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The Brussels Post, 1898-9-23, Page 6THE BRUSSELS POST. A HAPPY HOUSEHOLD. By MARGARET LEE, Arbor of Divorce -A Brooklyn Baohntor-LorInier and WIte-Eto. CHAPTER IX. Oe warn e hazy October afternoon Rose strolled about the lawn and gard- ens, stopping at intervals to watob a Passing vehicle or exchange remarks with her father, who was reading in his study. There was in her whole bearing an air of anticipation; her bright face expressed pleasant moditaa tons, although the falling leaves seem- ed to engross her attention. The gate was opened by a taU, fine- looking young man, who carried 0, racket and several books, and bore the general appearance of a oity dweller enjoying his country vezation. "How did you come out?" asked Rose, meeting him and turning toward the porch. "Not first, Miss Minturn. I am out of praotice. I've enjoyed these books very much, and I wish I had another ten days to spend here." "Can't you take them." "No, indeed! There's a fellow with his valise peeked waiting for my ap- pearance in the office. I hope he'll have as nice a time ELS 1 have had. thanks to you and your father." "Perhaps we'll go to the city next month to see the Flower Show." "And may I know when you come 1" "Oh, yes, I'll send you my card." "Did you win the match?" inquired Mr, Minturn, appearing at the door, "No. I'm not very successful, I fear, in winning." He gave Rose a meaning glance,whieh she returned sympathetically. "If this is your last day, why not spend it here with use" '1 shall be delighted to," was the prompt reply. Mr, Minturn strolled off, and Rose began to disease the wonders of orchids. It was to see them espeoially that the coming trip had been decided upon, A. click interrupted the conversa- tion.. Rose looked toward the gate, started to her Met, and. hurried to meet young Everett. His eyes were shin- ing; he held out his laands. Rose put hers in them, and gazed at him. Her smile was enchanting, her cheeks were flushing, her eyes reflected his hap- piness. Neither spoke, and they bad reached the porch when the presence of a third person ended the spell. Rose recovered voice and grace. "Mr. Everett, Mr, Burrow." The men exchanged bows and glan- oes, and a desultory conversation took the place of the one devoted to orchids. Rose was so thoroughly contentled with the knowledge that Everett had passed successfully that no other idea presented. itself to her rapt senses. When her father joined. the group she saw by his manner that ho understood the meaning of Everett's presence, and she left the three men to their own de- vices and hastened to order decora- tions for the table and to add. one or- nament to her own dress, "We must have a jolly evening, grandmal" she exclaimed rapturously. "Der. Everett is here, and Mr. Bur- rows will stay to dinner." "So Mr. Everett is over his trouble. I'm so delighted. Well, he deserved to eucoefed. How he worked all those hot days!" "Indeed he did!" "I wonder if his mother knows?" ''I haven't asked him a question. You see, Mr. Burrows was there when he came,' "How ziwkevartil" 'But this is Mr, Burrows' last ev- ening. Fia has to go back to an of- fice anl hard work." "Then we'll have everything as nice as possible." When Rose returned to the porch Everett was alone. His manner was pe- culiar and Ms expression new to Rose, She overcame the embarrassment by sho eine him her pendant. It was an anchor of graduated pearls with bril- liants forming tbe hooks. "It la very beautiful, and you are wearing it in my 'honor ?" "I promised you I would. Does your mother know?" "I came first to you. Pll heave for home M the morning." "How happy she will feel I Isn't it lovely T Did. you have a s ery difficult examination ?" "It seemed very easy." "The next year is the most agree- able, according to Mr. Burrows." "Is he the aggressive individual?" "Yes -but don't think of that; he has explained his reasons for growing sceptioal and desperate, 'Sor' "Yea, and I want you to be very nice and sympathetic with him. EM is leaving on the early train in the morning; his vacation is over." Everett's face was a study. Rose ig- nored his increasing stiffness, "He didn't mention names, nor bind me to eecrecy, so I am going to tell you what has embittered him. Ile has been very badly treated by people who should be above suoh conduot. It seems that they live in New York, and they have social standingt 110 met them several years ago on 8 steamer going abroad, and was regularly in- troduced to them by &mutual friend." Everett's features relaxed; bis inter- est seemed intense. "He and the daughter fell in love and before tbey reached England be proposed and she accepted him. Now comes the curious part of it, When they returned