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• onAPTER VIII, 1 the . happiest thing he cauld bean
wade -save one.
Lt Was not Until quite an hour af-,
' tor O'Grady Mai "And—and healthy, too, els?" said
that he glairoly tiederstood th
latrt0d. from hef, wslimaelletctill awsitsliriehea.r,riZ .°11 his. T11°Y
greatnees of the shock Ls ady Varley',
itasteuncoment had glY011 him* : '''' le ttr01111X.°1 nervous . terP' '51' gall'iedw' °. WaU1111:111;
bad wonderecl at, whilst adnuring 1healthy too, of =mem TO -
t110 ealm eolaposeesslon, with which ",ramded. he; swagatha, thoegb hi
sho—a young girl ne J10 had Ci001110d „truth jaughtei, - was far 'from him.
her, a neophyte M s bettle.oalife—
had 04f:opted his me:Malice •flt Th
something, perhaps the innate
truthfulness wahlo him, co nmel ed
vIted him to there her lounge. rata of the head: dNot that I am a
an open forgetfultsess or dleregard of
a law of society Viet dwells on
fennel introductions betweee. thee()
hitherto unknown to oath other. Dat
Lady Varloyfa-he was her guest,
That Mao thought of only, and that
it was her duty to, bo gracious to
him, and delicately friendly.
Gr
O'ady was angry with himself
beeause be could not treat his. acci-
dental meeting with sauly Varley as
a jest, a thing to laugh over with
his cousin. ' But ho ceuld not! And
—was it a jest? 'There was no 015-.
01211 afterwerds seated herself, arid. in- itha to add ansh 11 dcomeaaory shahs
judge.
"An excellent ono," declared she
quickly. "'You agree with our doc-
tor here, ,IIe says baby is strong,
ver,y strong; and—and that she wilt
be stronger every clay."
She smiled at O'Grady; .sbe seemed
suddenly to grow MII di unspeakable
glad/JOSS. POOP mother! With a
wild longing she clung to each frail
thread of hope held out I() her, Nee
child, her all, must be strong and
rich in life; meet thrive, and flourish,
and bloom by-and-by into gracious
ment of cunusement in it rater all,
when one rmayzed , a gh•lhoorl, All this sho set her heart
esItIt vsas mere
nothing. lle had met a woman
whole he felt he could have loved,
and had only discovered when too
late that--
Pshaw! , what he meant was that
he had discovered that she was
'Wooed, an' mareiecl, an' " That'
Was all, It WAS 470 merest trine out
of the talo of one's life, a matter of
ten minutes or so.
It was rather a bore, however, the
way in which the whole scene clung
to him; he could not shake it off,
though be would gladly have done
so. It was only a question of time,
of coarse; and In a day or two be
promise(' himself .be would have so'
far forgotten the episode that he
_would have to jog his memory before
be could bring to mind whether Lady
VarleSes hair was black, or brown, or
ved; or if her OYOS Wore --
They rose before him then, Great,
strange, saca, yearning eyes, that
seemecl to reproach Ilan for his deter-
mination to obliterate them from his
memory. All the next day he scarce_ was hero. But it is only teething I
ly thought of ,her, but on the second asstsm you: only that," cried she,
he gists, restless. On tbe fourth day with a, sharpness tall of despair,
he permitted an idea, that up to "Nevertheless, send for him again,"
that he had kept scrupulously aid OGrady.
check, to start into life and grow, At this moment Mrs. Dundas, es -
in r'
It was to the eftect that courtesy corted by Lord Varley, turned the
compelled him to go to Araglin and corner and was almost within touch
once again apologize to Lady Varley.
for the mistake Ito had made. 11—
his brow grew dark red as this fear
suggested itself—if, by any possibil- "Ah, so glad!" exclaimed Donna,
ity, sho had grown to believe he rustling towards Lady Varley with
knew wboshe was all the tanel Yes extended hands and a beaming smile,
ho must go, he must seo her at all The smile was excellently well got
rislcs. Ile determined on walking to up, and yet there was something
Az -agile., though it was six miles about it that struck O'Grady as be -
away; but a tramp throligh the ing forced. Was she "so glad" to
awakening woods could not lar &her- end Lady Varloy in this secluded
wise than pleasant and Would proba- walk, where it might reasonably bo
bly b a rich treat. supposed that no one would be
Be reached Araglin at last, mid en- found?
tered 11,, not by the wide entrance
gate open to all, but by a side -gate
that led through a little bit of dense
underwood, and so into a. sidewalk.
Beier° him lay the team, and on Inc
right a, graveled path, where, AS he
looked, he could see a figure moving
slowly and with care.
It was Lady Varley. Semetbing
was In her arms. A little bitable,
all white cambric and lace, that
showed clem• against her black gown.
A baby!
