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Exeter Advocate, 1904-4-28, Page 21.4*A itic-144-kkirleil-kieint*** 41% F1 i Whatever its nature, it Wae evident- r ly satielactory; for theyseem both ed in excellent spirits as they Wished the little lady- "Good -night," O.nd lett her stanclin by the side of her 044 xlnwlYneequired treasure, UW "YOu'll have pleats!' a time, old 7 man," Ounaingham Was seying to his companion as they left the bouse, "te 1 I t - IIe's etelrefleiele44444.0notnikeletel4+4, "Hallos„ aunt! Another bargain!" said Di& Cunningham, quizzingly, Steering himself round an old oak table which blocked up the entrance tO OM of the tiny rooms of his nt's fiat, and kissing the old lady affec- tionately on her still smooth cheek. Poor Miss Jane •at once became eloquent—also tearful. "Oh, Dick" she cried, wringing her hands, •"it's no laughing matter, That ressealte Jaeob Skinner has swindled met" "What—again!" lhughed her nephew erreverently, seating hiniself on the table and thumping it with his fist., "Whet did you give for this, euntie? Come now—no equivocation!'' "Well, to tell you the truth, Dick, paid fitteee pounds for it"—blusleing like A girl of seveeteen, "It was really more th.an I could ,efford; but It seemed such a lovely piece of sev- enteenth -century oak that I simply couldn't resist it. And now .old Col- onel Marsh tells me it's a fraud, and Worth four or five pounds at the out- side. I'll never, never buy anything of Skinner again!" Dick looked meaningly at an leged" (grand -father clock—a former purchase of his aunt's from the wily - dealer in antiques—and smiled. , "Ob., I know; I've said so before," faltered little Miss Ctumingharn, <need- Jug her nephew's mocking glance. "But this time I really did think I had a bargain, Dick," "Few people ever get a bargain from Jacob S'kinner," said her nep- hew, sententiously. "He's about as smart a man as I've seen. Everyone a.dmits that—most of them with very good reason, too! What we have to do now, auntie, is to see if anything can be done In the matter. But I doubt it 'Caveat emptor' is a very good rule to remember when you are looking out for bargains in antiques!" "Oh, if you only could do some- thing. Dick!" cried his aunt, appeal- ingly. "Well; are there any further parti- culars you can give me?" Miss Jane shoole her head, doubt- fully. "No," she replied. "I'm afraid not. He bought it at the sale of old Mr. Walsh's effects—that's all I know," she add'ed. "What --Walsh the zanier?" "Supposed to be worth tea thous- and pounds in cash at least• when he ne tiled," continued her nephew. "Never found a welly of it, aid they?" Miss Jane nodden confirmation. Cunningham put on his "lawyer" face, as became a, full-blown solicitor OQ1 C ap a Skinner 0 3,1 . never seen you before, rna, certain. Go carefully, thounla He'll take a lot of nandling." "Trust me, Dick," said bis friend, heartily. "By Jove, this is rich! And they separated, * * Dick was right. Sure enough, he had not been five minutes with his aunt next morning before a tug at the bell announced Mr. Jacob Skinner-, and with an oily smile that very cute gentleman "was ushered into the room. He seemed a little disturbed at limit- ing Miss Jane reinforced by her nep- hew's Presence, but quickly recovered his self-possession. There was an air of suppressed excitement about him quite foreign to his usual behaviour, and, although this escaped the no- tice of the unsuspecting Miss Cunnings ham, it was the source of unholy joy to Dien. Miss Jane motioned her visitor to a chair and. waited for him to begin. The dealer in antiques seemed rath- er nt a, loss to explain his early call, but eventualler blurted out— "It's about that antique table, ma'am.," pointing to where it stood, covered with its new owner's knitting and fancy work. "Yes?" encouragingly. "Well, ma'am, I had a caller last night, just as I was a -closing_ It seems he was a relative of old Mr. Welsh. You remember I told you I bought the table at the sale?" Miss Jane nodded. The dealer continued: "He parti- cularly wanted to buy that table. Ilad only Just come home from abroad, and hadn't heard of the old' man's death till that day. So ho at once made inquiries and came straight round to see 3:00 as soon as he learned I'd bought it. "Awfully cut up he seemed," con- tinued the dealer, 'watching Miss Jane furtively. to see if his reinarns were taking effect, "when he found I had already sold it—his poor old un.cles table." Skimmer dropped his voice to a pa, thetic whisper as he noticed that he was making an impression