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BPtlTAE'S WOODEN WILLS, THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED GREAT WALLS OF STEEL. BY Tti« AHlt-Brillitb Mew lark »iia 1'elU afibr Srowtli itr Ike .Navy etlurc tivturltt < anir ti> (he Tkrone. liariinf and sine* Una Juliilee week lUa London journals nave printed in- au»neral>i* HTtLeles aeltin^ forth, the pri>({resa made by England in many di- recUouB since Lha accession oJ; Victoria. Amoorf tlieBe the most interesting to Aiuericanu axB tik>se which deal with tho eipiesaLon ot tlie Bnlisb navy, whuch aixty years ago ranked in re- spect to eflective stren^tn only tUird lH>oa tliiJ liat of European naval arma- meints, i<ut which is now suppoaed to be equal, if not superior, to thuse of RutWM. anid Fraace uoiutnned. When Victoria came u> the throne in 1837 iisf coutitry'saea powei had shrunk to a sJiiUtuw of its former greatness. Th«r« had been a, tune duxing the 8trugKl» with i' ram:© when the British fldot had reached ihe amazing ti>tal of 1,23a siupa, manned ijy 146,UUU men, and wlictt the naval esLlmatea were more tlua »U5.0UO,00U. a gigantic figure tor bile oation's reaoorces at the time. In 1837. onUje other hand, the naval esti- mates Here less thiia *:i5,U0O.O0O, which »uu, un«i«r the still surviving regime ot joljljery ami corruption, counted for mutM. lem thua it would now. There wen* \nil 31,0U(J mon( on the navy lists, aal tie number ol Une-of-battle ships •tid declined frxMu 2«S to 93. In Uecem- f»r, 1837. wh«n the relielUou of Can- ada demaauiea a display of force, there «us at homo oaly one ahip of ihirty- »iJt guiw available, and vessels had to U» reeaUed from the PorLu»fuese an'd Spuojsh coosU befbre fouir ships could ba dLiputchied to 1£IE SCENE OF TKOLHLE. Ot Uie ninety-three ships of the line on iwper. very few were fit to Uke to •ea, tue reauit beinjj that England was •awipuUe of coping with Russia, much ~f With France an.l Russia combined. WlUMi m 1810 the ruu-kish-Egyplian C'>atost came near embroiUug the Eug- liAh with Fx-ani^e, their fleet in the 4U>diterrauean was inferior to hers. *or a number of years, indeed, there- *rU>r the Freuth had a larger nuiul^r of I'ne-of-Uittle ships in commission. Sia-« thi^a the English have rebuilt th»ir fU^t aaa now in the Jubilee yeoa- they own sixty-sU armoured bat- tleaJupe having a displacement far ere-iter than that of the :i8ti ships of t^ line in 1810. Xliey ajo .-jpeuding tlus year on their navy the som of • 111.500.000 atttlare using mom- y mon. ec<„i,«uu;iUy and wisely than at the l-eginmng of the reign. Within the last lew yeaxsUie total of mem has Iwen raised from (iO.OOO. to UO.UoO. and these a.n» e.ali»Ua, it should Ije Ijorne in mind not tor the period of a ships commis- sioa but toir twelve years. So one pre- Ua.is thut the proWem of manning td« fleet has been completely solved. "u* It seems certaim that the British mvy IS now bettor prepared for war tlKinaeverwasUiforein tmie of peace Uuee.U. tobe; forat the beginnlugof X^ "^ffi" '.'• *-'^ l'««iil'le to build a ahip of the line, lu three mouths, iiajr. Wiwre are instances where the whole work was done m eig-hity days. Then poo. It was possible to take sailors from thie merchant service and convert them m a Very lUiorl trme into »LAN-0-\VAHlS AlEX. B^f^' ."''^ ,',^* "''•"^'- "^pedilion. aritisii shipbuilders are uot abltTto prol d.ru.-» a modem Ijuttloaihip in less than two years, thwugh three now buildinir *r» prouase<l m twenty months At present, moreover, in the judgment of naval offaers. it takes from three to «>ur years to traun a sailor. Ihe raw recrru*. uttlesH me were a mechanic, wouiu Ijo useless on uoanl an ironclad or cruiser. Aj» everyl)ody fcaov%Ts, the Victorian age bus uanesseil the su^iercession of •Mils »>y steam; Lh» 8U(pplautiug, how- ever, has iwn gradual. When steam wua :»i.tr«duted it was looked upon as ^ miere aoxUiary of sails, ami was in- bMLdied to be used only m battle or in emergencies. Vhie idea long outlived ibe dwappearaim* of U» thi^e-decker and CH» ajlvent of ^rmour ; the first mast- leas seogoiing battleship was the Ue- vu^liituon of 186tf ; the last uhsUhI and rigged bttttleshjp. the Ediulniiigb. was launhwl in 1882. Ja the newest Iwttle- aitttp the mast is oaly a survival used lor sigualling and for military pur- pu««w. In proportion as sails were dis- ourdeil tli» supply of coal carried needed U> !