Xt was a very tiny butane (though
it had seen six months Of our sad
and troublod life), and she add it
close -pressed against ace heart, as
though it was so much one with her
that sho could never les it go. She her way), declined to have anything
upon, whilet that tine object, of 110J*
SOUPS EleSi00 lay pale and languishing
Upon her heart,
May Clod have, pity upon all such.
in °tilers.
"Just now." went on Lady Varley,
taking courage to express a fear, be-
et -lame of tho encouragement ha had
given her, "she is not looking a her
best. We think,' smiling up at
O'Grady, who was a tall mart, with
011 expression full of the heaventlest
confidence, "she is teething; that is
what is makes her so pale. You
think her pale?" anxiously, •
The child was ghastly.
I dare say, as you bave told me.
it is orily her teeth," said O'Grady,
hurriedly. "This village doctor of
ss'hom you speak, he may not be very
efficient. Is there no other?"
"Yes; there is Doctor Griffin." She
mentioned a Dublin physician whose
sista with children's diseases was not
to be questioned. "Ile has been here
before to see baby.. Last week bo
of therm Just so long as ono might
draw a heavy breath there was si-
lence, then:
"I met Lord Varley on the ovens'
ire," she seal, "and when 1 found
you were aot indoors, I determined
on storming this part of your
grounds. It occurred to 1710, happily
that there might be a distant mance
of finding you here. I wanted so
badly to see you, and consult with
you about our Young Alen's Chris-
tian Association meetings."
"Am 1 ono of your young men?"
asked Varloy, laughing, who had
caught her last words, but not the
beginning of her :mooch. Ple epoke
in a general way, of courae, as if in-
cluding his wife in his guertion, but
he cast a swift, amused glance at
Dcinna, who, however (being wise in
was looking at the little thing 'and 0 dowithit
ber face was far with the 5weet Rush
of motherhoo)1, There was some-
thing of the divine in. her ,expression.
:Her whole soul seemed wrapt in the
fragile creature that sho hold; an al-
most passionate love liat her dove-
like eyes as she gazed on it; she ap-
peared to have no thought beyond
the little mile that lay so quiescent,
so terribly quiescent, upon her
breast,
O'Grady came forwEtrd Into the ful-
ler light. Lady Valley, seeing 111111,
greeted him with a smile, It was
the gentlest emile in the world, and Duadas s remark that she came pur-
full of graciousness. O'Grady, en- posely to this walk to 5ncl her.
couraged by it, Quire up to her, 01111 Lord Varley, who had been listen -
pressed the hand she gave him. Tho Mg, „„SWored 110.
baby was lying upon her left arm on „as the _merest abeam» he
as calm as it, 'unfortunately, always said, "II; was, as X thought, the
was. last place in the world to dream of
"I thought," said O'Grady, "thai; finding you. I thought you were in
I would come up to -day and toll you the village, aad impressed that tact
(I had 110 t1113.0 then, had I?) how 3 upon Mrs. Dundas."
regretted the many absurd things I Donna dal not change color. She
said to you, not knowimr--" turned her expressive eyes upoe a
"As for that," said she; she burst tali lily growing neer, as il lost in
out laughing carefully, as should n, mdmiration of it, until the first su-
married woman, yet merrily he a memo moment or two was passed,
00—'11 was very strange, Was it Ana then she turnea them upon Var-
not?" she said. "But, of course, ley, and shut a. glance at him that
you could not know! Whea I told should have slain—a little lightning
Lord Varies/ of it, he said it Witt, n. affair that Lord Varley did not see,
pity I had ever enlightened you. And, but that O'Grady did.
perhaps, yes; but wheu I heard you Lady Varley MS looking at her
wore to stay in our neighborhood 1 husband. After a pause, during
know yon would have found out, no which you might have counted twen-
ty, she said very gently:
"You mistake, Frederic, Mrs.
Dundee knew I should be hero, She
bells me that is why she came."
Ner manner and expression W0140 so
calm that O'Grady was for 5, while
devolved by it. ' Mrs. Dtmdas was
not She, perfectly understood the
moaning of Lady Valley's words, and
did not forgive her for it. She
Lady Varley—had, in a sense been
ungonorous, but only because the
would not submit to the thotight
that ituy woman (even the lovely,
lawless thing before her) could be her
rival in tho esteem of her husband,
"tVell, she should see," thought Don-
na, with e,11 tho vicious anger of a
bad woman towards u good one; and
-
if she chose to ignere tho teeth, so
much the easier and the quicker
would the end come that should cons
'vine° tho haughty woman oP
Vonne,'s—PoWer.
O'GrEuly rushed into the breach
With a pleasant common -place, and
nonvereation was toseed lightly to
Lady Varley smiled faintly.
"As for the meetings," she said, "I
shall be very glad, of course, to help
in any way. To help young men to
a better, a higher idea of life, to a
purer standard of thought and action
what work can bo nol.fier? Yes, 1 11171
glad you came to consult 111e." She
strove to throw off the mantle of
grief that was enveloping her. "It
was fortunate you thought of seeking
1110 hero, or perhaps I should have
missed seeing you."