on Miss Cunningham. "Good old Bob," muttered Dick, sotto voce. "Pear me!" said the tender-bearted old lady, forgetful of her own griev- ance in her sympathy- for the miser's phew. "I shall--" But she cauglit Mick's eye fixed sternly on her, and broke oft. . "I-1 have taken rather a liking to the table," she continued, timidly, "and meant to use it myself. You of three months' standing, and was see"—alarmed at her own audacity, silent for a few minutes. lbut encouraged by an approv-ing nod Suddenly he gave a most unprofes-lfrom her nephew—"one rarely gets a alone whoop, and bouncing off the •chance of picking up a piece of genu - table surprised the dear old lady by ;Inc seventeenth -century oak now -a - executing a war -dance round the:days—that is, at sech a reasonable room, to the imminent peril of all price. the innumerable bargains which filled! The dealer smiled inwardly at this every corner. refreshing innocence and returned to "Eureka! I have it!" he shouted ,the attack. snapping his fingers. I "But, under the circumstances, His aunt smiled proudly. "I felt , sure you would know what to do, 1 Dick," she said, affectionately, reach- i ing up and laying her hand on her nephew's broad shoulder. "What is But CunninghEun was inysterious. "Just wait," he said, "until to- morrow morning. Unless I am much mistaken your first visitor will be Jacob Skinner." "Jacob Skinner?" echoed the old lady, blankly. "Yes. And don't be surprised if he wants to buy the table back again. So, if this turns out to be the case, as I have no doubt it will, refuse to sell at first—tell him you have taken a liking to it; but in the end I thinn you znight let him hae-o it for, say, twenty-dve pounds." "But, Dick, Colonel Marsh said it was worth only five pound e at the very most." "An article is worth just as mucla as one is able to get for it," replied her nephew, in his best professional xnanner. "If Skinner is willing to give twenty or twenty-five pounds for it, what objection. c,an you ha.'ve?" "Um," said Miss Jane, doubtfully. "Inn inclinc-d to believe he'll JumP at it at the price," added Dick. "Any- how, be with you as early as possible to -morrow to assist in the interview—it ought to prove interest- ing. But don't leave Skinner alone with the table for long, and, above all, don't let him think you susnect it is not. genuine." "Very well, Dick," said his aunt, ninon mystified. "And now," continued Cunningnam, • oft I will look, in with— a friend presently, and we'll—ensxam- ine your purchase at our leisure. You will have no objeetion to our having the room to ourselves for an hour or eo?" "None whatever," replied, Miss Jane, who would nave given anything to know what he had in his Milan And with a, cheery laugh iier nep- hew took his leave. Another hour, however, Sall' his re- turn, accoraparded by his friend Bob Harrison. 'Under his erlb. ho carried a small brown -paper -covered patrcel. This he sh:owed teasingly to his aunt, but vouchsafed uo explanation, "My chitin Harrison," he said. "He's awfully good at amateur thea- tricals," "Ahl indeed," said the puzzled old lady, trying, to see what connec- tion there could be between amateut theatricals and her asitique table, "And—and—lie is an authority an- tiquee, I onderetanti?" "Bather!" said Dick, With it tnrinki0 In his eye. "tit, Deb?" Harrison grinned, The two then locked themselves up W ith the antique table, and it wee befeae they goal concluded their efeitat&natioil.°f mind telling you tleat that table has fez' an investigation of the table by A hi4t017." I its new owner resulted iu the acci- Idles Jane looked at her nephew ap- 'dental discovery that it had a double prehensively„ es if doubtful whether !top, between the two portions of the stealer had not "done" them after en; but Dick nodded reassuringly. "Ooiie oW," h0 Sid; "you didn't buy it for its history, Mr. Skinner?" ati• which Were found bundles of notes amounting to a stun considerably more than 410,000, Arid Jacob Skinner nearly had a fit That Worthy leered knowingly at when he heard of nt.