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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1904-5-5, Page 7inn4Sieddieldn<dnelninOnnnii<d•ilddindsEn‘nd<ilidenidsn'n<tlita KING OL Or, Kinship Between /Ian and Iiorse gjelinnailibinnOnneendlitend•renititlide nintlen•nnfidi CHAPTER It seemed a, long time since they bad said gocel-bye to each other at the foot of the •staircase, though, in reality but a very few days had elaps- ed, The emend of his voice and the sight of his open, eunny time did her heart good. mut already there existed inomente wheri she klt that bad she not knOWn $40 much she cold have liked bine well, liave mede a fried Of and respected him. She almost wiabed that litre. .Forrester had left her in complete ignorance respectiog that obnoxious bet. His a.ctioos would not then have appeared so inconsietentegwould not nave inspired her with confidence one minute, only by their cool cunning to All her vfith diegust the next, end so continually give rise to, a variety of contraeliee tory emotiens. To -day, however, any iientiments of repugnance she possess - eel remained in abeyance, and.she wee determined to say told do nothing likely to destroy the horinony At presont existing' between them. "Xild Yon halm a good day yestez'- the aaked aeeking -to intro- duce a congenial tepic of converime "Only tolerable. Scent was poor, and foxes ran rather ringy. We ndased you very much, letiss Brewser, tied half my time was taken up in amiwering inquiries and explaining ex- actly bow the accident happened, Dick Slant Paid your horsemanship a great coraplieuent. Be confided to me that he had never seen a lady go notter in 'all Is born ditysii " "Na, did he really?" said Kate, brightening up at praise so sweet to tier. 41 feel wonderfully flattered. Oh dear Mel" with a pretty little MAIM of impatience, "isn't it tiresone, any being letid up on this etupid old so- fa, infiticati Of getting out hunting?" "I hope you'll be all right before Remember things might have turned out infinitely worse." "Yes, yes, I know; but you must admit that it's very bad luck meet, ing with an accident just now 'when we have this iretice in prospect, and every (Inv lost is really of import - once. King oier will get as fat as a "Only if you allow him to, 'which Is easily preveuted. However, talk- ing of the race, that reminds me I've got a lot to tell you about it. was dining with the Huntingshires Inst night, and after dinner bad no end of a confab, Lady Anne and nut our heads together and arrived at a. variety of wise conelusions." inIndeedl What is Lady Anne like? .13 she nice?" inguired Kate with o- perant irrelevancy. "That depends on what you call Mee. People's ideas differ," "Well, is sbe Pretty?" "No, not exactly pretty. Iner fea- tures are rather insignificant, and her complexion somewhat too rauddri but Mae has a charming manner and expression, and altogether is a dear good girl." "Really? Is she aware of the very high opinion you entertain of liar?" "What an odd question. How can 3 tell? As a rule youtig ladies are pretty quick at distovering the fact, but Lady Anne is superior to the or- dinary run of girls. Sl -ie has not a bit of humbug in her composition." "Is not, 1 suppose, all things to all men -to one thing constsnt nev- er? Eh) 1 daresay she's sharp enough in ber way. Well, go on. What did you and this Lady Anne de- cide between you?" "This Lady Anne and I," echoed he with a quiet laugh, winch somehow produced the effect of irritating Kate, "this Lady Anne and I decided, first and foremost, that there was no use in putting the race off to some in- definite period, and that it should be run in about three weeks from now. Secondly, as regarded the important question of weight -for the competi- tors have all got to be brought to- gether somehow -we determined, after a good deal of controversy, on mak- ing it twelve stone all round, with a seven pound allowance to animals un - five years of age. There won't be many to claim the allowance, I'll vis be hound, unless perhaps Ws, For- reeter. Next we settled that the length of the eouree should not be shorter than twee or louger than three miles; then, as a matter of courne-no pun intended -there must be a water-jurno to show off the Ian- leapowers of equitation; and, lastly, tbat the jockeys, or rather the jockey- eeses should sport silla Don't you think we clid a pretty good evening's work? It is something. if only ar- ranging the preliminaries of so nu- poztarit and original an event." "Oh, I know in your heart. or bowls you