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Mv ^ioMehhii Copyritbt IS* by Koi CHAPTER XIII. UNBEST. The conflicting emotions aroused by the perusal of my ancestor's Record, hot more particularly, I think, by the keen hope of the existence of the treasure where it had been stored by Soger Trueman, and the possibilities which its recovery and possession presented to my niiud, were beyond the strength of my nature to endure. The beary volume fell from my bauds to the floor, and I involuntarily rested against the side of the carriage, while a feeling of deadly faintness came over toe, though I did not lose consciousness. Without doubt my aspect presented all the signs of sudden illness, sr the comedy which immediately ensaed could not be accounted for. "Janet," screamed the old lady, "the hoc?l* ? Hnn.'! pah spo tho luc Utuw. *ywu v ^ VVI vvv gentleman has fainted? Quick! WJiut a stupid girl you are!" and tlie next moment tliut awful gorgon had me Axed in a corner, where she frantically endeavoured to thrust the neck ?r bcr nauseous flask into my mouth. 1 offered what resistance I could, but i my efforts were as nothing opposed to j the streugth of my tormentor, who , persisted in her purpose, her tongue running with great volubility while Ae saturated my shirt front with 1 brandy. "This is what comes of read- ( tog novels. God bless us all. look at , tiie size or that one! How thankful 1 , am that 1 never allowed my saluted , William to see any such devices of , Satan! Janet, throw that horrid book , iot of the wondow." The natural hesitation of the young , lady addressed to deal in such sum- ; naary fashion with auother person's nronertv averted the threatened calam- i and afforded me an opportunity ! to grasp my volume, fear of its loss having inspired me with strength for the effort "Well, well, keep it. if you must," the old lady continued; "but it would have been no great loss any way; you ^ould have got another at the nest otation. All novels are alike; though. 4 must say. that is an extra large one. A*. if my poor dead boy were alive. JOe would be just about your age, aud, oh. how like you he was! E verybody ~vaiu what a sweet face my William Had?just like a girl's. He was a good Here the old lady, being overcome with emotion, resumed her seat, hj which circumstance I was enabled to breathe once more, having learned that it is neither pleasant nor judicious when in a fainting condition to be .projected against a fat individual eu- < veloped iu a vast quantity of crape, i The collapse of my fellow-passenger ] was the signal for my recovery. ] It was with much satisfaction that | I perceived we had nearly arrived at ] <Jambridge. where I was to change < trains. It bajJ transpired in some < remarks to her maid that my trouble- < jome fellow-passenger was also going i So Bury St. Edmund's; but I resolved to > avoid her companionship for the sec- i vod part of my journey by taking a i Hi - * Rmokinir comnnrtinent: and i with my precious volume safely ] >1owed ia my bug. ou the handle of < which I kept my hand. I sat looking out of the window ready to alight the t moweut we entered the station. i The old lady must have divided my i attention to tiee from her at the earliest possible moment, for, t bough she I lid not cease to talk, she uow assumed I a somewhat quieter manner, confining ] tier remarks to what she was pleased ] ?? consider ray wonderful resemblance . to her dear boy in heaven, and inviting j toe to visit her at my earliest con- i ueoience that she might have the pleasure of gazing ou ray features. I to which end she presented mo with I her card? i :. MRS. ANDREW BUTTBRWELL. : i l KiilgStliorpe Grange, : g Cheviugton. : , - Bury St. Edmund's. : - ! . I took the card and. having glauced Ztx II, yui il 111 IlJj IHJl'hl-l, ill lUf IMUic rune resolving to most carefully avoid <?bevington and its neighborhood. The short journey from Cambridge ro Bury passed without incident. I *ie?l hard to dispassionately consider *lxe facts which my ancestor's Record t?ad so opportunely revealed?to dig?*Kt them and to weigh the chances for and against the treasure having been long ago found and appropriated: >?it tay mental balance was too greatly iisturbed for the task, and besides, thoughts of the living treasure which I might fearlessly claim were I hut possessed of those 4ong immured Veue- ; rlau sequins obtruded themselves and prevented me resolving upon any definite plan of action. At last, after what seemed an interminable period, tin .