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Mi lillOi iTHEWEWELLEOiTAUMN _ . _ . _ _ _ tBY : _ _ _ IVSRS. CAROLSNE ORNEi mmm CHAPTER III. ( Continued. ) As Mr. Walworth finished speaking , the clock commenced striking eight. It was the hour for family worship , and as the last stroke died si way , Joseph Wsilworth , a hoy of thirteen , with the dark complex ion and sedcite countenance of his father , nnd his brother Benjamin , two years rounder , with bright curling hair , and eyes , full of the same cheerful light which lieanwd from his mother's , entered the room and quietly took their si--its on a low hcncli : i little apart from the others. They were followed by the subordinate members of the household , all of them demeaning themselves in nu orderly , quiet manner. When all were seated. Mr. Walworth. removing little Ella from his knee , and telling her to go to her mother , drew his hair to the table , on which lay a large Bihle. It had been brought to this coun try in the Maylloner. A ihapter was selected , which he read with a counte nance expressive of earnest devotion , and a voice deep-toned and full of solemn fervor. The rending of the chapter was followed b.a . prayer , and during the per formance of each , the different demeanor nnd a.spect of the auditors might have formed an interesting .study to a specta tor. Mildred Dacres now ami tlien winked at Falkland , who in return .smiled deris ively. But it was in vain that either of them attempted to catch the eye of Ilar- Icigh. There was to him. whose emo tional nature was more earnest nnd pro found than theirs , something touching , even .sublime , in the simplicity with which all was conducted , which could not fail to Inspire a feeling of reverence. "Tarry the night with us. Gabriel. " said Mr. Walworth. when , as the clock struck nine , he rose to go. "I came for that purpose. " he replied , "but now I don't feel fully satisfied in my own mind. It might have been a temptation. " j As he said thi < = . his eyes suddenly di- i lated , and for a moment were fastened ' upon Clarence Harleigh. burning with the same fierce dare us when they rested on him in the earlier part of the evening , as he stood at the threshold. i "You are too scrupulous. " said Mr. worth. "It surely can't he amiss for you to sleep beneath the same roof with those who differ from us ? " j * "It Hn't that it isn't that. " he said. ' jlxurriedly : and then walking up to Alice , i ne-seized Ijer hand. "AHcet" said he. "you j stand oil the Drink o'f perdition. Ifour feet slip , remember that I didn't neglect to warn you. " "I don't know what you mean. " said Alice , attempting to withdraw her hand Srnm his viee-iijja gro " : > lC ( ni'e so dull as those that won't understand. Thjs very evening , you gave a pleased ear to Hie honeyed words of one who. being not with ii . is against us. I was near at hand and heard all. " "Then you've been acting the part of the eavesdropper. " "If I have , it was in the way of duty. I Once more F warn you to avoid the un- { godly Harleigh. and woe to you and him if yon neglect to pay heed to what I say. " "Gabriel Guthr.v. " said Mrs. Walworth , who stood near. "I don't know what is in your mind , but as you have taken it upon you to warn Alice. I take it upon myself to warn you. and not mistake fanaticism for religion. " Gabriel stood in a musing attitude a few moments , and then abruptly left the room. " How strange he seems. Aunt Esther ! " said Alice. "He makes me afraid. " "I don't think that he means ; my harm. " replied her aunt , "but he needs checking. I will speak to your uncle I about it. " m All present had by this time risen , in order to separate for the night , nine o'clock , in those primitive days , being the customary hour for retiring. "Harleigh. " said Mildred , as she pass ed him. "I shall leave here to-morrow moraine early. " "Not before breakfast ? " "Yes : soon after sunrise. " "Shall you walk home ? " "No ; I shall cross the bay in the little ranoe in which I am accustomed to cross it. " "And do you not fear the water , after what look place yesterday ? " "Why should I ? I have crossed the bay in the canoe a hundred times , and if some one the Indian girl , 1 * suppose. I have heard called Bird-Voice hadn't made free with it yesterday , I shouldn't have been obliged to employ Silas Wat- kins , and then the accident might not have happened. You must hunt it up. and have it ready for me at the foot of the stone steps. " "Your command shall be obeyed. " was Harleigh's reply , though it did not es cape Mildred's quick eye or ear that the