V The Limit of Lands. By ANDREW LANG. , Between the circling oeenn Ken . And the poplars of Persephone There lies a atrip of huiren sand. Flecked with the sea's Inst spray and strown iWith waste leaves of poplar, blown From gardens of the shadow land. With altars of old sacrifice The shore is set in mournful wise The mists upon the ocenn brood; Between the water and the air Tba rlniuls are born that float and fare Between! the water and the wood. Upon the pray sea never snil Ol mortals passed within our hail, Where the last weak wave faint and flow; We heard within the poplar pile The murmur of a doubtful wail Of voices loved so long ago. David and By COSMA Glynde and Hllgay, whose friend ship puts that ot David and Jonathan to the right about, were fated to he pitted against each other In every thing. They cemented their friendship by blacking each other's eyes when Glynde was nine and llllgay ten. They both played cricket. Hllsay's most brilliant Innings for Cambridge were stopped at 09 by a magnificent catch by Glynde, of the Oxford eleven. Naturally enough. It came to pass that Glynde and Hllgay fell In love with the same girl. At least, that 13 only my way of putting It. Glynde and Hllgay would tell you, If they liked you well enough to dl:cus3 the , matter with you, that they were In love with the only girl In the world. Men In love are never accurate. There was, to both of them, a touch of tragedy about this last coincidence. They were dining In town together on an off ever'.ng to see the "Man of Many Collars," at the Alhambra after wards. With something of blatancy Hllgay bad said, "Jack, I'm In love." Jack Glynde put down his cigar and turned very pale. - "I don't belleye you. It's It's ab surd." "Absurd? Good heavens, why?" said Hllgay. "Because I am, too, and we're dead certain to, be In love with the same girl." A little chilled silence fell upon the two men. For a moment they sat looking at each other, superstitious horror In the eye3 of both. Neither dared to ask what was her name. Glynde waited for Hilgay to give the name and Hllgay for Glynde. At last they made a simultaneous move ment, Tltclr theatre tlcketn were in their pockets, but, with that tacit understanding which can" only exist between-bosom friends, they turned away from the Alhambra and made for tbo Embankment, Each felt that air was a necessity. The Embank ment Is the only place in London where It can be found. For an hour, arm-in-arm, they paced the flagstones. Sometimes Glynde's hand would close hard on 'Hilgay's arm, as though to say, "Whatever happens, old man, nothing 'matters," "and sometimes Hllgay would squeeze Glynde's hand tight , against his ribs, and Glynde kaew that he was saying, "Whoever she is, i old man, we are pals to th? end." It I. Won .i,t ik. f for another passes the love of woman. These two never really knew what ! theft friendship meant until the woman came into their Uvea. 1 With a Budden inspiration Hllgay took out half-a-crown. "Heads or tails, Jack?" he said. "Heads!" Bald Jack. Teddy Hilgay uncovered. It was tails. "You must toll mo her name, old man," he said. Glynde cleared his throat, took Hilgay's arm, and started Walking away from the Embankment at four miles an hour towards the Ox ford and Cambridge Club. On the steps of the club Glynde made a mighty effort. "Enid Allerton," ho said, and then looked sharply round at Teddy. He saw a wave of blood fly into his face, and felt his arm tremble. "Good Lord!" said Hilgay. "Why, what's the joke? What's your girl's name?" " "Enid Allerton," said Hilgay, "Good heavens, isn't the world large enough for us both?" Glynde's ,face was twitching and his eyes jblazod. "What have we done? What's ,the matter with us? What's wrong with the world? Why, in heaven's same, should we always come up 'against each other? Do you hear? (.Why the blazes can't you fall in love with any of the million other girls . there are knocking about?" Hilgay sprang to bis feet angrily. You can't talk," he cried furiously "You blacked my eyes, and won the beastly cup. Surely to goodness that's bad enough, without your crop jping up now and cutting in with the tonly girl I've ever loved in thi3 world." ;; They glared at each other like two ngry bulls, and then simultaneously burst out laughing. Again slmulta- ?' eously they hit the bell and broke he thing, and as the waiter bolted In 'with a scared look they eachr yelled ior a-soda- . - ,.