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chapter VII. ... , u ~ behavior after thia )a«t InterJ. duml-1 ""'• From bel " M < ”". ,n, ".", ! he Mi.hienly grew rv»erve«l. He ** ti tell me nothing: ami when 1 naked J oll ' «bo»t *»»• Vanity Vneed and parried in away that was JrJuiug. ..mmdering bi. frank, er<h <me ‘iot afternoon I .trolled up the ii mad ami. rambling into one of the Wd. adjacent to Tumblejlown Fann. I down under a hedge. How earn y one “ronn a»!eep in warm weather and how rrow ’he space seem* that divide, aleep- ?* ftnm waking! I must hare alept an }“,, r w hen 1 found myself listening to a \> o ver»atmn which was being held on the «ther aide of the hedge. ••How long must thia waiting go on .< . r , . . • . harsh and hitter. •■ h A'M.-a .a. Then—“As long as I choooe; gg lonff as D<* , **l Im*.** J list lik»* mi old door grinding rusty hinges. , t "Anyway, waiting on here la dreary. I heard a woman say. .ighing as she .poke --dr.-ary aa death." “Dreary as death!” the other retorted, la a note of odious mimicry. "Well, dreary or cheery, here we stay until ” -I’ntil when?” she naked eagerly. “Vntil we are signaled that the line is clear." ■•[ wish it had never wm done, the woman said. "Or that it could be undone. Can it be undone?” “What?” cried the other; the word Iraped >-nt like a sudden snarl from the mouth of a dog. “I mean —I rm-an “I mean,” broke in the man’s voice, “that this kind of talk won’t do. D’ye hear? Remember, once in your life you vexed me before. You know what followed; or perhaps you forget?” “As you please, then.” the woman reaped. "Remember, I say we ought to leave England." “We can’t leave England.” “We might if we tried. I know what will happen if we stay on here. Some day—by accident—somebody will catch sight of ” “Catch sight of what?” the other demanded impatiently. “Os Joseph Barnitt." This she accompanied with a sort of deadly laugh, half-hate, half-terror. "Joseph Itarnitt is not careful,” she continued, in a timid, hesitating way. He drinks too freely ” Here she was interrupted by an imprecation. bnt whether it was meant for herself. or for Joseph Barnitt, I could not tell. "He does, father; he drinks madly. Some day he will be found out. And if people begin to ask questions about Jo sepb Barnitt, how long will it be before they ask questions about Mr. Hardware? Sometimes after supper Joseph Barnitt sings very loud; and he swears, if he is out of temper; and he forgets what at other times he knows is matter of life and death. And—now, father, don’t be angry!” "Tell you what,” he growled, "I have my suspicions alsiut you. I don’t care for this kind of talk about Joseph Barnitt and Mr. Hardware”—with a furious emphasis on "Mr.” “Why can’t you speak plainly? Oh, turning pale, are we? Are you hiding anything from me? Let’s lonk at your face.” I snpixise during the silence he searched her with his eyes. He soon spoke again, and in a less uneasy tone. "No; you wouldn't dare. Y'ou know Joseph Barnitt too well. You know what the cold muzzle of a revolver feels like put against the temple. You know what the sharp point of a knife feels like held against the breast.” She said nothing. “Joseph Barnitt”—that horrid laugh again!—“haa schooled you well. No; we need not be afraid. Y’ou are too careful of your delicate skin. But let me tell you, my moping lady, when Joseph Barnitt cannot look after you, old Mr. Hardware can. There is life in the old dog yet. No more of it!” he cried fiercely “What I have said, I have said. Let us go home.” , The voices censed. When I peeped through the hedge I saw old Hardware hobbling across the field with his daughter at his side. “Who this Joseph Barnitt can be is a puzzle,” thought I. “Not her husband. I should say—certainly not her husband. He and the old man are in a hand; when ■one does not look after her, the other will! “And so, ma’am”—l was thinking of Miss Ax ford now—“you were wrong after all. The gin was not for the old man. ■ ■ puzzle llie ting; is! One thing is clear,” said 1, “Willie must know •11 this. The woman is no tit wife for him. Accordingly when wo met I told Willie. My story made an impression on him, as his blanched cheeks plainly showed. “Depend upon it,” said 1, summing my story up, “this is a black secret —a black secret. Will.” “The Hardwares have something to conceal,” he replied pettishly. “Some family disgrace, debt, n drunken son.” “The talk of these two did not square with debt,” said 1. “Nor with drunken sons, either. However, the worst 1 wish is. Will, that I may be wrong—and you right.” “Thank you, doctor,” cried Will, kind and frank aa ever. "I shall remember all you have said, and be prudent. Only do me this kindness; never breathe a syllable about Miss Hardware and her father, and this odd conversation. If you promise to keep all this secret, I shall promise to take no decisive steps without consilting you.” ’Bargain’s struck, then.” And wo shook hands and parted. CHAPTER VIII. A morning or two later a letter came to Willie Snow. The hand was strange.

