The Chilliwack Progress from Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada • Page 2

IISBIBlil By Laura Jean Libbey. (Continued.) "You have forgotten thtit, If she lived he would have come between you nnd me nnd hnppiness." she murmured. In her low. sweet, cooing voice thntTind alwnvs sounded like th sweetest music to Harry Strathmore' ears. Now it sounded strangely discordant, and the ,,.11..

womler liitted across his m.ml whether indeed it would be happiness Violet after nil. The chances were that. If Violent had si lent then, the wnoio course 01 uci would have been different. A slight incident II Worl, ft look, (1 have been known to change tne miehtiost love Into abhorrence. Ixive comes the heart swiftly, and it may Hike vTiig just a swiftly, and is often but a Inkle, transient guest.

I.m ie.i euro of Harrv Strathnioro's lovi mid blind adoration. Viol went on hur rictlv urn irlod she hna made away knraalf. IloW WC WOUl.l liaVC if she had lived to siwil our Slie was a designing, artful lit tie minx. No wonder she drowned herself when she found out that we knew" "Violet, remember that you are eak inir of the dead'." exclaimed Harry Struthmore, sternly, "l'o not say another disparaging word of poor Theo, if you would retain the respect in wh.ch 1 have always held you Violet took a step backward and looked at his liile, angry face. "One would almost imagine tt'nat you almost as much in love with the nnttv.

Utile beggar as she was with y.m and your glittering gold, and that you had just discovered that the smoldering love exited, when toer untimely taking off awakened it into life." She had put the idea into h's head, ami he caught at the thought with a strange eagerness. Was the great lin in hiv heart the iiuivering throb of love? Merciful Heaven! had his gene out to Theo, and he unconscious of it? He fell back in his chair th a deep groan, covering lro face with his trembling hands. As in i glass darkly a consciousness of the truth came home to him when too lute He loved little Thoo with all the mad, passionate ardor of his heart 'Hie mighty thrill that stirred his pulses as he saw her standing on the flame wrapped bal Cctiy, and bade him peril his life to save ber. instead or p.ty. a.s he hi thought it then, was love 1.

ve. Mo. that had prompted him t.i night to follow her to the hanks of the dark river love that beini.amd her loss, and cried out to him that his life was ruin id and blasted now that Theo was ninl the bitterest drop in h's cup of remorse was the knowledge that The. hud loved him and tint sin had died for him: Violet Kens'ngtoii had cha lined and bewitched him with th.se dangerous mili.s and love lit eyes and tremulous sighs ami low breatlied words, that had led him on in the glamor of delusive love. He had been drawn skilfully on into breathing words of love, he hard ly knew how.

He had s. en only the (tweet side of Violet's nature be.o now she stood revealed to him, a vindictive, danireroiis woman olio apaMe Of the most speiale. leloiitl. ss Hate one who could glory in au inn nt death the loss of a human life, if it removed an obstacle from her path He was surprised, amazed, cruelly lis appointed with her. "You do not sm ak you do no tempt to denv it!" screamed Violet.

"I believe volt did love the girl. and. if that be true, I glory in the fact that she is dead! Never trille with my love, Harrv Strathnioie," she added, in a voice" of prophetic warning, "for. if you do, I shall take a terrible revenge upon you but we liniet ui Harry. Smile on me again.

We will forget Theo, and bo happy." CHAPTER VIII. While Harrv Strathmore ami Violet were having "that scuss on which was little bettor than a quarrel in the library of Strathmore Hall, quite a thrilling event was transpiring on the river road scarcely live miles irstant. Diivlieht. cold and gray, was break ing tuiough the aden clouds of night ns a little boat shot rapidly t'hroiigu tie dark waters, making for a gioiip hiavv willows that skirted a use tr, of uninhabitable land known u.s tut Maishes. Its occupant, Frank Hawthorne, the ex secretary, hastily secured the skilT, and, raising a small, uiicoii seioius figure that lay in the bottom of the boat, strode rapidly through th reeds and bramble toward a mjl frame house that was almost h'ddon from view by the luxurious wild creepers that covered it.

There was no sign of life about the dilapidated structure, but notwithstanding this Frank Hawthorne gave a low, peculiar wfcisv tle and an impatient, imperative knock at the door. A moment lute and there was a sound of shuffling feet from witiia, ths) door was opened ever so slightly, aai a tall, angular woman pocreu om. Oh, it's you, Frank exclaimed, in surprsc, and with a toiuh of anger In her voice. "What in the world brings you to the Mar lies. 1 at this time the Its three yeats since you set foot lure no fove.

You didn't know or care whether your old aunt was alive or dead. She stoniied short. He had pasncu past her with nn angry exclamation of annoyance and a muttered imprecation, and she saw, with amazement, he held in his arms the inanimate form or a beautiful young girl. No bonnet cover ed the little hi nd, but in the nn she of her hair white buds were clinging; and the strangest nnd most mysterious part of the whole affair was. her ew end long curling hair were dripping with river water, that trickled from her garments to th rl or in tiny pools.

