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Mr. Growler's
Awakening
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One °Yelling, just prior to tea,
Joseph G'rowler, Esquire, sat poring
over tho financial columns of his
evening paper. There was a smile of
grim, satisfaction on his thin, hard
face, for only that morning he had
dealt the death -blow to an industrial
Erin that had long been a source of
annoyance to the great syudicate of
which he was virtual betel. 13esideS,
the doing of it had brought e. com-
fortable feeliug of gralitled personal
revenge—or rather the equaring of a
loog-standing account. These two
things, and another, made Mr.
Growler feel' almost gnY•
Suddenly he east the sheet from
him with a centeMptuous gesture.
"Pshawl let 'em talk!" he sneered.
"They're all dying to call ine
ecouu-
C2Vc1.' I know they are: and all the
while they're pawning their very
coats to buy Growler stock. I am
on the Loose, sirs: but what of that?
I snep my fingers at 'em all. I've
lived to bring Leesosne and CO. to
the wall, and I feel that the years
so spent have not been wasted—by
oo means; quite the reverse, indeed.
I've had enough of finance now,
though; and I shall henceforth devote
myself to the tenderer things of life,
Ahal People wonder why I, who am
richer than even they dreaxn of, am
content to inhabit :this ample of
poor apartments. But then they
don't know my dear little Miss Dale
—my darling Agatha!"
A softer light Came into his keen
oyes. His hand strayed to his vest
Podket, front which he produced a
small motaceo-bound case. This he
surveyed with a. pleased chuckle, then
he pressed a spring, and the flashing
of many tinted tires made him wink.
"Fifty pounels' worth. Well, it cer-
tednly is showy; but I wonder now
whether I ought to have made it a
hundred? But It's too late now." Ho
closed the case with a snap, replaced
it in his pocket, and gave a drag at
the bell -pull. Then he resumed his
musing.
They don't know—how can they?
—that Inn going to marry her; and
neither does she, the innocont little
darling. I shall tell her so after tea,
and" --he chuckled audibly—"how she
will stare, to be sure. He, hal But
the deuce! What's become of that
girl? This delay is monstrous!"
He gave another and fiercer pull at
the cord. The jingle of the bell came
to his ears from the kitchen; then,
after an aggravating pause, he heard
the mold humming her cheerful evay
along the passage.
"Did you ring, sir'?" she inspired,
innocently, as site opened the door.
"Teal" said Mr. Growler, coldly;
'and when that's set I'll have some-
thing to say to you.'
"Indeed," said Mary Ann. "Now
that's real interesting. I've been
setting your mecUs for moren a Year
and it's the first thots--",
"Tea!" thundered Mr. Growler,
with a menacing flesh. •
The girl hlandhed, and fled head-
long. But when she reappeared with
the lea -things there was a flush on
her face and a combative look in
her eyes, which told that her conrago
had returned.
With much deliberation she pro-
ceeded to arrange the table, and
whea everything 'sad been accomplish-
ed to her satisfaction she looked at
Mr. Growler with a saucy upturning
of her nose. "Now," she said,
"I'ns ready to listen, and for
heaven's sake try to be perlite to a
lady."
Mr. Growler's glance became a
glare, end his face slowly crimsoned.
Such audaCity was 'unheard of. "Girl,
you're mad! stark, stariug matli" he
gasped.
Mary: Ann droPPod a mocking
curtsy. "It's very kind of you to
mention it, I'm sure; but that's
neither here nor there, Anyhow,"
ineaningly, "T ain't a cold-'earted
wretch as goes about the world a -
rabbits' the widow and horphan like
some folks I know as ought to be
ashamed of =selves."
Mr. Growler's glaro became abso-
lutely 'tigerish, and he raised hie tea -
(sup as if about to laurels it at the
head of the daring maid. But Mary
Ann was not to be daunted.
"Do it; oh, yes, do it," she cried,
recklessly. "I know you're a brute,
aed worse than that if all were
known'I do believe. Do it! I'd go
cheerfully to hospital with a broken
'ead if I knew you'd be cooling your
heels in prison over it."
Mr. Growler replaced the cup on
the table, "Woman," he said, harsh-
ly, "you are a disgrace to your sex.
I shall ineist that Miss Dale dismiss
you from her service at once. Mean-
while, I demand to know the mean-
ing of this extraordinary outburst."
"Ilextraordinares ,vou call it?"
panted the maid, hotlY. "I say it's
wonder T don't take my ten fingers
to you. You've as good as turned
me out of a situation; and inore'n
that, you've gone like a decouring
crocodile and stung the 'and of an
angel in disguise, if ever there was
one—I mean my poor Missist aucl no
other. I—.
,"ITold„" interrupted Mr. Groevler,
sternly. "If yon will talk, do try to
make yourself intelligible, and be as
brief as possible.".
