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ExpI«rlBK Cxpedltton HopeK to Ace«HpU»ii. ich started out receatly explore the interior of ommend itself to popu- which have made the interesting North Pole tmbition, but scientific- become quite as impor- lo because the undertak- still moderate enough to pe of success. The ex- t quipped in Christiana, iership of Mr. Nansen, lum at Bergen. He has ree or four Norwegian in snow-shoeing. They fjord in Iceland, where mmand of Capt. Jacob- pper, will take them to reenland. Starting oat 1 and b!eak east coast is Greenland exploring peditions have stars* d icessible west coast, and â-  ISTERIOR lortheasterly directio n this has been that the itly going further and le inhabited portions of \e temptation to retarn 3 of icy mountains has ircome. reverse the operation, in the wilderness, and n can be, "Cross or f the situation cannot be ,11 party eet down onaa but the sentiment of old out a kind of philo- snt which must be very •8 of that character. Nansen has of being unknown interior aao y on the west coast be- anable. His party has h training in crossing 1 of Norway, and ha^e »pable if perilous and uch specnlation on the lent, which NordeusK- â- thern Sahara." «," kll of monnUinone g-»- interior, bnta theo^ Gen. Greely and others country in the interior, mow and ice. int » •LD OF DISCOVEBY nsen in another way- veredin the year^» S-orse Vikings. Thw. eral colonies aJoBg" „ast. iB«^f e^i e west coast, be«;i«^ w that these sett _^» irsas far nortJi as^'-- e of these settle"**^; the IceUndic Sa^ in the ^ear U.(l '». nland, Erik Up^ ok a Christian «*«^ i Norse oolony^r^ tianowMaesachWBt* hardy ?^Pl'^t^ throw a new "8°-,u, this contiooBK *iu such discover-a r^ .pedition on^gS; Je attempts w«e^, ry to advance IW" far ©ff ?w» â- â€¢^. :/^^-' S FATHER. BY CHABLOTTE M, rouso. -HAFTER XXXIV.â€" (Contlhued.) true that, aa he «u only too i'rego"" Savelli had been the one had curse of the life having become ' -left by pleasant vices, and the break- "" the yoke had been not only at a ter- '^i rice but, to a man in his half -blind ^=^'.^_iJd condition, the actual loss of the whom he had depended was a pri- 00^ Dr. Brownlow, however, knew of :ear " It b almost u bad," she aud. coming up and patting her arm roand Nottie. '• Bat indeed Mr. Dotton, ahe does trust, only It ia â-¼wry, very wre for her,â€" aa it is for as idl." "jYon are her great comfort," said Mr. Datton as he show hands with kar. " He could hardly help thankii^ me," ssdd Annaple to her husband af terwarda. " Mr. Igremont may well call him an adopted ancle. I should say he was a good desJ more, poor man." '^man-servant just set at liberty by • .th of an invalid mu.ter, and promised 'and him on trial. ,. â- â- - «as a day of agitations and duappomt- "., a sample of many that were to fol- s*" 'jjjgje was not a sound of a bell that ot make anxious hearts throb. And "â- iow many were spent on vain reports, 'l,erecalU of sympathy by acquaintance I '"mthe father and sister con id not see, Lrfon notes of icquiry or condolence that V:'.iehad to answer. ' Janiple came and was a i?reat help and r'cort to her. Poor nurse, oblivious of I !- Dad foot, or perhaps, willing to wreak L'^eance on it as the cause of all the -;=-hief, had insisted on continuing her ^r-v. in the morning under all the thorns ^.^rhododendrons where she thought the t^lamb might have hidden and cried him- !;• :o sleep, and at last had been brought .-e in a cab quite worn out and despair- '.r" But the screaming baby proved to be lach better comforter to her than any rount of reasonable argument. To soothe -0 anderstand what ailed it, to find suit- i j food for it, was an occupation which I y^e the suspense less intolerable. The .rv handliug of an intant would have been a'senial and a sickly, crying one was too interesting. Willie was too her darling's age to be a welcome I ^iiht, but he was already a prime pet \n±' the servants at Springfield and iiaple. secure that her children were in and experienced hands, and overflowing I ri;h motherly sympathy for the grevious 3J8, was ready to devote herself to Nuttie, I ihether by talk, by letter writing, or by Ueing inquiring friends. She did not ex- I KJt to be of any use to Mr. Egremont, who :i(i always held aloof from and disliked the giggling Scotch girl/' but who came I :;earily wandering at an unexpected time I i::o the rocm where she was sitting with '.is daughter, and presently was involved in I jeir conversation. Whether it was the liisence of the poor familiar, or that Anna- hie was no longer a giggling girl, but a I kve cheerful wife and mother, it was cer- that he found the same comfort and I npport in