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ABOUT PONIES.
shetiands Not So Common as They
Used to Be-.

shetlands Not So Common as They
Used to Be.
The Shetland ponies are not so COM
mon, it seems to me, as they used to be
in the States, says Our Animal Friends.
Perhaps this is because the Canadian
ponies are SO cheap, and are brought
here in great numbers. The best place
to see the Shetland pony is on his own
native ground. AS one sees them there
coming into town on market days. they
are so we'll broken that no bride is
needed and a string around the neck
serves the purpose of a rein. Upon
their backs they have pack saddles,
which are often so we'll filled with peat
and grass that the load seems too big
and heavy for the little fellows. 1t is
pleasant to see the pride which the
owners take in them; while the ponies
for their part seem to show genuine
affection for their masters. "Give him
his bit of feed every day." the owner
will tell you, pointing to his meek-look-
ing friend, land he'll go along all day."
In Iceland there are plenty of ponies.
They have fourished there for many
generations and form a special breed.
They are used for many kinds of work,
and, being strong and hardy, they are
very serviceable to the inhabitants Of
the island. The country is rough and
billy, but the ponies are surefooted and
have great endurance.
The island of Oesel, n of the largest
In the Baltic Sea, has its own special
breed Of ponies; tough, sturdy little
fellows they are, and highly priced for
their beauty and other more valuable
qualities.
, 1898-12-30
By Marion v Hollis. 4 EV'

81 am very pleased to have seen you,
Mrs. Rivers she said. graciousiy. Mas
ter Rupert Selwyn will be riding past the
school to-day, and he will bring You the
rules I was speaking about. : | wish you
good-morning.'
"Good-morning, Lady Selwyn,' muir
INJURED the white lips, and a cry from the
bleeding heart went up TO Heaven-bet-
ter any anguish, any death, than this!
She was gone, the beautiful, stately
lady; but the rich perfume of her gar
ments still fingered in the room. With
trembling hands Mrs. Rivers raised the
"Wordsworth"-she opened it, and tore
out the title page that bore her name.
mo one else shall see how little he
cares for my memory" she said. He
might have cared for my books"
Despite her heroism and her self-sacri-
fee, she was but a woman-that one little
instance of his Indifference hurt her more
than his marriage had done. She laid her
tired head down upon the table and wept.
hot, bitter tears.
, 1898-12-30
Labor Notes.

At present GAINESVILLE, Ca, 10 the
principal centre of the knitting busi-
ness in the South.
Before the war Cuba contributed
about one-twelfth of all the tobacco
used in the world.
The imports of coal into Germany in
the first eight months of this year were
s,655, AIS tons.
In the United States 800, 900 cubic feet
of pine are used annually in making
matches.
HI. Milligan is interested In the pro-
posed erection of a wooden mill at
G~reenville, Tenn.
The Industrial cordage factory at
Merida, Mexico, has an order from Lon
Ion for 1000 tons. Of binder twfne.
- >statI5ticSfi estimates hat Englann
has $3.50, 600, 900 invested in lam anp
mortgages in countries abroad.
Four big packing houses in Kansas
City will probably be represented in
Cuba or Porto Rico, or both, witp
branch establishments ere long.
In Breslau Germany linen factoY
les dyers get s2.S5 to $4.76 per week.;
embroidery girls, a cents ta- $500
oleachers, s2.S5 to $3.50; weavefs, SLAP
to $3.50.
Fruit Inspector Tonneson has taken
1p with the Japanese Consul Shige AK
5omeya, in Tacoma, the matter of the
shipping of Japanese oranges into this
OuDLry
A model farm on the American plan
and run with American machinery,
stock and methods, is about to be es-
.ablished by a Chinese mandarin who
ives near Shanghai.
1t is said that an attempt to calculate
The value of the gold in the Rand dis
.rict of the Transvaal mas shown that
there remains about 900, 900, 900 IONS of
alluvial, worth say S., 900, 900, 900.
Honolulu bananas are now being re-
,eived at Seattle, from whence a direct
service now runs to Hawaii. Previous
y that territory got it's supplies from
South America via New Orleans.
An insurance company of Warsaw,
Russian Poland, has discharged all the
male agents and solicitors, appointing
women in their stead, since it appeared
hat women make much better agents
han men.
Most people suppose that the use of
muff is obsolete, out the statistics pre-
vented by the Commissioner of Inter
lal Revenue show that there is a steady
and large increase in the production
Ind sale of that article.
According to the London correSpon-
lent of the Glasgow Herald, there is
about to be built at the arsenal at
Foochow a torpedo gunboat n a tor
edo boat, from the designs of a French
constructor, for the China navy.
An ironmonger in the Trongate has
affixed to a bicycle in his windo a
olacard bearing this inscription: THE
act cash price of this warranted bicy-
,le was 9e los. To-day it is seven
pounds. 1t will be reduced two sill
ings a day till it is Sold"
, 1898-12-30

