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"You are very good, sir," Dlrs.
Iniarkllam said. "I know bow good
yeti ace, hat I've been thinking ,a
great deal about it, end 1 feel I'd
better go.,,
Mrs. Markham was sitting in the
study talking to Mr. Trolawney on
the Morning after his return to Shop -
ton, `,'There's some things I'd like,
to speak to you about, sir, the fleet
Leisure hour you've got," she, had
said to him the evening before, and
so next morning when breakfast wee
over lw called her into the study,
and she began to detail' a few at
least of tier• troubles and embarrass-
ments to him.
Foremost arhongit them was this
difficulty es to her own movements,
"I'd like to stop here, sir, God
knows," she said, "for I needn't tell
you what Letty is to me; but I'd
rather go and never sot eyes:. on her
again than stay and bo a hindrance
to her. And I should be a hindrance
to her if I stayed. I've come to see
that clearly. You see, sir. I've got
ley ownposition, and it ain't the
position that Letty's will bo, and
we'd' not like it—neither you nor her
nor mo would—to have me as Ser-
vant here where Lotty is mistress."
"But you would not be asked to
be a servant. Mrs. Markham. Of
course I should not think of that;"
he said quickly.
"{VAat else is it then, sir, that
you'd think of? Would you have me
live with Lotty in the drawing -room?
I don't think that would be a natur-
al place for mo. Letty's to be your
wife, sir, and so of course ,you'll
make a lady of her—and she's young
and will learn, I daresay, to do like
other ladies—but you'll not make a.
lady of me at my age. I'rI feel sad-
ly put out at being set down to eat
at table with you, sir, and you'd be
put out by it yourself; and yet you'd
not like, nor Letty neither, if you
was to go to your meals in one room
and me in another—nor to feel that
your wife's aunt was in the house,
but you'd be ashamed to show her
to your friends. For you would be
ashamed, sit•, and no blame to you
either. And Letty—she's fond of me
bless her, and she'll think at first
that I mlght stop, and that she'll
miss me and all that, but she'd be.
the first to feel it, sir, when the dif-
ficulties began and she'd fret about
them and I'd feel them myself too—
;know that, and there'd be no -pleas-
ure for any ono of us. So what I'ui
thinking, sir, is that I'll stay if you
let mo till you're married. and then
—I've got a bit, of mbney put by,
you know, and Letty won't want it
now, and I can go and see sone old
friends I've got, and look about me,
and when a situation turns up that
seems likely to suit me, I'll take it,
sir: and that will be better for ev-
erybody—a deal better—than if I
was to keep on hero, just making
mischief where I'd wish to do noth-
ing but bring a blessing."
"And then, sir, there's some other
things." said Mrs, Markham. after a
t.ileneO, riving which her apron had
gone for a moment to her eyes,
Now, there's Martha. If I was
yeti. sir, I'd get rid of Martha. She's
not a bad servant in her way, but
if you'll take my advice you'll not
have her in the house when Letty's
mistress. Let Letty have her own
now servant, or pair of servants, as
you please; but don't expect, when
they've been together as they have
these three years, that Martha, would
take orders from ono as had worked
with her. It isn't in human nature,
sir. And 1'd like too, if you'll no
objection, to tell Martha how things
the between you and Lotty; for she
saw Letty sitting with you last
night; and I know the tale she'd
make of that if she got the chance.
So, if you please, I'd wish her to
know that you're to bo married to
her. And—S''it wasn't making too
bold, sit—I think it would be only
acting right by Letty if you was to
tell Mr, Penrose."
"I had meant to tell Mr. Penrose"
he said. "Of course, the sooner ilo
knows the better,' Indeed, there is
no objection to anybody knowing
now."
