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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1902-1-31, Page 7• • ..c..cwo!FOUL 00 • 00 eQ. lOreeeef•ee,Ce$ 00 00 00 .0000.00 X was seeted before lay are one eye- aing luet, winter, enjoying a lievana elgar And reecliug the latesk novel, when a, ring, At the Oral ennouncecl a Visiter. end the zsext moment. A emu W es shown into tee room. Lie loots - t.4 „9.1.19ut, thiety nears or age and vote decidedly aristocratic in his ap- rearAnce, 4.7.4 seemed to be strong Aral le the best o; eealth. °Good -evening," he said. "I hove beetdvised to come to you Over a Matter of Arave iumertenett by Sir Richard Novillegor wbora you renders, ed BOUM eStitnahld nervier, in restorine eeetut very vatuatile jewels which bed heen rissolen. My moue ie Arthur Alurrey.” And be laid a little, 001, eaeo vting' card on tbe tome, la the corner ef which 1 neticed a. crest. "if 1 can be of any service to pm" X answered. "1 am at, yeur dispeeal."" "WO," he eald. "'listen to my otrange story, wbiele, after ij,roily only tie colecidenee. itut X think yee well say that, it nem tiger ebti thing ehould bo investigated. To look At mo you would' think I was strong And healthy, as I believe my- self to be, and the doetora tell nm time 1 ant in tee yen, keel of health. Ily two laroWere were ae I am juat over two yeare ago. Anti neer both Are dead--ditel of Wart disvese, Winne iny, Mtlier died &MOW. thied yearago my eldest, lovelier steam into the" Matobi Suffolk, known as Plinswell Manor. Al. Wet elute he ;vas periectey healthy, bue in juet over the year he died of heart dm - ease. Then the astute eame. In tho netural coarse of events, Lo my coati brother. who wee examined by a medical Man Awl pronounced heal- thy in every organ, yet. atrenge Lo relate, he only peal eighteen months rater ho cause Into the estate, and Moro atrergo still. ho died of heare distioses Suet as my era brother had done. I an the only surviving SOU. Alla I go to take paeoeueion of Elute- wefl Alanor this week. but I on lu fttAbe of greet, fear lest the fate which overtook my two brothers may oleo ha mine." "Youre is certainly a, strange sdry." 1 r,aldas hu finished mut sank back in Ids choir the perepiree tient standing in beads on bis fore- head. "aud lf it is a coincidence U. i$ a very wonderful one, Moro Q80 daily as heart. disease is not. a mat- ed& to COMO Ott suddenly. illey 1 ask 11 there Appearect to be anything of o suspicious noeure, apart. from what yoa 111.1.Vd tOlti nut about theif deaths?" "leet.” he answered; 4:t1io symp- toms were those of beare'clieease, but the doctors amid that both eases were extraordinary and most Unus Uftl." "it vertulnly Appeara to me," I sold. "that this ought to be investi- gated, and, if You wIsh1 will come to your seat in Sulfolle aufl try to find out, whether or tiot It is a coin- cide:leo." "II you would do so," he answered "It Would relieve my Mind of a great, burden; the house will be open to Yon at OW anti all diem 1 am going. to hazuswell the day tater to- morrow; could you come down with mo then?'" • , I referred to my diary and found that. 1 bad no engifiemunts for that and several succeeding dates. so 1 promised to go with him on the Titurstlity of that week; nod ho took Ids depertUre." sat for upwards of an hour think- ing the circumstances over. It was cone:it:A.1y strange that two mon eliould have died in as many years from a complaint like- heart disease. just, after coming into a. very rich inheritance and after being pronounc- ed• in sound health by medical men of legit standing. I wondered ro whom the estate would descend in the event of the only surviving son • dying.. On, the Tbenietirty tnorning I MCI. young Arthur Murrey at Liverpool Street Station, and we were soon seated in a first-elass carriage and being whirled along at fifty miles an hour to the quiet little village of For some time we sat in' silence, And I wtts able to have a good look at my companion. He appeared more ,ettled than When I had seen him 'last, sod seemed to have gained more confidence and to be in the best oa spirits. However, as soon as I turned tho conversation on the sub- • ject othe death of his two