"Never mind talking now." said Frank Hawthorne, striding into an inner room with his unconscious burden. "Let us if this girl is alive or dead; I rescued ber from drowning. You worn 11 understand such things, Aunt Dorcas. Why don't you set about trying to revive her?" he asked, impatiently. "I'll set about it as soon as I can get you out of the room," grumbled liorcas Lane.

"I don't suppose s'e would appreciate the situation if she opened her eyes and found you staring at her He turned on his heel nnd quitted tne room. For nn hour or more he paced the outer room excitedly. "I can bear the susjiense no longer." ho told himself. "If Theo Che ter lives, my fortune is made: if she dies" The sudden op n'ng of the door of the inner room inteirupted h's meditations. It was Poreas Lane.

"I guess the girl will live," she una v.pip.1 to his look of eager inquiry. 'It has been a close mil. though; the work of resuscitation was hard. I have given her a stn ng cordial, and under its influence he haa dropted into a deep sleen V.ravo!" erW th young man "This is the best day's work that you have ever done. I'll pay you handsomely for it.

A golden prize has dn.piicd into our hands. If she liv.R. our foitune i It! Aunt Porcns. she must live." who is she' questioned Korea I.an... eve ne Frank llawtliorne.

snaip I wouldn't 1 at all surprised to iiud that you had abducted me gm. Vi.ii'ri. nolo, too EOod to do t. The young man threw back hi head handsome set of white teeth, as he uttered a short laugh, "I'pon my word, you hnveu't the best opinion in the world of me, it seems; well, in this instance, your Droves incorrect 1 was boating in location of Strathmore Hall, when slid denlv I was attracted by a piercing cry and the next moment a white robed tig ure tluttered down the path, mil with suicidal intent, of course, plunged from the rocks down into the river, scarcely ihree feet ahead of my boat As she touched the water, I caught her; another instant and she would have l.e. drawn down by the undercurrent to certain death upon the sharp rocks that lav beneath.

"The moment 1 looked into her I knew who she was Theoni Chester, Si.nihmore Hall, the major's waid had drawn her into the boat, and a iv I strokes sent us into the sha dows of the draw bridge. "A few moments later tnere was nn vciiiior s. oreli for her body; I could have called out to them lrom tne sn.i dow of the bridge that the girl was safe and secure, but I would not A sudden ilan had entered my head, its execution with vour help will be comparatively asv. and it will make me a lien man for life." But who is she' again quep'ion Dorcas Ixme: "some heiress, 1 supp Again Frank Hawthorne laugn.d mat laugh slewing njs wir.uo teeth beneath his black curling moi.s and leaning forward, fearful lest the walls might overnear tne straii si ret he had to impart, he whispered a row Mtartlini' words into his aunt ram. words which nearly took her Dream awav.

She started back with ft white. scared face "You must he mad." she cried; "how ci u'd Jo possibly have discovered all this "When I was M.ijor Slrayimor in ivate secretary." he rt plied. "On night, some ten years ago, he had kept no. wriliin? letters until a late hour. when suddenly there was a s'inrp I of the door bell in the vestibule below.

The servants had retired long since, so, turning to me, the major said irritably, as he dictated hurriedly a row seu louces, haste and finish that letter, I will answer the bell He had forgotten to close the door alter him. and a moment after he Had npen ,1 the door 1m low I heard a fharp cry. and the major uttered in tidies of the iciest horror. 'Mv God. Theora.

how came you here "I stole to the minister aim pcer cautiously over. The midnight visitor was a woman, young and an beam if ill as a dream. I fairly held my bieath as 1 gawd enraptured uim that wondrous lace; she hail a strange kind of 1 eautv tint made it the mot marued I'yej, of melancholy velvet darkness, and hair that glittered like gold under the light of the chandelier. (To be continued.) CHAFING AND ITCHING SKIN Exasperated by Summer Heat, Became IntolerableRelief is Prompt and Cure Certain When Dr. Chase's Ointment is Used.

many fleshy people summer is the time of much misery from chafing and skin irritation. Some complain particularly of sore feet, caused by perspiration while walking. Others suffer from. Itching skin diseases, such as eczema, suit rheum, rash, or hives. Persons who have tried Dr.

Chase's Ointment for itching or irritated skiu are enthusiastic iu recommending it to their friends, because it is the only preparation which affords instant re lief, and speedily brings auuu a iuu. ongh cure. As a matter of fact, Dr. Ohnsc's Ointment has oome to be considered the standard preparation for iti hinji skin diseases, and has by far the largest sale of any similar remedy. Try it when the feet are chafed nnd sore with walking.

Try it when the skin is chafed, inflamed, and irritated. Trr it for Dimples, blackheads, hives, eceemn, salt rheum, and every form of itohiDaieaseB. tifraiiot Ian you. Mr John Eroderick. Newmarket, writes:" I have been troubled for thirty years with salt rheum.

I used remedies aud was treated by physicians all that time, but all failed to cure ine. The doctors said there was no cure for me. I spent hundreds of dollars trying to get relief, but all in vain. My son brought me a trial uunple box of Dr. Chase's Ointment.

