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BEERS' LIVES ATTACKED KINGS AND EMPERORS MORE FOR TUNATE THAN PRESIDENTS. With Ike Mejaxr.llllue. Ike Klar>. Ihr Ihr M..OH Have Alwa> l-Uird a aswplcaaisa Tarl-ae far Tail* OMlerv U* Mad *)l*.l> Keroral The Ma lerllr f Ihr 4. ...!. ate Italians. When soius time ago the spots noticed on the lun awakened the interest not only of th* scientific world, but of '.he more frivolous portion of the community, the opinion became prevalent among the latter that the phenomenon foreboded misfortune and <iissslrr. The opinion wa* founded apparently on precedent. Astrologers had diaooverrd that the contellatlona were ex- actly .in the same position at on the day that Chr.it expired on the cro*. A French troiqgrr Morin ile Villefranche whe pahltstifd the horoscope of our Lard, had prt-dic'ed that on the ->3rd of March, 1891, the solar system would pres.-nt the same expect as it did over th* heights of (lol- got ha i-i^hteen hundred and sixty -one years before. In popular superttiiion the stars, the auu, ami the moon have always played a C-KMBICUOUS part. Battle* have been fore atiaduwed in the ciouds ; on the eve of great catastrophe* the sun has i set in blood-red rlin." A comet heralded the death of Indus ( . ,ar, an. I Konaparte told Cam- baceiea that his fortunes hung on the oeoilU' oho of one particular star. Many otJipr examples were aMuued n> support the presumption tha*. the sun's spots indi- cated harm. Kvento appeir to have justified the.-e peesimist c pru-iictlons ; the first half of .nu year hai IKJ.T. rich in fateful accidents ; almost miraculously from the knife ol lireppo, the revolver of I'lanen, and the bombs of Oriniai. which u.HM'KD "K klt.l.Kli 190 PKUPI.E. Orsiui, Pieri, (.rtppo, Fieschi, 1'iansri, anil many other criminal, of the same stamp were Italian* ; it would seem as if the thirst for vengeance and reckless disregard of life of their race specially predisposer them for suoh atsaulta, Out of France they are lea* frequent, will th* exception, however, of Russia, where the record i* long trom 1801, when Paul, I wa* murdered in his palace, till 1881, whei Aleiamler II. was (xpoeed to a series o attempts terminating by the fatal *x plosion of the Nihilistic bomb* on the quay of the Neva. In 1879 the train on which in Czar was supposed to travel between Livadiaand Moscow wa* wrecked, justifying the precaution which always sends off two train almost *imultaneou*Iy, without it being known in which the Kmperor anc Imperial family have taken their seats a the last moment. Another time th dining salon of the Winter Palace at St. Peter* burg wa* blown up k few minutes before the C*r entered i: wilh hi* guesis. It haa never been clearly proved whether Alexan der II. wa* saved frou an accident or i premeditated crime on the railway train a Borki. Queen Victoria wan ahot at twice withou any affect ; opce in 1840 by a youth of eigh teen, Kdwari Oxfon', and not many years ago by a semilunatic in London. ID Spain Queen Isabella was wounded i the arm by the knife o! the priest Merinc who aimed at her heart a* she was going in state to return thanks at the sanctuary Atecha /or the birth of her son. In M7J in the Calle Alcala in Madrid, a ruffian whole name wa* never ascertain**! am whose chief w-is killed on the ipot by a de tectivs, fired into the carriage conlaining King Amadeua and the Quean. ID Portugal, Prince Ferdinand, consort o the Queen Maria da (iloria, was shot at twice in IS:>7, and his son, who succeeded the Queen on the throne, died a mysterious Heath, attributed to poison. In Austria, the Kmperor Kranz Josel miraculously e*cape<l the dagger of an as sassin in 1H.V), an 1 a votive chapel Vienna on the same erected in Vienna on ihe same spot in deeu-uction of propeny, loss of life.nstural | commemoration of his safety. Lest for- tunate, his brother Maximilian fell in Mexico under the cataclysms, and ,11 .xirnHKU WITIHUT WAI:, culminating in the aaaasmalion of M. Sadi CarnoU Stalely and magnificent a* wa* the page- ant of his fuuerm!, it neferthele** created immense difficulties for luo* whose duly it wa* to regulate it according