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itu re ualit Chet Emmi " h Anna-wan ns. m d im- tive :nwcx. , which the their supply mptly ”untied .0. JAKE IRE“. ' of Sash, me differ.. sheeting. ctory. plea. that I in his Old and whom Baton. ow prepared at all order, Iacovery CHNIE lf HUBER $15M?! the meri- Hearse. Nth 633“", b- a so. (one to alway: ,ESS an and. D - " an. to mun, (H's. um! hi di- " Y CHAPTER t--Continmd. ~qu have heard news!" he asked h” .Umkzy, with a. look of uppro- {Jun un, half raising himself in m. chair iy on my mum daughter an 51...- was silent, looking any from ham, for this time Ibo [new that it but :wn bx: fault. "it l.N that young man-did you not 6itlr' Ins naroe was IMHO? A name of ”Lump-n. my child, that should have " ,,-n...1 you from admitting him with- ‘m your doors. or course, be is no to- w. .u.?--l think you told me that." .si. had never told him. He had ”my, u for granted, and she had not “H. to undeeeive him. It was only an“: they Ind settled themselves down 3'. hum-n House that the name of the r; '1;yumn trad startled her, and It was ton/ lu-fore tshe discuvered that he wt" m b nth, it brother of Matthew Dene, thc L, .4 of the great merchant house thc haul of the great merchant house of [mm and Trichet. Why disturb th-- will man's rest by revealing such Ull tuisvr.lvotno and unexpected coin- Ci-lmuu- to Irmt She knew that a Protestant clergy- mln " L‘i not likely to enter their name; as a friend, he would not be It't' wcd, and as priest, their religion pm, rtwl tlvan from his possible visits. m- hud nut meant to deceive him, only to -l:',. ld in!“ from annoying ideas. IA mi Gooffny had been introduced t. um. it had been merely as the Ang- 1_u In x-ivrgyman's son. that he was the nwgrhuw of his uncle had never been [var ll "t to him. 1.t there was a certain sense of tu- .wlu-ry upon his soul, as though she hit tampered with the natural en- ema-1 of h-r race. Waa that why she " IN st. bitterly punished! she asked of 1w "lf in h-r remorse. to Monsieur do Brefnur the notion th it Hume had admirers, was an amus- m: one. Ila even chuckled over it a. IN». to himself; it did not occur to im that to Rose herself there could xvlp<\.l-ly be. any tragic complication in th- all Iiuliuu. W; 3lurtrne entering with the tray to; in, dinner-little delicacies which Ill hnl ranked herself of sweetbread an " .intlly fried potatoes-was greet- I! by an unwanted outburst of hil- umy from her old muster. 'rut. h:re, Martins," stretching out h , 1 mg, lean finger playfully at his dumer-imlzlw. "Madame has lovers - m.;v.-xtim-nt young donkeys, who u mt to [my court to her. Wo must In"; 1 am told, because of Madame's mm“ n-rs! Sha butts their hearts by thc dose-n. the, heartless one, and much FL.- mres! Ahl what it is to be young It belie " Sh, my poor treasure," said the futhtul creature brokenly, "ia it nov- pr to end-never And this on-teh a Menu jeune humus! Grands diam. but it is hard!" Is for Rose, she bore it bravely, as els: burn all things. Though the hot tw-lor, partly pain, and partly shame, hul flooded her beautiful face, yet .-h: Joined faintly in the laughter, k «w! the old man on the forehead, unvm'ered the, dainty little silver dish.. es. and stayed to hrip him to them. Only. without, in Ihe narrow passage, her hunt failed her, when Martino clntchrrd her convulsive], by both hnrtds, and beautiful!" t Mvrtine threw a. swift look of ter- [wt at Madanw's fluahing face. It u, cht In: a joke to the old man, bat "tm " one to her? Martino knew "Hush. Martina, you must not talk Mo.- that; Monsieur is right to laugh, m le, ridiculous you know for m. quit: ridiculous." 