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The Brussels Post, 1890-2-21, Page 66 THE BRUSSELS POST, seveleahaselempasewmaissowesineeweesiaeleerweareweirealeelegeseaseleeniatforamenow HOUSEHOLD, Sahcol ray D1'eeseo For Little Mieses. "Will you pleaeh tie my taehee, Mies Mr' Who blondo•haired little girl of efght yenta Mopped before my teacher's deck, holding jibe trailing lace -trimmed Bride of her white apron atringe. The ties on the aboul• Adore were longe also, and slipping down over the small arms. At: this request, which was such a very Don mon one that I did not even nigh, I laid aeide pen and grade book and adjusted the gr1- meet to the beet of my ability, My pretty little pupil thanked me, smoothed her laced ruffles complacently and delete and sped away cheerily to the playground. The weather was deliciously worm and be and the children ener- pa of r lase nL for 0 0. rine quietly, left books baskets' and sur ed ai lc P ,wraps aud�returned to tbeplayground. For thio : was thankful, as an armful of papers, -the result of our first examination tor the year, lay awaiting my obtenbfon, One small mise goes by with a half a yard of Iglu and white sash trailing behind. An- other closes the door quickly and Mope briskly forward to bo brought up very out• denly, with her apron sttinge caught in the closed door and a large triaogular hole under her arm lee the result. Half the pretty costumes whioh are ornamented with sashes need re•adjueting by the time echoed le palled, and several wide hollers are turn rad up behind the ears of their wearer in a manner comical to behold. I proceeded to •'straighten" a few of those nearest to me. This office was performed for others by those wbo sat nearest with a great dol of .giggling and nob a few frowns and pettish jerks, By noon moat of the white apnea are soiled and untidy, ehoulder.knota glib• ping down and the Bashes at the back rumpled into mere strings. I groan inward, iv as the intermission brings more little maids to my desk with the monotoncus requeeb : "Will you please tie my snakes, 3/wk.?" One goldemhaired fairy with dancing feet is gone before I can securely fag'en the bow I have tied and it will be ready to do again soon. Another exclaims in pettish annoyance, "Oh I I don't care how it looks, jnet so it'll stay tied." I think to myself, "Why, oh I why do children'e apron's have strings? and why, oh why those h e work for their w do os a mothers, oe children keeps them busy almost ail day long, pub white aprons on little ghle?' They .are vretty only when fresh, undue to remain• lag so, 11 can not ee expected long. And those aprons, which are the teacher's' epeoial abomination, with sashes behind and ties over the ehoaldore, They are of so very lit- tle use after all ; none for warmth, alone the meek, arms and shoulders are more exposed than the body ;tittle for dress pooteatian Since the sleeves leo a general thing soil soon grin the echool-room than the front of the dress. If an apron is not worthy of the name covering sbouldere, arms, and dress alike, why ehoeld it be worn to euhool where gar• manta should come for nee only ? I remember, au I write, two little girls, eietere, who came to school to me once on a time. Althengh the oldest of five children they were always neat, their clothes very ' eldom out of order. Their dresses were Inch as moat of the other little girls wore, f soft flannel, one a dark gray, neatly rimmed in braid, with waist rather long nd skirt sewed on full ; the other, anal• olored, made with a full ekitt and close j ackeb for a waist. This pretty ackeb tied a vest collar and cuffs of ed velvet. They wore no aprons ab school, hub immediately on reaching home the dreoo. ea were covered with long dark aprons, covering arms and shoulders and reechloP below their hems ; these were also worn next morning until after their hair had been eembed and all little household beaks finish ed. You will ask, "Were they not soon very badly Boiled?" They did not look so, and were worn constantly until mid winner, -when bhe jacket of the snuff colored dross was tranetormed into a waist by simply sew ling the ekiri to fb, Then two eacque0 knit of yarn were added, gray and brown, with scarlet trimmings. These afforded warmth, beeldeeh iding sundry little spots and worn places at back and elbowe. Aleo those dress eking with hems let down end naw waloto and alcoves were worn far into the next autumn. And the mother saved the time tt wonld have taken to make, wash, iron, and keep in order the "school aprons.' You mobhere who love the bright little girls, whose vin rs res are bound up in the bappineee of your children, does it ever ocour to yon that you are doing too much for them In this matter?houre sometimes