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he dead to all thiossaesave one ?
Sh eciatrolled herself, ,however, and
stoolt waiting, to hear What he
siteeld say. "I 'often-'tolii youtieat
doetors were false „, prophets," he
said ; "you should not give ear' ,to
their croaltings—you shoo1d not fret
e You do." •
•
soE Constantia.(S' -True,- she said ; "it le a foolish
/ es thing to feet over ,any matter; sniail
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OFIAPTER XXII,.•
ConStantia went home with. Lady
Verley, who, anxious ,about, her ail-
ing , child, left quite early in the
evening. At first the girl's mind was
eso distraught with recollections of
oDoeria's treachery, and Featherston's'
falseness that she could hardly think
of anything else and had not even
worichn'ed at the fect .of Lady Val.-
ley'm abrupt departure, But after a
while she became sensible of the ex-
„,:reione quiet of her companion, whose
rieine she cenld not see in the broug-
ham, She put out her hand at last
and touched hers, to,find that 111wns
icy cold, and that the fingers were
'clenched. Her otoueli, wake Yolande
front her :lit of clumb misery, and
with a sharp eigh she roused her -
"How slaw Hunt is driving 1" rhe
cried feverishly. "Shall we ever be
at home ? Speak, to him, Con-
stantie„"
Constantia, did vs she was desired,
and then; a little tinnorved by Lady
Varley's manner, waited in elle/ice
for, What she next might say. But
she said nothing. She sought • and
found the girl's hand again and
Pressed. it with a convulsive earnest-
ness, but no words escaped her.
"You' are unhaPPY---ImeasY," re-
turned Constrintia at last. ' •
"Uneasy ? What a word 1" re-
turned she, with 'terrible though re-
pressed agitation. -"My, child, my
darling', how could' I have left her,
even fdr ,a moment 1 .And all this -
horrible night, it has seemed like a
nightmare. Yes, I have been ilistlY
• PUnislied. But I did not leave her
• willingly, Connie, you will believe
that. It was forced upon me.
cOnla 14ardly ha-ve refused to enter
that wdkinan's house, and yet—Oh,
forgive me, dear ! I forgot she was
your cousin."
"She is', no cousin of mine," cried
Coristantia. vehemently. "1 disown
1102.. She is nothing to me.. No-
thing !" -
"Yes yea ? it so between you ?
Yet I should not hasse spoken. Has
oho been cruel to you, Connie—to a
girl like you ? lieeket 1 Is this only
Hillside ? Why, we should be at
Peraglin by this time. 011, what
hours can lie in thirty minutes !
Connie Connie 1 If anything should
nave happened.
An awful fear had seized hold on.
her. She was treinbling violently.
She half rose in the carriage as
though it was_impossible to her, in
her state of Impatience, to sit any
longer still, but Constantin: placed
• hero arms round her, and drew her
back very gently into her seat. It
Was a shock to her to see Lady dear -
O ley, who was always so studiously
cold and calin., thus given over to
despair, and half wild with nervous
dread._
She sought eagerly to soothe her,
o.nd. by degrees Lady Varley grew
ebartparatively calm. The 'arrival at
the hall door, however, tended more
to catee her nerves than 'even Con-
. e en eavois. She
spreng froth the carriage, and hur-
ried past the servants and up to the
nur,sery, with only a sign to Con-
stantia to ,follow her. She had ap-
parently forgotten to drop the girl.
at Theo Cottage, and Constan.tia had
been too alarmed about her to ale/i-
t/on it. Besides, would it not be
selfieh to leave her in her present
mood ? Connie was sufficiently read
in human 'nature to understand that
• there was something beneath her
anxiety for her child, soraething
ferior to that sacred care, but yet
strong enough to disturb and harass
lune
Her own grievance seas forgotten
in this supreme ogrief. ETow sad it
ael. was for her—her ehild dying, her
hesband faithless 1 Constantia
clenched her hands; as ehe thought
of Donna's gay, triumphant laugh—
as she pictured her making a light
• Jest. ant of the knovvleclge of Var-
ley's submission 1..b her power, . his
treach 'cry to his wife. Could such
things be, and the world still go on
in all its round of carelese mirth its
swill:. pleasure that sdarce- gave time
for thought or justice ? Surely, the
day of reckoning would come ! But
Ike meantime must Ycilande sulfa/. 1
—ailist she sink beneath' her troubles,
with no hand held out to help her ?
