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J. I'llâ€" disown you! They're a |>alr ot V In rinfirmnn nl '^ B'"'® ^«^ grasped hla father's 2 IP IP I $'*"» **="'"<^' father.-; he said,. t \\\ UU U OU U J I proudly. "Colonel Bradtee has foiv » III uviiuiivw wi A gotten that he is a gentleman!" . V - 1 I â-  IL • I A As tlie pair marched stiiBy erect i MHU llllf II I "-'-.r t^r':-^ tr h^e^a^d""rt S rUlUlIIUl nUlllUlllJ JlLilas eyes were too full of tears to 5, jI' inUTcept the delibenito wink he ^S»««<««<S»5€<««5««S-S«S<«<e«««3r'^ I shot at the man he had so basely •Jacl:." observed the Colonel, let- UMulted J There is in every household a obt- "Tliey 11 never consent, saitt J-iUa tfim routine of housework which #»»»»»»»»»»^<»e^^^^»|| About the ....House MANAGEMENT. ting his hand hover irresolutely with ir in and over the chess-board, -has it ever 1 dolefully. She was stand ng occurred to you that it would be ^'^'^ IV-""-'*^, feh'ud the ffrap.,^a.bo. m an extremely nice arrangement If I "er father s yard a wee!, -^t^r and those two children of oSrs would even a disinterested ^I*"--'^^"'^^'^""'^ fall in love with each other? You i have neecled no ^^f ""f, ^'^"^f . *° .ind I are getting along iu years - ] have shown him that the ^""^•"ous sh, old friend-., -and I'd like to see > light - which never Vf «^"f «" ^'^ Lila settle in a home of her ownlo"" ^nd - ""''a aJl an" "d them. "What if they don't? replied Bil- 5toutlv. "They ought to be rather give my daughter to than ! ashamed of themsolv-os^ any way, try- Billie; the boy is white clear through ! i"g to keep us apart b.cau=,e they ve -lie could scarcely be anything dii-| <l"arreled! t owe them ''- debt ° ferent, though, and his father's son. ;gratitudc for it though. I ve found I can't miagine why they don't." jo^t how bind I waa-and its guen continued the Colonel, argumenta- I ^° the right toâ€" tively, "they like each other all before the order comes for taps. There is no one ;q the world I would j"^,- voice. right, and are always together â€" riding, playing golf or something â€" but never a thought of building a ne.st of their own. Just listen to that, will you'.'" he broke off. Through the library cioorway came the blithe notes of a rollicking duet, ciung by two happy carc-frc<} young voices. A tender smile blossomed "Billie!" cried a muHled ••s<-)mebody'll surely sec u.s! " "Let 'em!" replied Billie. "Now listen, Mrs. William Keed-to-be, it's ! DO use for us to wait for parental approval, father and Coloticl Brad- ' lee won't a.<J much as bow to each i otlier! Let's take matters into oui- | own hands, and get raarrie<l right [ now â€" this afternoon! Then we must be done every day, writes Mrs. •Jay. Three meals, three batches of dishes, sweeping and bed-making are inevitable jobs to every housekeeper, unles.-j * she be one of the fortunate (?) number who keeps a "girl." But the girl of the present is gen- erally a very unsatisfactory trans- ient, who condescends to help you with such of your work as she sees lit for the sum of from 83 to $4 per week. The first requisite for good house- keeping is to have a place for every- thing. Then, as one goes around, make every trip count for getting some misplaced article in its place. I â-  always aim to have my hands full when I go upstairs, and just as full when I come down again; and just so, too, if I only cross the room. In this way the loose things about the house are soon in place, the dirty dishes all collected on the i„ „ *.,ii '.,„, .,„,! fh.„r ,..>n ct-nrni Ti table and the floor ready for sweep- on Lawyer Reed's clean-.9haven lips. ! can tell em. and they urn storm J-V "Ble.SB their hearts!" he said, soft- ; '^"^^h as they like and thc.y cant; ^ then one must work steadily Iv "Nothine would eive me irreat- ' alter anything. Besides I don't be- i Anci tntn one must work steaauy ij iNotning wouia give mc fc,rLat J ^ f^,revor. :and plan ahead, so that one task er satisfaction or happiness. riiil, than to have what you mentioned;"-'" â- ""»- , , = '.^ " ! T Invn hpnrH nf snr.in n.-nnlo xvhn come to DISS I've had the s.,mo ' down to the church study on Carver! /.have heard of some people who come to pass. i ve naa r.ne same _^_ ^ "^ ^,, ,j„„„..,.