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THEAY5TE Aumor of " The Mouse (Copyright, Ifi9;\ by *o CHAPTER IX. Continued. "Oil, but she's come back!" replied Meg, quickly, with the idea that there was reproach to her young mistress Implied in the suggestion that she had been frightened away. "She didn't wait long after the master sent for her, I can tell you!" "And she's in the house now?" asked the detective, with interest. "Yes, but not for you to see," retorted Meg, rudely. "You can worry mo with your questions, if you like, but you don't get at her, if I can help It!" At that moment a window was opened above their heads, nn'1 the detective, without answering servant, looked quickly up. li Nell standing at the casement, <uga piece of bread which she pu* on the ledge for the birds. Noticing something with a quick eye he stared up silently, until Nell, whose head was turned away, moved and perceived him. She blushed crimson, and was about to shut the window hastily when he stopped her by an imperious gesture. "Beg pardon, Miss, but could I speak to you a minute?" For an instant sne seemed to heeitate, and in that instant he could see that she grew deadly pale. At last, however, she made a movement to signify assent, closed the window and disappeared. The detective, who thought he bad reason to fear that she would again attempt to escape him, pushed brusquely past Meg, and opened the side door. "What are you going in like that for, without so much as 'with your leave, ofr by your leave?' " asked she promptv . *y"You heard the young lady say she'd see me?" replied the dectective as, without further ceremony he passed into the house. At the foot of the stairs he met Nell. "What do you wish to say to me?" she asked, In a very tranquil tone. It was now so dark in the passage ^ . that they could hardly see each other's face. 1 "Well, in the first place, Miss, I should like to speak to you in a better light," replied the man. "In here, then," said she, leading the way, after another moment of apparent hesitation, into the little sittingroom at the back of the house. There was a tire and there was a lamp. The detective turned up the wick. "You'll excuse me, Miss, but I want very particularly to see you while I speak." She had gone round the little table, 1 and was standing at the other side of It. With a sudden movement the de- < tective swooped round upon her, and seizing her by the wrist in a firm : grip, pointed to the back of her right hand. On the soft, white skin there was a ; little blister freshly made, with a pink line of inflammation round the base. CHAPTER X. "That is a burn, is it not?" he asked, , quietly. ' ( The girl was white, and she trembled ( from head to foot. Her white fore- ] head grew damp, and glistened in the ] lamplight. Her lips 6eemea scarcely ( able to form the answer which she ut- j tered in a mechanical fashion. "Yes." ' , "May I ask you to oblige me by tell- ] Jng how it happened V" She glanced up at him with a face j which was rigid with fear. "What?what does it matter? Why do you want to know?" She seemed to the detective to be turning someming over m xier unuu, and be at once assumed tbat she was j trying to invent a plausible story to , account for tbe mark on her band. "I'm sure you may guess, Miss, tbat it is not my business to put you^to in- ' convenience by asking unnecessary questions; but, of course, if you refuse to answer, I can't make you. Do you refuse?" "Ob, no, certainly not," she replied, " quickly. "I was doing some ironing. ' and the iron touched my baud, and burned it." ' "And when did this happen, Miss?" ! Again the girl hesitated. The de tective took note ot this iact, also. He 1 repeated his question. "To-day; this morning." "I believe, Miss, you were not here tins morning?" "I was not in this house." "Have you auy objection to tell mc where you were, Miss?" Her white lace flushed. "I would rather not." Then, at once perceiving that he noted this fact against her she added: "My only reason is that I was in the house of a friend, and I don't want her to be disturbed by your making inquiries of her about?about?me." The man smiled dryly. "I'm afraid, Miss,,it's too late to trouble ourselves anout ihat. As I want to save you all the trouble and annoyance I can, perhaps you'll iet me suggest where you were. Wasn't ; it at Colonel Bostal's, Miss, at the j house they call 'Shingle End?'" "Yes. But she doesn't know anvthimr about this; I didn't tell her -.vhy 1 ! came." "All right, Miss. Don't you worry j yourself about that. I shan't put her i to much trouble, I can promise you j that. At this stage of the business it's ! only asking questions. But, of course, ! you understand that we have to make [ sure we get truthful answers." Nell looked more anxious thaa ever.! but she made no further objection. "Do you want to ask me anything | more?" she said, quietly. "Nothing more at present. Miss. And jt'in much obl'<?ed to you for the few minutes' talk you've given me." :R,r- opTtte : i?i&3&?