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 T -i «£ "â- 'â- 'fe^. ^:?f^ Brave Eate "Ba^La88. M BY FBED MTBON COIiBT. On the evening^f the 14th of February, a little more than four hundred and fif ty yewa ago, a number of girls were gathered in the comer of a Uurge and lofty room of the Ab- bey of Black friars, a great dark building near the River Tay, in Perth, the ancient capital of Scotland. This Ciatercian con- vent had betn bnilfr by Alexander 11. in 1231, and for more than two hundred years had been the royal residence of the Scottish kings. There were fi sre of these girls, ranging from fourte«n to eighteen years of age, a group of as noble and beautiful maidens as could have been found in the kingdom of James I., if it bad been searched fron. John O'Groat's house to the Mull of Galloway lor they were the maids of honor to his queen, fair Joanna Beaufort, the lovely English bride who had won the heart of the poet king while he was a captive to English Henry at Windsor, and of whom he has lef c an exquisite picture in that famous royiJ poem "The King's Qa- hair." It had been a day of sport and feastmg, af :er good oli Scottish manner, in honor of the loving saint who has lost something of his popularity among mature people in these modern days, though still dear to the hearts of young folku but during the evening King James h*d passed the time with bis quen and her ladies and a few nobles of the court In singing and munc, playing as chess, and in readin£; old romances. J ames I. was an accomplished and cultivated man, a patron of literature and a lover of it himself. Hand- some, like all the Stuarts, with a chivalrous manner and a piecing voice, his reading had kindled a wonderful interest among his lis- teners, especially the five young girls, who for the the first time had listened to the ad- ventures of "Sir Gawayne the Grene Knycht," and to the " Knychtly Tale of Galagros and Gawayne," together with the metrical account of the deeds of their brave king, R bert Bruce. While the king remained before the fire, still talking witli two or three of the nobles, having thrown aside his fur-lined doublet, and with slippers on his feet, those girls sat back in their stiff, high-bicked chairs and chattered gayly of theold knights and heroes whose deeds had fired their imaginations. They were dainty, patrician figures, each one of them, dressed in their white satin robes girded tightly at the waist, with turn- over collars of fur or velvet coming to a point in front, and disclosing square cut under vests or stomachers of a different color to the robe. Each one wore a head- dress of a horn or heart shape â€" the fashion then in vogue â€" which made them look ru her olier than they were. " 0, if the knigh'^s were only as brave as those of old time, and the ladies as true " said tall, slender, pale girl, as she playeJ with the soft, silky ears of a pet hound. " Alack we have fallen on evil days." " ' There ia no time so fair as the old time Tae GoldiQ Age is ever behind us,' " hummed Margaret Drumniond, who had blue eyes and flaxen hair. " What other king will ever be like Robert Bruce?' asked Marion Leslie. " Surely our King Jamie is as brave, and perhaps as wise and able as was ever good Ring Robert," answered a proud brunette beauty, whose deep black eyes and sable tresses would have lost nothing by compari- son with those of Andalusia. " King James is brave and winsome, I ween, but he is not a hero, nevertheless, Catharine Douglas," retorted Marion. " And where are the women like Black Agnes of Dunbar, who defended her lord's castle like a lioness against her foes Dd you remember what the rhymer says ' She kept astir in tower and trench. That brawlinof, boisterous Scottish wench Came I early, came I late, I found Black Agnes at the gate.' " This was from Sybilla Drummond, the first who had spoken. " Women are as brave to-day as they were then, and would perform the same heroic acts had they the same opportunities," an- swered she who had the Douglas blood and name. " It is the disposition, not the deed, that makes the hero. Were Black Douglas himself alive to-day he could not win the fame he won in the days of Bruce, but he would still have been the Black Douglas. We have heroesstill but we cannot always tell who they are." " And, I warrant me, you will say hero- iiies too " queried Margaret, testily. " Yea, and heroines, too," said Catherine, with a snap of her black eyes, " The Douglases still live, and there are no cow- ards among them." "Thou