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â- ^•Wflpf^"*^ â- BSa9!!S! About the House. SWEETHEART AND WIFE. If a^veethearts were sweet hearta always, Whether aa maid or wife, No drop would lie half so pleasant In the mingled draft of life. Bat the sweecbo.art baa smiles and blushes, Whan the wife has frowns and si^hs, IA.IK1 the wife's have a wratliful glit- ter For the g^low of the swnetbeart'e eyes. If lovers were lovers alnays. The same to sweetheart and wife, [Who would change for a future of Eden The joys of this checkered life J But husbands grow grave and silent. And care on the anxious brow. Oft replace the sunshine that perished With the Words of the marriage vow. Happy IB he whose sweetheart fi wifo. and sweetheart still ; Whose voice, as of old, can charm him ; Whose kiss, as of oldi, can thrill. !Who has plucked the rose to find ever Its beauty and fragrance increase, 'As the flush of passion is mellowed In love's unmeasured peace f IWho sees in the step a lightness ; Who. flndfl in the form a grace ; Who reads an unaltered brightness In the witchery of the face Cndimmed and unchanged. Ah. happy Is he cro^^-ned with such a life ; Who prinks the wife pledging the 8,w«jtbeart, And tuu^ts in the sweetheart the wife. TBE POTATO. We do become so tired of seeing the same dish before us every day. Now a plain boiled potato is a good old stand- by, but variety, it is said, is the spice of life, so here is a little of the "spice." !5calloped Potatoes.â€" Cut cold boiled potatoes very thin and small, and place a quart of them in layers in a baking dish, season each layer with salt, pep- per. and little bits of butter. Cover with a gill of cream or very rich milk, grate bread crumbs over the jxjtatoes, Mason again with salt and pepper, and â- mall bits of butter, and bake until thoroughly heated and brown. Saratoga potatoes.â€" Pare two large po- tatoes, and cut in very thin slices into a pan of cold water; let them stand ten minutes; take out a few pieces at a I time, dry them on a soft cloth, and throw them into boiling lard; when a light brown, take up with a skimmer, and lay on' t>rown paper to drain; dredge with sale, and serve hot Potatoes and Cheese.- Cut five or six boiled potatoes into thin slices and put them m a baking dish. Take two table- spoonfuls of butter and melt in a grau- ile sau ' p n; add to it on - tab epoonful of floui, and stir until ihuruughiy blend- ed, ^hen add one-half pint of soup stock and the same amount of milk, btir until well mixed then remove from the fire, and add two-thirds of a cup- ful of grated cheese, three eggs, well beaten, salt and a speck of cayeune pep- per. I'our the whole over the sliced po- tatoes; sprinkle bread crumbs over the top, and put in the oven to brown. S"rve in th<< disi; in which they were iiaked. P»tatoes Vienuoise.â€" Koil eight peel- ed potatoes with one tablespoon of salt, in one quart of water; when done drain uod press through a potato press;, mix wiih one even teaspoonCul of siilt, one- bilf tven tea>pjon ul oT p pper, t»o ounces of butter, the jolks of taree eggs, one-half gill of cream, and four uuiaes of grated Parmesan cheese. Mix well, uud form the mixture into round balls - the size of an egg. Sprinkle some flour on a pastryboard, roll the potato into long shapes, thick in the centre and pointed at the ends ; brush them over with beaten egg; make two slanting in- cisions OQ top of each, lay them in a buttered pan, brtish over again with egg, and IxUie to a fine golden color in a hot oven. SOME GOOD DESSERTS. An entire dinner may be spoiled by the dessert. For the benefit of the cook who has to cater to a familjr of epicures the peceipta for the following desserts f^re given. To serve a melon of ice-cream first line a melon mold with pLitachio ice- . cream. Then fill the centre with pink ico-creaui mixed with a few small choco- lates to repre«)eut seeds, or the mold may bo filUsl with French ice-cream. and let them stand long enough to be a little softened. When the cream is frozen drain the fruit and mix it with the cream, tiuning the da«her for a few minutes to get it well mixed, and again hardened. Place it in a melon mould and pack in ice and salt. Serve with Sauce pHced around it on the same dish, il-ike the sauce of whipped cream, flavored with a little kirsch or brandy. TBE EEH HMATS HIS, HIS EARLy LIFE AND HOW MADE HIS MANY MILLIONS. HE FASHION FANCIES. Some of the new bicycle costumes show white cloth facings. Graduated rows of braid look extreme- ly well on the skirt of a street gown. The very latest designs in new um- brella handles are of mother-uf-pcarl. A combination of black velvet rib- bon and white lace promises