The Brussels Post, 1897-9-17, Page 22
is 0.WD LADS,'
Joe, welly eryin', ',Do 11i best' yo'
"OkVD LADa'." says Penley, h tstln ups, 'shoulders,
The great belt clanged out jubilantly; 'its yo'r lookout, says he. '1 mon do
half past five. Leaving -oft time. The th' best a olnif ubyfurrussterSs yc Ulm
horses, plodding petientis' clown the here,' says Joe lie lido t care newt
brown stretch which wits in tine to be about th' alum if he wore to go, Y0'
%core -field, quLekened their steps a lit- knower, so he says it out like a mon
tae that they might get to the end of tie Joeg' loud enough toe- didn't 'ea,
furrow the sooner; yonder in the „Eh, I did," said Joe, with a kindof
Pleasure -ground the garden -buys tilted melancholy triumph, 'Lie's eerd 1h'
up their watering -cans hastily, splash' trutIi as lit lit s.' lying a blessiri "
iirg each, other, and giving the mignon• o LWd Tommy. t; ringuat, lad, 1t"
etre-bed no undue portion of the av d Sir Gilbert
'all be turnin' in s
refreshing stream in their haste to be grave."
gone, The old carpenter went 0^, ag?ntna Meanwhile
ofd Will had tramped
ram nod,
off
tranquilly platelet; the dour -panel h again, a e of good wt1L and parting.
. nod,
had in banal ; but his assistant, young (ton Dast [ly hobbled offer Liar. Itis
and sprightly, glowing, moreover, with unwonted garrulous mood caused him
the consciousness that a certain likely' to
rent hout out lea or
Iwo news, comments
on
lass of his acquaintance was awaiting the[ lis n y heard
not but finding
in, be
him at the entrance to the village, relapsed Lnbo taciturnity,
flung down hammer and nails and seiz- Sn time they arrivedt at
e cottage
ed his coat. rented by Tommy,
"Bell's gone[" he shouted to his chief lodged ever since 1113 had begun to work
an the estate, 80 many years ago naw
as he passed, thrusting Ills arms into that they acaraely remembood their
the sleeves; but the other merely look- previous separate existence, ' Our
ed up sourly and went on 'with Wts missMrs,uVose,ey who whilead r she lived,s Poor
ate
task. soul! had "washed and mended them,"
Out in the +vide beach -bordered and "done for them,' and "barged at"
avenue a couple of very old men were them when they required it, with the
slowly and painfully hoeing the intro- utmost
IIimpartiality.
partialit . "Our place,"
the
sive grass which had overspread its tivaslluad house, plough as a matter of
gravelled surface. They wore clogs, fact Tommy paid root for it., and Will
corduroy trousers tied below the knee paid 11im it certain weekly sum, for
with string, and brown cardigan boboard rrnte Tomlodmiy paid , r rather,.
to be
Jackets a good deal frayed and faded, ing been bis custom for years to draw
Both had blue eyes, grey fringes of Will's wages at the same time as his
whisker, and complexions of a brown- oetnn on 'til en weekly posess -n oPboth
sums Th'
ish-yellow tinge, which, added toAcar- butngs"while ale Lived, and by
ype"Tit'
Lain stolidity of expression, caused as she considered advisable for the
their faces to look as though they were earners thereof. Mrs. Vose, being a
carved in wood; both wore fur caps prudent and strong willed woman, pre -
e trifle mangey, well pulled down over Per ed vas g out
they he mthanoney Cher herself,
the ears. Their coats carefully foldedaronies first began to dress alike. Now.
and laid on the grass bes"de them, though she was gone, the custom sur -
seemed alike in color and material; as mode allTne Tommy
kept uthe purse and
was
the old fellows progressed In their task so much simpler and purchases.
one ,Wan
they carefully "shifted" these gar -to go into a shop and saY "Wars la'
meats now one man turning hack for
the purpose, and now the other. 'They
might lave been twins, so clout yth did
d
they resemble each other;
were not even brothers, merely cronies,
who from years orconstant compan-
ionship had grown alike in thought and
habit, and even in appearance' There
was but one difference between them;
Tommy Vose did not see very 0e11, 8nd
Will Barnes w'as rather hart. of hear-
ing, Tommy, therefore, was the first to
apprise Will that it was leaving -off -
time.
"Eli," said Will, "I thought it munl)e
gettin' on fort. Shudders is grooin'
lung." glancing
"All," agreed Tommy',
round, "so they are, lad so they are."