>RE:; /eirden!w on Hk Harsh*" eft:. bert Bonner's Sons.) He did not hide ?perhaps be could not?the fact that his spirits had risen considerably. Not only was there the mark of the burn on her hand, but there were a dozen signs?in her light ness of foot, her height, her slenderness of figure, the softness of her hand, her hesitation in answering him, by which be began to feel absolutely sure that he was at last on the right . tack. Therefore he had to persuade her that he was on the wrong one. "Of course, Miss," said he, "it docs lot ao to say too mucn woen one is ,, only investigating like. But I may j tell you that you've helped ine consid- ( erably, and in a way you wouldn't j think, to find out the thief who's given j us all tne bother." c Again the girl's face, with its deli cate, tell-tale skin, blancheu with a j spasm of terror. But ke did not ap- } pear to notice it. ] "And now I may just add, in strict t confidence, mind, as it's a thing I don't j want to get known till I've actually nabbed the chap, that he's one of the s best-known thieves from the East End r of London and has done time more j than once." t As he said these words, with an ex- ? pression of great cunning, Nell's face, as easily read as a book, exhibited first f astonishment, then relief, and finally f a joy which she tried in vain to hide. He could see, even hough ber eyes were downcast and her mouth tightly ' drawn, that she could scarcely contain ( herself for the wild impulse of delight 1 which had succeeded to the torments of his interrogatory. There was a moment's pause before ' she could collect uerseit to reply id tranquil tones: "Well, I'm sure, my uncle, and all of j us, will be very glad when you've . caught him. Will you go through this way ?" And opening the inner door of the ? sitting room, she directed him to go ( out through the bar. a The detective smiled to himself { when, after having refreshed him- j self at the bar, and apologized to ^ George Claris, to whom be gave a j similar hint to that which he had giv- j en Nell, he found himself once more on j the road to Stroan. ue had been 60 far eminently sue- c cessful, but there was many a link still ( wanting in me chain of evidence which was to connect pretty Nell Clar- ^ is with the robberies at the inn. As t he had no intention of returning to his ? hotel until he had made further in- ? vestigations at Shingle End, he doubled back by way of the fields when be had gone a short distance along j the road, and hung about between the t Blue Lion and Colonel Bostal's house, \ taking advantage of every bit of hedge and tree to keep out of the range of $ chance observers. t And It was not very long before he ^ found that come one else was on the $ watch also. The figure of a man, in a jersey and seaman's boots, with a felt f bat on the back of his head, and a pipe j in his mouth, soon attracted his at- > tention. He recognized the man as t Jem Stickels, a frequent customer at the Blue Lion, and a person o: wnom .1 report spoke ill as a confirmed "loafer" and idler, who only worked when he could not help it. He could not be quite certain whether Stickels saw him, but the fisherman was on the lookout for another person, and the letective had little difficulty in guessing that that person was Nell Claris. For indeed Jem Stickels made nc secret of his admiration for the young lady, nor of his determination to 'bring down the hussy's pride some Que day." It was the intention of the detective to go to Shingle End, to interrogate Miss Bostal on the subject of the hum an Miss Claris s hand. But as he fell sure that Nell would try to outwit him by seeing the lady and preparing her [or his questions, he wanted to wait until she had started on her journey so that he might be with Miss Bostal when the girl arrived. His expectations were realized to the letter. He was waiting behind a clump sf bushes not far from the garderi-gato 3f Shingle End, when he caught sight jf the girl coming across the fields a' 1 rapid pace. As she drew near, he 0 could hear her panting