don't approve of ow' steeplethase one bit; and probab- ly behind our backs turn the whole affair into ridicule." "If I did that I would rather do it to your faces than in the clandes- tine manner you Allege. To tell the truth, I don't like the idea altogeth- er; not that 1 consider it improper in any way, but simply on account of the danger. I should be very sorry to we nyeloteriif I had one, rid- ing," "But since we are ali ooraparative etrangere, unlessi perbaps, it be Lady Amen' eaid Kate, with the slightest Soupcon of jealousy, "the sight of our tumbling about ought not to be very borrowing to your feelings." "My feelings will aseuredly suffer it I see you come to grief again." He fixed hie clear eyes won ber and Nate felt the color rising to her Jena Stupidly! For what on earth was there to blush et? He bail a, habit of making little speeches that might be variously censtrued, and that might or nighteot contain any hidden. meaning, according to the eOnSetOttSneSS of the recipienti Yet she fancied silo had detected a slight emphasis on the 'yo," which fool- isbly set her heart fluttering, and brought the color to her divas. But Kate Breweer possessed. in all its ductility, that feminine tact wbiel ads the couversation, carefully yet PereePtiblY, awey from tin' point of danger, or even of constraint. Her aCqUalrgtanee with Colonel Clinker was Inc too recent to render open flattery acceptable; sbe still preferren veiled and guarded insinuations, which, while they tantalized anti gave room for speculation, did not alurra. Therefore she said, returning to a previous topic of discuesion- "Ano bow, pray, are we joclieyess- es, as aou so politely term us, to appear in strictly professional cos- tume? 'Elio thing is surely impossi- ble?" "Not altogether, as I'll prove, though I'm prepared to admit cer- tain modifications be necessary. The boots and breeches, for instance, could hardly be carried out in their integrity." I should think pot," inter- rupted she decidedly. "What an ileal "Well, but listensurely there can be no objection to the fair equestrien- nes retaining their ordinary skirts, and getting their naalds to run up some sort of bright silk shirt -a Gari- baldi, that's the proper name, I be- lieve. Now a colored Garibaldi could not offend any proPriety, and would yet be something bright, more easily distinguishaBle at a distance than a sonibro black habit. Don't you think so?" "Yes, perhaps. Was it your notion or Lady Anne's?" "Well, to tell the truth, it origin- ated with me; but Lady Anne accept- ed the idea with great vivacity, and decided there and then on sporting orange and black stripes. liou know they are her brother's regimental rac- ing colors." "And very pretty ones, too, I should imagine. But what am 1 to have? Can't you give nie a happy suggestion? I should like something that will look nice 'without being very loud." "It's hot so etts3r to advise a lady on such a serious matter. Tlieir dress beats me altogether. We admire the, results, but the details are positively bewildering, and ealculated to send anyone into a lunatic establishment." "And yet you know /nen give it just as much thought as we do; love of dress is inherent to mankind, and dietinguishee nim from the =Mod world. Horses and doge tone no thought for their apparel; oleo do," "And the more dooneys they. How- ever, what you say about the love of dress being innate is true enou nil Even savages plaster their hair with ani a$ if dee obligation to be eon castor-oil, and, all other covering fermi. would not be on his side, bu tailing, fall back upon cowrie shells on Kate's, Since he had held her in ancl blue and red paint. Well, since his arms for those few brief mo you ask for a. suggestion, and since ruents the desire to serve her had Lady Anne is adopting her brother's grown and increased, uutil it seemed al colors,, why should you oot take, most a necessity he should enjoy mace mine -French grey and cerise?" again that sweet strange sensation 0 "I think I should prefer colors not being her protector, Quito so universally known, I onoto And on her side the mysteriou disgrace them, you know, and twit longing for a safe pace of refuge In would be dreadful," 1 which to anchor that storm -tossed "I am not very inucli afraid of Yennel, her woman's beart, which, even such an event. nye teen yeu ride to the happiest unmarried girls experi hounds, and npow better. However, ende at times, alla which, lih"eale since you evidently do not approve of far -distant light struggling to pierce any colors, erliat would