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The Brussels Post, 1893-10-13, Page 2THE BRUSSELS 1'O''.ul, HIS INDIAN BRIDE. A ROMANCE OF TH10 UAI,ADIAN NORTHWEST CHAPTER VII ,-(Cotra oleo, ) It was etrange how the Indian girl lied &ken on those little manners of soelety Rich convey 0c much by inflection, She Red hoe eyobrowe at Marion, and said rosently, in a soft, deliberate voice, `Come,, Marion, tee will go and see little iohard ; then I shall be happy, Silo linked her arm through 'Marion's. la'ion drummed her lingers lightly on the eautifnlarm and then fellto wo rlorin•-• I= 1 3. u a al . elimild guy next, They p;a::,i to the room where the ohlld lay sle"pinee; hey ,volt to his little bed, and Lill stretdl• d out her heed gently, touching the curly f the child. Running 11 finger through one . elicately, she said, 10101) a still softer tone hats before, " Why should not one be appy 1„ Marlon looked up slowly into her eyes, t a hand full on her shoulder gently, and =plied, "Lali, do you 3100er wish Frank • come.?" Lali's fingers cane frau the child, the •tor mounted slowly to her forehead, and e drew the girl allay ag10111 into the other one Then she turned and faced Marion, deep fire in horeyes, aid said, in a whis• tr almost hoarse fu its intensity, " Yes; I ish be would come to -night," :he looked harderyet at Marion; then, wtih flash of pride and her hands clasping before 'r, she drew herself np, and added, " Ain not worthy to be his wife now? Ant I .t beautiful -for &savage?" There was no common vanity in the ao. on. It had a noble kind of wistfulness, d a serenity that entirely redeemed it. &•ion dated her own happiness from the 010 when Lali met her accident, for the ening of that disastrous day she issued to ptain Hume Vidall a commission which could never, wished never to, resign. ee then she had been at her best, -we o all more or less selfish creatures, -and e had grown gentler, curbing the delicate perionaness of her nature, and frankly, d without the least pique,taken asecond- y position of interest in the household,oc- ioned by Lali's popularity. She looked li up and down with a glance in which any feelings met, and then catching her nds warmly,she lifted then(, put them on r own shoulders and said, " My dear autifnl savage, you are fit and worthy to Queen of England ; and Frank, when he mos " "Hush 1 said the other, dreamily, and t a finger on Merion'0 lips, "I know hat you are going to say, but I do not itch to bear it. Ho did not love me then. e. used me--" She shuddered, put her nds to her eyes with a pained, trembling otion, then threw her head back with a tick sigh. " But I will not speak of it. •me, we are for the dance, Marion. It the last, to -night. Tomorrow- -" She fused, looking straight (before her, loot in ought, "Yes, tomorrow, Lail?" Marion longed to tell her then and there o great news, but she was afraid to do so, d was, moreover, withheld by the remem- 'anoe that it had been agreed she should .t 110 told. She said nothing. At eleven o'clock the rooms were filled. of the fag end of the season, people seem. unusually brilliant. The evening itself as not so hot as common, and there was extra array of distinguished guests. arion was nervous all the evening, though le showed little of it, being most prettily ployed in making people pleased with eunselvos. firs. Ammer also was not et) from apprehension. In reply to in - (ries concerning her son she said, as she d often said during the season, that he ight be back at any time now. Lali had 3owered always in the same fashion, and ' d shown no sign that his continued )Renee was singular. As the evening wore i,. the probability of Frank's appearance emed lees ; and the Armours )began to eathe more freely. Frank had, however, arrived, He had iven straight from Easton to Cavendish mare, but, seeing the house lighted up, tl guests arriving, he had a sudden feeling uncertainty. He ordered the cabman to ke him to his club. There he puthimselt evening dress, end drove back again to e house. lie entered quietly. At the oment the hall was almost deserted: pee. e were mostly in tho ball -room and pper•room. He paused a moment, biting G 0 moustache as if 1n perplexity. Astrange r midity came on him. All life old dash a d self•possession seemed to have forsaken m. Presently, seeing a number of people , a tering the hall, he made tor the staircase, d went (hastily up. Mechanically he ant to his own room, and found it lighted. owers were set about, and everything as made ready as for a guest. He sat vee, not thinking, but dazed. Glancing •, he saw his fade in a mirror. It was •oozed, but it looked rather old and care. oro. He ehrugged a shoulder ab that. en, in the mirror he saw also something 'se. to startled him so that he sat per. lotly. still for a moment looking at it. was someone lanp,hing at him over his molder ; a child I He got to his feet and (teed round. On the table was a very rge photograph of a smiling child -with 0 eyes, his face. He (taught the chairarm, ,d stood looking at it &little wildly. Then laughed a strange