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a) ague 1 uk In the a Sire®t The detective was s ed round rather euller al reputation was a h his mistake acutely. "What hotel doce Ix isked of the servant. Meanwhile. the police of the Mansionsg were gathering information from the eerâ€" vants and other perso~e, and very «oon the faet of Decima‘s visit on the previous evening e~me out Pobby was amazed a~d horrified. "Yes, ahe is my sister." he sarid. "Sbe must have come to see me, ~a Jane e>ys. She could not have come to meet Lord Gaunt," for the inepector had ventured to eugge«t this. "Where should we be like‘y to find Miss Deane?" he asked, significantly. _ The Southampton te‘egram arrived erâ€" netly one bour after the "Pevensey Ca#s tle" had sailed. k (Wie us mW in * tinent. The detective thought he saw the move in an instant. "Thanks," he eaid; ard jumped into his cab and was driven to Charing Crces. There he wired a description of Lord (G=~unt to the police at Southampton rd Dover. and instructed them to etop him. A continental train happened to be dve, and the detective, pretty well acswred that he wos on the trick of the fug‘tive, went down to Dover by it. ids Wi k a un : corridor." he was here, then? e rodded spasmodic Yee: I let him in " D a lot eaid Charing Crow Btation," en‘d e. "I happened to hear him." detective‘s face cleared Of course, would leave his ‘ug=age to go by ipe vessel, and m:ke for the Conâ€" Smell itâ€"just once! Get one whiff of its real violet fragrance, and you will join the thousands who have found that this câ€"stal clear soap gives to the toilet and bath a deâ€" light no other soap can. s ‘There are imitations, but you won‘t find the real perfume of violets unless you get Jergens. If your druggist hasn‘t it, send a 2¢ stamp for :kcncto-u sam= ple cake. _ Address the Andrew Jerg T cflo* . EHUeEC + Smell it! 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He left without it hink that his Jords®i Or, A Struggle For a Heart would rot have be ebut himaelf up in be siopped by cable high one, and he fe t 1 Yard officials drew staggered, and look Lord Gaunt‘s," she illy e of the Mansiong ation from the gerâ€" ~a«, and very «oon @it on the previous The meoment you see it, you awill want it/ rd Gaunt last?" he 1â€"he passed me rd Gaunt‘s wif> ribed her as Mr swift‘y upon Mor 1 Gaunt use?" he U 1 on a chary & e asked, sternly oT BLd rrY â€"just once! d steadied himâ€" â€" Eobby, in hurried and agitated mecents rir. told her all that he knew. # it back!" be "It ie dreadful to think. to eug=est ie~tleman, my that Decima is mivxed up in this!" he said i him, toc lerly gentie b eadied himâ€" . Bobby told her ta n he aaid. ship only time," he the poor Tho==e, "but you can rot learn anything from : ‘‘They her. She is quite unconscious. Here is r. They the doctor." re lo@t She heard his step coming down the staire, and called him in. rowhot ly at M He In ut in p "In the roowe where this peor lady ho« been found?" she ssid. Yee, I know that she went to your rooms; the wovran in charge of the house told me eo. But" SF6 stonped, etruck silent by the expression of Zobby‘s face. "Tell we all you know," sh: ‘B:Aid. grave‘y and crimly. . gravely. "She is very ill with brain fever." Bobby uttered an exclomation. "I must see hor. Lady Pouline; I must! They sayâ€"it is said that she was at my reoms lest night, andâ€"andâ€"" Lody Pauline‘s strength of mind came to her a‘ld. him "Dear Thorpe,â€"I feel very seedy, and shall run over to the Continent for a change: may stoay some t‘me I was @orrv to hear that Mre Dalton had a brd herdâ€" ache when I ea‘led to say goodâ€"bve. I m atarting in half an hour. I packed +t~is morning. _Alwaye do things suddenly, dAon‘t T? Remember me to Deane and all the rest. 9 e ieloa e ak ¢ Thorpe mosred in a maysdlin way. "Poor old Trevor! He will be pwfnllv eut up when he heara ofâ€"of it. He wre vory ford of her. Doane My nsor Lourn * He drew the hanrd which held the tumâ€" "Mies Deane is