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' 1 WOMAN'S INFLUENCE. CHJJPTEB XIV?Continued. - "When llar^aret reached homo afU her ride, during which her thoughts ha not ceased to dwell upon her late bltte knowledge, she found that Brian ha ' Hired. Believed at the Intelligence, yet feel i?g the impossibility of meeting him 1 ;ber then, state ol mind, she determine to feign a headache. Indeed her im 'agination was not geatly exercised fo t?is end as a dull pain in her temple gave reality to her excuse. , If Brian had known the moment of he arrival she would not have escaped si jeasily, but he was in the library at thi 'time, and ilargaret was thus enabled t< TOaeh the welcome seclusion of her owi room, from which safe retreat she liS' tened for any chance sound that migh reach her ears. Nanny had assured her that Brian hat been made comfortable, and she als< confided that he looked paler than usua |and had been asking every five minute; if Margaret had returned. '* "The cxld retrain,* thought Margaret "with a sigh. *Ha can spend days awaj from me without regret, but 11 I leavi , him a minute here he complains." | Nanny was sent with the message that Margaret was Indisposed, anc ;hoped he would excuse her for to-night She returned with a Jew lines tha Briafi had scribbled on the fly-leaf of i 'CooET t "Dear Margaret," they began, "I an 'so sorry you are not welL Let m< 'come up and sit with you. I promise t< be very quiet, and my presence carmo 'hurt you. I yon so mucn. It Ti 'dull down here, with only my thoughts for company. My miserable thoughts Let me see yon, if only for five .Minutes Margaret. I am eating my dinner al alone." >. All alone! Poor Brian! " "Let him see her, if only for five minutes." A simple request, easily grant ed, and yet even five minutes was mor< than she could bear to-night. And s< she answered the note. She thankee him for his sympathy. Her illness waf nothing more than a headaohe, foi 'which quiet was the best medioino Sue could not see him to-night, thougl she was sorry he was lonely. Sh< had eaten her dinner alone for twe weeks. i And Brian read these written words, "but he could not read between the lines, CHAPTEB XT. JULBULAKET DISOOVEB3 HER NEED OF CHANGE Margaret could not make herheadach( serve her another day without arousinj suspicion, so she was loroea 10 com? u breakfast next morning, where Bh< found Brian before her. He greeted hei with a warmth that expressed a variety of emotions, while She endeavored tij show no change in her manner toward him. "I hope the hcadachehas quite gone/ he said, taking his cup of coffee from hei hand. "Yes, entirely," she answered; "I feeJ quite well this morning." Her appearance belied her words, and so Brian thought as he regarded hei rather Intently from his end of the table. Then a constrained silenoe fell between them. Margaret searched hei mind for some remark. She found nothing but the question which 6he regretted as soon as it had passed her lips. "Did you enjoy yourself?" . A change passed ovgr his face, and he answered with an embarrassed air:' "Perhaps you wouldn't call it enjoyment, Margaret. I don't know. Sometimes I wish I could think and act like Jyou do. I would at lea6t be spared th? ''misery Qf 'regret, and I daresay I would be happijy." -r-"Indeed ^ou would," she interposed, 'quickly. "Not to think and act as I do precisely. I do not mean that, of course, because I could never set myself up as an example; but il you would onij be different If you would not do th? . things which bring regret." "That is easily said, Margaret. I Bhould be perfeot if that were the case. I am unfortunate in the possession of a discontented nature, and it can't be well helped now. I believe people are bom to certain things, and I am born to nothing. There's Wilson. I was talking to him the other day. He's a good fellow, but a crank in his way. I call him a natural doctor. Takes to it like a duck to water, and is in his element when he's tending a lot of sick, dirty children. Of course people admire those things; call him noble, unselfish, and all that. Well, I do, too. Yet ] can't do what he does. I'm of differenl caliber, I suppose. Some time ago he told me ho could get me in a hospital! It was a splendid opening, no doubt, and any number of fellows were hungry for It. So I told him I'd be charitable and let some other poor devil have it He couldn't understand my refusal, Why? Because his ideas and habitf are different from mine. I am sorry i' Is so." "And I am sorry you have throwi away so many advantages, Brian. It ii really a shame. I can have no pationc< with you." Brian was silent under this outburst Margaret's ideas might be right in th< abstract, but he had no desire to prac tically apply them to himself. "You blame me for a very commoi