to be the rage. Lace and chiffon are used together on stylish waists, the chiffon being put under the lace in most cases. Extremely small waists are no long- er tho fashion, «s the average C4>rset now itw-asures fiom twenty to twenty- one inches. Spring capes bid fair to be gorgeous a.'fiirs, .13 lace, embroidery, jet, span- git-,, aii'l elaborate neck ruchings all enter into their make-up. Two skircs for one bodice is an inno- vation, but one likely to gain ground, and the additional cost entaUed can be trusted to keep them from being as uni- versally popular as the extra waist. Parasols of embroidered grass linen promise to be popular in coojunctioa with waists and costumes of tnis ma- terial. China silks, with all-over Persian pat- terns, are not very expensive, yet they make very useful ajid dainty gowns when lined with nuns' vailing. The latest skirts are flat in front and over the hips, full in the back and the gores slanted on one side only. Blouse bodices are made with apron bib fronts, and axe especially effective in waists of Persian velvet, the bib being of satin embroidiered with jet and spangles. For a fashionable coat the skirts, sleeves, and coat itself should all cor- respond as to materiaJ, while the vest may be wide or uaxrow, and of a sec- ond materiaJ. Fichus are in ev«sry shape and size possible, and are made of white silk muslin with plain ruffles of the same with selvidge edge, or of cream-white Brussels net with insertions and edg- ing of Vsklancieuues lace. Lace jackets are made to wear over silk foundations, and some of the big stores in New York are importing jack- els of lace woven by hand in three or four pieces, to L« set together. A simple coat has the godet basque and bell, and is especially becoming to slight figures. The wide collar is cape shape in the back, and the soft full vest is of fine tucked lawn trimmed with rows of narrow Valenciennes edging. THE WEDDING RING. Where did the custom, of wearing a wedding ring originate? According to the Lntin writer. Aulers Ge lius, it came from Egypt, and was subsequently ack- opted by the Greek.-* and Romans. In choosing the fourth finger of the left hiuid the ancient Egyptians were ink fTuenced by a belief to the effect that a very acute nerve put this finger in direct communication with the heart. It is also very proliahle, says a histon- ian, that the old Egyptians attributed the fourth finger to Apollo â€" the sun â€" to whom gold was consecrated, hence the ring or symiwl to the deity. Some people have wondered why the index has not Ijeen chosen. The Hebrews had done so, and the custom has Ijeen handh ed down to us in the persons of the Roman Catholic Bishops, who wear a ring on the index of the right band. In Germany the ring is worn on the fourth finger of the left hand during the engagement, but is placed on the right hand after marriage. In the Greek Church the priest slips the wed» ding rini^ on the fourth finger of the bride's right band. In Spain, instead of being a simjple band oi gold, the wedding ring is inlaid with precious stont J, and resembles any ordinary ring. It is Worn with less regularity than in other countries, and always on the fourth finger of the risht baild. SVPERSTITION. In a beautiful trousseau recently made for a bride by a noted Paris dressmaker a queer discovery was made by chance. , , L. , 1 It was necessary to make a slight aK :i';;toVd^."^"het1h?'^l>n u'ti'riSlI t«~tion i. one of the -lovely oreation^" ed.sprinkle with chopped brown almonds.; when the s*-wmg womiiu discovered a This win have somewhat the effect of a long silken hair carefully stitched in*' rind. Pineapple mousse make a dainty de- sert. To prepare it the following in- gi-edicnts are required; One pineapple, powdered sugar enough to make it very sweet, three level teaapoorifuls of va- nilla, three table«i)oonfuls of Jamaica' riuu aud throe times the bulk of the [ fruit ia whipped cream. Peel the pine-! to the gown. There could be no misi- take; the single hair had been purposet- ly sewed in the garmeut. The sewing woman smiled and clapped her hands â€" she hail been employed in a Parisian dressmaking estalilishment â€" and then she u.xplained the riddle. "It is a superstition," she said. "When apple and cut a few slices of it into a tjj^ sewing girls in the different apart- bowl. Sprinkle with powdered sugar nients and the girls behind the countr and a very little rum. Cover and set : e,^ i^asix that the house has received away until wanted. Grate the rest of, an oriter for a big trousseau, they bet- the pineapple into an eart-henwaxe bowl, giegp the head dressmakers and ask Add to It the vauUla, rum, and sugar, them to stitch Into the wedding gown Bet the bowl over ice and stir until very ct>ld. Meanwhilo have ready beaten over a pan of ice the cream, which should then equal three times the bulk of the fruit. Fill an ice-cream mould with the mixttire. Fit the oovec on closely, .jover the joint with a strip of muslin dipped in mcllod butter to keep out the salt. PuCk in salt and ioc, the layers of Lee being three inches aud salt especially a single hair froiu their hit^d^. 