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+ The Last Voyage
"Of eourso you Imow, Captain Deuce,
OM whoa 1 became Limy Norroaies
.gsardian I WI'JS 111'10010d Willi poWerlo
withhold It 10111111e Mail she mimes
(Le age of twenty -Ilya 10 the eveiit f
Tor marrying without my opproval."
"I nwaro or that fact, Mr. Midler,
and thercfore you liave the power to
retain poosessimi of her lithoritunee for
(mother twolvo months. But I did not
-Como bore ki soek In fon Lion regard-
illf, Miss Mamma's tummy; my objeal
In loquesting this Interview Wus to 1.14i
Pc- or COnStall 10 00e inurriuge,"
"And 1 have alimily informed you,
•Captritn Drove, illat 1 mourn, moult you
what you aslc. 1 hum other \lova
Miss Norman's future."
"I hove heard that you are alionlia.-
log to arrange a niamiage between your
wurd and your patitnor, Mr. Bornard
Clam; but, taking into consideration
thut Lucy has already betrothed herself
to no', u' refusnl doesn't spent lo
-count, for wilco, anyway...
"Del you mean to defy toe?"
"f•ut 11 lhat way 11 you like, but 1 am
?lot going to Mond Idly by and see the
.gh•I 1 love 'forced into a marriage with
• a man for whom sho has roo regard.'
"Captain Deuce, you have been in Um
.oniploymenl of the flrin ot Zeidlee arid
Crimo foe a number of yours. 1 should
bo soary If we had to dispense with
your services."
"OM as to that 1 don't care a button's
less one woy or lho althea. 'You
-wouldn't have employed no If you
lindn't got good value for your money.
and 11 you do happen to dismiss me it
wil nican that Miss Nortnan and 1 get
ail/nailed at once instead of %vatting un-
til I como bark from thls voyage.'
"11 appears to trio that you aro s1.
ting my ward against my nuthority."
"Mks Noonan Ls not a chil(1, end,
salthoug,I1 you conteol her money, you
taw no Drawee over her -mind. But
you have not yet told me the motive
for your objection. I am /101; a wry
rich man, but I ant not poor, tool, id -
though at moment I am only a 001)1041•
-ion One' cif your shtps, the Moe Is not
Me Medan( when I shall inherit ny
node's haronelcy."
"I do not fool coiled tmon to Moo
you any oxplanalloo of my objection.
It 14 sufficient lhal. I cannot give my
consent,"
"Very well, Mo. Zeldler, we will lot
it go at that. You cannot say that 1
hown't bron cainffil and given you duo
notice of our intentions."
"I will be equally condid, and bell yon
Mal I shall do all In soy power to re-
-straio ally ward from acting so fool-
ishly."
"Better save your beonth. (Mod day."
As Captain Deuce left the office with
a curt nod, Mr. Zeldler sat staring once
Ws retreating figure with a look °I bol-
Ilcd rage on his face and a station anger
gleaming out of his ferrety eyes. Ile
101110d himself as the door oponed and
ikIord Grime, his partner, entered.
leoldlor; what's the .inaller,
1 mot Drileci outside walking along like
a conquering Ivo."
"I havo just had n most unploasnot
interviow with Win, Caine. One wOrSI
slispicion0 are confirmod: he has asked
Lucy lo 11fi00y Wm, and came to nui
fsr my consc,nt."
"SS'hal dlet I tell you? ! niways said
you woula mnke a moss of things if
you didn't put your foot down. But 1
won't have it, do you hem'? fiticy Nor-
man is going to lie iily wife, and you've
got to arrange matters for me, or
thereall be trouble."
"But wing eon I do? I 'refund my
congeal, and he—he actually laughed
n' me."
"What can you do? Why, snok hill
al once."
"1-1 hinted W. not, Grime, and he
sold lhat would just suit Wm, as It
would enable him to gel married DI
once instead of \veiling until he come
1,ark from the next \'04'a go,"
"Now, look Wm, Zeidlor; something
has got to he done. in twelve months'
limo you have got to linnd over to Miss
Norman a sum of ae:25.000. To eimble
you to do IMO you would linve to sell
&moot everything you possess." _
"I know it, Malec, I know it. I was
very unfortunate botore you came in as
partner, losing three ships one after
the :other, nod not a penny of insurs
moo on them."
"And so.. you threw Mist Normnn's
mcney into the businoss nod have bonn
trading on 11. ovcr since. Now, 110101)
Zeidlios if Coffinin Druce morales Lucy
you will ffint youeself in tin nwkward
&move vhen he comes nound at the
ond of twelve months rind clomands on
, account of your guardianship."
"Oh. 6)11'k -don't tall: of ill"
"Theryfore it \\all bo much bettee for
You lo inarrY LuoY to a Mon who un -
&es -sends lho position of things."
"What do Sion Raonose?"
"I have 11111 completed the Insurances
0.11 1110 Hawk,"
"Whet's. Ilud got to do with it?"
"Sho ouila In throe dnysi Itino."
"I know IMO, Grime; hut 1 don't see—"
"1 YoU'VO staltivilly gone 1 will
oxplain. Wo must tranefer C.aptaln
Hero, lame° hom ble 131'0s0'ri1 ship ,and
give 111,111 eommend Of the :Howls"
labeneme Zolellor looked et Ws purl.
3101' for 0 moment In mule nffintentIon,
"11,r1011, toy Piny, you tiro genitts."
"N ,t, guile Mal. perhaps," onswend
Claims morloalty, "MIL I've get my bond
screwed on the sight wny. Now, ho\si
about your pert ot the Imainess?" -
"I worked at 11, all hist owning, nnd
bevc got 11 to nhsoluto perfection,"
"It tick 011 right?"
"T ran eet It to noy lime 1 liko, and
it dritan't l'ery a frocIlon of a, minote,
Came lip with ma tomight, and we Con
lest It agnIn befOre 1 seem it into tho
"Bight 1 T think thia last voyage
of the nitwit: °tight 1.6 put us right, eh?"