7 And then the tears burnt forth, and Row turned and fled into the landli- ury of her own bedchamber. --.. l work later-the east which still lylvw cold and keen over the Downs; the daffodils and primrooes still bloom- ed in a blaze of yellow in sheltered mrners under the hedge. and along the tangled border of the drive; there "ere a few more little bright green mul‘ upon the sycamore: and the lilac lill‘llr'S than a week ago, a little fur- ther promise of summer that strug- plea out into life in spite- of advqrso li'l‘hr's than a Go ago, a little fur- ther promise of summer that strug- plea out into life in spite of adverse turetimmettteetb-uo other change; whgn l young man came springhg up the h.ll with that light, buoyant atop “bu-b youth, and hope, and happy love Mme can give. His faoe was bright "ith a glad expectancy. his brown rye-4 shone, his lips were curled into 1 smile as he came. She had not sent to meet him at the station. but that W,'bn nothing; he gave his bag to I porter and hurried_on on, fogt. up; to look once more into the face that “1m so dear to him. When he came in sight of the grey gateway, he won- dered perhaps a little that the famil- Ltr graceful figure was not standing th'i'o to greet him; wondered s little too, that the sharp bark of her little dog did not ring as usual upon his ttars. It was only e small, mild won- der. nothing more, no apprehension. no unxi-.ty was in his mind; perhaps she run. It wan only u small, mild won- der. nothing more, no apprehension. no unity was in his mind; perhaps she was out driving, perhaps the old man wcu ailing, and the was in his room. What did it mutton-I In a few min- utes. a few mounds indeed. he would be with her. 7 . _ - A, When he not witmn night of the house, aometh'mc strange and unex- pected in its appearance struck upon him with a cold chill. ’lhero war I stillness as of Math itself upon Hid- den Home. There were no muslin curtains of tho windowl. no bright flower-pot filled with duffodils upon the library window sill. sud in one of the upper room the shutters were cloeed; no unnko camp. from the chim- ner, and not n sign of life we: I": go sewn or h and. Fairly alarmed “that. Geoffrey hastened forward Ind rang the door hell; it clanged loudly " his touch, and the echoes went ringing pn and on in a ghostly {anion within. dying away by degrees into the per- fevt silence 'rom which they had been aw-Ikened. . ”HI-T;- 53d wrhaps three whole min- ltcs. then, sick with ' hortiblo dread No. no-nuttin.," aha answered th ugly, waging her hand canning- :.;~-n the sleeve of his ttoat; "it u yum before." Ci tics amanta tll hops“, with a _. "My poor Road Andi minfortune, never thy but, And it is of he knew not what, he rang again. This time, distant sounds from tho forthar aide of the house responded to his call. Heavy steps came stumping along the passage, and were followed by a great unbarring and unchaining and unlocking within. Then the door opened wide, and a very dirty-faced, rough-hatred woman, with her sleeves tucked up above her elbows. and her gown gathered up about her waist, confronted him, with a dustpan in her hand andalook of much astonishment in_lusr grimy face. A _ _ . "Iaw.-Mr.'Geotfrey, fancy it's being You! I couldn't think whoever it cogld be tsringing so." _ _ _ - _ _ It was a woman out of his father's parish who earned her living by the homely process known as "going out Charing." "Where is Madame de Brefour t" was all that Geoffrey could find voice to my, and he said it with a gasp, with a face as white as death. "Them furrineering people you mean, sirt Uh! they've "ytt-turned out bag and baggage last Tuesday as eyer was, and a’good job, says I, to get rul of a. lot of Papista and jabbering furrin servants as never do no good m a decent English parish. Yea, they was off quite sudden like, and Mr. Wright he telegraphs to me-quite gw' me a turn, that tallygram did, tsir-- but knowing as how l'd minded the place before, Mr. Wright he telegrams, that I am to go and clean it down, and that I and my old man can stop in it if so be like till it’s let again. But I says to my old man, says I--.-" "Never mind," broke. in Geoffrey im- patiently, "tell me where they have gone." "What, them furthers, sir! Lord knows, I don't." "Have they left no address, no orders about forwarding letters-nothing t" "Nothing as I knows on, sir." He puma! past h-r into the house, and entered the library. What a dreadful thing is a room we have loved and been happy in, whey shorn of the presence that has beauti- fied it in our eyes. A woman's room mOst especially is utterly desolate, when she who had made it her own, and lived in it daily, has left it for ever. Geoffrry looked round the fam-. iliar place with a sort of despair. The books were all gone, the book-shelves Shading bare, and empiy, Ike yawn- ing Caverns out of which Jew,O have been taken; gone too, was the litter of magazines