Ise spoke quickly; he gave a half.
sigh; these suggestions and troubles
of Mrs, Markham's, sensible and nat-
ural as they were, vexed bin, and
made him impatient. IIe would
have her settle all such things with-
out appealing to him. IIe had made
up his mind to marry .Letty, but to
miter into minute details concerning
the domestic chaogos that his mar-
riage would necessitate—the prospect
of this appalled him, Perhaps,
though he had bad courage enough
to resolve to make Letty his wife,
be knew that in his heart he shrank
from facing the consequences of the
Mop that he was going to take and.
from looking at the .difficulties that
he was going to raise before him.
Poseibly he thought that the wonl0n
should take all thee!). things into
their own hands. Why trouble hint
with what ho did not understand'?
"I ata afraid I muet ioave a good
deal of all this sort of thing to you,
Mrs, Markham," he said, almost ir-
ritably, "My opinion Is worth so
very little, and I know how much I
can trust to your-udgment, Pray
do whatever you think right about
Martha and the now servants. As
for yOal• own leaving us I am heart-
ily sorry to think of .11. I don't
lcnow what Letty will do without
you; but yet—I don't deny that I
feel the force of your reasoning, I
would only say that, if you should
change your mind presently, you
may take my assurance now, once for
for all, that no time will ever come
whenyou shall not be welcome to a
home under my roof, but if you
think it best to leave us at present—
Well, you may be right, and I will
say nothing. And as to all the rest,
pray take it—take everything—into
your own hands. I shall be satis-
fied with whatever you do. Of
course, I will speak myself to Mr.
Penrose and my own friends, but you
are at perfect liberty to let whom
you please know now about :our
marriage. Do just as you like."
And with a hurried, almost nervous
movement, and yet with a feeling of
relief, too, Mr. Trolawney turned to
his desk, and Mrs. Dfarlcham, taking
the hint, rose from her chair, "I
am ready when you line, to be Let-
ty's husband, but Yee heaven's sake
give me no trouble that can bo
helped about the matte:'," was what
put into plain words, his speech had
meant; and so perhaps, she half in-
terpreted it, as with a sigh she wont
away.
Well, site Must do the best she_
could, and hope for the best,
1 ani afraid that, • during these ,ashamed of a devotion that he felt
weeks before Letty's marriage,' she assumed in him a greater nature and
was too full of sad forebodings to a larger worthiness of worship, than
be as sympathetic with the girl. in
her blind happiness as her tenderness
over her would have made iter wish
to bo. She loved Letty so dearly
that the difScu sties before her fright-
ened her, and the thought that she
herself should be away from her
when she had to face them made her
sick at heart,
"They're all thinking and saying
it's such a.great thing for iter," she
said one morning sadly to Miss Wat-
son; "and so it is in one way of
course; but my heart's as heavy
sometimes for her as if it were a
lump of lead, If I could stop and
that, without much advice from ''t'iago trip, Letty?" Mr, Trelawney
wiser heads, she would he very in- bird naked her sotto time before, awl
capable of fulfilling therm the girl's she had read his own wish in the
lipssguttered
a tittle, aAtd Aiali with Loo�.cf his
question,and had an"
her blue oyes filled onto with shyered, "No," She wanted nothing
d - s t idn—hro his
teats; but when :Mrs. Penrose had a but Co bo with t o as
ken de- wife, r• own home.
livered 1101' sermon and token bee c fo, in their
partuv'o agate, I doubt if the sub- To be Continued,
stance of her exhortations chvclt
Mitch on eshehe mind. At levet it FRS BONNIE SCOTLAND
did net after shad raid her 1110-
mentary troubles to Mr, Trolawney,
"Mfrs, Penrose says I shall have so NOTES BY MAIL kROM HER
many things to learn, She says
that everything •twill bo so dreadful BANgS ANI) BRAES.
ly hard, she went to !him and told
hint, with a little sob in her voice, Many Things Happen to Interest
and a wistful, appealing face—and the Minds of Auld Scotia's
then he laughed at her, and coin -
forted and soothed her—and she be- Sans.
lieved, of course, In his cOnsoletoly The Dolce of Buccleuch did not give
words, and forgot thoso other words his tenantry an abatement of 10 per
of tate vicar's wife, cont. at this term.