She looked at Lady Varlby's clear- 1
01111 fCatUrCS, calm again, 1101C that
the. momentary suspense was at ln
md, and told herself that perhaps
she wronged her. She was, tOo pure,
too proud a. Ntonmo to slid: beneath
dishonor undeserved. Theis) were e
thieSe o‘vho were dragged down be- t
neal;11 the, wave of affliction, but 1
-there were also those who rose out 1
of it with senses dulled indeed, and' i
womoule all gaping, but with faces
serene and passionless, though the s
(gee! rook e had cut sore. 'Ilhes•e give c
na nies0 of the agony within. These t
lialte, their reward. 'Ile stormy pet11
-
rel skimming the tempestuous wave 1010 was meaning 11 101 tone, Uri
is:SOWS such wild throes of passion Varley winced 4 little,
,
fierce and etrong as are unknoNva to YOU left lierY earlY last ingebb'
the gentler bird who cowers amidst he said presently. Ile was regarding
the fragrant inland branches, to itide lier intently, ond she felt it.
it from the coining storm. "Yes ; 1 was tired,” she said,
In Lady Varley thero was the di- "For one so uniformly truthful—
vine strength Of woleanimod, 'thut one W110 SO pucles herSelf uPon 1101
knows eiPse erultiree all, end still is yea being a yea......ahae is seareely
strong, honest, is it ?" aaked he, laughing,
She turned soddenly to Conetan.tia, Yet with 0 wily pertially concealed
and met the girl's eyes but wist- sbeer• "Say, rather, You did not
fully upon, her. riteez.e was genuine care for your company."
love in tlomm, that she saw, and. 0 "1t, was very excellent company, as
sorrow that ,she would not see. it appeared to me, Alniost every
"You are tired," she said, "Come one we knew or liked was there.",
with me. You notst go to sleep at ."That surprised you, perhaps
ance " but, as 1 have often told yolk, etre.
"Aro y01/ gOillg to stay here ?" DI -Ludas, in spite of certain rumors
or
befe hitn—to nes
With a ellorP Moverne:itliu
she71111
11
wife 7,
,
hand -to her throat, Fier noe
dilated,
fake care !" 811(1 said in a IOW
il)S12 1110, /18 YOU
will, but 'do not dere. seek to lower
me to the starid,aiel of the woman for
whom you have betrayed me !'
She had withdrawit froin MI\ a
stop or 1,.WQ, and now stood regard-
.
mg him with, large, eonm
teptuous
, eeres. Every line of bee figure oreath-
ed of vehement indignation, her tall,
slender form, girlish. stilt in its out-
lines, was uplifted' to „its fullest
height, and was fulfilled with the in-
dignant passion that had at last
dii en her to speech.
11
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SOIYE, (1001)
Plain Faete.d-Sift one-half cull
110ur With one-half teaspoon salt; rub
into the hour one-quarter cup lard
and add cold water to form a dough•kin,
sea, d'iiact°' \03rird 0.221. 0111 1 1.°oLust t; fnoal davi in 1011.1i11.01--:
half cupful washed butt,ee. Roll and
_ fold three times, 'Most ckoolcz use
An ,tineasy laugh broke from vats- 1ard in their pastry. The fault which
ley. Now guessed," he said, lies 'back pl the uncertainty in pas -
"that underneath your assumed in- try making is the habit of not meas -
difference 501110 such, lie aedtrine was tiring, the butter and lard. If flour
working, I don't know who Put it, is at all dal/1p ciry it thoroughly and
into Your head, but suppose that the pastry will be improved. „no
little devil Constantla. You have eeme 02110 101, folding dee rolling out
Magnified a very ordinary friendshiP that was given last week for puff.
