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TRAITS Destr an Delay Bom MFED 5e PpF Nor too high," repeated Lady Lancas "h'"-' ".‘.“ lmmy 156. I ter, sagely The , lordoh of k:‘neut; "You will have something n than have married earle‘ daughters ore m.‘:"l:.o.. she whispered, mwi“i'}n ‘*Yos. in their palmy daye," said Clive :rl. “N::Pl“h‘:d indeed b.r.n a litt Lancaster; "but not now, when their | "Feonora looked out through the NATTOW patrimony is wasted, their lands encumâ€" aperture, half dazzled by the radiant bered with taxes, and their last hdoocond- Tight for a morlent. and saw a magniâ€" nt earning a paltry living in her * | ficent diningâ€"hall, long and lollty, wfli'.h tm & Ao Tray Y +N â€"| carved oak pancling, and a tiled fire Lady Adela is ae poor as you are, | loriâ€" cinde Wilnt M2PRman, demedan Phco antrptued wall and eome, etorl, Tisg | lighted by a magnificent chandelier of :“ ilva;-l'):hl.. whose .o{t‘.. ln_mino\nh blaze But I thought that the Earl of Eastâ€"| .‘:d“m':f Ja::."‘{:_ & “:'r';"g,."'nd m"":_ wood was very rich. e R .| nificent flowers. . As s{o gazed upon the He was once; but he a e "p“'“‘ | brilliant scemne there was a rustle, & thrift sons !““"’ ‘:‘:d" u‘:n‘?nh-t:bnf‘e d'. I;;; murmur, the echo of aristocratic laughâ€" ;'u .."‘:. :l“,',“);vu\‘;‘: "“G :nrtion' at lil. Sha | '.'_f: ‘nd._.‘ gay 9‘?" entered ."he roq,“'i-_ Ad per.y .. you only knew how little I care for social power," ho said. "The life of a soldier suite me. I have no great ambiâ€" tion for wealth and power." You are no true Lancaster if you are willing to let the old name and the old place run down!" she broke out, indigâ€" nantly. . "Ab, I wigh that I nm have borne a son to my husband! this degenerate scion of a noble race need never have been roused from hie dolce tar niente to sustain its ancient glory." His lip curled in cold disdain of her wild ranting. ‘At least the old name will never be dishonored by me," he said. "I have led a life that no one can ery shame upon. My record is pure." Gilancing at his flushed face and proud eyes, she saw that sahe had gone too far. She did not want to rouse that defiant mood inherent in all the Lancasters. She was afraid of it _ 1. P ow nc "I was hasty,‘ she eaid. "Forgive me, Clive. But I am eo anxious to have you fall in with my plans. I have no kin of my own, and 1 am anxious to leave my money to you, the heir to my late husâ€" band‘s title. If you fall in with my views I shall give you from the day of your marriage ten thousand a year, and after my death the whole income shall be yours. If {on cross me, if x:u decline to marry as 1 wish you to . I shall hunt up other Lancasterseâ€"there are disâ€" tant connections in London, I thinkâ€"and I shall leave everything to them instead of to you." Hor black eye« glittered with menace, and there was an evil, triumphant smila on her thin, eruel lips. She knew the extent of her power, and was bent on using it to the full. "Money is a good v.h'mg to have, Aunt Lydia. I ahould like to have yours when {ou wre done with it, I don‘t deny that," e said. ‘"There may be some things betâ€" ter than money, if," slowly, "one could have them, butâ€"" yB T "Better than money?" she interrupted, angry and sareastic, and frightened all at onee, for fear that he was about to refuse her. "Pray tell me what those deâ€" wirable things may be." "You did not hear me out," he anawer ed, calmly. "I wae about to n‘ there might be, but I was not eure. e will not discuss that unknown quantity." "I think not," she anewered, dryly. "It might be more pertinent to discuse Lady Adela now. What do you eay, Clive? Shall you pay your court to her?" __. A deep red flushed all over his fair, handsome face. "She might decline the honor," he said. "Pshaw! she might be a fool, but she isn‘t," eaid my lady, sharply. "She will not decline. She has an inkling of what I mean to do I have talk»d with the earl. He thinks it would be a pleasant and pertinent @rrangement for the houso of Lancaster. You know you have to think of your heirs, Clive, and to do the best you can for their future." "Yos," he said, earcastically. "Well, now I have told you all my hopes and plans, Clive, I want to know what you are going to do. There is no use beating about the bush," said my lady, sharply. i _ uw ie