failing," he said after a moment. "Ther are any number of men in New York tq day who have no business of any kin d They are well-to-do, of course, and the; find plenty to fill their time. Here however, it is different. There are no di versions, and one "Must go to the city to seek them, understand," said Margaret. "I'nde the circumstances it is surprisinj that you honor Elmwood at all. Wb; not take up your residence in New York? He regarded her with more than sur prise. "Would you wish such an arrange' menf" he a~ked, with mucn warmth "Are you so ready and anxious to be ri< of me? Hot*- would you like the neigh borhood to discuss our affairs, and Aiurgaret luugfce<l bitterly. "Th neighborhood has already discussed tlier to its heart's content. Bo sure of thai I don't believe I can be hurt more tha I have been on that point. As to get ting rid of you, you talk without reaso: or sense, Brian. There'd bo no gettin rid of you, even if I regarded you in th light of a millstone around my lieei wmca i aon i.?ijujic. x vo u thinking a great deal, and I havo dc cidod tijat as you cannot endure lif here I'll have to endure lifo in Nc York. I am going there next week." "To New York," repeated Brian scarcely able to credit his ears. * thought you said it would break you heart to leave ElmwcoJ," ? ?' . Margaret dropped her fork and stooped to pick it up before she answered: "Don't bring up things I've said," sh returned, with some impatienoe. "One can't be accountable for every word. I 1 am determined not to be talked about, and I want to see something of this 4 wonderful New York, where 'life is so flexible that it can bend to every caprioe.' Tour expression, sir. You will have tc find me a resting place. Not a house; that would be a bother. A small apartment will be best; please look for one, j if you can fin 3 time from your important social duties." i "Yes," said Brian, gradually recovering from his surprise. "I'D do what I can, notwithstanding your sarcastic reference to my duties. Thoso swe?t lips weren't made for sarcasm. Don't frown. I know I'm a daring fellow. I wish I could understand this sudden whim of yours. It is sensible; I can't deny that. I've thought several times that it would be delightful to spend our winters in New York and our summers a here. I shall be happy to enjoy your 4 society and the city at the same time.* ti Margaret did not reply to this, and d when she spoke again it was on anotner topic. [. Brian found time to secure an aparta ment which seemed to Margaret suitd able in all particulars, and a3 the time t. she had fixed upon for departure drew nearer she began to realize the cost of leaving ElmwootL Her life was so thoroughly identiflod with this home she had learned to love so dearly, her mind and heart so fully wrapped up in all conneoted with it, that It was a hard and real saorifice to break tip old assooiations, and look forward to in indefinite stay among comparative 6trangers and uncongenial surroundings. But the sacrifice had to be made, and it was better to make it soon, she argued. Dwelling upon it only made it harder, and after the actual leaving was pver, the bitterest part, she could force fcereelf to be contented in that great, busy city, which held no allurements for her. She would have stolen away quietly, to have avoided the pain of saying goodby to her friends, but this was not possible; so the unpleasant experience had to bo encountered. The tearful grief of the rectory children, who had grown to look upon her as a second mother, tried her strength ? nr,/l ii^n BOVflrfllT ATI d lflft hf>I * CkUU lOOViuvtvu wv t v? j ?- ? - ? ? ) rather dreading her visit to The Cedars, > In whioh she was sure to find the Colonel t sg kind and gympathe^g that it would J Be ImpossiDle to bearfip! ^ 3 "If he only understood how It hurts," . she thought, making her way to Alice's , room, "he would be only hard and cold. I People call the world cold and unsympathetic, but it seems to mfe that " "I am only advising you, Alice; such tempers are hereditary, you know." These light words broke rather rudely ) upon Margaret's melancholy reflections, > and notwithstanding her state of mind, 1 she was compelled to smile. } "Nell, I declare," she soliloquized, r pulling aside the portiere and entering . the room, to find the irrepressible young i lady seated on a table, her feet dangling > in the air and her laughing face suggest> ing the mischief her words had expressed. , "Merciful fates! if here isn't Misa , Margaret!" she cried, jumping from her perch and rushing to greet Margaret. "You didn't expect to see me? "Well, I guess not, but here I am, as big as life J and twice as natural. Thank heaven ] you've come. Take off your hat and I coat. That's rigfht. Now you feel more I at home. You'll stay to lunch, of i