ill, very ill," he said, quietly. "She may remain unconsciove for some time, possib‘y for days. You may «ee her, yes; you can do no harm." Bobby went up, and gazed at the white face with the etaring eyes, then he came Cown again and looked help.cesly round nantly, The inspector raieed his eyebrows. ‘‘Well, she was here, you ece; and any one present in these rooms last night They went to Coard‘gan Terracs, »nd Pobhy laoked round the t: milisr reom with a shudder: he could almost sâ€"e the sma‘, eran‘sitely dreseed figure sitting at the There was a letter on the mantel ahelf ard Morgan Thorne took it un and opered the envalope with chaking fingers. B=t he wre incspoN‘e of reading it, and he he!4 it out to Bobbv. "Rend !t, Deane." he eaid; ard he made for the liquor stard on the «ideâ€"board. "It is from Trevor," said Bobby; and â€""It is from Trevo he read the note al« B Mr "Bhe can not ";;meifv" _know _ .;;l’.‘l’.l‘i;l‘.s about it. Oh, let me sse her!" ”"‘Y_on may see her.‘ said Lody Pauline Bobby shook his h id bewildered. "Bhe may be with e Lasceles, or she ctive. "Lady Paullne will let us krow hen Mies Deane is well enough to be sked any questions."* They returned to Prince‘s Mansions, and i¢ detective made his report to the inâ€" ector _ He nodded gravely, and drew urdâ€"to l TY C . Deaneâ€"mind, I don hat we do not emspe: Buspect!" _ exclaimed he i Om a We may as well go, sir me that hat y acide. ‘ «s Deane will rd Ganurt!‘ said Bobby, . ie incapable of it!" 3 inspector ehrugged his s at‘s what one so often th "However. we «ball soon should thirk." had removed the body, but Mor rpe hod «iil lingered. The shock he brardy be had consnmedâ€"had 11 y as well go, sir." said the deâ€" Lady Paullne will let us krow s Deane is well enough to be is here,‘ said Lady Paulise, she ie very ill with brain t in these urder suep ty Pa e overtaken him think." "Yours, Ralph Trevor." head. He was cosufus:d undr ulinle's dded. be an important witâ€" may as well tell you, I don‘t sveak oficial y uspect M‘se Deane." hinkâ€"you don‘t dars ?" be began; and the her aunt. Lady Paul ud Ji Bobby, chokingly Three cakes for asc. Gete quar» ter‘s worlk. think. to eugzest, ) in this!" he said krow anything y have gore ba stand. 1 will l0on go round with net Lord Gaunt Bobby, indig oulders by this he ‘ive; but that it will be come time before she will be able to tell us anything. Is there any later news?" Pobby produced the paper. "Yea: I have read it I knowâ€"or, raâ€" ther, I know ofâ€"Lord‘*Caunt. I am not eurpriced to hear that be is marrmled; noâ€" thing I could he>r of him would surprire me; but I do not think that he is gailty." "He is rotâ€"he is not!" caid Bobby, Lody Pau‘line rogarded him coldly. "Ard you knew this unfortunate woâ€" man?" she eaid. Pobby hung his head. "I will not revrosch you; but if I may Washerwomanâ€"Yes, mum; but when a thing is torn in two or more pieces, mum, I only charge for them as one picce, mum. ler of brandy and soda across his eyer I can‘t reslize it yet. What a loss for ze! Sho was soâ€"so clever. I shall never ~et on without hor. Bo Trevor‘s gone! It seems as if everybody had gone. You‘ll ctand by me, Deane? Youâ€"you may be:r all sorts of things about me, but yofâ€" you won‘t beliove them, Deane? I always had a liking for you, my dear boy, alâ€" wayeâ€"" On his way to Lady Pouline‘s. he boutht the escond edition of an evening paperâ€" no evening paper ever owns to a first editionâ€"and, while he wa‘ted in the drawâ€" ingâ€"room, read the account. "The T redy at Prince‘s Margore!" it wese headâ€" ed, and there were "scareâ€"lines" at intorâ€" vals of the report. _ es 4) "My niece is very ill, Mr. Mershon," whe eaid, as she motlioned him to a chair. "Very ill indeed. But you haye no doubt been informed?" "Is she too ill to see me?" he hroke in. "Much too ill," replied Lady Pauline; "andâ€"I think it best to be quite eandid, Mr. Mershonâ€"even if she were . well enough, I do not think the interview would be desirable.". * & a