„h t!o,i..i„ Iclaim that their minds areâ€" and ours tliought myself, an thing of the kind •Vveli^^â- "'^Ii^"colmleT"B^"n.lIe<^'"tcn-'Iie tumbled in his pocket, and pro- 1 away above dirt ^Ucll? said Lolonel Bradlee ten ;^_____^^ ^ fnrni,d«hln looking docu-;wh<\e the jobs arc being done and and dishwashing. tatively jducod a formidable looking docu- "The young rascal laughed at me: I "^ent. "I got a special license this said the idea wasab,surd; that 1 morning." he announced, m trmmph- while Lila and he were the best of i aut tones. chums, and all that, there wa.s no i Li'a Bradloe opene^l her lipa to say thought of any nonsense of that sort I noâ€" to expostulate â€" liesitated and between them. Billie hinted." went ^as lost. Hand in hand the lovers fled swiftly down the graveled walk. As the deticrs of authority vanished on the lawyer, ruefully, "that 1 had better sitick to chess, and let liiatch- making alone." "Lila appears to be of about the same opinion." remarked the (Col- onel, drily. "She called me an old goose to be thinking of such things. I call it flying in the face of Pro- vidence" â€" blocking an uno.Kpected onslaught on his queen â€" 'for if ever two people were made for each other, it was those two. and they haven't the sense to see it." John Reed nodded, then all at once smote his knee softly with his hand. "Phil," he said, lowering his through the gate, a port- ly form rose warUy from the further side of the grajje- But I have found it much more profitable to put the most of my thought and energy on these homely tasks and thereby get them out of the road, so that my mind might tie free to soar higher, I believe, than it would ever got as long as there was a pile of sticky coolung utensils in sight . Mind. I do not want to say that one cannot think above dishwater arbor. hastened to the fence that iwhile washing dishes, nor do I wish bounded Lawyer Reed's lawn, and [to criticise those who are able to whistled shrilly. ido this work in a leisurely fashion ; The Colonel was setting up the; but where there are children and chessmen as his old friend joined; hired men. garden and chickens, as him in the librar.v. 'They've gone lis the case with most farmers' to the minister's!" he gasped. "Don't j wives,, there is very little e.xtra time that beat all the rapid transit you i to be spent that way. ever heard of?" | The housewife must manage every The newly wedded pair paused oni„jinute to make it count for some Although my management is far from perfect (aa Mother Grundy will telL you), "'t is yet much better than none at all." There is a little trick that one must employ along with management or she soon slips us oil into a path called routine, from whence there is no escape, and we lose our indivi- duality: WQ become slaves to a des- pot than turns life and freedom into a more existence of sei-vitude. In other words, we must rise above a set rule and manage man- agement. That is the key that un- locks the doors along our way: it leads us out by times into cool, shady nooks, where we may imbibe youth, strength and joy from na- Iture's sparkling fountains all about us. I know a woman so bound down by the cords of routine that she will forego tne pleasure cf attending any unusual alTairâ€" something really good that, perhaps, she will not be per- mitted to enjoy for years â€" simply be- cause such entertainment happens to come on wash day or bake day or .some one of her other days she has set aside for certain tasks out of each of the six working days. Now, this is foolish â€" all a whim â€" and I know in tills instance that it is not I at all necessary, for she has but one j child, and her means are ample for jail modest wants. Yet she won't stir an inch to anything until these certain daily tasks ai'e accomplished, and it is a standing joke among the relatives, and the husband joins in the fun about "Mrs. Precision and her Washing." j Now, if I knew that Sfonday would I bring some unusual event and I de- ! sired to be one of those in attend- |auce, it wouldn't hurt my conscience any to do my washing the Saturday I morning previous: or, if that day I had been full, put my wash to soak I on Monday and finish it Tuesday, or I'hire an occasional one, in place of being a slave to the household : duties. I However. I do not advocate putting necessary work off for trivial mat- iters, but the incident related is merely to show that there is just as much danger, though it ailects us IdilTerently. from too much system as from lack of it. the familiar threshold, and started voice, "do you remember that white {in utter bewilderment at tl«e two mule we used to have at headquar- erstwhile bitter enemies placidly tors?"- I playing chess. "Father," called Bil- "Ben Johnson's mule?" replied the lie, "you here? Colonel, with a reminiscent grin "Of course I do. The boys used to say that when Ben wanted that mule to go anywhere he'd head him in the opposite direction, yell 'Git up!' at him. _ and old Caesar would Wheel and run the other way like a deerj." 