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By MARCUS CLARKE
CHAPTKR XXV.-(Contlnurd.)
"Sell North Km! House!" cried poor
Mr. Wade, In bewilderment. "Why. the
carvings by Grlnllng Gibbons nr the
finest In the world."
"I can't help that." hushed Mr.
Richard. "I want cash, and cash I must
hare."
"Then what do you propose doing.
ir?"
"To buy iw mother's life Interest as
provided, realize upon the property, and
travel." said Mr. Richard.
"You amaie roe, IMchard. You con
found me. Of course you can do as you
please. Hut no sudden a determination.
The old home scattered vases coins
picture I really Well. It U your
property, of course and and and I
wish you a Tery good momlngl"
,V knock at the door made Richard
tart. "Come Inl What's thatT Let
ter? Olre them to me. lie began to
open his correspondence before his ser
vant. "When did this come?" asked Mr.
IMchard, holding out a letter more than
usually disfigured with stampings.
"Lara night, sir. It's bin to 'Anntcad,
lr, and come dowu directed with the
bothers." The angry glare of the black
eyes Induced him to add, "I 'opo there's
nothing wrong, sir?"
"Nothing, you Idiot!" burst out Mr.
Richard, white with rage, "except that
I should hare bad this Instantly. Can't
you see It's marked urgent? Can you
read? Can you spell? There, that will
do. No lies. Get out!"
Left to himself again, Mr. Richard
walked hurriedly up and down the
chamber, wiped his forehead and finally
sat down and re-read the letter. It
was short, but terribly to the purpose?
"The George Hotel, Plymouth.
"My Dear Jack I hare found you
out, you see. Never mind just how at
present. I know all about your' proceed
ings, and unless Mr. Richard Devine
recelres his wife with due propriety,
he'll find himself in the custody of the
police. Telegraph, dear, to Mrs. Rich
ard Derlne at above address. Yours a
ever, Jack. SARAH."
The blow was unexpected and severe.
It waa hard. In the very high tide and
flush of assured success, to be thus
plucked back Into the old bondage. De
spite the affectionate tone of the letter,
lie knew the woman with whom he hail
to deal. For some furious minutes he
sat motionless, gazing at the letter. He
did not speak men seldom do under
such circumstances but bis thoughts
ran in this fashion: "Here is this wom
an again! Just as I was congratulat
ing myself on my freedom. How did
she discover me? Small use asking that.
What shall I do? I can do nothing. It
is absurd to run away, for I shall be
caught. Resides, I've no money. My
account Is overdrawn two thousand
pounds. If I bolt at all, I must bolt
at once within twenty-four hours. Rich
as I am. I don't suppose I could raise
more than five thousand pounds In that
time. These things take a day or two,
say forty-eight hours. In forty-eight
hours I could raise twenty thousand
pounds, but forty-eight hours is too
long. It's a bad job. However, she's
not inclined to be gratuitously disagree
able. How lucky I never married again!
I had better make terms and trust to
fortune. After all, she's been a good
friend to me. Poor Sally! I might
have rotted on Kaglebawk Neck, If It
iiadn't been fur her. She is not a bad
sort. Handsome woman, too. I may
make It up with her. I shall have to
sell off and go away, after all. It might
he worse. I dare say the property's
worth three hundred thousand pounds.
Not bad for a start In America. And I
may get rid of her yet. Ye. I must
give in. Smlthers! A telegraph form
and a cab! Stay. Pack me a dressing
bag; I shall have to go away for a day
or so. I'd better see her myself."
CHAPTKR XXVI.
Time rolled on, and some years after
the escape of Rex, the ottlce of com
mandant at Norfolk Island became va
cant. It was offered to Maurice Frere.
who, much against the withes of his
wife, accepted It. Ou his arrival he
fouud Mr. North occupying the position
of chaplain there, having been trans
ferred from Port Arthur some time pre
viously. He found also Rufus Dawo,
who had been sent there by the authori
ties as a last resource.
Though the house of the commandant
was comfortable and well furnished, and
though, of necessity, all that was most
hideous in the "discipline" of the place
was hidden, the loathing with which Syl
via had approahced the last and most
dreaded abiding place of the elaborate
couvict system, under which it had been
her misfortune to live, had not decreas
ed. The sights and souuds of pain and
punishment surrounded her. She could
not look out of her windows without a
shudder.
"I wish, Maurice, we had never come
here," alio said, plteously. "These un
happy men will do you some frightful
Injury one of these daya."