'i'his hair Is so fine that it is easily concealed and oapnot in any way imir the lieautiful wedding gown. The bead dressmakers very often humor the. girls. "The girls when they 'go homo at night tell their girl friends I hat a hair from their heads had been stitched into the wedxllng gowu of Miss Suwind- one Inch deep. Cover with a. carpet and j^_ and the luoky one is immediately en- set away in » cold place, for three hours vied. She will be m&rried very soon, at lea.st. When ready to serve turn out ij^j. associates say. the cream, place arovnd it the slices of pineapple and its syrup and servo. Plum piidding glace is not very good for epicures troubled with indigestion, but It makes an exceptionally g<Kxl des- â- ert. .First make a chocolate ice-cream ubiug the French ice-cream mixture. TOWELS FROM BLOTTING PAPER. The most cvuious use to which paper is to be. put is that susfgested by the recent patenting of a blotting paper towel. It is a ncw_ style of bath towel. Have a scant three-quarters of a pound con.iisttng of a full suit of heavy blot- of ml;;ed fruit, composed of seeded rai-' tLig paper. A per.^on, upon stepping •ins anil currants boiled until plump, ' out of his morning tub ba-s only to ar- thln alloxM of citron and a few cantUed ray himself in one of heso suits, and .^..jr. >,.. ..â„¢.^~. . :--^- -»„•-, --â- -,â- - •herrfc. Pour over them a little sherry in a second he wUl be as dry as a hone, [of Luropo laid out bis grounds, the EBKltih Muate t'riNioâ€" Ouw the Dead Nan Crealed a Unique Posh Ion for Him- itrir by the Mngtr line of HI* .Wlllluntâ€" Hill Wonderful Palarp. Colonel John Thomas North divided the honours with Gladstone, Wales, Cardinal Vaugban, Salisbury, and Rothschild of Ijeing one of the fore- most men in England, says the New York World. The fiction of the Count of IVlonte Cristo read.s as much like fact as the life story of this wonder- ful production of modern money-mak- ing po-jsibiiiiies. Colonel North was liorn in a villagpe of Yorkshire, near Leeds, January 30, 1842. His father was a Church warden, but for his limited income he depended on the sale of coal. There was nothing espe- cially rtimarkable about the boyhooi'. of North. He was a healthy, rather stolid Yorkshire lad, and at. the age of 15 be had a meagre Common school sdiu;a';ion. At that age he was ap- prenticed to the firm of Shaw, North and Watson, of Leeds, the North of the firm being a cousin of bia father. He remained wiib this firm for eight years, and then obtained a responsible position with the big Fowler Locomo- tive and Steam Plough Works, of Lee<^8. He was then earning an in- conae sufficient to support a wife com- fortably, and he married Miss Jane Woodhead, daughter of the town coun- cillor and Conservative chairman of Leeds. A few months after his marriage his father died. Y'oung North refused to take his share of his father's estate, leaving it all to his widowed mother. Soon afterwards he sailed with his young wife for the west coast of South America. He first found work as an engineer in Carrizal, Chili, for a railway company. During eighteen months he devoted himself with un- flagging industry to his profession. THE VAST NITRE BEDS of Peru were now beginning to be talk- ed about as a good field for speculation. Tbey attracted the attention of the young engineer, and be left the employ of the railroad and hurried to Peru. He acquired a practical knowledge of the art of producing the nitrate from the raw material. Lying imbedded In the sand of the coast of Peru was a coarse material called caliabe, which was much usi^d by the uitives for fer- tilizing. From this material, by boil- ing and evaporation, the nitrate of soda of commerce is produced. For such worn-out soils as those of England and other old European countries the ef- fect of this comparatively new fer- tilizer was marvellous. So he began in a small way to purchase nitrate, and continuttd it for twenty years. Finally, he was able to erect factories of bis own, and built lines of railway to each. Then he ceuneuted them all with one marvellous railroad across the slopes of the Andes, from Pisagua to iquique, two ports from which the wonderful nitrate is sDippeii to the fields of agriculture in Lurone. Then