t uk CEURE T CC UIT! f am @oing t. make Lady Adela‘s as: quaintance before I make up my mind," he answered, undauntediy. "You will fall in love with her. She is a groat beauty," my lady said, confidentâ€" ly, as he bowed himself out. That evening when "soberâ€"suited twiâ€" light" had begun to fall over all things, when the stars began to sparkle in the aky, when the air began to be heavy with odore of rose and mignonette and jasmine and the odorous, heavyâ€"ecented honeysuckle, Mrs. Weset came into the aitâ€" tingâ€"room, where Leonora _was leaning was leaning from the window, drinking in the peaceful asweetnees of the summer eve. "Are you lonely here in the dark, my dear? 1 will bring a lan&." ahe said. "Not yet, please, Aunt eat," said the wirl. "I love this twilight dimness. I love to ait in the darkness and think." "About your poor papa, dear?" aeked the good woman. ‘"Tell me about him, Leonora. What did he die of?" "It was a fever, Aunt West. Some day I will tell you all about him, but not ust yet, please. Iâ€"can not bear it yet. it has been so little a while since I lost himâ€"barely two :_-ont.hn!'.' ogid Leonora, with the sound of tears in her voice. "Well, well, dear, I did not think. You whall tell me when you please. But that was not what I came in for. You know I promised you a peq‘) at the fine folks when they dined. Well, it is time now. in a minute the{ will assemble. Come with me; I have found a enug place . for you. ce ho o ngntip d ulssn en‘ Th os," coolly, ‘if she takee my nephew it. But, seriously, Clive, it is the match for you both. You will have «y she has beauty and exalted staâ€" Married to each other, you two be a power in the ooch{ world ; t. neither of you will count for h. You will have rank, but that will i mere incumbrance tolou without wbility to sustain ite ignity proâ€" I thought that the Earl of Eastâ€" was very rich." was once; but he and his ependâ€" sons have made ducks and drakes money at the gamingâ€"table. Lady Roofing Aunty, I Fire, Lightning Rust and Storm Proof Let us know the size of any roof you are thinking of covering and we will make you an Interesting offer. TORONTO and WINNIPEG Metallic Roofing Go. The Lady of Lancaster ; he i1 have no portion at all. She compelled to marry a fortune." u_ have placed yourse at her disâ€" said, with hardly repressed CHAPTER XX Ornamental CHATER XXI West‘s Love. Mrs. West, leaning over her niecos shoulder, whiepered, softly: _ d _ ‘There is my ladyâ€"in front, on that tall gentleman‘e arm, dear." _ _ PA Leonora eaw a little, wizened figure in a glistening brocade, with rubies pendâ€" ent from the thin ears, a lace cap on the thin white bair, a locket of diamonds and rubies on the breast, and @littoring bracelets that mocked the yellow, bony wriete they encircled, and the sour, wrinkled ‘face, rendered even more UZlY and aged by the attempte that had been made to render it youthful. es 5 utss 4i 4P 5... s ol s P1 a 4 se d ar "That hideous old lady in paint and powderâ€"do you say that she is Lady Lanâ€" caster?" Leonora aeked; and when Mrs. W:llit angwered ‘"Yese," she eaid, irreverâ€" ently : I shall be expecting every minute to see her goldâ€"headed stick turned into A broom, and herself flying away on it ‘into the sky, to sweep the cobwebs from on high "Oh, fy, my dear!" cried the nouse keeper disappointed that Leonora had not been more impressed with the ‘qlAe_ry dor of the scene and Lady Lancaster‘s dignity. "But, look at Lord Lancasterâ€" is he not grand in his black euit?" _ ‘"Where?" asked Leonora, carelessly, a6 if she were not guin( at that moment on the tall, euperb figure, looking courtly in its elegant eveningâ€"drese. He was walkâ€" ing by the side of a laddy whose whiteâ€" tlovod hand rested lightly on his arm. eonora looked admiringly at the dark, brilliant face and stately figure of this woman who, clothed in rnb{ gilk and rich black lace, loked queenly as she sunk into her chair behind a beautiful epergne of: fragrant !9w?