to the law* of enqueue, a* ordained in the case of the demise of the head of the State. Since .Louis XV".., with the exception of Lout* \\ II I., mil one ruler of Kranoe has died in th* oeicise of power. Louis XVI. wa* delaroned and guillo'.med : t he Uirecloire wseoverlhiown by Bonaparte ; Napoleon wa* twice b-tnwhed and brealhed his last away from the land he had made *o great ; 'iiarlea \. and Louis I'hilippu wern exiled; Napoleon III. never reentered France aflei HM.LETS OF Till HU1.DIKH.S of Juarez, and his son perished in the yet unexplained catastrophe of Meyerling. In Italy, the Minister Rossi was foully murdered in tae streets of Romy Pope Pius I \. barely avoided the gun of a man hidden behind the horses of Phidias; th* Duke Robert of Parma fall at night under the tabs of an a**aasin; Km, 1 umber to wa* aeved at Naples by the courage ami presence of mind of hi* Minuter, Cairoli, from the knife of Pasaavanli, who proceeded exactly aaCassriodid in his more successful assault on Carnot In If',')} M llano attacked Fer- dinand II. with the point of a bayonet, and Leers fired on < 'rispi within the last twelve- month. In (ieimany, the worshipped Emperor William I. wa* fired at by Nohilinit on his way to Ihe unveiling of ihe collossal slatue He, Ian ; M. Tluera resigned , Marshal Mac- "' (isrmama, the deed exciting the horror MahonaulVi. llrevy were compelled although for different iea*ons to vacate the Presidential chair before iheir term of an. I indignation of the united Fatherland he had created. Less exalted personages having, however, office expired, and finally M. ( 'arnot wa* | achieved some celebrity and thereby called murilerr.l nearly at the close of his tepten nate. Strangely enough, at an epoch when monarchy is supposed to lie the object of universal hatred ; when supreme authority veeted in hereditary dynasties excites the londrat curse of the radicals. Anarchists, aaid Socialist*, Kings an. I Prince* have been more spared than the Preeident* of rxfiulilics, agam*t whom the weapons of eeesasins have taken more deadly aim. W* have seen Booth and (iuiteau killing Lin- coln and UarHeld ; (iarcia Moreno, Presi- dent ol Kcuador, murdsred in front of the t'-aUi.-.lral ot Quito in M7.V Menende/. Salvador, I, ill m Paraguay, Btlta and < . 'iiu rriv in Peru, and several others have w**t vio ent deaths. This century ha* been fertile in more or lee* successful attempts against the lives of ruler* of Stales. As early a* I.HOO Darner- villa anil twenty four of Ins accomplices were arrested the day before the execution of their well-planned plot to kill the Kirat ' -Muni ; and in the same year a bomb burst in the Hue Nioaise fifty aeoonds before lionaparte wa* expect**) to pass the spot. Moreau. I'lohegru, and Oeorge Cadoudal were arresUtd for conspiring against the life o( Napoleon I. in Mm. and in I.NOH, al Sr.hnonUrunn, Frederick Slaby, a Protestant clergyman walked up to the Kinperor DA i.IK IS HASH, au.l was only prevented from plunging it into his heart by the rtpid interposition of a soldier of the guard. Napoleon offered the man hi* pardon, which he relus !!, saying that b woulil never rest till hi* piiruon was accomplished. Under the reiteration the most odious i inn- of the century was perpetrated ; the young Duke de Berry fell, an innocent victim, under the knife of Louvel as he wa* leaving hi* carriage to enter the opera house. It may be mentioned hero that so many murders have boon attempted from the steps of carriages, the .Stale coache* are made without outer *t*p* and ratain the old- lanlin.nril system ot steps that are fulded ami placed inside the door. Under the monarchy of July toe King eMtuaped seven attempts at aseassinatioo. In November, I >.'