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Our Short Story
Our Short Story TWO COTTSIXS Flora Darcy was a .-iiop girl. One day her rich aum oncl cousin encountered h-:r behind tha counter. "Deaii* me. Clora," faltered the elder lady, baif angry, halt' confused, "this is very tOm- bariassing to —— ".un hush, maaca," -aid Miss Clara Dairy in not very filial strain. "Of course, we aren't obliged to re-cognise any relationship vith this—this young woman. Let us go." And they went. Flora Dtaroy had a hard day of it, and it was not until they were doling up tor tha night that she bad an opportunity to clear the htapcd-up counter which was Iht special charge. A pasteboard box cover lay cn the H' or partly under the counter, and, as Flora stooped to pick it up. something' flittered be- aeatli it-a pocket-bo: k. "oomo lady has left it on the counter, and k has sfot brushed off with the trimniiftg-s" waj the girl's first thought 113 she opened it. "And it is full of bank notes, too. I never saw so much money at one time in all my life before." At the same instant a perfumed car:! drops from th$iiuier ccii>partaier;.t. —a card engraved "And it's MI of bank-ncttfs, too," I in fashionable characters, "Mrs. Devereaux Darcy." Tttc blood instinctively rushed into Flora's ptile and wearied cheek. "It is Aunt Juliet'^ purse—and the m3ney 19 hen-no. oun! Did uot lier husband meanly deprive my mother of her poor little fortur e? Does he not live in luxury, while we axe starving ? But it is not mine. I will take it to Aunt Darcy at once." She turned resolutely to the aristocratic quarter of the city in which dwelt Mrs. Deve- reaux Darcy. It was a long walk, but Flora scarcely headed if, so eager was she. to rid herself of the tiny burden that was momen- tarily growing heavier in heart and hand. "Mrs. Daroy was at dinner. She could lie, no one," was the answer Flora received when she requested a brief interview with her aunt, nor was she biitid to the footman's insolent and supercilious stare as he delivered hi-s stereo- typed answer. 0'1 will give her this parcel, if you please," she said, a little annoyed. "ye- miss, I'll give it to her," was t.h9 reply, as the footman yawned visiibly and shut the door after her, while Flora, infinitely re- lieved, tripped away with a heart many degrees lighter than it had been. "I shall scon be at home. now." thought Flora. "I hojpe mamma is not alarmed at my unusual delay." Alas! how little did she anticipate how many long days and weeks would elapse before she ifhould "'be at home" again. Miss Clara Darcy had sat a whole hour in full dress, white kid gloves, silver bouquet holder and all, and was beginning to wax im- patient, when at length Dr. Philipson was Announced—a frank, handsome, young man, with thoughtful grey eyes and a form ereot as that of Hyperion. You must excuse my delay, Miss Da,rcy. Professional men are not always masters oi their own time, and I was detained by a. street accident—a broken arm." "Ah, indeed!" "Yes; a pretty little shop girl, I should judge, sent to the hospital. And, by the way, it's a. curious coincidence, but her name is Darcy," "aarev l." echoed Clara. "Yes, Flora. Darcy. "How strafe! I thought," added1 Clara with glib readiness, "that we were the only hunily of that name in the city. Papa-ahem -has no relatives living." » • » The glow of sunshine quivered fitfully on the door of the convalescent ward a* Dr. Phillipson's footsteps rung, nervous and in- spiriting, upon its threshold. Many at hfart leaped! up at 'the flimiiLar sound, but raost of all the heart of poor Flora Darcy, who was sitting up for the first time since the long fevor that had followed on the pain and inflammation of her broken arm. All the morning she had been thinking of Dr. Phillipson, but scarcely more than Dr. Phillipson had been thinking of her. What should he do with this fair fragile convalescent, who was just emerging from the valley of the shadow of death? She had told him much of her history. The rest had been unconsciously revealed in the incoherent ravings. Had Clara. Darcy known this she could, perhaps, have understood the sudden and unacoountable cessation of Dr. Dr. Philipson smiled. I Phillipaou'-i visit and attentions. As it was, she was involved in a curious medley of con- jectureo and bewilderment, not unmingled with the acutest mortification. Dr. Phillipson came to Flora last in his round of visit*. "Weil," he s-artd cheerily, "you are really flitting up. This looks encoiAaging. She. smiled faintly. "We shall discharge you in a day or two now. What am I to understand by your sober little faceV" "I have lost my situation. My mother has tether little all. I am not yet strong enough to work—&nd —I cannot beg." "You have r(-Iatioiia-tjie Devereaux Darcys. Why not go to them' I "I would die first," she said with energy. Dr. Phillipson smiled. "Flora," he said gently, in a voice go low that it was audible to her ears alone—but no natter wha.t he said. "Mamma," shrieked Clara Darcy one morn- ing not long after, "hero 3 Dr. Phillipson. s r .jrriage in the papers! And who do you suppose he ha<< married1? Flora!" "Your cousin Flora"' cried the matron in dismay. "This comes of hospitals and those horrid places," went on Clara, hyatertcally. I wouldn't marry a doctor—no, not if there wasn't anoiher man in tIlt; world." And, ra.ther irrelevantly, she burst into tears.
