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011APTER VI,
Midnight had struck when a young file, a seamier smile, a glauce more
matt crossed the had of Araglin, :tad kind, or num.: replete with gentle
looked somewhat vaguely roiled him. dignity,
it was late to araive anyWhere, and When her friend had gone by she
Li course thee° was no one to whim
.cameo
turned to hi.
came him, or put him au fait with "You were saying—" she began,
his surroundings. He wandered ra,- and then hesitated as if in doubt as
ther aimIcsslsr through the salon on how to proceed.
his telt, and, avoiding et,he ball -room "I was saying how I had omitted
which was unmistakable because of to present myself to my hostess,"
the addible', weat for a quiet little replied he, gayly: "An omission
nook of a place that appeared to have no doubt she will appreciate,
him to be empty of eveeythiug hu- Poor woman, I expect it \yea a kind -
man. and a prey only to dowers and ness to relieve her of so much of her
a dripping fountain. It WaS badly duty.''
lit, and Ile was quite into it before "You think," said she, looking
he discovered that humanity efter all downwards at the, fan she was idly
had a place there—a, humanity re- swaying to and fro, "that Lady Var-
mote from himself, ley is one who would willingly evade
A slender form clothed in lace was a duty?"
Eimer -bending over a cactus, The Eimer- "I am not thinking of her at all,"
ous plant hail seized her dainty l'Obe CleLlared he, laughing, ''Why should
and was holding it fast in spite of I? Straugers we are, strangers we
all the owner's efforts to release it. shall probably remain. She knows
O'G eady went forward, and address as little of me as I do of her." '
sed himself to her. "As little, indeed," said she slow -
'Perhaps I can set you free," he ly. "But it, me tell you--" •
said. "Let rile at least try. A can- "Ahif you are a friend of hers,"
tus is such a hurtful thing, and you exclaimed he, rising too, a114 speak -
are wounding your fingers.1" ling with a sudden accession of ear -
"If you think you can," she said; nestness, "tell her from, me, that
she lifted her head and looked at though I have not luld the pleasure
him. "I have been very awkward,. of being made known to her, that
but---" when I had only been half an hour in
She paused, and O'Grady, stooping her house, I knew a greater haPPi-
Or
The
to. Wooing
i','• Constantia.
,
could have showed a haughtier pro -
oyer her strove with the 'prickly nese than 1 had ever Octave eXpers
plant for mastery. Eveatually he ienced."
gained. She stood released, and "Sir," .said she very gently, "I ama
gave him .as his reward a lovely Lady Varleyl"
smile. 11 parted her lips and shone
in her lustrous eyes.
"I am indeed indebted to you,"
iho said courteously. She regarded
nini very thoughtfully for a few mo-
ments. "I do not think I saw you be-
fore this evening," she re -marked at
last in a gentle, gracious tone.
O'Grady smiled. It Was Surely a
singular speech for a girl to make to
an utter stranger, but as said by her a
It pleased him, and besides she struck '-'eree'
lum as being altogether unlike the His own place, inchirone, Was situ.-
orcanary run of people. ated about five , from it; yet
That is trues" he told her .1 aeg there was scarcely a. moaning that
rived quite late. I meant to be here. Mr. Stronge did not discover 'Some
CI.IAPTER VIL
It was about this tiMe• that the
greatest difficulty of his life was ex-
perienced by Mr. Strong°. This was
to keep" away from ..the Cottage, as
Miss McGillicuddy's very unpreten-
tious residence Was .calaed. , There
was somethieg in ft—literally'in it—
that attracted him to an extraordins
yesterday if possible—that, is at my
cousin FeatherstOn's place—but I
found it inipossible to get here until
to -night; an hour ago, in fact. The.
0.st train brought me so you can
imagine what little. tinie I ha.d to
hurry into my clothes and get here.
To tell you the - truth," here he
laughed involuntarily, and lowered
his Voice to a confidential tone,
specialbusiness that led Min past the
Modest gate behind which dwelt Con-
stantia.
