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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1913-06-05, Page 3er Great Love; Or', A Struggle Fr a Heart OVABTElt 1Y.a(Gont'd..) • , 'Mutts is all I seem able to remember," •Said, Decima, after a pause. "Awl:. father' wants me? Am -sun 1 to go?" . .1Ier eiss quivered a little, bat eho tercet!. a ,anilee for Lady Pauliee heti taught hea to face duty- withoist a nigh of repining. • "Yee, my dear., you minst go," eaia her eunt in a. low vole% trended a , little, uotwithstanding her habitseal re- . etraint. "1 could uot, lees, you if I Would -and GethltnoWe I would if I could! As I said you belong , not to me but to your father.. He only leut you td me for the ten years, andethcy have paased. 1-1 ' trust they have not been unhappy 013(16 for you, Deciam. You have made them 'very happy ones for me, child." Debima rose lend went 'round the table and stool for, a moment with her hand on the 0h03d310r. olad in gray, eillt; /hens yielding to the tender impulse, ehe slid down /citi her. knees, and laid her head, ,with its soft, burnished hair, upon Lade Pauline's bosom. • "Oli, aunt, dear!" was all ehe, said. 'Lady Pauline sneered her to her, and .they eat ad, knelt for a enammet in eilence; then Lib Pauline said t,: ea,net only your .going that.troubles "Whet' else troubles. you,'aunt?", ."Just ,thisa my ,donr, ron glieWLhoiv Lave -brought you ap. You know that • hasie fellowed aeysteme an 'idea of MY own -a peas'idea whibli most old maids; t,Isave. You ean net ainderatandeit fully; •but you smargelf know that your train- ing has been ',different to that of Most aee have been well taugh11 at last,I should, have been if I bad been clever enough to learn all that You have' tried to 'teach me," saidDeolma. . , "You, have not been stupid hoe 'idle," said Lady Pauline, "Xndeed, you are r quick andeintelligents 'and few girls are batter educated or more accomplished; but, ovachilde-alit that ie the word -you are a 'child Sall in knowledge* of the world and ite wiekedness, its trials and temptations; and now -now that you are . about to leavoMe, a doubt arises ,ineray mind whether-whethese I have been right keeping you ignorant. in shielding ,you from the least Itnewledge of evil. You 8.330 going from under My wing to"-sho bad been going to say "a hate -braille& dreamer" -"to a house where there is no' Woman to look after yoa." ' Decima leolced up at, her with a faint "You apeak as if I were going atraong all sorte of wild Imitate-ann. sorts of perils and dangers. _Why, what own harm me, Lady Pauline did not reply. Having bee -tight up a girl to the age of twenty in O state of complete innocence, oon oan't very well tell her the ,whole etory of man's wickedness, and women's weakness 113 ten minutes after dinner. So she only elghed and etroketlethe beautiful head, as one pets a child' who is going to .selicell for the first time. ' "When -when do I go?" asked Decima, after a pause. "Toanorrow," 'said Lady Pauline. • Decline started slightly, but, true to • her •aunt's teaching. uttered _no „cry. of ' aurorae or grief. .."ahat is care wan, aunt." "Yes, dear; but if Umlauting has; to Come- Beeldas, your fatbor wishes you' to sae to him at once. I will come. up to • your room and help You. pack." The grave voice broke suddenly, and .Deciuut heard a tear fall upon the silk Areas. But when she ventuted, to look • up through her 00013 tears, Lady Pauline's • faoe was ,serene and calm as. usual. "Come and alas+, to me. Decazna," sbe e aid, just as she said it every evening; and Deoima went to the dreevinfaroom • 'behind her aunt,' and sat dOwn7 and • played and sung st13 Urinal, Every now /aid ...then her .voice -it was as elesie and sweet - as -a lieneas-qnivered, and she lied to bed elose to her inueic to boa the' words through tile ralet;' but Lady Pauline sat and knit with ,a eompesed loco, and Ms tared no moan. though the Child of her heart watt going' to bo taken from her. ' CHAPTER, V. , The following afternoon Decinta, with • eyes still rather red and ewollen-for the parting with Aunt Pauline had been bad, very bad, all the wonse for the restraint • Which tho older, wonlan bad imposed 011 herself, and Decline had cried softly at Intervale all through tho journey -looked e" out of the carriage window as the train slowed up at Stretton Wold. Faso saw a pretty little