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® . Jfcw *'■ ’ Woo< ■*. ciiAi-i rit xxxn. „, '.l p rl ii» p hi") perturbed ,*.„ Jane was •>■> 1«- "«•• *S l',.| that hould <•""•’<'«”• , her .wpi. iona. she thoa«ht. and J&out their mistake when h>« >• •’ were both ruined. An o< I,m anger agaiuat him also *2 b r (.. the .le. i.ion til which she : ... She would herrelf pr tlMnwuee "'' guilt. t opportunity occurred a few_<!»>• C Ttenximent waa to R" «ut into Fwuntn t« practice maneuver*, and LTo.ru.h-> like thia nil the officer, EL. Jam- <->»)<• '*•“ "J“ ’ •’ , " n ” l * , without danger, lor thia was Euhe finally resolved to do. ,■. die felt her courage tins, a* hav- I taLfullr eluded her mother a obaerva- j ZLhe started away on her tniaaion. j Eta- bungalow* were not far apart, f dirri.J luck .he encountered no one ; L way; yet at the gate .he pnuacd Mite feeling naturally unwilling Z, th. threshold of her lover'. home ' Kflr ahe hesitated the sound of > l r . j. , i bt-r, and ®h** went in Jklr It would not have done to be landing thus outaide hi. gate. Once j ■de the pat a« ay all temple, and walk- , hl toward the veranda. As she had ■ ■Bued. none of the servants were | hat. and the bungalow door being open p might enter if she chose. A deep w suffused her face as she Mopped in. Iwu the Colonel's dressing-room, the M in which the proof, if proof there nt, would be. jiedly-for there was no time to bo Kit any moment she might Im- dia-rtel-she crossed to where his boots tod side by side on a pair of shelves, rh il its turn was reversed, and after fitsty scrutiny again set down in its in. On Bone was found the triangular lit she had seen for an instant in the g-print which the soldiers had on their r.nl *u thoughtlessly but effectually Jtat clew having failed, another yet Bunei. In her pocket was the bit of Mb she had picked up near the spot ten J»cob Lynn was murdered. If r tvjid find the gaiter from which it urn. her doubts would become ' Itlin’ .'s; and ahe would know the I mt. She knelt down beside a port man- ! ii ind slowly —caressingly, an oniter night have thought- turned over inutenu without finding what so unilliacly she sought. Another Isix and a utMe were equally ineffectually itthed;ind as she rose to go, a sigh of EM escaped her parted lips. Bw *> much had not been required of r.ud she felt very grateful, very glad her MB-tuccess. wowing back her veil, she passed rough in open door into the next room. It plainly yet comfortably furnish- , its owner having evidently hit the PIT medium of having sufficient, yet fit tw many, things about him. Jane lok in every detail at a glance, and bsving ilowly forward, mechanically K*«l up a closed velvet photograph fee that st.«.d on his writing table. IM open as she raised it, and her few, which had puckered into an anxious b*t>. cleared as she saw her own pic•M face. It was a photograph that i "been taken during their engagement, M underneath was inscribed, in a bold Radvvriting that she recognize.! as his "Jenny, January 2oth to April M. the dates of their first meeting the parting on their wedding day. Th* girl’s eyes grew moist as she l: '' But the next moment her exwson changed ns she saw nn envelope on the same table addressed to JaiKnollys. Skt put down the photograph frame tl! turncl away. After all she could •t ’Xpert that he would remain true to “’' h ' memory, yet it pained her that tceuli! turn so soon to one she had ullooked upon as a possible rival. Rt he loved her and her only, with a l’ l, incapable of change, was the only PMine had been aide to urge for the ft of which she suspected him, and W it become no longer possible to that extenuation her one solace ■ much misery would be removed. ’ would marry Iliana Knollys, she lure, everything seemed shaping to- ' that < nd, and the match was a w»irable one. of course, than that “•'I contemplated before. Yet a wild. '°Mte desire came eurging into her b°d not sent him away , ' ult K * lP *’ ai ' condoned the ’instead of suffering it to part them, Um . ,0 dead man had seemed 11 ite. it Would have boon so easy, •nioiisly