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"Ohl there’s not in this wide world," I axclaimed, quite unintention- nlly quoting Tom M ore; " than nev- " has been, nor can ever be again. Bo charming a creature. No nymph, cr Iyiph. or winged Ariel. or syren_with long Ind mirror, was ever a) tascin- ating, no daughter of Eve 00 pretty Ind provoking!" This upczizmphg which certainly gmars, now that in cooler moments tawny. Either h-u‘nu.‘ though we were still September. was fresh taims, or else becausr Ind a woman, and the to whaw herself t, Hm BM had twisted rourrt lunar cashmere sen rr. prekus'y pasts- inar it over one sh uldnr in the man- ner of a sword-belt. the ends hang- ing down nearly tn her stirrup: and this gave something peculiarly pie- turemuu, almmt fantastical, to her whole appearance. Upnn the second day t my arrival at tho baths of St. Sam/cur. in the Pyrenees, I had fallen in with my old friend and college chum. Jack Mmer- mot. who was taking his sister the round oft he French watering-places, Doris health had been delicate, the tawny had "commanded the excur- sion; and Jack. who dated upon his on'y siutor. had dragged her away from the (midis-a of L ndon and brraurht her off t the. Pyreneea. Mu Dermot, was an oxm-‘lvnt fellow, neith- " a wit not a Sol man: but a good- hmrted dog who had horn much liked at Trin. Coll.. Dublin, where he had thnuaht very little of his studies, and ”nu-H" rentinn and hm m mum! deal of his horses and dogs. An Irishman. to he sure. oeeasirnallr a and": lunch of the brunt! was par- mptihlv in big talk; but from, this his liqtnr. who had hum brought up in England wan entirely free. Jark had a 9mm estato, of threw thousand a year; Miw ft hr'l had twenty thnu=aml p untls from her mother. Rho had mines! two arr-aunnq in Lond 'n', an] if she wau not alre‘n'ly married. it WM because at t one of th" fifty mph-ants to her hand I recall it, rather rtrarmodieal, was not uttered viva voce, nor even s.tto voee, using that its object, Mina Dora Mu Dermot, was riding along an]! three races in front of me, whilst her broth- er walked, by my side. It was a. more mental ejaculation, elicited by the sur- passing perfectly of the aforesaid Dora, who manuredly was the m st charming girl I had ever beheld. But for tho Prrenean scenery around us, “(1 the rough, ill-conditioned male, with its clumsy sides-saddle of discol- oured leather, on which she was mounted, in~fead of the, Spanish jen- net or well-bred English palm-y that Would heat have suited so tair an oquestrian, I could, without any great exertion of fancy. have dreamed are” back to the days of the M'Gro- Bor, and fancied that it was Die Ver- nnn riding up the mountain-side, gaily chiming as she went with the hand- some cavalier who walked by her stir- rup, and who might have been Frank Osimldixtt-M. only that he was to manly looking f, r Scott) somewhat ef- femmate hero. How 1"ututitullyrn uld- up ' I (imam alre‘mly married, it was because n of th" fifty aipirants to her had found favour in her bright Livnly :Inzl high-spirited, with a ‘ turn for tho natirir‘aL she love, Independence, and was dimou I had been hbsont from England for nearly two yrars. on a Continental tour; and although I had heard much of Miqu M'Dnrmat. I had never seen In till her brother introduced me to her at St. Sam'eur. I had not known her an hour, befora I found myself in a fair way to add another to the !ist of the poor moths who had singml their Winn at the perilous light of her beauty. When M'Dermot-learning tint. lilo, tht-mselvm. I was on a de- au‘tnry sort of rumhln. and had not marked out any partirutar route-of- A funniuht bird pas-mil. and we were at B --.i)u"ing that time, the spoil th Il hwund me had been each day gain- ing :Lrvngth. A; an intimate hit-mi of twr brother. I was already, with “on. on the {oozing of an old acquairr. t ”we; she seemed wed enough pleased with my society. and chatted with me wirlingly and familiarly; but in vain did I watch for sumo slight indication, a g’ance or an intonation, whence to derive hope. None such were percepti- ble; nor eould the must egregious cox- comb have fancied that they were. We once or twice fe.l in with other ac- quxinmnccs of but 5 and her brother'tt, and with them she had just the some frank. friendly manner, as with me. I had not hufficirnt vanity. however, to expect a woman. especially one so much admired at Ma M'Dermot. to ful in love at first sight with my humble personality. and I patiently wwin-d. trusriag to time and nssiduily to :uivansv, my cause. Things were in this state. when one morning. wltilat taking. an early walk to the springs. I ran up against In English (mend. by name Walter Ash- by. He was the son of . country gen- tleman of model-qt. fortune. It whose house I but more than once possed . week in the shooting sea-on. Walter '8. on exoollent‘follqw. aryl. n ert.eet i.9 (céééééééémm tH the form which her daik green set off to such advantage; tairrlike the tot that pressed lulu-y stirrup; how slender the r3 that grasped the reinl She iscarded the bunny riding-hatand 1mg bonnet. muse graceless in- the class to chich -he be- The Smugglcr’s Leap. It night 1 her t to " DeAighu-d to meet Ashley, I dragged him oft to the hotel, to introduce him to M'Uermot and his sister. As a friend ot mine they gave him a cordial Welcome, and we passed that day and the following onus together. I soon, however, I must confess. began to re- mogunomy, blue eyes, turd light brown huir that waved, rather than curled, round his broad handsome forehead. And, then, what a mustache the fellow haul! He was officer in a crack Teo- munry corps. Not one of the com- posite order, made up of pomatum and lump-black, such as may be seen suuntering down St. Jamess Street on a spring afternoon, with incipient guardsmen behind thom-bat. worthy ohm Italian painter or Hungarian bussar; full, well-grown, and glossy. Who was the idiot who first set afloat the. notion-now become an established prejudice in England-that, mustache: were unseemly? To nine faces out of ten, they are a most becoming ad- ilition, increasing physiognomical character, almost giving it where there is none; relieving the monotony of broad flat cheeks. and abridging the abomination of a long upper-lip, Un- cfuunly, say you! Not, tt bit of it, if Jutlicmusly trimmed and. trained. What. Sir! on: they not at least as proper looking as those foxy thickets extruding from jawbone to temple, which yourself, each morning of your life, take such pains to comb and curl mm shape , pout a little having brought my handsome friend into the society of burn. She seemed better pleased with him than I altogether liked; nor could I wonder at it. Walter Ashley was exactly the man to please a woman of Doran, character. She was rather a romantic turn. and about him there was a dash of the chivalrous, well cal- culated to captivate her imagination. Although perfectly feminine, she was an excellent horsewoman, and an ard- ent admirer of feats of address and courage, and she had heard me tell her brother of Ashley 3 perfection in such matters. On his part, Ashley, like every one else who saw her, was evi- dvntly greatly struck with her beauty and fascination of manner. I cannot say that I was jealous; I had no right to be so. for Dora had never given mu encouragement; but I certainly more than once regretted having in- troduced a third person into what-- hnnvst Jack M'Dermot counting, of course, for nothing-had previously been a sort of tttttr-a-ttste society. I brgan to team "that, thanks to myself, my occupation was gone. and A.hley had got it. longed. By no means nupollshed in his manners, he had a sort of plain Irankness and bonhomie. which was peculiarly agreeable and prepoasess- ing, He was not a university man. nor had he received an education of the highest order-spoke no lang- .uage but his, own with any degree of ttorreetnet---neither played the tid- nle. painted pictures, nor write poetry. 0n the other hand, in all manly ex- ercises he was a proficient; shot. rode, (walked, and danced to perfection; and the fresh originality, and pleasant tone of his conversation. redeemed [my deficiency of reading or aeeom- plishment. In personal appearance he was a splendid fellow, nearly'six feet int his boots. strongly. but, at the Hume time. symmetrically built; " though his size. of limb and width of shuuidet rendered him, at six-and- twenti. rather what is called a fine man, than a sienna or elegant one. He had the true Anglo-Saxon phy- It was the fifth day after our meet- ing with Walter, and we had started early in the morning upon an exuur- sion to a neighboring lake, the scenery around which, we Were told, was par- ti"ularly wild and beautiful. It was situated on a yiece of table-land on the top of a mountain, which we could see from the hotel window. The dis- Laura was barely ten miles, and the road being rough and precipitous, M'.. Dermot, and myself, had chosen to wall; rather than to risk our necks by riding the broken-knee'd ponies that were offered to us. A sure-footed mule, and inditterent sides-tsaddle, had bran procured for Miss M'Dermot. and was attended by a wild-looking Bear- nese buy, or gmsoou, as her brother called him, with a scared countenance, and long, lank black hair hanging in irregular shreds about his face. 