Will chuckled to himself, "A body'd
fancy th' owd. chap could se,e'em.' he
muttered. Tommy's anxiety to make
light of his blindness was a great Foxe
to WUl, and the consciousness of this
own superior sharpness of vision an
unfailing source of satisfaction to him.
Simultaneously straightening their
backs, they shuffled to the spot where
their coats lay, and stiffly stooping,
each assumed his own.
"Ground dowey," said Tommy.
"Eh?" asked W111.
"Ground's dowel," repeated Tom, to
a roar "Eh, tbou'rt gettin' turble bad
of 'earin', lad. Thou'rt worsenin' fur
sure. Welt, coom." raising his voice
again, "let's be toddlin'.'
• Toddle they did, having first, with the
forethought born of their years and
rheumatics, and fostered by long toler-
ance and even laxness on the (Part ;of
the authorities, hidden tbeir hoes
among the neighboring evergreens,
thus saving themselves the extra
quarter of a mile tramp which would
have been necessitated by %return with
them to the tool -shed. They trudged
slowly and soberly alongthe path
which led. to the village lifting their
heavily shod feet buta little way off
the ground, and swaying tram side to
side as they walked. They did not
speak to eae.n other -in fact they very
seldom dial, Tommy's remark about
the bell had broken a silence 1,111011 had
lasted since dinner -time, and even then
Will had only enlivened the meal Iby
observing "Cheese is rayther strong,"
and his comrade had responded sarcas-
tically that ha was gettiag meeteriy
tickle at staoma011."
As they shambled over the cobble-
stones in the village proper, they were
overtaken by a couple of their fellow -
workmen who were talking ,audlyand
excitedly.
hello, Will.;" cried one, "got 1h' hag
yet 0"
"got bot bol" chuckled the old !man
catching the words for ante, and show-
ing,all his toothless gams inan0ppre-
ciative grin. 'Naw, 1 haven't, Ed'ard.
I've nobbut bin wortOhin' 'ere smatter
o' forty-five year, thou knows, 'Thos's
all, Nay, nay, they'll scarce notice
me."
two o' them, an' a coupia o Yon, an
fewer pairs o' they socks," pointing to speed of steamships has been affected
the required articles with a decided! ever since that al.ass of vessels first
forefinger, than for each to go Do came into existence. Greater length,
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THE BRtYSSELS POST,
ploy every ono, so he draws the line
there"
What's he sayin'1" asked Will
turning , helplessly 10 his friend.
Tommy was incapable of anstverlag
him. He stood as though transfixed.
his woodeny fan more wooden than
ever, Dia jaw dropping. Will came a
slop nearer the bailiff and latd 1118
hand on his sleeve,
"Spakin' 0' this 'ere hoe,' he said
tremulously, "Sea y e , Mester Penley,
it tans my fault 'at Lt's gone rotten,
FROM THE LAND' Or CAKES.
11 were alias a bad bit o' wood, But
1's tall it round t' th' tool -shed o'
nests, if thugs all, An' y'o' can stop
t1' price out a' my wage it yo'n a
mind."
It is not on account ot the hoe."
returned Penley hastily, "I 911uuld
have given you notice (n any ease, Sir
John can't afford to keep e" many
laborers."
"Sir John oannot afford my bit o'
wage?"
Yours and a good many' others too.
You ars not the only one. In future
he only intends to employ lis own ten-
ants."
I've wortohed on this 'ere estate
for forty-five year," said Will brok-
enly. tut it
"Well, I'm sorry for von,
mug; be helped. We can'1 break the
rule for you,"
The old man stared at him a mo-
ment or two, blinking his blue eyes;
and then feebly stooping for his boo,
began to serape at the weed -grown
surface of the road. Presently lie
Paused.
I'd be a villin' to mom fur less," he
observed tentatively,
'Can't be done,' replied Penley,
and anxious to put an end to a scene
which he found painful, he walked
away.
When his wiry, active form was out
of sight, the two cronies looked at
each otber, and Tommy, waking its it
from a dream, drew nearer ills com-
panion.
(To be Continued)
WITH
THE OCEAi FLYERS(
SOME LATE ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
SCOTTISH BRAES.
New' Signal ('a1/11) at 1Yarerlep and Its
IAlalpnlrn l-1'rlalq� of 1191Fes 1(19011'
petals Glasgow People.