she used to kiss me so. Sheused to b
Inc in her arms, and kiss mn as thoa
her heart was breaking. l do Eaiss 4hy
mother"
The handsome face grew sad, anY the
clear eyes filled with tears.
mo one is quite like your own mother"
he said; 'and mine loved me. My father
often tells me how she used to teach me,
and fear for me; how she always longed
to see me a good and great a So I
mean to be. My mother is among the
angels; but she shall see how l loved her"
She can bear no more; she is weeping
wildly now, kneeling at the foot of the lit
tie couch, her whole figure shaken with
deep-draw n bitter sobs, and he is stand
ing over her in deep amaze.
what is the matter, Mrs. Riyers?-
what is wrong?"
BY an effort so violent that 1t almost
killed her, she controlled herself and rose.
II am ashamed" she said, 'of giving
way so; but l had Il son once, and l lost
him-you made me think of him."
You have lost a son, and | a mother"
he said. (Which is the greater trouble
of the twoT"
mine" she said softly. "Shall you
come to see me often, Master Rupert?'
yes" he said. Il always liked coming
to see Mrs. Browne, and | shall be just
as pleased to see you. Whenever my
father is away, and Lady Beatrice Is in
one of her 'humors,' as the servants call
them, | like to ride over here. My lady
used to think a sound box on the ears a
remedy for every fault Ihad. My father,
however, did not agree with her."
81 should say not,a she cried indignant
y.
He laughed again.
"A woman,s hand could never hurt me-"
he said proudly, Good morning, Mrs.
Rivers. l will come again often, if you
will let me-"
Come when you WILL" she said; and
then their eyes met. The boy started.
"Who on earth are you like, Mrs. Riy-
ers? ?" he cried. IT have seen you before,
l am sure; or else some one like you"
She. drew back in alarm.
"Chance resemblances are common
enough" she said quietly. 81 can only
hope my face reminds you Of some one
very pleasant.
THAT 1t Does" he replied. Nov I
must CO."
And the next minute he was on horse.
back, waving his cap in a farewell salute
to her.
CTo be continued.)
, 1898-12-30
Useful Hints.

Change dishes upon which meat, poulA
try or fish is kept daily. Wipe out
the breadpan every morning. Hang
meat in cold weather for several days
before cooking; flour it before you
hang it up. Turkeys become much
more tender by hanging. Pork is said
to be much more dibestible from being
rubbed over with salt for twenty-four
hours before roasting it.
Many of the best housekeepers have
foresworn the use of stove polish on
the kitchen range, excepting once or
twice in a season. and crease the mon
arch of the kitchen instead. Once a
week the stove is washed off in greasy
water, and on the days between is
merely wiped with a greasy cloth.
When carafes or vinegar cruets take
on a dingy hue that refuses to yield
to ordinary treatment fill with water
to which a ~teaspoonful of household
ammonia has been added and allow
them to stand over night. In the MORN
ing rinse thoroughly and the glass will
be found crystal clear.
4 course often served just before
dessert is cheese custard, hin brown
bread sandwiches being sent around
with 1t.
It should not be forgotten that a little
salt makes a poo apple eatable and a
good apple better.
, 1898-12-30
CHAPTER XIX.

