Barry Herald

LITERARY EXTRACTS. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND WATERLOO.—In a chatty article in Blackwood, from the pen of Mrs. Charles Bagot, it is stated that the Duke of Welling- ton. when he received the report at Brussels, on the night of June 15, that the French had driven back the Prussians and advanced to Quartre-Bras (36 miles in one dav, 30 miles of which were fought), 1 coked at the map, and would not believe it possible. The Duke told Lady Mornington: "I have ta,ken a good deal of pains with many of my battles, but I r.ever took half the pains I did at Waterloo. By God! there never was such a battle 150,000 men hors de combat.' Blucher lost 30,000—I can account for 20,000, and the French loss may be fairly reckoned at 100,000 more." General Arthur Upton (born 1777) asked the Duke what he should have have done had the Prussians not come up in time. Tbe Duke replied: "The Prussians were of the greatest use in the pursuit. If they had not come up in time, what should we have done? Why, we should have held our ground. That is what we should have done! Our army was drawn up into a great many squares, with the cavalry riding amongst them. I saw it was necessary to present a length of front to the ■enemy, so I made them fall 'nto line, four deep. That manoeuvre won the battle; it was never tried before." After the pursuit of the French .army to Genappe, the Duke of Wellington and my uncle, Henry Percy, returned to Waterloo. The Duke was very low, and said to my uncle "I believe that you are the only one of my A.D.C.'s left." My uncle replied, But we ought to be thankful, sir, that you are safe!" The finger of God was upon me all day—nothing else could have saved me," was the Duke s answer. My uncle replied that he had feared that the Duke was a prisoner when he had got amongst the French. I got away through the 95th Regiment three times during the battle," said the Duke.-From Bygone Days, by Mrs. Charles Bagot, in I Blackwood? s Magazine. A DEED OF CHARITY.—The attack on the heights above Champigne was attended by some noteworthy incidents. The Prince himself (Prince Frederick Charles), said the Times correspondent, was at St. Hubert, and ordered the attack to be made, he mov- ing near to watch it. A road from St. Hubert leads towards the right to Champigne, at the foot of the heights nearest to the advancing Prussians. One brigade remained at St. Hubert. About four battalions marched along the main road towards Yvr6 which lies in the rear of the heights and the river; nearly the same force took a road through the woods leading to the village of Champign6. The former force, spreading out into company columns, covered by skirmishers, went at the heights in front, with its left towards the river, and took the hills before it in gallant style. The other four battalions, or three with some Jagers, pushed through Champigne, and moved steadily at the flank of the hill. One battalion remained below in reserve; one company mounted the hill, upwards, onwards, strongly driving the fenemy before them, ,over one elevation, down into the ravine, up again, always onwards, striving to gain the flank of the French, and assist their struggling friends who were attacking the hills in front. But on the last crest stood three mitrailleuses snarling defiance, and caus- ing even the Germans to recoil. The small force lay down to save themselves as well as they could An I eye-witness relates that when the company rose afterwards it was short of thirteen men. The rest of ¡ the brigade cleared the back of the heights." This battery was taken in a very gallant fashion by Cap- I tain Mauntz, of the ilth Infantry. He chose a small body of picked men, and approached the battery by a secret movement through a ravine, enabling the party to burst suddenly on the gunners with a wild hurrah, before which the French fled in dismay. Unfortunately, the captain was wounded shortly afterwards, either by a Prussian battery which opened on his company by mistake, or by the French. He was conveyed to a house in a little neighbouring hamlet, and was lying quietly there when the place was re- occupied by the French, who held it throughout the night. They would have carried him off, to sigh for liberty in vain," said the Times correspondent, but a woman, who had seen his gentleness to the French wounded, caused him to lie on her bed, and represented to her countrymen that his wound was dangerous, so that they also pitied him, and let him lie. Niglfc came, and the faithful few whom he had led so well consulted how they might rescue their captain. They moved silently out in the darkness, and crept unperceived into the village where the wearied French were taking their rest after the battle, to renew the strength so needful for the morrow's work. The Prussian kinder knew where their father lay, aud stole quietly into the house with a stretcher which they had brought. 'Here, Captain, now is your time. They set him on the canvas, and, seizing the poles with vigorous arms, slipped out as they had come, unperceived." The wound was not dangerous, and the captain had the satisfaction of proving at once the courage and the attachment of his men.-Ca,,zseUs Illustrated History of the Franco- German War. "TAKING IT" STAWWWO Up.-At the battle of El Caney, in the Spanish-American War, General Chaffe had some narrow escapes. A bullet had ripped through one of his shoulder-straps, another had cut a button off hie jacket. While sharply telling anyone else he saw standing up to lie down, he him- self stood erect or walked about just behind the firing line. To quote Captain Lee: Wherever the fire was thickest the general strolled about uncon- cernedly, a half-smoked cigar between his teeth, and an expression of exceeding grimness on his face. The -situation was a trying one for the nerves of the oldest •soldier, and some of the younger hands fell back from the firing line and crept towards the road. In a -moment the general pounced upon them, inquiring their destination in low, unhoneyed accents, and then taking them persuasively by the elbow, led them back to the extreme front, and having deposited them in the firing line, stood over them while he distributed a few last words of pungent and sulphurous advice."— Wars of the Nineties. ) How ADMIRAL CERVERA'S FLAGSHIP WAS DESTBOYHD AT SANTIAGO.