promise was reluctantly given. The time which he would be obliged to devote to the required service would have enabled him to speak a few words to Aiice , who was an early riser , and * he more he thought of it the more he felt determined to have what Mildred had in sinuated respecting Falkland either cou- lirmed or denied by her own lips. Though , ns has been said , Mildred saw that Har- leiglfs promise was given with reluc tance , she felt no disposition to release him. The few moments it would give Jier alone with him for she intended to be in season to meet him at the foot of the steps she could , as she believed , turn to good account. "My sweet Alice , " said Mildred , encirc ling her waist with her arm , as they left the room , "don't put me into the spare chamber ; let me share yours. " "But the spare chamber will accommo date you so much better. " "No matter ; your company will more than make up for any lack of accommo dation ; so remember that to-night , and all future nights I may spend here , I nm determined to share your room. " CII APT EII IV. Morning had scarcely began to kindle hf > re > in the east when liarloigh rose. Soon afterward he lef. . the house , and di rected his steps towards that part of the hay. opposite a lodge , where dwelt the Indian maiden alluded to by Mildred. He ! did not notice Gabriel Guthr.v , who was , i approaching the house by a different path from the one hf had taken. Alice had risen , and was at her cham ber window. Tho. .i MIC soon lost sight j of Ilarleigh. she could see Gabriel Guth- ry , as he glided in and out among the trees. A feeling of dread fell upon her j as she recalled what he said to her the j previous evening , for the thought occur red to her that he was following Har- leigh with some evil design , as she saw him stealing cautiously along in a direc tion nearly parallel to the path taken by her lover. She had already thrown a short cloak over her shoulders , with the half-formed intention of following him. and by her presence defeat any sinister purpose which he might have formed against Ilar leigh , when Mildred , whom she imagined to be still sleeping , suddenly roused her self. "You are preparing for an early walk this morning , my dear Alice , " said she. "I half suspect that there's a lovers' ap pointment to fulfill. " "I can assure you there is nothing of the kind , " she replied. "You are merely tempted by the beauty of the morning. I suppose , then ? " Alice , who still stood close to the win dow , instead of answering her , bent eag erly forward , having , through an opening among the trees , again caught a glimpse of Gurhry. whom , for a few moments , she had lost sight of. Mildred was at her side in an instant , and in time to see a man holding aside the branch of a tree , as if to prevent it" intercepting the view of some object. Alice hurried from the room. Mildred waVhed hr from the window , and saw her hasten to the woods , which she entered , and soon disappeared. "I should begin to think. " said she to herself , "that what 1' told Ilarleigh con cerning her and Falkland has some truth in it , if I hadn't seen that steeple-crown ed hat looming up in the morning mist. It cannot be that she has taken a fancy Jo the grim Gabriel. Compared with him. Mr. Walworth is a pattern of refine ment and affability. But never mind. Falkland or Guthry. I can make equally to subjjerve my purpose. She might have staid long enough to arrange my hair. " And she went to the looking glass , which was about the bigness of a couimoii-sixcd window pane. Before commencing the unwonted task , * she opened a small pearl box whicl sat on the table. "I thought this \\-i.s where .she kept Harleigh's gift when she didn't wear it. " said she. as one of those rare opals , whose lively play of colors makes it one of the most precious of gems , met her view. As she removed it from the box. the sun darted his first beams in at the Avindow. and kindled it into a dazzling brilliancy. "I am half a mind to make sure of it now. " she added. For a mo ment she stood irresolute , and then re turned it. "No : it will be premature. The broad Atlantic must roll between him and Alice when she mi < ses ir. or an explanation will make all right between them. " were the thoughts which passed through her mind. Alice , after entering the woods , stop ped and looked in the direction where she liad last seen Gabriel. lie was nowhere in sight , but just as she was about to again move forward , she heard a slight crash , like the breaking of a dead limb. It was not long before she came in sight of the