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Mi^m^Hnp ^w^^ â- ^^â€" Hfl â- KB I About the House, ml ^! I I »«♦♦♦♦♦♦ «♦♦♦« ♦♦♦♦♦«♦♦♦«♦« im'ELi.IGKNT COOKING. Good ItvtnK Is not high living in the ordinary sense. 'I he very acme of good living is the best prusi^ntation of good material in simpie form; und in thfit Bonse it is the best and highest of liv- ing. The introduction of coolcery ns a brannh of our public Hchool truining will start the coming generations of himHnkeepera in the right direction; but the crying need of the present, next to a knowledge of materials, is for housekeepers to better undersliind the importanoe of the high art of â- implo cookery. Many a woman will take infinite pains in making a cake who probably could not tell of the vegetables in com- mon use which should be put on to cook In hot water and which In cold, which should be salted at first and whichp later, and why ; how each â- hould be dressed for serving, and the difference in dressing them when young and old. Among housekeepers th«-re are more good pie -milkers than breadâ€" makers ; twenty wlio make pretty desserts to one who l.s expert in cooking meats, and fifty who make fine cake to one who understands good Boup-maklng. Uo not, because you have kept bouse, ten, twenty or thiity years, tsel your housewifely dignity would be compromised by beginning all over again in certain things, for thit la being progressive. A narrow- minded woman would not do it, be sure of that. The really useful know- ledge you already i>os.se»s will count for Its full value; your expertne.ss In the non-essonllals is very desirableâ€" as a supplement to more important knowledge. Of course you can cook a potato. But how? When you have really exhausted "th» fine art" of cooking potatoes you have finished one (undumrntal branch of a Hplen<lid education. There are others of e(|ual Importance, and each alike necessary, if one would be an intolligeut houae- •feeper. SEA,SONABLE RKCIPKS. Green Tomato Preserve â€" To one pound of fruit use three-quarters of a pound of granulated sugar. Allow one slirnd lemon to two pounds of (rult, first tasting of the white of the lemon tobe sure that it is nul bit- ter. If bitter, use the yellow rind grated or shaved thin and the juice. Put the sugar on wit h just water enough to melt It, add thetom.ilo und lemon and oouk geatly until the tomato is tender and transparent. Cut Ibu to- matoes around in halves «nd then quarter the halves. This shape is pre- ferred to slices. This will keep with- out sealing, but it is lictter to put it in â- mall jars, as it la so rit^h th.it only a little Is wanted at a lime. Canned PeArsâ€" Remove the peel and leave the stems on firm, ripe pears. Make a thin syrup in the proportion of about hji'f a pound of sugiar to a pint of water, or with even less sugar If Ih" syrup Is too sweet. Hoil the pears in the syrup until soft enough to pierce easily with a broom straw. While lK>iling hot. c^irefully pliice the pears In the jars, stems downward, so arranged that there will be little or no space between the pears. Kill to overflowing with Ihn hot syrup ami HB as for an hour of morning sunsbine, and thuroushly showered once or twice a week, they will remain in a healthy ounditlon, with judiciuua watering us demanded. Itcmember always that while limited and early morning sua- shine brightens and iuvigorates the palm, strong sunshine destroys, the rich, green color. Palms are easily pot- ted, when received by express, and from a pains-tuking floristâ€" coming with the soil and roots intact, just as removed from the pot, these enveloped in excelsior and bound with twine. Provide a pot of laiger size and as deep as possible â€" twice as deep as wide is none too much. The roots of nearly all palms ran downward instead of spreading ; if you have ever grown one from seed, especially a date, you have on idea of Cheir delving proi)en8itieB. They must have gi>od drainage, us they will noL remain healthy in soggy soil; place three or four inches of char- coal or broken pottery in the Ixjttom of the pot and over this u layer of sphagnum, florist's moss, or some fib- rous material to prevent the soil wash- ing into the drainage; over this a gen- erous layer of soil ; place the palm on it and fill around with soil, water thor- oughly and keep In a light, cool place but out of the sun, for a week or more. The soil should contain a large