spent in fanciful embroidery or superfluous tuck', puffs and lace trimmings], things which usual• ly tater vanity in your children and j •,lousy in their playmates, while often the affections aid minds at the little ones are in need of tonne] and guidance, Even the example is sometimes lacking when the mother, with avertasked mueoles and wearied nerves 'peaks words of impatience or rebuke when herself in anger. Save time for little con& lential °hate, for the bedtime stories, to mow your children and enjoy them,- CA 1ahool Teaeherin Good Housekeeping, Home Cookinir. CINNAMON ROLLS,—Take ball the qulnti• ty of a loaf of light bread dough, roll to out Mil one-third of an inoh think, spread with butter, then sprinkle with powdered sugar and cinnamon. Roll up like jelly -roll, and out slices from the end about an inch tb ick ; plane these flat in a buttered pan, and set to ries; when llghb enough bake like biscuit, nun ROLL,—Roll out bread dough in aim game manner as above and cover with blackberry jam, oanned cherries or raep• berry jam; plaoe another layer cf dough Over the jam the same thickness ao the under ona, then out onto in cakes with a biecaib cutter, Let them riot about twenty minutes. SALAD,—Slice two small onions or ono large one and chop it very fine ; thee slice in four or Ove modlum-sized pobat000 and chop them not so fine ; stir in two or three tablespoonfuls of melted butter, add salt, yapper, and enough vinegar to moisten it, ay two tablespoonfuls ; pile it into the salad lith and send it to the table. Sometimes, netead of the mobbed bubter a little cold neat oat be need, as two or throe sllcoa of at salt pork with every drop of fab drained ff, and chopped fine; or a little cold ham. Or instead of moat I use two cold, hard• belled eggs, olloed In last, Celery or paroley ohoppad fine Is en addition to all of there Blade, and a little mustard la usually liked. Boiled beets can be eubetibnbed for part Of the potatoes. Alweyo boll potatoes for salad in well salted water. PURITAN'PIIDDoNa,—Licca a quart of sweet milk over bhe fire, and add a salt. spoonful of edit. When it almost boils, gift in elowiy rix tablespoonfuls of 00112•mea! and cools five minutes, stirring all the time. liamove from bhe fire, and mix in two cup - fele of finely chopped Duet, six largo meet apples chopped moderately email, a cup• al of auger or neolaooes, a tea. -spoonful eanh of cloves, cinnamon end tailspin and a hasten egg. Pour the mixture into a broad, well. buttered pudding•dieh, And turn over it hall a tea•oupful of mime milk. Bake three or four home in a =dente oven, the longer period imparting a richer color, A grating L,ltllld line 13e711e1'f tt311a 1'e 111° Pie(l•flien et or Buppbkb ehoull be placed beneath the the ltrtttnhFleet dish to prevent the bottom cruet becoming too thick, Tide pudding is clelloboue when 1!loaouragod by the eesurancee the Domin, also ion (lavornment have given them that r 1 and it is ho with burro on eaten D i Yi l cxcolleno whop cold and nut la thin slice lox luncheon or tea. NOT AFRAID OF THE AMERICAN CRU1SElt8. BEAN Sour,—Soak one quart dried white beaus over night. In the morning drain, add two quarto water ; when it bolls pour rho water off and add two quarto of fresh boiling water and also about a quarter of a teaspoonful Bode. Boll till the beans aro very soft then press then through a naive and return to kettle ; udi salt end pepper to taste and a cup of Dream, or a cup of milk t' too thlok If a sill and a bit of butter. I 1 with ltoe ler, Serve a with at S hi it a littlen 1 w thin of toasted bread. A WRITE Sc o',—Wash and soak one, half pound of pearl barley, drain it un a sieve and then pub ib into a oatioepan with one quart of veal stook. Add name mato and come aweeb matjorem tied in a gauze bag when the soup is half done, petting more veal stook or bot water as the original boil away. Let it boil fu all for four hour's vary gently, take out two handfuls of bhe barley and rub the rest through a aiova. Ren minutes before serving, the stock, after having been bliowed to cool and skimmed, should be boiled up, adding the yolks of rhree or four eggs, some cream and a little butter. Stir gently until quite smooth. Damn' SANUwIC0E0—are made of finely dropped tongue or waterereee minced ; or some canned troch Batman, drained, beaten up with a fork, salt, pepper. and a lump of butter mixed in with it, moles an excellent almon sandwich spread on buttered bread, Per cutting raodwich a large loaf, or e opecial aandwfoh loaf, should be used, stale, et coare0. R move the cruet f one short and three long sides, and out the long way of the loaf, cutting each slice against bhe crusty aide, which, after the Brat slioe or two, will forma kind of