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LORD KILLEEN'S REVENGE. CHAPTER III. -(Continued.* "Do you remember Thursday fort- night, Mulcahy f" .she aidcod now, in a amber tone On Thursday fortnight the thimble hail last ! M put in re- quisil loo. "That was I lie day Miss Norah bnOce y.Mir :hain i-up." said Mrs. Mulcahy. who. however, understood tier per- fectly. "I was not alluding to that cup: I was reminding you of a cup that should not cheer, and does inebriate. You know well to what I allude. MuU-ahy. You should learn to resist that cup." "1 in ver was much of a hand al lurnin' %n\ thing," said Mrs. Mulcahy. di^rir.-d ly ; "an' I'm ould now. any way. to be- gin. As to the cup ye spake of. I niver take anything out of a cup. nave it might be me lay. and shure ye would- n't thry to deprive a poor ould woman of that. Or hone I I remember well in yer father'* time, whin" "Never mind about that." interrupted Mis., MacGillicuddy. hastily. Mrs Mul cahy noticed the haste, and her nmall eyes twinkled. She was a large, stout, loinfortable woman, and always wore a huge mob cap. as white as snow, with ti i.-.s,- than four lace borders in it She nodded this cap now sapiently. "K.-ep to MM- point," said MLSH .MacGillicuddy. si, rnly. "Your habits of intemperance are growing on you, and I would have you check them before il is too late." "Fail, there's one thing." returned Mulcahy. briskly "that the dinner will be too late, unless ye mane it for to- morrow, if ye keep me here idling much longer.' ' "Do you call such earnest pleading idling f" cried her mistress, vehement- ly. "Do you mean to tell me you have no desire to save yourself to draw back Iron, the brink to join yourself to the royal regiment of volunteers who glory in the blue ribbon and cold water!" "Divil a bit I" said Mrs. Mulcahy again, even more strongly than before. She seemed, indeed, quite struck with the noblp simplicity of this remark.and sin i. k-. I her lipn over it. "Am I to understand by that im- moral sentence that you refu.se In join ust' demanded Miss IfaeGUIicuddy. drawing nearer. Her voice rose huh and shrill, her throat quivered She bad mounted h<r hobby, and was pn-- i- . ' io nd - ii fast and far. She reared l.--r crest and glowered upon the offend- ing co>k. who MHO I firm, and bore the shock of battle bravely, "I expert dial's what it comes to. ma'am." said she. "Which proves to mi 1 ." exclaimed her mislrots. with increasing wrath, "what I have fora long tune suspected, that you an* a woman with very unfortunate ten li-ncirw." Mrs Mill. -any swallowed this s|s*-h and dig.-.:- I U slowly. Then site poke, " I 'here isn't a tindinry in wan o' my the gUnees. and Mia* MacCillicuddy saw her "I,, son,.- jN'opln," sh said. Hternly. lir are acceptable; to one postws4cd of rugged virtue they are not '" She paused. Kviilenily. COILS tan I ia repres- ing place, in the kitchen. Hi* heart was euted I lie, "Home people," she the rug- wnnn with a nacred joy a he listened ged virtue." lo the promising ,-kn nu.sli within. He' "She's rugged enough, in all o had be-4i backing Mrs. Mulcahy *o vix- em*." said Mr Idrrv to himself. "Hi, ori>u,sly in .spit it. tint his body got in- as for the virtue there's no fear she fected with thu enthusiasm, ana he ki> k will ever be fed into temptat i< m . " ed out. However, his smile was suavity itself It was a disastrous kick. It landed,*"..