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At the 011ie I had just sold sny ie. --
tercet a well-known shipping con-
'eru. wits snaking arreeeeineuts
fee a jouraey to South Africa, where
t intended to start agein busitiees,
It wee the loss oi niy. wife thet
deSided nie to take this step, for 1
could /Jot endure life in surrouedings
dev,r presence had hitherto
graced, sold the house, a pretty
deluclied. villa at Barnes, eud dispels -
sed with the sesvices of iny nieneser-
vent, :/ad several Ina ids. • .
ssaesne to aostract the leech laieger 1 they did?"
it, as thongh }lewdly abie to centrol. ,"Wellt," he said, at hes itlbet4-*44*10#640-te4t6-6#*-tte
his teseper, tuel to me and suds- arel eee. about thiS,
`I must
' will be
Smithson, you isaise pardoa beek before midnight,"
About the
my tmleuess to you, but we have here ',Pile intervening period. was oee of 1 . , , . , . . .,
to deel with the cutest„ niost slip- Mentul agony ' for tee; everything 1 . '
PerY 1.11ali 1: 4444eveae acrOsS in niy scented so illuSive, and. eontradh,,tory, 4 -
'use
Ca.recr, miS tile fourth .A.bommt inspeetor eau 4
tile ne Jt foiled us in jobs of this descripe were toe'etlier again ' e!
tion, 1 can reedily understand, how- "Well!" he began, "1 nave to tell
teen., how yoe have been hoaxed, you that nee the first bona fide de- 44-4941090"as4s"VSPvvIrww9s'ete"*".-r'w
_Now, I will tell you semething' that,
perhaps, will uneeeve you a little,
so takss mouteful of that brandy
before begin,"
lle la v. cione and peced, the room
"This fellow'," beeetn zigain, "is
in league wite the num who broke 10
hero last. night, 1:nowieg th t yoll
possessed mere money than the pal-
try two handl:ea' mid fifty dollars
which they have already poseessed
themselves of, they devised this
tecttve you haVe yet had on this job.
You bave been made the victim, of a
cruel swindle. You have been , de-
eeived by one and the same 'band, of
iattiguers.",
`,Stirely, matt! you don't mean to
say that the constable and Detective
Hanson are imposters?" I exclaimed.
``I do:- They are unknown_ us.''
,nBut, if the red-headed fellow took
the money---tlie fifty thousaiLd
mean -what need was there for the.
other two turniag up and acting as
A OUTLINARY NOVELTY.
Novway is a fish countey pat: ex-
cellence. A slender striP of rugged,
mouutainous land 130rdered by a
VaS t 0 CO an, fish naturally •play a
Prondilent Part in. Scandinavian do-
mestic and. politieal economy, and it
is to be expected that the Scandi-
navian cook will excel in fish dishes.
One of the mose popular Norwegian
dishes is called fish pudding. Fresh
heddock is the first choice for the
dish, but, failing that, the most per -
C a 13 1tigilt,. ab Oat a WeOk PrOVIOUS sum, , if you. want MY °Pillion. -1 feet ced obtosuabie/ 13011 tbe Psh
My house was broken into ley it bee- exteeebee the money )srom one or easitV removed.' This must be , done
natst have dmile \"'-'1' other of thoee boxes 'which. you
Very quietly, for neither ney house- so thnoeontly to 11:m1410.1n
keepes 11,00 myself was disturbed; ond prebioes..light..fingers."' :
1 NV:is relieved to Mal next meriting •
very Much doubt that,".. I said,
that elthouteli there was a eiem of .though. beginning. to feel Undonefort-
. $tetl,00.0. in the house; 'hi my bedroom
imi faCt Ile had only lifted a paltry
2 5 0 which he had found in iny coat,
peeket.
Nothing' else wise taken, bet there
wee evidence of a search Made hi
drawerii., and. cenboards. This large
sum of mOney waS in some drawers
by my bedeide.
Theee drawers had false bottoins.,
seereting a very shallow,. under-cam-
partieent Whieh were . placed two
sliellow tin boxes, xectaegular in
.,,sbaPe; and painted bla.cle-e$50,001) be -
in one and $30,000. in the other.
About eight o'clock that morning (t-
eal!. Sandy -complexioned man of gen-
tlemanly apPearance called to SCE me
with an air of importance,
''51 r, I have been informed that
your houee has beet: burgled during
the night," he began.
"That is quite true," said 1, soine,
whet taken aback knowledge
of What I had so far kept a still ton-
gue upon..