'Ilowdy do, Billy." rem arkort'-'''^he Colonel, rising atTably. "t5een Bct>- ting married? Your father 'just came over to congratulate you. Lila â€" " The Colonel's voice tiu-ned. husky all at once, and ho opened wide his arms. "Come hero, girlie," he cried, "it's all right!" and in a "Young numan nature and mule second his daughter's head was rest- nature are a good deal similar some- ing on his shoulder and her arms times." remarked the Lawyer. stig nili<;antly, leaning back in his chair. Vague comprehension began to dawn on Colonel Bradlec's counten- ance. "Do you think we might work sometliing of the sort, Jack?" he queried, eagerl.y. ''I'd do most anything to bring it about, sliort of putting my girl bn bread and wa- terâ€"or not kissing her." John Reetl rose to his feet. "Phil- ip Bradleo." he said in a serious voice, "prepare to have your inner- most feelings outraged. I am going to insult you â€" h'ov goodness' sake, Phil," ho whispered, as he perceivetl a look of blank astonishment sweep over his friend's face, don't look like that: it's only a bluff! Play your part, man, and don't give me away." Ho swept the chess-board otT the table with a bang. 'Colonel Brad- lee," he cried loudly, angrily, "this is not the first time I have caught you trying to take an unfair ad- vantage, but it's the last game I'll p>a,v with a â€" a â€" " Something choked his speech but the Colonel rose to the situation like a hero. "Leave my house," he roared, ".you insulting â€" ei' â€" ei^- pettifogger!" he wound up triumph- antly. Ttiere was a sudden rush into the library, and a dismayed chorus, "Father! â€" Colonel Bradlee!" "You too, sir!" yelled the Col- onel. "Don't you dare set foot iu my house again! Lila â€" if I know of .vour having anything more to do •with the son of John liecd, I'll â€" were about his neck. LIGHTNING BLASTED TREE. That much valuable knowledge as to the effects of lightning may ibe gained by a study of trees that have been ptruck by it is maintained by many Engli.sli scientists. A tree which stood for many ycar.v on the side of a road a few miles from Wall- ingfoixl. in England, was struck by lightning during a violent storm a short time ago and utterly de.slroy- cd. BIr. Percy E. Spielmann exam-, iucd it a few hours afterward and found that the bark had been com- pletely stripped oft and Hung to one 1 6. 10: milk necessary work done- It is a splendid plan to have a day for each of tlie big jobs. Washing and scrubbing on Monday, ironing and baking on Tuesday, patching and churning on Wednes- day, sowing on Thursday, sweeping upstairs and going to town on Fri- day, baking and general cleaning on Saturday. This is only stating the general rule, and it uia.v be varied as inclin- ation or necessity compels. But. if the work is done according to some such rule, we need never get so far behind. While visiting a friend she asked the time of day. and then said, "It must be about half-past live." On looking ati the clock I was much sur- prised to lind she had missed it in her guess b.v only two minutes, and asked how she knew. "Oh." she said, "I can generally tell b.v my work." Housework done by the clock ! Think of it. And her house looked it. too. Precision was written ev- erywhere. For such people a pro- gramme might bo arranged as fol- lows : Arise, 5.30 a.m.; breakfast, 6 to 0.20 a.m.: dishwashing. 6.20 to work, 6.-10 to 7.10 ; side, and that a large branch had i sweeping, 7.10 to 7.30 also been torn away and splintered He looked for some token of fire but Was unable to lind any. He noticed, however, that the inner surface of the bark was marke<.l longitudinally with thin wavy lines, very close .set, of which the crests were about a quarter of an inch apart. He took several photographs of the ruined tree and he regards them as most useful" since the.v show clearly the rending elTect of lightning on a fib- rous tissue. Clerk â€" "I should like to get oft oiudy, sir, as my wife wants mo to do some odd jobs about the house while it is light enough." Manager â€""Can't possibly do it!" Clerk â€" "Thank you, sir. You are very kind." â- â€¢â™¦nUB liAST OF HIS IftMBS"* • But what about the woman (like the writer, for instance) who finds herself at 23 with two babies â€" both under 2.