She said this Et propos of Mrs,
matter whether I epoke or 7X0r0
si-
lept,"
"Yes; it didn't matter at all," said
O'Grady. Re was looking into her
pure, beautiful eyes, and as lie look-
ed, ho felt thet nothing mattered, on-
ly that she was lost to him, Ho
struggled with himself, and regained
Presently his composure. "Yet I am
glad you spoke," he said,
"So am II," returned she gracious -
ay; "otheswise you would not /rave
.khown who I Was, and" with a, gen-
tle smile, "1 should not, be Indebted
to you for this visit,"
"This is my little daughter," said
she now, in a, tone quite di fierent
from anything he had Over heard be-
foro; there was a subdued hut terrible
passion of tenderness in ito She
threw back the silken covering round
'it to let 11110 more closely view her
-trensure. "YOU think?" sho gees -
tamed vaguely, yeit with her oyes up -
On him' as if waiting for something.
charmingly pretty," said
O'Grady, will' much preeence of
mind, ethoping as ha "'Pao 0v0S, 1110 and fro foe tea dr 111100)1 minutes,
little frail blossonl. Was, PerllaPs alrs. Dlunlits Wee particularly bria
Bent. She was introduced to 0'-
aradY, aza quite dazzled him with
her beauty. 11110, indeed, devoted
lloreelf to him for the short time
they were together—only quarter of
an acme altogether, Yet lenft enough
10 hOtraY to O'Grady (who had seen
ana etu(1ied Many Men in hie time)
that Lord Varloy grote reetless as lior
smilee waxed kIncler,
Lady Varley, on the contrail,
;seemed preoceupied.
Presently, a break oecuarieg in the
coaversation, Varley thread, to airs,
Dundee, and said somethi»g to 1101-
1(1201)51 the conservatories, She hesi-
tated for a 3110123011t, and then decifir-
edher desire to see 1110111,
"All the county talkof 112=1,"
5110 said, smiling at Lady Varley;
and thou: "You will come?"
"Xi you could exam() me," replied
Lady Varley with extreme quietude,
"I am not very well to -day and it is
guile a, walk afore and back. Lord
Varley will ehow them to you, and—
afterwerds I hope you will lot me
give you' a cuP of tea?"
Donna inurmered a word or two, to
the effect that she feared if the walk
was too long, there would be no time
left for the cup of toa. They had
gone (alma a yard or two, when
Lady Varley roused herself with ah
elloet, and called to her husband.
"Frederic," she said quiekly, yea
without any uncle° boa*, "n. word
before you go—I am eure Mrs, Dun -
(WI 1V111 07C01780 TOO. Baby is not so
well to -clay," she paled as she said
tills, "You will be passing the house
OTV .your way to the (conservatories.
ivill you not go into the library for
a. Mornent, and telegrnpli to :Doctor
Griffin to come dewn to -morrow? 3
would do it myself, but—it will not
lake "yoa a moment," she s.ani.
'What 114 the 11102/LOT 551111 1)01' this
time?" asked Varley. There wan
same amusement and some im-
patience in his tone. Lady Varley
shrank beimath it,
"It is her teeth—only hor teeth,"
she said softly, yet with a baste
that was suggestive of an anguish—
an ever present dread—that she was
perpetually brit ineffectually striving
to force into the background. "Still
1101 uneasy."
Varley leashed good-humoredly; so
did Donna, She mil a childless wo-
man.
"When ere you not?" said Valley,
still openly amused. "And telegraph
for GrillIn again? She is an expen-
sive little animal,, isn't she?"
lie spoke carelessly. one could sce
at a glance that he cared little for
the expellee of bringing clown from
town, twice in the same week, a
pbysician so skilled in infantile di-
seases that his faine Ma on the lips
of all; but his tone was without feel-
ing for the tiny, weakly creature for
whom the groat num was needed. It
stung to the very soul the mother,
whose every hope was in it. She
flushed from cheek to brow—a flush
that faded almost as it was born, in-
to a deadly pallor. Was she think-
ing then, as her passion died, if it
were may indeed possible for money
to buy that frail, sweet life in which
all lun•s was centered? This was the
cruel fear she kept in abeyance; but
801110till100 it conquered her—as )20W.
Of one thing O'Grady became as-
sured as he watched her; that she
loved the child bettet than the fa-
ther! This explained the yearning in
her eyes, tho sorrowful curve of hes
lips. Fear fey the child—for her on-
ly consolation!
When she spoke, however, it was
calmly, and without a suspicion of
reproach. She seemed to pass over
everything. "You will telegraph?"
she asked, lookieg at Varley,
"When I have shown Mrs. Dundas
the housee," returned ho lightly.
Tben with a laughing allusion to tho
child, "I dare say sho will survive
until then." His manner was not 1 11 -
natured; he could 1100 see how his
wife paled before that word "sur-
vive,' because his eyes were on
Donna.