-rain steamed into Bury station, and. | ??alt\ nervous and agitated. carrying noy batj (which 1 would not trust to .a porter), 1 ran down th;? steps into rile courtyard. My i'atlier was waittag for inc with the dogcart, and I observed with satisfaction that he was .unaccompanied by a servant. "Mv father erected ntc with cordiality, asud iu ies> time rhan it takes to ! :tell I wa< seaicil at ids siuc and we ; were spertiinjj towards IloUleuhurst cst.'ilHaltj 2^ t BY .r*f \LTER BLOOMt-iti-u I Bert Bonner's Sons. . ( as fast as our bay mare could trot, i "I thought It was best that you should i come home." said he, "if oulv for a i day. Of course, the place would be i safe enough with old Johu; but you 1 know I never fancied leaving it unless you were at home, and just now there i are a dozen or more strangers at the Hall. It is a strange piece of business, i this affair of your Aunt Annie. I < have telegraphed to your grandfather ; that I will do all I can to lind out where his daughter is, though, so far as I can perceive at present, that will I be very little. Annie is the last girl in 1 the world I should have expected to err in that way: she was always such a loving child. I would no more have believed that she had a thought hidden from her father thau I would at this moment believe such a thins of you." At this remark I winced, yet foolishly held my peace as to what I had so lately read, and which now engrossed all my thoughts. To be wise after the event Is the quality of modern prophets?of dispensers of generalities and copy-book wisdom, whom I have no desire to Imitate. I know not how it was. I suppose I tim by nature secretive, or that at the time some ill-defined idea suggested itself to my mind that I should best serve my interest by carefully reserving to myself the information I had acquired; though I have never at any time regarded my father's interest as other than identical with my own, nor did I conceal my information as part of a determined policy. That my reticence was a grave error I now know. Had I at once imparted my discovery to him who by nature and statute law had the greatest right to know of it, 1 had spared myself much misery and the British public had not been afflicted with these memoirs. "Even if you cannot suggest anything for us to do in the matter." said my father, continuing, "it is well that you have returned home. When two persons discuss a case some practicable notion will often occur to one of them which solitary contemplation fails to produce, l'cu have read your ctrandfather's lettrt*?" "Yes; I have read grandfather's letter," I replied. "Well, and what is your opinion':" "1 think he has acted unwisely in making such long journeys to find his laughter, more especially with such < slender means as his. If he did not i know at all what had become of her, i i could better understand his doing 1 so; but according to Annie's own let- : tors, as grandfather describes them, she has gone off of her own free will, \ and repents her act only so far as her ? present position prevents her seeing t tier father. Suppose Annie's address 1 Is discovered, and grandfather visits i tier and learns all her circumstances, lepeud upon it his gratilication will 1 ?nd there; having been heartless I ?nough to voluntarily abandon her i tather, she would hardly be likely to i ;lve up whoever she is with and return i to Holdenhurst. or to some employ- j oient in Loudon. That you may i gather from her protest that she is < sindly treated. I do not think so well i )t her as you and grandfather do." I "Why, Ernest, *iy boy, you begin i to reason Hie your uncle, and are rather uncharitable; but I fear you ; are right." ] "1 am not in the least uncharitable." i [ retorted warmly. "On the contrary, < L regret what has happened as uiuch ] perhaps as you do; but my sympathy . Is more with grandfather than with i Annie. Although I see but little use s in the inquiry he has asked yon to \ make, I was in the act of starting i for Richmond to investigate the clue i he gave when the Rev. Evan Price ] brought me your messhge. and I at i once came here instead. Don't think | I'm indifferent to what concerns you t 10 much." i "My dear boy. why asure me of what i I know so well?" asked