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_. _n_— ** **"'** CHAFTER IXt—(Continued.) The-, iu n low. riest • h, ‘ ,M '‘ ri,n ,0 ■inf korwlf. Gra.'lotis could not underX" ~1 fl word, for the Uurunge wa. It nt the xlr cwught his untutore 1 r and he mentally contraated the low. Xh riuyinK notea and the graceful mi»ic with those pot-house strains which formed hi. exigence of rocal harmony. Grariou» could hardly believe bia eyes that thia W young woman, netted caressingly n the stranger's knee, with one foot gaintilv heating time to the tune, was the Min ,. wno entered the room ao pensively a moment ago. And when the end of the anng came she gave her companion a light hiss The stranger appeared somewhat mollified . • "That’s better, he said, patting her on the back. “More like that and we shall be good friends again. Hut your moping and musing, and sitting alone won't do: It's a» bad as praying.” He laughed uproariously during this apeeeh. but his voice thickened at the latter words with drunken indiwinctneas, snd he thrust out his hand aimlessly at the gin bottle. Just then Vanity noticed that the shutter was lying open. She started to her feet "Who opened the window?" she cried. “I did—l," he answered tipsily. “I was like you. listening to the rain.” Meanwhile Vanity, who had half sprung across the room to the window, caught sight of the retreating face of Gracious Me. “There is a man looking,” she shrieked out "A man watching us! Be quick! We are lost” The shutters fell wide open and she raised her hand, and Gracious, even in the terror of his flight, saw the tall man start from his chair and snatch up the gin ■ bottle. Gracious, making madly for the I garden gate in the thick darkness, went head foremost into a gooseberry bush, ■ and had not recovered his legs before he | saw the gigantic figure of the drunken man wildly gesticulating around him. Little Gracious leaped up. and ran from one : bush to another in the extremity of fear, the tadl man flying after him. The chase | was short, the bottle fell on his head with • crash, and be dropped on the ground insensible. When the spy recovered his sensea he found himself stretched on a sofa in a ' room which he swn recognized as the parlor into which he had peeped. Beside him sat Vanity, but the fatal stranger was gone. Gracious started and groaned. "How are you now?” asked Vanity in , a low voice. "Better, miss, thank you,” he replied, as submissively as if he had been in hospital. "You had better have a cup of tea before you leave." said Vanity. “Then you shall see how you are, and I dare say you can walk home. Do you live far from here?" "Not very, miss; a good bit, though,” replied Gracious. He bad wit enough to admit as little as possible. Vanity brought him a cup of strong tea. and a plate of bread and butter, which he devoured with great rapidity-, and, after a second cup, he declared he felt well enough to walk home. “What brought you here?" asked Vanity. Gracious saw that she trembled. “The singing, miss,” he replied. “I Tieard it from the road, and came into the garden to listen. Is a man to be chivied up and down for that, and have his brains knocked out of him with a bottle?” "Listen, my good fellow," said Vanity, laying her hand on his arm, and seeming more at ease. "That gentleman you saw was a friend of my father, who had been spending the evening with us. He is very excitable at all times; and to-night, being tired I suppose, he drank a little freely, and did not quite know what he was about. He mistook you for a burglar. He felt very sorry when he saw how much you were hurt. He had to hurry away to catch the midnight train, but he left these for you.” She held out in her hand three sovereigns. “One thing you have to promise,” Vanity said. “You must not say a word about what happened here to any one. Do you promise me that? and will you be careful to keep your word? If you do, the money is yours.” The wretch steadied his villainous faculties for one lie more. “I shall never speak of it while I live—never,” he replied. Vanity gave him the money. He left the house, and she closed the door upon him. The next morning, when the woman with whom he lodged was bathing his head, she remarked with great surprise that it had been bound up with a lady's Pocket handkerchief of fine quality. When she was gone away. Gracious looked