course? Oh, yes, you wilL You must; I'm a goner otherwise. Why my anxiety, you ask? Ye gods! what a want of comprehension! And you know the old bear, too; have seen his little ebullitions of wrath, and noted the delicate pink that overspreads his expressive features when somebody like me has an QDinion?that dear, mild, beloved uncle of mine who tried to bos my ears this morning and may be looking for me even at this moment. See, how I tremble, and shiver, and shake. So 6tay, I pray you; stay to calm the fire of his passion and throw oil on the troubled waters, as it were. Did you see him in your wanderings through the hall? Did you catch a glimpse of his seraphic, sherubic ?" "For mercy's sake, be quiet," put in A.lice, interrupting Nell's flow of eloquence. "You would set anyone crazy. Jit down, Margaret. I'll try to keep ,*ou from being talked to death. You ook tired already/' "Generous cr5&ture," retorted Nell. 'Take this chair by me, Miss Margaret. Tou'll be safe, really. Yes, uncle and t had a glorious quarrel this morning, t can't remember what about. I ventured to express an opinion on some subject, I dare say. He differed with me. Bo we had a regular battle. He *flt,' as poor old Tom says, and I defended my&elf against the venom of his tongue. Mice merely grinned. When you came fa I was trying to tell her ihat such tempers are hereditary, and therefore i she'd better look out." i "Did she thank you for your advice?" "Thank me? Not she. Her nature's I too ungrateful. There now! I had a question to ask you, and I've forgotten i It already. Oh, yes! Is it really true that you are going away? I heard so this morning." "\f oTTfif/if TTM+Vl ft icd, auanuxgu iuai^uivu, n*vu w sigh, "lam poing to-morrow." I "So 6oon?" a9ked Alice, coming bo) hind Margaret's chair and putting her ? arm9 around her neck. "How shall I ! ever get on without seeing you every ( day or so. I can't let you go." r Margaret clasped Alice's hands in > hers. "If it is hard for you, how much hard; er it is for me," she answered, "Please don't be melancholy." begged ' Nell, with a quick glance at Margaret's face. "Alice, go and sit down. You > give mo the blues, if I may be allowed j so to speak, as one of my friends would i remarK. aay disposition 18 reauy most solemn. I ory so easily that the slight-' i est effort will bring an ocean of tears. ' Then my nose gets red, my freckles grow larger, and I'm a 6ight generally. So don't make me weep. If you are goJ ing to Mew York, Miss Margaret, I envy e you. 'Cause why? 'Cause you've got : money and can iuvve no end of fun ^ there. It's different with us. We are ! poor, as Alice has no doubt told you, i and it.'? n nnctv monn onntpmntihlft * i'eoiing. Poverty was the reason for our moving to Philadelphia, nothing in J the world else. Our friends were told * that wo liked Philadelphia; that the air i agreed with us?wo are all so healthy I we'd thrive in a pig-pen?when the real, unvarnished truth is the low rents agree with our pocket-books. I tell you, you don't half know our tricks." "Oh, Nell!" 1 "Just hear Alice say 'Oh, Nelll' as c though she doesn't know as well as I do ; the trick? of the guild. The guild meaDS poor people, you know. Not 0 poor washerwomen,needlewomen,scrubu women, and such poverty-stricken ' wretches, but poor people like us, trying D to keep up appearances on nothing. J " abominate thorn, and I despise poverty D so heartily that I'd rather be rich thaD 3 go to heaven. Now it's Miss Margaret's " turn to say 'Oh, Nell!' and how shocked she looks in the bargain. It's evidenl c she doesn't know anything about scraping and scratching. If she'd lived iu e cheap flats I bot she'd agree with ine. * Th?-y are simply horrible. And when it comes to furnished flats?Lord, bo meri} ful to me, a sinner! We've had them, | * I and I know whereol i speas. j. remeiu- i 1 ber ono, especially. The greatest cheat I -1 on reoorcj. Handsomely furnished, the ' I I ) I j J owner oalled it." We Hadn't been In it three days before all that handsome furniture tumbled to pieces. A case of familiarity breeds contempt, very likely. Now, I've gnwn suspicious. If I see a tidy on a sofa 'J want to know what is under it; and no matter how innocent the chairs and'' tables may look sitting around In their Sunday clothes, as it were, I knovj'it's ten to ono that the tables wijLi16hed a leg and the chairs give up. a back or seat juut when one is seeking such support. You soe, experience is a good teacher." "Thanks for your oration," remarked Alice, as Nell paused for breath. "Your tongue, my dear, is one of those infant industries not in need of 'protection.' " "Nell's experenoe rather frightens me," remarked Margaret, with a glance at the late speaker. "Think of my furnished apartment, and what is probably in store " "A furnished