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The way that the light went in the
little roam, hole leecAlphine's face
was in abet -tow; the other kalif was
clear ared strong, Presently be
moved round towards liis secretary,
and the hard mouth allowed in full,
waa late, and in the heavy silence
the remorselese ticking of tne
pound'eol slow and very loval to the'
tired secretary, like blows on a tiny
"So tbat's the letter," mid Mo-
Alphine the Scotsman. ".A pretty
letter. *Meat were the tierce names?'
Once moiei the secretary's hand felt
for the typed letter on the table. Bo -
fore he lied picked it up, McAlphine'e
memory came.
"All right,'t •said he. "It doesn't
matter; I remember thenz.—Peaece
and Thmrias and Ilernardson, If I
• employ those three any longer, the
othess all go out. An ultiMatum
, to
ft "Yes," 'said the secretary. "They
e'go out at the end of the week."
"They don't," said nicAlphine. He
ptished his chair back and stead up-
right. A. day and half a night of
galloping work were benind
but he shook the creeping tiredness
from him like an old coat.
"They don't," lie cried again, and
his voice leapt. "They go out to-
morrow, as early as you can Wire
• down. If I were worth only a tenth
of what I am now,. I'd pay them
their week's w.ages after that letter,
and see their backs, if it broke in."
The mind of the secretary was a.t
once invaded by the black panoraina
that this would mean. I -Ie saw the
pale women and the cumulous chil-
dreo, the burly, idle men. He saw
each slow-moving week a further
melestone of degradation.
' "They have been led astray," said
be.
"Yes," mid McAlphine sharply.
"Whose Molt is that—they choose
their own leaders. I knew what a
lock -out means as well as you, but
I've lost patience. I'm as conmeeent
to be a leader as any three of their
wentelle-cl agitator's. Man, I tell you
I had it in my mind.
"I would have made Castletown a
place for the world to look at—a
lair Eden for decent working, men.
But I've come up by myself—it's a
fact that I started with a borrowed
tiovereign—I've sweeten, and strained,
and worked; and I'll have nobody to
dictate to we lierweel'in to run ray
• business, and what men I must em -
f -ploy.
- "They had it in their hands, • for
you lenow_when there was that trou-
ble a wee % ago, I went down •
ancl
told thein to their faces. An this
week, 1 sappose, little men in white
collars have been holding meetings,
and going from house to house, tell-
ing them to strike. . 'You're bound
• to • win.. He can't afford to hane his
_worres shut.'
*"They've chosen their road, and
• iey thinnit's a short one. But Pll
fight. I was three years in the noor-
house when I was a boy, and I'd
sooner be there again than not have
my own way now. Perhaps you
can't under -stand that?"
"Quite well," said the Semetary.
"Graham, my bey, it's the longest
speech I ever made to you. I want
some sleep. Good -night."
"Good -night," said Graham. "I'll
• wireddown first tg." Ile rose and
stood by tlie, window. "I might as
Well go out now," he added with a
laugh.. For as he pulled aside tlie
curtains the day came strange and
awkward 'into the lighted room.
* * * *
When the strike had lasted a, month
and McAlphine's men at Castletown
got timid, and talked of cavarlymen
and the nearest barracks,, McAlphine
said:
- "I must go- 'clown to Castletown.
They wont frighten me."
D•ut when he -told his wife that ne
edigruld not be long away, and she
`Mu•st not he afraid for him, .sflae said:
"Let me go, too."
eleAlphine looked at her in sur-
• prise. "Talce you down, Grace!
Why?"
"I don't know," nhe answered mots-
• iveiy. And then added for her rear
son, "I Want to gee'
"It's not safe for you. 'You
' wouldn't dare • to go • out in the
• streets for a walk, trona wbat Merri-
• man tells me."
"It can't be so bad as that. The
worst of the men would not hurt a
weonan."
"I imagine,", said Mc.Alphine grim-
ly, "that you wouldn't be an ordin-
ary woman • to them as they- are
now. You'd be just McAlphine's
• wife.''
