THE RUSSIAN DOCTOR,
A Tragic and Romantio Story
from Roai juiio.
(ADAPTVD FltOM THE . OEaUAM Or MUS.
CUBE 1'OBKB.j
HT MILS. l'llANCKS A. SHAW.
Transition Copyrighted, IST7, by A. .V. Ktiogj
Kncpaper Company.
tho wilrt waves of Marianne's funitga
tion fever wore stayed.
"If it allays your fears, do what you
will," ho said, "only let my study
alone."
It was romarkablc how people of all
conditions seeking help besieged the
house of the Russian doetor. The rep
utation of his skill, his goodness and
nnsclnsnness spreail like wiutlire. Ins
door-bell rang constantly day and
night. He was kept so busy that he
bad scarce time to think of Ililmar's
absence. When ho did recall it it was
with a sense of relief at his distance
from Desireo.
On the morning of the fourth day
liic inifxl'ti ilnnirflll-, In. lirfv.
posed sending a messenger for tidings.
.'Our artist is no doubt filling his
( sketch-book in some picturesque re
gion," he added, "and will complain
auout my running aiier mm as u no
were a child. Hut I want to get him
here and then send him off to Vevay."
As ho thus spoke he glanced at
Desiree, who had risen noiselessly and
-was attending to the flowers on the
window-ledge. She did not turn as
Arnim left the room with an Auf
Wiederselicn ! Her reply was scarcely
.audible. The little head remained
bowed over the (lowers, the hands
plucked nervously at the leaves.
Arnim set his teeth. A wild impatience
surged through his breast. He would
fain have pressed tins tender form to
his tortured heart with the despairing
cry:
"Have I then lost your confidence?
Do you love this stranger better than
me? Will you leave the house that
once harbored your mother to go with
him?"
Hut he saw that Marianne's eyes
rested upon him with a questioning
glance, and controlling his emotion, ho
went silently.
At noon a messenger appeared say
ing that the doctor would not return
until evening. Ussikow was found.
He lay ill in the village of Grunfeld.
Ivan must go to him to-morrow with
stores of linen and other necessaries
and remain until his removal was pos
sible. Desiree received this intelligence
with white face and throbbing heart.
A few minutes later she stood before
Marianne, who exclaimed:
"Good heavens, how you look!
What is the matter with you? Take
the drops at once! God forbid that
von should bring the typhus into our
house!"
The girl turned impatiently away.
"Nothing is the matter with me," slid
said, "but lie is stricken with the fever
in a neighboring village, and is with
out care. Ivan goes to him to-morrow.
Not until to-morrow! O, my
God, how long it will be before morn
ing!" "Who, child! Arnim?"
"No, no! Ililmar Ussikow! I im
plore you go to him at once."
"What do ynti say, foolish girl? I
go to this stranger! I would really
like to know why !"
"To nurse him, to save him ! Uncle
Arnim says that in this sickness, nurs
ing does everything. And just think
of it lie lies in a low musty peasant
chamber, among strange, rough peo
ple, unenred for and alone! Perhaps
there is no one to even hand him a
drink in his thirst, and agony. You
must go to him. Every moment's de
lay brings him nearer death."
"1 must go! Are you mad, Desiree,
and why I, out of all tho world?"
"Hecauso ho loves you!" cried the
girl, desparingly. "Hecauso ho wishes
to make you his wife."
For a moment Marianne seem petri
fied. Then she shrugged her shoulders
and answered :
"My child, even if Ussikow loved mo
to distraction and I have not re
marked that ho cares for mo in tho
least 1 would not leave this house
one hour for his sake. In tho first
plaee.it would bo highly improper
even for his promised wife, and would
cause no end of talk; in tho second
place, I might get this droadful fover,
and perhaps my death. I would, in no
?vcnt, accept an offer from this gon
tleman; I do not care for him, and I
will never leave my cousin. What
would ho do without me? Now come
to tho table child. It is half an hour
past the time. It was thoughtless in
Arnim to send tho message at this
hour. The fish is no doubt spoiled.
But how excited you are! French wom
en are terribly hysterical."
"Do you think Ussikow will dio?"
asked tho girl, with quivering lips.
"It is moro than likely in this dis
ease; but if ho can bo saved, my cousin
win save mm. It is a rare pieco of
good luck that ho is not sick in our
house, and thut ho can uot bo moved.
