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.^.- ,Ji&i. I About th« I L ....House I SOMft^do'K^lt^CiPES. StrawlKTi-y Shrubâ€" One pint of strawberry juice, juice- of one leiiioii, one cupful BU|;nr. Het on ice until wi..nte<I; tli.n turn into thin glassfs; havi.V); tiiciu huif lull; nil on- quiirtur more with m-ltzer WHtcr; then |)luce whipfK'il ci'nniu on top. SStriiwherry Dupiplings. â€" Tukc the 8ainu rt'cipe u'-i for short caki'. but roll into a shiijl aboiij, a .sixtc'oiitli of- all in-.li Ihiclt; cut into rouiirl.s; put five larRC berries in ivutfr; fold tho : iiough oM-r untl wet with whitf of eg-fj; then roll between palms of humis until tlie openinK iH ellaccil; set in , an hour, or until a bit of it, rfropjiod into cold water, iH brittle. Directly the toBoo iH boiled to this point it I must be jioured olT, or it will bo spoilt. It is an lnii)roveincnt to add a little fcTuted lemon rind when the toflce is half done. HELri'lJl* UlNTS. stick the If tho' hands are rubbed on a of colery after peclinK onions smell will be entirely removed. 'l\)bs will not warp or crack open if the precaution is taken to put a pail of water into each directly after usp_. iialt un hour once a -week should be spent in manicuring tho nails if tho l)andK are to have a well-cwed ap- I carnhce, • Save all tlie egg shells, and when broken uj) finely they will be founri useful for i-einovlng stains, etc., from enainollcd sauceijans. All saucepans and kettles should bo turni'd upside down when not in grea.st'd tin; brush with milk and bake juse. Let the saucepan prc>ject a Ht- in quici; oven for (ifleen minutes. Ulo over the edge of its shelf to ad- Ncrve with sti-awberry sauce. Uuckwlvut Cukes are gre.itly im- proved by the addition of Indian nicql. 'I'lii' following is an excellent rule: One »Tid one-halt cups wheat, i cup Indian meal, 1 cup sweet milk, 1 cup water, 2 hcnping teas^xion.s baking lowder, I fi-ilt.>5poon nilt air, When the hands Kavo become soft and shrunken b.v using soda and hot Water, rub them with rommon salt, buck- ar,(j it Y^-ii] iieip to make them smooth again. Chloride of lime should be used about the house all the summer, and salt. 'I'hcHe cakes mtiy be stirred up] in the out-buildings also. It will and fried iit once iir.on a hot gi-iddlc. I drive rats fi-om the cellar at any time No .veast i.s needed. I of the year. Nut rulesâ€" Mix to a smootli pa.'itn IJuttermilk is excellent for de.Ming with sweet milk, 2 cup.q [jcanuts i)ut sponges. Steep the Kp(ma;e in milk through a nut grinder, 1 tableaponn ((,r so'ue hours, then .squeeze it out, butler, 1 beaten egg, i tea.ST)Oon each |„„d ^-gsj, jt j^ cqIjj ^.ater. Lemon of salt and niusliroom catsup. Fill Ijuieo is also good. pole shares (prev'i'ously baked empty) j;-o,. biliousness the (irst tiling to with tho mixture and brown in ajdo is to got rid of the excess of quick ovrn. Serve at once. jwaste material in the blood. ]''or this llanana Creamâ€" Whij) half a pint of purpose nothing is belter than n Keid- (loubl.- cream until stia, and then stir lit;^ powder taken before breakfast. into it half an ounce of gelatine dis- solved in hUlf a gill of warm water, a little lemon juice, and 1 lb. of skin- ned bonanns rubbed through a hair sieve with 2 ozs. of caster sugaj". Put the mixture into a mould, and leave it in a cold plac(> until fiet. During hot weather dishclothe.s and kitchen cloths are apt to turn sour and smell disagreeably. A few drops of nnimonia in the rin.sing water will act like magic in sweetening them. When choosing a car|)et for a small room always select a small pattern. To maXe parsley and butter sauce, jor plain colors. Sec that the Ret a nice hunih of parsley; wash it thoroughl.v, squeeze very dry in cloth, and eho]) finely. Dissolve halfjjs. wall paoer tones with the carpet, and the room will seem bigger than it really nn o-unce of Hour, pejijier and salt. Stir both together; take the pan olT the fire, anii add slowly half a pint of coM w.ater. Stir till all boils and loaves the