"And the man was caught red-
handed by the constable on point
duty. The officer had a big struggle
with the ruffian and was shot
threugh the leg and rendered helpless
in Ide attempt to arrest him. The
thief got away, but, left behind him
this pocket -book, which contains no-
thing, of any moment except your
card."
lie produced a pocket -book, which
I assured him was nay own and was
=inns $250 in notes.
"Ahl I fancied something of the
sort," he said, musingly, fingering
the pocket -book interestedly.
„, ".Now. soinething must be done at
onceei,' he added, abruptly, and look-
ed at me keenly. "I am Egerton ,e1
ScotlEtad Yard. The constable ISA"
been conveyed ,to Wootton Hospital
in a bad state and I have been sent tion of your drawers.. Then came
here. What do you "know of this the second with. a more impudent
busineess" scheme end aceomplislied. the t,lseft.
I told him how I found pane Of knows about this Matter, I
glass removed from the window of. feel confident, and like your :bo,gue.
the drawing -room., indicating. .the detecteyq, I must try him;
mode .o.f entrance; how I found things it a sorry business and no •time
slightly disturbed Id. this room, and must be lost.
that, .but nothieg .inieshig except 'the :``Nowe•PilSing,'-' :he -added.: .aqdres-
.ppcketAook •which, had been. in my sing 'hien:eel!. to the conStable, "you
Coat in my oem bedroom. stay 'here with Mr. Smithson and
"Have you much money in the will post off to Ripley, where Wile
• liams's people live. It is possible the
"About eighty. thousand dollars in ginger -headed feaud wile return to
some drawers in my bedroom." try his. hand 'on.the remainder of the
"Untouched? Just sot Did any- money. Oh! he bas face enough 1 or
one besides yourself know the where,- that, I know him. If he does; for
a.bouts of this money?" Heaven's sake don't let him sep us
. .
fancY my man -servant did, again. will call and inform, our
whose services I have lately 'dispen- people on the waen"
sed wite." Detective -Inspector 'Hanson then
"Ah! Could yon show me the disappeared, leaving the constable to
drawers'? Are they disturbed? Is console me on my loss. He was an
there anything Which points to the ordinary red-faced Policeman, who
Man having previous knowledge of sat and blinked as though he only
this money?" all If realized what a terrible loss I
I showed him the drawers. which had sustained. I ha.dn't the patience
contained clothing in the , upper and to talk toehim, and busied Myself se -
much mere capacious compartments/ curing the reinainder of my wealth in
and. pulling- out these, showed him the bosom of my coat, feeling that.I
the lower shallow compartments cone would trust it from" 011' person no,
'longer.
to tbe day had intended- to sail/ -Now, mark my words, He bas don't believe the man Egerton took until the skin and bones- Can be
-We can soon find out," said he.
"Why, 1 only allowed the fellow to
examine the unopened boxes in my
presence," I protested, as we all
three went upstairs to the bedroom.
I again drew out the deawer and,
sliding out the false bottom, disclos-
ed the two boees in. their hiding
place. I picked up one as Hanson
casually lifted the other, and, taking
a key from my pocket to unlock
them, was proceeding to open the ono
in my hands when he exclaimed: -
"Here, you see, sir, just as I con-
jectured; this one is not locked at
all. You notice the lid is merely
held down with a catch. A. little
pressure applied so -and up goes the
lid -and there you are -empty!" •
"Clood heavens!" I shouted; "fifty
thousand dollars gone.'' •
With trembling; fingers I opened the
other box, arid was a little relieved
to lind that it still contained its pre-
cious bundle. 1 sank irito a chair,
the sweat runuing in streams from
My brow, and he handed to me the
empty gaping box. Examining it, .1
soon discovered that it was not the
original box which contained the
money, but one similar to it in ev-
ery resseet.
"Be substituted that while you al-
lowed him to examine them, that is
plain," said the constable.
"But how came he to have such a
box in his posses.sion?" I queried.
-That proves that he had previous
knowledge of the box, gained, I ex-
pect, from that fellow Williams, who
is in. the business. There have been
two attempts to, procure the money.
The first one to make the attempt -
the burglar as you call him -failed
through ignorance of the construe -
the, money at all. .11e 'merely did
title bit, of acting to discover whether
you: had money and seller° you kept
it. "He took the opportunity of ex-
amining your boxes, and then went,
and securing one like it, sent Hanson
on his, 'errand, 011, yes, tile whole
thing has been elaborately thought
out. I don't See that Williams need
have bad anything to do with it; they
might easily have leerned from many
people that you had sold your house
and were making preparations fte,'
going ebroad, and consequently leacl
money about." "-
'1 ben Idamisoti himself must have
substituted the spurious box for the
one he had in his possesSion while
Was fumbling with the other?" eaid
lightly with the fingers, taking care
neither to cut noyeto crack the fish.
