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Exeter Times, 1901-9-12, Page 3000.04,`••••••••0—.-4, e:Yi'ish.h.sigh hi 'he:Xi *hi:41+h 44.:iihehoie sh he thili thiheloht.hihilliehihete *Koh Saa ea SiaSiee The day on which Mrs. Waldo de- . ge . ee, cided to go down to Iteev w.a,e that el+ A fixed for the dress rehearsal. The ..‘ . 5: e . The Untimely. 0.... 0, The' whole strength of the company piece WaS the barlesque • Aladdin. 1.0 was present, and the fun Promised ,,.. End of he to be fast and furious. The curtain ea had gone up, and the play had. be- .... -- . , ii: Joseph Devoe!, 4... gun, when Deb Surtees-he was to ge 'play the widow Twankay-eanie .out Os Sig of Is is dressing-rooin in the wing. no is oi. anch quite by accident of course., met September .is. the picnic and "fair"- ; • • • • G. G 0 0 • * • • • 1 • • • • ,A.401„ „•.• , , +O. .04 at,...,•0 ..ti •4,. • ••• + +. • • • .• • .• • 0 • • • 4.40.4 ••• ••• ..„0 V 044. 0.4 ...• •44. V 0.1•44•44•44•40 0,011410 0,„• 4 4 4 . 4 , . 4 , . , 4 • 4 SOO 0, VI 4,4 0,•0,064, .01 ly 4! 0.0 •40 +.0 0.,0•40. Aladdin -Helena. Waldo -on her way month. and sees most of the _outings downstairs. tace farmer's family takes during the SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING , "Amsterdam '?" cried Mr. Faske, They surdeyeci each other with year. The wife and mother is called C1IAihrielte3.-Securities vanish from spiingiog up from his .cliair. -These astonishment aud delighted laugh- upon to put up a good snarly lunch - the strong -room of eandetent, Dandy cursed bonds, shall I ever get hold ter. Bob eves gigantic in petticoatsi es during the thirty days. She is and Waldo, bankers. Mr. lsaske of of them ? Illbat is Mn. Van Zandt's and 1.a,d artfully contrived to give the one who is really best qualified Scotland Yard is called in to solve address, e'. himself the appearance of great to answer the question, Does it pay? the tuystery. There are two keys . "Muiderstraitt, No. 97 ; a roost height. Helena, on the contrary, and she may .be helpedto give an to the saran -mom -one held by mr- r respectable man and enormously looked a. merry, mischievous little afilrinetive auswer if she will heed Waldo. Partner, the other by M. rich." boy. sorae of •these suggestions. Surtees chief cashier. This latter. "I will just step over to Amster- oary child ! ray child I" cried Bob, la the first, place, don't make a lot has two -children. Bob mid Jose- dioun. said Mn. Faeke to himself, opening his arms ; and, before Het- of expenahre cake. Other things pliine. He reproaches Bob. W110 is: "and try to get a sight oif in. Van elm well knew whet he would be at, taste better at an al fresco meal. tut extravagant subaltern with as- - Zandt or the bonds." he had given her two sonorous Some .coae is desirable, hut not a piratimis .tik the hand of Helena , That same night he crossed tokissee, One on each cheek. great variety. It should be frosted Wald°. kit havlsg eallsuined ids 6iS- Hollow', and by noon next day had At that moment a figure came out in order' to keep it izoist. ' Cold ter's dowry to pay his gambling disembarked from the Rotterdani debts. Surtern le sespected of the of Mrs. Waido's bedroom, which lay chicken and cold ham are the nicest train in the Rhine railway station meats tett take. Provide a plenty of theft. Emilie croes-evamities ideggite, • at Amsterdam. on this side, overlooLing the garden, and was close to the spot where both. Let the ham stand in the wa- who furnishes a contract he ha:a, No. 07 was °say a small shop Bob and Helena had met. ter in which it is boiled until it is found f°r sale °I missing bonds t,° front, that of a dealer in curiosities, "We are observed !" cried Helena, cold and the meat will teat be dry When bare floors arc the vogue the Higgins he StuairThiseer, 1, he aSaS who WaS either in a very small way Lintraing, a broli•er, to trace the disengaging herself quickly. "Oh, and tasteless. If one wants to avoid scraping of chairs sometimes grates of business or Old not care to make Bob ! how could you do such a much show, eiyoheer Van Zaralt thing? She caught us nicely." a tiresoine day over the stove, just. on the nerves, especially when push - bonds. —get some cans of salmon, tongue and ed back front tables. Try coveriug made Puska a low bow, then looked "Who was it ?" baked beans. Then take, in a paper the feet of the chairs. with rubber CHAPThilt VIII. interrogatingly at hina hIsanclieete, the