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The Brussels Post, 1892-4-29, Page 3APRIL .29, 102 TEL BRITSSBLS POST, THUNDERBOLTS MATE, BY E. W, CHAIrrEIS IV, On tem evening of Tuesdity, September 8, at a quarter pest eta, Penelope Lees opium: the double gates of Lite ifl1bit hommpastdoels squeezed through en her pony, B111.4t am laStened 1110 games behind her, :ma rode ui very slowly to the homestead, There Wari good suneet that evetting—it 1141111101i greed scale, for quite half the ally woe tint od pink end amber ; bet Pon only nothen it when she slopped to give her pony it evening drink at t ho horse -1181r, NAM mirrore(1 the whole thing. Pastiverd, haw ever at the horiv,on, the thy was grey -edged and the ago was growing broader ; this Pen 1113Ver »Weed at all, 'The fact i she had. ridden borne) from the abed thi evening with downottet oyes, for the allear in was all but over. It had been such splen did fun all through that it seemed to hav flown over in one weak, instead of in six Betz what was tt thousandtimes worse that tho Mose of sheaving was the approach of wheeling ; for 11 was settled thett when William Lees went down to 'Melbourne at the beginning of November Ileums to take his little girl with him and leave her at a school them—hundreds and hmulreds of miles away. This had only just been arranged; but the nemangement WILS final; and it must be confessed that "downcast" does not ton the whole truth with nmard to poor little Pen's oyes en her ride from the sited this evening. Sho dismounted at the stebles, took the sackBe and bridle from her pony, aud sent him off towards the horse -paddock at a gentle trot. Then she walked slowly to the hoose, which, with the flaming west behind it, looked like an unambitious carving in ebony, The lone; bare sweetie in front of theater° and the dining -room telescoped, as it were, with the Cottage veranda, ; end be- fore she sot foot in the former, Pen could see the equine: semen of sunset at the far end of the lather, and, blotted like ink upon thio screen, molionloes figeres sitting m silence. As the child's stop rang through the long, empty verendtt, some heade turned in the other one, but no ono spoke. vegue fear seized Pen, their motionless attitudes seem- ed no strange. She hesibeted ; bet the re- actionary impalse followed speedily, and hurried her forward, with faltering steps, into as queer a Quakers' meeting as could well be imagined. In the sitting -room doorway stood Mrs. Lees, drawn up to her full height, her pale face cold and proud,and bitterly indignant —Ma quite calm, with the composure that tometimes, 01.(3.011st0, 'teems to come natural eo the last woman you would have expected it of. Robert Ayrton, the overseer, was spread oul on the lloor, his bank against the weether-board all of the Cottage, his arms folded, and his heed thrown forward 00 his chest. The num who called Mum] 1 Brown lay in his usual posture in the long uhair, anti his dark deepeyee were tented upwards i with their vsual nscrutable Mare. Seated on (3. ((hall at some little distance from them WaS a man Whom Pen had never seen before. He wore ridingthoote, spurs end breeches, a short neat jacket, and a, " cab begs -tree" wide-awake. His face was half turned to the glowing light, which shone up00 0 clear gray eye, the half of a ruddy moustache, aud 0 mintiest cheek and chin ; the other side of the face WaS necessarily in deep shadow. The man was smoking a pipe —the emoke hong in silvery pull's noon the semen of rosy sky 131 1,8 end of the veranda, Penelope advanced shyly, with her eyes fixed as was only natural, upon the strang. 00. Suddenly she stood still and shivered. The red light glittered upon something 'nigh t and steely that lay 10 the steanger s lap—a revolver. Come to me, Pen," said Airs. Lees, in a cold meolmnical voice. HORN ora. nap; and you'll have heard ri some o' the theme I've dotto when pressed. i've clone °nom, 1, 1 ( at:eats, lo eet, a pi etty high lig. nee upon myself, ulive or deed, \Gustave(' yon rooy fOreo 1 1010 doing to -nights it ? can't make it any hotter fm me, vilum my 0, time comes, than it would be as Ultimo stand. elreatlyt" Ifst tapped the istitieend 01 his . revolver significantly, "But really, lediee 1 011,1 ginstlemon," he went oe in a 8 more insinuatiog manner, "there need ho no unpleasantnent at all; all I ask , le 14 square meal; then we'll adjourn, the , lot 01 (10, and any 18010 RS may happen to g; drop it) encl join us—to the More; and after that—I clun't peomise, inintl—but it's ,3 very likely Pll be ettying good-bye to you, . —As for you, Ina'rrn," continued Thuncler- bolt, bowing thavely to Airs. Leos, "11 O you've /taxed anything • about me at all ,3101111 know that you're sere—whatever happene—and the little lady toe 1" Pen obeyed. promptly enough, and slipped an arm around her mother's waist and nest. led olose beside her. .A.nd Mre. Lees ans- wered 0.10181-10 ouriously seortif el tone —the eldicre upward look of terrified in. quiry : "Those men are busit-rangars. We are all in their power 1" Pon clung