man. Gabriel's usually pale face was now pale to ghastliness. He stood as if root ed to the ground , with his eyes glaring still more fiercely than when , the pre ceding evening , they fell on Ilarleigh. Alice was near enough to see that they were fastened on some object at TIO great distance. All at once she heard voices. One of them was Harleigh's. the other a sweet , girlish voice , which she knew was the Indian maiden's , who dwelt in the lodge hard by. At that moment. Gabriel Guthry chang ed his attitude , and then she saw that he held a rifle in his hand. He partly raised it. and Alice , springing forward , Avas about to utter a cry of warning , when he suffered it to fall back again to its former position. "A curse on the ungodly cavalier , and on the little copper-colored heathen by his side. 1 should have had him if it hadn't beon for her , " said Gabriel , in a voice quivering with rage. The next moment lie turned and plung ed deeper into the woods , while Alice , with an unuttered prayer of thanksgiving in her heart , pressed close to the fur ther edge of the woods , that with her own eyes she might see that Ilarleigh was safe. At a little distance , the wat ers of the bay broke on a beach of hard , silvery sand , and Harleigh. in a tiny canoe which would hardly have afforded space for the accommodation of a sec ond person , and which Alice knew be longed to Mildred Dacres , was just push ing off from the shore. Bird-Voice , with the golden arrows of the sun glancing in and out among her ebon hair , which was ornamented with a wreath of delicate and many-colored shells , and with lips parted wiUi a smile , stood-in , , front of a rude though pictur esque lodge , watching him. Harleigh waved his hand to her , and then applied himself diligently to paddling his canoe. In a few minutes he rounded the head land , and could see that Mildred was standing on the upper step , awaiting his arrival. She was skillful in the science of atti tudes , and the haughty grace of her mag nificent , almost Amazonian beauty , was now artfully softened and toned down , in a way which she knew would be fsiscinat- ing to Harleigh. Her pensive air , ii striking contrast with the sparklingm breezy freshness of morning , produced i favorable impression. "A lovelj' morning , " said she , in a ofi and sad tone of voice. "Exhilarating , too. is it not ? " said liar leigh. while at the uiiiu time he remari ed that her countenance wore an expres sion of melancholy. "It should be , I suppose , " was her re ply ; "but the truth is , my spirits are toe much depressed for me to be alive to thf cheering influences of nature. " "What causes the depression ? Has anything happened ? * ' "I believe I should answer you in the negative ; for why should it affect me thus , even if Alice is guilty of an indis cretion ? " "What second indiscretion has she been guilty of ? I thought her eagerness last evening to act upon Falkland's hint was enough for the present. " "Nothing very serious. I am foolish for letting it affect me thus. But then , you know she is the same to me as a dear sister. " "Tell me what she has done. " "That for which I. at least , should hardly blame her. She took an early walk , and so have I. T expected to meef you. and she. no doubt , knew very well who the one was that was waiting in the woods , though the distance and the morn ing mist , still hanging round , prevented me from having a distinct view of him. " "It was Falkland. " "I dont say that it was. " ITarleigh sprang from the canoe , and Mildred , descending the steps , took his place. "You are not afraid to cross alone ? " said he. "Not on such a smooth sea as this. " With a graceful inclination of the head , Mildred turned away , and the next mo ment was darting lightly over the blue waters. Ilarleigh did not move from the spot where she had left him. "Harleigh. " His name was spoken in a low , sweet voice , and a hand , at the same moment , was laid timidly on his arm. He turned at the sound of his name. "You are abroad early , " said he. "Yes. I have sought you to tell you that you are in danger , and may be still. " "If danger threatens any one , I should think it was you rather than me. " "O no ; 1 have nothing to fear from him. " "You think he likes you too well for that ? " 'It may be that he does. " "You own it. then ? " "Should I conceal it , what reason could I give you for his attempting your life ? " "Attempting my life ? " "Yes. " "How ? When ? " "This morning ! not an hour since. Had not Bird-Voice been close by your side , he would have shot you with his rifle. " "I had little