--Lendoo,Tit- tlio speaket, end afteroldentl ycoo-- — • siclering whether he should take his -+ , hearers into his confidence hie elation PERSONAL POINTERS got the better of hie usual caution, and he continued:— Notes -- of Interest About Some "Well, not exactly, sir—not exactln. Prominent People. It's like this. Last evening, just as 1n. was shuttinn up, in comes a yonng Signor Mascagni, the famous Itali- an composer, is one of the most sup - chap, as I told you before. He erstltious of men, and always carries wanted an antique table, d'escribing s one very much 'like I h4ad sold Mins 'n one of his pocketanernarkable Curtain:h= (patting the table n collection of talismans to avert mis- e fectionately). a 'fortune. Among them may be men - "I showed him all I had in the Itioned tiny figures of St. George in ivory and mother-of-pearl, and small horns of coral. One of the most studious Queens in Europe is the German Empress, who cares very little indeed for pomn and ceremony, Her Majesty's favorite study is medicine, and she .,has in- structed herself go well in the art of healing that 'she- is regarded as guite an efficient adviser in cases of ordinary illness. At Kemble, in Wiltshire, England, Lord Bidclulph owns one of the most interesting estates in England, for within its boundaries are to be "seen a well-presez-ved Druidical temple, the remains of a Roman villa, the site of an Annlo-Saxon village mentioned in Domesday Book, and the source of the River Thames. King Edward was never a book- worm, but he has always been fond said, excitedly, "Don't you think of history. and has guite a fine col - you could trace the purchaser? Man! lection of volumes at Sandringham I'd give you a hundred for that dealing with the -Crimean expedition table!' and the campaigns of Nelson -and - "Thinks to rayself, if he's willing and other pursuits also appe,aled , to to give a hundred pounds for the Prince of Wales he was a consider - him before the canes of State wholly shop, but nothing gowned to suit hum and presently he says, 'Where's the tale you bought at old Mreeinalah's sale? That was about the kind of thing I wanted.' "Of course, I told him it was sold. And then be sans, supnose you know wherew it ent?, - "At that I pricked up my ears. " 'Well,' I said, cautiously, 'I can't say as I do. The gent who bought it was a total stranger to me, and said he was taning it abroad with him.' " The dealer wayed his arm deprecat- ingly. "These littla--er—dissimula- tions are necessary in a business -way —you understand, sir?" "011, quite so." returned Dirk-, much amused lit his aunt's disgusted look. "Go on." "At that," continued Shinner, "he seemed inuch cut up. 'The deuce!' he thing, it's probably worth a good deal naore, So I just kept my mouth shut about its whereabouts (with a grin) and gave him to understand that in my opinion there was no earthly chance of ever recovering it. "And then—out it comes!" almost shouted the dealer, his whole frame trembling with excitement. " 'Old Walsh had house property bringing him in over two hundred and monopolized his time. When he was able nc,vel reader. The mannerisms of great men arc always a subject of intense interest. Mr. Chamberlain seems to have ac- quired a new one during his tour through Great Britain. It consists in nuffing cut his cheeks slightly when he is interrupted. He has only 'fifty pounds a year,' said the strang- one other trick of gesture—drawing a er; 'and this be drew for thirty years forefinger rapidly across his nose —while a few shillings a week was the when he has made a telling point. very utmost he spent. There is no doubi as to the source whence he acquired this mannerism; it was the only peculiarity of gesticula- tion which Mr. Gladstone perniitted himself. The Right Hon. A. Graham Murray, the Secretary for Scotland, is one of the most athletic of all legislat- ors. As a Harrow boy he was un- rivalled as a racket player, and he is one of the best amateur golfers north of the T,weed; while few men can handle a gun with more deadly ef- fect. He is a great cyclist, too, and thainksoas leitotleanof rieffnegnhomee all they Parlia- mentary Session is at an end as of cycling from his London chambers to the House of Commons. The resignation of Vice -Chancellor Chatterton from the Irish Bencb leaves Lord Young, of the Court of Sessions at Edinburgh, the oldest working judge in the United King- dom. Both judges were born in 1819, but the resigning Vice -Chancellor has the advantage of Lord Young in the matter of length of years on the Bench. Lord Young, although in his eighty-nfth year, attends daily o.t the Court of Session with alrctost unim- paired vigor, and it is a noted wit. Ile remembers many of Burn's person- al friends, and knew intimately "Bon- nie Jean," the widow of the poet. The world does not hear a great deal of Miss Helen Gould, veno is be-. lieved to be the wealthiest spinster in existence, beyond a geneetal rumor that she eschews society' and is de- voted to good works. -She is a nery 'practical woman, and has been much Impressed by the very