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CHAPTER XVlll.—Continued* For herself granny allowed and the affectionate young heart went straight out to heron th si ot for the words that, sorry as she was. she would have been still more sorry had Cecil's lovesi: t ended differently. Here Geraldine's lip began toquiver. I’d to this point her lace had been set as tn a vi-e. “I felt as if everyone were against m>> yesterday,” she murmured, "even you, dear. You -vou said so little, and and you seemed so grieved tor him.” “I was grieved, and lam grieved; 1 but,” said the old lady, almost fiercely, *‘l consider Cecil is a fool all the same. He ought to have seen and known long ago—any man withan ounce of perception would that you did not care a button for him. He might have seen that there was another ” “What? You. too?” And with a great cry, out it all came, and everything was explained. “It you had only said so before!” An l poor granny felt a. if she could j never forgive herself, an 1 cried also, and wipe . her eyes to ring the bell, and give o - .era. an . sen messages, and then sat i own to her desk to write notes an i frame excuses without a second's hesitation. “We can let it appear among ourselves that it was this co sinly affair.” quotn he smartly, "and the world must think what it pleases. Nay, it will very likely hardly think of us at all; we shall jtist be missed for a day. and no more, and we shall enjoy the eclat of retiring early, as the best peop'e always do retire early, from everything. It is not worth while to drink the cud of plea- ire to the dregs.” And so she gave it out generally. "My granddaughter and 1 have had enough " she -aid. "I am getting to be an old woman, and cannot stand as much as 1 once could”— “I cannot stand two re ected proposals in one day,” she mentally specified — “and so we are off to rest and recruit. vVe may hope, if all is well, to stay longer another year.” By the end of the week everything had been ad usted, the bills paid, the light surface of the rooms dismantled, and most of the servants sent on in front. Geraldine was out making a round of “Good-bye.” vi-its, as she and her grandmother were themselves to be off on the following day. when a visitor was announced to Mrs. Campbell, a- to whose coming nothing was said to anybody else at the time.He had evidently known when to call, however, and had been expected, although there was with it all a certain apprehensiveness in his ring of the door beli. and stealthiness in his step uptm the stair, which betokened a tread upon enchanted ground. “We are quite alone," said his hostess hastily. He murmured some Inaudible reply. “My granddaughter has gone out ” proceeded the speaker, "and will not return for an hour or two. She has a n ml er of things to do, and people to see. as we lea e town to-morrow. ’ He bowed in silence. “I think,” continued the old lady, very kindly. “I think that we need not stand on any great ceremony with each other, Sir r r derick Bellenden. You would not have > ome here if you had not wished me to be plain spoken. Shall I. then, tell vou at once all I know and what 1 think.- Or will you —?” and she looked in uiringly. But it was certain he would not. He had been too much exasperated, h rt. and confounded at the first, too much cast down su se ently, to have rallied without the aid now thrown out: and, as it was, he remained speechless, merely t rning on her a dumb, appealing eye. which seemed to implore comfort and ho; e. Perish pride. Mrs. Campbell had meant to be proud enough and dignified enough to have s stained the honor of ali the generations defunct of her grandchild's ancestors:- but what could the lienevolent old creature do against a handsome gallant who had long ago subjugated herself as well as Geraldine after the proper, respectable, grandmotherly fashion, and w-ho now hung upon her lips, thought what Bho thought, saw what she saw. felt what she felt? Poor granny had never been so setup in her life. Bellenden had nor an idea nor an opinion apart from hers: and she was encouraged to tell what she hail seen, wills; er what she had su-pected, and suggest what should next be done, with nothing but the most