^* turned il upon >vr him in an earthenware critck full of but- I ,,} 1 "a lovely day. isn't it f" said he. t. rmilk. and the splash, the crash, the I ' returned Miss MacOlHIcuddjr, limd shnek that would not be suppress- * an ""compromising glance Ixmatantia. w ln> vous. burst out ky "One can sen tlfct for 'one's self." she aid. She grew frightened when she heard her own laugh ring out not so much of her aunt as because, of her ; suppress- ed, all produced a sensation that reduced the belligerents bi the kitchen to sil- For a moment only. Then simultan- eii -ly they cried "Scat" at the top of I heir lungn. and went for the scullery door. The little, Ma-(iillicuddy Jimmy was his name thought, aa he still floun- dered in the bulleruiilk, that his last hour was come ; but an vengeance tmre and swift was descending upon him. a loud knock at the hall -door reverber- ated through ih.' house. Miss Macoillicuddy came to a stand- Hlill. and HO did cook. ' Who's t half" said Miss MacGilli- was now very ner- one nevwr knew, indeed, what ;, was going to say next. She was trf-ginning to hi>pe that the. earth would open and swallow her up quickly. \vhen ag ' door was thrown open and "Mr. enloa" was announced. OHAPTER IV. came in. in the slow, dignified Ue came in. in the ---- , _ cuddy, adtlnusinir no one in particular, manner that belongtvl to him. Ill* fa< y-t evidently dc,.n>u.s of an answer. I was cadaverous; his iocbes many, lie "\\ 'ho would it be but Mititber Barryf" . was rather Italian in type, and his eyes replied cook. -re black and plaintive. He waa de- There is scorn in her accent. On one lically nwrved in his ilemeanor. and point, at leant, she and her uitstre.-s were at one Ilirrj there was a suspicion of hauteur in the Thuy both objecUxl lo (iarrell way bo wore his eyeglass. Old Ijidy as a hu.4>aiul for Constantia, Varley. now dead, used to say be "car- bit was a young mau of fair ried himself so well ;" and certainly his in. I good family, though in one figure was guod. and he was never in a senMe of no family, as he hadn't a soul hurry. He had a very kindry opinion belonging to him alive, at least no one of his own merits, which i* an excellent nearer than a cousin. This, however, thing if one wants to get on in the Hhould have been accounted to him a* world. Not that Mr. Feat herston want- an advantage. Cook objected to him ed to get on. He was only thirty-two, because she did not consider him suffi- and the richest man in the county. . i.-ntlv eligibln for Constantia, whom , Mias MarGillu-uddy received him with -b>- bad nursed, and who was to her a* a* near an approach to civility as she the apple of her eye. Mis* Martiilli- knew. He shook bands with everybody cudd> regarded him with disfavor from in the silent way that belonged to him. a higher standing-point She looked and that somehow helped bun to t he upon matrimony generally as an indeli- consideration with which he was always cy treated; and then looked cautiously young man's visits of late were round him. as if to know where he of such frequency as to suggest the idea should ait. Thia slow glance made that he found a difficulty in living everybody feel, somehow, how poorly through twenty-four hours without furnished the drawing-room was, and .we.ing the younger MUs MaoGillicuddy. how squalid it must appear to him after He ha<l grown wondrous deferential to- his own luxurious home. Finally he ward the elder, and had endeavored to seated himself neit to Constantia. This win over Mulcahy (who was an old ac- quite hemmed her in. Hurry was on quaint-ance of bis) by arguments such her left, neon her right. Miss MacCilli- arg a-- seldom fail with the domestic class, Hut Mulcabv. in spite of the thimbles, wan not to be bought. His knock was loud and bouyant. Hoinetliintr like himself. It aggravated erst on had eoninin cook and tier mint rewt to the hut degree, thing, had broken cuddy, loain her presence of mind. gave her the feeling, somehow, that there was no escape. She wan very glad. however, that Feat h- Huentrance.for one up the rude speech ' but it savtwl the shivering Jimmy, stand- that she felt was on her aunt's lips, rod ing in the scullery, drippuu