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» I . „ ^ i About the House i DOMESTIC nF.CIPES. Delicious Cheese Om(-lel.â€" Is made by niellinK an ounce of buUer Willi the same quiiiilily o( cheese. Add two Icaspoon- fuls of parsley and Ict-ks, chopped llnely. Add one or two eggs, well beaten. Fry ill u little butter. I'uiry Pudding.â€" Stir into 1 cup boil- ing water 1 tumbler firm jelly of any kind (quince or cialuipple is very nict fnr this purpose) until the mixture ;s viMv smooth, the jell all dissolved; qiiiciJy ndd 2 liiblcspooiLs corn starch and pinch of salt previously dissolved in cold water; cook for a few niinules. When cold beat with an egg beater until lighl and add the whites of two eggs Ix'alen to a stiff froth; turn Into molds and serve with whipped crtam. Camishing an Old r-"riend.â€" Those who enioy the delicious, yel somclinies dis- paraged pot roast, may be glad to find that it l(K)ks very much more apnetizing it served with a turkey lllling, which has been prepared separately, and thorough- ly cooked in the frying pan. Be liberal Willi your .itasoning, and have the dress- ing; hot. Add rich, brown gravy, and nii^' imislied potatoes lo the menu, and it would tempt an anchorite. lo CooU a Turkey or an Old Chicken. â€"Prepare the chicken, turkey or duok ready to roast, placing in a long, nar- row dripping pan. I'lace a lard bucket or a couple of coffee cans flUed with water in the wash boiler and put in water enough to come to the top rt them. Place the pan containing the fowl on Ihfc cans and cover. Steam un- til lender. All it requires now is to be roasted long enough to bixiwn. Rub the oul^ide of the fowl with melted butter or turd before placing in the oven. RICE PUDDINGS. P.y I'ttnnie Merrit Farmer.â€" Wash one- Uiird cup of rice and put into a buttered pudding dish with four cups of milk, onc-haU teaspoonful of salt, one-third cup of sugar, and the grated rind of one lemon. Bake tliree hours in a very slow oven, stirring three linies during the first lioin' of baking lo prevent riee from set- tling. .Serve hot. l!y Mary K. Henderson.â€" This recipe niak</< oue ol the plaioest and tiest pud- dings ever euten. It is a success where every grain of rice seems lying in a creamy bed. Ingreditnls: One cupful of boiled rice (belt<>i' if just cooked and sttll liot), tliree cupfuls of milk, three- quarters of a cupful of stigar, a table- siNioiiful of ronistarch, two eggs, and of Ihe eggs uml the sugar bcaien lo- gelher. Now piil this over tlie fire in a double boiler and wlicii hot add Ihe hoi rice. It -Ail! sts'iii us if theiv were loo iiiiH.li milk for Uie rice, but Ihi re ix not Klir a carefully until il begins to thick- All l^un Down VIS is sion side. en like boiled custard, then lake it off the lire and add flavoring, say extract of lemon. Put it into a pudding dish and place in llie oven. Now beat the whites of the eggs to u stiff froth and add a tittle sugar and flavoring. Take the pudding from the oven when a little col- ored, spread the froth over the lop, and return it lo the oven a few minutes 'o give Ihe froth a delicate coloring. By Mrs. Rorer.â€" Wash one cuj) of ric( through several cold waters, throw it in- to three quarts of Ixiiling water and boil rapidly for fifteen minutes. Drain in a colander and pour over it a pitcher ' f Cold water. While this is boiling cowr Ihe raisins with o small quantity of boiling water. In a brown bread mold or Ui'llle put a layer of rice, then n sprinkling of raisins, another layer of rice, a springUng of raisins, and so con- tinue until Ihe materials are u.sod. Stand this mold in a kettle of boiling water, cover and boil continuously for thirty minutes. Turn it out carefully on a round dish and serve Willi plain mill; ir cream. HOME HI.Yr.S. a common cxprev sion we hear on every Unless there is some organic trouble, the con* dition can doubtless be remedied. Your doctor is the best adviser. Do not dose yourself wHh aO kinds of advertised remedies â€" get his opinion. More than likely you need a concentrated fat food to enrich your blood and tone up the system. Scott's Emulsion" â- â- "â€" â€" ^ â-  -^1^â€" of Cod Liver Oil k just such a food in its best form. It will build up the weakened and wasted body when all other foods fail to nourish. If you are run down or emaciated, give it a trial : it cannot hurt you. It is essentially the best possible nourishment for delicate children and pale, anaemic girb. W'c will send you a sample free. Be lurc tiut this picture in the (ortn of a Itbtl ii on the wrioptr of every botil* of Emuliion you buy. scon & BOWNE Chemitb Toronto, Oat, SOc. and |1. All Orauiito A faint fragrance about the person jf a woman is always delightful. .Siiturale liny pieces of absorbent cotton with your favorite perfume and put in every bureau drawer and in every clottiing box, resatiiratifig every month. Vou will have always about you and your belongings a dainty odor. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. One wise inollier givr's Ihe little ones a bowl of steaming catnip I just liclore bedliine and often wards off a cokl. At any I'ate it sends them in bed warm. Have you learned the trick of using quarter inch iron wire instead of brass rods for the hanging of sash curtains? For the shams, the mantel, and close! curtains, and all tlic little extra "shins" put up in house decoration it answers just as well and is about one-fifth Ihe price. It is necessary to have a little bottle of gold paint and to "wash" it both for the sake of the looks and to keep if from rusting. You can have il cut ii lengths wanted at any hardware stoii'. and will be surprised at the purchasing power of the small sum of 10 cents when invested in it. To darken a room.â€" Dark grcen-glazel calico, it cut slightly narrower an.i shorter than a bedroom window blind and pinned behind it, will darken th- room, and cannot be seen from outside Many people arb unable to sleep well in a room with light blinds only. New china egg sets have large circu- lar Irays, on which the egg servk-c can be set attractively. One has a large chin tureen for holding the eggsâ€" or it can be used for cooking tliem on the table with boiling water, what is known as tin' cotklling process. One of these tureens is white, with the handle lo the cover in a gray cock's head with red comb. I'lie tiny white cups are plain, except for the same small ctiirki'ii head in bos relief on h»'>et'fe *(tp.?T?t*T nncR", ana on one sidt of it are depre.ssions for holding th,' eggs. In the centre Is a small covered dish for the shells. One dollar seems ii good deal lo pay for a child's mug. Rut when it has the whole st(jry of the old svomaii who lived in the shoe, done ;ii colors that rival any on a printed page, and when then are all the exlra.s of r. thalrhcd roof, and a window, and a lilllo stairway hldUeii back in the lu'ol wrinkles, even Ihe muliire iniaginalioii H^ponds, and one ts anxious lo try it .ri tlie small prattler as he breakfasts. The story is on the other side in gilt lelli'rs. 'I'o remove riisl from a kettle put inl:i it as much hay us it will hold, (111 it willi water, and boil il many hoiu-s; if Ihe kettle is not entirely lit for use repent the process. It will Us certainly effei;- tiial. Hub the rusty spoUs on the stove with sandpaper, then with sweia oil. Cut llowers.-The lie.st time to cm tlowers to keep well is in the early morn- ing before Ihe sun's rays have reached them. A knife or a pair of scissors should nh\ays be used to clip Iheiii off, as tliey should be cut sinoolh and clean from Ihe sitiii, and never broken off. Flowers thai arc not fullv developed will keep tlie longest, but they should reach tlieu' iimturity of color and size before being cut. GATHiORlNG UP THE FRAGMENTS. r'ri.scillu looked at her bag of knitting wools, and shook her head despairingly Itiero were odds and ends, of eviry con- ceivable color, shade, length and lhiel<- ness. It was a vnriugated heap; and I'riseillu \V(]iidere(l how she would ever get rid of the left-overs. "ThiTe are hil-or-iiii.ss carpets and rugs and things," she mused, "and why not liil-or-miss Ijed shoes?" .So she ti(.(l her liiLs lAgether neatly, Hllernatln^â-  light and (linU. and woiinJ them In two eipiiil balls, one for earh shoe. She douliled the wool that was too line. And the balls held out .so well that she was able, to crochet a pair â- <! Iiigli lied .slicjes. Ihe only kind tliat really Keep fjiie's ankles v^uiin. Wlien the lamb's wool soles were .vlded, Ihe shoes were so gay that she tails tlieiii lier "laiiibow slippers," and says she's only wailing for the fable.l pot of gold. VILLAGES THAT CUT CORKS. Ttiousands of men, women and chil- dren in the mountains of .Spain and lortugal are employed in cutting cork. 