If ho could, Arnim would have him
hero in spite of our protests. Now, ik
force yourself to eat somnthing, child!
I feel all broken up myself, but to go
with an empty stomach in times like
this is dangerous. Lie down after
dinner, and this strango mood will
pass. I am glad Arnim has not seou
you so."
"I beg you do not tell him a word !"
"If you stop this nonsonso and act
liko a sensible creature I will tell him
nothing."
Was it "scnsiblo" to wander rest
lessly up and down through houso and
garden, to count tho minutes- until
cvouinir. to staro with elowiug. eyes
into th. dist.ince, to press ftwrish
hands to a burning forehead, and ask
if the pitiless sun would never go down,
to stammer incoherent prayers for one
alone one win was perhaps now toss
ing in delirium, and longing vainly for
some hand to smooth his pillow ?
Could Arnim have suspected with
what longing Papillon awaited him a
longing noton his own account would
he have hastened homo ?
Night had already fallen when he
entered the family sitting room mor
tally weary, and threw himself into his
arm-chair. When Desiree saw him she
uttered a cry.
"Are you afraid of me, Papillon ?"
ho asked, in a hollow tone. "Marianne,
give me some nourishing food. Send
Ivan to me at once."
Marianne hastened out to do his nid
ding. Desiree approached and took
his hand.
" Poor uncle!" she said. "Must you
exert yourself so much? How are your
patients?"
"Do you mean the one in Grunfeld,
child?" lie answered, sadly, and stroked
her hair. "He fell ill suddenly how
seriously I can not tell until to-morrow.
I shall drive over again at noon.
Removal is out of the question, but the
house where ho lies is comfortable, tho
bed good. Tho house belongs to an
elderly widow who has seen most of
her family sicken and die, and knows
much of illness. She will do her best
for him, but I hope to find a nurse.
Ivan" he added as tho Russian serv
ant entered. "You must leave early
in the morning with linen and other
comforts for your sick countryman.
You may await me at Grunfeld."
"All right!" said Ivan, with a stolen
glance at Desiree. "Tho master com
mands, Ivan obeys."
It was past midnight. Deep silenco
brooded over the vine-wreathed house.
A light step stole down the stairs and
over tho threshold a woman's liguro
disguised in wrappings, a bundle in
hand. From tho hood of red cloth
beamed a pale, charming, girlish face.
Helow at tho front door stood Ivan
with a large, closely-packed basket.
" Come!" whispered the young girl.
"Let us hasten."
"COMi:! LET US HASTEN !"
" Hut my master will be angry and
your little feet will be weary. Ivan's
feet wilt not tire. Let him go alone,
lie would go through seas of fire for
the young master and for you."
"Hush! I have written to the doc
tor. Ho will not be angry. A human
life is at stake. Have you forgotten
any thing?"
"Nothing, my lady. I have a bottlo
of whisky in my pocket."
The next morning the Russian doctor
found in tho breakfast room a note to
his address containing these words:
"Do not seek a nursu for your friend. I will
romain with lilm until all danger is over, or
until ho leaves this world. Ivan goes with me.
Do not ch'dcmy secret departure. I shouldhave
died had I t een held back, and I know that you
would have held mo back. In a case like this
every minute is precious.
'Tho pitying Mother of God will protect him
and me. And you, dear uncle, will make him
well. In his sick chuuiber I hope boon to kiss
vourhaud."
"Good heavens, what will people
say!" cried Marianne, as Arnim read
her the letter. "Wo must never receive
her back. O what a scandal there will
bo!"
" Have no fear of that. If Ililmar
recovers, every one will think his future
wife did a heroic deed."
"His future wife?"
"Yes, Marianne. Tho night before
he left Ililmar confessed to mo his love
for Desiree."
"For this child! And tho silly thing
thought he wanted to make me his
wife. Well, I am glad I told her I
would never accept an offer from him.
Hut if he dies"
" I hopo he may livo. God is moroi
ful, I will at onco drive over to Grun
fold." Ho returned to his study and opened
his desk. Ho took from a box a bit of
yellow lace, closed it tenderly in the
hollow of his hand then pressed it to
his eyes a long, long time.