_m. L dn e _ "Oh, I gee him mow!" she said, after a minute. "He is with that lady in ruby silk. Aunt West, who is she?" _ _ â€"‘"Phe _ Earl of Eastwood‘s daughter, Lady Adels. She is a great beauty and i ~vory grand tHeudy." . _ _0 lc c)}l EOe EVC "She is very bhandsome, certainly," Leoâ€" nora said. Her {ne lingered on the dark, brilliant face behind the flowers. The dark eyes and red lips made a protty picâ€" ture. She wondered if Captain Lancas ter thought «0. ARilt Ni UBT ETT MFY T Y:-n ‘?he is very handsome, and she will be the next mietress of Lancaster Fark," Mis. West saitk _: _.". .0. "She is engaged to Captainâ€"to Lancaster, then?" eaid Leonora. looked at the earl‘s daughter with interest. & ® Cl "She wants her nephew to marry Lady Adela. Every one knows it. She invited her here just to throw them together and make the match." "But perhaps he will not marry her just to please his aunt!" epiritedly. "HWe will be apt to do just what my lady tells him," eaid Mrs. Weet. "If he does not, she will leave her money away from him. He can not afford that." "And will he really sell himself for money ?" Leonora spoke in a stage whis per. "Hush, my dear; not quite 60 loud. As to selling himeelf, I don‘t know that you eould eall it that exactly. Many people here marry for wealth and pcsition. Yet, why shouldn‘t these two young people fall in love with each other? Lady Adela has everything in the world that is doâ€" wirable except money, and «o has he. Thair fortune is made if they marry each "Hush, my dear; no to selling himself, I d could call it that ex here marry for wealt) why shouldn‘t these fall in love with each has everything in the girable except money Their fortune is made other." ies t hok ECCC "Happy pair!" said Leonora, in a sAtâ€" castic voice, in the darknese. "Ien‘t it stifiing in this hole, Aunt West? Lot us go. They went back quietly to the little a‘tâ€" un;room again. ; "Well, how did you enjoy it, Leonora?". aaked her aunt. "Oh! very much," said the girl. "I‘m glad. Somehow, I thought . you didn‘t," vaguely. ‘"They are going to dance this evening. I can manage for you to see it, if you like to do so. Should you, Leonora?" "Oh! very much," said the girl again. CHAPTER XXIL It was a beautiful night, bright with moonlight and starlight, and sweet with balmy air and the breath of fragrant flowers. Leonora eat at the window and @ilently drank in the sweet influences of the balmy night. She would have â€" liked to go out, but she did not suggest it, for fear of shocking her aunt. "Are there any old ruins about _ here, Aunt West. and any pretty scenery?" she She looks like a witch, auntio, dear "Are there any old ruins DONY, TLX Aunt Weet, and any pretty scenery?" she inquired, presently. "Oh, yes; there are the old Abbey ruina about two miles from here. They aro very pretty and picturesque. Artists EO there to eketch, and picnic parties to frolic. Devonshire is a very .Preuy place, anyhow. A great many peop‘:e come here to make pictures." "8o I have heard," said Leonora. "May 1 go there come Cayâ€"to the Abbey, 1 meanâ€"and make a picture, Aunt West?" "You, child? Can you @eketch ?" "A little," demurely. "Indeed I have some talent for it. I have drawn some little things good enough to sell." C _ Nlyt Clutsk tha honge Soune ERRCTe MOT O SMMe NO ce little things good enough to sell." "Can you, really?" cried the house keeper, in eunprice. "Â¥os3. indeed," said Leonora, «miling. "Toâ€"morrow Lâ€"will unpack my trunks and show you some pictures I did last yearâ€" some in California, some in New â€" York State, some . in Virginia, and some in Weet Virginia." "All those places?" said _ Mre. West. "Why, my dear, you must have traveled a great deal." "I have," Leonora answered, carelesaly. "But could poor Dickâ€"could your papa ::ord it?" inquired Mre. West, bowilderâ€" e en se rgee CY PR Y .000 ed. "Sometimesâ€"whenever he found a large gold nuggetâ€"he could," eaid Leonora. "We always had a litt‘e trip «omewhere then. Papa was very fond of traveling." "It must have cost A great deal of money andâ€"werer‘t . you afraid, _ my doar? I have heardâ€"at least I have read â€"that_ there are many Indians in . Virâ€" ginia." "Oh, my dear aunt!