opinion of Gilbert Falk land's morality , but I didn't think him bad enough to attempt a person's life. " "It isnt Falkland that I mean. " "Who can it be , then ? " "Gabriel Guthry. " "And you didn't meet Falkland in the woods this morning ? " "Neither in the woods nor elsewhere. " "It was Guthry you went to meet ? " "No not to meet , hut to watch him. " And Alice related to Harleigh those incidents of the morning already known , and how her fears for his safety had taken alarm , in consequence of what Guthr.v had said to her the preceding evening. "I have wronged you , Alice. I have suspected you without sufficient cause , " said Ilarleigh , when she had finished her recital. "Of what have you snispected me ? " she inquired. "Of preferring Falkland to me. " "It was indeed without cause. " "Have you forgotten that at his re quest you released this beautiful hair from its bondage ? It was a request I shouldn't have ventured to make , even though half-hour before had a you per mitted me to believe that you preferred me above all others. " "He never made any such request , and if I was not sorry that Mildred refused to restore the ribbon which , at the mo ment we were about to enter the room , she playfully snatched from my hair , it was because I hoped what I believed to be my improved appearance would please , not Falkland , but you. " "Can what you say be possible ? " " 1't is true. " "I believe you. my sweet Alice. I have been basely deceived. " He was about to tell her the way and manner , when Gabriel Guthry. whose approach had been concealed by some bushes , suddenly stood before them. ( To lie continued. ) How a He < ls : < * ho < ; Fights a Snake. "Several years ago I was an inter ested spectator at a combat between a hedgehog and a huge black snake , " said AV. D. Ingraham of Memphis re cently. "I came ujxin the scene just as the hedgehog began the attack up on the snake , which was lying stretch ed out on the road asleep. The hog advanced cautiously upon the reptile and soiled its tail in its mouth , giving it a sharp bite. Then he quickly with drew a few feet. and. rolling himself into a compact spiny ball , awaited de velopments. The snake , upon being thus rudely awakened , turned in fury upon its antagonist , striking the hog again and again with its fange. The wily hedgehog , securely intrenched within its spiny armor , remained per fectly motionless all the while , allow ing the snake to keep up the attack. At every stroke the jaws of the snake Avbuld become filled with the spines , until at last , exhausted and bleeding from dozens of wounds caused by the needle-like spines of the hog. the snake gave up the battle. This was evident ly what the hedgehog was waiting for , as he immediately proceeded to roll over the snake again and again until he had completely disemboweled his victim. " Densely Populated British Parish. Islington ( London ) is the mast dense ly populated parish in the United King dom. A return just Issued by the med ical officer shows that at the present time there are 112 persons living on each acre , as against G8.S persons at Bolton , which ranks next on the list The good or evil we confer on others often recoils on ourselves. Fielding. Science AH" s , . vention With his electro-magnetic gun , Pro fessor Birkeiand , w..o has been ex periinentiug at Christiana , expects tc hurl one thousand-pound projectiles much farther than they can be thrown by explosives. All the blood in the human bodj passes through the heart in aboul three minutes. The heart beats seven ty times a minute , 4,200 times an hour , 100,800 times a day , throwing out 2\ { ounces of blood a second , 05G pounds an hour , 7 % tons . - . ! ay. It is only when supplied with pure , rich blood that the heart , an organ six inches long by four inches wide , can accom plish this enormous amount of work and rebuild its own wasted tissues. In an account of the recent survey , under British government auspices , of the Maldive and Laccadive Islands in the Indian Ocea.i , the habits of some of the hermit-crabs that inhabit them are described. These animals , it is said , were once inhabitants of the sea , but have forsaken the sea and taken to living on the land. They , however , retain the habit of protecting the ab domen with some hard shield or cov ering , and one of the pictures illustrat ing this peculiarity , in the published report of the explorations of the isl ands , shows a crab which has taken possession of a broken cocoanut shell , and is traveling t.bout with the vulner able part e * its body safely ensconced therein. Recent