easy, to forgive, even though might never be able to forget. L. 80 deeply ns she left the ‘at an unseen watcher, who had '' r the Inst few seconds half conMi «• o U ‘ eßVy ''"rtnin. which ho held ' in,| d intending to come in, . a hasty movement to follow her, J a /'" k "'‘,''""d thoughts, refrained, khiill ' s ' i|, l“ , d out of the bungalow b cni» nS,, l' **”* nM ’d’*’ I’usscd through l antes she enme fuco to "A r „ ' ' | d , ' l ‘line tlraeme. l») I ? „ g “ing home, Miss Knox? kfr.m > • you?” ho asked, jumpkin., " H h" r He and handing it over to ' ■ hcare. Itijt'l'f.''" l 11,1 furtively into the Adfl| P " ,,H f ri, "’ ,l ' n i'. nn d whe h<. q , it , !. f* ll ' meeting was ns unhnU *° him as to herself. That he hi '"'tray her she felt sure, yet tstri,. ? y certain that she had fallen W yip hl" estimation. "I? oi ff " "'*h the rest to-day?” hi 0T yes! We were all out; but it T'hf,,' ,00n,, r than wo expected. ’ you are nil back?” —blankly.

» ’ * I think so. I did not hour of any one staying behind." "And and Colon. ) I’rlns.p?" ahe faltered. i?*’! 1 ** nvp not seen him?" awkwardly. Ho looked into her face. She was gazing at him wistfully, her eyes full of a mute entreaty, us though imploring for nn assurance, which yet shu was nslinm-'d to l>eg. "I j'hnll not mention that I met you today, he said, hastily, looking away. *’l wish | could explain ” "Ih.ii t try—l ain certain”—th. rtainty only growing on him ns ho spoke "I am certain that you had good reason for whatever you have done.” She put her hand into his with n sudden, grateful Impulse, then as suddenly withdrew it. "Thank you so much," she murmured, shyly. The silent vow she had registered by i Jacob Lynn's grave to bring his murder- , er to justice seem.-d to her as she reI fleett-d on her way back the height of I Quixotic folly. Had he been so good to | her that she should, for his sake, unsex I herself, and do such violence to her feeli Ings by taking on herself such a hateful | task? Surely it was self-immolation sufI ti. ient that she should lose all chance of I happiness because it might be that the man she loved was accountable for the | death of the man who had so loved her. j For until he had cleared himself of that suspicion she would never again s|wak to I Stephen Frinsep, nor take his hand even i when courtesy would seem to make it nee<lful. Yet she herself would never lift a finger to either shake the faith of I any one in his innocence, or to prove it. If every proof of the murder lay link t by link in her hand, she would not move in the matter. The onus of such a step must lie with some one stronger, some one num- htt.sl to tiear the opprobrium that would be felt and justly earned. It was better to break so terrible a vow than keep it. If heroines were made of such stuff as this, she was no heroine. All the enthusiasm of keen self-blame that had urged her on at first seemed to fads away, and she saw the whole thing as it was in its bare unloveliness. She knew now that her heart would have broken had she succeeded in her endeavor. How for a moment could she have believed herself capable of such cold-blooded cruelty, even though she had justified it to herself in the name of duty? 11-'r | own heartlessness shocked and appalled her. She felt very humble mid contrite j as she made her way to her house. CHAFTER XXXIII. Meanwhile the deputy commissioner had not been idle. That there had been a motive for the crime h<- felt convinced, and if this motive were at once discovI ered it would materially aid the efforts of his subordinates. Xow, if then* were anything at all in that letter in the Ar- | gus, which had finally decided him to I more actively in the matter. Jane Knox ‘ could supply the missing clew. He re- • solved to question her at once, before she had time to hear from other sources that inquiries were on foot, and he would question her alone. Circumstances favored him. Two or three mornings later, ns he was walking to the Cutchery, he met Jane driving herself, and she pulled up when she saw him. "My father went-to call on you. Mr. Knollys. Did