—Among the wounded on board Cer- vera's ship was the Admiral himself, who was slightly injured in the arm as he stood on the bridge outside the conning-tower, watching the progress of the fight. and as some thought courting death. None of the damage done directly by the American shells was sufficient to put the Spanish flagship out of action. But indirectly the few heavy shells that had come in had settled her fate. She had been insufficiently stripped of wood and wooden fittings. The shell set these on fire, and the men were rapidly driven from the guns and the engine-room. Some of the crew swam to the land, others were taken off by the American, the Gloucester especially doing good ser- vice. Her light draught enabled her to go close in, and while the battle went roaring away to the west- ward, Commander Wainwright was busy saving the remains of the Spanish flagship's crew from death by fire or water. Among those he took on to his ship were Admiral Cervera and his son, a lieutenant in the Spanish navy. The two had thrown themselves into the water together as the fire crept forward to their station near the conning-tower and bow barbette. The admiral was taken to the shore, where a party of the Gloucester's men had been landed under Lieu- tenant Morton. Cervera, as he stepped ashore, told Morton that he surrendered to him, and Asked to be taken on board the gunboat. He was rowed to the Gloucester. As he came on board the ship, Commander Wainwright grasped his hand and said warmly: I congratulate you, sir, on having made as gallant a fight as ever was witnessed on the eea."— Wars of the Nineties. THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. -The British Parlia- ment consists of the Houses of Lords and Commons, with the Sovereign at their bead. The House of Lords (or Peers) is composed of Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal. The Spiritual Lords are the two Archbishops, and 24 bishops, of the Church of Eng- land. The Lords Temporal embrace all the other adult peers of Great Britain, together with 16 repre- sentatives of the peerage of Scotland, and 28 of the j peerage of Ireland. The representatives of the Scottish peerage are elected for each Parliament; those of Ireland for life. Many of the peers of Scotland and Ireland are also peers of Great Britain. In 1885 the House of Peers consisted of 526 members. The House of Commons formerly consisted of 658 members, of whom 493 were elected by the various constituencies of England and Wales, 105 by Ireland, and 60 by Scotland. This number of members was settled at the union with Ireland in 1801, and was confirmed by the Reform Acta of 1832 and 1867. By the Reform Act of 1885, the total number of members wis finally increased to 670, of whom 495 belong to England and Wales, 72 to Scotland, and 103 to Ireland. The sole qualification required of a member of the House of Commons :is, that he be a British subject, and have attained the age of 21 years., Since 1872, all elections for membera of Parliament have been by seoret vote and ballot. No English or Scottish peers can be elected to the House of Commons, but Irish peers are eligible. Priests and deacons of the Churcn of England, ministers of the Church of Scot- land, and Boman Catholic clergymen, are also dis- qualified likewise, all Government contractors and (with some exceptions) persons holding Governmeut appointments, and all sneriffs and returning officers for the localities for which they act, Members ac- cepting posts of profit or emolument from the Crown •re required to relinquish their seats, but are for re-election. The House of Commons regulates the public ezpenditu-, and all bills affecting taxation must originate in that House. No Act of Parliament can become law until it has passed both Houses, and received the Royal assent; since the reign of Quae. Anne, however, this assent has never been rofalol- Casselft Concise Cyclopedia. j ). L:j.f, AN AMBASSADOR'S FIRST VIsIT.-When a new ambassador arrives in London he does not feel at liberty to accept any invitations until he has been re- ceived by the Queen. If the Queen is at Windsor or at Osborne. this audience is granted without delay. If she is in Scotland, or the south of France, the ambas- sador must await her retura before making any public engagements. Etiquette requires him to pay his respects to the Sovereign before accepting hos- pitality from her subjects. An ordinary visit to the Queen is made on what is called a dine-and-sleep invitation from the Lord Steward. The new ambas- sador takes his predecessor's letters of recall and his own credentials, and presents them to the Queen. He dines at the royal residence as Queen's guest, and converses with her on the friendly relations of the two countries. After dinner he takes leave of the Queen, and retires to his room to write private letters on paper bearing the royal crest. The next morning he breakfasts by himself, and is driven in a royal carriage to the station for the London train. After this formality the new ambassador is the duly accredited representa- tive of his Government, and is at liberty to accept general invitations. When his mission is at an end almost the last visit which he pays is a similar one taking leave of the Sovereign. RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING.—A writer in St. Paul's says that the island of Heligoland is crumbling away fastet than any other place of the same size under scientific, observation. Disintegration has gone on at such It rate that descriptions and pictures of even 60 yeara ago are quite misleading now. Photographs of to- day, compared with views taken only 20years ago, show how quickly the work of ruin is going on. Single columns now stand where a little time ago an arch was to be seen. One side of the arch has been washed away. The arches, and the caves to which they sometimes lead, are picturesque elements in the scenery of Heligoland. The face of the sea-cliffs is literally honey-combed with them. The island is simply a slab of red marl rising very abruptly about 200ft. out of the sea. It measures less than three miles in circumference, and con- sists of two very distinct parts. There is the Unterland, a flat stretch of strand on which is a cluster of houses, and to which boats and steamers bring their passengers. The Unterland runs close up under the wall-like cliffs of the island proper, cliffs too steep for any practicable path to be made up them. Communication with the summit, or Oberland, is by means of a staircase of 192 steps, divided into two flights. This arrangement has of late years been supplemented by a huge elevator. Another cluster of houses is near the top of the steps. The people of Heligoland make the most of their resources. They have the visitors in summer, and the great fields of potatoes that are planted on the level plain of the Oberland. The potatoes provide them food for the winter, when all communication with the mainland is cut off. Often before the visitors leave in the autumn there are storms that prevent the landing of provisions, and force the people to live on fish. The islanders send quantities of fish to Hamburg and other cities. There are now 1800 people on the island. Sixty years ago they numbered 2400, and in one period of the English occupatiod 4000. They are of Frisian descent, and although they understand low German, they have kept their own language, as well as their costume and customs. IRISH HUMOUR.