anura's' Frencb bag or a box, some lemons and to- tape. the detective rammed. "you are iu •ar hick. They remember all about these "Faskei" said M. Liam -dog. wiled "Mr. Ouggenheimer sent me," be- inaid." in Paste% cautiously._ isainanas ? "What have you hp.? 1 - the "What is she doing down here ?" sI can't think. I suppose the , able, and deviated eggs go off faster Prefer it white use boillog water. loathes to be cut up for garnishing. If you want a. sponge cake yellow, Hard boiled eggs are altways a.ccept- use cold water for mixing; if you bonds, and the man who brought Precious stones 7 it give YOUi „ 'mune' Is coming. Fanchette gen"' than hot cakes. Then you want al- Now why? them for sale." best price ; oo questions asoeu..erany precedes her... ives and a bottle or tWo of little When making Dutch clieese, instead "trim do they say it Wag ?" ,,Quiek. let one see !" "Do you think she sae' ?" .1 ••• '. -nto sell." said Fasteel .. pickles and several kinds oe sande of puttiag the sour milk on the "Mn. Ilrown-Mr. Joseph. Brown" ; 1 ho nothinge,, e„St„ „eit oiiii- ti, If she didn't elle Itearel. and I wichese-inal lots of them Pies are Stove. in Which Ca80 it is often over - "Slut Ileitis on the coutraet. Thertn-hluritly. '‘I' °1114Y w-""- - - "*... don't trust her a bit. She's Sure to generally "mussy ;" if nuy are car- Cooked, set it in a Pan of boiling Is no grout news in thut." !question about some property. I have 0 tell." pearance, and it coincides exactly perty here exeept wheel s MY ownh her tongue." an upper crust. "N -o • but then deeeribe- his ape!' -Whose Prollor-tY • - - "Po 1 . I'll- ' - 1 • t.' h lit ried let them be small ones, with water. After it curettes drain Oar - no nro- A good deal of the zest with awl cream. ()uglily and add salt. Peppei•, butter I Whose property, 1 say 7' The old with that of old Mr. Surtees." ?Scilly. Isancliette bail Made herself ' which WO approach a picnic dinner Timexpression. ou bought a. lot of Portuguese . 'Waldo called her, and thought her, teentation, and tho.t, in turn lies in , on the bps of women who pose as from morniog till night." is often "Pm on my feet h. "-dealer's Manner was no longer en - "He went openly. then. and wit i . ,indispausable to her mistrees. Mrs. depends upon the manner of its pre - out disguise ? What on old uss !" ! oehrYiaging- "Appal ently so ; and all you will I stock the other day ? " . a perfect, treasure. The clever, neat- aaye to do is to take .1111(leY Stlonal 44117 11 1 li 11 a n (1 e cl Isrenchwoulan Was a the packing of it. One should be being hard workers and pride them - y thorough adept at her business- provided with a quantity of paler selves on being martyrs. Every woe to Waldo's and see whether lle .'„ '"!". w tat if 1 i ii ? I Paid for per • ,• 1 , ,,,,i - lista IC I'lle111. 1.441Y1." 1 buy "" * . well-trained and skilful in every imPliins. parraffined paper. and the man likes to he thought a good van identify tie eaehier." • 1 , ••• • 9" "Bight 5. . are," . ' lute. little wooden or paper plates that manager. but the 'woman of whom with the air of a man who doesn't "Souse ofh them were stolen." old Jew. The thought that this redoubtable hioacc the iineu napleins grocers- and bakers use. These re- - that saying is true does not work want to he taught his busineee. -stolen 1" sbri(""led the , . person had surprised them in their ' "But there ie no hurry for that. e ,"Aun you wanti in0 to give them upr . billing i dishes that are so heavy dtoeacratrhryeli: maiiised"Xue Shaenld"wisvtsephsowbettfierectra°; don't expect. Sin -tees 'will run aivaii, . Ily the bleseed llintateueh, young and cooing rankled i H 1 -a e-esh Napkins and dishes. are to be thrown that. or he would have gone before this. 0,,ino. ;You've collie to the w rectly the rohearsal was over that ena's Mind. and she told Bob de -I away after using. and the baskets Dishcloths shoulti receive special track of the howls. and 80 1'11 lie . -I want to look at them. for A eheitehi t„ngue.. costs. are greatly lifehtened on the return - care during the bat weather and be The first thing is to get on the hnall.' must at 1l 4oirent only. to verify the numbers; ' •• 41 pourney. The parafilned paper. often washed .out, with a strong suds off to lieuolliet'e - Ilitetholopiew "If elle told the 'mum -oh. dear 1 i ewtrea.pped round eandwiches, cake.", of pearlioe and hot water and dried "Yak t I know You. You're a it would be dreadful I I believe the prevents them from drying •aut. 4 in the sun. The slide shotild be Court, I think Ily the way, did nothing more." Stammer say whin- was the' date of _ . Buiter may be carried; in a jelly scrubbed with hot borax eviller, and police officer. 