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SIR GUY'S WARD. A T11UILLIN<; STORY OP LOVE ANI> AT>\ KMI Kl gracious of all things, a he.iutifnl and lov able old lady. Why Mr. t i.eviey had chosen so young a man to look aflei his daughter's mten it must forever remain a myntery, perhaps IM-C.IIISK he hap|>eiied to lie I in- oldest sun of his oldest frieml. long nine dead. Sir 4 iuy accepted ths charge because he ihought il uncivil to refuse, and cruelly lx>cause he be- lieved it likely Mis* C'heiuey would marry before her father's death. Hut event* prov- ed the falU -y of human thought. When Archibald Chesney'* demise appeared in the "Tunes" Sir (iuy made a lit I U- liter ami took meekly a good deal of "charting" at hii broth- er's hands; while Lady Chesney sat down and, with a faiul sinkingal her heart, wrote a kindly Idler lo ihe orphan, offering her a bom* al Chelwoode. To Ihi* teller Lilian bail sent a polite i eply, thanking "dear Lady Chetwuode" for her kindness, and lell.ng her she had no intention ot quilling the face and the gay song thai tremble* uu htr Park ju*t at present. Later on she would i U U'lKUI. " Home Sweet Home" lil'l KniiH^h s'onp. Duwn the l >n,ad oak slaircase. through t he s ilen I hall into the drawing roein runs Lilian, singing ai sin- goes. The. room in ileserteil ; through the half- dose 1 Mind* the ghvl sunshine i- rushing, turning lo fM all n whi<-h it* sutt touch linger*, and rendering the Urge, dull, hand- come apartment almo*', comfortable . Outside everything 11 bright, ami warm, and genial, a* should be in the heart of sum- mer ; within there it only gl.om, and Lilian clad in her mourning robes. The contract u dispiriting : there life, here death, or at least Uij knowledge of it. There joy, here the ngu anil tripping" of woe. The black grown and funereal trimmings hardly harnu m/e with the girl'i nower-like not grudge me one or two apartment*. The left wiiig, for instance." " Lilian," says Miss Cheiney, rising from her chsir, " how old are you ! I* it possible that itt eighteen you have yet to learn the meaning of the word 'propriety'? You a young girl to remain here alone with a young man !" "lie need never see me," say* Lilian, quit'' unmoved by ibis burst of eloquence. "I should take very ijood caie of tliat, a* I kn" I shall detest him." "1 dilute to listen to you," says Mis* I'rmoilla, raising her hands to her ears. "S o.i must lie lost to all sense of decorum even to imagine such a thing. You and be in one house, how should you avoid meet- ing ?" "Well, even if we did meet, "say* Lilian, with L (mall rippling laugh impossible to quell, "I dare lay he wouldn't bite me." "No, sternly, "he would probably do worse. He would make love to you. Some instinct warn* me," say* Miss I'riscilla, with the liveliest horror, gazing upon the exquisite, glowing face before her, "that within live days he would be making violent love lo you. " "You strengthen my desire lo Hay," say* Lilian, somewhat frivolously. "I should so like to say 'No' to him!" "Lilian, you make me shudder," says Miss I'm ills, earnestly. "When I was your age, even younger, 1 had a full sense of the horror of allowing any man to men- tion my name lightly. I kept all men at ami's length. I suffered no jesting or fool- uh talking from them. And mark the re- sult, "says MissChesney with pride. "I defy any one to say a word of me but what is admirable ai.d replete wilh modest v." "l)id any one ever propose to you, untie?" asks Miss Lilian, with a naughty laugh. "Certainly. I had many offers, replies Mia* Priscilla, promptly, -which is one of the few lie* she allow* herself : "I wa* persecuted by suitor* in my younger day* ; but 1 refused them all. And if you will lake my advice, Lilian," *ay* this virgin, with much solemnity, "you will never, never pul yourself into the clutches of a man." She niters this last word as though he woul 1 have said a tiger, or a *erpent, or anything el*e ruthless and bloodlhusly. worlhy of a beller cause. His library wa* but not Isan. She is wilful, quick U-mper "But all tbi* i* beside the question." virtually his home; he had neither affec .