'lhere is no season more agreeable in the Pyrenees than the month of Sep- tember. Ihurle are Very apt to expa- tiate on the delights of autumn, its mellow beauty, prnsives charms, and suNicce. I confess ihat in a general way I like the youth of the year bet- ter than its detaline. and prefer the bright green tints of spring, with the summer in prospective, to the melan- choly autumn, its russet hues and fall- ing lt-aves; its regres for fine weath- er past, and anirhrations of bad to come. But it there be any place where I should be tempted to reverse my judgment, it would be in South- ern Frame, and especially its western and central portion. The clear cloud- less sky, the moderate heat succeed- ing to the sultriness, often overpow- ering, of the summer months, the magnificent vineyards and merry vint- age-time. tho noble groves of chest- nut, clothing the. lower slopes of the mountains. the bright streams and flower-Spangled mnadows of Beam and Languedor. render no part of the year more delighat'ul in those coun- tries than the months of September and October. com whe my eru and My dear, said the banker to his only daughter, I have noticed a young man attired in a dress suit in the parlor two or three evenings each week of late. “but is his oceupationt, _ He is at present unemployed, father, replied the fair girl, a dreamy, far- away look in her big, blue eyes. but he is thinking seriously of accepting a position of life companion to a young lady of means. At Rouhaix, one of the Socialist sarongholds of France, the 11,000 pub- Ii ahool children receive free food and chaining at the expense ot the town. CHILDREN KEPT FREE A LOFTY AMBITION. (To be Continued.) MEATS FOR SUMMER. Bum orneiett--Fill a coffee cup with bread crumbs and cover with milk. Beat 3 eggs very light and mix lightly with the soaked bread. Pepper and salt to taste. Divide the mixture, cooking it on two wvll greased griddles, like large cakes. When well "set," sprinkle over half of each omelet 1-4 cup very finely chopped hum, cooked. Fold over and in a minute take up on ahot dish, dot over with butter and serve. Tripe, Southern Style.--) onion cut fine and cooked. a little butter, when soft, but not colored, add 11b. tripe cut in pieces one inch long by 1-4 inch wide; place these in the saucepan with the onion and toss over the fire a short time to evaporate the moisture and get well heated through, then add halt a can of tomatoes, drained mulewhat. boil or simmer slowly until reduced to a. good body and bright color; season with salt and a little cayenne pepper. Dish up neatly. When the plants get to be six or eight inches high it is time to think about their shape or form, It a plant with two or three or tour stem is des.. sired, nip out the central bud on the main stalk, which will cause it to branch. Then select the strongest branches of those that start and let them grow, pinching off the others. Keep the lateral branches pinched out on the stalks you decide to grow, let- ting all the strength of the stalk go to the trimmed bud, which will one day develop a flower bud. Lamb Broth.--Thia is so good it ought to be put on the table once a week. and it can be easily varied. Rice may be cooked with it, or it may be thick- ened and dumplings or croutons served with it, or a few vegetables chopped fine may be cooked with it. To make the broth you will not need much but the bones, and these must us put on in cold water and simmered all forenoon. When you have removed the bone from your mutton for the broth you can then staif the leg and roast it, thus giving a skill greater variety. CERYSANTHEMUMS. It will soon be time to give especial attention to the chrysanthemums in- tended tor fall blooming. They must not be allowed to become pot-bound, but should be shifted every three or four weeks till from the two inch pot in which the cutting was set, the plants find themselves in a five or six-inch pot about the time the buds should appear. The young plants must never be allowed to dry out. Over watering -ft EBu~wTsh Ge large flower, allow the plant to grow one stem only, pinching out side branches as they start. The plants will have to be staked as they grow large. The growth should not be rapid, but should be steady and healthy. Too fast growing is sure to result in bare stems, and the beauty of a Chrysanthemum lie,a in its foliage as well as in its flowers. The ideal plant is well foliaged. the stems being clad with leaves right up to the flowers. Pot Roaat.