To-day—having absented ,
with a courage that was. Spartan,
from The Cottage for rune days—he
felt he might call there without be-
ing regarded with coldaess, or Snub-
bed as a too persistent visitor. It
was a fine May afternoon, and as he
"knowing nothing of my hostess, 1 walked Up the steps :and knocked at
had no great desire to get here at the hall -door, the :extreme ".beauty of
all, but Featherston was imperative; the hour,- the season ;entered into
and now that I ain here," with a Ian. The door was , opened pre -7.
lingering glance at her, "I am more se4tlY by the dernure Minnie, who
than glad I .canie." • •
companion blushed vividly, and
an expression he failed to under-
stand...Widened her eyes. Was it stirs cap. .It was triiinned with cherry
prise, perplexity? And if so, \NI:1y? colored, ribbons, and. was of a mast
' "your cousin'. lives at the Grange, abnormally small sizo- •
I think," she said at last "Miss McGillicuddy is not in sir,"
:`."Yes. You knew him perhaps? . I
have been in Egypt for the past year
wore, besides a jubilant air—that sat
very much ata home upon her pretty
face—a new and remarkably smart
she said in ansNver to his question.
"She is off to Dubbing, but Miss Coll-
or more, and on my return to Eng- nie and Miss Norah's at home. 001110
laad was quite glad to receive an in_ in,. sir; they an' the young gintlemen
ritation from him to my native, is in the garden up to some grune or
shore. It seemed to me— sick of another. They'll he raal plitzed.to
arid plains—an excellent thing to s!..e ye, for there hasn't been a- sowl
come down here and thoroughly
vegetate for a bit.I am Irish of
course, my name is guarantee for
that, but I had not seen the dis-
tressful country for many a year. It herself that Miss McGillicuddy was in
has left itself open to comment, be- !Dublin. That meant absence from
yond doubt—to abuse, perhaps; but," The Cottage for a day or two at all
with an irrepressible glance at her, 'events, perhaps for a week. Would
"It certainly has its compensa- it be possible for hint to call at her
tions" , house during her absence, with, say,
Again that curious look flitted an ostensible meSsage for the boys?
across her face. To be able to call upon her (she had
"Truly it is an unhappy land " been "her" Inc a long time now)
she said. Hes tone was colder this even for a moment or two, every
time. and she regarded him with ; day for a week; to be able to see her
what might be almost, termed dis-; once in every twenty-four hours.. It
trust. This distressed him, though !seemed too good . to be true.
he hardly then 'understood •
why or was so wrapped up in his blissful
,
what it was that had befallen him; dreaming, that it WaS with -a quick
' he only felt that he could not remove start, he turned from the open win -
his eyes from the face before' him. dow near which he was standing, and
-Its calmness; its purity, the extreme 'which WaS only it Piet afroni 'the
beauty of its gentleness, touched his ground outside, as the door of the
very soul. And there was a sadness drawing -room was flung violently
a.bcut it too, that enhanced rather open. 1 -le glanced towards it expec-
than detracted from its charni. 1 -le tautly, and then something—sOme
was astonished at, his admiration, one—dashed past him, cleared the
but not displeased; yet .it did occur window sill, and was gone like a
to him as strange that he shoulcl flash of lightning round the corner.
have travelled over half athe known
globe, only to return to his starting
point to find the one woman at
whose feet he would choose to lay
his heart.
All this was vague to him as yet;
but still' he knew—vaguely, too, in-
deed—that his fate was sitting there Stronge," she had gasped, and that
near him, gaa,ve, and a little cold, was all. In another instant she was
perhaps, but only as be would have out of sight..
Again the door was thrown wide,
and in rushed the rest of the .McOil-
licuddys en masse. First the colle-
gian, then Constantino then the two
younger boys. . They:all made for the
window; they all went through it; all
save Constantia.
She paused with one foot on the
near the place all -the mornina "
Strange went into the shabby little
drawing -room to wait for Constan-
tia, feeling almost as glad as Minnie
Tt; was a little .flying figure with
silken hair streaming wildly in the
wind. It was Norah; her eyes blaz-
ing with excitement, and evidently
in mad fear to judge by the rapidity
with which she ran. She had liter-
ally flown past him! ''011! Alta
her. Who was she—this calm, still
girl?
