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.yv: . . \ waves-up... ? l ,y I men down at Ossulston used to respond to .r - , , , " ‘ , ‘ v. « r " r ' V ’ , . LI I "I n" I 'I‘-- “II I'lllnâ€"l- I III." illEDEAN AND HIS DAUGHTER. CHAPTER X. Alone at Brighton. Nevertheless, I found the place insufferany dull. I believe its only merit to be easy access from London. An immense amount of nonsense is talked nerves after the terrible vibration of the express ; so a bottle was produced and two glasses were filled. She finished the re mainder herself, and I can honestly declare that it made her more loquacious, communi- cative, and critical than ever. . She put me up to a wrinkle, as she term- about the air; but I have never been able ed it. WhiCh WM Deming more the“ the to use that the air of Brighton is in any way guy to "settle" champagne. better than any other, or that the Brighton downs are a bit better than any other' downs. Americans, in moments of illcadvised confidence, will tell you that Saratoga itself is an overoestimated place, and that if you are rash enough to try it, you will find it very tiresome and stupid, and,to use their own expression, with no more points i about it than any other place. righton, so far as I have troubled my- self to enquire into its history, owes its success to the people who have visited it. The Thrales, if I remerfibbr rightly, actually persuade Dr. Johnson to go down tl:ere ; and Dr. J ohn- son‘s opinion of Brighton was by no means a pleasant or a flattering one. Then the Prince Regent went there and built himself fact that brandy and water is really necess- “Else, dear Miriam," she added, “the champagne, pleas- ant and exhilarating as it is, will most infallibly settle you, and leave you with a terrible headache the next morning.” So she had her brandy and water. The Dean, to dfihim justice, used to call things that he liked to eat and drink by their pro- per names. I almost began to wonder whether she would not tell me that her medical man had recommended her a cigar. She stopped short, however, at this partic: ular trial of my patience, and contented herself with two or three diminutive Egypt- ian cigarettes ; and after several attempts to keep herself awake, declared that the journey and the change of air had thorough- ly exhausted her, and that she should not be herself again until she had had a thorough night’s rest. It was-a somewhat dreary outlook with the certain prospect of a fortnight at least. So I resigned myself to the inevitable, and, as I blew out my candle, could not help the Pavilion ; and after this we find Brighâ€" wuhlng I were the men on the Eddysmne ton raduslly becoming more and more a Lighthouse, or St. Simeon pn his column. Lon on suburb. Dr. Blinker has his select 0" even Teufeledr°°kh "1 “15 Enrreto Any academy there for young gentlemen. Big ! hotels grew up ; and, finally, the Brighton of to-day is no more the pleasant little watering~place it once was, than is West Kensington, with it immense avenues of stucco palaces, the dear old Kensington which Thackeray so loved. For my own part I found Brighton and l everything belonging to it, so intolerable I that, one evening, in a fit of worse than' usual despair, I wrote to Mrs. Fortescue and suggested that a change of air might possibly do her good. , She had been most careful not to loose sight of me since we parted at Cowes ;and i had, in fact, about twice a week reminded i mo of her existence, and of her extreme and, indeed, almost sisterly affection for myself. » Consequently I happened to know that she was at this moment quartered on some friends in the neighborhood of Sandringham. She had sent me mOsf glowing accounts of Sandringham itself, and of the exalted per- sonages there, and of the great fun she was having. _ So I wrote, pleasantly I hope, but not at all enthusiastically, suggesting thata few weeks at Brighton might recruit her, and spent quietly with myself, prove a pleasant contrast to the vortex of gaiety in which she had lately been plunged. - ' I received my answer with a promptitude as appalling as that with which our trades- my father’s airy suggestion thattliey should send in their accounts. l Mrs. r‘ortescue was absolutely wearied i of Norfolk. She had never been more bor- I ed in her life. It had been well enough i for the first few days; but she bad man found out that the men talked about noth. lug except the crops and the partridges ; ind the women about nothing whatever except the toilette. Their ideas on this ! subject, she added, were as primitive as their clothes which latter must unquestion- ably have come out of the Ark. “It will be the most delightfulchange my dear Miriam, to be with you once again and to enjoy, if only for the shortest time, com- plete rest, which my poor shattered nerves sadly need, and a little rational conversa- ! tion, which I can assure you I need