Fighting Life's Battle; GR, LADY BLANCHE’S BITTER. PUNISHMENT CHAPTER XXXIII.—(cont’d) t was a-very quiet rocsnne, at feast that was how Lady B tle chapel in the Savoy was cram- mi All Floris’ friends were there, request, gave the bride aw: Bertie was best man, and not a the rest, as Hamlct says, “was lence.” The wedding breakfast was a great success, principally, I think, drawing-room tables, amid the ar- ticles of gold and silver and the} ,, of ts. Sinclair’s best wish Floris looked very Hanae in- deed the great society paper tlared emphatically that she would be the most lovely bride of the sea-! son; and Bruce, who had lost his haggard look, was, reene “aes “as fit as a man could They had decided to spend the honeyiioon at Norman Eolme; they both had had enough of the Con- tinent for the present, and soon af-) ter the breakfast they started, the | guesis ironing the entrance hall with the usual rice and slippers, |i most of the latter, it is scarcely! necessary to’ state, striking the coachman and footman. meymoon is generally ve much like another, but Floris eed Bruce’s was an exception to the| rule. They had so nearly lost each other |" that their reunion had seemed al most miraculous, and Bruce aa the quiet of the af and ask himself what he had done to deserve this great joy which ha fallen to him as ‘After three weeks of this is happiness they went to London | the honeymoon was not over, Ce they wen UAEL fuss or notice to their fri ‘Let vk ans eae together for a week or two ast,’” said} “We won’t oe to, the Lon- don House but put up at Claridge’s and we'll just take a holiday as Bu- and James the} ate especially fine days, and you shal, be quite a Bohemian.’ And they carried out their little plan to perfecti The ceremony and hard work per- themselves and they devoted “Susan and each other — like james.’ Rone night, as they were return- ig from one of the theatres, their little peotean broke down near Leicester Squar r Tt was pattie very serious, and jo one was hurt, not even the orse. Bruce got Floris out in a moment, and was gullies. & cab, when Floris, | yy, who had got bonnet and a tick, plain wrap,.said: “Tt i lovely night, Can't we wall “AN right,’’ he said. sure you are wrapped up? Bruce. “Perfectly ; and the walk will be! jn go nice. I’ve never walked in Lon- don so late as this. How strange it looks. He ron his arm, lit a ci- gar, and they walked toward home. To a fares, a qtiet street, and they were just assing a French cate, the lights from the windows which quite lit up the street, oes the door was violently thrown open and a woman eame hurrying out. She was weeping bitterly, but in ing her, pressed’ Lord Normati’s aym_ and whispered: “Oh, Bence, that poor woman, se fe turned his head, and ‘at the moment a man, — evidently intoxi cated, came out of the cafe, look ed round in search of the woman, and aaah a tipsy oath aimed a blow at her Lord Norman se just in time to va push him 1 im for a mo- ed-loo eee red stain on one si | fa: t) already struck her before she hal dow, ae Bruce came up t at to the light, ¢ di Di 3 fear a4 Hight had’ fallen upon Bruce's face, and held her 4 ing words of ee - | see you inj “You are gel, it 6 rom her eyes, and Floris started ack. It was Josine! Josine, a pale, careworn, harass ing womai aicieae potion pes ide ‘ace, showing that the brute had left the hou Floris shrank back ant: athe sha se. “Are hurt 1’ he said, quiet ly , fis: neces anything I can do ter| yout? x o| . Josine foe her head dully ard despairful ii “No, sir; Tay is my husband. Look my fare !”” she raised her head all ‘She stopoed aa phee ly back with and dread, for the He could forgive Osear Raymond, dead by his own hand ; he could for- give Josine, with her drunken hus- band as a punishment; but he could not forgive, entirely and completely Lady Blanche THE END. er SUPERSTITIONS HAVE BREEN HELD BY GREAT PEOPLE. Macaulay Trod im the Middle of Paying Stones—Max Mul- ler’s Penny. Among the Borkents of the great plague noted by Defoe was ‘“‘run- ning about to fortune-tellers, cun- astrologers.” Sadly Be reports that ‘‘this trade grew en ring mi , and the like.’ an rane age; en- Dom acne oadldead Snisrey es ad she seemed about to fall on her knees; but Floris caught her arm m her f She wonld Mace stopped with hee how long, a! ould vi n her away, toe eae drew her to him with gentle firmnes: “Gone now, Floris, you cau nothing to-night. to-morrow jhave behaved you have received your punishment! my poor gir! “Yes, You Josii a yes, Hulera a ate sesliniatng . “It was} BY: ry had not had tnd. Blanche’s Honey this would not have married me, a id should have been spared this,”’ sobbed Jo- idly. T will come a very wickedly, out | i pate “the w shine society of astrologers tte debates and issues literature. “foe? 8 cna: ut is very encouraging q| for, the futur joes ae quite eseape the [sare Ge gecautiont Not-all ave . {gross and palpsble. ‘There is a mul- tude of private observances, avow- most of us are devoted. One need jnot turn hace so far as Bacon or ewton to find examples among THE WISEST AND GRAVEST. Aman more absolutely governed by |pure reason than she pointed to the ee ao on} her white face.