you say to a the mists (if everung' speaks of c°111 judicious Admixture of sky blue ant fort and security. There were mo- wn geld? The combination is a ments in which her life also appeared pretty one, besides being suited to I wanting -when all aching vela mach the aesthetic taste of the age." [itself felt, and when even riches anel et do not care for tbat nail to • Independence failed to satisfy the Be -Cm niuth as I do for having something ret cravings of her nature. She had that ti show King Olaf ofx to run heard' illaeed laet with, People e complex character, where the good 1 such an offer, coming as it did from him, jack Clinker, the great amateur jockey of the day, WAS one that half the owners of steeplechase horses in the kingdom. would bave jurepen at. Ile made the suggestion OS if un- conscious of its possessing any value, sAeososolvoseewevsos, • FOR THE 1101VIE e *44, 0 ReelPen for the Kitchee. - Hygiene and Otber NOUS* 41 t no for the tiou.sekeepere • - 00.15,11104111101ftelle(torIagels COOKING ItECIPES. Sour Milk Cake. -Take one cupful t annpdleacelloafllbUttnteorulthewlsclizieuet7 aitnweogT, s teacupful. of sugar, a Imo ed tea- spoonful or baking powder. Flavor with lemon, mid work all into A Light dough with one cupful of sour e Mane into small canes; out, and bake quickie% Eat hot split ono. buttered. Stuffed Banonas-Iternove at least n quarter of the ends of bananas, take oat the pulp, and. presa through a sieve. Add to eech cupful the I juke of half a lemon and two tea- spoonfuls of line sugar; wbip a cup- ful of (Team; All set ice Serve with cane, f Onion Isrittere.-Peel min chop two good-sized °Ideals, and fry in clari- fied dripping until they are nearly eon. Drain and let, the canoes get cold. Make a thick batter with holt a pint of mille, one egg. and tour ounces 1 flour; stir in the onioas. Drop into boiling fat a spoonful at a time, and try a rieh brown. Drain on paper, awl serv with fried parsley. Lemon Poiania-In making thie it is beet to use the double boiler. Into two cups of boiling water pot one s cup of sugar aud let it boil. When „ boiling, add the juke ot two lentons g 'and two tablespoonfuls of starek creamed in a. iittle cold wa- r, etirriug giddily. When cooled, stir in the whitea of two eggs, well Gatiermn'ari 'Apple Podding-Prepere a biscuit, dough and roll it out one- half inch thiek; then piece it in a I biscuit pan. Brush the top well with butter or lard, then cover en- thiely with even slices of apples, ar- ranged in sedumetrical rows; dredge thickly with sugar, and add a little grateci nutmeg. Cover closely with an inverted pan or tin and bake in P. quick oYen 'thirty reitiutes. This . is Wee Made with peaches instead ot apples Serve with erea ' g able sauce. Plum tludding.-Cream, two table - Ltdiva`OrPtIzIngieng" Olads mistress?" and the bad were so at war one with "No, sir, Xing Olaf. Great as II3y the other as to render the individual within whose breast they fought. lite vanity ma.y be. and as you apparent, peleinhironificelY orsti 2InythiniZreneuntnhaonf otap; two perfectly different beings, some - the m times amiable, attractive, charming". own, for the time being. Hon on ictotother:eixeaetelpirirtherevooeirlin,ateede: earth am I to get biee into condition. rdingtwhbitpred I wonder?" Perhaps the wicked fairy had gained "Oh! 1 wenttel to bove a. little chat the upper hand and casued that eveiat, with you on the subject. in svite MI bet, perhaps Colonel Cliolter had re-. of our disaster, which prevents e•our Peateil el It 61Wei Perhal's he 811°4 riding him youreelf, you ought to °Ayes have been lea ,do it by (Ahern, let someone give the chestnut a good lareoner she began to inane eneuees gallop every morning,. you sea time for him, so great was the therm of is getting short, and animals al his his PMelad presence, and the hana- color are apt to be hot and fidgety, i ellen he possessed over her. When he and often more difileult to train than ' wdr. awav sher':Ii/14 ree'";aa ahlerehtlY those or a placid, sluggish tempero-.444egetheri and neenn the Plain Inds , mein, New, in any race, no matter of the case -toll herself he wee a Illow short, condition is half the bat- ilirt, a pauper, and a fortune-hunter, tie. It will always ten, eepeciany it but before the glance or his eye, the I Am Strong Do ow onnesalvome...