Did she, indeed, during these hap- The Earl of Aberdeen presided on
py weeks remember anything' except the 20th ult,,.at a demonstration by
the thi'egs that made her glad? Her Paisley Boys' Brigade.
happiness all camp from Mr. Tim- The chairman of the Prison Com
latency, and no trouble perhaps at miseioners says that about ono -third
this time could have touched her of those confined in Scottish prisons
much unless it had to come from are Irish.
hitt,, As far as joy and s,nrrow went A considerable reduction in tram -
the powers of life and death for her, way fares has been recommended by
one might almost say, lay only hi the Tramway Committee of Glasgow
his hand. corporation.
Perhaps he did not know thio, ex- Lortrose can boast of being the
sept dimly, for the was shy, and smallest town in Scotland where
words that expressed emotion dict "The Messiah" has been given by a
not comp easily from her, but yet he load .choral society.
guessed or perceived enough of her The farm of Park I{eft•, near Dun -
love for him to make him, during Mane, was the scene of a destructive
these weeks, very tender to her. It fire recontry, a large portion of the
was a new eensatlol to hila to feel steading being destroyed.
that a human -being had become de- The Fairfield Shipbuilding and En -
pendent on hint—that a woman was ginoeiing Company last week launch -
living on the breath of his lips—a ed the Panama for the Pacific Steam
sensation, oppressive perhaps at Navigation Company of Liverpool.
Lest, as all sense of sudden unaccus- Dfi's John Rae, who was believed
tomed burden must be, yet even from
tobothe oldest woman in Scotland,
the first mingled too with a certain died last week at ICirkpatrlcic, Due -
half reluctant, half nno come
ham. She was in her 105th year.
sweetness, For how could he ne to The Earl of Aberdeen was the
know what ho had grown to be to
this innocent young girl, arid not principal guest at an "at home" last
week under*
Stu -
feel proved—even at moments to the r the auspices of the Stu-
quick—by his knowledge of it? Her. dents' Union at Glasgow University.
love was to so large an extent like Women aro employed as draughts
men in some of
the blind devotion of a dumb ani -the granite yards of
mal that it touched him almost in Aberdeen, and it is thought that
the same *wa as a dumb creature's their success may lead others to en -
y r the field.
lova might, stirring hint, to a cur- teI
Edinburgh Presbytery at a meet-
ious tenderness and wonder, and al- ing held on the 26th ult., declined
most pity—a strange pity, as of one
by 21 votes to 17 to express die
who knew himself and what he was, approval of the running of cars in
and was saddened by and half the city on Stindays.
1Ciltearn parish church has re-
turned to the method of collecting
the offerings .by "ladles"—neat little
bags with carved and stained wood-
en handles.
Provost Anderson, Stornoway, has
received from a well known philan-
thropist, who wishes to remain an-
onymous, £100 towards the town
hall building fund.
An extension of the Victoria Hos-
pital for Coneumptlon, Cragloith,
has been arrarfgod. Mr. William
Younger, M.P., will contribute a
sufficient sum to build en annex to
it.
Dir. W. T. Lithgow, shipbuilder,
Port Glasgow, has gifted £10,000 to
enable the Town Council to carry
through their scheme of erecting
houses for the working classes of the
town.
There is quite a ruction in
Greenock over the warrant granted
to erect a music hall in Manse lane.
The Dean granted the application
against the opinion of a majority of
his councillors.
Dundee presbytery discussed the
Sunday car question on a motion
that the Town Council should be
petitioned to, run cars on Sunday
before and after divine service. Tho
motion was defeated by 21 votes to
6;
he had,
"Letty, you care fur me too much"
he said to her one day. She was
kneeling by his side as ho spoke, attd
he put her basic from him. "Do you
not know that some time .you will
awake and find me different from
what you think?"
13ut sho only flushed and quivered
when ho asked her this, and took his
hands and kissed theta,
"No, I don't know it; I don't
think you ever could be different; I
am awake now," she said.