her presence as did Nuttie. hen fits of restless misery and despair I pretsed hardest upon him, it was soon per- sived that Annaple's cheerful tact enabled I :er to deil with him as no one else could do There was the restraint of courtesy towards se:, such as had worn out towards his caaghter, and besides her sanguine optimist itiri: sever became so depressed as did wor Nuttie'a. Mark went by day to I 6s work, but came back to dine at his ::oIe's, hear the reports, and do what he xsid for him and meantime Annaple spent ::e chief part of the day in aiding Nuttie ci Mr. Egremont, while her baby really I shewed signs of improvement in nurse's ieeping. And so the days went on, while I !T»ry endeivour was made to trace the c:ila, but with no result but bitter disap- I MiEtment. Twice, strayed children, younger .ian Alwyn â€" one even a girl â€" were brought ii •-he lost boy,' and the advertisements bore ~:i: in more than one harassing and heart- 1 ei! correspondence with wretches who pro- '8ss€d to be ready to restore the child, on premises of abaolute secrecy, and sums of r.caey sent beforehand, with all sorts of pre ac-.ioDs against interference from the police T'se first cf these created great excitement, I "li tile pursuit was committed to Mr. Dut- When it proved abortive, Mr. Egre- I E.c:::'s disappointment and auger were great, ad he cculd not be persuaded that all was '-i' the fault of Mr. Dutton's suspicion amd frecuutlon in holding back the money, nor j fccld any one persuade him that it was mere -posture. When another ill- written enig- isn.al letter arrived, he insisted that it *^s from the same quarter, and made adbent conduct the negotiations, with "=2 result that after considerable sums had "iipaid in circuitous fashions, the butler *« directed to a railway arch where the |- i would be deposited, and where he I ^Kcd i drab-colored brit of whom he dis- 'fiii.\iz tbe nearest police station, after 'iich he came home savagely disgusted. ^^"^e was not much less so at what she •••â- - w a sKght to Mr. Button as well as at 'M tiilure. " When you are doing so much ^^- M. We deserve that you should do 'f'tskg more," she said with tears shining "â-  cer eyes. "Do not talk in that way," he answered. .ioaknow my feeling for the dear little *-ow himself, and " â- Oh yes," interrupted Nuttie, "I do ^t to that Nobodyâ€" not the most in- ^«ent person, but must long to save him. " I know it was doing you a wicked in- j^^:e to faacy that you could take offence 5, '-aat way at a father in such trouble. -Mseforoive me, Mr. Button." .; ^s if I had anything to forijivo. As if ri"e Were anything on earth that could come T.°"t'e endeavour to recover him," said • "3"on, too much moved for his usual '^;!on of speech. i« he is her child," said Nuttie, with ^mblmg tearful smUe. •atrchUd 1 Yes, and even if he were iil^"2/our brother," said Mr. Button; ^7^% gathering himself up, as if he *id too much, he rose to take leave, JJ^Mtheb hands clasped, "Remember, '.^?*? I live, you may count upon me." Sie^ \^ow, I know There's nobody JO?, but I don't know what I say in have come if- said and and such CHAPTER XXXV. THE HITLL OF THE " UKSITLA." Ten days had passed, and Mark and An- naple were thinking that they ought to re- turn to ordinary Hfe, and leave the bereav- ed ones to endeavour to construct their life afresh under that dreadful wearing un- certainty of their darlhig's fate. Still they were detained by urgent entreaties from father and daughter, who both dreaded their departure as additional desolation, and as closing the door of hope. And certainly, even the rest was good for Annaple and her baby, for whom nurse had discovered a better aystem, had really not cried more for a whole day than "befitted a rational child." said the mother, as she walked back to Springfield with her husband in the summer night, after dinner, on the day that Broad- bent'a negotations has failed. " Nurse will break her heart at parting with her," said Mark. " I wish we could afford to have her." " Afford, indeed I Her wages are about a quarter of your salary, sir And after all, 'tis not the nurse that guards the child, as we have seen only too plainly." " Bo you think he is alive, Nan " "I begin to think not. He is not so young but that he could make himself known, and those advertisements are so widely spread. I am sure poor Nuttie would be more at rest if she could irive us hope." " I did not tell you before. Nan, but But- ton waa going to-day to look at a poor little unclaimed child's body that had been found in the Thames. He knew him better than I, so he went." " He would Annaple. " Assuredly. He meant to fetch nurse if he had any doubt, but