"As I was about to remark when
;you interrupted sne so rudely—hut
it's just what 1 expected—I'm going
away to -morrow, and I'll speak my
mind, which I've wanted to do this
many a long day, if you kill sno for
It; MVO 'wicked peends, every penny
gone, and you've the downright im-
perance to sit theta a -toasting your
toeS at the lire you grudge to Pay
for, and her you've robbed --yes,
cruelly robbedi—erying her dear eyee
out this Whole blessed
"Look here, my girl," Said Mr,
Growler, coldly, when the irate 'maid
paused for breath, '7 haveset the
Wiliest idea, What you're talking
About, and as fay tett l growing
cold ;you might have the geetlneee to
retire."
Snell have tee beefed eolid before
, .
it's as cold as your 'ort, anyhow,'
snorted Mary Ann, "Bringing tis
dear thing to the workus door, or a
least making her a penniless hexil
across the.stormy ocean to bet' broth
er in Australy. It's exiy humble opin
ion the poor soure So friglitened o
you that she dussn't open her month
about it. 11 the house were min
Id shew you, Out you'd go this
ble,sed minit! There; I said I'd do
it, and I have." And with a whisk
of her ekirts and defiant aeons in her
eyes Mary Ann sailed from the room,
The outbreak had a disturbing et -
feet on Mr. Growler's usually healthy
appetites. As los toyed with his tea
he felt hinseelf becoming a prey to
vague alarms. An awful something
had happened to somebody, but svis.o?
Ills Frain refused to steady itself.
For the moment the angry maid's
t orren t of eloquence had quite
stlemPed his reasoning powers. lt
sees clear, though, that she had lost
her place, and that she put the
blame ot.it on Wm. How' absurd! Ho
never interfered in the management
of the household. But why had the
girl lest her plaee? she inen-
tbmed IlVe hundred pountle. Was it
pessible she meant that Miss Dale
had lest, that sum? And someone was
golog to Auetralia. Could she have
been referring to Miss Dale ogoin?
Ruined! Guing abroad! Mr, Growler
sprang impetuously to his feet. "1
don't bellese It; and, what's more,
sha'n't have it," he cried. "I
shalt tell her so at owes."
But the next instant he dropped
back limply into his chair. It had
occurred to him that he was power-
less, as yet, to prevent Bios Dale
going anywhere 'she chose. She was
Ler own mistress, while he was only
there on sufferance, as it were. He
had trampled rough-ehod over hen
dreds of hapless mortale in his gold -
coining Career, thinking naught of
the ruin and misery that strewed his
track. He had been remorseless as a.
sledge-hanener in all his dealings
with his fellows, taking his duo to
the uttermost farthing, accepted ad-
verse blows with stoical fortitude.
Now he knew that love, not gold,
was Ilio, and be shook as with ague
at the bare possibility of losing Miss
Dale. But he would—he must—see
her at once. Again be gave an in-
sistent jerk to the bell -cord.
It seemed an age ere Mary Ann all -
Peered, and when she beheld the con-
dition of the tea -table she favored
Mr, Growler with a pleased nod.
"Weil, sir," she said, brightly.
Mr. Growler repressed his agitation
by a powerful effort.
"Will you please give my compli-
ments to your mietrew, and ask her
to grant me an interview, now?" he
said.
"Missis is out and won't he home
for an hour," replied the girl; "but
to be sure I'll tell her. I thought as
how you'd come to see what a mon-
ster you've been. Bat I woncler at
your cheek. If Pd done what you
have I'd go straight down to the
river and walk in. It 'ud do you
good, and the world wouldn't be a
Peeny the worse!"
15
4. * *
Mr. Growler stood with the handle
of Miss Dale's sitting -room door in his
hand, Isis hard face screwed into an
apologetic smile. Now that he was
fare to free° with his heart's desire
his courage was quickly oozing away
under the scrutiny of a pair of blue
eyes—beautiful, timid eyes usually,
now glowing with a light he had
never seen there before. His own
glance wavered mac] strayed, and he
strove to get rid of a lump that
would rise in his throat. And yet
Miss Dale did not look formidable.
A slight, pale -faced, small and plain
lady of no particular style of beauty,
whose clerk hair was plentifully
streaked with grey.
"You wish to speak with me, Mr,
Growler, Pray sit down."
"Er—not at all—I mean yes, cer-
tainly. Tly the way, the weather is
rather warm for the season. Don't
you think so?" he said.
'A slight smile flitted across the
lady's face. "I don't fincl it partial
larly so," she said.
A Pause. Mr. Growler cleared his
throet.
"As I think I said, Miss Dale, a
few words in private—so
"I am at your servite, sir; no one
can hear us here," said Miss Dale,
in a tone that bespoke mingled int -
Patience and curiosity.
Mr. Growler gulped. "Your maid—
a clever girl that, Miss Dale, but
just a little—er—impetuous—mention-
ed to -night, that you aro pasting
with her. la it true? it isn't mere
idlo curiosity that prompts the ques-
lion."
A shadow of pain appeared in Miss
Dale's face. "It is," sles said.