Te "Not desirable?" he repeated,> staring at her. "Whyâ€"why, she‘s engaged to me!" "She wae, «o ehe has informed me," said Lady Pauline. _ __ _ His beart sunk se he read the smooth and yet graphic statement. The murdored woman wr6, as it set forth, the wife of Lord Gaurt. Here folâ€" lowed all his names and titles. He h: d married her with a eupprorsion of h.s rank, and had very scom after the coreâ€" mony. which had tsken place in Switz>râ€" land, «eparated from her, going on t:e travels which had mads him, with a cerâ€" tain cection of the public, famous. Te decersod lady had gone to his roomsâ€" whether by appoirtment or not, the reâ€" nort could not e2yâ€"and it was proved by the etatemert of the e>rvants that she had met Lord Gaurt in these rooms. Lord CGaunt had been ecen to leave them withâ€" out his overcoat; and the murdered woâ€" man had been found ‘ying on the couch covered by this same overcoat. The a~nâ€" tique darwer with which the deed had been committed had been found lvi~g rear the body. Lord Gaunt had disapâ€" peared f C ez This, in briefâ€"the account took a full noge of the paper, for it was the dull geaâ€" son, ard a murderâ€"and euch a murder!â€"â€" wese an editorial godsandâ€"was the eubâ€" staree of the account. h Well might Bobby‘s heart eing as hbe "Decima ie still unconscione," che caidl She woe calm and selfnessseced, with t‘« calmnese and solfâ€"possees‘on of Chrieti; r fortitude. ‘The doctor says she may â€"m?y As he left the houee, the special efitions of the evening prpers wore bein@ how‘led through the street, and the rauccue yoices of the newspaper boys were shouting: ‘‘Orrible murder! Tragedy ‘a ‘igh life!" All Eng‘and was ring‘~g with the newe of the murder, and the consterration and excitement in Loamehire, and round about Leafmore eanecially, were intense Crowds gathered round the gates of L°atâ€" more and etored up the avenveâ€"Herven alone knows whyâ€"as if they expected to draw «omethine of the grim tragedy from a ~limpee of the houee. _ hy ot "All right," aaid Merehon, grim‘y. anrd with a shrug of hi« shon‘ders. "To t ll you the truth, I don‘t very much care whether he is or whether he ien‘t. Of covrea I hope he isn‘t. What I‘m thinking about is Decimaâ€"Misa Deane. What I woant to know is, why did she bolt up to town, and why did she go round to his rooma?" ‘"Misa Deane wert to see her brother, I imagine," esid Pricht. ‘"She could not know that Lord Gaunt would be there that he wea in Lordon. one of usâ€"not even Iâ€"have known anything of his moveâ€" ments. It is terrible that Mss Deane‘s name should appear in the affair." "I think so," said Mershon moodily. "It‘s jolly hard on me, I know." "I am going round to Mr. Deane to te‘l him," eaid Bright. "Will you come with me? I sha‘l go straight from there to London, of course. Lord Gaunt will want me:; and if hbe did notâ€"" "Ill @o with vou," ra‘id Mershon. He mccompanied Bright, and ordered i};e carriage to follow them to The Woodâ€" ne#. They found Mr Deans in the laboratory. and broke the news. He was startled, but by no means overwhe‘med, though d‘eâ€" treased in a confused and bewildered way at the fact that Decima was concerned in the matter, and was ill. "I am thankful abe is with Lady Paclâ€" ine," he said. "Itâ€"it would be of little use my going up to her." He glunoo(‘ wietfu ly at the ridiculous model he was at work upon. ‘"No, no," said Mershon, cntwinfi‘ at his cigar. ‘"I‘m going; you‘d better leave it to me. The old fool doesn‘t realize it." he said to Bright as they pamsed out "He doesn‘t see that thia will bring a lot of scandal upon my head." _ _ _ _ _ _ The following morning, while Bright was going to and from the Mansions and Scotland Yard, trying to master the deâ€" tails, Mershon presented himself at Lady Pauline‘s. Wer frst thought, as she looked at him, was: "How does it )upgon thit Decima â€"my Decimaâ€"ls engaged to this man?" For Mr. Mershon, pa‘o. and sullen with anxiety and reséntment at the state of