you see him?” she asked, quickly. "If he went to my office. I must have missed him, I am afraid, for I am verylate this morning, and my clerks did not know when to expect me. Rut is it anything you and I can arrange? I need not say that I shall be delighted to help ' you in any way I can"—with a politeness that did not seem so terrible to Jane as gem-rally it did. “Thank you very much. It is about the small house next to yours, in your j compound almost, fhey said it belonged to you, when I asked about it for Mrs. Done. She has been ill again—you know she is never strong—and is coming here for change of air. That house would just suit her, if you would not mind letting it for so short a time.” “Os course it is nt her service. I will send word to the balm directly, to see it is made comfortable for her. It is partly furnished already, and whatever is wanted shall be sent over from my bungalow during the day. When does she arrive?” “The day after to-morrow. “You will be glad to see your friend.” “Oh, very glad. lam to stay with her first, until she gets a little stronger.” "Then we shall be very near neighbors. Diana will be pleased when I tell her.” In spite of his wish to be ingratiating, there was a touch of condescension in his kindness that Jane instantly detected. She colored and did not reply. "And now, Miss Knox, there an- some questions I wish to ask yourself, went on the deputy commissioner, briskly. “I will answer what 1 can." "It is on the subject of the murder of Jacob Lynn," he observed, slowly, watching the expression on her face, and noticing how gradually it grew white and hard with self-repression. "I was away when the court of inquiry was held, and am not satisfied that full endeavors were made to bring the matter to a just conclusion. I have been informed that at one time you were engaged to Trooper Lynn. Forgive me for intruding on your private affairs, but—is it true?" "Yes." “And would you mind telling me when this engagement came to an end? "I considered myself free about the first of April,” she answered, in a low voice. "Considered!” —sharply. "Was there any difference of opinion? Had Lynn any reason Io think that you were bound to him still?” “Then- was some mistake. I cannot explain. It was —it was “Don't distress yourself. Miss Knox. Relieve me, I do not wish to pain you more than I can help; but it is my duty

tn And ont certain facts. Do yna tnlnd telling mo when the exact date. If possible—Lynn admitted you to be free?" Jane Knox stood for a few momenta In alienee, her fare Hushing with the feeling' of alternate shame am) sorrow, which these questions hud provoked. "Did ymi complain to any one of—of hie annoyance?" he nuked, after n short piiuse, ami had to lean forward to entch the unwilling murmured assent. "To whom? To your father?** "Xo." "Then who was It?" somewhat Imp* tiently. "t'olonel Frinsep," "t'ololiel Frinsep!" Nothing but that ejaculation, yet Jnne knew that the suspicion which hail l>een growing on the deputy i-mnmlssioner had become a certainty In his own mind. Fact after fact had beim forced from her, not rendered by her own volition, ami with the worst restilts, Ry her own lips she had betrayed the lover that she loved, yet, only by direct lieu could she have saved him. "Is that all you wish to know? May 1 go?" she asked, wearily. It dawned upon him slowly, for tho commissioner, though shrewd, was not naturally quick of apprehension, that ha Itad caused her more suffering than he had known of nt the time. Whatever reason she had had for jilting Stephen Frinsep, upon what should have been their wedding day. on her side at least it ha<l not been lack of love. Foreseeing many difficulties ahead, his brow was puckered into a decided frown as he continued his way to the Cutchery. He was only too well aware—ns what magistrate is not—of the number of crimes that remain unproven, and consequently go unpunished, and knew it were certainly better that this should add one more to tho list than risk making a fals<* or untenable accusation against one who held so high a position, socially