Dark thoughts liko ill-omened birds
of tho night tlitted around our Russian
doctor as in his carriage ho passed
over tho long, solitary road to that
mountain v.'.lago tho samo road over
which Deslreo's little feet had wan
dered tho night before. Why must all
this happen? Why for him alouo was
thero no Happiness, no drdp of that
elixir his heart craved? Had not every
human being tho right to ono sunbeam?
If Ililmar died wouhUnot this bo the
natural solution of tho question? Might
not Desireo then turn back to him?
No longer Papillon, an inconsolablo
widowed bride; but still she would ro
main with him, nnd he could love and
euro for her. Ought ho to wish this?
Did not tho fullillniont of tho wish lie
in his own hands? The slightest neg
lect of his pationt at this stago of tho
disease would suQice. .Ho shuddorod.
I
Ho was horrified at himself, lleeiaspeu
his hands in agony. What terrible j
power over him had every feeling con-
neeted with the thought of this young
"Lead us not into temptation?" whis
pered the quivering lips, while drops of
anguish stood on the strong man's fore
head. The day was bright, the birds
sang, nature wore her festal summer
robes. Refreshing airs streamed down
from the mountains, tho swallows shot
past with exhilarating cries of joy. How
beautiful was tho world! How hard it
must be for one to leave it when blest
with the love of a Desiree!
The widow's cottage now rose before
him; the window of the sick man's
'lumber was open; the life-giving slim
ier air streamed in unhindered.
"Papillon's hand has been busy here,"
he thought. Hesitating, he passed the
threshold. The old woman limped to
meet him. "How is our p-itiont?" he
asked, softly.
"Hotter, I think, since the sweet
heart came. Poor young thing! He
knew her directly, and as she stepped to
his bed, he cried: 4 Darling, you have
come at last! Now I shall die easily.
Lay your hand on my forehead!' She
did so and sits there yet, sweet lamb!"
The doctor entered the sick chamber.
Yes, there she sat, the beloved one, pale
and weary, but with a blissful light in
her eyes. Her hand rested upon tho
forehead of the sufferer, who was now
sleeping. Ivan recognized his master,
and drew stealthily into the back
ground. "Uncle, ho called my name, ha
begged me lay my hand upon his fore
head!" whispered Desiree. with a faint
smile. "I have been praying for him,
and that you might come. Now that
you arc here, all will bo well."
"Yes. niv child I hone so. We will
save him with the help of God. I shall
remain until the crisis is over. We will
await it together as on that night when
1 first met you, Papillon "
fTilmnr recovered. That low-walled
peasant chamber became a Howe--wreathed
paradise for two happy,
united hearts. After a time the pa
tiont was removed to his friend'; house,
the cherished place where he had first
met Desiree. Here in the late autumn
M as celebrated a quiet marriage. Imme
diately after, the bridal pair journeyed
to the south.
Life in tho vine-wreathed house pass
ed quietly as if no brilliant Papillon
had ever fluttered around it. Thf
Russian doctor dedicated himself anew
to tho sick, to scientific studies and to
his medical work, which was published
and became a standard authority.
Marianne saw with concern that lit
grew graver and more reticent day by
day; and yet the children all knew
him and approached him with the old
time lovo and familiarity. His gener
osity also caused tho frugal cousin
much uneasiness. One cold day he
came home without his overcoat, say
ing witu a smile that ho Had met a
poor man who needed it more than he.
Marianne waited patiently and loyally
from year to year, still hoping that the
doctor's "hour" would come.
With tho lapse of time Ivan's mis
doings became more open, and tho list
ot opprobrious adjectives was read U.
him almost daily. Katho grew old anr
gray in the house, still haunted by fears
of pestilence and other dire calamities,
and with a new source of trouble lest
some evil might happen to the adored
Desiree on nor many journeyiugs.
When Desiree and her husband were
on their travels, frequent letters fron
them llew like white-winged birds ovei
to the doctor's house. "We are happy''
was their constant refrain to the incred
ulous surprise of Marianne, who had
prophesied trouble and had from yeai
to year awaited that action for divorce
which was sure, to come. "It isn't in
the nature of things," she said, "forn
man tickle as Ililmar Ussikow to get on
with an ignorant child liko Desiree,
who does not know how to heel a stock
ing or oversee a family baking."