"L --I hope so, Grime; but when. 1
110111t of lho crow biemblo, I am
pc alt I vely n hold."
"Oh, rolibisio n lot of serillnwnga And
Intl -birds; Mere nre plainly of leattS,
end they will anon be Wolcott up, Don't
look fot, 10001310, Mit think linty gime-
eus it will lo lo Waco tho nem On a
saund Ilmincial 100110g. And, beekleay
yon have yottr mon worry to look ten
Ilio la w lokee a roeY seelouS rloW 01
ti o illiaaPPinfiriation of trust monoys,"
"Don't, Bernard, don'ts"
'Theo dinia he foolish, but 'carry the
11111.1104 theough like a 10, With Cap
loin Deno, out of the \Amy 1 Can Marry
1,1iO4', and her Mune will remnfn in
Um Mu at o nominal rate ot Interest"
"But, if 042 IS117"
"Falli flow con wo Mil if you've done
pen' work WI right? No, 110, we will
ma fail; eayou went? to Captain Druce,
and 611 litin that, as we tiro dry-dock-
ing Me Merlin for repairs, WO lutist ask
bilo 1.0 take command of tho Hawk, and
la: remly to Sall la throe days' time,"
Ceplato Drum was very much, sins
prised on the following looming. to 00•
eolvo a tenor from Moasrs. Zeidlet, and
G11010 appointing him to the commond
II e Hawk. In Note so gaont \alio Ilia
aelordshinent Met he sought an Im•
manna iniorview with Ma. Zolilltia•
"Am I to understood Mat you Want
Me 10 lake 011iiiman1 of the IlaWkr
"Min 1 is so, Go 1(11 Deuce."
"And /tiny I ask wh.y you wIsn me
In lake charge Of that collection of ruf-
none whom you ato pleased to designate
in11 crew? IS 11 becauso of the little
differenco of opinion we loot yesterdaYr
"011, no, Captain Deuce, 1 ussuee you.
in fact, having had Me to think .over
1110. - Matter, 1 don't Mink that I Intee
any right to billucnce Miss Norman
any way. So 11 40 will ogre to leave
tho matter to abey'anee until 3101.1 001110
back from this trip, 1 (tool 15.003, that,
wo shalt have ooy repson 'Mr quarrel-
ling,"
'1 ain the last man In the world to,
rintirrel' without reason, Mr. Zeldleo,
and it you ready want me to lake
charge of the Hawk for this trip, I don't
nand doitig IL is my last voyage."
"Your last voyage?"
"Yes; that is so. My uncle Is getting
ralher slinky and seems to want ma lo
slay at home, and II I go In the Hawk
I shall be back in Englund sooner than
lf I walled for toy own $hip."
. But although Captain. Druce so road -
le agreod lo take choose of the Hawk,
there was 0 certain amount of specula-
tion and even suspicion In Itis nan(1 el,
suddon change maltilmie cl
elessrs. Zoldler and Grime,
wondee what their pine ia?" he Pe-
flectod; "one day gall .and wormwood,
Gila lite noxt all treacle and sugar, fm
nal a suspicious Man as ft rule, but I
think this change of front wartiaffis a
Wile caution u.nd a few incluiries."
The following day. he was down at
dook, where the Hawk was taking
in the last Ofkr cargo. As he was Sit-
ting in kis cabin, busy with some docu-
ments, a seamen came in and told Wm
that a. lady was asking to see IMO.
110 hureied on deck onmediately, and
trona that Ids visitor was Lucy Nor-
man.
prils'Selily, Lucy, tOis fa a ,dellghtful sur -
"1 thought you'd be plerseed, Harry.
1 got your nolo saying Hint you wor0.
going out in the Hawk,. and as I wont-
ed lo carry asvoy - withaora a Wenn
of your surroundings, " I—wen, 1 .juet
came"
"Wen, wine along, sweethenet and
I'll show you everything, By the way,
what do you Make of Mr: Zeidier's
change of front'?"
"1 cannot understand it, Harry; yes-
terday Sionting was loo bad for you,
and to -day you am thc fittest enotoin
11181 ovor ealled a shtp."
"And what of Bernard Grime?"
"011, he's even more enthusiastic
about- you than Mr, Zeidler. Ile spent
la01 evening with my gonedIan, and
even Awn( so far ns to congratulate no
upon my engagement to' you."
"All this flattery Makes me walker
anxious, Limy. I Wish 1 -could fathom
thelr inteotions. 1 am convinced DIM
they mean 10. try and coerce You in
somo way during 01)3' 01)5(1(1(10."
"You ntay rost quite: easy on (hat
novo, 115 007, 1 0111 nal, a elilld tO he
oasily persuaded, and force Is out of
Me question to these days."
Tloy spera Me next hour talking to-
gether and looking over the vessel, and
as (he time come foe. Lucy to go, Daum
accompanied her to Ihe quay. As they
posses] a plle of merchaodise waiting
to be lowored into the ship Miss Nor-
man suddenly stopped orlth aa excla-
im Lion,
"W0411, that's funny!"..
"What's Itet?" inquired Deuce.
"Why, this box. It used to be In rny
room at hoMe, and live missed It for
Me last day or two. 1 wonder how it
cione here?" •
"Aro you sure It Is the same. box?"
"I ato certain, Homy, I used to koep
my books In It at school. 11 300 •wEll
turn it round there ought to be a sow
of brnas mills on the front"
Daum turned the box round and found
that Miss Norman was correct.
"Yes, you ore right, Lucy; 1 see it, Is
consIgned bo Wlisibush and Celrd, Syal-
ney, by 1.311100 and Co., 1,00c1011, Now,
bow mold Bruce and Co. get hold of
sour box?" .
"1 don't know; the box has no special
Mho." • . .