"Humph! She able mentioned an-
other thing that filled use with
amaeement and incredulity, namely,
that you are seriousty contemplating
going abroad. I told her—did l',
though? I'm not quite sure—that
she was talking a lot of cenfounded
nonsense; no doubt about it—con-
founded humbug! The idea 15 too
11 Sculons."
"On Om contrary, Mr, Growler, she
spoke only the truth." Mr. Growler
gratified the arms of his chair for
sopport. •
"And—and may I ask why?" ho
said, faintly.
Mies Dale was beginning to labor
Under an agitation that was Pain-
fully apparent in the nervous clasp-
ing ;sod unclasping of her hands and
the quick flushing and paling of laer
cheeks. "Oh, why do you ask? Yoti
know only too well," she burst forth,
tremulously.
"tjpon my word, I don't," Said
Mr. Growler, "But," eagerly, "sure-
ly you are open to reconsider your
resolve. My dear Miss Dale, I am
about to ask a very great favor of
you; the greatest, indeed, that 15 in
your power to confer, I'm not good
at telkitg sentimental rubbfsh," ho
proceeded, "but—I say, Mise Dale,
will you marry me?"
The lady peeped, tovered her fath
with her hande, and Shrank back
trembling. Mr, Growler felt hie lips
go Suddenly dry, "PerhaPS I've boon
hasty, Miss Dale," Jae said; "but, 1.
assure you I didn't mean to hurt you
loVe you So, trisr dear, that I
Can't find WOrde to aXpreen the feele
" letnte StolS X eta:6 bear 1iS'S ine
teerepted Mies Dale, in dere) distrees.
Then she burst forth passionately :
"Why do you insult me like that?
Until to -day X thought you an hon-
orable man, but what am X to think
nnilis'at, indeed?" echoed the be-
wildered seitor, feebly,
"My own poor savinge 1 care noth-
ing for, although they were it ward
between me and poverty. But to
have you so far forget yourself as to
ask me to wed you—youl who have
this day brought poor Arthur Leo -
some, his wife, and children to beg-
gary—oh, it is too much! Please go
allviativtMr. Growler sat as if suddenly
petrified, his face blanched and
drawn. The grim irony of the busi-
ness had blighted his faculties for
the moment as effectually as 11
lightning had struck him. Slowly
the naked horror of it stirred hire
into action, assd he rose unsteadily
to his feet, De took one step to-
wards the door, paused, and turned,
"As Heaven is sny judge I didn't
know you were interested in Lee -
some," he said, hoarsely.
"And knowing, would you. /save
cared? It is doubtful," said Miss
Dale, bitterly,
"1"ol. wrong 2ne; indeed you do,"
cried Growler. "If I'd known I'd
have cut my right hand off rather
than havo done what I have. But,
every penny of it tvill be returned at
onee. See, I shall give you my
cheque for it now." He drew out
his cheque-book as he spoke, but ehe
stopped him imperiously.
"1 sha'n't take it, sir," she said.
"My little fortune is gone, and
there's an end to it. I suppose I
shall manage to live without it. But
my heart is sore for my friends, the
Leesomes, fallen from comfort to
penury at one dire stroke! Gob"
Mr, Growler staggered rathio than
walked frosn the room, looking ten
years older in one short minute; then
Miss Dale collapsed into it, chair and
wept. If she was sorry for the Lee -
seines, she was, strangely enough,
almost more sorry for Growler. No
uooner had he gone than her gentle
heart began upbraiding her for her
harshness. Perhaps he had never
thought of the harm be was doing.
Besides, he loved her, and no woman
is insensible to a compliment of that
sort.
44 * * * * *
Mr. Growler's love for his gentle
landlady, if deep, had hitherto been
a sort of easy-gning feeling that she
was there for the taking the moment
it occansed to him to clititn her. Now
that she was irrevocably lost to him
through what a grotesquely terri-
ble cause—she appeared infinitely
more desirable than ever. He was
shaken, humbled to the .dost, and
after half an hour's torturing
thought he realieed how impossible
it was that he could live longer 'un-
der that roof.
Ho sat down and wrote a short
letter to Arthur Leesome, in which
he expressed his regret that their
respective firms hod ever become em-
broiled throngh him, how he had dis-
covered he was in the wrong, and
would Mr. Leesome make an estimate
of his losses, jotting the amount on
the enclosed blank cheque? Would
he care to undertake the manage-
ment of Growler's on his own terms,
as he (Growler) had finally resolved
to have done with it, and knew no
time more capable, etc.?
Then ho wrote to Miss Dale, and
after that letter was finished he laid
It prominently on the table, took
the other in his pocket, and slipped
out noiselessly. He had it vague idea
of going to some hotel for the night,
leaving his goods behind until the
morrow, but, indeed, these details
were of Mile account in his then
frame of mind. He made for the
piano -box at the crosning, and with
it. great sigh of relief he dropped his
message of contrition in, and stepped
back directly into the path of an
D.PProaching hansom. There was a
shout, a crash; and Mr, Growler fell
right in front of the plunging horse.