But she had her way.
"Life's too crowded to waste time
In tryinn to dissuade a woman," he
• said to.Graliam afte.rw,arcle,
• ley, the time McAinhine had reach-
ed Castletawn, the strike had bared
the place to a collection of denary,
idle streets. His coming irritated
the mere to furious speech. They
talked openly at meetings of attack-
• ing him, which wee bacl, end got
their evords printed in, a local peper,
• which was' worse,
MeAlphine took a thick stick, and
walked about the streets as he lined.
The apparent indiffereeme had it ef-
fect in less than a fortnight.
One interning a man began lieeitaf-
ingly to follow him. When necAl-
phiee sletkened, the man stopped.
"Good zootning, Peter," ectiel Me -
Alpine over his shoulder. The num
was an aseistant engineer. "To
• bink of our poor erignies poiling
re for e tripe of grease" !mid Mc-
Alpitine, and stopped in his turn.
Peters came nearer.
eninet"Iiands oft!" cried McAlphine, mie-
tanitig the movement.
"No, it's liot that," erten Petere.
lenzAlplitrie 1owe.a4 the elfted stick,
"rfro aulsrAc neeen
tIrr
,
•
"Well, let's nave it." void nee-
Alphine, "it you please,"
"Tinter had a meeting yeetenlay,"
eels], Vetere., inehey're tend, er, rt-'
ther, their Women are, end itei the
same thing, 'They're coming to 5,Q4
to -day to tell you, They'll none the
thoild Men 'back' aPd start
'n""t
w
"Will they'?" stein McAlpnine in
quick, sudden rage, "I'm much
obliged, I'm glad you t•olci nee. You
can go back and tell them quietly.
It'll save them having their licking
advertised la the riapere, at any rate.
They'll come back, will they—tlio
good men. Tell 'cm from me that
they'll do nothing of the sort. They'll
Come back wenn I want them, and
not before. I'm sorry you went in
witli the orowd, Peters. You were ce
decent worker for me once, And I
stood by you—if you were ill at
home, or anytning of that sore,
didn't I'?" ' • '
• "Yee," said Peters. "'You're suite
right, leut I practically had to co
with the 'others, and that's a eact.,
-"I'm sciry. But no man has to
do anything he donen't grant to, if
he's strong enough," said McAlphine.
"Good morning, Peter." •
So thinge were worse. It was a
part of McAlpnine now to know that
he was master, to see those oleo had
revolted go down and down. It was
really againet his nature. But he
would not move
When the big London papers took
the part of ' the men, and wnote
against McAlphine and his tyranny,
it made hint liarder still, Teter° were
special correspondents tow, who fill-
ed cob:mine about- the petiful state
Of the people. ' -
111CAlphine eaughen 'at reading
them. His wife looked at liiin across
the table with sorrowful eyes, trying
to get to the depths of the man's
hardness,. , -
The hardness of the man she loved.
This masterful man. Surely he
would soon relent.
And already the gloom of the late
months was coming over feastle-
town. Grey, clammy fogs that her-
alded the 'winter. The 'winter was a
bitter thing for thexn without money.
"Finish it now, Jackn'esaid his
wife. "You have proved how strong
you are. Finish it, and let the. men
"Not I," said McAlphine. "The
men have paid for their desson with
their speeches of tw-o months ago. I
was a tyrant and a slave-driver. 'Die
first .1 will be now --they shall have
their lesson to the full."
"Did -the women • and the children
pay?" said she.
• "I can't help that, Even a man
ati a pound a week should think be-
fore.he jumps. My mind's made up.
You cant change it. Let 'em go
through the winter for a bit, and
come to nee again." hand. came
'down upon the -teepees he had been
reading. "And Ill wenn their
streets alone," he shouted. 'T'm
not old. Inn fit and streng. neot
one of them dares to say I am
afraid."
But in face of this cruel arrogance
his wife's eyes had changed. And
that ,night a woman, veiled and in
black, knocked'at the door of Peter's
cottage. The woman. M the print
dress who faced hen stood silent in
surprise and curiosity.