Social and Personal
Social and Personal INTERESTING PARS ABOUT INTERESTING PEOPLE. A. C'eluma of Gossip and Chatter en &1. Infinitude of Men and Matters. Bu.ekitfgha.ji Palace Chape, will have t-. be thi.x outj'ily -enovated before Princes Maud is ••seamed a ut,. Since the Duchess of Fife was married n 1889'10 one lias been in there Trot the r-hajpei-keepei, and tSi» place has got mouldy. TV* *'ciz. ■■"> r.^rrl-l leuT^ iiancy of Peeblesshire j hr.i;i o.<Mer-e*' Lord Eld'bank, vhw is or3 or ..be leading landowner* in the county. j-curnf-y by road from Edinburgh to P'/fcbieH "Tiust know his fcreign-iookitig, sviiite- waii«M residence: Darnhail. rising ancid woods ciose V, tiio picturesque village-, of Eddleston. Ltir s-ia, the Master of Elibank, was Liberal candidate tc" counties of Peebles and Selkirk at th." laic election. but failed to win the .seat. He acts as an awsistant private secre- tary to .Mi.. Sydney Buxton. Toe n embers ot t.e Royal fioevty aie ./• high »*«ati;ev They have j&i cvly seeureo. Pr>>ict, Henv of Organs i01 the coming «ea«K>n, with his talc oi trav^.1 m me Fa." Eaot, but alsj ihaz gailaut Acetic ex- plaier, Lieuteiiai-.t FearT, Whq id^ed i. jch is> tfur kuowiedge of >K>ithe-y (Jreec- land. Lieutenant Peary's visit tr, London will IJ, of all the r.i-ire interest, as he v." be ;t<.co;n[jamcj'i hy his wife, who has shared b.e dangers <;f his travels. The visit, however, will only bo a short one, for the intrepid ex- plorers Wi.il have to hasten back to America to prepare ,or a freih expedition to Greenland. The 'iiidc-pendance Beige" gives an account of "A feiTriilar Misadventure" which bas occurred to "a noblo Scotchman." As has been already stated, .vlr. Ian Malcolm. M P., appeared at the coronation of the (Jzar in a kilt. Our Belgian contemporary now states that, having donned ihat costume to attend an official reception, -Mr. Malcolm had "the disagreeable surprise" of being refused admis- sion by the palace ohicials, whe gave as their reason that they dare liet allow lÙp, to enter l^ a costume '<0 indecent." liow the matter HAded the paj>ers ooes not say; but it can readily 1),¡;¡ believe'! that the kilt produced a singular impression c: the Itusjians. Sho'i'c' it ever faii to Mi. Jr«epb Chambwr- lain's lor 80 deal v.iib Australixiu affairs, he wiui not apuroach uie ta»sk entirely as a stranger to the countrv. According to thp "Melboiu^e Puneh." which is not a humorous journal, :M.r. Chamberlain was out there 30 odd years ago, and was a. frequent visitor at the house of Coro- ner YoUt. A fascinating young lady. daughter cf a judge, also visited' there, auj. says our Mel- bourne contemporary, "tha very susceptible Joseph became smitten with her oha"-m». He neaat business, but the ladv'- affeotioria wero fixed eisewhere. She subr-efjuentiv niarTied a. oiUknown barrist^T • while Mr. Ohamben.iin 'has been married three times since this romantic episode in hie career. The orcle seems destine^ to play an impor- tant part tr politico as well as in everything else. On Saturday Colonel Foster. M.P., for ■^ije Lancaster Division, made a tour of the Fylde district, accompanied by a procession of 50 cyclists, many of whom were lady riders. Of course, there were ^speeches en route, and the very novelty of the thing attracted, numerous andienœ The only mistak9 made was in attempting too much, fey- Lancaster, having been left at 1.30 p.m.. vas Dot reached on the return jourrey until one a.m. But Colonel Foster has discovered' a. way of reaching outlytng districts, iMij i, is understood that he intends to organ;ee similar "runs" on Saturday afternoons during the summer. The I>che;s of Cleveland, who in exaotV ihe ag^ of the Queen, is one of the most rema.rk- able, if nob tha most remarkable, of the great ladies of the social world. Born Lady Cathe- rine Lucy Wiihe'.mma Stanhope, Earl Stan- hope's only daughter, she married firsb Lord Dalmeny, ami became the mother of the Late Prime Minister, Lord Rosebery, and then the Ibk., of Cleveland, whom *he siurvives. The PtKhess and her son seem, to have di.-co"e:d that secret of perpetual youth, which is to im- possible a possession to those .\1.0 liavo it nr-i, a:9<! s?j intense a blessing to 'hose fortunate enough to have obtained it. She La an ardent aiud constant traveller, ym., finds tune nnrÍ a liking for wociety, only the other evening entertaining her circle at an evening reception ic town, for which invitation* grc«ii!f orsughl. She is essentially a "graude dame," asu or liie most exclusive typp T'» recurrer\re oi Derbv -veeu i.-as w^i««ed the "Daily Telegraph" to gossip about Royalty tf.ri racir.g. Sa*> e for a cliaiice match be;we.e»i Richard XL., when Prince of Wales, and the F.a.rl Arundel, there w litiie T<" wlai-e of racing as a pursuit of monarchy until the reign of Henry VIII. King Hal kept a stnd of horses, a'tfti Queen Elizabeth had a large number, ,:nd ,1<1 hersel: very fond of attending the mee-rnjrs, having a grand stand erected for her at the Croydon ocurse at tiw c-ost of thirty shillings. James I. was an habitue of Newmarket, and Charles i. bArl a lar^e B'tucJo of racers l.'i the CromweJiiac period, the sport. was tabooed ^,»'t when Charles II. came to the v.lrronc the "tt found new pat'or. Wularn ill. was i raunng i«an. and Queen Anne ran. horses o? her riwn. Tho three Georges cared little for racing; ? ut the jourrh, when P-tice ot WaiM. owned some snieadid goers. Willian» JY. took but •A languid interest* lr. thA spoit. r»UL- mvn Gracious sovereign, who has not l"f'Tl on t racecoursA for many years, made b--r earliest accjuaintance with the silks and satins of the turf—says the "Telegraph" writer—on a. soaking September day all Doncaster. It was in the year 1835—and the winner of the St. Leger that afternoon was, most appropriately, Mir. Mostyn's Qu°en of Trumps—chat the Di-chess of Keivi, the Princess Victoria, and suite appeared in the specially-fitted stand to receive a. most cordial and hearty greeting from the people. An old chronicle says:—"Hie gracious condescension and unostentatious de- meanour of the fair Princess riveted the heaJM of all who saw her." The Hot of new members of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours w strong iin the di-'ciples of minor art. Mr. Bernard Partridge, of the "Punch" staff, appears on it, and no does Ate. Gordon Browne; while the place of women in Art is acknowledged by the inclusion of Miss Gertrude Demain-Hammond. Mr. Bernard Partridge is one of the most popuW black-and-white artists of the day. and as if that was not enough distinction he has won another reputation as an actor under the name of "Bernard Gould. Hp is the son of an old teacher of anatomy in the Academy Schools, and spent a month in an office in Endeil-street before commencing to do work for the. illus- trated T»fpers. One of his first successful essavs in bocik illustration was inspired bv Mr. William Blank's "Adventm-p^ mf a Household in drawing pictures for which he was associated with Mr. Dudley Hardy. Mr. Pirtn"dep is new a mature '11TIZ ¡¡l'1n of •7/>. His fellow- number, Mr. Gordon Browne, is tb" jr^ator of some of the most effective of modern Scott illustrations, but his r.lç..t su-tfvined effor*" was *h° air hundred r* of r]-,o "Henry Irving Shakespeare." ThiK fancifd artist is a son of Humbert K. Browne, & dear tr. the hparts d a former gn"rratirn 3.1 thA "Pliiz'- of Charles P-'ckens. The lady on the list is *he prida of tn." female ïltl1.1ent¡; of 'he ra.ini.etI School of Art. She. worked i" that school for six vr-ars. leaving it ir- 1835 for the Rr-val Academy schools, where her career was except:onallv full of premise. Aft runs ;'¡ thf family nf th" Demain-Hnmmonds. whose m-nndfather. onee ? w.oilPlfivwn phreio»n in Brixton, was regarded- as an amateur artist -'<' cT^entional cs.trwitv. Miss C Demain Hammond is a younger sister of this clever ladv.