* ** *
In tho morning Misr, Dale sat weep-
ing softly, with Mr, Growlers fare-
well oote on her lap. "Ho never
knew the harm he was doing," sbe
murmured. "013, 1 think—Vin raise
he is truly repentant, and—and ho
loves me. ought not to hctve seat
him away."
Just then the door opened and
Mary Ann oshored in a fine, alert -
looking man. Ite was Arthur Lee -
some, Miss Dale forgot lace grief in
a rush of amazement. Last night she
had seen him crushed to the earth;
now ho was buoyant with cheerful ex-
pectancy.
"Where is Mn. Growler?" be asked,
excitedly. "Where is he, 'Agatha? I
ant like to go mad with joy. By
Heaveni he has Clone me a noble
torn."
Miss Dale hurriedly rrsoppecl her
eyes, "He has gone, Arthoze'l she
said, faintly. "But what—"
"Gam? How—why—where?"
Miss Dale explained in it few halt-
ing sentences, and Leesoine's eyes
grow wide as 110 listened; bUt ore she
finished tho Maid burst impetuously
le upon them.
"Oh, IniSti, a telegram for you! I'm
sure it's from him"
Miss Balts'e fingers trembled as she
opened the envelope and spread out
the enclosure; then she screamed
loudly and fedi back in a dead faint„
* * *
A ghastly object looked Mr. Grow-
ler all lie reclined on a bed in tha
ward of the bospital to which he
had been eonVeyed after hie accident,
Ilis haul was bandaged, one arm was
in splints, his face pinched. with pain,
MiSs Dale. knelt Imelda tho bed hold -
Mg his hand; tool Arthur Leosome
stood by looking on the pair of them
with a, curio:is lump in his throat.
Hate of the man had gone; sorrow
and cosnpassion wore in his heart
now.
"Srhe doctors say 1 won't liVe, and
I think it's as well," sold the injur-
ed snarl, elowly.
"No, no," sobbed Miss Dale,
"Yes, it's better so. Sly life lute
beetf 'utterly eelfish and despicable, ae
I know now; but I'm not withotst
hope that you Will 50.7 that you for-
give me for what I've--"
"Oh, Mr. Growler, Maces& indeed
I ded"
"Thank 7051, Agatha—yott will ale
low me to cell you that this once—
anti Pow i'm content. I've seen ray
lawyer, and yost will find when I'm—
gone that I've done all I could to
make reparation. But, oh, Heavenb
if only I had lived, and you had
loved me!"
"Oh, Ur. Growler, 1 do—love you,"
she whispered„, burying her face in
the covet let.
It was the suerest whisper, but he
heard,, and a wonderful light came
into hie face. "You do—you do!
Say it again, my dear,"
She looked up and tried to speak,
but Ise read her answer in 1101. eyee.
Then he gave a, pitiful, forced lough.
"then I shall make a light of it,"
he said, grimly, "and by Heaven's
help will live."
A stubborn fight it proved, but he
Won in the end,—Lontion
PERSONAL POINTERS.
--
Interesting Gossip About Some
Leading People.
Victorien Sarclou, the great French
dramatist, was for eighteen months a
medical student. Ile threw up tho
profession for journalism. To earn
money for bare necessities ha did a
little of everything for very small
pay. Ile wrote his first play in a
tiny back attic, illuminated by can-
dlelight.
Princess Louise, Duchees of Argyll,
is not only a first-rate sculptor, but
Jo extremely accomplished with the
brush. She is probably tho only
Royal personage who has ever paint-
ed a sign for ao inn. The sign in
question is to be seen hanglag from
a hostelry on the Duke's estate in
Scotland.
The popular Queen of the Rellenes
dispenses more of what may be des-
cribed as 'official kisses' than anyone
on earth. Eveoy lady presented to
her with whom sho is on intimate
terms she kisses on the cheek; others
who have not the honor of knowing
her well she kisses 011 the forehead.
Miss Lai° Fuller, the famous Amer-
ican dancer, has a fund of stories of
the late Mr. 1'. T. Barnum. One of
the least is that relating to the ele-
phant which the great showman ad-
vertised all over the world as the
sacred white elephant hone Siam.
Everybody flocked to see such a won-
der, and Barnum netted $2,000,000.
Then the elephant died. It could
stand the daily whitewashing no
longer!
To -day 11. Rodin, the famous
French sculptor, enjoys world-wide
fanse, but the struggle was hard be-
fore recognition Came to Islas As his
struggles did not sour him so success
has not spoilt him, and among his
friends the man is not less beloved
than the artist is admired by the
world. Ito lin has a magnificent stu-
dio in Paris, and here he welcomes
all and sundry who choose to call on
him, after a manner recalling the
similar practice of the late Mr. G.
F. Watts. Young and Straggling
students In particular aro always
sure of a cordial welcome.