sid^^K of the jian; add tho chopped iiaisley, beat all together, and serve. Compote of Haiuinas. â€" Ifali'; a syrup with 1 17). of loaf sugar, half a pint of Water, and the strained juice of two lemons; let it boil for ten niin- uten, then pour it over about 1 lb. of skiniietl and quartered bananas. Leave in a warm i)lace for ten min- utes; then lift out the bananas and place them in a glass dish; boil up the syrup until very thick and pour it over the Uiinaiias. Serve with whipped cream. Afncaroni Cljeese. â€" Make half i\ pint of good white sauce with half an ounce of butler, half an ounce of flour and half u pint of milk, into this stir three tabli'.s;)0onfulH cif grated Parme- san tliee.''.e, ca.veno and nail. Hoil three ounces of water with an onion; when it der dr.iin and stir into the sauce. I'lnce all in n greased pie-<li.sh or scol- lop .'ihe'l.s, cover with grated cheese, and brown in the oven. Hanaiiu T rille.â€" Ln.v -1 ozs. of iiiac- nroons and 2 ozs. of rntallas in a deep glass di.'h; cut a s|'onge cake into slices and .sjiread those with ban- ana pulp: jilnce them on the macar- oons and sonk^wilh a little sherry and hramly; pour over the whole n pint of cream to taste, flavor with vanilla and a teaspoonfiil of brand.v, then whip it till slid; pile on the top of the trifle, and decorate with cry- HtnllizeJ fruits and blanehi'd and shredded almonds. Toffee.â€" I'lare three ounces of l>ut- ter ill (I brass preserving pan and as noon as it is melted add one fioiind of brown sugar. .Stir this gently ovi>r a inofier.'ilo lire for a qiLirrc-r of ff. ' â- â-  ' . â-  . . Turf.^'ntftio mixed with linE<!cd oil ill the proportion of two parts of oil to one of turpentine le.akeK a most excellent noli.sh for furniture. Apply very little of this to the surface, and polish with plenty of cle.an cloths. To clean the coffee pot lill it with water, put in a jJinch of borax and a piece of hard soafi, and .set on the slovo. leaving it boil for half an hour. It will be as bright as new and should bo submiltetl to this treatment frequentl.v. I For a shampoo mi.\tiire. Dissolve I two table-spoonfuls of jiure soft saap (bought of a cbeniist) in half a pint of hot water. When cold, a<Jd the juic,!! of one lemOn and a few drofja of essence of lavender. Keep this tightly corked foi- use. To wa.sli windows easily add a few <lrof s of kerosene or iiarallin to some clean hot water (as hot as can be used). The kero.sene evaporates, car- rying tho moisture with it, and the macaroni in salted Jghiss is clean.sed with half th» usual ten- j trouble and loojis brighter. When denning a room in thi> ordin- ary way don't forget thai the pic- tures neeil dusting at the back and edges. Dusty rims rouwd ornaments proclaim a careless huiisekreuer. The best j.lan is to have tho lirst duster slightly daiiiii. and (inish off with a dry one. Wring out the duster in a bucket of warm water constantly. CLEANING FKATIIKRS. Owing to tho frequency with which it is turne(( over to the profes.siona.1 cleaner, a white or pale-tinted plume becomes soiiietliing of a luxury. If the feminine contingent only rea- lized how easily these jirotty orna- ments can be denned at homo, guile a little H.aving toward the end of tho j'ear would result. Nothing more difficult to obtain than soap and clean water is nece.- Bury to clean an ostrich tip in a thor- oughly scientific fashion. M tho work is carefully done, the plumo will stand an iijfinite number of "shampooings" without Knowing the least signs of wear. Here is the simjile process: Make a lather with warm water and a good white soap. Fill a bowl with this and dii> tho plumo into It. 