home, and he called at the house, he was told that she was not at home. This occurred several timee, so be wrote; but his letter was never answered. He cannot under- stand mob bebavior. He says be is quite suet that the girl liked him, and so far as family is coneerned, his is as good as hers. He can only conclude that her parents baterrered and that she hadn't firmness of character suffi- elent to bold to her promise:, I feel sorry for bm. "And hes he never' seen her since?" a distance, so surrounded that he could not approach her, She hasn't married, and I fano he clings to the hope that she still cares for him," "He is tree tO her in spite of this treatment." "Yea. Ile says if she would only communicate with him he would go directly to her father. He explained his position to her at the time. He has his own way to make, but he has agood salary and ince prospects, with influ- ential friends," Everett's manner was again easy, "I'll be as Blos with him as 1. pos- sibly can, We'll travel together, and. perhaps I may win his oonfidence. dos very =rims to know the name of these people. To tell tbe truth, Miss Rose, this praotioe of accepting num and jilting them is a verycommon one. Women like to test their powers of attraction." " Or perhaps this girl thought she was in love and afterward found out her mistake,"' " You are charitable." "'Well, it might happen." "Is this your experience ?" "No, for I haven't had any. I em not susceptible daddy says.". "I wonder how true that is I" "He ought to know something about me. He has studied me all my life." " What is it, then, that appeals to you? You treat me better than any one I ever met, and you bave won the confidence of this young fellow who thinks he is in lore with another wo- man." "Why, you both needed sympathy when I met you." "That is what you feel for us?" " You have no further need of my sympatliy." She laughed merrily. "I must find another bond between us Now that Ihave seen you I can under stand all that grandma said about you." "About 008 1" " Yes, before you came here." "I hope you will tell me what it was." "It was very nice -to the effect that you belonged to families worthy of re- spect, and must inherit fine qualities of all kinds," "She believes M heredity !" "Oh, perfectly." " Where will you be at Thanksgiv- ing ? " Oh, in town. I have been promised all November. I have visions of the Horse Show and the Flower Show, the- atres, and teas and dinners. I like ev- ening reeeptions, however -with a danoe, perhaps.'' "How can I find oat when you will be in the city ? If I know I'll come home every Friday and take the early train back on Monday. I'll be at your service all Saturday and Sunday." " Won't that be lovely ? Father will write to you the day before we leave here. Will that dor " Very nicely. I feel quite satisfied now to finish and graduate; but for a while I thought seriously of giving it up and trying to assist father in his work. He writes me that he is better, and he wants me to complete the course. The months will sooe pass and ru be at liberty to choose a pro- fession." "Please don't wish time over, Each day is so lovely --a little life in it- self -so full of pleasant work audicleas and aloe things happening." "But I have to leave here in the morning, and I know I shall count the days until November." Rose met his glance and smiled. "You will be too busy, too absorb- ed- in books." "I hope you don't mean that 1 Are you so engrossed that you never think rae I" "Why, I have thought of you every day since you first ozone here I I have wondered every morning since you left if you were taking the examinations, and every afternoon I have wandered about hoping to see you as I did a few moments ago." " But now that I have no need of this sympathy are you going to think of met' "I don't know. Wait until Novem- ber; then I will tell you." CHAPTER X. The Flower Show exceeded all that Rose had pictured to her imagination. She almost lived in the Garden. Some- times, armed with her catalogue, she carefully examined the curious and rare plants that attracted botanists. The long names, often more impres- sive than their owners, were puzzling and entertaining. The decorated ball- room was very beautiful, and she rath- er enjoyed the gorgeousness of the ant - glass on the dinner -tables. The enam- elled ornaments, in imitation of or- chids, were fascinating as a triumph of the jeweller's art, and the out flow- ers were an endless source of delight. Rose would revel in all these sights and then find a seat overlooking the display. 