rest. The butter aloe lid be beaten with a fork till quite creamy. When fioiehed the sandwich should be cut into email trianglee, piled on dishes, and covered with a clean cloth, dip - peel in cold water and wrcug out. SWIM GIIICIt[N LITERS OR GREEN PEAe— n e with half a h one au pu p of tomato sa 0 w pint of stock Into a saucepan, and when boiling add a largo cupful of rice. Boll rather feat for a quarter of an hour, and then add a quarter cf A pound of boiling oiled butter, Let it stand for three minutes, and dish up with cooked green peas or chicken b vera. GOOD MIITTON 3ro.00t —[Make a better of Int o f milk and one 1 dried bread ornate, a p egg ; put it in a china coup or pie dish, Rave ready in a frying pan some hob, good beef drippings, or some butter and lard mixed. Dip each eteak, previously cut from the loin or leg, into this better twice, and fry quickly. Send to table surrounded with unmeshed turnips, cooked until tender and masked in drawn buoter that hes horseradish grated into it. CLARET JELLY,—Pleb 11u oz, of gelatine to soak in a pint of water, add a little mace, cutmeg, a few cloves, the thinly grated rind of two lemons, nalf-pound of sifted sugar, and about a pint of good claret. When the gelatine has melted, add the htrairtod juice of the two lemons, another pin` of claret, and the whites and oruahed shells of three eggs. Whisk it quickly on the fire till the jelly rises in the stewpan, leave off whisking, let 10 boil up, leave it for twenty minutes, and pees it through the jolly bag. When ie is quite clear, pour it into a mould which has been rinsed in water, put it on the ice, and leave it till it is ready to be turned ant, which is done by dippb g the mould in warm water. Eloping With a Widrw and Six Children. In tho Adige of Camden, about 12 miles north of Rome, N. Y., on Friday, a rumor got afloat, which wee afterward confirmed, that Charles Blanchard of that village had eloped with Mrs. George McGillis, a young widow with six children. John Burton of C..mden and Mro. McGlllie have been living together for some years. Until recently they have been on bhe best of terms. Burton was bhe father of children by a former wife. She procured a divorce from him for prim oipal oeuee, and Barton met the Widow McGillio, She was bhen the mother of four children by a deceased husband, They determined to marry, but an obotaolo stood in their way. Burton was divorced and barred from marrying again. Then they con• eluded to live together again any way. They were residents of Camden for many years, and Mrs, McGillis became the mother of two children by Burton. Then ohs mob Charles 13 anohard, and his emilo broke the charm which Burton's presence had Bo long thrown around her. Being only 33 years of age and good looking, she soon won her way into Blarchard'a heart, husband and father though he was, and the result is that brie love for M -o. McGillie was so strong that be /I'd with her and her children. Blanch and is a atone mason by trade. Hie deserted wife liven in St. Lawrenoe 0ounty with her ohildren. She is much prostrated by her huaband'a action, Burton dose nob aeon to Dara about Mra. McGillia o departure, but he objeota to her taking the children of whioh ne is the putative father. He cannot imagine bow Blanchard could gob away so quietly with all the children without die oovery. It is learned that the elopers have gone to Canada. Receiving theGovenor atTrindidad. After a lengthy absence from the colony Trinidad's popular and much respected Goveruor, Sir William Robinson, If:, U. M. G , has just returned in the Quebec liner Trxnidaa from England, via Naeeau, N. P., boawbioh latter place hiked been to assist ab bhe nuptials of hie sister in-law. In the 000l early hours of the bright and plea°aot December morning, the boom of a Dannon reverberating through the rook begirt Gulf of l+ihrfa announced the arrival of Rio Excel. lency, Soon after were seen hurrying to the jetty thoueando of citizens prepared to give Sir Wiliam a hearty welcome. Bearding the Trinidad Dub in midstream a deputation of gentlemen promoted the Govenor, on behalf of the inhabitants of the island, with an address of wetoomo, to which he replied in 'n his ueuol happy and felicitous style, The Governor and Lady Robfneonlooked the very picture of health. On landing they were reoeived by an imposing guard of honor, composed of mounted rifles, the Port of Spain Volunteers and the pollee, the band playing the national anthem, as loud and repeated Mimes rant the still morning air from bhouoends of lusty and loyal throats. The Excellency drove off to hisresidenuo eeoorted by the mounted ri(len. Then the huge Dan. non on the Battery thundered forth se fou de foie to the man who, governed to the (eland e, beide hor deetiniee in hie hands, and on whom the poor, struggling ooloniob fo depending lot the initiation of measures oaoulabod to advance the material condition of the celery. there will be no further danger of selzuro by United States orators in Behring Sea, the owners of the sealing Draft of British Columbia are adding a largo amount of tone nage the[ year to their fleet, They have been given to understand that should a settlement of the question of jurisdiction not be reached before the opening of tee sealing season, they will havo the protection of the British navel filet in Behring Sea this year. One or two of the war ships new on the Peoific station havo been ordered home noels of more to England nd to bhreplaced bY modern and 4th°iant typo. The sealing in g schooners Maggio Mao and Sea Lion have sailed for the eminent cruise, In is reported that seals aro plentiful cff the ooasb now, and a good catch is predicted. Ib appears from recant etatisrics that not. withstanding the efforts of Uuited States revenue cutters to keep British Columbia vesa,`le cab of Behring Sea, leo lees than 1b,407 seelokfos were taken in that part of the ocean in 1880. Tea total number of eking taken by British Columbia vessels was 27,888, so that considerably more than one half of the catch was obtained in Behring Sea. Twontytwo British vends wore en- gaged in the peeling business in the North Pacific laob year. Nine United States oohoon- ere book 5,721 eking, 3,403 In Behring Sea, and 2,311 on the coast, and one German yea - col captured 1,701 thine, nearly ell In Beh- tiog Sea, The total value at Victoria of the sealskins taken in 1881 by Canadian, Amerloan, and German veoaols in the North Pacific last year was 3247,170. She largest catch was obtained by the Viva, a British Columbia vessel, which brought home 3,043 skins, valued at 326 600. Tae Life'.of a Stoker. The stokers on one of the great ocean steamers work four hours on the stretch in a temperature ranging from 120°- to 160 °. The quarters are close, and they must take care that, while feeding one furnaoe, their arms are not burped on the one behind them, i hed through a shaft 'nut °tion is fora s it � g reaching dawn to the middle of their gear. tare. Each stoker tendo four furnaces, then dashes to the air pipe to take his turn at cooling cff, and waits for another call to hie fornaoeo. When the watch is over the men go perepiring through long, cold pees - ages to the forecastle, where they turn in tot eight hours. One man, years ears old re who was intaviowed by a porter had been employed at the furnaces since he was 14 years ell, He weighed ISO pounds, and was ruddy and seemingly happy. He con• fenced that the work was terribly hard, but it came bardeab on those who did nob follow it regularly. "BM of we get plenty to eat," he said, "and take care of ourselves, we are right, Here's a mate of mine nearly 70 years old, who has been a stoker all his life and can do au good work as I can. Stokers never have the oonoumptiou, and rarely catch cold, Their grog has been knocked off on the Eng, lith and American lines because the men got drunk boo often and the grog did them much harm. When I used to take my grog I'd work like a lion while the effect lasted, Pd throw in my coal just like a giant and not mind bhe heat a bio, but when l0 worked off, as it did in a very few minutes, I was that weak that a child could upset me, Take a man dead drunk before the fires and the heab would sober him off or give him a stroke ot apoplexy."—[Popular Science Monthly. A Mother's Counsel. The great men of the world have generally owed mnoh to the character and training of their mothers. If we go bank to their child- hood, we see tbere the maternal influences which formed the alma and habits of their future life. Bayard, the flower of the French knight- hood, the soldier withoub fear or reproach, never forgot the parting worde of bis mother, when he lett home to become the page of a nobleman. She said to him with all the tenderness of a loving heart : "My boy, serve God first. Pray to him night and morning, Be kind and charitable to all. Beware of flatterers, and never be one yourself. Avoid envy, hatred and ly ing, as unworthy of a Christian ; and never neglect to comfort widows and orphans." When Bayard was foremost in battle, oonfeegedly the braveeo warrior in the field, or when in his own great thirst he Was giv- ing water to a dying enemy, he was only carrying out his mother's conned, and striving to be worthy of her name. The memory of a mother's love is a talisman against temptation, and a etlmulua bo a good life, Don't forget mother, ohs is a boy's— and a girl's—best friend, A Little Too Smart, Husband—" I guess I'll naw And