« murt augmented; the Majestic aUKl Keni>wn have twit'e the allowance of the f':di.alx>rough. .mil, though their ftngLues are more economical, can steam double in*r dista.m'e. We note fuither thill at the Ijegiinmiug of the present roiigu th*' typical l^attlenhip was still un a.11 etek-ntials identical with the sin iw which kid fought at Trafalgar. Au axjuuple is the Si. Vincent, a liO- guu .sJiip. which w;»a the crack vessel of tliie fleet ia 1837 and which still ex- isUs. She had lieeu kiun.hfd as fur back a« 1815. was 205 feet lomn, and displaced 4.(>73 tonji by ihirt iiHhIeru method of uiwasuaement. Hii>r battery wa.s com- posed of 32-pt>Uinder sauoothboiea ; THCB WEIGUl l)F HKK, BKt)AUc!lUE. was 1,920 powads. After her came the ao-c;iUe*l "block-ships." which, whem the •uci'ess of thM screw was deamjiistrated, wore out down fiXMJi old llue-of-lwllle Bilt.ua, ami fitted with engines and pro- p«vllerH. As they were liesLgaed for " *uliag, they were very slow. In 1852, ikowever. two vessels were built ex- pressly tocarry this screw, anJ develoj)- •d on trial a speed of over tftn knots. These were the Uuke of Wellington •md the Agameuuiou. The former dis- placod 8,000 tons, and carried 1,120 men â- dkd 131 guAs; ahe fimtd a broadside of 2,42<i pounds. Being a wooden ves- sel, however, she proved umable in the Orimaan war, to . wiiStotandi the hot â- not of the Oronstadt liatteries. Pre- a»ntly, however. itiieht armoured "fkofttiM* battarie*" wiare built; these were ormour, carried fourteen or sixteen BtvpouiUilers. lTi«iy were vir- tually impregnable and unassuilalile. Lhei/r defects w«re want of seaworlhi- n*ss and of speed. I'htise shortcomings were soon remedied in tiue first real armoured battl^iahip made for the Uri- tiHiti nuvy, the Warrior launobed in 1860. a'he was the first liattlesbip in the world to i« constructed w-lioUy of iron. .Sth;> lUKl urmoux amidships only, her ends l)eing left quate unprotected. Her length was onlj' ten feet less than that of the llajestic. and, like the latter oUip, she Uad nuuuerous watertight compurtmeuta. Hifr speed was very high for the time. Iielng ,NOT LESS THAN FOURTEEN KNOTS Tihe Armstrong UO-poujiiLer was ul- timately employed in her armament. Thiirt gun would just penetrate her four-and-i-half-inch armour; it had less iliaa one- third the power of the present lUO-poujider quick-fire. From the Warrior tiierewas a gradual pass- age to the """*' I""" turreat shiips of the Devastation type, wherein were aban- doned the rigging and sails which had foumxi a place in the earlier ironclads. I'he Devastation, though now in her tweni y-fourth) year, is stili capable of reodt - ig goo<l service. She is excel- lently i<rotected.. and lies very low in I the water, ao that she is a very hard taxget to hit ; oni the other hand, in a. heavy sea oiie wouild find it almoat iimposaible to work her g\uis. Tlie ! gap lietween her and the Warrior [ IB bridged by tlie masted turret ahip Monanh; Detween the IXivastation oni the Majestic by the turret ships ot the Nile class. In the ar- I rangement of the JIajeetic there is a I reiiLrn to ttiit» system aC the Warrior. I though the retiistance ot her armour I is twice and perhaps tiree times as I great ; thi; sp«M»d id eighteen knots in- I stead of luurtean ; the gun armament is incotnparalxLy heavier ami more pow- erful. TlKn w-eight of her broadside is 4.1M pounds, agaiinat t.hia Warrior's 1,224. In size shi» is nM>re than half as large again, yet she draws Imt little more water. La. the cruitser the changes have ijeem much the same as m the battlesiiip, with the exception, that up- right armour has not been largely ap- pluMl in hjiglaud to ships which have to si-ou.1 and protect coiuiiierce. I'he sailing frigate gave way in the (if ties and sixties to the WOOUliN STEAil FRIGATE this in turn to the iroa steam frigate of thw louuTtsUiut type, and this in turu to Lh» Protector, m which a bioruoutal deck of steel arujuur covers and protects thie boilers, engines and magaziaes. It is Uiucertaiu wnetuer this type ot ;ess<»l will lluut Udiuer lire, oat a coatlu;t of aiiarmoured cruisers threatens to result la mutual oesliuc- tion. In thit> Buenheim. PoweriuJ aud Ui eeight large cruuers ot the Uiaueui cLi-->s, now ouiUdiiU|{, tue Euglish have ogm> to enormous iliSplu^emeuts aud pcoauced lost and toiiuixiaole vessehi, wiuih. howevuj-. are viewed with a cer- ta.