Like other members of tbe Royal
Family the Duke and Duchess of Fife
are now motorists, but 1.0 the early
days of bicycles they were also de-
voted to that form of sport. l'Shen
nest they bought their machines a
man was brought down from a Lon -
close riding -school to give the Duchess
lessons, and, not being acOustomed
to the honor, held her rather ginger-
ly. The Duke, who was watching,
called out to him after a while:
'Hold her tighter, man; never suind
her Royalty; keep good hold of her;
Even Royalty gets hurt 11 11 falls.'
The man obeyed, with the re.eult that
within three days it was Use Duchess
Who was holding the Duke up along
the country lanes around East
Sheen.
To join the Army as a band boy
and to leave it as a lieutenant -
colonel is a, record of promotion
which fulls to the lot of but few inen.
Colonel John Brown, whose death is
announced at the age of seventy-one,
was a trumpeter in the 17th Lancers
when ho rode in the charge of the
Light Brigade at Balaclava. He was
brought to the ground near tile Rus-
sian battery, Isis hove° having beou
killed by -a cannon !Mot, and he him-
self being wounded by a rifle bullet.
Do was, however'able again to talce
part In the fighting before the fail
of Sebastopol. In the Indian Mutiny
he dropped the trumpet for the lance,
and rose rapidly tintil he receivei
his cosamiseion, 'After leaving the
17th Lanoers he served as an officer
of Use Army Pay Department with
the Nile Expedition of 18$4-5, and
retired from the Army ten years
later with the honorary rank of
lieutenant -colonel.
SOME FACE PACTS.
The two aides of n person's face
are never alike. The eyes are out of
lino in two cases out of five, end
ono eyo is stronger than the other
in seven persons out of ten. Tho
right ear is also, as a rule, higher
than the left. Only One perSOn in
fifteen has perfect eyes, the largest
percentage of 'defects erevailing
among fair-haired people. The
smallest interval of sound con be
better distinguished with one oar
than witis both. The naile of two
fingers ileVer grow with the .soene
rapidity, that of the middle fleager
growing the fastest, Nvilile that of
tlie thumb grows slowest. In fifty-
four cases ont of a hundred the left
leg is shorter than the right. The
honeof an average Imams male
skeleton weigh 20 lbss those of a
woman aro 6 lbs. lighter.
IN 'A QUANDARY.
Piret airl—"What ere you waiting
for? Why, don't you finish veer let-
ter to Ella?"
Second don't know whothe
or to toy, 'Elver yostre, with truest
love,' or simply, 'Yours affectionate-
ly.' Yost sae, X can't endure
think ehes detestable!".
Diogenes, lantern in hand, entered
the' Villaffe 015=1901 tillop, "Slava
you anything that Will cure a cold?"
ho Milted, "No, tits I have Pot,"
stilsevered tho pill emnpiless "Give
-Inc poor hand!" eSciaimect Dlogenes,
dropping hie lassiern. "X have tet
laSt feend 101 honed Man,,q
**e.q.e.esesnedies eefieisKene'citea
[About the
Selitolveserlealleeo
SELEGTEG 'RECIPES.
Strawberry Tarts.—Butter und lino
O ten-ineh wide pastry pan svtth tart
paste; line the puste with a buttered
strip of paper, fill with plum Cli.
CherrY 011 dry corn, and bake az
you would a, pie. Remove the pits
and paper, baste the paste all OVet
syruprelthCOtohliektui1111 n ntavi with sitTattvhbeeVens.
Steep more strawberries la a very
thick syrup for two hours, stroin
mask the tart over this syrup, and
*30daaed Tarts.—Cream together one
pound of brown sugar and half a
pound ot butler. Beat ehe yolks of
three eggs very light and add butter
and sugar; silt ono pound of flour in
dry state with two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder, mix with the eggs
and butter arid sugar until a paste
firm enough to roll 1ms boon formed.
Lemon Pio—Two tablespoonfuls of
flour, tsva-thirds of se teacup of wa-
ter, teacup of sugar, yolks of three
eggs, and one grated lemon. Bake in
a hot oven; while in the oven beet
the whites of three eggs to a froth,
and unix in three teaspoonfuls, then
turn it mer tho pie and rotern to
tha oven until nicely browned.
Roley-Poloy.—Make a good biscuit
(Tonga, and foil about three-quarters
of an. inch thick, spread with pre-
serves or sliced apples; roll up and
ta in a cloth, boil or steam an hour
and a half.
Crimped Fish—Soak slices of any
firm white fish in very strongly salt-
ed water. P.et them into boiling
ealted water enough to cover, with
two tablespoons of vinegar, and boil
about ten minutes, Drain, arrange
on a dish, remove the Skin and
bones. Serve hot, with lobster sauce
poured Into the cavity left by the
bone. Garnish with watercress.
Cream Puffs—One cep buttee, one
cup flour, one cup water. Boil the
butter and water, stir in flour and
beat smooth; odd three eggs, one at
a time; bake on patty pans; fill with
boiled custard or whipped cream.