"Stuff!" said her husband. "They've
not the courage. I'd take the best man
among them, and dare blm to touch me.
Jenkins, I say!" The convict servant
eulered. "Where Is the charge book?
I've told you always to have it ready
for me. Why don't you do as you are
told? Give me the book." Taking it
and runulng his finger down the leaves,
he commented on the list of offenses to
which ho would be called upon In the
inorning to mete out Judgment.
"MUes Byrne, not walking fast
enough We mutt enliven Mr. Ryrne.
Thomas Twist, haxlng n pipe and strik
ing a light. W. Karnes, not In place at
muster; says he was 'washing himself
I'll wash him! John Richards, misting
muster and Insolence. John Gnteby, In
solence and Insubordination. James
Hopkins. Insolence. Rufus Dawes, gros
Insolence, refusing to work. Ah! we
mut look after you. You are a parson's
man. are you? I'll break your spirit
my man, or I'll Sylvia! Your friend
Dawes Is doing credit to his bringing
up."
"What do you mean?"
"That villain and reprobate. Dawes."
She Interrupted him. "Maurice. I
wish you would not use such language.
You know I dislike It." She spoke
coldly and sadly, as one who knows that
remonstrance Is vain, and Is yet con
strained to remonstrate.
"Oh. dear! My Ijidy Proper! How
refined we are getting!"
"There, I did not mean to annoy you."
said she, wearily. "Don't let us quarrel,
for goodness' sake."
The Insubordination of which Rufus
Dawes had been guilty was insignificant.
It was the custom of the newly fledged
constables of Captain Frere to enter the
wards at night, armed with cutlasses,
tramping about, and making a great
noise. The men In Dawes' gang were
often searched more than once In a
night, searched going to work, searched
at meals, searched going to prayers,
searched coming out, aud this In the
roughest manner.
Now, Rufus Dawes, holding aloof, aa
was bis custom, from the majority of his
eampantons, had made oue friend if so
mindless and battered an old wreck
could be called a friend llllnd Mooney.
One of the many ways In which Rufus
Dawes had obtained the affect lou of the
old blind man was the gift of such frag
ments of tobacco as he had himself from
time to time secured. Troke knew this;
and ou the evening in question hit upon
an excellent plan. Admitting himself
noiselessly Into the boat shed, where the
gang slept, he crept close to the sleeping
Dawes, and counterfeiting Mooney's
mumbling utterance, asked for "some to
bacco." Rufus Dawes was but half
awake, and Troke felt something put
Into bis hand. He grasped Dawes' arm,
and struck a light. He had got his man
this time. Dawes had conveyed to his
fancied friend a piece of tobacco almost
as big as the top Joint of bis little lin
ger. One can understand the feelings of a
man entrapped by such base means.
Rufus Dawes no sooner saw the hated
face of Warder Troke peering over his
hammock than he sprang out, and, ex
erting to the utmost his powerful mus
cles, knocked Mr. Troke fairly off his
legs Into the arms of the Incoming con
stables. A desperate struggle took place,
at the end of which the convict, over
powered by numbers, was borne sense
less to the cells, gagged and chained
to the ring bolt on the bare flags. While
In this condition he was savagely beaten
by five or six constablts. To this maim
ed and manacled rebel was the com
mandant ushered by Troke the next
morning.
"Ha! ha! my man," said the com
mandant. "Here you are again, you see.
How do you like this sort of thing?"
Dawes, glaring, makes no answer.
"You shall have fifty lashes, my man,"
said Frere. "We'll see how you'll feel
then!"
The fifty were duly administered, and
the commandant called the next day.
The rebel was still mute. Frere gave
him fifty more lashes, and sent him the
next day to grind cayenne pepper. This
was a punishment more dreaded by the
convicts than any other. The pungent
dust filled their eyes and lungs, causing
them the most excruciating torments.
For a man with a raw baek the work
was one continued agony. In four days
Rufus Dawes, emaciated, blistered,
blinded, broke down.
"Captain Frere, kill me at once!" he
said.
"No fear," said the other, rejoiced at
this proof of bis power. "You've given
lu; that's all I wanted. Troke, take him
to the hospital."
The next day Frere visited him, com
plimented him on his courage, ami offer
ed to make him a constable. Dawes
turned his scarred back to his torturer,
and resolutely declined to answer,
"I am afraid you have made an enemy
of the commandant," said North the next
day. "Why not accept his offer?"
Dawes cast on him a glance of quiet
scorn. "And betray my mates? I'm
not one of that sort."
