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\f? w wait an and sat: mammal" I Disciples; To this day I live in perpetual fear l of meeting him; indeed I am continu-zi Lily haunted with the belief that he is scouring the earth for me, thrist- 108 to: revenge, and that is why I shun the haunts of men and live a sol- itary. ascluded life. only venturing out: at dusk and wearing a beard (which doesn’t suit me) and blue glases (which I don’t need) as a moans of disguise. Of course it should never have hap- pened. I admit that. A word of en planation and all Would have been Well. and I- should not now be living with the sword of Damocles hanging over my head. But I let the opportunity clip and plunged myfo in an intrigue which may yet. and in bloodshed. It began with a very simple miss Lake on my part. I was lounging on the pier at Eastsea one fine morning in September listening to the "Grand Selection from the Bohemian Girl" (they play this every day at Eastsea) and watching the prumcnaders when my eyes fell on a young lady who was sitting in a quiet corner reading a novel. I could not see her face for it was hidden by a crimson parasol. but her general appearance at. once told me that it was Filo Beresford, one of the prettiest girls I know, and inwardly congratulating myself, I rose and cross- ed to her. So absorbed that she did not hear my approach and to attract her attention (I know her very well) I playfully tapped the sun- shade with my paper. She looked up in a moment and then, to my horror, I saw 1 had made a mistake; it was not Flo, but a stranger. I stood paralyzed, trying to’ an apology, but before I could get the words out I was amazed to see a 'love- 215‘ smile of evident recognition and a still lovelier blush overspread a charm- ing face. "George!" she cried in a. joyous tone, "this is a surprise. \thn did you come? But there, sit down." Now, I know that this was where I made the fatal error. It; was evident that I had a double and equally eviâ€" dent. that she was mistaking me for I him. I know I ought to have undeceived her. to have murmured a few words of apology, raised my cap and gone away, but I did not do this. Perhaps it was her eyes, or her mouth, or her hair, was she in her book frame or the "altogether," as'Trilby would say. I don't. know, but anyway she drew her skirts aside and I sat down. “What made you come soâ€"so sudden- ly?” she asked. "What?" then ".Why you. of course.” She blushed di- vincly. recovering myself, she murmured softly. "No," J. said, “I couldn’t.’ She turned over the pages of her no- iel in abstracted fashion. 0n the fly ‘caf I caught. sight of some writing. “To Lucy, trom George" and the date. Tth a sudden inspiration struck me. I bent my head close to hem, so close that a stray lendril of hair brushed my check. "Lucy," I her brown w hi spared , almost putting my lips '[ohct‘ sncll like little ear. ‘what is your answer?" She laughed. "Wouldn't you like to know?" she said. "I pOsted the letter this morn~ ulna:- “Inâ€"in answer to my letter?" I put in, taking a step in the dark; "ch. in answer to your letter. you’d have had it to-night." "And as it. is l've missed it.” "Yes, you've missul it." "But you'll tell me whatâ€"what you said?" She bent her head and toyed with the tassel of her pttrasol. She was very lovely. "I’ve half a mind not toâ€"just to tease you." she murmured. "Do you want to drive me distract- !dl" I cried. A ripple of laughter cann- 'osy bps. "You see, if you'd only waited." "But lâ€"l couldn't wait. Lucy. .vill it‘ll Inc?" "Not~â€"nol now." "When?" "'l‘oâ€"-toâ€"night. perhaps" “ More?" "Yes. here. Then i wondered what it was he had asked her. It seemed to me that it: could lo only one thing. butâ€"ah. I had it! "Have you kcpl my letter!" I asked. "lit-pt it? 0, Georgeâ€"yes. Why, I have it. how. putting her hand to her luvast. "J uslâ€"et‘-â€"lot me haw: a moment." “Let you? 0. so you want to draw oat-k. do youf Well, you can if youâ€"" “My darling, 1â€"" "George. forgive me. know. 'l'hctv it. is." "l was about. to say," I observed as I took it, “that I only wanted to see if I had spelt mammary with one 0 or two." She opened wide her eyes. - “Net‘om'tryf” she said. "Why. there's [in such word in the letter." murmumd. “Let me And from her you a look at it Of coursz. l "lsn' then‘l" I aw." "Yes. I trad it. but I don't think it would be right to let any one else do So. My theory was correct. however." “I am wrong." I said. as I returned it to but: “i didn't use the word." "i knew you didn't." 'l‘hsns was a pause. "Alliâ€"and you don't want to draw back!" "Sui for worlds." I cried. recklessly. 'me back. in End.