canst say that, Kate, but I should run now if any enemy came to the gate and demanded instant admission," said Janet Hay, frankly. "i»lay, I believe it no5, Janet. Thy an- cestors were all brave men. The first Hay of Errol, you know, withstood a whole army of Danes with a scythe in his hand and his serving men at his back." " But I itm a coward," insisted Janet, shrugging her shoulders and shaking her head till her tall nead -dress trembled. " I should never make a herniae I am afraid of my own shadow. The other night when you went through the long corridor in tt]e dark alone, I trembled, I was so afraid when I stood by the door." " For all that, you faced the king's wrath, and when all the rest of us drew back, asked him to pardon the young L^ird of Lovat, who was indicted for treason and won his mercy too That was a brave and noble deed. Thy heart was valiant even if thy body shrank from taoing periL It is the highest of ail courage to dare maintain the right â€" to fight for mercy and for truth." " True, my bonnie Kate," said the plea^sant voice of the queen, who had approached the firoup, and who uoy, placed a hand upon the shoulder of her young bower-maiden. " Truth and courage lie at the foundation of all character, women's or men's, and, if I mbtakke not, thou thyself, if the occasion demanded, could manifest a fire and spirit becoming Black Liddesdale himself." " Fair Catharine Dooglaa blushed at this compliment from her beloved sovereign and would have disowned the character, but be- fore she could speak there was a choms of voices from her mates " Kate b the bravest of us all, royal lady, the bravest and the truest. She is a true Douglas." " I doubt it not," said the queen. " The proverb is still true, • So numy, si )!OOd. as of tb« Douglaws bave been. Of one SOI name bi SoaUand mavar yet vera Men. Th« DoocIm vk the frtrangert prop of the Scottiahthrom. Th^ «• ever ttue Mid ^Tknd tii»t is hotter to my thinking than mere bravery," miA Catharine, as »he rooo to light a lamp for hor majeaty. At dutmomant thrae wm a noiae uM a claiihing heurd, as of men in armor, and the torches in the garden cast up great fl»8he« of light against the windows of the room. Every one turned pale and shuidered. " My God I what does that mean T ' cned the queen. " Do net be afraid, no harm la intended yon," said King James who came *o"^â„¢ with a white but determined face. It means that those are my enemies, and they have come undoubtedly to murder me. I ask of yon to keep the door as well as yon can, and by God's mercy I may esoape." He spoke calmly and ooUectedly, as though in no deadly peril, but he passed his arm gently aroand the yielding figure of the queen and gravely kissed her lips. _^ " are thee well, Jeannie, if they find me, he said. The next instant she was gone. The tramp of feet and clash of armour sounded nearer, and the terrified women looKed frantically around for the usual fastenings of the door, but the keys would not turn in the locks, and the heavy iron bars used for a double security could not be found. The fact was, the bars had been removed and the locks tampered with by those who were engaged in the conspiracy against the king. I twas as James S tuar t suspected â€" his enem- ies had come to takehislife. He had incurred the hatred of two or three of his powerful nobles, and they (his own uncle, Walter Stuart, Earl of Athole, and his son, Robert Stuart, and Sir Robert Graham) had formed a plot wth several others to murder their sovereign â€" a crime not so uncommon in that warlike and cruel age. The king, af ter his usual manner, had posted no guards, and as the conspirators hid provided planks for crossing the moat of the monastry they easily secured an entrance. There were more than three hundred sol- diers all clad in heavy mail, armed with pike, sword, axe, and poniard, and bearing torches, that now came swarming through the halls and corridors in search of the king. Their heavy tread and rude voices sounded startlingly upon the night air. The poor queen rushed frantically after her husband, as if to watch over his safety, while the bower maidens crowded around the door, with their blanched faces and white robes reminding one of frightened doves in their cote when a hawk soars in the sky. "We must bar the door quickly, before those bad men get here," cried Margaret Drummond desperately. " Hark they are coming now along the corridor at the foot of the stairs. But neither iron nor wooden bolt could be found they had all been removed