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<*HAPTER XVllL—(Continued.) . knock wan lirattl at the door; the M nn- maid wb” bad hurried out inh> tb« tardea cs®< * n - . „ •rkate. ma'am, th* doctor in here. ••Bo' why do yon look «o white?” the mieltw «»ked, reading the aervnnt’s face with quick appn-henaion. “Io Miao Maud wore'?" _ . "PIMM, ma'am, the doctor mutt apeak to yon." The maid lingered for a moment. “Wli.it ia the matter?” Vanity naked. “Our atnalleet young lady haw got mnalll»>i.” tb* aervant aaid, nhuddering aa ohe «(H>ke "Manter han aren the doctor, and wr don’t know wlmt to do." Vanity Hardware hail the terror of that diaeaae which every woman feeia, and »he turned pale herself. “And the Hrtle lady ia maater’a pet, rh.. aervant continued; “and miotreoo haa alwaya made oo much of her; and ahe baa always slept beside miotreaa, and ahe won't hardly go out of her aight.” “I daresay.” Vanity remarked, "her mother will nurae her." "There it ia, you are.” the aaid aaid, ckutitig the door, and speaking in a confidential whisper: "master nays the mother •hall not go near her. You see”—closing the d<«r more impressively—•‘master is •o proud of missus' looks; and he says the risk shall not be run.” "Can't they get a nurse?" Vanity asked. "Don't you see," the other replied, "that's where ft is. Thia little lady is so used to mistress singing to her. and being with her. that she will not allow any nurse to iw near her; and we only keep her quiet by the five minutes saying: ‘Mamma's coming, dear;' and even then abs bursts otn rimes ltd times. And if you please, doctor says the Ifttie lady must be luqit quite away from everybody; and your room is the best in the house for her; and will yon please come down stairs? Tour room is made dark, and the little lady is to be taken there at once.” Vanity came out upon the gallery over the large entrance hall, out of which several do<nw opened and one or two short flights of steps ran up different passages At the top of one of three flights stood the redoubt able old lady in a most excited state. For some inexplicable reason, she had gathered up her skirts; and the first idea her figure suggested was that of a stout elderly lady, of inflexible purpose, who was about to wade a river. “I always said so," the old lady called out "This comes of your Sunday school tracts. But Maud never would lietea to advice—not since she was four years old?’ Poor Maud. i>ale and crying, sat upon a chair. Beside her stood the doctor and her husband; the wail of the sick child was plainly heart!. At the sound, the mother started to her feet. "Augustus!” she called out piteously, “I must go! Doctor, do say that I am to gn! Baby will die if she frets on in this way. It is cruel to keep me. It is my duty to run whatever risk there may be. D<> let me go. I cannot bear to hear her." "Maud," her busband said, drawing i+we to ter, "I eannot permit it. We must get a nurse. Baby will soon cry herself to sleep.” “Oh, it is cruel!" ahe said; "it is cruel!” At this point the soldier brother spoke. “I feel for you, Neville,” he said to his brother-in-law; "but I do think my sister la right. Iler duty is with her child. Let her go. and leave the rwt in the hands of God.” "Mind,” the old lady called out, "I don’t agn-e with ei&erof you. Remember that hereafter.” "Now, Augustus,” the wife cried, "now you will let me go!" Neville, feeling the tide running sharply against him, saw that he must speak decidedly. Like many easy-going people, he could, on occasion, assert himself irresistibly. “There must be an end of this,” he said. “Doctor, let us have a nurse at once. Maud, you must not go near the child; your life is too valuable to us all.” Vanity had watched thia scene with a remarkable look on her face; and now she hurried down stairs, and crossed the hall to the lady's side. “I will nurse the baby," she cried. "I am not afraid!” g The whole company stood transfixed. The young soldier acknowledged the power of beauty by gaging for a moment at the stranger with a possibly too obvious admiral ion, but he soon recollected himself, Maud Neville looked tip. "Oh, thank you. thank you," ahe said. “It wouldn't be