"Tent innlos 11 all the Toone strange;
however, vit look ram the n.1011e1's,
As .soon AS he had seen IMey safely
away 111 ti Cab, Di.1100 rolsiened lo the
quay mod ordered the box to he taken
into Ws 00111,
"I wondor whnt 1110 gnme is?" he re -
fleeted. "Bytom and Co. Woo their own
special cases for their goods; why should
they lire ti box from Zeldler's private
house? 1 think I an) hislIfied lo being
suspicious, .so 111 opoo It."
lie procured fi SCreW-driVer, and be -
poi to work itpon the instenings. In
a few minutes the bap lld was off and
quantity of cotton -wool was exposed lo
view, and 1101 1110 soond otto rhythm',
iirking Moto upon Ws ones, Pro-
cerding moo, enrofully, ho lifted off the
pliekIng, and 1110 contents of the case
wero reward to biol.
"Good hertvenst an Infernal mneldnel"
Tlict 10 a flesh ho unclorslood the
whole Mot of &Why and Grime. Ile
lind male a number of cautious ingilir-
too the dny before, and found thnt, 1110
owners of tho Hawk had insured lho
wear' for a SUM far exceeding Its vallto,
'raid 11110 circitinstence was all BO moro
exlinordinary, as 11 was a bywoect In
Wrilpping circles that Mesa's, ZeldIer
and Grime nover hisured.
With this evidence of fficir murder-
ous projocl, 1)e1010 111111, be understood
their noxiely for him to make Ns last
loynge in Ibis veesel, in their gmed
for money they reeked nothing fOr
11511 lire, but Willi utter 4011011011458
doomed Ihe whato crew to almost cer-
lain deans
As he looked 101011 0110 or 1110 most
Murderous instruments devlsod by the
pervortod ingenuity of man o hot flush
of rigI1100.1.8 anger millgused his face,
and he moonlik'd for a few (1010021 Is
plunged lo thought,
!lamming to the dock he Aecurpfl a
lotelcol of wilier, and after unserowing
inglno of &nth front the lotion] , I
She box ho plunged it loto llie fluid.
In a few minutes Ilio olockwork ceased,
unit Mon by cautious intinipulation be
rentleocil 11- haendoss,
floplatilng the Dolton -wool In the box
lie screwed down the lal, and then cal-
liog a seaman he had it Sent dOwn
holit milli the olti01 inerchnodiae.
'Ito Hawk was supposc-d to get out
\WO( tho Iffie oa Ow following evening,
'and es Me lime °pm -mated for lier ole'
111040 Me spirits of Messrs. 'Miller and
Crime roso to such a degree that thor
the:fled to celebrate the occasion with
a battle of champagne. As Ms. %old -
leo held the Morning glass to his lips
ito looked al We partner.
"Here's to lite Hawk and ler last voy.
age."
"Here's to Captain Druce and his last
voyage,"
TIteee admirable sentiments having
Peen duly honored, their convivtaitly
cohort a eller* by the delivery of a !el -
ler from Captain Druco.
"Bequest poionission to delay sailing
foe twenty -Moe hours, ns urgent pra
vote business demands toy attention M
*London."
"We etinq grant (Ms,. Grime; ho mita
go off at sts o'clock."
"MOM preposterous Ming 1 ever hoaeal
or.. answered Crime. "lle MUM: Sall
Witholit fuly delay, and — and —
Geoegcs Willer, we'll go down and "see
That 110 does It,"
An hour later Contain Deuce WBS
much gratified at beholding tho two
plielners coming lowords the ship,
"Both of theni—Mis Is lucky, I only
thought to bag one of the pair."
"NVe have come, Captain Douce, in
answee to your extrooedinery letter.
You know that it ls Impossiblo for os
lo delay the salting of the Hawk," sqld
ZoWleri
"Quite inipossIble." supplemented
Grime; "the allip must get away at six
oolock, (Ind lhore must. be 3i0 delay
under any circumatances whatever."
"Very won, gentlertion; 1 am sorry I
ublod yott" answerod Captain Deuce.
hove managed to Derange iny busi-
ness by telegraph, nod so we can get
nem)/ in an hour. You will come to my
cehln an01. wish us a successful voyage?"
"With great 'pleasure," assented Mr.
Zeidter.
"Most 0001(1013'," answored
Captain Drum led the way, and the
paetners followed, nudging each other
in their satisfaction.
Al eXactly six o'clock 111e Ilawk got
out and started on her voyage to Syd-
ney. A couple of hours later, when
ail was clenr, Captain Druce.stimmoned
the first mate, a num mimed Fisher.
"Fisher, come down to my online and
give me a hand, witt Sou? I've got a
ccuple of passengers who retililre 053101.
1:1.' into 111010 books.
Full or Wander at 11110 announcement,
Pastor followed the captain to his ca-
bin. When the door wns unlocked
and theY enterod they found %Miner
aret Clinic loaning back in IhOir chairs,
breathing sterlorously.
"SVIty; Me Owners," exclaimed
Ffeher; "what's Mc noi lter, nOth therm
and why am thOy lore?'
"They are going to take the trip 10
Sydney with. us. They didn't want to
came, so 1 took the libeety of drugging
Mont. . 110113 me to get them into their
bunko, and I wl11 tell you the story."
Half an hour later Fisaer left the co -
bin with his face 51010 and set, 01111
111.1: heruit lattice against the two men
sato held life so cheap thn(t they were
willing 10 St1C411104 1110 crew for the snke
of sordid gain.
• IL was twenty-four hours later Bird
Captain Drilee fOlind Ins capilves had
come to their sehses, and they awoko
\villt 10 strange feeling of dread and
wonderment.
"Feeling better?" asked Drliee,
"Whore am 1, and what has happens.
ed?" asked 7:atelier,
"You am on board the Hawk. Yon
\None bole\ Won 111 in my, cabin." '.
"Strange," said Zetclleis "I feel very;
'weak; I thfult I had better go home.
You mustn't, mis5. the tido, Yon. lolbW,
Contain Deuce,"
"No, .1,11S Zeidler, I did n.ot miss It.
obeyed your instructions and got all he
110)10,"
"Col WO What do 3,0u moan?" ask -
cd Grime.