experience shows that sci ence should go hand in hand with colo nization in the development of new countries , and often it should be the pioneer. Sir Harry Johnston avers that the British government might have saved as much as $2,500,000 in the construction of the Uganda Rail way if it had previously expended $100,000 in enabling men of science to investigate the geology , climatology , botany and other scientific aspects of the region. Germany and France have shown an appreciation of the great utility of such investigations in the settlement and exploitation of their colonial possessions. Every day the practical value of branches of science commonly regarded rss almost purely intellectual in their claims to attention is being demonstrated. Evidences of the gradual revival of solar activity , as manifested by the presence of dark spots on the face of : he sun , are becoming more numerous * ind conclusive. It is considered cer tain that the sun has now passed the minimum of the spot period , and dur- ng the present year many spots may be seen. The increase of a sun-spot period is more rapid than its subse quent decline. The minimum just pass ed has been somewhat long-drawn-out , ind the return of the spots has been iwaited for a year. In March the tirst spots bearing all the traits of those that belong to a new period were'seen n the sun's northern hemisphere , in atitude 2. ) degrees. It is characteris tic of a new period that its tirst spots appear far north or south of the equa tor , while at the end of a period they ire near the equator. WHERE HE WAS GOING. The Western Bully Decide' ! He Was GoiiiK to Get Off. The following story of how a bully vas subdued on a railroad train by a ourageous conductor is told in the Baltimore Sun by I ) . E. Monroe of the { altimore bar. Mr. Monroe was com ng eastward over the Atchison llail- oad one night in the fall of 1877. The rain stopped at Dodge City , which was hen the most important point for the hipment of cattle in southwest K-in- as. Some of the worst characters on he frontierd made their headquarters here. A number of passengers of the true frontier type boarded the train. Among them was a fellow who par ticularly attracted my attention be ta use of his burly form and coarse , and I could not but think , cowardly fea tures. He wore a suit of buckskin pro fusely adorned with a fringe of the same material. "Bully" was written in liis unattractive face and was shown in his every movement. The conductor of the train , a very courteous and efficient man , rather small of stature , named Bender , some time after leaving Dodge City , came Jirough the car , collecting cares , lien- tier had some nasal trouble , which made it appear Avhcn he spoke that he ivas talking through his nose. He Irawled out his words very slowly , and altogether his utterances were rather Iroll. He approached the Dodge City bully and asked for his ticket. "Got no ticket , " he said surlily. "Where are you going ? " drawled Bender. "Goln' where I please , and it's none if your business where I'm goin' , " re plied the bully. "You've got to pay your fare or gel off this train ; and I want to know how far you're going , " again demanded Ben- tier. tier."I "I tell you I'm not tellin' you or any one else where I'm goin' ! " replied the bully , at the same time placing his : right hand on one of the two revolvers of large caliber conspicuously display ed In his belt. The bully during the colloquy had emphasized his words with the coars est profanity. The other passengers in the car , became a Uttle excited , and were evidently curious to see what the end would be. When the bully thus threateningly gave his ultimatum Bender eyed him molly for a moment In silence , then ; iassed on , collecting his fares. In per * haps half an hour Bender came into tht car from the direction of the express car with a double-barreled shotgun cocked , and before the bully had rime to offer any show of defense Bendei had him covered , the muzzle of the gur being within two feet of the bully's face. "Now where are you going ? " said Bender , coolly drawling out the ques tion through the nose. "I'm goin' to get off , " replied tht thoroughly cowed bully. A brakemau pulled tke bell cord ano the train came to a halt. Bender , keep ing his man covered with the cocked gun , followed him until he saw him jump from the steps of the car into the darkness , at least twenty miles from the nearest station. Then the train moved on and the pasesngers set tled into a normal quiet. HORRORS OF THE BLACK CELL. Terrible Method of Punishment in the French