this best of < fathers. "Your prompt return Is suf- ] ticient proof of that." As litis parental j commendation was uttered we passed < through my father's gates, and the < next minute alighted at the porch of j Holdeuhurst Hall, where old John j stood at the open door to receive us. \ I had been absent from my birth- ] place only one wees, hut the chaugcs which had been made in that brief ] period astonished me. The entire Hall < was encompassed with an intricate 1 network of scaffolding, and our beautiful lawn, disfigured by planks, ladders. , aud piles of slate and wnue newn , stone laid about iu confusion. Many j of tbe upper windows had been taken out, the vacant spaces presenting a grim. inhospitable aspect. Thoughts of the enhanced grandeur of the place a few mouths hence failed to dispel the chilling depression that came over me as I noticed these changes, and 1 entered my old home with sadder and ! stranger feelings than I had ever be- ; fore experienced. My discomfort was increased when j I saw the interior. All the pictures ! and armor had been removed from j the hall and staircase, aud while part : of the oak walls remained darkened j by the centuries part had beeu scraped i and polished and looked like the library ' walls of a Kensington mansion built yesterday. In nearly all the rooms the furniture was displaced and much of it covered up. "How do you like the look of the place':" asked my father with a faint smile. The disconsolate expression of my face which prompted this query was a sufficient answer to it. I do not remember having ever before having been so profoundly miserable as when we v andercd together from room to room and along the gloomy corridors surveying the confusion which every- i where prevailed. "Come, don't be so melancholy about it," urged my father; "in seven or eight weeks at most the Hall will be thor- i DUghly restored and cleaned, and the t architect your uncle has engaged as- ] sures me that the renovation shall be 1 effected in the most conservative man- i er possible, the antiquity of fbe place t being in no way damaged." i I observed that I hoped it might be s so. ] "There is no doubt of it," continued t my father. "Have you seen the 1 church? No! It is at present without ! a roof, and the pulpit has been moved 1 from the north to the south side, i Where the altar was the new organ 1 is to be. On Sunday Mr. Fuller is i lo preach in Johnson's barn near the 1 watermill." < "Haven't these changes been made < very quickly?" 1 "Indeed, they have; but you are not acquainted with half of them yet. Yes- 1 terday a celebrated arborculturist from 1 Kew was here and went over the es- ' tate, marking trees which he considers 1 too old either for use or ornament; 1 they are to come down and more than 1 two thousand new trees are to be i planted. I am told that your uncle ' had to pay a fee of ?25 for his ser- ' vices." i "Shall we dine now?" I asked, ab- 1 .i_ : I ' rupuy iui; auuji-ti, iuvuj,u * never felt less inclined to eat in my life. What I bad seen and heard made me feel sick at heart, and I would have svelcoined almost anything to divert my mind, perplexed as it was and ivearied with strong and varying emotions. "Of course; you have bad a long journey,"' said my father, looking at tils watch. "It is not yet seven o'clock, nut I will order something to be served it once." A small room which overlooked the lurden had not as yet been interfered with, and there we sat down to a J nastily improvised dinner. Old Joan svaited at table as usual, but made | me or two awkward blunders, a ad I <emeed so strange in his manners i hat I took the lirst opportunity that > presented Itself of remarking upon ; t. "You see, he is o\cr sixty," urged lis employer, "and we must uot expect much from him now. The alterations ;oing on here, and the presence of so many strangers, has so disorganized Pirn that he has been almost beside liuiself for the last few days; on Frilay I could scarcely make anything if him. When the workmen are gene ive must lind the old man a cottfge incl a suaau pension, ue nas u>eu icre since he was a boy, and has been i good and faithful servant." "That will be rather lonely for h m, von't it? Fancy old John Adams, bachdor and ex-butler, who never had a bought that went beyond his sideboard or the kitchen, living by himself n a cottage!" "It will be as lonely for hiui as it tas been for xne the week that my joj was in London," agreed my goodlatured father, and then reverted to .he case of my uufortunate Aunt An lie. I listened to his opinions and conjectures with but feeble interest, raak ng pretence of so much iutores : as de- j eney required, while I debated with J uyself how I might best go down into he crypt unobserved by my father or f .he servants. 