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f / pram I lari' limplrcutf. J. C. HEARTSELL, Ed. and Pub. VOL XI. AT DAWN. Each leaf, another Tokening, sigh\ ■“Sweet sister, it is day! , The last night-blooming glory dta^ And wheresoe'er a petal lies, i The east grows warm and gray. ♦•The birds are still asleep; and yet, Amid the silent throng, i Like dusky vapors that beget j The dew, dream-winged shades have set The germs of heavenly song.” —John B. Tabb, in Lippineott. A HILL COUNTRY IDYL BE THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH. -ITTY M’KISSEM // /} looked at her broth- er and sighed, and » the sigh was ac~ - companied by a l\ glance tion of admira¬ . Hugh M’Kissen was certainly a fine specimen of young mountain manhood. Tall and muscular, h i 'if, with a lithe and sin- \ w JL ewy form, whose \ ;V graceful proportions w. W even the half-ccat, A Rti _Jhuntin ' half-sack, g-shirt,” called “a •eould not disguise; a frank and pleasant expression, and a voice that, in spite of a rather nasal tone when its owner was excited, was full and musical—Hugh was worthy of feminine admiration. He was singularly ignorant of his attractions, and, though bold in peril, fearing neither man, bear nor catamount in single fight, was timid in the presence of women, his mother and his sister ex¬ cepted. The owner, subject to his mother’s life-right, of a thousand acres of mountain land, of which one-third was rich “bottom,” or level land, with horses in stall, cattle in meadow and steers on the hill-range, he was at seven- and-twenty a bachelor, while his fellows were heads of families by the time they had come to manhood. He loved his mother and sister, who worshiped him, and he was content. « Kitty M’Kissen was not his sister, how¬ ever, nor was she his kinswoman. Eigh¬ teen years before, John Markham came there from the East, and bought a little ‘‘bottom-patch” of sixty acres, and set- tied on it with his wife. He built a log- ■ - cabin, set to work awkwardly to culti¬ vate a few girdled acres, and tried to ac¬ commodate himself to an unusual posi¬ tion. Folk around, naturally suspicious of strangers, thought he must have done something wrong to make him leave home. He brought books, not over a hundred in number, which the neighbors deemed to be a great library. His house was neat, owing to his young wife's taste. The neighbors said: “It’s stuck roun’ with thing-a-majigs till it’s a plom sightl” Markham worked bard, and so did his wife, and, soon after their coming Kitty was born. She was christened Catk- arine Burnett. Three months after her birth her mother died, and Mrs. M’Kissen, who had just lost a child of nearly the same age, offered to nurse Kitty—an offer thankfully accepted. But Joim jarkham caught cold by ex¬ posure, it settled upon has lungs,and iu less than a year he died,leaving his little possessions to his child. Kitty thrived and soon became known as a M’Kissen, the circuit-rider’s baptismal certL cate to the contrary notwithstanding. She and Hugh.wuo was a nine-year-old boy wuen i she came,had been brought up togetaer. When she was half-gro.vu, Peter M’Kissen was kilied by the fall of a girdled tree,and Kitty became the main¬ stay of the house, for old Mrs. M’Kissen, woo was ten years senior to lier hus¬ band, bad been half paralytic for years, and passed her time :n nobbling between her bed, the kitchen-table and the fire¬ side. Frank and good-natured, as well as atii euc, Hug u was a popular y uing man —ais fellows accepting his lead and young won en receiving his attentions courteously. But ne never threw the handkerchief at any particular fa.r one, treating ail with a shy deference. They did not come up to the stunting o, Kitt , who had indented some of the re¬ finement of her inotuer; and who, hav¬ ing read her father's books over aud over again, was credited with a vast amount ot learning. That kind of knowledge did not interfere with her housewifely qualities, for she was known to be the best coo t and baker as well as the best butte; maker and neatest housekeeper in the county. Huge measured all other girls oy i.et Procrustean standard, Be¬ side, Hugh was not matrimonially iu- cliued. His home was too comfortable, and he was in no hurry to bring a sirange woman there. But Mrs. M’Kissen thought it high time for her son to marry, and spoke to him about it. “What’s the need, mother?'’ he re¬ sponded. “I’m should comfortable, and so are you. Why I bring a strange girl here—one that ain't used to us and our ways, upsetting things?” “You needn’t do that neither,” said his mother. But Hugh was too obtuse to take the hint and went out to salt the cattle. But he communed with himself as he went. “I might spark Lucy Campbell,” he thought. “She’s been East to school, and she’s a sort- of higu-flyer, but she's pretty. Old Jim Campbell’s well off, and he has only young Jim and Lucy. I dunno. I’ll speak to Kitty about it. And there she is at the cows, now.” SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GA. MARCH 3, 1892- Kitty wm there with her milk puls,and Hugh broached the subject at once. She looked up, blushed a little and then looked down, and listened. “Lucy Campbell!” she cried. “So, Boss! Why don’t the cre’tur’ keep still? Lucy Campbell's a nice girl; a little sharp-tempered, but you’re not; and she never turns a hand to anything around the house; but you’re not look¬ ing for a housekeeper. Give down, Bossl” “Well, there’s Nancy Stallins. Nancy’s people are not so well off as Lucy Camp¬ bell’s; but they do say that Nancy is the most industrious girl in the neghb’r’d.” “Yes,” said Kitty; “yes, she’s a worker. She never cleans up her dirt, though; and she—she chews snuff. You don’t like tobacco in that way, do you, Hugh?" “M-mph!” ejaculated Hugh. “Well, I dunno what to do. Mother, she’s at me to marry, and I declare, except the two, I can’t think of a girl I’d like to have, unless—well, there ain’t one.” “You stupid!” said Kitty, pettishlv. “Eh?” “This Boss is the most stupid cow I ever saw. Now, Bullfaec!” And Kitty stooped at her pail, and began a fresh milking. “See here,” said Hugh: “Did you ever see such an uncertain chap as that Si Doss? He’s been here four times this week about buyin’ a cow, stays around hours at a time, aud ain’t made up his mind yet. ’Pears to me he don’t know A good thing when he sees it. ” “There are a good many young men in the same fix, I allow,” said Kitty. “Si Doss appears to me not to be one of that kind. He knows what he wants, I fancy.” And then, with her filled pail, Kitty moved off to the spring-house. Hugh stood a minute, salt-bag in hand, forgetful of his cattle, when he saw Si Doss riding up and then dis¬ mounting. Si tethered his horse to the pendant limb of a Decch tree, and then strode forward. He had the reputation of being the most forward young man in the country; but he had a very em¬ barrassed air now. “Howdy, Hugh.” “Howdy, Si.” “Folks all well?” “Yes. Your’n?” “Fus’-rate, thank y.’ Our best brood sow’s sort o’ limpish. I allow she’s been eatin’ somethin’ afore we brought her outen the woods. ” “Likely.” And then the two stood like ex¬ hausted receivers. At last Doss broke out: “I’ve been allowin’ to git married.” “Yes?” “I’d like you to put in a word for me.” “Me? Who’s the girl?” “Kitty M’Kissen.” “Not—our—Kitty!” “Yes. I’m not quite sure whether she favors me or not. I’ve been aroun’ some, but someho .v I ain’t got the nerve to speak out. Couldn’t you souu’ her au’ find out?” “Our Kitty! Why, Si, she’s a little girl. She's too young. ” “She’s eighteen year old. I hearn Miss M’Kissen say so. You know, though, I’m tol'rabie well-to-do, an’ don’t owe no man a dollar. I love the very ground she walks on.” “Well,” said Hugh, after a pause, “we’li see about it. Anything new?” “There just is. There’s a fellow down to the town—a furriner from the East— J=°t U P * u store clothes an’ mighty sassy- lookin’, an’ he’s beeu inquirin’ about John Markham’s folks. Sez he’s a kin to ’em au’ ’s gwine to come and hunt up Kitty.” “No! What’s his name?” “Galvin Burnett, He’s a lawyer where he lives.” “Burnett? Must be kin to Kitty’s mother. You told him whar she is?” “Yes; and thar he comes now, ou Sol Diugess's clayband mar’.” It was a sprucely dressed stranger who rode up, and, leading