Prisons. It was in He Nou that Mr. Griffith saw the terrible cachot uoir or black cell "that engine of mental murder which the sentimentalism communards has substituted for the infinitely more merciful lash. " The cachots noirg were never opened except at stated in tervals once every morning for in spection and once every thirty days foi exercise and a medical examination ot the prisoner. Mr. Griffith stopped at the doors of two cases of "ten years' solitary confinement in the dark , " and asked for the doors to be opened. The commandant demurred for a moment. Mr. Griffith's credentials wore explicit and the doors were opened. "Out of the corner in one came some thing in human shape , crouching for ward , rubbing his eyes and blinking at the unaccustomed light. It had been three and a half years in that horrible hole , about 3 feet long by l'broad. . I gave him a feast of sunshine and outer air by taking his place for a few min utes. "After the first two or three the min utes lengthened out into hours. I had absolutely no sense of sight. I was as blind as though I had been born with out eyes. The blackness seemed to come down on me like some solid thing and drive my straining eyes back into my head , and the silence was like the silence of upper space. "When the double doors opened again liic rays of light seemed to strike my eyes like daggers. The criminal whose place I had taken had a rccort of infamy which no printable words couid iie < criiie. and yet I confess thai I pitied him as he went back into that living death of darkness and silence. " It is scarcely three years since Mr. Griffith witnessed this atrocity. It is a relief to know , as he informs us in a note , says the Scotsman , that since then not. however , by legislation but on the authority of the Minister of Colonies this terrible punishment has been made less severe. DIED IN PRISON. Jnventor of French Telegraphic Sys tem Mct'Sad Fate. Only the other day there died on Devil's Island , the French convict set tlement oft" Cayenne , the man who in vented and patented the telegraphic system now universally adopted in France , and known as the multiple transmission system. Victor Ninmult. 20 years ago. was an electrical em ploye of the French telegraphic service. In 1.S71 he discovered and legally pro tected a system of multiple transmis sion , on which he had been busied for years. Almost coincidentally a M. Bau dot ( not an ofiicial ) invented a some what similar apparatus. This M. Bau dot , being a personal friend of M. Kay- naud. the director of the Telegraphic Department , found favor with that gentleman , and the Baudot system was finally accepted and universally adopt ed as the better of the two. Victor Ximault brought actions against M. Baudot and M. Ilaynaud. and. after losing lawsuit after lawsuit , fired at and mortally wounded M. IJaynaud. The unhappy inventor was tried , sen tenced to imprisonment for life , and in due course was sent out to Cayenne. Twenty years having elapsed , he was recently pardoned by President Loubet. A subscription made by his friends in France left by the same boat which took out his pardon. But it arrived too late , for Victor Ximault , who had been ill for some time , died the day before port was made. The irony of it all is that poor Ximatilt's system has been in use in France for many years now : for. after he was sentenced , it was found to be preferable to the one adopted and approved by Kaynaud. the then director of the Telegraphic De partment. Mineral Waters for Senators. United States Senators are supplied with bottled mineral waters at govern ment expense. Nearly every commit tee-room has something like a bar at tachment. It is usually in one corner , behind a screen and next to the wash bowl. The bottles of fizz water are supplied by colored messengers , who bring them in buckets of ice. like cham pagne. The excuse for the expense is the poor quality of the Potomac water. Liamplighter on a Bicycle. A Parisian lamplighter makes his rounds on a bicycle , with a long torch earned over his right shoulder. He guides the wheel with the left hand , and is so expert that he lights the lamps without dismounting. Shakspeare. More than 250 references to Shak speare by his contemporaries have now been collected. A fat woman who has trouble in get ting ready-made dresses to fit her bag t > een advised to try a circus tent Savnrr Jelly. To make the savory jelly use two quarts of good meat stock , a quarter of a pint of sherry , one-eighth of a pint of tarragon vinegar , four ounces of sneet gelatine , and three whipped whites of eggs. Put