at the handkerchief, and, noticing that in one corner there was marked “8. Barnitt,” he put it carefully aside, as something that might turn out valuable. CHAPTER X. The next afternoon Nancy Steele stepped into my shop. “I have something very particular to tell you, doctor," she said. “There is no use in keeping up any affectation, for real difficulties have to be met. I shall spenk to you quite freely, even if you should think mo wanting in modesty.” "No fear of that, Miss Nancy,” I said, wishing to help her out. "You are Willie Snow's most intimate friend, I think?” inquired she, looking me straight in the face. “Did it ever •trike you that he hnd—a liking for me?" "Ever strike me?” cried I. “I know all about it.” , "He never told me,” rejoined Nnncy. “I guessed it, though.” And she hung her head a little lower, and blushed quietly out of sight. “Miss Nancy,” cried I, “this world ■would go on better than it does if women would only speak their minds, and not •ay no when they mean yes. A girl ought

to be proud at winning such a young man's heart." "I have not won it." she said, shaking her head. “He has fallen In love with a young woman who lives iu that horrid old farm up the hill.” “Has he Indeed?" said I. feeling in honor bound to know nothing. "Yes." she proceeded deliberately; “and he is going to marry her." “Whew!" I exclaimed, raising my eyebrows. "How do you know that?" “I guess it," she replied, "and I am in a most difficult position. I have found out something about Miss Hardware—if that is the odious woman's name--which Willie ought to know. And yet. if I tell him, he will think me jealous. Perhaps I am jealous," she whimpered; and when I encouraged her to speak on, she told me the whole story about Gracious Me. Then we talked things over for an hour or more, and I resolved to lay the discovery before Will in a complete and convincing form. “I doubt if Hani ware is her real name." she remarked. “I forgot to mention that the wound on Clock's hend was bound up with a lady's pocket handkerchief with a name in the corner—B. Barnitt.” "Barnitt?" I cried, recollesting all of a sudden that thia name had occurred in the conversation which I had overheard between Vanity and her father. "Her handkerchief—with the name Barnitt upon it—O, there is some deep, deep villainy here!" I wrote a line to Will, asking him tn come over and see me in the evening, and I also made another arrangement, which will discover itself as 1 proceed. Then I carefully thought the whole matter over, and felt myself ready. When Will apjiearod we stopped into my little parlor, I where I naked him to sit down. "For, mark what I say. Will,” cried I. I "Before you rise from that chair you will > hear something to make your ears tingle; | something to surprise you. Will—to alarm | you; something to make you thankful that other people are wide awake, while you • are dreaming in Delilah's lap—Delilah's , lap. Will. What do you say to that?” He showed less astonishment than I expected, but he read my meaning. Hereupon I related the whole story of Gracious Me's adventures, withholding the facts i.hich connected Nancy with the affair. He listened attentively, his countenance fell visibly; and when I described Vanity perched on the stranger's knee, singing the French song, and kissi ing him. Will winced like a man cut with ■ a knife. “Where is this man—this Clock? A drunken scoundrel, I daresay!" he cried. “Can I speak to him myself?” "That you can,” I replied; "here and now." Gracious Me was sitting in my kitchen at this time by arrangement, and when I called at the top of the stairs he came shuffling up. I must say. when he entered the parlor, I felt ashamed of him; he looked the very image of low villainy. And then Gracious Me told the whole story, as only such a human toad as he could tell it; and poor Willie! his face was painful to me. We dismissed Gracious Me. It was wonderful what a change this short interview had worked in M illie. He looked so downcast that I heartily wished we could both part without another word. "Doctor," he said, rising from his seat, “doctor—l—l loved her! Oh, how I loved her!” “Not her, dear boy,” cried I. "Something you thought she was; her you conld not love. Willie, this girl is either married or not married. In either case she is wicked." “You cannot be sure of that," burst out