«i Uistrust oy navau u>Liicers. Of tor- peuu boats, oil ih» other baud, the Kug- uisu Have Lnult very few uuriug re- cent years, aluhouga the torpeiio is acknutvledge-d to iM pju^iecisiug mut^h more rapmiy than other eugiue* oi oi- len>.e and touiu the uieau^ ol aulence. The uiuety-two torpedo a»«»troyers.hovv- evf.r, hiiLil or bunding, consutute a flotilla which for speed cajuiot Le sux- possed, :ind tine riugiisu court upou the<n to swe«p torpedo boats Hum the sea. lilt) steoui tuirouoe havuig driven the little lurbibia at the rate ol 32 3-4 kools aud more, ut us c xijected that torpedo destroyers, fitted witU it, will evcatuuily reach a speed of forty knots, ^ul i/njy m the huiue lleet avuilaljle for the ueX«au» of the L uited King- dom ugaimst invasion â€" this mustered 105 waa' vessels tor the naval p.irade lu Jubiiae week. â€" but lu the number and sueottbc} foreign situadixnis, there was been inemomhle pi-ogretis during V ic- lorias reigix. IN IHK MEUITEHRANEAN in the watetTH of the Cape, and of the East laUios, in those of the West Indies aud North Aunerici.. kiuglautl is foi' mure impressively represented t lui.u she was im. 1837. Lu thai y»iir the Pacific station, tlie China station and the Australian station hud no iierman- eut Uritisii. squadivus. Now tlM China l'let.-l cumpri.ses one Ixittleship, eight goo>l crujuitfrs, t»o destroyers .md twelve other vessels. I'he Pucdic and Australian squadi°ous betwceu them have two aj-mourw<t crujsers, seven other fast crxusers, two torpedo guiu- buuts, aud several other vessels. Ou the £>outh Auierii-an coast, indeed, Kuglaud ici weaker than she was sixty years ago, when sho had ao less than seven- teaa sh.ps employed in that quarter, as aga.ust four ut the pivseut day. This is the only i>a,rt of th." world in whah there mu-i lieeu x diiiiiuiuiion of thj> armed force mai.aiained by Kug- laod uo the ocean.â€" .N. \'. Sun. LUIURY ON m WHEELS. MAGNIFICENT PRIVATE CARS RAILROAD MAGNATES. OF Dizzy Spells. THE EVIDENCE OF RHEUMATISM REACHING FOR THE HEART. MRS. WELDON A VICTIM, KOOTENAY HAS CURED HER. Dizilness and fuintiug sptdLs when associated wiLh Khfuiuatism are indi- cations that tJi* Itbeuuiatisiu is be glu- tting to work its direful inCluence ou tie vtjry centre of life itselfâ€" the heart. Mrs. Martha Weldon. of 2a How en St.. Hamilli>n. Ont.. was in a condi- tion of thui kiud, nh'ju oa ihtt rccuiii- mejidiitiou ui a fricud i»hf began tak- tng "Kuote«xu.\ ." la her sworn ilecliiratioii she says; â€" "1 was so weak and sore ti'hut it took me from 13 to 20 mifUuites to get out of bwl, iiaid imce llu' pii-in in my kn«es was so severe that 1 uiearly tell down sLaJrs. My upp.'lite was very pmr iin<l I WHS at times seized w itlh such dizzi- ness that 1 thought faiiuting would surely follow. Ou the rccumm^tmla- tion of a friend, I commenced to lake Ryckmiin's tvootwiay Cure, aud imme- diately begun to gaiu strength ^.nd reoover th* use ol luy limbs. Woiv there is no pain or soreness whatevwr m m.y legs. I am wiUiiog and anxious that all my frieuids should know Svhat a grand medicijiie Kcjotenay Cure is, a-nd I ain<5erely rtvamuiend it for RheuniatLsm and as a general tonic." Sold by all druggiata, or The H. 9. RvckmiMi Me«lioine dy.. T.imltpd, Ham- iltm. Clvirt t)ook sent free to Uiy Uddress. Thejr Are !iii|Mibly VurnlKhed â€" NahOKitny Ike fsTerlle WkihI liteil in Thrnr Koll- iocralacen- .til Ike CoinfarU •! Bnuir Now is the season that millionaireH give tjuamaelves uip to