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About the 1 .V y tho 8111110 time, while lirlnglng out the culorution borax in no wiiy in- jureH 4]HYors, but rather •incroascH them. • Jt in tho secret of the ad- M iiiii-iihle grccxi color and perfect flav- 'HVvW*^^^ fir tor ol -peas" BS Bei'vea'uii by l-Vench ^m^mmm. DOMESTIC IIKCIPES. Pieplant Cutsup.â€" To two ciuarts of chopped pieplant odd two pounds of brown Bugiir, a t«acupful of vinegar (not too strong), a tcaspoonful each of cinnnuion, alls|)icc and salt und pepper. Cook till reduced to ono- hnlf, then boil and seul. Orange Sulnd.â€" l''ruit Kalads arc very much tho fad at present and one of the simplest is an orange salad. Peel three oraiigf.'j and take off all the white skin. Sojiarato in sec- tions and cut on tlie transparent •kin separating them, after pulling it loose. I.ay on leaves from the head of lettuce and pour over all a French dressing or a mayonnaise. Rttise<l Cake. â€" L'rcani a large cup of sugar with one half cup of butter and add a bcalon egg. Mix with One pint of light bread dough and a level teaspoonful of baking powder. Beat with the liiind until soft and white. Flour a cup of stoned raisins and shredded citron, and stir in. Bake in a deep cake tin for one hour in a slow oven. Host when a couple of days old. '- Snow I'yrumids.â€" Heat the whites of half n dozen CRgs to a stiff froth; add o teacupful of currant jelly, and whip nil together; fill saucers half full of cream, dropping in the center of each a tablespoonful of the egg and jelly in the shape of a pyramid. Apple Snow. â€" Take apple.", of clear white pulp, iiare, coi-o, and nuarter, put with the necessary quantity of water over a hot fire, and cook as rapidly as possible. Pass through a sieve, and set in tlie coldest place you can lind, While they are cool- ing, whip the v;liites of two or three eggs to a stifT froth, and add some powdered sugar. When the apple has become quite cold, whip the egg into it, and keep it in a cold place Until time for serving. Whipped cream may be served with it if desir- ed. Wine or Jx-mon .Jelly.â€" Take half a package of gelatine, a gill and B half of cold water; soak for two hours; add one teacupful and a tlUrd of sugar; and one pint of boiling wa- ter; stir all together; add tlie juice of two lemons, or one glassful of wine; strain through a cloth and put in mold. cooks. Apart from its uscu in the kitchen, borax is an etiicient, cheap, and easjly obtainable utitisoptic. ]n small and tasteless proportion it will keep milk and butter from turn- ing sour and rancid. Mixed with sugar and rubbed into a hain when the latter is being cured it imparts ft fine flavor and renders it safe against tho ravages of the "bacon fly." Muslin calico and flimsy cot^ ton goods dipped into a strong solu- tion of borax become practically fire- proof, rut into starch it prevents tne iron from singing and forms the "china" glaze so much sought after by laundresses. Ladies who value a line complexion may be interested to hear that borax is as poworul a skin tonic as arsenic without the lat- ter's poisonous qualities. A table- spoonful of ordinary powdered borax to a washing-basin full of water used cvei-y day will, in most cases produce a clear and fine colored skin in tho course of a few weeks. A much advertised skin tonic sonic week ago, which received many tes- timonials from persons in high plac- es, was nothing but a medium so- lution of borax in distilled water with a little attar of rose glycerine, and rectified spirits of wine. HINTS TO HOUSKKEEPERS. It is said that if one-third of stew- ed pieplant be added to any canned sweet fruit, like raspberries, pears and huckleberries, the flavor will bo much enhanced. If pieplant is cut with a sharp knife there will be no "strings" on the pieces. Toast buttered while very hot di- gests more slowly than that butter- ed while just warm enough to melt the butter, while that buttered and then set in the oven is vi!ry unhy- gienic. For sick people, toast should always bo served dry, with butter on a .separate plate. It is asserted that the very pain- ful burns caus-ed by carbolic acid can be (luickly relieved and blisters pre- vented by tho prompt u.se of iodine. If a stamp has lost Its sticking qualities and there happens to be no mucilage at hand, moisten the gum- med edge of an envelope, rub the stamp over it und put it in place. It will take up enough of the gum to make it slay put." If by mistake you get a soup too salt add a few slices of raw potato of water put aboiit three-fourths of an ounce of moss, and simmer it down to half a pint; add fine sugar and a little lemon juice. One- fourth of an ounce of isinglass will improve it. The moss should first be steeped in cold water for an hour or two. Calf's Foot Jelly. â€" Put a couple of calf's feet in three quarts of water and let boil for five hours, or until -, , , -. , ,, ., .and cook a few minutes longer. The Iceland Moss Jelly-Into one quart ! potjuo^.j, ,vill take up tho surplus salt. Fruit GlaCL â€" Put the fruit on hooks of fine wire, dip into sugar at the si.xtli degree, and hang where nothing will touch until dry. A Pretty Dish. â€" Scoop out the pulp from some oranges, fill the hol- lowed skins with wine jelly. Pile whipped cream on top. 