split Boma wood and bring up a Mme oval for you." Wife—" No, you won't, I'll do that my. °elf." H—" Do it yonreelf 1" W—" Yee, eiree, I'm up to your Woke, You aro going to the theatre bo night, and when you get home about one o'clock and have to bo helped up sbairs you will try to move a scolding by reminding me that you sawed and eplet the wood and carried up the coal for me. I know you. I'll do my own chorea, thank you." H—" Very well, my dear. I gave up the theatre project this morning, and as I never like to hear the sound of a saw except when I am using ib myself, I'll take a turn around the block until you get through: You'll find a piece of green for the caw in the old tomato can under the oollar stairs. Do you think you'll be through in an hour ?"—[Boo• ton Courier. --- He Ought to Be Ashamed of Himself. Mrs. Brimmer (waking and hearing a noise in the hallway)—" Is that you, Brimmor Y' Brimmer—"Ysob'm 1' Mrs. B,—"What time is it?" Brimmor—"Ha' path two 1" Mro. B,—".Half past two? You onghb to be aehamad of yourself, sir 1" Brimmer—' Qal'right, ma'am 1 qui' right f When ono bo'1 enak'sh man drunk ho orrer be shame shef," Bone Pinking. San Franoieoo " Examiner :" A dog which had seen a phyeiotan attending the burial of a wealthy patient said t "When de you expect to dig ib up ?" "Why should I dig it up 7' the phyoiolan asked. "When I Bary a bone," said the dog, "1b in with an intention to uncover it later and piok it." "N'hs bonen wti et) 1 hero," paid the r,hvar. ala,, i i ,u, „ ,...b . ,...d 0,, , I' ,you h n Out in the Storm, Tbero'e a shadow over the sky, sullen and heavy oe lead, And as bleak as the terrible dread that 110s deepheath— So a murdnrhr a a So frightfully like an unuttered nurse bhab l fear to lif b my head, And I hate bho loneliness so that I ohivor and quiver and abort, The world tae a traveled life—albeit 'tin worn and old ; That ono touoh of primeval feeling mak. nth the whole world kin ; But I read in their paeeionleee taoee and lips so oruelly cold : "There's an ocean'twlxt untried virtues and borriblytempted sin 1' Up from the bleak, blank river tbo pitiless norther comes Stubbing me-•fioutfng my raga with a thorn that le almost human, Oh, generous world immortals 1 keeping so warm in your home°, Have yo never a thought for a hunted soul—a starving woman? God I how it etung me bhen, with a rod•hot bhrobbing pain 1 For standing here in the storm my eyes were pureed with a sight That broke through the blank that fa creep. ing iuily over nerve and brain, While ten times darker and colder grew the pale of thle desolate night; I saw unwrinkled Conbenb ab resb in the arms of Wealth— The light from a ourtained window was falling warm at my feet, And, creeping up sly rind safely, I saw by stealth How riches and love and beauty can make life rare and sweet. Well ! but her brow was not whiter nor holier than once was mine: Nor the.eyes of that baba's young mother more grand with a seared pride, Once—when I lay` so terribly quiet, quiet and giving no sign— Starving, bub pure 1 Oh 1 joy if then I had died I Pallid and faded, and trampled and wrong. ed, and Bin defiled— Cast out with a aurae of bitterness to die on the f roren earth— Father 1 know caoh Thee 1 Thou r I I can r wilt not disown Thy child 1 Oh 1 claim me and save me, and wrap me in olonds of thy pitying worth I HOWARD GLYNDON, Greatness, Dear God 1 it has been thine to give me The very Drown of Greatness, Mon have plaoed The victor's laurel on my head. I've known What 'ole to feel the might of power, away The scepter of groab kluge, to hold the fate Of nations in my hands ; nay, more than this, I've struggled with the paaeione of the golf. With Hato I've grappled, as with beast athirst For blood, and Blain him in hie lair ; have born Hie olnowo till my own have cracked, and broke Ells bones ; upon his grisly shape have placed My foot and known myself a conqueror. Love's ailken bande, that bind the Boni more close Than welded steel, Ivo snapped in twain. Alae 1 His torah lies on the altar of my heart 9 blackened ruin, which no heat can Elaine ; But once his gray, sad drooping myrble wreath Twined on my brow, and then I knew the Heart With all its mieelon in the human frame. I've felt the great emotione of the soul, Ibm grand uplifting ; all its weight of woo, I've worn the cad bey 'woe of Poesy, Moving the world to lough at my gay emile, And then to weep great tears at my cad nigh. Sometimes I've felt the strength o1 gods, longing To rend the earth and crash it with it* aln ; Again, le calmer momenta, I have seemed ro feel Thy light, swept like a Prophet's veil Before my eyes ; then have I sought the than, Wibneseed bhe birth of some, and in them read The fate of gode, the destinies of