by the careful conspirators. " What snail we do? O, what shall we do " cried Marion and Sybilla, wringing their hands. The trampling feet were near at hand now, and the light of the torches shone on the walls of the long corridor and on the stone staircase witnout the apartment. " We must guard the door," answered Catharine Douglas, the heroic blood of her race mounting to her cneeks, "guard it even with our lives. It was his majesty's command. My life for the king's." And, true to her trust, the young girl she was not yet seventeen â€" stood by the passage at the head of the stair- way, her dark eyes flashing, her lithe form drawn up to its greatest height, and her pale face set with a heroic resolve. With almost super- human strength she closed the heavy door alone, just as the helmet and head-spear of s soldier appeared on the stairs, and as the trampling footsteps sounded within, the brave girl, lacking other bolt, thrust her own fair arm through the empty stanchion holds. The next moment a heavy ganntleted hand struck the carved oaken door, and a rude voice cried. " Open â€" open instantly, or we break down the door. But the pale, grim face of Kate Douglas never changed, and the girlish form stood' there upright and rigid, the tender arm thrust within the iron staples of the door and post. The light from a distant lamp shone full upon the youthful figure of the heroine and on the forms of the kneeling maidens beside her, who, with clasped hands, and faces bowed to the floor, prayed to the holy virgin for succor. There came a sudden dash against the door which caused an involuntary half-ut- tered cry to issue from the closed lips of the heroic frlrl. But no other sign gave she, though her face was as white as a dead woman's and her teeth were set hard be- tween her lips. •' Jesu, have mercy 1 Holy Mary, save us " prayed the kneeling maidens, and Janet Hay crept up all trembling, and, clasp- ing the righ* hand of her friend, covered it with tears. " If you valtle your lives within, open," again cried a fierce voice, with an oath. " The Douglas never yields to traitors," answered the great granddaughter of the good Sir James, Bruce's best friend and most devoted follower. " Ha and so 'tis only a few bold wen- ches who are on guard. Stand aside, or we will kill ye all as well as the false and craven king," and the baron, whose voice Catherine recognized as that of Sir Robert Graham, battered the door with his naked sword. But knowing how valuable every moment was to aid the king's escape, and wishing to detain the conspirators as long as possiblts, the slight figure wavered not an inch. Only she closed her eyes and uttered a s lent prayer. Again there were jostling and the clamour of rude voices outside the door, and once more there came a heavy jar. The great door half started from its hinges. A few drops of blood oozed from the lips ot the brave girl, and the faintness of great agony caused her almost to fall, but she mastered the feeling with the strength of a great soul. " Ho, ye fools, will ye let a few women balk us of our quarry At the door in good earnest and force an entrance before the king escapes " And the fierce and ruth- less Graham struck several of his men with the flat of his sword. " O, that my arm was steel," prayed the poor girl, m she heard the rush a coining. If it had been there would have been one less tragedy recorded in Scottbh history. But the flight limb was only bone and fleah â€" ^the tender flesh of a yomig girl â€" and as strength of a dozen men fell against the â- haoSSdharKpatoaU moan». Wtthher Sft imaMvlinThalplaaaly •* »»« ""j^ J" riffht olasping t£e Tobe over hot haart, the l^ht of a desperate resolve upon the mrlish futures, the young htroine stood right m the ruffians' way as they surged into the room wiAwUd medley of voices and weap- ons uplifted to slay. The kneeling maidens were stoaibled over and trampled npon in the furious rush, and one brutal soldier raised his arm to atnke the noble heroine. In another moment she had perished beneath the craven blow had not the dagger of the assassin bfon struck away by the young son of Sir Robert ura- ham, who cried. "For shame 1 we do not kill women we seek the kin?." " „ j j ,. History tells us how it all ended how the blameless king was dragged from his hiding-place and murdered in the good queen's arms. Kale Douglas's brave feat laUed to save her sovereign, but it was none the less noble for that. She forgot herself, and this lies at the bottom of aU heroisoi. If you should read the history of all achieve- ments j on wUl find never a rmgle instance of a hero who thought of self. Heroism is pure unselfishness. „. In ibis beautiful ballad of "The King's Tragedy" Dante Rossetti makes the heroine tell her own story .