“ \\'e tajkml of miny things after that. Sin told me blunt her mother. who ms an invalid, it app-anal. . “Adi I shtn‘t lr able to corm- out this :iflurnunl." sail. “but you‘ll i hesitated a momentâ€"only a mo: men}. ~ ‘ "ins" i said. "in: do you knowâ€"- 3 "Couldn’t you wait for my it's very funnyâ€"but. the fact 'm. I've actually forgotten where you're stay- ing. Ila! ha!" "0. you stupid MquSouth Parade. of conifer." "Of cause. Sumter?” “ ‘Ioven.-"‘ “To be sure.” "Mamma will be so pleased to you." "I shall be I responded. The band had ceased playing now and _I saw her off the pierâ€"saw her home, in fact. “This afternoon, then?" she said. brighily, as I bade hervgood morning. I said “yes,” but I did not mean it. No, I had resolved to let the matter get no further. Up to this point it had simply been a very innocent joke. But it should end. Hang it! you know. it wasn't right. In fact, it was dishonorable. Iâ€"well. than, I thought of her answer and what it was likely to be, andâ€"well. at 3 o’clock I was sitting in the front. drawing room at. No. 11 sipping tea and talking to a. very charming old lady who welcomed me asâ€"a. son. Lucy accode me to the door when I took my leave. "What time shall I call for you?" I asked. "Seven." . "I shall live in torture till then.“ "No, you must liveâ€"in hope," she re- plied, and then she disappeared. I was there at 7. She was ready. She put her arm through mine quite confidingly and we walked down the pier. : Our corner was vacant and we sat down. Her eyes were very bright and her checks were flushed. It was a mild, warm evening. The sea splash- ed lazily on the golden sands and the band played a dreamy waltz. “Have you forgotten?" I murmured. as I took her hand. “Forgotten? "Your answer." She was silent. "Lucy, what. is it! Speak! Thisâ€"this suspense is killing me.” I think I did it pretty well. There was a decided thrill of genuine passion in my voice. The fact is, I believe I loved her. "It'sâ€"it's a. word of thâ€"three let- ters." she murmured. "0f threeâ€"'v' “ xeorge, is my that straight?" This was afterâ€"after the band had played three waltzes and two descrip- tive pieces. and it was time to go home. I saw her home, of course, and we lingered at the gate another half hour. "I may tell mamma.” she whispered softly, as I released her. “Yes, do." I said. After all. what did it matter? Then I suddenly felt the pressure of her lips to mine and the next moment she had vanished. And as I walked back to my hotel smoking a cigarette I thought what a pleasant evening I had spent. Alas! I never saw her again. I should have met her on the pier the next morning, but I did not do so. I don‘t thinkâ€"l say, I don‘t thinkâ€"I should have done so in any case; but the real reason why I didn't was this: As I came down the next morning I met a gentleman on the stairs who was so like me that we might have been twins: It was “George.” What did I do? Why promptly pack- ed my portmanteau and took train to a remote village in Scotland. I won- der now if he ever found out. Of one ghing I am certain. She would not tell im. 888 pleased to see mamma," INGENIOUS PATENTS. .â€" Somc luvcntlons That- “Trc Brought About by the Advent of the Steam Engine. i'f‘he advent of the steam-engine was the signal for a host of ingenious and amusing inventions. A writer has tak- en the trouble to delve amongst these old railway patents, and has found his labor well repaid. ' He made acquaintance with the uni- que theory of that anxious patentee who was very sure that in winter the steam- engine would be perfectly useless, be- cause the thin coating of hoar frost that would gather in the morning up- on the rails would effectually hinder the wheels from moving along. Of course the objector had a remedy to propose. His rails were to be hol- low in order to allow hot water to cir- culate through them, thus keeping the metal warm and preventing the forma- tion of hoar frost. Another writer, ful-lv persuaded that no smooth-wheeled vehicle could be made to move along ordinary roads, fitâ€" Led his piston-rods not to work wheels, but. a set of legs. that kicked Into the road beneath the engine, moving it much as a bunt is poled in the water, only here there were to be four poles instead of one. lJecidedly more interesting than an engine that kicked its way along was one that was actually to walk on four ~1vgs. There were several variâ€" eties of these steam-walkers, one of which burst on its trial trip, and killed six persons. It. was not till Iledley ex- ploded all tiles? ingenious theories by simply trying how a smooth wheel would really not on a smooth road, that the 'onderfulx inventions ceased. The idea of danger