apartment," broke In Nell quickly, "is as different from a furnished fiat as a crow from a partridge. Don't laugh at my comparison, please. I consider it particularly happy, and to return to the apartment, you probably pay from two hundred to three hundred dol lars a month. Sot we never aspirea to anything so respectable. A flat, nothing more nor lees than a flat, was the object of oar ambition, and therein lies the difference. It is to enable me to one day live in an apartment like yours that I am now diligently searching for a husband. Beauty and blueblood desired. Money indispensable. If he's young, well and good. If he's o!d? bo much the better. He'll " "No more, please," begged Margaret. "I came here expecting to be doleful, and you've mado me laugh so?" " 'Comfort the sorrowful,' " quoted Nell. "A corporal work of mercy, my dear. I've performed a good action unconsciously. I'm an excelent youngj person, and, as you say, I can't imagine how they manage to spare me at home. But to tell the truth, jlay is the important one just now. She is soon to be married, you see; ana Dy some curious sort of reckoning, her value is increased fifty per cent. It is really a hard case. The two beauties of the family going ofl in this style, and leaving Bess and mi! to single blessedness. I reb?l againsl such unjust decrees; } wish I was beautifuL Oh, don't I wish I was beautiful' I'd like people to tumble into fits jus) from looking at me. What's the matter, Alice?" "I'd be glad to make a few remarks,' was the answer, with affected meek: ness. *"Poor child! Have you been waiting for my permission all this time? CerJ tainly you can talk. Don't pull dowi)' youi chin in that fashion. It reminds me of old Spenser when he indulges in Scripture. Scripture being something I'm totally unacquainted with, I don'i want it mentioned in my presence. Spenser ornaments his conversation with Biblical quotations; therefore 1 hate Spenser. Besides, he 6aye 'Hadn'i oughter;' and any man, woman, 01 child who says 'hadn't oughter' 'had oughter' be shot: My private opin ' What, Bon! Luncheon!t Gracious, I've glad. I'm as hungry as a bear. Misj Margaret, pray take me under the shadow of your wing. Alice, lead the way. I smell fritters. Oh, my!" Expressing a mild hope that the combined influences of the fritters and hei uncle's presenco might silence Nell'i busy tongue, Alice aid lead the way. | TO BE CONTINUED. | Bicycles in a Real War. Bicycles were taken into Abyssinia by the unfortunate Italian army. The natives took them to bo a new kind of a horse sent by the Almighty. . In a letter one of the Italian officers says that while riding with a white flag attached to the steering gear toward the lines of the Abyssinians the outposts and picket guards were so utterly surprised that they forgot all about asking him what errand he oame on. He calmly descended when reaching the post, and demunded to be shown to the headquarters of Has Mangasha. He was shown the direction, and, accompanied by two Abyssinian horsemen, continuad on his way. They lode at his side in mute admiration. When they arrived at the camp of the Ras they informed the latter that a messenger of the Italians had come on a horse sent to him by heaven. Th6 ? !? ? V? <-? Tf Q11 QT? r\r?OV VT JUJT U1UCX to give an exhibition of riding on the wheel, which the officer gladly did, thinking it would benefit the purpose of his errand. After lookiDg at the different evolutions of the wheel for a time the Kas allowed the messenger to return, but gave him no answer to the message he brought. Two more bicycles have penetrated into the central part of the Dark Continent. One is ridden by Mr. Gayrand, of the Society of Commercial Geography of France, who is stationed at Kita, in the Soudan, while thejother is owned by Ensign Baudry, who regularly rides out at Baufuabe, in French Equatorial Africa. In both cases the owners describe the effect upon the natives as highly interecting to them, they being regarded as nothing less than miracles. The Sun's Distance. "The sun is about ninety-three millions of miles distant from the earth," writes Alden W. Quimby in the Ladies' Homo Journal. "It varies through the year because the earth's orbit is elliptical, and the sun is at one focus of the ellipse. The earth is more than three millions of miles nearer the 6un in December than in June, at which time the latitudes south of the equator receive his direct ravs and exneri ence the great heat of their summer. "Let ub try to comprehend the figtires stated. The other day two racers of the sea proudly lowered the record of tranB-Atlantic passage. Could they turn their prows to the sun, and drive their great engines clay and night in tho crossing of the ether main, it would be 500 years before they could reach harbor. "Most