etation with Oordere of flowers and eleniabie climbing U5) the pillars; witla a •eustic .porter and a ruddy-oheelied station -master; .but there • • did not rem to bo any one °lee one the 'Platform excepting, a '-young 13113» In eg Norfolk .suit; and Deoima's heart BunI rather;- for .her father had (laid in hie lot - tet that her brother would, meet her. • ,Tito porter opened the door, fetched his hat, end inquired if she had any lug- . gage, and ehe got •out and otood looking up and down the platfarni and 011 tho , country beyond the ;dation palings. It was very ,beautiful, the road *winding tlifaagh a pine Wood wheal shone redlO In Ole emalight and 'scented the air with terelseate, , She , felt a. little lonely and. a Mao disappointed. .Wliare svas her 'brother? .& young man paseed her as the eorter memo up with her luggage on a truck, and he glanced et her curiously. "'Where .be you,gein , miss? asked the orter "Te Woodbinee," said Decline. • Evidently tae young man, heard her, for Lo turned and came up to her 'quickly, and with a boyish flush, asked: "Are you-? Why, great aunt, it is slatielsear Deana blushed in harmony and stared for a moment, then sho exclaimed, with •a Tilsit Ot jOY 'Why. ib 'IS Bobby!" and put her arms reau'Vbie naolt and lamed 11110. , Bobby Deame etteed a !seises -dust Ted': and glauceta-epuud half shamefacedly, half furiously at tate grinning porter. "And yeu didn't -knew mer cried Do- , ,chna, holding him by the halal and de- vouring' hire. with her , May -blue eyes., '''You didn't anow Mo, Bobby?" The boy, for he was only seventeen, not- withstanding hie mannish air, laughed composeday as he put straight the Ina • 0111011 enaden embrace lad knocked eon one side. "No, I didn't," he adinitted; "the fact le, I -well, I ease looking ger a little girl ' about half your eiae." Decima's low, sweet laugh rang out 10119. "Aud I was looking for a little boy. :Bobby what alkali wo are, WO had forgot. ton that we had grown, :and wo expected to -the eaeh oase33 the same 1317.0 08 W31011 ,we parted!" Bobby grinned. . 'It's lucky you spoke and mentioned the bouse, or I filleted have gone home and tad the gesv'uor you had not arrived, But come on, wave provided quite enough 'alums 'iOr the porter: There's' a fly out- -1111 led her out end -pat her 2.1lie the crazy vehicle, ,then Bat 'opposite heraied staredat her with e beethera eeteestant e daniration, and the smiled back, at, him. "Well, you have grown," he said at lent "Who'd ham° thought you'd- have turned out so; why, I reineSalier yciu were ' Tether a lain kitt—" '/ would' • 'get te and ,couttesy, if 1 wasn't afraid of falling oat of tho 114'," - ant Decima, ker. esree searitlints, hea mouth one big and saeautifal smile. "sine, hoaby, hew you have. altered!' Oh, dear! I can cseareoly bellove thee this great fel., low is the deal, little baby brother 1 asset to carry abeets And you were so 1,ablaa 1 then," see said, with meek regret -foe her heart was Sall ell iscaniratioe for her I handsome, wellsbuilt 'brother. 1 -It would trouble you to tarry me now, Desie," he said. "eland me .sinoaing a cig a retie ?" 'And it smokes!' exclairra Deeima, with simulated dismay in diay and amaceeut. You are suro it won c make you ill, Bobby? But tell me (as the news." "What' meveahoie ant any." "Fether--" 'IS the • some ao usual, yesterday, to- day and forever; he is always the (ante. "And ie he -he expecting me? Will he be gled 110 see sue? Tull me, Bobby, dear!" 111 Id? you anything I cam if .you'll' Dramas, riot to call sme dar" said Bobby. "Of couree, hell be glad; any- how, m p , I arecious elute! at's 33100, 000330 ono ceme to look after us-seme woman,. I mean. You baven't-the least notion of aus way things go on, or, rather, don't go on. I haven't tees). home from sehoel long-alrout two months -but etheee eight weeke have -whitened theso Melee at you see. There's; nothing ia the wide world the guyame ddesn't underetand except, ipseelennestio economy. and coneequentlO the ,130110 33 ran oleY 0 goets-Yoteplear& klad of line, whica no detest makes life a Llama for the, elaasiati, is,eminentlY uneatisfactore for yowls truly,", "Father said the servants were a trouble, and -that is one reesois .why he wanted Deoinia, • - "Yes; that meta it mildly. We change about every. other .week. Walleye mike • who would not recognize a potato if, they mot it in the