was always very prominent in the minds of inventors. One was so convinced that “accidents on railroads would be. frequent," that he proposed to minimize the loss of life by attaching the train to the engine by along rope. so that in the event. of (gollision only the enginemen would suf- er. Another adopted the expedient of a feather-bed placed between the buf- fers of the carriages. so that "a shock could not be transmitted;" and a third, and still more ingenious mtenteemro- posed fixing a pair of rails along the top of the train. falling at a gentle. gradient fore and aft. so that in event of another train meeting or overtaking it. the two could pass over and under each other. and both could go on their way re joining. -~ - -Aâ€"â€"-.â€"-â€"-â€"â€"â€" Fashion has declaral that the monoâ€" rain or single initial is no longer sufâ€" icient to mark milztdy's lingerie. ln- sit-ad. her Christin) name must be eni- bmidert-d in wash linens on cvvt‘y one of her dainty garments. and. to be ab- solutely correct it l'nlh‘i he a f:tt:-;intile of her own handwriting. AbouTFhe House. HOME-MAKING AND HOME-MAK- ERS. To the true man or woman there can be nothing more agreeable on earth than the business of home-making; and all who are not. home-makers miss the best part of their mission in life. \Vhoâ€" ever makes a. home, in the best sense of the word. is a real benefactor to the race; for every true home is the abode Of 505’. pence, happiness and security to those that share in it, and exert an influence that is incalculable for the amelioration of the whole human fam- ily. Many a prodigal thas been led by the thought of home, and the makers of his own particular home, to-repent of his sins and to change his course in life; and many an unfortunate one has been saved in the evil hour from sui- cide, or worse, by the tender recollec- tions of home, a. fond mother's prayers, an indulgent father's counsels, or a. sister's or a brother’s tenderness. Yes, whoever~ helps to make a. true home confers a benefit on mankind that no man can fully estimate. Indeed. the influence of the true home for good. is absolutely incalculable, and reaches many even that never enter its inner circle. Simply to get a glimpse of it is to receive an impulse toward better things, to obtain a. more exalted view of life, and to feel an access of faith in God and the immortality of the human soul. It is like a vision of the glories of the New Jerusalem and the ever- lasting habitations, and no one can be wholly bad who has seen such things. In most cases a man or woman is what his or her home influences have made him ctr her, and the homeless child is always at a disadvantage as compared with one who has a good home. The homeless child is indeed greatly to be 'pitied, being deprived of so much of life’s sweetness and brightâ€" ness. and knowing nothing by actual experience of a mother's gentle symâ€" pathy and a father’s loving care. or of the innocent pleasures which kind parents know- how to provide in the home circle, and which, far beyond any- thing else, make childhood the happiest period of life. The individual who starts _out in life from a. well-ordered home is quite sure to prove a useful member of society, for pleasant home amociations inspire that confidence in a person which insures him success in. any honorable undertaking. There are many' things to be consider- ed in genuine homeâ€"making, but the great essential, that without which everything else amounts to nothing, is unselfish affection in the home-makers. selfishness and unkindness are the chief home destroyers, and must be sleeplessly guarded against by those who wish to make. and keep happy homes; for where either holds sway, true home life is an impossibility. Love and kindness constitute the tie that joins the members of the home circle in a. joyous and harmonious union of souls. and these all true home-makers will diligently cultivate. It is warm-heartâ€" edness, first, last and all the time, that the successful home-maker needs. Among the material requisites to home-making are an attractive abiding place and proper environment, which latter must include good air and light. Of course, there are many minor pomts of difference between a city home and a country home, while in all the most important particulars all true homes are alike. City homes, as a. rule, do not offer as good opportunities as those in the country for exterior or lawn decoration. That, however, is of no consequence, as the rule applies to all homes, regardless of location, that they should be made as beautiful as circuma stances will permit, after all reasonable considerations of air and light