Lady Fingers—This recipe is given
by 'The Chef,' Cream together ono
cupful of sugar and one-half cupful of
butter, add one well -beaten egg, one-
quarter of a cupful of sweet slink,
one pine of flour, ono teaspoonful of
cream of tartar, one-half teaspoonful
of baking soda and one teaspoonful
of vanilla. Cut in linger strips, roll
in sugar and bake in quick oven.
Rebecca Cake—This is nice served
as a dessert with canned or stewed
fruit. Cream 1 teacup sugar with *
teaoup soft butter and add a well
beaten egg. Add to 2 teacups flour
two teaspoons baking powder, one
teaspoon cloves, ono teaspoon all-
spice and sift three times. 'Add one
teacup milk to the mixture and stir
thoroughly. Now boat in the flour
gradually, anti stir in one teacup
seeeless or stoned rejoins. Beat five
minutes and bake at once 40 or 45
minutes in an oven of moderate liesat
until well risen, when the oven may
be made a little hotter. This can
Le used with it tea cake icing.
Ribbon Cake—To 2 eggs add 1 cep
sugar, half cup sweet milk, 2 tea-
spoons baking powder, 1 tablespoon
Melted butter, 1 .2-3 cups sifted flour.
Meer to taste. After beating well,
divide the batter in three parts.
Color ono red with fruit color, a
second color brown with chocolate,
and leave one white. Bake in flat
tins and put together with icing be-
tween. Frost the top with an icing
colored ;yellow..
Little Japs—Four large spoons yel-
low bolted cornmeal, 4 spoons soft
boiled rice (soak rice before boiling)
a little salt, 1 small teaspoon soda.
Scald atl together With !soiling wa-
ter, add warm water until it becomes
a half -thin batter and fry on a well -
greased griddle liko pancake. These
are good breakfast cakes.
TiniTs FOR mn Hoku,
Bromb requites great heat when
rst put in the ()Van, but later it
should be reduced.
Liquid Glue—White glue, two
ounces; good vinegar, 4 ounces. Put
into a wide mouthed bottle, and set
bottle in cold water, letting it eOnle
to a boil gradoally and boiling until
glue is dissolved, tines add alcohol
ono ounce. Keep corked for use.
Rice water should never be thrown
away. Save It after drawing off the
rice and Inge it for stock instead of
water.
To Remove Panes of Glass—Lay
soft soap over the putty and after a
few hours they may be easily 1'011104'-
0d,
When there are no weights in the
kitchen bear in mind that two table-
spoonfuls et caster sugar or flour
average ono ounee, and the weight of
an egg is nearly two cremes.
To keep bread and butter fresh
when cut, keep it in a cool place
between two deep plates, and all
wrapped up in a thick damp cloth,
To stone mists* easily pour some
boiling water over and stand for two
minutes. Then cut them open and
press out the seeds betsveen the flo-
ps and thsunb.'
A Laundress' Hint—Use a table-
spoonful of paraffin to oVery four gal-
lons of water in the boiler. The
clothes Insist be rinsed thoreughly
tted there will be no smell of the oil,
Rernove Falasnel froM 11 bicyale by
scraping with an old knife. When it
Is all remoVed Weer the whole sure
inks with pile emery paper.
An excellent penwinev is a Saw po-
tato, When the ink dorrodes on tho
pen and it is Impleasant to %Ise,
allele it too) or three times into a
peeled potato, ancl tile nib Will be as
good as new.
A Cheap Theiofeetant.—ViThen garish-
bing or Waehlog 'Moselle lo a sick
room, add it teetspoonied of torTion-
tine to every bucket of hot Water,
Turpentine is a, powerful digitated -tont
and will diepel all bad °clones.
Keep all sower -pipes conmsited With
eiatiOstary eltalida dean and ' Whole -
Rome hy settiding once s. 'oolc with
boiling water in which washing eoda
has been diesel -en], Remember that
many eaves of diphtheria have been
attributed to foul fee:Tr-pipes,
Towels with fringes ehould alsvays
be oversewn before being dent to the
weals Mimes this is done the towel
lietioraCS more and more frayed and is
shabby directly, 11 the fringe is care-
fully oversewn the fresh appearanee
will be pveservecl a long time.
To boil a tongue euccesseilly, it
sboul I be fleet soaked in cold water
overnight, then drained and wiped
dry. Place tile tongue in a Loge
pass, cover it with cold water, ens
when once it boils up simmer gently
from two and a half to three hours.
Give eggs to very small children,
for they are very (malty digested ancl
the youthful body obtains front theisi
everything that in necessary for its
growth. For a delicate child of from
two to tiliC or Seven years old, a well
excellent, early morning beverage.
beelsn etree ancl a little is an
teir'aoPfela. ipl•eaungrosf ra'alunekn'—‘5'111.11X1 aa qclunaarr--
tern of flour. Stir into this a little
ecld water until all becomes a thick
paths, then add boiling water, stirr-
ing ell the time until the paste is of
the right consistency. By putting
the alum to the flour before the wa-
ter is added, the paste works very
smoothly..