closer to her mother. "Which men ?" she whispered. " There's onl y the man over there with the pistol—is he Thun- derbolt ?" " Yes," said Airs. Lees, in the same dauntless, disdainful tone ; " and the ono with the broken leg (if it 0800 3800 broken) —the man Diet we have nursed and attend. ed to all these weeks—is his accomplice 1" A guilty blush stillused Pen's 113.00 10 the roots of her hair. She had known this for days, yet kept it to herself! But then she had never suspected treaohery of this kind. Was it treachery ? She glanced to where Wesel' la.y, hopieg to find a. reassuring expression on his facie. But there was nothing reamer- ing there. His eyes were still gazing vacent- ly upwarcl; but the ghost of a smile pleyed over the pale haggard features. This faint smile geemed to Pon n. confession of trench- ery, and oho burst into teem. At this moment, &pleasant voice, singing cerolessly, broke upon their ears. The voice came nearer and nearer ; then a swinging footetop and the jingling (damns were hoard in the long veranda. The bushranger it nul- led his revolver. A moment htter, the store- keeper—a youug fellow froth from England —stood aghast in their midst. • Ayrttm the overseer raised his head. "ThroW up your hands, Miller," said no cooly, with the tette colonial drawl; " 01) with them, old man or you're a stiff'un 1 We're stuck up. Let mo introdece you to the celebrated Thunderbolt '—pointing to the man with the rovolver—"ana 11(0 11(0(0" —pointing to Brown, Young Miller turned polo; then 110 stuck his hande deep in his trousers' pot:lusts. Ho was a very yoeng nittn—a Rugby boy but a year ago. "It's a bit 01 00100101 experience for you —a bit worth hewing," went on Amnon Mainly, slitting a °eke of toltemo as ho spolco " something the you to wrIto and thll the old folks at home. Look ont—yott best stand still, Lay 1" Young IVIiller had taken a minds Step for. Word; but he stopped tts quieltly; for .Aelr- ton's werning wee driven home by the cock- ing of Thunderbolt's revolver. The bushranger now rose to 1111 feet and stretched himself coolly. "Is this the last of them?" Ile asked of Ayetott, "Tlscre's the buteher -- "We cam (10 381(11001 him—Call theeook." ".A.ncl theeeha the grootn." "Wo won't Wait for him. Call the cook, d ye hoer?" Ayrten obeyed. Tho Chinaman eosins "Tell hint to dish up dinner in here—and sharp," said the busluenger, poirdzing to the kitting room. Ayrton eopeated thig order as though it 118(1 1)0013 au order from Lees, "Now, my friends,"said Thunderbolt, ad. dressing the whole company, "some find me a man of few 1801'l0--(30(U0eother thing; hat anyway it's prettifies little Pee got to sny noW, 1)13.80 108,11 of 100 before, may Airs. Lees treated this assurance) with silent contempt; arid the outlaw now order- ed them all into the aitting-room, which, as he Inscl been oareful to find out first, had Ito second door, and hi windows beyond the two 1(1011001(011 out Upon the verandas The youeg etormkeeper was the last to enter, and he turnel on the threshold to shake his flat atz Th andoebolt's mate. " You villein 1" he muttered savagely— " you double.dyed, in110e00etable1-- Some swift inotnentary ((1180(10 10 13rown,0 facti—to which Thuederbolt for the momeut lutd turned his bank—matte the young man stop short in the thick of his epithets. lt set hint thinking, too. And a little con- versation between 'Thunderbolt and his mate, which now took place, made his 11(10 111111(1 run in unexpected grooves. " Can you walk yet ?" asked Thunder- bolt. ti . " Where do you sleep, (lien; and how do they shift you "1 sleep in the barracks; the gentlemen merry 010 to and fro morning and evening." As young Miller, and indeed every one, knew, Brown was not carried to and from the barracks ; he hobbled on crutches. Miller, morever, had a shrewd idea as to where those onateltes were at that moment, the creepers grew so thickly at the base of the trellis, and the long chair covered so much ground just there that they could not quite be seen ; but 11101) they were within Brown's reach, Miller coulcl 001 (101(10. His ideas became almost too inueh for him; for none bat hitnself had heard the small 000- versation between the bushranger and his quonclem mate, and Miller yearned to whisper the gist of it to Ayrton, though, heppily, he had too much sense to attempt tens, An hour passed. Supper weS over 1 tho besh-ranger had enten heartily enough, if no ems else did—and had 1101 totushed a drop of anything monger than ten ; and ell the while with half an eye upon the vermula, and Brown, aull au eye and a half upon the room and ite occupants. The number of the latter wits now materially increased. After dinner had been set veil, Sanuny, the Chinese cook, was: not 1(110)71(1 Lo retawn to the kitchen. Then the groom had come in to Say 111)31 a, strange black horse Wm tethered in the pines, end the groom had been detained. Then the hutch. er had come to see what had happened to his friend the wpm, 4101 the bu&sher 11(3.11 been detained. The maid -servant, also, had surrendered of her own accord, being