‘ cried Leonora, amazed at such ‘lamentable ignorance ; then, in a moment, whe added, kindly : "That was a great many yeare ago, aunt â€"when Christopher Columbus diccovered America. There are not any Indians there now." "Oh!" said Mre West, relieved, and with a sudden overwhelming feeling of denee ignorance, which Leonora saw .80 plainly that ahe turned the eonversation kindly back to ite fimt channe!. "But you haven‘t told me yet, aunt, if I may go and sketch the Abbey ruins. I «uppose they are out of Lady Lancaster‘a jur‘ediction," disdainfully. "Thay are not, child, for they belong to @200s ND i2 Pvint +hare jurnsoeton. . COPMILY (Baz "Thay are not, child, for they belong to Lord Lancaster; but I don‘t think there can be any: objection. She never goés there berself," said Mre. Weat. "Then I shall go there some day and get a picture. Perhaps it may be good enough to sell. I‘m going to try to help su?or'. myself, Aunt West." "FYou need not, my dear, for‘ I have LE 2LE aw : WA eavings enough f« welcome to your soul, kindly. . BUWts METNCTC "I ghall not touch a penny. I sM34" sell picturcs enonih to buy my dresses," said Leonora, with a confident air. "They will have to be very good ones, dear,"_ dubiously. i“l ehall try to make them e0," laughâ€" ng. At that moment a burat of music ewellâ€" ed upon the airâ€"one of_ Strausa‘s most ed uPO® 559 o mosa â€" Leonora‘s â€" hoart Pm oo ed upon the airâ€"one oi SUaUESE CUUI intoxicating waltzes. _ Leonora‘s heart thr&lled to the sound. "How delicious!" ahe cried. "It is the band. The dance has begun," cried Mra. Weet. "Come, Leonora, yOu shall have a‘goep at it." ar~> from the shelter of another . hot hid in the closet to steal preâ€" PRUEITR TOCCCC . my dear, for I have for us both, and you Ato r ehare," said the good added, kindly: yeare ago, aunt ibus diccovered any _ Indians Lord She a new 1 shall chinaâ€"closet, I hope," said the gir‘, laughâ€" ing. "I am afraid of the cobwebs and SRC â€"SDEEORH: ~ .000 000. 020R T 12 sant L ce in it EOm EPmdE "We will find a better place this time. Put something over your head, Leonora; we chall have to go outâ€"doors, and the dew is heavy." _ L ob e Leonora wound a dark veil turban faghion about her hfad. ‘"Now?" ehe auid. "Yes that will do; come on," Mre. West re'.glied. hey went on‘a little balcony shroudâ€" ed in vines, from which they would peep unobserved through an undraped winâ€" dow into the brightly lighted ballâ€"room. ‘"Perhaps this will not do any | better than the chinaâ€"closet, after all," said Mrs. West, dubiously. ‘"These vines are so thick, there may be bugs and spidere in them, ‘oq'"-‘ & «0 o Accume 04 ET ETTE CCC Leonora, ehuddering, exclaimed, "Ugh! 1 can feel them creepiug now!" and then declared that she would stay ten minâ€" utes, anyhow. o acs â€""Tan‘t it a. 'preuy gight? Did you ever «ee anything so pretty, my love?" . exâ€" claimed Mrs. West, proudly. . CHAPTER XXIIL It was a pretty ecene. The long ballâ€" room was draped in roseate colors and decorated with flowers. The walls were exquisitely painted in appropriate fAgâ€" ures, and the waxed oaken floor shone 60 bright that it reflected the figures of the men and women who whirled around it in the sensuous â€"measures of the gay walts. "Did you ever see anything so pretty ?" ropeated Mre. West, with a certain pride in this grand o‘d family whom she seryâ€" ed{ and her niece anewered, imperturâ€" whly : good soul, incredulously pMD PW NC C Lanlr "In New York," replied the firl. "I was at a ball there last winter. It was very grandâ€"much grander than this." D 1 1 o Wl vicwad ba â€" maze Eooo es IRC CR o ue Nevertheless. she continued to gaze with a great deal of interest at the nnim-l ated scene. There were more than & dozen couples upon the floor, the beautiâ€" ful, richly dressed women and â€" blackâ€" coated men showing to their greatest adâ€" vantage in the gay audience. Leonora saw Lord Lancaster‘s tall, eplendid figure among them. He had Lady Adela Eastâ€" wood for a partner. His arm was claspâ€" ed lightly about her tall, slender form ; her dark, brilliant face drooped toward his shoulder with rather a languishing wir. "Lady Adela is Lord Lancaster‘s partâ€" ner," whispered the housekeeper. "Aren‘t they a wellâ€"matched pair? He is so fair, she is so dark, they go well together." "Vory well," said Leonora, She watch: ed the two figures admiringly, _ and thought how exquisitely the light of the lampe shone down on Lady Adela‘s ruby wilk and her fashing diamonds. The black hair bound into & braided coronet on the top of the graceful head contractâ€" ed well with the fair locks that crowned Lord Lancaster‘s brow. 5 "Yes, they go well together," she said to herself. "Will