Lady Beatrice Selwyn will visit the
school" Those words rang in the ears
of the sad, gentle lady, the mistress of
the little girls who regarded Lady Bea-
trice with such awe. How was she to
meet her?-what was she to say?-was
her disguise complete?
She went up to her own room before she
entered the school next morning and took
q keen, critical survey of her pale face.
She was woman enough to feel pleased
that such fair, tranquil beauty still lin
gered there. One or two golden hairs had
strayed from underneath the black front
and the widows cap; she hastily cut them
off. No; it was impossible, she thought,
that anyone could recognize her. All that
remained Of the fair and lovely Lady Vio-
Gante was the pathetic beauty of the large
violet eyes; even those were disguised by
the darkened brows.
"If DIR. Hearne did not know me, l
need not fear Beatrice" she thought; The
liked and she hated me-liking is quicker
than hateV"
She went into the school room then.
Great patches Of golden sunshine lay
athwart the white floor; the long windows
were open, and the perfumed air came in
sweet and odorous gusts. The children
were all Observation-Disclosures girls, with
quick eyes and nimble fingers. A certain
nameless restlessness went through them
all; it was known that Lady Selwyn was
coming to the school that day.
Then there was a stir among the chill
dren, q murmur Of excitement; and one
girl older than the rest came up to her,
dropping a courtesy.
IF you please, ma'am," she said, there
is my Lady Selwyn."
Then a tall, stately lady, clad in sweep.
ing robes of silk and velvet, stood before
her-a lady whose proud, regal beauty
dazzled those who gazed upon her. The
naughty lips wore a pleased smile; the
dark, lustrous eyes a calm, satisfied ex-
preston. She swept, with the carriage of
a queen, through the garden into the
bright, sunshiny room.
II hope l have not interrupted you,"
said Lady Beatrice to Mrs. Rivers. Il
ana an early visitor this morning. l have
been driving to the railway station, and
nave called on my return"
There was no reply. Mrs. Rivers made
a low bow, and Lady Beatrice continued:
Il will just look round among the chill
dren, Mrs. Rivers, and then, if you please,
1 will see o in the cottage"
Nay, not one word to have savel her
whole life could she have uttered nShn
, 1898-12-30
CHAPTER Xxx.

Picture a long, winding road, bordered
on either side by tall trees, with over
hanging branches, the hedges brilliant
with wild rose and woodbine, with climb
ing foxglove and strawberry blossom, the
thick, leafy branches meeting in some
places, twining their giant arms 30 as to
form q shady arch, the sunlight falling
through and casting quaint, graceful
shadows on the ground. Then through
the sunlit foliage, under the moving
boughs of the tall trees, a handsome
youth, with eager eyes and clustering
hair, rides slowly along, looking some
times at the sky above him, and some
times at the blooming flowers. "A gal
liant, p~rincely boy, with the face of a cava-
lier, and the frank, grand smile of a
crowned king.
As he comes riding over the shadows
under the trees, the watcher by the gate
sees him at last, and heaven is merciful
to her that the sight does not strike her
dead.
Then a great mist came before her eyes
and dazzled her, a mighty sound as of
rushing waters filled her ears, a torrent of
love rushed through her heart, making
her tremble like a leaf in the wind, for he
had stopped at the gate, and was speaking
to her.
She looked at him helplesslsy; her lips
parted, but were dumb; her eat err, yearn-
ing eyes were fixed on his face; ler white,
nervous hands 6clntcA6duGt ~ I'D the
, 1898-12-30

WI
Good morning, Mrs. Rivers" a CHEEKY,
rich voice was saying; Lady Beatrice
asked me to call and give you these"
Her W son-heaven help her!-her
only child! She longed with desperate
longing to fling herself under the horses
feet and let him ride over her, leaving
her dead.
He flung the reins aside and dismount'
ed.
81 will fasten my pony to the gate" he
said, land come inside, if you will allow
me, Mrs. Rivers. 1t is very warm, and
l have ridden fast"
Ali If she could but speak to himl If
she might but cry out: Rupert, 1 am
your motherl l am Violante Selwyn!'
But the white, parted lips were still
dumb.
He, looking at her, thought her strange,
sad and quiet; but the widows cap and
the mourning dress accounted for that.
you will not spoil me as Mrs. Browne
did, l hope" said the laughing voice. 'She
used to make such grand lemonade for
these warm days"
IL will give you anything l have"
she said with trembling energy.
He looked at her with little surprise.
dOOu uuu hiuu, Dul AeIfOuSy was ula
mental comment.
Twill you really come into my house?"
she asked family, seeing that he went to-
ward the door.
THAT | will, with man, thanks for the
shelter" he said, leading the way into the
pretty little parlor, where Lady Beatrice
had sat SO lately. II am so glad Of a
rest" said the boy, throwing himself on
the couch. 1T is awfully hot, Mrs.
Rivers; how cool you look here. 1 should
like a glass of water"
Nay" she said softly; 81 have some
thing nicer than that for you"
And she ran to the basket, loaded with
fruit, that Lady Beatrice had sent. Her
hands trembled as she took from it a
bunch of purple grapes, and a sunny,
blooming peach. She laid them on a
plate, covered a small tray with a dainty
white cloth and took it to him.
How kind you are" he said eagerly;
"but / am robbing you"
mo, no." she told his hastily. 1t was
a thousand times more pleasure to her
that he should enjoy them.
And enjoy them he did. She sat down
near, where she could watch him eating
the luscious grapes. How her heart
yeafneu TO nlHu, ueE uugerS uugleQ 10
touch the bonny head, with its clustering
eurls, her lips burned to touch his face
once-only just once. She lowered round
him, she stood near him; she could not
feast her eyes enough on that frank, hand
some face; all her soul was in her eyes
and on her lips.
''These are NICE" he said. '"To tell the
plain truth, Mrs. Rivers, l do not get
many grapes at home. Lady Beatrice
thinks boys should be brought up like
young Spartans."
Lady Beatrice?" she repeated.
Yes" he continued; my fathers wife.
You know Lady Selwyn is not my moth
err" he added eagerly.
Not your mother!' gasped the white
lips.
"Oh. no." he replied; my W mother
is dead. She was killed in a railway acct
deut at Sedi, in Italy. My mother was
as beautiful as an angel, Mrs. Rivers"
She murmured some reply: she never
knew what.
Yes" he continued decisiveiy; "sho
| was just as beautiful as al angel. | re-
member her face quite well. | used to
! dreom of it for years: l dream of it now,
] Such loving eyes, ouch sweet lips, and
, 1898-12-30

