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"Then I say that you are a lira,"
Paid Jules Arnotte.
The speaker WAS seated in a care in
a certain town somewbere near the
$ahara. The settlement was situat-
ed in a dietricr, by name Auteran,
cover which the French 'Government
airtime overseership, and was under
the local supervon of Jules Ar-
teotte, a gentleman of Portaguesse-
cum-Fronch extraction.
The Coneul, for such was the title
Amato enjoyed, was o. crafty gen-
tleman, who 'Would stoop to any
depth to gain his ends• ,
At this particular moment his
company in the cafe consisted of
two Entelishmen and a number of
other men whose nationality it would
have been heed to discover; sufaco
it to say they were not Dritish.
The two Englishmen, Harry Fos -1
ter and Dick Ainslie, had arrived one
day in Autotan, just as Englishmen
do turn up in every corner of the
earth. They had been in town for
nearly a month, and in that time
had beeome intituate with most of
the townspeople.
It was to Harry Foster that the
Consul, during a political argument,
bad adtireesed hie unflattering re-
mark, and after a moment's pause
he repeated it again.
Crack! Jules Arnotte was lying
on the floor with Harry Foster
standing over him and inviting him
to insult him again.
At length Arnotte stood to his
feet, his face pale as death, save
where a livid mark showed where
Foster's fist had •bean.
"You shall pay Inc this, you ras-
cal Englishman," he hissed, and
then he rushed from, the cafe.
The other customers sat round in
silence. Inwaielly they approved of
Foster's action, for Arnotte was &en -
many disliked; but it was best to
keep in with the Consul, so nobody
a lealauded.
"rat sorry I did that," murmured
Foster; "T was tea hasty."
"Yes; I should think we'd better
clear out of this as quickly as pos-
sible," said Ainslie. "What say
you?"
"Iani agreeable" rejoined Foster.
The two chums soon got their be-
longings together and made prepara-
tions to start from the town. They
deeided to work through the forest
to the westward and make their way
to the coast.
They left the town at nightfall, so
t eat their departure occasioned no
comment, for tbo good. reason that
there were no witnesses to it. The
night was spent in a hut about
twelve miles away.
By about • midday on the morrow
they were crossing the rocky plateau
which marhs the extreme western
boundary of Autergn. Here they
rested for a while and partook of
their dinner.
The ground about them was of a
peculiar formation; many tiny cracks
and fissures ran hither and thither.
As Foster took out his pipe, it ac-
cidentally fell from his grasp into
one •of the little cre-vices. It was
too deep downfor him to reach with
his fingers, and, in consequence, he
took out his clasp -knife and cut away
the earth. While in the act of doing
this a startled exclamation left his
Iips, vehicle brought Ainslie to his
side.
Together they peered at the earth
which Foster's knife had cut away,
and then they stared at each other
with wide-open eyes.
"It's gold," muttered Ainslie,
hoarsely. "Simpler thick with it."
Then, actuated by a common im-
pulse, both men began to dig up the
earth all around them. Everywhere
it was the same—gold,, gold, and
gold again.
"Man, there's millions here," •cried.
Foster, excitedly, "and it's ours,
too, by all that's lucky."
"Ono monaent," said Ainslie; "how
3s it ours?"
"Why, we have discovered it."
"lees, but discoverer does riot give
possession. This land presumably
Wangs to the Government of France
as repree:ented here, by Jules Ar -
"Well, we can buy it," returned
Foster, impatiently.
"And give the game awa.y at
once," rejoined Ainslie. • "No one
in their senses wiuld bay a piece of
ground like this, all these miles from
civilization, unless thero was some
;very good reason. You may depend
'upon it, wore we to approach Ar-
notte upon the subject of the pur-
chase of it, the wilyefox would pre-
tend to treat with us whilst he sent
a messenger to find out why We
Wanted it, and then he would regret
his inability to enter into an agree-
ment with us. Six months after-
wards he would resign his enviable
post and go to Paris and live in the
lap of luxury. No, Harry; we've got
to think of a plan to circumvent
Monsieue Arnotte."