; into an affaire de coeur, Women who Paste applies as well to 'plain pasta,
insist on living an anchorite life like
yeurs, are bound to find some safety-
aeked Constantia cmickly, that may have reeached you, is not,
I generally stay here every so altogether objectionable, as you
night. I do not sit i1p--you must believe.
not think that," with a wan smile, She lifted her hehd now, and luolr-
"hut it eases my heart," laying her ed full a,t, Win. Her dark eyes fiasii-
hand lightly on her bosom, "to be ed.
near her ; and so I hay& ohad that "Who told you I thought her ob-
couch oVer there," pointing to a dis- jectionable ?" she asked. "Did it
tont corn6r, "prepared for me. 'I do occur to you that there might be
not martyr Myself, you see," with reason for nay.so thinking of hr ?
another sad attempt at a smile ; "I 1 certainly never said so,"
can sleep if I choose, but I like to Your manner towards her is bare -
be near her." A heavy sigh escaped ly civil, however. She is an old
her as site finished, Constantia could friend of mine and, of course, I am
see that her heart was broken--thate
in her secret soul, hard as she bat-
tled against it, she had lost all hope
in her little OriS"S recovery.
"Let Me stay with you," entreated
she niiserably. "Do not send' me
away. This arm -chair is very com-
fortable, and— Do let me stay
with you."
• "As you will, dearest," said Lady
Varloy gently. She said something
in a low voice to one of the women,
and presently wine and sandwiches
were brought, which she pressed on
Constantia. She touched nothing
herself, and after that took no notice have looked for in you."
at all of her • guest. Between her "You are very good," said Yolande,
hours of sleep and waking, the olio with a curl of her Hp. "You credit
saw that Lady Varley had spent her me with fine feelings in one breath
night, upon her knees beside the tiny and ,destroy your credit in the next.
cot, Praying for what a gracious But a truce to this Pretense,' she
Lord had seen fit to deny her. cried suddenly, lifting to his, a face
The morning dawned and deepened, Pale and stern. "I do not like your
and still the child lived. Apparently —.oft -lend, and let that admission ex-
it was no worse-, no better ; but was Plain all."
it no worse ? Towards noon, Cone "But why ?" demanded he augrioly.
stantia, with whom Lady Varley "Let that rest."
would not consent to Part, entreated • "1 will not.' What fault • do you
and prevailed with her to take a find in her ?"
walk for •half -an -hour in'the garden . "You are a warm partisan," said
as; she could not sleep. she, in a low, dangerous tone. "is
It was terrible to Constantin. to it wise, then, to insist ?"
see how she clung to a belief In the "1 think so. As you have your -
child's recovery, the child' who was self suggested, it will be well to put
an end -to all fencing in this matter'.
In censuring her it has seemed to
me, of late, that y011 C0118111'0 me."
"You have courage," she. said.
bound to he friendly.. As my—
"Why should you apologize for
your --friendship ?" interrupted she,
with, a curious smile. "Pray do not;
surely there is no necessity—to your
wife 1"
"As my wife, I was going to say,"
he went on quickly, and with a dark-
ened brow, "I had hoped you would
have shown, her at least courtesy ;
but to leave her house as you did
last night was to give her up toethe
cruel insinuations of our world.
There was a want of refinement in it,
a lack of clelicacy.that I should not
already half way on its journey to -
heaven ; bue'she pet -shaded her to go
into the ,garden With a Silent caress,
and, a hopeful word or two, all the
same. • , "Why not ? What is it, I again
Lady Varley went down the stair- ask, that you find fault with in hcr?"
She threw up her heacl as if about
case with a languid step, and out
into the, sweet.summer air. It was to speak ; her face grew deadly white
her lips parted. What ever she knew
midday, and the sun Was hia-h. in the
heaven and the perfume from the she was about then.to disclose ; but
,
something checked ter. NV1 /-
open flowers filled the passing breeze,
drew her eyes, and by a supreme
effort boat down the emotion that
was trying to conquer her. Present -
rich in sweets that. one felt over- ly she was calm. again, and only the
tight clasp of her hands 'betreyed
powered, by it, and thought onlet of
sorne h d - • • any- feeling whatsoever.
think her vulgar," said she
slowly, contemptuously.
• Varley was surprised, and too re-
lieved to be annoyed. Ile had failed
to read between the lines, and, did
hot guess at the sleeping volcano
that, lay within her breast. ETe sus-
pected her of knowing, or guessing
more than it was expedient she
should know ; but her answer had
convinced him that whatever were
her suspicions,dher knowledge was
sufficiently imperfect to prevent her
accusing him' openly,
, "Oh, if that is all," he said
iight-
ly, ,dit was a pity yOL1 did not 1-0-
111441 for the ret of the evening. It
was about the best clauce we have
had here for many a day. I • quite
enjoyed it."