still ‘ more. 6 ‘1 Shall “a” at once’ crassoon’ at any it had all happened or came about, we( rate, as I can make a decent pretext for ; leaving. And, to be with you again, will $ remind me of the maiiT'happy hours we spent together in St. James’ Square. “Pray remember me most kindly to the 5 Dean, who, of course before long will be ‘ wearing the mitre. I am getting tired of I the pumps, the vanities, of this wicked world : and I wish he would pick me out an ; eligible second among his Minor Canons so i that 1 could go to choral service twice a day and bear the looks caw in the 1 Cathedral Close, and walk in the beautiful i old Cloisters if it were wet, and read ‘Holy ' Living and Dying,’ and get the Christian i Year by heart, and do my best to forget a : very great number of years which I am I “"afruid have been shamefully wasted. “I do not mind telling you in confidence, Iof these places would have, at all events, the one advantage of affording a sanctuary from Mrs. Fortescue. A day or two after my guest’s arrival, we were walking, or, rather, sauntering in the morning along the King’s Road. crowded as usual with its indescribable mixture of Brighton residents and Brighton visitors, flys, Bath chairs,“ goat chaises, boarding schools in double file, Jews as obtrusive as their own noses, and here and there an Indian Ayah with her baby, when it pleased Mrs. Fortescue to become suddenly, unac- countably, and violently agitated. I declare. there be is ! \Vhat on earth are we to do ‘2" “There is who?" I asked somewhat snap- pishly. “\Vhy, Mr. Sabine, my love. has seen us, and is coming up.” Mr. Sabine it proved to be, looking com- Ho had been knocking Look, he pletely himself. - about, he explained apologetically, us if he had no business to be in Brighton at all. He had been to all kinds of places, to Deziu- ville, to Hamburg, to Baden, and Carlsbad, and they had all alike tired him out. They were dull and. tedious. He had. now come to Brighton to get out of the way, and to see what entire rest- and the air of the Sussex coast would do for him. He had brought nobody with him, and had not expected to meet anybody, least of all myself, whom he had supposed to be any- ’ I where rather than in this terrible London- snr-Mer. where the Londoners had succeed- ed in spoiling everything except the glorious Channel breezes. Hitherto, his forecast had proved correct. He had found himself as entirely alone as if i he were at Margate, or Blackpool, or \Vcst- l on-super-Mare | “ Old Ship," where there was not a person He was stopping at the whom he knew, and he was dividing his time pretty impartially between the tennis court, the Parade, and the downs. It wai quite arelief to meet a face he knew. Where were we stopping? Might be vary the monotony of his own existence by looking in to afternoon tea ? So he went on until he had fairly launch' ed Mrs. Fortescue on the full flood of her small talk. \' ’hen she showed signs of stop- pinlg, he caught the ball, and threw it back to ie‘r. found ourselves back again in front of my house in Montpelier Road. I was about to say that I was obliged to ask him in. This, however, would not be strictly the truth, for I was if anything, glad of the chance. He was, anyhow, a relief to Mrs. Fortes- cue’s persistent babble, which was be- coming as wearisome as that of Ten- nyson’s brook. He needed no pressing hut came in at once, and stepped quite naturally into the part of a tame cat He showed us how to make‘ tea in the Russian fashion, and to drink it with little slices of lemon instead of cream and sugar. He rallied Mrs. Fortescue on her weakness for an occasional cigarette. He told us how Russia is the only country in the “My dear,” she exclaimed, “there he is ll "1°31? certainly be Sit Hem)“,I I And thus, before I could tell how i p a servant for fearithe been'and what he has done. I am sure that there cannot be any other reason, for he has plenty of money. At ‘ienna he ran horses in his own name, and ad over some of the best English jockeys; and at Paris last year, towards the very end of the season, when we were all grumbling / about the heat and wishingfourselves at the not. even kee fellow should chatter about where he has North Pole, it turned out that he had set- ually gone right up to Spitsbergen and the Kara Sea in a yacht of his own, and had shot white bears, and had speared walrus and driven a sledge of Esquimaux dogs, and seen the sun in the sky for weeks at a time." “He seems a very wonderful man," I remarked. “Next time be comes, mention Patagonia. I am sure you will find he has been there, like dear Lady Florence Dixie, and seen the cannibals, and in all probability, if he were to own to it, shot a number of them, which would be quite justifiable seeing that. they are terrible creatures who have no religion, and do not cook their food, and murder you, if they get the chance, by strangling