"Is your husband in'?"
"Then may I come in?" asked the
visitor in a soft voice.
The parlor was now bare and
dreary, and she went in, listening to
a confused murmur of apology. 'The
wax ornaments in the glass cases
were gone. There were two chairs
where -there had been five. The gilt -
framed ediromograph of a scene in
Venice was missing from the walls.
The visitor put 'down a bulging
parcel on the table, arid said: ,
"May I look at a-oor chilcieen?
They're asleep, aren't they?"
Wondering, yet with no thought of
refusing,' the woman of the house
led her up a narrow stairs. Together
they looked down upon the eleeping
children. And the mother said, . al-
most humbly: •
' a harcl
'
"There's'food downstairs," saidthe
stranger. "Tea, and things that I
enow you want. -I'll come again.
Only tell nobody. I will send other
things to you. You can help me by
taking them to other houses. You
dont know me, do you? It doesn't
matter. Good-bye." he held out
her hand.
But tele mother of the children
could not speak.
Only when the stranger lead gone,
ihe sat in tlie pallor inste-ad of the
;kitchen. Demise slie could imagine
the lady in black still standing there.
She was thinking. Trying to recon-
struct memory from the soft voice
and the dimly -seen face. ."Tlic gov-
ernor's' wife," she cried at last. And
the knelt down at a chair and evay-
On another night, at a late hoer,
McAlpleine met his wife on the
stairs.
• -You're very late, Crace,". said
he. •"%there have you been'?" .
"I couldn't sleep," she said. "I
went aute'
::Byyes.rurself--at this time?" .
"I don't ullaartitalid,"
"Have yeti ever thong -ht," sold
she, "thet , there are some things
Ivliich you will never underetend?"
She flung the words at him in a
Sort of calm temper, and passed by
bi m
"Now, when shall one nnow a wo-
man?" eaid eicAlphint spe.aleleg to
the stairs.
But meanwhile the locked -out men
talked in groups and planned in bar
rooms. They were rencted, ueelesee
McAlphine paseed them 'daily, with
his ehut Jigs and hie stern face, Sil-
ent scoen--vebbing in theie wovenis.
Nothing hurts a man so owe& as
to know lie can be <lone iviebont. To
enoev that ' whether he \write (Yr is
it iS trinl a tel. i to SOMO other
man, Nothing is so bitter, And
thee COUICI be d.coe without,
Beetles° of the strength end the force
of thin cold, silent men.
Desperate, they woelted to a, di-
max. 'They wotticl sear that they,
to, noel power. Tnat they eQuld
hit bock, ShoUld they starve' and
be cold for evere Awl with e, little
drink, which they managed to got
eometimes, they were now men Tenn
Swaggered arid they talked. They did
not starve. leney were kept by the
food that came to therm and they
did not question,. And their chin
elven were height -faced and healthy,
Ori the night vehicle was to see
the climax Peters came home, Ilie
bad taken a little intoxicent to give
him courage but excitement noneene-
ed hini more than the chink.
,
was ceSa.e'reeable rune suspicione,
and lin' wanted to quarrel. Ile began
at once to wrangle with his wife
about the parcels that had coine, In
his queer mood he resented them ae
an insult.
-Where do they come from?" he
reeked.
"I shaen't tell you," replied his
wife,
• Peters was swept with tlie desire
to be inasterful, which he could in-
dulge here ---the only place where he
could be free from that feeling et
Muni 11 ati on.
"Then they're not to come any'
more. Eat humble pie to anybody?
I don't want anybody's charity."
"elhat about the children?"
• "Lot them be the earn° as us: Mind
what I tell you. I'll be master in
my own house. 111--"
He was stopped short ISy the feel-
ing that another person was in the
room. Fre looked up to see the lady
in black, who was free of the house,
and who hed eozne silently from the
passage. Ile recognized her at once,
and all the sulkn passion of •tize
dreary days, long kept under con -
Mon leapt up and overcame the
znan.