brothers his old demeanor returned, and I could see that he was dreading some similar fate himself. "1 have a few questions I should like to ask you," I said. "Who, in the eveilt of your" death, 'Tonic'in- herit the Einiswell estate?" "It .would paSs out of tho direct. • line' of desceift,'7 he replied, "to a distant relative who is now in. - "Have you ever seeablei or heard "—Seem bine?" I continued. "No," he replied, "but my eldest brother had a letter from him when • my father died. Just an ordinary letter of •cohdolence,, and saying that he should look him up when he re- turned to England:" 'Did your second brother hear from him when your eldest brother ` • • no other letter has been re- , .. coived by either him or myself." I made a note, to remind me to ioela ttie •thepaet history; of this.te- iative ,reinembeiing that .India. ' was aelancl• of mysteries. • ' .1 Pub various' other' epiestions of a rater@ likely to,lielp me, but gained little more than I already knew. The -father of 3ny client had died of old •age; and the Lwo brothers of heart disease under what I considered suS- picious circumstances. This was practically all that I knew, when we' arrived at Eineswell. Elmswell Manor was a magnificent old Elizabethan house, covered with ivy, and an ideal place to live in, add the last thing in the world tile% you -.meld connect with. It weuld be CrinIO: but ley companion shudder- - ed, as we drove up the spleodid drive as thrsugh lie were going to 0 prison. 1 li1tki thoueht as I gazed at it, that it was to be my home for over twO months, neither Was I prepared for the tereible eveets whit% were te hatreen ere I sheutd again, rettmit ta my, lime in Lendon, On the day following my arrival Arthur Murrey their me eound to his varieme friends and introduced me to them as a, friend trona tewn, SQ it wa net uneil I had been at, Elms well 111440 two days thet 1 was aisle to loots aretind tete in -Search of swim solutien (if there wrest any) to the winery of the (Roth of oly elleAt'a brotitere. Then I went All ever tha old house end A maottideent ploce it wae. I was shown, by Arthur Murree tuna self, the two roeneS ite Which his nn - fortunate brothers bad died hut there was nothiog about them to Arouse the slightest suspiciort. They well both in the SWIM wing' Or the Iteuee, and wero epic:Mid ePeeiniens of the old faehionee oaken bedrooms of 4 eouple of eenturice ego. I told my client Wet I could not find anye thing te Fear, and thought that the brothers tweet leave died. aS the doe - tors had sell', of heart disease; but be would not let me go hack to London.Th said he dreeded di$44- tPc of some sort as nein as I Isheuld Wake Flotswell Manor, mid he beg god mo Lo stay, and told Mer thot enything that 1 might lose by lgov- ing my work in townha would more then make up to me, Se I wrote to nty aseistaitt and told him that I was staying on At Elmswell for An indefinite time. and to do tho best Mutt he could untit I should returo. I had been at Elmswell Manor to n month when its °weep -Arthur :Surrey -Allowed signs of heart dire. CASe for the first, time, and the foot value to me like a. deatioletelt. Was ho, then. like his brothere, to die of this awful malady, of which, 0month tetrr iie ?tad ehowii no signs? To say that I WAS aatOttinhed would be too mita a Wm. X was eimply thwederatruck. I went roy- ale tote intioviewed his doctor, who old MO that ft. WAS A, CAW similar in every respect.to hie two brothers. he gave but little hopo of Ids e very. Ile went to LUntiOn And eon tilted a specialist, whom serdkt was the sante as that of the family otter. told bo returned to umweU tile 1140St depressed end miserable man in the county. "1 believe." be cold to MO Oita day shortly after his return from Lan- ni, 'that tho disease Is the most limiter in the world, or that I am being slowly murdered." "Slowly murdered:" Tho words ennui to ring in my eers all day ng. Was such a, thing possible In the rtineteerttlt twittery? I the idea an preposterous. However. I was soon to recall the words and to attach a new meaning to them One afternoon, late in 1.11ct Autumn after I had been at Tlimswell Manor for altualtetwo months, I Was in the bedroom in -Alden .Arthur