-.. These arrived before they 'had got ' through with their laugh, and as the i waiter left the room they silently licked glasses and drank. . We scarce had care to die or live, We hail no honey cake to give, No wine of sacrifice to shed ; There lies no new path over sea. And now we know how faint they be, The feast and voices of the Dead. Ah, flowers and dance! Ah, sun and snowl lllnd life, sad life, we did forego To dream of quietness and rest; Ah, would the fleet sweet rose hero l'uured Unlit and perfume through the drenr Pule year, and wan land of the west. Fad youth, that let! the spring go by Bcrnuso th spring is swift to lly; fail youth, that feared to mourn or love, IV.inld how sadder far is this. To know that rest is nowise bliss. And darkness is the end thereof. Jonathan. HAMILTON. "Cigarette?" Glynde thoved his ense across the table. "Thanks, old man," said Hllgny. For several thoughtful moments the two sat blowing rings. Glynde looked his friend up and down curl ourly, and thought, with a certain pride, what a good-looking, clean limbed chap ho was. He could well Imagine what a poor chance ho would stand against a man with Teddy's kind of nose, eyes and hair. Then, too. he was bo rlpplngly sunburnt, and he had always heard he under stood none of the Idosyncrasles of girls himself that sunburn went a long way. He suddenly caught Hll gay's calculating eye. And then Teddy ran over Jack. Entertaining a Prejudice. Of nil tin occupations known to men, entertaining a prejudice Is the most absurd. Yet the practice is almost universal. The prejudice Is usually uninvited. He comes in quietly, removes his hat and coat, saunters up to the guest chamber, and prepares to become a permanent feature of the estab lishment. You entertain him royally, strain him to your bosom, exhibit him proudly to every one, fight for him, de fend him, nnd perpetuate him. You do not even admit that he is pres?nt. "I entertRln a prejudice?" you say, with be coming concern. "Never!" , Birds of a feather flock together. It therefore happens that If there is one prejudice present, there are others. They always come In unawares, and take their places silently and unobtrusively. But oh, how they hang together in an argument! A group of prejudices Is Invincible. They have never been beaten. The strange part of prejudices is that one would think they would prefer more commodious quarters, But no, the narrower the mind, the more content they are. They don't mind close quarters. The closer the better. Frejt'.dicas are always busy. If they are not tampering with one's eysght, they are screening the mind from the open; putting blinds on, and making it dark enough to sleep in comfortably. A man can get insured against almost anything else but prejudices. Ha can insure himself against fire and water and loss ol life and accidents and depreciation In his prop erty. But there Is no company so fortified that it would take the rhk of insuring against prejudice. And then no man would ever think of taking out any Insurance against one, be cause he would never admit that he had it. The prejudice hlmseir fi::es that. The first thing he does Is to make the man think he Isn't there. That is why prejudices, no mntter how much damage they cp.U33 to character, are never evicted. They have come to Btay. Lipplncott's Magazine m n i l l B fl l $ fl 1 fl l l l l f f l fl fl to i i.( t w s (I) 0 n fl to A "Not a dog's chance against a man lika Jack," thought Hilgay. "Look :t that n'030, those eyes and that hair l" u ainiuiy mi ,i t. i. , , . . , mense. Ey gad, too, I never noticed beforo what awfully decent hands and f3et he's got." Thus both men sat, running up a long list of tho other's qualifications which each considered he did not pos sess. "Who is to propose first? Glynde abruptly. "Spin a coin," said Hllgay. Glynde laughed. "What? In this case?" Bald Even "Why not? We've always done it hitherto." , "Very well, old man. And if you win the toss, I wish you all tho luck I know you'd wish me." "Thanks," said Hllgay. They got up. Their healfjy faces wore extremely cheerful expressions, expressions of sportingkeennes3, hon esty and a deolro to do their level best. A man called Carbls came in wear ing evening dress and a bashful grin. ,He had been at Eton with Clynde and at Christ Church with Hilgay. They both disliked him intensely. For all that, he was a very decent chap, play ing tennis with -the best of them, and sang songs like an angel with a sense of humor. "Hallo, you chaps." ' "Hallo," said Glyndo and Hilgay together. "Jolly night, isn't it?" "Jolly," said Glynde. "Very jolly," said Hllgay. "You two chaps look jolly, too." Carbis grinned at them eo widely and unaffectedly that it was almost pos sible