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CHAPTER IX.—{Continued.) “I am going to the hall,” said Austin, “ao that our errands will lie in opposite ■directions; if you like. Giadie, I wifi walk with you to the Fir Cottage first. She thanked him, but declined, and Lenore. looking anxiously at her husband, asked him if he could not let the hall {business stand over that night. "You have not been well all day. she vaid; “stay at home to-night. I will sing to you.” “That would lie a heavy bribe." he angwered; "one that I would do much to accept; but this is the day on which Cyril wished me to deliver the message, and you know that I like to obey him. even U to the letter." \ She turned away without another word. | Then Giadie rose, and, going round to \ Mrs. Audley, kissed her. “You are Quite y *ure that you will not want me.” she & «aid; “any other evening will do for the^ 7^- V \ goi.ig. f xeT?T jXei.yT ^^^^^^^tell. I have many things attend to. I shall nut tie later thuu nine or ten." They lingered for a short time, talking •over the roses. Suddenly Mrs. Audley ’turned to Austin and said: “I heard you complain of your throat ■ last evening, Austin; there is very often -a cold wind after these warm days. You must he fareful.” He laughed after the careless fashion of men who think so little of physical 'Ailment; but Lenore looked up at him. “Yeu must be careful. Austin; I have heard of one or two cases of diphtheria in the village—l must make you take precautions. Austin.” He bone away with him in his heart the picture of Ignore as she stood there, ' ther dress of pale-blue silk, richly trim•med w ith white lace, her golden hair. I with a white rose in its depths—graceful, loving and beautiful, with a smile on her face that was never seen there again. She held some rich, white roses in her la ands, but when Mrs. Audley spoke of: Austins health she laid them down on Ybe table and went up to him. She laid ■tier while hands iightly on his shoulders and looked kindly in his face. "lou are to take care of yourself, and not to expose your throat to the chill breeze. Our poet must be saved from all ill winds.” She saw lying on the table near her a .pretty little silken scarf of her own—it was of Boman silk, so tine and delicate <hat one could have drawn it through a i wedding ring, yet close and warm. It <was richly embroidered, and had a beau <ifub tasseled fringe. Lenore took it. "Now be obedient, Austin,” she said, “and let me wrap this round your Throat.” He laughed, but he was delighted that •she should-care for him so tenderly; it was worth anything in this wide world to have those sweet, white hands round his ' meek, that beautiful face so near hi s own It to obey her. tn Hs-WT 4 "- * -g lu teetThe touch of those 1 about his neck; he would ’ ?nave bent his head for a far heavier yoke •than that to please her. i -

She threw the white silken scarf round D:s sack, so little dreaming-heaven help her—where and how she should see it again. Then Mrs. Audley cried out: “Austin, if you spend al! the evening in making love to your wife, you will never reach the Hall.” “I would rather stay here,” he said. E “Making love te my wife, as you call it is very pleasant.” Then Lenore said: “I cannot tie this: I must not spoil the ^. utiful tassels - How shall I fasten Round her own white neck she wore a fcroad piece of blue velvet, which was ■fastened by a small brooch of tine white ■pearls; she took it and held it up to him. "You will indeed be my knight,” she ♦aid; "you will have my color and mr favor, my scarf and my brooch. Mamma, «ee how 6ne I have made him.” Both ladies laughed as she fastened the scarf with the pretty brooch. It was an old fashioned brooch, shaped like a ring one that Mrs. Audley had given to her daughter—a family heirloom, and on the back was a small cross, artistically ■enbraved. How well both mother and daughter remembered and described the brooch afterward! “Many thanks, my