thinge, was not preposseseing; and Loady Pauline‘s cold and stately manner of reâ€" ceiving him did not tend to put him at h‘s "Better _ rot drink any more," said Bobâ€" b=: but Thorpe shock his head. ‘"‘Then who did it?" demanded Thor~e, with a hiccough. "Tell me‘that. Isn‘t the svierce against him as strong as it can be Pobby hung his head. "I will not revrorch you; but if I may sav a word in seasonâ€"" "There‘s no need." said Pobby; "I‘m punished brd enrough as it is. All my thoughts are of Decima To think that she is mixed un in this!" f # "Plosse write and tell him that I wish to eee him," eaid Ladv Pan‘line. "Yor would like to «ce her? She will not know woun: she is quite unco~scious." Pobby went up to Dâ€"cima‘s room and I!!."Zt‘d at her piteously as he had done be ore. "Always thought there was comethine queer about Lord Gaunt," he eaid. ‘"‘Yes; he‘s just the man to stab his wife if he didv‘t like her. I beg veur nardon"â€"for Pright had reddened, and evcl>imed, inâ€" di@npn‘ly _ "Of course you think he is inâ€" nocent ?" â€""Was!" echoed Mershon. "What do you mean? I don‘t understand." (To hbe continued.) Lady of the Houseâ€"Half the things you wash are torn to pieces. Well might Bobby‘s heart eing as hbe read it. His own name, andâ€"2las! and alse!â€"Decima‘s occurred eeveral times. Ne stifed a groan and crammed the paâ€" rer d!nto his pocket as Lady Pauline enâ€" tered. Well might read it. Mis alse!â€"Decima He stiffled a Bobby had wired to Bright, ard he hrd dashed off with the news to Merchon, to be= him to help break it to Mr. Deone. Mershon was startled, but more ind‘gâ€" nant at Decima‘s conncction with the af fair than horrifed at the tragedy itself. _"How could I think otherwise?" said Bricht. warmly. ‘"Lord Gaunt is not gulltyct®"® 0 onl n Cw 10 l0 CA £ "It‘s the only thirg that will keep me up. To think that Laurs‘s dead, batchorâ€" vd. and by that beas> Gzunt. I alwa e rated him. A etuckâ€"up, eneering beast! {es, I always hoted him, and eo did she. \v "And they were married?" said Bobby, 'vilrh a sharp pang of reworee for his own .ol.y. C t! He shall hang for it!" Pobby shuddered. "I don‘t believe he did it; I can‘t!" he aid. "I know Gaunt. As I‘ve said ssore f times, he ien‘t capable of it It‘s just hat. Buch things sre impossible to some :en, ardâ€"ond murder is impoesible to Tâ€"orpe nodded "Yes; don‘t be ‘pt it from yo cret, not mire ie is mixed up in this Lody Pruline inclined "Who is Mr. Mershon? Pobby started. "Mr. Mershon? He is engaged to," he eaid poor Loura! No Extra Charge. bear any malice becaues I you, dear boy. It wae her re, and che was seneitive a! But he shall hang for y her head grave‘y ‘ she asked. the man Deciwma It was evident that the usual moderate wind of Germanyâ€"ten to twentyâ€"five feet per secorndâ€"may Protection is to be sought by variâ€" ous kirds of wind shields, such as walls and hedges, and especially by planting forests on neighboring hills. + Under a wi~d of thirtyâ€"three feet ner second, the ground lost three or four times as much water as on proâ€" tec‘ed land. On ground sufficiently moist, stron« sprouts were but little affected, but on some soils the growth with no wind was three times as great as with a wind of thirtyâ€"three feet per second. lesser the yield of exposed land more than half. Experiments of Prof. RBernbeck Show Interesting Facts. A rather surprising degree of inâ€" fluence of the wind upon p‘ant growth and crops has been shown by the experiments of Dr. Oscar Bernbeck, a German professor of agriculture. _ Bevere gales tended to produce deformity, giving a twisted and knottvy shape to twigs. ind ordinary winds diminished the ~nergy of growth of sprout: through the increaso of transpiraâ€" tions and alteration of circulatory sonditions, and had a drying effect that in some cases caused serious injury to both soil and plants. He lived in college. His allow ance of money was a shilling » woeek. His breakfast was a piec of bread and a pot of beer at dawn His