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PEPPERS QCIXI5E AXD IKON TONIC, embrac- ing. vivifying, susfcsrn'ny, (iispelg deprei-^cton, cures indigestion, nenralf,"l3. and all aches or pains. Pepper's the only real toni". Sailing hottles. Don't Delay.—Ke-ollsct that you need not suffer any longer the evil elTecta of Indigestion, hut MCtirf a good appetite and eound tieep by taking a course of tSirilvni Evatis Quinine Bitterg. In tattles. 21 ed. and 4e. 6d. etc.t e4919 I
OVER THE NUTS AND WINE
OVER THE NUTS AND WINE QUIPS AXD CRANKS FROM BOTH HEMI- SPHERES. A Selection of Jokes and Funny Anecdotes for Me 2C«&taI K«cr«ati»n of Old &nd TTeung. I "Who was Ajax?" said the teacher to a puail. "lie v,i<s a capitalist," he replied. "How do you make thatout?" "He defied the lightning to strike." Pith and Point.—The Wiseacre: "They say that fewer persons died this winter than usual." The Cheerful Idiot: '-Yes I know lots and lots of people whc didn't die at all." frs. Muldoon," said Mrs. O'Hara, "is it well yer failin' the day?" "Yie, very well." "An' sthrong?" "Yis, quite sthrong." "Then p'r'aps it's able ye'd be to bring back the two washtubs yez bomed last Monday." Wallace: "I could settle all this woman's suffrage agitation in. two minutets." Mrs. Wallace: "Oh, could you. indeed? How would your giant intellect set to work?" "I'd make voting compulsory. Then not one woman in 50,01)0 would ever go to the polls." Poor DickAlice "What are you looking up in the obituary column so eagerly?" Bess: "Dick proposed to me over a. week ago, and I told him to ask pa." Alice: "And did he?" Bess: "That's what I'm trying to find out, afi he hasn't turned up since." Working Off Old Stock.—"I'm going to tell my pa on you," said Johnny Smithers, as the blacksmith pared some of the bone away from the horse's hoof. "Why? What have I done?" asked the blacksmith. "You ain't ,ot shoes to fit Dobbin, an' you're whittlin' off his feet to suit those you have got." Great Journalist (in museum): "What is that, man remarkable for' Manager: "He is the editor who never claimed that the circulation of his paper was constantly increasing." Great, journalist: "Poor fellow! It would be a mercy to confine him in an asylum at once. instead of standing him up there to be stared at." Schools of cookery are mighty fine inRtitu- tions. They do a power of good in teaching the young idea how to shoot, but the shooters occasionally aim rather wide of the mark. Take, for example, a. passage from the recent examination paper in connection with one of these institution. The question was:—"De- scribe a thermometer and its notation," ard it brought, forth this answer "A thermometer l.a.s two geod points, the boiling point and the freezing point. The former is useful for pcti-.toets, a.nd the latter for ice cream." Com- ment is superfluous. Grocer: Didn't thfn lady ask for fresh Clerk: "She did, sir." Grocer: "Didn't you see me lay those eggs myself, right down there not ten minutes ago, you mendacious scoundrel? You are dis- charged. and see that you don't refer to me for a character, either." A firm wrote to a piano dealer who owed them money "Dear Sir,—Will you be kind enough to send us the amount of your bill ?— Yours truly." To this the firm received the following reply: "Gentlemen,—Your request is granted with pleasure. The amount of my bill is £ 120.—Yours truly." Here is a dog story which you can believe or not, as you please. A gentleman remarked of a friend's dog that the twe eyes of the animal were remarkably different in size. "Yes," was. the reply, "and he takes a mean advantage of the fact whenever I nava a stranger to dine with me. He first gets fed at one side of my guest, and then goes around the table to his other side, and pretends to bo another dog." Rob: "I was thinking if you could) dig Papa,: "Oh, thousands of miles, Rob." Rob: "How long does it take to get there?" Papa: "Six weeks, my boy. Why?" Rob: "I was thinking, if you could dig through the earth and put stairs down, you might get there sooner—couldn't you ?" Papa: "N c, Rob; it would take you six weeks all the same." Rob: "Well, it wouldn't if I slid down the banisters." Help Wanted.—Old Friend: "Well, how is your Hying machine getting on?" Inventor: "Getting on? I finished that twenty years ago. Every detail is complete. There it stands, ready to go." "Well. why don't you 1 ohow it to the world?" "Can't. All men are fools." "What's the matter?" "Can't find a man anywhere with sense enough to climb up a steeple and try it." "Good-day," said the man whose manners aro infinitely better than his clothes, as he stepped into the merclhant tailor's place of bui-iness. "Have you a doctor connected with this establishment?" sir; certainly not," replied the amazed business man. "Ah, that's good. rm a. doctor, and I hope we shall get along very nicely together. "Get along together! What do you mean?" "You advertise 'a fib guaranteed,' don't you?" "Ye3." "Well, I cure fits. Little Boy: The pr^cher says there is no marry in' in heaver.. Little Girl: Of course, not. There wouldn't be enough men to go round. Even Balaam's Ass. A good storv is told of the way in which a popular member of Parliament was once aroused to make a stirring speech. At the outset- of his political career he had been known as a remarkably clever orator, but when he became an M.P. he ceased to sneak, much to the re-ret of his f.