buttermilk for another She blushed softly as she an hard as he could. Miss MacULlli- found Mr. Featherslnn's glass bearing cuddy put on an air of fell determina- down upon her. lion, .she pulled her cap over her left "So glad," he said, looking at Constan- ear (which was always a bad sign.) ad- tia but speaking to b-r aunt, "that justed I,.T npi-ct.u-les on her Roman vour our mission, rather, i* going on ao nose, and mad tracks for the drawing- prosperously." room. She sailed upstairs, eager for Miss MacUUlicuddy drew herself up. the frajr. and bent on slopping tUe tr- She grew self-important, and was evi- uill ; but fate, dently pleased. Constantia looked in- repnisNible Barry in the hal.. and Minnie, the parlor-maid, were too different because she knew to what much for her. Feat herston was referring: but Barry, Mr. Harry as she entered Ihe draw- who knew nothing, stared. All at once inn n. mi feeling somewhat baffled slie it dawned upon him thai the Hlue Hib- liscoveiM .sitting there, beaming upon lion movement was in question and that OooMantia who. indeed, was beaming Feat hiTHton was making hay while the back at him in what her aunt called a sun .shone, by pn-tendinir an interest in it to Miss M.i.i.illi.-ud.K He bad adopted the ne.w te.inper:inoe fad as a means toward grit ing into her (rood prices, and from her-, to Constantia's. Thia discovery filled the heart of the I mie rick man with rage. Not toward real herston he was too honeM hearted uncle's mm be the fir*l marriage, who bad a tendency lo a running sore on the left |,-g, s>i,ve fly murk I" "You an- either ht>p>'li*tsly ignnrsnl or . you willfully pn-ten-l Lo be. so." return- fel -<"" <11 v rf'-'H 'OH.S- them. and. perhaps, eil Mi* MacUUlicuddy. big with vxplan- """'' "" ' " ' ' Ii ' I ' 1 1 ings to them that lion . but Mulcahy. wb.. wa thuniugh- M ",' ''"' ""' WOfatbM 1 mean, ly offeniled. would not list.-n to her. J . UHt IM)W sh wa " Miniling delici.Hi.sly. "Ignorance is bliss, ma'am, as the *!''. '' wlu * "vident that the young man I. ltd- has it. but I'm wide, awake a* to/ '"' " 1 " r " ' r w:l< "' < v< ' r > paradise, what you mane. You've come Itere to | '. onU-nlmeiit. t oitstantia was charm insult a poor lone widdy. who ho.s *ji vcd '"/: s '"' nal1 '"'' proverbial Irish eyes blol. " said nbe, with a touch of injun-d pride, "liarring )< i>- hinting at me o-t iininaidi-nly way I'l.-iiv inrU as a rule, are heavily weighted in this world. Men smile on tin-in, and if they smile back again. the world calls t hfin cK|iiet.U. Constantia would have been (terfecly miserable if ant one had said she flirted with Ii ir M-II Harry, or with Mr. Fealbersloo, or what Miv. DiitiiU-1 called "her blanket nun ;" ye.l c-rtainly she bestowed pretty I k , >i|M>n them all, and was always un- nedlv glad for that but toward himwlf. in that he simple device ha<l not first suggest- ed itself to him. "Why the Jcuce didn't. I think of ilt" he demanded of himself, with fine con- tempt. you an' yiHirw faithful for forty year.s.an' ~ blue-gray. ruhbwl in by the proverbial I 1*11 ye plainly. MUs ItaoUlilicuddy, ' rl v 1 ll "K < ' r Uvelj eym Ibey wre in the Miss buck won't .-.ineof il Whjit uil.s ye MI all. mi -.-, to be pulliu an' ' w id them maiK-npiriliul cralur would dest hroy Imlf tin- t tirade ouiii hry f" "Publicaiw and sinners. " said .M u '.ilh -udd> in a noliMiin voice, "they r.- bracketed. Down with t hem I U t be cry I would hear echoing through the land." I would echo a long time before ye K'oi lid of the siniM-rs. ut all events," said Mis Mulcahy. "They'll last our I line. I m t hinking, ma'am." "1*1 US keep to the IMMIII." ex. -lain,.-. I h T mistress.^ who ileligbied m this pbra.se because she was always wand.