'VN'hen it is thoroughly staturatod draw tha tip through tho fingers. Uepeat a number of times if the feather is much soiled. Now rinse thoroughly in clear wa- ter, making sure that no vestige ol soap remains. Put on a white ap- ron or cover the knees with a cle.an towol ond gently pat the jilume with the hands until dry. tJurl with a blunt knife. Or steam tHo plume over the hot water kettle and dry out in the heat of the stove, when it will of its own accord attain a certain degree of fluf- tiness. DYSPEPSIA CUEED. He A Severe SuCferer Tells How Overcame the Trouble. "Not only do 1 not hesitate to de- clare the benefit 1 have received from Dr. Williams' I'ink Pills, but I feel it my duty to do so." These arc the words which Mr. Edward Lavoie, of St .Jerome, Que., lately addressed to the editor of .L'Avenir du Nord. when relating the story of his cure. Mr. Lavoie is well known in St. Jerome, and what he says carries weight among those who know him. For a considerable time he was a great suderer from dyspepsia, which caused severe headaches, pains In the stomach and sometimes nausea. Sometimes he felt as though he would suffocate, he would become <lizzy ,and experienced ringing noises in the ears. His appetite became poor, and his general health so bad that he found it almost impossible to work, and when tho headaches at- tacked him be had to quit work. For six months, he says, he suffered both physically and mentally more than can be imagined. During this time he took medicine from several doctors, but found no helj). Then one day he read of the cure of a sim- ilar case through the use of Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills, and decided to try them. He used the pills for a couple of months, and they have made him fetj like a new person. He is no longer troubled with any of tho old symlitoms. and says he can now go about his work as though he never had dyspepsia. The digestive organ.sâ€" like nil the other organs of the bodyâ€" get their strength and nourishment from the blood. Dr. Williams' I'ink Pills ac- tually make new blood. This new blood strengthens the stomach, stim- ulates the liver, regulates the bow- els and sets the whole digestive sys- tem In a healthy, vigorous state. Oood blood is the true secret of good health. That is why Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills always bring good health to those who use them. Vou can gel these pills from your medi- cine dealer or by mail at r>0 cents a box or six boxes for $'2.r>0 by writ- ing Tho Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Drockvillo Out. ther and Daughter Wero Great SufPerers From Kidney Disease flmd Pains In tho Backâ€" Now Unite in Praise of Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills similarly a'doming images and paint- ings in churches. Later on these me- tallic aureoles came to be regarded aS sacred emblems themselve.*, and as ab- solutely essential to the well-being of the saint or martyr represented. But pictures and images of hol.y persons were many and cliea}>, and' brass ha- los were rare and costly. Uonacquently, the horiie-ahoe got to be pretty generally utilized as an eas- ily available substitute, and to it the devout Italians transferred, in course of til? c the superstitious reverence which they had formerly bestowed up- on the genuine haVo. In the Caucasus the peasantry hal- low the horso-shoe, because, so they say, it was through one that their ancestors first learnt the use of iron. Long agoâ€" runs the legendâ€" some of tho poor mountain folk found nn iron shoe that had been cost accidentally from a C'oss.ack chieftain's stallion. Ne^cr having seen such a thing be- fore, they, after having first vainl.v attempted to eat it, tried to soften it by boiling it in water. Then they roasted it, and afterwards beat it with stones. While thus engaged, the E\il One, who had been watching them, asked them suddenly WHAT Tiiioy weul: doing. Though startled, the men thought it best to put on a bold front. so replied that they were making a hammer to beat him (S.utan) with. "But" cried Satan, "you have no- sand." So his hearers then under.'^tood that sand was essential for the u.so of iron- workers, and thus began the manu- facture in tho Caucasus of iron im- plements. Very different i.s the story b.v which the Irishman seeks to account for his liking for the same talis.