and YVUlir's mind »as full of his sweetheart. With trembling fingers he drew forth • little pink sheet, then read ths short, sweet note: "If yon like t<> meet me this evening, one hour earlier than usual, you may. Os course this is private. Don’t come unleta you really wish. Yours. H. 11.” Poor Willie had no head for InislnoM ‘ that day. His brain was swarming with I a multitude of delightful ideas. Full of hopes mid dreams, he walked up to thei; meeting place. \ unity stood waiting at the gate ns usual, mid ho remarked that she was dressed with particular care. They nh<s>k hands nervously. Willie, in drend of the opening of the conversation, put a question with an air of gnyety. “Why does Miss Vanity Hardware sign her notes 8.IL?” “Because Miss Vanity is not Miss Y’api ity; Miss Vanity is Miss Musan.” This odd answer she made pretty mid witty. “Then,” said Willie, “why did she e»er get such a name?” "Well, you see," replied Susan Earn! ware, "she was so g<s>d, air, and no demure, and so unconscious of her own merits, and blushed so. sir. when spoken to, that at first they called her Miss Modesty.” “Ah.” said Willie, “that was n pretty name!” “Quite so, air. But. ns time went on. ■ the young thing liked pretty gowns ami | Paris gloves and ribbons, and she looked people straight in the face; then they ■ called her Vanity." She smiled, then put the matter aside, 1 and spoke seriously. “I sent for you because I have a great | deal to say. I have been thinking over our last conversation. Do you really love me?" "I do.” Willie replied, speaking with a seriousness like her own. “Do you really believe that you lore me enough to marry me, and live with me all I your life long?” "I do,” Willie said, as a man says "I i will" in the marriage service. "And you consider me the woman that would make p i happiest?" "Happier!" Willie answered, with i deep expressive sigh—"happier than tongue can tell.” "Take me. Willie,” she said. “I am : yours; yours this hour and ever more.” ■ “O. Vanity!" he cried, in an almost 1 girlish ecstasy, “how happy you have I made me!” He tried to take her hand, I but — "Don’t,” she said, putting him back. “We are not making love. We are talk ing about something that will affect our whole lives. I will change the whole course of mine for you. Can you do so much for me? Can you give up your country, and all your prospects in England, all for me?” “If necessary, I can: but will that be needed?” The lad s[>oke with bis own frank-spirited air. “Judge for yourself. If we marry, we must leave England. Y’ou must begin life in America or one of the colonies. . You will have to break with all your friends, and come away—with me only.” “I can give up home and country and prospects for you," he said, "but may I not know why?” “Not now. Not until all has been done," she replied. "Remember. Willie, you ask me to marry you. I tell you what our marriage will involve. If you ask me to explain myself. 1 cannot explain. But see, you can go your way, and I shall go mine.” He said nothin . “More tbau this,” she said, regarding him with a resolute and searching look, "you must keep the face of our engagement a profound secret. No one must know why you are leaving England. We must be married privately, and we must leave England that ■ day.” “But. Vanity ”he said, “your father I —are you going to leave him?” "I am.” “Secretly?” “Yes.” “Have yon no scruples in leaving him i in this way?” Willie ventured to ask. “None.” Willie stood and pondered. , “I have just one word more,” continued Vanity. “There must be no delay. If we marry, it must uot be later than a , month from this day.” She had said her say. Ho still remained silent, trying to review the strange and , disordered succession of thoughts that . passed through his mind. Vanity’s face was a little turned aside. • She thought he had given her up, mid he . saw a quiet