In those idle hours he used to talk
to her, and for the rest—well! she
look atter her I could ease some was busy, and he, too had his work.
things a bit, 1 kuow, but for one He would ask her sometimes to
grain of use I'd be to her if I stop- bring her sewing with her into the
study, and she would bring it with
a glad face, and would sit down a
little way from hint mute as a
mouse, finding it happiness enough
to be in the same room with him.
She always asked so little of him;
she was contented to bo so Little to
ply to this sad speech. "Of course him. Only to belong to him—to
I will bo flier friend—you know I have tiro right to serve and love him
have always been fond of Lotty—hut —tit these days this constituted the
the chances are that she won't want
me, or anybody, as long as she has
Mr. Trelatvnev,'
And then, what could the other re-
ply to her? Ilow—for Letty's sake—
could she bear to say what she fear-
ed was the truth—that for help in
the small future troubles of her com-
mon daily life Letty might almost
as well look to an infant as to her
husband?
ped, I d be doing her a peck of
harm. So it's no good to be think-
ing of that; and when I'm gone, un-
less you befriend her, Miss Watson, I
don't know a friend she'll have."
"But she wilt have her husband,"
Miss Watson said cheerfully, in re -
Of course there was great gossip-
ing in Shepton over the news of Let-
ty's marriage. People raised their
eyes and hands at hearing of it.
Nearly half the village laughed at
him or did worse than laugh at him
very few indeed hada kind word for
her. Amongst these few, however,
happily the vicar was ono, and the
vicar's good word in the parish
went a considerable way.
"I always thought the girl a very
pretty% little girl and a very modest,
good girl, too," he said to his wife;
'and though I don't think Trelaw-
ney is doing a \vise thing in marry-
ing her, still I don't see that wo
need to make the consequences of it
hard to him."
But of all the talk of the place,
whether it was kind or cruel, Laity
herself knew little and thought less.
People were surprised, of course she
was well aware; they were surprised
and they envied her, sho supposed;
but she took their doing this as a
matter of course, and was too much
wrapped up in her mets happiness
and her own concerns to care mach
about what they either said or felt.
When the vicar spoke to her about
her marriage—as he did—she colored
like a red 'rose; and when the vicar's
wife read her a little lecture about
her coming future duties. assuming
whole of her simple childish desire
and hope.
"We had better be married as soon
as possible," Mr. l'rclawney had
said, when he came home:. so they
were married within a month of his
return.
Mr. Penrose performed the service,
and tho clerk gave Letty away, and
nobody but Mrs. Markham accom-
panied the bride and bridegroom to
the church. Mrs. Markham had
made a plain white wedding gown
for Laity, and in this unadorned,
simple frock, and with her fair, vn-
covered bead, she walked up the aisle
and stood by. Mr-. Trelawney's side.
There were a good Many spectators
of the wedding, forthe marriage
day had not been kept a secret, and,
though Mr. Trelawncy and L'etty
brought no marriage party
with thein, the church, when they
entered it, was half-filled with self -
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THE SULTAN'S SPIES.
How the System Sas Developed in
Turkey.
In no country and at no time of
the world -s history has the spy sys-
tem been developed to the point it
has attained in Turkey to -day, says
the London Ohronicle. It is a most
elaborate organization and costs an
immense amount of money. There
are spies and counter spies to the
fourth or fifth degree. Their nume
bar is legion, and they are to be
found in all classes of society from
the highest to the lowest. Besides
the minister of police, almost every
high dignitary has his own service of
spies. These are all rival organiza-
tions, and spend most of their time
in spying and denouncing each other,
All prominent persons are closely
watched, and followed even while
shopping', .and should they meet an-
other person of note and exchange a
few words, the fact is carefully not-
ed. Turks no Longer dare assemble
in parties of five or six
for the purpose of spending their
evenings together. It is impossible
for three or four of them to sit down
at a table in a coffee house without
having a spy at the next. On such
occasions they always speak ' very
loud, so that everybody might hear
them. Should a European converse.
with a Turk in the street, a spy will
follow tlueni and try to find out
what they are saying. The result of
all this is that the Turks avoid one
another's company as much as possi-
ble, and whenever they do come to-
gether tills conversation ib on the
most futile subjects and quitc child-
ish. Tho Turkish nation is growing
more and more demoralized under
the present spy system.