darling." he said: "I feel like a caliph of Bagdad with all this silk and pearls.” He had left the room then; before he had closed the door he returned, and, going up to Mrs. Audley, bent down and kissed her face. “I went without kissing you,” he said; “and I have come back again. I never like to miss my good-nights from you. and you will bare gone to rest before I return.” Some impulse for which she could not account made the gentle lady raise her hands and clasp them round his neck. “Good night, my dea^ — ■X--' sue said. .TSul!" hissed her face. Then be lingered half a minute In"-'*" •wttFnia ’• uer ant in. ,ould J . and /WGbod-mght, Lenore,” he said, "for fl. ^>7° or ^ r °‘ > short hours.” A l dv if Iswerel ;.in au *' “’’wrJr I r j night teli, and the whole luud • I SHFaHKi, '• be sleeping. “King for the lights. Ln-.r- " ^j^sAiMrs. -^-“dley. "end 1.-t n« . h... ■ ,it is quite night -dark node \\ jT When the servant bought in -he e $ Mrs Audley a,k."d if MU, Be M < ■ r returned. The servant did nor kv >" , went to see. A few minim-,, aft, rw t, Gladie entered, and said -in ul l , bom** some time ' “You must have tx-en w; ' i.j . r , f ahe said T i ... | hour since ml h* s g n DO light, , telt q : . • 4 y, | .gone upstairs I There was a cmion- tr«-mor .n voiee- a- ■ ■ B -something qui. k, exm u d m K -In her maimer. I

' "We will sit up now until Austin i comes." said Mrs. Audley. "What time is it. Giadie?" "It has struck ten.” she answered, slowly. Struck ten; and the shadow was on the threshold at last! CHAPTER X. An hour passed. “I will go to the garden gate, mamma; perhaps I shall see him,” said Lenore. Giadie took up a black shawl and wrapped it round her, touching the pretty white shoulders as she did so, and Lenore started. "Why, Giadie, your hands are colder than ice—cold as death,” she said. Giadie shuddered. "Do not use that word,” she said; “of all words in the language I dislike it the most.” Then she did what was most unusual ^fr>r her, bent down apd ‘-'n? 1,1 J -snore’s -- sure taw * r^^T. but fatigued,” said Giadie. abruptly. “I will write no more U tters for mothers with an only son.” "lou are too sensitive, too tenderhearted,” said Mrs. Audley. And then Lenore stepped out into the dark, sweet night. t Still there was no sound, no sign of him; no hurried footsteps broke the spell, no strong hand pushed aside the green boughs. "Mamma.” she said, returning, “something has <ietatned Austin; you must not wait any longer for him; he would nut like to see you up so late." Lenore went with her mother to her room; saw that the night lamp, the book, every little comfort that her mother re quired. was there; then she talked to her awhile and afterwards went down again I to the silent drawing room, where Giadie sat with the white, excited look on her face. Neither of the beautiful young girls spoke until the*little ormolu clock struck twelve. Then Lenore glanced at her companion. "Giadie,” she said. "Austin is very late.” ^he seemed to wake up from a deep, dream-like trance. "Yes, he is late; what then?" she asked. "I am beginning to grow uneasr, like mamma.” she said. Silence again. Th-n suddenly down the high road came the sound of carriage wheels, and Lenore -. iasi Gladie’s hand. "Thank heaven’" she cried. “1 really did not Know until now how anxious I was; he nas been detained at the hall, and has driven home: he would understand that mamma and I should fear for him.” But the carriage passed on without ■’topping—passed the entrance gates. No one was there for the Dowe, House, that was evident. That is Lady Mostyn s carriage,” cried Giadie. "I almost know the step of her two grays. See, it has gone on the road for the Cast!-!" - --Then they Hstcmd in silence again, and the next sound that broke the spell was the deep baying of a bound. That is * ario,” said Lenore. "Did Austin take Carlo with him?" "I think not; we will go to the kennel and see.” They walked round to the kennel.