'This effect was intoxicating, indescribable. The palms suggested a tropical forest. T.he orchids resembled exquisite birds of brilliant plumage floating ha the air above them, The delicate green of the ferns threw into greater relief the showy masses of chrysanthemums. The electric light turned the soone into fairy -land, and all worldly noises grated re. the senses and produced the discord that brought one back to earth and its doings. One afternoon Rose found herself watching a man who was examining the dishes of cut flowers, evidently with a view to purchasing some of these prodigious blossoms. If size is the desideratum, surely our florists are basking in success. This man was bent double with age and infirmities, and supported himself with a heavy cane. muscular control, and his steps were slow and uncertain. Rose looked for his valet, but he was apparently untie- companied inside the Garden. What most attracted her was the expression of his face -it was so keen, so bright and comprehensive. The roses, hali a foot in diameter, evidently excited his admiration; but then the chrysanthe- mums were still larger, and seemed to fairly dazzle him by their color and grandeur, in foot, these flowers per- sonified our little world, Rosa bent over some bunches of white violets and wondered if the old man would notice them. No, he was intent ocx the great people who occupy the foreground and overshadow their quiet superiors. It was also apparent to Rose that the pretty girl behind the table was very attentive, as if she recognized her customer. "He Is probably a naillioeaire," thought Rose, "and has bought here before. I wonder what he wants with those great chrysanthemums 1 Per- haps he has a grandchild." She hurried forward to pick up the old man's cane, for while accepting the flowers and fumbling with a roll of bills and a huge pocket -book the stook slipped to the floor. Rose held it while he replaced his money, shoved the book into an Inside pooket in his overcoat and secured his bunch of wondrous blossoms. Theo be took his 00,00 and fixed his eyes cm Bose, They brighten- ed with pleasure. 'You are very good. I know your Moe vary well, but I don't recall your name," Rose gazed at bios, Interested yet embarrassed, and at that moment her party joined her. It consisted of the Everetts, Miss Van Ness and Mrs. Min - turn, slowly reeving in the crowd. Mrs. Minturn spoke iznpulsively. "Mr, Pounce ! How glad I am to see you 1" "A.nd who is this? 1 knew her at °nee. She looks like you." Mrs. Minturn laughed pleasantly, ''So people say. She is my grand- child, Robert's daughter. You remem- ber Mrs. Everett e" lair, Pounce acknowieaged the Ever- ette and Miss Van Noss, but clung to Dirs. Minturn, and seemed anxious to arrange another meeting where they could converse without interruption and observation. Rose heard a dinner invitation ea.! oepted, and then Mr. Pounce shuffled toward the entrance, with his flowers peeping from the folds of white tissue paper, and his heart no doubt throb- bing with the recollection of past hopes and old memories that the sight of a girl's bright face had awakened. Half an hour later, when young Everett reached the Garden, Rose de- scribed this adventure. "What a curious incident," he said, with interest. "He doesn't take any notice of us from one year's end to an- other. I hear he has a beautiful house and lives in clever, all by himself." "In chrysanthemums, you mean. He :hose the biggest in the bowl." "For the money, no doubt," "Perhaps so. What have you to tell 006 ?" "Let us get out of this jam, a,nd go up in the boxes•where we can look at the effect. I didn't make any headway with Burrows that moraing. Have you see/, him since?" "Yes, he has oalled on us at the hotel, and he is probably here now. If we could watch for him he would join us." "I'm in a dilemma; 1 thought I had a clew to something that disturbs me, hot I have not been able to follow it up, Is Mollie here?" "Yes, she went Lo get some flowers' to wear to -night. , Miss Van Ness is with her, also the merriest individual I ever met." "Oh, jack Powers. He is droll. He is trying to acquire a fortune by amus- ing its owner." "What a bright idea I Site told me she needed entertainment." "He has an inexhaustible mine of fan. You have to admire his wit ; he sees things his own way, and puts his views so quaintly. I don't believe Miss Daphne could do better." "It is too had that she is not able to appreciate him. His best speeches fall flat to her ears." "They must. She has no cultivation, and he is well educated and comes of good stock. He is brilliant among kin- dred souls who reflect his darts, There, Miss Rose, isn't that Burrows? Per- haps I can attract his attention. I want to try an experiment. I'll leave you together and trust you to bring him to join the entire party. Let me see -in that ball -room, say, in half an hour. Don't tell him that you expeot to meet us there. Can I depend up- on you?" "Yes. I