••••• Iftni W r k. Nervous Systexre Was Exhausted anti Pains Wero Almost Unbar' able--lioalth Festered by Dr. Chase's Nerve F As a convalescent food there is no- . thin,s,, to be compared to Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. ,Gradually and certain- ly thia. treatment enticlaes the weak, watery blood, restores vitality to the wasted nervous system and builds up 'the ipod3r generally. If you are pale, weak, nervous, ir- ritable and unable to sleep or rest there is health 1.-t.nd2 strength, awaiting you in: the use of Dr. Chase's .Nerve Food. Mrs, :J. hatcher, 224, Sherbrooke street,: Deterboro', ' Ont., ,and Whose husband a moulder at the .1:Tarnil- ton FoundrY,.,,states: "I had . at - 1 ack inflamniatory rheurnatism; Nvhi6li'. left " me in a r very run-down 0,J health,. and in fact my whole ervOus system seemed „Itxhausted and • Won? 2i1-6. T. could not ;P:47..,ip, .and at ccia times the pains in my head were al- most unbearable. As a result of -these symptoms I was unable to at- tend to my housework, and felt mis- arable most of the time. On the advice of a friend, I began using Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, and can say that it has proved of very great benefit to me. I am able to do my own work now, end feel stronger and healthier than I have for years. I can -truthfully sta-te that this is 'due to the use of !Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. which I consider a great health builder." Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, 50 cents a box, siX boxes for $2.50, at all dealers, or Fidmanson, Dates & the going be a bit deep. Whichever soft tones or his vele°, poor Kate's way we merle out the course, there !Prudent reneCtieas valliehea 45 11 bY j are one or two ploughed fields must, i Illagte• And sews though he Isaac' i so light of it, she knew well that be be trasersed, and the chances are be- I !tween this and then the,' will be tol-i was making e thataniosnh totgeionegbut. friend. sprrenoinod.s- ierabbe heavy, The animals that are g al, and o not fit will soon tire once they get sihillle or Yet how ea,Illa ha.", aleen en to toe clay. King. toon if he oano ;Atm, eee now was it possauie to tilt all. must belie every thence given '11°114ve in self-interest Nv1"1 he was sitting there so close to her eine. • "I quite agree with you there; but 1 koking cheerfully at her with, those thy do you say tif?' " kind blue eyes, that seemed as if "Ohl merely beenuse I thought you no evil thought or nefarious design might perhaps have oiangeo deur could possibly lurk 4beliiy m iinitritlr: mind, and your fall would be a good transparent depths. 3 iiicuce for aiot entering the horse." bread bad told her to men for bis . Egg sauee-Melt two °maces butter in a saucepan, rub into i two tanlespoorifels ot sQl/r, a sal epooeful of gait, and half o pint water; stir till it thickeos, and od two herd-boileil eggs chopped eniall To remove without pain a oplinte that has been in Ile hand for sore time, take the skin off the inside o an egg shell and place over the par where the splinter Iles for tivente minutes, thea femovo the splinter. 11 ia harnetaering in a eail you b leustake bit your finger or thumb boln the injured euember in water a !hot as you con hear for a few minu gees. This draws out the Whim= tion and relieves tbe pain a won iderfol lento 1 • iloyed in all the varenise bronehea s of shipbuilding, ere always linden - the keen supervision of detoctivean- e emu who are not piny skilied in the e art of detecting thieves, but who possess business instincts, and aro able to Weed out the lary ntUi- EURETB OF T DETZoTivn$ TEE GREAT DOCK Every Kan, Swine Time or Qtber nifient Undergo thls Txocess of Being' Searcleed. It Is not generally known t greatbaval docnyards of this cou tree. where thousands of men aro ern- If when washing colored prints eolors run, plunge the materiel a i once into a WWI of worm water, in width a cup of common salt and icup Of vinegar have been mixed, anel it will caUse the colors to -come out quite fresh again. 11 ink is spilled on a dareasle table loth, rub at (Mee a little salt on to the spot. This is generally at hand evben o white clotle is spreed for meals; then as soon as possinle take a lemon and cut in half; apply with it to the stain a little rubbing and pour boiling water through as recommended tor tea stuips. Tim ink will vunisia. t duals., It was gerierolly aohnitted at ono , them that a goodly percentage of I dockyardnien were idlere, bat the great difficulty which had to be laved er.e was to rind those who fully', !merited Unit title. For eicantillo • itiong of naeil 'working in the detail* i bottom of a huge Ain had ontgosia i opportunities or idlieg, and unkran any of the gang were inclined to "split," there was