street; waiting -maids who ' kindly permit ne to do all the waiting while they, talk with their -young men at the back -kitchen doer. We have just, get rid of oue young lady who looked itaen 'am wine -cup too often: and waa found, by the unfortunate individual who id &ewe you, lying ander the kitchen - dram& one ,quarter of an hour before dinner -time. We have at preeent' what, 1 aelieye, is , called a alemon-Oreakera the hao d pleasant but eligOtly enconvenient thabit of collecting all the glass and china on a tray and sliapingem on it.. We basic „no tumblers left, and only a ea/fee-cup and a mug. ',She is under notioe, and I left her in -team, wailing that ehe bad no -mother; . if she hadeehe'd tunthle over and breakler." • • Decline; looked half aghast, through her Infighter. "Mo dear Bobby!. My dear Bobby! A.'nd peer"latheea, • "111 take rain the eympathy, if you Please," said. 13obba. "It would be only -wasting it, on the auv'nor, for he doesaa mincledoesn't care.' "Doesn't mind?" "No; he is up in the clouds all the time." The boy waved, hie hand. "Dream- ing, inventing things to make his for- tune. Ale doesn't oat -he only Makes. I'm not surd that be sieve. At any rate, lae'd perfectly indifferent to anything and everything, and the houeo can go to smithereens eo that one eoom-his labor- atory and study -is left standing. Sed?" Drachma's face. grew a little grave and a little remorseful. "Poor Bobby! And all the time I have been living a life 'of luxury and ease!" "Oh, that'e all right!" said Bobby, quickly and generouely. "You can't help • having a ,father utterly, unlike any other made parent in' tho worldi no neer° cam I. And Tan Jolla glad you've been out Of this time. In fact; I Was dead against the gmamor sending for yea; but -well, he makas up' his mind 'now and again, and when ho does, he makes it up into a jolly etiffeparcel that there's no was doing• it." "I'm glad -glad he sent • for me," said Deoima.. "But, Bobby, I -I am afraid. I don't know math about housekeeping." "You couldn't positilaly .knoW lese. or make more of a muddle of the sbow than we are .doing," said -Bobby. encoaraging- ly. "But, upon 303. word, I'm sorry for YOU, Deal I'm afraid you won't. like the change from -how did you put 1t? -a 111(0 of luxury and ease with Lady Pauline to slave.driving tet Womibines." "I dual not mind-/ feel glad to Some already. I suppose We seeing you." "Thank you -thank 3,012," .ala Bobby, raising Me cap. "Excuse these tears -I ant not used to tbis kind of thing, and I am easile 'moved."' f • "You wicked, mocking boy!" exolaimed Detainee leaning forward and kissing him impuleivele. , Bobby put up both .fist, and wiped his mouth with one. - "My good yeang woman," be said, severely; "I am sorry to clack the 'effete tionete instincts of -your ardent young nature, .but I feel bound to inform you that, in this country, ti young lady does'. not einbraca, a 'gentleman in publio, even though slie be his stater; and I would like to add, at the risk of hurting your feeliuge, that et /have an invoteratel dig- Itle to being kissee-exeenting. by thine other fellovae seams; atid therefore 1 eliall feel obligedef for the future-oot will - put the 'brake on your emotione and refrain from-" "Ole what a pretty. place, Bobby la ex. elaimed Bedtime as the fly pulled up at O tall iron gate opening, on to an eld. fashionecagarden in 110011 11 a rod -belated, ivy-covered house. "Glad you alike it. Behold The :Weed lame, the residencesof IVer Deane, Erma and your home, ray dear -sister! 1 Deoima „jumped out of the. fly and went up the path, The door of the house wail open, and even as she entered the samara, old-fashioned hall, the 'sound ef a falling plate and the oreshof the breakiug there, of were heard.,, • e -"Sarah Jane's weloomo to 'ber ,young MietressI" said Bobby, gravely. Became smiled, and looked round a little nervoustlYe •' "Where is my father?" the asked; and she moved towardthe door of tat) deaw- A Tea possessing exquisite freshness 'and fullness of flavour not found in other Teas. Pure and clean to a -leaf. IN SEALED LEAD PACKETS ONLY. 13Iack, Green and Mixed. 00e am glad I am rilte my mother," she id. "I am glad to come home, ether,'. "Oh, take care,. take carer he said, with suadon anxietO. ''Yoa're leaning against my midel-the model! 