am quite interested. I sus- pect-" "So do I. I have bad no way of reaching the truth of the matter. Mol- lie has been out of town until this week, and Burrows was reserved to an extent that justified my conclusion. By the way, have you seen much of my father?" "He comes regularly, brings me the most exquisiteflowers and bon -bons enough for a. dozen 1 am ,going to the theatre with him to -night." "How does he seem to you ?" "Very well -in good spirits and so handsome." "Ho got all the good looks of the family. You are too honest to contra- dict me." "Some people menage to get along very well without them." "You are very kind to say' so." "'Handsome is that handsome does.'" "That's consoling, too," "Here is Mr. Burrows." "I'll just speak to him as I pass, to avoid exciting his suspicions. I'll see you afterward." Rose watched the meeting between the two mon, and thought she felt the cool reserve with which Everett's frank advances were received. This manner of his --so easy, yet so earnest, which seems to be iii -born where it exists - was calculated to win respect and con- fidence. It was evident that Burrows exerted his pride and self-control to resist its influence. His expression of annoyance vanished as Rose met his glance and smiled her welcome. "Enjoy these palms first," she said gayly. "I have been trying to count the varieties. The arrangement is beautiful; the small plants are so ef- fective. Have you seen everything?" "Nothing. I have been looking for you. I want to see through your eyes, You appreciate and know some, thing about flowers, while I don't." "Haven't you met friends?" "1 just spoke to Mr. Everett -or rather he recognized me." "He is perfectly sincere, I can as- sure you." "That's a Manner that some people affect when it suite their purpose." "Do you think it is to be acquired?" "Why not?" "I can't agree with you. T. doe't be- lieve it ever occurred to Mr. Everette that ha needed more than one set oe manners." "He certainly would never have oc- enaion to show you any disagreeable side to his behavior," "Let es Understand each other. Tent truth to nature the highest possibility in art? think Mr. Everett was en - dowel With something that others study to possess. Somehew, the imita- tion is always palpable, You haven't seen enough, of him Lo judge hila fairly. To Bo Colitinted, Breaking the News "Do you think he will take it very badly, Norse" Nora Helmsley shrugged h'er shoulders. "My dear Betty, you ought 'to know More about Mx. Markham's powers of endurance than I." "But what do you think he'll do? What do you suppose-" 'Why waste onetime in supposition? He'll be here most likely this after- noon, aud you be able to judge for yourself." Betty Oakhurst sprang to her feet. "Ted is coming here this afternoon? Why on earth didn't you tell me be- fore f" And she fidgeted nervously with her hat before the glass as she spoke. "But you knew, Betty, where are you going? " "Anywhere out of this," oried the girl, laughing nervously as she stooped to kiss her friend. Nora, however, caught her arm. "Nonsense Betty 1 You'd muoh bet- ter tell him, straight out now and vet it over. It will be ever so muoli more awkward for you if the news reaches him from outside." "I don't see that. at all," returned Betty, quietly, (Le she drew away from her companion. "I am sure that if -if you-" She paused tentatively. "You don't mean to say that you expeot me to tell Ted Markham that you've jilted him?" "1 oertaanly don't expect you 'to put it in that way," replied Miss Oakhurst, with a little laugh; "hut I am quite certain that you would explain it Lo the poor fellow much better than any- one else." "Explain I" exclaimed. Nora, impati- ently. "I don't know that there's any- thing Lo explain, except that you've put yourself and me in a most ridi- culous position." "Nora!" "I wish rd never had anything to do with it. I never felt so uncomfort- able in my life as I have done since you. dragged me into this precious scheme of yours." "Poor old Noral" murmured Betty sympathetically. while she oast furtive glances at the Mock. "You came here and shed any num- ber of tears; declared that you adored Ted Markham, that; your Lather would not hear of an engagement, but that if you only had 0.1ittle time before you you were sure everything would come right," "So it has," remarked Betty, sotto vooe. "It's only a question of point of view." Nora flashed an indignant look at her. "I think you might be serious now, and at least pretend that you're as- hamed of yourself. Yon begged me to help you to gat my aunt to ask him here, to act as screen in fact, so that your people might imagine it was all over and that you had both chang- ed your minds, and now-enow-" The sound of a bell betake In upon Miss