"You are not dancing," she said
presently; you say you came late,
and perhaps--''
"So absurdly late. that it is of no
use. 1 imagine, to think' of partners.
Unless, indeed—of course, I know no
one, I did not, even present myself st1.l to cry aY3"11.d
to him in a braath-
less waY.
"Come on. 'Corne on. She'll be
round the , corner, ami -if she once'
gets to the .wood we'll never'ca.toh
her., There never ,was,,a hare like
Norah." • ,
,Da,wn broke upon Stronge. A
hare? 1 -Tare and hounds, of course!
All this extraordinary excitement
then, was about nothing greater than
ganae—a simple gaine—an old game.
Ho remembered it well. The very
Sotaid of it brought back his youth.
ful hours. It was absurd; but as
this picture grew before his mental
eye, Ids heart began to heat vigor-
ously. Could he fall hi and hunt the
flying Norah? Should he-alm, with
his years, his size? It would be un-
dignified, of course, and yet --
In another instant he had sprung
after her through the 1 ow window,
and was running es if for his yeey
life.
• "Follow Inc; I. know. a 'short cut.
We'll, catch them Up :this way,',' -pant-
ed Const.a,ntia.
EA followed wildly in ConStantia's
to Lady Va.rley--a rudeness, certain -
1y, but ,one f dare say she will cons'
done, when she knows a.t, what 'an
unearthly hotir I put in an appear-
ance—that is, indeed, if she hears of
moat all." .
At this she started, and looked to-
wartls hijn as if to speak, when sonic
one pasSing by her, laid a hand
lightly on lier shoulder. It was a
large, distinguislied-looking Woman.,
at the generous side of forty.
"You here, Yolancle?" exclaimed
she, smiling. "You are a wraith—a
veVitable spirit. 1 was positive I
saw you in the supper room it mo-
ment, Since, and yet now---"
"PerliaPs you did; to -night T am
ubiquitous," The new -comer laugh-
ed and went on, but O'Grady hardly
aoticed her departure.
Vol andel How the name suited
her! Surely it was made for the
pale, statuesque creature beside
• him; could ,aily ether so well befit
the clear, soft eyes, the opera brow,
',he pure; sweet lips? Yolande! No
liglisborn chatelaine or olden. days
footsteps alai found himself presently
P1 the orchard, toiling at brealtna'olt
speed up a stiff little hill, which,
Lim ugh, short was steep. Mr.
Strong() went bravely up it, though
pantine, and puffing in a rattle'.
alarming degree; but, Constantin took
it like 0 Young deer. At the top of
la they overtook the others, still in
full cry, and rushed with them
through a wooden gateway into a
small. wood beyond, made sweet with
shadows and cool winds and in all
ways desirable as a, retreat fl'Ola the
burning rLys of the young spring
sun. •
But if Mr. Strong° imagined lie
was to Le allowed to breuthe here
lie was much mistaken. At this in-
stant 0 wild shout arose , from the
leading McGillicuddy boy. Ile
pointed frantically wil,h hip hand,
and there, far away, at the very encl
of the long field. that stretches to
their left, a fragile little cseature in
a short, white frock and with golden
floating' tresses can be seen, still in
good wind apparently, and making
for a gap that will give her a caance
of doubling on her OUrStlerS.,
A still' embankment bounded taie
with heavy fall on the other
side of it—a treacherous fall, as it
was impossible to judge it from the
wooded side. To the McGillicuddys
it was evidently an old friend, as
they all ma,de for it in a body, clear-
ing it like so many birds, a,nci were
scouring away down the field before
you could say "Jack Robins "
on.
Not so Mr. Stronge! ES.saying to
emulate them he found his wings
were clipped by time, and, missing
Pis mark, caught his foot In a mali-
cious bit of bindweed, and rolled -
comfortably on his face and hands.