"It's you, is it?" he cried. "Then
it's yen who sends the food. I'm
to go in the duet to hixn, and to
you as well, am I?" he snarled, and
struck her across the face.
She shrank back and went blindly
through the door. Then his wife
had hold of his wrists, and was
forcing him backwards against the.
wall.
"You coward!" she said. I-Ier .voice
was line a whip. "You fool. Mrs.
encelpliine brought the food for the
children. Where would they be wig:-
ont it? There's not a better woman
em earth than Mrs. lele.A.lphine has
becn to me—or one more need. Yoe
coward!" ,
" Peters shook himself free.
"I don't care," he said doggedly.
bel3hiendtliettitkoand
took his °S13 33a
fr°
"Where are you going?"
"I'm going to finish .ft. He said
'Good -morning,' to me as if I was a
dog. Though I'm sorry I hit her—
now," -
When elelicAlphine returned home be
went straignt upstairs. 1-Ils wife
called tca him and he went into her
room at .the side of the house. He
started back vlien he- saw her -face
—the ugly' merle across her forehead.
"What's the Matter?" he cried,
quickly understanding'. "Who was it
tbat lilt you? One of the znen? Are
you,much hurt? They shall nay for
tiilst,
"They shall pay my own way,
then. Not yours."
"What's this'?" said MeAlphine in
a different voice.
• "You said your mind was made
up. My mind is made up too. You
say you can't change yours. I can't
change mine."
"Who hit • you?" he interrupted.
"Tell nee his name."
"No. Who was the cause of the
blow I bear? Who but yourself?"
• "What do you mean?" '
"Let us leave that alone. It's done
with. You've gone too far in pride
—too high. For weeks I've helped
them with food and money. Unless
you promise to have the men back
—to have them back next week—I
leave the house to -night."
They stood silent. And then sud-
denly, from far below in the still
house, 'came the noise of a gentle
taoping: And tlieri a faint seraping
sound. • Instantly McAlphine was
himself again:
"Stay here," he said softly. "Turn
that light, low, and stay here.
They're trying the catea of the
kitchen. window. I hefted something
lige this was afloat."
The room was in darkness. He
readied the door, but turned at her
voice. •
"Jack," she called, there any
danger?"
"None whateven dear.e'
"But you're going downstairs"
"It's all right," he repeated, com-
ing bank into the room. "Don't be
• afraid. Ancl about the other thing—
leavn in a minute what I have
been trying for weeks not to learn.
You're quite right."
• On' the . landing he took off his
boots, and crept quietly dovna, There
were two men outside. One Was at
work on the window while the other
waiten. •
The window went slowly up. As
;Peters let himself down noiselessly
froni the sill into the room,he held
a lantern high—and faced the b,arrel
cif a revolver, held by McAlpnine. '
"Oh, it's you, Peters?" said Me-
Alphine. "Who's the other man?
Why, it's old Ben Dodd. I suppose
you came here to -night, Peters, to
rob?"
"Yes-,-' ssdd Peters, Ire was 'dell -
ant still, "I I Wasn't parti-
cular abou.t stopping at that either."
"To rob, and, if neceseary, to kill,
eh?" questioned McAlphine in a deep
voice. Ilis revolver dropped.
nut bow Peters did not answer.
Ills courage wan gone. Be Was once
Moro mastered by this man 'who
would not be afraid.
"Well, Peters, there's no occasiOn,
To -night (me of you men struck my
Wife. Man to man, 1 -would hien
him througli the etroete, whoever he
is. Bet row 1 shan't eve1l ask you
for his name. My fight's clone., Vete
leeret my lesson. efy Wife ba,s
taught Inc, 'Yoll're not to think —
thee collie, be one of you who Will
thhik, in hie heart that T stop
fighting. because Inei afraid of 'Sena.
It neesn't matter a pia to me now
if you do tbink that."
lie stopped. Peters could hardly
end nee voiee, At lent he eon' from
dry lIrs:
"You mean ---1
"Yon yen oll eon30 been rent week,
and We'll worn properly, together, IS
that all right for you? Dodd, my
son, you might be dead for ,all you
could do he the way of talking new.