-uanic symbol. Tho name "Irinland" or "Ireland," he will tell you, originated as fol- lows: The whole i;iland was once .submerg- ed in th3 .sea, out of which it only rose once in seven .vears, and then onl.v for a very short tijtie. Many attempts had been made to break the spell and induce the country to re- main I ermaneiitly above the waters, but all were vain, until one day NATUHa»S CTJEE FOB CEILDEEN. Soothing medicines, opiates and strong drugs should never be given to little children, any doctor will tell you this. Baby's Own Tablets should he used because they cannot harm the smallest, weakest infant. These tablets instantly relieve and prompt- ly cure all stomach and bowel trou- bles, break up colds, prevent croup, destroy worms, and alla.y tho irrita- tion accompanying the cutting of teeth. Thousands of mothers sn.v they are the best medicine in tho world; one of these, Mrs. K. Scul- land, Calabogie, Ont., writes : â€" "I have tried many remedies for child- ren, but Baby's Own Tablets is the best I have ever used. I have been giving them occasionally to my child since he was six months old. The.y have always kept him well, and ho is u big healtiiy baby." All medicine dealers sell these tablets or you can get them post jiaid at 25 cents a box by writing to The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. ing. When asked the reason for this, thiy say that it is emblamatic of the new moonâ€" alwa.vs intimately as- sociated in the mussulmau mind with devotional acts â€" and the seven stars. It is remarkable thai the Tuscan peasant doc* very much the same thing, only he substitutes seven glass beais for the nails, and ilie bag. in- stead of boinfj- made from goat-s'<in. is of red cloth. He also ussoci.ates the charm with the new moon; but is i)rofoundly uacon.scious of the fact that fifteen centuries or so ago his forefathers were wont to adorn the To proTH to you that fir. Chase'B Olntacnt ia acerlain and absohita euro for each and every (ovtu of itchir.K, blecdiD(?and protrudiaff pileu, Cae nianufacturerB hnvo ff*jnranteed It. Soe leg* llmontals in the daily press and ask yournois:lr bora what they thiok o' it. 'Ifou ca.T use it nnj icot yoar monoT back if not cur?(!. GOc a box. r.l ilII dealer.^ or Kdmaxecm.Baths £: Co.,Tori)iitOi Dr, Chase's Ointrnont head of Hiana I the moon goddess) with a crescent and seven stars. And here, pro'ja'jly, we get very near to the true origin of the belief daring ail.enturer throw a hors<'-shoe . in the luck of the horse-shoe, for it from a boat on to the topmost peak iiiust not bo forgotten that Diana, in of the Wicklow Mounlaijis. just as . her character of Hecate, or ruler of Those who arc best ncrjuainted with tho merits of Dr. CIibhc's Kidne.v-l.iver Pills do not woniler at their Im- mense popularity as a family nienl- fine. Jn thoiis.indn of cases thev have iint'l he lieraiie finite well n.,'aiii- Since then we always kee;) these pills in till! houae for u.se in the case of BiclnesB of this kind. "I' or some time I sulTored from pains in the sinnll of the back and nccomrnn.ving ills, and though T was cured where phvsiciftns and onlumry j treated by n do.-tor at considerable medicines have failed. This is the expense, I could obtain no lasting toRt by which they have been proven. 1 honol'.t until 1 used Dr. ('hase's Kid- Ilere is n letter we have just re- cci.ed from T'rine Kdward IsUiid. Viss Kate Doyle, lot 1, postofTIco, r. !'â- . f., Btati's:â€" "About three years BIfo my father was seiwd with a se- vere form of kidney dise.asi-, which rnusnl him much siitTerlng, ns well ns anxiety lent the ailment nhould bc- coitie chronic or prove (atnl. Wo im- inediat"ly obtained Dr. ('hnn<''R Klil- n*.v-I.iver Pills and he began at once to inii)ro\e under this treatment, the symptoms yradunlly disappearing. ney-l.lver Pills, which seemed to txi exactly suited to m.v ailment. Father and 1 are greatl.v pleased with the excellent medicine and wish to i-ecom- ineiid It to others." l>r. Chase's Kidnev-l-iver Pills, one j.ill a dosj. 