laugh and the tears aped to his eyes. He naught the picture his hands and kissed it, -very foolishly, on not fathers might think, -and read the ,me beneath : Richard Joseph Armour ; .d again, beneath that, the date of birth. e then put it back on. the table and sat >king at it ; looking, and forgetting, and rneinbering. Presently the door opened, and some one tered. It was illarion. She had seen him s0 through the hall ; she had then gone d told her father and mother, to prepare em , and had followed him np•stairs. Ile 1 not hear her. She stepped softly for. I 011 trd. ""Frank," she said, "Frank," -and b d a hand on his shoulder. He started up w dturned his face on her. Then he caught to r hands and kissed her, "Merlon 1" he d, and he could say no more. But pros• Ey he pointed towards the photograph. Sho nodded her head, " Yes, it is your ild, Frank. Though, of course, you don't lerve it. , !'rank, dear," site added, am glad -we shall all be glad -to have u bacity but you are a wicked man." She lithe must say that. (ow he only nodded, end 011)1 looked at 1 portrait, "Where is my wife 3" he tell presently. 'She is in the ba11.room." Marion was adoring what was best to do, le Oaugght his thnntb<uail in his teeth. whtoe3 in spite of him•:olf. "1 will go (or," he said, " anti then, the baby. I am glad," she replied, ''that yon holo t. much sense of justice left, Frank : the a first, the baby afterwards. But do you Ik you deserve either)" :e became moody, and made an impatient fie �ure, "Lady Agnes Marling i0 lora sit also Lady Hakdwell," she persisted sur cruelly. She lid not mind, because she knew he would (1000 enough to compensate hint afterwards " Marion,' he said, " say it all, and let me have it over Say what yell like and I'll not whimper, 1'1( Mee it. But I want to see my child " Sho was sorry for him, She had really wanted 501to , ow uac capable of alt I sec l v much w up e feeling In them t t sr. "Welt here, Irl^tuts" she &tick "•1.11, t v: ill be beet ; and I will Lein' your wife to you.,' f He sad uothiug, but assented with a Motion nfthe hand, 111,1 she left him tvhe:e 110 wa0, 11+. Prosed 1,:3u8clf tip for the in tertiuw, :assuredly a man loses something of natural courage and eolf•confidence when he has done a thing of which he should be, and is, ashamed. It seemed a long time (0 was in reali but a uonple of 'Mentes) before the d opener( again, and !Marion 1311101, " Fran your wife !" and then retreated, The door closed, leaving a stately figure standing ,just inside it, The figure did not move forward, but stood there, full of life and fine excitement, but very, still 'leo, Frank Armour was confounded. He cane forward slowly, looking hard. 11'as this distinguished, handsome, reproachful wom- an his wife-Lall, the Indian girl whom lie had married( in 11 tit of pique and brandy ? He could hardly believe his oyes ; and yet her eyes looked out at Min 131(1 something that he remembered too, together with something which he did not remember, making him uneasy. Clearly his groat mis- take had turned from ashes into fruit. " Lali, my wife 1" he said, and hold out his hand. Sho reached out hers courteously, but)her fingers gave him no response, IPe have many things to say to each other," elle said, " but they cannot bo amid now. I shall be missed from the ball- room." "Missed from the ball -room 1" He almost laughed to think flow strange thia sounded in his ears. As if interpreting his thought, she added, " You see, it is our last affair of the season, and we are all 0nxi01s to do our duty perfectly. Will you go down with mo? We can talk afterwards." Her continued self•possession utterly confused him. She had utterly confused Marion also, when told that her husband wasiu the house. Shehadhadpresentimente, and, besides, she had been schooling herself for this hour for a long time. Sho turned towards the door. "But," he asked, like a supplicant, "our child ! I want to see our child." She lifter( her eyebrows, then, seeing the photograph of the baby on the table, under- stood how he knew. "Come with me, then," she said, with a little more feeling. She led the way through the hall, and paused at her door. "Remember that we have to appear among the guests directly," she said, as though to warn hint against any demonstration. Then they entered. She wont over to the cot and drew hack the fleecy ourtain from over the sleeping boy's head. His fingers hungered to take his child to his arms. "He is magnificent 1 magnificent 1" he said, with a great pride. "1l by did you never let too know of it's" "How could I tell ,shat you would do ?" she calmly replied. "You married mo - wickedly, aeri es:l me wickedly afterwards; and I loved the child." "You loved the child !" he repeated after her. "Lab," he said, "I don't deserve it, but forgive me, if you can -for the child's sake." "We had bettor go below," she calmly replied ; "we have both( duties to do. You will of course -appear with lee -before them ?" The slight irony in the tone eat hint horribly, He offered his arm in silence. They passed into the hall