little change of their detection. Tbe idea or ezieploying de as, we believe instituten at Doeliyarel for the first od in white overalls, the isa al Ottere and other skit Mt the dochyards, detectives re scattered all over the establink- Ment. They joined gangs tninntged in verioue 1,70) and to tho uronitie ted tbero WAS no in Of detecte g tbo deteetiveli. As soon as a Manwa tound ling yr pilfering be woetakn be - the cadets, and proMpt 'NT ABOUT HIS 131;S1NES rly all inetrateee as 8001t WS A ivo bed diedosed bis identity sent to another stabtish- TAis was not aliiva,Ya the - and there is an ine otauce on record viliere a docnyord detective was "spotted" at Devon- nbiie evening on the geay side a hattleintip. From tho huge iron bolt was dung At rrowly nalesing his head. Hied the officer he would most bate been killed on the is dastardhe act prompted enierriug, deCtive to; brought forward a. arly afl ydirds era- ctives has had 'et, however, and instery of naval "Tbat's precisely what Mary Whit- naninni and now, lie had freelir offered !bread told nie a. little wbile ago." reore than she could have dared .to ono) etise 'Whitbread bas been glee. Et'eldi more even than she felt justi ing you sonicsensible advice too hes f.ed in accepting. 0 (1he continued.) "Never let a CUStOnler go away without, en:eking a purchase.," mild Mr. Threads to a newly-eugaged as- sistaut. "Talk the goods up in a clever, forcible Way, and you'll be certain to panne a sale every time." "All right," replied Peerless Gall, the new man, who had been tin auc- tioneer for a year. "I know just what you mean, sir, and you can re - ler upon me. I know the tricks oi the trade." Ten minutes later be was going on in this fashion to Mrs. Marshalie :Neale, one of the wealthiest and most eiristoeratic patrons of the house:- "Damaslt towels, is it, anadam? Well, T should smile! If you can't get damask towels here, there's no place in this city where you can get 'cm. Look at that towel, my friend!. Doesn't it fairly warn your heart to look at it, eh? Anti just glance at this pair marked down from $1.87 to 99e. Doesn't it fairly make you iook young again to gaze on a bargain like that? And suppoite you just con- centrated your intellectual- capacity to this towel for a second. Aha! Makes you fairly hold your breath to gaze on it, doesn't it? Did you over see anything mare perfectly irresist- ible since you were born in this world of sin and sorrow? Of course you • never did. Oh, it's a, cold day 'when t this firm gets left on damask townie. Loafat this one. Look at it, wo- man, it won't 'bite you; now, tell me, s if you ever bought a towel like that for less than 9.9c. Of course you didn't. You've naid that for dislo towels and thanked Heaven for the privilege of doing so, haven't you? Course you have, sweet friend of my childhood days!" Mr. ,Threads happened along :just in thine to have his blood curdled by this last remark, and also in time to assist the gasping nod livid Mrs. Marslialie Neale to her carriage, where she bade him adieu for ever, and two minutes later he was going -through the same ceremony with Mr. n'eerless Galt. she? And wbat did, you say In. re- lay?" tExtuitly what 1 say to .you, and to everyone else Who may wish to tender similar counsel -that. baying made up my mind, I neither want nor will aecept of any excuse." "Are you always so Dna In your determinations, Miss Drewser?" "Always!'" with a little impatient shrug of the Shoulders. "now can anyone say in this changeable World wbat one is always? There is no such thing as always. 'Yes, null I should fancy Miss Brew - ser was a truer exernolification of it than most of her sex. But now to get back to our original topic.. Does the invaluable Stirrup understand the mysteries of training? Will he be able to undertolie King Olaf's pre- paration, and send bint to the post toleeably ilt?" "1 really don't know. 