'Po this she made no 1.1,081701'. A
straggling spra.y of a bla.ckberry
bush near heti caught her gown, and
He halted eornewhat abruptly and she now made lierself busy unfasten -
then ,carne ; but it WaS evident, ing it.- ,
to her that his first impulse had been , "As you justly remarked, all our
to avoid her if possible. She -gave best friends were there," he °went on,
no sign of having noticed this ; and, With an assumption of gayety that,
indeed, the relations between them of sat, however, rather uneasily upon
ate had been so strained that it ltim. "O'Grady, .amongst °there.
scarcely troubled her. By -the -bye," he Said lightly, turning
"I had no idea I should ,see you to.ht,n, with a lively safile, "you must
lere," he said, less awkwardly than, confess that the time you did spend
he thought. "I fancied you 10, the there, short as it Was, was not al-
mrserY ; at least, your women toldtogether dull. You and O'Grady,
nic you were there. How is she ?" see,"—here he laughed Melte-
Ce alluded' to his childgently—'`enjoyed it—together."
"Just the same way, 1 Chink." Her Lady Vaeley started Os if ho had
yes were on the grooncl, arid her struck her, and ralsbd her eyes slow -
one was easefully composedit w03 In to his': Slie, was Piller than be-
mpossible., ' therefore, for him to fore, if possible, with a scorn un -
;now I,ho anguish that was consum.- speakable. Was this sidelong accusa-
o
ng her. , tion meant as 0. condonement of his
"fe daresay 111 will be nothing," 110 eiWn. offence ? Was it a vile- effort to
aid cheerfully. He had not seen the kill the sense of shame within' 'him
hild for a week- and so ltaeW no- by an attempt to drag her down
hing 'about it. Elis careless "ton m to hiS lower level --to .sully her, the
rated 'on her. His own. child 1 Was I tall, pale, pure ' creature who Stood
ii.,resamenonecamnumaissietramemaguarimipmel
head, all was green beneath her feet.
The day was indeed a golden one so
sit beneath a branching elm and
dream the hours aWay. A tremulous
haze lay over the distant sea, and
the rocks shone out white as burnish -
1 silver.
All round her grew the flowers. It
was "the time of roses,- and crim-
son; cream, and white, they bloomed
at every turn. As they nodded their
sleepy heads, a delicate odor escaped
from them that was wafted hither
and thither until the very wind grew
languid with it, and in the ,centres of
their warm sbosonts yellowewinged
bees trammed, drowsily.
As Yolancic turned aide to reach
the ivied gate that led to the , cool
shade of the orchard, she met her
hUsbalid sauntering slowly in her
directiOn.
•
01 1 A PTE:11
...•101•61.
3ronehitis, or a Severe Cold on the Chest and Lungs, Doctors Will Point -You to
.
Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine as the
Most Effective frfreatitient.
" •
For eeery class of disease there, is ono Inedieuie which stands pre-eininent as helot superior to all others.
In the case 01 Ast,hrna, 13roachitis, and all threat 01121 lung ail/tip/its The recognized treaterieet is The 'Chase's
syreup,,of Linseed and Turpentine. ,Dectors do 11111 heeita.te to say t,hat when the patient 1)eeomes Aushed and
exaVerated in his struggle for breath, wheezes loudly and ex.perietices intenee ogony in his CiltiSt aild lungs
timeti,ie, no PreParetion 121111311 ble thitt will give mich pro/npl, end thorongli relief as Dr: (11i 0305 ...-.1yrup of Lin -
11(1021' and l'urpentine, ,•
Goorg,e Budden, leiitaultn.ville, Ont., sayro.—"I feel ni•y duty to recoinmenci Dr.' Chase's
Linseed -mad Turpentine, 01 21 had .tha ASililO ;Tiny. had; could get, twthing, to clo ',ate. any gootl: A 'Iciencl of
noi):e,pet,snaded,me to try this remedy, as he bad tried.it, and itprovcd,s1,1‘cc:essful I 1110(1 11 '• cl ' t
am1 or , -tday 16 say am a wnn, well Neathrough t,oe use m,b1
118 reT110Cly. 113:f31/ it i0 th 11011:30 1 2
theetinie and, would mot wit,lio'ut it,"
Dr. Chiaiia:g Syrup of Linneed 03141 Ihireenielite la so well knoWn in the 'licones of Canada that: it sestoots linhe-
alesary oto" add, further eoilinient, but a word of ,warnimr ina,y 1,11f3(t. 11i101 111.0pur11,„Ions of
1111S2)ti4 e,o4 turpeatitie, imitations of Dr. (.311P1S0S. i30 301'e the ,Tiertrait, and eigaitatore of Dr, A. W. Oliastlit
p.rp c,gx, tho bottleyou buy, _T\ven.ty-flye,cents a bot'tle; family size, three, timel as much, 00e, All dealers, or,
fidulkuvion,,Bates Torootm,
valve for their fancies.' It is a pity
YO'( should have chosen this one. It
is a pity, too, that you take things
SO terribly seriously.'' 1-lero he
smiled with an attempt at carelees-
Less, though in reality he was some-
what, quelled by tne suddenness of
her accusation. "If you were a lit-
tle less intense, you would be easier
to--" Be hesitated. '
"Live With ?" she segg-ested cOlclly.