persons have noticed the ap>preciable interval of time between tho stroke of an axe at a distance and the resultant sound; could we. hear the sound of a solar explosion wo would know that the explosion had occured fourteen years before. Perhaps the most striking illustration is that which imagines a little child to have an arm long enough to reach the sun. The child might thrust its fingers into the seething fires but it would grow up to maturity, and calmly descend into the valley of extreme old age, UllOOiUiij uuvwuouiuun vri "*-? J from the burning; in fact, it would require another such a lifetime to bring tho news to the brain." Iccbcrsr Stranded Off Vcw Hampshire. An iceborp stranded near Hampton Beach, N. H.,tho other day. It was reported as having been as bier as a house and to havo haa .1 marked effo<t on tho tomperaturo of tho vicinity. / CHURCH BELLS" A VISIT TO A FAMOUS FOUNDRY WHERE THEY ARE 3IADE. What a Halo of Romance Cllng9 Around Their Chimes!?Some of the Great Bells in Europe. WHAT a halo of romance clings around church bells! The dramatist has sometimes found in their chimes his most striking inci- : dent; the novelist has woven round them the meshes of his plot; the poet has sung of them. The bells, the bel- ; fry, the bellringers have all had their share of literary attention; but, curi ously enough, the bellfounder has been almost forgotten. A chat which I had recently with Mr. J. W. Taylor, the head of the famous Longhborough ' (England) firm of bellfounders, John I BELL BEXG BY A LEVER. ] _______________________________________ I Taylor &Co., will show that the men i who make6 the bells is as worthy of ^ note as he who rings them. < "I was born," said Mr. Taylor, in reply to a question as to his experi* 1 ences, "on April 6, 1S27, and I have i been all my life connected with bell- ' founding. This is a craft which de- ' mands from those who follow it an amount of attention, nay, I would say ' love for one's work, as an art, beyond, 1 perhaps, any other metal industry. It 1 is probably because of this that the * trade has been handed down from one i generation to another with the same ] continuity that marked the families f of craftsmen in the Middle Ages. Our 1 firm, for example, is the representa- i tive of an uninterrupted line of bellfounders which runs through several i centuries, and has for fifty years been r. established at Loughborough. < "I and mv two sons do not regard [ it entirely from the commercial side, t for we are all three change ringers, and i thus are able to bring the practical i experience of the ringer to aid the ] founder in the introduction of little improvements in the bells. I think I < *91 IRS ("r " ,01"' CRANK AND CHAD may say that a un;que feat was ac- 1 complished in February, 1888, at the i parish church, when my sons and I, i with seven of our employee, ran a peal 1 of 5000 changes in three kours and < thirty-five minutes. I believe such a c peal has never been rung by ten ring- \ ers engaged at one establishment, and c a tablet in the towei records the per- i formance." t "What has been your largest bell, Mr. Taylor?" "Great Paul, hung in St. Paul's Cathedral in 1882, is the largest bell we have cast, as it is, indeed, the 1 largest in the kingdom. It was cast c in November, 1881, and three furnaces c were employed, the melting of the ^ twenty tons of metal occupying eight ? and a half hour?. Then at the right K +>>? dnnfo nf thfl fnTnanes were I opened, and the great flood of molten metal came rushing into tne pit which ! contains the clay mold the size and shape of the bell. "It was not until sis days had elapsed that the heat abated sufficiently to allow us to hoist the bell out of the pit. The bell and the mold, I ought to add, were contained in a cast iron case, which, in view of the importance of its functions, was made strong enough to bear a pressure of 200 tons. "The diameter of the bell is 9 feet inches, and it is more than twice the weight of the great bell of St. Peter's at Rome. It eometimes hap- 2 pens that bells have to be recast several times before a 'true bell,' as we call it, is produced; but, in this instance, the first casting was successful; and * Sir John Stainer, who closelv examined 1 and carefully tested the bell, said that * he found its musical tone impressive 1 i 1 Tlio post, nf thfi ^ uejruuu ucsui i fj tiuui J.UV - bell and of hanging it was SI5,000. ( "We also cast the grand peal of n twelve bells at St. Paul's, which weigh together over 271 cwt." "You have cast the Imperial In6ti- f tute bells, have you not?" 1 ?