!.', llergsrun fired al Louis Phillppeand miseed him narrowly. In Ivi... tnlluwed by hi* sons and a brilliant sta'l, UMI King was reviewing the troops on the Boulevard du Temple, when a loud report aejeok the houeee, and immediately the ground around him was strewn wilh dead ml wounded, among them Marahal Mm- tier, Due de Tr*vis*. The King and his eons were unhurt. Kin. In, the perpetrator of the outrage, wa* arrested In the lillle yard of a houee whence he fired a suooseslon i i ill- shots through the blinds of the third torey t he wa* taken, trie I, *entenod, and eruti-*l with hi* accomplices. In June, I KM, Allhtud, a friend el M. <>rev*, fired a gun al Louis Philippe, the outlet passing ovr the Kintt'* hat ; a f*w months later Me.nm-r discharged his pistol point blank < his Majesty, the *hnts proving harmlias. In I- ' an engineering workman was arrest- ed iwenly-four hours Iw fore he iiioonsded ie placing ai.d exploding on th* King's path a\n infethal machine he had oouatrucled : DM nan. e WKS Champion, and, like Pichegru, tw hung himself in hi* cell. llnilvr Na.xileon III.,murderousattenipts wero not wanting ; th* Kinperor **c*pd upon themselves the hatred of theseolanans or Anarchist*, have m turn* been expoeed to these cowardly and fanatical crime*, (lambetta, Jules Krrry, Kreycinel, Floouet, were all the target of asaawins; threatening letters ware daily addreaeed to M. Casimir Periereven before he assumed the perilous poet of President of the French Repuli'.i.-. It is to lie hoped that the bloody record of the century will not carry to posterity any other name* devoted to the execration of all honest men whatever be their religious or polictical convictions. Curious Facts. No one ha* been within 460 mile* of the north pole. "Pilgrim's Progress" has been translated into '10.1 dialect* and languages. The value of public school property in the I mted Stale* is estimated at 540O.000.UOl . An elsctric railroad 300 mil** long is to In- built connecting Buise City and Lewia- toll, 111 I The heaviest cyclist in the world is aaid to lie I)r Meldoo, of Dublin, who wt-ighs .'ITS pounds. He aUo plays lawn tennis. A 17 year-old girl who wa* arrestfd in Brooklyn recently on the charge of - grancy ( ould converse fluently m six lan- guages. The experiment of using compressed air for street cai propiilsiun ha* been tried in Masnachusett*. The results were considered satisfactory. Deaf mules are holding a convention at Muncie. Ind. One of Ihe exercises is the daily rendition ot "Nearer My (iod to Thee," in sign language. In the interior of Australia is a series of gre*l lakes which are occupied by water only at long intervals. The mud which remains when the water is absent is tillt-d wilh '.he bone*) of geologic monster*. A better paid author than Xola ha* been diioovered in Bishnr ItaUley, of Kibe, Deomaik, ihe author of "Luthsr'i Little Catechism." A curmui critic has calculated thai one single verse of tlie Lord's Prayer, "(live us i Ins day our itaily bread," accom- panied by lite explanatory remark. "Pray tor that only which you need," ha* b**n worth 11,000 to the bishop. Mrs. Matilda Langs ha* filed a bill for divorce in th* Chioai<o Circuit Court again* t her husband. Robert George Lange. The complainant i* a dry good* saleswoman. She says she married the defendant beoanae he hail adopted th* pretis "Baron." After the marriage, she says, she discovered tr.e till* did not benefit her any, a* it wa* fictitious, and *h* wa* obliged to earn a living for two initead of one, as she did previously to her marriage. In a Quandary. Mr. Ii.- Style -"Will, are all your ar- rangrments for a summer al th fashionaUle resnrti completed ?" "Mrs IK. .Style-"N*arly, but I'm n. mi. h aijuaiulary. I have arranged to send *>ur h< use plants to a florist, our cat to a oat home, and our dog to a canine boarding house, so that all will be well oared for until fall ; but what in the world shall I do ths ROUND THE WHOLE TOLD WHA1 IS GOING ON IN THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE GLOBE. 