The day was drawing to a close
when Ainslie suggested they should
turn in and think ovee mattei's. The,
turning -hi eonsisted of Wrapping
themselves up in rugs—one to sleep
and the other to keep watch, turn
and turn about.
• The sun was well up are Ainslie
roused his companion. Foster sat
for a few moments rubbing his eyes,
then he turned excitedly to Ainslie.
"rye got it," he cried. "What do
you think of this?" He forthwith
briefly unfolded a plan, which he had
concocted during his watch Og the
prov i tot Fortelle a.
n. bit low clown, don't you
think'!" said Alnelie. when his churn
had Neighed Spealiing. ''T mean, I
think it makes US look Ilk° a couple
or SWindlers.'"
"Goa, in Aenotte's eyes and that
only for a short time," cried Foster,
"You see, as soon as he tries to
Make it public) it wlU be at once dis-
proved. and no ono will believe him."
Eventually the plan was agreed up-
on, and the two friends retraced
their steps back to the town, whie1.
they reacIted during the evening.
Their return did not cause any
surprise, for, as yet, no One hacl
given muck thought to their ab-
sence, it being quite aseal fOr towns -
Men to be absent for 4 few days on
some mysterious expeditiou into the
interior; then they were usually
wealthy for a day or two, and there
wasmounting in some iar-off native
It was part of the plan that tego-
eiations should be opened up with
Arnett°, and for obvious reasons it
was considered desirable that Abeslie,
and not Foster, should conduct
these
The offices of the Goverximeat from
which the law was dispensed in Au -
toren consisted of two villas, built
on raised iron foundations and con-
nected by a glass -roofed passage.
The °Jae was the largest building in
ehe town, and above it flaw the Tri-
color.
At eleveu o'clock the Consul en-
tered his private office to transact
his daily business, but Ainslie was
before him and was waiting. The
Ferigliman sat cooliag his heels me -
til aalf-past twelve, when the Consul
signified his readiness to see him. .
"Good morning, Mr. Ainslie," said
Arnotte, through the smoke of his
cigarette. "What can. I do for you?"
"Give me the favor of a private
interview with you."
Arnotte lookede suspiciously for a
moment at hfs visitor, and in a
seemingly thoughtless inamier toyed
With a revolver on his desk. He
watched Ainslie as though he would
divine his intentions, but the Eng-
lishman's face was like a mask.
• "Now, then, Mr. Ainslie, what is
it you want?"
"I want to enter into a little com-
pact with you. You have doubtless
heard that there is a good deal to
be made out of mining; you know,
company promoting and that sort ot
thing. Somebody finds a mine out
in some unknown land, a conapany is
formed, and the mine is sold to
them; of coarse, there is a lot of
gold in the mine." Ainslie paused
and solemnly winked at the Consul.
h A h r" said Monsieur Aanotte,
whilst his heady eyes glittered.
"Wci have discovered a, wonderful
mine," said Ainslie, ancl he once
more winked at the Consul.
Tho Consul winked at Ainslie.
"Of course," continued Ainslie, "if
we could get a lease of the ground
we would not mind paying the Gov-
ernment a good price for it." 1-Tere
'both men smiled, for Ainslie had ac-
cented the word "Government."
"And," he continued, "say 10 per
cont. for yourself on the price we
'realize on the mine."
"Well, I see no official reason why
such a lease should not, he granted,"
said Arnotte. after a. little consider-
ation. "Whore is your mine?"
"On Thakre•Platenea"
• "Ah!" said the Consul. "It's
some way in (lie interior; it wili'be
awkward getting machinery there."
Once more he winked. ,
"Shall we hte-e-e an agreement
drawn up, then?" asked Ainslie,
whilst he smiled broadly.