1 vould swear to you •Iii.zeutricals ""ld be stopped, and glees. and by setting the glass iri a i hot copperas water turned down the tho sole ?" i suird turn you out of the house. "Yes." said Mn. laiimoinzir, refer- a Milo off. Go along; 1 1 shall show Oernall tin pail and then putting theta'. pipes. Look to it also that the i bonds. I have none. tfo away. , : "014 leave it to me," said Bob. , . rime to a slip of paper, "the thir- . at , „ .. . with as.surance. "Let's go and find , in a spring on the camp -grounds or i drains are not clogged. _ 1 1 4u - u ov • ' keeping it on the ice that one can '4 a teentli of Mew was Ilia., day on which tr." eatlY• go away • ion au i 1 heancbette... . they perted with the houda. There... '-“n ----- ' : •s- HVitnia led the way. and the two , Fenerally buy for a few ceuts, it is ! Shoult fairly ehrieleing with ,,roge. drove Mr. hosho oat of hie s . CARE OF TUE 'SKIN.. garb of the Widow. Helena as haf lemon • loor "thirel, quenchers" take it mud Keep to the good old rule of use nova you know ell eliout it." .; went. upstairs just as they were ; he In .o. usable condition. Ten minutes loam Me. Eastai en. 'elioll- tered the paiutiel premiees of the t With a liaavY heart tho ileiteetive./eineetlolen brothers ismotieb two Jew inoien ..wetet to the Statt House and asked — ain the sugar sitioichiVroenahy ainitai itcp.sttovoitnh../i ioll,iiivsoaotpurniti ir)t,er - oil. your face v Aladdin. On the landing k ..t ' iniNtAill Of 09111;.7:4 WENtith. for hop from the km. But he 1 htei ,p.i.i4ulaeiciidttoenliotoeiliAth,h.er motherie 4 „, or mo ot/it, In ttlYglosst orifi ice) Ivo._ 1 -i.. I gh , i i when you are in ,- the bands in Van Siantit's poesession '4 ...s aliene‘tens in I lee 1- • i 1 1 tl ' tdlelermli'san„dilrlicillvTipltelzliel;eolifsittlil.lee et snake mit no case. 'What if iu °,1, , •l'‘" Vivre thy detigtive told his Wei.; mail there."411she whise,„ ter makes your lemonade. A bottle ' flees. ae "W00% 1 think;conie along." !or lime ,u 8 elm% sonlheri but oul“ soothe its blistered seff and to re - en etolen in England ? Could 'Peredi "It's a Plitipie matter miough," oe "Isancliette, we wanted t„ „sit ttistO for lime juice 18 to most peca. 110 MUM, that the Meiniwer had stolen ,, gain the velvetie texture it lost dun- 1304said the dell:. wlieu he Lad taken ' you... pleaded exeleua. «to be so iple an acquired one ; to most ova ing the day. ' After the soap and wa- notes mid 300110.51 4-uid dates. outlet them 9 No ? Who had ? All ' nehhe could eeo _eh „ai. h,‘ ..s,. j..00(1. as to forget, that—" ers at first cm unpleasant flavor ter bath apply the cream marquise. l'h" 'ill i'il"04110 081) 111 g' i''' . `i" • "That little Mit& on the stuire • . • they describe as **musty." A. bottle. rubbing gently with the fiuger tips Wait 0110 moment. while I refer to - s il the books. . ' ' s• e went on Bob, with a porton- of cherry phosphate Costs little and Ti:en he left Mr, mote. outwardly Van Siandt wiii. not implica.ted in the ' '' ., - . • Milk to stimulate circulation and to help imperturbable, hut secretly cone hiast • pulated face ; at the 12CamiiLebse ctalrie•Te'cl.Pilre;4.11.eal:in.rairna-the ! , tous wink, width was irresistibly the skin throw off particles which it T110 officials of Amsterdam ;emnie 41I1 his iS constantly' shedding in its work sinned with the lienueet anxiety. • mune time he mann - sealding point and then erupt •iii it shrugged their shoulders. and IlIr. 1 • ged to slip half a ,Th ,1_ Ibat „ ,,; . 4 g of decay and renewing. In the morn - "Here you :nes" :add the clerk. eovereign Into the lady's niald's lilt • i a, i ge IntEt nas tt1.0 110021 tnor- 8008 4/%1,p/ening. and Mr. oasee.s Isanke vent back to 1,022(108 ft dip- 'hand oughly scalded. No otie wed be told ing dash cold water on the face. heart gave, 0 hound oe Joy. ..no the oppointi maa. v Kenai further • ! she i he • This is to brin the roe cheeks d the 00in andi how to nuinahe iced tea but for -a . 011 the denonement than ever, but "" "'a -ewe ' ' with In ' . ' that go so prettiter with sparklieg 130 of May last there was a trans- , . §unmoved face. said : !coffee -lover the eoffee pot. must be is.. action with Higgins and ietumper. • - • • p , , . , e . t . eves and fluffy tresses. Wei bought fifty CO bands. Porto- to hie quarry. Accordingly lie wait -ch b . *Monsieur is a. galant hounue. und • travelling coMPani011. • Before going outdoors powder the ed on the partners at the bank, to .