-d. and impetuous, but large-hearted and , "" ' r tn< T' . "'* . Llh "' demure| y- two. nor desires beyond. Devolmg himself i lovable. There i. a certain haughtiness Bt. suddenly bnghten.ng. "Hetween my curiously but dismal dreaming I ait. night I Ihought of another plan." "Another ! " wilb open dismay. "Yes," triumphantly, "it occurred to me that Ihts bugbear my cousm mighl go abroad again. Like t he Wandering .lew, he i* always travelling ; and who knows but he may take a fancy to visit the South Pule, or discover the Northwestern Passage lip*. Hut, alu ! hew hort a Mine doe* our firt keen aorrow last ' how *wiftly are our dead forgotten '. how seldom does grief kill ! When eight Ion* month* b Bo wo by across her father's grave Lilian finds, some- times to her dismay, tliat the hour* ah* grieves for him form bui a abort part of her day. Not that her sorrow for him, even at it* frnheit, wa* very -teen : it was of I lie *ub- due.l and horntieil rather than (lie passion- to, despairing kind. And though in truth be mourned and wept for him until her be only too happy to accept, etc., etc. Now, however, standing in her own drawing room, Lilian feels, with a pang, the game i* almoit played onl ; *he musl leave. Aunl Priscilla's arguments, ddejtalde ihough ihev be, are unhappily quite unanswerable. To her own heart ahs confesses this much, and the little gay French song die* on htr lips, and the sm le fades from her eyes, and a very dejected and fui lorn expression come* and grows upon her pretty face. It is more than pretty, it i* lovely, tbe turning on her chair to regard her aunt with an expression of the keenest reproach, " how I wish you had not called them a ' well-reg ulatcd family '.' " (TO UK pretty eyes could hold no louger tears, still fair, sweet childish face, framed in by it* there was a mildness about her grief more , yellow hair ; her grr.it velvely eyes, now suggestive of lender melancholy luan any misty through vain longing, are blue as the very poignant anguish. j skie* above her ; her now is pureli-erk; From lu-r the dead father could scarcely j tier forehead low, bi.t broad, i* partly be more separated than had been the living. shroud-d by lit lie wsudermg thread* of fiaturally of a rather sedentary disposition, ' gold that every now and Iheii break loose Archibald Chesuey, on the death of the wife from bondage, while her lacbea, long and dark, ourl upward from her eyes, as though whom he adored, had become that mot un- interesting and sellish of all things, a con finned bookworm. Hs went i;i tor study, of azure within. the ahtuse and heavy order, with an ardor _ Hhe U not tall, and she is very slender, hating to conceal the beauty of th exquisite lov able. There i* a exclusively to Ins books, he suffered them ' about her thai contrasts to take entire possession of what he called 'pleasantly with her youthful expression and his heart. utugluug kissabl* mouth. She is straight At limes healisnlulely forgot thsexlsUnoe | and lissome as a young ash tree ; her hands of bis little three year old daughter ; and if and feet are small and well shaped; in a - word, she is ./...