A. map was produced, and an area,
the bearings of which had been
rovghly taken by Foster and Ainslie
the day before, was marked off by
Ainslie in an apparently careless
manner. A. deed was then made out
by which the land was secured to
Ainslie for all time at the payment
of 25 por acre; the land in question
had an area of about forty acres, but
land was worthless at a distance of
more than four of five nines from the
town. Aihslie suggested a clause
being put in the agreement to the
effect that Arnotte was entitled to
10 per cent. of the amount realized
on the sale of the property, bat to
this the wily Consul objected, not
wishing- his name to be on paper in
sucli a manner.
"No," he said. "I will rely on
your honesty. Has it not been said
that all Englishmen are honest even
to a fault?"
The agreonaent was signed by both
parties and duly witnessed and
stamped. A. sain of 2,20Q, was then
handed over to the Consul, in the
shape of a tlrait on a London bank -
• "Well, good day, Mr. Ainslie," said
Arnotte. "I must congratulate yen
on your fortunate discovery."
"Yes, I am indeed lucky," returned
Ainslie. •
Once more both mon winked, .and
then the Englishman withdrew.
Left alone, the Consul laughed
softly and rubbed his hands.
my fine English friends, 'I've
got you this time, and I'll pay a
littIe of what I owe you. 13y Heav-
en, you shall suffer now!"
• Outside, Ainslie xnet Foster and
acquainted him with the success of
his interview, and together they
laughed over the precious document
which had been obtained so easily.
"Now the next thing to do," said
Foster, "is to get Matthews out
here. We had better telegraph for
him."
Matthews was a mining expert, of
considerable repute in London, He
was very friendly with both Foster
and eieelie, and !had told them, prior
to (1 • "—erture on the nomad
tour, a ..1 know by cable if
they die o nything in his line.
He addel would be only too
glad of a ciaatat to join them, and,
as he was empoWered to treat for his
firm (oho of the largest mining syn-
dicates existing), they decided to
seed the cable as quickly as pos-
sible. '
This meant a two days' journeer to
the coast, evhich Was accomplished
by• river one deer and by treat dur-
ing the other. This brought them
into English territ ory, from Whore
they were able ta lend the telegram.
• he reply eaMe an the 1'611ml:deg day
to say that Maltheeve would leave
by the first boat, Willett Was Clue on
the meat in about three Weeks.
The two liSiglislinien retraced their
seeps to Auterao, for they deemed
it necessary th keep a watchful eY0
oii Arnotte's movements.
The time seemed to go ay on lead-
en
wings whilst .A.ieelie and Foster
Waited the coining of alattlieWe, Oraer
once did they rnalte any reference to
the mine to Arnett°, Lead then Aixtslie
said that a mining engineer was an
his way to iteepeet the mine; at the
sarao time he winked vigorously and
the Consul smiled, but inwardly that
worthy gentleman rejoiced in the fact
thaa his tine inc reveage was draw-
ing nigh, as he was still smarting
under indigaity of the blow from
Harry Foster.
Matthews arrived, and the trio
proceeded a once to Autoran, and
then on to the Thakre Plateau, In
a. few moments he was congratulat-
ing Foster and Ainslie on their luck,
pronouncing the find to be an im-
mensely rich "pocket eleld." As the
gold was all near the surface, work-
ing would be comparatively cheap.
"Bat what are you going to do—
on to it, sell the place, or
what? By the way, how long does
your option hold good?"
"The land is ours for ever," cried
Ainslie; and then he told the engin-
eer of the manner in which he had
Obtaieed the ground,
"That's rather smart, but 10 per-
cent. is a heavy lump for this Con-
sul friend of yours."
"011, that's all right," said Ain-
slie, with a laugli. "I'm going to
sell the mine to Harry, here, for two
hundred and iifty pounds; I shall then
pproeusnedns.
t,Mr. Arnotte with twenty-five
"Well, at any rate, your fortunes
are made, whatever you do, whether
you sell or work the mine. But I
should like to make a mare minute
inspeetion," •
Matthews wont very carefully 'over
the grouad, and as soon as possible
sent a long cable in co•do to his Men
in London. During the next few
days messages hummed backwards
and • forwards over the wires, with
the result that Matthews was em-
powered to offer Foster and Ainslie
2.200,000 and 20,000 shares in a
company to be formed, in return for
the deed they held, The partners
asked time to consider the matter,
and in the meantime they returned
to Auteran. Their first business was
to visit the Consul to whose private
office they were speedily admitted.