Later on, children's feet tripped
through tho doctor's garden, and
beautiful, radiant mother, with her hus
band's arm around her, looked on smil
ing as the great-uncle played ball with
her little lads. The ball was tho self
same ono Hortensc had thrown into tin
cyo of tho young student.
THE I1ALL WAS THE SELF-SAME ONE.
His long, arduous day's work ended,
our Russian doctor sleeps well. Hit
resting place in his native town is, in
tho blossoming season, heaped high
with flowers placed thoro by loving
hands. Tho green sprays of a weeping
willow bend caressingly abovo tho sini
plo head-stono, which beneath nanir
and date bears this inscription :
"IlEltK LIES ONE WHO LOVED Hit
FELLOW HEN."
THE END.
Hiisb i. a (aimy tnoy mm just
returned from iholr wedding-trip)
"If I'm not homo from the club by
ah ton, lovo, you won't wall." Wife
(with appalling firmness)"-"No, dear;
I'll come for you!" Ho was back at
9:45 sham
KING OK MAN EATERS.
A Shark Which lnilrt- I'lilicrmrn With
Cntitldcmhlo Aire.
A very large and ancient-looking
shark has been swimming about Tabo
a Hay recently. It is known to the
Islanders and generally down tho bay
by its mark . and by those who know
it, it is called the "Soinberera," owing
to it having seized ami eaten a man oil
Anton some years ago undor peculiar
circumstances. It appears a schooner
was sailing slowly along oil Anton
Point when the hat of one of the crew
was blown overb aril. The man
jumped into the sea to regain his hat,
when ho was seized by this shark
which promptly dived with its prey.
Subsequently, off the Morro Island, tho
same animal was seen to seize tho
brother of the Rev. Salinas, of Toboga,
while ho was bathing, and to carry
him under. No furthor traces of his
second victim were ever seen.
The same shark is credited by the
bay sailors with other deaths, but tho
instances mentioned are vouched for
by many. Tho natives, who claim to
recognize it as an annual visitor, speak
of these incidents as a matter of island
history, dating from th period when
the factory of the Paeitie Steam Navi
gation Company was at tho Mono,
and when tho animal first acquired
notor ely by eating an KtiglHunan
who attempted to sv.im from a vessel
then at anchor there to another.
All the fishermen have a peculiar, and
it appears well-founded, terror of this
animal, and none will dive in the vicin
ity o its haunt, although tho water is
not over five foot in depth. In connec
tion with this carnivorous monster, the
old inhabitants of Taboga relate a
legend, anil in which thoy appear to
have perfect faith, which is worth re
counting. They believe thatbolow tho
spot where ho so const; ntly swims,
when on his periodical visits toTabogji.
there lies a valuable coral bed, and
when in that vicinity tho shark believes
it to be its peculiar duty to keep con
stant and careful guard over Kiat
treasure.
Ono thing in connection with this
peculiar legend is, however, certain,
and that is that none of the bay divers,
and they aro all good men, as they
have proved when pe rl fishing, will
attempt to dive in that vicinity, and
you can not persuade any of tho
islanders, addicted as they are to the
water, to batho in that place. This
animal, wo aro informed, is of tho
shark species, and not a marine mon
ster of the flat-headed type, such as
was tho last big one caught there some
few years ago by an Italian man-of-war
which was then at anchor off that
island. Panama Star.
SAVAGE SQUIRRELS.
ThoimamU of tho I.lttln Crouturus Attach
an I milium I'loiu-or.
Man instances are narrated of won
sles attacking, savagely biting and
sometimes even killing human beings.
Hut squirrels aro regarded as more
timid and harmless animals, yet tho
following anecdote illustrates that
they, undor certain circumstances, may
become formidable antagonists. Colo
nel J. L. Culljcrtson, of Kdwardsport,
hid., tolls it as a story of his experi
ence about tho your 18M, tho time of
the great migration of squirrels from
the Fast to the West.
He was a young man then, and ono
day took his rillo and went about a
mile from town to hunt. He was going
through tho woods when ho met tho
army of squirrels. Thoy became so
thick around him and seemed so fear
less that ho stood in aniazonient.
Finally ho struck ono with a stick. Tho
squirrel uttered a sharp squeak, and in
stantly myriads of squirrels from
all directions rushed to tho de
fense) of their associato and attacked
Mr. Culbertson, who kicked them
oil' and clubbed iit them with his gun.