tear fall from her cheek into the grass. Her whole look and attitude wore sad, and her sadness conquered him. “Vanity, living or dying, I am yours . forever and ever!” he cried. “And until we meet, you will think no evil of me?” ’ "None,” he cried fervently. Then for an instant the vision changed. The menacing, resolute woman, imperious in her beauty, vanished; love trembled on Vanity’s parted lips, and she assumed an air of most languishing softness. A dying look a playful look a coquettish look -which was it she Rave? . He could not tell, so quickly had she flown away. CHAPTER IN. After his last parting with Vanity. I Willie Snow silent a sleepless night. It I was no easy mutter to comply with Vani ity’s demands, and, nt the same time, ■ maintain in the eyes of the world the apI pearauce of a rational being. ■ There lived at this time in Hampton a ' man nanus! Clock. You call that an odd ■ name, perhaps; but behold, his other name was Gracious, the whole amounting, ns I nrii a baptized Christian, to Gracious Clock. His father, who was a brewer's drayman, loved liquor better than his life, drank strong ale morning, noon and night, , took to French brandy and drank himself , to death in no time. He used to call his

•on “my Ortelous," sad at other t!m >a! "Gracious me.” Tht Inst uumv stuck. Gracious Ms was a little mnu, with ons even and oue limping leg. Ills dally dre.i waa a show for shabblnsos, bls red eye* ami red nos* made him ths picture of a dingy drunkard. He waa a mau-of-alb work in a furniture shop. I never found out why Nancy Ht>*el« suspected, at this particular time, that something very Inqsirtant waa going forward between Willie Snow and Mias Hardware. Knowing that mystery hung around the Hardwares, she resolved lc art a watch upon the house, Hut who was to keep the watch? “Gracious Me,” said Nancy to herself the instant that question presented Itself. A rat la happier In a sewer than h< would be in any clear daisy-bordered brook; and Gracious Me, who would have felt exwarively uncomfortable if Nancy had sent him on any miasion of charity or mercy, rslbhed thia undertaking be yond measure. All that Gracious Me saw and heard, nnd his adventures at Tumbledown Farm came to my ears after a time. His iu atructiolis were to keep himself out of sight of the Hardwares, and for several days he skulked behind hedges or lounged In the fields in the neighborhood of the farm. Alsiut lOo'clock one night be crept slowly into the farm garden, with a lie iu his mouth, ready in case he should be surprised. The parlor window waa close beside the front door, and as Gracious stood on the stop, he heard a great voice inside roaring a song drunkenly. At last, pulling his hat over his eyes, be knocked at the door. A woman's voice cried “Hush,” and all was silent. Next be heard a bustling in the passage, the light within was extinguished and the door waa opened. “Who are you?” inquired a woman’s voice. Even in the darkness Graciout recognised Miss Hardware. “la this the road to Hampton?” askef Gracious. “Down the hill—straight as you can go,” replied Vanity, speaking impatiently, but more from tear than haste, and Gracious returned to the village pleased that he had anything to tell. Nancy listened to his report with great interest, and praised his sagacity and diligence. Next night found Gracious Me prowling about the farm once more. It was cloudy and dark, and heavy rain began to fall; so that after shivering up and down the road for half an hour t,. ■ little man resolved to break off bis watch for that time. Just as ho turned for home, a loam of light fell across his path; ho looked up and saw that it shone through the Hardwares' parlor window. Stealthily he crept into the garden and up the walk, and falling on his lianas and knees the reptile crawled forward and slowly raised his head to bring his eyes up to the liue of