where a dim light burned the night • through. There was the magnificent hound. Carlo, wide awake, and baying J furiously. Life is made up of trifles. As Austin Chandos left home that evening he had I debated in his own mind whether he should take Carlo with him or not; if he had done so this story would never have t J been written. ; "The 'log seems agitated.” said Lenore; and Gladie drew back, with a shudder. "I cannot think how you can endure . dogs.” she sai.l; "the very thought of ' , them frightens me to death.” One o’clock. They had gone back to ; the pretty drawing room now, win re ev- . : erything had begun to wear a ghastly as- ! peer. "It seems strange, said L* nore, quiet- [ ly. “Austin is always so thoughtful and ( so considerate. I am quite sure that if i he found anything wrong at the Hall, or , 1 found he would have to stay late, he would have sent a servant.” They sat for the whole <>f that half hour in total silence; Lenore never forgot . । it; it seemed to her that tiie moments were all hours. Ilalf-pust one struck. : She turned to Gladie. I We must be careful not to wake mamma. ’ she said. . M liking very quietly. L< -core carrying the lamp, shaded in her hands, they went I to the part jf the house where the servants slept: they were some time in , ; awakening John Bayham, the coachman. ] • "Is it really you. ma’am?" he asked, I L"wildvre«!. [ ’ "It is indeed, John. ’ sai lLt nore, "and j I am in great listrvss. G.-t up at once. I ; . I am in distress about your master." - I And in a few minut-s. quite wide awake, calm and collected, John Bayham 1 stood before them. ; “John.” said Lenore. "Mr. Chandos j ' loft home soon after dinner, tn go m the ' t uali, itisnslf-t”® 4 *- rd he has ! ■ uot return*-*!. igb he intended to be ' at home by teu.” • John looked ha ’at the pah, beautiful rout./ mis-tress, and at the ‘ Wk ; f a , . p. r A.> x. p , afraid something has hap- : c ta faun?" fa.- asked. w lt h tmod-hu- >• m.-iM.,! yo t lofty t • Lmhes are s e- csm:. ■. It j, more than impossible; ' / ■ 11 - - , ‘cm: passed in almost total ~p ,/ ”■ ’he lii’l*- ormolu clock - , ,n.*.i , ’ ” ’ tar,-. , Gaelic looked . . ' . '’• lu* Gia- | ' G’-mi- -. . ■ ■ , i <’ O . t d. U- ' ’ i- r. "ip ... ’ t? : ;. t -r that she | " :tes quite unable j ■ ' ' nn* said t she detected , ■i* : she leaned i j ' • v , ’ . - v bi ' »n • faint. ; / ■ . ' •

“I am very sorry, but I am quite sure you need not b» alarmed; the master did not remain long at the Hall; he left it just at half past nine. The butler closed the door after him, and saw him go." "Then where is he?" asked Ignore. I know what must be done without one moment’s delay. John, you must rouse all the men servants in the place, nnd go in search of him. Many things may have happened, not dangerous in themselves.” "To be sure, miss,” said John, cheerfully; "the master may have fallen and hurt his ankle as I have heard of many a gentleman doing: or he may have met some friends, and gone out of his way with them. I will get the men at once; it is already break of day.” । Lenore cried out with dismay at the ; words. Giadie forced her to lie down on the couch. As the clocks were striking four Giadie put out the lamps, and opened the long French window; in came the gleam of sunshine, the odor of Howers, the song *of birds, the soft, sweet summer air; in came all the radiant beauty of the morning, and Lenore looked up with a faint smile on her white face. “There can be nothing the matter, Giadie,” she said; "bow could the world be all so bright if harm had happened to him?” They sat for quite two hours longer; then the summer morning was in its glory, and busy sounds were heard in the household. It came nt last, the sound of hurried . footsteps, the cries of men, the smothered sobs of women, then a great, solemn calm. Lenore rose from her seat and grasjied Gladie’s arm. “They have found him," she said; "living or dead, they have found him, I know by the sound.” Then the weakness seemed* all to die from her. She stood ‘ a new Hyl't * fl ‘, Who,” ''' and hesitated. Sjieak, ' she said; “have no. fear.” "1 have bad news for you, madame," he began. “Then, in mercy to me, tell it quickly.” she said. "Mr. Chnndos has been found —not living, but dead.” (To be continued.) IRONCLADS. The Coretins Were the First to Invent This Type of Boat. The Coren us were the first to Invent the ironclad warship. In 1502 the hordes of Hideyoshi landed on the shores of Southern Corea and swept northward through the p nlnsula. with the avowed purpose of crossing the Chinese border and overthrowing the Mlug