Not hurt, however! He was up
again in an instant, satisfied him-
self that Constantia had not been a
witness of his downfall, ,and was pre-
sently tearing along again at a rip-
ping pace. He scouted the notion
that he was considerably out of
breath, and, indeed, put on such a
fresh and gallant spurt that in a
minute he had caught up Jimmy and
actually passed him—passed a lad of
twelve! "10 triumphel Viva! Hur-
rah! Tallyho!" he shouted to him-
self in his glee, and was so far car-
riecl on by his delicious enthusiasm
that presently he passed the other
boy, and came up with George and
Constantia, who ha,d circumvented
the wretched little hare, and now
were pursuing with hands outstretch-
ed to grasp, so near was their prey.
They were on the outskirts of a
rabbit warren, by this tune and it
was easy to see that Norah's race
was run. George made a plunge for-
ward and caught her by the arm, in
doing so he got his foot into a bur-
row, and over he and she went. Con-
stantia tripped, too, and so did
Strong°, in his eagerness to seize the
luckless quarry. The two small boys
in the rear followed suit, catching
their 'feet in a hole likewise; and in-
deed over they' all wen.t.
They were on their feet , again in
an instant, the captured Norahin
their midst.
"Hal ha! hal '' roared Mr. Strong°
still. fall of the glad excitement that
had held him all through this me-
mbrable pursuit.
"I-Ial halaha!" laughed.Constantia
in concert, George joining in. The
two younger boys fairly Chuckled in
their joy; and even the poor hare,
dead beat as she was, gave way to
wild merriment hi gasps and sighs.
"It was mean!" panted she at last
pointing the, finger of scorn at Mr.
Stronge. The child was so thin that
her finger was like a claw, but there
was a world of meaning in it; and
when one is physically exhausted, ac-
tion costs less than speech. "Horri-
bly mean! To press a stranger into
the hunt! Oh!"
Words failed her.
"A stranger, Miss Norah! Am I
always to be that?" demanded
Stronge -reproachfully.
Norah grinned, and slipped her arm
within his.
' Constantia,: who had been laughing
all the time, now drew her breath
sharply, and laid her hand upon her
heart.
"This running .is a terrible thing,"
said she, "when one is growing old.
Such a pain as I have here! It is a
desson to me; 1 shall run no more."
They all gave way to mirth again .at
this, being still unsatisfied, with
laughter; and Constantin. still with
her hand upon her heart, looked at
Stronge. "Did you ever have a pain
-here?” said she.
His facechanged. a little as a
touch of dila every -day experience
came back to him througlr the glam-
our of this one sweet hour of holiday
making. In his heart—a pain? •
"An eternal one," he said quickly,
giving himself no time for thought.
Indeed, he spoke in it momeat of im-
pulse—an impulse that fired his eyes
and made him younger, so .long as it
lasted, than even the chance race had
Constantia must have seen some-
thing in his glance, though it was
very gentle, if extremely earnest, to
disconcert her, because she colored
deeply and let her eyes fall upon the
sward at her feet.
"I say!" said Norab presently in'a
healthy tone, "lot us all come home.
I'm starving."
-"Yes," seconded Jimmy, "let's try
to squeeze a.cup of tea and some hot
cake out 61 Mulcahy:"
They were terrible children!
Norah grew a little red, and Dlr.
Strong° saw it hesitated about
accolnpa n yi ng them. Jimmy, who
had long yellow hair and blue.,eyes,
and who was, by a freak' of Nature,
a regular Norseman, though nothing
but Irish blood ran hi his veins, no-
ticed the pauSe he made and instant-
ly grew clamourous for his society.
"Oh, yes, please do come," said
Constantia then, with a little smile
that covered the secret Inc in her
heart that Mulcahy might, not have
the kettle boiling, and that Minnie
in all probability was off to the next
hewn where her ,sweetheart lived.
She was lost in 0 labyrinth of mis-
erable doubts, when a word or two
falling from the lips of Norah
brought her back with a jerk to the
.prersent,
Aunt Bridget is gone to Dublin.
Didn't you hear.' fvfitinie tell
you? When the cat's away you
Vis..ounempramrew.rparme.'
know, the mice may play. We are
going to play --WO are going tO give
a party," She broke into gay
laughter at the very extravagance of
the thought.
George laughed too.
'`Norah's said
".