his mare, came to¬ ward tnem. It was not necessary to tell his kinship, for he “favored” Kitty, as they say in the hills. The same eyes and forehead, but he had a square chin. He explained his business. “Come into the house, Mr. Burnett,” said Hugh. “Kitty will be back from the spring house, presently.” D .ss was anxious to learu everything, but as no one asked him to remain, went off reluctantly. Presently Kitty came in. and the newcomer introduced himself as her drst cousin, the son of her mother’s brother. “Of course,” said Burnett, “I am very giad to know a near relative, espec- ialiy when she’s a pretty girl; but I did not come for that. I am here on busi- ness. Do you kno .v anything of your father's history?” "No, sir.” “Oh, don’t ‘sir’ me, Kitty; we are own cousins. Call me ‘Cousin Cal.’ Your father ran off with my aunt, having married her against grandfather’s com- mand. Grandfather disowned her, and was very bitter. But when he died, he left one-half of his property to father absolutely, aud the other half in trust. The nature of the trust was explained in a sealed paper, not to be opened until after father's death, and to be carried out by his executor. I believe father knew its nature. The trust money in¬ creased under my father’s prudent man¬ agement, and that share of the estate amounts to more than what I inherit. It is nearly twice as much. I opened the paper, and the instructions are that I “ TELL THE TRUTH ” am to pay it over to the heir cr heirs of Catherine Markham. Iam satisfied from inquiry, that you are the heir, Kitty, and I am ready to transfer to you, under the proper legal form, nearly ninety thousand dollars. I congratulate you. Kitty. You will be able to live East, as comfortably as possible, on an income sufficient, I suppose, for a single gentle¬ woman.” Ninety thousand dollars! The amount dazed Kitty, and struck the M’Kissens dumb. It was a fairy tale, aud the young lawyer looked like an enchanter. Hugh was considered rich there, with iess than a fifth of the sum; but ninety thousand dollars! At last Kitty asked: “Mr. Burnett—Cousin Calvin—must I live there to get the money ?” “No. You can live where you like; but if you want to enjoy life, the East is the place for you. You are your own mistress, or, at least, will be at twenty-one. In the meanwhile, the court here will probably let you name your own guardian aud trustee.” “Thauk you, cousin. I am glad to know you; glad to have this unexpected fortune, and would be glad to see a place that I have heard so much of. But the only kin I ever knew, though not of my blood, are dear to me. This is my only home. I may visit the East, but I could not stay there.” The news of Kitty’s wonderful inherit¬ ance soon spread. Rumor increased it by an additional cipher. It was heard ot with a thrill of awe and envy. It was said that the dashing “furriner” was to marry Kitty, and take her away immedi¬ ately; aud Josiah Doss was intne gulf of despair. Hugh knew better, so far as Kitty’s views went, but he felt a sinking at the heart. Kitty would stay, but with such a fortune in possession she seemed out of the common sphere. Burnett,while thedegal forms going on, amused himself by studying this cousin, who was so readily accommodating her¬ self to circumstances and the M’Kissens, especially Hugh. It required no pene¬ tration to see ihat the lacter was in love with Kitty, but seemed not to quite re¬ alize his own feelings; and that Kitty loved Hugh and knew it. “That young man is bright enough in some things, but very stupid m this,” said the lawyer to himself. “I'll play the good genius, for the fun of the thing.” The court at Kitty’s instance,appointed Hugh M’Kissen her guardian and trus¬ tee, to the scandal of the young folk, who thought she should have chosen some older man. Hugh and Burnett had divers conferences, before affairs were over. At one of these the lawyer said# “What a very pretty girl Cousin Kitty is! Don’t you think so Mr. M’Kissen?” “Ye-es.” “She’ll make a figure when she gets into society, too. She is one o£ the rough gems that take to polish kindly.” “M-uj.” “The fact is, T admire her the more