I found groat relief, and had the first night's rest in years. It stopped the itching immediately. One box cured me. Publish these facta to suffering humanity." Mr. M.

A. Smith, llroekvllle, writes: "I suffered many yens with chafing, burning, and itching of the pkiu. and never found anything to ao me cood. or even give relief, until I used Dr. Chnso's Ointment.

I would advise nil sufferers. and especially bicycle riderB, to always have it on blind. Dr. Chase's Ointment lias never yet been known to fail to cure piles. It is the only remedy guaranteed, to euro piles of every form.

80 cents a box, at all dealers, or Kdmanson, Bates and Toronto. German ClieiuUts TlitnU They Should lie lHHHOil With Meul. A great deal has beeu said concerning the immense amount valuable food which was daily going to waste in the shape of edible luiii. We are told that iu many pints or the world thtse articles form the staple aitklos of diet of the ill militants. Our attention has been cailcd to the natives or I'atagouia nnd Tiena del l'mgo, ho said be of gigantic statute and to exist principally ou vegetable fungi, and to ceitain African tribes who value mushrooms so highly that one of them, the rolypmus sacer, is worshiped IIS II L'Oll.

Chemists have assured us that mushrooms belong to the animal rather than to the vegetable kingdom, seeing that thev possess a larger percentage of nitrogen' than imyHthor class ot vegetable life. Thev nre. we are told, essentially protein ill composition, as much so, pound for pound, as butchers' meat. Two German chemists, Kolbrausch and Zicgel, stated some years ago, as a result ot chemical investigation, that mushrooms deserved to be placed ith meat as sources of nitrogenous nutriment. One man in Tluiringia is said to have lived upon nothing but mushrooms for HO years and to have died a centenarian.

Comparison has been made between mushrooms and other articles of food to the detriment of the latter. Thus chemical analysis has shown mushrooms to contain from to 'Jo per cent of protein, hiie bread only contains 8 per cent, oatmeal 10 per cent, potatoes per cent nnd nancy meai tier cem. linst this statement, however, we nave opinion of a Dr. Kitchener, who in 1SJ4 stated in a publication called "Cook Oracle that the did not neneve tl'jit mushrooms were nutritious. Dr.

Jonathan lYrcim his "treatise Food and I Met. pulili hcd in imj, said; "Mushrooms are ditlu of ui and on certain constitutions act inju linislv. Invalids, dyspeptics and tl with delicate stomachs will act prudently in avoiding the use ot this doubtful order nt foods." Other writers have expressed Kitnihir ooiniims. not. however.

Iiased on experimental work, and therefore not ah ilutely reliable. London 1 ninny woo tor. SPECIALTIES IN CLOTHING. Pointer From Mnn Who tear Aft vr Yeur Sella Troumera Only. Of course," said the drummer iu the smoking compartment of the sleeper to his traveling acquaintance sitting oppo i here are iilenty of houses that make clothing of all kinds, and then ther concerns that make specialty u.niin kind or sort, or instance, some concerns make only summer clothing ami some make only bicycle clothing 1 that has beeu a very considerable business by itself.

And then there are some that make a s'liecialty of childi loihiiiL and there are concerns some of them big houses, too mat mane iiothiii but men's trousers. though these concerns make nnd II one garment they make that one great variety, of different weights for I different seasons and in cloths or a great variety of patterns, and the trousers are vaiioiis sizes and proportions. So that a trousers manufacturing concern ins out in the course of the year Hours ill simply hundreds of varieties. Commonly a man on the road selling trousers would carry two trunks ot sam ples. 1 have known men to have four or trunks or trousers ouiy.

Trousers ure sometimes sold as a sids line I men who carry more or less of a tiety of things winch they sell inroiign ice eoiunaralively limited territory which they work up and cover carcruliy nil the time. For instance, a man may limit himself to a single state, or perhaps cover two states, and a man might take through the territory that he thus cover ed a line of some manufacturer's trou sers. And then trousers nre all sold by men who take the road with them as mey would with anything else. 1 sell trousers myself, and trousers only, and 1 am at it mi the road or at home the year round. That's my business, selling men's trousers, and 1 follow that just as you do your business, right along, year after year." New York Sun.

(Jeliornl Forrest's Schooling. Despite the lack of school education, contact wilh business men and constant reading of newspapers, for he kept himself thoroughly versed ill the records of the day. gave General Forrest an excellent idea of the use of words and the construction of phrases. When after dictating a dispatch it was rend over for correction, he would instantly detect a grammatical error or the awkward construction of a phrase nnd would say to tween" and "bring." lell lieu to move up and fetch nil he was me ruinous note nt llrice's Crossroads, lie used the word "nioiit" for "might" and 'lit" for "fought." J. A.

Wyeths "Life of General Forrest." Reason for Hurry. "Hold on!" said Itrown to an acquaintance the other morning. "I want to speak to you." 'Sorry," said the other, "but really, old man, 1 must hurry on to the ollice. Can't wait a minute." You don't mean to say," said Brown, "that you have business enough to put you in such hurry "IlusinessV Who said anything nbout business? There nre four of us in the ollice and ut present only three stools. If I don't get down thcro at once, I shall have to Bland up all day.