and papers upon the ta- ble. The vases that were wont to be always filled with fresh flowers, the cushions that used to pillow her lover head, the footstnol upon which her tiny slippers were wont to rest-gone the litter of nick-naeks from the writing- table and the mantebhelf, and all the small trifles with which a woman's daily life surrounds itself. The room was empty and void, silent and cold as the grave; it was like looking upon a dead face. A bitter misery flooded his soul as he looked at it. All at once he remembered, with a. sudden rush of painful memory, how she had said to him, only a week ago, that she would go away and leave no trace be- hind her by which he could follow her. lihisl then, was what, she had done to 1m But why had she done it; had he not kept his bargain with her: Had he not been true to his promised word? He had done as she had asked him-and kept his love back out of her sight, so In to preserve her friendship-had crushed away hisown feelings so as to respect and consider hers-and this was his reward! He had been faithful to his part of the covenant between them, but she, she had brokenhersi a new, red brick abode of the latest Queen Anne pattern," more Queen Anne, in fact, than any edifice ever erected within the reign of that Grae- ious Sovereign of happy memory. It was great in red gables and white woodwork, in small colored window panes. and in quaint projecting bal- conies. Inside it was a miracle of \Vardour Street furniture and blue china-with Burne-Jonesian wall de- corations that were draped wuth the latest novelty of textile fabrics from Maple's. Lady Lessitn' had had once a mania for furnishing and decorating -for six months she had gone mad over it-she had tried fifty different experi- mentsin every roomin the house, had fitted up her drawing-room successively in the Moresque. the Earl English, and the Japanese styles ,had ttown about to every second-hand dealer in London, .. picking-up' what she called bar- gains. but which were in truth but bad bargains for poor Sir George, who was required in time to pay for them, She had held committees of art and taste in her house, wherein everybody had suggested something different, and she. in a fine Cosmopolitan spirit. had endeavoured to carry oat the ideas of all. and finally. after she had spent 'a small fortune, suddenly she trot sick _ of it; some new fancy had cropped up, and the High Art House was left to itself. a standing monument of half- l finished incongruity and inconsistency. iYet it cannot be denied that, although And he was very angry with her. Angry with that anger against those we love, that is so terrible in its out- ting anguish. . Ah! better a thousand times is the coldness of indifference than that sharp pain of wrath that stabs with knifethrusta into our very heartgl CHAPTER XI. Angel Halliday stood leaning some- what disconsolately against the lace window curtains of Lady Leaaiter’s smart house in Pont Street. _ " was strictly speaking. it was talus in art and PtHiritsioua in decoration, it was. nay- ertheleu, exceedingly effective on the whole. Lady Leeaiter’e friend. “way: told her, either that her house was a Paradise. or that it was a mumsum--th. frivolitiee of the one being presum- at)? tempered by the solidity of the 0 or. Whether Angel Halliday, in her week's Iojourn with her friend, had en- Joyed it as a museum is uncertain, but very_ decidedly she had not looked up- on, It_ ae a paradise. Lady Lessiter had, nevertheless, done her duty as a hostess to the pretty girl whom she had invited to stay with her. She had taken her about to con- certs and texhibitions-she had taken her to dinner at Hurlingham, and to aupper at the New Club. She had driv- en her down to Sandown Races, and had invited a great many smart young men, in immaculate collars and exotic button-hole bouquets, to dine and to lunch at the house in her honour. Yet all these delights had totally failed to satisfy her. When a young woman‘s soul is set upon one particular young man, then, not all the joys of the whole earth nor yet the entire male population of Christendom, can render her happy if that one particular young man be missing. Now that is an incontrover- tible truism, quite as old as the hills and quite as unehangeable, and yet it