14 nn.l Nr W ..rl.1 Rreal* ef Inlfrr.t i hr.,n irlr.1 Hrlrlv r Brrnil Brick* Mid to be from the tower of Babel are plentiful at Bin Nunru.i, Babylonia. The King of Cireec* is an excellent swim- mer and haa a perfect pasaiou for fishing. The French have introduced coffee cul- ture in Tooquin with good proepeoU of success. tsost of the Asiatic countries have been ruined by the system of " farming the taxes." The only remains of the once splendid French possession* in India are rive towns. Almost til the Turkish taxes are farmed out and the resulting corruption is v -ry great. About 40,1100 tramps, it is estimated, are traveling over liermany all the year arouod. A club in Berlin, called the Giants, ad- mits to membership only men who are six feet in height. The ships and other vessels that passed through the Sue/ Canal last year paid $14,- 000,000 in tolls. Poisonous snake* are so numerous in Ven- ezuela that a snake bile is almost as common there as in India. Abdul Aziz, the Sultan of Morocco, has married the daughter of Mulai Krshid, an uncle ot his father. The Hessian By is reported to have done great damage to the wheat fieids of New Xealand last season. In (he Philiptne Inlands there is a plant winch bears a flower nearly a yard wide, ami weighing '22 pounds. The United State* of Colon. )>:o seems to present the best field for mmeri of any of the South American States. A merchant in Germany h * been fined heavily for using a <iuotauon from the Bible to head an advertisement. Ul :ne .Vi.J prirat* stallions lu Italy which were approved by the official inspectors -. . -uteeu wr<) American. The Duchees of Hamilton has had a large stable built lor her cows and goes there daily to milk I er favorite*. At Corumia, Spam, is the oldest light- house in the world. It was built nearly eighteen hundred year* ago. I ,uld production in Venezuela i* falling off rapidly, and the cost of transportation is high, but an improvement is looked for. India ranks third among the countries o. the world for wheat production. Its total whea' crop last year was J.Ki,i"",0"" bush- el*. In one auction room in London during a single irttsoii over half a million birdskin* from the West Ind.aa and Brazil were sold. Most of the numerous temple* throughout China are painted red : everything lucky and pleasant among th Chinese is vermil- lion onlor. The Duke of sae-Coburg and Uotha, in his capamty as Duke of Edinburgh, is a..ll to draw #0,000 a year from the British treasury. There are in Lancashire alone .TJO indus- trial and provi.leiiieo.-ietiei, with aoaggre- gate of upwards of a quarter ot a million member*. Queen Victoria was the originator of the decollete style of dress cut tatirely off be- low the shoulders and decidedly low in front and in the back. The Seychelles Islands, which politically form part of the British colony of Mauritius. are auppneed by many to be the original Garden of Kden. If the Hollander* actually undeilake to drain the Xnider Zee, the tirst item of ex- pense will be a monster dam that will cost at least tlS.oOO.U.O. Roughly 'peaking, the British Umpire extends over one continent. IOO peninsula*, 300 promontories, 1,001 lake*, 'J.OOO rivers ii.l lo, :nit i islands. The Austrian Krnprees' brother, Duk* Charle* Theodore of Bavaria, has resumed at Merau his free practice a* so oculist for the benefit of the poor. An Australian tarmer reports a crop of 50 tushets of Algerian oats from ten acres of land. Another one eclipses this by a crop if eighty Imshel* to the acre. Brussels has started a Cat Club, win -h las just hold a successful show. Then were I 111 entries, including rive Siamese of i great beauty, and three Manx cat*. In lhn Nile Valley some ~!> prayer meet- ugs for women ami girls are held weekly, with an average attendance of 1,'J.lii, of i h. in !'.'_' are ante to lead in prayer. l.a.1) Burton possesses a necklace of uman bones, given by the king of Dahomey oSir Richirl Kurtun when he made him >rit,adir. general of hit oor|<* of Amazons. Queen VVilhelnuna, who is the very'ideal of a healthy little girl, ride* a bicycle oc tonally when she is at the charming old- ashionod castle Het Loo, near the Hague. l)r. de '.lossy. the leading physician of Javre, recently celebrated the lOlstanniver- sary of his birthday. He is still able to attend without assistance to bis large prac 1C*. The comhinol aasnts at the Rothschild amily in Kurope are not leas, it is said, han$2,(HM.iM>0,tHK>. The virtual heailof the amily is Nathaniel, Lord Rothschild, of Condon. Peru in the Samoa hydraulic mine has what i* eatimnted to be the largest bunk of lUriferous gold in the world, yielding $30,- 100 a year, or two- third* of the gold pro- luot of that country. There are at the present time 17,001 \Ve*leyan Methodist Sunday school* in [reat Britain, an increase of 50,1 in ten rear*. The children number not leas than (4H.50H, an inureaa* of 100,857. In New Zealand the export* of dairy pro- liiotl advanced in twenty years from $4-V M) in 1ST- to SI, 3110,000 in M'.