empire. The Coreans could offer no adequate resistance, for. while ('ore* had been at peace for several centuries ami the science of war had received comparatively little attention, the hd ands of Japan had been one great battlefield, and the army of 160,000 men xhat landed on Corean soil were all vet eraus. The Japanese were provided : with firearms, which had never tx-eu । seen Corea. | When, therefore, the Japanese forces ■ swept northward toward the capital, and the king tied by night along the road to the Chinese border. Cor -a came face to face with a hard, umami promising fact. She must either find some new means for bolding the invaders in check, or she must go to the wall. The stimulus was sufficient, and in the person of Admiral Yi Sun sin Corea found the solution of the problem. The Jap anese bad penetrated the country as far as P’yeng-yang, and were there awaiting an army of re enforcement from Japan, consisting of loo.uw men. before advnncHg to Ilie c< -qrn sj of China. Admiral Yi perceived that It was only by destroying this auxiliary force that the Japanese eould be checked, and he realized, moreover, that should It on< e set foot on Corean soil ail hop* was gone. This grim necessity resulted in the invention of the kw! sun, or “tortoise hint." so called !>eeause of its resemblance' t<> that animal. In the IHustrat on wld. h has b. en preserved to us in the bi- g- iphy of Ad miral Yi we see that the boat whs covered with a curved dock of iron plait's, ami was provided with a ram. Th«“se ! two things form d its defensive and ■ offensive equipment. With this boat. । whose speed was exceptionally great. Admiral YI Is Idly attacked the Japanese fleet of GO) boats, ramming them right and left, and as he passed on he I left the struggling Japan -s ■ in the i water, to be dispatched by his follow- j ers In the ordinary boat's of th ■ Corean | fleet. The enemies deemed the torrois® 1 beat to be a work of snn>erhuman ori- | gin. and their “bones melted" within them.—Harper’s Magazine. Growth of Electricity. In 1831. in the Boys’ fveademy. at Albany. N. Y.. a still prosperous in-sti-tution. Prof. Jo> ph Henry, -lived the mystery of the electrical telegraph, says L"slie s Weekly. He was The predecessor of Morse, and was ’be real father of the dis'-overy. In ISG6 another AmoricHU. ’he late <’yrus I’ield, succeeded in obtaining cable communication from this continent to the Old World. Now there are 1,30') submarine telegraphs in the world, aggregating 170,'W miles in length, costing a quar- : Ter of a billion of dollars, ami transI milting annually about 6,000,000 mesi sagus. Al! the grand divisions of the earth are now connected by wire, ami beneath every ocean except the Pacific । Ilie electric ctHTvnt pursues its silent way. j The telegraph lines of the .oi ld ag- । gregate miles. : ratsmitting l.uooj (>) messages daily. What the ' eb-ctrie spark dis<-overed Gy Franklin and utillzasi by Jos ph Heury has done for t.he development of international trade ami commerce is beyond human calculation. But as a basis for computation. we may say that in ISG(>, when the first, successful cable lines botwis n the T inted States and Eurojie I were put in operation, our commerce ' with the world amounted to $783,000.- ■ 000. while last year it had risen to the 'enormous aggregate of .sl.si7,t)<H),OOo, Richard Brownlow, known as the ' Lancashire hermit, has just died m ar j Holton. IL' began life as a lawyer, | ' but was afiiieted with a disease that I ’ di>!igur< d his face, compelling him to ■ wi ar a mask. Ue built bintself a fine I country house on top of a hill at HorI wich ami livod in it for fifty years, never leaving his grounds except at night. Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand ■ prosperity there are a hundred that will ! stand adversity,- -Csu'ljle.

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Cows Milled by Machinery. A German ma ufacturer has invented a new milk^ g machine, which is finding a ready wle in Europe, espe daily in Denn rk. Switzerland and Russia. As she nby our illustration, an iron pipe alxJl oue inch in diameter is conducted th&gh stable, ami is fixed at the cel^g so that it remains about three feeJibove the back of the animals. Flexlb^at’ts, provided with small cocks, rF from this pipe to a cylindrical mlfcollector which, again, Is held by a IM I around the back of the/cows, jt one side there Is at tachedl a sml flexible hose divided into fdur sma>rms, all provided with ; ng^K' Tj small . _ ’which are connected with tbtPW^ The first uj >ne( j | ron pipe, running all throi stable, Is