all the ingredients into a saucepan , and whisk them to gether until they boil , then leave them to boil gently for five minutes. Strain me jelly through a coarse teacloU ) . stretched fairly tight , into a bnsin. strain again into another bnsin , and is perfectly clear , so on until the jelly using n. clean basin ech time. It la noready for use. This of course makes rather a large quantity , but bj halving the amount of the ingredients a smaller quantity cnr. be made. To Clean Carpets. If carpets be very dirty they will look better and brighter for being washed with soap. Beat the carpet to free it of dust , then nail it down OR the floor and wash it with a Isither made with yellow soap dissolved m hot water , with the addition of a Kttle soda. Rub the mixture into the carpet with a house flannel , and then rinse with clean water and rub with a drj cloth. Only attack a little piece of th carpet at a time and finish before go- ing on to another part. If , after ttf i dry , the colors o not look bright , ap ply to the carpet a weak solution of alum in water. Facts Ahout Eggs boiled tuty minutes are moro easily digested than if boiled ten. They aredry and meal. . and are readily acted upon by the gastric juice. The yolk of an egg well beaten is a very good substi tute for cream in coffee. An egg will season three cups. Hoarseness and tickling in the throat are relieved by a gargle of the white of an egg beaten to a froth with a tumblerful of warm , sweetened water. Beat an egg fifteen minutes with a pint of milk and a pint of water , sweeten with granulated sugar , bring to boiling point and when cold use as a drink. It is excellent foe a cold. Aprons for Housemaids. In well-regulated housorh house maids are supplied with large g.ngham working aprons that replace or cover the white apron while the work of dusting or cleaning is going on. These aprons are of pink and blue plaia gingham , made with a square bib and a deep pocket. The skirt is long and full , protecting the dress thoroughly. . - ' j mistresses add to the outfit a n dmt cap to match. By keeping the u caps and aprons in sets of different colors and patterns and insisting that they shall be so worn it is easy to see that they are launderod sufficiently often. Roly-Poly Pudding of Tinned Fruit. Make a light suet or butter crust for boiling , roll rt out the size required. and have the contents of a tin peaches or apricots or plums chopped rather small , without the syrup , and dusted with castor sugar and flour. Spread it on the crust , roll up tightly. and then roll and tie in a cloth and steam or boil three hours. The syrup should be boiled and thickened with a * little arrowroot or cornflour , and served with the pudding as sauce. Sweetbread Croquettes. Prepare two sweetbreads , parboil them and cut in small pieces , cut one : an mushrooms into small pieces also. Put into a saucepan one tablespoonful f aach of flour and butter , and when tn.i e smooth add one-half 'a cup of ? ream ; heat and add the sweetbreads ind mushrooms. W'en vihot. . take from the fire and add two . . . ell-beaten rolks of eggs. When cool , form into LToquettes and dip in egg and crumbs ind fry in hot fat. Gincerbread. One teaspoonful of ground ginger , the same of baking powder , added to one pound of flour : warm together one pound of golden syrup and a quarter of r a pound of clarified dripping or butter , and mix this well into the flour , add rme egg beaten up with a tablesfl5dn- ful of new milk. Have ready some shallow baking tins , buttered and warm , pour the mixture at once into them , and bake one hour in a moder ate oven. Ham with Cream Sauce. Heat a frying pan very hot. and into t put slices of raw ham. Do not use my fat to fry it. When crisp take It ) ut and lay it on a hot platter. Add > ne cupful of milk to the fat in the ) an ; when it lx > ils thicken it with one : ablespoou of flour ; season with salt ind pepper. Pour the sauce over the lam and serve. , How to Cut Meat. In cutting breakfast bacon , lay the ind side down on the meat board , cut lown to the rind asmany slices as aro leeded. then cut it off in a block. Turn dgeways and cut off one end , then the ither end , the inside , and last the rind , ind you will have trimmed all the slices learly as quickly as you could have rimmed one. Stewed Lobster. Cut the boiled lobster fine ; put it In L stewpan with a little milk or crearn. 5oil up once ; add one tablespoonful of utter , a little pepper , and serve plain > r on toasted crackers. Cook thgiiob- ter just long enough to heat It , ai ooking it longer renders it tough.