"Good morning, gentlemenat said
Arnotte, his smile making his evil
face look even uglier than usual.
"What can I do Inc.you?"
"You will remember granting me a
lease for a portion of Thaler° Pla-
teau?" began Ainslie.
"Ah—yes," murmured the Consul,
lotliltsevil. smile growing still more
"I am glad to say that I have suc-
ceeded in disposing of tile property,"
continued Ainslie.
"Permit ano to c:ongratulate. you,"
beamed the Consul.
"Mr. Foster purchased the pro-
perty off me for the suna.;of two hun-
dred and 'fifty pounds."
As Ainslie said these words • 'the
Consul's face assumed a most male-
volent expression, although he tried
to mask it with a smile.
"And," continued Ainslie, "I have
much pleasure in handing you a
draft for twenty-five pounds. 1 have
also taken the trouble to prepare a
receipt, which I shall be glad if you
will sign." .
you did not realize much
on your property," said Arnotte, re-
straining himself with difficulty.
"No, I did not; but will you please
sign this receipt?"
"Sacro!" hissed the Consul. "No,
I'll—a he paused, whilst he studied
tbe muzzle of a revolver held in Ain-
slie's hand. -
Re signed the receipt.
When his visitors had gone out,
Arnotte shook his cleieched fist lhn
after
them, speechless with fury. ir
at length he found his tengue, he
filled the air with maledietions
against the Englisamen.
"You think you have foiled Jules
Arnotte, do you? Wait and see, my
sharp friends; wait and see."
In tb.e meantime a wooden house
was in course of erection at Tha.kre
Plateau, and on the following day'
Arnett° rode out to see how matters
were progressing. He watched the
workmen for a while, a sinster smile
playing over his dark feature's.
"It is almost time,' he murmured.
"They will be here in a few days:"
Two days afterwards two civilians
came into the town and proceeded di-
rect to the Cdnsul's office. They
remained there for come time in close
conversation with Arnotte.
On the following day the Consul,
accompanied by his visitors and a
file of soldiers from the Legion, pro-
ceeded to Thahre.
Here they found a number of 'Croo-
n:ten at work on the ground, whilst
others were busy with the house,
which wag springing up with mar-
vellous celerity,
The three Englislixnen cduld be seen"
walking about and directing opera-
tions. At the sight of them Arnott's
face darkened, • and he turned to his
visitors.
"There are the men," he said, "and
this is the land that I sooke to you
about."
The civilians surveyed the ground
with critical eyes; but Arnotte would
itot let them hesitate, and made all
haste towards the spot where the
three lenglielonen were standing,
"Mellott!" mutteeecl Ainslie, "here's
Arnotte with etvd. What does
lee watt, I woe— a•"
"Nothing of ator good to us,
be bound ," rep] ed Fester.
At that moment their visitors came
face to face with them. -
"This is an uhexpected pleasure,
Monsieur A rnottee' said Ainslie,
with ironical courteeer,
"So I anticipated," returned the
Constil, a triumpeant smile illumin-
ing bit; faca "Permit me to intro-
duce Monsieur de Stanton and Mon-
sieue Lessac."
There Wee considerable bowing, and
then the , Coneal vontinued speaking,
the mallefoes 1 rinmph in hit; voice
being vieleely eppnrent.
"These gentlemen are raining ex -
porta sent dove% by the Gevernment,"
be said, whilst he watched 'the Eng-
liehmen narrowly, expecting to see
them cowed, but to his disappoint-
ment his words had no effect on
them. "They will proceed to make
an examination of your so-called
Meariveleile, you, Will con-
sider yourselves ander arrest." I -re
motioned to the sergeant, who step-
ped forward with leis 111011 and rang-
ed themselves alongside the English-
men.