‘ @ ver’ clever, milord, but it i is 2 Miladi Flor- is mano has Mess bee Lira after all, while we—” t into the house. * * * * On a night in June, when the sea- a8 a was at its height, was held one asaeene was rendered almost im- npene ie. d found coficiont courage to a the floor. The center of one of these Brenne was Floris, Countess of Norma She had never looked more Tove | ly than she looked tonight, and it Neh He wonder that with her beauty | ¢ vague air of romance that | haa come about her, London should |? be metaphorically at her feet. Close by her side, as usual, was Bertie, and not very far off youn: Lord Harry, whose devotion to ith a shrug of} ie etnies and “i dull sob she} ; the most part the brilliant | a pavin SeTGHie ave this very stropely,” n as an oracle, but s it less unreasonal In one of ~hi Max Muller said to the students “Many of you, I suspect, carry a ha’penny with @ hole in it for Iuck. | 7 3 nt Ma: Maller confessed that| ¥? when sometimes he had Laie pore ithout this ha’penny talism he felt “very uncomfortable” until his jafe return. Charles Dickens refused to lie | down unless his bed were placed due port and south. He gave notice f the rule before arriving at a riend’s house or Bruce was almost dog-like in its Re intensity. Bruce had attempted a waltz with some one, but had found the at- tempt a failure, and was sitting it By with his partner in a cool noo! ear the door. m Presently his partner(was taken hi the man to Bruce was making his wite’s side, when he came full tile upon Lady Blanche. She ‘was so much altered ‘that for i his isart swelled with a righteous anger. She held ‘out her hand with a eal icy smile, though her heart yy have been beating wildly not-| seth atatici ing. Lord Norman touched her hand | ¢, with his fmgers, and stood regard-|; you do, Bruce?’ she “a “aid not know you were wn. We have ae come back, Is—” she paused second, ‘‘is Lee ace Takes well??? wed. ee we have just come back. I suppose I ought to tell you that | Tam engaged to, be married to the Count d’Encion. Bruce eee him; an old man, and a bad o1 “TG aa old. ‘“then spend a time in eyes n and ci conshide “That you will greater, portion of your a es, ow i‘. ue “Because, as Lady Norman would ine any invitations which yon intended visiting, it ould be as well to know when you were in town.” Lady Blanche rose, she 3 had sunk on to a chair, and | d at him; was deathly Nite pes breath- ing hard. “You, oe do not forgive or for- ms, Bruce Bie es we both forgive, and we are anxious to oe et 5 certainly,’ she — said. dec! Count d’Encion ?”” he | ft said, speaking for the frst time, his mi to houses | ti, stubborn. Miss Justin McCarthy has told how Parnell seavely-check ed “the -wron, wa pov sent Lord AN OLD ee ieee things looked ill in South rica. Gratefully acknowledging the general added that he would a hen Macaulay and Max Muller ve: mpt. i all sincerity; at the charge of sober uuOte a number are t way,” as Mr. Parnell stirred his coffee. It may probably be the way approved in the beginning of things by Pathe: canthropus erectus, vi im- pulses which we laboriously Belts analyze at the present day ; but they hold us in sib Lee still, What proportion of Ting lish mea and wo- men are careful sii oy chance ‘they reverse whe ploceHnaet We happen to w. that this fancy is-as old as im- ed Rome, at least, for it is re- No harm comes of thi s. Sir Mountstuart Grant was ‘‘not.a little surprised. to aes sometime ago, occitpying one of the highest ron+ royal positions in Europe sees much of the success he has life to the possession o} A MANDRAKE ROOT.” It shows the gentleman’s modesty, a, creditable trait of character. Pro- SURVIVALS OF | FETIGH| \ealy sue tecious, to some of which |; y oy peppets then aN before General Cronje surren- chief. Tt is stated on te best an- thority that a deputation of farm- ers from Northumberland waited n of water in which his ‘0 hear that the deputation return- empty-handed. If they had been sieved to carry off a hogshead of the blessed water, neither they nor their cattle would have penny. the worse. + might have done the “‘humans’’ good, at any rate, by cheering them up. The sae of superstition begins when nm credits another