breath, could * see, even in the waning light of the J. December day, that she cast anxious ;lances round her as she went. 11 When she was within a couple of hundred yards of him, she stopped, e with a little scream, as Jem Stickels e suddenly appeared at her side, spring- v ing up from the shelter of one of the ? numerous dikes with which the marsh was intersected in all directions. The detective heard the->fisherman's hoarse, jeering laugh. Then.he saw the j, girl dart forward, with the evident intention of escaping her unwelcome ad- t mirer by fleetuess of foot. "That's the very movement by which j she got away from me!" thought the detective, as he saw the slight figure bend suddenly to the right, avoiding a the rough touch with which she was threatened. t But Jem Stickels knew with whom he had to deal. Thrusting his hands j into his pockets, he contented liimsell a with barring her passage with his person, skillfully baffling each attempt she made to pass him. These attempt* on her side, find the successful move- ? mcnts by which Jem frustrated .them. n brought both the young people near E enough to the detective in his place of c concealment for him to lienr?the wcrds ^ which the lisherman addressed to the < girl. t "Look here," he said roughly, and i in no very subdued voice, "you had better listen to what .'ve got to say, i and so I tell you. For if you don't, I'll fc just take myself off and say it to some- [: body cine instead." c "Indeed, that is just what I want a you to do," answered Nell, indignantly, t "You know very well that 1 don't wish I :o talk to you now or at any otMr :ime, but especially now." "What do you mean by 'especially low,' eh. Miss Fine-Lady-Pen cock?" isked Jem, who had evidently been lrinking, although he knew what hq vas doing. But for answer the girl turned sudlenly and started to run back to the *rr? Trim V?r\nrz?vor Twain fr nrpnilTA/l fftr ;uch attempt, soon caught her, and his time they were too far away from he detective to hear whaf they said, ilthough he could distinguish the tonen )f their respective voices. It was evident that the very next words uttered by Jem made a great ind terrible impression upon Nell, ler face, which had at first expressed lothing but loathing and disgust, became in a moment rigid with horror, is the young man. standing quite close o her, and speaking in a hoarse whis)er, said something to her in an exited and earnest manner. So anxious was the detective to learn vbat it was which produced so strong in effect upon the girl, that he crawled rorn his hiding place to the diich vhich ran alongside tne roau, ana ?rept along, sometimes in the water, ind sometimes only in the mud, nnt.il je was close enough to the two speakers to eateh most of their words. When )e stopped, the girl was refusing some equest of the man's, with al! the cn rgy of loathing and detestation. "Of course I will not," she was sayng vehemently. "Of course, nobody vould believe you for a moment. And [ don't suppose you would dare to tell hem to anybody else, for fear of beng taken for a lunatic." "Don't you? Oh, all right, then,"ineered Jem. "I ma/ tell that Heuining then, that's been spying ronnd iere lately, and that's put your uncle's >ack up so by the questions he's been isking. I may tell him, eh. Miss?" The detective could not see the girl's 'ace as- she answered, after a little muse: "You may con:-, up with me to Shingle End, and tell your story to the rolonel and Miss Theodora; that's vhat you may do?if you dare." There was another pause, and the letective knew, from tne way in which ihe had uttered these wordB, as well is from the attitude in which she wait;d for the fisherman's answer, that she .vas less defiant than her words. At ast the fisherman spoke again. And t was clear that the proposal was not o his taste. "Look here. Miss Nell!" said he, in irgumcntative tone, "do you really lare me to do that? Come, you know ts I shouldn't have dared to have spok;n to you so open if I hadn't got proof jositive. Now, come, should I? Why, four face told as how you knowed I mowed, and so what's the good of >raving me? And knowing what I mow, isn't it plain I mean no harm, vhen I could easy earn a pound or two >ut of peachin' to the detective chap? Dome, now, you must see it, eh?" nnri sinv it nnt tlipn. hefrv ft witnesses?I dare you to do It!" reorted Nell, with a little more assnrtnee as she noted the man's reluct* tnce to take this step. "No, I shan't!" he replied, sullenly. 