The new signal cabin of the Waver-
ley station, Edinburgh, contains the
largest apparatus of the kind in the
world, having 300 interlocicing lever's
In one continuous frame. Al present
the levers in use number 157, and more•
will be 130005111 Into service as the
work advances. To attend to the traf-
fic there will be four men on each shift,
which is eight hours long; whileyoutbe
are employed to record the times of
the trains, Ivor kbitltertu clone by the
signalmen th(:,nsetves. The large cabin
has been rendered neee8sary bythe ex-
tent of the traffic to be dealt with,
there being no fewer then 500 trains
passing the cabin during the 24 hours
and of these 300 are !inswinger trains,
1n addition there aro the shunting
operations—an extensive branch at the
Waverley station—et 1 econtrolled. froi
this cabin The mist .modern improve-
ments have keen introduced into the,
working of the levers and other appal'-
etus; while the Galin is lighted with
electricity, and with gab in ('ase of the
failure of the electric light.
The Lord Provost of Glasgow inti-
mates that the Prince and Princess o1
Wales who were asked to visit Glas-
gow on September 0, to lay the founda-
tion stone of the Art Gallery and to
formally open Cessnocic hock, cannot
find It convenient to do so, however,
the Duke and Duchess of York will tra-
vel to Glasgow and perform the doable
ceremony. The Cessnock Dock is the
largest in Scotland, and took twelve
gwelve
docks rs to thetrsRoyal I3igt. bnefsswilt ate
tend luncheon in the City Chambers, at
which the freedom of the city will pro-
bably be presented to the Duke andsub-
sequently lay the foundation stone of
the Art Galleries. In the evening, the
Royal party will leave the city for Dal-
meny, where they are to be the guests
of the Earl of Rosebery.
The French -Scottish Society that has
this year been holding its annual meet-
ings in Edinburgh, paid a visit to St.
Andrews, where they were the guests
of the University. Al especial gradu-
ation ceremonial the Senates conferred
the honourary degree ot LL.D. on M.
le Comte de Franqueville, M. Croiset
and 1tif. 14Ielon, and also on a lady, Miss
Eugenie Selliers. The latter is the first
lady t oreceive the degree at St. An-
drews, and the fact was very suitably
commented upon by Principal Donald. -
son. He pointed out that as the 'Uni-
versity of St. Andrews has now open-
ed its doors to lady students, it can-
not consistently reserve its honourary
degrees for men. bur. must 1e ready to
confer them upon women who have dis-
tinguished themselves in science 0r
scbolarship.
A policeman's sense of. humour quell-
ed a disturbance at Burntisland last
week, and the delinquents' sense of
humour saved them from the ven-
geance of the late. The case stood thus:
A female tramp and her two sons were
making too much noise, and vexing the
lieges. They resisted all attempts to
soothe them. O0e of the sons is a piper
and a policeman suggested that he
should play the party to the lockup.
The man was tickled with the idea, and
did as he was told. While the officer
tumbled for the keys of the cells, the.
prisoners kept marking time. 'In con-
sideration of the humour of 111eLr be-
haviour," the Bailie dismissed them
with an admonition,
"Seven school children." says the
Athenaeum, "of Golspie, in. Sutherland,
once wrote down for Mr. Nicholson,
Bodley's librarian, all they knew of the
superstitions and legends of the neigh-
bourhood, the description of their own
games, the rhymes sung in tbem, and
much else. This, without altering a
word, Mr. Nicholson had edited, adding
the mesio of the game -rhymes. and an
introduction to the history of the Glace,
its prehistoric, and other antiquities,
and its papulatton. Mr. Nutt is about
to publish the work, which is plenti-
fully illustrated."
By command of the Queen asupper
and a ball were beld at Balmoral Castle
on July 23rd in honour of Her Ma-
jesty's Diamond Jubilee. The celebra-
tions had been postponed on account of
the death of Mrs. Macdonald, one of
her Majesty's dreseers, All the ten-
antry on the Balmoral., Abergeldie and
Birkhail estates together with their
wives and familfee were present, and
the royal tradesmen in Aberdeen were
also invited.
The memorial stone of a mortuary
ebapel which has been gifted to the
Northern Infirmary, Tnverness by the
Dowager Lady Tweedmouth, hi mem-
ory of the late Lord Tweedmouth, yeas
laid by her Ladyship a few days ago,
in presence of a representative wither-
ing of clergyman ODD citizens. Her
Ladyship's party included the Countess
of Aberdeen and Lady Marjorie, daugh-
ter of the Countess.