men. Great Wledom has been mine, bringing with lb Pity, all tears for cad humanity Held faeb in the great Le0000n of sin : One time I teemed almost A thing divine, For with sweet meroy's dew I bathed the world, Using Thine attribute as Thou hoot bid. Powers are mine that all great knowledge brings ; Bub oh 1 know this, that I would give them all The etrengtb, the greabneee, and the victory, PViedom, power, and the sweet meroy'0 way ; The conquered passion and the noble Drown I'd yield for one ohort hour that holds con- tent. I want the little things that make life meet, The child'e gay laugh, the sleep rewarded toil, The world as Thy greet gift, nor asks Thoo 9 Give me bub these, I'111eb the greatnego go ; Renounce ib al), because I hunger so, By GER°:AINE, A Childless Hearth, Tell me, my eynioal, child -hating friend, Where is bhe dungeon so drear au the home Robbed of the sunlight a baby'° eyes lend, Leaking the tune of her feet as they roam What gives the ohoroe which her prattle would bring, Filling the house with a melody rare ? What like her smile given the moments ouch wing, What like the glint of the sun in her hair ? Ask the fond mother who singe her bo rest What life amnia be if her darling were dead ; Queotion the etrioken whoa brighte0b and beet Lice where the flowere are nodding o'er head. Go to the ()nee who, in ohlldlees estate, Live in the gloom of their imporfeob days ; Find, if you eon, in their homes deaolate, That whioh I gain from my child's pretty ways. Ab, When I bask in the light of her eyes Joy at fie highest le mocked by a nigh ; Life vnentd net ha ,.., Pal u,, 103. 14, 1890. onsusurninemmosummatil WARNED OF DANGER BY A GEM TBE MEETING ON THE ROAD AND THE SPECTER'S WORDS OF GUIDANCE, The Shade Wax "Not. Wrapped ell ler IM1v. Arm" and Refused the 10 Pita fon to Ride, as "Walk leg 'Walt Narmer." Such a glorious night 1 The avow sparkled like diamond duet, and the sleigh runners Iquoaked as they panned over ib, with frosty Bound se dear to the heart of the true Can- adian. The moon had risen, and it was as bright 0e day, The horeo'e breath seemed to &11 the air with clouds, and hie ooab Meetly be - as good 11 froth, 011,it w an to sparkle wit r a be- gan u,' to be home again I "Canada for the Caw adieus," Is it any wonder wo love our beautiful country with auoh paaolonabe es. votion ? From thee© high and patriotic thoughts I was aroused by coming to a turn in the road, a fork. Now there were two nude to the village from this point, one lead- ing down a long, a0eep hill, at the bot- tom of which an aboldoau, or primitive bridge, built of fir trees and brush, with alternate layers of earth and stones—a Bort of earthwork, in fact—spanned a deep treach- orons little oreek, in which the boo piled in huge blocks in winter, and, as it was an eetu- ary of the river, it was a dangerous epot when the tido was high. Taking this road would out off more than halt a mile of my journey, ao I decided to try ib, despite a curious reluctance on the part of my horse. The road certainly did nob look as if it was traveled much, but just ab the turn the snow had drifted off, leaving it nearly bare. So I forced the unwilling nag into the road• way and jogged on cautioualy. The spot here an unpleasant name, and a still more unpleasant reputation, It was called "Ghost's Hollow." AN IINO0NNY PLACE, Fifty yenta ago, in the old days when the province was thinly settled and a weekly stage coach was the only means of commanloatloa between the different towns, the horses of a heavily laden coach had taken Irighb Me the top of the hill, and dashing down at mad s a The tido was cad the abode u. P gone over full in at the time and bks creek filled with great floating blocks of ice. There worn none to help in that lonely spot, °o every one hal been drowned, and the super- stitious country people inaieted that on wild winter nights any one stand- ing at the top of the hill nod listening in- tently could hoar the muffled sound of sleigh d laehin and the shouts anthe a bells, p R struggling of the horses. Certain i6 was that, when the tide was very low and the wind high, the water rushing through the sluices ander the aboideau made an eerie, gurgling sound that was nob by any moans cheerful. Ioould hear it now with painful •iietinatneso, though there was no wind. And my thoughts traveled back to my boyhood and to old Angus McDonald, a queer old Sootoh farmer, with whom I had been a favorite, who had taught me how to make fox traps and to shoot rabbits, to believe lo omens and to be frightened in dreams. THE 'MEETING 020 0110 ROAD. He was a superstitious old fellow, who de. °bared that he had the gift of second oight,and who had always insisted that to hear the sound of the prolene and