-? ' "Yes. There were ten of then* presented by Mrs. Millar, of Melbourne, and we were commissioned to execute the work. Each bell is named after some member of the Royal Family, the tenor bell bearing the inscription, 'Victoria, B. I. 18371887,' while the others are named respectively, 'Albert Edward,' 'Alexandra,' 'Alfred,' 'Arthur,' 'Albert, Victor,' 'George,' 'Louise,' 'Victoria' and 'Maud.' Then round the shoulder of each is cast: 'Elizabeth Millar gave me; the Loughborough Taylors made me.' "It is an old bellfounder's fancy to have a line or two of rough verse on his belb; and if you were to go through any history of bells you would find morliooTTdl /xinnleta rfiftord tie names of the donors and the founders in much the 6ame style as the Imperial Institute bells do. "Then we cast the sixteen bells for Worcester Cathedral, -which'we regard as one of our triumphs. Lord Grimthorpe, who you know i6 one of the highest authorities on bells and bellringing, has stated that the Worcester peal is equal, if not su perior, to the famous peal at Bow. Then our work may be seen, or, perhaps, from its position, I ought to say heard,at Manchester. In the Town Hall an almost chromatic scale of bells was hung by as. Ten of them are hung as a ringing peal, and are of the same weight is Bow Bells. "The largest bell weighs eight tons, md the total weight of the peal is ibout thirty-four tons. "Each of them bears the name or initials of some member of the City Council, or Corporation official, and 3ach has a line from Tennyson's 'Ring Dot. Wild Bells.' The towars of the cathedrals of Edinburgh and Newcastle-on-Tyne also contain fine peals, it present we are just beginning work ipon a new ring of ten bells, which Lord Iveagh is presenting to St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin." A visit to the foundry of the "Loughborough Taylors" is a striking experience. From the great yard, where bells of ill sorts and all sizes lie around, one passes to the smith's shop, fitted with steam hammers, forges and all the latest appliances of the founders' art. rhen, though the carpenters' shop md the fitting shop, one reaches the tuning shop, where some of the most Jelicate operations are conducted. Eere as to a great assize of bells come the children of the furnace and the mold, "tried by fire" and purged of ill earthly dress, to be tested by skilled hands. Here is, perhaps, the most complete md accurate set of tuning forks in the three kingdoms; not the little feebletoned forks that one sees in the mtfsic mope, dui Dig ienows mat weign nearly tWo pounds each, which are produced by the aid of specially-designed and costly machinery, and can :une to a degree of accuracy hitherto inknown. But the foundry itself is the most nteresting of all to be seen at Messrs. Caylors', especially if one is fortunate ;nough to be able to witness a casting. I?he fumac3S, glowing with white heat ind the molten metal, stand just above l deep pit, into which the mold with ts core of clay has been carefully owered. At the foreman's word the doors )pen with a blaze of light, almost ^fplp I FOR RINGING. blinding in its intensity, and in the winkling of an eye the great mold is 'ull of metal and the furnace is empty. iVhen the metal is cool, the great jverhead cranes will lift it out of its Jiayey adjuncts, ana mere remains a )ell. But a rough one, needing much leaning and smoothing and burnish* ng before it may take its turn in the uning shop, and thence to the world. The Florida Orange Outlook. M. S. Moreman, the traveling rep esentative of the Florida Fruit Exshange, estimates the probable proluction of oranges for the next season it 125,000 boxes, as against less than >0,000 for the season of 1895-'96. Some oranges will be produced in alnost part of the orange-growing belt >f the State, though of course in small [uantities in most parts. The recovery >f the trees is not so rapid, according o Mr. Moreman, as many have antici)ated it would be, but he stated that t was satisfactory. About half of the icreage that was flourishing before he disaster of fifteen months ago is low being recovered by active efforts, vhile the rest is being neglected or is >ut indifferently cultivated. "I am atisfied that twenty years will be re luirecl to replace tne Gearing suriace hat was in existence before the reezes," he said.?Jacksonville Citizen. Hotv to Dodge the Lightning. Those who are actually afraiil of ightning should place their chair in he center of the room and get their eet up off the floor, or place aluminim glass under their chair posts, yhich is a sure protection from the [angers of lightning stroke.?Storms ,nd Signs. Garderers to the number of 30-'; ;ook part in the recent Gardeners' E:; position in Dresden, Genuanj, | GIANT CABBAGE TREE. It is Twelve Feet High and Grows In California. Everything in California seems to be big. Every school geography tells of the big trees which grow there? trees larger than are found in any other eppt on the glo^e. This story has to do with an