"In my piece on "Pity" there occur three errors, most assuredly printer's Fie, and which I must beg you to allow a space for correcting. In line 19, for "practical" read "poetical;" page 318, columin 2, line 45, for "which no inferiority," read "to the NELLA. We regret to hear that you have been inferiority," page 39, line 8, for "self piety," read "self pity." I am thus particular, because, if read prevented, by illness, from sending so early as you could wish. Do try, and if you succeed, your wish as printed, it makes such ridiculous nonsense that Caractacus would no longer entertain the good shall certainly be complied with. You cannot be opinion he has hitherto doue respecting my contri-impertinent, and we cannot be tired of reading butions; and to him I have great pleasure in tenyour letters, even though you cross the paper. dering my grateful acknowledgments."

R. C. B. The bad spirit in which you write forbids reply; but we are charitable, and say no more. A word to the wise.

J. B. SMITH.-Why insist on writing silly letters? We have already expressed our opinion of you and your contributions.

BETA. KINDLY.-POKTSEA.-FIRE-EATER, and BETA PIE.

Will any of our friends kindly inform Mr. W. Darry, of 66, Russell-street, Liverpool, where he can procure "perforated paper patterns for. braiding."

malarious gases, destroys their poisonous effects. Fresh air, however, is the best physic for an invalid.

81. BREAD AND BISCUITS.-The following directions for making the above articles of food are copied from the "Transactions" of the Chenange County Agricultural Society. They are the statements of the ladies who received premiums for the best bread exhibited:-Brown Bread.-One quart of rye meal, two quarts of Indian meal, and two tablespoonfuls of molasses; mix thoroughly with sweet milk, let it stand one hour, and then bake in a slow oven. Wheaten Bread.-One spoonful of hop yeast, two potatoes boiled, and one pint of water; make a sponge, and when light, or sufficiently raised, mix hard and let rise, and when it is light again, mould it over, and bake while light. Another Way.-Grate half-a-dozen potatoes, and add one quart of water; put in one cup of hop yeast at night, and in the morning, when light, add three teaspoonfuls of sugar, and flour to form a daugh. Let it rise; when light, put it in tins; let it rise again, and bake for half an hour. Biscuits. -Take some of the bread dough in the morning, as much as would make a loaf of bread, and add one cup of butter; mix well, let it rise, and then make into biscuit. Let it rise again, and then bake. Tea Rusks.-Half a pint of new milk, and one cup of hop yeast; add flour to make a batter, and set the sponge at night. In the morning, add half a pint of milk, one cup of sugar, one of butter one egg, one nutmeg, and flour to make it suffi, ciently stiff. Let it rise, then roll it, and cut it let it rise again, and then bake. MolasseCup Cake.-Two cnps of molasses, two cups of butter, three eggs, one-third of a cup of cold waters and one tablespoonful of soda; then bake.

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82. HOW TO MAKE HENS LAY IN WINTER.-M. de Sora discovered the secret of making hens lay eggs every day in the year by feeding them on horseflesh. The fact that hens do not lay eggs in winter as well as in summer is well known, and the simple reason appears to be that they do not get the supply of meat in winter which they readily obtain in the warm season, by scratching the ground for worms and insects. M. de Sora was aware of these facts, and set himself earnestly at the construction of a henery which should be productive twelve months in the year. He soon ascertained that a certain quantity of raw mincemeat given regularly with other food, produced the desired result; and commencing only with some three-hundred hens, he found that they averaged the first year some twenty-five dozen eggs each in three hundred and sixty-five days. To supply this great consumption of meat, M. de Sora availed himself of the constant supply of superannuated and disabled horses from the stables of Paris.

83. TO PICKLE EGGS.-In the spring, when my fowls lay freely, and I have more eggs than I can use in the family, after I have placed the sitting hens on their nests, I select from three to four dozen of the largest and freshest eggs I can get, which I put into a large saucepan, until the same are boiled thoroughly hard. I then transpose them into a pan of cold water, which admits of the shells being removed with the greater facility. When they are ready, I place on the fireside a saucepan containing half a gallon of good brown vinegar, into which I introduce one ounce of whole black pepper, half an ounce of allspice,

the same of mace, one ounce of race ginger, a few cloves of garlic, and one ounce of salt, with a table-spoonful of mustardseed. I suffer the vinegar to continue seething for one hour, until the essential properties of the spices are taken up by the liquor. I in the next place carefully lay the eggs whole in as many jars as are required to hold them; and, having taken off the vinegar, and permitted it to become quite cold, I pour it over the eggs in the jars, taking care to submerge them in the pickle. Finally, I bung them down closely, and place them in a cool apartment. They will be fit for use in a month, and form a pretty garnish when quartered and arranged around dishes containing cold meat, &c."-P. R. V.

84. SIMPLE DISINFECTANT.-Cut two or three good-sized onions in halves, and place them on a plate on the floor; they absorb noxious effiuvia, &c.. in the sick room in an incredibly short space of time, and are greatly to be preferred to perfumery for the same purposes! They should be changed every six hours.

