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.Vf =^ H0U5EHOLP .Vis= jj , _ DAINTY DISHES. Indian pudding is excellent for •this season. Circase a pudding- â- diith and line it with a liglit suet <crust. Put in alternate layers of jalieed apples, quarters of orange, and pieces of ligs. Scatter sugar 'over all and add a piuch of ginger. Cover with suet crust and boil for two houra. Turn out, and -.erve- , Russian Mince.â€" Cut on« pound • of cold meat into small pieces, alto ' any cold vege-t*bles, ham, bacon, or a suet pudding- Fry all in a little ' dripping, sea-son highly with ;»op- per, salt, finely chopped onion, parsley, and a tablespoonful of vinegar. Stir all together over the • fire, and serve very hot on toast. Tapioca gruel is most useful in aome cases of ilhiess. Take a heap- ' ed tablespoonful of tapioca, put it • into a quart of cold water, and let , it come slowly to boiling point, af- ter wluch let it simmer slowly till ' the tapioca is very Eoft. Strain it, •ceiecting any tough piece-s, and add, if liked, a little salt and cream. Fried Beef Rashers. â€" Cut some slices of cold beef, roast or boiled, brush each over with ketchup, and season with pepper and salt- Fry some rashers of bacon, take them up, and in the fat fry the beef. Make a mould of mashed potatoes and ar- range the slices of beef and bacon on it. Servo \ery hot. â- Cranberry Sauce. â€" Wash and pick over carefully a quart of cran- berries. Put into the inner vessel of a, farina kettle; add a cupful of water and cover. Fill the outer boiler with hot water, and cook un- til the berries are soft and broken to pieces. Isow stir in sugar to taste; cook for a minute â€" no longer â€" and turn out into a bowl. An Economical Stew. â€" Cut one jjound and a half of gra\'y beef in- to small pieces as for a pie, dip each into fkiur, pepper, and salt, and put into a ste wing-pan. Fill up with chopped vegetables, the greater variety the better, but no water- Add, if liked, a little pow- dered allspice. Put on the cover, tie it over with buttered paper, and act the jar in a moderate oven for about si.^ hours. Serve very hot. Doctor's Soup.â€" Pick over and wash three ounces of rice and place it in a saucepan with one quart of water. Let this cook till the water is reduced to one i>int, add a quart of milk, a little chopped onion and celery, a pinch of salt, and a suspic- ion of mace. Place the saucepan on the side of the stove, and simmer the soup till the vegetables are thoroughly cooked. Before serving add a lump of butter, rubbed into half an ounce of flour, and a tea- spoonful of cliopi.>ed parsley. Pumpkin Pudding â€" To a full pint of stewed pumpkin that has been put tiirough the colander, a<id the beaten yolks of four eggs and a cup- ful of sugar. Stir into this a quart of milk, a teaspoonful of ground cinnamon, mace and nutmeg, and if you like, a little ginger. Lastly Btir in the whites of two eggs whii>- ped stiff. Turn into a buttered )i id- ding disii and bake, covered foi lialf an hour, then brown. A few minute.-? before drawing it from the oven spread on the top meringue made of the reserved whites, two table- 8{>oonfu]s of iKiwdeved sugar, and a teaspoonful of lemon juice. Shut up in the oven long enough to form the meringue and to tinge it lightly with golden brown. Kat cold. Batter Currant Pudding. â€" SI.k ounces of Hour, four ounces of cur- rants (picked and w.ashed), two eggs, half a pint of milk, one tea- BjKXJiiful uf baking-powo.^r, a piii.h of «a1t- Mi.\ the baking-po'.Mlor and salt into the flour in a uisin. Urciiii the eggs jukI place in .a hole in the ini<ldlo .-uid add the nu'k. then beat till all is a smooth batter. Pour into a well liultorcd bakin;:; tin. sprinkle the currants over, and bake in a moderate oven for h.ilf| an imur. Turn out th<? pudding to serve, and cut it in s<|uares. Serve with wliite sugar sifted over. Mock Oyster Bisque. â€" Scrape and trim n bii'U'h of oyster plant, cut into inch longth-s, and after leaving it in cold w.ater h..i!f an ho\u', c-nik very soft iu iv pint and a iialf of B.i l<'.l watrr. Drain, and vuli the â-¼Â» Q,e(.",V>k' throujih the colander or "iiresr."' back inln the water in which it was cooked. Sot over the *ro jind bring to a gentle boil. Sea- ion with celery salt and white pep- jrer he(<ire stirring into it two eu))- M d-s of hot milk scalded with a bit ^<1 sod.T, dropped in to prevent tjrdling. Lastly, stir into the tiicopan a white "roux."' made by VeatiuR two tablespoonfuls of but- ter \:\ a pan, working into it while it is over the lire a tablespoonful of flour and stirring smooth- Give a Anal boil of a minute, beating and stirring meanwhile, and pour out. Mock Roast Duck.