She paused, alcvays with her eyes
fixed immovably on his. They alone
spoke, they seemed to burn into
him ; but otherwise she was calm,
although het' heart was on fire, and
her soul riven. o''There is always a
remedy," she said at last, in a tone
oso low as to sound like a distant
bell, yet so clear as to smite heavily
upon his ear.
Just yet, he was tindecided as to
whether he would or would ndt de-
sire a separation, and,so he revolted
from her suggestion. Donna's hold
over him, strong as it was, lied not
quite led him to despise .the world's
opinion.
"You must be mad to talk to 1/10
like, this on $o trivial a cause," he
was beginning, but she interrupted
, -
"Heroics are out of place here,"
she said. "I know your real desire,
and a word will do. 13elleve nie, 1
would gladly cast my life adrift from
yours."
"To join it to----"
(TO Be Continued).
ICE-BREA10ER FOR QUEBEC.
Frenchman's Plan for Reepin.g the
St. Lawrence Open.
European capital is about to be
employed in an attempt to accom-
plish the winter navigation of the
St. Lawrence, which is at present
closed by ice for five or. six months
of the year.
The main mover in this matter is
W. NOrdi.11, head of the tbaiber house
of 0. W. Nordin & Co., of Paris,
who has satisfactorily mastered the
difficulties attending the winter navi-
gation of the Baltic. He was in
Quebec last winter and macie a spe-
cial study of , the movements of the
ice and, the verious currents of the
St. Lawrence.
He has just returned to Quebec
with his brother, backed by a Euro-
pean syndicate and large capital,
and is at present engaged in looking
for suitable forest tracts for 111011)01-
i
ing operations and the pulp -wood in-
dustry.
vessels employed by tbe Messrs.
Nordin for the winter navightiou of
the Baltic 010 01 special construction
with raised bows heavily sheathed
with metal which press down upon as
well as cut 'out the ice, which at-
tains 0 thickness of several feet in
the Baltic. In the St. Lawrence, o11
the other hand, the river below Que-
bec is never frozen all- across, the
danger to winter navigation consist-
ing in the bergs and floating fields of
iee
NOTID:lbr'S CHIEF AIM.
in striving to extend the season
navigation from the St. Lawrence, is
to facilitate the shipment of his pro-
ducts to Enrope' all the year roun(1,
without having to bear Lim addition-
al cost in winter, of sending them by whatever it contains. To line patty
rail to an American port. pans successfully be sure not to allows
aste may be kept rolled LIP in an
eld linen cloth in the ice ellest so
that no hard crust forme on it. Then
cut oa and balce a fresh. pie as need-
ed rather than bake a large number
of pies at once.
Mince Pies.—For the mince meat
put three pounds of lean meat inito
kettle with one and ones,nalt Pounds
.suet; cover with boiling water and
cook until /neat is tender. • When
cold chop the meat and add twice
the amount of finely chopped apples,
two quinces finely chopped, two
pounds sugar, one „and one-half cups
molasses, two and one-half pounds
seeded raisins, one pound currants,
one-half pound finely -cut citron,
three-fourths tablespoon mace and
cinnamon, one-half tablespoon clove,
0210 and one-half nutmegs, grated,
one-half teaspoon pepper, one quart
elder, and salt to taste. Cook slow-
ly two hours. 13efore using 'add the
11100 of two lemons and two oranges,
one-half cup strong cofTee and one
cup brandy, or an. acid jelly.