Ta, ta!" Pathetic Ilemlnder nt tlie Old Home. It was his tirst visit to bis old home after an absence of 'JD years, "iti.r., be said, "are my initials and those of the L'irl I married cut 111 the bark of this old beech tree and still plnin to be seen, after all these years, now nine did I think," he sighed, "the last time I say those letters, that I would be married four limes before seeing them again 1" Chicago Tribune. In certnin parts of Africa erocodiles, tdtids and spiders are eaten. Ancient Romans nte caterpillars, and soma Africans do the same today. The Infamous and miserly Nero left at his death JllS.l'Jo.llHU, which his successor Is suid to have squandered in a yeur.

A Shrewd Obaerver. "Pat kid goes ter Sunday school an likes it," remarked the first boy sneer itigly. "How d'yer know 7" naked the other. "'Cos be culls It Subbnth school." Philadelphia l'i'css. Golnir the Same Ilond.

"I want $10 to buy Indian curios. The Indians, you know, will soon be extinct." "Well, If you keep on calling for money I'll be ex' loot long before the Indians." The Ileuinrk a ISMlruud Employ tailed He Hud Not Made. Some yeais ago Gcoiv.o Jay Gould and companion tunic down town one d.iy on the elevated road and were standing ou the platform ot the car. Mr. Gould, after selecting a cigarette from his case, dieted the case to the guard.

That worthy took a cigarette and, with a "Thank you." stowed it away iu bis pocket. Oh, take more than that." Mr. Gould urged good natuiedly. "Take a half dozen." No, thanks," returned the guard, "one ill do me. It's lucky, though," he added as an afterthought, "that I'm not old Gould.

You wouldn't have got off so easy. He'd probably have taken all you loivo ntiil the as Well. Gould and his friend looked at each other silently for a moment and then burst into uncontrollable shrieks of laughter. The guard looked suspiciously lirst at one and then at the other of the laughing pair and then, apparently com in, to conclusion that he had father cd an unexpectedly witty speech, joined the mirth and nt intervals said to one tin. other.

That's a nrottv good ctacK made, wasn't it';" "It was." thev both assured him. "lLinover senate!" called the guard. ami this being their destination the other in said, "Give me one of your cards, oige." which being done he pressed it the hand of the man as he got off the car. The guard said: "Thank you. Come and ide with me again." Then he glanced at the card, and from the brick red or ins natural color he tinned a pasty, mottled while, his jaw worked, and he seemed to ssay speech ns the train drew out of the lation.

lt seems like fate," commented the other mail, "that out of the J.iiini.niiu more men to whom he could have made that leinark without ill eltect tie should have made it to one of the very with whom it could work him harm. I hope you won't do anything to him." "Of course I won't." replied Mr. Gould. "He's punished enough as it is. And sure enough he didn't.

New York Trib une. Major Strange or Anderson ns the unsatisfactory paragraph was concluded, "That won't do; it hasn't the right pitch." He would then change the diction and always shaped it into a forcible expression. There were, however, a few words learned iu his boyhood dsys of which he could not rid himself. He always said "betwixt" and fetch" for the words "be HE WAS BEATEN. Tiionicht He Scare Ilia Wife, but Ilia Scheme Failed.

Ability to meet the demands of a great emergency is nut confined to the sterner sex. This is a true relation of what oc curred in Detroit not 00 days ago. The husband has mm bid spells and such gloomy imaginings as picture life not woith the living. On the day ill question lie had nn ncute attack of the lies, and it is worm men tioning in the same connection that he had calcii liberally the night before, using i ciici oiis libations of wine ns nil aid to iliocslion. He was up at the usual hour but the courage that faces existence had oozed out.

and he went back to bed after i alliior his wife. I must tell von." he began, with hn ihcniiiL' face and melancholy tones, Hint I'm beaten. What's the sense of eternally gelling the worst of it? There's nothing to do but throw lip tlie spoil mil I want to do it without creating any scandal. I'm not going to jump in the i iv. i noisoii or chloroform myself, but I'm iust going to lean my revolv There will be the oil.

the rags nnd the steel rod. showing just how I was at work, and all that can be said Is that overlooked a loaded chamber." She acted as rapidly as she thought, and inside of a minute she was at the bedside again wilh that same revolver. "Dick," with impressive solemnity, "I'm going to save you all that trouble. As we arc one, 1 have the same right to do the deed as you have. It will be an accident.

I will gel loads of sympathy, nnd" "Heavens, Kit. point that thing tint other way! Look out! It's self actum and bus a hair trigger! I thought you had some sense" "lint you said, dear" "Said nothing. What in the deuce do yon mean by taking a sick man at his word? Thunderation!" as she gave the weapon a careless twirl. Out he Hopped nn the other side and under the bed. and she pretended that she was going to shoot under the bed, too, till he admitted that he wanted to live to be 100 and begged for show.