for them to see his heart. "We feel jolly," said Glynde. "Very jolly," said Hllgay. Instinctively theyj both made a move towards the door. Carbls began to tweak his fingers nervously, although the beam was still on his face. "I say," he said, "you fellows, you might give me a minute If 4"m hasea't anything better? to .eta.. UUa.your.)hias?,"j ..i Glynde and Hilgay turned back. After all, he had been to Eton with Glynde and Cambridge with Hllgay. Besides, be sang a Jolly good song. They returned bis grin with some cor diality, i Then Carbls became flustered. "Br I'm I'm Intensely happy, and aa you chaps have always been my Idea of men, and I've always liked you both extremely, I should very much like you to be the first to to know why I'm I'm Intensely happy er and to drink me good luck, and that kind of thing. Will you, please?" "Rather, old man," snld Glynde, heartily. "I should think we would, Carbls, old boy," said Hllgay. "You will? Oh, now come, that's nlco of you both. I'm going to be married. The day was fixed to-night. She's really and truly the only girl In the world. Glyndo nnd Hllgny exchanged glnuces of sympathetic amusement. "Be good enough to wish me happi ness and long life, don't you know. It's a Jolly old English Institution, and I've known you two first one and then the other for the best part of my life so far." The waited for Carbls with uplifted glasses. Carbls cleared his throat and steadied the quiver In his voice. "To the lady who is to honor me by being my wife. Her name is Enid Allerton." Long after Carbls had hurried away, hot and happy, Glynde and Hll gay stood silently looking Into their glasses. The waiter twice came in to clear them away. It was on the stroke of 12, and he was keen on nothing but bed. They called up two hansoms. "Jack," said Hilgay. Hullo," snld Glynde. "This is the first time you and I are not going to be pitted against each other, after all." " "No, and It's the first game you and I have ever drawn." In Glynde's heart there wns a feel. Ing of great compassion for Hilgay, and In Hilgay's a feeling of great compassion for Glynde. Richmond Tlmes-Dlspatch. w l l B l f 1) t l l it M ill t w vl t in M U SI l P v! vl m so . WORDS OF WISDOM. A good guesser always boasts of his Intuition. v' If at first you don't succeed, blame It on your luck. i Tho best foundation for Buccess in business is rocks. Don't worry, and you'll have noth ing to worry you. A girl's ideal la naturally shattered when ho goes broke. If you have any doubts about a strange bed look before you sleep. Of course the best thfng with which to feather your nest is cash down. A married man can always get a little, off bis sentence-for bad be havior. Lots of politeness is wasted on people who are too slick to be taken in by it. Even when a wdman feels she is worth her weight in gold she hates to get fat. If wishes wero horses there wouldn't be any room in the world for automobiles. Virtue, being its own reward, j-ou can't very well blame a man if he is good for nothing. The fellow who was weighed In the balance and found wanting must have neglected to drop a ctfnt in the slot, v Some men can't even find fault without acting as though they had discovered- something to be proud of. When a fellow feels like throwing himself down and worshiping a girl he Bhould wait. She will probably throw hira down herself. From "The Musinges of a Gentle Cynic," in the New York Times. A Peculiarity of Dreams. As to dreams,, there was a- discus sion at the club lunch, and, one man remarked that no man dreamed of himself as' braver "than he is; When the' dream' came, the dreamer" was al ways the utider-dog. "He Was in hoW' rible danger, and never did- anything prcturesque.toface.lt. .There raayibe mea who are. abrave- In . their Deep. But It would be Interesting to find one man outside of the dozen sleep ing cowards who is a bero In a dream, London Chronicle. History of The English word, mustard, was derived from the Italian mostarda, owing to the ancient custom of bar ing a little must (Latin mustum, un fermented grape juice), mixed with It, In preparing1 the condiment. For Centuries the English have been great mustard eaters the greatest In the world. An Englishman may almost be Identified by his liberal use of It, although it has been said that per haps after all there Is not so much really eaten as there is left on the edges of the plates. The use of mustard powdered In Its present form, for making into a paste, originated In Durham, about the year 1720, where it was prepared on a small scale by an old lady named