eager acquiescence on his part. Finally, she wound up with a prophecy that al! would come right yet: and, thereupon, the despondent and deje. ted figure who hud crept so humbly and cautlo sly in. vanished into thin air, while in its place sat upright a broad form, with square shoulders, and courageous and undaunted air. prepared for anything, and thirsting to display his valor. "But, mind, my dear Sir Frederick, do. : ray. mind this.” urged his counsellor at i acting, “do. pray, be careful. Not a word, not a single word of this interview to Geraldine. I know my child. She is hot and sen-itive. She has the hasty I 1 od of her race. Did she but once suspect you had been with me. she would take fire at once, and who knows whether we should ever succeed in allaying it a second time? She mu-1 not know—must never know -at least, I mean until until you choose your own time for tollin'*’ her. of course; but it must not be, must not be yet. ” “My dear Mrs. Campbell, you may trust me. And now,” said Bellenden. with some emotion “how shall I ever thank you for the service you hare done me? Had it not been for you. I. too. should have left 1 was on the point of departure when I received j

your note and. once gene, should I ever have learned the truth? I trem--1 eto think of it I should never, of myself, have spoken again. Nc man could, who had been told what 1 had. And how was I to suppose there < ould be any explanation- Because, you see, she was always so truthful — "She is the most truthful child in the world." cried granny, interrupting him: "but I think no woman living but woulu have excused her that one little lie.” "Nor man. either," said Bellenden. in spirits io laugh. ‘‘She has but to own it was one. to be forgiven everything.” "We shall meet. then, ere very long?” said the old lady, giving him her hand. "Within a few days. I trust.” "And at Inchmarew?” “At Inchmarew.” Granny said that evening that she had really had a pleasant day. and was not in the least fatigued: nor would she go so early to l ed. alleging that she liked the > 00l eventide to sit and think in: and. accordingly, she jad her ehair brought out and placed in the balcony, although the china pots and daisies were gone, and theie she sat silent and smiling, a little to the wonder of some one else, who was in anything but a smiling mood. All through the preceding week the temperature in Geraldine's veins had lieen steadily going down: every morning she bad arisen cooler and calmer, and more and more ready to be persuaded and reasoned with, had there been anybody at hand to reason air I persuade. But tno prudent grandmother had seen all and held her tongue, stie bad foreast a swift repentance: but she had also prophesied a return of the tantrums were the repentance forced on apace, and not allowed to work its own end: and, therefore, although it had been no easy thing to do. she : ad put a curb not only on her speech, ut on her actions, and, had by word and act carried out the will of her young tyrant. Perhaps Geraldine had almost hoped to he re onstrated with, and perhaps, had she been so, she might have given way. but granny, with a chuckle, had gone on with her preparations. The child needed a lesson: and to give her her head at this crisis and let her hang herself on her own rope as it were was incontestably the best thing to be done; and therefore, although the •poor dear” really sacrificed self,and could not but heave a sigh as she looked round upon the still attractive s ene. the busy parks and streets, and cards upon her plate and mantlepiece: while in the background she had but a ruelui vision of Inehmarew Castle, cold and solitary, and with the covers only just whipped off in the state-roo ns still she heid bravely to the role she had laid down for herself: and the only thing she had dene was to drop Bellenden the furtive line which hud arrestee his departure, and brought him to her side at the first convenient opportunity. Now she could afford to sit and smile on her balcony. Dear old soul! she found fault with nothing not even with the rain on the Argyllshire hill tops, although it fell in waterspouts on the first evening ot their return to their Highland home.