the slightest use. Baby will have no one but myself." ■ “I know, I know," Vanity replied almost impatiently. “Come with me." Maud looked up in wonder; as for the rest, they stood in silent amusement; even the old lady was nt a loss for a sentence. “Cotne with me.” Vanity repeated, in a decisive voice. “Bid your servant follow its." To the surprise of everybody. Maud Neville rose and walked across the hall with Vanity. The servant followed, and all three wisit out of sight. Then the maid-servant was seen flying Into the sick child's room, where the sound of closing shutters was heard. Thence she ran up stairs and disappeared. Then jg.iin she darted down to the doctor mid wb..»p. d 'o him. After t!ii< she drew ■down every blind and closed every shutter of the hall windows, reducing the place to darkness. Then, without explaining these proceedings, she disappeared once more. The whole party still remained motionfree, none daring to apeak, and in the darkness and suspense it seemed that several minutes passed away. At last. low. soft, sweet, in the most •nothing lullaby note, they heard a voice tinging: "Now the day is over, Night, is drawing High, Shadows of the evening • Steal across the sky.” »

"Why." w-his(>er>s| Neville to his brother, "chat Is Maud singing to the child. She sings that hymn to her, night by nlglrt." Then, tn the setnl-darknsM of the hall, th* hu»l»in«l mw his wife, dressed in a long, loose moraine robe which he knew well, bearing the child In her anus and chanting as fthe slowly moved across the hatl. The effei-t of the song on the sick child soon appeared. The little weary voice caught up a word or two here and there, and sung it in a drowsy, satisfied tune. "Maud.” the h Mbaud whispered, in a low. reproachful voice, “I am grieved." lie felt a hand in his own. Maud had •hdi-n up tn him from behind. "Huah," she said. "Can't you undersea ml ?" The sweeping gown touched his feet, and thennitHtvl head of Iris child was close to his own. as the mysterious figure glided by, still singing: “Jesus, give the weary Cakni and sweet nqsvse; With thy tender blessing May mine eyelids close." “Why, Maud!” whisperai Neville, claup mg his wife's hand. "I could have (worn it was your very voice!" “Is it not wonderful?" she whispered back. "Baby l-elieves alio i« in my arms, and she ia quite happy." In tthe darkneiei Neville felt his wife Irening her bend on his shoulder, and pouring <>sit the niingli-! sorrow and thankfulness of her heart. Meanwhile the dusky figure was seen slowly moving up the wide stairs toward rhs room when* the child was to be laid, low, sweet, the lullaby sounded: “Grant to little iduldrwi Viaions bright of Thee, Guard the sailors tossing On the dwp blue sea.” “But, Maud," the hudband said, "when she leaves the child in the room, how much better shall we be?" “Dear, dear?’ exclaimed his wtfs, but in the lowest of whispers, "ahe is going to nurse baby through the illness. The rossti is dark. Baby will never know, till •he Is well again!” Vanity bad reu.hed the door of the ss-k roan. They could now see her figure plainly, and she turned round, as if to give “ho tn-sther one last glimpse of her darling. “Through the long ndght witches May thine angel spread Their white wings above me. Watching round my bwi.” The «>ng was over. The dark threshold was passed. And the brave artrros was shut in with her task and her danger. CHAPTER XIX. The housemaid understood her busiest. Without waiting for the word of command, she let in the light once more, and the whole party saw each other. "Maud,” the busband aaid, breaking the silence, "wbat does all this mean?” "Really. Augustus, you are stupid! Don’t you ere? Little Maud thinks I am with her, and going to stay with her! But euvih a dever girl! I really thought it was myself singing. She asked me, 'Have you any little thing you sing to the child?' So I sung her a verse of ‘Now the day is over.’ The verses, the musk, the v<wy tone of my voice, she caught on the instant. And then she went in to baby—in the dark—ami took her up, singing all the while, and baby put her little head against her shoulder, and was quite wxvtbed and Mill." The mother's tears fell as she spoke, and the hu*band was moved himself. “What a brave act!” he said. “I should have thought a woman would as iwon have walked Into Nebuchadnesaar’e furnace. For a poor and lovely girl—for a lovely girl she ia—to risk her beauty fior the sake of a sick child is real heroism. I shall never forget what that girl has done. And if she were to catch the smallpox, and her face were spoilt, I should never forgive myself.” “No more should I!" the soldier called out. “Never!" "Reafiy, Mr. Pembroke," the old lady said loftily, “will you be good enough nut to be too absurd? Providence did not expect you to nurse the child.” "I feel,” Augustus continued gravely, “that I must take the whole responsibility of the young woman's future upon tuysel f.” “Not the whole of ft. Augustus!" the soldier called out earnestly. "I ought to help you. Share and share alike, you know. No, 1 don't exactly mean that; but really, old fellow. I coulfi not let it all come on you, you know." “Listen. Tom," his brother-in-law remarked; "if that girl were to pay tbo price of her bravery with her face, I don't see wlmt I could do for her. It would In- an awful result of so gallant a deed. If that Imppened ” "If that hnppened,” Tom Pembroke cried, interrupting, witti great excitement, "if her face were spiiled, it would not be your business, Augustus. As you -my, you could do nothing for her. In that ease, sooner than she should die of a broken heart, I—l—l would marry her myself.” "Thomas Pembroke,” exclninual the old Indy. "1 am horrified. But while we stand talking here, that complaint" -here siie pointed to t'h.‘ el.sed doors of the sick , lamber "may come down those stairs mid take some of us into eternity." Not a thought about the little sick child ui»on w*hom Death seemed to have laid his hand; not a thought about the brave young woman who had taken the polsoned frame to her own breast. She retreat<sl precipitately, flew into her n«>m and shut her door with a terrific crash. CHAPTER XX. Vanity was alone in the darkened sick room. Her little dharge was satisfied with the low song of “Now the day is over;" and as often as the small sick voice plainted out ita “Mamma,” the reply of a chanted voice assured ths Muto

•uffsrw <tiat her best consoler was at hand. But the generous glow died out, as all •motion will. Now. In the dark roan, Vanity had rtnic to think what she had undertaken; and. ft must be confessed, •h« began to feel afraid. She resolved bi atay at her poat, h-wi-ver, and. when The sick-nunu- arrived, she announced her resolution of sharing the duties, aud still keefiitig up rhe kind illusion which gave tranquility to the little sufferer. Ou the whole ahe was calm. Now, upon the subsidence of tile terrible exi-ll«*nieng of the last few WMka, Vanity knew th* state of her own heart, 'ftie awful and of her fattier had been a stunning stroke of Fate. Vanity had never known th« fecta of her father's life. The robbsriee of which he was ampeetod war* never, with her, in*tt<*rn of positive knowledge, Still, ahe know that her fattier was a bad, unacrupuhiua man; hie conduct made it evident that some terrible danger waa ever hanging over hitu. Hie death, appalling m ft »m, forever hid the worst facta she »us|>eeted from discovery or from legal proof. But Willie Snow had broken p-»»r Vanity's heart. In state of bis weaku-sai, whii-h she <s>uld not but despise, she loved trim still. In her aecrot heart lihe still carcMH-d rhe dangerous memory us handsome Willie Snow. The secret thread* which bind the heart of a wrnnan to a man are inexplicable, tthe thought of his winsome ways, his handsome face, recalled their love acenes, hated her rival. In the darkened room of sickness, with |M-ril lianl at hand. Vanity Hurd-ware talked thus with herself: “1 have exposed myself to fearful danger; if my life ia sacrificed, shall I much regret it? But if I survive, and leavo thio room with beauty unimpaired—then. Mistraaa Nancy Snow, beware! You stole my lover from me. I shall repay you. I know my power. I shall steal your husband from you. Then tear your hair as I tore mine, and sob and cry for death as. under yvnir cruel bands, I subbed and raved aud cried! If