enjoyment and speed away from thrt city in their lux- urious private cars. No house interior is more magnificent tshan these cars, with their costly furnishings and beau- tilfully polisiied woodwork. From place to place Ufaeir owrners travel about, and yet arei always at home, as iit were, for eachj car wad Iniilt for the especial uee of its individual tnvner. and is fumisfaad after his own ideas. In mugnif iuence of design and lieauity of decoration Uiey surpass anything that moves on wheels, either in this country or abroad. They are the em- liodijuent ot luxury oa it is to be found iin l>uit few places. No hotel is furnish- ed Uiore gorgeously than they, and evem the city residences of their owners are no more buudsomely decorated. In the eyes of the miillionalre traveller nothing is too good for the private car, and into it Is crowded the richest orna- mentation and most sujp«j-l> furniture thnt money can bu^y. It is r'aid that these cars are fast rivalling the steam yacht as a means of summer enjoy- mentâ€"in fact cliey have already Ijeen termed iha "load ya»;ht of America." lliey are fitted \xp the some as a gorgeous apartment iin a hotel, and are arrooged fbr living purposes TOE SAME A3 A HOUSE. They have regular bedrooms, a parlor, lii>rary, kitchen, bathroom, but and c-old water in all the i^x>u]s, ojid in ftict. all the conveniences found in a well ap- pointed modem residence. Of course everything is un a smaller scale, but the caiB may truthfully be said to be coseyUtile seven or eight room apart- ments on wheels. In them the owners and their giumts live the same as they do at home, having their own servants, their wardrol^^.s and their favorite books and amusements. In the closets their clothes are hung up the same as in their own l>edroams at home, and at aigbi they sleep in a regular open bed, not fastened to the wall, but standing uujt in Che room. The must magnificent of these cars is onned by Dr. W. Seward Webb, of New Yoirk. and is called tJie "Ellsmere." It is considered line finest specimen of rolling slock architecture that money and genius can produce. It is 79 feet lung. 14 feet high and 10 feet wide. It IS built to accommodate ten [lersuus, not iuduiding servants, but has often been couUortably uned by as large a party as fifteen. You enter it thnnigh a deep vesti- buie into the uboervatiou room, which is at the rear UC the oar. I'his room is almost entirely windows, the extreme end and each side I.eing heavy plates of gloss, closely fiti«d into the oak sockets and frames. All the chairs are movable, and munlly wicker, and the general fxu-nishiug of the room have been arranged to fit it for smoking and lounging apartaueut. as well as ob- servation purposes. BEtmOOAlS FOR 1 UW 01 ESTS. From this you pass into a narrow but handsouiely ueiorated bull, running along the leXi hand side of the car, and and into this, from the right, the guests' state rooms open. I'hey are suiwrbly furnished and finished in ma- hogany. Each is u lilile over nine fe*t long by seven w t le, fitted with staiioniu-y ^leds, dressers, wardrolies. etc., and connecting with eiich is a toilet rt>om with hot and cold water. Passing these rooms you step into Dr. Webl/s own l>e<Ux>oiii. It is mag- uifio»ut. measuring 11 1-2 feet long by almost 7 feet wile, iknd e»juipped with every luxury an.l i-oiufort ihat wealth can stiuet'.ze into it. Besides a massive o; en Ijed. with deep drawers* below, th'.'i-e is an elalxjrale ilresser. station- ary lierthB for the. children, an abund- atiKi< of clolhis press room, clos«'is for hilts an^l shoes aud everything that a iiiiii coujd deeire in his own room at h\>iiie. Every bit of the woodwork from fliKjr to ceiling us mahogany. The next rouau is the |)H.rlor and din- ing room, eights^n feer long, and with an extension table capable of com- fortably .seating twelve persons. This IS the room mostly ovupied, and, while handsouiely furnished, it is ar- ranged with as grvai an eye to com- lort as magniificeuce. At one corner there in a large mahogany writing desk, with a iHwkcose over it. while the other end