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d not get rest at nigh 0 get up two or m pt.” said Mrs. Mex“ left, this intense an F that he ng fig]; t bout. By the time but a dozen hon. I the slightest twinge Id as stout and strong nfore his affliction. faith in Dr. William st when he left home: In the» Bake for the II three boxes withhi- ’ 1“! missin . Led to tell th: 1:23": 5 case. Her ltory n r. McKenzie is 40 ”m 801' by profession, “M t on the lakea. Ah: m. The doctoudid w? him. but without [iv It reliefz- This mt sometimes he would ind try to work, i] ould come on spin 1 war. led down from helm 180 pounds to about ‘. :hin and missrsbls t? ' him thought it w tar of a short tims u: in his gravs, For 11 thus drag along on :9, until in the begin one recommsuded 1k Pills. Tired 0! m1 no reluctance he procu we them atriai. All! use was perceptible: :he pnm M an murh. She f1 «1th and H‘iwd to make us I talking ihem; the ' itinuednand be '9'. . sciatica, nonnlgi rain. locomotor atui be. nervous prmtnfifl depending upon hm mch as scrofula, chm and ”V h z the job. 2 against a pouiblo 'he tronhio. Mn. mite willing that )9 mnde pubiic. and a he conmltéa 3'] «ounced lgis trouble I9 owes' her hush: Villkuns’ Pink Pills '3‘ Do not bstitute. cook- of rail km pancakes. She manufactur- hcheese from sour milk. The she could make from stale broad amrvel. She even evolved nonp Inter, and there was not an ani~ walked, flew or swam which to our table Grandmother allowed to be buried unless were picked bare. My wife Ilary Elan Wheeler only - 8 here artistic as a cook.” lulled indulgently. Her husband holiahing his sixth croquetto. daughter or the frugal dame is: rarely intelligent woman Chart we had in her cozy sitting liter leaving the dinner table, me New lessons about house- tlm. have since helped me not Her lecture upon “poverty £88" is all [shall repeat at know I do my own housekeep- § said. “I have survived no 3113131!) the Sir”)? of hired girls. Mt I engaged :1 maid, Who 00n- She knew nmhing of cooking. scrub, do di~>h~washing, reparo 93. and all that sort 0 work, to see the things that go in- " And between remarks he afifth croquette. p hear of my Grandmother M’ be queried. {h’t think so." “the madame is just like my bother Wheeier. When I was fleboy [used to hate to go to bothers. She never threw any- way. It was :1 sort of hobby of it could cook cold potatoes 1'? at ways. She made vegetable :Ihated that, though I did not the potatms am much. She fried H“ it.” you later," she said smil- yonly you ought to hear my bus- mmg poverty croquettes." hasn't help it. you know," said man amiabl y, as he stuck his ‘”fourth croquette. “I eat this M thing about once aweek and pro confess I like them - you ”and any euvhre party cro- what could touch these. Yet I “read horribly to watch them [Idon't believe I could eat them repeated they . W do nut taste like chuc- ‘l or sweethread and Ishosnd ”glad to know how to make '9‘ 01 a (bid: n'sEéth’o’niVE-é 'dned be 6 It comes from the mphâ€"V1. ["0 "1“‘Dping machine. ' 9' ‘0 a h-vne, worth a lace ruck kettle, p 3 trim the meat of! and pan», away every mono! ”grunt It generally takes “I; Th a quite the proper i" .. ”aid .respectfully to “non W83 W [had ever eaten in the , breaded, fried things we“ Iii! these. The man of the “and across the table quizzi- . She smiled and said. iUl' f|r31 a W |S 1 impossibility, not rut”) pot and too -.:., fine dish. I in- 11.... little kitchen “was and experi- 7-2'."arty croquettea 41ml] machine has :L-r and the old I'vlvguted to the 1" pantry, )7,» the croquettes «s a finger length L thin slice of roast fmm achicken 108 a hunk-stew, a scrap I'riif'a liver, the end 5 91k (that nobody Her and aveal cut- "~‘ the meals eaten ! this huuse during ‘1”“K over every "Wes the table and {it to save in the Eu :1 small covered 9p? immaculgtply in the (:01th “£0.12 First, I ,-_ -__. .vwwâ€" urnâ€"- III- “WWI OI“ tum and she gave the world (in sons and daughters. who“ education was hard won by a motlior'l thrift and un- selfishneaa. Dear old Grandmother OYSTERS, AND 'BOW TO EAT THEM. Creamed on Toast. â€" Drain sixteen large osyters in a sieve; melt halt a tablespoonful butter in the blazer, and half tablespoontul flour, stir and cook two minutes; add halt cupful milk and half cupful oyster 1iquor.seeson with half teespoonful salt, one-eighth tea- spoonful of white pepper. stir and cook till smooth, add the oysters, cook stew minutes and put on four slices of buttered toast. Oyster Stew.