—Sir Frederick Flood, a notable Irish squire, was in London, at the beginning of the century, as a delegate from the Irish Protestants to Pitt on some great question of the day, when one evening as he was dining with the Prime Minister, the conversation turned on the drinking habits and powers of consumption of the Irish gentry. Sir Frederick said his usual allowance was four bottles of claret every night, and he often drank five. "What I Sir Frederick," cried Pitt in astonishment, though he could take a dhrop" himself, by all accounts, do you mean to say you could drink five bottles of claret without any help ?" Oh, I had the help of a bottle of port," was the reply. Talking on the subject of challenging with a friend who is a solicitor, he told me an amusing experience. He challenged several jurymen, on the advice of a prisoner for whom he appeared, on the ground that they were prejudiced against him. When the swearing of the jury was completed, the prisoner leaned over the dock and whispered to his solicitor, The jury's all right, I think, sur, but I want yez to challenge the judge. I've been convicted underhim several times already,and maybe he's begin- nin' to have a prejudice agin me." John Anster, a Dublin lawyer, and the author of the well-known translation of Faust," used to tell of a strange pro- fessional experience which once befell him. He de- fended a prisoner tried for the murder of a man named Kelly at tite Cork Assizes, and succeeded in getting him acquitted. After court, as he was walking to his hotel, he met the man whose life he had saved, and saluted him with, Oh, Kelly, is that you!" naming by mistake not the living man, but the dead man. I'm not Kelly, yer honour." replied his client, "but the boy that shot him!" There are, perhaps, fewer unhappy marriages in Ireland than in any other country. Cruelty and un- faithfulness between husbands and wives are almost unknown among the peasantry, and a passionate affection exists among members of the most poverty- striken families. Yet these marriages are generally se I? arranged in the coolest and most business-like fashion between the parents, the young people being rarely consulted at all, and sometimes meeting for the first time at the altar. The question of money and cows is one that occupies the largest place in the minds of families contemplating an alliance. That these mercantile considerations occasionally outlast the marriage ceremony is shown by the following story Further light is thrown on this mercenary mode of regarding matrimony bj the following story which was told me by a member of the Irish Bar. Some years ago my friend was standing outside the bank at Tra- lee, talking to the manager, when a peasant approached, and took off his hat to indicate that he had a communication to make. Well, what is it?" asked the manager. A deposit-note, sur," said the peasant, handing him the paper. One hundred and twenty pounds," said the manager, loosing at the note. Your wife must sign it, for it's in your wife's name." She's dead, sur," said the peasant. When did she die?" "Ere yestherday, yer honner." Faith, you haven't lost much time," said the manager. And now that 1 come to look at you, didn't you bring me another deposit-note of yur wife's abut a year and a half ago ?' 'Tis true for iyori, sur," said the peasant. That was my first wife. 'Tis the way wid me, that I am very lucky wid 1 7 the wimmin. Irish Life and Character," by Michael MacDonagh. A GIRI:S ESCAPADID.-The Author of Foreign Courts and Foreign Homes," a lady, tells a story of her girlhood, in which she and the Grand Duke Con- Btantine were the hero and heroine. It, as told in her book, Foreign Courts and Foreigh Homes," is as follows: Her father was the British Consol at Cherbourg, and connected with the English and Scotch nobility. One day Lhe Russian Imperial yacht, with the Grand Duke, brother of the Czar Nicholas, on board, came to Cherbourg. Thb Eng- lish girl had a friend, a beautiful young woman, as fierv,6 and as wild as a panther, a fisherman's daughter. The two girls used to row about the harbour, occasionally anchoring to catch fish. On the day the yacht arrived they had caught several fishes, and the fisherman's daughter, Victoire, by name, who longed to see a live prince, proposed that they should row alongside and sell their catch. The fun of the adventure appealed to her companion, who agreed on condition that she remained in the boat. Once alongside, however, Victoire jumped nimbly on deck and in a Breton accent offered her fish. The Grand Duke, tall and stately, on seeing the beautiful girl entered into conversation with her. Looking over the side he saw the young woman in the boat, and not knowing she was English, said in her own language to one of his staff; here is another she looks a lady; but what large bands and feet she has! Ask her to come on board." The young woman, however, wisely declined the invitation, but in a spirit of reckless mis- phief said Monseigneur, are you going to the ball to-night ?" The admiral of the port was to give a ball in the duke's honour. Yes," he replied. Then will you dance number five with me ?" The Grand Duke burst out laughing, and said, Certainly, if you are there," and giving her his glove, added: "Give me that at the ball and claim your partner." The English girl went home and told her father, who, thoughtlessly amused at the girlish pre- sumption, and forgetting the impropriety and the possible hazards of her act, promised to take her to the ball. They went; at the third dance the Russians appeared; the duke towered high above every one, and scarcely noticed the ladies who were presented to him. When the fifth dance came on, the English girl asked her friend, the admiral, to present her to the duke. Courtesying low before him she pulled out his glove and said: Monseigneur, it is our dance, number five." He started, coloured, but recovering himself, offered her his arm, and they waltzed several times round the room. He evidently was pleased With the eccentric English girl, for he invited ner and her father to visit him on his yacht. But the father bad very wisely eoncluded that the one adventure was quite enough, and not only decidedly declined the invitation, but insisted that his daughter should never again indulge in a similar escapade.