- from the crown of her fair head down to her little arched instep. Just now, perhaps, as shs bears ibe hon ever the remembrance of her did iross bis mind it wa* but to think of htr as an incu- bus, as another tnistoituue heaped upon his luckless shoulders, and to wonder, with atigh, what h* wa* to du with her m the future. The chill deprived of atender mother at *o early an age, was Hung, therefore, upon the tender mercies of her nurse*, who alternately petted and injudiciously reproved her, un- till at length the bade fair Ui be as utterly polled as a child can be. She had one roiupanioi., a boy cousin about a year older than herself. He too HOUSEHOLD. Oirli Shoal I Learn to Hook ( -iris shoul 1 learn to cook. They should take good instructive leasons from their mothers, granlmuihem. or some* other rela- tive ho knows *o well how to make those and digestable chicken pies, apple uats, codristi lulls, etc., which tempt the palate and set well on the stomach. In fact it u a matter of effrontery on the part ol a girl to marry a man and take charge of lu house and kitchen and be ignorant of the culinary art. Why there areaomeg'rls who cannot even cook a beef steak *o thai il will )>e palat- able. The mere aclion of throwing il into a frying pan and lotting it nz/le till it be- comes iirown does not cook it. It requires some nkill in its preparation and luporin- tendency while it is cooking to make it so that it can be eaten with a relish. This skill however is obtained by practic and too many girls begin to practice, alter they are mar'ieil and the poor man who has sworn to lovo and protect them, throngh the anguish ol dyspepsia aud indigestion is apt to forge>t his vows. The fact is that men do not think enough of this. Most men marry without giving the woman's ability tooook a meal, a single thought. However for tVus short sightedue** he often pays the penalty. His health, cheer- fulness ai H -'iocess in life largely depend upon the- ood M eat* and the whole house- li4J is i . i. j -c.i by the diet. It is no. uilon that women become pale and sickly through .housework if a reason- able amount of out door walks and exercise is taken. It is sedentary habits, over heat- ed room*, bad cooking and illy chosen food that brinpt on disease. So do not be afraid, .-iris, that you will get sick learning to cook, bat try to emulate our mothers who prided themselves! on their housework and edible food. Breakfast in the Nursery. The change from milk diet to solid food for an infant must be very gradual, and should be carefully studied. Kor break fast, at seven o'clock, the fol- lowing diet i* recommended by eminent si/ecialisls for children. One or two rune of warm milk, a slice ol well-baked bread one day old, good butler, and a lightly boiled egg, or one of the cere- est sound of her aunt '. footstep m the hall, I'*. or ducovrr ihe <K- -- ' asl.ghtpoutUke. po .onof I.er l,p, r go with. Jules V.rnet, lh. centre of the UI..O.U el "' lip< and a flickering frown adorn* her brow. Aunl I'riKilla i* coming and Aunt Priacilla bring- victory in her Irani, and 1 1 is not every ouecauaocepl defeal with grace. She hastily pulls up one of the blinds : ami a] old .Nil** Chesncy opens the door and advances up lo tbe room, young Miss dies ney rslher turns her shoulder lo her aud s'ares moodily oul of the window Hut was lonely and orphaned, so that the two | Aunt I'riscilla is not to be datiutrd. children, making common cau*e, clung j " We I, Lilian," she says, in a hopeful closely to each other, snd shared, l-oth in ! tone, and with an amount of faith adniir- mfaucv and in early youth, their joys and ' able under th- circumstances, " I trust yon sorrow*. 'Ibe Park had bven the boy's have been thinking il over favorably, and home ever since his parents' death, Mr. that ' Chenney accepting him as hi* ward, but "Thinking what over 1 " askii Lilian; never afterwards Iroubling himself nlx/ul his which interruption is a mean nuuterfuue. welfare. Indeed, he had no objeclion what " And tost ihe night tut* induced you ever lo fill the Park with relations. > long to see your situation in it* proper li^bt. " a* they left him undisturbed lo follow his " You speak a* though I were the under- own devices, housemaid," says Lilian, wilh a faint sense Nol lhat the education of the** children of humor. "And yet the word suits in*. was neglected. They had all tuition that Surely t her* never yet was such a situation was necessary ; snd Lilian, having a talent ' us mine. I wish my horrid cousin had I wen for music, learned to sing and play the piano drowned in No, Aunt I'nsiilla.theuight very charmingly. She < oul. I ri.'e, too, and has not reformed me. On the contrary, it sit her horse n mrri-rMr, and bad a passion I ha* demoralised me, through a dream. 