North pityingly Implored the stubborn
mind to bave mercy on the lacerated
body, but without effect. Ills own way
ward heart gave him the key to read
the cipher of this man's life. "A noble
nature ruined," said he to himself.
"What is the secret of his history?"
One day this bond was drawn so close
as to tug at both their heart strings.
The chaplain bad a flower In his coat.
Dawes eyed It with hungry looks, ami,
as tho clergyman was about to quit the
room, said, "Mr. North, will you give
me that rosebud?" North paused Irres
olutely, and, finally, as If after a strug
gle with himself, took it carefully from
his button bole and placed It In the pris
oner's brown, scarred band. In another
instant, Dawes believing himself alone,
pressed the gift to his lips. North turn
ed abruptly, and the eyes of the pair
met. Dawes flushed crimson, hut North
turned white as death. Neither spoke,
but each was drawn closer to the other,
since both had kissed tho rosebud pluck
ed by Sylvia's lingers.
Since the "tobacco trick." Mooney and
Dawes had been placed In the new
prison, together with n man mimed
Kland, who had already twice failed to
kill himself. When old Mooney la
mented his hard case, ltland proposed
that the three should put In practice a
scheme In which two at least must suc
ceed. Tho scheme was a desperate oue,
and attempted only lu the last extrem
ity, it was the custom of the "ring,"
however, to swear each of Its member
to curry out to the best of hi ability
this last Invention of the convict disci
plined mind, should two other members
crave his assistance.
The scheme was simplicity Itself. That
evening, when the cell door was secure
ly locked, ninl the altsenco of u visiting
Jailer might be counted upon for nu
hour at least, Rlrtitd produced a straw,
aud held It out to his companions.
Dawes took It, and tearing It into un
equal lengths, handed the fragment to
Mooney.
"The longest Is the one." said the
blind man. "Come on, boys, aud dip
In the lucky bug."
It was evident that lots were to be
drawn to determine to whom fortune
would grant freedom. The men drew lu
silence, and then lllniid and Dawes
looked at each other. The prise hail
been left In the bag. Mooney fortu
nate old fellow retained the longest
straw, Rland's hand shook as he com
pared notes with his companion. There
was a moment's pause, during which
the blank cyc-ball of the blind man
fiercely searched the gloom, as if In that
awful moment they could peiielrale it.
"I hold the shortest." said Dawes to
Illand. "TIs you that must do It."
"I'm glad of that." said Mooney.
Rlaiid. seemingly terrified at the dan
ger which fate had decreed that he
should rim, tore the fatal lot Into frag
ments, and sat gnawing his knuckles
In excess of abject terror. Muoney
stretched himself out upon bis plank
bed. "Come on. mate," be said. Rlaiid
extended a slinking hand, and caught
Rufus Dawes by the sleeve.
"You have more nerve than I. You
do It."
"No, no." said Dawes, almost as pal
as his companion. "I've run my chance
fairly. 'Twas your own proposal."
The coward who. confident lu his own
luck, would seem to have fallen Into the
pit he had dug for others, sat rocking
himself to and fro. holding his head in
Ids hands.
"I can't do it!" he whispered, lifting
a white, wet face.
"What are you waiting for?" saM forj
tunato Mooney. "Come on; I'm ready."
"I I thought you might like toto
pray n bit." said Illand. ,
The notion sepmed to sober the sensM
of the old man. exalted loo fiercely by
his good fortune.
"Ay!" he said. "Pray! A good
thought!" And he knelt down, and,
shutting his blind eyes 'twas as (hough
ho was dazzled by some strong light
unseen by his comrades, moved his lips
silently.
It was quite dark now In the celt: but
as Illand advanced his face was like a
white mask floating upon the darkness.
Dawes pressed his lucky comrade's hand,
and withdrew to the fHrthet corner.
When Troke came In the morning, he
saw what had occurred at a glance, aud
hastened to remove the corpse of the
strangled Mooney.
"We drew lots." said Rufus Dawes,
pointing to Illand, who crouched lu the
corner furthest from his victim, "and It
fell upon him to do It. I'm the wit
new." , .
They'll hang you all for that," said
Troke.
"I hope so." said Rufus Dawes.
The scheme of escape hit upon by tho
convict Intellect was simply this: Three
men being together. lots were drawn to
determine who should be murdered. The
drawer of the longest straw was the
"lueky" man. He was killed. Tho
drawer of the next longest strnw was
the murderer. He was hanged. Tho
unlucky one was the witness. He hud,
of course, on excellent cbaiiee of being
banged also, but his doom was not so
certain, and he therefore looked upon
himself as unfortunate.
fVw ! miitlnned.t
llrliiinir Him.