he nee<led ships, aud he built tbein. Long before he came into any promi- nence in England he was known in uU South America as the "Nitrate Kinrf." Just before the war broke out be- tween Chili, Bolivia, and Peru, Col. North, having miade a vast fortune, retuj-ned to England. He had, how- ever, set on fool immense commercial enterprises in Pisagua, Iquique, Tara- paca, and other points on the west coast. While he was in England the railways in the nitrate fifjds, which the Montero Brother.s haa financiered, became involved, anil an effort was made by their ageni~s to raise \n Lon- don £70.000 to pay off a mortgage. Col. North waited until the agent came to him, and then said in his quick way : â€" "I will make you an offer, but it to be accepted or rejected before you leave this room. I wiy give you £95,- 000 for your interest m the road." Tbe agent asked for time to consider. Colonel North turned the key in the door. "Yes, or no," he said, "before you leave the room." "Yes," said the agent. Tbe solicitor was scat, tor, tbe deed was drawn, and Colonel North became the controller of the railway system. Everything he touched TURNED 10 GOLD. He made money for himself and for all who were associated with him. By a daring purchase of guano in Chili he made 9^00,000. As a result of the way Tarupaea became Chilian territory. Col- onel North wont out again, remained ed there Uve years, and then returned to England wui^ an interest in nineteen different companies, which he bad form- ed. Gradually he got more and more control of them, until at the time of his death bis only partner was Mr. Jewell, the English Consul at Iquique. Duriiig the laat Chilian rsvolution Col- onel Nortn's vast interests were put in great jeopardy, for he openly espous- ed tb.e cause of the insurgents, and spent millions in their cause. When ijalmaceda was overthrown Colonel North got mure concessions from the Government he helped to establish, and he uuuie millions upon mLlUi.'ns. Hia wealth at the time of bis death has been variously csLiuui.le.'i «v netween f 100,000,000 aud J150,UUO,000. When Col- onel North had becoiue one of tbe richest men U) England he set about making for himsell a social position. He wont down Into Kent, and with a few luilliona acquired the magnificent estate of EHham- Ha bought with it all the historloal aasociatioDs neces- sai-y. Here John of France wooed the daughter of his captor ; here Richard II. welcomed Leo of Armenia ; and here H^ary IV. married Joun of Na- varre. I'he greiitest lanjlwape artists gardens of the tr<ypical lands were ruusicked u> enrich his con.'tervatiiries, ana iha ancient galleries of all Europe contributed lo hia ai't collection. The bluest blood of the most famous studu of England Wits Ixjught for his slJibles, and hui hounds wore picked from the noblest keujiels of Greait Britain. Then Colonel North gave a ball. He had alre.ady secured the friendship of the Prince of Wales, and he gave the nobility of England sucb a ball as they hod NEVER SEEN BEFORE. So many of his millions he chose to spend for social recognition of the sort lliat the Prince's patronage could give were laid out with the same wisdom and discretion with which tbey had been acquii'ed. Colonel North became a pro- minent figure on the turf, and he had one of the be.st string.s in England. Many of the mose aristocratic trophies were won by the rich Commoner. In 189.S Colonel North sent over a stable of raie horses lo this country in charge of Colonel Thomas P. Oi-bUtree. The horses were poorly managed, and were not of the first-class. They won a few races, but the succe.ss of the stable was not what it would U;ive been had the hor.ses been properly placed. Nine thor- oughbreds were sent all together, in- cluding Ellham Queen. High Commis- sioner, Iddesleigh, Hough and Ready, Arturo, and Sir Frederick Rulierts. A jockey named Swash came with the stable, and inlro<luced to America the celebrated "English roll" to the pro- found amazement of the "talent." Swash was a monumental failure. Col- onel North afterwards promised to send another string of hor.sea, but for s<Mne reason failed to do so. In oours- intf Colonel North achieved distinction by the rnvnership of B^iilerton, the champion greyhound of Great Britain. He went in for hunting, too, and be- came master of the Mid-Kent hounds, one of the finest packs in England. He went in for military glory, and was made colonel of Tower-Iiamlets Royal Engineers, a crack regiment. At the last general election Col. North stood for Parliament in West Leeds against Herbert J. Gladstone, son of the great statesman. He was beaten by 96 votes. â- Several years ago his only daughter, whose 