*jnds and .admirers. Finally, an important n.L;;ure came up for discussion, and the wife of a friend of the honourable member, who was much interested in its parage, was disappointed to see that the brilliant man had no apparent intention of joining in the disussion. She sat down and wrote a ffwworeb on a sheet of paper, which she enclosed in an envelope and sent to him by :1, messenger from the Ladies' Gallery,) When he opened it the M.P. read:—"Do speak. Even Balaam's ass spoke once!" This brought him to his feet, and elicited one of the best speeches ever made in the House. A Warning. "\Vilbtm." s'ad Mrs. Naggles, impressiwly. "I have <!et;ide<i to branch out into the world." e Haven't I succeeded in making home happy for you?" inquired her husband. "I have talents that require a wider scope than that which the domestic circle affords." Still, there are a great many disappointments in lecturing," he ventured. I have a cause and a confidence which ensure success," she calmly answered. Her husband sat in silence for a minut', heaved a sigh, and said, "All right, Maria. But there is one thing I can tell you for sure." "What is that?" "You 11 never get the public to sit up till one or two o'clock to listen to you the way T do." "Pa, what comes after a million ?" "A nobleman, even' time." Wise Words. Experience and philosophy that do not result in forbeaiance and ch-i-my are two acquisitions that ar-j not worth their cost. There are times when the truest courage is shown in retreating from. a temptation. Let this truth be present to you in the fX. citement of anger-that to be moved by passion is not manly. It is the perversity of human nature that makes the thmga of morality dearer to us in proportion as they fade from our hopes, like birds, whose hues are only unfolded when they take wing and vanish amid the skies.—Owen Meredith. If our secret- ideals were always pure and high, we should rarely be envious of v-hat others possess or do. Envy is an indication of moral littleness. With many the tongue is more active than .wise; then think fir-st if you want to be re- spected. The true historical genius- as I conceive it, is that which can see the nobler meaning of events are near him, as the true poet is he who detects th ? spiritual in the casual; and I some- times svspect the depth of lii« insight into the past who cannot recognise the god-like of to- day under that' disguise in which it always visits —James Russell Lowell. Mr. and Mrs. Fitts were out driving. "I wonder," said she, "just what the poor horse's feelings are. It must be just horrid to be driven and dragged about without any idea. as to where one is going, except as someone directs." "I think I can appreciate his feel- ings," replied Mr. Fitts. "1 imagine that he feels just about aes I do when you take me out on a shopping expedition." Burnaby was too Many for Them. The late Colonel Burnaby's physical strength and courage are well known. Even a« a youth very few people could tackle him with impunity. A good story is sometimes told in Bedford circles about youiig Burnaby which deserves to lie recorded. As most people know, Colonel Burnaby's father was fqi7 many years Vicar of St. Peter's, and Burnaby, of course, became a pupil at the Harpur Grammar School. During the summer months he was very fond of stroll- ing- in the early morning through tae fields 70, II neighbouring village, which like Bed- ford, stands on the Great Ouse. One day he was leaning over the bridge whi"h crosses the river, when two loafers came slouch- ing up. Getting behind Burnaby, one of them threw the school boyinto the river. The future Guardsman wheeled quickly round, and threw the rascal over the rails into the river! The man's mate, fearing the same treatment, made preparations for a bolt; but Burnaby was too quick for him, and he fol- lowed his companion with a loud splash into the river. Burnaby's anger was not quite ap- peased, for he waited quietly for the ducked ones as they scrambled out. and as soon as they gained terra-firma arave them both a drub. bing not forgotten by either for a long time. Manshun Howze: What is this cure for the tobacco habit the pa pel's are advertising so ex- tensively ? Lafayette Parke I'!n not sure, but I think it is composed of bad cigarettes. I Didn't Want to Fight. A correspondent who had been travelling iu Spain relates a somewhat diverting incident iri connection with the insurrection in the Spanish possession of Cubn. A gunboat was detailed to proceed from Spain to the \Vest Indian Island, in order to take part in the operations designed to quell the insurrection. After putting to sea for a few hours, the vessel of war returned to port, with the com- plaint that the engines had, broken down. Two fresh attempts were Made to proceed. and twice again the vessel of war put bac1- into harbour. A Scottish engineer happened to be in charge of a trading vessel lying a-lonj; the quay, and he was appealed tc for vi opinion as to the condition of the machinery, with the result that the authorities oegan strongly to suspect r-he ship's corapa-ij of desire to shirk the task of engaging in "r*ar'<« alarms. Some of the troopers were, there- fore. taken ashore, packed into s roasting vessel proceeding to another port, debarked under guard for fear of desertion, safely stowed on board a trading steamer that happened to be on her way to Cuba, and by this means were sooa en rout-e foi the ?eat of yvar J
From Far and Near
From Far and Near A COLUMN OF CHAT ON INTJMESTING SUBJECTS. Items of News and Aaccdeto Gloa3aed fer the "Express" from N., S., tad W. i'latcuis b.av? net yet displaced the tinder- box in certain rural districts of Spam and Italy. The world's pianos are rn<>stly German, and German factories arc "largeiy run with English money. Long gaiters for feminine cycling wear are practically "out" now, both for rational and skirted costumes. The jubilee celebration of the Evangelical Alliance and tenth international conference is announced to be hel4 in London from June 28 to July 4. Mr. W. L. Norris does all his work as a novelist between three and six in the afternoon away m his beautiful Torquay horin. Uolf 13 his pastime; he is, in fact, secretary to a golf club. Once on a time he was a great traveller, and spent all his wmters. abroad. He loves to be considered an old-fashioned Tory, the more old-fashioned the better. The oldest