"1 Jnean Got T salted with the Ude,
and we are twenly-four hours on OUP
journey lo Sydnoy."
"What? You are taking us to Syd-
ney! How dare yew Sir? You must
(nen beck 01 once, At once—do you
hear?"
"Yes, I hear, but I fear that 11 is Im-
prissiblc, Nly'orders are lie proceed La
Sydney without delay."
„ "But wo nrc, the ow.ners of the ship,
ood we order you to him back,"
even may be tho owriers o1 me ;slap
when you aro 00 land, and hove every
ptwer oe•or any moMments, but just
nOW y011 ore only a eoupla of pessen-
gers, and are, therefore, under my coo
lloority."
"Rut 11110 is no outrage. What, pos..
sable reason Can you have for. cdrey-
ing 118 with you?"
"Peehops 1 \vont yone .com.pony,..wal
peroaas 1 want to prevent yoti conepirs
Mg aphis!, Miss Norman."
"And you refuse to ,Liwn beck?"
"I absolutely realsr, so you enn metre
yomiselves ns comfortable ns 110001111)
for the amniotic?' of tho voyage."
As Criplain lame loft the tho
tWo men 10O100d at each other with star-
ing eyes, •
"noes ho ..Stispecf aslred
,allo, no; how could ilea slit we—ove,ve
been on the ship for twenty-four hours;
11118 noist be tho 1711). and—oncl--e
"In IWO hours svo aro doomocl, uffiess
WO ono gel !hat 1300 freim tho hoist'
"T31L what can we sny---what onn we
do? Ilo will never allow Ilia cargo to'
he distuabed unless we toll him the
With,"
"Oh, MIA Is :horriblo—borolblot Why
affil I oveo listen to your 'AN -Moiled
sciumes? ROL the Moe is pnasiog and
overy nilnulk is precious. 1 mny toko
lours to SOO that box, 031, Crimoo
,
'Grime, go and See Captain Druco and
"And tell 11101 IliltI wo how; plannod
'So SouBle the ship, in WO hours' time
No, no; 1 hove 11. bettor plan that that.
le &Tins o dark WWII; lei, its go on
(took mid .aeci if wt' ean't get away In
one of Ilio boolas \Vo should AVM De
"Anything I can got you, gentionieo?"
"OM yes, Captoin Drove; there is a
—a box amongst . your cargo; tt eon"
lam; some) things that I should very
much 1116 lo Wive: 0 --it brown Sox,
Captain Druee, offili a row 01 loam
mi"lAkin
"All 1-134111, love a look for It In
on hour or two,"
"Bat win be too Iale then-- we
2111181 have 11 lip 11001, 11 contains—It
co ns—"
"An inforroil machine," put bi Capteln
Demo, "constructed by you. Elonezer
Zoidiee; and sent on boatel this vessel
you anti your, portneri"
"01i, roomy, more's! Have pity, Cap-
toln Deuces"
"Pity! What pity havo you for
lives of ell the men you ham planival
to destroy? Did any Ilmught of Me
wimk,sale murder you contempluted de.
ler you Mom completing youp dusemal-
ly schema? Yon ask for plly after such
a dastardly', -cold-blooded" action!"
"Init 1110 box -1h0 lox:"
'rho box Is perfectly sofe, rind you
ere worrying yourself needlessly. Nlise
Nornion recognizett 11 ns one bolong-
1101:-..,M het, when you eent, it on Lomat
141"A111,1'c't—and what 000 you going to
My stispiolons were moused anti 1 °pho-
ne Oft the two inisorable men to their
own thoughts, hut his Mtentions
gardIng them nom, nem careied 01,
Some hours later Mere was to 'sottish
011(1 11 017 111 the night, Crimo had put
his propot into action and col 1110114'
one of the boats. lostend of falling
eloar, however, 11 bung sideways oVer
010 ship and prertffitated both men into
aen. Captain Deuce cruised about
for sum tlnle, but nothing could be
'found of Ilion,
con going to touch at the noneest
pcirt and hand you Valli over to jus-
tice. Such a grime as yours cannot be
possed over lightly. I shrill Mon hand
the slilp over to Mr. Fisher and roturn
to England to Marry AllSS Norman."
When Caplein Druce eeturruel to' ang-
land his report crealied a profound sen-
sation. in shipping cholas, and Moen
to. received the many congeatulations
en his lucky escape he realized Mat 11
was 0013' through Lucy Norman's Sive
Mal he ever returned Iron) his last
yage.—London
Nel/4/1 up„ j11/111 Ilore. IS Ibmce again,
BADLY BOILED POTATOES
DANGEROUS TO MATRIMONY, SAYS
SYDNEY SMITH.
•
Anecdotes and Superstitions lantwioe
Themselvos Closely Around
These 'Vegetables,
It was St Nova whom St. Pareirk
"out of his own head" -taught how to
bolt a potato; "a sad thing, and to be
lamented that the secret has come doom
to so fensi".116 nrstanamod saint left
no recipe as 0 legacy. This seems a pity,
I' according to Sydney Smith, in a
tenor to Arthur Kinglet:1s,, written In
1833,."froquently 1115 Ihni Hose persons
Whoal Geld 1101 11 Mined togelhci. 10 ma-
trimony, ill -cooked joints and badly -
boiled potatoes have pot. asundee."
There are several hundred ways of
cooking potatoes, and as Kipling of the
making of tribal My's, "every 0110 of
them is .righl," An ingenious ond in-
ventivo modern cool: has even made
miniature motor -cars, baskets, hats, and
such -like fancy gem', of ribbon -potatoes,
writes Frank Sehtoosser in the Loudon
Express. 1314 thia Was, as the barber
said of the wig, only large enough to
Ot a Mimi -nut, "10 a moment of enthusi-
asm." 'The oldest -fashioned, tl:c sound-
est and most legitimate way is and re-
mains plain boiling, ffithough doctors
tell us Unit A roasted potato lakes two
hours to digest whereas a boiled one
lakes throe 'hours and a hall.