view. Ono flap of the shutter had fallen open, and the greater part of the room lay ex posed to view. No person was to be seen, and the old man's long blue cloak hung against th< I door. Two lighted candles stood on the table, and beside these a huge gin bottle, w ith a tumbler lialf filled close to it. While Gracious was making these observations ho heard a shout, and immediately the parlor door was flung open and a man staggered in. He was tall and of iwwerful build, decidedly handsome, witii an appearance of intelligence and even of good breeding. He reeled into a chair, and snatching up the tumbler drank its contents greedily and tilled the glass again. Then he threw himself back and sung something in a foreign language— French, Gracious thought it must be—and at last called out in a loud angry voice: . “Vanity!" "Yes,” was replied from another room, and Y’anity entered. "Where have you been this half hour?'' asked the stranger ferociously. "Sitting in my room.” Vanity rephej, "listening to the rain.” “O —for company?” cried the other with thick pausing speech. "That’s—that’s flattering to me. Anything but my company—anything but my company now. Hail, rain. snow, thunder or lightning—anything but me! What’s made the change, I say? What’s made the change?” Y’anity stepped to his side as he spoke, cast her arm round his neck, and then sreted herself on his knee. "Don't be cross.” she said. “Put that bottle away for to-night, nnd go to lied. What was the song I heard you sing jus' now?” “It was—it was —your song—and mine. Suppose we call it our song, and sing P together as we used to do." He commenced again in n loud voice and shouted out a few words. “Hush, hush,” Y’anity said, raising het head tearfully, “you will la 1 heard outside if you sing like that; softly—softly—listen." (To be continued.) A Speaking Watch. A speaking watch has been invented by a clockmaker at Geneva, by applying the phonograph to the old-fash-ioned repeater, the springs and hammers of which have been replaced by a disc of vulcanised India rubber, over whose surface the point moves, emitting. as it turns, articulate sounds denoting the hour. The furrows on this disc are the exact reproduction of those produced on the cylinder of a phono- ' graph by the human voice. The utter- ' ance is loud enough to lie heard in an adjoining room. M. Sivan, the Inventor. ‘ Is developing his idea, and it is sail! , that it may possibly replace the carillon in belfries by part-songs. There are endless combinations possible In the application of what may become something more than an Ingenious toy. Milk Should Be Sipped. Many complain that they cannot drink milk without its disagreeing with them. The most common reason why milk is uot readily digested Is that It Is taken too rapidly, and It enters the stomach and becomes one solid mass difficult of digestion. If It is sipped it is so divided on r .aching the stomach that when coagulated, as It must be by the gastric Juice while di gestlon is going on. instead of being In one hard mass it Is more In the form of a sponge, and in and out of the entire bulk the gastric juice can perform its duties. Customer (In cheap restaurant)—Say, waiter, please take this steak back and swap It for anything you can find in the kitchen. It Is so tough that I can't even bend it.—Barker.

REAl.lll HALREAbINO WILL BE FOUND IN THIS DEPARTMENT. Two Y’ulixible New Y'arletlea of Toma* loch — Cheap llr.Tding House for I‘oullry Convenient Farm WagonTrcen Tupped Moro than Once. New Tomutoeu. Hardly any other vegetable is ns variable Iu Ita character uml form as the tomato. (Tuitiges ate going on eonatnntly, new varieties are coining to the front, nnd old one dlMip|M*nr from the seed lists. Among the most protulaing varieties of this year's introductlou Is tlie Crimson Cushion, introduced by

(IIIMSOX Ct'SHION— TOMATO, TUOItUUBN, SKW TOKK.