'J'he oranges may be used for cake, pudding, etc. IIow to Whip Cream â€" Too rich about half wasted, keeping siuunei- 1 ,,,.en,„ ,vhich will hardly pour, will ing (luring tlie time. Uun tho li- Ncp ^oU\. and while whipping stand quor through a hair sieve and let it;, ho bowl in a pan of ice water. Skim stand until l,rm, remove the oil and j ..If the froth as it rises, and .-onlinue fat from tho surface. Take, n tea-i,iii ^U tho cream is whipped, cupful of water, two wineglassfuls i To Blanch Almonds.-Shell the nut of sherry wine, lh<. juice of half a ,„hi pour boiling water over them, dozen lenioMs and tho rind of one, i,et them- stand a minuto, then throw hall a pound of white .sugar, and i,uo cold water. Ilub between the mix tho whole until the sugar melts, • hands then add the jelly; place on the lire j To' ' Krniovo .lelli.s from Molds.- m a porcelain kettle, .uul keep stirr- ; ,inv« in a pan enough warm water ing until it comes to the boiling;,,, c„me to top of the mold, if a point, Pass It twice through a jcl- , ti„ mold, set in this for about half ly bag, and put in molds. |„ ,„i„uto; if earthern, long enough 'for the heat to pass through. Wipe UOH.VX. Id,,, mold, place over it the hish into Borax, or, to give it its chemical which the jelly is to bo turned, and name, biborato of soda, may be u.sed in the household ns a sub.stitute for ordinary soda under nearly every conilition in which the latter is re- quired with con.siderable advantage. MANY USFS OF PAINFUL ESOEUMATISM. Tliis Trouble is Caused by an Acid in the Blood, and Can Only be Cured Through' the Blood. nheuuatism is caused by an acid iu the blood. That is a medical truth every su0crcr from this trouble should bear in mind. Liniments and outward applications cannot cure what is rooted in tho blood â€" the dis- oano must be curod through the blood. That is the reason rheuma- tism yields almost like magic to Tr. Williams' Pink Pills. This new blood conquers the painful poison, sweeps out the aching acid, soothes tho nerves, loosens the muscles and banishes rheumatism. Mr. Uobert Morrison, one of tho best known and most esteemed residents of Ouelph, Ont., gives striking testimony to the truth of the Ktateincnts made above. He says : â€" "My trouble came gradu- ally and was pronounced muscif!ar rheumatism, and was located chiefly in my nock and shoulders. I can hardly tell you how much I suffered. I was confined to my bed for fifteen months. A great many friends came to see me during that time and I think I am safe in saying that most of them iiad very few hopes that I would get better. I tried a great many remedies without any lasting benefit. 'J'hen I tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and I am thankful to say that through the use of these pills and the indef?.tigablc nursing of my wife I am again on my feet. My neck is still somewhat stiff, but the pain is gone. I am now in my 79th year and I feel that I owe much to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills." The.so pills have cured thousands of tho very worSt cases of neuralgia, rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago and backache."!, and they can do tho same tor you. Sold by all medicine deal- ers or sent by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 by writ- ing tha Dr. AViUiams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. ya Hcmovi turn both simultaneously thii mold gently. IIow to Hoil Sugar,â€" Put one cup of sugar and half a cup of water on . to boil. Do not stir after it boils. It is softer, sucoter, and cleanlier. I Boil fifteen minutes, dip the fingers In cooking green.stulT, such ns cab- into cold water, take up a little of bngo, if tho cook uses, instead of , the syrup hetwocii thorn; draw apart, tho ordinary soda in tlu; pot, half a and if a thread is formed the sugar teaspoonful of borax, the result will is at the second degree, the best be as perfect colored a vegetable as for sherbets, preserves, etc. A little one can wish to bring to table. At | later, if on taking a spoon and blow- aby Eczema and Skin Diseases Which Torture Children are Soon Entirely Cured by the Use of DR, CHASE'S Ol^STMEi^T. TOnpi'dnlly during the teething jier- loil, children ari' subject to eczeni.a, scald head anil varjoiw forms of skin diseiitw', which C4iu.se the keenest .suf- fering to themselvcfl. as well as anx- iety to their pojvnfs. There is no treatment so succeasful as Dr. ChuBii's Ointment, and as ecz- ema always tends to be<;oiiie chronic and last for years, prompt cure is of the utmost {inportnncc. Mr. C. Wiley, who Is employed as cooper by the Kcnnetly A Davis Mill- ing Company, Lindsay, Ont.. states: "I uFo<l Dr. Chafe's Ointment for eczema on my little girl some few years ago, nnd soon brought about a thorough and perninnent cure. She kad aiifTornd for considerable time, and though we tried n great many reiiiedieR. Dr. Chases Ointment was the only preparation to prove ef- lectlve. 