Dismal as was the outlook from ner bed-:oom window, where she stood awhile to gaze upon the dreary mists hanging overheat, and the leaden waste of waters beneath she scarcely seemed to notice it. One previous inquiry had satisfied her: she had learned that the summer boat was running, the I oat which toui-hed every evening at their pier, and that had been enough. On the other hand, poor little Geraldine was miserable down to the very tips of her fingers, and shivered and shuddered, aud professed herselt abjectly penitent for bringing her grandmother back in such an evil hour she had almost said to such an evil place, inchmarew hud never before seemed desolate aud dreary. She could not have believe 1 it had she been told, that she could ever have looked upon the loved homo of her childhood with such an ungracious eye. The very servants saw that she was unresponsive and out of spirits and fancied she had grown fine and scornful. “This miserable, miserable rain,” she moaned, “how gloomy, how deplorable, it all looks And yet I never found it gloomy and deplorable before. I iaught at Aunt Charlotte when she warned me that it would be so. t forgot to tell you, dear, how indignant Aunt Charlotte was with me for running away when I went to say my ‘Good-bye to her. She said I need no: have made myself nne sy: that none of them would ever have troubled me: and that at least the unfortunate affair might ha ve been allowed to die out of itself, f got away as soon as 1 co .Id, and left my love for Ethel and Alicia. They will not come here this autumn that is one thing. Ob. it is something to feel I havedone with the Haymonds, and Aunt Maria, and all of them for the present: that I can breathe freely, and not be in agonies lest I should meet them at every turning of a street: but still--but still ” and shedrew a long, weary, despairing breath. Now the curious tiling was, that in exact proportion as the grandcnild's spirits -ank did those of the grandmother rise. She prattle-1 and gossiped, inquired about this and that-, spread about the little novelties for the rooms which she had ac juired in London: arranged a succession of autumn house-parties, consisting of the different new acquaintances with whom it was desirable to keep up friendly intercourse, and who said they should presently be in the north, and altogether seemed to have no sympathy with, nor to make any allowance for Geraldine's depression. “You seem very merry to-night, grandmamma." When the "poor dear” was entitled “grandmama” she knew what it meant. You seemed quite rejoiced to be here, in this dull place, on this melancholy evening,” pursued the speaker fretfully. “I am sure lam very glad vou like it. It is a good thing that any ona can be merry.” shuddering. "Even tires!" and she cast a scornful glance at the blazing logs, thinking of the warmth and sunlight of the south. “The fire is needed, certainly,” ob-

served granny, no whit abashed. “A fire always looks cheerful, and my feeling is to have one whenever you can bear it.” "At least it seems to have made you cheerful: I cannot say that it has had the same effect on me,” replied the despondent young lady. "I never felt less cheerful in my life.” "You want a companion, mv dear.” slyly. "Humph”’ “Miss Corunna would come, £ dare say.” “oh, pray do not ask her, granny, pray don't!” in great alarm. “J feel as if I could not bear Miss Corunna, nor any one else just now. I love Miss Corunna but 1 don t want her. indeed I don't! I only want to be let alone. I shall be all right soon. By to-morrow. I dare say. Dear." with a swift return to gentle tenderness, "dear, 1 am very selfish. Try to forgive me. You know lam unhappy; but I ought not let you suffer for it, dear, good, kind granny that you arc,” and the evening ended in each other's arms. "By to morrow, indeed!” whispered granny to herself, tears and laughter struggling with each other in her bosom. “By to-morrow, my sweet Geraldine? Yes. indeed. 