Put it into a wooden bowl and beat
it with a pestle, beating. always the
one way,
The beating should continuo until
a light paste is obtained, say half
an holm, then for a medium sized
Pudding add gradually two well
beaten eggs and half a pint of cream
beaten in, drop by drop, with the
p es Lie. Th . m ea ns another hall
hour of beating. 13y this time the
cook should have a fluffy paste,
which muet be put in a pudding
mould and steamed for an. hour. It,
should cut, exactly like snow pied -
ding when done and is usually eaten
with drawn butter sauce or melted
butter and parsley, with a dash of
"Exactly, that is what I make of
it."
"But why clid :Egerton return?"
"To give the constable an excuse
for decamping after keeping you quiet
while Hanson got away with. the
money. It gave a sort of reality to
the business, you must admit, for
you sat down calmly etious/.11 after-
wards, and let them get.tsvelve hours
start of us, However, we will try
to get even with them, elever as they
are."
And they did, for they were all
captured in due time, and I regained
about half of nay lost money. Need-
less to say, Williams had notliing,•
whatever to do with the matter. -
London Tit -Bits.
AT ClIAItLESTON, S.C.
South Carolina Inter -State
West Indian Exposition.
(Special by Martha Craig).
The Province of Ontario recently
authorized Frank N. Speller; BIS.C.,
the Ontario representative on the
Commissioners' Association of the
Pan-American Exposition, to become
delegate of this associations to
visit Charleston on the invitation
of the Charleston Exposition direc-
torate. The- party' left by spucial
car August 21st, and enjoye11 the
courtesies of the Southern Railway
from Washington southward next
day. At -very point no ,efrort was
spared to slowsouthernhospitality
-to their guests. At Columbia.Swhere
a three hour stop was made, . the
Mayor of the city and a, committee
of the Board of Trade 'took the
visitors round the -city,' through, the
Olympia cotton factory and whole-
sale State dispensary, where all•the
liquor eonsumed in the State is put
and
the 01.'OS afeer ene thorough waehing
of the hair. The beast should be
thovoughly dried afterwards, and
drafts of air should be a -voided for
a little while, ,
'11.11e WINDOW AILDEN.
While impending froSts threaten to
blacken at a tomieb. ail the lavish
beauty of tlie gay autunm bordevs,
the queetion of indOor gardening
P1'0511011 most urgently. it is ofteii a
question of rescue. What must we
give up ? What shall we save ?
The first consideration is suit-
ability and a ealeful estimate of the
actual 0111)01'c:011'11y, What facilities
ere there S What room for display,
fee contrast of effect, for light, for
waterieg-how much time and inter-
est at, command for daily, care ?
One fine palm in perfect condition
will give greatee pleasure than 01
dozen rows of dusty, dwindling, in-
significant and unthrifty plants.
Windows darkened wlioso light is
eceded for the human inmates, and
elauds that obstruct the constant
necessary movement of the house-
hold defeat ,their own end. The too
lintels and the too little are both
to be scrupulously av,oided.
place to be filled and the care requir-
ed being settled, there is stilt large
room. foe .choice, 'Indoor gardening,
at its simplest, is often just living
with a few plants withbut any se-
rions intention of forcing them in
any Way. '1110 geranituns, ,pro-
bably never loee their good reputa-
tion as companions of this sort.'
-
BREA.KING IT GENTLY.
He was a email boy and wore a
meditative look as he rang the bell
of a suburban residence. But he was
brisk in his iuquiries when the door
was veiled by the lady of the house.
Dees Mr. Junkins live here ?
taining the two black tin boxes cone
"e„The clothing has been disturbed, Half an hour after the detective
yon say," said he, "and an attempt had left die constable standing by
the front window gave a :lost whis-
made to force the oalcen. false bot-
tom, These are tbe boxes 1 pre- tle to attract my attentibn, and,
slime?" and he fingered the boxes rise pointing outsides-sliowpd me my Very
'thee lovingly, I'thought. "Now give' sandy -Complexioned -, vesito of the
me a description of this man Wil- earlY nlorning• Ho ha been corning
liarns. He has gdne to Ripley, you 'IP ths driva under tile lirneetrees
say?'' he said 'again, abruptly. It when,. suddenly wheeling half romide
seemed a way of his to lapse into a as he caught sight of my companion
thoeghtful concentration of mind in in his tell-tale uniform, lio started
order to break it suddenly with a back at a trot. The constable rush -
jerk, as thougti realizing that "some- ed dowlisteirs with Me at his heels,
thing must be done." to use his own hut when we reached. the door he mo-
timeed me to reinain.
words.