.Donna, Dundas is coming to after-
noon tea on Thursday, and that's
her partY.'',
"Yes, it is Donna," said Norah,
hooking herself, on to Mr. Stronge's
arm and smiling up at him. "We're
a little troubled, of couese, because
'WO 4.011't claite know what to 'give
her, or what she would like, she has
lived so long abroad."
"Gaslie," said George,
"Nonsense!" interrupted Qoastan-
tia, who was now very red. She did/
not mean to invite Mr. Stronge to
meet Donna, and it seemed so drea,d-
fully inhospitable to be discussing
the little insigniacant affair with
him, when he. was iaot to be one of
the, party. Altogether, this after-
noon in perspective has Proved a
source of much annoyance. Donna
for one thing had invited herself,
partly with, a mischievous
longing to do what aIiss MeGillieud-
dYiweladll
°culildceSrtealbriet
certainly
yen naeveit;oiiie. partly
e
Pel
nitt
for other reasons. To entertain her
propesly was causing Coastantia
many troubled moments; the resour-
ces of The Cottage tieing
It seemed quite a tremendous
unaertaking for Coastantia, this sim-
ple cup of tea, so unaccustomed was
she to reCeiVe, any guest' within the
walls of The Cot(age. She would
Parc liked to ask a good manypool,
pie, of course:, Mr. Stronge, for ex'am pl e, and—and S handl s h Feather-
ston, but her courage failed her. And
besides, it her aunt should hear of it?
Here George broke into the conver-
sation with. a genial air.
"You'll corm), won't you?",iie said.
Constantia grew pale. But she
smiled bravely.
"Yes, I hope you will come, Mr.
Stronge," she said "Four o'clock;e
and—" She stopped because she
didn't know what else it was she
Stronge looked at , her, and read
,her correctly: pfe.. saw all the: nes-
Vous aShyneSa. that '.was Consuming
her;. he saw, toe, the little thorough.,
bred :air with which. she had bidden:
him to ner house—surely. against her
Ile was on the point of de-
clining her invitations when a revul-
sion 'of: feeling set in. What! was.
'he.always to .be regarded by her as a.
stranger-77as .one apart'? No, •he
would break demi the barrier!
"Thank' you; I. shall be very .glad
indeed," he said.
TO Pe 'Continued.
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LIGHTHOUSE IN' A DESERT.
Loca.ted On the Site of a Well in
Arizona.
There is one litalithouSe at least in
e
existeuce which is not marked upon
mariners' charts. It, stands 'far out
in the lonely desert of Arizona, and,
like the friendly beacon -towers
which dot our coasts, it has been
erected for life saving purposes. it
marks the site of a well—the only
spot where water is to be found for
fifty five miles to the eastward; and
r
at least thirty ,miles in any olhe
direction. '
This well, a vegeta.ble oasis in the,
desert, is a godsend to the weary
traveller. The water, sweet and
cool, is raised from a depth of 200
feet by means of a large bucket. The
revolving drum above it is worked
by an old blind mule, which knows
to an inch the number of rounds it
must, make before the clanking buc-
ket rises to the point where it tips
the water over in a trough. There
i8 a little station at the spot, and
cattle are always to he seen stand-
ing. around the wates tanks.
The old Ehrenberg road. once the
great highway throtigh Arizona,
pasSes close by, and at this point,
also, roads branch off leading to
important mines ,out west. Many a
wayfarer, however, unacquainted
with the locality,- has actually, per-
iShed of thirst almost within sight
f
About two years ago a couple of
ruiners expired by the roa,dside ,a
comparatively short distanco away,
and quite, recently a proSpectoa's
body was found within rifle -shot of
the little station. -
A few days latera German lad
came staggeving up to the tanks
shortly after nightfall, in the last
stages of exhaustiOn from want of
water. He had, in fact, lain down
to die, when he saw a light glimmer-
ing in the distance, and mana.ged to
reach the station with a final effort.
That gave an idea to ;Joseph Drew
the keeper of the well, and, in'mercy
to humanity, he determined to estab-
lish this uniqtie lighthouse. He
erectod a tall ,cotton -wood pole, to
the top of which a lantern is hoisted
every night. he light can be seen
for many miles across the level Plain
a beacon of hope to the parched and
weary traveller.