rifdirnentary knowledge of cooking among the poor so she has started a cookery institu- tion in New York, where the poorest may attend lectures and demonstra- tions without payment of any fee. She " 'What's forty times two hundred and fifty pounds?' he says. " 'Call it ten thousand pounds,' says T " 'And they never Sound a penny of It whenhe died!' " 'No,' said they didn't. I often wondered where it went to.' '"Then you needn't wonderany , P Ion er ' re lied the stranger, bitterly, 'for old 33etty Jones, who died last night—you remember, she USEld tn, in clean up old Walss house occasion- ally--confeseed to me just before she died that she once saw the old man ftl stuing something like paper nateetbe hollow leg of a table!' "And this ie -the table!" cried Skin- ner, standing up in his agitation and mopping his forehead. "And now it's mine! "Yes, sir! Jacob Skinner usually knows what be's about!" "I gather," said Miss Jane, frigid- ly, "that you expect to find a large irta,'ain, I thought you might be dis- sum of money—probably ten thous - posed to let the young chap have it. and pounds, in notes, I presume— hid - 1 know (deprecatingly) that it is not , den in that table -leg. This, no doubt a question of money with you, Miss you intend to hand over to the old Cunningham; hut, I may say, my miser's heir-at-law? Wasn't that customer would be willing to give what you bought the table for?" you twenty-five pounds for it." "Well—what do you think?" return - The little lady loaned at her nep- ed the dealer, with a knowing look at new for guidance. Cunningham. "I asked yeu to let "Yes aunt, I think you might let hixn have the table back—and (with a him have it at that price." grin) he's welcome to it—after I've Then.. turning to the now jubilant in-vestigated that there hollow leg! Skinner, whose eyes were greedily fix- "Besides, I know for a fact the old ed on the coveted table, "Well, tna- man had no brothers or sisters; so cob, it's not often one gets ten the yarn the stranger told nae that he pounds the better of you in a deal— was a nephew was all bunleuzn—that's ehe" to say, nonsense, ma'am (turning to The dealer turned with a start. Miss Jane). And he's no more right -Ten pounds!—eh?--oh, eees, sir," to the table than I have. Not so he answered, absent-mindedly. "Ex- much—for the table's mine!" ceptional circumstances—quite excep- Miss Cunningham, much bewildered, tional circumstances." (To Miss Cune looked across at her nephew. ningham—pulling some notes out of "es. there ie no doubt," he sae& ,not only provides it with first-rate teachers, but superintends many de- tails herself, and is almost always present in neat cotton dress and ap- ✓ on, joining the classes ,and sharing every kind of instruction given to those who attend. Sir William Ramsay is a man of science with a good many interests outside his special 'work. It has been said that had he not elected to de - The d.ealer by this time had walked was soon taken out and peemitted vote his life to chemistry lie nnght over to the table and stood With one the displacement of a layer of wood, have made a name for himself as a his pocket -book): Would it be trou'b- in reply to the inquiry in her oyes, ling you too much to give nee a re- "it's his table. ceipt, am'?" "Come on man off with the lag, "Not at all," returned Miss Jane, and let us sae your fortune," turning primly, counting out the notes: "One to Skinner. —two—three—four—five. Quite cor- And with trembling fingers that rent, Mr. Skinner. gentleman drew a screw -driver froxn "Write me out it receipt, Dick, his pocket, and the two turned the please," turning to her nephew," and table over. I will sign it." A screw at the bottom of the leg fat hand stroking its surface—almost which latter when removed disclosed caressingly, it seemed. a. cavity tightly packed with paper. He roused himself as if from a Skinner could hardly restrain his dream 'when, Dick banded him the re- excitement. Feverishly he pulled out coipt duly signed, and, scrutinizing It a roll and began to tear the wrapping carefully, remarked:— from it. One, two, three coverings "Well, sir, I guess this table's mine I tvere torn off in quick succession, and filien a sealed envelope was brought noce,vo.h", certainly," said Dick. "No 'to light. doubt about it. I wish you luck, Tbis the dealer rapidly slit open, though I should like to know what 'and thee, withdrawing the oriclosure, your game is. I didn't swallow your ;he opened it and commenced to read. tale of the miser's nephew, don't But his eyes had no sooner fallen think it. I've