Peter Henderson A; Co.. New York, who consider it the earliest large tomato. It belongs to the PonderOM class, but is a decided Improvement over Its first representative. It is more symmetrical in shape, thicker through from stem to blossom end, frequently almost globular. The color is brilliant scarlet crimson, untinged with purple, and ripens up completely to the stem. It is almost wedless. flesh firm, meaty, and of the licst quality. Tomato, Thorburn New Y’ork, introduced by Janies M. Thorburn & Co., is a sport of the Acme. As will Im* seen from our Illustration, It differs In form from all other varieties, being hexagon shaped, and unusually deep. Its color is deep red, with a purplish tint, nnd it is altogether handsome and unique. The Height of Grape Trellises. Trellises ure built much higher In this country than they are in Europe. YVe get our ideas of what the grape vine nc«"ds by seeing the wild vines in woods climbing to the tops of high trees ami bearing their best fruit at the highest point. American grape vinos require more room than is usually given them. In Europe the vineyards are set in checks like our corn fields, with a vine tied to a stake not more Gian four to five feet high, and each bearing only a few bunches of fruit. YY’e have seen many grape vines, each of which covered a large trellis and bore two to three bushels of fruit every year. Such vines if rightly managed and pruned keep iu better condition than those that are restricted for room. In most vineyards that we have seen, the owner after a few years wishes that the vines were twice as far apart as they are. Breeding House for Poultry. Small breeding houses have come to be considered almost a necessity upon the average farm as well as in the yards of the fancier. Tho farmer has learned that it is economical and much more satisfactory to pick from bis flock the most promising pullets and a well-bred male and place them in a commodious yard with a snug little house of their own. From this yard will come all the eggs that can lie used for hatching. The eggs from hens having the entire range of the farm may be disposed of in the general market and used for household purposes. The accompanying illustration Is of a small breeding house, which has been in use for three years. It was originally a large organ box and has been made over somewhat. Y'ery little extra material was needed to complete it. A half sash, tar [taper, hinges, look and staple, and a few boards

/STS ; A SMALL BREEDING HOUSE.

picked up about the farm were nil the extras needed. This house aceommodates in perfect comfort n pen of eight or ten hens and a rooster. Patience with Teams. The quality of farm help is more nearly tested by its ability to manage a team without abusing it than by any other one thing. The horse is a sensitive, nervous animal, and if abused, as Lt often is. It soon becomes restless, and finally obstinate and vicious. A great many horses are ruined by the poor quality of farm help, which is now so common. If better help cannot be procured it may be necessary to do as Is done by Southern farmers, breed mules, which will resent ill treatment so promptly that they will be less likely to be abused than is the horse. Loss in Clover Ensiluire. One thing which causes the loss with clover ensilage is that clover is a rather nitrogenous plant, says the Indiana Experiment Station, and often bents In the silo to a high degree, which causes the passing off of a large amount of flre-fanging, much the same as occurs In a pile of horse manure; at least that has been my experience in cnsiloing it. If sufficient water be used upon it, the heat is reduced and the ensilage is preserved. It will be necessary fer

the parson filling the sllwte wntch pretty carefully, iiud If the temporcturo rise ulstvo 111.' degrees, to keep water well poured on the surface. Ido uot think that any Injurious reaulta will nrlHo from the npplleatlon of water, YVe have ensilage here, and have received no results other than Istßeficlal ones. Feeding torn. Coro Is one of the fooda that are too rich iu the heat ami fat producing eletneiits, says the Ohio Farmer, it needs something that contains more of the bone mid niuscle-formlng elements to make It a goal ration. Now, the scientist tells us that the excess of ciirlHihydratiM will be stored up In the system us fat. This Is, in a measure, true. But all of us common haysoeds know that in practice, if mt animal be fed an exclusive corn diet, the stor-ing-up process goes right on all right for a time. Then the appetite becomtm clogged, there Is a discouraging check In growth, nnd the animal tak<*s an unthrifty np|Hxiraiiee. Something Itesldes corn should be fed as the grain ration, for the sake of variety if for no other reason. Relish has a great Influence on digestion, and an animal will not eat with a good relish when fed on a single food for uny great length of time. Vary the Diet of Cow«, Milk is composed of certain solids nnd water, and. to produce it, we must give a cow such foods ns contain these elements; that is, nitrogenous foods, says the Connecticut Farmer. Those which make fat will uot produce milk, nor are they of much value for manurial puntoscs. Another point: Do not make the mistake of giving every cow in the herd the quantity or the same formulated ration. One cow will respond in milk, another will not; one will digest it till, another will not. Ami still another point: Give the cow. if you possibly can. a variety. She relishes a change, and. If it is a proper one. will do lietter for it. None of us want pie at every meal, although the pie be ever so good; so witii the cow. she likes an occasional change in her diet. Give it to her. Low Farm Wiiaonw. An enormous amount of force is wasted in loading material Into high farm wagons. It is fortunate that this truth is lieing discovered and lower gears are l>ut into use. Tlie accompanying sketcli shows a convenient low farm wagoncommodious and light, but strong enough to make looding n very easy matter. The long body lias a truss un-

r '”*- CONVENIENT LOW FARM TRUCK.