is constantly being left out of our cal- culations in our dealings with young women. " What is the matter, my dear T' asks a mother of a sad, languid daughter, whom she is vainly endeavouring to render happy. " Nothing, mamma," answers the yopng lady, and the mother rests teat- iapyrwitls the unsatisfactory answer. Iq Why does Edith look so- pale, qr Magirje on}. nothing, for} Morena; Att so. silent f" enquires John Bull of his Wife. with affectionate solicitude; and Edith is forthwith taken to the sea- side, and Maggie is ordered horse ex- ercise, and Florence is taken more into society. But neither father nor moth- er remember that briefless barrist- er who has been civilly dropped, or that disreputable though [ascinatingg young captain, who has not had an invitation to dinner for ever so long, or the pen- ntless younger son of the country vicar, whom from obvious reasons it has been considered expedient to ignore,-and so the girls pine after the "one man," until they are tired of piningg, and by and bye they get over that misery-- for girls do not often die of broken hearur--and they marry somebody else because there is nothing else left for them to do, and they settle down con- temedly into a quiet, common-place sort of happiness, which, perhaps, is the Lest thing in the long run for them, but with which the first fever of Love‘s young hopes has very little to o. Thus it was that Angel Halliday pin- ed for the unattainable, and that all the joys of the London season failed to satisfy her. For Horace Lessiler had not been once to his sister-in-laws house since aha had been in town-he was in London she knew, and yet he had never been to see Iyer-surely he could not love her. To-day, Duleie was coming, up to join her, and to-morrow they were both to go on and stay with old Mr. Dane, in Cromwell Road. It was not likely that Captain Lessiter would. find her out Diamond Cut Diamond there. All hope, therelore. seemed to have come to an end to-day. No won- der that Angel had declined to go out driving with her hostess, and now stood sadly, in her loneliness looking vague- ly and miserably out into the sunny street. - The room behind her was a litter of confusion and disorder. Her ladyship was going to hold a stall at a fancy bazaar, and was hard at work dress- ing dolls-all day long she was flying about buying expensive materials for the costumes of her dolls-it was her latest mania. Every doll on her stall was to be differently attired. Much more amusing work, than finding a husband for pretty Angel Halliday, which she had assured her husband a few weeks ago it was her solemn mis- sion from on High to do. To make more money at her doll stall for the Out-of-Work Labourers' 0r- phan Society," than that horrid Mrs. Jenkins, who painted her face and ogled the men, and who boasted to all her friends that she would take the wind out of her, Lady Lestsiter'ts, sails at the bazaar-that at present was the end and object of Venetia‘s existence; from morning till night she thought of nothing else. She was not at all sor- ry wl en Angel made Dulcie’s arrival an excuse for not going out with her as usual. _ "Oh! all right, dear; then I can take Mrs. Vere out in the Victoria-she wilt have the next stall to mine, you know, on the 10th; she is, going to sell flowers and ferns, and wants me to drive her to that pottery shop to get some little pots and vases; and then I can go again to Liberty‘s for the gold embroidery-and do, like a dear thing, finish dressing that Circassian slave for me whilst I am out." U _ .- But Angel did not address herself to the garments of the Circassinn slave when her hostess had left her. She only stood in a melancholy mood by the window, and looked listlessly into the street. Everything looked gay and sunshiny -flower boxes of geraniums and white daisies bloomed at the open windows of the houses opposite; carriages flash- ed by filled with tsmartly-dressed wo- men; children ran gayly along the pavements; and everybody looked hap- " and busy in the sweet summer after- noon. but Angel only felt miserable; uuuu. uuL lluscl was: .v... _.