-A pot roast of beef is cheap and to my notion better than any other sort. The secret of a good pot. roast is to have only enough water in the bottom of the pot to keep the meat from sticking or scorching. and to watch that tho water does not boil away. When done, make a brown gravy and serve with a variety of vegetables like a boiled dinner, only this way they are more digestible. is a danger, but they should never aut- fer for want of water. In potting, take care to give rich soil, so " to induce strong healthy growth, and thus avoid the use of liquid fertilizers later. Not that the judicious use of this form of fertilizer is not good practice but that so few will be judicious. Their motto seems to be tt If a little is good, agood deal must be better," and the plants are killed with kindness. First get the best and purest vine- gar; white wine vinegar is the best. If it cannot be procured, then use pure cider vinegar. Use glass Jars. or else ung1azed earthen jars. Use saucepans lintyl with earthenware or poreelim to boil your vinvgur in, and woo ien btfetsv, and forks m 1110 preparation of your pi kiss. Fill your jar three parts wish this articles to be pickled and then add vinegar up to the neck of the Jar. Piebled Naatutiiums.--h'ill a stone jar or glass with the best cold vinegar; take the see-ls of the nasturtium utter the flower has gone off. They should be full grown. Pic,ic off the stems and put the endu into vinegar. They will keep a year if covered clcaely. They can be prepared with spices and boiling vinegar if preferred. Pickled Onions-Peel small siiver onions and put. them in a pan of boil- ing water. When they look clear, take them out with a strained ladle and place on a dry cloth. When quite dry, put them into a jar and cover with hot spi' trd vinegar, When cold, weight tban down and cover closely. THE SAND FILE. A common saying among the old-Lime mothers when the rising generation is found covered with the remains of a glorious mud-pie feast is: " Never mind, one must eat a peck of dirt in one's lifetime anyhow." This overwhelming desire on the part of the youngsters to mix in the primal elements, of tire, air, earth and water, is the source of much anxiety to or- der-loving mammas, who still desire that the little ones should have health- HOUSEHOLD. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO PICKLI NG HINTS. l v... ., .,. 'tii/wi be afraid they will soil their: clothes. You wrong your child, bor or girl, it you keep it so dressed thatI it is not at liberty to romp and play? in the dirt. The overalls which Bo; many are sensibly putting on the lib, tle boys for their outdoor play are an excellent idea; now dress the little! girls in some way to secure them like freedom, but it you do not do this, let them still be free to enjoy them- selves on mother earth. It is no wonder that children like to play in the sand; is there not a fee- cination in the mobile mass which seems half solid, half liquid? Wouldn‘t you like to be a child for a half day, and spend it at that yellow heap about which the little workers are gathered with a surprising array of utensils! For there will soon be a strange con- glomeration about that sand pile. Old mils and kettles, tin cans and cups, dip- pers and Bpootb'4, will there be gathered together; and if you occasionally miss some household utensil and find it at tho sand heap try to be patient; it probably looked too tempting to be re- ms e . Spare time occasionally to look at and admire the results of the little folks' labors, the houses and caves and wells, and the gardens that have sprung up " if by magic. More than this, a half hour spent with them oc- casionally would add more to their hair. piness than the extra ruffle, or hem- stitched flnunee, and would be far more twatetleia1 to your own health and spirltl. For those mothers who have a hor- ror of genuine dirt, the sand pile pos- sesses the virtue of being compara- tively clean, and although it must be confessed that. posu0ilities for soiling clothes here are not lacking, it is also replete with possibilities for enjoyment and instruction. Have it dumped in some place se- lected not only with an eye to its effect on the landscape. but to the ad- vantage of the childran as well; then turn them loose and see how they will enjoy it, - -- _ . _., xE. t ful exercise. A writer makes a lug- gestion worth considering. She advise: by all means the purchase of a load of clean sand, and it is a splendid idea. RED CLOVER TEA. Gather the clover tops when the plants are in full bloom, spread and dry in the shade, keep in a tin box with a tight cover, or seal closely in a glass fruit jar, keeping the Jar in a paper bag to exclude the light. Steep a large double handful in a quart of water until the strength is extracted, strain, sweeten to taste and drink a little, two or three tablespoonfuls, half