"What do you mean?" cried Ain-
slie, "What is the wealthier of this
outrage?"
The Consul paid no heed to his
remarks, but began to converse .with
the mining experts, who commenced
to examine the ground.
"Look here, my friend," said Mat-
thews. "What charge do you make
against me?"
"The charge is only against these
two," replied the Consul. as he in-
dicated Foster and-Abaslie. • "Yon
can go where you like aod do what
you like,"
"My friend," cried Ainslie, "if you
don't shift your toy soldiers there'll
be trouble. What are we under ar-
rest for?"
What for?" returned the Consul,
with a triuMphant laugh. "Why, for
'salting' this grduncl with intention
to defraud."
His roPlY was a hearty peal of
laughter, which considerably discon-
certed him. Sliortly afterwards the
two experts, who had been joined ley
Matthews, clinic along.
"One of the finest fields I have ev-
er seen," said Monsieur Lessac.
"Yes," assented De Stanton; "I
really do not know why Monsieur
the Consul brought us down here."
Jules Arnotte was staring at the
men, his countenance livid with rage.
"What!" he screamed. "Do you
mean to say there is gold here?"
"Why, the place is simply full of
it," replied De Stanton.
"Merciful heavens!" cried the Con-
sul. "And I have given it away."
"Pardon me, you received two hun-
dred and twenty-five pounds for it,"
remarked Ainslie. "Now, kindly or-
der your men away."
In a state of stupefaction the Con-
sul did as he was bid.
"Just to think!" he gasped. "And
it might have ;been mine."
He turned and, mounting his horse,
rode away. Before he was ton paces
distant he turned in his saddle and
shook his fist at the Englishmen.
"Wait," he shouted. "I shall wit
yet."
"You'll have to get up very early
in the morning," was Fostbr's re-
tort.—London Tit -Bits.
DUKE CYRIL'S ROMANCE.
weee eLS.A.OTAWCI0.X4act JO XO.A.TAITIS
Marry in Royal Family.
A romantic errand will bring the
widowed Duchess of Saxe-Coburg—
who will be better remembered as the
Duchess of Edinburgh—to England
goon on a brief visit to her brother-
in-law, King Edward, after an ab-
sence of three years frcim England.
It is understood that the purport
of her Royal and Imperial Highness'
visit is to obtain the sanction of
King Edward to the engagement of
her daughter, Princess. Victoria, for-
merly the wife of the Grand Duke of
Hesse, to the Grand Duke Cyril of
Russia.
The Grand Duke Cyril, who I•iad so
miraculous an escape from the Rus-
sian battleship Petropavlovsk when
she was blown up by a Japanese
mine before Port Arthur, is the hero
of royal love story, of which. the
Princess la the heroine.
She is his first cousin, and he 1011
in love with her When he was sixteen
and she was two months younger.
The attachment, however, was view-
ed with disfavor by relations on both
sidee, and a year later the Princess
was married to the Grand Duke Er-
nest Louis of Hesse. '
It wag an unfortunate match, for
the parties to it were diametrically
opposed in temperament and tastes,
and had apparently no point in com-
mon.
The marriage took place in 1894;
in 1901 it was dissolved an the
ground of irreconcilable mutual anti-
pathy. The only issue of the union
was the little Peincess Elizabeth,
who so pathetically fell a victim to
cholera last year.
• After the divorce the Grand Duke
Cyril renewed his suit. . Then the
Czar Intervened. Grave reasons,
both religious and social, he said,
forbade tag marriage which the
Grand Duke Cyril sought.
The Czarina is a sister of the
Grand Duke Ernest of Hesse, Prin-
cess Victoria's former husband; and
the Grand Duke Cyril. May one day
succeed to the Russian throne. More-
over, the Russian church prohibits a
marriage, either of the parties to
which has been divorced.