afterwards he was going to his court about his rents. He al- ways does that on Saturday evenings." Mr. Button himself opened his door to the pair. " Well," said Mark. " Certainly not. The poor child was evi- dently much younger, and had red hair. Bu^ look here," and he held out a battered something, black with a white stripe. Mark understood nothing, but Annaple ex- claimed, " Is it his ship " " Yes, I could swear to it, for see, and he pointed to some grimed, almost effaced, but still legible capitals, which, however, scarce- ly any one but himself could have read as Ursula. ' I guided his hand to make those the evening before he was lost," said Mr. Button. " Dear little man And where did you find it " " Where I never thought of doing so I On the bed of a little crippled boy in the next court to mine. He is rather a friend of mine, and I turned in to take him some strawberries. I found him hugging this." "How did he get it!" "Our "Liz' brought it to him. Our " L'z" is a very wild specimen, who has spent her life in eluding the school board officer till she is too old for his clutches but she has a soft spot in her heart for her little brother, and I believe another for Gerard Godfrey. We must be very cautious, and not excite any alarm, or we shall be baffled altogether. I am not sure that I did quite prudently in giving little Alf a fresh boat in exchange for this but I could not help bringing it home." " Y'ou did not see the girl "' " No. Those girls wander long and late on these hoc nights, and I do not think I could have got anything out of her. I have been to Gerard Godfrey, and the next step must be left to him. ' " The next question is whether you will tell those poor things at No. 5," said Mark. Mr. Button hesitated, " I should have no doubt of giving Miss Egremont the com- fort of knowinj? that there was a possible clue, but if her father insisted on setting on the police, there would be very little more hope ot success. I am afraid it will be more prudent to wait till we know whatGod- irey says. He hopes to see the girl to-mor- row evening at his mission class, but of course she ia a very uncertain attendant there. No, I cannot trust myself." Annaple was forced to brook withholding the hope from the fainting hearts all the ensuing Sunday, which was a speciaUy try- ing day, as Nuttie pined for her dear UtUe companion with the pictures, stories, hymns that he had always enjoyed, made pretty childish remarks about, as she began to treasure as memorable. As soon as he oould early on Monday morning, Mr. Button repaired to Gerard Godfrey's lodgings, and found the young clergyman had succeeded in seeing the jrirl, and had examined her so as not to put the wild creature on her guwd, and make her use the weapons of falsehood to- wards one who had never been looked upon as an aUy of the police. It appeared that she had brought home the ship, or rather its hull, from one of the lowest of lodging houses, where she had employment as sonaething between charwoman and errand girL bhe had found it on what passed for a bed in its present condition, one morning, when goi^ to make the extremely slii?ht arrangements that tht terrible lair, which served as a ^m- mon bedroom, underwent, and had secreted it as a prize for her Uttle brother. At first she had been stoUd, and affected chnd from Mother Est, id whom G«rard had a vague idoa aa one of the horrible nags, who not only beg thomselves, but provide outfits for beggars, in- cluding infants, to ezoito compassion. Either she or one of her crew had picked up the child and disposed of his clothes and then finding him too old and intelligent to be safely used for begging purposes, she had sold or hired him out to ttiese acrobatic per- formers, who had gone off into that vague and unknown region, the country. L'z had' no notion what was their real name, nor where they would go, only that they attend- ed races and fairs and as soon as the actual pleasure of communicating information was over, she was seized with a panic, im- plored Mr. Godfrey to make no uaecf her information,, and explained that the people of the house were quite capable of killing her if they suspected her ot betraying any of their transactions. It was impossible to bring any authorities to bear on the quest and Mr. Button held it wisest only to write a note telling Mr. Egremonu that he had obtained evidence that the child was living and that he was going in pur- suit, but thought it safer to say no more at present. He gave the note to Mark at hia office. " I cannot trust myself to see your cousin," he said. " I might be tempted to say more than was consistent with Godfrey's honour towards his inform- ant." "I