expediency and inclinâ€" ation go hand in hand ? Will he marry her?" uzk L onE Li es > . M Gammataang * BENSON‘S "Lady Adela has eupor? said the housekeeper, in her per. "Yesa, they are very nice," é "But I have a friend who finer ones. Her father gaye for a birthday precent. Th thoueand dollare." _ _ . ner? "Lady Adela has euporh diamonds," said the housekeeper, in her ehrill whis per. "Yes, they are very nice," eaid Leonora. "But I have a friend who has . much finer ones. Her father gaye them to her for a birthday precent. They cost fifty thoueand dollars." "What an odd girl! She is not one bit astonished at the eplendor of anything she eses. She has seen & great deal of the world, really, and America must be a much finer place than I ever thought it," mused Mre. Weset to herself. ‘‘There, the walts is Over, Aunt Weat," whigpered the girl, clinging to her arm. ‘Hadn‘t we better g0 now? Rome one may come out here." "Yes, if you have seen onough â€" have you?" Mrs. Weet replied, an Leonora anewered : "Â¥es, quite enough, thank you. I do not like to look at such gayety. and my dear papa 80 lately dead. Oh, Aunt Weet, please let us walk out in the air awhile. It is so warm here, and . these vines are full of epiders and cobwebs, just like that chinaâ€"closet." M« ha aantinued.) Most people are so sparing of the use of languages other than their own that they have little idea that there are more than four thousand languages in the world. There are #ix languages common in Austriaâ€" Hungary, and Emperor Franz Joâ€" seph is master of them all. It is said that there are sixty vocabuâ€" laries in Brazil. In Mexico the Nahua is spoken in sevenm hundred dialects. There are hundreds in Borneo, while in Australia there is no classifying the complexities. According to the latest statistics, English is at present spoken by 130,000,000, German by 1'90,000‘:0(39, Russian by 70,000,000, Prencan D) 40,000,000 and Italian by 30,000, 000. Spanish is spoken by 40,000, 000 and it is constantly on the in crease owing to the increase in com merce in Spain His Son‘s Father. At a very fashionable and equalâ€" ly expensive tailor shop about town a certain middleâ€"aged, oucâ€"ofâ€"town customer discovered that he lacked sufficieat change to PAY for his humble purchaseâ€"A pair of gray gloves. _ Â¥ w a% M pete d i99 + ow ) ol . T CB. You â€"have? Where?" whispered . the wiGH THC. "What was the name!?‘"‘ demandâ€" ed the rather displeased tailor in peremptory manner. He was told the name and adâ€" dress. "Oh, that‘s all right, sir,‘"‘ exâ€" claimed the tailor, now beaming with exaggerated. affabihty. ‘‘Your «on trades here.‘"‘ eR it "May I charge them! "I find 1 haven‘t my with me."‘ "What was the name son More Would Try Again. "So you are a believer in the ‘Back to the Farm‘ idea, are you * "Yep. I got my first wife there."‘ The turquoise, formerly known as Turkey stone, derives its name from the fact that the first speciâ€" mens were introduced â€" through Turkey. Century of Quality is behind every package of * Hns Don‘t Spare Words. d PR Ds (‘To be continued.) 70,000,000, French by Starch Always order by the name in order to get what you want BENSON‘S Practically every grocer in Canada g:cer in Canada BENSON‘S. m ?"‘ â€"he asked. my â€" checkbook tom A wounded Serbian soldier attacked by typhus fever and unable to proceed further on his journey. This is not an unusual sight under the existing circumstances in Serbia. Cream Pie.â€"One cup sweet milk, one heaping teaspoon cornstarch, three tablespoons sugar. Let boil until thick, then add one tableâ€" spoon vanilla. Have a baked crust ready to receive the above mixture over which lightly spread the stiff ly beaten white of one egg and two tablespoons of sugar. Set back in oven to brown. Mock Cherry Pie.â€"One cup of‘ cranberries, twoâ€"thirds cup raisâ€" ins, twoâ€"thirds cup sugar, half cup water, one tablespoon flour, one teaspoon â€"vanilla. Mix well and bake between two crusts. Chocolate Pie.â€"One cup sweet milk, half cup sugar, quarter cup butter, two tablespoons grated chocolate, one tablespoon flour and one of vanilla. Put milk and sugar on to boil, beat one egg well, add a little cold milk and the_ flour ; beat to smooth paste, and add to milk, stirring constantly. Add butâ€" ter and chocolate melted together and boil all a few minutes, beat to smooth paste and ?ll baked crust. Gover with whipped cream or white EC CHBt: Lemon â€" Cocoanut Pie.