and to the stair. case. "It is necessary," she said, "to ap. pear cheerful before one's guests." She had him at an advantage at every point. "We will be cheerful, then," was his reply, spoken with a grim kind of humor. "You have learned it all, haven't you?" lie added. They were just entering the bt111-room "Yes, with your kind help -and absence,'' she replied. The sur rise of the guests was somewhat diminished by the fact that Marion, telling eoeral Armour and his wife first of Frank's eturn, industriously sent the news buzzing bout the room. The two went straight to Frank's father nd mother. Their parts were all excel!. ent.ly played. Then Frank mingled among the guests, being very heartily greeted, and heard congratulations on all sides. Old club friends rallied hint as a deserter, and new acquaintances limited about him ; and presently ha awakened to the fact that his Indian wife had been an interest of the season, was not the least admired person present. It was altogether too good luck for him ; but he had an uncomfortable con. viction that he had a long path of penance to walk before he could hope to enjoy it. All at once he met Lady Illaldwell, who, in spite of all, still accepted invitations to General Armour's house=the strange scene between Lull and herself having never been disclosed to the family. He had nothing but bitterness in hie heart for her, but ho spoke a few smooth words, and she languid- ly congratulated him on hie bronzed ap• pearauce. He asked for a dance, but she had not one to give )nim. As she was low. ing, she suddenly turned as though she had forgotten something, and, looking at him, said, "I forgot to congratulate you =your marriage. I hope it is nob too late," He bowed, " Your congratulations are AO sincere," he said, "that they would be a propos late or early " When he stood with his wife while the guests were leaving, and 0aw with what manner she carried it all off, --as though e had been bora in the good land of good reeding, -he was moved alternately, with ender and shame, -shame that be had in. nded thie noble creature as a sacrifice to t' r k, Ins ugly temeer and spite, When all the guests were gone and the family stood alone in the drawing -room, a silence suddenly fell among them, Presently Marion said to her mothee in a half•whioper, "I wish Rich, and were here." They all felt the extrema awkwardness of the situation, especially when Lalf bade General Armour, Mrs, Armour, and Marion gcod-night, and then turning to her hug. band, said, "Good•eight,"-she did not even speak his name. "Perhaps you would care to ride to•n10t100 v morning. I always go to the park at ton, and this will . be my lags ride this season," Had alio written out at elaborate prods, (nation of her intended attitude towards her husband, 1t °mild not have more clearly conveyed her mind than this little 0peeell, delivered ae to a.most friendly acquaintance. General Armour palled his moustache roely, and, it 1s possible, enjoyed the dation, despite 10' peril, Mrs, Armour nedjtOthe mantel and :teemed tremulous. ly 0ugagerl in arran1iug ache bria•a•brao, Marion, however, with a fine instinct, slid her arm through that of Lal!, and goody said, "lea, of course Frank will be glad of a ride in the park, He used to ride with me every morning, lint lotus go, us three, and kiss the baby go0d•n1ght,-'good-uight till we meet in the morning,'" She linker( her arm Wee through Frank's and as she did 00 he rephe:l to La 11, "I she11 he glad to ride In the morning, hitt--" "lint we can arrange it at breakfsel, 035101 his wife, hurriedly, At the same time 5110 allowed llereelf to be drawn away to the hall 1v1i11 her Ihushand. lie was very angry, hot he knelt/ lie had 110 right to be so. He smoked back hie writ(((, and moved on amiably enengh, and euddeely the fashion in which the 131100 halt hem turned on him s1(111(: hien will 110 Magie comedy, and he involuntarily smiled. Ills sense of humor Be veil lain fton words and acts which might possibly have made tiro matter a pare trageey after all. He loosed his arm from Marton e. " I unlet bid cur father and mother good. night, Thon I will join you both, -'in the court of the king, ' And he turned and ,vont Lack, and said to itis father as ho kissed hie mother, "I am had at en advao rage, general," "And serves you right, my boy. You had the odds with you : she has aaptured thorn like a bort soldier," Hie mother said to him, gently, " Frank, you blaimed us, but remember that we meshed only your good. Take my advice, clear, and try to love your wife and win her confidence," " Love her, -try to love her 1" he said. "I shall eas1ly do that, lin' the other He shook his head a little, though what Ile meant perhaps he did not know quite himself, and then followed Marion and Lali up -stairs. Marion had trio -3 to eecape from Lali, but was told that she must stay; and the three met at the child's cot. Marion stooped down and kieeed its forehead(. Frank stooped also and kissed its cheek. Then the wife kisaed the other cheek. The chill slept peacefully on. " You can always see the baby here be. foto breakfast, if yon choose," swirl Lali ; and she held out her hand again in good. night. At this point Marion stole away, in spite of Lali's quick little ory of " Wait, Marton 1" and the two were loft alone again. I am very tired," she said. " I would rather not talk to•night," The diemiasal was evident. He took her hand, held it an in. stent, and presently said, "I will not de. tarn you, but I would ask you, Lali, to re- member that you are my wife, Nothing can alter that." " Stfll we are only strangers, as you know," she quietly rejoined. " Yon forget the clayswe were together, -after we were married." 