think you are light," said Mark. " You had better leave me with only inde- finite knowledge, I shall be hard pressed. Bo you^not go home first " " Yes, I go to pack up a few things and fetch Monsieur. A run in the country will do him good, and he may be a valuable auxiliary. I shall find no one at Springfitld at this hour." " What ia your plan?" " I shall venture so far as to apply to the police for the names of the usual attendants at races and fairs, and for some idea of their ordinary rounds. I have no doubt that these are known at the chief offices. For the rest, I must use my eyes. But tell your cousin that with God's bless- ing, I hope to bring him back to her." " He will," said Ursula, when Mark gave her the message, and from that moment abe was calmer. She did not fret Mark with questions even aa much as Annaple did, she tried to prevent her father from raging at the acant information, and she even endea- voured to employ herself with some of her ordinary occupations, though all the time she kept up the ceaseless watch. " Mr. Button would not have said that without Sfood hope," she averred, " and I trust to him." Yet when four, five, six, eight days had passed with no tidingo, the heart sickness grew almost more than she could bear, though she still answered with spirit when her father again took to abusing the um- brella fellow for choosing to keep all in his own hands. Even Annaple could hot help saying to her husband that a precise, prim, old bache- lor was the very last person for a hunt in slums and the like. The very sight of him would put the people on their guard. " And think of his fine words," she added. " I wish I could go If I started with a shawl over my head, yoked to a barrel-organ, I should have a far better chance than he will. I declare, Mark, if he doea not suceed we'll do it. We'll hire an organ, whereon you shall play. Ah you shake your head. A musical education is not required, and I know; I shall do something desperate soon; if that dear little boy is not found." (to be continued.) HOUSEHOLD. What Children Shoold Be Taught. The period of early childhood, one well versed in the study and science,pf theftervea remarks, is " that during which the brain and. other parts of the nervous system are most actively developing in order to fit them for the great work before them. It is safe to say that the only instruction given during this time should be that which consists in teachinir children how to observe. The per- ceptive faculties alone should be made the subjects of systematic attempts at develop- ment. The child should be taught how to use the senses, and especially how to see, hear, and touch. In this manner knowleds;e would be acquired in the way that is pre- eminently the natural way, and ample food would be furnished for the child's reflective powers." The value of this statement, if it ia doubt- ed, can easily be tested by asking a child to deacnbe what it aeea in a certain window as it p ksses, and noting the 'slight and unsatis- factory amount its eye and intelligence have received, or by letting it draw, it its power of graphic touch be equal to it, a picture of the opposite house, and by then observing if anything but square outline has been seen, or much of the effect of sun or shade, of pro- jection or recedure, of the shadows of vines and branches^ or any of the things that in- deed go to make up the picture of the house as much as its four square lines do, and from this it will readily be found that two senses at least, the eye and the touch, have yet a good deal to leeirn. And, moreover, one should hardly need to be told that while a thing ia growing and developing, it ia no time for it to be set to work, especially at work requiring any strain one has only to think of the young plant, and the young animal not human, in order to be quite aure of this, and to be equally sure that the squaw who binds the forehead of her baby to a slanting board u only a trifle more barbar- ous in her methods than the mother who binds her child's tender brow with as hard and heavy a weight of learning. This subject, in its various ramifications, has been receiving a considerable amount of attention across the water in Eogland, in Switzerland, and in Sweden, and both physicians and school boards seem to be agreed that over-study in schools of children under sixteen years has been an evil that re- quires remedy, and is at present a really threatening one. In the last decade the cases of " St. Vitus's dance" among children have more then doubled, and in repeated instances it has been found that removal from school has cured the trouble, and re- turn to it has renewed it. ChUdren are