It Ss on record that tho Queen or,
hones f„ In la ta; paid two shillings of
the money of the time for a pound of
potatoes.; this would be equivalont to
wooly a soverelam nowadays. The piece
Ia. however; easily outdono by the value
sot upon a new nod particularly prolific
sort toy to shoet while allot' its discov-
ero 01' invettion. Thus, the famoos El-
dorado was sold in 11101 for 10000 pee
pound, and the Hon. Ii, A. Slonliope,
mieeidon1 of the Agricultoral and
U04111111111 ASSOCIatiOn, 01010$ Mat tho
produco of one 501011 potato of tho
Northern Slot' wax tiounst to limber
1131 potatoes,. weighing 203-a pounds,
While from 0 single shoot, or "chit,"re.-
moved :horn no Eklorailo and stuck in
a Plant 11111'1Y -six Pololoos Weighing
Otc,i poonds were grown,
BRITISH MOP,
•
It is estfinoted Mat in the British
Isles 0,000,000 tons of potatoes aro 130(1'
(1100(1 annually on about 600,000 acres,
giving 011 overage of len Ions to the
tore, but a vevy Inage quaintly of polls
loos comes from abroad, so 1.111 omi
annual consumption is much larger than
thee° figures would indicate,
Them are a 'great many suporstIlions
connected with tho polalo, ninny of
1111111 111441.1 411 b1.11, persistent, as all
superstilloas are. In ,Suffolk certain
folk, beforo • unclortalcing nny new
$01101110; dig up a polalo, ancl, looking
1L13 carefully, try to find 21 's',tonllliucO
in lis appenrance in the 1800
of smneono cool -meted with tbe
1101101 a 16011088 Is even ongnely pos-
sible, it, is n good omen of success,
Again, the 0.0 '(1111 of a herd. unconk-
ail potato to Me trousers pocket, in the
onso of a non, or In Ilie dross, in (Imo
case or D. wonum, Is ofte» sorposed
811100 01'1 0110111110 118111, lhotors suggeat
11101 Mis may, in 1 ttenalmo, bo duo to
Ib presonco of n certain amount. of
solplun, in tho Ilibyr. In Priori, limos
aoaa, (1101134 war, riiaaa with a am.
ciol "potato pockol" iis 1 0111111 agninel
the tIlsenso, hi sotto park of Germany
potatoes burned in tho. cindetie aro
StreWil over sornflolits, with 0 YieW to
keeping oway the blight
filaalllaS OF 'rim c.onx,
Tho laliotaeorgo Gisalogi 111 his "PK..
4 a 10 lanpers of (Tetley liveoron," has an
01 1110 anal new potatoes, hue rook.
Arlon (bossing Morn, pule IMO 111e
saueepan a Sprig of, green mint Tins
is genius I Not otherwise could the /ta-
lon of the Yeffeltible he so p04151114'
3.01 so dolleintely, vinplinsized. The mint
3 More. and V1.0 1)14130 11; yoi our
palates know only Me young Dollars"
When Falstaff, in "Tbe Stella' Wires
of \\Incisor," exclaima, "Let tho eky
iain potatoe5. a' ile dos not refer to 01/1'
homely vege4able, MIL miaitit potatoes
((3m lo), a very different aort oa
1,111 011l101011 bit Englond hefore Sir Wal
tor Bulefgh Introduced the "Nargitifail
potatoes" 1(131)Comity Cork, Ireland.
WOW al/.
"alio alorry WIVes" was published lo
11102, but our poloto of 14-1154' was not
311 'p11101' Or apprreinled Po' 1111111Y .a long
r It:forwards, lit 11' 051119 Brad-
ly wrote Hint "Potatoes are of loss note
than luou
nsractish, scan -moon,.
loots, rind skirrel, Another old 11131
says that they are not so good mid
%%11010801n° LIS Jerusalem artichokes.
"Mit (nay prow g0041 /41V1114," EV4411
Old 4101111 Evelyn, who kni w 111111
11118 01 be knonot in his /MO alaidit ger-
doffing, nil \ism ogrieulturists M "Mont
your polatoos M raw \west groun"
d:
By 1110 Bread Acta of 18:12 and 1833
1041(1011hanovo
iell ve r beim repoikala it is
100u11111001 1311 "every person whm
Make 1<,'e auk'. 8011, 0/4 moose for
ho o
sale any broad 100144 01-11011)4 or 00 ('1(11113'
of peas, or beans, Ca' polatoc.,.. 10 ea 0,0
10 1 31411 140011 10 be 101(11001111111 a
hirge lloinan 'a),' signifoing 'mixture.'"
11 liert, Tho Laneet said : "11 would 10.
well. thoroolres to eamilino 0m:osmium).
1111 knives for Mk imprint," 11 is well
logoOri 111/0. for good and suffielent
Sono, 1,1110,040(211011trio a pertain propor.
tion of imlato-flour, but IL is probable
had very row of them know of law
obliging them to stamp their lonvos with
0001) FOR GOUT,
There is a tradition Mat politicos are
gf.,ad for gout 1111C1 also promote od
l
age. IL Is certain, at tonsil Shot Lord
Palineeston: who was a gouty aubjoel,
lived to eighly-one, tool ale potatoes al
every meal. In 501110 111011081044"s, 100.
11m,! elder monks live very Itiegely 00
potalnea, rind thrive M goodly ago
thereon, W. Thockevay Was a great
believer. in potatoes, and has lett behind
him tho Manch. fiddre8sed to the wailer
at Evans' Supper llotons, in Covent
t
Grdit'So
t
ai'eic: s (1(11, (11(01',appnralus
)arri
fpl
goittittoosl
oachop and A COliple of
No article on the potato can be con-
sidered adequate without al least, a re-
ference to Antoine Auguste Parmonlier
(1737-18111, who did so much ---every-
thing in fact, to popolarizo 11 1(1 France.