Willie. “She told me there was a dark mystery in her life. Thia man may be a brother, or a relative." “He is her husband. Will; she is going to run away from him with you. Let us see.” said I, crossing over to a little chest of drawers. “One link in the chain is missing. What is this young woman's real Christian name? Not Vanity, 1 suppose?" "No; Susan.” "Then," said I, opening the drawer, “the link we wanted is found. Here is the pocket handkerchief with which she bound up Clock's head, and her name is in the corner.” Holding the handkerchief in his trembling fingers. Willie searched out the particular corner and read her name. "Will.” I said, “when I overheard that long talk between her and her father she spoke of two persons—Charles Hardware and Joseph Barnitt. Os both these men," I continued, "she s[s>ke in almost equal terms of intimacy. Both were said to watch her. She feared both.” Willie sank into a "hair quite overcome. “I could have sworn—l could have sworn—she was true,” said he, in a low, intense tone. “That she was in trouble 1 knew, but not this— nothing like this." "ion believe with me she is a married woman?" “I do." “And from this night you have done with her?” “From this night I have done with her.” I said no more. The lad's honorable spirit I well knew, nnd was sure he would never do wrong willfully, and with his eyes open, I don't deny that I felt some pity even for the young woman, wicked as I knew her to be. I fancied her tears and despair when she found herself discovered. But I had done my duty. 1 felt that then; and I feel it now. although, to be sure, we were wrong in thinking her a married woman. CHAPTER XI. By this time Willie Snow was fully persuaded that bis late sweetheart had been laying a snare for him, and meanwhile Nancy's turn came sooner than she could ha ve expected. He called upon her at her own home one evening, and was pleased to find she was alone. Yet Willie felt

chined when be entered the parlor, and •ven Nancy looked confused. He threw an eye round the room, with Iu signa of order and comfort on evary side. Did any thought of Vanity cross bls mind, looping the wild roses around her lovely bead, and laughing out of her reckless beautiful eyes? Perhaps ao, but the contrast only <vnllrmed his present resolution, for It is a weak, changing world; what we glory in one day we dqsplae the next -the only thing we are con stunt to, you observe, being our own dear selves, “Nancy," said Willie, in a grave voice, so that the word sounded like a minute gun. "I am listening," replied Nancy calmly; but her heart begun to boat. "Would you- would you marry me if 1 asked you?" "You hud lietter ask me nnd nee,” replied Nancy, laughing with a uprightly air. "Will you marry me. then?" he asked, obedient to her direction. "» will," replied Nancy; "I like you." Somehow Willie felt a little dashed by her cool ways, and hardly thought her an object for caresses, though she was a fine young woman, yon observe. So he pursued the business vein. “There is a matter I have to mention to you," said Willie, after a pause during which both looked awkward. “A young lady lives up the hill at the old farm who——" “Do you mean a person who goes by th) name of Hardware?" asked Nancy, In a cold, stern voice. "Yes," replied Willie. "She and I——” “1 never wish to hoar that woman's name mentioned,” Nancy said, in the same freezing way. “Say nothing to me about her.” Willie was speechless, and before he could collect himself Nancy rose and left the room. In a moment or two the door opened and Nancy re-entered, leading her aunt by the hand. Thia old lady advanced to Willie with a gratified air. “1 have heard all about it,” she said, "and lam very much pleased. My niece will make a good wife, she is an excellent girl.” “I hope I was not too hasty,” said Nancy, interposing with no bad grace. “I could not help running to tell aunt. I like to tell her everything, especially when I am happy." She let this last word slip bashfully, and by that stroke somewhat revived Willie's spirits. These had in truth begun to sink; for a sudden suspicion bud darted across his mind that Nancy, the better to fix him to his proposal, had drawn her aunt in as a witness. Nancy showed him out. The front hall was narrow and screened from observation by a cross door, but the seclusion of the place did not suggest