• The rush was heard on tha stairs. And 'God, what hoIpT was our cry, And was 1 frenzied or was I bold ?. I looked at each empty tf anohion-hold And no bir but my arm had I Like iron felt ny arm as through Tne staple I made it pasj â€" Alaok, it was flesh and boneâ€" no more, 'Twas C*therine Douglas sprang to the door, But I fell ba?k- Kate Bar-lass. Tradition says that Catherine Douglas, in honor of her heroic act when she barred the door with her arm against the murder- ers of James I. of Scots, received popularly the name of "Bar-lass." This name re- mains to her descendant, the Barlass family, in Scotland, who bear for their crest a broken arm. ^â€"^^â- â™¦â€¢-♦.^{^.^♦•^^^*"â€" "â- """â-  Cling to Home. How often we may notice that on the death of the head of the family the remain- ing members of that household sell or let the house that has so long been their home, dis pose of the furniture or pack it away and sally forth into the world, out of the safe- guard of their long abiding-place, to seek their fortune or their pleasuies, or to change the scene and vary the old monotony, as if for the first time they now had a chance to gratify heart's wishes long forbidden Weary of close confinement in the home of long standing weary of restraint at the hand that now holds tne reins no more weary of possible penury which withheld a thousand longed-for gratifications, or of just as possible extravagance that threatened to waste all the family possessions; weary, pos- sibly, of the cares and labors of housekeep- ing, or weary with heart-sick weariness of the walls that have been witnesses with them of the sights and scenes of sickness and suf- fering and death â€" the wife, the daughters, leave that home of years and depart on their travels or to try the seductive charms of hotel life, or the life of the private boarder, which every one but the private boarder fancies to be such a happy one. And the old bouse is left to itself or to the strangers, and the family that had a home is homeless. From that time henceforth those women live not in rooms with chests of drawers and cupboards and closets and wardrobes, but in their trunks, liftin? out tray after tray for the sake of a pin or a handkerchief. Instead of the liberty of a house, they are cramped into a room, usually a single one, or at most but two rooms. Instead of the exercise of as much hospitality as they choose, they have to ask a landlsMly's per- mission for the favor of a cup of tea to £HLABGIHG O^iOBBsn Nobody teaches C».r^ breathe City ^y«^*^S. country too, have fioerl'»»«J Cl go to school than thsv .^""WC^l Sitting in a school-S;;' 4.^1 or any other room fiv, „, "P-OfW^l and then sitting most of 4,*'5JSl besides does much to We^'^f tW when you sit still, yon a;^"^0| lung, half full. TffotKSil now, and see how your chI?'»'lC| panda, and how die^4««fi ago, when breathing only «* "CI do. Many boys actuaUy X^'*?'^! their lungs f uU once in a wWi ""' Ql any wonder they have weakT "**• \\ they easUy c itch cold' Bn •'^iCI have strong lungs if von r! *â„¢ nl Which has the%trong air"" leaving the sick-bed, wij Bi-Oarbonate of Soda. The valae of aoda to honaekeepers, and Bovie of the nsea to which it may be pnt, is thus sat forth by. a writer in Good Honae- keeping A aught daah of aoda renders all green vegetables more nutritions, tender, and easy of digestion, partionlarly oabbase, spinach, and beans. A pinch of aoda to dried beans, split peaa, etc, makea all the difference in the world, partionlarly in using them for soups. A very slight quantity takes from tomatoes the unpleasantly sharp " twang," leaving only an appetizing suggestion of acid. In preparing stock for soups or gravies, one-haU teaspoonf ul oi soda to every quart of water will extract all the substanc^ from remnants of meat, bones, liver, etc., like magic. A little bit makes cofftse very rich and, if the water be hard, will soften it sufficiently to render the coffee the veri- table " cup that cheers." E very tmngâ€" the good temper and general well being otthe family â€" depends upon the cleanliness of the coffee pot, which in all or- derly households is thoroughly washed and aired a^ter using. It should be kept sweet by frequent " boilings out" with a generous pinch of soda in the