'I shall go to work my own way. And say this:' if you choose to speak civil o me, I don't ask for much more, and o ask me in to tea with you and your incle, just how you asked the j'oung wells as were down here three months jack, why, I hold my tongue, and it'll ;o no farther tnan you and me. But f vmi don't fhfinso 1n ilo this " "I don't choose!" retorted Nell, quite iercely. "I tell you the whole story s absurd, and that nobody would beieve you for a moment, and you oan ell it to whom you please." And she suddenly sprang away from rem, and gaining the road with rapid iteps, walked quickly in the direction >f Shingle End. "All right!" shouted Jem, threatenngly, in stentorian tones, as he kept mce with her, walking towards the :olonel's house by the fields, as she vent by the road. "Butif you'll take ny advice, you'll make a clean breast if it to your grand friends, and see if hey don't say you'd best keep in with ne!" As he shouted the last words, Jem itickels passed the spot where the deective was in hiding. Within a few noments the latter took the opportuniv nf issuinc from his uncomfortable belter, and, following Jem at a quick 'ace, came up with liim before be cached tbe fcnce which surrounded lie colonel's garden. "Is that you, Stlckels?" asked he, as f be were not quite certain of his nan. "Here I'want to bave a word /itb jou!" To be Continued. Quci\che<l. Knowledge of any sort being built n study and research, tbe pretender o its possession generally has a short ope. An illustration in point comes rom the "Memoirs of Baron Stockaan." A friend of the baron's went to an vening party at Frankfort, where he xpected to meet Herr von Radowitz, vlio was somewhat inclined to pose s a scientist. On hie way be saw a I'irn hnrnin<?. stonned his carriage. ssisted the people, and waited till llie lames were nearly extinguished. When he arrived at his friend's louse, he found Herr von Radowitz, vho had previously taken a party 'o he top of the building to see what he upposed to he the aurora borealis, earnedly dilating on terrestrial magictism, electricity, et cetera. "Have you seen the beautiful LuroraV" he said to Stockman's friend. "Certainly!" was the reply. "I was here myself. It will soon be out." During the explanation which folowed Herr von Radowitz quietly stole iway.?Youth's Companiou. Missed Ilis Cliance. During his lecture to children at the Society of Art, Mr. E. Walter Mnunler told his audience an instructive itory. A certain lecturer iu astronomy ibservcd that some of the students vere not paying due attention. '".Mr. So-and-so," he called out to one of hem, "will you he good enough to tell is of what the corona is composed?" L'lie student addressed hesitated for a noment, and then blurted out: "I did mow, sir, but I've forgotten." The u'ofessor looked at him, and then exclaimed: "What a calamity! Here ve have the only man who ever knew he composition of the corona, and ho las for20tten!"?Londou Chronicle. . / | THE INDIAN i y |-y HE American Indian is of 1 1 that physique wnicn maices j a good farmer, and the wonder is that they were not sent into the fields ere this Instead of making them go to school. Education is essential, but ninety-nine per cent, of those who return home from school either do nothing or go into farm life. The other one per cent become professional men. Within the past few years the strides made by the American red man in farming have been remarkable. More Indians are taking to the plow than the public would r THE SEGER INDt believe. But it is also true that fully twenty per cent, of tbem, after having passed through a trnlning-school, will return to the reservation and go on the downward trail again. It is quite easy to teach an Indian, but another matter to make him remember and obey that which he has been taught. One may travel through any reservation in the West to-day and find many Indians at work in the fields It may seem odd to see a blanketed buck hoe(turn COMANCHE INDIAN BOY! ing corn or driving a binder, but such things are quite common in New Mexico, Arizona, Dakota, and Oklahoma. In Oklahoma vast fields of wheat are cultivated by full-bloods, but tkey are called civilized Indians, for the reason that they belong to the Five Tribes. I have ridden for a whole day through a vast field of wheat owned and cultivated by full-blood Cherokees. They live in palatial homes, and are a hospitable people, industrious and progressive. It was about 18S7 that the United States Government first came to the conclusion that manual labor would exercise a greater influence toward civilization than