"Oh no," eried the latter prettily;
"YOU must .telegraph at once—at
once—do you hoar? Why should I
cause a delay? She turned swiftly to
Lady Valley. "Ile shall do it now—
this moment" she said, with a little
air of authority, for, which O'Grady
could have willingly have slain ber
L,n(ly Varley thvew up her head.
"It is of no consequence at all,"
.sho said, "I beg you will think no
more of it. Go and onjoy—your
flowers."
She moved to one side, thus giving
a dismissal, and sank into a low
garden -chair. Tho nurse had moved
towards the house with the child.
She sat quite motionless until her
husband and Mrs. Dundas were out
of sight; then she rose to her feet
and confronted O'Grady 'with 0 00-
1.1101' wan smile.
I1 hurt him to think that the
should thus pain herself hi an at-
tempt to throw off care, to show
him civility. This was treating laiin
like ea ordinary acquaintance. Fie
started as ho came to this point in
his meditations. Could 11 bo possta
ble that he was less than an ordin-
ary acquaintance—that he was a baro
stranger? Contd. it be true that he
had seen her only once before? An
absurd feeling that ho had known
bor all the days of his life had taken
possession of him.
"I forgot," she said slowly, "you
too might have liked—to see the
flowers. They are," striving to re-
gatta the ordinary every -day tone,
"well worth a glance. We have a
wonderful man from Aberdeen, who
understands the Geneve oi—"
"Pray do not," Interrupted O'-
Grady earnestly, She stopped as if
thankful, "You look very tired," 110
150111 0111 "Shan I take you back to
the house?"
"Yes, that is It," she said feverish-
ly. She looked passionately relieved,
"it cannot bear to leave her for any
long time," she Went 011 as if ex-
plaining; "1 alwaYs feel as ii—as it
must keep her in sight." Sho
sighed . heavily, then looked at
him suepiciously as though dreading
the effect of her words. "I Shall
Send that telegram, myself," elle
said, "though you Will understand
that it is a mere freak of mine; a
rather unnecessary caution."
"1 guile understanda' returinel
O'tirady grevely, Ile turned with
her, and went back to the hoes° by
O side path that did not converge
toweacts the walk by which Mrs.
Daedas and Varloy had gone.
As thoselast lied disappenred
round Gus comer, and when she
foiled they were quite beyond view,
Mrs. Pendas bast stopped short and
looked at Varley, 21, One contenlpt in
her eye. Her mind wile 1o11 ot his
fatal diselosure, Anent the true 11)00.1)'
11115 of her earning 10 the paatteldar
spot where Lady Verity was found,
"I do bete a fool!" she field dis.
dainfullye Which piece of outspoken
criticism so tiekled Vartey that he
roared with laughter for a full Min-
ute without, cessation. To bim 11
was ono Of Mrs. Dundas's charms
that she could always amuse bins.
Presently she was good-toniperecl, the
laughed too, and after that she ex -
Maned US aim his fault, which only
seemed to 'increase his amusement.
"Ilia a judgment upon you. You
Re you oughtn't to lie, Den," said
ho. "Well, the whole affair was
hardly worth that frown of yours
Yolande is incapable of bearing mal-
let:1, even if she understood: which I
am sure she didn't." a
"Width I era SUM the did, 3
watched, her hands. A. Woman ean
command 1101' eyee, but her. finger
never, As you spoke she clutched
tightly a little fold of her gown, AIM
good heavens! what a gown, 05gg00-
tive of' sackcloth ancl ashes! She
annartgcbweddboionyg,Fennance for your sins,
"You. pay her a compliment, You
exonerate her from sins of her own."
"As for thaa," said Donna, "it
strikes me that she was rather glad
to get. us out of the way. She would
not accompany me to the
houses, she was too tired. That se-
c:hided walk was pleasant, .et 1110 tell
you. And—that Mr. O'Grady—very
gond to look at,"
"You are at' fault there," he said
coldly. "For the future let us leave
Lady Varley's name out of the con-
versatiOn."
To be Continued.
PERSONAL POINTERS.
Ileforesthe Empress Frederick's cof-
fin was finally closed all the love -let-
ters she received from her late Wm -
basica the Emperor Frederialc, toge-
thee with his laet written messages
inscribed after he lost his power of
speech, were placed in the coffin over
her heart
Count Carl •Schonborn is the first
to ascona Vesuvius in a motor -car.
Re is secretary of the Austrian Au-
tomobile Club, and made the ascent
with his wifo during the honeymoon.
No reached the summit of the thane,
12,70011. high, in 33- hours, in spite
of stones and lava streams.
Lord Brooke, who returned to
South Africa as A.D.C. to Lord MB-
ner, has begun his life -work early,
for he is not yet nineteen. Ile is
now in the Lilo Guards, but he went
to the front shortly after the out-
break of the ctunpaign, and was the
youngest commissioned man then
serving in South Africa.