THE marriage of Lord Crewe and Lady Peggy Primrose will take place at the end of April. Thr day i« not yet absolutely fixed, but it is already arranged that there should be a bevy of 10 brides- maids dreased in white costumes with primrose gasheg and bouquets of the flower Lord Seacocsfield loved. :7.¡{,:(j/Î;'f 'W{' J I

A RAILWAY porter, living in Lancashire, was in the habit of frequently getting up in his sleep, and from his actions it was evident that the daily occupation was ever present. One night he jumped up hurriedly, ran down to the kitchen, vigorously opened the oyen door, and cried out, here for Bolton, Bury, »nd Manchester," •• ":i < "III

GREATER BRITAIN. A BLUR BOOK of some importance to those inte- rested in India has been used. It is the report of the Indian Famine Commission, dated Simla, 10th November, 1898. The Commission of six members, Sir J. B. Lyall as president, was appointed in December, 1897, to examine and compare the systems of famine relief sanctioned for the several provinces. and the measures actually employed during the re- cent famine; to inquire into the degrees of success attained by these measures; and to record the lessons and recommendations suggested by the experience gained while the facts were fresh in the minds of the witnesses. Their report occupies 371 pages, and deals with a great variety of subjects, in addition to the extent of the famine and the success of the relief operations—such subjects as the use of canals, the economic effect of railways, the grain trade of India, the increase of population, and so on. It speaks of the response to the appeals to private charity, notably the Lord Mayor of London's Fund, as of unpre- cedented and colossal magnitude. The chief interest of the report to the general reader is the testimony it gives as to the change in the condition of the people of India. The Commis- sioners say:—The general conclusions we are dis- posed to draw are that it may be said of India as a whole that of late years, owing to high prices, there has been a considerable increase in the incomes of the landholding and cultivating classes, and that their standard of comfort and of expenditure has also risen. With a rise in the transfer value of their tenures, their credit has also expanded. During the recent famine these classes, as a rule, have therefore shown greater power of resisting famine, either by drawing on savings, or by borrowing, or by reduction of expenditure, than in any previous period of scarcity of like severity. Whether it can be safely said that they have much improved in thrift-that is in the accumulation of capital-mems open the doubt. There is some evidence to the effect that the export trade and the improvement of communications have tended to diminish the custom of storing grain, as a pro- tection against failure of harvest, which used to be general among the agricultural classes. The skilled artisans, excepting the weavers, have also greatly improved their incomes and their style of living, and very few of them required relief. The commercial classes, whose numbers are relatively small, are not generally injuriously affected by famines of short duration. The poorer professional classes suffered severely from rise of prices, but do not come on famine relief. Beyond these classes there always has existed, and there still does exist, a lower section of the community, living a hand-to-mouth existence, with a low standard of comfort, and abnormally sensitive to the effects of inferior harvests and calamities of season. This section is very large, and includes the great class of day labourers and the least skilled of the artisans. So far as we have been able to form a generat opinion upon a difficult question from the evidence we have heard and the statistics placed be- fore us, the wages of these people have not risen in the last 20 years in due proportion to the rise in prices of their necessaries of life. The experience of the recent famine fails to suggest that this section of the community has shown any larger command of re- sources or any increased power of resistance. Far from contracting, it seems to be gradually widening, particularly in the more congested districts. Its sensitiveness or liability to succumb, instead of diminishing, is possibly becoming more accentuated, as larger and more powerful forces supervene and make their effects felt where formerly the result was determined by purely local conditions. We may take this opportunity of remarking that the evidence given before us by many witnesses proved that in times of scarcity and famine in India the rise in price of food is not accompanied by a rise in the wages of labour; on the contrary, owing to competi- tion for the little employment available when agri- cultural employment falls off, the rate of wages offered and accepted is frequently below the ordinary or customary rate. Such wages in times of famine prices are not subsistence wages for a labourer with dependents to support. I CRITICISING the experiments which have recently been made in the application of petroleum as a fuel on warshipew the Petrolia Advertiser, a Canadian oil journal, refers to the reported failure in the fol- lowing terms, says th^'Petroleum Review. It appears that the Admiralty have experienced great difficulty in making satisfactory tests with Russian oil, and also with a mineral oil from other sources. One ob- jection to the adoption of the Russian oil was that Russia would always have it in her power to cut off the supply. We cannot but feel that' the failure of the experiments made by the British Government at Portsmouth was due to the quality of the oil used, or the inferiority of the burner, and the difficulty would be entirely overcome if England would look to her own loyal colony, the Dominion of Canada, for her liquid fuel. We are producing here in the oil fields of Western Ontario about 28,000,000 gallons of crude petroleum annually. Our oil is of heavier specific gravity than the United States oil, and con- tains a larger percentage of carbon than either the Russian or American oil, and is, therefore, specially adapted for use as fuel. "We have been successfully burning oil as fuel here for the last 25 years under ordinary steam boilers, as well as under the stills, where a much higher temperature is required, and no dificulty whatever is experienced in applying this admirable system of heating by liquid fuel wherever it is de- sired to use it. The combustion is absolute and complete, and there is no trace of smoke visible from a chimney where Canadian petroleum fuel is used, and the heat can be regulated and controlled with great ease and precision. The oil that is used here for fuel is not the crude petroleum just as it is pumped from the rock, but a residuum which is obtained after the distillation of the water and lighter hydro-carbons from the crude, which are of little use as heat-giving elements. This Canadian petro- leum is, without doubt, the best liquid fuel obtain- able in the world to-day, and it must be apparent to all that it would be extremely desirable for England to draw its supply of liquid fuel for her warships from British territory. A large quantity of the "best liquid fuel for warships could be delivered either at Halifax or at Vancouver, B.C., as it might be re- quired, and if the British Government will make some tests with Canadian oil fuel, they will speedily find that the results will be highly satisfactory. All the difficulties which they have experienced will be overcome, and they will find it just as easy to adopt liquid fuel m'the Navy as we have found it for many years past applicable to boilers and stills. One great advantage of Canadian oil fuel is its absolute safety. as it successfully stands such a very high flash test." ALTHOUGH Sydney possesses a considerably larger amount of dock accommodation than any other port in the Southern Hemisphere, the rapid expansion of its shipping trade Jias (says a Sydney correspondent of the Globe) rendered an increase nec«B8ary> and this is being effected by private enterprise- Forty-five years ago Mr. T. S. Mort, a leading Sydney citizen, established a dock at Balmain, on the shores of Sydney Harbour. At that time a dock of 300ft. in length was sufficient for all the reqdireraellts of the day. Mr. Mort conducted the business Operations for a number of years, and had the satisfaction of seeing it steadily growing under his directIon; so fast, indeed, that it became the property of fl company, of which he was the head. Then other docks and slips were established, and, finally, last yf41"^ v*6 °ld dock was lengthened to 641ft., and so by means of a caisson that two vessels of considerable tnze can be operated on at the same time. The numr of men who find work at Mort's varies from 1 to 1200, and the plans and appliances are m keeping with the reputation of the establishment, which has always been of the very high order. There is a steam hammer capable of giving a blow of 80 tons weight, and forging the largest steel shaft of the big ocean-going steamers. Then, there are large lathes to cope with the biggP.t cylinders afloat, and a pair of shear-legs with lifting capa- city equal to nearly 70 tons. These are *ome of the big things. There are smaller appliances of the same sort, and a thousand and one other kinds, all of which go to make one of the most complete estab- lishments in the world. Another development of the establishment has now commenced. The class of steamer which visits Australia blul e year' been steadily increasing in tonnage. ^as to increased dock accommodation, independent of the huge graving dock constructed by the New South Wales Government at Cockatoo •Island, near the approach to the Parramatta River- At Balmain there is a large dock capable of accommodating two vessels of about 3000 tons each at the Baine time. The slip on the other side of the bay will take one vessel of 1000 tons and another of 2000 tons together. The Jubilee Dock will take another of 1400 tons, and recently a start has been Made with a yet larger dock at Woolwich, between the en trances to the Parramatta and Lane Cove rivers The new dock will be 660ft. in length, looft. in width at the top, sloping down to 80ft. at the bottom, with a depth of 28ft. of water on the sill at high water. When completed the dock will be ready to take in vessels like the Konigin Luise and Barbarossa, the capacity of each of which is about 10,500 tons. Besides this dry accommodation, the new works will have 2000ft. of wharfage. 80 that with the present decking facilities and wharfage at Bal- main and elsewhere there will be practically no ljrajt to the work which may be undertaken. The whole of the capital has been raised locally, and no « a tance has been asked from the State.