otruggleo in "Ghost's Hollow," was a sure forerunner of Doming Jellaba tune to the ono hearing them. I Smiled to myself as I remembered it, And made a mental note that I would tell Angus the first time 1 naw him, and ask him what he made of the omen now, The horse atoppod to suddenly that 1 nearly fell over the dashboard 1 And direot• ly in front of tae sleigh I saw a man plodding Jowly along through the snow. I could have sworn that he was not there half a minute before, end yet he oould not have come Dub of the woods without my seeing him. "Hollow 1" I called. He burned !lowly, and 1 saw that it wee old Angus himself. " Why, Angus, old fellow," I said " what in tbewerid aro you doing in Ole lonely apob ? Jump in and I'll drive you home. 1 wee juotthinking about yon,' "Many thanks, Walter, for yer offer and yer thoughts, too ; but it's a cold night, and I'm not that wrapped up for driving; walking's warmer," he answered. "But what brings you out hero on such a night, Angus 2" I persisted. " Your rhen- matiom must be butter than it .was, or yon would not run auoh rieke.'' 0000E TO OIVL wA1LNING, "Ay, the rhaumatiam a nob that bad, I was eeein' to the fox crape, an' then I heard the belle an' knew some one wail going clown the hill, so I Dame out to warn them, rho 'bite's' all down, Walter, an' you•d get an ugly fall amongst those ice oaks') if ye went over ; turn back, boy, 011' go the loop+ way." "But, Aogue," 1 cried, "I don't like to leave you here." "1'll do well enough, lad; I'm going home now, good night." 'Good night,' I anewerod reluctantly, "I'll Bee you to -morrow." He made no =ewer and I turned the trembling horse, who pranced and snorted and tried to bolt until he realized that he was going bhe other way. When I looked back Angus was gond, Once on the main road again we went like the wind, and Boon the lights of home shone out, and in a few minutes morn I was In the hall being shaken hands with, and kiesed and questioned, paassd around from ono to the other like a sort of cordial, exclaimed over cad commiserated because I had not any tea, and reading a weloome in laleggie'e sweet eyes that waa more "truly sustaining," as alio old ladles say, than all the tea° in the world. " Walter dear," said Maggie," you have not been baking caro of yourself. You look terribly worn and pale. WRY 118 TOOK TIItt 14011011 ROAD, "Never mind, Maggie," I answered, "I am going to rest and get strong again now." The boy' were both homo for the day. Jaok was in the oivil servioe and Wilt wait In a bank, both younger than I, and already winning their own way in the world I thought with a nigh, Than metber olive in to tell me my supper was ready, and every one name into the dinning room to the that I wee well taken care of. Maggie poured out hardily made coffee, and if I oould only have shaken off a ourioae feeling of languor that would creep over me, 1 ohonld have felt as if I were fn Paradie°, after my long menthe of solitude "13y the way, Walter," said Jaok sudden- ly, 'How did you happen to come the Marsh road, as of Caine you did, or you would nob bo here—you know you always took the old ooaohing road booauee it was e. little shorter, Wao it by °halloo, ot did they toll you at the hotel that the aboldeat; erns riewn 20 "At leash the hostler Dolled after mo, but I did not hoar him, So I took the ooaah read, and if 1t had not been for poor old Angus McDonald Ishould be floundering among the loo oaltoe now instead of eltting here, I met him before I had more than ato ted down the hill, and he told me about the 'bite,' ao lie called lb." A 00110010AL ❑DIDit For a full minute after I 'poke there wale a dead silence. Thea Jaok opened hie mouth to speak, bub WAS °hooked !n[0aably by a look from father. Maggio grew very bale, and bhen fleshed uneasily, and mother paid something hurriedly about my having misted the train, and how dleappointed the girio had been. Something had evidently bappenod, for every one rimmed constrained, but made nervous efforts to talk, so lee glad lad when w the meal ! which had begun 0o merrilv,oamo to a cloth. I went book to the parlor with the girls and tried to feel as I did when I firab mune in, but it was of no use, and, hearing Jack's footstep crossing the hall, I slipped out and °topped him, "Look hero, Jaok," I began, "dirt I say anything out of bho way ab supper ?" "No f Oh, no, " amid Jaok, uneasily ; ho had evi. dently received private inetrucbione to hold his tongue, and be found rho taek a hard one. Very well," I answered shortly ; "if you don't ohooae to tell me, I'll go Duo in the kitchen and ask the eervante. They will tell me faeb enough. Now what was there in my saying I had seen old Angus to startle any one 20 ?" "Well, if you will have