The Rev. Hugh Price Ilughes
preached his first serraon in a tiny
seaside eottage in Wales to a con-
gregation of half -a -dozen humble
hearers,The sermon, Mr. Hughes
recalls with amusement, was punc-
tuated by heartseending groans from
an old crippled sailor; while one of
the ladies sustained her patience by
taking frequent pinches of snuff.
A. charming anecdote is told ot
Prince Edward of York which shows
that his taste in some things is not
so widely divergent from that of
people of more lowly degree. Re
was asked on one occasion what he
wopld like to do by way of a special
birthday treat. In a moment he re-
plied: "Go for a. ride in an omnibus
with all the other peoples'
Mr. William Mather, M.P. for the
Rosendale Division of Lancashire,
England, who opened the Labor Ex-
hibition at the Crystal Palace re-
cently, is the first employer who has
ever performed that duty. Years
ago he was one of the first to adopt
the eight-hour day in his works, and
he can say with truth that he has
never regretted the step which be
then took. Mr. Mather is also able
to say, what few employers can,
that he has never had any trouble
with a trades union.
The ICaiser's barber is an incorri-
gible late -coiner. Some thne ago he
kept his royal master waitiras sever. -
al minutes. On his appearance the
Kaiser, in a flt of generous irony,
presented him with a costlyf gold
chronometer, leaving it to the bar-
ber to guess the real reason for the
gift. The servant's inability to ar-
rive up to time continued, however,
until at last the Kaiser demanded,
inipatiently: "Nave you still got the
watch X gave you ?" "Yes, your
Majesty," was the answer, "here it
is." "Well," came the royal reply,
"as it doesn't seem to go very welt,
here is another." And the next mo-
ment the stupefied hairdresser had
a nickel -plated timekeeper valued at
81,25,
ODD NUMBER UNLUCKY.
During a couaso of lectures on
"Scotland and the Scots" ail Oxford
professor delivered a feeling tribute
to the intrepidity and endurance of
tho sons of the north.
These bardy 111017, remarked tho
professor, think nothing of swinunieg
across the Tay three times before
breakfast, ,
The respecteul silence which follow-
ed this iumouncement wag broken by
a loud guffaw from the middle of the
room,
Sir, said the professor, engrily, ad-
dressing the culprit, perhaps you will
explain what you mean' by this out-
burst?
I was jest thinking, sir, replied the
offender, that if your story is true,
the poor Seotch Slane would find
themselves on the Wrong side for
their clothes.
IIE COIILDN'T STAND IT,
An olct gentleman NVaS present al,
tho reading of the wilt of a distant
relattee. Ile had hardly expected to
flud himself remembered in it; but
peetty soon a clause was read in
which a, certain field was bequeathed
to 111111, That was good; but the
document wont on to bequeath the
old gray ware in said field to sonic -
oho else—a man With 55110111 010 old
gentleinaa wns not on frionclly terms.
Thal, was too much for hist equanimi-
ty; and he interrupted the solemn
proceedings and brought a smile te
the faees of the company by ea-
ch)/ Ming,
Men Ene's enting my grass.
aaitterst
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An geonomimi and yet satisfaes
tory way ef removing grease spots
Is to Cover wlla a piece ef brown pee
per earl prase with a hot iron,
11 salad (Messing eurtiles wane be-
ing ,snixed, add a little cold water,
sti quickly, and it wfil become
guile smooth,
Sawdust /aid 050114, 0005 the
floor before putting down oilcloth
will cause It to wear rimers better
and deaden the sound of walking.
iron mold may be removed from
linen by wetting the article, then
laying it 'On 0, metal stulaee, while
O spooeful 01 salts of 100200 is rub-
bed 0505 ti10 surface, Rinse well
ana the blemishes will at once dis-
appear,
Med WatOr may be delightfully
softened by throwing orange -peel
into it just before being ueea. The
preancel:Ill not only prove agreeable
to the skin, but give out a 11'n-
.1500.1100,
Paint left ors window pules by
careless painters can bg removed bY
dipping a penny in water and apply-
ing it to the spots.
When washing knives never put
the hendles in, water, as it tends to
loosen them.
Marble is nicely cleaned by rubbing
it with EL cloth dipped in turpentine
and -then polish svith a clean, per-
fectly ,dry cloth,
Even the most delicately tinted
shirt waists may be washed without
danger of fading if they are caret
soaked in a brine of salt and water
for about an hour before washing.
Equal parts of ammonia and -tur-
pentine will take paint out of teeth-
ing, even 11 10, be hard and dry. Sa-
turn:to the spots as often as neces-
sary rind wash out in warm suds.
1.1 those who perspire freely would
use a little ammonia, in the water
in which they bath each day it
would resnove any disegreeablo odor
and keepsthe flesh sweet and clean.