There are 103 different Sorts of
birds found in Iceland, but only 87
or these aro resident all the year
round. Otily 7 of them are resident
laird bird.,
Louisville, I(entucky, with a pope-
latiort of 200,000, has 20 pee Cent,
more murders in a year than Great-
er London, with its (3 million peo-
ple.
Cho letter ]il holds the record for
frequent uso. In 1,000 letters it
occurs 188 times in English, 184 in
lw renclt, 178 Doman, 140 in Span-
ish.
Bobby—"Pit, what clo they call a
man who has two wives ?" l'a—"A
bigamist, Bobby." !lobby—Pa, sup-
pose he has more than two wives ;
what is he 111011 ?" Pa -'A hopeless
idiot I Now don't bother me with
any more questions."
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t1 T FARM.1
IIOW TO IiI:AINTAIN SOIL :FEB,'
TJLIT Y,
"Wo all know that lb is very deer -
able to have a fertile soil in watch
to grow crone," says F. P. Peck, of
Michigan, "for success in farming do -
pends largely on the fertility of the
land, ii;veryeno Jutows of many
farms - which ale not now producing
half what they should—sctu'cely en-
ough to pay for the labor necessary
to produce a crop. It is more pro-
fitable to farm so as to meintain or
improve the loll than it is to rob
the soil of its fertility and in the
end bring ruin to the owner of the
farm."
How is this to be done? I be-
lieve
o-lieve our greatest loss of fertility is
the loss of humus. A soil without
humus will not carry a crop success-
fully through a drouth. A clay soil
devoid of humus will be lumpy and
hard, and will not retain moisture
for very long. Wo all know tee ef-
fect on the crop and the great
amount of labor required to prepare
such a piece of ground for a crop,
Hence aur aim should bo to farm so
as to produce and leave as much
humus in the ground as possible.
This is best accomplished by a ro-
tation of crops, and one crop in the
rotation should bo clover, which is
our greatest soil renovator. We
should aim to feed everything, or
nearly everything, produced on the
farm, and if we add a little bran or
concentrated feed to the ration of
each animal, and carefully save and
apply all the manure, it is easy to
see that we shall maintain. and pro-
bably add to the fertility of the
soil,
Many advocate the plowing under
of green crops, but unless a farm is
very much run down, I would not
practice this, unless it ho to bury a
second crop of clover, or a clover
crop sowed to protect the ground
during the winter. A clover crop
should always be sowed whenever a
piece of ground remains idle during
the frill and winter, Many times we
have a piece of stubble which we in-
tend to plant to corn or potatoes.
On this we can grow a crop of rye
or peas and barley, either of which
will make a large growth and can
be plowed under in time to plant
corn. This adds largely to the hum-
us of the soil, and will tend to carry
a crop through a drouth. without in-
jury.
As I said, it should be our aim to
feed all, or nearly all we raise on
our farms for the purpose of keep-
ing up the fertility of the farm, and
I believe it to be more profitable to
sell our produce in the form of but-
ter, beef, pork, etc., than to sell it
in the rough. I believe our produce
fed to good stock, will bring us
more than twice what it will sell for
on the market. For example, I can
feed a cow for 124c per clay, and
have her bring in 25c per day or
more for butter alone, and I believe
the same to bo true with all other
kinds of stock.
Many advocate the use of commer-
cial fertilizer. Of course, the basis
of all our fertility is the amount of
nitrogen, potash and phosphoric
acid a soil contains. When wo con-
sider that an ordinary crop of
wheat of 25 bushels per acre, remov-
ed about $8.75 worth of these ele-
ments from the soil, and a crop of
corn neatly as much, we nen readily
see that when a soil is exhausted of
these elements, it quite expensive
to replace them by using commer-
cial fertilizers. Now, if we feed our
crops on the farm, we can return
about 80 per cent, of these elements
to the soil in the manure, and at .the
sanne time get twice the market
value of our produce. We can read-
ily see that it is more profitable to
farm so as to improve oto• soil, than
to sell our crops on the market, and
at the same time be losing heavily
in the fertility of the sold.