1 can well believe there will be another face by to-morrow ” For she knew by this time that ail was right, and that the magician who was to trans orm cloud and mist, dejection and gloom into sunshine and gladness, was already at his post, and only awaiting that morrow’s dawn to begin his delightful task. The next morning Geraldine was missing at noontide. "Gone off to the burnside, ma'am, to her old place beneath the waterfall where she used to fish,” cheerfully explained the white-headed domestic, who read in this a return to a happier mood than had characterized the evening before. “She did not take her rod, nor yet ask for Donald: bi t she's there all the same, for Hector here saw her cross the road, and away up through the birken wood. ' “1 think," said the lady shortly after, when repeating this to a third person who had walked up from the "Ferry Inn. " where he had managed to endure the night, though it had not been an agreeable one. "I think, Sir Frederick, you know the place. It is somewhere near that waterfall that we hear now,” for they were standing outside the house as she spoke "of course I can send some one to show you the way, but ” he was off almost ere he could repudiate the idea. Nothing could have been better. Geraldine in her own enchanted nest of fern and heather, in the spot wherein he had first beheld her, the spot whereupon he hau won his first triumphs. Could he have wished lor better omen now? And there she was! I ie did not- call her. as ho drew near. She was standing on the self same ledge of slippery rock whereon he had startled her that afternoon three years ago, and standing so near the edge that he durst not risk startling her again He was almost afraid to mo e, or to breathe and it seemed ages ere she turned, and slowly and sorrowful!;* as it seemed, moved with downcast eyes toward him. At length she was close by Ins side on the confines of the long, rank, dripping grass, and then one word rang out bold and strong - "Geraldine! ' Geraldine did not scream, nor faint, nor fall this time. She only stooa quite still, while the color slowly left her cheek, her blue eyes dilated, and her lips fell apart. Who was this? Whospoke‘ J What did he there? Was he—was she—were they both — where were they, and what did it all mean? She swayed gently forwards, and on e again found herself clasped in the same strong arms that had held her in the self-same spot before. But—the resemblance went no further. "I shall not let you go this time,” whispered a voice in ner ear. “1 have you :ast: and, Geraldine, I will know, I will know the truth at last. You lied to me in London oh, my darling, my darling, you did: I know it, I am sure ol it, and now there -there, don't weep so bitterly or, if you will, let me kiss away the tears. Geraldine. I love you, and I must love you whether you will or not be generous and forgive, and let us both be happy. Nay, don't hide your face” —but ho found the way to it presently. She could not struggle with him—could not chovse but hearken to him—could not but be happy in h r cage. And Bellenden knew his ground by this time, and was very sure that half meas res would be productive of only half content-. Before he left that damp and delightful but sadly rheumatic spot, ho bad obtained all he wanted, the fair hand that lay in his had been promised him. the heart pressed to his own Lad been allowed to lie his already. And he had obtained forgiveness for all the past. And the only word a'out the only word that had been dropped out on the other side, had found vent in a murmur so soft that is had been almost inaudible. "Still, you know, Ido think that you shouldn't—shouldn't — shouldn't have quite—quite treated me as it I had been a mere child.” “No, I shouldn't,” acknowledged the happy lover, ready to a knowledge anything. “Shall I promise i shall never do so any more?” THE END. Mrs. Gladstone in Politics. Who shall say that the influence ot a woman is not a factor in politics? I have the best possible reason for knowing that Mrs. Gladstone and Mrs. Harry Drew have exerted themselves to the utmost to get the aged Premier to relinquish office, ami that while at Biarritz their efforts were vigorously renewed. This fact gives added collor to the announcement of the Pall Mall Gazette. Not that- Mr. Gladstone is a man to be dictated to by his family , or even influenced, but feminine persistency can ever overcome a man of Mr. Gladstone’s force of character. If these ladies were at liberty to express themselves, it would be in grateful terms to the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette for his plucky pronouncement, which was likely to bring about the consummation they so devoutly desired, and if there was a V. C. in journalism they would have to give if to him.—The Gentlewoman.