WONDERFUL INCREASE IN THE
SPEED OF STEAMSHIPS.
A Suggestion '1`lnd. the Limit. Rats ((early
ncta Reached -now Fast the Mg Fel-
In Ws Go,
A slow but steady increase in the
shopping on his own r of the a finer models, higher boiler pressures,
vided the indoor labor of the little es-
tablishment, Tommy on this occasion
blowing up the fire and making the
tea, while Will laid the table, As they
sat opposite each other, the latter,
vigorously stirring his tea, chuckled
to himself.
"1 connot 'alp but think of Ed'ard
Prescott," he said. "'lien you getten
th' bag?' says he. Rol bol"
Tommy, who had been blowing into
his saucer, and was now slowly suck-
ing up its steaming contents, stared
hard at his friend over the rim. I maximum speed of such craft. France
'How lung haste bin wortohin' 'ere, now has two and England five or six
t ?" h inquired as he set it down
t ci
'Goin' on five -an' -forty roar." re- 3 knots, and several. more Lorre been
sponded Will promptly. projected which must attain a speed
'Ab, so thou has -an' lived i' th' 0ne of 32 in order to be accepted. That
place all the time. Eh, thou'rt as good marvel of marine architecture and
as a tenant o' Sir John's if thou arena engineering, the Turbinia, has already
a tenant, 13ut thou was born Orms- exceeded this figure, however, having
kirk -way -on, wern't thou?" spurted at the rate of 34 knots a re -
"Ah," assented will, "I. were born at cord not likely to be beaten for some
Aughton yon. My feyther were a months at least -perhaps not Lor
Manchester mon, an' my mother wont years.
fro' Liverpool, but 1 allus call mYser A POSSIBLE OBSTACLE
an 0 I've
rk mon." observed to. great advances in speed in the lo -
So y,ve yard reap say;' ture, dimly hinted at in 1895, was dis-
brown and thereupon fell into a cussed at length a few weeks ago, at
frown study a scientific congress in England, by
OroNext morning, as the couple ap- Sydney W. Barnaby. When the tor-
borsched the hound of their awlyting pedo boat destroyer Daring made ler
hoes, whom should they fend awaiting first trial trip two years ago, she
them but Mr.uPenley, the new been failed to develop the speed whioh
Ten minutes late, my men; been" had been expected by her designers and
ed Wt as they drew note. builders. There seemed to be an un-
"Well, an' ten minutes isn't so a accountable waste of power somewhere,
for owl folks same as us," respundel. Mr. Barnaby diagnosed the case, reach -
Tommy pleasantly, and in no way ed a certain conclusion as to the nes
glar's kit in his possession. Ho made
a living while out of jail by writing
prison stories for nmgitnnes, and by
figuring on his prison experiences,
A number of 114110 -nosed whales• re-
cently found their way into LookEli
and as the entrance' is 00ry narrow
they were unable to get out again.
Within a few days over a dozen
stranded on the shores and died. They
measured from 15 toe0 feet in length.
(According to report the smithy at
Melrose in which Armourer -Sergeant
Seott, the winner at the silver medal
at Sisley works. has leen in tbopos-
session of his forefa1t10(9 for seven
hundred years.
and engines that were lighter in pro-
portion to the horse power developed
are among the causes which have con-
tributed to such e, result. At present
the Edit for 008an liners and first-
class cruisers is about 22 knots. A few
private yachts do better than this,
But the best time at sea is made by
torpedo-boat destroyers. Two or three
years ago 27 and 28 knots was the
saysa e destroyers able to make between 30 and
a 'email
NEW DESIGNS IN CURTAINS.
Tar10 ns Are 1118 0111uiges-.laa'P Cream lace
curtains More I'oinilllr Than Ever.
Stair. 1°7, 11497 -
Good Wife's Tears'
"I left her eryingi By Jovel I can
stand anything but that'"
'Never was a braver young husband.
Never ew truer' young father: I know'
laim through and through. I say young.
13.1 is atones. 11(111y years old', IIe had
a fine business when ho married as
pretty a girl as ever lived, eight years
ago. lits father leis then noir. Her
father was rich. Both the father's fail-
ed in business and are Plead, Bat 1;d -
ward buckled down to business 1(31(1 did
well, up to four' years ago. Site was
bappy till he began to be obliged to
say, "I can't afford it, Alice," Now, it
seems, 8118 is often• in tears as he leaver
borne in the morning for the day's bot-
tle. Ile says, 'It takes all the pluck
out or me. I have to meet the world at
a disadvantage; I feel as 11, somehow,
my wife was not true to her vow, to
take me for richer, for poorer. Da you
think she has begun to lose respect for
me? If she has, then she has begun
to love me less, A wife cannot love
the man whom she does not respect.