have been met. A beautiful home is a neverâ€" failing source of satisfaction both to the indweller and the. wayfarer that may pass by. ~ People of means and 00d taste may make their homes per ect dreams of beauty, but they cannot well make them too beautiful, as long as the comfort and happiness of the inmates are sought and promoted. Surely money cannot be expended to better purpose than in making and adorning a home for one’s self and loved ones and furnishing it with all that is best calculated to foster in the inhabitants thereof a love of home. as well as a lOVe of the true, the beautiful and the good; and even poor people will best secure their own a - piness by toiling and saving to acquire and embellish homes for themselves. There is a pleasure connected with homepmaking that is rare, rapturous and absorbing, and love of home is as noble and ennobling a feeling as can stir the human soul. \Ve look for good things in a Int-son in whom an ardent love. of home has been developed. and hope for little from one who speaks indifferonlly or slightingly of his home. \\'e do well for our children whrn we make happy homes for them, which they will naturally learn to love. flat, after all is said about rare treasâ€" ures of art and nature that may lend attraction to a home and its surround- ings, it. remains that the fairest. homo ornaments are bright. joyous faces; and where theat- wan ing, :le (also goes for little. Bright and joyous {not-s always accompany “arm and loving henrts, which all true home-makers must. possess. Hence all who intend makin homes should look carefully in- to the own hearts; for only when these are. right can they expect their home-making to prove satisfactory. Warm hearts make bright and cheer- ful hearths. but the warmest hearth mnnot thaw the icy heart. Love is the greatest home-maker, that makes even the drud cry of. houseâ€"keeping a pleasure, and omo life a foretaste of the bliss of heaven. One cannot gel too mach love into one's home-making. but easily too little. A mornâ€"time LOVE. Who can ever estimate a true mo; ther’s love? \V'hat will not a loving nm- lbo‘l' (it) for her (‘ltildf “or anxiety l) ‘ gins with the day of its Hub. and onl; nulls- with her or its demise. With \Vhl' unspeakable pleasure the watches it- KTO'IVUI. always solit‘ilous for 3'0 wul- fare. regardless of her own. How many weary days and nights do most mothers endure before the child is able to take the slightest care of itself. yet she is cheerful. feeling amply repaid if her darling is only spared to her. And should pain and sickness overtake it, who like a mother. can smooth the fevered brow. moisten the parched lips. or Whisper encouraging words. Oh! how she can soothe and allay the child- ish fears, and bring sleep to the wake. ful eyelids. Never tiring, never weary. taking no thought for herself, she pass- as many nights without sleep, and many more with only an occasional nap. And as the years advance her anaiety grows none the less, ever watching and pray- ing that every act of her child may be honourable and praiseworthy. Some mothers have had their most remote desires fulfilled in their children, and can you not detect such a‘ mother! Her eyes send forth innumerable rays of love and delight at every sight or thought of her dutiful child. But is it nonmelanchply to know that a child, (methtnks it is scarcely human)‘. who has. known a mother’s love, and selfâ€" demal in more than a thousand ways, who has witnessed her untiring devo- tion times Without number when laid on a bed of pain and suffering. yet who accepts the whole asa matter of fact, without the least filial regard for all this self-sacrifice. Nay, worse, will perhaps, enter. upon a line of sin, that Will surely bring her in sorrow to the grave. _ But though that child go ever so deep in smucommtt crimes of every descrip~ lion, disgrace her so; she feels at times as though she could no longer endure it. and must renounce him forever. Yet, should he be again stricken down, perhaps lb . his own acts, maybe just ready to. 11] a drunkard’s on 'felon's grave, without; so much as one friend to sustain him in the trying hour, how the mother's love would redominate and_burst forth in all its ulness. how Willineg those hands, possibly now, wrinkled With age, will once more. do everything that lies in human power to cheer. and comfort, for he was once my darling babe, the idol of my heart, my well beloved son. Let us hope such a son may be filled to overflowing with gratitude, and trust that the mother’s intuition reveal it to her, even, at the eleventh hour. FURNITURE FOR CHILDREN. _Every hou5e that has- one or more little children