- „,„ieen„ „„li, shouldo !prey to give Made- . • Part of the enio ment of a da in . Y y skin well, for a good powder acts as guese. at 023. delivered mune day put the whole ease before them. '''''a t"""' the woods or on the fair grounds an antiseptic and protects the skin for caeh-" "You will promise to hold your depends on how one is dressed. Ona from sun and wind. The moment 'rhea a reed-Wr• re il i II- tl , "Well. w( . go nn ." ftfa( r. • • —• . , you would-. doesn t want to look. shabby, but you come in use creme marquise 0*' Faske. breathkss with excitement ; Mr. Waldo with more reluctance-, tongue, then ? I knew milk, whichever one best to allow Emilie. accompanied. by Mr. :!and Helena. was on the point of giv- an elaborate costume is 1/1 the 'worst cucumber "and the numbere. levee you any Hildebrand Stumper, to take posC mg the rrolielt "laid a ki" Wile" a of taste. Looks as if one bad good ewes your Ann. In that way you record of them ?" outside the berths just as the mu- l ' clothes but no other place to wear voice at the door called out abrupt- should get through the summer nice - "To be 'sure we have They' aro ' roosoeihhhh. fif ty of them, from ployees entered it. From a secure liY, i, them. Necit but thick -soled shoes, a Iy, avoiding that 'trinity of troubles . k anchette ! hanthette 1 but unseen point of inspection every , "liens 1" cried the maid ; "it is ready-to-wear bat, a short skirt and oh.iii" t 0'1,091" ' one was eeen by them.a fresh shirt -waist pet on so it has e Madame. Run, run. Mon Dieu, if "Copped, by Jingo 1" shouted .. There he goes 1" sahl Hildy . she should lind you here. Run." some style about it, makes a suit- ral,'10, sPrIngIng to his feet, a"d. stninmr : nthat's Mr. Brown : that Helena, Without another word, able attire for suck an outing. Of BIRDS ON BATTLESHIPS. shipping his hand on las thigh. .itut old gentleman with the curly tvhite cauglit Bob's hand and rushed to an course, one inay -dress rather more whiskers 181(1 the iron -grey hair." inner door which -communicated with elaborately, elaborately, but white or gaudy and the detective soon inastered his ex- Faske. "I never hail a .shadow•of a had barely entered this before Mrs. though they are not infrequently gowns aro very inappropriate. Thousan Them Every Year. "Mr. Surtees, of eouree," said Mr. Mr. Wahlo's dressing-roone They suk ds of Pounds Spent on citement and ulna on with Ids busi- 21088. "You could swear, X suppose, to - doubt of it. It was be who sold the • Waldo WAS in her own room, seen. To be well dressed is to be British bluejackets have a. particu- the purchase of these bonds from bonds. To think that one is so near "Who was that 9" she asked quick- suitably •and becomingly dressed, and lar liking for birds of all plumes, Higgins and SAtinnpei. on that par- the end, and yet miss n. conviction 1 ll.' of hr maid. "Surely I caught the consciousness of looking well ellen especially for parrots. ticillar day ?" it's heartrending. 1 eban't end here, sight of a skirt. Have • any of my helps the enjoynaent of the day. The British Mediterranean Squad - "Certainly. They are people oh I swear ! My professional reput.a- daughters been here ?" The dainty white gowns are very ron carries the best customers in the , an Mdlle. Fanchette Appeared much pretty and nice when the wearer world to the bird fanciers of Soothe do not often deal with, and I cao tion Witt stake d I Must run lain Fee no other transaction with that • " in. e• . . Confused, but she shook her head starts out, but after a ride in the ern Europe, and in this one item . firm for at least three weeks before, . — ,vigorously. dust and a day of tramping about, alone t1 iousands of pounds are spent and not even then in Portuguese." CHAPTER IX. "Co on, Mamzelle '• tell me di- especially if a shower happens to "How came you to go to them, 111.:s. Waldo was heartily sick of rectly, who was it 9 But there -I come up, one looks draggled and may I ask ?" her amateur theatricals long before ' can see for myself." the night of the performance. They But the dressing -room was empty, shabby. "We didn't. They came to us. alley had paid cash for the bonds, turned the Rookery upside down, and Mrs. Waldo