1 cannot sjienk too highly of Dr. ( hese's Ointment, as it cer- tainly efTecled a prompt and (lerman- •nt cure in this r«.<ie." Mr. Wni. KlrltnoM-, tarnior, Mr. Forest, Ont., states:â€" "I find that Dr. Cha.se's Ointment is the best thing I ever used for chafing, itching skin and burns and sores of all kinds. It heals them up very quickly, and I believe that tliere is no better ointment to be obtained than Dr. Chases. We have found it invalu- able and always keep it in the house." Any mother who onco becomes oc- quainteil with the uioriU of Dr. Chase's Ointment would not think of being without it in the house. Where there is a baby or small children it la of daily value as a means of cibr- Ing skin irritations and eruptions, rhanng and all sorts of burns and sores. Dr. Chase's Ointment, 60 cents a box, at all dealers, or Kdmanson, Bates A. Company, Toronto. To pro.^ tect you againnt imitations, the por- trait and signature of Dr. A. W. Chane. the famous receipt book au- thor, are on every box. ing bubbles fly olT, it is the fourth, which is best for creams, etc., and gives a rich flavor to preserves. If taken on a stick it is brittle, it is tho sixth, suitable for fruit glace. ABOUT SALADS. The food value of tho more delicate raw vegetables as eaten in salad, aSWe from the oil with which they are dressed, is almost entirely in the contained salts and acids dissolved in their ninety to ninety-five per cent of water. Salads must be held to tho pleasure-giving foods, the food accessories rather than true foods. It is well known how scurvy is induced on board ship by the absence of all kinds of fruits or vegetables. The mixing and the flavoring of the salad is a curious thing. Tlie cooked mayonnaise is prercrre<l by some; the more simple Froncli driKsir >v oth- ers, and between are all shades- of practice and theory as to the dress- ing of this succulent dish. Salt, pepper, and acid, and some form of oil, are all that are really essential; the rest, refined taste points towards simplicity. t! ranted that one has green salad tender, crisji, well grown, the wash- ing is an important part of the pre- paration. This should be done in several waters, tho last to be ice cold if possible, then the leaves sbould be placed in a liasket or towel and swung to ensure their being well drained, and if necessary each leaf wiped a.-i wot leaves cannot bo coated with oil. Tho .saliid habit once established does much to promote good health nnd cut down tho undue use of meat. The disli is capable of endless varia- tion, with fruit and vegetable and a change in the dressing, and is one that may be serv(yl at any meal. B^M fl To prove to you thnt Vr, a9ta^&&' Ch<vso'R Ointment is acei tain B^lllB^iSft *"'' absolute cure for caclr " â- â- ^#'*^ and every form of itchlntr. bleudinKniid protnidinK piles, ihfc manufacturers havn Ruarnntoed it. Seefoa- ImoniftlB in tho daily press nnd a.sk yournei.th- lorn what they think o'lt. You can use it and (ct your nionov back if not cared. (JOoa box. at 11 dealsra or lioMA.NSON.BATffiS & Co.. Toronto, (3re Chase's Ointment SAVING IIIK NEOATIVFS. The man who made a big hole in the barn door for the old cat to come through and a smaller hole for the kitten iiiu.st have hud a kinsman in the Englishimin who went fishing with Capt. Andrew Haggard in the Lake .St. John country, and whoso adventure is related in "Sporting Yarns." Tho two men, with Indian guidofl, were about to shoot a terrific rapid in two canoes. Captain Haggard, who could swim, had little fear. Chambers, his companion, who could not, e\i)octcd certain de«th. "What shall I do if we upset?" he called. "Tie tho camera under your chin," called back his comj.nnion. "It's hol- low and will make a good life-pre- server." He was vastly amused to see Cham- bers adopt the suggestion, and hang tho camera under his chin. A mo- ment later, however, as they cnnio into the most dangerous place. Cham- bers snatched it from his neck acain. and placed it carefully right side up in the bottom of the canoe. "What was the matter with the life-preserver?" asked Captain Hag- gard, when they had safely descended "Why. I Just happpne<i to think," said Chambers, in all innocence. "that if we upset I should get the pictures wet. So I put It back in the boat." WHY MILK KEEPS