-'___~r, Then all at once her heart beat, and there was a sudden revulsion of joy within her, for a transom had dashed up to the door, and somebody sprang out of it and ran lightly up the steps below. He had come at last. than! Ob, why would her cheeks burn so hotly, and her heart flutter so wildlyl _ - " All alone, Miss Halliday r". cried Horace Lusiter. in his cheery vowe. as he entered; and then he cast ahur- tied glance round the room, " though he was looking for something. " Mr tsister-in-law out? Good heavens! what is all this about t" . He was confronted by s row ot twenty dolls, all in different costumes. that were propped up in a line on the end of the grand piano, while at least as many more, in all states and condi- tions of incompleteness of toilet, were scattered about the room. on the so!“ and tables. ' " is Venetia starting stoysltopr' '. Not exactly." Answered Ansel. laughing and recovering her compon- ure and her cool pink cheeks " the same time by I wonderful process of ultfcpptrol; "but she is 39mg to has? I etall, you know. at the haze“; and she has settled upon dolls, in the dreeeee of every nation on the {ace of the earth. We are hard at work dream. ing them. It makes rather amen in the room, I must confess.” Into-bed more has the "no In flan-Ii Games. I A musing story would be considered 1 incomplete without a harrowing de-' scription of the hero's sufferings dur-l ing an underground catastrophe. Peo- ple expect it, and never doubt that the sensations of the imprisoned miner are accurately pictured. But those who have had experience in rescuing col- liers from living tombs know that the men do not always act in the senti- mental manner attributed to them. On the contrary. not a few of them face their horrible death smilingly, refus- Ing to give way to vain regrets and tears. When a great mass of coal fell in a northern English pit, completely blocking up the side passages, twenty men and boys were trapped in a re- mote part of the workings. To dig these unfortunate fellows out a relief party worked madly; bat the coal was hard and at the close of the first day the tearful women at the pit brow were still waiting for news. Another day passed without good tidings, and it was not until the third morning that a faint humming sound filtered through the frowning blockade of coal. “They're alive!" shritked one of the party, "and singing hymns to Show their faith." ONTARIO 7iirerW/E'it TORONTO After that all worked with redoubl- ed energy, straining their ears mean- while to catch the chanting of the un- derground choir. It soon became ew- dear, however, that the miners were not singing at all. They were laugh- ing and slrouting like children, and the familiar cry of "Buck's off!" was clearly heard by the anxious rescuers. Two more hours of superhuman effort followed, and then the black partition gave way, revealing the pale and HAGGARD MINERS in the very act of playing a game dear to the collier’s heart. “Hello. lads, we didn't expect to see ye," laughed one of them, stopping to replace the lump of coal which served as the "duck." "Ah, reckon ye’ll stop an' heir a game wi' us More we go back!" And the htlt-tamished men and boys actually maisted on finishing the game before they would allow themselves to be taken to the shaft. After a wry similar accident in an- other colliery, the relief party uid not get through the coal in time to be ot service, and five sturdy miners were found dead betrnd the cruel barrier. Thnt they had died coolly and fearless- ly, though, was beyond question, for on the damp floor were scores of little marbles made from compressed coal dust, and two of the men were lying at full length with their fists screwed up ready to tillip. Their wan faces smiled even in death, and this touching proof of their unfailing optimism brought tears to the eyes of every one who entered the pit., _ .. . Falls of coal and floods are terrible catastrophes, but the average colller fears an explosionu of firedamp most of all. One occurred not so very long ago in a little Midland pit, and fifteen good men and true were shut off from the cage by tons upon.tons of coal. The anxious crowd at the pit mouth wait- ed until the foul gas had been cleared from the cutting. and then began their work of rescue, with little hope of saving their mates from the suffocat- ing fumes of the tiredapp. Progress was rapid, however, and before long the relief party got into the narrow