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HOME HINTS. To CLEAN Co.Ains.-Cut a piece of card the width hnd length of the comb, and pass it in and out between the teeth till all dust is removed then rub with a flannel, and polish well. Or wind cotton between the thumb and little finger of the right hand while the fingers are fully eutstretched, and rub this up and down between the teeth of the comb. Yet another way is to brush the dust out with a soft old brush, and to polish the comb well with a piece of linen rag. It is always advisable to clean combs without using water for them. PA"RP HANGING on walls admit of very little clean- ing, except that of sweeping them down with the hair- broom covered with a clean linen duster. Stains by smoke may sometimes be cleaned by rubbing them I with the crumb of a loaf. Grease can scarcely by any means be removed from paper-hangings. When- ever a room is fresh papered it is desirable to re- serve small pieces of it, that repairs may be made in the case of any part being torn off or injured. CARE OF LINEN.-It is a good plan to have one or two new things every spring. This keeps the linen cupboard in good order, without a large outlay at any one time. The table-linen should be carefully darned as soon as the thin places appear, and before being sent to the wash; house-cloths, dusters. &c., when they come home. The mistress should look them I over herself every week, if possible. Servants cannot be trusted to do it properly therefore, it is all im- portant that she should be able to mend the things herself, or to show her servants how to do it if they are ignorant. The saving in money effected by these means would hardly be believed, and, besides, there is the satisfaction of feeling that everything looks well cared for and will bear inspection. APRLB ROLY-POLY.-Chop very finely 6oz. of beef suet. and mix it with lib. of flour. Make it into a paste with pint of water. Roll it out about inch thick, and 8 inches or 10 inches wide. Spread over it rather thickly, 31b. of apples boiled to a pulp and sweetened and flavoured. Leave i inch of the edges untouched with fruit. Roll it round. fasten the ends securely, tie the pudding in a floured cloth, and boil it. Serve with sweet sauce. Time to boil, 1J hours. Sufficient for five or six persons. j HORSERADISH SAUCE.—Place J pint of milk in a tureen, add and dissolve in it a tablespoonful of Swiss milk and a dessertspoonful of made mustard add two tablespoonfuls of vinegar, a little pepper, and sufficient grated horse-radish to make the whole rather thicker than double cream. This latter opera- tion. which will take about two sticks of horse-radish, will make your eyes water. The sauce, which is suit- Iflble for hot and cold beef of every description, will, however, amply repay you for the trouble. BROILED FowL.- This is a hasty and very excel- lent dish, suitable for supper. Take off the head of a young fowl, and when the bird is dead, draw it and plunge it into boiling water. Remove the skiri and feathers together. Split it up the back, and lay the inside downwards on a gridiron over a clear fire. Baste frequently, and pepper lightly on all sides. When sufficiently done, put it on a hot dish, sprinkle salt, and rub with butter. Serve with mushroom, tomato, or liver and lemon sauce. The fowl should be turned over when half cooked. Time to broil, about thirty-five minutes. The fowl, to be tender; should be cooked before it gets cold, when grilled immediately after killing. SAGO PUDDING.—Put three tablespoonfuls of fine sago into a clean saucepan, with a heaping table- spoonful of sugar and the grated rind of a lemon, and stir in one pint of cold milk. Put the saucepan over the fire and bring it quickly to the boil, stirring well all the time. Let it boil a few minutes, and stand it aside to get a little cool. Break in three whole eggs, beating it well to mix the two together; well butter a pie-dish, pour in the pudding, and bake in a hot oven for half an hour. 3trew the top thickly with grated cocoanut, and serve either hot or cold. FISH OMELETTE. — Carefully take out the bones from any cold fish, and remove the skin beat up three eggs in a basin with two tablespoonfuls of milk or cream. Melt a lump of butter as large as the bowl of a dessertspoon in a frying-pan when the butter frizzles, mix in the cold fish with the eggs and pour the mixture into the frying-pan. Let it stand over the fire for a few minutes to set; then hold the frying-pan in front of the fire until it has finished cooking. It will rise high above the edge of the pan. Fold it in half, and serve on a hot dish. BROWN BREAD PUDDING.—Cut the crust from two thick slices of brown bread, and pass the crumb through a wire sieve, or grate it as fine as possible on a bread-grater; put the crumbs in a basin and pour over them one pint of boiling milk when cool, break in three eggs, a tablespoonful of flour, a teaspoonful of powdered cinnamon, and 2oz. of finely-shred candied peel; mix well, put into a well-buttered pip- dish and bake in a moderately hot oven for three- quarters of an hour. This makes a delicious pudding with fresh strawberries when in season, instead of candied peel. Suirr PUDDING.—Put Jib. of flour on a pastry- board, with ilb. of beef suet; chop the suet with the flour as fine as possible, and mix it with cold water in a basin into a nice firm mass. Put it in a pudding- cloth, tie quite tight, either round or like a bolster, put at once into quite boiling water, and boil sharply for one hour and a quarter. Put half a teacupful of treacle in a saucepan, with a generous lump of butter; let it get quite hot, turn the pudding out of the cloth on to a hot dish, pour the hot treacle over, and serve at once. FIG CHARLOTTE.—Cut some slices of stale bread, and fry them, in either butter or dripping, a nice crisp brown on both sides. Well butter a cake-tin, and sprinkle it freely with powdered loaf-sugar line the tin with the fried bread throughout, chop rather small one pound of figs with two pieces of lemon- candied-peel, a teacupful of bread-crumbs, one whole egg, and the juice of a lemon. Mix well together, put the mixture into the prepared tin, with a piece of fried bread on the top; bake in a moderate oven half an hour. ORANGE PUDDrlq(;Throw a breakfastcupful of rice into a basin of cold water, and wash well. Put one pint of milk in a well-buttered saucepan with the thin rind of three oranges, cover close, and let the milk come to the boil. Then put in the well-washed rice, and boil for 15 minutes, looking at it frequently to see that it does not burn. If all the milk is soaked up by the rice before the rice is done; a little more milk must be put in the saucepan. As soon as it is done, turn the rice into a basin, take out the orange peel, and mix in two yolks and one whole egg, putting the two whites of the eggs on a clean dry plate. Sweeten the rice with two tablespoonfuls of sugar, mix well, well butter a pie-dish, and line the bottom of the dish with the prepared rice, take off every particle of white pith from six oranges, divide them in quarters, and take out the pips. Make a syrup of a teacupful of water and a breakfastcupful of sugar; let this boil until thick like honey, pour it over the oranges when cool, put in the pie-disn with the prepared rice, beat up the whites of egg until of a stiff froth, mix in a tea- cupful of white sugar, put this in spoonfuls over the oranges, and bake in a cool oven a pale brown. SOUSED MACKEREL.