"1 will go down there first." he "1 can cateh him," *he said; "yo"
added; ',and in tee meantime keep staY and -secure what YOU have. I
indoors. and I need not tell you to will raise the Street' II° is 51.100 10
say nothing. I will send -----ord be c'aught:'
,
Recipe No. .2 is much simpler and
makes a delicious sandwich for a
light lunch or a late supper with a
drop of something to drink. Get .4.1
pot of anchovy paste, imported
kind, which collies in tiny white
pots the size of an egg. Into half a
teacupful of mayonnaise dressing -
made with tarragon vinegar work
two teaspoonfuls of the paste and
three hard boiled eggs chopped (Inc.
Spread this mixtnre on thin slices
of r,ve bread. Norwegian sandwiches
are Usually made with but one slice
of bread. An ordinary French dress-
ing may be substituted for the may-
onnaise if preferred.
Recipe No. 3 is a very good thing
to try with a chafing dish. Ileat
smoked finnan haddie either in the
oven or by steaming until skin and
bones can be cosily removed. Break
the fish lightly into smallsbits. Into
a spider or chafing dish put half a
taieing the notes.
later. or come myself, if nothing is This sounned reasonable so I let
discovered. Y.es, thank: you, T. will him f;o atone. and watched him dis-
phsced /the boxes back. into their suit, of the thief. lt was with it
seesces and, carefully restoring the great sense of relief that I walked in -
wearing apparel ifs the upper come doors and lit my pipe. feeling that
.,eartinent, closed the drawers and My 3110110y was prectically recovered.
wen t tIONYO. stairs to partake of my The constable would be sure to rim
morning- meal. About an hour later his man clown, on whom the bulk of
there Caine a smart knock at the the nioney doubtlese would- be found.
front. door, and my housekeeper open- Hanson had gone to inform the po-
ed to achnit a dark, powerful-lOoking lice all over the country and to run
111 0-11 with a con sysb le in f Orin by down that ecn,mp "Williame, so that
his iside. there was nothing for me to do un -
take a taste of brandy with you." appear down the street in hot pur-
pint of .ereaur' or rich milk, find When
it is. veins, hot add a heaping table-
spoonful of. butter in Which has been
rtibbed 'a tablespoonful of 'flour. Stir
constantly Until 'the saucie has.thiek-
ened: and then add the. fish and let': it
cook fer ,two or 111000 minntes long-
er. Of course ' a dash of paprika
should be a.dded :for ,seasoning. The
flourmay be omitted and the yolk
of an egg Used to thicken if a rieher
sauce is desired. •; The ipoSsibilities of
eMoked haddock .are' too little ; ape
Predated this conntry. Pon a•
quick 'breakfast or fpr' 00-0111. or
inc this inValuable,- as ten
Minutes in a double boiler is all the
cooking req. -aired and a bit- of but-
ter ,
all the seasoning.
Charleston, the object of this trip,
is a city overflowing with hospital-
ity and interesting associations.
Here the old colonial styles of 15Q
years ago' are preservcrl, notwith-
Standing, the devastating effects of
war, -five floods and earthquake, and
amidst these treasured 'relics of a
prosperous past and the subsequent
depression are to be seen umnistalc-
able signs of the new industrial ac-
tivity springing sm in the 'south, in-
dicating a rosy future for this fer-
tile country in the near future.'
The Fair grounds, .situated on an,
old plantation • fronting- for; half a
mile on the Ashley river, are now a
scene of activity and bustle such as
tlt tl s
.5 usua, aee prior re opene
ing of a great •s'Exp6tiont The',
grounds combined so many' natural:
beauttes,' such as waterways; Mir".
mense lines of oakS", old colonial
"I, have k --------------------. reason of tit 1, heard from. one of them. If
the visit here, of thsandy-com- stayed indoors they would find me
pie-eh:meet gentleman srlio left this more 'readily then if ventured
housii about an 110111, ago," boon abroaSh and, neet1.111, t ;11 Y101.11d be
CO S ti Lble., • ``11 don't know whetfir.e.
you are a,ware, of tbe fact, but you
liave been harboring one of the big-
gest rogues in :London.'''