1 lor reading, perhap* inherited. Bui, as | dreamt I went to Chelwoode, and, lo the novels were her principal liura'ure, and a* be had no one to regulate her choice of I hem, it is a mailer ot opinion whether i>he ilenved much benefit from them. At leait he received lit lit- barm, as al seventeen ihe wa* a* fresh-minde-i and pure-hearted a child as one might cars lo know. The Coniy, knowing her to he an heir- ess, though not a large one. called sys- tei.alically on her every thre* months. Twice the had been taken to a ball by an enterprising molbcr cilh a large family of unpromising son*. Bui a* she reached her eighteenth year her father died, and her old home, the Park, being strictly entailed on lieirs male, passed from her into the hands of a distant cousin utterly uuknnwn. Thi* young man, another Aroiuhatd Chesney, Was abroetd al Ibe lime of hii kinsman's very n'rsi night I slept beneath its roof tho ceiling in my room gave way, and, falling, crushed me lo fine powder. After such a ghaslly warning do yon still advise me lo pack up and I..- oil If you do," say* Lilian, solemnly, " my blood he ou your head." " lireams go by contraries, " quotes. Mis* Priscilla, *eiitenliou*ly. " I don't believs in them. Itesides, from all I have heal 1 of the ( 'hetwoodiM lliey are far loo well regnlal- ed a family to have nylbing amiss with their Tiling)." " Oh, h.iw yon do add fuel to the lire that is eoiKninii'g me !" exclaim* Lilian, with a groan. " A well regulated family ! -whu can I* more awful? Kvsrsinc'e I haveleen old enough to reason I have looked wilh righteiui horror upon a well-regulated earth? If *o why (hould not I remain here and keep bouse fur him? What can he simpler :" "Nothing,' tritely "but unfortunate- ly be i* not going abroad again " "No ' How do you know thst ?" "Through Mr. Shrude, tho solicitor." "Aa ' ' said Lilian, in a despairing 'one, "how unhappy I am ! Though I might have known that wretched young To boil an egg to suit a child's digestion, it must be put 0:1 in cold water and taken . off a* soon as the water boils. The yolks of one or two, twice a week, should be the allowance. Oatmeal or wheat should be used alter- nately upon the other days. A preparation of oatmeal is now manu- factured that IK without husks, and it i* , | desirable for very young children. nave auowii mv WHH^-MWI JVMUK , . - - , , , , would be the 10. to do what is his palpable j " however It cannot be obtained, th. Lilians head ! "rdiusry kind must be strained fter Iwil- duty." There i* a pa dealh, in Kgypt, or Hong- Kong, or. lamai j family. Aunt I'riscilla, if you don't change ea, no one exactly kn*wwliich until aflcr I your lune I vow ami protest 1 shall de ids nu b search he w* Im illy discovered to be <u Halifax. r'ruin tlience h* had written to the effect that, as he probably should not return lo his native laud for another six months, he hoped his cousin (if it pluaaed lier) would eontiouu to loaiiie at the I'ark --where all Ibe old servant* were to be kept on until bis return. upon rrmaingbeie until my cousin takes me by the shoulders and places ms upon th* gravel outside." "1 thought, Lilian," lays licra'inl, sev- erely, " you promised me yesterday lo t hink seriously of what I have now been saying to you fur a whole week without cesas lion " " Well, so I am thinking.' wilh a sigh. It did please his cousin; and in her old | " II is the an, cunt of thinking I havo been home she still reined as queen, until after j doing for a whole week wit lion' eighi months she received a letter from Ic-i nil. ei's lawyer warning l.