'J.'i cents a box, at all dealors. or Kdmanson, Bates A Com- pany, Toronto. To protect you against imitations tlui portrait and "ignnturo of Dr. A. W. Chase, the famous receipt book author, ore on every box of his remedies. THE LUCKY JOR^E SHOE s'upeestitiolt of the dif- peheintt nations. Horse Shoo Saved Ireland â€" Cos- sacks Were Taught Iron By It. Ever since horstvshoes have been horse-shoos they have been accounted lucky emblems b.v all peoples, races, and nations, that have been ac<|Uaint- ed with their use. This much is cer- tain. Hut why it should bo so it is hard to determin'. sin:o almost ev- erywhere a difTerent reason is given for cherishing the belief. '1 he ("in^nlese, for instance, say they nail thi^m up over their doors aS a charm against evil si<iril8, because of the close resemblance that exists between its shape and tho areiiod bod.v of the sacred snake, Nagendra, one of their priiiciiial deities. As'c a Turkish Mohamniednn for in'ormntion on the subject, and he will tell .you that it is because they are In form like to a crescent, the sacrec} eiiiblnn of Islam. A I'oliph .lew will explain that at the Passover, the blood sprinkled uii- on the lintel and door-posts, in the n annor directed by their ritual, forms tho chii'f poinls of nn arch. Tleiire, obviously. the value of arch-shaped : talismans, such ns horse-shoos are. The stolid and unimaginative Hu»- sian I easant. on the other hand. |nia;iit.iins that tho luck associated iwith the hor.se-sboe is due chiefly to jthe metal, Irresppetive of its shape, iron being traditionally a charm wherewith to nullify the malevolent de.'vgns of evil spirits and goblins. In other words, according to his view of the matter, n horse-shoe is simply a piece of iron of graceful shape and convenient form, common- l.V pierced with seven nail-holes (a my.'jtic number), and therefore nn al- together suitable talisman to be af- fixed to the door of dwelling or stable in conformit.v with a venotnble cu9- ton sanclioncd BY CENTintlF^; OF IJHAOE. In Itnl.v. in the Middle Ages, it be- came ruatoinnry to place a cresoenl- shaped hood or brass u'lon the heads of the statutes of saints exposed in Iho open, ns a protection from snow end rain. Hence arose the practice of tliey were disappearing bcn.;3th tho wa\ vs. Then, at last, was the bane re- moved. The Emerald Isle began fcrthwilH to rise again from the ocean depths into which it had just sunk. And it has been di'y land â€" more or lossâ€" over s'nce. Such is tho stor.y as tolil by the folk-lore-loving poafiantry of the west; bv.t n:any authorities on Irish legen- dary lore insist that the real reason of tho .ahvaysdnout Irishman's be- lief in tho beneMcent powers of the emblem in (|i'est:on lies in the fact of tho horse and the ass having been in the stable where Christ was born. and hence being ever more blessed ani- mals. IN ENCLANP, up to within comparativel.v recent times, horse-shoes wero extensivel.y used almost everywhere us anti-witch charms; and the custom is not even yet an extinct one. No witch, it lisod to lie said, could enter a build- ing o.er tho door of which a horse- shoe â€" o;-, better still, three horse- shoesâ€" iiud been xifllxed, prongs down- wai'ds. The origin of this particular belief is referable to the old legend of St. Dunstan. This versatile Fnglish ec- clesiastic w.ns a skilled farrier, and one da.v while at work in his forgo tho K\il One entered in disguise anJ requested Dunstan to shoe his "single hoof." The Saint, although he at once rocoijnized his malign customer. acceded, but caused him so much [>nin during the oiwration that Satan beg- ged hr.n to desist. This Dunslan did. but" only after ho had made the ICvil One piximise that neither he, nor any of the lesser i^vil s;)irits, his ser- vants, would ever molest the inmates of a li:^use where a horse-shoo was displa.ved. In Thurin';ia horse-shoes are uw'd for a like purpose, and a similar legend is told to account for the cus- tom, but the fastidiousness of these fores'-bred folk is not content with nn ordinary sh(x>. In order to serve | as a talisman it iiu.st bo specially forged on .St. John's Kve by a young bachelor of wholesome life and un- blev.ished cliaracter. The tenacity of so:ne of the cus- toiiia that cling round the horsr^shoe is no less rein.ar'Kable t!