"That, is 'untrue," -I answered. "1 -Ie
is one of ,yotie own detectives of
Scot,l//ed. Y,a,rd. Detective Egerton
ealite to ievestiga 'the Manner of a
burglery tliat has been conirslitted at
tbis house in the niget."
ecl,ive /.1c1.1 es ti c,lss ' ' said the
deri Man, 'Who ftS Mr)etective-IlIspec-
tor STensoe, I learnecl from the. Coil -
Stable; "what a. lot of noodles We
have he London, to be Sare. rre i,old
You- that ho Iva: one, or our mon and
you quite, believe,d him, 1 slippose?
Ileat' 111)1! Did you sh ow hi in over
the lieuse m1(1 snooty him With. par-
tieulave?"
"Yes, but I will explain,' said I;
and I told then) of the. burglavy and
of 1,1m inanner of Deteetive Egerton.
Al the end or my explanation rup,p6c-
1,01. :transon, who hasi paved up and
down the rooin tho toning Of
mansiohs, etV., that it NV aS the
uniteintous opinion of all landscape
architects that they should be left
in their natural state, simply adding
the handsonie group of buildings in
ivory stall to complete the effect.
It is the object of this EXposition
to being the northern poetion of
America in contact with.. the 'West
Indies, that mutual trade interests
should be advanced. A vast amount
of enterprise and $11,500,000 has al-
ready been expended towards this
end and the demands for space have
forced the authorities to still fur-
ther extend their plans.
'nhe south is taking. a new start ;
they need many 'things that we Can
supply. Our corundum. is rarday
taking the place 01 the failing sup-
ply from Georgia. Arsenic, the only
manufactiirees of Which 111 America
at this 'time are situated in Dolor°.
Ont., is required in maey branches
of tee arts and they will undoubted -
ODD GIMES FOR WICOKS.
PLANS ADOPTED TO
SHIPS OFF THE ROCKS.
--
A Plage of Tnrf on. Da* Nights -
Sable Island will he Planted
Wit4 Grass.
The -Mr. Jenkins that went out this
morning on the motor -car ?
The same. What did you
Is he the Mr, Jenkins That was in
that awful street accident ?
I have not heard of his having
been in any street accident.
He isn't back yet, is he, ma'am ?
No, not yet. 13ut what -
His full name is Mr. 'Jeremiah. Jen-
kins, isn't it ?
Yes, that's his name.
Then he's the same Man. Ho
won't be here for an hour or two,
'cause he's gone to a chemist for
some sticking -plaster and to ha'e/
one or two little cuts seen to.
Now, my boy, tell me what has
happened. I can bear it now.
Well, ; he's in the hospital
with a broken leg. but he'll be out
in about a month ; and the doctor
asked me to 'let you know, so's you
could come and St.'Q "
PUDDINGS.'
• Rice Pticiclieg.-Cook halt cup of
rice in one cup of boiling water until
the Ivater is absorbed. Then turn
11 'into the d.olible boiler with three
cups of boiling mills, two-thirds of a
clip "of sugar, and a little salt. Cook
till tender, then stir 'in a cupful of
figs whieli have been cut in small
pieces and cook a few, minutes more.
When cool stir ie a pint of sweeten-
ed and flavored whipped cream and
pour into a mold. Serve cold.
Lemon Puddings -Two cups boiling
water,. one cup sugar, juice , and
grated rind of one lemon. Add two
tablespoonfuls of cornstarch which
has been wet with a littics cold water
-3.11c1„ boil till , clear., Cover with a
meringue made with whites of three
eggs. For the sauce, make a cus-
tard of one pint of mill:, three table-,
spoonftils of sugar„ pinch, of salt and`
yolkssof three eggs. ' ' ,
Lemon. Tapioca --Two" 'tablespoon-
fuls -tapioca, Soelsed over night
hall cup „cold, water. In the morning
add half cup cold water and the yel-
low rind of a lemon. Boil till clear.
Take out the rind, add the jnice of
the lernon, one teaspoonful lemon
extract, half cup sugar, half cuP of
boiling water, a little salt, and boil
up., Serve cold with sugar and
ore'ain •
Graham Pudding. -One cup sugar,
half cup butter, one cup molasses,
one cup sweet milk-, 'two `eggs, three
and a hall cups graham flour one
cup raisins, one cup currants, one
teaspoonful each of soda, 'cinnamon,
cloves and nutmeg. Steam two
hoCtioris.Ustarch Pudding'. --Into the
the 'double *boiler put one pint 'of
sweet milk, tbree tablespooefuls of
sugar,/ a little salt. Whon 'boiling
add tsvo tahlespednfuls of cornstarch
dissolved in a little cold niilk. Beat
the whites of three eggs to a still
froth and stir., in.; let, it cook a few
minutes; and pour into a mold. Set
ly require our nickel in the imenufac- on lee. .eauce :-One pint of nulk
Seven fishing boats were groune to
pieces in a, single night in the winter
of 1 897 on the granite reefs of Kit -
lam :Harbour, on the \vest coast of
lreland. Every soul on hoard was
lost, talc! t,l1 this waste of life aad
property was due to the fact that
Leer° wes Ito lighthouse to mark the
entrance to the narrow inlet.