'You see Stirrup and 1 nave never gone in for racing up till now; this will be our first appearance on tlie turf." "All the more reason, therefore, for it to be a successful one." "Stirrup would obey orders, he'd do anything I told him; but then I sadly fear that 1 myself hardly know the proper directions to give. I suppose- diet has to be considered as well as exercise." "That part of the business is easy enough. Plenty of goon old oats, as many as they will eat, a. few bran mashes, and little or no hay. Non the question is this --would you trus King Olaf to me?" Ile paused for a second, as if half doubting how the proposition, might be received, Ili quick eye caught the shadow of mis- giving which passed across Kate Browser's face, and made him add hastily, "Don't be alarmed. I did not mean -altogether, or even to take him out of his own stable, but just for an hour or two on non -hunting days, when you can dispense with his services, and feel in a maganimous mo.,oTcrlos,i liim? Of course I'd trust him with you," she answered frannly, her momentary fears set at rest, "al- though I admit it's not everyone I would repose such confidence in as to connde any ewe lamb to his tender mercies." "Thank you for so good an opin- ion, Miss Brewser, which I shall henceforth do my utmost to deserve. Joking apart, was thinking that if you could arrange to let one of your stableboys ride the horse down to my place the first thing every morning would give him a gallop Myself. We nave got a beautiful little miniature course close to the house, with some half-dozen nice easy fences; nothing that a horse could hurt hiniself at, but still sufficient to teach him his besiness. I know as regards jumping Ring Olaf does not require much schooling, still I should like to pop him over once Or twice, as the best of hunters sornethnes dwell a little longer at their fences than is desir- able for steeplechase form. I don't anticipate the smallest trouble with King Olaf, but he is too good an animal to be messedl about, and I will take care the horse is not bul- lied or ill-treated, whichit is just possible he might be if you were to mount an ignorant groom on his back." ic; id not ten her that in order to put his proriosition into effect he Toronto. To protect you against would have to rise between six and -oh, do take it; I had muck rather imitations, the portrait, and signature seven every moreing for the next you would than not," signifies lying. of Dr. A. W. Chase, the famous re- three weeks to come, end face the ,To carry it frarn home in the morn- celpt book author, are on ever3r box. keen air before breakfaet, or that ing means, "The rain will clear off." TALKING Tim poops UP, 'UMBRELLA LANGTJAGE. Tliere is a language of umbrellas as of flowers, Place your umbrella in a raelc and this will indicate that it will change owners. An umbrella carried over a woman, the man get- ting nothing but the drippings of the rain, signifies courtship. When the man has the umbrella and the woman the drippings, it indicates marriage. To swing Your tunbrella over your head signifies, "I' am mak- ing a nuisance of myself." To ce.x•ry it at right angles under your arm signifies that an eye is to be lost by the man who follows you. Opening an, umbrella tenclely, it is said, will frighten a mad bull. To put a cot- ton 'umbrella by the side of a silk one signifies ``Exchanbe is no robbery'." To purchase an umbrella means, "1 am not smart, but honest." To lend an umbrella indicates, "1 am a fool." To return an umbrella nieans-well, never mind what it means; nobody ever does that. To carry an umbrel- la just high enough to tear MA nien's eyes and knock off men's ljatS signi- fies, "I am a woman." To press an umbrella on your friend, saying ettoonfuls of butter with eineduilf cup of sugar. Add to this two eggs, well -beaten; aim cup of milk two eups of flour and one Cap Of very large reisins, seeded end well floured. Sift and stir in carefully one heaping teaspoonful of baking powder. Tura into a well great -eel vane pan and bake in a inotieriitel,r ! 1 quick men for ftirteolive laiinutes. „ Servo with sauce. g Fuxupkin Johnuy i . Take mianpliin, stewed Until it is very dry and sweet, and Mir corn -meal into it until the mass becomes a. rather 'Stiff dough; spread it on a. baking: pan on which dry meal has been ;sifted and bake In a hot oven. Salad Dressinro-One-lialf eup vine-, • gar; WO tablespoonfels mixed Inas..." tard; one-half tahlespoonful salt; , one-quarter t ablespoonful white pep- . per; two tablespoonfuls sugar: but- Itl'urtthaensit7m('-rinsigrneiTlegi'llasildexlelgt egg. eggs in a saucepan; when warm odd the eggs; stir until thick. Eggless Marble Cake. -Light part -One cup sugar, three tablespoon- fuls butter; one eup of water; two cups flour; two teaspoonfuls baiting powder, flavoring. Dark part - One cup sugar; one-half cup shorten- ing; Ono cup sour milk, one teaspoon soda, two cups flour; one cup rais- ins, salt, spices, chocolate. Manes , an excellent layer cake, two layers light, two dark, alternating and put together with plain .frosting Frosting -Break white of one egg in bowl. Do not beat, but stir into it powdered sugar till it will spread nicely. Flavor. If insufficient in quantity, add a little milk and a little more sugar. Banana Pia -Have baked a nice crust, into which slice one or two bananas -two if they eare small. For the remainder of the lilting make a custard as follows Heat to the boiling point One pint of rich milk and two-thirds of a cup of sugar. Dissolve two heaped teaspoonfuls o cornstarch in a little cold nailk; beat ITCHEN DAINTI irE w furnished a en it will always pre- . attractive appeeraxice if verythime is kept dean and daintte, oliing, and a nitehea eitioind kept as clean as poesiblo from native.