SEWING DINTS.
Always uso double thread for gath-
ering. Always stee as fine a thread
and needle as the garment will al-
low. When threading your needle
snake the knot on the end broken
from the reel. The rule for frilling
is une and a quarter the length of
tha edge to be trimmed. In facing a
sleeve, turn it, and place the facing
inside the sleeve before sewing it on.
Gathers should always be set on the
right side, but never with a needle;
use a largo pin. 'When sewing on a
button, place the knot on the right
side of the eletly direelly under the
button. In sewing a seam, put the
stitches closely together, but lightly,
into the cloth, being careful not to
1)5111 the thread tight, as tine causes
the seam to draw.
A LONELY EMPRESS,
Eugenio Passes Her Life UlleVell-
tually in England.
Of all living women surely =-
Empress Euguele has had tho most
remarkable part to play in the his-
tory of natiOnd, and she still carries
vivid recollectians of the days of
the PranCo-Prussian Wale grim and
ghastly 1870-1, when tho bells of
Paris ceased ringing, and defeat
faced a nation.
She "was sojourning at St. Cloud
at the time, and, hurrying back to
Paris, she found the population in a
snood bordering on frenzy, Their
faith in the Government wae shaken,
their pride in the army was gone,
and everywhere could be heard bitter
curses against the folly of the ab-
sent Emperor and his generals.
:At once she addressed herself to
the task of arousing a spirit of loy-
alty to the Government. She put
forth a proclamation over her signa-
ture, calling upon Frenchmen not; to
be downcast over their reverses.
"Let there now be but one party
among us," she declared. "that of
France. Lot us have hilt ono stan-
dard, Una of your honor."
Night and day she feverishly ex-
horted the courage of the statesmen
aroond her.
At length it became possible for
hor to sloop only when she resorted
to drugs. Her diStracted brain was
filled with martial thoughts; she
wanted to mount. horse, take com-
mand in person of the troops at
Paris, and appeal to the people to
rally around her. l3sst all in vain;
even slie realised that the end was
near at last. Accordingly, she gath-
ered together her private PaPers,
her art treasures, and some of her
jewels, and sent them out of the
country, and found an exile's home
at Ohislohurst, near London, when
she was afthrwards joined by Louis
Napoleon.
In the quarter of a century since
the death 'of the lerince Imperial the
do of ex -Empress Eugenie has beets
for the most pact strictly secluded,
She long ago =teed to be regarded
by even the moat rigid Republicans
of the French GOVertnnent as a pos-
sible cause for suspicion. 'All thought
of political or social ambition of any
kind was buried in the coffin of her
511)5,
To b ssod, to weep, to pray, be-
e aamo boost it daily duty to 'her
sate asiel stricken mind. When.
owl of her strength came back
to ab her to journey, she insist-
ed that she should bo taken to Zulu-
land, There, seeking the place in
the wilderness syhere the Prince had
fallen, she passionately tonsecrated
herself to the perpetuation of his
enomory, and was borne away so
helpless that it seemed as if death
had claimed her, too.
In England her life pnsites unevent-
fully amidst tha loneliness of her
well-appountecl home at Farnbor-
ough. "acre is very little," said
one of tlao members of Iser house-
hold, "to distingeish her life here
from that of any infirm and egad
gentlewoman, swee its extreme !lochs-
sion. For many years olio day has
been almost like et:other in her Eng-
lish home, Religion and charity oc-
cupy her mind most of the tinio, and
since the death of ()neon Victoria,
who treated her as if she Woo a
ficairnan, she has been more than
oVer inclined to brr h
ood oveer own
It le WO that she has at times a
foreboding that her life i$ to be
prolonged to a hundred years; time
it is to dreg along until all Who
know hey have passed away, :At
other times alio is anxious that her
life Inv be truly lco.owes after death
shell claim low, and that the world
\Yin boar testimony to at least her
Personal rectitude,
leriend—"And de you think yeti
eas, tslways pleaSe yotmg girls witte
yotir predietious?" Fortelle) Teller
•-••••"Yeel • all I liaVe tp do IS to toll
them they are going ta be Merrier:0
FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND
NO TES OF INTPIP.EST man
BEER BANKS .1319S BRAES.
What Is Going on in. the Nigh*
lands and Lowlands of
.A.uld So >tia,
Durable briCk, formed of chipped
jgrnTa,ello'rlittd.Lfjti:lert101 11;sasaprie•ellInt.to7:11..kt-
erglen with twelve acres of ground
for en extension of the public perk
Latstencto (-General, Sir A vehl bald
Hunter, lately at the head of the-
Seettieh command, will shortly ob-
tain proinotion to the rank of gener-
al in the British army.