anything else. That ^ W : ,* I, C-J A DELAWARE INDIAN FARMER. was the date when their first lands wore allotted to them. It was then bclived that the proper way to go about teaching Indians to farm was to place them on a quarter section of the good land, saying, "You must got a living out of this or starve." In a few years they found the untutored savage quite willing to starve or fight. In most cases he was more anxious to fight. Some of thu most atrocious crimes have been committed by these same border redskins who 3?rfi ^ WASHITA AND CADDO INDI had been placed on a certain tract of land and told to work it. It was after nil tWs tlint the Government -learned tbe Indian liad to be taucbt. MWS8SW8SWa IS A FARMER I iS So after years of patient teaching, red men in farm life have become a matter of course. It is their shortest cu? to civilization. In the United States to-day there are 38,900 Indians who earn their own living by farm-work. Last year they sold their farm products for a combined sum of# $1,408,805, over and above the expenses of living. This was nearly $40 per capita, which is very good considering the fact that of +hom hnvo never I ininy per ccruu m ? before farmed an acre of land. Some of the Indian farmers never did a fSTRIAL SCHOOL COLONY, OKLAH day's work In all their life before. Some have been at work for five or six years. One farmer, a Kiowa living in Oklahoma, raised last year wheat making twenty-six bushels to the acre, and corn running sixty bushels. He tilled the fields alone, except in havesttime, when he engaged a number of harvest hands to assist His income from last year's crop was $3500. His farm is a model one. Originally the land, 600 acres in extent, was set aside >- "iT"-my) i win muma 3 IN A MELON PATCH. to him by the Indian agent. It lies in the valley near the Washita River, and the soil is well watered and rich. In the edge of a patch of trees bordering on the farm was erected a nice five-room cottage. The stock was fattened, and every farming implement wag shprirleri for winter. This Indian, who was once a noted fighter, now puts in seven months in each year cn his place, and works even harder than the average white farmer. While one cannot say too much good concerning his farming ability, his moral character is in keeping with other Iindians. Sometimes, when he can get the liquor, he will remain drunk for a whole month. He wears a blanket in the winter, and attends the medicine dances and dog feasts in summer. So while the Government has tamed him in one way they still have a great deal to accomplish. His steps are siow and halting. As it is with this Kiowa farmer one will also find it with many other Indians. They cannot take many advance steps in one year; not even nve will see a complete change in their condition. To make a good farmer out of a warrior requires no less than seven years. There are to-day about 267,800 Indians in the United States, of which 229,000 do not work. Therefore only seven per cent, of the entire Indian population on the reservation earn their own living, excluding the Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes. This is quite an improvement over three years ago, when not three per cent, were capable of taking care of themselves. There are to-day 85,750 members of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indian Territory. These are the Cherokees, Creeks, Choetaws, Chickasaws, and Seminole Indians. They yet retain their land in severalty, but it will be allotted before another year. These are called educated Indians, and last year they earned $1,500,000 from the sale of beef and cattle. It costs the Government from $4,000,000 to $5,000,000 every year to educate the redskins and set thciu up in farming. The Osage Indians?the richest Indians in the United States?are, contrary to general belief, the most industrious. They had out last year 20,000 acres of land, from which they raised 100,000 bushels of wheat, 10,000 bushels of oats, and 500,000 bushels of corn. The Sioux outnumber the Osages two to one, hence the value of their products was evcu greater than those of the Osages. But the Sioux go in for cattle-raising, having sold 12,000 head of cattle in one season, and made ? ANS CLEARING A CORNFIELD. $53,000 therefrom. The Cherokees are also great cattle-raisers. Practical farming is now toeing taught in many Indian schools of the Southwest country. An experiment of much value was attempted among the Cheyennes In Oklahoma not long ago. A . 