A. small appropriation has since
been made, but not enough to build
a regular light Imese,, and. keep a
paid statt. 'Ile fishermen have Me
geniously overcome the difficulty.
An old marten° tower stands on the
headland, and on top of this a great
brazier has been constructed. Thie"
is piled high with. well -dried turf, and
a than is detailed to keep up a good
blitz° on dark nights.
People who live inland hardly real-
ize how much time and money are
spent in making the world's coasts
safe for the ever-increasing sea. traf-
fic, One of Um worst danger spots
for vessels is that long, *scent -
shaped island in the Atlantic, known
as Sable :Island, and often called the
'Cl'raveyard of the Atlantie. lies ,
right in the way or traffic between
New York and England, and an air -
°rage of 70 shiPS a year, cense to
grief on its sand -bars. There is. a
lighthouse, but, that is not sedicient
to guard nearly forty miles of sand.
There were three originally, but the
sea has undermined two. The worst
of it is that the dull -brown ,sand of
the island lies so low, and is so in-
conspicuous, as to be quite invisible
until it is
TOO LATE TO CLEAR OFF.
The commissioners have 11413,r deter-
mined on the bold experimeat „ of
planting the whole island with grass,
the green doloe of -which will show
out boldly, and prove a danger sig-
nal,
HOW TO GROW SHORT.
If you climb a mountain your
height decreases by three-quarters of
an inch, and, it may even diniinish,
exceptionally, by a full inch. This
is a fact known to all experienced
mountain and Alpine climbers .;
reaching • lite summit, of the" heights
that, form -the ,pleasure ascents, of
holiday makers in the Alpine dis-
tricts, the stature of the climber ,is
found to hal:0 'become lesS`7to the ex.;
tent alseady mentioned. Doctors,
think that the attitude assumed, of
necessity in ascending i,s, the causet of
this diminution ; ionic_ persons be-
lieve that 'the pressure' of the'atmos-
phere produces this shrinking In
favor of the medical theory there is
the other unquestienable fact that
the decrease of stature is greater in
those who carry a heavy pack during
the climb. When the Alpinist has
descended to the ordinary level, his
height beg,,ins to increase, ,but the
normal length of the body is not at-,
tained until several.hours after
reaching the regular surface of the
earth.
Yachtsmen who cruise among' the
ten -knot tides of the West Coast of
SCotland would never find their way
into Dunoltan harbour but for
the White Crosses of nano);
lari. The actual entrance
to the snug little cove is not fifty
yards aceoss, and so hidden by pro-
jections of the tall black cliffs that
it is quite invisible above a quarter
of a mile. Venturing as close as
that, where currents run so swiftly
would be madness in anything but a
steam -vessel, so the people of Dunol-
Jan have marked each side of the
passage 'With enormous crosses,
painted in white on the dark rock.
Thero are not many private light-'
houses in the British Isles.;' but Mr.
Clando 'Sackett, 011 enthusiastic
yachtsman, is the prond possessor of
an ingenious device for warniag his
own boat, and those of his friends,
oft the rocks near, his house in Coun-
ty. Wicklow.. It is a buoy, of the
kind known as gas -buoy. .the
top of a reservoir, holding suf-
ficient gas for a insinth's.`.e-gionsump-
tion. On the summit is a eleekwork
apparatiss controlling On lamp,
which it lights antoniascally at a
set hour in the 'evening, and puts out
next Morning. But -the weirdest fea-
ture of this floating- light-11013Se is,
the' lamp • Ite•rays gleam through e.
tile eyeholes of a . •
• .
IIIJGE AND REALISTIC SKULL.