-i in/ from it. "Can you Hay honestly 1 Ii it you arm anything lo object to in this temperance movement i" ".No no." coiifesMul I h<- other, cau- ioii>l) " I L, chape." "What do you IIKVIII. Mulcahy f" ' I i- cha|>e, I said. Divil a doubt of that ^ >T fri nds wont coil ye ntiich anyhow, lay in tin- morning, an' lay in the aft hernoofi. an' lav before ye. go to bed. HH' ne'nr a dhrop of wine to warm the heart Had ne.-n lo such inov- n.<.-. say I. Array I in the ould man's Inn.' what a difference there was! I'.-.r ould masther. he'd be the la-si to " Again Miss Mai<;illicuddy hn.ke in, hurriedly. ' lo the |. .mi." aaid she. "Which I hink it was tindincies." said Mulcabv, ominoiuily "You re c- cu.sintr me id I In-ill, but if it com.'.s lo a raal lindmc). Ib.-i.. was yer invn l.iili-r, nid'ain (may tln^ li.-a\eu be IILS b.-d ') who had" "llti silent. Mulcahy," cried Mis.s Mac tiillicuddy. gnrwing crinuton "Coimid- r woman. re you KO too furl What I- ii that you would dare in-inuaie of my sainted father?" "Inainontioni is fur from inc." d<i dar- ed Mulcahy, who wa.s .still truculent '"III.- bMBsid truth for me, says I. You're iu-. -u.siir me of a love o' Ihe dhrop. an' what 1 say is, that your own father (glin-y bo I for in Ipibl of bi.s toiigue he w-.Lsas fim- an ould Km' Icman a* ye could wih to H*, w id a nose lik.- i radih !) what 1 says is, that if in,, tin CHW and dhrink Is to Ii- sturk ilown my thr.Hit. that he. liMself had the finest lindincy 1 ever saw for " "lor wbnt f" Khi i<-k -.1 Mi-m MiutJilli- cuddy. olnin^ h> i |>i < . ii,.- of mind i ..i t he. sthrong wat l-r. fain." roared back Mr*. Mulcahy. undismayed. \i more |M>wnr to him. Tliere was no nianenesH in this hinxse when he kept it A merciful fate at this moim-ni . an -.| one of the junior ini-niltfirs of tin hold to slip off tin- intcrlrd I lib in I lie nunllery on which be. wan standing ti|>- < with a vwiw to liiokimr thmiigh a crack in th wxml-wiirk at the scene tak * V *^niv i j vn VIM-> vfwio , coy. alluring, repelling, a* the owner willed. Her mouth was a firm little in.-mb.-r. her niMe saucy. She look.-d always its gir>d and as true a* she wa*. a willow wand; and when she stood enx-l. with her lips laughing, and her .learning at you from under their can tell you she was a i hing whom many dreamed of. "Ye*, it prospers," said Miss MacCilli cuddy, in the deep von-e that hid HI ruck terror into an many ed |t.iin|M>iLS. and of a high priestes*. "Yesterday I made several converts. Three new name* by my ^endeavors were enrolled upon our "Three ! Your energy is initeed mar- velous." said Mr Featherxton. "It sur- passes that of nut." He pulled his . and shifted his tlte other. "And people!" he asked. "Mrs. Duffy, of Tan-Yard Lane, was tin- firxi whom I convinced." "Duffy Duffy t" questioned Feather- . n ava* fan ni / -**ri u i.n ni I in|iFl| i 1 1 nn i .. ner. He was a tall, large-boned, sunny- llv ; vs ."*, r th cburch. and who subsmt-s t AB. >.... _u. .1 ... ..ii_. . I) M lir 1 1 1'l I I v iui I tm I ni*<M *in i 1 1 1 tur j M vi is>< U temiMTp.) yo, lrw m nn. with a mouth that Principally on the three shillings a we-k WH.S always makiiu? an effort to gel at allowed her from the chanty fund. hi^ .-irs; this probably came of nun-li Thus sorrow ful bit of informalion was. laughter. He delighted to laugh, and ' "Wet to say, beer ami Kkittles t Mr. was H I together hamiy if be could only J^T. He was glad to his heart's core n-> M.II i.,, laugh with him. or even at lhat lhc tini recruit ha<l proved no him il was all one if you would only P"" 1 " a <""" '<> * widow, subsisting on laugh. LJe. to him, was >,ke the -banty. the temptation to drink must world a merry spec.tacle He was born **' ""'-"I- H w-ould, therpfore, be im- m Limerick, where his people hd lived I***"* 1 '* to Featherston to make much for many general iortn. and where they "V 1 "' lt " <% l*ughed alouil in the ex- w.