often reproved for twitching their faces, as it it were a trick they could drop at com- muid, a habit that has simply grown upon them the causeless frown and knitted brows are similar tricks, for which similar reproof is administered and yet each one of these tricks ia really a aymptom of an over-excited brain â€" of brain and nerves that should at once be given rest. effsetive is floor paste, into which has bam stirrad, while bot, phosphorus, ia the pro-- portions of a dime's worth of the phosphonu to a half pint of payte when nearly cold, add quarter aa maSh grease. Pat on pieces cf board where .Ijb* roaches are. They wiU die while eattey ^^m pasta. Most windows Jmd doors are now provided with wire screens to prevent the eatraaoe of flies, but a few always find their way in. To destroy them, take half a teaspoonful ti black pepper, a teaspoonful of brown sngar, and one of cream mix all well together, and place in dishes where the flies will vet it. Or SATURATE A SPONGE with strong, eartolic acid and suspend it in the roomj and jthe flies will all take their de- parture. Another effectual, and to many less disasrreeable, remedy is to make a cigar- ette of thin paper and pyretbrum light and set upright in a cup of sand or salt, let- tint; it bum slowly. For perfect security against that most annoying insect, the mosquito, there is no- thing but a net, and even then care miut be exercised or they will creep under the netting. Where they are not numerous enough to require this precaution, a camphor bag hung in the window will prove a barrier to their entrance. Spirits of cam- phor rubbed over the face and hands will act as a preventive to ward off their attacks. The pyretbrum cigarette mentioned above for driving away flies is equally good for mosquitoes. When bitten by them, a so- lution of borax or ammonia is the best remedy. The solution of borax is made fay dissolving one ounce of borax in a pint of distilled or boiled water. Keep the bite wet with this aolution aa long as there is any irritation. If made of double the strength given above it is one of the best remedies for bee or wasp stings. Whistling Jugs of Peru. The silvadors or musical jugs found among the birial plaw:e8 of Peru are most ingenious specimens of handiwork. A silvio in the William S. Vaux collection of Philadelphia consists of two vases, whose bodies are joined one to the other with a hole or opening between f hem. The neck of one of these vases is closed, with the ex- ception of a small opening in which a clay pipe is inserted leading to the body of a whistle. When a liquid is poured into the open necked vase, the air is compressed in the other, and, escaping through the narrow opening, is forced into the whistle, the vi- brations producing sounds. Many of these sounds represent the notes of birds one in the Clay collection of Phila- delphia imitates the notes of the robin or some other member of the thrush tribe pe- culiar to Peru, The closed neck of this double vase is modeled into a representa- tion of a bird's head, which ia thrushlike in character. Another water vase in the same coUection representing a llama, imitates the disgusting habit which this animal possesses of ejecting its saliva when enraged. The hissing sound which accompanies this ac- tion is admirably imitated. A black tube of earthenware, ornamented with a gro- tesque head in low relief, to which short arms are attached, pressing a three tubed syrinx to its lips (Clay collection), deserves especial mention, as it suggests the evolu- tion of this instrument frbm a single tube to more complicated forms. â€" [Swiss Cross. Too Tidy. One of the blessed missions of these baby visitors to our homes is to keep ui from be- ing too tidy, for there is such a thing as being too nice by half in the keeping of one's house. My wife was a slave to the broom and dish-rag for the four long years preceding the birth of our first baby. Now we have two boys, four and two years of age, and she â€" well, she " lets things go " in in a manner that gives the boys and me great satisfaction. Things are no longer " just so. " The curtains do not hang " ex- actly so," the ruga are sometimes curled up or " flopped clean over," chaira lie aupine- ly on their backs for an hour at a time in the sitting-room there are streaks made by moist little fingers on panes of glass once spotless and unblemished as crystal the books and ornaments on the table are all " tumbled up " the papers in *he rack are not foldea evenly and squarely but seem to have been tossed in " most any way " there are blocks' and railroad engines and stiff-legged horses and stifier men and women from Noah's ark scattered around