Thoy climbed up his legs, jumped upon
his back and on top of his head. Ho
fought desperately, but tho moro ho
succeeded ill hurting, tho loudor tho
chattering and screaming around him
became, which only brought greater
numbers of tho infuriated littlo ani
mals to tho attack. Thoy bit his logs and
arms and gashed his face and neck, and
lacerated his hands, fairly scrambling
over each other in thoir liorce assault.
Ilo dropped his gun and retreated as
fast as ho could, lighting desperately
as ho wont. Rlood streamed down his
faco and neck and hands. Thoy bit
him through tho cars, and hold on until
thoy actually toro their hold loose. Ho
got out of tho woods, and still scores
followed him and clung to him until
they woro pulled oil' by tho clerk and
others in a store into which young Cul
bertson rushed for assistance. Some
of tho friends who holpod to pull off
tho squirrels, and who saw him come
into town literally besot with them,
still reside at Kdwardsport, His friends
washed his wounds and stayed the (low
of blood which trickled down his log
and back and gushed from his faco and
neck, an , with good care nnd atten
tion, ho slowly recovered. Youth's
Companion.
N
Georgia" has a whito slave. John
S. Hughes, of Atlanta, owed a farmer
a bill that ho was unable to pay, and
jokingly offered a bill of saloof himsolf
to cancel tho bill. His oiler was no
copted, nnd a lawyer drew tho docu
ments. After signing, howovor,
Hughes repontod; but his owner
wouldn't relent, and lawyors who woro
consulted said tho sale was valid and
tho courts would ondorso It. Much
against his will, tho white slavo has
lioon oblig ;d to go on a farm to work
for his owner.
When an Arab of tho desert wants
to inqiiiro if his sister Is going to leave
homo for awhile, ho says, "Aro you
going oasis?" Jittsburgh Chronicle,
IRISH ANTIQUITIES.
Tim Half-.Mythical Triiilltloiu or the
Tun thu-ilo-1 Minimi.
Among the most interesting monu
ments of pie-historic pagan times in
Ireland are those found on and near
the banks of the river Hoyne, in the
county of Month, a few miles west of
Drogheda. Ileiv was a cemetery of
some of the princes and chieftains of
Krin at a period to which no certain
date can be ascribed, but to which may
be leferred the half-mythical tradi
tions of the Tuatha-de-Daiiaan, the
fair-haired raeo of strangers, valiant
hoienien, singers and harpers and
magicians, who aro supposed to lv'vo
conquered some part of the Island, and
to have established their King's throne
on tho hill of Tara. Of their protracted
war against the Foinoriaus and tho
Firbolgs. whoever those invaders were;
of the Fonioriau King Halor, who had
ono eye in the middle of his forehead
and another in the back of his head,
which could kill men by a glance; and
of lunula Airgeat Lamb, the King with
a ilver hand, made to replace his
hand lost in the battle of Moyttira, the
lovers of romantic fables may read at
their pleasure. It is probable tint
Month was, in a very remote age, the
abode of a warlike people, who gained
a considerable ascendency over the
tribes of the adjaco it parts of Ireland,
and whose King may sometimes have
been the head of a federal league to re
sist the incursions of tho Danes and
Norsemen.
The sepulchral mounds, cairns or
Pint-rows in tho neighborhood of Dowth
and Newgrange, associated with tho
names of King Dubbath and Aehad
Ahlai (the name of "Dowth" being a
corruption of "Dubbath" in tho opin
ion of Celtic scholars) were examined
by members of tho Royal Irish Acad
emy forty years ago. The Dowth
mound is an iniiiionso pile of small
boulder stones, in the interior of which
aro chambers and passages constructed
of very largo Monks of stono rudely
laid together in tho "dolmen" fashion
of Hi i tmy and other Celtic examples;
the first chamber, formed in tho shape
of a cross (though certainly not of
Christian design), conta'ned a broken
stone eollin, with a few bronzo or iron
ornaments, and half -burnt human
hones. A passage twenty-seven feet
long conducts to a series of small
crypts, and to a square chamber, the
stones of which aro sculptured with a
variety of decorative, perhaps symbol
ical, patterns and devices. Tho moro
important of theso havo engaged the
study of antiquarians with a viow to
ascertain their possible significance.