known Jacob Skinner on it than he let it drop fluttering to the floor, and stood as if transfixed. Miss Jane stepped forward, and picking it lip read the two words "Done brown." "ntone brown?" she said', inquiring- ly, the words conveying no meaning to her bewildered senses. "Why, it looks like your writing, Dick!" "So it does," said Cunningham, drily, looking over her shoulder. "Re- inerlsably like my hand -Writing --ch, Skinzter?'' The Siegler looked into his eyes, un- derstood, and groaned. "T reckon We're about, square now," table and pushed it forward into the geld Dick, "but I'll make you art of - middle of the room, ler. I'll give you it fiver for the Walking round it, he examined cech table—on accomit of ite—er—interest- leg minutely, soul at length, giving leg history." , one a. little pat, lie uttered a satlela Jacob Skinner grineed sheepishly, ed. grunt And Belated himself above it "Very 'well," 110 said, and the table on the corner of the table.changed hands oriel; more, arid Dick 'Then, with a knowing 'wink al, his Cinininsehans methodic:filly pocketed Male listerier, he comtneneed:— the receipt. "Well, seeing that !arise it's * * * * mine (he taPPed his PeCi'ket-be OR ill Bet the old ininer'e ending -place atd which reposed the receipt), I don't not much longer remain a mystery, long enough to be aware that when he pays twenty-five pounds for a mock antique table there's something in the wind." The dealer passed over this aspersi- on on the genetneeets of his purch- ase without comment. It is doubtful if he even noticed it, he Was so pre- occupied, "Corea on, man," laughed 'Dick, "out with it. You'va got the tonne, so you needn't mind telling tin" "Might 1Put off these things?" in- quired the betening Skinner; and, per- mission being granted, he cleared the musician. He plays both the piano and violin with skill and has a pret- ty talent for improvisation, while he has written the words also of not a few songs. Sir William, too, is not only one of the most learned of liv- ing chemists, but ,ft skilful mechanici- an. Working as he is accustomed to with such infinitesimal quantities of material, Sir William has had to de- vise, among other things, new Me- thoda in glass-blowing as apnlied ,to the manufaeture of minute chemical &operates, and as a consequence has found it matt satisfactory to make all his own appliances himself. WOULD NEED THEM. "No, I don't Want anything hincyne said the customer, who was looking for something suitable for a present for her husband. "Chrietinas is ov- er. What I want this time is some article that will be of practical use tohir°!' "Ilow would a smoking jacket do, ma'am?" asked the saleeman, "Re has two already." "What does he smoke—cigars or a PiPe?" "He smokes a, pipe." '"I'lten let me suggest, ran'em, that you buy a Case containing 144 boxes finenc;:i' eer agine—"t1 oo cl gracious! They make cereiage wheels out of paper? 'The idea! Paper wheels!" Joegins--""Phat's nothing. They have etatioanry engines, too." • About the ....House " TESTED RECIPES. Sweetbreads with Mushrooms. -- Parboil sweetbreads, allowing eight Inedium-sized ones to a can of musin rooms. Out the sweetbreads about half an inch square; stew until ten- der, Slice mushrooms and stow in the liquor for one hour. Then add to the sweetbreads it coffee cup of cream, pepper and salt, and a table - `spoonful of butter. Sweetbreads boiled and served with green peas make a very nice disn, Pound Cake.—Cream one pound su- gar and three-fourths pound of but- ter; add the yolks of eiglit eggs well beaten, flavor to taste, and mix with all one pound flour, beating the whole well together. 'Yellow Cake.—One teacupful sugar with half the quantity of nutter; add the yolks of four eggs, beaten half a teacupful of milk, and two and a half teacupfuls of flour sifted with two teaspoonfuls of Price's Cream Baking Powder, Flavor with vanilla. Lady Cake.—Take two and a hall scant teacupfuls of flour, and after sifting mix well with it ono heaping teaspoonful Price's Cream Baking Powder and sift again; add one and a half teacupfuls powdered sugar, blended with half a teacupful of but- ter; beat the whites of two eggs to a froth; add gradually to the flotua half a teacupful of milk; follow with the sugar and the butter, and next the whites of the eggs, finishing up with a teaspoonful of the essence of almond. Bake in it hot oven for three-quarters of an hour. Eggs a la Suisse. --Spread the bottom of a dish with two ounces of fresh butter; cover this with grat- ed cheese; break eight wtole eggs emon the cheese without breaking the yelks. Season with red pepper and salt if necessary; pour a little erearn on the surface, strew about two ounces of grated cheese on the top, and set the eggs in a moderate oven for about a quarter of an hour. Pass a hot salamander over the top to brown, it. Birds' Nests.