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CHAPTER LXI.

there would be no Robert Penfold.’ There and trust. The Germans wear the riynet was an unconscious tenderness in her voice ring on the third finger of the left hand, as she spoke to him, for she had to open and all fingers and even the thumbs have the interview. been honored in different ages, Now the

‘Mr. Penfold, I fear my visit may sur- use is confined to the third and fourth, and prise you, as you did not write to me. occasionally a set ring is worn on the first But, when you hear what I am come about, finger, after the German style.

Contracts may be made for monthly, |

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GENERAL Rotieston and his daughter ‘sat at breakfast in the hote’. General ‘Roll ston was reading the Times, and his eye lighted on something that made him start. He looked toward Helen, and his first impulse was to communicite it to her ; | but, on second thought, he preferred to put

\@ question to her first. REDUCTION OF TWENTY PER CERT ‘You have never told the Wardlaws what i those sailors said ?’

| ‘No, papa, 1 still think they ought to

Gents’ Woollen Underwear, Flannel Shirts, Fur iriseints mc! 2. bern nnns

Idid. Why :fflict the old

I think you will aot be displeased with me fo: coming.’

‘Displeased, madam! I am highly honor- ed by your visit—a lady who, I understand is to be married to my worthy employer, Mr. Arthur. Pray be seated, madam.

‘Thank you, sir.

(To be continued. )

A New Potato.

At a recent meeting of the Linnwan Society, at London, a paper was read by Mr. J. G. Baker, on the species of Solanwm

It is eaid a gentleman in New York who possesses a remarkably intelligent dog recently lost the animal in the city streets. Jack was happily found by a friend of his owner, who recognized him immediately, and at once called up his friend by tele-

\phone. ‘Have you lust your dog?’ ‘Yes; have you seen him?”’ was the reply. ‘‘Sup-

‘pose you call him through the telephone.” |The dog was lifted up and the earpiece | placed at his ear.

‘Jack! Jack!” called the master. Jack instantly recegnized the voice and began to yelp. He licked the telephone fondly, seeming to think his master was inside the machine.

Caps, Kid Mits, Sleigh Robes. OVERCOATINGS, WHICH: YOU CAN HAVE MADE TO YOUR MEASURE Cheaper Than Imported Ready Made.

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| March 16, 1882—~eod

‘OF course /gentleman with such a tale? A couple of ;common sailors! who chose to fancy the ship was destroyed.’ ‘Who are better judges of such a thing | than sailors ?’ | ‘Well, my child, if you think se, I can’t help it. All I eay is, spare the old gentle- /man such a report. As ior Arthur, to tell you the truth, I have mentioned the maiter to him.’ | ‘Oh, papa! Then why forbid me to tell ‘him? What did he say ? | ‘He was very munch distressed. ‘Destroy ‘the ship my Helen was in,’ said he; ‘if I 'thought Wylie had done that, I’d kill him | with my own hand, though 1 wes hanged ‘for it next minute.’ I never saw the young ‘fellow fire up so befoie. But when he ‘came to think calmly over it a little while, he said: ‘I hope this slander will never reach my fathez’s ears. I+ would grieve him deeply. I only laugh at it.’ ” | ‘Laugh at it! and yet talk of killing?

‘Oh, people say they laugh at a thing when they are very angry all the time. | However, as you are a good girl, and mind /what you are told, I'll read you an adver- | tisement that wil! make you stare. Here is Joseph Wylie, who, you say, wrecked |the ‘Proserpine,’ ectaally invited by Michae! Penfold to call on him, and hear of ' something to his advantage.’ | ‘Dear me! said Helen, ‘how strange! Surely Mr. Penfold cannot know the charac- \ter of that man. Stop a minute! Adver- tise for him? Then nobo¢y knows where he lives?’ There, papa; you see he is afraid to gopear Arthur Wardlaw; he knows he destroyed the ship. What a mystery it all is! And so Mr. Penfold is at home, after all, and not to send me a single line. I never met with so much unkindness and discourtesy in all my life.’