Helmsley's eloquence, and. Betty caught up her gloves. "I'm awfully sorry, Nura. Abuse me as much as you like. Good -by I" And before Nora could stop her she had darted through the door and was on her way downstairs. She let her go. After all, it never was of any use to argue with Betty; she was one of those delightfully irresponsible crea- tures who always manage to shift the blame of their shortcomings on to other people's shoulders, iind whom no one -no man, at any rate -ever dreams of judging by ordinary standards. Nora wondered, es she stood. there idly look- ing into the street, how she could ever have been foolish enough to take Bet- ty's love troubleseriously. Meantime, that same folly of hers was going to bear some very unpalat- able fruit. In less than ten minutes young :Markham would be finite. He had arranged to call for Miss Helmsley and her emit, Lady Hewitt, to escort them to an afternoon concert:. The elder lady had declared at luncheon that the weather was far too depress- ing for it not to be madness to risk the probability of. a further fall in one's moral barometer by &couple of hours of orchestral music, and that Nora must give him some tea and her excuses. Nora was conscious that this was a neat pretext for giving the young man the chance of a tete-a-tete with her- self. Lady Hewitt was too indolent, na- turally, not to be heartily weary of her duties as ohaperon to her niece, An attractive heiress was a respon- sibility little to her taste, and the girl felt that, ineligible as most mothers and responsible people would have termed Ted Markbam, with his post in the foreign office and his meager personal fortune. Lady Hewitt would open her arms to him gladly if he would but relieve her of her enormous duties of watch -dog, and would declare that Nora had money enough ror them both. Nora sighed as she 'stood at the win- dow. It was topsy-turvy world, and tbe wrong people were always being thrown together. If only— " Am I disturbing you ? I was told to ()tame in here." Nora started, and the color rushed to her face, " Oh, I hadn't heard you come In I Do sit dow,a. Aunt isn't well. I am so sorry you should have had the trouble of calling for nothing, but she hoped to be able to go until the last moment. Won't you let Ene give you some tea e" She spoke with nervous hurry, scarce- ly pausing for an answer. Ted. Markham book Llis chair she of- fered bins and listened in silence, while she rattled on, Suddenly she stopped, conecious of his fixed. glance. "Is anything the matter 1" she ask- ed, in a slightly alarmed voice. It was surely not possible that he could al- ready have learned Betty'e treachery, "Yes. We can't go on like this, MSS Helmsley I" "No?" Nora felt the color go out of her face, "It isn't fair to you, and besides, --things have changed—" Yon mean that eletty--" "Mise Oakhurst is going to he mar- ried," Nora gasped, bat did not speak, "She is engaged to Lord Barthorpo, r met Lady Oakhurst ,just now, and she was overflowing with loving kindness to the world in general," • "Betty has behaved abominably 1" put in Nora, Indignantly. , Ted Markham smiled. "I think, on the oontrary, that she has shown reanarkably geml sense. am going to leave London. I really etinm this afternoon to say good -by," Nora bit her lips. "X am very sorry," she began, hest- " 1 am afield I was rather to blame, but I thought Betty really oared, and---" She left the sentence unfinished. Ted Markham'a demeanor puzzled her. He was quite wbite, and there was a look in his eyes which troubled her. What was there in her fluffy -haired, blue - 'Vert little friend to move a man so? That her companion had taken some great resolution, and that a singular- ly difficult one, it was easy enough to perocave, "Are you going to be away long?" she asked, awkwardly. "I mean, are you going far?" "I think of going to have a look at the antipodes. My father has some Interest, and I hope to got sent oft to Melbourne." "But haven't you made up your mind rather hurriedly?" she objected timidly. "Flurrledly? Wby, I put things in train weeks ago!" "Weeks ago I" she exclaimed. "But Betty's engagement is quite fresh. Did you suspect---" "I suspected nothing. 