dinner was eaten at ten in the morning. He was given one suit of clothes yearly. Three times a year each student was required secret!i~ to tell the masters of the misbehavâ€" ior of his fellows, who then received "competent castigation." The rules of the university proâ€" hibited visits to taverns or spectaâ€" cles,""‘ the kseping of dogs, th« playing of chess and other "noxiou: and illicit sports, shooting with ar rows or other missiles, dancing. running, wrestling, or other in cautious and inordinate â€" amuse ments." The only recreation permitted was the assombling round the fire on winter nichts to _ indulge in "cinging or the rerdir® of poems® and chroniâ€"les of the realm and of the worders of the world." The college was summoned to dinner by two poor scholars, who ran round the quadrangles shoutâ€" in# in bad Latin and French: "‘Tempus est vocadi a mangser, 0 seicneurs|‘ The "seigneurs‘‘ were obligcd to eat in absolute silence. She is now on this side of the Atlantic lecturing on her famous method of school teaching. Student Life of Fifteenth Century Had Many Odd Sides. The â€" undergraduate at Oxford University in 1413 in order to ob tain his B.A. degree studied th: high logic of Porphyry and Boeth ius, something of Aristotle anc anough of arithmetic to enable him to fiad muster, ‘says a writer i: Harper‘s Weekly. Three year more were usually spent in study ing geometry, astronomy and as tro‘ng)’. Wasps are at all times particularâ€" ly fond of honey. Toward the end of the summer, as all beekeepers know, they will force their way into beehives and carry off by force as much as they can gorge of their winged neighbors‘ honey. _ _ _ The drones of the wasp world, inâ€" stead of being idle and luxurious, are sober, industrious and wellâ€" behaved members of the communâ€" ity. They clean the streets of their town with exemplary diligence, actâ€" ing as public scavengers or sanitary officers. And they have their reâ€" ward, for, unlike the bee drones, they live their allotted life in peace and quictness until wintar involves both them and their maiden sisters in one common cataclysm of death and destruction. Division of Labor Clearly Seen In Their Operations. It is declared by those who have made a careful study of the habits of wasps that theso insects are fulâ€" ly as industrious as ants or .bees. Division of labor is clearly seen in the wasps‘ nest. Bome of the workers, states a writer in The New York Press, seem to be specially employed as foragers and soldiers ; others appear to be told off as nurses and guardians, while yet others are engaged as paperhangâ€" ers and masons. Do not spend half your time in the making of promises unless you want o give up the other half to the making of excus@s. WINDS AND PLANT GROWTH. EARLIER DAYS AT OXFORD. wASPS ARE THRIFTY. Dr. Maria Montessori. J ARCHIVES TORONTO Date Pudding.â€"One pound seedâ€" ed dates, one cup Evglish walnuts, four tablespoons flour, one teaâ€" spoon baking powder, one cup light brown sugar, two eags, well beatâ€" en. Butter a bake dish and set that dish into another d‘sh of boiling water and bake twentyâ€"five minuâ€" tes. When cooling pour over it one cup of sweet cresm. Mock Baked Chicken.â€"Take one and oneâ€"half pounds of small pork chops. Then make a dressing . of one pint bread crumbs, ons ega, oneâ€"half cup of milk, one tablespoon of onion chopped fine, sage, salt and pepper to tast=. Between two chops place a thick layer of dressâ€" ing, tying the two chops together with string. Put into a baking pan with a little water, cover and bake one and oneâ€"half hours, basting freâ€" quentlvy. Serve with gravy made from juices. Favorite Recipes. Muffins.