‘Ah, my dear,’ said the General, ‘you never defied the world before as you are doing now.’

Helen sighed; but, presently recovering her spirit, said she had done without the world on her dear island, and ske would not be its slave now.

As she was always as good as her word, she declined an invitation to play the lion, and, dressing herself in plain merino, went down that very evening to Michael Pen- fold’s cottage.

We run thither a little before her, to re- late briefly what had taken place there. —

Nancy Rouse, as may well be imagined, was not the woman to burn two thousand pounds. She locked the notes up, and after that night became very reserved on that head; so much so that at last Mr. Penfold saw it was an interdicted topic, and dropped it in much wonder.

When Nancy came to think of it at day- light, she could not help suspecting Wylie had some hand in it; and it occurred to her that the old gentleman who lodged next door might be an agent of Wylie’s, and a spy on her.. Wylie must have told him to push the £2,000 iato her room; but what a strange thing to do! To be sure, he was a sailor, and sailors had been known to make sand- wiches of bank notes and eat them. Still, her good sense revolted against this theory, and she was sore puzzled; for, after all, there was the money, and she had seen it come through the wall. One thing ap- peared certain, Joe had not forgotten her; he was thinking of her as much as ever, or more than ever; so her spirits rose, she began singing and whistting again, and waited cunningly till Joe should re-appear and explain his conduct. Hostage for his re-appearance she held the £3,000. She felt so strong and saucy she was half sorry she had allowed Mr. Penfold to advertise; but, after all, it did not much matter; she could always declared to Joe she had never missed him for her part, and the advertise- ing was a folly of poor Mr. Penfold’s.

Matters were in this condition when the little servant came up one evening to Mr. Penfold and said there was a young lady to see him.

‘A young lady for me ? said he.

, ‘Which she won’t eat you, while I am by,’ said the sharp little girl. ‘It is a lady, and the same what come hefore.

‘Perhaps she wi!l oblige me with her name,’ said Michael, timidly.

‘I won’t show her up till she do,’ said this mite of a servant, who had been scolded by Nancy for not extracting that information on Helen’s last visit.

‘Of course, 1 must receive her,’ said Michzel, half consulting the mite; it be- longed to a sex which promptly assumed control of such gentle creatures as he was.

‘Is Miss Rouse in the way?’ said he,

The mite laughed, and said;

‘She is only gane down the street. send her in to take eare of you.’

With this she went off, and in due course led Helen up the stairs. She ran in, and whiapered in Michael’s ears:

“Tt is Miss Helen Rolleston.’

Thus they announced a lady at No. 3.

Michael stared with wonder at so great a personage visiting him; and the next mo- ment Helen glided into the room, blushing a little, and even panting inaudably, but al] on her guard, She saw before hera rather stately figure, and a face truly venerable, benignant and beautiful, though deficient in strength. She cast a devouring glance on

Pil

which bear the tuberous roots called pota-, toes. Out of the 700 species of Solanum) The people of Tombstone, Arizona, have known to botanists, there are only about/not only a grim sense of humor, but a six which produce tubers, and only one of | profound knowledge of Greek. The name these, the common potato, Solanwm tubero-| of their town, to say nothing of their local sum, has as yet been cultivated. Mr. Baker | newspaper, the Epitaph, is a ghastly joke, said that the native home of the potato is| which has raised many a smile before now. those parts of Chili where the air is exceed-| Washington’s birthday, the Tombstone ingly dry, and that it grows at a consider- people hanged a man on a telegraph pole, able altitude. There is, however, another/and the Coroner’s jury found that the

tions of the same country, where the cli-

mate is even damper than in Great Britain, |

and this species would, therefore, be far more suitable for cultivation.