leturrey Meet. anti 'I sat down in the bay winnow and looked out into the beau- tiful park of the efurroys„ which I thought Wits so soon to go to n. dis- tout reinteve and to pass out of the ilfurrey family for over. 1 felt In a tolitneltoly frame of 4ind. X had been at Tiatuesvell for several weeks. end to me it appeAred like wasted time, for whatever I did 1 felt, sure thee; I could not aotereet, tho awful fate which threatened Arthur Murrey from overtaking I had tome to the goons. to 10°1. round to see if there WAS any possi- bility of foul play, which, neMehow seemed to hove fixed itself on my mind, The ceiling was of carved oat( and as vory beautiful, but I no- ticed that a small piece bad at reome thne or other been cut out and re- placed, This would not lutve been noticod by one person out of twenty, hut to tho eye of tlie deteetiVe it would start a train, of thought which might lead tossontething else. dts 1 looked up at it 1 suddenly started, for I remembered that I bad seen another plece'cut off another ceiling in Einiswell Manor in precise- ly the same. wormer. It was in the room in 'which the eldest son had died. Good heavenst was there anything in those fateful Wocds-"slowly none direct?" Was some diabolical plot being hatched whose end was the death of tho owner „ of Elmswell Manor? I made my .tray to the other bed- room, to see if the ceiling there had ,been treated as the other two had been. 1 reached the room and look- ed with an apprehonsite expectancy for the square in the ceiling, and sure enough it -was there. A piece had been cut out, about "half a foot square, and cleverly replaced, and no- body, would have noticed it bad they not been looking for it. r went through all the other bed. rooms in the hones and not ono or them 1v023 sibuilarly treated. ;Here, then, waS an extraordinary • coinci- Oenee. Two num had died in separ- ate bedroome tinder suspielous cir- cthstances, and jn the ceiling"' of each rOom was a solar°, cnt for no apparent reason. eAnothee man. was suffering from precisely the same dis- ease, and a similar square was eat from',the ceiling of the bedroom in which she adept, and no other ceiling e was touched. • By the time that I had finished my exadeination it was dinner -time. The meal was always steangelee silent, 'and. mplanchbly. To -night it was more so than usual; my'ltost eeeined ,lee' be brooding over his expected' fate, and 1 was busy with ray . dinner I confided -xny suspi- cions to • hint, and ce"lightoof 'hope Ca2/1.0 331t0 ilis iiseally sorrowful eycs. . .‘,‘6.coti.,,Itea,vi3ns!-" he. exelaimeci, r 'is such a thing possible? Who could it be?" sr haVe plan,'' I dowered, whereby we can see If' there is any' truth in zny ,suspicions, and if they pro-ve, correct' we may beahle to catch, the villain or, villains • red- headed. First of all 1 should like to examine 'your' skin- under a micro- scope." The instrument was brought, and I carefully exatniaedthe skin of my client. Suddenly1 gave an exclanni- e tion of Astonishment, fOr I found what. I was looking for, and what X had scarcely dared to think teat I should diseover. tan the weiet and arnaa were tiny Puuctures, not dis, eernible to the melted eye, through wilielt, be some means. a deadly but eloweororking poison had been led fate the veireeetf Arthur efurrey, "Your words of o few days age. are correct, aail you are being el4W- ly murdered." I said. Ho ,sprang /rpm his ebeir, hot haek with, an enclematifert o$ peen. And clutched at his left breast The excitement of the moment bed bpen to naueh for the weakened heart, but alter a minute or two he recovered. • ”For pity's sake, explain your- self 1** he, e aid. I answered. "I Argued tbet 11 there was any rout play go- ing on there must be some motive, and the only possible motive that anyone ceuld have in getting rid of yoe would he for. the Salie of inherit, mg the estate, When you teld 'me* tbet in the event Of your 4eAth the estate Weted go to a distant relo- tive who was. in India I made luipeir- ea as to the character of this retro Ore, but could discover nothing. Then I referred to an eld book thee a. friend of Mine ineeseests, oft Paige ens. and diecovered %hot a certain poison was