ALL ABOI T THE FARM SUBJECTS INTERESTING TO RURuL READERS. Largestof the English Breeds of LongWooled Sheep—Convenient Way of Marketing Apples and Potatoes—Howto Load Logs—Farm Notes. Lincoln Long-Wooled Sheep. The largest of the English breeds of long-wooled sheep is the Lincoln, of which a typical group is shown in the accompanying illustration, taken from Farm and Home. The Lincoln sheep of to-day are, in common with many other English breeds, highly improved animals and much of the improvement is due directly to the genius of Bake well. A century and more ago the sheep which were kept the heath land of Lincolnshire were long-legged, fiat-sided and bony, with a light, uneven fleece, and so slow of growth that it was not until after the third shearing that they attained full maturity. But they were hardy, vigorous and prolific, with large frames and abundant muscle. When Bakewell created the improved Leicester# by skillful breeding, it was the signal for general improvement among the English breeds of middle and long-wooled sheep. The New Leicester# were crossed upon tile Lincolns, which were greatly improved by the cross. As now bred, it is not uncommon for them to weigh 200 pounds at a year old and double that weight at 2 years, while there are authentic records of shearlings which attained a weight of 300 pounds at 13 months. The wool is long, silky and lustrous, in an even, compact fleece. The average weight of the tleece of full-grown ewes and wethers is from ten to fourteen pounds, but ".J-'-'" TYPICAL LINCOLN I.OXG-WOOI ED SHEEP. 1 — instances are known of exceptionally heavy clips weighing from twenty-two to thirty pounds of unwashed wool. The mutton resembles that of the Leicester# and Cotswolds rather than of the Downs. The fat lies in masses instead of being finely “marbled” through the lean. The ewes are very prolific, twins being very common and triplet# not unknown. The Lincolns are hearty feeders and require an abundance of rich, succulent food. They would run down very rapidly upon short dry pasturage, where a flock of American merinos would live and thrive. Lincoln sheep were brought to the United States in 1835 and numerous subsequent importations have been made. But they have never attained great popularity iu this country. They require more care and generous feeding than is compatible with the haphazard ways of too many American farmers. They have been largely carried to Australia, and many of the flocks there are unsurpassed iu quality. Absorptive Power of Soils. Tlie greater prevalence of droughts as the country grows older is partly owing to the fact that soils long cultivated do not hold water as they do when full of vegetable matter. This is especially true where the soil is heavy and has at some time been worked while wet. It often requires years of cultivation witli winter freezing and thawing to fully break up th< clods made by plowing when the ground is saturated with water. The plow presses particles of clay soil together instead of pulverizing them. If they are harrowed while wet, the clay sticks to the harrow and but little good is done. If the soil is undrained these •clods remain for years, as the saturated soil freezes solid at the surface and thus prevents the deep freezing needed for pulverization Fall plowing is beneficial for land iu this condition. —American Cultivator. For Loading Logs. Arrange two stout timbers, a a. with one end of each on the ground and the other on the sled or wagon, as shown in the illustration. Double a D/j-inch rope of suitable length. Loop the midC; _ • « now TO LOAD A LOO. die through a clevis, so it will not slip. Tie the ends of the rope to the side of the sled farthest from the log, b b. Bring the clevis back over the sled and around the log, so it will balance, then take it back over the sled, hitch on the team at d, and go ahead. Have a woodrack ou the sled, and remove the stakes from the side on which the log is received. Contagion Among Animals. When any kind of contagious disease appears on a farm no one should go into the yards or pens and then pass into the adjoining farm, as the smallest particle of dirt or manure may serve to carry the disease to the neighbor’s flock or herd. Even the walking across a field upon which diseased cattle or sheep have access may be the means of spreading it to other flocks or herds. All diseased animals should be separated from those that are healthy. Black Knot. Because it is winter we forget the black knot in our fruit trees, but the spores or minute seeds develop then and fly abroad, attaching themselves to other trees, we are told. Saw off and burn