85,,500,000 dower had attracted offers from many of the noblest houses in England, created a sensation by marrying George Lockett, a young bu.sines!i man. of Liverpool. Colonel North's son. Harry, was graduated from Cambridge, and holds a commission in the Royal Munsier Fusiliers. Mrs. North is a maitronly woman of plain ta«te, unspoiled by riches. CIGARETTE POISONING. Danger* af Ihe E.xt^itolve Dm •rTttbarrn In 4uy Farm. George Burroughs, of Lambertville, N. J., died a few days ago of nicotine poisoning. A simple and matter-of-fact announ'^.ement this. The average read- er will hardly slop lung enough to read It, and yet to one who understands the bidden meaning of the simple statement "nicotine poisoning," it means a great deal. it means that through tbe careless- ness of parents a child of tender years was allowed to systematically poison himself with one of the moat deadly of all poisonsâ€".! poison classed with prus- sic acid l)ecause of the minute doses re- quired to kill men and animals. NICOTINE IN ALL TOBACCO, This deadly poi.son is contained in all kinds of tobacco. The poorer the grade of tobacco the higher the percentage of nicotine. The finer grades of Ha- van:i contain alxiirt 2 per cent, of the poison, while the pour grades contain about double that quantity. There is little difference in the effect of tobacco, whether it is smoked, chewed or snuffed. .'Vs a matiter of fact the man wIk) chews a cigar absorbs far more nicotine than one who chews or- dinary chewing tobacco Tbe latter is said to be much less poLsonous on ac- count of tbe admixture of harmless veg- etable maitter. PARTICULRALY BAD FOR YOUTHS, There is a case recorded where death followed the chewing of half a cigar. Ad<^iesc,:nt3 are particularly susceptible to nicotine, as is evidenced from the frequent accounts of poisoning as a re- sult of cigarette smoHiug. Tbe cigar- ette appears so mild and Innocent that children Uike to it kindly. Tbe begin- ner does not as a rtile suffer the tor- tures which usually follow a "first cigar." The danger of poisoning by cigarettes is not so much n°om the smoke of tbe burning paper and tobacco ; It lies prin- cipally in the moist and soggy end of the cigarette which is held between the lips. DANGER OF CIGARETTES. This end becomes saturated with sa- liva, and the tobacco parts with its poisoudus element, which is promptly absorbed by tbe tongue aud the mem- branes of the mouth and throat. W^hen a boy is allowed to smoke from one to three or more packages of cigar- ettes daily tbe injurious effect of the poifton soon become apparent. He ap' pears de{)ressed. complains of nausea and loss of appetite, is uervous and irri- table, and bis heart acts in an irregular manner. It may even bo enlarged olr dilated as a result of the constant ir- ritation produced by the poison in his system. In the typical cigarette fiend one may find any one of th« following oonditiuus; Catnrrh of the throat, nose and larynx, usually of a chronic nature; catarrh of the atoiuach, pe.lpitatlon of the heart, and various disturbances of vision. THE VISION DIMIMED. Tbe labter are frequently of a very serious choracter. It is said that acu- ity of vision is sometimes reduced to one-third of tbe normal. Medioal authorities are agreed that children shctild not be allowed to use tea, coffee, beer and wines. Tobaeoo, and particularly cigarettes, should be added to this list, not only added to, but placed at ) he bead, for the weed is oapablo ot Infllocing more injury of a serious character than all of the other articles put together. CHILD INVENTORS. >aAf«nre> Wlierr Cbild MiHdit Have C<ia> reived Vuluniile Ideax. That many children have great in- g<-nuity of mind in fashioning toys ot various kinds is well known. That they have very frequently turned this qual- ity to good use in the invention and construction of some of our most osefuJ miechanical appliances is attested by tbu followin<» insuince : The children of a Dutch spectaclj maker happened to be playing one day with some of their father's glasses in - front of the shop door. Placing tv»o of the glasses together they peeBe>i through them, and were exceedingly astonished to see tiie weather-cock ot the neighboring steeple brought with- in a short distance of their eyes. They were naturally puzzled, and called their father to see the strange sight. When the spectacle maker looked through tbe glasses he was no less sur- prised than tbe childreu bad been. Ha went indoors and thought ^the mattAi; over, and then the idea occurred to him that be might construct a ourLous new toy which would give people a good deal of amusement. Ue did ao, and Galileo, hearing of this instrument) that