>nn their na- tire and their origin. For nore than five hundred .vears tic inhabitants of ITor.se-s'iioe Corner, liuneaster, nailed a new shoe ever.v Ee\cn years on a crrlnin sjiot in tho MIDDl.F, OF THK .STUIOKT. In Pliny's time horse-uhoes were rsed in the Camnania to secure the inmates of tho dwellings from the visitations of nocturnal prowling spir- its, exactl.v as the.v are to-day. ^ .•-'imilnrily. the Scandinavians make use of the einble:n e\ery where ns a brlngrr of pood luck "because." they say. "it is Woden's will." This points to an origin dating lio- fore their conversion to Chrislianit.v. Woden being, of course, the all-pow- erful deity of the ancient Northern iwoples. corresponding with the Oreok '/.cus and tho Houinn Jupiter. Among the wild Arabs of the cen- tral Arabian deserts u cast hor.se- shoe is pri-sirved in n little goat- skin ba.g, together with i-exen nails, and it is worn round the neck as a charm when out of doors, or •^uspen:!- cd O'er the tent door while rest- the Infernal Regions, was supposed to preside over enchantments, and was also the special guardian anil protect- ress of houses and doors. â€" I'carson'a Weekly. V â-  COULD BE SEEN. The scarcity of servant girls led Mrs. Vnughan to engage a farmer's . daughter from a rural district of Ire- land. Her want of familiarity with town wa.ys and language has led to many amusing scenes. One afternoon a lady called at tho Vaughan residence, and rang the bell. Kathleen answered the call. "Can Sirs. 'Vauuhan be seen?" the visitor asked. "Can she bo scon?" sniggered Kath- leen. "Shure, and Oi think she can; she's six feet lioigh, and four foet woide! Can she be seen? Sorrah a bit of anything ilso can ye see whir, .she's about." EXPORTED TO AFKICA. Strange as it may seem, a lot ot money is made out of policemen's cast-oft uuitorms. Quantities are bought by African traders and ex- ported to various parts of the "Dark . Continent," where they are exchang- ed for palm oil, ivory, skins and other morcliandise. It is by no moans an uncommon sight to see a swarthy savage dressed in the uni- form of a London policeman, and wearing the regulation helmet of thb force. A dollar saved is a dollar earned, and a dollar not loaned is a dollar savad. HAS TP.IED BOTH. Travel for Health vs. Dieting. A man who was sent to I'^uropo for his health and linall.y found euro iu a little change in his diet says: "I was troubled with dysi^psia for 1 five year:^ and two doctors here in I Kenosha that treated me for over a year both told me there was no help for me. Then I had an export from Chicago, but still received no relief; then followed another expert from Chicago who came to our house two times a month for four months. Ho gave me up like all tho others nni tolj m.e to take a trip across the ocean which 1 did in tho .vear 1899, and came home about as had as when I iptarted. The doctors told me my stomach lining was full of sores. Then I began to study my own case and learned ot the diet recoinineniled by the I'ostum Cereal Co.. so 1 gave uj> co.'Tee, pork and all greasy foods and began using Poslum Food Co!Tee. Oradually I got better and better un- til I ani w-ell now as I ever was in my yoi:ng<'r da.vs, have no trouble and eat an.vthing fit to eat. "Sometimes awa.v from home I am persuaded to drink colToe, but 1 only take a sij' of it for it tasies bitter and disag^'oeabie to me, but the long- er I use Postum the better I like it and tho better I feel. I could say n great deal more ot my experience with I'ostum, but thin'i this will give ev- er.vone a good idea of what leaving off collee and usin^ I'ostum can do." Name given by Postum Co, Buttle Creek, Mich. Look in each iviektxge for the fam- ous little, liook, "Iho Road to WoU- vllle." I