't is a domestic trade, and it occupies whole villages. Agents from the fac- tories and export liouses of .Seville and l.istion go through the mpunlain villag- er each year buying up the corks in enormous qiiantilies. II is not unusual for an agent to purcha.se five million on one journey. The corks as punhased i.i the native villages are of all si/.i's and quantities. Ttii\v are sorted in Hie cities, and, after being packed, are ship- ped by the Ion. So ffislidioiis are some iiotllers that the cork importers have lo keep in their employmenl .â- several cork cutters to re-cut such corks as do not suit customers. Try - - nOSY-CIU^IEKED BAItlES. Notliing in the world is such a com- fort and joy as a hi-althy, hearty, losy- cheeUed, happy ijntjy. Rut the price of 1 uby's health and h.'ippiness is constant vigileiice on the iiiollier's part. The lit- tle ills of babyhood come suddenly, and the wise mother will always be in a po- sition In treat them at once. Inprompt- l> relieving and turing Ihe ills of baby- hood and childhood no other medieino can equal Raby's Own Tablets, and tliey are guarunteed absolutely free from opi iites [iiid harmful drugs. Mrs. Wii Sinclair, Hebron. N. R.. says:â€" "Baby's Own TalileLs are the test medicine i know of for curing the ills of young children. I always keep the Tablets in Ihe hou.<!e, and do not know how ! could gel along without them." in] I by all iiiediciiii.' dealers or by mail at i't cenLs a box. from The Dr. Williuct' Medicine Co., Rrorkvile, Ont. HINTS TO JAPANKSK .SOLDIERS. AdN'ised on H^fli.-nic Points in Time ol ol War. In the official organ of the .Sociely for the Advancement of Medical .Science 'n Japan there arc piiblislii'd a number of hints to soldiers on hygiene. Some of lliese are .sulliciently interesting lo quote. The infunlryman U told thai it has Ijfcon said by a famous warrior of old that "victory rests in the feel." Several me- thods are given for keeping the boots soft, and "wlnn shoes get lorn and there are no fie.-h ones to change, the feel should b«- Innind first with dried gras.s, .straw, etc., and then si veral times over with clnth. and finally Japanese .siraw shoes wara ji) .should be worn.'' .\s to Ihe soiks, the .soldier is direi-ted lo "pull out any wrinkles and afterwards wear them by changing from one side to another, and if wet to put on new ones." The following is also a useful hint : "If impossible lo obtain good water lo case thirst, keep a pirkled plum in tilt-, nioutli or bllc iKirmless things like leaves, stm»> "â- " „ bi'cau.se they ease the alilc, and stems lo slKiwfhal the Japan o.m: soldier is credited with a certain amount of conimon sense. 'The coninion disea.se attaddng the army," says a hint on the Mibject of in- fectious <liscases. "is lyphoul. Tlie poi- son chielly enters the system tluou^^'h Ihe medium of food, and Iherefori- do Hot eat uiienok<'d ro<Ml or ilrink unboiled water." Anoliier hint w;uii.s the .soldi-r Ihul "in Corea and rhiiia Ihe hmisos nv wanned by liealiii;; (he floiM. If Ihv Jajiane.se chiireoal lirepot (hiniiielu) be used in the.se houses there will be Hi" danger of death Ihiough poisoning by carbonic acid gas. A PERFKCT II VXD. Hon lis Appearance Ueraine to Ihe I'ublie. I'nniiliar HINTS ABOUr WASHING. f.lolhes soaked over night ore more readily freed from dirt than if wusln d willioiit uiiy preparation. Look over llie (lollies and mend all rips and tears be- fore allowing them lo bo wiuslifd. Here eonie.s in llie old iidiige, "A stjieli in time si ves nine." .Sorl Hie clolhes befoiv soaking into three piles, the line while pieces, the changes, and the diilv elothes, etc. Kill tubs with tepid water adding both dissolved soap and soda lii the water. There should bfc throe iulis. one for each pile of clothing. Soap each piece lightly, wrap it logeltier. and pack into the pan. In the morning wring out and wash as usual. Much lalior i.s savei by this process ami a good cukir in- surod provided plenty ol water bu n.sed for rinsing. The story of how probably the most perfect fiininine hand in America i,c- canie known lo the people is rather :n- lerejiting. As the story goes, the pos.sessor of the bund was wilh .some friends in a pho- tographers one day and while talking, held out a piece of candy, 'ihe pose if ttie liniid wilh its iwrfeel contour and ftullless sliapc allraeled Ihe allenlion of Ihe artist who pro|.o.scd to photo!;r:i|ih il. Ttie result was a lieaiitifiil piclunj kept in Ihe family until one day, after reading a teller from sonieom-" incpiir- ing a.s to who wrote the Postum and Uiape-Nuls adverti.semenls, .Mr. I'o.sl said to his wife. "We receive .so inaiiv inquiries of this kind, that it is exideiil i-omo peo!