used In Mita which would produce symptoms in diseesee that Witaild totzelo medical MO; but, the ?alarm bad to be injected with 4. sYsisge. and I Argued that this was Impos.sibte to do witheut the person knowing it, so I Mentistied tilt) mat. - ter Troia my mind until I mw the squares in the ceilings and the small Pnnete4ree in your wrists and arms. You haVd been inoculgeed with, this Peleen unbelinewn, to yotweelt. Due believe there lo yet. Ono to Save yeah What 1 latend doing Is to bide M your bohemia aud watch. You will sleep there as wind. but X prom- ise that you shall not again be itte Witted with tbo poison." So I watched. Far three etteeteeive nighte I lay hidden in tho bedroomnursing a re- volver and watching the square in tho cornea, but nothing hepperted. It WAS an the fourth night that, the finish of the tragedy occurred. Ity Nome means or other X brippea- d to fall into A seinholuvelier. but 1 WOS suddenly awakened by hewing slight click in the ceiling'. 1 was ly ing In an old oah'en feat -dram with the door just ajar, eufliciently for MO to get a good viow of the ceiling. I lay kliora with ray eyes glued to the little square.- which *as slowly tieing drawn back. until it lett. bolo In the ceiling reboot half a foot squaree. Then something like a largo milder suspended on a pieco of raring was let slowly down. On to the bed. It was a terrible looking thing. about the size of a- man% band, with six legs attached, hut it was too me- ta be mistaken for a spider or any living euirnal. As It desceaded it mail* a whirling noise, and directly it toucbed tho bed it commenced to move over the counter -pane. its it crawled ovar the bed I could distinctly hear the buzzing of wheels, which about. every thirty seconds stopped, when the fig- ura would stand still, and 1 thought that this was when the liquid would bo injected into the Veins of the man who teas in the bed. ' I admired the nerve of Arthur Murrey, ale was well -aware of what was going on, as be had had no sleep since we had made the discov- ery of the punctures. only la the day- time. lie lay perfectly still arid breathed as though ha were Asleep. tho terrible, poisonous spider-note/Ono made its way to- wards the man supposed to be asleep, and was just touching Ids bond when 1 raised my revolver and tired through the hole in the ceiling. A shriek of pain followed the shot. and the little machine wailerked off the bed and lay on the floor on its back, its wbeele still revolving. Immediately all was confusion and disorder. Servants came rushing to the robin. And I made ray way with two of the men servants to the trap door which conununicated with the apartment above the bedroom. We climbed up awl made our way to the spol where the light was now streaming through from the room bo- leti,. On the floor lay the body of a, name shot through the head -the body of the ma' n 'wild had already murdered two men and so nearlY a. third. We picked him Up and- carried him to the bedroom below, Nit ho was, quite deadrr leitur 'Murrey-identilled hire as the . , relative from India, who would have inherited Elmsweli estatehad his diabolical plot succeeded. The little - mechanical contrivance was West ingeniously contrived. In the front part was a small syringe, 'which, when Alm string was jerked evieilld'inject a small quantity of the deadly eluid into the veins. The ends. of the ;legs were covered with cham- ois leather, so that the friction would 'not wake the victim, and the puncture was so' minute that it wouhl not be felte neither' would it leave any perceptible raark, Arthur Murrey soon regained his lost health and has taken tint() him-, sett. a -wife, and though the experien- ces he passoa through clouded hitlife for, some time, happiness now reigns suPretne in Elmswell Manor. --Lon- don Tit -lefts. , • PAID SI1OPPERS. • . . „ Prefessionar shoPpers are eMployecl by a certuirielarge firm of drapers in London to test the -ability or, shop aseistante, •Thier ghee owns several ierge,sheps ond employs nearly 1,- 000 assistants, TO .find out Whether every .custeiner is politely served a noinber of 'lady customers 'are •- era:- Ployed to Call :at the various shops. •They are .told to ,-give as much trouble as Peesible, and sonietireeS to-lea:ea without making a purchase •after looking- at nearly everything, in • the ehop, •• s 1Tobbs-'"Good gracious, ,D obbs, kow did you lose all your front' teeth? Been in. a fight?" Bobbs- "No. .1 gave oar 'cook -notice to leave last night, end this morning she put dynamite in. the rolls." leftitetlaett-th*Se„.