-r.- much thought of, but an uncle's "berance of hU >.y. forgetful of HM- im will, leaving him a considerable priv P' 1 "*'"" he was making im Miss Mai-- ixTty in ih,- County Cork, had brought ' him to thai county. For the past years be IIIK I been living in Kngland. .in i oooaidered himself special!* Kngli.sh in many ways. He really believed he had cjuile. an Knglish aconnt. for one thing; but this w.u< an egregious mis- take; a l.iuii-rirk man never reforms, so far as accent goe.s--;md indeed Harry hail one that, to use an eipressinn of his own. "you could hung your hat on." F.ven Imre in Cork. I hey coudln't help wondering at il at tune*. "I am nuffcring from no malady. I thank you." replied Miss MactJillicuddy, rttguidin/ him with a .stony slsre. "my li>'. ill h Is perfect. Tlie.re is no necessity for you to make .sin h |HI|II<- iihiniii. " If she had bofied to disconi-crt Mr. Hurry she was altogether mistaken "That's capital," said he, cheerfully ; "nothiiiK like b.-ilih I'm just like you, as Li.mg lus a horw." "I'm not ahorse," returned MLss Mac- smith's shop ? .illiciiddy . "nor yet as strong as one. in-pinaea. k'our similes are m>t only wiile ,>f the What ia tl (To lie Conliniiied.) Brain Puzzlers What ia that which increases the mum you take from itf A hole. Why is a gatepost like a potato? HecaiLxe. they are Uith put into the ^toiind NI propogate. What word may be pronounced ^nicker by adding a syllable to it f Quirk. What I* It that we often see made, bill never one after It is made? A noi.sc. \A hat is that which Adam never **w. never possessed, and yet gave two to Ins children t Parent*. Why i* a chicknn pie like a gun- lltvause it contains fowl- BREAD OF THE NATIONS, MATEKIALS WHICH FURNISH MAN THE STAFF OF LIFE. Krrad l> < .mp.r.llrrlr I ! I .r.l Kir. Ulrr Indian lorn Ihr rmr 1 r. r . .rt riatiom rrvl ii, in, .11, nuii n. H.r.i ..<! I* t,lir of I be Bible the IrrUadrr Alkl lr Brrad n.l It U a curious and interesting study to compare the various material* which serve the different nation* of the world as the basis of their bread. In England wheaten bread is within the reach of all. and takes its place so readily a* man's natural food that rare y a thought U given to the fact that, after all. only the inhabitants of a sin ill portiim of the earth'a surface enjoys such a food. It is only. too. during the last century that wheaten bread has become, altogether general in Kngland ; for Eden, in hi* "State of the Poor," written in 1797, say*, referring to Cumlerland: "It ia only a rich fam- ily that used a peck of wheat in the course of th year, and that was uaed at Christmas." If visitors came al other seasons they were regaled on thick oatcake. Out about this time Knglish laborer* in the Midlands and in the south began to refuse to eat common bread made of wheat, rye. barley, in equal proportions saying "they had lost their rye teeth." and they demanded wheaten loaves instead. A century earlier than thia barley and rye bread were always eaten. Charle* I. njwak* of the "poor sort of people whose usual bread waa barley." Hut although, at the present day. wheat is uaed across the mid-temperate zone, in more northerly districts, and in some part* of Iterrnany. rye replaces it. Rye bread is lea* nutritious than wheaten. and has a more distinctive flavor. The well-known German "Pum- pernickel" U rye breed Although at first it* dark color and sour, curious taste render it unpalatable to Kngliah folk. yet. if compelled to eat it for a abort time, they acquire a distinct lik- ing for it. In tbe remoter parte of Swe<len the poorer people only make and liake their rye cakes twice a year, and store them away, so that eventually they are as hard a* bricks. Farther north still, liarley and oat* become