anything particular to Willie. Nancy slowly opened the street door. “Good-by, Willie," she said, rather disappointed, I suppose. “Good-by, Nancy,” he replied, in no 1 brighter voice. An hour later Willie called on me. “1 have followed your advice, doctor,” hi said. “I have asked Nancy to marry me.” “Well," said I, “I think I should hav« told the other first. It does not matter much, I suppose. Still, you can only marry one woman. Will—at a time, I mean. 1 Seems to me you are engaged to two.” "I wish I was engaged to neither,” said Willie, in very bad humor; “nothing I du is right." "You will write to Miss Hardware, 1 daresay.” I remarked. "No; I must see her," said Willie nervously; “we arranged a signal which w< could use in case we wanted to meet at i any time." As I looked at him the thought struck - me that if before they met some stray I hint of the matter were to reach Vanity'r ears, he would not be altogether displeus ed! (To os continued.) THE PRUNE INDUSTRY. How French Growers Prepare the Fruit for .Market. Consumers of the useful prune, that . simple fruit which takes the place of richer preserves, may not know how the French growers prepare the fruit for I market, and what a process of the most primitive kind it goes through before ' packed for exportation. As soon as the 1 prunes are harvested they are taken to a building called the fruitery. where they ' remain a few days to complete maturity. The fruit is then subjected to not less than three, and frequently four, distinct cookings before being pronounced flt for the market. The first two preliminary cookings have for object evaporation of water contained In the fruit; the final cooking, which dries the fruit, imparts a certain brilliancy much sought by buyers. The sun-dried prunes are most delicious to the taste, but the exigencies of the trade do not permit of such long preparation. In several districts of France the most primitive means are practiced in curing the fruit.. In Provence it is plunged in pots of boiling water, then placed in baskets and gently shaken until cool, when it is put upon long trays exposed to the sun’s heat to complete the desiccation. At Dlgne the prunes are not gathered until ripe. Women feel the fruit with their nails to avoid Injury to the soft pulp. The fruit Is strung on small twigs in such fashion as not to touch. These sticks of prunes are stuck into straw frames, which the suspended in the sun until the prunes easily detach from the stick, the pit is then removed ami the same process of sun drying Is gone through with. nnd. when thoroughly desiccated, packed foi market. The trays used In the rural districts are quaint affairs, varying in form, dimensions nnd construction, according to locality. The peasants make them during the winter months, and they nre clumsy nnd cumbersome, nnd the only excuse is the peasant cannot afford to buy and is not skillful enough to make better ones. Perhaps some day a little Yankee skill may enter into this primitive construction, which is now a frame made of hoop, to which Is fastened a wicket-like bottom fashioned 'jk>m rushes and willow twigs. At least this is the method of preparing prunes In France. The California fruit growers may have a better one. 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TIMELY FARM TOPICS. MANAGEMENT OF THE FARM. GARDEN AND STABLE. Harrowing Corn—Ground Wheat Kilin off Innumerable Wc.cla and la-vela Itldgea Vina Cutter for Unrdencra - Adding to Wheclbarrow'a Capacity Machine for Gardeners. The llluatnttioii represents a machine adapted to cut off |Hirta of any creeping vim- or for trimming or cutting off runuern, and It may In* curried clone to the plant to cut off desired portions without Injuring what la left, the cutters being nine readily adjustable nnd easily gcretMlble for ahnn>etilng or cleaning. , At the forward end of the machine Is u sickle bar finger adapted to travel on the ground, ami the body nnd the linger bur nre made In two sections divided longitudinally, there being iu the roar pnrt of the finger bar ami the for'wnrd pnrt of the body a longitudinal opening when- the cutters nre located. MACHINE TO CVT VISES, The ground wheel nt the left hand side of the machine has an internal gear and is fast on the axle, the opposing wheel being removable, while meshing with the internal gear is a pinion on a shaft