came back to the and wanted to realize their value at just when she wanted to livd in it ; maid. once. We took them because it hap- they developed too close an intimacy ' "I will know. Quick 1" paned just then that we had a large between her daughters and Mr. and Fancbette was wise enough to order to execute for a client of , Mrs. I3onastre ; and worse than all, yield to her mistress in small things, ours." !through them Bob Surtees and his and she was ready now with an "Then you have not got the bonds , sister had gained far too familiar a answer. still 9" 0:0 070 I:* •:* 47,0 •:‘• 0;0 070 I 1,L=UOTTEN WEALTII. *******V4*** HON1 -4 ************ THE PICNIC. blespoonful of eurry powder and one pint of good clear soup stock, let cook until the 'Onions are tender. A.dd one cupful of sweet cream, thicleenod with a, teaspoonful of ar- rowroot or rice flour; let simmer a few minutes, then add eight learn - boiled eggs, cut in slices; heat them well, but do not boil. Serve on thin slices of nicely toasted bread. Baked oysters. -Select large, fine oysters, mai wash their shells thor- oughly by scrubbing with a brush. Place tha oysters in a baking pan in a very bot eveni bake until the shells open. Remove the upper shells add a, little butter, season eack oys- ter with salt and. pepper and serve very hot in the under shells. Surdine Omelet. -Select five line sardines, thoroughly skeet, and Pince three of them in frying pen with an ounce a butter. and let cook two minutes. Beat well six eggs, season with a pinch of salt and a little pep- per, and add to them the hot sar- dines finely chopped. Make an ome- let and fold the remaining two sar- dines on the inside. Serve hot. FOR THE HOUSEKEEPER. -tan, sunburn and freckles. 1 footing 311 the house. She had never "Ts it likely, Mr. Faske ? Jobbers :liked any of the Surtees family. don't always buy stock to keep, or •• Old Mr. Surtees, 318 e. contemporary where *would our profits be ?" lof her husband's, reminded her of the • "But you know what became of days when the partner was still only them, I suppose 9" asked *Mr. Faske 'a clerk, and when Waldo and she anxiously, as though the clue WaS • were at the bottom, not the top, of beginning to evade him again. !the social ladder. She had still "Yes, here is theientry, 'Twenty- • stronger reasons for personally dis- five thousand Portuguese sold to J. Inking both brother And sister. Mrs. CauggenhebnerS The bonds you are . Waldo was an ambitious woman, after were amongst them." I and naturally eager that her dough- hileaske thanked the clerk, and pre- eters should marry well. It seemed sently found himself closeted in the; as if Clara bad really had a chance back parlor of a pawnbroker's shop at one time of scouring Sir Richard in Houndsditch. When he. reached Daunt. But it WaS still more cer- the inner penetralia of the premises Jain that she had been interfered it was plain that they had been re- , with, if not quite cut out, by cently swept and garnished in his Josephine Surtees. Clara, wild honor, and old Guggenheimer, who I with jealotisy. and despair, brought had put on, his best coat to receive back to her mother many inaliCieus. him, cringed and bowed low. !highly -colored stories from Kei Of "An old 'fence,' I expectu said the bold, barefaced way Jos' Faske to himself. "They know me , and Sir Richard went on ; L Mrs. and they are not on the square." 1Waldo grew very wroth at, the "What can I do for you. Mishter Faske ? I have done nothing "That girl ought never to have wrong, Whelp me. Why can't .your , been asked to play. Can't you get police leave us quiet people alone ?" ;rid of her ?" inquired Mrs. Waldo, "Who said you had 9 But you're indiguantly. eafe enough this journey, if you will "If we did, Mr. Surtees would not only tell xne what I want to. know. l play althea and we cannot do with - Von bought about the middle of last out him," replied Clara ; odding, • raorith."--Foske ostentatiously took.' maliciously, "at least so Helena out his pocket -book, consulted it 'says." leisurely, 'and slowly went on- I "Heine. 