and most curious herbarium in the world its in "hR Egyptian Museum at Cairo. It consists o fcrowns, garlands, wreaths, and bouquets of flowers, ali taken from the ancient tombs of Egypt, moat of the examples being in excellent condition, and nearly all the flowers have been identified. They cannot be less than 3,000 years old. Whilst the quantity of tea in its ordinary form sent out of Oliina continues to decrease, there is an increase in the export of what ie called "brick" tea. From Foochow, lass year, the exports of tea decreased about 5,000,00u0ib., but there was an lticr^a^e of 2,500,0001b. of "brick" tea. This tea is mainly sent to Russia, and is made from tea dust mto a solid form. Maarten Maartens, the Dutch novelist, lives in a, beautigul house near Utrecht. He is mush of a cosmopolitan, and can write and speak French, Dutch, German, Italian, and English with equal eace. His wise is also a very accomplished linguist; in fact, she is, if possible, even a better English scholar than her husbao-i. As is well known, Maarten Maarten's books have all been written in English, and only lately have they been trans- lated into Dutch. This is part of the. carious lift of Lady Littleton's weddind outfit years ago. In those days they appear to have had quite as great a variety of materials as we, and they certainly used a very extraordinary selection of names. The list runs — A black paddyaway gown and coal. A pink unmatured pa boy sute of cioaths. A gold stuff sute of cloaths. A white, worked with sneal, sutc of cloaths. A pin- betstring quilted petticoate. A velvet mantel primed. A love bood and a sneal hood. A pailareen and a. Turkey hancerchief. A sutite of knots. The watch and equepage. A doniioizeen niobb and tucker edged. A pinner and quoiff of face lace. The latest story against the pencil-shaped bullet of the Lee-Metfnrd rifle comes from the Transvaal. A young Boer was thrice shot through the body at Dornkop. He was taken to the hospital at Pretoria. On Sunday morn- ing his cot was found empty. Nurses and doctors imagined that -he had suddenly become delirious, and had escaped, to die in the open. An hour or two later the wounded man sauntered' in, and excused his disappearance by remarking in a casual way that he had been to church. If tumour from Matabeleland can be relied on. the small calibre bullet is con- demned by all who Lave had experience of it in warfare. At the same time it ought to Le remembered that all the great European com- EJonders havo deliberately adopted this form of missile, which, among other things, enables a soldier to carry 30 per cent. more ammuni- tioo. Another piercing squeal from the pig dealers of Ireland on the subject of the pork cmtracts given out by the Admiralty! "From time immemorial," to quote the eloquent words of a speaker at the Irish Trades Congress, "we have had the pork contract, and we must have it now." Accuracy was here c-leirly sacrificed to rhetoric, for the burden of the Demosthenic pig dealer's complaint was that the Admiralty —wilfully blind to the superior qualities of Erin's porkers—had been giving a. share of official patronage to the farmers of Denmark. Was it a base Saxon conspiracy to drive Irish- men out of the market altogether? asked another eloquent dealer in pigs, who recom- mended an appeal to Parliament upon the subject as the only way to vindicate the character of the gintleman whe pays the rim from the libellous implication involved in the proceedings of the naval authorities.
TENDING THE SICK.
TENDING THE SICK. SOME ARISTOCRATIC HOSPITAL NURSES. There is quite a R-ma.rka.ble impulse just now amonig young women of culture and education to become hospital nurses, said the head surgeon of a big hospital. "T'he Countess of Airlie's daughter, Lady Gciselda, some time ago joined daughter, Lady Gciselda, some time ago joined an. Edinburgh hospital as 'probationary nurse,' and only lately I have received quite 30 ap- plications from ladies, .some .being clergymen's a.nd doctor's daughters, two Girton ex-students, and SBveral highly connected. Few applicants, though, realise what a wearing life it is; several young lady I've known have found the strain too much and had to resign. Still, some ladies show wonderful aptitude. One wc had seemed to possess nerves of iron—Muld witness the most trying operation. She has lately married a noted surgeon, and has taken a large house, as a kind oif private .hospital, where her hus- band's patients can he nursed by herself. Another at this hospital, urav. a young and beautiful girl and quitl" young, is a born nurse. She has jliat restful, sootlr.n^r manner and voice, and that intuitive way of anticipating an in- valid's w-Vhes that is so rare and so valuable. She is the niece of a nobleman, and has practically given un a life of luxury for one of alleviating jrain. Her patients are kPT,t wdl siinpH^d w'th flowers and grilles ;r<-m her father's hothouses, -and whenever she was :>n hour licc, her bro.ugha.ra come-i for her -)nri she eoes off shorroing -and buying little luxuries for them. Manv of her aristocratic friends call too. and Inoth the patients and the hos- pital !>os benefit by their visits."
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS .AMerninn T. C. Meg.itt, J.P.. bsfi giv?n notice to movp that the Barry T>istr»o! Coun- cil ascertain tha cost and annual maintenance of three public clocks, one each for Barry. B-,rry Dt)('kc¡. 8n(1 (':)rlt,ton. IPS*—sptfiyo CT/EAVN"^—T"v>Wrd !• I,be Cardiff Steam Laundry. Py?inC, Carpet e.nd Window C'ipanlriar Oimpanv fl/im«tfffl>, 1. Minnw strret, Oath»vs. Every order re^.vps prompt attention. R'll Cr< Vitntt ind T,»dder TrtvitR tr. >11 Pa.rt.. T)aily. National Telephone. 741. Penarth Oflno°. 57 WiwVor-rr-^d.. e4935 Mr. W. J. Jones, solicitor. of Haverford- west, has joined the Pembrokeshire Volunteer Battalion of the Welsh Regiment as second- lieutenant.