â€"Sift together two cups of flour, four level teaspoons cf baking powder, oneâ€"half teaspoon salt, two tablespoons sugar. Add one and oneâ€"fourth cups mi‘lk and one beaten egg, and lastly two taâ€" blespoons of melted butter. Bake in greased gem pans twentyâ€"fve minutes. One Egg. Custard. â€" Heat two cups milk. Take two tablespoons sifted flour and four tablespoons sugar, mixing well togother. Add this gradually to the milk, stirring well over slow fire. Add the we‘ll beaten yolk of an egg with flavoring to svit, still stirring until the mixâ€" ture is reasonably thick. Out of the white of the egg make a msrineue, adding a pinch of baking powder. Cover the custard with this. | Crstard Corn Bread.â€"One quart boiling milk, one scant vint corn meal. Stir meal into milk as for mush, add one teasnoonful of butâ€" ter or lard, one tablesnoonful of sugar. When cool add two we!lâ€" beaten eggs and three teasnoonf=]s of baking powder, one teasnoonf~1| of salt. Pake in the dish in which it is served. l Egz en Robe de Chamhre.â€"Peel six uniform potatoes. Beke in the oven. When done cut a plece from the side of each potrato and remove the contents, leaving a firm she‘ll. Beat well and add one tableemnnonâ€" ful of melted butter. salt as wished. and suvfficient heseted cream to moake a flufl. Press throush a vegetable leve, lightlv fill prtatoes, mske a cavity in each notato and dron in an eag. Dust with salt and penner, replace the round cut from potato, set the potatoes in a bakin~ pan, nut them in the oven a few minutes Date Mnffins.â€"â€"Oneâ€"third un butâ€" ter, oneâ€"fourth cup sr@ar, one e=, threeâ€"fourths cun m‘lk. two cups na«try flour. three level teasunons baking powder. oneâ€"half teasnoon calt, scant oneâ€"balf nound dates. Cream the butter anrd add suger and eg@. beaten light. Sift toâ€" @ether three times. fAovr, baking nowder and salt. Add these to the first mixture, _ altarnately _ with milk; beat thorouchly ard add the Adntes, stoned and out in pisces, Pake in hot, wellâ€"buttered muffin nans. Baked _ Creamed Chiâ€"ken, â€" Fnougch for fifteen _ peovleâ€"Opne chicken weighing four and oneâ€"ha‘f nounds or two weighing three nounds each ; four sweethreads. one can mushrooms. Peil the chicken and sweetbreads until tender, and when cold cut un as for salad. In a saucenan nut one ~uart of »ream, in another four tablesnoonfuls of hntter and five leve! tablesnoonfnls of flanur: stir the latter until me‘tâ€" ed. then novur over the hot cream, ctirring@ until it thickens. Add one med‘umâ€"sized grated onion, season with nenner and »a few ~dashes of cavenne. Mix chi‘cken,. sweetâ€" breads and mushrooms and cream sanuce and put in bekin« dish with ecrumbs on top and bake twenty minrtes, Pickle Salad.â€"(Oneâ€"ovarter â€"reâ€" cine, amnle for family of five)}.. Ore box gelatin. soak oneâ€"ha‘f hour in one vnint of cold water; two enns brown suger, one cun vinesar. five cents‘ worth of »loves (whole)}. BRa‘l water, sucar. vinesar and eloves toosther until svrn» hairs. Stir and add to gelatin with one avart of eo‘ld water. When nractically »old add oane nint of sweet pickles (small} sliced thin, ard one cup of chornned Enelish we‘nuts. Pour in mold to eaol. «serve in cubes. Deliâ€" clons with chicken, Angel Partait.â€"Place over the fire oneâ€"helf evn eash of water and svugar: stir until the sugcar disâ€" solves. then boil withont stirring vntil i+ hairs. Meanwh‘le, beat unâ€" til stiff and drv the whites of three eaegs, and add to them slowly the hot svrun. after it has been taken from the fire for about ha‘f a minâ€" ute. Peat well and Aavor as desivâ€" ed. When cold «tir in gently a pint of cream well whinned and drained. Put inte a mold ard mnaâ€"k at once in isce and salt for about four hours. (Half quantity ample.) If convenient. the waffle batter may be mede the evening before it is used. The wafflies will be lighter and more easily digested. Those who are prone to nevralgia and rheumatism will find relief by adding a little oil of turpentine to a warm or hot bath. If something you are cook‘ng hanvens to scorch. set the kettle in cold water immediately, and there will be uo scorched taste. For winine oiled fieors use an oilâ€" ed cloth made by wringing avduster out of kerosene and hanging it outâ€" doors till vperfectly dry. til ego