110 cautiously urged. I ala not the same girl : . you killed her. We have to start again. . . I know all." " Yon know that in my wretched anger and madness I--" " 011, please do not speak of it," she said, "it he so bad even in thought." "Bort will you never forgive mo, and care for me?- we have 1,0 live our lives to• gather." Pray let us not speak of it 10w," she said, in a weary voice; then, breathlessly, "It is of much more consequence that you should love me -and the child," He drew himself up with a choking sigh, and slhread out his eons to her. " 0111, my wife 1' he said. No, no," she cried, " this is unrePeou- able; we know so little of each other. , . Goodnight, again." He turned at the door, came back, and, stooping, kissed the ohild on the lips. Then he said, " You are right. 1 deserve to suffer. . , Good -night." But when he was gone she dropped on her knees, and kissed the chill many times on the lips else, (To 116 COST(\CEP.) A Millionaire's Yacht. Last summer Mr. Vanderbilt'& steamer Alva was wrecked by a collision near the shoals of Nantucket. Her owner at once gave orders to St. Clair Byrne, the famous English designer, to drew the lines of a yacht which should be the largest and handsomest in the world. The building contract was given to Laird Brothers,. of Birkenhead. On May 301 the yacht was launched, and was christened by Lady Alva Montagu, daughter of the Duchess of Manchester. Her fittings were completed in July, and at noon of Wednesday, August 16th, she left Glasgow, her owner and his secretary, W. S. Hoyt, being passengers, She passed Sandy Hook 3 days ancl 21 hours later, having encountered severe head winds and seas, in which she behaved admirably. On her trial trip she reached 171; knots an hour, and had the weather been favorable she would doubtless have made the voyage across in about seven days, The Valiant is brig•rigged, and carries one large yellow smoke•atack. She is 332 feet long over all, 810 feet long between perpendloelars, 30 feet 3 inches extreme beam, and 25 feet 6 inches moulded depth. Her tonnage ie 2400. She is propelled by twin screws, driven by engines capable of developing 4500 horse -power., The ecrewe are made of bronze and steel. There are two sets of triple•oxpansion engines, with cylin• dere of 23, 36, and (30 iuohes diameter, and 36 inches stroke. The interior fittings and decorations ot the yacht are not equalled by those of any other vessel afloat, The main saloon, wlneh is IS feet long, and extends all the way across the boat, is decorated in the Louis Quatoree style, by the Mame. Ousel, ot Paris. Tne wood•work Is entirely covered with exquisite high relief carving, finished in gold end white enamel. The Chippe0. dale'chairs, sofas, and sideboards, are all in- laid with brass, and tine upholstery is of crimson velvet, The yacht has also a beau. tifui library which is finished in rich dant walnut, unpolished, The fireplace in flue to= is one of the gems of the yaoht's fit- tings. For the benefit of those who are curious as to priee0, it may be stated that the carpet oost 15 a yard. Mrs, Vander. bill's apartments, consisting of sitting - room, bod•room, and bath, are magnificent. ly furnished. Miss Vanderbilt las hor own roma, fitted in the Cawthorne style, end adorned with a ceiling of Tyneeast(e work. Mr, Vauderbilt's rooms are very handsome, It 10 worthy of note that every pipe in the ship is copper, and every basin Inas its own steam -pipe for cleansing The yacht carries a crew of 02 mew, Of these 20 are seam en, 32 in. the engine department, and the rest cooks and stowards,-[Ha'por'o Weekly. The Family Album. "This photograph," simpered Miss Pau. say, " was taken just after 1 graduated, It slanders me horribly, don't you think ?" " Why, what this was taken," said young Mr. de Oily, anxious to say something aompii- mentary and soothing, "perlhaps photo. grapllors hadn't--aw--yet learned rho art fretouching," HOUSEHOLD. Better be Optimists, 111; A,' 1'. Shall we welkin the'hnaon', lova, Court the cloud and the night nlw•ny, When the height Riot le shhtlilg aleree, And always eamewhole it ie clay Shall wo brood 0'1'0 115115H that rare olnln, And s((ig111h11) tforhIlse111we 01germ 611:1111i.1 ohas ur (;o110in11•(1, N Lilo And our path with blosoinga is strewn t shall we Run reit among thorns fop grapes, Plume frail that 10 hitter, not sweet, \M1'iten n erne t au e monis, :hopes, And there.+ 10010111 trek we eau cat t ?;hall we set our 05 0.