â€"To one cup sugar add the grated rind and juice of one lemon, one °eg§ well beaten, a good tablespoon of flour, one cup of water and half a cup of cocoanut (shredded). Line a pic tin with rich crust, pour in the mixture and bake. Butter Scotch Pie.â€"Make a rich erust and bake. Fill with the folâ€" lowing: To one cup light brown sugar melted over the fire, add & large tablespoon butter and cook until the sugar is slightly burned, then add one cup milk, and when well blended, the yolks of three eggs, thoroughly beaten. Stir un til thick, and pour into the shell. Beat the whites to a stiff froth, add three tablespoons powdered sugar, and spread on top. Brown in a quick oven. PP & ®oirk Date â€" Pie. â€" One cup _ dates (stoned), oneâ€"fourth cup sugar, one egz, one cup of hot milk, half cup water, one teaspoon lemon juice. Add the sugar and water to the dates and cook over a slow fire unâ€" til half done, remove and add fillâ€" ing and put back to finish baking. Banana Pie. â€" When fruit is scarce I make pie by baking an unâ€" dercrust, and in this slice a banaâ€" na; then cook one large cup of milk, oneâ€"third cup of sugar, , 4 pinch of salt, a little butter and thicken with flour or_ cornstarch. When done flavor with vanilla, stir in beaten yolk of .egg, and pour over bananas, in crust. Beat white of egg, sweeten and spread on ton, and brown. Pieplant and Strawherry Pic. â€" Line the pie plate with dough, put in good layer of pieplant, cut into cubes, then half a cup of fresh strawberries, or half a cup of canâ€" ned berries. Mix one cup sugar and one tablespoor flour together, turn over the fruit, cover with upâ€" per crust and place in hot oven for 10 minutes, then reduce the temâ€" perature and finish baking. Avoid boiling the contenmts of a pie. as this is the reason that so many boil over or run out at the side. Custard Pieg.â€"1. Plain Custard â€"Beat togather until very light the volks of four eggs and four tablespoons sugar. flavor with autâ€" meg or vanilla; then add the four beaten whites, a pinch of salt, and lastly a quart of sweet milk. Mix well and pour into tins lined with paste. ~Bake until firm, in a modâ€" erate oven. » 2. Chocolate Custard Pie.â€"put some grated chocolate into a sauceâ€" pan and place on the back of the stove and let melt (do not add any water to it), beat one egg and some sugar in it; when melted, spread this on top of the a.b‘(we _ . 3 ®I mqronl Ruc Cb ks custard pie. Lovers of chocoimte will like this. 3. Peach of Custard Pie.â€"Use either fresh or canned peaches. Chop peaches without juice and add to a plain custard. _ : ‘l}’dgw é';lu;-t;r;imlv"ie.â€"'l'hree figa soaked overâ€"night in water, then boiled until tender, after which About the Household Pie Recipes. A Sideâ€"Tragedy of the War in Serbia. gm of they should be chopped until fine. Add chopped figs to plain oustard, Apricot . Pie.â€"Stew apricots .unâ€" til tender, sweeten to taste . and add beaten yolk of one egg. Fill orust and bake. When cool cover with a meringue made of the beatâ€" en white of the egg, sweetened with one tablespoon of sugar. Set in oven until browned. Or cover the pie with crissâ€"cross strips of pasâ€" try when the pie is first put into the oven. and bake When steaming potatoes put & cloth over them before putting the lid on. They will take much less time to cook, and be much more mealy than when done in the orâ€" dinary way o 0h & j |\ To remove grease stains from {wallâ€"pa,per mix with water to the | consistency of cream,. spread over ]t'he marks, allow to remain for two \days, then remove with a stiff |brush, and the stains will have disâ€" | appeared. M io un Ad C A piece of white oileloth placed at the foot of dark stairs will warn those who are descending that the last stair is reached, and thus save an unpleasant fall or jar to the system. Before using a new saucepan add a lump of soda and some potato peelings and let it boil for some hours. Then wash out thoroughly, and all danger from poisoning from the tin lining will be gone. When lemons are hard cover them with boiling water and stand them aside to cool. They will then appear fresh and full of