 p i s^ raffle, for ea $iasis MOtheee eUI)Rl fells they Will telco tO f.ho 11131k, an it wot long1 n b4b e e f a t 116 disgusted ti'yng p10 get it OM iboit' moelleee dried-up Hilder, A the end of a week troy Won't go pea ilei', 001 10111 they c°u0t /tor.., when turned together again, -1 y HERE .Pew Tit -Bits ef General ril- 1 n Xermation, t More thea a neilli011 people are r teeeted 311 1110 hospitals of London Miele year, One of the jolliest clubs 121 Pari9, it is stated, is ono foamed expluslve- ly of deaf and dumb persons, 'i'lo entire collection of odtus and e medals 01 tllo131'itisll Museum con slats of o nearly 250,000 spe,cinpns. In Southern iteet ±11011and England 80,000 Won= spend their lives- in driving' and steering the papal- boats. .Peeve is in existence an untopealed low in Switzerland which forbids the wearing; of hats more than 18 inches 01 diameter, artificial flower1, nud foreign feather's, under a 10041±' penalty, Of the 11,000,000 Jews en the world, 0,000,000 live in Russia, 2,- 100,000 in Austria-Hungal'Y, 800,- 000 in the German, and 235,000 in the British Empire. eif the last, 140,000 belpng to London, Blore is a statue in a village in Egypt which is said to bo the oldest in the week, having been in exist- ence xistence for over 6,000 years. It is the representation of one of the chiefs of the domain wherein it was erected, A ladyhas as f 1 o• some time past been teaching navigation •to young men in Plymouth, England, and many o1 leen pupils have successfrdly passed the Board oe Trade examfna- tions and have obtelned certificates as urates and skippers. Mfr. Sieicber, of New York, ]las in- troduced a convol,ient way of indi- cating the 121011013 of streets on the lamps of the city. The name of the street along which the passenger is travelling is printed horizontally, and that of the street which inter- sects it vertically on the glass el the lamp, Every time ter. Pier•po11 Morgan goes abroad he makes it a point to acquirea number of valuable souve- nirs of the trip. Recently, besides a number .of rare paintings, he pur- chased' for himself a Persian rug, probably the rarest of its kind in existence, for which he paid $25,000. Tho rug measures .10 feet 6 inches by 19 feet, leas mado of Persian silk in Tabriz, Persia, and was woven by Mohammedan friars 150 years ago for a Shah. It took sixteen years to weave the rug-. Paa1SONAL TIT;- TATS,, )Totes of laterest About Soul Leading People, The Klieg of Greece 40115111s in talc ing recreation in the fields. Ho can plough, cut and bind Coria, mill mills, and lit shoat Gould, et a 1,10011, keep a farm going siilgh0-handed. Sir Hiram Maxim, the inventor of the Maxim gun, states that he made small 1000014 oven tie a boy. 441111e firing a.inutetet during the 4111011011 Civil War he was lcnoeked' dow11 by the 1'050.1, and this gave hint hull- reedy the Idea for the famous Max - i11 gun. The young Queen 01 holland is a total abstainer and ostentatiously refuses 011 all public occasions to take wino. Her most intimate frield, Princess Pauline of }yurtem- borg, wee by her won 01,01" to the ranks of the teetotalers. Now that King Humbert',e her4� is dead Queen i1 110 1 - mina is rho only teetotal reigning monarch, if,ex one omelets the Sultan of •Turkey. Mr. llredericic II, Cowen, like the hate Sir Arthur Sallivan, finds that his best inspirations come to him when travelling by train, "The Better Land," probably alis best- known composition, and 'which was specially written- for Madame A:n toinoLte Sterling, was composed in a railway carriage travelling at the rato of betweenfifty and sixty miles an hour. Lord Fairfax is the only Ameri- can citizen who is a member of the peerage. His family have been set- tled for a century and a half in the United States, and Lord Fairfax is the twelfth holder Of the title, which was created so far back as 1027 by Charles I.' The sixth Lord %'aides visited his extensive estates in Vir- ginia in 1781, and was so captivated with the climate and beauty of the country that 110 spent the remainder' of his life in America, where he died in 1781, Mfrs. Roosevelt, the wife of the new President of the United States, Svas a Miss Edith Carow, . She is the second wife of tho President, the first, who was te Miss Alice Lee, of Boston, having died three years af- ter her marriage, leaving a daughter now eleven years of age, After re- maining a widower for two years 111r, Roosevelt married for the sec- ond time. Mrs. Roosevelt is a very accomplished Woman, having travel- led much, is witlely road, .and speaks several languages. ' ' The Duchess of Sutherland was married to the Duke of Sutherland on her seventeenth birthday. A tale is told that the Duchess owes her exalted position to the old superstition about thirteen sitting down to table. Ono of her mother's guests having failed to appear, Lady Millicent was called down from the schoolroom (s110 was a girl of six- teen)to make the fourteenth and avert the evil omen She sat next to the Marquis of Stafford, who, al- though her senior by many years, fell in love at sight, and within a year they were married. Jules Verne, the novelist, though now in his eighty --sixth year, still works at his desk for four hours a day. Ile has several nese books in Maned, which he hopes to finish before the close of talo' yea'. Itis house in Paris iS Crannned whit 80101111110 books, electrical apparatus. nautical instruments, etc., and on t110 wails or his study hangs an enormous map of tato world, all scored over with lines indicating rho routes taken by the heroes of his stories. M. Verne corrects his wades to tt remarkable extent, and it is said -Ellett he has rewritten many of his books ton tine( s, Maximus Corky, wnoso swctches and stories have excited such re- markable interest in Russia, is an Agnostic and a realist. 