should own if possible one of the low tables and several of the small, lowr chairs that are used in the kindergarten. If there is no re- gular nursery, the tables may be kept in one corner of the living room, as they prothe ill-most convenient place ' to rest their books when reading. and because _they are their own spectal pro- perty give great; satisfaction in many ways. Another piece of furniture that helps the children to keep an orderly nursery is a. Window seat, that .is, a large, long box with a hinged cover where their toys may be placed when they are through using them. In one nursery, where there are three chilâ€" dren, each one has her own special treasure chest placed under a window, and her own low shelf for books. NOVEL PLAN or BUILDING. The House is Kept Cool in Summer and ‘Warm A German inventor has built a. house of tubes, whose advantages are, he says, a constant temperature and, incident- ally, strength, comfort and beauty. He first put up a frame of water tubing. al'lowilng‘continuous circulation to a stream of water. Around this frame he puts up 'his horse in the ordinary way. The peculiarity Is that all floors and ceilings are crossed and recrossed by the water pipes. . The water, having passed through horizontal tubes under the floors and ceilings, passes through the vertical tubes until all have been gone through. In the summer, fresh, cool water circulates under pressure through the network of tubes), cools off the walls, and. after .having run its course, flows considerably warmer than when it entered. In its course it has absorbed much heat, which it carries away. During the 'l’ong and severe wmâ€" ter the water entering through the basement is first: heated to nearly 100 degrees and then forced through the ceiling. Of course much of the heat is left; all over the house, and at the out- let the temperature of the wafer'ts about 40 degrees. The speed of the ctr- culation of water can be regulated so as t9 allow fixing a certain tempera- ture, equal throughout the building. ETIQUETTE OF THE NAPKIN. People who do not. go much into so- ciety have many misapprehensions as to the simplest forms to be observed. Pol- itencss and courteous behavior do not consist in observing certain convention- :tl or cast-iron forms. They are elastic and vary according to locality. Some lay the napkin at the beginning of the meal arrow thuir lap. some fasten the corner in a buttonhole. The form- (‘I‘ is the general custom in good so- ciety in this city, but many well-bred [wt-sons with a snowy shirt front and a long board are in the habit of tying a knot in a corner of the napkin and fur-king this under thr- chin behind the mllar, the knot holding it. securely. The practice is exceedingly useful, and we never board that. they suffered in re- putation on this account» The old say- ing was that if the visitor folded his napkin he never expected to repeat his visit, and the intensity of his desire to come again was exprch by throwing it under the table at the conclusion of 'he meal. The best. habit is to lay it without folding beside the plate. Where visitors are spending several days in a household and fresh napkins are not furni-=hed at every meal. rings are often provided at each place. and in this also the visitor is expected at the close of ‘he meal to fold the napkin and place it in the ring. 50 III: THINKS. Sheâ€"All nmn are conceited. [loâ€"Not all. I see a man every day who i-s not conceited. Siteâ€"“here l lieâ€"In the mirror. SHIPPING PERISHABLE GOODS. \ .uâ€"u; Valuable Points “latch Experience Eu Brought on. A study of the methods of protecting from brim-y during transportation. or while in storage. various food products and other perishable articles is interâ€" esting. especially to those engaged in a business in which this matter must be duly considered as a question of dollars and cents. Different condition: of temperature are the basis of such study. Severe extremes of heat and cold may be encountered while only a short, distance is covered. It is pomi~ ble. even under the worst conditions. so to pack any kind of perishable good. that the danger of lam by reason of decay, breakage, leakage and similar causes is much lessened. Articles recognized as perishable in- clude all fruits and vegetables, milk and other dairy products, fish. fresh meats, poultry, game, clanis, oysters and other shell fish. calmed or bottled gro- ceries, wines, hop and malt liquors. various mineral waters, medicines and liquid drugs which, instead of alcohol. have water for a. base, ink. mucllago and kindred articles. In shipping any of these and similar goods, the point to be observed is protection from