11 1\4115 ft long strugglo, foo the preeo
tudi
was great, bul aticcemied at lengbh.
and even. persuatted Louis XVI. to wear
O bouquet of potato flowers 11.4a sign of
victory. Potato soup is to this day as
apotage r
pamentier" In his 1101101'.
Finally, one may recall the wise
01(1(10of the late Edwprd Lear, who
wrote "01113- -Iwo things in this world
are too serious lo be jested On—potatoes
and tualeimony."
—
WORK OE SKIN SIUSCLES.
Protect Body 0001 CoId and sudden
Clintiges.
'"ahe 11111001,15 (11 1110 skin need train-
ing to educate them to (-lofted vigor-
ously on the slightest cold," says a moll -
cat writer, "to shut 1110 blood mit (10 llie
skin so quickly that (he (('1011008 body
heat wIll not lo hist, You indicts mot
whim the skin is cold there Is a 'goose
skin' appearance. This is due to the
cernraction of the little muscles of the
skin. The contraction of the nntaclos
compresses the external blond vrssels
and drives away the blood front Ilte sins
face, harcloning and thickening Me skin,
which thereby 12000111110 a bolter non-
conductor. Thus the 1)0(14'tomperature
is maintained. ,
"It is because of the 00501001 exposure
to cold flint Indinias body is 'oft
Ince.' Tile skin of Ws whole body, not
only Dint of Me face, has learned to take
care of itself."
SENTENCE SEIINIONS.
LOAM Is licovenis tight.
'Bating reproof is loving 01110.
Sacritlee clonionstrates ainrerity,
There is 110 achieving without bellev-
fog.
The Woad of 111(110 a. lot more than
04(1012,The smooth men has a hard rood
11110001 of him.
No soul ‚41021 000' yet caught by a
stool hop smile.
No one needs In sit slill while 10(11110(1
the total.
woe mariates 000100 was no.or sound
by looking for it. -
Tho people will go to tho chunch 11101
glom itself to thetn.
Tho gooiest miracle is the costing out
of the doll of self.
T.01•0 may be inisundeestood lort 11
1101.01 InistindersInnils,
Tho love of the Lord never yet led
?on to Mite (me another.
A 11100 May bo solid oni Ihe lime card
and still miss ihe lioin.
1,10113'a sister srolla her teeth/limy in
1110 iburch 1)4'11(04longun the 1(130301.Thoro is eomething wrong willi 1115
1161110 Mat 101101 the lumpiest lance. on
mirth,
11 is 1110 giving In his mono thin hums
the cup of cold water into the wine of
love.
Many rm. avorngo 1111111 has been
31031011 by Solving to live 111111 nom
who 11100011, he was 1103'nbova the
Oven go.
This is not 1110 only world (hal ie cal-
lotk M nom who goes 11011(1(1 looks
log for a chance to put. his footings un -
doe 1110 other fellowia foot,
Tho 11004 POrsian Con:411111110n gives
Yate la 011 111011 1)41,W141411 1114 ages of 30
and 70 who ono rend 811(1 write, (ro)
10113 11<101' boon convicted of (114'0115111011(11(11143 11(0 low,
001101' bad gone 1003'nem011i1 loft
01113, son in elinrge of 1110 atom,
"Ais vyon the heed 111 1111 firm'!" nsked a
1111111 with. 11 .00111010000(1 Mitering the 01,
"No, sir," remaelo,O 1110
voniv• num great urbanity. "le»
eloquent triblito lo the potolo, "Think only mu heir of tho head 1" '
I.J.SEFIJI. HINTS,
Soule cooks claim that the flovor el
cs',0011 11 ImproOrd by a little eltironnOn
sornikleci oveo tlie kip just before strv-
o:g,
To clean r0110111111 100011 fatCh
latb eparately with water to which
Wile. 121111141130 is Milled, Sponge Aida!
clean woler, and dry with n soft cloth
' Cut glass, ofter heing washed, should
leo dried thoroughly and brushed ell
over wilt pm\ derod ellalk. Use soil
i,o
ii.nilc
sitos,
,nct ago carefully in
to all the
ci
ld Ostockings make c,seetiont fjorns
rs, split ,Ipeu and :AM kW) 10-
gl ther, offiting oft feot if they aro
timeO dinned. T103, ure also excollent
for polislnog Blows.
The flavor of toa fIrld coffee mows
out numb bettor n•lion drunk without
ouglos Not only Mat but the ewerl
11105
01 ism tb:,neS0V,141P,e‘tny ‘ay lo 10,311 wbim, '11311 ;:.:10i4)
00 to leave only a liace of the g170,00-
aleuining or foisting lo Won't 1110 In -
aide of the window with to eloth mots,
1,11101 with pure glycerine, wiping it
is,:aing on blankete nod other woollen
ioods can bo removed by using a mix.
lore of &pint parts of glycerine and
f l a l 1 a
34
34
54 l".;;u1,i
43
11103 4.1. 12) 11
11% 01(.111101n,
i
w4111'3LIs a mistrike to lay scrubbing-
Innsbes with the briAtin side upwards.