1 ItneNv-" "You knew!" she exclaimed indigo. antly. "Then why didn't you speak? Wby didn't you tell met" "Tell you I" She stared at him, his tone was so vehement, "Ob, about Betty, you mean I" "Ot course. What else could 1 mean?" "Nothing, of course--" "Really, I don't understand you." He laughed drearily as he rose. "No I must explain. Goody -by," She looked up at him with startled eyes. "You are too hard on Betty She--" 'On Betty? Don't you know (hall haven't thought of her for weeks - that I found out long ago that we ,had made a mistake ?'' "Then why are you going?" She managed to keep her eyes upon his face, though her cheeks burnedand she felt almost choked. "Don't you know that I am almost a pauper?" be said bitterly, as he turned away. Nora took a step after him. "Are you going," she asked in a trembling voice, "because you want to make your fortune, or because -because I am too rich ?" "Nora I" She covered her face with her hands. "Oh, if you were not in love .with Betty, didn't you see -didn't you guess weeks ago--" The voices of the chaperons were loud in condemnation when the en- gagement was announced, and the mother of younger sons and ungilt titles declared that Lady Hewitt hsd allowed her niece to throw herself away; while Betty Oakhurst shook her pretty head and reflected sadly that men were fickle creatures and that feminine friendship was but a broken reed. HOW TYPHOID FEVER IS SPREAD. 11'netain6 Ways n Which the Germ 5111)' 555 Taken. tate the System. Typhoid fever is generally regarded at the present day, along with cholera and borne other diseases, as belonging to the °leas of "water -borne" affec- tions. In other words, it is believed that the germs of such diseases are oarried, and perhaps propagated, in water. There is little doubt that this theory of typhoid fever is correct, zind that in tracing any extended epidem- ic) of the disease to its source we must first of all examine into the condition of the water supply. Drinking -water has been proved to be the cause of the spread of typhoid fever in many epidemics in this coun- try and Europe ; but there is little com- fort in this for those who habitually drink something stronger than water, because, although during an epidemic the drinking -water may be made safe by boiling, this is not enough. If the water is contaminated, the germs may be introduced into the body while brushing the teeth or washing the face. Or, again, salads and fruits which are eaten raw may be oontamin- ated by the water in which they are washed. Typhoid fever bas sometimes been spread In a city whose water sup- ply was above reproach by means of milk or toe. Milk need not ea watered in order to become a vehicle for typhoid germs ; the germs may be introduced into cans and bottles while these are being wash- ed in water drawn from a contaminat- ed well or brook at the dairy. Although destroyed by boiling, typhoid germs will resist a freezing temperature for a long time, and have been found In Me out from a pond poisoned with sew- age containing the baoilli of this disease. Another means of the spread of typhoid has recently been discovered 10 oysters. Oysterman frequently • place oysters in braekisb water near the mouth of a (meek or river in order to fatten them before they are brought to market. If this place happens to be near the mouth of a sewer containing typhoid poison, or if the creek water be contaminated, the oysters will take the virile within their shells, and se re- venge themselves on those who eat theta raw. In some puzzling eases of typhoid it has been supposed that the food was infected by flies, which had pearled the germs a long distance on their feet -a strong argument: for the, prop- er care of food in the fly season. These are only a few of the ways in whish this disease may be spread, but they are enough to show that, so far from feeling surprise that the disorder should be eo cominon, Wo may rather Wonder that we are not all its vice A HOME RATIN, What does this baseball repent mean when it mentions a"homerl" L don't know; it's Greek to me. SEPT, 211, 1998. _......— ___- num ABOUT PUTTING HP FRUIT. 11~1111646114Y- --10611.11,11 For jolly, Nee that your f rule Is not ovor ripe, et 18 of %better flavo0 and THE SCOURING RUSH, In a pleasant little book by Adeline Enema called "'Upland Pastures" we find something, Bald well, in regard to an bumble little plant, the equisetum or scouring -rush of our waste places: "The little spring here gushes up and then sweeps away along a stony bed overgrown with brakes and tares, On its margin,aznid a tangle of wild black- berry, I have come upon a forest of scouring -rush, "It is a quaint growth, love to put nay Moe close to the earth and looking through the rushes' green steins, to fano), myself a wee Brownie, wandering among a dense wilderness of pities. Tho development of minia- ture trees is au interesting process. First the ground. is covered with slen- der brown Lingers thrusting up through the soil. These grow rapidly, and in a few days spread out their brief, verticillate branches to the breeze, as proudly as any great tree might do. Here is a thin finger just pointing upward; yowler tower the giant of the Liliputian forest, fully half afoot high. 