carrying a stellated cutter wheel, whose teeth are sharpened on a lievel to meet the cutting edge of a cutter adjustably secured In the left hand wall of the longitudinal opening. the upper edge of the cutter being flush with the upper surface of the finger bar of the machine. The stationary cutter may Is* adjusted or removed as desired, and in case the vines might Im- damaged by the passage of the machine in Its ordinary sha|M> the removable wheel may lie taken off. bringing the cutters near the trunk ami precluding the possibility of Injuring the standing portion of the vine. Corn-Ground Wheat. Corn stubble that has la-en seeded in grain, and is not sown to timothy or clover, will Is- much lienetited by a thorough harrowing as soon as the land is fit to work. Hook three strong mules or horses to an adjustable steel tooth harrow and harrow across the drill rows. Ten acres can lie gone over in a half a day. What few stools of grain may be rooted out will not amount to much. The loosening of the will around the grain roots and the thorough pulverization of the earth between the drill rows will be a verygreat advantage to the crop. After the harrowing and before a rain is an excellent time to give the field a top dressing of fine manure or 100 pounds of nitrate of soda and 100 pounds of phosphate of Unit-. These two fertilizers art well together, and In a favorable season will Increase the yield from eight to ten bushels [mt acre. Fields of grain that are in bad shape, either from being gotten in late, want of proper fertilzatlon or owing to severe winds and alternate freezing ami thawing, will be much benefited by a good harrowing. The editor has frequently harrowed corn stubble grain, and always with the Itest results, and would earnestly commend it. The harrowing kilhi innumerable weeds, which is another advantage, besides breaking off the corn stubs and leveling the ridges, which makes It easier for the reai>er. Corn stubble wheat should not be seeded to timothy or clover, but it should be plowed up as soon after harvest as the work can be done, and seeded to grain, and then to grass.—The American. Feeding Cottonseed Meal. The use of cotton so»-d in moderate quantity, in connection with bran or clover bay or pasture, would not fnjure your butter, but rather be beneficial, as the foods mentioned would tend to make it soft and oily, and the addition of cotton seed would counteract this effect, and give it a firm consistence and good grain, without injuring the flavor perceptibly. At the Mississippi Agricultural College, we feed our milch rows a ration consisting of four to six pounds of cotton seed meal, two to four pounds of bran (or cornmeal), twentypounds of com silage, ami hay ad libitum, through the winter months, or right to ten pounds of seed may substitute tin* whole grain ration. When the cows are in good pasture, they need but little meal. As they become dried up. two pounds of meal and two pounds of bran may be fed with good advantage. Sowing by Hund. There are not many now who can distribute grain or grass seeds evenly by the hand nnd get the right amount per acre. It is likely that the art will be wholly lost. There nre broadcast seeders which will do the work quicker mid better than the best sower by hand could ever <lo. The drill nowadays does most of the grain seeding, the only difficulty with it being that when the soil Is very mellow the seed is put In too deep. Rolling after the seed bed is prepared remedies this difficulty. It Is also a good plan to roll down the land which Is to be seeded by hand. The harrow or cultivator will cover it deeply enough. Hund Irrigntion for Fruit. An Ontario farmer reports good results In Irrigating strawls-rries by carrying water in palls from a shallow