an hour before each meal. To make clover syrup, make a stronger decoction by using more of the blos- some to a quart of water, strain as before, add 1-2 lb loaf sugar. When dissolved put in a. pint of molasses, stir, let boil up once and when eool bottle for use. It is excellent in cases of scrotum, erysipelas and eruptions of the skin. It does not appear: that there is any expectation in London that the bu: bonic plague is likely to extend much beyond its present linits. This feeling of security is due to the fact that all proper precautions are being taken. It is true that there are a considerable number of cases, and there is also some extension, yet the disposition to spread in Alexandria does not appear great,, although it might be thought that all the conditions tori such ex- tension are present in that city. It is reported officially to the Colonial ot- fioe, that the bubonic plague, which has been raging in Hung Kong and Maui-i- tius, has extended to the French is- land of Reunion. As to Mauritius, of- ficial return for the week ended on Thursday last shows that 30 cases of plague occurred during the week, and that 29 of these proved fatal. No fresh case of plague has been report, ed at Alexandria tor the last four days. In the earlier part of last week, how- ever, there were it new cases, G deaths and 5 recoveries. The total number of cam upi to the present is 74, of which 32. have been fatal. mule Fear " England That the Macau- Wlll Spread I‘m-allot " estwtertt. In regard to the recently reported danger that the bubonic plague would reach Europe and England in its march to the westward, Surgeon Fairfax Ir- win has written from London, under date of July 24. MARCH OF THE BUBONIC PLAGUE It was reported from Skeefde. in Sweden, that the epidemic of anthrax which recently broke among the cat- He in. West. Gothland, and subsequent- ly also attacked human beings, con- tinues to spread and that 40 parishes are now infected. Owing to the pro- valence of the epidemic the great mil- itary mammuvrms which were to be held in West Gothrutd have been countermanded. ' THE THISTLE. This is the story that, is told of the Scotch thistle and how it came to In, Scotlaad's emblem. Many, many long years ago the Danes went into Scotland to drive tht Scotch people out. In those days it was not Ihosght manly or brave to mp up on an eursmy and fight by night, but the Danes had such a hurt time of it that one night tin-y thuugh: they would do so. To keep them from being heard they took off their foot gear and marched barefooted. The: had are” in this way very close to the sleeping Scorch soldiers, when one of them stepped upon one of the sharp prickly thistles and it hurt him so much that he gave a howl of pain. This woke up the Scots. who seized swords and rushed out to meet the Danes, killing a great many of them and winning the last battle which the Danes had the courage to fight. The Scots at once took the thistle an the emblem of Scotland, and it remains their national "flower" to this day. FEEDING THE SOIL. There is no part of farming more important than the proper care of the soil,'tor it Is the basis from which 111 profit must be derived. A poorly fed, unbalanced, unhealthy soil means poor crops, lean, unprofitable stock and all the train of ills that follow in thettootsteps of failure. There is, to- day, little excuse for a tamer not understanding the principles of ter- tilization and. stimulation through the use of nurtures and chemicals applied to the soil. All that he needs to do is to carefully study the bulletins is- sued from the Government Experi- ment stations, read a few of the beat agricultural papers. and carefully and conscientiously apply the knowledge thus gained. Some of the facts clear- ly established, by practical experience are: that the three essential needs of mum» mu. um phosphoric acid, nitro- are: that the three essential nevus u. moat uoila are phosphoric acid, nitro- gen, and potash. These three ele- ments, when properly combined, form what is known as a complete fertil- izer, the absence of either of which makes uni incomplete and often an un- profitable fertilizer. Nitrogen is the moat extensive of these ingredients, when purchased 'upon the market, but fortunately for tthe farmer it can be secured more cheaply than either of the others by the use of such crops as clover, these crops having the pe- culiarity of absorbing nitrogen from the air, which is thrtse-tourclys tree ni- Hogan. The cheapest form in which to use potash is muriate of potash. sulphate of potash and kanit. Wood ashes, also. contain potash, and are Very good when they can be secured cheaply. Phosphoric acid is derived from acid phtmphorus, or dissohed bone. Stable manure contains alt or these elements in a very available form; it, however, contains an excess of nitrogen, which t l,1':.