'Tea afraid a win brealt-erer-thank you!" Ito took themodel from behind her and drew a breath of relief.' "Not broken,' thank Oodl" be murmured. "And so you're De- cline?" But hie .eyes were fixed on the model to he carrlea it tss a plan of eafety, and not•on her; , And: 'this was' Deo1313103 homezooming, And those two, the halfserazy man and the beY, ore .all shehad to prate:et her from Ole'dragons by the way." • ()HAMER VI. • Decline, watehed her father, bending over his model, with eomething very near tears in her eyee. lti wee quite evident that le had forgotten ler presence. Bobby touched her on. the arm. - "Come- away," he said. "It's almost time to dress -for dinner, and you must bedying for a wash." "Is -is ho always lilte that?" asked Re- cite% ar3 she followed Bobby along the passage. . "Nearly always; alwaye when lie is in his workshop.. He'll wake up pates. din- nea-when moat men want tO O to 8100P - tend talk-ohl talk like a machine. But there, you'll see. Ile can't help it, you know, and there's no need for you to feel hurt. He'll get quite fond of you -when he's got time to think of such an insig- niesant and unimportant a thing as a daughter. Here, 111 show you your room. 'Where's the portmanteau? ra better carry It up, &malt Jane will fall down- stairs with it and break her neck, or, worse still, some limb; if / thought it would be certain to be the former, I'd let her carry it nil br all means." ere be continued.) WII.A.T TO EAT AT in YEARS. Stomach is Not the Main Consid- eration. ' Dr. Chalmers Wilson, of London, has written a,' little volume called `.`The Book of Diet," in which he says: • "The diet 'should be selected to agree with the .constitution rather than with the 'stomach. A true food snust ;be either a tissue builder or o souroe of energy. Fats ,are the most important anal -foods. Pro- teins (meat, fish, eggs, etc.) are the tissue builders. But a aufficMncy of salts arevesseatial to health, and if .salts are cut out of the food death occurs in a few weeks." • --Very useful information is given concerning the nutritive properties of meat, fish, game, etc., from which a few hints may be ()Med: Beef is 'best when got from an ox two years old. . 'raid is much less nutritious than beef and not so easily digested. Mutton M generally considered to 'be more easy, of digestion than beef. • „ Lamb greatly exceeds mutton in its proportion of fat .and is corre- spenclingly less digestible. • Tongue, tripe. and sweetbreads are bath nutritious and easily di- gested.. Hare, 'when ydung, -is. very ten, der, and a young, well-fed chicken is.the most digestible of all 'animal . Ono al the commonest slietetio errors is faking to little' water. On an average the dairy -require- ments is about four pmts. _ One- fourth of this is contained in the solid food, and Dr. Chalmers ad- vises that 0130 and a half or two pints of plain water should be tak- en daily. , 'In many people the digestion is too good for the kidney, heart and other organs. They can eat abund- aoce and with relish, but they, can- not get rid -with corresponding ease O f' the waste products. In middle life tnd old age this fact needs par- ticularly to be kept -in mind. "Mid- dle-aged -people should take less Iced thah younger eklults,. and eld- erly -persona require less than the m13dd1e-ag0." Outing Shoes for Everybody THE 'PERFECT Si -10E\ FOR SUMMER SPORTS ASK YOUR DEALER, - I in'6"`Cf11°,°rat'll„ take ;Mt th him, Ther.e'e (Mir one place in which he ears possibly be, Follow me, and mind the, stop, and the bali.whieh almoet sure to be on it; au& deer whiehaa, break my elan with painful frequency." He. pushed 'o))en 'a baize door, went down a narrow paseago-just here Decants head tho parlorazaideithlaining to the 000k hose0110 hed drepped the plate, "It slipped out ci-My 'and MI il1twaa. a pie6e o' 'ot butter; It did, I assure you, uook"-and knocked et a -thick oak door, throtegle ,which, 'though 1.11 woe' tightly closed, came aundry aud varkses odors), all of them weteliously strange aud traorainturilY powerful. ' A voice, Which seemed to come from a distance, said., impatiently; ' • "Caine in!" , DCC1313a. end Bobby'entoteti. It was a largeantuelalihed room, wita, shelves oh whieh steed, in It gerg00113 glitter, books, retorts, instruments, plaster casts, models of 'evero dethription. A small fureace wee blazing away in one corner; a foega and lithe were comple- te:me in the center, °lathe` room. There was