is taken up with an immense tUrkish divan. Then? aiie Invisible lierths all around whiih c;ui })o ui»iMt if the party is parti- cularly large, and h.ive nil the privacy of staterooms, bciimg separated from the umiii saloon i>y an ingenious arrange- ment of curtaiius and p'ortieres. Ad- jolining this 8;tloon is another toilet room and also a bathroom for the gen- eral u*w of the party. Next comes the ohiin.i closet, then the pantry, and in the oxtrome end the kitchen. All the rugs and carpeting, as well as all linen, china and tableware, was espt-ciaUy Imported for this particular cur. True oust ut the car was al)out $50,000, but frequent alterations and additions toils gnindeuir have brought th» preiient value toa.suiii i-onsiderably greatM- than thin; j;i0.tMHJ was s^tent on its interior decorations and paintings alone. VANOERiBILT AND MOKO.VN CAK;?. Another magnificent car is that owned by Cornelius VanderbiR. It also cw»t ixmsidersbly over t he 9.'>0,000 mark. The rootus are large, and the paintings and decorations aje exquisite. Every room ha-H a private toilet adjoining, and it is as near the realixstion oif a mov- al>le palace as carlmiilders will proba- bly aver couie. Its fuimishlngs are of i.lie corttlipst kind, and were manui'ao ' ttd .solely for it. J. Pierpoot Mbrgan also travels in a sumptuous car, its interior arrange- ments lieing as splendidly appointed as is any himse. In one corner is a lieau- tifiil wriiing desk, with a large, easy wicker chair, md hn-re. surroundeil with his papers ami liooks, the millionaire is able to i)ass rue summer days in I>eacefui sei'lusion. Oeorge (jouiri has otne of these cars. It is called the AtalanU, and was buiit for his father. It is looked upon as one of tto finest pieces of workman- ship ever put on wheels. I'he rooms are exceedingly large, and it is a de- lightful smuiner bi>ine. Riding in ii. one sroun forgets Uhut he !s on a train. it moves witb miuh ease, the rooms are so homelike, ami the vision of soft foot^ ed servants quietly attending to their dutlea cause the Beeling tluit you are on the road to quickly pass away. ibout the House. "Notliiiig lorelier can be found In woman, than to study household good." â€" Mlnon. TRE REDROOM. There are many people who built houses with sleepkng rooms so small there is scarcely room to turn around after a bed is put in. They say they do not believe in wasting space, and it sleeping rooms are big enough tor i bed they serve their puri>ose. Of course, it people have other rooms besides a sleeping room does not necessarily need to be spacious; but a large light room is far more healthy and comfortable. In small oity flats people are compelled to put up with little, stuffy rooms, but it seems that In the country, wnere there axe acres of ground to build upon, a few feet more or less would moike no differ- ence, and every room could be large and light, with high ceilings. There are no obstructions to cut off the sunlight, and the beautiful pictures seen through win- dows axe far lovelier Uuin any which can be hung on the walla, although they, too, are always a welcome ad- dition to the furnishings of a room A lovely bedroom seen recently was fitted up in a moat pleaitant manner It was one of those rather dark rooms in a large apartment house, and although there were two windows they opened into a court where the sunlight never penetrated. To brighten up the cold oheerlessnesa a pretty ruse pink wns chosen for decoration. The walls were' delicately tinted a pale pink, the ceiling was cream, and around the top of the wnlls was a dainty stenciled border a foot wide. The woodwork was a light o&k. The floor wtbs i-overed with Jajwin- ase matting in o€i* color. At the win- dows were sheer SwIm curtaims, which iwaxcely excluded any light. A silkoiine I drapery in cream, with pinik ro<e Inids {scattered over it. was caught here and there, lanthrequita fashion over a brass rod. Two dainty white framed pictures were hung on the walls, and also a small shelf draped with the same kind of silkoiine as over tJie windows. A few pretty ornaments were artistically arranged on it. An inexpensive little willow rocker hnd been given a coat of white enamel pi int. and looked so very pretty with its Ijcws of pink ribbon. .A white wooden choir, with a cushion ot silkoiine tied witji pink t-ord and t.is- sels, made another artistic piece of fur- niture. The bed wns of iron, painted white. A canopy drapery of the silko- iine over the bed was tied with pink riblxins. The dro-wing table was of light oak. The cover for it wns made ol pink silesia covered with white swIss, .