-i of Archibald 1 .ley's actual arrival in Lomlon. 'lni> letter failed in its object. Lilian either would not or could not bring herself to name Ibe day lhal should part her for- ever fiom till the old ban u Is and pleasant nooks she loved so well. She was not brave enough to take "Hradhaw ' aud look up the. rliest tram that ought to convey her away lhal is gradually turning my hair gray." "U would be all very well," aays Mils Prixcilla, impatiently, "if I could remain with you : bill 1 canuot. I must return to my duties. " These duties consisted of per- secuting poor little children every Sunday by compelling them to attend her Scriptural clasa (to she called il ) aud anawei such questions fiom the Old Testament a* would urivs any experienced divinity Hlu from the Park. Indeed, HO utterly wanting dent out ofliU mind ; mid^on weekday* of in decency and dec.oi uni did she appear al this particular epoch other existence lhal the heart of her only aunl-lier falher'i aisler van stirred lo its depths. So much aothat, aflei mature delilwraliou (for old people as wsll a* great one* mi veil alow- ly :. s'i'i finally packed up the venerable hair trunk that had en tbe riso ami fall of several monarch*, and maroheil all the way from Ktliubiirgh to tins Midland English hire, to try what firm expostulation could ilo in the mailer of bringing her niece losee the error of her ways. I'or a whole week il did very In Lie. Lilian was indepumltmt in mcru ways than MIC. She bad oousidsrabU spirit and live hundred pounds a year in bur own light. Not only <li>l she objecl lo leave the I'ark, but she rejj.irded wilb horror the prospect of i' .ing tnrcsii'e with tho|<iisr<ii..nsap|)oinl- ed l>< ' lhat tins idea need have tilled mi with dismay. SiM- "de, Inn actual guardun, causing much sorrow (aud more bad Ian- guagvi to lie disseminate. I among the women of the- distil. I by reason of her lectures ou th-ir dirt. "And your cousin is in London, and naturally will wish lo take possession in person." " How I wish poor papa hail left the Park to me !" says Lilian, discontentedly, and somewhat irrelevantly. " My dear child, I have explained to you at le.wt a dozen limes that inch a gift wa* not in his power. Ilgoes that ii the Park- to a male heir, and " " Yes, I know, "petulantly. " Well.lhni, I wish il had been in his power to leav* it tome." " Ar.d how about writing to Lady (,'h.t- wnode ?" says Aunt Priscilla, giving up the argument in despi.ir. (-She is a wise woman. "The sooner yon do so, ihe bolter." " I bale strangers," say* Lilian, roonrii- fnlly. "Tli*y make me unhappy. Why caul I reiusui where I ant? (iiorx- 01 sinks upon her hand ; dejection shews itself in every feature. Ske sighs so heavily lhat Mi" I'riscilla's spirits rise and ihe asiures hernelf the game in won. Rash hope. Suddenly Lilian ' countenance clear* : she raise* her head, ami a faint (mile appear* within her eye*. "Aunl Piiscill*. I bav* yel another plan,' she says, cheerfully. "Oh. my dear, 1 do hope not," says poor Mn i ue vie y, almost on the verge of tear*. "Yes. and it emanated from you. Sun- posing I were lo remain here, and he aid Fall in love with me, aud married ine : what then ? Would not that solve the difficulty? Once ihe ceremony was performed he might go prying about all over the known globe for all I should care. I should have my dear I'ark. I declare," say* Lilian, waxing valiant, "hail he but one eye, or did he ap- pear liefore me with a wooden leg (which I i.il.l to \f the mot contemptible of all biugii), nothing should induce i.ie to refuse inn under the . ircumstances. " And are you gome to throw yourself your cousin's generosity and actually ask him to take pity on you and make you ila wife? Lilian, I fancied you bad some >ride,"say* Mis* Chesney, gravely. "So I h..\e. say* Lilian, with a repent- ant ugh. "How I wish I hadn't! No, I suppose it wouldn't do to marry him in that way, no matter how badly I treated hlni ifn-i wards t.