>!e are rurious to know, sup- f«)se we let Ihe adverlisinK depurliue-il have that picture of your band to print and name it 'A Ilrlpiiiir I bind.'" iMrs Post has a.ssisted liii.i in preiiaratioirof some of the niosi fiiiaoiis advertise- ments). There was a natural .shrinking from the piiblicily, but wilh an apreeinent that no name would accompany he picture its use w.is granted. The case was presented in the light of extending a welcoming hand to Ihe Iriends of Postum and Gr.npe-Niils, so liie \ ieture appearetl on the back covers of many of Ihe January and Febniary magazines and became known to mii- lions of people. Many artists have coinmenred upon it as probably the most perfect hand in tbo world. The advertising depl. of the Postum Co, (till not seem able lo resist (ho leinptalion lo enlist the eiiriosKv of (he public, by refrnining from giving Hie name of (he owner when (he pieliire api>enred but staled that the name would be given Inter in one of the newspaper nnnouneements, thus seeking to induce Hie refiilers (o look for and read the torlheoininc advertisements lo learn the name of the owner. Tills rotiihinatlon of art and eommeree r.nd Hie nniUiludf of inquiries fiirnisfies rn e\(elli'nl illustration of (he interest (he piibli.' takes in (he personal and (nmily lifr of lari;'-' inannf.iedtrers \vhosi> laiiii's leeome hoiis.MjoUl words (hriiii''h extensive and ronllniioiis nnnniinep menis in newspapers and |>eriodicals. CEYLON NATURAL GREEN TEA once and you will never retui-n to the adulterated teas of Japan. LEAD PACKETS ONLY. ^Or. sac, eoc per Ib. At .\ll Grocers. HIGHEST AWARD .ST. LOLl.S, 1904. 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Head Otftco and Works, Oshawa, Ont., Caa«4a PERSONAL POINTERS. interesting Uossip About itoroe Pronai- neni People. The F.arl of Elgin us the first Scotsman to hold the ollice of Secretary for the Colonies. Until the resignation of .VIr. Lyttellon, that ollice (alone among the great odiees of Stale) has been lillcd by un unbroken succession of P.nghshinen. hw. jv»Aiaa Rackli^v, of luigland. Ls a soy.najftwyer, and long before his ele- vation To TUB â- neiiLii iic imu mint up an immense business, almost cxclu.sivcly in eases connected with the Companies Acts. His fallier w.is at one time vicar of St. Mnr>'s, Paddinglon, London, and the future judge sang buss in Ihe choir. Mr. Thonuus Shaw, the new Lord Ad- vocate of Great Riilain, is quite a .self- made Mian. The son of a baker, he euriiod his own living as a lawyer's dork while alleiiding the University. His in- iluslry was Ireiiiendous. and the .sound- ness of his scholarship may be judged from Ihe fact that he contributed the article on 'lalleyriiny to the "ICncvdo- paedia Britanniea." He is a notable tly- fisher. 'Ihe Duke of Tocl; is«doscnnded from a charcoal-bm-ner, and has in his amior- iil bearings a coal-burner's hand hold- ing some silver. This ancestor of his, it is .said, iwintid out a silver mine to « Geinian Kmperor who had been driven into exile. When the Kaiser regained his tliiono wilh the aiil of the weallh thus oblained, he made the cliarcual- burner a duke. .\ toucliiiig ease nt learning lo write wilh Ihe left liand Ls that of Mrs. J, il. tjrein, widow of Ihe late author of -'A .Short History of llie Knglish People." She harl noted as his am-mueiisi., for long years, and so hard did she work, often writing 111 his dictation eleven hours i\ day, that her light hand became para- lyzed. Sliorlly before he died she liad begun lo be able lo write quite easily with her left hand. A romantic story is told of the late Count of I'landers. Kvery dav he went u long walk, and always pa.ssed a house where a while hand was waved behind Ihe dosed w indiiws in return to lii.s deep saliitalion. He never entered Hie hmi.se the oceupaiit was a lady to wlioin he was allHched before he was married, but whom he h;is never seen since Re- fore parting ihty arranged that wlien in Rrussels he should pass her door once a day, and Ibis testimony to an old love was failtitiily carried out. Lord Carriiigton, who is a very bright and iiilert.sting .speaker, tells 'a good story against himself. When alter his appointment as (lovei'nor of .New .Suuiii Wales, in