> years of agt â€" who will not â€"just positivel.v will notâ€" be run by clockwork ? Then, indeed, it is manage from the time one gels up. which is generally at the same hour that the two aforementioned cherubs insist on getting up (which is the only clockwork thing about them) until â€" woU, until things are in such shajx; that Uiey uia.v be left over- night ; and sometimes this shape is very good nisd again it is very un- sightly. Truly "circumstances alter cases"; but the woman that really tries to follow a given plan will succeed after a fashion, no matter what turns up; and her work is in better sliapo, as a rule, than the one who lets her washing slip on until the last of the week, an<l then part of the ironing is left a.s a .sort of a Monday morning nest-egg job. And the patching is untouched, and some of the clothing is put on unmended. .She is always being pushed by her work, instead of keeping oven with it. The same rules will not apply to ever.v household. But do tr.v. all of you. to put some thoug>* an man- agement; for. although you may think every minute so full, and no doubt it is, yot you may not have put much thought on making the steps count and doing the tasks as they fit in best. I hear some one say : "Oh. slie ha.s given it all awa.V- She confesses she is only 23 years old." But I assure you that (to use a slang phra.se), I have not been out of school four years for nothing. Necessity compels me to work, and tn my case, necessity is not the mother of iiiveutioa. but of mauago- t. DOMESTIC RECIPES. A New Way to Cook a Cheap Steak.â€" Season a flank steak with salt, pepper, cloves and a ba.y leaf. Make a still dressing of stale bread, seasoning it with onion and a pinch of sage. Spread the stealc with it, making it about an inch thick. Hegiu at the small end, roll up tightly and wrap in cheese cloth and tie. Drop ill boiling water suificient to cover- with a plate to keep it off the bottom of the kettle. Boil slowly two hours or more. When done, remove the cloth, thicken the gravy in the kettle with browned flour and serve steak and gravy very hot. Slice the former like jelly roU. It is delicious cold. Cream Peasâ€" Two tablespoonfuls of buttei- melted in half a cup of milk, three tablespoonfuls of flour, half a teaspoonful of salt, and one can of peas. Lt-t get very hot. Mincemeatâ€" To make half a gallon of delicious mincemeat take one cup- ful Tnely-chopped boiled meat. one- half cupful meat liquor, three cup- fuls chopped apples, one cupful brown sugar, one-half cupful granulated sugar, one cupful seeded raisins (leave whole), one cujiful currants ; one half cupful' shredded citron and two cupfuls sweet or boiled cider. Put all together into a granite ket- tle, mix thoroughly and boil about lifteon minutes. Ta'Ko from the stove and add a rounding teaspooiiiul cin- naiiioii, a level teaspoonfut each cloves and allspice, half a level tea- spoonful nutmeg, a fourth of a level tcaspoonful of salt and the juice each of a lemon and orange with half the grated rind. When cold add a cupful and a quarter of an.v kind of fruit juice or juice of sweet pickled fruit at hand. Let stand a 'day and add more seasoning if needed. Line a pie-plate with rich crust, fill with the mixture, dot with bits of butter, arrange strii)s of pastry lattice- fa.shion over the top and bake in a moderate oven. Dust vtiih powdered sugar just before serving and serve warm. The butter takes the place of the suet usually added and it makes the pies much more palatable and digestible, although if preferred half a cupful of chopped suet may be used . HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPEUS. The smaller tne e.ve, so they say-, the better the potato. In roasting a turkey, baste fre- quontl.v. but don't stick a fork into the fleshy part of the fowl and thus let the prisoned juices escape. It is said that an apple kept in the cake bo.x will i.«reserve the fresh- ness of the cake until the apple is withered. The siuuc claim also serves for bread. Don't forget that mince-meat is a great deal better to be made a week or ten da.vs before it is to be i:sed. The apices and cider, etc.. ha\T thus i time to percolate the apple and meat . In boiling a i)iid(iing. a fisli. or anything put in a cloth or bag. a plate should always be put in. tUo bottom of the kettle. If the pud- ding is put in a pail or can. the u.9ual substitute for the regulation mold, it should not i-est difectly on the bottom of lb. kettle An iron ling. n. Hat iroij. holder, juurthing that will ke«p the disk ofl th. bot- tom of the. kettl. wiil aMwer. FROM Era'S_BEBEI ISLE WHAT IS GOUiTO OIT IIJ- THE LAND OF THE STXAMBOCK. Some Personal and Business Notes That Will Interest Irish- Canadians. Wr. Wm. Moore. K. C, M. P. for North Antrim, has been appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Secretary of Ireland. The charred and burned remains ot Jamea Hayes, caretaker of an orch- ard, were discovered at Ballysimon. The hut in which he resided -was al- so totally destroyed. Four publicans in tlie County ol Limerick have been nsfused a re- newal of their licenses because I'.heJ declined to servo i>ersons condcnmed by the United Irish League. Two Irisli centenarians have just died â€" a woman named Collins, aged 104 at Markethill, County Armagh, and Miles Worth. 