the more I know her. I must try and persuade her to leave the mountains. ” “Kitty M’Kissen isn’t one of that kind," said Hugh. “You heard her say that she would stay here, aud she is the one to keep her word.” “I beg your pardon, Mr. M’Kissen,” I said Burnett. “Her proper name is Catherine Markham, and sue is not like¬ ly to change it—in this place. No offense to you; but the name is a good one, and sounds well; but it would sound better if it were changed to Bur¬ nett, in my judgment.” And then Burnett walked off, to take a stroll through the hills, leaving Hugh confused and indignant. “Confound his impudence!” cried Hugh. “Mrs. Burnett! He’s after Kitty’s money. Kitty marry him!” Hugh walked out to cool himself aud met Kitty coming from the spring- house ; for Kitty was born to love cows and chickens, and her money had not changed her ways. She nodded. Hugh kept at her side, aud as she reached tno porch he said: “I—I want to have a talk with you, Kitty.” “All right. Sit down on the porch, then, and I’ll listen.” “Kitty—I—the fact is—” “Yes?” “The fact is— You don’t care for Burnett, do you?” “Care for him? Of course I do. He brought me good fortune; he’s my own cousin, you know, and he's a very nice man, too.” “Are you—going—to marry with him?” “What a question! I suppose you can ask it as you're my guardian. I don’t see how I could; he’s not a Mor- mom, and he has a wife already.” “Oh, Kitty, you know I—” “Well, I don’t know, till I know what it is I know.” “Kitty, I love you.” “Of course you do; we were brought up together. ” “It’s not that, Kitty; but why can’t we marry?” “You never asked me, Hugh.” Hugh asked then with a vengeance. He poured out his feelings in a flood of words. Kitty didn’t interrupt him. She liked it. But when he paused for sheer want of breath, she quietly put her hand in his, and said: “You ought to have known that I loved you, Hugh.” When Burnett came back he divined the state of affairs at once. “Mr. M’Kissen," he said, dryly, “I presume Miss Burnett will have the ap- proval of her guardian in this matter.* Kitty did go to the East, but it was ai Kitty M’Kissen, and with her husband. Aftei their return there was a house put up on the M’Kissen place which was the wonder of the neighborhood, beta of itself and furnishings. ‘‘Such doings!” said Nancy Stallins to a gossip. “You know the house, built outer bricks and rocks—a sorter cross atwix’ a co’t-house an’ a meetin’ house; an’ enough rooms in it for a tavern. But I was inside; six wagon- loa Is o’ things was put in; the floors are kivered all over. Yes!” continued Nancy, with the bitterest climax, “kivered with kiverlids!”—The Ledger, SELECT liftings. Oregon has a fifteen pound turnip. The latest location for a watch is in a door handle. The largest quadruped of California is the grizzly bear. A Texas man has three buttons worn by Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Va. Wiliam Hanks, of Los Oros, New Mexico, has three well defined tongues. There are 208 students from North America at the Berlin (Germany) Univer¬ sity. A Texan’s pony found the watch his master had lost and brought it to him in his mouth. A novel Viking ship, supposed to be one thousaud years old, was unearthed recently from a raouud in Sweden. An Oil City (Penn.) snake’s eyes, on being photographed, showed an exact reproduction of the face of the farmer who had killed it. A Californian is going to start an ele¬ phant ranch. He intends to train the elephants to pick oran ;es and hire them out to orange growers. The flat pieces of iron shaped like th letter S whicn are frequently seen on the walls of old brick buddings is the au- ciont symbol of the sun. The savant Tremer has asserted his be¬ lief that the celebrated library of Ivan the Terrible was not destroyed in the burning of Moscow, Russia. The women in Bridgeton, PeDn., have formally petitioned the Mayor for per¬ mission to carry red pepper with them wueu they go out after dark. The month of February, 1886, was kn?,>u among the lovers of the rare and curious in nature as the “moonless month” from tiie fact of it having no full moon. This can only occur eight times