us well as in a military sense, as Stephen Frinsep. When he went into his private office ho found the quartermaster had been there, and gone nearly an hour ago. An accumulation of letters and business papers lay on his desk, and during the morning a case came on at the Cutchery, but he went through all mechanically and without his usual keenness. It was a relief to him when tho thanedar came in with his report on the subject of which his brain was full. The riqsirt itself dealt principally in negatives. Trooper Lynn had no enemies among his comrades—was not of a quarrelsome disposition even when in drink; no one in the barracks seemed to have a suspicion as to who was answerable for his death, yet a vague opinion prevailed that had it not been for his fata) passion for tho Quartermaster's daughter ho would Im* alive still. When Mr. Knollys returned to his bungalow in the afternoon, he met his daughter on the veranda. “I am just going to send off those invitations for the dinner party—Monday's dinner party.” she said, standing on tiptoe to kiss him. “Did you ask Col. Frinsep?" Then, as she held up the addressed envelope in reply, he took it rather roughly from her hand and tore it in half. "I won't have him enter my house again. You understand. Diana. If you meet him in society, you must be merely civil to him. nothing more; if he calls, he it not to be admitted." “Rut, papa ” "Not another word. You may be quite sure I should not give such an order without goisl reason. ' "Then whom shall I ask in his stead?” “Ask Valentine tlraeme." “He was here the night before last.” "Never mind. He is one of the nicest fellows in the regiment. I sometimes think he has a penchant for you. Di.” "Nonsense, papa!”—with a brilliant blush. (To be continued.) IRON IN FOOD. Spinach Contains More of It than Eargs or Beef. Prof. Runge, in the course of a paper on iron as a luedicine, read before the German Congress of Internal Medicine, has been ventilating some ideas which are as much matter of general science (and therefore extremely important) as they are details connected with the physician's domain. He is strong on the point that iron should reach our blood through the medium of our food, rather than through the druggist's specialties. Iron, as everybody knows, is a food element absolutely essential for the proper constitution of the body. It is as rigidly demanded by the plant as by the animal; and it is from plants that Prof. Runge shows we should chiefly receive our iron supply. Spinach, he tells us, is richer in iron than yolk of eggs, while the yolk contains more than beef. 'I hen succeed apples, lentils, strawberries, white beans, peas, potatoes and wheat, these substances being given In the order In which they stand as regards the plentifulness ofthelrlron constlt uents. Cow's milk is poor In Iron. but. as balancing this delicacy In the food of the young mammal, It is found tlia‘ the blood of the youthful quadruped contains much more iron than the adult. Thus, in a young rabbit ot guinea pig one hour old, four times ar much Iron was found as occurs In thesv animals two and a half months old.London Public Opinion. Had No I se for Another Fortune A laborer employed In one of the Iron mills In Allegheny, earning the munificent salary of sl.lO a day for wheeling ore In a wheelbarrow, received a telegram announcing that a relative In Ireland had died and left him SOO,OOO. He left his job, went to Ireland, secured the cash ami started upon a career of luxury and high living. Two years later he reappeared in Pittsburg, asked for his old position and went back to wheeling ore. One day another telegram came announcing that a relative in England had died, leaving him $20,000. He throw up his bands in despair. “HivIns!” cried lie. “Must Ol trow up me job and go over ther and waste another year or two in spending that? It’s a shame to handicap a decint workin’ man like thot. Ol’ll slnd word to thim Ol can’t do It.” The highest point ever attained by man was that reached by Cox and Glaisher, In 1862, thirty-seven thousand feet above the sea.