lam not to make Willie my own—why, here I have exposed myself to danger—let roe be •truck down; but if I come forth hence unhurt, then I ehall treat my life as my own. WITMe! Willie! by your weak, impulsive nature and by my beauty you ahall yet t>e mine! After that, come what may!” From the hour Whe took this resolution, all her fear of infection or of death was gone. She even courted danger. There was her fatalism again. "Dare anything; give Fate every chance us wrecking your •cheme; and if you pass unscathed, then call your life —call Willie's lifts—your own!" So Mie went about her self-im-puaed task no longer wtth the tenderness of her first impulse, but with a stony calmness, under which ley a secret sens* of approaching triumph. Tune went by. The attack of smallpox wna not severe, and the child soon began to mend. Vanity in the dark room still played her part of mother, and the child would never be still unless her “mother" was at hand. Khe grew fond of her little charge. The child was rhe most patient of sufferers; would whisper "Thank you, mamma.” with a grace and prettinese every time she was tended; Vanity began to feel • new affection in her breast, a tendernews for this little child. Had this story been narrated in the Mi ape of a comedy, a pretty scene might have been arranged here. A well-ordered flower garden, toward the end of October, in a genial year when summer lingered long. In the midst of the garden a large, low house, wfth a long veranda in front, and above the veranda a balcony. Maud Neville standing below, talking with Vanity Hardware in half whispers, lest by any chance the small ears inside should hear. If Maud Neville's husband was proud of her looks this was not to be wondered at. As to Vanity, she had never looked half so lovely. Her recent illness had left a transparency in her complexion, and her eyes shone with softness and brilliancy. The scene is not yet complete. Besides these two pretty women, a rhird figure often appears. Tom Pembroke liked a morning cigar, and his habit had been to smoke it while walking in the kitchen garden. All of a sudden Tom took a fancy to the flower garden. So sure as Maud began to talk with Vanity about the sick child, so surety would Tom be seen idling round the garden with his cigar, and taking an opportunity of raising his hat to Vanity, whom everybody there treated as a lady without knowing •why. Maud felt that she must warn her brother to be careful. She loved her brother above every hitman creature except her husband and her children; but •till Maud knew what men are, and she was a plucky woman who always said her say. She determined to tell T-«n plainly that this sort of thing would nevef do. (To be continued.) Sensitive About His Age. An attorney from Springfield, 111., wtut nt the Capitol the other day, and the subject of sensitiveness alxrnt age came up. “The most remarkable instance of that,” he said “was a man—not a •woman—and a very able man mentally, too. Judge Sydney Breese, ; for many years one of the Justices of tin- Supreme Court of Illinois, died at i a very advane<s! age, but no one ever knew how old Ik- was. L’pon one occasion the Judges of the Supreme Court of lowa visited the Illinois Supreme Court. Judge Wright, of lowa, was at that time very old, ami he had gone west from Ohio, the State of Judge Breese's nativity. At the banquet ..i---ble Judge Wright said to the venerable Illinois jurist: “ ‘Judge, we must be about the same age. We left Ohio In the same year. We have servtsl on the l»euch an equal length of time. I wonder how much further the coincident xtends. I would not be surprised If we were Istrn during the same year. If not an im-IH-rtinence, 1 would ask how old you are? 1 nrn 78.' "Judge Bret. .- arise from the table, his face livid with anger, ami saying, fiercely, T would consider It the height of Impertinence, sir,' left the room and would not appear again when Judge Wright was present.”—Washington Star. Enormous Supply of Bibles. The American Bible Society issue* from the Bible House In November were 80,47.1 volumes, and since April 1 615,244 volumes. As a rule a man’s hair turns gray five years sooney than a woman'*.