\ The colony now has 174 establishments of all LII ils for the manufacture ot butter and heese. The Kmpress Hugnnie is devoted to Kng- nli wild Howers, and in the spring her Horal lecorations are carried out with primroses, ood violets, cowslips, anemones, bluebell* and oilier familiar blossoms. Cremation is gaining favor in France and Japan. Lut year, in the crematory at the I Pere Lachaiae crematory, Paris, there were ' 3,741 cremation 1. In Tokio, the chief city of Japan, the average number of cremations i* thirty a day. The Bridgman school fur girls, at Pekin. China, has recently determined to receive no more girl* w.th bound feet. The native Christians at Pekin, as the result of an en- thusiastic meeting, have formed an Anti- loot binding Society. The coronach, or mourning for the dead, is still beard in many part* of Scotland as well as Ireland. It is a weird chant, cries of lamentation being mingled with remon- strances addressed to the departed for leav- ing his friends and relative*. Several variety theatres in London have just atarted a new scheme of giving two performances, each lasting about aa hour and a half each evening. The same pro- gramme is given at each performance, and the prices have been cut one-half. A Hanoverian botanist has discovered a microbe in the atmosphere, pure) callus of which will convert sugar into an acid identi- cal with that of the lemon. Thi* discovery is expected to revolutionize the citric acid industry and injure the lemon grower*. A keeper on the Wadhurst Park eetate, Kent, recently shot a fine female specimen of the white-tailed eagle, the first of the kind ever known to have ben captured in the South of Kngland. The I in! measured net-en feet six inches across the wings, tod three fust from beak to tail. In the museum of ivory collected by the Princess Maud of Wales there are to b* found tusks ot wild boars shot by the Czar of Russia and sen., to enrich her collection, the tuiks of elephants sbot by her father and uncles, and the teeth of alligators, shark*, walruses, seal* and lion*. Prince Iltsmarck i* not a wealthy man in the American sense. The mortage on his estate* requires him to pay about 130,000 every year. The income from hi* Fried richsruhe property has l>een a* much a* $60,000 a yea;, but it hai averaged only about half tint sum. His enure income is not far from IIOO.IKM). HAMILTON'S TALL CHIMNEY. II Will i.r IM t, rl Nlxk. aa4 II tv-i I larkea la Itlamrirr al Ike f- Hamilton's smelling works at Huckle- berry Point are being built rapidly. The buildings and the immediate ground used in connection therewith occupy about six acre* of land. The chimney alone will be a big affair. It will be 125 feet high, and 14 feet 4 inches in ti.amet-r at the base. It will be a steel shell, and Till have an open- ing of six feet, clear of the fire brick which will line it. The foundation for it, which is almost completed, i* 24 feet square, and it is a solid bed of stone and concrete, about seven feet deep. The chimney will be**lf supporting, being bolted by a number of '.' inch steel rods. The foundations for the three heating ovens are completed. Bach of the ovens will be bV> fret high, and 'JO feet in diameter, and the foundation is &'> feet by -23 feet. The foundation is eevsn teet deep, the big hole having been filled with stone and cement. The foundation for the holding tower is alao finuhed. The tower will be luofeet high, and it* founds- lion consuls of a solid bed of stone to the depth of seven feet. The tower foundation is 90 feet 2 inches long and 14 feet 10 inches wide. The hoiaung lower will have two oages of iron and steel frame, and it will carry slo.