OUR RURAL READERS. SOMETHING HERE THAT WILL INTEREST THEM. Grain Weevil nn<| lt« Work of hratrnctlon Device for K capitis Petti* try Food Ciena How to Dam u Htrcaui to Hee lire Ice, Grain Weevil Dratruction. In their work of dratruetlon, grain wmvllr devour all the grain kernel except the shell and germ. The weeVila lea vesmall holes in tho kernels mid It Is often n great loss In weight which first attracts the attention of the owner. The grain will usually grow, but from the loss of so much nutritive material it makes a weak growth. Severn! specles of weevil attack cereals, but the most ilestructive as well as the most common is the grain or wheat weevil, shown In the illustration. In its perfect state it is a slender lieetle of a dark reddish color, having a long snout, it multiplies very rapidly, several brooils jTI ORAIM WEEVIL ASI> I.ARV.H. being produced each year. The female Insect lays lier eggs on the kernels of wheat, corn, oats or liarley. The eggs soon hatch Into legless larvae which eat out the substance of the kernel and reach maturity in a few weeks. They then change to pupae and soon afterward transform Into adult beetles which lay eggs for the succeeding brood. They can Is* destroyed by placing carls>n bisulphide in glass tulies extending nearly to the bottom of a bin of grain, and stopping the top with a cork or rubber stopper or some other material which will prevent the gas escaping. This will cause it to pass through the lower part of the grain and permeate it thoroughly. It is very destructive to insects, killing all with which it comes in contact A halfpound of carbon bisulphide is sufficient to destroy the weevils in a ton of grain. This chemical does not affect the eolor or smell of the grain, and does not injure its food properties nor does It appreciably affect the germinating power of the seed.—Farm and Home. A Good Old Hickory Fire. Hickory is considered the best wood for open tires. Even-seasoned hickory will carry tire for a long time, and a log of green hickory may tie buried in ashes at bedtime, uncovered the next morning, and, tive minutes' work of tho bellows, blown into a lively tlame, says the Maryland Farmer. If covered deep enough it will waste but little in all the intervening hours. Oak makes a brilliant, hot lire, but l>eing less dense than hickory, will not last so long. One hickory log four inches in diameter will outlast perhaps twice its bulk of oak. Maple,-round green logs of tho pin oak, sassafras and three or four others of the native woods burn well, though most of them rapidly. It Is a sin to burn elms, but an elm butt, with part of the root, makes a lasting tire. The tulip tree is on no account to be used unless nothing else is to be had. for it burns ill when green, goes like tinder when dry, and in either case snaps great burning coals a yard or more beyond the flreplace. White birch makes a good fire. Chestnut Is another of tho light, snappy woods not to be depended upon for the hearth. For Kecpina Poultry Food Clean. Where soft food is given fowls, it is usually trampled upon by all the fowls liefore fully eaten. To avoid this, make a shallow box and hinge to it a cover of slats made of laths. Through these the fowls can reach all the food, but cannot soil it. The same device may also be used with a smaller box for giving water. Have a box just large enough to set the dish of water SECURE FEED BOX. within, and shut the slat cover down over it. A similar device for giving water In away to keep the fowls out of the water vessel, is to ha ve a moderately high box, with slats up nnd down one side. Then set the water dish within, and the fowls can drink through the slats. The top of the box, or cover, should be sloping, to keep the fowls off from it. Storing Cabbage for Winter. Dig a hole in the ground and Into It fit a common salt barrel with earth nnd pack It closely. Trim the heads of cabbilges, removing all loose loaves, and pack solidly in the barrel. Cover tightly with boards, and over the boards throw tin armful of straw. On the stra w place n few idiovelfills of earth. When a 1103x1 is wanted for the table it ean be easily secured. This method is practicable, as I have demonstrated from personal experience. In the Stable the Year Round. I believe the time is coming, and is not very far off—indications point that way—when cows will not only be kept in the stable during the winter months or during fly time, but during the entire milk-giving period, and pushed to their full capacity. Competition, says the Orange County Farmer, has done this for other industries, and in time will