connected with a la®cyiinder fixed at the ceiling, from a perpendicular tube runs doivflgto a vessel filled with water. By me* o f a small hand pump ' the air Is coAessed In the cylinder and thus throt® the whole pipes. The water when rH^regulates the pressure in the plpoS. jL needs only a few movetnedLs of tlQj, U i n p’s piston to compross ’he air ^Kugbout the whole •ystem. The only I Jig to bo done then is to open the smti^ocks of the pipes connoted with tbMder nnd the milk flows into the abovi k-scrllM'd mllk-col-lecttng vessel. ij A New CaseHOW we do Ure ftt loam! We can’t say now there Mwlthing new under the sun. It It time since this was said. T’ber^^U* uo (latent office at that time, 1 ore thought of: shipping eggs n thousand miles away. , .» r o sent literal . ly from one efd of We world to ihc oth t er. And of course wlwant a safe p®ek age to se-’d them M Here is the one newly patented in lb,, h each •gg - 35 'Oahu. r--*- ■ ” PA<MINO CASK VoR KOUS. auppomsi n a little spring wire bolder. , by which jars and thv roughest shocks I are neutralized, and a.case of eggs may ; fall off a wagon and :®t one be cracked It Is a great thing fur lending eggs to be hatched In. foa it Is rarely that a d< zen ?ggs prociutd for this purpose can be got In safe condition to hatch, when carried in any ordinary box or basket. Rustic Reftje Barrel. The barrel for slogs, usually consisting of vegetable and fruit parings and other refuse which is to go to the "pig-1

gwy,” is not, as a rule, a thing of beauty, but may be ! mid*' less unattract- j ive if treated with ’ rustic work, as shorn in the illustratbn. The barrel shotld be set on a 1o v platform, a s

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kkfvse bahrei.. shorn, and should always be of some had wood and so that it will not leak. Tie strljis of rustic work are put on vith short wire nails, and between the two upper and two lower hoops the st’ips are laid ns shown in the cut. Adorer, also laid with rustle work, shoo'd be provldml, and will be esi>eelally ieedful in warm weather, although it s expected that the contents of such ; barrel will be emptied daily. Free Kurnl Mail Delivery. As a result of the universal agitation of the matter by the agricultural press and people, provision! for a rural mail service is about to bS effected. While it will take some tie |o make t^is system a universal iSk over the, entir country, still, w,iA>nee staged, it will move for l "‘'2^.". * son only w ith rhe people reside in the country, but w those who live in ' towns as well. l^rom, an educational standpoint it will be very beneficial, as it will place the residents on an equal fooling with the residents of cities >o f :i r as getting the dally news as it comes from the press. Appropriations to the amount of Snco.ooo were provided for the ensuing year, and the system is being tried in several States. The Western headquarters are located at Indianapolis, . am] the system will be Introduced into i that State. The expense will be very j heavy for fbis service, and it "is well to | remember that all of it must be paid ■ for by the people themselves. It is I likely that after the system has been I once fully developed and gotten into J working order it will about pay its own way through the extra amount of letter mail that wiil be sent. —Farmers' Tribune. rennnt Fa rrner». tenant farmers work under greater < dlicnlty than owners. They must pay I rent and make the rent on tin 1 farm j first ot all expeme's. One of the grav- 1 est mistakes made by renters is that q£ ;

j taking ns much as possible from the land without returning an equivalent. 1118 ' 8 more injurious to the tenant t mn to the owner, especially If the tenant rents the farm for a longer peri- J od than one year. The farm Is the workshop and the more material the tenant can convert into a marketable product the more he will gain by the transaction. If a field produces forty 1 bushels of corn per acre and the rse of fertilizers will Increase the yield to sixty bushels the increased yield may not only pay the rent, but give a 1 larger profit than would be derived from forty bush Gs. It l s the labor that i 8 costly, and it takes as much work O get tony bushels of corn as it does or sixtj. 1 tie rule with renters । should be to secure as much as possible I for the labor bestowed rather than for 1 the rent incurred. If the farm Is poor ! and the renter adds nothing thereto he ' ma.y lose both the rent and the profit.