passage. Here they saw a sight which fairly made them gasp, for the fifteen colliers were on the floor, some of them dead and others sitting up and unconcernedly singing comic songs. A little further on was a football, im- provised from the collier's shirts and caps, and bearing unmistakable signs of recent and rough usage.u "We thowt,as long as we'd got to dee, we'd dee kickin'," explain"d one of the Bur- vivors, "so we rigged up a football an' punched it abart in t' dark. George theer fell dahn dead as he wor scorin' a goal, but we went on playing to pass time on, and then t' gas cleared off a bit." Only four of that brave bevy of miners came out of the pit alive, but they assured their question- ers that the others had laughed and sung in the very face of depth. A MARSHMALLOW FOAST. For simple, genuine fun, nothing ex- ceeds a marshmallow toast, as an even- ing pastime for the holiday season. The requirements for this are open fire, pointed sticks for toasters, and fresh marshmallows. Marshmallows are expensive sweets to bar, but they can be made at home, and the followingris a good receipt: To half a pint of gum tragaeanth-- which is much cheaper than gum ara- hie and may be used with equally sue- ceseful results-add a pint of water and allow it to dissolve. Half a pound of sugar is then added, the whole placed over a fire and stirred constantly until the mixture is the consistency of hon- ey, when the well-beaten whites of four eggs are added, with a few drops of tincture of marshmallow, the whole being stirred until quite thin, and no it does not adhere to the fingers. The confection u then poured into pane. dusted with powdered ctarch and out intoysqupre whencold. _ . . A bright fire of pine wood should be built in the grate. When the guests arrive, sticks out from shingles and sharpened at one end, ea well as de- corated with a ribbon, ere posed Then each person provides himself with e marshmallow, and the process of toasting commences. Finger bowls should -be near at hand no: there is no denying the stickiness of the enter- MEET DEATH FEARLESSLY. To Be Continued. I listen in the morning For the sound of little feet That pattered along in the sunshine. Over the quiet street; Irtt..r the tongs prthg ywest.roie singing Some quaint lov'd strain of old: - As I saw the wee hands full of flow- And the sunny head crown'd with gold. I watch'd when the noon was over, And, the clock in the tow'r struck ward, The hour of achooltime o'er; And I heard 'mid the ripple of voices. The one that my heart lov'd beat, And I saw a smile like a sunbeam Stray'd out of the glowing west. And now, in the hush of glowing, I watch and I rust again; But the little feet come no longer, No more do I hear that strain; For the flow'rs and the tir'd little cht1d-heart Are hushed into slumber sweet, The’ I know that in Heaven the angels Hear the sound of the little feet. Young mothers are usually anxious to get all the information possible on this subject, so I will tell you a few things that I have learned from ex- perience and observation, writes Clara Hammond. It is well to send the baby out for an airing every day if he is confined to competent hands. See that the " tle bodyis not harried and wearied by being rattled over a. rough road, until he receives more harm than good from his outing. Almost every one knows what a. difference there is in drivers, how one man will take you to your journey's end, feeling that you are bruised all over from jolting about, while another will avoid the rocks and moderate hia speed over the rough places. Be sure that babies suffer quite as much as their elders from un- skillful driving. If a mother cannot nurse her baby, orif her milk is lacking in nutrition, which is often the case. she will find an excellent substitute in lactated food. Cow's milk is almost sum to disagree with a young baby, as cows eat all kinds of weeds, and drink water that is is: from being pure, and when the baby's life is at stake, it is safer to provide other food for him. Feed the child at regular intervals, and the some amount each time. Under two months, he should be fed every two or three hours during the day, and not quite so often at night. At six months of age, five or six times dur- ing the twentr-toar hours will be suf- ficient. Of