' all black knot branches, or where the I tree would be disfigured too much soak 1 the knot iu boiled linseed oil, taking pains that none runs down the tree. This dries like paint and fixes the dust or spores of the parasite.—Farm Journal. To Make Poultry Pay. Fifteen years ago I tried fancy poultry raising, and, like all Beginners, I wanted too many kinds, and kept adding to my stock until I had twelve varieties, and almost made a failure, as I did not then understand how. Some kind and experienced friend said to me: “Quit all but two kinds; give them all the attention you have given the twelve and scatter them. Have | small ones away from the young. Feed I them separately, make them roost in | separate places, have all roosting-places movable, aud once a week turn the roosts over and coal oil them; clean up tlie houses and boxes once a week the year through. Give a variety of foodcorn, wheat, oats, bailey, buckwheat and table crumbs; also fresh gravel, crushed bone and green feed the year through.; good clover hay once a week in tlie houses in the winter. Quit the soft, fancy feeding, and give them sensible care aud make a success of the business.” The poultry business is the largest industry on earth. It supports more people, more people are engaged in it, more papers aud journals are devoted to its exclusive interest than any other in the whole world. Hard times will come now amJ then, as we all know; then the poultry industry flourishes, as tlie people turn to I that to make a living and improve ! their stock. Pay close attention to ! the details and find, instead of a lag- ! ging monotony, as some suppose, that I it Is the largest, safest and best business in the whole world.—Breeders' Gazette. Apple and Potato Crates. One of the most successful potato growers in the United States harvests all his potatoes into bushel crates, piling them upon a two-horse wag >n until fully loaded, when they are drawn directly from the field to market or to the railroad to be loaded upon the ears, or to the cellar to be stored for a later market. The advantage in the use of such crates is obvious. They afford a receptacle into which potatoes can be picked from the ground and be carried to the cart, and as the crate is set into the cart and an empty crate taken, there is no bruising of the tubers, as when poured several times into and out of baskets in getting them from the field to their destination. The same advantage has even more force in the case of gathering apples, which should be handled as little as possible to preserve the keeping qualities of the fruit. Os course, a large number of crates is I required where one's potato field or ! orchard is extensive, but ■veil-made 1 crates once provided will last almost a lifetime, and become better and better appreciated tlie longer they are * ■' '■ APPLE AND POTATO CRATE. used. The particular crate figured has solid ends and slat sides and bottom. The ends have two upright cleats and a horizontal cleat at the top, which forms a handle on each end, by which the crate is readily carried. Where one is hauling his crops directly to market, such crates will help very materially in selling the crops. Notes. If you are not ready to make the hotbed, save the fresh manure in order to have a supply. It must be free from lit- ! ter of any kind. Au Australian breeder is trying for a flock of black sheep by using only black ewes with a black ram. rejecting all which are mat true to color. Since black absorbs more heat, such sheep might be adapted to tlie colder climates. The Michigan Experiment Station bus been experimenting with rape, anl I reports that one acre of rape will support nine lambs and produce a gain of 191 pounds in seven weeks. It is a. summer crop, being sown in drills in July. * Early plowing kills the cutworms, and that is a very important matter, as the cutworms will sometimes cut down young plants as soon as they appear above ground. Cutworms entail a:i enormous amount of extra labor ou farmers every season. Beets, carrots and parsnips should be seeded early after the frost is out of rhe ground. Plow the land as soon as it can be done, and harrow it down until very fine. Seeds of carrots and parsnips will not germinate if the land is full of clods or lumps. A fine soli is important. Straw is not very highly relished Instock. and sheep care but little for it. The cattle, however, will sometimes eat quite a proportion of straw, as it affords a change of food. Cut up tine and mixed with other foods, with ground grain added, it may be made to do excellent service. The light brahmas, the largest aud most popular fowls we have, are often the most profitable. The main profit, however, lies in the number of chickens raised from eggs. They will produce more weight at eight months of age than any other breed. When carefully selected they are among the best of layers also. A square acre plowed with a 15-inc.i furrow requires eighty-four rounds and 336 turns, while the same area in the form of a parallelogram, two by eighty rods, requires only thirteen rounds and fifty-two turns. In the one form it will take twice the time to plow that it does iu the other, to say nothing of the serious tramping which the square piece will be subject to.