Put a tablespoonful of ammonia i11
a quart of water, wash your brush-
es and cornbs in this, arid all grease
and dirt will disappear. Rinse,
shake, and dry iu the sun or by the
lire.
For an excellent silver polish that
maY be kept on hand for every day
use, mix a few drops of ammonia
with the common whiting used for
silver, and add enough water to
make of the consistency of cream;
bottle this and keep it tightly cork-
ed. Drop a little nf this mixture
on the polishing cloth, rub the silver
lightly and rinse in warm 'crater,
and the silver will be instantly
brighthncd and cleaned without the
hard rubbing necessary when polish-
ing with the dry whiting.
For removing paint and putty
marks from svindow glass this same
mixture of ammonia, and whiting
may be used for stubborn cases, or
simply a little ammonia, in warm
soap suds. If Whiting iS used let
it become dry on the glass before
polishing.
SOME USES OF TEE LEMON.
Woolen particularly would find a
more general use of lemons as SiD1-
ple remedies where ordinary doc-
tor's medicines are employed, effica-
cious and economical. .
One of the most pleasing baths is
made by slicing three or four lem-
ons alto the water, which should be
drawn off half an hour before using
so that the juice of the fruit may
have 5, chance to permeate it. The
sense of freshness it gives and the
suppleness and smoothness it imparts
to the skin are very luxurious. In
the West Indies often the lemon Is
used instead of soap, and when the
natives wash their hands they
squeeze the adee over them and rub
them briskly in water until they are
clean.
Tbe lemon. is invaluable in its ef-
fect 011 tha complexion. A few drops
In the water in which the face is
washed removes all greasiness and
leaves the skin fresh and velvety. A
little !omen juice rubbed on the
cheeks before going to bed and al-
lowed to dry there will remove
freckles and whiten the skin, besides
giving a delightful smoothness, and
If the treatment is persisted in, ev-
entually it will carry off all unsight-
ly blemishes that are not caused by
internal trouble.
Lemons aro very useful in the care
of the teeth. A few drops squeezed
ed into a glans of water for rinsing
the mouth make a tonic for the
gums and render them firm.
In wathing the hair, if a /0121031 IS
used it will cleanse the scalp and
give a soft fluffiness to the hair that
women like.
A FEW SIMPLE DESSERTS,
Lemon Sonia° 1 Ono -half pint boil-
ing milk, 8 rounding tablespoons
flour stirred smooth in a pt cold
milk, stir into the boiling milk. Boil
carefully without scorching until
well cooked through, then break the
yolks of throe eggs lightly and stir
into the boiled mills, Cools 0 111111 -
ole and add tho Nice of a lemon.
Whip the whites of the eggs until
very still!, fold lightly into the boll -
milk mixture, put in the oven and
bake quicaly. Serve immediately in
the dish in which it Was baked.
Sauce for Lemot Souffle: One-half
pint boiling water, a cup sugar, 1
rounding tablespoon flour stirred
smooth in i. pt cold water, sthainto
the boiling water, cook, and flavor,
Lemon Roney : T11500 eggs well
beaten, 3 cups wager, 2 cups water,
tho Juice and grated rind of throe
lernons, end better the size of a
Walnut. Mix all together and boil
gently 20 minutes stirring carefully
to prevent scorching. Serve cold.
This is always pronounced detioious.
By way of it hint, I will also say
that X lind this makes a very ac-
cepteblo lilting for cream puffs,
which then become lernoe puffs,
Chocolat° Custard Grate or
shave film 2 squares chocolitte, and
melt in a; saucer over steam :pea
the yolks of two eggs, add 1 largo
pt rich nrilla a cup widte alga
(stir)ed in the Molted chocolate)
1111.0111,1.A.B, WAYS OF "ROPPINO
Stir 1015011101' 002'011011Y, then Wbie
in lightly the well-beatets whites o
the eggs, arid bake; Servo Warns
cold,
DARK FRUIT OAK13).
Receipt fee a trult coke 1 TlifeSUp
sugar, 1 cup butter, ,5 eggs, 1 ils
raisins, 1 lb. currants, 1. Cup rimless
es, * lb, citron, 2 teaspooes eream
tartar, a teaspoon soda, flour to
make still, and all kinds of 01430
If a cheaper one is wanted, try this
Two eggs, * cup each .01 brown 811"
155(1', butter, niolaeses mut meet
soilla 1* cupe flour, a teaspoon soe
chs, 1 teaspoon cream tartar, 1 M,
raisins cut fine, 12 ib. citron and 4 -
nutmeg, This will keep a. long tarie.
Take 3, 111 caelt raisins, currants,
citron, flour, butter, ancl sugar, and
1 doz eggs, Flavor with one tea.
spoon each of cinnamon, cloves and
mace, all ground together, Balm
slowly in a moderate oven four
hours, lf liked, can usp 1 teaspotin
50d0, WOliC all the fruit in. the 1. lb
flour, cream, butter arid sugar.