- whit of slew, if not the sone of prefect eleeuliness. grimy dishcloth or a neglected Mali drain May become the resting plaee for germs which threaten life. Burn up the 410101ot-hes before bene time to get grimy, mid new ones of eoverat thicknesees clieeeealeth binned together, Thom made of old white eloth nut so much worn are just as servkeable and clean. The hands need not be nept In the water many minutes if ruips are maployed, and esith a little prac- tice one can soon learn to use a MOP, as well as a doth. The stove may be kept bright and shining by rubbing with newspapers eortelied between the halide, oral if oner each meal tbe ;novo will not need to be polliehed as often. A little nerconne oil is eneellent for divining the rive under the stovei Wile the oil in with a woolen cloth ti h not wider and penitent with powdered bath brick. The tin wash basin. iwy be quickly cleaned in tide way, and then the oil mixed with (end ItSbegis fital lor scouring te1• knives. The teapot ehould emp- tied immediately after using, week - ed, scalded and thoroughly dried. In this way it, UM not be etained or coated, as if allowed to stead with the old tea in it. In washing dishes. have two seta or dishtowels and .dislictoths-one for washing the nice dishes and the other for ;reeking earthenwere and the (tithes used in the kitchen. In thin -way the nice towels keep clean longer and come ont of the laundry much whiter. The Welles may be liept shiningly clean if they are wasbed through a warra pearline suds and rlaSed 121 bot water, and the towels should be washed in the suds after each meat and hung to dry in the air and :sunshine. Keep on band a mixture of corn- meal and vinegar, and rub the hands welt with It after washing them to 3:cep them soft and smooth. 'USEFUL VARNISH TREE. . 'Yields the Well-known Finish of Japanese Goods. The urusi, or varnish tree, of which the Japanese mane so exten- 'sive a use, is a noble tree when grown to its full size. On incision it yields a rich, milky, glutinous I juice, out of which the Japanese niake tho eelebmatc-d vnvnish kown by the name of "japan." With this varnish they cover and coat all their ihousebold furniture. all their dishes and plates, and oll their drinking „ 'vessels, *whether made of wood or of I 'paper, The use of plate, or porce- lain, or glass appears to be very limited, and is probably interdicted by some rule of nationality or reli- gion; from the Emperor down to the meanest peasant, all make use of the light varnish or japanned cups and dishes, the inner substance ' of which is wood or paper, or what we term papier-mache. Another tree, called nforasi," renders a, var- nish of an inferior quality, the yolks of two eggs with the corn- starch and add to the boiling milk. Sprinkle the bananas with sugar, and when the cream is thorougbly cooked turn it over the bananas. Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, add a little powdered su- gar and spread_over the top. HINTS FOIL HOME LIFE. To cure a burn apply a raw pota- to. For Weak Eyes --Bathe with boric acid; a teaspoonful to a large tum- bler of water. For Chapped Hands -Rub with a slice of lemon; 'failing this, sponge with vinegar. Toothache -Dissolve a penny block of camphor in an otuice of spirits of wine; inhale. For a 'wounded finger that refuses to heal -Knock the top off a fresh egg (raw), and stick the finger into the yolk repeatedly. For a, corn -Dab a little Vaseline on the corn every morning. The continual softening wears the excre- scence away and stops the pain. For cramp -Apply water, iron, ice, stone, or even earth to tbe bare feet. If the upper part of the body be seized with cramp, apply any of the above to the hands. The leaves of the common geran- ium are said to form a capital poul- tice for cuts, bruises and grazing's, just as the simple ivy leaf is de- clared to be a curo for a Corn. Apple custard filling -Crate four or five apples, and to this add two eggs, a little nutmeg and sugar to