-k to the furnv-e. The founda- tion tor the furnace proper is 90 feet square, and there is a depth of six f-t of solid cement, sand, and sums in the bud now. There will 1* four more fswt of solid bedding, however, belore the brick wall goes on the foundation. Nearer the bay i* the casting-house, where the iron will run from the furnaca. An immense atone wall, which takes in both the furnace and the casting-bouse, is nearly all built. It in- cludes an area of 100 feet by .V) feet, and the wall i* I 1 .' feet high. The boiler-house, the foundation of which H now under con- struction, ha* % bed for four boiler*, and funr more are 10 be added. It is 30 feet square, with a solid bed of 3\ feet in depth. There is only one more foundation to be built, and that is for the big engine and pump-house. It will be as substantial a* any of those mentioned, for the moust-r engine will weigh 14O tons, it* flywheel alone being calculated to wei^li .v> tons, .(together about l-'J.tHHI has been spent on the work > far. Horrible Tale or Spanish Jea'.ousy. The Central Nswt seuds out a report of a terrible tragedy in Barcelona resulting from feminiue jealousy. Piercing shriek* were heard at midnight on Tuesday proceed- ing from a house in the Calls d* Sepul- veda, and on the police breaking into the building they found two women on the floor of one of the rooms locked in each other arm* with their clothe* burning fiercely. Both were taken to the hospital: they were frightfully burner, and tl>* younger girl, named Roaa, expired within a few minutes, and the elder woman, Inez Altai ez, lived an hour only. The latter had time to make a confession It appears Koea was her servant, and shs became in- sanely jealous of her and plotte i vengeance. >!> bought n large quantity of spirit*, threw a portion of the spirits over her own clothe* and calling Roaa, looked the door. She then threw the remainder of the spirits over the girl and set Are to the horror- stricken servant, holding her tightly to prevent her from succeeding in caving hsr elf. The girl before expiring declared solemnly thil her mistress s jealousy was unfounded. A Narrow Escape. Itaihaway 'Ah, general, jtut got back from your yacht trip in the Mediterran- ean ?" The General "Ve*. sir. And we cam* near losing our lives, sir." Danhaway "Got caught in a gal**" The General "No, sir ; worse than that, ir." l>ahway -"Didn't get ashore or run on a ro> k, did yoB? " The General "No, sir ; we ran out of whiskey." Household. f^**'^+S*^*S+^*S**S*iS*^*S+^^ii^i^*^, Hot Weather Topics. To keep the house cool, throw open the doors and windows in the early morning hours, allowing a plentiful supply of the freah, cool air to enter and circulate through. Sprinkle porch floors and iloor- stepa. A* soon as the heat begin* to assert itself, close the house again, and in the parlor and bed-rooms shut out the sunlight for a time. There is nothing more restful than a cool, shaded retreat like this. ft will be found that the cool air is kept in the house, anc the heated air kept out. By degree*, a* the sun leave* the various part* of the houae, the door* and windows can be opened to let in the freeh air, and tore up a cool supply for the nigh;. ! theee time* few are without screens to ex- clude flies, and a fur share of s i.mer com fort is thus assured. Salad* are very cooling and should be generally used. An old phyiiciau ways heard to lay that in lettuce the right amount of opium wa* present to *<-t r'avor- ably upon the nerves, and advise*! a* use daily so long as it could be ohtaitusi. Fresh vegetable* and cooling fruits should form the larger shsre of the summer dit, verv little meat being necessary to keep up the furnace fires of the system. From a hygienic itami point the use of meat during hot wratber is unad v liable. Cooling drinks, taken in moderation dur- ing the heated term, are acceptable, aad should form a part of the daily refreshment. Direction* for their preparation are so com- mon that they need not be given her*. The remark of the old lady who aaid that she drank hot tea in winter to warm her up and in aummer to c*.ol her 08, i* one that meta with approval by many, and moat women contend that ail otner preparations cause thirst rather than allay it. Iced tea is rather popular and very refreshing when sipped