you with a piece of rope and a big strne at each end of it. I declare, my dear, that, fascinating as he is, he sometimes makes me, in spite of myself, feel quite uneasy and al- most creepy.” Of cause I could only reply, that for my own part1 saw nothing so very terrible about Mr. Sabine, and did not consider that Mrs. Fortescue need be under any immed- iate apprehension. “It's not myself, my dear,” said Mrs. Fortescue, nodding her head most sagely and emphatically. “ It would be vanity on my part to pretend as much. But you should be very careful with him, Miriam. I am quite sure that he is a very dangerous man ; not at all the man,” she added, "for a Devonshire village, or even a. Cathedral town, and I doubt whether there is much that he could learn even in Vienna itself. Perhaps Sir Henry may be able to give him a wrinkle or two on his return from that shockingly wicked city.‘ Constanti-_ nople, which they say combines all the vices of the old world and the new, without a single redeeming virtue from either. If anybody could be a match for him, it would And with this parting stab in the back both for Sir Henry and for myself, my good friend retired to divest herself of her war paint, and see what a night’s sleep could do towards temporarily repairing the inexorable iavages of time. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Farewell. It is said to be an old story, this ofa man named Dolierty, who was drilling with his squad of recruits in London. Do- herty was nearly six feet two in that time the ser- _ gaunt-major was ’1 it man whose height was only five feet four. On this day be ap- proached t h e him for some fault tofind. All the men squared up ex- cept Iloherty, and the sergeant- major at once ac- costed him. “ Head up there, man I" called he. Dohcrty raised his head slightly. “ Up higher, sir l” The head was raised again. Then the 'sergeant-msjor managed, by standing on his toes, to reach Doherty’s chin, and he i poked it. higher, with‘the remark: “That’s-better. Don’t let. me see your head down again l” By this time everybody was interested lat seeing Doherty staring away above the |sergeant-major’s head, when a voice from - above said, in a rich brogue : “ Am I to be always like this, sergeant- major?” “ Yes, sir l” l “ Then I’ll say good-bye to ye, sergeant- major, for I’ll niver see yez again l” __ THE CHEESE OUTLOOK. Bxpnnslon of the Trndo.-â€"-I.‘hecse opened lllglier Thls Your than last. According to official returns there was that, when I went the other day to have .‘mrm Where 3°“ Set champagne; because ‘ 3172:000»000 invesmd i" diler farming in my hair singed, I was told to my horror '5 “manna f“ yea“ in advance the entire : Canada last year, and, as it is admitted that there was a g-ey hair here and there lyield 0f tho Champagne diam” i we only than a. gross return of$l3,000,000. or nearly amongst it. Of course, I have Md rather . country in the world where fresh caviaro more than my fair share of trouble. Butjua ‘0 be procured! and the only country t {8 per cent., was made to farmers by the on," so, dear. one does not like to get old ; where you get enuine tea, because Russian manufacture of cheese alone, beside the re- beiure one’s time.” tea is brought overland by caravan, and Iturns from butter, eggs, milk and live . - .so i ' ' . ' . - . A poststript added that she would not. ‘ 093 "0“ I030 “3 “mini” the course 0f 1 stock, it can readily be seen that the lines of course bring her maid. as doubtless my i treasure, Jackson, would be able to attend Impossible ‘0 mo” mums” - l c ng iliadto tell us with the terrible platitude iofSir Henry. to her few simple wants. The wulow was as good as her Word, and ii sea voyage. ' The more he talked, the more it became what lie And l began at last indo- of the dairy farmer in Canada have fallen in pleasant places. That the profitable nature of the cheese height, and at. sharply a b o u t THE CHAMPION MONOFLY. Standard and sassinn ou Trusts and to be About to Join Forces. The two greatest monopolies in Christen- dom, the Standard Oil Trust of America and the Russian Oil Trust of Russia, are about to effect a new division of the world. The Standard Oil’ Company is negotiating with the Russian Government through a committee a formal treaty, the immediate effect of which will be to raise the price of anecessary of life to the people of the whole world. This treaty exists’at the present in the form of a “memorandum agreement,” drawn up and signed by all the members of “the syndicate of the Rus- sian petroleum refiners with the consent of the Minister of Finance,” and waits but upon the fulfilment by the Standard Com- pany of one condition. One great foreign refinery, that of Manheim, refuses to join the trust, and one or two American associa- tions, chiefly the Independent Producers Oil Company have not yet surrendered to the Standard combination. Until either