> make up for it. Well, my ast hope is dvl. " " And a good thing too. Now, had you not better sit down and write to Lady ('list or your n.iardian naming an early lay for going to them ? Though what your ather coulrf have meanl by selecting so ronng a man *i gus.nl un is more than 1 can magine. " " Itsoaune Us wished me In live will, l.uly :iintw.w>,lo. who was evidently an old (lame t and because Sir (iuy, from all I hear, I* a orl of Admirable Criob ton. something ai >ro*y ai tbs Heir of Itedulyffo. aa dull as Sir Ulalia.l. A goody -goody old young man. r'nr my part, 1 would have perferred a mary Mended gentleman, with just a little pice of wlrkeunesi about him." Lilian, (lim't he ilippant," In a tone of lorror, " I trnmbla when I retted on the langers that mult attend your unbrldUd limgiie. " "Well, but, Aunt PrUollla, ' rlaintlve- ly, " one doesn't relish the thought ot pending day aftsr lUy wlih a man who will llin.k II tils duly to (Ind fault every lime I give way to mv lentlinenli, and probably grow pale wltfi dlsguit v. honrver I lauah almid. Shan't I h-.,d him a life !" *>' the youhgBr Mill Cheiney. viciously, tapping the buck of ini* small hand vigorously against Urn |,alm of the oihsr, " With the I, op. i of giving t!i&l young man something to cavil at, I shall ntaln myself," " Child," saya Mis Prt*,dlla, "le* me r*fl. oinmsnd a onuna of tevere ituay to yn,i tbe lirst means of subduing year evil inclina- lions.' " 1 shall take your advice," layi the In. corrigible Lilian i " I shall itnrly Hlr (iuy, I i ( i that will be the ssvsrest ooara. of l,i ly I havo ever undergone," " (lei your, paper and write," say* Mis* ing. Or. Louis Starr says, in hi* little work called "Hygiene of the Nurery," thai this cm be done best by using a piece of mocquito net ling. I he oatnieal must he boiled thoroughly, in a double boiler, lor al least Inree-quar- tenofanhour. Add sail just before using. The proportion* sro usually given wilh each preparation. If, bowevtr, the porridge is Ino thick, add a little hot water and beat lightly with , silver fork. Wheaten grit* must be soaked overnight, and (hould be boiled very slowly, in a double boiler, for at least four hour*. It is convenient to do this the day before it i* to be used : it can Le warmed easily, and U i prove* by the eecond heating. Poachod egg* may be use<l occasionally, rejecting the white, however, for very young children. It requires skill lo poach an egg perfect- ly. It should come out of the water look- ing like a white puffy ball, a* if it had been rolled over and over in the boiling water This can only be done by having t he water well-tailed. Do not be afraid to put in a large ipoonful of *alt, a* that is the secret of keeping the eggs in good shape, Cut on the cover tbe iustsnt Ihe eggs are in, and let the waler boil up once, when they will be done jnst enough for sasy <ligesuon. The juice of a aweet orange, a ripe sppls craped with a silver knife or spoon, or a bated apple, wilh sugar aud cream, may Iw used a* a fruit course. Peel and core the applo* carefully pour a cup of cold water over them, sprinkle thick ly with sugar, cover closely and bake until tender in a moderate oven. If carefully done, they shoul. 1 IK juicy and soft a* jelly. Kiuil thai hss no seeds, carefully slewed, is also advisable, and is generally very much relished by ihe little ones. It should lie remembered that orange j, i. e, slewed prunes, and pears, are decid- edly lax it IM ; oatmeal ha* also this tend- ency. Whe.it preparation* can housed when for any (pecial reajou oatmeal is net desirable. i>iet allowable for dinner and supper will be discussed in a Utor article and then put in a layer of al- mo*t any fruit or berries, or peach sauce; sprinkle sugar over it and add small pieces of butler here and there, then put on a layer of o. . meal, pour one-half cupful of cream over it