ohm a,baipentOr'$ 'h9nolt-tand .011n4t,table, an elegtroqilating 'battery, and, in short, a collection of toot-, ele, iastruments, steel: gatieral: loather, -.Which would' have fated out , a cosintey museum or ae workshops el Bedlam: Warlaug at the, bench atood a man th las elart-sleevcs, hie hair; long ande groy,, falling over hie huge. forehead, ,tLo wan dreseed in a sliabby old aiit of rafashiore of ten yeare. back, wore no collar, and 'eleel hi 0 aair of' thick- carpet slippers at least tWe (31.3CW too largo fox 11110. Do&linu .stared at him, pale and a little ,trentulotai„ She scarcely rememberea "Here's Rest/rasa Lather," said Bobby. Mr. 1)eaue looked up, pushed the hair /roux les forehead, and talnised se the beautiful vision. . "Boothia?" be Raid, "Oetima? Where Is she? Bari thie lady Orougat bore' '7110 ledy-al levet" Bobby; but Be- calm, With ,13 little say and a wads of teaes to her eyes whah made her Way rather uncertain, ran to the etrenge obe jest' Anse put her arm 110)1134 hie neck: "Tether, I ant Decitaa! Don't you know '''..4`61(eed Weal mo soul1 is it, really r 1133 1111171th: ti 41100:157 amazomeat, '1110311 aOu'ao Mown!" /Ie. 'oohed at her thata' tatalOssfea a 'moment, then he sigh Wee'-talkeayaur mother," lle said. aSiel fdakaa against tee bonch and Germaay's Model Factory. As - German firm that manufactures optical- goods on a large scale has established , for its employes' a "Volkshaus," or people'e house, whiCh 'contains a well-equipped library, reading rooms, a literary museum, a museum, a: museurn of schoOl of arts and crafts, an assembly hall 'capable of seating 1,500 people, a smaller hall for lec- tures, an. art collection, musM room, etc. The Volkahaus is avail- able to all the people of the city in which it is located a.nd has proved to he an important edueational fac- • A short oat things along, seldeni help Ileseeaseastesieleateels-eastlealele 'With a Basket of Tomatoes. It is fortuhate for the cook that most persons like tomatoes and that they can be prepared in so many toothsome ways; for from early spring until late fall they are within the reach of almeeto every purse and climate, .and even in .the winter months they are no longer considered a luxury near the great cities. II tomatoes are served raw they should be firm, fresh; cold and full of flavor. A tomato which is a little yellow can be cooked as deli- eiously as one that is bright red, and one that lacks taste can have it supplied when it is cooked with sufficient seasoning. But raw to- matoes cannot be doctored to make up :for ,absence of quality. Hence never serve them raw unless they are perfect. ,• When the ekin s are removed they should be carefully peeled with a sharp knife. The tomatoes should first be plunged for a few seeonds, ten is enough 'generally, into boil- ing water and then immediately plunged into very cold water. The skink should then peel Off as ,easily as 'banana 'skins and the tomatoes Should then. be set on the ice until -they are chilled through. They should .never be left in the water for a longer time than is needed just to loosen' the .skin, for a to- mato parboiled is a tomato wasted. Salads. -There are as many kinds of ton:tato salads almost as there are 000ks, for ahnost every housewife has some combination to which she is especially partial. Tomato ims- kets filled with various mixture.,s form, one of the most delMious Salads. To make the baskets peel the tomatoes and scoop out the centres and then chill the aliens on ice until serving time. Then place the tomatoes on crisp lettuce leaves and put in a prepared fillbag. Top eaclabasket with a spoonful a may- onnaise, unless French dreseing is used. This may be passed separ- ately or . else -put on the, lettuce, leaves before they are arra,n,ged. Sweetbreads boiled, blanched and diced, mixed with walnut or pecan meats chopped fine an.d blended with French dressing, top- ped off with mayonnaise; make one delicious filling. Others are herd boiled eggs and endive chopped fine, celery and chicken minced and mixed 'with mayonnaise dressing, crisp oucumbers diced and mixed with oil and vinegar, chopped eel:- ery, apring onion and parsley mixed with mayonnaiseand walnats and celery with mayonnaise, ' French Tomatoes. - Tomatoes cooked after a manner approved by the French are prepared m this way: Remove the skin from small tomatoes. To each half