Taking a Donth Mnsk. One of the grimmest tasks that fall to the lot of the sculptor is that of taK iug doatli masks. This is often the case where a statue is to be made of the deceased, for the features arc indelibly and perfectly preserved by this method. I'p to the 'eighteenth century it seems to have been a common custom to take death masks, nnd there are a number of celebrated collections of these relics of some of the great personages who once made history. Charles I and Cromwell, his greatcst'rival, are preserved to us iu this way.

There are few art works thnt have the fascination of these "frozen" lineaments, with all the ruggediiess and every scar 01 i.i.rvcil It is easv to make a mask. I he face is oiled nnd soft plaster pressed down unon the countenance. After oD laining this mold it is only necessaty 10 till in with melted wax to oniaiu a per fect cast. Nollekens, the celebrated sculptor ot the eighteenth century, always mixed up bis plaster and had his kit ready when be saw the death of any well known person announced, in case lie should he summoned to take a mask. It was this commercialism that enabled Nollekens to leave a fortune of $1 when he died.

Omaha World Herald. repys at the Horse Show. 1 had my white waistcoat and glossed beaver and shoen of the fashion that pleases me well, my wife in her new gowne and purple petticoat, very pretty. At the show' were nigh crushed unto death, the gentlemen nnd ladies stepping around the hall like ye bauds on a iM.ko dial with no regard to the horses, but to the many persons of quality in the stalls. All ere gaping at the I bike of Snvov.

late nrrived. making him more un easy in his place, till he up and out to n. tln.ni. And so tiiucli finery and Picon nml handsome smocks with silken sarcenets 1 never did behold no, not in former times, when the IM1K0 or Marlborough brought his bride, but my wife thought it a shnme to nave an me frocks spoiled by a stench ot stables. "I'epys Ghost," by K.

Fnicrson, Jr. A frying; Need. "How would you define a 'crying asked the teacher of the rhetoric class. "A handkerchief." replied the solemn young man with the wicked eye. Chicago Tribune.

Not to ne Repented. "Did you ask Dr. Pellets where he was going this siimiiierV" "Not 1. I.ast year 1 asked him, ntid be said he couldn't go unywhere because collections were no bad." Chicago Hccofd. Mental Kffort In Summer.

"You nre very quiet tonight, Cbnr lotte." "Yes; 1 rend something today, nml I wonted to talk to you nbout It, but 1 can't think wunt It wan." Chicago Record. It la Ko Lonlirr Llteruture'a Store house or the lieu of tionlui. One of the instances illustrating that the fashion of the world changetli is in the new estimate set by those who build houses ou the garret. In modern houses the garret is made of and is as carefully finished off as any of the rooms iu the uouse, while iu the old time tne garret was the unfinished part of the house, the remainder. It was me far thest from the living and grand rooms of the house.

Iu tenement houses it was the cheapest part of the house, unless the cellar or basement be excepted. The garret iu private houses was the receptacle ot things worn, wasted and retired from active service. It was a refuge for human creatures who might come under the head of disused nnd left. Yet it was iu those poor and ancient days of the garret that it made its great inline, for associated ill the garret were poverty and genius. Iu the days of Pope authorship became closely linked witn the garret.

Dr. Johnson, Dick Steele and Goldsmith had their garret days in Grub street, nnd the "high living" associated with "high thinking" existed in other days nnd other capitals, else the world would not have known lterauger nnd his song of "The Garret, with its melodious refrain of "give me my garret amPmy twenty years." The garret in the city will be found spoken of in literature generally as associated with poverty, sometimes with clinic; but not so iu the country. The garret of the village and of the farm Is another sort of place. This has no dark or sordid or painful memories. It was rude and unfinished one large room, divided onlv by such partitions ns might be made of carpeting and the like but it was not associated with privation.

Hoys who slept in garrets slept well, even though the stars shone through the roof and iu winter the vagrant snow sifted through on the counterpane. J. he sleep is in the garret hud the great advuutage of hearing the music of the raiu ou the roof, supported by the heavy buss 01 the thunder. The rurnl garret was the storehouse of thimfs past, the place where the relics of the last generation were hid away. To children the latest comers in the world it was therefore a Ilerctilanciiin or Pom peii or even a longer secreted Troy.

In it were the uniforms of the militia which long ago crossed a stream darker than Washington's Delaware; dresses short in waist and narrow and long in skirt, and veil "bruised arms" were hung up there, I looks which hud lost their covers and interest to former generation were con signed to garrets, to be read again with glowing or filling eyes by young discov erers. The garret lias lost its old tenants, the authors. They have descended to the first floor nud the front room. Perhaps they are not as near heaven now as in the" former days. Literature has grown a greater and moro profitable trade.

The change is a good one, but somehow greater mimes do not rise than those made famous of yore iu close proximity to the rafters. The old garret, however, in memory grows a brighter place than it was iu fact. Some garrets fill up with a golden glow. Kansas City Star. When Jutihert Joked.