A wife must look up to her husband; or
etas she must pity him. Otherwise love
flies out of the window." This is a
sample of the poor boy's dismal reason-
ing, as, two or three times- lately, he
has opened, reluotanrtly, I confess, bio
heart to me.
biy dear yoong friend, his wife, read
this. Don't cry any more to his part-
ing hour. A wife may wry: if her hus-
band is a drunkard. Yours is not. If
a husband is an idler, is a sick man,
is a gambler, or a fellow with a ruin-
ed reputation, then his wits' Wray weep
a bitter weeping. Your good man is
none of these, Far from it. Ile is hon-
est, true to you and' everybody, but
unfortunate. Rye is handsome, healthy
and does the work of two. men daily,
in his heroin struggle to retrieve in-
jured fortunes. And be will do it, too,
unless you defeat him, which your are
in a falr way to do. 5 shalt never
forget my horror, wh011' one day a man
groaned out to his wife -they were
both in my offioe ca business: "My
life insurance would give you; all the
luxuries you want!" Ile carried 5250,-
000, He seemed to be thinking out
loud, rather as if of late Lt had often
been a familter thought in his dark
soul. Husbands with large life insur-
ance may be worth more to their fam-
ilies dead than living. It is frightful
to write such things. But in these
days of many forms of ample insurance,
fretful and extravagant wives of real-
ly affectionate mem had better think
on the temptation, One need not use
a revolver: one may simply work him-
self to death, saying, "What is the
odds? By overwork 1 may win. But
if by overwork I die, the family wilt
get big insurien0ei" Women forget -
bless their dear llvesi=--sometimes they
forget. For instance, your father once
failed in business, Your young head
knew nothing of it. You seem to re-
member your father's house only as a
plane of plenty. put there were dark
days there. Ask your mother. We alt
overlook the gradationsef want. Want
of luxuries is poignant suffering, but
want of breed is. far more terrible.
The stylish lace curtains for next•
season are elaborately (19000x10(1 with
ribbon work, lithe designs which, me -
cording to the dealer8, will be most
popular are floral, and are very 'pro-
nouneed. When carried out on cream
nets with white satin ribbons ot vari-
ous whittle the affect is very striking.
The newest• curtains lave centres of
plain coarse nets, with an edge of
lace and an loner border of i 11111031
work, One pair of curtains whose de-
sign is particularly beautiful has en
edge of Renaissance lace eight or Len
inches deep with an inner border
twelve inches wide of Marie Antoinette
design, showing long -handled baskets
filled with flowers and caught together
with bowknots. The baskets, flowers,
and bowknots are alt worked in cream
satin ribbons of various widths. 'The
centres of these curtains are of
plain white hobbinet. The design on
another curtain is a combination. of
Renaissance, Egyptian, and Marie An-
toinette styles. The centre is of heavy
cream hobbinet with a six inch edge
of Renaissance lace, 'Then comes a
strip oL the plain net about the same
width, followed by a strip of Egyptian
insertion about twelve inches wide.
Over this strip of plate net and Egyp-
tian inscription runs a floral design
worked in satin ribbons whose leaves
and flowers are as large as 'dinner
plates.
In curtains of Brussels lace the great-
est change is in the plaits borders and
plain centres. The edges of the new
Brussels curtains have plain hems in-
stead of the old fashioned scallop. The
fashionable flowers on these curtains
are gigantic pansies and arum lilies
combined with maiden -}hair ferns.
Lace curtains in deep cream promise
to be more popular than ever, and
there are two new styles, both of
Wrench origin. Teres curtains, the
handsomest of these have a centre of
plain net almost as heavy and coarse
as Russian lace, with a borcder of a
floral scroll design in a lace which
appears to be a combination of royal
13attenberg and duchess. The other
naw' curtains have a deep openwork
border made up of Brussels lace, Irish
point and tambour work. These cur-
tains are quite expensive, and the deal-
ers seem to think. their popularity
doubtful, owing to the striking con-
trast between the dead white of the
Irish point and the deep cream of the
other two laces. Russian lace still
holds its 0011 in cream lace curtains.