dozen to- matoes alrow-a eispful ' ,of white sauce. Put a tablespoonful of the sauee in the 'bottom of individual ramekins and on it place a toma- to. Cover the tomatoes with the 'rest of the eauCe and stand the „ramekins in a shallow baking tin. Bake them for thirty minutes and ,serve hot. Stuffed. -Stuffed baked tomatobe call be prepared in almost a many ways as tomato salad. One good recipe calls for green corn, boiled and cut from the cob, mixed with bread .erumbs and the •pulp froze the centre of the tomatoes. Sea- son the mixture with butter, pel5- s:5er and salt, To prepare the to- matowi cut a thin shoe frox±t-. the to of eaoh and scoop out the in- side." After the stuffing is. in place put the tops on _again neatly and .bake the tomatoes until they are a light brown. Another filling -for. stuffed tomatoes is Made as fol - lbw: Max a cupful of hominy", half a teaspoonful of salt, a teaspoonful of onion, juice, a tablespoonful of chopped parsley and two table- spoonfuls of melted batter, Still another good stuffing for tomatoes is made of .boiled rice, minced green peppers:, plenty, Of 'salt and pep- per and melted butter and a few fine bread crurabi sprinkled over the top of each tomato after it is stuffed, Tomatoes Panned end Broiled - Panned tomatoes are tempting for very warm days. To cook them out firm tomatoes in half andldip•them in flour, seeing that they are light- ly ansi evenly covered: , -For -each tomato heat ag teaspoonful of but- ter in a frying pan and when .it is hot pat in the tomatoes, flat side down. (0over the pan and cook them until they -are tender - and brown. Make a well ,seasoned white sauce, put the toma,toes in as hots dish and pour the sauce about them. ;Strew with ' minced parsley. •'Tor Cold Days. --A good luncheon dish for cool summer days is the fdllowing: Scoop • catt the centres of as many firmstonsatoes its there are persons to be served. Sprinkle fhe cavities with salt, pepper and •chopped taragon .and carefully drop eit casein each. Put a piece of but- ter on each egg, plaee the tome - II 5)1131331 C011ilIONPLACE SAYINGS.. laeky I ran egalC,sti you 1, Yeti' 1 t(t 1" the r toes in a pan and cook itt a, hot oven until the eggs are set. Itints to Housewives. Wood ashes mixed with kero, Sent, will remove rust frqm iron. String beans Seasoned with mint are delicious served with roast Whole peppers are better for eea- soiling soups and sauce than ground peppers. , Jelly cake' should have the cages pared off carefully to make it roll Instead of using barley and rice for thickening soup try oatmeal oc- casionally. ; A few minced naeturteurn loayes sprinkled over an .omelet give a snappy flavor. 1- • A teaspoonful of vinegar put into home-made candy keePs it from be- ing sickly sweet. Witch hazel and rosewater, half and half is good for wind -tortured complexions: Baked stuffed tomatoes or pep- pers will be much improved if brushed over with olive Fresh mint may be always at hand for cooking purposes by grew- ing it at home in a glass of water. Old,, loose kid gloves Worn while ironing -will keep -the hands in good condition and free from callouses, Chopped preserved ginger axkled to the sauce served with 'cottage pudding is a delicious accompan- iment. , Butter will keep sweet much lon- ger in a crack jar with ssaight-fit- ting cover tan in any other way. There is nothing in a drug store that will relieve the pain of a bee - sting quicker than a handful of mud. • Corks may ,be ke:pt in bottles when travelling by sticking them in with adhesive plaster, such as sur- geons -use. . The small end of a potato should be pricked before it is put into the oven to tbiske to keep it from buret- ing. Lard is much better to grease cake pans than butter. Butter will burn and cause the cakes to stick and char. , If you are in the habit of lending books, it pays to keep name of boek, nameof person who has it and date of loan. Then cross out the name when the book is re- turned. Bechamel sauce is made by heat-, ing one tablespoonful each of Roar and butter, seasoning with salt and pepper, 'and then adding a cupful of hot' milk, seasoned with minced parsley. • With a delioate child, it often tempts the appetite if the right food is served in 'different pretty dishes on different days --they give a touch of imagination which often helps along a meal. To prevent potatoes from becom- ing black