Mrs. Clements, who kept the secret of its manufacture to herself grind ing the seed In a mill, and sifting It for several years. She used to travel twice a year to London and the principal towns In England to take orders, and from this arose the name and fame of "Durham Mus tard," but tbo best and finest quali ties now made are the genuine Im perial and D. S. F.' (double super fine). In manufacturing mustards the white, or black mixed seed, is ground' to powder, and then put through an elaborate course of sift ing. The product that remains In the first sieve is mustard flour. This Is submitted to a finer sieve, and- sep arated Into a finer quality of dress ings, and pure mustard flour. Mus tard oil Is afterwards pressed from the dressings. It is calculated that upwards of 7, 000 tons of mustard are now manu factured yearly in England, and In no other part of the world Is its man ufacture carried on so energetically, two or three of the English Arms sparing neither trouble nor expense in producing by the aid of the most elaborate machinery the best possible article. The result is, that the best makes of English mustard are popular all the world over, and that more Eng lish made mustard Is now exported In a single year than there is of for eign maufactured mustards Imported in twenty years. But although a mustard may be made from ground white seed prin cipally, and even kept good for a fair length of time, also be sold at low price, yet, such mustard Is necessarily very deficient In true piquant flavor, because it is the brown or black seed only which possesses the volatile my rqnlc oil, yielding this esteemed fla vor. Ground mustard made from dark seed with this oil left in will not keep good long, owing to variations In temperature and exposure to air. It soon causes fermentation, cakes the powder, turns rancid, bitter and un fit for use; hence any kegs, tins or other packages with discolored paper linings or wrappers showing oil stain, within or without, .should always be rejected as stale or out of condition. The oil is in fact a source of great trouble to manufacturers who wish to sell a pure mustard In powder of good flavor, and at the same time one that will keep good. The white seed contains practically none of the vola tile myronlc oil of the black, but an acrid substance, known as "slpal bln," which again Is but slightly present in black seed; but of these two active principles the volatile oil Is by far the most important, and the black seed is by far the most valued. Hence also, by reason of manufac turers mixing the two kinds of seed, for although the white seed pos sesses very little pungency, yet it has within it the peculiar ferment which develops the pungent flavor of the black, and therefore the art of pro ducing the best mustards seems to depend on the judicious mixture of the proper proportions. Most of the English makers now sell two classes of mustards, one comprising mustards of different qualities, but all pure, and the other classes a set of mix tures, called mustard compounds of TEMPERAMENT AND DISEASE. There Are Five Types of Mankind, Each Pre disposed to Certain Maladies. In a former article some facts were stated concerning the different tem peraments or types of vital action Into which mankind Is divided. These are usually reckoned as five, although the classification Is now very definitely fixed. Each of these types ia distin guished by a predisposition to cer tain maladies and by a special mode of reaction to the poison of Infectious diseases. Those of the lymphatic or phlegmatic temperament are sluggish and disinclined to exercise, their mus cles are soft and flabby and there Is a general absence of tone in the sys tem. The diseases from which they suffer are those marked by debility, and they bave often to be keyed up with tonics, even when not really 111. Those of the nervous type are of small frame, active in mind and body, light eaters and light sleepers. Their tendency is to disease of the nervous system. They tire easily after a spurt of work or play, -but above all things should resist the temptation to resort to "jjick-me-ups," which bave a fatally good effect for the time be ing.' These people need Bleep but must not resort to drugs to get it and testful vacations. -The Jolly people of the sanguine temperament, with their- florid - com plexIons,-:thplr vhearty appetites and goqd. digestions, enjoy life as It comes. The diseases to which they are most liable are gout and prema ture hardening of the arteries, with Us consequent heart and kidney trou- j Mustard. various