OR SPOILS. In an experiment on the relation of temperature to tho keeping property of milk at the Connecticut Storrs Station, the bacteria in milk multi- plied fivefold in twenty-four hours when the temperature was 50 de- grees F., and 750 fold in the same time when the temperature was 70 degrees. Milk kept at 95 curdled in eighteen hours, at 70 in forty-eight hours, and at 50 in 148 hours. So far as the keeping iiro])erty of milk is con- cerned, low temperature is consider- ed of more importance than cleanli- ness. In milk kept at 95, the species de- veloping most rapidly is the undesir- able one known as Bacillus lactis aerogenes. At a temperature of 70, this specie develops relatively less rapidly in tho majority of cases than Bacillus lac- tis acidi, which latter is very desir- able in both cream and cheese ripen- ing. The bacteria in milk kept at 50, in- crease slowly, and later consist of very few lactic organisms, but of miscellaneous types including many forms that render the milk unwhole- some These bacteria continue to grow slowly day after day, but the milk keeps sweet because the lactic or- ganisms do not develop abundantly. Such milk in the course of time becomes far more unwholesome than sour milk, sinc^it is filled with or- gani.sms that tend to produce putre- faction. Although tho temperature of 50 de- grees is to be emphatically recom- mended to tho dairyman for the pur- pose of keeping his milk sweet and in proper condition for market, he must especially guard against the feeling that milk which is several days old is proper for market, even though it is still sweet and has not curdled. Quite the reverse is the case. Old milk is never wholesome, even though it has been kept at a temperature of .50 degrees and still remains sweet and uncurdled. This very considerably modifies some of our previous ideas concern- ing milk, for it has been generally believed that, so long as the milk re- mains sweet, it is in good condition for use. Quito the contrai-y in this case, if it has been kept at a tem- perature of 50 degrees, or in this vicinity. It is not unlikely that it is this fact that leads to some of the cases of ico cream poisoning so common in summer. The cream is kept at a low temper- ature for .several days, until a consi- derable quantity has accumulated or a demand has come for ice cream, and when made into ice cream, it is filled with bacteria in great numbers, and of a suspicious character. PASTURE FOR SWINE. - I believe that greater returns for tho amount invested can be obtained from grazing any other kind af live stock writes Mr. T. W. .Jones. There must ho sown the right kind of grasses to got the be.st results. First and foremost as a hog pasture is clover. I keep a plot coming on all of the time for the hogs. Do not wait until one set of clover has per- ished before sowing another. These fields need not be very large if they are judiciously managed. The hogs Fhould have access only to a small part at a time. Two years ago I purchased SO hogs averaging about 90 l>ouiuls each, in the early spring. 1 gave them ac- cess to clover pasture with a slighj mixture of other gras.ses. September 1 these hogs were weighed, before be- ing put in the feed pen. They had gained about 75 ..pounds each oh grass alone that s^tfAiier. Stock hogs being worth 7 c«ks per pound that year, it will ro^Bly be seen A HINT TO MOTHERS. If you have a child that is sickly, fretful ..nervous, restless at night- or suffers from any stomach or bow- el troubles of any sort, give it Baby's Own I'ablets. Don't be afraid of this medicine â€" it is guaranteed t« contain no opiate or harmful drug Give the Tablets to the sick chil< and watch the quick relief and rapii restoration to health and strength Thousands of mothers are using thil medicine for their little ones, and they all praise it. What strongel evidence can you want? Mrs. D. A McDairmid, Sandringham, Ont. says: â€" "Baby's Own Tablets ccrtainlj fill all the claim you make for then so far as my experience goes. i consider them a perfect medicine fol children and always keep them in thi house." You can get the Tablet! from any dealer in medicine, or i you write the Dr. Williams Medicini Co., Brockville, Ont., they will sent you a box by mail post paid for 2.1 cents. occasional run on this forage, hoW' ever, will bring good returns. CULTURE OF THE MANGEL. Of all the foot crops, the mangel- wurzel or stock beet is, perhaps, th« most important, both as to feedinfj Value and amount of yield per acre. Turnips make a valuable catch crop, but the mangel must be sown early in this season and cultivated to se- cure a satisfactory yield. The freoi the ground from weed seeds, the less arduous will be the work of cultiva- tion. The soil should be well stirred, harrowed and leveled. If possiblor choose a well drained location ami give