tired of the dust and discomfort and soli- tude under her mistrees's bed so size was in the room ton, in a state of intermittent hysterice. But Alm. Leos sat through it all in haughty silence ; and little Pen, clasp- ing her mother'e hancl tightly, did. her best to follow her mothee'e example. "I was once in pretty »melt the same fix before," Thnnderbolt told them good- hennouredly, though really tile 11 fix " did not seem to be on his side. " It was at a Queensland station Cm leront woy; and I'd bailed up all 11100(101)1 the store quite comfortably; 1)111) 11(03' were fools enough to attempt a rush, and—how many was itt I shot, mate?" asked Thunderbolt, gleaning through the door. " Three," replied Brown shortly. " you said—I was not there." "Ah, three ; eo it woo; throe. Now, they 00111(1 0(113) hang me once for them three. What's inore, if I svas &loot three dozen more to-night—supposing there was three doeen here to shoot—still, they could only hang mo onee. That's where I've got the 10.11ge, you see !" Thunderbol Is puffed h is pipe 00831)111000 83', Bo seemed enamoured of the situation, and glad to prolong it. Suddenly, however— quite suddenly—he turnecl to the young storekeeper. "You sing, mister -011 ? 1 heard you as you mune along the veranda. Give 110 a 001(007. Young Miller, though his oyes met; the bushranger's, sew a white face nodding to lthn through the open door; and. the velum tanoe with width he went to the piano was only feigned. Then and there he sang to his owe accomptsniment, a song that fell agreeably upon Thunderbolt's ears, but sank like lead into all allot: hearts, save tint of Thunderbolt's mate. The song ended, the bushranger said authoritatively "Give no another,'" Young Miller glitnaed inquiringly at Mrs( Lees. The circumstances lied net quite robbed him of his English manners, Before the (1181 000(1, he had aske(1 permission in the atm° mute way, and received a nod, It WM almost pity sho clicl nob wane her- self to a nod this time for it only (mimed them framed in the doorway. The light of the letup on the table end of the °audio in the piano sconces fell upon hie tall nthletio triton and strong regular 100t01'08e ; hie teeth, ea his mouth opened eslike true singer's—in 4 perfect tenths, west' white and even ; and he snug that tender 01:1 Kum of Dihdin's with it rough ellbetive tenth 01(1(300 of his own ; though the revolver etas in his bend awl Ms linger on the trigger 1 Never before or einem one vonturee to as, suet, 11(3.8" Tom BowIllie been rendered under very exeeptional 01001101011111000It occupied some minutes. Your rouginand- ready singer's tendency is over to overdo the (1(11108(0,, and thio oue had a parte:mine weaknese for rallentando, Su the Hong, which was ming (00011 better then the pre- viotts song, took up sorne time ; and when it was over, there 30(0 no appletise. The load's!: of the applanse nets sileet. There was not a sauna Irons the veranda, Thunderbolt turned round quickly, al- most before the last note had died away, 8,0(1 uttered 0 sound that seemed to 00(00o from another throat, end a wild beast's, for it Wee a roar of rage. His former mate—the helpless man with the broken log—Wait gone 1 Thunderbolt: strode out, but only a yard from the door, anti stood listening and 1)000. 1(1(1 through the darkness. He could see nothing ; he could hoar notldng, Wheeling round, he stalked beck into the room, livid and furious, and shipped his eevolver to I young Alilier's ear. " You young nound no " I've a 0111(11 to blow your brains out where you sit 1 You've had a hand in this 1" And Tom Bowling had nos been thirty seconds "gone aloft 1" (To BE CONTINUED.) Shall the Boys Help Mother? Eugene .Asnes wanted to go to college, but had little 00001)0 (511(1 had also a mother, to care for. He felt Ile mulct not spend Ulna to earn money by teaching, so be prre posed that he and his mother should rout a house in the college town und talce ('0001001,('0001001,and he would help in the housework. This plan WaS carried out through all his college mune. The mother was delicate in strength anti W0,9 11 women of a classical eclucation. Eugene prepared breakfast Iv/dials mother read to him his lesson in Latin, French or German, and the result VOA that Eugene Was one of the 1)00( 111 the language classes, 11)1910(1ieg an educated ear as well as eye. After breakfast he did the hard part of the work—bringing coal, carrying ashes, snak- ing beds, sweeputg, ote. Saterday he did the family washing, while the mother sat by giving her suggestions, and reading to him his lessons in history, thereistrynor philoso- phy. When Eugene 11)3.11 graduated, he was offered a position in the college DS an asSis. taut instructor in chemietry, with a salary of SW a month the firet year, 875 a month the aecend year an 113.00 a month the third year ; and dur- ing this time he Wm ale() tithing a post gra- duate course and givine such help as was needed to his mother at home. Togley, with a prospect of m professorship before him, a num %veil known in the ocientitic world, he never