—Chop very line one ounce of beef suet or cold aeat, half a cupful of bread crumbs, season with chopped parsley, powdered thyme, and marjoram, a little grat- ed rind of lemon, and half its juice, and one egg well beaten to bind the mixture. While you are preparing this minture have four eggs on the stove to boil hard; ten minutes will be sufficient. Warm half a pint of gravy. When the eggs are boiled hard take them from the shells and coner them thickly 'with the mix- ture. Put a little butter in a stew pan, fry them a light brown, dish them up, cut them in halves (first cut off the top of the white that they might stand), and serve them hot with the hot gravy poured over them. Weleh Rarebit.—The making of a Welsh rarebit is, as everybody knows, simple enough in itself, and yet rarely attended with the grati- fying success the aixibitious maker could desire. Many makers get the slices of bread too thick. They should not be more than -half an inch thick. They should also be toasted lightly on both sides. After this preparation lay on them slices of rich cheese and put them in a pan till the cheese is melted. Mus- tard and pepper should be spread over them, but not too much of the latter—that is a common mistake. They should be served, of course, on very hot plates, and it is of great importance that the rarebit itself be hot, as otherwise it will congeal and be flabby and tasteless. German Sweetbreads.—Boil 'theta in water with a little salt; take off all the fat; cutin pieces the size of dice or smaller. Make a sauce with one tablespoonful of flour, butter the size of half an egg; wet with the water the sweetbread is cooked in, make it as thick as cream, flavor a Vern hot coven, is apt to make Client become watery, AB batterepuddings should be cooked in a hot oven, as a eloxv '-ie Is apt- to make them heavy. RemeMber to grease the mould or basin used for baked puddings be- fore the mixture is put into it. A very snia,11 pinch of salt is the . greatest improvement to all pod- dings—sweet ones included, 13read and butter and plenty of good Scottish oatrneel and milk are the foods on which ehildren thrive. When using dried apples, soak the 51riecl fruit over night in cold water. Cook slowly till tender. Then sweeten and flavor with a lit- tle lemon or clove syrup. • When lighting a gas stove it will often give a slight explosion and light wrong, thus causing no heat. Turn the gas off very quickly, and on again. It will then light pro- perly without any further trouble. To renovate plush, hold the af- fected parts, plush downwards, over boiling water, than pass across them a hot iron so as to raise the pile, The iron should be held up- right by one person while another draws the back of the plush across it. The teeth should be cleaned all over. Cleaning the mouth should be practiced after every meal with the same regularity with which the child gets a daily bath. Especially is the tooth toilet necessary after the last meal of the day. To cure squeaky boots, get some boiled linseed oil. Pour this into it deep dinner disk and stand he boots in it, so as to allow the Ernes only: to soak in it thoroughly for a few days. If this does not remove the annoyance repeat the process. Never sweep dust from ma room to another, nor from upstairs to the lower part of the house. al eetys take it up into a dustpan where you have previously placed Nome tea leaves. This prevents the dust from scattering again and returning to its old haunts. SALT SPRINKLINGS. Salt in whitewash makes it stick. Salt puts out a fire in the htun ney. Salt used in sweeping carpets keeps out moth. Salt as a gargle will cure soreness of the "throat. halt and vinegar will remove stain from discolored teacups. Salt put on ink when freshly spill- ed will help in removing the spot. Salt thrown on soot which has fallen on the .carpet will prevent stain. Salt on the fingers when cleaning fowl, meat, or fish will prevent slip- ping. Salt in the oven under baking -tins will prevent their scorching on the bottom. TOWELS. Hemstitching on towels has been tried and found wanting. The plain hems are now secured by an overcast stitching which gives the . effect of a heavy cord. A handsome towel may be made of strips of nar- row linen crash, overhanded together with