1 a < * * xijuiuu ttgeui wmnea ine scnooiboys to milk cows for him, and agreed to give each one who milked for three months a nice calf. Fifteen boys started, but they were so ridiculed by the older men of the tribe that twelve of them gave It up. Three won the calves, and the pride of being owners of the cattle served as quite an assistance in getting other Indian children to try. After a year twelve boys had won calves, and the agent asked them to plow corn for him, agreeing to give them all the con they could grow. Ten boys volunteered to grow corn, and they actually raised 3000 bushels, which was sold and afterwards converted Into thirty head of steers. 1 1 ~=? I OMA TERRITORY. / Each steer was branded with an Individual brand chosen by the boy owner. This made them prouder than ever, and more industrious. .Every n+ +Vln <1 <ro n n T7 TX-onfrtrl +n CO tn uvj uv MiVi O- -work at once, and as a result of that experiment the Cheyennes are the most Industrious farmers of any tribe so recently on the war-path.?W. R. Draper, in Harper's Weekly. THE CHERRY TREE FROC. He Livei In Australia and Is Happy In Spite of Troubles. This is a picture of the Australian tree frog (Hyla caerulea). Optimists have long maintained that everything which has been created has some use. The use of the tree frog is to set an example of cheerfulness. "I am not beautiful," thinks the tree frog, "and therefore the way for me to make people love me is to be good and cheerful." When the tree frog finds himself becoming depressed by the thought that he lacks the grace of the young gazelle he is wont to restore his good humor by allowing his mind to dwell on the old joke about himself and his kind to the effect that they climb up +yaaa orid hn-rlr When hp tVltnkfl again that the gazelle Is also swifter than he (as It is) he consoles himself with the thought that he himself has ball-bearing toes. The tree frog has much to contend against in hjs effort to be of good cheer, and his success Is the more commendable. He lives in Australia, THE AtJSTBAIiIAN TREE PROG. for one thing, and that is so far from the Bowery! But, as a compensation for this he is a subject of Edward VII., and his satisfaction at this is seen reflected in his face. Then, aa geographers know, Australia is on the o hor side up from the Bowery, but the tree frog smiles to think that he lives in a tree, where he has only to cling to a branch and does not fall off. And then, whenever there is a shakedown in any of the precincts adjacent to the Bowery, the tree frog experiences a shake-up, and again rejoices in the compensation of nature. In short, the tree frog leads a simple, quiet, orderly life, with honest motives, generous impulses and earnest endeavor, and its motto is "Handsome Is tlxat handsome does." This picture of the tree frog is taken from Nature, and is scientifically ac curate. This account of him is not taken from Nature: but is quite original, and aims to be popular rather than scientific.?New York Tribune. Why Ho Kept Silent. At an evening party a gentleman related an adventure in which he had been the principal actor, and, seeing unmistakable shadows of doubt on the faces of his hearers, he appealed to a friend who was present and who had ! witnessed the circumstances to cor- j roborate his statement. To hfs utter confusion his friend denied all knowledge of the affair. Meeting some time afterward the suspected Ananias said: "Is it possible that you .can have forgotten the circumstance to which I referred at Mrs. A.'s party the other niglit?" "Certainly not, my dear fellow," replied his friend, "but I could see that everyone present looked upon you as an incorrigible liar, and I had too much regard for my character to risk being taken for another."?London Answers. OirlB AVIth a Twanjf Are Barred. When girls are chosen for the new j Government telephone service in Lon- 1 don the educational examination siuks | into insignitieauce before the phys.o- ! logical test. No girl will be employed i if she be below 5 feet 2 inches high in her stocking soles. She must possess ; good hearing, have no defect of ; speech, and must be tested by viva I voce examination, in which particular attention is "to be paid to articulation, pitch of voice and general selfpossession." Any candidate showing any indication of nervousness, hysteria, want of self-possession or a strongly marked twang swui De re* ; jected. The majority will probably j pass In -possession, but dialcct Is ! a severe test.?London Express. I } . m ??????? ARE POTATOES ESSENTIAL? They Fnrn!?h About Foartffn