taste, then add one-half a pint of sweet milk or cream. Pour into pastry, and bake without an upper crust. o Frburns-Make a, sott paste of baking soda; spread it on linen, and apply to the affected part, -keeping applicetion moist by squeezing a little water on it from tine to time until the physician arrives. A nAP'S DIFFERENT NAMES. Every European child can answer the question, "What is your name?" without hesitation unless he is dumb, but the Japanese boy must think a little to make sure, for at various periods ol his life he is call- ed by different names. He receives his first when he is just a month old. Thon. three different names are written on three slips of paper and thrown into the air in tbe temple while prayers are addressed to the family deity. That which falls first to the ground bears the name the child is called till he is three years old. At fifteen the Japanese boy receives a new name in honor of his coming of age. His name is chang- ed again on the oecasion of his mar- riage, and on any advance in his pos- ition. . A college 'dinlonete doesn't always enable a man to get three simare Meals a day. 611.11.1k, CHASE'S CATARRH CURE Is sent, direct to tho dtseased parts by the Improved Bloater. Heals the ulcers, clears the sir passages, stops dropplogs25 tbe throat and pnemenantly cores Catarrh and Ray 15ever. Blower free. All dealers,'or"tht. A, W. Chase -'s ucd25tre Co„,Toronn) and Buff„sieb e PleY verg net no time M 'teeitatiliebraeritebave idling or petty theite been set SalivO as at the pre- sent, It fig on1;, fair 10 state that dock - 'yardmen, tie re date, are the reate of the labor inarlait, for in no ellen. try is better worianaosbip alOWIO then in Great Britain, and in no es- ^tithInliment is better work turzied i out tban in his Sileiesta's dockyards, Tsie egeteui of eearching as very ithorotigh, and howeeer it .may an boxiest lean, he nitiet perforce un- dergo the procees. Bat to Q1.010100 eVery man moon day would (iotafl itoo large a stall and too GREAT A WASTIO OF TIME, i and therefore each evening ovar 'fifth, tenth, or twelfth man, as the Care May be, is touched on tha , shoulder just as ha reaches the con- stables, that being the signal for bine to withdraw to the ceurching- room, where he is examined to ace ;that he carries no doclinard proper- ty. This weeding out is done hapbaze ard, unless the police have hail an intimation to keep close watch on any particular halividual, and the fact that it num never feels sure of 'getting through" has the effect ot keeping petty larceny down to a ininimurn. Nee erthelein, sown very curious cases have been detected by tbe means eniployed, the last case be- fore the magistrates heing that eif a man who took the trouble to haze - 1 noir flat and cut in many pieces yards of brass tubing, which he hid in his boots and stockings. There is another case on record vihere the sudden stoutness of a. certain man lisivang excited suspic- ion, he was found to have yards ot lead piping coiled round his body; and the most remarlenble choraoter- istie of the case was how he manag- ed to walk. the numbers of men who have been found wearing gotta - perdue undervests as probably be - solid computation. But perhaps the most ingenious theft of all was committed by a. man who with infinite patience wound very many yards of valuable platinum wire on the inside of his "stand-up turn -down" collar. -Lon- don .Answers. OCCASION FOlt A STORY. A maarx bad a story about a gun which he delivered himself of upon all occasione, At a dinner -party one evening he writhed in his chair for over an hour waiting for a chance to introduce his story, but no opportun- ity presented itself. Filially he slip- ped a coin into the hand of a waiter and whispered, "When you leave the room again, slam the door." The waiter slammed the door as directed, and the Mall snrang to his feet, with the exclamation, "What's that noise -a gun'?" "nib, no," returned his host, "it was only the door." "Ah, I see. Well, speaking of guns reiannds me of a little Story." BLIND PASSENGERS. An effort has been made to obtain special conditions and great reduc- tions on Belgian railways for tho blind, who, it is argued, cannot bene- fit by the beautiful scenery through which they may peso The proposal has been rejected by the legislators consideriuo the matter, oho see the prayer of the blind followed by peti- tions from the legless. the armless, and, indeed, all the Otonaged, for a reduction la their i'07 -way expensds Its a ease oi mitiorito rule in 0. house where there's 3 baby.