der it to support the middle, the chains being attached well under the body at the front, to avoid the wheels in turning. Side and end pieces can be put ui»on such a l>ody. and a wagon box made if needed. I.vt the wheels be not only low, but let them have broad rims, so they will not cut into the land when hauling loads across the fields. Tapping Trees Twice, When the tapping of maple trees was done with an axe, chopping a gash in the maple and fixing a spout to conduct tile sap to the bucket, a few seasofts sufficed to so scar the tree as to greatly injure its future growth and value. And after all. less sap was procured by this method than by those now used, which scarcely make a sear at all. A half-inch bit, boring into the tree at a slight angle above horizontal, will gather tiie sap best. It is not uncommon to put two or even three spouts Into some of the best trees. If the spouts are withdrawn ami the holes are filled, a healthy tree will grow over the wound in a year or two, so as to leave a very small scar. Wheat in Drill*. Nearly all winter wheat is now sown by the drill. There are many advantages in this method of putting in the crop over broadcasting. Not the least of these is that it affords so good op- * contact with the seed where they will greatly stimulate its early growth. But the most important advantage Is that the drill leaves the wheat in a hollow where it can be slightly protected against all but the severest freeze. The ridge each side of it is mellowed by the frost, and when rains come it is washed down over the wheat roots. This is greatly helped by harrowing the wheat early In the spring so soon as the ground Is dry enough. Low Tops for Fruit Trees. The increasing prevalence of high winds has much to do with making fruit growers favor the heading out of fruit trees near the ground. There is great loss of fruit when the trees are high headed, and it is also much more difficult to gather without injury. As for the old practice of training the high head, so that tennis used lu plowing and cultivating can be driven under the branches, it is very rarely followed now. The orchard ought to be cultivated only when young. After It gets Into bearing, seed it and pasture with sheep or swine, also adding mineral fertilizers every year. Pampering Young I’lgs. The young pig should have enough feed to maintain thrift, but he should not be fed as if he were being fattened. The digestion of young pigs is weak, ami if overfed nt this time, especially with corn, they will become stunted nnd never prove profitable animals. The feed for young pigs should not be concentrated, (live them a small proportion of grain nnd wheat middlings, with enough milk nnd dish water to distend their stomachs nnd keep their digestion In good condition. A pig should be eight or nine months old before it will be safe to feed it heavily with corn.