Use perforated 'tin plates for all
pies. In laythg crust on to a plate
be sure that no obuonies or air are
underneath. Out the paste a trifle
larger than the plate and. crowd it
back with the hand; this will pre-
vent possibility of shrinking or draw-
ing out of shape. • 311oisten the edges
with cold water and lay on a rim of
Paste cut one-half an inch wide, Fill
with inince meat, moisten the top of
the rim and lay on the top crust. Tf
a deep pie is Bleed add •two rims. To
give a pie a glossy surface brush it
over with ice cold water or milk the
last thing before it is set in the oven.
If the oven is slow under _crusts soak
and butter oozes through the perfor-
ations of the plate. To keep an ap-
ple pie from losing Sts juice bind the
edge with a stri4 of cotton cloth
wrung out of cold water. Soule-
.
times a cornucopia 'of paper 1)1111 13110
an opening in the centre will draw
the juices fhom the edges,
Cranberry P10. --Invert pie plate.
and cover with pa.ste, bake and, re-
move, Ell' with 'cooked cranberries
and decorate top with paste cut in
fancy shapes and baked. Filling,—
Coolt two cups cranberries, one cup
sugar aud, three-fourth.s cup water
10 minutes. Cool. Strain. or not,
as preferred. To bake a, cilist on an
inverted tin. eitt,out a circle of paste,
lay it over the tin ancl press -down
gently to conform to 1110 shape of the
pan, prick ' with 0, furk. in several
places to prevent rising and drawing
out of form. Do not have the oven
too hot for this crust. Those who
do not think pies are healthful make
11 corneiromise by using baked crusts
to be eilled Ivith cooked mixtures.
Lemon Tartlets—Mix one cup sug-
ar, three tablespoons flour and a few
grains salt. Add one tablespoon
melted butter, three ta.blespoons.lem-
on%juice, grated rind one lemon and
yolks two eggs slightly beaten. Stir
until well blended, add one cup milk
and whites two eggs beaten stiff.
Line patty pans with paste, 1111 and
bake in a moderate oven. „Do not
add the whites of the egg's until the
last ininute before filling the 'patty
pans. 11 preferred the mixture may
be baked 311 01(0 pie. A pie will bake
more quickler in an old tin plate, but
a new • tin. with its shining surface
will hold the heat and impart less to
11110 ships by the Sagueriey he will ------
have to cut out a great depth of ice 1,
in that river, but not more than 20'
the Baltic. Ile will scarcely attempt
to keep the St. Lawrence clear of ice
above Quebec,' for between this city
and Montreal the ice sometimes at-
tains a thickness of nearly thirty
feet, grouarlirig on the bed of the
river.
One of the greatest difficult:lee here-
tofore expeeicaiced ,, by the many dif-
ferent persons who have proposed the]
winter tiavigatioit of the St. Law-
rence, has, been that of insurance.
Though' occasional trips have been
macle in safety to the lower St. Law -
('0000 in the winter months; 110ne
of those has been attempted by large
and valuable ocean-going steamers,
for underwritere refuse to inure
them because 'of, the. supposed perils.
ft will, therefore, be imcessary for
the syndicate of Mr. :Nordin to • be -
pine' its own ti n.51 i.ers I
Tim importptice ,of this -80110r1113, not
,to.Citiebec, .but. also • to. the'
vliole clana,da at,tlic present' tiine;
rises frdm . the fact. that ‘f,luebec,
l'oved last -silunine,ro that 8110 'is on
he shortest and /nest direct,' route
or the, shipments of grille from tile
'ortliweet to Europe, and is chiefly
asides:timed by bee iniability 1,0 con -
blue these shipments duriug the
(31? 5008011 season. it is believed in Qt/ebec
hat the _s'eccess of 'Met" Notodirc's
cheinet would vapidly build up Que-
ee to be one of the gseatest grain
hipping ports In Aiaericos
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TITTeoBIZ.ViffseEI Mus:altikle
'1110 uumber of volumes in the i
;fetish :Museum. :Lii)rary, according
o 12 recent collating, is now over
,0 00,0 00. 'Chore are more than
10,000 voltunetio of London nevspiot.-
pers, about 4(7,000 volumes, of pro -
1112(1301 counting Welsh 1
os well as lenglieli, 10,000 vottones
of Soottieli paperS, raid 0;000 front
lrelan(1,
air t Po
ouojosoci ok,Iree o t
Pres seallop with fingers,
make 'a riM,
Almond t'e bee—Roll plain paste
one-eightli leen thick, sprinkle \nth
powdoeue sugar, fold, press edgee to-
gether, pat and isoil out, repeat and
fold. four times. - '1,`IirJ paste should be
in 0 loug strip one and one-lialf iT1-
dien wide lertim the 'erd cut pieeea
one-foorth inch wide. PlaCe, on 0
baking sheet' one inch apart, When
well browned iscencive from oven,
lbjeussivi I t°1;1°s1U e\-{trilt`11 CI11,111atieU00/ egg,11j.",.0(511)10111di"
chopped almonde. Ileturn to ovea
and. finish cooking.