water. Death lurks in tannin, and tannin abides in the coffee pot of a slatternly housekeeper. Dyspeptics find that this same " bi carb " carries " healing in its wings " if regularly used. It creates appetite, tones up the stomach, and sweetens the system. Nausea and sick headache may be relieved by tak- ing it internally, while its efficacy in neu- tralizing the poison of bites or stings of venomous insects is well known. It acts like a charm in the case of a snake bite. For hives, apply externally, and swallow a small quantity dissolved in water; also take a light laxative. Relief from the burning and irritation will quickly follow. If wet and bowels, the liver and krdnev soda be immediately applied to burns or " °" **"" "'"' scalds, both heat and pain speedily subside. Other purposes are subserved by this great product, to all of which it would be impos- sible to specially refer but that it is a real benefaction, in judicious hands, is a fact be- yond cavil or question. Of course it may often, like the cook's broth, be overdone or underdone, by indiscriminate usage but the worthy housewife knows just when or where to leave it off, and the wise home doctor knows just how long to leave it on and, under such auspicious circumstances, it is indeed a necessary luxury for which we shouldfeel devoutly grateful to the science of chemistry. YOUNG â- -m.. MCE A^ By M. B. ^tttiior of •« Ladt AtJDLKY's Sec Medicinal Baths and How to. Give Them An attendant upon an invalid should be able to give easily, quickly and effectually any kind of bath that the physician may order. Elizabeth R. Scovil tells in Good Housekeeping how to give various forms of the bath in general use, among them the following â€" To give a foot bath in bed, turn back the clothes from the foot of the bed, lay a square of India rubber cloth on the lower sheet, and on it place a small tub of hot Water let the invalid lie with the knees drawn up, and put the feet in the tub. Cover the knees with a folded blanket, and let it completely envelop the tub. Have near a large pitcher of hot water to replenish that in the tub as soon as it begins to cool. Three or four tablespoonfuls of mustard are usually added to the bath. Sulphur baths are sometimes ordered for persons sufiering from rheumatism, A quarter of a pound of sulphurated potash is added to about twenty gallons (or six pails) of hot waters-enough to completely im- merse the body. The temperature of the water should not be allowed to fall below 98 degrees. The patient should be wrapped in a sheet and placed in the bath, remainiog there for some time. The bead must be kept cool with cloths dipped in ice water. A warm blanket must be ready to receive bather when the bath is finished. A vapor bath can be given by seating the common property. Instead of privacy there 1 Pf"?.'^^ i« » cane^bottom chair, pinning a is publicity; the manifestation of their "anket around the neck and letUng it fall every emotion is scanned by curious and " " " «"" "" guest and they find all the other boarders entertaining their guest as if the guest were nearly indifferent eyes, commented on, con- clusions drawn and gossip created. And when sickness comes, and when death comes, can the thought of dreariness and desolate- ness go farther than the scope afforded either for the victim or the survivors, and that in spite of the kindest intentions and best efforts on the part of those who con- duct the inn, or what answers for the inn, or any of its departments Sell everything, suffsr everything in the way of deprivation, was a dying parent's advice to children, but keep the house to he together in, whatever befall. It was sound advice. So long as those children, young or old, had a roof, they could suffer and be strong together. Their want», their depri- vations were their own and not public pro- perty. Close together in the habitual contact of daily life, they could only be bound the more closely in habits of thought, in love and in mutual concern. Part with land, part with jewels, part with heirlooms, keepsakes, treasures, but keep the house so long as the sticks and timters hold together. It is a stronghold it is a castle, however poor and old, \\ ar- wick Castle itself no better for its purposes. It is not merely that "be it ever so humble there's no place like home," but that it is home, the single spot where one reigns, where one is unfettered and fully one's self, where one has one's tools and equipments loosely and at ease about one, where one is at large liberty, where one exists satisfied with the natural love of kin if other love is denied one, a place to retire and withdraw in, to feel safety and protection in, to live in, and at last to die in.