juice. Neither will the juice seem in the least diluted by any water absorbâ€" ed The following is a light cheese pudding, much more easily digestâ€" ed than plain toasted cheese, which was at one time a favorite with many, eaten with oatmeal cake or toasted bread :â€"Cut up the cheese into small pieces and place in A saucepan. Mix two tablspoons of corn flour in a breakfast cupful of milk and pour into the saucepan. Allow to boil for a few minutes. Take off the pan and add a wellâ€" beaten eag. The frequent variations of temâ€" perature during the spring makes it highly dangerous to change chilâ€" dren‘s clothing too hurriedly. |It is a mistake, immediately a hot day comes, to pack away the warm "woollen‘"‘ and take out the lighter summer clothes. Many a serious cough and illness has been the reâ€" sult of this premature change. The alteration from winter clothing should be gradual. _ Wool should always be worn next to the skin, as this protects the child from sudâ€" den chills, and a thick vest is neâ€" cessary until the weather is quite warm and summerike. The middle verse of the Bible is the eighth verse of Psalim exviii. Hints for the Home. [ L994 . _ 1915 o Old Suge loak W *J) c i o I Original @qpoith, Packages Hatching chicks for cat food is unprofitaible practice, â€" especially when it is the neighbor‘s cat that derives the benefit. Already the sad taile is being recited of how the pride and joy of the hennery has disappeared over the back fence in the maw of a thriving feline. Makâ€" ing the chick run catproof after the chick is gone won‘t restore the lost one, but it will prevent similar disaster to the rest of the brood. Inch mesh poultry netting is & little more expensive than the largâ€" er mesh kind, but it is well worth the difference, especially for use to restrain the wanderings of the baibies. It is remarkable how small a hole the little fellows will squeeze through and how they will manage to gain the top of a skirt board set to prevent their exit. Small mesh wire well fastened at all joinings, and especially at the ground line, will prevent baby chicks from wanâ€" dering into the danger zone. Wirâ€" ing over the top ‘of their play grounds will prevent cats from getâ€" ting in by the air route. The chick that is worth hatching out is worth protecting afterwards. _ Carelessâ€" ness in this respect is the cause of serious loss to many poultry breedâ€" ers who haven‘t the excuse of not knowing better. _ sA Though the pesky cat claims large toll each season, it is possible that the enemies within do even more damage. These are lice, mites and uncleanliness in the brooder eoops. It is much more ‘humane to let the chicks roam at large even if they do fali a prey to maundering cats than to coop them up in dirty, pestâ€"infested quarters. *"*> Clean, roomy coops should be provided for each brood of hen hateched chicks. It: is & vicious thing to cram a hen. into a small slatted box and all in a coop. While it is not advisable to let the hen wander about with her very young chicks, she should be made as comâ€" fortable as possible in a roomy, airy, dry coop with slatted front so that the caicks may run in and out at their own sweet will, A wired run should be provided in front of the coop so that the chicks won‘t wander into danger. Occaâ€" sionally the hen should be given her freedom so that she may dust Ihorself and do a bit of scratching. Cleanliness should be the watchâ€" word in regard to the coop and its surroundings. â€"Frequent spraying of the inside of the coop with disâ€" infectant â€" siould be practiced, while the floor should be frequentâ€" ly cleaned. Clean earth scattered over the floor will not only render the dropping less objectionable, ut will make cleaning much more easily done. A wellâ€"built coop will do service for years; makeâ€"shifts are an eyeâ€" sore from the start, and cost more through loss of chicks than would pay for the proper article. Get the coops and everything else, drinking fonts, feed troughs, etc., in shape before the family arrive, and then there will be few costly mistakes or negligences to answer for. Agriculture estimates a total loss of nearly 8 per cent. of the eggs marketed. In a recent bulletin the department attributes this great loss as due largely to improper handling between