i the Manheim refuses to buy crude oil of the Producers Company, or the Producers Company refuses to sell to Munheiui refineries, the monopoly will still lack a little of being absolute, and the Rus~ sian men will refuse to approve the treaty. This treaty was the result of a meeting of Russian refiners‘ held in St. Peiersburg at the request of the Russian Minister of Finance some time previous to October, 1893. The purpose of this meet- ing was primarily to bring about an agree- ment in the nature ofa trust and under the direction of the Government between the producers and refiners of petroleum in the district of Baku, Russia, practically the only petroleum district in the world outside of the United States, under the date of. October, 1893, the basis of such an agreement. was finally reached and put in writing. ' The representative’of 62‘per cent. of the Russian output, and the representatives of the Standard Oil Trust participated in the conference. Another meeting was held in St Petersburg on Feb- ruary 1, when the details were perfected and signatures attached to the memoranda of agreement. Since that date nearly all the Russian refiners had added their signs- tures to those of the men who participated directly in the conference. Intoxication From Tea. . Although Cowper speaks of “the cups that cheer, but not inebriate,” there is evidence of the intoxicating power of tea. In China itea is rarely used until it is a..y.,ear old : because ofthe peculiar intoxicating property which new tea. possesses. Three or four grains of theine are contained in less that . half an ounce of good tea, and may be taken in a day by most full-grown persons without any unpleasant effects ; but if twice ‘this quantity, or eight grains a clay, be ftaken, the pulse becomes more frequent, . the heart beats more strongly, and tremb- i ling comes on. At the same time the ima- - gination is excited, and after awhile the squad lo 0 k in g! thoughts wander, visions begin to be seen, ; and a peculiar state of intoxication comes on. All these symptoms are followed by and pass off in a deep sleep. Whether the tannin in tea contributes in any degree to its exhilarating or narCotic action is not ~ known. That it does aid in the exhilarating effect which tea produces is rendered very probable by the fact that a species of tun- nin is the principle ingredient in the Indian betel nut, which is so much prized in the East, and which is said to produce a mild and agreeable intoxication. Mate or Para- guay tea, prepared from the leaves of the Brazilian holly in the state in which it is commonly used for a stimulating beverage, also in toxioates. ~_â€". THE PACIFIC ROUTE. Promoter lluddnrt Will Soon Start for 0!- tmvnâ€"Thc Prospects or an Imperial Grunt. A London despatch says :-Mr. James E. Huddart, the chief promoter of the Cana- dian Pacific mail route to Austgalia, via England, says that the British Government has not promised to grant'a subsidy to the new line, but he was very hopeful that they would grant one. Mr. Huddart says the vexpectation is to put ships on the new {line as fast as they can be built, the vessels of the Atlantic and Pacific lines to be owned by the same company. He will sail on June 9th on board the steamship New York on his way to Ottawa. Mr. Huddart expects that each vessel sailing from Canada. will carry 4,000 caresses of Canadian chilled beef to England,as the new ships will be deeper and correspondingly 'more cominodious than any now existing. The most important detail yet remaining to be carried out 'is the selection of a British port, which will doubtless be Southampton, Milfoqd Haven or Liverpool. made her appearance with military pronip- ] . timd8_ 0,", fly conveyed herself. mull eutly to Wonder whether he might not be another lirr trunks, each as long as coffins | gusseased 0‘ some secret ""59‘0“ from S”- and twice as roomy. And she was more lemmburgv end 90 Probably knew_ far than ever radiant with delight and enthusi- ; more “bmlt my hu‘hi‘mi and h” {mines Mm. thuh he might choose to reveal. _ The sea made her feel at least ten years ’1‘” “lea “'59 “"‘usmgv if 3 “me fa!" 5.0,“,ch 30' M any mm. she declared. iIGICllCEI, and. I could almost fancy I heard She was aytonislied to find Brighton 30,3”.38'")? “much I’D'P‘lenufly declerng» little altered. Did Mutton's still exist 3 i M If it Iver” “ m3“. dlswvery (lam-g h'm‘ Did we sti l go for morning rides on the "mum: cred“: lb“ Mr- ‘35bm° W“ downs? And was that charming physician g e‘l‘lemly 5‘ "103$ “‘Sl‘lbff‘lumed young still practising in Royalty Square 2 And 5 ma“! “1m VCCP‘WD“ ehhme" “‘1 l’owels so she rattled on, with a string of discon- I 0‘ ol’se“'“.t"°l" who mu“ h“? spent "lany nected questions, never once waiting foaan " lice" 0‘ his life In_ irayel. and have mixed ‘mwer. r ‘ iii the most exclusive circles. Ijudged it. upon the whole to be the When Mr. Sabine