1 Very rarely was anybody out of bed ] it Moldenhurst Hall at so late an < iiour as eleven iu the evening; and I therefore determined, if i could only | screw my courage tip to the necessary | pitch. to make a secret ^isit to the 1 rypt at midnight. With this purpose : n view 1 withdrew to my room as ! toon as possible, and having unpacked J uuy bag wrote to Miss Marsh; but I : was so unsettled and unnerved that I i made three rough drafts of n short letter before I could express myself ; 1 0 my satisfaction. That task accotn- ? plished, I went into the garden, and 1 hence wandered to the stables to fetch < 1 lantern which hung behind one of the doors there?a ponderous structure 1 if glass and metal, encasing an oil < lamp, tin* whole depending on a huge < ring; such a lantern as the watchmen i >f London carried in the time of the 1 Ueorges. Having assured myself that < It was provided with oil and a wick, 1 1 conveyed it to toy room, and then * returned to my father, who at once 1 resumed the discussion of which I * was so heartily weary. As with most1 1 matters which are much discussed, no J decision was reached; and when at 1 ten o'clock we separated for the night, 1 [ retired to my room in a strange con- K Jit ion of unrest, a prey to diversified * muotioDs. Hope and Fear struggling 1 for the mastery. $ To be continued. A Forsollfn Craft. 1 It was probably known to near- i ly i-very Roman citizen bow the uior- 1 tar wbi> h cemented the stones of their ?r buildings was made?just as it Is r known to the majority of people that ?' i he principal ingredient of English t mortar is street scrapings, but the 1 knowledge being general nobody wrote 1 ii down, and in time, as the Romans ' shifted their building upon slaves and f foreigners, the recipe of their mortal ' was lost. So far it has not been dis- 1 covered, though the secret of it would r i>e iimnensely valuable, fur the cement ( utlasts the very stoues which il * joins. ^ ItoailH ?nrl Farm Valne*. a' r was with much Interest ^ j| that I -end in the Tribune P1 O T O Farmer of the Brownlow IR bill for the Improvement of highways and the editorial \ comments upon it. It is Manifestly true that the public highprays, like public education, should be p Maintained by the State, for the we!- w .'are of the State is largely aepeuueiu aI ipon the intelligence of its people, ami :1 :be ease of communication created 1 ?y rood roads. Coming as an agreeable jt announcement, too, is the fact that the jj National Grange, at its recent annual session, adopted resolutions favoring ti the bill. I certainly hope the various jr i?tate granges will follow the Tribune tt farmer's suggestions, and adopt strong s resolutions favoring the bill. This will p liave a two-fold effect. It will call tfio ittention of the members of the order | h to the bill and its many advantages. a (rawing out their support, and it will 0 :ause its favorable consideration l?y j v the members of Congress. c There is also a great need of educa-1 tion among the people as to the advan-' v tages to be secured by good roads. ! Ci This lack of true appreciation of the a value of good roads to the people of M the farms, and of the rural comrmmi- n ties, has hindered favorable legislation ;1 in the East. A lav.* recently passed i ay the Maine Legislature affording State aid to towns in building perma- ii nent roads has not been taken advan- (] tage of by many of the towns that j <1 would le much benefited by such i< roads. Dr. Jordan once said that we tl aften heard people say they could not tl ifford this thing or that thing, but that o le bad always noticed that what people c really wanted they could afford to ti have. So, an soon as our country people really want good roads, there will n be no objections to the raising of lib- b eral sums of money to secure them. u It is not often considered that every p article produced for the markets of the h world, cither in its raw form or as a s Slashed product, is transported