A FOOT- OF NINE INCHES,
Tile celebrated artist, Albrecht
„purer, gavc3 it as being in. strict ac-
cordance with thelaw Of'prbportions
that a woinan's foot should be about
one-seventh -the length,of her body,
or, to be exact, as fourteen to one,
hundred', • OUr'lady readers man fizid
some amusement in nienSnring their'
pedal extremities' and comparing the.
length with their , tetaf.lieight as
stated by Durer. Taking i;lie average
height of, a woman to be sixty-three
inches, her foot should meastireemine
inches from heel to toe. In connec-
tion with -the size of the feminine
foot, observation will 'show that do-
mestic servants, and wives who do
their own housework, have' smaller
feet than their sisters who are not
called upon to - perform. similar du-
ties. Among the upper classes, ancl
also more generally among the girls
of the rising • generation, the feet
are larger.
tura of nickel steel. three tablespoonfuls sugar, yolks of
Iindoubtedly 11,;° portion of ,the three eggs thinned leY'beatings. with
splendid collection, •ol material in on.etablespoonful of milk. Cook
the better plan fer ,own safe ss
the 1.C+fill'es amid Forestry Department Until it. tidelsens; stirring frequetntlY"
for I felt that there muSt. 'have `been „
3,,evdivers and pitlecd 011e, earelnit y 4111 0 the good work of bringing our Pour cuseard around -the l'iudding, all
wev.ea of Ontovin at „the 1.'1 -tie -American, if 'Flavor tile nhite Part .withevauill'al
tt regitlar neOvork of villany
I eded niv pochet" d'sY re°111reas '1° 11°tice °I "10 W01101 "I a "eel) ' -
wards evening omill°118 (3011018 began 4 1 free lrarir'°ita;ti°"• Keeping. tee head perfectly 01100111s
to cloud ra,y mind, and I determined 111 1)1'''°1'11-1a1
to visit the neareet police station
and kl,Slt W.10811 0115, 0110-ro Was )to d , A
letnon and
around iny house,, .1 ooksd, lily reinoved to ebs,rieStoil, wolOd con- and tee ettetat.d with_
' 111 '11111 et ft oronortioilately low cost to the '
wore on. and I heard no ',more. T,o- s
pr ovi nce (IS the railroadS are offal- Isle,e1.1.7e/Sr 1 E AD CLEA ST '
Cenadione will be gla,c1 to learn, 00
the sutliority of II.,dison'S 'Electric
sati.efaeti„„. to bo got thoro; they. !Sul -Jai -mien ent I'an- inerlean
y"' t'1119,'1"1"°,re sPeciai's1s (00, 111 NEC t- qnaran•Lin.e, said 'that a person
lstiew nothing of any burglary; the
son's lauora,tory 0111 on tl-ieir svey to whose hued was thoroughly w.,„ihed
1`.1•3°;1/' 110 Dete°tive-Ill(Peet(". iranif-)11; 'Snclbery, where Mr. Edison 11.18 101)1- every • day rately took' coataL,rious ,/ ,„ 411111.1 r h hi
district, an svcei ng t,0 the ri escri p ion ,ed a 110use rid „0 ..ee irt1,041(18 dieeeses, -hut when the hair wam-, 1.1 1- be
anti there was no constable in th1.
nalne of 'lines wired te e"dneting exPer"neni'. 1.81111 t'anle lowed to become dirty anel platted it
n't31-01. 01'09. 11-1'. EdiS011
1.1111 46,1111 10 li ,ss hlo lo (010110(4 1)11011-
a great 'aid t,o health.. An exchange
tells of a distinguished physician,
who,. having spent. much of his time
The Provost of a small burgh near
Glasgow was contitnially falling into
very funny blunders, At a ineeting
he rose to say a few words, and
said them to 50311e ptirpose wheo he
asked a vote of thanks to be given
to' the chairman for his Yofficious-
ness in the chnir.'' But, poor man,
he mado his best speech whea he
told the minister and people at a
soiree in honor of the new kirk built
on the road into Glasgow that it
was a "grand reproadt to _the
town.''
Its, warnbig 3V 01 I needed, for a
reef 'Of dangerous rocks runs almost
half 0, mile out from 1(elp Point.
The time may come when phono-
graph buoys will yell lull directions
to passing Mariners. The nearest
approach to such a thing which has
appeared upon the :English coast.
was the '`moaning buoy,” moored off
the' Goodwins a, year 00, two ago.
This invention was responsible for
scaring stile crew of a Dutch fishing -
vessel 1.1.111011 ':os poachieg 111, r ti sh
waters nearly out of their lives. The
buoy.,contain5, a 1111101, througli,which
the waves rise and fall; compressing.
the air, and so woiking a deep -toned
whistle. -
.The Dutch. boat, •cameht in a Rig
was'fOrced, to anchor- in a yalm.
little ground swell. came 'On, and the
bnoy, began its monrnful sound. The
smiertitiouS foreigners; who heard 'it
immediately concluded that it was
produced by the ghost of some un-
fortunate:who had. lost his life on'
these deadly sands, and that it was
a warning .10 themselves that their
turn was coining soon. In their
frantie hurry to ' depart, they actual-
ly got into their dinghy, and towed
their vessel until the mournful sound
died away in the distance.