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Tlie Peopif's Rem IT.-—HW^vrr. Fv»ns' *V;inirta B'ttent the Vegetable Tonic, give* tone to the system, tttTnjctb tJ) the weak. arm purifi?s the blocd. In brttles, 2M. 9d. f.nd 4#. 6d. each. Sample hot.Up", Is. 1&(1 ..4919 "MiVICK tn MOTHV.RS "—Are "(>1] broken in vour rest, hr a sick C'h!!d suffering, with the rwin by '■Tirtiing ts^'n? (if) at once to a chrmist and get a bottle cf Mrs. Window's Srxithim: Syrun. It will relipve the po>r sufferer immediately. It is pleasant to t-pte; it prince? natural, quiet <>!f pp hv rpliev- iricr the ¡,bEd from min, and the l'.t-tle "hfrnb swakes as bright as a button. Of sJa chemUts, 1,. lW. per bott: At a meeting of the Llanelly Rural District Council held on Thursday, the medical officer (Dr. Evan Evans) reported that 30 deaths occurred in the rural district dn^ing the month of May. being equal to a mortality at the rate of 17-31 T>er 1,000 per annum, as compared witih a death-r?ie of 15'21 for the correspond- ing period of last year. UVlm. COMPLATVi-S.—I>r. K.injr's Dandt-lion and Quinine L'.rer Pills, without Mer:nry, are a potent remedy; removes all Liver and Stomach Com- plaints. Biliousness. Headache, Sickness, Sbculder Pains, Heartburn, Indigestion, Constipation. DON'T LUNCH or DIKE .Without Asking for the New French Bread. Delioious eating, and easily digested.—Send postcard for van to call to T. Stomw, French Confectioner,. 122, Queen-street, Cardiff. «B06
!For the Ladies
For the Ladies FROM THE KITCHEN TO THE BALL-ROOM. Our Lady Correspondent's Collection of Interesting Paragraphs for The Fair Sex. To Remove Dust from Velvet. Hub "with a piece of crape ir^stead of usiug a bruiili. WTritenizig T«ot'a. T" white:) tho t«e,tV take » ioaf of "C4JmIl10n c garden" sage an^' rub well oxi the teeth. it lias a wonderful effect. Another China. Cement. Beat the whites of eggs tc a froth, let them settle, add grated cheese and quicklime, beat well together, and apply to Wie broken edges. This will endure the heat of fire and water. I Opening Oysters. An easy wa.y to open oysters is to place them ou a hot stove for a few seconds, when the oyster will open, and you are able to get. your knife in without the slightest troubla. Dir. Hands. Whcai the hands are dirty with household work, thoy may be thoroughly ole.a,i.std bv v-3~>ng a .mixture if sah. asd vaseline, which must be well rubbed in, and then waahtti off with ordinary roap. Drv Salt for Garble. To dear, marble, use common 6rv salt, wh!oh requires T'O preparation, but may b,ç, rubbed directly or the soiled surface. Leaving tht. marble beautifully cleaj. To Prevent Shrinking of Flannel. Put n**w flannel into oiean (,d:1' vr:iter and, let. j*. remain for a week, changing tha wai-sr frequently. Wash well m warm water, 'using a little soap to remove the -ni, F-annei thus washed never hardens or shrinks. Sweeping Carpets. Persons who are accustomed to i:->a tea Isivoa for sweeping their <arpets, and li.M, tLey leave stains, will do well to employ freshly cut grass j instead. It is better than the tea leaves, and gives a brighter and fresher look. Beaten. Biscuit. Sift a quart of hour, add a ceaiooonfu.l of salt and. a ",man tablcfpoonful of lard, ?u'o all together fell. and pour.-oold water »/vcr to moisten, mix into a. stiff dough, and beat for twenty minutes. Holl out. cut m biscuits, pierce with a. fork, and bake in a hot oven. To Polish Boots. To ebtain a good poli'sb OIl boot* tlie blacking with boiling water; it must lv boil- ing, o- they will be a dull brown. If the ibooh are damp, sprinkle a lime moist eugar on the blacking and apply with brush ü: the ordinary manner. Cleaning Mirrors. The really n.t method uf cleaning mirrors and windows is to rub them with a paste of whiting and water. When this dries polish with dry chamois, and remove the powder. A little alcohol in cokii water also gives a bril- liant polish. Soapsuds should never be used. Damp Ha.ir. For moist, greasy hair tlie following is an exoellemt lotion:—Pmwdereo bica.rbor.ate of soda, quarter of an ounce; b'orav.e of soda (also powdered), quarter oi ¡,on ounce; cau de Cologne, one fbi.-jo ounce; rectified spirit, two fluid ounces; distilled water. Miteen ounces. Mix these ingredients thoroughly together, and apply two or three time- & week. Childronr8 Questions. When a cfeilti k old enough to :¡,.¡l: O'lnstions he old enough ;,0 be answered truthfully and intelligently. There «re many things which it is difficult to explain 8":) a- to render them com- prehensiblo to a young child', but whatever is said' should 'bo absolutely true. Do not lorfcss a. child's confidence by ar attempt to evade the issue, putting him ()2 with half truths. Primrose Cake. Vellow primrose take is made- the Fame as snow cake, using the five yolks .f the eggs, and substituting brcwr- sugar for the white. Jf one d-jea ^ot care. make tlie two kir:da of cake, the yolk may be boiled harnl and used- to garnish a salad, or may bo use! 10 make a mayonnaise dre^siu^. Or it may be utilised in a custard. Ar Old Toothach^ Oitw. earache or toothaishe put a iargv cut) of salt into a pan, and hear, it until very hot, rut- r.oif all the time. Pur & into a cloth, aad t'e with, string into a loose bunch; !