and bake about an hour. This is nice either warm or cold will sugar and cream. I desired the layer* may l>e thin an I more than one layer of the fruit or berries used. M.utBi.K CAKK. One cup molasses, two cup* Hour, one-half cup bulter, one-thirJ of a cup of sweet milk, yoik* ot three eggs, one even tea spoon soda, cinnamon .tad clove* to tasle. While pan : One-half cup of batter, one- half cup sweec milk, one cup sugar, two cups of lour, while* of three eggs, one-half teaspoon of soda, one heaping teaspoon cream tartar. I'm the cake in the pan with a spoon alternating the dark and light, and bake in a moderately hoi oven. BAKF.I> HKI-TX Wash Ihe beets and hake a long time ; they will be sweeter than if boileu. When done remove the skin, slice ami season with butter, pepper and salt. Cuiuti.K DKKSSIM.. Scald a cupful of vinegar and add a small tablespoooful of butter ; when removed from the fire add two well Ix-aten egg*. Cut the cabbage fine, season with pepper and salt, and pour the dressing on white hot, then set it away to cool before *erving. FoAMiNr. PCDUIJII; SAUCK. Warm and beat one-half cupful of butter to a cream, add to thi* a cupful of powdered sugar and beat. Then add a leaspoonful of vanilla or Iwo tablespooufnls of fruit juice. LKMOX PIK, No. 1. Three good-iixed crackers rolled, not fine. Dissolve one- fourth teaipoonfnl of citric acid and three tablespoon fills of sugar in one-half pint of cold water and pour over the cracker*. Lt it stand half an hour and pour it into the crust, which should he short, and grate over it a little lenu.n peel. Cover with a top crust and bake, or uae only oae cruet ana cover with a frosting. LKMOX Pic, No. 2. Six cracker*, one- half leaspoonful of citric acid, one-half pint water. Proceed a* in the former receipt, add one cupful of molasse* and stir all to- gether, with one-half cup of raisin*, one- half cup of currants, a pinch of salt and some grated lemon peel. Bake with two cnnts. Citric acid and grated lemon peel may be used in almoit any receipt where the grated rind aad juice of a lemuu are called for ; a very little experience teachee one how much of either 'o use. For a pudding sauce try thi* : Linux SAITF. Boil on* cup of sugar with two cups ol hot water live mm les. Add to this three teaspoonfulu of cold water and citric acid the size of couple of pea*. Boil ten rainite* longer aad then add grated lemon peel and one tableepooa- ful of butter. Sour sauce hould never b* made m a tin dish but in procelam or agate iron-ware. I'or the Oooks. UlMiKK S\\i-s. -One cup of New Oilvins molasses, one cup of sugar cup of batter ; boil together .,i likely lo tumble him- Archil aid, or whatever hw name i*. might ill tujv ward; while In, j'"l s well let me have a room here. "]_._. _ . is large anough. Ue need | writing to Lad/ Chctwoode, But oh was a young man n elf ovii-i.iicl, alM.ul iu,y woth.- Wmf ClutwooJe, was fiut most >" ihe I WII1V, mr\jm ^iiw* IViiailla, who agdln>t her will Is smiling grimly. " I suppose, indeed, I mint," say* Lilian, eating horself at her davenport with all the air* nf a finished morlyr. " ' Needs must,' you :r.ow, A"nt Prisnilla. I dare say you recollect the restal that rather vulgar prov- erb. I shall seal my fatn this instant by Ihiee-fourtln two ni'iiules. \\ ben cool add a heaping teaspoonl'ul of soda dissolved in hot waler, half a leaiuoon tul of cinnamon, a liule ginger air! enough flour lo make a *itl dough. Koll Him auil bako in a quick oven. I'.ihKD AiTi.m. To retain the hlghoit flavor it i* not advisable to remove either the ikiu or core of an apple; indeed, the con .filtrated flavor of a good apple 11 found at the core and next ihe skin. 