+011 1110 !111(1-1. That 1110 hO,'king (''1 It:, to behold. While bounty t. .Irron(ing het' wino.. O'er 1 he cart h 1111,' pluton, of 1;"b1 t l h•l ter, lore, to wall: In the .Idnu, Wham tho r•loud nal the night 1130" llu1'a, 'fhnn tvilh shadow our live! entwine And o11ug I u the d,n•lcneos alone. Setter prize the 1 bin33, we have gained, And hold to the good wo have got, Than sighing. fur (ha unattained, Use blossing' (IR though thea' 1001,0 1101. Iletter0onrc•h where sweet fruit, abeam, Anti nitwit the most plea-ing to taste, Than wonder why gram), 1113 ("1 (mind On l horns that grow on the w3010. huller tenet on (he beautiful things Most pleasing far u. to behold, Than hide/(10001000 under the wings That the pessimist's life enfold. Yes, better be optim1st., love, And lire in the sun -bine of day, Itellectieg the glorte:, above Ten posintist's shadowy tray. i01tio Partner, Courtesy has been palled tiro flower of rightdoing and we should remember that evet'yborly,n0 matter how rich or how poor, needs all the kindness they oan get from others in the world and that by dealing nobly with all, all will show themselves noble. There are numerous rules of eti- quette by 1110(011 civilized people have seen fit to fence themselves in. Some of these are founded upon the combined judgment and good taste of many people, and as mob "arm to facilitate life and to get rid of impediments." They are thee often the outcome of pure benevolence. Then there are other purely oonventional roles and we nest exorcise our own good sense and taste in rejecting or adopting them ; if they trammel or annoy ns by all means lot us disregard them. Let us follow our own individuality and not be hampered by a slavish regard for what other people consider proper oroorl form. "Let us be tree to the royal self that reigns within its and not oriuge to the mandates of fashion," Manners of Children. There are two essentials in good manners, character, and what we call polish, In charaoter we must be sincere, self.respocf- ingand most of all, kind; then having these inherent characteristic's we must by association with others and by training, learn to express our sincere and kindly feelings in the most acceptable and agree- able way. Alenters should be au expres0100 of our inner lives, and if our inner lives have anything of truth and beauty in them and we have learned to express ourselves by our words and actions with simplicity and clearness our manners will be good. Good manners are not peculiar to any one favored class, they are fundamental in hu• manicy and are found in all races, oven among thong the call barbarians ; they ere always identical, as sincere and self-respect. ing expressions of kindly feeling. l:meroon says that " a circle of men per- fectly, well bred would be a company of sensible pet0ous (u which every mans na- tive manners and olueraotsr appeared," and again he says, " A sainted soul is always olegent, ,end, if it will, passes unchallenged into the most guarded ring,"end in another place, " Strong will is always in fashion let who 10111 be uufashiouable." It lies with mothers, to fosterand develop in ohildren kindly and sympathetio feelings towards others. "There is just 050 way to melte children lovely, and that i0 to stir. round them by day and night with an at- mosphere of love.' I believe littlechildren should be kept as long as possible from knowledge of harshness and wrong doing, and when they are brought in contact with it by their associations with outsiders we should inculcate a spirit of forbearance lead thorn to say, "May be he doesn't know any better ;" "I think ho won't do that when he is older ;" or "No one taught him any better." And it is even possible, after the heat of resentment i0 over, to persuade your child to return good for evil. There is nothing more beutiful in life than sym• pathy for others, and there is no greater work for us than to arouse this sentiment in our children. To be respectful and considerate towards all the inmates of our mouse, to refrain from criticising other people, at least before our children, are conditions that must be lived up to, if we wish our children to escape the unfriendly and critical attitude of many ill-bred people, The possessor of rood manners is without (haste and without fear. Do not try to force your child to be polite, because you can not ; manners that aro the alternative of a dreaded penalty are not good ; the king- dom of heaven is not attained by violence, neither are good manners. I once saw a conscientious young mother whip her three•year•old boy three times before he would say " Good -morning" toa little Coln• pollen, but I know she will never make that mistake again, Do not force your children to use the polite and conventional forms of society ; let them grow into them naturally and pleasantly • they like to do those things when the time comes. Tho wondering eyes of your baby say " Good• morning" to the whole world long before he is ready to express himself in words, and the smiling lips Day " Thank you," before the