1..,00lc here, it's not very late, is it?
I've, got on idea, You go back,
Dodd, and get all tile men up, to
come and havo, supper with me,"
'Now?" sent Dedd in eston
nent.
"Of course. I can put you on
some stuff tit that notice, that will
make a rattling feed. Hurry up,
Dodd. Aren't you going' with hem,
Peters? Well, you con stop here.
What's up?"
But Peters, who had struck the
blow, was crying like a child. nee-
Alphine left him there. Going to
the • foot of the stairs, he Galled
eGrace!" itt a great voice. '
And they had eupper. It was a
roaring, -if a most unusualsupper
And te lode -out was over.—Pear-
son's Weekly.
BABIES AS SHOP -LIFTERS.
How They Are Taught to Steal in.
London's 'Big Stores.
There seems to be no end of tha
tricks and dodges of NVOIllen shop-
lifters, the chief ealeeman of a large
West -cod store informed a; writer in
London Tit-I3its recently. We are
acquainted with the majority of
their zr.ethoes, and guard as far, as
possible against things being surrep-
titiously taken from a •connter and
concealed beneath a loose coat or
cape, or transferred to capacious sec-
ret pockets iu the dress. We are ob-
liged to view with suspicion a wo-
mare *he donne a baby dressed in
long clothes while on a shopping ex-
cursion. For on many oceasions it
has been proved that those long
clothes were used to cove move-
ments which resulted in articles mys-
teriously disappearing frora the come-
The latest baby -dodge, 'however, is
one exceedingly diflecult to check and
deal with. The child is not only its -
ed as a cover at times, but is taught
ta do the actual stealing. If de-
tected, the woman immediately apo-
logizes for what she calls her little
one's "mischievousness," replaces
the article and passes the incident off
with the remark that "baby always
wants whatever it sees," at the same
time chiding the child for being "so
naughty."
A short time ago, however, one of
the salesmen in oar millinery depart-
ment enabled us to secure the con-
viction 'of a shop -lifter who adopted
this latter method of stealing. The
woman, carrying a child about two
years old in her arme, and accom-
panied by a little girl a few years
older; asked for, some gloves, which
necessitated the salesmau turning his
back on the counter In feeder to ob-
tain them from a certain box be-
hind, While doing so lie distinctly
heard the woman say, in a rather
low voice, "Dolly, pick up that for
mamma." The man quickly turned
round, and was just in time to see
the evonian taking a lace collar
FROM THE 11A13Y'S HAND.
The salesman immediately acoused
the woman Of trying to steal. Of
course, she indignantly denied the
accusation, Nevertheless, a search
was carried out in the manager's
office, .which resulted i» the finding of
handkerchiefs, pocket -books, and jew-
ellery, which the woman had pur-
loined with the child's aid from the
other departments. The most re-
markable feature about this case was
that the little girl, oho was only
about nine years ,01. age, acted as a
guard to the woman. Whenever
there was an appearance of observa-
tion she wonld pull her mother's
skirt, and thus warn her that some-
one was watching.
Some them ago -a 'German woman
was caught in another establishment,
who had trained her little girl to
"lift" articles from the counter in a
very ingenious manner.. The child
was se small that she could hardly,
put her face over the edge of the
counter;- but she was an adept at
the art of thieving. Both were ul-
timately caught witile trying to steal
silk remnants. These remnants are
generally roll.ed up in what are
known as longthe, and usually cone
tain material to make a blouse or
skirt. -
The little one's mother would in-
dicate to her what she wanted, and
would gradually work it to the edge
al the counter. The child would
then pull it over the edge quickly,
and she was so small she could 'oot
be seen by the salesman when she
took it from the floor and slipped it
under her coat. When armsted, the
child was found to have see -en rem-
nants of silk about her person.
• ANOTHER VICTIM,
Little Beetle had been left at home
with strict orders to keep out of
mischief.
