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4-. ^ About the I ....House I ^ I f. USKI-UL liKClPKS. Chicken Sulnd. â€" For the chicken EiilucI bii.v fowi rather than chicken, and Jet boil until tender, in ub Utile water us possible. Cut the cold boiled fowl in one-half iwh cubes. A five pound fowl should yield three cups of dice, and two fowls of this si:i» ought to serve a company of twenty-four. To .six cups of meat cubes add eight cujjm of celery cubes. To prei)are celery-, wash in cold wat- er, scrape to remove stririffj' por- tions, and cut in smiill pieces. It is much improved by being allowed to stand in cold water to become crisp and thoroughly chilled, then drained and dried between towels. As near Berving-limc as possible, moisten mixture with cream dressing. Mould on salad dishes, and garnish wfth the yolks of hard boiled eggs rubbed through a sieve, capers, and celery tii)s. The artistic garnishing of a salad should never be overlooked, as it adds much to its al'.ractive- ncss. Cream Dressing for Salad.â€" Now for the cream dressing, which is a pleasing substitute lor mayonnaise, I and nuu:h less expensive. Mi.x one tablespoon salt, one tablespoon mus- tard, one and one-half tablespoons sugar, two eggs sliifhtly beate*, five tablespoons melted butter, and one and one-half cups melted cream; then add slowly one-half cup vinegar. Cook in double boiler, stirring con- stantly, until mixture thickens; then strain and cool. SalHd Holls.â€" Of course any milk or irdlk and water bread. doi>gh may be shaped and baked into rolls to serve with the salad, although Par- ker House Roll mixture, a richer dough, is decidedly preferable. Just a few words about the shaping. First make in small round biscuits, place in rows on a floured boaid, cover with a cloth, then with a pan, and let rise until light and well pulTeil. Flour the handle of a wooden spoon and make a deep crease in the mid- dle of each bi.scuit, take uj) and press together the two parts thus made. Place closely in a buttered jian, cover, let rise again, and bake in a hot oven. The rolls amy be baked In the morning and reheated when needed. BiKqU(' Ice Cream.â€" In serving ice cream, caterers allow one quart to each .six guests. It miust be remem- bered that cream swell.s In freezing. Therefore the following rule for biscpie ice cream will furnish a sufli- clent quantity, if the one who does the serving jdans aright. Mix two tablespoons llouj-, two cups of sugai-, one-fourth teaspoon salt, and two eggs slightly beaten. Pour on, gra- dually, four cups scalded 'uilk, and cook in a double boiler twenty min- utei», stirring constantly at" first. Should the custard chance to have a curdled appearance, it will all disap- pear in the freezing. Wlien the mix- ture is cool, add two tablespoons vani:ia, and two cujis English wal- nut meats finely cliopped. Frcez.e using three parts finely ciushed ice to one rock salt. If 'a larger i)ro- portion of sail is used the mixture will freeze in a shoi-ler time, but wi'l be of n granular rather than a fine-grained consiKlencj-. Turn the crank slowly and steadily to expose as large a surface of the mixHwe as possible to ice and salt. After the mixture is frozen to a mush, the crank may he turned more rajjidly. adding more ice and salt if needed. Never draw oIT the sal water until the freezing is accomplished. It must be remembered that il is the soil water that eflects the freezing. After the freezing, draw olT the wat- er, remove the dasher, and with a large spoon jmck the cream as solid- - ly as possible. Put cprk In opening of rover, tlieji put on cover. I{e- J>ack frei'/.er, using four measures of Ice to one measure of salt. Place over 4,op newspajiers or a piece of CBr{>el until serving time is at hand. Salted Almonds. â€"irome-iiiade sall- fd almonds aic, to rny mind, more delicious than those ordinarily bought at the confectioner's. Hlanch one pound almonds and dry on a towel. The blanching of nluionds is a simple task. Simply cover with boiling water, and hi stand five minutes; drain, cover with cold wat- er, and then the skins may be easilv rubbed olT. Put one-lhlr'd cup laril in a sauce pan. Whi>n hot. put' in almonds to cover bottom of pan and fry until delicately browned. stir- ring const an^ly to keep the almonds ill motion. IteiMove with n spoon or Small skimmer, taking up as lit- tle grease as possible, drain on brown paper and sprinkle with salt. Itepeat until all are fried. (!ool and keeji ill a covered dish in a dry place until needed. ColTee. â€" Always niaki' in a granite- pot. A HUfhcient quantity for twen- ty-four would belter be made In two ' Iwo-qunrt cofTec-pols. There ore btit few households whi'ie one of larger capacity coiiU! bo found, and the two smaller