Obey should a1011178 be put witlj th,
britOles &um. othorwise the water wif•
amilc into Me woodon 340(1told the Mis
tios very soon loom& loose.
nice Ihmoughly washed, thrown in-
k a large loltle of rapidly -boiling water 'rhe comploint look. Mir very severely
and boil, d continuously tor twenty min- neon Me Hest and she dlod four day*
utes. Clam strained and dried in the, own after Me disonse had attaeked hor,
or ovor the ilro, wilt be while, dry and "They say 311111 people reach their
n:100a.v‘13.•, and look like a great plate al second childhood \vhene
thy have passed
s
White enamelled kitchen ascindalial°00y,'
ofOn beeome Urell nppearances hope AI folks dying of childish complaiMs.
lossly ruined when food is burned or, 1 had a patient last yeao, a lady, eighty-
thom, Pince a inSiture of Wrong soap- Wur yeare of age, who died or sup.
powdor and Milling water in them 111.3 iress,x1 mensles, ii.he had never suffered
:et Mem atond Iwo 04 Ihreei dnys v11 1011 :NMI the complaint before, mid lier
-changing water. Then pour off aile relatives refused to believe, Mal she 110d
1'111/ 1114 InS014 With a soft cloth. All then, and iosisteid On my 11000g a
blackness and slain will disappear. 111 sonsultallon with two other physicians.
careful red lo scrupo heforo soaking hi 1 wits quite agmeable, und the result,
Oils way. as the enamel will crack. 'ea,. the sante us I had diagnosed--sup-
When the smelt of frying pervades orossed measles. The old lady (lid mg,
the 11,1115e examine the outside and bail- are/ oner it, but passed away from the
tom of the frying -pan. and yoll Wil 'fleets of this cbildish disouse.
probnbly Ond (hut it is covered will: "roothileho is a queer thing to die,
Mira fat, which diroelly 11 Ls al from. and yel, I had a million. a man of
WI hot. Besides washing tho pan in- oighly•one, who literally 'passed in his
side and out with strong soda walei ele-irea from his inability lo 810101 1110
diteetly 111105 leen used, it is necessaey mill of a raging tooth. I wanted hint to
oecaelo»ally io boil II out in Inegor 1011'0 11 0111, but for mime retiSon Or 1110-
ifesSe1 with strong soda water and soap. ;her be eh:slims] ond said 110 would bear
Directly the burnt grouse is removed "is pain. Ile bore it like the fine old
the strong smell of frying in the boils(' ,tilt Mut ho 005 he had ploughoct the
'When the pan is on the fire will exist sons for fifty-six 3'oars1 for saine weeks,
no intore, btli gradually the suffering wore away
Stained soft wood floors which show Ilk sirengtb, ando,lie died simply and
worn piece's should be touched up with ecdoly from eahmistion,
Ibe sumo stain and the whole ahould
then be vaentslod with suite first-elasa
floor varnish. TiJo varnis11 should la
lano\ved 101 iniervols in the places Sub
3500(1 to most Wear. Mit 1( 1110 floor has
ken so long oeglected that not only the
Varnish 1)011 11180 the, elain is worn
through and must I,e putehed, a frost.,
ce,at 0 viiintsh ovor the whole Itior
do 1,11101)111g to Iiide the junction GI
Me (ow and old stain. and add to its
cppearance and durability,
EXHIBITIONS.
MPS AT NINETY-FIVE
SOME OLD PEOPLE WOO DIED Vie
OfFigirt DISEASES,
Nine '1'11111,8 Out of 'Pen (Ad Ago Is Not
Ole Cause of Death in Old
People,
Tire 4,141 lady who lived M be 1101 and
Mon entoom 3101' 04,11 death 113, 101)111(1
front a cherry should nor, or
141 111,'.)', 1150.1, taken lo troloolinthing at
her adeinived age. Had she not dalle Sf.)
oso might IIIANT 1i1101 kJ be 1110, thuugit
Ile' pr,bability is Mal 5111, would Moo
olniftloil off this mortal coil by ,_-.831111air1-
ing sonio disease nol ustmlly (issociated
with the ups!. "It ta VOIT 411144," :says a
well-known doctor recently, "that 1per-
sot, <Ilea of old ago-elite:kora out 160 a
liandle, us it woo, deeay' is not
1" '1101)011 oomplainl, and inni) I11ne5
mo. of ton is oot Me 01111,10 of dealt! 11.1
0 Id 1044/010.
"1 11111',) on my books." lie continued,
"Ilio 1100s4 of numy patients who tiro
over eighty, hut 1 do nut 11g11e that
Iwo. per void. of limn will di0 of ohl
00, 1'e.1.1°1)p 3'mt /1011111 Of Mrs. Cynthia
1I0ug1131113)i34, who died revel 1 I ly 11
tho age of 11111013 .311e from 111" )1111010s.
1 W1144 not believed possible at first that
ni such rut ago sho could bo, suffveing
10101 a disease which she soul eseapod
1011 "11101111/01.1, 11111 I know for o fact Mut
11. was
PLAINLY A CASE OF alUNIPS.
CONSEQUENT ON THE P.11N.
Only fur that bo' 11) I sliould bavo been
iltle to keep ban alive for another len
years. I feel conlident
.."It1 gooey how frequotelly a11 aceident
will curry art ri One. strong, healthy
oetogeourian. I lool 11 ntoresting cosi)
of the soil two yenrs (1 g.', when a Pii-
tiont 1.0110 ceu Moldy and ninety. per-
fectly /40P11,1 in all hia organs, not with
im accident Milling at 1110 linos
motile key 11 11101 hie doom, to was
vory fond of gard,ming, and 01144 0(00-
1(34. while weeding, he elm a fthro of
tooken lel Ilo info hia thumb. The
Disease exhibitions are 'being held 1) .11 was 11 small one, lait 1 Wtki int -
froth time to time in Germany, Ont medialoly sent for, 111111 40115 .S111.041Sed l0
'011d regard them as popular forms 0' Itiol my old palient, in a state of 044:014.
ontertninnont, 11111, 11 is honeyed they 34111110(1 anximy.
linVe a great (111U0(11(01101 'mhos Every- "Refore 1 (tressed Me svourel ho M -
[Wog about different diseases and Mob formed me thin ho hail received los
etiosea expininial. andbooks and death notices. niol that within a 105010primplileta 040 forthcoming showino 0111111 00s1 1111 11010. I p4(oh-1)0(110,d
how 140 illSeaseS nre 10 be e0100(1. Two his Mars, but it wee no good, nod SUN/
1111011Ve(1 thousand people stsliod such ,'lo 03431 tho old ilian wasd-ad floc:,
or; nt Drestion, and ono 00111g dnys. Tlic, 011‘1414 1.11i0g, 111X/111 it was that
held ii1 13re50111 tit Frankfort.on-flio-Nlain 11,0 wound limitod nicely, lint I suppose
le eqUidly successfid. 0<11011 0110WS, how rho mina was so impressionable that it
ever, aro not for nervous folic. &minuted oncryllitrig elso, and so tho
4.61 fellow died,
pi•icoOie,flon115whal..it13711
'warnings' of their approoching emit and
vtrnl1igupv(10 51111'
time when ono would think deuth
tawniest froin their Iltotighia, no\ body
being in a period. Stale of health. I erm
.000 you
AN ION ISIlliSTINC EX.aa1PLE
of what I 1110011. IL is one of tho few
ensos in which 0 pationt of mine has .