at last took his depar- safest policy, so far as my own nerves'tnre. Mrs. Foriesque was comparatively were concerned, to let her run her- youthful with radiance. self down. Ultimately, when she had 3 " DidI not always tell you 80. my dear asked all her questions, and told me , Miriam? Is he not marvellous? I believe all her news, and suggested that after theieis nowhere he has not been, nothing a lou journey a cup of tea with cognac in v be has not. done, and nothing that he can- it ha been [smith-er ordered lierrby Sir i not tell you all about. I sometimes wou- Humphrey Jorkins, she retired to dress for der whether he is not. the Wandering Jew dinner, leaving me to reflect on what I had % bidlself. of whom they tell you at Venice, [at myself in for, where be last condescended to show him- I began almost to repentof my i-nfilial self that he was the most accomplished and conduct towards the Dean, and to wish that fascinating person in the world. You have I had him down with me, and could so'nevcr read the “Wandering Jew.' Isup- play off my two visitors one against the re. I know that Mr. Sabine always other. ) nring. him to my mind. Only they say the At didher I need hardly any Mrs. For. I. Wandering flaw is indiscreet at times, and tescue, knowing or guessing that there was apt in let out. who he is and where he champagne in the house. declared that also has been. Catch. Mr. Sabin? letting out punively required a glass to steady he: anything about mmscl?. “by, he does A Costly Girdle. trade is being daily more recognized is " shown by the amount of expansion it ex- The most famous “jewel,” as it may be -hibits. New factories are starting in called, in New York society, is the namtm districts hitherto unsupplied, and the acher" behnging to M", John Jacob developmem 0‘ wrriwriea “flowing 9' Astor. This is a superb combination of {Seed Supply 0‘ milk- “well have “the!” gems arranged in the form ofa girdle, or ' to been dcbarred by their distance from pointed front piece, to be worn over a lace lamb“,th factories, is thus being pm_ dress front, or for an ornament to the Iceedcd with. The fact 'that there woreé from Of 3' decouete cornge' It u very , , , , large, and is composed of the finest gems factories which paid their patrons from obtainableiu the world. 1t was the wed. $500 to $700 each for their milk has shown ding gift of Mr. Astor to his bride, and the farmer how lucrative this-branch of was selected with more than ordinary his labor is. In the County of Leeds the taste, or it could never have been worn in cows during the cheese season averaged $37 public. But so well are the gems blended a head. Our farmers have learned to pro- and so perfectly do they humanize with duce the largest quantity of milk in the a fall of white lace, that young Mrs. lmost economical manner, and, considering Astor looks “perfectly sweet" when she I that prices for cheese opened fully la cent has it on, although her friends say that per pound higher this year than last, in she wore it for the first time with many [spite of the prospects ofamuch larger Ma misgiiungs for fear it would look like a make, it loose as if they would reap much grand display of wealth. Its cost was not larger returns. The estimate of $l6,000,- far from $1,000,000. 000 for this one branch of dair farming 4 does not seem to beefsr out o the way The smallest soldier in France is Louis after all. There is an increasing disposi- Benadot of Luret, who is only two feet tion of the English importer to purchase four inches in height. He is a dwarf with direct at the country market, and no aslight moustache. When he presented doubt there is a tendency to bring the pro- himself to draw his number out of the con- ducer and consumer more closely together scription urn, it was discovered that his in cheese, as in everything else; but it has head did not reach to the top of the table lnot yet reached such dimensions as to in- on which the urn was laced, so a gendarme terfere with the trade of our buyers and held him up by the co lar toenable him to WW"ml thunk P0 exporters. put his hand in the urn. ABOUT THE MESH: An Ideal Wife. _ The ideal wife is certain to prove herself God’s best gift to man. She moatbe not only a helper, but a suitable compabion in whose society the husband finds a foretaste of the deliehts of heaven. She will boa woman in the truest sense-not a dress~ maker’s figure for the display of fine rai; ment. A woman endowed with the spirit of nobility, and moved by love to reverence all things good and true. Deep in sympatl ] with all that is noble; equally intense in hatred against all that is base. A generous. pure-souled, tender-hearted woman. Poor men have become giants in goodnessand virtue through the love and care of such women. The ideal wife need not be rich. She should be thrifty, however, and have learned how to wisely spend the money committed to her