ones do .lust as well Now for the recipe for one pot. which npeds hut to lie repented for the second. Scald the coffee-pot. VV'n.sli one egg, brr'nk, and beat ulightly. Add one-half cuji water, the crushed shill, and one and one- half ciipn grouml coffee Turn Into the cofTee-pol, add six-cups boiling Water, and stir tliormighly. Pl«re oil front of range and let boll three minutes. The spout of the pot Bhoiild bo covered or sIuITVhI wilh Boft paper. Stir, and pour Koiiie In O clip to be sure that the spout in free from grounds. Ilcturn to cof- i 'DTn. fee-pot and repeat. Add one-half iJiU cup of cold water which perfects the clearing. Place on back of range, •where coffee will not boil, until serving-time. .Servo in attor-dinnor coffee-cups, with cut sugar. This re- ception coffee is made half as strong again as the ordinary coffee used for the breakfast beverage. swiNcaisra shki,ves. Are a great convenience, occupy no room when not in use, and arc made at a trifling cost. Shelves may be |)laced over the sink and over other large wall spaces. These will pro- vide a place for the clock, cook books, tradesman's order books, etc. 'J''hc broad window scats where a few pots of herbs may be grown, makes the kitchen still more attrac- tive. Herbs seem to grow better there than in any oilier |)art of the house and the conveniences of having fresh parsley, tarragon, etc., at hand when needed will abundantly repay one for one's trouble. There should be Iwo chairs in the kitchen, also n scuttle table with a box seat which may be so adjusted as to provide an ironing table, or a comfortable seat, and the box seat may be used as a receptacle for kitchen lore, domestic science magazines, etc. The kitchen should be provided with a good clock, a calendar, a thermometer, a slate for menaoranduins, and where- ever there are jogs in the walls these spaces rnay be converted into shal- low cupboards for small utensils, duster, brooms, brushes, etc.. pro- tecting them from the dust. Such Kfiaces are as found along.sidc ol chimney may be utilized in this way. Tablets, pencils, a pin-cushion, large and small needles, a spool of No. 8 cotton for trussing poultry or game, a bull of cord; a wasle-paper basket should be found under the kitclien table where scraps of paper, short pits of siring and any and all Utter might be thrown. This basket may be of the hulf-luishel fruit baskets that are so plentiful during fruit season, or it mu,v be of wire. A towel rack fastened to the wall, which may be dropped back flat against the wall when not in use, is a convenience. A small step-ladder, that may be so adjusted as to serve the purpoBe of both chair and ladder win he found a great comfort when something is to be got down from the high shelves. Bracket and roll- er for roller towels must bo placed convenient to the sink. A covered galvanized iron garbage pail and ash barrel, are both absolutely ne- cessary and should be just outside of the kitchen door for convenience sake, and both should bo protected from the weather by some means ol shelter, and only a.shes placed in one and dry garbage in thc' other. The latter should be thoroughly clean.sed, and should be scalded al least three times a week with a strong solution of sal soda. MILWAI STATIONS SOME VEny XAHGE ONES GREAT BRITAIN. IN CORED LONG ABO BUT STILL CURED S. KERNOHAN'S INCURABLE DISEASE CURED BY DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS. Five Doctors Agreed There Was no Hope for Him, But He Has Been Strong and Well for Years. tJolert, Onl.. Sept. 7â€" (Special).â€" The wonderful cures by llodd's Kid- ney Pills published almost daily, re- call the case of Samuel Kernohan, of this iilace. II is .vears now since he was cured, but as he is still cured il is well worth recalling the facts, and Mr. Kernohan tkslights to relate them. "Some time in Peceuiber, 189;{," he says, "I was taken sick and laid np for fourteen nionlhs. During my confinement to my house and to my bed, I was attended at, various times by five docloys. Three of them de- cided that my disease was incurable. I''loaling Kidney, and two of them that It was Spinal Pisea.sc. All agreed on one tiling â€" that my case was inciiralile. "When my mone.v was all gone, as a matter of necessity and as m.v last hope I tried Hodd's Kidney Pills. I hail only taken threi- boxes when I was able to walk aliout. I took in all, eighteen boxes, when 1 was en- tirely cured and <|uite able to work. "Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best friend I ever found." FOOD I'DU TinO NERVOl'S. As a rule, salt meat is not adapt- ed to the requirements of nervous people, as imtritionH juices i:i> bito I he liriiu' to a great extent. I'i.