well and pouring It ou the bed, anti from thia beginning iu irrigation lie ims wrtH-ted a reservoir elevated alsivt the level of the Imhlh to is< watered, which he Ulla by hand pump and distributes by hone. With this crude system of irrigntion he lias been able to raise as many ns 4,430 boxen of strawberriett from a measured acre In u very dry seaaou, ami thus having almost a monopoly of the market, he wus able to sell bln berries ala fine price. How u Woman Would Farm. I would work for small fruits. It in very nice for the women to run out nnd pick a bowl of rich strawberries, raspberrien or blackberries, when they only have perhaps a half hour before ten, not time enough to go n mile nway to some rough (mature or scruggly wood, let alone coming home with, perchance, a broken bone or two, and their dresses nearly torn to pieces, sayn a writer In the Maine Farmer. If you chance to mention those things to a man. "Oh. no time to fool with such things. What won't n woman think of next?" I notice if the Iterries nre on the table ho finds time to eat them, while the women are too tired to even look at them. One thing more. I would not bo boiling swill on the kitchen stove, running in every morning, noon and night with the swill pall full of intel, emptying the contents of the teakettle the women have got just to the boiling pitch, for washing the dishes or getting the meal; then, after getting half way to the pig pen. cull Imck. “Oh. there! 1 have taken all the water out of that teakettle." 1 would have a building nil to myself, where I could heat water, Isill swill, forge an Iron and do a job of carpentering. Nitrogen for Early IN-as. When planting early peas a small amount of nitrate of a<sla will imy better than with any other crop. The pea requires nitrogenous manure, as it is more nitrogenous than any other grain, except the bean. It is true that the pea root is able to decompose air in the soil and extract the nitrogen from that, but it does this only when in an advanced stage of growth. A small amount of nitrate of s<sla sown with peas warms the soil around them, for it aids the growth of pea roots, which liberate carbonic acid gas. which always evolves heat. It Is thus, by furnishing food and warmth at the early critical period, that the pea is made earlier than it otherwise would be, and brings a higher price in the market. Increasing a Wheelbarrow’s Copacity. When wheeling corn fodder and other light stuff, a wheelbarrow’s capacity is too limited for convenience. The 11RACK FOB A WHF.EI.BAKKOW. lustration shows a simple attartiment that can lie slipped into the barrow on such occasions, to the great Increase of its capacity. The side pieces should be hardwood strips. The attachment may lx- supported by hooks from the strips to the top of the wheelbarrow's back if preferred. Feed Economically. The cost of production governs the profit, and not the i«•!<■<*< received. Extravagance In feeding, waste of valuable food, and the use of stock that does not produce al»»ve the average, are the olatmcles which cause mortgages and entail losses. Small Farms Pay. Small farms are made to pay by closer attention and a better feeding of the soil than is possible with large ones. Odds and Ends. If one wears old, loose kid gloves while Ironing they will save many callous spots on the hands. Silver spoons that have become discolored by eggs may be cleaned readily by rubbing with a soft cloth and a little dry salt. If brooms are dipped In a pail of hot suds for a minute or two each week it will make them tough and plable, and they last much longer. Little bags of orris powder are considered among the daintiest devices for perfuming bed linen and underclothing, and are more popular than lavender just now in the most luxurious houses. Palms, rubber plants and all foliage plants used In the house should have a wH-kly washing. Using a soft cloth or sponge, each leaf should receive a light washing with lukewarm water, and the soil should be loosened alstut the roots. Plants breathe through their leaves, and cannot grow well unless they are kept free from dust. Mildew may be removed in the following manner: First, by rubbing off any loose mildew, then rubbing iu common salt, afterward sprinkling liberally with powdered chalk and moistening with clean cold water. After this dry slowly in the open air, rinse, and if the marks are still tiiere repeat the process. It may be necessary to do tlds several times, but iu the end the spots will be removed. It is sometimes convenient to remember tlie following items of cooks' measurement: One pint of liquid equals one pound. Two gills of liquid ma ke one cupful. Four teaspoonfuls make oue tablespoonful. Two round tablespoonfuls of flour will weigh an ounce. Half a pound of butter will make one cup. Four cups of flour make one pound. Two cups of granulated sugar make one pound, but in powdered sugar It will take two and one-half cups to make one pound.