DECRE,ASE IN 131 ItTll 1,1ATJD.
,
A. French 'statielician sa,ys that, in'
spite 0,1 the increase of popula.tion.
in various countt•ies, tlie rate of in-
crea.se •is steadily diminishing. „Aus-
tria is, really 1)etter 111cm
France in. tilts ,respeet, 'while Ger- ,
'navy, which shows the largest in-
crease of Ederopean na,tions, has a
declining Asir tli-r at e The Un ted.
States; Nvith its increase, of 11,000,-
000 in the 'LaSt decade, has the
largest growth of birth -eaten, 1)111
would_ suvelertshow signs '- of retro-
gression but for 1110 steady VO1 11111C
of immigretion.
THE WO1ILly Li,. No i; .
It l5. ii.0t-"riSissible to say, , how. The leM,51. learned' are aw are th t
Pe°Ple‘ 'are 6ini'l'Ye'd in 111111(ing there. tire nianyl angungee in the '
pins, but, they mu S t:+ be a very con- werld, but th.o aetetel /lumber is
of a r, gros 5:4 0.E co mmo 0 . Ic/IiriOlab:.1v.bly -T.,b(c;(y);.,)14:,:il.. 1,11,4% (01 roe in,;)pso golf; j.)1(.1)011-,
slderable body, ice/. about, a quarter
milhlon
ere used up ey,ery feiv days ill Great lefebi („1„;„,„„etee see en.„
130friatail'Ilm(111.1-011.100:m.0I(/.1."tsil°0,0r111111',..7 Ni.,,i,111:17;110tio°111-1 11,&11trIgetiti agtOos,beancao.n5s,i0d((.)3tip•etimil411.is(11141)1101
cii
regarded as dialects. Alietlier inod-
ceiveci tie' machine for making .401111
eaded Pins at gueat raPldi 1,Y amd ern. wr to r o,1 'id'ssubject reekone )
I°n n de° an el)(Jrnl°1' langn ages and. d 1101 1,
tticnIsalicis of people n°w eillr)1().veci jug, and 11.ave exietecl.
the anthorities, who disclaimed a,11
'knowledge of the incident or the men. have thirtY c'f his e<Peris e"geaA(''.1
I gasped. The inspector wont home 011 tills word in SudburY and .""ie
witli me, anti 1 for the third. Urea dentlY, Intends ,1 0 °Pen "P °P(''rc'ti°"s
told the tale, which had e.rossei will 011 a 'arge 5(1a.`",
, 1
e
every time of tellieg. Ile seemed
1111".e.7.100 101' sorne time as he Weigeea eeftyethree per cent of the Men of
,
the matter ovee in. eis mind, asking tee 1)1351' 0,0(1 under' 25, only
The to 'repeat parte or the Story. pee cent'oyer 15.
ti 0 . -..11TItny i-Jarsoris Speecly do ee.1)1) Inas-
eel 100 01018005 headache Sly WaS-11 i 11 g .0 2:e to I1O..c0 , S tm 013 dent:nom; 'beef. ?
o , ,
the 110001 tilerm..ghly in weals soda. 111re. 011301fe-1 select, .1. good honest ,
water, We Savo known eases al 1)1011 b1.1101101', end 1110,1stend by liine sand workmen ere r'in',' e1)1.1,10:0-71 1n.
eehollsereved i.11 ten minutes 1414 Ole Mrs. YoutIgndie--You,recti n 'ilea you imiking the brs"dnetion for no l'arls
siniple reelsele,, A 'friend finds it . a. give .ilim. all your tvode ? Airs, Old- of (ho 1.0,011)! 10,1111 1,110; trncle' i14 v11 1-
gretmit relief in easee , of ' e' 0 Se cold,'' 1.91 fe-,--No ; 1 men n 111113, 1 st and , 1.3y 1 _.1 0 (1 01 8',..?„5,000000 a '1.°1)0 tc) riret''t
the 1(01(1 514101)1011114 eittiven„, leaving him w1/1 10 lie is cutting the Meat. ' 1.=',:riti.file 113(10(1.
,
Not 11111110 years have ehipse(1 eluce
Ilenry hit upon tile idep, of
prorllldim1.g what is 111)1.e k1101.t' :el";
gn I zed i 1.0 11 ; 13111 scmiimotIming
t\veemi tsvo Eked tliree hundred 111011- ,
s, ‘0140. , 1.
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