Mr. J. Sabine ‘‘Hort. Trans.,” v. p., 256, | etc.), but were supposed to be identical | with the commen potato, and _ did) not attract any further atiention. When! growing in the wild state the roots, are small and of a_ bitterish taste, | some with red and others with yellowish | skins. Under cultivation, however, the plants were found to grow most luxuriantly, sending out stems in all directions, so that two plants yielded in one year over 600 tubers, and the principal stems were more than seven feet long, while the tubers showed a remarkable increase in size and had lost entirely their bitter flavor. The ordinary potato is grown as if ita sole object in life were to pro- dace tubers, and moreover, it is grown un- der artificial conditions of climate and soil. Under these circumstances, the plant natur- ally loses its vitality, as indicated by the fact that after a time it ceases to produce flower and seed, and it then readily be- comes a prey to the potato disease. The same rule applies to other plants, where one function is stimulated at the expense of another. The best method therefore of preventing the potato disease is to grow that potato which is most suitable to the climate, and to restore the vitality as soon as the plants cease to flower and fruit by cutting off the stems which produce tubers and saving only the roots, which obtain nourishment for the plant. Another species, Solaiwm Commersoni, a native of the eastern portion of South America, being found at Montevideo, Buenos Ayrea, etc., is now being cultivated experimentally in France, and is likewise suitable for damp soil. A third species, S. Jamesir, is being experimented with in the United States, but of these the 4. Maglia seems the more likely to promise good results.

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Manufacture in Ireland.

The Athlone woollen mills experiment in Ireland has proved successful. A quay 300 feet long, built out to the deep waters of the Shannon, gives excellent facilities for shipment. Cheap turf fuel is obtained from the bogs adjoining, giving help to poor farmers, who deliver it for for fourteen certs a ton of twenty cubic feet. On the quay stands the mill, filled with the most improved machinery and a large wool store- house. The wool is taken in for twenty miles round. There is a good home trade, and many cases are sent to the States and Canada. The goods are said to have a bright, clear appearance, given them by the peculiar purity of the Shannon water. The effect is that house property is at a pre- mium, markets are large and increasing, and scarcely an idle hand is to be seen.

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CURRENT NOTES.’

The discovery is made that ‘‘gosh” is the worst kind of swearing. Eliot in his Indian Bible uses ‘‘osh” (my father) for the Al- mighty, and the early missionaries em- ployed ‘‘gosh” (your father).

A Scotch farmer had a barometer, the hands of which, whatever was the state of the weather, pointed to “‘set fair.” One day, when the rain came down in torrents, while on the barometer it was still bright and sunny, the farmer, in a rage, took down the useless ‘‘weather glass,” and run- ning out to the door, held the instrument out at arm’s length, exclaiming, ‘* Bother ye, look for yersel!’

Shortly after the marriage of King Victor Emanuel, he met a peasant girl upon the steps of the royal palace at Turin. She was bringing a basket of eggs for the royal kitchen, and because the King wore a plain hunting dress and was alone, she tock him foraservant. ‘‘Do point out the King to me,” she begged, ‘‘I should so like to see him.” ‘‘lam the King,” he said. ‘Eh? bah !” said the girl, langhing into his face. ‘*The Princess would not have chosen such an ugly man.” The King laughed too, and accompanied the girl to the kitchen, where be bade the servants attest tu his identity. He then gave the girl a twenty franc piece, and left her bewildered and surprised.

The third finger of the left hand was

species, which grows in the moister por |lamented deceased came to his death by

‘‘emphysema, which might have heen caused by strangulation, self-inflicted or otherwise.” Emphysema is a swelling

: As long ago caused by air diffused throughout the cel- as 1826 some specimens of this potato were | jular tissues. sent to England, and were cultivated by |

The poor wretch who was lynched in Tombstone, according to local authority, died of this peculiar and hereto- fore undescribed disorder.