ie set in gr Tarts that will vlease the chi‘dâ€" ren can be made in gem tins. The| tarts should be filled withâ€"strawâ€"‘ berry jam and covered with crossâ€" bars. l In making gored dresses for Ilitâ€" tle girls. stitch a long strin of selâ€" ~age material down the Khias skirt Useful Hints. Every housewife should. have one day in the week for which nothing Spots on carpet$ and rugs in most instances may be removed by sponging with oxgall or with amâ€" monia and water. in the first glace taking care to rinse thorough‘y. It is a good idea to wipe carpet all over with a cloth wrung out of water to which ammonia has been added. (Two teaspoonfuls to a galâ€" lon of water.) . B ze is planned. That day can be deâ€" voted to odds and ends of things which have no name. If a carpet covers the whole floor, sprinkle pieces of damp paper round the sides of the room, then sweep with a carpet broom. The paper will gather the dust close to the edge of the mop board. ° Priwitive Methods of Cutting and Storing the Frozon Harvest. The methods used to secure the ice harvest in Norway are very primitive, To begin with, the ice lake is cut up by means of a small plow drawn by a pony. Two lovg cuts, with a space of 26 inches beâ€" tween them, are made along the lake, and then men armed _ with huge saws cut the strip of ice thus separated into blocks, each 26 inchâ€" es savare, says the Wide World Magazine. The next step is to take the blocks of ice to the storehouses, at which the ice ships can call. The firs‘ stage of the journey is s#imple enough. The ice harvesters have already cut a channel in the lake. Cou‘d anything be ‘ea‘:inr than pushing the blocks of ic« along the chaazsel so m=de!? This argues, of course, that some of the blocks are first removed from one end of the channel. They are taken to the head of a slipway, â€"from _ which point they are in position for the final journey overland. These slipways> remind one irreâ€" sistibly of, the modern switchback railways. The ice blocks are alâ€" lowed to slide along a set of very rough and ready woodn lines hemâ€" med in with wooden railings, so that the ice blocks shall not slip away and be lost. Bome of these slipways have to be carried round corners, ard in order to minimire the risk of blocks running off the line, a series of very primitive brakes has been devised. At one point a long plank will be suspendâ€" ed over the track in such a way that its centre, bending by its own we‘ight, nearly touches the rail. The ice block passes unrder the plank, and its speed is checked considerâ€" ably when it reaches the centre of the plank, but it is not stopped enâ€" tirelyv, ard it goes on its journey at a much slower speed. In spite of the use of these brakes, however, the erd of the journey is generally reached very quickly, and means have to be devised for stopping the blocks at convenient places. One plan is to put some inclined planks at the end of the slipway, and a rough and ready kind of "buffer." made of a trink of a tree, at the top of the planks,. The ise blocks come rushi~g down the slipway and vp the planks. A man standing at this point prevents the blocks from slipping back on the line and thus gtting in the way of the oncoming train. He then guides the ice blocks to a place of safety, from which they are passed on to the storehouse by the mere act of pushâ€" ing them there. Two Irish farmers who had not seen each other for a long t‘me met at a fair. They had a lot of thin=s to tell each other. ‘"Bhure, it‘s married Oi am,‘" eaid Murphy. "You don‘t tell me so,." said Moâ€" ran. ‘‘Faix, ves," replied Murphy, "an‘ Oi‘ve got a foine healthy bhoy which the neighbors say is the very picture of me."" Moran looked for a moment at Murphy, who was not, to say the least, remarkable for his good looks,. and then said :â€"‘"Och, well, phawt‘s the harrum so long as the choild‘s healthy !" ‘‘Nora, me darlin‘, will vez marry me whin I come back from Ireâ€" land ?" "It‘s meself that‘s not prepared to give me answer now., bat TX have it ready when you‘re comin‘ back. Mike." P "Well but jest darlin‘â€" NXOoRWwWAY 10E CROP. that‘s not quite =o tell me th‘ one thing will it be vis or no‘ Just One Point. Met at a Fair. f years, dressed in a ragged wa‘stâ€" coat and short breeches, without stockings or shoes, rapped one evening at the door of a humble cottage in Northern England, asd asked to see the village schoolmasâ€" ter. When that persoa appeared the boy said, very modestly, "I would like to attend your eveniay school, gir." ‘"And what do you wish to study ?"