A London journalist has an amusing reminiscence of the late General Joubert upon the occasion of the dinner in his honor at the Hotel Metropole iu Decem ber. 1SIKJ. The press man referred to, representing one of the London dailies, was about to enter the hotel when he met a co eague hurrying in anotner ui rection. who asked him if be was going to the dinner. "Yes," he replied indig nantly, "and a pretty report 1 am likely to turn out.

I am told that this old duffer Joubert ill either sptak iu Dutch or iu such fearful Fnglish that no on ran understand him. It will have to be translated." Whin Joubert, who, of course, spokj excellent Fnglish, had finished bis speech, the reporter was not a little dismayed receive from one of the waiters a nots upon which was written, "General Joubert will be pleased to supply a translation of his speech if necessary." The Hoer general had been passing and had overheard the uncomplimentary reference to his Fnglish. London Fcho. BlddlnK Durlnu a Foot Rac. A singular custom bus been practiced every Easter at Itourne, iu Lincolnshire, since the year 1770, when an old gentle man, Kiclinrd Clay, died and left a piece of land the rent of which was to be laid out iu bread for the local inhabitants The meadow is let from year to year In a curious manner.

An auctioneer at tends nud stmts a number of boys run nliiL' a fixed distance. Then, as soon ns they have set off, he asks the people who wish to rent the held to commence bid ho mmle onlv while the boys Bird nml Alcohol. Some years ago an nrticlo went the H.i.,.i r.f tlio ii. vniiiint tptlini? of whisky, and he found no dilliotilty in nicking up every unsoaked kernel and leaving the others. You may draw your own moral, but I nin satisfied that the crow will not eat food saturated witn iil.

oliril. Ho is either too uncivilized or too intelligent. l'opulur Science Mouth All In a Heap Three Irishmen were crossing ths bridge of Cork, and one of them, happen tlw, Tininoet felt a strong water. Then the one nt tne top cncu iu low. Loentlnu the Ol.slncle.

Mngnzlne F.ditor What do you uieiill by offering me tills stuff nml culling it poetry? There Isn't gleinu of sense In It from beginning to eiul. 1 Ivi Il'in! A Performance In Which Knded Vnexpeetedly. In restaurant where patrons who wistl to time quieiiy u. 1 and bustle ou the lower tloor go up stairs two gentlemen were lunching a few days aBBoth were talking very animatedly aud wete uppareutly oblivious to their surroundings, especially to the colored waiter. If they knew that that individual was 011 earth, much less iu their immediate presence, their atteutiou to his wheie abouts gave no clew to their knowledge.

One of the diners was a young man of powerful build. He was evidently tne host. When the waiter laid the cheek down on the white tablecloth and stepped back mid watched them carefully, as is the custom of waiters who scent a tip, he carelessly reached in his vest pochci and, without appearing to look at the nlaced both check and a new bank note side by side without break in the argument. In a few moments the waiter re entered, carrying a silver Biilver, iu the venter of whicli lay a cem piece. stepped back again, his glance nlleriiat betweeii the salver and me man ou paid the bill.

The argument came to an uompi hi t. omit on. The young niaii eyes swepi the immovable face of the waiter with a curiously searching glance not unmixed with amazement, 'then lie wiiispcreu a word to his friend whose eyes ulso scanned the face that Impassively returned their glances. There was an eloquent silence. The young mau beckoned tne waiter to his side.

"You are a slick one." he said quietly, but there was a ring iu his tone that did not augur well for one of the party. "Just hand it over, pleaso." "Hand over what, sir?" asked the waiter, innocently aud with a pronounced rising inllection. "The change." "There it is, sir," indicating with a sweep of the hand toward tho 10 ceut piece. "Part of it. I want the rest." "'Deed, that's all that is coming to you, sir.

You gave 1110 a if 1 bill, and your check was 'JO cents, The voting mail's features broke into a smile that made the lines of bis mouth mold iu a manlier in which determination nnd amusement struggled for mastery "That was a bill 1 gave you," he said. "Because it was rolled tightly nnd we nniiearcd to be so absorbed in our conversation you thought 1 did not no tice you reduce it alter securing tin: cloniL to a one. I will give you ten sec onds to deliver up the biilauce or I will choke the life out of you and have you rested for theft. Come, I will couut one, two, three, four" "'Deed, loss, you is mistaken, luut was a one spot" "Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. "You is certainly mistaken, boss, that" The young man was ou his feet ns be counted out the waiter.

He seized tho latter ly the throat and with a quick movement forced the man to the tloor. "Here it is, boss!" cried the waiter in terrified accents. "For tho Lawd a mus 11 aiike. boss, don't uinch so hard!" lie extracted from his coat pocket $10 in bills, which he eagerly pressed in the li nid of the voting man who stood above him. The latter released his hold and, counting the bills, passed out of returned to his host's house iu a state which bordered on elation.