The Grand Duke Cyril declared that
he would marry the Princess even
though he lost all his rights and
property, but to this saerifece the
Princess firmly refused to consent.
Then came the death of her little
daughter, on which the Princess
di:missed her lover and refused to
ace any one, and the Grand Duke
Cyril went to the front.
When he came back wounded it
was to find that the Czar had with-
drawn his opposition to -the union,
and be hurried oa with the good
news to Coburg. ,
All that now remains to coMplete
this love story is the acquiescence of
Meg Edward, for the consent of the
Sovoreign in (Icemen is imperative
ire the ettee of all marriages of
Princes and Vrincesses of his family.
• Time the ITealer—Customer—"1
don't like the chow; the Coles are too
thi ' ' Shopman--"Ye u will barn
to like them, as the objections you
speak of will gradually wear off.''
Mrs, Ciantor-7"S ('171)' t. understand
why Air. SteNner invariably lCunves
the l'OOM What 1. go to the ptanO.
Tee tole rtie • he Was very fond et
inosic, iifr, Cantor --''Axid dpeen't
hie conduct oxeye 11. rn3r dear?"
TESTED RECIPES.
Quick Potato ,Iliscuits,—Mix and -
sift together one cupful of flour, one
cupful of corn starch, ole teaspoon-
ful of ealt, and two teaspoonfuls of
large hot boiled IIiimovte
atroe:scl.Y: fourDl
baking powder.
and pat them through a potato
press, adding two cupfuls of milk
and two well -beaten eggs, Stir into
this the dry mixture, adding ea much
more sifted flour as may be aeces-
scary to make a soft dough. a Turo
out on the board, roll, out in small
thin rounds, brush the tops with
milk, and bake in a quick oven.
Cornstarch Cake.—Crearie two cup-
fuls sugar arid one tert.cupful butter;
add one teacupful cornstarch, and
the earae quantity milk; mix with
two teacupfuls flour two teaspoons -
1 ale Price's Creane Baking Powder,
and then add, following with the
whites of seven eggs beaten to a
stiff "froth.
Almond Cake.-13eat one teacupful
of sugar with half a teacup of • but-
ter; add half a teacup of milk; sift
two teacupfuls of flour with. a tea-
spoonful of Prices Cream BradDg
Powder, and add four whites of
eggs, sanciidopopnedinc.e-pcun. of blanched al-
mGrandraother's Pudding.—Crumble
stale bread Without crusts; tie Up
tightly in a pudding° cloth; pat into
a saucepan of cold water, and boil
for one hour. Serve with jam,
marmalade, or sweet custard.
Hominy Thedding.—One cup of boil-
ed hominy, one and a half pints of
milk, two eggs, two tablespoonfuls
of butter, three-fourths of a cup of
sugar, one teaspoon of baking pow-
der; bake in buttered pudding dish
twenty minutes.
Indian Pudding. -13o11 one quart
of milk; set it off the stove, and stir
in one cup of Indian meal; one cup
of molasses and sugar (half of each),
one egg, a, little ginger and salt.
Bake one hour.
Date Pie—Soak the dates over
night, and stew until they can be
strained; mix with a quart of milk,
three eggs, and add a little salt and
nutmeg. Bake with an undererust
only. One pound of dates will be
sufficient for three pies, and the
other ingredients are given in pro-
portion for that quantity of dates.
Rice Cream.—Make a custard of
one pint of milk, two tablespoonfuls
of sugar, and the yolk of one egg;
then diseolve it in one-half ounce of
gelatine, softeeed in a little cold
water; stir in one tablespoonful of
boiled rice, flavor with "vanilla or
nutmeg if preferred. Rinse a mold
with cold water, pack the cream .in
it, and let stand until fie•m enough
to be taken out of the mold.