#-....*Ittaelett.t.tenette, About the hold the juices of the eplea as they cook. A hell hour or mere it al quick ogee is required to bake there. they elmeld be ilelica.tely browned. A sauce is ueeded for eur elueseding lb A hard seuee is preferred by some made of equal parts of butter and eu,gar rubbect tngether gad flavored With nutmeg er veoille. but a soft *-49"Th4r"4-444"4441-04-4041r• eauce Is liked by etherstvhile -mete use heti', not bad. ° WORTIT W1. For o good Plain sauee teke ano :CloOd bread plays a. very Important cupful of granulated sugar, Ada Part le a setisfActary meal. It lies titterer piece of better, heti a tone been ealled the. "Sovereign of eso spoonful of salt, and over this pour totehoiee it ogee become tho 9/16 0 cupful. and a belt 01 boiling seater; indispensable. for the titelorstY of people use it centintiously as an ae.' Con/Pan/Meat Of the dinner, whether it be e plain or ao elaborate one. 'those who are conteee with Paer breACI are satisfled with Inferior gen- end, cooking. but C0331n1g4d us to tbe housow1fo who must. have geod bowl, tion coefetaminovrionreg atatie vbeardytviteestrePuatn4de finest bread ; none could con:Pero witIl hers, so sweet, tender and light. yet just poroue enongloein texture eveti, delicate and handsome. Frtala alt the county 'aim elm was sure 'to lit the highest prizes Coming leer. oe ese sacra 01 kr doi Kiwis .90olc an etreieed. theugh the pro - give away we Peraneeled her t livreathoitoldis wiz? etenhollyreetasinote4;hreanr /4 entlirelY 7-1°W. superior. Into two quarts of bitted fioUr rub oue tenet spoonful of Veen sarvea uo.la,,04-,15rilsoltogatuilet oett svaainItilms/sns„ed 111110trdet,deliCIOUS OW apple eauee OSA hi) yeast in worm water, enouge to Plo place MO with A good porde. filled with this "apple sauce." end fanelfully ornotueuted 'with stripe of paste, Ineteed* of Au upper cruet, give us A little Chango and prnvo acceptable to thew "fond of ple." then blend Qtle teases:loafs:A, et eorn starch in a, little cream or milk Med stir into tile eanee- Cools one moment, stirring emastantly, ro- move from the fire and stir in POO teaspoonful et lemon or vagina flavoring, and the duralslitiga aro ready be serve. Apple sauce ie. often the poorest of relishes, because poorly pride. This Melo like every other. is far better for pains token la making IL, Ap- Ples, merely stewed and sweetened. are net vetty good. Simmer the epples. which should be tart, lively ter A few minutes, stirring' often, till All are well cooked through, tin theY atm in a generous pleee of better. end miser to the testi% emit 14 %nee - whet, and flavor 'with Mxtraeg. 11 slam. wee. tee same et thie 4.egerlwill be a matter of surpriee to find make the flour into A Ntia tatter. Cover, end let this rise. aver Diget. In the mornings, work In dour enough to mould up, tieing, as little Aft pas - ewe. ant heve It tree from the hands and tweed until very emotitit. 11. Is plentifully kneadieg the dough e makes the bread line grained. Allow it to riao in a warm Ware till ht, an tour or more, then divide Lnto two loaves, bundling as nd ilghtter CIS possiblO. ard put in baking pees till light, 'which gory be half an tour or more, in a warm place. Teen, with Et knife. score tito top of tie-% loaves. to prevent crack- ing at The Sides, and bake one belie •a a. moderato oven. When removed Seem the pans, steed on the elan to real. It. Flout(' be !opt m a ia breed box. Ms will teen moist long time, Th15 OLCORUA PIARZI,Ta or Zinn loaves. To make the genuine Boettan brown bread is net as troublesome as ausenV oppose. aud the best is made alit" during c°14 weather. except Per' miter. not milk. Min two cupfuls of 1"0$ brisk Nr4lk ir‘ it'bt/ dire"m" of rye flour and one cupful of yellow 6alauli slloP or otter Witoo of blls'is corn race:, add one heaping teaspoon- ue"' "is is excelle" as fAr ft* it fei 01 wt. and a heaping teaspoon, goes. and would be more excellent If ful of bicarbonate of soda, dissolved It went, farther. The breathing. as 4 In nearly a cupful of molasses. Aga rule. Is rapid and shallot's, if tho stothisarctotip. n dwater thoroughly to omali;gehrather Pedestrfau w°11141 141."