â€" Grind or chop together a jx>und of lean, raw beef and half a pound of sausage meat. Shell ami blanch half a pound of almonds, let them dry out in an open oven and grind them fine. Mix i all these together and season with â-  a teAspoonful of powdered .^age, one of strained onion juice, and salt and pepper to taste. Form with your hands into an oblong roll. You may exercise your ingenuity by molding it into something that may bo recognized as the form of a duck. Sift fine crumihs all ovor it. and lay in the covered roaster. Strain a ten-cent can of chicken soup ; he.at it to boiling, and pour about the "duck" when he is in place. B.ake slowly for an hour, covered, basti<)g six times, carefully, not to dislodge the crumbs. Then uncover and riook half an hour longer, basting .jftea- Transfer to a hot platter and set over boiling water, while you thick- en the gravy in the pan with browned flour, adding a 1ea.spoon- ful of kitchen bouquet. Boil up and pour a few spoonfuls over the "duck," the rest into a gravy-boat. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Garnish boiled mutton with beet- root cut in slices and a little chop- ped parsley on each alice. The flavor of .salad dressing is greatly improved by the additioa of a very little chopped cai)ers or pickles. Grease on a floor can bo removed by scrubbing with a solution of un- slacked lime, soda and water. When peeling lemons for cooking purposes, be sure never to cut any of the white skin, as it has a bitter flavor. When cleaning furniture wipe it over with tepid, soapy water, and dry it before poli.shing ilT with bees- wax and turpentine. If the oven does not bruwn, sprinkle a good handful of sugar on the bottom of the oven. It will then brown anything. Turpentine is an excellent clean- ser for many things- It will remove the marks of black lead from a marble mantelpiece, amongst other things. Eggshells should always be care- fully saved, for they are useful for clearing soup and jelly, and, if crushed and mixed with salt, ^for cleaning enaraeUed pans. Bread should always be kept in an earthenware pan with a wooden cover. Wash the pan out every do two or three at a time aa it is rather tiring work. Curtain Stretching. â€" ^First make dining or extension table the desir- ed leiiKth, place tablo padding over this, then put wet curtain down, spreading it out the original length and width. It will cling to the pad- ding, no pins being used. Four cur- tains may be dried at a time by placing <jnc on top of another, be- ing careful to make each exactly as tlie one underneath. How to Mend Glovesâ€" If you wish to mend your gloves neatly, turn them insido out and sew them over and over with lino cott-on thread- Silk Kcems to cut the f.-ibric. If there is a tear, set a piece of kid under it and "ecuro it with a few stitches ; if you have not the kid of the right color, nee a bit of the ribbon or silk. Jave the best part of the old pair to m^^nd the new. Court plaster will mend a break nicely, but always stiffens the kid. THE S'JiJiY SCHOOL STIDY INTERNATIONAL LESSON, DECEMBER 3. Lesson X.â€" Nchcmiah rebuilds the wall of Jerusalem, Neh. 4- Gol- den Text, I. Cor. 10. 13. Verse 1. Sanballatâ€" He is the first menti-jned of the malignant ene- mies whom Nchcmiah encountered (compare Neh. 2. 10). It was not so long since all the Syrian colon- ists in Palestine had joined haads to obtain from .\rtaxerxes an or- der for the stoppage of the work of restoration in Jeruiialem. There was great jealousy of Joru.salem throughout Samaria, and the hea- then in general were angry at Ezra's severe strictures on inter- marriage- But now that Nehemiah had come with royal authority, hos- tility had to take a new form, th.it of cunningly devised intrigue. The leader of all this renewed opposi- tion was Sanballat, c-alled 'the Horonitc" from his dwelling in Bethlioron. a town on the borders week, and dry thoroughly before , of Ephraini. Ho was a moving spir- replacing the loaves. it in the city of Samaria, i^osjibly Tough meat should be laid in J governor, vinegar a few minutes before co<>k-| Mocked â€" .