1" cried Mrs. Waldo, wax - "bought twenty-flve thousand Pore. ing furious. "Is it possible that tuguese bands from Messrs. Be - none' 9" . "Ish that all ?" • "What . did . .you do with the bonds I" • "Da with thein ? Passed there on to their owner, to be pre:" "May I askhis neme 9" . "The rarson I bought 'cm for there is anything between him and that foolish girl 9" . "I will . know,' went on Mrs. Waldo, wilco Clara shook her head and remained„ demurely silent, -"I will know' at once, If there is aoy- thing it must be pot an end to be- fore it has gone too foe." Then 5110 resolved to teanseer her itlernelius Vati. Zandt, of Amster- residence 16 the Rookery, notwith- standing its diseomforts. "1 ha.ve but just entered myself. when I saw some one leave your room in a hurry. I think it was-" "Yes, yes. Who ?" "Miss Surtees." What prompted the woman thus to put the sister- in her brother's place ? Did she feel bound to screen Bob now she had taken his bribe ? If so, why at .his sister's expense ! °I never' heard of sucb effrontery. Miss Surtees enter my bedroom ! it's really a most surprising piece of impertinence." Mrs. Waldo fretted and fumed about the room for the next hour. She could not leave the subject. The matter must be sifted to the bottom, Mr. Waldo rnust exercise his author- ity over the cashier. The Surteeses must be forbidden the house. When she conveyed her wishes to her husband that uight, he seemed strangely reluctant to take any action. It was unnecessary, he thought ; the thing would settle it- self. Perhaps Fanchette had made some mistake. It must have been one of the other servants. What could bring Miss Surtees to that r art of the house ? "That's enore than I can tell at present. Rot Iisitin determined to find out Mr. Waldo; with Or without your help, It is my belief that those Surteases are a, disreputable lot." Mr. Waldo put up his hand in de- precation of this sweeping remark,. Yet what could he say 9 Only that afternoon he had yielded on the point of the search -warrant, and Mr. Surtees' desk and drawers at the ofhce, if necessary his house at Chiswick, were to be fully examined • whenever the police felt so diSposed. (Ta 13e Continued).- • TESTED RECIPES. 13y Jane E. Clennnens. Onion Fritters. -Take the stewed onions left from a previous meal (about half a, pint) with consider- able juice. Add one beaten egg, one cupful of sifted flour, it half tea- spoonful of baking powder, and mix thoroughly. Drop spoonfuls into hot lard and fry brown. Thoy should be very stiff and when nicely cooked are delicious. Cornmeal Crunspets.-Two cupfuls of rich milk, one beaten egg, a ta- blespoonful of silt, a teaspoonful of baking powder and enough corn- meal to make a rather stiff batter. Heat and grease the gem pans, 1111 hall full and bake, Pried Salt Fish.a-Soak salt cod- fish over night with the skin up- ward. In the morning let it boil until the skin slips ott easily, re- move the bones, place in a wire bas- ket, and plunge it late hot fat. Let boil three ininutes. Take op on hot platter, garnish with parsley, and serve at once. Fish Croquettes. -Take one cupful of any kind of bold cooked fish. Re- move the skin and bones and flake. fnie. Add a pice of butter the size of a walnut, a. little finely minced onion and, about a. quarter of a cup o1'old mashed potatoes. Season with salt and pepper, moisten with creeni and tenet into croquettes. Brush with beaten egg, roll in grated bread and fry a nice brown in hot fat. Baked • Eggs. -Slightly butter a baking dish large enough to hold the required number of eggs, placed one beside another. • Carefully break the eggs, taking- care to keep the yolks intact. Season to taste. Cook for one minute. on a hot stove, then place theni in the oven for two min- utes. Serve hot. Curried Eggs. --Slice two onions and fry in butter; 'add an even ta- eie every year by British sailors in gassing through the Mediterranean. Birds forin the majority, but are by 80 121031128 the sole representatives brought home from the Continent and elsewhere. Monkeys and even larger animals are included emong the live stock pets of our handy men. As an example of the huge number of birds brought to England on board British ships of war it is only noceSsary to cite one case, although it is no exaggeration to say that hundreds of instances could he given. Quite recently the first claes cruis- er Europa arrived in England from the Australian station. Between Sydney and Gibraltar the crew - numbering about eight hundred men -brought no fewer than six hundred birds of all kinds, and almost half that number of cages. In nearly every cabin, and in almost, every nook and -corner of the huge ship Jack was to be found teaching Pretty Poll its A B 0, or listening to its sad or joyous song, as the case may be. One thing is quite cer- tain. Jack treats his feathered pets just as he would- like to be treated himself, and if. we could only get his parrot to -tell us its eaperionces we shOuld quiteexpect to hear that a bird's life on a man -o' -war numbers among the meet pleasant days of its, life. Jetile \Le - CW.. - •e• . 