/14 dCePtY wkil turbb and taldng eve steps, and ,hohale slowly well till of an even Vonsietenev. durmg tRw 1"11""1"Ir ten stePS* batter should be of medium .41(1'w:is 1ung3 w°1414 141 eutuDIIMIY aired' tuul only, for corn meal swells by cool:- 0 walk °I 12'004 tw° to four °In° Mg, and if too stiff the bread weuld pursued on these lines would ruse bo hard and unsatisfaetory. Put In n. buttered pall. smooth the top of the bread With a wet. knife. Cover and camel at, letist four native then dry off !Mem minutes fin the oven. This amount znakae one good sized loot 'Unbolted rye Is the best, but when not to bo had, rye floux• will do. New Gridiron Gems -Ono half pint of Ortilione flour, ono -half pint, of wheat flour, ono pint of Milk, two fresh eggs, the yolks only, mid cue tettep000rul of salt. Beat, all toge- ther very smoothly and lastly add the whites, beitten to a stiff froth. Have the well buttered gem pans very hot, and hake in a folek ( wen, Bice Broad-ThisIntakes a vOrietY for the breakfast. Take one pint of well boiled rite, hall n pint of dour, the yolks of four eggs, two spoon- fuls of melted butler, one Diet of milk, a little salt, and one largo spoonful of sugar. Beat all three in- gredients till very tanoothe and then add the frothereit widths of tho four eggs. Bake in shallow pans and eere hot. These two last reeeipLe require no baking powder, the eggs are suMcient lnstead. WINTER;T1111 GRF.AT Tomo. Wheit it is generally understo bee every dieeaeo, from A Slight, CO o0. irilleut, cencer, or from tridieg iediepoeition to vielent sautty. ie merely an ludientien InOre or less Ivapuro blood. and the pure Or. at, or helote the freteioa, point, is the best blood purifier in; Vaster/4w% we aka wolverine whiter no the wood annual opportunity for puttlug ourselvee In tbo best 143y51 - cat condition. Very cold air being aloe0 powerfui tonic., allords the! readiest MelleaS for building up vital- ity, after the exhaustlag drAftS made upon It duriug tit* hot menthe. Most busy women take little exere 0111,ES 1/1 KITOlitt. vazvAlux =NT$ o4sEsi rxecEr,oNor„ rateleen oe Steeeeeom Cone ta. a number ,of Useful Bereetifee. Se far !eel science hoe (Vie sovered. ;are for dyspepsia Is ealtraveleweter. Yoe pin small'teenPoohial of salt fa ae large tumbler- an -hot as you can, SwAllOW, tttld drinh it Ind( an boor or tweat,y migutos beforo etechartere4 This waehea Qat tOe 800814ther'" oughM ly. any peeple try the pato drietkieg wocer as a euro for stomech Cole/A*114S; hut ite eney reit the sale the operatioa eot voys sittisioetory. The plein wAter is rafter irritatiog to a delieeee htomach. hut the edditioa of sate prevents the irritation. end convert,* the draught tato a pewertul etomech Iitigtnhutt. -SAYS P., writer An Louden, Aostvere. Pepper provee ettUallY VALUABLE TN Eamtgzazdre.,. tippOSO 040 1408A paie, M the atetUk..e t. or A Sinking kefilAg. there in ao• g better tban a smell quentity pper in a glass of licit water, he aatlition -91 wooer it forme mit awl eelondeting iireuglik„ for a void AtIti alt Sorts of poonful of pepper put kite e, o bottle of strong whishey otake the hair grow. Are e bath, olso, it. is an 014gellout tides to rub bete tho bead-eor, 14 o, all over the body, if one le 0,t blue aftor his morning LIM 4 life. e el this homemade tinetere poured the paint of the head end briekly bed eto the body will produce glOw, and preemie chill. sl bee Dewy votuable ere.:ter on the chest, le drattiet rem conge.eted lungs And in tee footeleath it flood front the lunge to tat if. Is still more calikt- . Isa deiya Of run considerable tit to Lite death of very gat ell eV nettetetrd m water ia a owl it A. Nice Breakfast Relish -Out a quarter a a pound of cheese in thin slices, tilt in a, frying pan, and turn over it a cupful of sweet milk ; add a good pinch each of "salt, pepper and dry mustard, and a oxeye or butter half the size of IX11 egg, stir the mix- ture constantly. Roll four ee,soda cramitera very fine, and sprinkle in gradually, then turn into a warm dish and serve at once. Corn fritters are another breakfast, dish, easily and quickly made, • mid such foods as ewe be quickly idtde ready for the table seem to have n _added attraction. To one piat canned sweet corn add Ond and one- half pints of milk., one teaspoonful of salt, the same of stager. Now make into a batter, medium stur with emir, additig at the same time a heaping teaspoonful of Royal baking powder. Fry broiit.