\t first, wc are told, ing. This is a particularly useful , Sanballat and his fellows were hint for summer, when meat cannot I deeply grieved over the coming of be hung till tender, as in winter. I Nehemiah (Neh. 2. 10). But this Clothes should never hang longer soon gave way to wrath and indig- in the kitchen than is necessary for nation when they saw that the peo- airing them, for unpleasant odors | pie actually rcsp'^ndcd to the young of cooking will get into them, and \ governor's appeal to rise and build ARRIVAL OF VICEROY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE. CALCUTTA. Eyery summer the representa tive of hi.= Majesty in India goes to Simla, /jnd the healthier life of the hill, returning in the winter to the splendid palace reared by Lord Wellesl^' for the Emperor's deputy and viceroy at Calcutta. cannot be got rid of without wash- ing. Young housekeepers will find it a good plan to keep an account book and enter, with regularity, all housekeeping exi>enses, abiding up accounts every evening and making a weekly summary. Good Polish for Oilcloth or Lino- leum. â€" Save all ends of candles an-^ melt in the oven. Mix with it suf ficient turpentine t-o make a soft paste- This is really an c.Kcelleat preparation. Scratches on tables are very an the wall. In their rage they re- sorted to the weak weapon of rail- ! lery. | 2. Will they sacrifice ? â€" This taunt amounts to a question as to whe- : thcr these Jews expect simply to gotten the co-operation of all the people. The work proceeded at a rapid pace because of the eagernerw? of the workers. The g-'jvernor, with cha.racteri.stic geuerobity, di^cL-iimi any credit which may bo due him. At this ixjint, all the wall hod been completed, without gaps anywhere, to half its height. Tho anciant w:i.]! reached a height of two hundred fcet- 7. The Arabians â€" Thcso are the third class of foes mentioned in chapter 2. To those already cited, there are now adde<i t'-c Ashdo- dites, who were dwellers in a strong eity near the sea. Wlion those heard ot the repairing of ch:- w.i-lls (the figure being that of tho healing up of a wound, as seen in the clos- ing up vf tho breaches), they were more worth than at first. 8. They conspired â€" They quit their ineffective taunts, and got down to active business. Their plan was, first, to carry on an -actual fighting caraiKvign., Besides this, they hoped to cause confusion in the city, by winning over those disaf- fected therein, and by drawing ihe builders away from their work. 9. We made our prayer â€" Nehe- miah sets at the forefront of his de- fensive measures .he f'irje ot prayor- Up to this time we have mention only of his own private prayers. But now the infection of his habit !»eems to have spread. United prayer is a mighty engine in tho work of the kingdom. But it s necessary for the workers to keep propitiate thoir Uo<l with burnt of ferings and their work will be ac- ; their eyes "ceaselessly on the watch coinplished. Surely they cannot' against tho intrigues of the enemy, think to make buth a beginning and Prayer is meant to inspire duty, not an end in the short sp;vce of one . to replace it. Nchemiah's posting day,' For one thing tho sU)ncs were , of -sentinels in the surrounding burned and they could not revive j country was prayer in action. Ten them. .\nd think of the heaps of , plots of the enemy were rep<-)rted rubbish: Almost a century and ai to him, and every one was foiled. noying. Keep a supply of rounds | half had pa.ssed .since the walls h.ad \ lo. Jud-i-h said- of dark green felt, on which to stand china jars, flower vases, and so on. These will not be noticeable, and will vastly save polished surfaces. Thick blotting-paper under doil- ies will keep hot dishes from mark- ing a polished table. The blotting- paper should be cut the same size place of asbestos mats. Hero was another been razed. Huge building stones kind of difficultv. The Jewish coni- were strewn in every direction, , muuity coin))laincd of exhaustion. whde dust and refuse buried the \ The work of clearing away the rub- ancient fovndations many feet deep \ bish w;is such a burden that no -explorers have stated that iu some : strength was left to build the wall- places the aecmuulatcd rubbish now j 11. Our adversaries saidâ€" From reaches the great depth .