-Well wash the fish under the tap, cut off the heads, and put the fish in just enough quite boiling water to cover it, with a teaspoonful of salt; let the fish boil gently for a quarter of an hour, then take it out 'carefully and put it in a pie-dish with a breakfastcupful of the water in which it was boiled, and the same quantity of vinegar. Sprinkle freely with pepper and finely-chopped parsley, and use with some nice crisp lettuce. BAKED ORANGE CUSTARD.-Cut the peel from two oranges as thin as possible put in one pint of milk, well sweetened; let the milk stand on the side of the stove to draw out the flavour from the orange-peel. Beat up three whole eggs with half a teacupful of cold milk. When the milk has stood on the stove long enough, bring it to the boil, and pour very slowly over the eggs-IItirring well. Pour the cus- tard into a well-buttered pie-dish. With a sharp knife peel away every particle of white pith from the oranges, cut them in quarters, and cut away the thick white skin, taking out the pips. Put the oranges in the custard. Bake the pudding in a quick oven for twenty minutes, just to set the custard. BAKED PLAICE.—Well wash a large fresh plaice well scraping away the black skm near the head Dry the fish well, and rub it over with a little flour mixed with pepper and salt. Put a generous lump of dripping or bmter in a baking-sheet. When quite boiling hot, dip the fish in on both sides, with a good covering of finely-chopped parsley, onions, chervil, a little lemon-peel, and just a few gratings of nutmeg. Bake the fish in a good hot oven for three-quarters of an hour, basting it frequently. Put it carefully on to a hot dish, pour the sauce from the pan over the fish, and serve with a dish of nicely-mashed potatoes. PORCUPINE CROQUETTES.—These are made with chicken, veal, sweetbreads, brains, or any cold meat. When making them of chicken or veal, the brains and sweetbreads are quite an addition. Chop fine one pint of cold cooked meat and season it with a few drops of onion juice, a dust of nutmeg, one tablespoonful of chopped parsley. Salt and pepper to taste. Rub together one tablespoonful of butter, with two tablespoonsful of flour, and when smooth add it to one cup of boiling cream or milk. Cook until thick, and then add meat. When cold, form into croquettes, roll in flour, then in egp, and last in vermicelli crushed fine with the rolling pin, and fry in boiling fat. If you use veal for them simmer it until tender in boiling water with two slices of onion, one bay leaf, one sprig of parsley, and one clove. •-

READINGS FOR THE YOUNG. (From the Christian Globe.") I A LETTER WITH A LESSON. Dolly had nothing to do. The school teacher hni given her a holiday, and then it rained so that she could not go out with her hoop. "Why do you not sit down quietly and read asked her mother. Oh," said Dolly, I would rather play. Only there is nobody to play with, and nothing to play at!" She was a little sad, you see, because the rain had stopped her nice outdoor games. Holidays do nor, come every day, and it is hard to have to stay indoors when they do come. Poor Dolly rambled round and round the room. First she looked at the pouring rain that made little bubbles on the path as it splashed down, and at the sparrows who chirped and chirped just under the edge of the roof near the gutter spout. Then she went to her toy cupboard and turned over all her books, and stroked the dollies' hair. B,it, she could not settle down to amuse herself with any of them. Why not have a dolls' tea-party with your new set of tea-cups ?" asked her mother. 1 don't like them much to-day." said Dolly, going back to the window. "How I wish it woul, I leave off raining!" But it seemed to rain faster than ever. The little girl drummed on the panes with her fingers as she watched the drops patter down them. Splash splash!" went the puddles. "Chip! chip! twit! twit!" piped the sparrows. "Ough! ough ough sighed the wind. And all the nice blue sky was covered with grey, thick clouds that hurried alon fast to make room for more grey, thick clouds. It was very dreary. Oh, dear me," whispered Dolly. Then she stopped. Across the grass outside the window came a little cat. Such a funny puss, with all its fur standing up on its back and its tail dripping with wet. Mother cried Dolly, our pussy is out in the rain." Go and let her in," said her mother. Dolly ran and openei the door. Then she srot n duster and wiped the cat as dry as she could. When it looked better, Dolly had a happy thought. I'll draw her likeness, and sent it to the editor Pussy was coaxed on the table, and asked to sit very still. When the drawing was done, and the letter written, Dolly carried them to her mother. Why do you think it is not good for pussy to see her portrait?" said she. Oh," said Dolly, she would see how nice she looks, and what fine whiskers she has, and that might make her proud." Do you not want her to be proud ?" said her mother. "No," Dolly replied proud people are not nice. Don't you know you told me that pride was a silly thing ?" Ah, I remember now said her mother. "Y 0:1 had a new frock, and went and looked in the glasf, You thought you looked pretty, but you were only Billy. You were not half as pretty as that poor little girl round in the next street who asked her mother to let the baby have the warm jacket and went with- out herself. You were a silly little girl, and all prou i children are silly." I know better now," said Dolly. That is why I want to stop the cat from being silly. It would be a dreadful thing to have a proud cat!" Not so dreadful as to have a proud child," said Dolly's mother. And we all agree with her, don't we ? I DON'T WANT TO. There's a lazy little sprite, that takes supreme de- light In spoiling children's faces. Deary me luch a tiresome, tiresome elf I've wished often to myself He was out of sight for ever at the bottom of the sea. Just look at Freddy's lips when asked to pick up chips, Or