—a ----
HE WAS TOO SENSITIVE.
John Jones, who is retharkable for
his long ears, has had a failing out
with Miss • Esmeralda Smith, towards
whom -Pc had. been suspected of en-
tertaining matrimonial intentiona.
Somebody asked him. the other
day,. why h•M
e ,aad iss Smith :were
not ,outadriving as. much 'as usual,.
to whichheareplied that .he did •not
promise to pay trap -hire for any
woman Who Called him a doidseY.
I can't betieve that Miss Smith
would call aey gentleman el don'=
key, was the reply.
Well, she clidnit exactly say was
a donkey rhida 'out. but she inight
just as well lave Safd so. She hint -
cd that Much.
What did she say?'
• .
We were out driving, and it .looked
very much like rain, and I said' I
'thought a shower was coming on, as
I felt a rain-deop 011 my r:' ea , and
what do you suppose she said ?
1 have no idea,
'Well, she said, that rain you felt
on your ear may be tWo or three
----+----7--
Newga.te Prison, which will short-
ly, be reinovecla Naas first built in the
122th.. Ceniutas, but waa destroyed in
the great fire' of 1 66a; and again in
the.GO„rdou i•e.ots of 1780
puia)c)se, bet intist* be thoroughly ars, aaartsaaa___f saait fse1 gretitly
dr3' bofete ago P3 honored if you will accona/rany 1510
TTBE,
A. correspondent rnals'es sti(),,r1g 18° (116 1'W tOr -111Allt'
,
iwoj.,,opu.oj.anpjafsjaraosafiiJiiiSSJ`,`otiglit r'cally to be as 'Clean -71;1711a
ill and bare as the deck of a intinsof,
war when, cleared for action..,...A.
II DOS E. 11 I.
stricken in fact or in appearance, but
perfectly made and furnished sleeping
room would be neither poverty -
it would be extremely simple,"
In addition, we ittli tOICI that er'ery
EMETEFEW12-17211-9-1010-1E13-118 well planned dwelling should have at
least onc bedroom where a sick mem-
bey of the family, whether he had
s grippe, ConSaillpti011 01'
could have the same safeguards he
• would have in the best hospital, and
at the same time leave the rest of
the family as secure from contagion
as if he Wel'e out of the house.
Such a room should be in a corner
with windows on two sides, mut one
side the south.. There should be a
toilet room, not necessarily a'buth,
for a sick person rarely takes tub
baths. r.l'here should be a portable
wardrobe and a commode; glass en-
.
closed shelves for medicine. It
should have two doors, one into the -
hall and the °thee into the toilet
roOnt, and these doors should be
double; that is, one on each side of
' the partition. This excludes sound
anesutor:3h
'egqtotttd
quiet.
Tclhenfiobs. ot hard w.00d.,
varnished, the walls plastered alld
painted and made to bear washing
with hot water and koap. No wall
paper, no pictures, no motildings, no
, r aneling, the woodwork Of the plain-
est and simplest. Double windows
are wanted for winter and outside
blinds for summer, and an open grate
or fireplace for heat and ventilatioe,
WIFJ,11'S DINNERS.
Ala well I know ray wife approve
me,—
That does pot need to be confessed
She does not me that she loves
me,
But makes the dinners I like best.
SOME_ GOOD RECIPES.
Sweci( Cucumber Pickles.—Pica
your cucumbers helots) they are too
ripe, or before the seeds harden, let
them sl and in a basket or box fora
few days to cure, than in the after-
noon or evening pare, cut open anc
scrape seeds all out. Put into a ves-
sel, add enough salt to make, a
weals brine, and pour over them boil-
ing' hot water. Tura a plate oval
them, weight down and let them
Stand till morning. In the morning
make your pickle, using 1 lb sugar
to 1 qt good vinegar and all kinds of
SpiCOS you like. I-fave just enough
of this pickle to cover your cucum-
bers, and set it on the fire to heat,
Drain cucumbers from brine, and boil
them in clear water until easily
pierced with a fork. Pick them out
of the ,water, put them in the pickle,
simmer two or three hours, and they
are done. This recipe is good for
any, kind of fruit,- a
,Grape Catsup.—Cook 5 qts grapes
until soft, then put through a sieve,
and add to them 2 qts sugar, 1 qt.
vinegar. ,3 tablespoonfuls each of
allspic e, cinnamon aud cloves, 1 ta-
blespoon salt, and 2 teaspoons red
pepper (black will do). Boil until
quite thick, bottle and seal.