regrets that he has gnerd- ed, protected, loved, and helped his mother. I could Mike you to -day to a home whore a man, who as a boy was a mother -helper, now as a husband Is a helper of his wife. Soon after marriage the wife, with the com- mon Woe of a wife's duties, begun to pick up and hang up after her 1100850(1.nd. But this was not in 1110001'(1011110 371111 the young 11110' echwation, so he gently said to her: " My deer, this is very 0100 ;jut 11017, to be stll etite.ou by you; hut it is not right. The time will come when you will not (1080eve the eisure, and then it will be a burden, 111(3.30 always waited on myself, and am just as able tote as before, and I think it my place to vett on you." Sometimes the young wife Sit a little hurt when she saw her husband pith up !Displaced articles thinking it t n tended as a reflection upon her house -keep. ng ; bet she soon learned that it Ives only the natural result of the home -training i helping mother ; and now, when children fill he household with their merry prattle and heir sweet untictiness, she is often (meow - aged and tinhorn° by the silent thotightful. less of tile husband, 1811 000 own belonging re never left for her to put away. and whose 11)3.1(3'watchful eye sees so it11)3.1(3' little things he au do to help her. His example and help - Illness in the family are making an impress men the little son, whose highest; happiness s to help mother. Awl 10 the business vorld this helpful 110010110(1 (8 respected as a, nen of probity, of good judgment, of prated - al wisdom, a Aron man in the Churoh end n business, and one of the pillert of the ommunity which he lives. I have thonght best to answer the tines. io0 which forms the title of this fir tiole, not y the exposition of a theory, but by a ening °Haute, which, to my mind, form the trougest answer to the query, "Shall the oys help mother?" tinx a A CaloulaBoy. The "calculating boy," 18110, ea we imam already mentioned, (11008113'1110(10 quite a sensation the meeting of the Academics dee Sciences, Paris, wits inthodueed by 113, Derboux, mud is a young man named Inaucli who performs with startling rapidity the Ineet complicated uumseicalcalculations, aml is Sail to altogether &moue the celebrated Henri Aloncleux, W110 WaS presented to the Academie in 1840, Inaudi turned his back to the lecture table and the following two 110831(015mbera were weitten on the bleckboard and called. out to him with a, request for their differetioe 4,123,547,238,445,523,831 1,248,120,138,234,120,010, 11100(113, without looking at W1001,1101)1 them in mind and correctly performed the etils. traction while talking to others. He was "Clertninly, Mr. Miller. Pray, do not the bushranger when she sand tetreastioallt also asked the number tvhose cube added to minimda for the sako m song I" e the sTtare gives 3(600,011d gave the (0103701• Miller struck up a lively jingle, remittie- cent of 1)01111) orner and the benjo, and straightmetty plunged into a 808(1 11101 par - ported to be 0013110. It was highly approcin. tech Thunderbolt beat time with 11i1301)11 0011 110010,joinec1 in the °home, and, 0( 1110 end, rapped out his applause upon the door. panels with the butteend of Ins pistol. Ho hod laughed upeoariously et lomat; once in evety versa, and feint echoes item the ver - angle had furthee encouraged the singer. In nigh good-htnnour, the busheanger now asked ISHIler to play one of the old English ballade. Miler got oat the book; and a strange noels followed. Thunderbolt --this bloodthirsty deeporado—stood up. revolver in hand, end 00(3(1 "The Lass of Richmeed Hill ;" moreover, 110 sang it with excellent; exproesion, and in a fall manly voters that only just missed being sweat into the bargain, Ilona of the party ever heard the song 0g10111without tecalling his singing of it. It was greeted with loud applause from the veranda, to which Thunderbolt had turned book while singing, The merry ruffian's spirits rose still highot‘, and 1 imme lately, AL Immure prepared the following problem for him : l'etke the num- ber 4,801, square it, out away one, thou di- vide the clifferomes by 0, anclnive the square! root of the number 40 !Mind. Illaildi said the process would tako him three or fone minutee and began to explain 11037 110 did the first'feat of subtraction: given him, re- calling the figures 08(1001(7 013(110111) turning to the board, Then all et 01100 Ise skid; have found the solutionproblem ,"011(1 of tho proble," and gave the answer correctly. This double notion of 111.0 mind it very 101015814101)1o. Att. other teat, the multiplication of 4511 by 838, was aocomplished instantly. His seeeeasee Were received with repeated 01)1)10000, and he was relegated to a 00111101001011 of the M- adeline, inoltding MAL Darlsoux, Penman, issorant and Cheroot, & Striking Resemblanoe, Wooclon--, Vas, Mrs Tonna,' in her younger clays, was a singularly comely and etttimesquo person bet I regret, to 1101)100that with 01080.110111(1years she has grown very Stant and matronly." se undertook to give "Torn Bowling " as s, 11/2 agg---' \ es she reminds me of a thused- Winup, baeeball pitolien" He looked vory 1108400010, (10(1 Wooden--" now is that ?" taking, and good.luttured, es ho stood up Wagg—" Why, she's lost curves." 