"I wish," wild tho bashful suitor,
desorntely, "I wish tlmt Is, I would
like I'd give n good '! " know to
find out whether wnother you could
euro for me."
"Well," mild tho weary iimldiMi, with
thinly veiled surcusm. "Of course,
there's only one eroii to go to for such
Information you must go to New York
and consult n good clulrvoyant."
Clevclitnd Lender.
HuMclent HrMsiiii.
Hoogloy Yes, I'm mighty glad I
ain't got no children.
Pcpprcy It's Just its well.
Hoogley Huro It 1b.
Fcppruy Yes, for In these days of
free education they wouldn't ho nblo to
ecaie hoiiio knowledge of grammar,
and they'd bo forever correcting you.
Philadelphia Press.
Tito Questions.
"I've got something Important to do,"
sn'ld tho practical young inun, "and I
Just don't know how to go ntout It. I'd
llko you to help mo."
"Yes?" replied Miss I'eclil. "What
Is It you projioso to do?"
"That's not tho question. It's 'what
Is It you do to proiwso?' " Philadel
phia Press.
Cats can swim If they only enro to
exert themselves Hulllclently, Tho an
cient Egyptians used to AhIi with them
ou tho Nile, according to tho repre
sentations ou walls, and so forth, that
have come down to us.
I'lank.Krssie llitrit.
Tho evolution of tho plunk-frame
barn Is tho natural result of tho scar
city of timber for building. A con
siderable saving lu luintor and ease of
building Is effected lu tho plunk
fUM( t'UAMK HAH.
frame. !. time and fewer men are
required III the erection, nud there Is
little or nothing sacrlllivd lu strength
since the excellent method of bracing
enable them to stand tho pressure of
hay nud grain within or strong winds
without. A solid frame foundation
may to used or the entire structure
may to of plank. A good, llruily built
stone and cement foundation I ndvls
able. With this to rest tho luk upon
the frame Is raised.
No sills are used nud the upright
stud take the place of ots. Two for
each Hst are set ou the foundation ou
each side. llcttvi-cn those the eros
plank Is placed ami spiked so that It
will extend the width of the barn and
tie the two sides together. The scant
ling ou each side of tho Imru floor,
forming center iosts, are then raised
nud spiked lu place. 1'mmi the outside
of each upright Is spiked n plank of
the same size a nud iHtrallcl with the
llrst cm plank. This give three 2x8
Inches for cross sills through the cen
ter of tho barn, each Joint or bard to
lug llxod lu this way. Km! Joint, using
board Instead of plank ou outside, give
the bedwork of the barn. At the side,
between upright lu place of sill, a
plunk I llruily spiked; this holds the
uprights llruily In place nud prevents
working sideways while the thorough
ly spiked cross plunk prevent all move
ment In other direction. Throughout
ciiosH-srx-rioM hiiowino hbaci.no.
there should to no sparing of spike
nails, ns these are an essentia! feature
to secure solidity.
HrvltliiK Old I'rulC Trees,
A Maryland fruit grower ha after
several years of exiterliiiciitlng dlseor
ered a way to revive old fruit tree
and keep them In hearing condition
long nf(er their supposed stage of use
fulness ha passed. A the eauso of
decay lu a tree I It Inability to carry
tho sap to all of It brunches, heading
the tree lessen tho area to he travers
ed, the amount of top to to removed,
varying according to the fanner' Judg
ment. Iloiio-dust anil ashes must then
to admliilstereiLas a fertilizer, the tat
ter in the autumn and the other lu the
spring. This treatment will revive old
trees, tho cutting off the branches, tend
ing to Increase tho iiumtor of fruit
buds formed, and the ashes and tone
dust tending to stimulate tho tree
growth.
llrnn I'ulrs,
As soon ns thu Hum beans start up
tho pole, ho sure to tlo them up with
rallla. If you are trying to use last
year's white- birch poles, you aro going
to have them rot off mid fall down nud
causo no cud of trouble. There Is noth
ing totter than ecdar beau olea.
Ttsllnir Null.