It is recorded that his host used the gentlest reproof to ward him in these words: Friend William, thou art late again tonight, nnd 1 fear me thou art not too sober. If thou dost not amend 1 shall loive to write to thy father, friend check. A Smooth Swindle, A swindler worked a jewelry house In Portland, to the amount of Ip.fiMj. lie selected a IjviUO diamond nnd gave a heck on a local bank for the amount. He left, stnting that he would return niu.i.

tin. tirin hnd ascertained if the check were good, the tirm indorsed tne mini a Hock of crows by sonklng nnd nut it through the bank, witn nloolu.l nnd I. vine it for the 11,., r.wnlt Hint it was returned. 1 lie in ent nml when thev became un iii.tloi caine for the ring nt the lip rniii.it ilo 1, 1 I bread time and when told nis cnccit crumbs soaked Iu whisky 011 Lnghsh was not good discovered mat ue uuu t.t ilmv vmi 1 not ent hem. ii on the wrong lilinK.

ue men pio and I finally got a crow, and though I duced iu gold, took the ring and his kept him until he was very hungry, 1 check. At the hotel he represented that could not eet him to eat corn soaked in he was a jewelry sHiesuiau uuu 31...... ti, wth the jewelers indorse ment. The hotel thereupon cashed the 'loneineiita Are llnre In France ltiinnunv marriages are not contrived easily in France. No one in that coun over rone ICS all age lien mc periuils him to do iiway wit 11 me 1.

Hot thev enuld nml eililldians. If orphans 1 i.o'.i.,..n. At Inst it i.imi thev must show the death was suggested that by hanging on to the certificates ot their parents and have the feet of each other they might accomplish written consent of their grandparents. tlw.v lies 1. Thev made me ui tempt, but found that their combined iM.o.ih wns not sullicicut to reach tin I Htiilillltv.

iiiirh: ilisce.nii.eiiL trying to look stylish nnd keep clou 11." Sny, you need rest! None l.sent.el. "rfow many boarders docs Mrs. Troons take In this summer?" asked Skidds. "All of them," replied Spudds. Moro KiiervntlUK Tltawt I.nhnr, "Nancv.

did the doctor sny you had Olf for Co. ill. jm.nv 1 lu iird thnl your brother had several id Ins lingers cut, oil tlie other day. Iloohev So be (lid. Jhivey I low are they getting on? Doohey They're not getting on at all; they re off tor gooa.

This One Wna the tirenieai In the Whole of lrelnud. Two old tads were sitting with shoiil dors humped over, their black pipes dangling between their teeth, their elbows oil their knees, their hands flopping Idly beside their legs. They were discussing the old days iu Ireland. Sin re," said one, "f'r I'npiu the uiiu of I 'oumuiara cud not be bate. Au thot thre.e.

thot. mind me wan lit of a la ad thot wame on a liu.e slitarted l'apiu. He I'mird wan lape iifier arnolher like a kangaroo, an iwy lape was longer than the other wan befure it. An the lasht lape was thot long au hard thot whin ho shlruek his feet wint three inches inter tin. solid liduo.

They did thot." The other tad never quivered. His face was speechless. He slowly pulled his pipe from Ins mouth and spin ineui talively. Then he put back his pipe and pursed his lips. "Thot's viry fair I'apin," he said at last.

"It nioight do for Coniieniarii, where the 1'iipin is not so much us it tonight be. "But now hot ye spake of I'apin, I ri mimber a Tipperary man thot was tho gr reatest Taper in the whole of Ireland at thot time of which I'm spnkin. I'm tollin ye this for 11 tlirue shtory. Vance on it time I see thot liian stand nop wid his fate close together all his hands close down by Irts side, an thot man he joompod (lit fate backward thot's what he did." The narrator hailed here nnd pulled at his pipe thoughtfitly, iippareiilly absorbed in rellection as to the glories ot that jump. The other old tad lookeu at nun reproachfully.

"G'lotig wid ye," snorted he. "Sixty nine fate! Why, no man thot Ivor lived cud make such 11 lape as thot, what a re ve larkin about." "Sure, now. what I'm tollin ye is the tin uih of the matter jist ns it happened. He did make thot same lape." J'long, he didn't." "But I say he did." "No man cud ivcr do thot thins, 1 I. "Oh, but there was a mnn as did do it, nil if ye'll be aisy now I'll tell ye bis name." "No malther about his name.

There was uiver the moll that cud do it." "But he did do it, an thot mon tltnt did thot same was yer uncle Tim, yer favlher's own brother." The other old tad shrugged his shoulders with nil assenting gesture. "My uncle Tim, was it? Ah. wll. to be sure he nioight!" A MOST DEADLY POISON. Terrible Fntc of Tlioae Who PartnUe of Mum1j ooiii I'IiiiIIIii.

'One of the most terrible poisons of which I have any knowledge," said a chemist, "is ldiallin. of whicli nut lew iioisons have more than the most rtuli inentary knowledge, though the vegetable hioh the dcfnlly sum comes is to be found ill almost every held and swamp in the country, for phallin is the poison ous element in the deadly mushroom, the ilcaih as it has been appropriately ailed. Not only that. hen ptiaiiin first discovered, it was found that It almost identical with the poison of rattlesnake, so that dentil rrom mushroom poisoning is very similar to ileaih from a serpents lute, l.ilt still tin. room wilh his companion witn 1101 more wonderful It is not Known mm so much ns a second look at the nina bacteria produce nearly the same 1.