73e was born just thirty-two years ago at Nijuiuovgorod, Ile had e. sad, wretched childhood, and, like all Russian orphans of the lower class, was early apprenticed to 'et hard taskmaster --in his case a cobbler. Ile seems to have been little more than a child when he ran away and became a wanderer, 111uc11 Ilf Ms ear- ly youth having been spelt on the Volga., acting first in one capacity and then in another on the small steamers which go up and down the huge Russian river. Sir Robert Finlay, 11.0., 31.39., when in Ireland, 0n 000 occasion met as Irish drover.' with a number of cattle lrocoeciing to a fair in the south, and stopped him. "Where are you going to ?" he aslccd. "To Wa- te'ford fair, yor hamlet. ' "Indeed! And how muele do you expect to. get for your cattle ?" said the onleneet. 11.0. "Shure, a1 ay I get 510 the head I shall not do badly," replied Pat. "Ah, that's a sample of your country," said Sir Robert. "Now, take these he1fers to 1ugland, and you could average $70 a hie d." "Just so, y0r harmer, net' ay yen were to take the Lakes of Killarney to put'go,thory yoz would get a. gel 1300 a dhrop." An interesting story 1s told of the minuet which is, perhaps, the most popular of all Padorewski's composi- tions, Padorewski, while a professor at the Conservatoire of Warsaw, was oleo evening at rho 'house of the Pol- ish poet, Swiortoclhowsk3, who ex- pressed the 'opinion that no living composer could comllpiub with Mozart, in beauty and simplicity. At the moment radorcwski merely shrugged his shoulders; but the following ev- ening ho appeared, and nailed per- mission to piny his host a little thing of 4T,oznr6's, 111!0.11, 11erhnPs,. he did not lirlow, lie played the 'minuet, Swleztochou'sjti was.. en- raptured, and cried, trlunlphalttly:- ".Now, you mists acknowledge that a peke like that could trot have )0012 Written'. in 001 tImo," "Weil," said Pnder0Wskl, ,gels fly, "that happens to been lninreL 0uilpos011 by me.", CONSULTATION AT SEA. A certain physician in a largo watering -place Hees acquired tho un- enviable reputation for making his bills as larges 11s possible l 111101 t much regard to the state of his pa- tient's purses. There were people tulle, further- more, said that it really seemed es if there were "visits" on his bilis which had never existed anywhere else. But be was a: skilful physician,' and his tendency to overrate his services only served to amuse some of his patients, who had plenty of money and were not especially sharp in 1onlcing after it. "Why," said one man to another, speaking of the doctor, "he brought, my daughter Jennie up from her, at- tack of pneumonia whop two other physicians said that thence was no hope for her, but when she was quite well again 11e charged me for three calls he made to enquire in a friendly way how sho was getting on," "That seems a little forced," ad- mitted the other man, Tibet it's no- thing compared to an experience I had with him some little time ago. "We happened to bo bathing at the same time one day, aid I swam up to flim and inquired hots his wife ryas. 'Stirs is very well,' said the doc- tor, 'And your daughters 9' I asked. 'They're perfectly wen, both of thein,' replied 110, rattler shortly, I thought. "So I said : " ''I'xn delighted to hear it ; re- member nee to them,' and swam away. "And what do you :think I received from him. a week .or two later ? My balf-yearly account, the last item of W111c11 on the bill ryas— " 'To consultation at sea, five dollars 1' " T7)2 D1Ja.E'S DUMMY LIBRARY. The Duke of Devonshire possesses oils of the most remarkable libraries in England, and that at Chatsworth is reckoned to bo wee of the finest in the world. Some of the works arc' very valuable volumes, and bound in the most magnificent style, being even embellished with precious stones ; and to obviate the necessi- ty 'for the wards "Do not touch," they are protected by swoons mado of wire. Put the Duke's dummy 5- brnry causes the most interest. • A11 round bis sitting -room may be seen books with .tate 111051 amusing. 4.11109, The visitor who is not acquainted with the hoose often goes to take ono and finds that they are part of the wall, and pure shams. Three or four centuries ago these dummy li- braries were very cmn11011, but that • of Chatsworth was always the hest, and it is still in a perfect condition. T110 VOWS of books stand out in the Most -realistic way, and- they are naturally productive of much mirth when they are seen for the first thre. In apo of the rooms there hangs on the door what appears at first sight te splendid violin and bow, and this is shown .to tourists who aro allowed to inspect the house. 'This is also a dummy instrument, and Is really part of the house floc oration. • WORTT:i.0F RUBB.ISII. It is estimated that about $10,000 worth of what is considered 16 be "rubbish" 3s thrown into the streets by the redstarts °envy any. This meals nearly $2,750,000 per annum. for the citillonragrs, tend, counting their wives and featil106, nearly 100,- 000 persons live very comfortably Upon their share of it. Two and a half ranklerankleions of salt, worth $6,704';000, A re tattled yearly in 13ritaii,,