it, there was a good deal. Angus died six weeks ago. I can't imagine how we forgot to write you about ib—Walter 1 1 1" I can tell much about what happened after that, for the reason that I don't know. Jaok says I just staggered and fell, no if I had received a blow. And when I was able to take any interest in what wag passing around me it was nearly the last of January, and I had loot count of time for many weeks. —o. -surf What Queens Eat, A Frenchman has been collecting data recently in regard to the althea which the femluioo rulers of European countries herr taon t pre - for upon R oo According to his n Deo Victoria le especially ehabomtnte, up y foul of Scotch cuisine. Her meal is invari- ably begun with a plate of oatmeal porridge, ao dear to the palate of the Highlander. One of her favorite diehee le smoked ham, She drinks beer with groat gusto, and eats bread belted especially hard and firm, The Queen of Sweden ante substantial eft which c chiefly of bo bake food,Deals ting Y ie an invariable part of each meal's bill of fare, She is also fond of smoked salmon, preserved a000rding to bhe method of her country; of meatballsdreaeed with beans, and of egg° fried in milk and oil. The were of Germany, strange to say, despite bhe German names of the diehee, is eddtoted to the French cuisine. The Empreee Frederick, however, prefers the English cookery, and Is especially fond of pastry. The royal family of Italy, although in many ways the simplest and most derno- °ratio in Europe, always dine from dishes of gold. They only drink the white of their own country, and show great preferenoe for the "fribto," a diab composed of the hearts of artichokes and the combs and livers of chickens. lir Queen Isabella loves the "ooeido" of Caooile, with all its acoeaeoriee. She also nate daily a portion of rioo, Tue Queen -Regent of Spain prefers the Austrian ouisine. She eats roaete of all kinds. with jellies, gooseberry jelly being one of her principal favorites. During the earlier days of her life in Spain aha ate only one kind of bread, which was sent to her from Vienna. Of late years, however, probably in keeping with her patriotic endeavors, she °ate the bread of cite country. Dom Pedro and Bushey Park. London World : The annonnoomenb in the papers that Bushey Park "has been placed at the dieposai of the emperor and emn�pproes of Brezi] by the queen" to unfonnded. Bush- ey bas for many years been lent by the queen co the due de Nemours, father ol,the Comte d'Eu, and her majesty simply informed his royal highness ( who bas been staying ati3ueh• ey for a few days) that ohs has no obj cation to the place being occupied by the emperor and emprers if they wished to visit England. This ie following the preaedenb of 1848, when Ring Leopold obtained tho queen's permis- sion to lend Claremont to the Orleans family, and bhey oontiouod to reside there in spite of Lord Palmersbon'e deoperate efforts to ,jeob them. 1, -rd Palmerston's hatred of Louis Phillpoe was quite a craze, and the singularly ungraoioua manner in which he opposed his roeidenoe at Claremont was the bagioningof hie alienation from the courband from Lord John Rueeell, which ended in the catastrophe of hie abrupt diemiseal from the foreign office in Deoember,1861. Give the Girls a Chance, "Oh how glad I am that I did not marry that man l" [aid A young lady not long ago, ao she watched a palming figure. "How handsome I thought he was, and how in- fatuated I was with him I Fortunately, just bhen I went to 13---- to make a visit," naming a large city, "end my little eighteen year-old eoun0ry ideas of men changed. I, can see now that I should havo been edger. able wibh that man, and I cannot be tot, thankful that I was taken away from my folly to the nick of time 1" But many a girl hal not been "taken away in bhe nick of time," and every wo. man oan guess something of the misery which ouch girls have endured, however faithfully they may have labored to make the both of their oltuation, Give bhe girls a chane°. Widen their horizon, dispel their oentimentality, and da nob ohne them away from young men in, their own station in life, Then we than hear loss about "runaway marriages." Money Enough. Agent—"Hero it a book, air, every gentle, man ought bo havo—'Hinto on Arohitoc- ture,"' Mr, Smallpuree—"I have no two for it." "Bet, air, it teaches you how to build a only beautif35,u000l vf11a,. a regular 'little palace, for "I havon't 35,000. I haven't over five, dollars to my 12%5111,000.0; "Well, the book is only ono dollar," A Friend's Suageatlon, Ipperty (with forehead bandaged) —"Oh, Jimpoon, my head, my heed 1" Jimpaon—"Oat again last night, eh 2" Ipporty—"Yeo, Bat don't than me. My brain is on fire. What'll I do, what'll I do ?"