rock the little sister, baby Grace. I don't want to (that's his name) begins his little game, And you'd hardly know 'twas Freddy's pretty face. How quick his ugly mask, though 'twas an easy task, Slipped o'er little Ellen's face to-day, When mamma kindly said: Please, daughter, bring my thread; Twill take you but a moment from your play." I don't want." There he goes, whining always through his nose. Spoiling all the lovely faces. Deary me! The smiles he puts to rout, and the dimples, I've no doubt, If they were drops of water, would almost fill the sea. "GOD CARES." Two young girls were engaged in stitching flannel dresses for the poor of the pariah. Now we have completed our garments, our work is finished for this season at least," said one of the two girls, with a sigh of relief. "No, no; wait a moment-just a few moments more," replied the other; and going into an inner room, she returned with some skeins of crimson silk and a few knots of ribbon and lace. Why, what are you doing ?" asked her com- panion, with surprise, as the deft fingers swiftly fashioned a dainty edging of crimson silk, frilled in the soft lace at neck and sleeves, and fastened on the bright ribbons here and there. These extra stitches just take a moment," was the answer, given with a blush, and I want to make the dress pretty for some mother's baby." As the great pile of dresses was distributed to the needy that cold winter, one hard-visaged woman burst into tears and hid her face tin the folds of a little dress trimmed with lace and ribbons. Oh, to think of someone doing this for my poor baby I didn't think anybody cared," she sobbed. God cares for you and your baby," said the reve- rent voice of the pastor, who had long sought an opportunity to reach this hardened heart. And for the first time the woman was willing to listen to the sweet old story. Does this not teach us that there is something more for us to perform beyond the rigid calls of simple duty ? The extra stitches are surely the threads of gold that beautify and enrich the dull, dark fabric of our too-often careless and indifferent charity. SUPPOSE1 Suppose, my little lady, Your doll should break her head, Could you make it whole by crying Till your eyes and nose were red? And wouldn't it be pleasanter To treat it as a joke And say you're glad 'twas Dolly's And not your head that broke ? Suppose you're dressed for walking, And the rain comes pouring down, Will it clear off any sooner Because you scold and frown ? And wouldn't it be nicer For you to smile than pout, And so make sunshine in the house When there is none without? Suppose that some boys have a hone, And some a coach and pair, Will it tire you less while walking To say It isn't fair "? And wouldn't it be nobler To keep your temper sweet, And in your heart be thankful You can walk upon your feet ? Suppose folks do not please you In what they say or do, Do you think the whole creation Can be altered just for you f And isn't it, my girl or boy, The wisest, bravest plan, Whatever comes, or doesn't come, To do the best you can ? i BAD WAGES. I have left my place, mother I could not stay 1" said a poor boy, when he returned one morning from his work. Why have you left?" said the mother. "Was your master unkind to you ?" No, mother; he was kind enough," said the boy. II Didn t you like the work, my boy P" It was the wages I didn't like," answered the boy, solemnly. My master wanted me to sin, and The wages of sin is death.' His master had expected him to lie about the goods, and deceive and cheat the customers, but the boy said No. sir! I can't do it. I will go home first." This he did, and he was right too. Such boys will make both mothers' and fathers' hearts glad, and j also be pleasing in God's sight, and will find that the Lord takes care of those who trust in Him and will not work for Satan or earn the wages of sin. I;

IN the Civil Service Estimates, the Postmaster- General has found it necessary to ask for an addi- j ■ional £ 1000 to provide the customary wedding.j gratuities, the number of marriages in the Post | wis year having far exceeded anticipation* I

THE WOMAN'S WORLD. FALSE hips or padding on the hips is becoming fashionable. It is neither pretty nor becoming, and it is to be hoped it won't catch on," as our American cousins say. Directly a woman who wears these appendages begins to move she can be detected, nnd she then becomes most ungraceful and almost ridi- culous. NEVER go to bed with cold or damp feet. Nevel lean with the back upon anything that is coldt Never begin a journey until the breakfast has beea eaten. Never take warm drinks and then immoi diately go out into the cold. Never omit regular boah- ing, for unless the skin is in an active condition the cold will close the pores and favour congestion 09 other diseaee. After exercise of any kind. newrtide in an open carriage. When hoarse, speak as little.. possible until the hoarseness is recovered from, elae the voice may be permanently injured or troubles of the throat be produced. Never continue keepingthe back exposed to the heat after it has become com- fortably warm. When going from a warm atmo- sphere into a cooler one, keep the mouth almost closed, so that the air may be warmed by its pas- sage through the nose ere it reaches the lungs. Never stand still long in cold weather, especially after having taken a slight degree of exercise. IN the history of dress the position of the glore Í8 unique. There was a time when the glove was an emolem of confidence. Forming a part of the regal habit, it became a badge of rank. In the Middle Ages the ceremony of investiture in conferring I dignities or bestowing lands was consummated by the giving of a glove. Likewise, the deprivation of gloves was a ceremony of degradation. Then, j too, it was the custom to give gloves Ï8 payment of rent, the gloves being accepted as a guarantee of a retainer's service, which was the chief condition of tenure. On tht Scotch border the glove held a high place as a gaga Here a glove borne on the point of a lance pro- claimed an act of perfidy. Biting the glove was a sign of hostile intent and the usual prelude to quarrel. Throughout the history of dress they are found symbolical of pledges, gages, gifts or favours. Gloves also form part of burial rites, and were carried in funeral processions until the middle of the 18th century. When a maiden died it was the custom to place in the centre of the garland which was borne on her coffin a pair of white gloves—a symbol of virginity and innocence. I HEARTBURN (observes Janet," of the Evening News) comes from indigestion, and can often be cured by taking in a glass of water half a teaspoon- ful of baking soda, a pinch of powdered ginger. and half a