-h of all kinds is good lor them. Paw eggs, contrary to the common opin- ion, are not ns digestible as those that have been well cooked. Oood bread, sweet butter and lean meat ore the best food for the nerves. People troiililed with insonmiii aiul nervous starting from sleep, and sen- sations of fuliiug, can often bo cured by limit iiig themselves to a diet of milk alone for a time. An adup should take a pint u meal, and take four times daily. People wilh weak- ened nerves require frequently a larger quantity of water than those whose nerves and brains «re strong. It aids the digestion of these by making It KoluVile, nnd seems to have a direct tonic effect. ^ ICven the poopli' who nre nlwavF cxpiHlIng the worst (o happen mn,i sometimes Be nrsnprointed. The most Remarkable Is at Crew. â€" An Immense Station, at Edinburgh. Whatever may be said against the British railway companies, it cannot be alleged that they have not pro- vided us with fine railway stations says L,ondon Tit-Dits. Twenty-flve stations, picked at random in this country, have an urea of 618^ acres, almost as great as that of Jljde Park and Kensington Clardens to- gether. Perhaps the most remark- able of all these stations is that at Crewe. Great and costly works are now in progress to enable the North-VVest- ern Company to deal efficiently with its enormous traffic at that point. The new goods station is now com- pleted, and the alterations in the passenger station have just been be- gun. The old station, including the goods and passenger area, cover- ed ninety-three acres; now it has an area of 223 acres. In the new goods station the space roofed in is 40,000 square feet, or eight acres; there are 220 sidings, with a length of thirty-one miles, and 4.000 waggons are made up and dispatched every day. On 130 acres newly acquired accommodation for 2,500 waggons at one time is pro- vided, and these waggons extend over some eight miles of line. Through the jiassenger station as many as 1,000 trains jiass in twen- ty-four hours al Christmas time, and on an August liank Holiday Ihe number has been 1.2!i0. The length of the station from one end to the other is two and a halt nulcs, and there are also two and a half injles of idatform in the passenger section, though that provision will be much extended when the works now in progress are coniph'lo. Crewe will be a great station when this work is done, but the largest passenger station in the United Kingdom is neither Crewe nor Liv- erpool Street, as many suppose, but the Waverley Station at Edinburgh, which has also been enlarged enor- mously in the last few years. The extensions and reconstructions there have cost no less than glO.OOO.GOO. It covers an area now of twenty- three acres of which eleven and a half acres are under one roof. There are two and three-quarter iiriles of plalform, wilh seven main lines running through the station, and nfly-six dock roads and sidings. Alongside the platforms thirteen trains of ten coacl.es each can stand at one time, and the Irafllc is con- trolled by (iOO signal and point lev- ers. 'I'he reconstruction of this station was a work of great engin- eering difliculty. but it was made necessary liy the growth in the traflic to the North. New Street Station. lUrmingham, is anollier slnlion of similar charac- ter, with an area of thirteen acres, eight and Ihree-quarier acres being roofed in. The platforms extend for nearly two miles; there are twelve through lines, and some 700 trains pass in nnd out in a single day. Liverpool Street, which is the largest and, in many rerpccta the busiest station in i^ondon, has an area of twenty-two nnd a half acres, of which six and a (|uarler acres are under roof. There are twenty lines of rails, and it is estimated that 1(X),000 people use the station every wcek-dnv. The traflic in and out is controlled by 424 signal-points and lev<'rs. Waterloo Station, with twelve platforms and nn area of sixteen acres, holds the record for iri.flic, the number ol trains and en- iiu'S passing in and out in twenty- ;iur hours being about :2,.'')0(). I'or the sake of comparison some fads as to the size and tralllc of other great stations may be given. Pnddington Station, which was built bv Hrunel ut a cost of *1. 