OUR RURAL READERS. SOMETHING HERE THAT WILL INTEREST THEM. Great Clalma M«<1» for the Ailurne Corn — N«w Whiffletre* f»r Three More* Plowing Bundy ftcuffold De-vlce-hhallow Plowing for Bartoy. The Ad Ollis Corn. C. P. Augur, of Connecticut, writing In the American Agriculturist, says; My experlenctt leads ute to believe that

Early Dwarf Adam* corn will give lietter results than any flint variety. This corn was first brought to my .tttcutliMi tblrty flto years ago, a sample being sent me from Michigan, under the name of "Squaw" corn. It was recommended as an extra-early table variety. It has been Improved by yenrs of careful selection, until now 1 think It has no superior for either the extreme north or the extreme south, as Its early ripening

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....... ..»V makes It desirable conM“H of *ar. In both oectiomi. For other sections of the country, while It may not excel other varieties, it certainly can lose nothing by comparison. It Is a general-purpose corn. If such a thing exist*. As early. If not earlier, than the earliest sweet variety, it has large handsome ears, that are tender and toothsome on the table, and sell readily In the market. Not only will its size, earliness and general appearance m4l IL but those who have tried Its quality are ready to buy again. It has unusual vigor, and will grow sturdily on very moderate fertilization. It is a hardy variety, and can tie planted safely a w eek or ten days earlier than the sweet varieties. There are four types of the Adams—Dwarf Early, Early, I.ate and Zigzag Adams. The Garden • Help to Good Living. The farmer’s garden is not only the best paying piece of land on the farm, but It Is the one that if managed as it should be, best shows what advantages farm life may offer. It is not creditable to farmers that the residents of cities and villages are able to secure cheaply better supplies of fresh garden vegetables than can the farmer. It ought not to be so. Even In the matter of earliness, it Is within the power of the farmer with a good greenhouse to compete for tils own table with the market gardener, even in the winter and early spring. But if he does not care to go to this expense, b« will be Inexcusable If he doe* not provide an abundant variety of everything that can be grown in the garden In the open air. If the farmer was obliged, as hl* wife is, to provide the material three times a day for wholesome and palatable meals, he would pay more attention to the garden than he does. In any well-ordered family the garden ought to furnish half of what Is eaten during the summer and fall months, and the half that will certainly give the greatest pleasure to unperverted tastes and appetites. New Whifl’etree. A rig that beats them all for threehorse plowing. Is shown by Farm and Home. The advantages are: The team is close to the plow and the plow beam needs but very little shifting when using a two-horse or a three-horse team. Fasten a standard 18 Inches long at right angles up and down to the end of the plow beam. It may be of wood or THKKF.-IIOHSE WIIIFFI.ETKEE. iron Put a single tree at the upper end of the standard for the middle horse and a two-horse tree to the lower end for the outside horses. The standaril must have 12 Inches above and fl inches below the plow beam to equalize the draft between the middle and the two outside horses. To measure the right length of the evener. place the three single trees in line on a work bench. Let the middle tree lap 3 inches over inside ends of outside single trees. Cut the evener Just long enough and you will have a compact rig. Selling Young Pius. There is no quicker way to get money in pork titan to keep a few breeding sows and sell their pigs when ready to wean or soon after. There Is always a good demand for such pigs and at considerably more than their pork value. It Is known by everybody that the young pig makes more growth with . the same feed than it will at any later period of Its life. But the seller of the pig gets the advantage of this without being at any expense to care for and feed the animal. Therefore his profit Is greater than that of the man who buys from him. Too Knmpant Grape Vine Growth. Many American grape vines, especially those that are in part descended from the native sorts, require much more room than do the grapes grown In European vineyards. Unless given considerable wood at pruning time the growth of the few buds that are loft by close pruning will be stimulated too much.