â€" [Harper's Bazaar. â€"--^^^^^^y^.uuBOQ moiieuagNnasiine la aiaa seen m toUf Where no moor door the slender bolt wsa wienehed away. J jiMant to Wjadtotat-^. Y. Son. New Fashion in Mourning. A novel sight in the streets is a new-fash- ioned mourner. Several examples of that sort of thing have been seen in upper Broad- way. The usage formerly among the ladies was to leave off deep mourning by degrees, merging the black into gray, and so on until the colors of ordinary attire were introduced. But thia new style is to depart frcm entire black in sections. That is to say, a lady in the later stages of bereavement will cover herself with contrasting black and light col- ors. One of these figurea has a bodice near- ly, but not quite, composed of black, which color runs down the front and at eith» aide in a narrow strip. Her bonnet is also edged with black. Another one has striped heneU around her hat, on her sbonld«' at her wrists, and down the front of her gown witii the sombre abad^ while thereat of bar dieaa ia a ftlMn Tj^ht edm;.' filaek embeffidunent """ where no moniinfaig is to the ground on all sides. Under the blanket place a large pan, two thirds full of boiling water into this plunge hot bricks, one at a time (two or three will be enough).. In a short time the patient will be in a per- spiration. Dry with warm towels and put him to bed. This is effectual treatment for a bad cold if the sufferer can be kept warm the next day. 1^ Improved Diamonds. St. Louis Spectator â€" Many persons have been puzzled to understand why the. dia- monds won in ear-rings by ladies nowa- days maintain such a ceaseless quivering motion. It makes no difference that the head of the wearer is in perfect repose, and that she is even speechless, and therefore exerting no muscle of face or feature the ceasless twinkle of the diamond goes on, en- hancing greatly the flashing beauty of the gem. The secret is in the setting of the diamond, and the method is a patent device. The patentee is reaping a royalty of $50 apiece from every manufacturing jeweller to whom he sells the privilege of using it. The stone is set in the usual manner, except that a band like the handle of a diminutive basket is attached to the frame work. On the other side of this band is a cup lika cavity. On the lower part of the hoop is a projecting pin pointed with rhodium, a metal which never wears out â€" somewhat like the iridium with which gold pens are tipped. Now, when the diamonds are put in position on the hoop the rhodium point projects into the cup. The result is what scientists would call a condition of unstable equilibrium. Like the pea blown with a pipe by a schoolboy the diamond is given no rest, with the difference that no effort is re- quired to keep it dancing. The metal point never wears out. he who uses his arms, orhe tt i**^ When walking atthe r»te!fV'*«»«« hour, you breathe nearly five h^'^^ air as when you are sitting sai^v "**' fuller breathsyou take anHti, ""'fc inaday,theLoiger'Ste:N are going vo have. If even W *H Dommion would take a thousiadl."' M deep breaths every day fZ "«I throughout his life, it woold Ji " " ' our vigor and effectiveness L at '^\ deep breathins not only enlumA H Itself, and makes it sha'pely S.^M It gives power and vigor tolhe W^'*, heart, and makes the'm do tle^^SlJ better. And it does the same to ^Zt^ Fels, the liver and kidney S to all the vital organs. ItmZs'thSl richer. It adds directly to the vigo, Jj bram as well, and so enables it to do ^Ji work. In short, it is about the best C of eettmg and keerino i,«.ui. T? ^T, YTX â€" Thb Rbturh of IAPTEB^sp,b;«b. ...*n elms in Kensington GaJ .!!i^^d.blown crests were ]ul who^JTr.g windows were older h ^ftom ^ifa^n half since that fir, »*^ "At* flat in Wilkie MansionI jBtio" oi «»* " accustomed to marriJ [S«»i"JS^y Valentine Belfiell 2 understood ^J .^j^^ j^^ ^hj "tKisTond of'SLr. and proud k»««^*' l^had no idea of making afl fbeattty/'^?;" own manner ot living, " a^ °^ °* ,^ '^â- rM ^*. on account of bis wife. If ""Swers^ch as she could shad â- SuiuT^atshe should share theJ ^w w race meetings, and crick ^tookher to r ^^^ she was w „i$, and "^^'g;^ but if her delica '"nfU a?home, that fact made i!i.% hU arrangements. There caa fjrencemnw ^^^ nervous and lol i*^:. tntble to go out of an evemng, 4 ^*^th?burde^ of her loneliness alml SLwe- but her husband frankly td •" t' ^Tnld not expect him to sacriB *»*.»