I would not advocate the feeding
of wheat, but would sell it and pur-
chase bran or cottonseed meal which
is worth More for feed than wheat,
and has about double the manurial
value. If I sold much wheat I would
use commercial fertilizer's freely, for
it is impossible to keep up the farm
and sell grain without their use. 11
worow all the forage crops s wo can
g g p
and coed them on the farm. carefully
save and return the Manure, we need
have but little fear about the fertil-
ity of the laid F, W. Hodson, Live
Stock Commissioner.
STABLE BEDDING.
Stable beddingperforms a valua-
ble service outside of providing com-
fort for stock. One of the most suc-
cessful farmers is said to have de-
clared that he would have found
farming unprofitable but for the man-
ner of bedding his animals. His ob-
ject was not only to save food by
keeping* his stock dry and warns. but
also to absorb every ounce of liquid
Manure. This kind of bedding tied'
its pre.pa•atiot greatly infiuencot the
loss or gain. When whole straw is
used the liquids are, not wholly ab-
sorbed, but when the straw'is cut up
fine it prevents cold draughts along
the floor, and also fully absorbs the
liquids and goes` into the manure
heap in a condition which permnits of
rapid decomposition. Then there is
the great amount of labor saved
When handling manors that is fine.
It takes time to reduce coarse mater-
ials in the heap, but when they are
line they soon decompose nod also
hold mote plant food hi solution.
FARMER'S Wtl'ft1CSMOF,
Every farmer should have a con-
volient Workshop as a measure of
economy, A workshop should be
supplied with all of the most nodes -
say tools it, tine uso or which some
one or more of the "inch folks" will
be s\unewhet skilled. Next to hav-
ing the tools and knowing how to
use them, is their beteg well ar-
rangecl---it pine for everything and
everything in its place—so that no
time netisi be lost in looking for
thein. Ilspeciaiiy • lit the busy stint.,
mor season, time is money, ' and a
Mat'ked saving in both will be made
if tle tools are In order and Iii heir
proper places. It is poor ecpnonlY
to have to run to the shop onit, two
or tlu'ee miles away whet, an axe
helve ie to be set in, or a rake
wants a new tooth.
PARA/ NOTES.
No dairyman can praetico cruelty
to animals and expect to obtain de-
ont price Lot lzis mi1Jc avid butter.
his is an inoxorabfe law pi'oiilltl-
gatod by Nature,
Sboep aro ills only anleials wlzioli
o not really exhaust the huncl on
hich they feed. They ,distribute
:TO
evenly en the field and tramp
t into the soil, feeding' upon plants
hat other ani,nals will not con-
ume,
Washing the heads scents a need-
less task sometimes, but the success-
ful dairyman will find the moments
spent ht this way are the most pro-
fitable of the day. Olean hands lead
to clean cows, and with clean cows
there will be a clean product.
The distance travelled by a cow in
a pasture that does not 'provide a
sufficiency is sometimes many miles
in a day. Tho extra work done by
the cow is at the expense of the
farmer, for the food consumed is
partly utilized in the work. No pas-
ture should be used until it is io
good condition, and if deficient in
grass then the cows must also be
fed. One difficulty is that, as cows
will seek green food they will travel
over the pasture oven when fed; but
not so much so as when not given
extra food. A poor pasture is conse-
quently of no value, and it is better
to keep the cows in the barn -yard
than to turn them out to work a
day.
CHILD'S APRON.