200, 000 is oiie of the largest in London, the area for passenger and goods trntlic being seventy acres. The Maryle- bone Station of the fiieat Central ('ompany has a similar area. and there is one goods warehouse wilh a floor space of eleven acres. London Hrid,ge covers eight acres, bul the Ibigiuon Station is even larger, nnd receives and dispatches 250 trains a (lav. In th(^ sixteen acres of Kus- lon Station there are fifteen plat- forms, some l.OOOtt. long. The area of Kings (^ross Station is almost as great, and St. Pancras Station is the largest in Ihe country under a single-snan roof. Hroad Street has 13.000 square yards un- der roof, nnd deal.s with (530 trains a day M Caiuum Street over 1,000 trains and engines pass in and out dully during the twenty liours the station in open. , Outsidir London some of Ihe larg- iM stations are Victoria. Manchester which now has an area of thirteen and a half acres, fifteen platforms and nearly 80O trains a day, and is being greallv extended; the Centrol, Manchester, with on area of ten acres: the Central, (ilasgow. with about ten acres, now being enlarged. St Knoch's, ill tlie same city, with thlrtren and a halt acres, and Carlisle, wMli seven acres. Hut the busiest station in this country, and perhaps In tl>e world having regard lo its very limited area. Is Moor- gate Street, ' on the Metroiiolitan Hoilwny; nearly l.CKIO trains pass in nnd out of il I'very day. Keep on the Right Side. Discard the use of Japan Teas altogethei ihi^y're a doctored make up at their besi HI foil Natural Ceylon Green is of double strength, Delicious and ♦•PURE.' Sealed Packets only â€"same form as the cele< brated Black Teas of " Salada" brand. Miss Schreecher : "Papa is think- ing of giving my voice a trial." Mr. niuntleigh : â- Well. T hop<>. for your sake, he'll not select a jury from among your neighbors." SEEDING WINTER WHEAT. A rich soil is always desirable for winter wheat. The plant is a gross feeder and requires nn abundant sup- ply of feetl for the largest yields. This does not necessarily mean that the ground must contain as much humus as corn ground, but it should be abundantly supplied with this ma- terial, in addition to phosphoric acid and potash. If soil is not naturally very rich and stable manure is avail- able, supply as much of this as can be obtained. It can cither be appli- ed to the crop previous to wheal, or if well rotted, can bo put on the ground just before i)lowing for wheat land. If not well rotted, the most salisfaclory method of enriching the soil for wheat is to top-dress during the fall and winter, spreading quite evenly over the surface. In this way the available plant food in the ma- nure is a*sorbed by the upper lay- ers of soil and is ready for immediate us<? by the young plants. Furthermore, this top-dressing is a first-class protection against the dis- astrous effect of winter freezes. Where it has been tried, it gave most excellent results. In some localities it may pay to supply phosphoric fer- tilizers, bul this question each and every uiaii must determine for him- self, as it depends almost WHOLLY UPON THIO SOIL. In most winter wheat sections it is of utmost importance that pre- paration of the ground be started as ourly as jiossible. Where wheat is to follow oats, barley, potatoes, field pens or some spring croi), get these out of the way as soon as pos- sible, then plow the ground without delay. This cannot bo don<' too early, for it is absolutely necessary that wheat land be well compacted before the .swd is put in. Summer or fall plowing pr this kind need not be very deep. On some soils .") inches is sufficient and it is seldom necessary lo plow more thiui 5J or 6. Some farmers get good results in plowing 4 inches deep. See that the ground is thor- oughly plowed and that there is no skipping or 'cutting and covering." As soon as plowed, it should be burrowed at least once, so an to create a soil mulch and to compact the land in such n way as to pi-e- voiit free access to the air and a con- sequent loss of soil moislure. The ground should, be watched care- fully, and just as soon as there is evidence of excessive uvaporation of moisture go over the surface wilh some light inslnimeiit which will maintain the mulch. If weeds ap- pear, these must bo killed while small. This is an excellent way of getting rid of perennials. Do nol al- low the leaves to reach any size. Dy killing them nt this stage'the roots will not lie able to give any nourish- ment and will consequently perish. This method is ndvisid for getting rid of such persistc^nl perennials as Canada thistle. Occasionally it may be necessary lo use a disk or acme harrow in order to kill the weeds. In some fields, particularly foul, a spad- ing harrow MAY BF. NKCFSSAUY. It the .-seedbed has been given this careful attention, it will be in excel- lent condition by September 10. nt which time seeding may begin, un- less there is danger of he.ssinn fly. In this case delay s<'eding until the last of the month, or the first week in October. As n rule, however, where hessian fly is not present, ear- ly seeded fnll wheat does best. The seedtied nt sowing time must be thoroughly puheri/ed and well compacted. If it is in ihis condi- tion, the young plants will start vigorously and attain a good start bivfore fveeziiiR weather sets In. The seeding is best done, nil things considered, with some kind of a press or disk drill. As a rule, press drills give satisfaction. particulorly on light soils, during a dry aulunni. 