Lemon Ice Creani.—Make the juice
of 1 dos lemons quite thick with
white sugar, stir into this syrup, a
little at a time, 3 qts rich cream,
and freeze. Orange ice cream is
snumcanlein the same manner, using less
Sugar.
Plain Inc Crean-a—For the best ice
cream, only fresh sweet cream must
be used. However, many prefer a
mixture of cream and milk. A good
formula for plain ice cream is as fol-
lows: To 3 pts rich cream take 1
qt new milk, 1 pt powdered sugar,
the whites of two eggs beaten to 'a
stiff froth, and flavoring to taste.
Let stand in the freezer until thor-
oughly chilled and then freeze.
Sherbet.—Steep 1 ripe pineapple in
2 qts water for two hours, strain,
and a,dd the juice of four lemons and
2 cups sugar. Whip the whites
of 5 eggs until stiff and dry, add to
them 3 tablespoons sugar, place all
together in a freezer, and freeze. The
addition of 1 pt rich cream is quite
an improvement, though not at all
necessary.
Pineapple Ice Crea,m.—Slice 2 large
ripe pineapples, cover with sugar,
and let stand three hours. Cut or
chop up the pineapple in the syrup
thus forined and strain through it
hair sieve. Beat the mixture geadus
ally, into 3 pts rich creams then
freeze .as quickly as possible. When
half frozen, stir in 1 pt whipped
cream and Some bits of pineapple.
Tomato Preserve.—To every hP
tomatoes use 1 cup water and a lb
sugar, Cook the thin yellow rind
and pulp and 1 co crushed ginger in
every 2 cups water for half an hour,
and then strain. Add the tomatoes
and Sugar, and cook until scalded
through, but not broken. Skim the
tomatoes out, and put into jars.
Boil the syrup until thick, and fill
jarS to overflowing. Seal while hot.
Calmed Apples.—Some of the sur-
plus apples may be canned as fol-
lows: Make a syrup, taking 1' lb su-
gar and 1 pt water. Pare and quar-
ter 1 lb apples, dropping them into
cold water to keep them white, thee
drain the apples, deep into the boil-
.
ing syrup, and cook quickly until
the pieces may be pierced with a
straw. Do not stir, but take the
syrup in a Spoon and baste the ap-
ples carefully without breaking them.
Pat in cans boiling, hot, and fasten
immediatelY. A rose, geranium leaf-
boilecl with the, syrup makesa niee
addition.
SUGG-ESTIONS.
They say a woman—just married,
an experienced" one wouldn't have
propounded such a silly question --
asked her husband who he supposed
invented angel cake: Ile expressed
the opiniorathat it was a "fallen an-
gel," which stuns up the average
man's opinions of this 'species of
To remove the astringency of wild
plums scald them in water to which
a pinch of saleratus lutS been added,
Let stand tilt cold, then pour the
water off. °
It is announced in an exchange
that a very fair substitute fordnaple
syrup can be made by melting, the
refined white sugar—granulated is
probably meant—with a small quan-
tity of the best brown sugar. The
proportions vary with the kind of
brown sugar used, but usually it re-
quires from three to four times 115
much .of the granulated' stigar as of
the brown sugar. If "just right" it
is said to be difficult to detect the
difference. In fact,- there seems' to
be so many things that if "just
right" are "just as good", as 'the
genuine that we are Letting to be a
nation of shams, eating we knew not
Don't, don't, don't'turti kerosensi
into tile stove in order to light a
fire. Keep an oyStet• cb,ii full of the
kerosene and when you want quick
lsindlings, dip a corncob or two in
it,. ,.