The Science of Sweeping. The true science of sweeping the most untidy room is to do it with a stout par-, i lor broom and raise not so much as “a, | sneeze of dust” No matter whether a ' carpet or matting or a nice wood mosaic is the floor covering, the work can be 1 accomplished with absolute neatness and dispatch by laying a band of well-! dampened sawdust along one side of! the floor and sweeping this over and! over clear across the apartment. The! sawdust quickly licks up every motei and bit of lint which the room setsi i stirring before it has time to float off! into the air and so protects furniture and the sweeper as well. Such a pro--less can be carried on in a sick room! without the hast inconvenience, andin this event, or where miseries oj! school rooms are cleaned, it is wise toj sprinkle a little disinfectant in the sawj dust. When the work is done carefully) gather it all in a dustpan and toss -J it.t<> tlie kitehen tire, burning it between! meals.—New York Sun. To Prepare Light Rolla. A quick way of preparing light rolls for breakfast is to take a pan of baker'.4 rolls, even if they are two or throe days* old will not matter, and sprinkle them! well with cold water. Put them in ai deep pan in the oven and turn another! | pan over them, so that they will stoanf for a few moments, five, perhaps, thea remove the pan ami let the rolls be sub? ject to a good heat for another ten mln* utes longer, if tlie rolls are very thick) I Just before removing, butter the te.ps ■ and let them crisp a little. If the oven seems to cook the crust too fast, put a, i paper over the rolls, and they will steam without browning. This is an exeelleu# | way. also, of freshening up a loaf i stale bread. Steam the loaf over a po< ) ot boiling water for ten minutes, an-l then put it in a moderate oven foul half an hour with a paper over it. i Iliikcd Applt'H. Choose good-sized, fair apple#, or 5 tert aud juicy kind. Wash and ruh clean. Put them in a shallow earthen dish with water to cover the bottom ofc the dish; this should be renewed as neo* essary. Put them in a slow oven, wliii'U i may increase in warmth so that tlu-yi ; shall be thoroughly done in an hour) ; White sugar sifted over them when tax ken from the oven improves their ap4 pearance. For many persons cream i< a pleasant addition. The skin and cord should be carefully separated and null oaten. Pare sour apples, remove tlid cores aud fill the cavities with sugar, l I'laee in a bean crock or other deep disli and add water to cover the bottom. A paper may be tied over tlie top to pro* vent burning; they should be baked a moderate oven. Medicinal Value of Onions. Onions are an excellent remedy sot catarrhs and coughs. For this purpose they are chosen very large, cut in four,! and stewed in a covered pot with a lit* 1 tie sugar candy; they should be left toi stew slowly for a long time; strain anil bottle the juice, cork the bottle tightlyJ and keep them in a temperate and dry! room. A teaspoonful of the juice every! two hours will be found very effica* cious for bad colds. To Use the Left-Overs. To utilize cold Johnny cake, cut tha squares in two as you would a cold biscuit, and toast ou a griddle. Stale l>is<-iiits can be cut in tlirco slices each, and browned in the oven for crisps, which are relished for breakfast Stele crackers which taste old can be made fresh by putting them on a tin in the oven and shaking them often until they heat through. Bits of eold turkey or chicken cut from the bones, hashed fine, and warmed in a little gravy, is very nice when served on slices of toast. Soak for two hours about a pint of bread crumbs in milk enough to cover the bread; then beat the yelks of two eggs, add sugar to sweeten, the grated rind and juice of a lemon, two tablespoonfuls of desiccated cocoanut; bake an hour in a slow oven. After it is done, beat the whites of the two and sweeten, frost the pudding and return it to the oven to slightly brown the frosting. Serve warm. Household Hints. A sprinkling of sulphur wherever red ants appear will disperse them. Stains of apples, peaches and pears on linen will often yield to a bath of kerosene. Soak for six hours. A wine glass full of strong bora?# water iu a pint of starch will niako collars and cuffs glossy aud stiff. When you give sick people raw oysters cut off the tough part and giva them only the “eye.” It is digestible and palatable. Never season highly for a sick person. A woman who ought to know says that egg shells burned to a dark brown in the oven and crushed quite flue will keep all kinds of bugs away when sprinkled on pantry shelves. There is really a use for old lemon skins. After squeezing free from juice they are used to clean old brass and copper. Rub them with soap and then dip in fine ashes or polish. Rub dry with a woolen cloth or a piece of chamois. A carpet may be cleaned by wiping it off with a sponge wet in water to which i tablespomifiil of turpentine has been added. This should be done about once a month, after the carpet has been thoroughly swept, and it will keep B bright and fresh-looking.