strengths. The best mixed mustards now preferred by the con sumers are really stronger than many gades of the pure mustards, and are mostly made of brown seed, and In which the oil Is neutralized or ab sorbed by the other Ingredients . flour, etc. which has in faci been virtually done in the government yard at Deptford, where rice, flour, pepper and capsicums have been al ways used. The government has now relinquished the manufacture, but they used to make It of about thirty seven per cent, of brown, and fifty per cent, of white tntiBtard flour, with ten per cent, of rice flour and three per cent, of black pepper and a little Ohlll pepper. It also contained ginger. Besides Its ordinary uses, ground mustard is largely employed medicinally, as an emetic ia cases of poisoning, In preparing external poul tices, making drenches for cattle and with hot liquids, like milk. The freBher the mustard is, the better. The crop Is generally harvested la August and Is threshed In October. The Retailers' Journal. Grant Under Fire. By MORRIS SCIIAFF. For the Information of those who have never been In battle, let me say, without seeming didactic, that the commanding general or his corps commanders are rarely where the art ists have depicted them, on rearing horses leading or directing amid a sheet of Ore. There are times, bow ever, when the artist is true to life, as when Sheridan seeing Ayres and his regulars recoiling 'for a moment under terrific fire at Five Forks dashed in, and there and then with those flashing eyes be might bave been painted; Warren that same day seized the colors on another part of the field, and led on. But, as a rule, the corps commander chooses a po sition where he can see all the field and his troops as they engage. .The test of his genius Is In choosing the critical moment 'when he will Join them. Suppose McClellan had shown himself and ridden his lines at Gaines Mill, or Bragg at Chlcka mauga, the outcome might have been different. Owing to the character of the Wilderness, Grant had few chances to seize opportunities of that kind. At Spottsylvanta, the night Upton was making his assault and breaking their lines temporarily, he was close up, and I sat my horse not far from him. He was mounted oti Egypt, there were two or three lines of battle within thirty or forty paces of each other and of him. The fire that reached us was considerable; an Orderly carrying the headquarter standard was killed and a solid shot struck an oak five or six Inches through squarely, not thirty feet from us, shivering it into broom sliv ers; but through it all Grant wore the same Imperturbable but somewhat pleading face. Atlantic. Tensile Strength of Hnlr. A human hair of average thickness can support a load of six and one quarter ounces, and the average num ber of hairs on the head Is about 30, 000. A woman's long hair has a total tensile strength of more than five tons, and this strength can be In creased one-third bytwlstlng the hair. The ancients made practical use of the strength of the human hair. The cords of the Roman catapaults were made of the hair of slaves, and It Is recorded that the free women of Car thage offered their luxuriant tresses for the same use when their city was besieged by the Romans. Scientific American. The North British Locomotive Com pany has Just completed and tested the first steam turbine locomotive. The new engine is pronounced a suc cess. bles and apoplexy. The regimen best adapted to ward off these maladies is a restricted diet, especially as regards flesh food, avoidance of alcoholic bev erages, and the drinking of plenty of pure water to wash away waste ma terials. Persons of the bilious tempera ment are prone to diseases of the liver, gall-stones. Intestinal Indiges tion and constipation. They are large consumers of food, but derive little enjoyment from eating. They are often much benefited by a course of dieting and consumption of mineral waters, after the plan developed to a high degree by the German watering place physicians. The strumous type is less distinctly a temperament than an actual ten dency to disease. There Is little re parative power here; wounds heal sluggishly, the glands in different parts of the body often swell and sometimes break down, the appetite is small and digestion poor. Persons of this type do not beac confinement well, and are prone to become con sumptive unless they live much in the open air. Youth's Companion. , Occasionally the English railway section laborer cooks a rabbit without the aid of a fire.