a liberal application, of well rot- ted manure. The .seed may he pul in with an ordinary garden seeit drill gauged to sow rather thickly in the row to insure a good stand. I prefer to have the rows about 2(1 Inches or 2 feet apart, as the topa soon fall over and shade the ground between, discouraging weed growth. As soon as the young plants can b« seen, go along the rows .and pull out ill tlic woods, giving the young plants a chance to get a good start. In a week take the hoe and cultivate the ground between the rows, thin- ning out the plants as you go along. This may be done by taking the hoa and skinuning oft the unnecessarj plants near the top of the ground, using care not to disturb those you wish to save. Si.x inches apart in the row is as close as they should stand, and if the soil is in good con- dition and rich, 8 to 10 inches is better. Use shallow cultivation throughout the season, or until the plants spread out and cover the space be- tween the rows, when they may be left to secure their growth. They should not be harvested until Octo- ber or Xoveniber. when they may bo stored in hills like turnips and cab- bage. Strong drink keeps some men down and helps others to get ahead. that thoy made a gain of S.''i.25 per head with no feed other than grass. On the same farm and during the same period was grazed 20 head of short two-year-old cattle. They lundo a gain of 300 pounds per head that .season, which sold at 4 cents per lb. or a gain of $12 per head. One hog. costing about SO), gained about one-half as much as a steer that co.st $28. In other words, one hog gained $2 to where the steer gained $1. Some may contend that these were exceptional values for stock hogs. It was also an excep- tionally good year in the cattle trade. Count tho gains made by the hogs even at 4 cents, und one will readily see that the balance is in favor of the hog. Taken one year with another, I believe that decided- ly greater gains will be made by grazing hogs than other live stock. No doubt a little grain mixed with clover would give better results than those obtained from clover alone. Cowpeas and soy beans arc of great value for fattening hogs. These plants afford feed for swine when they need a change from clover. Al- falfa may be fed green or it may be cured nnd fed to them in the mid- winter. Rape also has many friends among swine raisers, who make great daims as to results obtained from feeding it. I do not think there is any crop (hat will excel rye for winter pasture. It should be sown early and given u good start before winter sets in. There are timeji when it is not the V-afet policy to let swine have access \m rye. An AN ILLUMINATING CRAB. One of the marine curiosities fished some time ago from the bottom ol the Indian Ocean was a inammotli sea crab which continually emitted a bright white light, similar to that .soon in the f.posniodic flashes of phos- phorescent luminosity emitted by the common glow-worm. The crab was captured in the daytime and idaced in a large tank containing specimens of fish, nothing i>eculiar except its imnien.so size being notice- able i'l the broad glare of tho trojii- cal sun. .\t night, howver, when all was pitchy darknc-^s, tho crab lit up the tank so that the other creatures in it could be plainly seen. A woman's smile catches men molasses catches flies. as BOTH JAWS SHOT AWAY. Still a Successful Business Man. A man who had both jaws shot away bad trouble eating ordinary food but found a food-drink that supplies tho nutriment needed. He says: "1 have been an invalid since the siogo of Vicksburg. in IStiO. whera I was wounded by a Minio ball pafssing through my head and causing the entire loss of my jaws. I was a druiiuiier boy an;l at the time was lo.-\ding a sivirmish lino, carrying a gun. Since that time I have boon awarded the medal of honor from the Conscress of tho United States, for gallantry on the field. "The conso(iuonios of my wound were dyspeixsia in its most aggravat- ed form and I finally pro\o(i ordin- ary coffee wa-s very hard on iny stomach so I tried Postum and got belter. Then 1 tried coimiioii col!eo again and got wor.s<\ 1 did this several times nnd finally as I'ostum helped me every tiir.e I conlinuoil to use it. and how often I think that if the Government had issued Postum to us in tho Army how much better it would have been for the soldier boys than cofTce. "ColTee con.>:tii;atcr. me and Postuin does not: coToo makes ii-.e arit up my food. Postum does not: cofToe keeps me awake niiihts, Postum does not. There is no doubt cofico is too much of a frtiniul>nt for most peo- ple and is the cau«c of nearly all the constipation. '•This is my experience and you are at liberty to use my mine." Name given by Postwni Co.. Battle Creek, Mich. l<>'.»k in each package for thi- foin- oufi little book, "The Road to Well- vUle."