in a century. The finest white pearls are from India, the Persian Gulf and Panama; the finest black and gray pearls from the coast of Lower California. Beautiful pink and red pearis are often secreted by the com¬ mon creek mussels. The deepest trustworthy sea-sounding ever made was 26,850 feet, this depth being found twenty-three miles due north of New Guinea. Deeper soundings have beeu reported, but geographers do not consider them reliable. Albinus, one who contended with Sev- erus for the Roman Empire, was the greatest glutton of antiquity. For one breakfast he ate 500 figs, 100 peaches, ten melons , twenty buaches , of grapes, 100 small birds and 400 oysters. Parting the Hair iu the Middle. The number of men who part their hair in the middle is increasing every day. The fasuion has grown in the mat- ter of dressing hair so rapidly that it would not be out of the way to say that fully one-naif the men who formerly de- rided this once much-condemned fashion are gradually gettiug around to it. “Ihey begin,”said a well known bar- ber yesterday, “by parting the hair a little higher up ou the head by degrees, until they finally get it exactly in the centre. I remember very well when it was a very rare thing for a man to part Ins hair directly over his nose, but all of the contempt and fuu which siicn a proceeding evoked are now replaced by indifference as far as the public is cou- cerned. Twenty years a^o a politician who parted his hair in the middle courted disaster at the polls. Now no end ot statesmen, prominent or other- wi3e, wear their hair in a dandified fasu- ion and it does not even call for a re- mark. The only thing that the rank ana file strenuously and positively object to is a masculine bang. They won’t have that at any price." — National Bar- ” er ‘ Manufacture of Dyestuffs. Few instances of modern mdustriai growth m any one specialty are m .re surprising than that of the manufacture of artificial dyestuffs. In England, ° er maa y a “ d sm " e otnet countries h but t especially in , Germany, this industry has attained such prodigious This appear, from the published statistics that one of these plants-that of the larowerke, at Hoechst-on-Nain, where are employed some 1900 workmen, hfty foremen, nine engineers, besides eighty- ■ six clerks and fifty-seven chemists. The works cover an area of 72t>,000 square yards, and from one end of the works to ' the other the distance is 3300 feet. Be- sides a great variety i of dyestuffs, * the rat „ | j • Sfr: .. none telegram. | $1.00 a Year in Advance. TEACHING BIRDS TO SING f EITLARGINa NATURE'S GIFT T* THE FEATHERED POLK. 5? Canaries May be Taught a Variety oj Notes—Best Methods ol Teaching Them to Sing. To think of music lessens for a bird seems rather odd, for song is nature’s gift to the feathered folk. Undoubt¬ edly, says Olive Thorne Miller in the New York Recorder, a bird hatched in solitude, and never allowed to hear the voices of his kind, would express his emotion in some sort of musical fashion. But, as a matter of fact, many, perhapi all, birds are taught to sing. I have my« self heard several birds at what I believe to be their singing lessons, notably the American robin and the whip-poor-will. In both these cases the old bird sang his full song and waited while the little one with more or less success imitated it. Over and over the parent repeated the notes and the infant tried to copy them. These are the native teachers, but birds destined to the life of parlor mu¬ sicians, as the bullfinch and some others, have human teachers, when their music lessons are as regular and their instruc¬ tors as painstaking as the professors who teach our daughters. The canary, our most familiar house companion, is usually imitative and in¬ telligent, aud a wonderful capacity for song dwells within his tiny frame. I may say hers also, for his pretty little mace can sing, though not everyone knows this. There are three distinct ways in which a bird may receive a musical education. He may be taught to sing our tunes, opera a rs or negro melodies, as is gener¬ ally done with the bullfinch; or, second, he may be instructed in the