ISSl, he made his (list olllcial upjiearance at a ilinner in S.'dney, Xi". made an exceptionally good lit'tk; speech in reply lo Hie biasl nf his health. It was a short, witty speech, but il was not lo the liking of some nobody near him an 1 a very audible "aside" found ils way lO Hie (iovernor's ears: "Ihaiik goodiiess he can't speak I" The Hon. W. I). Johnson, who has filled the posts in Ihe tale Labor Minis- try of West Australia of Minister for Public Works and Water Supply, and Acting Premier and Colonial Tiviismer has determined lo nsume his trade as a working carpenter in Kalgoorlie lie IS only forty years of age, and ht choer- rmiy informed an interviewer ttml I'nr- lianientary \\oii< was beginning lo lell m>on his hi all h, but that he was .sine a return after six years to manual labor would prove beneiieial to him iihysjeallv He was obliged, he modestly ndded, in go back to his trade in order to support his wife and family. ^ Lieut. -Col. Gordon Carter, 1st Lifa Guards, who retires under the age limit, is one of the most remarkable example* of rising from the ranks. The .son of a farmer, he enlisted as a trooper in the Life Guards in tS73, and after .serving no less than eight years in the ranks was appointed riding-master. A year laler he becanie adjutant of Hie regi- ment, and passed from rank to rank till in I'.Xt' he was appointed Lieiitenani- colonel and sccoml in command, it rarely happens Uiat a ranker receives u comiiiission in the regiment in which ha Has serveu, (wjd Color.ri Gonton Carter was the llrst, if not the only trooper, who ever rose to Hie comi'nand of a regiment of Household Cavalry. An amusing story is told of Queen Wilhelmini when .she was quite a little child. Her Majesty was not allowed to share ilinner with the elder members of the Itoyai llousolinld, but was permitted to make her appearance ut dessert and place herself be.side some iiarlicular favorite. One day she sat by a courtly old general, and atler eating some fruit Ihe little girl turned and gazed at him. Presently she exclaimed:â€" "I wonder v^^ou're not afraid to sit iie.xl to me." Iwerybody in (he room turned at the sound of her childish treble. "On Hie eoiilrury, I am but loo piea.sed and hon- ored (0 sit ne.xl (o my little Queen," replied (he idd general. "But why should 1 lie afraid?" A.ssuiiiing a woebegone ex- pression, the little Queen replied: "Be- cause all my dolls have Ihe me».sles : they're all of them down wilh it!" GIIOWING BOYS. Need an Occasional Tonic fo Maintain Slrenoth aikd Keep tlie Skin Clear. On every side one sees young men and growing boys with pale, pasty coiniilexioiis, Iheir faces covered willi pimples and iheir gale shambling and listless. .Such a condition is extremely 'Jatigerousâ€" the blood is out of onier â€" a compU'te breakilown may icsult. To pul matters right; to give Ihat spring t,)' Ihe step; thai clearness lo the .skin and! tliut glow of active health to the face, «! tonic is neededâ€" Dr. Williams' Pink) Pills are needed. As proof of Ihis, Mr. | Charles Diefenthal, 12 St. I'rsulc slrcetj Quebec, says:â€" "Frequently my studies! nece.ssilaleil my remaining up "until a| late hour. The result was that in Decent- 1 ler, llXiH. 1 .seemed lo collap.se. I wasi complolely run down and went un Icri Ihe care of a doctor, but instead ofl gaming strength. I .seemed to growi weaker. I could not lake solid fooj, .Udl not sleep well, and weakenin.' ii:ghl| sweats gave me fintlier cause fir' alarm. Dr. Williams' l^iik Pills were! brought to my nolice and 1 begun their I Use. Almost from Ihe oulsot Ihey seem- ed I o help me. but il was .some weeks! leforc there was a material change for! the betler. I'rom that on, however, re- covery was rapid, and in a couple ol| nionlhs I w;is as well as ever I had been' mid able to resume my studies." ' livery dose of Dr. William.s' Pink PilM make new. rich, red blood; everv drop of i>ure blood gives sirength and vitality Ihe whole system, and this strengtii to 1 rings health. That is why Dr. Wiiii-- ains' Pink Pills cure such cases as anae- mia, nil sl.mach and kidney troubles, SI. Vitus dance, heart palpitation, the airiictions known only to growing giri.s and women: and a host of other ailments from which bolh young and old .suffer Ibr.-.iifjh bad blood. .Sold hv dealers in modirine or by mail at .W cents a box or six boxes for $2.50, from I'hc Pr. Williams' Medicine Co.. Brockville, Ont r