'Scouring weed,' says the fanner, contemptuously, 'they ain't no good, Some call 'em horse -tail.' "In fact, the queer, witchy little things have a number of names; candle - rush, scouring -rush, horsetail, and their own proper appellation, equise- tum. I have gathered a number of the little trees and they lie side bY side in my palm while my mind tries to remit a few; OE the facts that go to make up the plant's wonderful history. Our grandmothers used to strew their floors with it, that no careless treed might soil the snowy boards. They used it as well, for scouring, hence its name. Those who seek cor- respondences between tee natural and physical kingdoms find the rush an emblem of cleansing, and this is Pre- cisely tbe office which, eines earliest creation it has filled for the world,. For our scouring rush was not al- ways the puny, insignificant thing we see it. It belongs to the oarbonifer- 005 Tt has nothing to do with our modern civilization. It had reach- ed its highest; perfection and entered upon its downward career before men appeared on the earth. Its progeni- tors flourished with the giant ferns, the great, rank mosses, and all the rest of the carbon -storing vegetation. A mighty tree was our little rush in those days, growing several hundred foot tail and spreading out its huge whorls of branches in every direction. So We find it to -day, in the anthracite beds of tbe eastern slope. Wallet hp - paned to it that we should know it, liv- ing as this degenerate creature of the bog?" DAINTY WAYS OF SERVING TO- MA.TOES. Tomatoes are among the most health- ful vegetables grown, and should be freely used, as their acid acts in a most salutary manner on both liver and kidneys. Variety in serving will prevent the appetite tiring of them, even though they find adaily place on the table, Escalloped Tomatoes. -In the bottom Of a baking dish, place a thin In.yer of dry bread and °maker crumbs, the former preferable. Season with salt pepper and bits of butter, add a layer of chopped ripe tameless seasoned with salt, pepper and a little sugar. Use more crumbs and tomatoes until the dish is full, having a layer of orumlis on top. Add enough boiling water to moisten the crumbs; cover and bake 9.0 minutes; remove the cover and bake until top is delicately browned, and serve from same dish as cooked in, Tomato Fritters: One pint of finely cliopped and drained ripe tomatoes, 1-2 oupful of sweet milk, d eggs, 1-2 teaspoonful of baking powder, same amount of salt; and flour as for pan cakes. Beat all together thoroughly, drop a spoonful in apiece on a hot, well buttered griddle, fry brown, tarn and browu on other side. Serve hot with syrup, Tomato Croquettes .-To a pint of finely chopped tomatoes add a table- spoonful of sneer and stir thoroughly until sugar Is molted, then add a pint of very fine dry bread crumbs, salt and pepper, 2liablespoonfuls of minc- ed. onion if liked, a well -beaten egg enough or the juke of the tomatoes to moisten so that the mixture may be ahaped into small balls or Platt:ekes, Fry brown In hot fat, ancl, serve eith- er hot or cold. Tomato Hash, -To a pint of chopped tomatoes and '2 tablespoonfuls of mine. ed onion, salt and mepper to taste and cook, 10 minutes in a heaping table- spoonful of hot butter, stirring fre- quently. Add a pint of finely chopped colds meat, (beef, chickeze, mutton or ham) and 1-2 pint of boiling water; retire seasoning if necessary, cover, sim.. mar for 10 minutes longer, edd J-2 pint dry bread (numbs. Cook two minutes and serve hot, Tomato Toast. -Chop a pint of, ripe tomatoes, season with ealtmlapper and it tablespoonful of sugar, add a very little boiling water and stew 20 min- utes. Stnooth a tablespoonful of flour in a half pint of cream or very rich sweet milk and add this with aluom of butter to the tomatoes, stirring eon- stently to prevent lumps, Cook a min- ute longer, and serve 'by pouring over slices of nicely toasted bread, Sliced Tomatioes.-Piere 0 tomatoes. „Cut in even, thin slices, arrange in a glass dish, dust with salt and pepper, and a heaping tablespoonful of sugar and, over all pour 1-2 oup of6goodt vine- gar. Set on ice ter an hour before serving. Sliced Tomato and Onion, -Prepare ttri abOVO, Mid over the top sprinkle 2 tablespoons of minced white onion. Either of the,se makes a fine relish for breakiests, jellies more rapidly, Use little or no water. For lento% mash the trial on the bottom of the pan, let it heat very slowly or set in the oven, and the juice will soon aerie Strain the fruit for jelly througle a flannel ra ,g made funnel shape, and letn the morning care- fully decant the julee; there will be a cloudy residue whioh may be put with the juice obtelned by squeezing the bag and made up separately, mak- ing a jelly that will aneivet for Wm, puddings, etc. Cut out all bruised