2, 4 and 6 Years,
Tho usefulness and charm of dainty
aprons are too completely self-evi-
dent to require urging. They ptotect
the dress at the same time that they
are in themselves ornamental,
and they give just the sense of caro
and neatness that is so desirable in
all feminine toilets, whatever the
wearer's age. This very pretty mod-
el is amply serviceable as well as or-
namental, The original is made of
nainsook with trimming of embroid-
ered edging and beading, through
which velvet ribbon is run; but plaid
muslin and all the familiar white ap-
ron materials are suitable, while gin-
gham can be used to advantage for
the hours of hard play.
The upper portion of the apron is
a short fitted body. To its lower
edge is joined the full skirt portion
and to the arm -eyes full frills that
form sleeves: Arranged over the
yoke is a full frill or bertha that
completely 'hides it from View. Sash
ends are attached at the under -arm
seams and -bowed at the centre back.
To cut this apron for a child of 4
years of age, 2$ yards of material
82 inches wide will be required, with
2$ yards of embroidered edging to
trim as illustrated,
NAVY IMETTER THAN EVEZ.
I have known tate inner workings
of the British navy intimately for
ten years now, and I unhesitatingly
affirm that the mediocre hien of to-
day are, better than the best men of
ten Years ago, says a writer in the
Fortnightly Review, In energy,
thought, zeal, brain power, resource,
individuality, in all these and kin -
individuality, in all these and kindred
things the navy is on a decided up-
grade, and the personnel of the navy
of the past is simply not to be cone.
Pared with the navy of to -day. In
all the rot around us, the British
navy is the one thing healthy. yet.
The whole aiin and object of modern
naval warfare is to make the enemy
lose his head. The oflicess and mon
of the British navy will keep their
heads logger than 'any—that is thee„
object of all their training. In the
navy, if a man has distinguishert..-
1lilnselie; he is ashamed of it ratifier
than otherwise, he feels no pride in
it, and keeps quiet for fear of itav-
Mg the sneering epithet " 'oro" ap-
plied to him. To "do his job" is the
beginning and red of things with
hint.
1Prttre anti l'oetrv,
Despite the noble work delle by mop
00 various as ltuslciti and Stevenaoil,
l e 0
Pater and Newman, ou feolo rifer th.
l r ofa a e t, to
roll l profie, sm 1 m r
R oos�
g Yp t
beauty, was not realised
not yet realized save by a rev, Prose
is not yet written as frankly for silk
own sake as poetry. It ought to be,
of course I dcr not mean that it ouglik
not to he coutiuped 00 a vehicle ter
07017 kind of didactic purpose. But it
ought .also to he used by those what
could well 1100 it so for the expreeslop
of merely lyrical feeling, ..
In modern English prose there are, 11
4a true, milts lyrical passages, but they,
are always sandwiched apologetically,'
in the midst of expository writing, The
'only septtrate prose lyrics that I can re-
call written In English are translations
from another language, such as Mr. An.
drew Lang's translation from 'Thooerf-
tus, I recommend that dear little book
as an incentive to young .writers Of
prose, It will embolden them to be'
uterely lyrical, thus hastening the day,
when writers of prose shall be as spe-
ride and distinct a class as poets are
now.—London Academy.
A Strange Target
In "The Book of the Rifle" the 11ou.
T. F. Freemantle tette the following
amusing story apropos of accidents to
markers:
"Sir Henry Halford on 0110 occasion
—it was not a very clear day—wan
about to begin shooting at 1,000 yards
and, thinking that the marker must
now be ready for him to begin, asked
him through the telephone, 'Are you
ail right?' The marker replied, "Ali
right, sir, in a minute;' but, unluckily,
Sir Henry took 'All right, sir,' instead
of the whole sentence and removed the
telephone from his ear. He lay down
and fired his shot, and on looking
through the telescope to see where it
had hit was horrified to see the marker
with a perfectly white face staggering
toward 111s shelter. He was intensely,
alarmed, and in a moment tbere came
a ring at the telephone. 'What has
happened? Are you badly hurt?' 'No,
sir, I am not hurt; but I had a bucket
of whitewash between my legs paint-
ing the target, and you put a bullet lnta
it and splashed it all up in my face.'"
A Poverty Stricken Queen.