the chief bread-corn HKKAD FHOM IIIK PINK THKK But it ia in tbe bleak barrenness) of tbe far North that the ingenuity of man steps in to provide himself with bread In dreary l.apland men would starve did they trust altogether to grain, so they ake out their scanty store of oat* with the inner trk of pine and the two together, well ground and mixed, are made into large flat cakes, rooked in a pan over tbe fire, and thu* form very good bread. In more dreary Kamnchatka tbe pine of birch bark by it.self. well macerated, pounded. and liake.1. fnpi|tienUv -viitsl itute* the whole of the native breadfoot. Hread and but- ter to a young KaiUNcbatkan is repre- sented by dough of pine Itark spread with seal fat not a very a|>twtizing combination, to FnglLsh notions. Ana not only t lie l*rk of the nine M tbu* Utilized for I....I The. dwellers in cer- tain |irt.s of Silmria cut off tbe young and lender about* and grind them down to form tiieir fl.mr. One imagines that I IM' i'i>-id llMirefron must have an un- pleasant ly i famous flavor. In Iceland even the hardy pine is want ing; but Ihe Icelander's declare "iliat a Itoiiiiliful providence HBiida him broad out of Hie very stone*." He .scrapes a lichen t he Iceland muss off t be rocks and grinds it into fine flour. winch serveM him Itolh for braaxl and puddings, and also a* a thickening for his broth. Thus, truly, has stern ex- t--ii.-n.-e taught him to live where most vould starve In tbe sterile parts of ItiLssia. in Pennsylvania, in China and other Fasiern countries buckwheat the seed of the braiik i* pressed into man's service. Usually considered only a food for t he lower animals, it "till makew a fairly palatable bread. al- though its dark, somewhat violet tinge creates a prejudice against it. A* we pass from the mid- temperate zone soiiihwanls we find bread material* ap- pearing In parts of Italy and Spam chest nuts are ixtoked, ground into meal, and tisi-d l..ih lor making bread and t hickening snup. Millet is a grain of much xervi^ in the south of Kurope ; while certain varieties known a* "durra" and "sorghum" furnish a very white flour, making capital bread, to Ihe natives of India. China. F.gypt. Vial'ia. ami Asia Minor. Millet ha* a further interest for u* because it i* . i.-du.-.l with Ivinrf the earliest grain used in the art of bread making, an art ao ancient that it* origin ia lost in olw-urity. The must primitive bread was simply a tough paste made by mix- ing flour, water, and milk, such paste Nerving as bread even at tbe present day in the caravans traversing the dea- erta of Northern Africa. RICK AND INDIAN CORN. Your mat k. but' "Quite no.' interrupted he, wisely. "You are looking uncommonly well. though, let me tell you; any amount t-ti.-r than when I last saw you." "Which was exactly twenty-four hours ago. U It. your MkWl opinion, Mr Harry, that people change much in that short spaon of limef ' Hours-is it nwlly only hours! Faith. I thought it was years." aaid he. II, rtc<i*iipniiied this speech with a llano* at Constantia full of ardent af- ff. I loll She smiled (in spite of the trepidation , h.- that which no one wishes to have and no one wishes to lose? A bald head. What is the difference between a sailor and a Iwer-drinker f One puts lus .vi il up and the other put* hi* ale .low II. W hat U t bat which i* aliove all hu- ii mi|>erfectinns. and yet shelters and PI..I.-C.IH the wiuike.sl and wickedest as well as the wisest and Iwst of mankind 1 \ h.