Ilemi roully end sololy of old ago. Sho
was El 11110, 111110100:110 W01111111 of eighty-
nine. upright [mil vigoeous, looking
amoly seventy. I cancel to seo hor
no average along ono, 10 wovk,
Home was molly ito muse for 11l0'
"01114 evoning, liono•ver, whon 1111 had
loll the room—N3(0 motioned tlieni oway
--she told 1110 01 tho night beforo she
hod had 0 `V-101011' which had revoitled
to her Dial on such and 011011 0 (14Iy .4401
mug he ready to lake A "king juninry,'
slii:yasIns1
ike (1
111100,,s, 11
tuwlib101'('fl(l 11111(01 11, ln,L
ilygged MO 10 reinenffier (ho tiny and liot
11,3)
(1114,:liLaflormoon of the clay in (1(08'
11(11 I called 5,'', 0)1)11(1 lo Illy promise,
iitt11111,0s1\018„1.,1
1(111c1g 1s1001111,(1(31„‘‘.mit)0iiirk,;),1111(1111„s11,11,4011):1111
1111111e.e d
eonlonted. I sat for a few itunionils
(1;11,ene1,1111).11g1:1 11\ \111111: saeitfl11.,1-1:,1113,gsvo 80111
0r11107.
1,1 my oestillonto I gavo Nolo ago' as tao
emise or Oiallt, for I didn't koow what
olse to put.” 4r_
ANIEB1CAN NEGROES.
There are 0,201,51 110g0008 in thy
L3nited States, inclucliog Porto Moo ond
Hawaii. Nino-te111110 of them live in the
South—one-third 01 ils imputation.
Sevenly-seven pee cent work on 7413.-
0AP fneins, of whiell 21 wir cent. arc abi
50111163'
'0011 tout'1110.11;vocenniia.: 01)1a,11:101i11
clgt‘‘Cile
lIctittribacynItle0ig's1.'02v181,.000T btirbers nml near-
ly AS many doctors, 10,000 ministora,
MOM masons, 1e.000 diasesmalcoos, In. -
000 ongincees nod firemen, 5,000 shoe-
makers, 4.0011 muscieinns, 2,000 actoo-
nod showmen, 1,000 lawyers (which
seems too many). Since 1800 nogro il-
literacy has sunk from 57 to 4/.5 per
cent.
CONSTDERA•rte LADIES,
SoetelY Indies in the taWn or napn•
Pandit, in Sweden, havn just 111.1'1V1441 ni
Intrrestiog docision on a point of
sI '001 otiquotte, Thoy Wive ilevided In
relieve nom of the maces -Ay of doffing
their hale to ladieo in 1110 streets ns long
ns the cold weather lasts. 11 hos game
for111 Mot during the \violin, 011 11113 will
00 .expeetrd fano mon will lie a mil 110')
salute. l'he ladies look Ihis stop os
e580111 of studying ousheril stalistico,
which ralablisbis, iho feet MO in 'Motor
Moro nee Isreo times moil, non Man
womon suffering Mon cold, nouralgio,
trollineho, and influonza,
.11oTEr, F011 TIONMPS,
Phitnitolphin possesses n great lintel
for tramps. This is a most impo.ing
building or rom, 111(13') 1, comprking
dining-roonis, rending -rooms, mid Hie
1110\ 11,310 Indltro.,an.:. 'Tramps who
witnt a night's lodging mast do a (Tr-
Intr. nmount 1 N101.1<, griolunied accord.
lug lo their p. ysical inunc.
they 1,1150 In the rotul3 ard to Ilo their
lash. .lfler Ihe foil is over they lutve on
(\tpporlimity or going mit 14, soot: for
\mak, mid Own they emu(' M for ihe
evening. lleiros, going 1,, boil. however,
lhoy eimpolles1 agalo lo potorm
11, o
1,1tirer,smiti(ii:Is-A1•014:33 11...W1171:11 (1)1105 hovo pro.
ahlsoi,s11 101 .511,11,1,01.1,:331,a 31
omsoivo...4
they 01.0 g0111111.; 41111 1111 311311(11»
lion on (mother's happiness. '
PAL:111E11 I'llINCES,
many roducod 011/411/41110 11.1 1110
1111 11041 Stales aro engaged 111 Very hinn.
leo einiikwimills. A toW years ago o
geoat-grandoon of the 10010110 .1,3411.
Mill's11011 11111(311'' 140.0.4.111111401 141 the
efloste 00 11114.011011 10 1114 pailper's wmmrd
• o Now vork hospital, While a nephew
• 1'rineo llioreerek wns '11'10411 In 111011
11411/40 ill 1110 SI1 1 011011 AVMS. .1n.,111or
Gernitm prium• became a Waiter in a
motaurnot 111 NOV' 'York, nfl,i, faltmg 111,
subsisted for n 101 the kindors, of
e eollcagho who hopponal 1., havo ken
1:41.111 on 1110 family estaloa, rind 1111.4
101114 proud of iho bonor of aupliorting
solon 011 the great hous,,,
310(1,' forty yenra of rip, 4
4011111101144 11111011g tuou 31,1 11.,r11i.u.
Anor mut ago 1110 comhtfons
\Owed\ .