1101LTSHOLD, Flowers From Home, whsre named tho boor.; a ehndhood's dream. Where >meth and In pol nes, alma°, fends tho familiar roml, Aint liowo the broad and phew mon 1 TilUr In !Ito well -rename berth Kleine By an1010 103000 and frramwlne. made, 111 simple gray() 1(0111,1,1 from Mesy, These blowzione grew. (10(1, 01) they bring radiant 0een0 No Nvall.,of brielc or mune ean Illzle, No dun y meant. ('11 11 throbbing title Of butte are ran Interment, dean ontrashioned 'theme hove taught That ror 100..011, grateful theughtl Beneath the unlvereus innite, Beinalint a Immo! —Cloud liougeeemengu tTp-Stairs and Down -Stairs and la My Ladv's Oharaber." There is no theory of syetein and order 80(1 110 expenditure for lahormaving utensile and materiel that eval melte the annual (doge of house cleaning other than a disagree. e1)/0 and wearisome delty for the majority of housekeepers. And yet when ilio complete. ed, and cleanliness peedondeates " up -stairs and down-entirs" end out of doors, and all our old furnishings have been renovated rind made to Molt thew very beet, if we eau in- vest in a few, or even one new thing to 101,1 to the comfort and attrautivenese of our 110015, the disagreeable features of the work aro soon forgotten. With tho inajoril.y of housekeepers Oda lastsmontioned outlay meet be aud months of hoarding ar , often noceseary to the accumulation of 0'' 0 few dollars (for dime Havinge hanke ilre teaching economy to many adults aS NVell as children), and their expenditure should always be given proper eonsid enz Lion, Whether it were better to inveet it all in 80(00 000 artiele,or to spread 11 0001 several rooms, each houselteeper must decide for herself. Sometimes there ist lie one promin- ent; need, an(1 the exponditere of 0, dollar here aucl there will give the whole house, a. " dress -up" Air. If it is a carpet you need, buy the hest of ite kind, 0nolio. .Anieo quelity of matting is pretty and serviceable for chambers, but do not purchase any but the best quality of ingrain carpet for a living or sitting room. Better turn and patch the old one or hicle its worn places with rugs for another year thee to waste your money on hemp or einem In- grain carpets ; and if body Bruasels or mo- quette are beyond yew means, get ingrain for 110 1)011011 also. They are woven us Brus- sels design, witlt borders to match, and in all the beautiful net shades of the most ex- pensive carpets, and m tapestry Brtweels is a delusion and &snare. A border adds soinewhmt to the expense of a carpet, but give(' it a decidedly more finished, handsome look. The custom now prevalent and grguing M. fames of leaving a space of form eight to twelve inches between the edge of the 00111)01 (0(111 the baseheard, is ne of the most sensible 011130 possible ; and an 1001110 10 ordinary use ehould huve a bor• der painted or stained to correspond with the ground work of the carpet (11111 1)0 trent- ed in this way. This leaves no place for dust to lodge, end by expendine five min- utes each day in running a. sweeper over them, 110 weakly upheaval of a "210001)10(1 clay" is necessary. The feeling that prompte every house- keeper to want a handsome parlor and guest - chamber is a, laudable one, but do not put those wants before the needs of yourself and family. 1.1 a new clothes - wringer or carpessweeper is needed to save your already overtaxed strength, do not, I beg of you, do without them and buy lace curtains or Muth -cushioned rockers, If the "home force" can compass the hanging suceessfully, there is nothing that, for the same expenditure, will boantify end furnish a house as effectuelly as well-seleut- 04 wall -paper, and with this, as with carpets and nearly all febrics, aa ertistie designs and colors are used with cheap as expensive qualities After repepering a room, 13 111010 us no picture molding you can easily add ne. And either wood molding to match the finish of the morn or a metal one costs but a few cents 0 foot, and are a wonderful convenience. Some Cake, To those housewives who keep cake con- 4tently on hand, who get tired of thmen e 101) kinds, baked over and over again, and 17110 do not care for or cannot afford rich eooking, raised cake may present a gratify- ing change. It keeps moist longer than the other kind (excepts the very rich cakes, which alwaye keep (8ell), ie more easily e% reshened, and is quite as appetizing, besid- being unteh more digestible by the aver- age stomach. The following excellent and many -times tried rules deserve (011101: Dexmotons Raman Calcia.