teaspoonful of powdered rhubarb, Hoarseness can be relieved immediately by allowing a small piece of borax to dissolve in the mouth, It I can be cured if the patient keeps silent and swallow* a little glycerine from time to time. Hiccoughs C88 sometimes be stopped at once by squeezing the left wrist with the first finger and thumb of the right hand. Sprains will be rendered less painful if bathed in very hot water, or covered with clothe wrung out of very hot water or cold water and spirits (half and half). Sleep will sometimes come imme- diately if a hot drink is taken. This draws the blood from the head to the stomach. In serious casee t hop pillow (made of lib. of hops) is excellent, having many of the good and none of the bad effects of I drugs. A burn can be relieved by frequent applica- tions of powdered charcoal to the injured part. GREAT care should be taken in cleansing silver trimmed tortoise-shell or ebony toilet articles. Am- monia or silver powders destroy the finish of these materials. A little powder may be put on a piece of chamois, and the silver rubbed carefully, after which a perfectly fresh piece of dry chamois should be used to polish it, without injuring the shell or ebony. A WOJUN of good taste whose children in the nursery always are pretty and picturesque, 'dresses them in little Russian blouses of checked gingham. These little garmants are practically aprons, which are loose and comfortable and protect the clothe* beneath. They are simply made, there is very little more work in one than in an apron, and yet, when the apron is an ugly, utilitarian affair, the blonse is distinctly attractive. IF you have not a good eye for colour, and are in doubt as to what colours will harmonise or go well together, try this simple experiment. Put a bit of black cloth on the table; on this place a skein of worsted or a small square of paper. We will taU red first. Sit just in front of it, and hold in the right hand a sheet of grey or white cardboard. Now look steadily, without once moving 'he eyes away, at Lhe coil of worsted for two minutes or more. TheD. without moving the eyes from the spot, suddenly bring the cardboard over the worsted, so as to hide it completely. In a few seconds there will appear, as if floating on the cardboard, a figure of the coil of worsted, but in an antirely different colour. This figure looks like a shadow, and it slowly moves away, and in a moment seems to vanish in the most magical manner. Try other colours the same way, and after each you will see the ghost. This shadowy appearance is called the ghost of colours," and, as they are all coloured, we may call them painted ghosts. Every colour, if tried in this way will show a ghost of another colour. For instance, after you have looked at red you will see a ghost of a greenish colour, after green, a red- dish colour after blue, orange after violet, a yel- lowish colour. Try any colour, and you will see ghost of some other colour. If, after you have seen one of these ghosts, you pick out a good match for it, and place.it beside the colour you were studying, you will And they look well together. Put red and green together, blue and orange, pale greenish-yellow and violet, indigo and yellow, or any other colour and its ghost-colour together. and you will have harmony. The effect will be good. and you will not tire of looking at the two colouft together. If you are in doubt about any colour, pot it on black cloth, try the experiment and find out the ghost, and then match the ghost. This applies to every colour, and will help you to understand what combination of colours are good. You will soon learn to see the difference between good apd bad contrasts, and, after some practice, you caAteil at a glance what colours to use on your hats anc&lresses. v-- IN this age of the so-called "rebellion of the daughters it behoves all mothers to look well at home and find out whose is the fault, and what it the reason of this uncomfortable state of affairs. Girls have far more liberty nowadays than their parents dreamt of in their wildest moments, and with that liberty comes other faces, other influences, and other ideas. Now it is that home duties and home culture should stand forth with added f and parents should try and make home life as agreeable and pleasant to the young folks at lie in their power. Don't forget that you, too, were young once, and so grudge the growing boys and girls their natural wish for pleasures and excitement A few friends in to tea, a small party or impromptu dance, will do wonders towards oiling the wheels of every-day life, and your children think all the better of you for it, and are grateful to you in consequence. FROM first to last (the oracle of the Evening Now advises) your intercourse with your children should bear the impress of love. It is not sufficient that you feel affection toward your children, you must show it. Children are apt to judge their parents by the deed* and words of everyday life. They have not the under. standing to appreciate sacrifices made for them, their hearts are won by little kindnesses and alienated by little acta of neglect or impatience. I was staying with a friend one day whea her two little ones came running in from their play and wanted to kiss her. "Oh, don't bother me now," she said, I'm busy." The dear little faces, which only a moment before had beea bright and animated, looked suddenly crestfallen, and the elder child took the other by the hand and said, in a sad little voice, Come along, Harry, mamma does not want us to love her." But mumm did want them to love her, and she quickly brought them back and told them so. I think it wu al- to her. A TABLE, other than the dressing table, is, to my mind a bedroom necessity. This shall be for writing materials, work-basket, a photograph or two, and vase of flowers. Such a table may be round 01 square, or better still, long and narrow. 7°° cannot buy a new one, see what you can do with the old. Quite an uncommon arrangement is that of stretching a piece of art serge tightly over the top, and nailing this neatly and invisibly under the rim. Here a variety may be obtained by fixing such a clota with fancy brass-headed nails, set at regular inter- vals right the way round the extreme edge, or an edging of ball-fringe—matching that used on the chaur-wiu look well, and prove remarkably long wearing.

TEACHER ■ If one servant girl could clean two rooms in two ho-, how long would it take two servant girls to do ,r': Pour hours." Teacher: •'Wrong. It would only Uke one hoar." Little OirI: Oh I d.dnt kno* yan Wh„ te]kia about servant girJs that wasn t on spiking terms." A CHIROPODIST announces 0n hi. business car* 4 Tvved Tn8 several of t> crown».i hnads of Euroue.