Boiled Rice.—Boiled rice forms 'the
basic principle of nearly all rice
dishes. It is. therfore, well worth
any cook's while to master the art
of preparing it. First of all, a su-
perior grade of rice must be selected
—the Carolina is the best in the mar-
ket to-day—then it must be wash-
ed in several cold waters, and care-
fully picked over, alter whith it
should be plunged into unsalted boil-
ing water, allowing four quarts of
water for ea.ch pint of rice. Cover
the whole closely and boil rapid1y.
for twenty minutes. Turn into a
colander, and drain well; then stand
the colander over a vessel containing
a small quantity of boiling water,
and ateam until the rice is white and
dry occasionally stirring lightly
With a fork. The grains should be
full and soft, and each one retain its
form though twice its oeignal size,
Potato Patties.—Take as many
large, well shaped Potatoes as it is
intended there should be patties,
wash well and bake them Take
them out before they are quite done
enough, so that the skin may not be
injured, carefully cut off the top,
and scoop out the inside with a
spoon. Mix withf the floury part
two or three spoonfuls of thick
cream, a 'little piece of butter, and a
pinch of salt, together with sugar,
the.yolks and whites of two or three
eggs, beaten and added separately.
Put • this mixture into the hollow
potatoes, place them upright side
by side in a buttered dish,and bake
them in a hot oven.. If liked savory
instead of potatoes, patties can be
made by mixing with the potato
flour a little pounded veal and Lam,
cream, salt, lemon -peel, grated nut-
meg, and mushroom catsup, added
in suitable proportions. Time to
bake, twelve to fifteen minutes. When
anent is used, cook tkiem a little
longer.
HINTS FOR WIVES.
Don't make the evening repast a
confessional foe household troubles.
Your husband has troubles of his
own. You may be one of them.
Don't be the last to acknowledge
his merits. Men love flattery: as
women do finery. •
Don't put him on the fire escape to
smoke. Suppose the draperies do
get full of the fumes. Some day
you may hunger • for the smell of
thle)olln-'t wear a chip on your should-
er. Ah ounce of forgiveness is worth
a pound of pride. .Give it. You
can have your way when he is not
looking. ,
Don't be aghtuned to proclaim your
Jove for hint. Tell him often, and
demand a response. It gives some-
thing to think..about,
Don't antagonize leis xnen friends,
They May be better than they look.
Don't travel W de apart, or the
chains will cut. TI1C only way not
to feel them is to keep close' togeth-
er.
Don't cook unless you know how.
When his digestion goes, reform ad-
ministration is dead.
Don't ask hirn for money; rnake
him offer it. You know ... the
way. If you do not, you ehould.
S,oxii e th ing in a man's co n rat tole on al
inalowup rebels NV11011 he is gsked to
Ionia with hie matey, Wain shiek the
thiiigs the t 040 expected of than;
but they will give freely of time,
money, and labor when accredited
with not only the thing done, but
the impalso that prompts it, Men
are generous enough, but egeer.
large portions a glory.
De prudent and as thrifty ate You,
can, Men are attracted by ethereal
means, bet held by material meth -
ode. Wise economy, however, re-
quires great -tact There is no econ-
omy in that, course which leaves your
li:es1::, es.ofr pe i. seiael‘yOddl.
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Don't listea to ()aside criticism,
whether of friends or rellativesein-
laevn't condemn these rules the first
time they 1 ii. They are good.' The
only question is, are eve good enough
to persevere with them eat' we get
results?
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THE FLOORS IN SUMAIXR.
Bare 'floors are preferable to car-
pet for the kitchen during the sum-
mer months, for they aro easier to
keel) clean. It IS 11 poeitive rest to
one's eyes to see a room without the
dust catchers, once consieered so
ornamental, withx only the necessary
furniture and bare floors. Keep out
the flies with screens, and let the
air and Sunshine in. Paint or oil
the floors, or if they are too rough
to look well uncovered, •get oil cloth
or linoleum, but do not bay a.
woolen carpet for the dining room.'