103, at Glassmuc- key. County Dublin. For the fourtli time In succession the presiding judge at the County Louth Quarter Sessions at Drogho- da has been presented with a pair of white gloves, there being no pri- soners for trial. Part of a mediaeval vessel ha« been unearthed at Waterford. It was strongly built of oak. which had b(*n changed by time and the ma^ terial in which it was iiniedded into bog-oak. The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland ana the Countess of Dudley visited the Mouth Hospital. Dublin, after his official entry. and were conducted through the institution by the offi- cial stitiT. _ The first battalion King s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, which have been stationed at Limerick for three vears. left the other day fol Aldersiiot. They had a very enthu- siastic send-off. The back portion of a three-storoy tenement house in Towr.send street. â- Dublin, collapsed, and two families iwho occupied the upper rooms were [buried in the ruins. One woman was killed. Sergt. Hamilton, permanent staff, 5th lioyal Rifles, wais found guilty at a court-martial at Dundalk. of appropriating about £13 belonging to a reservist recently returned irom South Africa. He was ordered to make good the less, and was reduc- ed to the ranks and sentenced to 84 davs' imprisonment. Lord Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, visited the annual horse and sheep fair this year at Ballinasloe, County Galway. This is the first occasion on which this fair has been visited by an Irish Viceroy. In the northern district of Belfast Uie body of an elderly man was found in a ditch. His Mentily has not been ascertained, owing to the fact that his face. neck, hands, and arms had been disfigured by rats. At a United Irish League conven- tion held at Dungarvan. County ; Waterford. a resolution was adopted ' pledging the farmers of the county to prevent Lord Waterford from hunting over their lands. Joseph Lee. a farmer, at Balling- oly. about ten miles from Mullingar., was moving a steaiii threshing ma- chine from one farm to another, when the horses took fright and dusihed away. Lee was knocked down and the wheels passed over hi» neck, completely severing his hc«d from the bod.v. ' Miss Morrissey. the young Tipper^ ary lady who was shot by her bro- ther, died at her home shortly alter the magistrate had taken her de- positions iu the presence of her bro- ther, who is belie\-ed to be ics»inc. For kissing a nursemaid against her will a young man has been sent- enced to three months' hard labor at Pallydehob. County Cork. Three hundred and ninety-three pounds was stolen recently frem a tradesman's premises at Ballymcna, County Antrim. A few days after- wai-ds a parcel containing the miss- ing money was receiviKl b.v another tradesman in the town with the re- quest tliat he sliould hand it over to the owner. A striking instance of His Maj- esty's interest in even the humblest of his subjects is ivported. In the hamlet of Maghereagli, County Ant- rim, there lives a Mrs. Thompson, an n.ged widow, who muuageti. by dint of hard sewing, to procure her- self what she termed a coronation dross. in which she arrayed herself on the days o( the ceremony. The facts Ol Uie case were made known to the King, and His Majest.v has sent a coniplinieutar.v letter to the old lady, at the .TOUie time forward- ing a. che<iue for £3. In buying poultry remember that dijcks when young feel tender under the wings and the web or the foot is transparent. The bills an;! feet of geese when young are yellow and supple, the breast plump and the fat white. The brcaatbone of game if .voung is soft aad yields to pros- suit?, 'ruike.vs are in .season fall and winter. When good they are white, and piunip. with full, aaooth breast. Chickens wh«n fresh have full, bright oye.= . pliiible tat aad soft. n;oist ^in. Young fowl8 hjtve ten(Jer skin, smooth loga and coaabs. Wn'son when .voung- U raddish brown the fnt thick, tltgf *ad close. and Banks (flicking off the as'ie,>< with his little finger) â€" 'Yes; I smoke a good deal -V cignr is compan.v tor a fellow when he's lonesome." Hivor* (raisiing the window) â€" "You must hnve been hard up (or conipunicn- siu^ when you lit that ooo."