85. MAY.-VELVET.-To restore the pile of velvet, stretch the velvet out tightly, and remove all dust from the surface with a clean brush; afterwards, well clean it with a piece of black flannel, slightly moistened with Florence oil. Then lay a wet cloth over a hot iron, and place it under the velvet, allowing the steam to pass through it; at the same time, brushing the pile of the yelvet till restored as required. Should any fluff remain on the surface of the velvet, remove it by brushing with a handful of crape.

86. LOUISE.-CEMENTS FOR STOPPING THE TEETH. M. Vagner recommends the following:-A drachm of gutta percha, softened by hot water, is to be worked up with catechu powder and tannic acid, of each half a drachm, and with a drop of essential oil. For use, a morsel is to be softened over the flame of a spirit lamp, introduced while warm into the cavity of the tooth, and adapted properly. The mass becomes hardened; and, even after several months, exhibits no traces of decomposition. M. Pouton states that we may also obtain an excellent cement by dissolving one part of mastic in two of collodion. Having well dried out the cavity, a small ball of cotton soaked in some drops of the solution is to be introduced. It soon solidifies, and may remain in situ, seeming also to exert an intpro.thcee eiraghcfnou e erfeners su s tch flor

87. RANGE OF SOUND.-Herschel gives three hundred and forty-five miles as the greatest known distance to which sound has been carried in the air. This was when the awful explosion of the volcano at St. Vincent's was heard at Demerara. The cannonading of the battle of Gena was just heard in the open fields near Dresden, a distance of ninety-two miles, and in the casemate of the fortress it was very distinct. The bombardment of Antwerp, in 1812, is said to have been heard in the mines of Saxony, three hundred and seventy miles distant.

88. APPLE PUDDING.-Take one quart of stewed apples, one quarter pound of butter, four eggs, some grated bread, a nutmeg, a little rose water. Sweeten to taste, and bake in puff-pans.

89. MINCE PIE WITHOUT MEAT.-Four soda cakes, four cups of water, two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, one cup of chopped raisins, half a cup of vinegar, one lemon grated, citron, nutmeg, allspice, cloves, cinnamon, &c.

CHAPTER XX.

THE CONSEQUENCE OF FALSEHOOD.

THE fabrications of Angelique, induced by her vanity, to make her companions believe that she was of distinguished birth, were threatened with annihilation by an unforeseen, although quite a natural, circumstance. In such a populous city as Paris, where the nearest neighbours remain long unknown to each other, nothing appears, at first sight, more easy than to maintain with impunity a tale in which no one's interest is concerned; but, in the midst of worldly affairs, the designs of Pro

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vidence are carried out, which rarely fail to secure the triumph of truth. Thus the most cunningly devised falsehood ends, almost always, in the confusion of its inventor.

A new boarder having heard the name of Angelique de St. Yves mentioned, asked this little girl if she were the daughter of Madame Olympe de St. Yves, Angelique replied, blushing, that she was herr nieces. She then added, with some uneasi ness,-

66 Do you know that lady?"

"Not personally," replied the other" but I had, assservant, a girl who lived with your aunt, and who told me a remarkable instance of her extraordinary benevolence, and that also of her brother?"

"I do not think I know that girl," said Angeliquet

"Oh! excuse me, it is searcelyy four years since she leftt you. Fauchette."

"Do you say she is your servaat now???

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Her name is

No, indeed; she is no longer inservice. Fauchette is just married.”

"As far as I can remember," said Angelique, affecting an air of indifference, "this Fauchette did not deserve much credencer. Shee always talked at random, not uttering a word of truth.. It was onthat account my aunt sent her away."

"Sent her away? Did she not leave voluntarilyy to nurse her mother in her dying illness? Mamma did not perceive the fault which you attribute to her; and was even so satisfied that, but for her marriage, she would still have been with me." "I do not wish to injure the reputation of any one," continued Angelique; “but it rarely happens that a servant candidly owns the reason for her dismissal." "She had a good character from Madame de St. Yves."

"She never refuses that to any one whose honesty is unimpeached."

"From your manner oft speaking it would seem that there were some serious charges against her???

"Indeed!"

"Yes; I appeal to those who hear us."

The young ladies were of her opinion.

"I confess that ammattached to Fanchette, and it would grieve me to think that she did not merit my affection."**

"But, I assure you, that I have no serious complaint against her. I merely say that she is a little-untruthful. That we should be on our guard with her, and not place confidence in what she says."

"That is a sufficient reason to make me repent of my esteem for her. When I see her again I shall watch her more narrowly than heretofore."

Angelique, did not reply, but began to regret having gone so far. In fact, she knew nothing ill of Fauchette, and had said this in order to weaken any impression the poor girl might make respecting her position. She knew not how to disentangle herself from her own foils. The last words of the new comer alarmed her so much that she wrote to her godmamma informing her of her trying position, begging forgiveness for this vanity, and entreating to be removed from school before the exposure she dreaded took place, the severest punishment appearing perferable to the disgrace of her imposture being unmasked. Not wishing to post her letter, for