11 the sea.son is very wet, the ortlinary shoe drill answers very Well. (if recent years, the disk drill has been exceedingly sntlsfnelory nnd Is bo:om- Ing \ery widely iised. If you con- template purchasing a new drill, it would pay you lo look into this nipt- ter very carefully. U.io from one bushel to Fix pecks of good plump â- ccd »o the aero. Clean the sci'il thoroughly by running through 8 fanning mill, which will blow out al' light and imperfect kernels and will screen out all small grains. FALL FEED PROBLEMS. Millet and buckwheat may be sown as emergency crops. Millet will ger- minate and grow with light rainfall and in high temperatures, and may be sown July 1. writes Mr. H. H. Cook. Buckwheat requires more soil moislure for germination, but will thrive at a lower average tempera- ture. Both are low in feuding value, and I should not depend upon Ihem to be regularly sown. Where soil conditions ace favorable alfalfa stands above all known forage plants for the dairy cow. The almost im- penetrable subsoils of the northern granitic region olYer a serious draw- back and I feel quite sure that iin- derdralnagc deep enough to break up these subsoils may be necessary to make its growth safe and sure. Securing a catch is almost assured, showing that the proper bacteria are not wanting, but when the roots be- gin their downward growth there fol- lows the inevitable tendency to throw out in the spring. Upon these soils I am sure we art> not giving red clover a fair chance to compelB with its cousin alfalfa. The feeding value is only slightly less. If cut early for soiling medium red clover will produce three good crops UPON RICH SOIL. It has the disadvantage of being biennial, but it is altogether surpris- ing how persistent it will be if giv- en a top dressing each winter wilh stable manure and supplied with pot- ash in some form. If in the soil a top dressing of dissolved rock will bring il out. If not there, an an- nual dressing with the manure oj 200 to 300 pounds muriate of i^oti ash costing ?'i to SO will pay liber- al iirofit on the inveslmenl. I begin to feel that a change o( base upon our dairy farms is urgent The old practice of leaving a sod al most indefinitely bred weeds an( poverty. We have practised shon rotation, and I think it may hav been considered upon dairy farms oj . indication of up-to-dalene.ss. Col tainly there has been soil nnd crc) improvement ami a preparation to drouth and soiling crops for evfif emergency. The exi>en.=e, however, I yearly increasing, and 1 am satislia substantially the same results ma) ; be .sxfcured in another way. thereh| I saving the cost of such frequeii [breaking, which is yearly increasin| j with me and in northern New York In sections where grass is not I natural crop, where the sod is thin â-  frequent or biennial breaking is nee .essary. With us a field left entireb I alone. will, if rich enough, gras. over in two years. Is il. therefore : not to be a wise practice to oxpen« I the extra force which must l..o pw I into labor or fertilizers into the lat j ter uloiie and lengthen the rotation' I This .system will, perhaps, decree.si j the grain and corn output. Aftei ! all. what crop will bring greater net return than two or three cuttings o: clover and timothy, which will conn in the j SF.CONl) AND I'lIlUl) Yi:.VK. I Forty dollars to SoO of milk [.er ucn ! is easily ohiained from such land j The question always comes back, cat a crop be insured against drouth? I (;rops are goveriu><l largely liy raiii- , fall. I know it is pos.sible to grow one crop with very little rain. A I well I'Stablishcd clover seeding, il I top-die.ssed (luring the winter. will ; grow and cover the groimd in timt jto prevent direct evaporation. Ths j mulch protection given by strawy J manure is twofold. I'l-eding tin- plant and holding moislure. This praelice I cannot be followed by those farmers who haul their manure in the spripg after a goodly portion is wasted, and when it must depend upon siwnmer rains for solution. I am confident for our northern dairy svctions. that the oat and pea, corn. alfalfa, and the emergency I crops. like millet and buckwheat, ', must continue to be a siuircr of sup- ply fur Kiipplemental feeding. In I connection Willi these we must begin to irent grn.ss growing «s a si«TiaIty ami un arl. "Yes,' said the wife's mother. •'^ I see it was n niistoke for my dniigh- tor to innn-y you at all. She i.s jus| ; as dilTerenl from you in every ro- ; spect ns she can hv." "Well, 'well.'' relilied th.e creut brute, "how yoi ; flatter mo I" ; ♦'•it • ll\