do It for the dairy, There Is n« Rrtdl? in any bualneaa there Ilmen unless It Is pushed to Uh full crmiclty, and men will find out, aoouer or Inter, Hint tlds npplleH ns we|) to dairying ns to any other buHlness, nnd they will find It more profitable to grow nuch crops as are moHt suitable for tho cow's m*<sU. These will Is* grown nnd delivered to her In her stall, rendy for her use, In■toad of compelling her to travel from two to ten between milking tlmcn to gnther them bernelf, and get, In the same time, her much-needed exercise. Hints on Milking. Glenn milking, with a view <rf getting all the milk nt one sitting. l*of rhe high cwt lm|w>rt.tm'o, and to ueconipMwli this ought to toe ttii<» earnest nim of all milkers; no «v»w should Ist left until the last drop Is drawn, says the Jersey Rnlletiln. “Sirliqring" is, for the most part, to be nvoided; It MKSOttrages a habit In the cow of retaining part of her milk, which is liable to openrte toward drying her flow, and, liesldiw. It Is thought tlmt through alworptlon of the milk thus left Into the system, the henJlto of the cow Is affected. The only good that can pow* Mitsly result from the practice of stripping is the check It forms n;s>n <*nrele*s milkers, where a number are employed, and there are those of them inclined to slight their work. It is mnch better to milk the e>w» in a large herd thoroughly and at one operation, but If stripping must be resorted to it ought to Is* o>ntlnued, or an a<*tual losaenlng of the tnllk yield, as well as probable injuries to the milking properties of the cow, will follow. Ventilation of Barns. There have been noted many cares of barns without cellars when finished up tight, where the roofs loadetl up with frost during protrm-ted cold weather toNuch extent as to work serious damage later to the hay stored beneatih, says the Maine Farmer. Tito Mock are continually throwing off moisture, which at once rises to tho highest point, and finding no means of escape freeziw to the cold roof, and there accumulates till a thaw, when it melts nnd falls on the hay below. The barn cellar may increase the amount in small measure, but is not the prime cause. The retmsly Is obvious—give the moist air a chance to cseaiie, or dry it out by a draft of air through the barn loft, both of which processes are covered in the one word - ventilation. A ventilator on the roof corrects the difficulty at once. Damming a Stream to Secure Ice. There are hundreds of farms through which small streams flow. These could easily be dammed and a supply of ice obtained that would be a great source of comfort during the hot summer months. Judgment must be exercised In selecting a place where the least height of dam will flow the largest - --b*’• -Mr ’ IXEXCEXSIVE ICE POXD. •pace. Drive down stakes and prop them against the current. Then board against the stakes, and caulk the cracks. One could hardly get so much benefit for so little labor as in this way of securing a supply of Ice for family use.—American Agrlcluturist. Clubfoot in Cabbages. For club root, or foot, as It is variously called, In callages, turnips, etc., no remedy or sure prevention has yet Ivan discovered save strict rotation. Never plant cabbages or any other member of the same family twice on the same land except it lie in old gardens or in calcareous soils. The New Jersey Experimental Station says that in its experiments air-slacked stone lime gave sufficient evidence of its usefulness as a preventive of club-root <>f turnips to warrant It being recommended for that purpose. Rut no less than seventy-live bushels should bo applied per acre, and at least throe months previous to the time of planting. The soil on which these experiments were made was probably a light sandy loam. Undoubtedly, even a small quantity of lime would answer for some other soils. Tenter for Small Dairy. Hoard's Dairyman states emphatically that it will certainly pay a man who keeps only three or four cows to know what each cow is doing. If ho cannot otherwise conveniently get his milk tested, say, twice a month, It will pay him to own a Babcock tester and spring scales or balances. The small testers, especially those running with gears, are usually quite accurate. It Is sometimes necessary to "whirl” the bottles a minute or two longer in the smaller machines. Weigh the milk given by each cow at every milking, test two or three times each month, and if you do not find it necessary ta dispose of one or two cows, your case will be one of the rare exceptions to the general rule. A four-bottle tester suffices for a small dairy. Profits in Poultry. Don't go into the chicken business largely unl<”ss you have sufficient eapital to run it rigiht. Profits on paper arc very deceptive. If you have hens that pay you a profit of $1 each above expenses, you are doing finely. One of the mo«t delusive things and easy to figure large profits on 1s tho poultry business. Yet, It does pay some people a good profit. Have More Trees to tbe Acre. Plant more trees to the acre, ami plant successive orchards. Set apple trees thirty feet apart, and clean out old ones, having new ones coming on all the time. The best fruit la grown from young trees.