exces- sive cold and frost, as well as extreme heat. Precaution must be taken to have in the car a good circulation of air, in which gases generated by such goods nmy be carried off. Temperatures at which the different commodities are liable to damage vary materially with the nature of goods. FAVORABLE CONDITIONS for one article will be bad for another. and the condition of all goods when shipped is a matter of much importâ€" ance. Another point to be considered is whether the train is to be sent through direct from one point to another, or to be sidetracked along the line. Pro- duce like potatoes, for instance, will stand a much llower temperature when the par in which they are shipped is in motion. \Vhen at a standstill the ef- fect of cold is quickly felt. In the \Vest cars containing perishable goods are sometimes covered on the north side wtt-h. a. canvas to protect. them from the cold winds which sweep down across the prairies. v ‘ ‘ Express companies do a. large business in the shipping of ' fish, though, of course, much is sent all about the couno try by freight. If sent by express, fish ts packed in barrels with ice. . By freight, fish is sent packed in boxes and casks holding from 500 to 1,000 pounds. If an entire car load is to be shipped, bins are sometimes built in the car, and are well supplied with ice the quantity of ice being about half the weight of the fish. Experience has shown that the most favorible tem- perature for shipping fish is about that of melting ice. if protperly packed, un- der good conditions, ish may be kept in a marketable state for a month after they arenaught and boxed in ice. It 15 by this means that passen ers on transatlantic steamers are ena led to be served with good and palatable fish during an entire voyage. Cities in the “fest may be supplied in hike mannein w1th fish of various kinds which live onl ' in Eastern waters. .3 elled oysters, if sent in their own liquor“ acked in perfectly tight bar- rels. w 1 not be spoiled, even if they become frozen. Clams freeze more readily than do oysters, and thick clams and oysters will stand cold better than Will the lean ones, there being more water in the lean kind. Should they freeze while being ship led in their shells it. ts safest to allow t em to THAVV OUT GRADUALLY in a moderately cool place. Clams and oysters will stand a journey better durâ€" ing a snow storm, than when the weathâ€" er is fair and the wind high. In cx- treme weather, barrels in which those things are shipped are lined with tough paper. Oysters in their sliells, if stored in a dark place where they are sprink- led occasionally with ice water. and where the temperature is but little above freezing. may be kept: in good condition for at least two months. In shipping fruit a uniform temperaâ€" ture of from lll) to 50 dtgt‘ccs is ‘ best. for keeping the fruit in good condition. If it is packed with care, and handled in like manner, fruit may be kept in an excellent stale of p'reServatton for from twenty to thirty days. It will stand long journeys, too. Oranges, if slightly frozen, may be placed tn a cool room to thaw out. gradually, a prof-ass which makes {ht-tn swocter, and this is thought by some people to give an itiipt‘ovcd flavor to the fi'dtt. \\ hen thawed out, uftcr being frozen solid, oranges will lw. found to have acquued a flavor which is tinplvasantly swret. A simple method of thawing out orangi-a is to place them in. cold, water as soon as received, and tilt-y will tin-n thaw in a gradual way. All fruit willsltind 1:3 degrees ntorc cold if ii- is wrapped in thick brown paper. Seeds of the pouch, plum,wulnut and othcr kinds of trims will gttl'lllllulll‘. and sprout better in the spring if. they have bet-n froze-n first in the winter, V A tenqwratut'c below zero «luvs not. in tire I bulbous plants such as hyacinths, h we, tulips and the like. Cut Howl-1‘s should keep Well for several days in a tempera- ture a little above Irl‘l'llng. BRITISII V IiAIIAVAY h‘A'l‘Ald'l'lI-JS. The British Board of Trade report of railroad accidents during 1895 was ts- sued the other day. It shows that 1,024 persons were killed. of “‘Ijlt‘h number eighty-three wore passengers, though only five persons'wcre killed through train “11881103.. llw number of persons injured during the same year was 4.021, of which ntunlmr 1,100 were passengers. The total number of passengers carried (Juljlfll"0f season ticket-holders was 929,470,909. THE BOL'N'l‘Y Oi? TRIPLETS. The sum expended by the Qum-n in the form of llountirs to thee-K: mothers in thl: United Kingdom who have given birth to trickle: amounts to the large. mun of 82-5.“;0 during her 60 years r\'.glll