â€"For two stews, procure one pint of oysters; remove them from their liquor with atork and place them in the blazer; strain the liquor over them; add half acupful cold water, three tablespoonfuls rolled crackers, half tablespoonful butter. one-quarter teaspoonful salt and one-eighth tea- spoonful white pepper; let it stand ten minutes, then put the blazer over the lamp and cook till the oysters are plump and the edges curl; take two soup plates, and put into each one tablespoonful milk; pour in the oysâ€" ters. and serve with oyster crackers and butter; have also some fine shaved cabbage. pepper, salt, vinegar and to- mato catsup on the table. Producing the Sennblance of a Coal Fire ly the Aid of lumps of Glass. Gas logs are made nowadays in vari- ous sizes and with the imitation hic- kory logs of which they are formed piled in various shapes. The gas log is designed as a sightly and conveni- ent means of giving out heat. There is an imitation electric grate fire that: is intended for ornamental purposes} only. This fire is composed of pieces of ruby and amber glass. The grate, standing in a fireplace in the usual manner, has within it an incandescent _ light, over which is placed a wire cage 3 at such a height in the grate that; the coal, that is the ruby and amber. glass, when spread over it, is brought‘ up to the height of an ordinary coal fire. The cage protects the burner,‘? makes a thin layer of glass sufficient; and holds the glass up so that the, light from below can shine through it' all and give it the appearance of the; coal fire it is made to represent. The; light is turned on and off and the fire . thus lighted or put out by turning a’ key in the usual manner, this key be- ' ing located conveniently by the side of the fireplace. The electric grate is used usually in rooms where steam is I used for heating. ' pyster Milk Stew.-â€"Place the blazer, With half pint milk, over the lamP-; when it boils, pour the milk into a bowl and set aside; put one pint of solid Oysters. with their strained juice, in the blazer; add one teaspoonful but- ter, three tablespoonfuls finely rolled crackers, small halt .teaspoonful salt and one-eighth teaspoonful white pep- per; place the blazer over the lamp, and cook till the osyters plump and the edges ruffle; add the hot milk, and serve. Oysters a La Carey.-â€"Place the blaz- er, wrth half tablespoonful butter, ov- er the hot water pan. add twelve large oysters, without their liquor, season wrth half teaspoonful salt, one-quarter teaspoonful white pepper and one table- spoonful lemon juice, cover and let the oysters come to a boil, then take out 9ysters and place them in adish; leav- ing the broth in the blazer; mix one teaspoonful cornstarch in flour with one teaspoonful butter; add to it the oyster broth and cook two minutes, mix the yelks of two eggs with half cupful cream, add it to the blazer, stir until nearly boiling. add the oysters and serve. carvéd the dead into fillets. bullet or spear. Few bars THE ELECTRIC GRATE. THE CHARGE OF THE - _'_,_' â€"â€"u “c.5015!!- ed from the dynasties which once ruled over the various sections of the penin- sula more castles, palaces, villas, hunt- ing and fishing grounds. forest! and l lakes, mountains and islands, than it 5 sides the old paternal estates in Savoy and Piedmont, such as Hautecombe, Valdieri, Racconigi, Aglie, La Ven- aria, Moncalieri and the range of the Gran Paradiso, which soars to the height of 13,000 feet and covers 100 square miles, there are the ducal pal- aces in Genoa. Parma, Modena and Venice,the eX-imperial palace in Milan, the park and castle of Monza, S. Mich- ele in Bosco at Bologna, the Pitti and the Boboli in Florence, the royal for- est of San Rossore, with no end of Medicean villas on either side of the beautiful Valdarno. ' 1 l I can possibly enjoy or take care of. Be- ‘ 6 o l King Humbert has done his best to get rid of such places as stand lowest in the scale of artistic or historical interest. S. Michele in 30500, (or in- stance, has been turned into an ortho- pedic institute; the Palazzo Ducale at Modena into the Italian West Point; that of Parma into asmaller military college; the farm of Belladonna near Rome, and the Villa Mirafiori in Rome itself have been sold; yet what is left in his hands would be enough to satis- fy the wants of all the European royal households put together. in proper repair! One-third of thb“Lis- ta. Civile," or national endowment of the crown, is absorbed by this glorious but burdensome task. In the routine life of King Humbert and Queen Margheritathere are two distinct yearly periods â€" the “State" period, which is spent in Rome, from the Opening of Parliament, about the 15th of November, to its closing by the end of June, and the "home" period, which is passed mostly in the Villa Beale at Monza. The long term of city or official life is made lighter to these sovereigns by their respective passion for sport and for music. The King is very proud of his shooting grounds of Cestel Porziano and Castel FusanO. to which he rides or drives about once These two farms, adjoining each oth- er, and inclosed all around either by a wall or by wire nettings, cover an area of about 30,000 acres, and extend from the chain of hills of Decimo to the seashore. Their oak and pine for- ests are stocked with wild boar. deer, stag, and pheasants, while the downs along the coast afford excellent sport during the quail season. I think there is also a herd of fifty or sixty Ameri- can elks, which are allowed to live and multiply unmolested. The gamekeep- ers and the other officers live near the castle in a cozy little village, where there are an infirmary, an attending physician, a school, a church, and a small convent of Capuchin friars. The game shot by the King and by the