r Honkinir (‘lnthrifi. Before putting clothes In soak remember to remove all stains. Fruit status uml coffee stains may Im> removed by cold water. Iron rust Is oue of the stains which may be left till after the washing, us washing docs uot seem to set it perceptibly. It can lie taken out at uny time by laying the stain over ii Isiurd In the hot sun, covering it with suit and saturating It with lemon juh'i'. siuih mlidsw status win yield to the siiiue treatment. A rusty or soiled Iron Is a very unsatisfactory article to use. All flatirons should be washed at leiiHt two or three times a year in warm water in which a tablestmonfur of lord to the gallon is melted, YVl|ie them dry nnd set them in a warm [dace till every drop of moisture Is gone. Irons should be kept in a clean place, away from the dust, where It Is perfectly dry, but It Is very laid practice to allow them to lie about the stove ns some housekci’pers do. Standing continually on the stove destroys the temper of tlie iron, nnd irons Hint have lost their temper will not retain their heat one-half as long as those which have been properly cared for. Tlie best iron holders are those made of cotton bed ticking. Do not make them too thick. Two layers of wool stitched between two pieces of tied th klng make nn iron holder which Is thick enough for nil practical purposes and is not too <-lusmy to be put through the wash. Keep four or five holders in use and give the ironer a fresh supply for each ironing. Do not wait till the holders are greasy and stiff before they are put through the wash. Everything in connection with the laundry should l>e kept s[>otlessly clean. Kee|> two covers to tlie ironing board and two ironing sheets, so that n fresh cover and sheet may be bad whenever the one in use may lie soiled. It is no economy to use old sheets for this purjMise. It costs but little to buy heavy unbli'ai-hed muslin from which to make these sliwts. Old sheets are soon ironed into rags when used up in this way, and there are many other ways of utilizing old cotton. That M Lovely” Word •‘Holn•ckee|>er. , • “1 am glad you have discovered how much that is lovely as well as useful that word liouscke<-|»er nieans. The mere providing of lieds, meals, etc., is a very small part of the work. The home-making, the comfort, the sympathy, the grace and atmosphere that a true woman can provide is the noble part, and embraces all that is helpful for soul as well as ls>dy. I wish our girls would see fids, and set alsiut being the true housekisqiers. Mrs. Ripley used to rock her baby's cradle, shell [ieas, or Hew. and tit a class of young men for college at the same time. <me can discuss Green poetry and chop meat, as I saw her doing once with Mr. Emerson and Margaret Fuller, and the oue task ennobled the other because it was duty.”—From one of Louisa M. Alcott's unpublishiHl letters iu Ladies' Home Journal. Cocoannt Pie. Beat thoroughly together the yolks of jbr tWO taldesi nfUIX "f OUfiX aud one of flour. Add two teacupfuls of milk and half a cupful of freshlygrated cocoanut. Four into a baking dish lined witii rich pie paste. Bake in a moderate oven. Beat tlie whites of the eggs to a still froth, add three tablespoonfuls of sugar and half a teacupful of cocoanut, YY’hen the pie is done sjiread this over it. Return to the oven until it is a delicate brown. Serve cold. Hints. A red-hot iron will soften old putty so that it can be easily removed. Green ton will revive rusty black lacs and render it as good as new. A soft clotii wet in alcohol is excellent for wilting off French-plate glass and mirrors. The tone of the piano improves when the instrument is moved from tlie wall of the room. A few lumps of beeswax, wrapped each in a bit of old linen, and put in tlie folds of a white satin gown will keep it from turning yellow. Coarse brooms will cut a carpet, and although imperceptible at first, their ravages will at length show themselves in tlie increased numtier of shreds, especially if the carpet lie a velvet pile. A little kerosene oil rublied briskly over the spots on dark clothing will brighten tlie garments and remove tlie stains almost like magic. Tlie kerosene will evaporate quickly and leave no stain. YYTieti ordering meats remember that beef. When isilled. loses one [lound of weight in every lour, and when roasted eighteen ounces. Mutton loses even more than beef, 'i’lils should lie tiiouglit of where much meat is used. A cup of hot water taken the .first tiling in Hie morning will often prevent a bilious attack. Hot water as a beverage is exceedingly wholesome, especially when tlie digestive organs are • weak. It should be taken before each meal, ns well as after. A half teaspoonful of lemon juice makes it palatable. If a dally bath is enervating, try a daily sponge bath and a tri-weekly tub. Tlie “tubbings" should be taken at night, in water warm or hot, nccording to tlie tastes of tlie bather. The nnenge bath, whk-li should be taken in the morning, slfbuld lie either cold or lukewarm, and should lie followed by a brisk rubbing down with a Turkish towel.