was said to malie distant things ap- pear close at iiand, saw at onoe whaO a valuable help it would be to tha study gf the heavens. He set to worl> himself on It, and soon produced tbe tel- BBcope. I A poor Swiss, named Argand. Invent- ed a lamp with a wick fitted into ft boli"w cylinder, up which a current was idlowed lo puas, thus givin^j a anpp'.f of uxygeu to the interior as well as to the exterior of the circular flame. At first Argand used tbe lamp without a glass ohiiauuy, the invention of which important aidjuuct would doubtless have been delayed for some time had it not been for the thought- less juvenile experiments of bis Uttla brother. One day when Argand was busy in bis workroom, and sitting before tho burning lamp, this boy was amusina hiuiN<dl l>y playing a bottomless oil flask over different articles. Suddenly he placed it upon tbe flame of the lamp, which instantly shot up the long, cix^ culur neck of the flask with increased brilliancy. Argand did nut happen to be the man to allow such a suggestive occurrence to esi-ape him. The idea of tbe lamp chimnoy almost immediately c«une into his head, and in a short time his invent iuu was perfected. One of tbe early difficult ies with lh« steam engine was that of condensing', tbe steam in l"he cylinder. Savary dashed cold water on tbe outside, but Newcomen afterward invented a meth- od of directing a stream of cold wat- er into the inside of the cylinder at every rise of the piston. ' This was accomplished by two slop cocks, whicb were turned by hand, and the whole action of the machine depended on tbe attention of the person who watched these two cocks. Humphrey Potter, a boy employed to tend one of Newcomen 's engines, be- longed tx) Mr. Beighion. found tha constant watching so truui diisome that he set himself to contrive a wap by which the cocks might be turned at â- Uie right Lime, and yet allow him an oppw- tmiily of playing with the toys in the b-kn.-et. Olwerving that the particular moment at which tbe valve required to U- opened for tbe admission of the »t4>am was that ut which the pump- rod enil of the team was raised to its highest, and thai tbe moment at which the other cock re(|uired to l>e opened was when the piston rod end was at its highest, he saw that by attaching: strings to the stop-cocks, and connect- ing ihem with various parts of the lieams, the rising and falling of the two ends would i urn the two cocks as necessary. This riule gear of a skulking lx)y was dLscovereil and practically ad- opted, rods being sulwtituted for the strings. OIL ON THE WATER. Bt In France, Wcycles are taxed at the rate of alxjut 82.25 each per year; the tax yields about (400,000 per annum. How (be Ansry Wave* Are talnied ThlH .Simple Procecdlnu. One of the most curious sigh.'^s at sea is that of an oil-bound ship. Every up-to-date ship carries oil tanks. !i« quantity varying with the size of the ves.sel. For instance, a steamer of 150 tons burden carri.i3 on an average 60 gallons of oil. This oil is the refuse disoajded by the oil refining factories, and often consists of a mixture of whals oil, petroleum and vegetable oil. It oocits about two pence a gallon, and a largo-sized vessel can be well supplied for ZO shillings. The oil is stowed in spacious zino tanks, arranged in tbe hold of thb ^hip to act as ballast. Each tank coniajis 50 gallons of oil. and an ingenious mech- anii'4il tap arrangement connects the with the ouiside of the vessel. If a dangerous gale arises, and ths ship becomes uninnnageablo and likely to founder, the sluices are opened iind 20 gallons or mure of the oil is allowed to escape into the sen. The effect is instantaneous. However stormy the sea may be. th" . essel lies in a gentle heaving mill pond. There is no further danger ot foundering, and the oil movas along with the vessel for some time, often half an hour, after which it breaks up and dispei;.'>es. The ship must slacken speed a little, and more oil is let out from tbe tanks. Enor- mous waves may bear down on the ship, but on approaching the magic oil circle they seem to melt away and pass harm- les.slv beneath the vessel. Sailing vessels are not so often fur- nished with oil tjinks as steamers. It Is estiiruited, however, that over '-0U vessels have been saved from shipwreck by means ot the oil tanks sini!e they were introduced a few years ago. It Is only in (;ases of absolute peril that the taniu are rej^iu'ted to. Why should we be care-strioken \ What business have wo to be sad ia the sunshine 'I We bave nothing to do with the future, we have lo do with the present only, and that even^vi^l the hour oi trial we ore by God's grac* bear.â€" Canon Far» strong enough rax, to