—Threct pomuls of flour, one and one-half pounds of sugar, twelve ounces of butter, seven ounces of lard, one and one-half pints of milk, one eoffemoupful of yeast, two nutmegs, 8 tea- spoonful of mace, three eggs, one pound of raisins, (001 0310000 of citron and 1(101)01)000. fel of salt. Scald the milk, lard and a pint of sugar together. Whit cool, stir in the flour and add the yeast. Set in s warm place until light. Then add the butter and sugar beaten to it oream ; eggs, fruit and spice. Let 11 rise a second time. Than de. vide and put 11) 11110 pans, and after setting it in e wenn place for half an hour, hake slowly for en hour. Thus makes quite a quantity, end if desk ed the recipe nmy be halved, or thirded, but the cake will lump et long time-4ndeed, it; improves by keeping, and is most convenient for unexpected oompany. It will bo found 010031 111010 delicious if old-fashioned hop yeast 10 110031, although the proper propoe- don of a yetst cake may be usecl (10 10 sub- stitute, RAISED CAIIII—One cupful of raised dough, one oupful of molasses one cupful of sugar, one-half cupful of butter, ono cup- ful of sage milk, a little grated nutmeg cupful of raisins, a tenspoonful of soda, two teaspoonfuls of 01111111111011, 0110.1110f teaspoon- ful of mace, one teaspoonful of cloves, three asul one-helf cupfuls of flour. Bake slowly. Leal? Calm —Two cupfuls of 1 igh t dough, Iwo cmpfels of suger, one cupful of bettor, one enpful of cream, two eggs, onchalf ten - spoonful of socle, ono cupful of raisins, ono oupfel of currants, a teaspoonful mush of ontul 01110481011 and Mae% and tt grated tmeg. Work wall together, and add sui- lent flont, to melte it stiff, Shinn) in loaves iuto pans, raise, and bake slowly. gr 0111 60 1,t1 Buckwheat and Ettokwheat Calm& Them is soma queetion whether, scionti- limns' speaking, buckwheat one be consider- ed a cereal, but tw 11) 10 so nearly allied to verities Melee (1101(10 1(1 its uature and uses, it may properly be treated briefly here, inn fore we Writ to emend mention of Ruch monis tm aro noarly or iplito strangers to the United States. Tide groin io 00111)00e1 lo lInve bruit a native of central Aela, from which it reached Himont', patient: by way of the Moors, through their occimaney of Spain, It, wits brought 10 the Amerman eolonies by LI; e German end Swedish settler of what, aro now NOW 7041 and Delaware and int prieelmil cultivat ion 1144 been ie th Now hlogland and Mobile states, Virgiata, Whitely -in and Aliehigan. The total arm under (((111 111103 Is less then 4 millize atom, and thy yield is at mamma stime 101 tr 1.1801V0 ll,111i0L, bludiels annually. Beek wheel, mut hardly be mlled a bread Making grain, 080%11 a braced buoirwhea '0)1(0 10 by no moan» unpalatable, and is ex option:thy wholemetne. mikes mail 1 rom the their etre f emeritus in (((103(3) 0(101(080 and it 14 t bat outliner that it prineipal by ernaninird hy 1111110011 things The whin grain forms valuable food for jezults'y ese other fowls, and is greatly liked by wilt pigeone. In the earlier thaw, many farm ere annually ('1(11) 8)010(1 108(01,3.11 tram of linelt wheat itt some reunite eoriler of the farm, no101 to woodland, to serve as a bait for threw birds An the grain approeched 104 nutty, the neighboring treat" would be oc- cupied every morning, soeu after daylight, by ilogke of pigeons, while 1110 termer with his grin, stealthily creeping within range, took that mettne of providing a 01,0jcs 111111 her, The flowers of imesicwheat yield an abundance of honey, though dark 10 :11,101, and the beminuiter, as well 114 the pigeett- hun ter, profited by the attraction of the field for the wingedgatherers of sweets. LATE BRITISH NEWS. 0, A Parisian variety artist lately received the Olfor week for a 11044011 111 London. „ A118of $300 'Wes ben °Mered by the Lenn:: /oily Craphie for the bst means of emmllnieatMg betwen m 370(1370(1)11011 ship and 11L010 , A 1031100 "Mtek tins Ripper" is r,broad in • 1.110 1'1111j11,1,, three wonett having been toys- teriously murder(' 1(0(1(1 mutilated. 1 An old London banker named (lox, aged 1 87, who Iva, staining Wore the tire ni his " olli ee, 01101081d o 1,140 WS balance, fell against the lire, awl died of his Inums. , Al Westminmer, Tainelay, Gram Alice Ifinton Wal ordered to be detained daring • lier Majesty pleaeure fer the murder of her four I:Wicket) at Ti Waked last NO8010. her during a paroxysm of 111(10(10 mania. Englishmen aro Unmoving nearly seven times aS fast 118 Frenellmon. At the begin- nmg; of 1110 eentttry Mum bad a poptuation of 27,000,00u, ancl England 16,000,000. Now the numbers of melt are almost the same, or abollt 3N,0110,000. 