Thoy appear in tho greatest richness
and complexity on tho huge stones of
the interior of the great sepulchral
monument at Newgrange; tho carvings
are of wonderful diversity circles,
spirals, zig-zag, indentations, lozongos,
and lines and dots, which some think
to bo a form of writing. London A'ews.
PRACTICAL LESSONS.
I low l'l'oplo Might bo Tllllijht tho lllghtit
mill Untie of Cltlmmlilp.
Four Indian students belonging to
tho Hampton Institute woro taken to
Hampton recontly by ono of their
touchers to get an idea of public busi
ness and the dutios of citizenship.
Fust, they stopped at tho bank, where
the routine of tho ba king business
was explained to them, and thoy were
shown the groat safe, and all tho curi
osities of the place. Next, thoy visited
tho office of tho tax-collector, nnd
learned all about the processes by
which the public treasury is every year
replenished and emptied.
Then thoy called upon tho mayor,
who told them what his duties woro,
and explained tho other dopartnionts
of tho city government. They wont to
tho ollico of the county elork, whero
thoy examined tho rocords of tho
ancient town, which go back to tho be
ginning of tho last coutury. Thoy
woro groatly interested in some of tho
quaint entries, llore, too. thoy learned
how land is bought and sold, how deeds
aro drawn, executed, recorded and
canceled.
Finally, thoy look thoir soats in tho
court-room, and hoard part of tho trial
of a ease. Hero an Indian would find
himself at homo, as ho is fond of argu
ment and takes naturally to oratory.
Quo of the students, who wrote a brief
account of this tour, gavo his impres
sions of tho sceuo:
"Wo hoard lawyers arguing to tho
iudgo on points of law. From this wo
got some good ideas of law, or how a
law can bo twisted to lit either side.
Wo heard each man mnko his side clear,
hut did not stay long enough to hoar
how the iuilgo decided. From what
tho lawyers said, thoy woro both right,
but wo were sure that somewhoro bo-
y ml our short vision something was
wrong.
Willi this visit to the court-room their
afternoon's lesson in civil government
ended. Thoy returned to thoir college
witli a keen interest in the subject, nnd
strongly desirous of repeating their
valuable experience.
There is a hint hero for toachors of'
hlgfi schools in which an attempt is
made to loach tho pupils tho rights and
duties of citizenship, which surely
ought to ho part of the scheme of every
advanced school. Our Indian lads,
however, attempted too.niuch for one
day. A series of visits to public olllcos,
with explanations of their usos and
methods, would be an oxcelleut sup
plement to the lessons learned from tho
book. J outh t Uomjmmon.
M ii i
Europo now hrs twenty-two cre
matories, ten of them added within tho
past year, while no loss than GOO bodies
have boon burned In Goriimny and 800
in Italy. I he United htatos has seven
cromatorles, with six bull ling. Thus
itsionis that prejudice ngainU croiua
tlon is fast abating.
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
Wetting grav hair to crimp it will
turn it yellow.
In using baking nowdor, one lovol
teaspoonful is tho proper proportion for
each cup of Hour.
A vegetable acid, such ns lemon
juico or cider, is said to lie a sure speci
fic for most cases of scarlet fever
A bread-and-water poultice is made
by dipp ng a piece of bread, after tho
crust has boon removed, into warm
water. Lift it out at once and apply
hot.
Corn Fritters. Tako two cups of
canned corn. add three eggs well beaten,
a tablespoonful of milk, enough Hour to
make tho batter just drop from a spoon,
then frv in boiling lard.
Housekeepers who aro obliged t
bo on thoir foot all day change thoir
shoes several times for a fresh pair..
s no two shoes press tho foot in tho
same part, this will atl'ord groat roliof.
Old china needs tho greatest caro.
both in washing and drying. Too hot
water may crack it. Luke-warm water
and soap are the best things for china,
and it should also bo rinsed in luke
warm water.
For dressing wounds, cuts or sores
of any kind, a solution of one spoonful,
of borax to ono pint of warm water is
very healing. Hind up tho wound af
ter washing it in a pieco of soft Hnon
dried out of borax water.