^A"^:!2menteihis whist club.] B lo^H evening amui â- J^^-b^nse she was mopmg I HfSffhat the deuce would be the good ik "Wn«,*"I._ +!,_ other side of the 1 way getting and keeping he»lth.l5| who would care to hu:e a sick man to Z\ for him Or who can do much hardtSI when he is sick Not that we canaln,! avoid sicknest, but it is less likely to cwil and has harder work to enter, wheiiwe«| robust and in good training than when*.! are weak and run down. And how shall we get a good chest' I|| two ways by building both inside and oitl side. The deep, thorough breathing dual the inside work, inflates the chest as yoid(l a foot-ball when you blow it up andBtii|| certain of the muscles vigorously bmldiml the outside. â-  And first for the breathing. Do thml things. Always hold your neck well back' this straightens your backbone, and J straightens almost the whole of yon. Next, breathe not through your mouth, bnt yon' nose. " God breathed into man's nosi.ri»\ the Dreath of life," not into his moatb. Indians think a man who goes aronnd mti his mouth open a coward. Thirdly, get every inch of air into your lungs that ym can, and as many times each day asyoicuL At your age you can train your chest tiii lungs in this way to an extent that iril surprise and delight you in your later yem Easy running and plenty of it, breathinj just as slowly and deeply as you can all the way, will give your lungs grand work, aid I right out in the pure, invigorating out doot air. Daniel Boone would never ride when he could walk. Gladstone and Lowell have for many years followed the same rule, see how fresh they keep in a green and n» ful old age I Do plenty of walking, and always when walking do the deepest, slow- est of breathing you can. Try every noi and then and see how many breaths yoi take in blowing up a football It may not be many months till one breatn will fill it, and there will be nothing very small or weik about yo ar lungs then. Stand ten feet frooi a lighted candle and see if you can blow it out. Practise whispering as loudly as yet can, and do as much singing as your neigh- bors can tolerate, and when singing, as i famous tenor once said, "breathe from away down." Swim as far as you can mom breath each day during the hot season. Run a hundred yards in one breath, as tne swiftest sprinters do. lou are educatui? your throat and lungs in a most valnable way now yet how simple For the outside of the chest, arm wort does far more than foot work. -A-nf"?? have large legs and no great chest J large-armed men generally have fine ches^ and always have large muscles on tto chests, both front and brck S1'P^^^« "^^ of your hands together h'g^ "P "J'^^^^jT heid a hundred times without stog Have you not found a good chest eiera« to sit upon the other side " he said. ' besiJ Helen said, irritab [hLher evening engagements as vi â- â€ži^. VtS' ii^jKl,.,- â- ."â- SlC .#?"^*1.^ s^^as^3K^ Indian Tea. The rapid increase in the importance of Indian tea is illustrated by the fact that the area under cultivation was increased by 18,- 288 'acres last year, the total area being now 934,134 acres. Improved methods of culti- vation are resulting in an increase in the average yield per acre. The increase has beea very extraordinary in the South of Assam. If the present rates fall to stimu- late the consumption of China teas, the con- clusion may be arrived at that the home consumption is becoming more limited from year to year, and that the demand for In- dian teas will increase in the future princi- pally at the expense of China teas. Private telegrams estamate the new crop of Assam teas at 96.000,000 Iba., whereas ten yeara ago it waa only 28,000,C00, whidi clearly provea with what rapid afridea tiie popn- UritycfladiutMbfaadTCsoiaa. now How large and high your denly feels Of course breathe it "J as you can While at thisor any other ew cise With straight knees and elbows. ^^ ^^^ your handi up, hold your hands out iQ palm to palm. Now throw sharply bfick on a borizonal Ime, never »» ing your elbows till t^ey "e^f^^j; far as you can get them. "°^"' jine, movements, or even twenty nve, and see how full your chest hw suddemj^ come. This is grand work for ro^}^ ders. and round shoulders are a drfojm^^ for which you *« the one c blame. For now you know how t-. 