the two seams covered with a fine brier stitch or narrow pattern in cross stitch, and is a suitable gift for the rink] friend whom it seems difficult to remember because seeming to have everything she wants. KITCHEN APRONS. The best work and kitchen aprons are made of blue and white seer- sucker, one of their excellent quali- ties being that they require no iron- ing. It -is possible to wash and shake out a dozen of these aprons in less time than it would take to launder half the number of gingham or calico ones. Seersucker may, be had in plain white as well Its the familiar stripes. WORK BAGS. An improveinenn, on the work bags mado entirely of silk aro new ones made on a foundation of basket work. Tile little flat trays to be found in all sizes at Japanese shops are chosen, and the silk sewed on with lemon juice. Put in the chop- .theeinside rim. The basket is first Ped sweetbread and let it just boil. Stir in a well -beaten egg with a lit- lined and slightly paclded with sach- et if desired. The silk is gathered in tle water in it to keep from cruna. hag fashion at the top, making -a pretty and a substantial receptacle forsewing materials or embroidery. WHY MEN DIE. It has been said that few men die of old age, and that almost all per- sons die of disappointment, personal, mental, or bodily toil, or accident. 'Inie passions kill men sonaetirnes ev- en suddenly. The common expression "choked with rage," has little exag- geration in it, for even though not sudelen13r fatal, stroog passions short- en life. Strong -bodied Men often die young, weak men livo longer than the strong, for the strong use their strength, and the wean have none to use—the latter take care of themselves the former do not. As it- is with the - body so it is with the mind and the temper; the strong are npt to break, or, like the Candle, run; the weak burn out. The inferior animals, which live temperate lives, have gen- erally their prescribed term of years. Thus the horse lives tweat-y-five years, the ox fifteen to twenty, the lion about twenty, the hog ten or twelve, the rabbit eight, the guinea. Pig six or seven. The numbers all bear proportion to the time the ani- mal -takes to grow .its full size. But nian, of all animals, is ode that eel - don't domes up to the average. He otiglif to live a hundred years, AC,- cordieg to the physiological law, for 'five times twelity are ono hundred; but inete,acl of that, he scarcely reaches an average of fetir dines the growing period, Tile reason is obvi- ous—man le not only the most ir- regular and elitist intemperate, but the most laborions and hard-working of all aninials. He is alWaye the most irritlible, and tlicre is reason to e_ beliene, though 'we cannot tell What Ore" An animal secretly feels, that, more ' than any other animal, man cherish- es Wrath to keep it warm, and con - Sumas himself vir3t.k rite of hie bling, just before sending to the table. Have a lemon on the table, as some prefer it seasoned more. ANCHOVY BASKETS. Make a little good short pastry, mixing it with anchovy sauce in- stead of water, and coloring it slightly with a few drops of car- mine, as the sauce -does not color enough. Line some tiny pattypans with the paste, put in some uncook- ed rice, and bake in a good oven. Make the remnants of pastry into little strips about two inches long, twist these, and lay them on a bak- ing tin in the shape of a horseshoe, and bake them. When the basknts are cooked, turn out the rice, and let cool. Whip up some Cream, add to it about one ounce of cheese, also Pepper, salt, and a little mus- tard. Fill the beskets with this, piling it up roughly, stick in the little pastry strips to form handles, and just before serving put a few watercress -leaves round the edge of the basket, sticking the stalks into the cream. Dish up on a, fatcy paper, with a sprig or two ef watereress in between the bas- kets. If the cress is put in too soon it will fade by, the time the savory is served. Mousseline Pudding. --Orate the rinds of two lemons, and strain out the juice, mix with these two ounces of castor sugar, four yolks of eggs, a pitch of salt, and two °lances of frail butter, Stir this mixture over the iire till it thickens and nearly boils, then let it get cool again. Wino tip the four whites of eggs to a stiff froth, shake thens, into the other mixture, butter a plain mold or tilt, pour the whole into the mold, and steain for three- ouartere of an hour, Turn out carefulin when done, and serve With a sweet sauce. HOUSEHOLD IIINTS, Custards should be cooked gettlen- own refleetinen;