slowly, a* all iced drnks should be. But none of these device* are of so much account as the habit ot taking life quietly and calmly, and not worrying. There are some who rail inceuanlly against the weather, and complain loudly of tneir own sufferings from the heat. The effect is two fold. This heaud zoodilion is intensified, aad every one about them feels the diecom- fort of their complaining. Nor is it entirely necessary to tit in the shade with a palm leaf fan and ii-eii lemonade to keep comfort- able. Those wno keep quietly about their duties, cheerfully accepting what cannot be helped, are lee* apt to suffer from heat. They have out reduced their power* of endurance by the wearing habit of fretting, and moderate exercise and moving about ia quite as conduct veto comfort as sitting still. Thus the capable housekeeper who haa qaieUv none about preparing dinner, caving hereelt all useless step* by careful planning, will be quite is apt to sit down to the meal with a rested and happy countenance, a* the languid summer visitor who haa spent toe entire morning in a vain e?ort to keep oeol, while bewailing the heat in her own particular case. Useful Recipes. Chocolate Meringue. Use three pints ol milk, one-quarter of a cake of chocolate grated and wet in a little cold milk, one cup of sugar, four tablespoonful* of corn- tarcli, a little butter and salt and the yolk* of three eg^s. Flavor with vuulla. Bake half an hour. Beat the while* of the egg* to a stiff froth. Add a small cup of I owdore.l sugar. Spree*! over the pudding and color it a light brown. Lemon I'umpling*. Ob* pint flour, one heaping teaspoonfol baking powder and salt sifted together. Mix with a cupful of milk or water. Make a syrup of one-half cupful molseses. one-half cupful sugar, two cupful* water and two lemooi sliced tine. Bring to a boil and drop in dumpling* and cook 15 minute*. Turn them once while cooking. When the dumpling* are taken out, add a little butter to the syrup and pour over them. Tomato Salad. Peel three large tomatoee, lice and lay in a salad bow I, set on ice for one hour ; pour over half a pint of plain salad dressing and serve. Cream Pie. Put a pint of milk oo boil ; moisten a tablespoooful of cornatarch with a little cold milk and stir into the boiling milk, add half a teacupful of sugar. K '*t the while* of four egg* and stir care- fully into the boiling mixture, take from the fire and flavor with vanilla. Line pie- pane with puff paste, aet m the oven to bake ; hen done, till with the mixture and aet in a very hot oven t brown. Shcphetd's Pie. No matter how coarse the beef is if it is gently stewed beforehand :ul it up into small, neat piecee,and have read; plenty ot peeled potatoes ; seaaoo th meat nicely with salt and pepper, and af- ter cutting the potatoes in slices, season them also ; then arrange a layer of the Utter at the bottom of a large pie dish and sprinkle them well with finely chopped onion ; next put in some of the beef, cover with more potatoes and onion, and so on un- til the dish is sufficiently full, after which moisten with water, cover with a light, rather thick crus-, and bake in a moderate oven until thoroughly cooked. If the oruet i* done enough before the meat mid pota- toea.as uften nappen* when the pin is a very large, substauti alone, lay a piece of greased paper over the top to prevent iu burning, and juit before serving, pour iu through th* hole, which of course should always > made in the top to allow of the steam es- caping, some nice gravy, made by boiling down any houes, cooked or uncooked, which may be at hand. Boiled green*, and moru potatoes should be served a* an accompani- ment. Elderberry Cordial. Take eight quart* of berriee and pour over them four quarU of boiling water. Let stand tor U houre. stirring oow nd thin ; strain well.proasing out all th* juice. Add throe pound* of sngr to four quaru of iuioe, one ounce of powdered cinnamon, and half an ounce of powdered clove*. Boil five minute*, and set away to ferment in a atone j%r, with a cloth thrown lightly over it. When it i* done fermenting, rack it otT oarefully, not to disturb th* lee*. Bottle and cork well.