>f 12o feet. I spies, no doubt, Nohomiali learned 3. Tobiah the Amnioniteâ€" He was ^ that a surprise attack was being as the various doilies. It takes the. chief of a small tribe on the other | planned. 12. Ye must return â€" Tho apparent Table linen is ajit to wear in tlic j had gotten into Samaria after creases. Before signs of wear ap- 1 Babylonian invasion. He is men- 1 by theiri (that is, the Samaritan xi.n'X pear, cut a little off one .side and- tioned as the second of Nehemiah "s j other enemies) began to \vi fearful their own homes ; accordingly. tions here are easily avoided by dis- tinguishing between the cla-sscs of workers, those that bare burdens, of rubbish or building material, a.id those who actually laid the bloeks of .stone, the builders who would require the use of Ixith hands- 23. Went with his weapon to the water â€" The text here is obscure, and various meanings have Iven suggested. Perhaps the best is. that for a certain length of time, say a full month, no one laid down his weapon. â€" *- STCRy 0F OLO im\m Found in a Hidden Cupboard They Ilecall a Tragedy ot The Past. It had been papered over and forgotten so many years ago that no one had even gu-?.s.scd of its ex- istence uut:l the old wal; iiad need- ed some attention at the hands of the builder, and in stripping off the paper he had found the closed door of the cupboard. Even the key was lost. With keen interest and vague wondering as to what ! secrets we v^re pen(?tratiug, my cousin and I watched tho workmen force the lock, says a writer in the : London Chronicle. j The di^or sprang :>jen and show- I ed the shelves piled with n-'at boxes covered with quairi cii-(<'kered blue paper. My cousin t • 1; up a box i and <.>pened the l.-H. It was full â- >{ strings of dull bla.'-.c l)ea<!.s "What ever are these, " she ask- ed, as she lifted up a string. "L<X)k at the bo.x," 1 suggested, and she read out the word i>omand- ers. We were no wiser, but on re- ferring to a dictionary wi> found that pomanders were perfumed balls formerly carried in tlie pocket, or else worn around the neck, or suspended from the girdle. A faint old-world perfume still scented tlicm. in fact, the whole cupboard was still full of vague sweet scents as of half forgotten memories. Somehow the presence of our unknown ancestress appear- ed to jjauiit the spot where she had scented the air as we lifted the lids. Feather flowers that rivaled Nature in their dainty coloring and m,:!rvelous imitation. Stores of glitteri-2g beads and embroideries. Last of all we drew out a large box that stood at the bottom of tho cupboard. Wo lifted the lid, and the heavy perfume rose like in- cense. It was full of handsoma clothes. Wo lifted up the first. It was a petticoat heavy with ji'weled embroidery. Among gortrc lus silk- en fluwers quaint peacocks and pheasants strutted. It must have taken years to work, and tlie thick white silk was stiff witu the em- broidery, while the weignt of the whole was enormous. We laid it tenderly away as we picked up the next garment. It was a man's cloak. A deep wine color outside ; simple and plain. But the lining was literally a piece of golden cloth. The flowers of tiie precious metal c<m|^3' marly the whole of the whitesuff on which they wei-o either woven or worked. Perhaps side of the Jordan, a [H-ople win the I meaning is, that the Jews who livtxl | stored her treasures. Was sh young or old .' Had she in the hey- it was such a coat Raleigh had laid under the feet of his queen. Hester, my cousin, shook out tha heavy folds and made as if to throw the cloak over her shoulders. As she did so a gash in the lining showed up grimly. The dark stains around the (dge siiowed that the wearer had been stabbed in the biK-k. With a shiid<ler we hastily folded up the cloak and laid it aside, wondering what tragedy liad left its marks