‘ asked the teacher, roughâ€" ly. "I want to learn to read and write, sir,"‘ answered the lad. An Awkward Boy of 100 Years Ago Who Became a Great Inventor. The schoolmaster glanced at the boy‘s homely face and roughclothes scornfully, and said: ‘‘Very well, you may attend, but an awkward, bareâ€"legged laddie like you would better be doing someth‘ng else than learning his letters." Then he closed the door in the lad‘s face. This boy was the son of the fireâ€" man of a pumping engine in a Northumberland coal mine a~d was born 132 years agoâ€"on J. is 9, 1781, to be exact. His birthp ~ e was a hovel, with a clay floor, m 4 walls and bare rafters. When \» was five years old he began to wo~k for his living by herding cows in cas dayâ€"time and barring up the gates More than 100 years ago a stout, frecklefaced, awkward boy of i8 ai night,. As he set to picking sto and after that t which drew coal went half4ed an« When he calle engine, A thing of 1 studied i Not discouraged by the advice given him by the schoolmaster, he made application and attended the evening school. At the end »f about two years he had learned all th‘s school could ‘teach him. He «o=â€" ceived the plan of constructing a steam engine,. It took him a !~1@ time, but at the age of 40 ho h~d made several engines, and y known as a successf.] and energe engineer, and was called upur\ build long and dificult lines given h made a evening two vea But his locomotives were + ~ slow : he wanted them to run fas ©> He Froposed to build one th : would run at the rate of 12 miles a . hour! Everybody laughed at n»‘»m Bome thought he was crazy. 0e gentleman, who considered hims>/l very wise, said to him :; ‘"Buppose you invent an engine capable of running nine or ten miles an hour, and suppose, while it is runn‘ng, a cow should stray upon the track, Will not that be a very awkward circumstance ! complete . He was a make any bunud long railroad. "I should think it awkwardâ€"for the ¢ swered. He was invited as a consulting engineer to foreign countries and wealth flowed upon him. Philoseâ€" Rhers sought his friendship and h‘s ing offered him knighthood, but he preferred to remain plain George Btephenson. That is the name of this awkward laddie, who became the inventor of the locomoâ€" tive. Well, he succeeded in mak‘ng his locomotive, and at the trial which took place near Liverpool it attainâ€" ed to the unprecedented specd of 14 miles an hour! By making cerâ€" tain improvements this same enâ€" gine, the Rocket, was made to go at a speed of 30 miles an hour, Peoâ€" ple laughed no longer, but ad nfrgd. Mr. Fuss (furiously)~It‘s mighty strange you can‘t look after things a little better! Here I want to shave, and there isn‘t a drop of hot water here. Mrs. Fuss (icily)â€"It is strange! Why, that is one of the things I‘ve never been out of since I married you ! Bonâ€"Dad, when you Iut a hen on eggs to hatch them, do you sa she is "sitting‘‘ or "setting‘" 1 X hen can‘t really sit, can she! . Dadâ€"Don‘t bother about litt‘e things like that. What concerns me most is to know when she cackâ€" les whether she has laid or lied‘ Lies trave] fast and so keep from getting nalled. N flw l 1 SC halffed and halfâ€"clott en he called at the he was plugman of a ; e, and, though he kn of reading or writing, d the exsgine until he etec knowledge of the n as able to take it apa any ordinary repairs. discourarcd by the it Always In It. rd 1 would be an