pro- portion of fibreâ€" well rolled sod .. I'.h the addition of some good garden loam and a little sharp sand makes a good mixlure. A lighter soil is not advi. HISTOEY OF THE SOUDAN. A LAND WASTED WITH WAR AND ALWAYS UNSETTLED. Where EcypI at One Time Held Maprrmary aad Whrra Hrllain AveasMi tionloa't Dralb- Xnad of tbc Arab and .llecro. The Soudan embraces the vast region of Afrieji that stetcheu from the Atlantic to the lied Saa and the Aljy.SHini.an highlands, and from the Sahara and Kgypt proper in the north totheGuIt of Uuinea,tbe central equa- torial regions, and the Albert and Vic- toria Nyanza in the south. This is the home of the true negro race, though there are other pure and mixed ele- ments in the population, derived prm- cipally from Uamitio and Semitic (.\rab) stocks. The Soudan Is divided into three parts, the Eastern Soudan lieing that portion of the area east of Wadai, mainly the bain of iho Middle and Ipper Nile. Thi.s part of the Soudan is also frequently styled the ligyplLan Soudan. Until 1882 it form- ed one Ill-organized province, with its capital at Khartoum, liut in that year it was subdivided into four sec- tioujâ€" (1) West Soudan, including Dar- l''ur, Kordofan, Bahinjl-Ghazal (the despatched to Khartoum and arrived in tuuuh of it only to leoin that the her- oic Gordon had been assassinated two days Ijcfore (January 26. 1885.) The ei- pedilion thereupon : withdrew, without altempling to retaliate, but with the t&il of Kharlouni perished Kgyptian in- fluence in the Somtan. Since then an- archy has prevailed among the native tribes and the followers of Sheik Sen- us«i, a Moslem confralernity of austere «,. , „ „, .. anl f ni.i al dooiunes increased ,h ir °"*"lT.^"'f WHAT IS OOINQ ON IN THE FOUR CORNERS OP THE QLOBB. able liecaus- "f its Hryicg "Uc loo rap- province on a western tributary of seal Pickled Cauliflower â€" Two cauli- flowers, cut up ; one pint of small onions, three medium-sized red |ie|i- pors. Dis.solve half u pint of salt in water enough to cover the vegetables and let them stand over night. In the morning drain them. Heat two quarts of vinegar with four liitile- siKxmfuls of mustard seed until it boils. Add the vegetables and boil for about 15 minutes, or until l he ejiuli- flower is tender enough to be pierced easily with a fork. Grape Jellyâ€" Wild grapes, gathered Just as th»y begin to turn, are the best for jelly. Cultivated grapes, if fully ripe, are quite likely to disap- point one If used for jolly ; the color Is dark and unattractive nnd the com- pound is often a syrup rather than a jelly, but they make delicious marma- lade. Wash the grapes and free them from the stems. Put lbey> in the kettle and mash until all( broken. Heat slowly and c<M)k until the juice Is well drawn out. Then place a square of cheese cloth over a colander and set the colander over a bowl. Turn in the grapes and let It drip without any pressure. Measure the Julon and allow nn equal nu>asure of sugar. If wild grapes are used, allow a little more than an equal portion of sugar. Boil the juiie 15 minutes. 8klm and strain ngciin, thin add the sugar and l)oll until the suiface looks wrinkled and the liquid jellies on the edge. Skim well and turn Into glass- es. A PALM. Palms will do well in a strong light without sunshine. They are often greatly injured by lieinjg kept con- stantly In darkened hulls and in apart- ments that preclude the treatment e.«- sentlal to their health. A daily spong- ing of tholr foliage with tepid water nmy be given by cirefnl hands with- out damage to surroundings, and if they are .carried to another apartment idly. When palms are once establish- ed do not water them until the surface of the soil looks dry and shrinks slight- ly from the pot. Then give sufficieni tepid water to thoroughly saturate the soil and to run through into the sau- cer, but do not allow any of the sur- plus water to remain. Surface water- ing, or a slight and frequent drib- bling is ruinous to all plants, and es- pecially so to the nuiss of palm. Show- er them at least once a week.