The newest designs have plain centres
and lace edges varying In widtharam
several inches to more than one yard..
For bedrooms Irish point and tam-
bour net will take the Mace o£ Swiss
and the various musuns which for sev-
eral years have been so popular. These
two laces will be much more reasonable
in price than heretofore, though ap-
parently the quality has not been
quickening his paee, "1 reckon when tura of the trouble, and prescribed a
yarn getten the heu t 'ard o' turn out
remedy. He recommended some ehenges
dahappen find it a bit'urd to turn out in the screws, and his advice was fol -
afore
"ef you yoll art." lowed. The diameters remained the
bare too old to heap your same, and the slant, or pitch, ot the
time, you should too honest to blades was unaltered. But the blades
peke your full day's wage, your tools, s, were broadened, so that the whole area
get work; where are of each screw was increased froma
Barnesl" trifle under uine square feet to a trifle
en's rind ready,th' tools rest enough under thirteen. The speed of the
when we're mestere" returned bast was thus increased from 24 knots
Will, who had been leicortly nd to 28.4, with the same expenditure of
vestingehimself of •his coat, ono power, and the slip of the screws
now lace wled across the grasset t -o 111(5 diminished from 80 to 17 3-4 per
the place where the foes were bestow- cent,
"Iseh'Mr. Barnaby's theory was that the
that where you keep them? you high speed at which the screws were
lazy old beggar!" shouted the baiti11- rotated formed cavities in the water
081. ted b0yong measure by his inan- on their front surfs.ces and that this
Wer. "cavitation," as he calls the phenome-
"Soomtlmes one , adding
with
au ex- non, produced the Increase of "slip"
another," said Will, adding with an ex- and waste of power. Since that time
planu
time, cry smile, "11 eaves a dale o' he bus made some experiments of his
time, gong handy."
yds and ferrels, to own that strengthen bis convictions,
keep 'dm oandy.t and he also finds something in the ob-
". "Red at, the t, and cried handPen-le
servutions of other men to confirm his
ley. will rust, and the hundle views as to the genuineness of the evil
rotting away." referred to. In his recent address,
"'af3o t 9.. 'serve good one a umber, therefore, he remarks:
T doubt," bserved Will, surveying his
implement critically, "aaam lases CAtVITATION CAUSES TROUBLE,
twice Ili lime of others, Nay, '[isn't That cavitation wilt be the cause
good Limier." of trouble in the future, is, I think,
"I should like to know wilut timber certain. Already it is becoming difft-
would stand that kin.' of usage," said Dolt to obtain the requisite area in
the baiLL£C roughly, '1 will have 00 screws of destroyers without either
more of it --you understand, Voss? resorting to sn abnormal width of blade
'raise your tools bank to the shedevery or to a larger diameter and pitahratio
night when you have finished work, than would otherwise have been pre -
Do you hear?" ferable. The one expedient gives un -
"11'11 waste a dale o' time," gruel- due surface triotlon, and the other n0 -
bled 'Tommy. "Mester Woods never cessitates a reduction in the rate 0f
found no fault w•i us Lar lectin' 'em revolution, and, thore3ore, a heavier
bide L' 011' bushes." engine." In other words, the Incigof
'1 dare say' -Dir, Woods. was pretty Procedure which hhas Lewybeen in regard
easy-going all round. Perhaps 111at's to the Daring a bl
one reason why everything, in the
place is going to rack and rum, But
these ways won't do for me, 1
owe a duty to my employer, and 1
mean to do it. So you'll just do as 1'
tell you, Voss, A$ for you, Barnes,
after this week you wont be required
here,"
'Will stood staring at him with a
vacant smite; if he heard, he did not
understand,
The old fellow's deaf, isn't he?"
said Penley than, raising his voice,
" Do you !tear what I say? You
won't be wanted hero atter Saber -
cloy."
Will gaped at hit.
"I'm moan to mom to 'hark o' Mon -
doer
"Well, th' tale ssasth' new squire's
fur turnin' out alias doesn't rely be-
long to the property. "Xlteel s twice too
many laborers lux th'size o'th estate
says the bailiff to Joe here, 'an' net-
VIJAY,' says he. 'Sir John 1111,11 pie tit'
preference to his own tenants. Pm
worry for yep" says he, "but itrannot be
elped.' So poor Joe's to look out fur
apiece as soon's he 0011, An' Richard
Billun�gtoll, he's gettin' Lb' seek too an'
$oh Rome." clacking his
"Eh, said Tommy,
tongue, pleasantly exhilarated by hear-
ing bad news which did not personally
affect him, "Eh my, what changes t
Well, I were born o' th property, an'
1vortahed' ere mon Mn' boy fur nigh
upon seventy year, an' my feyther be-
fore me an' my gron'feytber. An I've
paid rent fur yon little cot e' mine
fur fifty-seven year, Ah, I have.