Ten minutes later he was in the
pantry d,evouring a large custard.
When he bad eaten his fill a brilliant
idea struck him. Seizing the fandly
eat, he proceeded to dip her paws in
tee remains of tlie custard, after
Which he allowed, her to run about
on the clean boards. lie then retir-
ed to the garden to await events.
Soon after pa returned to tea. Ex -
actin three minutes later the click
of an airmen awoke the echoes.
"Ali enel" sighed the young mis-
creant, "there goes another victim of
circumstantial evidence! 't
MUSICAL RING,
A Wesleyan minister in the north
of London possesses the most el/en-
liven' ring in the world. In ap-
pearance it is an ordinary gold elig-
net-rion, Mit it is in addition, a per-
fect little mueital-box. By touching
thly spring, and holding the ring
close to the ear, one eau hear le
meet bynin tttue. Ily placing the
ring ori a bon the chart:010g tones of
this Unique ring can be heard all ov-
ee a large room.
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DOMESTIC lele,CIPIDS.
Pieplant Cateete.—To ticttO quarts ee
chopped pieplant add two pomade of
brown Wigan a teacupful of vinegar
(not too strong), a teaspoonful each
of cinnamon, allspice and pint and
Penner. Cook till reduced to <An-
nan, then boil and seal,
Oronge sielads are
very netuni the fad at present and one
of the simplest is. au orange salod.
Peel three, oranges and take on all
the wenn- skin. Separate in sec-
tioes aad cut eff the tearleparent
5kin separating them, after pulling it
loose. Lay on leaves from the
head of lettuce and pour over all a
French, dressing or a eel:volumene, -
Raised Cake. --Cream a large cup
ot sugar with one half cep of b -utter
and add a beaten egg. Mix with
one pint of light bread nough and a
level teaspoonful of baking powder.
neat with the hand until soft and
vain°. Plonr a cup of stoned raisins
and shredded citron, and stir in,
Bake in it deep cake tie far one hour
in a slow ove-n. Best when a couple
of days old.
Snow Pyramis•—teat the whit
des
of half it dozen eggs to a stiff froth;
add a 'teacupful of currant jelly, and
whip all together; fill saucers half
full of cream, dropping in the center
of each a toblespoonful of the egg
-and: jenen in the shape of a..pyriemid.
Apple Snow.—Take apples of clear
ethite pulp, pare, core, and quarter,
put with the necessary quantity of
water over a hot fire, and cook as
rapidly as passible. Pass through
a sieve, and set in the coldest place
you can find, While they are cool -
log, whip the whites of two or three
eggs to a stiff froth, and add/ sorae
powdered sugar. When the apple
has become quite cold, whip the egg
into it, and keep it in a cold place
until time for serving. Whippc3d
cream may be served with it if desir-
ed.
Wine or Lemon Jelly.—Take half a.
package of gelatine. a gill and a
half of cold water; soak for two
hours; add one teacupful and a third
of sugar; and one pint of boiling wa-
ter; stir all together; add the juice
of two lenaons, or one glassful of
wine; strain through a cloth and put
in mold.
Iceland Moss Jelly—Into one quart
of water put about ethree-fourths of
an ounce of moss, and shunter it
down to half a pint; add fine sugar
and a little lemon juice. One-
fourth of an. ounce of isinglass will
improve it. • The moss should first
be steeped in cold water for an hour
or two.
Calf's Foot Jelly.—Put it couple of
calf's feet in three quarts of water
and let boil for five bours, or until
about half wasted, keeping simmer-
ing ihneing the time. Run the li-
quor through it bair 'sieve and let it
stand ontil Men, remove the oil and
fat from the surface. Take a tea-
cupful of water, two wineglassfuls
of sherry wine, the juice of half a
dozen lemons and the rind of one,
half a pound of white sugar, and
mix the whole until the sugar melts,
then add the jelly; place on the fire
in a porcelain kettle, and keep stirr-
ing until it comes to the boiling
point, Pass it twice through a jel-
ly bag, and put in molds.