tongue has learned -to articulate. The motive that should rule us in our ohoiee of manners is not what other people may think of us, but to please others, to add to others' comfort and happiness, It should he the constant aim of elle mother, for various reasons, to direct the thoughts of her child away from itself, The well-bred people of the geeeratolls that have gone before, brought up their ohildren to feel a great respect and deference for aged people; this is chivalrous and should encotnpany the priuoiple that the strong should protect and oherish the weak, Tho indill'erenoe, not to sayirroverenoo, of young America for age has brought our oomltry into deserved disrepute. The time is probably near at 110(1(1 when physical training will become a part of eau a cation, A knowledge and control of the r body hs necessary to gaaec and case. In relation to ohildr0n anrf guests, I have conte to believe that as a rule the loss they. have to do with oaoh other the bettor for ail conoerned. The ootivot'sation is not euft' able; if our visitors do not forget the ehil' dren altogether, they are apt to say some- thin(; injndiolous about them, to call at. 01 tentton to their appearanne or their re. 't marks; to laugh Int their ,nietakos and ill varl0ne ways to develop their solf•oonseious. 111300, If children aro in the habit of using shrill tones, it io usually ofleooions to lower our tones, and if they nee ioeorreot expreosious or neglect to say "Please" or "'].'hank yon" WO should repeat their words after them, using the correct forms, or anlpplying ends! 610116. \1'130(1011101 allow our children to inv150 their little frfonde often, that they may have practice:: in being hosts and hostesses, awl when we are alone we should nee the op or• 1unity of talking with the uhfhlron in a pleasant and entertaining way, no that the dinner•ttthle may be a place of good cheer to them as to ourselves, It is one of the characteristics of human nature that if wo hear of the good deeds of others we tiro stimulated with a desire to do likewise. Children are very rompansive to this, Wu say "Mee, 0 1s so very grarin• htl ; title is the way she walks." This is an eugh to set nil the eh111110n tripping about as nearly as possible like Mrs. 0, or if we say, "Annie Laurie 0001110 to be very, polite; she alway0 Buys please," then they immesh. Moly resolve to say please also. This 1$ different from derogatory eom- uari0ols, which alway, antagonize. If we say, "Annie Laurie is more polite than you are," this arod000 their resentment and de- stroys the harmony between us. Never shame your children, this is always unkind and injures their self-respect, The Chinese have a saying that "He who finds pleasure fu vice and pain in virtue is still a novices in each." It is possible ferns to so direct our children that they shall not be novice in virtue, 1\'e can pet hummer. able opportunities in their way of doing kind and unselfish things. Wo can give them so =oh practice in virtue that they will slew to believe that it is bettor to give than to receive. Humanity is in a transition period ; we are emerging from the ago of strife ; loo aro in the (110101 of a period of immense InLel- lectdal activity, but there is ddwning upon us the ago of sympathy and benevolence. Lot us help the dawning, -[Clara Ueland, in housekeeper. _ Pickles. One quart of cucumbers out in small pieces, ono quart of small cucumbers, all placed in salt and water• over night ; two quarto small onions, tiro (marts of green tomatoes cut in pitmen or sliced, three large green peppers sliced, two heads of uaulilower out in piecee half a finger long. Scald all except the °numbers in hot Dalt and water, i.o , pub them in coldweak brine and allow them to come to a boil. Draft the brine off and plane all the ingredients in a crook and pour boiling vinegar over then( and let stand three days. Take one-half pound of Coleman's English mustard (this is the only kind I eao reoo mend, as com- mon mustard will make them bitter), three cups of light brown sager, one cep of Hour mixed with a little cold vinegar. Pour three quarts of boiling vinegar over the mustard, sugar and flour and stir well together. After rho pickles have been well drained from the vinegar, pour the above mustard preparation over them and they will keep a year. Spanish Pickles. -Take three dozen large and fill grown cucumbers, four large green peppers, half a peck of small white onions, and half a peck of green tomataso. Out the caedmbers, peppers and tomatoes into pieces, sprinkle a pint of salt over thein and tet then stand all night. Next morning chain thom well and add to them an ounce of mace, one of long white pep- pers, the same ot white mustard seed, half an ounce of cloves, the same of celery seed, an ounce of tumerio, three tablespoonfuls of mustard, three quarters of a pound of brown auger, 0 root of horse radish eut in small pieces ; Dover them with good older vinegar and boil half an hour ; pot in stone or glass jars. When cold Cover closely. Oneumber Sauce, -Take one peck of encumbers of the size selected to cat raw, pare and cut into dice, Slice and separate four large onions into rings. Sprinkle over the whole a pint of salt and let drahn soon hours on a sieve; then add a tablespoonful of black pepper, a smalltoaspoonful of cayenne pepper, throe blades ot mace, eight table- spoonfuls of salad oil. Put into 3ar0 filling them but two thirds full then fill, to the top with vinegar. Spiced Poaches.