on that fair clulh of gold lining. Wo took out tho treasunni gar- ments that forme<( the store in the j bo.x. Evidently thoy had illustrat- I ed some life story, for among the I clothing of grown men and womc-n were dainty half-worn shoes and I baby r-^)bes. Just the tilings a wifo and mother might hoard as relics of the tragedies and events of a, sa<klened lifeâ€" relies of baby feet that had tr(<^n life's thorny way. too short a j|H<' to havo felt the pricks. We sadly replaced them, an<l had alHiost filled the box again, ! when from the folds of the petti- ; coat dropped a slip of paper. On ! it was written in a trembling hand in the crabbtyl and ill-spelled writ- ing of tne day : i "I am growing old and wearv hem it. This wi in a different place, and save tho wear. The same may be done with the ends- Tho flap of the sirloin should be cut off before it is cooked. It should be rubbed with salt for a few days, and then boiled very gent- ly witii herbn and spices in just enough water to cover. When done, press till cokl. Garnish nicely be- fore serving. Great care should be taken to dry towels thoroughly before putting them away. If place<l in the linen presses without bein^well airtnl, while still damp, a mould is likely to form upon them, which, it is said, produces skin diseases. I renins may be made easy by sev- eral thicknesses of newspaper, in- stead of cloth, being used when pressing. This jirevents the shiny appearance whicli often follows tho use ot a damp cloth. Using a news- paper when pressing tucks in dress skirts instead of cloth will render the iron much easier in use. In choosing footwear for your cliildrcn, it should be remembercHl that lace boots are better for them than buttoned fwtwear- The shanks of the buttons are apt to press on the instep or ankle and cause dis- comfort, while better supiwrt is na- turally given to the ankles when it is possible to draw in tho laces at will. To wash blankets cut upsome soap and Ixjil till dissolved, then add as much as is required to a tub ot warm water to make a nice lather, then add about a tablespoonful of ammonia. Squeeze the blankets in this till cle^n, then rinse, wring otit and hang in the air to dry. Only bring the creases ! enemies, and is called a servant, â-  fyi- perhaps because he h.ad held some j they insistcxl ag.ain and again that position under the Persian gover- ! their fellow town.smen from all thuse nor (Neh. 2. 10). All these neigh- â-  places from which thev had gone up Ix.ring communities were now com- for the rebuilding of the^ wall, bined in order to jirevent the r ' 01 n- statement of Jerusalem as the dom- inant jvjwer of Palestine- If a fox go up â€" It is possible tliere was some truth in the inference ii'.it even the soft tread of a light ani- mal would be sufficient to bring tho wall down. So hastily had it been put together that strength was wanting. 4. Hear, our Godâ€" It was char- acteristic of Nehemiah, that, in face of grave danger, he turned !o :;e.i- ven for help. Similar jiarenthetical prayers are found in other parts of Nehcmiali (3. 19; 0. 9; 13. 14, 22). It may seem to us that he was in- excusably vindictive. Such male- dictions, as elsewhere in the Old Testament, display a spirit that conies short of the Christian ideal. Prayers that our enemies may not be forgiven their iniquity (5), and that their sin may remain as a per- manent record in the divine book of remc;jnbranc(;, are not in harmony with the injunctions of him who said: "Love your enemies-"' But wo have to make allowances. Ne- hemiah certainly felt himself justi- fied. To him the reproach was not merely his, nor his people's. It was one God shared with themâ€" we are despised. It was so clearly God's work he was doing that Ne- hemiah represents Sanballat and Tobiah as provoking God to inger publicly when they sought to with- draw the builders by mockerv. G. So we built the wall â€" Nehe- miah had succeeded because he had should Come back and protect their homes from the perils of attack. 13. The lowest p.arts of the stiacc â€"This was a genera! defensive pre- caution, intended to gu.ird against secret attacks. Wh_>re the walls were lowest, and the attacks there- fore most likely to bo made nr.J where t'ne places were open and fn'e from dwellings, he set his men ac- cording to families. This would guarantee co-ordination of move- ment, because of the intense clan spirit. 