A few minutes' work every few
days will suffice to 'keep them clean
and free from dust. Neither lino-
leum or oilcloth should be scrubbed
with a brush or molted with hot
water. Heat the water until luke-
warm and dissolve enough Geld Dust
In. It to make a good suds. NOW
wash tho oilcloth, 'changing the wa-
ter frequently as it grows dark.
Nothing causes it to grow dull and
grimy so quiekly as washing with
insufficient or dirty water. Mop a
small place, then rinse with clear
water, and wipe dry. Proceed in
this way until the floor is clean.
Oiled or painted floors are treated
in the same way.
TO CLEAN PAINT.
Tea leaves may be saved from the
table for a few days, and when suf-
ficient are collected steep, not boil,
them for half an hour in a tin pan.
Strain the water off through a sieve
and uso this tea to Kash all varnish-
ed paint. It removes spots and
gives a fresher, newer appearance
than when soap and water is used.
For white paint, take up a small
quantity of whiting on a damp piece
of old white flannel and rub over
the surface lightly and it will leave
the paint remarkably. fresk and new.
STRAN'G'E OLD SHIP.
Attempt to Identify Frigate
Found at Bottom of Channel.
More interesting discoveries have
been, made on theancient blast°
which aas been found during dredg-
ing operations off Havre jetty.
The old ship is in a wonderful state
of preservation, owitig to having been
protected from the action of the •
sea by the sand and shingles, in.
which. it is buried to a depth of
eighteen feet.
The divers have had to exercise
great care in exploring the interior
of the veasel, as the tangled mass of
woodwork was likely to cut the air -
tubes or make them taut.
Two old bombards or cannons with
mouths, have been: brought to the
surface. One is still loaded, and
the cannon -balls can be seen a few
inches within the barrel. In the
other cannon a huge conger eel has
taken up its residence.
Two flint -lock muskets tightly ce-
mented together were also found,
and both of them were loaded.
A search among local records shows
that Oaring the bombardment of
Havre by the Anglo -Dutch fleet in
1759 a small English vesse/ armed
with two bombards was sunk by the
fire' from the French forts.
Speculation is rife as to whether
the sunken vessel is the English ship
of war that was Sunk daring that
engagement, or whether it was a ves-
sel beloaging to the French fleet.
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A DANGEROUS CONTRACT.
'A man aft, high, with the gide of
his head wrapped in flannel., went
into a dentist's consulting-ram:a the
'other day and sank wearily into a
chair. In response tothe dentist's
"What can I do for you?" the large
man said :—
"I have a toothache that is break-
ing my heart, and I think that I
ought to have a tooth drawn; , but,
you see, I haven't been to a dentist
since I was a boy and. I want to ask
you a few questions before you go
to work.,
"I want to know whether to prop
a man's jaws apart with an iron
w3ieeciagsearit,
,anpdicatsheen„ tell him to look
i
"Certainly we don't."
"I want to know whether you fas-
ten one hand in the victim's hair
and brace a knee against his throat,.
and then draw his tooth as though
you were pulling the cork from, a
beer -bottle with a corkscrew"
"Why, that would be nit -Leder. You
feel no pain at all.", ,
"That's what the dentist told nee
when I was a boy. 1 want to know
iv/II:net:er oo will replace, free of
or you usa. a. jee,nmy to draw a .
tooth when the officers fail, and also
whether
charge, any sections of the jaw that
May be removed clueing the opera -
y
"WO won't hurt you at all."
"Then you Inay go allead; but • I
have a friend at the foot of the
stairway. Ile is a larger man than
I' am, and lie can punch 'a,- • hole
through a street door with hia.fist;
and if I yell once he is coming 111)
here eight Steps at a time to knock
ti‘ao‘lvite. to
gthe heilainega(lvi,ith you. Do yew
ve.
"I run afraid not, You bad bet- •
iei; gsr
ouguoponye„ street. to the vetei•in-
tt
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CIeverton—"Wise rejeetod
Ind the other night, but :die let Me
kiss her before We partel,". Dash-
EtwaY (reflecting) : think 111 go •
round to -night and propoht myself