Partly owing to the fact that she was
wedded to an avaricious king and part-
ly because she was generous with the
little money allowed her Elizabeth of
York, queen of Henry VII., spent but a
small amount for dress. She was very
often In debt, and the sums she spent
were ridiculously small, 20 shillings ($5)
being the greatest amount expended at
any one time. Her gowns were mend-
ed and turned, and new waists were
made for them, as is shown by the rec-
ord of bills paid to her taller. These
bills prove that oho wore her clothes
for a long time, for her gowns were
obliged to be newly hemmed, and also
that, thopgh a princess of the great
house of Plantagenet, she wore shoes
costing but 24 cents, which were deco-
rated with tin buckles!
Bast Indian Idols.
The images of the gods in India are
not made by a separate caste, but the
carpenters and masons respectively,
make the large wooden and stone idols
set tip' in the temples, the potters the
clay idols consumed in daily worship
and the braziers. coppersmiths and
goldsmiths the little images in brass,
copper, mixed metal and gold, and el•
ver that are always kept in private
homes. The East Indians regard an
alloy of brass with five other metals—
gold, silver, 'iron, tin and lead, .making,
with the copper and zinc of the brass,
a mixture of light metals—as a perfect
alloy, and this is highly prized as a
material for sacred images.
Palmerston and His Muscles.
Lord Palmerston died at his post two
days before he was eighty-one, his fac-
ulties undimmed and his physical
strength little affected by his advanced
age, .A. hidden' witness recorded is
touching anecdote: A fortnight before
his death 'bo saw the old statesman
come out his London Louse early one
morning, look around to assure himself
that he was alone, then cllmb'over the
d house'a
area railing arena thed back n
again to test the strength of his mus -
cies.
One Phlce.
Oustaner (after beating the price
.down from $3.50 to p.m—Whet right
have you to call this a "one price
store?"
Dealer—Why not?
Oustomer—Why, you ask all kinds of
prices.
Dealer—But, my dear sir, the price
of a thing is not what is asked, but
what Is accepted for it.
FITTED. IIIS FOLLY. •
Art amusing story is told of a
cm'tnin fussy and quarrelsome mat
who is fond of threatening lawsuits
and actions for damageson every
,
possible pretext, and who is also not
averse to taking meat advantage of
itis fellows.
On a recent occasilin his hat was
slightly damaged by something ae-
cidetntally' dropped from the window
of a neighbor's house. The fact wag
set forth in an indignant letter from
the fussy person, who demanded that
the hat should be replaced by a new
one, a decidedly modest request, see-
ing that the original !tat was old
and shabby, 'while the injury to iL
could have been easily repaired,
The recipient of the letter, How-
ever, is a humorous gentleman well
acquainted with the weaknesses of
his correspondent, Instead of Wax-
ing indignant at the impudence of
the demand, he wrote a ployhl re-
ply, explaining that times were lined,
money scarce, and new hats at a
premium. Ho hoped, however, that
its he could not furnish the aggrieved
patty with a new head -covering, ho
would accept the material for one,
1'‘td ho inclosed a:s11001 of foolscap 1
A Broken Neck.
"Did you hear about the catastrophe
down at the Browns' last night?"
"No. What happened?"
"Why, Airs. Brown gave the baby a
bottle to play with, and while she was
in the kitchen it fell out of the cradle.
and broke its neck,"
"What, the baby?"
"No, the bottle,"
fnitennity In n Iplgt,
Alyce --What a lovely cozy cornet,
Maymel Such a pretty conch?
MnymO—Isn't it? Its made, out of
five trunks and a hatbox, seven pillows,
two bolsters and an old piano cover.
A lifeasore of 'mime. •
The Putiil—it seemed to ate I must
have practiced all of two hour's.
The Professor—Hut I'm sore you did
not, If you had practiced two hours, it
would have seemed like sit. --Puck,
Abernethy declared tont the best
time to eat was, for a rich man, whets
he could get appetite, nail, fee a poor
man, when he could get. fooit