Beat the eggs separately, then toe
gather, add butter and eggs, then
the fruit vaulted into the 1 lb flour.
Do not add ;any 111010 Deur than the
1. lb. This will make 2 moderate
sized cakes.
IIERE AND THERE,
.11..itere.fregres.
WE JJJJij IEN PROP083,
TIM QUESTION,"
WAvs 01 l'00310811115 WM Differ 40
a liVidely as the 1150115005 pi
Pa eV peers.
There is rus "royell 1.00ti to preposs
als," and the mail who easefully ar-
rauges the precise conditions arid
Method of "pepping the question,"
aed rtheaases the very words in
withal he will put hie fate to the
lest, ie VerY likely to dad his pain-
fully emoted fabric topple to the
ground, while he blurts out his ques-
tion under coneitiees whieh In a seam
moment would appear ridiculous,
There is more truth, for example,
then fiction10 the following accoant
Or a Proposal ashen from a Ira/ -
known novel: "When Dick, leaning
ftgainst the pig -sty, had sudderity
felt himself compelled, be knew not
why, to abruptly interrupt a discuss
Mon on the culture of tomatoes with
the utterly ineensequent inquiry,
'Daisy, will you be my wife?' Daisy,
keeping her eyes steadily fixed the
svhile on an elderly porker, eiannlY
answered, 'Yes, Dick,' "
Could any environment be more um
romantic or any moment seemingly
less opportune? And yet 'Dick
achieved his object as promptly.and
successfully tie if be had proposed
svhile floating on aa Italjn lithe, un-
der the "glorious eye of the moon."
and to an accompaniment of mesas
floating gently over the waters.
RIVEN ROYAL PERSONAGES.
Bits of General Information Which
You Should Know.
The average life of an eleplmat is
105 years,
The pey of a Chinese soldier is
about 3.*11 a day.
England uses six million square
feet of plate glass a year.
In every locomotive there are about
5,400 different pieces.
Gree10 ladies aro said to have 137
different styles of dressing the hair.
English convicts get 10111 of bread
O week, while paupers receive only
7112.
To Ise perfectly proportioned a man
sboold weigh 28112 for every foot of
his height.
A shipyard at Onsinato, Japan,
still in operation, was established
over 1,900 years ago.
The golden eagle has great strength.
It lifts and carries off with ease a
weight of 80112.
Africo bas neaely 700 languages,
and this fact presents great difficul-
ties to missionary effort.
Ono inch of rain falling upon one
square 111 110 is equivalent to about
1.7,500,000 gallona of water.
There are 28,594 juvenile temper-
ance societies in the British Islands,
with a membership of 2,536,000.
The Dank of England has usually
about £25,000,000 to £80,000,000
of its notes in circulation.
The jawbone of the average whale
is 2511. in length. The tongue of
such a monster will yield a ton of
oil.
Coal is worked so easily in China
that in Shansi it sells at less than
ono sbil/ing• per ton at the mines.
In every 1,000 bachelors there are
thirty-eight criminals; in every 1,000
married men there are only eighteen
crim als
The most extensive cemetery in the
world is that at Rome, in which over
6,000,000 human beings have bean
iaterred.
The largest tobacco factory in the
world is that belonging co the
French Government al; Lille. It
turns out 50,000 tons a year.
Some of the scales for weighing
diamonds are so accurately adjusted
that a speck of dust or an eyelash
will affect the balance.
The educational system of Den-
mark is so perfect and popular that
throughout the entire country there
is not an illiterate family.
A curious criminal law exists in
Greece. A alms who is there senten-
ced to death awaits two years before
tao execution of the sentence.
At Singapore the post of "Tiger -
Slayer -in -Chief for the Straits Set-
tlements" has just been given to a
Frenchman, who has a record of 500
A plant that grows in India, cal-
led the philotacea, electrica, emits
electric sparks. The hand which
tsioioucek110.8 it immediately experiences a
It is a strange fact that the right
hand, which is more sensible to the
touch than the left, is less seusible
than the letter to heat or cold.
Of the thirty-eight Sultims who
have ruled the Ottoman Empire
since the conquest of Co»stantinople
by the 'Perks thirty-four have died
violent deaths.
In some parts of 1Tolland a birth
is announced by fastening a silk pin-
cushion on the cleor-knob. If the pin-
cushion is red the baby is a. boy Lind
if White a girl.
In St. Petersburg late hours are
the rule. The ,principal streets ni•e
generally crowded at one o'clock in
the morning, litaily of the theatres
do not open before midnight.
Tn the French naxy not more than
8 to 10 per cent. of tho men ehesv
tobacco, The smokers number 50
P51' cent., so not less than 40 per
coat. must be total abstainers from
the "weed."
A horse can live twenty-five daye
without solid food, merely drinking
water; seventeen days without either
eating or drinking, and only nye
days when eating solid food without
drinking.