p*^ B How to Sweep n Room. Carefully dust nil fancy articles and small piece* of furniture and move them Into nn adjoining room. Then dust tho larger pieces nnd put furniture covers over them. There covers can ls« made of any faded material that may have lost its licauty, but still retains its ua«*fultiesH. In order to mnka as little dust as possible, it Is always best to put something on tho carpet. Cornmeal moistened with water nnd thrown around the floor w 111 b>* of much help. Or, if that is not convenient, salt or tea leaves will answer the same purpose. Sometimes I double a newspaper a number of times, then wet It and tear it In bits and scatter it around ths floor. Raise the windows and sweep your room carefully, keeping your broom near the fl<s>r instead of flirting it In every direction, ns some careless housekeepers do. In a room which is used but little, one thorough sweeping will answer for weeks, by using the carpet sweeper or brushing it out occa•tonally. After taking up your dirt leave the room and let the dust settle for ten or fifteen minutes; then carefully remove the furniture covers, shaking them out of doors. Wipe the woodwork with a damp cloth. Put in place your furniture ami fancy articles. If you have a stove In the room, wipe It carefully witli a rag kept for that purpose, and wash the zine befieath. Then, if you have a few fresh flowers for decoration your room should look sweet nnd clean nnd lien delight to tho housewifely heart whose industry made It so.—The Housekee]ier. Fancy Cakea. Delicious little fancy cakes mny bo made by making a rich jumble paste, rolling out in any desired shape; cut some paste in thick, narrow strips and lay around your enkes, so as to form a deep, cup-like edge; place on wellbuttered tin and bake. When done till with iced fruit, prepared as follows: Take tine, large canned poaches nnd drain well from nil Juiee, cut in halves; canned plums, strawberries, pineapples cut in squares or small triangles or any other available fruit, and dip In the white of an egg that has been very slightly ts-aten ami then in pulverized sugar, and lay in the center of your cakes. Chocolate Leaf Cake, First, for chocolate mixture, scrape half a coffee cup Raker's i hocolate in granite basin; add one-half cup sweet milk, yolk of one egg. Het on the stove, stir till it thickens. To two well-beaten eggs add one and one-half cup white sugar, one-half cup butter, beat well; then add the alsive chocolate mixture, one cup flour, then one-half cup of sweet milk, in which dissolve one teaspoonful soda, then one more cup flour. Mix two teaspoonfula of baking pawder with the flour. Bake in a loaf or two square tins, with white frosting between. In baking cake it pays to bake a “pattie" sample first. Chicken Salad. Boil a fat, well-grown chicken. When tender, take up, let cool, remove the skin, and cut the meat Into dice. I’ut it on the Ice for half an hour. To every pint of chicken allow half a pint of chopped celery nnd a large cupful of mayonnaise drossing. When ready to serve, mix the chicken nnd celery, dust with salt, a little white pepper and cayenne, nnd ndd the dressing. Servo In a cold dish, garnish with sieved yolk of hard-boiled eggs and the white ceb cry-tips. Breakfast Pudding. Line the pudding dish with crust made of chopped suet and flour mixed with water, simply rolled out. Cut up a pound of round steak sprinkled with flour, pepper nnd salt, chop a small onion tine, put all into the lined basin, add a cupful of water, cover witli the suet crust, and tie In a well-floured cloth, put the basin lid downwards in a saucepan of Imiling water, leave lid off the saucepan, let it boil two and a half hours. Stewed Tomatoes. Put n quart of tomatoes in a saueopan ami set over tin* fire to stew for twenty minutes; ndd half a cup of stale bread crumbs, n teaspoonful of sugar, a tablespoonful of butter, with salt nnd pepper. Let simmer ten minutes longer, and serve. Hints. A little gum arable Imparts a gloss to ordinary starch. To clean steel, rub the article with a piece of wasli leather dipped in kerosene. A good egg has a clean, healthy looking shell, while a bad one lias a dull porous looking shell. When papering a a small apartment ean be made to appear large l»y being covered with a paper of subdued color without nny particular design. If, before grinding the morning's coffee, the berries are heated for lour or tive minutes, or until they take on a darker shade of brown, the flavor of tlie» coffee will be much Improved. When ivory becomes discolored, it may be restored to its white color by being soaked in water, and when wet exposed to the action of tho light while shut up In n well -closed glass ease. Scissors should be kept in good order. It is a mistake to use old scissors, which have become nicked at the edges, for trimming lamp wicks. This is frequently the cause of uneven wiekH, which smoke the chimney and give a very uncertain light.