course the bottles and rubber nipples should be kept sweet and clean. Give him a drink of fresh water several times during the day, especially in warm weather. If care is used in feeding him, his bowels will usually give no trouble, but if he has diarrhea have a medicine prepared as follows: Aromatic powder of chalk and opium, 10 grains, oil of dill 5 drops, simple syrup 8 drama, water tt drama, one-halt teaspoonful to be given to an infant of six months or under, and a teaspoontul to a child above that use every four hours until the bowels are Checked. Teach the baby to take his sleep re- gularly, and remember that a great deal of sleep is necessary for children. Have all garments loose enough for comfort. Use no starch in his cloth- THE BOUND OF LITTLE FEET. Lng, and keep his bibs dry, If you have tochnnge them every hour. A bath in water that hasheen left in the sun- shine until one or two o'clock in the afternoon, will often prevent the erase epell so common to babies in the even- Among the various branchea of cook- ing which have been vastly improved the undwich is prominent. The in- valid, the traveller, the athlete and the fashionable caller all welcome it eagerly. and it is, too, an important feature of the home table, and often a bit of pleasant economy. POSSIBILITIES OF THE SANDWICH. Sandwiches may be classed under five main divisions, meat, green, salad, cheese and the meet varieties, with many delightful combinations. Perfumed butter, after the French, is especially dainty to use in making them-ores blossoms. violets, Jap- anese honeysuckles, roses, rose geran- iums, etc., only one kind at a time. The butter is wrapped in a bit of muslin or cheesecloth and placed in a small jar, the flowers lavishly scattered over the batter, closely covered. Graham, white and whole wheat breads are all desirable, and "should be twelve hours old." Two kinds of bread are often used together. They may be round, square. triangular. heart-shaped and oblong, the latter flat_or r.olied.. . Cold chicken, finely chopped and moistened with a little mayonnaise, forms a popular futing. Slice the bread very thin, and always trim the edges neatly; butter lightly. Place the chicken on one piece of bread and press another one on it, and out in- to whatever {can you wish. Lamb sandwiches are new and do- licimu. The lamb ia sliced thin, and has a seasoning of cinnamon and cloves. Toestrtur--Batter lightly thin slices of grains: bread, and sprud generously 'with cold boiled tongue, chopped fine. Proceed in the name way in making ham aandwichea, using boiled or devil- ed ham and Tttite bread preferably. Game sandwiches are very Hype-l, tiling. especially duck, made with grts-l ham bread. Sandwiches made od coldl cunt liver. highly unload and' elsuoen came slowly home, CARING FOR BABY. choppd. In" (quad much turor Tith non. no or (rt-Jun bread being choo- III. Minna! fish mixed with A mu. mustard, pepper. am and lemon juice. or with 3 marortmtiaer, have been fre- quently neon during Lent. and no suitable for the spring months. On. of the combination- haa sardines with ttopped hard boiled eggs and stoned olives. Onto". always delicious. are now found beth tiny aquam- of brown brood. They are either 'broiied or tried, then chopped and mixed with tsalad, oil. Crabs are also used. Refreshing are the sendwichee torm- ed of dainty white bread end e hit of fresh, crisp trreen-waterereaa, lettuce. nasturtiume or mint, dreued with mayonnaise. The watercress. etc. meat always be fresh. Celery Sandwichtue-Chop tine lover- s! stalks at celery. adding a and dressing to make a, thick paste. Use either white or graham brand. A summer dainty in a thin slice of iced cucumber with an oil (imaging. _ Among the salad sandwiches ere the ormr--ttssy latter are stoned end chop- ped fine, "ding a, little and oil; the tomato,-a slice is seasoned with salt. pepper and a. few drops of vinegar or lemon juice, and placed between two rounds of bread. hood. Ail the people who like choco- late welcome the new sandwiches made [of their favorite. The directions are 'to whip thoroughly 3 cup of sweet cream; add grated and aweelened cho- colate; cocoanut may be subatiuned for the chocolate. Candied cherries _ are also used. Parisian &uuiwiehes--Chop two hard- boiled