'rho last survivor of the battle of Trafal- gar, Louie Cartigny, has died at, flyover' aged 101. He was a powder monkey oath° Beilouldable, and died the doyen ef the ordor of the Legion of Holton Te mizzen mast of the Allan line steam- er Prussian, front Boston to Greenock, last month was struek by lighteing. About, twelve feet of the meet was carried away and sonns hay in the 1101d WaS set 011 are, 101 10)00 put out The 3)I:01111118e Oilliameon, a niece of Mar- shal who (MOM Paris hist week, WAS the gallicized deseenden tof (me William, son, a follower of dames 11, who had been ennobled at St. Germain, The Heim of Cumberland has sent word to the Austrian el usetun of Arte and Indus. try that the Guelph silver treasure, which has been on deposit there for twenty -Eve yeare, must lie handed over to him next July, probably to he used ni the splendid chateau which he lately built at Gmunden Two young inen named Mackey and Davey, aged 2.S. and 27 respectively, were drowned in the Thames at Barnes on Satur- day night by the upsetting of an outrigger. Three other oceuptune of the boat had et narrow escape, The deceased were both unmarried. Al Devon Assizes, on Saturday, Alice Lenin Beckley WM sentenced th 12 years' penal servitude for mauslaughter hy the neglect of an infant entrusted to her touurse. The ell ild when bronght to her weighed 381b, but at the time of its death it weighed only 1 1 lb. A plumber named Leach, aged 28, in re- moving some gas pping at Ntrkstall Brew- ery, near Leeds, Was caught by the eugine shafting and whirled round several times. When he was at length released it was found that his head WaS almoet bettered to pieces and he died iu great agouy. As the keeper of the Neene Edge Ferry, near 'Wallingford, was returning from the 01111033e of Shillingford to ids home late on Fenian, week with his wife, the latter fell into the river at a dangerous spot, where the banks are high and the water deep. The husband jumped into the river to rescue her, but both were drowned. An Abercorn correspondent telegraphs:— The wife of a collier at Abertillers was on• Sanclay morning found dead iu the kitchen- leatung on a 8011Ing machine, and it is al-. leged that the husband told his little girl, who discovered 1(10 110113', titat be had struck her on Saturtla.y night and killed her. The doctor has certified to the svotne,n'e neck bein broken. The husband decamped on • Sum ay melting, but the police have a clue. Early on Saturday morning live sailors on the Norwegian bargee Briedablick, lying in Birkenhead Docks, who had gone to sleep in the forecastle, in which a coke fire was • bunting, were found by the police in an un- conscious condition. The officers succeeded' in restorieg partial animation, and after- wards took the men to the hospital, where one namecl Carl Ligi died. The other mem retnain -under treatment iu the hospital. Considerable indignation exists at St:ret- inal-on-Avon in consequenoe of the owner' of Anne Hathaway's minima publicly adver- tising It for Bele to the highest bidder. The cottage ie famous as that in which Shakespeare's wife was born, and where she Jived until her marriage with the poet. It is visited annually by persons of all nation- aiities. The trustees of Shakespeare's birthplace heve endeavoured to purchase the cottage, so as to preserve it to the public for ever, lest the negotiations so far have mine to nothing. AtBirmingham Assizes on Tuesclay—before Mr. Jestice Denman—Walter Eaves, sorew- maker, Was charged with the znanslaughter of William &tweed Russel. The two men with others, whilst at a publiethouse, chal- lenged each other to a test of endurance, and commenced oxehanging blows on the chest. Ultimately deceased, after receiving e. blow, fell dead. The medical evidence WaS 10 the onet thet cleath had resulted from failure of the heart's amion. The doo- tor had never 1(1101811 a fated case from such a blow. The Pity found the prisoner not guilty, end he was acquitted SPINSTER AND PANTHER. 1. Woman's Ad in the Mid's or A San Angelo, Texas, despatch ettys: —in a lonely cabin in the wrulas lionth of Kaiak- erbocker, fifty mine' from here, there lives a 1000 lvoman, rdie ealne to that seeder, five yearS or Inure 4140 and has since lived the life of a hormiteSte lit tlte wilds of Western Texas, There 1,1 181t little known of the strange W00111.11 except that her name ie Annie Simpson end that she mune here from Illinois. It is said that an unfortunate love affair back in the Suclter State 11.0.4 the re104011 for the woman adopting 10 life so etrange fOr 0110 of 1101 0010, Aliss Simpson is yet a handsome woman, and the fact that oho hves alone the wilderness proms con. elusively that sho has plenty 01 001110(10, The lady met with a thrilling adventure shortly after her arrival in Torras which she will probably remember to the end 01 1101 clays, The Orst week after she took up her abode in the hut there appeared there a strange dog. A. worthlees looking cur that pante from no one knOw Where. 7110 spinster pe.mmt ly adopted the dog and gave him the name Jack. 10 11103) 01 111(07 not be that (1(04) 383(5 1110 0110010 of the 1101(10 111111010 lover, but that ents no hgare tit this narra- tive. A short timo after the arrival of the clog, Miss Simpson had a thrilling adrentlire with a panther and there are eoveral ugly sears now on the woman's back and should - ere that she will carry to the grave. 