,1. i.ri.utlillL'itntor kneeling on me uoor he bacteria, for instance, 01 Mo.fniH. nibbing his neck. dinhtheriii nnd typhoid fever. It seems The young niun Is memner 01 me mj enough mat ucatii iroiu me 110.....

L'nited States secret service, nnd tie nls mushroom, from a rattlesnake one knows the nppearnnce ot govoiiiiucui lul(1 dipiuneria snouiu icsui. Hum most bank tellers the same cause, rolled or unrolled. "It is said that people aie since. veiir 111 1 lie I linen siaies em Th. Onnker and the Uuka.

1,,., ,1.., dcntl, cun. mistaking It for the In 1700 the Duke of Clarence, after ,,.111,1,, mushroom. It requires only a bit ward William IV, was a sublieutenant (lf Ul.alh cup to kill a piece the size the Fnglish navy, and the snip on ot will do it. une case is cncu which he served touched at IJueonstown, which a boy ate only a third or a small .1 tw. While there, his cun of the deadly musiiroom 1 stn ,1 for some days witn but it was eiiougn 10 cause ins mm family named Penrose, me ncau 01 indeed, so oaiieiiu is me lii.l.

was nn esteemed gentleman and Onaker. Do did his best to entertain tne in manner befitting his rank nnd station, and among other assiduities the are running, and as the time occupied by George, at Windsor." the ioiirney is limited the bidding be comes very keen and exciting. At last the bovs get back, down goes the ham mer, nnd the Inst bidder is declared the lessee. Stray Stories. that even the handling ot me ueaiii cup 1 the breathing of the spores may pio duce serious illness.

The death cup looks very pretty as 11 old (Maker always sat up to receive him grows in the Ijelds, and when entail it his return homo lrom me coimwu. nas 1101 i parties which the neutnnonng 14 hours after were only too ad to oner 111111. uiiciisoio The 1 Hike of Clarence, ns was the fash ward. Then come terrible pains 1. inn at that time, bad a liking for old port abdomen, nausea and yonidi iig, owed ronsiiiiied.

As result he several times in 1 ,1 1 mm of Asiatic cholera. The effect' ot phallin is to dissolve tho red (irpiisclcs ill the lilood, perniiiuiiK men. ape through tlie alimentary The greatest care is necessary, inereioie, ring mushrooms not to pica anj of the death cups. 1 hey are easily recognized from the others, and there never is nny need of making mistimes. indigo Chronicle.

lie Xeeileil the Clerk. When Tim Campbell was 111 mo ru ticth congress, he stole a clerk 11 0111 cun gressinan Scott. Scott was new member and was made chairman of a com mittee which gave bun clerKsmp. ue knew nothing about the clerk. Campbell did.

Through some means or another he had the clerkship translerreii to ins in committee. Six nionltis later ocoii learned of the tncU. v. be said: "That was a nice piece or peuy nu ceny "Tut. tut, Mr.

Scott," said 1 ampoeu, 'my committee needed a U'l woisl than yours." Then, with twuiMing ej. he coiilinued, "loll nre a can afford to hire half down clerks, while I must go to the govern Scolt. The uotu check bearing been paid. indorsement had two men were always iw thereafter. Wholly murnurliKlnK.

Did you bet anything while you were st the races Yes," said the sad eyeu man. Lose?" No; I won $20." Tint rnn nre not laughing merrily and otherwise behaving in a proper and consistent manner." If there should be no BrnndpnrenismmK, their death certificates must be produced I had ti. and so on among the various relatives of In ited 1 1 los, That's the kind tije intending bride am nimej. li.st me WO to It Vs the undermost, "Arrnh now. Paddy, hold of the conse, tie famine iiauiny on till I come down to you, and then, my council) beings absolutely necessary in all nsnmi honey, we shall reach It!" And tliey did Hard Money.

Citv Niece This is my husband's col I von lection 01 0111 co.us. 1 hnva Keen it before. Geo whiz! How in the world did he ever get stuck ou all them 7 Brooklyn Life. Purl Inelllraee. Snndav School Teacher (finishing the sit, for narration) And that is tue story ol jo null nnd the whale.

Tolmiiv Isn't it strange mey mi. 1 Jnnnli was that long ago? liar Inm Life. same I'hose who allai monly spend life terms. xccllolli iris nervous iiro'strntiou from overwork?" easier tbim the St ai I told him bow mv shirt waists sou it. is important nml hl'b collars worried 1110, and be 1 111 condition was brought on by 1 any excellence com i ic cot111111.il pur is not gained upon thev nre eom fieri jr st tho How to Tack V.na Long Keeping.

Tl.n volk of the egg spoils much For this ron tlmt the should be surrounded with 11 layer of white. If the egif is placed 011 the side or large end the heavy yolk will settle to the bottom mid come in contact with the shell, whicli ndinils the nir. If it is placed on the small end it will always have a layer of white between it nnd the shell. Kggs absorb odors easily, therefore only odorless inutcrials should be used when packing them. Ludics' Home Journal..