notes of another bird, as a lark or a rob- bin; or, thirdly, his capacity may be developed, his powers of voice cultivated and his song remain the canary song through all. A seed diet gives the muscles compact¬ ness, therefore, according to this system, seeds should not be the principal diet until he “graduates,” but a soft food ol hard-boiled egg grated with cracker oi bread, and boiled in milk to the con sisteney of stiff paste. Some seed may be added, and this may be varied by bread and crackers in milk, and grated egg, or a little lean beef chopped very fine. He should have variety of food and plenty of it, for he is growing and must be well nourished. It is good also to lot him fly about, for this helps to ex¬ pand the chest. Now to teach him. If he is to sing “Annie Laurie” or “The Last Rose ol Summer,” he must be placed in a quiet room, with the cage covered. Then a few notes of the chosen air should be whistled, or played on some instrument, flute, bird organ or piano. They must be p,ayed slowly and distinctly, in cor¬ rect time, and over and over till the bird begins to try it himself. He must not see the teacher, nor hear the least noise to distract his attention from the notes so constantly repeated. The'in¬ structor may have to spend hours, it may be twelve, before the bird learns his lesson, but he must persist in reiterating taose f ev v notes and no others till the pupil repeats tnem. When he sings his notes be should be rewarded with some¬ thing he likes, for one a bit of food, for anotoei a little praise, No matter how well the bird has learned his artificial song, he will forget it the first time he moults, unless it is carefully repeated to him every day w ule moulting. bird’s’ if the owner wishes her canary to sing like a lark or robin, shs must put him under native instruction. He is to be placed, with his cage covered closely, j u a room alone with his teacher, whose cage-is in a light, sunny window. The lark sings for his own pleasure, and the canary, in his darkened cage, forced to pa? attention to it, learns to imitate it. One man, who kept a large number ol canaries,, tells of having one of them trained by a wild English robin. He: cage—for it was a female, a year old— haiuj alone near the window, outside waieh was the robiu’s favorite singing pmca. The cage was uncovered, for he never thought of training her, and for weeks she uttered no sound, but listeued an ,i looked at the singing bird, and one q a y sbg surprised her master by giving tn>; robin song perfectly, Treated in t ;je vva y described, a canary will learn to imitate almost any bird song. ! ,ie third metuod, and the most uatu- —sand all that 'EgZZS. arv is nee led to do this is ' t0 fc H the * onc “ duri the ^e , eara . in nod * ln t e 00m w f th flae Singer alone, when he will follow his ^ ,. so iar M hls ers al|(5W< p fae things to remember are that he i., P „ ,„ ck | y * ft, ^ “ cov- * , red> so that his tteatioa .nvthin“ not b disnacted by y seeing ^ Ulie cauti oa sho d be needed. How- ever aauo io or vmtimelv a bil . d - s be he should never be ‘. stopoed t by ! '1,^” sol ue lln -^ at ,- J. , u . u ' lm n p f «■ d creaiures are exceedingly g th . f- ^ sens.tive, ^ aud tfrey are by terror sometimes throwji tw mistres3 ^ NO. 52. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. CHE AM SALMON. Take one can of salmon; mince It fine, drain off the liquor in a colander ana throw it away. Boil one pint of milk, two tablespoonfuls butter, salt and pep¬ per to taste. Have ready a pint of fine bread crumbs, which place in a layer in the bottom of a dish. Upon this lay a layer of the minced salmon, then a layer of the dressing made of the milk, butter, pepper and salt, more bread crumbs and so on, having crumbs for the last layer. Bake until brown.—Detroit Free Press. CHICKEN OROqURTTE8. For chicken croquettes use one solid pint of finely chopped cooked chicken, one tablespoonfui of salt, one-half table¬ spoonful of pepper, one teacupful ol cream or of chicken stock, one table¬ spoonful of flour, four eggs, one tea¬ spoonful of chopped parsley, one tea¬ spoonful of onion juice, one tablespoon- ful of lemon juice, one pint of bread crumbs and three tablespoonfuls of but¬ ter. Put the cream or stock on to boil, mix flour and butter aud stir into the cream; add chicken and seasoning. Boil two minutes and add two of the eggs well beaten. Take from the lire imme¬ diately. When cold, mold, cover with egg and bread crumbs and fry.