All soils aro formed from disinte
grated rocks and organic matter. Of
tho latter, soils contain from 1 to more
than 70 jicr cent; It Is, however, only
In togs or bed of peat tlmt the amount
last named lu ever present. Tho best
wheat lands contain only from -I to II
per cent of organic matter; oats aud
ryo will grow In soils containing only
1 or 2. Tho Intelligent farmer should
endeavor to ascertain what Is wanting
In tho soil aud supply It, remembering
that he can make no possible mistake
with barnyard manure.
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Cnni-Itniiiiil routs,
Kvrry farmer I familiar with what
Is called "crop-bound" In fowl. The
crop become mekcd with food that
ha ccacd to pa Into Hie glr.xard
of the Id id. If the content or tho
crop consist of grain only, thu fowl
should be kept from food fur soma
days, lu addition, the crop should be
manipulated with the hand. This will
tend to loosen the grain aud start It
passage Into the glxr.anl.
Sometime the condition I caused by
feeding cut hay, dried alfalfa or clover,
which have packed at the silut where
the food should pas out of the crop.
One poultry raiser lu case of this kind
tour sweet oil down the throat of the
hint, nud thl loosen up the mass, lu
bad case he 0cus the crop by cut
ting and remove the collected food,
afterward sewing up the crop, lie say
that thl doc a'ppcar to cause the bird
much pain. After this Is done the bird
should Ik feil only milk or other light
food for some day.
Ir WVImIiIiik I.hihIis.
Mr. John Spears, of llrltlsh Colum
bia, send to the Montreal Star a sketch
of a contrivance for weighing lite
lambs. Farmer who have lamb to sell
are In need of some such method of
ascertaining their weight. It consist
of au ordinary wheat suck, having two
suitable sticks attached to top and
bottom. A stout piece of mjw Is at
tached to the ends of each of these
sticks. The whole forms a sling. Ity
this method the lamb do not wriggle
now TO WKIUII Tilt LA 11 II.
and they can't get out when mice lu.
and It Is very quick, humane aud ef
fective. The I'm nil (Inrtlrn.
No farmer can afford to do without
a good garden, It 1 Hot to lie expected
that every one will he a fancy gar
dener, but every one should glto slllll
dent attention to the subject so a to
pnxluco all staple vegetable earlier
than can 1st produced lu the Held. It
Is nut only essential to the health and
iroKr enjoyment of the family, but
It I actually n matter of profit. Could
your whole farm be made a smooth,
ill)', rich and as well cultivated as n
good garden, the Increased product
would pay a large mt cent of profit
iiM)ii the outlay. In the garden, or lu
u separate compartment, may be culti
vated strnwtorrli-, raspberries, black
torrlc, currants, grape ami dwarf
K-nr. They ran all 1st had nt a very
small cost of money or lator, and will
add Immensely to thu enjoyment of
the household.
I'rrilliiK Slrnl lu I'liullry.
That fowl and especially laying pu
lets and lieu require a certain ninouut
of aiilmnl food I admitted by ever)
one who tiiiilerstuud iNiultry, but It
I an extremely nice point to kiiot
Just how to feed them ami not overdo
It. There Is much danger lu feeding
meat for, to he valuable ami do the
fowl no harm, It should to ixtrfectly
fresh and fed In small ipiautltliH. The
local butcher Is tempted to work off his
putrid meat mi thu customers who want
It for feeding fowl and such moot will
mean trouble for the birds, bowel trou
ble of n serious nature.
Collar Mini MniIiII (Jnlla,
Gall on horse are due to several
cause, hut frequently to saddle ami
harness that pros unevenly ou the
body. The collar should lit tho horso
perfectly, and It cannot bo too good. A
loose girth to a saddle may allow It to
shift. When u gall I noticed there 1
something wrong with tho saddle or
harness, ami no remedy will be avail
able until the cause of the gall I re
moved. An examination of the harness
should ho made whenever the horse Is
brought up from work at night, and It
should be kept lu good condition or tho
horse will suffer.
lu u current California report It Is
asserted that a new process fur pre
xorvliig perishable fruit ami food prod
ucts has been discovered and tested
with success lu California. It Is sail
that by tho use of a vacuum fresh fruit
muy ho kept from spoiling, ami the
promoters of tho now process say that
by this means fresh fruit can to kepi
perfectly fresh for three mouth. Do
cay la said to to warded off In thu most
remarkable maimer. It Is claimed thai
this new vacuum process wlfl revolu
tlonl.o thu transportation of fruits nud
vegetables from California.
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t'aerul to llouarrtlrr.
Handling boiling chillies wllb an or.
dluitry Mle was not considered uii up-to-date
method by an Iowa Inventor.