gentlemen who are occasionally invit- ed to take a share in the royal sport is sent as a rule to hospitals and char- itable institutions. The royal family of Italy has inherit- Queen Margherita's love for music 215T LANCE‘RS. ' “ é ‘ 5 '57- A k t grpat aourqg 91 ‘onjoyngept, both to man first; am: .3; *2; "a. vileges with an invitation to the court 3000131 performances. Foreigners are not aware of the fact that Rome in 1» treat music centre in the modern not in the old Italian, sense of the word. The royal academy' of music, called Di Santa Cecilia, stands at the head of the movement under the direct inspiration of the Queen. The tour leading orchestral performers have or- ganized themselves into a “quartetto della Regina," the Queen’s quartet. This quartet. at her special request, played for her every week during the winter of 1895 the compositions of Beethoven, commencing with the pro- ductions of his early youth. and con- tinuing on to his great symphonies. Every performance of Sgambati's Quin- tuor or Pinelli's Societa Orchestrale Romana is graced by the presence of her Majesty. Whenever illustrious maestri accept the hospitality of the Royal Academy of Music and give a recital we are sure to see Queen Mar- gherita give the sign of applause from her seat, or from her_balcony._ _ I was present at the.Paderewski con- certs, says awriter in Youth’s Com- panionjor instance,and it was evident that the Queen was deriving exquisite pleasure from them. She did not try to be sure. to check or to conceal her feelings in the Anglo~Saxon style. Paderewski was at once invited to court, and on his leaving Rome the insignia of Knight Commander of one of the royal orders was conferred on him by the Minister of Public Instrucâ€" tion, who, by the way, is an enthusias- tic musician himself. One thing I cannot understand is why her Majesty never leaves Rome for short excursions during the eight months of official life, but I think this seeming indifference ,to the points of attraction and curiosity around Rome is probably due to the Queen’s kind- ness of heart; she knows that the vil- laczers and farmers of the Campagna could not be prevented from express- ing in a more or less costly and ela- borate form their feelings of loyalty and she knows also that such excur- sions must be preceded, attended, and followed by certain police precautions, which are not always calculated to fos- ter the feeling of freedom and deliv- erance from state life. A visit or a private presentation to Queen Margherita is a delightful ex- perience, indeed. Arrivini g at the Quirinal palace at the hour named in your card, you are shown into await- ing room, simply, but tastefully orna- mented with rare specimens of tapes- tries and china, where one of the gen- tlemen in waiting welcomes you. and converses with you until the door of her Majesty's “cabinet de reception" is opened. This reception room strikes the visitor more for the magnificent view which it commands through its six great windows, opening on ater- race, than for any display of showy dzeco'raztlo'n. 'Dense masses of ever- greens occupy the foreground, while the Janiculum and the Monte Mario shut the horizon beyond the roofs and the domes of the city, with St. Peter's and the Vatican towering between the two bills. Italians do not make as much of Christmas as the Anglo-Saxons do. Until late years gifts were made or exchanged at the Befania (Epiphany) Christmas eve being celebrated only by As I have remarked in a previous paper, there is a certain fascination for thoughtful minds in gazing at these two palaces, the Quirinal and the Vatican facing each other much more amiably than the respective situations of their tenants would lead us to be- lieve. Perhaps it is one of the good characteristics of the Italian nation to make difficult positions bearable by mutual kindness and toleration. The Queen speaks the four great EurOpean languages to perfection and as she keeps herself an courant with modern literature, and with the con- tents of the latest literary or scien- tific magazines, her conversation is delightfully easy and full of interest. No stranger of distinction leaves Rome without carrying away with him an ideal remembrance of this lady, equal- ly perfect as a wife, as a mother, as a Queen. t; faroiâ€"lgirmgathering' and asouper inal- gre. But the Queen follows and has made popular the Anglo-Saxon style, 1(th up 'or‘got up infamy. the”; institution. The. Christine: tree et court in e welcome celebretion to the memhere of the royel houeehold end to the lediee end gentlemen of th- inner circle. The gitte coneiet mainly of admirable pieces of jeyelry.