— I 1 hiludelpbia Record. KertMsene for Poultry. The many uses that kerosene may lie put to In the poultry yard make It almost an indispensable article to be charged to the expense account; and no other article will eubanee the profits L os the. poultry yards as kerosene diligently and Intelligently used. For painting the inside of nest boxes for setting hens there Is nothing equal to It, as , it surely kills all vermin with which It comes in contact and prevents other vermin from entering the nest until It Is entirely evaporated, which, if the crude oil is used, will give the hen ample time to hatch her brood. A few drops in the drinking water occasionally has a good effect upon the general health of the flock, and for colds or roup there is nothing better if carefully applied. Scaly legs may be cured by simply wetting the legs of the fowl affected occasionally, and the crude oil Is best In this case also, as It takes a much longer time to evaporate. When the crude oil Is not readily obtained some kind of heavy oil or grease should be mixed with the kerosene to stay evaporation. As a reimsly for cholera it has been highly recommended. Fancier’s Review. W h»y for Futteninv Hoi«. Wherever cheese Is made wbat Is left of the milk after Its easelno and butter fats have l^n taken Is the whey. It Is mainly water and has little value Rut it contains jill the sugar which for^iraklng growth. If pigs were fed on It exclusively they would starve, j the natural milk has. am! if fed to fattening h<»g* wtrfl the grains that make f muscle and bone ft has a considerable i feeding vnltux The milk of marea 1 's»!:tains much more of the sugar of milk than do'S that from cows. It Is from fermentation of this sugar In num-s’ ndlk that koumiss is made. Phis s an Intolleating liquor made by ’ ■ Tartars. It cannot well be made from cows' milk, as It does not •x>ntaln -ucar enough. Whey from cows’ milk I- si ghrly sweetish to the taste and ea •: .■ ■; is ■■■>■:.l - uuovniq to fill Itself with this i Wavery dual Uiui has su Rule nutrF ment In {^ojortlon to Its bulk. Brnn for Cows at Pasture. । Thoagb cows at pasture will not eat j grain or meet« they will come to such ! feed readily as soon as pastures fail. We Ddleve they will never refuse a ' bran mush made with hot water and : with a pinch of salt put in to flavor it. This is probably the best way to give cows salt. Mixed with their feed they will chew the food more thoroughly when it is brought up in tire cud and mix more saliva with II The bran Is especially Ivhcficjai to increase milk yiehL as It furnishes the aitrogeneous 1 and mineral elements that grass and ! corn fodder are usually deficient in. Ihe only danger in feeding bran Is i that it may so increase the milk yield jas to*i ake the cow become thin.. Tais I evil may be prevented by adding some corn and oat meal to the bran when it is made into a mash. When to Cut Corn. Cut the corn when the grain shows a moderate glaze. You will then get the best of corn, and fodder also. Cut at this time the ears will weigh when dry as if it had been allowed to ripen standing. and the quality will be as good. The length of time ft will take the corn to ripen and dry out will depend on season and size of shocks, so one cannot give any exact time. Good farmers consider it very important to get the corn cut promptly, when it comes to the right stage, as the stalks are so much better for feed. Don’t Rob the Soil. When a farm must be abandoned it is an evick nce that ihe owner has taken everything possible from the soil and j added nothing in return. There are : hundreds of farms -in New England > that were once “abandoned." but which Litre now proving profitable since new owners took possession. Every farm can be made better, or at least it can be put in condition to produce crops, and at the same time improve in fertility. Movi-tg Wire Fences. To move wire fences quickly and easily, unstaple the wires and lay them separately. Taking the wire furthest from the post first, tie one end to rear axle of wagon and drive where fence is to be put up. A team can drag a wire SO rods long or mere, and the wire does not kink nor are the barlxs injured. This applies to moving fence over ground that is not In crops. Would not be practicable in woodland. Remedy for Potato Scab. The potato scab has been the cause of considerable loss to cultivators of that crop, but an experiment made by tire Kentucky experiment station indicates that an effective remedy has been found for scab. A treatment of corrosive snblimate was given by soak- । ing the (xfiatoes for an hour In a solu- । tion of 9 ounces of suWimab* in 66 gal- , lons of water, the diseastrTn the seed . being thereby destroyed.