MANY USES OP BORAX.
Borax, or, to give it its chemical
name, biborate of soda, may be used
in the household as a substitute for
ordinary, soda under nearly every
condition in which the latter is re-
quired with considerable advantage.
It is softer, sweeter, and deanlier.
In cooking greenstuff, such as cab-
bage, if the cook uses, instead of
the ordinary soda in the. pot, half a
teaspoonful of borax, the result will
be as perfect colored a vegetable as
one can wish to bring to table. At
the eon).* time, while bringing out
the coloration borax in no way en-
nires flavors, but rathei- increases
them. It is the secret of the ad-
niirable green colon and perfect flav-
or of peas as served up by French
cooks. Apart from its -uses in the
kitchen, borax is an efficient, cheap,
and easily, obtain -able antiseptic. In
small and tasteless proportion it
will keep milk and butter from turn-
ing sour and rancid. Mixed with
sugar and rubbed into a ham when
the latter is being cured it imparts
a fine flavor and renders it safe
against the ravages of the "bacon
fly." Muslin mince and flimsy cot-
ton goods clipped into a strong solu-
tion of borax become practically lire -
proof. Put into starch it prevents
tne iron from singing and forms the
"china" glaze so muck sought after
by laundresses. Ladies who value
a fine complexion man be interested.
to hear that borax is as powerul a
skin tonic as arsenic without the lat-
ter's poisonous qualities. A table-
spoonful of ordinary powdered borax
to a washing -basin full of water
used every day will, in most cases
produce a clear and line colored skin
in the course of' a few weeks. A
muck advertised skintonic some
week ago, which received many tes-
timonials from persons in high plac-
es, was nothing but a medium so-
lution of borax in distilled water
with a little attar of rose glycerine,
and rectified spirits of wine. ,
be quickly relied And- blietere Kap
vented by, the prompt ttee of tediane
If a etanen nos lost its etieleing
qualitieS and there happens to be too
intecilage at hood, Moisten the gie ,-
Irien edge et an envelope, reb
stamp over it and Pee it, in Plage.
It will take Kam -lough of the gum to
make it stay pate"
If by mistake you get a soup teo
ealt and it few elicee of raw potato
and cook a few ininotes longer, Tile
potatoes will take up the surplus
salt,
Frait Glace—Pet the fruit on.
koolS Of eine wire, clip ioto sugar at
the sixth degree, and hang where
nettling will 'touch until dry.
A Pee,tty Dien. --Scoop out the
pulp from some oranges Ilib the hol-
lowed ekiae with wine jelly. Pilo
wnippen cream on top. The orange/
may be used for cake, pudding, etc.
How to Whip Cream—Too rich:
cream., which will hardly pour, will
ice cold, and \\nen° whipping stand
the bowl in a pan of ice water. Skim
off the froth ae It rises, toed continue
tin all the ere= is whipped..
To Blanch Almends.—Shell the nut
and pour boiling water over them.
Let Maze stand a minute, then throw
into cold water. Rub between the
heeds.
To Remove jellies from Mende.—
Have, io a pan' enough warm water
to come to top of the mine, if
tio mold, set in this for about half
At minute; if earthern, loog eoough
for tele heat to pass through. Wipe
the mold, place over it the hish into
mhich the jelly is to be turned, and
tura both simultaneously. Remove
the mold gently.
Bow to toil Sugar.—Put one cup
of sugar and half a cup of water on
to boil. Do not stir after it boils.
Boil fifteen minutes, dip the fingers
into cold water, take up a little of ,
the syrup between them; draw apart,
and if a thread is formed the sugar
is at the second degree, the best
for sherbees, preserves, etc. A little
later, ,if on taking a spoon and blow-
ing bubbles fly off, it is tha fourth,
which is best for creems, etc., and
gives a rich flavor to preserves. It
taken on a stick it is brittle, it is
the sixth, suitoble for fruit, glace.
ABOUT SALADS.