11. I . • . said â€" Nehemiah's brief speech was pointed, and contained three points' (1) Let them '-.ot be afraid ; because (2) they ar.- to re- member the terrible might of their Lord; and (3) they are not to for- get that it is for the very existence of their homes and race that they must fight. By such words Nehe- miah dispelled the general disheart- ennient. 13. It was known to usâ€" Their plan to make a secret attack. 16. Coats of mailâ€" Probably no- thing elaborate, but rather tough, specially prepared leather doublets, which offered protection down to the knees, leaving the arms free. The rulers were behind â€" They were the chief magistrates and of- ficials of- the city, and in this case were sUvtioned in the rear of the men of Judah who wei-e eng.aged in building, so that, in case of emer- gency, they might give immediate orders and so re|>el any onslaught. with much inaprying and tho loss ol children. I lay my treasures ia these boxes and seal thorn up. 1 have none to care for tiicni. and my husbaiK's sons' wives would spurn them as they arc of no value. Only they are preeious to me, and I beg those who find them in day.s lo come to treat them tenderly as they wotild reeeiv;. an i>ld woman's blessing.--] )ooratie Bâ€" ." "I'm gla<l she didn't put a curse unon the fiinler." a<.l<ied Hester, as she finished translating the mis- sive, 'l know who she is now. She was old Sir John's third wife, only she is always calle.l Don. thy iw the family stories Nc wonder slu- was weary of much marrying. She was married first at ten years old, and then, when her hu.sband died, she was married wliile still little more than a child to another man -hand. mI over as a reward to one of the Kings favorites. Then, when she was again widowed, tha , king married her to .,ur ancest- 1 1 1 ,1 u , ,''"'', ^.P''"'" i ""•- «lio was a bigwig ..f some i kled with salt and place<l in a • - - clean linen handkerchief hung up by the four corners, and tho liquid that drained away taken fasting would stop the ravages of con- day of youth clo.sed the door and concealed it under a layer of paper, hilling tneni until ages after her descendants should fiiul her trca- ' siires .' Or was it some dame, frail and fetble with the weight of years i'lid tho trouble that had been the lot of the family in those days, that had laid the things there and in dread of the vandal's hands had j seahd them uji for centuries I W^e l.iid aside the box and its ' pomandeis and took iqi .n. leather bound volume, and opened it. In a quaint old-fashioned handwrit- ing, and in faded ink were written the words. "Dooratie Bâ€" 's Book of Simples." 1 We turned over the pages w ith ' reverent fingers and read recipes for curing all manner of evils. How- some Iiair from the dog that bit you, cluippcd finely, and l.-iitl be- , tween slices of bread and butter ' was an infallible remedy for hydro- : phobia. .\ handful of s--^;'- -â€" :•• ' sumption "I'm glad I didn't live then," observed my cousin with a grimace. "I am sure I should iia\e died at the very thought of taking such awful tilings." Wo laid down the Book of Sim- ples and turned to the Uoxes that fiUed the shelves. They all contained something of the per- sonality of the dead and gone lX)oratie. Dainty fans, with porce- lain figures daintly tintetl and fixe<l to the silken surface. Gorgeous flowers and still more vivid birds covered others. Ribbons 17, IS. â€" Tho apparent contradic- and laces in sandalwood boxes that m- portance. and a favorite of the kiirg's. Poor I)<ioratie, [ think her i'hildroii were those of her second marriage. She outlive<l ihcin all." Then we shut tli.> door of tha cupbo.ird and went sadly away, haunted by the memory of tlie weary woman who had been so much marrie<l, and into whose life liad never come the joyoiisness of a lo\c match The de.ith is announced of Mrs, Dring. R-ockgrove. co. Cork. Deceased was well known for her g<x)d work among the poor Private Xeale, ot the 2nd Wilt- shiro Regiment was buried in the Garrison Cemetery, Phoeui.-c Park, Dublin, with full military honors. '