There are many ways of obscuring glass, some of the plans making the glass per- manently frosted, others only temporarily so. Fer permanence, take a flat piece of marble, dip it into glass-cutters’ sharp sand, moistened with water; rub over the glass, dipping frequently in sand and water. If the frosting is required very fine, finish off with emery and water. As a temporary frosting for windows, mix to-

gether a strong, hot solution of Epsom salis

and a clear solution of gum arabic; apply warm. Or use a strong solution of sulpha.e of soda, warm; and when cool, wash with gum water. Or dab the glass with a lump of ylazier’s putty, carefully and uniformly, until the surface is equally covered. This is an excellent imitation of ground glass, and is not disturbed by rain or damp.

The American Angler vouches for the following fish story: A fish dealer in Saline- ville, Ohio, received a box of frozen fish from Cleveland, during one of the recent blizzards. They were so hard and brittle that they had to be handled with great care to keep them from breaking to pieces. He sold one toan old lady who took it home and put it in a bucket of cold water to thaw out gradually. During the right she heard something splashing around in the kitchen. Supposing it was the cat trying to get the fish, she jamped out of bed, seized the broom, and rushed to the scene. She found the fish flopping in the pan. As near as could be learned this fish had Jain out in the cold two nights before being packed, and had been out of the water for more than two weeks.

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad have decided to put upon their passenger engines steamboat whistles. At present six engines are thus supplied, and soon all of the pas- senger engines will have them. They will be very convenient, both to the public and the employes of the road, as indicating on the approach of a train whether in is pas- senger or freight. The Staunton V indicator, in commenting on this innovatioy in rail- roading, says the whistle can be heard at a great distance. A brakeman on one of the night trains coming to Staunton from the West the other night, says when he got home his wife told him she had heard the whistle at a distance in the still night air, had gotten up, made a fire, aud cooked his supper by the time her husband reached home. It turned out that the whistle she had heard had been blown at North Moun- tain, about thirteen miles distant.

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Special Notices.

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New Hars just opened at L. E, Prowsr’s. {[ml, | Secoivc off at M. F. Ellis’ fancy work, black satin, embroidery, Berlin wool, double and single fieecy’s, silks, crewels, banner screen mountiags, and a lot of fancy goods, at a large discount, [m4 3i

We take the lead in Boots and Shoes.— Dorsey, Gorr & Co, {feb27

Mr. J. F. Powers has commenced work in his new Barber Shop in McKianon’s build- ing, Grafton street, adjoining J. D. McLeod’s store, where he is prepared to wait apon his old patrons and others who may favor him with a call. ml tf

Five gallon tins Best American Oil cheap at Beer & Gorr’s.

M. F. Exuis will sel] off during the month of March, the balance of her stock of Berlin wools, canvasses, silks, tassels, fancy wool, etc,, at a discount of 15 per cent. on all cash purchases. {m4 3i.

Five pound tins Tea just the thing at Been & Gorr

You can get steam gauges and Fairbanks’ scales repaired at Brown’s; and warranted to stand the test or no pay. Shop on corner of Prince aud Grafton Streets, Charlettetown.

[feb 16

300K8, books, books at M. F. Ellis’. Cheap Bibles, Hymn Books, Fonglish and Getic, Miss Havergal’s works, Rev. G. lverand’s works; Leisure Hour and Sunday at Home, Orders takea for books, papers and magazines from the Depository in Halifax. {mard 3i Boots, wholesale and retail, at Doxsey, Gorr & Co, [mar3 Laptes working for bezaars will find it to

chosen, as there was supposed to be a vein upon which the ring would press that | was directly connected with the heart. Rings of dignitaries were worn on the!

‘che ap.

their advantage to buy working materials at M. F. Ellis’, where they are selling off very {mar5 3i

How to save twenty-tive dollars.— Carry

third finger of the right hand, thus ex- | your old sewing machine to Brown's and have

pressing power and ability, but the third i¢ made as good as new, instead of changing it

him as she courtesied to him; and it in-

stantly flashed across. her, ‘But for you’

finger of the left hand has always been the

one most howored by the symbol of love Grafton Streets, Ch’town,

Shop on corner of Prince and

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for a new one.

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