4f,k4111j, ..i, /4,-4,,,.... v,ly,1 Vf......:1 ,..... 1.;„,,.. l”- ,it..A.• filik (.-Vi . • 4 ere "Don't you carry something with you to be of aid in case you are bit- ten?" "Most certainly, sahib; I always keep by me a sum s-ufficient to Italy PRINCESS CIIESIISE. za to 40 bust. The garment that slips on over the bead and requires neither but- tons no*' buttonholes makesa, marl:- • ed feature of present styles and pos- sesses many advaotages. The very pretty chemise' shown is essentially pramtical as well as attractive. .and can be worn over tlie coreet. serving • the double purpoee of corset cover • and short .skirt. The original is made of nainsook with trimming of German Valenciennes lace. but easit- bi•le, lolig cloth and mull are- all; used with lave or rieealeworte as pre- , ferred. 1 The Ada and bodice are cut in ! . one, but are rendered shapely by means of curved under -arm seams. and are drawn in at the neek mid • iraist line with ribbons run through beading that is applied over the ma- terial. At the lower edge a deep -frill is seamed to the skirt that may 'be omitted. To cut this cliendee for a woman of medium size 3 yards of material , 30 inches wide Will lte l'1411111114. With 7 yards of insertion. 8 yroels of beading. 3 yards of wide edging, and ,1 :garde of niarrow edging to trim 313 illustrated. x4Nrs FOR LINERS. There are no laundries on board ship; they take up too much room. . So the chief steward lays in thou- sands of pillow -slips, sheets, and 1towe1s. These come on board tied up in bales of a dozen each, and are stored in the linen locker, a. cubby- hole of it plaeo on the main deck. The ventilator pipes from the en- gine -room run through it and keep it hot. Tbere is no danger of linen getting mildewed there. The linen which has been used is thrown into another room, provided with the same atmosphere, and is so kept thoroughly dry. Where there are clean napkins epery day, frequent changes of state -room linen, and an everlasting replenishing of towel racks, the demands upon the line locker are very extensive. A liner like the Campania puts to sea, with about 9,000 serviettes, 10,000 tow- els, -6.000 or 7,000 sheets, 8,000 pil- low -slips. and about 1,000 table- cloths. Most of these find their way to the soiled linen locker in the course of the voyage. When the ves- sel arrives they are carted off to a laundry. sia-.0see, Chef Umbago-"Your Highness, waich one will you have served first, the master or his servant?" Xing, Calaivumpley-"Let the ser- vant come first. I always was a man of domestic tastes." POPULATION OF GERMAN TOWNS. The recent Germaa census shows there aro now thirty-three towns in the empire with a population of over 100,000, exactly the same num- ber as in the British Isles. Five years ago there wore twenty-six, and -at the establishment of the empire in 1871 only eight. Thirteen towns have it population of over 200,009_ against eighteen' in the British Isles ; while • seven have over 300,000, a.gaiost nine in the United thing_do_ni. HARDENED TO PRIVATION. Jimson-"What niakes you think Scribbles would make a good North PoeexPal%ule' lester-nLse being a poet he 'is hardened to privation. roowgi..11 YONARCIFS LAST WORDS. DEATH -BED REMARKS OF ENG- LISH KINGS. Charles' 1, Said iilteraerriberlii..... William. XI. Cried Out, tiCase Th fs Last Long?" There is something that towhee the hearts of all people in tlie lash, simple words of Charles 11. "Don't let poor Nelly starve." "Poor Nel- itiacin;ielwsyea.ast Nasnetc11,1 AC:fivaurfisdn.per. eferillielgde-ugehl More ntySterious-UnOanny, 0.11n0St -was that attributed to his father. Charles I., who, just before he lai4. hie bead on the block, alaculateh, addressiog Juxon, Arclibisliop of Canterbiny, the single word, 'Ree member!" Speculation has been rife for over two centuries es to the ex- act meaning which ought to be at- Lapehlanedattioont•IdasnThe most probable d one whieh has been adopted by most historians, is that Charles, who was at heart a Cathela lc, felt persuaded that his iniseortima es were a. Divine visitation oo hini for retaioing the church property confiscated by Henry VW.. and. hail made a vow that. if God would re-' store him ,to the throne, be would give back this property" -to the Church. This vow. may be seen ha the Britisla Museum. His injunction to the Archbistiop was to remember the vow, and enjoin his eon Charlea to carry it out. Of the Queext'S inunediate eroWned ancestors, the Ian Words or George IV. ouly have been preserved. "Wat- ty." he said to his favorite page. Sir Wathen Waller--"Watty, what is this? It, is death, my boy. They have deceived me." William 111. cried out in agony, "Can this lest long?" 