enormous cabbage. It has grown so tall that it is really a tree. It is twelve feet high and the stalk is as large as a man's waist. For nine months this remarkable plant has been growing, and it has not stopped yet. It is not the oommon cabbage, but belongs to the colewort or kale family. It resembles cabbage in many respects, but the leaves do not form the solid head whioh i3 characteristic of the ordinary cabbage. In many Southern States kale is highly esteemed as "greens. The small shoots are tender and edible, tasting much like cabbage, wtucb it resembles while growing, as well as after being cooked The Isle of Jersey is the home of the kale plant. It is used there as a food for the diminutive buff cattle which have made the name of the island known all over the world. This giant California kale tree was grown on the grounds of the State Agricultural College at Berkeley. The college authorities say that the leaves are muoh relished by chiokens, and as it produces green leaves the year around in the mild climate of California it is highly regarded. The particular plant whioh has attained snch an enormous growth does not differ from scores of others on the farm exoept in the matter of size. The A CABBAGE TWELVE FEET HIGH. stalk has been stripped of leaves to a point ten feet from the ground. It tapers gracefully and resembles a young hickory tree. The top is surmounted by a bunch of yello w, feathery flowers. Some years ago a cabbage plant was exhibited at the Ohio State Fair, which was seven ff.et high. It took a prize, and was supposed to be the largest cabbage ever grown, but it was small compared with the Berkeley monstrosity. Think of the quantity of corned beef it would take to make the proper proportion if all the leaves on this large plant should be cooked at one time! A whole steer would scarcely be sufficient, and two or three suoh plants wonld make enough 6auerkraut to last a Milwaukee family all winter. Funerals on the Installment Plan. There seems to be do end of troable in store for those who are so unfortanate as to be members of the hnman race. A great many people continue to lire, not because they have any aim in life or are of any particular service to the world or themselves, but because they cannot afford the expense of -dying. An inventive genins in Vermont recently devised a plan which seemed likely to supply the long-felt want. It was nothing more or less than a funeral insurance company. You could join the company by paying $2 and then continue to pay small monthly installments until you had paid 875. Of course, the great speculation in the thing would be to die right after you had paid your $2 admission fee and before you bad blown in any of the monthly dues. Getting a coffin with a doorplate on the lid; brandnew shroud (no second-hand affair), clergyman at the funeral and grave on a grassy knoll, Is sometimes immense. * ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? j TTtrtnl/1 kn mlinf AH SUULI as 1U3UXCU LUQb nuuiu ww TIUC. you are entitled to, That made it one of the neatest schemes on earth, and if the company could continue solvent, life would have no object and everybody would want to die to beat the company. The insurance commissioners of some of the other States, evidently envious of the Vermont patent on death, are refusing to allow tbe company to do business in their territory. It is feared that this limitation will compel the Vermont organization to go into bankruptcy.? Minneapolis Journal. The British Admiralty proposes to send 6ix additional torpedo boat destroyers to the Mediterranean, three to be stationed at Malta and three at Gibraltar. A hen in her lifetime rarely lays more than 600 ecr?rs. Puss and Fido Utilized. i ?Fli^epdo Blaetter, I mmm nw HOUSEHOLD MATTEI^^Hm STOVE CREAM. Stone cream is a very eimpl First dissolve half an ouncaHjM|H tine in a little water, then a<H^H^H one pint of sweetened milk, wSHVH been boiled with lemon-peel. as it is cold ponr this slowlJ^^H^^J layer of jam in a deep "When quite set, stick blanched almonds into the cre^^^^^H QUEEN FB1TTERS, PUREE OF Put one tablespoon of butteiH^^^^^ a gill of water, over the fire boiling, add a half cap of fioai^^^^H| rapidly until smooth, and voHH^H form the dough in a round loaf. it from the fire, and when a add one whole egg; beat, stir in^^^^H mixture; then add the seccndH^^H beat again until perfectly Now drop thie dough by tables^^HH fuls into smoking hot fat; allow^^H^H to cook slowly; they will turnH^^H keep turning and bursting, until^^^^H are done. Remove carefully wiuHBH^ skimmer; put them for a moment^fDB a colander, or on a soft piece of paper; turn into a serving disl:^^^H pour DAINTY CHABLOTTE BtSSE. Every housewife knows whc^HHH dainty and delioious dessert a cHH lotte russe makes or any dish