over q the public highways. We see reports p if the enormous earnings of the rail- i< ways of the country and wonder at _ them, but if we could see the earnings if the carriages, of the materials they handle, over our country roads carefully computed and placed alongside of them, they would dwindle into insignificance in comparison. The value of our farm lands is largely dependent upon their nearness to ^ markets or shipping points, and whenever any time is saved in the transpor- v tation of their products by the improvement of the highways, they are n )laeed practically that much nearer the market. j-( Indeed, there are deeper, mofe potent, t( easons for generalizing our system of road building and placing it under one lead. The country home, with its n toys and girls, with its purifying and efining influences, with its means of iffording remunerative occupation for he young, is the standard of excellence c ind the bulwark of safety for our si xnintry. As our highways are im- 8 iroved, as the means of communlca- h don are made better, the eountry o lomes will increase, they will resound n more than ever to the voices of happy 'hildhood and the hum of that creative b ndnstry which is at the foundation of s ill the industrial resources of the H country. Yes, push along the Brown- t! ow bill, and at the same time set in h motion the ball that shall awaken and g, mthuse the people as it goes, so that a ivhen the bill becomes a law there th^ll be a readiness to take full advau:age of its provisions.?R. Walker Mc- t| Keen, of Freyburg, Me., in the New ti fork Tribune. ^ An Important Victory. The friends of the road ofliee in the c Department of Agriculture have scored ^ in important victory in securing in the Senate an increase of ?4."?,000 in the * ippropriations for road investigations ind experiments, including the buildng of object lesson roads. ; This is National aid on a small scale. j But it is of groat importance from in educational point of view. Heretoforo the object lesson work has been conducted in the following manner: \u application is sent in by some ex- ^ leriment station or agricultural college, il >r by road officials or public spirited ' itizens of some progressive comrnun- j ty asking the Government to co-oper- j a ite in the building of a short stretch j ^ >{ road. The Government usually fur- ^ lislies nothing more than an engineer ?r an expert to make plans and super- ^ rise the work. Itoadinaking machinery s usually furnished free of charge by "l " ir lie manufacturers for the sake of the j ulvertisemeut it gives them. The rail- ? oails also take a hand and transport a he machinery free. The institution or i community making the application has ; o foot the bills for labor and mate- j ials. ; ,j Among the Irenefits flowing from 1 (.j such work are (1) that it gives an e?- I tj client opportunity to investigate and | u est ihe various local materials; (2) that j, t gives the people of that locality a t, esson in the methods of road building , , ani, | t( II1U III lllt^ U5>t? UL lUilll luaici miD aim i ^ nachinery, anil (3) that the building of i short piece of road usually leads to I ho building of a large mileage of Im-? j troveil road in the vicinity. To have! |j( "nolo Sam come into a community and j (i, lr-lp build a good road, be it ever so j ^ ihort, seems to arouse great popular! k nterest and stimulate local effort. It j s claimed by those who know most j j ibout the results of the work already I lone that in no other direction does [ lie Government accomplish so much ! vith so little outlay. t i bi I 1 / But the opponents of National aid are fraid that object lesson roads are nly a stepping stone to National aid r vastly greater dimensions, and in lis they are probably right. However nit may be. it appears certain that l?joct lesson road building will be eared on next year to a larger extent inn ever before. Many applications re now on tile in the Department of grkulture, and many more are exiM-ted. v k MUCH TATTOOED. Filipino'* Cuticle (int II tin Into 1 * '. ..>.1. A man was laken to constabulary eadqunrters yesterday whose body ras an art gallery. His breast, back ml arms had been rendered completely utinganting by tattooers, working un- 1 or the skilful guidance of antingant- be lg priests. I[ was visiting bis quer- bi a in Manila when arrested. th He was not an unprepossessing navet but he bad too many iiicriiniuat- si ig documents worked into his cuticle 01 > be allowed lo roam about in a wild bf tnte, so he was arrested as a sus- ce ieious character. He gave his name fr s Sylv-.ster tloniex. His antingant igs wi re :iis'?.