V adv was overcoI

she most deveutly believed thai s
the effect of her own august presence, a
conviction that made her unusually gra-
cious and affable.
My lady swept down the room, her
costly silk and velvet trailing after her.
Mrs. Rivers followed her, still with silent
lips and tightly clinched hands,. Through
the garden, where the crimson leaves lay
ON the broad path, to the little cottage,
where the woodbines hung in full lower.
She entered first, and the w~hite-faeed
woman behind her gathered all her
strength together.
My lady seated herself on the little
couch, the gray silk and rich velvet fol-
lowing around her.
BE seated, Mrs. Rivers" she said.
~You do not look strong. l hope you are
well, and like your new home. You are
a widow, l believer said Lady Beatrice.
looking at the close cap.
Il have lost my husband and my son."
was the quiet reply; by this time the vio-
let eyes were raised calmly and search
5ngly to the lady's face.
Dear me-" was the conventional reply;
'how very sad. You are glad, perhaps,
Of O quiet life after u great sorrowT' said
my lady, after a short pause.
my sorrow has been and Is a very
heavy one" replied the quiet voice.
"Are you a stranger in this part of the
eountryY' asked Lady Beatrice.
II have been living for some few years
ut Shepton," said Mrs. Rivers.
II hope you will make yourself happy.
] shall send you fruit and flowers from
the Hall; I have been in the habit of do
fnU ma A ro Won fond of rnadinpPt
1T is my only pleasure" said the gov
erness; Il nave no other"
Eve have so many books at the Hail."
continued Lady Beatrice; you can have
what you will from the library. | sent
down u few; nave you looked over them
YETI"
II have not had time" said Mrs. Rivers,
going to the little bookcase. "These are
very nice and useful. 1 thank your lady
ship very much for the kind thought"
The voice was gentle enough, the words
were humble, yet Lady Beatrice thought
30 herself:
"How stiff and unmoved she is"
Suddenly Mrs. Rivers saw the volume
of Wordsworth; in one instant she recog-
nized it. She remembered the very after
noon when Lord Selwyn had given it to
her. What did it here? Lady Beatrice
saw it in her hands.
do you like Wordsworth" she asked,
eondescendingly.
But Mrs. Rivers did not appear to have
heard the question. She had opened the
book, and was looking at the title page.
'To my dearest Violante; from her de-
voted husband, Vivian Selwyn."
Heaven be merciful that the sight of
the handwriting and the words did not
slay her.
Lady Beatrice glanced at it.
"No," she replied, carelessly and un-
truthfully. Lord Selwyn sent it with the
others"
Mrs. Rivers repressed the cry of an
guish that rose to her lips. Did he love
her memory SO little that he gave to his
dependents the gifts that had been hers?
Come for books when you want more"
said Lady Beatrice. Il have some notion
Of founding a library for the use of the
villagers; if so, Mrs. Rivers, | shall be
pleased to put it under your care. Re
member, at any time and In any diff
Guilty, you must apply to me"
SF use and stood, SO tall and stately.
that =, little room seemed too small for
, 1898-12-30

Prof. Martin, the Swedish savant, has
discovered in the Kremlin at Moscow.
a large portion of the Swedish wal
booty captured by Gustavus Adolphu3d
1t appears that the majority of the II
yer vessels and ornaments kept In dfl
treasury at the kremlin are prese
made at different times by vaE
kings of Sweden to the czars of RI
, 1898-12-30
Australian Aborigines.