eggs fine, add mayonnaise. on. tableapoontul of Worcheateashire mum and two cupfuls of salmon. Just before placing the upper piece of bread add a little minced lettuce or celery. An- other variety has mustard. horseradish and olive oil. Of course eggs find their own sphere bsre; one way is to slice the hard boil- 0 eggs into rings and dip in vinegar. add salt a little mustard and a few drops of onion juice; in another style the eggs are mixed with butter to a parse. seasoned with pepper and celery as . Cheese luldwwhes are popular. The cheese in grated and then much im- proved by the addition of cayenne pep- per. The cheese is sometime. mixed with oyster liquid; again cheese and the yolks of hard-boiled eggs with e mayonnaise. finished with chopped celery. A New York delicacy has a filling of cottage cheese and chopped otivea. Mrs. Saunders, a cooking school lec- turn. gives this excellent receipt: "One-halt pound of cheese, one fourth pound of English walnut meats. quar- ter teaspoontu1 of salt and a dash of red pepper, run through a meat cut.. ter. Mix with a little mayonnaise dressing until soft enough to spread; put between thinly sliced bread, cut one and one-half inches wide; nerve with salad." Sweet undw'whea have a field od their own. which they fill creditably. Chopped dates with whole wheat bread are especially fine, and jelly or orange marmalade with any kind of good bmd. A novelty in maple sugar, shaved, sandwiches, an idealized form of t_he bre_ad and sugar of our child- Many things are recommended for cleaning decanters, carafes and other narrow-necked trlatm-veaseltr--ttsa leaves. soda, gravel, tste.,---' if vinegar and salt are at once tried their use will be continued thereafter. Fill a pint jug with common cider vinegar and in it put two large tablespoonfuls of salt. This will clean halt a dozen bottles. Divide the mixture among them. put the palm of your hand on top of the bottle and shake the vinegar up to the mouth over and over again. After shak- ing each bottle let the vinegar remain in it far about ten or fifteen minutes. Have a pan full of strong sods and water for the rutsides, and pour warm water, without soda, inside two or three times to rinse out the salt and vinegar. then finish off both inside and outside with clean cold water. Dry well with a clean, soft towel. then stand them bottom upward, and if possible place them in the sunshine. This mode at cleansing makes decanters very cleen and bright. For vinegar jugs. on the contrary. the beat cleansing medium is a little concentrated ire, left stand- ing in the flask for several hours. The action of the alkali removes the sedi- ment left by the acid. NuG--perhaps the moat pleasing of all the varieties. One received much praise, and, on inquiry, it was found to be composed of almonds and grated celery, with a dash of cheese. An- other had chopped almonds, salted and sprinkled with orange juice. "Blanch- ed almonds, pounded into a paste with a little orange juice, are mixed either with whipped sweet cream or the white of 6885. adding I little sugar." Eng- lish walnut. or roasted peanuts may be chopped very fine and n anyon- naise added. The Empress of Germany loses no opportunity of "doing little kindness- es" wherever she goes. A very pretty story is told of her recent visit to Westphalia during the recent army manoeuvres. In a village close to the imperial headquarters the widow of a captain in the merchant service occu- pies a small room. She is invalidod. bedridden. and very old, but. her one great wish was to see the Empress drive past the carpenter's cottage where she lies on her little bed. Sums kind soul had suggested to the Em- presa's Chamberlain that it would he a great kindness if the im- perial carriage would be al- lowed to drive slowly when passing the invalid‘s window. The request came to the Empress's ears. and in her kindness of heart she left her car- riage. paid a long visit to the sick- room, and left the lonely sufferer in a state of happiness greater than words can tell. Alice tell in love with Claude bo- nus: he was no pensive and thought- ful. Wetit Than whoa broke the engncvlnent bo. cnua- sh, found out that when helook- ed that way he wasn't thinking at WWAGER EMPRESS OF GERMANY. TO CLEAN DECANTERS A FALSE FRONT.