An Island of Flowera. -Ihe Scil.y Islands may very Justly be termed flower islands, for a large part of their surface is given up to the cultivation of flowers, and ihe great j majority of the people spend their lives in attending to the plants from , which a!! the wealth of the Island is drawn. , The inhabitants have had other oc^ui pat ions before they settled down to ■ flower growing. At one time they were wreckers, and at a later period they uent into a more legitimate Imsiness, , and devoted themselves to the raising i of early potatoes. There was money to be made out of them, and the islands prospered until prosperityl W re its usual liuit in the shape of competition. The ; < hannel Islanders took to growing poi tatoes. and the potato trade of the Scilly Islands was killed. Thereupon the

islanders betook themselves to Hower' I growing, giving the greater part of 1 their attention to the narcissi. I In St. Mary’s alone nearly a quarter ot Ute cultivated area of the island is devoted to flowers. In the month of I rebruary last 322 tons of flowers were , exported from this one island. About I 2<.M)lh>xes go to the ton, ami as each box | contains from three to twelve spikes of I Howers, it is easy to see that tlie num- । law of flowers sent out from the island was not trifling. । The inhabitants of these islands are I a wise people. They do not believe in wasting time. As soon as the forcing ' of the mireissi is over, the houses are । tid'd with tomato plants, and for i months ,!i ■ s n continuous supply of I i'l.-J- UtJ. loutti’s Votupuni ion. Ketulars and VolunterrA ‘ The difference between a regular sol- : (Ler. of any rank, officer as well as . soldier, and a volunteer, is that the regj ular has generally learned that his personality is nothing of any consequence whatever, and the service is everything; whereas the volunteer generally ' has this to learn. At Tampa, where regulars and volunteers were lately camped together, a story is told of some volunteers who came to the chief quartermaster, a reg- : ular officer, to make a complaint. The j voluntrors had not yet been mustered | Into the service, so that the quartermaster could afford to be somewhat I familiar with them. “Well, boys,” he said, "wbat is the ! matter?” "The matter is that we’ve got a great ' big mule corral, of regular army mules, i alongside our camp,” said the volunteers. “A mule corral? Well, what of it?” "Wiiy, we don't like it.” "You don’t like it? Oh, you’ll get over that, boys. Pretty soon you'll be mustered Into the service, and then you’ll find that there’s precious little difference between a mule and a soldier!” The officer meant no discredit to the ' regular soldier by this remark. He ' meant that all soldiers, of whatever । grade, must learn to ’take things as they come, without grumbling. Trying the Wrong Man. An unusual verdict was rendered by the jury in a case tried in a Califor- ‘ nia town twenty-five years ago. The t question was as to the ownership of : : several head of cattle, which the de- > । femlant was accused of having stolen , Witue scs p.ive their evfd.-ix-e, came apparent to all listeners that the defendant was an innocent man. Whefi It came time for the Jury to retire to consider their verdict, they did so, but j returned to the court room in a few j moments. The foreman looked the judge j straight in the eye and said, with a j drawl and twang which betrayed his 1 New England origin: "Jedge, we find the plaintiff guilty.” "The court is not trying the plaintiff, but the defendant," said his honor, j hastily; and the matter being explained | the foreman was at length induced to : express the jury’s opinion that the de- । fendant was “Not guilty.” “Howsomever,” added the foreman, solemnly, " ’pears to me we’re considering the wrong man, your honor.” New Blood Disease. ; Hermology, a comparatively new । medical term, is a knowledge of blood . and disease as evidenced by the i changes observed in blood. The St. , Louis Medical and Surgical Journal j says this has already made such adi varices that many diseases may be recj ognlzed by examination of the blood. From a mere observation of the relative number of leucocytes (white blood corpuscles) and erythrocytes (red blood corpuscles) it has advanced to elaborate analysis of other elements of the blood and the recognition of bodies foreign to normal blood. This ’ology i promises to be of especial value to mankind in giving early warning of disease otherwise not manifest, and showing the advance or decline of abnormal conditions. Weather Station in a Church Spire. It has been decided to establish a meteorological observatory at the top of the great cathedral spire in Ulm, Germany. The Ulm cathedral is one of ( the most extraordinary in existence; on account of the great size and height of its spire, which reaches an elevation of 528 feet. Although the great church was begun more than 500 years ago, the spire was not completed until IS9O. Our Fish Industry at Paris. It has been decided that the fisheries and forestry exhibit of the United ' States at the Paris exposition shall be I utilitarian only. An exhibit of natural I fish will be avoided, but tinned, pre- : served and dried fish and fishing tackle will make the department of forestry . and fisheries one of the most attractive ! sections in the United States division of tlie exposition. When a preacher realizes that he can talk better than be can pray, he takes his summer vacation lecturing ' at Chautnuquas instead of praying at j camp meetings. When a preacher leaves, the women ' transfer their affections for him to his i sucessor in a manner that convinces ! him that there is nothing enduring but the Rock of Ages. i Women are very dangerous to fool i with, aud men are worse.

— Lye Hominy. Take three gallons of strong wood ashes; pour boiling water on them. Stir well, let settle, pour lye off the top.