An exchange says: To tighten the
rubber on a wringer, remove the rub-
ber and wrap the bar with fine
twine. Then slip on the rubber,
which will take seine time, but when
on once is will be as tight as eVer,
and sore paying for a new wringer.
Smearing the bar with white lead
vc.ny thickl • will answe • tl
USEFUL ACCESSORIES.
The wise woman is she who knows
how to produce the greatest possible -
results with the least, expenclituve or
strength. This is a very important
knowledge. We wish to telt you
about a little help which is a great
time-saver. It is a Meditnal-Si204 pa-
per pad with a lead pencil attached.,
hungsover the kitchen table—or near
by. It will be found one of the
greatest conveniences. If you jot
down articles needed upon this pad
they are aot apt to be forgotten.
And it will save you many a trip
upstairs and down in the cellar, etc.,
and the time earned, or minute sav-
ed, is time earned for rest or self-
improvement.
As a general rule every other room
P3 the home is better fuinishecl with
conveniences than is the one in which
the busy wife spends so great a Por-
tion of her time, namely, the kitcliell.
T-Iave a chair, my sister woman, to
sit in near your table when you aoish
dishes and knead your bread and peel
potatoes, etc. It will save your
back and feet more than you dream
Keep plenty of nice tea towels; it's
an economy. And for health and hy-
giene's sake have plenty of dish
cloths. Cheesecloth makes' nice ones.
And I wash iniae out in it warm
suds of pearline every day; it cuts
the grease and 'cleans so quickly. It
is best to keep several sets of tea
towels, two for glassware, two fey
china, and three or more for earthen-
ware. Your dishes will look so much
nicer and takeon a high polish.
Have stove holders about the stove.
Such little accessories help to keep
you in better health and give you
more time.
CLOUDLAND COURTSHIPS.
Proposed and Accepted on a Trip
to the Sky.
Although we are told that "mar-
riages are made hi Heaven," it is
not often the case that a courtship
P3 carried on in the clouds, Such a
wooing, however, took place some
years ago, the hero of the episode
being a Belgian aeronaut who was
accustomed to take his sweetheart
with him whilst enjoyingballoon
trips. Ixx the intervalsof attending
to the apparatus he found time for
plenty ,of billing and cooing, and it
is to be hoped that tho courtship
conducted in clotidland has been fol-
lowed by a happy married existence
upon terra firma,.
Another balloonist actually pro-
posed to the girl of his heart whilet
escorting the ,lady on a trip to the
sky. Unconventional as !the „sur-
roundings certainly Were, the maiden
saw no 'reason to object' ,,to the
scene ofsthe proposal, and she, ,,ac-
cordingly, accepted her aerbliaut 'aci7
mires without a moment's hesita-
tion. Probably this is the first pro-
posal of ' marriage , that has been
made at a height of 6,000'feet above
the earth. -
Less sensational, but still "high”
enough in all conscience, was the
scene of a courtship which took
pla.ccasoms few„ye,ars ago at the
summit of the mountain known asr
"''Grancle Saleve," near Geneva. At
an hotel situated on the mountain-
top a young English tourist met it
charming American girl, and the
two soon conceived for each other a
strong affection. The ordinary
foims , of courtship were gone
through, and marriage followed
due course. Seeing that the moim-
tain in question is several. thous-
ands of feet in height the romance is
certainly entitled to find a place itteee
the brief list of clouclland courts -
ships..
WHEIIE BABOON'S .ARE WILY.-
.., A species of baboon inhabiting the
Cape Colony 'has become. a Pestto
the farmers by destroying their
I ambs.'„ ''rhe' ba,lioons" ibatint a clulup
of eactUS, scattered .through the
fields, and exhibit „much cunning in
keeping: out of the reach' of their
human 'enemies. lt is asserted that
they have taken note of the fact.
that WOhlea do not carry firearms;
and therefore need not be leered.
But when a majt appears the ba-
boons instantly- take to thole heels,
On this account the fastness have
lately devised tile plan of dressing
n women's app 0,1' el when (Ivry set
out to shoot .baboons.
BUT WOItT .
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