Thl* I* a frequent e»u*e of unfruitfulness lu *uch vrffletlia as the Rogers Hybrid*. There I* such an exceaa of sap flowing Into ihe •boot* that when they blossom the tendency to wood growth la so strong as to prevent m-ttliig the fruit. Buch varieties should tie pruned long, uud if too many bud* start, pull out every alternate one after the fruit has fully aet ami the danger of growing otily wood bus passed. The Earl* I'lsated I'otaloea. Potatoes will grow at a much lower temperature than corn; but it la none the less • mistake for the early planting to put the seta In deeply while the ground la cold aud wet. Cut potatoes thus planted rot very easily. For all early planting we should use whole potatoes, cutting out all but two or three of the mo*t vigorous eyes. Thia will make a much stronger growth than the whole seed not thus prepared. Three Inches Is deep enough to plant on heavy ground, though after the aoll haa been 'wanned to greater depth, potatoes will do beat If plnut id four and a-half to five inches deep. Such potatoes will not need to lie hilled to keep the crop from growlug out of the ground, and the deep planting In also to some extent a means of preventing the rot, which, as It comes from spores bred on the potato leaf. I* most apt to attack the tuber* nearest the surface. Testing Weed Corn. Auere are every year so many complaints and losses from poor seed corn that the only safe way la to test it by planting some under cover, and In a moderately warm place. Thia la not Itself a test of how many seed* will grow when planted in the open ground, but it will at least show whether the seed has retained Its vitality, and under favoring conditions can be expected to make a crop. Knowing that hla seeit can be depended on, the farmer can be saved the loss sure to occur If he puts In more seed than la needed with the expectation that some will not grow. Thia lose Is most aerioua of all, for the seed with little vitality usually makes a weakly growth, and the number of plants In a hill makes It impossible that any of them shall produce more than nubbins. A Handy Wcaffold Devteo. Perhaps the east end of the house or barn needs cementing or replastering. If so. and you don’t want a quantity of lumber usid, make an angle of 8 by 4 SCAFFOLD FOB BKPAIBING. scantling, as shown in the Illustration, and slide It up against the wall with t stout pole or scantling. Fasten It at the bottom, or let the end sink Into the earth, and the more weight you put upon it the more secure it will become. You will want at least two of these angles and a tmard across them. Egas u» Chicken Food. For very young chicks, and until they are old enough to eat whole wheat, there Is no better food than egg tioiled hard, so that It can be crumbled. It should be given a little at a time, and the chicks be allowed to run around for an hour or two before any more Is given. If the egg shell Ls crushed fine and added, this will also be eaten, and it will furnish the needed grit to aid digestion, besides mtpplying the lime which is essential in growing bone agd feathers. Many chickens suffer from Indigestion tiecause cooped on wooden floors, where they cannot get either sand or gravel, which all fowls must have if they would keep In good health. Stone a<< u Mutch. Wherever a stone heap has laid a few years, the soil beneath will be found more fertile. This Is especially the cose where the whole or part of the heap is composed of limestone. The disintegration of the stone Is in part responsible for this. All rains and snows contain some carbonic add gas, which makes them a good solvent. It is from stone that the earthy portions of all soils were originally formed. Another. aud In some cases the most Important benefit to the soil from the stone heap lying ttlsive it Is. that the stones act as a mulch, shading the soil, and this enabling it to disintegrate the insoluble particles, and prepare their plant food to be taken up by the roots of plants. Shallow Plowing for Barley, The roots of barley do not run deeply, and the plant makes n much more vigorous early growth if the surface soil is merely cultivated, instead of being turned to the bottom <>f a furrow with it plow. The only objection to shallow plowing for spring grain Is that It makes the plowing harder for teams and plows when the spring stubble Is turned over In the fall for sowing to winter grain. But some farmers have found that here also the shallow plowing succeeds best. Deep plowing of stubble land only keeps the soil loose to a greater depth, allowing It to absorb more water, and thus Increase the injury to the crop from winter freezing and thawing. When n girl Is Isl the eligibility of a young man depends a good deal on what sort of a mustache he has. When she Is 20 she Is likely to think more about hir •ceaunt—Somerville Journal-