with oc- ce powers and trusts her, or him, accordingly. the individual who lays himself out for-such con- fidence must be a se>undrel. der We Mae Ye ve wee FRR TSE ESR ORE HOME. Die dic the bar 2b ee ae Bs ie 2a AR ALAR AR ARCA AR PO ES PO OS MEAT DISHES. Chicken Shortcake —Here is a geod Ways to convert the remnants of a chicken stew or fricasse into tla tempting and savory di the chicken from and cut into small slive: ie meat on to heat in enough Brayy to make it quite moist. two one-half teaspoonful of salt with one pint of flour. one tea- spoonful of lard and butter into the flour, then stir in three-quarters of a cup of milk. cl oven about fifteen inne: When done open the-edge with a knife and tear the cake in two. Af- spreading the hot chicken- -on ce the upper Over the whole pour a gen- erous amount of hot chicken gra and serve at once. Pickled Rump Roast.—Take four pounds young rump, lard it with pork, rub both sides with salt put in a stone crock and cover with best vinegar. Let stand in the pickle for three ona clean cloth, dredge with flour, roast brown in butter, then add one Eblenegentnl sugar, three cloves, Hibbert lectures, ing nt and a decided improvement on the ordinary way of serving a rump sters.—One and one-half a would pork tenderloin ; sprinkle pepper and salt, roll in flour, aa fry in butter till'a rich brown. Cover them with a quart of beef stock and two tablespoons of chile sauce; put on back of the stove to simmer forty minutes. Serve with either mashed or boiled potatoes. Boneless Birds.—Cut up veal steak in pieces about two inches square, and pound cach piece unti it is quite flat. oe with salt and pepper, and ins hours. Thicken gravy with a little jour. Roasting. —When use water; it tak from the meat. tablespoonfuls of lard or drippings, and baste often When roasting turkey or large chickens take slices roasting never ¥|}of bacon and tie around fowl; you will find it more juicy. _ Gravy.—When meat is roasted this quickly, so as not to lump; a 7 minute, stir in slowly two cupfuls of water, milk, or cream and let boil steadily for five minutes, not too fast, If too thick or lumpy put in a little more water, a pinch of salt and pepper. ae most of the time so not to Sausage Cakes.—Make little nat an inch thick of sausage meat ready seasoned. Wrap piece in mashed potato in which an egg has been eae to bind it together. Roll egg and bread crumbs and fry until Bat is ied = for luncheons or Sunday su Loaf. s=Mince a ee a half pounds raw half pound fat milk, one cupful crumbs, two teaspoonfuls of salt, one teaspoonful pepper, one tea- spoonful of allspice, one and a half teaspoonful . of pulverized e, three eggs. Mix. press into pan, bake two hours; baste every ten minutes with little hot water; when done an lace on.a dish. Gar- nish with Icmnon and watercress or man | par SEASONABLE RECIPES. Oyster Patties.—One pint small oysters, one-half pint sweet cream. one tablespoon flour, pepper a salt to ee Let cream just com cream, Sir ies Lockhart in 1886 to | Fine. oat al; fecccunbteeistine nowder and | coo! ;|celery for te : x flour in a Hele old cause I haven’t the heart to let you Summe become an old maid merely because fed baking powder in flour, three eggs, three tablespoons melted butter, salt, flour enough for thin batter. ast.—A pices of Hea beef ieee pie in a piece. Fry out niet uti in the beef and brown; ion if desir- ed after beaeaaee pout in a pin On the Farm of boiling water, cover, and let cook slowly until tender; add more water, if needed, ahout thirty min- retty well cooked down and the the fat it is It is fine af.—Four pounds eggs, four t Sooentils chien Varies ob tee in| tion among. farmers, is | recognized as country of the old world. It is ate mark are Pee ee alm 1 THE DANES AS DAIRYMEN. Denmark, the home of co-opera- ge novell the leading dai recently ratte othe million dairy SW oi Den- moony S: sh Red, teaspoonful of salt, two teaspoon- fuls of sage, one-half black pepper; mix well and bake ia a pan for three hours; spread butter over top before baking. KITCHEN HINTS. Making Tea.—If you once was! your tea before making you will not old way. First ae in the tea, an pour half a cupful of boiling ae over it; then pour off the water immediately. Let the lea a minute or two until they uncurl, then pour on fresh boiling water and steep as usual. To Cool Oven.