*e suspicion. :is wen u? hove price, and lia<l they been worked ] 'i :i garment, sis is ciistomnry. he ^e, ronld liave bean despoiled of it tor a ^ urio. ur Over his heart lie had worked a con- cu eiuio!:al figure of an altar, with a ross superimposed. This, he said, was Sp n nntingantiug. On his right breast 0I as a human heart, inverted, sur- or lounted by a cross with three letters bove it. When asked what partieu- p, ir brand of antingantiti? this was, w e ly grinned the wider. It is be- CJ eveil tiait all this fantastic design is y fie reminder of some vow that he took a uring the insurrection. Three more jf ?tters and a cross were tattooed in m fie hollow of his back. He said that , lie.se wore never known to fail to keep | ff diseases, nnd, indeed. It must be | onfesscd that he seemed to be an ex- ! aj raordinarily healthy animal. sa Then there were long disarrange- or lents of the alphabet across his a roast and all down his arms. They joked as if somebody had attempted ca > write a lot of seditious newspaper eadlines in Tagalog and had run w hort of copy paper, and so had used romez for a writing tablet. He ex- ^ lnined that these would keep off bul?ts, and they looked as if they would. of -Manila Cable News. | nh I " WORDS OP WISDOM. ! J" -? - m ?T E. J. FBPDERICKS. hi Tho forward look stimulates the for- j bi rard step. sb Charm strikes the sight, but merit cr ins the heart. UI op What women sigh for is long life rithout old age. cu A sunny temper gilds the edges of g(J fe's blackest cloud. aj If men received everything they pray pi ,>r they would soon become too lazy on 3 get out of each other's way. ju If a young man "rings true," he will tli ot object to tho young lady of his a lioiee making every inquiry about i?J. J If a young girl imagines she can de- i1 ide for herself as to the kind of man ) J --- > 11.- l-,,nn.o \* De wants to marry, uuu ictuj miuno, .. ho is one in a million. Jnst imagine * oing a girl apart from one million ^ thor girls, because she knows so lueli more. No man is justified in being misled 0f y flattery. It matters not how ful- <]j omo the praise that is bestowed upon young man. as soon as he readies Tf he privacy of his room and weighs gu imsolf up honestly, he discovers that ome one has lied about him. And he ( lso knows that he waa not the liar. As a rule ihe unsuccessful men in ^ he world owe their misfortune to heir unwillingness . to subordinate hemselves to existing circumstances. l man who shrinks from making sac- * ifices, wheh sacrifices are necessary, annot expect me fo make sacrifices v>> or liim. And however lightly he may a an on me, he is asking hie to make a aerifice. 011 m Beleaguered by Ice. br Nantucketers will iong remember the a inter of Three different times as the island been isolated by ice, Vl.. reeks in all. No one person could buy I j., ivo pounds of sugar or more tnan oue | fl<) nart of kerosene. Only island beef t0( auld be purchased at the markets. aptaiu Killeu. a well-known islander, fter figuring tbe price of grain and ie amount of milk lie was getting, 1 r<> ltd then learning tbe price that lean ^ aw meat was bringing, decided to ill old Sal, bis favorite cow, and she 0,1 Co jtched from thirty-eight to forty-four puts a pound. The assistant keeper ;om Gray Point light walked to town cross the bay, a distance of twenty tiles, something that never was heard f before by tbe oldest inhabitants? ^ nd some of them are past ninety.? i'averley Magazine. 