-it. \\ hat Is t bat which i* often brought table, always out, and tO the table, always out, and never eaten f A pack of cjtr.l-.. _. What are the mosi un.sociable things iMcling) thnmgh force of habit in I lie, wot Id f Mile.slone*. for you never ami perhaps because she liked see two of thm together. is another grain whoae service- ahleimw in this mspnc.t has been r- ,n*:ni'.l from a very early date.. Sulom- <m's well known saying: "Cast thy bread upon the waters and tbou shalt find it after many days" ia generally lielieved to refer to rice on ax-count of the method followed in its cultivation. And the metaphor liecomea clear when we reflect that rice is sown in Egypt w bile, the water of the Nile ia lying on the. land; and in China it 1* even culti- vated on iNunlmo rafta covered with earth anil fixed in the middle of a river or lake. Rice bread is still the staple food of the Chinese. Japanese, the In- habitants of many part* of India, and also in Mexico and some other part* of the New World I fa-fore we turn our attention away from the grains which serve as t he basis for bread some refer- ence iniLsl lie made to the maize or In- dian corn. The nat ive. plaon of t his inoHt useful plant U somewhat of a mystery. The Americans claim it to lie indigen- ous with them ; but nowhere has it Iwn found growing wild in the new conti- nent, although the earliest cvplmerM found it in cultivation among the ab- origines. Neither was maite a|>pareut- ly known lo the ancient Koiiiuns and (Jreekr*; nnr do ww find in the records I lafl by Ihe first traveler* in the Kast any mention or description of a corn at all renr-mliling maize. It U now. however, very widely cultivated, not only in America, but also in Asia, Af- rica, and the south of Kuns^e Kra/inaj |tarti<-iilarly. In Mexico the prep*ra- ti'tn of maize bread U very primitive. The b links are removed by band ; Ih* .-,.rn LS then snaked in hot water and jinie fur a night. The following dav it is placed on a stone and ground with a roller. 'I lie Mexican women then make it up into flat loaves, known M tortillas. Hut although grain of various kinds that is, the fruit of different specie* of grucea supplies by far the larger part of the world with bread, yet, just a* in the regions of extreme cold suliatitute* have perforce been found for it. so, too. in the tropic* other bread-stuffs claim our attention. Thus, in the Molucca Iidanda in the Indian Archipelago, the starchy pith of the sago palm or "lib- erty tree," as the natives call it fur- nishes a white floury meal. This i* made up into flat ottlong loaves, which are baked in curious lit'le ovens, each oven being divided into oblong cells to receive the loaves. Bread i* also MADE FROM ROOTS in certain countries of the world. Thus, Stanley in his African travel* found the principal food of the natives below the Paya Vail* to l derived from the tub- ers of the manioc or cassava plant the plant to w in.-h we owe our tapioca. The South American natives likewise usa it Curiously enough, the manioc tub- ers are a fatal poison when eaten in the raw state, but a good and nutrition* food U steeped in water previous to using. The right way to prepare thai bread ia to soak the while, soft root* several day*, thus washing out the poi- son, pick the fibrea out, dry. grind in- to flour, and make into small round, loaves. These have a sweet, insipid taste to Kuropeana From the pith and roots we now pam on to succulent fruit* serving a* bread. First in this category is the banana. This plant grows, with great luxuriance in the tfppica. and it* cultivation is one of the Simplest kind. It IM also stated that, so far as actual product ivenea* a* food ia concerned, tb* nanana surpasses all other plant*; and given a certain area of bananas and a similar sized area of wheat, a far larger number of persons can be sup- ported on the former than on the lat- ter. The unripe food i* dried in the sun and reduced to flour, and the sweet bread therefrom ia excellent and very nutritious. The plantain, a near relative of the lianana. though with a richer and more i'lociou* fruit, also