—Do not open the water, leaving the doors closed. It As of Zealan and White aS of Jutland. of these in the Jast 385 years from the native aref ther scrubby cattle. a na and the aes or Black Both have been developed wit eh | Red cow ‘The result is race of fine dairy cattle weighing nds. They h black. muzzle, body, medium baney fine: akin wad Spee developed idder and veins. ‘The Black nd Whites of Jutland have been de- veloped from the beef breed in use in earlier ti times. They are a larger reed than the Red cows, resem- Us the Holstein-Friesians in col- and size, but are shorter ete deeper in body than the Dutch cow. breeds Both a distinctive these and ai will. quickly lower ae and the steam arising from it will ec food [e600 burning. it Boogue —Pu half a. cupful of granulated sugar in a saucepan and Biehe on stove, stir- It is a dark brown in “aloe: reaches this stage pour on a half until ea ae about the con- sistency in syrup. lace in boule or Sally lew: tees and set use. It makes a splendid festive for cakes, caramel ice cream, custards, and may Be used to color gravies or sauces, as it im- parts a beautiful golden Dogan, The same thing exactly is sold at the grocery as kitchen bouquet and pri —Wash well with a soft dao soap. Rinse in good warm blu- ing water, let drain, and dry with soft towel or brush. Mashing Potatoes.——When ee ing. potatoes heat the ails and th will be much more foam; VEGETABLE HELPS. Turnips, onions, cabbage, cauli- contain sulphur, purifying to the kloo Potatoes salts of poti Spinach, one of the out yaluable ot vegetables, salts of potassium and iron. aie beneficial to anaemic peop! Tomatoes stimulates the satok of the liver. Asparagus penel the kidneys, matism, neuralgia, and nervous disord ers. Lettuce for tired nerves. Carrots form blood and purify the skin. Pets and turnips improve the ap- Parsley, mustard, cowslip, emndite dock, dandelion, and beet tops clear the blood, regulate feelin: DUMPLINGS. Dumplings.—Few people an excellent and also cheap dish can be made of liver, so ere is. one that is surely a ‘‘prize ner’; First, soak about a hes of ae broad in greens os ee aay ad ae ind epOUt © shalt Liver and leek tops, of fine flavor; squeeze the water all out of the read, and mix these ingredients all together, adding two 2688 and flour enoug’ mplings. Drop into a Retile of (calted) boing water, one at a time, from a large spoon, and boil about fifteen min- utes. Fake out into a dish and over this pour. at fried in butter. Serve a Chie Damplings. — Pre} ving and cut in aan of water on. rice, wash chicken for ete Put plenty on top of the chicken. When done} take ont and put drop dumplings Then ee out dumplings and TaN Here you have four Giese for your -diinet: Sn, HIS CHARITY. He was poor, but otherwise hon- est, and he had just proposed to the heiress. : ‘Are. you sure,”? she queried af- ter the manner of her kind, ‘‘that you ee oe want to ages. me for my y MOE. canis I don’t,” he tenis m anxious Ty you ‘be= years has been due to the r|mon sense an a|averaging as hig Cabbage, cauliflower, and suey O68 the es ‘and improve that tired on for fifteen minutes, boiling all the}! gcod economical producers. “The Sevelp nied of the breeds to such a high degree in 25 to farmers! skill, intelligence and common sense in selecting and breeding for ilk production alone and the ef- sti accomplished in a short time if good systematic work is done and com- d judgment are exer While many att the bulls used aie of oilcake, bran, barley and in bei ing fed accord- dairymon oft the small farms milk three times a day, having ten cows to the milker. On e cows are allowed to go dry 9 9 eight weeks. To supply cows. freshen May. The m any heifers not needed for future cows are so) ele observations are given.as fol-| fo, nee are raised on pasture | during the summer and in winter ay, straw and roots and sometimes a little oileake,’” oe es TRIP ON GREAT EASTERN. Famous Steamship Was Comfor- table Boat. can say what you please crossed the e every year for 8 a grand idea. the idea was ahead of its time. world all that time to grow reat Eas' It has taken the up to as ‘e|the Lusitania an “T made rope in the @ was in 1862. or was the first time the vessel sailed into Liverpool. She had accommodations for 10,000 passengers, but Be, were onig) 100 in her on that “You know she ie 1d both bh pro> peller and paddlewheels. As lon; hailed by a small French steamer are|that had mail to send to Europe individuals with large records. best heifers are raised and with the record of the dam and the qualities of the sire known is “comparatively better cow cal e price of cows is from $80 to $90, some of the best as $100, so that it is also profitable from the finan- cial standpoint to raise the young tock to replenish the herd. Hei- fers drop their first calf at from good condition cows bring 5/4 cents per pound. Old, thin cows bring flower, watercress, and horseradish | 1; “The ube are treated with kind- ness and e effort is made to have them Raters at all times. On many farms