% in hot drip- pings, 'dropped in by. the spoonful, and serve with batter very hat. An old fashioned but very good dessert is the baked apple dumpling. A dozen can be made in a few mo- ments, too, at least after a little trying and experience. Six large Greening or Baldwin apples and a quart. of flour will make envie for a good sized family, a dozen pieeep, itt- titing dumpliegs. To a pint and a half of flour, add one teaspoonful of salt, three largo spoonfels of -butter, or lard or best beof drippings, , and one teaspoonful of Royal baking powder. Belb all very smoothly to- gether with the hands, and- retake up with cold water, with a knife, and 'make into One tease, as of crust for pies. Handle as little as possie,le, and cut into twelve equal patts. Now Pare and halveand core six fair apples,' and We have tWelva half apples for our tWeive pieces, of crest. Roil one piece out to the Usual,thick- ness for ,pie; and as nearly circular imlddlo n f this shapeas ono s posslobtleilieiInitos.avto Pie, tRw Ceenvex side dOwn ; in • the ea,vity of, the core put a. bit, ef but- ter, a. tea,spoonful of sugar and a pinch of ground cinnamon, Now fold the paste over tha top all aronntl, and nzake into even shape by slightly pressing in the hands. Repeat the erotic:es till all the pe,ste and. apple aro used. Bake in a well buttered, shallow pari, with the smooth side of' the .dinuilling down, to cateloand ar monut. he beeten AS 8ciiro in the head. It ratiat, be lily powdered, und used as in some way it then aete al elste and, if used in time. to the cold. t'es of Masoning there are Imple remedies at hand. For fillppose, as so often hap., - ria or sulphuric avid is swat.. mistake for SOMO beverage • ter, tarsi it ia necessary (Le any ordlnery 0080 of cold. headache hU1AIJSB TILU ACID or "tired reeileg." The women who ham It has time to corrode the Peoot tomulain of foliage Mean - WAY' Possess large, well -aired cheues. Sluggishness, Intligeseloin boredom tura pessimism aro teenptonte of in- ellleient betas of breatbing. 11 the step is vary teuicit It might be bettor Lo inhale retitle, tithing seven or ten steps, and exhale tiering the Ing 14 or 2.0 steps. Shis method of breathing gots eut enotenaus eallOtint of pure air into the lamas, mut It is not ACcoroprtnied by the dizziness svnich often troubles those who try to breathe rapidle and deeply. Slow exhalittions are infinitely better than protracted holding of the breath. elle Wreath should never ba held for more thaut a few 420e08d9 nt a time. If, during the filament 02 two in which breathing Is suspende some particulae energetic movement is Made, a mew sense of vigor will • be vividly felt. To illustrate " Stand on the porch or before a open window and inhale as full breath as the lunge will hold. Theo while holding the air, rnake the mus- cles of chest, or back. or arms, ne tense and hard as possible, before letting the breath escape. There i. to surer way to give fresh life to the rortoo and great strength and size to tbo 'muscles. Any invalid, not in severe pain, cart practice It. Let the bed be roiled close to an Open win- dow, and While briefly bolding each long breath, lot her flex in succession first the muscles of her chose then of the waist, then of the back, then amen; then thistle, thee. calves. One good big breath of freezing air for each will distribute new life over the entire debilitated body. There is an endless fascination in breathing exercises. We 811 know that there is beneet waiting for its in the outside atmosphere, but we don't begin to realize what an extra- orditary amount of benefit it con- tains. When a woman is suffering from