Eh, dear et me I 11 Sir Gilbert
was livin'Vett be lung alone
let they things be done, 'poor, Rich -
awl Ililhngtonl my word, hod o
taken' fol Ile would thot. Sir John
hasn't no tnderstandin' a' country
ways -a reg lar town gentleman, he is
b half the mon
deso:'
"Well," said Will, smiling again, but
anxiously, ' an thot'8 a funny thing,
When mun I coom again, Mester
Penley?" y
"You needn't, come at all. 'You are
not wanted here any more, We employ
f thesize of the
!plane -an the e a '
it
john s
ed as far es prat ice e.
That there remains at least one
cavitation is
evident from the success of the 1.ur-
binia. J'.he remarkable speed of that
boat, is, to be sure, dos in large mea-
sure, to the new type of engines, the
steam turbines whioh propel. her. But
another i3lnevatten was made in her
case, in the number and arrangement
t hex sax0sys. Of these she las no less burgh. red 1'7218 pcin,hPaie tin ougbfaree
anti coa(mil buildings were decorated
with flags and streamers in humour of
the distinguished visitor. A '.banquet
took pla•e later in the day,
Musselburgh was recently the scene
cheapened nor the designs less pleas-
ing, They are brought out m several
ent).rely new desigus, many of which
are espeecally artistic. Japaaese silks
will be extensively uyed to bedrooms
for curtains as well as draperies. Wise
newest conies of double width in deep
rich colors, with slim grotesque (lgure8
of trees, flowers and occass,onally an-
imals several feet in height. Plain
denim will no longer be used except
as a cheap floor covering. In its place
comes a uouble-width cotton fabric re-
8embLLng corduroy more than any-
thing else. '4bsre is also a double -
width cotton fabric i0 0xc011801 imi-
talion of Bagdad. which is new and
cheap, end will be mucin used' for bed-
room dreperles. The uety etetonnes are
ell remold width with floral designs,
brilliant in coloring and gigantic) in
Size.
A rather strange freak or naturebas
just been seen in %house in the upper
part of Crieff, where scat was stick-
ling a kitten and a rat, The cat, a
kitten andto the the
along witIlght the
t, and
the throe apparently liver' happily to-
gether, the latter being nursed by
uesq.' The kitten seemed tobemore
that m8a18 to Preventtimid than the rat, while the rat was
inclined to be frolicsome.
Sir Hugh Muir Nelson, M C., M,G.,
Premier of Queensland, arooinpanied by
Lady Nelson, recently visited llilmar-
neck, 1118 native town, and had con -
than nine three being mounted on
each abaft, and bee rudder being dis-
placed to ono side of a vertical plane
roaming fore and aft through the cen-
tre of the boot. r. Barnaby, says
that the 'Turbinia's designer was "forc-
ed, doubtless against has will, to 811»
ploy nine screws,' implying that there
are serious objeotions o such a plan.
The obvious su0eoss of it however, and
the possibility that still other roma.
dies for aavttal:ion will be discovered,
justify a hope that Mr. Barnaby s fere
citations may rot he verified. Besides,
d08igoers can greatly iinprove on the.
they soy—he'll ha lI Waver a too malty men or present speed of the finest merchant eer rtI
his ncle Was - ate they say Ili new d et to can't Stand it steereshlp without reaching
1
"He
s 18 tbotf":'growled the other. S' S 1 i obliged to part wllfh all wbieb he Seers ilt 50011 11 a heouth
"'Bow mon. I teed my chiller$' says except h[s o'vn tenants, ge cant am- teed by
For portieres and heavier curtains
the newest is a (wavy silk moire with
deep knotted triage, top and bottom.