' r Pile nn<l Btoruge. Where numerous magazine* and newspapers are taken their weekly and dally accumulation In the library la apt to become a seriously burdensome matter. The newspapers and other periodicals, except magazines, may tie placed on their arrival upon the file stick* that are shown. These are two piece* of light wood hinged together at one end. One piece has a handle, and thia also contains two pointed brads, with corresponding laickcta In the other piece of wood. The paper la von xcwsFAPBM Asn maoazinzs. placed bet wren the sticks, which «r* then clo*ed and tied, the brnds holding the paper firmly In place. Each paper can then tie put In Its place in the cabinet, new Issues being added as they arrive until the stick is full, when some of the oldest number* can tie cleared out. The closet can be used as a storage place for magazines and other periodicals It Is desired to preserve, while the open *helf and the top of the closet will accommodate the late numbers while they are tie! ng read. Oyster Croquettes. Take twenty-five good fat oystera with one gill of their own liquor, on* fill of cream, one tatdespoonful of butter, two tablespoonfuls of flour, add one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, the yolks of two eggs, a quarter of a grated nutmeg, with salt and cayenne to taste. Put the oysters to boil in their own liquor, boil and stir constantly for five minutes. Take them from the fire and drain. Chop the oysters very fine. Now put Into a saucepan one gill of this liquid and the cream. Put together the butter and flour. Add this and the oysters to the boiling liquid, and cream and stir until it lioils and thickens. Then add the yolks of th* eggs, stir over the fire for one minute; take It off; add parsley, salt, cayenne and nutmeg, mix well and turn out to cool. When cold, form Into cylinders, roll first into beaten egg. then in bread crumbs, and fry In Isiiling oil or fat. To Make Strawberry Jelly. Boil three-quarters of a pound of sugar In half a pint of water, pour It boiling hot over three pints of strawlierrles placed in an earthen vesaeL add the juice of two lemons, cover closely, and let it stand twelve hours. Then strain through a cloth (flannel is the tiest thing); mix the juice which has run through with two and a half ounce* of gelatine, which has been direolved in a little warm water, mid add sufficient cold water to make the mixture one quart. Pour Into n mould ami set on the Ice to cool.—Ladles’ Home Journal. Horae R»<ll«h Sauce. Chill one cup of thick cream and beat it until stiff enough to hold in shape. Add half a tenspoonful salt, half a saltspoon pepper, and three tablespoonfuls prepared horse rudlsh. If freshgratisl horse radish lie used, add two tablespoonful* vinegar and one teaspoonful sugar to the radish. Keep this in a cold place, as it should lie stiff and thick when used. If served on the diHh with hot meat, put It in a shallow sauce dish mid cover the dlsb with the garnish of water cress. Hints. Scald your bread Jars twice a week. It keeps th" mould away. A good gargle for sore throat Is com. posed of two teaspoonfuls of glycerin*, one tablespisitiful of lime water aud one teas]KM>nful of paregoric. To kill roaches, make a paste of flour, hot water and phosphorus, using a half pint of paste and al out six cents' worth of phosphorus. Place on small pieces of board, where the roaches come, and they will eat mid die. Au excellent cure for hoarseness is to rouHt a lemon um ii It Is soft all through; do not allow it to burst. While still hot cut a piece from the end and till tho lemon with as much granulated sugar ns ft will hold. Then eat it while hotr Jellies made with gelatine ought always to be covered, says a physician in the LomUm Family Herald, as. when medical men want to secure minute organisms for Investigation, they expose gelatine to the air or where the germs are. mid it attracts and holds them. It Is sometimeH convenient to remember the following items of cooks' measurements: One pint of liquid equals one pound, two gills of liquid make on* cupful, four teaspoonfuls made one tablespoonful, two round tnblespoonfuh of flour will weigh an ounce, half a pound of butter will make one cup, four cups of flour make one pound, two •ups of granulated sugar make one pound, but tn powdered sugar It will take two and a half cups to make on* nouud