This should make a gallon of lye. Take five <iuarts of shelled corn, pour lye over corn ami boil until little black ends rub off easily. Then wash until all little black specks are removed. Soak iu buttermilk about oue day; the buttermilk draws out the lye taste. W ash out the milk, then boil until done. Keep in a cold place and it will keep a long time. To prepare for table: Put a liberal quantity of meat fryings in a spider, put as much hominy iu as is wanted for a meal, season with salt and pepper and fry about ten minutes. For a pint of hominy take about a tablespoonful of flour, thin with a teacup of milk, pour over hominy, let boil a few minutes, then serve. So many make a failure by uot having the lye strong enough. Lt should be strong enough to bear up an eggThimble that Cuts Thre ><l,

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ting edges and by closing up the knife the thread is cut off. The article has found a ready sale all over Germany. The obnoxious habit of biting, the thread off with the teeth would be avoided by the adoption of this thimble. As a rule, scissors are never where they ought to be, and our women are spared a half-day's work in hunting -for them! That's what the Germau inventor says. Cucumber Jelly. Pare ami grate four large fresh cucumbers. Meanwhile soak a half box of gelatine in a half cup of cold water. Add to the cucumber a tablespoonful and a half of salt, the same of onion Juice and lemon juice and a dash of red pepper. Stand the gelatine over hot water till melted, then add to the cucumber. Mix thoroughly and pour into a round mold. Set in the ice box to harden, then turn out and serve like fresh dressing or break in pieces and pile in baskets. In serving with fish a little chopped parsley may be added if desired. Hot Milk an Excellent stimulant. When overcome by bodily fatigue or exhausted by brain labor, no stimulant, so called, serves so well the purpose of refreshment and rest, both bodily and mentally, as milk. When heated as hot as one can readily take it it may be , slped slowly from a tumbler, and as’t is easily digested one feels very soon its beneficial effects. Few persons realize the stimulating qualities of this simple beverage.—Ladies’ Home Jour* 4 Many hour^njr in washing the mbo, . Tins causes it to crack and peel off. Every housekeeper should use soap in the kitchen, in purifying cooking utensils, washing dish cloths, sideboards, etc., but pure warm water is better for washing oilcloths, and a dry cloth for polishing them. This treatment gives them a glossy apearance and renders them much more durable. Batter I anti Spinach. Poach as many eggs as you require and let them get cold. Then flour each, dip it into a light batter and fry a golden brown. A piece of thin, raw bacon wrapped round each egg before it is dipped in the batter is an improvement. Serve ou a long dish, in the center of which has been placed a mound of well cooked spinach passed through a sieve and pour around them a good savory sauce. Gooseberry and Rice Pudding. Butter a pie dish and put into it a shallow layer of green gooseberries. Sprinkle sugar over it. together with, a little grated lemon peel; then a thick layer ot boiled rice; now another layer of gooseberries, rice, etc. Scatter bread crumbs over the top with a little butter on them, and bake in a moderate oven, allowing sufficient time for the fruit to cook. Sweet Pickled Beets. Cook and peel new beets, slice and put into jars, then cover with vinegar sweetened to taste with cloves and einnamon. By pouring off the vinegar two or thr«e times,, reheating and returning it to the jars, they are kept fresh quite awhile. These pickles are nice sealed: in cans for future use and keep nicely.. To Clarify Fat. Soak in cold water twenty-four Hours, changing the water once er twice. Ivor-— — every pound of fat allow a half cup ot ’ milk, then, cook in the oven until it ia still. Strain into a tin receptacle, never earthen. This may be used for pastry, gingerbread and molasses cookies. Recipes for Seasoning. Make snow cake with arrowroot flour; the flavor is delicious. Small pickles, olives and capers minced fine are an excellent seasoning for a salad dressing. Boston baked beans can be improved by adding a cup of sweet cream the last hour of baking. When making tomato soup, add a raw cucumber sliced fine, boil soft and strain with tomato. It gives a pleasant seasoning. Add a cup of good eider vinegar to the wat'T in which you boil fish, especially salt water fish. Put sugar iu the water used for basting meats of all kinds; it gives a good flavor, to veal, more especially. To give a fine flavor to corned beef flash, use good stock tor moistening, with a plnvb ot salt, sugar and c»y»

A German manufacturer has placed on the market a new vlUnible, with a tnrnabln tulle. — When a thread ia . to be cut off the I knife is to be openI ed by the small handle, so that the thread is- put between the two cut-