HOTTSEHOL,D HINTS,
aeanned fruit which shows signs of
fermentation, 011.0 be saved by adding
more sugar, some spices arid a little
vinegar. , If it has soured in the
least, put in a little soda and cook
until it, thickeas. Use as a, relish
with cold meat.
It is economy to have pint jars on
hand in canning time for what is left
over after filling the one or two -
quart cans. It is better to iill
pint can than to repeat, New rub-
ber rings are not necessary every
sea,schn Those that have been used,
I if hard, can be Softened Lind inade
!pliable by boiling in a solution of
Water and naninonia.
•Ilse clean, soft rags to remove the
grease from kettles and frying pans
before washing. Wipe. all the grease
from the meat dishes with rags or
PaPer, plean. greasb, s.mot'e froin the
stove with paper, and save all to
start' the kitchen. fire, Put your
hand in a paper bag when you black
the stove.
To protect the work -table from
hot kettles or pans, make a mat or
rack with lath, Cut pieces the
fength of the -table, then ci-ass-pieces
and nail together about an inch
apart.. This seeures a circulation Or
air undernea.th and protects the tae
ble from. the heat.
After clearing the table place a
folded t wel under any spots that
have been made during the meal; if
frora greasel rub with a cloth wet
with gasolitie. Othiir spots may be
removed with a cloth and hot water,
using. as little as possible; then rub
gently With a dry cloth until nearly
dry.
To make, boiled vegetables look
white and delicate, put plenty of
water in the kettle and add salt;
when the water boils, briskly skim,
and quickly drop in the -vegetables,
and remove the mintite they' are
done. Cooking vegetables after they
are tender darkens them and de-
tracts from the favor.
Keep pulverized borax' 0/1 hand in
hot :weather. 'Borax k-eeps the dish-
cloths sweet, cleans silverware, is
used in boiled or cold s•tarch,, sets
red ta.ble linen and saves soap. Bor-
ax sprinkled over fresh meat will
keep it sweet longer, and. will pre-
serve' dried Meats frone the attacks
G001) Lf.GHTS.
Mucli has been said and written
concerning the best lamp flues and
burners to use ha order to have good
lights, bat neither one is so im-
portant" as to keep the burners clean.
Many lamps give a (Lull, feeble light,
or have bean set aside as dangerous,
because they have not 1)eert properly
Citred for in this respect end the
dust lias accumulated in the small
air -tube at the side of the wick. The
remecl,y is so simple that there is no
excuse for this condition oi affaire.
New lamp flues are toughened and
made raore durable by putting them
in water and heating it gradually
until it is boiling liot. \Yheu ihey
ila,ve boiled five, ininutes set tliera off
of the stove and allow theni to cool
in the water. In addition, to the
daily filling ol the lamps and clean-
ing ef the flues, the barners should
be boiled once a, week in water con-
taining enough. • ,golddust washing
powder to make a. good suds. This „
will remove the oil and lea -de them
bright and clean. Polish ,with dry
lise none but the best oil, ancl tha
lamp should be kept full to insure a
good light. Keep the reflector—if it.
lias one—brightly polished. Do not
cut the wick, but taira it just above
the tube and rub off the charreci por-
tion with a match.
litINT '(1011 10001),
seftnei wc•.'11/4 have a 'land dianor at Ow NifennMi'
ILTes-e`Yes, 12 ueetally takes 113 ahout,kvo hours to liunt 2111,101."
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