everywhere; the table cover is awry; the ottomans bottom side up, and things in a topsy-turvey condition gen- erally. My wife often says that the room " looks awful," and she spends a good deal of time " cleaning up" at night when the two little enemies of law and order are in their little beds. But they " muss it all up " in fifteen minntes the next day. Children of their years are natural foes to tidiness and prim- ness in housekeeping. I have read a great many theories on the subject of teaching children to be orderly, " like little ladies and gentlemen," but I have always found such children rather stiff and prim, and not the rollicking, childish, freely happy young- sters I want my little boys to be while they are yet little boys. S»»hl ^^upense. If I had only seen him ^^te and cold and peaceful, it would jij. °«en far better than to think of him ^wd miserable among wicked people, mld try to bring him up like them- «] Jfother's ownUttle boy 1" i(i»i V"'»°*^ aUowed, it wiU not be al- tceil.S** Mr. Button. " God's Provid- ig^ 4ere are prayers, I knowâ€" at our ^*d Mr. GodfreVs-and aU onrs, but W 7«« » gr?at deal of faith to lean on ***« Vimi" " ** ^°° would, Anni^le, U utter ignorance as to how it got there, but Mr. Go^rej had entreated^herjs^a ita«^ the tol try to discover and had with hcirt made a pathetic descnptton of She durst not say tody) who had always Sen a mother to he? Uttle brother, andnow had lost him, and waa in terrible nncertem. to his fate. That came home to Lii^ 2»'B feeling, and she let out what Aehad S^ofpicked up in ^fJT'jJS^lZ SS the ship hi3 been left bjOdnd by its SmerTwheer boy or rirl Liz wa. nne«- SSffor it had lo»«,^'»*'j • «nd bad been dowd with rin or aOTM- SS dLe when carrirf .«y. ^^."^^ Sdmade noise enough when *n«^*™«* S^FnmTy Frank and Jnli*. plj™» ^oSg folk, who bad oome !«•«*«*• ?S£»^ to have a -ptee, and to jpJA 15? IbS^-m-uotask Mr^EgremcmV -aid -^bS to^STia^^'^ilSi^ Y^ ^^asAnnaplemSle.gertareof «dhjdtobj^^ A Georgia Preacher's Obseryation. A new Georsda revivalist, tte Rev. J. B- Culpepper, ia credited with observmg in the course of a sermon â€" " I would rather be a negro with red eyes, kinky wool, boneless nose and a hollow of the foot that makes a hole in the ground, than play poker till one o'clock in the morning and go home and de- ceive my wife about it." o Sir Francis Knollys' name for his newly christened daughter is "Lonvuna," as a complimentary combination representing Loeise, Victoria and Maud, the three daugh- ters of the Prince nf Wales. The nncertainty oonowning titles is thonghtto bea canseof dnUnessm New York, real estate. Many of the old family proper- tiea were settled in a careless manner, and in some instanoea heirs have reappeared, causing perplezity and oonforiop. A Florida newspaper aaya that the killing off of alligators is having a mariced effect on the snppfy of wat.r in the oatOe ooimtry. When aUqpktOTS took poweas i o n of a water bole they always kept tiiemnd podied upon tiiebank% and even whenhnndrsda of cattis went to the pool, and hj crowding and pnah- ing filled it witiiauid, the allifatan aoonro- pJSrad the damage by digg^and poihina back the mod. Kow Oe oatUe stud aioiiiia tliflso boka, whidi an filled witli mod and a]BMMt«Btinty dried 1^ aad vidfe for run tiia only water tl» gat BMutfme bsing fiomtiicd«ir-«oy«MgnM wUA dMf«rt at^^t. Insect Pests. " Heat is life," says a writer, and the housekeeper echoes the sentiment as she views with dismay the industrious ant, the busy fly, and the boat of unknown insects. If the crevice through which the ants gain an entrance to cnpbcord or pantry can be discovered, they can be effectually destroy- ed by placing quicklime in their path. If this cannot be found, mix calomel with symp, place in plates on the shelves, and the ante wm disappear. Care should be taken tiiat no crumbs of any kind are left around. To destroy the neste and prevent all future trouble, procure at a drug store fifty oenta' worth of the granulated cyanide of potassium have it put in a bottle and care- fully labelled, as it is a deadly poison. The best time to apply it is in the evening. Pour some of the cyanide down the nest moisten with a little water. If the nest is an old one it will be neoeasary to repeat the dose aereral times. In old honses in the country it sometiinei seems impoadble TO KKEP 0T7T AKTS ASTD IdCE. The following plan, however, will keep a safe or table firee om them. Takefonr aanoen, turn upside down, and set the legs of the safe or tMle on them, thai cover Hm â- ancen with tar. Ndtiher ante nor mica oam crawl over tbis bairier. Powdered pyretfimm ploiitifally smrinklad ant capboard and pany dialves haa