1 Uj Thr Strongest Soldier*. \y] Front a recent medical inquiry into an ie physical status of the various at] lasses of military it was found that w: ie low sized, broad chested artiilcry- n[( ten were the strongest and healthiest j i the service. On the other hand the or ill men of the Guards h;ul the disease >ndencies of the overgrown, and eonimption and other pulmonary trou- q, los wore noticeably common. When s|j arrow chested, the men of the Guards p? ml heavy cavalry very soon broke ov 3\\;u. Indeed, the bulk of the medical su rldencc soenicd to show that the nail, well set men?the typical Atinsos?wore the ideal soldiers, though j)r ot so imposing or martial looking as a? le gigantic Guards. stj Dainty Diet. Turkish women at rose leaves with utter to secure plumpness. ( "c ' . ' - ,v- - -f.i 51 /.A : . Cheese Custard. Grate three or four ounces of cheese, at three level tablespooufuls of itter to a cream, beat two eggs, mix e cheese and butter together, then Id the beaten eggs and one tableloonful of milk; beat these all thorighly, then Into a buttered dish and ike in a quick oven uutil firm in the ntre; serve as soon as removed om the oven. Meat Souffle. Put two level tubiespoonfuls of butr in a frying pan; when it is hot add o tablespooufuls of flour; stir this itil smooth; then add gradually one p of cold milk; stir this over the e until boiling; then add a tableoonful of salt, a little pepper and le cup of any chopped cooked meat chicken, and the beaten yolks of ro eggs; let this cook for one minute; it it away uutil cool; then beat the bites of the eggs and add them irefully to the meat mixture; turn ? lis into a buttered dish and, bake in/' moderate oven twenty-five minutes; chicken is used a little grated nut* eg is an improvement Devilled Salmon. From new canned salmon remove 1 the skiu and bones. Make a cream uce of one tablespoonful of butter, it* heaping tablespoouful of flour and cupful of cream. Add to tnis sauce ilf a teaspoonful of salt, a dash oftyenne and a grating of nutmeg. Stiij * until smooth and thick. Draw to^ ard the back of the siove and add^ ie yolks of three hard boiled eggs at have been well mashed. Take I om the fire and add one teaspoonful lemon juice, one tablcspoonful of topped parsley, and then the flesh, oken into small flakes. Add a little ore seasoning if desired (it should be ghly seasoned) and turn it into a ittered baking dish or into individual tolls. Sprinkle with buttered bread umbs and bake in a quick oven itil quite brown. This fish can be rved cold with a cucumber sauce ade as follows: Grate a peeled cu* imber after scraping out the seeds; lueeze it in a cloth bag to strain out 1 the juice possible. Then mix the ilp remaining with a cupful of maymaise. This should not be done until st before it is served, or it will thin e mayonnaise too much. Serve it in little gravy bowl with the fish. Hints" for. them nous ekeeperJ When making a pudding, don't forget make a pleat in the cloth at the top your bain, so as to allow the pudug to swell. When making soup or stew with old getablos, add one toaspoonful of gar, which will sweeten them and tike them taste like new. Io clean tinware, first wash the tin oroughly with hot soapsuds, wipe it oroughlv dry, and then scour with inr anil well nmmnleri npwsnancr. rhr hands can be cleaned better with urni water than with cold, but they ould always be' rinsed afterwards ith cold water, as this keeps them in better condition. A good polish for stoves is made of ic tnblespoonful of powdered alum ixed with the stove polish. The iliiance thjt this polish will give to stove will last for a long time. To keen sponges soft and white ash them in water with a little tarri< acid in it. then rinse in plenty of Id water. Take care not to put in i? much tartaric acid, or the sponges ill be spoiled. Stains may be taken off an enneled bath if it is rubbed well with ugh sand moistened with vinegar, lis will always clean enameled pots id pans, no matter how burnt or dislorod tliey may be. When a spoonful of borax is put to the last water in which white >the? are rinsed, it has the effect of bitening them. Before it is added to e rinsing water, the borax should be ssolved in a little hot water. Borax is a useful thing to have in e kitchen. Add a little to the water lion boiling out enameled saucepans, id it will help to cleanse them. If Ided to the water dish cloths are isbed in it will help to keep them a ee color. Pen nuts. almonds. English walnuts pecans may be used lor these nutrs. Prepare the nuts by removing e inner covering and chopping them, ease the bottom and sides of a broad allow tin pan with fresh butter, and it the nuts into it, spreading them ~ only. Put one pound of graunlated gar, with half a teacupful of water d a piueh of c-ream of tartar, into a I tie and boil until thick, but not too ittle. Pour the syrup over the nuts (1 set aside to cool. When slightly if!' mark off into wide bars with a arp knife, and let stand several ys, when it will become soft and deliotis, ... .