- Pare and out in halves seven pounds of peaches, add three pounds of brown sugar, a pint and a half of vinegar, one ounce of whole cloves, and half an onnee of mace. Put the vinegar, sugar and mace into the kettle, boil end skiifi then lay in the fruit and cook slowly until tan - der. Put the peaollos into jars : pears and plums may be molded in the sante way. About Tomatoes. Spiced tomatoes are an excellent relish with cold meat. Boil sliced, ripe tomatoes twenty minutes, and rub through a sieve ; to every 7 pounds of pulp add 3, pounds of sugar, a pint of vinegar, au ounce of broken cinnamon and a Iew whole cloves tied loose. ly in a thin cloth bag. Boil till reduced to a thick marmalade, stirring almost con. stantly toward the last. Remove the bag of spices and cool in 0up0 or jelly glasses. Seasonable Dishes.• --With gravy : Put seven or eight) whole, ripe tomatoes in a same -pan, stew Gently in half a pint of geed meat stook, turning then once or twice till thoroughly cooked. Thicken with a little flour rubbed smooth with butter. With eggs : Peel twelve tomatoos, Put four tea- 1 spoonfuls of butter in a saucepan and fry in it an onion chopped fine, then add the to• matoos and cook twenty minutes; at the last add six well beaten eggs, With rice 1 Wash a teacupful of rioe and 000k with it six peeled, ripe tomatoes ; acid a teacupful and. a half of ,rater, salt, popper, and two tablespoonfuls of sugar, Cook till the Moe is tender. Season with butter before eery. ing. Tomato Soup. -This is a dish rarely found on farmers' tables. It is economical and appetaing and 10 especially desirable as the first eo0ra0 of the noonday meal. To each quart of freshly stewed or panned to- matoes add a teaoupful of sweee orcin, and a teaspooltul of salt with just a dash o of popper, Serve with oyster crackers, eriep from the oven. ! I must not close this article without ggiv- r ing a family receipt for tomatoes in brine, Over the top of a four -gallon jar paolcod 0 With emooth, a tomatooe throw a half toarupful of a fill with cold water,. put t on a plate, weight and clean cloth and g tie up tightly, In a few days the jar hould be opened, the cloth removed and Insocl, the Mine dipped off'as the tomatoes Otte and fresh tonatoe0 added, Replace the cloth, and repeat the process till the OCToBNR 13, 1833 NAPOLEON'S PROPOSED INVASION OF EN 1110 flans were .G(•Jd, a pd 100,001) Nen:were In 1011 5 11 5 0 0, Napoleon wallced asonsidorablo limo with the admiral after dinner, talking of the in. 0151110/1 0f England. Ho sold that when the d om sr ' ou t ellen ns t 10113 t v mi 111, Boulogne, ho had most perfeotly and decidedly made up his mind to it (the hnvaelon) ; that his put- ting gone into the penning and the rest of hls armed il.otille wax only to deceive and en:loavor to make us believe he intended t0 snake a doscont upon England with their nssist;noo only, whereas 110 had never in- tended to moko ney other use of them than ns tratsporte, and entirely depended on hie (Mote befog enabled to decisive Cut's by the route and name:uvoro ho intended thorn to make ; and that they would thereby be on. nbled to get off Boulogne, an its to halo a shielded suporho'ity in the Channel long enough to insure his making good a landing, for which ho said everything was go =neg. ed am' prepared that he would have re• gaited only twenty-four hours after arriving at the spot fixed on. He said ho had 200,000 Iron for this gar• vice, out of which 0000 wore cavalry, which would have been landed with horses and every appoin1inenl complete and fit for act, ing the moment they were put, on shore ; • and that the praams were particularly in. tended for carrying over these horses. He said the exam. point of debarkation had not been fixed on, as he considered it not mater. ial, and only therefore to be determined by tho winds and eircurnstltnces of tho mo- ment ; but that he intended to have got as near to Chatham as he conveniently could, to have secured. our ra8Ohnrt'ea there at once, and to have pushed on to London by that roa'l. He told SIr George Cockburn he had. ordered his efed(tarranean admiral to pro. coed with (lis fleet to Martinique to distract our attention, and draw our (loot after him, and thou to exert the utmost efforts to get clsickly hack to Europe ; and looking into Brest (where he had ordered another fleet under Ganteanme to be ready to join him), the whole was to push np Channel to Bou- logne, where be (Bonaparte) was to be ready to join then, and to move with thong over to our coast at In hour's notice, And in point of fast, 11e was so ready, his things embarked, and himself anxious. ly looking for the arrival of his fleets, when