headache or nausea or faintness th.e first demand is for air --as fresh and cold as it can be had" The pre- scription, is equally efficaoioue for dyspepsia or discouragement or de- bility. A GREAT SURPRISE.. At a banquet given reeeteel,y Paris by a. Frenth counteSs the guests received a most astounding surprise:In the centre of the table vs'as what appeared to be a huge pile of roses, and just before soup was served the roaes parted, disclos- ing a largo birdcage. This suddenly, opened, revealing a beautiful young lady adorned with wings. She rb- iinained in her strange,position dur- ing the dinner, and introduced 'each new dish by singing a couplet. morasth. This Is done by means of an alkali. But there is 00 time 1.0 send to title ehtenIst's, and the hest thing to do Is to serape scone anortler off• the wall stir it up in water, and mato the patient. swallow it, If the poise happens to he alkalitur instead of acid -caustic soda, or ammonia, for • instanee--then• you have the remedy at hand in the cruet. Give the vic- tim a dose of viut:gar. Supposo it is an irritant poison, such as arsenic, or sedative, such 08 oPlum. .you must. innuedlatelY glee a largo quantity of mustaid- andorater no an melee. But this Is ot sufficient hi the case of opitnn poisoning. Drowsiness camel on. which may be fatal. Therefore you have to dose the patient with strong black coffee. Iityou get a cut that will not stop blecelings there is nothing Iikc: cold water. Don't bandage the hand. And 11 you wish to avoulblood-poisoning met dretuat ot using the ancient re- medy- te cobweb,. but hold your band above the head, rind pour the COldest. water procurable over it. 'The worst C000 of bleeding will usually yield to this treatment. For slight burns, too. there is no- thing like cold water, and keep it there for five or ten minutes. Black turrant jam is one of the most agreeable and effective remedies for a sore throat or cough. Put a tablespoonful in a tumbler of hot water, and you have a delicious be- verage, as well as an excellent cure. Apples cure warts, Of course, the perfect. •Remedy for warts and terns Is salicylic acid; but, failing that, an apple rubbed on tho place frequently will effect cure, by means of the malie acid it contains. Cold tea is a, very old and tried remedy for re- laxed sore throat. Its tannic acid acts as an astringent whea the tea 7 is used as a gargle. When you come home after a, cy- cling trip over dusty roads your eyes are apt to be sore. Don't rub theta, and don't commit the common and great mistake of opening teem in cold water. But put some salt - say, a dessertspoonful or more -in a basin of tepid water, and then plunge iit your: head and opea your eyes. The ' SALT WILL PILEIVS.INT the water, from hurting the•,delicate lining membrane. • Eight out of ten cases of, tooth - melte mei be relieved by getting some breild-soda-bicarbonate of soda, not baking powder --dusting it on a piece of cotton -wool, and placiug this in .wrrAT DIVERS CANNOT DO. Submarine 'divers have not yet stie- ceeded reaching 200 feet below the surface with all the advantage of armour, air Supply, and 'weights to sink them The eYort lose :been Maxie see ',each it wiRwk in 240 feet Of Water. The accounts state that at 130 feet the diver began to expe- rience serious trouble. At 200 feot, •after suffering terribly, he lost eon- seiousness artd was hauled up. Thecae cannot work much below 100 feet. 312 people die �f starvation. yearly itt England, wad ,26p itt France, 60 per cent, -are race end 40 women, the raNiity. Ii all the' teeth Relies to- gether,- the cense is generally acidi- ty of tile mouth. let that case die, solve the soda, lu warni water, and 'wash the teeth with it. 'Vail Will ha Well in an instaat.. , If you keep liquorice iu the house, • You havo one pi.,111e- trary hostiuroi' for rt'aientiela.- A small pieed of li- quorice slowly dissolved itt tha Mohthee pevers tho stonmen with a protect,ive rield.renevQs 1,1111.rain. flaturatiti o a. 4. -- 111 Teurojie 10 out of ovary a,00il people are living out of theiis owi, country, ia AlUDI-IC:1, 137 out of ev, ery 1,000, while 300 out of eeety 1,, . 000 Austrelialie were .borti in seem other part of the world.