when, cooked, put thens into cold water and when brought to a boil squeeze in a little jute°. They will keep a good color and be of good flavor. -' A small quantity of carbolic acid added to paste, mucilag'e and ink will prevent mold, -An ounce of the acid to a gallon of whitewash will keep cellars and 'dairies from the disagreeable odor which often taints milk and meat 'kept in such places. When you, wish to put rddishes away in a'bowl of water in the re- faigerator, don't put anything else with them. Strong vegetables ex- change flavors. For a tight, hoarse cough, where p.hlegm is not raised, take hot wat- er' often, as hot as can be, sipped. It will nearly always give great relief. - A delicious way, to serve baked potatoes is to remove them from the skins, run through a vegetable press and mix with salt, popper and 'butter. ' Keep all wide-mouthed --bottles that come into the house. . They are handy receptacles for keepipg taoka, screws, and other small things. Lettuce watercress and all such things should be kept on the ice or in iee water lome enough before a meal to get them thoroughly chilled. - To brighten the eyes, take eeca- sionally, just before going to bed, tile' juice of half a lemon in a small tumbler of water without adding any sugar. A clean cloth dipped into hot 'water and then into a saucer of bran will speedily clean White paint withoat injury: FROM MERRY 01.0 ENGLANO NEIVS'S 111' 111AII, ABOUT JOIN DULL AND IIIS' Occurrences in The Land s That Reigns Supreme in the Coin- inercial World. A regular service of liners m to run between,. Manchester and Now York. /- St. Catharine's Church, Hat- cham, New CrUS8, London, was de- stroyed by fire on the 61,11 inst. The damage is estimated at SL.76,000. Mr. Robert 'Steele, naval archi- tect and consulting engineer, died on the 2ad inst at hiehouse, 12 _Kensington Cuurt Mansions, Lon- don. In odd ece•ners of a cottage at .Coachester recently occupied by 41 WidOW, who died in poverty, there has been found over ;$..l ix° in gold 011(1 silyer. ' Lord Haldane believes that 200 years hence people will look back on the twentieth century, with all it .boaeted inventions, as a bar- barous age. ' The number of places of worship in England is 49,070, giving a ratio of one builsling to 722 people. in London alone the proportion is one to 2,227. ' • Mr. James Bryce, late British Ambassador et Waahington, pro- poses to live in regrement in Sus- sex, where he will complete his book on Australia. A eat in Devon which gav'e birth to four 'kittens in a hen's nest has been driven away by the hen, which 'refuses to give up r possession 01 the young. ' Rev, Henry Thomas,: Fletcher, 'aged 94, -vicar of Bicker, Lincoln - 'shire, died on tire 4th. Inst. He had been a clergyman 69 years and a magistrate over half a century. ' "Why net confiseate everything a man has over a million? Millionaires are a positive .peril," said Sir W. Bales, M.P., at White- fielcl's Tabernaele,London. 'Rurali e,workers n various parts of the country are adding to their incomes by catehing moles for their skins. As much as eal, se skin is being paid in Herefordshire. Lord Norton writes to the Post to suggest that the centenary of peace fs a golden opportunity for 'America Britain and Germany to enter into an international arbi- tration convention. He urges tha;t these three nations could reduce armaments and enforce peace upon the world, and that a heavy respon- sibility rests upon the statesmen of the three nations to fusel out a way. A London doctor says that "the 'best euro for influenza when the patient can spare the time is to lie up for a few days, take the usual medicine, and try to feel es theer ful as possible in view of the fact, that any one of the -seveo "influ- enza" symptoms is severe enough to lower the system and -cause a 'despondency which makes the pa- tient imagine that the attack is more serious than it really is." Addrespes All Kept. . It is not generally known that the sheaf of addresses that were pre- sented to his Majesty as, accompan- ied by the Queen, he proeeeded to the opening of the new reservoir' at Chingford, will all be sent to Wind- sor to be placestamong.the private aachivds there. Every address pre- sented to the Sovereign is so pre- served, together with a copy of his reply, and these are bound eveat- ually in large albums, very -care- fully inciesied-so that