At a sale of antique furniture at
Leelle Douse, 'Fife, a. four-poster bed
with frieze top, in which Charles D.
elePt, and in which the late Countess
csS Bathes was born and died, brought
14 guineas.
Negotiations have been rioncluded
at Gosport for the erection of motor
C110 works in Alexandria. Dumbarton-
shire, to cover an area. of 20 acres.
Another 30 acres will be devoted to
Use erection of workinen'm dwellings.
The worko will give employment to
over 1,000 persons.
The propose] to institute an elec-
tric ear service between 'Edinburgh
and Dalkeith is taking quite a formal
character. Notice is given of the in-
tention of applying for the parlia-
mentary powers necessary for the
carrying out of the scheme.
'At a meeting of the Scottish As-
sociation fur the Medical Education
of Woman, held In Edinburgh, It was
stated that fifteen years ago they
had only nine students, The number
last year was 130.
A striking portraitin oils of the
late Major-General Sir Hector Mac-
donald has f000d a place in Dundee
Victoria Art Galleries. The portrait
is a three-qtlarter. length. Dressed
in the Highland uniform of a cap-
tain, the hero is shown bareheaded,
with Ins sword hill under his left
arta, his hands claimed easily over
the scabbard.
The district of Galloway, in the
south of Scotland, comprising the
conoties 01 Wigtown and Kirkcud-
bright, where the records of stature
give an average height of five feet
ten and a half inches, without shoes,
has the tallest people in Great Bri-
tain, which the northernmost or Bor-
der counties of F,ngland have it de-
cided supetiority oVer the rest - of
England ana Wales, With re-
epect to the British Isles, the
order of superiority in stature is:
Scotland, 68.71 inches; Ireland, 67.-
90 inches; England 67.35 inches, atol
Wales, 00.60 incises. Tho shortest
stature is found in Wales, the Weleh
Border counties, and the south-west
of England. The midland and east-
ern counties, occupied by people of
meocriethinpusretzlye. Saxon descent, are of
rn
The lute Marquis of Bute obtained
four beavers from Canada in 1874,,
and placed them in a large enclosure
"well watered and wooded" near to
the town of Rothesay. These not
succeeding, ha secured seven others
in 187e. These succeeded so well
that by the year 1878 the number
had loeveased to sixteen. n'he habits
of those wonderful creatures were
carefully observed cad noted.
though captives in the Isle of Bute,
they proved themselves ato be bath
&sinful engineers and masons. :But
they were very destructive. In tee
years the colony had felled no lees
than 187 large forest trees, and de-
stroyed a great quantity of small
bushes. Doubtless name of the eol-
may still remain, but the :iixpsexiiinordeast..
Wad all expensive one to
ship.
The hitherto unpublished Carlyle
manuscripts have turned up at
Hawick, One of them, dated Aug.
18, 1843, is from Thomas Carlyle's
mother to her brother, and was writ-
ten by the Chelsea sage, who happen-
ed bo be on a visit to his mother at
Scotsbrig. It is specially interesting
to the people of Haesicic from the
fact that reference is made to "union
dress, a woven spencer, and drawers
all in one, which 150111011 wear in
winter time." This is believed the
first mention of what Is now popu-
larly known as "combinations, a,
marked feature of the nawitle hosiery
trade. The other letter is from Dr.
J. A. Carlyle, translator of "Dante"
a, brother of Thomas Carlyle, casks
nowledging a parcel and "dresses"
received by his mother, presumably
the "union dresses" referred to in
the first letter.
NOT BRAVE Arriut ALL,
The fame of the Hawaiian chiefs as
captors of man-eating sharks di-
tninishes when 0110 learns their nee-
thods of procedure. Certain small
fish are cooked with kb -leaves, and
With this bait and a largo rmontity
of psi:aided roots of awa, boats put
to dna 011 it "shark -hunt." Arriving
at a shaliosv place, Use canoe, con-
taining thts head fisherman, the
Priest, and the soteerer, who lee sup-
posed to bo indispensable, the bait
is thrown overboard to attract
sharks. The grease and scoot !Tread
through the water many miles, and
wh'en the shark5 p 111 in an appear-
ance belt is freely thrown. In time
the aWa Stupefies the liugo fish,
nooees are slipped over their heaths
and the willing prisoner is towed to
the shore. It is then stranded end
killed. Every part of the 1301109
and skin WaS supposed to confer me-,
flinching bravery upon the poseessov,
and the actual captor—that is, the
one 'who elipped the mama (Wee the
hoail—woeld also, ever after,
be always victorious.
HOW TO 13111 MISERA.DLE.
Think about yourself, about what
yon want, vstiat you hbilo, what ra-
sPect People ought 10 Pay you, whet
ro0P10 think. of yott, awl then to you
noth leg win be pure. Yon svill spoil
everythieg neu touch; you will soalco
in tool misery for yourself oet
everything wieleh God =ids you; you
win be no wretched as you (11100d0 on
earth, ov ile heaven eithar.eaCharitle
Kingsley.