'The Word!, were addressed to his physician. the King suffering at the time from Lot31ICENCIaLnAlt-D?1' isAIIT.ofFceien11,110 Emperor Vespasian are both credited with the same last, words -"A king should die standing." The formeee ancestor. Louis XIV., joked with his attendants. "Why weep you?" he aesized. "Do you think I should Ihre forever? I thought dying had been harder." Ills successor's lest words are historical. "Frenchmen." he cried from the ecaPlold. "I die gian- tess of the crimes imputed to Me. Pray God. Any blood fall not on FrAtigieel 71oleyto on the scaffold. mur- mured, just before the ase fell; "My nee!): is very small." Charles IX. of France. in whose reign. occurred the terrible St. Bartholomew inaeeacre shouted loudly: hNuree. ourae, what murder -what blood! Oli, I have done wrong! God pardon nee!" Tlie unhappy Maximilian's last thoughts were of his wife. "Poor Carlotta 1" he ejaculated, as Ile faced the firing party. Murat, King of Nuples, cried to the men ap- pointed to Shoot him: "Soldiers save my face, aim at my heart. Fare- wellilitc;ard I. of England was gener- ous and forgiving In dying as in liv- ing. To Bertrand de Gourdon, who sbot bins with an arrow at Chalus, he said. "'South I forgive you. Then, to his attendants he added: "Take on his chain. give hin* one f hundred shillings and let blin go." Richard III., the moment before Ireceiving his fatal wound at the bat - 1 • I " d• "TREAS.301S1 TREASON!" This on seeing his best men desert him to join the standard of Rich- mond, afterwards Henry VIII. There is a flavor of mystery at- taching to the dying utterance •of the Czar Alexander 1II.: "This box was presented to me by the Emperor (sic) of Prussia." His ancestor Alexander T., apologised, like Ches- terfield, for being so long in dying, his last words -"You must surely 130 tired." -being addressed to his wife Elizabeth. Something of the same spirit pro- ba.bly actuated Cromwell, who, when refreshment was pressed upon him, gad simply: "My design is to make what haste I can to be gone." And so he died. This is exactly the reverse of Queen Eliza.beth's: "All ray possessions for. ' a moment of time!" Henry VIII.'s dying cry of, "All is lost! Monks, monks, monks!" *nay or may not be authentic. James V. of Scotlaudis last utterance was a. prophecy, •and a. true one: "It (the crown of Scotland) came with a. lass and will go with a lass." This he said when, on his deathbed, *he was informed the Queen had given birth to a daughter -the -future Mare Queen of Scots. LICENSES FOR BOOKSELLERS. I1 sounds like the "good old times" of the newspaper tax and other drawbacks to popular educa- tion to read that a license is re- quired to poen a. bookseller's shop, yet this is actually the case in Aus- tria. The authorities are evidently afraid that if the people read they will insist on takixig a larger &sore in their own government, so all ob- stacles are thrown in the way of public enlightenment front the peru- s.-..1 of hooks and papers. There is a suburb of Vienna with 120;000 in- lia.bitants, and a Man of good char- acter recently applied for a. license to open a bookseller's shop ; the authorities refused it, alleging that there was not sufficient demand in. the suburb,and that the public in- terests would not be served. theiieby. Yet there is no such shop in the district. Vienna, is one of the most illiterate cities in Europe. It has a few newspapers', but very few books are published there, and no Austrian author of . any repute is to be fouild. Johai, Whose name is well-known all over the world, is .a Hungarian. TRAILING SKIRTS CONDEMNED. . The city authorities. of Vienna • haye condemned the rise of trailing skirts in publiceiplocee, on hygienic- • grounds, beikaufie they sweep in thgia dust. Sign*' notifying Women not - to wear them have been put up in. the parks and public gardens, and if this does ei answer the pus -pose it is propoEsQd tiO odd a fine.