‘ and the The closing of the liamentary sea- son at the end of une or at the be- ginning of July is the signal for scen- eral stampede from Rome. The 'court the diplomatic body. Senators and De- puties. and even some of the Ministers of State. not to speak of minor offici- als. emigrate en mass in the old ap- proved Roman fashion. It is not the degree of the heat that makes July, August and part of September very disagreeable in Rome, but its depress- ing quality. These months bring with them an almost complete cessation of public life. Sixty thousand persons left the capital in the summer of 1895 for an average period of forty days. The King and Queen's headquar- ters in summer are at Mensa, thirteen miles north of Milan. Here they own a comfortable residence, surrounded by a park many leagues in circumference, crossed. watered and made cool by the river Lambro. I have had frequent oc-‘ casions to converse with ladies and gentlemen who had just enjoyed the royal hospitality at Monza, and they all concur in declaring that their Majes- ties are just as amiable and fascinat- ing in their in! imate family life as they are admirable on the steps of the throne in the state rooms at the Quiri- nal. 1.55. o’clock in, ”moon. nnd m left.“ 2.15. ‘ "e ' 'ng another dismal. night at the rifuaio. the Prince reached Turin In triumph on the even in; of tin 7th. â€"_The King rides out early in the morning, visiting his tenants, survey- ing "the works of improvement on the estate, or shooting in the royal pre- serves. After breakfast he devotes himself to affairs of state, which in- volve a pretty lively correspondence between Rome and Mouse, and acon- stant running up and down of Cabindt couriers. The documents which re- quire the royal signature are brought Itlp once a week by one of the Minis- ers. Then comes the season of the grand manoeuvres. in which two army corps take a share - something like 60.000 men. including artillery and cavalry and the Alpine regiments. The King's headquarters are generally taken up in some gentleman's villa in the neigh- borhood of the field where the last sham battle and the closing review are expected to take place. The army manoeuvres are followed b those of the fleet. The theme is muc the same every year. A hostile squadron tries to force its way through the coast de- fences of Genoa, Spezia, La Maddalena or some such harbor, and a national squadron tries to prevent it from do- ing 80. The King watches the naval review on board his yacht Savoia. The last and most pleasant part. I suppose, of the royal holidays is the one spent in the shooting of the bouquetin or ibex, among the crags and the seracs of the Gran Paradiso. One of the most thrilling episodes in the Queen's summer Alpine life, was the death of Baron Pecooz, of Grossoney while crossing the Lysjoch. tied to the same r0pe which held her Ma ty and the Marchesa di Vlllamarina. ince thenâ€"that is, since the 25th of August 1894â€"we have heard no more of royal excursions in the high Alps. although the Queen continues to repair to Grossoney and to the Peccoz villa for six__or seven weeks every summer. The Duca degli Abruzzi. son of the late Duke Amadeo d'Aosta, is not un- known in the United States, having Spent the last weeks of his three-years' cruise round the world in visiting Phil- adelphia, New York and Boston. No sooner had he landed on the shores of his native country than he hurried to England to enter his yacJt in the next contest with the Meteor. Brit- annia and such other famous craft. Once back at his place in Turin, do you think the youth willing to enjoy a rest after his peregrinations to China the South Pole, Alaska and New- foundlandf No. He could see from his window looming up some 12,000 feet in the sky, the pyramid of Monte Viso, with the sun just disappearing behind its .icy pinnacles, in the midst of a glimmering range of lesser mountains. all clad in their winter garb. The temptation to climb Monte Viso was too powerful to be resisted. The Vice-President of the Alpine Club, Signor Gonnetta, saw at once that the best policy, in fact the only alternative left, was to follow the youth up ”the mountain and share with him the risks of such a daring Enterprise. The party reached Crissolo in a rag- ing snow storm on the night of March 3. At 2 o'clock in the morning of March 5. the party started on its peril- ous journey, led by three clocal guides each carrying a lantern 'to make clear the path. The rifugio. or shelter hut, was reached at 2.40 in the afternoon. their progress being bitterly opposed by wind and blinding snow. The mer- cury stood at 22 degrees Fahrenheit. \Vhat with the roaring hurricane out- side, the chill and the insufficient ac- commodations inside, the climbers had a dreary night to passâ€"all except Prince Louis. His Highness had brought with him an Alpine sack of the Conway pattern and a light cov- er of eiderdown; and no sooner had he laid himself to rest than he felt sound asleep. never to wake up until the morning call of the guides. The diffi- culties which attended the ascent. the next b. 504!“ “! that M in“ “-19% " (h par y e fist aigtyldt T: ”gm-2d at The passion of the house of Savoy for the ice-clad giants lining the bor- derland between France. Switzerland and Italy brings to my recollection one of the latest achievements in the line of winter Alpine sport, in which the Queen's nephew, Prince Louis, Duke of Abruzzi, has taken a prominent share. The episode shows once more to what a manly and noble race these Savoy princes belong, and what singular ways they follow in the celebration of their Christmas holidays. uflmd‘at and m 32a: m