The food value of the more delicate
raw vegetables an eaten in salad,
aside from the oil with which they
are dressed, is almost entirely in the
contained sales and acids dissolved
in their ninety to ninety-five per cent
of water. Salads must be held to
the pleasure -giving foods, the food
accessories rather than true foods. It
is well known how scurvy is induced
on board ship by the absence of all
kinds of fruits or vegetables. The
mixing and the flavoring of the salad
is a curious thing. The cooked
'mayonnaise is preferred by some; the
more simple French dreasien tly oth-
ers, and between are all shades ol
practice and theory'. as to the dress-
ing Of this succulent dish. Salt.
pepper, and acid, and some forin of
oil, are all that are really essential;
the rest, relined taste points towards
simplicity.
Granted that, one has green salad
tender, crisp, well grown, the wash-
ing is an important part of the pre-
paration. This should be done in
,several waters, the last to be „ ice
cold if possible, then the leaves
should be placed in a basket or towel
and swung to ensure their being well
drained, and if necessary each leaf
wiped as wet leaves cannot be coated
with oil.
The salad habit once established
does much to promote good health
and cut down the undue use of meat.
The dish is capable of endless varia-
tion, with fruit and vegetable and a
change in the dressing, and is one
• that may be served at any meal.
4,
HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS.
It is said that if one-third of stew-
ed pieplant be added to any canned
sweet fruit, like raspberries, peers
and huckleberries, the Lionor will be
ranch enhanced,
If pieplant is dit with a sharp
knife there will bo' no "strings"- on
the pieces. .
Toast bitteered White Very hot di-
gests More sloWly than that butter --
ed while nett warna enough to melt
the butter, while that batteredand
then set in the oven in very unify-
gienie, Por sick people, thane shottld
Owens be served dry, With bettor
on A separate plate.
It i aneerted that the Very pain-
fuurn§ -caused by catbolit acid can
DO YOUR BEST.
This habit of always 'doing one's
best enters into the very marrow eof
one's 'heart and character; it affects
one's bearing, one's self-possession.
rine man who does everything to a
finish has a feeling of serenity; he is
not easily thrown off his balance; he
has nothing to fear, and he can look
the- world in the face, because he
feels conscious that he has not put
shoddy work into anything, that he
has had nothing to do with shams,
and that he b.as always done his
level best. The sense of efficiency,
of being master of one's craft, ef be-
ing equal to any emergency, the gon-
scionsness of possessing the ability
to do -with superiority wbatever one
undertakes, will give satisfaction,
which a half-bearted, slipshod work-
er never known When a taan feels
throbbing within hiri the power to
do what he undertakes as well as it
can possibly be done, and all his fa-
culties say "'Amen" to what he is
doing, and give their tingnalified ap-
proval to his efforts—this is bappi-
nese; this is success. This buoyant
sense of, Power spurs the faculties to
the fullest denelopment, It unfolds
the mental, the moral, and the pby-
sical forces, and this very growth,
tbe consciousness of an expanding
mentality, and of a broadening hori-
zon, gives an added satisfaction be-
yond the power of words to des -
scribe. It is a realisation of oobil-
itee the divinity of the
. MADE A marrnrinxon.
He bad just deffee his hat as a re-
markably pretty woman passed, and
his companion enviously congeatu-
/elect Irim upon his acquaintance.
"Olt," he replied cal -deeply, "that
is Miss Moneybags. Pretty, isn't
she'?"
"She Is. Do, you know ear?"
"Well, I should Say .so. Why, she's
an old flante of. ,
"Old flame of yours?"
"That's what I said,"
"You may be toe old llama of here,
but she is not ea old .flanie of
notirs.n
"What's the difference?"
nIf you are toi old florae of liere,
her father must have pat youoat?",
You're riot, old man. That's
just what he did,"
Do* 11,—(to Jeweller)—"I brouget
nook thin engagement ring that I
bellght yeeteedaer,'' Jeweller--
"Inda't it gait'?" Poo- Iite-"Ves, It
was ail right; but I detia't suit.",