charge. To do this she should be able to cook and sew, and syste- matically direct the affairs of a household. It is a misfortune when women, otherwise helpful as wives, fail entirely in this parti- oular. Our wife need not beboautlful in appear- ance. It is noteworthy that the most of the best woman in history have been plainu, looking. We do not object to a lovely woman shining at the head of our table; lips like cherries ripe, and fresh cheeks like the June roses; we do not object, yea, would prefer this, but beauty is no necessity for an ideal wife. She must not be ugly. No noble woman is ugly. She cannct be. Nor need the ideal wife be intellectually clever. ,W'hat is of more importancethan cleverness or perfect education iiiâ€"the de- sire to know more. Here many wives fail. They have gone the usual course of study, and are satisfied. This is a mistake. Let the wife constantly desire to know more, and then she will be a fellow-student with ' the husband. \Vhat interests him will interest her. Besides, if in the course of events, “wife” is written “mother,” she will then have a modern stock of knowledge at the service of her children. Nothing so undermines parental authority as the fact that the children are so advanced as to be able to correct the grammar' and history 07 their parents. The moment the children feel they know better than their parents certain of the elements of education, all authority is at an end. An ideal wife, should, therefore, ever be desirous of adding to her stock of knowledge- She must, of course, love her husband with all the earnestness of love. We assume he is worthy of such devotion. llis welfare and good name are precious in her eyes. What adds to his comfort and man- liness she will try to give as far as lies in her power. Men are looking anxiously for women who approach within measuresble distance of this "ideal”â€"women whom they can love and cherish and work for, and from whom they will get a heart's devotion in return. Feather Beds. Before putting away a feather bed it should be cleaned and aired well. When the ticking is soiled in spots remove the stains with ammonia water and soap. Dip a soft cloth ,into the ammonia and wat- er, rub the'spots with good soap, then rub with the cloth until the stain has dis- appeared. If the spot still remains after this treatment, scrub it briskly with a small, stiff scrubbing brush, rinse well in clean water and wipe with a clean, dry cloth. Place the bed in the air until por- fectly dry, but never on any account, put it where the sun will shine on it, as sun draws out oil from the feathers, and will in It short time destroy them. If there is an attic store room it is an excellent place for putting away a feather bed for the summer. Have a clothes line across the room and over this hang the bed. Open the windows frequently to air it. If it must be placed away in a closet or box take it out a few times each month in a room. open the Win- dows and let in the air. In the country some housewives cleanse a feather bed by putting it out on the grass when expecting rain and allowing it to get saturated, then when the rain ccases..lctting it remain, turning it and changing its position fre- quently until thoroughly dry. Saltedâ€"Tilmonds. These are not difficult to make at home. After the nuts are shelled pour boiling wa- ter over them and let them stand two or three minutes, when they blauoh ver eas- ily ; then place them on flat tins or ishes and put them into the oven until they area light brown, stirring them froqucntl so that they may brown evonly, and to lug great care not to let them get too dark. When they are sufficiently brown remove them from the oven and let them at thor- oughly cooled; the: take the white of an egg, without heating, put it into a large dish and turn the almonds into it. Stir until the almonds are covered with the egg, then spread once more upon the fates, and with a fine wire strainer sprink e the salt over them evenly on both sides. Use the finest table salt. Return the almonds to the oven, stir them frequently. When cold they are ready for use. A Tree That Shines. Comparativer few people are aware of the existence in Nevada of a luminous tree of large proportions. The Indians have al- ways entertained a wholesome dread of this tree, and have a number of legends con- nected with it, some of which are clearly founded on the biblical story of Moses and the burning bush. As a result of their superstition the tree has come to be known as the “witch tree" and is quite a source of interest among people for miles around. It is a valuable landmark at nigbtas it can be seen half a mile away, and the phosphor- ous substance which exudes f in it is so ssible to M! a few words of print held close to it. v) 7 -wnmvflh-w Wr<<4 .____-_< _..-..._.~...- a-.. . m- _....._. v-_%‘~â€"-â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"V...