For Roaches. Sprinkle borax for
the largo roaches or put phosphorus
paste about on bits of glass for tho
small red ones, at night only. Tho
borax is perfectly safe and can remain
all day where thoro aro children.
Do not rock or trot infants, nor
walk the floor with them. A child can
bo taught to go to sloop just as easily
in n bod or crib as in a cradle, and if
it Is onco taught to bo rocked it will
not bo satisfied with any thing else
In greasing tins, lard Is much bet
ter to use than butter, except in cases
where the dough is very delicately fla
vored and might tasto of the former;
tho mixture is much moro likely to
stick to the pan with butter, than lfird.
Molassos Drops. Ono cup of mo-
lassos, ono cup of brown sugar, ono
cup of bird, three eggs, ono teaspoon
ful of soda, dissolved in boiling water
live cups of flour, and ginger to flavor.
Mix well, and drop on buttered paper
in pans.
A correspondent writes in tho
Scientific American that tho worst
toothache or neuralgia, coming from,
the teeth, may bo speedily and de
lightfully ended by tho application of a.
small bit of cotton, saturated in a strong;
solution of ammonia, to tho defective
tooth.
Orango Cako Pudding. Hako in a.
loaf ouu and one-half ctipfuls of sugar,
one-fourth cupful of butter, o::o cupful
of milk, three eupfuls of flour, four
eggs, ono and one-half-toaspoonfiils of
baking powdor, and tho juice of two
oranges. H ko, and servo with lemon
sauce (No. 1).
Tapioca Cream. Soak two table
spoonfuls of tapioca In a little milk all
night; add ono quart of boiling milk,
yolks of throe oggs, and ono-half
cupful of sugar. Hoil togotbor;
add ono teaspoonful of vanilla, anil
bake. Make a meringue of the whiten
of three eggs.
Humors soniotimos got clogged
and refuse to turn up and down. This
may bo remedied by putting thorn into
an iron kettle containing a quart of
water and a double handful of wood
ashes. After boiling a littlo tako out,
and with a soft rag wash and dry them
perfectly. Or thoy riy bo put into a
bath composed .of equal parts of milk,
and vinegar and boiled.
Ivory may bo cloaiisod with n now,
soft tooth-brush, soap and tepid watery
then dry tho ivory and brush well, dip
the latter in alcohol and polish tho.
ivory until it lias rogainod its former
sheen. If tho water gives tho ivory a
yellowish tint, dry the object in a heat
ed place. If ago has yellowed it,
place the object undor a ball jar. with
a small vossol' containing limo nnd
muriate acid; sot tho whole in tho sun
shine. Gorman Puffs. Puta half pound of.
butter Into a toacupful of sweet milk;
havo heady in a bowl or pan a cupful
of sifted Hour. When tho milk has
boiled, stir it gradually into tho Hour,
and boat until perfectly smooth. Heat
in six eggs, loaving out two of tho
whites, nlso add throo tablespoonfuls
of sugar and a littlo grated lemon rind
or powdered cinnamon for flavoring.
Diop tho batter into patty-pan, anil
bake the pull's in a moderately heated
oven.
Strawberry Charlotte Roil fivo
toaspoonfols of rico fivo minutps in
water; strain nnd boll tender in ono
quart of milk. Rub tho rico through,
a siovo; add any milk not absorbed,
one-half box of dissolved golatino to
one pint of rico, and one-half cupful ot
sugar. Cook togother ono minute.
Whon cool, add ono teaspoonful oft
vanilla and tho whites of two eggs,
beaten stiff. When cold, pour over it
one quart of hulled strawberries, and
pile up witli whipped cream.
Tapioca Croam. Soak over night,
in milk, a toacupful of tapioca. The
next day stir into it tho yelks of three
oggs, well beaten, and a cupful of su
gar. Placo a quart of milk on tho fire,,
let it como to tho boiling point, nnd
then stir in the tapioca, nnd let tha
whole cook until it has thickened; thoir
tako it off the tire and stir in tho whites
of tho oggs, boa on to a froth. Flavor
to tasto. A small portion of tho boaton
whites ot tho eggs can bo saved to dec
orate the top. Stir into tho lattor a
littlo sugar, put It into a papor funnel,
pros4 It out ovor the top of tho pudding
according to fancy, and placo it In tiiv.a
oven a few moments to cooL