â€" better every other day, If you want them to shine as if varnished;, the bent-neck plant sprinklers are excellent, us it is necessary that every part be reach- ed ; gel the largest sprinkler for best results. If not convenient to shower them so often, sponge the stems and both upi>er and under side of foliage three times a week with tepid water; ilaily sponging is better, using a soft fine sponge as least liable of all things to catch and tear the foliage. Treated In this way they will be f reei from red spider, which appears in dry, heated atmospheres â€" in fact, no i>e8t will trou- ble thern if the work is thorough. An occasional scale may api>«ar; rub off the first one as soon as iliscovered and there will be no trouble. No plant Is more free from pests than the imlm, and with only half care. If small, white worms api)ear in the soil, give a thorough soaking with lime water,_ if one application does not answer, give a second. Add a piece of fresh lime as large as an orange to three gallons of water;, when dissolved and clear, pour off the olenr water for use. The lime water In perfectly harmless. A saturated solution, which means all the lime the water will dis-solve, will not harm thiB plants. Lime that ban been air-sl.icketl Is worthless. Do not repot plants oftener than once in two years, or longer if not root biumd. nwnove the portion of the old soil from the top without disturbing the roots, and replace with a fresli, rich soil. Do this once or twice a year, and give some good fertilizer once a month. An occasional soaking with weak soot tea, when the soil is dry, will intensify the color and gloss of the foliage. Bone meal well worked in- to the soil is a most excellent fertiliz- er; the Itest time lu add the latter is when repotting. A ROYAL WARDROBE. The Prinrr of Walm 5lnnil>rrii Hlii Halt* Ry Inr Hunilred*. The Prince of Wales is by no means Iho dumpy little man that most of his pictures seem to inilieato. It is not every man turned ,')l), with a forty-five inch chest, who can boast of a waist of no more than forty inches. If he occasionally appears stouter it is be- cause he likes his clothes to be loo.^e and easy. This is especially the ca.se wiih those particuj^r suits known as "dittoes." t"or tljKse he never umler any circumstances j>ays more thin #41); A few years ago Sir Francis Knollys. his private secretary, finding that his tailors were overcharging him, fixed upon eiirht guineas as the uniform price for each suit. They are order- ed in half-di>z(Mis at a lime. There is likewise a rt^gulur and fixed price of 8I> for his Irou.sers, which under no pretext, whatsoever, save in the case of uni.^orjjis, is exceeded. The ^Kjiffce has a liorror of evening dre.ss, Nvfti'h ho considers hideous. lie prefeiJiiaK? style to a uniform, howev- er, ai«Jrra)»es twelve suits of these a your, lie a fixed price of $m a s\iit. I.el m6lul;t'aiat the Prince never wears afi^'j^air'of trouser.s more than linuvs.niDd then, us the discarded four clothes of '(pyAHy are not allowed to be appropriated l>y the valets, but are all preserved, there is a stock of thou- sajid.N of them at Marlborough house. This need surprl.se no one. For when King George I v. died his clothes were sol(i by public auction, which lasted over three weeks, there l)eing no le.s» than StKl fur-lined coats alone. All the Prince'S'Clothes, old and new, are kept at Marlborough hou.se in what are known as the "brushing room," sever- al loep being eiuployed to look aft- er thera. • All his hats, especially the old ones, are for some reason or ol her kept at Sandringhum. He alHiminales the High silk hat; his favorite hc.ndgsar l>eing that which Is known In this country us the "derby," and in Bug- land as the "tiowler." The high hats which he wears me by preference aliell in sha|M) and with a rather wide roll- ing brim. of the White Nile south of Kordofan,) and Dongola; (i) Central Soudan, com- prising Khartoum, Sennaar, Berber, Faahoda, south-east of Kordofan, and the equatorial province, stretching along the Upper Nile lo the great lakes; (3) East Soudan, along the Red Sea, including Taka, Suakin and Mas- sowah; Harar, east of Abyssinia, and north of the Somali country, abutting on the Gulf of Aden. All this region is WATERED BY THE NILE and its tiHiutarles, possessing highly fertile soil, capable of yielding im- men.se quantities of cotton, durra, in- digo, sugar, rice, maize, toliacco, fruits; while Kordofan and Dar-Fur are bare and waterless, except in the rainy sea- son, after which their wide, grassy stepi>es give sustenance to numerous herds of camels, cattle, sheep and goatii. Ceaides the products mention- ed, ivory, ostrich feather.s, caout-choac, salt, cloth, gums Iron, gold, honey, wax and hides, are iii^porttnt