—Brook¬ lyn Citizen. MOCK HARE. For a mock hare cut a nice, lean beef¬ steak from the sirloin, leaving out the tough end. Chop two tablespoonfuls of suet fine, with a cup of fine bread¬ crumbs. Add a little parsley and a sprig of thyme. Put in a teaspoonful of salt and half a teaspoonful of pepper. Wet the mixture together with the yolk and white of au egg, and finally add a tea¬ spoonful of onion juice for flavor. Spread this stuffing on the steak and roil it up in it, tying it in place to keep the stuffing in. Rub the steak with butter, flour it thickly, lay it on a roasting- rack and keep it in the oven tiil it is fairly well done. If the oven is hot, it should be cooked brown on the outside in twenty or twenty-five minutes. When ready to serve remove the strings, and serve it in a platter with a brown gravy made from the drippings of the pan and accompanied by a crimson mould of spiced currants. Carve it in slices from the outside, not across the roll, serving is a little delicious dressing with each slice. This a way to cook a sirloin steak for a change.—New York Tribune. DEEP APPLE PUDDING. It may also be made with canned fruits, if some of the liquid is poured off and used for sauce. Line a buttered three-pint crockery bowl, with a rolling rim, with a paste made as follows: Sift a quart ot flour with two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and a small teaspoon¬ ful of fineiy-chopped suet, half mutton and half beef; stir into a soft of dough with a fork and about two cups of very cold water. Roll out once a little thin¬ ner than for biscuit crust and spread on the bottom and sides of the bowl; then put a layer of thinly-sliced tart apples, and sprinkle with about a teaspooniul of sugar and a little lemon or grated lemon peel, if liked, and so on until tte bowl is heaping full; sprinkle two tabiespoon¬ fuls of cold water through, theu covei with paste. Wring the pudding cloth as dry as possible out of cold water, dredge it with flour and put over the top of the pudding and tie with stout twine three times round under the rim of the bowl, f he cloth should be square and of good size. Bring the ends together in the middle, pulling taut to tighten the string and secure with safety-pins or a few stitches. Put in a large pot of boiling water with an inverted plate or scaud on the bottom and boil for three nours; the water should be replenished when needed and kept boiling. When cooked remove the cloth, run a knife around the sides of the bowl, hold good-sized, rather deep dish over the top; invert quickly and you have a mound of light paste with plenty of well- cooke l fruit. Half beef and half mut¬ ton makes a lighter paste than all beef. The former is better flavored, as it is not well to use all mutton.—New York World. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Never set coal oil near butter or lard. Save your coid tea; it is excellent foi cUauing grained wood. Hot solution of salt and vinegar brightens copper aud tinware, also zinc bathtubs. When suffering from overstrained and fired eyes bathe them in hot water sev¬ eral times a day. Fine shavings from soft pine wood make a pleasant pillow. They have special curative virtues for coughs and lung troubles. In trimming lamps with broad wicks clip the ends a little lower than along the middle aud thus avoid a smoked or cracked lamp. Cracks in furniture may be filled with Indian red or burnt umber to get the desired shade. When dry it will take on equal polish. According to the Medical Record cas¬ tor oil has not failed in any case to re¬ move warts to which it was applied once i day for two to six weeks. In washing greasy skillets the addi¬ tion of a little soda to the first water will neutralize the grease, and make it much jasier to cleau. These are best cleaned when hot.