reference may be Made to them at any moment There are some hundreds of these. volumes 'eow at Windsor, many dating ,loaels to the -early portion ef the reign of Queen • Victoria, • Jai) Doctor Never Asks Fee. A japanese doctor -never thinks of asking'a Poor patient far a fee. Whenever a rieh man o11si1 itt alle. debtor he <lees not expect,.that he will receive bill fol-medwal 'ser- vices, in feet, no Such thing as a doctor'e. hill is known in Jepens The strict henesby of the people does not make it necessary for the doctor to a•sit asfee. When he has finished his visits to' tho patient 4 present is anade to him, just as much aa the ;patient can effoed. The doctor then smiles, bows, thanks his patient, and the.transaction is eettled. - • • Sillions-"I'm in love With that Dashaway girl.'' Cynieus— How (1.0 y013 10110W 7" Sillieus--"She told me so herself." MAN BOTTLED UP 12 DAYS. - Boat Turned Turtle and Re Was Sealed in Cabin. One of the most extraordinary stories ever told of the sea is re- lated by Captain Engellindt, owner of the steel sailing ship Erma's. He was at sea. 'with three men on board, when a preat gale camn sweeping and tearing and screaming over the waves, and drove his vessel befote it- into the 'gathering blackness "of night, The skipper stuck to the wheel all through the. long hours of 'darkness, and the gale dying down to a, snarling growl at 4 a.m., he re- linquished his pest arid stepped down to hi % cabin for a change of clothes. It Was at this moment the real business of tile day began, Ile had just got into sky un.clerclothing, whenthe vessel quietly turned 'bot- tom upwards, and he found himself standing on the roof of the cabin, with the d-oor over his head her- metically gealed by the ocean. Was ever a maa itt such stra.its befere7 He eliinb.cd through hie° the hold of the veMal, whore he found rai- sihS, eondensed milk; prunes, rice, and, of course, utTeutonic saitsage. Eating sparingly of this. healthy fare, and hammerin'g on he ,stee bottom -of the boat to attract the at- tention of any ship that :night hap- pen to pass by, he spent 12 days in thia strange manner before he was rescued. The wreck had to be tow- ed to a mighty crane before a steel plate could ho unloosed and, the skipper be free to look once more on the blue sky. 11 LOSiIlg Faith. Old Lady -I don't believe this sera -cure Leslie ie a-gepi' to do me aby good. Friend=lt's highly spoken of in the papers. . • Old Lady -Yes; but I've taken 47 bottles, and I don't feelea bit bet- ter. I tell you .what it is, Sarah, begienine to 'think these news- papet editors don't, know. every - thins. 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Bishop -"My Lord" and "Your Lordship." :-"The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of ----." Duke -"My 'Lord Duke" and "Your Gi•a,ca." "His Grace the Duke of --." • Duchess—"Mada,m" and "Your Grace." "Her Greets the Duchess It is not usual to reiterate the more fermal title after the first use of it. So tho second mode of refer - e0106 is added. For instance, .while a speech delivered to the sovereign would begin: "Yam. Majesty.," or "May it please Your Majesty," in subsequent referenoes "Sir" would be .eniployed. Below each title is added the form of addrese for directing correspondence. -London Mail, , • SING GEORGE'S IIANDSIIAKE., 's1..ti Amusing Story of a Recent Royal Reception. A story is being told in London clubs about the way in which Ring 'George shakes hands. His Majesty is much more given to this form of greeting' than any of his predeces- 'sore. Indeed, when hewas at Wool- wich recently, he shook hands with everyone who was prented to him...He has a friendly grip, and, so -firm is it, that if one he honors weats rings they get well 'pressed into the hand. • A lady who knew this, and wes ' aware she svas about to receive the•-' kingly .solutation, 'Melt off ,all her rings In her alarm, and asked a gady who was near whether she would mind keeping the rings for her fill the meeting waa over. 'On he return, after she talked. to the King and Queen,she seareh- loci high and low kit tin; lady to !whom she had entritsted her val- uables but could net, find her. Then the Royalties began to move, and to her eonsternati.on sli,e obs 'served that the lady who had re- telaed her rings leomed laege in the public sight. 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