articles of internal traffic nnd foreign trade The area of thia portion of the Soudan has been estimated at 2.5II0.OOU square miles, and the total population at about 15,000,000. Ihe Egypt Urns established themselves at Khartoum in 1819, and, •luring the next fifty years, gradually extended their power over the provin- ces lymg west and south of the city, and were more especially active dur- ing the third quarter of this century. In IH71 l>ar-Fur was conquered with Ihe help of Zebohr Pasha, a noted slave hunter. Ue did not receive the reward he considered himself entitled to, and provoked insurrections in tliat district, and in Bahr-el-Ghuzal provmce (1877- 79) which were successively crushed by Gordon and Gessi. The revolt of Arabi Pasha In 1881, and its consequences, loosened ihe hold of Kgypt on the Soudan, which l)y Itaker's annexations in 1874 and follow- ing years had gradually extended to Ihe shores of the Victoria Nyanza. A WIDESPREAD REBELLION broke out in Dar-Fur, and Kordofan unler Mohammed Abuiud, calling him- â- -<elf the Madhi, a word meaning "the guided by God." The modern Mahi i^ not neces.'^arily a descendant of Ali. or a resu.'-cilatej4.4'^'^''' ''^'^ '"' puts himself fyiflf(yfCTcr''a.s a prophet whose missiojk^fe'lo free Islam from external eueuMd6und re-establish the puie. pri- mitive faiib Mohammed Ahmed claimed to be I he M.:thdi when about iO vejir.s old. (iradually, at his call, the a'aslern Souduu stirred itself against Egyptian misrule; and so it caiue to pass lliat in 188A he soiznd KI' Obeyd, Ihe chief city of the Kordofan, and made it his capital. An army was sent against him by the Egyptian gov- ernmenl, under an English officer, Hicks Pusha, in Novemlier, and was annihilated near El' Obeyd. The Mahdi's influence extended to the Red Sea shores. An Egyptian force unler Count Moncrieff was routed with .severe lo.ss in the .same month near Sua- kin; und Baker Pasha was twice di.s- aslrously defeated at Tot) and Taiuani- eb, early in 1881; but the.He reverses wore afterwards wiped out by the hard won successes of a Brillsh e.xpedltion under Sir G. Graham. Meanwhile, in January, 1884, Gen. Charles George Gordon had gone at the request of Mr. Gladstone's Govern- ment, Rs English representative to Khartoum, to secure the withdrawal of Ihe ICgyptian garrisons from the Soudan, Egypt having, on the advice of Fngland, agreed to give up all her possessions in the Soudun, save the Red St^a Utloral. Gordon though ^upported by only one other English officer, gal- lanily maintained his position In Khar- toum against the Madlii's foUowers.and even ventured .'UooessfuUy on the ag- gretiisho. iHo found, however, that he had attempted AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK, he could nol leave the garrisons to fall into the Itands of the Mudhi, and he required relnfurieiueut of Briti.sh troops before he could drive the lat- ter from the neighl>orhood of Khar- toum. Timi Ity und Indeii Ion ma k. d the whole of the policy of I ho Kngli^h Government , loth toward the Soudan and Ihe Ited 8t>a littoral. In IVtolier, 1884, when it was tix> late, an frTngUsb expedition, under Lord Wolseley, was power in Koidofan and the adjacent districts. One of Gordon's lieutenants, Dr. Schmitzler, known as Emin Pasha, was still hoi ling out in the equatorial regions in 1888, when he was visited by the explorer Stanley, at the head of a relief expedition, 'the Miidhi died at Omdurman June, 188.'i, and his calif. A})dullah, reigns in his stead. Sheik Senus.si, of Tripoli, is said to have ob- tained possession of much of the Sou- dan; beyond this the affairs of the Soudan are obscured bgr mystery. In 189J the Madhi'Shuoces-x>r wusl>esieged by the Senussi in Omdurman, whither the h'-alquariers ofMihdismhad been tran.ifeirred. A WASTED CONUFRY. The extent of country governed by the Khalifa is practically the same as that originally occupied by the Egyp- tians. But places that were once pros- rous have l>een laid waste and the indu.striouj Nile dwellers have lieen de.spoiled \>y normal tribes. Hope has gone from the peo|)le, and they are wailing for the hand that will restore them to their own. Gordon and Khartoum will ever be asMKidled, and it was liecauae of the world-wide attention which he drew upon himself when he undertook the misflon ami the circumstances attend- ing his de^ilh that gave a peculiar in- tore.st to the ruined city. A great man, already famous, had undertaken what was soon found to be an iiupos- sihle ta.sk; but Gordon's heroism and devotion lo what he regarded as the right are revealed in his celebrated "Journals." While Gordon's primary object was to evacuate Khartoum by wiihdraw'ing the Egyptian garrisons, he was expected afterwards to estab- lish a local form of government in the interests of Great Britain. It is shown by his journals that Gordon was oppo-ied to the permanent retention of Ihe Soudan by Great Britain; he thought that it should lie left with decency, and the people given a man to lead them.around whom they could rally. When neither the evacuation no.