Last year there were in New South
Wales, Australia, 3,422 full-blood abor-
iglnes and 1868 half castles. Twelve
years back the ll-bloods numbered
slightly more than double the half
castles, but since then they have de-
creased at the annual average rate Of
400, against an average annual Increase
Of So half castles.
, 1898-12-30
IN A MINE.
(To be c%ontinued.)

Terrible Hardships of the Coy EN-.
ployed Therein.
"There are but few who admire the
collection Of beautiful sulphur crys-
tails in the National Museum" remark
ed the gentleman who collected them
from the famed sulphur mines in Sicily
to a Washington Star reporter, ''who
have any idea in relation to the same
except their beauty. | DON'T ink"
he said, "there is another spot earth
where such abominable treatI such
iendish cruelty, is inflicted ne la
bOrer as In the sulphur minel Sicily.
They are paid barely epQua o pro-
det6emseln6S ~ of
poftf0n OF the thme phey ard d std
Of chronic starvation. WheMI was
last there, many of the MINI were
closed, and a Sicilian paper stay d that
10000 people were starving ut the
mines. The work Is of the hardest and
most exhausting character. Very few
Of the mines have hosting apparatus,
and the sulphur ore Sulphur and lime
stone combined) is brought up from the
depths below on the backs of men and
boys. Long, sloping, narrow tunnels
lead from the surface down to the sui
phur beds 200 to 900 feet or more be-
low. Miners dig the stuff out, and it is
carried up In stout sacks or fat bas-
kets. Many of the laborers, especially
the boys, work naked. On their backs
they wear a piece of mating, or some
thing of the sort, held by a string
around the neck. This is to protect the
flesh from being torn from their bodies
by the Jagged corners Of the ore they
carry. No one can imagine a more
heartrending sight than to see the
wretched creatures toiling up the long,
steep slopes In the mine with their
enormous loads. Every step they take
wrings a groan from their tortured
frames. Most pitiful to me was the
sight Of the poor, bent, broken and
emaciated old men, mere battered
wrecks, and the young lads of 10 and
- years, who have just begun this life
Of cruel toll.
Staggering along under loads full
as heavy as a strong man ought to
carry, the dreadful procession winds
upward through the narrow drifts and
tunnels to the surface, where the ore
is piled up in rectangular heaps and
paid for by the cubic meter.
can evidence of the awful severity
Of the labor is the fact that a very
large percentage of these lads are so
hnI1r ariOD1O1 NV kho A;0oa H.
the age for military service that the
conscript officers are forced to reject
them. And l assure you that the Ital-
ian Government is not over-critical as
to the physical condition of the men
she sends by the ship load to Masso-
wah to be butchered by the Abys-
sinians. When the miserable creatures
leave the inferno underground and
reach the surface they find themselves
in a veritable corner of hades. The sui
phur is extracted at the mine by roast
ing it in immense heaps slightly COW
cred with earth, not unlike in form to a
charcoal pit. The air Is so filled with
sulphurous vapors and dust as to al
most suffOcate n Not a green thing
in sight, for the poisonous vapors kill
all vegetation. The fierce sun beats
down upon n in those vendureless
valleys with great fury. On every side
there are the hot rocks, acres of i'm
palpable sitting dust, and the vapors
from the calcining air can only be
compared to blasts from the Internal
region"
, 1898-12-30

An old man stopped in front of a
window to look at a display of baby
shoes. Another old man came up, and
said: Don't look at baby shoes; look
at collins"
, 1898-12-30

The women say there never was a
husband and father who was nor
mean about money.
, 1898-12-30

The time t. form an opinion of ="
farmerrand his methods is in me VIM
Ter. Tf~he gives the anure heap rnu Il
attention it is a. sure indication trat he
is progressive and keeps his LAND Well
supplied with plant food. He ma he
careful Of his stock and have his farm
attractive in many respects. but If he
reglects the care and preservation of
the manure he will be lacking IN ptope~
knowledge of deriving the most profit
from farming.