been foaad toefiEsstiyaly keep away all variatfaa of ante. It is â- Jd to be aqnally rfB oMif M fai dwtaraying modis. It is not pniwnoM to A rfwipU vtaaaif tor VMobmiindm aoMlindmvtiMir ltfWBti;bat1ha Tried and True. Cold '.Beefs Heakt. â€" Wash: the heart well and soak for half an hour in cold salted water. Wipe and stuff the orifices well with a force-meat of bread crumbs, fat salt pork, minced fine, and a little onion, chopped and seasoned with pepper. Sew up in coarse muslin fitted to the shape of the heart, put on to boil in cold, salted water, with a tablespoonful of vinegar to the quart. Boil slowly two hours, turning several times. Pat under a heavy weight when done and leave it for twelve hours. Take off the cloth then and your cold entree is ready. Slice crosswise. Rhubakb Jam.â€" Peel and cut the stalk of rhubarb in pieces ene inch long, and cover with light brown sugar in the proportion of pound to pound. Let this stand over night in an earthen dish. In the morning drain off the symp which has formed, boil it until it thickens, then add the rhubarb and a piece of ginger root sliced fine, boil it until per- fectly tender. Rhubarb and orange pre- serves may be made by peeling six oranges carefully, rejectine only the thick wMte part of the skin and seeds, cut the pulp and peel very small, add two pounds of rhubarb stalks needed and cut fine, and one pound and a half of sugar. Boil the whole to- gether for three-quarters of an hour. Roast Calf's Liveb,â€" Wash the liver thoroughly and wipe dry. Cut a deep hole in the side and stuff this with dreasing made aa for stuffing fowl. When full, sew or tie the liver together, lard it over, and bake in a moderate oven, basting frequently. Sponge Cream. â€" ^This furnishes a delicate and easily made dessert. The ingredients are One pint of sweet milk, three table- apoonfula of gelatine, three tablespoonf uls of sugar and three eggs. Put the gelatine into cold milk, let it stand a short time, then bring it to a boiling point. Add the sugar and yolks of eggs, which must first be well beaten together. Remove from the fire and stir in the whitei, which have previously been beaten stiff. Add a little salt and fla- vor to suit, lemon or vanilla. Wet the molus so the cream will turn out easily when cold and pour in the mixtiue. Serve when cold. White Sponge Cake. Nice. â€" Whites of five eggs beaten to a atiff froth, then add one small teaspoonful of cream tartar, one cup of white sugar, one cup of flour beat all well together. Have the oven warm and heat gradually so it will rise nicely, as this receipt requires no soda flavor with extract lemon. Fbosting.â€" Two of the yolks beaten and thickened with white sugar. Worth SInowing. That the suds from the week'y wash are of great benefit to house plante. That a solution of chloroform and water applied to a wound will check the bleed- ing. That raisins allowed to stand for 10 min- utes in bailing water are easily stoned by rubbing them between the thumb and finger, when the seeds oome out clean. They must afterward be dried and dredged with flour before using. That soiled and faded black cashmeremay bis made to look almost as good as new. Wash in a suds of soap bark, and rinse in a clear water then in a second water to which a strong bluing has been added. If much fadcMi let it lie in this ovnnight. Lift it from the water without wringing, and dry in a shady place. Press while damp. Dark blue cashmere may be treated in the saine way. That a clothes-basket makes one of the nicest possible cribs for a l»by. All of the little Smiths were raised in a clothes-basket and a hammock, with never a cradle, or a crib until they were three years old. It was a large-dsed one, with handles at the ends, and for the first baby waa covered with blue sileeia and white dotted swiss. When babies became an old story, bright cretonne for the inside and out was cen- tered good enough. The aides were padded with a piece of old bed qnQt, and a uttie mattress made for the bottom. When baby fell asleep the basket was easily carried into a qnlet room, which could be made dark, and a hi|^-baoked chair at e head and foot served as a simpwt fora conopy of netting to keep off the fliea. The Dasket is still in use in the laundry. There's a 12-year old New E ngl a ndw ia Gardiner who will be caiafnlabont plaving on the cars h er e aft er. He tried to jomp ntom abei^tndnonwMchlMhadlKNm riding, and canghthli foot aad waa tinown mder flMOKn. Tha end ci aa aKla ilrack Ui baadaadlmoAMd it sway ao that itWMat fariondilMittiMlMaiagof tiM car iqlifehiiK jadntnAobaoic, aad isrwoir thai fhllboaft,eat l^ â- :" â- :s" -j' f â- --it. m ;i*i4f. â-  "+*.. jl^ .â- Ti'