He therefore evolv
led the apparatus
shown hero a jMilr
of for ce p s so
slutKil it to llruily
and positively grip
the clothes so that
they can to handled
without tearing. It
resembles wry
much a pair of
scissor, having (mo
run nor ciirnrs. levers Intermedi
ately pivoted, One end of the levers
Is !iacd to form a handle and thu
other Into scions. These sp'sms nrs
hollowed out to form a rcvs, the back
being slnttcjl, which reduces (he welgld
and also afford a flrm grip, licit eeii
the handle Is n spring. It I thj in
tention of the Inventor to manufacturi
these forceps of nluiuliHIlil.
Selrrtl Crlil-.
Preimre Ihe Hpls as for preserves.
Make a srup of one pint of luegir
to three ami a half plats of sugar.
Pour ocr the fruit ami let slam! over
night. Hull the fruit, a little at a time,
lu (be syrup till lender. Pack tin-fruit
lu Jars. Add mixed spires to dm vine
gar to suit the taste, toll down to
wmiifli to Just rover the frtill. tour
over It ami )!. Cratopple ran to
carefully gathered and stored away
till the throng of other fruits is titer,
lu fact. Ito atoie reele ar Ito
u4il with wild crotmtples, whlHi wero
formerly burled In the ground to ripen ;
lint these furmulss call I hi mill stli--
ressflllly With the cultivated varieties.
llrtllnl Hum.
Roll as many eggs ns are required
for ten minute, put them In cnhl
water, and when cold shell them. Cut
lu halves lengthwise, reunite the yolks,
nud rub them to n Miusith Mste with
n tablesouful of chopMil tongue to
six eggs, a doscrtlollful of salad till,
salt and cayenne to tusie, n few drop
of onion Jitlciv. and half a toHoiifiil
of French mustard, Cut a tiny sllro
off the bottom of ourh half of the white
so that It will stand ou the tlUh. lilt
with the prewired mixture, ami sertc,
garnishing with watercress.
'rnliiplr I'lrklrs.
Remove the stem and flower, but
leave the fruit whole: wine with a
damp cloth and simmer tery gently
until tender but not broken; drain la
a colander: make sulllclout svriin to
enter the fruit lu the (inqsirtlon of oh
Hint of vinegar to two imiiiimI of gran
ulated sugar. I'se only the host cider
vinegar. Put the fruit In the syrup
and keep nt the tolling pilot, hut not
boiling, for ten minutes, then seal toll
ing hot In self-sealers or Jars, Thes
may be spiced If preferred.
Sttl.s TnrllrU,
Take one egg. Its weight In stulo
cake crumbs and fresh luitter, a tahlc
ssioiifu! of sugar, ami a little flavor
ing. Iltsit up the butter to a ires in
with the sugar, add the rake t-iiimhs
ami eggs, then flavoring, mixing all to
gether. Line sHue mtty nui with
puff imste, ami then a dayer of apricot
Jam and a thick layer of the mixture.
Rake atom u quarter of an hour lu a
sharp oven.
HlrMtvlirrrr lee ('mint.
Put a pint of cream In a saucepan
with half a aiuiid of sugar, and "t
oter the lire to bent. When the sugar
I dissolved stand aside to cool; add a
pint of eronm. Maslt u quart ami a
half of ripe straw boirles with three
quarter of a hiiiihI of sugar aud let
stand one hour, then strain the Jub'o
off, Miur Into the cream, mix well, turn
Into a freoir.er and freexc.
AIiiiiiiiiI Cskra,
Rub two ounce of butter Into llvo
ounces Hour, live ounce isiwdered lump
sugar, heat au egg with half the sugar,
then put It to thu other Ingredients.
Add one ounce blanched iilumml ami
a little almond flavor, roll them I"
your hand to tho sire of a nutmeg, and
sprinkle with lino lump sugar. They
should bo lightly baked.
To 4'lniuae .iprs,
In choosing apple he guided by th
weight; tho heaviest are the best, and
thoHo should always he selected which,
on being pressed by the thumb, yield
to It with a slight cmcsclng noise. With
largo apples waste Is saved lu peeling
ami coring them,
Why .No! Try lit ,
Place nu apple lu tho bread and cako
boes to keep bread ami cuke moUt.
Add oiio or two tablespoons of sugar
to strong turnip when cooking.
Tfy rubbing tough meat with a cut
lemon to miiko It tender.
Sprinkle clothes with n whisk broom
ami hot water.
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