\roimd the edge was a lace-edged ruf- fle. The pincusbion was covered to match. white goot skin rug was placed In front ot the dressing table. On a small oak table at one window waa an embroidered linen centerpiece. The design wna pink rosebuds on a white ground. A pretty little lamp with puik deroratkons wiis pLaeed in the center. In the farthest corner was a small white w.ishstaud. almost like a table, and the w;ishbowl and pitcher were white with pimk Iwrders. The riink had a cheerful etfnct in this dim- y-lit room, and every one who entered it WHS delight e<l with its daintiness. There was nothing su()erfluo'is in it. nothing to collect dust, nothing expen- sive, and nothing but which could eas- ily be repliiceii or washed when soil- In tJiis same little home the dining- room was especially cheerful. The walls wnre tinted a pale terra ootta, the ceil- ing a deep cre.ajii. The woodwork here was also of oak Tlie floor w.is sta^ned and varnialied like the wx)oiiwork. .\ large rug in shades of dull red covered the floor. leaving a space ot two feet ot the polished floor txire all around the room. Simple swiss nirtaims drawn | over brass rods ^v«re looped grtvcefull.v back from the windows with white coril and tassels. .\. few sinnple oa<k- framed pictures decorated the wadls, and some pretty flowering pLants bloomeil in the sunny windows. A clun.a closet was built In the walL and insiile the glass doors were curtains of soft Chin.-i silk. The.v were drawm over brass rods, one at the tcp and another at the bottom of each door. They were a lovely .^hade of terra cotta. The diming table was of polished oak, with chairs to malch. A pretty oak cabinet, having glass doors, was placed iin one corner, and I held tie prettiesit chiniv silver, sod Igla^ware. A low couch, covored with red leatherette was placed under the windows, .^nd a couple of pretty pil- lows made it very conifortoiWe. The table looiked espeoially at trac- tive with its beautifully laundered white cloth. In the center was a love- ly embroidered luien center piece. .V tall glass filled with flowers wns the only decoration, but it was exquisite in its simplicity. (SUMMEK tXX)KINO. A good C1JIP of coffee, says a caterer, is made by ta,king two-thirds of the best Java for flavor and the remain- ing third oit equal parts of Mocha for strength and Maracailw tor color. Boil fre«b water im the porcelain-linad pot. then add the coffee. After the coflk* iios iMten on the tire ten minutes shake the pot slightly with a rotary motiua aud then let it stand fair five minutea more. Serve wit/b cream. Some people add au eg^ and others put a bii ot liisiirskin with the colfce. .A.U essential pomt to be rememliei-ed is the best quality of coffee and fresh water irs neuessary. For faygienic reasons, bob water from this lau<i;et must not be drawn, Ijul uold water must be air- lowed to lioll un the stove fur the ea- peciul purpose of coffee. A. Pot lloast.â€" oome of tile cheap- er pieces of beef will answer lor this dish. Place it in a flat-bottomed ket- tle and cook slowly imtU :t is brown- ed un all sides ; tuen adda piutor mor6 or water, keep closely covered, and coo^ utltil tihe meat is very tender. U tae water bodsl off, add buit little at » time, ao that only enough liquor is left for the gravy. Humove the tat if niora than desired, and thicken the remaind* or. Season to toata and serve with ttM» meat. A poor piece of meat cook- ed as above may be made very palatable Cherry Pie.