w'% ■ Cleaning Black breaa Goods. Every one has or wants u blnck gown nowadays, and such k<mmln uh serge, cheviot. CMhmere, Henrietta, etc., are easily cleaned. First remove the gn>unn spots with naphtha, and remember that thia fluid la very explosive when expooed to either light or fire. Make a lather of warm aoap slide, using a g<"»d. not strong, aoap, and a teaapoonful of I torn x to every two quarts of water. Into thia dip the goods up mid down and wash la-tween the imnda; then wring gently mid pat latrtly dry; hang in the shrnh*, mid when nearly dry Iron on the wrong side with a moderately warm iron. Alwnya rinse once In lukewarm water, nnd Iron until the material Is perfectly dry. Never rub a fabric that Is being renovated on the washIsMird, nor wring It tightly, mid in using naphtha remember that it roughena the hands, and that after using it it Is well to put vaseline upon them nnd to wear old gloves. Wash alpaca In the same manner as caahmere. adding a little gum arable to the rinsing water. If tiu* black goods are of a rusty color restore them by singing with ammonia and alcohol. Always ti.se a piece of the same material or one near to it to sponge with.—Ladies! Home Journal. PlcHnnnt Gumcfi, A pleasant variation in an evening of games is the drawing of flowers with colored crayons, ami then having your guests guess the names of the flowers. A list of flowers should be made out. each one with a number. On aeparata slips of paper write the name of one of the flowers with its corresjMtnding number, until you have used each one on the list. Give each guest one of the slips, or have a draw for them, and provide them witii crayons mid she<“ts of paper. Give fifteen minutes for tho making of the flowers, then collect tho drawings and pin them up al>out the room. As the names of the flowers are read from the list guesses are given ns to which flower among the drawing represents it. Another pleasant game Is <*alled matching quotations. Wellknown lines are written on slips of paper and then divided into bits, (*ecl» part having three or four words. These fragments are pinned about the room on furniture, curtains ami hangings, and each person takes one and starts out to find the other parts that will make the quotation complete. Sometimes the quotations may consist of an entire line, with the second line forming the other iialf to lie looked for.— New York Post. Gingerbread Pudding. Mix one-quarter pound of suet with one-half pound of slft<*d flour: add a pinch of salt, one and one-half gills of molasses (either Porto Rico or New Orleans. preferably the former), one teaspoonful of ginger, and when thoroughly mixed one well-lieaten egg and onehalf pint of milk, In a part of which should be dissolved one-half a t<*aspoonful of soda. It may be necessary to use more liquid. It should l>e proportioned to the stiffness of molasses and flour. The original receipt calls for candled peel, but currants, sultanas or all three may be med. Turn into a buttered mold or bowl, and ls»ll for three hours. —Ixulles' Home Journal. Macaroons. Blanch and Nut half a pound of sweet almonds in a mortar witii a tablespoonful of water, till quite fine, gradually adding the whites of eight eggs, whipped to a froth; then mix in half a pound of loaf sugar, finely powdered. Spread sheets of white paper on your baking tin and over that the proper wafer papers: lay the paste on it, in pieces the size of a walnut, and sift fine sugar over it. Bake iu a moderately hot oven. Lobster Timbale. Take three |s>umls of lobster (cooked). Pick meat out of the shell and chop very fine. Ad<l a little thickened cream and heat all to scalding point. Then line a rice ring mold witii a soft cooked rice and put the prepared lobster in. Turn all out on a dish and pour over all a white cream sauce. Holognu Sunsagc. 801 l bologna from one hour and a half to two hours. Serve witii a wall of mashed potatoes ami thick brown gravy outside the potatoes. Hints to Housekeeper., The "Instantaneous" chocolates and cocoas are greatly improved by being brought to the boiling point. To remove a grease spot from wall paper hold a piece of blotlng paper over the spot with a hot flat iron for a few moments. Clinkers may be removed from grates ami ranges by throwing half a dozen oyster shells into the tire when the coal Is aglow ami cover them with fresh coal. The clinkers are mnde soft by tills means and are easily disposed of. If small branches of lilacs, apple or cherry trees are now brought into the house and put in a sunny window in a pitcher of water the buds will soon swell and blossom. The pitcher should be kept filled, as the water evaporates rapidly. Fruit is not a complete dietary in itself, but it Is excellent to nceompnuy a meat diet. Tlie acid contained in the fruits assists digestion, and it is for this reason that apple sauce should be served witii ronst pork or goose. Hie fat of which is rendered more assimilable by iu