-:iul't. a ”th gcowth of foliage or wood at the expense ot the grain or fruit. Much better results will usually be secured tram the use of stable manure. if a little phosphoric acid and potash he added. Still differ- ent crops vary considerably; one crop requires an extra amount of one III- gredient, while another crop may re- quire an equal amount of some other er. It is highly important that the farmer not only acquaint himself with these facts, but that. he also curse fully study the composition of the soil as well as the fertilizer. What may perfectly suit the requiremenlsof one field might be absolutely thrown away it applied to a different soil in anoth- er field. There are materials which contain no plant food, bat can be very properly and successfully applied as stimulants. their action upon the soil and crops being purely medicinal and mechanical. Materials in most t50tu- mon use‘for this purpose are limo, salt, and plaster. Lime, applied to heavy land has a tendency to loosen it, if too light it tends to make it compact, it sour, as the result of excessive green manuring, it tends to sweeten the soil. Tho principal use of plaster is to moire more available the potash of the soil, and otherwise perform somewhat the same function as that performed by slacked lime. Plaster in usually more expensive than other forms of lime. All stimulating material should be ap- piled with care, as a continued applica- tion tends to exhaust the soil. Recent experiments have demonstrated an im- mense saving to the farmer who mixes his own fertilizers. In this way. the farmer saves the cost of mixing, the commission of local dealers, the FX- pense of traveling am-nts' and sales- man's profits, and other incidental ox- penses. Furthermore, he knows what kind of fertilizer he is, applying to his land when he mixes it himself. No ex- pensive machinery is required, a shovel and the, barn floor are all that is newt ed. Tho farmer who sul-c-eds today must study these elotetrury princi- ples, he mast practice economy, ho must learn to take him of ihfvim Fy the. smooth handle, he muut above all thinrrs avoid letting the other fellow tpietlthe long end of the lever in the on . THE TURVIP FLY. The. Mark Lane Express sps-aks as follows from' an English standpoint up- on this question: Some advise the use of forcing man- ures, such as nitrate at soda and soot, but it is doubtful whether those have any effect at the time when wanted, unless applied along with the seed The chief objection to appiying nitrare in that way is the great danger that it may be washed oat of the soil before the turnips come up, but much re- gard need not be had to this consid- eration, for the application shouid be very limited in quantity, and if much rain falls and continues long, the tur- nips wit; (some up, even thuugh the mtrute \auishes. Soot is an admir- uhie turnip! manure, and it Ls said that .1 helps in) deter the My, even if suwu huh the seed. If any undressing is applied to force on growth, 500:, is, perhaps. the beat that can be used. but itu,hoald be applied in earl murn- Eng before the dew is off. A very “ind dressing is that known as 'Hobtr.s Mixture,' eorrtirtiup; of (me .ushel of_fresh gas lime, (inc bushel _ ‘unbb‘a Mixture; van.-.':Li.ig of um- ughel of fre.) gas lime, in: buslivt .l‘cih ordinusy lime, six [nruhds sul- ,hur, and Len pounds of wot, well mixed Urgrthur and reduced to a fine i'.)\Vde-r. This should be applied in ear- .y morning while the dew is on the yuung plants, and it may be either llroadca'»:ted or sprinkled down the ilrilln. The quantity named will (in lam acres. A dressing of soot. as " ready stated, is also very useful. but probably it ‘will ultimately be found that the best rtstnedr is a light spa-my- ing with mrnfine by pneumatic ac- tion, by'meana of the Strawsoniser or some similar machine. At the pre- sent time use might be made of the told of thiugq by e mumt above all the ot her fellow the lever in the machinery employed In the charlock amaying asxperirnantrr, and probably with " lent equally good results, HOW TO GET RID OF RATS. Tab . large earthen: Jar nnd so. Int the ground non a building frequvnt. a! by Ink. The top should be not man than In inch or two above m. aux-hoe of the ground. Fill this to within about five inches of the {up with bran. Place boards over it, Lut leave a crnck wide enough for a rat to easily enter. Let this not for amend days and nights, until the rats lime got into the habit of visiting it. Thun tnko out the bran and fill with water to within six inches of the top and on this sprinkle a covering of Man about two inches thick. Cover “ M first, and every rat that has hem m the habit ot visiti.ng the jar will un- hesitatingly jump in, and once in my. in no escape for him. He sinks. mid the floating bran hides him fr in sight ot the next victim. My In“, more filling the jar with bran will leaving it 'fotjfevernl days lielure r- '., inc again with water, suspicion “in be diverted. If than in no noun-Mung place for setting the jar in It.