- Ihe lo.al government Eeemed likely of accomplishment, the Briti.sh Govern- ment wLihed to be rid of all responsi- bility of the Soudan in the mailer of garrisons. In fact, the instructions conveyed to Lord Wolseley were to the effect that the primary ol)jeot of the expedition was to bring away General Gordon and Colonel Stewart from Khartoum. To this Gordon objected. Ho would not leave THE GARRISONS TO THEIR FATE no matter what the result might he. In his journal Gordon writes; "The more one thiukd of it the more impos- sible does it seem for her Majesty's Government to get out of this country without extricating the garrisons and eKtaljtishing some government at Khar- toum. " Uut the Government he wish- ed was not one under the authority of Great Britain. (He thought the coun- try should be given to the Turks, or to Zebehr Pasha, to govern, but not Egypt, OS In a couple of years there would be another Mahdi. It has been .stated that the conquest of the Soudan means also the reten- tion, of Egypt, and that France is look- ing with eager eyes in the same direct lion. When Egyptian finances were in a muddle some years ago a dual Eng- lish and French control was establish- ed, and the finances were placed en- tirely under European management It will also be recalled thit in 1882, during the Arabl revolt. British and French warships were despatched to Alexandria to overawe the retiels. Arabi persisted in the rebellion despite Ihe order sent him to desist, and the French sailed away in dismay. The French took no share in the bombard- ment, in the military expedition, or in direot co-operation with F:ngland in the re-arrungement of Egyptian af- fairs, and it Is a question what .steps they will take now to establish their claim. THE MILD LONDON "PEELER." yirrrr Draw* His <°lnb Rxrepl aa Bxira- ordinary frovaeatlaa. Foreigners are alwnys impressed by Ihe power of the London policeman as he lifts a magisterial hand and directs the congested traffic. They do not know that there are times when this demi-god faces a raging mob, and risks his life rather than use force in Ihe discharge of his duty. The arrest of a disorderly woman is no unusual event, but it gave great umbrage to the public spirit of Drummond street on Friday eight. The constable who had the woman in charge was attacked by the S<imers Town gang, and, though reinforced by four comrades, would surely have had Ihe worst of the encounter if one of the policemen had not drawn his trun- cheon. Nobody was hurt by this wea- pon, which cau.sed the crowd to hold off; but in the meai\liiiu> the champions of 8oiners Town had been letting fly with iKJttles, and it was their Spani.sh nunnery, not their lack of spirit, which did no dtimage to Ihe ixiUco. The Vom- ers Town gang are happy, no doubt, if they can lay open anybody's head with broken glass, though, for choice, they would rather hit the official tar- get . The story Illustrates the self-control of the London jioliceman; but we wish Ihe truncheon had been used earlier in the struggle Forbearance Is wast- •d on the Imroos from Soujers Town. They xvould have Iwen none the worse tor a broken head or I wo and Hrum- mond Mreet wou'd be le.sa eager in its sympathy with disorderly ladies if they knew that a constable, when facing ureal odds, would use his truncheon »'ith;>'.i; be.siutiun. I Event* of IntcrMt Chreo* Icled Brieflyâ€" In Icrrsting Happcnlags ol Recent Data. Australian rabbitskins are being con- verted Into sealskins for the Americjn market London is to havei soon its first not garden. Charles W'yndham will be the innovator, in his now theatre near Lei- cester Square. A Protestant monastery is to be er- ected by the Duke of Newcastle, who is a strong High Churchman, at East Markbum, in