Per Cent? nf Amnrlein Nutriment. The threatened potato famine, or at least short crop, In the light of the statement of Dr. Langworthy, of the Office of Experiment Stations, that potatoes constitute nearly fourteen per ' cent, of the total food consumed by, American families has a grave slgnifi* cance. The popularity of the potato as a food stuff is well founded, and i? due to its prolific yield, superior keeping qualities, ease of propagation anct agreeable flavor. It was Introduced into this country at the time of Ha- j lelgh's voyages to Virginir, and has j steadily increased in popularity evetr since. Every school child is aware that potatoes are classed as starch foods,, and that their bulk is made tsp large ly of water. The accompanying diagram, prepared for the Department of Agriculture, Bhows graphically the proportion of edible and inedible contents of a potato. It Is chiefly on ac? count of the starch content that potatoes are eaten, and while they are apparently not economical foods, owing to the large proportion of watec which they contain, this, is not actual* /p C g\ pn. / tSTA{\Crt] * \ ;T. r^___rp L water) 1 : If I ' i . Jki iiim/l COMPOSITION OF THE POTATO. a, fat; b, crude fiber and other carbohy- ^ drates, exclusive of starch; c, protein; d, ash. . (2s! j ly the case. In other foods, as for instance, rice, there is four times as much nourishment as in an equal weight of potatoes, but then wnter or . milk is added to the rice In preparing / it for the table, so that when ready to / be eaten it very much resembles potatoes in the assimilable proportion-, bulk for bulk. Equal weights of the two foods do not cost as much in each case. 4si Being chiefly starch the potato is valuable as a source of muscular energy and does not serve to build or repair the body tissue, except in a very: small degree. This explains why potatoes are generally served with foods rich in tissue making properties, such: as meats, and why it is that large '' Qumbers of the country population of Ireland and Germany are so poorly: , nourished. Potatoes alone are a very;. , one-sided diet. The accompanying table shows at a1 glance how the potato is proportioned as regards its food value: Water 783 per cent. Starch, or energy-producing material 18.4 per cent. Nitrogens, or tissue-producing material 2.2 per cent. J Fats 01 per cent. Mineral matters, chiefly potash salts 1.00 per cent. It Is often asserted tnat tne potato . is unwholesome, but there is no "scientific basis for it. Eaten alone potatoes, of course, would form a very oadly balanced diet As a matter of fact its universal popularity and conjunction are evident from the statistics above quoted, that it forms neary fourteen per cent, of the total food )f the people of this country, furnishing about four per cent, of the total proteins, or nitrogenous foods, and aearly ten per cent, of the total carboaydrates or starches. A word of warning. Potatoes that Dave been stored for a long time and which have begun to sprout, should j aot be eaten, as tney are apt to conI :ain an undue amount of solanin, or x ! poisonous substance. Numerous cases j Df poisoning are on record resulting ! from this cause.?Philadelphia Record. _ Remarkable Lighthouse Construction. Remarkable among engineering tasks i Is the building of the new lighthouse j off Beachy Head, in England, which j Involves submarine construction, the j as | \ fl ?r- 334TZ, * , Li ' workmen being lowered each day tc the sea level from a ^liff 754 feet tq height. A wire rope stretches to the caisson, and the men travel up and down this rope in basket cars. The material for new building is lowered in a similar manner.?New York Her aid. Found in a Bible. The following story is being told in Hamburg about a most welcome find of money in a Bible, writes oui Berlin correspondent. A businesi man, with a large growing family, began to iitid himself in serious monetary troubles. His wife fell ill, and the doctor sent in a very long bllL which he was unable to pay. Th debtor fa his distress made up his mind to sell the family Bible. On turning over the leaves before taking it out of the house he found a sealed letter iusc-ribed with the words, "To the fiider." He opened It and found the following letter inside: "In the sure knowledge that mandoes not turn to his Bible to read the word of God until he is in tho greatest distress, I have placed fiw m notes between pages 111 and 142. Hamburg, 17, 1879."?London Express. Tbe more solid comfort is the softer time a man seems to bava. $ j