he beard of their having returned indeed to Europe; but instead of their (mining into the Channel, in conformity with the iu• strootions he had given, they had got to Cadiz, where they wore blooked op by the English float, with which they had hall a partial engagement off Ferrol, and thus, ho said, by the disobedience and want of man- agement of his admirals, he saw in a mo- ment that all his hopes with regard to invading England were frustrated, with thio additional disadvantage (which he bad fully foreseen when he tirst turned in his mind the idea of such an attempt), that the preparations at Boulogne hadgit•en aotrong• er military bias to every individual in Eng- land, and maul/lei ministers to make greater efforts than they otherwise perhaps would have been permitted to do.-[iOxttaet front unpublished diary of the British admiral who convoyed Napoleon to St. Helena, Stone Her. Among Philadelphia's philanthropic schemes to ono lately perfected which is worthy of imitation in every large city. It is a wo,nau'0 Directory, located at 238 South Tenth St. The Philadelphia Ledger says of it: "The Woman's Directory has been chartered for the purpose set forth, to give advice to young tnothors, or those ex• peoting to become mothers, and who have been abandoned by friends, or wlho arc afraid or ashamed to make their condition known to their own family or nearest friends." The object is to save these unfortunates, who in many cases are more sinned against they sinning, from adding the cringe of in- fanticide to other sins, as so many of the medical profession are nothingloth to ad. vise them to do. Again the Ledger says: "For whatever cause, then, a young woman so situated needs advice, let hor ask it at the newly opened house of the Woman's Directory. There elle will find sympathetic friends who will not question her too close- ly. She will be provided for. She will bo told where to go and what to do. All will be entirely confidential between her001f and the matron, or the lady of the committee wlhomsbe sees. Site will be kept front crime, and her own life will be saved for better things." Ij all the poor girls who were enticed into sinful ways could have the help andencour. agement thus afforded, how much the mis• ery of the world would be lessened I While we cannot condone the offence in the least, it is hardly fair that the girl should bear all the disgrace of it, while the partner, if not the sole actor in the evil work, goes soot free. A poem which appeared in print some time ago gives expression to a senthment that is altogether too prevalent, It is entitled, " Stoae Her," and reads as follows :- "Yes, stone the w0m1n, let the loan go free 1 Draw back your skirts, lost they petulance A[ay touch( her garment as rho passes ; Ilu 1E1041 eh" uforth tt willing hand To °leap with lits that nod to Iter 1110'8ctton And s osgrai, Shu t up lana her rho aaored Ways of toil, but opo Co him alt honorable Paths, whore ho. may win distinction ; (!iso 10 111(11 fair, pressed down measures of Idlers ewootest joys, Pass her, Oh maidou, With a pure' proud Paco, it she put forth A poor polluted palm t but lay thy (hand in Ills en br(dal day, 011(2 swear t0 Voting: hint - with wifely love and Condor rev Trust him who lad a sister woman Toa batted fate, " Yes, stone the wonu(0, lot the man go free 1 Lot One Rent suffer for the guilt of two - It is the doctrine of a hurried world - Too out of breath for holding bola cos w'horo ntoo distnctons and injustices Aro calmly weighed. Taut ah 1 how wb11 it be Whos all shall stood before the one true Judge f Shall sex there make a difference in Sin i Shall he, the searcher of the hidden I[eart, in his etonat anddivhlo dceroo, Oondomn the woman mi d forglvo the leant' lv[, A, S, America's Prehistoric Race. Aran lived on this continent earllerthan, or at least as early, as he lived on tate I.uropoal continent, but it ha not believed that rho Indions aro desoeuded from such arly people. The latest them seems to bo that the 50.aailed American Indians are cle:mended from Chinese, who in 0om0 way eaohzd the western coast thousands of yoars ago. Theparallelisms between the nstoms of the Clllneee and the ancient Peruvians are often very etrlkiug ; the sys• encs of government of the two peoples Were imilar ; the eat eeor and the room both laimod descent from healon 1 both 001111• tries had irrigated oanale, and in both 00011- tries taxes were paid in kind and stored in public warehouses ; both countries main- tanod pttbllc roads, di0posed of thew dead With the same ceremonies and built lenses n much the sane stylo, Ho(nbolt found n the Mexican calendar strongresonblanoos to tlho ancient oalendor al' Tartar jar is filled with pickled tomatoes. Always keep them well under the bring and tied i closely, A slight fermentation taitoa plan i ,vhioh loosens the 0kin0, Serve without India and Thibot, Tho skull of the Amer(= On, except in its greater length, greatly re. eomble0 that of the Chinese. coking and season with pepper, sugar, and little vinegar if liked, They will keep ill warm weather.