'rite woman frequently heard the (tries of wild animals late at night but 011e bel no leer. She was armed with gune and knives and besides the heavy (More of the etthin were securely bolted molt night. Late one night the spinster was awakeued by the shrill scream of a woman at her very door. She had often hoard of the panther's cry, but she did not take time to think shout it at that time. Her firet thought wati that one of her sex was in distress, and she hum Madly arose. A feeling of caution prompt- ed her to teke India from the plitin wooden table, and she then threw open the door. In another moment a large panther sprang upon the woman's shoulders, knocking her clown on the cabin floor, The animal's sharp claws sank deep into the wornan's flesh and the teeth almost met In the flesh upon her back. It was at that, critical moment that Jack, the worthless outcast cur, came to the rescue of his mistress Tite dog grab- bed the anitners leg and bit away with all Me might. The dog's efforts were not 1 in vain. With a growl of rage and apin the panther teamed front the woman to the dog. It waS only for a moment but it was the means of saving the spinster's life. She aprang to her feet grabbing up the knife RS she did so. When the animal turned again to his intended viotim She plunged the knife into his breast. Fortun- ately for the epinster the first stab inflicted a fatal wound, The panther sprang upon the woman again, however driving the steel blade to the hilt 10 1110 body. The am - mere hold then relaxed and it fell upon the floor dead. The woman found poor intek in one eor- ner almost dead from the ugly wounds in- flicted by the enimal. The dog was given the very best careand attention and 10 11100 recovered from his wounds. The spinster walked several miles to a. country doctor the following day end had her TrOtindS dressed, She hos fully t'ecum. ered and now has only the soars to remind her of the most thrilling adventure of her life. The strange WOMan and the strange dog heve formed a strong attachment for one another. There is probably a bond of sympathy between them, a feeling that they are both outeaste in a strange couutry. Then there is another reason; Jack, the cuts once eaved the spinster's life and she will never forget in The Hebrew Faith, For 3,000 years the Hebrew nation' has lived in expectation of (1. 1\100511111. Its liter. ature teems with references to the glorious event. Prophet, prieet and poot have pie- turoci his coming and hie triumph, end the whole world has accepted these teachings as Mein°. Citristia»ity, indeed, seas in Joeus the fulfillment of 111000 propheeies, Islam finds their fulfillment 111 Alohamtned, while the JOW, rejecting each of these as well as many 011101 claimants, has looked for some other yet to come; but all alike hey° accept- enc1 . aim ummpeach• ed the prophecies as sa 1 (41)iel Tie wonderful faith, which has intorno. terized Judaini through all the centuries, has been its most powerful and beautiful feature. The Hebrews have soffered and been scattered AS 11080 110 Other people, but they have alwrtys been upheld by 0(30111, um faiting assurance that some (My a descend. ant of their famous ancient king would mane and reS401.0 1410111 bo their Mime and to a chief penmen -tong the nations of 1(110 00181, Foe thirty contannes this 1101101 hits been their stay and strength--aprecions common bond 10111011 has bound them hearts togothee and preserved them (5003)21010 and peculiar people. The Height of Hospitality. Alother—" Why have yott put on that old dressl and, (101(7 1)10, why (1141 7(10 othlting that dirt on your taco " Little Daughtor—" Ansi() Mummer has tutu to 01111 on mo, an' ehe's (101) 1513 old these an' a dirty face." Ma's Boy Talks, Mrs Onddalzontt —" Hes your ma milled on those new neighbore yet 3" 1103'—" No, an' she won% neither, She says they wouldn't 'a' returned yonr call of they'd been anybody worth knowing," Progress in Solon Oa Experiments on the ventilation of tunnels on Satscando's system have recently been oarriod out in Italy. In this system fans and venbileting shafte are cliepensed with, but air is compressed into & reservoir, out- side the tunnel, to which it is led in mite ble mains. From these mains it is allowed to escape at different points inside the tunnel, frotn whush it drives out the foul ahs A process for coating iron and steel with zineat ordinary temperatures has been lato. ly developed by the London Metallurgical Company. By this process the tendency of iron awl eink to form an elloy and the re- clnetion of the temper in steel clue to the intense haat of molten zinc are seed to be avoided, A. Froneh technical joureal retention& the use of coal tar for waterproofing masonry, A sman amount of India rubber dissolved in benzine will increase. its dare, batty. It should be applied boiling hot, and 11 (1)0 color should he objectionable it can be dusted with plaster of parts before drying. Au important invention has been madeiin the adaptetion of magnetic electricity Ito the prevention of the slipping of ear wheels. The use of 11 10 said to mcreaso the hauling powor 01 11.1) engine 'many per (souk lleeent imprevements 111 photogrephie plates have been so greet that nominate photogrephs can new be taken of a rifle bell traveling at, a speed of 3,000 feet a second. A mile WaS recently run by a oompound locomotive on the Pennesevartia 10041101)4 1,11 391 seconds. Tide nentld correspond tosa mused 01.7 miles per hour.