8tr«g|^ them out. With your neck ^^^'U, you flat, shoulders low, and kne« ^J^" ' ' «nnM nnfc he crOokcd if 5"" "' ^^g yoBT °' "now 1«»» could not be crooked if you Push your dumbbells head and hoW t^^'^A^f.Uere;**' your head far back.and hoW » ^^f^^ „„t „ope with you,, it:S'^TAo,^.ere laid on likej ,tjror the gas, ahel .loicommonly selfish of b-r to ^k* fadd i ;«.t when vou wane her most, f}^e "It I a woman's place to 1 ff ;i8teratsuchatime Hdeu sighed and was «lent T ^Ld silences irritated Valent a relief to him to run d and get into the mild mugg. /Lwdon autumn, to hail a cab !ff to his daily haunts at the West I'J tL a still greater relief to sa ly f- iHiScise orVnting gear, on his wa 'SiCy which was to take him to "^Tt country bouse or snug bachelo, there were sport and good fellows women, or congenial men. "S; fond hopes which had sootbed H „ soUtary ^enings were doomed tc t disappoi'»t'~«°' Her baby -son oi hHas a week old, and the shoe Santf fdeath, which came upon her brought on a nervous fever, ft m«e\han six weeks Helen was W ill and during some parts of that Sfe WM in danger. Trained nurses Mion of that smaU habitation mVi m.SovB Lady Belfield came up to K^watchover her dauehter^in law to. Baddeley showed a great deal of S ^ouKh she did not forego her ev em^S or desert Sandown yTihefarst two or three weeks \al ,i« Mxious and attentive but after tl SI had^asted a month his attentions Tand he began to regard h« wif« s iSoM chronic. There was a dreary 'toy"boutthe sickroom which borej Sond endurance. The nurses in the Si tbTrecurrents visits of the docb^ snorts from the sick nurse, forever flv Sbetwwn Rood and evil-tbe whol Ss^^g upon M' Bifi^^^'" TZ Mroetual nightmare. He was gladd« S^Tte aet away from his home, mor( 2:L*^v^ tT Accept invitations fr taadielor friends. All this had happened six montt Mek Ld escaped from f otors -d losn after Christmas, but she seeme 4, shadow of her former self wh^n s oune out of the sick room, and wen Wb drive with Mrs Baddeley pntty Uttle Victoria, which that la. Knd necessary to her existence. CBly a jobbed Victoria, as she t friids. iiteouslv but it was a N-er; Utae c^age. with a smart coachma Bsddeley's page sat beside h'â„¢*" *„ lad the turn-out was altogether resp Ihe necessity for a Victoria exch. in the evening for a brougham, ws patable, »ee»g ^^at within the las Wimtlis Leonora Baddeley had be MMMwiae a Public character, bhe • to UteratSre. She wrote for the papers. Stories, essays, hunting Sg articles, fashion articles- •Ie\miaB toher facUe andsomew ksapen. She wrote with the au •an^^ Uved among duchesses Anaa every night w^tn Cabmet » DponpoUtios, morals, art, spor^ iTwiite with equal au^bority, a^ lone audacity that dazzled the Nader. Nor was literature the grass wid owmpation. She had burst upon {anable world as an amatt ur act« tbction and capacity. She gave she act* d u lower the dumb bells tih they ^^^ at your sides, as if your hands w ^^ cr;8s, your elbows never once ^^ Raise the bells agam, and do .hu ^^ ^^ morning and evening thw wees, next week, and increase a'«5 i,ing m* find you can. You are now f^^; of enlarging the muscles a«roM tne ^, yourfhSt and shoulders, and exp^^^j „ whole chest as well. {(".time. breathe in great breaths all the « th«» Curling dumb bells w'l]»^f X«t; «*^ uscles on the front of your cues •* charity concerts. She reminded elderly gen the the dipping between ^}^f'"\„rse\t ot rioie^^ng and then raismgyourse, parallel bars, is S't^KlTvori o^,^ Uscles, and so is all ben^S^^ the flo" parallels. Lying on your bacK » ^^ S a dumb- beU in each b"^^ ^a tb^ arms straight out at J^^Je V "" raising them tUl high up al^« i, A j and then lowering them.af^^ ^erea* you can hardly do enough ot w U you try bfc ^^_ â€" â-  â€" ,» « Your father is ^f^^u^i'^Sl aaid a man to the son of a """"J^ tbe o"' replied the youth, sadly lM h* haa left" atly of Mrs. Honey, Madan •»dMra.Neabitt. Itwainotto ea that she earned any money •harity performances, and her g have cost her a good deal but a nported to be making a handso l^Hteratare. this did not matt^ fcedy, except Helen, wondered at Wtn which Mrs. Baddeley « five, or at the open-handed and Uah hoi^tality of those pretty *• right hand of the third-floor •• I can't think how it is that i a* «Biu further with you thwi i â- a.» Hden aaid, with a faint s koked loond her sister's luxt awwing-roov, with its profusu •adaaTCiaaaBin tiie window si f!!9laoa»and itavaaes of tube aiaielilievaUey. "My dear, yon fwgot that I ^^â- Mi, while yon and Valent //;«2^8|te\if the field inneithei V**3lli f oonM write for l i h st ri M.. H can't write foi Bafdddey an** t"^«« k wmething i \or»tlea8tkna iiiBtliiKenoiigbi 1 1»W