thf^B^B made with whipped cream, but realize how easily this may be n^H^H and with how little time and ezpe^^^H r* .1 ij j.i li. v^reaui Butraiu UU murougmy tuiHnj before it is whipped, if the whipp^HHfl is to be done quickly. If the cre^HB is too thick it will not whip well, a little milk ehonld be added. froth rises to the top of the cream move it and place on & fine sieve o^^H| a dish to drain; the oream that into the dish retarn to the whippi^^H| bowl to be ohnrned again. In w&^^H weather add a tiny pincn of soda the cream before whipping. The b^^H churn for whipping cream is a cylinder without a bottom. It is thi^^^l and a half inches across and aboH^| nine inches high. There should two rows of hules around the low^H| edge, and the dasher should have circles of tin filled with holes. the churn so it slants a little duri^^H the whipping. There are many wa^^H of lining molds for charlottes, ai^^H they may be made very ornament^^H and elaborate if desired. Perhaps tJ^Hj most general mode is the using lady fingers or sponge cake. Line tl^^H bottom and sides of the mold oiled paper cut to fit. Split the lad^H fingers and place them close togethe^^H around the sides and the mold is readHH for the filling. When turned out t^H serve, remove the paper and split tw^HB lady fingers in halves and lay over th^^H top. Thin sheets of sponge cake be split and fitted ronnd a mold. Cn^^H a piece of the cake the size of the bot^H torn and decorate it with a row oH white icing aronnd the edge and som^H figures in icing in the centre. the mold has been tnrned on a dish tcHg serve, and the paper removed, plac^H the ornamental cake on the top.? Chi-^Hj cago Times-Herald. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Cinders make a very hot fire and ons^H particularly gcod for ironing day?. Hf Milk keeps from souring longer in a shallow pan than in a milk pitcher. ^9 Deep pans make an equal amount of H cream. B German country women boil' in I milk the yarn for their home-knit black stocking, so they will not I "crock." If black underwear, equestrian tights, or stocking that stain are treated in like manner, the result will be found very satisfactory. Flies dislike the oil from bay leaves. It is not an expensive drug, and if a very little is kept in a dish on the I window ledge, or if the doors and window casings are coated with any color of fresh pamt to which four per cent, of oil of bay has been added, in* sects will shun them. \ Carpet moths do not like to make their nests where salt'has been, and t one may often get rid of them by I scrubbing the floor with strong, hot 1 salt and water before laying the car- j Snrinble the carDet lightly with I salt every week before sweeping; this \ J not only destroys moths, bat bright- l ens the colors in the carpet. I The marble of a table or bureau J whioh has become discolored may be ..'! cleaned and polished by rubbing with emery powder. Fasten a piece of felt I cloth over a small flatiron, leaving the , handle exposed. Cover the felt with n emery powder and rub the marble; 1 then polish with a damp soit cloth dipped in pulverized pumice stone and emery powder. Jl The best way to prepare a new iroa Jg kettle for use is to fill it with clean 9 potato peelings and water, boil them for an hour or more, then wash tha kettle with hot water, wipe it dry, jfl and rub it with a little lard. Repeat H the rubbing several times after nsing. In this way you will prevent raBt and all the annoyances likely to occur in H the use of a new kettle. 1U6 IUlIUWIUg 19 C4VCUOUU 1U1 pVliBU' ing nickel and steel articles: To one i tablespoonful of turpentine add one of sA-eet oil, mix them together with emery powder enough to make it a pasty mass that will just pour. Put it on the article to be cleaned with a piece of soft cloth and rub off quickly with a bit of flannel, and use a little dry emery powder for the last rubbing. To remove ink that has been spilled * on mahogany, rosewood or black walnut furniture, put half a dozen drops of spirits of nitre into a spoonful of water, and touch the stain with a ? feather wet in this. As soon as the ink disappears, rub the place immediately with a cloth wet in cold water, or the nitre will leave a wiite spot diflicult to remove. If, after washing off the nitre, the ink stain still shows, repeat a second time. If it is necessary to wash corsets take ouMhe steels in front and sides, then lay ttiein on a lUt surface, and.. Jf with a small brush scrub them thor- IB oughly with a tepid or cold lather of fl white castile soap. When quite clean H let cold water run on them by holding them under a running faucet until the ! eor.p is all rinsed off. Pull them f lengthwise until they are straight and il shapely and let them dry in a cool IB place, pulling them again when partly ]