>old >2113 as hot an can be borne over the or c-heek- if covered with a thick piecfo of f armel tiie heat will be retained "longer. Good lemonade. .TV/T a quart of good lemonade take the juice of three lemons, using t'>- nnd ot one. Peel the riud very thin, getting just the yellow outside, Cut this irt- pieces, and put with the juicf and powdered sugar, of which n-se two ounces to the quart. Ul a jug or ja" wth a cover. When the wate~ is just at the tea point, pour it over the lemon and sugar, cover at once, and let it get cold. Lying i. Bid. Avoid a. orampec' peduow. as you to sleep. IF the base of the brai.e, the. apir*. o" the d1e"t is especially tired, idzn the middle of thO j and place »■ pillow under you perpendicularly, so that it reaches jusr, below rhe shoulder bkd. and the head 'Lang? over slightly at the top, enough to throw out the ,bin. The a throw the arms out horizontally. Thi-s eir-ando t.t,a chest wonderfuilv, and, in fact, recirperatcs all the upper mrt. of the 'body. When the posi- tion becomes irkscme, tori tho<> pillow about at once. and assure the uauai sleeping attitude. Let all. tly* muscles o' the body fc,illain as passive possible. i^or Indian'od Eyelids. Many perrons *< irrubW by weak or '11- flamed eyelids, aoo .c-om* children i:4v r gii^h from the time of their birth. Thi> r.r.-nibl" is irt- dicated by white yellptn'id, ^ram*. torn'.in? 00 the edge -of the lids >long the eyelashes, and sometimes by ar. unnatural thickness of the lid. One of the 1w¡¡. reiwdW b." this trouble, as wPoll as one ,t. the simplest, is (QlrJ tea. The eyelids should be Vat-hod jn this several times a cia. wiukdng a iit-tie of the tea up under the lids at times. At. night tha cold tea leaves -whir h have !>een previously ffteerped—shovld 1'- bound over thA litis. This treatment, if followed up, >$almost sure to bring relief, and in tmio to effect a permanent cure. Another treatment is that £ f using borac: acid. Abomt. 3 teasponnful of this powder should ne dissolved in a teacup of water, and used in the same manner as the cold to. Citrine ointment r-hould be applied along the edge of the lids. It is very healing. LMMt!W.tjmm.. JN[J
HOW TO TAKE OUT PATENTS.
HOW TO TAKE OUT PATENTS. Many useful and novel applieneen are from time to time devised whioh are not turned to practical account owing to want of knowledge on the part of inventors as to how to patent their inventions. We constantly receive letters asking our advice, and, with a view to affording information as to oosts and modes of procedure in applying for provisional protection ind patents, we have made arrangements accord- ingly. Any of our readers who desire such in- formation should send a stamped envelope, en- closed to the Patent Editor, "Western Mail," Cardiff, by whom it will be handed to a thoroughly trustworthy expert 111 s'uch matters, who will reply fully to our correspondents.
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Gudbury's Oecoa i. both t. stimulating end refrfh iiij flnnk, and a nutritiiouB food; probably more nourishing than any other beverajje. It is *b»olutelj pure, containing io foreign admixture e3435—1 A* a safe and trustworthy Familv Tonic. (Jwilym Qiiiiine Bitters iø tuiequalled for Weakness, Depression of Spirits, KeiTjusrucs, Chest Affections, and Heart Disease*. e4919 A FAIE BEAUTIFUL SKIN.—Sulplioiine Soap g'vw the natural tint and jy/scb-like bloom of a fK.rfec^ oomplsxion; makes the skin smooth, supple, health;, comfortable. Tablet* everywhere.
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i THE APT, OF TOTE-SING.
THE APT, OF TOTE-SING. AN INTERESTING EXHIBITION IN LONDON. A nursing exhibition, the first. of the kind in London, opened "Jll Wednesday at St. Martin's Town-hall, Charing Cross. Two rooms in tho hail aiv* set apart for the show, and these .&F".t c-owded with stalls contammg exhibits of the latest inventions for the cure of those diseased, surgical appliances fitted to patients lying in cots, bags fitted with all the nccesiary equipment of rii accomplished nurse, and foods specially prepared by well-known firms for the use of patients. The latest and niost interesting invention is a baby incubator, very much after the style of the chicken appa- ratus, which has been found useful in the case of unfortunate infante who have lost their mothers. A new motor is the bicycle for murses intended for the use of those engaged in dis- trict nursing, which is under the direction cf the Jubilee Institute, and which it id hoped will supersede the donkey ard cart at present in use. The dress i3 an adaptation of the well- known grey uniform, and the bicycle is capable also of carrying the nurse's bag of medicines I or instruments, without which her calling would be of no avail. The exhibition illus- trates the advance made in, (IioBpotal nursing, private nursing, and district nursing. There is a home hospital bed shown as a model of what such a bed should be. This is made of hollow brass tubes, and stands 22in. in height, to where the wire mattress, is' laid then there is a felt cover, hair mattress, sheets, blankets, and counterpane. By the side of the bed is a walnut table, having a centre of blue tiles, with a bell, candlestick, ash t-iay, and vase of flowers. A screen of bamboo, with cretonne, completes the equipment. Sherillsers are in several vaiieties, and nurses' and doctors' costumes are shown which combine the utmost simplicity and neatness in their appearance. A most- useful display is the baby holder, by which ,the mother can carry her baby before her on an apron strapped round the waist, and supported by straps over the shoulders- There are also a number of photographs on exhibition ^f nursing staffs of old .and modem times. One of the Bridgwater Infirmary staff shows Mrs-. Okell, the matron, with her staff of ten young and capable nurses while not fa.r off may be seen Sairey Gamp and Betsy Harris, of the days which can never return now. Mrs. Fenwick is the organiser of the exhibition, and she has been ably seconded in the work by Dr. Bedford Fenwick and by many ladi'-s identified with the new school of nursing. The exhibition remains open for a fortnight, during which on three days a nursing conference w ll be held, and in the afternoon concerts will be given of am attractive cha- racter.