the cows are regu- larly groomed. Tethering the cows grass is usually commenced the x a portion of “The soiling crops used are rye, oats and peas, oats and vetch, and clover and grass. These are hauled ti cows are kept the oats and me are me cows are tethered ng the month of July, after which: sey are too ripe to be well relished. e cows are then changed-to the second crop of elo- yer, which by this nee is from 12 to 18 inches high. Some dairymen practice partial oiling all the time, cutting green rye the of May, eal was sown the previous Sep- When this rye becomes ripe in June they deed clover and when this is mature, about July Ist, cats and peas are fed. After ‘these the second crop of clover is ready, A that i s we |look often at the acorn, ie and we stopped short in midocean while a boat put out from the other how it happened T don’t the huge mountain of a vessel seemed to ose her balance. She wabbled about there in a dreadful fashion. Passengers and stewards were hurled about in every direction, and as for erock- ery, I don’t believe a whole plate or cup and saucer was saved from the wreckage. “Qn the vessel was every sort of general cargo, including live stock, and as for provisions, why, we had better food and fresher aes you can get on a liner ee day. ad. abs: Hee ly fresh eat, frente milk and Gate aa sehtebege? “Even. it eed the Great Hast- ern was in aaeene of her time, for it took us only eight days to get to Liverpool.’ SENTENCE 8. INS. phe virtues never yaunt them- se Faith should give moaning to the forms of religion. le cannot “ep his friends who fears to have foe: “are the clothes wern by good morals. It is a good thing for the oak to When a sermon’ gets thin it is sure to spread itself out long. yur size in heaven will not de- pend on your sighs here, Ig norance is tae woakost protec- The power to comtort others ‘does not come from consoling yourself. You never get any higher than the things you put on top in your who dare not be misunder- ee never says anything worth’ It must be in the cool European countries te requires much more time for grain to ripen after it is fully oadted than in the central. states, thus soiling season juch longer. the general ru to ee until short of grass, about July Ist, and then soil until grass is good ES seasoning of cracker | again. ave upon the making the period cows rec green feed extend oyer near! months. “The cows are seldom turned to 8 neh Giee Hee five time day, from three to six feet, de ing upon the amouat cf manner without reese from tramping. the allowed to: grow two or lives feet high and yeb be eaten down with- ont aos thus producing much nm be e ;| age As we paint the pictures of im- agination 9 we make permanent those of meme No man is worth anything to his e oho ee rt angry The {teat of representing re- i d be halved if its mis- es friends would all die. dyersity often works prosper- ity, but that does not aequit the is worth wore than the dollar. is always easier to sing of gol den boulevards than it 5 streets so that piickedsae ante hide in them. ea ates MORTIFYING. y tearful ats Tt owas ina Mrs. Banks one I gintiag sh st ime explanation. she said to hershus mortified 1d w wh ter +7 Paekea Mr. been cailing on Mrs. Major’ Smith ? learnt to-day, to Major isn’t ia a is his first nai “Why Serial Talways kne| That is there so BF, at all. Maj pm sometimes get that is oe dairymen feed a little oil cake 6 their best milkers. e cows are put into the stable in the fall and not let out-again uns tl the following spring. They are fed all the straw they will eat, ee “lon an average, 4 pounds of hay 5 take, sir. ‘ook her for e mate! to 100 pounds of roots, and ae and she nenee to be a se six pounds of grain ve day, con- r... Let the oy- oil in their: own liquor, skim earefully and drain off all the liquor. Add the oysters to the cream, and boil up once. Till patties. Picker oan cup sour milk, -lone-cup sweet milk, one teaspoon After "ally in af case e it did no mis-|soda in sour milk, one teaspoon why I do not intend: m to vba neabareutly. meet you, Blanche,” he aad calm-| ily ment, mi eae and staggered back into the you happen to have a paltry half that. a million.”” out i * She opened her fan, shut it with ‘Plots, whose pity was always, as be a sudden click, and turned from | {i Bruce said, ready for man or beast, leeks .o the worsan and touched hee him. spi ep ne 80 A few minutes afterward he heard “cBepe creatate,’ “she murmure'l. “Lady Seymour’s carriage’’ called The women dropped her apron} for, very sorry te hear, cap- {i tain Salter, that your ate ae you unceremoniously. mis: “T am met him for the last. six months.| Anyway it is ee ie borrot trouble than it is to mal