These curtains come in white, and all
shades with fringe varying in depth
from four became to one toot, 1u the
various qualities of silk or wool dam-
asks the newest doggies are Syrian
and Moorish. The figures and color-
orings aro larger and more brilliant
then have been used in a dozennr more
years. Chenille curtains 0001 portieres
have had their day, and there will be
no fresh o•ues on the market this tam-
ing season. Double-faced Bagdad takes
the place of the Due -sided drapery of
that name, and strange to relate it
will be sold for Less money. This re-
duction, 90000(10g to the dealers, is
caused by the Armenian and Turkish
troubles. There is a new _Wrench p)por-
tierre fabric ot silk and cotton which
is very striking and is said to be sty-
lish.
ylish, The stripes 10111011 run up and
down, are very broad and high col-
ored, and are broken at unequal dis-
tances by misshapen .figures or splot-
ches of unequal sizes. A curtain of
this fabric that had but three stripes
showed ovary color of the spectrum
and a spot at black and white.
Bead portieres will be used, and the
most popular is the style known as
"Jobn's tears" 73es8 curtains are
made by children in japan and cost
very little when one remembers
1 bat many et them contain more than
80.000 leads. Boatbao curtains, which
are much cheaper than those made of
beads, colpo for neat season more 1011-
sonehle in pried, though better in
quality and coloring titan aver before,
OUT OF THIS CITY.
illitfers--Do you live in the city?
Whiffere-No. I live an the top floor
of 'a twelve -story flet. , •
Have you forgotten the story of the
actual want for bread and shelter
which one of the prettiest girls in your
school afterward went through to
your pitying ears,, and bots, widowed
and sick, she came to you for help to
save her?' Under the moon, shining in-
to the diamonds: of engagement rings,
what high and heroic flights of con-
stancy our dear girls whispered to us.
It was nothing then that we were
poor, for we vera la their eyes lover
heroes. Alt, well, the best of wives is
0110 who never well,
her maidenly
faith in her boy lover. No, not'when
hard tines bang on the heels of hard
times, and years or bad business dis-
may the bravest and truest of men.
Women, are, as a rule, as capable
• as their husbands, mentally. Often
;the wife bas the better mind of the
two. She can reason full as well. She
can "feel" the future with a prophet
es& foreknowledge that is denied to
mesa. Let her not give way to her
wounded pride, if Limns pinch, Let her
emotions take the very opposite turn.
High, inspiring hope is hers, Sublime
faith is hers. If she 0011 cry' easily,
she can laugh easily, Her eyes never
lose their glorious, fire to the man who
loves her. Let ham see that splendid
light, as site looks out into the future
for him. Let her speesph to him be
always one thing: "You can do lt, my
knightl You can succeed, No man do
I see who is so capable as you. Why,
my (tear John, I would rather trust
my babies to the protection of your
own right aria than to any favored son
of fortune on this earth, I am never
afraid so long as you are alive. (know
not the day, but there surely comes
a day when you will return at evening
and I shall see it in your face at the
gate that you have at last conquered
our poverty. I bless you with my faith.
I crown you every day with my smiles,
and each morning I myself buckle on
your sword. with the hands of my per-
fect trust."
of an extraordinary deluge. A thun-
derstorm burst over the town, and in
twenty minutes_ the chief streets, at
e point where it is forty yards wide
was knee deep in water. I-Iousee
shops were inundated. Fortunately,
the storm was 0f momentary duration,
bat considerable damage was lone.
Charles 0101cete, a ticket -or -leave
man, has been sent to jail for 00 days
end to serve out his suspended liie58n-
tencc at Glasgow for having abur-
Men are poor fellows, They get as
weary as children when night comes.
They never show the white feather,
maybe, to each other, but their courage
often droops. Bom0 to the salnitertum.
It is from 'some that they start with
new hope every day. florae is the
wile's realm. She ought not, if in
good health, to lay on the man the
double burden of keeping up .his own
coureg8 and hers, Loo. Surely, it she
cannot actively on00ura'ge Ilion, she
can keep her own face bright) in his
13188ance, Suppose you say this con-
fesses that he is inferior and clemend8
snootier work of her. Have it so, then.
In most homes, at any rate, when a
wife gives up hope, despair is oilier
guest and master of all.
What a queen she le, a wife who
never grows old! Who never grows
old., say you? Why she on, whom the
wear end tear of life 1pave no power to
kill the dauntles8 spirit of youth, For
youth is ever saying: To -morrow, To.
morrow will ho better then to -day,
;Let's dry our eyes Mill smile." The
sweetest stotrnd 011 earth is the laughter
of a, 1i111e child,And the only thing
Met comes near it in ;sweetness is alto
lamghter or the ollitd s h: ppy, hopeful
mother,'-Igaxkley 'Barker,