Tho avernge distance travelled by
British locomotive otgine-dvivers Is t
from 80,000 to 50,000 miles every I
year. There are about 20,000 driv-
ers In. the United Riegdoia.
People are most liable to fever be-
tween the ages of fifteen and twenty,
Two hundred and 0100 out of every
1,000 eases are of that age, There
fiafriey_ofinNlye, ten 1121�01' 115o and two over i
1
Swiss steembont companies, to 0
avoid disputes as to the ages of o
ohildron, have established measure- t
lima rules, Children ander two feet
in length vide free; cbildren under
4ft. 4111, and dogs pay half fare. o
The neatest tosve In the world is s
1310010, in Mollancl. So tidy aro the
inhabitants that they won't allow e
horees in the streets, Tt contains n
population 'of 2,700, oral the chief
industry is tile ntalchig 01 Edam t
cheese,
find their courage oozing out of their
boots when the critical 11101110111
comes. A story is told of Czar Niels-
olas of Russia (grandfather of the
present Emperor), wlso despaired of
ever being able to summon up the ne-
cessary courage to propose to the
laxly whom he wished to make Czar-
ina.
At last one day, when they were
dining at the same table, a happy
solution of the difficulty occurred to
him. Taking a favorite ring off his
finger he coneeided i1 in a Mece 01
bread ead surreptitiously conveyed
the bread to her and awaited devel-
opments. A few moments later he
was delighted to see the ring on one
of the Princess's fingers, and knesv
that his strange offer had been ac-
cepted.
A lover whose story was unfortu-
nately =folded some time ago in a
court of law chose, a very novel and
poetic method of popping the ques-
tion. One day 00 invited the young
lady of his choice to aecompanly him
on a tonr of his garden, thathe
might 01)010 her a "curious freak' of
Nature." Leading her to a bed of
cress, her eyes fell on these words
outlined in the green of the cress: "1,
Love You." The girl was naturally
covered with blushes and confusion
at this sudden and unexpected de-
claration, and. the lover took such
advantage of the psychfcal moment
that, when the lovers returned to the
house, their happiness showed can-
elesismly that the horticulture had
aot been irs vain.
A lover who thought to make
nntsic the medium of his proposal did
not meet with equal success. Seiz-
ing an opporiame moment when he
was alone with his lady -love, he sat
down to the piano and began to play
Adams's
"WILT THOU BE MIME?"
looking at her in such a way ELS to
leave no doubt that he intended the
question to be personal.
At the conclusion of the song he
invited the girl to sing to him,
whereupon she sat down and sang,
"No, sirs': with such spirit that her
answer must have been conclusive
even to the densest 01, most sanguine
lover.
An excellent example of the per-
emptory proposal is that of Sir Pitt
Crawley to Rebecca Sharp. "I tell
you I want you," said Sir Pitt.
"Will you come, yes or no?" "I
tlaren't," Becky said, seemingly in
great agitation. "I say again I
want, you!" Sir Pitt said thumping
the table. "I can't get Oil Withallt
you. All my accounts bave got mud-
dled without you. You mast come
back. Do come back." "Como as
what, sir?" Rebecca. gasped oat.
"Come as Lady Crawley, if you
like."
"They say there's going to be a
wedding in it' parish next month,"
blurted out a rustic Yorkshireman to
O maid, after they had been sitting
in eolemn silence side by side for
what annst have seemed an eternity,
"Nay, thou doesn't say so?" she an-
swered, pricking up• her ems. "I've
heard nowt on't. What's his name?"
"They say it's jack Clapham," the
rustic lover hazarded, mentioning
ilia 01511 name, "And who's t' lass'?"
the girl snapped out in suspicion.
'Why, she's gotten t' same name as
thee, Bose," he Ventured. "Will to
come and see it?" "Yes, I'll come,
Jack," she answered, with a. quick
flush and a sly look at her diploinat-;
ic lover, "It would be a. pity to d1o.4
appoint 'em, wouldn't it?" "They"
were not disappointed.
COBLDN'T STAND SATIRE,
A. burglar, while attempting to rob
a bloated bondholder of Marysville,
by mistake got, into the humble mi..
donee of an editor next door. After
msureessfully fumbling about for
suitable assets for 1101110 thrie Ile ants
disgusted to observe the tenant of
he house sitting up la bod and
aughing at him,
Ain't you old Skindersen, the ce,pi-
alist? inquired the housebreaker.
Nary time, thudded the journalist;
'm the editor 0/ the screaming
Eagle.
Jerusalem! said the burplar, lOok-
tig• at his stem-winder, 'and hero
.'ve been wasting fear precious hours
O this beanth almshouse. I say,
Id quill -driver, you never poke fun
it year subscribers, do you?
Not the cash ones,
ExectlY, said the binglar, taking
lit his wallet; hero's six Month's
ubscription to Call things Square. If
here's (ina thing on earth 1 can't
Lana it's satire,
Englana has 1156 convicts ter ev-
esv 100,000 of population, France
45*,