DEATH VALLEY.
DEATH VALLEY. SOME STORIES OF THE DEADLY SPOT. The place to which the rather forbidding name of Death Valley has been given is situated, eays "Chamber's Journal," on the borders of California and Nevada. It is one of the loneliest, hottest, and most deadly and dangerous spots, not only in the United States, but in the whole world. It is no more than 35 miles long, and eight miles wide. It is a. vast, sandv plain, standing something like 200 feet below the level of the sea. Originally a lake, it is now nothing more than the sink of the Amargosa River. On both sides, through- out its whole length, it is hemmed in bv moun- tain ranges rising to 11,000ft. above 'the sea. level; that on the west being the Telescope range, and that on the east the Funeral range. Looking, down the valley fram one of the "divides" reveals a region which se'tms, on the first blush to be much like other deserts in the Western States of the Union—the Colorado Desert, the Gila Desert, the Mohave Desert, and the rest. But actual experience allows it to be a. very different sort of place. In the waste regions just named, the sands are hot and blinding, and water is a rare commodity. In the Death Valley there is water, !but it is highly impreg- nated with chemicals, and is poisonous. Stretching from the fcot of the mountains are glittering fields of salt, alternating with miles of white sand, drawn in places into high mounds by the whirling blasts that siweep down the gorge. The land appears ti curving outline like the waves of the sen. The. hummocks are inadle of the so-?aUedi "se.lf-ri.sdng earth"; the crust is two or three inches thick, and very brittle; and underneath >» a thin, slimy, salt mud of unmeasured depth, from which rescue is impossible. Lured by Gold. Another curious feature oi the valley is the phenomenon known a. "Ralt earth." Innu- merable pinnacles, each tapering to a point a.; fine as a needle, and each a foot big, rise in certain places in close array from the ground. They are as hard aa stone, and 3S dangerous I to animal life as sharpened steel. Death Valley reoeived its name in the days of the Argonaut. About the middle of the year 1860, a wagon train, mads up of a. party of about thirty emigrants, passed through the Mormon settlements, en route for the New Eldorado. They ascended the Funeral Moun- tains, threaded their wa" down one of the few gorges-, and. entered the valley. Only two men managed to reach, the other side: the others vere killed by heat and thirst, or by falling inlto the hidden quicksands. Only a few months fgo an investigating party sent out by the Tj nited States Land Office found at a lonely spot in Mesquite Valley, an offshoot of Death Va.Iley, an old wagon head, a tyre, and some pieces of old io-on, relics of the famous emigrant train which descended the valley 36 years ago and perished—every one of the party lieiog lost. Incidents such as theile-and they might be multiplied—earned for Death Valley a most unenviable reputation, and eniiigrante making across country for th'} go'.dfields learned to c've it a wide berth. But a. story got abroad that there was precious metal in the neighbourhood, and men, lured by the goblin gold, and, conse- quently earelc^s of tlieir lives, started to explore it. A survivor from one of the early emigrant trains brought into 8sn Francisco a story of how he stumbled along in a canon of the moun- tams west of the vallev, and' found a spring of water: and how, sitting- idly by the spring, he broke off 3 bit of the exposed rock, and was surprised to find it was of metallic substance. It turned out to be silver, and t-heie was a "U:-i> to the place, in the hope of finding a rich searr.. A little later a band ofMexicars came aoress a gold vein near the Amargoe-a River bed, east of Death Valley, but the Pintes of the dessrt came along and killed even7 one of them. Mad With Thirst. In 1371, I en tenant Wheel w. on an exploring trip, ordered his guide to cross tho vallev on foot. His sruid» declared it was impossible; so the lieutenant called two soldiers, who. with fixed bavouets, compelled the man to lead the way. Within two hours "roO of the soldiers gtaaj- I f.'ered back to oamp, hardly able tc walk; the others were lost—they became insane, and ."trayed away to die. Not manw years ago a Frenchman, named Isidore Daunet, with .six companions, attempted to cross the. valley ot* the way >•/» Arizona. The r. staged, and] before they realised their -oiicl-kll)n their wnter supply was crone. Half wild with their suffer- ings from thirst, thev cut the throats of their pack animals, and drank the spouting blood. Daunet and one man escaped with their lives; the rest perished. Two days afterwards, the Frenchman tied up his head in a white hand- Kerchief and put a- bullet through his bnitin. Almost invariably the victims of the valley save when they fall into the quioksands—go mad before thev die. It is another illustration of the old saving: "'Quen Deus vult perdere, prius dome-ntat."
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chapel anniversary of the Conway-road Wesleyan body, Cardiff, held this week,was one of exceptional interest. The Rev. David Young, late superintendent of the circuit, and chair- man of the South Wales district, was the preacher. Of tlie preacher nothing need be said beyond this, that Mr. Young was as happy, effective, and interesting as ever, and worthy of the place given him ae one of the leading preachers of the body. The sinsring of old Welsh tune?, such as "Crugybar" and "Aberystwyth," was greatly appreciated. The collection^ were in advance of past years, not- withstanding many rec,ent efforts. The crowded congregations testified to the success of the effort. A SPOTLESS OOMPI.KX)OX.ulpholme Lotion clears off all imperfections in a few days. Pimples, Blemishes. Irritating, Objectionable Apjnear&mies, Redness, Roughness, Tan, Uncomfortable Skin Dis- figurements, entirely fade away, leaving a beautiful skin. Shilling bottle of Sulpholine everywhere. Gwilym En.II' Quinine Bitters, universally acknow- ledged to be the "Beat Remedy of the Age" for Affections of the Chest, Tndigeetion, Liver Disorders, Nenousnew, end WeaJnww* is every foim. e4919
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