Nottinghamshire. On the day the Czar unveiled ths memorial to Alexander 11. in Moscow the first train of the Siberian Railroad reached Irkutsk and Lake Baikal. Cargoes of New Zealand and Austral- ian butter recently shipped to London have been reshipped to their starting points, as the home price for butter is now much higher than the Eng- lish prices obtainable. Rome expects an unpleasant sensa- tion on the publication of the memoirs ot Mgr. Pila Carrocei, a sharp-tongued abbe of the old school who died recent- ly. He knew all the scandals of sixty years, and, it is faared, wrote them down. Red Scotch granite from Peterhead is to be employed for the national mon- ument which the Transvaal is to er- ect to Pretoria to commemorate the re- pulse of .Tnmeson's raid, and an Aber- deen firm has been found ready to pro- vide the granite and execute the work. The Boer's sense of humor seems stronger than the Scotchman's. Germany is txyosd to lose no chance in the grab for territory. The deep- sea expedition recently sent Into Arc- tic waters surveyed part of Bear Is- land south of Spitsbergen, and there- upon took possession of it in the. name of the German Empire .The island was discovered by Barents, a Dutehm-tn, 300 years ago. and has been u.sed for many years by the Norwegians as a fishing station. A torpedo boat destroyer. th-i Hail- ung. built by the Schichaus in Ger- many for the Chinese tlovernment, mads, according to th" London Times, S3.8 knots on its trial trip, with its armament and equipment and sixty- neven Ions of coal on board. No details of the performance are given, though this is by far the highest speed ever attained by anything afloat, save Ihe Turbinia, being equivalent to 38 '^-3 miles an hour. Having started the report that Queen Victoria intends to confer the Onier of the Garter on Queen Wihelmini of the Netherlands, some over-proper English newspapers are worrieil as to where the young Dutch Queen will wear her garter. Queen Victoria wears hers on her arm. The Order has rarely, if ever, been conferred on a woman in modern times. Queen Victoria has ab- stained from giving it to any of her daughters or to any other Queen reg- nant. Kaiser Wilhelm has struck another blow at Ihe French. A recent army order commands the suppression of the terms Premier Lieutenant and Second Lieutenant and the substitute of OI>er and I'nter Lieutenant lustead. The ti- tle remains, therefore, half German and half French, and First Lieutenants will be easily confused with Lieuten- ant-Colonels. Oberst Lieutenant. An im- perial attempt at Germanizing Ihe French title Lieutenant would have been intertssting. A Montpellier court has had to de- cide a suit between Saint Anthony and Saint George. A rich manufacturer of the town wished to erect a chapel in memory of his dead sou, and to dedi- cate it to his patron. Saint George. He arranged with the prior of a neight>or- iiig convent to contribute 60.000 franoa for the building. The prior thought ho could do a struke of business by in- teresting in the work the devotees ol Saint Anthony of Padua, and on the completion of the chapel, though it was dedicated to Saint George, the statue plai-ed over the entrance was that of .Siiim Anthony. The manufacturer ob- jected; the prior would not give way; the matter \vu« taken into court, and a writ of ejection has been issued against Saint Anthony. Fruu Regina Deixner died recently at Werschetz in south Hungary at the age of lU years. The death notice re;id as follows: "Filled with grief, we inform all relatives and friends of the decea.se on Aug. 'ii of ou» beloved mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, greal-grandmother, great-great grand- mother and greal-great-great-grand- inolher," followed by ihe signatures of throe sons, two daughters, Ihirly-five grandchildren, ninly greal-grundchild- ren, twelve of the fourth and three of the fifth generation, in nil 145 living iH-rsons directly .sprung from her. be- sides those of their husliands and wives. She had lived under the Euii>eror Jo»^ eph II., Leopold U, and Fran, is 1. of Ihe Holy Roman Empire and under Francis I., Ferdin.md V. and Francis Joseph I., Emperors of Austria. SHE UOLVB THE CHAMPIONSHIP. You don't me.in lo tell me that I>>e- my's wife circulates oh're go.ssip Ihin he dtiesJ It seems impo.saible. Not at nil. She can talk a third faster thtiu he ran. • e > ««'«. .,.).; â-  â- f.> â- mmmmeum