'Ihe apples ihould be washed, ihe blossom end of inch removed, then placed in a bright dripping pan which is uacd lor no other purpose, half a oup of water allowed for six ap|>ls aud put in tho bottom of the pan and a littli sugar ipiinkled over Ihe top. Tho ovei should not he too hot or they will burit be fore they are cooked through. A large crockery dish i* still better lhan a pan, am if covered at liist wilh a cr-.kcry pie-plat to allow th* apple* to steam for lifleei minutes will ensure thoir being cookei evenly. OAT MKAI. LAYER PCPPISC. In a dee[ dish ['ill a layer ol o I'mcal of moderate DM AND IM India-rubber nhip* ore talked of. Ari/.ona i* as large t* Urat Britain and Ireland combired. A hotel with li, 124 room* i* reported to be the latest creation among Chicago'* enterprise* auxiliary to the World's Fair. An old country drink used for hoameoess i.nd roughness of the throat is blackberry juice diluted with boiling water. A Meriden, Cona., cutlery factory has just finished u wonderful toy a perfect racket knife with thirty blades, pinchers, hears, awl*, etc., weighing but one-eigala f an ounoe. A man who lived near Leavcnworth, Kas., claimed to have gulped down twenty uue lasses of whisky In rapid succession a few ays ago, and died within a quarter of aa lour. There is still burning in Indis a sacred re that wa* lighted by the Paraec* twelve nturies ago. The tire i* fed with sardal nd ulher fragranl wood*, and is replenish d five time* a day. Astronomer! Uill as that if th* sun wersa ollow globe, with our little earlh at its entre, there would be room for the moon 40. 1 WO miles away, and for another moon 90,000 miles beyond the tirsl. The smallest screw* in ihe world are used n Ihe produciion of walche*. The fourth swel wheel screw ha* '26 ) thread* to ihe nch, these thread* being 4-10liOof an Inch n diameter. The screws aie too small to ount, but il has been estimated that Ibe himbls of an ordinary woman will hold 10,- MH i of them. Kncourafcing news from the We*t comes with every day. The crop ha* been a good one, and it is on it* way to the seaboard in. I thence to the markets of the world. The Fort William Journal says: "The hipments of wheat from the North- West lave never been as large as this autumn. 'he C. P. K. i* running the grain to the sea- board a* never before in it* hutory ; a bousand car loads a week seem to those un- acquainted with the fact* to be almosl an xaggeralion, but si'ch is ihe positive truth. There are larger gang* of iten employed in all the departments of the C. 1*. K. than ever before MUI :n ill construction, and it il safe to predict thai as the year* come and [o, the increase will continue in a greater atio than in ihe past. Already Ihe mam moth elevators are living tilled lo such a de- gree, lhal the knowing ones among the imployecs positively allirm that long beiore lavigation closes, store room will bo in ;reat demand, in fact lie an absolute need, lotliat it would not be a marvel if a, sudden iiirprise should be sprung upon us any day n the way of a layout for that contemplated elevator that is going to lieal the world, ic it will, if not tins autumn, in another year. " It i* not alone immigrant* that we want, but desirable citixuus lhat we ate after. It in, then-tore, with considerable iiitiaf action thai we hear lhat ihe Interior Depai tinent al Ottawa haslieen informed by Kev. James Ituchanan, Presbyterian minister at lunis- fail, on ihe line of the Calgary and Kdninn ton railway, that arrangements have been completed for bringing out to the Torrilone* next ipring 50 iamilie of the Yaudoi* of the higher Alp*. Thi* will be the first batch of immigrant* to locate in Canada from that patticular section of ICurope. A bolter class of settlers than the Vaudnis it would be difficult to tind. Driveu by religlou* peraccui cm ii< m 1'nn c iiitolhc valle\s of the Alps, they have prcs|it.re>l in ;id\erily until they aie ii"W looked upon aa one of the mo^t flourishing )>eoj>!es on the contin- ent of Kurope. 'I he Yamlois have Uvome particularly c\;> rt in dairying, ai>il will doubtlea* fiud settlement in the C North-wnt congenial to rhesa.