the farm and the: market. â€" Most farmers look upon eggs as a byâ€"product, and the reâ€" turns as so much clear gain. _ The hens forage for a living, eggs are gathered when convenient and kept almost anywhere. With such carelessness and a combination of mongrel stock, dirty nests, stolen nests of broody hens, unconfined males, late maturing pullets and other undesirable conditions, it is no wonder that the product inâ€" cludes such a high percentage of small, cracked, dirty, stale, heated and even rotten eggs. TARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Occasionally the abcumulations of all these kinds are taken to the country merchants and exchanged for merchandise. _ The merchant usually buys these eggs ‘"‘case count,‘‘ paying the same price for all kinds and sizes, provided they Marketing the Egg Crop. The United States Department of 2â€"1b. and 5â€"1b. Sealed Cartons. 10, 20, 50 and 100â€"lb. Cloth Bags. "Canada‘s favorite Sugar _ CANADA SUGAR REFINING CO., LIM! F% lutely pure, and as clean as when it left the refinery, you can depend on getting it in for three Generations" @\| . "Wormy," that‘s what‘s the matter of ‘em. Stomach and Z intestinal worms. Nearly as bad as distemper. Cost you | too much to feed ‘¢m. Look badâ€"are bad. Don‘t physic ‘em <I1 to death. Spohn‘s Cure will remove the worms, improve the P appetite, and tone ‘em up aill round, and don‘t "physic." 4 Aots on th.ndn and blood. Full directions with each botte, and sold by all druggiets. SPOHN MEDICAL CO., Chemists., Coshen, ind., U.6.A ou want sugar that i WORMS are eggs with an unbrok Bmall production results or infrequent shipments. Many of these losses can be pre vented by : & ir.-SVel;:;ting pure breeds that lay more and larger eggs, such as white leghorns, wyandottes, _ plymouth e; G;\-r;ng better care, food and shelter, with dry, clean, verminâ€" proof nests. f s 3. Confining males except . in breeding season. 4. Collecting eggs frequently, especially in hot or muggy weather. 5. Btoring eggs in a dry, clean, cool place. 6. Using small and dirty eggs at 7. Marketing {frequently, _ with protection at all times from heat. 8. Belling for cash on a basis of size and quality, "loss off"" instead of "case count." 9. Using an attractive package. 10. Combining shipments as ® matter of economy. Do you wish the world were better t Let me tell you what to do. Set a watch upon. your actions, keep them always straight and true ; Rid your mind of selfish notions, let your thoughts be clean and high. You can make a little Eden of the Do you wish the world were wiser 1 Well, suppose you make a start By accumulating wisdom in the scrapâ€"book of your heart. Do not waste one page on folly ; live to learn and learn to live. If you want to give men knowledgs you must get it ere you give. Do you wish the world were happy 1 Then remember day by day Just to scatter seeds of kindness as you pass"along the way ; For the pleasure of the many may be oftâ€"times traced to one. As the hand that plants the acorn shelters armies from the sun. Eliza Wheeler Wileox. Not a few architects are recomâ€" mending that houses and apartâ€" ment buildings be made of glass bricks. They want glass instead of brick or stone because it gives more light and is easily kept clccn‘. The size “-"I:t'ney should be made of pleasing color tints and be impervious to the weather. They can be worked in between â€" pilasters, â€" domes â€" and friezes. Bet under the veranda this glass should have a smooth upper side with prisms on the lower face that would direct plenty of light into the rooms. The French Ministry of Marine has had submitted for consideration a new projectileâ€"a cross between & torpedo and a shell. _ Gliding across the water like a flat pobble, it is said to have a range of ten miles. It contains a charge «uftiâ€" cient to destroy dreadnoughts or a breakwater, and can be fired either from a torpedo tube or a twelveâ€" inch guns. The mathod of firing is gimple. It can be effected from a conning tower without the use of a telemeter. Its value as an effec tive agent in war remains to be demonstrated. , Rhode Island reds, orpingâ€" sphere you occupy blocks should be made of good Planning a New Project! Fulfilling a Wish. Glass Houses. an unbroken shell 123 in â€"small (tup | $ #4% ts