serves a large por- tion of mankind for bread ; in fact, the hanana and plantain are the chief food of million* in the tropics. The plantain fruit ia not. however, usual fy reduced to meal hut. instead, ripe fruit ia roasted or lioiled. and then eaten as we e*vt a loaf of wheaten bread. It ia said that three dozen plantain* are equivalent to the amount of bread re- quired by one man during a weak. Thus, in such luxuriant regions, a "struggle for bread" i* unknown to t hear favored (wople ; and yet. perhaps the gain i* not all on their side. for. prolwbly. it is to this very struggle that we owe our greater civiliimtion. Rut by far the meat remarkable fruit, fnmi the "bread" point of view, is that which hear* the very name of liread- finii It is inditranou* to the Smith Sea islands, and the chief .support of their inhabitants ; in fact, not only does it furniah them with breed but also with clothes made from the filvn of the lrk. timber, fuel part* of the flower* and it*) milky juice serve* a* a cement. The tree is of medium six*. with a beautiful green foliage and spreading hraarbe*. It Itelangs to the MUM* botanical order as the fig. anil it is si*, closely allied to the nettle The so-caviled fruit really a spurious form is pale green, large, and round ; it ban an outer rind, an inner core, and Iwautiful white pulp the edible part. I'his, fniit is cut in pieces, roasted, and eat i-ti. soon after it i* gathered If kept it beromea tough and unpleasant. When eaten at its best it U said to miioh resemble new bread. though rather t*rt. On> traveler has describ- ed Its flavor fi> he like "a crumb of wheaten bread mixed with Jerusalem artichoke." ROYALTY S SIMPLE LIFE ((UHllrnl .,! I m-toirm \l-trmrr al al Ikw < llr ml rr.lrll A Copenhagen correspondent gives) the following account of court life at tb* Castle of Dernstorff. where thirteen royal personages are staying, although the castle i* not ao much larger than a gentleman's country seat. The l)ow- ager-Emprea* of Kusaia is satisfied with two small and very simply furnLshed room*, the Princess of Wales has only OIM room, and the Ureek royal couple two. In spite of the want of rwuntbe two eldest daughters of the Danish royal family prefer living at Hern.si.irff. as t hey were educated there and spent their youth there, playing as children in the park. Court life in lU-rnsi.utf U very simple. All ri*e early and aa- M-inble at 8 o'clock in Ihe Queens' apart- nicnta.wber* breakfast is served. Lunch- eon is at 1 o'clock, and afterward* walk* and drives are taken, while the younger members of the royal family play tennis on the great lawn in front of the castle The l'rini-'.s of Wales and the Dow- ager Eniprem generally walk out to- gether, and when they are tired take the first cab they meet and drive back to Itornstorff. The gentlemen ride. and while the Prince of Wales is there large shoeing par-tie* are arranged. Five o'clock tea is served in the Queen's rooms, and dinner is at 7, when t here are generally five or six courses. The evenings are spent in the Queen'* ajiartment*. The Princess of Wale* and her imperial sister take their seat* at the grand piano which atamU in t be middle of i IM- n-.ni It U a very valu- able instrument, a gift from Ihe late Czar to hia mother-in-law. The young old Knglish Princesses sing songs. The gentlemen generally play ranis in adjoining room-s (Jueti I otiine ia passionately fond of music. She is a brilliant pianist, and her daughters have inherited her talent. The Princess of Wales especially U a iiuwl zealous player At II the royal party retires) to rest, and when toe castle clock ntrikes midnight only the tramp of the sjentry in front of the castle breaks tbe stillness. A Special Brand. He I think there are microbes Nt She Have you tried one of mine I