â€" Bach, ripe cherries are required for ihia purpose. It is a mia- toke to use inferior fruit. Line a rather deep tin pie plate with good cruet. £rush it over with the white at an egg, setting it in an oven just lontf enough for th«« white to Ijecome glazed Stono cherries enough to fill the pia beo^ioig ihiem in the centre and si>rinkl- ing half a cup of ^jugar over ihem. Molie a rich pu2f paste, wet the under- crust on the edge and press the upper- cruct into it lightly with the fingers half an inch from the rim aad not un the rim. There ahoudd lie abund- ant slits in the uppercruat to allsw the steam Co escape. Puit the pie in ai very uoti uveot aud ooke it as rapidly as possible. Mixed Mustard.â€" Cream one heaped tablespoonful butter aoid one table- spoon of sugar. Add two laide- spo<flifals of mustard mix»«l with one tables|)ounful of salt. Beat one egg very light, aad beat it into the creamed mijiture. Beat half a cup of vinegar to boiling point; and stir it in quiukly, and if it does not thiuicen the egg set the bowl o.er Ixiiling water a few min- utes, stirring ,xmstantly until thick. Cherry Pudding.â€" One of the simplest; cherry pujldings is made of two cups ot flour, two LablesiKwnfula of bakin* powder, a iablespoonfi»l of butter rub- bed through the flour and alxiut a cup- ful of cream or rich milk enough to make a soft paste. Butter tm cup« holding half a pint Drop a labla- sjKxjafui of Cbei latter m them, then a tablesiMM>nfui of cherries, than a table- spoonlal of the latter. Set them m a steamer and let them steam for three- quarters of aa hour, or l>ake them la an oven for twenty minutes or till done. For a boiled cherry pudding, add three eggs* to this mixture and a pint of cherries. Put it in a puddiutf mould and steaiu it for two hours. Cottage Pudding.- Two cups of flour, ome cup at milk, one-half cup of liugar, one egg, two teu»|>oous of ixiking pow- der, two ubleeiioonfixla of melted but- ter. Sift the flour, baking powder, and sugar together. Add the melted but- ter to the milk and i>our over the egg, after it has been well beaten. Ihen stir the ingre«lients all together and bake in g-nu in»i» or in a square. flaO pan. Serve w-arm with a liquid sauc*. .\jMtTSEMENTS FOR OHILUHEN. When the little child becomes two or three years old, some form of amuse- ment must be provided for him, and nothing has been found which affords more pleasure than building blocks. There are so many different kinds of these that suitable selections can al- ways be made. At that age the little one will not be able to understand the alphabetical bUx-ks, but he will learn to distinguish and kdow the different animals or birds pictured on them. -Va he becomes older he can be acquainted with the alphabet and taught to know the letters when be sees them else- where. Little folks have amused them- selves tor hours building houses from their blo.ks, and as a rule they never become tired of thi^ form of amusement. Blocks, like everjihiug else, are be- ing improved, and where in former vears only simple wooden cubes were to be obt-iined, thtwe are now genuine stone bricks and idllars nicely polished, from which the handsomest buiUlmgs mav be i-onstrucled, liesides any num- ber" and variety of wcxxlon one.s. The prices range from but a few cents to several doll.irs a set, so that some kind are within reoi-h of all. .\nolhiT most instructive pastime for tjje children are maps niouiili'd on wood, and cut up Into xU manner of sh.ipe8 and pieces. Childri-n who have i-ommonced schcKil enjoy putting these maps logelhor. and in thai way learn the lo-ation of countries, cities, rivers, etc. If the little folks have a corner or a large table where lliey can sit and play undielurbed, these .\jiiuse- ments will kceii them out <if inii* hief for hours at a tliiio, and besides being instru'live for them, the mother will doubtless appriH-iate the time she can have to herself. UNCLE BLLIY'S WISDO.M Boliby aske<l Uncle Billy what noise was. ' What did Uncle Billy Udl him. He lold biju noise wiis any old kind of racketâ€" e.xcept the kind we like to make ourselves. FOR TWBNTY-SEVSN YEABS, DUNNS 3AKINC POWDER THECOOK'SBESTFRIENB LAROiar SAU IN CANABA