-." Air he does is to Cover It with a thick crust of clay and Immerse It In "qulcki'ifne. In' about twenty minutes he takes it out, cracks the clay (which has baked hard) and Inside Is his meal done to a turn. to Eal . a kb rrriLr to PREPAXE&tim Pl.alllll. ' Take two large white cabbages, chopped fine, and six or eight onion chopped fine. Mix together thorough ly, pack down In wide mouthed jar or crock, and stir In a handful of salt, allowing It to remain thus for twenty-four hours. To a quart of vinegar add a pound of sugar, and a tablespoonful each (if a'lsplce, mus tard, popper, mace! cinnamon and cebiry seed. Put Into a preserving kettle and bring to a boll, then put In the chopped cabbage and onion mixture and boll together five or tea minutes, let cool and .pack In glass Jars. Indiana Farmer. Bluffed Mangoes. Select the largest peppers you can procure, cut off tho tops and remove seeds. Cover .with strongest salt water and let stand two days, urala and cover with cold water. The filling is made of minced cab bage, two tablcspooiifiils of grated horseradish, two tablespoonfuls of minced onion, maco, nutmeg and gin ger, of each one-half teaspoon, and a full teaspoonful of celery seed, ground mustard and brown sugar. Stuff the pepper, tie on tops wlta clean white twine, pack in a crock and cover with boiling vinegar. Cot er Jars and pack away. Indiana Far mer Pandowdy. Butter a baking kettle or some kind of an iron kettle and make a pie crust and put Into it, leaving a small place just at Jhe bottom of tha kettle without any crust. Then put In some good apples, either quartered or cored or sliced.- Then lay in -a few strips of the crust and some more ap ples, a good large cup of maple syr up, a few slices of salt pork, one-' half cup of cider vinegar. Cover the whole with pie crust and put a tight cover on the kettle. Cook slowly for three hours, being careful not to scorch It.' Serve with sweet cream and maple sugar. American Cook ing Magazine. Farmhouse Apples. Peel and core ttfrt apples; fill the centres with seeded raisins, chopped citron, a little lemon peel and sugar. -Place them in a baking pan and pour over them one-half cupf.ul of water. Dust the apples with sugar and baka them in a slow oven until tender; sprinkle bread crumbs over the top, dust again with sugar and allow them to remain in the oven ten minutes longer. Mix one tablespoonful of flour with one-half cupful of suear, add grad ually two cups of boiling water and boil for one minute. Take from the Are and pour slowly over one well beaten egg; add the Juice of one-half lemon and pour over the apples. Serve hot. American Cooking Mag azine. , Scrapple. Scrapple is a most palatable dish and can be kept several weeks in cold weather. Take the head, heart and any lean scraps of pork, boll until the flesh slips easily from the bones; remove the fat, gristle and boned, then chop fine; set the liquor In which the meat was boiled aside un til cold, take the cake of fat from the surface and return to the fire; when It boils put in the chopped meat and season well with pepper and salt. Let it boil again, then thicken with corn meal as you would in making ordinary corn mush by let ting it slip through the fingers slow ly to prevent lumps. Cook an hour, stirring constantly at first, afterwards putting back on the range In a posi tion to boll gently. When done pour In long square pan, not too deep, and mould. Cut into slices when cold and fry brown as you do mi.s'i. Boston Post. If you have daughters teach them to knit and spin, and to keep the family accounts. Wet a towel in cold water, hang In the open window. It will cool the air wonderfully. If yon bave a family and are not very affluent, remember that a pla a 'day Is a groat a year. , If you lend a man or woman a small sum, be sure to ask for it be fore he or she forgets it. Five cents' worth of whiting kept In a bathroom closet is a cheap and quick polisher of nickel fixings. ' In cutting bread for sandwiches it a hot instead of cold knife is used the slices will be thinner and mo'-e easily cut. Old shoes make good slippers, and need not be denied the blacking brush because they are old Indoor servants. Do not put too much money In your children's pockets in going to school. It is sowing the seeds of prodigality. It oilcloth is given a coat of var nish twice a year it wears longer; is more easily kept clean- and does not lose the pattern. ' Gather' alf the rose petals you can; dry. in the sun, then add a little ground cinnamon, cloves "anif flut meg; stir well, then put in small cheese cloth bags and place 'in clos ets, trunks or any place you wish.