“ ground where it will not be disturu- ed, good results may he sorurmi by placing a board in such a poritir,n that the rut. can etssilr climb into the jar. “at h In“ to Be Illa Aggro-unu- of run. cl" on the Prue“ of “ale“ un- A big insurance man said rewmly in New York, that the Prince of Wules was the heaviest risk of any Patton of the insurance business. and that ttut death would cost England, German, French and American companies mt lean than 8l0,trJ0,000. cent of that insurance." he said. "but "No other.ponon carries At per wepratlvely little of it is tor the benefit of hie family; perhaps not mun than '14.“),030. Some years ago large policies were taken out by 1113 Chap pots, as security for money loaned. It he should ever pny his debug they would of course reverL to him, and might be carried for the hoopla of Ln; family. but his premiums, like the I'reF miam on 111 of the royal fawn.” ot Europe, are very high-much highea than those paid by private iudniduuh for the some amount of inauranve. "It is n curious tact." continued tn. insursnce man. who mend: a go, d dot of his time in England, "that who- 000, or '3,000,000 ot imsuraucas, pull. .pa more than that, has been placed on the life at the Prince of Wales as a speculation by persons who do Lot know him and have never had any to letlons with him whatever. 'llns would not be poesible under the m- surnnce laws of this country. but " in allowed by some of the English (with ponies. Over there any man can so- cune e policy on the lite or u migh- bor, provided he can pernude n" neighbor to submit to u mean ul num- inution or find a company wtsiO in! recently had him examined. lllua when the Prince of Wales undergoes An examination for insurance 10:: of speculators apply to the same cum- pnny for policies on his life, or gel certified copies of the report of the medial examiner end use them ws:lt other companies. it is pure tipecu- lation., Ther pay a high premium, n margin, so to speak, or, to put it .n another way, they book a wugn-l‘ nth the insurance companies that we prince will die before the to ‘1 of their premiums exrerds 'l.e amount of the policy. lhrnlwxe many persons would be (inn: luly benetited if Albert Edward should (lion of suddenly one of those flllt' (14‘. The prince is perfectly aware or _1, a fact. He knows very well “'11:: d- vantages have been taken of his situ- mien, but I do not summsc it lll.xn(‘l any difference with his hd/tus,' Aged xxx-man. with sparse i a strained expi'esxiun, in tlic the fairly good-looking matrol lieved herself. to be. All lb heartening. In fact, she is r bad-looking as the pictures I appear. She has perhaps a l of wearing her hair plumerud the sides. It we wanna to lo she must give her hair e'riJec' tion. Puff it. lwueiy at the t coil in a careless becoming U THE AGE OF STEEL. In I recent address to the [run III. Steel Institute in London, Pratt-v RoborU-Aurtin said that steel [in I' are now rolled more than 300 fret 1 area an (v0 inches thick. and tio use! girder: have been made of HU a size as to "justify the belief wt 7 Benjamin Baker that a bridge I a. netting England nnit Pram-u would h built over the channel in hair m: mill.” knows now to make up propeil picture. She will put on her dress," arrange her hair and tl herself to the photographer. HOW TO f'TAKE" A PICTUIU It in the exceptional Woman known how to make up prupc; ls f Let the matron approach the can» with the lame confidence as h daughter; let her be an anxious. .1 pretty results; let buggy 33' In * mirror until she dead!” on LP: .I‘ tude, then let her defy tna ph W51"! er with the let ideal and she " take a picture which will (airbus? h, self and her family. The proofs are seldom up to her er mutations. She Bees a prexm.u:vly- 0011 In " Cinemas becomine- the buek. lf “ramble, haw Luken in evening dress. Mn Rug more becoming Lu a “W wavy lines are desirable m Plaiuuegsn will never give a 1 feet. The domwlic Woman ts' member thus, and not be an Lemming grueedut lines A but is more balh full or half length, n is not sure of her abil graceful pun. 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