spots, knots, stems, etc., when preparing fruit for jelly. The skins and cores may be ad- vantageously used, since more of the pectin or gelatinous molter resides in them than In any other part of the fruit. Telly should boil rapidly, and a large pan be used, that the surface for evap- oration may be as large as possible. Boil fifteen or twenty minotes before the sugar is pub in. Never undertake to make a large quantity of jelly at one time. You will succeed better by making it in small quantities, Don't say "je11;" there is no such thing as "jell., ' Ib is jelly. In patting up any kind of fruit let it coma to a boil, then cook slowly. Don't fill your kettle too full. Seven and a half pounds of fruit,with an equal quantity of sugar, will make a gallon of preserves. Fourteen pounds of fruit (berries and as much sugar) will make five quarts of jam. Two quarts of stemmed currants make two pints of juice, whioh with two pounds of sugar ivill make three tumblers of jelly, Plums and peaches can be skinned by pouring boiling water over them, softens them Pare only a few at a time as the beat when the skins will slip off easily. Pre - Whenever possible make &syrup of sugar and fruit juiee, or as littleawet- er as possible and cook the fruit in it, either for preserves or for canned fruit. Ebo pits of peaches and cherries im- part a delicate and delicious flavor to fruit, and a part should always be left in putting up these fruits, If you do not wish to do this, boil the, pits ,for tehaep r sayvrauter aol! use the smo-iMileer emain°1ks Quinces and bard pears and peach- es should be steamed till tender be- fore being put in the sugar syrup. Portly cook them, let them stand in tbe syrup over night, and finish cooking next clay. It is a waste of flavoring to put it with good flavored fruit. Keep ginger, lemon, etc,,' for watermelon and cit- ron preserves and insipid pears. Peach jelly can be made to "set" il Lite fruit is not over -ripe, and: if it is cut up with' the skins on. Raspberry juice with one-third cur. rant juice makes a better jelly than with raspberries. Sugar has nothing to do with keep- ing eruit, The whole secret is tight tops and rubbers and perfect exclusion oi car. It you want; to have an easy time during the fruit season, have a sharp knife at hand for paring apples, peach- es, etc. Throwing the pared fruit into ice water as soon as the skin is removed keeps it from turning dark -colored. Select sour cherries for cherry pre- serves and use the juice instead of water to make the syrup. Keep canned fruit, preserves and jellies in a cold, dark closet, that is well ventilated. Thus only can you prevent the troublesome 'sweating" sore to make the outside of the glass sticky 8.nd disagreeable it kept where there is dampness. If you keep fruit in alight room., wrap each can in paper. I have never been able to see that there is enough difference in the qual- ity of the product to repay one for the trouble of cooking the fruit in the cans in a boiler. It is a hot all -day job and not necessary, The real se- cret of excellent canned, fruit, lies in the good quality of the fruit itself, the use of its juice instead of water ersefar as possible, and the perfect; exclusion of air.1' Strawberries, raspberries and huck- leberries need very little cooking pre- paratory to canning; merely a thor- ough etalding. The pure ankle of the grape with sugar enough added to make it palat- able, canned while hot, like any fruit, makes a delicious beverage. Jelly made from half -ripe gooseber- ries cannot; be distinguished, either by color or taste, from that of =quilts, while the quantity of Juice from a peck of gooseberries is one-third more than that from a peck of currants. AT HER MERCY. May -Mr. Goodrich says he totally disapproves of women riding bicyoles. Maud -Indeed? May-Ancl if there is one thing he despises it Is shirt‘veists. Maud -Nice man. Mity-And he bas the queerest lot of fads and fancies about what we should and shouldn't eat and read and wear and do, and everything. But he Is rich -awfully rich 1 Maud -Now do you know he is? May -Well. we've talked together a good deal lately I Maud -May 1 You're not engaged May-Wby, no I But I have hie range. CEN'.CRIPUGA.L OIL -SAVER. Modern lathes and similar tools 1.1S0 groat quantities ot oil, Mad this is col- lected as it comes from the machine. It is full of chips of metal. To purify it the oil is placed in an apparatus which whirls it rapidly around. The chips are foroed out by centrifugal force against, the finely perforated sides of the apparatus, and tlaa oll is forced through and escapes In a puri- fied gate. 4Tone5—For awhile John was clsaii out of hiS krrInd Omit that girl. Smith - And now ? .Tonors-un, now Lite girl is clean tint of his mind.